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he Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) says term-sharing, or cutting short the term of office of presidents of Sangguniang Kabataan, and passing it to another even by virtue of succession is illegal. The Commission on Audit should not release payment for such scheme.
This developed as the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation in Negros Oriental is putting a stop to this malpractice or arrangements between SK federation chairmen in certain municipalities in the province. Friday night, the Silliman University Salonga Law Center offered
assistance to beleaguered SK presidents who are pressured by mayors to resign and give way to successors, just for political expediency, said Atty. Myrish Antonio, head of the law center. Cadapan used to be an active SK officer during her time. She was also president of the Silliman
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student government. She is actively helping the cause of the youth. “These are handiworks of politicians who simply want to expand the scope of their influence over big families and the youth sector come election pe To page 17
Caught in the act
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he police is again singing a not-too-old-song: the killer (of Atty. Archer Martinez) is now identified, but “we are keeping it from the public” because we want to develop an air-tight case, lest it be dismissed along the way.
There are two sides in the statemen t of P/Sr Su pt. Crisaleo Tolentino, who updated the media by saying the above statement. Since the police is keeping the identity of the suspect/s so as “not to prejudice its case build-up,” the public cannot help but speculate on the following: First, that the police indeed is building up a case against the suspect now identified and confirmed by a wit-
ness. Yet, loose ends have to be tied, to develop an air-tight case otherwise, it will end up being dismissed. On ce the case is d ismissed, it has to overcome the rule of double jeopardy in order to revive it. Second theory is that there really is no actual 100% suspect on sight yet, but the police wants to keep the morale of the people and their men To page 17
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fter the ceremonial changing of the guards, after the booze and beez have subsided, two field commanders have been reminded of their marching orders direct from President Noynoy Aquino:
ILLEGAL FISHING IN SIATON: Bantay Dagat camera caught this 8-ton commercial fishing boat in the act of getting a big fish haul within the municipal waters, September 29, past 1pm. Did Mayor Ator give them permission? Any arrest made here?
Stop illegal gambling in Negros Oriental, minimize, if not, eliminate, illegal drug trafficking, and most importantly,
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Dgte not covered by hi-way trike ban DUMAGUETE CITY is not covered by the ban on tricycles from the national high ways because this city falls under several exemptions under the guidelines. As a result, the City Council passed an urgent resolution allowing the over 2,500 city tricycles to continue passing the National Highway citing several exceptions. Among the exceptions un- the normal speed of big exceed 40kph; and that these trucks der the law, tricycles maybe al- four- wheeler trucks do not must carry loads over four tons, lowed to ply the highways if To page 2
New PNP PD Col. Eduardo Carranza confirms his marching orders from the top before Mayor Sagarbarria and Chief Cop Col. Tolentino.
“MEEKNESS IS NOT WEAKNESS, RATHER, IT IS THE EXHIBIT OF STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL.”
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he Federation of Dumaguete Cooperators and Driv ers As sociation (FEDUMCODA) strongly denounced the threat of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to ban tricycles from plying the national highways. Glendo Salem, FEDUMCODA pre side nt of about 2000 tricycles in the city, spoke over DYEM-FM’s GOOD MORNING DUMAGUET E morning talkshow expressing the impracticality of the LTO directive. They tha nked the C ity Council for passing a mass resolution making Dumaguete highways an exception because big trucks move less than 40kph in the downtown area, and that sev- “GOOD MORNING DUMAGUETE,” DYEM’s top rated morning talk show in eral areas have no alternative the City, is hosted by Bong Torino (on the phone) and Jasper Garcia (left). routes if tricycles were to be At center is Glendo Salem, FEDUMCODA president. banned.
TOP OF THE WEEK Search and destroy dengue hidehouts
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arangay folks are spearheading a search and destroy operation to eliminate breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes through a simultaneous activity on Saturday, October 1, which will be sustained throughout the year.
Liga ng mga City Barangay Councils president Albert Aquino, however, stressed that the campaign needs the support of everybody in the community to at least clean their
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In her message during the three-day 15th National Social Welfare and Develop ment For um in Du magu ete, Dir ecto r Lynette Bautista o f th e
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BY ELY P. DEJARESCO
(email:dejaresco_ely@yahoo.com)
Dgte not covered by hi-way trike ban (From page 1) thus, they run at slow speed. What is being sought to be avoided are accidents in the highways where big trucks are running at high speed and could crush small tricycles along the highway. But in the case of the provincial setting, there is only one single highway in most towns, and tricycles will have to traverse the highway to get to and out the side streets. Moreover, most of these side streets are along blind curbs which also falls under the exception. Thus, the City Council, in the exercise of its powers under the general welfare clause, has unanimously ruled that tricycles may ply the following city highways namely: North Road or Veterans Avenue from the capitol; the South Road from Capitol to Silliman Avenue, to Perdices up to the south city limit; the port road from the Portal West, Silliman Avenue to Rizal Boulevard to the port area; airport road from Silliman Portal West to Bantayan to airport area in Sibulan;
P300,000 burglary in mystic island of fire Partners in service isitors behave in Siquijor for fear of the in-
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famous “barang” which might befall them if they offend both man and spirit in Siquijor, known as the mystic “island of fire.”
But some unscrupulous local people in this tourist island are bold enough to traffic both illegal drugs and the illegal numbers game called Suertres. Only recently, a bu rglary o f
P300,000 in cash and valuables owned by tourists who wanted to document the island and promote tourism, —is not yet solved until today. It could only be done Turn to page 12
Social workers: living heroes Dumaguete City to host Pinoy regionals and frontliners in services Batang he forthcoming regional eliminations of top official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Manila considers the country’s social workers as heroes, being the frontliners in the delivery of basic services, especially during calamities.
HOW MEDIA SEES IT, AND NOT OTHERS
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Batang Pinoy, a Philippine Sports Commission grassroots program, on November 10 will be hosted by Dumaguete City.
The City Sports coordinator, Joe Guirit, said, he is now busy scheduling meetings with the sports official in different LGU’s, and the Department of Education for the upcoming sports events. Guirit said, Commissioner Chito Loyzaga per-
sonally presented to Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria on his last month visit at the city h all the d etails o f th e Batang Pin oy Regio nal Competition that Dumaguete will be the host. Guirit said, as the Philippine Youth Games-Batang Turn to page 14
Both are Siatonons, governor at left, and mayor at right. Both are first-timers in their present positions. One assumed by succession, while the other assumed by election. Both have common plans on May 10, 2013. Guess what it is.
Real Street from PNB to south Dumaguete – Bacong-Valencia roads towards the two city limits in the south and west. The recap: basically, tricycles should not pass through national highways. But they are allowed to, if there is no alternate route; if passing trucks run below 40 kph; and when the Sanggunian so legislates. If you go down to brass tacks, yes Virginia, in the rural areas, tricycles, which are the most popular means of transportation, have to pass the highways. Only that all drivers just have to be driving defensively, and not recklessly. SUE IF YOU MAY Should the LTO insist on banning tricycles from the highways, then the City Government will have to sue LTO in order “to defend the interest of the people.” The courts will be the final arbiter, says city legal officer Atty. Neil Ray Lagahit in connection with the desire of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to enforce a national law which was reiterated in a memorandum circular of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to prohibit tricycles from plying the national roads. Lagahit said that Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria was right in vehemently objecting to the LTO’s plan stating that the local government code says otherwise. Even if Real and Perdices streets are consid To page 17
I LOVE MY OWN HOMETOWN. About a thousand elementary pupils at the Pio Macahig Elementary School (PMMES) in Brgy. Bonawon, Siaton in Negros Oriental last September 21 turned out for the distribution of free educational supplies from the Sixth Country Programme for Children (CPC-6), the UNICEF, and the Negros Oriental provincial government thru Gov. Roel Degamo who hails from Bonawon. (LJD/RMN/PIA)
NOTICE: Dems Rey Demecillo does not represent the Negros Chronicle for now, until further notice. He is still on his R&R.
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF NEGROS ORIENTAL 7TH Judicial Region Branch 31 Dumaguete City SP. PROC. NO. 2011-4967 IN RE : PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF MINOR JOHN MARK SUSAS WITH PRAYER OF CHANGE OF NAME OF SAID MINOR TO JOHN MARK SUSAS RIVERA CLIMACO RIVERA, JR. AND NENETTE SUSAS RIVERA Petitioners. X————————————————————————————-/
ORDER Before this Court is a verified petition for adoption of minor, John Mark Susas, filed by petitioners, spouses Climaco Rivera, Jr. and Nenette Susas Rivera who are both Filipino citizens, praying that, after due notice, publication and hearing, a decree of adoption be entered declaring for all intents and purposes, minor John Mark Susas, as the child of the petitioners and that his name be changed to John Mark Susas Rivera. Finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the same be heard by this court on November 16, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the session hall of this Court, RTC Branch 31, Hall of Justice building, Dumaguete City and on which date, time and place, interested persons may come and show cause why the petition shall not be granted. At petitioner’s expense, let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Negros Oriental and in its five (5) component cities, once a week for three (3) successive weeks before initial date of hearing. The clerk of Court, RTC Negros Oriental, is hereby directed to instruct the Social Worker assigned to this Branch to conduct a case study report and submit the said report three (3) days before the scheduled initial hearing of this case. Furnish the Solicitor General a copy of this order SO ORDERED. IN CHAMBERS, this 9th day of May, 2011, at Dumaguete City, Philippines. (Sgd) MA. MERCIDITA U. SARSABA Presiding Judge The Negros Chronicle Sept. 25, Oct. 2 & 9, 2011
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NEWSBREAKERS THANKS FOR RESPONDING As their name connotes, the city government and the PNP, under the Sagarbarria-Tolentino tandem, has responded with 4 groups of quick-response team-- policemen on big bikes to quickly respond to crime calls. Silliman University has donated one of those bikes. Reminder: For Official USE only -o0o-
JOB OPPORTUNITIES For immediate hiring: government eligibles, 62 validators and 15 encoders for the DSWD’s massive Pantawid Pamilya anti-poverty program. Two years in college or a graduate of at least a 2year course will qualify, age below 50. -o0o-
SLAIN MILITANT The family of the slain militant Rene “Toto” Quirante, chairman of the KAUGMAON group of farmers, also of partylist Anak Pawis, who was killed October 1, 2010 in Sitio Amomoyong, Brgy. Trinidad, Guihulngan City. He was the first militant from NegOr who was murdered under the PNoy administration. -o0o-
600 PASSPORTS Close to 600 passport applicants were processed during the recently concluded mobile passporting conducted by the Dep’t of Foreign affairs at Robinsons Place. But the DFA has put off the opening of a DFA field office here due to the 40% budget cut at the DFA. However, our 3 congressmen can still reverse that depending on how influential they are among Manila’s top bureaucrats.
