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HE CoMMISSIoN oNAudi (CoA) has expresseddubs n he legaliyand validiy he 25-

year lease cnrac r he FaculyMedical Ars Building (FMAB) hePhilippine General Hspial (PGH)signed by UP and Mercad GeneralHspial, Inc. (MGHI).

Unreslved legal issues andinadequacy he audirialdcumenary requiremens casdubs n he legaliy and validiy

he 25-year lease cnrac,accrding he 2009 CnslidaedAnnual Audi epr released by CoAn Nvember 4.

UP has leased u MGHI hehree-srey Dispensary Buildingha was subsequenly renvaedin a privae hspial, he FMAB.Clinic spaces in he FMAB will

be rened PGH dcrs andcnsulans, privae pharmacies,labraries and diagnsicservices.

CoA was he secnd

gvernmen insiuin quesinhe validiy he FMAB cnrac.on a February 9 pinin, heDeparmen Jusice (DoJ)explained ha he FMAB cnrachas vilaed prvisins he UPCharer.

Dalawang insiusyn na

COA questions legality of FMAB contrUP Charterviolation

In a Nvember 9 leter heBo las year, he All UP WrkersUnin (AUPWU) Manila Chaperexplained ha he Bo vilaedcerain prvisins he 2008 UPCharer when i apprved he leasecnrac r he FMAB.

Cerain requiremens r assedispsiin se by Secin 23 henew UP Charer were n llwed

by he Bo. Tese requiremensinclude basing lease ransacinsexceeding ve years n a muli-

year develpmen plan and havinga hird pary assessmen aer heFMAB prjec underwen wailed biddings.

Te UP adminisrain hasiniially dismissed he AUPWUscnenins, explaining haSecin 23 he UP Charer is napplicable he FMAB cnracas he cied prvisins were n

ye exisen when UP and MGHInegiaed he erms he cnrac lease rm 2006 2008.

epublic Ac (R) 9500 r henew UP Charer, which cnainshe asse dispsiin clause, waspassed in April 2008.

Hwever, he DoJ released alegal pinin n February 9 his

year, uphlding he cneninsraised by he AUPWU. Accrding rmer Jusice Secreary Agnes

he Bo n June 18 las year, and

is eeciviy cnrmed n Augus28 he same year.

Te UP adminisrain,hwever, did n llw DoJsrecmmendain cancel hecnrac due is illegaliy,adding ha he legal pinin isn binding and UP can p disregard i.

additionalviolations

In he 2009 CAA, heaudi agency cmpelled he UPadminisrain reslve he legal

issues n he FMAB cnrac. Aside rm he vilaing he

UP Charer, CoA als ned heabsence several dcumens andpermis necessary deerminereasnable assurance hecnracs cmpliance exisinggvernmen rules esablishhe validiy and regulariy heransacin.

Tese deciencies include helack permi rm he NainalHisrical Insiue (NHI) cnver and rehabiliae he PGH

Dispensary Building. Being par he riginal PGH cmplex, whichhe NHI declared as an hisricedice, n alerains can bedne he said building wihupermissin rm he NHI.

Als, as he FMAB prjec is underh B ild o h h

a clearance rm he Deparmen

Envirnmen and Nauralesurces and her gvernmenregulary insiuins.

PGH direcr land EnriqueDming reused cmmen nhe issue, saying ha he FMABcnrac was apprved by he prirhspial adminisrain.

Nakapagaaka na sa dami ng vilain ng FMAB ay hindi pa iipinapaigil, Cabrera said.

ongoingoPerations

Tugh he FMAB, which

peraes under he name UniversiyPhysicians Medical Cener rUPMC, is n ye ully uncinal,several privae labraries andpharmacies have already saredperains since Augus his year.

Services such as radilgy,furscpy, ulrasund and labraryservices have als sared perains inhe UPMC.

Te AUPWU

criicized he FMdeleerius he as i may aec incwn labrary aciliIn a saemen relehe AUPWU-Manrepred decreased pharmacy, which hdirec cmpeiin

Sa ngayn, walna daa na magpapepek ng FMAB PGH. Nguni sinisiming pag-aralang

said.Te legal cnen

prjec will be raibard meeings, he a

Sa papalii na hindi dapa pumadminisrain sa mhalip na magdagdag makababawas pa, sa

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24 Nobyembre 2010, Miyerkules, Ika-88 Taon Blg. 18

RIGHT TOSTRIKE

Philippine Collegian

Miyerkules, 24 Nobyembre2010

Diane Marah SayaMan

E veryday, we enter the hal-lowed halls o the universityand believe we get our educa-tionnurtured and ed with

inormation needed in the proessions we have chosen. We accept our posi-tions as receivers in the transaction oknowledge, a setup integrated in ourconsciousness as natural and normal.

Aer all, we get something invaluablerom the university.

With these notions in mind, we ndit hard to skip classes, to leave the class-room or trivial reasons. We eel boundto our seats out o gratitude or oureducation.

Blinded by our gratitude, it takes agreat orce to jolt us out o our acceptedrealities and see our everyday in a newlight: we keep the learning institutionsrunning by our mere presence. Tecessation o school, then, is possiblethrough student upheaval. I every stu-dent reuses to go to his or her classes,the school is as good as an empty struc-ture bere o purpose.

(Un)productivityTe concept o halting classes can

be likened to the stoppage o produc-tion by workers, commonly called astrike. Holding a strike in actories haddevastating eects on production andthus reduced, i not completely oblit-erated, the prot made by capitalists.Te logic governing strikes is oundedon the basic relations between actoryowner and laborers; the capitalists takeadvantage o the work input o laborers

to accumulate prot.Tough there appears to be historicevidence o a strike by Egyptian arti-sans around 1152 BC, the term strike

was rst used when English merchant

Halting classesis an opportu-nity to imagine

possibilities ofa new realitya reality thatbreaks awayfrom the dog-mas of the cur-rent order.

