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Pagyurak Kaluluwa Pagtalikod sa kinagisnan, dyan nga ba magaling si Juan na mula bata ay sinubuan na ng simbolismo ng kalayaan?
Kung pagbabasehan ang Konstitusyon nakasulat sa Artikulo 14, Seksyon 6, na ang wikang pambansa ay Filipino at dapat gamitin sa ano mang uri o antas ng edukasyon. Sa pagputok ng balita at ideyang huwag nang ipagpatuloy at isali sa balangkas ng pagdugkal ng kaalaman ang Filipino, maraming reaksyon ang nagsilabasan at nangingibaw dito ang pagtutol. Kung sakaling maisasakatuparan man ang pagtanggal nito higit 10,000 na guro sa Kolehiyo ang maaapektuhan isama pa ang mga estudyanteng nag-aaral at kumukuha ng kursong may kinalaman sa Filipino. Kung ang pokus ay ang pagpapaunlad ng sistema ng edukasyon at mas paigtingin ang kaalaman para ihanda ang mga Pilipino sa globalisasyon hindi naman paunang lunas ang pagtagtanggal ng isang asignaturang mahalaga rin sa pagbuo ng isang holistik na indibidwal. Isa sa mga inilatag ng CHED na dahilan ay pauliulit na raw ang itinuturo kaya mas mabuting putulin ang programa at mananatili na lamang ito hanggang Senior High School at ang isa ay upang mabigyang diin ang asignaturang Ingles para maihanda ang lahat sa globalisayon at pagtuon ng purong atensyon sa mga major subjects sa kolehiyo. Oo, maganda ang layon ngunit ang paraan para maisakatuparan ito ay tila lumihis at sinagasaan ang isang asignaturang tumutulong sa pagpanday ng paunang pagkakakilanlan na humuhubog ng ideyang pagtuklas at pagmahal ng mga bagay at ideolohiyang sariling atin. May mga kumulo, nanlumo at meron din namang sumang-ayon ngunit kung imumulat natin ang ating mga mata at pag-unawa mas mahapding realisasyon ang bubulagta sa atin. Una, masakit isipin na ipinaglaban nila ang paglusaw ng asignaturang Filipino sa mataas na antas ng edukasyon at repleksyon lamang ito ng unti-unting pagbabago sa pananaw at trato sa napakahalagang salik sa pagkalehitimo ng mamamayan at ng bansa. Pangalawa, pinutol nila ang tamang proseso ng kaalaman dahil imbis na sa kolehiyo pagtibayin at payabungin ang mga kaalamang nalikom mula elementarya hanggang Senior High na lamang ito at mas itinuon nila ang pansin na gawing konklusyon ang pinto ng kolehiyo para sa nasabing asignatura. Wari’y pinutulan ng dila dahil ang noo’y matatas at malaman magsalita ng wikang kinagisnan ay pilit pinapatahimik. Nagbubulagbulagan dahil piniling idilat lamang ang isang mata sa dahilang mas sinuportahan ang pagtanggal sa asignaturang buhay at nagpapatalim sa sandata ng bayan – ang wika. At panghuli, pinutulan ng paa dahil katumbas ng wikang Filipino ang mga hakbang tungo sa pagkakaunawaan at higit sa lahat ito ang nagsilbing unang hakbang sa kaunlaran.Hindi rin maipagkakaila ang tila tahasang pagyurak ng ating kapwa Pilipino sa mga bagay na nagpapatibay sa ating kasarinlan na nagpapakita ng ating tunay na damdamin para sa bayan, sa nasang palitan ang huling titik ng ating pambansang awit na Lupang Hinirang, ”Ang mamatay ng dahil sa’yo,” na ayon pa sa ating Senador Tito Sotto ay nagpapahiwatig ng pagiging ‘defeatest’ at pagsuko. Ang himno ay isang komposisyon, bunga ng paglikha upang isatitik ang damdamin sa isang masining na pagpapahayag. Ang Lupang Hinirang ay orihinal na komposisyon ni Jose Palma sa wikang Kastila at nilapatan ng himig ni Julian Felipe na isinalin, na siyang kasalukuyang inaawit natin sa wikang Filipino. Hindi na dapat palitan o baguhin ang orihinal at kasalukuyang mga titik dahil ito ay nagpapakita ng kalagayan ng bansa sa panahong nilikha ang himno. Pino. Mabusisi. Pinakaangkop. Huwag na nating buhusan pa ng ibang kulay ang nag-aalab na damdamin ng kasalukuyang liriko. Marapat itong panatilihin sapagkat mahalagang alam natin ang kaligirang pangkasaysayan ng isang likha upang maging buo ang ating pag-unawa. Isa ito sa mahalagang salik ng ating pagka Pilipino sa pagpapahayag ng diwa, sentimyento, at haraya. Gaano man kaliit na pag-iba sa bawat titik at letra ng ating pambansang awit ay isang napakalaking insulto para sa mga Pilipinong walang pag alinlangang ialay ang buhay makamit lamang ang kalayaan ng ating Inang bayan. Tila hindi rin nababatid ng nakararami na ang huling mga kataga ay sumisimbulo at nangangahulugan ng marubdob na damdamin para sa bansa. Lagi sana nating iisipin na anomang adhikain ng tao o lipunan ay dumaan sa iba’t ibang uri ng pakikibaka. Maaaring hindi na ito nararanasan sa kasalukuyan ngunit mahalagang mabatid natin na repleksyon ito ng karanasan, damdamin, at mithiin ng bayang Pilipinas sa panahong ang himno ay tula pa lamang. Hindi ang mga huling titik nito ang nararapat na baguhin kundi ang isip at damdamin ng ‘huwad na Pilipino’. Hindi ito kayang palitan ng anoman at sinomang may dakilang kaisipan sa kasalukuyan na nagtamasa lamang ng bunga ng pagkabulid sa kamatayan ng mga tunay na dakilang Pilipino sa atingSanakaraan.mganangyayari ngayon kumakatok ang kaluluwa ng Inang bayang tumatangis. Humihingi ng tulong, pag-akay at pagnais dahil ang matinding pagyurak at pagyanig ay ramdam nya. Walang ibang sumira sa kanya kundi ang sariling mga supling nya at walang ibang papahid ng mga luha nya kundi sila ring yumurak sa kaniya.Pilipinas may pag-asa ka pa!
the OSA encourages the participation of all academic organizations in the conduct of financial audit by the COA which is composed of several 5th year and 4th year accountancy students and works under the OSA.
With its aim of exposing more people to the diversity of Asian cinema, SALAMINDANAW film fest on its 6th year, showcased 50 films with different styles at the ERM theatre, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges, November 12-16.
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“We may be different from the others in terms of our sexuality but after all we could unite and accept each other, for we all belong to one race and that is human race.”This was what the LGBT Community paralel for in the 3rd Pride March 2018 in line with the World AIDS day at General Santos City, December 1. The event aimed to empower the LGBTQ+ community as they raised and waved their flag that yearn and hope for acceptance, belongingness and love. Marching with heads high, with all the colors, glamour and pride, no one was able to stop the celebration, even the heavy rain.
Upon the final question and answer, Porras highlighted that in order to achieve peace, people should forget political differences, set aside academic and social preferences and let love and peace rise above. Meanwhile, Wendy Caisip and Mariane Dominguito, both from the College of Agriculture, were crowned Miss MSU Academic Ambassadress and Miss MSU Culture and Arts, respectively. Chelsea Demalata from the SHS Department came out as the First Runner Up while College of Education’s Marella Solomon secured the Second Runner Up.
Prexy Jasmin Saricala was sworn into office as the new president of the Federation of Mindanao State University Supreme Student Council during the 245th BOR meeting at the CHED Conference room, HEDC Building, UP Diliman, January 10. The manner of changing the Federation’s President is done in rotary by the different MSU campuses. MSU GenSan as next in line, will have Saricala take over the responsibility and assume the role of MSU System Student Regent.
The five-day event, with more screening and activities free for public viewing, is a cultural investment for the development of the Generals and the people in the region. According to the Festival Director Teng Mangansakan, SALAMINDANAW does not only screen films but also provide the people information to better understand the culture of Mindanao.Mangansakan also encourages the young artists and filmmakers to join the event and continue their craft in creating content that will reflect the beauty of Mindanao Culture.
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NEW CHANCELLOR! Atty. Anshari P. Ali holding the campus mace in one of the highlights of his investiture, May 8.
LGBTQ+ Community marches for pride and empowerment
The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) institutionalized the Commission on Audit (COA) during the first semester of the academic year 2018 – 2019.Marvelous Silva, a former professor of the Accountancy Department of the College of Business Administration and Accountancy, saw the need of the academic organizations to have a body to help them in the area of accountability. Silva, together with Abdul Hamid Ali A. Karon who is the current head of the COA, presented the proposal of forming the COA to the OSA Director Engr. Paisar Gadiaware. Gadiaware appreciated the idea because for him he saw this as an answer to the OSA’s long-time problem regarding the financial reporting of all organizations. On October 25, 2018, the OSA released a memorandum institutionalizing the COA “to assist on the training and preparation of financial reports of all academic organizations in theFurthermore,campus.”
MSU Student Regent Jasmine Saricala holding a torch during the opening program of the 56th FEMSUSSCO General Assembly and Executive Meeting at MSU gym.
A failure will never signify the end of one’s journey. It may have taken two tries for Kimberly Porras to finally make it to the top but all her hard work and sacrifices proved to be fruitful as she was hailed Miss MSU 2018.
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BA&A’s beauty and brains prevail
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- JESSICA VI R. KATANGKATANGMiss MSU 2018 BA&A’s bet Kimberly Porras during her crowning moment as Ms. MSU 2018.
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During the preliminary interview, Porras, a member of the T’Boli Tribe and an accountancy student, suggested to fully empower and continue programs that give a lot of opportunities to the indigenous students that want to study in MSU in order to help them achieve and live their dreams.
WALK WITH PRIDE. Some of the members of LGBTQ community during the Pride March at Pioneer Avenue.
