
Subject:
Pnoy; A ray of hope
Name: Tomas Marcial, Jr.
Email:
tmarcial@comcast.net
Date: 08-11-10
This is the first time that long
written report by Chito Dela Torre of Samarnews; that I enjoyed reading and
finished it to the end. I believe in what he said. I hope that changes will
not only in words in our government but in real life. We must stand for an
honest government and an honest society. It may not be perfect, but we have
hope to have a better place to live in. And it is up to us, and it is up to
us to build that society. Now we have hope let us take this opportunity to
do it. We need the guidance from the church and the strenth and protection
from our laws that are enforce by the government to protect us and not to
compete with us. In our business and daily life. Magbago na po kayo kasi if
not kami ang magpapabago sainyo, ang taong bayang nagmamahal sa ating bansa
at familya. Para sa diyos, bayan at sa ating familya.
Bayan ko gising na, ito na ang
simula, ang simula ay ikaw, sa pagbabago ng iyong kapaligiran, kagandahan ng
kalikasan, kasagaan ng sakahan, kasiglahan ng pangingisda, at katahimikan ng
sangbayan ito ay sigla tungo sa kaunlaran.

Subject:
Para han mga Empleyado - "Kalipayan o Kabidoan"
Name: Orkeys l
Email:
Date: 08-10-10
Para hadton mga nadadabihan,
Daku unta an akon pagpasalamat han
ginpapabati han SP han Samar parti han pag-ugop ha mga empleyado han
probinsya pinaagi han ira pagpasa han ordinansa paghatag han 25% salary
increase ug iba pa nga mga benepisyo nga dire na huhulaton an pag aprobar
han annual budget 2010. Sugad man nagpapasalamat unta liwat ako han aton
Gobernadora han iya pamulong nga desidido liwat hiya maghatag para hini nga
kalun-ganayan para han mga empleyado. Maupay kunta pamation pero makuri
pagdumdumon.
Kun baga ha direksyon han
pagnabigar oosa la an distinasyon pero magkaiba an direksyon an osa
nagpawala an osa naman nagpatoo kakuri pagdumdumon kun paano hira magtatapo.
An SP karuyag maghatag ha mga empleyado pero pinaagi han paghimo han
ordinansa para han 25% increase nga imposible aprobaran han Gobernador kay
pulong niya osa na liwat nga illegal ngan panguwat ug baluktot nga pamaagi
han SP. An Gobernadora naman karuyag maghatag ha mga empleyado basta pag
aprubaran la an Annual Budget han 2010 nga gin ririg-onan liwat han
Magnificent 7 ha SP nga dire nira aayunan tungod kay osa liwat nga anomalous
nga budget ngan daku an depekto ug osa liwat nga panguwat han mga samarnon
labis na an mga empleyado. Kun pagbabanabanaon ini nga duha waray mapaperde
kay puros hira ngririg-on han ira panindugan.
Ano an dadangatan hini? komo osa
nga empleyado tuguti la ako pag ankla han an akon opinion dida han kahimtang
han mga empleyado han Samar apesar nga natuod ako nga labaw han ngatanan an
kabug-usan han probinsya an angay tagan gud hin duon para han kaupayan han
mga Samareño labi na gud hadton mga kablas.
Kun aton kikitaon, kadak-an han
mga empleyado bisan kun may sweldo mga kablas gihapon kay siring pa han iba
maupay pa an parag traysikol, parupangisda kay dire nakakautang hin daku
kontra han mga empleyado nga dire ngani makapangutang han five six dire
magpapakapangaon an bug-os nga pamilya labi na gud nga an iba despatsado na
an sweldo osa ngada duha o tulo ka bulan, tungod han kaguti han sweldo nga
ginkakarawat ha gobyerno.
Ini nga mga salary increase ug
binipisyo amo la an ginlalauman han mga kablas nga mga empleyado pero ano an
nahihinabo imbes nga ihatag hin ungod amo lugod an ginhihimo nga darat-alan
han ira pamulitika nga mga panuyuanan. Nahadlok nga makakawat an kawarta han
probinsya hini nga mga opisyales pero an kamatu-oran an mga empleyado an
maiha na nga gin kikinawatan han naglabay pa nga mga tuig, kinakawat an
katungod nga makatagamtam hin kalipayan dara han mga benepesyo, nakakawatan
mismo hin kwarta kay imbes dire na kunta makakapangutang hin daku nga
porsyento han pagbayad napipiritan na la hin pagbaligya hit iya sweldo ug
nag aantos hin daku nga porsyento hin maiha nga panahon.
Ini nga salary increase dire ini
pareho hin bonus nga ikakaosa o ikakaduha la ihahatag ha empleyado ha osa ka
tuig pero ini nga increase han sweldo kanan bug-os na ini nga kinabuhi
matatagamtaman han osa nga empleyado ngada hit iya kamatay. Sanglit kun ini
nga increase dire maihatag dara la han problema han budget nga dire gin
kakaansyahan dara han pamulitika, bisan kun may ada daku nga salapi an
probinsya, osa ini nga daku nga pagtiyupi, pagpa-ol-ol ug sugad man pagpatay
hin hinay hinay han mga gudti/kablas nga mga empleyado kay kun
pagkwekwentahon an mawawara nga kantidad para han mga benepesyo ug sweldo
amo an bastante na para mapakaon an pamilya ngan makapaeskwela hin tuhay hit
iya mga anak.
Babasolon ba an mga empleyado han
probinsya kun maghimo hin pitad kontra hini nga mga waray kasingkasing nga
mga opisyales han probinsya? Hadto nga panahon nauulang la an pag
implementar han salary increase kun waray supisyente nga pondo an probinsya
kay pirmi man "Subject to the availability of Fund" yana iba na kay "Subject
to the Conscience of Government Officials" na la an pag implementar hini
tungod kay may ada man daku nga pondo an aton probinsya. "Kalipayan ba o
Kabidoan" an hihingadtoan hini.
Hon. Gov. Share-ann Tan and
Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan pag orosa na gad la kamo para han
kaupayan han nga tanan kun ano an problema tratara gad niyo hin maupay,
pangalingkud kamo hin tuhay ngan pag-sarabot igawas na an pamulitika ngan
kaupayan han probinsya an iyo unaha ayaw an pangkalugaringon nga panuyuanan
an iyo pag-uroga. Nanginginyupo kami nga mga empleyado han probinsya han
Samar.
Damo nga Salamat!

Subject:
Igkasi ko mga Waray and Doms Gabrito
Name: Virgie
Email:
vjg_1981sc@yahoo.com
Date: 27 May 2010
I'm impressed with your poetry and
lyrics...I wish you could help me research find materials re native,
original "waray" epic, or set of songs and poetry…works of our elders which
depict history, culture, values...I've been thinking that we have a rich
archive of those which need to be revived and studied, so that our
generation will find our own race, something that we can be proud of...If
not, you can help produce one...Congratulations and God Bless!

Subject:
Bishop
Medroso's 2008 Easter Message
Name: Rufino Ty
Address: Ontario, Canada
Email:
findelty@rogers.com
Date: 04-28-10
Your Excellency,
I was intrigue by the 2008 Easter
exhortation on our Christian involvement [see
article], as witnesses of Christ in the world is indeed edifying. I
wanted to make this comment on your blog but I could not. I tried emailing
Chito de la Torre but I never knew if it got to him.
There are some things that
bothered me though. I hope I do not sound critical or judgemental. I only
mean to let you know how it affected me. Some phrases disturbed me, not
because of the message itself but what it implies to you as a person of
faith. Please bear with me if the writing style does not suite to your eyes
and ears.
1st: the impression these words
quoted below make: “But back to reality. Is it really possible to celebrate
a happy Easter in the midst of all these social turmoil and political mess?”
To me these “but back to reality”
after the jubilant proclamation the resurrection of Jesus Christ, makes it
sound as though all of that was not true or real, to use your word.
2nd: In the question and answer
below
“Can the citizens of a morally
shaken country such as ours capable of genuinely greeting each other with
greetings of “Alleluias” and “Rejoice, for Christ is risen”?”
“The answer is why not? After all
the Church sincerely believes that the answer to our sad plight goes beyond
socio-economic analysis and political maneuverings.”
“For the start our Church believes
that this deep Easter experience of the risen Christ would give us the
stubborn hope that blossoms best in moments of darkness and ambiguity;”
Your answer starts with the Church
sincerely believes or our Church believes. There is no doubt about what the
church believes, our communal faith but faith to be real and meaningful must
be personal. It must be first experienced individually. Why is the perceived
hesitation to express your personal faith, your Excellency?
3rd: Four times the word on Easter
Experience appeared. Why is it that the Easter Experience “give us the
stubborn hope”,”could give us the hope to extricate ourselves”,” whose
spirit is soaked with the Easter experience, plunges himself into action”,
is given more prominence or importance than the source, reason or the cause
of hope of the Christian Life? Did not Christ categorically stated that he
is the Resurrection? This becomes the case of the tail wagging the dog.
4th: The quotes from the Pope
speaks consistently in the first person plural and uses pronoun We, Our,
Ourselves and Us, which implies sincerity and faith and solidarity with the
People of God.
“We can open ourselves and the
world and allow God to enter: we can open ourselves to truth, to love, to
what is good” (Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi, 35).
“Even when we are fully aware that
Heaven far exceeds what we can merit”, the Pope says, “it will always be
true that our behavior is not indifferent before God and therefore is not
indifferent for the unfolding of history” (35). Even when we seem powerless
before the enemy, “our actions engender hope for us and for others…” (35).
“It is not by sidestepping or
fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for
accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with
Christ, who suffered with infinite love” (37).
Your words were written, moving
back and forth from the third person singular (It, this, the Church
sincerely believes or our Church believes, Easter experience, experience of
Easter, Easter experience, Easter has taught him, A Filipino Christian) to
first person plural (our, us, we) which gives an impression of incomplete
confidence (faith) in what you are saying or you are speaking from you head
only than from your heart.
It is not my wish to offend you
but only to let you know how readers like me are impacted by your message.

