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Multiple choicMaraming mga pangarap ang nakasalalay sa pagpili n

mga tamang sagot sa UPCAT. At sa likod ng karangala

pagiging Iskolar ng Bayan, umiiral ang isang makabul

sistema ng pagkatuto na inaasahang huhubog sa mga

na kaisipang iaalay sa pag-unlad ng sambayanan.

Opisyal na lingguhang

pahayagan ng mga

mag-aaral ng Unibersidad

ng Pilipinas - Diliman

Tomo 90, Blg. 08

Agosto 01, 2012


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The declaration that the country

is on its way to eliminating poverty

through the expansion o 4Ps is

problematic. The CCTs are only

dole-outs that act as a temporary

painkiller or the cancerous

condition o poverty. Once thegovernment cuts o the supply

o dole-outs, there is no certainty

that the amilies can cross to the

other side o the poverty line given

the ailure o the government

to generate stable jobs.

In last years SONA, Aquino

regarded the increase in rice

production as an achievement

o his administration. This is

not true, or it was the armers

own skills and eorts, and a

bit o good luck, that brought

about the increase, not the

eectiveness, so to speak, o the

administrations programs.

Now, i this is not deception,

then what is?On top o it all, the president,

sticking to his habit o appealing

to emotions, had again invoked

the legacy o his parents and

stressed out the dierences

between his term and that o his

predecessor Gloria Arroyo. Again

alsely attributing poverty to

corruption, Aquino highlighted

his anti-corruption crusade,

with a lengthy declaration o the

decrease in kick-backs.

But the irony is that Arroyo,

whose crimes against the people

may rival that o any dictator,

was released through P1 million

bail, which can be considered

as only a drop o her wealth.

While Aquino has berated

Arroyo countless times andbanked on her inamy to win the

presidency, the ormer president

got out o jail, now sleeping

soundly with her grandchildren,

as hundreds o political prisoners

under Aquinos term yearned

to see their own loved ones, as

relatives long or their missing

children who were reportedly

abducted by the military.

Indeed, the Aquino administration,

in the frst place, was not

sincere in holding Arroyo

accountable. The conviction o

ormer Chie Justice Renato

Corona, a staunch Arroyo ally,

should have been a stepping

stone, but charges against Arroyowere dropped, and eventually,

she was set ree.

With the recent turn o

events, it is only intelligent to

surmise that all the promises

Aquino had laid in his SONA are

nothing more than lip service.

With the recent turn o

events, it is only intelligent

to expect the government

building more walls covered with

Its more un in the Philippines

tarpaulins.

Punong Patnugo

Kapatnugot

Panauhing Patnu

Patnugot sa Lath

Patnugot sa Grap

Mga Kawani

Tagapamahala ng

Sirkulasyon

For as long as

o dissent rem

untouched, th

always be pro

Arrested and

student leade

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GRANDSTANDING

Mga Katuwang na

Pinansya

Editors

Note

As the Ph

celebrates its 90th yea

rom prized editorials

publications tradition

earless journalism.

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EARLIER THIS YEAR, USERS

o social networking sites saw

viral photos o Its more un

in the Philippines tarpaulins

covering a makeshit wall in

Pasay. Erected at the time o

the Asian Development Bank

meeting, the wall hid a sprawling

slum area along a creek black in

dirt and stippled with garbage.

This government had resorted

to a lame measure or a dilemma it

cannot resolve: conceal poverty.

Hide the shanties, remove the

eyesore and pretend that the

problem does not exist. In act,

concealing the harsh truth is

one o the overused strategies o

President Benigno Aquino IIIs

administration. The third State

o the Nation Address (SONA) is

no exception.

In Aquinos SONA, the president

presented a misleading picture

o the national situation using

three tactics in general: omit data

that do not ft in the rosy picture,

make pleasant deductions

rom alse indicators, and claim

that it is only a matter o time

beore the dilemmas are ully

addressed, when in act the

government is nowhere near

resolving the long-standing crises.

The report was ridden

with hal-truths, particularly

the statements purporting

progress in the economic ront.

It was true that the Philippines

lent money to the International

Monetary Fund, a act that

Aquino has taken pride on, but

the president was careul not

to mention that it was not the

national government thatlent the money but the

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The title creditor nation is only

a technical term that, in the case

o the Philippines, does not mean

that the countrys economy

has grown so rich.

The truth is that the country

has in act sunk urther in

debt with the P564 billion

increase in debt rom 2010 to

May 2012. But, o course, Aquino

has taken great pains to omit

such realities.

Aquino was also ond o

weaving generalizations rom

arbitrarily picked indicators. For

instance, he claimed that manyamilies are now being lited

rom poverty as the number

o household benefciaries o

conditional cash transers (CCTs)

ballooned to three million.

Under the Pantawid Pamilyang

Pilipino program (4Ps), which

was expanded and received a

higher allocation, the poorest

households will be given P6,000

to P15,000 to make ends meet

and probably start a sustainable

means o livelihood.

THE FACE OF FAOn student protes

violence during the

Roberto Z. Colo

Hulyo 30, 1980


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WANTED Nagsagawa ng noise barrage sa kahabaan ng Philcoa ang ilang

kabataan mula sa mga progresibong organisasyon noong Hulyo 27, bilang

pagkundena sa pansamantalang pagpapalaya kay Pampanga Rep. Gloria

Arroyo. Nanawagan ang grupo sa agarang pagpapakulong sa dating pangulo

bilang paniningil sa mga nagawa niyang krimen, kabilang ang mga alegasyon

ng korupsyon at daan-daang kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao.

Sundan sa pahina 5

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEUP Proessional Schools (UPPS)campus in Boniacio Global City(BGC), Taguig has started on July 24,despite opposition rom studentleaders in UP who assert that theproject seeks to serve the interestso the private sector.

The UPPS will initially oer postgraduate courses and programs orthe College o Law (Law), College oBusiness Administration, Collegeo Engineering, and School o Statistics. The frst phase o the project,

which involves the building or Law,is targeted to be completed by 2013.The UPPS will oer programs

needed or the proessional development o personnel at the manycorporate establishments [in BGCand Makati City], said UP PresidentAlredo Pascual.

The campus is being constructedon a 4,300squaremeter lot donated by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), a government agency tasked to convertormer military bases to civilian use.

The total cost o the constructiono the campus has been estimated at

UP begins construction

of Global City campus

P400 million, with equipment andurniture requiring another P200million. Currently, the universityhas an initial unding o P130 million, consisting o a P30millionoutlay rom the UP System and aP100million allocation rom thegovernment, Pascual said.

The latter unding requirementwill be met through solicitationo donations rom corporate andother sources, Pascual explained.

Student leaders, however, maintain that a UP campus located in a

business hub and unded by private companies will only servecorporate interests. Nakita nanatin na sa mga corporate tieupsng UP, gaya ng TechnoHub, laging interes ng mga kumpanya angnamamayani sa huli, said UP Diliman University Student CouncilStudent Rights and Welare Committee Chair Aryanna Canacan.

Moreover, since the administration targets private employees asprospective students o the UPPS,it is also inevitable that these companies will beneft the most romthe intellectual output generated

KILOS-PROTESTA ANG isinalubong ng tinatayang 14,000miyembro ng ibat ibang sektor sa

ikatlong State o the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III sa Batasang Pambansa noong Hulyo 23.

Salungat sa pagunlad na ipinagmalaki ng pangulo sa kanyangtaunang ulat, iginiit ng mga lumahok sa SONA ng Bayan na wala paring makabuluhang pagbabago sakalagayan ng mga mamamayan saikalawang taon ng panunungkulanni Aquino.

Sumahol pa nga ang kahirapan,gutom, kawalan ng trabaho, kawalan ng pananagutan, at pagyuraksa soberanya ng bansa, ayon saBagong Alyansang Makabayan(Bayan), alyansa ng mga progresibong grupong nagsusulong sa kapakanan ng ibat ibang sektor.

Kinundena rin ng Bayan angmarahas na dispersal ng tinatayang 6,000 pulis sa hanay ng mgaraliyista. Mahigit 90 ang nasugatansa nasabing engkwentro matapostangkain ng mga raliyista na lagpasan ang barikada ng mga pulis sabahagi ng Commonwealth Avenuepatungong Batasan bandang alastres ng hapon.

We have all the legal groundsto march to Congress. What wasillegal that day were the police barricades, the violent dispersal o our

Ikatlong SONA ni Aquino,

puno ng panlilinlangranks, and the arrest and continueddetention o [one o] our ellowactivist[s], ani Bayan National

Capital Region (NCR) SecretaryGeneral Paulo Quiza.

Hindi masaklaw na pag-unladTampok sa loob ng isat kalahat

ing oras na SONA ni Aquino angpagunlad umano ng ekonomiya saporma ng 6.4 bahagdang pagtaas nggross domestic product, o ang kabuuang halaga ng mga produkto at serbisyo sa bansa, at 44 beses na pagtaas ng Philippine Stock ExchangeIndex na hindi bababa sa 5,000.

Ipinagmalaki din ng pangulo angpagdagsa ng mga dayuhang namumuhunan, positibong credit ratingng bansa, at pagpapautang ng gobyerno sa International MonetaryFund ng $1 bilyon noong Hunyo.

Gayunman, walang binanggit na

mga konkretong patunay na bumutiang kalagayan ng mga ordinaryongPilipino, ani Xandra Liza Bisenio,senior researcher ng IBON Foundation, organisasyong nagsusurisa kalagayang pangekonomiya ngbansa.

