Thyroid

THYROID HEALTH AWARENESS: Less Common Symptoms That May Be Worth Discussing With Your Doctor

Many people know the classic symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue, weight gain, feeling cold, dry skin, and constipation.

However, some individuals experience other symptoms that may not immediately be linked to thyroid function. It's important to remember that these symptoms can have many possible causes and are not specific to thyroid disease. If you notice several of them, consider discussing them with your healthcare provider.

1. Changes in Handwriting Some people with hypothyroidism report weaker hand strength, reduced dexterity, or muscle fatigue, which may affect handwriting. Neurological, muscular, and orthopedic conditions can also contribute.

2. Changes in Voice A deeper, hoarser, or rougher voice can occur in hypothyroidism due to fluid retention and tissue changes affecting the vocal cords. Persistent voice changes should always be medically evaluated.

3. Scalloped Tongue (Teeth Marks on the Tongue) A swollen tongue may occasionally occur in hypothyroidism, leaving impressions along the sides. However, sleep disorders, dental issues, and other medical conditions can also cause this finding.

4. New or Worsening Snoring Hypothyroidism may contribute to tissue swelling in the upper airway, which can worsen snoring or increase the risk of sleep-disordered breathing.

5. Ringing in the Ears (Tinnitus) Some studies suggest an association between thyroid disorders and tinnitus, although the exact relationship remains unclear and many other causes are more common.

6. Slow Wound Healing Thyroid hormones play a role in tissue repair and metabolism. Inadequate thyroid hormone levels may contribute to slower healing in some individuals.

7. Restless Legs Symptoms Restless legs syndrome has been linked to several factors, including iron deficiency. Since thyroid disorders can sometimes coexist with nutrient deficiencies, evaluation of both may be appropriate.

8. Itchy Skin Without a Rash Dry skin is common in hypothyroidism and may lead to itching. Persistent itching should be evaluated, as it can also be associated with dermatologic, liver, kidney, or allergic conditions.

9. Gum Changes Thyroid disorders may influence oral health, including gum inflammation and tissue health. Good dental care and regular dental checkups remain important.

10. Reduced Sense of Smell Some people with thyroid disorders report changes in smell or taste perception. These symptoms can also result from infections, allergies, aging, neurological conditions, or nutritional deficiencies.

Important Reminder

None of these symptoms alone can diagnose a thyroid disorder. Many have multiple possible causes, and proper evaluation requires a medical history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory testing.

If you have several symptoms suggestive of thyroid dysfunction, discuss them with a qualified healthcare professional. Early diagnosis and treatment can help improve symptoms and overall quality of life.

This post is intended for educational and awareness purposes only and should not be used as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Non readers why?

NAITANONG NA BA NG DEP ED KUNG ANO ANG SANHI KUNG BAKIT MARAMI ANG MGA NON READERS?

BAKA ANG SAGOT NILA AY DAHIL SA 

1. KAHIRAPAN NG PAMILYA

2 WALANG BOOKS

3.KULANG NG ROOMS

4. DISRUPTIONS OF CLASSES OR LAGING WALANG PASOK  

 DAHIL SA BAGYO, PALARO,HOLIDAYS,SEMINARS,SCOUTING,SEM BREAK,UNDAS,XMAS VACATION 

5, PAPER WORKS

PERO PARA SA AKIN NAKITA KO ANG NUMBER ONE CAUSE KUNG BAKIT MARAMI ANG MGA NON READERS NA NAKARATING SA HIGH SCHOOL

     ITO AY DAHIL SA HINDI EPEKTIBONG 

BEGINNING READING TECHNIQUE NA SOUNDS AT ALPHABET. 

KUNG EFFECTIVE ITO BAKIT MARAMI PANG NON READERS ANG NAKARATING SA HIGH SCHOOL. 

     NAG MARUNGKO NA SA KINDERS ,GRADE-1,,,2,,3,,4,,5,,6,,7,,8,,9,,10,,11,,12

BAKIT NAKARATING SA GRADE - 12 ANG ISANG NORMAL NA ESTUDYANTE NA NON READER.. 13 YEARS PABALIK BALIK SA PAARALAN ANG SINAYANG NA PAGOD,GASTOS AT PANAHON NG MAGULANG,ESTUDYANTE,GURO AT GOBYERNO SA PAGPAPAARAL SA MGA BATANG ITO NGUNIT NANATILING NON READERS....

     ANG GRADE-12 NA YON AY GALING SA ISANG PRIVATE SCHOOL PERO TOTALLY NON READER. AT NAGPATYUTOR PA RAW SYA NG 2 

BESES SA 2 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS .NANG TANUNGIN KO KUNG BAKIT HINDI SYA NAKAKABASA KAHIT SALITANG KALABASA ,,,ANG SAGOT NYA KASI NABABAGOT NA SYA NA LAGING ALPHABET AT SOUNDS ANG ITINUTURO...KAYA DAW NAWALAN SYA NG GANANG MATUTONG MAGBASA. 

     PERO KINABUKASAN AFTER I HOUR OF TEACHING HIM ESCLAVERIA'S TECHNIQUE AY NAGBABASA NA SYA NG STORY IN ENGLISH AND FILIPINO ...AFTER 10 HOURS OR 1 HOUR PER SESSION AY MAGALING NA SYANG BUMASA.

