Mayor of Abra capital charged for slay of rival’s supporter

Mayor of Abra capital charged for slay of rival’s supporter

GMANews.TV - Saturday, May 1
The reelectionist mayor of Abra’s capital town was charged with murder on Friday after he was tagged in the killing of a supporter of another mayoralty candidate on Thursday morning, a GMA News Report said. Bangued Mayor Dominic Valera is currently facing murder charges after a witness positively identified him as the one who shot Mario Acena, reportedly a supporter of rival candidate Ryan Luna, the report said. A shootout ensued between the camps of Valera and Luna on Thursday morning, leading to Acena’s death. (See: Abra town mayor tagged in slay of rival's follower) Also charged was PO2 Joseph Barrera, Valera’s close-in police aide, according to the report. The Abra provincial police office is also mulling the filing of administrative charges and a disqualification case against Valera for violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
This page requires a higher version browser Valera remains on hospital arre

Abra’s capital town was charged with murder on Friday after he was tagged in the killing of a supporter of another mayoralty candidate on Thursday morning, a GMA News Report said. Bangued Mayor Dominic Valera is currently facing murder charges after a witness positively identified him as the one who shot Mario Acena, reportedly a supporter of rival candidate Ryan Luna, the report said. A shootout ensued between the camps of Valera and Luna on Thursday morning, leading to Acena’s death. (See: Abra town mayor tagged in slay of rival's follower) Also charged was PO2 Joseph Barrera, Valera’s close-in police aide, according to the report. The Abra provincial police office is also mulling the filing of administrative charges and a disqualification case against Valera for violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
This page requires a higher version browser Valera remains on hospital arrest at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City. He was flown out of Abra after he complained of chest pains after the incident. Abra has been a declared an election “hot spot" for the May polls due to instances of violence in the area between feuding political families.—JV, GMANews.TV
st at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City. He was flown out of Abra after he complained of chest pains after the incident. Abra has been a declared an election “hot spot" for the May polls due to instances of violence in the area between feuding political families.—JV, GMANews.TV

Are you driven? byTanya Jolliffe

When I was growing up my parents would often tell my brothers and me that "anything worth doing is worth doing right" or "a job worth doing is not worth doing half way" as they were trying to teach and train us. As an athlete, many a coach told me, "you play the way your practice so practice the way you want to play."

My grandmother offered me the best words of advice before I started my first job and I have carried them with me ever since. She told me, "Never let people see you standing around or asking what should be done. God gave you eyes to see, so when a counter that needs wiped off or a floor needs swept, pick up the rag or broom and do it." Today she might say, "Just do it" or "Get 'er done" but back then, the sentiment was the same.

As a parent, I have used many of these same lines and shared my grandmother's words of wisdom with my own children as I have attempted to teach and train them to be hard working and to apply their best effort in what they do. Last week I received an email from my mother that reminded me of my greatest asset and why those words from my youth still inspire me so much.

Growing up in an agricultural area of Ohio, my older brother and I were active members of the 4-H. We showed horses for a number of years and learned a lot about hard work, disappointment, and success. Those lessons proved very valuable during my years in competitive athletics. As a Midwestern family that had a love of horses, the Dan Fogelberg song Run for the Roses about a young colt that would grow and run in the Kentucky Derby was a hit in our home. When I was in high school, my mother told me part of that song summed me up pretty well. Last week she reminded me of it again. The last stanza of the song says, "From sire to sire, it's born in the blood. The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud. It's breeding and training and something un-known that drives you and carries you home."

It is that "something unknown" or personal drive that has always made me push a little harder, dream a little bigger and expect a little more. Over the years, my family and close friends have seen my drive as never being satisfied, negative or someone that always sees the glass as half empty. For me, I don't remember feeling dis-satisfaction but rather that I wanted to do something better and that no matter how good something was, there was always room for improvement. For instance, when I was playing competitive volleyball and we were working on hitting the ball "down" the line, I was driven to hit the ball "on" the line. That drive did not come from the coach or a player but from something inside. That personal drive took a person with mediocre ability and provided them with a college scholarship.

