Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Oil and Gas in the Philippines


Kung ito man ay mapasa-atin.. sana naman ito ay mapakinabangan ng karamihan sa ating bansa.

Philippines may soon own vast gas-rich area

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The Philippines will gain 13 million hectares in additional territory, an area slightly smaller than Luzon, should the United Nations approve next year the government’s claim on a region off the coast of Isabela and Aurora, Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus Paje said on Monday.

Paje said the undersea region, called Benham Rise, could turn the Philippines into a natural gas exporter because of the area’s huge methane deposits.

Studies conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the past five years indicate large deposits of methane in solid form, Paje said after a Senate budget hearing.

The government is only awaiting a formal declaration from the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (Unclos) that Benham Rise is on the country’s continental shelf and therefore part of its territory, Paje said.

Legal basis

Once the Unclos establishes that Benham Rise is part of the Philippines, “we would have legal basis to enter into exploration agreements with private companies to explore… (the area’s) resources,” said Sen. Franklin Drilon, chair of the chamber’s finance committee.

Drilon said a favorable Unclos declaration would mean “increasing our territory from present 30 million hectares to possibly 43 million” with the inclusion of Benham Rise.

Discussion over Benham Rise generated excitement especially after Paje said that Philippine representatives were just awaiting one more meeting “to answer questions” before a special Unclos committee.

Only claimant

Paje said there was no reason for the Unclos committee not to issue a decision favorable to the country “since we are the only claimant, unlike in the western side (where the Spratly Islands are).”

“We have submitted a claim under (Unclos) sometime in late 2008. We got a reply from the UN lately (asking us) to answer some questions. They intend to pass a resolution sometime in mid-2012 to approve our claim (that it is) part of the Philippine continental shelf,” Paje told reporters after the hearing.

Records showed that the Philippines officially submitted a claim with the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York on April 8, 2009.

Davide submission

Hilario Davide, then Philippine ambassador to the United Nations, filed the country’s partial submission with the commission.

The United Nations says the continental shelf is “the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea” up to 370 km (200 nautical miles) from the archipelagic baseline. An extended continental shelf goes farther than 370 km.

The Philippines claims that Benham Rise is an extension of its continental shelf.

Paje said Benham Rise was within the country’s 370-km exclusive economic zone.

American geologist

The environment secretary said an American geologist surnamed Benham discovered the area that was between 40 and 2,000 meters below the waterline in 1933.

“But we are able to define categorically that it is attached to our continental shelf only recently. We have proven (to) Unclos that it is attached. So now the UN is considering it for decision sometime in 2012,” Paje said.

He said gas deposits in the area would enable the country to achieve energy sufficiency.

“Benham Rise is very relevant because of its gas deposits (which has been) confirmed particularly by (the) National Mapping Resource Information Agency. It has given us the data that (the area) contains solid methane. We have not explored it but we have found nodules of methane in the surface and this is very important to us,” he said.

Kalayaan, Scarborough

The Kalayaan Island Group, which is part of the disputed Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal, both located in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and claimed by the Philippines, are also believed to contain oil and natural gas.

Paje said there was the possibility that the country could export gas in the future.

The secretary added that there would be a demand for gas deposits in Benham Rise “because it’s much cleaner than (other) fossil fuels.”

The DENR formally submitted its proposed P16.99-billion budget for 2012 to the Senate finance committee.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Speed Test in South Korea



Hooooaaaahhh! Eto sigurado malula ka sa bilis ng Internet Speed. Kung mabilis sa Japan dito mas mabilis... yeeeeaaahh!

Download Speed = 85.15MB
Upload Speed = 62.87MB

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Flu Months in the Philippines


Flu virus magnification: 10o,000x

Tinamaan ng trangkaso o flu ang aking kasama sa trabaho... tapos ang isang kaibigan ko sa Facebook (masakit din yung lalamunan niya, may lagnat at inuubo).. sunod yung isang kaibigan ko sa simbahan.. at dahil nasa dormitory siya nakatira, nahawaan nya na rin yung ibang nakatira doon. =(

Simula ng buwan ng June hanggang September ay ang tinatawag na flu months dito sa Pilipinas. Sa buwan na ito ay tumataas ang bilang ng mga nagkakasakit. Ang mga dahilan nito ay ang pagdating ng tag-ulan, mga bagyo, at pabago bagong panahon na nagiging sanhi para humina ang resistensiya ng karamihan... kaya tuloy madaling dapuan ng sakit.

Ang nagiging cycle nito ay:
1. Sasakit ang lalamunan (mamumula at mahirap makalunok), yan ay sintomas na may virus o bacteria na nakapasok sa katawan mo.
2. Sisipunun.
3. Magkakaroon ng lagnat o pagtaas ng temperatura ng katawan.
4. Magkakaroon ng ubo.
5. Mabigat pakiramdam ng katawan at masakit mga kasukasuan.
6. Pagkalipas uminom ng gamot at pahinga ay unti unting magiging maayos ang pakiramdam.
7. Hanggang sa tuluyang gumaling at bumalik sa normal.

Hindi mo ito pwedeng madaliing gumaling.. kailangan talaga ng oras at pahinga. Paano ko nalaman? kasi katatapos lang mangyari sa akin..
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Word Of The Lourd: Bad Words



Ngayon ko lang napanood itong Word of the Lourd... ibinigay sa akin ang link ng aking kasama sa trabaho.

Madami kang matutunan, lalo na tungkol sa pagiging Pilipino mo. Meron ding halong patama sa mga kamalian sa ating lipunan sa malikhaing paraan na magpapatawa sa iyo...

Pero ang mahalaga pa rin ay kung ano ang ginagawa mo ngayon. Kahit gabundok pa na video ang mapanood mo kagaya nito kung wala kang gagawin na aksiyon o kontribusyon para mapaunlad ang sarili.. mananatiling lugmok sa kahirapan ang Pilipinas kong mahal.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Flooding in Metro Manila

Normal na dito sa Metro Manila ang pagbaha pagkatapos ng 1 o 2 oras na malakas na ulan. Tama at tumpak ang dahilan na nakita ng MMDA base sa kanilang pag-aaral sa sanhi ng pagbaha.

Ang problema ay kung ano ang gagawing aksiyon ng bawat Mayor?? Hmmmmm siyempre alam mo na ang sagot dyan! Tinatanong paba yan? Wala silang gagawin kasi halos 1 taon na lang mahigit at mag-eeleksyon na naman. Saan sila kukuha ng boto kung paaalisin nila ng mga squatters na naninirahan sa tabing ilog o creek. Anak ng tuyo naman tong mga Mayor natin o!

Dagdagan pa ng kawalan ng disiplina sa pagtatapon ng basura... aaaaww yare tayo dyan! At ang realidad pa na overpopulated na talaga ang Metro Manila at walang kontrol ang gobyerno kung ilang libo ang pumapasok araw araw dito.. =(



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