Lakan at Lakambini ng Bulacan 2008PAOMBONG, Bulacan — Labing-siyam na makikisig na binata at20 na naggagandahang dalagamula sa 17 bayan at tatlonglungsod sa lalawigan ang kalahoksa ika-11 taunang timpalak ngLakan at Lakambini ng Bulacankaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng Sing-kaban Fiesta.

Ayon kay Jo Clemente, angpangalawang pangulo ng BulacanTourism Council (BTC) at may aring Ciudad Clemente Resort sabayang ito, bukod sa ganda atkisig ng mga kasali, pagababase-han din ng mga hurado ang talino

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Ilan sa mga dating kalahok sataunang timpalak ay tuluyangnag-ani ng mga tagumpay.

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Kahirapan, kaya nagpapakamatayMARAMI nang nagpapakamataysa ating bansa ang napapalathalasa mga pahayagan at nababalitasa mga radyo at telebisyon.

Karamihan sa kanila ay kara-litaan ang dahilan kaya winaka-san ang sariling buhay.

Sa Lungsod ng Angeles, Pam-panga, isang Noel Dizon, hiwalaysa asawa, ang nagpatiwakal dahilsa karalitaan at kawalan ng pag-asa sa buhay.

Bago ito nagpakamatay, nag-sabi pa ito sa ilang kaibigan nanais na nitong wakasan angsariling buhay. Hindi akalain ngkanyang mga kaibigan na pag-sunog sa sarili ang gagawin nitopara mamatay.

Samantala, isang 34 na taonggulang na ama ng tahanan angnaulat na nagbigti sa loob ngkanilang inuupahang bahay dahilsa kawalan ng mapagkakakitaanpara buhayin ang kanyang pa-milya.

Paghihikahos ang sanhi kungbakit pinagtataga ng isang ina ang

kanyang dalawang anak sa Umin-gan, Pangasinan noon lamangAgosto 22. Pagkatapos pagta-tagain ang dalawang anak ay nag-saksak din sa sarili ang nasabingina.

Halos araw-araw ay may nala-lathalang nagpapatiwakal atkahirapan ang dahilan ng pagpa-pakamatay.

Kayo, ano sa palagay ninyo?

Nakagapos na kalansayILANG mangingisda sa ilog Angatang nakakita ng isang drum nahalos isang taon na nilang hindipinag-uukulan ng pansin.

Ngunit noong ika-24 ng Agostomapagpasiyahan nilang iahon angnasabing drum upang ipagbilipara maging pera.

Sementado ang ibabaw ngdrum, kaya tinungkab nila ito,ngunit halos bumaligtad angkanilang sikmura nang ito aykanilang mabuksan dahil samasangsang at pagkabaho-bahongamoy na nagmula sa drum.

Isa palang kalansay ang lamanng drum.

Kalunos-lunos ang sinapit ngnasabing kalansay, dahil naka-gapos ang dalawang kamay atdalawang paa nito. Marahil aypinahirapan daw muna bagopinatay at sinilid sa drum angbiktima at saka sinemento angtakip. Walang damit ang kalansaymaliban sa suot nitong brief.

Matinding pagkaawa ang na-ramdaman ni Bulacan PNP Po-lice Director C/Supt. Allan Ban-tolo. Kaagad na inatasan niya siSupt. David Poklay, Deputy PoliceDirector for Intelligence, nagawin ang lahat ng paraan paramakilala ang biktima at maipali-bing ito ng maayos.

May teorya ang kapulisan salalawigan na taga ibang pro-binsiya ang biktima at dito la-mang itinapon para ilayo ang mganag-iimbistiga kapag dumatingang panahon na ito ay madis-kubre.

Kayo, ano sa palagay ninyo?

Promdi DINO BALABO

Tawad PlaridelKATULAD noong nakaraang ta-on, maraming usap-usapan sahanay ng mga mamamahayag saBulacan matapos ang taunangGawad Plaridel.

Kesyo dapat daw ibaba angpamantayan para sa pangunahingparangal na Gawad Plaridel dahilsa ikatlong sunod na taon ay walapa ring nagkakamit niyon, sahalip ay mga gawad sa sub-cat-egory lamang ang naiuwi ng mgamamamahayag. Kung ibababaang pamantayan, hindi na GawadPlaridel iyan, sa halip ay “TawadPlaridel.”

* * *Ang totoo, mababa pa ang pa-

mantayan ng taunang parangal natatawaging Gawad Marcelo H. DelPilar sa susunod na taon dahilnakapangalan ito ng parangal saUniversity of the Philippines.

“You have to raise the bar ofreporting,” payo ni Melinda Quin-tos De Jesus, executive directorng Center for Media Freedom andResponsibility (CMFR) na nangu-na sa tatlong araw na workshopon Journalism Ethics sa HolidayInn sa Clark Freeport noong

Agosto 30 hanggang Setyembre 1.Ito ay upang ang mga mama-mahayag ngayon ay hindi magingmga huwad na Plaridel.

* * *Ipinaalala naman ni Prof. Luis

Teodoro, deputy director ngCMFR, sa mga dumalong mama-mahayag na laging sundin angJournalism Ethics.

Ito ay upang ang mga mama-mahayag ngayon ay hindi maginghubad na Plaridel.

* * *Agad namang nabura ng 17-

taong gulang na si Jose MariGarcia ng Punla and rekord niJeeno Arellano noong nakaraangtaon bilang pinakabatang mama-mahayag na nagwagi sa taunangparangal nang masungkit niyaang Best in Culture Reporting.

Ngunit sa halip na hangaan ngiba si Garcia ay pinuna pa angedad nito at sinabing masyadoraw bata para manalo. Teka, anoba ang edad ni Ninoy Aquino nangmag-kober sa Korean War noongdekada ’50. Hindi ba’t 17-anyosdin lang siya.

* * *

Wala sa edad iyan, mga kai-bigan; nasa panulat iyan. Kaya,ngayon pa lamang ay pagbutihinna natin ang pagsusulat paramakasabay sa mga nagwagi.

Kung hindi natin patataasinang antas ng ating pamamahayag,baka sa “Tawad Plaridel” tayomakasali.

* * *Totoo ’yan. Kailangang araw-

araw ay pataasin natin ang antasng pamamahayag dahil ang la-rangang ating kinabibilangan ay“very competitive.”

Kailangang araw-araw ay pa-tuloy nating paunlarin ang atingkaisipan sa pamamagitan ngpagbabasa, sapagkat kung hindi,dapat na tayong magdasal ng“Patawad, Plaridel …”

* * *Oooops, hindi rin nakalusot sa

mga dumalong mamamahayagang pagkakamali ni Bokal En-rique “Jonjon” Delos Santos sagabi ng parangal nang tawaginniya ang pangalan ni Mariz Jau-cian bilang nagwagi sa Best inInspirational Reporting, ngunit

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EDITORYAL

Iisang mundo,iisang tahanan

HINDI isang aksidente ang pagkaputol ng kuryente,pagbabawas ng alokasyong tubig sa Maynila at pag-kamatay ng mga isda at pagkakasakit ng mga baboy salalawigan ng Bulacan nitong mga nagdaang araw.

Sa halip, ang lahat ng ito ay palatandaan ng hagupitng kalikasan bunsod ng pag-abuso ng tao. Angmasakit, simula pa lamang ito at may mas higit pangpaparating, lalo na kung hindi tayo kikilos ngayon.

Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical andAstronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), malakiang posibilidad na sanhi ng global warming o patuloyna pag-init ng klima ng mundo ang nararanasanngayong tagtuyot sa panahon ng tag-ulan na bukod samga pananim na nasalanta, mga baboy at biik sa Bulacanang mga unang biktima.

Natutuyo ang Angat Dam dahil sa kulang sa pag-ulan kaya’t kapos sa tubig ang mga magsasaka saBulacan at Pampanga, maging ang may 10 milyongresidente ng Kalakhang Maynila, bukod pa sa kinakaposna rin ang serbisyo ng kuryente dahil maraming powerplant ang umaasa sa tubig ulan na naipon sa mga dam,partikular na sa Luzon.

Sa pananaw ng marami, ang global warming aysanhi ng natural na proseso ng kalikasan. Ngunit parasa mga dalubhasa at mga simpleng taumbayan, angbawat isa sa atin ay may kontribusyon sa patuloy napag-init ng klima ng mundo.

Walang habas ang pagputol ng mga punong kahoysa mga kabundukan at maging sa ating mga bakuran,ngunit hindi naman tayo nagtatanim ng kapalit.

Gayundin, walang humpay ang paggamit natin saserbisyo ng tubig at kuryente, bukod pa sa walang pa-tumanggang pagtatapon natin ng basura na lumalasonsa ating mga katubigan.

Mga kaibigan, kapwa Bulakenyo at Pilipino, iisalamang ang ating mundo. Ito ang ating nag-iisangtahanan; wala nang iba. Ingatan natin ito. Tanggapinnatin ang ating pananagutan at kumilos ng akma.

Tayo ay maging responsable, makatarungan, maka-kalikasan at, higit sa lahat, maka-Diyos.

Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Agosto ng kagitinganSA 12 buwan ng taon, ang Agosto,batay sa kasaysayan, ang buwangmay mahalagang papel na gina-gampanan sa pagtatampok ngkaisipang makabayan at pag-mamahal at pakikipaglaban parasa kalayaan ng Pilipinas.

Agosto 10, 1898 — Sa arawna ito isinilang sa lalawigan ngTayabas (ngayon ay Quezon) siLorenzo Tañada, kinikilalang“Grand Old Man of the Opposi-tion.” Isang abugado at maypaninindigang makabayang sin-tigas ng mulawin, maihahanay siKa Tanny kina Claro M. Recto atJose P. Laurel sa pakikipaglabanpara sa kalayaan at demokrasya.Sa kabila ng katandaan, siya aylumahok pa rin sa mga protestalaban sa pananatili ng mga basemilitar ng Estados Unidos sa Pili-pinas. Si Tañada ang ipinagbunying lahat ng nasa bulwagan ngSenado nang ibasura ng Senado,sa pangunguna ni Pangulo ngSenado Jovito Salonga, ang tra-tado sa base militar ng EstadosUnidos noong 1991.

Agosto 19 — Dalawang maha-lagang pangyayari ang naganap

sa araw na ito.Noong 1878 isinilang sa Baler,

Tayabas si Manuel L. Quezon, angunang Pangulo ng MalasarilingPamahalaan ng Pilipinas, atkinikilalang “Ama ng WikangPambansa.”

Noon namang 1896, natukla-san ng mga Kastila, sa pamama-gitan ni Padre Mariano Gil, anglihim ng Katipunan. Sa sumunodna mga araw ay gumawa ngmalawakang pagdakip ang mgaKastila, at dahil diyan, kahit walasa panahon ay napilitang luman-tad na sina Andres Bonifacio atmagpahayag ng pag-aalsa labansa pamahalaang Kastila noongAgosto 23, 1896.

Agosto 21, 1983 — Pataksilna binaril si Sen. Ninoy Aquinosa tarmac ng Manila Interna-tional Airport, isang pangyaya-ring gumimbal sa buong bansa,nagpayanig sa rehimeng Marcosna tuluyang ibinagsak ng EDSAPeople Power Revolt noong 1986.Bagamat may mga sundalongkinasuhan at napiit, ang utak omga utak ng pagpatay kay Ninoyay nanatiling lihim at hindi

nadarakip hanggang ngayon.Agosto 26 — Pinag-isang

Araw ng Pambansang mga Ba-yani. Ngunit bunga ng materya-listikong kautusang tagapagpa-ganap, na tinawag na economicholiday, nawalan ng alab ngmakabayang paggunita ang maka-saysayang mga araw.

Agosto 30, 1850 — Ito angaraw na iniluwal sa Bulacan angbayaning kapantay kung di mannakahihigit kina Dr. Rizal, Boni-facio at iba pang kinikilalangpambansang bayani. Si MarceloH. Del Pilar, na kinikilalang“Ama ng Pamamahayag sa Pili-pinas”, ang unang aktibistangnagtaguyod ng propaganda sa Pili-pinas laban sa kalupitan ngnakasasakop na Kastila. Dapatmalaman ng lahat ng mga Pili-pino, na si Plaridel ang nakalabanni Rizal nang piliin na ng pama-halaang Amerikano kung sino angmagiging Pambansang Bayani.

Na hanggang ngayon ay saBulacan lamang ginagawangpista opisyal ang Araw ni Del Pi-lar ang isa sa mga kabalintunaanng ating pagkabansa!

Alagaan mo ang kalikasanat pangangalagaan ka nito!

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HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

What’s good journalism?BY now we should all be con-vinced that journalism plays anincreasingly pivotal role in soci-ety. That’s because whether welike it or not, whether we areaware of it or not, we grow in ourreliance on data and information,and our thirst for truth has actu-ally gone worse.

Needless to say, the world isgetting more dependent on piecesof information, not only in termsof quantity, in itself already for-midable, but also in quality. Wewant to be sure that what we aregetting from media truly serveour multiplying needs and ulti-mately the common good.

For example, journalism hasto give due attention and spaceto a growing number of playerswho contribute in the world ofpublic opinion. It has to fosterdialogue, promoting legitimatedifferences while building a senseof unity amid varied tastes andmentalities and changing cul-tural milieux, etc.

There’s that disturbing sensa-tion, felt by many, that we are drift-ing on an ocean of bits and piecesof info, not without our share ofthrill and a varying degree of satis-faction, but not knowing where weare actually heading.

Even with impressive stridesin information technology thatmake for that most welcomerapid response environment,there’s still that frustrating anddisappointing feeling that whatwe want in our heart, in itself alsohard to articulate, remains elu-sive, and even more so nowadays.

This is the challenge facing

“THE nail that sticks out getshammered,” the old proverb says.And a corrupt oligarchy, in thiscountry, pounds down to sleaze-level any official of integrity. Theystick out.

Cagayan Governor Grace Pa-daca and Naga City Mayor JesseRobredo, for example, had to rungauntlets of smears and harass-ment to serve — and win, muchlater, recognition like the Mag-saysay Award for public service.

Today, this pounding is mostrelentless in President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo’s home turf. InPampanga, officials wage whatthe Inquirer aptly calls a “shame-ful and shameless” 3-R campaign.

“Recount, Recall and Re-quiem” is the template for a furi-ous drive to oust their 26th pro-vincial governor: Eddie Panlilio.Why?

“GOOD morning, children!” Sis-ter Bernadette greeted the stu-dents of her Grade 3 religion class.

“Good morning, Sister Berna-dette!” the chorus of children re-plied.

“I can see that you’re all readyfor our show-and-tell this morn-ing! Who wants to be the first oneto tell us about the things thathelp him to pray to Jesus and tothink of Heaven more?”

“Me, me, me!” Julian eagerlywaved his hand in the air.

“Alright, Julian. Why don’t youcome to the front and tell yourclassmates about what helps youmost to pray to Jesus and thinkmore about Heaven?”

Julian skips to the front of theclass and starts to dig for some-

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IKE SEÑERES

those in the field today. Let’shope and pray that we in thisbusiness are up to it, able to dealwith its complicated and mush-rooming demands.

One basic issue though has tobe resolved. We have to under-stand that this business of infor-mation and truth is not justabout telling and reporting whathappened where and when andalso who were involved and howit happened.

Data and information, factsand truths are living things, withorigins and ends, with laws andpurposes that need to be re-spected and handled properly.They have their own reasons andmotives, even a certain spirit,good or bad, that animates them.

We have to learn to developthem from their raw, seminalstate to their full-grown, more ac-ceptable human forms. Thisshould be the abiding concernthose in journalism should havetoward facts and data that theyhandle.

It’s like we are in a journeywith them, a journey that shouldtake us from one stage to another.It should not stop until we get toour final end which is a matter offaith or at least an ideology.

To stop somewhere along theway is to get stuck. For example,we can not remain in the techni-cal level alone, or in the eco-nomic or political aspects.

We have to try, no matter howhard, mysterious and thwarting,to continue developing the datatoward a higher plane, a biggerpicture. By its nature, journalism

is always a work in progress.We then have to understand

that we need a North Star in thislife-long travel. It should not justa short-range guide, but one ca-pable of shedding light on alengthening range and wideningscope of things, one that can ef-fectively inspire prudence.

We cannot escape this matter.Or we can, but at the expense ofenclosing ourselves in our ownworld instead of opening up tomore and endless possibilities.

This is what we have to be verycareful about. I think good jour-nalism should reflect this dynam-ics. Its coverage, its judgments andselection of topics, etc., should be aresult of this understanding ofjournalism’s true nature.

While journalism may setsome limits and boundaries to beable to identify and cater to itsparticular market, it should dothis without prejudice to beingopen to higher and bigger sourcesof light.

In other words, journalismshould not be detached fromother branches of knowledge thatcertainly will complement andenrich whatever by itself it candiscover or is good at. For a Chris-tian journalist, his work involvesnothing less than his personal liv-ing relationship with God andwith others.

The problem we often encoun-ter is a journalism straitjacketedby a certain bias or interest, po-litical, economic, social, ideologi-cal. While it cannot avoid these,it should have some mechanismto overcome and transcend them.

Because this priest-turned-re-luctant-candidate dented Mala-canang’s patina of political invin-cibility. With citizen backing anda shoe-string budget, he trashed,in the last elections, provincialboard member Lilia Pineda andGovernor Mark Lapid. Both preenas the President’s moneyed allies.

“Among Ed” fractured an un-written rule: “Never touch thepoliticians’ wallet.”

Chief Justice Hilario Davide,for example, led the SupremeCourt to rule on the notorious co-conut levy. That saw EduardoCojuangco unleash the congres-sional “Brat Pack” in a bitter at-tempt to impeach Davide. Onlyfurious protests, by citizens andchurch groups, beat back Cojuang-co’s legislative gunslingers.

Through efficient collection,Panlilio boosted government in-

come from Pampanga’s numbertwo political feeding trough:quarry taxes. (Jueteng is numberone.) A month in office, Panliliosurpassed the P29.1 million col-lected by Mark Lapid in 2006.

