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Mapagpalayang kaisipan sa malayang pahayagan Oktubre-Disyembre 2014
For the defense of land, life and resources
CPA calls to abolish NCIP DANNA LLAINE RUIZ
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reated through the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997, October 29, 2014 marks the seventeenth year of the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) but several groups, led by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), question its credibility as the representation of indigenous peoples.
In the SUMIKAD KORDILYERA! People’s protest held last October 20, 2014, the Cordillerans protested against militarization and national oppression where stories of NCIP connivance with mining and energy companies were exposed. ‘Ally’ of the oppressed Almost 15 per cent of the Philippine population is comprised of indigenous peoples (IP) that are still in tight relation with their customs and traditions. With this, the IPRA was enacted on October 29, 1997 to deal with the protection and preservation of the IP culture and ancestral domain. It also recognizes the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) of indigenous peoples. As such, no projects in any Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC) can proceed without the FPIC. NCIP shall serve as the primary government agency that formulates and imple-
ments policies and programs for the IP as prescribed by the law. Issuance of Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) and Certificate of Ancestral Land Title (CALT) is also facilitated by the agency in recognition of the rights and ownership of ICCs/IPs. Behind the sugar coat Though the Act has its good provisions for the protection and preservation of indigenous culture, the IPs sees the agency as a masterpiece of deception and a divisive tool of the State against them. To them, it is the major cause of their problems. Back in 2011, there has been a nationwide call for the abolition of the NCIP due to the incompetence of the agency. Prior to that, an online report back in 2007 was published where the Lumads of Mindanao has expressed their desire to remove the agency for it was the source of conflict and division in their community by means of issuing CADTs and CALTs to the private sector without the recognition of
the FPIC. Meanwhile, CPA released a report last October 20, 2014 stating actual experiences of indigenous communities of the Cordillera region that proved their rejection of the IPRA and NCIP I valid. From December 2002 until March 2007, thirty six accounts of extrajudicial killings on indigenous peoples of Cordillera were recorded. The latest victims of this are William Bugatti of Ifugao and the Ligiw Family of Abra – March 2014; and Engineer Fidela Salvador of Baguio City, Noel Viste of Abra (both September 2014). Accounts of manipulation of FPIC processes were also stated in the report that includes the entry of big energy projects such as Chevron in Guinaang, Kalinga and Hedcor in Sabangan, and Philcarbon in Sagada, Mt. Province. The NCIP also permitted the mining application of Royalco in Bakun, Benguet (2009), and expansion of Lepanto Mines in Mankayan, Benguet (2013). The NCIP is also said to continued at page 3
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CPA calls to abolish NCIP from page 1 have issued certifications to several mining corporations from 1998-2000 without the FPIC of affected communities where nine MPSAs were approved. In the findings of the UP Baguio College of Social Sciences cases of corruption in NCIP were also evident where peoples’ money is corrupted; wherein they used it in violating indigenous people’s rights that they are supposed to protect. The NCIP has also become the spokesperson and defender of mining and energy companies rather than being the representation of the IPs. UPB-CSS also cited that there is growing strong evidence that the process and politics of land titling may lead to market capture of the resources and benefits that resulted from land exploitation due to the asymmetrical power relations, state and indigenous peoples and the continuous siding of the NCIP to the former. The IPs are left confused in a complicated bureaucratic process that is alien and alienating them. “Enough experiences and lessons have been drawn for the past 17 years, all leading to the conclusion that IPRA deserves to be scrapped and NCIP immediately abolished as indigenous peoples pursue demands and struggles for comprehensive rights,” the CPA concluded.
“Anti-selfie bill” peeved by various groups NEIL GERSON ALVAREZ
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ournalists, netizens, and some members of the House of Representatives protested regarding House Bill 4807 or the Protection against Personal Intrusion Act. Principally authored by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, the bill is currently in its third and final reading in the plenary, after its second
reading’s approval last August. Due to these protests, HB 4807 is back to the Committee on Public Information and currently in further deliberation since last September 10. Not really ‘anti-selfie’ Misamis Occidental Rep. Jorge Almonte, one of the co-authors, warned those who tagged “Anti-selfie Bill” on HB 4807, because it only causes
confusions with the real context of the bill. According to ABS-CBN News.com, the bill holds accountable “any person who willfully intrudes into the personal privacy of another, without the consent of that person and with the intent to gain or profit therefrom, shall be civilly liable to the offended party”. It also punishes photographers and videographers who
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY Various groups gathered in front of City Lights Hotel to hold a protest against the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Butch Abad for the unconstitutional Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).
use private images, videos, or audio recordings of individuals for commercial purposes. Legitimate law enforcement activities are those only exempted. Last September, Almonte, together with Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, withdrew co-authorship on the Bill, reasoning that it is for safeguarding the “impartial discussion” on its merits in the Committee. Rodriguez upon accepting the withdrawal of his co-authors admitted, “it’s back to square one”. A restraint to expression Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said that it might restrain the freedom of information and expression of the public, especially media men. Ordinary citizens with no intention of intruding personal privacy of others may also be affected. According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), the bill poses an “all too real threat, not only to freedom of the press, but on the very right to free expression”. “The measure’s intent is so broad [that] it is likely to be used as another weapon for the criminal and the corrupt to escape accountability should it become law. The measure could end up stifling citizen journalism and even simply taking pictures or videos for personal pleasure”, they added.
photo by LEAH PEREZ
Slow government response in Yolanda affected areas glaring IBON FOUNDATION
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lmost a year after Typhoon Yolanda hit the country, government efforts for the recovery of the affected areas are moving very slowly. According to research group IBON, the slow recovery efforts are on top of earlier criticisms of poor emergency response
and relief work last year. These are also despite considerable resources already at hand from international, national, and local sources. Reports from the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) tend to show that Yolanda victims are still in the relief phase and barely starting to recover
almost a year after the typhoon struck. Typhoon Yolanda affected 1.5 million families of whom 918,261 families were outright displaced. Casualties included 6,300 deaths and 1,061 missing aside from 28,689 injured. The government subsequently drew up targets for repair, rehabilitation and construction which, according to OPARR data avail-
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able as of end-September 2014, are still very far being met. The largest number of Yolanda victims remains in uncertain and unstable conditions with abnormal and uncertain livelihoods. Although 1.5 million families were affected, only 215,471 families are reported to have benefited from Cash for Building Livelihood Assets projects. Only 44,870 fisherfolk were provided fishing gears and 32,081 fisherfolk had their bancas replaced or repaired; only 4,507 seaweed farmers were assisted. Only 9,149 farmers were provided farm implements, 2,482 farmers given seeds and 160 farmers helped with animal restocking. Just 27 public markets out of the target 132 have been repaired or rehabilitated. Just 58 kilometers of farm-to-market roads out of the target 315 kilometers have been rehabilitated or constructed. Victims remain largely in temporary and transitional shelters. Some 1.2 million houses were damaged or destroyed, of which some 500,000 were completely destroyed. The OPARR however only reports 364 housing units completed in Tacloban and Tanauan, Leyte. Children are still unable to
return to school buildings and classrooms. Some 6.9 million textbooks, learning materials and learning kits and 517 computer packages are being distributed. Yet only 213 classrooms have been repaired out of the target 19,648 classrooms. Only 13 health facilities have been rehabilitated. Meanwhile, some 18 doctors, 668 nurses and 233 midwives have been deployed in Regions VII and VIII. Efforts to rebuild infrastructure are also moving slowly. Only 5.8 kilometers of national roads have been repaired or rehabilitated out of a target 116 kilometers, three (3) bridges out of a target 34 bridges, six (6) ports out of a target 43 port facilities, 33 out of 99 flood control facilities, 25 municipal halls out of a target 153 municipal, city and provincial halls, and 21 out of 161 civic centers. Millions of victims who were already in very poor and vulnerable conditions even before the Typhoon Yolanda continue to endure barely survival conditions. Approaching Typhoon Yolanda’s first anniversary, real community development escapes them and they face a future of being put in a ‘new normal’ of an even lower level of existence than they had before.
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Solon dismayed with wage freeze for teachers in 2015 LEVI GLEN INGENTE
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nder the proposed national budget, no adjustment will be made for the salary of public school teachers despite the persistent call for an increase. With this, the Manila Public School Teachers Association (MPSTA) and Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) voiced out their disappointment on the Aquino administration’s disregard for their appeals in a protest action last October 30. Underpaid A public school teacher’s salary is currently P18, 549 a month while a non-teaching personnel earns P9,000. The rate has been stagnant since 2009. Aside from the static rate, of their wages teachers’ benefits were also reduced from P10,000 to P5,000.
