Mabuhay Issue No. 925

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Marami pa ring takot kahit okay na ang 10 may sa Bulacan A H1N1 saBulacan NI DINO BALABO LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Gumaling na ang 10 Bulakenyong positibo sa swine flu o Influenza AH1N1, ayon sa mataas na opisyal ng kalusugan sa lalawigan. Ngunit, marami pa rin ang nangangamba, ani Dr. Joycelyn Gomez, tagapagsalita ng Bulacan hinggil sa A H1N1. Marami pa rin ang nangangamba sa nakakahawang sakit katulad ng mga taga-San Miguel kung saan ay 132 mag-aaral ang kinakitaan ng sintomas ng swine flu, ani Dr. Gomez. Ang patuloy na paglaganap ng swine flu ay nauwi naman sa pakaubos ng mga facemask, alcogel at vitamin C sa mga botika sa lalawigan. Walo sa 10 Bulakenyong nagpositibo ay mula sa bayan ng Bulakan, at tig-isa sa bayan ng Hagonoy at ng Guiguinto ay gumaling na, sabi ni Dr. Gomez nang makapanayam sa telepono ng Mabuhay noong Hunyo 19. Ang walong nagpositibo sa bayan ng Bulakan ay pawang mga mag-aaral na nasa ikalawang taon ng Donya Candelaria Meneses Duque High School (DCMDHS) sa Barangay Bambang. Ang nagpositibo sa Hagonoy ay isang lalaking balikbayan na 35 taong gulang, samantalang ang  sundan sa pahina 6

F Face ace mask, alcogel ubos sa mga botika HAGONOY, Bulacan — May oportunidad kahit sa panahon ng kalamidad. Ito ang karaniwang sinasabi ng mga ekonomista at negosyante na nagkakatotoo maging sa panahong ito na ang mundo ay nahaharap sa kalamidad dulot ng Influenza A H1N1 o swine flu pandemic. Isang halimbawa ay ang bayang ito na matatagpuan sa baybayin ng

Bulacan at may kabuuang populasyong 126,329 katao batay sa resulta ng census na isinagawa noong 2007. Kumalat ang balita sa pamamagitan ng text message noong Hunyo 10 na may isang estudyante na kinakitaan ng sintomas ng AH1N1 virus. Ilang araw lamang ang nakalipas, halos wala nang mabiling face mask sa Hagonoy. Ang huling dalawa nito ay nabili ng Mabuhay noong Hunyo 16.

Ayon sa mga tindera sa mga botika, ilang araw lamang matapos kumalat ang balita na may kinakitaan ng sintomas ng Influenza A H1N1, marami na ang bumili ng face mask sa kanila. Maging alcogel, alkohol at vitamin C ay marami ang bumili. “Paisa-isa lang ang bili ng mga bumibili ng face mask, pero halos sunod-sunod naman ka sundan sa pahina 6

Thr oat swab sample pasusuri na rin Throat sa laboratoryo laborator yo ng pribadong ospital BULAKAN, Bulacan — Bibigyan ng accreditation o kapangyarihan ng Department of Health (DOH) ang mga laboratoryo sa iba’t ibang pribadong ospital sa bansa upang makatulong sa pagsusuri ng mga isinusumiteng nakulektang “throat swab samples”. Ito ay bilang tugon sa pagtaas ng bilang ng mga taong kinakakitaan ng sintomas ng Influenza A H1N1 katulad sa bayan ng San Miguel, Bulacan kung

saan ay 132 mag-aaral ang nasipon, inubo at nilagnat simula Hunyo 11. “We are planning to give accreditation to private laboratories as additional testing centers,” ani Health Secretary Francisco Duque sa Mabuhay nang siya ay makapanayam sa kanyang pagdalaw sa bayang ito noong Hunyo 17. Ayon kay Secretary Duque, tanging  sundan sa pahina 6

Pasahero sa DMIA dumarami kahit may flu pandemic – Luciano LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Patuloy ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga pasahero sa Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) sa Clark Freeport sa Pampanga sa kabila ng pandaigdigang krisis sa ekonomiya at pagtaas ng World Health Organization (WHO) sa stage six ng swine flu pandemic. Ayon kay Victor Jose Luciano, pangulo ng Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), umabot sa 29 na porsiyento ang itinaas ng bilang ng mga pasaherong dumaan sa DMIA sa unang apat na buwan ng taon kumpara sa katulad na panahon noong nakaraang taon. “Hindi pa namin nararandaman ang recession at flu pandemic,” ani Luciano

matapos ang isinagawang product update roadshow ng DMIA sa BarCIE Hotel dito sa Malolos noong Hunyo 18. Sa nakaraang buwan ng Mayo, ipinagmalaki niya na tumaas ng 26 na porsiyento ang bilang ng pasahero sa DMIA, ngunit wala siyang ibinigay na eksaktong bilang. “We expect at least 650,000 passengers at DMIA this year,” aniya at binigyang diin na nagsimula lamang sila sa 7,500 pasahero sa unang taon ng DMIA may apat na taon na ang nakakaraan. Isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit tumaas ang bilang ng pasahero sa DMIA ay dahil daw sa nagiging paborito ito ng Overseas  sundan sa pahina 5

VICTOR JOSE LUCIANO

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Ang kalayaan at pananagutan Sa ika-111 taon ay ginunita ang Araw ng Pagpapahayag ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas nitong nagdaang Hunyo 12. At katulad sa mga nagdaang taon, nananatili at nagsusumamo pa rin sa kasagutan ang katanungang tunay nga ba tayong malaya? “Depende,” ang maikling sagot ng karaniwang Bulakenyo na nangangahulugan na hindi buo ang kalayaan ng mga Pilipino. Para sa mga dalubhasa sa kasaysayan, ang kalayaang natamo natin noong Hunyo 12, 1898 ay kalayaan lamang sa larangan ng pulitika kung saan pinutol ng pag-aaklas ng mga rebolusyunaryo ang halos 400-taong paghahari ng mga Kastila sa Pilipinas. Batay na rin sa ating kasaysayan, ang kalayaang iyon ay hindi agad nagkaroon ng kahulugan dahil sa pananakop ng Amerikano at mga Hapon sa bansa. May mga bahagi ng ating kasaysayan mula sa panahon ng digmaan hanggang sa kasalukuyan kung saan ay nagkaroon tayo bilang isang bansa na angkinin ang tunay na kalayaan at bigyan ito ng higit na kahulugan, ngunit napabayaan at hindi natin inalaagaan ang kalayaang iyon na tinubos ng dugo ng mga ninunong rebolusyunaryo. Hindi namin sinisisi ang bawat isa sa pananaw ito. Nais lamang naming bigyang diin na bilang isang Pilipino, Bulakenyo man o Kapampangan o Ilocano o Cebuano, ang bawat isa ay may responsibilidad hindi lamang sa sarili at sa pamilya kungdi para sa buong bayan. Ang responsibilidad na ito ay hindi nangangahulugan na tayo ay muling hahawak ng armas para sa isang madugong digmaan, sa halip, ito ay isang paalala at panawagan sa bawat isa na gawin ang tama at nararapat bilang isang mamamayang Pilipino. Hindi dapat ipagkibit-balikat ang personal na responsibilidad natin bilang mamamayan sapagkat dito nakasalig ang iba pang kalayaang dapat nating makamtan. Kabilang dito ay kalayaang mamuhay ng payapa, kalayaang magpahayag, kalayaang umunlad, kalayaang kumain ng sapat, kalayaan sa mga sakit tulad ng Influenza A H1N1, kalayaan sa pagsamba, kalayaan sa kamangmangan, kalayaan na magkaroon ng sariling tahanan, kalayaan na itaguyod ang isang pamilyang nagmamahal sa kapwa, may pananalig sa Diyos at nagtitiwala sa pamahalaan, at iba pa. Sa madaling salita, ang kalayaan ng bawat isa sa atin ay nakadepende sa ating pagiging responsableng mamamayan na siyang susi sa tunay na pagbabago. Sa pamamagitan nito, higit nating mapatatatag ang ating pamilya, bayan at bansa. Simulan natin ang pagbabago ngayon sa pamamagitan ng pagiging isang responsableng mamamayan para sa mas malayang kinabukasan.

