VALEDICTORIAN — Sinasabitan ng medalya ngkanyang ama si Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcelinohabang nakamasid ang ina nang siya’y magtaposbilang class valedictorian ng Sta. Elena ElementarySchool sa Hagonoy, Bulacan noong 1984.

NI DINO BALABO

HAGONOY, Bulacan — Maramiang humanga sa katapangan atpaninindigan ni Marines MajorFerdinand Marcelino sa kanyangpagbubulgar sa tangkang panu-nuhol kaugnay ng kaso ng tina-guriang “Alabang Boys,” hang-gang sa pagharap sa imbesti-gasyon ng Kongreso sa mga nag-daang araw.

Ngunit sa kaakibat ng paghangang iyonay marami ang nagtatanong kung sino siMajor Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcelinoat ano ang kanyang pinagmulan.

Dahil dito, minabuti ng pahayagangMabuhay na bigyan ng higit na kulay angpagkatao ni Marcelino sa pamamagitan ngpagsasaliksik at pakikipanayam sa mga

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HAGONOY, Bulacan — Isangkarangalan para sa mga kapa-milya, kaibigan at dating mgaguro ang ipinakitang paninindi-gan at katapatan ni Maj. Fer-dinand “Bong-bong” Marcelino sakanyang pagharap sa imbesti-gasyon ng Kongreso noong ika-6ng Enero hinggil sa kaso ng“Alabang Boys”.

“Isa siyang karangalan ngHagonoy at ng St. Anne’s Catho-lic High School (SACHS),” aniJaime Sumpaico, isa sa datingguro ni Marcelino sa nasabingpaaralan.

“Maganda ang pag-uugalingnalinang sa kanya,” ani Sumpaico,na ngayon ay nagsisilbing isa samga tagapayo ng St. Anne’s.

Inayunan ito ni Teresita Ba-latbat, ang dating adviser niMarcelino sa SACHS. “Laki siyasa hirap pero lumalaban siya in apositive way,” ani Balatbat nanagsilbi ring “nanay-nanayan”niya sa nasabing paaralan.

Para naman sa nakatatandangkapatid ni Bong-bong na si Baby,“Bata pa ay ganyan na siya —matapat, hindi nanloloko ngkapwa.”

Ikinuwento sa Mabuhay niBaby ang pagsisikap sa pag-aaralng nakababatang kapatid.

“Nag-self supporting siyanoong nag-aaral dahil mahiraplamang kami,” ani Baby. Isa samga trabahong pinasok ni Bong-bong habang nag-aaral sa kolehiyoay ang pagiging mamamahayag ngHeadline noong 1989, idinagdagni Baby.

Ayon naman kay PO3 DennisSalamat ng pulisya ng Hagonoyat isang matalik na kaibigan niMajor Marcelino, bata pa sila aykinakitaan na nila ng paninin-digan si Marcelino kaya nire-respeto ito ng buong klase nila sahigh school.

Sinabi ni Salamat sa Mabu-hay na noong sila ay nasa SACHSay isang guro nila ang nagbigay sakanya ng gradong 75, samanta-lang si Marcelino ay 90 at angbuong klase ay binigyan ng 80.

“Inilaban niya ako noon,” aniSalamat at sinabing nakipagtalosi Marcelino sa nasabing guro.“Sinabi niya sa teacher namin nabawasan ’yung grade niya ng 5points at ibigay sa akin para

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TUMESTIGO SA KONGRESO — Nanumpa ng buongkatapan ang Bulakenyong si Major Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcelino sa harap ng Dangerous DrugsCommitte ng Kongreso at doon ay ibinulgar niya ang

tangkang panunuhol kaugnay ng kaso ng tinaguriang“Alabang Boys”. Ang 37-taong opisyal ng PhilippineMarines ay isinilang sa Barangay Sta. Elena, Hagonoy,Bulacan.

Pabor si Atienzasa pagmiminasa Biak-na-BatoCANDABA, Pampanga — Pabor si Envi-ronment Secretary Lito Atienza sa pag-mimina ng marmol sa Biak-na-Bato naayon kay Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon” Mendoza,ay ilegal. Ngunit pinabulaanan naman iyonng Rosemoor Mining and DevelopmentCorporation (Rosemoor).

“Nag-usap na kami ni Governor Men-doza na pagtulungan namin ang pagma-maneho sa venture sa Biak na Bato,” sabini Kalihim Atienza sa Mabuhay nang siyaay makapanayam sa bayang ito noongEnero 17 kaugnay ng pagsasagawa ngAsian Water Bird Census.

Sinabi rin ni Atienza, dating alkaldeng Maynila, na pabor siya sa pagmimina

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EDITORYAL

Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino:Isang tunay na Bulakenyo

SA isang iglap, hinangaan ng marami si Marines MajorFerdinand Marcelino ng Philippine Drug EnforcementAgency (PDEA) dahil sa kanyang katapangan at katapatanmatapos ibulgar ang tangkang panunuhol sa kaso ngAlabang Boys, mga mayayamang kabataang sangkot sapagbebenta ng ipinagbabawal na gamot.

Ngunit hindi na ikinagulat ng mga kapamilya, kaibi-gan, kasama sa trabaho, mga guro at maging mga kaklaseang paninindigan ni Marcelino. Ito ay dahil sa mula pasa pagkabata ay nakita na sa kanya ang mga natatangingugali tulad ng pagiging matapat, may paninindigan,masigasig, matalino at may takot sa Diyos. Ito ang mgakatangiang karaniwang hinahanap ng marami ngayon samga lingkod bayan. Ito rin ang mga katangian ng isangtunay na Pilipino at isang tunay na Bulakenyo.

Oo, si Marcelino ay isang Bulakenyo. Siya ay isinilangsa Barangay Sta. Elena sa bayan ng Hagonoy noong 1971.

Anak mahirap si Marcelino, pang-11 siya sa 13magkakapatid. Nunit hindi iyon naging balakid sa kanyaupang magsikap, makapagtapos ng pag-aaral, atmaglingkod sa pamahalaan bilang sundalo na angkatapatan at katatagan ay hindi mapapasubalian.

Ayon kay Bise Gob. Willy Alvarado na kaibigan ngPamilya Marcelino, nagmana si Marcelino sa kanyangyumaong ama na isang lider ng mga mangingisda saHagonoy.

Inayunan naman ito ni Jaime Sumpaico, isa sa mganaging guro ni Marcelino sa St. Anne’s Catholic HighSchool, na nagsabing, “Maganda ang pag-uugalingnalinang sa kanya.”

Totoo ang kanilang tinuran. Kung ano ang puno aysiyang bunga. Ngunit kailangan linangin ang bungaupang mas higit na yumabong at maging isang paman-tayan tulad ni Marcelino na ngayon ay isang larawan ngkatapatan, katatagan, katapangan at paninindigan sakatotohanan.

Mga kalalawigan, hindi na natin kailangan na maipitsa isang gulo na kinasangkutan ni Marcelino upang ipakitanatin ang ating tunay na pagkatao. Hindi rin kailanganna tayo ay maging isang mayaman at makapangyarihanupang magpakita ng katapatan.

Ang karanasan ni Marcelino ay masasabing hindipangkaraniwan. Ngunit sa bawat araw ng ating buhaybilang mga Bulakenyo, maaari nating ipakita na tayo aymga tunay na inapo at tagapagmana ng mga ninunongnagsakripisyo para sa ating kinabukasan.

Suklian natin ang kanilang sakripisyo ng katapatanat pagiging responsableng mamamayan na hindimasisilaw sa kinang ng ginto, hindi malalango sa kapang-yarihan at katanyagan at, higit sa lahat, hindi mabibingisa kalansing ng pilak at kikilos sa paniniwalang serbisyomuna bago negosyo.

Iyan ang tunay na Bulakenyo. Mabuhay ka!

Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Sobrang nakakahiya na!ANG pandaigdig na karangalanat papuring nakamit sa kanya-kanyang indibidwal na larangannina Manny Pacquiao, CharicePempengco, Lea Salonga, PaengNepomuceno, Efren “Bata” Re-yes, at maraming iba pa, ay wa-ring nawawalan ng saysay — saharap ng patuloy na nakaka-hiyang paglalagay ng Admi-nistrasyong Arroyo sa Pilipinassa kaabaaba at nakahihiyangkalagayan sa komunidad ng mgabansa sa mundo.

Habang kinikilala ng mundosi Manny Pacquiao bilang pina-kamagaling na boksingero librapor libra, at bilang naging kam-peon sa apat na dibisyon, kinini-kilala rin naman ng iba’t ibangahensiyang pandaigdig ang Pili-pinas sa tatlong dibisyon: 1)pinaka-corrupt na gobyerno saAsya kundi man sa buong daigdig;2) pinakamapanganib na bansaupang panirahan ng mga per-yodista at aktibista, at 3) bansangmay pinakamaraming drug ad-

dict. Kaugnay nito, naging sikatdin sa daigdig sina Jocjoc Bolante,Hen. Eliseo de la Paz (napigil saRussia sa pagdadala ng sobrangEuro Currency), at ang asawa’tanak ni dating AFP comptrollerHen. Carlos Garcia na pinigil satanggapan ng imigrasyon sa U.S.sa pagdadala ng mahigit sa ka-lahating milyong dollar.

Mga lider ang dapat mahiyaEWAN ko kung paano pa naka-kaharap nang di nahihiya sinaPangulong Macapagal Arroyo, FG,miyembro ng gabinete at mgakongresista sa mga negosyante,puno ng iba’t ibang bansa, at lalona sa Papa sa Roma — sa nakahi-hiyang kalagayang kinasadlakanng Pilipinas sa komunidad ng mgabansa.

Paano pa nakapagtatalumpatiang mga mambabatas natin samga kapulungang ng parliamen-to sa ibang bansa na dinadaluhannila — lalo na ang mga tonggre-sista na kilalang sipsip kay GMA?

Paano nagpapaliwanag angmga mambabatas, lalo na angkabilang sa mayoria sa kamara),kung tinatanong sila sa kum-perensiya — kung bakit nilabinabraso ang pagbasura sa mgaimpeachment complaint labankay GMA, kung ano ang motibonila sa garapal na pagbuhay muliat pagsulong sa Charter Change(Cha-cha) sa pamamagitan ngConstituent Assembly (Con-Ass)?

Alam ng mga tonggresistangito na mali, isang kabulastuganat garapal na panloloko sa taum-bayan ang ginawa nila — paramapanatili si GMA sa Mala-kanyang, pero bakit parang angtatapang ng hiya nila?

Ang nakalulungkot, sa isangbansang tanging Kristiyano sadakong ito ng Asia (nakararami’yKatoliko), habang parami nangparami ang mga grupong pan-relihiyon — INC, El Shaddai,Born Again Christian, Jesus isLord, Dating Daan, at iba pa —

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Promdi DINO BALABO

Ang pagbabalik ni Daniel FernandoMALAYO pa ang susunod nahalalan, ngunit marami na ang“lumiligaw” kay dating BokalDaniel Fernando upang magbaliksa larangan ng pulitika.

Isa kasi siya sa mga pinaka-popular na kakandidato sa Bu-lacan sa 2010.

