Sa loob at labas ng bayan kong sawi
Kaliluha’y siyang nangyayaring hari
Kagalinga’t bait ay nalulugami,
Ininis sa hukay ng dusa’t pighati.

Ang magandang asal ay ipinupukol
Sa laot ng dagat ng dusa’t linggatong
Baling magagaling ay ibinabaon
At inililibing nang walang kabaong.

Nguni ay ang lilo’t masasamang loob
Sa trono ng puri ay iniluluklok
At sa baling sukab na may asal-hayop
Mabangong ins’yenso ang isinisuob.

Kaliluha’t sama ang ulo’y nagtayo
At ang kabaota’y kimi’t nakayuko
Santong katuwira’y lugami at hapo
Ang luha na lamang ang pinatutubo.

At ang baling bibig na binubukalan
Ng sabing magaling at katotohanan
Agad binibiyak at sinisikangan
Ng kalis ng lalong dustang kamatayan.

O taksil na pita sa yama’t mataas!
O hangad sa puring hanging lumilipas!
Ikaw ang dahilan
ng kasamang lahat
Niyaring nasapit
na kahabag-habag.

President Rodrigo Duterte had signed the Proclamation No. 50.

The regular holidays are:

January 1, 2017, Sunday – New Year’s Day
April 9, 2017, Sunday – Araw ng Kagitingan
April 13, 2017 – Maundy Thursday
April 14, 2017 – Good Friday
May 1, 2017, Monday – Labor Day
June 12, 2017, Monday – Independence Day
June 26, 2017, Monday – Eid’l Fitr
August 28, 2017, last Monday of August – National Heroes’ Day
November 30, 2017, Thursday – Bonifacio Day
December 25, 2017, Monday – Christmas Day

December 30, 2017, Saturday – Rizal Day

Special (non-working) days:

January 2, 2017, Monday – based on Proclamation No. 117
January 28, 2017, Saturday – Chinese New Year
February 25, 2017, Saturday – EDSA Revolution Anniversary
April 15, 2017 – Black Saturday
August 21, 2017, Monday – Ninoy Aquino Day
October 31, 2017, Tuesday – additional special (non-working) day
November 1, 2017, Wednesday – All Saints’ Day
December 31, 2017, Sunday – last day of the year

Filipinos will also have another special holiday for the observance of Eid’l Adha, but the date has yet to be announced.

1. Anti- Cancer:

Melons are packed with high content of carotenoids which can prevent cancer and lower the risk of lung cancer. Eating melons regularly is effective in preventing and killing the cancer seeds that invade your body. So incorporate melons in your diet to prevent this deadly disease.

2. Promotes Heart Health:

An anticoagulant called adenosine present in melon fruit can stop the clotting of blood cells which causes stroke or heart disease. Melons lower the risk of heart disease by smoothing the blood in the body. Besides, the high content of water in melon provides a soothing effect which helps relieve heartburn.

3. Prevents and Cures Kidney Disease:

The excellent diuretic properties of melon are beneficial in curing kidney disease. The combination of melon and lemon is effective in curing gout. Thus, regular consumption of melons every day in the morning helps in maintaining kidney health.

4. Promotes Digestive Health:

Melons can facilitate smooth and easy bowel movement. The high content of water in melons is great for digestion as it helps launch defecation while the mineral content eliminates acidity that often causes difficulty in digestion, particularly in the stomach organ.

5. Energy Booster:

Most melons contain B vitamins which account for most of your body’s energy production. B vitamins are required by your body to process sugars and carbs. Thus, consumption of melons can provide you with substantial energy.

6. Weight Loss:

Like most other fruits, melons are ideal for weight loss. These fruits are low in sodium and calories as well as fat and cholesterol free. The high water content can keep you full for longer while the natural sweetness curbs your cravings for sugary foods and high calorie sweets. Watermelon, in particular, is great for weight loss with a whole cup providing just 48 calories.

7. Maintains Healthy Skin:

Melons are not only great for your health; their nutritional value makes them beneficial for skin as well. One of the amazing benefits of melon is that it contains collagen which maintains the integrity of the cell structure in all connective tissues including skin. It also speeds up wound healing and maintains skin firmness. Regular consumption of melon is beneficial for those who have rough and dry skin.