Subject:
Poor concept of Samar province
Name: Carlo LIm
Address:
Email:
clgrp@yahoo.com
Date: 04-27-10
I am not faulting the individual
Samarnon but the politically empowered politicians of Samar. It is not
surprising why they don't fulfill their mandate. That is why I encourage our
electorate to to make a better choice w/ the upcoming election.
It is important to awaken the
potential intellectual growth of our youth in Samar. These are the majority
who can't afford higher education but are bright & deserving to earn a
college degree. Better educated citizens make better/best candidates.
There are several enlightened
professional & business people who had done their part by putting bright
young minds through high school & college. I admire the ZUCIR foundation of
Zumarraga for exactly what they are doing. This is a good template for other
communities to follow.

Name: Chito Dela
Torre
Address: Pio K. Tabunda, Basey, Samar
Email:
delatorrechito@yahoo.com
Date: April 17, 2010
Welcome back, Ricky!
It’s inspiring that Ricky Jumagdao
Bautista is once again editor-in-chief of Samar Weekly Express. I learned
from the publisher’s office that prints the Leyte Samar Daily Express and
the Samar Weekly Express that Rommel Lopez Rutor, who was editing the paper
since early in 2006, left the local paper for the second time – the first
time was when he went on leave because of threats from a lady politician’s
camp, and the second, only lately, when he found his hands really full.
Ricky is the returning editor. He was chief of the local tabloid for many
months before Rommel took the responsibility of editing. Ricky left the
Samar Weekly Express (SWE, for short) because of mounting calls for his
service that necessitated his absence from the newspaper for an indefinite
period of time.
Ricky, the Star Report of Region
VIII, has been awefully busy. Besides his personal advocacies which kept
winning the trust and confidence of advocacy groups, especially in the
contexts of human rights and human trafficking, he is an avid trailblazer in
tourism promotion particularly contributing to the social marketing of
hitherto unpublished and unknown tourism potential areas. Then, when he
married a lass in Basey, Samar, he put up his own tourism-oriented in his
lady’s town. After the last barangay elections, he was appointed barangay
treasurer of Canmanila, and shortly after that he worked for the formation
of the association of barangay treasurers in Basey. He has not, however,
left his news and feature writing career. In fact, last year, he was chosen
as the Eastern Visayas’ best feature writer.
When Ricky asked me to continue
contributing a column to this tabloid – it was just last April 16 evening, I
congratulated him for reassuming the editorship. I thought for myself, at
last, this brilliant guy has enough time for the SWE, the paper that once
spoke his mind.
In response, I had wondered what
to write. My mind was preoccupied with preparations for the April 24, 2010
first general assembly and induction of officers and members of the newly
organized (just last April 4, an Easter Sunday, in Roxas, Basey) Gugma han
Deloria Association (acronym DELORIA). That preoccupation prompted me to
think of inviting Ricky as one of the speaking guests of our April 24
affair. Our president, Juan “Jun” Distrajo Jr., and vice-president, Praxidio
Duran, had brainstormed the night before on whom to invite as guests – among
those considered were mayor Didi Estorninos and the newest face in local
politics, Raul Sendic Bajas, who is the son of a very helpful Basaynon
couple.
They also thought of inviting
someone from the Akong Ako Kasosyo party-list because they want to have an
immediate access to its registered programs, but they don’t know how to
start connecting with the AA Kasosyo, and so they requested me to help find
a contact.
Well, I went to the internet cafe
and found just last Saturday morning a short detail. It said that the
Akong-Ako Kasosyo is only the acronym of the Comelec-registered party-list
known as KASOSYO PRODUCER-CONSUMER EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION, INC., with address
at 171 Scout Deguia,11th Jamboree st., Sacred Heart, Quezon City, and with
email addresses given as follows: info@aakasosyo.com | info@aakasosyopartylist.com
| aakasosyo@yahoo.com. It was registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 18, 2006 under registration certificate number
CN200613016. Listed as number 17 in the ballot among the party-lists to be
voted on, this non-stock corporation’s industry classification is as a
farmers and agro-forestry workers association and was accredited,
“approved”, by the Commission on Election in its Resolution No. 8744 dated
January 15, 2010. Adopting the “Kasosyo” concept, it is pursuing the Kasosyo
Project in which “Filipinos will help each other as when consumers patronize
the products of local producers and local producers provide low-cost quality
products that increase the buying power of consumers”. There are a few more
discussions, but I got the info that I wanted and so I shared it with Jun
and Praxid
Having done that, and darn sure of
the completion of the April 24 activities, I have thought that I could now
start working on this column, and even the things to write about in the next
appearance of this column here in the SWE.
Again, may I say, congratulations,
Ricky! Welcome back, Mr. Editor!

Subject:
If I were the President
Name: Pedro C. Albea
Address: 307 One Burgundy Plaza, Unit 7-C, Katipunan Ave., QC
1108
Email:
PeteandCel@aol.com
Date: 03-30-10
If I were the
President of the Philippines, this is how I will solve the current problems
of our country:
• Peace and
order. The Philippines has been troubled by secessionist movements,
rebels, terrorists, and various forms of crimes for many decades. These
undesirable elements have caused miseries to the majority of the population,
undetermined loss of lives, properties, business opportunities, investments,
etc., have eroded the economy, and stunt the progress of the Philippines.
Perhaps, the first step that the
government should do is to boost the strength of the armed forces of the
Philippines in order to make them adequately capable of maintaining peace
and order on land, on sea, and in the air. After achieving this, the
government should enact a law that would make mere possession, safekeeping,
and ownership of a firearm(s), with the exception of members of the armed
forces and national police, and persons who, after rigid investigation
should be issued a court clearance could possess a firearm for personal
protection, would be a crime punishable by 20 years imprisonment without
parole. Then after said law is in place, a vigorous campaign against illegal
firearms shall be launched jointly by the armed forces and the national
police nationwide until there will be not a single loose firearm remaining
in the hands of civilians. Without any loose firearm in the country, no
heinous crime could be committed against the citizenry, and everyone can
pursue their livelihood without fear and enjoy life any time of the day or
night. Moreover, the peaceful atmosphere in the country will lure foreign
investors and tourists to put up businesses that can provide jobs for our
countrymen.
• Food
sufficiency. Ever since I can remember, our country has been
importing rice from the very countries we taught how to grow good varieties
of rice. Our importation has consistently grown through the years as the
population increases, and a large portion of the government resources is
spent every year for the importation of rice, bloated by incidental
kickbacks and commissions of people involved in this operation. In spite of
these importations, the number of hungry Filipinos multiply every day
because the cost of imported rice is no longer affordable to the poor.
Before anything else, we need to
replace the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with another law
that would ensure the effective implementation of the reform. This new law
will limit the ownership of arable lands to three hectares per family or
association, and would ban the conversion of arable lands for industrial,
residential, or recreational purposes such as housing subdivisions, golf
courses, parks, etc. When this is done, the government will acquire all
privately owned arable lands in excess of such limitation from their owners
through expropriation by paying them the price prevailing at such locations.
Then the government will distribute all the acquired lands, together with
those arable lands currently owned by the government including public
domains, to landless families throughout the country (including the families
of criminals that have surrendered and have pledged allegiance to the
government of the Philippines) at the rate of two hectares per family for
free, on condition that the grantee shall cultivate such land in order to
yield sufficient rice and vegetables. Failure of such grantee to produce
sufficient yield without justifiable reason, as will be determined by the
Department of Agriculture, will cause the government to recall the grant and
award the land to another family who is willing and able to produce the
yield desired.
Based on available data, the land
area of the Philippines is 300,000 square kilometers and 70 percent of those
lands are arable. It is also a known fact that current population of the
Philippines is 90,000,000, more or less, and that the average members of a
family is five persons. It is also known that a hectare planted with rice
can yield 60 cavans of palay, and a milled cavan of palay will give 25
kilograms of rice. Based on these assumptions, it can be deduced that the
total area of arable lands is 21,000,000 hectares, to be distributed among
10,500,000 families composed of 52,500,000 people or about 58 percent of the
current population. Each harvest will yield l,260,000,000 sacks of palay
equivalent to 31,500,000 metric tons of rice. In 2003, the annual
consumption of rice in the Philippines was 9,105,000 metric tons. Assuming
that the current consumption has doubled since that time, this would amount
to 18,210,000 metric tons, therefore we can still have a surplus of
13,300,000 metric tons which we can export to other countries.
The whole impact of this proposal
on the economy is that we can achieve self sufficiency in rice and vegetable
so that we can maintain the price thereof within the reach of the poor, use
the dollars normally intended for rice imports to payment of foreign debts,
and provide livelihood (farming and husbandry) and eradicate the poverty of
58 percent of the population.
• Budget
Deficit. Traditionally, the government’s budget is overshot annually
because government expenditures are not properly regulated. Other causes may
be attributed to corruption and the clamoring of influential officials of
the government to increase their allocations for personal gains. A large
chunk of the budget is wasted on corruption through the conspiracy between
officials and suppliers resulting in bloated appropriations, inferior
infrastructures, or unfinished projects.
To correct these prevalent
irregularities concerning the budget, certain reforms need to be
implemented.
First, we should overhaul the
operating structure of the national government, from the Office of the
President to the smallest bureau or unit, in order to minimize expenditures
on personnel, supplies, utilities, communications, etc. and to improve the
efficiency of the services to the people. This would entail the streamlining
of functions and conversion of procedures into automated system.
Second, we should abolish the
House of Representatives completely and do away with traditional huge budget
for salaries, operating expenses, and pork barrels for that office. After
all, we have already enough laws in the land and all we need to do to
achieve fair justice for all Filipinos is to enforce those laws properly.
Furthermore, the lower house is the seat of corruptions that drains the
government’s resources to waste.
In its place, we shall increase
the number of senators so that each province will be represented by at least
one senator depending on it’s population. The senators, in addition to their
primary duty of enacting, repealing, or amending laws, shall serve as
liaison between the provincial and the national governments with respect to
infrastructures and social services.
Third, we shall abolish the pork barrel of senators and, in its place, a
commission made up of cabinet members as commissioners will meet at least
twice a week to discuss and decide which of the infrastructures requested by
the provincial government, with the concurrence of the senators representing
such province, will be implemented and for how much. The commission will
then forward the said approval, together with all supporting documents
required by law, to the Budget Commission for allocation of funds.
Fourth, according to the SWS’s
survey of business managers in 2009, corruption in the public sector is
happening in the national level and progressively decreasing in severity at
the provincial, city, and barangay levels. Sixty-one percent of business
managers surveyed admitted that their companies were solicited by someone in
the government for bribes.
Agencies graded “poor” by the
managers are the Department of Budget and Management, Philippine National
Police, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior and Local
Government, and the Presidential Commission on Good Government.
Agencies graded “bad” are the
Department of Transportation and Communications, Presidential Anti-Graft
Commission, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, House of
Representatives, Land Transportation Office, and the Office of the
President.
Agencies graded “very bad or
worst” are the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Public Works and
Highways, and the Bureau of Customs.
The President should appoint
National Marshals from people with reputable competence and integrity who
shall oversee these “worst” agencies and to report any anomaly directly to
the President of the Philippines. The laws against bribery should be
stiffened to include 20 year imprisonment without parole for both giver and
recipient of bribes in whatever form.
• Allegiance.
Filipinos are, by nature, beholden to the person who has done him something
good or favor. For this reason, the recipient of such a favor believes that
he/she has a bounden obligation to do something to benefit or please the
giver in return. This is the root cause of all injustices and corruptions
happening in all offices of the government.
To remove this bad tradition or
practice in the governance of our political subdivisions, every position in
the government that carries with it enough power to subvert the laws and
moral values of people in government service shall not be appointed by any
higher official or office, but instead should be elected by the people
during national elections. These positions shall, at a minimum, include all
commissioners, directors, heads of government corporations, justices of the
supreme court, judges in all lower courts, prosecutors, fiscals, military
leadership, national police leadership, etc. just like how it is done in the
United States. If we have to elect a barangay kagawad, how much more should
we need to elect a higher office than that?
• Supreme
Court. We regard the Supreme Court as the last bastion of human
rights and the ultimate interpreter of the laws in the event there is a
controversy. As such, it should be composed only of people with highest
integrity and competence. If that should be the case, why then that most of
our current justices of the supreme court could not seem to uphold the
Philippine Constitution which was written in simple English language?
Instead, they have their own interpretations in order to please and support
someone whom they felt beholden to. The constitution should be amended to
provide a provision that whenever there is reasonable doubt in the integrity
and competence of any justice of the supreme court, he or she should be
impeached immediately and banned from any judicial employment.
• Moslem
Separatists and New People’s Army. In order to induce them to come to
the fold of the law so that they could be useful citizens and contribute to
the progress of the country, the government should grant each of their
families two hectares of arable land, for free, that they could cultivate
and call their own. If this gracious offer in exchange for their allegiance
to the Philippine constitution is still rejected by them, then there will be
no other recourse left but to eradicate them with all the might and resolve
of the Philippine government.
PEDRO C. ALBEA
PeteandCel@aol.com