Ayon sa huling tala ng IBONnoong Abril, 10.9 bahagdan ng lakaspaggawa ng bansa, o 4.5 milyongPilipino, ang nananatiling walangtrabaho. Samantala, 19.4 bahagdan o7.1 milyong Pilipino ang underemployed na patuloy sa paghahanap

ng pangmatagalang trabaho o masmataas na sahod.

Hindi rin maituturing na pag

sigla ng industriya ang sinasabingpaglago ng Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sa Pilipinas dahilmas mababa pa rin ng 40 bahagdanang sahod sa BPO sa Pilipinas kaysaibang bansa, ani Bisenio.

The president frst invoked socalled indicators o economic development that are distant romthe realities o workers and poor

people. When he got into indicatorsthat are close to the situation o thepeople, he used haltruths,

committed major omissions, andeven reused to comment on thesituation o Filipino workers, aniKMU Chairperson Elmer Labog.

Paglakas ng industriya?Inihayag din ni Aquino ang pagla

kas ng mga industriya sa bansapartikular ang agrikultura at pagmimina.

by the campus, Canacan said.Instead o constructing a new

campus, the administration shouldhave ocused on improving existinginrastructure and equipment inUPs current 15 campuses, said UPStudent Regent Cleve Robert KevinArguelles

Given our mandate to serve theunderserved and underprivilegedFilipino youth, there is no strongurgency to construct a UP school inBGC, he said.

Since the UPPS is situated on aprime lot within a busy central business district, there is also a possibility that tuition ees will be relativelyhigher than in other UP units, said

Law Student Government President Benedict Nisperos.

Nagpapakita lang ito na untiunting ginagawang negosyo angedukasyon sa Pilipinas, partikularna sa UP. Hindi na nga abotkayaang pagpasok sa UP sa sobrang mahal ng tuition, [lalo] pa ang tuitionsa UPPS [kung sakali]. Ipinahahayaglang nito na ang UP na dating parasa mahirap ay pagmamayari na ngmga mayayaman, Arguelles said.

Noong 2010, nagangkat apamahalaan ng dalawang milyometric tons ng bigas. Ngayong ta

tanging 500,000 na lamang aaangkating bigas ng pamahalaan, Aquino. Huwag lang po tayong psungitan ng panahon ... sa susunna taon ay pwede na tayong mexport ng bigas, dagdag ng pangu

Pinasubalian naman ng IBang pahayag ng pangulo hinggilpagluluwas ng bigas ng PilipinWalang katiyakan ang nasabing hayag dahil World Trade Organition ang nagtatakda ng quota maaaring iluwas na produkto isang bansa, ani Bisenio.

Kaugnay ng repormang agrarihinayag ni Aquino na puspusan apagpapatupad ng kanyang admintrasyon sa Comprehensive AgrarReorm Program (CARP) na unaipinatupad sa ilalim ng kanyainang si dating Pangulo CorazAquino.

Sa kasalukuyan, tinatayang 1bahagdan pa lamang o wala pakalahati ng 961,979 ektaryang lupna nakatakdang ipamahagi bamatapos ang termino ng pangang naipapamahagi sa mga magsaka, ayon sa Department o Agrian Reorm.

Piling datosSamantala, ihinayag rin ni Aq

no na napalakas ng kanyang aministrasyon ang suporta sa mbatayang serbisyo, kabilang aedukasyon at kalusugan.

Partikular na binanggit ng pgulo ang 44 porsyentong bahagdapagtaas sa budget ng state univer

ties and colleges (SUCs), mula P2bilyon ngayong taon tungong P3bilyon sa 2013. Tiniyak din ni Aquang pagtugon sa mga kakulanganimprastraktura at kagamitan paraedukasyong primarya bago mapos ang kanyang termino.

The increase in the budget SUCs is a direct result o the natiowide clamor against budget cutsthe past two years. While it is deed a signifcant increase, we hato emphasize that P37.1 billionstill not enough or the sustainaoperations o SUCs, ani KabataPartylist Rep. Raymond Palatino

Ayon sa Department o Budand Management, ang P37.1 bilyopondo ng SUCs sa 2013 ay 68 porento lamang ng P54.6 bilyong orinal na panukalang badyet ng SUpara sa susunod na taon.

Samantala, nakapagambag umano ang pinaigting pang Ptawid Pamilyang Pilipino Progr(4Ps) sa pagpapalawak ng serbisyopangkalusugan sa bansa, ani Aqno. Pangunahing layunin ng pgrama ang mapabuti ang kalagayng mga benepisaryong pamisa pamamagitan ng buwana

Victor Gregor Limon and Lavilyn Malte


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OUTPLAYED Maroons Guard Mark Lopez ends o two Fal

to score a lay-up in a basketball game against Adamson U

SM Mall o Asia Arena on July 29. UP bounced back in the sec

Adamsons 20-point lead in the frst quarter, but the Falcon

and UPs missed three-point clincher ended the match with a

lead by the Falcons, 69-67.

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THE UP FIGHTING MAROONSlost by two points in a close fghtagainst the Adamson SoaringFalcons on July 29, as the Falconsbroke a 67-67 tie with only a ewseconds let on the clock.

The narrow fnish was a heroiccomeback rom a poor frst quarter,which ended with the Maroonsburied beneath a 2-point lead,28-8.

Unable to break through theFalcons deense, the Maroonscontinued to trail behind duringthe frst hal o the second quarter.They started to catch up ater a

timeout called by the UP team,when Maroons team captain MarkLopez scored two consecutiveshots and a ree throw, bringingthe score to 37-28 at the end othe second quarter.

In the third quarter, the Maroonscontinued to chip away at theFalcons lead. With 26 seconds

Falcons claw narrow victory

from Maroons, 69-67remaining, UP and Adamson weretied, 48-48, until Falcon JerichoCruz landed two ree throws.The Maroons instantly closed theedge with a two-point shot romHenry Asilum.

Nung nahabol namin angpoints, we adjusted [to counter]the strong oense o the Falcons,said Lopez.

Entering the ourth quarter witha 5-5 tie score, both teams oughtto break the deadlock. Falcons EricCamson and Alexander Nuyleswere the cornerstone o a soliddeense strategy or their team,

while Maroons Anjelo Montecastro,Cris Ball, and Lopez led a uriouscampaign to gain the lead.

With 8 seconds let on theclock, Falcon team captain JohnBrondial powered through theMaroons to sink a two-pointshot, pushing Adamson narrowlyto the lead, 69-67. Fighting

Bilang ng krimen sa UPD,tumataas kada taon28 na krimen, naitala sa unang 3 buwan ng 2012

Batay sa tala ng UPDP, kasaluku-yang may 339 security personnelang UP, na binubuo ng 42 pulis, 246guwardiya, at 5 opisyal ng Secu-

rity Services Brigade. Napakaliitng bilang na ito kung ihahambingsa mahigit 2, kataong labas-masok sa loob ng kampus araw-araw, ani Prop. Edgardo Dagdag,Chie Security Ofcer (CSO) ngUPD.

Mas mabuting magkaroon ng25 pulis na nagbabantay kada shit,at may kabuuang bilang na 75 napulis na nagbabantay araw-arawpara mas mapaigting ang policevisibility sa loob ng campus aniBaltazar.

Sa nakaraang mga taon, na-nanatiling kulang ang bilang ngpulis at kawani sa UPDP dahilhindi napapalitan ang mga nagr-eretirong empleyado. Wala namanumanong gustong pumalit dahil

sa mababang sahod, paliwanag niDagdag.

Batay sa tala ng CSO, karamihansa mga UPDP security personnelay kumikita lamang ng P5,38kada buwan. Samantala, tuma-tanggap ang isang police inspec-tor ng Philippine National Policeng panimulang sahod na higit saP3, kada buwan, ayon sa Phil-ippine Inormation Agency.

Idinadaing din ng UPDP angkakulangan ng mga kagamitan tu-lad ng mga radyo, at mga sasaky-ang lumilibot sa buong kampus.Sapat na sana ang kasalukuyangbilang ng mga kagamitan at sa-sakyan kung maayos ang mga ito,subalit luma at malapit nang ma-sira ang karamihan sa mga ito, ani

Dagdag.

Panukalang repormaMagsasagawa ng strategic

planning ang Ofce o the CSOmula 22 hanggang 26 upangpalakasin ang seguridad sa loob ngcampus, ani Dagdag.

Our goal during the plan periodis to hire at least nine new policeofcers during Year and to fll upall the [36] vacant [positions] until26, ayon sa CSO.

Kasama rin aniya sa panukalaang pagpapabuti sa ugnayan ngUPDP sa komunidad ng UP atmas maigting na pagpapatupad ngmga patakarang pangkaligtasan sakampus.

Kasalukuyan ding binabalak ang

pagtatalaga ng sistema ng pag-gamit ng Radio Frequency Iden-tifcation Card (RFID) at boom samga gate sa campus. Sa ganitongsistema, itatapik ng mga estudy-ante, aculty, sta, at ibang UP per-sonnel ang kanilang mga RFID sagate at saka pa lamang tataas angboom para makadaan ang kanilangmga sasakyan, ani Baltazar.

Maglalagay din ng mga ClosedCircuit Television (CCTV) units saibat-ibang lugar sa loob ng cam-pus tulad ng entrance at exits,

academic oval, residential areas, atiba pa, dagdag ni Baltazar.

Mahigit-kumulang P milyonang gugugulin mula sa P9

milyong badyet para sa CapitalOutlay ng UP para sa taong 22upang mabili ang mga makinanggagamitin sa mga proyektong ito,ani Dagdag.

Gayunpaman, mas mabisa paring sistemang pangkaligtasanang pagtatalaga ng sapat na daming pulis at guwardiya sa kampus,ani Prop. Ma. Olivia Domingo, gurosa National College o PublicAdministration and Governance.