8. Anti- Aging Benefits:

Melons like honeydew, cantaloupe and watermelon can tone your skin and provide anti-ageing benefits due to the presence of vitamins A, B and C. You can prepare an anti-ageing facial mask by cutting thin slices of fresh melon. Place these slices on your face and neck. Lie down and relax for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water. This will refresh your skin and provide a youthful glow.

9. Good Moisturizer:

Melons have good moisturizing and energizing properties. You can prepare a moisturizing face mask by mixing cucumber with honeydew melon. Take half small sized fresh cucumber along with its seeds and skin, few slices of peeled honeydew melon and an egg white. Blend these ingredients in a blender or food processor to form a cream like paste. Apply this on your face, massaging with your fingertips in upward circular motions. Allow it to stay for 10 to 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water. This mask will not only enrich your skin with a variety of nutrients but also soak up any oil or dirt that clogs your pores. It will also soften your skin, imparting it a smooth and radiant complexion.

10. Promotes Hair Growth:

Melons, particularly, cantaloupes are a good source of beta carotene which is converted to vitamin A inside the body. This vitamin A is vital for healthy hair and normal hair growth.

11. Prevents Hair Loss:

Deficiencies in B vitamins are also responsible for causing hair loss. Melons like cantaloupes are rich in B vitamins like folic acid and inositol which help prevent hair loss and promote hair growth.

12. Prevents Metabolic Syndrome

Intake of cantaloupe has recently been found to lower risk of metabolic syndrome. In a study involving hundreds of women living and teaching in Tehran, Iran, the lowest risk of metabolic syndrome was found to occur in women who ate the greatest amount of fruit. (In this study, the “greatest amount” meant a minimum of 12 ounces per day.) Five fruits contributed most to total fruit intake: apples, grapes, cantaloupe, watermelon, and bananas. Women who consumed the largest amounts of these fruits were also determined to have the healthiest levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in their bloodstream. CRP is an indicator very commonly used to assess levels of inflammation, and it’s very likely that the anti-inflammatory phytonutrients in cantaloupe and other fruits contributed not only to these participants’ healthy levels of CRP but also to their decreased risk of metabolic syndrome.

ANWW is the flagship project of the Creative Writing Desk of AILAP. Annually, 10 to 16 fellowships are given to young writers from around the country who wish to undergo a week of intensive training in their respective genres, namely fiction, poetry, and essay. This year ANWW has also accepted fellows whose works pursue issues surrounding the formation of local history and memory.

In collaboration with KK, the internationally recognized journal of language, literary, and cultural studies based in the Department of English, Ateneo de Manila University, ANWW has also accepted fellows working on critical essays on Philippine literary and cultural studies, particularly in relation to the region, nation, and the globe. The partnership between AILAP and KK aims to foster dialogue and collaboration between practitioners (both emerging and established) of creative and critical writing.

In addition to the workshop sessions, the fellows will attend talks and participate in discussions exploring concerns connected to Filipino communities.

The fellows for the 15th ANWW are:

For poetry in English:
Mariel Annarose Nicole L. Alonzo (Davao City)

Andrea Coleen V. Tubig (Mandaluyong City)

For poetry in Filipino:

Xeus DC Foja (Manila)

Mikael Rabara Gallego (San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur)

Rex Sandro M. Nepomuceno (Boac, Marinduque)

For fiction in English:

Lioba Asia Piluden (Sagada, Mountain Province)

Scott Platt-Salcedo (Passi City, Iloilo)

Tim Eric Vincent J. Yusingco (Cainta, Rizal)

For fiction in Filipino:
Rai Aldrin Bartolome Salvador (Cauayan City, Isabela)

Alexandra Clarizze V. Villegas (Quezon City)

For essay in English:
Alec E. Bailon (Quezon City)

For essay in Filipino:
John Emmanuel L. Inojosa (Lucena City, Quezon)

For criticism:

Maria Vanessa Estillore-Gabunada (Baybay City, Leyte)

Ivan Emil A. Labayne (Caloocan City)

Maria Rocini Tenasas (Tacloban City, Leyte)

This year’s workshop director is Mark Anthony Cayanan.