Subject:
Hydroelectric Power
Name: Mark Corleto N. Untalan, Jr.
Address: MPI-MCM, National Road, Muntinlupa City, Philippines
Email:
markcorletountalan@yahoo.com
Telephone: 09189351162
Date: Feb 26, 2010
While reading your article on
rooftop hydroelectric power [read
article] my nape turned numb!
indeed! I AM NOT ALONE in this world. I am Mark Corleto Untalan, born in
Catbalogan, Samar 1967 and due to family reasons transferred to Baguio City.
Recent events have made me day
dream if we can somehow USE, not only hydroelectric power, but also wind
turbines and solar panels in combination (depending of course on the season)
to power homes across the country. If only we can somehow combine them with
an automatic 'traffic' controller of sorts. It might be very expensive at
the onset, but in the long run, it won't only save us money but our PLANET
as well! so yes! bring on the hundreds of millions in GMA funds for this
endeavor. Who knows, we might even get rid of them IPP's which charge
exorbitantly, next only to Tokyo, Japan's electric bills.
Please let me know if we have the
technology. Thank you and my best regards to you!

Subject:
Supreme Court's reversal of its own decision
Name: Chito Dela Torre
Address: Basey, Samar
Email:
delatorrechito@yahoo.com
Date: 24 Feb 2010
The fairness of the Supreme Court
The February 22, 2010 decision of
the Supreme Court of the Philippines reversing its December 1, 2009 landmark
decision, which allowed those holding appointive positions to be a candidate
in partisan elections without resigning from their posts, appears to be
plausible and popularly acceptable.
The reversal ruling simply means
that incumbents of appointive positions no longer have any authority to stay
any longer in office as they were deemed resigned upon the filing of their
certificates of candidacy.
The Court thus the Court resolved
to grant the “respondent’s and the intervenors’ Motions for Reconsideration;
REVERSE and SET ASIDE this Court’s December 1, 2009 Decision; DISMISS the
Petition; and ISSUE this Resolution declaring as not UNCONSTITUTIONAL (1)
Section 4(a) of COMELEC Resolution No. 8678, (2) the second proviso in the
third paragraph of Section 13 of Republic Act No. 9369, and (3) Section 66
of the Omnibus Election Code”.
Last Dec. 1, the Court voted 8-6
in favor of the decision penned by Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo B.
Nachura. Justices Corona, Chico-Nazario, Velasco, Leonardo-De Castro, Brion,
Bersamin, and Del Castillo concurred. Justices Peralta, Abad and Villarama
joined the Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Puno, while Justices Carpio
and Carpio Morales wrote separate Dissenting Opinions.
On the strength of that
imprimatur, some Cabinet officials, without resigning from the positions to
which they were appointed, joined the partisan political race. Even a
sitting judge in Region VIII has also become a mayoral candidate in a city.
But thanks God, the Supreme Court
has not allowed that for long. After 83 days, it changed that picture.
Cabinet Secretaries are deemed resigned and are therefore no longer Cabinet
Secretaries. Judges who filed their certificates of candidacy are no longer
judges. That application of the ruling, I believe, will not anymore be
reversed even on the basis of motions for reconsideration by any or all of
those affected thereby.
The newest ruling of the highest
judicial body in the Philippines was handed down in the case of petitioners
Eleazar P. Quinto and Gerino A. Tolentino Jr. versus the Commission on
Elections (G.R. No. 189698).
Said the Supreme Court in the
first part of its resolution in G.R. No. 189698:
“Upon a careful review of the case
at bar, this Court resolves to grant the respondent Commission on Elections’
(COMELEC) motion for reconsideration, and the movants-intervenors’ motions
for reconsideration-in-intervention, of this Court’s December 1, 2009
Decision (Decision).
“The assailed Decision granted the
Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition filed by Eleazar P. Quinto and
Gerino A. Tolentino, Jr. and declared as unconstitutional the second proviso
in the third paragraph of Section 13 of Republic Act No. 9369, Section 66 of
the Omnibus Election Code and Section 4(a) of COMELEC Resolution No. 8678,
mainly on the ground that they violate the equal protection clause of the
Constitution and suffer from overbreadth. The assailed Decision thus paved
the way for public appointive officials to continue discharging the powers,
prerogatives and functions of their office notwithstanding their entry into
the political arena.
“In support of their respective
motions for reconsideration, respondent COMELEC and movants-intervenors
submit the following arguments:
(1) The assailed Decision is
contrary to, and/or violative of, the constitutional proscription against
the participation of public appointive officials and members of the military
in partisan political activity;
(2) The assailed provisions do not
violate the equal protection clause when they accord differential treatment
to elective and appointive officials, because such differential treatment
rests on material and substantial distinctions and is germane to the
purposes of the law;
(3) The assailed provisions do not
suffer from the infirmity of overbreadth; and
(4) There is a compelling need to
reverse the assailed Decision, as public safety and interest demand such
reversal.
“We find the foregoing arguments
meritorious.”
The Court ruled also in favor of
movants-intervenors who it said “have each sufficiently established a
substantial right or interest in the case”.
Thus:
“As a Senator of the Republic,
Senator Manuel A. Roxas has a right to challenge the December 1, 2009
Decision, which nullifies a long established law; as a voter, he has a right
to intervene in a matter that involves the electoral process; and as a
public officer, he has a personal interest in maintaining the trust and
confidence of the public in its system of government.
“On the other hand, former Senator
Franklin M. Drilon and Tom V. Apacible are candidates in the May 2010
elections running against appointive officials who, in view of the December
1, 2009 Decision, have not yet resigned from their posts and are not likely
to resign from their posts. They stand to be directly injured by the
assailed Decision, unless it is reversed.
“Moreover, the rights or interests
of said movants-intervenors cannot be adequately pursued and protected in
another proceeding. Clearly, their rights will be foreclosed if this Court’s
Decision attains finality and forms part of the laws of the land.
On the substantive issues, the
Court ruled:
“The assailed Decision struck down
Section 4(a) of Resolution 8678, the second proviso in the third paragraph
of Section 13 of Republic Act (RA) 9369, and Section 66 of the Omnibus
Election Code, on the following grounds:
(1) They violate the equal
protection clause of the Constitution because of the differential treatment
of persons holding appointive offices and those holding elective positions;
(2) They are overbroad insofar as
they prohibit the candidacy of all civil servants holding appointive posts:
(a) without distinction as to whether or not they occupy high/influential
positions in the government, and (b) they limit these civil servants’
activity regardless of whether they be partisan or nonpartisan in character,
or whether they be in the national, municipal or barangay level; and
(3) Congress has not shown a
compelling state interest to restrict the fundamental right of these public
appointive officials.
After resolving other issues
involved in the case, the Court then said:
“We grant the motions for
reconsideration. We now rule that Section 4(a) of Resolution 8678, Section
66 of the Omnibus Election Code, and the second proviso in the third
paragraph of Section 13 of RA 9369 are not unconstitutional, and accordingly
reverse our December 1, 2009 Decision.
“In the case at bar, the probable
harm to society in permitting incumbent appointive officials to remain in
office, even as they actively pursue elective posts, far outweighs the less
likely evil of having arguably protected candidacies blocked by the possible
inhibitory effect of a potentially overly broad statute.
“In this light, the conceivably
impermissible applications of the challenged statutes – which are, at best,
bold predictions – cannot justify invalidating these statutes in toto and
prohibiting the State from enforcing them against conduct that is, and has
for more than 100 years been, unquestionably within its power and interest
to proscribe. Instead, the more prudent approach would be to deal with these
conceivably impermissible applications through case-by-case adjudication
rather than through a total invalidation of the statute itself.
“Indeed, the anomalies spawned by
our assailed Decision have taken place. In his Motion for Reconsideration,
intervenor Drilon stated that a number of high-ranking Cabinet members had
already filed their Certificates of Candidacy without relinquishing their
posts. Several COMELEC election officers had likewise filed their
Certificates of Candidacy in their respective provinces. Even the Secretary
of Justice had filed her certificate of substitution for representative of
the first district of Quezon province last December 14, 2009 – even as her
position as Justice Secretary includes supervision over the City and
Provincial Prosecutors, who, in turn, act as Vice-Chairmen of the respective
Boards of Canvassers. The Judiciary has not been spared, for a Regional
Trial Court Judge in the South has thrown his hat into the political arena.
We cannot allow the tilting of our electoral playing field in their favor.
“For the foregoing reasons, we now
rule that Section 4(a) of Resolution 8678 and Section 13 of RA 9369, which
merely reiterate Section 66 of the Omnibus Election Code, are not
unconstitutionally overbroad.”

