Philippine Collegian Tomo 90 Issue 10

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Opisyal na lingguhangpahayagan ng mgamag-aaral ng Unibersidadng Pilipinas - Diliman

Tomo 90, Blg. 10Agosto 24, 2012

IN LINEWITH UPPresidentA l r e d oP a s c u a l sOne University,One UP vision,a agship pro-

ject dubbed asElectronic UP (eUP)will be implemented nextacademic year, aiming toconnect and manage the

inormation systems o allconstituent units.

eUP is a P745-million massivedigital interconnection projectthat will use a US-made databasemanagement computer sotwarecalled Oracle. This sotwareincludes fve inormation man-agement systems or efcientstudent, aculty, sta and ad-ministrative records, fnance andproperty transactions, and dataand document tracking.

Oracle will ensure the gen-eration o more accurate data,which will lead to improvementsin administrative and academicservices, according to the UP ad-ministration. For instance, in the

case o the Socialized Tuition andFinancial Assistance Program(STFAP), the new sotware mightbetter prevent discrepancies inbracketing statistics gathered bythe Ofce o Student Scholar-ships and Services (OSSS) andthe Ofce o the University Reg-istrar (OUR).

Plans or the newp r o g r a mh a v e

THE UP ADMINISTRATION IS SET TO

PHASE OUT THE UNIVERSITYS

CURRENT INFORMATION

SYSTEMS TO MAKE WAY

FOR eUP, TOUTED AS

AN INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM AT PAR

WITH THOSE OF

INTERNATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS.

been launchedand introduced

this year inseveral UPcampuses, ex-cept Visayas. Thesotware will thenget a pilot run in the UPSystem Ofce, UP Manilaand Open University cam-puses on April 2013. By the endo Pascuals term, in 2016, eUP isexpected to be ully-unctionalin all UP units.

But several points o concernhave been raised by UPs home-grown web team and studentleaders as regards the imple-mentation o eUP. Beyond theexpected hype over a techno-logical upgrade, the system re-boot may also be another steptowards the commercializationo UP and state education.

System crashAt present, there is a Computer

Registration System (CRS) in UPDiliman (UPD), and the cost oreplacing this already unctioningset-up with Oracles StudentAcademic Inormation System(SAIS) is a budget misprioritization,

critics say.

CONCERNS RAISED BY STUDENTS

AND ADMINISTRATORS PROVIDE AN

INSIGHT INTO WHY THIS AMBITIOUSPROJECT MAY NOT EXACTLY BE THE

UPGRADE THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS.

HOWEVER,

SAIS is one o thefve management inor-mation programs underthe Oracle sotware which isocused on student, aculty, staand administrative records. Sixo the 13 applications eaturedin SAIS are already in UPDs CRSsuch as class enlistment, onlinedropping, and student recordstracking, according to a docu-

ment o collated questions andconcerns rom various UP o-fces dated August 3.

Since Oracle is ready-to-use,automated processes will bestandardized and additional

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Isabella Patricia H. Borlaza

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Patnugot sa Balit

LIPOS NG PAIT ANG KASAYSAYAN

ng repormang agraryo sa Pilipinas.

Bagamat dalawat kalahating

dekada na ang nagdaan mula nang

ipatupad ni dating Pangulong

Corazon Aquino ang Comprehen-

sive Agrarian Reorm Program

(CARP), wala pa ring natitikmang

ginhawa ang mga magbubukid na

matagal nang nag-aasam ng tu-

nay na reporma sa lupa.

Nilayon ng CARP noong 1988

na ipamahagi sa maliliit na

magsasaka ang kabuuang 7.1

milyong ektarya ng lupaing

agraryo sa bansa sa loob ng 20

taon. Subalit hanggang sa ngayon,

libo-libong ektarya pa rin ang

nananatili sa kamay ng iilang

panginoong maylupa at negosyante.

Samut saring paraan ang

ginagamit ng mga ganid upang

patuloy nilang makontrol ang mga

lupain. Sa dalawang dekadang

pag-iral ng CARP, malaking bahagi

ng mga lupang agraryo sa bansa

ang ginawang komersyalisado

upang hindi ito masakop ng nasabing

programa. Naging balakid rin sa

agarang pamamahagi ng lupa

ang mga probisyon ng CARP na

humihingi ng kabayaran mula sa

mga magsasaka, at ang paghihintay

sa mga panginoong maylupa

na kusang ipamigay ang lupang

pagmamay-ari nila. Sakop rin

ng CARP ang pangangailangang

magkaroon ng Certfcate o Land

Ownership Awards (CLOA) upang

mapatunayang karapat-dapat ang

mga benepisyaryo nito.

Markado na sa kasaysayan

ang mga kakapusan at kawalang-

pakinabang ng CARP sa mga

magsasaka. Ngunit sa kabila nito,

ipinatupad pa rin ni dating Pan-

gulong Gloria Arroyo noong 2009

ang CARP Extension with Reorms

(CARPER) na nagdagdag ng lima

pang taon sa nasabing programa.

Ngayon, sa ilalim ng pamumuno

ni Benigno Aquino III, hawak pa

rin ng mga pribadong kumpanya

ang halos 94 porsyento ng 1.034

milyong ektaryang lupain sa

Pilipinas. Batay sa tala ng IBON

Foundation, may 9,324 ektarya

lamang ang naipapamahagi ng

administrasyong Aquino bawat

buwanmas mababa pa sa

naipamamahagi ng mga nagdaang

pangulo. Bunsod nito, hindi

naaabot ng pamahalaan ang

200,000 ektaryang dapat na

naipamamahagi nito taon-taon.

Malabo ring makamit ang 750,000

ektaryang target na dapat matapos

maipamahagi pagsapit ng 2014,

kung kailan nakatakdang magtapos

ang CARPER.

Ayon sa nakaraang SONA ni

Aquino, siya raw mismo ang

tatapos sa CARP na sinimulan

ng kanyang ina, subalit pinasisi-

nungalingan naman ng datos ng

mismong Department o Agrarian

Reorm (DAR) ang kanyang pahayag.

Mahigit isang taon na lamang ang

nalalabi para sa pagpapatupad ng

CARPER ngunit may tinatayang

921,962 ektaryang lupain pa ang

hindi naipamamahagi.

Naging malaking problema rin

noong 2004 nang mapawalang-

bisa ang 2,000 CLOA na sumasakop

ng 380,000 ektarya ng lupa. Dulot

nito, 1.7 milyon na lamang sa

halip na 2.1 milyon ang magiging

benepisyaryo ng CARPER.

Maraming butas ang parehong

CARP at CARPER na lalo lamang

nagpapahirap sa mga magsasaka.

Maraming naitalang kaso ng

land conversion, halimbawa, na

basta-bastang nagpapalayas sa

mga magsasaka upang bigyang

espasyo ang mga ipatatayong

komersyal na imprastraktura.

Patunay ito na kung may

tagumpay man ang nasabing mga

programa, ito ay ang lalo pang

pagpapayaman sa mga pribadong

korporasyon at mga hasyendero.

Matinding balakid din ang

pagiging hasyendero ni Aquino,

at ang pagkakaroon ng napa-

karaming panginoong maylupa

sa Kongreso, sa pagpapabilis ng

distribusyon ng mga lupang

aprubado ng Korte Suprema (SC)

gaya ng Hacienda Luisita. Walong

buwan matapos aprubahan ng

SC ang pagpapamahagi sa Luista,

wala pa ring angking lupa ang

mga benepisyaryo nito.

Sa kabila ng mga pagkukulang ng

CARPER nitong nagdaang tatlong

taon, lalong nakababahala ang

landas na tinatahak ng rehimeng

Aquino para sa repormang agraryo.

Bumaba ang pondong nakalaan

para sa DAR sa susunod na taon

mula P30 bilyon tungong P21.4

bilyon. Kaakibat ng pagbawas na

ito ang pagtatanggal ng halos

9,000 na empleyado ng DAR,

isang salik na makadaragdag pa sa

pagbagal ng distribusyon ng lupa.

Samantala, wala ring inuusad

sa Kongreso ang Genuine Agrarian

Reorm Bill (GARB), na siyang

binuo sa pakikipagtulungan sa mga

magsasaka upang maturol ang

tunay nilang pangangailangan.

Sakop ng panukalang batas na

ito ang libreng pamamahagi ng

lupa, pagbawi ng mga lupaing

agraryo mula sa mga pribadong

kumpanya at hasyendero, at

pagbibigay ng sapat na pondo

upang makapagsimulat malinang

ng mga benepisyaryo ang lupang

makakamit nila.

