Pikpik sa Abaga
Ni: Henry Sandoval

Eleksyon 2016

Mura na ug ginamos nga mawos ang umaabot nga politika karong 2016 sa sunod tuig ang kalabanan karon nga gi-istoryahan sa mga tawo bisan pa man nga wala pa maglihok ang mga yawe sa politika dinhi sa Unang Distrito sa Negros Occidental. Kami nga taga sa media ang kanunay nga mapangutana sa mga yano ug uban nga anaa sa tag-as nga lintang sa katilingban. 
Kalabanan nga mga pangutana sa lokal nga politika kung kinsa ang mahulip sa mga kandidato nga mogradwar na sa ilahang pagka opisyal sa gobyerno lokal sa siyudad sa San Carlos? Ikaduha nga pangutana nga ug kinsa man sad kayha ang mudagan pagka-kongresman sa unang distrito? 

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No Baby Talk
By Georgene Rhena P. Quilaton-Tambiga

San Carlos journalism

What am I going to write about?
This question has been pestering me for almost a year now. The inkwell has run dry and I’d been writing using a pencil for far too long. It is not just to say our environs now lack the inspiration for a writer or are now devoid of materials for a journalist. I am saying something is amiss here but only a very few notice it. 
When I went back from a yearlong sojourn in a different career, I found myself coming home to my lifelong passion only to discover that the personal and physical impediments were countless and stubborn as the giant rock.  But when I finally came around to overcoming the impediments step by step. Alas! I found a barrier that I couldn’t remove with my bare hands—barriers that include people, news sources that once had doors open are now suddenly closed. 
I remember the time when I first became a community journalist in-training. I started writing essays that were my observations and opinions of events that occurred in the city. Then, the editor started giving simple assignments that involved a bit of research, a little running here and there, and few short interviews of news sources that weren’t used to being interviewed in the first place. 

The Friendly Observer

By Arthur Keefe

An Olympic pool, perhaps?

This City is very fortunate to have sports facilities many others would love to have. The new tennis courts add to the football pitches, the floodlit basketball courts, and the well kept areas used more informally for other ball games and personal exercise. Not only does this help make this City an attractive place to live and work, but it also encourages health promoting activity. It is good to see these facilities well used by people of all ages and both sexes. 

March 17 to 22, 2015
Gas leak causes Burgos fire

Two points for Fire Prevention Month. Residents initiate bucket brigade to help the Bureau of Fire Protection-San Carlos firefighters put out the blaze on Burgos Street that consumed three houses last March 15.                                                                            NewsRecord Photo

No Baby talk                          On fire 
March 15, 2015—I was trying to cover the fire on Burgos Street. The experience was an awakening. 
When I arrived on the site there was a fairly huge blaze that was just consuming around three houses and in no time electrical lines were ablaze, too. In five seconds, there was a stampede and people pushed their way out of the inferno as wires sparked like fireworks on an electrical post.

All Baby Talk
By Georgene Rhena Quilaton-Tambiga
More on baby food
Picking up from my previous topic on homemade baby food, let this be a rejoinder. 
It had been a few weeks since I wrote for this column and since then my baby girl has eaten from a smorgasbord of vegetables and meats. With the addition of a glass type blender on our kitchen counter, I discovered that there is no limit to the baby food wonders a mother can make at home. 

Pik-pik sa Abaga
ni Henry Sandoval
May ngipon ba 

ang Noise Ordinance?
Wala gyud magdugay ang banda-banda sa bag-ong bar diha sa St. Vincent Subdivision, Barangay I. Unang gabii pa lang sa pagtukar sa maong banda mi react gyud dayon ang mga residente sa kasaba niini. Unang gabii nga akong namonitor nga nanawag ang barangay tanod sa Barangay One sa reklamo sa residente nga dili layo ang balay sa maong bar nga labihan kasaba. 

Just dough it!

Part II

In culinary jargon, the soft inner part of bread is known as the ‘crumb’ which is different from crumbs – the tiny pieces of bread that have fallen off. The hard outer portion is called the ‘crust.' 

March 11 to 16, 2015

San Carlos Diocese  

revives theater arts

Young love starts bitter. Jason, a self-confessed genius and over-achiever, and Gia, a ‘lost’ starstrcuk transferee, are two college students who came from two opposite poles but found themselves gravitating toward each other as they go through the daily stress and rigors of college life.                                                                                                           NewsRecord Photo

Myembro sa ‘Mata ng Brigada’ miprotesta

Pipila ka mga myembro sa usa ka social organization nga gitawag ug Mata ng Brigada mipahigayon ug lihok protesta sa atubangan mismo sa istasyunan sa Brigada News FM diha sa Plaza Building, Rizal Street, San Carlos. 