    IMAGINE ANG 10 HOURS AY WALA PANG KALAHATING ARAW KUNG IKUKUMPARA SA 

13 YEARS NA GINUGOL PABALIK BALIK SA PAARALAN. 

     DAHIL LAMANG SA ISANG SIMPLENG READING TECHNIQUE NA ESCLAVERIA'S TECHNIQUE...AT HINDI LAMANG ANG GRADE-12 NA YON ANG NAGING TUTEE KO NA NAPABASA KO SA LOOB LAMANG 2 HOURS...SI DANIEL,,,ISANG DROP OUT DAHIL NON READER AY HINDI NAG ENROL NOONG 4 NA TAONG PANDEMIC.SIGURO NATAKOT SA MODULES DAHIL NGA HINDI SIYA NAKAKABASA .NANG NATAPOS ANG PANDEMIC AT MAGBALIJK NA SA FACE FACE AY NAGPATYUTOR NA SI DANIEL SA AKIN . SA HARAP NG KANYANG AMA AY PINABASA KO NG KALABASA,,,DALAWA,,BARAHA AY HINDI NIYA MABASA NGUNIT NANG IASSESS KO ANG KAKAYAHAN NIYA SI DANIEL AY FAST LEARNER .GINAMITAN KO SYA NG 2 LESSONS LANG NG ESCLAVERIA AFTER ONE HOUR AY NAGBABASA NA KAMI NG STORY IN ENGLISH AND FILIPINO.. ...ANG NAKAKATAWA ..NANG BIGYAN KO NG HOMEWORK SI DANIEL NG 5 MAHAHABANG SA LITA AY PINAGALITAN PA DAW SYA NG KANYANG AMA... DAHIL IPINABASA NG AMA SA KANYA ANG BIGAY KONG HOMEWORK AT NANG MABASA NI DANIEL AY NAGALIT DAW ANG AMA NYA...BAKIT? TANONG KO..KASI SAYANG DAW ANG BINAYAD SA TYUTOR DAHIL MARUNONG NAMAN DAW SI DANIEL MAGBASA ...ANG NAKATAWA DAHIL KAHAPON LANG AY KITANG KITA NG AMA NA HINDI MARUNONG BUMASA SI DANIEL AT BAGO UMALIS NAGSABI PA SYA.MAM ,TATANAWING KONG MALAKING UTANG NA LOOB KUNG MAPAPABASA MO ANG ANAK KO DAHIL KAWAWQ NAMAN AYA KUNG HINDI SYA MARUNONG BUMASA. . SABI PA NI DANIEL SAYA PA NGA ANG PUMILIT SA AKIN NA MAGPATYUTOR DAHIL ALAM NYANG NON READER AKO.

      KAYA DITO KO NAPAGTANTO NA HINDI EFFECTIVE ANG MARUNGKO SA IBANG MGA BATA LALO NA KUNG SLOW LEARNERS.

SANA SA LAHAT NA NAG INVITE SA AKIN NA DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS AY MABALITAAN KO ANG RESULTA NG PAGGAMIT NG ESCLAVERIA'S TECHNIQUE. TULAD NG PANGUTARAN DISTRICT,SULU,MINDANAO,

DAVAO DEL NORTE ,MINDANAO,SAN JOSE CITY DIVISION NG NUEVA ECIJA.at marami pang iba...KUMUSTA 

MARAMING SALAMAT KAY DIV.READING SUPERVISOR DR. JONATHAN BERNABE NG CABUYAO CITY DAHIL SYA LANG ANG NAGSABING WALA NA SILANG NON READERS SA BUONG DIVISION MULA NANG GUMAMIT SILA NG ESCLAVERIA'S TECHNIQUE ...

    MUNGKAHI KO SA MGA TEACHERS AT ADMINISTRATORS AY GUMAMIT NA NG VERY EFFECTIVE NA READING TECHNIQUE KUNG NAIS NILANG MABAWASAN OR MAWALAN NG MGA NON READERS. 

MAAWA NA KAYO SA MGA ESTUDYANTENG ILANG TAON NANG PABALIK BALIK SA PAARALAN. ....NGUNIT MGA NON READERS PA RIN. GUSTO BA NINYONG MAGKAROON NG MARAMING NON READERS AT MANGMANG NA MGA PILIPINO PARA TULOY ANG PAG ENJOY NG MGA CORRUPT NA OFFICIALS SA ATING BANSA. ..

NAPAKAYAMAN NG PILIPINAS SA NATURAL RESOURCES NGUNIT ANG NAKIKINABANG LAMANG AY ANG MGA CORRUPT NA MGA TAO AT PATULOY TAYONG MAGHIHIRAPB KUNG MARAMING 

NON READERS AT MANG MANG NA PILIPINO

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Cancer

Filipinos may now get several potentially life-saving cancer screening tests for free through PhilHealth’s newly launched Yaman ng Kalusugan Program (Yakap).

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) announced that selected outpatient cancer screening procedures will now be covered under the program as part of efforts to promote early detection, reduce cancer-related deaths, and lessen the financial burden on Filipino families.

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death in the Philippines, with many cases diagnosed only at advanced stages when treatment becomes more difficult and expensive.

WHO CAN AVAIL?

The benefit is available to PhilHealth members enrolled in a Yakap Clinic.

Tests are recommended based on a person’s age, risk factors, and health assessment conducted by a physician.

The covered screening tests include:

- Mammogram – ₱2,610

- Breast Ultrasound – ₱1,350

- Low-dose Chest CT Scan – ₱7,220

- Alpha Fetoprotein Test – ₱1,230

- Liver Ultrasound – ₱960

- Colonoscopy – ₱23,640�

According to PhilHealth, mammograms and breast ultrasounds are available for individuals aged 20 to 69 years old, while liver-related screening tests and low-dose chest CT scans are recommended for those aged 20 to 70 years old and above, depending on risk assessment. Colonoscopy screening is available for those aged 40 to 70 years old and above.

HOW TO AVAIL

Members must first register through a chosen PhilHealth Yakap Clinic, the eGovPH app, the PhilHealth Member Portal, or any PhilHealth office.

After registration, patients will undergo a medical assessment by a Yakap physician, who will determine whether cancer screening is necessary based on age, medical history, and risk factors.

If qualified, the patient will receive a prescription or request form, which must be presented at an accredited cancer screening facility to avail of the covered test.

PUSH FOR EARLY DETECTION

PhilHealth said the program aims to encourage more Filipinos to undergo preventive screening rather than wait for symptoms to appear.

Health experts have long emphasized that early detection significantly improves survival rates for many forms of cancer, including breast, lung, liver, and colorectal cancer.

By covering costly diagnostic procedures that can range from hundreds to more than ₱23,000, PhilHealth hopes more Filipinos will take advantage of regular screenings and seek medical attention before the disease progresses.

A list of accredited providers is available through PhilHealth’s Yakap program channels and participating health facilities nationwide.

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Ang sagot

The answer isn't genetics. 

Genetics don't shift in one generation. Your DNA is nearly identical to your grandmother's. She didn't have Hashimoto's. You do. Same genes. Different disease. Something else changed. 

The food changed. Seed oils entered the food supply in the 1970s. Canola. Soybean. Corn oil. PUFAs that suppress thyroid at production, conversion, and receptor level. Your grandmother cooked in butter and lard. You cook in oils that attack the gland she never had a problem with. 

The wheat changed. Modern wheat is hybridized beyond what existed 50 years ago. Higher gluten content. Different gliadin structure. Your gut responds to it differently than your grandmother's gut responded to the wheat she ate. Molecular mimicry triggering antibodies from a protein that didn't exist in this form when she baked bread. 

The sugar changed. Your grandmother consumed roughly 20 lbs of sugar per year. The average now exceeds 150 lbs. Sugar feeds the gut bacteria producing LPS toxin that directly suppresses thyroid hormone. 7 times more fuel for the bacteria destroying the organ converting your medication. 