“The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers states that our pay should be able to provide us with a decent form of living,” said ACT National Chairperson Benjie Valbuena. In a report from IBON foundation, a family of six must have P1, 045 a day in order to meet its daily needs. This accounts for a total of P31, 350 in a month. Not a cent According to Valbuena, “the budget for 2015 has been approved in the House of Representatives and not a single centavo was allotted for the salary increases of public school teachers and employees.” He also stressed that “despite numbers of proposed bills on salary upgrade of teachers in the House of Representatives and Senate, Aquino, through
his notorious Budget Secretary Butch Abad, keeps on blocking these proposals.” ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio said that, “by refusing to enact salary increases despite the continuing rise of the cost of living, the government itself is the very cause of the suffering of its employees.” Due increase Pursuant to the Salary Standardization Law III (SSL III), there should be a periodic review and adjustment for the salary of government employees every three years in order to ensure that they are well compensated. In line with this, a bill that aims for a wage hike for public school teachers and staff filed by Rep. Tinio is yet to be enacted despite garnering a support from 121 legislators.
Civilian killed during military operations in Lacub, Abra ANGELA VALERIO
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n the 5th of September 2014, Engineer Fidela “Delle” Bugarin-Salvador was killed during the military operations of the 41st Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army (41st IBPA). Truth be told According to an online post of the Northern Luzon Command, Philippine Army, she was killed during the encounter at Lacub, Abra on September 4-6, 2014. After the autopsy of the victim’s body, Dr. Ronald Bandonill, the doctor who handled the autopsy, discussed the noticeable points of his examination.
In his report, Delle was shot nine times, and was hit at the back of her head leaving a broken skull. She had bruises, massive lacerations, and blood clot from a broken blood vessel. This was said to point to possible torture of the victim before death. The Victim Fidela “Delle” Salvador was an activist, fighting for the advancement of technology and science in service of and controlled by the people. At the time she was said to be killed, she was a development worker conducting monitoring activities of the projects previously and currently being
implemented by the Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Service (CorDis RDS) and Center for the Development Program in the Cordillera (CDPC), in Lacub, Abra. Just like the families and people close to those affected by the extrajudicial killings, Delle’s parents also wanted to know the truth of what and why it happened. They also said in an online document, prepared by the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA), that they, along with UCCP community and CPDC, want justice to be served and that they will not cease to search for truth and justice.
REKINDLE THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION Tongtongan Ti umili, Anakbayan, Anakpawis and other groups celebrated Bonifacio Day and Kabataang Makabayan’s 50th anniversary staging a banner for Aquino’s resignation for failing to deliver genuine progress for the people. photo by DAN RANZ LUNA
MILITANT YOUTH Mykel Andrada, professor at UP Diliman, discussed the historic role and present effects of student activism at a forum held at the Bulwagang Juan Luna organized by National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) in partnership with the Politically Inclined Students (POLIS) of UP Baguio. photo by DAN RANZ LUNA
Stop mining activities in Cordillera -CPA CAITLIN DANA BELDA
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he Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) launched a protest rally at the Baguio People’s Park last November 12, 2014 condemning the current state of unsafe mining practices in the region. The protest action was a counter event to the 61st Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference (ANMSEC) hosted by Baguio from November 11-14. ANMSEC is an event that highlights the mining industry’s commitment towards the promotion of sustainable development as stated in the 2012 mines safety week by Louie Sarmiento, Philippine Mine and Safety Association (PMSEA) president. This event was attended by people and organizations involved in the mining industry with this year’s theme, “61 years of Responsible Mining and Nation Building”. CPA’s mobilization was their way of refuting the current slogan on mining safety of the annual event. Promoting awareness on the negative effects of large scale mining and actively opposing destructive mining operations are among the main advocacies of the organization. Their activities “aim to increase awareness on the real impacts of destructive operation in the region by mining capitalists.” Included in the CPA event were photo exhibits, video
screening and testimonies that countered the claims of the PMSEA and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) that mining in the region is safe. On the other hand, the activities of the PMSEA included tree planting at the Botanical Garden, mining exhibit at CAP John Hay Convention Center, mineral industry symposium and mineral industry parade which was held on Session Road to Melvin Jones. With regard to the safety measures, PMSEA participants demonstrated mine rescue and other practices conducted at the Burnham Park. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has 66% of land areas devoted to mining activities. The mining and quarrying under the industry sector of the region has a 1.5 percent share on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Philippines for the years 2011-2013. The National Statistic Coordination Board (NSCB) also noted that mining and quarrying bounced back from negative 54.8 in 2012 to surge by 12.7 percent in 2013 due to the increase in metallic materials. The mining industry may have contributed to the national economy but the CPA believes that beyond the economic effects of these mining activities, we should pay attention to its environmental and social consequences.
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No to Private "Park"ing
Local group denounces Burnham Park privatization ANGELA VALERIO
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ue to the lack of supporting funds for the maintenance of the public area, Burnham Park is endangered to be under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP), a banner program of President Benigno Aquino III. According to Tracy Dumalo, the secretary general of Tongtongan Ti Umili (TTU), PPP is a program where the government makes partnerships with private sectors for the funding of projects, building of infrastructures, and the projects’ maintenance. Privatization effects An online report from Anakpawis party list stated that, the government will allow the private sectors to fund projects
for water, electricity, transportation, hospitals, education, building of roads and other infrastructures, even projects for information and technology. While it may enhance facilities and maintains funding, Dumalo said that if ever Burnham Park would be under the current president’s banner program, it would be less accessible or not accessible for the public at all. Improving the project under the program would now require charges. She also said that the prices will increase since the private sector’s aim is to gain more profit. An example of this is the privatization of the skating rink, located inside Burnham Park’s perimeter, wherein only a few can enjoy the services that it offers due to the increased pric-
es of the rides, skating rink and other services. Citizen’s action As a sign of protest against the privatization of Burnham Park, a signature campaign was conducted recently where approximately 17 000 signatures were collected to make the government aware that the citizens of Baguio are against the administration’s program. Furthermore, citizens of Baguio posted online petitions to spread awareness of the cause. Those who are against fencing Burnham Park last 2013 believed that putting up bars around the public area implies the privatization of the area, limiting its access to a few.
UPB students voices dissent against STS DAN RANZ LUNA
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tudents of UP Baguio voiced out their opinions on the Socialized Tuition System (STS) throughthe Manifesto of Unity, and with this year’s walk-out. The Petition The Manifesto of Unity, authored by Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS), is a petition that critiques the implementation of STS, in which it emphasizes that STS is inefficient for it lacked the capacity to measure the socio-economic status of each student of the university. It was called a scheme and smokescreen by the authors. It also claims that STS assumes that, “Everyone is rich, until proven poor.” The petition circulated among the campus. Students who signed the petition are agreeing on the contents written in the manifesto, asking the board of regents (BOR) to abolish STS. The STS was given emphasis last September. Several organizations, fraternities and sororities from UP Baguio posted slogans, gave speeches, and encouraged other students to stand against the issue.
WHEN CONTENT AND FORM MEET During the celebration of Baguio Students’ Day last September 26 at Malcolm Square, performing groups from several secondary and tertiary schools in the city showcase their talents and awareness to different national and local issues. photos by LEVI GLEN INGENTE
Stirring up the Colors ACS also hosted a Student Summit that aimed to supplement the studentry with views on the current issues the university and the country itself last September 24 in the Bulwagang Juan Luna. Around 200 students attended. Student Regent, Neil John Macuha, from UP Los Banos, talked on the second part of the forum where he discussed the situation of the university and with it problems caused by STS.
Macuha said that UP has turned colonial and fascist.He claims that, “the ST System, alienates the poor and favors the rich.” UP in Red UPB students flooded the campus with the color red on September 26 for this year’s walk-out that was joined by several organizations and fraternities from the university. The students, holding on to their placards and posters, called the government to hear out their voice about a number
of current issues and especially the call to junk STS. Christian Dave Ruz, Kasama sa UP Secretary-general said that, “Ang walkout naito ay simbolo ng atingtapang, pagpapatuloy ng tapang at dangal.” The “Red March” continued along session road where the UP crowd was joined by high school students from different schools around Baguio. The event ended at Malcolm square, where a program was held to tie in the events and commemorate Baguio Students Day.
Fists held high Several UP Baguio students during the Red March last September 26. photo by HARUMI LICDAN
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UPB Maroons finishes 4th in BBEAL
Varsity players calls for additional support THEA GRACE MASIGLAT
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espite the issues of lack of support for the school’s varsity players, the University of the Philippines-Baguio (UPB) Maroons is currently ranked fourth place in the first phase of 2014-2015 Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL). But with only 150 pesos a month as their training allowance, the varsity players are crying out for more assistance. Insufficient Support When asked if what the players receive is enough, Prof. Ivy Inovero, head of the Human Kinetics Program, said, “No, it’s not enough. “Yung mga bata na inaabot ng 8pm ang training, kakain lang sa labas and magta-taxi pauwi, ubos na yung 150 para sa buwan na ‘yun.” Aside from the small amount, deductions in their stipend will also be taken away if a player misses his training sessions.
