In this Monday, Dec.

3, 2012 file photo, policeman stand guard outside the King Edward VII
hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted with a severe form of morning
sickness, in London .King Edward VII hospital says the nurse involved in Kate hoax call has
died, it has been announced, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. AP/Alastair Grant
LONDONA nurse at the hospital which treated Prince Williams pregnant wife Catherine was
found dead on Friday, days after being duped by a hoax call from an Australian radio station, the
hospital said.
The private King Edward VII hospital named the nurse as Jacintha Saldanha, who had worked
there for four years, and said it had learned of her tragic death with very deep sadness.
The hospital did not comment on media reports that she had committed suicide, while police said
they were treating the death, which happened at a property near the hospital, as unexplained.
We can confirm that Jacintha was recently the victim of a hoax call to the hospital. The hospital
had been supporting her throughout this difficult time, the hospital said in a statement.

According to the latest forecast, Pablo was moving east-northeast at 17 kph, although Loiz said
the typhoon was expected to accelerate in the coming hours.
Once it hits land, we expect that there will be less rainfall intensity and that the typhoon will
weaken and eventually dissipate, said Jori Loiz, a weather forecaster with Pagasa.
Fourteen provinces in Luzon were placed under storm alert on Saturday as Typhoon Pablo
veered back toward the country and was expected to hit land this Sunday morning.
The weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geological and Astronomical Administration
(Pagasa) estimated that Pablo will make landfall between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. in Ilocos Norte
Sunday.
As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Pablo was located at 230 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, with winds
of 130 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 160 kph.
Loiz said provinces in northern Luzon should brace for stormy weather as Pablo began to turn
around to hit land anew.
Pablo, with center winds of 160 kph and gusts of up to 190 kph, slammed into the east coast of
Mindanao on Tuesday morning, slicing west-northwest across the island as it blew toward
Central Visayas and Palawan.
The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, Pablo left 456 people dead, 533
missing, 455 injured and hundreds of thousands homeless in nine regions of the country.

Earlier, Enrile said RH bill proponents in the Senate could not force a vote on the measure since
some senators were still proposing amendments to the bill.
A Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) official on Saturday appealed to the
faithful to pray for Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile in the wake of reports he may be ousted
from his post for opposing the reproductive health (RH) bill.
The President once again (is) calling the congressmen and women to a luncheon meeting. He
will push for a vote on the RH bill, Castro said.
We have also received a report of moves to oust Senator Enrile as Senate President because of
(his) opposition to the RH bill, he added.
Fr. Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Family and Life,
urged Catholics to pray for Enrile to keep his job so the RH bill would not pass in the Senate.
He noted that President Aquino would be meeting with the lawmakers on Monday on the RH
bill, which the Catholic Church vehemently opposes since it promotes the use of artificial
contraception.
We beg you to pray (to) Our Lord through Our Lady to thwart all their plans. O Mary, save our
country from danger. We are yours. Help us in this hour of need, he said.

But Gen. Ariel Bernardo, commander of the 10th Infantry Division, told the Inquirer by phone
that reports reaching him indicated only six soldiers were missing from the two platoons.
Contact with the platoons had not been established as of 4 p.m.
Inquirer bureaus in Mindanao and Cebu, in reports attributed to local officials, and civil defense
authorities put the initial death tollmainly in flash floodsat 42 and another 24 unaccounted
for. Most of the deaths were in New Bataan in Compostela Valley.
Thats what happened in areas in Mindanao raked by powerful Typhoon Pablo before dawn
Tuesday.
Blown in the wind. Deaths in flash floods.
Pablo moved swiftly on its predicted path, sending roofs flying off houses, hectares of coconut
trees tumbling, rivers bursting their banks, canceling flights and ferry services, church bells
ringing and sirens wailing in a large part of Mindanao where the Category 5 storm passed.

In Manila, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said two
Army platoons with possibly 66 soldiers were unaccounted for.
Benito Ramos, NDRRMC executive director, said each platoon had 33 soldiers. He said the
command post of Charlie Company of the 66th Infantry Battalion at Barangay (village) Andap in
New Bataan was reportedly washed away in a flash flood.

Dapat din, aniya, na paigtingin ang ekonomiya ng Bataan upang maabot nito ang pangarap na
maging haligi ng rehiyon sa larangan ng edukasyon, turismo, pangangalaga sa kapaligiran,
serbisyo medikal at pagtataguyod sa kultura.

Hangad ni Garcia, na chairman ng House committee on trade and industry, na mailapit ang
pamahalaang panglalawigan sa mga Bataeo sa tulong ng information technology.

