Mayor RRD dies, 73

Wake open to public, burial on Monday

                Former City Mayor Rogelio Debulgado succumbed to sepsis (infection), March 6, Tuesday, after undergoing a supposedly successful triple-heart by-pass at the Cebu Doctors' University Hospital on February 29.

                SP Member Rommel Debulgado, son, confirmed through a phone interview that the former mayor was pronounced clinically dead at eight in the morning. He reported that the heart surgery was considered very successful and that the elder Debulgado already had a "functional" heart. The morning after his surgery, the former mayor was already conversing with wife, Victoria Debulgado. "Nagstoryahanay na man to silang Mama," the son said.

                But in the afternoon, the vital signs of Roger, as he is fondly called in the political arena, suddenly dropped including his blood pressure and he had a renal failure. He had then been undergoing dialysis until March 5.

So long. Government emploees pay their respects to former City Mayor Rogelio Debulgado on March 7, the day his remains arrived from Cebu Doctors's University Hospital where he died of infection after a triple heartby-pass.          

              SP Member Debulgado added that nothing prepared them for the death of his father, also considered the patriarch of the city for 15 years. "Wala gyud mi ga expect nga mao ni matabo. Confident man gyud mi nga ma-overcome niya ni nga obstacle (the heart surgery)."

                Only wife Vicky, and nephew Jemilou Ando was with Former Mayor Debulgado during his final moments. Mayor Debulgado's body had been unable to respond to medications and treatments early on March 6 because sepsis had spread throughout his body.

                Debulgado residence of New Era Street, Barangay IV is now open for the wake of the former mayor. The bereaved family allows public viewing. The interment will be on March 12, Monday at the San Carlos Memorial Park, Barangay Rizal.

                Mayor RRD was first appointed as city mayor in June 1986. He was elected to the office in 1992 and finished three terms, each with three years, in 2001. He is best remembered as a son of agricultural Negros because he was an agronomist who earned his BS Agriculture degree from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

The widow. Mayor Roger is survived by wife Victoria seen here while she receives the condolences of former constituents and sympathizers at the wake in their Barangay IV residence.           

                He is survived by wife, Vicky, sons, SP Member Rommel, Roel, and grandchildren.

Installation

The new Worshipful Master. 
Most Worshipful Franklin Demonteverde-right, the Installing Officer, reminds the newly installed Master of the Lodge, Ret. BGen. Alexander Cabales-left, of his duties and responsibilities. San Carlos City Mayor Gerardo Valmayor-extreme right, witnesses the ceremonies at the Tañon College Gymnasium.

March: Women's Month

Quotes of the Week

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed.  If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn't have what it takes.’  They will say, ‘Women don't have what it takes.’”

- By Clare Boothe Luce

“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, ‘It's a girl.’”

- By Shirley Chisholm

“I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.”

- By F. Alanis Morissette

“The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.”

- By Lucretia Mott

My Journey to the East

Soldier's Pen
BGen. Alexander Cabales, (Ret.)

                On March 3, the members of the Most Worshipful Joseph E. Schon Memorial Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines had its public Installation of officers for the year 2012. 

                 The Lodge had been in existence for the past 45 years and was originally known as the San Carlos City Lodge before it was renamed in honor of Commander Joseph Schon, a US naval pilot who served in the Pacific and eventually settled in Canlaon City in the late 1940's. Joseph Schon was the Grand Master of Masons of the Philippines in 1968 and was instrumental in the constitution of this lodge.
                As a member of this lodge for the past nine years, I had the honor of being installed as its new Worshipful Master. Vice-Mayor Dr. Edgardo Quisumbing occupied that position for the third time in the past.   Also installed were Allan Leonor, Senior Warden; Dr. Stephen Yee, Junior Warden; Dr Edgardo Quisumbing, Secretary; Nelson Tan, Treasurer; Toboso Municipal Councilor Josephus Valencia, Auditor; Councilor Hernan Antonio, Marshall; PCInsp Jose Baynosa (Ret), Chaplain; Oscar Limpio, Senior Deacon, PSInsp John Joel Batusbatusan, Junior Deacon; Atty. Samuel Lezama, Orator/Lecturer; and Dennis Tan Yu, Tyler.