Patunay ang mga datos at mga

desisyon ng pamahalaan na

hungkag ang pangako ni Aquino na

magtatagumpay ang CARP sa

ilalim ng kanyang pamumuno.

Sa likod ng mga pagpapanggap,

bakas pa rin kay Aquino ang

mithing protektahan ang mga

pribadong kumpanya at mga

hasyenderong katulad ng kanyang

mga kamag-anak.

Sa pagpapatuloy ng CARPER,

higit pang lulubha ang kalagayan

ng libo-libong magsasasakang

ilang dekada nang pinagkaitan

ng karapatang magbungkal ng

sarili nilang lupa. Pinatitingkad

lamang ng mga palyadong

programa ng pamahalaan ang

hamong ipaglaban ng mamamayan

ang karapatan nilang magbungkal

at mabuhay nang marangal. Ang

labang ito ang lilikha ng bagong

kasaysayanhindi lang para sa

mga magbubukid, kundi para sa

mamamayan.


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SYSTEM REBOOT

PAG-ALALA SA MGA

NAWALA

Bilang paggunita sa

ika-1000 araw ng

kawalang-katarungan

para sa mga biktima

ng Maguindanao

Massacre, nagsagawa

ng candlelighting

ceremony ang ilangmamamahayag sa

Bantayog ng mga

Bayani noong Agosto

19. Noong Nobyembre

23, 2009, 53 katao,

kabilang ang 32

mamamahayag, ang

pinatay sa itinuturing

na pinakamadugong

kaso ng election-related

violence sa bansa.

eatures, such as the STFAP,would be developed by the university, explained Pascual.

Still, Efcient and OptimizedOperations, the philosophy o eUP,is already in practice in the currentautomated documentation andrecording system used by UP, saidUniversity Registrar EvangelineAmor.

The CRS is already stable, addsthe CRS team. Adjusting the SAIS

o Oracle to the needs o the university would pull us back at least fveyears rom what we have now, theyexplained.

Until 1997, enlistment was donemanually on a frstcome, frstserved basis. UPD introduced anenlistment system which madeuse o cards and a random selection process dubbed as Writein in1998. This system evolved in 1999into a computerautomated system pioneered by the OUR and theCollege o Engineerings Department o Computer Science.

The three versions o CRS werecoded into colors, namely, MaroonCRS in 1999, Blue CRS in 007 andthe current Maroon CRS in 011.The later versions were characterized by improvements in eaturesand greater technology adaptation.

In June 011, the CRS team, madeup o an average o eight memberso aculty and student computerprogrammers, submitted to the Ofce o the Chancellor a threeyearproposal to urther develop the Maroon CRS 011.The proposal wasapproved and part o the P18 million budget has been released orequipment such as laptops.

Other enhancements, such asthe change o matriculation andsearch by schedule eatures under the preenlistment module wereadded last year, said CRS JuniorBusiness Analyst Mary Macapagal.

At present, all UP campuses gen

erate their own computer registration and automation system.The CRS, however, is only one o

the fve inormation managementprograms under the Oracle sotware. It doesnt make sense anymore or [UP] to develop its ownsotware or a process that is beingdone by thousands o other entities, said Pascual.

Pascual plans to hold a dialoguewith the CRS team in September todiscuss the web teams reservationswith eUP. Baka mayroon talagangunique [characteristic ang CRS] nahindi macapture ng [Oracle]. But Idont want us to be unique. We are[already] let behind. We have toadapt to the best practice, he said.

I given enough support and

confdence rom the administration, UP could generate its own inormation management programsthat would be at par with the Oraclesotware, said Amor.

Ang pinakamalaking problemnaman ng [CRS] team is umaalisyung experienced [web] developers either dahil hindi na akma yungsalary nila sa experience nila ornabuburnout lang dahil sa lack orecognition, said Macapagal.

This also begs the question: whatis the scope o SAIS? Because or allwe know, the CRS might have some

eatures that are more mature thanSAIS, Macapagal adds.

Currently, the CRS has an annualaverage budget o P.7 million, only5.4 percent o the cost o the wholeOracle sotware which is P50 million.

DebuggingeUP directly contradicts an alter

native recommendation o ormerUP President Francisco NemenzoJr.: the adoption o opensourcedsystems, to prevent the universityrom being beholden to IT companies and the maintenance ee thesecompanies charge, said Diliman Interactive Learning Center DirectorPeter Sy.

The eUP budget is comprised oP547 million rom reprogrammedUP unds and P198 million addi

tional budget rom the Commission on Higher Education, said VicePresident or Development (VPD)Elvira Zamora.

The budget will be rolled out inthe fve years o implementationrom 01 until 016. The regularbudget or fve years o InormationTechnology (IT) maintenance andoperations in UP is around P430million, while the added cost o implementing eUP is P314.8 million,

according to the OVPD.This year, a total o P4 mil

lion or more than hal o the wholefveyear budget, would be spentmainly on the purchase o the sotware, retraining o sta and webdevelopers, and the creation anddeployment o inrastructures thatwould strengthen the connectivitybetween networks. The remaining

unds would be or the continuedoperations, such as the maintenance o equipment, and salary osta and web developers.

To urther support eUP, theuniversity has entered into a tieup with telecommunications giant Electronic Philippines LongDistance Telephone Company(ePLDT), which won the biddingas the system integrator that willensure the smooth linking o the

Oracle program into the computernetworks o UP.

Meanwhile, ePLDT sister frmSmart Communications Incorporated has also oered to set up wifconnections and inrastructuresthat will strengthen the networking system, among others, in UP.

Currently, the universitys internet service provider is a research

education network, the PhilippResearch, Education and Govement Inormation Network, whalso provides the bandwidth uto gain access to journals or sources rom partner institution

What we ear in these otshel products is a possible lockwherein clients are tied to usone brand because all the compnents needed is unique only that brand, said Computer Cen

Director Johnrob Bantang. In dynamic nature o technology, rular upgrades mean regular traactions with sotware providers

Firewall protectionStudent leaders maintain t

the unding or eUP could habeen used or more immediconcerns such as the developmand improvement o acilities aequipment.

Gumradweyt na ang frst pneering batch ng Chemical enneering dito [sa UP Visayas] subhanggang ngayon, sa ibang schopa sila gumagamit ng laboratorMas mapapakinabangan pa ng mestudyante ang laboratories anew acilities kaysa eUP, said

Visayas Student Council Chair Joathan Gonzales.Unspent UP unds could ha

been reprogrammed to meet universitys other inrastructuneeds, especially as the Depament o Budget and Managem(DBM) slashed P5.113 billion woo capital outlay (CO) requiremein UPs 013 proposed budget.

Some o the proposed inrastrture projects or 013 that DBM not grant include the constructo the Human Kinetics buildingDiliman, the Veterinary MedicResearch Center in Los Baos, Library, Gym and Museum Buiing in Tacloban.

On the other hand, new and hier ees are being charged to char

patients in the Philippine GeneHospital (PGH), an entity under ollowing the series o budget cor the university. PGH will not ceive any CO allocation or 013

The College o Human Kineticalso mulling on new ees or Phycal Education classes (see relaarticle).

Meanwhile, some sectors o UP community have expressears o having a thirdparty thold o university records and daZamora, however, assured tthese ears are unounded and tthe database will be held and matained by the university.

I the university decides to ipose Oracle, the eUP team shouassure us that we dont have to

through the similar hell we wthrough when CRS was just staing and that Oracle can be alignto processes that the UniversCouncil duly approved. Otherwan imposition o Oracle can ocause violence on internal Univsity processes, said Sy.

Efciency would always be wcome, but not at the expense o opriorities and the welare o ostakeholders, said Student RegCleve Arguelles. (With reports rVienna De Francia)

ALTHOUGH THE P2-TRILLIONproposed national budget or 013 is10.5 percent higher than this yearsP1.816 trillion, sectoral groups warnthat the said increase will be exploited or electioneering purposes instead o providing genuine socialservices to the people.

For 013, the unding or economic services and social servicesincreased by P7.1 billion and P85.4billion, respectively. Economic services cover inrastructure projectswhich contribute to the countrysindustry growth, while social services include health care, housing, andpublic education.

The 013 budget claims to reinorce the administrations commit

ment to President Benigno AquinoIIIs social contract with the Filipinopeople, which seeks to create jobs,provide social services, reduce poverty, develop agriculture, and promote private business.

[However,] there is much reasonto conclude that the socalled socialcontract has been broken manytimes over. Growth remains exclusionary and the prospects or real,equitable, and sustained developmentremain poor, countered independentthinktank IBON oundation.