MSU-GSC Supreme Student Council
Ali named Chancellor; shares vision for MSU-GSC College of Law Assistant Dean, Dr. Anshari P. Ali, has been elected as new MSU-GSC chancellor besting 5 other nominees after getting a majority vote from a 15-member MSU Board of Regents. His term starts December 15, 2018. In his vision statement during the acceptance ceremony, December 17, Ali said that MSUGSC will be a beautiful, most responsive and globally competitive institution in southern Philippines.“Undermy leadership, we will make a good planning and governance of the affairs of the University with good landscaping, renovation of academic buildings, improvement of physical facilities, acquiring more textbooks, and technological innovations” He said. Ali also expressed his gratitude to the outgoing Chancellor Atty. Abdurahman T. Canacan for more than 11 years of his achievements and utmost dedication.
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Kimberly Tamfolok Porras, from the College of Business Administration and Accountancy, emerged victorius after beating 15 other candidates during the Miss MSU 2018 pageant night held at the MSU Gymnasium, October 7.
4Ps, isang programa na layon ay matulungan ang kalagayan at pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino at ito ay isang kondisyunal na tulong pinansyal sapagkat ang mga piling pinakamahihirap na indibidwal o pamilya lamang ang mababahagian ng pinansyal na tulong lalong-lalo na sa pangedukasyon at pangkalusugan. Ngunit hindi na rin lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat na marami-rami na rin ang tumatanggap ng tulong na ito na mula sa gobyerno kahit hindi naman pasok sa bracket at masaasabing kabilang sa populasyon ng pinakamahirap. Ang mas malala pa ay may mga trabaho na nga at may benepisyo na galing sa pamahalaan ay naglalahad pa rin ng kamay at patay-malisyang tumatanggap ng perang laan para sana sa mga mas nangangailangan. Hindi na nakapagtataka na sunod-sunod na rin ang mga nagiging maling epekto ng programang ito sa kasalukayan sapagkat ang ugat at umpisa nito’y nahulog na rin sa maraming butas ng pagkakamali na tila sinusulsihan pa ng mas maraming baluktot na pamamaraan. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program pa nga ba? O nagiging iba na ang repleksyon ng apat na letrang “P” at napapalitan na ng mga negatibong ideya at realidad ng Programang Pantustos para pangsugal, pangpusta, at pagsangla. Ang layuning kontra kahirapan ay inaabuso na rin ng mismong mga taong tinutulungan sapagkat halos mapanpansin na ang maling paggamit sa tulong na ito. Imbis na magtrabaho ay nakatunganga na lamang sa kani-kanilang mga bahay at naghihintay ng salaping muling bubusog sa kanilang tiyan at diwa. Halos dito na lamang nila inaasa ang lahat na pangangailangan nila at nagiging repleka na sila ni Juan Tamad na nakanganga lamang at hinihintay mahulog ang kung ano mang biyayang darating. Sila mismo ang pumuputol sa siklo ng pag-unlad at hangaring pag-ahon sa kahirapan sapagkat wala ng galaw na dapat ay kaakibat ng tulong na tinatanggap nila. Nagiging palamuning estatwa na sila dahil kampante na sila sa buwan-buwan nilang pera na kung hindi man pupuno ay papasok sa kanilang bulsa kahit wala silang ginawa kundi ang maghintay.Angmas masahol pa ay napakaraming na nilang ideya sa kung paano lustayin ang perang galing sa kaban ng bayan sa kanilang mga bisyo. Oo, nakakalungkot ngunit ito ang katotohanang kailangan nating malaman at sana’y matuldukan. Masasabing ang ugat nito ay ang pagkalulong nila sa mga bisyo at sugal na kung saan ay nalulubog sa mas malalim na kumunoy ng kahirapan dahil nalulubog din sila sa utang at ang nagiging paraan para makabayad ay ang pagsangla ng kanilang mga atm cards. Dito na rin pumapasok ang paghangad nila sa mas malaking halaga ng tulong sapagkat naiisip nila na hindi na sapat ang sustentong natatangap dahil na rin nga sa maling paraan nila sa paggamit ang pera at hindi nila ito napapalago dahil wala rin namang sunod na hakbang na kanilang tutungtungan tulad ng pagnenegosyo at ano mang uri ng pangkabuhayan. Mas mainam siguro na palawakin pa ang saklaw at pokus ng 4ps sa pamamagitan ng pagtulong sa kanila kung paano palaguin ang pera at gamitin sa mga bagay na ang epekto ay hindi pangmadalian tulad ng mga seminar para sa pagpatayo ng maliit na negosyo at kung paano ito mapapalago kahit nag-umpisa lamang sa maliit na puhunan. Huwag lamang silang sanayin na bigyan ng isda bagkus turuan sila kung paano mangisda at kung paano makapagpundar dahil pinairal ang diskarte at hindi ang makitid na realidad ng pagtangap lamang. Gawin sanang makro ang saklaw ng pagtulong at paggamit sa pera sapagkat napakalawak ng espasyo na pwede nilang galawan at napakaraming paraan kung paano nila ito simulan. Kung pag-uusapan naman ang naging epekto ng programa sa aspeto ng pagpapaunlad at suporta sa pang-edukasyon na talaga namang sumasalamin sa na layunin ng 4Ps marami na rin ang natulungan sapagkat ang 300 na badyet sa estudyanteng myembro ng pamilya kada buwan ay malaking tulong na para maipasok sila sa pampublikong paaralan. Kung pagbabasehan ang inilabas na survey na hango sa Surian sa mga Pag-aaral Pangkaunlaran ng Pilipinas tumaas ng 3 hanggang sa 4.6 porsyento ang nag-aaral na mga kabataan na may edad na 6 hanggang 14 na taong gulang ngunit dagdag pa nito karamihan ay nakapagtapos lamang sa elementarya at hindi ipinagpatuloy ang pagaaral hanggang sekondarya at mas malabo na rin ang tyansang makatutong sa kolehiyo.
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The recession of the quality of our justice system opens windows of detriments destroying the resting societies, yet the resolution to provide such hope still cannot be served on our tables of rights. It is saddening that there are still politicians who manage to appear with purity as forefront for development but advocates the leveraging of corruption that has been commenced by its brothers in prison but un-anxious of its recurring wealth on its seemingly tidy baskets. Money has been the supreme compeller of these acts and selfish innuendoes of the policy makers and court judges yet the suppressed are left with the question ‘Who are we to reside on the opposing side?’ The powerless society seems to become the main victim, yet it is on those areas that the population of prisoners arises from. Statistics says that Philippine lower courts had an annual average case load of more than a million which in a daily basis, an average of 4,000 cases. Hence, in support of the of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PAS), there is a huge average of 644 cases per judge. Also, Sereno, the recently ousted Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines said that, “In the Philippines, there are only 2,000 courts nationwide that serve a population of a hundred million. Comparing this ratio to developed nations, it’s clear that we have an undermanned justice sector.” To say at least, the problem at hand generally navigates around the piling cases which lead to inordinate delay. Haunted by the reality of numbers, we are seemingly daunted already by the lacking forces of our courts. An addition to the problem of our judiciary sector, given that it is being inadequately staffed, would be the extreme delay of verdicts. To strengthen the claim, it is proven that Sandiganbayan known to be the constitutional court for public official takes an average of 15 years to finally provide a judgement to a case. They say that justice delayed is justice denied, a wail which in fact should be feared. Seeing clearly the scenario of our justice system today, surely, denied justice can be served exponentially. It is resounding to hear that people are willing to wait because our system will give them the justice that is unharmed and correct. But sadly, that is not the case in our setting today, it turned out to be that the justice being absurdly served slowly makes huge venue for injustices to come at space, thus, still a futile wait. The problem commenced by low forces in terms of quantity has been seconded by the highly armed labors that works without integrity - a whole worst case scenario. How can we heal the disrupting ill of a low quantity if the quantity itself is the main pathogen of the disease we want to resolve? We hear of judges sleeping during trialsdisplaying their unintelligible diligence, knowing that even the person who once had an oath to serve justice to people as their right, gradually diffuses from the words he once uttered. Yes, our courts are undermanned, but should it be the constructed reason for someone to not work effectively? Truly, they are all fully aware of the consequences they make, but these people we supposedly rely on, sadly, can still sleep knowing the compromises they make each day. Ultimately, this extreme delay puts the judicial system to more debilitating figure. As our present administration in its fight against drugs couldn’t linger more outside the doors of courts, thus, putting justice at their palms. With its goal of a fast track war against drug offenders, the detention of cases on rooms of courts cannot provide this administration to achieve its ideal goal of eradicating drugs for a short-time period - resorting to extra-judicial killings, hence, an obvious distrust to judicial process. Killings are becoming rampant and even the safety of those who are considered innocent are already at high stake. Seemingly, the innocence of the citizenry has been the sacrificial lamb for the success of today’s war on drugs, boiling down to the continuous failure of our judicial system. If and only if, our judicial branch can function well, thousands of lives might have been saved, but that’s a hope – seen to be hanging. Supporting the claim of failing justice system is the low conviction rate of DOJ resting at only 30% and only 1% of this percentage is a given judgment to a murder case, which is considered to be extremely low. The whole truth is we are not completely sending those who ruthlessly breaks the law to prison but rather giving them more chances of doing the same breaches that creep our society repetitively by merely not addressing their cases. These people will continue enjoying the luxury of violating the laws because of the perceived failures and preemption that they can still get away from it. These are all clear manifestations that despite of the inherent holes of our justice system today, that itself cannot fill in any way, is a seconding drill of deeper breaches, situating our judiciary to a terminating jeopardy. Evidently, Philippines is currently sojourning the pavements of judicial unrest. We see bunch of loopholes that we may once step in, making us the future victim of this distorted justices. Our prosecutors are scrutinized heavily today and it’s time for them to axe those who infests the unrotten baskets. On the other hand, it’s also our time to respect the sanctity of our laws and make it as a habit to derail the probabilities of fracturing it. Let us not contribute to the springing ranges of cases on the shelves of our courts so we can curtail the seemingly endless delay of criminal prosecution. The games of smokes and mirrors are done, need no pretense to the intensity of our judicial decay, we face the reality of pitfall yet still make truth and justice run.
Today’s contemporary age brings forth the peril of predominating dilemmas on the horizon of our justice system. The repetitive clamor of agony now smoldering the doors of the Philippine courts, is still shrugged off. People being imprisoned by off-tangent allegations have been painfully seeing the bars which removed the freedom they used to have. Those living at societies’ lowest point who have been continuously oppressed by hegemonic politicians cannot even at their strongest, bombard the power of the latter. This is where Philippines thrives – slowly entering the absolute doom of falling justice system.