The soil changed. Depleted of selenium. Depleted of iodine. Depleted of zinc. The minerals your thyroid depends on absent from produce that looks identical but delivers a fraction of what it contained 50 years ago. Same apple. Different mineral content. 

The water changed. Chlorine and fluoride added. Both compete with iodine at the thyroid receptor. The water you drink blocking the mineral your gland needs to produce the hormone your body depends on. 

The stress changed. Your grandmother didn't carry a device delivering 300 notifications daily. Didn't scroll through global crises before breakfast. Didn't process more information by noon than previous generations processed in a month. Cortisol elevated chronically from a nervous system that was never designed for this level of input. 

The gut couldn't survive all of it simultaneously. The organ converting your thyroid hormone and housing your immune system wasn't built for modern seed oils AND modified wheat AND 150 lbs of sugar AND depleted minerals AND treated water AND chronic digital stress arriving together every single day. 

One of those changes your gut might have handled. All of them together broke it. And a broken gut produces a broken thyroid. At rates your grandmother's generation never experienced because her gut never faced what yours faces before breakfast. 

This is why thyroid disease exploded in one generation. Not bad luck. Not genetic destiny. A modern environment destroying an ancient organ that was never designed for it. 

The good news. The same gut that broke from modern life heals when you remove what modern life introduced. Remove the oils. Remove the modified wheat. Reduce the sugar. Restore the minerals. Filter the water. Calm the nervous system. The gut rebuilds every 3-5 days. Give it the right environment and it reconstructs faster than most organs in your body. 

Your grandmother didn't need a gut protocol because her environment didn't attack her gut. You need one because yours does. Every single day. 

Comment BOOK below and I'll send you the protocol that repairs the ONE organ modern life broke. Because your grandmother didn't need it. You do. And 28 days of fixing what this generation destroyed is how your thyroid stops paying for a lifestyle your gut was never built for.

Gut

Your gut and your liver are physically connected by a direct highway called the portal vein. 

Everything your gut absorbs enters this vein and travels straight to your liver before reaching anywhere else in your body. No detour. No filter. Your liver receives whatever your gut sends. Good or bad. 

When your gut is damaged your liver receives a nightmare. 

LPS toxins cross your permeable gut wall. Bacterial endotoxins that should stay contained leaking into the portal vein. Your liver filters every molecule. A healthy liver handles small loads. A liver receiving a constant flood works overtime. Every day. Silently. Until the workload exceeds capacity. Liver enzymes elevate. Fat accumulates. The fatty liver your scan revealed connected to a gut nobody scoped for that reason. 

Nutrients don't arrive. Your gut can't transport selenium, iron, zinc, B vitamins across a damaged wall. Your liver needs these to perform its 500 daily jobs. Detoxification requires B vitamins and glutathione precursors. Without them toxins sit. Accumulate. Your liver starving for tools while drowning in work. Both from ONE organ. 

T3 doesn't convert. Your liver is the second largest site of thyroid hormone conversion after your gut. When your liver is fatty, inflamed, flooded with toxins, its own conversion capacity drops. The backup converter failing because the primary converter sent it poison instead of fuel. 

Estrogen doesn't clear. Your liver clears excess estrogen from your blood. T3 supports this clearance. When your gut fails to convert T3 AND floods the liver with toxins the liver can't clear estrogen efficiently. Estrogen accumulates. Estrogen suppresses your thyroid at production, conversion, and receptor level. A hormonal loop between two organs connected by one vein. 

Bile thickens. Your liver produces bile. Stores it in your gallbladder. Your gut bacteria help metabolize and recycle bile acids back to the liver. When gut bacteria are imbalanced the recycling fails. Bile becomes sluggish. Sludge forms. Stones form. The gallbladder removal your surgeon scheduled traceable through the bile through the liver through the gut bacteria nobody rebalanced. 

When your gut heals the conversation reverses. 

Toxin load drops because the gut wall seals. Nutrients arrive because absorption restores. T3 converts in both organs because inflammation drops. Estrogen clears because the liver has fuel AND less workload. Bile flows because bacteria rebalance. Cholesterol drops because T3 tells the liver to clear it. Liver fat reduces because the organ flooding it healed. 

Every liver problem on this list is a gut problem expressed through the portal vein. Your hepatologist sees the liver. Your gastroenterologist sees the gut. Neither follows the vein connecting them. Two doctors in two offices treating two ends of ONE highway. 

Fix the gut. The highway delivers nutrition instead of poison. The liver recovers. The thyroid follows. Because the chain that controls your entire disease starts in ONE organ and travels through ONE vein to ONE liver that powers ONE gland. 

Comment BOOK below and I'll send you the protocol that fixes the first organ in the chain. Because the liver heals when the gut heals. The thyroid heals when the liver heals. And everything heals when someone finally fixes the organ everything starts in.

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Flood control

FLOOD CONTROL CORRUPTION: HUWAG TAYONG MAGPA-AMNESIA SA BAHA

Ang problema sa ibang Duterte allies, kapag corruption ang usapan, ang lakas sumigaw ng “imbestigahan!” Pero kapag ang trail bumalik sa 2016, biglang nagiging tahimik na parang basang resibo sa bulsa.

Para malinaw: hindi ito sinasabing convicted na ang lahat. This is not a final court judgment. This is a public accountability timeline. At sa timeline na ito, hindi puwedeng burahin ang Duterte years na parang typo lang sa kasaysayan.

• 2016: Nagsimula ang Duterte administration. Kasabay nito, lumakas ang infrastructure push, at ang flood control naging isa sa pinakamalalaking bahagi ng public works spending. Sa Pilipinas, kapag may malaking budget, dapat may malaking tanong din.

• 2016 onwards: Sarah Discaya herself reportedly said in a Senate hearing that while their DPWH bidding began earlier, their flood-control projects began around 2016 onwards. Hindi ito galing sa kalaban. Galing ito sa mismong timeline ng contractor. Awkward? Very. Conveniently forgotten? Also very.

• 2017–2018: Lumobo ang flood-control allocations. Dumami ang proyekto. Lumawak ang papel ng contractors. Kapag may biglang dami ng proyekto, may dalawang dapat bantayan: concrete at kickback. Sa Pilipinas, minsan mas matibay pa ang kickback kaysa semento.

• 2018–2019: Former House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. publicly exposed an alleged ₱332-billion flood-control issue, involving ₱213 billion in 2017–2018 allocations and another ₱119 billion proposed for 2019. Ang DBM noon ay pinamumunuan ni Benjamin Diokno. DBM denied facilitating any scam and said DPWH supplied project details, so hindi ito conviction. Pero hindi rin ito chismis. It was a major public budget controversy.