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PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

Araw ng Kalayaan ginunita LIBU-LIBONG Bulakenyo sa pangunguna ni Gob. Joselito ‘Jon-jon’ Mendoza at mga lokal na opisyal sa Bulacan ang nagsama-sama sa paggunita sa ika111 taon ng Araw ng Kalayaan sa makasaysayang simbahan ng Barasoain sa Malolos. Naging masigla ang pagdiriwang sa pamamagitan ng pormal na pagbubukas ng Livelihood Fairs at pagsasanay sa kabuhayan para sa manggagawa. Ang paggunita ay may temang “Kagitingan, Kagalingan at Kasipagan: Tungo sa Tunay na Kalayaan” ay sinimulan sa pamamagitan ng isang motorcade na nagsimula mula sa Capitol Compound hanggang sa makasaysayang simbahan ng Barasoain. Naging panauhing pandangal sa naturang okasyon si Education Secretary Jesli Lapus. Sa kanyang pagsasalita sinabi ni Lapus na, “It is high time that every Filipino should work hand in hand and unite to fight poverty and global crisis and strive for development as well as creation of more jobs.” Pinaalalahanan din niya ang buong sambayanan na laging sariwain sa isip ang ginawang pagtatanggol sa ating bayan ng mga bayaning nangabuwal sa

dilim ng gabi. “Let us not forget our heroes who fought for our independence, because they serve as our inspiration for a more progressive country,” pagwawakas niya. Dumalo rin sa nasabing okasyon sina Central Luzon Regional Police Chief Supt. Leon Nilo A. dela Cruz, gayon din ang katatalagang Bulacan Acting Police Director S/Supt. Diosdado Ramos. Kasama ring dumalo sina Bise Gob. Willy Sy-Alvarado, Kint. Marivic Sy-Alvarado ng unang distrito, Malolos City Mayor Danilo Domingo, Christian Natividad, Engr. Romeo Castro at mga barangay opisyal mula sa iba’t ibang bayan ng Bulacan. Pulitika sa Malolos MAHIGIT na sampung buwan na lamang at halalan na sa darating na Mayo ng susunod na taon. Sa lungsod ng Malolos ay tatlo ang kasalukuyang may hangaring pumalit kay Mayor Danilo Domingo, na tatlong termino nang ama ng lungsod. Unang nagpahayag ng kanyang layuning maglingkod bilang punong lungsod ng Malolos si Gng. Carol Mangawang. Sa kasalukuyan ay lumulutang din ang pangalan ni dating Bise Alkalde

Kastigo

Al Tengco. Isa pang may hangaring maging mayor ng Malolos ay si Board Member Christian Natividad, anak ng tinaguriang ‘Agila’ ng Bulacan na si nasirang Kint. Teodulo Natividad. Sa kanilang tatlo ay wala kang itulak-kabigin, dahil pare-pareho silang taga sa panahon. Sinuman sa kanilang tatlo ang palarin ay tiyak na ang kaunlaran ng lungsod ng Malolos ang siyang pangunahing gagawin. Pagwasak sa Kalikasan NANGANGAMBA ang mga Bulakenyo sa pangunguna ni Gob. Joselito Mendoza sa patuloy na pagwasak sa makasaysayang bundok ng Biak-na-Bato sa bayan ng San Miguel. Hindi mapigilan ang pagmimina sa nasabing lugar dahil diumano sa pagbibigay ng pahintulot ng Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) sa Roosemoor Mining and Development Corporation. Binalewala ang utos ni Gob. Mendoza na itigil ang ginagawang pagmimina dahil diumano sa pahintulot ng DENR. Ano ba yan! Winawasak na ang kalikasan, may pahintulot pang ibinibigay. Sta. Banana!

BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Kapit-tuko sa poder MULA sa rehimeng Marcos, maliban kay Cory Aquino, lahat ng naluklok na Pangulo o Punong Tagapagpaganap ay naghangad na manatili sa poder—sa iba’tibang paraan—pero nakasentro sa pagbabago o pagpapalit ng Konstitusyon. Hindi dahil sa may depekto ang Konstitusyon ng 1987 (gaya ng idinadahilan ng nakaupong Pangulo o ng kanilang alipuris), kundi dahil itinatak ng kasalukuyang konstitusyon ang isang prubisyon na ang isang halal na Pangulo ay maglilingkod lamang sa loob ng 6 na taon—nang walang reeleksiyon. Kasama ring tinakdaan ng Konstitusyong ito—sa 3 sunudsunod na tigatlong taong panunungkulan ang mga opisyal na lokal—mula sa kinatawan ng distrito, gobernador, bise gobernador, mga kagawad ng sangguniang panlalawigan, alkalde, bise alkalde at ang mga kagawad

ng sangguniang-bayan o sangguniang lunsod. Pinutol ang sobrang pamumulitika HINDI ako abugado o constitutionalist, pero bilang manunulat at peryodista, alam kong sinadya ng mga umakda at nagpatibay ng kasalukuyang Konstitusyon—na putulin ang sobrang pamumulitika ng mga pinunong-bayan, at takdaan ang kasakiman sa poder ng sino mang pulitiko. Naging lubos sana ang ganitong layunin ng Saligambatas na ito—kung tuwirang ibinabawal ang dinastiyang pampulitika—at hindi ipinaubaya sa Kongreso ang pagakda ng isang enabling law o batas na magpapatupad ng tadhanang nagbabawal sa dinastiyang pampulitika. Ito ang butas sa Konstitusyon, na sinamantala ng mga tuso at gahaman sa kapangyarihan, at patuloy na pamamayani ng iilang pamilya sa palingkurang-ba-

Promdi

yan—ang sabay-sabay na panunungkulan ng mag-iina, magaama, magkakapatid—sa Kagawarang Ehekutibo, Lehislatura, at Hudikatura. Ang takdang 3 sunud-sunod na termino ng panunungkulan ay nagawang palusutan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalit-palit ng pusisyon at ng kumakandidato na mula sa iisang pamilya. Kung tapos na ang 9 na taong panunungkulan ng kongrerista, gobernador o mayor, maaaring ikandidato naman ang asawa, kapatid, o anak nito. Ang isang malaking butas ng takdang termino ng panunungkulan, at ang di pagpapatupad sa prubisyong anti-dynasty sa Konstitusyon, ay makikita sa kaso ni Pangulong Macapagal-Arroyo. Para mapatalsik nang legal si GMA, ang kailanga’y sa camara de respresentantes maghain ng impeachment complainst. Nga sundan sa pahina 7

DINO BALABO

Dagdag ingat, bawas pangamba NABAWASAN ang pangamba ng Promdi sa kumakalat na Influenza A H1N1 virus matapos linawin ni Dr. Joycelyn Gomez, provincial public health officer ng Bulacan na hindi iyon airborne. Ibig sabihin, hindi natatangay ng hangin ang nasabing virus. Haay, salamat! *** Ayon kay Gomez, ang nasabing virus ay maaaring makahawa kung ang taong may dala nito ay bumahing at natalsikan ka ng laway. O kaya’y ang bagay na nahawakan ng nasabing tao ay iyo ring nahawakan, pagkatapos ay naipahid mo sa iyong ilong o bibig ang iyong kamay. Ibig sabihin nito, kailangan pa rin natin ang dagdag na pagiingat. *** Ang Influenza A H1N1 virus ay maaaring pumasok sa bibig, ilong o kaya ay sa sugat na

walang takip. Payo ng mga doktor, ugaliing maggtakip ng bibig kapag uubo o babahing. Dapat ding ugaliin ang paghuhugas ng kamay. *** Ugaliin, isabuhay, lagi. Ito ang mga mahahalagang salita sa paalala ng mga doktor upang hindi makumpromiso ang ating kalusugan. Palagi rin nating isa-isip ang mga katagang iyan dahil ang virus na ating kalaban at hindi nakikita, bukod pa sa hindi iyon tumitigil sa pagpapadami. Ibig sabihin, 24-oras ang pagdami ng virus sa loob ng katawan ng taong nadapuan nito. Dagdag ingat talaga ang dapat. *** Hindi lang ang Promdi ang mamamahayag sa Bulacan na nakaramdam ng pangamba sa influenza A H1N1 virus. Sabi nga nila, “sino ang mag-

kokober kung mahawa at magkasakit tayo?” *** Totoo. Kaya, maging mamamahayag ay nag-iingat din. Dahil dito, laging abala o busy ang kanilang mga telepono. Iyan ang tinatawag na coverage by phone. Mahirap kasing mahawa, katulad ng napa-ulat na dalawang empleyado ng ABSCBN ang diumano’y nahawa na. *** Hindi po biro ang maaaring sitwasyon kung mga mamamahayag ang mahawa sa sakit. Una, hindi sila makakapagsagawa ng coverage o hindi makakapagbalita. Ikalawa, paano kung mahawa sa mga mamamahayag ang mga taong kanilang kinakapanayam? Posible iyan dahil ilang araw din ang incubation period ng virus sa katawan ng tao kaya’t hindi agad  sundan sa pahina 7

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JUAN L. MERCADO

Regarding Henry

‘Hey Dad!’ “WHEN I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around,” Mark Twain wrote. “But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he learned in seven years.” Twain’s wisecrack appeared first in “Atlantic Monthly” of 1874. Without fail, this joke now bobs up on “Father’s Day”. The “old man” finds himself is swamped with greetings, special dinner, outings, etc. The day is one of the newer kids on the block. Mother’s Day came much earlier. A simple church rite, in West Virgina, launched Father’s Day in 1908. US president Lyndon Johnson elevated it a federal holiday only in 1966. Today, 52 countries mark “Father’s Day” on third Sunday of June. That includes Japan, the Philippines, Panama to Switzerland and Malaysia. Portuguese celebrate “Dia do Pai”. Italians mark “Festa del Papa”. Thais link Father’s Day to the December 5 birthday of reigning King Bhumibol .