Empty the Halls

sailors debilitated a ship in 1768 in pro-test o harsh working and living condi-tions. Since then, the term strike has

reerred to an organized stoppage owork or production by laborers, a tacticemployed by workers to orce their em-ployers to address their demands and

work grievances.When production is put to rest,

the whole economic base is disturbedwhile the political atmosphere is stifed with tension. Tere are no goods tobe sold in the market, the governmentcannot extract tax rom purchases andthe public is drawn to the problemsaced by the ordinary laborer.

Indeed, strikes have become in-strumental in alleviating the workersplight. It comes as no surprise thatstrikes are regulated, even orbidden,in some o the worlds leading coun-tries in the manuacturing businesssuch as China and the Unites States o

America. Inevitably, other sectors haveadopted the workers deant display ocollective collection, calibrated to at-tain their own causes.

CounterfowStudents who hold strikes oen

come rom state-supported schools.In these cases, strikes are oen held to

demand larger state unding or protestdiminishing budget or social servicessuch as education.

As in a labor strike, a student strikeaims to cripple school operations andrender schools useless. Te organizedstoppage o the production o knowl-edge within the hallowed halls o theuniversity is not an exercise o anarchyor simple student disobedience, ratherit is a symbolic act meant to taunt thestate and demonstrate the power o thestudents.

Tough the students seem to be atthe receiving end in the education sys-tem, they are actually orces needed bythe state to propagate certain ideolo-gies. In other words, under the tutelageo state apparatuses, students becomecarriers o the status quo. In the Phil-ippines, the status quo or tertiaryeducation has been dely described bythe government as controlled by theprivate sector. Tus, state universitiesand colleges (SUCs) are slowly trans-ormed to imitate private universities.Te initial step in this program is thereduction o unding or SUCs.

Moreover, as the education systemproduces subservient employees out oits students, a strike actually becomes a

venue or students to subvert the statesplans or them. Te strike, aer all, isnot only a disruption in the productiono knowledge and docile employees; italso serves as a break or students toexamine the system that has swallowedthem all their lives. Halting classes isan opportunity to imagine possibilitieso a new realitya reality that breaksaway rom the dogmas o the currentorder.

In an essay, John Berger notes thatmass actions such are rehearsals ordrastic societal changes where the ma-

jority will steal political power romthe ruling ew. For a student strike, therehearsal goes deeper by another layer.Te students, who are actually mem-

bers o the labor orce in transition,already practice organizing themselves

against oppression. In the process, theyre-educate themselves and discoverthat gratitude does not drive them to

be compliant; it is the years o educa-tion itsel.

Te impact o a strike lies on thedamage it deals on the daily grind oactories or schools. O course, thesuccess o mass actions is largely deter-mined by the number o people who

join the action. Te ormula, is simple:the magnitude o success is proportion-al to the number o protesters.

In a strike, the dynamics o powerand the everyday lie are reversedthrough collective action. Certainly, astrike is a desirable alternative to themonotony o oppression and state ne-glect.q

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In Pursuitof JusticeThe image of the brutal massacre is

hard to forget: a road leading to a massgrave crammed with bodies, cars andother vehicles including a backhoe is-sued by the provincial engineers office ofMaguindanao, allegedly used to bury the

victims.Scenes of the senseless carnage haunt-

ed newspapers and news programs forweeks after, the grim reality of the extentto which one political clan in the south had

consolidated power, to the point that theyenjoyed immunity and support from then-President Gloria Arroyo herself.

A year later, the images have changed,but the story remains: private armies con-

tinue to run rampant; the trial is ongoing,with no convictions in sight; and the fami-

lies of victims are still searching for justiceamidst a culture of impunity and violence.

The massacre of 58 people, including

32 journalists, in broad daylight thecrime drew international and nationaloutrage, yet justice is moving at an un-bearably slow pace. The families of thevictims, who have bravely lobbied against

the might of the Ampatuans, still yearn forthe conviction of murderers who have longbeen identified by various witnesses andevidence. From investigations, pieces ofthe story came together. How the private

armies of the Ampatuans blocked the wayof more than fifty people on the way tofile a certificate of candidacy from a con-tending clan, how the Ampatuan familypolished plans of the mass murder overdinner. Indeed, the identity of the per-

petrators is no longer a mystery. Despitethis fact, the families continue to yearn forjustice, and no conviction had ever beenmade since the case opened last year.

Aquinos administration has promised

the people many things, including justicefor those oppressed and victimized by the Arroyo regime. Yet, the motion for thelive coverage of the trial is still pending incourt, and witnesses continue to fear for

their lives because the government couldnot provide adequate protection.

In addition, there seems to be no pun-ishment for the president responsible forthe proliferation of private armies. These

groups of armed men, formed by feudallords to maintain their political clout in theprovinces, unquestioningly carry out theirmasters wisheseven the murder of 58people. These orchestrations of power are

typical of Arroyos regime, which is pock-marked with countless killings and humanrights violations.

The details of the crime have been laidout, yet the murderers who dared the mas-

sacre, believing themselves invincible, arebeing proven right. To date, they are stillpresumed innocent. Their power in theirlocalities persists, with the guilty seeminglyconvinced that all this will blow over.

Let these culprits be proven wrong.Justice for these families necessitates the

speedy resolution of the case. At the rate

the trials are going, the case could dragon for decades, an inappropriate response

to the shocking deaths of November 23.Moreover, the government should move todismantle the paramilitary groups hired bypolitical families such as the Ampatuans,as proof that the government does not

coddle violence on the countryside and theruthless display of power.

This day marks a year of mourning forthe 58 killed in the Maguindanao mas-sacre. We mourn the loss of lives caught

in the line of duty, of women and childrenslaughtered for the pursuit of power. Andin our grief, we do not forget. For the im-age of violence lingers a grim reminderthat justice has not yet been served, a

challenge to all of us to remember themassacre, and fight to see the culpritspunished, the culture of impunity ended.