Touted as the Empowerment

Deceptive 2013 budgetrears electioneering fears

Budget, an oshoot o the Reorm Budget o 011 and ResultsFocused Budget o 01, the 013budget ultimately shows a propoor packaging but in act remainsunresponsive to the urgent socialneeds o the people and developmentrequirements o the country, according to multisectoral group BagongAlyansang Makabayan (Bayan).

Deceptive budgetAllocation or capital outlays,

which include spending or theconstruction and repair o inrastructure, hiked by 15.7 percentrom P38.3 billion to P380 billion.However, higher spending does notnecessarily mean better service tothe people, said Kabataan Partylist

Representative Raymond Palatino.Since the government has des

ignated the Department o PublicWorks and Highways (DPWH) as theagency in charge o all inrastructureprojects, it has also become easieror corrupt ofcials to transact overpriced and other anomalous deals,explained Palatino.

Instead o talking to various lineagencies, politicians will now onlydeal with DPWH. One agency orthe spoils, onestopshop or corruption deals, the youth solon said.

Meanwhile, allocation or per

sonal services, which covers salaries and benefts, went up by eightpercent, rom P1.465 to P1.6 trillionor 013. The budget increase, however, was due mainly to the implementation o the ourth tranche othe Salary Standardization Law, thestatemandated pay hike or government workers.

The government will also go ona nationwide hiring spree next year,allotting P60.11 billion or 164,30vacant and new positions in government ofces. This only meansthat, despite the Palaces repeateddenials, [the government] did unnecessary underspending in thepast two years and now has theunds or a hiring binge in time or

the elections, Palatino said.The budget or maintenance and

other operating expenses o government ofces, also increased by17.5 percent to P313.3 billion. Debtservicing, meanwhile, will retaina huge share o the budget, withinterest payments amounting toP333.9 billion or 013.

No improvement in social servicesAmong government depart

ments, the Department o Education received the highest allocation,

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Pass a pro-women, pro-poor RH bill

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BUSINESS AS USUAL

A gas station staf

operates a uel

dispenser in a

gasoline station at

Sta. Mesa, Manila on

August 21. Citing oil

companiesinsatiable

greed andinsensitivity, militant

groups condemned

the recent price

hike o oil and other

petroleum products

by as much P1.80

per liter, days ater

the onslaught o

torrential rains

caused by

Hanging Habagat.

AFTER SIX MONTHS OF HOLDINGa picket line at the Sta. Mesa campuso the Polytechnic University o thePhilippines (PUP), all 148 janitorswho were removed rom theirposts will fnally be reinstatednext month as talks between theadministration and a new manpoweragency fnally yielded an agreementto retain the said workers.

The maintenance sta oundthemselves unemployed aterthe expiration o the universityscontract with manpower agencyUnitrend and the temporaryemployment o Care Best InternationalInc. maintenance sta members onFebruary 15.

The PUP administration awardedthe P7.4 million contract to SaproManpower Agency (SMA) onAugust 17 ater the new agency

SEVERAL PARTY-LISTS IN THEHouse o Representatives (HOR) haverenewed their calls to junkprovisions o population control inHouse Bill 4244 or the ReproductiveHealth (RH) Bill, as solons resumediscussions o amendments onAugust 28.

Population control can neverbe prowomen nor propoor. Whatpoor women need is a national policy

on genuine and comprehensivereproductive health care as basisor asserting their right to properhealth care, said Gabriela Womens

Partylist (Gabriela) Representative Luz Ilagan.

The RH bill, which provides orthe promotion o both natural andartifcial contraception, has beenpending in the lower chamber othe Congress or almost a yearnow.

On August 6, members o theHOR voted to end the period odebates and proceed to amend

the bill despite strong oppositionprimarily rom the Catholic BishopsConerence o the Philippines.

PUP reinstatesretrenched janitors

agreed to absorb all 148 janitorsor three and a hal months, romSeptember 15 to December 31.

Magandang balita na mayroonnang agency na tatanggap sa amin.Matagal na rin kaming walangtrabaho at nakukontento na lamangsa pamamasura, said Samahanng mga Janitors sa PUP (SJPUP)member Jerry Padallan, who hasbeen working in the university or13 years.

ReinstatementPrior to SMA, the PUP administration

had already attempted to awardcontract to two other manpoweragencies.

A month ater Unitrendscontract with PUP ended, theadministration held a bidding onMarch 14 where the CBII won thenew contract or the universitys

janitorial services. CBII howeverreused to absorb the 148 janitorspreviously employed underUnitrend, prompting the universityadministration to call o thecontract.

On July 19, the PUP administrationcalled or a second bidding processand subsequently awarded the

contract to Chemicals orMaintenance and Prevention TaskMan Power Agency (CMTP). CMTPagreed to absorb the ormer PUP

janitors, but the administration alsocancelled the deal due to the agencysnoncompliance with requireddocuments.

Due to two subsequent ailedbiddings, the PUP administrationdecided to undergo a negotiatedcontract, or an agreement with anagency that will be benefcial orboth parties, with SMA, said PUPBids and Awards Committee (BAC)Chairperson Tony Velasco.

The HOR is set to end theperiod o amendments and proceedto vote on second reading onSeptember 20, said House SpeakerFeliciano Belmonte in a statement.

It is time that we work onamending the bill to make it moreresponsive to the health needs opoor women, said Ilagan.

Gabriela, Bayan Muna, Anakpawis,ACT Teachers Partylist, and

Kabataan, collectively known as theMakabayan bloc, are pushing orthe amendment o sections 3, 12,and 25 o the RH bill which drumbeat population control as solutionto poverty. (See sidebar)

Section 3, the guiding principleo the bill, states that [t]he limitedresources o the country cannotbe suered to be spread so thinlyto service a burgeoning multitudemaking allocations grossly inadequate and eectively meaningless.

The section must be rephrasedas the provision tends to blame thepoor and the women or the risingpoverty in the country, accordingto a statement signed by memberso Makabayan.

Our people are suering rom

Aside rom SMA, two othagencies have applied or tnegotiated contract, includiCMTP, which still ailed to meet trequirements.

As the negotiated contract wSMA ends on December 31, tPUP BAC is set to conduct anothpublic bidding in November search or a new manpower agenor the university next year.

Efects o contractualizationMembers o SJPUP have bepicketing near the universpremises since February 16 protest their unjust retrenchmeand inaction o the universadministration on the matter.

With the signing o the negotiatcontract, the SJPUP is set to aboltheir picket line on August 24, saKilusang Mayo Uno Chair ElmLabog. However, the SJPUP wremain vigilant as SMAs contrawith the university is only eector three months, he added.

The retrenchment experienco SJPUP members is only one o tmany problems that contractualizatis acing nowadays, Labog said.

As essential services in governme

agencies are outsourced to privaenterprises, workers lose tsecurity o tenure enjoyed regular employees, making thevulnerable to retrenchment aother labor issues, Labog explain

Hindi binibigyang garantng muling pagtanggap sa amin trabaho ang paggalang sa amimga karapatan bilang manggagawMagpapatuloy pa rin kami pagmamasid ng mga iba pamangyayari, said Padallan.

Sidebar: Proposed amendments to RH bill by Makabayan bloc

SECTION 3.Guiding Principles.

The limited resources o the countrycannot be suered to be spread sothinly to service a burgeoning multitudemaking allocations grossly inadequate andeectively meaningless.

SECTION 12.Integration o Responsible Parenthoodand Family Planning Component inAnti-Poverty Programs.

A multidimensional approach shallbe adopted in the implementation opolicies and programs to fght poverty.Towards this end, the DOH shall endeavorto integrate a responsible parenthoodand amily planning component intoall antipoverty and sustainable humandevelopment programs o government,with corresponding program support.The DOH shall provide such programstechnical support, including capacity-building and monitoring.

The resources o the country mustbe made to serve the enti re population,especially the poor, and makeallocations adequate and eective.

A multidimensional approach shallbe adopted in the implementationo policies and programs to fghtpoverty. Towards this end, theDOH shall implement programs

that ensure ull access o poorand marginalized women toreproductive health care services,products and programs. The DOHshall provide such programstechnical support, includingcapacity-building and monitoring.

Original Provisions Proposed Amendments

SECTION 25.Implementing Mechanisms.

The Commission on Population(POPCOM), as an attached agency oDOH, shall serve as the coordinating bodyin the implementation o this Act and shallhave the ollowing unctions:(a) Integrate on a continuing basisthe integrated health and populationdevelopment agenda consistent with theherein declared national policy, taking into

account regional and local concerns;(b) Provide the mechanism to ensureactive and ull participation o theprivate sector and the citizenry throughtheir organizations in the planning andimplementation o reproductive healthcare and population developmentprograms and projects; and (c) Conductsustained and eective inormation driveson sustainable human developmentand on all methods o amily planningto prevent unintended, unplanned andmistimed pregnancies.