Macao picked March 19: feast of the foster father of the Messiah. The carpenter Joseph fits Mark Twain’s portrait of an ordinary man who proved extraordinary.. Scriptures don’t record a single word from Joseph..Yet, when crisis struck, he took swift decisive action. He protected Mary and her son during Herod’s slaughter of the innocents and exile into Egypt. And he cared for them in the “hidden years.” Nakilala sa gawa ang totohanang dakila, the Pilipino proverb says ( “He who is truly great is known by his deeds”) Universal values, however, under-gird Father’s Day wherever marked. All faiths accord honor and respect for those who gave life. The Koran ( circa 651 AD) , for example, warns: “Does your prayer enjoin you to forsake what our fathers honored…” Confucius ( 551-479 BC ) teaching on “filial piety” influenced Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, plus places where Chinese migrants settled, as in parts of Indonesia and Ma-

Cebu Calling

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

laysia. “The father who does not teach his son his duties,” the sage stressed, “is equally guilty with the son who neglects his.” The Fourth of the 10 Commandments bear unique characteristics, the Jewish and Christian faiths point out. First: The Fourth has a promise attached. “Honor your father and your mother”, it says but adds: “:That your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.” Second: Nine of in that Mount Sinai Decalogue, address all men. The Fourth explicitly addresses children. It spells out duties to be fulfilled in relation to parents. The peripatetic Paul later amplified this instruction in one of his letters: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right” That resonates in a proverb of Masbate. Isang sud-ong nang ama, tama na. ( “One word from the father is enough “). Today, there’s hand wringing over the Fourth being watered down. “The thing that impresses me about America is how parents  continued on page 7

FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Aspirations in school ANOTHER school year has just begun. In the papers, the focus is how to contain the spread of the dreaded H1N1 virus. Also the glut in the public schools is noted, due to transfers from and closure of private schools that in turn may be due to the global recession, already biting in the US, but not yet that bad here. It looked like, for amusement, the papers were one in splashing pictures of little boys having their haircut accompanied mostly by mothers. Their faces betrayed traces of little suffering as they now have to interrupt their summer fun and go back to some serious business. Everyone, I suppose, is now trying to fulfill his duties toward the never-ending task of educating children. Government, NGOs, parents, school management and, of course, the students themselves have to do their part. In my case, as chaplain of a technical school I’ve been through several meetings to lay out our plans and programs for the school year. I had to coordinate closely with the personal formation office

(PFO) and the student affairs office (SAO). We reviewed these plans and programs, pruning those elements that now seem irrelevant and adding others that appear to be needed. I was impressed by the collegial discussions and decisionmaking process. It’s nice to know that the young staffers can give fresh insights and new readings to current developments affecting students. I feel updated, and quietly take note of the subtle changes taking place among the young. Yes, there are changes, and some of them look major even if they are not in the open yet. We have both expanded and tightened our network of personal tutorials and mentoring. Each student will be assigned a tutor, and groups of tutors will be trained and supervised by mentors. So it seems that the structures and calendar of activities are already in place. We have considered the requirements of the different aspects of formation: human, spiritual, religious-doctrinal, professional, and apostolic. Now

Forward to Basics

comes the harder part, the task of implementing, of converting ideas and goals into tangible effects. This, I think, is where the heart of education lies. It is in the spirit that inspires one to carry out his task and the energy he exerts to pursue that task. Education is not just a mechanical transmission of ideas. It is taking care of souls, nourishing them with their proper food that ultimately is God. I saw the other day a mother carrying in her arms her two-yearold little girl. They were walking by the road when I passed by in my car. The mother was talking to her daughter, smiling, and the little girl was expressionless, but with her little arms around her mother’s neck. I, of course, did not hear what the mother was saying, but I was sure that whatever it was, there was already a very intimate bonding between the mother and child, an invisible interflow of spiritual loving. To me, it was an eloquent image of how education ought to be done. I like to imagine that in that  continued on page 7

FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

The sign of crossing JIGSY listened attentively to sister Philomena. Sister was preparing them for their first communion and teaching them what to do upon entering the chapel. “Now, listen children,” sister waved her hands in the air to get their attention. “What is the first thing you do before entering the chapel?” “Dip you finger in the Holy Water font and make the Sign of the Cross!” the children answered in chorus. “Good!” sister Philomena was pleased to see that they remembered what she taught. “Now, remember, don’t make the Sign of the Cross hurriedly, okay?” “Yes, sister Philomena,” she all replied. “Sister?” Edmund raised his hand. “Yes, Edmund?” “What about Jigsy?” “What about him, Edmund?”

“Who’s going to cross him?” “Would you like to do the honors of crossing him?” sister Philomena smiled at Edmund. “Of course!” was Edmund’s delighted reply. He turned around and winked at Jigsy who was his best friend. “Any more questions, class?” sister asked. “Yes,” Kathy asked with a concerned face. “I’m wondering how Jigsy does the Sign of the Corss when no one crosses it for him?” “Jigsy?” sister looked at the boy who was born without both arms. “Why don’t you tell what Father Elliot taught you the other day?” “Yes, sister Philomena,” Jigsy said as he stood up. All eyes were turned towards him. He walked confidently in front of the class. Once in front, he calmly faced his classmates. Then, he took a long deep breath and began explaining.

“Father, Elliot taught me to make the Sign of the Cross this way: ‘God the Father is in Heaven, and so when I say IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, I raise my head and look up to Heaven. Then when I say AND OF THE SON, I look at the ground, because Jesus was born on earth, and OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, I then take a deep breath because the Spirit is like the air that gives us life.” The entire class became quiet for a few seconds, and Edmund stood up and started applauding his friend. Then everyone, including sister Philomena applauded Jigsy’s unique Sign of the Cross. *** How many lessons we can learn from Jigsy’s childlike faith? The sign of the Cross is not simply a gesture to mark ourselves with hastily as we begin our meals, take an exam or enter the playing field.  continued on page 7

A matter of destiny “TO be president is destiny,” replied Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno when he was asked if he is considering himself to become the next president of the Philippines. (That is, if there is an election this coming May, 2010!) Puno’s response reminds me of the words of William Jennings Bryan: “Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” Leo F. Buscaglia notes, “I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won’t do it, I won’t behave his way anymore. I’m lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it.” To become a president, if we have to believe the thought of Puno, is a matter of destiny. After all, if you are the president, everything you do and say is bound to be news – however trivial the situation. It’s a case of “damn if you and damn if you don’t.” You have people to rally for you because of the things that are in stake like businesses, privileges, fame, and more importantly, power. There are also those who are against you and they are called opposition. Of course, a president is not only honored or revered but he or she is also ridiculed and criticized. When he was still the president of the United States, funny caricatures of George W. Bush were widespread. Who hasn’t heard of former president Bill Clinton and the oral office? Expresident Joseph Estrada is often the subject of Erap jokes. Even the current resident of Malacanang is not spared from mockery. One of the most forwarded text messages was this: A Filipino died and on his way to heaven, Saint Peter asked him: “Where are you from?” When the man answered that he was from

the Philippines, Peter replied, “Welcome to heaven. You have suffered much from your president.” If that is what the presidency is all about, you better think otherwise. There are other ways of becoming famous and successful – in your own way. However, the road to success is oftentimes not offered on a silver platter – except for the chosen few. You have to do something to achieve it. Some in fact have to more than others. Of course, there are people who become star overnight – because of sheer luck or talent. But not everyone can have that kind of success. In most instances, to those who become star overnight, fame is swift and fleeting. Somewhere, sometime, a younger and even more talented individual will come along the way and takes the limelight from the former star. But success based on hard work and perseverance is difficult to be taken away from you. Thomas Alva Edison knew this fact. “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,” he said. “Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.” Do your own homework. Don’t rest on your laurels. Never settle for anything less. But whatever you do, do your very best. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminds: “All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heavens and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’” Successful people are people  continued on page 7

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Underground economy MANY Filipinos are in business, but they could hardly be called businessmen in the real sense. Many of them have no access to formal credit, and because of that, they become victims of loan sharks, some of them being caught in that trap for several generations. This is a sad reality in a country where no one can go to jail for usury, because it is no longer illegal here. Although they are hard working, they are hardly able to make ends meet, because interest costs are too high, and they are unable to make more sales by increasing their inventories. This is also the sad reality among farmers, who work very hard all their lives, but who are practically just working for the middle men who eat their profits by way of high lending costs. Working as vendors or farmers, they are really just working to survive the days that pass, but they could not look forward to a brighter future since they are not building something that they could own in the long term, and perhaps bequeath to their children. If only they could gain access to formal credit, they would perhaps be able to build companies that would not only beef up

their own household economy, but would also strengthen the national economy as well. Looking back in history, it was actually the small farmers and shop keepers that built the British economy, laying the groundwork for an industrial economy that came later on. There is a saying that Britain is a nation of shop keepers, and it is that reality that actually made their economy very strong up to now. Going now into the practical realm, our own shop keepers and farmers could only graduate and build their companies if they register their businesses, if they open bank accounts, if they keep accounting records, if they establish a credit history, if they protect themselves with insurance coverage and if they pay their taxes properly. These are the six requisites that they have to have in order to graduate from the underground economy. In reality, they could only get access to formal credit if they have a registered business, if they have a bank account for reference, if they could present their financial statements, if they could show their proof of good credit, if they show their insur continued on page 4