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n two (2) judgments promulgated this morning, September 30, 2011, in the sala of the RTC Branch 30, Dumaguete City, a special court for drug cases, two (2) women were each meted life imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine each of P500,000.00 after having found guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the offense of illegal sale of dangerous drugs. Grace Katalbas and Lalibeth Rodrigo were each found guilty for the illegal sale of 0.34 gram and 0.02 gram of shabu, respectively, to a police poseur buyer by the special court. The two (2) women were also found guilty beyond reasonable doubt for illegal possession of another 0.69 gram and 1.28 grams of shabu, respectively, after a search on their persons as an incident to a lawful arrest. In the case of Katalbas, the buy-bust operation took place at Zone 4, Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City on May 5, 2009, while in the case of Rodrigo, the operation took place at Mart One, Perdices Street, Dumaguete City last November 26, 2008. These convicted female prisoners will now be transported to the Correctional Institution for Women at Mandaluyong City while the convicted male prisoners will be at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City.
FOUR MORE CONVICTED In four (4) more judgments, Jenny Martinez, Joselito Sumalinog, Danilo Enopre and Leonides Reginal Bandiola were each found guilty for illegal possession of shabu and sentenced to suffer each an indeterminate penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day as minimum term to fourteen (14) years as maximum term and to each pay a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (P400,000.00). Martinez was found to be in possession of two (2) heat-sealed transparent sachets each containing 0.01 gram of shabu in an antinarcotic operation at Zone 4, Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City last July 22, 2008. Sumalinog and Enopre were arrested in an anti-narcotic operation, also at Zone 4, Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City on March 25, 2008 where they were caught in possession each of one (1) heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing 0.02 gram and 0.01 gram of shabu, respectively. Bandiola was arrested at Barangay Looc also last March 9, 2009 where he was found in possession of a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing 0.01 gram of shabu.
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Pinay maids can be permanent residents e welcome the decision of a Hong Kong court that gave Filipino domestic helpers the right to apply for and obtain permanent residency status while working in the Chinese administrative region, describing it as a step to removing their vulnerabilities to abuse. I believe the decision will remove the stigma of discrimination against more than one hundred thousand Filipino domestic helpers working in Hong Kong and their fellow expatriates who have been denied the right to obtain permanent residency status, even if they have worked in Hong Kong for many years. Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong have long suffered discrimination in Hong Kong. Filipino domestic helpers have long been considered as second-class foreign workers because domestic helpers were placed in a category that could not obtain residency status despite having lived in Hong Kong for many years. It’s about time our domestic helpers, who are the engines of most Hong Kong households, and a vital fuel to the Philippine economy, are treated justly, fairly and given their due. Once they obtain permanent residency status, Filipino domestic helpers would no longer be deprived of their basic right to a livelihood as they will no longer be forced to return to their homelands upon termination of their employment contracts. As permanent residents, Filipino domestic helpers would be able to stay in Hong Kong indefinitely, without fear of deportation. Filipino domestic helpers have always been vulnerable to abuse by many employers, who at times would whimsically terminate their contracts, at the flimsiest of reasons, thus forcing their abrupt return to the Philippines, still with debts to pay in the homeland. While in Hongkong a few years back, I met a fellow Negrense who worked as a domestic helper in Hongkong. She told me she had an employment contract to work in Hong Kong. Unfortuntately, when she arrived in Hong Kong, she was made to work for two employers, her true employer and her employer ’s mother. She complained. In retaliation, her employer terminated her contract saying that she reneged her contract. Because of the termination, she was given only two weeks to return to the Philippines because she was out of a job and had no residency status. I offered my services to her for free to run after her Filipino recruiment agency upon return in the Philippines. The next time I talked to her, she said she would no longer run after the agency. She said she had money debts to the agency because the agency ar To page 17
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hen the executive depa rtment makes laws, what it makes is a mere scrap of paper, because only the Sanggunian or Congress can make laws. Exceptions are presidential executive orders. When the Mayor of Zamboanguita, Mr. Kit Adanza, announced over radio that he has caused the term-sharing among SK (Sangguniang Kabataan, translation, youth legislators) officers in his town, the act was illegal, and ultra vires, because that was beyond the scope of his duties as the chief executive of his town. His job as mayor is to implement the laws which the Sanggunian promulgated, not to make laws instead. When the executive attempts to legislate, it is usually void and illegal. But Kit Adanza had logic in his good intentions. And other mayors better learn from him about this. It was simply the desire of the mayor to “rotate, if not, share” the power of leadership as an SK officer who would also like to experience the “power” of an implementing agency. For six long years, if given full responsibility in their area of youth jurisdiction, the SK officers have all the time to experience some kind of legislation. But then, while things apparently went well in the outside, there were many SK presidents who felt restricted in their job. Deep inside their hearts, the youth leaders thought they were shortchanged of the days they are to hold office. An SK federation president is a full-pledged legislator
and part policy-maker of her or his town, just like any councilor. But for the mayor to use his position to approve and implement with no objection, an executive legislation to favor an SK officer is slightly out of bound. Even the DILG has taken this similar stand, and added: the offended party can file an administrative case thru the DILG or the Ombudsman. On the political point of mayoral intentions, it is also good for him to make or rotate other SK officers as president and presiding officers, because in exchange for the honors, they and their minions will also remember the mayor with good memoires on election day. In short, this is nothing but an affair of the “mutual admiration club.” It was good that one SK federation president of Ayungon stood up and denounced this kind of term sharing arrangement. We commend her, and her kind, to speak out some more and denounce the defects of local governance. We agree fully with Jessa Dayalan, SK federation president of Ayungon, to go on air and express her disgust over this illegal activity. It may cost her mayoral support, but she has owned the bigger area of concern and support. Such is life. So, let them stop playing and tinkering in areas which are oftentime beyond their jurisdiction. At the end of the day, it could cost them their jobs, in their hope of helping others.
Going “Loco” over Coco he wonder tree we call the “coconut tree” is on a roll. In an editorial a month ago entitled “We are What We Eat,” we mentioned that Dr. Bruce Fife, or “Mr Coconut,” declared that the famous Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), aside from being the new cure for Alzheimer’s Disease, and being considered as a possible AIDS cure, VCO was also documented to have cured a person suffering for years of dementia (loss of memory).
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Aside from its known antioxidant, anti-cholesterol and anti-fat attributes, VCO is believed to have anti-aging facets, too. The magic drink of this century? Days ago, President Noynoy Aquino, who visited the United States recently, was ecstatic that the local “buko juice” (coconut water) is now viewed as an alternative rehydration sports drink (like Gatorade) in America. There, it is already a US$100-
million (P4.2 billion) industry. Two large companies, Pepsi Cola (also owner of Pizza Hut) and Vita Coco, are set to invest in the Philippines to buy, bottle and sell buko juice to health conscious Americans. Once upon a time, coconut was the country’s top export until the copra prices collapsed. The Philippines, though, remains to be the world’s top coco exporter last year (lumber and other products). But this new demand for
buko juice would create another sub-market for this wonder tree called the coconut. There are 320 million coconut trees spread over 96,000 hectares in the country, but only 80% of them are productive since the rest are 80 to 100 years old already. But even the domestic demand for coco juice is already huge. It is a rehydrating diuretic agent which contains water, carbohydrates, and electro To page 10
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Age-Crimp oco Over Coco,” the Inquirer headline read. A front page photo depicted President Benigno Aquino, drinking buko juice at his airport press conference on return from the U.S.. Coconut water is emerging back to Europe. as America’s “new natural sports Coconuts are a fixture in drink,” PNoy told welcomers. color-drenched Fernando Pepsi Co. and Vita Coco Amorsolo paintings. This spearheaded this now “hundred palm provides livelihood million dollar industry.” Other for more than two million Filifirms may join an emerging buko pinos. Most till farm slivers. queue. Others are landless tenants. Palms are planted in 68 Factor in their families, of 79 provinces and sprawl and you find that 10 million use over 27 percent of agricultural this tree. As they did before the land. But most trees are se- Overseas Filipino Worker remitnile. So, where are the coco- tances era, coconuts still bring nuts? in foreign exchange. “With two of these palm Systemic plunder, over trees, a whole family of ten can the years, reduced coconut sustain itself,” marveled historian into a “sunset industry.” Coco Antonio Pigafetta (1491-1534). levy pillage impoverished milThis Venetian was among 18 of lions. Did looting embed coFerdinand Magellan’s origi- conut buccaners in first places nal 240-man crew who made it Turn to page 7
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The development and dissemination of simple cures for widespread health problems must accompany the spread of medical services into the rural areas. For example, at present, about 10 percent of all children born in the developing countries die of diarrhea before reaching the age of 10. Yet, a simple inexpensive technology can prevent most of these deaths: oral rehydration therapy (ORT), which is nothing more than a solution of sugar and mineral salts in water. ORT counteracts dehydration, which is the direct cause of diarrhea deaths. A
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who are always in a hurry are always in a hurry to die. As a result, emotional, psychological and physical upheaval within the human being occur. It is hard to escape the demands of the world. If one is rich, he still works hard or think hard to make people work harder than he does. If one is poor, work he must or he dies of hunger. The woes of being poor is countless. The list can’t fit in this space. It is a blessing to lie down on Turn to page 11
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The poverty challenge E have to be ready for the poverty challenge. The world is entering a new, dangerous phase, if news items are to be considered. Scary possible scenarios are painted, pointing to a global economic meltdown, since the leading world economies are facing a tough future. Again, I would not like to for theirs is the kingdom of tackle the technical aspects of heaven.” Still, we can not and the economic crisis, since should not brush aside the ugly though an economist by profes- face of inhuman poverty that presion, I feel that, now as priest, vails in many parts of the world that’s not anymore my area of today. competence. Besides, I have not Let’s hope and pray that been monitoring the economic our bright minds and political world events that closely. leaders are able to find the What I prefer to do is to practical solutions, at least in highlight the spiritual and the short term, if not, in the moral implications of this cri- long term, to this deadly threat sis that we all need to be more of a world economic collapse. familiar about. After all, at the I am optimistic that while this end of the day, it’s in this level delicate stage in our world hiswhere things get their final tory can be a tipping point, soluverdict. tions, one way or another, will alWe have to be clear about ways emerge. Perhaps, a new poverty being not all that bad. leading economy in the world will There is something good in it, appear. For sure, realignments otherwise, our Lord would not will take place, and yes, these make it one of the beatitudes: will involve some painful adjust Turn to page 11 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
scientifically designed and tested ORT formula is being disseminated by organizations such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, but even folks’ versions of the remedy, such as rice water and simple mixtures of sugar and table salt, may be effective. Sickness and early death among children in poor countries could be sharply curtailed by spreading knowledge and availability of this remedy throughout the world and developing others like it. According to the World Bank, only 7 percent of the cost of publicly provided serv Turn to page 10
AMB. JOSE V. ROMERO, JR., PH.D
Sex tourism
How much can you take?
