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Name:
Antonio Morales
Address: Catbalogan
Date: Dec 12, 2008
An Kadaugan han Katawhan
han Samar
An binuro-bingkil ngan
binuro-bugno dinhi ha Samarnews.com naton nga mga kunohay "opinion
writers" o mga waray bayad na komentarista baga na hin naggigisahay
na kun hin-o gud iton dapat naton suportahan hiton tidaraon nga
eleksyon. Ungod gud na baga nahibayaan na kita hiton "city autobus"
hiton eleksyon na bandwagon. An mga pulitiko duro na an pa-guapo nga
pa-porma para hiton 2010 nga eleksyon. Iya-iya na pahamot hiton ira
mga ngaran ngan hinay-hinay na hin pamutang hin "deodorant" hiton
ira mga baho.
Hi Padre Labendia na akon
iguin-endorsar nga kumandidato ka gobernador para mahatagan hin
maupay nga direksyon iton Samar, waray pa gud magbalos nga hiya uyon
hiton akon pag-endorsar. Bangin nakabasa na gad ini hi Fr. Labendia
dinhi hiton guin-susurat dinhi ha message board pero diri pa gud
hiya nakagat hini nga aton pag-aghat ha iya nga kumandidato. Ha usa
ka bahin, padi hiya nga may kontrata han Simbahan Romano Katoliko na
dapat niya tindugan. Ha usa pa liwat ka bahin, diri hiya politiko.
Nagpadara na ako hin surat ngadto ha Diocese of Calbayog pero baga
waray man balos. Kun baga, hingyap ko gadla nga hiya mag-una para
bag-uhon an pansistema dinhi ha Samar.
Hi Mano Basilio Balasbas
nga mayda interes pagkandidato pagka gobernador, naglarang na hiton
iya plataporma. Pero baga urhi na kuno hiya hiton iya mga plano
siring han iba dinhi. Ako naman, baga ungod la an guin-pahayag hit
iba dinhi nga baga atrasado an gios ni Mano Basilio. Kun ha marathon
ini, hi mano Basilio aada pala ha starting point an iya mga kontra
harapit na ha finish line. Pero, diri ko guin-sisiring na waray
"jumpstart" power hi Mano Basilio. Siring pa ha tinagalog na
pamulong, "Kahit huli man pero magaling ay makakahahabol din." So
hopefully, makarit man hi Mano Basilio, hingyap ko na la nga
makahabol hiya. Ayaw la gamiton an linurong na pamulong nga nasiring
"Huli man ang matsing kahit magaling ay matsing pa rin."
An mga pahinumdum ni Mano
Addi Batica kabahin hit posible na pagpatukar hin CHA-CHA ha kamara
dapat gud na aton iton pagmatngunan. Bangin la lugod waray mahinabo
na eleksyon ha 2010, araba kita nga tanan. Hi GMA baga naboking na
gad hadton ampo han iya spokesman nga hi Jess Dureza. Kun ha iba pa
adto nga lugar, nawara na ha puwesto hi Jess pero kay baga man han
nakaruyagan ni Arroyo an pamulong ni Dureza okay la hiya. "Wag the
dog" la gad udog adto ni GMA para mabatian an pulso han bungto. Hi
Brother Mike Velarde, nga kunohay spiritual adviser ni Arroyo,
nagsiring na man na supak hiya pero barantayan pa gihapon iton na
mga gios pamulitika ni Arroyo.
Bantay-bantay kita, dapat
maabtik iton aton mga mata pagkita kun ano iton mga gios hiton mga
politiko.
Name:
Basilio A. Balasbas
Address: 539 Ricarte Extn, San Antonio, San Pedro,
Laguna
Email:
balasbas.basilio@yahoo.com
Date: December 11, 2008
Para kan Sangcay nga
Ceasar Apostol han Sta. Rita
I know and I fully
understand your apprehension about my objective of coming up with
plans to help the poorest of the poor in our impoverished province.
I am also aware that you will need a fortune to mount a no non sense
political campaign especially if you will be running for an elective
position in the provincial category. Developing a political campaign
that will reach the remote areas in the province is also a gigantic
undertaking that will need funding to sustain the campaign from
start to finish.
Sangcay nga Ceasar Apostol,
Sangcay nga Samarnon from Canada og sugad man kanda Prof Cesar
Torres, kan Samarnon from America or is it Leytenyo, UUSA LA AN ATON
GUIN HIHINGYAP NGAN GUIN UUNGARA an magbag-o ini nga aton politika
dinhi ha probinsiya han Samar, basi pa unta makab-ot naton an tunay
nga pag-uswag han aton minayoyo pero nagkukuri nga probinsiya han
Samar. Dumangop ako ha iyo ngatanan para magkaorosa kita hin pagpili
hiton aton magigin standard bearer. Diri la asya ito lets start
filling up our campaign kitty so that we can now put up a campaign
Hqs in Catbalogan and Calbayog. We will burn the airwaves (free ads
from radio stations) and ask for student volunteers. We will first
train our student volunteers on how to approach and convince the
older electorates to give up the instant cash derive from vote
buying so that we will be able to protect the coffers of the
government. If the funds of the government will not be touched
naturally it will flow to the educational requirement of our poor
students, we will be able to repair the long overdue pot holed
roads, we will have something for the long neglected hospitals.
