Philippine Collegian Tomo 94 Issue 20 by Philippine Collegian

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EDITORYAL LUNES 24 HULYO 2017 ISKO ON THE STREET Ano ang UP grade na ibibigay mo sa unang taon ng administrasyong Duterte? Bakit? Pasado pa siya? Para sa akin hindi, mga kwatro. Feeling ko kasi pwede pa natin siyang i-engage na magkaroon ng pagbabago sa mga ginagawa niya since first year pa lang naman niya ito at marami pa siyang taong magagawan ng paraan para pwede siyang makausap. Sarryna Gesite

A year of resistance THE PEOPLE’S RESISTANCE THRIVES when the prospects of change are bleak. As President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his narrative of change in the State of the Nation Address, the Philippine Collegian persists in voicing the narrative of the masses in a year of resistance to his brand of change. This new administration set the tone from which this Collegian started its term. The popular president initially gained strong support from various sectors especially the poor, yet a year after, conflicts and contradictions remain to be the hallmark of the administration. As such, the publication sought to challenge the president’s myth of change as the state yet again waged an all-outwar against the masses. This regime has blatantly disregarded the people’s right to life—from political violence through human rights violation (HRVs), police brutality, and counterinsurgency, to economic violence against farmers, contractual workers, and the national minorities. At the front of this attack is the drug war, which has claimed an estimated 7,000 lives in combined police and vigilante killings—widespread and targeted to the poor. Around 50 cases of political killings have also been documented by rights group Karapatan under the regime. Amid these attacks, the people did not falter in asserting their rights. This year marked the breaking of hacienda walls as tracts of land were distributed to the farmers like in Hacienda Luisita, under the progressive leadership of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano.

The appointment of progressive leaders like him and Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo was a most welcome change for the people. However, the Commission on Appointments remains adamant in confirming the two, even rejecting former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez who staunchly criticized big mining companies and closed illegal mines. This move manifests how personal interests of those in power trump the interest of the people. But in the face of deprivation, the resistance grows stronger. Some 6,000 families from urban poor group Kadamay started the Occupy Bulacan Movement—taking abandoned resettlement units in Pandi, Bulacan as a response to government inaction on housing problem. In this troubled national environment, the Collegian recognizes its crucial role in exposing the truth and siding with the marginalized. In a society marred by inequality and injustice, the media with its power to effect real change cannot afford to feign neutrality or objectivity. The administration is quick to label such reportage that is critical of its policies as “fake news.” But in the continuing struggle for people’s rights, our most potent weapon is the truth. The truth has become our rallying point in the resistance against the government’s atrocities and lies. Most vulgar of these is the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, which we condemned and protested in the streets.

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The Collegian recognizes these conditions from which we continue to assess, historicize, analyze, and criticize—for as the prospects of change becomes bleak, the people’s resistance will continue to thrive.

Despite not living in those dark days, the youth are not ignorant of the large-scale corruption, summary executions, and enforced disappearances under his dictatorship. This willingness to take defiant, decisive action is a testament to the media’s power to influence political consciousness and elicit action. The Collegian, as the student publication of the national university, will not back down from such a vital responsibility. It has always been consistent in its stand on crucial issues in the university and the country—from advocating for free education to supporting the peace talks with the government and the communist groups. Yet the publication recognizes the challenges it faced in the year that was, some of which will carry over to the succeeding term. In this term’s opening editorial, we vowed to defy the barriers that hindered the Collegian’s performance—from the lack of trained staff and editors, to releasing reportage in different avenues despite withholding of funds by the administration. As such, we also confront the need to recruit more members and meet the weekly demands of presswork, for resistance must be sustained and silence is never an option. After a year, the country is only faced with more conflicts and contradictions. The Collegian recognizes these conditions from which we continue to assess, historicize, analyze, and criticize—for as the prospects of change becomes bleak, the people’s resistance will continue to thrive. −

My grade for Duterte is five because in terms of socioeconomic political demands of the people, wala pa siyang nami-meet doon completely and I guess one year is enough and with the long history of presidential administrations, that is enough for him to be faster in disseminating the problems of the people katulad na lang ng free education na matagal nang hinihingi and other basic social services na hindi lang para sa economy pero sa mismong development ng inclusive growth ng mamamayan. Enrique Navera BA Political Science

Singko. Siguro dala na rin ng emosyon kasi kung gagawa naman siya ng mga bagay katulad ng mga batas niyang ipinapatupad, mahalaga nakonsider niya muna ang human rights, yung maka-tao talaga. Kasi once na-violate mo yun, para sa akin, wala na. Singko na. Sheena Vicente BS Community Development

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LUNES 24 HULYO 2017

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RAT SAN JUAN AT CAMILLE JOYCE GUADALUPE LITA MAKARAAN ANG PITONG Court ang Taysan 3 na makapagpiyansa taong pagkakapiit sa Batangas noong Pebrero 12, 2016. Kasalukuyan pang lumilikom ng Provincial Jail, nakalaya na ang pinakabatang bilanggong pulitikal at sapat na pondo ang mga grupo upang UP Diliman Film student na si Maricon palayain din sina Cañete at Baes. Sa Montajes matapos makapagpiyansa kabuuan, halagang P900,000 ang hinihingi para sa piyansa ng dalawa noong ika-21 ng Hulyo. Nakalikom ng halagang P604,000 pang bilanggong pulitikal. Para sa mga mag-aaral ng Kolehiyo mula sa mga donasyon ang mga Pangmadlang Komunikasyon, grupong nagtataguyod ng paglaya ng ni Montajes gaya ng Task Force isang tagumpay na maituturing ang Freedom at Karapatan. Kasama sa paglaya ni Maricon. “Sa panahon mga tumulong ang ilang guro ng na ang pangulo ay walang tunguhin UP kabilang sina Propesor Rolando na magtatag ng pangmatagalang Tolentino at ngayo’y Department kapayapaan, at tuluyang tumatalikod of Social Welfare and Development sa mga pangako niya, hindi na ito ang panahon para tayo ay makampante at Secretary Judy Taguiwalo. Isa si Montajes sa tatlong dinakip ng tumigil sa paglaban,” ani Almira Abril, 743rd Squadron ng Philippine Air Forces dating tagapangulo ng Konseho ng mga sa Brgy. Mabayabas, Taysan, Batangas Mag-aaral ng kolehiyo. Bagaman labis ang kasiyahan, noong Hunyo 3, 2010. Tinaguriang “Taysan 3,” kasamang nakulong ni nagpapatuloy pa rin ang paghingi ng Montajes sina Romiel Cañete at hustisya para sa iba pang bilanggong ayon kay Concepcion Ronildo Baes, matapos patawan ng pulitikal, gawa-gawang kaso tulad ng illegal Montajes, ina ni Maricon. “Hindi pa rin possession of firearms and explosives tayo tapos sa laban dahil naiwan pa rin na karaniwang kasong isinasampa sa si Romiel at Ronildo,” aniya. Sa kasalukuyan, 416 ang bilanggong mga bilanggong pulitikal. Dahil sa kawalan ng sapat na pulitikal sa bansa, ayon sa huling tala ebidensya, pinayagan ng Regional Trial ng Karapatan noong Hunyo 2017. −

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PINAG-ISANG TINIG Patricia Louise Pobre Sinalubong ng mga mag-aaral ang mga Lakbayaning Lumad mula sa CARAGA na nagmartsa patungong Quezon Hall, Ika-20 ng Hulyo. Mariing kinundina ng mga Lakbayani ang kawalang-aksyon ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte hinggil sa lumalalang sitwasyon sa Mindanao. Patuloy na ipinaglalaban ng mga Lumad ang karapatan sa edukasyon at sariling pagpapasya, kaakibat ng paglaban sa militarisasyon at malawakang pagmimina ng mga malalaking kumpanya sa kanilang lupain.

Youth leaders detained over ML protest in Congress CAMILLE JOYCE GUADALUPE LITA AFTER STAGING A LIGHTNING RALLY against the martial law extension in Mindanao during the joint session of the House and the Senate at Batasan Pambansa, eight youth leaders now face charges on disturbance of proceedings filed by the legal team of the House of Representatives, July 22. Among those arrested were UP Diliman College of Engineering graduate Chad Booc, College of Education student Kenneth Cadiang, and Yasser Gutierrez, all of whom are volunteer teachers at Lumad schools in Mindanao. Outgoing College of Mass Communication Student Council (CMC SC) Chair Almira Abril, League of Filipino Students members Renz Pasigpasigan and JP Rosos, Vinz Simon of Anakbayan, and Michael Joselo of Kabataan Partylist (KPL) were also involved. Known as Kabataan8, they reportedly held the protest and chanted “ Never again to Martial Law” while ACTTeachers Representative Antonio Tinio and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana were exchanging arguments. They were approved guests of KPL Representative Sarah Elago, according to Angelica Reyes of the KPL National Secretariat.