Our man-made storms are the chaos we experience daily as we beat the clock to be on time, the deadlines set, the high expectations that we need to meet, the goals that we have to reach, the opportunities that we should not miss. The buses, the trains, the planes and the boats… that we need to catch… the phones and the text messages that beckon our attention, the achievement that should emblazon our graves… all these blessings, can sometimes be a curse in the land of the living. I heard someone said that those
uch efforts have contributed to levels of health and life expectancy unusual for a country with China’s still low income level.
ccording to United States Ambassador Harry Thomas, Jr., “about 40% of tourism in the Philippines is for sex .” When asked by the Philippine government for the source of his data, the Ambassador was not forthcoming. I think this was a horrible insensitive blunder. First, it is a
slap in the face of every Filipino and foreign tourist. Second, I can think of no possible way the Ambassador could know this to be factually accurate. Does sex tourism exist in the Philippines? Certainly, it does, just like in every other country. Also just like every other country, the Philippine government works very hard to capture, prosecute and punish offenders who try to exploit our people. I got a lead on a man who was taking pornographic pictures of local children and selling them over the Internet. I had no firsthand knowledge, but I tried to get the Filipinos who were victims to report him to the authorities. None of them wanted to get “involved.” Nobody wanted to be embarrassed. If
you do not do your job; the police cannot do their job. Law enforcement is a team effort. It requires the cooperation of you, the average citizen, law enforcement and the judicial system. Unless we all do our part, the “maggots among us” can exploit not only our women, but our children. I refuse to believe that of the 3+ million tourists that visit the Philippines each year, 1.2 million are just here for sex. This brash statement is inaccurate, unfair and maligns both tourists and Filipinos. We need to disabuse this lie before it takes on a life of its own and attracts more vermin than we already have. I think the Honorable Am-
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y do-to list at the office has a life of its own. Just as I cross off the next-to-the-last item, it mysteriously replenishes itself overnight and even grows longer as time passes. Sometimes, I wonder if the effort I take in accomplishing a task and crossing it off the list is the very fertilizer that it needs for growth!
Several weeks ago, I happened upon a series of intriguing articles in the January issue of the Catholic Digest giving pointers on how to take back your life, on how to control your to-do lists instead of letting them control you. I am trying them out and they work! Now my to-do list is my guide rather than my boss. One pointer that really caught my attention was: “Make today your best day by planning the day in reverse. Focus on finishing the day with a good feeling and what happened to get that result.”
[Simplify Your Time by Marcia Ramsland]. Wow! This gave me a whole new way of looking at what I do with the hours of my day. Instead of concentrating on doing as much as I can, of finishing as many tasks as I can, on how best to balance my activities, I focus instead on what I really need to do, on establishing right priorities, and including things that, at the end of the day, will allow me to be content and satisfied and happy with the day just passed, without feeling guilty about what Turn to page 17
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t. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD), under the leadership of its President, Sr. Nintha Lucilla Baldado, SPC, recently received the Most Sustain able and Eco-Friendly School in Central Visayas Award for the Tertiary Category in a special ceremony in Cebu City last September 28, 2011, together with the University of San Jose-Recoletos for the High School Category, and a school in the town of Liloan, Cebu for the Elementary Category. The said competition is held every two years in the region and the entire country under the auspices of the DENR Environmental Management Bureau, together with the Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Education, and Smart Communications. In 2009-2010, SPUD won the said title and was ab le to accommo date a number of benchmarking visits from the various government & private agencies, local government units, academic institutions, and community organizations because of its ECO – SWARM (Ecological Solid Waste Reduction Management) Program, Butterfly Sanctuary &
Aviary, and the regular offcampus coastal clean-up activity, Reforestation and Adopt a Tree Program in Lake Balinsasayao, Educational Curriculum Integration, the 5S’s Technology or Good Housekeeping, and the very familiar 4R’s or the Recover, Reuse, Recycle and Red uce, p lu s a Composting & Vermi Culture Facility, and the recent
4 in 1 Nature-Friendly Technology that stands for the Urine Diversion Dehydration Toilet, Green or Living Roof, Utilization of Recycled and Indigenous Materials and the Application of Alternative & Renewable Energy. Mo reo ver, SPUD is now offering a short-term modular course which is the Certificate in Environmen-
Power interruption in Guihulngan T
he National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) restored power transmission services in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, after conducting emergency repairs and re-energizing the Bindoy-Guihulngan 69-kV transmission line. Negr os O rien tal 1 Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(NORECO1) experienced a power interruption on the
same day from 6:54AM– 5:24PM. NGCP line patrol personnel reported that two uprooted coconut trees fell over the line section which caused the collapse of four transmission structures in Tambu lu tan, Tayasan , Negros Oriental.
tal Management supported by the League of Municipalities, the DENR and TESDA. The said course is really intended for the vari-
ous local government units, private & public agencies, and to those individuals who are interested to be part and parcel of environmental
conservation and protection. (PR/ Rafael Arbo n Duhaylungsod/ External Affairs Director)
Age-crimp
Coconut oil production slipped by a third. This age-crimp will intensify over the next three to five years. The oldest will stop bearing. Fields from senile trees will shrink more. Patchy replantings can’t catch up. If PNoy is right, US demand for buko juice could rise to new levels over the next three to five years. But w ill w e have the juice to sell? Or thanks to our coco levy pirates, must we direct would-be buyers: “Shop next door”? That’d be Jakarta. Indonesia has over 3.74 milliion hectares planted with coconuts. Over three million Indonesian households depend on coconuts. Indonesians replanted far more than we did. Some fret Indonesia could dislodge the Philippines from the top slot among coconut exporters. History deliberately replayed is farce. Coconut w ill not be the first vital industry we’ve run to the ground. In 1575, over 92 percent of the country was forested, notes the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Philippines was the first Asia-Pacific country in the post World War II era to extensively liquidate its forest wealth. Yearly, freighters hauled out 10 million cubic meters of wood for markets abroad. We didn’t reforest or
reinvest. Forest barons acted as if they had no grandchildren. We strutted as “Timber Prima Donna” in the 1960s. By the 1980s, this once lavish resource petered out. We now shop for timber abroad. Net imports cost the country 10 times the value of its forestry exports. We are today’s ‘Wood Pauper.’ Will coconuts, then fisheries, wildlife remnants, go down the same drain? Rewind to 1973. The Marcos dictatorship then clamped on Presidential Decree 276. Among others, it asserted that “coco levies” were owned by cronies “in their private capacities.” Taxes morphed into individual booty. If this decree is not scrubbed as unconstitutional, President Marcos found a legal and valid way to steal, wrote then Inquirer columnist Antonio C arpio. Here is arguably the best Supreme Court chief justice we never had. Such decrees formed part of the “N ew S ociety’ s” institutionalized pillage. Marcos divided agriculture among camp followers. Florendos w ere assigned bananas. The late R oberto Benedicto oversaw sugar. And Eduardo Cojuangco emerged as coconut czar.
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at table? Ask the Arroyo Suprem e Court. M ost justices agreed to Eduardo Cojuangco pocketing 16.2 million of San Miguel Corp. shares by dipping into coco levies wrung by Martial Law bayonets. “The biggest joke to hit the century,” dissented then Justice, now Ombudsman, Conchita Carpio Morales. “He who plants a coconut tree plants food and drink, vessels and clothing, a home for himself and a heritage for his children,” South Sea islanders say. Here, few noticed that theft of coco levies crippled replanting programs. About 44 million coconut trees are over 60 years old. They bear less than 10 nuts yearly — puny by the 45 to 60 nuts in their prim e (If high-breed seedlings are used, yield can go up to 80 plus). Industry-wide aging is reflected in a 13% production slump.
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PEACE “Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” – Isaiah 2:4c henever I thought of my past, I could not help but think of the mystery of my survival. Why was I still alive, when men all around me had died like flies in the four years of conflict? Gradually, I came to believe that I had been supported by some great, unseen power. My sullenness began to be diffused and dispelled by a sense of gratitude. Moreover, as I continued to live in closer relation to the earth, through the plants and the cattle, and the other aspects of farm life, I was gradually led to think in terms of a Creator of all these things.
