by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Jan. 12 (PIA)–Sugod karong tuiga, opisyal nang sugdan sa paggamit ang kategoryang “Super typhoon” sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) sa pagtumbok sa kategorya sa bagyo.
Matud pa ni PAGASA forecaster Alvin Pura, gigamit lamang kaniadto ang kategoryang super typhoon sa pag-igo sa nasud sa bagyong Yolanda.
“‘Yung malalakas na typhoon like itong si Yolanda usually nagbabase tayo sa ibang met (meteorological) agency na gumagamit ng super typhoon category,” matud pa ni Pura.
Giingong ang super typhoon maoy category 5 nga bagyo sa Amerika ug Australia.
Matud pa sa PAGASA, kun moigo na sa 220 kilometro matag oras (kph) ug kapin pa ang kakusog sa hangin duol sa tunga sa usa ka bagyo, masulod na kini sa kategoryang “super typhoon.”
Giingong sukad matukod ang PAGASA, category 4 lamang ang gamit niini sa pagtumbok sa bagyo nga maoy gikonsiderar nga pinakakusog nga bagyo. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Jan. 12 (PIA)–Panaghiusa ang sentro sa mensahe ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III sa New Year Vin d’Honneur (wine of honor) sa Malakanyang karong adlawa.
Gitumbok ni PNoy ang kamahinungdanon sa panaghiusa aron masulbad ang nagkalain-laing problema sama sa kalamidad, sakit ug terorismo.
Atubangan sa ubang opisyal sa gobyerno, mga tinugyanan sa nagkalain-laing nasud ug pipila pa ka bisita, nagpasalamat si PNoy sa pagtabang sa international community sa mga biktima sa Bagyong Yolanda ug Hagupit sa Pilipinas.
Matud pa ni PNoy, napamatud-an ang kamahinungdanon sa paglihok isip usa ka komunidad ang nahitabo sa Ukraine tension, global climate change, dili stable nga oil price, world market, hulga sa pandemic nga MERS-Corona virus o Ebola ug ang mga kagubot sa Pakistan, Australia, Canada ug France.
Dugang pa ni PNoy, dili mahimong mopatigbabaw pa ang iyahay nga paglihok o parochial mindset.
Apan kinahanglang moapil ang matag nasud alang sa mas epektibong pagsulbad sa usa ka katalagmang makaapekto usab sa ubang nasud.
“Now, more than ever, the truism of the saying, ‘United we stand, divided we fall,’ comes to the forefront. We are responsible for our world and its future. Whether in combating climate change and its effects, or in fighting inequality, or in taking a stand against terrorism and instability: the time to act is now,” matud pa ni PNoy.
Sa maong okasyon, nihatag usab og mensahe si Papal Nuncio Giusseppe Pinto sa Vin d’Honneur.
Matud pa niya, gipalig-on sa maong okasyon ang relasyon sa Pilipinas sa international community.
Gidayeg usab niini ang mga reporma sa gobyerno sama sa ekonomiya ug kalinaw, apil na ang paglihok batok sa kalamidad apan gitumbok usab niini nga wala pa kini nahuman tungod kay daghan pang pamilya ang walay gipuy-an. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday morning led the New Year’s Vin d’Honneur for the year 2015 at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace.
In his message, President Aquino recalled the challenges the world faced in 2014 — the tensions in the West brought about by problems in Ukraine; the erratic weather patterns due to global climate change; the threat of pandemics such as the MERS-Corona Virus and Ebola; the acts of violence in Pakistan, Australia, Canada, and most recently in France – and how countries responded to them.
“Instead of being daunted or wallowing in fear, we have chosen to hope. Instead of being divided by hatred, we have chosen to stand together and link arms, in order to alleviate the suffering and despair of others,” he said.
The Chief Executive took the opportunity to thank the international community for the assistance it has provided to help the victims of Typhoons Yolanda (Haiyan) and Ruby (Hagupit).