The new set of officers of the Most Worshipful Joseph E. Schon Memorial Lodge Number 186 led by BGen . Alexander D. Cabales. From L-R, Standing: Dr.Stephen Yee, Atty Samuel Lezama, Dennis Tan Yu, Nelson Tan, Dr./Vice Mayor Edgardo Quisumbing, Councilor Josephus Valencia, Atty/Councilor Hernan Antonio, Alan Leonor, PSInsp John Joel Batusbatusan, Oscar Limpio and Romil Rentuaya. Also in the picture (seated from L-R) Lt Gen Arthur Tabaquero, Atty Elmer Balbin, Gen Cabales, Judge Franklin Demonteverde and Mayor Gerardo Valmayor

                Judge Franklin Demonteverde of Bacolod City, a former Grand Master of Masons of the Philippines installed the new set of officers.  He was assisted by Dr. Joselito Yulo and Engineer Cesar Velarde, Jr. as Master of Ceremonies and Assistant Master of Ceremonies, respectively.  Both Yulo and Velarde were past District Deputy Grand Masters in Samar Island and are members of Mt. Huraw Lodge in Catbalogan City.  The Guest of Honor and Speaker was Lt. General Arthur I. Tabaquero, the Commanding General of the Eastern Mindanao Command based in Davao City and who is a member of Marikina Lodge.   The incumbent District Deputy Grand Master in Negros Island, Atty. Elmer Balbin from Bohol and our very own Mayor Gerardo Valmayor also graced the occasion.
               Masons from other lodges in Negros Island, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, Samar and Leyte came to witness the event.  To name a few were PCSupt Cecil Sandalo (Ret) and my mason classmates, PCSupt Drusillo Bolodo and BGen Alejandro Estomo.  The six widows of deceased masons from San Carlos City and the son of the late Joseph E. Schon, Ricky, also attended the occasion.
            In closing I would like to share with my readers, excerpts of my assumption speech as follows:

                "Allegorically we masons say that one's journey in the craft (masonry) is through a rough and rugged road that is always beset with trials and temptations.  Today I wonder what the path of those ahead of me was using because the road that I took was not that rough and rugged after all but rather a beautiful one.  I took a leisurely path, discovering the beauties of freemasonry along the way, feeling the warmth of the brotherhood everywhere my soldiery tasks brought me, partaking of the master masons wages (the enjoyment and rewards) that I did not expect but were voluntary shared by the brethren, having an instant family even in places that I've never been to in the past, and watching with amazement the masonic magic slowly unfolding before my very eyes.  I enjoyed every moment of it; I cannot ask for more from my masonic travels. 

                Today, almost nine years after I first passed through the two brazen pillars of Boaz and Jachin (the names of the symbolic pillars in the doorway of lodges), I pretend to be like an old experienced mason sitting on a chair reserved only for the likes of King Solomon, the first known grandmaster in masonic tradition. His wisdom was widely known and most masters of a lodge strive to emulate him and endeavor to display the highest virtues of a mason as exemplified by the Most Excellent King Solomon.  Looking at this as the backdrop, I hope that I could dispose of my responsibilities within the expected standards to the satisfaction of the brethren particularly those from my mother lodge.  I am confident though, that whatever my short comings would be, they will always be there to support me as they have always done with the other masters before me. 

                For a year I occupied that seat in the west as the Senior Warden.  It was there that I have become very familiar and comfortable with the usual question posed on me by the master during the ceremonial opening of the lodge for our regular meeting.  Before we buckle down to discuss our business, he asks me, "What is your duty in the West Brother Senior Warden?  My answer, which was rather a long one, would include this phrase, "…that none may go away dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all societies especially of ours".   Those words didn't have so much meaning the first time I said them.  I was more concerned with speaking the lines precisely without any deviation as we are required to.  Later on, my answer became spontaneous and second nature to me.  Its meaning and significance became clear and I begun to internalize and accept it.  Harmony is indeed the strength and support of all societies especially of ours!