One can follow “smell ofmoney” in the Provincial Trea-surer’s report on the collectiontrack record: Governor BrenGuiao (1993-1994) P 3.82 million.The Mount Pinatubo eruptionincreased lahar in quarries.Govenors Lito and son Mark Lapidcollected P121.02 million, overthe next 12 years. In contrast,Panlilio doubled Lapids’ collec-tion to P230 million — in justthree years.

This record stood a corruptelite on its head. More significant,it gave startled citizens a glimpseof the massive amounts that

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I CONSIDERED this friend asone of those that will most likelyto succeed. He was a good televi-sion reporter and his reports wereengaging, newsworthy, and novel.Every time I watched his live tele-cast, I concluded that he could beone of the most valuable TV jour-nalists to be discovered.

But his TV network didn’tthink so. After three years, he wastired of not getting anywhere. Hepictured himself as just one ofthose guys who can never be suc-cessful in front of the camera. “Ihave decided,” he wrote in a textmessage. “I will quit my job.”

He did resign from his job andI don’t know where he is now. Hehas never communicated withme anymore. I have forgotten totell him the words of RobertStrauss. “Success,” he said, “is alittle like wrestling a gorilla. Youdon’t quit when you’re tired —you quit when the gorilla istired.”

Most successful people do that.When conditions become diffi-cult, they keep working. Theyknow that trying times are notime to quit trying. For the thou-sands of people who give up, thereis always someone like ThomasAlva Edison, who said, “I startwhere the last man left off.”

Charles F. Kettering advices,“Keep on going, and the chancesare that you will stumble onsomething, perhaps when you areleast expecting it. I never heardof anyone ever stumbling onsomething sitting down.”

That’s what we call persever-ance. Just because you think youare not a person with high cali-ber talent does not mean you cannever be famous. “People of me-diocre ability sometimes achieveoutstanding success because theydon’t know when to quit. Mostmen succeed because they are de-termined to,” reminds GeorgeAllen.

We remember William CullenBryant, who rewrote Thanatopsis

a hundred times. Edward Gib-bon rewrote his Autobiographynine times. Plato wrote the firstsentence of his Republic ninetimes. Virgil spent 12 years writ-ing his Aeneid.

“Nothing in the world cantake the place of persistence,”Calvin Coolidge pointed out.“Talent will not; nothing is morecommon than unsuccessful menwith talent. Genius will not;unrewarded genius is almost aproverb. Education will not; theworld is full of educated derelicts.Persistence and determinationalone are omnipotent.”

Success knows no handicapthrough physical ills. Lord Byronhad a club foot. Manuel L. Que-zon, Robert Louis Stevenson andJohn Keats had tuberculosis.Charles Steinmetz and AlexanderPope were hunchbacks. Rex Har-rison and Horatio Nelson hadonly one eye. Edgar Allan Poe wasa mental case. Charles Darwinwas an invalid. Julius Caesar wasan epileptic. Thomas Edison andLudwig Beethoven were deaf.Peter Stuyvesant had a woodenleg.

Some successful businessesstarted as failures. In its firstyear, Coca-Cola sold only 400Cokes. Also in his first year in theautomobile business, Henry Fordwent bankrupt. Two years later,his second company also failed.

“If you want to get somewhereyou have to know where you wantto go and how to get there. Thennever, never, never give up,”American inspirational speakerNorman Vincent Peale urged.

Don’t picture yourself a fail-ure if in the beginning you don’tgo too far. Basketball superstarMichael Jordan was cut from hishigh school basketball team.

Sometimes, life is a series offailures before success arrives.Richard Bach completed only oneyear of college, then trained tobecome an Air Force jet-fighter

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thing under his shirt. He strains alittle with the chain around hisneck to show everyone a shininggold medal. “This is my scapular.My mom and dad gave it to me. Ithas a picture of mama Mary and ofJesus with His heart sticking out.”

“That’s very nice, Julian. Youmean Jesus’ Sacred Heart?” Sis-ter Bernadette smiled. “How doesit help you to pray?”

“Yup, the Sacred Heart!” headded. “In the morning, I kissmama Mary and in the eveningbefore I sleep I kiss Jesus’ heart.”Everyone applauded as he proudlywent back to his seat with themedal still dangling outside of hisshirt.

Sister Bernadette helps Julianslip in the medal and asked, “Well,

who’s next?”Kathy then showed her picture

of the Crucified Lord that she hasby her bed side. Anthony dis-played his Rosary with beadsmade from different stones. Su-san proudly showed her Rosarybracelet inherited from hergrandmother. David came with aniron crucifix that he had boughton his family pilgrimage toJerusalem the other summer.

And so went the class with eachstudent explaining how these sa-cred objects and pictures helpedthem to pray. Sister Bernadette,however, noticed that Thirdy wasjust sitting in his chair staring ata small dull worn-out box on topof his desk. “Thirdy? What about

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Never, never quit!

tershed, back to the originalform it was in before urban de-velopment brought in its harm-ful effects? This is the challengethat the La Salle Institute ofGovernance (LSIG), the La SalleInstitute for the Environment(LIFE) and the Sama Kabuha-yan Association (SKA) has takenon, as it plans to return the LaSalle Taft campus to the “sta-tus” of a watershed.

I hope that this experimentwill succeed, because the ideacould inspire a new environmen-tal consciousness that could re-store urban villages and urbancenters into watersheds. Thisidea also holds the promise ofcleaning the land in order toclean the rivers, the latter be-ing a requisite to cleaning ourbays and oceans. Truth to tell,water is the ultimate resourcethat could ensure not just goodhealth, but also the sustenanceof life itsef.

Email iseneres@yahoo.com ortext me at +639293605140.Watch my TV show “Ka IkingLive” every Friday from 9:30 to10:30 PM on Destiny Cable Chan-nel 3. Form your own Inter Char-ity Circle and build our Nation.

Tune in to “Kapit-Bayan”on DWIZ 882 KHZ 5:00 to 6:00PM, Mon to Fri.

Livelihood and environmentIT is really just a matter of per-spective. Restoring the environ-ment is a distinct goal by itself,but looking at it another way,environmental restorationcould open up a lot of livelihoodopportunities for the poor andthe unemployed. As to whichone is more important or morebeneficial is perhaps an aca-demic question only, becausethe bottom line is the same.These two goals both serve thepublic interest, and everyonebenefits from the attainment ofthese goals.

It is also perhaps a matter ofsemantics, because it is not thatimportant whether the mainbenefit in environmental resto-ration is public health or a saferenvironment, because these twobenefits could just practicallybe considered as by-products oflivelihood generation.

For example, on the questionof cleaning our rivers, we havethe potential of not just havinga clean environment, but moreimportant than that, it gives usthe chance to have sources ofclean water to irrigate ourfarms, and to have fresh waterareas where we could commer-cially grow fish again.

Is it really possible to restorean urban area into a natural wa-

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Napapanahon LINDA R. PACIS

Proyekto ng Soroptimist InternationalMGA proyektong pang-tao ang mgainihanda at isinakatuparan ng mgamiyembro ng Sorptimist sa Pilipinas,partikular na ang mga Soroptimist ngSan Rafael, Bulacan, Region 3.

Ayon kay Marivic Vergel De Dios,bagong pangulo sa taong 2008-2009,tinanghal ang Soroptimist Week no-ong ika-25 hanggang ika-31 ng Agosto.Ang kanilang mga nakalinyang pro-yekto ay tuloy-tuloy na isinagawa gayang mga sumusunod:

Misa ni Msgr. Flint Capiral at bless-ing ng mobile library sa pakikipag-tulungan ng Department of Educa-tion (DepEd) sa programang Alterna-tive Learning System (ALS). Ang mgaSoroptimist ang nagbigay ng sasakyan.Ang pagpapalakad ng proyekto ayisinasagawa ng DepEd.

Binibisita ng mga Soroptimist angBahay Pangarap sa Guiginto, Bulacankung saan tinutulungan ang mgababaing inaabuso at pinabayaan ngkanilang pamilya.

Sila ay nagbibigay ng bigas sa 160pamilya, tatlong kilo bawat isangpamilya.

Nag-ampon ng barangay ang mgaSoroptimist kamakailan. Ito ang SitioKurukan sa Barangay Pantubig, SanRafael, Bulacan, isang depressed areana may 60 pamilya. Pinirmahan ni

Punong Barangay Ceferino De Guz-man at ng Soroptimist ang memoran-dum of agreement hinggil dito.

Sumunod ang pagtatanim ng 140puno ng mahogany para sa panga-ngalaga at pagpapaganda ng kapa-ligiran.

Sumali din ang mga miyembro ngSoroptimist sa bowling, tennis at bad-minton tournament na idinaos sa E-Lane Greenhills, sa San Juan. Nagingkampiyon ang San Rafael nang na-nalo ito laban sa mga koponan ng Ma-nila, Valenzuela, Meycauayan atCabanatuan.

Nagsagawa din ng feeding pro-gram sa 66 na malnourished na batana nagsimula noong ika-25 ng Hulyo.