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CLINT CHRISTIAN S. BALUNTO
Mahirap timbangin kung saan at ano nga ba ang pagkukulang ngunit sumasalamin lamang ito na talagang mahirap bigyang lunas ang kahirapan sa bansa kung hindi alam kung anong tamang gamot at kung ano ba ang tamang resitang ibibigay para hindi na lumalala pa ang sinat ng karukhaan sa bansa.
Hindi naman masasabing mali ang paraan ng pagsagwan sa bangka ng 4Ps dahil malaking tulong din naman ito sa mga kababayaang naghihikaos at damang-dama ang hirap ng buhay ngunit hindi lang nila siguro inaasahan ang alon na bubulagta at hahampas sa kanila kahit maganda naman ang layunin nito. Hindi naman talaga maiiwasan ang siwang ng kapalkapan na sumisilip at pilit kumakawala. Pero huwag din sanang iwaglit ng mga benepisyaryo sa kanilang mga isipan na maraming Pilipino ang naghihirap para matustusan at maipatuloy ang programang ito kaya huwag din sanang sayangin ang tsanyang umunlad sa buhay at gamitin kung ano ang ibinibigay na tulong pinansyal hanggat kaya pa ng bayan at ng taumbayan. Maraming positibong repleksyon ang naipakita ng programang ito dahil dito makikita kung paano inaahon ng sariling bayan ang kaniyang sarili at huwag malugmok sa kahirapan. Ngunit kung mismong ang taong tinutulungan ay walang balak umahon sa kinasadlakan tiyak walang mangyayari. Ang paulit-ulit na siklo ng paghihirap at ang lumalalang epidemya ng kakapusan dahil sa pagiging iresponsable ng mga taong sinasapupo na ng tulong at kalingang pinansyal ay hindi matatapos kung patuloy nilang sisirain ito hanggang sa tuluyang magkayupi-yupi na ang mukha ng tulong na dapat ay para sa kanila at para sa suusunod pang henerasyon na hihimukin at sana’y maipagmamalaki din nila.
MukhaNagkayupiyupingngTulong paramaibsan ang hirap ng mga mamamayangnasa laylayan ngunittila ang baluktot napaggamit sa ayudanglaan ay ang nagingbagong gawi
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Lianne B. Villanueva Ipinagkaloob
But the biggest question was for myself: Would I do the same if circumstances dictates me so? My girlfriend finished changing. It was already my turn. He still didn’t came out. tried to take my mind off of him while change into dry clothes. It bothered me why he took so long inside the changing room. Was he able to fix his slipper? I had no way of knowing. When I got out, out of the dusk, at a distance, I saw the vendor. His backpack to be exact, there was little light to see him clearly. He was sort of walking with a drag. I just hoped he gets home safe and sound. It was already dark when we were ready to leave. The frogs already began their chorus. To me, it sounded like a woeful dirge. wanted to jump into the cold again—to wash my guilt away. Universe
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Following the release of the 2018 Licensure Examination for Teachers, or LET, one which saw the list of top notchers filled with now-full pledged professional teachers from Mindanao, a certain Mubarak Tahir sparked outrage among the Mindanaons with a controversial, yet comical statement. The former Mindanao State University-General Santos City teacher from the Filipino department and 2017 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee received ‘bashing’ when he sarcastically mocked examinees, and the people of Mindanao in general, saying that the people of Mindanao don’t have what it takes to be top notchers in the board exam and calling names such as Mountain dwellers, idiots, stupid, and the like. The post, which have been long deleted, in a deeper level, was proved as an indirect attack aimed to the people in Manila with Manila-centric views, or what is fondly known as ‘Imperial Manila.’
He was about my age and about my size. He first approached us while we were eating at a cottage at a spring resort. “Champorado mo, Ma’am. Sir.” he said, “Init pa.” Champorado. Chocolate porridge. Still hot. declined.watched him as he went on his way, selling Champorado to other resort-goers in a small pot. He might have more customers if only he has a better container than peddle an iron pot. took a plunge into the cold. Everything was familiar. Too familiar, even: The laughter of the persons around me, the giant splash as a kid cannonballs into the water, the off key singing from a karaoke booth, the jovial mood, and the calming effect as I float in the spring water. I always believed that cold waters cleanse the body and the mind from any stress. It’s like floating in your own universe, as like to describe it Then there he was again, walking on top of the wall that separates the water into smaller pools. “Champorado, Champorado. Init pa.” he shouted, hoping someone would buy his hot Champorado. “I want to eat some more. Do you like to have some Champorado?” I asked my girlfriend. “No. Would you like to buy?” “We still have Siopao in the bag.” From the water, I watched him as he peddled his pot. noticed that it was not only small, It was also blackened by soot; He must’ve used it over open fire frequently. We kept swimming until twilight. The people began to thin down, but he kept on peddling his Champorado. let my girlfriend change her clothes first while I sat on a circular bench nearby. I noticed a guy, looking so miserable, sitting next to me. On his side, on the bench, was the small, sooty pot. He must be the Champorado vendor, I figured. On his hand was a slipper. saw that the front strap broke. He morosely shook his head. held back tears. watched as he tried reattaching the broken strap. Unconsciously, I followed him with my eyes as he softly placed his slipper on the ground. He tried wearing it, but it immediately broke again. Then I noticed something—he was wearing two different footwear. On his left foot is a slide slipper, the one athletes commonly wear, while on the other foot, the one that broke, is a traditional flip-flops. wanted to help him. Maybe give him some money to buy a new pair of slippers. But money, I have none too plenty. I might need it on the way home. Give him my old pair of shoes? can’t drive my motorcycle barefooted, might get caught by the traffic enforcers. I saw plenty of slippers repaired by sticking a wire through the rubber to hold it down. The least can do is to help him fix his slipper, but the resort is too dark to find any wire that might be laying on the ground.wanted to say something, but no words came out of my mouth. After a while, he went inside the changing room, carrying his pot on one hand, and his slipper on the other. He also had a backpack, I concluded that he might have carried his utensils there. was left alone. Trapped in another universe. He was about my age and about my size. We could’ve been similar in many ways: He might also be the eldest, He might also have four younger siblings. He might also want to plunge into the cold, spring water. I liked to ask him questions: Where he lives, was the Champorado sold out, what happened to his slippers and what he would do next.
KURT JOSHUA O. COMENDADOR
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The root of the controversial post came from the prejudices imposed by people from the capital region imposes to those who reside in the provinces. Friction has always been present between the capital and the provinces of the Philippines. But it reached an all-time high in 2017 when results of the Bar Exam revealed that Law students from the Visayas, specifically examinees form University of San Carlos in Cebu City. Enraged Manileños flooded the internet with hate posts and comments saying that the Bar exam was rigged— some even claimed that the Bar was fixed by the favor of the President Rodrigo Duterte, a visayan. While this wasn’t always the case, it is a sin to deny that some people are going way overboard with their prejudices against the Mindanaons (to some extent, will include the Bisaya, as they populate most of Christian Mindanao) to which some can even be classified as racism. Tahir took advantage of the aforementioned prejudice to throw a shady remark, aiming to lambast those people while in some way, provide compliments to the Mindanaoan top-notchers. Tahir used remarks commonly thrown at “probinsyanos” such as “taga bukid” and “mga bobo”. While the said remarks are very offensive in nature, it is worth noting that Tahir is a Mindanaoan as he was born in Maguindanao and a product of the long standing Mindanaoan University, the Marawi campus of Mindanao State University. The remarks should be taken as sarcasm and intends to tell otherwise. It should be taken as a compliment that no matter how the outsiders look at Mindanaoans, be it “taga bukid” or “mga bobo”, people from Mindanao have and always will have the capacity to complete among the nation’s best. The other way to look at the situation, the post actually revealed why people from the capital think the way they do for the people living in the south. Harsh and violent comments and reactions filled Tahir’s post. While some took the presumed indignation with grace and honor, other resorted to personal attack against Tahir, who is now teacher at Philippine Science High School in Davao City. It revealed the shallow comprehension and understanding of our fellow men and the unwillingness to check the background of the person who posted the statement (which has now been deleted by Facebook due to being reported as a malicious post). This also shows the strong regionalistic sense of “probinsyanos” compared to the individualistic composure of those living in the capital: you attack one, you attack everyone.Theincident showed the social divide and the trigger-happy tendency of our fellow Filipinos. Manila, as we know it, is the figure head of the Philippines and it couldn’t be helped if their residents think that they are the center of the country while the provinces only exist on the sidelines. It is our duty to raise the banner of the “probinsyanos” and keep on excelling no matter what our brothers and sisters from the capital throw at us. However, it is also our duty to prove the Manila-imperialist wrong and remove all available fuel source for their fire. It is important to hone our intellect and social sense, and in the case of Tahir, remove the readiness to pull the trigger at any given time and situation. Know how to assess the problem and fight the urge to settle issues on a hasty and violent matter without bothering to check information. After all, it needs a collective effort of the narrow minded imperialist; the Bisayas; the Mindanaoans; Mr. Tahir; The Philippines; All of us—in order to bring a new beginning in the dark time of social divide in our country.
THE ECLIPSE OF SOCIAL D-I-V-I-D-E
KURT JOSHUA O. COMENDADOR
PARADIGM SHIFT
The senior high curriculum is divided into four different departments which further branch out into “tracks”, with each track specializing in different and unique field. The Academic Track is composed of four strands which are the ABM (Accountancy, Business, and Management), STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, HUMSS (Humanities and Social Sciences), and the GAS (General Academic Strand). The TVL Track or the Technical Vocation Livelihood Track also consists four strands—The Home Economics (HE), Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Agri-Fishery Arts (AFA), and Industry Arts (IA). The final two tracks are the Sports Track and the Arts and Design Track.