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elieve me, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father here or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans know so little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:21-21
“God is Spirit” means that he is not a physical being limited to one place. He is present everywhere, and he can be worshiped anywhere at any time. It is not where we worship that counts but how we worship. Is
The rule of necessary implication would like to continue sharing with you, our readers, Ex-Senator Kit Tatad’s takes on the controversial RH Bill. The Philippine Constitution protects the family and life against the RH Bill. This is the clear and necessary implication of its duty to equally protect the FR. GAMMY TULABING JCD, VG life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. For how can the State be a protector of the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception if its first assigned task is to prevent women from conceiving? There is every attempt to muddle this issue by provoking a debate on when conception takes place and life begins. To the best of our knowledge, culled from centuries of medical science, conception takes place upon fertilization, when a spermatozoan enters the male secondary oocyte, resulting in the formation of a viable human zygote. REDEFINING THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Fertilization is completed within 24 hours from the time of the sexual intercourse. Four days later, the multicellular human embryo, known as a blastocyst moves across the uterus for two days and anchors itself to the surface lining (epithelium) of the endometrium (the mucous membrane lining the womb which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for the possible implantation of an embryo). At least seven medical textbooks agree on this definition. And it is a long settled fact. However, there is a strong ideological effort to redefine when life begins. The anti-reproduction lobby says it begins upon implantation rather than upon fertilization. The obvious intention is to allow women to use abortifacients without being seen to commit abortion, even after “fertilization” has been completed, and before implantation has occurred. UNCHANGING STATE DUTY But no matter when human life inside the womb begins, it is not material to the point I am making. To page 9
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your worship genuine and true? Do you have the Holy Spirit’s help? How does the Holy Spirit help us worship? The Holy Spirit prays for us, teaches us the words of Christ, and tells us we are loved.
HISTORICAL NOTES
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his decree issued in the royal name in 1894 covered 29 mission centers and parishes in the Island of Negros. In such times, it was considered an ambitious project with one missionary assigned to each place as the records would later show. Another royal decree in October 1896 created the mission in REV. FR. ROMAN C. Payabon. SAGUN, JR. El Vicario Foráneo de Negros Occidentales cree que se aumentaran los ingresos por razón de cédulas. Lo mismo opina el Vicario Foráneo de Negros Orientales, uno y otro fundándose en datos estadisticos que presentaron. El Fiscal Eclesiástico de Jaro y Vicario Gral. de la misma Diócesis fueron del mismo parecer y el M. R. Obispo declaró en 13 de Abril último ser de gran necesidad para el establecimiento de las nuevas Parroquias y de gran utilidad para el Estado en Bagabuinis, Toboso, Jonob Jonob, Alegría, Cumalisquis, Odiong, Carolán y Campomanes, éstas como misiones, y como misiones-Parroquias las de Giligainon, Ayuquitan, San Carlos, Argüelles, Sicaba, Cabancalán, Victorias, Suay y San Miguel, propuestas por el Provincial de Recoletos, con más las de Pamplona, Bombonong, Malibog, Concepción, Zaragoza, Magallón, Dancalan y Basay. El Gobernador P. M. de Negros Occidentales dijo que no se gravaría el presupuesto de gastos por haber hoy muchos que no pagan cédula y además esas misiones atraerían a millares de indios. Del mismo parecer fue el Gobernador P.M. de Negros Orientales como también la Intendencia Gral de Hacienda y el Consejo de Admón. añadiendo éste que para el presupuesto de 1894 95 debiera contarse ya con la existencia de las nuevas Misiones y Parroquias. El Gobernador Gral recomienda muy encarecidamete a V. E. la aprobación de este proyecto. The Vicar Forane of Negros Occidental believes that revenues might be increased on account of the annual tributes. The Vicar Forane of Negros Oriental holds the same opinion, one after another justifying on the basis of statisti To page 9
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With the increasing sense of the fact of a Creator-God, I came to feel ashamed of my former godless idea that man’s own power and ability were his only trustworthy guides. I had never been an atheist, in the extreme sense of the word, but religion had little place in my thinking. In my early life, there was very little religious atmosphere. Consequently, I grew up to manhood without any formal religion. After I enlisted in the Navy, the former “War Catechism” became the sum total of my ideology… In the editorial column of a newspaper, there was a commentary which stated that the Bible was the world’s best seller, that it had been translated into the languages of all civilized countries. The writer of the column stated that if Christians were banished to some island and only allowed one book, without exception, they would choose the Bible. The writer ended with a call to the Japanese people: “Oh people of Japan, if there is anyone of you who has not yet read the Bible, please read the first thirty pages with an
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GOSPEL Matthew 21:33-34 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on the journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servant to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and they beat, another, they
open mind, surely, there is something there that will touch your heart.” For me, without a doubt, this was a voice from Heaven. I started to read the Bible. I became absorbed in it. Presently, I came to the Gospel of Luke. There, I faced the scene of the crucifixion of Christ. I read the words of Luke 23:34, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Jesus prayed for the very soldiers who were about to thrust his side with the spear…I am not ashamed to say that my eyes filled with tears. Immediately, I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior… I am positive of my conversion. There was a time when my back was turned to Christ, but now I look to Him in faith. I firmly believe that Christ is the only answer and the only hope of this world. Eleven years after Pearl Harbor, little did I dream that eventful morning that my view of life would be so revolutionized. Today, I am a Christian! I say it over and over again. This is the message I send to all mankind with a fervent prayer that there will be “No More Pearl Harbor.”
killed, and a third, they stoned. Again, he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the sane way. Finally, he sent his son to them. Thinking they will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.” They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death.”
Sunday Thoughts Surprise by gratitude (Part 2) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name; bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. – Psalm 103:1
Haven’t you been surprised by the way some people express their gratitude? One of the surprises I’ve had as a writer-preacher was when eight Physical Therapy board-passers DR. PROCESO UDARBE came to see me after the board exams. They told me they had gone to the board exams with some trepidation and lack of self-confidence. But they said that they drew a lot of encouragement and inspiration from my sermon “Barking up the Wrong Mountain.” My surprise: could a four-page sermon be that helpful? But to these young people, it was. I’m quite sure you yourselves have been amazed at what people thank you for and the way gratitude
has been expressed. Tthe main reason we are thankful, at least from my personal experience, is that we are kept alive daily by love. You and I know what it means to be loved on the human level, loved when we are difficult to live with, and loved when often we don’t deserve it. So me o f us are su rprised by gratitude. And one reason is that when we have caused others to dislike us, when we have blundered, or are caught in a conflict with someone, we cannot love ourselves. Because we cannot love ourselves, we sometimes say, “I hate myself,” and it is impossible for us to accept the love of God or the love of others. But God’s love, we are assured, is constant.
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BY LELE MARTINEZ (Civic clubs and organizations are welcome to submit their articles and pictures about their services and activities. It is free of charge. Deadline for submission is Wednesday. You may send by email to: dejaresco_ely@yahoo.com – EDITOR) cjomartinez@yahoo.com
Only when the last tree has been cut down, Only when the last river has been poisoned, Only when the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. — Cree Indian Prophecy
Man and Nature
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e have two seasons here, wet and dry; and this week, we saw a lot of rain, though not of the intensity that Pedring poured in Luzon that practically flooded many towns and barangays there.
I have no recollection of flooded streets and surging waves as a child here in Dumaguete, but now, flooding seems to be a regular occurrence when it rains. Our province and city have experienced flooding that have cost lives and properties. The world news shows us flooding in all parts of the world and the extensive damage such occurrences bring. Our own weather bureau warns us of a series of more typhoons coming. People have been talking about global warming that has caused various calamities all over the world of such intensity not seen before. Local photos of strong waves rushing into towns and cities, bringing not only water but debris, seem to be a reality show of nature throwing our indiscriminate garbage back in our face. Those scenes should remind us of our responsibility in taking care of planet Earth, our only home. We have destroyed our forests by indiscriminate cutting and burning, we have polluted our earth and sea with our garbage and toxic wastes, and we have polluted the air we breathe with fumes and smoke. Hopefully, these quotes below will open our eyes and hearts on the connection of man to nature and how we have to love and care for nature to survive. QUOTES What good is a house, if you haven’t got a decent planet to put it on? – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature. – The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso The First Law of Ecology: Everything Is Connected To Everything Else - Barry Commoner, The Closing Circle, 1971 Cities are expanding at an alarming rate. Inter-tidal zones are being polluted as mangroves give way to marina. Over-consumption
is leading to soil erosion and desertification, which in turn cause famine and exert pressure on formally fertile areas. We are pulling out the plugs of the system that keeps us alive. Every indicator is showing red: species diversity, water quality, weather patterns, the number of refugees... We are unravelling nature like an old jumper. – Penny Kemp and Derek Wall, A Green Manifesto forthe 1990s, 1990 I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself what a wonderful world. – Louis Armstrong (1901-1970), “What a Wonderful World” Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty. – John Ruskin (1819-1900) We have to take care about nature as much as nature is taking care about us. Nature is very kind with us. And if you want to enjoy the gifts of nature and the promises of nature, we have to defer to nature and its needs, its rules, its norms. – Shimon Peres quoted in Peter Swanson’s Water: The Drop of Life, 2001 The natural beauty that you and I enjoy today is a sacred trust. So, we must do more than simply limit the damage we’ve already done. We must work to preserve and restore the integrity and richness of this continent’s natural splendor. – George Bush, 41st President of the United States, Speech at Virginia State Fairgrounds, Richmond, 21 Jun 89 I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. – Ogden Nash, Song of the Open Road, 1933
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First aid in emergencies “Knowing what action to take in a medical emergency can mean the difference between life and death.” – William Shutner
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ndoubtedly, everyone in his right mind feels the importance of knowing how to react and what should one do or not do in dealing with a person who is in an unpredictable serious emergency condition. Here are the basic rules its signs and how to stop the governing first aid intervention bleeding. (Please refer to First when approaching a seriously Aid Manual for this.) injured person. (Handbook of Example: Stopping a simple First Aid by Susan Thompson) bleeding. Put a clean cloth beRule 1. DON’T PANIC AND tween your hands and the ACT FAST. You must be in con- wound; elevate site that is bleedtrol of yourself if you are to make ing; press firmly around the the right decision. A relaxed and wound and directly over it; apconfident attitude in the first- ply steady pressure for a full 15 aider will do much to calm and minutes; watch for signs of reassure the victim. shock; call a professional. Rule 2. MAKE SURE THAT Rule 5. TAKE STEPS TO THE PATIENT HAS A PULSE. If PREVENT OR TREAT SHOCK. no pulse is felt, it means that Keep victim at absolute rest; there is no circulation and that comfort and reassure him to rethe person has stopped breath- lieve anxiety. Keep him warm, ing. Administer cardio-pulmo- not over heat; loosen any tight nary respiration (CPR). (Please clothing; provide fresh air suplearn this procedure.) ply (he needs oxygen); put his Rule 3. MAKE SURE THE head lower than his body (if there VICTIM IS BREATHING. Check is no head injury). May let him the airway and make sure that it smell “spirit of ammonia” if availis not blocked by the tongue, se- able. If he vomits, roll him to one cretions, or foreign body. If vic- side to let fluid drain from the tim is not breathing, then apply mouth. immediately artificial respiration Rule 6. DO NOT MOVE (mouth-to-mouth respiration). VICTIM ANY MORE THAN Rule 4. CONTROL ANY NECESSARY. If you can treat SEVERE BLEEDING. This de- him where he is, don’t move him. pends on whether it is external If he must be moved, get help or internal bleeding. Please learn and do it properly. But if he has
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What I am saying is that the State has no business getting involved in any program of contraception or sterilization, precisely because its duty is to protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. How can there be any “unborn” to protect if the first business of the State is to do everything to prevent any “unborn” from entering the reproductive system? A PRACTICAL ANALOGY This point is clear enough. But to make it even clearer, let us draw an analogy. Someone is being hunted by assassins. The police learn about it, and tell the target individual to take refuge inside a police facility. There, he would be absolutely safe. But as soon as the police chief has assured the individual, he orders all police personnel not to allow the fellow to enter the facility. So he gets killed. Will you now accept the statement of the police chief that he had agreed to protect the victim from his assassins inside the police facility, but that unfortunately, he never got inside the facility? WHEN IS THE STATE BLAMELESS We are not to blame the State if nobody gets pregnant after everyone has decided to contracept or get themselves sterilized either on their own or upon the prodding of an individual or institution. But the State would be doing violence to its duty under the Constitution if it tried to play tricks with the Constitution by undertaking its own program of contraception or sterilization. This would be rank travesty of the law.