• 2019: DPWH employees reportedly testified that then DBM Undersecretary Amenah Pangandaman was involved in the reformatting or encoding process tied to the questioned ₱75-billion DPWH budget insertion. Again, DBM denied wrongdoing. Hindi ito proof of criminal liability. Pero public testimony ito, kaya hindi puwedeng tratuhin si Pangandaman na parang typo sa footnote. Budget work is not clerical decoration. Kapag ang pangalan mo lumitaw sa proseso ng questioned insertions, ang tanong sa iyo ay simple: ano ang alam mo, ano ang ginawa mo, sino ang nag-utos, sino ang nag-apruba, at bakit nakalusot?

• 2019: Diokno did not fall from power. He was later appointed Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Pangandaman also did not disappear from government power. She later rose even higher in the budget bureaucracy. Sa normal na mundo, kapag may malaking controversy, may accountability. Sa atin, minsan may appointment. Parang loyalty rewards card, pero taxpayer-funded.

• 2020: Duterte himself publicly acknowledged that corruption in DPWH was widespread and difficult to stop. In short, inamin na may anay sa bahay. Ang tanong: kung alam nang may anay, bakit hindi binaklas ang pugad? At kung ang budget officials ang gatekeepers ng pera, bakit parang laging DPWH lang ang may spotlight pero tahimik sa mga taong may hawak ng budget machinery?

• 2021–2022: The flood-control machine kept running. Budgets remained high. Projects continued. Contractors kept winning. The administration ended without a major public reckoning over the flood-control issues earlier raised during its term. Walang malaking paglilinis. Walang malinaw na dismantling. Parang nakita ang baha sa loob ng bahay, tapos ang ginawa ay bumili ng bagong mop habang bukas pa rin ang gripo.

• June 30, 2022: Andaya was found dead in his Naga residence with a gunshot wound to the head. Reports said police treated it as an apparent suicide incident, while his family asked for privacy. So no, huwag mag-imbento ng murder claim. Pero huwag din burahin na ang taong nag-ingay tungkol sa flood-control anomaly later died under tragic circumstances.

• Post-2022: Lumitaw ulit ang usapin ng ghost projects, substandard works, favored contractors, suspicious bidding patterns, at contractor empires. Hindi ito biglang isinilang sa ulan. May pinanggalingan ang baha. May nag-budget. May nag-approve. May nag-release. May nanalo. May yumaman. May nagpikit-mata.

Kaya kung seryoso tayo sa flood-control corruption, huwag tayong selective. Hindi puwedeng galit ka sa baha pero allergic ka sa timeline.

Sundan ang pera.

Sundan ang budget.

Sundan ang appointments.

Sundan ang contractors.

Sundan ang power.

At kapag ang trail bumalik sa Duterte administration, huwag biglang magkunwaring walang signal.

Hindi ito simpleng tanong kung sino ang pumirma sa isang kontrata. Ang mas malaking tanong: sino ang gumawa, nagpalaki, nagprotekta, o nagpabaya sa sistemang ito?

At hindi rin puwedeng puro contractor lang ang bida sa imbestigasyon. Contractors do not magically receive public money from the sky. May budget process. May release process. May programming. May approval chain. May mga taong nakaupo sa opisina, naka-aircon, naka-barong, at may pirma o impluwensiyang kayang gawing proyekto ang pera ng taumbayan.

Kaya kung tatanungin ang DPWH, tanungin din ang DBM. Kung tatanungin ang contractors, tanungin din ang budget officials. Kung tatanungin ang mga implementer, tanungin din ang mga nagbukas ng pinto sa pondo.

Kasi ang baha, bumababa.

Ang resibo, lumulutang.

At ang corruption, kahit gaano pa kalalim ibaon sa semento, umaalingasaw pa rin kapag nabasa.

SOURCES:

Department of Budget and Management. (2019). Statement of the Department of Budget and Management on flood control projects. https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/management-2/625-statement-of-the-department-of-budget-and-management-on-flood-control-projects

Department of Budget and Management. (2019). Secretary Diokno: Andaya allegations are unfounded. https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/management-2/626-secretary-diokno-andaya-allegations-are-unfounded

Gascon, M. (2019, February 7). DBM exec tagged in P75B ‘insertions’ in DPWH budget. Philippine Daily Inquirer. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1082550/dbm-exec-tagged-in-p75b-insertions-in-dpwh-budget

Philippine Daily Inquirer. (2019, February 😎. DBM: Baseless to say usec behind DPWH budget “insertion”. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1083088/dbm-baseless-to-say-usec-behind-dpwh-budget-insertion

Parrocha, A. (2020, October 15). DPWH reeks of corruption: PRRD. Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1118589

Philippine News Agency. (2019, March 4). Benjamin Diokno is new BSP chief: Medialdea. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063610

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. (n.d.). Governance of the bank: The governor. https://www.bsp.gov.ph/Pages/AboutTheBank/WhoWeAre/OrganizationAndGovernance/TheGovernor/PastGovernors.aspx

Department of Budget and Management. (n.d.). Amenah F. Pangandaman: Secretary, Department of Budget and Management [Profile]. https://www.dbm.gov.ph/images/caraga/SAFP-Profile.pdf

Ramos, M. (2025, September 1). ‘Nag-boomerang ang tanong’: Discaya says flood control deals started under Duterte. Politiko. https://politiko.com.ph/2025/09/01/nag-boomerang-ang-tanong-discaya-says-flood-control-deals-started-under-duterte/politiko-lokal/

Dizon, D. (2025, September 3). Discaya couple are PH’s ‘flood control king and queen,’ with P31-B in flood control projects—PCIJ. ABS-CBN News. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/3/discaya-couple-are-ph-s-flood-control-king-and-queen-with-p31-b-in-flood-control-projects-pcij-0843

Gomez, J. (2025, September 8 ). Explosive testimony identifies legislators, officials in Philippine flood-control corruption inquiry. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/philippines-flood-control-corruption-allegations-61deba5e59f9bc5fac1800a660591c35

Lema, K. (2025, September 4). Philippine groups demand independent investigation of “excessive corruption” in government projects. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-groups-demand-independent-investigation-excessive-corruption-2025-09-04/

Gomez, J. (2025, November 13). Marcos vows jail for politicians and businesspeople in corruption scandal. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/flood-control-corruption-philippines-ferdinand-marcos-jr-3972804a08eb6b06a74c12a4b3ae8335

Tyhroid

Nobody told me my liver was suffering in silence because of my thyroid. 

Nobody connected them. Nobody checked. Two organs in the same body treated by two different doctors in two different buildings while ONE hormone connected everything happening in both. 