* * *Batay sa kumakalat na resulta

ng survey, si Fernando at datingBise Gob. Rely Plamenco angnangunguna sa mga napipisil ngtao na kumandidato bilang BiseGobernador.

Ang problema lang ay ganyandin ang sitwasyon noong 2006 atunang bahagi ng 2007. Pero nungkumandidato si Bise Gob. WillyAlvarado, naiwan si Fernando.

* * *Sa isang maikling pakikipa-

nayam ng Promdi kay Fernando,tiniyak niya na magbabalik siyasa pulitika sa Bulacan. Ang di la-mang niya tiniyak ay kung anongposisyon ang kanyang kakandida-tuhan. Pero sa pananaw ng Prom-di, tiyak na tiyak na kakandidatosi Fernando bilang ‘cabesa’, hindinga lang sa barangay.

* * *Puwedeng cabesa de muni-

sipyo. O kaya’y cabesa de Sang-guniang Panglalawigan. O kayanaman ay cabesa de probinsya.

Tamang-tama ang mga posis-yong iyan. Kapag nanalo, tatawaginsiyang “Cabesang Puroy.” Ito aydahil sa nakilala siya sa palabas satelebisyon na may pamagat na“Kirara” bilang “Ka Puroy.”

* * *Muling kinuwestiyon ni Gob.

Joselito Mendoza ang muling pag-iisyu ng Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources(DENR) ng Ore Transport Permit(OTP) sa Rosemoor Mining andDevelopment Corporation (Rose-moor) noong Lunes.

Ito ay dahil daw sa may kahi-lingan silang suspensiyon at pa-tuloy ang imbestigasyon sa mgadiumano’y iregularidad sa ope-rasyon ng kumpanya, na itinangginaman ng Rosemoor.

* * *Ayon kay Mendoza, nabigo ang

DENR-Mines and GeosciencesBureau (MGB) na tugunan angkanilang mga idinulog na reklamo

sa diumano’y paglabag ng Rose-moor.

Ito ay base sa magkatuwang nainspeksyon sa Mineral ProductionSharing Agreement (MPSA) Con-tract Area ng Rosemoor na binu-buo ng mga empleyado mula saBulacan Environment and Natu-ral Resources Office, MGB Re-gional Office III, mga elementong PNP 306th Mobile Group, mgakinatawan ng BUNDUK, Inc., naisinagawa noong Oktubre 24,2008.

* * *Ang nakapagtataka, bakit ang

operasyon lamang ng Rosemoorang laging nakikita ng gober-nador. Bakit ang patuloy napagku-quarry ng graba at buha-ngin sa Ilog ng Angat ay parangnakalimutan, sa kabila ng sunod-sunod na reklamo sa kanya ngmga residente?

* * *Ayon sa mga residente ng Ba-

rangay Marungko sa bayan ng An-gat, isinumite nila sa tanggapanng Gobernador ang kanilangpetisyon na nilagdaan ng mahigit

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Buntot Pagé PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

Kilos ng mga state prosecutor sa CLNAKATAKDANG sabay-sabay namagbabakasyon sa loob ng pitongaraw ang mga Regional, Provin-cial, at State Prosecutor sa Cen-tral Luzon sa darating na ika-28ng Enero hanggang sa ika-4 ngPebrero ng kasalukuyang taon.

Ang nasabing sabay-sabay napagbabakasyon o mass leave ayinihayag sa quarterly meeting ngmga kawani ng Kagawaran ngKatarungan sa Gitnang Luzon naginanap sa Freedom Hall ngPampanga, kung saan nagsipagla-gay ng pulang laso ang mgadumalo bilang hudyat ng kani-lang pagkontra o pagprotesta saginawang paghuhusga ng publikoat ng media sa ilang miyembrong Hudikatura na isinasangkotsa ilang katiwaliang naganapdiumano.

Ayon sa isang Regional StateProsecutor na nakausap ng Bun-tot Page, sila aniya, ang kauna-unahang mga kawani ng kaga-waran ng katarungan na mag-sasagawa ng sabay-sabay na ba-kasyon sa loob ng isang linggo.

Inaasahang aabot sa 95 re-gional, provincial at city prosecu-

tor sa rehiyon, kabilang na angkanilang mga assistant prosecu-tor, ang sabay-sabay na magbaba-kasyon, ngunit tiniyak ang pag-papatuloy ng serbisyo sa kanilangtanggapan kahit sila ay nasabakasyon.

Ngunit sinabi naman ni DOJSecretary Raul Gonzalez na ma-aari lamang mangyari ang massleave kung ito ay gagawin lamangsa loob ng isang araw, dahil tiyakna mapaparalisa ang mga hus-gado dahil sa gagawing sabay-sabay na bakasyon.

Matuloy kaya ang nasabingmass leave ng mga prosecutor?

Nagtatanong po lamang kami.

Pulitika sa MalolosSA kasalukuyan ay marami angnaghahangad na tumakbongalkalde sa lungosd ng Malolos sadarating na halalan sa Mayo ngsusunod na taon.

Isa na rito si Bokal ChristianNatividad, na may pagmama-nahan sa pagiging pulitiko —anak siya ng naging Kint. TeoduloNatividad.

Isa pang matunog ang panga-

lan na nais maging alkalde ngMalolos ay ang naging Asst. Sec-retary ng DPWH na si Gng. CarolMangawang noong panahong siKa Romy Mercado ang Secretaryng DPWH.

Kung mayroon mang susulpotpa na tumakbong alkalde nglungsod ng Malolos, sa palagay koay hindi pupuwede sa katangiannina Natividad at Mangawang.

Una sa lahat, kilalang-kilalana ang pangalang Natividad atMangawang na subok sa ka-tapatan at paglilingkod sa bayan.

Sinuman kina Christian atCarol ang palaring iluklok ngmga taga Malolos ay tiyak naibayong kaunlaran ang mai-dudulot sa lungsod na kanilangnais paglingkuran.

Ang MabuhayNAWAGLIT sa aking alalala nanitong nakalipas na ika-20 ngEnero ay ika-29 na taon na ngpahayagang Mabuhay. Mahirapiwaglit sa iyong isipan ang isangpanahon na naging simula ngisang alaalang mahirap mabura

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ENERO 23 - 29, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 3

Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

Funeral water

Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Tackling our sinfulness

IN the Philippines, cancer ranksthird in leading causes of morbid-ity and mortality, according to theDepartment of Health. At the topof the list are communicable dis-eases and cardiovascular.

Seventy-five percent of all can-cers among Filipinos occur afterage 50 years, and only about threeoccur at age 14 years and below.“If the current low cancer preven-tion consciousness persists, it isestimated that for every 1,800Filipinos, one will develop cancerannually,” said Dr. Edward H.M.Wang, of the Cancer Institute ofthe Philippine General Hospital.

Currently, most Filipino can-cer patients seek medical adviceonly when symptoms appear oralready in advanced stages. Can-cer survival rates are relativelylow. Statistics have shown that forevery two new cancer cases diag-nosed annually, one will die withinthe year.

Cancer is a class of diseases inwhich a group of cells display un-controlled growth (division beyondthe normal limits), invasion (in-trusion on and destruction of adja-cent tissues), and sometimes me-tastasis (spread to other locationsin the body via lymph or blood).These three malignant propertiesof cancers differentiate them frombenign tumors, which are self-lim-ited, do not invade or metastasize.

In the Philippines, the lead-ing cancer sites/types are lung,breast, cervix, liver, colon and rec-tum, prostate, stomach, oral cav-ity, ovary and leukemia. Formerpresident Corazon C. Aquino issuffering from colon cancer.

Until recently, the only way toeliminate cancer was throughchemotherapy. However, there isan alternative way and JohnsHopkins is very much aware ofthis. In an e-mail circulated re-cently, some startling informationwere disclosed.

Cancer cells occur between 6 tomore than 10 times in a person’slifetime, according to cancer up-date from Johns Hopkins. “Whenthe person’s immune system isstrong the cancer cells will be de-stroyed and prevented from mul-tiplying and forming tumors.”

When a person has cancer it in-dicates the person has multiplenutritional deficiencies. Thesecould be due to genetic, environ-mental, food and lifestyle factors.“To overcome the multiple nutri-tional deficiencies, changing dietand including supplements willstrengthen the immune system.”

Chemotherapy involves poi-soning the rapidly-growing can-cer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bonemarrow, gastro-intestinal tractetc, and can cause organ damage,like liver, kidneys, heart, andlungs, among others.

On the other hand, radiationwhile destroying cancer cells alsoburns, scars and damages healthycells, tissues and organs. Initialtreatment with chemotherapyand radiation will often reduce tu-mor size. “However prolongeduse of chemotherapy and radia-tion do not result in more tumordestruction.”

When the body has too muchtoxic burden from chemotherapyand radiation the immune systemis either compromised or de-stroyed, hence the person can suc-cumb to various kinds of infectionsand complications. Chemo-therapy and radiation can causecancer cells to mutate and becomeresistant and difficult to destroy.Surgery can also cause cancer cellsto spread to other sites.

An effective way to battle can-cer is to starve the cancer cells “bynot feeding it with the foods itneeds to multiply.” Among thefoods that cancer cells need to

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Treating cancerTHE column “Lucid Plea, BumJoke” (Viewpoint / Jan. 8) trig-gered comments on the plight ofprisoners. Many lack politicalclout or cash of a former jailbirdlike “Jose Velarde.” So, they wasteaway in festering jails.

“I visited Malabon city jail,”e-mailed Jun Acebedo. “Uponentering the inmates’ room,amoy araw (body ordor) attackedmy nostrils even though a hugeindustrial fan blew at them.

“Then, there was big ap-plause. It was the first time thatanyone made dalaw (visit) toRobert ... ‘Wow!’ exclaimed aninmate. ‘Si Robert may dalaw.’

“I brought two containers ofmineral water, some 80 pesosworth of pandesal and 10 sachetsof palaman. ‘Aba, si Robertmakakainom na ng mineral wa-ter, sa halip na funeral water,’the guard commented. (Now,Robert can drink mineral insteadof funeral water.)

* * *Rosendo M. Dial is the Bureau

of Jails Management and Penol-ogy chief. His email, crunched outby BJMP’s “media affairs” unit,

claimed the pens are doing justfine. “Help us in betterment ofjail service (sic) by writing onlythe truth.”

Excerpts:BJMP oversees 1,069 jails na-

tionwide. Prison population in-creases by about five percent an-nually. Jail population is pro-jected to crest 69,693 by 2010.

Today’s jails hold 61,021 in-mates. “Of this total, 356 are mi-nor offenders,” he claims. The to-tal is “not 20,000” as reportedby the Philippine Bar Associationand cited by Supreme CourtChief Justice Reynato Puno.

He denies the Save the Chil-dren Foundation report: “Somechildren in Southern Mindanaoprisons were raped andsodomized.”

BJMP does not mistreat childdetainees. We keep them in cellsseparate from adult offenders. Ifthere is an absence of youth de-tention centers … Female war-dens are assigned as custodiansto ensure appropriate care.

BJMP is strengthening itsParalegal Programs. (This) facili-tates release of inmates ... The

bureau coordinates … with theSupreme Court whose program“Justice on Wheels” hastened re-leases.