Noong ika-29 ng Agosto, naglagaynaman ng Adopt a Women andChildren’s Desk sa istasyon ng pulisyasa San Rafael kasabay ng MOA sign-ing sa munisipyo.

Sa linggong ito ng Soroptimist,nagkaisa ang lahat ng miyembro namapabuti ang kondisyon ng kapwanila nilalang lalo na ang mga babaeat bata.

Si Marivic, ang kasalukuyang pa-ngulo, ay taga Poblacion, San Rafael.Siya at kanyang asawa na si HenryVergel De Dios ay may dalawang anak,sina Cecilia, 19, at Paolo, 18.

Nagtapos si Marivic ng kursongBSC Accounting sa University of Sto.Tomas, Manila; nagsekondarya sa St.Paul College, San Rafael, Bulacan atnag-elementarya sa St. Mary’s Acad-emy, Baliwag, Bulacan.

Siya ay isang Agency Manager saPhilam Plans Inc. Nagturo din siyang Accounting sa St. Paul College atnaging teller sa ManilaBank, Makatiat United Coconut Planters Bank, Ma-nila.

Bise Presidente siya ng CatholicWomen’s League (CWL) at treasurerng San Rafael Cultural Heritage Inc.

Ang iba pang officer ng SorptimistInternational ng San Rafael ay angmga sumusunod: Rosa Villarama atMyrla Cruz, Vice President; JulietaAlvarez at Josefina Andaya, Secre-tary; Emelita Vasallo, Lolita Melissasat Ma. Aida Valondo, Treasurer;Annabel Lopez, Aurea Ingusan atLeonida De Ocampo, Auditor; TarsilaDela Fuente at Julie De Guzman,PRO.

Ang mga Board Member ay sina:Gloria Veneracion, Celerina Saba-riaga, Carmelita Yulo, EmelitaVasallo, Socorro Valdecantos at Car-mencita Martinez.

Ang Charter President at founderay si Congressman Lorna Silverio.

Si Lolo at LolaUna ay “Mother’s Day”, ipinagdiriwangTapos ang “Father’s Day”, ito ay sinundanDahil sa “Grandparents”, sila’y isinilangPagpapahalaga ay marapat lamang.

Setyembre asiete, pagdiriwang itoTanging “Grandparents’ Day” ng lola at loloSila ang dahilan, tayo’y nandiritoSalamat sa Diyos, buhay na handog n’yo.

Setyembre aotso ay pinasimulanLinggo ng Bulacan, ito ay SingkabanSa mahal na Birhen, kanyang kaarawanMga lolo’t lola, wari’y nalimutan.

Mga apo namin, nalimutan akoNi walang bumati, ’di ako nagtampoAng aking ginawa, sumama sa grupoBahay Pinagpala, pinuntahan ito.

Ito ay ampunan nitong matatandaWari’y nalimutan ng kaanak yataWalang dumadalaw, malungkot na lubhaMabait na madre ang nag-aalaga.

Ka Francing Gonzales, butihing maybahayMga mang-aawit kanyang kasamahanLahat ng matanda aming inawitanHabang iba naman ay nakipagsayaw.

May isang matanda tumula pa ditoAyos ang pagbigkas, katha’y kabisadoSa aming palagay siya’y matalinoBagama’t ang edad ay otsenta’y singko.

Kahit papaano ay napaligayaMga kawawa na lolo at lolaNang nagpasalamat Sister DirektoraTanging kay Ka Francing pagpapahalaga.

Sinabi pa niya ito’y buwan-buwanHatid ni Ka Francing bigas isang kabanBukod pa sa gamot galing sa halamanAt konting salaping pinaghahatian.

Pinuntahan namin ang kasunod nitoDoon sa Emmaus ang lola at loloHinarana namin bawat dormitoryoIba’y nakiawit, masayang totoo.

Muling sinariwa awiting kundimanMga matatanda nagpapalakpakanMayro’ng isang lolo medyo tinamaanNapaiyak siya, may pinagdaanan.

Mga matatanda kabuuang bilangWalumpo’t dalawa, isa ay dayuhanWari’y Amerikano at may karamdamanNabakas sa mukha itong kalungkutan.

Abuloy na bigas at paghaharanaIto’y buwan-buwan pag-aruga niyaDahil sa pagtulong sa lolo at lolaBuhay ni Ka Francing lubhang maligaya.

Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Kakampi mo ang Batas ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

Hatian sa ari-ariang naipundarTANONG: Batas, magandang haponpo. Gusto ko lang po itanong kung anoang karapatan ko bilang nag-iisanganak sa una ng aking ama, kasal angaking ama sa aking ina, namatay angaking ina at nag-asawa ulit ang akingama (639163295553 Ruperto Avena).

Sagot: Ruperto Avena, maramingsalamat sa tanong na ito.

Sa ilalim ng Civil Code of the Phil-ippines, kung ang isa sa mga mag-asawa ay namatay na, ang lahat ngkanilang mga ari-arian ay itinuturingna nahahati sa dalawa.

Ang kalahati ng mga ari-ariang itoay ibibigay sa nabubuhay pang asawabilang kanyang bahagi sa mga nai-pundar na ari-arian.

Ang kalahati naman ay ibibigaybilang bahagi ng namatay na asawa,pero ang bahaging ito ay hahati-hatiinnaman sa pagitan ng nabubuhay pangasawa at ng kanilang mga anak.

Ang hatian ng nabubuhay na asawaat ng mga anak ay pantay-pantay —ibig sabihin, kung ano ang share ngama, ganundin ang share ng bawatanak.

Sa kabilang dako, kung ang nabu-buhay na asawa ay nag-asawang muli,at makakapagpundar siya ng mgabagong ari-arian, ang kanyang mgaanak sa unang asawang namatay naay may karapatan pa ding makibahagisa mga ari-ariang ito. Pero angkarapatang ito ng mga anak sa una aymatatamasa lamang nila kung angkanilang sariling magulang na nag-pakasal sa iba ay namayapa na din.

Sa sandaling malagutan ng hiningaang nasabing magulang, nagkakaroonna ng karapatan ang kanyang mgaanak sa una na makibahagi.

Mga Cable TV operator di puwedengbasta na lang magtataas ng singilin

TANONG: Batas, good afternoon po!Puwede po ba talagang magtaas ngsubscription rates ang isang cable tvoperator kahit gaano kadalas o mag-kanong percentage of increase nagusto nila? (639174577838).

Sagot: Maraming salamat po satanong na ito.

Ang isang cable tv operator at angkanyang mga subscribers ay itinu-turing na pumasok sa isang kasun-duan sa sandali na sila ay nagpirma-han upang mabigyan ng cable serviceang subscribers. At ayon sa Civil Codeof the Philippines, ang kasunduangito ang siyang magiging batas nadapat nilang sundin.

Kung ano ang nakasaad sa kasun-duan, iyon ang dapat gawin at sundinng magkabilang panig. Kung nakala-gay doon na maaaring magtaas ngrates ang cable operator kahit anu-

mang sandaling maibigan nito, maa-ari nga nitong itaas ang kanyang rates.Hindi ito pupuwedeng tutulan ngsubscribers, dahil ito ay sinang-ayunan na niya sa pamamagitan ngkanyang paglagda sa kontrata.

Sa kabilang dako, kung ang kon-trata ay hindi naman naglalaman ngprobisyon na magbibigay sa cable op-erator ng karapatang magtaas ngrates basta’t ito ay kanyang naibigan,hindi pupuwedeng basta na lamangmagtataas ng rates ang nasabing op-erator.

Sa anumang pagtataas ng bayarin,kailangang ito ay pagkasunduan ngdalawang panig. Kung basta na la-mang magpapatupad ng pagtaas ngbayarin ang cable operator kahit hindiito pinapayagan ng subscribers,maaaring magdemanda ang subscrib-ers upang patigilin ang pagsingil ngmas mataas na rates.

Magulang na nasa labas ng bansa,maaaring idemanda sa Pilipinas

TANONG: Batas, paano po ang gaga-win ko para makahingi ng sustentopara sa isa kong anak. Legal po akongasawa. Nasa Saudi po mister ko.Please help me. (639262045630).

Sagot: Salamat po sa tanong naito. Ayon sa Family Code of the Philip-pines, ang isang magulang ay maytungkuling magbigay ng suporta sakanyang mga anak, lalo na kung angmga ito ay menor de edad pa lamang.Ganundin, may karapatan ang batana humingi ng suporta mula sakanyang magulang, para sa kanyangpang-araw-araw na ikabubuhay ogastusin, at para sa kanyang pag-aaralo sa iba pang pangangailangan.

Kung hindi gagampanan ng magu-lang ang kanyang tungkuling mag-bigay ng suporta sa bata, maaari

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pilot. Twenty months after earning his wings, he resigned.Then he became an editor of an aviation magazine thatwent bankrupt. Life became one failure after another.Even when he wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull, hecouldn’t think of an ending. The manuscript lay dor-mant for eight years before he decided to finish it — onlyto have 18 publishers reject it. However, once it was pub-lished, the book went on to sell seven million copies innumerous languages and made Bach an internationallyknown and respected author.