The training allowance of the varsity players was adapted from the varsity program of the Diliman Campus before our campus was granted university status in 2002 and has not been changed since. In other universities, the varsity players even enjoy full scholarships but players in UPB do not receive the same privilege. Even during contests, the fare going to the event’s venue is not paid for by the school. In the University of the Philippines Diliman, the College of Human Kinetics administers the Varsity Athletic Admission System (VAAS) that awards slots to outstanding and skilled athletes who did not take or passed UPCAT after a series of trainings and tests. “We are strengthening our sports program. Oo, UP tayo and dapat outstanding sa acads pero it doesn’t mean na dapat mahinana ang sports natin,” Prof. Inovero also added. Moreover, according to Prof. Inovero, a program like VAAS would strengthen the sports
program but, when it was suggested in UPB last 2009, it was not approved by the administration.
failed to join in the BBEAL are currently training for the Cordillera Administrative Re-
gion-Association of State Colleges and Universities (CARASUC).
Still fighting BBEAL officially started last August 30, just two weeks after the start of classes. “Mahirap mag-form at mag-train ng players in just two weeks,” Prof. Inovero said. Despite the short preparation, UPB Maroons earned 2nd runner up in the table tennis men finals with 30 points while the table tennis women finals won 4th place. The UPB Maroons also landed fourth place in archery men and women as with swimming men and women. In chess women finals, UPB Maroons garnered 5th place while chess men finals, the team won the 7th place. Due to the academic calendar shift, some teams like the UPB Maroons Basketball Women were not able to compete in the BBEAL. Meanwhile, the teams that
Silent Change
Proposed Student Code ‘implemented’ piece by piece
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espite being recently proposed as the new student code of the University of the Philippines Baguio, the said campus find itself adapting its changes, while not yet undergoing the Student Consultation, a meeting composed of representatives from the different organizations of UPB. On the 30th of June 2014, the
Board of Regents (BOR) of the University of the Philippines had its 1298th meeting where the proposed Code of Student Conduct (CSC) of 2012 of the UP Diliman was approved and is eyed to be adapted as the Student Code for all the campuses of UP. Student Code of 2012 According to Doris Wilson, Student Relations Officer, this
Student code is designed for the welfare of the students by enforcing rules and regulations on the student body. She said that without the consent of the Student Council, this will remain as a proposed CSC and will not yet be implemented in UP Baguio. It is said in the proposed code that “This code is neither intended to restrict nor unnecessarily limit student activities
HIMIG MULA KINA MA’AM AT SIR Ilang mga guro at kawani ng pamantasan ang naghandog ng isang pagtatanghal sa IB lobby bilang bahagi ng selebrasyon ng anibersaryo ng All UP Worker’s Union (AUPWU). photo by LEAH PEREZ
OWNING THE STAGE BALL1 bloc during their performance on the 2014 Freshie Night at Baguio Convention Center last October 17. photo by LEAH PEREZ
but rather to provide the institutional parameters within which student activity can flourish.” New Regulations According to the article of the proposed Student Code, only an organization with a hundred members can be recognized which is not possible for every existing organization in UPB. With the student population of approximately two thousand five hundred, the sixty-six organizations would have to work hard to recruit or maintain a hundred members every academic year in order to stay recognized. In a case where organizations conduct their general assemblies, the rooms of Juan Luna (JL) building could only be borrowed if you have submitted a reservation permit to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). In addition to this is the disbanding of organizations if they are responsible for the destruction of property or even the extension of time of use of the JL. Regarding with the use of
the campus facilities or premises of the school, a permit should be filed in the Campus Planning Development and Maintenance Office (CPDMO) at least five days and/or at most two weeks before the actual event. Not really for UPB This proposed Student Code is especially made for and by the Diliman Campus of UP, which has a larger population, and a greater number of organization than that of UP Baguio. This difference in population, and number of organization makes it a disadvantage for the organization and the students of UP Baguio. As it is only proposed by the university, it still needs to be approved by the university council in order to become the official and implemented Student Code of UP Baguio. If ever in the need for a new Student Code, the University council of UPB will request for a reformation or changes on the new student code that will be possible to implement in the said campus of UP.
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Statement on the 42nd Anniversary of Ma JOANNA CARINO
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reetings in name of CPA & SELDA, This speaker for your forum this morning is a survivor of Martial Law. I was then a student activist here at UP Baguio before the Martial Law. I also was with the Student Council, was freshman representative when I first entered the UPB. I joined the openly legal KabataangMakabayan in 1969; we organized its UP chapter, helped with youth and student organizing in the other schools in Baguio and later Northern Luzon. There are parallelisms in the situation that led to Martial Law and the situation today. There was then, and now, a grave dissatisfaction with the existing order of widespread unemployment and poverty, bureaucratic corruption, colonial mentality and kowtowing to foreign interests, such as sending a Philippine contingent to the Vietnam War, and the like. There was growing political unrest, as the traditional politicians competed for top positions in government and the accompanying spoils. And there was youthful idealism of seeking a better world among the Filipino youth, angpag-asa ng bayan. You may be interested to know that after the KabataangMakabayan was organized in 1964 by Jose Maria Sison, among its early provincial chapters was here in Baguio city, with the students of UPB composing its original membership. In fact, two of the most quoted articles in Jose Maria Sison’s collection Struggle for National Democracy were presented in front of forums like this sponsored by the Student Councils here at UPB and at Saint Louis University . The two articles just as relevant now as they were then are The Need for a Cultural Revolution and The Task of the Second Propaganda Movement. You may be interested in checking these out in the library. Protest actionsand street demonstrations were becoming more often
and growing in numbers day by day. The battle cry was Ibagsakangimperyalismo, pyudalismo at burukratakapitalismo! Our defining slogans were Serve the People/PaglingkuranangSambayanan! andMakibaka, huwagmatakot! Popular dissent was met with inten-
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And there was youthful idealism of seeking a better world among the Filipino youth, ang pagasa ng bayan.
sified state repression of democratic rights. At one big demonstration outside Malacañang two student activists were killed by sniper fire. This led to even more and bigger demonstrations in that historical period of fervent and activism and known as the First Quarter Storm. Sumabayang Baguio at ang UP Baguio salahat ng ito, gaya din ng iba pang regional centers. Kung nagkaroon man ng Diliman Commune, nagkaroon din ng similar UP Baguio siege. Among the student organizations that were organized here in Baguio. In addition to KabataangMakabayan, were SamahangDemokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK), Makibaka for women, Samahan ng ProgresibongPropagandista , and Highland Activists for the national minorities. Nationalist organizations also sprung up in the workers front and other sectors of society. In August 1971, a year before Martial Law was declared, Ferdinand Marcos suspended the writ of habeas corpus. A UP Baguio instructor, Rey Casambre, and two UP Baguio students, Rey Rimando and my younger sister Joji, were picked up on the way home from the headquarters, only to be found later detained in Camp Crame. My sister who had then just graduated from highschoolwas released after a few days, but the two Reys were detained for around seven months. Incidentally, Marcos was then looking for a reason for term extension, just as BSA today playing around with the same prospect. Martial Law was declared on September 21, 1972. With the Martial Law came the repression of basic human rights such as freedom of expression, assembly, and redress of grievances. On that day, there was no more radio and TV as all mass media had been censored. All forms of organization were blacklisted, even student councils and newspa-
pers, more so the activist organizations such as KM, SDK, Makibaka, Highland Activists, etc. The fascist regime even dictated that the boys should not have long hair, nor the girls wear short skirts. Later, when some controlled TV was allowed, the regime censored the popular TV shows for kids Voltes V. Mass arrests of activists followed. Camp Allen and Camp Dangwa were filled to overflowing. Others were detained in Camp Aquino in Tarlac, or Camp Olivas in Pampanga, or even Camp Crame and Bicutan. Among those arrested and detained from UP Baguio were Rey Rimando, again and for several times more, Vicky Rico, and former chancellor PrecySupnetMacansantos, among others as already mentioned, I myself am a survivor of Martial Law, a survivor of electric shock, and mental torture and illegal detention for two years, together with my younger sister Joji. We were just a few among the tens of thousands whose rights were violated under Martial Law rule, when torture, extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances, which are crimes against humanity, became common occurrences. But repression breeds resistance. The imposition of a fascist dictatorship was met with many various forms of struggle. With all forms of democratic protest illegalized, many youth opted to join the New People’s Army and the armed struggle in the countryside and many became martyrs to revolutionary cause. Many more went underground and persisted in conducting painstaking mass work to educate and organize the masses to fight Martial Law and work for a better society. Others went into exile abroad and criticized the ML regime in the international arena. It can be said that the national democratic student activists were among those who made
