Tapat Vol 3 No 2 - February 26, 2016 Issue

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TAPAT SA BALITA.. TAPAT SA BUHAY

PEBRERO 26, 2016 VOL 3 NO 2

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MAR SABIT SAOPISYAL NG SSS?

WhenLove bugs

|FEATURES page 7

pahina 3

Presidentiables,

inudyukang

maging humanrights advocates

|BALITA pahina 2

|SPORTS page 8

Why the Spurswill be scary

come playofftime

Pagtataas ngmatrikula,ikinagalit ng

mga estudyante

|BALITA pahina 3

Sunog sa isangLumad evacuationsite, nagtala nglimang sugatan

|BALITA pahina 2


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Presidentiables,inudyukang maging human rights advocatesHinihikayat ng ilang humanrights groups ang mga kuma-kandidato sa pagkapangulo naipahayag ng mga ito ang ka-nilang mga plataporma kungpaano masusugpo ang mgapang-aabuso sa karapatang-pantao sa bansa.

Pinakiusapan rin ng grupongAmnesty International Philip-pines (AIP) ang mga Pilipinongbotante na piliin ang mga liderna uunahing bigyang-pansinang hindi paglabag sa mgakarapatang ito.

Ayon sa tagapangulo ng AIPna si Ritz Lee Santos III, na-nanatiling pangunahing pang-aabuso sa karapatang-pantaoang kahirapan.

Kailangan maging priorityang human rights dahil araw-araw natin itong dapat na-e-enjoy.At hanggat hindi natin

na-e-enjoy ang kalayaan sa ta-kot, kalayaan sa maayos at dis-enteng pamumuhay, ito ay da-pat nating singilin sa ating mgaleader, ani Santos III.

Dagdag pa ni Santos, mara-ming Pilipino pa rin ang hindisapat ang kinakain, walang dis-

ente at permanenteng trabaho,at walang kakayanang matustu-san ang kanilang mga pangan-gailangang pangkalusugan.

Giit pa ng AIP, patuloy paring problema sa bansa angmga pang-aabuso sa karapatangpantao ng may kinalaman sapulitika, kagaya na lamang ngMaguindanao massacre noong2009. Anilay marami pa ringkaso ng extrajudicial killings at

senforced disappearances anghindi nareresolba.Nangako naman si Bise

Presidente Jejomar Binay, tu-

matakbong pangulo ngayonghalalan, na itataguyod niyaang karapatang-pantao ngbawat isang Pilipino at tutugi-sin ang mga lalabag nito.

ugon naman ng isa pangkandidatong pagkapresidentena si Sen. Miriam Defensor-

Santiago, nais niya ng maspinaigting na pagpapatupad ngAnti-orture Law at mas ma-busising pagkilatis sa WitnessProtection Program.

Sa kasalukuyan, hini-hintay pa ng AIP ang mgasagot nina Rodrigo Duterte,Grace Poe, at Mar Roxasukol sa isyung ito.

Samantala, hindi rawmuna magbibigay ng ko-

mento ang Malacaanghanggat hindi pa nitonababasa ang report ng AIP.Carizza Ibaez

Casinos keep aoatthe city govt ofParanaqueTe City government of Paranaque admitted that big casino resortsthat mushroomed in the city have contributed the biggest chunk ofits revenue collection and apparently has kept them afloat.

Paranaque Mayor EdwinOlivarez recently disclosedthat the entry of this estab-lishments have increased thecitys annual income to P5 bil-lion last year compared to P2billion collection during theprevious administration.

Records showed thatamong the top business tax-payers in the city are the ca-sino establishments that wereconstructed at the sprawling100-hectare land known asParanaques EntertainmentCity. Tese establishments

were recently recognized bythe local government duringthe 3rd Sunduan Festival.

On top of the list of topbusiness taxpayers was Belle

Corp., developer of the Cityof Dreams Manila, that paida real property tax amountingto P135.9 million in 2015.

Belle, once a dormant min-ing and oil exploration com-pany before shifting its focustowards property develop-ment in 1989, also owns sig-nificant real estate assets inand around agaytay City,Cavite.

Olivares said the City ofDream Manila, an electrify-ing, innovative and diverseentertainment destination,

played a major role in the de-velopment of the city.Te City of Dreams Ma-

nila soft-opened in December2014 and had a grand launch

- Page 6Sunog sa isang Lumadevacuation site, nagtala

ng limang sugatan

Lima ang sugatan matapos masunog ang isang Lumad evacua-tion camp sa Davao City noong Miyerkules, ika-23 ng Pebrero.Apat sa mga biktima ay pawang mga bata.

Ayon sa grupong Defend alaingod Save Pantaron (DSP),alas dos ng madaling araw nang ilang hindi pa nakikilalang mgalalaki ang sumunog sa dormitoryong nagsilbing evacuation siteng mga internally-displaced persons (IDPs) sa loob ng UnitedChurch of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) sa Haran com-

pound.Sa kabila ng patuloy ng imbestigasyon, naniniwala ang DSPna pinaghandaan at sinadya ang sunod sa evacuation camp.

Kinondena naman ni Kabataan Representative erry Ridonang nasabing arson at nanawagan sa lokal na pamahalaan ngDavao, partikular na ang alkalde ng Davao City na si Mayor

Rodrigo Duterte, na bilisanang imbestigasyon upangmaresolba agad ito.

What are our national andlocal officials doing to pro-tect the Lumad? Te Lumad

evacuees, victims of internaldisplacement, have sought ref-uge in UCCP, yet these para-military groups again provedthat they will stop at nothingto harm them, even resortingto arson in this latest attack,pahayag ni Ridon.