What we will do to insure
that our programs of government are implemented effectively we have
to be hands on in what we do meaning we have to be where the action
is. We will have to roll our sleeves participate in the launching of
each program and follow up, if it needs that we will have to conduct
meetings in the morning and meetings in the afternoon to insure the
needed change that we want. These are the CHANGEs that we need,
these are the undertakings that we will have to sustain every single
day. Let us now start filling up the campaign kitty and its about
time to make this happen. Initially we will ask Ray to consolidate
the donation and have a complete set of volunteers to take care of
the funds of course with proper accounting from the group and from
Ray himself, I'm sure Ray will help us facilitate the undertaking
during its transition period.
B Jaboli might be in town
during the holiday season, he can initiate the transition team and
by early next year god willing everybody will be in Catbalogan to
complete the task.
God Bless Us All
Name:
Andresito Ragub Geli
Address: London, UK
Email:
andresito_geli@yahoo.com
Date: Dec. 11, 2008
Advance greetings to all
my relatives saan man kayo panig nang mundo maupay nala nga Pasko
haiyo ngatanan ha akon pamilya ha Villareal to nanay and tatay mga
kabugtuan hinaot onta nga malipayon kamo ngatanan yana nga Pasko at
maabot nga bag-o nga tuig i wish all the best and good luck year
2009 MABUHAY MGA VILLAHANON.
Name:
Julian "Bodo" Gallano
Address: Jacinto St., Catarman 6400, Northern Samar,
Philippines
Email:
jegallano@yahoo.com
Date: 12-11-2008
Hi, miss ko na mga
classmates batch 78' sa Norhern Samar Academy. May reunion kit next
year 2009. Kon hain man kam nga yato yato mag paramdam naman kayo.
Adi kami permi tarapo sira Genie Saises, Luz Atencio, Lucille Olmedo,
Leonila Bacsal, Oliver Dugan, atbp. See you in grand reunion. E-mail
me at
jegallano@yahoo.com
To Gari
Gallano:
Kumusta ka na diyan miss
ka na namon . Kaylan ang balik mo Pilipinas. Maupay nala nga pasko.
We always pray for your good health. Miss you.
Uncle
Bodo
Name:
Tingoy Placido
Address: Patag
Email:
Date: 11 Dec 08
To Mr. Basilio Balasbas,
Maaram ako nga ada ha imo
an ngatanan nga kalidad para mamunoan hini nga Catbalogan or Samar
pero baga tama man liwat ada hi Mr Jaboli nga itago nala an imo
retirement pay para han imo pamilya ngan aton nala hi Mr. Samarnon
han Canada an asya pakandidatoha, sigurado pa iton magdadaog kay ada
ka nga masuporta siring mo pa you have to educate the voters plus pa
han DOLLAR ni Mr. Samarnon ha Canada ambot dawla kon ano an ig
tatapat han mga kalaban.
To Mr.
Samarnon of Canada,
Nagpipinahirayo kita
pamiling hin magkakandidato para Gobernador or Congressman hin hi
ikaw la lugod an diri nasasabihan nga qualified ka man liwat or over
qualified para hiton nga puwesto. So Mr. Samarnon of Canada kay ano
nga diri ikaw nala an aton kandidato pagka governador or congressman
yana nga tidaraon nga election. Waray gud ako nakikita nga
makakaulang han imo kandidatura kay una pagkasabot ko over qualified
ka gud man ngan ikaw gudla yana an akon nakikita nga puwede tumapat
han mga kalaban han gastos kay DOLLAR iton ira kalaban.
Pagsumat nagad han imo
ngaran kay baga kamaraut pamation nga masiring ako nga MABUHAY HI
MR. SAMARNON OF CANADA
PAGKAURUSAHI TA HI MR.
SAMARNON OF CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PARA KA GOBERNADOR OR
CONGRESSMAN!!!!!!!!
MABUHAY KA MR. SAMARNON OF
CANADA!!!!!!!!
Name:
B. Jaboli
Address: Jiabong, Samar / Tokyo, Japan
Email:
Date: 2008-12-10
To Mr. Balasbas:
An pag siring ko nga
atrasado ka na kon ikaw makandidato ka Governor, tungod nga waray pa
nag eendorso ha imo nga mga personas ngan mga organizations. I am
expecting that if Mr. Morales and Mr. Torres endorse somebody,
he/she will be coming from an active organization like "An Isog Han
Samar" or any other organization/movement/political party nga diri
la puro hangin. I am expecting somebody nga kilala na ha Samar nga
magigin maupay nga leader. By this, an active organization at this
time will be the key to a successful campaign.
As you said, "Changing the
political landscape of the entire province means that we will do
away with monetary considerations by conducting a massive
information drive to be undertaken by students of all levels
specifically to educate the electorate to avoid/eradicate vote
buying in order to effect the needed electoral reforms." Can you you
do this in Guinsurungan? As you said, your brother in-law was a good
Barangay Chairman of Guinsurungan but he lost to a rich-vote-buying
candidate. I think everybody knows everybody in Guinsurungan and
massive information campaign was not necessary, but your
brother-in-law still lost. Why don't you try your ideas in
Guinsurungan and if you become successful, the "longest toilet in
the world", "the golden floating objects", "the drug addicts and
drug lords" (according to previous posts) would be gone. And if,
with your leadership, Guinsurungan become the best/most improved
barangay in the whole of Catbalogan, everybody will endorse you for
a higher position.
