Beiträge von ALFI54

    Harana auf den Philippinen.


    Harana ist eine traditionelle Form der Serenade auf den Philippinen. Es handelt sich um ein Werberitual, bei dem ein Mann einer Frau normalerweise nachts ein Ständchen bringt. Das Wort „Harana“ kommt vom spanischen Wort „haran“, was „ein Ständchen bringen“ bedeutet.


    Harana wird normalerweise nachts durchgeführt, wenn die Frau in ihrem Haus und der Mann draußen ist. Der Mann sang ein Liebeslied und begleitete sich dabei mit einer Gitarre oder einem anderen Saiteninstrument.


    Normalerweise hörte die Frau hinter einem Fenster oder einer Tür zu und antwortete manchmal mit einem Gegensingen. Harana ist eine wunderschöne Tradition, die auf den Philippinen langsam verblasst.


    In der Vergangenheit war Harana für junge Männer eine sehr beliebte Art, junge Frauen zu umwerben. Allerdings ist Harana in der heutigen modernen Welt nicht mehr so verbreitet wie früher.


    A museum will rise at the old municipal hall in this tourist town to preserve the heritage and identity of its people.


    The Municipal Tourism Office, through the Culture and the Arts Division, had identified and gathered old artifacts during the “Karaang Butang” display contest, which are on public display for the entire month of February.


    Anthony Ceniza, adviser on culture and arts, said Panglao Mayor Boy Arcay would pursue his plan to transform the second floor of the old municipal town hall into a museum.


    “It’s a wonderful thing that residents and tourists can come and marvel at the old items of what Panglao was before,” he said.


    “We rescue and preserve our heritage not only because it is our past but because it is an identity of the people of Panglao,” he added.


    Leonides Senica, the town tourism officer, said the assessment was ongoing and the project would start in the midyear.


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    Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/…al-heritage#ixzz8RmedaPCk


    Studenten vor beschädigtem Gebäude der Universität der Philippinen, 1948.


    Die Universität wurde ursprünglich von der amerikanischen Besatzungsregierung am 18. Juni 1908 gegründet (Ratifizierung des Gesetzes Nr. 1870), mit Ziel um als „Fortgeschrittenenunterricht in Literatur, Philosophie, Wissenschaft und Kunst sowie zur Vermittlung professioneller Kenntnisse“ zu dienen, sowie technische Ausbildung“ für berechtigte Studierende unabhängig von „Alter, Geschlecht, Nationalität, Religionszugehörigkeit und politischer Zugehörigkeit“.


    Sie gilt weithin als das beste Universitätssystem der Philippinen und wird oft zitiert. Zu ihren Absolventen zählen ein Friedensnobelpreisträger, 7 von 17 philippinischen Präsidenten, 14 von 26 obersten Richtern, 36 von 42 nationalen Wissenschaftlern und 40 von 57 nationalen Künstlern.


    Die Universität begann mit der Gründung der Philippine Medical School (später als College of Medicine and Surgery in die Universität eingegliedert) im Jahr 1905, die 1907 ihren Betrieb aufnahm, ein Jahr vor dem Rest der U.P.


    Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs mussten die meisten Hochschulen geschlossen werden, mit Ausnahme der Fakultäten für Medizin, Pharmazie und Ingenieurwesen.


    Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg beantragte B. Gonzalez bei der US-Philippines War Damage Commission einen Zuschuss von 13 Millionen PHP für Reparaturen.


    Am 8. Januar 2008 war die Hundertjahrfeier der Universität der Philippinen.


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik…ersity_of_the_Philippines


    Some 44 people were injured and rushed to the hospital when part of a church’s second floor collapsed in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, around 7 a.m. on Wednesday.


    The wounded individuals were devotees attending the Ash Wednesday mass at St. Peter Apostle Parish Church when the accident occurred, according to the City of San Jose del Monte Public Information Office (PIO).


    Witnesses reported hearing screaming followed by the sudden collapse of the church’s mezzanine floor, the PIO said.


    Photos taken after the accident show planks of wood and tangled wires covering the church’s entrance.


    Immediately after the incident, the City’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, local police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the City Health Office rushed to the scene, the PIO added.


    It further said that the local government of San Jose del Monte would cover the hospitalization costs for all the wounded devotees who were taken to six hospitals in Bulacan.


    As of Wednesday morning, authorities are still conducting clearing operations.


    Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/…h-collapses#ixzz8RhaXQBvK

    Dewey Blvd (Roxas Blvd), Manila 1931

    Ui, da gab es am Roxas Blvd bereits vor knapp 100 Jahren schon die ersten Hochhäuser - sie an !