Drive is defined as being compelled, forced, or urged by pressure, coercion, or strong motivation. For some of us, our drive or motivation is solely external and when it is high, we are motivated to work hard. However, when it is lacking we find it difficult to keep going toward our goals, dreams, and desires. For those of us that have that "something unknown" we don't really understanding not being motivated or being compelled to do more or needing someone else to motivate us. Drive for us is the very thing that moves us to climb Stone Mountain to see the view instead of taking the tram or knowing that anything worth doing takes effort and hard work and when you arrive you really have only just begun.

I am grateful for that "something unknown" that has driven me all these years. I am also grateful that my mother saw it in me so many years ago and reminded me of it all these years later. How about you?

Do you have that "something unknown" that drives you in life or do you struggle with motivation and finding the drive to reach and exceed your goals?

One Really Simple Tip for Removing Bad Habits by Henrik Edberg

One way to kick a bad habit is to remove the easy availability.


Here’s an example. Since I´ve started blogging I’ve been checking up on the statistics of my readers and earnings several times a day.


Many bloggers/webmasters fall into this habit. We all hope that our readership/earnings will increase so we watch our all of our statistics many times each day.


This interrupts our workflow, wastes time and creates a habit of being disappointed. Your website may be growing, but it´s most often a slow process. So checking too often mostly just means that you´ll be disappointed (except on Digg-days). This will lead to doubts and possibly even giving up.


So what did I do? I simply deleted the bookmarks to my statistics.


You can do this with any bookmarks or shortcuts that have created an addiction for you. Maybe your addiction is to a forum, maybe it’s to a frequently updated blog, maybe it´s to a computer game.


Now, if you want to visit the sites you have to have google it or type in the address manually. If you want to play then you have to go into the folder where the game is installed.


This has saved me time and reduced negative energy. Since it´s become a bit harder to access my statistics I check them much less, only once or twice a day. I have done the same thing to my RSS-reader. To access it now I google it and only quickly browse it once in the morning and maybe once at night instead of checking it something like eight times a day.


You can also expand this beyond your computer.


If you have a bad habit of eating too much sugar then don’t have cookies and candy at home. I recommend having something to snack on though. I always keep some oranges and carrots in my apartment. When I feel the craving for candy, but find none in my kitchen then I eat an orange instead. Doing this will over time replace one habit with a more useful one and probably make you lose some weight too.


Easy availability is one of the big reasons for developing stupid and unnecessary habits. Take an example like McDonalds. They are everywhere. It’s so easy to just go in there and have a meal. The high availability increases the usage. Reducing the availability redirects you to take another, hopefully more useful path.


This can also be used to your advantage in another way. If you want to establish a habit of writing down your goals each morning then, before you go to bed, put out the pen and paper where it´s most visible at your desk. If you want to establish a habit of working out then leave your training clothes out on a very visible place in your room/apartment/house instead of having them tucked deeply into your closet.


This tip is almost stupidly simple. But, when used, it works surprisingly well.

How to Quickly Change a Negative Mood into a Positive One by Henrik Edberg

How do you change how you feel?

There are many ways. Some of them need work over a longer timeperiod.

If you for instance do what you set out to do from day to day your self-esteem will, over time, go up.
However, on some days you just fall into a slump. You feel a bit negative. Or just not that motivated or energetic. You don’t care that much really.

I have found that certain actions can work as a new starting point on days like that. A starting point that you can build upon and that leads the day away on a more positive note than you may have predicted.

Here are six of my favourite/most effective ways to pick yourself up and turn a bad/boring mood, morning, afternoon or evening into a more positive one. All of these suggestions are things you can do pretty quickly. Some of them can radically change how you feel in just a few minutes.

Work Out.


Whether you go out running in the forest or head inside to pump iron in the gym, getting some exercise is one of the most effective ways to add energy and a more positive outlook to your regular day.