Do not expect so much of
the studentry, most of them are active in the kabataang barangay.
And the kabataang barangay? It's a joke! You probably know who
controls the kabataang barangay.
As for candidates who came
from poor families, not all become good leaders/politicians. I can
give the names of mayors in this case but not in this site. On the
other hand, not all leaders/politicians from rich families are bad.
Jose Rizal and the other heroes who studied in Spain were all from
rich families. Ninoy Aquino came from a rich family. The mayors of
Cebu, Davao and Puerto Princesa and the former mayor Gordon of Subic
are not from poor families but they are good politicians.
Mr. Balasbas, masyado gud
kaupay ito nga imo 9-point agenda, ngan natu-od ako nga
honest/sincere ka hini nga imo mga hingyap. Ha akon kasabot, waray
nag-eendorso ha imo kay waray man ha imo nakilala personally dinhe
ha internet. Suggestion ko gad la ini, why don't you seek the
endorsement of active movements/organizations in Samar. This way,
pag na-endorse ka nira, I (and hopefully everybody) will support you
all the way!
God Bless You!!!
Name:
Taclobanon
Address: United States
Email:
Date: Dec. 10, 2008
Samarnon of Canada, I wish
that your plan you have proposed will be carried out by everybody in
this message board. This proposal you did will be considered as
tentative only until Mr. Morales will give his comment as well as
Mr. Balasbas. Also, I want Mr. Morales to get in touch with Fr.
Labendia of his opinion or comment. Here's the proposal.
Mr. Morales - as
Congressman
Fr. Labendia - as Governor
Mr. Balasbas - as Mayor
These 9 points of agenda
or call them platform made by Mr. Balasbas are good that need to be
considered and discussed if they need to be improved or revised. But
there are still a lot of ideaz that can be added. Catbaloganons who
are professional and experienced especially those who have worked
abroad and coming back as balikbayans, have their own special
talents and expertise that can give some points of agenda and help
improved the platform that Mr. Balastas has started. They are also
concerned of the situation in their province and they will help
whoever will be the governor and mayor. The advantage is they are
retirees and will not demand payment or salary for their service to
the government. For as long as the governor or mayor is honest and
not corrupt their services are free.
Well, whatever is the plan
I will support it. I'm glad to read the plan of Mr. Balasbas, Mr.
Morales and Samarnon of Canada. Let's start now if the
above-mentioned three candidates proposed by Samarnon is approved.
Thank you.
Name:
Adelbert Batica
Address: Calle Buruka, Basay, Samar, Filipinas
Email:
basaynon49@yahoo.com
Date: 10 December 2008
Mga Kasangkayan
Natika-upay la iton iyo
hiro-hisgot dinhi hiunong hin politica, kundi san-o kita magpalutaw
hit mga "tigsering" hin bisan ano nga posicion dida ha Samar,
mahihimo ba naton nga hisgutan anay kon mag-aano kita, yana nga
panahon nga iton aadto ha Manila, ma ha Malacanang o ha Congreso -
naglalarang pagtocar hin "Cha-Cha"? Ma-tocar hira hini nga musica,
bisan kon iton paghimungto diri nauyon, bisan kon iton panuyo hini
iton paglorong na liwat hiton lomolopyo! Hi Mano Profesor intawon,
baga maiha na gud ini nga panahon iton iya buruka ngan arungot
hiunong hiton mga kurakot ngan kawatanes nga waray katapusan an ira
panlupot han kaban ni Juan de la Cruz. Pastilan, hini nga waray na
katapusan nga pan-ngawat...may pa ba mahibibilin nga kawaton? Ano it
imo masesering hini, Mano Profesor?
Diri hin pagpuypoy hit
kapaso hit iyo mga iro-istoria hiunong hin pangandidato, kundi it
akon pahinumdum la - madadayon ba ini nga pili-ay para hiton 2010?
Kon madadayon, ada, waray sapayan - maupay ini nga mga tawo nga
iguinduduso pagka-gobernador, congresista, mayor ha Catbalogan. It
akon manla, nga kon baga may na liwat maglarang hin pagpanday ngan
pag-retoque hit aton constitucion! Ngan ha akon sangkay nga Samarnon
ha Canada - salamat hini imo paghisgot hit akon ngaran dinhi hini
nga mga paypay ha Samarnews. Una ha ngatanan, kinikilala ak ha Basay
nga "Addi", ngan sugad man liwat didto ha "GugmaHanSamar" ni Mano
Profesor. Asya la. Bahin naman hini nga pagkandidato, it matuod la -
waray ko hiton interes, labi na gud kay naglabay an akon panahon.
Mabulig nala ako hit akon tinalagudti dida ha umarabot nga mga adlaw.
It usa pa, maiha na gud ini nga panahon nga paglinakat didi ha iba
nga nasyon, sanglit bisan pa kon unob ak nga Samareno ngan Basaynon
pa gud - baga hirayo ha akon iton pamulitika ha Samar.
It akon manla, kon bisan
kon hin-o nga lider an mapili han mga taga-Samar, nga ini nga tawo
tuptop gud ngan tangkud, ngan iton interes hit kadam-an iton iya
paglalanaton, diri iton iya interes personal. Paningkamot nala kita
nga kon hin-o man it aton pagkaurusaan, nga buligan gud naton hira,
kay abaadaw - iton mga pangontra...makarima-dima gud it ira salapi
nga igsasaburak. Kundi bisan pa man, kon iton botante diri gud
mapapalit - waray mahihimo hiton kuwarta. Iton pinaka-importante gud,
iton sinesering nga "voter education".
