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‘Ilabas n’yo ang dinukot na ministro’ : Inutusan ng Korte Suprema ngay- ong Biyernes ang Iglesia Ni Cristo na ipakita sa kanila ang umano’y dinukot na ministro. Naglabas ang mataas na hukuman ng writ of amparo at habeas corpus laban kay INC executive minister Eduardo Manalo. Nais din ng korte na humarap si Manalo sa Court of Appeals (CA). Nag-ugat ang kautusan sa petisyong inihain nina Anthony Menorca at Jungko Otsuka laban sa pamunuan ng INC. Ayon sa reklamo, hawak ng INC si Lowell Menorca at ang pamilya niya sa INC central office sa . —PSN

Two diplomats held in deadly Philippines shooting flown to China MANILA: Two Chinese diplomats have been BENGUET: This handout photo by Office of the Civil Defense-Cordillera Autonomous Region (OCD-CAR) shows an aerial shot of a flown to China to stand trial for a gun attack in road which collapsed October 22, swallowing four houses and creating a sink hole (C) following heavy rains brought on by typhoon the Philippines that killed two of their col- Koppu, in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet province north of Manila. No one was reported injured or killed in the incident. —AFP leagues and wounded another, Philippine authorities said yesturday. China’s consul gener- al in the central city of Cebu survived after being shot in the neck, but two of his staff PH typhoon toll hits 54 as floods shift members died during the lunchtime attack at a restaurant on Wednesday. MANILA: The death toll from a ferocious typhoon in the and Pampanga, a geographic catch basin for waters ures from national and local authorities. In the Cordillera “They (the suspects) already left last night, Philippines climbed to 54 on Thursday, as home-wreck- from the upland provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora, mountain region, the civil defence office confirmed five direct flight from Cebu to Xiamen,” foreign min- ing floods shifted downstream to coastal villages, dis- which bore the brunt of Koppu on Sunday and Monday. more deaths from landslides on Monday and Tuesday, istry spokesman Charles Jose told AFP in a text placing tens of thousands of residents. Lontoc said the floods in the coastal areas may last a raising the death toll to 21 from 16 on Wednesday. message, referring to a southeastern Chinese Inundations from torrential weekend rains in moun- week. Koppu made landfall on the east coast of Luzon, In the central farming regions of Luzon, the deaths of city. “Yes, they will be prosecuted in China,” he tain regions caused by Typhoon Koppu cascaded into the Philippines’ biggest and most populated island, early two 12-year-old girls were reported, one of whom died added. The motive of the gun attack was not coastal fishing and farming villages, submerging them in Sunday with 210-kilometre (130-mile) per hour winds. from drowning and the other from a snake bite, accord- known, and the positions held by the two sus- waters up to three metres (10 feet) deep, officials said. Koppu, the second strongest typhoon to hit the dis- ing to the regional civil defence office. pects at the consulate remained unclear. China Residents of Bulacan and Pampanga province, aster-weary country this year, then crawled over vast Koppu had weakened into a low pressure area on has the death penalty, while the Philippines around two hours’ drive from the capital Manila, fled by swathes of Luzon for three days, bringing torrential rains Thursday, bringing moderate rains over the outlying does not. The Chinese foreign ministry has giv- foot to evacuation centres as the waters rose quickly that triggered landslides and massive flooding. Batanes islands in the far north of the Philippines, state en little information about the attack. Chinese overnight, aggravated by a high tide, they said. “The A report from the national disaster monitoring office weather forecaster Gener Quitlong told AFP. The embassy spokeswoman Li Lingxiao told AFP waters have nowhere else to go. Imagine two to three said close to 500,000 people had been displaced by Philippines is battered by an average 20 typhoons a year, she had no comment to make on the Filipino days worth of rain from the mountains coming down,” flooding. The waters had receded considerably in the many of them deadly. In November 2013, 7,350 people government’s announcement over the transfer Nigel Lontoc, assistant director of the region’s civil upland provinces and many had returned to their mud- were left dead or missing after the most powerful storm of custody. —AFP defence office, told AFP. covered homes. But the death toll climbed to 54, from 47 on record, Haiyan, wiped out entire communities in the Close to 60,000 people left their homes in Bulacan on Wednesday, based on an AFP tally of confirmed fig- central islands.—AFP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 2

