GOODBYE FLYING COFFINS

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

7.2 MAGNITUDE... and more than 172 aftershocks..

 MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

SINK HOLES FOR PDAF SCAMMERS....

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

WILL DAVAO CITY SURVIVE...

Will Davao City survive a “Bohol-type” tremor? MGB: Obey Building Code (edgedavao october 23, 2013)

WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2013 02:35

Should a 7.2 magnitude Bohol type quake, which claimed 186 lives, happen in Davao City, the extent of destruction would depend on the readiness of private and public structures to follow the building code, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 11.

MGB supervising science research specialist Engr. Noel Angeles told Edge Davao yesterday that the new high rise buildings here followed the building code and will most likely survive the quake.

He said, however, “if there were mischiefs done during construction, like the contractor taking the materials to squeeze some money out of it, or speeding up the construction thereby neglecting important details in the process,” then the rate of survival will definitely decrease. 

The building code mandates that high rise buildings should have rollers in their foundation, to accommodate seismic waves from an earthquake, which makes the structure sway instead of it crumbling down. 

There are two major active fault lines in Mindanao, The Philippine Fault and the Mindanao Central Fault. While Bohol’s earthquake rocked the island in an up and down manner, these two faults produce earthquakes in a lateral manner. The Philippine Fault line lies along Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, parts of Davao del Norte, Agusan and Surigao, while Central Mindanao lies along Cotabato region and Bukidnon. 

The kind of soil is another important factor in determining the damage an earthquake can inflict. In Davao City, majority of its soil are considered soft sediments, some portion from Mt Apo to Marilog district are hard volcanic soil.

Most of the soft sediment soil is found in the downtown area, which means, the city, especially the plainer area along the shorelines, will feel the strong effect of the seismic waves from an earthquake produced by the Philippine fault.

The soft sediment soil is evident when a person stays at the top floors of high rise buildings and as he or she would feel the vibrations of a moving truck passing by buildings such as The Marco Polo Dava, LandCo, Pryce Tower, and others, said Angeles. 

Another important issue that troubles most Dabawenyos is, will Davao City submerge underwater should strong earthquakes happen due to its soft soil?

According to Angeles, this is least likely to happen since compaction, the compression of consolidated materials to fill up the void spaces between sediments, will only be maximized should a strong quake happen. Compaction on sediments takes only .5 millimeter per anum, but can be maximized should a strong quake occur. 

He cited an example saying, “if a 30-meter thick sediment is affected by a strong quake, and its maximum compaction is only 1 meter, then no more than only one meter will submerge.”

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

FALSE PULSE SURVEY?

 MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

TOXIC TOYS

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

SHHHHHHH.....SSSHHHHH....SSSHHHHHHH

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

FIGHT AGAINST what...?

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

ONE MORE TIME!! STOOOOPPP BULLYING...

SAME BANANAS...

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

GOD SAVE OUR COUNTRY from these leeches...

 MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

BLAST!!!

COLLECTION OF MONKEY BUSINESS COMIC STRIPS PUBLISHED BY THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013

Edge cartoonist, ‘Edgy’ featured in Inquirer

WEDNESDAY, 04 SEPTEMBER 2013 17:08

For the entire month of September, “Edgy”, that inquisitive, witty and business-like monkey cartoon character of Edge Davao graces the pages of the Philippine Daly Inquirer as a special cartoon series.

Edge Davao resident cartoonist Arlene Pasaje said “Edgy” will be the main character of the cartoon strip “Monkey Business”, the same cartoon strip that appears daily on the pages of this paper.

The Philippine Daly Inquirer regularly features cartoonists for a month-long engagement in the Comic Relief section. Pasaje is September’s featured artist.

Pasaje is an air traffic controller of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) assigned in the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City. She created “Edgy” and the “Monkey Business” cartoon strip in March 2012 when Edge Davao became a regular daily newspaper circulating in the Davao and Socsargen regions. 

“We are proud of Arlene. We always believe in her craft which goes with an impeccable wit, a rare combination for an artist, that is why Arlene is a rare breed,” Edge Davao editor Antonio Ajero said.

Aside from “Monkey Business”, Pasaje also does the editorial cartoons of this paper. NJB

WALANG MAPILI!!! LAHAT CORRUPT...

WHAT CAN THE PEOPLE EXPECT from this government soooo graft ridden that every one (in the government), ELECTED  or APPOINTED , have nothing in their pancreas but

 the desire to CORRUPT  and STEAL from the people. 

THE SENATE, THE CONGRESS, MOST GOVERNMENT  OWNED AND  CONTROLLED ORGANIZATIONS stink of  corruption... a crime against humanity.

The expanse of destruction caused by the magnitude 7.2   earthquake n in Visayas 
pales compared  to the  extent of the destruction these officials have made to
 the trust and respect of the people...

PEOPLE MAY CALL  FOR  "JUSCTICE"!! But lo and behold!

 The justice system is part of this mafia of corruption.

ASA NA TA PADULONG, KATAWHAN!!!

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..

DAVAO IS WAGING A SILENT BATTLE AGAINST THIS...

Youngest Aids victim die

Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on September 13, 2013.

Friday, September 13, 2013

By Arianne Caryl N. Casas

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl was reported to be the youngest person who died to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) in Davao City.

The city's Reproductive Health and Welfare Center (RHWC) head Dr. Jordana Ramittere said the girl died but she refused to elaborate more details to protect the identity of the victim.

Ramittere said the girl was inflicted with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when she was 15.

"She got it from her boyfriend of three months," Ramiterre said, adding that the girl's first sexual experience was the only time she had sex with her boyfriend.

She said the HIV developed into Aids when she turned 17.

"Very short maybe because she looked malnourished and late din ang access ng services," Ramiterre said during the consultative workshop developing a partnership strategy for HIV-Aids in Davao City at Lispher Inn Thursday.

Out of 14,474 persons inflicted with Aids in the country, 650 are from Davao City.

She said Aids victims are getting younger, most of whom are men having sex with other men, whose ages range from 15 to 24.

Ramiterre said the youngest client she had at RHWC inflicted with HIV, so far, is aged 17.

"Naka apat or limang 17 years old na po ako," she said.

Based on the data of RHWC from January to June this year, 88 out of 1,011 or 8.70 percent clients have tested positive with HIV.

The data showed that there were 20 in January, 10 in February, 13 in March, 17 in April, 12 in May, and 16 in June.

She said the increase of HIV cases in Davao City is caused by risky behavior, which includes unprotected anal sex (70 percent), unprotected sex with paid partners (78 percent), unprotected sex with multiple sex partners (average of 15 partners per year).

"It's not just a health issue. It involves all issues," Ramiterre said.

MONKEYBusiness

is my daily comic strip published by the edgeDAVAO.

THIS strip revolves around the life of MUCH OPINIONATED monkey and a scheming turtle OF FEW WORDS ( if he's a man, he would appropriately be described as man of few words). The third character is a nameless worm which is the PUNCHER because of its" barby" punchlines and nice quotes..