The Commission onPopulation (POPCOM), asan attached agency o DOH,shall serve as the coordinatingbody in the implementation oSECTIONS 7, 10, 11, 13, and 17o this Act and shall have theollowing unctions:(a) Provide the mechanismto ensure active and ullparticipation o the privatesector and the citizenry throughtheir organizations in theplanning and implementationo reproductive health careand population developmentprograms and projects; and(b) Conduct sustained andeective inormation drives onsustainable human developmentand on all methods o amilyplanning to prevent unintended,unplanned and mistimedpregnancies.

poverty. [T]hey are not the onescausing it. To address poverty isto address inequity and addresslandlessness, lack o industries, lowwages, high prices, and poor andinaccessible social services, addedthe group o partylists.

Meanwhile, Section 12 providesor the integration o responsible parenthood and amily planning component in [all] antipoverty

programs o the government throughthe Department o Health (DOH).

The Makabayan bloc proposesto rephrase the provision underSection 12 to speciy the unctiono DOH in the implementation oprograms that ensure ull access opoor and marginalized women toreproductive health care services,products, and programs.

The womens right to inormedchoice must not be imperiled byany design or population control,the partylists explained.

Also, the partylists seek toamend the current provision othe bill under Section 25, whichurther outlines the governmentspopulation control agenda underthe guise o prochoice and poverty

alleviation.Section 25 defnes the role

the Commission on Populat(POPCOM) as the coordinatbody in the implementaion o proposed law. Paragraph (a) o section specifes the commissiounction to integrate on continuing basis the integrahealth and population developmagenda consistent with the herdeclared national policy, taking iaccount regional and local concern

Makabayan proposes insteto limit the unction o POPCOonly to provisions that all witits mandate as a technical ainormation resource agency... aas lead strategic planner, [apolicy and program advocate the population program.

The partylist bloc also propoto strike out paragraph (a) o section, one o the three specunctions o the commission as dfned by the bill.

Allowing the [POPCOM] serve as the coordinating bo[in the implementation o


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The sub-prime mortgage iascoSub-prime mortgages are loans

to homeowners who relativelydont possess good credit rat-ing. Despite being considered as

high-risk investments, the sale osub-prime mortgages brings largeprot to investment institutions,compared to prime mortgages orloans to homeowners with goodcredit ratings. Prot opportunitiesin selling sub-prime mortgages en-couraged banking rms to continuelending to sub-prime credit home-buyers, resulting to a burgeoning$700 trillion worth o mortgagebonds lent in 2007.

Driven by prot, private banksthat oer sub-prime mortgagessought additional capital to nance

Addicted

their risk-taking. Attracted by the

low 1 percent interest rate oeredby the government, these institu-tions focked to the US Treasury toavail o mortgage bonds. The highdemand or mortgage bonds orcedthe US Treasury to ask the FederalReserve to inject capital into itsvaults.

In 2008, the sub-prime mortgagebubble burst. Unable to pay mort-gage, thousands o homeownersdeaulted on their loans, resultingto mass seizure o housing units ascollateral. A housing surplus soonensued, driving the price o real

property down. Since the hous-ing bust in 2008, real estate pricesplummeted by 35 percent romtheir peak prices in 2006.

Because o the low housing de-mand and continuing drop in houseprices, even large lending rmsincluding Lehman Brothers andGoldman Sachs began deaultingrom their mortgage bonds in theUS Treasury due to loss o income.This led to a crisis in the US Treas-ury, with the government being un-

DEBTis a potent drug that has enslaved the international

economic system throughout the years. The global economyhas relied on debts to service its decits and provide capital to

stimulate economies since the 1980s.As such, the 1980s saw a new economic drive to stimulate a dying

1970s market back to lie, through debt agreements that supposedly jump-started economic growth between developed countries willing to lend sup-port to developing ones. During this time, through multilateral organizationssuch as the IMF, even ully developed countries borrowed rom neighbors tonance their decits and expenditures, promising prots in exchange. Theseacts prompted the start o the debt addiction.

With the dawn o the new millennium, the ecstasy o the debt-drivenworld came, with the international community posting a booming 5.4 per-cent GDP growth in 2000. But as with other drugs, the disastrous side e-

ects came soon ater the initial high wore o, with world GDP growthsteeply declining by 2008. As the world plunged in another reces-

sion, governments upped the ante by increasing debt relianceto save their ailing economies.

At the center o the debt crisis is the UnitedStates, the worlds dominant superpower

and the worst debt addict o all.

able to pay loans rom the Federal

Reserve.

Mass layosWith banks deaulting and un-

able to pay corporations that haveinvested in their ventures, compa-nies and industries are also caughtin the domino eect. When enter-prises lose capital, they lose moneyto nance their labor orce, inevita-bly leading to massive layos. Dueto the housing bubble crisis, unem-ployment rates skyrocketed to 10percent in 2010 rom 4 percent in2008. Due to the contraction o thelabor orce, the governments tax

revenues also contraver, unds or governor the unemployed said and Social Securextensively to aid t

the layos. This situagovernment decits, wcontracting and speincreasing.

War in Iraq and AgThe September 11

tacks triggered the Uon Terror, resulting led military aggrescountries believed ting terrorists like AgIraq. The obscene USspending or warare,over $3.7 trillion, urthe governments sc

LEGISLATIVE

BODIES SET UP

SUITABLE CONDITIONS

FOR CREDIT

THE US GOVERNMENT

ATTRACTS INVESTORS

TO BUY BONDS

BUDGET DEFICITS

GROW

The entire world is entangled in debt. According to the International Monetary Funds (IMF) 2011 World Outloodebt stands at more than $54 trillion or more than thrice the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the goods and services a country produces. In recent decades, the debt crisis has intensied its grip to the world, enthat leaves even the ormidable struggling, and the vulnerable sinking.

Debt varies in nature and source, and its repercussions stretch to management o scal position and economcase o developing countries like the Philippines, government borrowings translate to the allocation o huge ponational budgets to pay such debts, depriving social services and other productive endeavors much needed alloc

For developed countries, the burden o debt unolds a slightly dierent story. The recent debt crises in the Unitreveal how even the worlds strongest economies are held hostage by debt.

Ronn Bautista

The debt cycle

begins when a country

incurs a decit, or when a

government spends more than

their collected revenues.

The outstanding US public debt as o August2012 already amounts to $15.94 trillion, surpassing

its GDP o $15.59 trillion as o June, setting its publicdebt-to-GDP ratio at 103 percent.In 2011, the US incurred a $1.3 trillion decit, having

spent $3.6 trillion, while collecting only $2.3 trillion inrevenues. Such decit stems rom ederal overspend-

ing, that included government loans to bankinginstitutions that sold subprime mortgages, and

obscene spending or wars waged overseas (seeseparate article).

Starting 2008, the US economy plunged into

one o its worst recessions in history, result-ing to mass layos and bankruptcies o key

nancial institutions, leading to lower gov-ernment revenues and decreasing the ederalgovernments capacity to pay outstandingdebts. The US government is obliged to pay itsoutstanding public debt rom external and lo-cal sources such as oreign governments andthe Federal Reserve, a state organization yetparadoxically enjoys independence rom thestates control.

With the US government acing large scaldecits, the US Congress was orced to raisethe countrys debt ceiling, or the legislated max-imum amount the government could borrow, to$16.4 trillion rom $14.3 trillion.

To address

scal decits, the

US Treasury sells Treasury

bonds (T-bonds), which are

essentially loans made by the ederal

government to pay or public projects.T-bonds are highly sought ater in the nancial

market, as these are considered as low-risk invest-ments, since the government itsel guarantees pay-ment o the principal and non-taxable interest when thebonds mature. In short, the government loans rom nan-

cial institutions and investors, promising to pay ater agiven period no matter the situation.

However, with government revenues dippindue to recession, the government nds it hard

pay or T-bonds which have reached matuOne way the government secures pay

is through the issuance o more bondhigher interest rates. Such process ragovernment debt, and increasinglyloans more expensive or the state.

The US is unable to write o its loans due to insufcient revenues,

and in turn only incurs urther decits.The US $15.94 trillion nominal public debt is composed o the $11.18 trillion

debt rom private individuals and oreign governments, and $4.79 trillion debt romintragovernmental holdings. China and Japan hold large sums o US bonds at $1.17 trillion

and $1.12 trillion respectively. Intragovernmental holdings meanwhile, are debts by theUS government to its own trust unds intended or services like Medicaid and Social Security.All the contracted loans however, were largely used to service previous debts, leaving

insucient nances to close decits due to decreasing tax collection. The US ailure towrite o decits pushes its government to once again tap the drug it conveniently uses,

submitting itsel to yet another round o the debt cycle.