Your liver does over 500 jobs. FIVE HUNDRED. Filtering toxins. Clearing cholesterol. Metabolizing hormones. Producing bile. Regulating blood sugar. Processing every medication you take. Every supplement you swallow. Every chemical you breathe. 500 jobs running 24 hours a day. And almost every one of them depends on a hormone your gut can't convert. 

Here's what happens to your liver when T3 drops. 

Your liver stops clearing cholesterol. T3 tells your liver when to pull LDL from your blood. Without the signal the liver hoards. Cholesterol doubles. Your cardiologist prescribes a statin to force the number down. Never asks about the hormone that would clear it naturally. The statin manages the scoreboard. The hormone controls the player. Nobody checks the hormone. 

Your liver starts accumulating fat. T3 regulates liver metabolism. Without it fat deposits silently. Fatty liver developing inside a thyroid patient while nobody connects the scan to the gland. Your hepatologist sees the fat. Your endocrinologist sees the TSH. Neither calls the other. The liver gets heavier while the thyroid gets checked. 

Your liver gets flooded with toxins from your gut. When your gut lining is permeable — which most thyroid patients' guts are — bacteria produce LPS that crosses into your bloodstream. Every molecule of LPS lands at your liver for filtering. A healthy liver handles normal loads. A liver receiving a constant flood from a leaking gut works overtime. Every single day. Until it can't keep up. Enzymes elevate. Inflammation builds. The organ filtering your blood drowning in toxins from the organ converting your medication. 

Your liver processes estrogen. T3 supports the liver's ability to clear excess estrogen from your blood. When T3 drops the liver can't clear it efficiently. Estrogen accumulates. Estrogen blocks your thyroid at 3 levels — production, conversion, receptor function. Your liver failing to clear estrogen because T3 is absent creating more estrogen that blocks more T3. A loop between two organs connected by ONE hormone nobody monitors. 

Your liver produces bile. Bile stored in your gallbladder. Released when you eat fat. T3 controls the flow. Without T3 bile thickens. Gallbladder slows. Sludge forms. Stones form. Thyroid patients lose gallbladders at dramatically higher rates. The surgeon removes the gallbladder. Nobody traces the stones back through the bile through the liver through the hormone through the gut through ONE organ. 

Your liver converts T4 to T3 too. Not just your gut. Your liver is the SECOND largest site of thyroid hormone conversion. When your liver is fatty and inflamed and flooded with LPS and struggling to clear estrogen its own conversion capacity drops. The backup converter failing because the primary converter failed first. Both organs now unable to produce the hormone both organs depend on. 

Here's the part that should make you angry. 

Every medication you take passes through your liver. The thyroid pill. The SSRI. The PPI. The statin. The anti-inflammatory. The beta blocker. Every pill. Every day. All processed by a liver that's already overwhelmed because ONE organ flooded it with toxins and starved it of the hormone it needs to function. 

Your liver is the most overworked underpaid organ in your body. Doing 500 jobs on a budget that gets cut every time your gut fails to convert T3. Flooded from below by toxins your gut leaks. Starved from above by a hormone your gut can't produce. Processing medications prescribed for symptoms it's creating. And nobody checks on it unless something shows up on a scan by which point the damage is advanced. 

When women fix their gut their liver responds before they expect it. Cholesterol drops without statins. Enzymes normalize. Estrogen clears. Bile flows. The liver recovering because the organ flooding it healed and the hormone powering it arrived. Not liver treatment. Gut treatment. Because the liver was never the problem. It was the victim of the problem. 

Comment BOOK below and I'll send you the protocol that fixes the ONE organ your liver depends on. Because 500 jobs running on empty is how organs fail silently. And your liver has been running on empty since the day your gut stopped converting.

1. Your pill is raw material. 

Not the finished product. Your doctor prescribed T4. Inactive. It does nothing floating in your blood. Your gut converts it to T3. T3 is the hormone your 37 trillion cells actually use. If nobody told you this at diagnosis you spent every year since then thinking the pill WAS the treatment. It's half the treatment. The organ it passes through is the other half. And nobody checks the other half. 

2. Your antibodies are not permanent. You were told they only go up. That the trajectory is fixed. That the number is a life sentence. It's not. Your antibodies respond to a trigger in your gut. Gliadin from gluten leaking through a permeable lining triggering molecular mimicry. Remove the trigger. Seal the lining. The antibodies drop. Published. Women report drops of 150-280 points in 8-12 weeks. The number your doctor called permanent was a trigger nobody removed. Not a sentence nobody can commute. 

3. TSH doesn't tell you what you think it tells you. TSH confirms your pill is present. Free T3 confirms it converted. Your doctor runs the first test at every appointment and never runs the second. You've been monitored by shipping confirmation for however many years you've been medicated without anyone checking whether the package was delivered. Demand Free T3 at your next appointment. That ONE number explains everything TSH can't. 

4. Your gut controls your disease more than your gland does. Your gut converts 80% of T3. Houses 70% of your immune system. Produces 90% of your serotonin. Absorbs every nutrient your thyroid depends on. ONE organ doing 4 jobs that determine whether you heal or decline. Tested at zero appointments. Mentioned by zero specialists. Running everything from underneath while everyone looks above. 

5. You can feel dramatically better on the same medication. Not a higher dose. Not a different brand. Not an additional prescription. The same pill you're already taking converted by a gut that's no longer blocking it. Women following the gut protocol report energy returning, fog lifting, hair slowing, weight moving, mood surfacing, joints releasing — on the same dose their doctor adjusted 4 times without checking whether it converted. The pill was never wrong. The organ was. 

5 things. All available at diagnosis. All absent from the appointment where someone handed you a prescription and said come back in 6 months. That appointment was supposed to be the beginning of understanding. Instead it was the beginning of confusion that 5 sentences would have prevented. 

You just read all 5. Today is your new day 1. 

Comment BOOK below and I'll send you the protocol that turns these 5 truths into 28 days of action through ONE organ. Because knowing changes perspective. Doing changes labs.

Wag honest

STOP being honest in job interviews. ( I say this as a recruiter )

Here's the thing... lying about where you went to college is not the same as lying about why you left your last job. An interview isn't an exam, it's a negotiation. The company wants to buy your skills. So stop treating it like you owe them something, and start treating it like the transaction it is.

I've eliminated candidates for things that genuinely didn't matter. If they'd just framed it differently, I'd have moved them forward without a second thought. So here's what I'd tell you to bend the truth about:

1. How long you've been looking for work If it's been months, DONT SAY IT. Every recruiter I know (and I mean every single one) will immediately think "why hasn't anyone hired this person yet?" It's not fair, but it's how our brains work. Say you recently started your search and you're weighing a few options. You're choosing, not chasing.

2. How many places you're applying to Don't tell us you're spraying your CV everywhere. Even if you are. Say you're being selective, only going after roles where you're a strong fit. It doesn't have to be 100% true.... it just can't sound desperate.