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PARA SA NASA TABI Patricia Louise Pobre Itinatayo ng isang tsuper ng jeepney ang mga kawayang gagamitin bilang silong para sa limang araw na kampuhan sa Mendiola, ika-17 ng Hulyo. Panawagan ng No To Jeepney Phaseout Coalition kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ibasura ang House Bill 4334 o ang Traffic Crisis Act of 2016 na magpapatupad ng jeepney phaseout. Sa phaseout na bunga ng pag-modernize ng mga jeepney, nanganganib na mawalan ng trabaho ang maraming mga tsuper sa buong bansa.

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Congress’ response to the lightning rally is a direct assault on civil and political liberties of the youth and the Filipinos, Reyes said. “Pulitikal ang pagkakakulong nila dahil ang sinisigaw nila ay ang oposisyon sa martial law. Usapin ito kung paanong binubusalan ang mga estudyante at nasa oposisyon.” Meanwhile, the detention of Abril immediately overshadowed CMC SC’s recent victory on freeing Film student Maricon Montajes last July 21, said Journalism Representative Arry Asiddao. Montajes, along with Romiel Cañete and Ronildo Baes, was earlier arrested by the 743rd Squadron of the Philippine Air Forces in Barangay Mabayabas, Taysan, Batangas on June 3, 2010 due to alleged illegal possession of firearms and explosives—a common case filed against political prisoners. “Ganito ang ginagawa sa mga alagad ng midya na pinipiling ilahad ang tunay na mukha ng ating lipunan. Isang halimbawa si Almira kung paanong ginagamit ang kanilang kakayanan upang maging boses ng masang lumalaban [upang ipakita ang] tunay na mukha ng martial law sa Mindanao,” Asiddao added. Recently, a total of 2,500 Lumad students

from 89 schools of Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development, Inc. were affected by the intensified military operations. A total of 55 illegal arrests and detentions, 22 political prisoners, and 7 deaths were also recorded close to the homes of the Lumad, said Rius Valle of Save Our Schools Network. “Nandito sa Manila ngayon ang 300 kabataang Lumad mula Southern Mindanao Region upang ipahayag sa trangkahan ng Malacañang na ang martial law ay walang habas na umaatake sapaaralan namin,” said Valle. Amid these threats and harassments, ALCADEV teacher Carren Tupal would still choose to teach the Lumad children. “ Tinutugunan lang namin ang pagkukulang ng gobyerno sa mga kabataang Lumad. Ang sinasabing distorbong nangyari sa Batasan ay kulang sa pagdistorbo ng militar sa kanayunan kung saan palaging nagbabakwit ang mga Lumad,” Tupal added. As of now, KPL is still negotiating to free the youth leaders lift charges. They are now preparing all the requirements for bail which amounts to P200 to P1,000 each, before heading to the Prosecutor’s Office first thing on July 24. −

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UP still far from tuition-free education −

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SIDEBAR 1

WHILE UP DILIMAN SUSPENDS ITS tuition and others school fees (OSFs) collection for the next academic year, the realization of free education remains to be a challenge for the national university. A week before registration period, the payment procedure is yet to be determined on the next Board of Regents meeting on July 27, said Student Regent (SR)-elect Shari Oliquino. This was after Chancellor Michael Tan’s pronouncement of payment collection suspension in UPD until “the government is clear about their policy.” Only selected students will be given free tuition while collection of OSFs remain, according to the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2017-1A of CHED and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) also known as the Free Tuition Policy (FTP). In addition, even the poorest students will still have to pay miscellaneous fees under FTP. “This is diametrically opposed to and contrary to the spirit of making tuition free for all. Not only is UP duty-bound to implement free tuition to its fullest, but UP should also strive to ensure that nationalist and quality education is accessible to all,” said outgoing SR Raoul Manuel in a statement. Despite this, Manuel welcomes the suspension of payment collection as a stepping stone to abolish all forms of fees collection and the realization of free education. Only P367 million worth of budget was allocated to UP for the next school year, which was based on the amount of projected income submitted by the UP administration to CHED. The amount is only four percent of the total P8.3 billion budget allocated to all SUCs and far from the declared income of UP over the past years (see sidebar 1). The budget for FTP came from P8.3 billion worth of reallocated funds by the bicameral after cutting the budget for the development projects in Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Qualification and application To accommodate applications, the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) introduced the Student Financial Assistance (SFA) Online. Students who wish to apply must submit documents like income tax return. This is similar to the university’s then Student Financial Assistance Program (StFAP), said OSFA Director

UP'S APPROVED BUDGET FROM 2010-2017* PROPOSED BUDGET −

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UP'S INTERNALLY GENERATED INCOME (2011-2015)* IN THOUSAND PESOS

APPROVED BUDGET

2011 P25.2B

P18B

P18.5B

P17B

P18.4B

P9.52B

2010

P5.75B

2011

2012

1,479,190

P26.2B 2012

P17B

1,687,858

2013 P13.14B

P6.92B

P24.7B

P9.37B

P11.4B

2,437,927

P13.09B 2014

449,250 2,888,476

2015

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

TUITION FEE INCOME COLLECTED FROM STUDENTS INCOME FROM OTHER RESOURCES

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INCOME FROM REVOLVING FUND GRANTS/DONATIONS OTHERS

* Data from the Department of Budget and Management

Richard Gonzalo. STFAP is UP’s financial assistance to students since 1989, before replacing it with the current Socialized Tuition System which started in 2013. Unlike the STS, SFA will measure a student’s capacity to pay and its academic record subject to prioritization, availability of funds, and coordination of other database scholarship, said Gonzalo (see sidebar 2). “May malaking pera ang UP para i-cover ang pangmatrikula ng mga estudyante mula sa revolving fund nito. Walang rason ang UP admin para ibigay sa piling estudyante ang libreng matrikula,” said Oliquino. Until there’s no clear implementing rules from CHED, those who applied for SFA will have to wait for the result of the application, added Oliquino. None were spent for the SFA Online because it was developed by the UP Information Technology Center, said Gonzalo. He also cleared that the SFA is not under the P752 million eUP project of former UP President Alfredo Pascual that caused delays in previous regular enrolments. Student groups have criticized SFA as it used as an excuse to continue STS that recorded high tuition loan applications due to lack of students’ cash on hand during enrolment. Reservations Despite the clamor for free tuition, UP should charge fees and earn income first as part of its social responsibility, according to Dr. Emmanuel de Dios of

UP School of Economics.“It would be a betrayal of public trust not to make use of assets and instead to rely perpetually and entirely on taxpayers’ money in the form of budgetary allocations.” FTPis a “leaky bucket” that will help some students who really need help, but will also waste a lot of money, giving to those who can really do without the extra assistance, de Dios added. Under the term of former UP President Emerlinda Roman in 2006, De Dios led the ad-hoc committee to review tuition and OSFs and suggested tuition increase, using the 328 percent increase in price levels and family income as justification. The existence of tuition and OSFs in all universities is under the directive of Education Act of 1982, while the motivation for SUCs to generate funds is made possible by the Roadmap for Public Higher Education Reform (RPHER). SUCs have been earning an annual average income of P25 billion since 2013 to augment their annual budget. The rise in the number of financiallyable UP students from private high schools is used as a justification for fees increase, said Professor Danilo Arao of UP College of Mass Communication. Last year, 99.6 percent of UPCAT passers came from private schools, a result of the K to 12 program. “If you have the idea that majority of the UP students are rich, then we’re accepting that as a reality that cannot be changed. Even if you are rich, you are not a milking cow, you are an Iskolar ng Bayan,” Arao added.

Arao is part of the study group convened by former UP President Pascual in 2014 to review the university’s admission policy. The study group cited high cost of tuition and other fees as one of the reasons which hinder passers from enrolling. Calls for action Because the P8.3 billion additional allocation for SUCs was only a realigned budget, groups push for the passage of House Bill 5633, known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act that aims to remove all forms of fees collected from students. Once President Duterte signs it into law, it can effectively be implemented on the second semester of AY 2017 to 2018. Unlike the FTP 2017, the law aims to cover both tuition and OSFs, according to Manuel. “The [FTP] does not help in finding the solution for the Philippine education, as education is slowly transforming into a business as the government pushes the SUCs to be self-sufficient,” said KPL Representative Sarah Elago. Elago also said that the youth should double its effort to mobilize and organize for the complete abolishment of fees.

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SIDEBAR 3

ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE TUITION 2017 ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR FREE TUITION 2017 1. SUCs must assess students eligibility four weeks before enrolment 2. CHED should disseminate information about FTP 3. CHED should provide the comprehensive list of 4Ps beneficiaries, CHED Student Financial Assistance, among others. 4. SUCs must collect data from students including academic standing and socioeconomic profile 5. SUCs shall include the following in their registration forms: • Student type (regular, new enrollee, returning) • CHED Student Financial Assistance beneficiary • 4Ps beneficiary • Proof of income documentation

ASSESSMENT PERIOD Students shall submit the following: • Valid IDs • Registration form • 4Ps ID of any household member (if applicable) • Proof of income documentation 2. SUCs shall validate if a student is an recipient of CHED’s student financial assistance with indicated total annual benefit amount received by students. 3. SUCs should rank all assessed students according to prioritization, before the formal opening of classes 1.