Kakailanganin din aniya ng mgasecurity personnel ang sapat napagsasanay sa paghuli sa mga sus-pek, dahil kitang-kita ang kakulan-gan nito sa kasalukuyang sistema.Halimbawa, maraming guwardiyaang hindi humihingi ng ID sa mgalumalabas at pumapasok sa mga

gusali sa campus, paliwanag ngpropesor.

Ayon naman kay dating SR Kris-tina Conti, kailangan ding tiyakingmaayos ang mga organisasyonat institusyong pangmag-aaralupang makabuo at makapagpatu-pad ng mabisang mga reporma.

The best policies are those thatcome rom genuine consultationand multi-sectoral eorts; thosethat ensure saety, but not tradeo reedoms; and those thataddress the roots o the problem,not just its symptoms, paliwanagng dating rehente.

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Naging masyadolamang noong frst hindi umabot ng ganbaka mas may chancemanalo, said Lopez, whighest among the 7 points under his b

In another gamethe NU BulldogsMaroons, 67-5. OnFighting Maroons wSeason 74 champioEagles at the Aranet

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TUMATAAS NG HIGIT SA 10bahagdan taun-taon ang bilangng krimen sa loob ng kampus ngUP Diliman (UPD), ayon sa tala ng

UPD Police (UPDP) sa nakaraangtatlong taon.Mula 97, tumaas patungong 7

o .3 bahagdan ang mga kasongnaitala mula 29 hangang 2.Samantala, 26 na kaso ang naitalanoong 2, mas mataas ng 7.6bahagdan kaysa noong 2.

Pagnanakaw ang pangunahingkasong naitala, na umabot sa 27sa nakaraang tatlong taon.

Samantala, simula Enero hanggangMarso ngayong taon, 28 krimen naang naitala ng UPDP. Kabilang ditoang pagnanakaw at pananaksakkay Lordei Camille Anjuli Hina,estudyante ng Political Science, saloob ng tanggapan ng UPD UniversityStudent Council (USC) noongPebrero .

Hindi kasama sa mga talangnabanggit ang iba pang mgainsidente ng karahasan sa ibangkampus ng UP, tulad ng mgakaso ng pagpaslang, pagpatay, atpagnanakaw sa mga mag-aaral ngUP Los Baos ngayong taon.

Kakulangan sa badyetLiban sa pagiging isyu lamang

ng seguridad, ang dumaramingkaso ng karahasan sa kampus aykaugnay ng usapin sa sapat nabadyet para sa UP, ayon kay UPStudent Regent (SR) Cleve KevinRobert Arguelles.

Aniya, kung magiging sapat anginilalaang badyet ng gobyernosa UP, mabibigyan ng kakayahanang unibersidad na magpatupadng mas mabisang sistemangpangkaligtasan.

The OSR is constantly pushingsuggestions to make sure studentsare sae and secured. I also reportto the BOR regarding dierentcases o security and saety issuesto make sure policies are guided,ani Arguelles.

Ani USC Chair Gabriel PaoloHeart Dio, kasalukuyan dingnakikiisa ang konseho sa pagsu-suri at pagrepaso sa sistema ngseguridad sa UPD at pagsasagawang gender-sensitivity trainingpara sa mga security personnel ngUPD. Panukala din umano ng USCna magdaos muli ng UPD SecuritySummit upang magkaroon ng pag-uusap sa pagitan ng administrasy-

on at mga lokal na konseho sa UPD.Noong nakaraang taon, binuo ngadministrasyon ang CommunityWelare and Security Committee(CWSC) upang magsilbing daluyanng mga ideya sa paglutas ng mgaisyung pangkomunidad at pang-kaligtasan. Bagaman nagtitiponang mga kasapi ng CWSC isangbeses sa tatlong buwan, hulingnakadalo sa pulong ng CWSC angUPD USC noong Pebrero, ani Maj.Bernie Baltazar, ofcer-in-chargeng UPDP.


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SA KABILA NG PAGBATIKOS NGibat ibang sektor sa UP, inapru-bahan ng Board o Regents (BOR),ang pinakamataas na lupongtagapagpasya ng UP, ang pagpapa-tupad ng mga bago at karagdagangbayarin sa mga serbisyo ng Phil-

ippine General Hospital (PGH).Bagaman hindi pa naglalabas angPGH ng pinal na listahan ng mgaaprubadong bayarin, 40 na la-mang sa dating 192 na serbisyoang mananatiling libre para samga pinakamahihirap na pasyen-teng nasa ilalim ng class D, ayonsa panukalang inaprubahan sabuwanang pulong ng BOR nitongHulyo 26.

Ang natitirang 40 libreng ser-bisyo ay bahagi ng anim na kara-niwang medikal na proseso, tuladng urinalysis, at complete bloodcount (CBC). Gayunman, dadaanpa sa screening o pag-aaral ngChie Resident at Oce o theDeputy Director or Health Op-erations ang pag-apruba sa mga

serbisyong ibibigay sa mga pasy-ente,

Hindi naman umano manin-ingil ang ospital ng bayarin kungmapatunayan sa mga panayam ngmga social worker ng Departmento Social Welare and Develop-ment na wala talagang kakaya-hang magbayad ang pasyente.

The screening is a controlmechanism to make sure thatno unnecessary costs are in-curred. This is in line with goodgovernance principles. The ad-ministrators o PGH are account-able or the ecient use o publicunds, ani UP President AlredoPascual.

Kakulangan sa badyet

Hulyo 2011 nang unang nag-pataw ang PGH ng mga bago atkaragdagang bayarin na binawirin noong Setyembre bunsod ngmga kilos-protesta. Gayunman,inaprubahan ng BOR ang panu-kala ng PGH nitong Hunyo 4 sakabila ng pagtutol ni Sta RegentJossel Ebesate.

Mula 2001, hindi pa nagbagoang halaga ng mga serbisyongmedikal sa PGH, kaya nangailannang iakma ang halaga ng mga ba-yarin sa kasalukuyang presyo ngnasabing mga serbisyo, paliwanagni Dr. Felixberto Lukban, Coordi-nator or Public Aairs ng PGH.

Sa chest x-ray, halimbawa, nadati ay libre sa pasyenteng classD, P35 ang sisingilin para sa gaga-

miting plate. Samakatuwid, mgakagamitan lamang ang babayaranat hindi kasama rito ang gagamit-ing kuryente at labor, paliwanagni Lukban.

Sa pagbibigay ng angkop nahalaga sa serbisyong ginagastos ngospital, magkakaroon ng matibayna batayan sa pagbuo ng badyetang PGH, ayon sa memorandumni PGH Director Jose Gonzalesnoong Agosto 2011.

Ngayong taon, P1.77 bilyonang badyet para sa PGH. Para sa

Mga bagong bayarin sa PGH,

ipatutupad na

Table 1. Philippine General Hospital budget

PS MOOE CO EO Total

GAA 2012 P 1,277 M P 305 M P 190 M 0 P 1,772 M

NEP 2013 P1,497 M P 616 M 0 0 P 2,114 M

2013 PGH proposed P 523 M P 988 M 0 P1,329 M P 2,840 M

Sanggunian: Department of Budget and Management, Ofce of the Vice Presidentfor Planning and Finance

2013, P2.8 bilyon ang panukalangbadyet ng ospital (sumangguni saTable 1) ngunit P2.1 bilyon lamangang inaprubahan sa National Ex-penditures Program ng Depart-

ment o Budget and Management(DBM).

Sa panukalang badyet ng DBMpara sa susunod na taon, dumobleang badyet para sa maintenanceand other operating expenses

BUNTONG HININGA

Nagprotesta ang ilang

kawani ng Philippine

General Hospital

(PGH) kasama ang

mga miyembro ng iba

pang sektor habang

nagpupulong ang UPBoard of Regents (BOR) sa

Quezon Hall noong Hulyo

26. Kinundena ng grupo

ang desisyon ng BOR na

bawasan ang pondo ng

PGH na naging dahilan

upang mabawasan din

ang mga libreng

serbisyong ibinibigay

nito mula 192

tungong 40.

PRESSURED Indialogue with U

President Alfred

Pascual, studen

faculty of the C

of Home Econ

(CHE) aired con

and questions a

the appointme

to the position

CHE Dean of D

Lourdes Catral,

to retire on Jan

2013, over form

dean Adelaida M

Pascual expres

dismay over the

lack of trust in

administration.

(MOOE), ngunit walang inilaanpara sa capital outlay (CO), nasakop ang mga pagpapabuti ngpasilidad, imprasktraktura at kag-amitan ng ospital.

Samantala ang karagdagangmahigit P220 milyon sa Person-nel Services (PS), na sakop angsahod ng mga kawani, ay alinsu-nod lamang sa ikaapat at hulingpagtaas ng sahod ayon sa Salary

Standardization Law, ani Ebesate.Token lamang ang dagdag na

iyan. Hindi pa rin natutugunanang kailangang quality at quan-tity ng services. Nananawagan

kaming ibigay nang libre angserbisyong panlipunan lalo nasa mga mahihirap, ani Dr. JulieCaguiat ng Health Alliance orDemocracy.

Sagot ng PhilhealthPara kay Aling Lydia, isang pa

enteng class D, dagdag pahirapmga mahihirap ang bagong mbayarin. Mula Payatas hanggaPGH, mahigit P200 ang gastospamasahe para sa check-up ng ka

yang 12 taong gulang na anak may problema sa pandinig. Subhindi naman niya kayang bilhin aniresetang gamot dahil mahigit Plamang ang arawang kita ng masawa bilang mga hardinero.

