Vientiane Accommodation

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Map Lao

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Halo Reach matchmaking? ?

I dont know if anybody else is getting this but for some reason on my matchmaking screen it keeps flashing "Checking downloadable content map data". It wont let me play or anything. I tried changing game types, restarting my xbox. I Need Hep right lao!!!!

Same bro! Thats why I just logged onto yahoo answers.

TIME FOR SOME BLACK OPS!!!
LOL

"Kong Lor Cave" Jumpwithfio's photos around KongLor, Lao Peoples Dem Rep


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Vacance Laos

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Découverte de Sam Neua et Vieng Xay au Laos. ( Tour du monde voyage voyages vacances sejour )


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Famous Laos People

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Greeting Card Verses And Famous Quotes Galore! Verses From A Real Greeting Card Writer!

My name is Father Time and I have been writing greeting card verses for years! I have posted over a hundred and fifty articles on www.ArticlesBase.com in the past several months and five of my most popularly viewed articles were ones that contained some of my great greeting card verses. Those five articles were viewed over 2,000 times cumulatively. I am compiling for this piece, several of the verses in those five articles, just in case you have missed them! I will also include some of those quotes from famous people!

I give you my permission to use these greeting card verses that I have penned as long as you don’t put them into mass produced cards that will be sold commercially. IF you make cards and sell them in limited quantities, such as; at a church bazaar, that's fine.  IF you make 5 to 10 of the same card with one of my verses, perhaps you can be a Sweetie and send me one as a gift. You are likely to receive a gift in exchange.

Friendship Verse:

Cover:
The dictionary defines “friend” as; one who is attached
to another by Affection or esteem.
Well, let me tell you something;
I have a great deal of affection and esteem for you,
not to mention; Admiration, appreciation, fondness,
faithfulness, respect, caring, and gratitude.

Inside:
If everyone in the world, was blessed enough
to have just one great friend, Such as you…
the world would be a much better place!

                                                                    
Friendship Verse:

Cover:
A good, close friend is just about the most important
Thing in this entire world.
I am so thankful that I have a friend in you.
I love who you are and what you’re about.
In fact, I can’t remember enjoying anyone else’s
Company this much!

Inside:
I also like myself more, when I am with you.
You really help bring out the best in me.
Thank You for that and thank you for being
such an awesome friend.

 

Friendship Verse:

Cover:
You and I sure do have great times together…
In fact, they are some of the greatest
Times of my life!
Whether we’re just walking and talking
or doing something really exciting…
I am happy to be with you, and to be your friend.
You’re one of the world’s greatest people!
I wonder if other people who know you,
are aware of that fact.
If they do, they’re lucky, just like me!

Inside:
Keep up the great way that you brighten the
Lives of people around you, and keep smiling!
And most of all…Thanks for being such a Great Friend!

Quotes:

“The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.”
               -Francis Bacon

“The support of one’s personality is friends. A part of one’s self and a real foundation and existence.”
               -Katharine Butler Hathaway

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”
                -Epicurus

“Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing.”
                  -Randolph Bourne

“Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.”
                   -George Washington

 

Friendship

Cover:

The dictionary defines “friend” as; one who is Attached to another by affection or esteem.

Well, let me tell you something; I have a great deal of affection and esteem for YOU, not to mention; admiration, appreciation, fondness, faithfulness, respect, caring, and gratitude.

Inside:

IF everyone in the world, was blessed enough to have just one great friend, such as you…

The World would be a much better place!

 

New Love Prospect

Cover:

I am so glad that I met you…

I have a feeling that you’re glad, too!

What’s next?

Inside:

I say we should get together this week.

Wouldn’t you like to join me…

for an evening out?

We can go wherever you want…

As long as I am with you, I will be…

Content and Happy!

This could be the start of something awesome!

 

Lover or Spouse

Cover:

Even though we have been together for such a long time,

I wanted to tell you that I still get excited when I just

think about you, hear your voice, or even hear your name mentioned.

Inside:

You have been a part of my life for so long, that I would

not even want to think about what my life would be like

without you.

Thank You for being one of the reasons that I have to live,

and to be who I am!

 

Serious Lover Verse

The sun was bright and the skies so blue,

Was thinking about my love for you.

Your beautiful eyes, your smile, your face,

Charming personality, style and grace.

 

Was a fantastic day with you on my mind,

Love like this, most people don’t find.

We’re very lucky; you know it’s true,

You love me and I adore you!

 

Don’t really know how it all came about,

But I’m confident and have no doubt,

Want to be with you forever and a day.

Just one more thing that I’d like to say;

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do,

I’ll always be deeply in love with you!

 

LOVE

I look into your eyes…

I see something that makes my life complete.

 

I look at your smile…

And I find a reason to live.

 

I touch your face…

And I feel content.

 

I hold you in my arms…

I feel, at that very moment, a warmth of love

Throughout my entire being!

Friendship

You are a better friend than most,

I am sure that you will always be in my life.

I don’t know how I got lucky enough to have

You come into my world, but I am so happy

That you did!

 

I just wanted to brighten your day,

And let you know that you mean the world to me.

Most people are not lucky enough,

To have an amazing friend such as you!

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Love

When we met, it was probably the greatest day,

Of my entire life!

I never dreamed that on that particular day,

My life would change forever!

 

Thanks for coming along when you did,

And for being more wonderful than I had hoped

That you would be, all of the nights

That I dreamed of one day meeting you!

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By the way, my Fabulous Online SuperStore features my e-Book of Fabulous Friendship and Romantic Card Verses, that you can use inside your own homemade greeting cards, at a new low price! Please come take a look and buy the e-Book! You will love it! You Can See It By Clicking Here! I promise you will LOVE it! Keep making those homemade cards, and keep spreading sunshine and Good Karma!

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Birthday

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest people

That I have ever had the pleasure to know!

I am so glad that we are in each other’s life,

And that we are able to celebrate your birthday together!

 

You are so cool, and I could not

Have chosen a better friend!

Making friends with you when I did,

Was a lucky day…like winning a jackpot!

 

Happy Birthday My Friend!

       *        *        *       *       *       *

“There is no hope or joy except in human relations.”

               -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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“The bird, a nest; the spider, a web; man, friendship.”

               -William Blake

        *       *       *       *       *       *

“‘Tis the human touch in the world

        that counts—the touch of your

        hand and mine—

Which means far more to the sinking

        heart than shelter or bread or

        wine

For shelter is gone when the night is

        o’er, and bread lasts only a day

But the touch of the hand and the

        sound of the voice

Live on in the soul always.”

 

                 -Spencer M. Free

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“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

                  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

                   -Lao-tzu

       *       *        *        *       *        *

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

                    -John Lennon

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 Thank You & Many Blessings!

About the Author

Father Time has been a published writer for over thirty years and particularly focuses on motivational and self-help writing and speaking! He also has many years of sales experience and writes sales & marketing training and materials. His first love is poetry and greeting card verses!

He currently does a lot of writing for hire, especially article marketing pieces for folks who have their own websites to promote. IF you have a website, you should contact him for some good writing to promote your site; right away! You will be glad that you did!

Father Time deals in wholesale merchandise of a wide variety, and is especially fond of helping college students and anyone else who needs to earn extra cash, by allowing them to buy a dozen or other small quantity of "this or that" for the purposes of reselling the items, for a cash profit. You don't have to go through the hassles of opening a business, you can just buy a batch of something that appeals to you, and then sell them to your friends. It is easy and fun, and very profitable!

Father Time has a great Online SuperStore at www.FatherTimePublishing.com If YOU, as a reader of this website, are simply purchasing at retail, YOU can save an additional 15% off of the normal merchandise. (Sorry, discount does not apply to writing, card readings by e-mail, or on bulk packages) The coupon code is: SaveNow

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Lao University

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Is there something wrong with this list of ethnicities?