Filipinos dominate Viking Club ‘Fun run’ The Viking Club marks end year fun run, breaks previous records of number of runners KUWAIT: The Viking Club of the Radisson Blu by Adam El Dabet second place and the point of the start of the run. A ten min- Fahaheel and dinner vouchers from Al Bustan Hotel Kuwait marked its year end fun run Abdulwahab Al Kandari wining third place. utes warm up led by four instructors of the and cakes from Eedam of The Radisson Blu with an excellent number of runners dou- For the Women’s category; Irene won first Viking Club namely; Viktor, Igor Teodora and Hotel. bling its previous records. With one hundred place and Lulu Askar on second place with Christian perked the event. Runners lined up Among those who participated were and eighty eight runners comprised of hotel Aman Al-Farhan on third place. For the men’s immediately at the starting line until the sig- triathlon athletes from FIT, The Gym Team staff, members of the health club, guests and category Pablo Gomez won first place fol- nal was given. Police escorts were available and other local fitness and sports organiza- other fitness organizations emerged nine lowed by Abdullah Al Failakawi on second throughout the run to ensure safety of the tions. “The Viking Club extends its gratitude winners from three categories. place with Mohammed Al Matar on third runners until the finish line. to all those who participated in the event and The Malaysian Ambassador to Kuwait HE place. The event culminated with buffet break- those who made the event possible and suc- Ahmad Rozian Abd Ghani was present to par- The event kicked off with the registration fast at the pool bar area of the club. Prizes cessful. We hope to see more participants ticipate in the ocassion. For the Kids category; of participants on the reception of the club were awarded to the winners courtesy of next year” commented Ivan Tzenkov, Director Tor Lambert bagged the first prize followed and successively brought by services buses to Ismile Dental Clinic, English School of of Recreations of the Viking Club. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 3 House allots P500M for 2016 poll result transmission MANILA: The House of Representatives decid- plans for its new building, P30 million for over- ed yesterday to give the Commission on seas absentee voting and P10 million as Elections (Comelec) additional funds to cover appropriation cover for the construction of the the cost of electronically transmitting votes in new building. next year’s elections from the precinct level to Aside from the P500 million, Ungab said his various canvassing centers. committee approved the additional P30 mil- “We have agreed in the appropriations lion for absentee voting and P2 million as committee to allocate P500 million for the budgetary cover for the new Comelec build- transmission of votes. We have the go-signal ing. of the Speaker on this,” Davao City Rep. Isidro “They have about P3 billion in savings for Ungab, committee chairman, said. their new building. They need only the budget He said the Comelec had requested P600 authorization. They are allowed to augment million for setting up a communications back- the P2-million initial funding,” he said. bone to be used in sending votes from the He said it is not easy for the House and the clustered precincts to the tabulation centers in Senate to give additional funds to any agency, the district, town, provincial and city levels, since the money would have to be taken from and to the Comelec main office and Congress. other state offices or appropriations. “They can source the difference of P100 mil- “This is a delicate balancing act. The gain of lion and the additional funds they need from one agency or program is the loss of another. their savings,” he said. That is why we choose only the projects, pro- He added that the additional P500 million grams or activities for which funds are critical- would be included in the funding for the May ly needed, like the transmission of votes in 9, 2016 elections in the proposed P3.002-tril- next year’s elections,” he stressed. lion national budget for next year. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, who has The Department of Budget and attended hearings on the proposed 2016 Management, Quirino Rep. Dakila Cua, Ungab’s budget, said the Comelec should have antici- vice chairman in charge of the Comelec budget pated their funding requirement for the elec- and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, tronic transmission of votes. to whom the Comelec has forwarded a sepa- “They should have included it in their origi- rate funding request, endorsed the allocation nal budget request,” he said. of funds for vote transmission. He said the poll body should aim for 100- CASIGURAN: Children sit on the roof of a house blown over by typhoon Koppu in The poll body’s additional funding request percent transmittal and accounting of votes, Casiguran town, Auroran province northeast of Manila on Thursday, days after the totaled P1.240 billion: P600 million for the instead of just 76 percent as what happened in typhoon devastated the province. Widespread flooding in the Philippines caused by transmission of votes, P450 million for hono- the 2013 midterm elections. a powerful typhoon eased on October 21 but the storm’s death toll climbed to 47 and raria, P150 million for detailed engineering — tens of thousands of people remained in evacuation centres. —AFP

Halloween

MANILA: “Jacks,” a Pomeranian dog, rides its motorcycle float which was inspired by the movie “Ghost Rider”. Dogs on Halloween costumes display at the annual dogs and cats pre-Halloween fashion show by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) yesterday at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. The annual event is to raise aware- ness for the need to adopt or foster stray animals rescued by PAWS which now runs to hundreds. —AP SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 4