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artial Law the greatest sacrifices and persisted in the struggle in the early darkest years of Martial Law. After a few years of clandestine organizing, the labor and youth sectors were ready to do muscle-flexing to test and stretch the limits of Martial Law. The workers of the US Tobacco Corporation unionized and went on strike. Here in Benguet the Baro a TimpuyogdagitiMangmanggedti Benguet Corporation unionized and went on strike. Students here at UPB and other campuses fought for democratic rights and the restoration of the SC and student paper. Shortly after my release from Camp Olivas, I re-enrolled here at UPB and was editor of the Outcrop. Upon graduation, I taught Anthropology and Economics for a few years in the early 1980s. All this time I was active in the anti-dictatorship struggle, especially in the struggles against the Chico Dams and the Cellophil Resources paper pulp and logging corporation which spawned a popular resistance and the growth of the Cordillera mass movement. The anti-dictatorship struggle gained new ground after the assassination of Ninoy Aquino at the tarmac. The years 1983-86 saw the extreme isolation of the fascist dictatorship, with bigger and bigger mobilizations. Finally, the dictator was overthrown in February 1986 by a popular uprising supported by a military coup. Ferdinand Marcos and family, with his top military aides, were spirited out of Malacañang by the United States and flown to Hawaii. When the dictator was deposed, a class action suit was filed by the victims of human rights violations under Martial Law through SELDA at the US Federal District Court of Honolulu, Hawaii. After a few years, the judge acted favourably on the class action suit and ordered the Marcos estate to indemnify
the victims. Here in the Philippines, the victims of Martial Law lobbied the Philippine government to recognize that their efforts were crucial in the overthrow of the dictator. Congress finally passed RA 10386 or the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, which was signed into law on the anniversary of EDSA 1 on February 25, 2013. SELDA has questioned the sincerity of the BSA government in giving restitution and recognition to the victims of Martial Law. He has appointed a police general to head the Claims Board. The process for submitting is so difficult to meet. The Claims Board is located in NCR and has allotted just a few days in the main regional centres that it has been unable to service the numerous victims in the provinces. And the claimants have only six months to accomplish the tedious requirements and submit their claims. The present BSA regime is hardly the icon of democracy that he would want to project. The human rights record under his watch will speak for itself. There has been a long list of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, evacuations and internal refugees linked to the implementation of the regime’s counter-insurgency program OplanBayanihan. Just in the past few months, there has been the Ligiw massacre of a father and his two sons in Licuan, Abra, and the ejk of William Bugatti, a leader of the Ifugao Peasant Movement. Malaweg massacre. The latest is that of Engr. Delle, who was killed during military operations conducted by the 41st IB, 5th ID NOLCOM in Lacub, Abra. Some of you must have wondered why the remains of an NPA commander, Arnold Jaramillo, was brought to the UP auditorium and paid tribute to by so many. The reality is that there is an
ongoing civil war in the Philippines, between the ruling classes and the State which they control, on the one hand, and the CPP-NPA-NDF and a significant section of the population under their influence, on the other hand. Unless and until the root causes of the armed conflict shall have been solved, there shall be many more AJs who will choose the path of armed revolution to change an oppressive system. But if there has to be a war, let it be conducted by the combatants under the mantle of the international conventions on International Humanitarian Law. Autopsy has shown that AJ and Recca who were killed 41st IB bore signs of torture and the desecration of their remains. This is a violation of the rules of engagement under international humanitarian law. Just as the killing of the civilians, such as Delle and another local person Noel Viste, is also a violation of IHL. In this light, we call on the parties of the armed conflict to go back to the negotiating table and resume the stalled peace talks, and in the meantime to respect all earlier signed agreements. As we commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, we see that the basic problems of the Philippine society are fundamentally unchanged from the period when Martial Law was declared to quell an
awakening populace. Our battlecry and slogans then are just as relevant today. For sure, there will always be idealistic youth as you who will take up the challenge to help build a Philippine society which is truly sovereign and free from foreign control, where democracy will be for the masses of people and not only the elite, where there shall be a lasting peace based on justice and respect for people’s rights. Justice for all victims of Martial Law and of ejk-ed now! Call for a resumption of the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front! NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW!
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How to Get Away With Murder: Immunity with a “P” MEGAN AGLAUA
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our eyes are feared by everyone. Your words strangle a person with fear and fret. You are indisputable. One point of your finger is a solid warning. You are indomitable, untouchable and invincible. You are Andal Ampatuan Jr., the most powerful man in Maguindanao and no one can get in your way. Word on the street said that your position in the throne is being challenged. Someone is aspiring to take your powerful place. Blood rises within you as your heart pumps several beats faster than it should. You brainstorm ideas on how to eliminate this absurd man from running in the election. You call out for your equally powerful father and together, you plan something which will surely succeed – murder. The day for your plan to set out finally arrived. In the morning of November 23, 2009, you are all set to obliterate Ismael Mangudadatu. You smiled as you learned that this enemy of yours invited journalists to record the event. You laughed and didn’t care. Nothing will stop you from doing your perfectly structured plan on annihilating the adversary and you did. But too bad he wasn’t there to be killed. Nonetheless, you have made a nightmare of his turn into reality. The whole nation knows how morbid the crime is. The whole word is infuriating with what you have done and yet, you still plan on getting away with murder. And frankly, your plan is going great. Step 1: Introduce a new suspect Since wars regarding MILF are very much rampant in the place. Why not blame it on them? Even though pressure is very much tough on you, never ever admit what you have committed. Blame someone else. A lie that is told a hundred times becomes the truth. Lie and lie and and blame someone else. Step 2: As much as possible, seek sympathy Oh no! Your first step failed and people succeeded in locking you up in this horrible cage. What do you do to at least, gain some allies regardless of the hatred you are receiving from the world? Penetrate the weakness of people – sympathy. Frame one of your relatives to undergo a fabricated explosion. Did it go well? Great! Now, Ipi Ampatuan, the grandson of your father, is now “paralyzed” and right when he is about to be arrested, present a three-paged motion asking for longer hospitalization. One cannot question one’s unfortunate event unless it has a reason to be investigated upon. But the plan is successful and Ipi has great acting skills. No genuine sympathy may have been gained but at the very least, his arresting is postponed. Step 3: Justice that is postponed is justice denied It has been a series of lawyers and judges changing. Everyone is very much fearful of the Ampatuan family. Even the holders of justice inhibit from time to time because they cannot handle the pressure of defending a heinous creature. What is tantamount to that? Delay. Postponement. Impediment. Interruption. Hindrance. As cases begin to postpone more and more every day, justice begins to do so, too. Imposition of fear is very much essential in achieving this step. As far as you are concerned, one is doing great. A re-
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cord of half a decade is not too bad in delaying court hearings and litigations. A round of applause for this. Step 4: Annihilate new evidences, obliterate new witnesses Allies of yours are beginning to soften. They want to confess. Their conscience is bothering them. They will testify in court, confirming the event! They will put your side in a much more dangerous scale. This is unacceptable. What to do with these petty fools? Kill them. Obliterate every bit of these weaklings. You have killed
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Threaten them and then if fear is still not enough, that is the time you exterminate.
fifty eight people. What difference does it make if you will kill more who will get in your way? This is the process. Threaten them and then if fear is not still enough, that is the time you exterminate. Goodbye, Dennis Sakal who used to be the former driver of Datu Unsay. Another fresh kill of November 2014. Very excellent indeed. Step 5: Vye for Impunity It has been half a decade since the cynical bloodbath and the main antagonist of the story is still lounging in jail. Tears of the victims’ relatives get heavier day by day as justice is taken for granted everytime it gets delayed. Smile resembles in the devil’s face, reminiscing the maguindanao massacre in numbers. “58 individuals slaughtered, 32 were journalists, 1 victim is still missing, 197 people are originally accused but only 194 are currently accused. 110 accused were only arrested, 84 people accused who are still at large with standing warrants of arrest and 42 policemen-suspect are allowed to post-bail. 5 number of current and potential witnesses murdered since trial began, 4 years since separate administrative cases were filed against the policemen-suspect before the National Police Commission, 5 years since massacre on November 23, 2009, 78 volumes of court documents on the case, consisting petitions, motions, manifestations, orders and resolutions and 0 suspects convicted either in the murder or the administrative cases.” Stated GMA Network. You didn’t get away with murder but you escaped the penalty like a thief in the night. Make the process long that they forget your punishment. This is how you gain immunity. But in this case, you garnered a better prestige which is immunity with a “P’ – impunity.