SIDEBAR 2

STUDENT PRIORITIZATION 1.

Nationally-funded student financial assistance (StuFAPs) recipients are first to enroll, meeting the SUCs admission policies provided that: • the total annual benefit amount of these StuFAPs are more than PhP15,000 • students with equal or less than PhP15,000 shall be charged to the Free Tuition 2017 and they shall continue to receive their regular StuFAP in addition to this tuition subsidy 2. StuFAP enrollees shall be grouped according to regular, new student, and returning. 3. Priority of regular students are as follows: • Graduating students with one semester remaining, regardless of household income; • Graduating students with one academic year remaining, regardless of household income; • Non-graduating students who belong to a household that is or was a beneficiary of 4Ps; • Non-graduating students who were never part of a household that is or was a beneficiary of 4Ps but still included in the Listahanan 2.0, ranked according to their estimated household income • Non-graduating students ranked according to their household income based on submitted proof of income. 4. Priority of new enrollees and returning students are as follows: • Graduating students with one semester remaining, regardless of household income; • Graduating students with one academic year remaining, regardless of household income; • Non-graduating students who belong to a household that is or was a beneficiary of 4Ps; • Non-graduating students who were never part of a household that is or was a beneficiary of 4Ps but still included in the Listahanan 2.0, ranked according to their estimated household income • Non-graduating students ranked according to their household income based on submitted proof of income

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A LABOR GROUP IN UP INTENSIFIED their calls anew to demand for regularization of contractual workers under the new administration of President Danilo Concepcion. The Alliance of Contractual Workers in UP (ACE-UP) spearheaded last month its campaign Tiempo Endo, when contracts of workers in UP were teminated. As part of the campaign, the group engaged in a dialogue with the UP president on June 20 to forward their call for security of tenure, livable wages and other benefits. “Kinikilala niya [Concepcion] na dapat yung workers na regular na nagtatrabaho at nagfa-function sa opisina ay mabigyan ng makatarungang benepisyo,” ACE-UP Secretary-General Steph Andaya said. The president expressed his plans to improve the conditions of workers in UP during the said meeting, which involved the promotion of non-UP contractuals to UP contractuals, regularization of longtime UP contractuals, and creation of more plantilla items. Unlike UP contractuals, non-UP contractuals do not receive additional benefits such as rice allowance and leave privileges due to lack of

employee-employer relationship with the UP administration. The functions of UP contractuals and non-UP contractuals are almost similar and are both important in the university’s operations, the first mostly found in the Special Services Brigade and Community Maintenance Office, Andaya said. “Ang nakikita nating dahilan [kung] bakit may non-UP contractual ay freeze hiring at pagtitipid ng UP sa kanilang workers na bigyan [sila] ng benepisyo,” she added. ACE-UP called for the creation of a technical working group which would look into the benefits received by contractuals in UP. While the labor group recognized the dialogue with the president as a step forward, the plans of the administration have yet to be realized. “Patuloy pa rin ang pagdidikit natin ng mga panawagan sa bulleting boards, pagsama sa mga alliances tungkol sa kampanya ng kawani at national isyu sa minimum wage. Hindi magiging matamlay ang kampanya ng ACE-UP sa pag-expose sa umaabuso sa karapatan nito,” Andaya concluded. −

NET INCOME Adrian Kenneth Gutlay Tatay Bugoy pulls his haul of the day onto his boat with his son and son-in-law in Capiz, July 9. He and his family had been affected by supertyphoon Yolanda’s rampage through the Visayas region a few years back. Ever since, families in the region have been slowly picking up the pieces with very little to no government support. Families that rely on fishing have to build from the ground up in buying fishing supplies and boats to start anew. Now, threats to their livelihood come in the form of large private commercial fishing vessels and corporations.

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THE ADMINISTRATION OF President Rodrigo Duterte leaves no space safe with his declaration of war against drugs, even among the poor communities near UP Diliman (UPD). During the president’s first year in office, 12 people were already killed in Barangay UP Campus due to police operations conducted by Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 9. Seven were killed in three separate incidents in UP Arboretum, while the rest died in two operations along C.P. Garcia, based on data from the Directive for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) in Camp Karingal. “The PNP (Philippine National Police) has never coordinated with UPD regarding these drug operations,” said Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Nestor Castro. Under the 1989 UP-Department of National Defense Accord, no member of the police may conduct any police operation on campus without prior notice. However, Castro reassured that these operations took place outside the academic core of the campus and administration will continue to work closely with Barangay UP Campus and the UPD Police (UPDP) to address the drug activities. “Sa part naman ng UP community, nakikita nila na ito’y pambubusabos ng estado sa kanilang mga pantaong karapatan,” said Community Rights and Welfare (CRAW) Head Gabby Lucero. The Oplan Tokhang and anti-drug operations within campus are seen as a form of state neglect in addressing circumstances that lead people in poverty to the lucrative drug trade, she said. As of press time, around 8,000 were already reportedly killed in Oplan Tokhang which included victims of vigilante-style operations.

Rise in numbers A total of 78 people have surrendered for drug use in Barangay UP Campus since Duterte’s inauguration. This includes one of the 12 killed in police operations, who is 40-year-old Romel Esguerra, a resident of Pook Village B. Esguerra was allegedly abducted before being taken to UP Arboretum and subsequently killed in a “buybust operation” along with an unidentified suspect last September 25, 2016. Authorities from the UPDP have noted a decrease in the number of drug-related incidents in UP campus, attributing this as an effect of Duterte’s drug war. However, this is contradicted by police documents. In just the first half of 2017, the UPDP documented nine drug cases within UPD involving 20 suspects and resulting in 12 arrests. The same year now holds the highest number of drug-related incidents reported during each of the past seven years, according to the UPDP’s annual crime statistics review. The nine recorded drug cases so far in 2017 are tied with 2015, which only involved 12 suspects for the entire year. There were no documented drug cases in UP Diliman in 2010, 2011, and 2013. Notably, none of the 12 arrests this year were done in February with the temporary suspension of Oplan Tokhang. Most of the cases came with the resumption of the drug war, dubbed “Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded,” with nine out of the 12 total arrests in UP Diliman made between March 13 and June 21. Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs has been denounced by advocacy groups for alleged widespread human rights violations, imprisonment, and summary killings which have primarily targeted the poor. The prevalent drug trade is a consequence

of poverty in the communities said Kap. Isabelita Gravidez of Brgy. UP Campus. “Hindi mo masisisi kasi ang barangay namin ay 70% mahirap. Ida-divert na nila lahat ng kalokohan sa easy money.” Around 4 million of Filipinos are jobless while 6.5 million are underemployed, based on the latest account of IBON Foundation. The current minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) meanwhile stands at P491 per day, far from the estimated P1,130 needed for a family to survive. Jail Congestion Eight of the nine drug-related cases recorded by the UPDP were turned over to QCPD Station 9. The UPDP is not part of the PNP and consequently not equipped to handle drug cases, explained Senior Police Officer Segundo Rabang, head of the UPDP Investigation and Follow-Up Section. While initial investigations are undertaken by the UPDP, crimes such as drug use, robbery, physical injury, rape and shooting are usually referred to the said station. Mobile UPDP units routinely patrolling around campus would usually arrest drug suspects, take them to UPDP Headquarters for inventory of confiscated evidence, and then bring them to the QCPD station. Barangay U.P. Campus also helps identify drug threats outside of the academic zone of UP Diliman and the UPDP’s area of responsibility. Gravidez reports some of the potential drug abusers and sources to QCPD Station 9. Despite the number of cases referred to and handled by the station, it has only two separate detention cells for men and women, each with a 15 person capacity. The slow legal process has sometimes resulted in “clogging” with as many as 40-50 men

cramped into a single cell. According to authorities of the station, detainees would sometimes need to take turns in sleeping and standing up, while those held in custody were prone to infections and developing boils. These are the conditions experienced by the drug suspects arrested in UP campus as they awaited bail or a commitment order. The barangay has efforts to curb poverty and rampant drug use, particularly providing educational opportunities such as scholarships, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA),

Alternative Learning System (ALS), and on-going construction of a daycare center, Gravidez said. Yet despite of these efforts, Gravidez still recognized the need for the relocation of informal settlers with the upcoming demolition of 13 areas within Barangay UP Campus to address the drug problem. “Hindi naman sila pupunta dito sa Maynila kung may mga trabaho at may sapat silang sahod sa probinsya. So dahil sa migration na yun, mas dumadami yung cases ng pagkakaroon ng mga drug pushers dahil sa kahirapan,” Lucero said. −

PEASANT AGENDA Dylan Reyes Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano addresses the crowd gathered at the DAR gymnasium for the State of the Peasants Address, July 23. The event which came a day before President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address served as an avenue to put forward the concerns of farmers and the peasants, including agrarian reform and abolition of contractualization.