Statement of SOLIDARIDAD on theMaguindanao Massacre

November 23, 2010SOLIDARIDAD is the system-wide alli-

ance of campus publications and writingorganizations in UP

References: Janvic Mateo(09058541124), Marah Sayaman

(09228339752)

EKSENANG

PEYUPS

K! na K! Edishun

Sasama ka ba sa strike laban sabudget cut? Bakit o bakit hindi?

hindi ako sasama sa strike sa budget cutdahil magpapaampon na ko kay pac-quiao. Mababayaran nya tuition ko.:)joke.hindi ako sasama kasi feeling ko dmatu2loy ang budget cut. D dn kailan-

gan ng mataas na tuition para mapana-tili ang isang prestihyosong unibersidad.201041329.arki

Oo naman! Sana maging success-

ful yung strike! New Diliman Commune

ito! Wapak! P.S. Sana yung mga profs, &

alumni ng UP,esp ung mga sumikat(e.g.tuesday vargas,pia guanio,chiz escuderoet.al ),magbigay ng support in this effortkc theyve enjoyed naman low tuition dati,ngayon its our generations time to callrollbacks naman for our education! Go!

Fight! Win! UP unite! 08-52044

Bakit naman hindi? Kailangan nting ipa-glban ang krapatan natin bilang iskolarng bayan. Strike lang pala e why not? 10-

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o0! Kasi call ito sa lahat at ayok0ng mag-ing apathetic tulad ng ibang students nawala na ngang ginagawa kung anu anu

pa pinagsasabi against sa mga activist.201078958,

Anong masasabi mo sa labangPacquiao-Margarito?

Re pacquiao-margarito: Sana lahat nangcongressmen (lahat nang pulitiko pala) ay

pwedeng bugbugin. 200727232 Val

Commentsim really offended by the misspelled

name of Leonardo Co. 09-37036 (Wedeeply regret having misspelled the latebotanists name. We are sorry for the mis-take. Ed.)

Sa wakas bumalik na si buknoy. -07-

31712.

Id like to comment on Mr. Sindayensstatement regarding his possible termina-tion as USC Chair. Forchristssake, the bud-

get cut has nothing to do with your dismalacademic standing, so please do not raiseit when your case is on the spot becausethat wont save your ass. And if indeed thereal issue here is student representation,do you think youre worth the privilege

with what seems to be your academic ir-responsibility?.. Haay, may budget cut nanga, hindi pa nag-aaral nang maayos angilang estudyante diyan. So sad, right? 07-21400, BS Econ

Hi Kule staff! May paraan b kau para i-measure kung may nagbbasa pa ng Kule?Dati kasi pinag-aagawan p namin ungbwat isyu n lumalabas tapos ngayon an-

dami nang nakatengga lang s mga su-lok2. Concerned lang ako sa papel n na-sasayang. -06-49560 dj bsce

ginupit at ni-frame ko n ang article ni

chris imperial last issue,ab0ut d gud oldUP days: 2 way acad oval,n0 gates andcertainly NO IDs. 200005637

I love u Gino Chang! Forever and always.

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nakakainis na talaga ang katangahan ngmga militar!namatay ang isang napak-

agaling na b0tanist dahil sa kanila,perodun naman magaling ang gobyernongayon eh,pumatay ng mga in0sente.iniisa isa ang mga aktibista,tap0s lahatng makitang ta0 sa gubat,NPA.sobrang

tanga!arrgh!--09.03265 bsE

To the Eagles Eye of the Kule Nov 18issue: What a useless article! - 05-43474,Alice Jualjahari

To Ma. Elena Amparo: Dami na ngangburgis sa UP! Ang lala na rin ng apathy.Sana mareform ung admission systempara mafavor those fr lower income brack-

ets. Sigh. Lez just study hard and neverstop aspiring 4 a truly egalitarian society.08-10039Thumbs up to Ms.Amparo f0r her

article1styr. 2nd sem. Nkarelate tlagaaq.transferee dn kc aq.lht ng cnbi m0ramdam q.hnd pla aq ngiisa :)08-78469bsCE

ang tindi ni boy gwapz sa grapix ah. grbekung bumanat. ung jending, times 10 na-man ung banat ni prof e=mc squared. pa-rang prof ko kung bumanat ah.lol 2007-68521

Sagutan

To gino chang: sayng k s space. Ausin mo

work m, dami mong reklamo sa buhy. Wata whiner. 2007-06184

Next weeks questions:Ano ang mga pinakamatinding problemang UP na papasanin ng next UP President?Anong masasabi mo HP 7 part 1?

Nakikitamo ba ang

espasyong ito?

May espasyo pa

kami para sa iyo

Akyat nasa room 401,

Vinzons Hall

HOLA! KLOWHA! Como esas, punyeas?

Esoy aqui de nuevo para darle algunos chismesen nuesra muy bonia universidad! Ajejeje~Bahala na kayo mag-goOgle ranslae.Hay nakewz umuulan na naman ng ubig,

ubig, ubig. Enyweyz, anich iich nanaman ong mga kabaklaang nasasagap ngmega-elecroneuron radar ko. EPidemia na

ba iech? Ayan! basa kasi kayo ng basa ng EP,ipagpauloy niyo lang yan harharhar~Dahil mga eh ang bida ko las ishu di kayo makakaakasmga koyah sa aking mapanlai na mga maa mwahaha.aya kabahan na kayo! baka ikaw na ohkoyah! eo na, eo na di ko na paaagalin pa.

K is for Kabaklaang Furo Cheniz (KFC)

Wuz dis n wuz da ong dalawang boyie rom UP FC Technohubna over ang pagka-PDAish while chating sakasama nilang gurlaloo. HHWCPP angmga koyah. O di niyo alam ang HHWCPP? Hulaanniyo~ hahaha~ wala nyan sa goOgle mga baklush!Mukha namang hapi dapi iong si koyah a sikoyah. Eh si aeh? Maghanap ka na rin ng kauladmong aeh na makaka-HHWCPP mo din! haehae~Love will eep us Alive bu Too muchLove will ill You, owyeah~! gumaganon.