The political shift essentially began to take shape in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential elections when the infamous hard-mouthed, trash-talking president Rodrigo Duterte, then former-mayor of Davao City, was elected into office. Noticeable changes, both good and bad, began to take place almost immediately after he was sworn into office: He shunned away from the United States of America, the country’s long-time ally, and opted to build close ties towards China, Asia’s most powerful country; He declared the violent War on Drugs which lead to issues concerning extra judicial killings, commonly known as EJK; and the president also lambasted the Catholic Church for mingling with Government Affairs. But it can be argued that his presidency reached its peak in 2018. In its looser, more common usage, a Paradigm shift means “a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.”
The phrase “paradigm shift” can be encountered in almost any field—politics, medicine, science, psychology, and even sports. But what exactly is a paradigm shift and where does the term come from?
One of the reasons why K-12 was implemented in the country was that students graduate from high school under eighteen years old, deemed too young to enter college or join the labor force. By the effects of the additional two years of Senior High School program, students now enter universities and colleges at the right number of age but apparently still unripe as some of them retain the qualities of high schoolers—“utak high school”, as one college student observes. Inevitably however, they would undergo the same transition, as every batch before did, in their four or five years of stay in college, which mold them into mature and competent individuals that would someday contribute into the workforce. This year would tell if the switch would eventually pay off.
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One of the biggest change, at least in Mindanao State University-General Santos City, happened in October when the College of Engineering was finally toppled down after ten long years of reigning as the University Intramural Champions.
Increase in consumption taxes intend to counterbalance PIT tax exemptions. Since implementation, the TRAIN Law garnered varied responses both positive and negative. There have been numerous individuals who supports the law, such as Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno who stated that it will provide additional funds for more government initiatives. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Sen. Bam Aquino, and Sen. Grace Poe all oppose the law with arguments such as the law is a burden to the poor and the law will not offset the soaring prices of goods.
THE SHIFT IN EDUCATION
ON A MINOR SCALE…
This year also marks the years in which the first batch of students from the new K-12 Curriculum enter college. Before the K-12 was implemented in 2016, the Philippines was the last Asian country and one of the three nations in the whole world that imposes 10 years (six years of elementary education and four years of high school) of basic education among its students. The new system, which added two more years (senior high school) follows a global standard and aims to put Filipino students on par with the rest of the world.
At the recently concluded Intramural 2018, The College of Agriculture and College of Social Sciences and Humanities were both crowned as the champions—marking the end of the College of Engineering’s reign as the university’s top competitor that lasted for a whole decade—leading a number of students to declare that the paradigm has shifted.
This event coincided with the upcoming election of the new chancellor of Mindanao State University-General Santos City Campus, which, possibly, would bring new sets of policies and might bring another new way of running the university. It is only a matter of time that we would know whether the changes was for the better or for worse.
Though Thomas Kuhn insisted that the term be used strictly in relation to science, it has long since been used in numerous non-scientific context to describe a profound change in a fundamental framework or perception of events.
THE PARADIGM SHIFT IN POLITICS
A Paradigm Shift is a fundamental change in normal practices. According to American Physicist and Philosopher Thomas Kuhn—the first proponent of the term—it is “the successive transition from one paradigm to another via revolution is the usual developmental pattern of mature science.” A paradigm is a distinct set of concepts that legitimately contributes to a given field. It comes from the Greek word, paradeigma, which means “pattern, example, or sample.”
This denotes that low to middle income-earners get to have a higher take home pay, while high income-earners have a bigger contribution to tax revenues.
Under the Duterte administration, the TRAIN Law was catered, or shoved, unto the public, which caused an uptick to the prices of goods, which reached its pinnacle with a whopping 6.7% inflation rate last September. The law was received with both positive and negative responses, with the harshest of the critics labelling the law, and the Duterte Administration in general, as anti-poor. This is slightly lower than the Bangko Sentral’s 6.8 percent forecast and higher than the 6.4 percent forecast of the Department of Finance. The TRAIN Law consists of several revisions to the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, or the Tax Code. The changes includes the taxation concerning Persona Income Tax (PIT), estate tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), Documentary Stamp Tax (DST), and Excise Tax. The prominent feature of the tax reform is that people who earn ₱250,000 annually or ₱21,000 monthly and below are exempted from paying personal income tax (PIT). On the contrary, those earning above ₱250,000 have tax rates following a set PIT schedule. Essentially, greater income is taxed at higher tax rates.
OF ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF THE FIRST CHANCELLOR
In Memoriam: MSU General Santos Cityand What Was -
What makes MSU MSU are lots of things. From the free facial foundation, free tanning, free tuition, ridiculously far building distances, cheap lunches and fruit juices, cheap dormitories, walwal nights, pastil ‘round every crook, cows and goats ‘round every nook, jeepneys and tricycles on several stopovers, and the awkward seating arrangements on those jeepney rides, to globally competitive intramurals, twitter wars, grandeur pageants, tough examinations, demanding projects, stern professors and hard-earned diplomas, Mindanao State University – General Santos City have always taken a step above the rest and proved itself rather outstandingly. We are all proud of being a part of this system, no matter how tough it has been.
MSU-GSC is a tree; and in the years that we have journeyed around its branches, found fruits, fed on its fruits and slept on some shade, we have felt home. It’s only fitting that we take a pause, peek down and try to see deeper into its roots, and be grateful for whatever or whoever planted its seeds. That’s one way to keep the MSU spirit fiery, MSUans! feature • bagwis 13 We all know him as first chancellor of MSU-General Santos and one of the firsts who pioneered the start of the institution; a man worthy of medals and praises. But there is much more to the tip of the iceberg that we see as “Mindanao State University’s first chancellor.” Abedin Limpao Osop was born on the fourth of July, 1943 at their humble home in Madalum, Lanao del Sur. After his father’s death when we was three, he became an orphan at the age of 14 with the passing of his mother. With only his older brother to help him finish his studies, life wasn’t exactly nice to him. But being the hardworking student that he is, he soon graduated B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1967 at the MSU-Marawi and became a regent right after, a chancellor, a professor and later a father to four sons and four daughters. His ethnic name was Abedin Ibn Limpao, which meant Abedin “Son of” Limpao. Limpao from his grandfather, and later on Osop after some point when he was taken care of by his Uncle Osop. Engr. Osop was not born in a well-off family but his efforts had brought him from rags to riches. His journey was not without boulders and seas. It had not been a smooth ride. His years as a chancellor, was indeed unforgettable for many but it was not without struggles. It was in the early 70’s while he was studying Law and Masters when he was recalled by the university because they needed his services back. Apparently, there has been a lack of enrollees which drew the university to the brink of shutting down and they trusted that Engr. Osop may be able to do something about it. And he did. He paused his studies for a while and lifted MSU back to its feet through the “College Bound Program” and it worked. Then came 1981 with one of MSU’s greatest boulders- the absorption of MSU-General Santos to University of Southeastern Philippines. With this he was offered a Vice Presidency role, which is a notch ahead of Chancellor and with higher pay but rejected the offer. He wanted, more than the VP position and pay, to support the call to retain MSU Gensan as part of MSU. If on that day, he and his colleagues did not fight for it, there would have been no MSU GensanEngr.now.Osop, despite his feats and position, is often described by his co-workers as “bugoy-bugoy” (perky) and that he was the type of boss who doesn’t feel like one, not because he slacks on his duties but because he has always been “makamasa” –another marque to himwhich points to his close relationships and rapport with his colleagues –teacher, director or janitor- statuses can’t matter. It’s rare as well, people in position who listens to the financial pleas of his personnel and extends assistances immediately. “Mapagbigay” (Open-handed) was another word that Engr.Osop was described, rather consistently. “Bisag kinsa na mga empleyado, kung muhangyo og kwarta or pa-cash advance ipa-cash advance mana niya, basta matinabangon si Sir Osop” (Whenever an employee, regardless of who it is, asks for financial assistances or cash advances, Sir Osop never turned his head on them). There was one time when a student approached him, starving, because he hasn’t been eating due to family financial problems. Without batting an eye, Engr. Osop readily offered him cash and told him to go to the cafeteria and eat. As a teacher, he was nothing less. His students would call him the “Political Engineer”. In his 90-minute long engineering class, the last 15 minutes will completely be about politics and apparently, his students loved that part of his classes. After his early retirement in 1988, he used his retirement fund to buy jeepneys and equipment for farming. He occasionally drove those jeepneys around the campus and became the only jeepney driver in MSU Gensan that everyone would call “SIR”, even the commuting professors and university officials. His kids did not mind this, rather one of them would even say that he loved the feeling of seeing those coins and bills he collected by the end of the day, thinking we were rich, and laughs about that thought to this day. Months before his passing, he volunteered to rescue some people in Marawi and spent most of his last months there trying to aid their relatives during the midst of the Maute war. He drove their old car with an almost dysfunctional engine and transmission system and brought people and goods to safety for several days. This heroic act, however, took a toll on him and his illness got worse and worse by the day. He came back in General Santos City exhausted and very sick one day. These were the signs that he was nearing his end. Engr. Abedin spent his last days resting at their home and telling stories to whoever visited him. We can only imagine him blissful, and contented, with the life he lived, as he reminisce the years that were. His marriage was, as their kids would describe it, a “not so perfect marriage but very interesting nonetheless” because they were exact opposites in so many ways. Engr. Abedin was very extroversive while his wife was reasonably introversive. The only thing that coincided between them was their devotion to Islam. Their marriage brought forth four sons, four daughters and 14 grandchildren; Mr. Zainal Limpao being the fourth and the eldest living inside their old house in the MSU grounds. When asked about his father, his love and adoration for him was evidently outward. “He was a responsible all-around father of all-season,” he said in an interview. When their mother was on study leave, Engr. Abedin took the role of a mother and a father. He prepared their meals and clothes in the morning before going to school, fetched them after and did household chores in between. One particular amusing story that he flippantly shared in the interview was of his father one morning while he was doing his usual jog. A stranger went up to him and asked about the location of the chancellor’s house. He showed him the way and went on with his jog after. He came home later an hour seeing the same stranger apparently still waiting for him. We can only picture the man’s face as he said “aw sir, ikaw man diay ang chancellor ‘la man ka nag-ingon” (sir you never told me I was with the chancellor that whole time). Engr. Abedin replied with a “balay man sa chancellor imong gipangita dili ako hahaha” (you were looking for the house, not me”), laughing about the wholeOneincident.could really tell that Engr. Abedin had been an amusing person all through and through. Mr. Zainal Limpao would often describe him as “a disciplinarian as a father, but was the exact opposite as a grandfather”. Engr. Abedin would give nothing but love to his grandkids, leaving the discipline duties to the respective parents. With their academics, Abedin barely pressured them, but he would always remind them that whatever they do in their studies, is all for them and their future. “I am and will forever be proud of my father. I could never equal what he has done to the people of MSU, but all those things he did and lessons he shared, will be my inspiration. He is called TATAY by everyone closed to him, hence he is the tatay ng bayan.” And indeed he is.His vision and with the help of the people of General Santos made this Community High School to grow and later become what we now know as Mindanao State University – General Santos, a fully operational state university that has been offering postgraduate studies, engineering, business, agriculture, arts and letters, sciences, fisheries and providing scholarships and free education to the indigenous peoples of Mindanao, and inexpensive tertiary education to the Mindanaoans since the late 70s. He left this world knowing that he was loved by many and that his legacy will live forever. Engr. Abedin Limpao Osop was truly a man who went ahead of his time.