Three detention centers(were) established exclusively forfemale prisoners. Each jail facil-ity, in the National Capital Re-gion, maintains separate confine-ment facility or “female dormi-tory”. These house women pris-oners and are overseen by a war-dress.

BJMP, Red Cross and NationalTuberculosis Control Programaddress the increasing number ofprisoners afflicted with TB.Other projects include: biogasdigester in Davao. This convertshuman waste into methane gasfor fuel.

The bureau “continuouslyworks” to take over provincialand sub-provincial jails. Four pro-vincial governments alreadyturned-over the management oftheir jails to the bureau.

* * *Pray, what country is the good

director writing about? Repu-table organizations would not

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NOT to be exaggerated, neitherto be underestimated, the realityof our weaknesses and frailties,our mistakes and failures, our sinsand treacherous attraction to evilis all there to be seen and sufferedby all of us.

St. Paul’s incisive and painedcry continues to reverberate inthe heart of each one of us: “I amcarnal, sold into the power of sin.For I do not understand what Ido, for it is not what I wish that Ido, but what I hate, that I do.”(Rom 7,14-15)

Thus, we often wonder whyeven in some most solemn mo-ments, dirty, ugly thoughts, de-sires and movements of the fleshcan assail us. We try our best tolook good and decent, knowingfully well there’s something nib-bling at our heart.

Imagine how things standwhen we are in our more vulner-able moments, as in when we aresick, tired, resting, distracted,confused, lost, etc. What a sittingduck we are to our own weak-nesses and the temptationsaround!

And this, in fact, is the com-

mon reality. Given how things arenow, we hardly are in some idealcondition to live our life cleanlyand honorably. The sad truth isthat we are swimming in watersmade dirtier each day.

Just look at the papers, theTV, the Internet. We are con-stantly bombarded, teased andtitillated with spiritually andmorally not-so-healthy imagesand messages.

The youth, the uninitiatedand inexperienced in the ways ofasceticism are the most vulner-able. The worst scenario is whenpeople start to lose the sense ofsin. Sadly, this is happening inmany places.

But this is a phenomenon weshould not be surprised about.Neither should we deny it. Thesedon’t help at all. They worsenthings instead. We have to dosomething about it. Woe to uswhen we ignore this fact of life.

We have to remember that ifwe view this stubborn, inescap-able reality with the fullness ofChristian faith, we actually havereason to be happy, since just asSt. Paul also said, “It’s when I

am weak, that I am strong.” (2Cor 12,10)

Let’s once again get the fullconsoling quote to remind our-selves of how we ought to thinktoward this sad fact: “My grace issufficient for you, for power ismade perfect in infirmity. Gladly,therefore, will I glory in my in-firmities, that the power of Christmay dwell in me.” (2 Cor 12,7)

Our problem is that with allour immediate concerns and ourobsession to be politically correctin our words and actions, we tendto marginalize this reality. Wehave to quit that attitude.

We have to remember alwaysour sinfulness, but also alwayswith faith. This will lead us to behumble, which is a basic and in-dispensable virtue that helps usto tackle this condition properly.

Humility leads us to alwaysseek the presence of God, stayaway from occasions of sin, andcombat temptations resolutely. Ithelps us to develop a spiritualand supernatural outlook in life,nourishing our faith, hope andcharity, all these done discreetly.

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‘Phasebook’

sustainable technologies.In addition to livelihood,

health and education, I think thatit is now practical to introduceenvironment, agriculture and rec-reation components, being criti-cal basic needs of human popula-tions in my view. For this reason,the model I am developing nowhas six components, namelyhealth, education, agriculture,livelihood, environment and rec-reation or HEALER for short.

The acronym HEALER is alsointentional, because it is my in-tention to prioritize health as theprimary basic need, around whichall the other components couldrevolve. I believe that it shouldbe the starting point in all com-munity development work, not asa component by itself, but in re-lation to the other components.

For instance, the educationcomponent could support healthobjectives by providing goodhealth education, thus enablingpeople to avoid sickness and tocure sickness in affordable waysthat are also sustainable. Ofcourse, it goes without saying thatthe agriculture component willalso provide the people with goodnutrition that they need to sus-tain their health.

Livelihood is a distinct com-ponent by itself, but now we seethe reality that not unless weclean up the environment and

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“I ALSO have a Facebook, Father,”the middle-aged lady said with ahalf-smile.

The other women attendingthe seminar turned around andlooked at her as though shelanded from another world. Onecan easily understand why theword “Facebook” (FB) was some-thing alien for the majority of theparticipants — ages 65 and above— who probably didn’t even havethe faintest idea about this lady’splanet in cyberspace.

“I find it very useful to knowthe friends and activities of myson,” she continued quite unper-turbed by her companion’s reac-tion. “At least by clicking on hisFB, I can find out what he does,with whom he goes out and whatgimmicks they’re up to.” Thewords of this cyber mom are quiteinteresting. Today, more and moreparents are now surfing into theirchildren’s Internet websites.

Recently, Dr. Megan Moreno, aformer research fellow atSeattle’s Children’s Research In-stitute and at present assistantprofessor of adolescent medicineat the University of WisconsinSchool of Medicine and PublicHealth, revealed that adolescentstoday are actually more commu-nicative than we thought. Andthis is true when they communi-cate through the Internet. All par-ents have to do is click!

At some stage in their life, chil-dren can reoccupy their elderswhen they become less commu-nicative. But this isn’t simplybecause they don’t want to talk.It is also true that they are learn-ing to assess and resolve thingson their own. At this point in theirdevelopment they want to inter-nalize the why’s and how’s of life.This may be why they sometimesprefer not to air the inner mentalprocesses, especially when they’re

still in the stage of defining theseconcepts.

Parents, therefore, have to beextra patient at this stage. Theyalso have to be more enterprisingthan to merely “peek” into theirchildren’s cyber world projectionsor avatars. This is a window of anopportunity for them to under-stand — to some extent — whatphase their teens are goingthrough. In these virtual pagesthey will catch a glimpse of howthey think, what things makethem happy or sad, or what theirideals and hang-ups are. This mayeven be an alternative, thoughnever a substitute, for bondingwith them in casual family re-unions.

There are children who wanttheir parents and friends to “clickon them”, so what they post inthe Internet may verbalize some-thing they find difficult to ex-

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THERE appears to be a need fora community development modelthat could serve as a common di-rection for all localities that areaiming to improve the delivery ofbasic services to their residents.Gawad Kalinga seems to beheaded towards this direction, asit is now introducing livelihoodand environment components totheir project sites, after initiallybuilding the housing component.

There is an advantage in hav-ing a common direction, becauseit will enable us to compare thesuccess and performance of eachcommunity as it tries to develop,and, not only that, it will also en-able us to benchmark what theyhave done against United Nationsgoals or standards.

The Human Development In-dex (HDI) model of the UnitedNations basically measures thesuccess or failure of national de-velopment in terms of the abilityof nations to increase per capitaincome, life expectancy and lit-eracy rate. Given this model, itappears that the logical prioritiesshould be livelihood, health andeducation.

Drawing from the examples ofother development initiatives, Ibelieve that I am close to comingup with a model that would notjust meet HDI standards; it willalso add other components thatare now practically doable be-cause of the emergence of new

4 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 ENERO 23 - 29, 2009

Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Gob. Jon-jon Mendozakami’y kaawaan sanaMga kabataang, nangasa piitanSa Tanglaw Pag-asa, dito sa BulacanSa pagkakakulong, na lubhang matagalHangad na malasap, itong katarungan.

Nang nagdaang Pasko, nakaalaalaMga nagsidalaw, may regalo silaNagpapasalamat, sa dinala nilaUna’y mapagmahal, Gob. Jon-jon Mendoza.

Supot ng pagkain, dito’y nakalamanIspageti, kanin, manok itong lamanUri ng pagkain, ngayon lang natikmanPunong Lalawigan, pinasalamatan.

’Di nila malimot, mga dinala koIsang sakong bigas, pansit na gisadoFried chicken at bangus, ito ay rilyenoKahit na kokonti, sila’y salo-salo.

Makabagong taon, nang magbalik akoIlan sa kanila, ay nakausap koSa may katungkulan, kahilingan itoMga kaso nila’y, tutukan nang husto.

Pasko ni Jonathan, ito’y pangwalo naKulungan sa Angat, nang 2002 pa2003–2008, sa Tanglaw Pag-asaKung nakapag-aral, nagtapos na sana.

“Disisais lamang, nang makulong akoAng edad ko ngayon, magbebeinte kwatroLagi namang “reset”, pagdinig sa kasoSa kinaukulan, maawa na kayo.”

Panglimang Pasko, na itong sa kay ChristianNang siya’y makulong, kinse anyos lamangMurder itong kaso, na ibinibintangKamukha daw niya, ang suspek na tunay.

Laging dumadalaw, ang maybahay niyaKasama ang bunso, na anak daw nilaSapagkat sa ngayon, itong pangalawaPaslit ay nabuo, sa Tanglaw Pag-asa.

“Sa apat na taon, na pagkakakulongHalos puro “reset”, magmula pa noonAng nagsakdal naman, saksi nila doonHindi matandaan kung ako nga iyon.”

“Sixteen years old below”, ibang kasamahanDating nakakulong, malaya nang tunayBakit si Jonathan at maging si Christian?Sa Tanglaw Pag-asa, nabuburyong naman.

Sa kinaukulan, kahilingan nilaNgayong taong ito, “Lucky Nine” na sanaAng bintang sa kaso, wala namang salaMaawa po kayo, Gob. Jon-jon Mendoza.

Kakampi mo ang Batas ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

Obligasyon ng nangungupahanTANONG: Magandang araw po.Kami ay humihingi ng payo sa inyotungkol sa lupang inuupahan namin.25 years na po kaming nangungu-pahan at ngayong December aypinapaalis na kami. Kami na rin poang nag-develop ng lupa, pinatamba-kan namin noon kasi itinaas angaming kalsada. Bale lupa lang po angaming nirerentahan dahil ang na-katirik na bahay ay kami ang nag-patayo. Ang sa amin lang po ay mayhabol ba kami dito? May karapatanpo ba kami na huwag umalis? Ano pokaya ang maganda naming gawin?Sana po ay matulungan ninyo kami.Pagpalain kayo ng Maykapal. Ma-raming salamat, Bart Santos.

— bartsantos76@yahoo.comSAGOT: Bart Santos, maraming

salamat po sa e-mail na ito. Sa ilalimng Civil Code of the Philippines, angisang nangungupahan lamang saisang lupa ay walang karapatangtumanggi kung siya ay pinapaalis nang may-ari o di kaya ay ng nagpaupalamang.

Tungkulin at obligasyon ng na-ngungupahan na umalis, sa sandalingkailangan na ng may-ari o ng nagpa-paupa ang lupang inuupahan, at kunghindi ito susunod sa kahilingan ngmay-ari o ng nagpapaupa na siya ayumalis na nga, maaari na siyangmasampahan ng kaso ng pagpapaalis.

Ang tungkuling umalis ay hindinakasalalay sa isyu ng kung nakapag-patayo man o hindi ng anumangbahay o iba pang istruktura sa inu-upahang lupa, o di kaya ay na-developna ang lupa ng nagpapaupa.

