June 9 to 15, 2012

Jeep to school 

kills student

A blue and white Mitsubishi jeepney fell into a ditch and flipped over on its way to school on June 13. The PUV with plate no. FVJ-909 had 10 teachers and around 14 students on board when its brake malfunctioned at Sitio Walos, Barangay Bagonbon.

Jeffrey Paz, 15, a high school student of Bagonbon National High School was declared dead on arrival at San Carlos Doctor's Hospital while 24 other passengers including the driver, Michael Baraquia, were injured.

Blue vs. White. Two players from Guam-extreme right and center- against Phil Younghusband. The Philippine Football Team, better known as the Azkals, won 3-0 over Guam during the Independence Day match at the Panaad Stadium, Bacolod City, June 12. The Azkals had trained in San Carlos City last May for their international games this month.

1 on 2. James Younghusband-left, struggles to keep the ball while two Guam players-center and extreme left-run after him.

Photos by: Owen Segovia Bayog

CNC Battle Round 2

Ledesmas file for TRO

"All lies! Very far from the truth!"

Socorro Broce-Ledesma, administrative officer of Central Negros College said that the accusations of her siblings Liza and Margarito Broce and the officers of the CNC College Supreme Student Government (CSSG) are all lies.

Going to court

Mario Ledesma, CNC school director and Socorro's husband, said he, his wife, and sister-in-law Assuncion Broce are filing a temporary restraining order against the two aforementioned siblings who took over the school management on June 5.

"When they held that rally we were in Cebu. Since we still believe in the justice system, we went to court to file the TRO," Ledesma, the subject of the students' "Oust Ledesma" placard, said.

Mrs. Ledesma added that aside from the TRO, they also filed a robbery case since her siblings and Margarito's son  ransacked the cashier's office and took P 170,000 from the safe. Student-leaders and the College Dean Isabelita Perigua will be among the accused because they connived for the take-over, she added.

No Baby Talk

By Georgene Rhena P. Quilaton-Tambiga

Students = Stakeholders

The press in the Philippines is generally adversarial. I told my campus journalism class during our first meeting for the semester.

Further, I went on to discuss that, ironically, what now opposes this journalism principle was also conceived in our country. Development communication is the press orientation that our economically strong Asian neighbors use. They borrowed it from us. Their leaders believe that a press that promotes development and encourages people to participate in and contribute to it becomes a nation's indispensable tool for the climb to progress. I agree.

Soldier's Pen

By BGen. Alexander Cabales (Ret.)

Does Rizal deserve 

to be our nat’l hero?

We had this history teacher in high school who argued that Gat Andres Bonifacio more deserves to be declared as the national hero instead of Dr. Jose Rizal.  He contended that Rizal was made as the national hero upon the machinations of our American colonizers.  It was a strategic move on their part to influence the Filipinos to emulate a man of peace like Rizal rather than adore the revolutionary like Bonifacio.  Otherwise, its colonies would always have the tendency to resort to violent means in their quest for reforms.

Bantay Banat

Ni Rics Cañisarez

Bag-ong dagan sa politika na kaha?

Ako nagtuo nga duna gayuy mahitabo nga kausaban sa lakat sa pamolitika  dinhi sa dakbayan San Carlos sa umaabot nga eleksyon. Kausaban gumikan kay sigon sa balita nga akong nadawat, ang mga kandidato sa pagka board member sa administrasyon nga si Nene Dela Cruz lang ang mokandidato pagbalik kay si Board Member Rene Gustilo hulipan kuno ni kanhi mayor sa lungsod sa Calatrava, Boy Baguio. Tungod kuno kini kay dili mosugot si Gobernador Freddie Maranon. Unsa kaha ang nalagutan sa gobernador sa kang Board Member Rene Gustilo? Kon mao kini ang mahitabo, asa man siya padulong? Mokandidato na lang ba siya sa pagka konsehal dinhi sa San Carlos?

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Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval 

Ambulansya

Sa panahon sa emerhensya ang ambulansya maoy sakyanan nga magamit padulong sa siyudad sa Bacolod o dili ba sa Dumaguete. Dinhi sa atong dakbayan aduna kitay mga ambulansya nga naka stand-by sa San Carlos City Hospital para kini nga kon adunay emergency nga pasyente dad-unon sa Bacolod dali lang kini nga mabiyahe.

Dili libre ang atong ambulansya kon gamiton na kini sa usa ka pasyente nga ibalhin sa laing lugar. Sa una nga gidala nako ang akong anak sa Riverside Hospital sa Bacolod, P 3,000 ang among nabayad. Pero duna koy nabantayan sa katre nga gihigdaan sa akong anak. Ang mga tiil gihiktan ug pisi kay mag irog-irog naman. Emergency lagi wala lang sad nako to taga-i ug gibug-aton kay basin alang-alang sa pagpaayo ang in-charge niini.

Apan ini lang bag-o nahinabi nako ang usa ka anak sa usa ka dentista nga mipahuway na niatong miaging bulan nga hilabihan gayud niyang laguta kay ang katre sa ambulansyang gisakyan sa iyahang amahan ga irog-irog.  Mao ra gihapong istoryaha nga wala na magpilit ang tiil sa maong katre sa salog sa ambulansya.

Uy! Ug grabe na gayud ang pasyente igo ra pud matigbak sa irog-irog sa katre kay bukid baya muagi ug adto na ug Bacolod. Mga Madam ug Sir diha sa City Hospital, ipa welding na ninyo nang tiil sa katre nga higdaan sa pasyente diha sa ambulasya nato. Kay matud pa niya mibayad baya sila ug P 2,400 unya  dili komportable ang pasyente nga mosakay.