3. How well you know the company I've had candidates who had no idea what the company even did. Honestly, it happens more than you'd think. But there's no excuse — spend 10 minutes on Google News before the call. Just enough to not get caught off guard when they ask why you want to work there.

4. Your achievements at your last job This is where almost EVERYONE fails. People list what they did instead of what they achieved, and that's exactly why they don't get called back. "Managed the social media accounts" means nothing. "Grew our audience by 40% in one quarter" gets you to the next round. Quantify everything. There are free tools that help you reframe your CV this way use them, because this one thing alone changes everything.

And above all: stop walking into interviews like the company is doing you a favor. They called you because they need someone with your exact skills. Walk in with that energy. You're not there to beg, you're there to decide if they're worth your time too.

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"HERE'S THE MOST COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTION FOR EMPLOYERS FOR TECHNICIAN JOB IN ABROAD"

For technician jobs abroad (especially automation, electrical, maintenance, PLC, and industrial technician positions), these are some of the most common interview questions:

1. TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.

Sample answer: "I am an electrical/automation technician with experience in troubleshooting machines, motors, sensors, contactors, overload relays, and PLC systems. I am focused on safety, preventive maintenance, and minimizing machine downtime."

2. WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK ABROAD?

Sample answer: "I want to expand my skills, gain international experience, support my family, and contribute my technical knowledge to a reputable company."

3. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN 

TROUBLESHOOTING?

Sample answer:

"When a machine stops, I first check the power supply, protection devices, sensors, control circuits, and PLC signals. I identify the root cause before replacing any components."

4. HOW DO YOU TROUBLESHOOT A MOTOR THAT WON'T START?

Points to mention:

Check power supply voltage.

Check circuit breaker and fuses.

Check contactor operation.

Check overload relay.

Check motor winding continuity.

Check control circuit and interlocks.

5. WHAT SAFETY PROCEDURES DO YOU FOLLOW?

Points to mention:

Lockout/Tagout (LOTO).

Use proper PPE.

Verify absence of voltage.

Follow company safety procedures.

Keep work area clean and safe.

6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PNP AND NPN SENSORS?

Answer:

PNP sensor supplies positive voltage to the PLC input.

NPN sensor switches the negative side (0V).

PNP is commonly used in many industrial systems.

7. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN OVERLOAD RELAY?

Answer: "It protects the motor from overheating and excessive current caused by overload conditions."

8. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAR (WYE) AND DELTA CONNECTION?

Answer:

Star (Wye): Lower starting current and lower starting torque.

Delta: Full voltage and higher torque during normal operation.

9. HAVE YOU WORKED WITH PLC SYSTEMS?

Answer: Mention any experience with PLC troubleshooting, input/output checking, sensors, HMI, and fault diagnosis.

10. WHY SHOULD WE HIRE YOU?

Sample answer: "I am hardworking, safety-conscious, willing to learn, and experienced in troubleshooting electrical and automation systems. I can work independently and as part of a team."

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ABROAD:

How do you check a faulty contactor?

How do you test a motor winding using a multimeter?

What causes a motor to burn?

What is preventive maintenance?

What is a control transformer?

How do you read electrical diagrams?

What is the function of a VFD?

How do you troubleshoot a PLC-controlled machine?

For automation technician positions in countries like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Singapore, interviewers often focus heavily on troubleshooting scenarios and safety procedures rather than theory alone. Being able to explain actual problems you solved on machines is a big advantage. #bernaztvvlog

Thyroid

This post is going to make some people uncomfortable. 

Good. Because the advice the entire health industry agrees on is quietly destroying thyroid patients who follow it without knowing their body plays by different rules. 

INTERMITTENT FASTING. The entire wellness world swears by it. And for healthy people with functioning hormones it can work. For thyroid patients it's a disaster. Fasting signals famine to your body. Famine triggers cortisol. Cortisol suppresses T3 production AND conversion AND raises estrogen. Every hour you fast is an hour your body suppresses the hormone you're already deficient in. The trend making lean people leaner is crashing your thyroid deeper into deficiency. But nobody puts an asterisk on fasting that says "except if your thyroid is compromised." 

LOW CARB AND KETO. Remove carbs. Lose weight. Simple. Unless your thyroid is broken. Carbohydrates are the primary macronutrient that LOWERS cortisol. Remove them and cortisol stays elevated around the clock. Chronically elevated cortisol is the single most damaging hormonal state for your thyroid. The diet the fitness industry built its brand on removes the one macronutrient keeping the hormone destroying your gland in check. 

INTENSE DAILY CARDIO. Move more. Burn more. Lose more. Except exercise follows a bell curve for thyroid patients. Benefits peak at 30-45 minutes. Past 60 minutes cortisol spikes. Estrogen rises through aromatase. Both suppress T3. The woman running 60 minutes daily to lose weight is triggering 2 hormones that ensure she gains it. More effort producing less hormone. The cruelest math in fitness. 

AVOIDING SATURATED FAT. Low fat. Lean protein. Seed oil spreads. The dietary guidelines that shaped a generation. Saturated fat is positively associated with thyroid function. Published. The fat you were told to fear supports the gland you're trying to heal. The seed oil replacing it suppresses your thyroid at production, conversion, AND receptor level. You swapped medicine for poison because a food pyramid told you to. 

CUTTING SALT. Low sodium for blood pressure. For heart health. For longevity. Iodized salt contains iodine. The literal building block of thyroid hormone. T4 has 4 iodine molecules. T3 has 3. Without iodine your gland cannot manufacture the hormone your medication is trying to replace. The low salt diet your cardiologist recommended removed the one consistent iodine source in your kitchen. 

ALKALINE WATER. pH balanced. Clean. Premium. Your thyroid pill needs stomach acid to dissolve properly. Alkaline water neutralizes stomach acid. The $8 water bottle reducing the acid your $30 medication needs to activate. Premium water making your prescription less effective with every sip you take to be healthier. 

6 pieces of advice the healthy world follows without question. All 6 working against the ONE hormone thyroid patients can't afford to lose. All 6 recommended by experts who don't add the disclaimer that different hormones require different rules. 

What's healthy for THEM is harmful for YOU. Your body isn't their body. Your hormones aren't their hormones. Your thyroid plays by different rules. And following the rules written for functioning hormones while yours aren't functioning is the most common reason thyroid patients do everything right and get worse. 

Share this with anyone following health advice that doesn't account for their thyroid. Because the advice isn't wrong. It's wrong for YOU. And that distinction changes everything.

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Pwd law explained.