Subject:
Taboan coops tiklos
Name: Ka Chito
Address: Basey, Samar
Email:
delatorrechito@yahoo.com
Date: 16 Feb 2010
Para kan Pantaleon Natano Ayong,
Nadadani ak' hit im' plastada
parte han pagbulig ha mga mag-uruma, ug han im siring nga "Taboan is for
their product to be sold. Tilosuma is to build a cooperative working
condition for their work on farming." Puede nim' ba ak' padad-an hin
comprehensive details. Iyawat nala maka-angbit ak' hit mahihimo pinaagi hini
nga hingangadtoan. Aadi an ak' email address: delatorrechito@yahoo.com Ayaw
nala han ak' celfon number, kay masukot diri ak' hit nagamit, agsub la it'
adto ha ak' bag ha balay ni misis.. Palihug tagi liwat ak' hit im' email ad.
Madamo nga salamat.
Ka Chito

Subject:
Taboancoops/Tiklosuma
Name: Pantaleon Natano Ayong
Email:
Date: 02-14-10
Please support our farmers the
backbone of our nation. Kon maupay an ira kamutangan waray kita gutom sa
Pilipinas. Taboan is for their product to be sold. Tilosuma is to build a
cooperative working condition for their work on farming.

Subject:
Recognize these people?
Name: Tomas Marcial
Address:
Email:
Date: 02-13-10
The Know It Alls- They're arrogant
and usually have an opinion on every issue. When they are wrong they get
defensive. The Passives- These people never offer ideas or let you know
where they stand. The Dictators- They bully and intimidate. They're
constantly demanding and brutally critical. The "Yes" People- They agree to
any commitment, yet rarely deliver. You can't trust them to follow through.
The "No" People- They are quick to point out why something won't work.
What's worse, they're inflexible. The Gripers- Is anything ever right with
them? They prefer complaining to finding solutions. Of course you recognize
them. They're the people you work with, sell to, depend on, live with. Learn
to deal with them quickly and confidently at Dealing with Difficult People.
You might need to learn contact WWW.careertrack.com they will help you. Hope
they will give me a percent on this maybe 10% LOL. I post this to see if we
can learn who we really are. And correct ourselves to become a better
person.

Subject:
Maupay nga pasko ug malipayon nga bag-o nga tuig
Name: Humbug
Address: Samar
Email:
Date: 12/25/09
Peace and goodwill towards Samar
are my wishes this seasson. Let there be peace in Philippines and let it
begin in Samar. Samar citizens need goodwill in times of low regards for
life; even a mayor and a priest were lost to terror and unkind hearts. So
peace on Samar and goodwill among men are the Christmas messages worth
taking seriously by all even if the church fails to deliver the Christmas
message of love and peace.
Run away ego, self-promotion,
hatered, and contempt are the messages sent by people who write in samar.com.
that are contrary to the messages of christmas. No love, no peace, no
respect, and no goodwill perpetuate ugliness and decay and retard the human
condition. a break from self-centered and ego-filled personas may bring
peace.
Maupay nga pasko yana.

Subject:
Military
Name: Zandra
Address: Brgy. Buanavista-II, San Jorge, Samar
Email:
zandra_ramos@yahoo.com
Telephone: 09396504377
Date: 12-15-09
Hay naku!....there are some
military who are using there position as a soldier or lets just say 'using
there uniform'...para mang abuso diva?? and meron din namang military na
mababait... dahil sa kalokohan ng ibang sundalong lokoloko, nadadamay ang
mga kasamahan niling mababait at walang alam sa kalokohang ginagawa ng mga
kapwa nilang sundalo...am i ryt??? tsek tsek tsek!!!!!!hehehe!! 8s the
nature of some of them 'ika nga..so it up to you kong sino paniniwalaan
nyo..anyway its your own choice..nagsasabi lang ako kong anu paniniwala ko...hmmmm...all
i can say to all people of San Jorge, lets choose a good leader,ok! kong
sino sa tingin nyo ang nararapat sa posisyong yan,yon ang piliin nyo..

Subject:
Bagsakan Center in San Jorge
Name: Rudy
Address: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Email:
rudy.doctor@fluor.com
Telephone: 97128831180
Date: 12-08-09
Magandang Araw diyan sa Bayan ng
San Jorge lalo sa sa mga Town official na balak na naman tumakbo sa darating
na Election.
Actually maganda ang ginawa ni
Mayora na mayroon Bagsakan Center para sa mga magsasaka pero di nakita or
nakita man pero walang paki alam kung ano talaga ang pinaka importante
ngayon lalo na sa mga taong nakatira Mula Bry Quezon hangang Brgy Cantagik,
San Jorge, Samar, napakahirap sa daanan. Kahit motorsiklo mahirapan pagpasok.
P80.00 ang singil per sack ng palay for only 3 or 4 kilometers ang layo sa
bagsakan, ang rason sa driver, napakahirap daw sa daanan.
Tiningnan na ito sa mga official,
tapos medyo inayos ng kaunti, tapos picture taking lang at hanggang ngayon
di na binalikan at lalo pang pumangit ngayon ang kalsada dahil na rin sa
ulan.
Mahirap naman akong manawagan sa
mga tao roon kay im sure d nila ito mabasa. Wala nga electricity karamihan
sa bahay doon internet pa. Kaya sa mga taong naka basa nito, hope u could
extend this message sa mga balak mag serbisyo sa mga tao doon this coming
election, please help them.. Sa mga taga roon, pumili kayo sa mga kandidato
na talagang tumulong sa inyo sa lahat na panahon, huwag na kayong magpabayad
sa boto nyo dahil kayo rin ang kawawa...Sure ako mabasa ito ni Ex Mayor Greg
na balak magpapili para Vice Governor, sana hindi naman kayo mag ayaw parang
babaye ni Mayor Uy ng Calbayog. Merry Christmas to all...

Subject:
On Mr. Ballena's feedback
Name: A. Morales
Address: Catbalogan, Samar
Email:
Date: 11-18-2009
While the political posturing of
Gov. Evardone is excellent, Mr. Ballena's comments are worth pondering. 200
youth environmental advocates only mean 200 more youth poll watchers in the
upcoming 2010 elections. He did hit the nail on the head when he emphasized
that all those theatrical show is merely cosmetic and facial scrubbing or
shall we say media mileage.
True to form, Gov. Evardone is one
master of media mileage having been a media practitioner himself. The better
question is why only now when he could have championed the cause of the
environment earlier on. It's just political timing folks.
And, a feedback on Bryan M. Azura.
Mr. Azura, are you an independent media practitioner or merely a paid barker
of the governor? Your article recently is simply laughable. How can you
write an article through a third party's point of view when you are
interviewing your own self? Come to think of it. Did you tape your own
interview about your self? Please read that article because it simply is a
clear violation of the rules of journalism. Here's one portion that I found
to be only the lines of stand-up comedians: Bryan Azura writes "Boses Han
Sinirangan anchor Bryan Azura himself found the experience amusing. “I never
thought we will be making that feat,” he said. “We were worried we will miss
another episode of the program because of the distance and the situation,”
says Azura." Is Mr. Azura having multiple personalities in this instance?
Not even Larry King or Anderson
Cooper or Bill O'Reilly can do what Mr. Azura can do: "Interviewing his own
self." Call it independent media practice, I call it a media disaster in
Eastern Samar.
Can Mr. Azura stand up and
recognize himself?

Subject:
Gov.
Evardone Appoints 200 Youth Ambassadors
Name: Maximo Agda Ballena
Address: Sabang, Borongan E. Samar
Email:
niknok_2003@yahoo.com
Telephone: 09323289436
Date : November 11, 2009
I applaud the efforts of the
Governor. Encouraging the students to participate on this task is such an
admirable move and a sure manifestation of his honest and true devotion for
the Environment of Eastern Samar. I wish I am convinced, with the words that
I wrote but I AM NOT. Because even with the staged forum I am still awake
with the real deal that is happening in Eastern Samar.
The first question, how did they
came up with the participants? What was the process of selection? Two
hundred participants cannot fully manifest the voice of Eastern Samar's
youth population. Given that the forum was a successful one, is there any
follow up move by the Governor to assure that these people that attended
will practice what they have "learned"? Are you all just there to instruct
and not make sure that the practices that you have discussed are indeed
being done? How can the province be assured that what they spent in
preparing and making the event successful was compensated with the "results"
of it? It is fine to instruct but without seeing the outcome of the money
and effort spent - everything then is considered as nothing.
The second question, is the
Governor really concerned about the Environment? I don't have to site a
litany of facts because every Samareños know that it is highly doubted.
Again, the attempt of the Governor to advocate for the environment is very
good! But then, how can a sensible man do this when we have places like
Homonhon, Manikani, Salcedo, among others. They have one thing in common
which is mining. If the Governor would say that he has no hand on this, then
who? As the father of Province I think he would have an answer. As far as I
can see, what is happening is we are listening to someone who teaches
everyone to help Mother Nature but then on the other hand he allows/sits
blind to what is happening. So where is the consistency of the advocacy?
The third question, Sentay
Quitorio is part of the program? I was thinking that she might be one of
those journalist that covers the event. But then, it is obvious that she is
part it (being a facilitator). I grew up listening to her voice over the
radio. I can still remember when she wrote a probe about the overpriced
construction materials bought during the time Gov. Salazar. It was a
brilliant and valiant move. That for me was journalism! But now, with her
taking part of the this ridiculous stage play is something that bothers me.
Now I am not wandering as to why Eastern Samar lost a voice. So, money and
influence really knows how to shut the mouths of those people that once had
the principle of "being someone for others".
Lastly, I want to thank the editor
for being fair in delivering the news to the people (I really meant this
one, with a puppy eye!). I have been reading the news that you have for
weeks now and I am happy. Kudos to you all and Mr. BRYAN MONTES AZURA for
living a life of a journalist.