K is for Kaway-kawayan

While im doing lakad-lakad der sa mayacad oval, i see and i eel kabaklaan

wih hose wo guys na umieeling gay peromukhang guy pero gay in shor gay-guy (whuevah!)Nalilio ako sa gender niyo mga koyah. Basa eongsi guy1 na walang humpay ang pagkaway rom hesidewalk ng oval kay guy2 na never ending rin angpagkaway rom he oher side o he side walk kay guy1.(Nalio kayo noh? in shor [(G1/S1)+(G2/S2)]

wherein is infnie owkay?) I am is so shocking, parakayong mga baliw. Anong bang BeauyPagean ang sasalihan niyo mga koyaha kaway kayo ng kaway sa isa isana parang never ending yaa. Haiz, Wala akongma-say. Ang dapa na ile sa inyo, Miss awayan.

K is for Katangahan

Lokalulz naman ieng si koyah ngDuckpin Bowling na di malaman kungsaan lumilipad ang kamalayan dahilsa laki-laki ng red ne sa may CH cour ay di niyanakia. Ang bongga ng grand enrance mo koyah!

Ayun nga lang hindi red carpe kundi red ne. Buina lang di ka nagmukhang isang malaking una nanarap sa malaking lamba. Hindi mo napansin alagakoyah na may ne? A gula na gula ka pa na may nepala. O baka naman color blind ka kaya angingin mo sa red ay ransparen wahaha choz~

K is for Kapulahan

Iech namang isang na nangyarisa BOR mi habang iniinerview sichancellor by chance na si Belo Ass oabaw he red agging sa UPLB. Iechnaman iong bagong upo na regen nasi Chris Jesus on a Tree ay nag-sayna nared ag din siya beore!Oh my Gosh Baby Jeshus~!

A Multimedia Exhibit

A mult imedia exhibit call ing for the

immediate passage of Anti -Enforced

Disappearance Bill(HB 3046) willbe

held at the House of Representatives,

Northwing Lobby, Batasan Hills. The

exhibitwillbe fromDecember6 at9:00

amto December8 at 6:00 pm. Aprogram

willensueon December8 at9:00am.

MMMT-shirt DesignContest

Join the Mining, Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering t-shirt designcontest!All MMMstudents andfaculty

can jo in andhavea chancetowinPhp

1,000 and a free shirt ! S ubm it your

designsto (.jpeg)to kaye.senas@gmail.

com or hbtanabe@gmail.com. Deadline

is on December 4, 2010, 11;59 pm.

Contact Kaye 09158033911 or Hazel

09053519054.

Shooting Urban Poverty (APhoto Exhibit)

Shoong UrbanPoverty is a compilaon

of original photos that depict urban

povertyand the strugglesof theurban

poor inthe Philippines.It isa campaign

that aims toreachout to other sectors

andforces in Phil ipp ine society wi th

the objecve of generang support for

the advancement of the rights of the

urbanpoor to jobs, livable wages, food,

decent housing, and social services.An open-ended project, it is set tobe

launched on December and wi ll run

unlnext year.Shoong UrbanPoverty

isiniated bythe UrbanPoor Resource

Center of the Philippines (UPRC) and

the Kalipunanng Damayang Mahihirap

(Kadamay) and in coordinaon with

Gabriela Wom ens Partyl i st and

Anakpawis. The target launching of the

photo exhibit willbe on December 1,2010 at theHouseof Representavesand

willrunfor oneweek.It isset tobeshown

inchurches, schools, government oces

andother signicant public places.

UP Red Cross Youth AppsOrientaon

B e o n e o f u s. J oi n t h e U P R ed C ro ss

Youth!Orientaonwillbe onNovember

30, 2010 on 5:30 pm at CIS Classroom

C (near PHAN and CASAA). Contact us

at09178078776/09228478409or visit us at UP RCY tambayan atBenton Hall.

All roads lead to humanity. Activi-ties include First aid training, medical

missions and blood drives.

Himig Maskom Karolfest2010 Auditions

Its that time of year again!Auditions for Himig Maskoms Kar-

olfest choir will be on Thursday andFriday, 4-530pm, at the CMC Media

Center Seminar Room.Wag ka na mahiya! Audition na!

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e did our par. We wasedno ime in opposing heproposed cus on he bud-ge or educaion. We kepon reminding he govern-

men o is obligaions, occupying he

srees o display our dissaisacion wihhe regimes lis o prioriies. irelessly, weurged he lawmakers and he Presiden olend us an ear and heed our demands.

Bu he House o Represenaives didno even ake noe o our calls, and passedhe budge wihou amending he iemor higher educaion. Presiden BenignoAquino III was as unrelening as ever, de-spie he seemingly endless sring o pro-es acions agains his proposed budge.

We warned o a hisorical show o su-

den ourage i he adminisraion doesno bend is will o serve he people. Now,he rehearsals are over. Tere is no sop-ping he srike in his universiy.

Srikes have oen been dismissedas unnecessary disrupion o peace,

simply dees logic. As a sae universiy,UP should be mosly i no ully subsi-dized by he governmen. I is unlawul orsuch a universiy o susain isel hroughuiion rom sudens, because UPs man-dae is o caer o hose who canno aord

he price o qualiy educaion in privaeschools.

Aquino apparenly nds i difcul oaccep his premise. He does no see howmany sudens sruggle o nish school asincreased uiion bridges he gap beweenhe budge needed by he universiy andhe amoun approved by he governmen.I seems ha he sruggle is all oo una-miliar or him o even exis.

Te oenses, however, did no end wihhis illogical and decepive explanaions.

Jus recenly, he ordered he Senae o ap-prove he budge wihou changes. By us-ing he pressure o his execuive powers,

he is atemping o deea hepurpose o ree debae in heplenary, rying o shu o

Many rejec walking ou o classes asan ap response o sae neglec. Unoru-naely or some, academics opple everyreason o engage in a mass acion direcedo deend heir righs. Bu ignoring he

clamor or his own righs is anamoun oprolonging he chronic educaion crisis.A his poin, reusal o srike is conseno more years o dwindling sae subsidy.