CRASH & BURN


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8/12


9/12

Mula noon, hinubog na

mga Amerikano ang mga P

pino upang mahalin ang kanlura

ing kultura. Ang pinakamabisa

instrumento ng kanilang panan

kop ay ang sistema ng edukasyna idinala nila sa Pilipinas

nagbigay-diin sa paggamit

wikang Ingles. Naging panga

gailangan sa akademya at mga

dustriya ang kahusayan sa wika

Ingles.

Subalit nitong nakaraang h

ing mga dekada, napatunayan

panulat nina Virgilio Almar

Rolando Tolentino, at iba pa

dalubhasa ang kakayahan

wikang Filipino na tumalakay

mga diskursong panlipunan, l

na hinggil sa sarili nating kultu

Sa ganitong antas mapapa

nayan na hindi nakahihigit a

mga wikang banyaga sa wika

Filipino.

Ngunit hanggat nananatilnakaratay ang ating m

industriya sa dikta ng Kanluran

merkado, mananatiling nakakade

ang ating mga dila sa mga wika

banyagang babansot sa at

sariling wika at kultura. Hangg

hindi pa napagtatagumpayan a

pagkamit ng ating kalayaan m

rito, hindi malayong maisip

tuwing Agosto lang maibibida a

sarili nating wika.

LIPAS NA SA KAISIPAN NG

maraming mag-aaral sa kolehiyo

na tuwing Agosto, ipinagdiriwang

ang Buwan ng Wika. Samantalang

sa mga elementaryat hayskul,

abalang-abala ang mga bata

habang nag-eensayo para sa

sabayang pagbigkas at sa kanilang

papel na gagampanan para sa

pagtatanghal ng dula na hango sa

Noli Me Tangere.

Taon-taon, ipinagdiriwang ng

mga paaralan at ng buong bansa

ang Buwan ng Wika. Ngunit sa

labas ng mga entablado kung saan

namamayani ang tinig ng mga

batang nag-eensayo ng kanilang

mga makathang tula, nananalagi

ang tanong kung bakit sa tuwing

Agosto lamang ginugunita ng mga

Pilipino ang kanilang sariling wika.

Dula-dulaanMatapos ang paglaya ng Pilipinas

sa pananakop ng mga Hapon,

inilatag ng bagong gobyernong

Komonwelt noong 1935 ang ilan

sa mga hakbang upang maituring

ang Pilipinas na isang malayang

bansa. Isa rito ang pagpapatibay

ng iisang katutubong wika na

magbubuklod sa buong bansa

upang mas lalong maitaguyod

ang sarili nating pagkakakilanlan o

identidad-- isang malaking hamon

dahil sa dami ng katutubong wika

sa buong kapuluan.

Kaya naman noong 1937,

ipinagtibay ng dating

pangulong ManuelL. Quezon at

ng Surian ng

Wikang Pam-

bansa, na

ngayon ay

Komisyon sa

Wikang Fili-

pino, na ang

p a m b a n s a n g

wika ay marapat

na bumatay sa wikang

Tagalog. Napili ang Tagalog

dahil ito ang wikang lubos

na naiintindihan ng kalakhan

ng populasyon sa bansa,

maraming panitikan ang nailathala

sa wikang ito, at ito ang wikang

ginagamit sa Maynila bilang

sentro ng kalakalan. Noong 1987lamang itinakda sa konstitusyon

na Filipino ang itatawag sa

wikang pambansa upang ihiwalay

na ito sa grupong etnikong

Tagalog at upang buksan ang

pambansang wika sa pag-aangkop

at paghihiram ng mga salita mula

sa ibat ibang wika sa bansa.

Itinalaga sa buwan ng Agosto

ang pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng

Wikang Filipino dahil sa buwang

ito ipinanganak ang dating

pangulong Quezon, ang kinikila-

lang ama ng wikang Filipino.

Gayunman, pinaiiksi ng

ibang paaralan ang selebra-

syon nito sa isang linggo.

Tanging ang Pilipinas la-

mang ang may pagdiriwang

na nakalaan para sa sariling

wika, kung kailan ito ang

panahong gagawa ang mga

mag-aaral ng malalaking

poster ng Bayanihan, ma-

ghahanda ng pagtatanghal

na tatampok sa makalu-

mang kulturang Pilipino, at

kung minsan, may parada pa

ng mga batang may suot na

barong at saya. Ngunit mata-

pos ang lahat ng itoy mala-

mang na magulanit rin ang mga

poster na ito, malilimutan ang

mga kaganapan sa pagtatanghal,

at itatambak muli ang barong at

saya sa loob ng aparador.

Isang buwang ipagbubunyi

ng mga Pilipino ang sarili nat-

ing wika. Ngunit para sa mga

natitirang buwan, walang maka-

pagtitiyak kung ipinagmamalaki

pa ng mga Pilipino ang Filipino,

o kung may ibang wika na itong

idinadakila.

Epol / appleMay mainit na debate pa rin sa

kung ano nga bang wika ang mas

wastong gamitin para sa pagtu-

turo sa mga paaralan. Maraming

mambabatas ang naggigiit na

wikang Ingles ang marapat

na gamitin bilang itoang tinaguriang

lingua franca

o ang wikang

kilala ng

buong mundo.

Samantalang

ipinagtanggol

ng ibang

mambabatas ang

paggamit ng wikang

Filipino sa pagtuturo

bilang ito ang wikang mas

madaling maiintindihan ng

karamihan at sa gayon, mas madali

matututo ang mga mag-aaral

kung ito ang gagamitin.

Noong 2003, itinakda ng dating

pangulong Gloria Macapagal-

Arroyo na mas pag-igihan pa angpaggamit ng wikang Ingles sa

pagtuturo, ayon sa Executive Order

210. Ayon sa kanyang adminis-

trasyon, para raw ito sa pagtaas

ng global competency ng mga

Pilipino. Bukod sa may layunin

itong sanayin ang mga Pilipinong

maglingkod sa mga dayuhan,

sinasabi rin nito na walang likas

na kakayahan ang wikang Filipino

na tumugon sa pangangailangan

ng panahon. Ngunit ngayong

napatupad na ang programang

K-12, ang

pagkakaroon

ng universal

kinder at 12 taon ng

basic education, sa ilalim ng

administrasyon Aquino, hinihi-

kayat ng DepEd na ang mother

tongue o ang wikang bernaku-lar ang gamiting wikang panturo

sa mga mag-aaral. Sa ganitong

paraan daw, batay sa maraming

pagsusuri sa loob at labas ng

bansa, ay mas mauunawaan ng

mga mag-aaral ang mga paksang

tatalakayin sa kanilang mga klase

dahil mas gagap nila ang wikang

kanilang kinagisnan.

Sa aspektong ito, mahihinu-

hang kinikilala ng bagong pro-

grama ang kakayanan ng mga

wikang katutubo at ng

wikang Filipino

m a k a p a g -

p a l i w a n a g

ng mga

k o n s e p t o

at aral-

ing pang-

akademiko.

B a g a m a t

may posibili-

dad na mahati ng

ganitong sistema ang

mga mag-aaral na tangkilikin

ang kanilang sari-sariling wikang

bernakulo, kasabay ng pagtang-

kilik sa sarili nating mga wika

ay ang unti-unting pagguho ng

kolonyal na pag-iisip ng mga

Pilipino, at pagpapayaman ng

ating sariling kultura.

Abakadabra

Hanggang sa ngayon, nakatalipa rin ang ating mga kamay

para mas paghusayan ang ating

paggamit sa wikang banyaga

kesa sa ating sariling wika.

Nagkaroon ng mainit na tala-

kayan hinggil sa kahalagahan ng

Filipino noong nakaraang taon

nang nailathala sa Manila Bul-

letin ang sanaysay ni James So-

riano, isang estudyanteng kol-

umnista, na Language, learning,

identity, privileged. Ayon kay So-

riano, ang wikang Inggles

umano ang wika ng

mga nakapag-aral,

hindi ang wikang

Filipino.

Sa isang

banda, hindirin natin ma-

sisisi at mai-

kukubli ang

katotohanan na

Ingles ang wikang

madalas gamitin ng mga

priviledged na Pilipino sapagkat

mula pa noong panahon ng

pananakop ng mga Amerikanoi-

dinikta na sa atin na kailangan

nating tangkilikin ang wikang

banyaga upang maging maunlad

ang bansa.