Hala, padayon hit mga
hiro-hisgot dinhi. Ngan Mano Profesor...susurat-surat gad man,
babagis-bagis gad man dinhi.
Name:
Letenyo
Address: Tacloban City
Email:
Date: December 10, 2008
Under a fair election
process, anyone in Samar can file for candidacy of any office for
his or her own choosing. Anyone of the candidates who can rise up
and survive long enough to the election day is deserving for being
an instrument for the democratic process in our country. So
therefore, it is not all wasted for being a candidate whether a
candidate wins or loses because our democracy is advanced one step
ahead. Under a fair election process anyone who is voted by the
people is deserving for the office. What is a fair election process?
A fair election process does not engage in vote buying. Instead of
vote buying, why not buy private air time in television and radio
broadcast advertisement? In the advertisement, explain and convince
Samarnons why you should be voted over other candidates? THIS VOTE
BUYING SCAM HAS TO STOP.
May-ada ako paki-ana: When
did Mila Tan lead Samar? Kakan-o pa hi Mila Tan namuno ha Samar?
Nagbisita ba hiya didto ha kahurunan? Bisan nala pangumusta han ira
kahimtang. Bisan nala waray proyekto basta kalugaringon nga makit-an
an leder nga namumuno ha ira, maupay gud an pag-abat han mga
katawhan didto ha kahurunan. Natuman ba ini nga responsibilidad han
gobernadora? Waray kay puros hangin la.
Because of the lack and
absence of the governor's leadership in Samar, is it not surprising
Samarnons would opt for the NPA who are readily asserting
leadership. THIS IS ABOUT COMPETITION FOR LEADERSHIP.
So anyone who would win
the candidacy, be it mayoral or governorship or congressional
position, please lead our people. Thank you.
Name:
Taclobanon
Address: United States
Email:
Date: Dec. 8, 2008
I want to see my waraynon
brothers and sisters in Catbalogan have the opportunity to change
the present government and have a new governor instead of the same
corrupt administrator of the province of Samar. I have seen this
feeling of change when I read all the views and opinion of the
participants in this Message Board. I would like to mention
particularly Mr. Morales, Mr. Balasbas, Samarnon of Canada and
others. I have read a lot of their stories, views and opinion but
still short of immediate action. I am still waiting for an action
and not only written words.
I would suggest that
everybody should help start working for the plan on the coming
election. As I said before, there are only three here that endorsed
Fr. Labendia to run for governor. What about the rest of the
participants. Let's have a final decision who will be our choice to
run so that we can ask people to support and be involved in the
campaign including the campaign contribution. Someone has to take
charge with the process of campaigning that will involve various
committees if we want to have the best and a good campaign that our
chosen candidate has the chance to win.
Let us choose a leader to
lead us to initiate the campaign. He should be stationed in
Catbalogan and not from abroad. A campaign manager or administrator
has a lot to do and we should start as early as possible once we
have the chosen candidate if Fr. Labendia or Mr. Balasbas. How about
Mr. Morales if he wanted to be counted as a good prospect for
governor.
Name:
Samarnon
Address: Canada
Email:
samarnonk@yahoo.com
Date: December 8, 2008
On from the grapevine:
It is a bad news to all of
us nga nag-uungara hin bag-o nga mga palakad. Really very sad to
hear nga hira-hira la guihapon an madalakan yana nga eleksiyon.
Nagri-recycle la an mga apilyedo. An Roņo, ambot dawla kon madalakan
hiya to redeem han ira apilyedo.
Kakuri han laban kay
kuwartahay man...baga maaram na kita han magawas han elekyison ngan
han mahitatabo han aton lugar during their term.
Waray gud kita angay nga
basulon kundi kita la guihapon nga mga bumubutos. Aanhon dawla ini
naton nga mabalyu ini nga mga paagi. Kay an tawo nga kablas madali
gudla nira nauuwat.
Kon ungod an sering ni
sangkay Tonyboy nga deri leftist organization an Isog Han Samar...lumalabas
nga hi Noel Labendia la an may-ada "name-recall" nga maupay ha mga
tawo nga puwede magdaog ha eleksiyon.
Kan sangkay Basil Balasbas,
natuod gad ako nga maupay an iya tinguha para ha Samar. Maupay man
liwat an iya mga plano. An problema kay kinahanglan makilala anay
hiya. Otherwise, maato ka hin sabragay hin kuwarta hini nga recycled
politicians.
Ano dawla kon an ihatag
naton ini nga line-up:
Congressman - Antonio (Tonyboy)
Morales
Governor - Noel Labendia (kon deri ungod - para gadla ha akon)
City Mayor - Mr. Basil Balasbas
Puwede liwat umapi hira
Sangkay Bert Batica ug Prof. Cesar Torres (magkurukayakan nala kamo
kon ano an iyo mga puwesto)
I believe this line up can
solicit donors from abroad to fund their campaign.
Ano na mga igsuon?
Kinahanglan na mag-organize han aton mga tawo para matapos ini nga
mga abuso ngan pan iinsulto hini nga mga recycled politicians.
Name:
Basilio A. Balasbas
Address: 539 Ricarte Ext, San Antonio, San Pedro, Laguna
Email:
balasbas.basilio@yahoo.com
Date: December 8, 2008
Para kan Sancay nga R.