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cal facts which they presented. The Ecclesiastical Fiscal of Jaro and the Vicar General of the same Diocese were of the same mind and the Most Rev. Bishop declared on April 13 the great necessity of establishing the new Parishes and the great benefit for the State in Bagabuinis, Toboso, Jonob Jonob, Alegria, Cumalisquis, Od iong , Ca rol an a nd Campomanes, these as mission centers, and as mission-Parish es, thos e of Gil igao n, Ayu quit an, San Carl os, Arguelles, Sicaba, Cabancalan, Victorias, Suay and San Miguel, thereby proposed by the Provincial of the Recoletos, with those of Pamplona, Bombonon, Ma libo g, Conce pcio n, Zaragoza, Magallon, Dancalan and Basay. The Prime Minister Governor of Negros Occidental said that the budget of expenditures might not suffer as there are now many who do not pay annual tributes, and besides, these mission areas might attract thousands of local folks. Of the same opinion was the Prime Minister Governor of Negros Oriental as well as the PERSONAL NOVENA PRAYER TO SAINT JUDE O Holy St. Jude Apostle and martyr, great in virtue, rich in miracle, near kinsman to Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, I humbly beg you to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my presence and most urgent petition. (Make your request.) In return, I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude, pray for us and all who invoke thy aid. Amen. Pray this 9 times a day for 9 consecutive days. On the eight day, your prayer will be answered, for this prayer has never been known to fail. Please don’t forget to publish this once your wish is granted. /RCG & JCG.
DR. ANGEL V. SOMERA Fellow, Phil. Psychiatric Association Diplomate, Phil. Board of Psychiatry
serious injuries of the neck or back, then don’t move him unless it’s extremely necessary. Rule 7. HAVE SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE OR ANY VEHICLE AND CALL THE DOCTOR WHILE YOU APPLY FIRST AID. Plus other precautions: • Don’t force fluids on an unconscious patient. • Keep patient lying down and quiet. • Don’t pull clothing away from burns. • Don’t try to arouse an unconscious person by slapping or shaking. • Know how to CALL the Emergency Hotline Number of any nearest Hospital. If, however, the firstaider feels that the victim is dying, then do an “S.H.S.” (Save His Soul) by calling a priest or a minister for the “Last Rites.” Okay? It really pays to know First Aid. Intendant General of Finance and Administration Council, for adding this (project) in the budget for 1894-95, that it ought to already reckon the existence of the new Missions and Parishes. The Governor General recommends so highly to Your Excellency the approval of this project. El Negociado correspondiente en ese Ministerio dijo que la petición del P. Provincial de Recoletos es muy justa y fruto de largos estudios est adísticos. E l núm ero de población del territorio a que se refiere este expediente ascende a 159,578, de ellos 57,000 infieles y 35,500 indocumentados que nada contribuyen al Tesoro del Archipiélago, mientras no se les reúna en Misiones o Parroquias. Por todas estas razones el informe del Negociado es favorable al proyecto de que se trata. The Department correspondent of that Ministry declared that the petition of the Father Provincial is so justified and a fruit of extended statistical studies. The figure of the population of the territory which this record shows rises to 159,578, of which 57,000 are infidels and 35,500 undocumented, who contribute nothing to the Treasury of the Archipelago, when they are not consolidated into Missions and Parishes. For all these reasons, the notice of this Department is supportive of the project of which it is dealing with.
PRAYER TO ST. CLAIRE Ask St. Claire for three favors- one business, two impossible. Then say nine Hail Mary’s for nine days with a lighted candle. Pray whether you believe or not. Publish on the 9th day. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored, glorified, and loved today and everyday throughout the world, forever and ever.Amen. Your request will be granted no matter how impossible it may seem. / RCG & JCD
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lytes badly needed for rehydration. It is a clean refreshing drink without the chemicals, sugar and preservatives normally found in soft and juice drinks. If the 320 million trees produce the maximum of 60 nuts per year and extrapolated at P20 price per young coconut in the market, this is 19.2 billion of coconuts and valued at P384 billion. It is a tremendous industry in the making. Not all trees, of course, are productive, such that the Department of Agriculture, specifically the PCA (Philippine Coconut Authority), is sparing no effort to increase the number of coconut trees in the country. The strategy is to replant and refertilize the coco farms by distributing 100,000 sapplings per year to replace the old trees. A
budget of 2 kilos of salt per tree has also been alloted to re-fertilize each tree. Coconut and palm trees grow naturally near the coasts due to the salinity of the ground, so the salt will be used for those located in the uplands. The PCA budget for the refertilization was set at P354 million, while the replanting budget was massively hiked from P60 million this year to P312 million in 2012. Boholano coconut farmers and landowners and those with vast tracts of land can approach the local DA and PCA offices for more information, so the public can take a ride on this new boom. The health rage is a worldwide phenomenon--- a protest against the commercialization of too much processed food and drinks that have negative health side effects on the consuming public.
The rebirth of the clear, clean and healthy “buko juice” is therefore not surprising at all. Hollywood denizens like De mi M oore , M atth ew McCanaughey, Madonna and Rihanna are deep into it as users and investors. Betraying again the fact that the Philippines is indeed a rich nation of natural resources owned by people who prefer to be poor – many of the coconut trees in the countryside are left unattended. Now that the Virgin Coconut Oil and the buko juice are overwhelmingly popular health supplements and drinks, it would be a mistake not to cash in on this potential bonanza. To think that it takes so little to take care of coconut trees, it may be criminally negligent for Filipino farmers not to risk and propagate this God-given wonder plant of nature. Shall we act and move now?
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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EBU CITY, Cebu—As the whole country commemorates Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Can cer Center (EJACC) of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) urged the public to engage in early detection and prevention measures to fight breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths amon g Ceb uano women, based on the Cebu Population-based Cancer Registry of EJACC. Fro m 1993 to 2007, EJACC recorded a total of 3,005 reported breast cancer cases in Central Visayas. Breast cancer, which is characterized by an abnormal growth of breast cells, is most common in women ages 30 to 59. EJACC initiated its own
efforts to raise public awareness on the importance of early cancer detection and prevention. One of these is Mo on walk : A Walk f or Breast Cancer Awareness, a unique advocacy campaign of RAFI held every full moon of October, which aims to promote the importance of observing monthly breast self-examination for women aged 20 and beyond. Moonwalk also aims to popularize the importance of early detection practices,
including breast self-examination, regular clinical breast examination, and ann ual mammograph y screening. This year, Moonwalk will be held on October 12 when participants from different sectors, including cancer patients and survivors, youths, professionals, and w omen f ro m th e barangays, walk from Cebu Business Park to The Walk at Asiatown I.T. Park.
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view his classes on diplomacy and sensitivity. His desire to stop “sex tourism ” is highly laudable, even desirable, but citing unsubstantiated statistics is not the way to do it. We should pursue and prosecute sex offenders with increased vigor. We need to publicize their capture and punishment, locally and internationally. Singapore is world famous for not allowing people to chew gum. We need the same level of fame for not allowing sexual crimes.