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atang-bata ka pa at marami ka pang Kailangang malaman at intindihin sa mundo Yan ang totoo Nagkakamali ka kung akala mo na ang buhay Ay isang mumunting paraiso lamang. Nobyembre, 2004. : Paniqui,Tarlac Nasa ikalawang baitang pa lang ako noong taon na ito. Nag-aaral sa isang pribadong paaralan sa Paniqui. Half day lang ang klase ko, 7 hanggang 12 lang ata. Basta half day lang. Hindi ko na rin kasi masyadong matandaan. Ang naalala ko pagkatapos pagdating ng hapon, hihintayin namin ang schoolbus. Habang naghihintay, makikita kami sa playground: nagtatakbuhan, nagtutulakan, nagpapaligsahan kung sino ang mauunang makarating sa kabilang dulo ng monkey bar, sinusubukang pantayin yung seesaw, pabilisang maka-akyat sa mismong slide at hindi sa hagdanan nito. Lagi kaming masaya tuwing uwian at titigil lamang iyon kapag dumating na ang schoolbus na maghahatid sa amin pauwi ng Moncada. Dumarating pa sa punto na nagagalit na si Manong Driver kasi ayaw pa naming umalis. Nanakot pa nga na iiwanan daw kami kaya paunahan kaming umaakyat at magsiupo sa loob ng schoolbus. Nobyembre 2004: Hacienda Luisita, San Miguel, Tarlac Ika-apat ng Nobyembre nang unang gumawa ng picket line at nagkaroon ng strike ang pinagsanib na grupo ng mga mangagawa mula sa Central Azucarera de Tarlac at Hacienda Luisita. Sinubukan silang paalisin ng PNP ngunit nabigo sila. Kaya naman, nag-isip ng mas madaling paraan ang mga pamilya ng Cojuanco at Aquino. Kung hindi sila mapaalis sa pakiusap at pananakot, paalisin sila gamit ang dahas. Hindi natinag ang mga manggagawa. Lalong dumami ang mga tumulong at sumuporta sakanila. Mula sa mga pari, mga miyembro ng kani-kanilang pamilya, mapabata man yan o matanda, at opisyal ng mga barangay na nanggaling pa sa mga karatig bayan. Sabay-sabay sil-
ang kumain kahit gamit lamang ay dahon ng saging. Tulung-tulong sa pagpinta at paggawa ng placard. Sama-sama, nagtutulungan, kapit-bisig sa bawat laban bilang mga manggagawang pinagkaitan ng mga karapatan. Ika-16 ng Nobyembre ay nagambala ang buong lugar nang dumating ang di-mabilang na kampon ng mga Cojuanco-Aquino. Doble ang dami nila sa mga nagwewelga. May dala silang sandamakmak na armas tila handa na sa patayan na magaganap, samantalang tatag ng loob lamang ang pinanghahawakan ng mga nagpipicket. Kung iisipin, sa isang iglap lamang ay maitutulak nila palayo ang mga magsasaka at mangagawa. Ngunit hindi nagpadala ang mga nagwewelga sa dami ng mga armas at dami ng mga nakaunipormeng mama. Dumiretso sa pagsulong ang mga nagwewelga. Maya’t maya pa ay nakakaririnding putok na ang narinig, tila ulan hatid ng bagyo, walang tigil, walang patawad. Natapos na ang walang habas na putok ng baril, handa na sanang bumalik sa kanya-kanyang pwesto ang mga matatapang na mga nagwewelga, pero tumambad sa kanila ang mga sugatan at duguan nilang kasamahan na nakalupasay sa lupang matagal ng dapat napapakinabangan nila. Kulang ang daliri ng dalawang kamay at paa para bilangin ang mga taong sugatan mula sa mga bala, teargas at baton. Marahil ay habang kasabay ng pagtapak ko at ng mga kaeskwela ko sa loob ng aming schoolbus at paghanap ng maayos na upuan, ay ang malakas na pagiyak ng mga nasaktan at pagpasok ng mga sugatang kasamahan sa loob ng anumang sasakyan na maaring magtakbo sa kanila sa pinakamalapit na hospital o health center man lamang. Sa huli, sila pa ang sinisi sa massacre na nangyari. Sa kanila raw unang nanggaling ang putok, sila raw ang unang nanggulo, sila raw ang unang nanakit. Sila raw ang may sala. Nobyembre 2014: Baguio City Nakagraduate na ako sa elementarya sa Paniqui at highschool naman sa Tarlac proper. Patuloy na lumalawak ang dating maliit na playground na
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Sinanay ako na kaakibat ng pamilyang CojuancoAquino ay imaheng kagalang-galang, walang dahas, walang dungis ng dugo.
pinagtatakbuhan at pinaglalaruan ko, dumadami ang mga nakilalang mga tao, nagkakaroon ng mga bagong kaibigan, humaba at nagkakulay na ang buhok ko maliban sa itim, medyo tumangkad na rin. Ngayon, nasa pangalawang taon na ako sa kolehiyo, malayo sa Tarlac, nag-aaral sa Baguio pero dito lang ako mismo namulat sa lahat ng nangyari sa mga kababayan ko. Dito ipinakita sa akin ang naging sagot ng mga nakaraang administrasyon sa hiling ng aking mga kababayan. Karapatan at tamang benepisyo lang naman ang hinihingi pero dahas ang isinukli. Sinanay kasi ako na kaakibat ng pamilyang Cojuanco-Aquino ay ang imaheng kagalang-galang, walang dahas, walang dungis ng dugo. Nobyembre 2014: Hacienda Luisita, San Miguel, Tarlac Sampung taon na ang nakaraan, iisa pa rin ang sinisigaw ng mga naiwang pamilya ng mga nasawi mula sa massacre. Hustisya. Ganun pa din ang hinaing dahil kahit sampung taon na ang nakalipas walang nangyaring pagbabago. Walang nabigay, walang naipamahagi, walang napatunayan kundi ang hustisya ay para nga lamang sa mga mayayaman. Ang iba sa kanila ay mga kaedad ko ngayon sa panahong iyon, samantalang ang iba ay matanda na kung tutuusin para sumali sa ganoon. Tila baliktad ang nangyari, ang lupa mismo ang nakinabang sa mga nagbuwis ng buhay. Namatay silang may pinaglalaban ngunit walang kalaban laban mula sa mga armas na dala ng mga militar at pulis. Walang dala kundi ang pagmamahal sa mga karapatan nila bilang mga manggagawa. Nagsimula ang araw nila na buo ang determinasyon na mapakinggan ang kanilang mga hinaing, at matupad lahat ng kanilang hinihiling kabilang na ang pagtaas man lamang ng sahod at pagbibigay ng mga karampatang benepisyo. Sa buong araw na pagtatrabaho, ang makakarating sa bawat palad nila ay P9.50 pesos lang dahil sa marami pang ikakaltas sa maliit na nga nilang kita, kulang na kulang para buhayin sa isang araw ang pamilyang naghihintay sa kani-kanilang mga tahanan. Pangalawa ay maipamahagi sa kanila ang mga lupang matagal na dapat nilang pinakikinabangan. Panahon palang ni Peping Cojuanco Sr, mayroon ng ipinangako na pamamahagi ng lupa, naisalin salin na mula kay Cory Aquino hanggang sa anak niyang si Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, na siyang president na natin ngayon. pero wala pa rin palang nangyayari. Paulit-ulit napapako ang matagal nang pangako. Binaon na sa limot katulad ng nangyari sa mga nasawi sa massacre. Isang dekada na ang nakalipas, pero sariwa pa rin sa mga mata ng mga mangagawa ang dahas na pinagdaanan mula sa pamilya ng Cojuanco-Aquino. Sampung taon na pero inaalala pa rin ang naganap, inaalala dahil sa bawat taon na nagdadaan, hindi pa rin nabibigyan ng hustisya ang mga namatay at napagsamahantalahan. Ang malawak na kabukiran na matagal ng dapat nasa kanila ay tila naging isang palatandaan ng malagim na pagbawi sa mga buhay. Hindi man lang nila naihatid pang muli sa eskwelahan, hindi na nagawan at napaghandaan ng baon, hindi man lang nila nasabitan ng medalya, hindi nila nasaksihan kung pano mula sa sanggol na hagkan-hagkan nila ay isa ng ganap na dalaga o binata na ngayon. Hindi lang karapatan sa lupa ang pinagkait sa kanila, hindi lang iyon.