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Nagsimula ang termino ni Pangulong suporta mula sa taumbayan. Hakbang-p pahayag noon lalo na sa pagpapatu naglalatag ng sosyo-ekonomikong pa mga magsasaka, manggagawa, katutu

Ngunit sa pagsasara ng unang taon tahaking landas ng mamamayan tung mga napagtagumpayan man silang l tinapatan ito ng estado ng mga palisiy ATRAS Uhaw sa dugo

Marahas ang unang taon ng administrasyong Duterte bunsod ng mga gyerang inilunsad nito kontra maralita. Pangunahin dito ang gyera kontra droga, kung saan kadalasang target ang mga mamamayan ng maralitang lungsod bagaman hindi pa napapatunayang may sala at gumagamit o nagtutulak ng iligal na droga. Nagpatuloy din ang mga kaso ng extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, political detentions at iba pa na nilalayong supilin ang lumalakas na kamalayan ng taumbayan, dahil sa kawalan ng senseridad ng gobyernong sa pagpapatuloy ng usaping pangkapayapaan.

8,000 – tinatayang bilang ng mga mamamayang napaslang sa unang taon ng gyera kontra droga 68 – biktima ng extrajudicial killings mula Hulyo 2016 hanggang Hunyo 2017 kung saan magsasaka ang karamihan 123 – biktima ng frustrated extrajudicial killings 127 – biktima ng illegal arrest at detention 357,569 - biktima ng indiscriminate firing at pambobomba 416 – bilang ng bilanggong pulitikal 121 – bilang ng may sakit 7 – bilang ng mga konsultant mula sa sa National Democratic Front of the Philippines 35 – bilang ng matatanda 36 – bilang ng mga kababaihan 57 – bilang ng inaresto sa ilalim ng administrasyong Duterte

Paglimot at pagwasak Hindi na natuto ang administrasyon sa mga pagkakamali ng mga nagdaang termino lalo na sa ilalim ng diktadurya ni Marcos. Bukod sa pagpapalibing sa dating diktador sa Libingan ng mga Bayani, walang pakundangang nagdeklara si Duterte ng Martial Law sa Mindanao na nagbunga sa higit pang tunggalian at karahasan.

Dalawang linggo mula nang ideklara ang Martial Law: 84,351 – tinatayang bilang ng nagbakwit na pamilya mula sa Lanao del Sur at Lanao del Norte ayon sa Salinlahi 22,222 – tinatayang bilang ng nagbakwit na estudyante mula elementarya hanggang hayskul 39 – tinatayang bilang ng napaslang na sibilyan 7 sa 137 – nasirang paaralan Mula ika-23 ng Mayo hanggang ika-16 ng Hulyo 2017 10 – biktima ng extrajudicial killings sa loob at labas ng Marawi batay sa Karapatan 8 ang magsasaka 2,047 – bilang ng mga katutubong Lumad na napilitang magbakwit mula sa siyam na komunidad sa Lianga, Surigao del Sur noong ika-5 at 6 ng Hulyo bunsod ng mga operasyong militar

Pangakong napako

70,000 - tinatayang bilang ng manggagawang ginawang regular ng Department of Labor and Employment; 24.4 milyon tinatayang bilang ng kontraktwal ayon sa Kilusang Mayo Uno; 4 milyon tinatayang bilang ng walang trabaho sa bansa; 6.5 milyon tinatayang bilang ng underemployed ayon sa tala ng Ibon Foundation P491 - kasalukuyang minimum wage kada araw sa National Capital Region; P1,130 - tinatayang halagang kailangan ng bawat pamilya sa isang araw para mabuhay P130 bilyon – dagdag na halaga ng kabuuang papasaning buwis ng mga mamamayan kada taon sa ilalim ng naipasang House Bill 5636 o Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion, bunsod ng dagdag buwis sa mga produkto gaya ng petrolyo; P737 hanggang P2,088 – tinatayang halaga ng dagdag sa taunang gastos ng mga naghihirap na pamilyang Pilipino; P1,210 – dagdag na gastos ng magsasaka sa petrolyo; P 1,089 – dagdag na gastos ng mangingisda sa petrolyo

Nanatiling nakapako ang mga pangako ni Duterte gaya ng pagwawakas ng kontraktwalisasyon, habang kapos ang bansa sa mga pampublikong batayang serbisyo para sa mga mahihirap. Hindi rin tiyak ang patutunguhan ng mga sosyo-ekonomikong repormang nakahain sa usaping pangkapayapaan na nilalayong wakasan ang mga ugat ng kahirapan.

Mga litrato ni Kenneth Gutlay

Disenyo ng pahina ni Jerome Tagaro

ABANTE

unang taon ng yong Duterte

MACALALAD

g Rodrigo Duterte nang may maigting na pasulong ang kaniyang mga positibong uloy ng usaping pangkapayapaan na agbabagong matagal nang iginigiit ng ubo at iba pang sektor ng lipunan.

ni Duterte, malayo pa ang kailangang go sa inaasam nitong pagbabago. May laban buhat ng kolektibong aksyon, yang higit na pasakit sa taumbayan. ABANTE Okupado

Ilan sa mga makasaysayang pagkilos ngayong taon ang pag-okupa ng mga maralitang lungsod sa nakatiwangwang na mga pabahay sa Pandi, Bulacan at patuloy na pagsusulong ng sistemang bungkalan ng mga magsasaka sa bansa. "Ang bungkalan ay nagpapakita ng mahigpit na pagkakaisa ng mga magsasaka na mabuwag ang mga asyenda at maigiit ang libreng pamamahagi ng lupa sa mga magsasaka." - Eddie Billiones, lider ng Katipunan ng Magsasaka sa Timog-Katagalugan 358 ektarya – lawak ng lupang ipinagkaloob ng Department of Agrarian Reform sa mga manggagawang-bukid sa Barangay Balete, Hacienda Luisita na tinayuan ng kongkretong pader ng Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. Noong ika-24 ng Abril 2017, binuwag ng mga magsasaka ang pader na ito upang bungkalin ang naturang lupa. 17 ektarya – lawak ng lupang inokupa at binungkal ng mga magsasaka sa Hacienda Palico mula ika-15 hanggang 16 ng Hunyo, na parte ng 2,600 ektaryang Hacienda Roxas sa Nasugbo, Batangas. 145 ektarya – lawak ng lupang matagumpay na nabawi ng mga magsasakang kasapi ng Madaum Agrarian Beneficiaries Inc. Mula sa Lapanday Foods Corp. sa Tagum, Davao del Norte matapos ang kalahating taong kampanya. "The unrealistic and unjust costs of amortization payments continuous[ly] push people out of relocation sites and must end. The massive number of idle housing is a testament to the failures of government in the housing sector.” - Gloria Arellano, lider ng Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap 15,000 – tinatayang bilang ng nakatiwang-wang na pabahay sa Bulacan ayon sa grupong Kadamay 5,280 – bilang ng nakatiwang-wang na pabahay sa Pandi, Bulacan na inokupa ng mga maralitang lungsod noong ika-8 ng Marso 2017 5,000 – bilang ng mga maralitang lungsod na nakilahok sa kampanyang #OccupyBulacan Landas ng pakikibaka

Muling sinalubong ng buong komunidad ng UP ang mga Lakbayani mula sa iba't ibang parte ng bansa. Patunay ito na hindi hiwalay ang mga kabataan sa paglaban para sa karapatan ng mga pambansang minorya sa sariling pagpapasya at lupang ninuno. 3,500 - bilang ng mga lumahok na pambansang minorya para sa #Lakbayan2016 upang igiit ang kanilang karapatan sa lupa at sairling pagpapasiya 20 – bilang ng mga katutubong grupo na sumali sa ikinasang protest caravan sa Maynila na kinokondena ang militarisasyon at malakihang operasyon ng mina sa kanilang mga komunidad Nang pinarangalan ang dating diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani, dinagsa ng mga kabataan at iba pang sektor ng lipunan ang Katipunan Avenue upang kundenahin ang naturang desisyon ng korte noong ika-18 ng Nobyembre. 2,500 - bilang ng mga kabataang inokupa ang Katipunan upang iprotesta ang pagpaparangal sa dating diktador 15,000 – bilang ng mga sumali sa kilos-protestang kinilala bilang #BlackFridayProtest sa Rizal Park noong ika-25 ng Nobyembre Hindi rin maitatanggi na bunga ng kolektibong aksyon ng mga kabataan kasama ang iba pang sektor ang iba pang tagumpay na natamasa sa ilalim ng bagong administrasyon. pagkakaroon ng dagdag na badyet para sa edukasyon, pagpapalaya sa bilanggongpulitikal na si Maricon Montajes. P8.3 bilyon – karagdagang halaga ng badyet na inilaan upang maging posible ang libreng edukasyon sa mga pampublikong paaraalan ngayong unang semestre ng akademikong taon 2017-2018 P604,000 – halagang nalikom ng mga kabataan at progresibong grupo upang mapalaya si Maricon Montajes, ang pinakabatang bilanggong-pulitikal sa bansa sa loob ng pitong taon. Noong Disyembre 2016, nanuna nang nakalaya sina Guiller Cadano at Gerard Salonga na kapwa alumni ng UP Pampanga.