Ayon naman sa Gabri-ela Womens Party at KilusangMayo Uno (KMU), hinihinalang mga lumads na ang Ala-mara, isang paramilitary groupna konektado sa Armed Forcesof the Philippines (AFP), angnasa likod ng sunog.

Mahigit 700 na refugees naumalis sanhi ng pinaigting napresensya ng pwersang militarsa Davao del Norte, Bukidnon,at Surigao del Sur ang namilingmanirahan sa UCCP-Harancompound simula Marso ng

nakaraang taon.Dagdag pa ni Ridon, hindiito ang unang beses na inatakeng mga masasamang grupo angevacuation camp. CarizzaIbaez


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Pagtataas ng matrikula,ikinagalit ng mga estudyanteUmalis sa kani-kanilang mga si-lid-aralan ang ilang mga estud-yante ng Unibersidad ng Pilipi-nas (UP) bilang protesta samga nakatakdang hindi maka-tarungang pagtataas ng matri-kula na ipatutupad ng Com-mission on Higher Education(CHED) sa susunod na taon.

Ayon sa mga estudyantengnakilahok sa kilos-protesta, pi-nadalhan na nila ng liham angMalacaang noong nakaraanglinggo, ngunit wala silang na-

tanggap na tugon mula sa mgaopisyal doon.

Nakasaad sa kanilang lihamang apat na bagay. Una, hinil-ing nila na itigil na ang patu-loy na pagtaas ng matrikula,na anilay dumoble sa ilalim ngpamahalaang Aquino; ikalawaay ang panawagang tanggalinna ang mga miscellaneous feesna anilay hindi naman nagaga-mit; ikatlo, nakiusap din angmga estudyante na repasuhinna ang Education Act of 1982

- Pahina 6

Mar sabit sa opisyal ng SSS?

MANILA Muli na namang

nadawit ang pangalan ni Ma-nuel Mar Araneta Roxas II,kandidato sa pagkapangulo ngng partido Liberal na siyang in-endorso ni pangulong Aquinosa darating na halalan sa Mayo.

Sa kumakalat na viral photo

sa internet, ibinunyag ni SSS

commissioner Eliza BettinaAntonio dating Chief of Staffni Roxas , na siya (Antonio) aysumahod diumano ng P5.99million noong taong 2014 nanagdulot naman ng pagkainisng maraming netizens lalo pat

tuluyan nang nabasura ang

2,000 dagdag pension para samga senior citizens.

Naisiwalat din ang milyon-milyong piso na pasahod natinatanggap ng mga opisyal ngnaturang ahensya at lumalabasna higit pang mas malaki ang

sahod ni Antonio kaysa sa pres-idente ng SSS na si Emilio deQuiros Jr. na sumahod lamangng P2.65 million.

Nagsilbi si Antonio bi-lang Administrator kay Roxasnoong 2004 hanggang 2010 attumayong chief of staff noongsenador pa ang kandidato sa

pagkapangulo. Naatasan si An-tonio bilang commissioner ngSSS noong 2010 at hinawakannaman nito ang pension fundng board ng parehong PhilexMining Corporation at UnionBank of the Philippines.

Ipinagtataka din ng mganetizens kung paanong angisang tatlumpong taong gulangna nagtapos ng hotel and res-taurant management at nag-

intern sa Four Seasons Hotel aymaatasan bilang commissionerng SSS na salungat diumano satrabahong nalalaman nito.

Matatandaang nauna na ringisinabit ni dating Metro Railransit (MR) Line 3 general

manager Al Vitangcol si MarRoxas maging ang tinalagangransportation Secretary niPangulong Aquino na si JosephEmilio Abaya ng pagmamanip-ula sa maintenance ng MR.

Sa isinumiteng affidavit niVitangcol sa Korte Supremasinabi nitong, I am the only

DOC official charged bythe Ombudsman despite theunmistakable knowledge, in-volvement, participation andinstruction of my superiors inthe DOC headed by formerSecretary Manuel Mar Rox-as, current DOC SecretaryJoseph Emilio Abaya.

Dagdag pa ni Vitangcol nawala daw siyang kinalaman sapagpapalawig ng kontrata sa

PH rans na nagkakahalagang P535.5 milyong piso sa ka-dahilanang wala daw kapang-yarihan ang General Managerna magapruba ng kontrata nalalagpas sa taktang 5 milyon.Paul de Guzman

DSAC naglunsad ng tulong pangkabuhayan

ng Yolanda farmersMahigit sa 800 magsasaka mula sa ibatibang munisipalidad na nasalanta ngbagyong Yolanda ang nagsama-sama noongPebrero 19 sa isinagawang 1st FarmersSummit sa Basey, Samar upang ilahad angkanilang problema sa agrikultura.

Ang mga pangunahing problema ay tung-kol sa irrigation, land ownership, scarcity ofseeds, and farm to market roads, ayon sapahayag ng mga magsasaka na ang mayorya

ay mula sa mga lungsod ng Marabut, Baseyand Sta. Rita ng Silangang Samar.Nangangailangan rin ang mga Yolanda

farmers ng karagdagang kagamitan, supor-tang kapital, coconut industry develop-ment, organic farming at health and cropinsurance.

Ang naturang summit ay sa pangungunang Diocesan Social Action Center (DSAC)ng Calbayog. Ayon sa kanila, maramingbiktima ang bagyong Yolanda ang nahihi-rapang maibalik ang kanilang kabuhayan

hanggang sa ngayon.Sa tulong ng DSAC Calbayog, maraming

magsasaka ang sumailalan sa mga trainingspara maging micro-entrepreneurs kungsaan makakatulong sa kanilang kabuhayan.