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It was 1967 in General Santos City, and yet there was still no public high school in sight. This is where, when and how Mindanao State University-General Santos City (MSU-GSC) started. MSU-General Santos began as a community high school; an “iskwater” (occupying an uninhabited building or unused land without legal title) at an area inside the Dadiangas West Elementary School campus in 1967, and developed into a junior college in 1971, which was then just restricted to a two-year collegiate General Education Program. With this footing, the MSU-Marawi curriculum was used by the MSU Community High School for four years, but without any significant mediation or aid coming from the main campus in the next three years other than some used books. Keeping the school alive within these years was its most prevalent challenge and adversary considering very low tuition fees of students. It was the strong appeal from the public and support from its constituents with offers of complete degree programs that urged the Board of Regents to consider the potential of the College for academic expansion especially when the “feeder” concept (MSU-General Santos working as a “feeder” to MSU–Marawi, sending there its graduates of the two year general education course) was tested. And hence, in 1973, it was absorbed by the main campus as part of the MSU campuses in Mindanao by virtue of BOR Resolution No. 822, MSU Community College and finally became a full-fledged unit. The university hit an iceberg after the transfer to Tambler, a barangay in Gensan, when the absorption and “return” of MSU-General Santos to University of Southeastern Philippines was called out during the maiden session of Batasang Pambansa (BP) in 1978-1979. BP Blg. 12, or the establishment of the University of Southeastern Philippines based in Davao City, involved the amalgamation of five state-run schools in the Region XI, including MSU-GSC. This was a hard pill to swallow for the pioneering officials of the university. Of course the absorption was furiously opposed by the constituents, and there was a ridiculously long wait before Batas Pambansa Blg. 87 was passed into law amending certain provisions of BP Blg. 12 containing the exclusion of Mindanao State University- General Santos from the University of Southeastern Philippines. It was like a large thorn was taken off their chests. Uhaw was literally uhaw (thirst) back then- uninhabited, no trees, with only farmsteads and pasture lands. It was when the university started to extend water supply to the houses through a water pipe that students and families started settling around the area. And now, FatimaUhaw as a barangay unit- continues to be a festive and rowdy village, far from how it was several years ago.
Anything starts from nothing, and from nothing sprouts something. Like any other body, General Santos City’s Mindanao State University also had its little beginnings and stories of how it came to be. MSU did not simply build itself.
Basura o biyaya?”
Pangayaw first came to light a few weeks ago through social media, specifically on Facebook, where most of the Filipino people are signed up. According to one post, several tribes agreed to launch Pangayaw against the Military Branch of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army, or commonly known as the CPP-NPA, which infiltrated some of their groups. One incident involved a tribesman who was killed when he refused to join the communist group. Pangayaw was launched in retaliation for the slain person, intent on killing the culprit (who is a tribesman himself), and to set an example for other natives what will come their way if they sympathize with the NPA.
Pangayaw is an age old tradition of a centuries-old culture—it will always remain with them as long as they retain their identity. However, the utmost barbarity that the practice projects would essentially widen the gap between the native tribes and those of the settlers. Education might cure their ignorance between moral and immoral in today’s standards. They would also remember their past, broaden their views, and build bridges to the modern world.It
is somehow ironic that those who claim to be “modern people,” exert effort to preserve the culture and traditions of the native people whom they are trying to preserve still practice traditions no longer applicable to the modern world. They are essentially the ones who lead people to abandon any thoughts on making them relevant in today’s setting. In any way, it is a newly sprung paradox in humanity, one in which the tribes are caught in a sandwich. Questions arose during the duration of the conflict: Would the tribes lose who they are if they are pressured to abandon their age-old tradition which is the Pangayaw? Would they remain who they are if they are to abandon something which defined them and separated them from the rest? The government, the military, and even the entire Netizens would not be able to fix their problem. If they realize that Pangayaw is bound to be left behind can the problem be considered solved? Or would it?
Ilan lamang ito sa mga salitang nababalot ng katanungan. Katanungang minsan nang umudyok sa isipan na mas mabuti pang tumigil na lamang sa buhay. Titigal nga ba o magpapahinga lamang sa estado ng mundong ginagalawan?Walang takip ang buong katawan. Mga purong balat lamang ang iyong masusulyapan. Tila hindi sila nabiyayaan ng mga damit o sadyang kinulang lamang sila. Iyan ang sitwasyon ng mga taong mahilig pumunta sa ibat-ibang nudist resorts. Ilan na dyan ay ang mga kilalang Cypris Love Nudist Resort, Haulover Beach, at Blind Creek Beach sa Florida, USA na kung saan ang mga pilipino ay hindi nagpapahuli sa pagdayo dito. Mga pasyalang usong-uso ang mga nacation (nude vacation). Mga pasyalang maituturing mong ang salitang kalayaan ay labis na nararamdaman. Kalayaang ang hatid ay lakas ng loob na ipamulat ang biyayang natanggap sa Poong Maykapal. Kalayaang kakaiba subalit katangi-tangi. Kalayaang nagbibigay pahintulot na tumingin sa katawang hubad ng iba. Manood ka hanggat kaya basta’t hanggang tingin lamang.Pagiging hubad ay katumbas ng pagtatalik. Marami sa mga pilipino sa kasalukuyan at sa naunang panahon ang may pananaw na basta’t walang saplot ang buo mong katawan ay nagpapahiwatig ka ng kagustuhan sa mga malalaswang gawain. Pananaw na siyang nagpapahiwatig ng tunay na kultura ng isang konserbatibong pilipino. Pananaw na nagbibigay-daan sa maling pasyang hindi kalayaan ang dulo subalit pagkakakulong sa bilangguan. Sana’y isaisip ninyong ang pagiging hubad ay nagpapatunay ng pagiging inosente. Inosente sa kadahilanang hubad tayong dumating sa sanlibutan. Usong-uso sa kasalukuyan lalong-lalo na sa Facebook ang mga hubo’t hubad na pagsubok o kaya’y mas kilala sa mga katagang “nude challenge”. Ang litrato ng sariling walang saplot na kung saan may motor sa likurang bahagi at ipopost sa facebook. Vapers nude challenge at nude video challenge ay ilan lamang sa iba pang mga hamon na kung saan ay nagawa na nang mga pilipino. Hamong nagpapatunay na nakikiayon ang mga Pinoy sa takbo ng mundo. Isang patunay na ang kultura ng mga Pilipino ay umiiba kasabay ng paglago. Mga pilipinong dati-rati ay hindi lumalabas ng bahay na ang gamit ay maiiksing damit subalit sa kasalukuyan ay buong tapang na ginagawa at ang hinihinging kapalit ay respeto lamang. Marami sa panahon ngayon ang hindi mabigyang kahulugan ang kanikanilang iyag o sexuality. Mga taong ang itinitibok ng damdamin ay lalaki at babae. Hindi nila lubusang mapagtanto kung saang panig sila lulugar. Sa panig ba ng itinuro ng maykapal o kaya’y sa panig na ginusto ng laman. Panig na hindi tanggap ng kabuuan subalit ramdam na ramdam ng lupang ginagalawan.
HUBAD NA Kalayaan
- REALEE M. GABARRAfeature • bagwis 17 Recently, photos of a dead body full of large, gaping slash wounds circulated over Facebook. The caption read “Innocent farmer fell victim to Pangayaw.” A lengthy post followed shortly after, together with videos of local men carrying bolos and similar large knives preparing for the worse to come, it’s message loud and clear: Beware of Pangayaw. Pangayaw is a tradition common to the natives of Mindanao. It is an act in which an entire tribe sets out to seek vengeance to a person or a group that did them wrong. They chose no victim, as information suggests, anyone who happens to cross their way will have also meet Death.
Netizens offered varying comments and opinion regarding the situation. While the majority condemned the killing of the innocent farmer and expressed disgust and dismay to the tradition, saying that the practice is barbaric and inhuman, others, however, opined that outsiders should not interfere with the traditions of the natives, one which was practiced since time immemorial, and must instead focus on being safe. They also argued that the “Tribal War” is a problem the natives needed to solve on their own. Others also expressed concern for the safety of the people living in the afflicted areas, especially in Bukidnon where the tension is centered. The answer was the mobilization of soldiers in the said places and increased military presence in the mountains.Itisaquestion why the situation received minimal media coverage. It barely made the national news and only made rounds on the local television. The medium which provided information the most is social media, regardless of its credibility and accuracy, as stories varied from person to person, which some even dismissed as fake news. Posts from Facebooks users managed to reach people and provided much needed information
Bisexual. Iyag na nagpapatunay na kilala niya ang kanyang sarili. Ika nga ng mga nakakatanda, “natural lang yan sa mga dalaga at binata” sa kadahilanang nasa yugto pa sila pakikipagsapalaran. Ilan naman sa mga magulang ay binibigyang-kahulugan ang iyag na ito bilang daan upang sa susunod ay buong-lakas nilang masasabi na sila’y tomboy o bakla at hindi bi.
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“Hubad! Tomboy! Bakla! Bisexual! Transgender! Queer! Nagpakamatay!