Sources: Ibon Foundation, Karapatan, Kadamay, Rappler, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Linang, Salinlahi, Save Our Schools

THE 2017 PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN EDITORIAL EXAMINATIONS

BAGONG PAGLALAYAG SANNY BOY D. AFABLE, BS Statistics

SUMUSUONG TAYO SA KARAGATAN NG mga pagbabago. Sa ika-95 taong paglalayag ng Philippine Collegian, lalong hamon sa institusyon na tukuyin ang direksyong nais nitong patunguhan. Malaon nang natunghayan sa kasaysayan kung paano hinarap ng Philippine Collegian kasama ang sambayanan ang malalaking alon sa lipunan. Hindi kailanman tumiklop ang layag ng pahayagan sa kabila ng iba’t ibang paraan ng pagbusal sa katotohanan at pamamahayag. Ginampanan ng Collegian ang tungkuling ilapit ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa ordinaryong mamamayan, sa pamamagitan ng pagbubukas ng mga pahina nito sa kanilang mga hinaing. Hindi nagpatinag ang pahayagan sa sigwa ng diktadurang Marcos, at isa ito sa iilang pahayagang buong giting na nagsiwalat sa mga pang-aabuso ng mga nasa kapangyarihan. Nagluwal ang pahayagan ng magigiting na patnugot na tumatak sa ating kasaysayan, tulad nina Miriam Defensor na tumindig laban sa dayuhang interbensyon sa bansa, at Antonio Tagamolila na inialay ang kaniyang buhay sa ilalim ng batas militar. Patuloy na inspirasyon sa iba pang mga pahayagan ang walang paumanhing pamamahayag ng Philippine Collegian sa gitna ng mga unos. Gumagaod ang Philippine Collegian sa kahingian ng panahon, kaya kailangan din nito ng mga bago at mas matibay na makinarya

sa pagsuong nito sa mga bagong alon. May pangangailangang palalimin ng pahayagan ang pag-uulat at pagsusuri nito sa mga isyu sa kasalukuyan, habang patuloy na itinataas ang layag ng kritikal na pamamahayag. Ngunit may mga hadlang sa paglalayag ng Collegian. Bilang lingguhang pahayagan ng mga mag-aaral ng UP, laging hamon sa Collegian ang manghikayat ng mga bagong mag-aaral na magiging kabahagi ng paglalakbay nito. Nagbabago ang demograpiko ng mga mag-aaral, kaya malaki ang pangangailangang ilapit lalo sa kanila ang maringal na tungkulin ng pangkampus na pamamayahag. Hindi lamang balanse sa mga lokal at pambansang isyu ang dapat na layunin ng Philippine Collegian, kailangan nitong iugnay ang laban ng mga mag-aaral sa higit na laban ng sambayanan sa labas ng pamantasan. Bagaman mga mag-aaral ang samasamang bumubuhay sa institusyon, hindi ito uusad kung wala ang suporta ng pamunuan at komunidad ng UP. Balakid pa rin sa regular na operasyon ng Collegian ang pinansyal at lohistikong aspeto ng publikasyon. May mga panawagan din mula sa iilan na bawasan ang pondong inilalaan para sa Collegian, ngunit pagpapalubog lamang ito sa institusyon. Hamon sa bagong administrasyon ni Danilo Concepcion na maglaan ng sapat na atensyon sa

pangangailangan ng Philippine Collegian at iba pang mga pahayagan sa pamantasan. Hinahamon din ang Philippine Collegian na patatagin ang ugnayan nito sa iba pang mga publikasyon, at patuloy na manguna sa paglalayag ng pangkampus na pamamahayag. May higit na tungkulin ang Collegian na bigyang boses ang mga magaaral sa pagtahak sa landas ng pagbabago. Kailangan ding palawakin ng pahayagan ang naaabot nito sa iba’t ibang espasyo. Nasasaksihan kung paano lumilikha ng mga bagong diskurso at tunggalian ang social media at internet. At sa mabilis na pagkalat ng mito, pekeng balita at maling impormasyon, sinusubok ang Collegian na maghawan ng landas para sa katotohanan. Nananatili pa ring hamon sa Collegian ang pagtagpuin ang iba’t ibang ideolohiya sa pamantasan, at higit na maging lunsaran ng mas makabuluhang mga diskurso. Sa panahong sinusubok ang intelektwal na pundasyon ng akademiya at pamantasan, ang papel ng pahayagan ay magpadaloy ng higit na pagkakaunawaan. Nakilala ang Philippine Collegian sa pagpalaot nito mula pamantasan patungong sambayanan, kaya’t lalo dapat nitong baybayin ang mas marami pang mga kuwento. Sa pagharap ng Collegian sa mga bagong daluyong, malinaw ang direksyong tinatahak nito—pagbabago. −

REFORMING THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN JAYSON EDWARD B. SAN JUAN, Juris Doctor THE TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED IDEA that newspapers are detached and objective reporters of unfolding history is a concept totally alien to the official student publication of the University of the Philippines. The Philippine Collegian is anything but neutral. Nor should it be. For almost a hundred years, the Philippine Collegian has stood up against presidents, tyrants, and would-be tyrants. From the post-war red scare and McCarthyism, to the dark days of Martial Law; from the waning days of the Estrada presidency, to the instability of the Arroyo presidency, the Philippine Collegian stood up, not as a detached and silent reporter of facts, but as a participative chronicler of the struggle for social change. Too often, it has instigated people to action; threw rocks into calm waters; disturbed the peace. Among the three student institutions— University Student Council, Office of the Student Regent, and the Philippine Collegian— the latter is arguably the most powerful one. It has unmade wannabe politicians, and unmasked false leaders. It has forced University Presidents to resign, and compelled officials and administrators to change University policies. Precisely because it wields this much power, the Philippine Collegian needs to be rein in. It needs to be regulated, not by outside censors and external control mechanisms, but by internal introspection and self-criticism. The Philippine Collegian’s vigorous pursuit of news must be tempered with a prudent appetite for the truth.

Dibuho ni John Kenneth Zapata

As a publication that has spoken for the silent and the silenced, the Philippine Collegian will always have a bias towards the poor and the marginalized. This bias, however, should be tempered with the fair and accurate rendition of the news. The hallmark of a Philippine Collegian news writer is her extraordinary attention to detail and the accuracy in presenting the news. And while the writer will ultimately side with the oppressed, she must always give the other side a fair shake, and an opportunity to respond. Further, the Philippine Collegian should keep up with evolving technology. Several years ago, the idea of a weekly student-run publication is a novelty to most people. But changes in the media landscape, including the pervasive use of social media and the changing media consumption behavior of the Philippine Collegian’s principal audience, demand a massive rethinking on content production and distribution. Weekly production is no longer enough; the Philippine Collegian should keep up with the demand for up-to-date news without sacrificing accuracy and detail. Finally, the Philippine Collegian must discover that sweet spot between relevance and readability. The common notion in mainstream mass media is that the publication caters to its audience who subscribes to it, and to its advertisers who pay for commercial spaces. The Philippine Collegian has no such dilemma: it is fully paid for and subsidized by the students through the student fund. Its existence is

assured by forced conscription from its unwitting and unwilling student-publishers. This does not mean, however, that the Philippine Collegian should pander to the whims and caprices of its student-publishers. Far from it! The duty of the Philippine Collegian to its publishers is to produce neither grim-only pictures of social reality, nor churn out mere fads and passing fancies. The duty of the Philippine Collegian to its publishers is to report the truth, to render a fair accounting of unfolding history, to give incisive and scathing opinions to disturb the comfortable, and to do all of these things without inflating them by hyperbole or reducing them to simplistic sloganeering. These are the imperatives to ensure that the Philippine Collegian remains to be relevant in the nation’s life. It has been said to older writers that it is not by accident that the Philippine Collegian is housed at the top floor of Vinzons Hall. From that perch, the women and men of the Philippine Collegian fly four floors down to mingle and join its audience, never allowing itself to get stuck in the ivory tower. But at the end of the day, when the recorder stops, the ink dries up, and the reporter’s notebook closes, these same women and men will fly four floors up back to the perch. What they do up there, what they produce at the end of the weekly presswork, determine the fates of many institutions. Such is the power and responsibility of the Philippine Collegian. It is thus incumbent upon the institution to view itself from the outside looking in, to formulate a new temperance program that will serve its interest and the interest of the audience it serves. −

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ANDREA JOYCE A. LUCAS, BA English Studies (Anglo-Americ IN TIMES OF CRISIS, SILENCE IS AN ACT of surrender. We are called upon to raise our voices to question, to criticize, to resist. We stand at a crucial juncture. The Collegian is faced with new challenges: issues within and outside the university, the proliferation of fake news and attacks on the media, the mounting disunity among the people. Amid the din, the Collegian will find a new voice to herald change. History stands testament to the publication’s potential to effect positive societal change. During the years of Martial Law, the Collegian was one of the institutions to stand its ground against the rule of the dictator. Being one of the “mosquito press,” the publication served as a mouthpiece of dissent in the midst of censorship and lies, lending the voiceless a voice even at the risk of torture and death. Since then the Collegian has remained fearless and unbowed, swift and sharp in calling out the abuses of those in power, to serve the interests of the students and the people.