For queries, write Christoffer Mitch C. Cerda, coordinator of ANWW 15, at ccerda@ateneo.edu or call him at 02)4266001 local 5320/5321.

The Philippines’ leading literary peer-reviewed journal, the Likhaan Journal is published annually with funding from the University of the Philippines. It features the best of new and unpublished Philippine writing in English and Filipino. Submissions to the journal undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by both the editors and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside UP.

Award-winning writer Luna Sicat Cleto will be the issue editor.

The guidelines are as follows:

For its eleventh issue, Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature will accept submissions following the theme of Popular Science Writing and Speculative Fiction.
Submissions will be accepted in the following genres, in both English and Filipino:

Short stories ranging from about 12 to 30 pages double-spaced, in 12 points Times Roman, New York, Palatino, Book Antique, Arial or similar fonts. A suite of short prose pieces will be considered.
A suite of four to seven poems, out of which the editors might choose three to five. Long poems will be considered in lieu of a suite.
Literary and personal essays, including memoirs, profiles, etc., subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
Critical/scholarly essays, subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
Excerpts from graphic novels, or full, short graphic stories, for reproduction in black and white on no more than 10 printed pages, 6” x 9.” Excerpts should be accompanied by a synopsis of the full narrative.
Submissions should be sent as MS Word document. Do not submit as PDF.
2. All submissions must be original and previously unpublished.
3. All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter (including the author’s contact information) and a biographical sketch of no more than one or two short paragraphs.
4. Submissions may be e-mailed to likhaan.journal11@gmail.com, or posted to The Editors, Likhaan Journal 11.
5. For submissions sent via e-mail, please use the following subject line and filename format: [Language], [Genre], [Title], [Author’s Last Name]. For example: English, Fiction, “The Life,” Aquino. The attachment should either be a .DOC, .DOCX or .RTF file.
6. All submissions should be received (whether by e-mail or post) no later than April 30, 2017.
7. All submissions will undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by the editors, and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside the University of the Philippines.
8. Writers whose work will be accepted for publication will receive a substantial cash payment and a copy of the published journal.
9. The editors reserve the right to edit any and all materials accepted for publication.
10. The editors may also solicit or commission special, non-refereed articles for publication outside of the aforementioned genres and categories to enhance the editorial content and balance of the journal.

Previous issues of the Likhaan Journal are available for download as PDF file at http://journals.upd.edu.ph. Please direct any and all inquiries to the managing editor, Isa Lorenzo, at uplikhaan@gmail.com.

Ang pananaliksik ay ang proseso ng pangangalap ng mga totoong impormasyon na humahantong sa kaalaman. Isinasagawa ito sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng kung ano ang nalalaman o napag-alaman na. Matatanggap ang karagdagang kaalaman sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatunay ng mga panukala (teoriya) o mga pamamaraan (o sistema), at sa pagsubok sa mas mainam na pagpapaliwanag ng mga napapansin o obserbasyon. Isang prosesong mapagsuri, sistematiko o maparaan, organisado o nakaayos, at walang-kinikilingan (obhetibo). Nararapat na masagot ng prosesong ito ang isang katanungan o hipotesis. Sa ganitong paraan, dapat itong nakapagpapataas o nakapagdaragdag ng kaalaman hinggil sa isang hindi nakikilalang bagay na ibig mapag-alaman pa ng mga mamamayan.

Bukod sa pagbibigay tugon sa mga katanungan, isa pang layunin ng pananaliksik ang makahanap ng solusyon sa isang problema o suliranin. Karaniwang naghahanap ang isang mananaliksik ng mga kaalaman mula sa mga aklatan upang malaman kung ano ang mga napag-alaman hinggil sa isang bagay, kabilang ang mga maaaring nakalimutan nang kaalaman. Maaaring naghahanap-buhay ang isang tagapagsaliksik o tagasaliksik sa isang klinika, laboratoryo, o kaya isang planetaryo. May mga mananaliksik na naghuhukay ng lupa para mapag-aralan ang mga guho ng mga sinaunang mga kabihasnan o magsagawa ng mga pag-aaral hinggil sa mga hubog ng mga bato. Maaari rin siyang maglakbay sa kalawakan para pag-aralan ang sanlibutan.