    Moien globomanni ,


    Wenn man die alten Bilder von Manila betrachtet, besonders vom alten Zentrum Binondo, stellt man fest, dass so einiges von den Amis vor 100 Jahren eingeführt wurde. Erst das stetige Anwachsen der Bevölkerung hat das heutige chaotische Treiben erst ermöglicht.


    Allerdings gibt es auch heute Viertel, die sich besser entwickeln z.B. BGC. Dort waren vor 100 Jahren Reisfelder. :D


    LG Alf

    The country’s hospitals fear rising labor costs and operating expenses could make health care more expensive.


    “Expenses are increasing now,” Philippine Hospital Association president Jose P. Santiago said, noting that these could be attributed to rising costs of utilities, such as water and electricity.


    “[And you] really have to upgrade your machines and to keep it really compatible with the times … The old machine that you have before? You have to upgrade. And that will be very expensive on our part,” he told reporters last week on the sidelines of the press conference for the Philippine Pharma and Healthcare Expo that will be held at SMX Convention Center on Feb. 14 to Feb. 16.


    Santiago, whose group is composed of around 2,000 private and government hospitals, noted revenues of private hospitals alone have gone down annually by an average 5 percent to 10 percent since the pandemic hit.


    “If your operational costs—such as salaries of workers—go up, the hospital will need to draw it from somewhere. It could mean increasing the rates for laboratory tests, ancillary procedures and accommodations. So health costs should also increase,” he said.


    He noted, however, that they were “conservative” in hiking rates so as not to unduly burden patients. “Hopefully, we can come up with a solution in the increasing costs of hospitals.”


    According to Santiago, health-care professionals choosing to go abroad is still an ever-present problem in the industry. A shortfall in the number of nurses remained in the “thousands,” he added.


    “Europe, North America, even in Asia, [as well] as New Zealand and Australia. They are attracting nurses from the Philippines,” he said.He noted local hospitals could not compete with the salary offered by other countries.


    “Here, the [monthly] salary is about P30,000 to P35,000. I think in Europe, they are offered P90,000 to P100,000,” he said. Nurses are also provided additional benefits abroad, such as free education, lodging and monetary incentives for the first six months or one year of work, he noted.


    Read more: https://business.inquirer.net/…ising-costs#ixzz8RVYKSFho

    Money tops the list of Valentine’s Day gifts that Filipinos prefer, according to the results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) national survey released on Sunday.

    The survey was done face-to-face with 1,200 adults nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), Visayas, and Mindanao, SWS added.


    Following are the top 10 preferred gifts as the survey found out through the question: “What gift do you want to receive from your loved one this coming Valentine’s Day?”


    • Money: 16%
    • Love and companionship: 11%
    • Flowers: 10%
    • Apparel: 9%
    • Any gift from the heart: 5%
    • Mobile phone: 5%
    • Watch and jewelry: 5%
    • Good family relationship: 5%
    • Food and grocery items: 3%
    • Chocolates: 3%

    More women, or 19 percent of female respondents, wished for money than men at 12 percent.


    However, more men asked for more clothes at 14 percent while women who wished for the same gift were only at 5 percent.


    The survey, released three days before Valentine’s Day, also found that 58 percent of Filipinos were “very happy” with their love life.


    The SWS likewise found that most married couples are “very happy” with their romantic life. The question asked was this: “Which phrase describes your love life? (Very happy, Could be happier, No love life?”


    “The latest percentage of those very happy with their love life is the highest since the record-high 59% in 2011,” the SWS said.


    Some 76 percent of married male respondents said they were “very happy,” while 67 percent of females gave the same response.


    Meanwhile, 23 percent of respondents said they “could be happier” with their love lives while 19 percent have no love life.


    Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/…lipinos-sws#ixzz8RQtHyP9a

    Es soll ja jetzt sogar schon Medikamente geben die direkt in die betroffenen Zellen den Krebs bekaempfen und es dadurch praktisch kaum noch andere Nebenwirkungen gibt.

    Anbei die verschiedenen Testreihen, sowie Entwicklungsstuffen der Firma Biontech.


    Zu bemerken sei, dass die Corona Impfstoffe auf einigen Entwicklungen im Gange passte, und u.a. worauf die schnelle Verfügbarkeit des Impfstoffs basiert. Man fing also nicht bei Null beim Covid-Impfstoff an, sondern wechselte nur die Prioritäten.


    Mittlerweile fliessen wieder alle Impfstoffgelder (laut Eigner) in die Entwicklung von Krebstherapien. Auch diese Gelder sind ein Beitrag zur schnellen Verfügbarkeit.


    Ich denke es tut sich was weltweit in dieser Sache. Nicht nur Biontech ist auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral. Das Biontech - Ziel soll spätestens in 5 Jahren erreicht sein, zumindest teilweise. Vielleicht gelingt ja der Coup ?


    Aber, wie immer, auch späterhin wird es mit Sicherheit wieder um Geld bei der Behandlung gehen. Da sind die Sozialsysteme gefordert.