Dating munting bukid ay naging sementeryo ELLAINEMOR SAN PASCUAL
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Negative reinforcement
EDCA’s imposing threat to Philippine security RATZIEL SAN JUAN
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he odds are stacked against the Philippines in this game of Monopoly against China, but a Chance card that reads “The United States” has just been drawn. The game’s only just begun. Or at least according to President, Benigno S. Aquino III, when Philippine Defense Secretary, Voltaire Gazmin, and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg, signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) on April 28, 2014 The agreement serves to discourage the territorial tug-of-war between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea – or as the latter argues, the South China Sea. The Philippines, backed by international law, claims the sovereign rights over areas of the sea within its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. Rule-Breaking Although the agreement is meant for mutual benefit, only one side seems to be reaping harvest. The United States got a bargain. P-Noy, however, faces critics and impeachment complaints over EDCA’s unconstitutionality. EDCA allegedly violates several provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Under Section 25, Article XVIII, “foreign military bases,
troops, or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate.” Therefore, it is not an executive agreement and requires Senate concurrence. Neither does the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) authorize further stationing of troops. And it cannot be said that EDCA is the continuation of the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the United States and the Philippines as it was superseded later on by the 1987 Constitution. Finally, EDCA violates the ban of nuclear weapons under Section 8, Article II: “The Philippines, consistent with national interest, adopts and pursues a policy of freedom from nuclear weapons in its territory.” EDCA doesn’t allow prepositioning of military materiel (such as nuclear weapons), but neither does it prohibit entrance of such danger. In this sense, nuclear weapons and other military equipment can be brought in legally to the Philippines through submarines, airplanes, warships, and other means of transportation. Sly-Deal The agreement aims to reopen Philippine locations for U.S. basing use, free of renting cost. The United States may also use our country’s facilities to train their soldiers, maintain vessels, and as a staging ground to deploy forces. Lastly, they can turn our country into storage for defense equipment, supplies, and military materiel. If our country can be used to deploy U.S. forces, then we will be dragged into their international conflicts. U.S. contractors will also be given access to the “agreed locations” and are allowed to make any improvements on infrastructure. Any buildings constructed will become property of the Philippines, but may be used by U.S. forces for as long as necessary. But among the in-
justices of EDCA, what should scare us the most is that – once/if implemented – its disputes may only be resolved between the Philippines and the United States; No third party can interfere. Not even the Supreme Court. Or any court for that matter, national or international, as well as tribunals. The agreement will just continue to remain in effect well over its initial term of 10 years unless terminated by either country. The United States is turning out to be another Monopoly player after all. And worse – we’re its chance card. Dead-End As of today, EDCA will not be implemented yet due to pending petitions before the Supreme Court against the
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pact. With this, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will continue planning for its enforcement in the event of approval. E D C A , along with the equally controversial VFA, has also been blamed for cases involving U.S. troops against Filipinos. It’s allegedly a “Get-out-of-Jail-Free” card in that the agreement is in the accused’s favor. U.S. Serviceman Lance Corporal Daniel Smith was acquitted of his crime of rape against a Filipina named Nicole, due in part to a provision in the VFA that the United States can seek custody of its soldiers during all judicial proceedings, leading the victim to later on withdraw her complaint. More recently, Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the U.S. Marines is suspected of murdering Jennifer Laude, a transgender woman seen entering a motel with Pemberton. But despite presumptive evidence, Laude’s family still fears the U.S Marine will elude justice. Fortunately, the Supreme Court is starting to take action. It has launched a website to provide public access to the coming EDCA debates. Terms regarding military cooperation between the Philippines and the United States will finally be revisited. And we can spectate them through live streaming. The odds are still stacked against the Philippines in this game of Monopoly. Our initial trump card, The United States, ended up having more drawbacks than solutions with EDCA. We have a long way to go in terms of security - whether it’s troubled waters with China, or U.S. Marines stepping foot on our soil. Fortunately, it’s a wakeup call for our national safety.
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Food tripid:
Food trip para sa mga nagtitipid! BRONTE LACSAMANA
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ahalaga para sa isang estudyante ng UP ay ang kumain ng marami. Paano ka naman makakatapos ng isang katutak na readings at mga proyekto, o sumagot ng napakaraming LE nang hindi ka pa natutulog ng matino? Edi ikain lang ng ikain, diba? Yung malaking problema: isa kang karaniwang Iskolar ng Bayan. Iniiwasan mong gumastos ng bonggang bongga para hindi maubos agad ang iyong baon na sapat lamang sa isang linggo. Subalit humahantong ka sa mga pagkakataon na napapatapat ka sa Mcdo o KFC kasama ang mga kaibigan mong magastos. E, meron din namang ibang kainan na hindi kasing gastos ng mga naunang nabanggit, at mabubusog ka naman sa mga ito! Buti na lang may kopya ka ng Outcrop at, swerteng swerte ka, meron tayong mabilis na pagbyahe sa ilan sa mga iba’t ibang masarap at napaka-sulit na kainang pang-estudyante dito sa Baguio! KKK: Kainan, Kusina, at Karinderia
Ang ibang kainan sa Eng Hill ay kadugtong ng mga transient o boarding house, tulad ng Top Meal. Ito ay katabi ng Green Apple Computer Shop at madaling matagpuan dahil sa maaliwalas at makulay na aura ng lugar. Marami ring espasyo rito para tumambay kasama ng mga kaibigan. Sulit ang pagkain dito- ang mga tapsilog, longsilog, at iba’t iba pang silog na may kasamang kanin at sabaw ay nakapresyo sa P60. Bukod sa mga silog meals, merong sari-sari store na nagpaparami ng pagkain na maaring mabili rito.
Sa tapat naman ng Oyana Lodge sa Eng Hill ay ang DJG Eatery, isang kainan na kilala dahil sa masarap nilang mga ihaw, liempo, at sisig. Nabibili rito ang P72 na ulam na may kasama nang kanin at sabaw. Maliit pero presko ang lugar na ito lalo na kapag may araw pa, kaya pwedeng pwede umupo rito at kumain ng mga inihaw na masasarap. Tambayan din ito ng mga naninigarilyo o nag-iinuman tuwing gabi. Magsimula tayo sa pinakamura at paboritong kainan sa Engineer’s Hillang Kusina ni Tita Mel o Kenitamu. Ang pagkain nila rito ay lutong Kapampangan.Ito ay matatagpuan sa Lower Eng Hill, malapit sa 7-11 store, at madaling makita dahil mula umaga hanggang gabi, maraming estudyante ang kumakain dito. Simpleng simple lang ang itsura, pero malaki ang mga servings at masarap ang pagkain. Ang ulam at gulay ay P45 lamang at may kasama nang kanin at sabaw. Ang dalawang ulam ay P50 at may kasama na ring kanin at sabaw. Galing, no?
Malapit sa basketball court ng Eng Hill ang Tuno-Tuno Kambingan. Malaki ang lugar, ngunit medyo may kamahalan ang mgapagkain.Mabibili rito ang mga ulam katulad ng pritong manok, kaldereta, at bulalo. Ang isang meal namay kanin at sabaw ay na umaabot lamang sa P64 hanggang P80, depende sa ulam. Tamang-tama lang ang laki ng servings, at maganda tumambay rito dahil hindi masikip. May kasama na ring sari-sari store ang loob ng kainan. Huwag muna tayo bumaba sa Session road, at lumiko muna sa Gov. Pack
Road. Dito nakapwesto ang estasyon ng mga bus katulad ng Genesis at Dagupan Bus Co. Maraming kainan dito para sa mga tsuper, pasahero at mga dumadaan na tao.
Isa sa mga murang kainan dito ay ang Pet’s Bulaluhan na malapit sa Victory Liner ng Gov. Pack. Maliit lang ang kainan na to na nakadikit lang sa sari-sari store, pero pinupuntahan talaga ng mga tao. Bakit hindi kung ang isang pang-dalawahan na bulalo ay P90 lamang? Hatiin mo sa bff mo at tag-isa kayong magbabayad ng P45! Ang sarap-sarap din ng pagkain kaya kailangan maghandang pumila o magpatayan para lang makaupo sa kainan na to. Kaaya-aya rin ang mga pang-dalawahang sinigang, pinikpikan, at sisig dito na nakapresyo lamang sa P70.
Susunod naman ang Goto BP, isang kainan na malapit sa Andok’s at katabi ng Cocomeg sa Gov. Pack. Ang paborito ng mga tao dito ay goto, pero meron din silang lugaw, mami, at arroz caldo. Lahat na ito ay P45 lamang, at sulit dahil masarap ang luto nito. May kanin din naman para mabusog ang mga tao- ang mga pansit at silog meals nila ay P50. Malalaki ang gamit nilang bowl kaya marami ang pagkain, ngunit maliit ang espasyo rito dahil bar counter lang ang mesa.
Ang huling pupuntahan natin sa Gov. Pack ay ang Cocomeg, katabi lang ng Goto BP. Makikita agad ang kainan na to dahil sa kanilang maliwanag na ilaw na pampasko. Maliit lang ito at mukhang simple, pero sulit din kumain dito. Katulad ng Pet’s Bulaluhan, ang bulalo nila ay pang-dalawahan at nakapresyo rin sa P90, at ang mga kanin at ulam nila ay P60 lamang. Bar counter ang mesa rito, pero meron din namang second floor para samga makukulangan ng espasyo.
Lumayo na tayo sa Engineer’s Hill at pumunta sa Upper Session Road, sa gitna ng Barrio Fiesta at SM. Matatagpuan dito ang Kainan sa Silungan o Silungan. Madali itong lagpasan o daanan lamang dahil hindi mo talaga aakalaing may kainang nakatago sa tabi ng kalye. Kainan nga to na nasa silungan, diba? Sobrang tago at madilim ang lugar, ngunit hindi ito nakakaapekto sa lasa ng pagkainnakakabusog at masarap kumain dito dahil sa sobrang laki ng mga servings! Ang paborito dito ay mga ulam na may malasang sabaw, tulad ng adobo at dinuguan. Ang ulam at gulay ay P45 na may kasamang kanin at sabaw. Ang dalawang ulam ay P50 na may kasama na ring kanin at sabaw. Sulit!? Busog ka na ba? Marami sa ating mga Iskolar ng Bayan ang mahilig kumain, lalong lalo na kapag maraming ginagawa para sa acads at orgs. Hindi lahat ng mga pwedeng puntahan ang nasabi rito, pero nagisisilbi na rin tong simpleng gabay para malaman ang iba’t-ibang mgamura ngunit sulit naman na mga kainang malapit sa UPB. Sa iba’t ibang sulok ng Baguio, merong nakatagong karinderia o kusina na may masarap na pagkain. Dapat lang gumala para mahanap ang mga ito. Kailangan lang ng konting tiyaga at siguradong mayroon ka ng nilaga. O, ikaw? Saan ka madalas kumain?