Mga pangunahing uri

Kabilang sa mga pangunahing uri o gawi sa pananaliksik ang payak at nilapat na pananaliksik:[3]

Basiko o payak na pananaliksik
Tinatawag din itong puro o pundamental na pananaliksik na isinasagawa sa mga laboratoryo o klinikang pang-eksperimento.

Nilapat na pananaliksik

Ito ang paglalapat ng mga kaalaman sa mga gawaing pampananaliksik, o paggamit ng mga kaalaman sa pananaliksik na magagamit para sa pagpapaunlad ng lipunan. Kabilang dito ang mga protokol (protokolo) o mga sinusunod at tinutupad na paraan sa mga pananaliksik na klinikal.
Iba pang mga uri[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan]
Kasama rin sa mga uri ng pananaliksik ang mga pang-akademya, pang-agham, pampamilihan, pang-edukasyon, pangkasaysayan, pangwika, at may pag-uugnayan ng mga disiplina:[3]

Pang-akademya

Iba ito sa pananaliksik na pangedukasyon sa ibaba sapagkat isinasagawa ito ng mga mag-aaral, hindi sila ang pinag-aaralan ng mananaliksik. Nagsasaliksik ang mga estudyante upang makapagsulat ng mga takdang-aralin, sa pamamagitan ng pagbabasa ng maraming bilang ng mga aklat hinggil sa isang paksa, at nagtatala sila sa kanilang mga talaan. Ginagamit din ang gawing ito ng mga manunulat ng mga hindi kathang-isip na mga manuskrito o akda, upang maging tama ang kanilang mga impormasyong ginagamit sa pagsusulat.
Pang-agham

Tinatawag din itong pamamaraang pang-agham o pamamaraang siyentipiko. Isang pangkaraniwang gawi sa pagsasaliksik ang makaagham na metodo. Ginagamit ang pananaliksik upang mapainam ang mga pagkaunawasa mga larangan ng biyolohiya, inhinyeriya, pisika, kimika, at iba pa. Dahil sa pang-agham na gawi ng pagsasaliksik, maaaring maisakatuparan ang pagkakatuklas ng mga bagong gamot na panglunas ng mga karamdaman, ang paglalang ng mga mas hindi-mapanganib na mga sasakyan, at kung paano makapag-aani ng mas maraming mga pagkain sa mga bukirin. Nagmumula sa mga pamahalaan, mga pribadong korporasyon, at mula sa nagbibigay-kusang mga samahan ang suportang pampananalapi sa ganitong uri ng mga pananaliksik.

Pampamilihan

Isa itong sangay sa larangan ng sikolohiya sapagkat pinag-aaralan at sinusuri sa pananaliksik na pangmerkado o pangmarket ang kung ano ang mga bagay na binibili ng mga tao at kung paano sila naglilibang pagkatapos ng kanilang mga trabaho.

Pang-edukasyon
May kaugnayan sa pagsusuri kung paano natututo ang mga tao sa ganitong uri ng pananaliksik, partikular na sa mga paaralan.

Pangkasaysayan

Sinusuri rito ang lahat ng uri ng mga dokumentong katulad ng mga personal na talaan, mga liham, mga batas, mga resibo, mga sertipiko ng pagpapatibay, mga pahayagan, mga magasin, mga aklat, at mga kasangkapang tulad ng mga alahas, mga aparato, at mga kagamitang pantahanan. Ginagamit ito ng mga arkeologo.

Pangwika

Tinatawag din itong pananaliksik na lingguwistiko sapagkat pinag-aaralan ang kung paano ginagamit ng mga tao ang sinasalitang wika, ang mga tunog sa wikang sinusuri, at maging ang pag-iimbistiga ng gawi sa pamumuhay ng mga mamamayang nasa isang pook.

Sa mga disiplina