Jaboli han Jiabong/Japan
I am really amused of your
logic that if I will run for an elected position in the higher
echelon of the provincial government I am already late while you are
convincing the contributors of this forum to come up with a common
candidate and the same is not late? C'mon my friend lets be
realistic in here, if its late for me it would be late for anyone
else. And also, maybe you are not aware that our purpose of coming
up with a common candidate in this forum is to change the political
landscape of the province in a manner that it will be a complete
transformation from traditional politician to virtually neophyte but
armed with a mission and vision of uplifting the poor and under
privilege. Changing the political landscape of the entire province
means that we will do away with monetary considerations by
conducting a massive information drive to be undertaken by students
of all levels specifically to educate the electorate to
avoid/eradicate vote buying in order to effect the needed electoral
reforms. This way we will be able to attain our objective of
safeguarding the coffers of the government specifically the funds of
the provincial government. Needed reforms with respect to the
following will be achieved:
1. The creation of jobs
through Eco tourism. Restoration of Maqueda bay and adjacent channel
by installing effective coral reefs all throughout the Samar Seas
subsequently stopping trolls along the shallow waters and dynamite
fishing. To make this effective every barangay will be provided with
a pump boat and a PNP contingent with a barangay police to patrol
the strait. First offenders will be docketed but illegal fishing
materials will be confiscated. 2nd offenders will be charged in
court. Immediate stop of all illegal logging at all cost.
2. The construction of new
buildings, classrooms, provision of desks and chairs and books for
students and scholarships to poor families.
3. The balancing of the
budget.
4. Construction and
maintenance of farm to market roads including the repair of the
existing roads from Tacloban to Catbalogan and from Calbayog to
Catbalogan.
5. The provision of
electricity and water supply to barangays.
6. Eradicating of ghost
employees and the 15 and 30 employees who only reports to their
repective departments every 15th and 30th of the month to get their
salaries.
7. The development of
stagnant government lands/properties into agricultural lands for our
farmers and other entrepreneurial undertaking thereby generating
more income to the province.
8. The automation of the
entire capitol building to check automatically the erarnings of all
generating departments that can be accessed by everyone including
the result of all biddings to make it transparent.
9. Coordination with the
local AFP (Army) and the PNP contingent with respect to the peace
and order situation in the province on a weekly basis. Creation of a
task force that will include the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency,
the PNP, the Army Intel and a provincial coordinator to conduct
operations against drug related cases in the province.
Sangcay nga B Jaboli guin
utro ko la an akon 9 point agenda kay asya gud iton it aton
kinahanglan buhaton para magin malinampuson kita bisan ano iton aton
buhaton para hit kaupayan hit ngatanan nga molopyo han probinsiya
han Samar. Maaram kita nga nagkukuri gud ini nga aton mga kabugtuan
dinhi ha aton probinsiya kay maiha naman nga guin aabuso hira hine
nga mga waray upay nga politiko. Amo ini nga akon guin sesering nga
basi matagamtaman naton ngatanan an kaupayan hin pagukoy ha aton
probinsiya nga magupay it kalsada, maupay it hospital, maupay an mga
nakapot hin katungdanan ha gobyerno, waray 15-30 nga empleyado labi
na gud an pakaupay han mga eskuelahan para adton mga pobre nga aton
kabugtuan magkaada hin sadang nga prebilihiyo hin pagaradman nga
makakapagpataas hiton ira antas hin panginabuhi pareho ha aton, and
by the way we have to select somebody who virtually came from a poor
family and made his mark by elevating his family's stature in the
community then and only then we will be assured of a real
administrator whose heart will be for the poorest of the poor.
Mabuhay kita ngatanan and
god bless us all.
Name:
A. Morales
Address: Catbalogan
Email:
Date: 6 dec 2008
From the grapevine...
I heard from the grapevine
that Mila Tan is now considering gunning for the mayorship of
Catbalogan. In her lull to enjoy her involuntary vacation, without
pay, she is feeling the pulse of the barangay leaders. She and Tekwa,
though related by affinity due to the marriage of their kids, are
not really in the best of terms. The problem may be due to some
sharing on gambling payoffs. Tekwa is now hounded by his own
baggage. Police elements, who are keeping the story under the radar
screen, are saying that the local gambling lord is Tekwa's own
brother or half-brother. The PNP is a little bit hesitant to thumb
down the activity of Tekwa's brother because Tekwa has been
supportive of the local PNP's projects. A reliable insider thinks
that Tekwa's brother is earning at least P750,000 on a bad day and
about P1.5 million in a good day. Mila, my source said, is not happy
with that. Does she wants a cut on the stash Tekwa and his brother
are earning? Only they know.
Vice Mayor Van Torrevillas
has nowhere to go. He can't compete with Tekwa and Mila in
Catbalogan so he might run for a higher office. Congressman? He is a
little bit incompetent on that front though says my asset. In fact,
he will have a difficulty mounting a campaign against Sharee Ann or
Cata. And speaking of Cata, he has been on the move to mobilize his
old machinery. Comeback kid is Cata's favorite game.