Rejections are nothing new to successful authors. In1902, the poetry editor of the Atlantic Monthly returnedthe poems of a 28-year-old poet with the following note:“Our magazine has no room for your vigorous verse.” Thepoet was Robert Frost.

Three years earlier, Rudyard Kipling received the fol-lowing rejection letter from the San Francisco Exam-iner: “I’m sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don’t know howto use the English language.”

“Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure,” commentedRobert Schuller, “it just means you haven’t succeededyet.” And Kenneth Boudling reminded, “Nothing failslike success because we don’t learn from it. We learn onlyfrom failure.”

Failure is one of the two hardest things to handle inlife. The other is success. Look at what happened to JudyGarland and Elvis Presley, two of the most successfulsingers the world has ever known but they ended theirlives in a tragic manner. Which is why Elbert Hubbardurged: “Pray that success will not come any faster thanyou are able to endure it.”

Finally, here’s a timely thought from Robert LouisStevenson: “That man is successful who has lived well,laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the re-spect of the intelligent men and the love of children; whohas filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leavesthe world better than he found it, whether by an im-proved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; whonever lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed toexpress it; who looked for the best in others and gave thebest he had.”

— For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com

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siyang idemanda ng paglabag sa Anti-Child Abuse Law, o ang Republic Act7610, na maaaring maging dahilanupang siya ay makulong ng hindibababa ng 10 taon.

Papaano magdedemanda ang isangbata laban sa kanyang magulang nahindi nagbibigay ng suporta?

Kailangang padalhan muna angnasabing magulang ng isang demandletter, na humihingi na gampanan angkanyang tungkuling magbigay ngsuporta. Kung hindi ito tatalima sakabila ng pagkakatanggap niya ngnasabing demand letter, maaari nasiyang sampahan ng kaso sa piskalyao sa hukuman, kahit na siya ay nasaibang bansa sa kasalukuyan.

Ang mahalaga lamang sa kaso,maipadala ang subpoena sa addressng magulang na ayaw magbigay ngsuporta dito sa Pilipinas. Kung mata-tanggap ang subpoena sa tirahan ditong magulang, sapat na itong batayanupang matuloy ang kaso laban sakanya.

* * *PAALALA: Maaari po kayong tuma-wag sa aming mga landline, (02) 994-68-05, (02) 433-75-49 at (02) 433-75-53, o di kaya ay sa aming mga cell-phone, 0917-984-24-68 at 0919-609-64-89. O sumulat sa aming address:18 D Mahiyain cor Mapagkawanggawa,Teachers Village, Diliman, Quezon City.O mag-email sa website na ito:www.batasnews.com, o sa batas-mauricio@yahoo.com.

* * *PARTY LIST: Maaari na po kayongmaging kasapi ng BATAS Party List, oang Bagong Alyansang Tagapag-taguyod ng Adhikaing Sambayanan.Ipadala po ang inyong mga pangalanat kumpletong address sa parehongmga address at telepono sa itaas.

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BOCAUEBran Valero

HAGONOYJoana Marie Tolentino &

Ian Christopher Cabantog

MEYCAUAYANArvin Barazon &

Janelle Kristin Narciso

MALOLOSDustin Lawrence Joaquin

MALOLOSLachme Posadas

MARILAOCrissan Alyana Barizo &

Demetrio Reyes

OBANDOPaul Anthony Dela Cruz &

Aravel Lleva

PLARIDELLuveena Mendoza Santiago &

Edgardo Avendano

PANDIMary Grace Eugenio &Lester Aaron Garcia

PAOMBONGKashelyn Mabuti Manlangit &

Alfred Dionisio

PULILANKarla Michelle Pilapil

PULILANRJ Tibayan

SAN JOSE DEL MONTEJerby Dela Cruz &

Lady Laarnie Lavarias

SAN ILDEFONSOAldrin Lopez

& Sherlyn Amistad

SAN MIGUELJohn Mark Aguilar &Sherry May Dela Paz

SAN RAFAELVenice Michelle Acuña

SANTA MARIAMark Bryan Alonzo &

Bernadette May Aguirre

Sino ang magigingLakan & Lakambining Bulacan sa 2008?

Panoorin ang Gabi ng Koronasyonsa Guiguinto Gym, Setyembre 13BALAGTAS

Ma. Theresa DC TamonBALIUAG

Jaquiline Dave Maniego &Jovell Rey Bautista

BUSTOSLaica Joy Dizon Jimenez &

Robie Pineda Cruz

CALUMPITJenn Roe Gubat &

Searle Ranier Paway

GUIGUINTOKaren Uaje &Albert Alzo Jr.

BOCAUEAngelica Agapito

6 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 SETYEMBRE 5 - 11, 2008

Prakash and Mandakini AmteMagsaysay Awardees for Community Leadership

The Amte couple: Mandakini and Prakash... enhancing the capacity of the Madia Gonds

to adapt positively in today’s India, through healingand teaching and other compassionate interventions.

— RMAF

HIDDEN amid the dazzling humanmosaic of India are millions of tribalpeople. For centuries they have livedapart in remote highlands and forests.The Madia Gonds, for example, oc-cupy a 150 square-kilometer swathof eastern Maharashtra, borderingAndhra Pradesh and ChattisgarhStates. In a thousand isolated villages,they survive by hunting and gather-ing and shifting cultivation. WhenPrakash Amte and Mandakini Amtearrived in their midst 34 years ago,the region had no modern services.Government officials considered itwild and served there only reluctantly.By contrast, the Amtes, medical doc-tors, came by choice.

Prakash Amte grew up in Anand-wan, an ashram and rehabilitationcenter for lepers in Maharashtrafounded by his father, the renownedGandhian humanitarian MurlidharDevidas Amte, or Baba Amte.

Prakash was busy with post-gradu-ate surgical studies in Nagpur whenBaba Amte called him, in 1974, totake over a new project among theMadia Gonds. In a leap of faith, heand his wife Mandakini abandonedtheir urban practices and moved toremote Hemalkasa.

The young couple settled in a door-less hut without a telephone or elec-tricity or privacy. They practiced medi-cine beside the road and warmedthemselves by a wood fire at night.The Madia Gonds, shy people and sus-picious of outsiders, spurned theirhelp at first. Prakash and Mandakini

learned their language and patientlygained their trust. The miraculouscures of an epileptic boy with terribleburns and a man near death fromacute malaria turned the tide.

“Once a patient is cured,” saysPrakash, “he comes back and bringsfour new patients.”

Beginning in 1975, SWISSAID pro-vided funds to build and equip a smallhospital in Hemalkasa. There Prakashand Mandakini performed surgery andtreated malaria, tuberculosis, and dys-entery, burns and animal bites. To con-form to tribal sensibilities, they placedmost of the hospital’s facilities out-of-doors, beneath the trees. They chargednothing.

Illiteracy had made the MadiaGonds easy prey for corrupt forest of-ficers and other greedy outsiders. TheAmtes helped them assert their rightsand intervened to mediate disputesand rid the area of abusive officials.

In 1976, they opened a school. TheMadia Gonds were reluctant to sendtheir children but, in time, the schoolprospered and became a center forboth academic and vocational educa-tion. Prakash and Mandakini’s ownchildren were educated there.

The Amtes have used the school atHemalkasa to introduce the MadiaGonds to settled agriculture — grow-ing vegetables, fruits, and irrigatedgrains organically — and to encour-age them to conserve forest resources.This includes wild animals, a tribaldietary staple. The Amte’s popularanimal sanctuary at Hemalkasa pro-

motes the survival of animals as partof nature’s balance.

Simplicity and respect guide theAmte’s work with the Madia Gonds.Prakash wears only a singlet andwhite shorts as he goes about hiswork, so as not to identify himselfwith “well-dressed” outsiders. Whereapplicable, the couple incorporatestribal cures in their medical practice.In school, children perform tribalsongs and dances.

Today, the Amte’s hospital has 50beds, a staff of five doctors, and treats40,000 patients a year free-of-charge.It is a regional center for mother-childwelfare and health education. Its“barefoot doctors” bring first aid tooutlying villages.

The Amte’s school, meanwhile, hasgrown to 500 students and is compre-hensive. Among its graduates are theMadia Gonds’ first doctors and law-yers and teachers as well as officials,office workers, and policemen.

“More than 90 percent of the stu-dents have come back to serve in thecommunity, including my sons,” saysPrakash, reflecting on his and Man-dakini’s legacy. “Maybe it’s the waywe have led our lives.”

In electing Prakash Amte andMandakini Amte to receive the 2008Ramon Magsaysay Award for Commu-nity Leadership, the board of trust-ees recognizes their enhancing the ca-pacity of the Madia Gonds to adaptpositively in today’s India, throughhealing and teaching and other com-passionate interventions. — RMAF

PULILAN, Bulacan — Nag-sagawa ng malawakangpaglilinis laban sa dengueang lalawigan ng Bulacannoong Setyembre 6 ma-tapos umabot sa nakaka-bahalang bilang ang mgabiktima nito mula noongEnero hanggang sa kasalu-kuyan. Labimpito na angnamatay sa mga dinapuanng dengue.