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Buhay Pinoy MANDY CENTENO

Sa tanging parada ay inaasahan Na makakasama, Punong Lalawigan Gob. Jon-jon Mendoza, kanyang kasamahan Si Bise Gob. Willy, sana ay magbigay. Inaasahan din, kasama din dito Tanging Congresswoman sa unang distrito Siya’y walang iba kundi Marivic Sy Alvarado Na lubhang masipag sa kanyang trabaho. Aanyayahan din , tiyak na sasama Si Mayor Domingo, punong lungsod siya Kapag silang lahat ay nagkita-kita Ang magiging paksa, syempre pulitika. Hanay ng parada sa bawat barangay Una ay ang banda o Drum at ang Lyre Band Ang kasunod nila ay mga opisyal Na nanunungkulan sa pamahalaan. Mga namumuno, katandaan doon Sikap Kabataan sa nasabing nayon Ang Samahang Saya, sumasayaw ngayon Mga kinatawang kasamahan doon. Bawat paaralan, mga kabataan Sa mga kumpanya na naninilbihan Samahang kasunod, pawang pangsimbahan Float ni Sta. Isabel, doon sa hulihan. Kung may ikalawang banda ng musiko Puedi na lumagay sa hulihan dito Nang upang masaya, ang paradang ito Sa ikalulugod ng maraming tao Itong tatlong pangkat ay inaasahan Ang pagtatagpuan, patyo ng simbahan Ganap alas onse, may palatuntunan Ipapaliwanag itong pagdiriwang. Ang pamatid-uhaw nakahanda naman Sa mga naglakad, nakisamang tunay Silang lahat naman, pasasalamatan Sa pakikiisa’t pakikipagdiwang. Pagsapit ng hapon, ganap ikalima Sa buong Parokya may banal na misa Sa mga barangay, mayro’ng kani-kanya Kung ‘di nakasimba, noon sa umaga. Hulyo labingdal’wa, araw din ng Linggo Iskedyul ng misa’y susunding totoo Ganap ikasiyam, pagbubukas ito Ng tanging eksibit, itatanghal dito. St. Elizabeth Hall, ang pagtatanghalan Pagsasalarawan nitong kasaysayan Nasabing Parokya ay matutunghayan Hulyo labinsiyam itong katapusan. Agosto anueve, pagtatapos ito Ng unang limampung araw na totoo Na Gintong Gunita, gaganapin dito Paglulunsad naman’” Pangarap Mo , Sagot Ko”. Ganap ikasiyam, matapos ang misa Proyektong “Pangarap, paliliwanag na Ito ay kahawig, “Wish Ko Lang” programa Ipagkakaloob, kahilingan nila. (May karugtong) ○

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Dapat sundin ang pinasok na kontrata TANONG: Mabuhay po kayo Atty Mauricio! Ako po ay kasalukuyang nag-ti-training at nag-aaral sa isang banyagang eskwelehan. Ang schooling/training ko po ay aabot ng 6 na buwan, eto po ay may kontrata na sa loob na 6 buwang training ako po ay makakatangap ng allowance arawaraw, ang schooling/training ko po ay sagot (binabayaran) ng aking kumpanya sa ngayon. Sa kontrata ko po nakapaloob din ang aking di pag-alis sa aking kumpanya sa loob ng pitong (7) taon. Ang katanungan ko po ay makatarungan po ba ang pitong taong pananatili ko sa aking kumpanya bilang kabayaran sa aking schooling/training? Kung hindi po ako nagkakamali dati po ay walang kontratang ganoon katagal, noong kinalaunan naging tatlong taon, at sa akin po naging pitong taon. Makatarungan din po ba na palitan o baguhin nila ang patakaran habang nasa kalagitnaan ka ng schooling/ training, i.e., pagtanggal sa isang trainee kung bumagsak ng tatlong beses sa exam. Kung saan dati ay wala namang ganitong patakaran. Meron po akong tatlong kopyang kontratang pinirmahan subalit sa loob ng 3 buwan ay hindi pa ako nabibigyan ng personal kong kopya. Sana po ay masagot ninyo ang aking katanungan. Maraming salamat po! Mabuhay po kayo!

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Sagot: Maraming salamat po sa tanong na ito. Sa ilalim ng Civil Code of the Philippines, ang isang kasunduang boluntaryo at kusang loob na pinasok ng magkabilang panig ay may bisa ng batas na dapat sundin ng lahat ng nakalagda sa kontrata. Kung hindi susundin ng magkabilang panig ang mga nakasaad sa kasunduan, maaaring magsampa ng kaso ang naagrabiyadong partido upang pilitin ang hindi tumutupad sa kanyang kasunduan na tuparin ang kanyang obligasyon sa ilalim ng kontrata, at upang magbayad ng anumang danyos perhuwisiyos para sa pinsalang idinulot ng hindi niya pagsunod. Sa kaso ng isang training

agreement, itinuturing ng batas na kusang loob na pinasok ng magkabilang panig ang ganitong mga kasunduan, at dahil boluntaryo ang pagpasok nila sa kasunduan, hindi pupuwedeng talikuran ninuman ang mga nilalaman ng mga ito. Maaaring sabihin ng isa sa mga magkabilang panig na masyado namang disadvantageous sa kanya ang mga nakasaad sa kontrata pero, kung wala namang pumilit sa kanya at pumirma siya dahil gusto niyang maka-avail ng mga benepisyo ng nasabing training agreement, hindi siya papayagang tumalikod na lamang sa kasunduan. Kung talagang inakala ng panig na ito na hindi maganda ang training agreement, sana ay hindi na lamang niya ito nilagdaan. Pero kung nilagdaan niya ito dahil gusto rin niyang mabiyayaan nito, kailangang tuparin na niya lahat ang mga nakasaad dito, kung hindi ay maaari siyang makasuhan ng breach of contract at damages. Ang isang kasunduan ay ituturing na may bisa kahit na mabigat ang mga nakasaad dito, kung sinang-ayunan naman ito ng magkabilang panig. Sa kabilang dako, tungkol naman sa mga karagdagang probisyon na hindi dati nakasaad sa kontrata pero ipinagpipilitang ipatupad ng isa sa mga nakalagda doon ng hindi muna nagbibigay ng pagsang-ayon ang kabilang panig, hindi pupuwedeng ipatupad ang mga karagdang probisyong ito. Una, hindi naman ito tunay na pinagkasunduan, at, dahil diyan, hindi ito makakasakop sa hindi sumang-ayon doon. Pangalawa, ang mga dagdag na probisyon sa isang kontrata ay magkakabisa lamang kung sinang-ayunan ito ng magkabilang panig. Capital gains tax dapat bayaran ng nagbenta kung hindi siya nagba-buy and sell ng lupa at iba pang ari-arian TANONG: Good day Atty. Batas, I just want to ask a question about sale of property through installment. The Seller issued a deed of conditional sale in favor of the buyer since terms of

payment is 15 yrs. Now that the buyer already paid the 25% of the contract price of the property, is the seller required to pay the 6% Capital Gains Tax to the BIR? Is the buyer also required to pay the 1% Documentary Stamps Tax to the BIR even though the term of payment is 15 yrs? I hope you can help me on this. Thank you very much and more power to your program! — [email protected]

Sagot: Thank you, too, for this question. Under the National Internal Revenue Code, the payment of capital gains taxes for the sale of lands, buildings and other properties considered as real properties, is a condition for the recognition by the government of such sale. Without the capital gains taxes being paid, the sale can not be given effect, and no transfer of ownership can ever be allowed. According to officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, however, capital gains taxes are required to be paid only when the seller is not engaged in the buy and sell of lands or other real properties. If the seller is engaged in the buy and sell of lands or other real properties, he will not be liable to pay any capital gains taxes, but income taxes, at the end of the year. Be that as it may, if the sale is in installment basis, the obligation to pay the tax arises only after the full purchase price shall have been paid. *** PAALALA: Panoorin po si Atty. Batas Mauricio sa worldwide TV sa Internet, sa YouTube, metacafe at iGoogle, at pakinggan siya sa kanyang mga programa sa radyo: DZRB RADYO NG BAYAN 738 khz. Sa Luzon, Lunes hanggang Biyernes, ika-5:30 ng umaga (at sa www.pbs.gov.ph); DZRM RADYO MAGASIN, 1278 Khz. sa Luzon, Lunes hanggang Biyernes, ika-6:45 ng umaga (at sa www.pbs.gov.ph); DYKA 801 khz. sa San Jose, Antique (at sa www.wowantique.com, o www.kiniraya.com), Lunes hanggang Biyenes, ika10:00 ng umaga; at DYMS Aksiyon Radyo sa Catbalogan City, Samar (at sa www.samarnews.com), Lunes hanggang Biyernes, ika-11:00 ng umaga.

