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Pagkabasa nako nga ang di pa inilang composers ug mga mag-aawit gamay rag kita sa Spotify, diin gi-upload ang ilang mga kanta, kay nalubong sa minilyon ka nag-unang mga kanta ug wa silay paagi pagpabati sa ilang mga kanta sa mas daghan, nahinumdom kong Dr. Jose “Sir Dodong” Gullas.
Kon nia pa unta uban nato si Sir Dodong di siya maglangay sa pagtabang sa naapiking Sugbuanong composers ug mga mag-aawit. Kay dako ang kahigayonan nga apil sila sa nameligrong malumos sa kalibotanong gahong sa Spotify.
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Sama sa naandan, nakahunahuna kog tinihik nga paagi: Matabangan ang mga Sugbuanon sa Spotify kon magsige kog patokar sa ilang mga kanta. Segun sa akong mga kaila sa industriya, mobayad ang Spotify og 15 sentabos sa composer ug mag-aawit sa kada stream sa ilang kanta.
Sa ato pa, nagkinahanglan og pito ka tokar sa kanta una mokita og P1 ug 67 ka tokar una makatigom og P100. Lisod nang abton kon pila ray mag-Spotify. Pero kon mas daghan tang maminaw sa Bisayang mga kanta kada adlaw mabuhi tingaling atong composers ug mga mag-aawit.
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Nakatabang ang akong asawa ug iyang Spotify premium account. Nga maggamit sa unom ka devices. Human pakisaw-i sa duha namo ka higala, ang upat nga nahibilin gisumpay sa mga telepono ug voice-controlled virtual assistants sa Amazon ug Google.
Naghimo kog playlist sa karaang mga Binisaya ug laing playlist sa mga bag-o. Kada playlist may kapin sa 300 ka kanta. Kon patokaron sa virtual assistants 24/7, matokar ang tanang kanta ug kada usa mokita og 15 sentabos kada adlaw ug P1 kada semana.
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Pero human sa usa ka adlaw ug tunga, gi-alingugngogan ko, bisan gipahinayan, sa bag-ong mga kanta. Gawas nga nagsurok akong dugo sa yungit nilang Binisaya.
Naghimo kog laing playlist ug maoy gipatokar tibuok adlaw ug gabii sud sa kapin na sa semana. Naglakip sa Binisaya nga mga kantang ganahan ni Sir Dodong. Ug sa 22 ka bersiyon sa Matud Nila ug 29 ka bersiyon sa Usahay. Para sa ganahang motabang sa Sugbuanong composers ug mga mag-aawit ug mopasidungog ni Sir Dodong, akong i-share ning playlist, “Saluma ni Dodong” http://spoti.fi/30B8ROm. [30] leolastimosaa@gmail.com
Pope Francis will mark 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines with a Holy Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica at 5 pm Philippine time (10 am Rome time) today, March 14, 2021.
The Christian faith that arrived in the Philippines 500 years ago, is very much alive today in the joyful witness to evangelical charity by Catholics, even in hard times, says Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The Philippine Church has been preparing for this great jubilee celebration for 9 years, with each year having a specific theme.
It all began when the great 16th-century Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, who led a Spanish expedition to the so-called ‘East Indies’, 1519 to 1522, reached what is today known as the Philippines on 16 March 1521. His sailors had planned to remain there for a month and a half. It is believed that during that time, the first Mass was celebrated on Filipino soil on March 31, 1521, on the island of Limasawa, south of Leyte. Some 800 were baptized to form the first Catholic community.
Centenary celebrations
The Catholic Church in the Philippines has chosen Easter Sunday, 4 April, to formally inaugurate the year-long celebration of the 5th centenary. On that occasion, in a ceremony, Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), will flag off the opening of the “Holy Doors” of pilgrim churches across the nation. The theme of the jubilee celebration is “Gifted to Give”.
Joyful faith
“Faith is a gift from God. And so, we are joyful in this special jubilee year,” Archbishop Valles said. He explained to Vatican Radio that they are also joyful because they have experienced that faith has given meaning to life. “In a sense, faith helps us to navigate through the journey of life,” and this faith is lived not only individually but also in the family and in the community.
Witnessing to faith in Jesus in the Asian context, according to Pope Francis, Archbishop Valles said, means to show the joy of believing. “It is joyful to believe and entrust our lives to Jesus.” Life in the Philippines, he said, is difficult but faith helps them to be strong amidst the storms of life and forge ahead, assured that the Lord with them. This is the reason behind the joy of the 500 years of the Christian faith in the Philippines - the joy of living in the Lord.
Commitment to evangelize
This faith also entails the duty to evangelize. But even before we can evangelize, he explained, we first need to “deeply realize and appreciate that we are gifted - gifted with faith from the Lord”.