Ang mahalagang isyu, na siyalamang titingnan ng hukuman, aykung nangungupahan nga ang pina-paalis at kung siya ay pinapaalis nanga ng nagpapaupa.

Mga dokumento sa kaso, dapatmakita muna ng abogado

TANONG: Magandang hapon po sainyo. Napasulat ako sa inyo dahil naisnaming humingi ng legal na payo,kung ano ba ang gagawin namin o ta-ma ba ang ginagawa ng home devel-oper. Ako po si Jonathan Unciano,kasalukuyan po kaming naninirahanngayon dito sa Marilao, Bulacan. Kaming aking pamilya ay nakakuha ngbahay dito sa DECA HOMES SUBDIVI-SION.

Sa ngayon po ay medyo nagugu-luhan po kami tungkol sa patubig nagustong itayo ng DECA HOMES DEVEL-OPER. Ito ay tinawag nilang MARI-WASA. Noon pong nag move-in kamiay kasama na po yong tubig sa bina-yaran naming P5,000. Yong tubig podeep well lamang. Pero okey lang pokasi P140 lang po ang minimum nabinabayaran namin. At ngayon pongnakaraang December 2008 kami aynagkaroon ng orientation at ito ngapo ay patungkol sa patubig na gustonilang buksan sa aming subdivision.

Ang problema po ay ganito: 1)

Bakit po kailangan pang ulit magba-yad ng panibagong registration fee angmga homeowner gayong kami aynagbayad na noong mag move-in?

2) At kung sakali man daw na hindikami pumayag na magpakabit ngMARIWASA ay kanilang isasara angaming tubo at metro? Meron po basilang karapatang gawin iyon kungsakaling AYAW naming magpakabitsa kadahilanan po na mas mataas angsingil nila sa minimum kumpara sadeep well na gamit namin ngayon?

3) Sa katulad po namin na medyokulang o maliit ang income paano pokaya namin mapagkakasya ang bud-get kung sakaling kami ay mag-pakabit nito?

4) Meron po ba kaming karapatangtumanggi sa gusto nilang mangyari ...kami ay under pa sa developer?

Sa ngayon ay binibigyan na langkami ng palugit hanggang January 28,2009 at sa totoo nga po ay hindi na-ming kaya yung monthly minimumnoong MARIWASA na P380 para sa10 cubic meters. At kami po ng akingpamilya ay nakakaubos ng 18 cubicmeters sa isang buwan? At ayon sabinigay na example ng computationaabot ng P760 monthly ang amingbabayaran. Ang laki, di po ba? At ma-liban pa po sa halagang iyan ay maydagdag pa pong penalty (humigitkumulang P10) at charges (P25) pagkami ay nagbabayad.

Ano po ang gagawin namin? Isa-sara nila ang aming tubo at metro?Bakit uulit pa po kaming magbayadsa registration fee na nagkakahalagang P250 gayong nakapagbayad nakami noon kasama sa move-in fee...

Ang sabi pa po nong orientationkaya daw po malaki ang minimumng MARIWASA ay ang kalalabasandaw po ay parang nag-purchase sila.So di ibig po bang sabihin parang gina-wang negosyo na yung tubig na ika-kabit sa amin.

Tulungan nyo po kami Atty. kasinabibilang na po ang mga araw naminat kami ay mawawalan na ng tubigkasi kami ay nabigyan na ng notice.At saa totoo nga po ay hindi naminkaya talaga.

Meron po ba kaming pwedenggawin para hindi nila ituloy ang pag-lock sa mga metro namin? Meron dinpo ba kaming karapatan na umayawsa gusto nila kahit kami ay under pasa developer?

If ever po, maaari po ba ninyokaming bigyan ng isang sulat nanagsasad na wala silang karapatangmaglock sa tubo namin? Upangmaipakita namin at masilbing de-pensa sa amin.

Maraming salamat. Asahan ko poang inyong katugunan. God bless.

— love_me4466@yahoo.comSAGOT: Jonathan Unciano, ma-

raming salamat po sa e-mail na ito.Sa ilalim ng umiiral na mga batas,ang kasunduan ng magkabilang pa-nig ay batas sa kanilang pagitan na

dapat nilang tinutupad, at itongbatas na ito ay ipinatutupad din samga kasunduan sa pagitan ng subdi-vision owner o developer at ng na-kabili sa subdibisyon.

Dahil diyan, ipapayo kong sa pag-aaral ng kasong ito, kailangangmakita ng abogado ang naging kasun-duan ng magkabilang panig ukol saserbisyo ng tubig.

Doon sa nasabing kasunduanmakikita kung ano ang tungkulin atobligasyon ng subdivision owner odeveloper ukol sa sistema ng patubigsa loob ng subdibisyon, at kung anonaman ang tungkulin at obligasyonng mga naninirahan sa subdibisyon.

Doon din makikita kung may ka-rapatan o wala ang subdivision ownero developer na patigilin ang naunangsistema ng patubig at palitan ito ngbago, at, sa pagpapalit na ito, kungpupuwedeng singilin ng mas mataasna bayarin ang mga nakatira.

Dahil dito, gusto kong hingin angkopya ng mga kasunduang nilagdaanng owner o developer upang pag-aralang mabuti.

Kapangyarihang magbagong mga impormasyon sa land title

TANONG: Dear Atty. Batas, I havealways been grateful for this kind offree service you’re rendering to all ofus seeking some legal advice. I justwanna know the procedure how tochange my name on my TCT (house &lot title) which was registered undermy maiden name to my marriedname? Can you please include a list ofall documents I need to prepare aswell please? I was already marriedwhen I purchased the property. How-ever, my husband never comes homewith me when I go to the Philippinesand thought my married name wouldonly complicate the documentation asI was there for short vacation only. Willmy foreign married name complicatechanging it now? Thank you in ad-vance for your time and kind atten-tion to my question and more powerto your service. Sincerely, Balikbayaninquirer.— globewatch-forum@yahoo.com

SAGOT: Thank you very much forthis e-mail. Under Presidential De-cree 1529, or the Property Registra-tion Decree, the only way to changethe name of the registered owners ofthe property covered by a title is tofile a petition in court. It is the courtwhich will order the change of nameof the registered owners, or any otherchange in the title, including indi-cating any change in the marital sta-tus of the owners, the area of the prop-erty covered therein, or even themetes and bounds thereof. The lawdoes not allow any changes to be re-flected in the title without the priorapproval of the courts, particularlythe Regional Trial Court at the placewhere the property is located orwhere the title is registered. Should

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Fathers and mothers, however, must realize that ac-cessing their children’s page cannot be done only for watch-dog purposes. Such a dry surveillance doesn’t lead to any-thing fruitful, besides kids can simply put on filters toprevent their parents from seeing what they don’t wantthem to know. Dr. Moreno’s study shows, that if teensreceive some positive adult response showing genuine con-cern, then a good number of them respond by changingtheir attitude towards sex or substance abuse.

A part of their study, consisting of 500 randomly cho-sen self-reported 18-year-old men and women fromMySpace, focused on whether a physician’s online com-munication with them regarding the content of their sitescould help change their projected behavior in the Internet.The results? Thirteen percent of the recipients decreasedreferences to sex behaviors and 26 percent lowered theirsubstance use references after receiving an e-mail fromDr. Meg.

So if such a virtual concern could already motivate teensto improve their attitudes and behavior, imagine whatmore if parents affectionately and naturally convey theirconcerns about what they read in their children’s webpages.

Parents may find it helpful whenever they look up theirkids in cyberspace to learn how to C.L.I.C.K.: First, wemust appreciate their Creativity, like how they designtheir page, the quality of picture, etc. Then we must Learnfrom what they post and absorb their Interest, and seehow we can make them our own. Only then can we Com-prehend them better and Kindle similar taste that mayallow us to bond with them better in conversations athome.

Clicking with them, however, cannot be confined toonly surfing up to what they virtually portray of them-selves. Elders and educators must — in real time — learnto constantly read and understand their daily “messages”of joy, sadness, success, depression, etc., in and out of fam-ily and school life.

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Humility makes us simple, trans-parent and docile to elders. It pre-vents us from being reckless and im-prudent as we get to have a clear viewof how weak we are.

Humility convinces us that there’sno point doing balancing acts withtemptations. It teaches us the effec-tive ways of doing ascetical struggle,using prayers, sacrifices, sacramentsand other spiritual and humanmeans.

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Humility leads us to develop anabiding sense of penance, knowinghow to be sorry for our sins, confess-ing them to priests to ask for forgive-ness, and to do continuing acts of pen-ance and atonement, through morti-fications and works of mercy.

Humility makes our consciencesensitive and delicate and at thesame time strong and more resistantto the lures of evil. It checks on ourtendency to succumb to what St. John

refers to as “concupiscence of theflesh, the concupiscence of the eyesand the pride of life.” (1 Jn 2,16)

Humility practically makes usimmune to the persuasive logic of oursinfulness. The flesh, the world andthe devil cannot gainsay and contestthe arguments of humility. This ishow we attract the power of God todwell in us. We should do all to growin this virtue!

— roycimagala@hotmail.com

sa iyong isipan.Tandang tanda ko pa, panahon nang Batas Militar nang

simulan naming ipalabas ang pahayagang Mabuhay.Kahit na may pangamba ay lakas-loob naming inilabasang aming itinuturing na tinig ng mamamayan.

Saka na namin itutuloy kung papaano nagsimula angMabuhay sa makasaysayang lalawigan ng Bulacan. Salimang mga nagmalasakit na maipalabas ang nasabinglingguhang pahayagan ay dalawa na ang binawian ngbuhay: sina Getulio Galang at Marcelino Punongbayan.

Kami ng aming publisher na si G. Jose L. Pavia, G.Fred Roxas at ang inyong lingkod ay patuloy sa aminghangarin na mapaglingkuran ang aming mga giliw namambabasa sa pamamagitan ng pag-uulat ng mga tunayna pangyayaring nagaganap sa ating kapaligiran.

Sana’y huwag kayong magsawa sa pagtangkilik saMabuhay.

parami naman ng parami ang magnanakaw sa gobyerno,patapang ng patapang ang mga kriminal at upahangmamamatay-tao.

At habang papalubha ang katiwalian sa pamahalan —sa Ehekutibo, Lehislatura at Hudikadura — paraminaman ang nangagugutom, ang nagpapatiwakal, nasi-siraan ng isip — dahil sa patuloy na paghihirap, kawalanng pag-asang titino pa ang nagsisiugit sa gobyerno.

Ang problema raw ng bansa ay mababang moralidad— na bunga ng maluwag na o di pagpapatupad sa mgabatas — na depende kung nanuhol o hindi ang nahulinglumabag o malakas sa Administrasyong Arroyo.

Aminin at hindi, ito lang ang Administrasyonglantarang kumukunsinti sa mga kriminal, tiwali atmandarambong sa pamahalaang — basta kakampi onagdedepensa kay Aling Glueria — na sa pagsusuri aypagkunsinti rin sa imoral at tiwaling gawa!