Ang sabayang paglilinisay isinagawa sa 569 nabarangay sa buong lala-wigan. Ang Barangay Tibagsa bayang ito ang napilingbisitahin ni Gob. Joselito“Jon-jon” Mendoza dahil sanaitalang 31 kaso ng den-gue dito kung saan isa angnamatay.

Ayon kay Gob. Mendoza,kalinisan ang susi laban sadengue.

Sinabi niya na maha-lagang ugaliin ang paglilinisng kapaligiran sa loob atlabas ng bakuran upangwalang pamahayan angmga lamok na may dala-dalang dengue.

Ipinayo rin ng gober-nador na agad na mag-pakonsulta sa pinakama-lapit na health center sasandaling makaranas angsino man ng lagnat na tuma-tagal ng tatlo hangganglimang araw.

Sinabi pa niya na hindina nagsasagawa ang pama-halaan ng “fogging” o pag-papausok na karaniwangginagamit laban sa denguedahil hindi iyon epektibo.

Ayon kay Dr. Joy Gomez,

provincial health officer forpublic health, may tatlongkaso pa ng dengue angnaitala sa Bulacan sa pag-pasok ng Setyembre kaya’tnagsagawa na ang kanyangtanggapan ng pamamaraanupang hindi na umabot pasa “outbreak” ang kaso ngdengue sa lalawigan.

Batay sa tala ng Provin-cial Health Office (PHO),umabot na sa 1,424 kaso ngdengue sa 569 na barangaysa lalawigan ang naitalamula Enero hanggang sa u-nang Linggo ng Setyembre.

Ang nasabing bilang aykatumbas ng 75 porsiyentong kaso ng dengue na nai-tala noong nakaraang taon,ani Dr. Gomez, ngunit angpagtaas ng bilang ng mgabiktima ay hindi pa rinmaituturing na isang out-break.

Ipinaalala ni Gomez nakinakailangang palakasinang kaalaman ng mga ma-mamayan upang masugpoang dengue kaya’t ang PHOay nagsagawa ng sabayangpaglilinis upang hindi natumaas pa ang bilang ngmga biktima.

Ipinaliwanag pa niya nawala nang pinipiling pana-hon ang pag-atake ng sakitna dengue hindi tulad noonna ito ay umaatake lamangsa panahon ng tag-ulan.

Sporadic o panaka-nakaang pag-atake ng dengue saBulacan ngayong taon at 17na ang namatay sa denguemula Enero hanggang Set-yembre. — Dino Balabo

Kaso ng denguesa Bulacan abotna sa alert level Mga katubigan sa Gitnang Luzon

nanganganib sa banta ng polusyonNI DINO BALABO

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS— Halos lahat ng uri ngkatubigan sa Gitnang Lu-zon ay nanganganib sabanta ng polusyon na hatidng mabilis na paglobo ngpopulasyon at kawalan ngimplementasyon ng batassa pagsisinop ng basura.

Ito ang buod ng mga ni-lalaman ng mga dokumen-tong naipon ng Mabuhayat mga pahayag ng mgaopisyal na nangangalaga sapangisdaan, mga aquacul-turist, environmentalist atiba pang Bulakenyo nanakapanayam ng Mabu-hay dalawang linggo ma-tapos ang insidente ng“fishkill” sa bayan ng Ba-lagtas kung saan apektadoang mahigit sa 10 ektar-yang palaisdan at tinata-yang hindi bababa sa P5milyon ang nalugi.

Batay sa tala ng Bureauof Fisheries and AquaticResources (BFAR) sa Git-nang Luzon, umaabot sa 18insidente ng fishkill angnaitala mula 2000.

Karaniwan sa mga insi-dente ay naganap noong2005 kung kailan may nai-talang pitong fishkill. No-ong 2004 ay limang insi-dente ang naitala.

Ang mga lalawigan ngBataan at Pampanga angmay naitalang tig-anim atsiyang pinaka-maraminginsidente ng fishkill sarehiyon kasunod ang Bu-lacan (3), Zambales (2) atNueva Ecija (1).

Ayon pa rin sa BFAR,nakapagtala ito ng fishkillo pagkalason ng mga isdasa halos lahat ng uri ngkatubigan sa rehiyon sanhing “environmental hypoxiaand alkalosis”.

Ilan sa mga halimbawaay ang tubig na tabang saPantabangan Dam sa NuevaEcija, maging sa Calumpitat Balagtas, Bulacan; sa mgapalaisdaan sa Masantol,Pampanga kung saan ay

naghahalo ang tubig tabangat tubig alat (brackish wa-ter), at maging sa mga bay-baying dagat ng Zambales atBataan kung saan ay alat angtubig (marine waters).

Ayon kay Soledad Cruz,isang aquaculturist, ang en-vironmental hypoxia o “lowdissolved oxygen” sa tubigay sanhi ng polusyong hatidng maruming tubig mula samga bahay at pabrika na iti-napon ngunit hindi munapinadaan sa treatment.

Sinabi ni Cruz na ma-ging ang aqua feeds na ga-mit sa mga palaisdaan ayisa ring dahilan dahil samataas ang protina noon atkapag kinain ito, aniya, ngisda at iniihi ay naghahatidng mataas na ammoniumsa tubig, na nagiging sanhirin ng fishkill.

Inayunan ito nina Ju-dith Sanggalang, ang nanu-nuparang Fishery Officerng Bulacan, at MariettaBernardo, Environmentand Natural Resources Of-ficer ng Malolos.

Ayon kina Cruz at Ber-nardo, isa ring dahilan ngpolusyon sa katubigan ayang patuloy na paglobo ngpopulasyon partikular naang mga nakatira sa mgagilid ng mga ilog at sapa.

Malaki ang kontribus-yon sa polusyon ng mga ta-hanang nasa gilid ng ilog osapa, anila, dahil na rin sakakulangan ng pagpapa-tupad ng pamahalaan sabatas hinggil sa pagsisinopng basura.

Sinabi rin nila na kai-langan ang political willupang mailipat sa ibanglugar ang mga naninirahansa mga gilid ng ilog at sapa.

Binigyang diin namanni Bernardo na hindi na-man nagpabaya ang pama-halaang lungsod ng Malolosdahil nailipat na ang mgaresidente nito na nakatirasa gilid ng ilog sa isang re-location site sa BarangayCaniogan.

Si Andres Abando, mu-

nicipal Administrator ngbulubunduking Bayan ngDonya Remedios Trinidad,ay nagsabi rin na habanglumolobo ang populasyon,mas maraming basura angnaitatapon.

Idinagdag pa niya nabukod sa mga nakatira sagilid ng ilog, ang paggamitng pestisidyo ng mga mag-sasaka at pagtatapon ngdumi ng hayop katulad ngduming galing sa mga ba-buyan sa bayan ng Sta.Maria ay malaki ang epektosa kalidad ng katubigan.

Ayon naman kina GloriaCarillo at Cristina Gero-nimo ng panglalawigangtanggapan ng pagsasaka,ang paggamit ng pestisidyoay matagal nang ginagawang mga magsasaka dahilnaniniwala sila na masmaraming pestisidyo, masmasagana ang ani.

Gayunpaman patuloyang krusada ng tanggapannina Carillo at Geronimopara sa “integrated pestmanagement” kung saanay itinuturo ang pagta-tanim ng halaman na hindigumagamit ng pestisidyo.

Una rito, sinabi ni Cruzna nakaka-apekto rin sakalidad ng katubigan ang

pamamaraang mono-crop-ping o pag-aalaga ng iisanguri ng isda sa mga pala-isdaan.

“Simple lang iyan, ma-bilis ang paglobo ng popu-lasyon kaya mas pinipili ngmga namamalaisdaan angmono-cropping upang mashigit na marami ang anihinat maging kita nila,” ani ngaquaculturist.

Ngunit ang pamama-raang ito ay nagiging sanhing hindi pagiging balans-yado ng ekolohiya at ma-ging ng kalidad ng tubigdahil sa bago gamitin angpalaisdaan ay nilalasonmuna upang hindi ma-kaagaw ng isda ang ibapang organismo doon sakanilang pagkain.

Isa sa mga resulta nito,ani Cruz ay ang pagigingmahina ng resistensya ngisda kaya mas madalingmagkasakit o kaya ay ma-stress.

Inayunan ito ng mga na-mamalaisdaan sa Hagonoyat Paombong dahil sa kani-lang karanasan ay nakitanila kung paano mamatayang isda dahil sa biglangpag-ulan matapos ang ilangoras na matingkad na sikatng araw.

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AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased ERNESTO B.CRUZ who died intestate on August 11, 2006 at Salalilla St., Project4, Quezon City, left a Peso Savings Account No. 0161-187981-201 atthe Security Bank with an outstanding balance of Php 46,859.72(Philippine Currency) thereby adjudicating unto themselves – NENITAARABES Vda. CRUZ, surviving spouse and MIRASOL ARABES CRUZ,sole minor daughter being his only forced and compulsory heirs to theaforesaid Account and hereby request the Register of Deeds toregister the same effective as per Doc. No. 28-C, Page No. 05, Book01 Series of 2007 in Notary Public H. Fabre Luna.

