Aquino rejects Butch Abad resignationMANILA, Philippines Skewered over the unconstitutional DisbursementAcceleration Program DAP!, "udget Secretar# $lorencio Abad has o%ered to resign,but President "enigno A&uino III re'ected this()he President, at the start o* the +abinet budget presentation aired overgovernment ), station $rida# morning, said Abad tendered his resignation)hursda#, but decided not to accept it(-Let me e.plain wh#( )he notion in the current atmosphere is DAP was bad *or ourpeople( /ven our most voci*erous critics grant the DAP has bene0ted our people,1he said(-)o accept his resignation is to assign to him a wrong( And I can2t accept the notionthat doing right b# our people is a wrong,1 he added(3is statement re'ecting Abad2s resignation drew applause *rom the +abinet o4cials(It wasthe0rst timethePresident issuedastatement sincetheSupreme+ourtstruck down the presidential budgetar# prerogative )uesda# last week(Itdeclaredunconstitutional thecircularallowingthereleaseo* savings*romthe/.ecutive Department to agencies and pro'ects outside the national budgetapproved b# +ongress()he other da#, presidential spokesperson /dwin Lacierda said the /.ecutiveDepartment disagreed with the high court ruling which, in e%ect, imputed criminalliabilit# to the -good men and women1 in the bureaucrac#(3e said the ruling in e%ect imputed criminal liabilit# to the -good men and women1in the bureaucrac#(MANILA President "enigno -No#no#1 A&uino III reacted to being called the -Pork"arrel 5ing1this6ednesda#7ctober8, ashede*endedthelegalit#o*hispork,including the latest disclosed chunk o* it called Disbursement Acceleration ProgramDAP!( )his pork barrel *und was e.posed a*ter Senator 9inggo# /strada and later,SenatorMiriamDe*ensor:Santiagoand*ormerSenator9okerArro#o, revealedthe-illegalit#1 o* the said *unds, which were allegedl# used as -incentive1 *or legislatorswhosupportedtheimpeachmento* *ormerchie* 'ustice;enato+oronain8no as -Pork"arrel 5ing1 because his pork barrel *und amounting to P=(? trillion @?< billion! isthe biggest pork barrel or discretionar# lump sum *und allocation( And now, to beadded to this are *unds under A&uino2s DAP( +reated b# his administration in 8S *or the Lunasin technolog#(3e discovered Lunasin at >+ "erkele# in =BBK and his #ears o* research and studieshave shown its signi0cant e%ect in disease prevention and abilit# to block cancerpathwa#s(Lunasin is making histor# and receiving anecdotal evidence on its numerous healthbene0ts *romanti:cancer, anti:inFammation, cholesterol reduction, lowering o*insulin resistance and diabetes control(;ecentl#, CalveM andhis teamwas abletodevelopa*ormulationthat allowsLunasin to retain its bioactivit# even when ingested, there*ore, ma.imiMing its e%ectin gene e.pression to promote optimal health at the epigenetic level()his will actuall# be the second visit o* CalveM in "acolod( 3e provides signi0cantin*ormationabout thelatest advancements incholesterol management, cancerresearch and about Lunasin which is becoming more and more popular in the >S(3e also gives interesting perspective on how a $ilipino scientist like him is pla#ing asigni0cant role in the 0eld o* epigenetics(Limang SegundoISANCmatandanangpaniniwalanaligtaspangkaininangpagkaingnahulogsasahig kung madadampot ito sa loob ng limang segundo( 3indi malaman kung saannagmula ang ganitong sabi:sabi na kumakalat hindi lang sa Pilipinas kundi pati narin sa iba2t ibang bansa(Perohindi pabatalagakontaminadonganumangmikrob#osaloobnglimangsegundo ang halimbawa ang tinapa#, hotdog, chocolate, piMMa pie, kendi, kanin, atiba pang pagkain na nalalaglag sa sahig o lupa o sementoJ Puwede pa ba si#angisubo at hindi mananakit ang i#ong ti#an o magdudulot ng ibang peligro sa i#ongkalusuganJ "asta damputin lang ito agad bago matapos ang limang segudo simulanang ito a# malaglagJMarami nang naglitawang mga argumento sa paniniwalang ito na tinutukan din ngpag:aaral ng mga scientist at ibang dalubhasa( Isa sa pinakabago ang isangpaha#agnitongnakaraanglinggongmgaekspertongLo#ola>niversit#3ealthS#stem sa Amerika(A#onka#Dr( 9orgeParada, medical director ngIn*ectionPreventionand+ontrolProgram ng Lo#ola >niversit# 3ealth S#stem sa Amerika, kontaminado na agad nganumangdumi atbacteriaanganumangbaga#saorasnamahulogsasahigathindi na ito mareremed#uhan sa anumang paglilinis( Mungkahi nga ni#a, angpaniniwalang limang segundong patakarang ito a# dapat palitan ng -kapag merongduda, itapon(15apag an#a hinugasan ang isang hotdog na nahulog sa sahig, nababawasan langang dumikit na mga mikrob#o rito( Meron pa ring naiiwan ditong mga peligrosongbacteria(Nauna nang nagsagawa ng pag:aaral sa naturang paniniwala ang isang high schoolstudent na si 9illian +larke noong kan#ang internship sa >niversit# o* Illinois noong8