“I will never forget how the global community has come together to fight climate change, including the example of His Holiness Pope Francis, who is expected to issue an encyclical on climate change and the imperative for all of humanity to take action,” he added.
He noted that in facing the world’s problems, “it has become clear that we can no longer look at complex issues and situations with a parochial mindset.”
“Whether in combating climate change and its effects, or in fighting inequality, or in taking a stand against terrorism and instability: the time to act is now,” the President said.
“We can work together: each person and each country doing its part to collectively solve all these issues. Or we can think only of ourselves, thereby allowing these challenges to grow more convoluted, and more insurmountable until we are all consumed by them.”
For his part, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Archbishop Guiseppe Pinto, acknowledged the government’s commitment to restore a dignified life to the people affected by calamities, as well as its efforts to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on the Bangsamoro, signed in March last year.
He also noted the “extraordinary events” that are scheduled to happen in the Philippines this year — the Apostolic visit of Pope Francis and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) 2015.
In his toast, Archbishop Pinto wished for peace and greater prosperity for the Filipino people.
“The Diplomatic Corps conveys its fervent wishes to see the fruits of (the government’s) labors for the benefit of their fellow citizens,” he said. (PCOO/PIA)
by admin | Jan 10, 2015 | Headlines
The Vatican communications posted an announcement that Pope Francis will ride on a Jeepney style “pope mobile”. The pontiff’s visit is one very anticipated event in the Philippines which is a predominantly catholic country. The Pope has announced his desire to visit the victims of typhoon Yolanda so Tacloban is one of the cities he will visit.
Vatican communications published on its twitter account the jeepney style “pope mobile” for Pope Francis during his visit in the country.
There was a clamor to invite the Pope to Bohol which also suffered its own share of natural calamities last year (7.2 earthquake) and this year (typhoons Queenie and Seniang) but Bohol is not part of the Pope’s itinerary. However, some Boholano victims of the natural calamities are invited to dine with the Pope in Tacloban.
To secure the Pope, flight cancellations and no-fly-zones will be implemented in Manila and other cities of the country. The Philippine National Police goes even up to requiring its policemen to wear adult diapers so they don’t have to take breaks to answer the call of nature.
Many catholic faithful will either go to Manila or Tacloban to witness the visit of Pope Francis.
The Pope has gained praise around the world for his example of leading a simple life while encouraging the rest of the leadership of the Catholic Church to do the same.
by admin | Jan 10, 2015 | Tech Talk
The past few years, solid state drives or SSD have gradually become optional or even standard storage device on laptops. SSDs have data input/output speeds of several hundred megabytes per second and virtually no delay on first time access to the device. This is many times better than the traditional hard disk drives or HDD which also have a big disadvantage: moving parts. The spinning media on the HDD limits its I/O speed, requires much more power than SSD and is often the reason for HDD failures.
Photo credit: Samsung
SSDs are manufactured using integrated circuit technology that require no moving parts. When SSDs were new in the market, they were quite expensive and the storage capacities were only in the megabytes range. They also suffered reliability issues and have a limitation on how many times write operations can be done on each memory cell.
The current capabilities of manufacturers such as Samsung have lowered the cost of SSDs, improved its reliability and greatly increased the capacity.
Currently, 4TB capacity SSDs are already available, although the commonly available capacities would range from 128GB to 512GB. Most computers would have significant performance improvement just by replacing the HDD with an SSD.
Samsung recently announced its latest SSD technology which has an I/O speed of 2.15GB per second while using very little power. Imagine data on a single DVD being copied on an SSD in about 2 seconds. It is that fast. Because of the very low power consumption, mobile devices would definitely benefit and allow more battery life.
Cloud computing service providers are offering SSDs on its virtual private servers which has greatly improved application performance. With cloud computing industry currently growing and the popularity of mobile devices, SSD technology will surely continue to improve in performance and capacity, while getting cheaper.
