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Published August 17, 2005

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STRICT SI PADRE ⠀ Bag-ong Kusog reported a skirm

STRICT SI PADRE
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Bag-ong Kusog reported a skirmish breaking out during the December 28, 1930 Innocent's Day mass in San Nicolas when the parish priest, Fr. Emiliano Mercado, asked police to arrest Zacarias Echevarri for not kneeling during communion.
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Echevarri told Fr. Mercado that he already knelt during the mass. They got into an argument and Fr. Mercado asked police sergeant Ciriaco Beltran to arrest Echevarri. Apolinar Abella, identified by the paper as a Provincial Government employee, told Beltran not to arrest the parishioner because of the separation of church and state. The intervention angered Beltran, who threatened to beat up Abella.
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The paper reported this on its January 9, 1931 issue. The report said there were rumors Echevarri and his companions were planning to attend the New Year's Day mass in the parish, refuse to kneel during service, and challenge police to arrest them. Because of this rumor, Fr. Mercado asked the police for help. The paper did not mention what happened on New Year's Day and whether Echevarri did attend the service.
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The paper did say that because of the incident, many parishioners stayed away from the San Nicolas church.
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"Tungod ning pagkatap sa mga polis ug tungod sa bag-ong tulomanon sa simbahan, daghang mga Sanikolasnon nga nangluod sa ilang Kura Pari Mercado ug dili na hinuon mosimba sa San Nikolas. Mahadlok kono sila nga kon masayop sa pagluhod kun pagpanguros ba, buyagon sila ni Pari Mercado ug pagul-on sa simbahan, kun ipadakop ba hinuon sa pulis."
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"Mao kini ang balita nga gitaho kanamo sa mga tawo nga takus katuhoan."

NEWS REPORTING THEN AND NOW ⠀ Today: Oslob resid

NEWS REPORTING THEN AND NOW
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Today: Oslob resident dead in Dalaguete accident.
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1928: Nabali ang paa, nagulpi ang dughan ug nabitas ang kinaiya ug miguwa ang tina-i (PATAY).
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(Image from the Bag-ong Kusog archives of the Cebuano Studies Center)

How Metro Cebu residents moved around during Chris

How Metro Cebu residents moved around during Christmas holidays
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Mobility data gathered by Google showed how Metro Cebu residents did last-minute grocery shopping leading to Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve and stayed home on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This one is expected behavior but not only is having the data fascinating, it offers context on the extent of changes in how Cebuanos moved around.
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Visits to Groceries and Pharmacies spiked two days before and on the eve of the holidays before falling off a cliff on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, when stays in Residence went up, although not as high as during strict lockdowns in May.
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The increases in visits to Groceries during the holiday rush were the only times Metro Cebu residents logged visits outside the Residence higher than the baseline in January, before restrictions were imposed on movements to deal with the COVID-19 spread.
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There was also an increase in visits to Parks (which covers beaches) in the days leading to Christmas and New Year but these were way lower than those recorded in January. The highest recorded visits to parks and beaches were on December 23 (-7%), December 24 (-8%), and December 30 (-8%).
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There were spikes in visits to Workplaces on December 19 (-10%) and December 20 (-11%). I wonder whether these indicated office gatherings for the holidays.
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Retail and Recreation, which also covers restaurants, went up to -14% on December 23, which probably indicates people going on Christmas lunches and dinners. Retail and Recreation visits in Metro Cebu for the rest of the year were very low compared with other locations and in relation to the baseline.
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Compared with other urban centers in the Philippines, Metro Cebu recorded significantly lower visits to locations outside the Residence.
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For an interactive version of the data visualization, head to my blog at max.limpag.com.
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The data is gathered from users of Google Maps. Changes are calculated by Google “using the same kind of aggregated and anonymized data used to show popular times for places in Google Maps.”
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It was made available by Google to help inform governments and institutions in the fight against COVID-19.

Fake news: married gay man claims to be 6 months p

Fake news: married gay man claims to be 6 months pregnant, causes stir in 1930s Cebu
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It was a news report that caused quite a sensation in Cebu, especially in “Maktang, Santa Rosa, Ulango, Buol ug Leyte.” A man named Balbino Igot, said to be a sakristan and described by the report as “labing dukirok,” claimed to be 6 months pregnant and dragged doctors and prominent personalities in Cebu to prop up his deception.
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Bag-ong Kusog described Abing, Balbino’s nickname, as married to a woman in Tingo, Olango and that they had children.
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Abing claimed as father a “Moros nga mananagat nga sakay sa usa ka binta” or a Moro fisherman whose vinta docked in Olango.
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Abing claimed to have been examined through Rayos X by Dr. Jose Ma. Borromeo, a claim the doctor denied. Abing also claimed to have been summoned by Bishop Juan Gorordo and to have been examined by a doctor in his presence. This claim was also denied.
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Many people dismissed Abing as a fantabulist and leaders of Opong said he deserved 25 lashes - “25 ka latus sa tiyan aron siya hulian sa iyang kabuang sa gugma sa Moros ug aron dili na magutas ug saba.”
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(Image from the Bag-ong Kusog archive of the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos.)
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#cebu #cebuhistory #fakenews