Sabayang pagbigkas,sabayang pagbaklasTUWING AGOSTO IPINAGDIRIWANG ANG BUWAN NG WIKA. NGUNIT

MAGPASAHANGGANG NGAYON, USAPIN PA RIN KUNG ANO NA NGA BA

ANG KALAGAYAN NG ATING PAMBANSANG WIKA AT KUNG TUNAY

PA NGA BANG PINAHAHALAGAHAN ITO NG MGA PILIPINO.

JonathanAlejo Valdez

Para sa mga natitirangbuwan, walangmakapagtitiyak kungipinagmamalaki pa ngmga Pilipino ang Filipino,o kung may ibang wikana itong idinadakila

Kasabay ng pagtangkiliksa sarili nating mga wika

ay ang unti-untingpagguho ng kolonyal napag-iisip ng mga Pilipino,at pagpapayaman ngating sariling kultura


10/12

People are infectedwith a syndrome thathas the potential toparalyze the revolu-tionary functions inour brains

KUNG BAKIT AKO SUMALI SA KUL

LAKAS TAMA

Wala yan salolo ko*

Sa totoo lang, hindinaman maituturingna laging negatiboang Kul mas akma,

para sa akin, angsalitang mapanuri

THE PETIBS SYNDROME

THE STREETS SHOULD BEpacked with people right now.They should be grinding theirteeth in anger, or marchingsteadast in the heat o thelong-missed sunshine, inresponse to the spectrum oissues that continue to assaultthem despite the promise ogenuine change. They are stillexploited or their labor, intellect,and bodies, while the dire condi-

tions o lie maniest in variousways: cheap wages, landlessness,unabated price hikes, inadequatesocial services, and continuing en-vironmental degradation.

The apparent normal-cy, the choking complacencyenveloping the surroundingscannot be explained right away.For one, the people cannot be ex-cused or lack o knowledge. A-ter all, the tipping points whichlead to a mass revolt have longbeen mouthed by the ot-vili-ed, sometimes annoying, yetpersistent activists. Sayingpeople are busy on the otherhand is simply lame; never in thehistory o mankind has there beenmore time to food the world with

sel-reerent materials via socialmedia.

Finally, the ear o the statehand, o tear gases, water cannons,and police shields, cannot be usedas reason or backing out o theght. The State will always wieldits power against resistanceaconstant condition that must belooked at as part o the problem,

at the poor, premised on the blindyet denied worship o privateproperty. Symptoms can begin withconsenting to the preposteroussuggestion rom the Palace to blastthe homes o millions o Filipinos toclear the waterways, and can laterdevolve to cursing the squatters andblaming them or the lth andfoods o the Metro. Those whocannot own, they believe, are nogood to society.

The lingering and mostdangerous side-eect o thissyndrome is the perceivedseparation o the aficted peoplerom the oppressed classes, andtheir belie in the ability o therotten system to recover,provided it goes through tokenchanges such as the elections.This mentality, hammered in thepsyche o the aficted masses sodeeply by the constant barrage opropaganda via pop culture, mustbe countered by generous doses ocritical education and exposure tolie as experienced by the strug-gling masses.

This is not the rst time thesyndrome was observedit isthe nature o the middle-class, a

tendency bred by years orustration with the currentsystem, pushing them to cling on toindividual wants.

Fortunately, the progressiono this syndrome can be arrested.The rst step is class diagnosis.The next is the strengthening othe will to overcome the nature othe class we belong to.

galitan ang kapwa mo writer, peronauunawaan mong hindi iyonpersonal. Kahit mga alumni ngKul, parang linggo-linggo pa rinang presswork kung magkita sa

inuman.Napagkasunduan nga ngmga kasama ko rito na para nakaming may sariling kultura.May mga joke at hirit na hindinaiintindihan ng iba namingkaibigan. May mga expressiondin at partikular na tono sapagbanggit ng ilang salita angpare-pareho naming ginagamit.Dahil nasanay akong sila lagiang kasama, hindi ko mapigilangmagulat kapag may nagtatanongkung kailan ang SONA at sinoang president ng UP.

Iyon ang isa pang dahilan kapag taga-Kul ka, lagingmatatalinot matatalas na tao angsa paligid mo. May mga bagongKul ngayon ang naninibago sa

mga negatibong anggulo sa mgaisinusulat namin. Pero sa totoolang, hindi naman maituturing nalaging negatibo ang Kul masakma, para sa akin, ang salitangmapanuri.

Totoong tumataas angkamulatan ng mga taga-Kul habangnagtatagal sila sa pagsulat, pagguhito pagkuha ng mga litrato para sadyaryo. Sa tatlong taon ko sa Kul,nakapag-interview na ako ng batangprostituted, ng mamang nagnakawat nakulong dahil walang makain,ng tindera sa Chinatown, at iba pa.

Linggo-linggo ko ring binasagang bungo ko para masagot angkaraniwang tanong na anongbagong angle at ano angpinaka-sharp na analysis.

Kapag bago ka sa Kul, hindimalabong manghina o matakotka sa edit marks ng editor mo;posibleng maramdaman monghindi ka sapat para sa paman-tayan ng dyaryo. Pero sabi nganamin, matitigas ang mukhang mga nagtatagal sa Kul.Nakikipaglaro kasi ito sa egong mga miyembro minsannaninira ng dangal, pero maymga pagkakataon ding wala nangpapuring tutumbas kapag nasabi-han kang bet! ng mga kasama mo.

Kalaunan, magiging natu-ral na sa yo ang pagpili ng mgaakmang salita at pag-ayos ng mgadetalye sa artikulo. At hindi morin maiiwasan na sa tuwing maymaririnig kang issue, susuriin moito sa mas mataas na antas saisang pananaw na nakabubuti

para sa marami at sa diskursongtumutunggali sa mga nakasan-ayan.

Tama namang haggard talaga saKul kumakain ng oras, nagigingcause o delay sa pag-graduate,at minsay naninira pa ng relasy-on sa pamilya, kasintihan at saibang mga kaibigan. Pero sa totoolang, hindi ko maisip kung ano angmagiging buhay ko sa kolehiyokung hindi ako sumali rito.

MAY TATLONG PAYO

sa akin si Mama bago

siya umalis patungong

Saudi. Una, bawas-bawasan

ko raw ang pagyosit

pagtoma ko. Ikalawa,

ituloy ko na ang

pag-shit sa gusto kong

kurso. At ikatlo, huwagko raw bibigyan ng sakit

ng ulo si Lolo.

Katabi namin si Lolo n

bi niya iyon sa airport. At

nakagawian, deadpan lang ang matand

Nang paalis na si Mama, Wag k

parting words sa kanya ni Lolo. Laha

mga bilin, ikinasa na lang namin sa m

yakap at mabilisang halik sa noo.

Noong mga oras na iyon, hindi k

maisip na mapapabilang na naman

popular na statistics. Bukod sa ba

dumaraming bilang ng broken amilie

ngayoy isa na rin akong anak ng OFW

Pag-uwi, dalawa na lang kami ni Lo

iyon na yata ang pinakamahabang aw

sa buhay ko. May walong taon na kamin

sa bahay pero kailanman, hindi lumamminuto ang mga usapan namin. Alis n

madalas kong linya sa kanya, at suw

susuklian niya ito ng sige, o ingat

mo.

Kaunti lang ang alam ko tungk

Halimbawa, alam kong mahusay siyang

piano. May isang beses ngang umuwi ako

madaling arawlasing na lasing. At

nanginig talaga ang pusot kalamn

makarinig ako ng malumbay na m

sinasara ang pinto. Hindi ko m

nagkaroon ba ng soundtrack ang bu

walong bote ng beer na tinagay

nagkatotoo na iyong mga napapan

sa horror special ng Magandang

Nakahinga lang ako nang magsalita s

susuka ka, doon ka sa banyo. Hindi na a

pero sa loob-loob ko, Wala na po akonthank you.

May mga bagay din akong nalalaman

naririnig ko sa usapan nila ni Mam

nagyoyosi siya datit tumigil lang nan

Lola. Siya lang din ang kilala kong napa

Risa Hontiveros. Mukhang labanos n

up daw ang kunwaring aktibista, sab

Tutol si Lolo sa pag-alis ni Mama.

silang magtalo tungkol sa akin, at kah

ako sa may kusina, parang aparisyon

hindi nila nakikita. Natatakot si Lolo

pero pinagpipilitan ni Mama na ala

ginagawa ko. Akala ko rin dati alam m

wa mo, sabi ni Lolo. Critical hit iyon p

kong nabuntis, iniwan ng syota at nagp

kahit hindi pa siya handa. Gusto ko san

pero naisip ko, hindi naman ako ang tu

pagtatalo nila.Hindi ko malaman ang gagawin at s

makatabi ko si Lolo sa taxi kaya nagpan

akong natutulog. Nagsalita lang ako

tog ang I You Leave Me Now ng Chic

Gusto ko yang kantang yan, sabi ko.