Subject:
Guiuan Airport
Name: Rey Sadongdong
Address: Doha, Qatar
Email:
boga_rey@yahoo.com
Date: 11-04-09
It’s worth to know that Guiuan
airport project is now working. Unta deri masayang an budget nga gin hatag
han gobyerno para hini nga proyekto. Una nga malilipay kami nga mga OFW nga
deretso na an biyahe.
Sana mabuksan na this year. Thanks

Subject:
IGKASI KO MGA WARAY
Name: Doms Pagliawan
Address: VIP Subd. Brgy. 87, San Jose, Tacloban City
Email:
domsatup@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0535206028
Hi, there!
Doms Pagliawan here. I'm just so
thrilled to know that such a great website as this exists online. This could
allow us all to get in touch with one another, to get to know wonderful
people from our tribe.
It might interest you to know that
I am one of the most productive contemporary writers of our Waray
literature. Although I'm more at home writing in English, I see to it that
my creative works are in Waray, our native tongue, as part of my commitment
to at least document the usage of Waray in our time. That's if saving it is
an impossibility.
So, I write short stories, poems,
songs, and novels (in the making). As a recording artist, I have had four
albums in all, one of which already exists in this website's
music room.
I'm more of a composer than a singer, though, as you may carefully observe.
Right now, I am working on another
Waray album. Six of the targeted twelve songs have been written (with
melody, of course). Let me share with you the lyrics of three songs there,
if you don't mind.
KARANTA
Kapot han im gitara, sarihan ta pagkanta
ako an magtotono, dudunganan mo la
kon pananglit mawara ini nga akon boses
ada, sangkay, ikaw it masunod
Hala kapti an kopya upaya nga mabasa
dis-og kamo ha butnga pagpurundok kita
para diri magsarang ini nga aton boses
bug-os hiya nga hibabati-an
Refrain:
Pagkaranta kita, gamit inin gitara
pagli-aw libang samtang nagkaka-urusa
bisan pa lumuyaw ayaw hito kabaraka
kay an tingug may pagpalya
peru an kamagsarangkay
angay magpabilin
ha pagkaranta
Ayaw kam pag-inalang upaya la pagkanta
damu an namamati ha aton musika
abriha an im baba ginhawa hin hilawig
utok peru ayaw pag-ihaa
Kon diri memoryado kopya hala basaha
kay diri mauuwat iton mamarati
kon ha butnga hitabu kita tanan in mawara
padayon la ayaw pahalata
KAHOY
Dinhi hinin bulod
Ha puno hiton kahoy
Aton iginsa-ad
Magkikita pa kita
Refrain:
Kinahanglan nga kita magkabulag
Kapalaran waray sugot
Saad ha kada tagsa
Dinhi kita magkikita
An kahoy nga marampag
Hiya an aton testigo
Mga tu-ig nga malabay
Adlaw nga iginsa-ad
Asya na ini nga takna
Kahoy kakadtoon ko
Ngan didto maghuhulat
Kahoy waray naman
Diri na nahibibilngan
Bulod ngan mga bukid
Kalbo na naghaharawan
Ha akon panmiling
Bis bulod di makit-an
Bangin lumunod ini
Han higlarum nga baha
PAG-ABROAD
I
Kalipay han
ira nanay kay ma-abroad na daw,
human igbaligya tuna ngan karabaw;
lima nga mga anak bilin ha balay,
nahulat han tatay tikang ha irignuman.
Paglagos hin bulan may padara naman
dolyar nga salapi para panpa-aram,
pagkaon, pambayad utang.
II
Peru an ira
tatay kwarta kinakaptan,
huygo ngan irignom asay binantayan;
babaye ngan droga iya sinudlan,
gutom ngan sakit pamilya dinangatan.
Nahingadto naman an nanay ha prisohan,
abusado nga agaron iya ginpatay
hiya daw in pagbibitayon
III
Tanan nga
panalingkamot ha iya pagsalbar,
waray nahimo, kaso nagpadayon;
umabot an adlaw umuli an nanay,
ginbabarabyawan sulod han lungon.
Ini an dinangatan hingyap nga pag-uswag
pamilya naruba, inup nagin ngarat
narugos nga mga kinabuhi

Subject:
Prayer for love and peace part II
Name: Tomas Marcial
Email:
Date: 10-24-09
If Faith remembers my little
advice to our people on June 2008. To be ready to the law of nature, the
calamity that might happen AND TO THE GREED OF MAN, it happens. Whose fault?
Not God, it is us, our negligence and stupidity.
Now is the time to visits the
projects of the government. How they are built. Dapat tingnan at usisain ang
bawat proyekto ng govierno. It is the God given right of the people to know
what the government officials are doing. What plans and projects they have
for the good of the people. Panahon na para makialam, manindigan, at
sumbatan ang mga taong nagsasamantala sa govierno. At dapat transparent ang
gastos sa bawat proyekto ng govierno. So the people will know, and that is
your duty to the people which you are responsible to serve. TO OUR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE FILIPINO IS NOT ALONE, THE WORLD IS WATCHING US.
OF OUR ACTIONS AND GOOD DEEDS. WE KNOW AND WE CAN SEE, WHO YOU ARE. MAYBE
YOU THINK YOU CAN HIDE, NO YOU CAN'T, WE ARE WATCHING YOU.
"THERE ARE NO TYRANTS, WHERE THERE
ARE NO SLAVES". JORIZ.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF
LIBERTY". LIVE FREE OR DIE. NH

Subject:
ERRATUM: Gibo to visit Balangiga
Name: Balangigan-on
Address: Balangiga, Eastern Samar
Email:
balangiganon@yahoo.com
Date: 28 Sept 2009
I just want to comment and correct
a line in the news about Sec. Gibo Teodoro visit in Balangiga it is not "Balangiga
Lingganay Performing Group" that will perform/present but, "Alingawngaw Han
Balangiga" compost of local Talent within Balangiga. Directed and
Choreographed by Miss Cindy Campanero. Thanks

Subject:
Konting Kaalaman sa Sintomas ng "H1N1 Virus"
Name: Omar Gabrito
Address: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email:
ogabrito@yahoo.com
Telephone: 00966-501059126
Kaalaman sa Sintomas ng "H1N1
Virus"
Ni Omar Gabrito/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ang H1N1 virus o human swine flu
ay isang tipo ng seasonal flu o panapanahong trangkaso at may dalang mga
mikrobyo ng trangkaso mula sa mga ibon, baboy at tao.
Bukod sa trangkaso, ang mga
sintomas ng taong may H1N1 flu ay sakit ng ulo, ubo, pananakit ng kalamnan,
panghihina/pagkapagal, pagduduwal, pagsusuka, masakit na lalamunan, lagnat/panginginig
at diarrhea.
Maaring kumalat ito mula sa isang
tao at iba pa, sa pamamagitan ng hininga at pagbahing, kung saan ang
mikrobyo ay naikakalat sa hangin na maaari namang malanghap ng ibang tao.
Maari ring lumapag ang mikrobyo sa
mga counters, doorknob, kung saan madadampot ng kamay at maililipat naman sa
iba.
Kung galing sa biyahe at
nakakaramdam ng sintomas na hawig sa trangkaso, manatili sa bahay at
sikaping umiwas sa ibang tao.
Kung kayo'y may sakit na
kailangang gamutin, tawagan ang inyong doctor at sabihin din sa kaniya kung
kayo'y bumiyahi bago nagkasakit. Palagiang maghugas ng kamay at/o gumamit ng
alcohol hand sanitizer; takpan ang bibig at ilong kung uubo o babahing; kung
walang tissue paper, bumahing o umubo sa manggas ng inyong damit o braso,
huwag sa kamay at manatili sa bahay kung maysakit.

Subject:
Omar Garbito
Name: Bubbles
Address: Dallas, TX, USA
Email:
Date: 09-21-09
How sad naman ng "tula"mo. Totoo
bang Hinahanap mo parin yang 'pag-ibig' mo. Nakaka touch naman, sana
makatagpo ako ng katulad mo tapat ang pagmamahal, sana mahanap mo na sya.
Taga Catbalogan Samar ka rin ba? If you are trully, willing to find her,
best thing to do is pray and God will answer right away. Again I wish i
found someone like you!

Subject:
To all Samarnon
Name: Bubbles
Address: Dallas, TX, USA
Email:
Date: 09-17-09
To All Samarnon we should read and
bear it in our mind the message of Mgen. Tabaquero, it's really serious
matter to protest against killing of our home town. Let us all wake-up, we
want peace, and a New amendments in this town.
Why we can not solve the killing
problem of our beloved town? Because some of us is afraid to oppose the
enemy. Why we can not dispute? Because we don't want to listen. To all
Samarnon not only the government's job to fight the violence, the killing.
But we (ordinary people) can do something to stop this killing in our home
town.
Let's we all involve or
participate. People who support this NPA is also a killer, a demon, a
terrorist. They don't have rights to killed people. So please to all
samarnon, support Mgen. Tabaguero. Read his message with your heart. It
might waking-up. I salute you Mgen. Tabaguero you are truelly great soldier.
MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BLESSED AND GUIDE YOUR TROOPS TO FACE THE ENEMIES.