iginuhit ni ROBERTO PURRUGANAN disenyo ng pahina ni LEAH PEREZ
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In union there is strength I
f you would remember how we studied early philosophers and where and how the word ‘class’, ‘society’, ‘group’, and ‘community’ started, groups are formed through the differences of individuals that found the ability to work more efficiently and progress with the help of others. We address our own strengths and weaknesses and accept that another individual may address our weakness better and we may address his/hers better. Today however, society is surrounded by labels that often define and dictate the manner of how people should act, or even think. We are branded with what roles we are supposed to take or with what functions we should serve in a community. In the case of an academic institution for example, students should just study or professors should just teach, not to meddle with how the university should be operated. Placed in compartments and unspoken but existing exclusivity, we limit ourselves from mediating in issues that are seemingly out of our involvement but are linked to us in a crucial way. Wisdom is rooted even in the most clichéd clichés; in a famous fable, a man at the point of death gathered his sons
to impart advice before he is gone. He told his sons to get a bundle of sticks and break it. They failed to break the bundle, but when the sticks are untied from the bundle and broken individually, they did it with ease. This fable of Aesop teaches us the lesson that in union we find strength. The strength of one is greater if it seeks the help of others, and consequently a problem is more likely to be solved if we take on the lesson of the bundle. In our esteemed university, it is highly probable that we are not aware of the sectors we are within this institution. Interactions between the students, teachers, faculty, administration, and personnel are minimal. Even tackling the concerns of each sector are handled individually. Just like the sticks in the fable. But history has proven how effective a multi-sectoral alliance can be. The clamor then for a student representative for the Board of Regents, faculty, and staff regent was because the community chose to take action collectively. Yes we need a representative per sector but more importantly, each sector has a voice, role and strength that equates to responsibility in upholding the ideals
and welfare of the university. In a local scope, UP Baguio witnessed the potential and contributions of a multi-sectoral alliance. The UP Charter does not indicate any provision or clause that allows members of the university to organize an assembly. Back then, student councils, campus publications, youth organizations, academic staff and personnel formed UMAKSYON (Ugnayan ng Mamamayan para sa Karapatan sa
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Opisyal na Pahayagan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Baguio
Punong Patnugot Angela Lauzon Kawaksing Patnugot Levi Glen Ingente Patnugot sa Balita Danna Llaine Ruiz Patnugot sa Kultura Ellainemor San Pascual Patnugot sa Disenyo Leah Perez Kawani Jesusa Paquibot, Anna Marie Jude Panghaliling Kawani Dan Ranz Luna, Ma. Angela Louise Valerio, Bronte Lacsamana, Divine Loraine Penaflor, Rachel Megan Aglaua Kontribyutor Arthur Astaquinta
Edukasyon), and initiated a university assembly to conduct dialogues between the various sectors in UPB. The assembly was a crucial event that allowed the university to address the urgent issues then. At present, another multi-sectoral alliance emerges out of the concerns faced at this time. UP Kilos Na! is a system wide alliance of students, faculty, university staff and personnel that fosters the rights and welfare of each sector. The success derived from the past is the foundation that UP Kilos Na! upholds. Like the bundle of sticks, the multi-sectoral alliance unifies all the sectors for the common goal of catering to all the needs of the members of the community. Whether it be issues of tuition and fees increase, contractualization, or democratic rights, Kilos Na eyes to address all issues through collective action under one alliance. Kilos Na! serves as an invitation and a challenge to groups and individuals to heed the call for a higher form of action, one with more people involved and with people who are willing to set aside and work out their differences for the goal of addressing the concerns of the community they belong to.
Miyembro ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) at Solidaridad, Alyansa ng mga Pahayagang Pangkampus sa UP upboutcrop@gmail.com Facebook page: “UP Baguio Outcrop” Unang Palapag ng Alumni Center Building, UP Baguio, Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City
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Reality Absconder
RACHEL MEGAN AGLAUA
My day is usually composed of transportation conundrums. If I walk, I might not be able to get there on time. Also, I’m too much of a spendthrift to spend too much money for a cab. Should I take a jeep? Why not? I take notice of someone calling out the place where I want to travel to and head there, hop inside and wait for more passengers. I look at the time on my phone and notice how time goes by so fast. I haven’t done any task that I’m supposed to accomplish today yet I am already tired. More people are coming and the ride becomes full – our knees are touching from edge to edge and our shoulders overlapping each one. I am comfortable for it is normalcy. I let go of my anxieties and worries for today then I put my earphones on and sit. As I sit and have my thoughts circulate in my mind, I inevitably think about some thoughts that are too deep to be contemplated inside an ordinary vehicle. But then again, I ask myself, is a jeep not really a place to ponder? Maybe it is. I cannot help but look at the faces of my fellow commuters. These are strangers whom I may have met but I continuously forget. Inside
the jeep lies a capacity to bear eighteen to twenty people. And in that capacity, each one of these eighteen to twenty people has a story. I look at the faces of the driver and my fellow passengers again and witness that each of us has a different tale to tell. Twenty people who have own stories of their lives to narrate, stories that I will never know unless I ask each one of them. I may not know their names or they may not know mine but at least, somehow, I become a part of their day and they become a part of mine. When I am inside the jeep, I am just a plain passenger – not thinking about the burden of my responsibilities. The more rested I am beginning to feel, the harder it is to accept that at some point in time, I will come down and continue to live for coming back to reality is inevitable. I want to make the trip longer because it is a short escape from reality – like a break from a race or a tiring journey which we call life. The jeep starts to pause now to let some passengers come down. With every person leaving the jeepney, I feel myself not wanting to come back to reality yet; encompassed with numerous paper works and lessons I have to study for – a reality where I am
a student, a writer, a friend, a daughter; where I live numerous lives to cope with the world. But with that inevitability comes with the great realization that the jeep
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this jeepney ride became a paragon of what my day needed – a break from life, and also a motivation to come back to it.
ride shouldn’t be composed of thoughts that make me want to abscond from the world. It should be a trip that will help me think of how to accomplish my duties earlier, how to solve the labyrinth of life. It is time to arrive and it is time to depart from the jeep. I pass my payment on and come down from the jeep. I step onto the cement of the road and know that I am back to reality. With every step, comes the thought that the jeep in the first place helped me get to where I want to be. But within the time that I am inside it, I was taken to the many chambers of my mind. From being curious when it comes to the lives of my fellow passengers up to the aspiration of wanting to flee from reality, this jeepney ride became a paragon of what my day needed – a break from life, and also a motivation to come back to it. A motivation that came from the people I encounter every single day who reminds me of the reason why I’m here—people I love. A jeepney journey is not something that will take me away. It is something that will make me less of a reality absconder – a ride that takes me where I need to be.
Para kina Nanay at Tatay DIVINE LORAINE PENAFLOR Noong ako ay nasa high school, pag titingin ako sa Yahoo! News, yung mga balita lamang tungkol sa mga inaabangan kong palabas, sa mga Hollywood stars, at kung anu-ano pang walang kinalaman sa aking pagka Pilipino ang mga tinitingnan ko. Pag magbabasa naman ako ng dyaryo, yung nasa entertainment section lang ang binabasa ko. Masasabi kong bilang estudyante, wala akong pakialam sa mga isyu na kinakaharap ng ating bansa tulad na lang nang kawalan ko ng pakialam kung ano na ang ganap sa buhay ni Kris Aquino at kung sino na ang bago niyang boypren. Ngayong pagpasok ko sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, sa mga nakalipas na buwan, marami ang nagbago. Nagsimula nang magbago ang nahihiligang balita ko at naging mas umaasa ako sa mga mas nakatatanda. Kaugnay nito, inaamin kong malaki na rin ang tulong na naibigay sa amin ng aming mga ate at kuya sa kung paano kami mabubuhay dito sa UP Baguio. Mula sa simpleng paggamit ng OPAC hanggang sa kung saan ang mga murang kainan at ang mga shortcut na magpapadali ng aming buhay sa pagpunta sa susunod na classroom. Malaki ang pasalamat namin sa mga tulong na ibinigay nila pero, may mga pagkakataon din na gusto na naming umiwas nalang kasi ayaw na namin ng masyadong spoonfeeding. Alam din naman namin na maaaring hindi ito sinasadya kaya nga hindi na lamang namin binabanggit. Pero kung katulad ng ilan, ako rin ay mananatiling tikom ang bibig, paano
nila malalaman ang aming mga hinaing? Maraming pagkakataon na naramdaman naming mga freshie ang pagturing sa amin bilang mga baby na kailangang subuan ng impormasyon. Isa na rito ang pagpili nila ng stand para sa amin. Dapat kami ang pumipili at hindi ang aming mga ate at kuya dahil may sarili din kaming pag analisa sa mga bagay bagay. May mga pagkakataon rin na nasosobrahan na ang pag spoonfeed na hindi
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Pero kung katulad ng ilan, ako rin ay mananatiling tikom ang bibig, paano nila malalaman ang aming mga hinaing?