“That is why our theme for the celebration is ‘Gifted to Give’”, he said. With the awareness that you are gifted, “also comes the desire to share this faith”. The entire program of the celebration of the jubilee year, the archbishop said, is centred around this theme of reviewing and appreciating again the gift of faith, and realizing the duty of the mission to share this faith.
“Five hundred years ago, we had that first encounter of faith,” the Philippine bishops’ president said. The first seed of faith was planted in their forefathers, and today the Church in the Philippines is trying to help the faithful not only to encounter Jesus personally but also to meet Him in those they serve, especially the needy, the poor and the marginalized.
Charity amid hard times
However, in the present context of the pandemic, Archbishop Valles said, it is difficult to witness to evangelical charity. He spoke about the bad times the Filipinos have been going through over the past two years.
At the end of 2019, there were strong earthquakes in the Philippines, killing many lives and destroying numerous homes. At the start of 2020, another volcano erupted near Manila, causing the evacuation of thousands of people. By March of that year, the Covid-19 pandemic struck the Philippines. The end of the year saw 2 strong typhoons.
“I’m just amazed at our people and our churches,” the CBCP president wondered. “It was a difficult situation but I would believe that the Church in the Philippines, in a very silent way, became a witness to evangelical charity.”
Both the rich and the poor went out to help the victims of these tragedies. During the pandemic, the dioceses organized in all the parishes the delivery of food packs to poor families who lost the means of their livelihood.
In his own Archdiocese of Davao, Archbishop Valles pointed out, he was very hesitant to make a public appeal to help poor families whose breadwinners lost their jobs but was touched by the response of the people. It is the same story in other dioceses of the Philippines, he said.
Recently, when the vaccination programme kicked off in the Philippines, churches volunteered to offer the government their facilities as vaccination centers, especially in remote areas. Hence, when asked to be witnesses to evangelical charity, to be a house with open doors that offers hope and strength, Archbishop Valles said they stood up to the challenge. He said they still continue to be a Church that, above all, is able to offer charity, mercy and compassion in times of great difficulty.
The Quincentennial Mass with Pope Francis will be on the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter.
There will be 10 concelebrants, with Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) and Cardinal Angelo Di Donatis (Pope Francis' Vicar for Rome).
You can download the PDF file of the Mass booklet(with texts and songs in Italian, English, Filipino, Cebuano and Latin).
The Philippines is the world's third largest Catholic country (after Brazil and Mexico) and has the largest number of English-speaking Catholics.
Aduna kitay na tala nga 11 new cases og 13 newly recovered cases sa COVID-19 dinhi sa atung lungsod, as of March 12, 2021:
Ang 11 new cases mao ang mo sunod:
ACP#271 = 22 years old, female, nagpuyo sa Sumaguan, Argao. Ang pasyente nagpaswab pagka March 7 para mo byahe padulong sa Bohol apan ning positive ang resulta sa COVID-19.
ACP#272 = 69 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Tulic, Argao. Ang pasyente naka sinati og sintomas sa COVID-19 hinungdan nga gi admit og gikuhaan ug swab sa usa ka tambalanan sa Cebu City nga ning positive sa maong sakit.
ACP#273 = 42 years old, female, nagpuyo sa Poblacion, Argao. Ang pasyente na admit sa usa ka tambalanan tungod sa pagkalipong og lisud sa pagginhawa. Gikuhaan siya og swab pagka March 4 og ning gawas ang result nga positive pagka March 8.
ACP#274 = 49 years old, female, nagpuyo sa Talaga. Ang pasyente gikan sa Talisay City wala pa nakuhaan og swab og ningbalhin puyo sa Argao para mo byahe padulong sa Bohol apan nagpositive ang swab result sa COVID-19.
ACP#275 = 15 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Talaga, Argao. Ang pasyente gikan sa Talisay City wala pa nakuhaan og swab og ningbalhin puyo sa Argao para mo byahe padulong sa Bohol apan nagpositive ang swab result sa COVID-19.
ACP#276 = 26 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Poblacion, Argao. Ang pasyente nakasinati og loss of smell and taste, ubo, sip-on, sore throat, diarrhea, og sakit sa kalawas hinungdan nga gikuhaa siya og swab nga ning positive sa COVID-19.
ACP#277 = 53 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Poblacion, Argao. Ang pasyete silingan ni ACP#276 og nakasinati usab siya og sakit sa lawas ug ubo hinungdan nga gikuhaa siya og swab nga ning positive sa COVID-19.