Subject:
Ako'y Malungkot Pa rin
Name: Omar Gabrito
Address: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email:
ogabrito@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0501059126
Date: 09-16-09
Ako’y Malungkot
Pa Rin
Ni Omar E. Gabrito
Riyadh
Ako’y natutuwa at
kumakabog ang dibdib
Dahil muling nababasa mga tulang nakakaakit:
Mga taludtod ay may linyang parang umaawit
Na nagdudulot ng kasiyahan sa buong daigdig!
Ito’y ipinagpapasalamat ko sa mga kababayan
Na siyang nagpadala sa Samar News na inaabangan
Kahit papaano , bawa’t OFW ay naliligayahan
Sa indayog ng salita na lubos na kinagigiliwan!
Dahil mga kababayang makata ako ay inaaliw
Sa pamamagitan ng salita’t taludtod na umaawit;
Kaligayahang dulot ay hindi ko lubos na malirip
At kahit na ‘di magaling ako’y napapatula rin!
Pero kung malungkot ang tulang aking ibabahagi
Huwang sana ninyong ikagalit at sa akin ay isisi
Kung bakit mga linya ay punong-puno ng pighati:
Buhay ko’y malungkot bagama’t walang sinisisi!
Napakalalayong lugar ang aking pinuntahan
Sa aking paghahanap sa kinaroroonan mo, hirang
Maraming hilahil at sama ng loob ang dinanas
Pero ang lahat ng mga ito ay aking kinalimutan!
Sa aking kapaguran ako’y matamang nakinig
Sa mga masasayang ibong sa sanga’y umaawit
Sa aking kalungkutan ako’y lubusang naaaliw
At panandaliang ikaw, giliw, ay nawala sa isip!
Sa masaya at matining nilang tinig ako’y nalibang
Masasayang sandali ay nanahan sa pagal na isipan
Upang pighati at hilahil ng buhay ay makalimutan
At sumaya ang pusong bugbog sa kasiphayuan!
Ako’y nagmahal sa isang dilag na walang kawangis
At ang maaaring pagkasiphayo ay hindi ko naisip
Buong puso at katauhan ibinuhos sa dilag na inibig
Pero sa hindi malamang dahilan siya ay umalis!
Mula noon buhay ko ay lubhang pumanglaw
‘Di naglaon sa lahat ng dako siya’y aking hinanap
Pero ako’y bigo dahil ‘di natagpuan si mahal
Hanggang igupo ako ng pagod at kalungkutan!
Sa lugar na pinagkilanlan namin ako’y bumalik
Baka sakaling muli siyang sasagi sa paningin.
Ako’y nagtatanong at bumubulong sa hangin
Na iparating ang pagmamahal ko sa aking giliw!
Wala akong inisip kung hindi ang nililiyag
Na sana ay ipaalam ang kaniyang kinaroroonan
Mahabang, mahabang panahon ang lumipas
Ako’y nagtiyaga at walang sawa sa paghihintay!
Pagtatangi ko sa kaniya ay walang sawang dinilig
Ng pag-asa na balang araw siya ay babalik
Nagpupunta ako sa dalampasigan kapag takipsilim
Pero ang nakikita ay mga uwak sa papawirin!

Subject:
Letter to the Editor
Name: Kristina E Herrera
Address: Catubig, Northern Samar
Email:
Date: 09-13-09
Dear Editor,
Magandang araw.
Noong linggo lamang ng pumutok ang
balitang pinatay si Rev. Fr. Cecilio P. Lucero ang isa sa mga Pari dito sa
Catubig, Northern Samar. Buong bayan nagluksa sa kanyang pagkatamay. Hinaing
lamang ito bilang isang residente sa bayang ito, masakit para sa amin ang
mawalan ng isang Ama sa bayang ito, marami na siyang naitulong sa amjng
bayan. Siya ang Chairman of the Diocesan Committee on Human Rights at
iginalang ng lahat.
Sa kanyang pagkamatay marami ang
naghinagpis, isang malaking kawalan sa aming bayan si Rev. Fr. Cecilio P.
Lucero. Maraming katanungan sa aming isip kung bakit pati pari ay kanilang
pinapaslang, mga armadong kalalakihan, mga sumasalungat sa ating pamahalaan,
na kung kanilang pagsusumahin isa lamang ang ating bayan at kailangan nating
magkaisa. Sana naman maisip ng mga bandido o ng mga NPA na may Diyos tayo na
siya lamang ang may karapatang kumitil sa ating buhay. Sana matakot rin sila
sa Diyos, may kanya-kanya tayong paniniwala at sana igalang nila iyon, ang
pumatay ng kapwa niya ay isang napakalaking kasalanan. Kung may
ipinaglalaban sila hindi na nila dapat mangdamay pa ng mga inosenteng tao at
isa pang Pari na ang tanging misyon ay ipamulat sa atin kung ano ang pakay
ng Diyos para sa atin.
Ang tanging hangad lang naman
namin ay ang magkaroon ng katahimikan sa aming bayan pati na rin sa buong
bansa. Masarap maglakad na walang kinatatakutan, na hindi ka nababahala sa
iyong kapaligiran. Ang pagkakaron ng tahimik na buhay ay siya naming tanging
hangad.
Maraming salamat at mabuhay ang
iyong pahayagan.
Gumagalang,
Gng. Kristina E Herrera
Catubig, Northern Samar

Subject:
Capital Letters, maaring galit o Sumisigaw
Name: Omar Gabrito
Address: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email:
ogabrito@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0501059126
Capital Letters, maaring Galit
o Sumisigaw
Ni Omar Gabrito/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Maghapon sa trabaho at pag uwi ng
bahay ay walang sawang binabalik-balikan ang laptop para bulatlatin ang mga
emails na dumarating. Libangan nga naman ng mga Pinoy na tunay at hindi
nakakasawang tuklasin ang mga nakatagong kaalaman sa internet. Isang
halimbawa dito ay email. Paano bang gamitin ito? Batid ng marami na ang
pagpapadala ng email ay may mga "etiquette rules" ayon sa katayuan ng tao o
dili kaya trabaho. Ang email ay gaya ng postcard at iba kung ihahambing
natin sa ordinaryong sulat.
Ang email ay makikita na may
pangalan kung saan nanggaling o patungo, may cc, subject, attach at bcc. Ang
mga ito ay may kanya-kanyang kaparaanan kung paano gamitin. Kadalasan ay
ginagamit ang Cc para sa gustong padalhan maliban sa To: (addressee). Ito ay
makikita ng pinadalhan ang mga tao na naka Cc ganoon din siya. Maliban lang
kung gagamitin ang Bcc, na ito ay makikita lamang ang pinanggalingan at
hindi ang mga pinadalhan. Hindi gaya ng Cc.
Ang pagpapadala ng email ay
kailangan maiksi o concise ang message para may ganang basahin ang email. O
sa English ay "be concise and to the point". Mahirap magbasa ng email kung
mahaba lalo na kung sa screen. Karamihan na kapag mahaba ang sulat ay agad
na tinitingnan lamang ang subject at sabay delete. Yong iba naman ay sadyang
kinukopya lamang ang mga sites o links at saka i pi-paste at bahala na ang
pinadalhan magbukas kung intiresado sa topic. 'Wag kalimutan mag lagay ng
space sa pagitan ng paragraph.
Mainam na iwasan gumamit ng
capital letters sa email text lalo na kung kayo ay secretary sa isang
kumpaniya. Ito ay may ibang kahulugan na maaring galit o sumisigaw.
Kadalasan ay gamit ang kumpaniya
sa pagtanggap at hatid ng kanilang mga email, ma personal o business. Dito
ay ingat sa pagpapadala ng email baka ang mga files na naipadala ay may
virus na pati sistema ng computer ay tuluyang bumagsak at kayo pa ang
pagmulan ng sisi. Ang mga kumpaniya ay gumagamit ng "disclaimers" sa mga
internal o kaya external emails, kung saan ligtas o umiiwas sa mga
liability.
Dapat iwasan na huwag i-copy paste
o kaya attach ang mga bagay na walang permission sa nagpadala. Ito ay maari
kayong malagay sa alanganin na maaring infringing on copyright laws.
Ayusin ang mga tuldok, comma, at
grammar bago ipadala ang email para hindi ibalik at makapagbitiw ng mga
maaanghang na salita ang nakatanggap. Iwasan mag sulat ng mga confidential o
personal na bagay, ito ay maaring ipasa sa ibang tao na walang nakakaalam at
gawing ibidensya laban sa nagpadala.
Kung ang email ay para lamang sa
isang particular na tao ito ay hindi maaring ipasa kahit kanino na walang
pahintulot sa may ari. Magka ganoon man kung ito ay ipapasa sa iba ay
malinaw na hindi na ito saklaw ng sender bagkos may pananagutan ang
pangalawang nagpadala o nagpasa at siya ay nagkasala ng sinasabing secrecy
of communication law.
Ang sulat, na kapag binuksan ng
ibang tao maliban sa addressee ay may pananagutan ang nagbukas. Walang
disiplina ang tao kung kaniyang gagawin ito. Dito ma sulat o bagahe ay
kailangan na magkaroon tayo ng konting disiplina sa pagbubukas. Huwag buksan
ang sulat, bagahi, package kung hindi nakapangalan sa inyo. Maliban kung
walang pangalan o kaya mapanganib ang loob.
Kapag ibinalik ang email ay
maaring ayaw o dili kaya busy ang pinadalhan. Maaring walang gana o sabihin
na maghintay lamang at sa susunod kana.
Maari din mag attach ng file o
kaya picture sa email pero kailangan na ito ay naka address lamang sa tao na
padadalhan at huwag ipadala sa mga address na hindi kakilala. Ito ay maaring
ika-surprisa ng ibang tao lalo na kung hindi sila ka anu-anong tao.
Iwasan gumamit ng send to all o
dili kaya copy paste sa mga address. Kung ayaw ninyong makita ang mga email
address ng ibang tao ay gawin ang bcc. Gawing paisa-isa ang paglagay ng mga
padadalhang tao. Kung hindi kailangan ay huwag padalhan. Lagi i-review ang
mga naka-add doon sa address list kung sino-sino sila at kung hindi kakilala
ay burahin agad.
Huwag gamitin ang email sa
pag-tukoy ng mga confidential na informasyon. Gaya ng personal na buhay ng
mag-asawa at mga sinsitibong bagay. Mas maganda kung gagamit ng mga
mahahalagang topic na may idudulot sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Huwag gamitin ang mga email
address ng tao kung walang pahintulot sa nagmamay-ari. Kung gusto ninyo sila
i-add sa listahan ng inyong mga kaibigan ay huwag mag lagay ng pangalang
nakakasakit. Halimba: Mrchong@yahoo.com at pinalitan ng Darna. Mas kaaya-aya
kung pangalan din ang ilalagay.
Kung ayaw ninyong tumanggap ng mga
unknown emails ay madali lamang ang sulosyon diyan. May option sa bandang
itaas at pwede ninyo silang i-block.
Maaring kunin ng ibang tao o grupo
ang mga email address at ilagay sa kanilang group list at sabihin na marami
silang members. Pero iyan ay walang asal na mali ang kanilang ginagawa.
Walang malay ang ibang tao na bakit nakakatanggap ng mga emails na hindi
naman sila nagpa member sa ganoong grupo. Iyon pala ay kinapi paste na ang
kanilang address doon sa kanilang group list. At kung gusto ninyo mag reply
o post ay doon lamang sa kanilang iisang address dahil kayo ay naka Bcc nang
pinadalhan.