                The importance of harmony not only among masons but with their fellowmen as well, is further emphasized in the short but meaningful opening prayer during a masonic meeting.  Here we implore God to subdue every discordant passion within us and to harmonize and enrich our hearts with his goodness so that we may humbly reflect the beauty and order that reigns forever in his throne."

                Today, I share this reflection [in] harmony with the brethren as well as to the friends of masons who are with us today as I mark my first step in a "continuous travel towards the East in search of that which was lost - the elusive and hidden secrets of Freemasonry."

                These are allegorical statements of course.  A mason does not literally travel towards the east.  The travel actually alludes to a mason's continuous quest for truth and knowledge, of morality and rectitude of life in order to make a better person out of himself. It is allegorical in the sense that masonry no longer keep secrets except for the harmless signs of recognition between brothers, the sometimes meaningless words we mumble in each other's ears during the opening and closing ceremonies in our meetings and the signs of distress that many of us have even forgotten due to non-use because we are only allowed to use it as a last recourse and only when we are in actual physical danger. 

                Whatever these meant in the eyes of each one of us, it is only through harmony with our fellowmen that the magic of masonry can best work.  As the new master of the Most Worshipful Joseph E. Schon Memorial Lodge Number 186, I enjoin everyone to internalize and practice this great moral principle and together we will travel not the rough and rugged road but the beautiful path that leads to the East."

Woman of the plaza

No Baby Talk
By Georgene Rhena P. Quilaton-Tambiga

                There is this woman I often see at the plaza. Daily San Carlos sun burned her skin. She looks like she has come straight from anybody's muddy floor. Almost every time I pass by the plaza, she sits there protected only by the roof of the Kiwanis Club waiting shed. What breaks my heart is the sight of her children running on the street within her view and she is just there sitting calmly a lighted cigarette on her pursed lips and a thin baby sucking at her sagging breast.

                This woman is the antithesis of the kind of woman I dream myself of becoming. She is probably not the kind of woman most girls today dream of becoming. But as this is March, the Women's Month, I reflect on her image and start asking what made her become the woman that she is now.

                Evelyn Cunningham, an American civil-rights-era journalist, wrote that "Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their oppressors." And just when we think oppression takes only the form of physical abuse we are entirely wrong. I have seen young girls deprived of their dreams of going to school because they are sent to work in someone else's household instead. I have heard the lament of a promising girl who dreamed of going to a university but because her parents thought she couldn't make it because she is a girl she is forced to take a course she is not interested in and consequently lost the opportunity to develop her potentials.

Evelyn Cunningham, 1916-2010, civil rights journalist
"Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives
in intimate association with their oppressors."

                Everyday I meet girls in the neighborhood forced into marriage because their parents wanted to get rid of one mouth to feed. And who can deny the rising number of Westerners (not all of them are Americans) now in the city in search of that one lucky, Filipina whose fortune the dollars, or Euro, will change forever? How many of these "lucky ones" were actually prodded by their own mothers to go and chat with a foreigner in an Internet café?

                Many other forms of oppression that exist in our society only seem like any other person's pain in the neck. Collectively, these pains become the ill that turn us, Filipino women, into hapless, paralyzed victims of the society we all think is warm, loving and sheltering.

                The moment a single opportunity is denied to a woman of any age, economic status, and skin color oppression takes place. The moment a woman is forced to do what she loathes to do, there is psychological abuse. The moment parents, siblings, husbands or partners fail to give a woman the respect she deserves they are starting the vicious cycle of treating us all the lesser degree of humans.

                Since our government continues to tarry on passing into law a proposed bill that will give women, girl-mothers and their children the one shot chance to quality life, many more women will continue to be the oppressors of their own selves and that of their children. Their ignorance of their potentials and the inavailability of the means to harness them through good health and education becomes their primary tool in this unconscious abuse.

                I wonder: In what milieu did the woman in plaza grew up in? Who were her first oppressors before the whole San Carlos community started oppressing her and she, in turn abused her children?

               

Law Enforcement? Not here!