>>>Ethno-cultural information is collected to support programs that promote equal opportunity for everyone. Are you …
Select all that apply:
White
North American Indian
Métis
Inuit
Chinese
South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
Black
Filipino
Latin American
Southeast Asian (e.g., Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese, etc.)
Arab (e.g., Saudi, Egyptian, etc.)
West Asian (e.g., Afghan, Iranian, etc.)
Japanese
Korean
Other >>>

It's from the President of a University, as an informal survey.
No, you can pick all that apply. You missed something else.
Yasmine, by North American Indian, they mean North American Aboriginal, because it's a Canadian university.

Ehh. I'm not sure there's anything "wrong" with it, but it could be improved.

However, some people would object to certain things on it. First off, "White" and "Black" aren't really races. They're common terms that are mistaken as the term for a race -- but the correct terms are Caucasian and African American.

Also, I find it interesting that, while the majority of the list seens to have been placed in random order, "White" STILL comes first -- it always seems to, even though they never really appear to care about the order of the others.

Fon Sao Lao Lan Xang @ George Washington University (GWU)


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Maps Of Laos

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I am an ABT american born taiwanese! anyone else offended because of being called an american born CHIINESE!?!?

I am an american born taiwanese. I take pride in that. taiwan is not part of china. I was in a geography class and it didn't even put taiwan on the map!! Is there anyone else out there who is an american born taiwanese? have you been called chinese before? Or maybye u r from laos. have you been called chnese?please reply. I hope that I am not the only one being offended or stereotyped. (the only ones that get the taiwanese part are my fellow abt's).

I'm half chinese.

Yeah I know what you mean.... I think it is just out of ignorance that people often mistake japanese, taiwanese, or any other east asian people as "chinese". However, I don't think this should be taken as offence - I think people just simply don't know.

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Pakse Guesthouse

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Guesthouse Pakse Laos.MP4


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Hmong Laos Radio

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Suab Hmong Radio Special Coverage Hmong Leader G. Vang Pao Speech Part 1 of 2


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Book Hotels Hotels

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How to Book London Hotels Quickly?

Are you planning to visit the city of London with your family and friends? Then go ahead and book London hotels today! You must choose to book rooms that are cheap and affordable and offers you a comfortable accommodation. When you are visiting you can save a lot of money if you choose your accommodation well.
Finding a cheap hotel can be tricky. But, you can find it easily over the Internet. Before, you select your hotel you must ensure that the location of the hotel is ideal. Choose Hyde Park area or Kensington area when you are looking for your hotels. You can also look around the Piccadilly area for budget accommodation. However, this area is quite expensive and finding a suitable can prove to be quite a challenge for you. 

Always choose to book London hotels over the Internet so that you can get a good deal for yourself. The competitive prices help you to make a good deal when you are making your reservations. When you are making reservations over the Internet you can check out the hotel rooms and the facilities and services. Over the website you can get all the required information that will help you to make your reservations as quickly and efficiently as possible. Almost anybody and everybody can book hotels rooms via the Internet. If you are doing it for the first time then you can take some help. 

By choosing to book via the Internet you will be able to reduce a lot of your stress and hassle related to your travel plans. The reason you should make online booking hotels is mainly because of its convenience and the associated financial gains. You would be able to save a lot when making reservations online because there are many discounts available over the Internet. There are many hotels over the Internet and you can choose the one that offers you better prices. Hotels can offer different types of complimentary stuff like free breakfast or free admission to the local and nearby tourist attractions. Another benefit that you can avail from booking online is that you would have to spend very little time. 

If you want to book hotels over the Internet then the first thing that you would need to do is locate a hotel where you would like to stay. Once, you have found browse the website for detailed information regarding that particular hotel like services, facilities, and charges. Online booking hotels will allow you to check whether rooms are available during your trip very quickly. When making reservations the website will ask for certain personal information. Before you make your reservations you would have to register yourself at the website. 

Next step would be making your payments. This step can be easily executed because there are safe and secure payment methods through, which you can pay up. Make sure that you receive confirmation of your reservation by email or by post.

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Laos Weather Forecast

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Agriculture In Laos

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Culture of the Ta Oi in A L District

Culture of the Ta Oi in A L District, Th Thin-Hu province The Ta-oi ethnic group speaks a language in the Mon-Khmer language family, and is regarded as one of Vietnam's indigenous groups. The Ta Oi call themselves Taoih, or sometimes as Taoih or Ta Uot, and is called by the Paco sub-group as Can Tua or Can Tang, which means "highlanders."

According to the April 1, 1999 census on population and housing, the Ta-oi have a population of 34,960, accounting for 0.07% of the national population. At present, the Ta-oi live in both Vietnam and Laos, in the latter nation where they the Ta oi mainstream population and also call themselves as Ta-oih.

Another sub-group of the Ta-Oi is called as Paco (Pa coh), which means "persons who live behind the mountains." Judging by the family clan origin, marriage and family relationship and language, the Ba hi people who mainly lives in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province, can be regarded as a local sub-group of the Ta-oi. The Ta-oi in Nham commune explain that they called themselves as Ta uot, but the members of the Kinh ethnic group coming from the lowlands of Thua Thien-Hue called them as Ta-oi.

The Ta uot group lives mainly in middle-level of mountains and are sparsely distributed in the mountain tops. In addition to swidden cultivation, they are adept in growing cotton, weaving cloth and brocades, in sewing or fastening glass beads on costumes, and in making some musical instruments (drums, pan flutes, etc.). The Paco live at the foot of mountains and hills, are conversant in slope field cultivation, in bamboo and rattan weaving, but are not adept in cloth weaving. But they are good traders who earn profits through exchanging cloth and clothes, blacksmith goods, beautiful shoulder baskets, honey against other more valuable goods. The Ba hi live in valleys close to the lowland areas and are adept in trading and in wet paddy cultivation. Thus, the Ta-oi do take into account various elements of topography, environment and economic activities in order to assess and analyze their own ethnic group and sub-groups, and their different characteristics. 2.Main method of research Doing research on the Ta-oi ethnic group, I used many different methods, but the main method is participant observation. Because, anthropologists have discovered that the best way to really get to know another society and its culture is to live in it as an active participant rather than simply an observer. This is called participant observation.

From many Ta-oi hamlets, I have chosen as my main research A Huor village, a typical Ta-Oi village that still preserves many traditional elements of this ethnic. I have approached many local inhabitants and tried to learn from them about the history of the village, the family clan relationship, the means of livelihood, as also the customs and habits, religious beliefs and compared them with those of neighboring villages. Doing reaseach, I have received assistance from many Ta-Oi people, mainly the elders who are conversant with the cultural traditions of the ethnic group. We have on many occasions invited many inhabitants to come to his house for discussing and elucidating the issues I have raised or over which I still have doubts, and for providing more precise and accurate information.