Ako rin, sabi niya. At parang sa p

naming inawit ang mga sumunod na

gang sa matapos ang kanta.

*pasintabi sa Eat Bulaga o sa ku

nanggaling ang catchphrase na ito

Lauren Anicia

not a game-changing variable.As all possible explanations

are unsatisactory, only onehypothesis is let: the people areinected with a syndrome thathas the potential to paralyze therevolutionary unctions in ourbrains.

The ollowing behaviouralpatterns can be seen in many peo-ple now: restlessness, impatience,arrogance, and ambivalence. These

are most obvious in crucial mo-ments o decision, such as when an

activist-riend persuades a personto join a mass demonstration. Thereply is usually just one o the two:mockery or apology. Either way, its

a no, even when the issue at stakeis the increase in oil prices, whichcan determine whether he/shewould have to pay a couple morepesos or an Ikot ride two or threemonths later.

The aficted also exhibits ab-surd psychological maladies,which usually includebut arenever limited toirrational rage

Sabi ng isang malapit na kai-bigan, kaya raw nagtatagal angmga tao sa Kul ay dahil may mgakulang sa buhay nila na kayangpunan ng pahayagan.

Matagal kong pinagnilayan angpuntong iyon. Dahil love-hateang relasyon ko sa Kul (sumali-umalis-bumalik), dumaratingtalaga ang mga pagkakataonginuugat ko ang mga dahilan ngpananatili ko ritot pakikibahagi salingguhang sakit ng ulo.

Isang dahilan, siyempre, angpagkakaroon ko ng malalapit nakaibigan sa Kul. Freshman akonang sumali kaya maaga pa lang,

nalimitihan na ang oras ko paramaghanap ng ibang mga kaibigan.

Pero hindi ko itopinagsisisihan. Hindi kasibasta-basta ang samahangnabubuo rito sa Vinzons 401.Bawat weekend, kakailanga-nin ninyong damayan ang isatisa upang maitaguyod angdyaryo. Makikita mong napapa-


11/12

Anong masasabi mo samadamdaming speech ni Tito

Sotto?hindi utak senador, dramang artista.

-0702789its not right to generalize that what

happened to you happens to each othe one hundred million lipinos. also,it couldve been better i he stuck withthe acts. artista kasi eh. haha. 2012-21271Arius Raposas BA Hist

Dyan naman sya magaling sa pag-arte,orte nya yan eh! Puro cla photo-ops they 4get wat we really need, a longterm solution 2 end the poverty here inPINAS! Vince maulana ncpag guard

Pang-best actor! Ikaw na TITO! Da bestka. Muah muah chup chup! :p 12-51184 BSStat

sana nag-stay na lang si Tito Sotto sacomedy, bebenta pa sya. 201143213 abbiBA PolSci

Gusto ata ni Tito Sotto na masamadin sa cast ng Walang Hanggan tuladng asawa niyang si Helen Gamboa. Bakadaw makita sya ni direk, makatyamba!Punyemas pati pulitika dinadaan sadrama! 10-010** Tekla

PLAGIARIZED! Nakakahiya angspeech niya, senador pa man din.201078818

Madamdaming plagiarized speech nisotto. D porket blogger ang kinopyahan

nia, d n nya isacite. Nkakahyang senador.Tsk tsk. 2012-35490 BA Journalism

Sino ang bet mong maging

bida sa pelikula ng 50 Shades

of Gray?Since people keep accusing EL James

o having written 50 shades o gray as aripo o twilight, why not reuse the leadactors rom its lm version too? Theyboth have that creepy actor, Pattinsonhas his dead cold look (and sparkle), andIm sure KStew deserves a little spank-ing ater her little issue. ;) 2011-18140

Matt Bomer and Amana Seyried2010-55339 Alou Wy BS ChE

Si Noynoy para sa 50 dierentshades o gray ng buhok nya sa ulo.112***3

IAN SOMMERHALDER ANG BETN BET N MAGING MR CHRISTIANGREY!:)) 1027646

O, Mayor Lim na yan. 2012-78807First o all 50 shades o Grey yon kasi

wla ako bet na maging bida sa 50 shadeso Gray. Well, kung 50 shades tril-ogy lang ang usapan bet na bet ko angmakalaglag panty na si MATT BOMERbilang si Christian Trevelyan Grey andI ucking nominate MYSELF as Anasta-sia Rose Steele. ;) Yen Legaspi BS Phys-ics PUP Sta. Mesa, Manila

Matt Bomer omg! Hes gonna rock itlike its a boat! :)) 2010-0**94Si IAN SOMERHALDER ang dapat

na maging Christian Grey. Sa mysteryand dark expressions palang ng char-acter, 100% match na! IanForGrey!200949460 GELIX PILAPIL BS MetE

Sa sobrang gwapo ni christian grey,parang wala yata pwdeng gumanap. Oksana si ian somerhalder, gwapo kasobampira na eh. Haha. 0911780

CommentsHi kule! Miss ko na si gino chang! :))Para kay ate Marjohara para sa Pro-

ject NOAH, ayyiie pumi-PBB teens!Akala ko talagang para dun sa websiteyung article mo. U olredi :)) 2011-47xxxic

HAHAHA. tawang-tawa po ako kaykuyang nasa mrt sa eksenang peyups ..XD 2012-21098. _ .

Nakakakiliiiig yung article ni AteMarjohara. Sana siya na nga talaga at

sana tuloy-tuloy ang update ng kulesa mga susunod pang kilig momentsng lovestory na to. :) 2012-78570 CathyBS SW

Re: cultural table scraps. Kaya nga Sup-port Local Independent Music! :) 200*-4670*

Hahahaha! Winner ang EksenangPeyups talaga! Lalo na ang chika #3.Para-paraan lang talaga. 10-65868

Benta ung chika3 ng EP, haha :D2009-21886 b.s ge0l

kule.hanga aq sa mga cartoonist nio..i want to be like them .. nakakainis ungmga intrimitidong reshie .bagamatreshie den aq. ansarap nga nung maieye opener sa mga student e. 12-27409Sagutan

To Louie Posadas: Sorry but Kule isnot the UP Newsletter. Go look or highschools objective journalism some-

Pass a pro-women,

pro-poor RH bill

where else. 09-57***To 10-59856, laging may bias sa

pagbabalita, mainstream o alternativeman na medium. Walang negative saginagawa ng kule. Masigasig silang na-ghahanap ng datos, gumagawa ng pa-nayam at nagsasaliksik. Sadyang nega-tive ang tunay na nangyayari at youcant expect a positive headline romthat. Disappointing talaga yung naka-

paloob sa article na binanggit mo, peromas disappointing kung lilinlangin langdin tayo ng pahayagan na mas kritikalat mas mulat kaysa sa iba. 12-20247 BAJourn

To: 10-658658. Kule PARA SA MAR-GINALIZED STUDENTS? Saan yungmarginalized students sa UP? I was notinormed. 0782181

To 06-78686, I AGREE. Sa highsch0ol lng cnsbi n dpat walang biasang j0urnalism. Ang Kule ay simbolong katapangan ng UP students. Di ko nrin kc mbilang kung ilan beses ko n nbsan bias dw ang Kule. Ako po ay an ngdyary0ng ito, in act, 2 issues lng angkulang ko nung reshie ako. ^_ 09-21886, b.s ge0l

PanawaganKung makabayan talaga ang UP,

dapat sinusurportahan nila ang mgacommunity establishments tulad ngSC at hindi ang mga private sectors!2012-24576

Pabatihi kay FRANCE OBISPO! napakagan-

da mo, lalo ka pang gumaganda arawaraw! Nkakabighani! 200759523 harhar

Nais ko lng pong batiin c Celine, Mi-kee, Te Pao, Dhan, Carla at Marwin. Ha-haha. Lagi nman tyong mgksama, wellung iba, ung iba d ngrreply kht nkkailangtext nko at prang nkkpag-usap lng akos imagnary boyriend kong c EnriqueGil. Pro no hard eelings. Haha. D moreu hate d more u love, ika nga. Kain nmantau minsan kay Mang Robert. Whahaha.Ingat lagi. Enjoy ntin to! Rakenrol! 2012-30386 eelingFC

Hold Your Breath, Count to

Three, and SYAGIT!Syagit or the Cebuano term or

shout is what we do when were atour happiest. On August 25, 6pm atMoonlea Maginahawa, UP Kagayhaan,an organization o UP scholars romCagayan de Oro, brings you theirannual esta party: SYAGIT 2012: AShout For Prosperi-TEA. This eventaims to help victims rom the recentfoods in Manila brought by the south-west monsoon. Lend a hand to thosewho are in need while having a greattime grooving to acoustic and classicalmusic. Altogether, lets Syagit thenight away.