“Ang bawat isa ay bisexual” ayon kay Bharanidharan, Sadhana (2018). Lahat ng tao ay naranasang maging bi sa kadahilanang ang bawat isa ay naranasang mabighani sa kagandahan o kabaitang ipinamamalas ng kapwa babae o lalaki. Ito ang iyag na mas nabigyang-halaga sa kasalukuyan sa kadahilanan ng ibat-ibang programang kanilang sinasalihan. Isa na dyan ang PRIDEMARCH sa Twin Tuna Park noong Desyembre 1. Programang nagbigay kapalaluan sa mga Generals na kasapi ng LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) Community at ipakita sa lahat na hindi na uso ang pagtatago ng tunay na iyag sapagkat ang bawat isa ay may karapatang maging totoo at malaya sa sariling pinaninindigan. Mga taong ang tanging sigaw ay “itigil ang diskriminasyon”. Bigyang kalayaan at itigil ang paghuhusgang bumubuo ng salitang pagpapakamatay sa puso’t isipan. Lahat ng tao’y nabubuhay at namamatay sa tamang panahon subalit may iilan na mas pipiliin na lamang ang magpakamatay sa kadahilanan ng mga matang masasakit na nagpapahiwatig ng negatibong ekspresyong nanlalait sa taong naapektuhan. Mga matang sanay na sanay sa mga mapanghusgang gawain nagdudulot ng depresyon sa mga taong hinuhusgahan. Huwag niyong hayaang makulong sa maling pasya ni hayaang matuldukan ang buhay dahil emosyon na ang siyang may kontrol. Umiiba ang ihip ng hangin. Kung dat-rati’y ang mga pilipino ay sobrang inosente sa mga bagay na hindi nakagawian lalong-lalo na sa pagiging bukas sa mga pribading parte, pagiging bisexual at minsan ay pagpapakamatay. Ngayon ay tila bumaliktad ang mundo. Sitwasyong nagpapahiwatig na kayang-kaya na ng mga pinoy na makiayon na siyang nagpapahiwatig na hindi sanay ang mga pilipinong mapag-iwanan ng modernisasyon. Mga sitwasyong nagbago ng ating pananaw sa mundong kinalikhan. Mga sitwasyong ang bunga ay nakabase sa taong gumagawa nito at sukatan rin ng kanilang kakayahang ikontrol ang sarili. Kung usong-uso ang mga balitang tungkol sa mga hubad na katawan o bisexual, huwag hayaang pati ang balitang tungkol sa pagpapakamatay ay makisabay. Datapwa’t gamitin ang kalayaang ibinigay sa mga panahong karangalan ang siyang balik sa iyo. Huwag ipamukha sa maykapal na hindi ka masaya sa buhay na iyong nakamtan. Maging taong may malawakang pagiisip. Pagsumikapang ito’y maging biyaya at hindi basura. Ipamukhang ikaw ay maging inspirasyon ng mga susunod na henerasyon. Henerasyong may tunay na kalayaan sa mga taong mapanghusga na ang tanging hiling ay respeto at tunay na pagmamahal.
To Kill or Be Killed and warned the citizens of the dangers of Pangayaw. It is worthy to note that this problem does not only limit itself to the natives but to the entire country as well. For one thing, it revealed the lapses of the government towards the native tribes. A leader of a certain tribe revealed that the majority of the tribes that launched Pangayaw was not directly affiliated with the government, meaning the government doesn’t have complete control over them and that they are dangerously close to being outlaws. If only the government exert extra effort in connecting with the tribes, the problem might have been minimalized, if not entirely averted. Moreover, the root cause of the tribal conflict was the NPA-inspired murder of a tribesman by a fellow tribesman. This can mean that the government is losing their grasp on the natives to the NPA, showcasing their lost faith and increasing dissatisfaction among the natives towards the government as they are able to be persuaded by the communists. It can also be pointed out that their lack of formal education and societal advancement also contributed to the conflict.
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Tell Me Where It Hurts MYMP (2005) In a relationship or not, MYMP’s Tell Me Where it Hurts surely hits the right spot. “Why don’t you tell me where it hurts now, and I’ll do my best to make it better. Give me a chance to put back all the pieces,” declares it all! It’s a wonderful way of expressing your unconditional love to someone, yet an equally disheartening unrequited one. Gitara Parokya ni Edgar (2005) Needless to debate, the guitar plucking in this song is absolutely a trickle on anybody’s eardrums! This is the ideal song to send out to someone who’s attention you’re trying to catch but is way out of your league to even notice. We sang-cry to this when we were too torpe to confess our affections, and could only play the guitar, hoping he/ she’ll get the message. But that doesn’t happen quite like the fairytales and movies. Go and be braver, kumpadre!
SalamatYeng Constantino (2007) “Ang awiting ito’y para sayo” (This song is for you) “at kung maubos ang tinig, di magsisisi” (and if I lose my voice, won’t regret it), speaks a lot about a grateful heart and how we are so thankful for someone’s existence. It can be a song for our parents, our family, our friends, or some lovers or ex-lovers. Whichever it is, it’s a song that could melt any heart.
1. TULOY PA RIN - Neocolours (1990)
Magbalik Callalily (2006) To everybody who’s still not over their exes, this song is your anthem bros.
4. NEXT IN LINE - After Image (1995)
Gone is the era where western and foreign music overlap Original Pinoy Music (OPM). The year 2018 served us with several underrated artists such as the IV of Spades, Ben&Ben, December Avenue, Autotelic and Moira dela Torre who have tidal-waved as some of the newest faces of OPM and have been changing the game since with music that exemplifies the Filipino millennials and the Generation Z now more than ever.
Hawak Kamay Yeng Constantino (2007) We all know the lyrics, admit it. Remember how we all once sang our hearts out to this soulful pop song whenever it gets blasted on radios and tricycle music players. It’s a song that reminds us how we are not alone in facing battles and struggles.
While indeed, there is a lot to look forward to as far as Pinoy music goes, one can’t help but sometimes long for the sound of OPM from the years that were, back to the songs that made the soundtrack of our youth. Here is a list of eight 2000’s OPM songs for our longing old hearts.
5. HULING EL BIMBO - Eraserheads (1995)
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2. WITH A SMILE - Eraserheads (1994)
7. ELESI - Rivermaya (1997)
Kundiman Silent Sanctuary (2007) Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs, but ironic as it is, Silent Sanctuary’s Kundiman is a love song with a rather sad ending. “Kung hindi man tayo hanggang dulo” (If we don’t end up together until the end) “wag mong kalimutan, nandito lang ako laging umaalalay, hindi ako lalayo” (don’t forget, I’ll be here, always supporting you, I won’t go far away) speaks about an undying love, even if both ends don’t meet. Do you have someone in mind?
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3. AWIT NG KABATAAN - Rivermaya (1994)
Kitchie Nadal (2004) We all shrieked its lyrics when we were getting over our very first heartbreak (or simply entranced by the tune alone), imitating Kitchie’s lyrical rasp. This song has indeed captivated the hearts of the masses in an alternative-rock-band feel and Kitchie Nadal in a messy hair tie playing the guitar is not making us less attracted to the music.
‘Wag na ‘Wag Mong Sasabihin
Rainbow South Border (2004) Who’s not going to fall in love with lyrics like: “So baby just smile ‘cause I’m always around you and I’ll make you see how beautiful life is for you and me. Even if there is pain now, everything will be alright. There’s a rainbow always after the rain”?
8. BEFORE I LET YOU GO - Freestyle (1999) Who says OPM is dead?
literary • bagwis Summer. Tinatahak ko noon ang kahabaan ng covered walk. Mag isa. Badtrip. Naghintay ako ng matagal, para lang malaman na walang pasok. Buntong hininga. Malalim. Pinikit ko ang mga mata, at pilit na kinalma ang sarili habang naglalakad papuntang terminal. Nasa harap na ako ng Gemma west nang makita kong sumenyas ang konduktor, dalawa na lang. Napatakbo ako. Ayokong maiwan ng jeep. Kailangan kong makauwi bago pa bumagsak ang nagbabadyang ulan. Hingal kong iniabot ang trese pesos na pamasahe. Papasok na sana ako nang magsalita ang naniningil. “kulang, 16 na ang pamasahe.” Nagtataka man, mas pinili ko na lang halungkatin ang bag para maghanap ng tres. Bago ko pa maiabot ang dagdag na pamasahe ay nalaglag na ito sa lupa. Langya! May bumangga sa akin. Lilingunin ko na sana nang dali-dali niya itong pinulot at ibinigay kay manong. Umusal lang siya nang mahinang “sorry,” at agad umakyat. Wala akong nagawa kundi ang sumunod. Inilibot ko ang aking mga mata sa loob ng jeep at tinungo ang maliit na espasyo, kung saan ikinasya ang sarili sa upuang kalahati lang ng puwet ko ang makakaupo. Tila madaragdagan pa ang kamalasan ko sa araw na ito. Wala na ngang pasok, wala pang maupuan sa jeep. Tsk. Umandar ang jeep. Kasabay ng pagsasalita nung nasa harap ko. “auhm, sorry talaga kanina huh? Diko sinasadya.” Mahina ngunit dinig na dinig ko. Tinignan ko siya. Medyo matalim. Nais kong ipamukha sa kanya ang katangahan. Nais kong manumbat. Sa laki kong to, paanong di niya ako nakita kanina? Ngunit traydor ang aking mga labi. “Okay, lang,” may diin kong sabi. At doon, nasilayan ko ang ngiting tila nagbigay ng ginhawa sa masikip na jeep. Kamotkamot ang noo, yumuko ako. Ayokong makita niya ang kinang sa aking mga mata. Nang mag-angat ako ng tingin, nakita ko siyang nakatitig pa rin sa akin. Naiilang ako kaya pinili kong tumingin muna sa labas. Nagsimula nang umulan. Ilang minuto rin ako sa ganoong posisyon nang maramdaman kong tila nangangawit ang aking leeg. Dumiritso ako ng tingin. Nakita ko siya, nakapikit. Tila natutulog. Maaaring napagod sa buong umagang klase. Ayoko siyang titigan. Baka may makapansin. Ngunit, tila ako’y nababatobalani ng mala-anghel niyang mukha. Oo, inaamin ko, mukha siyang anghel kahit na di gaanong nasuklay ang may kahabaan niyang buhok. Hindi ko mapigilang lakbayin ng tingin ang mapula niyang labi. Ilong na hindi gaanong katangusan. Mga pilik-matang mahahaba na tila nakikipag usap sa kilay niyang may kakapalan. Bagay naman sa kanya. Dugdugdug. Sabi nang aking dibdib. Ano ito? Hindi ko maunawaan.Nasaganoon akong ayos, nang magmulat siya ng mga mata. Nagulat ako, hindi makagalaw. Samantalang siya’y nakatitig lang sa akin. May pagtataka. Hindi ko binawi ang tingin. Tila naman naglalaro ang tadhana. Nilakasan ni manong drayber ang stereo. Yung kanta pa rin ni Moira. “At nakita kita, sa tagpuan ni Bathala. May kinang sa mata na di maintindihan.” Nagkatitigan kami. Matagal. May ngiti sa kanya-kanyang mga labi. Walang kumukurap, tila nag-uusap. Hindi ko na kaya ang ganoon, kaya una akong nag iwas ng tingin. “Tumingin kung saan, sinubukan kong lumisan.” Dinig ko pa din ang kanta, may kalakasan. Ngunit, mas malakas yata ang kabog sa aking dibdib. Dugdug.dugdug. Tila mas bumilis pa ang pagkabog na iyon nang di sinasadyang masagi ko ang kanyang tuhod. Bolta-boltaheng kuryente ang aking naramdaman. Pareho kaming nagulat. Alam ko, naramdaman niya rin iyon. Napangiti ako, habang nagsosorry. “Wala yun,” narinig ko na naman ang boses niya. Matutunaw na yata ako. Sobrang saya ang aking nararamdaman. Mukhang tatalon na yata ang puso ko. Naiilang na talaga ako. Umiwas ako ng tingin. Hiniling kong sana humaba pa ang byahe. Sana bagalan ni manong ang pagapapatakbo ng jeep. Sana sabay kami ng bababaan. Sana kahit siya man lang ang maging swerte ko sa araw na ito. Ngunit, malas nga yata ako sa araw na iyon dahil bago ko pa man maitanong ang kanyang pangalan, narinig kong pumara siya sa tapat ng MPC. Nilingon ko siyang may tanong sa aking mga mata. Sinuklian niya iyon ng ngiti. Tila nagpapaalam. Inayos niya ang bag, at bago tumayo isang “baba na ako” lang ang iniwan niya. Ito na ba ang huli? Umandar na ang jeep, nais kong kawayan siya. Hindi! Nais kong sundan siya! At bago pa man makalayo ang jeep, nakita kong may yumakap at pumayong sa kanya. Nadurog ang aking puso.“‘Di, di ko inakala“ pagtatapos ng kanta ni Moira.