I still remember vividly these discussions which are quite lively and involve a good number of different and even contradictory views. 3.Contents This is the first time a deep research on the Taoi will do in Vietnam. This is also a good opportunity for myself to present my detailed research about the Taoi culture in this dissertation within the content below: I.An overview of the Ta-Oi ethnic group 1. The Ta-Oi ethnic group 2. Information on the researche area II.Village and houses 1. History of A Huor village 2. Social relations 3. Village common property 4. Rong house the community house 5. Long house 6. Residential houses III.Family clan and marriage 1. Family clan, relatives 2. Form of family and marriage relationship IV.Means of livelihood 1. Wet paddy fields 2. Slope fields and crops planted therein 3. Industrial crops 4. Forest trees 5. Livestock breedong 6. Handicraft trades 7. The role of male and female labour in the Ta-Oi society 8. Diet habits 9. Hunting 10. Exchange of goods, in the past and at present 11. Traditional agricultural calendar and method of calculating hours 12. Slope field cultivation and related agricultural rituals V. Life rituals 1.Pregnancy and child delivery 2.Customs about marriage 3.Customs about funerals VI.Religious beliefs 1. Souls and supernatural spirits 2. Water spirit 3. Family house spirit 4. Spirit of the long house 5. Ritual dedicated to the Tiger spirit 6. . Love magic Religious beliefs Only a small number of cultural anthropologists possess any understanding about this ethnic group's belief systems. Fundamental to the Ta Oi's spiritual life is animism, the belief that natural objects are animated by spirits. This belief can take diverse forms. Things in nature may all have within them different spirits--each rock, tree, and cloud may have its own unique spirit. In contrast, all things in nature may be thought of as having the same spirit. A Initially, animatism and animism may seem to be the same thing. In fact both beliefs are often found in the same culture. The difference, however, is that the "power" of animatism does not have a personality--it is an impersonal "it" rather than a "he" or "she" with human-like characteristics. Spirits are individual supernatural beings with their own recognizable traits. a).Souls and spirits The Ta-oi follow animism and believe that all things have souls. Mention must first be made about souls. The soul lies from the breast to the head when a human being is still alive. When the human being dies, there is only one soul (avai ving) which wanders in the cemetery. If the deceased is not happy with his/her family, his/her soul used to disturb and disrupt the lives of human beings in the family concerned. The souls of the dead used to come back during rituals, as also through various dreams(am bo) of the living. The Ta-oi believe that the soul can integrate itself into the voice, can create a force that can exert an impact on other things. For example, the soul can come back and knock at your door. The Ta-oi also believe that if no asset is distributed to the deceased, after three days its soul may come back and demand assets.

As a precaution against this, the Ta-oi used to spread firewood ashes in front of their doors in order to identify the footprints of the soul. In 2003, Mr Vo Dau died, and his wife, Mrs Ka Dau, spread ash at her door. As she could see his foot prints on the ash, she concluded that he had come back. Some other persons say that they could hear certain noises that show that the soul has come back, has poured water into a cup or has taken some foodstuffs out of the pot. It is not until the third day following death, that the deceased become conscious of his/her death. Before that, there was no awareness because he/she was in a state of sleep and dream, or half asleep and half-awake. Bad souls are the souls of women who died in child delivery, of men who were devoured by tigers etc.. They would appear in the graves, would cry or return to the village and tease the living. They may come back and demand clothing, shoulder baskets, knives etc.. In such cases, poor families would cut banana leaves into various forms the T symbolizing clothing, the V symbolizing pants and thrust them across the door. Rich families would hurl out 2 pieces of cloth. And all these families say almost the same thing to the souls:e have given you presents, please refrain from asking more, please refrain from disturbing us,please bless us. Spirits are different from the soul of deceased humans, and there are many types of spirits. The brau brieu spirit is a kind of forest spirit that can bless human beings but can also cause illnesses. It can also direct tigers, snakes and other wild beasts and cause them to harm human beings.

In the past, the Ta-oi held annual rituals dedicated to the spirits: the heavens spirit (abang), the earth spirit (katek), the forest spirit (krum kaek). The ritual dedicated to the heavens spirit (giang abang) was held once every 10-12 years. In case prosperity, bumper harvest are enjoyed by the village along with absence of illnesses and death, the village must hold a thanksgiving ritual dedicated to Giang kmuk (ma ng ch ni chung). In case the village is hit by floods and other natural calamities, it must hold ritual dedicated to the heavens spirit, the earth spirit, the Rong house spirit, and the house spirit. Rituals dedicated to the heavens spirit must involve 12 types of foodstuffs, to the earth spirit 8 types of foodstuffs, to Giang kmuk 5 types of foodstuffs. These foodstuffs are: buffalo meat, pork, chicken, blood pudding, grilled meat, mon thai, soup, glutinous rice. Rice must be put in bowls, oak liquor must be served in jars, cups. Incense sticks must be burned. b)Water spirit (giang dak) The Ta-oi inhabitants imagine the water spirit as a short old man with white hair and white beard.

They also respectfully refer to him as ncle (Avo). It is believed that the water spirit can give people a lot of fish as food, and a Ta-oi legend has it that the water spirit creates fish by putting grains of rice in a banana leaf and dropping them into the brook, thus turning them into fish. It is reported that when they were still in Laos Mr Quynh Say, Mr Quynh Chay have seen the water spirit at the water sources. The Ta-oi believe that the water spirit has a special relationship with the water supply pipe of the village: when water is first brought to the village through lo-o bamboo pipes, no one is allowed to use it; the village head and the heads of family clans perform a ritual dedicated to the water spirit with a cock as offering, beseeching it to make sure that the water flow would never dry up and that water would not cause belly ache to those who drink it. Thereafter, the cock is slaughtered near the Rong house and its blood is buried in the place of arrival of water.

In that very place, the pillar where is attached the village water pipe is beautifully decorated and is strengthened and repaired each year, and some chicken blood is buried there (sol rtang dak). Before using the water for the first time, a ritual must be performed by the village head with a pig and a goat and a chicken as offerings to the water spirit (aul avo dak).The inhabitants of other villages are not allowed to use that water. c)The house spirit (giang an teng) In the past, the Ta-oi lived in long houses where each family had its own room, where it worships its house spirit. In his dream, the family head may see the house spirit integrating itself into a loin cloth, a eng piece of cloth or any other thing. Thereafter, he would put that loin cloth or reng cloth..into a kang (a shoulder basket made for this specific purpose) which is put at a corner of the house, and would slaughter a chicken and perform a ritual on the arrival of the house spirit (giang an teng) into his house.

From then on, when the family holds a ritual in connection with a funeral, a wedding, a ritual dedicated to the forest spirit or the water spirit, the ritual must also be dedicated to the giang an teng (house spirit). Any achievement of the family used to be attributed to the help given by the house spirit. The family does not open the ang where lies the house spirit, except in the A ja annual celebrations when each family must open the ang and use the sacred item therein for rituals inside the family and in the Rong house. When a ritual is held, the family head used to put some cooked rice, some rice grains, and meat in front of the ang and offers prayers. d)The spirit of the Long house (giang danh) The long house where lived many families has its own spirit (giang danh) which stayed in the room reserved to visitors/guests, where a small house hung under the roof is the shelter of giang danh. In case of illness or any bad happening in the family, the family used to hold a ritual dedicated to giang an teng (house spirit) and thereafter another ritual dedicated to giang danh.

While participating in village rituals or celebrations, the head of the long house must also perform a ritual dedicated to the giang danh. As and when a family household in the long house eats goat, buffalo or cow meat, it must keep giang danh informed by performing a ritual. g) Tiger spirit (giang avo) Of all forest wild beasts, the Ta-oi regard tigers as the most powerful animal and as a protecting spirit of the village. They regard the capture of a tiger as a gift of the forest spirit. The capture of a tiger is preceded by a number of incidental dreams: because of such a dream, a villager sets up a big trap (ti ho), the trap owner sees in his dream a tiger (a vo bok) who expresses the desire to stay in the village. When a tiger falls into the trap, the hunter and inhabitants must hold a ritual dedicated to the forest spirit, involving such offerings as sol, leo, agate beads and a eng cloth. Only after such an elaborate ritual, would they cut the head of the tiger and take it to the village.