We have every reason o close o UP,unil he governmen yields o our de-

Right to strike

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lathalain lathalain 06Philippine Collegian

Miyerkules, 24 Nobyembre2010

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Kevin MarK GoMez

a unang tingin, walang mag-aakala na may kampus angUP sa isang liblib na pooksa Baler, Aurora. Wala ang

tanyag na bantayog ni Oblation, attanging isang maliit na tarpaulin angnagsasabing bahagi ng UP ang eskwela-hang mas maliit pa sa lobby ng AS anghall kung saan nagtitipon ang lahat ngmga estudyante.

Taliwas sa reputasyon ng ibangconstituent units ng UP, walang bahidng pagiging ekslusibo ang UP Schoolof Health Sciences (SHS) ExtensionCampus sa Baler. Nakikisiksik lamangito sa lupang kinatitirikan ng AuroraState College of Technology (ASCOT).Maging ang dalawang natatanging silid-aralan ng UP Baler na yari sa pawid ayhiniram lamang mula sa ASCOT.

Sa sinumang sanay na masilaw saningning na dala ng pangalang UP,isang rebelasyon ang estado at kala-karan sa UP Baler.

Pag-usbongKabilang ang UP Baler sa mga cen-

tennial project ng UP na inaprubahanng Board of Regents noong Agosto2007. Sinuportahan ito at binigyanng pondo ng dating pangulo ng UP attubong Aurora na si Senador Edgardo

Angara. Nagbigay ang senador ng P20milyon mula sa kanyang pork barrel

bilang panimulang pondo ng UP Balerna gagamitin sa pagpapatayo ng mgagusali.

Extension campus ng SHS-Mainsa Palo, Leyte ang UP Baler kaya iisaang kanilang kurikulum at sistema ngpamamalakad. Sa kanilang kurikulum,tatlong buwan ang katumbas ng isangsemestre sa isang tipikal na constituentunit gaya ng UP Diliman. Sinisiksik angkurikulum upang madaling mataposng mga estudyante ang Midwifery, angunang tuntungan sa ladderized curricu-lum ng SHS. Pagkatapos ng Midwifery,saka lamang makatutuntong ng Nurs-ing ang estudyante, at sa kalaunan Me-disina.

Pinangangasiwaan ang lahat ngSHS ng UP Manila, na siyang dalub-hasaan ng pamantasan sa larangan ngmedisina. Limitado lamang ang mgaestudyanteng tinatanggap sa mga SHS.Bagaman tatlong taon nang bukas angUP Baler, umaabot lamang sa 124 angkabuuang bilang ng mga estudyante.

Sipat sa karanasan ngmga estudyante ng

UP Baler

Kakaiba rin ang proseso ng pagtang-gap ng estudyante sa mga SHS. Hindidumaan sa UP College Admission Testang mga aplikante. Sa halip, dumadaansa masusing screening ang mga estudy-ante. Tanging mga target communitieslamang ng SHS ang maaaring pumili ngmga estudyanteng ipapadala sa Balerupang mag-aral. Rekisito rin sa pag-pasok sa UP Baler ang kahandaan ngestudyanteng bumalik sa komunidad

may kinalaman sa kalusugan.Tumutu-gon ang mga komunidad sa panawaganpara sa mga iskolar sapagkat itinuturingna investment ang bawat estudyante,ani Prop. Elisa Puertollano, Direktor ngUP Baler.

Pag-abotKahit malayo sa kanilang pinagmu-

lang lugar, pinipili ng mga estudyantena mag-aral sa UP Baler sapagkat lim-itado ang oportunidad para mag-aralsa kanilang mga komunidad. Bagamanmayroong mga state university and col-leges (SUCs) sa kanilang lugar, maramisa mga estudyante ng UP Baler ang

walang kakayahang pasanin ang matri-kula at iba pang mga bayarin .

Malamang hindi ako nag-aaralngayon kung wala itong opportunityna ibinigay ng SHS at saka ng munici-pal government sa akin , ani Irma, 2 nd

year sa UP Baler. Bagaman mayroongSUCs sa kanilang lugar, hindi siya kay-ang paaralin ng kanyang mga magulang,na parehong walang maayos na trabaho.

Bilang isang extension program,nakadisenyo ang UP Baler na bigyanng oportunidad mag-aral ang mga es-tudyanteng hindi kayang pag-aralin ngkanilang pamilya. Sa pamamagitan ngganitong uri ng mga programa, tinutu-pad ng UP ang tungkuling nitong ilapitang dekalidad na edukasyon sa mga ta-ong pinagkaitan ng yaman.

PagmulatBaon ang mga kwento mula sa kani-

kanilang mga lugar, natutunan ng mgaestudyanteng tugunan ang ibat ibangproblemang pangkalusugan na karani-

wang hinaharap ng mahihirap na ko-munidad.

Karaniwang kwento mula sa mgaestudyante ang kakulangan ng mgamanggagawang pangkalusugan sa kani-kanilang lugar. Dinadaing din nila ang

kawalan ng maayos na pasilidad, mala-layong pagamutan at mataas na singilsa mga serbisyong pangkalusugan nasiyang dahilan kaya hindi nabibigyanng sapat na lunas ang sakit ng kanilangmga kababayan.

Kwento ni Nancy, tubong Quirino,namatay ang kanyang lolo sa ospitalsapagkat wala silang agarang pambayadsa ospital. Ayaw tingnan ng mga dok-tor ang lolo ko hanggang wala kamingpambayad sa ospital, aniya.

Ang pagkamatay naman ng inang in-atake ng hypertension ang nagtulak kay

Miriam, taga-Nueva Vizcaya, upamuha ng kursong pangkalusuganmalayo sila sa bayan, hindi na umang kaniyang ina sa ospital.

Sa Baler mismo ay ramdam anbabang antas ng serbisyong medilaganap sa bansa. Sa ospital na pinsanayan ng mga estudyante ng Uer, walang espesyalista sa sakit saLevel 2 lamang ang antas ng ospinangangahulugang kailangan iliibang mas modernong ospital ankaso gaya cyst removal.