Bukod sa livelihood projects, ang DSAC

Calbayog rin ay tumulong sa mga usaping pabahaypara sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda, disasterrisk reduction, ecosystem, water and sanitation andhygiene interventions sa naturang probinsya.

Nagkaroon rin ng commitment signing sa na-turang summit at umaasa ang mga Yolanda farm-ers at ang DSAC Calbayog na maisakatuparan anglahat ng nakasaad rito. Ito ay pinirmahan ng mgalocal na opisyales tulad nina Samar Governor Sha-ree Ann an at Basey Municipal Mayor Junji Pon-ferrada.

Pumirma rin ang mga kinatawan mula sa De-

partment of Agriculture, Department of rade andIndustry, Department of Science and echnology,echnical Education and Skills Development Au-thority, Philippine Coconut Authority, NationalIrrigation Administration at Department of Agrar-ian Reform. Yen Ocampo


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Editoryal

- On Aprils Road -

Si Adan at si Eba sa isangMapanuksong Mundo

Poot.Pighati.Pangungutya. Ito angmga katagang pilit ipinupula sa atingmga kaibigang kabilang sa tinatawagnating gay society. Marahil ay hindimararamdaman ng iba nating mga ka-babayan ang kanilang mga saloobin atpahiwatig. Marahil ay hindi sapat angating mga puso at isipan upang ma-tarok ang kanilang mga nangungusapna damdamin. Marahil ay hindi natinkayang isalarawan ang poot sa kanilangdibdib dulot ng kanilang nagsisiklab napagnanasang sila ay pag-isahin. Angkabi-kabilang balita ay nag-uumapawsa pagpapahayag ng mga makukulayna opinyon. Ang mga dila ay animo

espadang inihanda sa isang malamigna giyera. Ang pighati ay nakikita sakanilang mga mata- sanhi ng isangpagnanasang makalaya sa bahagi ngkanilang pagkatao na tila nakakulongsa isang lipunang mapangmatyag. Sapanahon kung saan ang teknolohiya aydumadaloy sa ating sistema, ang ma-panghusgang lipunan ay nagsisilbingtulay upang ang pangungutya sa kanilaay pilit na mailatag. Ang siklab ng ka-

nilang damdamin ay nag-uumapawsa kagustuhang mapabilang sa isangkasunduang higit pa sa papel at pluma.Ang iilan ay mapalad na nangibayongdagat upang makamtan ang kanilanghangarin. Ang iilan ay nanatiling bigo namatupad ang pangarap na pansaman-

talang isinantabi. Ang katotohanan?Hindi natin alam ang lahat ng ka-

nilang nararamdaman. Gayunpaman,hindi bat ipinahayag ng ating Mayka-pal na ang wangis ni Adan at Eba ay pralamang sa isatisa? Hindi bat ang pang-yayari sa Sodom at Gomorrah ay isangmatibay na katibayan na ang bawattao ay dapat tumupad sa Kaniyangnais? Ang kabanatang 19:5 sa Genesisng Lumang ipan ay isang patunay naang gawaing pakikiapid sa kapwa lalakeo babae ay isang kasalanang maitutur-ing. Isang masaklap na katotohananna tayo ay nasa mundo na may mabi-lis na pagbabago. Ang ating lipunan ay

sagana sa pangungutya at panghuhusgang iilan. Ngunit ating pakatandaan naang pagmamahal ay maaring manalo sagitna ng laban. Ito ay maaaring mag-ing sandata sa gitna ng digmaan. Ito aymaaring maging maagap na solusyonsa lahat ng suliranin sa mundo. Sa huli,walang higit na magwawagi kung hindiang pagmamahal na dulot ng Maykapalsa mundo. Ang pagtupad sa tungku-lin bilang isang nilalang ng Maykapal

ay mas matibay kaysa sa kasunduanng pag-iisang-dibdib. Ang kasunduanng matrimonyo ay isang sagradongsakramento na ibinabahagi ng Mayka-pal sa wangis lamang ni Adan at Eba.Eba at Adan. Ika nga ng iilan- Si Adanay kay Eba. At si Eba ay kay Adan.

We know that all things work for good for those who loveGod, who are called according to his purpose.

ROMANS 8:28

Huwag kang magnakaw!Sa papalapit na halalan kung hindi manay tuluyang ibabasura ng mga botanteang mga kandidato na nasangkot o dikaya ay nasasangkot sa pagnanakaw sakaban ng bayan. Di kaila na ang mgakatagang Huwag kang magnakaway utos ng Diyos na siya na rin na-mang paulit ulit na ipinapaalala ngmga Obispo maging ni Pope Francis.Kadikit pa nito ang mapagpatawad naugali ng karamihang Pilipino.

Sa mga nakaraang survey mapapansinang pagtaas ng rating ng pangalawangpangulo na si Jejomar Binay. Hindi naito nakapagtataka kahit kaliwat-kananpa ang patuloy na pagdidiin sa datingalkalde ng Makati sa mga kaso ng pan-darambong.

Pagnanakaw, ang salitang hindi nabago sa atin. Wala ni isa man sa atinang madaling mapaniniwala na may

mga lider tayo sa pamahalaan na hin-di nagnanakaw. Ito rin ang ginamit niPangulong Benigno Simeon AquinoIII sa kanyang administrasyon upangmapaniwala ang mga mamamayan, angDaang Matuwid.