A group of young men build a grave house for the tiger (ping a vo), but it is not until a ritual is held by the village that the head of the tiger could be put in the grave house. The ritual held by the village for the inauguration of the tiger grave house involves a goat, a pig and a chicken as offerings, which are put on a tray and then in the grave house. The village head prayer would be as follows: As giang vo wishes to stay in he village, it must protect the villagers from death; when there is war between this village and other villages, giang vo must keep the village informed through dreams, as early as possible; if any one attempts to destroy or burn the village, giang vo must punish him/her. Local women and visitors from outside are not allowed to attend the ritual dedicated to the head of the tiger. If a visitor from another village wishes to attend the ritual, the village head must be informed and would take a decision. The tiger grave house is usually located on a higher ground in the vicinity of the human graves house, and no one is allowed to enter it. It is surrounded by a stone hedge. In the middle of the house is a stone on which is placed the tiger head. The house also contains a number of presents given by the villagers to the tiger: a bowl (for containing food), armlet, a eng piece of cloth, buffalo and cow horns, pig jaw which have been prepared and contributed on the instruction of the village head. When the Rong house is inaugurated, when new year celebrations and new paddy celebrations are held each year, some food,including new rice, must be presented to the tiger spirit. The tiger grave is visited and cleaned once every year by the villagers. Tigers are worshipped because people believe that the worshipped tiger would keep them informed through dreams about such bad happenings as war, crop failure or epidemics etc.. In Laos, some villages worshipped two tigers heads.

At present, only Nham I hamlet continues to worship tigers as a custom. Ka Linh, Ta Keu hamlets worshipped tigers when they were still located in Laos. One can say that from the end of the anti-US war, such a worship no longer prevails in the Ta-oi ethnic community. h)Love magic This ethnological term refers to the practice of some minority ethnic groups who are adept in using some products for inducing a girl and turning her into one's wife. The Ta-oi call that product as ove medicine (nang). According to the Ta-oi, this is a resin collected from the feet of the o-tach bird, a bird of black and red plumage, similar to a parrot. If you put that resin in the shoulder basket of a girl or in her hair, that girl would follow you. But the o tach bird only lives in Laos and so the resin is only available in Laos, not in Vietnam. External links UNDP Vietnam See also List of ethnic groups in Vietnam v  d  e Ethnic groups in Laos by language family     Vietic Bo  Chut (May)  Kinh  Krih  Liha  Maleng  Muong  Phong  Phon Sung (Aheu)  Thavung  Tum Lao-Tai Lao  Lu  Phuan  Phu Thai  Saek  Tai Daeng (Red Tai)  Tai Dam (Black Tai)  Tai Maen  Tai Na   Monhmer Alak  Bit  Brau (Lavae)  Bru  Ca Tu  Doi  Htin  Jeng  Kaleung  Kataang  Keu  Khang  Khamu  Kuy  Lamet  Laven  Lavy  Makong  Mlabri  Nghe  Nyaheun  O Du  Oy  Pacoh  Samtao (Kiorr)  Sedang  Sou  Talieng  Ta Oi  Xinh Mun (Puoc)  Yae (Jeh)   Hmongao Hmong  Lanten  Yao Chinese languages Ho Tibeto-Burman Akha  Hani  Kado  Kaduo  Lahu  Phana'  Phunoi  Sila v  d  e Ethnic groups in Vietnam by language family     Vietic Ch  Mg  Th  Vi (Kinh) Kradai B Y  Giy  Lo  L  Nung  Sn Chay  Ty  Thi  C Lao  La Ch  La Ha  Pu Po Hmongao Dao  H'Mng  P Th   Monhmer Ba Na  Bru  Bru-Vn Ki  Ch Ro  Co  C Ho  C Tu  Gi Tring  Hr  Khng  Khmer  Kh M  M  Mng  M'Nng  u  R Mm  T i  Xinh Mun  X ng  Xting Chinese Hoa  Ngi  Sn Du   Malayo-Polynesian (Nhm ngn ng Nam o) Chm  Chu Ru  -  Jarai  Ra Glai Tibeto-Burman (Nhm Tng) Cg  H Nh  La H  L L  Ph L  Si La v  d  e Categories: Ethnic groups in Laos | Ethnic groups in Vietnam | Asian ethnic group stubsHidden categories: Articles that may contain original research from March 2009 | All articles that may contain original research

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State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-arroyo - Because Every Filipinos Must Find the Passage of This Stanzas

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO DURING THE 2ND REGULAR SESSION OF THE 14TH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 28 July 2008

Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen:

I address you today at a crucial moment in world history.

Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to a better, brighter future. Because tough choices were made, kumikilos na ang bayan sa wakas. Malapit na sana tayo sa pagbalanse ng budget. We were retiring debts in great amounts, reducing the drag on our country's development, habang namumuhunan sa taong bayan. Biglang-bigla, nabaligtad ang ekonomiya ng mundo. Ang pagtalon ng presyo ng langis at pagkain ay nagbunsod ng pandaigdigan krisis, the worst since the Great Depression and the end of World War II. Some blame speculators moving billions of dollars from subprime mortgages to commodities like fuel and food. Others point of the very real surge in demand as millions of Chinese and Indians move up to the middle class.

Whatever the reasons, we are on a roller coaster ride of oil price hikes, high food prices and looming economic recession in the US and other markets. Uncertainty has moved like a terrible tsunami around the globe, wiping away gains, erasing progress.

This is a complex time that defies simple and easy solutions. For starters, it is hard to identify villains, unlike in the 1997 financial crisis. Everyone seems to be a victim, rich countries and poor, though certainly some can take more punishment than others.

To address these global challenges, we must go on building and buttressing bridges to allies around the world: to bring in the rice to feed our people, investments to create jobs; and to keep the peace and maintain stability in our country and the rest of the world. Yet even as we reach out to those who need, and who may need us, we strive for greater self-reliance.

Because tough choices were made, the global crisis did not catch us helpless and unprepared. Through foresight, grit and political will, we built a shield around our country that has slowed down and somewhat softened the worst effects of the global crisis. We have the money to care for our people and pay for food when there are shortages; for fuel despite price spikes.

Neither we nor anyone else in the world expected this day to come so soon but we prepared for it. For the guts not to flinch in the face of tough choices, I thank God. For the wisdom to recognize how needed you are, I thank, you Congress. For footing the bill, I thank the taxpayers.

The result has been, on the one hand, ito ang nakasalba sa bayan; and, on the other, more unpopularity for myself in the opinion polls. Yet, even unfriendly polls show self-rated poverty down to its 20-year low in 2007.  My responsibility as President is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.

Many in this great hall live privileged lives and exert great influence in public affairs. I am accessible to you, but I spend time every day with the underprivileged and under represented who cannot get a grip on their lives in the daily, all-consuming struggle to make ends meet.

Nag-aalala ako para sa naka-aawang maybahay na pasan ang pananagutan para sa buong pamilya. Nag-aalala ako para sa magsasakang nasa unang hanay ng pambansang produksyon ng pagkain ngunit nagsisikap pakanin ang pamilya. I care for hardworking students soon to graduate and wanting to see hope of good job and a career prospect here at home.  Nag-aalala ako para sa 41-year old na padre de pamilya na di araw-araw ang trabaho, at nag-aabala sa asawa at tatlong anak, at dapat bigyan ng higit pang pagkakakitaan at dangal. I care for our teachers who gave the greatest gift we ever received - a good education - still trying to pass on the same gift to succeeding generations. I care for our OFWs, famed for their skill, integrity and untiring labor, who send home their pay as the only way to touch loved ones so far away. Nagpupugay ako ngayon sa kanilang mga karaniwang Pilipino.

My critics say this is fiction, along with other facts and figures I cite today. I call it heroism though they don't need our praise. Each is already a hero to those who matter most, their families.  I said this is a global crisis where everyone is a victim. But only few can afford to avoid, or pay to delay, the worst effects.