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ices in developing countries was recovered through user fees in the 1980s. These observations led to pro posa ls t o in crea se f ees charged for health services and institute charges for services currently provided free. The revenue thus generated would be used to expand health services. There is little doubt that increasing expenditure on health services would benefit both economic growth and human welfare in short run in most developing countries. The kinds of services on which the developing country governments should be spending the bulk of their health budgets are those that yield major benefits to society in general, and particularly to poor people in rural and urban areas AFFIDAVIT OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AND DEED OF ABSOULUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Hilaria J. Mercado widow; Teresita J. Mercado, Patricia J. Mercado, Arsenia M.Balasabas and Claudio Mercado have filed and executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate and Deed of Absolute Sale on a parcel of Land covered by Original Certificate of Title No. FV 31557 and known as lot 506, Pls 790-D located in Alangilan, Sta. Catalina Negros Oriental.containing an area of 2,503 sq. m. per Doc. 16, Page No. 5 Book No. 54, Series of 2011 of Notary Public Atty. Jaime Ro. Miraflor The Negros Chronicle Sept. 18,25, Oct. 2, 2011
AFFIDAVIT OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, PARTITION AND ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the heirs of the late Bernabe Pajares namely; Gavina Pajares-Jañala, Paz Pajares Francisco, Basilio Pajares, and Isidro Pajares all of legal age, have filed and executed an affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate, Partition and Absolute sale by heirs of Estate of Deceased Person on lot No. 1879, Pls-659-D under OCT. NO. FV. -7465 situated in Siaton Negros Oriental containing an area of 46,489 sq. m. per Doc. 208, Page No. 42 Book No. IX, Series of 2010 of Notary Public Atty. Kim Diocos The Negros Chronicle Sept. 18,25, Oct. 2, 2011
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Bouncing Checks Batas Pambansa Blg 22 1. In what ways BP Blg 22 may be violated? BP 22 may be violated in two ways: a) By making or drawing and issuing any check to apply on account or for value, knowing at the time of issue that he does not have sufficient funds in credit with the drawee bank for the payment of such check in full upon its presentment, which check is subsequently dishonored by the drawee bank for insufficiency of fun ds or credit or wo uld have been dishonored for the same reason had not the drawer, without any valid reason, ordered the bak to stop payment. b) Having sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee bank when he makes or draws and issues a check, by failing to keep sufficient funds or to maintain a credit to cover the full amount of the check if presented within a period of ninety (90) days from the date appearing thereon, for which reason it is dishonored by the drawee bank. 2. Is deceit an element in violating BP Blg 22? No. It is an element under estafa and not under BP Blg. 22. 3. Does mere issuance of check knowing that it does not have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee bank constitutes a violation of the said law? Yes. The gravamen of BP 22 is the issuance of check. The law has made the mere act of issuing a bum check a prohibited act (malum prohibitum). However, the said law requires that the person who made or drew the check knew at the time of the issue that he did not have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee bank for the payment of such check in full upon its presentment. 4. What is notice of dishonor or refusal? Notice of dishonor is a notice in writing, informing the drawer of the fact that her checks were dishonored and gives her five working days within which to make arrangements of payment of said checks. The lack of written notice of dishonor is fatal, such that absence of it will not hold the drawer liable under the law. 5. What is the policy of the Supreme Court on the matter of imposition of penalties for violation of BP Blg 22? Section 1 of BP Blg 22 imposes the penalty of imprisonment of not less than 30 days but not more than one year OR a fine of not less than but not more than double the amount of the check, which fine shall not exceed P200,000.00, OR both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 6. May the drawer who has acquitted or convicted under the Revised Penal Code (RPC) for estafa be prosecuted under BP Blg 22? Yes. While BP Blg 22 requires the drawee’s knowledge of lack or insufficiency of funds in the drawee bank at the time of the issuance of the check, the RPC does not require such knowledge. Hence, the acquittal or conviction of the drawer under the RPC is not a bar to prosecution or conviction under BP Blg. 22. (IHRA FAITH MAGNA, CONTRIBUTOR)
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRAIL COURT 7TH Judicial Region BRANCH 43 Tanjay City Stationed at Dumaguete City SP PROC. No. 384 IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MINOR CARLOS THIRDY E. ROSALES AND CHANGE OF NAME TO CARLOS THIRDY ARNAIZ ROSALES ANECITO EMILIANO A. ROSALES Petitioner,
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AMENDED ORDER A verified petition for Adoption having been filed with this Court by the petitioner, thru counsel, alleging among other things that the petitioner is of legal age, divorced, and a resident of Barangay Poblacion 3, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Carlos Thirdy E. Rosales was his nephew, the son of his brother, Carlos A. Rosales. Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the said petition be set for hearing on Oct. 19, 2011 at 9:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of Branch 43, Capitol Area, Dumaguete City, at the date, time and place, any person may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted. In the meantime, the Social Worker of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental is directed to conduct a case study of the person to be adopted and well as the petitioner and to submit a report and recommendation on the matter to the Court on or before the scheduled date of hearing. Let this Order be published in the news paper of general circulation in the Province of Negros Oriental and in the Cities of Dumaguete, Tanjay, Bais, Canlaon, and Bayawan at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks on or before the scheduled date of hearing. SO ORDERED. GIVEN in open Court this 31st day of August 2011 at Dumaguete City, Philippines. (Sgd.) WINSTON M. VILLEGAS Judge
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a bed at night, cell phones off, and watch the stars through the wide open window. It is heaven to walk barefoot in the sand and feel the breeze along the beach. Once, I watched a boat anchor near the shore during a storm. As an angry storm lashed through the trees, a small boat bore the beatings of the waves as it was pushed back and forth, yet it remained grounded on the same spot through the long ordeal. The others were swept away by the current, but this frail one stayed anchored on a rock by a sturdy string that held it back. What is your rock? Is it the promise of good health in the years to come? Is it the business you own that can stay forever through generations? Is it a name or a good reputation? Is it a high position that will keep you in power as long as you live? All can vanish anytime, like dusts in the wind, crumbling and drifting away from the only source of strength and power. We all need a rock like God to anchor our boat to stay afloat. We need a sturdy string of faith to hold on to that rock that can never be moved. We can pray to be out of the storm, but sometimes, it seldom happens, or we go through the storm as we hold on to a Rock and come out stronger after the storm.
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ments. Thing is we should not approach this world predicament solely from the purely human point of view—economic, social or political. That’s needed, and in fact, to the hilt. But remaining in that level does not capture the entire weight of the situation. We need to go beyond. We have to input the moral and spiritual aspects, the contribution of our faith that would bring this issue to a more comprehensive context. We have to overcom e the bias against the moral and spiritual considerations that seem to grip many of our leaders in this area. Economic thinking simply based on math, social assessments that only capture the externals of human behaviour, just are not enough. We cannot deny that at the root of this global crisis is a virus that has gone viral for quite a time already, left to fester since it offers many sweet palliatives and other intoxicating decoys. It’s a sickness of the soul that has sold itself to the things of the world. As consequences, we have become complacent with our duties and responsibilities that always go with our dignity as persons, children of God, citizens of a nation, etc. Work ethics has deteriorated, since work is largely seen as just a means to earn money, develop one’s potentials, acquire power and fame, etc. Forgotten are work’s inherent quality to develop us as thinking and loving persons, united to God and to others, and meticulously mindful of the demands of the com mon good, the requirements of solidarity and subsidiarity that are always needed in any life shared with others. Work has become a tool of self-assertion that creates its own divisive attitudes, language, and ultimately, its own culture and lifestyle. In this system, work is detached from the designs of God and made to play the games of men, where things like greed, envy, deception, and self-interest can easily dominate. Thus, we see people spending more than they are earning, people working only for their own vested interests with hardly any consideration for others, people expecting more privileges, and if still working, they are working for themselves, not for God, not for others. Forms of excesses are increasing. Our current world economic crisis is basically caused by a wrong work ethic, one that has not understood the true value of poverty that would always make us feel in need of God and others, in need of virtues, like moderation, sobriety, justice. In fact, in this system, poverty is exclusively understood as having no money or no job, or living in bad conditions, etc. It’s a poverty blind to its original substance. It’s a poverty that is always pictured as an enemy and never as a friend. Let’s recall what St. Paul said: “I know...both to abound, and to suffer need. I can do all things in him who strengthens me.” (Phil 4:12-13)
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“Reason is the spirit of the law, the moment the reason ceases, the law dies”
BY: ATTY. FRANCISCO D. YAP
The clear example of this is the law which prohibits pedicabs from using the National Road. The good big wide concreted road is the National Road traversing the City and the municipalities. If we do not allow the pedicabs to use the National Road, majority of the population would be deprived of the use of these roads because the pedicab is the only means of transportation for the bulk of the Filipino people. Just imagine what will PEDICABS from the national happen if pedicabs have to use road, that law should not be only the side streets or munici- enforced, because reason is the pal road. Since there is NO spirit of the law, the moment that REASON AT ALL TO BAN reason ceases, the law dies.
Social workers: ... From page 2 ties and challenges faced by both the rich and the poor, especially during calamities, both man-made and natural. The 3-day national forum is spearheaded by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines, Inc. headed by Dumaguete City Social Welfare Officer Marina Mendoza. This ye ar’s the me is “Disaster Risk Reduction and Ma nageme nt: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Welfare and Development Stakeholders.” Dire ctor Bautista stressed that after Ondoy, the
Aquino administration remains relentless and steadfast in its efforts to ensure that the laws on disaster management have been implemented accordingly at the local level, with social workers as the frontliners. As to questions why the country’s growth is not felt by the poor and the margina lize d, Direc tor Bautista said, “We have to put a face, and the only one that can put a human face in its undertakings are the social workers. But it can’t also do it unless fully supported by the political leaders in certain localities,” she pointed out.// jg
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An Appraisal s the two-day 7th Philippine Bird Festival ended officially on Sept. 24, 2011, co-organized by the city of Dumaguete, the province of Negros Oriental, and Silliman University, the commitment towards the prevention of harm to our birds, and eventually, the conservation of the environment was once again renewed. For one, as early as 1973, Silliman University had declared itself as a bird sanctuary, essentially through the pioneering effort of Dr. Jose “Tatang” Garcia, former medical director of the Silliman University Medical Center, who took it upon himself to designate all his properties as bird sanctuaries, and eventually, cascading to the Silliman campus.