Mabuhay: August 29, September 5 & 12, 2008

SELF-ADJUDICATION WITH SALE OF PARCEL OF LANDNOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased GASPARPANTALEON VILLANUEVA who died intestate on February 4, 1995 atBalagtas, Bulacan, left one (1) parcel of land particularly describedas Transfer Certificate of Title No. TC-3247 hereby adjudicate withsale of parcel of land to RODRIGO RAMOS PARAISO as per Doc. No.253, Page No. 052, Book 079; Series of 2008 in Notary Public of ATTY.ANTONIO R. ROQUE.

Mabuhay: August 29, September 5 & 12, 2008

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNOTICE is hereby given that the estate of deceased DR. ANTONIO P.PEREZ who died intestate on January 16, 2008 at San Juan, MetroManila had been extrajudicially settled among his heirs, before Atty.Daniel Balanoba, a Notary Public for Quezon City as Doc. No. 82,Page No. 19, Book No. 4, Series of 2008.

Mabuhay: August 29, September 5 & 12, 2008

EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTOF ESTATE OF BENITO DUNGCA

NOTICE is hereby given the that estate of the deceased BENITODUNGCA who died intestate on September 26, 2004 in Quezon Cityleft personal property consisting of sum of money deposited atUnited Coconut Planters Bank (Baliwag Branch) under Savings Ac-count Number 244-102428-6 in the sum of P53,053.84 as of July 1,2008 executed by his heirs Francisco Dungca, Honorata D. Villaroman,Luisa D. Palad, Leticia D. Mangalus, Ma. Remedios D. Reyes, MaribelD. Protacio, Valentina D. Uy, Lorina D. Rieza, Edibler to Dungca waivetheir rights, interest, and participation over the aforementioned per-sonal property in favor of their sister ANGELITA R. DUNGCA beforeNotary Public Nepomuceno Z. Caylao; Doc. No. 341; Page No. 70;Book No. II; Series of 2008.

Mabuhay: Sept. 5, 12 & 19, 2008

leached into politicians’ wallets.“Few things are harder to put up

with than the annoyance of a goodexample,” Mark Twain notes. With arobust P143-million developmentfund, Panlilio helped nine under-staffed and poorly equipped districthospitals – including, alas, theDiosdado Macapagal Provincial Hos-pital. He shared with towns theCapitol’s P37-million special educa-tion fund. He periodically split quarryrevenues with towns and barangays.

Candor can turn the “annoyancefactor” ballistic. In October 2007, thePresident met with 200 officials ofthe Union of Local Authorities in Ma-lacañang. Brown envelopes werehanded out. Panlilio confirmed hefound P500,000 stuffed into his en-velope received from a Palace staffer.He deposited the shekels with theprovincial treasurer.

A furious controversy erupted.Ironically, it swirled, not around“bribery” but on Panlilio’s allegedindiscretion. “No one blushed,” notedCebu Daily News. “Even more tell-ing, no one returned an envelope” —except Panlilio.

Instead of hailing Panlilio, Pam-panga officials clipped his powers.The provincial board granted may-ors greater police powers over thequarry. It stripped P45 million fromthe quarry reform fund in his bud-get.

“Who will rid me of this meddle-

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you? Would you like to show and tell the class anything?”The usually quiet boy gave Sister Bernadette a rather

reluctant look. She smiled and returned him an encour-aging nod.

The boy slowly slid off his chair, gently picked up thestrange box and started to gingerly walk in front of theclass.

He slowly opened it and carefully lifted out some-thing wrapped in a very crude old cloth.

Everyone started to laugh as Thirdy unveiled the mys-terious object.

He became nervous and his hands and arms shook ashe held a headless statue for the class to see.

Sister Bernadette didn’t know how to react. At firstshe felt worried about how anyone could even think ofkeeping such a horrible statue. But she rectified, “Chil-dren, children! Please keep quiet and let’s listen to whatThirday has to say.”

“Ah …, huh …,” Thirdy stammered.He found it hard to begin especially when his English

wasn’t so good and he mumbled eating his words.“Y’guys, y’knew I d’nt huv m’mama. Coz I wuz small

when sh’ died. M’pappy wuz mad at d’stat-u, an smatch’it.E-sed dat preyin t’stat-u d’nt wirk. An e-it d’hed f Mary.”

“But why did he blame the statue for your mom’sdeath?” Anthony asked.

“E-sed, idols don’t ’ear, an dat dey’r just su-perstations.”

“You mean, superstition?” Sally, who had a crush onhim, kindly corrected him.

“Ya’ dat one. Thanks…,” Thirdy smiled back at her.“So why keep it, dude? Just buy another one!” David

suggested.“Nah, coz et wuz mine mamas,” Thirdy became teary-

eyed as he hugged the statue closer to his chest.“Well, settle down everyone,” Sister Bernadette in-

terrupted the curious class. “Let’s hear from Thirdy. Okay,Thirdy, how does this headless statue of Mother Maryhelp you to pray?”

The boy looked at the statue and without taking hiseyes off it said, “Ne’er saw me mama. Ne’er knew howsh’luked. Ahn…, also ne’er met mama Mary alive, buty’all knew she’s n’Heaven. Sow, win I prey t’her, I knewm’preyin t’dem two … ahn dey both named Mary also …anh I knew deyr listin t’me ... ahn I knew n’Heaven, wonday, I will see der faces smiling t’me.”

Sister Bernadette couldn’t believe what she just heardand couldn’t contain herself from crying. The boy hadjust said the most wonderful prayer from the heart.

When Thirdy finished the class was overcome by si-lence. It was Sally who broke the sacred silence with hergentle clapping hands to which the whole class graduallyjoined in. “Thirdy had the best show-and-tell!” they allcheered.

Ang tubig ay buhay. Pag-ingatan natin ito.

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breathtaking. Simply put, their“campaign” is both shameful andshameless. In Filipino, “nakakahiya,walang hiya!”

“Instead of recall, people should callfor reform,” said Pampanga’s BishopPablo David. Majority of the province’sclergy support Panlilio. “This is notabout a person. It’s about a wholemoral crusade for good governance.”

This is a country starved for offi-cials of integrity “who stick out.”Alongside Cagayan’s Governor GracePadaca and Naga City Mayor JesseRobredo, stands Panlilio. They pro-vide proof to a dispirited people thatintegrity still exists. “Example is theschool of mankind,” Edmund Burkewrote. “And men will learn at noother.”

Malacañang meticulously dis-tances itself from the “3-R” cam-paign. But would Pampanga officialspound “Among Ed” down to theirsleaze level, if the kabalen in Mala-cañang didn’t wink? “The voice maybe that of Jacob. But the hand is thatof Esau.”

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Promdi mula sa pahina 2

mula sa pahina 2

agad ding binawi at itinuwid. Si KaNene Bundoc Ocampo pala angnagwagi, at iyon ay ikatlong sunodna panalo na loob ng tatlong taon.

Sabi ng ilang mamamahayag saradyo, ang tinanggap ni Jaucian ay“Awat Plaridel” dahil hindi pa nata-tapos ang silakbo ng kanyang dam-damin nang marinig ang pangalanay inawat na siya sapagkat, “Wow,mali pala!”

* * *Excited rin ang mga nagwagi sa

taunang parangal dahil sa pangakoni Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon”Mendozana isasama sila sa China upangmakita kung paano nakikipag-negosasyon ang Kapitolyo paramakumbinse ang mga Tsino namamuhunan at maglagak ng pro-yekto sa Bulacan.

Mag-iingat kayo. Harinawang,hindi kayo mahawa ng bird flu atSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) doon.

* * *Pagpalain nawa kayo ng May-

kapal kung matutuloy ang inyongbiyahe, at maging ligtas kayo.Huwag ninyong kalilimutang mag-uwi ng Ma-Ling at champoy!

Kasi, sa nagdaang buwan ngAgosto ay ilang eroplano ang bu-magsak at sumabog. Parang hindimagandang pangitain iyon.

* * *Nagulat naman ang Promdi

nang makita ang sariling larawansa Bagong Bulakenyo Photo Exhibitsa SM City Marilao.

Naisip ng Promdi na ang mas

karapat-dapat na makita sa exhibitay ang mga larawan ng mga nagsi-pagwagi sa tatlong nagdaang pa-rangal na Gawad Plaridel.

* * *Bilib naman ang Promdi sa Dal-

macio’s Restaurant na matatag-puan sa likod ng gusali ng LandBank of the Philippines sa kaha-baan ng MacArthur Highway saBarangay Sumapang Matanda saLungsod ng Malolos.

Masarap na ang lutong pagkain,maganda ang serbisyo, at mayroonpang libreng wi-fi internet kungmayroon kang wi-fi ready laptop o

some priest?” King Henry II fumedagainst Thomas Becket. The arch-bishop of Canterbury, in 1170, stoodfirm against the monarch’s abuses.Henry’s men cut Becket down at thealtar. This became the theme of TSEliot’s work: Murder In The Cathe-dral.