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PAGBABAGONG BIHIS; PANANATILI NG TINDIG JOHN DANIEL F. BOONE, BA Journalism ISANG SINING ANG PAG-UULAT. Maaaninag ang kariktan nito sa kakayahang pukawin angdamdaminngmamamayannapaunlarinangbayan. Malayo na ang narating ng pahayagan. Mula sa mumunting panimula nito bilang College Folio noong 1910, sa pagbabagong bihis patungong Varsity News noong 1917, hanggang sa tuluyang angkinin ang pangalang Philippine Collegian noong 1922, nailathala na sa mga pahina nito ang tunay na sining ng pag-uulat—naka-angkla sa pagpapaunlad ng bayan at tumatalakay sa mga isyu ng mga magaaral at ng mamamayan. Isang obra ang nililikha ng Philippine Collegian. At sa nagdaang mga taon, naging inspirasyon nito ang sambayanan upang ipinta sa pabalat at mga pahina ang tunay na mukha ng bayan. Ngunit patuloy itong sumusuong sa hamon ng panahon. Dala ng patuloy na pagbabago at pag-unlad ng midya ang internet at social networking sites, na nagpapatulin sa daloy ng komunikasyon ng maraming mga tao sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo. Pinatutunayan ng bansag na “Social Media Capital of the World” na ang Pilipinas ay isa sa mga bansang umuubos ng mahabang oras sa internet at social media, gaya ng Facebook at Twitter. Hudyat nito ang muli at unti-unting pagbabagong anyo ng Philippine Collegian. Gaya ng karamihan ng midya sa bansa, marapat lamang na tugunan ng pahayagan ang tawag ng pangangailangang mag-ulat din para sa tinaguriang mga “netizens.”

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Ngunit kung hindi man natatapos ang patuloy na pagpapatingkad sa kulay ng pahayagan, hindi pa rin nito maaaring ipagwalang bahala ang papel ng sambayanan at mag-aaral na siya nitong unang pinaglilingkuran. Hindi sapat na mabighani lamang sa imahe ng pagbabago, lalo na kung hindi naman ito lapat sa katotohanang nadarama ng mas maraming mga tao. Sapagkat nananatiling wala pa sa kalahati ng populasyon sa bansa ang nakasasagap at nakagagamit ng internet, kailangang pagsabayin ang pagsusulat para sa pahayagan, at pag-uulat sa iba pang lunsaran. Gayunman, kailangang panatilihin ng Philippine Collegian ang tradisyon ng pagiging kritikal at walang paumanhing pagsusuri at paguulat sa mga isyung panlipunan. Ito ang tanyag na modelong itinakda ng Philippine Collegian sa mundo ng pamamahayag. Noong panahon ng Batas Militar, naging tagapanguna ang Philippine Collegian sa pagbibigay ng katotohanan, na naging mailap bunsod ng pagpapasara sa karamihan sa mga istasyon ng midya. Naging bahagi ito ng mosquito press na isa sa mga pangunahing pinagkukunan ng impormasyon ng mamamayan, sapagkat naglipana ang mga kasinungalingang ipinakakalat ng midyang kinokontrol ng pamahalaan. Ngunit sa kasalukuyan, muling bumabangon ang mga may kapangyarihan at may kakayahang magpalaganap ng kasinungalingan sa pamamagitan

ng mga pekeng balita sa social media. Kung naging daan ang internet sa mabilis na daloy ng komunikasyon, nagbukas din ito ng pinto sa pagpapalaganap ng maling impormasyon. Sa ganitong panahon, nagniningning ang kariktan ng sining ng pag-uulat na patuloy na ipinamamalas ng Philippine Collegian. Patuloy na nililinang ng mga kasapi ng pahayagan ang talento sa pagsulat, pagguhit, at pagkuha ng larawan. Ngunit kaalinsabay ng pagpapahusay sa praktika ang pagpapaunlad ng gagap sa teorya. Sa bawat sulat ng pluma o mantsa ng pinsel o pitik ng kamera, itinatakda ng Philippine Collegian sa mga pahina ng pahayagan ang tunay na kalagayan ng lipunan. Taglay nito ang tapang, talas, at talab ng suri at tindig na naging tradisyon na ng pahayagan sa halos 95 taong pag-uulat sa mamamayan. Lipos ang mga pahina ng Philippine Collegian sa mga kwento at ulat ng mamamayan at magaaral na lumalaban para sa kanilang karapatan. Sa darating pang mga panahon, ipagpapatuloy lamang ito ng pahayagan. Nagbigay kulay sa larangan ng pamamahayag ang internet. Gayunman, sa loob at labas ng pamantasan, nananatiling ang mga mag-aaral at mamamayan ang guguhit ng kanilang sariling kapalaran. Nakaantabay ang Philippine Collegian na patuloy na ilimbag sa mga pahina nito ang kasaysayan. −

LANDAS NG PANTAS SHEILA ANN T. ABARRA, BA Malikhaing Pagsulat sa Filipino

But beyond the act of writing and reporting, we also need to constantly judge and reevaluate the publication. The mandate of the Collegian is given us by the will of the studentry we serve, the greater good of the Filipino people, the weight of history standing proof of our potential to effect societal change. We are vested with great power, but this power is tempered by an even greater responsibility. The Collegian must not be immune to criticism. We continue the struggle to be accountable. In recent years, there has been a call to increase funding for the Collegian. But before this was implemented, campus-wide consultations were pursued by the publication staff. The campaign garnered over 13,000 signatures—this was proof not only of the continuing relevance of the Collegian, but also of the importance it places in the will of the student body. The Collegian has always been a powerful organ of expressing criticism—not in itself, but with the collective support of the students and the people amplifying its dissenting voice. −

PINAPANDAY ANG PINAKAMATALAS NA ideya sa hamon ng panahon. Pagkakakilanlan ng unibersidad ang pagiging kritikal at radikal sa pagdedesisyon at pagpanig sa anumang isyu. Bilang parte ng mandatong ito, nangangailangan ng malaking bahagi ang pagkakaroon ng tapang, talas at talab sa pamamahayag. Mababakas sa kasaysayan ang pagganap ng mga pahayagan ng unibersidad hindi lamang sa mga panloob na isyu, kundi maging sa labas nito. Isa ang Philippine Collegian sa mga tagapanguna ng maalab na pakikisangkot. Kahingian ang pagtugon ng liwanag mula sa ningas ng mamamayan nang tinahak ng bansa ang madilim na landas ng diktadurya. Hindi maipagkakaila ang naging siklab ng pakikianib ng Philippine Collegian sa laban ng bayan nang maging aktibo ito sa kabila ng panggigipit ng rehimeng Marcos, mapakomersyal o alternatibong midya man. Sa panahong muling sinusubok ang larangan ng pamamahayag, marapat na lalo pang magdulot ng liwanag ang 94 na taon ng Philippine Collegian sa pagharap dito. Untiunting naaabo ang pising naghahati sa internet at social media sa paglaganap ng iba’t ibang klase ng pekeng balita at maling impormasyon. Patunay na kung nagkakaroon ng hindi magandang dulot ang madaling akses sa impormasyon, nangangailangan ito ng mapanuring gabay na mangunguna pabalik sa tamang landas. Kung gayon, tungkulin ng Philippine Collegian na magbigay linaw sa anumang isyu sa pamamagitan ng pagkilatis sa iba’t ibang porma ng misimpormasyon. Marapat na maakay ng Kulê tungo sa

mabungang diskusyon ang mga personalidad gaya ni Mocha Uson na namamayagpag sa social media. Gayundin, kinikilala na mainam na espasyo ang hakbangin nina Mocha sa pagpapalaganap ng makabansang layon ng pamamahayag. Hamon ng panahon sa mga pahayagang gaya ng Philippine Collegian ang lalo pang pagpapaigiting ng pangunahing mandato nitong pagsisilbihan ang mga estudyante, gayundin ang iba’t ibang marginalisadong sektor ng lipunan. Kung nasa iisang tao lamang ang interes ng gaya nina Mocha, marapat itong maakay patungo sa landas kung saan may maagap na pangangailangan ng mamamayan. Ito ang repormang hinihingi ng bansa sa Kulê, ito ang pagbabagong nais arukin ng pahayagan. Hindi nag-iisa ang Kulê sa tungkuling ito dahil malaon nang kabilang ang lunan nitong unibersidad sa pagpapatampok ng kalidad ng edukasyong tutugon sa suliranin ng bansa. Walang lugar ang panggigipit sa makabansang kurikulum ng unibersidad, gayundin ang pangingikil sa mga pahayagan. Laban din ng Kulê, ang laban ng makabansang edukasyon ng unibersidad. Hayag ang pahayagan sa diskusyon ukol sa paglilimita ng General Education (GE) units sa kurikulum ng unibersidad mula sa 45 patungong 21. Naniniwala ang Kulê na balon ng kritisismo ang magpapaunlad ng anumang solusyon sa mga kasunduan. Gayundin, marapat maipaalala ng Kulê sa unibersidad na kailangang bitbitin sa pagdedesisyon ang orihinal nitong karakter, sampu ng iba’t ibang porma ng huwad ng pag-unlad. Ilusyon lamang ang kaunlarang may naiiwan. Sumusuporta rin ang pahayagan sa kaayusan ng karapatan ng estudyante sa unibersidad. Bilang