Friendly Observer
By Arthur Keefe

                Another Sunday spoiled by the constant sound of a Karaoke playing at full volume all day. This is despite a city ruling that such businesses can only be allowed at the terminal and at the reclamation area.

                On Saturday, a dark blue new Honda car was parked near PNB. It was parked on the sidewalk and the (nearly invisible now) pedestrian crossing. A motorbike parked next to it forcing pedestrians into the busy road.

             I stopped a policeman in a patrol vehicle parked nearby and asked him who was responsible for apprehending the drivers for such dangerous and unlawful behavior. He told me it was the job of the traffic enforcers and that he would contact them. I wonder if he did. In any event, the police should deal immediately with dangerous traffic violations, not merely pass the buck.

                A few weeks ago, the sugar fields just harvested beside Gaisano were ablaze and the smoke reduced visibility on that busy road to almost zero. As so often, the powerful landowners ignore the laws on pollution with impunity.

                I don't know if the Chief of Police was shamed into back-tracking on his announcement that his force will not apply the law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets in the City. A week later, a joint LTO-PNP action took place stopping helmetless riders. None the less, very few still bother to wear a helmet.

            Many motorcyclists also continue to ride with no lights, as do trucks, tricycles and, of course, pedicabs. Do they realize that when driving along, a car coming the other way with headlights up so badly adjusted (as so many are), means the driver cannot see an unlighted vehicle until nearly upon it? The law of course requires lights front and back, and for very good reasons.

               One helpful initiative has been the issue of reflective tape to pedicabs, but many have either missed out or chose not to use it.

                I recently had to quickly step out of the way of a motorcycle riding along the sidewalk. I asked the rider why they were there. They replied they were only riding a short way, as they had parked on sidewalk. Why? No prospects of apprehension of course.

                I could go on, and indeed I have written many times about these matters and the absence of law enforcement. It is not rocket science! In most countries law enforcement is routine. Even here in the Philippines, there are many places where there is at least a serious attempt to enforce laws.

                These laws (like those governing environmental protection on land and at sea) are for the benefit of the majority. They are for public health and safety; they protect the environment for this and future generations; they are to ensure people can live together in peace and security. Those who chose to ignore them are putting their own convenience before the safety or comfort of others. Law enforcement punishes a personal lack of consideration for others and eventually compliance becomes the norm. Here non-compliance is the norm. Of course, all enforcement needs to be tempered. Warnings for first offences instead of immediate fines, public education explaining the purpose behind the laws, allowance of exceptions where good reasons exist. An honest police/ LTO/ City Council can easily apply the law with humanity and even-headedness. Corruption practices of course cannot be allowed where discretion is exercised for a price I have no desire to see thousands of vehicles impounded, or many paying fines they can ill-afford. What is needed is a culture change, where infringements become exceptional and are dealt with and compliance becomes the norm. A determined effort by all the bodies concerned could help San Carlos really warrant its title as the second most livable city of its size anywhere.

                At present, its title is hardly justifiable.

Literary: Teacher

By Rev. Fr. Rafael Cabales, OAR

T- is for the-     Task of teaching, so noble and so great.

                        Talents to give; teacher has to create.

                        Timeless labor for everyone is given.

                        Treasure of values, the greatest in heaven.

E-is for the-      Efforts no less than often misunderstood.

                        Endeavors of teachers aiming only for good.

                        Entrusted to them, youth hope of tomorrow.

                        Everlasting knowledge, freedom from sorrow.

A-is for the-     Aspiration for their students so high.

                        Ablazed their hearts with care instead of a sigh.

                        Agents of knowledge, apostles to us all.

                        Angels of light to both the big and the small.

C-is for the-     Commitment, teachers have sincerely sworn.

                        Children to care, to build and treat as their own.

                        Conscience to guide them in daily performance.

                        Create confidence, keep learning in balance.

H- is for the-    Heart, head and hand, as teachers' tools in obe-                                     

                         dience and in command.

                        Haven for the poor, doubtful, and ignorant.

                        Help afforded to the needy and forsaken.

                        Harvest of success, abundant in the end.

E-is for the-      Enlightenment to students, teachers project.