Many more have nothing to protect them from the immediate blunt force trauma of the global crisis. Tulad ninyo, nag-aalala ako para sa kanila. Ito ang mga taong bayan na dapat samahan natin. Not only because of their sacrifices for our country but because they are our countrymen. How do we solve these many complex challenges?

Sa kanilang kalagayan, the answer must be special care and attention in this great hour of need.
First, we must have a targeted strategy with set of precise prescriptions to ease the price challenges we are facing.

Second, food self-sufficiency; less energy dependence; greater self-reliance in our attitude as a people and in our posture as a nation.

Third, short-term relief cannot be at the expense of long term reforms. These reforms will benefit not just the next generation of Filipinos, but the next President as well.

Napakahalaga ang Value Added Tax sa pagharap sa mga hamong ito. Itong programa ang sagot sa mga problemang namana natin. Una, mabawasan ang ating mga utang and shore up our fiscal independence. Pangalawa, higit na pamumuhunan para mamamayan at imprastraktura. Pangatlo, sapat na pondo para sa mga programang pangmasa.

Thus, the infrastructure links programmed for the our poorest provinces like Northern Samar: Lao-ang-Lapinig-Arteche, right now ay maputik, San Isidro-Lope de Vega; the rehabilitation of Maharlika in Samar. Take VAT away and you and I abdicate our responsibility as leaders and pull the rug from under our present and future progress, which may be compromised by the global crisis.

Lalong lumakas ang tiwala ng mga investor dahil sa VAT. Mula P56.50 kada dolyar, lumakas ang piso hanggang P40.20 bago bumalik sa P44 dahil sa mga pabigat ng pangdaigdigang ekonomiya. Kung alisin ang VAT, hihina ang kumpiyansa ng negosyo, lalong tataas ang interes, lalong bababa ang piso, lalong mamahal ang bilihin.

Kapag ibinasura ang VAT sa langis at kuryente, ang mas makikinabang ay ang mga may kaya na kumukonsumo ng 84% ng langis at 90% ng kuryente habang mas masasaktan ang mahihirap na mawawalan ng P80 billion para sa mga programang pinopondohan ngayon ng VAT. Take away VAT and we strip our people of the means to ride out the world food and energy crisis.

We have come too far and made too many sacrifices to turn back now on fiscal reforms. Leadership is not about doing the first easy thing that comes to mind; it is about doing what is necessary, however hard.  The government has persevered, without flip-flops, in its much-criticized but irreplaceable policies, including oil and power VAT and oil deregulation.

Patuloy na gagamitin ng pamahalaan ang lumalago nating yaman upang tulungan ang mga pamilyang naghihirap sa taas ng bilihin at hampas ng bagyo, habang nagpupundar upang sanggahan ang bayan sa mga krisis sa hinaharap.

Para sa mga namamasada at namamasahe sa dyip, sinusugpo natin ang kotong at colorum upang mapataas ang kita ng mga tsuper. Si Federico Alvarez kumikita ng P200 a day sa kaniyang rutang Cubao-Rosario. Tinaas ito ng anti-kotong, anti-colorum ngayon P500 na ang kita niya. Iyan ang paraan kung paano napananatili ang dagdag-pasahe sa piso lamang. Halaga lang ng isang text.

Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost of messages between networks. They responded. It is now down to 50 centavos. Noong Hunyo, nagpalabas tayo ng apat na bilyong piso mula sa VAT sa langis-dalawang bilyong pambayad ng koryente ng apat na milyong mahihirap, isang bilyon para college scholarship o pautang sa 70,000 na estudyanteng maralita; kalahating bilyong pautang upang palitan ng mas matipid na LPG, CNG o biofuel ang motor ng libu-libong jeepney; at kalahating bilyong pampalit sa fluorescent sa mga pampublikong lugar.

Kung mapapalitan ng fluorescent ang lahat ng bumbilya, makatitipid tayo ng lampas P2 billion. Sa sunod na katas ng VAT, may P1 billion na pambayad ng kuryente ng mahihirap; kalahating bilyon para sa matatandang di sakop ng SSS o GSIS; kalahating bilyong kapital para sa pamilya ng mga namamasada; kalahating bilyon upang mapataas ang kakayahan at equipment ng mga munting ospital sa mga lalawigan. At para sa mga kalamidad, angkop na halaga.

We released P1 billion for the victims of typhoon Frank. We support a supplemental Western Visayas calamity budget from VAT proceeds, as a tribute to the likes of Rodney Berdin, age 13, of Barangay Rombang, Belison, Antique, who saved his mother, brother and sister from the raging waters of Sibalom River. Mula sa buwang ito, wala nang income tax ang sumusweldo ng P200,000 o mas mababa sa isang taon - P12 billion na bawas-buwis para sa maralita at middle class. Maraming salamat, Congress.

Ngayong may P32 na commercial rice, natugunan na natin ang problema sa pagkain sa kasalukuyan. Nagtagumpay tayo dahil sa pagtutulungan ng buong bayan sa pagsasaka, bantay-presyo at paghihigpit sa price manipulation, sa masipag na pamumuno ni Artie Yap.

Sa mga LGU at religious groups na tumutulong dalhin ang NFA rice sa mahihirap, maraming salamat sa inyo. Dahil sa subsidy, NFA rice is among the region's cheapest. While we can take some comfort that our situation is better than many other nations, there is no substitute for solving the problem of rice and fuel here at home. In doing so, let us be honest and clear eyed - there has been a fundamental shift in global economics. The price of food and fuel will likely remain high. Nothing will be easy; the government cannot solve these problems over night. But, we can work to ease the near-term pain while investing in long-term solutions.

Since 2001, new irrigation systems for 146,000 hectares, including Malmar in Maguindanao and North Cotabato, Lower Agusan, Casecnan and Aulo in Nueva Ecija, Abulog-Apayao in Cagayan and Apayao, Addalam in Quirino and Isabela, among others, and the restoration of old systems on another 980,000 hectares have increased our nation's irrigated land to a historic 1.5 million hectares.

Edwin Bandila, 48 years old, of Ugalingan, Carmen, North Cotabato, cultivated one hectare and harvested 35 cavans. Thirteen years na ginawa iyong Malmar. In my first State of the Nation Address, sabi ko kung hindi matapos iyon sa Setyembre ay kakanselahin ko ang kontrata, papapasukin ko ang engineering brigade, natapos nila. With Malamar, now he cultivates five hectares and produces 97 cavans per hectare. Mabuhay, Edwin! VAT will complete the San Roque-Agno River project.

The Land Bank has quadrupled loans for farmers and fisher folk. That is fact not fiction. Check it. For more effective credit utilization, I instructed DA to revitalize farmers cooperatives. We are providing seeds at subsidized prices to help our farmers.

Incremental Malampaya national revenues of P4 billion will go to our rice self-sufficiency program. Rice production since 2000 increased an average of 4.07% a year, twice the population growth rate. By promoting natural planning and female education, we have curbed population growth to 2.04% during our administration, down from the 2.36 in the 1990's, when artificial birth control was pushed. Our campaign spreads awareness of responsible parenthood regarding birth spacing. Long years of pushing contraceptives made it synonymous to family planning. Therefore informed choice should mean letting more couples, who are mostly Catholics, know about natural family planning.

From 1978 to 1981, nag-export tayo ng bigas. Hindi tumagal. But let's not be too hard on ourselves. Panahon pa ng Kastila bumibili na tayo ng bigas sa labas. While we may know how to grow rice well, topography doesn't always cooperate.

Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. So, we import 10% of the rice we consume.

To meet the challenge of today, we will feed our people now, not later, and help them get through these hard times. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must become more self-reliant, self-sufficient and independent, relying on ourselves more than on the world.