Jess may just get the plum
post of the province since Sharee Ann is interested in keeping her
current post and her shopping spree in Manila. Ining is not
interested to be provincial governor either. He wants his old post
at the city hall of Calbayog. Mel will run for congressman and is
afraid of running for governor because of his notorious objection to
Catbalogan's cityhood. He wants to be the first district congressman
if he will continue to have the blessings of his boss Ining. Ining,
though, may end up fielding his own wife or brother to run instead
of Mel. Interestingly, Ining pulls the strings in the first
district. What will happen to Onald Aquino, vice mayor of Calbayog?
Well, he has to submit to the decision of Ining whether to run for
board member or better still for vice governor. Don't discount Rudy
Tuazon though. He may have a viable comeback bid for congressman
since it is now Mel who will be his opponent. A friend of mine said
that Rudy is now a little bit "duazon" due to the monetary
hemorrhage he suffered after losing three recent elections.
The biggest hurob-hurob in
Calbayog is the possible entry of a Roņo scion and established film
director Chito Roņo for the gubernatorial race. Ining wants to
support Chito just to topple down the Tan-Redaja conglomerate in the
capitol. With Tan out of the picture, Redaja to the Calbayog Mafia
is easy target.
Redaja will have a tough
battle with Chito. Well, Redaja does not have enough money like Mila
to bankroll a moneyed campaign. Three months as Acting Governor is
not enough to stack his campaign kitty. The sad note for Redaja is
he might end up like his predecessor Erning Arcales. Mano Erning
after serving as Vice Governor wanted to reclaim his post as Mayor
of Catbalogan to his dismay as he was decidedly trounced by Tekwa.
Mano Erning, in 2007 ran for councilor under Tekwa's party and won.
A sad fate of a former Catbalogan Mayor who became Vice Governor and
now city councilor. Why would people do that? Only love of power can
explain.
The political stars in
Samar all ended up when their greed caught them. Bolastig lost the
congressional race against Cata because he was alledgedly paid by
Pepeng Roņo to slide down so Pepeng can reclaim the gubernatorial
post of Samar. Bolastig's only legacy is Mom's Grocery Store in
Catbalogan and the building it occupies. Cata fell from power
because he wanted to establish a conjugal dictatorship in Samar with
his wife Nelipta as governor. In the process, he ran against Mila,
the one who resurrected him from political grave to trounce Eddie
Nachura. Nachura's credentials are praised in Manila. In fact, his
current post as Supreme Court Associate Justice is an affirmation of
his connection to the Imperial Manila. His downfall came when he
spent less and less time visiting Samar and forgetting about the
road conditions in Samar and his failure to grease the local
political operators. Eddie does not have a mansion in Catbalogan. He
still goes home to the house of his mother in Ubanon when he is in
Catbalogan. As to whether he built some Taj Mahal somewhere else,
well ask him. Rudy Tuazon defeated Roņo for congressman in the first
district. Rudy valiantly humbled the old politico. He and Ining were
the thorns on Roņo's grip of the first district. His downfall came
when he supported his wife to run for congressman instead of
supporting his bata-bata Ining. The two are now nemesis that only
the bloods of those who were murdered can attest. Mila's downfall
and Sharee Ann's end are about to happen. Well, Mila's pacman-styled
leadership at the capitol is haunting her. Sharee Ann is nothing.
Really. Without her mother, Sharee Ann would just have been manning
their Shiok-tong business in Burak. Well, Tekwa is becoming greedy,
will his brother's numbers game bring him down? Only time will tell.
That's why, my hope is for
somebody who is not in the molds of these politicians to run for
public office who can breath fresh new air in the political scene. I
was watching the 20-day report video of Acting Gov. Redaja and I
said that we probably deserve better people to serve our province.
With no offense to Emy Bonifacio and Decobeam, Redaja's report was
nothing but a calendar report that a secretary or a clerk can do.
Redaja could have talked about the big moves he would undertake in
90 days but as his usual style, he enumerated even a regular meeting
of department heads. As vice governor, he should have known the
concerns of the department heads and the sorry state of the
provincial hospital and the other district hospitals long time ago.
Imagine that the provincial hospital in Samar is not authorized to
do surgical operations because they have been downgraded as
hospitals by the DOH. How will the poor people from Samar be
serviced by sub-standard hospitals? The district hospitals in
Calbayog, Gandara, Almagro, Tarangnan, and Basey are merely clinics
in the classification made by the DOH. Baga hain na an aton pride
hito as people of Samar? I grew up in Samar going to the Samar
Provincial Hospital being proud of how well they serve their
patients. The devolution, they say, has diminished the quality of
the hospital. I say, it is not devolution but corruption that
diminished the quality of the hospital. I am fuming with anger when
I learned about all these. I hope that these politicians be sick and
they end up at these hospitals they have abandoned.
Name:
Ceasar Apostol
Address: Sta. Rita, Samar, Davao City, Philippines
Email:
Date: December 6, 2008
To Basilio Balasbas:
Yes, tama an siring ni B.
Jaboli parti han imo mga plano han pag kandidato ka GOBERNADOR.
San-o ka mag desisyon
final pag huna-huna hin pira ka yukot kon sakto gud ito nga imo
plano.
Bangin kon mahibuyo kana
ngan diri mag malinampuson an imo tinguha, sayang la an imo
binalhasan (ok la kon nag susobra ka na gud hin kwarta). Gabay pa
ipundo mo nala ito nga imo tinirok nga kwarta ha imo pamilya.