Nitong 2010, tinatayang P3lyon lamang ang badyet para sasugan. Kung paghahatian ng lah

Dahilnagbabayadnang malaki amga estudyantsa mgaconstituent unigaya ng Dilimahindi maiwasaituring angedukasyonbilangtungtungansa masmarangyangpamumuhay.Bunga ngganitongpagtingin,mahirap himukang mgaestudyantengmaglingkod sanakararami

Sa pamamagitanng ganitonguri ng mgaprograma,tinutupad ng UPang tungkulingnitong ilapitang dekalidadna edukasyonsa mga taongpinagkaitanng yaman

upang maglingkod bilang manggaga- wang pangkalusugan. Sa katunayan,sa bawat isang taong pag-aaral sa SHS,kinakailangang maglingkod ng isang es-tudyante ng dalawang taon sa kanyangkomunidad.

Walang anumang binabarayan ang

mga iskolar ng mga SHS. Nakatatang-gap rin ng sustento mula sa kanya-kanyang pinagmulang komunidad ang

bawat estudyante. Umaabot sa P2,000hanggang P4,000 kada buwan ang sus-tento ng isang iskolar, batay sa kakaya-han ng pinanggalingang barangay, mu-nisipyo at probinsya.

Nagmumula pa ang mga estudy-ante ng UP Baler sa ibat ibang mgaprobinsiya sa hilagang Luzon tulad ngBatanes, Isabela at Quirino. Layunin ngUP Baler na ilapit sa mga estudyantengnakatira sa hilagang Luzon ang pagka-kataong makapag-aral ng mga kursong

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Macrosse Pascual at Erma Dianne DecenaDisenyo ng Pahina nina Nico Villarete at

Jano Gonzales

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op-edLATHALAIN 08Philippine Collegian

Huwebes, 18 Nobyembre2010

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Gino n. Chang

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On November 23, church bells all over hecounry rang or 57 secondsone second or each

vicim o he Ampauan massacre, he wors inci-den o elecion-relaed violence in hisory.

A year aer he carnage, he amilies o he vic-ims held a moorcade rom General Sanos Ciyo he scene o he crime, in Barangay Salman, Am-pauan, Maguindanao. Te amilies ollowed heroue once aken by he vicims while hey wereon heir way o le he candidacy o Esmael Man-gudadau, poliical rival o hen curren governorZaldy Ampauan Jr. Te vicims were ound in hehills o Barangay Salman, heir bodies mu-ilaed by gunshos and buried in a deephole using a backhoe.

Even as a year had passed, he memo-ry o he massacre remains vivid or heamilies and riends o he vicims. Jus-ice, however, remains elusive.

Delaying tacticsUnil now, no suspecs have been conviced o

he crime. Te ormal rial or he massacre beganon Sepember 8, almos en monhs aer he inci-den. Since hen, he rial proceeds once a week,an incredibly slow pace considering he graviy ohe case. Tere are 197 suspecs in he massacre, o

which only 82 have been arresed.Prior o he acual rial, winesses o he massa-

cre have been inimidaed i only o delay he hando jusice.

Suwaid Upham, who was considered a key wi-ness o he crime, was sho dead in Parang, Ma-

guindanao las June 14 aer he Deparmen o Jusice (DOJ) reused o subjec him under he Winess Proecion Program. Upham, who con-essed ha he was one o he seven gunmen, wouldhave helped grealy in implicaing he Ampauansin he crime, bu his deah prevened oher wi-nesses rom suracing.

End of the line:

Ye, he reusal o admi Upham ino he Wi-ness Proecion Program was no he only blun-der o DOJ in he course o he invesigaions. In

April o he same year, DOJ also dismissed hemurder charges led agains Zaldy Ampauan andhis broher in-law Akmad Ampauan. Ten Jusice

Secreary Albero Agra dismissed he charges a-er Zaldy and Akmad showed airplane ickes al-legedly proving ha hey were no involved in hecrime.

Bu days aer he decision was made, Agra wasorced o overurn i as public rage eruped overhe dismissal.

Te long waitWih more han 200 accused suspecs and 500

winesses, 200 or he prosecuion panel and 300or he deense, he Ampauan massacre is becom-ing a very complicaed case. As per cour proce-dure, each winess is cross-examined by he law-

yers handling he case.I may ake a decade beore his case is resolved

i he rial goes on a is curren pace, says Aty.Julius Maibag o he Naional Union o PeoplesLawyers. Sa experience namin sa Karapaan, ka-hi wo o hree winesses lang, umaabo sa alongaon [ang kaso], says Fred Caa, naional councilmember o Karapaan, a human righs wachdog.

Meanwhile, he six moions or inhibiion led by deense panel prosecuor Aty. Sigrid Forunare clear delaying acics used o urher slowdown he pace o he rial, adds Maibag.

Te requess o he prosecuion and deensepanels o hold rials a wice a week were graned

by presiding Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes only orhe monh o December. Boh panels requesedha he wice-a week rial be exended beyondDecember. Solis-Reyes, however, said ha wo-

week rials may no be possible due o he lack osenographers available during he proceedings innews repors.

Solis-Reyes explanaion is no a sucien basis because he weigh and complexiy o heAmpauan massacre should make he case he opprioriy o he cour holding he rials, says Mai-

bag, adding ha more saers should be added asneeded.

rue enough, he Ampauan massacre is no anormal cases because i speaks o he culure im-puniy and he naure o poliics in he Maguin-

danao region. As such, he NUJP, along wihvarious media organizaions led a peiion

o le media ous hold a live coverage ohe rial. Te peiion was ormalized onNovember 19. Inegral yung live cover-age [sa] kung anong nangyayari sa kaso,says Naional Union o Journaliss o hePhilippines (NUJP) Chairperson NesorBurgos.

Currenly, he public receives limiedinormaion rom news repors on herial. ransparency should be exercisedin he case as he live coverage could also

be educaional in he par o he public,adds Burgos.