Subject:
Rude intellects
Name: Padre
Address: Darahuway
Email:
Date: Sept 10, 2009
Dinhe ta hibabaruan, nga damo gud
kaupay an mga baltok nga mga igkasi ta waraynon. Mapa langyaw o ha yubar,
purbida...di na gadman intawon mga utok bulinaw.
Unta, an mga kabaltok ipahimutang
o gamiton ha kaupayan. An mga pulong unta himu-on nga aksyon. Waray man
hinanabo kon puro la putak. Karag la iton mga kabaltok kon ngada
pagkalalagas niyo amo la kamo hito pirmi.
Imbes nga magpinaki-unot ngan
manlabay hin mga pulong nga diri angay pamati-on, mag baro-balyo na daw la
kamo hin ideya kon papaanhon makakabulig ha iyo mga kablas nga kabugtuan
dinhe sa Samar.
Alayon pagkaluhod...

Subject:
Pananaw sa Pagkamatay ni Father Cecilio Lucero
Name: Omar Gabrito
Address: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email:
ogabrito@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0501059126
Magandang Ugnayan ng mga Taga
Samar
Ni Omar Gabrito/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ogabrto@yahoo.com
Ang tao ay binigyan ng Diyos ng
pag-iisip o kaalaman, lakas, at pagsupil sa sarili (self control) sa mga
bagay-bagay na dapat lutasin para makamit ang kaligayahan sa buhay. Ang mga
aspetong ito ay dapat pairalin ng tao nang sa ganoon ay hindi mapahamak sa
mga problemang dumarating. Ang mga pagsubok sa buhay, pamilya, kababayan, at
bansa ay malulutas kung ang mga ito ay makikita sa isang tao.
Ang mga suliranin sa buhay, mga
pagkukulang ng tao sa gustong matulungan ay maituturing sila na mga
kababayan, kapatid at kaibigan. Kaibigan na may halong pag-alinlangan sa
katotohanan na nakalukop sa mundo ng pagkukunwari para magkasundo sa isa’t
isa. Ang pag harap sa katotohanan ay mananaig sa sarili na ito ay kanyang
paninindigan kahit saan man makarating, sapagkat ayon sa kasabihan ang
katotohanan ay siyang tulay upang ang bawat isa ay magkasundo.
Ang magandang ugnayan ng tao ay
nagbubunga ng magandang kinabukasan sa ating sarili, pamilya, at sa susyodad.
Ito ang nagbibigay ng lakas ng pagkakaisa na magtulungan sa mga problemang
ikinahaharap ng sinomang tao. Lalo pa’t kung magkalayo ang bawat isa, na ito
ay maiisip-isip kung bakit tayo'y nagkaganito. Minsan tulala ang mister o
kapatid sa sobrang pag-aalala sa kanyang pamilya at ganoon din ang mga anak
na hindi mapalagay sa kanilang ina na napalayo sa kanila. Walang ganang
kumain, hindi makatulog at wala sa sarili. Kung iyong tatanungin ay
sasabihin sayo na wala lang pare kaya ko ito. Pero sa saloobin ay may
hinanakit na hindi mailabas. Kaya kung minsan ay tolero habang kinakausap.
May mga taong gumaganti sa
problema, nakikipagpatayan at nakikipaghamonan. Ngunit ito ay walang
mangyayari kung papairalin natin ang ating sarili sa hindi pagkakaunawan.
Mahirap man tanggapin sa sarili na tayo ay nagkulang pero nariyan parin ang
sinasabing bonding of good relationship. Sabi nga ng iba ay sa hirap at
ginhawa tayo ay magsasama, sa madilim at sa maliwanag tayo ay magkakaisa.
Ang mga problema ay malulutas sa
magandang kaparaanan at pagkamahinahon, sa pamilyang magulo ay may
pagkakasundo sa lamig ng ulo tayo’y magkakaisa. Ganyan ang turing sa ‘di
pagkakaunawan sa problemang umukit na hindi inaahasan.
Ang paghingi ng payo sa mga
kaibigan ay nararapat lamang na tanggapin na ito’y susuklian din ng
kaliwanagan sa problemang idinadaing. Hindi natin pinagkakaila sa Dios na
tayo ay tao lamang, na minsan ay nagkulang din sa ating mga responsabilad sa
asawa’t mga anak, mga biyanan at kamag-anak, mga kabitbahay at sa sosyodad.
Ngunit ang pagpapakita ng kagandahang lood sa bawat isa ay hindi nawawala.
Nariyan parin ang magandang ugnayan na hindi makakalimutan.
Ang magandang pagtitinginan sa
bawat isa ay mamamayagpag at ipagmamalaki sa anong bagay na ikabubuti ng
simbahan, paaralan, lipunan, leader ng mga organisasyon, pamilya, maliit man
o malaking problema ay tiyak na malulutas at magkakasundo.
Ang relasyon - halimbawa ng mga
pari, guro, magulang at anak ay dapat na ito’y pangalagaan, sa katuwiran, at
pagtitinginan. Kapag ‘di napagbigyan ang anak ay maaring ikasama, na ito ay
maaring maglayas at malolong sa masamang bagay. Ngunit dito’y malalaman ng
mga magulang na dapat timbangin ang kanilang sarili na sila ay nagkulang sa
kanilang unang responsabilidad. Alalahanin natin na tayo ay may
reponsabilidad sa kanila sa ano mang mangyari sa anak ay pananagutan parin
ng magulang. Kaya malaki rin ang tatanawin dito na magpakumbaba ang magulang
sa anak, na hanggang sa humantong sa pagkakaigihan ng bawat isa.
Mapalayo man ang anak, magulang
hinahanap hanap. Ang anak gaya nito, ay hindi ipinagkakaila na sa oras ng
kanyang kagipitan ay hahanapin parin sa tuwina ang kanyang mga magulang at
kapatid ganoon din ang kanyang magulang na puno ng pag-aalala sa anak.
Ang isang mag-aaral halimbawa ay
minsan hindi naipapaabot ng diretsahan sa kanyang guro ang kanyang problema,
na ito ay nalalaman ng kanyang magulang. Dito ay makikita na ang magulang ay
gumagawa ng paraan upang kausapan ang guro tungkol sa problema ng kanyang
anak, at sa ka na lang makikita na ang anak ay nagkulang sa guro. Sa
Pilipinas, halimbawa- may sinasabing guro na mabagsik daw kaya ito ay
nilalayuan ng mga mag-aaral. May mga guro naman na maka tao ang dating sa
mga mag-aaral. Pero kung ikukumpara ang kanilang responsabilidad ay iisa
lamang. Ang gurong mabagsig sa paaralan ay mapapansin natin na konti lamang
ang kumukuha ng subject na kanyang hinahawakan. Dito mapapansin ng Dean na
may problema ang guro kaya naman kung minsan ay nagra-rally ang mga
mag-aaral na mapatalsik ang guro. Minsan umaabot pa sa Dean ang problema.
Kaya naman ang hindi
pagkakaunawaan sa magkabilang panig ay nagdudulot ng bunga na hindi maganda
sa eskwelahan, simbahan at sosyodad. Ang paghingi ng payo't tulong sa mga
expert, pag-uusap sa magkabilang panig ay nararapat upang ang problema ay
ilagay sa isang tabi at pag tuunan ng sulosyon ito. Kalimutan ang alitan sa
bawat isa at harapin ang bagong hamon ng buhay na magkasundo ang mga pinuno,
pari, magulang, guro, lider ng mga grupo at iba pa, nang sa ganoon ay may
magandang ugnayan. Sabi pa sa kasabihan ay nawa ang kapayapaan ay sumainyo.
Ang pagkamatay ni Fr. Cecilio
Lucero ay nagbigay kulay sa relasyon ng bawat isang Samarenos upang makita
ang kaniyang hinanakit sa taumbayan, mahirap o mayaman ay ngayon ang
sempatiya sa kanya. Ano pa't nagkaganito ang buhay ng tao? Sadya bang ibuhos
kung kinakailangan? Magkaisa at talikuran ang hidwaan. Alisin ang mga
makamundong hangarin at iwaksi ang masasamang adhikain. Tayo ay isinilang na
walang masamang pagtitinginan ngunit napapasama lamang sa mga dikta ng ibang
tao na ito'y hindi sadyang paniwalaan. Magkaroon ng sariling accountability
at tingnan ang buhay na hindi kanais-nais. Magbago, hanggat sa supling ng
sandali ay ganito nalang ba?
Karumaldumal man ang kaniyang
pagkamatay, ay sa tingin ng bayan ay siguro mayroon din naman siyang konting
ipinaglalaban na sumusunod lamang.
Mga taga Samar didi ha Saudi
Arabia ay nakikiramay kay Father Cecilio Lucero sa kaniyang pagkamatay. Nawa
ay makarating ng masagana sa ikalawang buhay. Paalam Father Cecilio. Naway
ang awiting "You Raised Me Up" ay dumaloy sa isipan ng mga mahihirap na
kabataan ha Norte san Samar.
Siguro naman panahon na para
magbago, talikuran ang alitan at isulong sa sambayanang Pilipino na tayo ay
nag-iisang lahi, ang dugong bughaw na nananalantay ang pagkaka-isa. Huwag
matakot sa tao bagkos matakot sa Dakilang Lumikha. Mabuhay!