                        Examples alive, making teaching concrete.

                        Efficient teachers render teaching excellence.

                        Edifying people wherever they went.

R-is for the-     Recognition to teachers ought be given.

                        Resourceful in their fields, reaching out to all men.

                        Rare vocation, teaching is of high regard.

                        Recompense eternal, divine source is God.

ALL: TEACHERS "Word full of sweetness, sound so tender,

                        Next to parents, you are to us dear,

                        Save us, please, from the brink of evil.

                        In ways and values, you are our MODEL!

Murag kape-gatas

Pikpik sa Abaga
Ni Henry Sandoval

                Ani lang milabay nga semana ang among silingan sa purok samtang gasakay ako sa iyahang motor nanugid nako sa nahitabo sa mga maligo unta didto sa kaligu-anan nga gitawag namo ug ka Preking. Gamay lang nga lugar daplin sa dagat nga adunay balas nga maoy kalingawan sa mga tawo sa Barangay I nga wala nay ikasarang pag-adto didto sa mga beach nga binayran. Namauli na lang kay ug maligo ka matud pa sa driver mura kag gihaplasan ug asiete nga ginamit. Kape-gatas ang kolor sa dagat nga murag asite sa motor nga ginamit.

             Sayang ang programa sa gobyerno sa pagpananum ug mga bakhaw ug bungarol para unta maitlogan sa mga isda ang maong mga kahoy. Ambot ug unsa say lihok ani among kapitan sa Barangay I nga ang apektado nga lugar sakop mani niya.

                May nakasulti nako nga muadto baya kuno kini sya usahay sa planta sa ethanol. Kanus-a pa man kini aksyunan sa mga opisyal sa gobyerno kining baklag nga gipaguwa sa dagat anang ethanol?

                Ang baho sa hangin nga imohang mahigop inug ka kadlawon labihan kabaho nga di ka kasabot.

             Ang mga hubakon nga magbalaw ug amping sa higayun nga mamulak na ang tubo unsa na kayha ning baho nga halos kada adlaw nanimahong hugaw sa iring. Unsa sad kahay action sa atong mga kadagku-an sa City Health dinhi sa syudad sa San Carlos? Di na lang ta mutandog anang DENR kay bisan unsa-on tulog ra gihapon.

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                Adunay usa ka tag-iya ug sakyanan nga mi reklamo kanako bahin anang mga lamesa nga usahay anha na sa kalsada gaplastar para magpapatad . Maglisod na kuno sila ug liko tungod kay anaa ang lamesa daplin sa dalan nakaplastar. Ani lang bag-o naa na nagpatong ug nagbutang na gyud ug atop-atop sa may shoulder sa dalan. Murag wala mapusli ang pagpalapad sa dalan.

                Dinha usab sa dalan Carmona ug inyong makita nga anaay mga tindahan nga nagbutang ug TV ug nahimo na hinuon nga parkinganan sa mga pedicab ang lapad nga dalan nga ang tuyo gipalapad para matawhay ang pagpadagan sa mga may sakyanan nahimo na hinuon nga stanbayanan sa mga pedicab.

                Diha sa dalan Valdevia sayo sa buntag magka traffic tungod sa mga jeepney nga anaa mosulod ug mo ariya sa mga karga sa mga negosyante nga anaa man unta kitay bagsakan nga tawhay kaariyahan sa mga utanon ug unsa pa nga mga produkto nga gikan sa bukid. Dugay-dugay ra ba gyud kang matanggong tungod kay daghan sad kaayo ang pedicab nga mo-pick up ug mga pasahero.

                Bisan unsa-on pagpalapad sa dalan dili gyud matawhay kay dili man mosunod sa laye sa dalan. Dapat unta nga kanang mga jeepney dili na mosulod sa Merkado Publiko kay duna man tay bagsakan. Kay ug ang gi-ariya para itinda sa merkado makarga naman kana sa pedicab ug motorcab nga pasahiro-an.