Ang batas para sa PWD

Republic Act 7277 - "Magna Carta for Persons with Disability 

*Inamendahan ng:* RA 9442 at RA 10754

SINO ANG CONSIDERED AS PWD BASE SA RA 7277?

Definition: "Person with Disability" = yung may *long-term physical, mental, intellectual, o sensory impairment 60na pag nakihalubilo sa society, nahihirapan o nababarahan sa mga normal na activities.

Simple:Pag yung kondisyon mo tumatagal ng 6 months pataas at nakaka-apekto sa paglakad, pagtingin, pagdinig, pag-iisip, paggalaw, etc.

MGA KASAMA SA PWD - BASE SA BATAS:

1. PHYSICAL DISABILITY 

- Walang kamay/paa, pilay, polio, cerebral palsy

- Mahirap makalakad/lumuhod/tumayo

- *Chronic illness* na tumatagal: Cancer, Kidney failure, Heart disease, Lupus, etc

2. VISUAL DISABILITY

- Bulag, low vision kahit naka-salamin na

3. HEARING DISABILITY

- Bingi, mahina pandinig kahit may hearing aid

4. SPEECH & LANGUAGE DISABILITY

- Pipi, hirap magsalita

5. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

- Down Syndrome, Autism, Intellectual developmental disorder

6. PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITY

- Mental health conditions: Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Severe Depression, Anxiety na chronic

7. MULTIPLE DISABILITIES 

- 2 o higit pa sa taas

IMPORTANTE ABOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS:

Oo, kasama ang chronic illness* basta "long-term" at "substantially limits" daily activities.  

BENEFITS PAG NAKA-PWD ID:

1. 20% discount + VAT exempt sa gamot, grocery, hospital, lab, therapy

2. 5% discount sa basic necessities - bigas, asukal, isda, etc

3. Priority lane sa lahat ng pila

4. Express lane sa ER 

PAANO KUMUHA NG PWD ID:

1. Medical Certificate kay Doc - Dapat nakalagay "Person with Disability" + diagnosis + ilang months/years na condition

2. Punta sa PDAO/DSWD/MSWDO* ng city/municipality nyo

3. 1x1 ID picture + valid ID

4. Free lang - walang bayad

Paalala: Si doctor pa rin magde-decide kung "qualified" ka base sa medical condition mo. Yung batas nagbibigay lang ng definition. 

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4 types of thyroid

This post isn't here to scare you. 

It's here so you understand something most doctors explain in 30 seconds during a moment when your brain can't process anything. If you ever need this information you deserve to already have it. Calmly. Clearly. Before the moment arrives. 

4 types of thyroid cancer exist. They are NOT the same. Their behaviour is different. Their prognosis is different. Their treatment is different. Understanding which is which removes the terror of a word that groups very different outcomes under one umbrella. 

PAPILLARY. The most common. Roughly 80% of all thyroid cancers. This is the one most patients are diagnosed with if thyroid cancer is found. It grows slowly. Responds extremely well to treatment. The survival rate at 20 years exceeds 98%. That number bears repeating. Over 98% survival at 20 years. If the word cancer has to appear in a diagnosis papillary is the outcome most patients hope for. Treatable. Manageable. Survivable by nearly every measure. 

FOLLICULAR. Second most common. About 10-15% of cases. Slightly more aggressive than papillary. Still highly treatable when caught early. In rare cases it can spread to bones or lungs. Early detection through ultrasound changes the trajectory significantly. Prognosis with treatment remains excellent. 

MEDULLARY. Less common. About 3-5%. This type develops from different cells than papillary and follicular. Called C cells. Produces calcitonin which can be measured in blood as a marker. Important difference. Medullary can be hereditary. If diagnosed genetic testing for family members is recommended. Caught early prognosis is good. Requires a more specialized treatment approach than papillary or follicular. 

ANAPLASTIC. The rarest. About 1-2% of all thyroid cancers. The most aggressive form. Typically occurs in older adults over 60. Grows quickly. Requires immediate and aggressive treatment. If you're a younger thyroid patient reading this your likelihood of anaplastic is extremely low. This type is rare by every measure. 

HERE'S WHAT MATTERS MOST. 

Over 95% of thyroid nodules are BENIGN. The vast majority of thyroid patients will never develop thyroid cancer. Having Hashimoto's or hypothyroidism does not mean cancer is inevitable or likely. Most lumps found on thyroid glands are harmless nodules that get monitored and never become anything. 

If you've felt something on your throat or a nodule was found on a scan the most likely outcome by far is benign. An ultrasound and if needed a fine needle biopsy gives you definitive answers. The waiting is harder than the test. The test takes minutes. The answers replace weeks of fear with facts. 

This post exists so that if the word cancer ever enters your thyroid conversation you already understand what it means. Which type. What the prognosis is. What the differences are. So the word doesn't paralyze you. So you can ask the right questions. So knowledge sits where fear would have lived. 

Knowledge isn't fear. It's the thing that replaces fear. Save this. Hopefully you never need it. But if you do you'll have it. Calmly. Before the moment asks you to process it under pressure.

Rich kid

Middle-Class Kids Inherit Debt, While Rich Kids Inherit Systems

Poor kids inherit stuff.

Middle-class kids inherit debt.

Rich kids inherit systems.

That’s the hierarchy nobody talks about.

Poor families pass down memories.

Furniture. Jewelry. Sentiment.

Middle-class families pass down obligations.

Mortgages. Education loans. Tax problems.

Rich families pass down infrastructure.

Trusts. LLCs. Operating businesses. Rules.

The middle class believes inheritance is money.

The wealthy know money is temporary.

Cash gets spent.

Systems keep producing.

A trust isn’t about wealth.

It’s about control after death.

An LLC isn’t just a company.

It’s a legal shield.

A tax strategy.

A container that survives generations.

Schools teach children how to earn.

Wealthy families teach children how to own.

That’s why rich kids don’t panic during recessions.

They don’t depend on salaries.

They inherit machines that produce cash flow.

Middle-class kids inherit responsibility without leverage.

Assets that come with liabilities.

Bills disguised as wealth.

Debt isn’t bad luck.

It’s the residue of income thinking.

If your parents worked their whole lives and left behind payments instead of systems, that wasn’t failure.

It was conditioning.

Jobs end when you do.

Systems don’t.

That’s the real inheritance gap.

And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

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SEF Gamitin.

Magandang gabi, there are two types of funds that are important given the series of events recently.

Im talking about the SEF, opening na naman ng classes and before natin pag-usapan ang mahabang listahan ng mga suliranin, silipin natin at dagdagan ang ating kaalaman.

Ang pangalawa ay ang calamity fund given the earthquake sa GenSan kaninang umaga. Let me discuss this tomorrow to guide the LGUs.