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ENERO 23 - 29, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 5

PAMILYA MARCELINO — Bilang pang-11 sa 13 magkakapatid, nagsikap sa pag-aaral si Major Ferdinand Marcelino(nakatayo, kanang dulo) sa pamamagitan

Major Marcelino karangalan ng Bulakan

ng pagtatrabaho habang nag-aaral sakolehiyo bago siya makapasok sa Philip-pine Military Academy (PMA). Nagtapossiya sa PMA noong 1994.

mula sa pahina 1taong nakakakilala sa kanya sa bayang ito.

Si Marcelino, ika-11 sa 13 magkakapa-tid, ay nagmula sa isang mahirap na pa-milya sa Barangay Sta. Elena, Hagonoy, Bu-lacan kung saan siya isinilang noong 1971.

Sa murang edad pa lamang ay kinaki-taan na siya ng pagsisikap ayon sa kanyangAte Baby.

“Kahit maghugas lang ng lambat ng mgamangingisda, pinapasok niya noon paramay dagdag siyang baon sa pag-aaral,” aniBaby.

Matalino at masikap din siya sa pag-aaral kaya’t tinanghal siyang valedictoriansa Sta. Elena Elementary School kung saansiya nagtapos ng elementarya at napabilangsa “Top 10” ng class 1988 ng St. Anne’sCatholic High School (SACHS) sa bayangito.

Pagdating ng kolehiyo, siya ay nag-aralsa University of the East (UE), ngunit dinagtagal at lumipat sa Philippine MilitaryAcademy (PMA) kung saan siya nagtaposnoong 1994.

Bilang estudyante ng UE, napabilangsiya sa mga bumubuo ng The Dawn, angopisyal na pahayagan ng pamantasan, atpumasok na reporter ng noo’y pahayagangHeadline noong 1989, kung saan aynadestino pa siya sa Northern Police Dis-trict bilang beat reporter.

Pagkatapos sa PMA, isa si Marcelino sa21 miyembro ng kanyang klase na napuntasa Marines at di nagtagal ay nadestino siyasa Mindanao partikular na sa Basilan.

Isa siya sa mga intelligence officer ngMarines na nagsagawa ng pag-aaral at

KAIBIGAN — Bilang matalik na kaibiganni Major Marcelino noong high school, si-nabi ni PO3 Dennis Salamat ng HagonoyPNP na mataas ang respeto ng kanilangmga kaklase kay Marcelino at ipinag-mamalaki nila ito. — ROMMEL RAMOS

MANA SA AMA ANG KATAPATAN —Para kay Bise Gob. Wilhelmino “Willy” SyAlvarado, ang dating alkalde ng Hagonoyat malapit na kaibigan ng pamilya Mar-celino, nagmana sa ama si Major Mar-celino ng katapatan. — ROMMEL RAMOS

imbestigasyon ng pagsalakay ng bandidonggrupong Abu Sayyaf sa Dos Palmas noong2000.

Ayon kay Vice Governor Wilhelmino“Willy” Alvarado, ang dating alkalde ngbayang ito na malapit na kaibigan ngpamilya Marcelino, isa rin si MajorMarcelino sa mga opisyal ng militar natinangkang isama ng mga sundalongkabilang ng grupong Magdalo noong 2003na nagrebelde.

Ngunit hindi sumama si Marcelinodahil sa paniniwalang ang kaniyangpagiging sundalo ay upang ipaglaban angdemokrasya, at hindi upang magkaroon ngmagandang combat shoes na isa sa ipinag-laban ng grupong Magdalo noon.

Ani Alvarado, ang simpleng panga-ngatuwirang binitiwan ni Marcelino sagrupong Magdalo noong 2003 ay isangpalatandaan ng isang lalaking tubongHagonoy.

Di nagtagal, nalipat siya sa sa Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)kung saan ay isa siya sa mga humuli satatlong kabataang sangkot sa ilegal nadroga na tinaguriang “Alabang Boys.”

Sa kanyang mga naging pahayag sa im-bestigasyon ng Kongreso sa nagdaanglinggo, ibinulgar ni Marcelino na tinangkasiyang suhulan ng P3 milyon, ngunit hindiniya tinanggap, kahit kailangan ng kan-yang kapatid na maysakit ng pera.

Nagpakita rin siya ng katatagan at pa-ninindigan sa pagharap niya sa nasabingimbestigasyon sa kabila na maaring maka-apekto iyon sa hinaharap niya sa kanyangpropesyon.

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Pansaman-talang nagsipagbakasyon ang mga opisyalng Department of Justice (DOJ) simulanoong Enero 12 sa gitna ng panawagangpagbalasa sa nasabing ahensya.

Ito ay matapos ipag-utos ni PangulongGloria Macapagal Arroyo noong Enero11 na imbestigahan ang napabalitangpanunuhol sa kaso ng pagtutulak ngdroga laban sa tatlong anak-mayamangkabataan na tinaguriang Alabang Boys.

Ang mga nagsipagbakasyon ay sinaDOJ Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor,Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño,Senior State Prosecutor Phillip Kimpoat State Prosecutor John Resado.

Si Resado ang sumulat ng kontro-bersyal na resolusyon noong Disyembre2 na nagrekomendang i-dismiss ang kasong Alabang Boys, samantalang si Kimponaman ang nagrekomenda para sa pag-papatibay niyon, at si Zuño ang lumagda.

Si Blancaflor naman ay umaming siyaang tumawag kay Maj. Ferdinand Mar-celino ng Philippine Marines upangalamin kung bakit hindi napapalaya angAlabang Boys. Si Marcelino na taga-Bulacan ang hepe ng Special Enforce-ment Service ng Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency (PDEA).

Una rito, sinabi Senate Minority

‘Alabang Boys’: Mga opisyalng DOJ nagsipagbakasyon

Leader Aquilino Pimentel na dapat aybalasahin ang DOJ kung mapapatunayansa imbestigasyon na sangkot si JusticeSecretary Raul Gonzalez sa diumano’ytangkang panunuhol kaugnay ng kasonina Richard Santos Brodett, JorgeJordana Joseph at Joseph RamirezTecson.

Ang alegasyon ng panunuhol ay nag-simula nang ibulgar ito ni Major Mar-celino noong Disyembre dahil sa pag-basura ng DOJ sa kaso ng Alabang Boys.Ang tatlong anak-mayaman ay inarestosa magkasunod na “buy-bust” operationnoong Setyembre.

Sa kanyang pagharap sa imbes-tigasyon na isinagawa ng Kongreso noongEnero 6, ibinulgar ni Marcelino na angtangkang panunuhol sa kanya ay pi-nadaan sa kanyang “mistah” o kaklasesa Philippine Military Academy (PMA).

Una siyang inalok ng halagang P3milyon upang makalaya ang AlabangBoys, ngunit tinutulan niya iyon, ayonkay Marcelino na isinilang sa BarangaySta. Elena sa bayan ng Hagonoy,

Subalit hindi pa roon natapos angpagtatangka, aniya, dahil inalok pa siyang halagang P20 milyon at P50 milyon,ngunit hindi pa rin niya tinanggap angsuhol.

Pabor si Atienza, tutol si Jon-jon sa Rosemoor mula sa pahina 1

ng Rosemoor ngunit binigyangdiin niya, “Basta’t tama angpagmimina at di gagamit ngmga explosives dahil naka-kasira iyon sa kalikasan.”

Pinagtanggol rin ni Atienzaang Rosemoor at sinabing sumu-sunod ito sa mga itinakda ngbatas katulad ng paggamit ngwire saw sa pagkuha ng mama-mahaling tea rose marble nadati ay ginagamitan ng di-namita sa pagtibag ng mgabloke ng marmol.

Hingil sa mga alegasyonlaban sa lokasyon ng pagmi-mina, sinabi ni Atienza na bataysa pag-aaral ng Department ofEnvironment and Natural Re-sources (DENR), ang minahanay nasa labas ng Biak-Na-BatoNational Park at nasa labas dinng mineral reservation area ngBiak-na-Bato.

Patungkol naman sa mgapagtutol ni Gob. Mendoza saoperasyon ng Rosemoor, sinabini Atienza na nasa estilo iyonng pamamahala ng gobernador.

Noong Enero 12, nagpalabasng pahayag si Mendoza kungsaan ay muli niyang kinuwes-tiyon ang pagbibigay ng Mines

and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)sa Gitnang Luzon ng Ore Trans-port Permit (OTP) sa Rosemoor.

Ang OTP na ipinagkaloobnoong Disyembre 23 ni ActingDirector Danilo Uykieng ayepektibo sa loob ng 30 arawmula sa araw ng pagka-isyu ohanggang sa ang 124 na blokeng marmol, semi-marble blocksat scraps na umaabot sa 511.85cu. m. ay nabiyahe na.

Hinamon ni Mendoza angDENR na dinggin ang mga hi-naing ng mga lokal na residente,lokal na pamahalaan, maging angmga NGO, na mariing tumututolsa patuloy na quarrying sa Biak-na-Bato dahil sa panganib nadulot nito sa mga residente.

Sinabi ng gobernador na lu-milikha ng tensyon sa mga re-sidente na malapit sa lugar angpatuloy na pag-iisyu ng OTP.

Bukod sa panawagan ng pag-sususpindi ng OTP, inirere-komenda rin ng mga opisyal nglalawigan ang pagsuspindi saMineral Production SharingAgreement (MPSA) kung mapa-tunayan na mayroon ngang ni-labag ang kompanya ng mi-nahan.

Sa muling pagbuhay ng pana-

wagang ito, ani Gob. Mendoza,hawak na ng Kapitolyo angsertipikasyon mula sa Sang-guniang Bayan ng DRT na nag-papatunay na wala itong isi-nagawang deliberasyon o ibi-nigay na endorsement ukol saMPSA ng Rosemoor.

Ang Mt. Nabio na kasalu-kuyang pinagmiminahan ngmamahaling marmol ng Rose-moor ay matatagpuan sa hi-lagang bahagi ng DRT, kaya’t saSangguniang Bayan ng nasabingbayan kailangang kumuha ngpermiso ang Rosemoor.

Ang sertipikasyong ito, dag-dag pa ni Mendoza, ang mag-papatunay na maging ang pa-mahalaang panlalawigan at pa-mahalaang bayan ay walangipinalabas na indorsement nasiyang pangunahing kailanganpara sa pag-iisyu ng MPSA.

Ayon kay Mendoza, mara-ming iregularidad sa operasyonng Rosemoor maging sa pagka-karoon nito ng MPSA.

Ipinagkibit balikat namanito ni Zenaida Pascual, angbiyuda ng dating pangulo ngRosemoor na si ConstantinoPascual na pinaslang noongHunyo 8, 2008. Isang harass-

ment ang panawagan ni Men-doza, ani ng biyuda.

Wala silang nilalabag nabatas, aniya, sa halip ay nagba-bayad sila ng buwis sa gobyerno.

“We are paying taxes and em-ploying Bulakenyo workers,”ani ng biyuda ni Pascual. Sinabipa niya na mahigit P100,000 naang naibayad nila bilang buwismula nang muli silang bigyanng OTP noong Setyembre 2008ng MGB.

Nilinaw din ni Zenaida Pas-cual na hindi pa nagsisimula sapagmimina ang Rosemoor, sahalip ay inilalabas lamang nitoang mga tipak ng tea rose mar-ble na namina bago pa pansa-mantalang kanselahin ang per-mit ng kompanya noong Hulyo2006. — Dino Balabo

mula sa pahina 1maging 80 ’yung grade ko.”