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ance coverage, and if they submit their income tax returns. This column that you are reading is now published by thirty community newspapers nationwide, with three of them distributing worldwide to Filipino communities abroad. More than ever, this column now has the greater potential to become a tool for the development of small business, and I am happy to report about two recent opportunities in relation to this goal. Two computer experts who are regular guests in my TV show have volunteered their services to small and medium enterprise (SME) owners, in order to help them computerize at the least cost to them. Using old computers and free software, they could now modernize their businesses by automating it. I thank Ben Garcia and Leo Querubin for this. The other good news is that the Development Academy of the Philippines is now working on a program that would offer training seminars to SME owners who would like to graduate from the underground economy, by teaching them how to bring about the six requisites that I mentioned. This will be done in cooperation with my TV show, and I thank Trygve Bolante for this. What is the connection between small businesses and the stock market? Despite its many years of existence, the trading volume in our stock market is still relatively small, in relation to the foreign markets around us. Sad to say, less than 1% of our people are investing in the local stock market, compared to Japan where over half of the population do invest. In the case of Japan , many of the investors are farmers and small business owners. It would be logical to think that as soon as our farmers and small business owners are able to graduate from the underground economy and are also able to grow their own companies, they would be able to invest in the stock market as well. In a related development, I will soon be announcing in my TV show and in this column two breakthrough technologies that will boost the business of our local farmers. Watch my TV show “Bears & Bulls”, a daily coverage of the Philippine Stock Exchange. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in Global News Network. Email [email protected] or text +639293605140 for local cable listings.

IT’S not everyday that a columnists sees his work published in book form. In the case of Francis Ongkingco, who regularly writes the column, “Forward to Basics,” for this newspaper (Mabuhay). It has become a reality. If you’ve ever read a Chicken Soup for the Soul (CSS) book, you know what’s waiting for you here – a collection of stories that are meant to inspire, to heal and to warm the heart. Maybe we can even go as far as dubbing it as “chicken arroz caldo for the soul”, since the book caters to the Filipino and concerns itself with the life and loves of a true Pinoy. Unlike the CSS series, however, Rated GP/Texting God is not simply a feel good read. Yes, it lifts the spirit but it does so by making the reader aware of God’s loving presence in the ordinary everyday circumstances of our lives. As the author says in his preface, “Imagine what a God we have! He isn’t only someone who tells us to make Him a part of our lives, but He immerses himself amongst us to the point of enjoying human existence itself by playing with us.” He adds, “If God longs to play with us, it only goes to show how engaging He wants His presence to be for us.” The book is divided into two major parts and has two front covers. In Texting God, Ongkingco

reflects on the fact that in this high-tech world we tend to become more dependent on our cellphones than on God. The book title was picked up from an encounter with a little girl named Karmela (Karm, for short) who has a habit of texting Him and offers to “teach you (the author) how to text him.” The stories, which show the author’s own fondness for technology and gadgetry, remind us that communicating with God is what really matters in this messed up, mixed up world. On the other hand, in

Rated GP (God Provides) the reader encounters Christ in the midst of the mass-mediated noise of Philippine society. In a society so caught up with game shows, celebrity watching and festivals, Ongkingco reflects on what would happen if parents had to compete with enter-

tainment for their children’s attention. In either part, the book is a refreshing and enlightening alternative to the current proliferation of false prophets who claim to hold the secrets of happiness, but never really go beyond themselves — Miao Enriquez, contributor

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Babaguhin ang polisiya sa pasuspinde sa klase NI DINO BALABO BULAKAN, Bulacan — Babaguhin ng Department of Health (DOH) ang mga polisiya sa pagsuspinde ng klase sa mga paaralan upang makatugon sa nagbabagong sitwasyong hatid ng Influenza A H1N1. “We will change our protocols next week,” ani Health Secretary Francisco Duque nang siya ay makapanayam ng Mabuhay sa bayang ito na kanyang dinalaw nong Miyerkoles ng hapon, Hunyo 17. Ayon kay Kalihim Duque, nakikipag-ugnayan na ang DOH sa Department of Education (DepEd) at sa Commission on Higher Education (CHED) hinggil sa nasabing plano. Sinabi niya na patuloy ang kanilang pagmamasid at pagsusuri sa sitwasyong hatid ng A H1N1 virus dalawang buwan na ang nakakaraan mula nang maitala ang unang kaso nito sa Mexico City noong Abril 15. “We need to change protocols to adapt to the situation,” ani Duque. “Nagbabago paunti-unti ang sitwasyon at nakadepende tayo sa mga nangyayari.” Pagsuspinde sa klase kapag may positibo Sa kasalukuyan, ipinatutupad ng DOH at DepEd ang polisiyang magsususpinde lamang ng klase sa isang paaralan kung may naitalang positibong kaso ng Influenza A H1N1 doon. Ngunit, hindi ito ang nangyari sa Donya Candelaria Meneses Duque High School (DCMDHS) sa bayang ito at sa St. Mary’s Academy-Hagonoy (SMAH) noong Hunyo 11 matapos kakitaan ng sintomas ng Influenza A H1N1 ang ilang estudyante. Sinuspinde ang klase sa dalawang paaralan noong Hunyo 11, ngunit natuklasan lamang na positibo sa A H1N1 virus ang estudyante ng DCMDHS noong Hunyo 15, samantalang negatibo ang estudyante ng SMAH. Ayon kay Secretary Duque, ang polisiyang magsuspinde ng klase kung may positibo sa A H1N1 virus sa paaralan ay batay sa polisiyang ipinalabas ng DepEd noong Hunyo 1. Batay sa nasabing polisiya, aniya, kapag sinuspinde na ang klase sa isang paaralan dahil sa nakahahawang sakit, hindi na muling sususpendihin ang klase doon kung may panibagong kasong positibo sa mga susunod na linggo. Hinggil naman sa posibilidad na makahawa ang A H1N1 virus sa pamilya, sinabi ni Duque na isa sa limang kasambahay ng isang positibo sa A H1N1 virus ang maaaring mahawa. Kung sa isang klase na may 50 mag-aaral o komunidad na may 100 tao, sinabi ng Health secretary na walo hanggang 10 tao ang maaaring mahawa mula sa taong positibo sa Influenza A H1N1.

Pasahero sa DMIA dumarami  mula sa pahina 1

Filipino Workers (OFWs) kumpara sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) sa Metro Manila. Ayon kay Luciano, 25 porsiyento ng kabuuang bilang ng pasahero sa DMIA ay OFWs. Sinabi pa niya na umaasa silang aabot sa 2-milyon ang bilang ng pasahero sa DMIA kapag natapos ang konstruksyon ng panukalang Terminal 2 sa 2011. Sa kasalukuyan, naghahahanda ang CIAC para sa ikatlong bidding sa Terminal 2 na nagkakahalaga ng P6 na bilyon. “It’s our way of preparing to become the premier airport in the country,” ani Luciano, at sinabing ang NAIA at ang Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) ay kapwa halos 50 taon na at malapit nang maabot ang “saturation point” ng dalawang paliparan sa mga susunod na taon. Bukod dito, sinabi niya na madadagdagan ang mga airline na gumagamit sa DMIA mula sa Middle East matapos ang matagumpay na negosasyon ng CIAC sa Kuwait, United Arab Emirates at Qatar. Ang DMIA ay matatagpuan sa Clark Field sa Pampanga, na nilisan ng U.S. military. Itinalaga ni President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ang DMIA bilang susunod na pangunahing international gateway sa Pilipinas at center for logistics and services sa Asia-Pacific region. Ang DMIA na nasa ilalim ng pamamahala ng CIAC, ay bahagi ng Clark Civil Aviation Complex na sumasakop sa 2,367 ektaryang lupain sa loob ng Clark Freeport Zone sa labas lamang ng Lungsod ng Angeles. Sa kasalukuyan, may 56 na international air flight at 11 na domestic flight bawat linggo sa DMIA. —DB REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE: BULACAN CITY/MUNICIPALITY: OBANDO

WINNERS’ SMILE — The top three beauties in the Search for Mutya ng Ilog Angat 2009 display the winners’ smile after their coronation on June 19 at the SM City Baliwag. The Mutya ng Ilog Angat

2009 is Laica Joy Jimenez of Bustos (center), Marinelle Humphreys of Calumpit is first runnerup (right) and Venice Acuna of San Rafael is 2nd runner-up (left). — PR

Mutya ng Ilog Angat 2009: Beauty contest with a mission SIX lovely ladies in Bulacan representing their respective towns emerged as finalists in the Search for Mutya ng Ilog Angat 2009, a beauty pageant with a mission to save the Angat River which traverses 11 municipalities of the province. Laica Joy Jimenez of Bustos was crowned Mutya ng Ilog Angat 2009. Mari-

nelle Humphreys of Calumpit was named first runner-up and Venice Acuña of San Rafael, second runnerup. The coronation ceremonies were held on June 19 at the Event Center of SM City Baliwag. Aside from Jimenez, Humphreys and Acuña, the three other finalists came

from the towns of Doña Remedios Trinidad, Angat, and Paombong. The coronation rites started with a cultural presentation by the Mariano Ponce High School followed by the swimsuit parade which delighted the cheering crowd. The question-and-answer portion of the pageant

showed that the candidates posses not only beauty but also inner strength and resolve in saving the environment. Among those who attended the pageant were Bulacan Tourism Director Armand Galang, actress Jinky Oda and Marty Javier of the office the municipal administrator. — PR