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opisyal na pahayagan, marapat pakinggan nito ang usapin tungkol sa Magna Carta for Students’ Rights na naging maalab sa kasakuluyan. Kinikilala ng unibersidad ang pagiging mainam na lunsaran ng Magna Carta upang maipaabot ang iba’t ibang hinaing ng mga estudyante, sa Board of Regents, pinakamataas na lupon kung saan nabubuo ang mga desisyon. Sa hating pagpanig ng mga estudyante, marapat na pangunahan ng Kulê ang pagtatasa sa usaping ito at gamitin ang kakayahan ng unibersidad na maging kritikal sa pagdedesisyon. Higit pa sa pagpapaliwanag ng apoy ng kritisismo at pamamahayag, bukas ang Kulê sa ideya ng pag-iingat dahil nakapapaso ang anumang bagay kung mapapabayaan. Patunay na bukas ang pahayagan sa anumang pagbabagong magaganap sa loob at labas ng unibersidad. Kinahaharap din ng komersyal na midya ang sari-saring isyu tungkol sa pagkakaroon ng pagkiling, gaya ng lagi’t laging isyu sa Kulê. Sa pagkalat ng apoy ng alinlangan, matatag ang tindig ng Kulê na nasa estudyante at marginalisado lamang ang pagkiling nito. Kung gayon, nakaangkla ang interes ng pahayagan sa pagtutol sa anumang namamayaning maling konsepto maging sa labas ng unibersidad. Maliwanag ang panig ng Kulê sa animong pagbabalik sa landas ng karahasan sa panibagong porma. Tangan ng pahayagan ang maalab nitong sulo na magbibigay liwanag hindi lamang sa sarili nitong landas kundi maging sa tatahakin pa ng bansa. Nagsisimula ang pag-alab ng kalutasan sa mga mumunting ningas ng pagkilos. Ang kakayahan ng Kulê na pinanday ng pagsubok, ang mananatiling sandigan ng mismong institusyon. − Disenyo ng Pahina ni John Reczon Calay

OPINYON

LUNES 24 HULYO 2017

Kwentong Kulê −

ALDRIN VILLEGAS

HINDI PA MAN AKO NAKAKATAPAK sa unang klase ko sa UP, sumali na agad ako sa Kulé. Miyembro rin kasi ng Kulê yung roommate ko dati, at pareho kaming aktibo sa school paper noong high school, kayat nahikayat niya akong sumali. Kung hindi rin Economics ang major ko, marahil ay sumabak ako sa peryodismo. Katulad ng marami sa mga freshies, umiwas din akong magpa-picture kay Oble. Ayaw ko rin namang madelay— ayon sa sabi-sabi, mahirap makapasok sa UP pero mas mahirap makalabas. Pero dahil sa Kulê, hindi pa man ako enrolled ay natakdaan na yata ang buhay-estudyante ko. Tatlo kami sa larawan na kasama si Oble: ako, yung outgoing at incoming editor-in-chief noon. Ako sa gitna, hawak ang placard na maypanawagang Justice for the victims of hazing. Ginawa ko pang profile picture yun sa facebook, at least may pwede akong sisihin bukod sa sarili kung madelay man. Ang caption ko pa: Madelay na ang lahat, wag lang ang hustisya. Bakasyon pa ang mga estudyante noon, unang taon din ng academic calendar shift kaya apat na buwan ang pahinga. Pero sabi ng roommate ko, ang mga Kulé raw walang bakasyon. Kailangang maglabas ng dyaryo, lalo nat SONA noon ni dating Pangulong Noynoy Aquino. Ito rin ang unang isyu ng Kulê na

Bilang isang manunulat ng lathalain, rekisito ang pakikiisa sa pakikibaka ng mga mukha ng balita—silang tampok sa mga kwento ng Kulê.

nakapagsulat ako bilang manunulat sa pahinang lathalain. Tungkol ito sa mga manggagawa ng NXP, isang multinational company na gumagawa ng microchips. Dahil kontraktwal sila, hindi nila natatamasa ang mga karapatan ng mga manggagawa tulad ng sapat na sahod at maayos na kundisyon sa trabaho. Sa mismong araw ng SONA ng pangulo nailimbag ang dyaryo. Tumungo kami sa Mendiola para magpamigay roon, at naroon din ang mga kontraktwal na manggagawang nakapanayam ko. Laksa-laksang tao ang aking nakasama—mula sa mga magsasaka, manggagawa, kababaihan, kabataan, at iba pang sektor ng lipunan. Kasabay kong nagmartsa papunta sa barikada ang hanay ng masa. Iyon ang pinakamatingkad na pagkakataon na binabalik-balikan ko kapag tinatanong ako kung bakit pa ako nagsusulat— syempre dahil sa masa, at sa mga kwento ng pakikibaka. Dalawa sa mga kasama kong photographers ang nasugatan, samantalang binomba naman kami ng tubig ng kapulisan. Tatlong taon makalipas ang araw na iyon, nasa Kulê pa rin ako at binubuno na matapos ang dyaryo para sa SONA ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sa awa ni Oble, on-time pa rin ako sa kursong Economics sa kabila ng tunggalian sa mga ideya sa kurso at sa Kulê. Gayunpaman,

tila delayed pa rin ang hustisya lalot higit sa nakararaming sektor ng lipunan na pinagkakaitan ng karapatan. Sa huling taon ko sa UP, masaya akong muling magpamigay ng dyaryo sa mga dadalo sa SONA ng Bayan. Bilang isang manunulat ng lathalain, rekisito ang pakikiisa sa pakikibaka ng mga mukha ng balita—silang tampok sa mga kwento ng Kulê. Sapagkat hindi natatapos ang papel ng manunulat sa paglalathala ng kwento sa mga pahina ng dyaryo. Hindi lamang sila case studies na maaari nalang bitawan matapos ang huling tuldok sa dulo ng artikulo. Hanggang ngayon, kalakip palagi ng aking pagmartsa ang laban ng mga taong tampok sa mga naisulat ko— mula sa mga ina ng desaparecidos na sina Karen Empeno at Sherlyn Cadapan, sa pamilya ni Kristel Tejada, sa mga Lumad at pambansang minorya, sa mga estudyanteng pinagkakaitan ng karapatan sa edukasyon, at sa laksa-laksang masa na kasama kong magmamartsa hanggang sa tagumpay. −

Saan ako pupulutin? −

CAMILLE JOYCE GUADALUPE LITA

BURA, SULAT, PILAS, TAPON. Nakapagsayang na naman ako ng isang filler para isulat ang mga gustong kong aminin sa mga magulang ko. Sa isang pamilyang ang turing sa iyo’y prinsesang dapat alagaan at bigyang-pansin, nakalulungkot isiping may ganito akong itinatago sa kanila. Atin-atin lang, pero hindi ako sigurado kung makakapag-enrol ba ako sa UP sa susunod na semestere. Sino ba kasing hangal ang makakalimot na mag-asikaso ng aplikasyon para sadigring batsilyer? Hindi ko alam kung paano ko ito sasabihin sa aking mga magulang. Inaasahan ko na ang pagsasalubong ng kanilang mga kilay, marapat lang na pagalitan nila ako. Itext ko na lang kaya? O ‘di kaya’y ipadaan na lang sa Facebook? I-email ko na lang kaya sa kanila. Tutal hindi naman nila kinakalikot ang mga account nila sa Yahoo at Google Mail. Sige, liham na lang, para mula sa puso, at kapag napagalita’y tagos sa puso. Nakikini-kinita ko na kung ano ang mangyayari sa unang araw ng pasukan — magpi-prerog sa lahat ng kailangan kong subjects, maghahanda ng plakadong script para sa sasabihin sa propesor, sabay latag ng isang Form 5a na walang kalaman-laman. “Anong course mo? Bakit mo 'to napabayaan?” At mapapatingin na lang

ako sa aking mga paa. Wala akong kursong matatawag kong kabilang ako. Wala akong departamentong matatawag kong tahanan. Wala akong tahanan. Kaiba sa mga mag-aaral ng Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) Inc., patuloy silang nagbabakwit dahil sa pandarahas ng militar sa kanilang paaralan, na siyang isa sa mga pinakaiingatan nilang yaman. Ang dating tunog ng mga estudyanteng naglalaro ay napalitan ng mga putok ng baril. Ang dating pagtunog ng kampana na hudyat ng pagtatapos ng pasok sa eskwela ay napalitan ng pagsabog ng mga bombang kayang kumitil sa buhay ng marami. Sa kasalukuyan, 89 ALCADEV schools na ang naapektuhan sa implementasyon ng Batas Militar sa Mindanao. Dagdag pa rito ang 55 ilegal na pag-aresto, 22 bilanggong pulitikal, at pito na ang namatay sa komunidad ng mga Lumad. Ngunit kahit ganito man kalala ang kalagayan ng mga Lumad, determinado silang makapagtapos ng pag-aaral at maglingkod sa kanikanilang mga probinsya. Wala pa sa kalingkingan ang problemang kinakaharap ko sa problemang araw-araw na iniinda ng