ACP#278 = 72 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Poblacion, Argao. Ang pasyente nakasinati og lisud sa pagginhawa ug uban pangsintomas sa COVID-19 hinungdan giadmit siya sa usa ka tambalanan didto sa Cebu City apan Dead on Arrival. Gikuhaan siya og swab nga ning positive sa maong sakit.
ACP#279 = 54 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Talaga, Argao. Ang pasyente gikan sa Talisay City wala pa nakuhaan og swab og ningbalhin puyo sa Argao para mo byahe padulong sa Bohol apan nagpositive ang swab result sa COVID-19.
ACP#280 = 28 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Jampang, Argao. Ang pasyente nakasinati og mild sintomas sa COVID019 og nagpaswab para maka byahe padulong sa Siargao apan ning gawas ang resulta nga positive sa maong sakit.
ACP#281 = 28 years old, male, nagpuyo sa Lamacan, Argao. Ang pasyente adunay mga travel history sa Cebu City sa wala pa makuhae og swab. Gikuhaan siya og swab para maka byahe sa Dumaguete City apan ning gawas ang result nga positive sa COVID-19.
Ang 13 newly recovered cases mao ang mo sunod:
ACP#228 = 58 years old, male, Lamacan
ACP#245 = 51 years old, female, Poblacion
ACP#246 = 23 years old, female, Poblacion
ACP#247 = 51 years old, male, Poblacion
ACP#255 = 40 years old, male, Poblacion
ACP#256 = 29 years old, male, Tulic
ACP#257 = 26 years old, female, Langtad
ACP#258 = 1 year old, female, Langtad
ACP#259 = 15 years old, female, Langtad
ACP#260 = 37 years old, male, Poblacion
ACP#261 = 24 years old, female, Poblacion
ACP#263 = 32 years old, female, Poblacion
ACP#265 = 34 years old, male, Sua
Aduna pud kitay na tala nga 8 newly recovered cases sa mga detainees sa sulod sa Argao Municipal Jail
Summary of COVID-19 cases in the community:
New cases = 11
Active cases = 17
Recovered cases = 257
Deaths = 7
Total cases = 281
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Argao Municipal Jail:
The Cebu South Coastal Road viaduct will be closed to the public starting at 10 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, March 13, 2021, until noon of Sunday, March 14, 2021. The closure is needed for ongoing construction of the bridge linking Cebu City South Road Properties (SRP) and Cordova.
Motorists from Cebu City to Talisay City may take Osmena Blvd. and P. del Rosario St. leading to Natalio Bacalso Ave. While motorists from Talisay City to Cebu City may turn left to F. Vestil St.
Pope Francis leads the global celebration of the 500th year of Christianity in Cebu and the Philippines with amass at the Vatican this Sunday, March 14, 2021.
In a show of solidarity with the largest Catholic nation in Asia, the Pope will preside over the Quincentennial Mass at 5 p.m. Philippine time (10 a.m. in Rome). Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will concelebrate the mass with Pope Francis.
The global celebration also marks 500 years since Ferdinand Magellan's expedition arrived in Cebu and colonized it for Spain. But Magellan was killed by Lapulapu and the Oponganons when the Spaniards attacked the neighboring island of Mactan.
After the mass, Pope Francis will proceed to St. Peter's Basicilia for theangelus and blessingat noon on the same day (around 7 p.m. Philippine time).
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus.
Finally, there was only one other family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me.
There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. The way they were dressed, you could tell they didn't have a lot of money, but their clothes were neat and clean.
The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly jabbering about the clowns, animals, and all the acts they would be seeing that night. By their excitement you could sense they had never been to the circus before. It would be a highlight of their lives.
The father and mother were at the head of the pack standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband's hand, looking up at him with pride. He was smiling and enjoying seeing his family happy.
The ticket lady asked the man how many tickets he wanted? He proudly responded, "I'd like to buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets, so I can take my family to the circus." The ticket lady stated the price.
The man's wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, the man's lip began to quiver. Then he leaned a little closer and asked, "How much did you say?" The ticket lady again stated the price.
The man didn't have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn't have enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad reached into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill, and then dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the word!) My father bent down, picked up the $20 bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket."
The man understood what was going on. He wasn't begging for a handout but certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking and embarrassing situation.
He looked straight into my dad's eyes, took my dad's hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with his lip quivering and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied; "Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family."
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. The $20 that my dad gave away is what we were going to buy our own tickets with.
Although we didn't get to see the circus that night, we both felt a joy inside us that was far greater than seeing the circus could ever provide.
That day I learned the value to give.
The giver is bigger than the receiver. If you want to be large, larger than life, learn to Give. Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
The importance of giving, blessing others can never be over emphasized because there's always joy in giving. Learn to make someone happy by acts of giving.
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