    LG Alf



    ALFI54 ,

    selbstverstaendlich kann man das nicht vergleichen, Krebs kann man ueberhauptnicht vergleichen, da es verschiedene Arten gibt, meine Frau hatte zB einen sehr agressiven Krebs. Man muss aber auch immer abwaegen ob eine Chemo oder nicht, manchmal hat eine Chemo mehr negative als positive Folgen. Mit dem heutigen Wissen wuerde ich niemals eine Chemo bei mir zulassen. Meine Frau hat nach der 1. Chemo extrem abgebaut, das sie eine 2. nicht mehr machen konnten, da sie zu schwach war.

    Aber auch bei der Chemo gibt es Fortschritte und sie hat nicht mehr die gleiche Bedeutung wie noch vor 5 Jahren. Oder die Chemo wird genau auf den Patienten abgestimmt, eben um Überforderung auszuschliessen.


    Wir sind uns aber bestimmt einig, dass man auf Krebs gerne verzichten kann.


    LG Alf

    meine Mutter bekam mit 86 Jahren Brustkrebs stage 2, sie wurde operiert und danach wollte der Arzt das sie eine Chemo macht, meine Mutter sagte ihm, ich bin 86 und moechte in dem Alter keine Chemo mehr. Der Arzt war sauer und sagte, dann werden sie nicht mehr lange leben, darauf meine Mutter ich bin 86 ich lebe sowieso nicht mehr lange. Meine Mutter hatte am 8. Dez. Geburtstag und ist 96 Jahre alt geworden, sie hat keinerlei Beschwerden, ich glaube, haette sie die Chemo gemacht waere sie heute nicht mehr am Leben.

    Berni 2 ,


    Du kannst beide Fälle aber nicht vergleichen. Deine Mutter wusste was sie tat, und Krebs ist in dem Alter wesentlich weniger aggressiv als bei einer Vierzigjährigen. In dem jungen Alter lohnt es sich zu kämpfen, zumal Mutter von 3 Kindern, die mit Sicherheit noch Schutz benötigen.


    LG Alf

    The tense wait for the next move of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has exposed the desperate tactics of former president Rodrigo Duterte, the alleged subject of investigation, and the indecisiveness of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who cannot keep a definite tone on what his government’s policy is.


    Marcos’ justice secretary, Jesus Crispin Remulla, said on Friday, February 9, that the “ICC holds no jurisdiction over the Philippines” – yet another toned down iteration of the government’s stance in the face of speculations coming from Duterte’s camp that a warrant of arrest against the former president is in the horizon. The strongest position that Marcos has taken was late 2023 when he said he was open to studying the return of the Philippines as a member of the ICC.


    The drama between Marcos and Duterte reached fever pitch levels end of January when both held simultaneous rallies where the former president accused his successor of being a drug addict. Marcos, who is usually not one to engage in nasty word wars, clapped back and said Duterte’s tirades may be the result of fentanyl use.


    That’s when Duterte, through his former spokesperson Harry Roque, said that an arrest warrant is looming. This cannot be confirmed because “warrants of arrest may be issued confidentially (under seal) or publicly, depending on the circumstances,” according to the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor, referring to general cases.


    Duterte said he will resist arrest and will not hesitate to resort to violence. “Kapag puntahan nila ako, arestuhin nila ako dito, magkabarilan talaga ‘yan at uubusin ko ang mga putanginang ‘yan (If they come for me, if they arrest me here, there will be a shootout, I will finish all those sons of bitches),” said Duterte in an interview with his former presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo over radio DZRJ on Thursday, February 8.


    Duterte said in the same interview that he believes Marcos has nothing to do with the ICC moves, even as key witness and self-confessed Duterte hitman Arturo Lascañas resurfaced right after the Uniteam breakup in those rallies.

    What happens if there is indeed a warrant?

    International law advocates insist that even if the Philippines is no longer a member of the ICC, it is still bound to cooperate with the court, which for them is enough framework for national authorities to enforce a potential warrant.


    “That is the obligation under the Rome Statute, if you are a member and you withdraw, you still have an obligation to cooperate for those crimes that were committed while you were a member,” said retired Supreme Court senior justice Antonio Carpio.


    Enforcement is a big problem in international law proceedings because the ICC has no police powers, and relies only on national authorities to enforce its orders. The Philippine National Police (PNP) under Marcos says it will not enforce any ICC arrest warrant.


    “President Marcos is closely being watched. What will be his next decisive actions? He should not be perceived as weak by different stakeholders,” said political analyst Maria Ela Atienza.


    But the absence of such decisive actions from Marcos, so far, opens the possibility of a local court showdown. That would give Marcos a reason to leave to the judiciary the question of how to deal with a warrant, just how like how he left to the legislative branch last year the issuance of resolutions urging the government to cooperate with the ICC.