6. HARANA - Parokya ni Edgar (1997)
Nagsugod ang tanan tong gihinganlan ko niyang “lagom”
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Gipuno ug tantong kahilom ang palibot Inig magsugod na si Ser og panermon Aron kami kuno, kami’ng mga tonto Maprepara sa umaabot nga kabug-aton Mao kini ang kinabuhing MSU’an Ningkamot-ningtiil giadlaw-adlaw ang pastil Usahay ning-liog aron makaanser ra Three-sixty murag musegunda’s Kara Mia Usahay ang eksam ma’horror pinakalit Katisting ka anang naay misitsit ug manguhit? Unya muhonghong, “bai naa kay anser?” Hapit pajud madakpan ni ser Ikaw pud atik’atik Tabun-tabon panyo, hulog-hulog eraser Daghan ju’ng artista madiscover kada semana Hawd man muimbento og eksena Ug ikaw gabasa, likay! Pero og ikaw MSU’an, ayg kaguol fighter Ang MSU’ang tinood mabagsak o maghiniunsa, Dili gyud muondang, mosukol pa’g mukiay Ang kamatooran mao ni: wala ta napalpak, nakakat’on lang ta bay. Kay ang giyera sa pagskwela wala sa skwelahan Naa sa imong kaugalingong pamaagi sa pagbatbat sa kalibutan Kining pulong komedya lamang dala tinud’anay Kung naigo ka ayaw’g likay, pero sabay nalang kay ang matira matibay Mao kini ang MSU’an, garaon man pero utokan ug madiskarte sa mga pagsulay.
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- CHRISTIAN FRANCIS NAYRENganong sige man kog abri sa libro? Tama ba ni? Unsa para naa ray mabuhat? Kay unsaon mura jud kog mabughat. Ughh... first day palang bitaw, Maanad ra ko sa sunod nga mga adlaw. Naa juy oras akong utok mablangko, Ug pagka nalang jud, ulaw kaayo. Maglingkod lang ko diri, paganswer mo diha, Kay inyong PT di jud maayo mamaba. Apan hinaot unta di ni mao ang hinungdan, Aron kamo sa ako walay matun.an. Ulawon pa gamay kay bag.o palang gud, Ambot, tan.awon lang kung ing ani japun sa sunod. Ulawon ko, passive mo, mag-unsa nalang ta ani? Pero ayg kabalaka, ‘ngitaan nato nag paagi. Uy hapit nang oras, tapos na mo? Pasa na na ninyo bi aron kagawas nako. Wa man ko nagdali, nabalaka rajud ko. Magbuhat pa ra ba kog Lesson Plan ug IM’s para ninyo. GILBERT BOYEN CANETE
My refuge which no one knows Where happiness is teem For love surely brim Beyond the grasp of plunder My inner self can aver As my mind freely wonder I teleport to my secret place Without leaving any trace Wherein it resembles my desired place Away from chaos, harm and crimes Time is valued compared to dime A property which is only mine Positivity reigns and blaze as gleam Keeping my everything in this realm Security surrounds me at the helm A place I can call my own I truly believe is my home For which I call my “Dream Dome” dream dome - CHARLENE JOY SALIGUMBA -
Hala, dzai! Bantayi ‘nya nang pagkataliwis sa imong dila Kay basi matamparusan ka’g di ingon nato’g magisi imong baba. Pag-eskwela ‘nya’g tarong Arong biskan maayong pamatasan ra ang imong makat-on.
Okay lang man kung gipanganak ko na ang panit kay kulay itom Pero lisod sad ning ang manghimantay nato kay katong dili man sad tantong pution. Wa ko kahibaw kung batasan ra ba jud niya ng pagkahimantayon Or sadyang ing-ana ra jud siya? Kana bitaw’ng pilingon.
Mabal-an mana nimo kung ako adunay malagot Kay kanang gabukdong foam sa imong bra kay ako unyang makumot. Lagom - SHAIRYLL MARIE MALABARBAS -
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Sayang ang kahago sa imong ginikanan na grabe ang panrabaho sa uma Niya nagpataka ra ka’g palit sa dili branded nimong gluta! Bi daw bi? Namuti naka ana? Aww namuti man hinuon.
Pero kung mahitabo, lihog lang ‘nya ko na pakiapil nalang sa imong ngipon.
Tungod tingali kay ang sanina ra nako ang makita sa dulom.
Pero, ay’g kabalaka kay wala jud ko nimo nagdumot Kay sa pangit nimong batasan igo ra taw’n ko nahimuot.
Much to the delight of the crowd, Vanguards’ aggressiveness on the dance floor was too hard to handle for the other colleges as they held as overall champion after dominating the Dance Sports Competition during the Intramurals 2018 at MSU Gym, October 12.
Sa patuloy na paghihimagsik para maibulsa ang kampeonato, balot pa rin ng tapang at determinasyon ang bawat koponan sa ikalawang set nang walang tigil itong magpalitan ng opensa ngunit nangibabaw ang ginawang 5 kills at 3 smashes ng tambalang Arinzol at Lumawag na naglusaw sa malakapit-tukong dipensa ng Grad School, 15-13. Nagawang makipag-sabayan ng Reapers sa lebel ng pangangalampag ng Grad School hanggang sa pumukol sa ikalawang pagkakataon si Arinzol ng nakakalaglag-pangang hairpin net shot para maselyohan ang kapanalunan sa 21-19. Umabot hanggang ikatlong set ang labanan at walang may gustong masapawan sa bawat koponan. Naghain ng 2 kills, 3 service aces at 2 smashes ang Repears na tinapatan naman ng tambalan ng Grad School gamit ang 5 kills, 4 smashes at 3 flicks na nagresulta sa engkwentro ng 12-8, pabor sa Grad School. Hindi pa nagpaawat ang Grad School matapos itong magpasabog ng taktika na lumusaw sa hangarin ng Reapers na maibulsa ang ginto sa Doubles Category. Sa huling pagkakataon, isang nag-aapoy na kill ang nagtapos sa laro matapos itong itarak ni Bartolaba, 21-19. Samantala, muling pumanig sa Reapers ang dalang swerte ng panahon.
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Bolanio, with remarkable grit, tried to cut off Gurondiano’s momentum and turn the tables around through his disconcerting pushes and tricky placing, to which, unfortunately for the ASTEEG, Gurondiano defended and reciprocated gracefully that resulted to a widened gap in scores, 12-5.
Having no withdrawals against his opponent, Gurondiano decided to finally put an end to the first set of pure badminton carnage with his unguarded feints
After being caught sleeping by the offensive push of Bolanio, Gurondiano stirred back into motion and then went on extreme offensive and put off hope destroying smashes and half-court kills on Bolanio resulting to Gurondiano’s crushing nine point lead, 16-7.
“Kailangan lang talaga ng mahigpit na training. Syempre, kayang-kaya,” bulalas ni Baldove
Ralph Gurondiano – the hero who brought salvation to the College of Agriculture (Reapers) after pulling off a 2-0 blowout (21-7, 21-9) against Frances Kenth Bolanio from the College of Engineering (ASTEEGS) during the Singles B Men’s Badminton finals held at the MSU Gymnasium, October 9. With no hesitations coming from the green side of the court, Gurondiano easily took hold of the pilot’s seat and bombed over Bolanio’s domain with relentless smashes and unforgiving kills, giving him the first set lead, 7-1.