Ito ang inihayag ni 2nd District Rep. Albert Garcia, alinsunod sa layuning mapabilis ang
pagkakaloob sa lahat ng serbisyo ng pamahalaang panlalawigan, gaya ng pagresponde sa mga
emergency, job posting at maging konsultasyon, sa tulong ng information technology (IT).

Ang Bataan ang magiging unang probinsiya sa bansa na magbibigay ng agarang balita at
responde sa publiko, sa pakikipagtulungan ng pamahalaang panglalawigan sa business process
outsourcing
(BPO)
industry.
Ayon kay Garcia, magsasagawa ng isang pag-aaral para suriin kung makakaya ng pamahalaang
panglalawigan na magtayo ng sarili nitong kumpanyang BPO o kung makikipag-ugnayan sa
isang kumpanya para sa proyekto.

Aniya, sa pamamagitan nito ay makalilikha ng libu-libong trabaho para sa mga Bataeo.

Nais nating maging unang probinsiya na may real-time service sa pamamagitan ng teknolohiya.
Magagamit natin ang Facebook, Twitter at ang email para maabot ang mga tao, sabi ni Garcia
na kakandidatong gobernador.

Bukod dito, inaasahang marami rin ang gagastos sa pamimili sa grocery, sa pag-uwi sa mga
lalawigan at pagbabakasyon.

Ayon sa BSP, dapat na siguruhin na hindi mauubusan ng pera ang mga ATM.

Inaasahang magiging abala ang mga ATM hanggang sa pagtatapos ng taon.

Pinaalalahanan ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang lahat ng bangko na tiyaking sapat ang
supply ng pera sa kani-kanilang automated teller machines (ATM) ngayong panahon ng Pasko.

Ito ay dahil marami ngayon ang nagwi-withdraw para magamit sa Christmas shopping.

Ngayon ang huling linggo bago ang Pasko, at marami ang humahabol sa pamimili ng mga
pangregalo sa mga inaanak at mga mahal sa buhay.

Ayon kay Atty. Jose Mejia, academe representative ng JBC, sinala ng grupo ang mga nominado
at dapat na hindi bumaba ng limang boto ang bawat aplikante.

Kaugnay nito, may hanggang Nobyembre 22 pa si Pangulong Aquino upang magtalaga ng

bagong SC justice. Beth Camia

Kabilang sa JBC shortlist sina Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, na
may pitong boto; CA Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr., pitong boto; CA Associate Justice Noel
Tijam, anim na boto; CA Presiding Justice Andres Reyes, anim na boto; Government peace panel
chief negotiator Marvic Leonen, pitong boto; dating Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, pitong
boto; at De La Salle University Law Dean Jose Manuel Diokno, limang boto.

Nanindigan ang Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) na dumaan sa masusing proseso ang pagpili sa
mga napabilang sa shortlist ng maaaring maitalaga bilang Supreme Court (SC) associate justice.
Nabatid na mula sa 15 kandidato, pito ang pumasok sa shortlist ng JBC na isinumite kay
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III.

Wala umanong pinipili ang COA dahil hindi lang ang mga miyembro ng oposisyon ang
kanilang tinarget kahit maging ang mga administration congressmen.

Kapalit ng impormasyong ito, sinabi ng isang impormante sa Kamara na hindi na

nagpabanggit ng pangalan na pinadalhan na ng COA ng sulat ang may 200 mambabatas
para ipaliwanag kunag paano at saan nila ginamit ang kanilang mga pork barrel.

Naniniwala ang impormante at sinisiguro lamang ng COA na ang mga pondo ng mga
mambabatas na nagkakahalaga ng P70 milyon kada taon, ay nagagamit umano ng
maayos at nagbabalik sa taxpayers.

Hindi ligtas ang Kongreso sa kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa katiwalian dahil maging
ang mga kongresista ay kinakalkal na ng Commission on Audit (COA) kung paano
ginamit ang kanilang mga Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) o mas kilala
bilang pork barrel.

Two hundred congressmen ang nakatanggap ng sulat from COA tungkol sa kanilang
PDAF. Saan ginamit at anong klaseng projects ang ipinagawa? ayon sa mambabatas.

Hindi pa din daw nakuntento ang COA dito nang makuha ng mga ito ang sagot ng mga
mambabatas ay sinulatan naman ng mga ito ang m ga recipients ng projects.

Nagdouble-check ang COA. Lahat ng recipient ng project ay sinulatan din ng COA at

tinanong sila kung totoo ba o mayroon silang natanggap na ganitong project mula sa
kanilang congressman, ayon sa impormante.