Marami ang nahikayat na maaasamna ang pagbabago ngunit marami rinang nabigo. Sapagkat madalas ang pan-gulo mismo ang siyang nagbibigay ngpanghuhusga sa kapwa. Kayat maar-

ing nagsawa na rin ang taong bayan.Gayong pagkatapos ng anim na taon sapanunungkulan, ang mga inaasam napagbabago ay hindi nakamit bagkus aynapalala pa.

Sa patuloy na pagdidiin kay Binay,hindi na nito basta na lamang napa-paniwala ang taong bayan. Lalot kitasa Makati ang mga nagawa ng bise-presidente noong ito ay nanunungku-lan pa bilang alkalde. Mga serbisyongpubliko na matagal na naipapatupad saMakati na hindi naipatupad ni Pangu-long Aquino maging sa arlac at lalo nasa buong bansa.

Maging si Pope Francis man angmagsabi sa pangulo o kung sino paman na pinuno ng bayan na ikaw aynagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan: ang taongbayan ay hindi basta maniniwala kungnakikita nilang malinis ang panunung-kulan. Ngunit kung ang mga pulitikoat ang pangulo o ng kanyang kandidatona si Mar Roxas ang paulit-ulit na mag-sasabi nang huwag kang magnakaw -hindi man magdalawang isip ay tuluy-

ang hindi maniniwala ang taong bayan.Marami na ang pagkakataon atpagtitiwala ang naibigay ng taong bay-an. Mananatili lamang ito kung mara-ming nagkaroon ng trabaho, bumabaang mga bilihin, naiibsan ang trapik,nabawasan ang buwis, naisaayos angmga serbisyo publiko gaya ng MR,nagkaroon ng mga bagong gusalingpaaralan, libreng serbisyo medikal attulong na nararapat sa mga magsasaka.

Kaya sa bawat bitaw ng panghuhus-ga sa ating pangalawang pangulo, angtanong ay mananatili. Ang huwag kangmagnakaw ay nangangahulugan bangang nagsabi ay hindi magnanakaw?


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#sarisari

Sinu-sino ang mga Sino?(Ikalawang Bahagi)

Ngunit mas naniniwala sieresita Ang-See na ang mgaChinese Filipinos ay masidentified ang sarili sa pagka-Pilipino dahil ang kanilang

kulturat tradisyon ay unti-unting nagiging bahagi ng masmalaking nasyunal na tradisy-on na ang resulta ay mutualenrichment and enhancementng mga positibong elementong bawat kulturat tradisyon.Ang ilan sa mga ibinigay nahalimbawa ni eresita Ang-See sa kanyang sanaysay ay (1)mas marami sa kanila ay mas

marunong magsalita ng Inglesat Pilipino kaysa Intsik; (2)mas marami na rin sa kanilaay na-Kristiyano kaysa mag-ing Buddhist o aoist; (3) masmarami na rin sa kanila angmay Pilipinong kaibigan atkatrabaho kaysa kapwa sinoat iba pa.

Sa sanaysay din ni eresitaAng-See na Te Ethnic Chi-

nese as Filipinos matatanto

natin na sadyang ang mga si-no, lalung-lalo na ang mga ka-bataang sino ay mas maiuug-nay ang sarili sa pagka-Pilipinokaysa sa pagka-sino. Ang ilang

factors ay ang mga sumusu-nod: (1) mas nakikita nila angkanilang sarili na mananatilisa Pilipinas kaysa lumipat sasina at mas nakikita nila naang Pilipinas ay ang kanilanghome kaysa sa sina; (2)medyo nawawala na ang mgabiases at prejudices ng mgaPilipino sa mga sino na dulotng kawalan ng tiwala sa isat-isa

at inggit sa pag-asenso ng mgasino sa larangan ng negosyoat komersyo; (3) mas maraminang sino na nakikilahok sapulitika at naniniwalang maymalaking responsibilidad silaat dapat ay makialam sa lipu-nan sa anumang isyung ma-halaga at iba pa.

Isa rin na mahalagang bang-gitin sa sanaysay ni eresita

Ang-See ay ang kaibahan ng a

Filipino with Chinese decent;a Chinese who happens to bea Filipino at a Chinese withFilipino decent. Mas maramiang nagpatunay sa kanyangpag-aaral na sila ay Filipinowith Chinese decent. At angimplikasyon nito ay mas na-kikita nila na sila ay Pilipino.

Sa kabilang dako naman,naniniwala si Jacques Amyot,S.J. na ang mga sino ay mayabilidad na mintinahin ang ka-nilang identidad sa kahit saanman sulok ng mundo sila ma-papadpad dahil wala namangsapat na rason para sila ay mag-bago. Ngunit pinaninindiganni Amyot na kapag mahigpit atmalakas ang social pressurepara ma-acculturate ang mgasino, mas lalo itong magig-ing dahilan ng pag-reinforceng kanilang mga tradisyonat organisasyon. Sa kabilangbanda, kapag malugod na tina-tanggap ang mga tradisyon atorganisasyon ng mga sino aymas makikisalamuha ang mgasino sa kanilang mga lokal nacounterparts.

Ayon naman kay Dr. RobertO. ilman sa kanyang sanaysayna Philippine Chinese Youth oday and omorrow, angmga sino ay maaaring sabih-ing integrated ngunit hindi

- Pahina 6

Vantage Points

Atty. Rodel Taton

Bakas ng Batas, PiliPinas

Millenial Falcon

Marvin Ridulfa

Never Again

Prof. Michael Trias - Ang

While millions of Filipinos aretaking advantage of their free-dom today, they forget that thereason they have it now is be-cause of the people who riskedtheir lives during the MartialLaw era.