Roland C. Aquino Jr. Walang bakal ang hindi kinakalawang! Pinatunayan ng College of Agriculture (COA) Reapers na kupas na ang mga batikang Graduate School
Sumalang ang 5th year BS ABE student na si Karla Jane Baldove ng Reapers kontra sa kinatawan ng Graduate School na si Jeycel Dys Esnardo para sa Singles B kung saan mas pumaibabaw ang bagsik ng 2-time champion na si Baldove matapos itarak ang 2-0 na panalo. Unang set pa lamang, agresibo nang pinaunlakan ni Baldove si Esnardo gawa ng mga perpektong serves nito na nahirapang habulin ng tila usad pagong na si Esnardo, 5-0. Nakabawi naman ito matapos pumakawala rin ng smashes para idikit ang iskor sa 15-15. Sumunod-sunod ang errors ni Esnardo gawa ng kapabayaang mahagip ang shuttlecock, na naging dahilan sa pag angkin ni Baldove ng panalo sa set, 21-18. Hindi matawaran ang angking galing ni Baldove sa court nang mas lalo pa itong uminit kasabay ang maalinsangang panahon matapos umalingasaw ang 5 smash, 4 na flicks at 3 kills sa ikalawang set ng salpukan. Hindi rin naman nagpaawat si Esnardo nang nagpaiwan ito ng solid na mga atake para sumabay kay Baldove. Ngunit mas nanaig ang dipensang hindi kayang buwagin ni Baldove sapat para mapasakamay nyang muli ang kampeonato, 21-19.
Dagdag pa ang mga malakapit-tukong dipensa na ipinaunlak nito para patuloy na bumandera hanggang sa magulantang ito ng mga nagpupuyos na nakaw sundot nyang itinarak sa pagtatapos ng unang set, 21-16.
SSH’s bets overrule Dance Sports Competition
BadmintonWomen Reapers, nagreyna sa Badminton;Bagarinao, Baldove, namayagpag!
Enthusiastic cheers and massive applause rang out as Jarren Fragada and Lea May Serenea of College of Education impressed the adjudicators giving them the highest score after topping the Modern Standard Discipline with Best in Slow Waltz award and Lea Mae Serenea as the Best Female Dancer. Moreover, couple from College of Social Science and Humanities was declared as 2nd place and got the Best in Tango and Quick Step awards while the Senior High School and College of Agriculture ranked 3rd and 4th, respectively.
Bolanio haplessly tried to catch up to Gurondiano with fortunate woodshots and feints but Gurondiano proved to be too much for him as Gurondiano proceeded on to take the second set and the championship title away with him, 21-9.
Bumulaga sa Reapers ang mga nakasusulasok na service aces na hatid nina Bartolaba at Remuldo sa pagpasok ng unang set sa pagbabasakaling pumanig naman sa kanila ang tandhana. Hindi naman ito nabigo at tila pinaglaruan lang ng tandem ang Repears na kumana ng 17-6 matapos mag-iwan ng 3 smash, 7 kills at 2 balks hanggang sa tuluyan na nitong matuldukan ang unang set sa 21-12, pabor sa Grad School.
Roland C. Aquino Jr.
Sumalakay ang mapangahas na sina Christine Mae Bartolaba at Stephanie Remuldo ng Graduate School sa Doubles Category matapos maungusan sina Roxanne Arinzol at Christine Lumawag ng Reapers, 2-1.
Mas lalo pang uminit si Bagarinao nang muli pa nitong ibayo ang mga smash at kills sa pagratsada ng ikalawang set. Tila nauupos na kandila si Hassan sa pag-aakalang makakabwi pa ito ngunit walang pa ring humpay ang bagsik ni Bagarinao, sapat upang maselyo ang ikalawang set, 21-14 at tanghaying kampeon sa SinglesNgunitA.tila nag-iba ang ihip ng hangin para sa Reapers.
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“Happy lang, at least nagbunga ang mga pinagpaguran namin sa pagpractice,” said Serenea On the other hand, couple 002 George Michael Gaerlan and Eula Mitch Alcantara of Senior High School Legends heated up the dance floor as they stood out and impressed judges in performing Latin dances in Latin American category such as Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, Rhumba and Jive. Embraced with gracefulness and almostperfect dance routines, the couple pocketed all the awards in the said Category. Gaerlan also emerged as the Best Male Dancer in the Competition. The couple couldn’t believe that they would end up as champions because they were the youngest competitor and they were just aiming to get into the top 4. “We are so honored to represent the department at kami pa talaga ang nagging champion,” said Gaerlan. “It is very overwhelming for me kasi bago lang pa lang ako nagsali sa mga ganito,” first timer Alcantara also said. The adjudicators taking turns to judge the dancers on posture, timing and basic rhythm interpretation, presentation, movement and floor craft. After the overall tally, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities coasted as overall champion followed by the Senior High School as 1st Runner Up and Mentors went as 2nd Runner Up. featherand busting power kills, leaving the first set to memory and history, 21-9. Upon the opening of the second set, Gurondiano continued on with his onslaught against Bolanio with his impeccable flicks and hairpin net shots leaving Bolanio in the slums, 6-nil. Undeterred by the first set loss, Bolanio geared up for war and marched on with his service aces and erratic balks, successfully giving Gurondiano a tough time dictating the game.
matapos itong pataubin at dominahin ang ginto sa championship game ng Badminton Women ng MSU-GSC Intramurals sa MSU gym, Oct. 9. Unang sumalanta si Jezreel Bagarinao para sa Singles A Category kung saan tila hindi man lang pinagpawisan kontra kay Norlaisa Hassan, 2-0. Bagamat mas nakakatanda at mas lamang sa karanasan, hindi nagpahuli si Bagarinao baon ang determinasyong muli nyang mapapasakamay ang kampeonato. Umarangkada ang di mabilang na service aces at mga perpektong atake ni Bagarinao hudyat sa pagsulpot ng unang set.
Muling nasa panig ng Reapers ang Overall Champion sa Badminton Women matapos ngang ibulsa ang mas higit na kampeonato sa iba’t-ibang kategorya. MSU Gymnasium - The College of Engineering (ASTEEGS), through the person of Jasper Ellustrismo, took away the championship title from the College of Agriculture (Reapers), after flooring Jayson Escala, 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 14-12), during the decision match of the Men’s Table Tennis Finals, October 10. A blistering start is what was marked by Ellustrismo, racking up score after score, putting up the game’s energy on a breathless chase. Liven up due to the disadvantage, Escala slowly but surely caught up to Ellustrismo with his backhand kills and fruitful counterloops, resulting into one of the game’s many deadlocks, 6-6. Unfazed by Escala’s rally, Ellustrismo, changed the music and danced to his own tempo and finally took care of the first set elegantly, 11-6. Upon the start of the second set, Ellustrismo continued to feed Escala his crosscourt kills, deep shots, and unreturned services, setting himself up higher against the Reaper, 7-4. Clearly with no loss of hope, Escala mightily defended Ellustrismo’s bombardment with his counter smashes, lobs, and floaters to which, Ellustrismo answered back with aggressive hits and drop shots, to finally conclude the second set to Ellustrismo’s favour, 11-8. Having no holds restrained, Ellustrismo opened up the third set with deceiving backhand strokes and smashes giving him the early lead of the set. With little to no resistance from the opposing side, Ellustrismo went on with the reaping, leaving an ill-fated Escala clinging barely to the championship title. With hands of fury and an unstoppable offensive prowess, Ellustrismo finally made Escala succumb and with it the gold spot, leaving the ASTEEGS with their sought hard championship victory, 14-12.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the court, Jeffrey Nagayo (Spiker), John Arist Curay (Tekong), and Norhaimin Salibo (Setter), made up the Vanguard’s regu, answered the ASTEEGs with dumps and ominous blocks keeping the first set at the same breathless pace. With both teams fighting over for score after score, the game’s enticing atmosphere put everyone on a fever pitch. Wanting to remove his team from the ironic monotony of the game, Solis went on an offensive push against the Vanguards but unhappily for him, Nagayo sure had other plans as he replied to Solis with explosive kills and bomb spikes which then eventually led to the ASTEEGs forst set demise, 21-18. To recuperate for their fiest set lost, the ASTEEGs quit playing games and started playing fr the championship and went on to dominate with their predator instinct at the start of the second set with Solis’s relentless sunback spikes and Megan Gando’s belittling plays. With the momentum still on their backs, the Vanguards wasted no time as they progressed to equate the ASTEEGs’ effort through Nagayo’s feint kills and undefended monster kills keeping the second set with multiple deadlocks, 5-5, 1010, 13-13.Notletting their nerves get the better of them, the ASTEEG’s went on to play calmly and steadily, attack after attack, even exhibiting excellent floor defense to put up against Nagayo’s ceaseless attacks.Eager to take the second set, the Vanguards played recklessly, marking error after error, giving the other side score after score, which unfortunately led to their demise and the ASTEEGs to their set win, 21-16. With a rejuvenating spirit taking over the ASTEEGs, they entered the third set with high pride and high hopes. The Vanguards had to unscramble from the second set lost and turn a seemingly chaotic team into a perfectly rhythmic one. With an utmost goal to get things back together, the Vanguards immediately poured forth onto the ASTEEGs well-orchestrated plays from Banda, Brian, and Nagayo. Unwilling to give away the spotlight to the Vanguards, the ASTEEGs answered the call with crowd shushing power attacks and kill feints from Solis, making the Vanguards’ efforts useless and a nailed score, Unforgiving12-6.and relentless, Solis kept on feeding the Vanguards regu with horse-strong kicks and stone-cold blocks, with Vanguards having no answer for, ending the third set to the ASTEEGs favour, 21-16. With the match finally coming to an endgame for the ASTEEGs, they went on the fourth set riding on euphoria whilst the Vanguard riding on frail hopes on clinching the championship. With no more doubts as the apex predators of the court, the ASTEEGs took on the fourth set opening with Solis’ lightning fast attacks and down the line kills giving them the early lead rein, 6-2. The Vanguards, desperate to catch up on scores and sets, showcased careless attacks and almost mindless defense, combined with the ASTEEGs unyielding push for the championship ring, gave way to the ASTEEGs’ much widened lead gap, and the Vanguards coughing up errors after errors and the ASTEEGs taking up score after score.Not anymore wanting to give away and cause an upset, the ASTEEGs decided to go on about their endgame. Solis killed the Vanguard court with his crushing kicks and kills, with his teammates’ floor defences, finally devastating their opponents’ hopes and chances for the crown. Nagayo tried to play catch up and play apex with his carousels but all has proven nothing as the ASTEEGs finally finished them off and the tournament for good, 21-13.
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