Hindi na rin kumuha ng Phhealth ang mag-asawa dahil hinila matutustusan ang buwanahulog na P100. Nitong taon, dalasa kamag-anak ni Aling Lydia apumanaw nang hindi nakakappagamot.

Ang Philhealth, o PhilippHealth Insurance Corporatiay insurance company ng goerno na nagbibigay ng benepisat diskwento sa mga serbisyopangkalusugan. Sa 2013, maging P200 ang buwanang hu

upang matugunan ang nancrisk protection na kaakibat aUniversal Health Care ng gobyno, ayon kay Philhealth PresidEduardo Banzon sa isang prrelease nitong Mayo.

Malinaw na ang ganitong mpalisiya ay nakakawing sa pankalahatang programa ng gobynong Aquino na pagsasapribang mga pampublikong ospital dhil sa kakulangan sa badyet, Benjamin Santos, pangulo ng UP Workers Union-Manila.

Nararapat lamang na bantayang pagsasatupad ng palisiyaipanawagan sa BOR na bawang mga bago at karagdagang yarin, ani Ebesate.

tulong pinansyal kapalit ng ilangmga kondisyon gaya ng regular napagkonsulta sa ospital.

Pangmatagalan po ang impactng [4Ps]. [N]gayon pa lang, magandana ang ipinapakita ng numero: may1,672,977 na mga inang regular nangnagpapacheck-up, 1,672,814 na mgabatang napabakunahan laban sadiarrhea, polio, tigdas, at iba pa, [at]4.57 million na estudyanteng hindina napipilitang mag-absent dahil sakahirapan, ani Aquino.

Hindi masosolusyunan ang kahi-rapan sa pamamagitan ng pamimi-gay lamang ng pera sa mga mahihi-rap na pamilya sa ilalim ng 4Ps, aniBisenio. Paliwanag niya, dalawangmilyong benepisaryo ng 4Ps angnakatakdang magtapos sa programasa 2013 ngunit walang katiyakankung maiaahon sila nang tuluyansa kahirapan o magbabago ang kala-gayan ng kanilang pamumuhay.

Sa SONA ng pangulo, hindi na-banggit ang ilan sa mga pangu-nahing isyu kabilang ang pagpasasa Freedom o Inormation (FOI)

Bill at ang patuloy na paglabag samga karapang pantao sa ilalim niAquino.

Una nang inihain sa Kongresoang FOI noong 2010 ngunit hindiito naipasa sa Kamara matapos hin-di sumipot ang karamihan sa mgamambabatas sa ikatlo at pinal napagbasa ng panukalang batas.

With two years o presidencyand three SONAs, Aquino has onlypeddled lies on the human rights

Ikatlong SONAni Aquino...mula sa pahina 3

situation in the Philippines. He hasbeen, in act, inficting terror andviolence against the Filipino peo-ple, ayon sa Karapatan, grupongnagsusulong ng karapatang pantaosa bansa.

Sa tala ng Karapatan, may 99 nakaso na ng pulitikal na pamama-slang, 107 pulititikal na pagkakabi-langgo at 231 ilegal na pagdukot atpag-aresto na ang naitala sa ilalimng panunungkulan ni Aquino.

Aquinos third SONA is designto deceive the people that therechange, growth and developmunder his administration. Howeit is important to point out tAquino used old statistics, omted some acts and ailed to discsubstantial reorms needed by country, ani UP Student RegCleve Kevin Robert Arguelles.

Isabella Borla za


6/12

On the road

JUST BEFORE DAWN, PEOPLE CAN ALREADY HEAR LOUD HORNS ANDscreeching tires rom the city roads. Barkers and conductors call out tostudents and workers who huddle in waiting sheds and terminals. Longqueues and cramped train stations await commuters during rush hour.When buses, trains, or jeepneys cannot accommodate more passengers,some commuters will ride cabs just to reach their destination on time. Thishas become an everyday cycle or Filipino commuters.

Going the distanceCommuting reers to any orm o travel done regularly. Even beore

public vehicles became widely used, early Filipinos were already mobileas they walked, rode carabaos, and sailed boats to get to their destinations.Through time, as urbanization took place in dierent parts o the world,modern modes o transportation soon developed and began to includebuses, cabs, and trains.

In the Philippines, public utility vehicles such as buses, jeepneys, andtrains are some o the primary means o travel. People requently ridethese vehicles to go to work and to school, and also to reach other placessuch as markets, malls, and other urban centers that are important to socialand economic mobility, particularly in the city.

Urban productivity is highly reliant on the capability o the publictransportation system to transer people rom one place to another andto regulate the ow o goods by bringing a range o resources to variousplaces. Truly, commuting is a vital investment or everyone because o thethe money it saves or commuters.

Public transport is also a vital tool in ensuring economic productivity.

Commuters, the majority o which are members o the work orce,need access to employment, community resources, medical care, andrecreational opportunities. Without a transport system, a countrys economywill be paralyzedthe production and movement o goods will stop andit will severely limit peoples mobility in the city. It is thereore necessaryor the State to ensure the welare o its people and encourage economicproductivity by providing its citizens with an efcient public transport system.

Aside rom being a means to regulate the ow o goods and mobility,commuting also brings disparate people together. Through commuting,people are able to build connections with each other, no matter how eeting,through the casual sharing o seats in a bus or even by assisting ellow

passengers in giving their ares to jeepney drivers.As a universal experience, commuting provides a sense oequality and solidarity with ellow commuters. A restaurant

waiter and a manager seemingly stand on equal ootinginside a public vehicle. A corporate executive is not

entitled to skip the long queues at train stations. However,this equality is temporal because there exists a

long-standing hierarchy on who should rule theroads o the city.

Opposing lanesOn the long and winding thoroughares o the

city, one can easily spot the dierences betweenpublic and private vehicles.

With the sky-high prices o purchasing andmaintaining private vehicles, it is assumed that

their owners are o higher social class. Privatevehicles allow their owners the luxury o

speed without needing to stop every nowand then or other passengers. Theyprovide the luxury o space whilecommuters in buses and trains struggleto ft into cramped spaces. Moreover,saety is less compromised in

COMMUTING IS PART OF PEOPLES EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, BEHIND

THIS SEEMINGLY ORDINARY AFFAIR BETWEEN COMMUTERS AND PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION ARE IRONIES AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES THAT

THE ROAD ENCAPSULATES.

private carswhile public transithas become notoriousor petty criminals.

Truly, owning a privatevehicle oers more comortand convenience than commuting.However, having a car is a luxurythat not everyone can aord. Thisis not because most people do notwork hard enough, but because o theworsening state o poverty in thecountry, where the wages o those whowork hard every day are insufcientin providing their children with a decenttertiary education. The same people mustresign themselves to the risks and inconveniences

o commuting under inefcient trafc schemesand policies.

One o the trademarks o a developed country is an efcpublic transportation system. In countries like Japan and tpublic vehicles such as buses and trains are interconnectemore efcient or commuters to transer rom one ride to vehicles in these countries are also well-regulated, setting or when a certain ride will pass a certain route.

Full regulation o the public transportation system is poswhere all public vehicles are state-owned. In contrast, most modes o public transport in the Philippines are owned by pGovernment regulation, consequently, is limited to assignin

jeepneys and buses can load and unload passengers and gor trafc violations. The enorcement o these rules, hohinder drivers rom getting as many passengers even in nonto meet their target proft.

In the Philippines, this trend wherein the private sector proneeds is not confned in the transportation system. Hospitamany other important agencies and institutions are also priturn creates a business culture where proft accumulation important than providing basic social services.

Tangled spacesImproper enorcement o trafc rules complicates road us

the city. With all the policies that are biased towards privatepublic vehicles and the welare o commuters are aected.

One example is the recent policy that prohibits buseyovers, tunnels, and underpasses in EDSA because o a stbus accidents. However, the policy only exacerbates the causes trafc deadlock along the highway, particularly during

The ow o private vehicles is seldom aected by sucontrast, public vehicles are always under scrutiny. Whidifculties in dealing with trafc rules, commuters and palways the least priority and are oten at the mercy o reckle

For instance, sidewalks are supposed to prevent vehicleswith pedestrians. However, these little spaces no longer serveas some are now being illegally used as parking spaces or prand violators are not even reprimanded. Pedestrian lanes meant to guide people in crossing streets. However, drivers allow people to pass. Such schemes may make people eel l

the streets as they get exposed to risks o crimes and accidenCommuting may be an ordinary everyday activity. H

evidence o the repercussions o a negligent state ano a ragmented society. Development in the transport syar-etched i we turn a blind eye to improper road use andschemes. In a state o worsening urban sprawl, a better publicsystem is needed to ensure the welare o ordinary promote healthy urban economic progress.


7/12

nakilala sa kani-kanilang larangan

na nagpapatunay sa pagiging

epektibo ng ganitong espasyo para

sa pagkatuto. Dahil dito, hindi na

kataka-takang marami rin ang nag-

aasam na mapabilang sa hanay ng

mga tinitingalang UP alumni.

UP or nothing

Dahil sa kaakibat na karangalan

ng pagiging taga-UP, nagkaroon ng

oportunidad ang ilang negosyante

na pagkakitaan ito. Mabenta ang

mga produktong may tatak ng UP,

gaya ng jacket, baso, at iba pang

produkto. Mayroon ding mga

pambatang t-shirt na nagsasabing

UPCAT review starts now.

Sinasamantala rin ng mga

paaralan ang pagpasa ng mga

estudyante sa UPCAT. Nagpa-

pagawa pa ang ilan ng tarpaulin

kung saan nakalista ang mga

pangalan ng mga UPCAT passer

tila isang patalastas ng kanilang

kahusayan upang lalo pang

makapang-akit ng mga estudyante.