Mobility data show how Cebuanos rushed to grocerie

Mobility data show how Cebuanos rushed to groceries on Dec. 24, stayed home on Dec. 25
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This was expected but it’s fascinating to see actual data. Google Mobility Data showed how residents of Metro Cebu rushed to Groceries and Pharmacies with visits hitting 19 percent higher than the baseline figures of January 2020.
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It was the only time that visits to Groceries and Pharmacies - or to any location outside the home - in Metro Cebu exceeded the baseline. Other urban centers in the Philippines logged visits to groceries higher than the baseline several days in mid-December leading to Christmas Eve.
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On Dec. 23, data showed spikes in visits to Parks (which covers beaches) at just -7%, the highest since before our strict quarantine lockdowns. On the same day, visits to Retail and Recreation (which also covers restaurant visits) hit -14 percent, also the highest recovery since before lockdowns.
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Visits to Workplaces, on the other hand, hit the highest recovery compared to baseline on Dec. 19 at -10%. That figure was the highest since before the strict lockdowns. What does it show? Does it indicate a rush to the office to get something in preparation for the long break? Or does it indicate people going to the office for Christmas gatherings?
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Data for Residential locations, on the other hand, showed the highest percentage rise compared with baseline but not by much. It’s not a significant increase compared with recent months, even during the strict lockdowns.
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The data is gathered from users of Google Maps. The changes are calculated by Google “using the same kind of aggregated and anonymized data used to show popular times for places in Google Maps.”
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It was made available by Google to help inform governments and institutions in the fight against COVID-19.
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For an interactive version of the data visualization, check out my blog at max.limpag.com.
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#cebu #metrocebu #mobility #googlemobility

The Alienist for Megaworld’s virtual yearend med

The Alienist for Megaworld’s virtual yearend media party. #MEGflixHoliday2020 #ThankYouMegaworld

Preparing to talk about disinformation and “fake

Preparing to talk about disinformation and “fake news” in online forum by Cebu Normal University.

DI TA ANGAY MAGUOL ⠀ If you look hard enough, yo

DI TA ANGAY MAGUOL
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If you look hard enough, you’ll find something beautiful in ugly people - luxurious hair, beautiful eyes, etc. according to this article in Bag-ong Kusog on December 10, 1937. It invites readers to look around and see the truth in the sanglitanang kinatsila: no hay guapa sin tacha; no hay fea sin gracia “walay kaanyag nga walay apan; walay kangil-ad nga walay pamayhong makabibihag.”
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If your grandparents kept telling you you had beautiful hair or enticing eyes, now you know. Matud pa sa sanglitanang kinatsila, no hay fea sin gracia.
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(For non-Bisdaks, the headline roughly translates to: Don’t despair if you’re ugly)

Coming off a long weekend: How Metro Cebu resident

Coming off a long weekend: How Metro Cebu residents moved around December 1 update
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Sharp drop in visits to Workplaces but no comparable sharp increase in visits to Parks, which covers beaches, and Retail and recreation, which covers restaurants. Visits to Groceries and Pharmacies, however, increased to the highest percentage, relative to the baseline, since March.
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The numbers in the graph are percentages in changes of visits to a location compared with a baseline of data collected in January.
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The figures fluctuate but the general trend shows Metro Cebu residents mostly staying at home but heading to Groceries and Pharmacies and Workplaces when going out. Visits to Parks, including beaches, and Retail and Reaction, which covers restaurants, are still down. Way down are visits to Transit Stations such as ports and bus stations.
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The mobility data are gathered by Google from Metro Cebu phone users of Google Maps.
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#cebu #mandaue #lapulapu #metrocebu #covid-19 #mobility

Google Podcasts now allows you to subscribe to sho

Google Podcasts now allows you to subscribe to shows through custom RSS feeds. This is a long requested feature by its users. With the update, I no longer have to use two apps for listening to podcasts: Google Podcasts and BBS Sounds.
I subscribe to several BBC podcasts through the built-in Google Podcasts search but somehow my subscriptions to shows like In Our Time, Front Row, and Start of The Week were no longer updating episodes with no options to edit the feed.
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With this update, I'm back to using just Google Podcasts.
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What I like about Google Podcasts is the simplicity by which you could download episodes for offline listening such as when going on a run and then queuing these up into a playlist. I also like that it has a web player that you can use on the desktop or laptop.
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#podcasts #googlepodcasts

How Metro Cebu residents are moving around: Nov 29

How Metro Cebu residents are moving around: Nov 29 update
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While residents of Metro Cebu are still largely staying at home, they are increasingly returning to Workplaces. Data gathered by Google indicated Workplace visits closest to the baseline on Nov 28 (at just 15% down) and Nov 29 (at 18% down).
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Visits to Groceries and Pharmacies recorded the closest to the baseline on Nov. 28 at just 10% down.
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The figures are not absolute numbers. These are percentages compared with the baseline of how people moved around in January 2020, before governments around the world imposed quarantine restrictions.
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The figures fluctuate by the general trend shows Metro Cebu residents mostly staying at home but heading to Groceries and Pharmacies and Workplaces when going out. Visits to Parks, including beaches, and Retail and Reaction, which covers restaurants, are still down. Way down are visits to Transit Stations such as ports and bus stations.
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The mobility data are gathered by Google from Metro Cebu phone users of Google Maps.
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#cebu #mandaue #lapu-lapu #mactan #mobility

Talked about spotting and fighting disinformation

Talked about spotting and fighting disinformation and “fake news” with Communications 106 students of UP Cebu.