Ayon kay Salamat, hindi siyamakapaniwala noon sa ipina-kitang paninindigan ni Marcelinobilang kaibigan, kaya’t hindi narin siya nagulat sa ipinakitangpaninindigan ng kaklase sa pag-harap sa kontrobersyal na kaso ngAlabang Boys.

Para naman kay Bise Gob.Wilhelmino “Willy” Sy Alvaradona dating alkalde ng Hagonoy atmalapit na kaibigan ng pamilyaMarcelino, nagmana sa ama angmajor ng Philippine Marines.

“Kung ano ang puno, siyangbunga. Kailangan natin angmaraming katulad niya nga-yon,” ani Bise Gob. Alvarado. —Dino Balabo

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ANGAT, Bulacan — Namamayagpag pa rinang quarrying o ang paghuhukay at pagha-hakot ng graba at buhangin sa Ilog ng Angatkahit walang permit.

Iginiit naman ng mga residente dito angkanilang kahilingan sa pamahalaangpanglalawigan na tuluyan nang ipatigil angquarrying dahil sa pangambang tuluyangmasira ang kanilang mga taniman.

Ayon kay Henry Sincioco, isa sa mgaresidente ng Barangay Marungko sa bayangito, hindi tumitigil ang quarrying sa kani-lang lugar gamit ang crane kahit noongpanahon ng Kapaskuhan.

Sinabi niya na ang paggamit ng crane saquarrying ay nangangahulugan lamang namasyado nang malalim ang nahuhukay olampas na sa legal na lalim.

“Nasira na ang mga bukid dito, pati mgabahay ay maaaring matibag ’pag nagtagal,”ani Sincioco.

Gayundin ang sinabi ni ArmandoBernardo, isang dating quarry operator natumigil sa nasabing hanapbuhay ilang taonna ang nakakaraan dahil sa nakita niya angepekto nito sa kapaligiran.

Ayon kay Bernardo, halos hindi paki-nabangan ang ekta-ektrayang bukirin sakanilang lugar kapag tag-araw dahilmabilis matuyo ang tubig.

“Hindi lang food production ang apek-tado ng quarrying, pati ’yung livelihood ngmga manananim at mamimitas ng gulay

Ang pitak na ito ay isang paglilingkod pampamayanan ng pahayagangMabuhay. Maaari kayong magpadala ng inyong mga pahayag at pagbatina may kalakip na larawan sa promdino@gmail.com. Mangyari polamang na ilagay ang inyong tunay na pangalan, tirahan, numero ngtelepono, at maging e-mail address. — PATNUGOT

any changes be effected without authori-zation from the courts, those responsiblefor such changes can be charged criminally,either for perjury or for falsification.

Pagpapadiyaryo ng utos sa nakahablana sagutin ang demanda

TANONG: Good day, Judge Mauricio, I ammost grateful for granting me the privi-lege to be among the recipients of your “AN-SWERS TO LEGAL QUESTIONS” e-mail.My points of concern evolve on your re-sponse re: annulment procedures: 1) Is itpossible for the RTC where the case wasfiled (at the petitioner’s residence) toDENY the Order for Publication of Sum-mons since defendant is no longer residingin the Philippines (left for abroad in 2005).2) Can the case be transferred and refiledin the defendant’s place of residence eventhough defendant is no longer residing inthe Philippines? 3) What is a Judicial Affi-davit? How does this apply to the case?Your clarification on the above will be mostappreciated. God bless you and your stafffor untiringly and unselfishly impartingto us your legal advice and wisdom.

— lynn_acejas@yahoo.comSAGOT: Thank you very much for this

e-mail. Regarding your first question: No,it is not possible for the RTC where thecase was filed to deny a motion for publi-cation of summons, when the circum-stances envisioned by the law for publica-tion of summons are present. When the

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Kakampi Mo ang Batas mula sa pahina 4

circumstances are present for publishingthe summons in a newspaper, the RTC ismandated to allow that publication.

Regarding your second question: itwould depend on a lot of circumstanceswhether or not the case can be transferredto another court. Please be more specificin your query.

Regarding your third question: a judi-cial affidavit is a sworn statement of a wit-ness or a party to a case, which takes theplace of his or her testimony in court. Thisis now allowed in the Philippines.

* * *BATAS NG DIYOS: “… sapagkat walanganumang bagay na hindi kayang gawin ngDiyos …” (Lucas 1:37)

* * *PAALALA: Maaari po kayong tumawag saaming mga landline, (02) 994-68-05, (02)433-75-49 at (02) 433-75-53, o di kaya ay saaming mga cellphone, 0917-984-24-68 at0919-609-64-89. O sumulat sa aming ad-dress: 18 D Mahiyain cor Mapagkawang-gawa, Teachers Village, Diliman, QuezonCity. O mag-email sa website na ito:www.batasnews.com, o sa batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

* * *PARTY LIST: Maaari na po kayongmaging kasapi ng BATAS Party List, o angBagong Alyansang Tagapagtaguyod ngAdhikaing Sambayanan. Ipadala po anginyong mga pangalan at kumpletong addresssa parehong mga address at telepono sa itaas.

UNANG BANAL NA KOMUNYONTumanggap ng unang banal na komunyon ang magpinsang ANTONELLAPAVIA-VENTURA (itaas na larawan) at CORAZON VILLADOLID-PAVIA (ibabanglarawan) sa magkahiwalay na pagkakataon. Si ANTONELLA na anak nina Dodiat Jobo ay noong Disyembre 6, 2008 sa Assumption, Antipolo City,samantalang si CORAZON na anak ni Tina at Bebs (dulong kanan) ay nitongEnero 17 sa Parokya ng Maria Della Strada, Quezon City.

protect it in the long run, the sustainabilityof our livelihood will also be threatened.The conservation of water sources is partof the environment component, more sobecause if there is no water, we could notgrow or cook the food that we eat.

Thanks to the advent of new technolo-gies, it is now possible to build and oper-ate fully automated factories within ourfarming communities, in effect adding onlight industries to our existing agriculturalbase. This should have been our logicaltechnological economic jump, to build newindustries on top of our agriculture com-ponent.

Process Logic Controllers (PLCs) are thedevices that could run the processes of allfactories big and small. These work prettymuch like personal computers, except thatPLCs are designed to do much heavier dutywork compared to PCs, just like compar-ing the strength of automobiles to Macktrucks.

Using simple PCs, we now have the tech-nologies to deliver and sustain e-learningeven to our most remote communities,because where there is now a cell phonesignal, there is already ample connectivitythat would enable anyone to learn online.This would be a boost to the education com-ponent, if only we could get out of themindset of using purely classrooms andtextbooks.

Recreation appears to be a marginalizedbasic need. Recreation is actually a pov-erty issue, because the rich people couldafford recreation in their posh sports clubwhile the poor people have generally noth-ing to use. The infrastructure for recreationdoes not cost much, but its effect on thegood health of the people has more farreaching economic values.

As an agricultural country, we areblessed with so many agricultural cropsthat are good for the body, and are afford-able for everyone. These are not only goodas food, but also as food supplements thatcould work in tandem with commercialmedicines. To name a few, we have bittermelon and Moringa, and do not be sur-prised to know their local names.

As of now, I have already identified someproject sites where the HEALER modelcould be tested. Most of the sites are inareas of indigenous people (IPs), and itwould perhaps be a form of poetic justice ifthey could now have more in life, after be-ing marginalized for so long.

* * *E-mail iseneres@yahoo.com or text me

at +639293605140. Watch my TV show“KA IKING LIVE” every Friday from 930to 1030 PM in Destiny Cable Channel 3.Tune in to “KAPIT-BAYAN” in DWIZ 882KHZ 5 to 6 PM Mon to Fri. Join the Inter-Charity Network. Form your local chapter.

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Quarrying sa ilog Angatnamamayagpag pa rin

kapag anihan,” ani Bernardo.Matatandaan na noong Oktubre ay

nagsagawa ng isang kilos protesta ang mgaresidente ng Angat bilang pagtutol sa quar-rying na nagsimula pa noong dekada ’60.

Bukod sa kilos protesta, naglabas dinng isang petisyon ang mga residente bilangpagtutol sa quarry operations. Isinumitenila ang mga kopya ng petisyon sa Kapitolyonoong Setyembre at nasundan pa noongDisyembre 2.

Ngunit sa kabila nito ay hindi pa rinmapigil ang quarrying, dahil na rin sa ma-liban sa utos na imbestigahan ang nasabingoperasyon ay wala pa ring malinaw nadesisyon si Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon” Men-doza sa petisyon ng mga taga-Angat.

Ayon sa mga residente, tapos na ang im-bestigasyon at maging ang Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) sa Gitnang Luzonay nagbigay na ng rekomendasyon kay Gob.Mendoza na itigil ang pagbibigay ng spe-cial permit sa mga quarry operator.

“Dapat nang ipatupad ang mga reko-mendasyon para matigil ang quarry opera-tions dito,” ani Bernardo.

Sinabi naman ni Inhinyero RicardoMedina, hepe ng Environment and Natu-ral Resources Office (ENRO), na nagsagawasila ng imbestigasyon at natuklasan na mayoperator na nagsasagawa ng operasyon salabas ng kanyang quarry area.

Dahil dito, sinabi ni Medina na pinatigilnila ang operasyon ng nasabing quarry sabayang ito.

Bayan muna ang isipin bago ang sarili!

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Regarding Henry from page 3

grow are sugar and milk. Sugar is acancer-feeder while milk causes thebody to produce mucus, which cancerlikes very much.

Cancer cells thrive in an acid envi-ronment and a meat-based diet isacidic. Not only that, meat also con-tains livestock antibiotics, growth hor-mones and parasites, which are allharmful, especially to people with can-cer. It is best to eat fish, and a littlechicken rather than beef or pork.

Meat protein is difficult to digestand requires a lot of digestive enzymes.Undigested meat remaining in the in-testines become putrefied and leadsto more toxic buildup. “Cancer cellwalls have a tough protein covering.By refraining from or eating less meatit frees more enzymes to attack theprotein walls of cancer cells and allowsthe body’s killer cells to destroy thecancer cells.”

A diet made of 80-percent freshvegetables and juice, whole grains,

seeds, nuts and a little fruit help putthe body into an alkaline environ-ment. About 20-percent can be fromcooked food including beans. Freshvegetable juices provide live enzymesthat are easily absorbed and reachdown to cellular levels within 15 min-utes to nourish and enhance growthof healthy cells.

Cancer patients must also avoid cof-fee, tea, and chocolate, which have highcaffeine. Green tea is a better alterna-tive and has cancer-fighting properties.Water is the best to drink; select puri-fied water, or filtered, to avoid knowntoxins and heavy metals in tap water.Distilled water is acidic, so it must beavoided.

Some supplements (like antioxi-dants, vitamins, minerals, etc.) buildup the immune system to enable thebody’s own killer cells to destroy can-cer cells. Other supplements like vi-tamin E are known to cause apoptosis,or programmed cell death, the body’s

normal method of disposing of dam-aged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

Cancer is a disease of the mind, body,and spirit. A proactive and positivespirit will help the cancer warrior be asurvivor. Anger, unforgiveness, and bit-terness put the body into a stressfuland acidic environment. “Learn to havea loving and forgiving spirit. Learn torelax and enjoy life.”