Kon asya man gud imo plano
an sumulod ha politika, pag tikang anay ha imo barangay kay siring
pa ni Linda Uy nga damo it adik ug drug lords ha Brgy. Guinsorongan.
Ipa kita anay an imo kamakarit para ka mayda idasig kon
magtipa-igbaw na imo plano.
Ito nga imo magkarit nga
mga plano dida anay ihalad ha imo barangay san-o ka lumokso ka
gobernador. Mag-upay an imo mga plano pero baga siring pa nira diri
realistic.
Name:
Samarnon
Address: Canada
Email:
samarnonk@yahoo.com
Date: December 5, 2008
On absolutes....
Sangkay Tonyboy, I guess I made myself clear in my posting regarding
this particular topic. I have defined well my premise and for that I
need not to add nor enter in another argument with anybody.
However, I just want you to consider the following from your
scholarly exposition:
To quote:
In the second paragraph...
"I believe that the Bible is a divinely inspired revelation of God's
encompassing love to humanity." (by the way, love is only a part of
the whole Bible...but if you will refer to the four Gospels, then
you are more accurate).
Then in fourth paragraph...
"Thirdly, to say that anything that contradicts the teachings of the
Bible is not of God is so vague. The Bible in itself has many
contradictions within itself."
Comment: If you have claimed and accepted that the Bible is DIVINELY
INSPIRED, then how could you say that it has so many
"contradictions"? How can an all-knowing God contradicts in His own
revelations?
Again...
In third paragraph...
"Secondly, I agree with you that the God of the Bible is the true
and living God."
But then...
"We only have one God and our true God is also the true God of the
jews and the muslims."
Comment: Do you think so? As for the Jews, I will give you the
benefit of the doubt because you have referred it to a race or
nationality...but not all the Jews.
You have just agreed with me that the God of the Bible is the true
and living God. But how could you say that He is also the true god
of the Muslims and others?
You see, the Bible has no contradictions in itself. It is our human
and worldly knowledge that creates contradictions. When we try to
expound God's simple truths to make them "politically sound" and
"socially acceptable" to be embraced by the majority that we begin
to deviate from the truth. Incidentally, the true believers since
time in memorial belong to the minority.
In conclusion, I would say that it is important to read the texts
within the context.
Let's move on...have a great day to you! Would love to meet you
personally someday.
ON THE OTHER SIDE...
Mr. B. Jaboli has a good idea/suggestion.
Name: Ma.
Grace Depenoza
Address: Tunavargen Kvissleby 32a, Sweden 862 32
Email:
mariagraciaenglund@yahoo.com
Date: dec.05,2008
To all teacher's of
Quinapundan NHS Eastern Samar, to maam Fe Balbuena, maam Luz
Castillo, maam Vectoria Elogario and to sir Manuel Pasquito, and
hello also to my classmate's batch 1994-1995 to Lea Pasquito,
Lelebeth Ayhon, Ma. Fe Egnal, Jordan Macawele, Lebrada Macawele,
Criscelda Pogay my best friend hello and to Demosthenes Dato-on.
To all my teacher's thanks
so much and good luck to yuor work and keep up the good work. Have a
nice day always, to my classmeet's na mimiss kuna kayong lahat subra,
sana one time mag kita-kita naman tayo batch 1994-95.
I am in Sweden now bcoz
pinalad akung makapag asawa ng isang swedis national, thanks god
Jesus.
Bukas ang kasal ko
dec.06,2008.
Name:
Antonio Morales
Address: Catbalogan
Email:
Date: 12-4-08
On Absolutes...
To sangkay Samarnon
from Canada:
I am glad that you want me
to expound on the dangers of having absolutes. I am of the
conviction that "truth" has at least three sides: my truth, your
truth, and the truth. I am too philosophical about all these but at
least I am one who is willing to say that I do not hold absolutes as
my life's guiding principles. I am a christian who has no creed but
Christ, no law but love. In having Christ as my only creed, I have
to be guided by the question "WWJD." What would Jesus do? You have
listed your three absolutes that you are willing to be boxed and I
definitely could poke holes on all three but you know those are your
truths that you hold dear so I respect them as your truth. Let me
point out though that you could keep those are your truths but do
not impose it on others.
First, I believe that the
Bible is a divinely inspired revelation of God's encompassing love
to humanity. The Bible has, especially in the Old Testament, some
gory details that must not be taken literally but in a contextual
manner taking into account many important aspects of biblical
interpretation like history, traditions, and ancient practices. I
have actually taken a total of 3 courses in Christianity and
Religion from a catholic school and a protestant institution and I
have learned a lot from those courses. Some books or passages in the
Bible are historical accounts, some are literary pieces, some are
laws, some are epistles or letters, some are songs, some are census,
some are sayings, some are prophecies, and even some are anecdotes
or parables or stories to amplify a point, and more. To me, the
danger happens when some people try to literally interpret the Bible
as a mere narrative of facts and interpret it in a piece-meal manner
instead of a holistic and integrative approach. An example is when
you take Leviticus Chapter 26 verse 29 literally which says "You
shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of
your daughters." Or take Leviticus Chapter 19 verse 26a which says
"You shall not eat anything with blood." Now, Mr. Samarnon, do you
love to eat dinuguan? Just kidding. You see all these verses shall
be read in the proper context otherwise we may end up lost in our
quest for the truth.