FCC kids painting workshop kicks off KUWAIT: A team of MAKULAY professional artists under the leadership of Romano Roman color the kid’s day by introducing them to the basic principle of art! Walk-in kids also joined FCC kids to show off their talent in art. Participants really enjoyed and had a great time exploring the use of colors which inspired the artists to continue the work- shop every Friday on the same venue. We are therefore inviting everyone to join us on this rare opportunity to learn new skills and experience working with MAKULAY pro- fessional artists while enjoying the smell of upcoming winter sea breeze at the open garden of Mcdonalds. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 5

Pinoy Arabia FM fourth week winners, last week eliminations KUWAIT: Lowella Jeroy, Mary Jane Manata, Carlos Dela Rosa Delfinado and Jason Santiago were among the recent-candidates to qualify for the Grand Finals of Pinoy Arabia Marina FM Sing Galing Competition. Salamat sa lahat ng tulong at suporta mula sa Al Alamia International Manpower Services, TVS Travel & Tours, LBC Cargo, ADM International Manpower Services, Echo Extreme, Alpha Solutions, ICSA, AIM Global Kuwait, Jamykha International Placemen Services, Radisson Blu Hotel and La Cocinera. Malapit na ang grand finals on Nov 20 sa Discovery Mall, Live Theater , Kuwait City. Ito na ang huling linggo ng elimination rounds kaya habol na! Para sa karagdagang impor- masyon tumawag lamang kay Papa P Randy 9904-7504! Maraming salamat po! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 6

62nd Badminton tournament ‘Al-Masa Classic Studio Cup’ concludes KUWAIT: The Filipino Badminton Committee (FBC) concluded its 62nd tournament dubbed “Al-Masa Classic Studio Cup” last Friday. The event was held at their home court at Hawally Disabled Club with a good number of attendees. FBC President Jimmy Carandang announces winners:

‘#AlDubEBTamangPanahon’ pulls in over 27 million tweets

MANILA: AlDub, the perennial trending topic, has done it again, generating 27 million tweets with their hashtag #AlDubEBTamangPanahon. This breaks their previous record of over 26 million tweets generated for their first date episode last September. Eat Bulaga co-host also tweeted that the fans were able to post 25.8 million tweets in 24 hours, breaking another of their previous records. Joey also greeted Eat Bulaga co-host Pia Guanio-Mago a happy birthday, telling her that the show broke records. AlDub nation, the love team’s fans, as well as viewers of the popu- lar kalyeserye took to Twitter to express joy, exhilaration, and kilig (giddy feelings) at being able to finally see Alden and Yaya Dub be together at last, with the blessing and approval of Yaya’s guardian Lola Nidora. The tweets started pouring in earlier in the morning before the show even started, as anticipation rose to a fever pitch. They continued streaming in as fans reacted to the show’s many highlights on social media, including Lola Nidora’s musings on love and a look at her suitors. And then of course, there was the main event: the climactic meet- ing between Alden and Yaya Dub, which came after a touching group hug with Lola Nidora. Ever since the kalyeserye began airing in July, fans have been cheering the tandem on and making it trend everyday. Early in October, Twitter Asia Pacific and Middle East Vice President Rishi Jaitly called AlDub a “global phenomenon,” after the hashtag #AlDubEBforLove pulled in 26 million tweets. (#AlDub: 7 Lessons from the success of the ‘global phenomenon’) Thousands and thousands of fans flocked to the Philippine Arena to witness the event in person at the sold-out show. The Arena has a seating capacity of a little over 50,000. —.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015 7 Swooping Eagles ascend into the ‘Magic 8’