“Positive disposition of a person isone vital attribute for fast recovery ofa person with cancer,” says RosalindaE. Villaseca, the founding president ofthe Mindanao Cooperative Cancer So-ciety and herself a breast cancer survi-vor.Some studies have shown that cancercells cannot thrive in an oxygenatedenvironment. Exercising daily anddeep breathing help to get more oxy-gen down to the cellular level. Oxy-gen therapy is another means em-ployed to destroy cancer cells.

— henrytacio@gmail.com

Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate of theDeceased Sotero Antonio Y Matias With Assignment,

Waiver, Renunciation and QuitclaimNotice is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Sotero AntonioY Matias who died intestate on May 6, 2001 at #55 Aquarius Street,Phase 3-B, Sto. Niño, City of Meycauayan left two (2) parcels ofregistered land covered and embraced by 1.) Transfer Certificate ofTitle No. T-250954 (M) Registry of Deeds of Bulacan, MeycauayanBranch 2.) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-225994 (M) Registry ofDeeds of Bulacan, Meycauayan Branch was extrajudicially settledamong legitimate heirs with assignment, waiver, renunciation andquitclaim as per Doc. No. 355; Page No. 72; Book No. 01; Series of2008 of the Notary Public of Atty. Joel Amos P. Alejandro.

Mabuhay: January 9, 16 & 23, 2008

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )ANGELES CITY ) S.S.

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSSI, ROMEO M. RIVERA, of legal age, Filipino Citizen, married and a

resident of 208 Muzon St., Balibago Angeles City after having beenduly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and state:

That I am a holder/possessor of a stock certificate (1) class “D”share in Fontana Resort and Country Club, Money, pieces of Jewelryand other documents;

That on December 23, 2007, at around midnight within the pre-mises of our house in Balibago, Angeles City my said stock certifi-cate (1) class “D” share in Fontana Resort and Country Club, Money,pieces of Jewelry and other documents was stole and by unidentifiedindividual, within the vicinity of our house in Angeles City, Pampangaand despite diligent effor t exerted in the search thereof the samecould no longer be found/located.

That for legal intents and purpose I considered it as stolen.That I am executing this affidavit to attest to the truth and fact of

my foregoing statement and more particularly to show to the properauthority that my said stock certificate (1) class “D” share in FontanaResort and Country Club, Money, pieces of Jewelry’s and otherdocuments was stolen. It is likewise being executed for such otherpurpose/s that it may serve under the premises.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this9th day of January, 2009 in Angeles City.

ROMEO M. RIVERAAffiant

SUBCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in the City of Angeles,this 9th day of January, 2009, personally known to me, who is thesame person who personally signed before me the foregoing affidavitand acknowledged that she executed the same.

JERRY PERICONotary Public

Until December 2009Commission No. 2007-161

IBP OR NO. 763928/1-5-09/PAMPPTR NO. 0200987/ 1-5-09/ A.C.

Attorney’s Roll No. 406271097 Apt. 9, Sugay Bldg., Mc-Arthur

Hiway Balibago, Angeles City

Doc. No. 37;Page No. 71;Book No. XXX;Series of 2009.

Mabuhay: January 9, 16 & 23 2008

CURIOUS CASE OFBENJAMIN BUTTON

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ONWARDSsubject to change without prior notice

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTOF ESTATE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Lina Mo-rales-Pabalan who died intestate in Angeles City on February 19,1977 and Alberto Pabalan who died intestate also in Angeles City onAugust 24, 1984, left a real property covered by TCT No. 20984-Rcontaining an area of TWENTY THOUSAND (20,000) SQUARE METERS,more or less. Whereas, the above-described property had alreadybeen subdivided and the only remaining portion of the same containsonly five hundred (500) square meters and is now identified asSurvey No. Lot 6-A-1, which is more particularly described as fol-lows; to wit: Survey No. Lot 6-A-1; Property Location: Rosanna St.,Mt. View, Balibago, Angeles City; Street/Extent: Subic Subdivision;Boundaries: North–450,451; East–458; South–Rosanna St., West–431 was extra-judicially settled among their Heirs as per Doc. No.1745; Page No. 40; Book No.LX; Series of 2008 of the Notary Publicof Atty. Willie B. Rivera.

Mabuhay: January 16, 23 & 30, 2009

Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Waiver of ShareNotice is hereby given that the estate of the deceased CefirinoSalvador who died intestate on January 5, 2007 at Talipayong, Baliuagand covered by Transfer certificate of Title No. T-302908 was extra-judicially settled with waiver of share among legitimate heirs as perDoc. No. 340; Page No. 69; Book No. 50; Series of 2008 in NotaryPublic of Atty. Sinfronio A. Barranco.

Mabuhay: January 23, 30 & February 6, 2009.

Pagmamana sa Labas ng Hukuman na may AbuyanDapat malaman ng lahat na ang ari-arian ng namayapang si MarceloC. Termulo na namatay noong ika-23 ng Marso, 1999 sa Nagbalon,Marilao, Bulacan ay nakaiwan ng bahagi ng isang (1) parselo ng lupakasama na ang kagalingang natatayo doon na matatagpuan saCalvario, Meycauyan, Bulacan na sasakop ng Tax Decleration No.00764 na lalong makikilala sa Lot 1, PSU – 177905 ay pinamamanasa labas ng hukuman na may abuyan sa mga lehitimong tagapagmanana mas makikilala sa kasulatan Blg. 38; Pahina Blg. 9; Aklat Blg. 52;Serye ng 2008 sa Notaryo Publiko ni Atty. Sinfronio A. Barranco

Mabuhay: January 23, 30 & February 6, 2009.

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400 tao noong Setyembre.Ito ay nasundan pa ng pagsusumite

ng isa pang petisyon na nilagdaan ngmahigit 500 katao noong Disyembre.Kailangan pa bang mag-rally sa harapng kapitolyo ang mga taga-Angat paralamang mapansin ng gobernador?

* * *Kaugnay pa rin ng isyu sa pa-

ngangalaga sa kalikasan, nagsara na angMing Hong Trading, ang plantangnagsusunog ng lumang gulong sa SitioDiliman, Baragnay Partida, Norzagaraymula pa noong Nobyembre.

Ngunit hindi ito nangangahuluganna tapos na ang problema. Maramingpaglabag sa batas na ginawa ang MingHong sa panahon ng kanilang operasyonnoong nakaraang taon. Iyon ba ay hindisapat upang sampahan ng kaso ngKapitolyo ang Ming Hong?

* * *Narito ang isang kabalintunaan sa

Bulacan. Ipinagbabawal ng gobernadorang paninigarilyo sa loob ng bakuranng kapitolyo. Pero dahil sa pagiging

tikom ng bibig ng Kapitolyo sa isyu ngmga paglabag sa batas ng Ming Hongat hindi nila pagsasampa ng kaso labansa may ari ng planta, lumalabas nakahit hindi na makahinga ang mga taosa labas ng bakuran ng kapitolyo ayokey lang.

* * *Maaaring sabihin ng Kapitolyo na

ang pamahalaang barangay o pama-halaang bayan ang dapat umaksyon sanasabing kaso at magsampa ng kaso.

Pero kung hindi kumikilos angpamahalaang barangay at munisipyo,mananatili rin bang tulog ang Kapi-tolyo? Hindi ba magsasampa angKapitolyo ng kaso laban sa dalawangpamahalaang lokal dahil sa pagpa-pabaya sa tungkulin?

* * *May kasabihan sa Pilipinas. Maba-

gal umaksiyon ang gobyerno, perokapag nag-sampol, tiyak na maymasasaktan.

Hindi ba dapat ay magpakitanggilas na ang Kapitolyo, at sampolan ang

mga pamahalaang lokal na tutulog-tulog at mga kumpanyang walangtakot sa paglabag sa batas?

* * *Sabi ni Father Pedring ng Leighby-

tes Computer Center sa Malolos, kungminsan ay kailangang gulatin ang natu-tulog upang magising, at kailanganghambalusin ang gising upang kumilos.

O, yung mga nagtutulog-tulugandiyan, magsibangon na kayo’t bakakayo mahambalos.

* * *Siya nga pala, Happy Fiesta kay

Father Pedring at buong pamilya saBarangay Caingin, Lungsod ng Malo-los sa Enero 24 kung kailan ipagdi-riwang ang kapiyestahan ng patrong siSan Sebastian.

Belated happy birthday naman kayBenjamin “Tatang Ben” Gamos, nanagdiwang ng kanyang ika-79 nakaarawan noong Enero 15.

Si Tatang Ben ay isa sa mgabeteranong mamamahayag sa Bulacanat Gitnang Luzon.

recognize what the BJMP directorhas portrayed.

Over 50,000 children in the Phil-ippines were detained since 1995.This fractured “international stat-utes and the country’s own laws”, saysAmnesty International. About10,515 are jailed yearly, the JuvenileJustice Network estimates. Many ar-rests are for petty infractions likeplaying cards on a sidewalk.

The estimate of jailed children, byPhilippine Jesuit Prison Service, isstrikingly close to what the Philip-pine Bar Association and SupremeCourt Chief Justice Puno presented.

Unicef and the Council on Welfareof Children found that three out offour kids stay in jail for more thansix months. That’s far longer than ifsentenced for the minor crimes theywere arrested, like vagrancy.

BJMP ignores entirely the U.S.State Department report on HumanRights Only a fifth of prisons haveseparate cells for minors, it says. Anda bare two-fifths have facilities for

women. “There were reports of wide-spread corruption” among guards andhigher up officials.

Not even Director Dial claims allBJMP personnel are angels. Local andinternational agencies have docu-mented many instances of kids bru-talized. “Cruel treatment is part ofevery day life for children whilethey’re incarcerated.” Cradel YouthDetention Center had to be pad-locked when Preda Foundation docu-mented abuse of children.

There’ve been small improve-ments since the Juvenile Justice andWelfare Law (Republic Act 9344) wasenacted in 2006, U.S. and other agen-cies note. But gains would be wipedout if R.A. 9344 were repealed

Reps. Mauricio Domogan (Baguio)and Salvador Escudero III (Sorsogon)would do just that. Instead, they’dset the age of criminal liability atnine years of age. “If approved, ex-pect many more waifs 9 years andolder, to stare from behind bars, fear-ful of a beating by guard or cell boss,

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or being raped by older prisoners,”writes Fr. Shay Cullen of Preda.

Legislators instead should pullunannounced visits to jails. “Pick theones that bar visitors and social work-ers,” Fr. Cullen suggests. “See thesubhuman conditions for yourselves.Animals live better.”

A “sunshine” law is also needed:one that directs youth detention cen-ters to let social workers of accred-ited child care agencies in. “Atpresent, they are barred. And there’sso much to hide.”

BJMP, meanwhile, asks for P265million to hire 500 more guards. Whatis needed more than guards are reha-bilitation homes. The experience ofthe open homes shows there thatnine out of ten kids stay , if their ba-sic needs and rights are respected.