Te cour ruled ha live coverage isprohibied in he Maguindanao Massacrerial, as in he plunder case o ormer presi-den Joseph Esrada. Unlike oher gov-

ngineering does no make an allowanceor acivis work, you old me counlessimes. I is a ar heavier burden han heacademic requiremens o your own

course, so or he love o he sweees virgin couldyou sop appealing o my conscience as a sudeno he sae universiy. You said you were jus beingpracical, or acical, so you canno walk ou o

your classes on he day o he srike wihou hegraces o your proessor.

You know I won give up wihou a gh. Youknow I won give up a all. I am as persisen as

you are subborn; i was amazing how wo binaryopposies could exis side by side.More asonishing is he ac hahey do hrough a

wobbly compromisecalled riendship.

You are always onop o my messaging lisor propaganda. Magandangaraw po, ongoing po ngayondito sa AS lobby ang teach-in ng CONTEND on impending P1.39 billion UPbudget cut. Save the University o the People! May

pagkilos po ngayon sa CHED ofce laban sa tuitionincrease sa ibat ibang SUCs. Sana makadalo potayo. Makiisa po tayo sa laban ng mga magsasaka

para sa tunay na repormang agraryo, dumalo po tayosa pagkilos sa Supreme Court. You did no atendany o he acions and campaign aciviies because

you were perpeually preoccupied wih machineproblems and more immediae concerns. Nosrilsfaring, I sormed Yakal and demanded no lesshan a perec explanaion, bu expeced nohing

more han an alibi o exams, repors, assignmens,jogging, lack o sleep.

ireless persuasion, I keep repeaing in myhead. No such hing as a hopeless case. I youremained skepical, hen perhaps I have noexplained enough. Tere is no reason o bedemoralized, or any individual will pu heoryino pracice once he or she has ully grasped heheory and is exigencies.

And so I boldly cornered you, rying oexpec he bes, rying o be as persuasive as Icould, rying o accep nohing less han a yes.

You rejeced he inviaion, somehing I reallyexpeced rom he beginning. Wha he hell was Ihinking? o begin wih, you are one o hose who

read my columns and aricles simply because hebyline was amiliar, simply because you waned oread he passages ou loud o me. For he poliicalpurpose o wha I wroe, you could no care less.

Please undersand. I do no wrie simply orhe aesheic pleasure o sringing words andmeaphors ogeher, or o ulll he whims o a

wriers ego. I have long ougrown ha humbug.I wrie because I wan you o undersand why weneed o unaleringly call or social jusice, why weneed o paricipae in proes acions, why I do nosop pesering you wih propaganda messages.

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ag- ibig, puro ka na lang pag-ibig, yanang madalas i-commen ng mga kaklaseko sa mga emo kong saus message.Maagal-agal na rin ako sa Facebook

a alam kong sukang-suka na ang mga ao sa mgasaus ko na ila may pinariringgan palagi. Kungkaya ko lang sana sabihin sa aong iyon kung anoang nararamdaman ko para sa kanya, di apos nasana ang mga ka-emohan ko sa buhay. Pero mahirapalagang gawin ang personal na pag-amin dahilnaranasan ko na ang iwasan akong crush ko. Isa yun sigurosa mga pinakamasaklapna nangyari sa buhayko sa kolehiyo. Isangp a g k a k a m a l i n gpinagsisisihan ko hanggangsa ngayon sapagka nasira angespesyal naming pagkakaibigan.

Ayaw ko nang mauli iyon, kaya saFacebook ko na lang sinasagad ang kalandian kosa buhay. Pasinabi sa mga nandidiri a nasusukana sa mga saus ko, paawad sa mga aong hindi

inakalang masasabi ko yung mga bagay na iyon saFacebook a paumanhin sa mga kamag-anak kongnag-aakalang nababaliw na ako. Siguro namamagana dila ng crush ko kasi madalas ko siyangkinukweno sa mga saus ko.

Palagi kong naibabahagi sa FB ang mganakaka-inlab na sandaling kasama ko siya, angmga nakakikilig na bagay na sinabi niya na agadko namang ipinapaalam sa mundo a ang mgaaraw ko sa FA na kahi likod niya lang ang nakia

ko, napupuno na ng kaligayahan ang mga araw ko.Madalas din ako mag-pos ng mga bana o quoesna paama sa aking napakadesperadang love sory.Napupuno naman io ng mga likes a commenskasi di lang naman ako ang desperada sa pag-ibig.Nagagawa ko ring ipagmalaki kung gaano siyakabai a ka-asig kahi di naman alaga siya gwapo.Nagaaka nga ang mga kaibigan kong nakakaalamkung baki daw siya ang naipuhan ko. Kasalananko bang nahulog ako sa gago niyang paibong?

Bukod sa plaes a pera, nagagawako ring murahin ang crush ko nang hindinagdadalawang-isip. Nakagagaan ng pakiramdamna nailalabas ko ang gali sa isang simpleng pag-

ype lang ng saus. Napupuno ng maiini na muraang wall ko dahil sa mga kagaguhan niya sa buhay.Nakaiinis lang na narinig ko pa alaga galing sakanya ang pangalan ng crush niya a mga ipo niyasa mga babae (a muli, salama sa Facebook, na-salk ko ang pinakamamahal niya). Masaki langmalaman ang kaoohanang alo na ako sa laban;mas maganda, mas maalino a mas mayamanyung crush niya crush kaysa sakin.

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Akala koy hindi na maaapos ang mgaaraw ng pamamahinga.

Umalis akong bibi laha ng kap-aguran a sama ng loob na uni-uningpumuno sa aking pagkaao, nanini-

walang maiiwan ko io a maiwawala sa malawakna kagubaang noon ko lamang napasok.

Umalis ako upang huminga. Nasasakal na ako sa bahay, kung saan pili pa ring pinaniniwalanina Mama a Papa ang kanilang mga sarili nalalaki akong normal a magkakaasawa a mabibig-

yan sila ng mga apo; sa Kule, kung saan akala yaang panugo ko ay pinupulo na lang basa-basa

ang mga balia; a sa akademyang paano ko manplanuhin ay ila lagi pa ring gahol sa oras.Sa loob ng along araw, pinili kong mapag-

isa sa isang bagong-uklas na pahingahan sa lili mng mga daanaong puno sa paanan ng Makiling.Hindi ako nagungo roon upang hanapin ang ak-ing sarili naroon ako para humingang sandali.Sa pag-iisa, hindi ko sinubukang uklasin angmga hiwaga ng buhay. Hindi naman mahiwagaang buhay.