It is ironic that the peoplewho are complaining about thefacet of the media the countryhas now, are the same people

who believe that Martial Lawdid something good for thecountry, perpetuating falsestatements circulating in theirFacebook newsfeeds, breedingignorance in every comment

they post.It has been forty-three years

since Martial Law happenedand we still think the reasonwhy the media continues to in-form us of its effects is becausethey are supporters of the Yel-low propaganda. Tey forgetthat the actual reason why itis important to reminisce thedarkest age in Philippine his-

tory is because it should neverhappen again.Tey seem to forget that

thousands of people disap-peared during those days, somewere even detained. Tey seem

Panahon na naman ng pagsuri sa mga taong halos ikalu-lupasay ang pagkakaluklok sa pwesto para kuno sa bayan.Dapat pag-isipan kung talaga nga bang public service orpersonal service lang ang inaatupag ng mga nanunung-kulan at ngayon ay tumatakbo na naman sa malapit nahalalan.

Kamakailan lang ay nag umpisa na ang pangangam-panya para alukin at suyuin tayong mga mamamayan,na pakinggan natin sila at isusulat ang kanilang mgapangalan sa balota. Lahat na ng kailangang gawin na-gawa na ng iba. Lahat ng pwedeng ipakitang kaya angpakikisalamuha sa mamamayan, nasa pangkalawakan na.Matatamis at maaasim na mga pananalita narinig na din.Ang tanong - sila ba ang mga halimbawang nais natinghimuking ng ating mga kabataan? Sila ay huwad at sim-pleng masamang halimbawa, ika nga hindi tama, para samga bata.

Marami sa mga namumuno sa atin ay matagal nangnagtataksil sa bayan sa kanilang pangdarambong sa ka-ban ng bayan at pagpapalago ng kanilang ari-arian ha-bang nanunungkulan sa pansariling kapakanan.

Ang iba sa kanila nabubuhay sa pagkukunwari. Angiba ay tapat mamuno. ingnan natin ang plataporma,hindi lang salita. Hindi lang sa mga napapanood natinsa telebisyon or sa mga tarpaulin na nakapaskil sa illegalna sabitan. Ang sentro dapat ay ang mamamayan o maskilalang si Juan De la Cruz, si Juan ang dapat nilang pa-glingkuran.

Ngayon ang panahon para busisiin ang mga platapor-

ma ng mga kandidato, kilatisin ang kanilang pagkataoat pamumuhay. Dapat natin pagdiinan na ang bayangito ay karapat dapat magkaroon ng mga matitinong ma-mumuno. Huwag tayo magpadala sa mga pangako atAYO din ang mapapako.

Sa prosesong pulitikal na ito, makikita natin kungsino ang sumusunod sa batas at sino ang harapang yu-muyurak sa mismong saligang batas at batas eleksyon.Wala ni isa sa mga tumatakbo ang may karapatang lapa-stanganin ang batas na siyang dapat umiiral sa bayangnawawalan na ng pag-asa. Ang kailangan natin ay angmga mamumuno na may paggalang sa batas at may tu-nay na pagmamahal sa bayan. Iyan dapat ang prinsipyong panunungkulan para sa mamamayan.

ayo ay gobyerno ng batas at hindi gobyerno ng tao.ayo ay dapat sumunod sa ating mga pinuno at ang at-ing mga pinuno ay may responsibilidad na pangalagaanang sambayanan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatupad ngating Saligang Batas.

Sa ngayon, laganap na ang political advertisement atinfomercials. ayo ay saksi sa mga hindi sumusunod sabatas. ayo ay biktima. Oras na para magsalita para saating mga sarili at para sa bayan , ang bayan na kailangan

nating gisingin at pagyamanin. Umayos ka, Pilipinas.*Rodel A. aton is the Dean of the Graduate School of

Law of San Sebastian College Recoletos-Manila. He is apracticing lawyer and teaches Law.

to forget that Martial Law wasthe epitome of capitalism, po-litical oppression, and the deathof democracy.

Or are people just really try-ing to forget what happened?Or are we just afraid that allof these stories of torture andrape was true, that if a dictator-ship was to happen again in thecountry, that we have to expe-rience them all over again? Hasthe media really been the agentof false information? Or has italways been us, who are too gul-lible to believe in these made-upnarratives that surface throughour social media accounts?

We should have learnedenough by now: Martial Lawwasnt a fairy-tale story.

It was the start of a disaster.Martial Law will always remainwhat it is a debacle.


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assimilated. Malaki ang kai-bahan ng dalawang terminongnabanggit. Ang assimilationay tumutukoy sa dalawangkulturang magkaiba na mag-

sasanib bilang isa at ang in-tegration naman ay tumutu-koy sa isang kulturang aayonsa isang kultura ngunit hindisasanib sa kulturang yaon.

Iba naman ang paniniwalani John . Omohundro sapaniniwala ni Dr. Robert il-man. Sinabi niya sa kanyangmaikling sanaysay na Studyof the Overseas Chinese: An

Anthropologists Appraisalna: I see no reason to as-sume that assimilation, assome sort of universal, inevi-table process, like gravitation,will occur and proceed tocompletion among the Phil-ippine Chinese. At sa pros-eso ng asimilisasyon ng mgasino ay nakikita niya na maymalaking papel ang estado.

Sinuportahan naman niBernard C. Go sa kanyangsanaysay na Te Pinsinossi Omohundro. Ang sabi

niya maaaring magkaroon ngkonklusyon na karamihan samga sino sa Pilipinas ay hindina sino bagkus ay mga Pinsi-nos o kung anuman ang gusto

niyo silang tawagin dahil sakanilang de-sinisasyon (ngunithindi pa ganap) at ang kini-kilala nilang tahanan ay angPilipinas. Dagdag pa niya naang mga Pinsinos ay Pilipino,gaya ng mga Muslim, Kalinga,Ilokano, Bisaya, Hanunoo,Bikolano, agalog, Waray atasaday ay Pilipino.

