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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion. But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened . Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions. Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE? Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace? WHY?? There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance: The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

Entrance Arch to Malolos Bulacan

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110 wanted persons arrested in Bulacan

• Source: http://journal.com.ph/index.php/news/provincial/29330-110-wanted-persons-arrested-in-bulacan
• By: Manny Balbin
• Sunday, May 06, 2012

MALOLOS City- The Bulacan Provincial Police Office (BPPO) yesterday reported the arrest of 110 wanted persons in its anti-crime drive last month.

Bulacan police director S/Supt. Fernando Mendez Jr. said the series of apprehension is part of BPPO’s continuous conduct of manhunt operations against persons with warrants of arrest in the province.

Among those apprehended include Roberto Ramos, 32, resident of Bgy. Sta. Rosa II, Marilao, Bulacan; Ernesto Azaña, 21, of Bgy. Taal -- the second most wanted in Pulilan town; Resituto Fajardo, 63, of Bgy. Sapang Bulak, and the No.1 most wanted person in Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan.

The Sta. Maria police under S/Supt. Lailene Amparo has the most number of arrests with 16. San Jose del Monte City police headed by Supt. Marcos Rivero has 11 arrests and Pulilan police under Supt. Camilo Lintao ranks third with 10.

River Cleanup In Bulacan Eyed

• Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358854/river-cleanup-in-bulacan-eyed
• By: Marvyn N. Benaning
• Saturday, May 05, 2012

A New York-based think tank is urging the World Bank (WB) to fund the cleanup of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System (MMORS), which it considered as the fifth dirtiest waterway on earth in its 2005 survey of 200 rivers worldwide.

Blacksmith Institute (BI) is a leading organization on pollution control in the world and has lobbied consistently for multilateral financial insti¬tutions to support clean-up programs in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Two BI officials arrived here last week to conduct an ocular inspection of MMORS.

BI director for operations John Keith, and technical adviser Jim Darling met with Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Sy Alvarado on Thursday.

Alvarado heads the MMORS’ water quality management board.

The governor told the BI executives that before any massive clean-up effort for MMORS is undertaken, there should be strict enforcement of local and national laws to prevent the dumping of industrial and household waste into the river.

Alvarado wants enforcers to break old habits, particularly on waste disposal.

Keith and Darling, accompanied by Jenny Amparo, the BI country coordinator based at the University of the Philippines – Los Baños (UPLB), also visited the mangrove nursery of the Ecoshield Development Corporation in Barangay Salambao, Obando.

A flood-proof sanitary landfill is being built in the village with support from the local and national governments.

Ecoshield has a standing agreement with the Bulacan provincial government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to initiate the cleanup of MMORS.

Bulacan: Anti-Bullying Ordinance Takes Effect

• Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358746/bulacan-antibullying-ordinance-takes-effect
• By: www.mb.com.ph
• Friday, May 04, 2012

MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan — Rampant incidents of bullying by students towards fellow students at schools prompted the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Bulacan Provincial Board) to pass Provincial Ordinance No. 2012-06, the Anti-Bullying Ordinance.

Timely and relevant, the measure authored by Board Member Therese Cheryll Ople (1st District) and Board Member Mark Jerome Anthony Santiago (Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation president) is an “ordinance restricting the prevalence of harassment and finger-pointing or “bullying” and the like in all schools either private or public in the province.”

Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy Alvarado supports the ordinance and its provision for the establishment of a provincial council called Panlalawigang Konseho sa Pagsasawata sa Bullying that will formulate plans and policies and monitor and evaluate the implementation of the ordinance.

The Council is headed by the governor and the Mayors’ League president, Mayor Donato Marcos of Paom¬bong, and representatives from the Department of Education (DepEd), and the president of the Provincial League of Barangay Chairmen.

It will also involve the repre¬sentatives from the Bulacan Private Schools Athletic Association (BULPRISAA), private and non-government organizations, religious groups, and the Philippine Association of Graduate Education (PAGE)- Bulacan Chapter as members.

Bullying, is defined as “any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or elec¬tronic expression, or a physical act or gesture to put someone in reasonable fear,” the ordinance states.

Bulacan Set On Saving Watershed

• Source: http://mb.com.ph/articles/358663/bulacan-set-on-saving-watershed
• By: FREDDIE C. VELEZ
• Thursday, May 03, 2012

MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan — Provincial officials will implement a massive tree-planting program for the Sierra Madre mountain range in the eastern side of Bulacan that will be in conjunction with a project to rehabilitate the heavily-polluted Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system.

This was revealed yesterday by Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy Alvarado after meeting Wednesday night with officials of different government agencies and the New York-based environmental watchdog Blacksmith Institute.

The Blacksmith Institute team headed by John Kieth, Jim Darling, Dr. Robert Kurkjian and BI country coordinator Jenny Amparo are still holding consultative meetings with local government units and stakeholders at the Hiyas ng Bulacan Convention Center, here.

Alvarado said that the provincial government is now coordinating with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje and officials of the Manila Water and Sewerage System.

The program will center on planting trees to save the rainforest cover of the Sierra Madre particularly at the watershed areas of Angat and Ipo dams.

During the meeting, Alvarado told the Blacksmith team that plans are underway for the dredging of the MMO river system, as well as the planting hundreds of thousands of mangroves along the said rivers, which the Blacksmith Institute has branded as among the 30 mostdirtiest rivers in the world.

He said that the provincial government is also coordinating with the mayors of Caloocan City and Valenzuela city in the cleaning of the river system since most pollutants came from industries in those cities.

“We are not playing politics here. Everybody, especially the communities in the said areas, must help in cleaning the rivers, “ Alvarado said.

The Blacksmith team said that their role is to initiate proposals and technical solutions that’s why they are conducting the consultative discussion.

“Everything goes down to the river. For the dredging to be successful we must stop the source of the pollution,” said John Kieth of the Blacksmith Institute.

The governor said that the negative image of the rivers should be erased because investors are now looking north of Metro Manila and they can’t promote the province unless the bad image will be erased.