Pati mga sasalubong papadaanin sa thermal scanner sa Clark Airport LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Higit pang paiigtingin ang paglaban sa Influenza A H1N1 sa Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) sa loob ng Clark Freeport sa Pampanga sa pamamagitan ng pagdadagdag ng mga thermal scanners. Bukod dito, maging mga kaanak nilang sumasalubong sa kanila ay padadaanin na rin sa mga thermal scanners bilang bahagi ng paglaban sa A H1N1 sa nasabing paliparan na matatagpuan sa pusod ng Gitnang Luzon. Ayon kay Jose Victor Luciano, pangulo ng Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) na namamahala sa passenger terminal ng DMIA, bahagi ito ng pagpapaigting sa paglaban sa pandemic flu virus. “We plan to scan meeters and greeters soon as part of our pandemic flu countermeasure,” ani Luciano na nakapanayam ng Mabuhay sa BarCie Hotel sa lungsod na ito noong Hunyo 18 kung kailan ay

isinagawa ng CIAC ang isang product update bilang promosyon sa DMIA. Iginiit pa ng pangulo ng CIAC na maglalagay din sila ng mga alcohol dispenser sa loob ng airport at titiyaking may sabon sa mga comfort room na magagamit sa paghuhugas ng kamay. Bukod dito, maglalagay din sila ng tatlo pang bagong thermal scanners sa airport na nagkakahalaga ng P2-Milyon bawat isa bilang karagdagan sa thermal scanner na kanilang ginagamit na idinonasyon sa kanila ng Department of Health (DOH). Kapag nakahanda na ang kanilang mga bagong thermal scanners, sinabi ni Luciano na maging mga pasaherong paalis ng bansa ay padadaanin na rin nila doon. Sa kasalukuyan, tanging ang mga pasaherong papasok sa bansa ang dumadaan sa mga thermal scanners. “If we can detect that they have symptoms before

leaving, that would help in controlling the spread of virus,” aniya at ipinagkibit balikat ang pananaw na walang bisa at ‘false hope’ lamang ang hatid ng thermal scanners. Ayon pa kay Luciano, may mga doktor sa DMIA

na laging nakaantabay sa mga pasaherong kakikitaan ng sintomas ng A H1N1. “If our doctors diagnosed them with flu symptoms, we can immediately transfer them to nearby hospitals,” aniya. — Dino Balabo

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that PRISCILA DE JESUS ANASTACIO has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from SALOMON PASCUAL to SOLOMON in the birth cer tificate of SOLOMON B. ANASTACIO who was born on 08 May 1961 at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines and whose parents are Esteban Anastacio and Magdalena Baltazar. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file this written opposition with this Office not later than -0-.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that PRISCILA DE JESUS ANASTACIO has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from PRESIE to PRISCILA in the birth certificate of PRISCILA E. DE JESUS who was born on 16 January 1957 at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines and whose parents are Pascual De Jesus and Pilar Elarco.

SGD. PEDRO SEVILLA Municipal Civil Registry Mabuhay: June 26 & July 3, 2009

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Any person adversely affected by said petition may file this written opposition with this Office not later than -0-.

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LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

PPI BOARD OF TRUSTEES — Nanumpa sa tungkulin ang mga opisyal at trustee ng Philippine Press Institute (PPI) sa harap ni Chief Justice Reynato Puno noong Hunyo 11 sa Korte Suprema. Mula kaliwa: Augusto Villanueva ng Journal Group, assistant treasurer; Quirino

Alban ng Makiling Journal, trustee for Luzon; Dalmacio Grafil ng Leyte-Samar Daily Express, trustee for Visayas; Fr. Jonathan Domingo ng Mindanao Cross, secretary; Justice Puno; Isagani Yambot ng Philippine Daily Inquirer, chairman-president; Vergel Santos ng Business World,

trustee; Antonio Katigbak ng Philippine Star, treasurer; Amado Macasaet ng Malaya, vice-chairman at Jose L. Pavia ng Mabuhay, executive director. Wala sa larawan sina Rogelio Salazar ng Manila Standard Today at Juan L. Mercado ng Press Foundation of Asia, mga trustee.

Face mask, alcogel ubos Marami pa rin ang takot  mula sa pahina 1

ya mabilis naubos ang supply namin,” ani ng isang empleyada ng Mercury Drug na nakapanayam ng Mabuhay noong Hunyo 16 kung kailan sinubukang bumili ng face mask. Gayunpaman, nilinaw ni Dr. Joycelyn Gomez, Provincial Health Officer at tagapagsalita ng Bulacan hinggil sa A H1N1, hindi na dapat bumili ng face mask ang mga tao. “Hindi naman airborne ‘yung virus kaya hindi kailangan ang face mask,” ani Dr. Gomez nang makapayanam ng Mabuhay sa bayan ng Guiguinto noong araw ding iyon. Ipinaliwanag niya na ang A H1N1 virus ay nalilipat sa tao mula sa kapwa tao sa pamamagitan ng mga air droplets o

tilansik ng laway kapag umubo. Ang droplets ay maaaring may kasamang virus kung ang taong umubo ay may sakit na flu A H1N1 at sa pag-ubo at natilansikan ang katabi niya, mahahawa naman ang katabi kapag ang air droplets ay maipapahid sa ilong o bibig, o kaya ay dumapo sa sugat. “Ito ang dahilan kung bakit laging ipinaaalala namin na ugaliing magtakip ng bibig kapag uubo, at laging maghugas ng kamay,” ani Dr. Gomez. Maging sa mga botika sa loob ng SM Supermall sa Baliuag at Marilao ay malakas ang benta ng mga facemask, alcogel, at vitamin C sa mga nagdaang araw. Ayon kay Beverly Cruz ng SM City Baliuag, nagsimulang tumaas ang benta ng face mask

noong Mayo. Ngunit nitong nakaraang linggo at higit pang tumaas ang benta nito, ani Cruz. “Halos 50 percent ang itinaas ng benta ng facemask, alcogel at vitamin C ng mga drug stores sa SM Baliuag since last week,” aniya. Gayundin ang sinabi ni Sheryl Baltazar, tagapagsalita ng SM City Marilao. Sinabi rin ng dalawa na naglagay na rin ang SM Supermall sa Baliuag at Marilao ng mga alcohol dispenser at palagiang nililinis ang mga gabay ng escalator at hagdan upang matiyak na mawawala ang virus kung sakali mang may naiwan doon. “Gusto naming matiyak na ligtas din ang aming mga kostumer sa Influenza A H1N1,” ani Baltazar. — Dino Balabo

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ang Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) ang nagsasagawa ng pagsusuri sa mga throat swab sample ng mga taong may sintomas ng A H1N1 virus. Kailangan ang tulong ng mga pribadong laboratoryo upang maging mabilis ang mga isasagawang pagsusuri, ani Duque.. Planong bigyan ng akreditasyon ng DOH ay ang mga laboratoryo ng mga pribadong ospital sa Hilagang Luzon, Visa-

yas at Mindanao. Sa Kalakhang Maynila, aniya, kinukunsidera nila ang laboratoryo ng San Lazaro Hospital, Philippine General Hospital, Medical City at ang Unilab sa Mandaluyong City. Ayon kay Duque, ang mga patakarang sinusunod ng RITM ang susundin sa mga pribadong laboratoryo. Una rito, sinabi ni Dr. Ian Jay Retuerma, isa sa mga duktor sa barangay ng bayang ito na umabot sa 45 ang mga panibagong

throat swab sample ang kanilang ipinadala sa RITM noong Hunyo 16. Ang mga sample na nakulekta nina Dr. Retuerma ay mula sa mga mga residente ng barangay kung saan may naitalang walong estudyanteng positibo sa A H1N1 virus noong Hunyo 15. “Bahagi iyan ng aming pagbabantay upang matukoy kung may nahawa nang mga kabarangay doon sa mga estudyante,” ani Dr. Retuerma.

— Dino Balabo

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nagpositibo sa Guiguinto ay balikbayan din na ang edad ay hindi tataas sa 50 taon. Ang bawat isa sa 10 nagpositibo sa A H1N1 sa Bulacan ay nagsimulang kakitaan ng sintomas sa pagitan ng Hunyo 8 at 12, ayon kay Dr. Gomez. “Dumiretso ng pagpapagamot sa Maynila ‘yung dalawang balikbayan kaya magaling na nang malaman naming nagpositibo sila,” ani Gomez sa Mabuhay sa bayan ng Bulakan noong Hunyo 17. Hinggil naman sa mga magaaral ng DCMDHS, sinabi ng provincial health officer na unang kinakitaan ng sintomas ang mga estudyante noong Hunyo 10, kaya’t iniutos ng Department of Health (DOH) na suspendihin ang klase doon noong Hunyo 11. At nakumpirma namang positibo sa A H1N1 virus ang walong magaaral ng DCMDHS noong Hunyo 15. Ito ay nangangahulugan na ang klase sa kanilang paaralan ay muling magbubukas sa Hunyo 22, batay sa 10-araw na quarantine na itinakda ng DOH at Department of Education (DepEd). Sa loob ng 10 araw na quarantine umaasa ang DepEd at DOH na huhupa ang kinatatakutang sakit, bukod pa sa mapipigilan iyon sa pamamagitan ng paglilinis sa buong paaralan sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga disinfectant samantalang nagpapagamot at nagpapagaling ang mga nagkasakit na mag-aaral. Kaugnay nito, umabot sa 132 mag-aaral ng Sacdalan Elemen-