Waring sinasalamin ng mga

nabanggit na iskema ang

pagbabagong-hubog ng kultura ng

edukasyon kung saan prayoridad

ang mga kursong mapagkakakitaan.

Sa halip na humubog ng mga

ekspertong makaaambag sa pag-

unlad ng bayan, tila umaayon na

lamang ang edukasyon ng Pilipi-

nas sa dikta ng internasyunal na

pamilihan.

Tuwing bakasyon, naglipana ang

mga review center para sa mga

naghahangad pumasa sa UPCAT.

Ipinapahiwatig nito ang mistulang

kawalang tiwala ng mga magulang

sa tatlong taong kasanayangnakukuha ng mga anak nila sa

hayskul. Madalas nagkakaroon

ng bentahe ang mga nakapag-

enroll sa review center, patunay

na mayroon ngang pagkukulang

ang kasalukuyang edukasyong

primarya ng bansa.

Bukod sa muling pagkabisa sa

mga aralin ng nakaraang tatlong

taon ng hayskul, inaasahan din

ng mga nasa review center na

makakuha ng ibat ibang tips sa

pagpasa sa UPCAT.

Ibat ibang taktika ang napag-

uusapan, kagaya ng pagpili

sa letrang C kapag hindi tiyak

ang sagot. Taliwas sa ideyal na

tunguhin ng edukasyon sa UP,

hindi karunungan ang ipinala-laganap sa mga review center

itinuturo nito kung paano pu-

masa, ngunit hindi ang kabuuang

pag-unlad ng kaisipan at kakaya-

han ng mga mag-aaral.

Maging sa mismong mga hayskul,

nakukulong ang pagkatuto sa pagig-

ing mabait sa titser at pagkabisado

sa lahat ng nakasulat sa pisara. Dahil

tinitimbang sa pagpasok sa UP ang

grado sa hayskul, nagpupursigi ang

mga mag-aaral na makakuha ng ma-

tataas na marka.

PARA SA MARAMING

magtatapos ng hayskul, simple

lang ang panuto sa pag-abot ng

pangarap: piliin ang tamang titik

at itiman ang bilog na tutumbas

sa pinaka-akmang kasagutan.

Sa araw ng UP College Admis-

sion Test (UPCAT), muling magda-

ragsaan sa ibat ibang testing center

sa buong bansa ang mga

nangangarap na makapasok sa

nangungunang Unibersidad ng

Pilipinas. Taon-taon, mahigit

60,000 estudyante ang kumukuha

nito ngunit may 2,000 lamang

ang pinapalad na pumasa.Armas ang dalawang Mongol

No.2, isang pambura, at mga

kinabisadong kaalaman, libo-libong

mag-aaral na naman ang

magbabakasakaling maisakatu-

paran ang hiling ng maraming

kabataan ang mataguriang iskolar

ng bayan.

Tatak UP

Hindi biro ang pagkuha ng UPCAT.

Maraming kalaban sa limitadong

bilang ng slot sa unibersidad

ngunit kumbaga sa pelikula

taon-taon pa rin itong blockbuster

hit kumpara sa ibang college

entrance exam sa bansa.

May karangalan kasing hatid

ang maituring na taga-UP. Sa

oras na makapasa sa UPCAT,

tiyak na maraming mga positibong

salitang maaaring ikabit sa iyong

pangalanmatalino, matapang,

at iba pa.

Ang pinakamahuhusay na

propesor at eksperto ang

humuhubog sa kaalaman at

kakayahan ng mga Isko at Iska. Sa

isang tipikal na klase sa UP, mapa-

pansin ang ilang kasanayang hindi

karaniwan sa ibang pamantasan.

Halimbawa, hindi kailangang

tumayo ng estudyante sa tuwing

sumasagot o nagtatanong siya sa

propesor.

Kinikilala sa UP ang pagiging

pantay na antas ng propesor at

mag-aaral sa loob ng klasrum.

Kung may partikular na katangian

man ang sistema ng pagkatuto sa

UP, ito ay ang paghubog ng mga

estudyanteng kritikal at hindi

basta-basta umaayon sa idinidiktasa kanila, kahit pa ng mga guro.

Naglalatag din ang UP ng lunan

kung saan hindi takot ang mga

mag-aaral na ipahayag ang

kanilang opinyon. Dahil non-

sectarian ang UP, wala itong

ipinagbabawal na tanong ukol sa

relihiyon. At kahit pa pinopon-

dohan ito ng pamahalaan, wala sa

panuntunan ng UP na ipagbawal

ang pagkuwestyon sa mga palisiya

ng estado.

Marami nang prestihiyosong

alumni ng pamantasan ang

Ngunit hindi nangangahulugan

ng katalinuhan ang kahusayan

sa pagkabisa at pagkamit ng

matataas na marka. Sa pagpasok ng

mga mag-aaral sa UP, matutunan

nilang hindi pagiging grade con-

scious o pagiging sunud-sunuran

sa itinuturo ng guro ang binibig-

yang-diin ng akademya.

Hindi rin maituturing na

sukatan ng talino ang pagpasa sa

UPCAT. Sa isang pagsusulit kung

saan iisa ang tamang kasagutan,

ipinahihiwatig lamang ng pagpili

sa tamang titik ang husay ng isang

estudyante sa pagsagot, sa pagka-bisa, at marahil sa pagsisipag na

makinig at magbasa. Pagpasok

sa UP, matutunan ng mga mag-

aaral na hindi dito nagtatapos ang

kahulugan ng pag-aaral.

Walang takot kahit kanino

Gayunpaman, hindi sa lahat ng

panahon ay ikinatutuwa ng lipu-

nan ang kritikal na pag-iisip na

itinuturo sa UP. Marami nang

mga radikal na ideya ang ibinunga

ng edukasyon sa unibersidad,

kaya rin natagurian ang UP bilang

kuta ng mga aktibista.

Bago pumasok sa UP, marahil

marami ang nakatanggap ng

babala mula sa kanilang mga

magulang na huwag kailanman

sumama sa rali. Ngunit sina-

salungat ng babalang ito ang mis-

mong diwa ng pagiging taga-UP

ang kasanayang magtanong at

maghanap ng mga solusyon sa

mga natukoy na pagkukulang.

Sa kabila ng pananahimik ng

marami noong dekada 70, pinili ng

mga taga-UP na manguna sa mga

pagkilos laban sa diktaduryang

Marcos. Pinatutuyan nito hindi

lamang ang tapang ng mga

Iskolar ng Bayan, kundi maging

ang kahandaan ng mga Isko na

panindigan ang kanilang mga

ideyang halaw sa lohikal na

pagsusuri at hindi lang basta

pagrereklamo o pagrerebelde.

Kaya ang pagpasa sa UPCATay higit pa sa pag-ani ng

bragging rights. Kung

isasabuhay ang kritikal

na pag-iisip, mahihinuha

ng bagong Isko na kara-

patan ng lahat ng Pili-

pino ang magtanong,

magpahayag ng sariling

saloobin, at maka-

tanggap ng kaledad

ng edukasyon tulad

ng ipinalalaganap ng

unibersidad.

Sa huli, isang

ilusyon lamang ang

pagiging mataas ng

mga UPCAT passer

sa ibang estudyante.

Pinili lang nilaang tamang letra

at nakakuha ng

pinakamaraming tama.

Mapatutunayan lamang

ang pagiging espesyal

at makabuluhan ng

Iskolar ng Bayan kung

tatanganan nila ang hamon ng

Oblation na manilbihan sa

bayan gamit ang edukasyong

ihahain sa kanila ng pamantasan.

Multiple choice

May karangalan kasing

hatid ang maituring

na taga-UP. Sa oras na

makapasa sa UPCAT,tiyak na maraming mga

positibong salitang

maaaring ikabit sa iyong

pangalan tulad ngmatalino o matapang

Gayunpaman, hindisa lahat ng panahon

ay ikinatutuwa ng

lipunan ang kritikal

na pag-iisip naitinuturo sa UP


8/12

A

Fighting in style

DR. ADELAIDA MAYO, OR DEAN

Lady as colleagues and students

ondly call her, has the composure

and apparent style or ashion that

could not be more ftting or the

highest leadership position o the

College o Home Economics (CHE).

But more than what meets the

eye is her valuable contribution

to UPs campaign against the

cutbacks on the budget or state

universities and colleges.

Dean Lady graduated cum

laude rom UP CHE with a degree

in BS Interior Design. In 2009, theBoard o Regents (BOR) appointed

her as dean o UP CHE, and hence

served the college or three years.

Dean Mayos deanship was

marked with improvements in

student, aculty and sta welare.

Among these include the awarding

o the CHE Student Council Ofce

in the colleges newly rehabilitated

Gusali 2, extension o library

hours to lunchtime and Saturdays,

and improvement o various

acilities and laboratories.

Dean Mayo was also deeply

and genuinely concerned about

students and was quick to oer

help whenever and in any way

possible. Just two weeks ago, sheplayed gracious host or the und-

raiser or Lordei [Hina], says ormer

Student Regent Ma. Kristina Conti.

Also, the development o

CHE aculty and sta were not

neglected. For instance, various

research and extension services

rendered by aculty were

accomplished under her term.

Dean Mayo was also keen in re-

sponding to sta requests, mostly

related to enhancing working

spaces and conditions.

Despite her track record, the

BOR did not reappoint her as

CHE Dean when her term ended

last May 2012. Instead, the BOR

appointed Dr. Maria Lourdes Catral,

a aculty in the CHE Department o

Hotel, Restaurant and Institution

Management. Catral only has

six months to serve as CHE dean

as she will be orced to retire on

January 2013.