The Special Education Fund (SEF)is a local government fund that comes primarily from the additional 1% tax on real property, collected by provinces, cities, and municipalities, as authorized under the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) and subsequently governed by more recent laws and regulations on basic education financing.

In simple terms:

Property owners pay real property tax (RPT).

An additional 1% levy is imposed specifically for education purposes.

Collections are placed in the SEF and managed by the Local School Board.

Purpose of the SEF

The fund is intended to supplement national government appropriations for education. Under current rules, SEF may generally be used for:

* Construction, repair, and maintenance of school buildings and facilities.

* Procurement of educational equipment and learning resources.

* Operation and maintenance of public schools.

* Payment of salaries and benefits of locally funded teaching and non-teaching personnel.

* Sports development and educational programs.

* Other education-related expenditures authorized by law and approved by the Local School Board.

Take note po, mahalaga yung approval ng Local School Board.

Para sa mga auditor, mahalaga na makita yung direct at demonstrable benefit to basic education sa bawat gastusin na galing sa Special Education Fund.

Gamit ang chat pt, heto ang mga common audit findings sa pag-gamit ng nasabing pondo.

1. Use of SEF for Non-Educational purpose

Auditors frequently find expenditures charged to SEF that have no direct relation to basic education, such as:

* General LGU activities.

* Excessive hospitality expenses.

* Projects benefiting the general public rather than schools.

Naalala ko nung kapanahunan namin, ginagamit din sya sa mga bonus in the form of gift checks at honorarium kaya syempre, nadi disallow!

2.Violation of laws and regulations governing SEF utilization.

a. Procurement Irregularities

Examples include:

* Lack of competitive bidding.

* Splitting of contracts.

* Incomplete supporting documents.

* Purchases without proper needs assessment.

Kadalasan ang auditor ay nakakasilip ng mga audit issue na may kinalaman sa tinatawag na transparency, economy, and value for money.

Kumbaga ay hindi sulit sa ginamit na pera yung naging resulta!

3. Unutilized or Idle Funds

Many LGUs accumulate substantial SEF balances that remain unused despite shortages in schools.

Common causes:

* Poor planning.

* Delayed procurement.

* Lack of project readiness.

Sa kadalasan yung pondo para sa education ay hindi pinakinabangan ng mga mag-aaral at guro. Sayang naman!

4. Unauthorized Personnel Expenses

SEF may be used for certain education-related personnel, but auditors often note:

* Payments to personnel not engaged in education functions.

* Allowances lacking legal basis.

* Benefits granted without Local School Board approval.

5. Lack of Local School Board Authorization

Projects are sometimes implemented without proper approval or documentation from the Local School Board.

Madalas, kinakakitaan ito ng mga auditors ng kahinaan or posibleng pag circumvent ng existing internal controls kung hindi man kahinaan ng pamamahala.

6. Incomplete or Defective School Projects

Common findings include:

* Delayed construction.

* Unfinished classrooms.

* Poor-quality repairs.

* Facilities not being used.

7. Weak Property and Inventory Controls

Auditors frequently observe:

* Missing laptops and equipment.

* Unrecorded educational materials.

* Lack of inventory reports.

Mahalaga na hindi lang pera ng bayan ang iniingatan, pati na rin mga kagamitan o pag-aari ng pamahalaan.

We need to manage and prevent Risk of loss, theft, or misuse of government property

8. Excessive Cash Advances and Liquidation Problems

Recurring observations include:

* Long-outstanding cash advances.

* Incomplete liquidation documents.

* Unsupported expenditures.

Sa mga ganitong usapin, mahalaga na mapatunayan kung tama ba ang paggamit ng pera ng bayan.

Mahalaga ang immediate liquidation ng cash advances lalo na at hirap ang ating pamahalaan sa pananalapi.

Madalas din na mabilis ang palitan ng mga opisyales kaya kailangan yung immediate liquidation para masiguro yung responsibilidad sa pag-gastos o kung may naiwan bang natirang pera na dapat agad maisauli sa kaban.

O hayan, hindi lang confidential funds at flood control funds, marami pang ibang pondo at dapat tayo ay mapagbantay kung gusto natin ng matino at kapaki-pakinabang na pamamahala ng pera ng bayan

Heto nga pala kami nung bata pa at halos lahat kami ay nag-aral sa public school.

Kung gusto nating alagaan ang kalidad ng edukasyon, mainam ding alamin kung ano ang pondo na ginagamit para dito!

Goodnight !

Parathyroid awareness

🦋💜 PARATHYROID AWARENESS: If the Parathyroid Glands Were Removed Due to a Tumor, Will Calcium Levels Ever Return to Normal? 💜🦋

This is a very common question among many patients, especially those who have gone through thyroid or neck surgery:

“If the parathyroid glands were removed because of a tumor, will calcium levels ever go back to normal, even after many years?”

✨ The simple answer: It depends on the situation.

The parathyroid glands are tiny glands located behind the thyroid. Their job is to help regulate calcium levels in the body. Calcium is very important for:

🦴 Bone health

💪 Muscle movement and strength

❤️ Heart function

🧠 Nerve function

If the parathyroid glands are removed or affected during surgery (for example due to a tumor, thyroid cancer, or thyroidectomy), calcium levels may become low.

📌 There are 2 possible situations:

1️⃣ Temporary Hypoparathyroidism (Temporary)Sometimes, the parathyroid glands become “shocked” or temporarily stop working after surgery, but they are not permanently damaged. In these cases, calcium levels may return to normal after weeks, months, or sometimes even longer, depending on how the glands recover.

2️⃣ Permanent Hypoparathyroidism (Permanent)If most or all of the parathyroid glands were removed or are no longer functioning, some people may need long-term or lifelong calcium and Vitamin D (calcitriol) supplements to help keep calcium levels stable.

💡 But remember:Just because years have passed does not always mean there is no hope. Some patients still experience improvement over time, while others may continue needing maintenance treatment. Every person’s healing journey is different.

⚠️ Important reminder:Regular follow-ups with your doctor are very important. Doctors may monitor:

✔️ Calcium levels

✔️ PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)

✔️ Vitamin D levels

✔️ Phosphorus and Magnesium (in some cases)

If you experience symptoms such as:

▫️ Tingling or numbness in the fingers or lips

▫️ Muscle cramps or twitching

▫️ Weakness or palpitations

Please consult your doctor, as these may be signs of low calcium levels.

💜 To all thyroidectomy, thyroid cancer, and parathyroid warriors you are not alone. Healing looks different for everyone, and proper monitoring matters. 😊

Would you like a separate post explaining calcium, parathyroid function, and post-surgery recovery in more detail? Comment below 👇💜