Fr. Cullen adds: “There’s no needto change the present law, just themedieval mentality that jails chil-dren” — and forces them to gulpdown “funeral water.”

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There is but one road which reachesGod and that is Prayer. If anyoneshows you another, you are beingdeceived.

— ST. THERESA

Obama: America is a friend ...we’re ready to lead once more

(Editor’s Note: Following is the text of the inaugural address of Barack Obama who took his oathof office on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 as the 44th president of the United States of America.)

My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by

the task before us, grateful for thetrust you have bestowed, mind-ful of the sacrifices borne by ourancestors. I thank President Bushfor his service to our nation, aswell as the generosity and coop-eration he has shown throughoutthis transition.

Forty-four Americans have nowtaken the presidential oath. Thewords have been spoken during ris-ing tides of prosperity and the stillwaters of peace. Yet, every so oftenthe oath is taken amidst gather-ing clouds and raging storms. Atthese moments, America has car-ried on not simply because of theskill or vision of those in high of-fice, but because we the peoplehave remained faithful to the ide-als of our forebears, and true to ourfounding documents.

So it has been. So it must bewith this generation of Ameri-cans.

That we are in the midst of cri-sis is now well understood. Ournation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence andhatred. Our economy is badlyweakened, a consequence of greedand irresponsibility on the partof some, but also our collectivefailure to make hard choices andprepare the nation for a new age.Homes have been lost; jobs shed;businesses shuttered. Our healthcare is too costly; our schools failtoo many; and each day bringsfurther evidence that the ways weuse energy strengthen our adver-saries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of cri-sis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less pro-found is a sapping of confidenceacross our land — a nagging fearthat America’s decline is inevi-table, and that the next genera-tion must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that thechallenges we face are real. Theyare serious and they are many.They will not be met easily or in ashort span of time. But know this,America — they will be met.

On this day, we gather becausewe have chosen hope over fear,unity of purpose over conflict anddiscord.

On this day, we come to pro-claim an end to the petty griev-ances and false promises, the re-criminations and worn out dog-mas, that for far too long havestrangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, butin the words of Scripture, the timehas come to set aside childishthings. The time has come to re-affirm our enduring spirit; tochoose our better history; to carryforward that precious gift, thatnoble idea, passed on from gen-eration to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal,all are free and all deserve achance to pursue their full mea-sure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness ofour nation, we understand thatgreatness is never a given. It must

be earned. Our journey has neverbeen one of shortcuts or settlingfor less. It has not been the pathfor the faint-hearted — for thosewho prefer leisure over work, orseek only the pleasures of richesand fame. Rather, it has been therisk-takers, the doers, the mak-ers of things — some celebratedbut more often men and womenobscure in their labor, who havecarried us up the long, rugged pathtowards prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up theirfew worldly possessions and trav-eled across oceans in search of anew life.

For us, they toiled in sweat-shops and settled the West; en-dured the lash of the whip andplowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died,in places like Concord and Gettys-burg; Normandy and Khe Sanh.

Time and again these men andwomen struggled and sacrificedand worked till their hands wereraw so that we might live a betterlife. They saw America as biggerthan the sum of our individual am-bitions; greater than all the dif-ferences of birth or wealth or fac-tion.

This is the journey we continuetoday. We remain the most pros-perous, powerful nation on Earth.Our workers are no less produc-tive than when this crisis began.Our minds are no less inventive,our goods and services no lessneeded than they were last weekor last month or last year. Our ca-pacity remains undiminished.But our time of standing pat, ofprotecting narrow interests andputting off unpleasant decisions— that time has surely passed.Starting today, we must pick our-selves up, dust ourselves off, andbegin again the work of remakingAmerica.

For everywhere we look, thereis work to be done. The state ofthe economy calls for action, boldand swift, and we will act — notonly to create new jobs, but to laya new foundation for growth. Wewill build the roads and bridges,the electric grids and digital linesthat feed our commerce and bindus together. We will restore sci-ence to its rightful place, andwield technology’s wonders toraise health care’s quality andlower its cost. We will harness thesun and the winds and the soil tofuel our cars and run our facto-ries. And we will transform ourschools and colleges and univer-sities to meet the demands of anew age. All this we can do. Allthis we will do.

Now, there are some who ques-tion the scale of our ambitions —who suggest that our system can-not tolerate too many big plans.Their memories are short. For theyhave forgotten what this countryhas already done; what free menand women can achieve whenimagination is joined to commonpurpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to under-stand is that the ground has shifted

beneath them — that the stalepolitical arguments that have con-sumed us for so long no longer ap-ply. The question we ask today isnot whether our government is toobig or too small, but whether itworks — whether it helps familiesfind jobs at a decent wage, care theycan afford, a retirement that is dig-nified. Where the answer is yes, weintend to move forward. Wherethe answer is no, programs willend. Those of us who manage thepublic’s dollars will be held to ac-count — to spend wisely, reformbad habits, and do our business inthe light of day — because onlythen can we restore the vital trustbetween a people and their gov-ernment.

Nor is the question before uswhether the market is a force forgood or ill. Its power to generatewealth and expand freedom is un-matched, but this crisis has re-minded us that without a watch-ful eye, the market can spin out ofcontrol — and that a nation can-not prosper long when it favorsonly the prosperous. The successof our economy has always de-pended not just on the size of ourgross domestic product, but on thereach of our prosperity; on our abil-ity to extend opportunity to everywilling heart — not out of charity,but because it is the surest routeto our common good.

As for our common defense, wereject as false the choice betweenour safety and our ideals. Ourfounding fathers ... our found fa-thers, faced with perils we canscarcely imagine, drafted a char-ter to assure the rule of law andthe rights of man, a charter ex-panded by the blood of genera-tions. Those ideals still light theworld, and we will not give themup for expedience’s sake. And so toall the other peoples and govern-ments who are watching today,from the grandest capitals to thesmall village where my father wasborn: know that America is a friendof each nation and every man,woman, and child who seeks a fu-ture of peace and dignity, and thatwe are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generationsfaced down fascism and commu-nism not just with missiles andtanks, but with sturdy alliancesand enduring convictions. Theyunderstood that our power alonecannot protect us, nor does it en-title us to do as we please. Instead,they knew that our power growsthrough its prudent use; our secu-rity emanates from the justness ofour cause, the force of our example,the tempering qualities of humil-ity and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy.Guided by these principles oncemore, we can meet those newthreats that demand even greatereffort — even greater cooperationand understanding between na-tions. We will begin to responsiblyleave Iraq to its people, and forge ahard-earned peace in Afghanistan.With old friends and former foes,we will work tirelessly to lessenthe nuclear threat, and roll backthe specter of a warming planet.We will not apologize for our wayof life, nor will we waver in its de-fense, and for those who seek toadvance their aims by inducingterror and slaughtering innocents,we say to you now that our spirit isstronger and cannot be broken; youcannot outlast us, and we will de-feat you.

For we know that our patch-work heritage is a strength, not aweakness. We are a nation of Chris-tians and Muslims, Jews and Hin-dus — and non-believers. We areshaped by every language and cul-ture, drawn from every end of thisEarth; and because we have tastedthe bitter swill of civil war and seg-regation, and emerged from thatdark chapter stronger and moreunited, we cannot help but believethat the old hatreds shall some-day pass; that the lines of tribe

shall soon dissolve; that as theworld grows smaller, our commonhumanity shall reveal itself; andthat America must play its role inushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek anew way forward, based on mutualinterest and mutual respect. Tothose leaders around the globe whoseek to sow conflict, or blame theirsociety’s ills on the West — knowthat your people will judge you onwhat you can build, not what youdestroy. To those who cling to powerthrough corruption and deceit andthe silencing of dissent, know thatyou are on the wrong side of his-tory; but that we will extend ahand if you are willing to unclenchyour fist.

To the people of poor nations,we pledge to work alongside youto make your farms flourish andlet clean waters flow; to nourishstarved bodies and feed hungryminds. And to those nations likeours that enjoy relative plenty, wesay we can no longer afford indif-ference to the suffering outside ourborders; nor can we consume theworld’s resources without regardto effect. For the world has changed,and we must change with it.

As we consider the road thatunfolds before us, we rememberwith humble gratitude those braveAmericans who, at this very hour,patrol far-off deserts and distantmountains. They have somethingto tell us, just as the fallen heroeswho lie in Arlington whisperthrough the ages. We honor themnot only because they are guard-ians of our liberty, but because theyembody the spirit of service; a will-ingness to find meaning in some-thing greater than themselves. Andyet, at this moment — a momentthat will define a generation — itis precisely this spirit that mustinhabit us all.

For as much as government cando and must do, it is ultimatelythe faith and determination ofthe American people upon whichthis nation relies. It is the kind-ness to take in a stranger whenthe levees break, the selflessnessof workers who would rather cuttheir hours than see a friend losetheir job which sees us throughour darkest hours. It is the fire-fighter’s courage to storm a stair-way filled with smoke, but also aparent’s willingness to nurture achild, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. Theinstruments with which we meetthem may be new. But those val-ues upon which our success de-pends — hard work and honesty,courage and fair play, tolerance and

curiosity, loyalty and patriotism —these things are old. These thingsare true. They have been the quietforce of progress throughout ourhistory. What is demanded then isa return to these truths. What isrequired of us now is a new era ofresponsibility — a recognition, onthe part of every American, thatwe have duties to ourselves, ournation, and the world, duties thatwe do not grudgingly accept butrather seize gladly, firm in theknowledge that there is nothingso satisfying to the spirit, so defin-ing of our character, than giving ourall to a difficult task.

This is the price and the prom-ise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confi-dence — the knowledge that Godcalls on us to shape an uncertaindestiny.

This is the meaning of our lib-erty and our creed — why men andwomen and children of every raceand every faith can join in celebra-tion across this magnificent Mall,and why a man whose father lessthan sixty years ago might not havebeen served at a local restaurantcan now stand before you to take amost sacred oath.

So let us mark this day withremembrance, of who we are andhow far we have traveled. In theyear of America’s birth, in the cold-est of months, a small band of pa-triots huddled by dying campfireson the shores of an icy river. Thecapital was abandoned. The enemywas advancing. The snow wasstained with blood. At a momentwhen the outcome of our revolu-tion was most in doubt, the fatherof our nation ordered these wordsbe read to the people:

“Let it be told to the futureworld ... that in the depth of win-ter, when nothing but hope andvirtue could survive...that the cityand the country, alarmed at onecommon danger, came forth tomeet (it).”

America, in the face of our com-mon dangers, in this winter of ourhardship, let us remember thesetimeless words. With hope and vir-tue, let us brave once more the icycurrents, and endure what stormsmay come. Let it be said by ourchildren’s children that when wewere tested we refused to let thisjourney end, that we did not turnback nor did we falter; and witheyes fixed on the horizon and God’sgrace upon us, we carried forth thatgreat gift of freedom and deliveredit safely to future generations.

Thank you. God bless you. AndGod bless the United States ofAmerica.

Outgoing President George W. Bush gave President-elect BarackObama a tour of the White House before the latter’s inauguration.

Barack Obama took his oath of office as the 44th president of theUnited States of America on January 20, 2009. The theme of hispresidency is captured in what he said in his inaugural address,“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, andbegin again the work of remaking America.”