Demanding an explanation

or the non-reappointment o

Dr. Mayo, CHE students, aculty

and sta staged a mobilization in

ront o Quezon Hall last June 27.

In the end, the CHE community

was dismayed over the decision

o UP President Alredo Pascualand other university ofcials to

never disclose the reasons behind

the appointment o Dr. Catral.

Instead, Pascual encouraged theprotesting constituents o CHE to

trust the BORs selection process,

which was objectively done.

Clearly, Dean Mayos leadership

was well received by the CHE

community, as the support

she received in demanding an

explanation rom UP ofcials

or her non-reappointment

indicates.

Dr. Mayos case illustrates how

responsive leadership draws

broad support rom constituents

at times o necessity. For these

harsh times require not only an in-

tensifed alliance among dierent

stakeholders such as administrators

and students, but also a principled

unity in orwarding genuine

social change.

Philippine Collegian (PC):

How would you assess your

3-year stint as CHE Dean?

Dr. Adelaida Mayo (AM):

My vision or the UP College o

Home Economics (CHE) when I

was appointed to the deanship

three years ago was to urther

strengthen the College as a

well-grounded (in terms o its

philosophy, uniqueness and role

in the University and country)and well-rounded (in terms o

meeting the demands o the New

UP Charter) institution. These

were demonstrated by initiatives

in public service and social advo-

cacy, research and development,

aculty mentoring, sta and

student leadership training,

involvement in national, inter-

campus and university-wide

issues, participation in legislative

matters related to the discipline

o home economics and linkages

at the national, university and

campus levels.

PC: What are the greatest

achievements o your deanship?

AM: In sum, the greatestachievement during my deanship

is highlighting the character and

uniqueness o the discipline o

Home Economics and the College.

Few are aware o the act that there

is an international re-emergence

o the discipline o home

economics as shown

in the Phi Kappa Phi

Forum (2012) and

in international

journals such as the

Journal o American

Medical Associa-

tion.

PC: Youre

one o the well-

renowned personalities in UPs

campaign against budget cuts on

state universities and colleges.

What do you have to say?

AM: I did not think twice about

leading the College in its frst ever

participation, linking with many

others in fghting or greater state

subsidy or UP. I elt it was my

responsibility to go out or a

beneft that will redound to

all. It was an honor or the CHE

students, aculty and sta to

be counted among those who

stood up or a just cause. TheCHE-based student organization

namely Association o Clothing

Technology Students (ACTS), who

acilitated the ashion show titled

BUDGET CUTtoure, was given

recognition during the Parangal

sa Mag-aaral in UP Diliman in

February 2012 as the Natatanging

Samahang Pang Mag-aral or their

impactul contribution in the cam-

paign against budget cuts on SUCs.

PC: What do you think are the

possible reasons why you were

not reinstated or a second term?

AM: Honestly, I do not know. It

seems to me that those with vested

interests will move heaven and

earth to get what they want.

In the spirit o

accountability an

governance, I think

those who were in

decision that was

orward and discus

in a University Cou

and in a orum

students, aculty, sta

rom all campuses.

As one dean said,

ito sa CHE, magag

ito sa ibang kolehiy

a ormer aculty re

malaking kasalananang nagawa o di na

Lady para palitan s

aculty an anim na

makakaupo at magr

PC: Would you ru

term when the ap

retires next year?

AM: What makethat the power hol

re-appoint the same

longer term?

PC: What can t

UP Community exp

now that you are no

AM: The CHE and

munity privileged m

support overwhel

more than I could aturn to pay o

what happene

be a matter o

est to all.

I elt it was my

responsibility to go

out or a benet that

will redound to all. Itwas an honor or the

CHE students, aculty

and staf to be countedamong those who

stood up or a just

cause.


9/12

BEFORE THE DAY UNFOLDS, JOEY

Dua, 36, already mans the ront

gate post o Greenside Homes in

Imus, Cavite. Sipping his morning

coee, he clears his throat at

the sight o the rst vehicle orindividual intending to enter the

subdivision. Sino pong home-

owner? he asks.

Perorming this job or our

years has accustomed Dua in

dealing with at least two kinds o

people: those he knew and uncon-

ditionally allowed passage, and

those he did not and temporarily

denied entrance until provided

with an identication card.

Ater all, Dua is entrusted with

the security o the people who live

in Greenside Homes. Unortu-

nately or him, however, his P270

daily wage could not aord to

secure his own amilys welare.

Such insecurity is even bound

to escalate with the implemen-tation o the Two-Tiered Wage

System (2TWS) that will eec-

tively lower the basic pay which

workers like Dua receive. As i the

current dismal state o workers in

the Philippines is not enough, the

government drives the labor orce

into urther exploitation, revealing

the true interests it serves.

Unullled duty

Duas job ocially ends at 7 PM.

He goes home to his three grade

school kids, and routinely asks

them about their studies, wincing

whenever a new expense is

mentioned. At times ater dinner,

he would talk to his wie about

their nances, knowing that shell

eventually mutter, kulang.Indeed, Duas P270 daily wage

is P687 short rom the P957 daily

minimum cost o living or a amily

o ve set by the National Wage

and Productivity Commission.

Research institution IBON Foun-

dation even estimates a higher

living cost at P1017. On top o

this, his salary is clearly lower

than the P337 daily minimum

wage set or Region IV-A, which

includes Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,

Rizal and Quezon (CALABARZON).

Tinatantsa na lang. Pagkain,

transportasyon, allowance, bayarin

[ng mga bata] sa school, lahat sa

P270. Minsan nagsa-sideline ako

sa welding at nagpapart-time si

misis sa Avon, says Dua.Having multiple jobs, however,

does not spell stability or Duas

amily, as opportunities outside

his regular work are oten

seasonal. Dua, then, belongs to the

estimated 7.3 million Filipinos

that IBON classies as under-

employed, or those with work

but still seek other jobs due to

insucient wages.

S e e m i n g l y

unazed that the

minimum salary

couldnt aord

workers a decent

living, the govern-

ment implements

a new scheme

meant to urtherdepress their

wages, intensiying

the rate o

exploitation expe-

rienced by workers.

Of guard

On April 27,

the Region IV-A

Regional Tripartite

Wage and Pro-

ductivity Board

(RTWPB) issued

Wage Order No. 15

that implement-

ed the 2TWS to

CALABARZON. Last June, the

RTWPBs in the National Capital

Region and Cordillera Adminis-trative Region adopted the same

scheme, while its counterparts in

Regions II, V, VI, and XII have also

expressed plans to implement

the 2TWS in the uture.

The 2TWS sets a two-tier basis

or wages a xed foor wage

that serves as the workers basic

pay, and a fexible productivity-

based wage that depends on

worker productivity and industry

perormance.

[T]his policy reorm allows

enterprises to determine wages

according to their circum-

stances while at the same time

satisying both the social and

economic unctions o minimum

wagelead[ing] to improved

competitiveness o the Philippinesin labor market eciency,

says Department o Labor and

Employment (DOLE) Secretary

Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz.

RTWPBs determine the foor

wage in their respective regions.

Under the 2TWS however, only

the regional poverty threshold and

cheapest ood bundle available

are actored in the determination

o a specic regions foor wage,

unlike in the previous wage system

which considers various actorssuch as commodity prices, amily

spending, and enterprise capability.

For Region IV-A, the foor wage is

pegged at P255.

However, according to IBON,

the actual experience o poor

Filipinos is the strongest argument

that the new poverty line is

detached rom every-

day realities and does not

take into account infation

and the real needs o a amily.

The second tier, meanwhile, may

be negotiated by workers with their

employers, although the decision

largely remains on the latter.

[Sa 2TWS] highly prone [ang mga

manggagawa] sa mga kapitalista.

Dahil na nga voluntary ang pagbibi-

gay ng productivity incentives, di

tayo sure kung ibibigay talaga nila

dahil nga ito ay voluntary, says Car-

los Maningat, research head o in-

dependent think-tank Ecumenical

Institute or Labor Education and

Research (EILER).

The 2TWS includes a 5-year

transition period, allowing work-

ers who receive salaries below setfoor wages to experience gradual

salary increases ranging rom P2

to P90 every year. Meanwhile,

those earning more than the rst

tier will receive a P12.50 Condi-

tional Temporary Productivity

Allowance until a company has

established its Productivity Com-

mittee, which would acilitate the

implementation o the second tier.

As the 2TWS passes the ball to

the courtside o private companies,

Duas chances or a justied wage

increase is entirely let at thewhims o his employer.

Bawal maghinaing kasi may

mga kakumpetensyang agency.

Di makahirit kasi kung tataas

sahod namin mawawalan ng

[kliyente iyong agency], says Dua.

In Cavite where various sub-

divisions exist, security agencies

compete or clients, which preer

bidders who oer cheap services.

In the race or attracting clients,

security agencies are more than

willing to reduce the cost they

could aord to losethe c

spent or their workers salarie

Fostering insecurity

With overwhelming supp

rom both local and intern

tional business groups such

the Employers Conederation

the Philippines and Joint Fore

Chamber, DOLE plans on imp

menting the 2TWS nationwide

The Philippines is denit

in transition to a two-tier

wage system, which oers bet

protection to minimum wa

earners added Baldoz. By 20the entire labor orce is expect

to earn at least P255.

Although the 2TWS giv

a semblance o wage increa

its ultimate goal is to lower

minimum wage and make

fexible under the guise o pr

ductivity, says Maningat.

In act, a comparison o Regi

IV-As P255 foor wage with t

current minimum wage impos

across the country, reveals t

the 2TWS would actually low

the minimum wage in 12 o

Philippines 17 regions.