Personally I prefer free weights most of the time because I can use them at home and because such a work out provides me with an energy boost topped off with a nice jolt of testosterone. And that boost always sharpens my focus and lifts my spirit.


The interesting thing is that sometimes it will be enough to exercise for a few minutes to improve your mood. For instance, you can try to do 60 sit-ups. This micro-workout usually changes how I feel.


Listen to/watch inspirational material.


I have found that this one of the best ways to start your day. Instead of reading the paper and getting hammered with negative news and views on the world try watching or listening to one of your favourite personal development products. Reading works too, but listening and seeing creates a more three-dimensional experience – with room for the always important body language and voice tonality to be included – and adds emotional power to the information.


Some of my favourites at the moment are the audioversion of The 4 Hour Workweek, just about any tape with Brian Tracy or watching a video by Eckhart Tolle. If I feel a bit down I just consume one of those sources for 15-20 minutes. After that not only has my mood changed. I’m also just about always reminded of some useful tip that I can use to improve my life.


Change your physiology.



If you change how you move and use your body your mood will change. If you for instance want to feel happier, force a smile for about 60 seconds. You’ll feel happier. If you want to feel confident stand up and walk around for few minutes in a confident way (slowly, head held high, posture relaxed but not slumped). You’ll feel more confident.

You can do these things for the specific effects.


But a better way to use your physiology to change your mood is to just combine everything at once. Smile while you’re walking around in a confident and relaxed way. Get it all in there to maximize the effect.


One key to better use of this technique is to focus on your body and changing your movements but to then turn the focus outward, into the world around you. Doing that has recently given me more dependable and consistent results.

I think that may be because if you focus outward you don’t become that self-conscious. If you on the other hand keep your focus inward – on what you are doing – while you are moving around with a changed physiology you become self-conscious. And that self-analyzing and nervous self-consciousness counteracts much of the positive emotional effect that you can create by changing how you move and use your body.


Appreciate away.


Perhaps the corniest suggestion in this bunch. It’s often seen as cool – or funny – to go around complaining and being a bit negative about everything. Going around appreciating isn’t that cool.

But gereally I’d say that almost everyone likes and finds a positive person to be cool. And a very effective way to become a more positive person and to enjoy your life more is simply to develop a habit of appreciating more.


If you want a few suggestions, here are a few of the things that I like to appreciate:

My food.
The weather.
My health.
Friends and family.
This blog and the opportunity to write about what I want.
You, the reader.
My roof and the heating. Especially since it’s been raining constantly for the last few days.


The funny thing is that if you just start appreciating something you can very quickly start jumping around with your attention and appreciate just about anything around you. You may start with the food you are eating right now. Then move your attention to the phone and appreciate that you can contact anyone – and be contacted by anyone – you’d like. You might then move your attention outside, through the window and see the wonderful sunshine, then kids having fun with a football and then a really attractive person walking by. And so on.


Try doing that for 5 minutes. Try to come up with all the things in yourself and your world that you can appreciate. Move your attention around from appreciation-point to appreciation-point like when you are jumping from stone to stone while crossing a stream. Before those 5 minutes are up your mood will be a lot more positive and enthusiastic.


Act as you’d like to feel.


Ask yourself: what would a very positive person do in this situation? Do that and then you’ll feel positive.


Make a call or answer the phone in a positive way. Write an email in a positive and enthusiastic manner. Instead of thinking that a situation will probably be boring and not so beneficial think of it as something that will be exciting, fun and useful.



By acting as you’d like to feel you just do things in a less common order. Just like when you change your physiology. Instead of being a positive person/having a positive mood for the day and therefore acting in a positive way when something happens you flip it around. You start by acting as you would in a situation if you were in a positive mood. And then you’ll create a positive mood and consequences both in the world around you – via the positive action – and within yourself.

It often doesn’t take that much to change how you feel. And acting as you’d like to feel make everyday situations a lot more interesting and can open up new possibilities and opportunities in your life.


Just do it anyway.