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IF NEGROS ORIENTAL 7th Judicial Region Branch 63 Bayawan City SPEC. PROC. NO. 365 IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRIES AS TO HIS FIRST NAME FROM CESAR TO CEASAR, MIDDLE NAME FROM IBO TO EBO, DATE OF BIRTH FROM JANUARY 10, 1979 TO AUGUST 27, 1977, MAIDEN FAMILY NAME OF THE MOTHER FROM IBO TO EBO, AND INDICATING THE MAIDEN MIDDLE OF THE MOTHER AS EBARITA AND MIDDLE NAME OF THE FATHER AS SALVA IN THE RECORDS OF BIRTH OF CEASAR EBO YAPE a.k.a CESAR IBO YAPE CEASAR EBO YAPE, Petitioner, - versus THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF STA. CATALINA, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Respondent,
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AMENDED ORDER Petitioner, in his verified petition alleges that he was born on August 27, 1977 at Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental and his fact of birth was duly registered before the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. However, the entry of his first name was entered as Cesar instead of Ceasar, his middle name was entered as Ibo instead of Ebo, his date of birth was entered as January 10, 1979 instead of August 27, 1977, maiden family name of his mother was entered as Ibo instead of Ebo, and indicating the maiden middle name of his mother as Ebarita and middle name of the father as Salva. Thus petition: The petition being sufficient in form and substance, let the same be heard on October 13, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the session hall of this court along Severino “Nene” Martinez Street, Bayawan City. Interested parties are hereby enjoined to appear on the aforesaid date, time and place and show cause why the petition should not be granted. Let this order be published immediately, at the expense of the petitioner, for once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Negros Oriental and its five (5) component cities. Furnish copies of this order to the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental the petitioner and her counsel. SO OREDERD. In chamber this 17th day of August, 2011 at Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. (Sgd) ANANSON E. JAYME Executive/Presiding Judge The Negros Chronicle Sept. 25, Oct. 2 & 9 issue
P300,000 ... From page 2 by locals, since visitors are known to behave well in Siquijor in fear of offending people and spirits. A lot had been undertaken to negate the perception that Siquijor is an island of sorcerers and witchcraft, a mystic island, an island of no return, but what is equally important is to address the peace and order problem, sa ys Eufemia SolomonCrouse, founder of Olang Arts Center in the town of Maria. Crouse lamented what she believes inaction and the lack of concern on the part of local government officials of Ma ria he ade d by Mayor Rebecca Padayhag and Gov. Orlando Shane Fua, Jr. to produce results in the investigation of a recent burglary and robbery incident against several tourists and visual artists from UP Manila. In that incident on May 17, 2011, unidentified suspects barged into the rooms of Crouse’ visitors, namely, Camille dela Rosa, Ethyl Dima kuha , St. Be nilde Lasalle Prof. Vincent Padilla, Cris te l Pa dilla, Maa n Macaway, and artists from Dumaguete, carting away valua ble items worth P300,000 more or less. They came all the way from Manila to Siquijor to witness the ribbon-cutting of the Olang Arts Center, bringing along with them their expensive cameras, laptops, iPods, and were billeted in Agriono Hotel in Salagdoong
Part of the effort to sustain awareness about the imp or tance of car in g fo r Mother Nature was the decision of the organizers to donate all 60 photos of exotic and endemic bird species, which were displayed as part of the exhibits, to Silliman University with an exhortation to bring them on a road tour of the educatio nal in stitutio ns in Du magu ete, and f ro m Canlaon to Basay, Negros Oriental. Five pairs of binoculars were also donated to Penagmannaki, a locally based group of environmentalists headed by Pol Cariño, which they can definitely use in their bird-watching expeditions. The photos were taken by ace bird photographer, Alain de Pascua, with Roy Sta. Ana, among others. Spirits were high in the fellowship dinner to culminate the festival, with the exhibito rs exchangin g pleasantries as well as goodwill mementoes to one another. Anna Gonzales, incumbent president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, commended the hard work of Mike Lu, vicepresident of the club and festival chairperson, even if Mike “was driving us all crazy with his demands.” Beach in Maria, only to find out that all of their work of arts are gone. According to Crouse, the governor promised to do something in retrieving the valuable items, but a fter more than four months, no c harges were filed. Crouse refuted claims that there is a zero crime rate in Siquijor, stressing what was reported may not be the real picture in the island and tha t some thing has to be done, to include the problem on illegal drugs and illegal gambling. Featured as one of the success stories of Siquijor in a program called “Pusong Pinoy,” C rouse s aid s he doesn’t want to put the island province in a bad light, in urging the provincial leadership to open its eyes and work hand in hand with the private sector to protect the tourists, balikbayans, and islanders, as well.jg
Good-naturedly, the club presented Mike with two caricatures of himself to show their respect, admiration, and appreciation. Dr. Ben Malayang III, president of Silliman University, derived inspiration from his fellow environmentalists who shared in the staunch advocacy of being in the forefront of environmental conservation, not only in the country, but also internationally. The presence of foreign exhibitors and national organizations, including the Dutch Ambassador to the Philippines Robert Brinks, himself an avid bird-watcher, emphasized that the advocacy is now shared all over the world, and that it is not mere lip service. Among the foreign exhibitors were: Asian Raptor and Research Conservation Network in Japan and Malaysia, the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, Borneo Bird Club, Chinese Wild Bir d Federation , Kaoshiung Wild Bird Society, Malaysian Nature Society, Nature Society of Singapore, and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei. Among the national and local organizations were:
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Earth Island Institute in General Santos City, Isla Biodiversity, Katala Foundation in Palawan, Negros Forest Ecological Foundatio n, I nc., Philipp in e Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Birding Adventu re Philipp in es, an d Kaakbay. The local government units that have supported the endeavor for the past years and that also graced this year’s festival were Balanga City, Bataan that co-sponsored the 5th Philippine Bird Festival; the municipality of Candaba, Pampanga; and, the municipality of Calayan. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources National Cap ital Region was represented by Ray Aguinaldo. Festival sponsors were Team Energy Foundation, which has supported the festival in all its seven years, and the Primer Group. It was the consensus of many of the foreign participants that they would come back again to Negros Oriental to savor the other wonders of nature in the locality, this time more lengthily.
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Search and ... From page 2 Dumaguete. To sustain the project, City Health Officer Dr. Ma. Sarah Talla said that these repellants will be turned over to the teachers, who are tasked to apply the same to school children at least two hours before sunset and two hours after sunrise. Aside from the mosquito repellants, the City Health Of fice h as also scheduled the impregnation of mosquito nets and curtains in all the barangays of the city, as well as the distribution of mosquito nets to selected beneficiaries. Records show that from January to September 8 this year, Du m aguete City posted one of the highest in terms of dengue affectation with 94 cases with no fatalities, with Barangay Daro as the topnotcher with 13 cases, Dr Talla disclosed.///jg
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Dgte. city to ... From page 2 Pinoy as per Executive Order 44, the event is a comprehensive sports development program for kids 13 to 15 years old. It is staged to “address the need for a grassroots program centered on values formation inherent in the practi ce of sports and play.” Other regio nal Batang Pi noy host s i nclu de Zamboanga City, Baguio City, and Makati City. The national Batang Pinoy will be hosted by Naga City on December 10-13, 2011. Outstanding athletes of the Batang Pinoy will have the opportunity to become part of the national developmental pool that will represent the country in the 2 nd Yout h Ol ympic Games in Nanjing, China in 2014, Guirit said.
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P400M diversion road soon a national road
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he Regional Development Council (RDC) in the Central Visayas Re gion has tackled the proposed conversion of the Metro Dumaguete Diversion Road into a national road.
This project, which is estimated to cost more than P400 million, was started during the time of then city mayor and the late Gov. Agustin Perdices, and continued by incumbent city Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, who was promised an initial P100 million by the national government. Another major project that seeks the endorsement of the RDC is the construction of an alternate airport in Negros Oriental. Earlier, Foreign visitors enjoying the festivities of the 7th Philippine Bird Festival hosted by Silliman University in Dumaguete City, recently. The event, which gathered thousands of school children from public and private schools in Negros Oriental, as well as bird watchers from other countries, was organized to increase the awareness of the youth on bird preservation and protection. (RMN/PIA)
8 Asian Orgs. join Bird Fest
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he opening of the twoday 7th Philippine Bird Festival co-hosted by Silliman University at its West Quadrangle on September 23 featured a festive parade of delegates which included bird enthusiasts and conservationists from eight Asian organizations. These Asian organizations brought the number of exhibitors up to 28. They were the Asian Raptor and Research Conservation Network, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, Borneo Bird Club, Chinese Wild Bird Federation, Kaoshiung Wild Bird Society, Malaysian Natur e So ciety, Natur e So ciety of Singapore, and Wild Bird Society of Taipei. Attended by over a thousand kids from public and private primary and secondary schools in Negros Oriental, the opening ushered kids into a line-up of fun educatio nal activities. Decked around the Quadrangle with the acacia trees in the background, 28 booths offered various activities from face painting, trivia games, origami, to bird edu To page 17
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wenty-eight graduates of Silliman University are among the country’s new registered nurses, based on the results of the July 2011 Nurses’ Licensure Examination. Congratulations! Aguilar, Vivien L.; Bairoy, Carmelie J.; Borr omeo, Lyndon Lor ence C.; Bucol, Elizabeth Ann R.; Cabale, Armel B.; Catalan, Christine L.; Clamor, Cristy Jen A.; Cueco, Jacelie M.; Dy, Mary Rose N.; Estalilla, Lorna B.; Favor, Nadith B.; Fernandez, Joanna Lou; Gargar, AG B.; Gido Pagaran, Jose Noel Dominic S.; Gutierrez, Christian Victory T.; Ildefonso, Anna Maria D.; Kuan, Karl James O.; Milan, Krystle Kate S.; Oguis, Michael D.; Pastoriza, Charlene R.; Ruiz, Lynnel P.; Tinapao, Ldylone Mae O.; Tubal, Bennes Philip A.; Valencia, Cindy G.; Villarin, Levi Christian C.
Negros BleedingHeart Pigeon The Negros Bleeding-Heart pigeon is the inspiration behind the logo of the 7th Philipp in e Bird Festival held September 23 to 24 at the West Quadrangle of Silliman University. It was co-hosted by the City Government of Dumaguete, the Provincial Government of Negros Oriental, and Silliman. Organized by the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, which advocates for birds in the wild (not in cages or aviaries), the Festival generated participation from over 2,000 students from public and private schools in the province. Intended to be eventually released to its natural habitat, the Negros Bleeding-Heart pigeon can be found at the SU Center for Tropical Conservation Studies, a wildlife rescue facility that works in close partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (Photo by Alain Pascua)
“Act Now” they urge lawmakers
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articipants of the forum on re produc tive hea lth conducted September 17 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium issued a public declaration calling for the immediate enactment of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill. The whole-day forum on “Population, Health and Environment,” which gathered hundreds of students and members of civil society, local government units and advocacy groups, was capped with a pledge on the joint declaration of support for the passing of the RH Bill. “Seeing that reproductive health care is integral in the full realization of everyone’s right to health, and recognizing that the protection and promotion of reproductive rights of citizens...we urge our lawmakers to act now,” the participants collectively stressed. They also enjoined the public to “be responsible and sensitive to these (RH) issues” and become part in strengthening “multisectoral collaboration and linkages to promote quality health programs.” Organized by Si lliman Universit y, through the Medical School, and the Likhaan Center for Women’s Health, Inc., the forum had former Cabinet secretaries and staunch reproductive health advocates as speakers: former Department of Health Secretaries Dr. Esperanza Cabral and Dr. Alberto Romualdez, former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Dr. Angel Alcala, and Likhaan Executive Director Dr. Junice Melgar.