Sa kabuuan, ang mga

sino ay nakahanap na ngkanilang tahanan o pangala-wang tahanan sa Pilipinasat mananatili rito upang la-long pag-ibayuhin at paun-larin ang bansang Pilipinas.

Si Michael Franz rias Angay isang Senior Lecturer ng

Area St udie s Program sa U .P.Mani la. Siya rin ay nagtu-

turo ng Kasaysayan sa Ad-amson University at Directorof Research sa San SebastianCollege-Recoletos de Cavite.

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Casinos.. from page 2

na ayon sa kanilay inoobligaang mga higher education in-stitutions (HEIs) na magtaasng matrikula taun-taon; atikaapat ay ang pagtitigil ngkomersalisasyon at deregulasy-on ng edukasyon.

Ngunit itinanggi ni CHEDExecutive Director Julio Vitri-olo na dumoble ang dagdag samatrikula ng mga estudyantesa kolehiyo nitong nagdaanganim na taon.

On the contrary, mababaang last inflation index or edu-cation deflator kung saan ma-baba ang rate of increase based

on that, ani Vitriolo.Iginiit pa ni Vitriolo na sangayon ay wala pang naaapru-bahang pagtataas ng matrikulaat inudyok ang mga estudyan-teng maghanap ng iba pang

kolehiyong hindi pa nagpapa-tupad ng dagdag-singil.

May presyo ang pag-aaralsa kolehiyo. Assess nila angoptions nila. May programssa ESDA na hindi ganoonkataas ang tuition, mga pro-grams na magagamit nila pag-akyat sa kolehiyo.

Dagdag pa ni Vitriolo, maymga programa naman angCHED na naglalayong makat-ulong sa mga mag-aaral nakapos upang makayanan angmabigat na matrikula.

Nanindigan naman ang il-ang mga mambabatas na nak-

ilahok sa kilos-protesta na kayanamang gawing libre ang pag-aaral sa kolehiyo kung tataasanlamang ng gobyerno ang pon-dong nakalaan para sa edu-kasyon. Carizza Ibaez

February last year.It covers about two hectares

of gaming space, 900 hotelrooms, DreamPlay indooramusement park and restau-rant. City of Dreams Manilaoperated under three hotelbrands (namely Crown, Hyattand Nobu).

Olivarez recalled that in2013, the city government hadbeen plagued by huge budgetdeficit. Te Commission on

Audit and the local treasurydiscovered that Paraaque hasan outstanding loan of P2 bil-lion with the Land Bank of thePhilippines and another P2.7-billion cash deficit.

Olivares said that the mas-sive developments taking placein the city is the main reasonwhy investors are pouring inhuge capital with an estimatedamount of over $10 billion in

the Entertainment City.He said the city government

can now efficiently deliver ba-sic services, like school andhospital buildings and generate

thousands of jobs to city resi-dents with the taxes generatedfrom these multibillion-pesoprojects.

Records also showed that SMGroup of Companies, is at thesecond spot next to Belle, afterpaying business and real prop-erty tax amounting to P80.5million for its three supermallsin the city, namely SM CitySucat, SM City BF Paraaqueand SM City Bicutan.

Other top business taxpay-ers in the city were Bloomb-erry Resorts Corp. (BRC),developer of Solaire Resort &Casino of port mogul EnriqueRazon; the D.M. Wenceslaoand Associates Inc. (DMWAI),project developer of Entertain-ment City; and the Manila BayDevelopment Corp. (MBDC),a construction consultancy andmanagement.

Bloomberry, which gainedan auspicious head start overother private gaming opera-tors in the Entertainment City,paid P55 million in real prop-

erty tax last year.DMWAI contributed P46.6

million to the city coffer in 2015,while MBDC added P34.9million in real tax payment.

But the mushrooming ofcasinos in Paranaque City andalmost in the entire countryapparently has taken its toll onFilipino families. It eroded itsmoral foundation and led to ahigher rate of incidence of fam-ily breakdowns.

A recent study by a groupopposed to the establishmentof casinos in the country re-cently showed that one of themain negative impacts of gam-bling leads to bankruptcy, di-vorce, suicide, commission ofcrimes such as robbery or evenmanslaughter.

Te group, known as Kon-tra sa Casino at Sugal, vowedto exhaust all legal means to

continue its fight against theestablishment of casinos andperpetration of gambling jointsin the country whether legal orillegal.Miko Arnaldo

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Mumbai sets no-sele zones as deaths linked to seles riseMUMBAI, IndiaLookaround in any major Indian

city, and you will find some-one with an arm outstretched,mobile phone in hand, smil-ing widely and clicking away.Even Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi has embraced themedium, posting pictures on-line hes snapped with variousworld leaders.

But the pursuit of the mostepic selfie can have lethal con-sequences.

India is home to the high-est number of people whohave died while taking pho-tos of themselves, with 19 ofthe worlds 49 recorded selfie-linked deaths since 2014, ac-cording to San Francisco-baseddata service provider Priceo-nomics. Te statistic may inpart be due to Indias sheersize, with 1.25 billion citizens

and one of the worlds fastest-growing smartphone markets.Alarmed by the trend, Mum-

bai has declared 16 no-selfiezones across the city, as author-ities warn people against takingunnecessary risks.