If you have a hard time doing something, a hard time getting started, a hard time changing your mood with the suggestions above just do what you need to do anyway.

You are not your thoughts and emotions. They aren’t your boss or parents. You don’t have to obey them. You are the observer of your thoughts and emotions. Sometimes you listen to them. And sometimes you just see them as blabbering going on and on in your mind and body.

And then you just go. You do what you want to do anyway. If you just jump into action and just do it soon your mood will change to a more uplifting one. For more on this topic have a look a Just Do It!

My hometown " BUENAVISTA"

Buenavista is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 50,612 people in 9,384 households.

BARANGAYS

Buenavista is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.

Abilan
Agong-ong
Alubijid
Guinabsan
Macalang
Malapong
Malpoc
Manapa
Matabao
Poblacion 1
Poblacion 2
Poblacion 3
Poblacion 4 Poblacion 5
Poblacion 6
Poblacion 7
Poblacion 8
Poblacion 9
Poblacion 10
Rizal
Sacol
Sangay sitio new bohol founded by jabines family
Talo-ao
Lower Olave
Upper Olave
Simbalan

HISTORY

The written history of Buenavista start in the year 1877. It was said that during this year a group of nomadic Manobo from the frontiers of Agusan found an ideal place for their tempora-fishing retreat and rendezvous.

Soon, the village of Tortosa was founded by two Christian pioneers, Inocentes Paler and Marcelo Dalaguida, who were later on joined by Luis Gupana and a hadful of Manobo. Credited with a name to the village were a group of natives and Spaniards who visited the place to trade with the villagers and found the place to be abundant with the sea tortoise.

The fame of Tortosa as a good fishing was heard by the people of the neighboring Butuan. Thus a fresh wave migrants came to settle. Notable of these new settlers were: Valeriano Farol, Mateo Bustillo, Anecito Sanchez, Sabas Galinato, Macario Sanchez, Lucas Yonson, Demetrio Ontong, Lino Danuco, Vicente Ebarle, Nicanor Beltran, Demetrio Mendoza, Teodoro Paculba, Marcelo Abad, Leon Manla, Marciano Bantolinao, and Matias Micabalo.

Later, the name Tortosa was renewed to Kihaw-an in memory of a white deer held sacred by the early earthen dwellers. It was said that this deer was found dead by the natives near the bank of the river which encircles the village. Its carcass was placed all over the village thus the village got the name Kihaw-an, a derivative of a local dialect "Baho-an", which literally mean to smell, or source of bad smell.

Soon the village got another new name. It was said that Adolfo Calo, a native of Butuan, together with some natives and Spaniards visited the place. They expanded their visits not only the coastal areas where flourishing because of the abundance of fish. At the top of the hill they saw the village overlooking the sea. They appreciated the beauty of nature in abundance. They exclaimed "Bien Vista", which means "Good View" thus the present name Buenavista.

Enticed by the abundance of fish and the good prospect for agriculture, a new wave migrants from the neighboring areas continued to flock to Buenavista. Between the years 1897-1907, the following settlers and their families were known to have settled in the place: Esteban Nakila, Francisco Beltran, Bruno Boya, Alejandro Espallona, Leocadio Cabonce, Ceferino Sobrecaray, Pablom Sison, Isidro Montilla, Maximo Bangahon, Ireneo Ontong, Balbino Espana, Mariano Makiling, Hilarion Espallona, Perfecto Bahian, Antonio Calo, Leon Magpatoc, Crisanto Hangayo, Ruperto Alaan, Crispin Balbucena and Jorge Aldac.

