Area I Meet comes 
to SCC


Area I Athletic and Cultural Meet comes to San Carlos City after four years and opened on November 22, at the Ramon Magsaysay Elementary School and Tandang Sora Elementary School grounds. 
With close to 3,500 delegates from outside the city, excluding game officials, the Area I Meet games are being held in key venues including San Julio Realty, Inc. (SJRI) grounds for football, baseball and softball, People's Park for swimming, and the City Auditorium for indoor court games like badminton. 

Inauguration. Above: The new school building of School of the Future is said to be worth P 9 M. Its construction began in March this year and was finished by the end of October. Mrs. Imelda Mamac, SOF Principal, said the computer laboratory, amphitheater, faculty, science and Home Economics rooms will soon be tranferred to the two-storey, six-room building. Below: L-R Mamac, Ma. Cristina F. Bahinting, DepEd District I Supervisor, City Mayor Gerardo Valmayor, Jr., and DepEd-San Carlos Divsion Superintendent Cynthia Demavivas cut the ribbon during the inaugural ceremony on November 16.                                         Photo Source: Dateline City Hall

Magdalena:

Is there a need to decriminalize prostitution? 

Due to the hodgepodge of too many events that cram front pages, many haven't noticed that some lawmakers are now lobbying for the decriminalization of prostitution. It isn't new-both prostitution and the proposal. On TV, we often get a dose of investigative programs that lead to the apprehension of sex workers that thrive in con massage parlors. Even here in San Carlos, we know how a police officer drove away the iconic "Magdalena sa Kawayanan" after the ladies tried to hitch him in unknowing he was a police officer. 

Student’s Short Fiction


When a girl just wants to have fun...
What could possibly go wrong?

Shot Glass

By Charmaine Sanchez

-Continued from the previous edition.
After that night, my friends never again had trouble in convincing me to go out with them at night. I learned to wear the right clothes and with Tatay's monthly padala, I bought a lot of shorts and skirts in Divisoria. I had no reason to look like a farm girl anymore and I really wanted to look like a real girl. Nikki taught me how to use make-up. She taught me a few techniques in adding pretty shades to my eyes, what lipstick color would look good on me, and the right scent of perfume to use. From head to foot, I was definitely a changed lady and it made me feel really good. A few changes wouldn't hurt. What could possible go wrong?

Bantay Banat
Ni Rics Cañisarez

Ang  baho ug si Goliath

Misi-aw na usab ning sakit sa San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. Kon sa tawo pa, miawas na usab ang apdo. Unsa man, wala na ba gayuy mahimo nang mga tawo diha kon unsaon sa pag-control nianang bahong baklag? Niadtong pila na kagabie ang milabay mi-awas na usab nang inyong tambakanan sa baho nga miabot na gani sa kalsada ang hugaw hinungdan gani nga miitom na ang dagat diha sa Parola ug hinungdan nga ang katawhan mi-alma tungod sa bahong dili maagwanta. Unsa man taga SCBI, sigehon lang ba ninyo kini? Ka wala baya ninyoy kaulaw!

Pikpik sa Abaga
Ni Henry Sandoval

Kuryente


Wala gayud ko masipyat nga daghan ang mangutana ug asa ning mga lugara nga akong gisulat nga 42 ka sitios nga gipasudlan ug elektrisidad. Tungod sa daghan ang misulat niadtong milabay nga isyu karon ako nang mahigayunan pagtubag ang mga pangutana sa mga tawo kun asa dapita sa Primero Distrito mitupa kining proyekto sa elektrisidad.

Friendly Observer
By Arthur Keefe

The big stink

To anybody in San Carlos, this immediately triggers the response: ETHANOL!
Originally heralded as the major coup for San Carlos is its economic development, this operation is now resented and even hated by much of the population. When this journal first raised these concerns, the company responded with declarations that this was all about teething problems and they promised all would be resolved.