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                Nahinabi nako ang usa sa opisyal sa Senior Citizen sa San Carlos nga si Mr. Junior Abelarde. Nakahigayun akong pangutana kaniya mahitungod sa uban nga programa nasyonal nga gi-enjoy na sa uban nga myembro sa Senior Citizen. Nahisgutan namo ang kanang tag P 500 nga kada bulan madawat sa senior citizen nga nag edad 77 anyos pataas. Matud pa niya nga makadawat lamang ang usa ka senior citizen basta ang iya nga edad muabot na sa 77 anyos.

                Ug aduna usab dili makadawat bisan miabot na siya anang edara kun ang maong myembro nagdawat ug pension sama sa SSS ug GSIS. Aduna pa gyud syay gihisgot nga hasta sad kuno nang mga ginikanan nga adunay gidawat nga suporta sa anak nga atua sa guwa sa nasud dili makadawat sa maong benepisyo. Di sad siguro na mahimo nga ug may anak kang gasuporta dili ka makadawat sa maong benepisyo sa gobyerno. Di man na masiguro nga mupadala na kada bulan ang tua sa guwa. Munas ginhawa pud na didto kabkab para makakita ug kwarta nga matabang usab sa ilahang pamilya dinhi sa Pilipinas.                       

               Unya sa karon nga panahon talagsa na lang baya nang makaabot ug 77 anyos .

Why breastfeed your baby?

Tita Len-len's Wais Tips
By Rosalinda Pataytay

  Since March is the month for women, the Wais Tips is back online to dedicate columns to the unrecognized heroines of the world. Many are the tasks, duties and responsibilities placed on the shoulder of women today. But what makes women exceptional is motherhood.

               Only women were wired and made in order to conceive and nurture life. Sadly, because of the demands of modern careers, many mothers now fail to give their babies the best of the best. A mother’s milk is the cheapest yet the most nutritious food for infants but many career moms now fail to breastfeed because they need to go back to work soon or because they think that formula milk are way better just like what the ads say.

               The World Health Organization, an arm of the United Nations to promote the best health standards, a mother’s milk contains necessary enzymes to boost the baby’s immune system. Colostrum the thin, watery, yellowish milk that flows during the first three to four hours after birth is the best vaccine against diseases your baby can get. WHO thus recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued supplemental breastfeeding until two years and beyond.

               In WHO’s guidelines for reducing incidence of diarrhea, breasfeeding is the top preventive measure because mother’s milk contains the proteins whey (60 %) and casein (40 %). This protein balance allows quick and easy digestion. Some formula or artificial milk contains more casein so babies have difficulty moving bowels otherwise they will have watery stool.

               Mother’s milk is also the natural source of bifidus that some formula milk brands supposedly contain. Bifidus supports the growth of lactobacillus that protects the baby from harmful bacteria by creating an acidic environment where they cannot thrive.

               Mother’s milk is fatty but its fats are the healthy kinds that promote the development of the brain, retina (eye part) and nervous system. The fats in breastmilk do not cause obesity and diabetes because they are all natural and can be easily metabolized.

               Did you know that infants who are exclusively breastfed do not even have to take artificial vitamin drops? That’s right because breast milk is already a complete package of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, and water-soluble vitamins C, riboflavin, niacin, and panthothenic acid. Plus, it has lactose, its carbohydrate component that will definitely give baby the real full tummy without ingesting excess air.

               But just when we think, breast feeding only benefits the little ones, it cares for mommies, too. According to Adele Pillitteri in her Maternal and Child Health Nursing textbook, breastfeeding protects mothers from breast cancer and aids the release of oxytocin that help the uterus to retain its original size. “Successful breastfeeding can have empowering effect because it is a skill only women can master,” Pillitteri adds.

               Thus, in order to give your child the best give him/her your own milk because as the Department of Health advocacy says a cow’s milk is for its calf not for the human baby. Aside from the fact that it is cheap, it is better than any other milk available in the market.

               Moreover, women who are breastfeeding do not only initiate babies into a naturally healthy environment but also empower themselves in the process knowing that they are able to perform the most important task in the world.