Now we come to the future of agrarian reform.  There are those who say it is a failure, that our rice importations prove it. There are those who say it is a success-if only because anything is better than nothing. Indeed, people are happier owning the land they work, no matter what the difficulties.

Sa SONA noong 2001, sinabi ko, bawat taon, mamamahagi tayo ng dalawang daang libong ektarya sa reporma sa lupa: 100,000 hectares of private farmland and 100,000 of public farmland, including ancestral domains. Di hamak mahigit sa target ang naipamahagi natin sa nakaraang pitong taon: 854,000 hectares of private farmland, 797,000 of public farmland, and Certificates of Ancestral Domain for 525,000 hectares. Including, over a 100,000 hectares for Bugkalots in Quirino, Aurora, and Nueva Vizcaya. After the release of their CADT, Rosario Camma, Bugkalot chieftain, and now mayor of Nagtipunan, helped his 15,000-member tribe develop irrigation, plant vegetables and corn and achieve food sufficiency. Mabuhay, Chief!

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his but productivity will keep him on his feet.

Sinimula ng aking ama ang land reform noong 1963. Upang mabuo ito, the extension of CARP with reforms is top priority. I will continue to do all I can for the rural as well as urban poor. Ayaw natin na paglaya ng tenant sa landlord, mapapasa-ilalim naman sa usurero. Former tenants must be empowered to become agribusinessmen by allowing their land to be used as collateral.

Dapat mapalaya ng reporma sa lupa ang magsasaka sa pagiging alipin sa iba. Dapat bigyan ang magsasaka ng dangal bilang taong malaya at di hawak ninuman. We must curb the recklessness that gives land without the means to make it productive and bites off more than beneficiaries can chew.

At the same time, I want the rackets out of agrarian reform: the threats to take and therefore undervalue land, the conspiracies to overvalue it.

Be with me on this. There must be a path where justice and progress converge. Let us find it before Christmas. Dapat nating linisin ang landas para sa mga ibig magpursige sa pagsasaka, taglay ang pananalig na ang lupa ay sasagip sa atin sa huli kung gamitin natin ito nang maayos.
Along with massive rice production, we are cutting costs through more efficient transport. For our farm-to-market roads, we released P6 billion in 2007.

On our nautical highways. RORO boats carried 33 million metric tons of cargo and 31 million passengers in 2007. We have built 39 RORO ports during our administration, 12 more are slated to start within the next two years. In 2003, we inaugurated the Western Nautical Highway from Batangas through Mindoro, Panay and Negros to Mindanao. This year we launched the Central Nautical Highway from Bicol mainland, through Masbate, Cebu, Bohol and Camiguin to Mindanao mainland. These developments strengthen our competitiveness.

Leading multinational company Nestle cut transport costs and offset higher milk prices abroad. Salamat, RORO. Transport costs have become so reasonable for bakeries like Gardenia, a loaf of its bread in Iloilo is priced the same as in Laguna and Manila. Salamat muli sa RORO.

To the many LGUs who have stopped collecting fees from cargo vehicles, maraming, maraming salamat.  We are repaving airports that are useful for agriculture, like Zamboanga City Airport. Producing rice and moving it cheaper addresses the supply side of our rice needs. On the demand side, we are boosting the people's buying power.

Ginagawa nating labor-intensive ang paggawa at pag-ayos ng kalsada at patubig. Noong SONA ng 2001, naglunsad tayo sa NCR ng patrabaho para sa 20,000 na out of school youth, na tinawag OYSTER. Ngayon, mahigit 20,000 ang ineempleyo ng OYSTER sa buong bansa. In disaster-stricken areas, we have a cash-for-work program.

In training, 7.74 million took technical and vocational courses over the last seven years, double the number in the previous 14 years. In 2007 alone, 1.7 million graduated. Among them are Jessica Barlomento now in Hanjin as supply officer, Shenve Catana, Marie Grace Comendador, and Marlyn Tusi, lady welders, congratulations. In microfinance, loans have reached P102 billion or 30 times more than the P3 billion we started with in 2001, with a 98% repayment record, congratulations! Major lenders include the Land Bank with P69 billion, the Peoples' Credit and Finance Corporation P8 billion, the National Livelihood Support Fund P3 billion, DBP P1 billion and the DSWD's SEA-K P800 million. For partnering with us to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit, thank you, Go Negosyo and Joey Concepcion.

Upland development benefits farmers through agro-forestry initiatives. Rubber is especially strong in Zamboanga Sibugay and North Cotabato. Victoria Mindoro, 56 years old, used to earn P5,000 a month as farmer and factory worker. Now she owns 10 hectares in the Goodyear Agrarian Reform Community in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, she earns P10,000 a week. With one hectare, Pedro and Concordia Faviolas of Makilala, North Cotabato, they sent their six children to college, bought two more hectares, and earn P15,000 a month. Congratulations!

Jatropha estates are starting in 900 hectares in and around Tamlang Valley in Negros Oriental; 200 in CamSur; 300 in GenSan, 500 in Fort Magsaysay near the Cordero Dam and 700 in Samar, among others.  In our 2006 SONA, our food baskets were identified as North Luzon and Mindanao. The sad irony of Mindanao as food basket is that it has some of the highest hunger in our nation. It has large fields of high productivity, yet also six of our ten poorest provinces.

The prime reason is the endless Mindanao conflict. A comprehensive peace has eluded us for half a century. But last night, differences on the tough issue of ancestral domain were resolved. Yes, there are political dynamics among the people of Mindanao. Let us sort them out with the utmost sobriety, patience and restraint. I ask Congress to act on the legislative and political reforms that will lead to a just and lasting peace during our term of office. The demands of decency and compassion urge dialogue. Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. This was the message of the recent World Conference in Madrid organized by the King of Saudi Arabia, and the universal message of the Pope in Sydney.

Pope Benedict's encyclical Deus Caritas Est reminds us: "There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love for neighbour is indispensable."

Pinagsasama-sama natin ang mga programa ng DSWD, DOH, GSIS, SSS at iba pang lumalaban sa kahirapan sa isang National Social Welfare Program para proteksyonan ang pinaka-mahihirap mula sa pandaigdigang krisis, and to help those whose earnings are limited by illness, disability, loss of job, age and so on-through livelihood projects, microfinance, skills and technology transfer, emergency and temporary employment, pension funds, food aid and cash subsidies, child nutrition and adult health care, medical missions, salary loans, insurance, housing programs, educational and other savings schemes, and now cheaper medicine-Thanks to Congress.

The World Bank says that in Brazil, the income of the poorest 10% has grown 9% per year versus the 3% for the higher income levels due in large part to their family stipend program linking welfare checks to school attendance. We have introduced a similar program, Pantawid Pamilya.

Employers have funded the two increases in SSS benefits since 2005. Thank you, employers for paying the premiums.

GSIS pensions have been indexed to inflation and have increased every year since 2001. Its salary loan availments have increased from two months equivalent to 10 months, the highest of any system public or private-while repayments have been stretched out.

Pag-Ibig housing loans increased from P3.82 billion in 2001 to P22.6 billion in 2007. This year it experienced an 84% increase in the first four months alone. Super heating na. Dapat dagdagan ng GSIS at buksan muli ng SSS ang pautang sa pabahay. I ask Congress to pass a bill allowing SSS to do housing loans beyond the present 10% limitation.  Bago ako naging Pangulo, isa't kalahating milyong maralita lamang ang may health insurance. Noong 2001, sabi natin, dadagdagan pa ng kalahating milyon. Sa taong iyon, mahigit isang milyon ang nabigyan natin. Ngayon, 65 milyong Pilipino na ang may health insurance, mahigit doble ng 2000, kasama ang labinlimang milyong maralita. Philhealth has paid P100 billion for hospitalization. The indigent beneficiaries largely come from West and Central Visayas, Central Luzon, and Ilocos. Patuloy nating palalawakin itong napaka-importanted programa, lalo na sa Tawi-Tawi, Zambo Norte, Maguindanao, Apayao, Dinagat, Lanao Sur, Northern Samar, Masbate, Abra and Misamis Occidental. Lalo na sa kanilang mga magsasaka at mangingisda.