Today, a “3-R” campaign wouldrid Pampanga of this “meddlesomepriest . The third “R” stands for thefirst word in Requiem aeternam donaeis Domini (Eternal rest give untohim,O Lord). Panlilio says little ofthis threat. But he dons a flak-jacketin more exposed situations. Men havekilled for less, he knows.

The other two “Rs” stand for “re-count” and “recall”. The SupremeCourt stopped the recount until itresolves an issue of abuse. Officialsseek to gather 100,000 signatures —10 percent of the province’s votingpopulation, to force a recall electionbefore January 2009. Of Pampanga’s137 priests, only 15 signed up.

“This petition has partisanshipwritten all over it,” the Inquirersaid. “But the brazenness is still

cellular phone.* * *

Ito ay kabaligtaran sa karanasanng Promdi at iba pang mamama-hayag sa Park & Dine Restaurantsa kahabaan ng Paseo Del Congresosa Barangay Catmon, Malolos.

Isipin n’yo, mas malaki pa angbinayaran namin sa table chargedoon sa Park & Dine kaysa nakainnamin dahil P50 ang table chargenila bawat oras. Paano kung umi-nom kami ng San Mig Light doonat naging mahaba-haba ang inu-man? Tiyak na malaki ang tablecharge doon.

There is but one road which reachesGod and that is Prayer. If anyone showsyou another, you are being deceived.

— ST. TERESA OF AVILA

8 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 SETYEMBRE 5 - 11, 2008

Science Show: Bulateng nagsasayawNI DINO BALABO

GUIGUINTO, Bulacan — Naka-kita ka na ba ng nagsasayaw nabulate at mga higanteng bula?

Eh, yung tao na ang replek-syon sa salamin ay nakalutang,at aninong naiiwan sa dingding?

Ito ay ilan lamang sa mgakagulat-gulat na tanawing iyongmakikita, mahahawakan at ma-gagawa sa Philippine ScienceCentrum Sci-Fun caravan o angscience show na binuksan noongSetyembre 8 sa gusali ng Korea-Philippines IT Training Centersa loob ng bakuran ng TechnicalEducation and Skills Develop-ment Authority (TESDA) saBarangay Tabang sa bayang itobilang bahagi ng isang linggongtaunang Singkaban Fiesta.

Ang may 40 “interactive ex-

hibits” ng Philippine Foundationfor Science and Technology(PFST) na dinala sa lalawigan ngDangal ng Bulacan Foundation(DBF) ay makikita hanggang ika-30 Setyembre.

Ayon kay Fortunato Dela Peña,pangulo ng DBF, isang pagka-kataon para sa mga estudyante,guro at maging mga magulang angscience show upang higit nilangmaunawaan ang mga panguna-hing prinsipyo ng agham tulad nggravity, magnetism, optics at elec-tricity.

Ayon kay Dela Peña, simplelamang ang prinsipyo ng interac-tive science show.

“Kapag nagbasa tayo, naka-kalimutan natin, kapag nakitanatin ay natatandaan natin, perokapag ginagawa natin, natututotayo,” aniya.

Ilan sa mga interactive exhibitna makikita sa nasabing scienceshow ay ang “dancing worm” kungsaan ay parang mga bulatengnagsisitayo at gumagalaw ang mgabuhangin at pulbos na bakal sa loobng isang salamin na may magnetsa ilalim, at may buton na pinipihitupang gumalaw iyon.

Ang higanteng bula naman aymga "ring bubbles" kung saanipinakikita na ang tubig ay ma-aaring maging bula at lumapotkapag hinaluan ng sabon o ibapang kemikal.

“Umaasa kaming magiginginteresado ang mga kabataan atmagiging hamon sa kanila angmga makikita nila sa exhibit,”ani Dela Peña na isa ring under-secretary ng Department of Sci-ence and Technology (DOST).

Bukod, dito, sinabi niya na

malaking tulong ito sa mga gurona nagtuturo ng agham lalo nakung kasama sila ng kanilangmga estudyante.

Ayon kay Dela Peña, mas ma-bisa ang interactive learningkaysa mga lecture sa loob ng klase.

Ang nasabing science show namay 40 iba’t ibang interactiveexhibit ay bukas Lunes hanggangSabado, mula ika-8:00 ng umagahanggang ika-5:00 ng hapon. Angbayad sa tiket ay P40 bawat isa.

Sinabi naman ni Engr. File-mon Berba, ang pangulo ng PFSTna itinatag noong 1984 na uma-bot na sa 2.7 milyon katao angbumisita mula noong 1990 sakanilang science centrum nangayon ay matatagpuan sa RiverBanks Mall sa Lungsod ng Mari-kina, Metro Manila.

Umabot naman sa mahigit 3

milyon katao ang bumisita sakanilang tatlong mobile sci-funcaravan na nakalibot na sa 85lungsod at bayan sa buong bansa.

Ayon kay Berba, dadagdaganpa nila ng isa ang kanilang mo-bile exhibit upang mas maramingtao ang makakita nito, mahi-kayat at mapukaw ang interes saagham at teknolohiya.

Sinabi pa niya na napag-iiwanan ng mga kalapit na bansaang Pilipinas sa larangan ng ag-ham at teknolohiya at kailangangmakasabay ang mga Pilipino.

“Hindi tayo maaaring umasasa mga remittances ng mga over-seas Filipino workers habangpanahon,” ani Berba. “Kailangangmakasabay tayo sa ibang bansa atiyan ay sisimulan natin sa pagpu-kaw ng isipan ng mga kabataansa science and technology.”

Pagdiriwang ng Singkaban Fiesta, nabahiran ng karahasanSAN RAFAEL, Bulacan — Muling naba-hiran ng karahasan ang taunang SingkabanFiesta na dating tinatawag na “Linggo ngBulacan” nang paslangin sa Baliuag angisang konsehal ng bayang ito noong Martesng gabi, Setyembre 9.

Kinilala ni Senior Supt. Allen Bantolo,acting director ng pulisya sa Bulacan angbiktima na si Inhinyero Fidel Nacion, 38,ng Barangay Poblacion, San Rafael na nasaunang termino pa lamang bilang konsehalng bayan.

Ayon sa pulisya, si Nacion ay pinagba-baril ng mga hinihinalang gun-for-hirehabang siya ay nakaupo sa driver’s seat ng

kanyang Honda CRV na may plakang ZDT-766 na nakaparada sa kahabaan ng Ca-gayan Valley Road sa Barangay Tibag,Baliuag bandang ika-11:00 ng gabi noongMartes.

Namatay noon din si Nacion, at naka-rekober ang pulisya ng anim na basyo ngbala mula sa M-16 assault rifle sa pinangya-rihan ng pamamaslang.

Ayon kay Lito Yulo, municipal admin-istrator ng San Rafael, katatapos lamangmag-praktis ni Nacion ng bowling kasamaang mga kasapi ng Sangguniang Bayan sapamumuno ni Vice Mayor Rino Castronoong gabing iyon.

Lacanilao sa bayan ng Calumpit noongHulyo 31.

Ang pamamaslang kay Nacion ay ikatlonamang insidente ng karahasan at tra-hedya sa panahon ng pagdiriwang ng Sing-kaban Fiesta mula noong 2004 kung kailanang mga manggagawa ng Oxford Garmetsa Marilao ay puwersahang inaresto ng mgapulis at ang ilan sa kanila ay nasaktan.

Ilang araw bago maganap ang nasabinginsidente, apat kataong nagpipiknik atnaligo sa Biak na Bato River sa San Mi-guel, Bulacan ang namatay sanhi ngflashflood o biglaang pagbaha. — DinoBalabo

INTERACTIVE SCIENCE SHOW —Sinusubukan paglaruan ng dalawangbatang ito (kaliwa) ang higanteng bulasa “ring bubbles” exhibit na isa sa 40exhibit sa Sci-Fun Caravan na mata-

tagpuan sa Korea-Philippines IT Train-ing Center sa loob ng bakuran ng Tech-nical Education and Skills Develop-ment Authority (TESDA) sa BarangayTabang, Guiguinto, Bulacan. Layunin

ng nasabing exhibit na maipakita samga Bulakenyo ang iba’t ibang prin-sipyo ng agham tulad ng tubig at sabonsa "ring bubbles" interactive exhibit.Ang nasabing interactive exhibition ay

bukas mula Lunes hanggang Sabadoat tatagal hanggang ika-30 ng Setyem-bre. Makikita ang mga mag-aral napumipila (kanan) sa nasabing exhibitkahit malakas ang ulan. — DINO BALABO

Sila ay nakatakdang sumali sa isangbowling tournament para sa mga kasaping Sangguniang Bayan sa lalawigan.

Ipinangamba naman ng ilang halal naopisyal sa lalawigan tulad ni KonsehalAllan Aguilar ng Marilao ang pama-maslang.

Ani Aguilar, “Dati ay sa ibang lalawiganmay napapabalitang ganyan, ngayon aydito na sa Bulacan.”

Si Nacion ay ang ikatlong pulitikongpinatay sa Bulacan mula noong Mayo kungkailan pinaslang si dating Calumpit MayorRamon Pagdanganan na sinundan ng pama-maslang kay dating Apalit Mayor Tirso