Mayor Albert Ator of Siaton an d Mayo r Karen Villanu eva o f Bais City wanted this alternate airport to be situated in their respective areas of jurisdiction. The third major project discussed is the proposed alternate public commercial seaport also in Negros Orien tal and the pr op osed projects identified by the Philippine Ports Authority project management office in Dumaguete. A funding request for
the concreting of road pavements leading to declared tourism hubs and spokes in Negros Oriental was also given due course. During the recent visit o f Pr esid en t Benign o Aquino III in the province, Department of Tourism regional director Dr. Rowena Montecillo promised to help the province address the bad roads leading to these destinations, and that a tourism road map has to be prepared. jg
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8 Asian Orgs... (From page 16) cation talks utilizing photo s and au dio-visu al resources. Thi s year ’s festival is themed “Langgam Paluparon, Lasang Palambu-on” (Birds in the Wil d Help F orests Thrive) and features t he Negros Bleeding-heart pigeon, a rare ground-dwelling bird found only in the island of Negros. A wildlife rescue center, the Center for Tropical Conservation Studies of Silliman University is a temporary home to the Negros Bleeding-heart pigeon. Other exhibit ors were Earth Island Institute, Isla Biodiversity, Katala Foundation, Negros Forest Ecological Foundation, Inc., Philip-
pine Biodiversity Conservation Network, Birding Adventure Philippines, P E NAGMANN AK I, KAAKBAY, Balanga Ci ty, Mu nici pali ty o f Candaba, Municipality of Calayan, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region, Team Energy Foundation, Primer Group, and some Dumaguete-based organizations. Co-hosting the festival with Silliman were the City Government of Dumaguete, the Provincial Government of Negros Ori ental, and PENAGAMANNAKI, a federation of farmers from 20 different people’s organizations in Negros Oriental.
Archer killer...
submitted. This murder of the IBP vice-president is among the most-funded investigations with over a million pesos from the private sector donations alone. It is intended for the investiga tion, arres t, prosecution and conviction of the suspect. Atty. Joel Obar, head of the IBP Task Force Archer, the theory revolves around an agrarian case, and/or, the case of child custody, and a third angle he did not elaborate.
From page 1 high by saying that it is only a matter of time befor the arrest of the suspect. According to Sr/Supt Tolentino, city chief of police, the PNP simply wants an air-tight case, that once filed in court, it will not be prone for dismissal. Once a c as e is dis missed, it cannot be re-filed under pain of double jeopardy, unless a new and complete reversal of evidence is
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ranged and funded her trip to Hongkong. The agency had given her another employment contract. She said that she decided to take the second employment contract, rather than run after the agency, because her piece of land w as mortgaged to the agency. That is the sad reality faced by our domestic helpers. Hopefully, with this new Hong Kong decision, things will change. Previous to the decision, unlike most other persons who are admitted to Hong Kong for employment, foreign domestic helpers were not entitled to become permanent residents after 7 years of residence, under Hong Kong’s Section 2 (4) of the Immigration Ordinance. Several tangible benefits are accorded to foreigners who obtain permanent residency status. As permanent residents, Filipino domestic helpers will have the right to vote, and will be a political force to reckon with in future political exercises in Hong Kong. I am confident that with the latest ruling, the muted voices of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers would finally be heard.
Keeping ... From page 6 has not been done. Now, when I plan my day, I keep in mind how I want to feel at the end of the day. What will I have done to be thankful for? What will I have accomplished that will nourish my soul? What has given me the most enjoyment during the day? What task have I worked at that has given me the satisfaction of hearing someone say, “Job well done!” I know there will still be times when I will get stressed out, tired, and frustrated. However, knowing that my to-do list
does not anymore control me, that I can choose to refocus my life to put more meaning into it, and that tomorrow is another day, the first day of the rest of my life, I sleep better anticipating a more fruitful and satisfying life in the days to come. I like Thomas Merton’s wise saying: “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.” Balance through establishing one’s priorities. Order in living out these priorities. Rhythm instead of furious ups and downs of speed, anxiety, and fatigue. Harmony when at the end of the day, I can exclaim, “What an enjoyable and satisfying day! Thank you, Lord!”
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SK term ... From page 1 riod in the guise of termsharing,” said one SK official. Ano ther SK Federat ion President, who denounced this practice, although rampant in many other towns, and going on for years, Ms. Jessa Dayanan said that cutting short their terms will disallow them to pursue on-going programs. Secondly, SKs are under the di ctat es o f polit icians whose training for good governance is frustrated. During elections, SK candidates are given funds to buy votes. Once they win, they will be dictated upon by older politicians. “So, how can we be trained properly if this is the case?” asked Dayanan. DAUIN AND ZAMBO The 6-month “term-sharing” scheme of the SK federation chairmen was practiced in Dauin and Zamboanguita, until such time that the leadership had finally wanted to put a stop to it. In its mont hly regu lar meeting last Monday held in Bayawan City, the SK federation, headed by Scott Wayne Husain, refused to accept the resignation of Jerick Deleña to give way to another SK chairman to sit as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Bayan of the municipality. Ayungon SK federati on chairman Jezza Dayanan, at the same time secretary of the fed-
Marching ... From page 1 Dumaguete this year. When P/Sr Supt. Carranza heard these tall orders, he felt that he might not also last long with an almost impossible task ahead which no PNP director has even solved in the past. But like a good soldier, he told the media that he will “fight the good fight,” and let his superiors judge him, as he is at their disposal anytime. CITY KILLINGS On the other hand, his city chief of police, former preside ntia l guard, P/Supt Tole ntino, was ta ske d by Carranza of at least getting the suspect and mastermind in the murder of IBP vice-president Atty. Archer Martinez. Tolentino told the CHRONICLE that they have the identity of the suspect but would want to build an airtight case against him lest the case be dismissed under the
eration, said, Deleña t ook over the place of the first SK federation chairman, Rode Gadiana, who resigned after six months, and last Monday, Deleña would have tendered his resignation as SK federation chair of Dauin, but was not accepted by the SK federation of the province. Reasons cited by Deleña is his inabil ity to fu lly represent the enti re youth of Dauin because he is loaded with his studies, but later admitted it was part of a term-sharing scheme. SK federation officials of the province say that it is not provided for in their constitution and by-laws. In Zamboangui ta, SK federation chair Claire Ann Elnar was also reported to have resigned to give way to another SK chairman as part of the term-sharing scheme. Accordi ng t o DILG sources, the Federation may initiate charges against term sharing practitioners. They can be charged administratively before the ombudsman. On the other hand, Mayor Kit Adanza, who admitted having initiated term-sharing amo ng SK presidents in Zamboanguita, said that his intention is good. It is to allow SK succession officers to experience the duties and leadership of the SK presidency. However, he admitted, the continu ity of projects could be jeopardized. /jg
“reasonable doubt” clause. Tole ntino would not confirm which case Archer was killed, the agrarian angle or the custody angle. Carranza is lucky because the insurgency problem is taken care of by a very efficient Army brigade under Col. Pat Patrimonio, who continues the army initiative of reaching out to the people. ANOTHER KILLING Only last Thursday, the manager of the FilOil gasoline station in Calindagan, Michae l Ta n-Mina , wa s stabbed to death by an irate security guard who had a grudge with a customer but fell into an argument with the manager, whom he fatally stabbed. The suspect, Apolonio Sa ringan, wa s hims elf gunned down by the FilOil s ec urity guard na me d Orlando Oliveros. The incide nt happe ne d da wn of Thursday. Suspect Oliveros is now detained in inquest.
critical reporting HOW MEDIA SEES IT, AND NOT OTHERS BY ELY P. DEJARESCO
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Dgte. not covered... (From page 2) ered national roads, the city government still has the authority to regulate their use. The city legal counsel said that the LTO may have a different interpretation of the provision and could be stretching too far the provisions of the memorandum circular. Lagahit said that the city will be forced to defend itself if and when this matter is brought to the courts. Meanwhile, Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria said that making Real a two-way street is fine with him, but amendments has to be in place on the comprehensive traffic code of 2001. This developed as a proposed ordinance was approved on first reading, to make Real a two-way street for all types of vehicles, including tricycles, but certain speed limits have to be observed to address the safety concerns of passengers.///jg
GRO lady killed; stabbed in neck
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guest relations officer of a Tanjay night spot called Full Tank was found dead in Brgy. Maralag, Tanjay last Wednesday. She was fatally stabbed in the neck. Authorities are still probing whether she was earlier raped. Tanjay PO2 Marlon Ragay identified the victim as one Diosa Managat, 22, from Polo, Tanjay, single. Suspects are at large. No personal belonging was recovered, thus, robbery could not be discounted.
Social workers cited at national forum here
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top official of the Department of So cial Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Manila paid tribute to the country’s social workers as heroes, being the frontliners in the delivery of basic services, especially during calamities. In her message during the three-day 15th National Social Welfare and Development Forum in Dumaguete, Director Lynette Bautista of the policy development and planning bureau stressed that the country’s social workers make it possible to mitigate whatever difficulties and challenges is faced by both the rich and the poor, especially during calamities, both man-made and natural. The 3-day national forum is spearheaded by the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines, Inc., headed by Dumaguete City social welfare officer Marina Mendoza. This year’s theme is “Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Welfare and Development Stakeholders.”//jg
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