In these provinces and in Agusan Sur, Kalinga, Surigao Sur and calamity-stricken areas, we will launch a massive school feeding program at P10 per child every school day.

Bukod sa libreng edukasyon sa elementarya at high school, nadoble ang pondo para sa mga college scholarships, while private high school scholarship funds from the government have quadrupled.

I have started reforming and clustering the programs of the DepEd, CHED and TESDA. As with fiscal and food challenges, the global energy crunch demands better and more focused resource mobilization, conservation and management.

Government agencies are reducing their energy and fuel bills by 10%, emulating Texas Instruments and Philippine Stock Exchange who did it last year. Congratulations, Justice Vitug and Francis Lim.

To reduce power system losses, we count on government regulators and also on EPIRA amendments. We are successful in increasing energy self-sufficiency-56%, the highest in our history. We promote natural gas and biofuel; geothermal fields, among the world's largest; windmills like those in Ilocos and Batanes; and the solar cells lighting many communities in Mindanao. The new Galoc oil field can produce 17,000-22,000 barrels per day, 1/12 of our crude consumption.

The Renewable Energy Bill has passed the House. Thank you, Congressmen. Our costly commodity imports like oil and rice should be offset by hard commodities exports like primary products, and soft ones like tourism and cyberservices, at which only India beats us.

Our P 350 million training partnership with the private sector should qualify 60,000 for call centers, medical transcription, animation and software development, which have a projected demand of one million workers generating $13 billion by 2010.

International finance agrees with our progress. Credit rating agencies have kept their positive or stable outlook on the country. Our world competitiveness ranking rose five notches. Congratulations to us. We are sticking to, and widening, the fiscal reforms that have earned us their respect.

To our investors, thank you for your valuable role in our development. I invite you to invest not only in factories and services, but in profitable infrastructure, following the formula for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway. I ask business and civil society to continue to work for a socially equitable, economically viable balance of interests. Mining companies should ensure that host communities benefit substantively from their investments, and with no environmental damage from operations.

Our administration enacted the Solid Waste Management Act, Wildlife Act, Protection of Plant Varieties, Clean Water Act, Biofuels Act and various laws declaring protected areas. For reforestation, for next year we have budgeted P2 billion. Not only do forests enhance the beauty of the land, they mitigate climate change, a key factor in increasing the frequency and intensity of typhoons and costing the country 0.5% of the GDP.

We have set up over 100 marine and fish sanctuaries since 2001. In the whaleshark sanctuary of Donsol, Sorsogon, Alan Amanse, 40-year-old college undergraduate and father of two, was earning P100 a day from fishing and driving a tricycle. Now as whaleshark-watching officer, he is earns P1,000 a day, ten times his former income. For clean water, so important to health, there is P500 million this year and P1.5 billion for next year. From just one sanitary landfill in 2001, we now have 21, with another 18 in the works.

We launched the Zero Basura Olympics to clear our communities of trash. Rather than more money, all that is needed is for each citizen to keep home and workplace clean, and for garbage officials to stop squabbling. Our investments also include essential ways to strengthen our institutions of governance in order to fight the decades-old scourge of corruption. I will continue to fight this battle every single day. While others are happy with headlines through accusation without evidence and privilege speeches without accountability, we have allocated more than P3 billion - the largest anti-graft fund in our history - for real evidence gathering and vigorous prosecution. From its dismal past record, the Ombudsman's conviction rate has increased 500%. Lifestyle checks, never seriously implemented before our time, have led to the dismissal and/or criminal prosecution of dozens of corrupt officials.

I recently met with the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that provides grants to countries based on governance. They have commended our gains, contributed P1 billion to our fight against graft, and declared us eligible for more grants. Thank you!

Last September, we created the Procurement Transparency Group in the DBM and linked it with business, academe, and the Church, to deter or catch anomalies in government contracts. On my instruction, the BIR and Customs established similar government-civil society tie-ups for information gathering and tax evasion and smuggling monitoring.

More advanced corruption practices require a commensurate advances in legislative responses. Colleagues in Congress, we need a more stringent Anti-Graft Act.

Sa pagmahal ng bilihin, hirap na ang mamimili - tapos, dadayain pa. Dapat itong mahinto. Hinihiling ko sa Kongreso na magpasa ng Consumer Bill of Rights laban sa price gouging, false advertising at iba pang gawain kontra sa mamimili. I call on all our government workers at the national and local levels to be more responsive and accountable to the people. Panahon ito ng pagsubok. Kung saan kayang tumulong at dapat tumulong ang pamahalaan, we must be there with a helping hand. Where government can contribute nothing useful, stay away. Let's be more helpful, more courteous, more quick.

Kaakibat ng ating mga adhikain ang tuloy na pagkalinga sa kapakanan ng bawat Pilipino. Iisa ang ating pangarap - maunlad at mapayapang lipunan, kung saan ang magandang kinabukasan ay hindi pangarap lamang, bagkus natutupad. Sama-sama tayo sa tungkuling ito. May papel na gagampanan ang bawat mamamayan, negosyante, pinunong bayan at simbahan, sampu ng mga nasa lalawigan.

We are three branches but one government. We have our disagreements; we each have hopes, and ambitions that drive and divide us, be they personal, ethnic, religious and cultural. But we are one nation with one fate. As your President, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing. Hindi ko papayagang humadlang ang sinuman sa pag-unlad at pagsagana ng taong bayan. I will let no one - and no one's political plans - threaten our nation's survival.

Our country and our people have never failed to be there for us. We must be there for them now. Maraming salamat. Magandang hapon sa inyong lahat.

 

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The Author is an academic person who owns a passion for peace and self development. He who travels the world in search of a well defined political governance; where peace, abundance and security are of bounty.

He owns a strong faith in the theory of self preservation and self trust.

From his own conviction, He value not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumble, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

He also believes that ones good effort should be credited with recognition that belongs to the man who is in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be like those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. agp_von@yahoo.com

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Sea Games Lao

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General Information And Tips About Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy situated in Southeast Asia and counting a population of more than 13 million people. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country is home also to a substantial number of Cham and small hill tribes.

The country borders Thailand to its west, Laos to its north, Vietnam to its east, and the Gulf of Thailand to its south.From the 9th century to the 15th century, Cambodia represented the center of the Khmer Empire, with Angkor as a capital.

The Angkor Wat, the empire's main spiritual site, is a symbolic reminder of the time when Cambodia was a major powerrulung most of the Indochinese peninsule, and remains the country's top tourist attraction.From 1863 the country was a protectorate of France, which lasted until 1953, when the country received independence.

Cambodia covers an area of about 181,040 square kilometers. It has 443 kilometers of coastline along the Gulf of Thailand.

The most distinctive geographical feature are the lacustrine plains formed by the inundations of the Great Lake. It measures about 2 500 square kilometers during the dry season and expands to about 24 000 during the rainy season. This densely populated plain, devoted to wet rice cultivation, is the heart of Cambodia.

Most of the country's territory lies at elevations of less than 100 meters above the sea level, the exceptions being the Cardamom Mountains (1,813 meters of elevation) and the steep escarpment of the Dângrêk Mountains situated along the border with Thailand's Isan region.