Earlier this month, an18-year-old college student on

a class picnic lost his balancewhile taking a selfie atop a rocknear a dam near the centralIndian city of Nashik. He fellinto the water and drowned,along with a classmate whojumped in to try and save him.

Last month, an 18-year-oldwoman fell and drowned inthe sea while taking a photo ofherself at Mumbais BandstandFort, a popular tourist spot.

An engineering student sus-tained fatal head injuries whena rock he was standing crackedand sent him tumbling. Hedbeen trying to take a selfie withfriends in front of the KolliHills in amil Nadu.

And in January 2014, threestudents aged 20 to 22 diedwhen they stopped to take aphoto with a speeding train

approaching, and were hit.Teyd been on their way tovisit the aj Mahal.

In Mumbai, police have de-clared selfies off-limits in areasperceived as risky - particularlyalong the coastline in spots

with no railings or barriers.Anyone venturing into off-

limits areas, even if they takeno photos, risks being slappedwith a fine of 1,200 rupees, orabout $18.

After the womans death lastmonth, the citys police con-ducted a survey to identifysuch dangerous places, policeofficial Dhananjay Kulkarnisaid. Te city also plans to runan awareness campaign.

Despite clearly marked signsdemarking the selfie-free zones,people can still be seen clickingaway, and often going to theedges or standing on ledges toget the most thrilling shots.

When you are travelingalone, and do not have any-one to take your pictures, thenits only selfie, said MurtuzaRangwala, a student in Mum-bai.

Mumbai psychologist KeertiSachdeva said she doesnt ex-pect the constant pursuit ofselfies to end any time soon,saying one probable reason isthe need for acceptance andlove.

You know people havethis sort of feeling in adoles-

cent age, especially that theyneed to get this acceptancefrom everyone, that I am a

smart person, I am a good-looking person, Sachdeva

said. So for acceptance andrecognition they are indulg-ing in taking of selfies.AP


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When Love bugsI clearly remember a friend of mine last year. Hewas madly and hopelessly in love with a real ly pret-ty mestisa or simply put isay. He introducedisay to us feeling sooner or later she would be hisgirlfriend. However as the weeks passed by some-

thing disastrous happened. Te girl of his dreamsdumped him. Worse he was milked dry. He spentfor the needs of isays family. It even came tothe point where he would bail out isays nephewwhenever he got into trouble with the law. We keptreminding him that she was merely taking advan-tage of his feelings and that there was no love; foras long as she knew how much he was enamouredwith her then she would dig more into his pocket.

Tis intelligent man became dumb with his foolishemotion. He would always reason out that she wasjust testing him. We wanted to confront her whenwe found out that she got his tablet and his newIPhone. Alas! It was useless this guy was hexed bythis witch. Ten finally something happened, shebegan having calls and sooner she had a picture of ayoung man on her mobile phone. So isay dumpedhim like a hot potato! After all his foolish effortsand wasted money he lost her. He suddenly gotsick; he got himself bouts of drinking and cryingspree. Love can be negative at times.

Tis reminds me of the love life of famous peo-ple in history. Let me begin with Jose Rizal our veryown national hero. His first love is of course LeonorRivera, believe it not or Leonor was his cousin. Hefirst met her when he was taking up medicine inUS at his Uncle Antonios boarding house theCasa omasino. It was love at first sight. He wasamazed by her beauty and intelligence. She was a

well-rounded person. She could sing and play thepiano. She would often entertain great people intheir house. No wonder Jose Rizal was love struck.When Jose Rizal was practically forced into s tudy-ing abroad his brother Paciano made sure he would

not bid farewell to his motherand Leonor Rivera. Pacianoknew that his brother, Jose Ri-zal would cave in if ever thesewomen would shed tears on hisdeparture. So Rizals departurehad to be a secret. Unfortunatelyas Rizal stayed in Europe his re-lationship with Leonor hit rockbottom. It got worse when Rizalbecame famous with his contro-versial novels. Te Riveras wereafraid that anybody related toJose Rizal may get into trouble.

Leonors mother, Doa Silvestra,intercepted all the incoming let-ters of Rizal and bribed the postmaster general notto send Leonors letters to Rizal.Tus the lost communicationprompted Leonor to think itwas the end of her relationshipwith Rizal. She decided to mar-ry an English engineer namedHenry Kipping. However daysbefore the wedding, Leonors

mother became lax, a letterfrom Madrid came in through.Ten Leonor realized that JoseRizal was true to her after all.She confronted her motherabout the letters. Doa Silves-tra showed Leonor the lettersof Rizal. Now Leonor was ina dilemma whether she wouldpush through with her wedding since she was stillvery much in love with Rizal. In an act of supremesacrifice she chose to push through with the wed-ding to avoid family embarrassment. (Engagementswere announced a year ahead before the weddingdate during the 19th century). She gave her mothercertain conditions for her to push through with thewedding. She would never again sing and play thepiano. She also burned Rizals letters and placed theashes inside her wedding gown. On her deathbedLeonor requested that she be buried wearing the

clothes when she first met Jose Rizal and that someremaining letters of Rizal be placed inside her cof-fin. I can say Rizals first real love was more hurtingfor his lover, Leonor, than to himself.