Between 1907 and 1920 the following people were said to have led their families and relatives and settled in this village: Sesinado Makiling, Gregorio Asilom, Glecerio Balansag,Sesinado Borja, Agustin Butron, Francisco Laolao, Vicente Soriano, Antonio Lumahan, Abdon Ebarle, Isaac Alaan, Carlos Concon, Vicente Abuzo, Fausto Abad, Sergio Danuco, Benito Buntag, Juan Apduhan, and Benito Cabit. It should be noted that during this years, the facilities for travel we have today were still unheard of. In fact, there was no road to talk about. The only means of transportation was by "banca" or fishing boats, and by horseback trudging the small mountain trails. For the most daring adventurous, days and weeks of hiking brought them to this prosperous village. Menace from brigands and bandits did not deter them from coming. Propelled by the hope of carving a new life this prosperous village, migrants continued to pour in and work together to develop the place. It was only sometime in the 1920's when Buenavista was connected to Butuan by the means of road.

Efforts of the pioneers paid off, because sometime in early 1920's, Buenavista was declared a regular barrio of the then Municipality of Butuan. As a barrio, Buenavista was able to form its own law-making body which was locally called Ang Tingug Sa Lungsod, whose members were known as podientes. The following had at one time or another served as treasurers body: Luis Gupana, Lucio Kuizon, Apolonio Alaan and Placido Comiling. Simon Paler and Leonardo Boaquia served as secretaries. The barrio of Buenavista prospered by leaps and bounds due to the efforts of its officials. Worthy to mention were the barrio lieutenants and municipal councilors assigned in the barrio. The following were elected barrio lieutenants who took turns in running the affairs of the growing barrio: Luis Gupana, who served for 3 terms, Vicente Ebarle, Nicanor Beltan, Esteban Nakila, Perfecto Bahian, Balbino Espana, Francisco Beltran, Bruno Borja, Juan Maestrado, Rafael Mantilla, Ceferino Sobrecaray, Sesinado Makiling and Vicente Soriano who served for 3 terms. The following had at one time or another, served as councilors: Adolfo Sanchez, Moises Torralba, Nicolas Ruiz, Teresio Villa, Leon Amoroso, Rafael Mantilla, Ignacio Destreza, Jose Aban, Macario Flores, Marcial Gerona, Domingo Cinco, Jorge Satorre, and Braulio Fumar. To the above mentioned barrio officials, the inhabitants of Buenavista is so grateful for their successful stirring of the affairs of the barrio during its period of infancy. The efforts of these officials were not in vain.

On January 1, 1937 the barrio of Buenavista, by virtue of Executive Order No. 65 issued by Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon, became the Municipality of Buenavista through the efforts of assemblyman Apolonio D. Curato and Governor Jose R. Rosales, commissioner of Mindanao and Sulu Teofisto Guingona Sr., and secretary of Interior, Elpidio Quirino, with a set of appointed officials to serve for a period of one year.

From then on, Buenavista, with the able guidance of the above-mentioned appointed and subsequent elected officials and the support of the populace, keeps on carving a name for herself.

Schools and Institutions

Elementary

Buenavista Special Education Integrated School (Elem.)
Buenavista Central Elementary School
Sacol Elementary School
Manapa Elementary School
Talo-ao Elementary School
Sangay Elementary School
Matabao Elementary School
Abilan Elementary School
Cogon Elementary School
Manapa IS (Grade School)
Buenavista Institute (Grade School)
Agong-ong ES * Malapong ES
Rizal CES * F.S. OMAYANA ES
Dalao-an ES * tINAGO es
Tanutao ES
Lomboyan ES
Kabalalahan ES
Linao-linao ES
New Bohol ES
San Roque ES
Tapnigue ES
Upper Olave ES
Lower Olave ES
Simbalan ES
Bagang ES
Labong ES
Monteverde ES
Tagpangi ES
Lekda ES
Calaitan ES
Macalang ES

Secondary

Saint James High School
Buenavista Institute
Buenavista National High School
Buenavista SPED-ISS
Guinabsan National High School
Manapa ISS
Sangay National High School
Simbalan National High School
Lekda National High School
Agong-ong IS
Rizal IS
Alubijid IS

Tertiary
Northern Mindanao School of Fisheries

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenavista,_Agusan_del_Norte

MY PURPOSE IN LIFE

Life is full of surprises. Before we exist everything is well planned in the Lord. Our physical appearance to be, who our parents to be and the place where to be born.