Nothing speaks more of a genteel time than boxers

Nothing speaks more of a genteel time than boxers named Little Pilapil and Kid Tormis. The winner in their bout will face Young Palacio.

Extra olives? She asked me. Yes, I said with puffe

Extra olives? She asked me. Yes, I said with puffed up confidence. Cucumbers? Yes. More dressing? she again asked in her sexy Hungarian accent. Yes! I couldn’t say no to whatever she offered and thus Marlen and I ended up with a heaping langos for lunch in the Great Market Hall in Budapest. Cost us more, too. Ilara gyud nako, tits.
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A langos shouldn’t be heaping. The toppings should be like that on a pizza. A heaping langos is a marker for clueless tourist. There were quite a number of us, mostly men, walking on the 2nd floor of the Great Market Hall that day, carrying around our heaping langos.
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June 11, 2018
Budapest, Hungary
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#ontheroad #budapest #hungary

Kolera ka, Peste ka, Covid ka ⠀ Thirty years aft

Kolera ka, Peste ka, Covid ka
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Thirty years after Cebu suffered a cholera outbreak, Bag-ong Kusog used the disease as pejorarive to refer to a politician, Sergio Osmeña. The paper printed a denunciation by Vicente Sotto that alleged graft in the decision to build the Capitol on a lot owned by Osmeña.
Kolera is a common cuss word for people of a certain generation. It’s not as widely used now, though.
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Will Covid wiggle itself into our language. Will future Pinoys or Bisdaks say, “Covid kang inataya ka?”

METRO CEBU MOBILITY NOV 22 UPDATE: Work, work, wor

METRO CEBU MOBILITY NOV 22 UPDATE: Work, work, work!
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Yes we're still mostly staying at home but trips to Workplaces have gone up. Mobility data on Nov. 22 show that they are down only 21% compared with that of the baseline in January.
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Retail and recreation, which covers restaurant visits, are still way down. It paints a dire picture of the industry. Visits to transit stations such as terminals and ports are still way down.
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The mobility data are gathered by Google from Metro Cebu phone users of Google Maps. The numbers published by Google and plotted in this graph are percentages compared to the baseline in January 2020.
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#cebu #mandaue #lapulapu #covid #covid-19

Wallet in the front pocket, messenger bag in front

Wallet in the front pocket, messenger bag in front, and elbow sticking out. That's how you go around Paris. Flaner, oui, but be battle-ready.
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We patiently waited for our turn but they wouldn’t respect the queue. Akong gisiko, uy. They’re literally talking behind my back. Don’t me.
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Arc de Triomphe
Paris, France
June 23, 2018
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#paris #france #arcdetriomphe #travel

NOV 20 UPDATE: Metro Cebu mobility Metro Cebu resi

NOV 20 UPDATE: Metro Cebu mobility
Metro Cebu residents continue to mostly stay at home. Trips outside the house are mostly to Groceries and Pharmacies, which are just 23% down compared with the baseline in January 2020. Visits to Workplaces have inched up but are still 40% down from the baseline, indicating that most are still on a work from home arrangement.
Visits to Retail and Recreation, which include restaurants, and Parks, which include beaches, are still down compared with the baseline before the lockdowns.
Visits to Transit Stations such as bus terminals are still way down. The mobility data are gathered by Google from Metro Cebu phone users of Google Maps. The numbers published by Google and plotted in this graph are percentages compared to the baseline in January 2020.

I now need a headband. #quarantinehair

I now need a headband. #quarantinehair

Life on Mars There is life on Mars and somebody in

Life on Mars
There is life on Mars and somebody in England was able to make contact with them, Bag-ong Kusog reported on its October 3, 1930 issue.
The paper featured Professor Rene Thevenin and Dr. H. Mansfield Robinson, a London lawyer who tried to send a telegram to Mars.
Thevenin is the source of the description of Martians. The reference to Thevenin I found is an article about human-animal hybrids imaginings in the 1930s.
Robinson, on the other hand, said he made telepathic contact with a Martian named Oomaruru and wanted to send a message by more traditional mean: via long-distance telegraph.
I wonder how Bag-ong Kusog came by the story. Was it via a wire news agency? And how could one verify such a thing in the 1930s?
Robinson kept trying to contact Mars. He later claimed he got in telepathic contact with Cleopatra in 1933, who was living on the planet as a farmer's wife.

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