Subject:
To Salvador Cerbito a.k.a. Samarnon from Canada
Name: A. Morales
Email:
Date: 4 Aug 2009
Wow, I was able to flush the feces
from the toilet when I posted a reply on the observation of Salvador Cerbito.
I did not know that Salvador and Samarnon from Canada are one and the same
but apparently they are.
First, the way you responded to my
reply was not responsive to the points I have raised. Instead, you tried to
paint generic "holier than thou" attitude reminiscent of religious bigots
and zealots.
Come on, just answer the points
that I have raised. If sex is merely for procreation, did you answer the
questions I have asked? No, instead you use a fallacious argument of
generalization. Just be frank, Mr. Cerbito or Mr. Canada, do you have sex
merely for impregnating your wife?
Second, I don't keep a tab on how
many times I post a comment here or check whether I won or lost an exchange
of idea. My challenge is for my protagonist to merely answer my questions
and try to convince me that their points of view are worth pondering. Cut
the shit about talking who has the right to interpret the Bible. I will not
relegate my salvation on biblical zealots like the two of you. Sorry for the
word zealot being used, it also just happened to be the title of Judas the
Iscariot.
Third, who is interpreting the
Bible out of context, me? Isn't it the domain of close-minded "holier than
thou" religious rightists and fundamentalists like the two of you? Well, if
you think that procreation is the main reason why people exist, then what is
our difference to animals? The underlying condition sine qua non before one
could multiply is to be fruitful. "Be fruitful and multiply" is far better
than merely "Go and multiply." And, to you being a contextual interpreter,
here is your own pitfall, you said: "You must remember that when God gave
this commission to Adam and Eve, it was given before they fell into sin.
Everything is being provided for by God during this time." So, if that is
the case then why are you still preaching "Go and multiply" now if you think
that it only applied to Adam and Eve during their stay in the Garden of Eden
prior to their banishment into the "real world" of hard work and sinfulness.
Therefore the logical conclusion of your line of thinking is that the "go
and multiply" theology ceases to have meaning once they (Adam and Eve) got
out of the Garden of Eden because not everything is provided for them,
right? See, that is an example of your irrational "contextual" blunders.
Whereas, the "be fruitful and multiply" is applicable whether Adam and Eve
are in the Garden of Eden or out of the Garden of Eden or even applicable to
us know in the digital age. So please, don't try to use "contextualism" when
all you know is fundamentalism.
Lastly, I'd rather use my secular
intelligence to perceive things than think parochial. A christian faith that
is close-minded and fundamentalist is no better than the faith of Islamic
jihadists. Talking about religious terrorists? Well, they are one and the
same.
So, if you want to be wise and
intelligent, as you want us to believe you are, open your minds to criticism
and prove your worth. Otherwise, it is better to plant a kamote!

Subject:
Mr. A. Morales' Comments on Mr. Salvador Cerbito
Name: Samarnon of Canada
Address: Canada
Email:
samarnonk@yahoo.com
Date: 31 Jul 2009
First of all, Mr. Morales, I want
you to know that I am not a religious zealot. I am a christian the Biblical
way. To me, the Bible is holy and they are the words of God and should not
be dragged in here. Much more that you will use it to show you eloquence and
vocabulary. Not much with your analogies because I am not impressed at all.
I am reacting to your article not
because you are being rude and sarcastic to Mr. Salvador Cerbito but because
you are AGAIN wrong in your interpretation and analogy of the Holy
Scriptures.
You quoted Genesis 1:28 and tried
to interpret it wrongly. The multiplication, fruitfulness and replenishment
are all meant to procreation and moving around the earth. You must remember
that when God gave this commission to Adam and Eve, it was given before they
fell into sin. Everything is being provided for by God during this time.
That's why if you will to continue reading verses 29 and 30, you will see
God's provision for them.
Again Mr. Morales I will say that
you are interpreting the scriptures out of context.
If you will remember not long time
ago you tried to use the same analogies on scriptures by trying to explain
them using your secular intelligence (scroll back the messages in the
Message Board). If I remember right, I gave you two strikes already using
your own analogies. This time I guess you are already struck out so to
speak. So I will suggest that you stay away from interpreting scriptures
because I don't think you have the authority on this matter.
A wise man knows his limits. A
person can be intelligent and not be wise.

Subject:
Salvador Cerbito's Ascerbic Comments
Name: A. Morales
Email:
Date: July 25, 2009
Salvador needs to caution his
wanton ignorance of the issue on reproductive health with proper and
balanced study of the facts surrounding the issue. He cloaks his ignorance
with some articles that are patently biased against artificial
contraceptives. Contraceptives are not per se evil as Salvador wants us to
believe.
The article in itself said that
some contraceptives could be carcinogenic but it did not say all or every
contraceptive. Generalizations are erroneous and dangerous. Instead of
Salvador preaching us about the evils of contraceptives, can he please
provide us some practical solutions to the growing number of filipinos who
do not have food to eat, roof over their heads, clothes over their bodies,
and education inside their brains? It is easy to preach about abstinence as
the only acceptable mode of birth control especially if preached by people
who have vowed abstinence as a way of life. If sex is only for procreation
as Salvador wants us to believe it is, then can he say how many kids does he
have? Say if he only had 2 children or 1 child, can he say with firmness in
his heart that he only had sex with his wife for 2 times or one time in his
lifetime? Can you say that to people who are getting married that sex is
only for procreation so if you want to have 1,2,3, or 12 kids that they
should plan their sexual encounters carefully in the next 50 years of their
married life?
Come on Salvador, the problem with
those with myopic views is that they use biblical verses to suit their
hidden biases without getting the message into their proper context. Gen.1
verse 22 says "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth." Gen. 1
verse 28 says "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth." Gen. 9 verse 1 agains says "And God
blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth." And on Gen. 35 verse 11 "And God said unto him, I
am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply." See the problem with those so
called fundamentalist theologians is their emphasis on "Go and multiply"
theology without first reading the basic premise that one must first be
fruitful so he could go multiply and replenish the earth.
How can one be fruitful? Being
fruitful is being useful. Having work, having income, doing something useful
for the benefit of the society is being fruitful. When you simply multiply
in numbers but do not increase your productivity or usefullness, then you
are missing the point espoused by the Bible. Oftentimes we forget that the
Bible also tells us to replenish the earth which means to say that we have
to be good stewards of the earth's resources. Having so many kids that you
can't afford to support so they could have decent and productive lives is
not only an affront to the teachings of the Bible but also a violation of
the very tenets of each person's right to life. What is life for human
beings? Is it mere existence like that of the other animals? Right to life
should be qualified to mean right to a decent life. When you see kids in
Payatas eating garbage, when you see teenage moms use their babies to ask
for alms in the streets, when you see people living under a bridge or
shanties like rats, what kind of life are you talking about? If we are made
in the image of God then we should uphold human dignity and decency.
And, abortion while generally
should be discouraged or frowned upon should be allowed in extra-ordinary
cases like incestuous pregnancies and pregnancies due to rapes. Instead of
merely demonizing abortion, why can't Salvador and his fellow
fundamentalists encourage adoption especially if the mother is not ready to
care for her baby. To me, there is no hard and fast rule about life. I like
the motto of the Disciples of Christ: "No law but love; No creed but
Christ." When you focus more on letting the spirit of the biblical
injunctions to live rather than allow the letters to kill the true
intentions of the biblical passages then you are better guided and better
equipped to decide.
I know that this comment can open
a Pandora's box but I better said these now than allow some religious
zealots to once more curtail the true meaning of the written words of God.
I am open for a rejoinder on this.

Subject:
RH Bill 5043
Name: Salvador Cerbito
Address: Punta Princesa, Cebu
Email:
salvador_ofm@yahoo.com
Telephone: 09215855552
Date: 07/21/09
Sa ngatanan nga mga kabugtuan sa
Samar. Paglikay sa Panulay. An Yawa makamaratay panlimbong sa katawhan.
Please read this article the truth about contraception and abortion before
you support this bill.
Contraceptives
Classified as Carcinogenic
8/12/2005
Scientific
research demonstrates that some contraceptives cause cancer.
In a report issued
on July 29, 2005, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a
division of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified some
contraceptives as carcinogenic to humans. Combination estrogen-progesterone
contraceptives, which are the most commonly prescribed, have been found to
cause breast, cervical, and liver cancer. In response to the scientific
research on these drugs, the IARC has given these contraceptives the highest
carcinogenic rating, the same classification given to asbestos and smoking
tobacco.
However, while the
IARC and WHO consistently recommend people avoid smoking and prolonged
exposure to the sun (ultraviolet radiation is classified lower than these
contraceptives), they do not recommend that women avoid these
contraceptives. Instead, they recommend that “each woman who uses these
hormonal products discuss the risks and benefits with her doctor, taking
into consideration her personal circumstances.”
The medical
community overall has been quick in the past to dismiss the dangers
associated with contraceptive medicines. Contraceptive drugs are known to
cause permanent infertility, heart attacks, and blood clotting. The recently
released “day after” pill emergency contraceptive has also been linked to
several deaths.
Medical risks
aside, contraception has very serious moral and social consequences. As
discussed in our FAITH FACT “Choose Life That You and Your Children May
Live,” under no circumstances is the use of contraception morally
permissible. This infallible teaching of the Catholic Church flows from the
natural law as given to us by God. As such, the teaching applies to all men.
“Let the children come to me; do
not hinder them. It is to just such as these that the Kingdom of God
belongs” - Jesus Christ
This is a picture of Molech, the
ancient idol of the Ammonites to which infants were sacrificed by being
thrown into the flames.
CONTRACEPTION IS EVIL, ABORTION IS
MURDER