By Ricardo de Leon 510 scores with jittered Jelyn Colegio’s 375. Lady bowler Myra Manalo Men’s C Kevin Andaya 221 Darell Sullivan 176.50 steered her team with her 527, followed by Rani Skeik 511, Ali Hikmat 460 Ladies A Hanadi Mezael 240 Mina Andaya 189.08 KUWAIT: Despite the heart breaking third game loss with the Scavengers, with Abdul Aziz Al Aslawi, Rudy de Lima, Marriotte Vito with two games Ladies B Abel Nitikusumo 199 Alma Turley 168.60 the Swooping Eagles ascended into the ‘Magic 8’ while the Original Pin Killers apiece. With the win-lose situation, UAE Exchange sustained its fourth place Team High Game (Sratch) - COZMO (1021) descended from the elite group in the fifth week of the elimination round of while Original Pin Killers with its poor showing since the start of the season Team High Series (Scratch + Handicap) - Scavengers (2938) Philippine Bowling Association in Kuwait 3rd Season Team Tournament held dropped from fifth to ninth position. at Cozmo Bowling Center in Kheifan. Other teams who posted victories were The mettlesome Thunder Dragons aiming for a whisk against COZMO Team Weekly High Series : LEAF, Kuwait Stars, SMAC’Z, Thunder Dragons and UAE Exchange while Asian won the first two games 903-841/974-865 with 171 points difference but the Week 1 - SMAC’Z - 2821 Week 3 - Scavengers - 2938 Week 5 - Air Safari played bye. lane master foiled the attempt in the last round when Cris Tirona scored 230 Scavengers-2864 With the fabulous performance of Glen Corbit 257/264/221(742) against the lowest score of the Dragon lady’s 102 with total score of 885-840. Week 2 - UAE Exchange - 2787 Week 4- SMAC’Z - 2682 Swooping Eagles guns for rare sweep versus embattled enemy after winning Mandy Manalo (553) and Mar Evangelista (552) spearheaded the Thunder Team Standing after Fifth round: 1. SNAC’Z (14256); 2. Scavengers the first two games, 968-868/970-918 with 152 points advantage but the Dragons with the assistance of Joel Tizon, Eddie Pena, Moises Amahan, Maria (13979); 3. Asian Air Safari (13679); 4. UAE Exchange (13630); 5. Thunder highly spirited Scavengers using different approach stopped Eagles fero- Pwely Virly, Eden Evangelista and Agnes Noble while COZMO’s pinbusters Dragons (13415); 6. Swooping Eagles (13328); 7. Nusantara (13266); 8. LEAF cious attack in the last game, scoring headway. In the third game of the series were Nasser Hajras (545), Cris Tirona (533), Jacky Guitang (488), Neveen Wasel (13210); 9. Original Pin Killers (13102); 10. COZMO (12907); 11. Mangaf the Scavengers change strategy and fielded the combinations of Ali Adel, Aji, (473), Fahad Abul and Farid Gabriel. With the win-lose result the Thunder Strikers (12565); 12. Kuwait Star (12452) and 13. Philippine Embassy Ismat, Ali and Hanadi and delivered well scoring more than a thousand Dragons surged to a higher place while COZMO stayed in the tenth place. (12207). points (1038-915) and accrued the bonus and game points of 50 and finally Other results : With its demolition job the SMAC’Z another victim was the PBAK would like to acknowledge and extend its sincere appreciation to snatched the 25 win points with final scores of 2899-2853. Top scorers of the Mangaf Strikers (2955-2513) posting fifth consecutive victory; the clash of its major donors GULF AIR Kuwait Management Ms. Sandra Smith and winning team was Ali Adel Ata Khalil (606), Mohammad Ismat (568), Hanadi the tail enders, Kuwait Stars defeated Philippine Embassy Strikers (2554- Ruffa Quddus. UAE EXCHANGE Kuwait Mr. Vivek Nair and Mr. Renjith Pillai. Mezail (536), supported by Jess Tolentino. Anthony and Nasha King, Aji 2314); LEAF silenced NUSANTARA (2722-2604) but not affected their stand- DUNKIN’ DONUTS Kuwait Mr. Ahmed Hamed and UNILEVER Kuwait for Varghese. For the Swooping Eagles, Glen Corbit (742) piloted his team, assist- ing and finally Asian Air Safari (2691) played bye and remain in the third spot. their untiring and continuing support to League tournaments. For those ed by Darrel Sullivan (537), John Caldwell (479), Jessica Balagat (430), Riz and who wish to join and/or be a new member of PBAK, please call our Benjie Roque that placed them in the elite team while Scavengers remain For Individual High scores: Tournament Director Hermie Saliba mobile 67615408 or the Membership holding the second spot. Category Name Individual High Name Individual High Officer Joel Tizon mobile 66497905. The UAE Exchange without mercy botched the undermanned Original Game Average PBAK on its 29th Year is conducting non-stop weekly bowling league Pin Killers 2801-2290. Playing with just three bowlers, the formidable duo of Men’s A Glen Corbit 264 Greg Melancon 213.70 with currently 250 members mixed nationalities. Games starts at 9AM and Greg Melancon and Christopher Bush played undaunted with their 578 and Men’s B Ferdie Saliba 241 Ferdie Saliba 199.00 ends past 12 noontime every Friday at Cozmo Bowling Centre in Khaifan. Swooping Eagles ascend into the ‘Magic 8’

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Pinoys participate in ‘McDonald’s Flying Start Triathlon’ KUWAIT: Filipinos participated in the annual triathlon competition held in Salmiya Marina seaside last Friday. The event, open to all nationalities, was organized by McDonald’s-Kuwait in cooperation with Marina Crescent. Frontrunners were dominated by European expatriates but there are Arabs and Kuwaitis included in the list of winners. Filipino International Triathlete -Kuwait participated in the event including some Filipino members from the neighboring GCC countries! —Photos by Ciril Mansueto