tary School at Vedasto Santiago Memorial High School sa Barangay Salacot, San Miguel ang kinakitaan din ng sintomas ng Influenza A H1N1. Ayon kay Dr. Gomez, agad na pinuntahan ng pambayaang manggagamot ng San Miguel ang mga mag-aaral upang suriin noong Hunyo 11 subalit noon lamang Hunyo 18 sinimulan ng DOH ang pagsasailalim ng mga ito sa “throat swabbing.” “Nasuri na ang mga estudyante at may mga sintomas nga,” ani Gomez. “Habang hinihintay namin ang DOH, tuloy ang pagsubaybay sa mga bata na naka-home confinement kung saan ay binibigyan din sila ng gamot,” ani Gomez. Kinumpirma ito ni Dr. Irmingardo Antonio, medical officer ng DepEd sa Bulacan. Ipinaliwanag ni Gomez na DOH lamang ang may hawak ng test kit para sa A H1N1 na ginagamit sa pagsusuri sa sample na nakuha sa bawat mag-aaral sa pamamagitan ng throat swabbing. Ang bawat sample na iyon ay ipinasusuri sa Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) sa Kalakhang Maynila. Dahil naman sa sunod-sunod na balita hinggil sa insidente ng A H1N1 sa Bulacan, napukaw ang pansin ng maraming Bulakenyo at ang kanilang naging reaksyon ay bumili ng facemask, alcogel at vitamin C. Nagka-ubusan ng mga katulad na produkto sa mga botika sa lalawigan sa mga sumunod na araw.

Lumahok sa pagdiriwang ng aming ika-30 anibersaryo

Mabuhay

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natutuklasan na sila mismo ang may sakit. *** Ang mahirap kasi sa trabaho ng mga mamamahayag ay kung saan-saan nagpupunta. Kung minsan ay sa mga lugar kung saan nandoon ang mga taong maysakit. Kaso, karaniwan sa mga mamamahayag ay walang insurance coverage o kaya ay walang personal protective equipment, o dili kaya ay hindi alam ang gagawing pagiingat. *** Katulad ng sabi ni Dr. Gomez, hindi airborne ang virus. Kaya hindi tayo dapat mangambang masyado. Ngunit hindi rin iyan dahilan upang hindi tayo magingat. Sabi nga ng mga doktor, “prevention is better than cure.” *** Ayon naman sa Department of Health (DOH), “mild” lamang ang sakit na A H1N1 na dumapo sa mga taong nahawa nito sa bansa. Karaniwan daw sa mga naging positibo ay gumaling na kabilang ang walo sa Bulakan at tig-isa sa Hagonoy at Guiguinto. Good news iyan! *** Heto naman ang bad news. Ayon sa DOH, high risk daw o malaki ang posibilidad na mahawa ang mga taong may sakit sa puso, diabetes, hika, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lalo na yung may mga sakit sa baga dahil sa paninigarilyo at kanser, at mga taong matataba. Sabi ng DOH, kaya high risk ang mga taong may mga katulad na sakit ay dahil sa mahina ang immune system o natural na panlaban ng katawan ng mga ito sa virus. Kailangan talaga ang dagdag na pag-iingat. *** Hindi lamang sa Influenza A H1N1 dapat mag-ingat ang mga mamamahayag. Batay sa tala ng National Union of the Philippines (NUJP), limang mamamahayag na ang pinaslang sa bansa mula noong Enero. Kung ang virus ay kaya pang labanan ng immune system ng katawan, ang mga bala ay hindi. *** Bukod diyan, nakaamba rin ang mga panukalang right of reply bill na naglalayong isabatas ang pagbibigay ng espasyo o oras sa tugon ng mga tao partikular na ng mga opisyal na ‘nasaktan’ sa balita. Sabi ng mga mamamahayag, hindi na kailangan ang right of reply bill para ilathala ang tugon ng mga taong nasaktan sa balita dahil bukas naman ang mga pahayagan para sa tinatawag na “letter to the editor.” *** Binigyang diin na ng mga mamamahayag na labag sa Saligang Batas ang panukalang right of reply bill, pero parang walang nadinig ang mga kongresistang nagsusulong nito. Kapag napagtibay ang right of reply bill, tinatayang higit pa sa Influenza A H1N1 ang epekto nito sa publiko dahil kapag nagtagal, tanging ang maimpluwensiyang tao na lamang ang mababasa ninyo sa pahayagan. ○

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moment, the seed of education is taking root in the tender heart of the little girl, thanks to the generous heart of the mother, who is always our first teacher. I think we have to find a way to continue with this invisible interflow, obviously in a manner proper to our human and natural conditions. Unless this takes place, I don’t think we can talk about educating children properly. Education is like journeying with the students, but understood more in the spiritual and moral sense. Of course, we need some practical guidelines for this, and also standards to measure in some way the effectiveness of our education work. We have to continually renew and update them so they can truly reflect the state of the student’s mind and heart. For me, what gives joy and satisfaction is when students on their own come to have a heart-to-heart talk not only about personal and family matters, not only about academic issues, but also about their faith and their love for God and others. Through the years, I have seen, thanks to God, an increase of students who see me for this purpose, and a marked improvement in their behavior, showing a greater consistency between what the faith teaches and their dayto-day life and activities. I see them learning how to pray, understanding the value of sacrifice, going to Mass and confession, doing their work and study with responsibility, etc.

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who learned what failure is all about. Don’t give up and don’t give in. Failures or rejections ran into the hundreds before a person achieve success. Conrad Hilton once said, “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” Ever heard of one of America’s most outstanding failures? In 18931, he failed in business. In 1832, he was defeated for legislature. In 1833, he again failed in business. In 1834, he was elected to the Legislature but was defeated for Speaker in 1838. In 1843, he was defeated for Congress but was elected to Congress in 1846. He was defeated for Senate in 1855, for VicePresident in 1856, and for Senate again in 1858. But in 1860, he was elected to President of the United States. His name: Abraham Lincoln. Donald Phillips commented, “Everything – failures as well as successes – became stepping stones to the presidency. In this sense, Lincoln’s entire life prepared him for his future executive leadership role.” Being handicap is not hindrance to become successful in life. Winston ○

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Churchill, famous for his eloquence, had a speech impediment as a boy. Theodore Roosevelt spoke with difficulty. Mahatma Gandhi was so fearful of public speaking that in his first attempt to represent a client as her lawyer he became tongue-tied when it was time for him to speak in court. Clarence Chamberlain, the aviator who flew the Atlantic, could never pass the standard test for depth perception, but they closed an eye and gave him a license anyway, and he became one of the safest of fliers. Glenn Cunningham, who hung up new records for the mile in running, had both legs so badly burned that he was expected never to be able to walk again. Now, you’re rich and famous. You can have everything you want in life. But hope the story of a genie in the bottle will remind you of something. A little boy found a corked bottle at the foot of a tree. There was a curious buzzing sound inside and so he pulled out the cork to see what it was. Out came a cloud which formed into genie and then expanded as big as a house. The genie then threatened to ○

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kill the boy. With great presence of mind, the boy wondered out loud how such a big object could fit to such a small bottle. So he asked the big genie to show. Foolishly, it did. Then he capped down the cork again. The genie kept cursing and threatening and shouting. But the corked stayed on. Then the captive took a new tack and promised not to hurt the boy if he left him out again. The boy thought about this for a long time and was skeptical and did not want to get tricked. Finally, he agreed that he would let the genie out only if he became his servant. He agreed. Success is like a genie. It will become bigger and bigger and before you know it, it will rule over your life – and even destroy you. But like the little boy, you have to make your success your servant instead of your master. Charles Reade reminds: “Sow a thought, and you reap an act; sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.” — [email protected]

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obey their children,” the Duke of Windsor said during a 1957 visit to the US. But when was the Fouth, let alone the other nine, ever fully heeded? The Decalogue, we’re told, has been downgraded into “The Ten Suggestions”. ”Here”, a friend said.. “Try this for your Father’s Day reading., He handed over a dog-eared copy of Eammon Bredin’s book: “Disturbing the Peace” This book asks us the deeper questions,”. says Ateneo University’s Catalino Arevalo, SJ in the foreword. “We should also ask it hard questions.”: A professor in Ireland, Bredin worked with campesinos of Peru. Among other things, he examines, in this book, “the Abba theme”: how Jesus of Nazareth, in history, understood the word “father” Jesus spoke in Aramaic. In that language, “Abba” ( Father ) was not

Forward to Basics  from page 3 Kastigo It is much more than this. It is a sign that reminds us of what we ought to be as our Lord taught: “If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, daily.” Through it, we brand every fiber of our existence with the presence of Christ: with His life, passion, death and resurrection. Benedict XVI says that the “most basic Christian gesture in prayer is and always will be the sign of the Cross. (…) The sign of the Cross is a confession of faith: I believe in him who suffered for me and rose again; in him who has transformed the sign of shame into a sign of hope and of the love of God that is present with us. (…) By signing ourselves with the Cross, we place ourselves under the protection of the Cross, hold it in front of us like a shield that will guard us in all the distress of daily life and give us the courage to go on. We accept it as a signpost that we follow: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Mk 8:34). The Cross shows us the road of life—the imitation of Christ.” (In The Spirit of the Liturgy, April 2006, Ignatius Press) In our present world heavily dependent on signs and symbols, it is unfortunate that we Christians sometimes lose sight of the significance of this simple yet marvelous sign of our belonging to God. May we treasure it, and realize that this gesture is already both a prayer said and a sacrifice offered to God, and our readiness –as God’s soldiers– to love and serve our neighbor.