Wala pa sa kalingkingan ang problemang kinakaharap ko sa problemang araw-araw na iniinda ng mga Lumad.

mga Lumad. Payapang pamumuhay lamang ang kanilang hinihingi na labis ipinagkait sa kanila ng gobyerno. Nakatitig ako ngayon sa panibagong filler. Hindi ko pa rin alam kung paano ko sisimulan ang aking pag-amin sa aking mga magulang. “Makakaenrol ba ako?” At bigla na namang sumagi sa isipan ko ang kalagayan ng mga bakwit na Lumad. Sa paggawa ng liham nailalabas ang mga kuda ko sa buhay. Pero sa araw na ito, mukhang may bago akong paglalaanan ng liham. Kaiba sa ibang liham na nasulat ko, ito lang ang ipapadala ko sa aking pagsusulatan. Aasikasuhin ko na ang aplikasyon ko sa digring batsilyer, magsusulat ako nang may matalas na suri sa Kulê. Tinali ko ang aking buhok, kumuha na ako ng mas magandang papel, sabay tingin sa orasang kakalagpas lang ng ala-una ng madaling araw. “Mga kapatid na Lumad, kaisa niyo rin ako sa laban...” −

LAKBAYDIWA

EULA CABILING

Para po ITO NA ANG HULING ARAW NA kasama ko ang Kule sa aking paglalakbay. Magkahalong saya, lungkot, panghihinayang at pangamba ang nararamdaman ko kapag binabalikan ang mga pangyayari sa nagdaang isang taon at dalawang buwan-parang kahapon lang nang mapadpad ako sa Vinzons 401, may dalang bluebook at black bolpen. Hindi ko inakala na tatagal din ako sa kwartong ito sa kabila ng napakadugong proseso ng presswork at mga meetings na inaabot ng 'dis oras ng gabi. Maraming umalis at panandaliang nagpaalam, pero sa huli, may nanatili upang ipagpatuloy ang tradisyong tumakbo sa napakahabang panahon. Nakita ko kung gaano nila minahal ang kanilang trabaho kahit sila puro reklamo, kaya sa kalauna'y natutunan ko ring maging masaya sa landas na tinahak ko. Nakakapagod, pero karangalan nga na mapabilang sa institusyong ito. Sa maikling panahon, naramdaman ko na may permanenteng puwang ako sa dyaryo, na nirespeto ako ng kapwa ko mga myembrong pinagkatiwalaan ako sa aking kakayahang magpasya ng kung anumang isusulat ko para sa Kulê. Permanente at sariling pagpapasya-ito ang dalawang bagay na hinihingi pa ni Tatang magpahanggang ngayon, kasama ang iba pang pambansang minoryang kinabibilangan niya. Noong huli naming pagkikita, malungkot sila ni Nanang dahil hindi nila magawang magboluntaryo sa mga paaralaang pangkomunidad gaya ng dati, lalo pa't ngayon na may deklarasyon ng batas militar sa Mindanao. Walang araw na hindi sila nakadama ng pangamba, iniisip ang mga batang napilitang lumikas at tumigil pansamantala sa pag-aaral. At dahil dito, higit na nanghihinayang nga lang ako dahil hindi ko naibigay ang lahat sa Kulê--isa ako sa mga pasaway, late magpasa ng drafts at late maging sa pagdalo ng lingguhang meetings. Lango rin ako sa mga sarili kong problema at pangarap sa buhay, at pagnanais na makisabay sa iba pang estudyante sa UP kapag galaan na o pagkain sa labas. Kung kaya't salamat Kulê, sa hindi pagsuko sa akin at patuloy na paglalapit sa akin ng mandatong maglingkod sa mga nakararami. Hindi ko pa rin maintindihan kung bakit kahit 'di ako kapulidong magsulat ay tinanggap mo ako ng buo sa pahayagan. Kahit hindi ako ganoong katalas magsuri ay binigyan mo ako ng puwang para magsabi kung ano ang tumatakbo sa isip ko, kahit minsan sablay at kulang pa. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang mga pabaon mong aral sa akin--lalo na ang hindi agad pagsuko sa oras na may kinakaharap na problema o hadlang sa pagkamit ng ninanais. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang mga pagkakataong matagal tayong naghihintay ng order sa Allan's Feeding Station kada presswork, at mga araw na nasa labas tayo ng kwarto upang makiisa sa laban ng higit pang taumbayan. Lahat ng alaalang ito ay bitbit ko sa pagpapatuloy ng aking paglalakbay sa labas ng Kulê, maraming salamat at padayon! −

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WITH THE EXTENSION OF MARTIAL LAW, the Lumad in Mindanao will be further subjected to attacks and abuses. The Lumad will lose their lives, homes, schools, their ancestral lands, and even their future if Duterte pushes through with the cancellation of the peace talks to give way to an all-out-war. Has President Duterte lost his heart for the Lumad of Mindanao? We have considered Duterte as an ally when he was mayor in Davao. We are grateful for how he listened to our appeals to withdraw military and paramilitary elements in our school and communities, and how he helped facilitate our safe return to our homes. Now, his all-out-war, martial law extension, and recent pronouncements have alarmed us. In a time of conflict, such declarations that further incite war will put the whole country, especially Mindanao, in a disastrous path. The conflict in Marawi has already displaced 200,000 people. A month after martial law, there is still no clear sign of this conflict ending. Just after the declaration of martial law in Mindanao, we have personally seen a worsening streak of violations in Lumad areas, with more than 20 incidents of attacks on schools

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

perpetrated by elements of the AFP and other paramilitary forces. Teachers and parents were illegally detained, others have barely survived murder attempts from paramilitary troops, and nearly 800 students and teachers were forced to leave their communities. We want to believe that Duterte understands the root causes of the problems in Mindanao. He is aware that the greed of oligarchs protected by the military has caused the suffering of hundreds of Lumad and Moro communities. This greed for profit has killed peasant and indigenous leaders who have continued the struggle for the defense of ancestral lands. That is why we are disheartened with his recent stance of only looking at the loss of soldiers from his side. What about us Lumads, Moro and peasants who have lost many of our leaders and members in the course of the all-out war and continuing plunder of our lands? We are further dismayed that he is taunting that only Lumads side with the NPA. In our negotiations, we always reiterate that Lumads, farmers and the Moro people are unarmed, and should be spared from all forms of military attacks. Instead, we have been branded by

Sa Makalawa, Ako

2016-2017

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COLLECTIONS Balance as of June 2016 (previous term)

Estimated collectionsa

Actual, AY 2016-2017d

First semester Second semester Midyear Interest income Accounts receivable from scholarships

P1,469,232 P1,317,096 P552,600b P24,225.21

P1,617,434.50 P1,517,872 P645,696 P17,025.83c

P72,000

P83,566.50

P3,435,153.21

P6,743,945.68

Approved budget P1,700,000 P900,000 P150,000 P800,000 P5,000 P100,000 P10,000

Actual, AY 2016-2017 P833,670 (P245,190)* P739,435 P150,377.78 P110,085.88 P0 P179,200e P4,000

P100,000

P85,193.78 P1,185

P3,765,000

P2,691,627.44

P2,862,350.85

EXPENSES Printing Honoraria Food subsidy Trainings and seminars Editorial examinations Office equipment Utilities Office supplies and other operating expenses Student refund TOTAL BALANCE

the military as ‘collateral damage’. With the extension of martial law, how else can we make repressive instruments of the State accountable for previous and ongoing attacks against us? We fear that the martial law extension will further justify encroachment of our lands, militarization of our communities, and curtailment of our rights We condemn repressive and militarist policies such as the declaration of martial law and the allout-war. Such policies continue to marginalize the people of Mindanao, the Lumad, Moro and peasants. As this State becomes even more repressive, we appeal to all Mindanaoans to unite and stand together. United, we will reclaim our rights and our communities. Let not the strong words of war from Duterte sway our conviction that our land is replete with history of struggles to protect our freedoms, our land and our future. We continue forward with our desire for peace; we continue forward with conviction to protect what is precious to our next generation: land, rights, freedom and justice. −

SIPAT

PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN

TOTAL

On Duterte's declaration of ML extension, all-out war

−ACADEMIC YEAR

OPINYON

P4,052,318.24

NOTES: a - Based on the estimate collections of the Accounting Office for the respective academic years b - Midyear 2016 c - Total interest income for the four quarters of the academic year 2016-2017 d - Based on the status of fund of the Accounting Office for the respective years e - Earmarked amount * - Item earmarked amount minus the actual expenses

ADRIAN KENNETH GUTLAY

ARTEX COMPOUND SETYEMBRE 2014