Maapos ang along araw ng paglalakad nang walang paricular na pauunguhan, alam kongkailangan ko nang bumalik a muling maubusanng hininga.

Nabubuhay ayo para lumikha. Kung iigilayo sa paglikha, umigil na lang din ayo sa pa-giging buhay, sabi mo noon sa akin. Aaminin ko,nakakaengganyo ang isiping maaaring sabay naumigil sa paglikha a sa pagiging buhay. Hindi konga alam kung baki pa ako bumalik.

Sa bus pauwi, binuksan ko ang aking cell-phone na pinaay ko sa simula ng aking alongaraw na pagkawala. A gaya sa ihing maagal napinigil, umagos ang mga mensaheng naghihinaymabasa.

[20 messages received]

San knb kc? Rply asap.Gino, 3 days na u d uwi bhay. Kule kb anak?whaever his hiaus is or, i won help you,

mark my words.srike na po ngayong hu. Sama po au.

***Sa pagunong ng bus sa EDSA, alam kong

magsisimulang muli ang laha. O mali nga yaangsabihing magsisimula silang muli, dahil wala na-mang umigil sa kaoohanan.

[ype: Pblik na qng UP. Send o groups.]

***Ikaw ang unang umambad sa akin pagbalik

ko ng Vinzons Hall.

Hey.

Hey.

Mabilis akong umakya sa hagdan upangmaiwasan ang mga pang-uusisa mong inasahanko na. Siguro nga kaya ako nasasakal ay dahilmarami sa mga anong na ipinupukol sa akin aysinasago ko. Subukan ko naman kayang umiwas.

Pag-akya ko sa opisina ng Kule sa ikaapa napalapag, nakasalubong ko naman ang mga kasa-mahan kong manunula na, gaya ng inaasahan, ayaadarin din ako ng mga anong.

Saan ka ba kasi galing?

Ngumii lang ako.

Lago ka Gino. Gali sayo ang ediors.

Magali siya, alam ko namang kailangan niyaako.

Nakakamiss ka bakla.

Hindi kia namiss.

Pauloy na umusad ang araw, a uni-uni na

ring namaay ang mga anong kung saan ako u-mungo, a kung anong ginawa ko roon. Sa loobko, guso ko silang sabihan laha: Wala kayongpakialam.

Saan ko nga ba nabasang ang kalunsuran aykahalinulad lamang ng kagubaan? Wala namanalagang pinag-iba.

ama ka, habang nabubuhay, gaano man ayoumiwas, wala ayong kawala sa paglikha.q

The dragging pursuit of justicein the Ampatuan massacre

ernmen oces, cours do no express he popularwill o he people in any sense which, insead, areasked o only adjudicae jusiable conroversieson he basis o wha alone is submited beorehem, according o he resoluion.

Following he resoluion, De lima and he Sen-ae expressed avor or he live media coverage,claiming ha he public has he righ o inorma-ion. As he peiion received a lo o suppor, aSupreme Cour ocial claimed ha he ruling

on he prohibiion o live media coverage may beoverurned. Te live media coverage is imporanor amilies o he vicims who canno aord ogo o he weekly rial, says Evia iamson, wie oDaniel iamson, one o he vicims o he massa-cre.

Indeed, he Ampauan massacre and he fowo is rial oreshadow he elemen o impuniy,a lack o diligence o invesigae and punish heperperaors o he crimes, assers UN SpecialRapporeur on reedom o opinion and ex pressionFrank La Rue.

Pursuit of justiceTe vicims o he A mpauan massacre are only

some o he 1,206 vicims o exrajudicial kill-ings under he Gloria Arroyo regime. PresidenBenigno Aquino IIIs declared November 23 asa naional day o commemoraion and promisedha jusice will be served beore his erm ends.However, Aquino has no done any decisive moveor human righs violaions during his erm andhas in ac perpeuaed he culure o impuniy byexending Oplan Banay Laya. weny-wo aciv-iss have died o exrajudicial killings under he

Aquino adminisraion.Unil now, Maguindanao residens are sill

araid o alking abou or criicizing he Ampau-ans in ear ha hey may have he same ae as

hose who were killed in he massacre.Even hough he Ampauans are imprisoned,he poliical and economic powers hey havegained hrough heir years o yranny have allowedhem o coninually invoke ear and perpeuae heculure o impuniy in Maguindanao. Te Ampa-uans come rom a long line o poliical dynasiesand are only one o he 270 poliical amilies in hecounry. Many o he Mindanao dynasies are

warlords and have privae armies or he backingo an armed group ha help hem mainain in-fuence, explains Pro. Roland Simbulan o heDeparmen O Social Sciences in UP Manila ina lecure.

Naional governmen ocials olerae he exis-ence o such poliical dynasies primarily becausehey also bene rom hem. Arroyo, or insance,used he Ampauans o rig he elecion resuls inhe Maguindanao province during he 2004 elec-ions, in which she won as presiden wih a one-million margin over he lae Fernando Poe Jr. Wihher many crimes agains he people, Aquino mussee o i ha Arroyo will be held accounable, buhe ormer presiden remains ree and is even acongresswoman in Pampanga.

For he amilies o he Ampauan massacre vic-ims, he pain is in he waiing, or he rial pro-ceeds in a snail-like pace. I he curren adminisra-

ion is indeed inen on delivering jusice, hen ishould speed up he rial o persecue he perpe-raors. Oherwise, he amilies o he v icims mayhave o call or jusice in ye anoher anniversary.q

Indeed, theAmpatuan

massacreand the flow

of its trialforeshadow

the elementof impunity,

a lack ofdiligence toinvestigate

and punishthe perpe-

trators ofthe

crimes

Dibuho ni Archie OclosDisenyo ni Jano Gonzales