The tourism industry is the country's second-greatest source of hard currency in Cambodia after the textile industry. More than 60% of visitors go to Angkor, and most of the remainder to Phnom Penh. Other tourist highlights include Sihanoukville (Cambodia's only port), whits its popular beach, and the region around Kampot, including the Bokor Hill Station.

The celebrated temples of Angkor constitute the Cambodia's greatest tourist attraction. The nearly 100 temples represent now the sacred remains of what was once a much larger administrative and religious centre, and were constructed between the 9th and 13th centuries to glorify a number of Khmer kings. The three most splendid temples are Bayon, Ta Prohm and the enormous Angkor Wat. Most of Angkor was abandoned in the 15th century and it was gradually cloaked by jungle. Efforts were undertaken to clear away the exuberant vegetation which threatened to completely destroy the monuments, and restoration of the temples still undergoes.

The Angkor Wat complex is the most exquisite example of Khmer architecture. Built in the early 12th century for king Suryavarman II as his state temple, it remained an important spiritual centre for centuries- first Hindu, and afterwards Buddhist. Out of the reach of tourists during the civil war, it has regained worldwide attention after being displayed in the 2001 movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The Bayon is the other highlight of Angkor. Built in the 13th century as the state temple of the king Jayavarman VII, it was the centre of the then capital and bears 54 towers, each decorated with four smiling faces.

The largest and most populous city of Cambodia (about 1 million citizens), Phnom Penh was known in the 1920s as the Pearl of Asia. Renowned for its traditional Khmer and French influenced architecture, it is a major tourist destination in Cambodia, as well as in Indochina as a whole.

The main tourist attractions in Phnom Penh are the Silver Pagoda and the Royal Palace. They sit side by side on the Sothearos Blvd and, being two separate complexes, are though visited as one.
Built in 1866 by the French, the Royal Palace comprises numerous buildings, the Throne hall ranking as the most important. Adjacent to the Throne Hall is a 59 metre high tower. South of it is the Royal Treasury and the Vlla of Napoleon III, built in 1866 and given afterwards as a present to Cambodia.

At the northern part of the palace grounds is situated the Silver Pagoda. The original pagoda, constructed in 1866 by King Norodom, was mostly made of wood and, in 1962 was expanded by Sihanouk. It owes its name to the fact that its floor is made of more than 5 000 silver blocks with a total weight of more than 6 tons. The most important Buddha statue of the temple is, similarly to Bangkok's royal temple, an Emerald Buddha, which is in this case not made of emerald, but of Baccarat crystal and dates back to the 17th century.

On the Museum scene, well worth visiting are the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center- one of the main killing fields of Pol Pot and the Toul Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crime (the infamous prison of the Khmer Rouge), both displaying horrific artifacts from the dark era of Pol Pot, as well as the National Historic Museum.

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Hotels Vang Vieng

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Poverty In Laos

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Which of the members of ASEAN have corrupt governments, are in poverty etc?

The countries are Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

Might waste fewer keystrokes with the list that are not in poverty and corrupt.

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Laos Cruises

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Loyalty Fulfillment - Chile Vessel Cruise Promotions

The Vessel Cruise is huge business in Chile. This South American country however wishes more people to enjoy this unique holiday lifestyle. The main reason why some tourists are avoiding this amazing destination is due to the strict gambling laws. Realizing this government has given indication that they might be interested in relaxing strictly no gambling or casino activity onboard the vessels. The main reason of this change of heart is said to be the possibility of many vessel to windup their businesses as not much interest has been shown by tourists lately.

 

The fuel cost incentives are also planned for the businesses aiming for the tourism vessels too. The total worth of Chilean tourism industry is worth more then 300 million but these days this is working at level of just twenty percent of that. The high port cost has been the main reason that vessels have been protesting for more then a year now. This is the reason most of the non Chilean vessels are avoiding this and taking Argentina as their deporting point for the Antarctica tours.

 

The once busy port of Punta Arenas waits for the return of the flock of tourist that created the whole boom during early 2006. According to the new law, the change might give more freedom to operate the casinos in the Chilean waters also. In her neighbors Chile was the only country to have such strict laws; now that even Cuba is now embracing the international business the competition for the tourist dollar share is quite tough.

 

Not only the laws are changing, there are huge incentives on offer as well. The vessel operators are being offered forty percent tax rebate, the incentives on easy loans range more then eighty percent also. Congress anticipates that these soft loans can be just the thing for the companies to start investing again in vessels too.

 

The proposed incentives also includes rebate on the towing charges on the harbors as well. Investment is yet another issue in the Vessel industry. The main problem which the government and especially the deputy minister Jacqueline Plass is trying to face is that they are aiming these incentives at the industry rather then tourists. To bring back the tourists from Costa Rico and Laos the industry needs to show everyone what this country has to offer.

 

The elimination of Loyalty Fulfillment is also on the cards that might happen in the next few weeks too. Aiming to attract investors, the plans are there to give the rebate on the mandatory VAT. This incentive is not only offered to the local but international firms as well. This way the foreign flagged vessels are also likely to bring businesses to the Chilean territory as well.

 

 

 

 

 

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Vientiane To Pakse

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Sleeper bus, Vientiane to Pakse, Laos


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Plaza Hotel In

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Plaza Hotel

Located on South Sea Beach area, Miami is a well-liked traveler target and nearly all desire for visiting same spot for tourism. Tourists may find it hard to prefer outward appearance and have numerous options to live somewhere in boutique hotels, guesthouses, holiday resorts and rental villas. One of these choices is the popular Plaza Hotel that stands apart in the crowd.

The location of this famous hotel is impeccable and near the South Beach, Miami, FL. You can find tourists swarming on the beautiful warm beaches that offer not only the warmth of sun but impeccable view. You will find beautiful men and women in sensuous beachwear and enjoying swimming. Families taking their time out and having fun time together. Miami beaches are one of the most famous beaches around the world. You can either spend your time at the beach under the sun or stride along to the bar for some cool drinks.

You may have to spend around hundred bucks to spend a night at Plaza Hotel. The management is very friendly and the housekeeping is very caring. All the best amenities and necessities are available for the visitors that include the car parking, comfortable bedroom with queen size beds and splendid interior designing and so on.

South Beach Plaza Hotel was constructed in 1935 by L Murray Dixon and has been renovated many times. The hotel owners have all the reason to be proud of the beautiful art deco boutique hotel that has received many of the valued celebrities and guests from all over the places. It has both the classic and modern touch available to it. From creative Art Deco finish windows to luxurious Indian carpets the Hotel give out a splendid and majestic feel.

The rooms are lavished with plenty of eye pleasing décor and designer furniture. You can find all the modern facilities like Soames bath, internet and soft plush beddings. Plaza Hotel at South Beach is located at the most eminent place in the city. All the famous locations like the Washington Avenue, Lincoln Road and Ocean drive are within five-minute drive range of the hotel premises. You need only few minutes to reach the seashore and if you want to change the mood then explore the famous sidewalk cafés, galleries and boutiques for some shopping.

South Beach Plaza Hotel has impeccably modernized into the contemporary era and despite the fact that trust its historic truthfulness. The most exceptional of reciprocated worlds, complete leisure and the never-ending amusement is all contained by accomplish when you exist in at South Beach Plaza Hotel.

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Mekong Laos

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I would really like to go from thailand to laos and then go by the mekong river. I noticed that shannonpants?

did this and I would like to know if there is an organised week trip. I may be going on my own so I would find that more preferrable. It would be in February so that would tie in to it being the dry season. thanxs

I'm still thinking about your trying to do this on your own... there are some serious BANDITS in the hills and parts of Laos and not considered safe for foreigners... ESPECIALLY Americans...

You had better either go with a formal group or not at all... running around Laos alone can get you dead.

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