Sa 2TWS, ipapako ang wa

sa P255, puro allowances na la

wala nang mga wage hikes. Ku

gusto [ng mga manggagawamagtaas ng sweldo, sa kumpan

na sila kailangan umapela, sa

Maningat.

I Duas situation is any in

cation, the prospects o a wa

increase or workers are d

The case o the P125 across-th

board legislated wage hike, or

stance, clearly illustrates how

government downplays

workers clamor or a substant

wage increase.

[Palagi] kami sinasabihan

laging magsipag para tumaas a

sahod, pero hanggang ngayon w

naman [nangyayari], Dua lamen

With the implementation o

2TWS, workers are clearly exem

ed rom the change trumpetedPresident Benigno Aquino III, a

instead are bound to urther s

er. In the ace o global compe

tiveness and economic turm

the government has clearly sho

which side it chooses.

Thus, it is or workers like D

along with the people, to deny t

government rom breaching th

social and economic security.

CLAD IN HIS BLACK UNIFORM WITH AN EMBLAZONED F

ITS SLEEVES, JOEY DUA IS ENTRUSTED WITH PROTECTIN

THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN

THE SUBDIVISION. YET, HE IS AMONG THE LEAST

PROTECTED, BEING A WORKER WHO EARNS BELOW

MINIMUM WAGE. ALTHOUGH SUCH CONDITIONS ARE

ALREADY DEPLORABLE, WORKERS LIKE DUA ARE

BOUND TO EXPERIENCE WORSE.

Security threat

Being a security guard at a subdivision in Imus, Cavite, part of Joey Duas everyday routine includes asking IDs

from visitors, handing out visitors passes, and maintaining safety and order in their community.


10/12

pinag aralan kung hindi rin naman

para sa lipunan?

May isang Lunes noong umuwi

akong mamulamula. Taliwas sa

inaasahang bagyo, walang nagawa

ang payong ko laban sa sikat ngaraw. Rebolusyonaryo siguro ang

Panginoon, sabi ng mga kasama ko.

Sabaysabay kaming naglakad

at sumigaw sa kalsada. Kasama

ko sa hanay ang mga mukha

ng aking matatalik na kaibigan.

Kasabay ko rin sa paghakbang ang

mga mukhang walang pangalan.

Kahit noon lang kami nagkakilala,

kamiy pinagbuklod ng aming

paniniwala.

Sa totoo lang, nakakapaos din.

Nakakapaos sumigaw kapag walang

nakikinig. Ngunit, ang katahimikan

ba talaga ng lansangan ang sagot sa

nawawalang kapayapaan?

Parepareho lang naman tayo ng

gusto. Pangarap ko ring gumising

sa isang Pilipinas na libre angkalayaan. Sanay huwag mong

isipin na hinihila ka namin paba

ba para lang manggulo o maging

sanhi ng trapiko. Bumaba ka. Bum

aba ka nang maramdaman mo ang

klima dito.

Hindi naman kita pinipilit

sumabay sa aking hanay, lalong

hindi magbunsod ng malawakang

kampihan. Ang karapatan ko ay

karapatan mo rin at ang sigaw ng

kahapon ang nagluwal ng katahi

mikan ngayon.

that lent the money (not the gov

ernment) and that it does not

mean that the economy has devel

oped dramatically. Never mention

that the country has in act

become more indebted than ever.

For any journalist, or any person

who values the truth, a president

trying to mislead the nation is

nothing less than revolting. This is

the same president who lambast

ed the news program TV Patrolor its negative commentary days

ater the SONA. Aquino could not

distinguish between a news article

and a press release, probably

because he had been so busy blur

ring the line between the truth

and the lie.

Aquinos mindset, in this case,

is similar to that which shut o

the press under the Marcos dicta

torship. Ironically, the icons o the

antiMarcos movement were

Aquinos parents, whose

reputation catapulted him to the

presidency.

With such a sick mindset, what

right does Aquino have to claim

that his administration respects

truth and reedom o speech?What right does he have when he,

the onionskinned president, is

slamming the media every time

they report the harsh reality?

Aquinos words made it clear: this

is no place or a critical journalist.

*Apologies to Joseph Welch

SSSHH

LAKAS TAMA

Youtube, Olympics,at kung ano-anopang sh*t

May mga bagay nadi mabibigyanghustisya ng simplengaddition kung umpisa

pa lang, may malina sa ginagamitna equation

For any personwho values thetruth, a presidenttrying to misleadthe nation isnothing lessthan revolting

HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY, SIR?*

THE MEDIA AND THE PRESS

are teeming with contradictions.

Everyone agrees on the elements

o news prominence, conict,

signifcance, oddity but there

are always dierences on what

qualifes as news. Values clash in

the debate arena; what is and what

should be, what deserves space in

the ront page, what is the unc

tion o the media. However, there

is a broad unity that ties all journalists together, a broad unity

that lies on two central concepts:

truth and reedom o speech.

The concept o truth still merits

a thorny debate, but when everyone

sees a dog biting a persons leg,

everyone knows that the truth is

that a dog has bitten a persons

leg. I someone says that a person

has bitten the dog, or that the dog

did not bite the persons leg, that

is not true (providing, o course,

that he is sane and that we are

talking about the same dogbites

personsleg scenario). But there

is always a way to reconstruct

the truth according to ones own

motives. No, my dog could not

possibly harm a person. My dogdid not bite that guys leg, it is a

nice dog.

Likewise, as ar as the president

o the republic is concerned, there

exists a plethora o means by

which he can report the truth

and at the same time conceal the

bismo. Kaya hindi umuunlad ang

bayan ay dahil sa mga nagkakalat

at nagiingay sa kalsada.

Sabaysabay hinusgahan ng

mamamayan ang midterms ng ter

mino ni Aquino. Ayon sa ikatlongSONA ng pangulo, winaksi ang

mga wangwang at patuloy

na pinapatag ang tuwid na

daan. Ngunit, sa kabila ng mga

mabulaklak na salita, kailangan

natin maging kritikal sa mga

palisiyang isinusulong at hindi

naisusulong. Baka kailangan natin

ng remedial class sa kasaysayan

nang hindi maligaw sa daan.

Kung sa usapin rin lang ng

addition, nadadagdagan ang

bilang ng mga tanong na walang

kasagutan. Tila nagmumultiply

ang bilang ng mga biktima ng mga

paglabag sa karapatang pantao.

At kung tunay ngang dinagdagan

ang budget para sa edukasyon,

bakit kailangan pang magdivideng sariling lupain?

Sanay hindi pawang imaginary

numbers ang pinaguusapan nang

maramdaman ng mga tao ang

real value ng sinasabing kaunlar

an. Minsan kasi, may mga bagay

na hindi mabibigyang hustisya ng

simpleng addition kung sa umpisa

pa lang may mali na sa ginagamit

na equation.

Para saan pa ang edukasyon

kung hindi isasapraktika ang

pinagaralan? Para saan pa ang

GidgetEstella

BIHIRA AKONG MAG-

Facebook at wala akong

Twitter account. Tu

matambay lang ako sa

internet dahil sa Youtube.

Sa Youtube ko

unang nalalaman ang mga

pinakabagong balitang

pinaguusapan ng bayan.

Sa Youtube ko nga unang

napanood ang buong

SONA speech ni Noynoy

Aquino. Dahil nakipaggitgitan ako s

noong araw na iyon, wala akong kaide

pagiinarte ng pangulo hanggang n

nakapaginternet.

Sa Youtube ko rin napanood ang eu

ibang celebrity para kay Dolphy. Sa

nahahanap ang magagandang kanta (Th

Road to Sunday Night ng Ciudad ang pabo

at sa Youtube din ako dumadalaw kapa

tumawa (timeless para sa akin ang Lag

Ate at Wow Mali conyo drivers).

Naiinis lang ako nitong nakaraan

mahanap ang malinaw na video ng open

ng London Olympics. Maraming troll a

nagpopost ng ofcial video kuno, pero

naman ang nakalagay. May ilang video npero not available in your country nama

Wala akong kahilighilig sa sports, p

ako ngayon sa mga Olympicsrelated vi

natutunan akong bago, gaya ng nagan

Massacre (nagtataka nga ako kung bakit hin

dati ang pelikula ni Spielberg ukol dito).

ako ni Larisa Latynina, ang Russian gym

pinakaraming gold medal sa Olympics.

Pinanood ko rin ang mga nagda

ceremony. Pinakamagarbo pa rin ang sa

nalungkot ako nang malaman kong mara

workers ang pinaalis sa lungsod dahil

sila maganda para sa imahen ng China.

na torch lighting naman iyong sa Spain

sinindihan ni Antonio Rebollo, isang

higanteng cauldron gamit ang pana. Pin

naman iyong sa Seoul, Korea noong 198

ang mga dove na pinakawalan nila habanang torchkawawang mga ibon.

Nagbakasakali akong nasa website ng Lo

ang pinakabagong opening ceremony,

rin nakita. Pinuntahan ko na lang tuloy

mga Pinoy na kalahok sa Olympics ngay

lang pala sila mas marami lang ng siyam

atletang ipinadala ng Timor Leste, ang

pinakamaliit na bilang ng mga represent

Nalaman kong ang weightliter na s

ang ag bearer ng Pilipinas sa nakar

ceremony. Noong Beijing Olympics, si Ma

ang nanguna sa parada natin.