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yong dalawang anak ni GMA at isang bayaw ang miyembro ng kamara, kayang-kayang manipulahin at ibasura ang ano mang sumbong laban kay Aling Gloria (bukod sa nasuhulang nakararaming mga ganid na tonggresista).

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Iligtas ang sariling motibo DAHIL wala ngang reeleksyon ang isang Pangulo, na kasabay na ring nawawala ang immunity from suit (na pribilehiyong ipinagkakaloob ng Konstitusyon), ang patuloy na pangangapit sa poder ay nagkaroon ng ibang motibo: iligtas ang sarili sa mga kaso—na ihahain sa dating Pangulo sa mga hukuman. Kaya patuloy ang pagsusulong ng charter change o chacha—sa lantad na hangaring gawing parilyamentaryo ang sistema ng gobyerno—mula sa Presidensyal. Aminin at hindi, si dating Pangulong Ramos ay pabor sa cha-cha— una’y puwede siyang kumindidatong kinatawan sa kanyang distrito, posibleng maging Unang Ministro ng parliamento. O kung si GMA ang mapipiling Unang Ministro, malakas pa rin si Ramos—at hindi na mauungkat ang mga katiwalian sa panahon ng kanyang panungkulan bilang Pangulo. Tutol naman si dating Pres. Erap Estrada sa cha-cha—sapagkat hindi na magkakaroon ng pagkakataon ang watak-watak na oposisyon na maluklok sa Malakanyang, at mawawalan na rin ng tsansa si Erap na makabalik sa poder, o maging malakas sa Malakanyang—at kahit paano ay magkaroon ng poderpagkaraang masira ang kanyang dangal at pagkatao sa pagkakahatol kay Erap bilang mandarambong. Kapahamakan ng bansa SAMANTALA, ang pinalulutang namang sistemang pederalismo ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel ay isang paurong na hakbang, sa palagay ko. Ibabalik natin ang bansa sa panahon ng tribalismo—na nahatiin sa estado/ rehiyon ang Pilipinas. Ang resulta; patuloy na paghahari ng mga political-dynasty, patuloy na pamamayani

a word for formal rites. Rather, it resembled “Tatay” or “Papa”, even “Dad.”, Children and adults used this word to address their fathers. “It evoked all the authority, care, tenderness and mutual trust…at the heart of their lives. Most people, however, approach the transcendent Divinity with honorific titles: “Lord of the Universe”, “Creator of Heaven and Earth”, etc. Barbara Greene and Victor Gollancz document this in their book:: “God of a Hundred Names.”. We’re schooled to keep God at a respectful distance. Most approach with awe. Thus, many were scandalized that Jesus spoke to the One God “in the warm familiar tones of Abba”This radically new usage was a consistent characteristic of Jesus’ way of speaking.” He did so because “Abba” lay at the core of his “experience of his re○

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lationship to God,” Briden writes. “It alone was the word by which to address and describe God as Jesus knew him… Only the word “Abba” could bring to speech this distinctive intimacy with all it’s richness.” Jesus was aware of the difference between his experience of God and those of his disciples, Briden observes.. That doesn’t faze him from. teaching his disciples: “When you pray, say: ‘Our Father who art in heaven….”… That insight spilled into all of his life and teaching. “He spoke of a Father’s love that numbered the hairs of one’s head. “You are of more value than many sparrows”, sold for a few coins. And to the resentful son, a Prodigal Father would say:: Rejoice…your brother who was lost has been found.” Hey, Dad. — [email protected]

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ng mga warlord. Ang sistemang pederalismo ang hinihintay lamang ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)—upang makapagtatag ng sariling bansa, at tuluyang humiwalay sa Pilipinas. Ang sistemang pederalismo ay nilansag na sa dating Union Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Yugoslavia; dating bahagi ng India ang Pakistan at Bangladesh. Kung naging matagumpay ang gobyernong pederal ng Amerika, nagkaroon muna ng madugong giyera sibil ang Hilaga at ang Timog—nang humiwalay sa Union ang mga estadong nasa Timog at magtatag ng Confederate States o America. Lalo namang hindi kataganggaptanggap ang layunin ni Speaker

Prospero Nograles na baguhin ang konstitusyon—para lamang bigyan ng lubos na laya ang mga dayuhan na makapag-ari ng mga lupain, industriya, likas na yaman sa Pilipinas. Ito ay tuwirang pagtataksil sa bansa—isang garapal na pagbebenta ng Pilipinas—sa mga dayuhan. Higit sa alin mang panahon, ngayon tayo dapat magkaisa, labanan natin ang sobrang masasakim sa kapangyarihan at yaman, na makapanatili lang sa poder ay lantarang winawasak ang mga institusyon ng demokrasya, kabilang ang Konstitusyon, at handang magbenta ng kaluluwa sa mga demonyo, ibenta ang bansa sa mga dayuhan—makapangapit lang na parang tuko sa poder.

Mabuhay LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

VOL. XXX, NO. 25 • JUNE 19 - 25, 2009 • PAGE 8

ARAW NG KALAYAAN — Itinataas ang bandila habang tinutugtog ang Pambasang Awit ng Smarties Academy Marching Band ng Sta. Maria, Bulacan sa SM Marilao. — PR

Lapus: Pagkakaisa ang susi sa kalayaan NI DINO BALABO LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Ang pagiging responsableng mamamayan at pagkakaisa ang mga susi sa tunay na kalayaan. Ito ang buod ng mga mensahe nina Education Secretary Jesli Lapus at mga pangunahing opisyal sa lalalwigan sa pagdiriwang ng ika-111 guning taon ng Araw ng Kalayaan na isinagawa sa bakuran ng makasaysayang simbahan ng Barasoain noong Hunyo 12. Ayon kay Secretary Lapus, higit na magkakaroon ng kahulugan ang kalayaang ipingdiriwang tauntaon kung ang bawat isa ay magiging responsable. “Gawin natin nang buong katapatan ang trabaho bilang mga magulang, lingkod bayan, at mamamayan,” ani Lapus sa kanyang maikling talumpati. Sinabi niya na dapat gabayan ng mga magulang ang kanilang mga anak upang maging responsableng mamamayan din ang mga ito. Inayunan naman ito ng ilang kaanak ng mga beterano ng digmaan na dumalo sa pagdiriwang.

SECRETARY LAPUS “Dapat lang, paano magiging pag-asa ng bayan ang mga kabataan kung hindi mabibigyan ng direksyon ng magulang,” ani ng isang lalaking may 60 taong gulang na anak ng isang yumaong beterano ng ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig. Sinabi ng pinuno ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon, na “ang tunay na kaga-

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lingan ay ang pagbabahagi ng talino sa bayan.” Ang mensaheng ito ani Lapus ay tumutukoy naman sa trabaho at sakripisyo ng mga guro bilang pagpapahalaga niya sa kanila. Tinugon naman ng palakpakan ng mga dumalong guro ang pahayag ng kalihim. Hinggil sa programa ng adminitrasyon ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, sinabi ni Lapus na patuloy pa rin ang paglaban sa kahirapan. Bilang patunay, sinabi niya na ang taunang pagdiriwang ng Araw ng Kalayaan ay ginawa na lamang simple hindi katulad noong mga nagdaang taon na engrande at malaki ang nagagastos. “Since last year, hindi na magarbo ang pagdiriwang natin ng Independence Day, at upang bigyan ito ng kahulugan ay may ginusto ng Pangulo na ibuhos ang serbisyo sa publiko upang malabanan ang kahirapan. Kaugnay nito, sinabi ni Gob. Joselito Mendoza na “walang kalayaang kung hindi tayo magkakaisa.” Ayon kay Mendoza, kailangan ang pagkakaisa upang bigyang proteksyon ang kalayaan ng bawat Pilipino, at labanan ang kahirapan, at kagutuman. Para naman kina Kinatawan Marivic Alvarado ng Unang Distrito ng Bulacan, at Mayor Danilo Domingo ng Malolos ang pagdiriwang ng araw ng kalayaan ay nangangahulugan ng bukas na pagpapahayag na ang bawat isa ay handang magkaisa upang harapin ang hamon ng kinabukasan.

PUTO’T KUTSINTA — Bandilang gawa sa puto’t kutsinta ay tampok sa pagdiriwang ng Araw ng Kalayaan sa SM Marilao. Masarap ang puto’t kutsintang gawa sa Marilao.

MABUHAY — Lumahok ang pahayagang Mabuhay sa Independence Day Exhibit ng SM City Marilao. Tampok sa exhibit booth ng Mabuhay ang mga nakaraang

sipi nito sa nakaraang 29 na taong paglilingkod sa bansa partikular sa lalawigan ng Bulacan kung saan ito isinilang noong Enero 20, 1980.