Silent protest. Pipila ka mga myembro sa Mata ng Brigada mi reklamo batok sa tagdumala sa Brigada News FM nga si Arnell Dada. 

Photo by Henry Sandoval

Homily in Monte Agudo

By Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR

Church choice: 

Manager or Pastoral Pope

On February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world by announcing his resignation effective February 28, 2013. He was 85 years old. 

Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval

Negosyante sa merkado, 

mi reklamo

Usa ka negosyante dinhi sa siyudad sa San Carlos ang mireklamo  sa iyahang gipadagan sa mga papeles sa lisensya sa iyahang tindahan. 

Si Mr. Antonio nga naa ganegosyo diha sa ilawom sa atong merkado publiko ug mga mantalaan ug mga magazine nga nasyonal ang natingala ug dako nga wala man gihapon ang lisensya sa iyahang tindahan nga nakabayad na man siya sa nagproseso sa maong mga papeles ug bali Php 19,000. Sa dihang mibatyag na siya ug duda iya kining gisusi sa City Hall ug iyahang nahibaw-an nga wala mabayad ang kwarta nga iyahang gihatag sa gatrabaho niini.

Soldier's Pen

By BGen. Alexander Cabales (Ret.)

And he played with a scalpel

In a previous article we likened the Mama Sapano operation to that of a surgical operation, a medical term involving an incision using special instruments performed by a well-trained doctor in order to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.  

March 1 to 10, 2015

Caballero Subdivision Tragedy

Fire victims point neighbor 

Georgene Rhena Quilaton-Tambiga

The fire that razed at least 50 houses in Caballero Subdivision and Endrina Street (the area that is still part of Barangay II) has started in the house of a suspected drug user. 

3-Hour Ordeal. A firefighter and two volunteers attack the fire that is consuming a house with a little store just beside a warehouse on Endrina Street, Corner National Highway while City Mayor Ginggo Valmayor looks on.

The Lesson Plan

By Allan Siarot-Mendoza Bautista

Localized Hispanic 

borrowed words

This paper presumes that Hispanic words borrowed in Cebuano – Visayan in the locality of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental are assimilated, transmitted and shared both from and meaning through lexical localization.

Food for Tooth

By Otto George Weber

Just dough it!

‘’All sorrows are less with bread.’’ – Miguel de Cervantes

If there’s one business that seems to thrive well in this city of ours, it’s the business of making and selling bread. The last time I checked, there are more than a dozen bakeries dispensing popular items from the best-selling hot pan de sal and fransing to ensaymada, pan de siosa, sliced bread, Spanish rolls, to name a few. At certain times of the year, demand is so great that these bakeries are literally left with empty shelves!  

Friendly Observer

By Arthur Keefe

South America

I have just returned to the UK from  Chile and (briefly) Argentina. Readers may be interested in my observations on these two middle developed countries. 

Both were colonised by Spain in the 17th century, and obtained their independence in the mid 19th century. This was long before the Philippines, and unlike the Philippines, independence was gained through local resistance, with no external country involved.

Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval

Sa kilid sa dalan

Nahimo nang katulganan sa mga pamilya nga dunay balay apan ganahan gyud matulog diha ubos sa mga estraktura diha kilid sa kanhi  Continental Tower. 

Sa mga nanlabay nga mga bulan dili kaayo na sila daghan diha nga mga tulog. Ang nakasulaw sa konsensya nga mga alas siete pa pasado sa kagabhi-on magbuklad na sila sa ilahang mga karton aron ilang matulgan. Unya sa karon murag nagka daghan na sila nga mangatulog. 

February 21-28, 2015
Calatrava cop 
gunned down 
Death threats, gambling, drug cases 

drive investigation 
February 23, 2015—Calatrava policeman, who was active in anti-criminality operations, was gunned down on V. Gustilo Street, near the old City Hall building.

  Lawman, family man. SPO2 Edsel L.
   Villanueva is widely known for his
 anti-drug and anti-gambling operations.Photo source: facebook.com 

Special Police Officer 2 Edsel L. Villanueva, 40 years old, married with five children, a resident of Burgos Street, San Carlos City, and assigned to Calatrava Municipal Police Office was shot thrice while riding on his motorcycle on his way home.