Secondly, I agree with you
that the God of the Bible is the true and living God. But you must
also remember that the God of the Bible is also the God of Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and David. Well, those fathers of our
faith are jews. Most of their descendants practice Judaism. Also,
our muslim brothers and sisters trace their faith to Abraham. Why?
Please read Genesis Chapters 16 and 21 about Hagar and Ishmael.
Ishmael is the first-born son of Abraham who became the father of
our muslim brothers and sisters. As christians, we trace our lineage
to Abraham through Christ, another jew. So, the "people of the book"
as the muslims would usually refer to those who practice the world's
three major religions share a common ancestor, Abraham. We only have
one God and our true God is also the true God of the jews and the
muslims. When you try to own God instead of God owning you then that
is dangerous. I like to think that I can share my God with my
fellowmen whether they are muslims, jews, gentiles, or what have
you. I simply can't contain my God in my church, in my denomination,
in my house of prayer, in my synagogue, or in my temple. My God is
much larger than my church and my beliefs. My God is greater than my
knowledge about Him. My God is mightier than what I thought of Him.
He is even bigger than my problems.
Thirdly, to say that
anything that contradicts the teachings of the Bible is not of God
is so vague. The Bible in itself has many contradictions within
itself. The old testament said that Sabbath must be observed
strictly, Jesus healed somebody on Sabbath so the pharisees said
that Christ violated the law of the Sabbath. But, Jesus answered
back that the law was made for man and not the man made for the law.
When the law becomes a hindrance to show your love for humanity then
that law is no longer godly. I could give you a litany of
contradictions between the old and the new testaments but the space
would not be sufficient. Suffice it to say that the Bible, with all
its contradictions, is and always be my source of inspiration from
the valiant stories in the old testament to the bold conquests of
the apostles in the new testament and even to the scary prophecies
of Isaiah and the Revelations. To me, God and God's truth cannot be
simply contained in a box. I believe that the beauty of my faith
lies not on what is written in texts but the mystery of an
all-knowing and omnipresent God who is larger than life and whose
love for me and my fellow sinners are more abundant than my
intellectual and spiritual capacity to comprehend. The more things
that I cannot explain on my own now becomes more of my constant
quest to know that God's purpose and wisdom are so enormous that
they can't simply be contained in both the old and the new
testaments of the Bible. My faith is a work in progress and I still
could see wonders in liturgy, in music, in traditions, in acts of
kindness, in serendipity, in nature, and in anything and everything
that God's divine love is poured and shared graciously.
I do not want to pass
judgment on your faith my friend from Canada but I hope that I have
also shared my side of truth. As to the real truth? Well, God is
in-charge of that and I do not want to take that away from Him lest
I be like Adam and Eve who wanted to be all-knowing like God.
Amen.
And as to the debate on
how to interpret what I said about Isog Han Samar Movement, again it
is a matter of construction or interpretation. The spirit of my
statement must not be defeated by the letters that they are written.
We should give credence to the spirit that giveth life and not the
letters that killeth. Isog Han Samar Movement is not a communist
movement.
Another Amen.
Name: B.
Jaboli
Address: Jiabong, Samar / Tokyo, Japan
Email:
Date: 2008-12-4
Para Kan "Samarnon Liwat":
Tama an imo siring nga an
mga may plano pagkandidato ha sunod nga election kinahanglan nga
magin "realistic". Kon waray kuarta o makinarya, dire na la mag
ininop. Dinhe la ngani ha internet, waray hinanabo ang kandidatura
kay dire pa an Samar sugad ha America nga guin gamit gud ni Obama an
internet dida han iya campaign. Ha Samar waray pa ngani ada 1% hit
population it may access ha internet. An voters ha America an
nahatag hin financial support ha kandidato, ha Samar it kandidato it
manhahatag. Puede gad magbag-o kun may kandidato nga sugad kan Padre
Labendia, kay pareho unta hiya kan Padre Panlilio. Pero kon iba la
nga di pa kilala, bangin waray chance mag-daog.
Kan Mr.
Balasbas:
Kaupay gad hit imo mga
plano (Provincial level). Pero sugad han sering ni Mr. Morales, mas
maupay gud nga magtikang ka unta ha Barangay Guinsurungan kay kon
magdaog ka ngan mapa-improve mo ini nga barangay, makikila ka nga
maupay nga politician ngan puede na Mayor ha sunod nga election. Kon
it imo plano yana nga election pagdalagan ka governor, ha akon
kasabot atrasado na. Kay yana pala ngani unta may makinarya na it
imo partido ngan may-ada na unta headquarters ha Catbalogan/Calbayog
para it sugad ha amon nga masuporta ha imo puede na makipagkirigta
dayon.
Mr. Balasbas, please
understand that I don't intend to undermine your plans for the
betterment of Samar. I want to support you but we also need to be
realistic. The past four local elections, I was always in Jiabong
and I have learned that candidates for Governor and/or congressman
spend more or less P1M for every municipality. This is what they
call "mobilization fund". Perhaps most readers here who are in Samar
know this. I am not suggesting that you also need such a big amount
to ensure success. However, you have to consider a sufficient amount
for your leaders to move to be able to execute a good campaign.
From my personal side, I
will help financially and physically for whoever is the candidate
that will be endorsed by this website, especially by Mr. Morales and
Prof. Torres. When I get back home, I will try to visit Mr. Gaspay
to be able to help this website. I wish somebody suggest a good
meeting place in Catbalogan for us to finally meet and discuss
REALISTICALLY.