Monarchs too cant escape the love bug. Hereis King Edward VIII of England in the 1930s. TeKing had met an American divorcee name WallisSimpson. During those times the Parliament had asay in the choice of the partner of the king becausethe reigning monarch is considered the Head of theChurch of England. When Prime Minister Stan-ley Baldwin heard rumours of the secret relation-ship between Edward and Willie; he confrontedthe Prince. PM Baldwin warned him that marry-ing a divorcee would violate the constitution of theChurch of England of which he is the titular headand would also create a parliamentary crisis. TePrime Minister gave the Prince three choices - giveup the idea of marrying, marry against the wishes

of the parliament or abdicate. So Prince Edwardhad to choose between her or his throne. Tenin a surprising announcement he told the British

public he would abdicate the throne for he couldno longer serve the duties of a King and that hewould marry the woman he love. Prince Edwardabdicated his throne on December 10, 1936 andbecame the Duke of Windsor. On June 3, 1937the Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson ona private ceremony. It was an unpopular decisionfor a well- loved monarch but admirable for somepeople. I wonder if anyone of us would be in hisshoe what would you pick your beloved or yourthrone?Anthony Lim

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The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson

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Why the Spurs will be scary come playoff timeTe present NBA spotlightand all the talk is focused onthe Golden State Warriors. Teimpressive start to the 2015-2016 by the defending cham-pions is unmatched, of courseled by the head of the snakeand their MVP - StephenCurry. However, the old andboring team, the San AntonioSpurs, just keeps flying underthe radar and are set to make

noise late in the season.Everythings quiet for the

Spurs. Tey do what they do.Tey may have the oldest agein the league, in average at 30.1years old as a team, but theyhave been the model of consist-ency in recent NBA memory.Despite the Warriors grabbingall the attention to their superb36-2 start(as of presstime), the

Spurs are breathing in theirnecks, just three games behindat 33-6.

But how are they doing this?Going on a little flashback,

the Spurs won free agency by amile. Tey lost some key piecesfrom their 2014 champion-ship to acquire the biggest freeagent last season in LaMarcusAldridge. Tey followed it upby extending one of the best

perimeter defending duo inthe league, Kawhi Leonardand Danny Green to multi-year extensions. And to top itoff, David West turned downa $12m deal from the IndianaPacers to finally get a chance towin the ring from a legit title-contender.

All these names, includingseveral returnees, are underthe call of one of the most re-

spected coaches in the league,Greg Popovich. All these off-season transactions speak vol-ume about the Spurs system.Te sacrifice portion of theSpurs started with their cor-nerstone, im Duncan takinga 2-year $10m deal to openup cap space for said players tocome and play for them. Teirsavvy, yet still reliable veteran,Manu Ginobili also signed acheap 6-million deal to helpthe Spurs. Wow.

Numbers wont lie as SanAntonio is still a threat to any-one is the league. Te Spurs

rank second in total assists pergame(25.5) behind the Warri-ors(29.0). Tey have the bestdefensive rating at 93.4 andoverall net rating at 15.0. Ofcourse, their league-leading de-fense as of now is led by theirrising star Kawhi Leonard,who by the way, plays only 33minutes a game compared tothe rest of the team, who allgets less than 30. Tis tells a

lot about how Greg Popovichshuffles his players efficiently,while getting their legs healthylate in the season.

Te Spurs are unforgiv-ing and the way they are dis-mantling the other teams intheir wins are eye-opening.In their victories, they beattheir opponents(in the first 39games of the season) by a mar-

gin of 17.8 points. Tis resultsto their core crew to get theirrest and even sit out the entirefourth quarter in blowouts.And by the way, their secondand third unit are no pushovers.

Furthermore, everyone re-members how heartbreakingthey were eliminated last yearagainst the Los Angeles Clip-pers in seven games in the firstround of the playoffs. Playing

in NBA in general(with nowthe Eastern Conference lead-ing the West standings-wise)requires a tremendous amountof effort, toughness and health.

im Duncan and the restof his beloved Spurs are onceagain denied of the chance ofmaintaining their champion-ship status, and defend theirNBA title against Chris Paulsgame-winner last season. Dun-

can wont simply allow to leavehis legacy that way. Instead,he wants to prove in his twoyears(or last) extension thathe could win back-to-back.Teres nothing more to provein Duncans fruitful career. Butas a winner as he is, everyoneknows, he wants to put the ic-ing on the cake on that way.

Well, if the trend continuesthis season, the San AntonioSpurs will wound up to be thesecond team not just in thewest, but in the entire NBA.Tey will gain homecourt ad-vantage, wherein they are unde-

feated at the moment, and ulti-mately can book the west finalsseat against powerhouses Golden

State and Oklahoma City.Te Spurs have one of thetoughest round-up schedulein the 82-game stretch, as 16of their last 18 games will beagainst tough western confer-ence teams, which include onegame against the Tunder, andthree against the defendingchampions GSW. However,the team will once again entertheir annual rodeo road trip

on the second week of Febru-ary, in which they further bond

their team and improve theirchemistry as a unit. Tey usu-ally gather in this handful of

successive road games to gearthemselves up in the postsea-son. Look out.

By that time, Kawhi Leon-ard probably gets his first timeAll-Star game recognition andcontinues to be conversationfor league MVP. Danny Greenfinally breaks out of his shoot-ing slump, while LaMarcusAldridge fits in the system per-fectly. On a side note, Patty

Mills, Boris Diaw, David West,Kyle Anderson, Jonathan Sim-

mons, and Boban Marjanovicall fit the teams style of playwell, and could already be on

par against other NBA teamsstarting crew.Majority are speculation and

forecast at this point. But oncethey peak at the right moment,this well-oiled Spurs teamcould get their coveted sixthring and continue to writebeautiful tales on their storiedfranchise. Were nearly halfwaythrough the season and a lotof things can happen at this

point. Stay tuned.Jan Gonza-les *stats from NBA.com*

Coach Greg Popovich mentors the present face of the franchise KawhiLeonard in hopes for the teams sixth title (Photo: image spurs.com)

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