    But “procedurally, a regional trial court cannot issue a local warrant of arrest in place of a warrant issued by the ICC,” said Ross Tugade, a lecturer of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law.


    If anything, Duterte or the subject of the ICC warrant can challenge it before a local court, and “the domestic court will look into the propriety of the ICC warrant and determine if the rights of the respondent were respected,” said Menardo Guevarra, Marcos’ solicitor general and Duterte’s former justice secretary.


    Duterte’s “brand of leadership and rhetoric” is evident in his drug-tagging of Marcos and his mouthpieces being behind speculations about what the ICC’s next move will be, said Atienza.


    “He is apparently still influential, especially in Mindanao, and can use these attacks to try weakening the popularity and influence of the President and his administration. But he forgets that he is no longer immune to legal cases and that the ICC is actively investigating the war on drugs,” said Atienza.


    The victims of Duterte’s drug war, while supportive of an ICC investigation, have been made a little more anxious by these speculations, “worried that the more public the investigation is, the more dangerous it could be for the people in it,” said Kristina Conti, an ICC-accredited assistant counsel and lawyer for a group of victims.


    “This drug-tagging affair between Marcos and Duterte is deeply insulting to communities. To the victims of the war on drugs, it yet again exposes the sham and shows the policy as it really was: a massacre of the poor. Kapag maliit kang tao, nakakamatay ‘yan, totoo man o hindi (If you’re an ordinary person, those accusations are deadly whether they are true or not),” said Conti.


    The call of the human rights community remains the same: for Marcos to cooperate with the ICC and revamp the drug war policy that has still resulted in killings under his administration. More than 300 people were killed under the mantle of the campaign against drugs in 2023, according to the record-keeping of the Dahas project of the UP Third World Studies Center.


    “If [Marcos] does not do any of these things, it will only mean that he’s using this issue as a political weapon against Duterte. Woe, then, to the thousands of victims of the ‘drug war’ that are still struggling to find justice and closure,” said Carlos Conde, Philippine researcher of Human Rights Watch.


    https://www.rappler.com/newsbr…on-marcos-indecisiveness/

    Moien Ulf,


    Wie es dino oben schon schreibt, für den Krebs, egal welche Art, ist eine höchst personifizierte Behandlung nötig, und gehört in die Hände von guten Spezialisten. Nichts ist von einem Patient auf den anderen übertragbar, und es ist immer eine Mehrfrontenbehandlung.


    Erst rezent gab es im Spiegel 06-2024 eine Titelstory über die Behandlung und dem Status der verschiedenen klinischen Testphasen u.a. auch der Firma Biontech aus Mainz. Schau mal am Zeitungskiosk vorbei, müsste Heute noch zu haben sein.


    Bei Brustkrebs liegt die Heilungschance mittlerweile bei 88 % und dies über mindesten 5 Jahre.


    LG Alf


    Before the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 rankings were released in December 2023, the Department of Education (DepEd) had already said it was not expecting “good results.”


    It seemed to be the agency’s way of controlling the narrative and minimizing public backlash, if not lowering public expectations. After all, the DepEd had already faced a string of controversies in only two years of Vice President Sara Duterte’s leadership. Critics hit Duterte for what they called “misplaced priorities” in the department – from red-tagging to alleged misuse of hefty confidential funds.

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    “To be honest, we’re not expecting good results. So right now, we’re really focused in learning recovery. And that is why we requested that if there were realignments to be made, it should be realigned to the NLRP (National Learning Recovery Program),” DepEd Undersecretary Michael Poa said in November 2023.


    Poa was right. The Philippines, once again, ended up among the countries that produced the lowest proficiency for 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science, as indicated by the PISA rankings. The country ranked 77th out of 81 countries globally.


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    https://www.rappler.com/newsbr…global-assessments-tests/

    Unemployment in the country decreased in December 2023, but concerns about job quality declining cannot be ignored, a socio-economic expert suggested on Thursday.

    The reason?


    Filipinos who secured work at the tail end of last year also rated themselves as “poor” – a phenomenon that is “alarming,” according to Sonny Africa, executive director of the think tank Ibon Foundation.


    Africa said such a situation could only indicate that the quality of jobs in the country is diminishing.


    In an interview with INQUIRER.net, Africa pointed out: “If you only read the labor force figures […] that’s really the lowest in decades. But for us, what’s more important is whether the low unemployment rate translates to income.”


    On Wednesday, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country’s unemployment rate slipped to 3.1 percent in December of last year, translating to about 1.6 million Filipinos who were either jobless or out of business – a new record low since the unemployment rate stooped to 3.6 percent in November 2023.


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    Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/…ver-quality#ixzz8R7n9Ra5R