October 14 to 20, 2012

Helmets get ICC stickers

Approved. DTI-6 Product Standard Officer Reginald Hudierez, standing at far left of table, heads the local inspection and accreditation team in distributing ICC stickers for motorcycle helmets at the City Auditorium on October 17.                                      

Photo Source: Dateline City Hall

Girl from Toboso lost since Sept

A 12-year old Grade V pupil of Toboso Central School was reported lost since September 30.

Irene M. Deso-asido, resident of Sampaguita Street, Barangay Poblacion, Toboso, was last seen at the Toboso Public Market after neighbors asked her to run errands. According to the child's aunt, Irene had about P 300 cash with her when she went to the market and was later seen by a relative riding on a Ceres Bus bound for San Carlos.

The aunt added that the lost child is mentally disabled as per assessment of her elementary teachers. 

Any information about the child, please call NewsRecord at (034) 729-4320 or email at grpquilatontambiga@hotmail.com. The child's family may also be contacted at 09079021894. 

Flood Evacuation Guide

City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office officially publishes its "Flood Evacuation Guide: Plan ahead. Prepare your family."
Composed of short and easy to remember steps for preventing casualty during flood, the guide has six sections with topics on preparing for the flood, emergency supplies needed, flood warning guide, and evacuation procedures. 
Here is the first section:

When Preparing for Flood…
1. Learn about your community's emergency plans, warning signals, evacuation routes and locations of evacuation centers.
2. Plan and practice a flood evacuation drill with your family. Ask an out-of barangay relative or friend to be the "family contact" in case your family is separated during a flood. Make sure everyone in your family knows the name, address and phone number of this contact person. 
3. Post emergency phone numbers at every phone. 
4. Inform local authorities about any special needs, i.e. pregnant women, elderly, disabled persons.
5. Identify potential home hazards and secure or protect them before the flood strikes. Be prepared to turn off electrical power when there is standing water or fallen power lines. Turn off gas and water supplies before you evacuate. Secure structurally unstable building materials. 

*NRWP will publish the next section of the guide in coming editions in the name of Public Service to our readers.-Ed

Taga-Bantay Dagat gidunggab, patay 

Ni Henry Sandoval

Usa ka myembro sa Bantay Dagat ang gidunggab patay sa pista didto Purok IV, Kauswagan, Barangay Ermita. Nailhan ang gidunggab nga si Jose Morgan Panto, 42, minyo nga nagpuyo usab sa Sipaway. Nakaagum kani ug unom ka dinunggaban sa iyahang lawas. Upat ang sa dughan, usa sa kilid ug usa sa buko-buko. Lain-lain ang gidak-on sa agi sa samad matud pa sa kauban niyang Barangay Tanod.

                Daghan ang bersiyon nga miguwa sa maong hitabo nga kuno sayo pa sa gabii nga hubog kini si Morgan ug gipaundang ang hantak.  Matud pa sa mga taga Sipaway, daghan siguro ang naperdi na ug mahimo nga ang suspek diha gikan sa hantakan.                      

Si Morgan usa sa pinaka maayo nga mekaniko nga nakatrabaho sa Bantay Dagat matud pa sa iyahang mga kauban.

Dream
By Roger Mar Lasco

I dream that someday
I'll be climbing on top
Of the mountain of gold
To toil the hidden wealth
Beyond my youthful years
That would make me happy and gay
When my hairs are growing gray
But it's just a dream
Like water in desert storm
Never give breath to earth
To feed the hungry worms
Because it's just a dream…!

But it's better to have a dream
Rather like fools that pull the moon
Chasing wildly the blue stars
Never shines across cloudy sky
But fools are contented and happy
When they toss the wine of fantasy 
Over the cup of melancholy…!

Look at the vines that climb
In the branches of tall trees
Dreaming to catch the gusty winds
In the early morning breezes
The sun that rises in eastern sky
With its enticing beauty of golden rays 
Slowly fading its glorious light
All of these reflect to great delight
That life like vines also climb
Like the sun sets and rises again
When early morning comes
Full of hope in the game of chance…!

Now, I'm climbing and struggling
To reach the highest peak of my dream
With flame of hope, patience and sacrifices
Are my weapons and my shields
To conquer the herculean tasks ahead

With God Almighty as my light and guidance
Now, I have molded the grains of my dream 
It's now a reality that fits to my wish
To hitch my wagon to the stars
Today, I am now proudly waving
The flay of my success and victory
Now the story can be told
My legacy as I am becoming old…!

*If you find errors in this poem they are intended. 

Fair ukay-ukay trade

I've held my one-cent worth of opinion on the trade fair war in abeyance for too long. After purchasing ukay-ukay (there is nothing else to purchase anyway) from both areas, I found out, to my dismay, that items are way more expensive in one than in the other.

Bantay Banat

Ni Rics Cañisarez

Sadya na ang politika

Manghina-ot lang kita nga dili mahitabo ning kasamok sa umaabot nga pinili-ay. Kini ra ba nga eleksyon, layo pa gani ang campaign period, duna nay mga tima-ilhan nga lahi ra kini nga eleksyon kay duna nay mga bata-bata sa mga politiko nga nagpasi-atab nga buhaton gayud nila ang kutob sa ilang mahimo para sa kadaugan sa ilang kandidato. Usa ka sinaligan sa dakong politiko nga akong amigo mihunghong kanako nga sa mga kabukiran ang ila kunong kampanya mao nga kon dili kuno mosuporta sa ilang kandidato, buak ang bagul-bagol. Kuyawa no? Naunsa na gud ni, naka-abot na di-ay dinhi sa ato ning mga kaliwat ni Ampatuan?

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Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval

No surrender

"No retreat, no surrender!" Matud pa sa usa ka kandidato nga dili gayud moundang pagdagan sa pagka kongresista sa Unang Distrito. Matud pa niya nga mentras tanto nga dunay  pinili-ay dili gayud sya moundang sa pagdalagan sa maong posisyon. Kay matud pa niya nga ang tawo mopili gayud sa ilahang botuhan sa eleksyon karong 2013.

Si Ernesto 'Toto' Librando usa ka Vice-President ug Marketing Director sa iPower Philippines, Inc. nga anaa mahimutang sa Legaspi Village, Makati City. Handum ug dako ni Librando nga maka serbisyo sa katawhan sa Unang Distrito ug kini siya lumad gayud nga taga San Isidro, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Ika-upat na kini niyang dagan sa pagka kongresman.

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Friendly Observer

By Arthur Keefe

Publish and be damned

The decision of the Supreme Court to postpone implementation of the new Cybercrime Law gives time for public reflection and debate on a measure which was hurried into law without either. The issues raised are difficult ones and are being grappled within other countries, too.

Homily from Monte Agudo

By Rev. Fr. Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR

The priest 2

Excerpt 2 of the homily delivered during the 

25th Sacerdotal Anniversary of Rev. Fr. Jorge Peligro, OAR 

Independent: he is expected to be self-sufficient. He falls on the way-few willing hands lift him up. He lapses-his lot is seldom one of sympathy. He can be weak and impatient-no one understands. In the midst of finance and administration, in his own mind his vision of priesthood can be lost, if he cannot see it himself. Drained from generosity-burn out of his own selfishness. He needs your prayers as he stands alone. He is another Christ, in spite of all."