Sa pagbabasa, nalaman kong si Glori

ang nagpasya na si Pacquiao dapat an

bearer ng bansa noon. Si Miguel Molina, i

na may apat na gold medal mula sa 20

Asian Games, ang nais sana ng Philip

Committee na maging ag bearer. Unangpangulong nakialam sa kanilang desisyo

Napunta tuloy ako sa link ukol sa

Arroyo ng P1 milyon. Nakauwi na siya

sa Quezon City. Hindi na siya nakahous

na may kaso siyang electoral sabotage,

siyang ipinapatay, kahit mandurugas s

nat ayokong sabihing alleged o uman

akin, guilty talaga siya).

Nairita ulit akoparang yung pagka

hindi ko mahanap ang malinaw na vide

ceremony ng London Olympics. Sa sobran

ko na lang computer. Kung pwede la

Arroyo online, buhay pa kaya siya?

MAY ISANG LUNES NOONG UMUWI

akong mamulamula. Suma

kay ako ng jeep at nagbayad ng

walong piso. Isa pong Kalayaan.

Sana ganoon nga lang

kadali. Sana abotkaya angkalayaan. Minasdan ko ang

lansangan na aking nilisan. Puno

pa rin ito ng mga banderang pula

at mga taong pinaparatangan

ng katamaran. Dahil sa halip na

kumayod at magtrabaho, mas

pinili nilang gambalain ang trapiko.

Ang hatol ng karamihan ay

Sigawan. Sigawan. Puro na lang

sigawan. Masama bang humingi

ng kaunting katahimikan?

Ang ingay sa kalsada ay sina

sabayan ng ingay ng Internet.

Naglipana ang mga hashtag,

comment threads, at status

updates. Pagbigyan naman daw

ng pagkakataon ang pangulo at

iwaksi ang kultura ng negati

ugliness o it. Take, or instance,

the past State o the Nation

Addresses (SONAs), which

abounded with reports o

progress, portending a golden age

(and both contemptuous o detrac

tors). But the Palace spinmeisters,

also known as the presidential

communications group, were so

good in covering the cracks with

turnip wallpapers.

Aquino apparently thought

that nobody can punch holes

on his addresses, and he made

one outrageous claim ateranother. For example, the Phil

ippines has now turned into

a creditor nation ater lend

ing money to the International

Monetary Fund, said the proud

president. He never mentioned

that it was the Bangko Sentral


11/12

Pass the RH Bill Now!The University Student Counc

(USC) invites everyone to Rothe HOUSE or the RH BILL! OAugust 1, all concerned individuaare encouraged to join the even

2:00PM - March to the CH(assembly at the AS Steps)3:00PM - Dialogue with Et

Rosales at the Commissioon Human Rights

5:00PM - March to the House Representatives

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Next weeks questions:1. Kung ikaw si Noli de Castro, anong

isasagot mo kay Noynoy Aquino?

2. Ano ang mensahe mo para sa UP

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Key in KULE MESSAGE STUDENT NUMBER NAME and COURSE(optional) and send to

Non-UP students must indicate

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Sumayaw na lang tayo!Watch Joey Gosiengfa

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TEFAGEnjoy perormances rom Tala

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Like, the Dalagang LambakEdishun!

LIKE, OH MY GOD, THE MIDTERMSare so malapit na, diba! Supposedto be were all making aral likeArrhneans, but its so nakakatamad,eh! Its so halata that everyone is

tinatamad also, because theyreall, like, so galawgaw. Come maketingin at these yucky sumbongs!

Yuck #1: So my kaibiganskaibigan told me about herkaibigan who was totally madesipa rom his org because dawhe came out o the cabinet! Hewas so homoerotic, like, youknow, like gaaay? The org is soconservationist kasi, and theydont like homoerotic peoplesmaking laro with them. Haaaay. Ithought pa naman we were taposna with bigamy in our society!

Yuck #2: So, like, there was thisgroup study and the leader wasmaking subok to be Ingglisero,so he said, Any reclaims? Everyne was nalilito, and some guy

was like, Reclaims? And thisIngglisero leader was like,Reclaims? Reklamo? Everyonewas so tawa nang tawa! I have areclaim about his Ingles! Its sopangit unlike my perect grammars.Yuck #3: So I made dinig some

posers near AS who were speakinglike Singlish. It was tongue-in-check humor lang so they wereexacerbating their accents. Theywere ending their pangungusapswith lah and leh. So cheeky,noh? It was soooo corny laaah! Iknow I shouldnt make basag theirtrip lah, but so nakakarindi langsa tenga laaah! Kakahawa laaah,este, kakaloka palaaah.

Okay, riends, rowmen and cunttree men, I have to make takas

na! Its time to make aral ormidterms, and dont be pasawaylike these yucks! Or else maybebaka maaari, youll fnd yourselon the next Eksenang Peyupslaaaa! XOXOXO

Eksenang

Peyups

Sa loob ng tatlong salita,ilarawan ang nakaraangSONA ni Aquino.

3 words or past aquin0s sonas: ta-

galog (positive yan in sense na naiintin-

dihan ng marami), mabatikos (esp cgma

admin), and mapalakpak (well lahatata

ng s0na ganun) 201235115 allanine bs

chemistryPapogi. Paasa. Kulang! 11X09003

Next comedy king (daming joke na

sinabi sa SONA eh) 10-24127 BSGE

Hindi sana kulang-kulang, yan sig-

uro masasabi ko sa nakaraang SONA ni

PNoy. Galingan na lang niya kung ayawniyang magalit ang masa. Good luck. 09-

112** Mech Engg.

Tinimbang ngunit kulang. Mahaba at

malaman ang naging SONA ni P-Noy

subalit hindi pa rin nai-address ang il-

ang isyu gaya ng mataas na presyo ng

bilihin at langis, unemployment, etc.

201078818

SONA ni PNoy in three words:

Ansave? Anyare teh? 2011-42913 mr-

pogi

P-noy is doing good as a traditional

politician, despite having graduated as

an economist. For progressives, that isbad really, but i always believe that there

is no perect president. Thats why i

youre so much ar out, gawing bakante

ang presidency. Ah, minsan talaga pan-git ang perection. :)))) 2012-21271 Arius

Raposas BA Hist

mahaba, kulang, nakakatawa 2012-

21271 Arius Raposas BA Hist

SONA-a-bitch, man! MINAMI LFS-PUP

sona ni pnoy? TANG INA THIS! 09-31237

Kulang na kulang. Ganyan ang SONA

ni Pnoy. Parang buhok niya. Parang pag-

mamahal sa akin ni GERWIN TACADE-

NA. Hi Gerwin. Pansinin mo ko. Huhu.

2012-65***

lying president aquin0! 0805209

panakip butas sa problema 1100806 non-

up student,pamantasan ng montalban

Kasinungalingan, Panlilinlang,

Pa-twitams. 2012-78807

Natuwa ka ba sa Batman: TheDark Knight Rises?

Oo natuwa kasi ang hot lang ni Anne

Hathaway at Gordon-Levitt. Hindi, kasi

naging predictable yung part na nag-

ing traydor yung babaeng akala nya eh

kakampi nya. Lecheng pag-ibig talaga.

Tsaka sa ocean na naman nagpasabog ng

bomba, kawawa mga sea creatures. Mag-kakatsunami pa ater non. Haha overana-

lyze. 08-41707

oo natuwa ako s Batman: The Dark

Knight Rises, may ree kcng ood &

drinks, may limited edition n baso at

Colt45 pa,san k pa? 2012-60698 TRE-

VOR BS CoE

Ang hot ni anne hathaway! At na-kakaantig ang role ni alred ze butler..at

ang hot ni anne hathaway..as in.. *drools*

0836690

sino ba nmn ang hindi matutuwa sa

hotness ni Catwoman? Pagpapalit na ko

ng GF ko sa kanya e, haha. Pero tlagang

nkkgulat si Anne Hathaway. Sleek! 11-

79023

Astig ang DARK KNIGHT RISES.!!!With

its excellence,itll surely be imm0rtal in

the hist0ry o flm.Batman remains un-

beatable so d0es his flm.l0ng live BAT-MAN.0618068.r. Batb0y.

natuwa naman kahit papano! kahit na

wala pa rin talagang tatalo kay heath

ledger as joker. ang ngongo ni bane eh.

pero bawing bawi naman ng hotness ni

catwoman! :) 2012-15350 nelle

CommentsMahuhusay ang mga manunulat ng

kule sa pag lalarawan ng mga pagkuku-

lang ng administrasyon. Yun nga lang,

kapansin-pansin ang matinding negatib-

ong bias nito. Ano po ang nangyari sa ob-

jectiv journalism? Bakit po may halong

opinion parati ang mga article? Hindi

po bat mas matibay ang argumentong

sel-explenatory sa datos, kung saan

hahanguin ng mambabasa ang kanyang

sariling, inpormadong, at intelihenteng

opinyon? Ayaw kong maniwala na prop-aganda ang kule! 2012-70572

Lol di ko inexpect na kikiligin ako sa

sinulat ni Marjohara Tucay. Hahahaha k.

09-33264 SaLi BS ChE

hi Kule! yay! binalik mo ang Lucida

Sky. hehehe. ang galing, ang awesome

nung ginawa nya na hinagis nya ng gi-tara ang speaker. hahaha. katak kasi nang

katak yung speaker, bat di tumigil, wala

namang nagagawang matino. hehe.umaasa pa ako sa mga susunod na is-

sue ng kule with lucida sky :) 201149*6*

naku aukong manood ng Dark

Knight Rises. Di ko nga nakayang tapu-

sin ung nkaraang Batman movie. Nag-

iba na ang Batman, di kagaya dati nang c

george clooney pa. Ang Batman ngaun

di na c Batman ang inaabangan kundi

ang mga magaganda at mas gwapong

villains. 05-64061 -dakilang housewie

Papa Marjohara truthully bang vak-

lush ka rin? Kalerqui! Noseline ketch na

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