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NEXT WEEKS QUESTIONS:1. Sino sa tingin mo ang karapat-dapat

na maging sunod na DILG secretary?

2. Ano ang gusto mong maging tema

ng UP Pep Squad ngayong taon?

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

Non-UP students must indiate any

school, organizational or sectoral

aliation.

#CHANGE

Revolutionizing Trends in Youth Involvement in Nation-buildingThe Oce o the Student Regent, in partnership with KASAMA sa UP

and UP Solidaridad will be co-hosting the 2012 University o the Philip-pines Student Congress with the theme: #CHANGE: RevolutionizingTrends in Youth Involvement in Nation-building. This annual StudentCongress will gather UPs top student leaders rom student councils,organizations, publications, and other student ormations rom thedierent UP campuses to discuss our dierent concerns as well as toormulate our unied response.

For details, contact Cleve (09277334302), Kevin (091666052559) orlike us on Facebook (b.com/2012UpStudentCongress)!

Tulong Sulong Fundraising GigHindi pa huli para makatulong sa pagsulong ng mga nasalanta ng

Hanging Habagat. Inihahatid ng Sinagbayan UP ang TULONG SULONG:Isang Fund-raising Gig. Ang lahat ng kikitain dito ay mapupunta saOplan Sagip Kanayunan ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. Tutugtogang mga bandang Talahib, The Squibs, Pink Cow, KJah, CoeeBreakIsland, BLKD, The Axel Pinpin Propaganda Machine, Republika De Lata,Plagpul, Dictador, 5 Year Plan, Squibs. At may ree TANGINA THISprinting! Sa Agosto 24, tara na sa Freedom Bar, Anonas!

Para sa ibang detalye bisitahin ang www.acebook.com/sinagbayan.upo kontakin si Bonnie Jenniedy Ruiz ng Sinagbayan UP (09272803351).

Pektus: Mga Maikling KwentoIsang book launch, lm showing,

at gratti art show, at exhibit ngmga artista ngayon. Ang Pektusay antolohiya ng mga akda nainiluwal ng mga utak na uhaw atgutom sa gitna ng kalye habanghinahabol ng mga nampapayb-six,adik at asong ulol. May librengpudtrip at toma! Rekta na saAugust 31, 2012, 3-5 PM sa paligidng CAL at FC. Andun kras mo!Pektusin mo!

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DA BIRDIE EDISHUN

Hello mga bekibers, mad

koyangs, and closeta muheras! Aha

ha! I am so back! Your very own d

in disguise and university bitch

Walang wala nang makapipigil pa

aking isasabog na bagong chismis.

gedhz, sumasabog na sa super init a

mga luha ng tumititilanding birdna naglipana muli across the univ

sity. Ugh, like they let the stains on

walls! Eww.

Birdie #1: Gesh! Sinong koyang i

na super lang makapaasa to the m

As in ater the koyang sat on the j

to SM, may sumunod na koyang

blue. Gedhz, like atal attraction a

peg! In air lang magskin to skin a

dalawa inside the jeep rom the ar

to the siko! Itinago ang arms beh

his bag and slowly crawled his ng

across the at tummy ni koya. E

naman si koya ay hindi na maka

at bumigay. Muntik nang suma

ang pants ni koyang nang biglang

migaw si manong driver ng Visa

Avenue. Ayon, napa-tsk tsk na lasi koyang in blue ater bumaba. H

kasi naman mga beks, lesson learn

huwag hu-hook up sa jeep kung ay

niyong mabitin.

Birdie #2: Sinetch ang koyang i

na during an aternoon tambay w

his brads and sistahs across the u

quiet na kuboland ng kolehiyo ng

landian, ay biglang may nagpasa

ng sama loob as in maders tiririt a

putok mula sa ilalim. In air, sa m

nasa loob nagtinginan kay koyang

biglang napasabi ang isang mu

na Ikaw ba yon? Sabi ni koya, so

hindi ko alam kung may tunog siy

wala hanggang lumabas ang *. Ged

koya ah ang bango!

Birdie #3: And or our super pasog, sinetch namang koyang itey na

ter iwanan through letter ng kanya

boynetchiwa ay hindi pa rin lumili

ang bitteresa eex. Kelan maghihil

ang pusong nasugatan ang peg ni k

ang. In air, mas nasugatan pa siya

the max nang malaman niyang n

chugchugan est ulet si boynetch

sa isang tenggabelles na boylash. H

naku koyang itigil na ang panganga

wala nang babalikan sa mga baliko

utrez. Keri be happy? Mwah mwah

In air, naginit ako dun. Hihi th

drops na pang-gondola. Aavail mu

ako ng mga boylalu rom engineer

I heard theyre big daw. Harhar see y

mwahbelles bye!

proposed RH law] underscoresthe States intent in pushing orpopulation control, according tothe Makabayans statement.

The Senate is also currentlydeliberating on its own version othe RH bill as proposed by SenatorsMiriam Deensor - Santiago andPia Cayetano. The Senate ended

the period o debates on June 6.The Senate has yet to start theperiod o amendments and vote onsecond reading.

Once the HOR and Senate ratiytheir respective versions o theproposed bill on third and nalreading, the two chambers o theCongress will meet in a bicameralconerence to reconcile dierencesin the two versions. The nalversion will then be orwarded toPresident Benigno Aquino III orhim to sign it into law.

[The] Congress shouldconsider the unhealthy state thatmarginalized women are in, andbe moved by their need or ree,accessible, relevant, basic andimmediate health services. Letus move towards a nationalpolicy on a genuine, pro-poor,and comprehensive reproductivehealth care, said GabrielaRepresentative Emmy De Jesus.

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12/12

May bahid ng takot ang mga tanaw ni Teresa Garcia, 50, habang nakikipagsapalaran sa laot ang anak niyan

upang manghuli ng isda. Katulad ng nararamdaman niya sa tuwing mamamangka ang anak, binabalot din n

Teresa sa tuwing naiisip ang napipintong paglisan nila sa kanilang tahanan dulot ng malawakang pagpapa

sa Freedom Island, Las Pinas.

Lilipat na kami sa Taguig sa Disyembre, pero hindi ko alam kung paano kas i [wala

pa kaming pamasahe], ani Aling Teresa. Pinapirma na raw sila ng kasulatang

nagsasaad na kasama ang kanilang tirahan sa Coastal Road sa Las Pias na

matatamaan ng Manila-Cavite Coastal Reclamation Project, isang proyektong

naglalayong tabunan ng lupa ang 635.14-hektaryang katubigan sa Freedom

Island.

Sa pamamangka

s i n i s i m u l a n

ni Juster ang

kanyang umaga.

May huli man

o wala, bastat

nakakapaglaot

ay para na ring

nabusog ang

tiyan niyangwala pang

laman at mga

mata niyang

nais maglakbay.

Dahil sa matumal na huli

ng isda, isang de-lata

lamang ng sardinas ang

pinagsaluhan ng mag-

anak. Kahit kumakalam

ang sikmura, kuntento

na si Aling Teresa tuwing

nakikitang kumakain ang

kanyang mga anak.

Nakahanap ng ma

ang bunsong anak n

na si James, 6, sa ta

nahuli ni Juster.

ang bibig ng isda a

sa tubig hanggan

ito. Kagaya ng isda

pisi, nanganganib

ang kinagisnang

ng pamilya Garc

industriyalisasyon at

sa kanilang lugar.

Muling makikipag

-sapalaran si

Juster sa laot.

Ngunit ngayon,

ang alon naman

ng dumaraming

mga gusaling

nagbabantang

t u m a n g a y

sa kanilang

p a m u m u h a y

ang kanyang

haharapin.

Dapithapon na senyas na

dapat nang magsiuwian

ang mga batang

nagtrabahot naglaro

buong araw. Ngunit

para kina Juster at

James, at sa iba pang

mga batang nakatira

malapit sa Freedom

Island, walang katiyakang

may mauuwian pa sila

kinabukasan.Sa pagkagat ng dilim, ang ilaw na galing sa street lights ang tanging tanglaw na nagbibigay liwan

tirahan nina Aling Teresa. Sa kanilang pagtulog, walang katiyakan ang pamilya Garcia na sa pag

ng kanilang mga mata ay hindi pa inaanod ng mga alon ng modernisasyon ang tagpi-tagping t

na kumanlong sa kanilang mga pangarap.

Pagharap sa daluyo

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