Sources: Pillitteri, Adele; Maternal and Child Health Nursing. http://www.babycenter.com.ph/baby/breastfeeding/benefitsexpert/;http://www.americanpregnancy.org/firstyearoflife/whatsinbreastmilk.html

2Ps: 2 Pesos

Bantay Banat

Rics Cañizares

                Hangtud karon duna pa gyuy mga tawo nga nagpakabana sa atong mga kaigsuonan didto sa Negros Oriental nga naapektuhan niadtong kusog nga linog. Una nga mihatag ug mga hinabang sama sa mga pagkaon tubig nga mainom ug uban pa, mao ang dakbayan sa San Carlos pinaagi sa kang mayor Ginggo Valmayor ug gisundan sa mga civic organizations ug ang Liga ng mga Barangay San Carlos Chapter mihatag usab ug mga sinakong bugas. Mga individual sa San Carlos nga hangtud niining orasa sa hilum nagpadayon ang ilang pagpakabana sa atong mga igsuon didto sa Negros Oriental. Salamat kaayo kaninyo mga higala!

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                Bag-ohay lang gyud si Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome sa Philippine National Police (PNP) miawhag pagbalik sa iyang "One-Strike Policy" ngadto sa tanan nga chief of police sa mga syudad ug kalungsuran nga mahibaloan nga magtulug-tulog sa ilang obligasyon sa pagpaundang sa illegal nga sugal. Tan-awon nato kon magsige lang ba ug katulog si P/Supt. Harold Tuzon niining gisubli nga "One-Strike Policy" ni Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome.

                Sigon niya nga ang kutob sa hepe sa kapulisan nga dili maminaw niini, "Shall be summarily relieved." Labi na kung mahibaloan nga ang mga illegal nga sugal nagpadayon gihapon sa nasakupan. Niining kampanya sa "One-Strike Policy" gi-activate ni Director Bartolome ang PNP Anti-illegal Gambling-Special Operations Task Forces (AIG-SOTF) sa national, regional ug provincial levels sa pagpatuman sa balaod batok sa mga operators ining mga illegal nga sugal. Ang AIG-SOTF maoy responsable sa paghimo ug analysis sa mga intelligence and information tali sa mga illegal gambling activities apil ang active counter- intelligence and investigation aron mailhan ang pipila ka PNP personnel ug mga government officials ug mga employees nga nahilambigit sa mga illegal gambling activities. Gitudlo ni General Bartolome si Deputy Director General Emil Sarmiento agig maoy mangulo sa national AIG-SOTF. Hala! Mga Chief of Police, kanus-a pa man mo manglihok!.

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                May mga pangutana nga nag-ingon, kini bang programa sa atong Presidente Noynoy Aquino nga 4Ps o Pangkabuhayan ng Pamilyang Pilipino Program, may pinili ba? Kini ang dili nako matubag. Hain man ang mas maayo kon ang taga Department of Social Welfare Development ang atong patubagon niini. Kining kwartaha tabang kini sa gobyerno ngadto sa mga kabus. Apan, karon may mitumaw na usab nga reklamo gikan sa mga recipients nga kuno nga inig kubra nila sa kwarta gikan sa Land Bank of the Philippines-San Carlos Branch kuha-an man sila ug tag duha ka pesos.

                Ako silang gipangutana kon kinsa ning mga tawhana nga mokuha ug tag duha ka pesos. Ako na usab ning ipangutana sa taga DSWD. Tinuod nga gamay ra kining duha ka pesos pero sa kadaghan nga mga recipients ibutang lang nato nga mga 3,000 ka buok nga mga recipients sa tag duha ka pesos. Imagine!

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                Niay usa ka binuhat nga sulondon gyud ug hinaut pa unta nga magdaghan ni sila. Dili nato maingon nga adunahan apan, may disente nga trabaho apan nakugang sya sa dihang iyang nahibalo-an nga ang iyang ngalan naa sa listahan sa DSWD nga usa sa mga reciepents sa 4Ps. Diha-diha iyang giadto ug mihangyo nga ipa-erase ang iyang pangalan. Sa taga DSWD, unsa man diay, wala ba ninyo ma-screen ug maayo kon si kinsa ang angayan nga tabangan sa gobierno?