dapat kasi may mga bagay na dapat lang naming matutunan sa pamamagitan ng sarili naming karanasan. Kaya nga tayo may kasabihang ”We learn from experience.” Paano matututo ang mga freshie sa mga iba’t ibang mga bagay sa buhay kung hindi nila ito mararanasan sa sarili nila? Masama ang spoonfeeding lalo na kung ito ay sumusobra na tipong lahat nalang ng bagay ay isusubo sa mga freshie. Hayaan sana nila kaming gamitin rin ang mga talinong pinagkaloob sa amin at hindi nalang kami laging umaasa. At ang pinakahuli, ang pag iisip na dahil nga sa freshies lang kami ay hindi na kami marunong sumuri ng mga bagay. Halimbawa nito nang may nagsabing mas nakatatanda na: “Freshies lang kayo. Pagaralan niyo muna nang maigi ang mga bagay bago kayo magbigay ng stand.” Hindi naman kami magsasalita tungkol sa isang bagay kung wala kaming alam tungkol dun. Alam naman naming hindi kami makapagbibigay ng isang matibay na argument kung hindi namin inaral ang pinaglalaban namin. Dito sa UP, binibigyan tayo ng pagkakatong alamin ang lipunan. Alamin kung alin at sino sa mga taong nasa paligid natin ang matuwid at baluktot. Dito, tinuturuan tayong gamitin ang talinong ibinigay sa atin ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pagiging mapanuri sa bawat detalye ng isyung ating kinakaharap. Dati, nakikisunod nalang ako sa kung sino at ano ang sinasabing tama ng lipunan. Nababagot ako sa tuwing
nanunuod ako ng balita dahil iisa at iisa nalang ang naririnig kong pangalan. Sa sobrang dalas kong marinig ang mga taong iyon sa balita at sa kung saan saan pa, mas nakakabisado ko na sila kesa sa mga leksyon ko. At dahil sa mga iyon, bagamat bata pa ako, masasabi kong napapagod na ako sa mga reklamo, katiwalian at kung anu-ano pang kaguluhan sa Pilipinas na narinig ko. Napapagod na akong makinig sa mga pangakong napapako, sa mga hinaing na walang nararating at sa kungwaring daang matuwid na nauuwi rin naman sa kabaluktutan kaya naman nawawalan na rin ako ng ganang makialam. Pero ngayon, dahil nga nasa UP na ako, ang mga isyu na dati ay hindi ko sinusuri ay sinusuri ko na at inaalam ko na rin kung sino at alin nga ba ang tama at mali. Alam naman naming mga freshie na maaaring ang aksyon ng ibang mga nakatatanda ay hindi sinasadya at maaaari ring hindi nila alam na ganito ang dating sa amin. Kaya nga, bilang isa sa iilang nabigyan ng pagkakataong makapagpahayag ng saloobin, sinasabi ko ito upang maiwasan na ang mga ganoong pangyayari. Maiwasang masaktan ang damdamin naming mga freshies. Ang kakayahang maging maalam sa iba’t ibang isyu na nakaaapekto sa atin bilang mga tao at mamamayan ng Pilipinas ay hindi nakikita sa katayuan sa buhay, hindi rin sa edad, at lalong lalo nang hindi sa kung gaano mo na katagal ito alam at pinag-aaralan.
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REBYU Pauwi Sa Amin Halaw sa kanta ni Bong Ramilo Orihinal na titik ni Toto Colongon at Iskrip ni Martin Masadao Director: Dennis V. Gutierrez Musical Director: Novie Grace Jayme Chroreographers: Andrei Inso at Franz Kiven Astibe
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ontradictions and struggles were once again showcased on a revival of the 1997 production, Pauwi sa Amin. The title, Pauwi sa Amin, is based from a song of UPB alumnus Bong Ramilo and is part of an original thirteen-song repertoire written for the musical by UPB Social Sciences professor Arellano Colongon. Pauwi sa Amin revolved around the life of Lorena Medina who came from a rural area where both her parents, with her younger sister, are farmers in Villa Paraiso in which they face a very heartless landowner. As Rina entered UP Baguio and faces different student struggles such as blending in with the UP community, the whole enrolment process and peer pressure, she fell in love with a
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guy named Darwin Cinco and the two ended up as lovers. During her junior year, while waiting for the results of the election she participated in, she received a letter from her father telling her to go home and stop her studies because of a problem in the hacienda. Hopeless and heartbroken, Rina went home immediately to her family in Villa Paraiso. The story then took a leap in time where we found Rina a grown up woman, now a mother to her child with Darwin. During her stay in the farm, she assisted the farmers in forming their own organization to oppose their viscious landowner and finally they have succeeded. Rina, together with Darwin and her baby, then came back to UP to finish her education saying that there are second chances for everyone and she’s about to take hers. Rina will once again, try to fulfill her dreams. This is College The show opened with the song “Bagong Simula” and gave the viewers a glimpse of the different artists that are to be seen now and then in the whole show. The liveliness of the opening number is a mood setter for the audience that really caught their attention. The songs used in the whole play suited the situation well, despite technical problems at some points of the show. Particular examples are during the songs “Hulaan Niyo”, “Paborito ko na rin”, and “Sembreak na” wherein the instruments got louder than the voices of the singers. Rina was portrayed as a normal teenage girl who was challenged to be alone for the first time in her life - a typical concern for a student of UP Baguio. She is a jolly girl who is up for anything that she thinks will not harm her or her performance in school. She is focused on helping people around her. The most dominant characteristic of Rina that the audience might have noticed is her simplicity which can be seen first-hand with the way she dresses and the way she regards the people around her. Rina’s family, her mother, father and younger sister, were left in Villa Paraiso to continue working for the betterment of their economic status. Her mother and father were observably worn out from their problems and all the hard work they had to experience in order to survive and support Rina’s education. They had wrinkles on their faces, greying hair and they were not investing on their clothes as well. Her sister, who was not given focus on the play, had to sacrifice her own studies to give way to Rina. Love Won’t Keep Us Alive One of the main points tackled in the story is the oppression of the farmers in Villa Paraiso by their landowner. The farmers were asked to work overtime in cleaning up the space and they were pres-
s u re d to do that in a short matter of time. As it went, they have learned that the landowner plans to sell his land. In their song “Sa Dugo’t Pawis”, the farmers were seen all sweaty while doing their job for their landowner. They were tilting the land as well as cleaning parts of it. Both men and women are all working without exception. This part of the story reflects a stinking yet neglected reality that may people experience in remote parts of the country. Farmers work so hard in exchange of a little part of the earnings of the harvest just enough to give their appetites something to digest and sometimes less. After many years, they will then be asked to move out with no claim on the land that was once in their grasp. It is important that we get a glimpse on these examples of oppression so that we would know what other people have to get through just to feed themselves. We would know their fight and so we could help them win it. We would be aware of the different violations on our countrymen and we could help stop it for the sake of making our country and its inhabitants better. Dreams Do Come True In Rina’s “Pauwi sa Amin” number, a signal of the nearing end of the play, she
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Tears that shows she is against whatever is happening but she can’t do anything about it.
was seen crying while holding her father’s letter for her telling her to go home. She was on a truck station waiting for the truck that would take her home. She sang of her broken dreams and choosing between her dreams or her obligation to her family. The audience see her showing so much anger, anger for there is only one year left for her to finally get hold of her dreamt diploma but fate was against her. But amidst that anger, there were tears streaming down her face, tears that show she is against whatever is happening but she can’t do anything about it. Love for family, struggling from poverty, reaching dreams, overcoming school problems and young romance are some of the highlighted issues and themes in watching this musical stageplay. Dulaang UP Baguio tried to assess different problems in one play but only one of them stood out and have been noticed by the majority of the audience which, sadly, is the young romance between Rina and Darwin. As the musical stage-play ends, some of the audience as well as the casts and production team were left with tears of joy. The life struggles of Rina opened the eye of the audience of the different situations one might encounter, student or not. It showed a particular form of oppression that is neglected but is needed to be overcome.
Contradictions off stage DIVINE LORRAINE PENAFLOR
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Ipapatapon Tayo sa Dapitan GIRL ON FIRE (2014-56285) – CAC
Noong panahon nina Rizal, uso yung paggamit ng alyas para hindi mahuli at mabatikos ng mga mararahas na Kastila. Nandiyan ang Plaridel, Jomapa, Dimasalang, Agapito Bagumbayan at marami pang iba. Ang paggamit ng mga pseudonym o pagtatago ng pagkatao sa pagbibigay ng ibang impormasyon ay ginamit na noon at pinapagpatuloy ngayon. Isa sa mga napansin ko sa buhay kolehiyo ay ang sobrang sikat na mga Facebook confession at blind item pages katulad ng The Sunshine Park Files, The Diliman Files at ng Sa Mansyon ni Becky. Marami ang sumusubaybay sa mga pinopost ng mga pahinang ito, at madalas ay nagiging laman na rin ng mga usapan ng mga estudyante. Mas nakakatawa, nakakatakot, nakakakilig, at nakakamangha ang mga nababasa sa mga confession pages kumpara sa mga karaniwang status ng mga tao sa Facebook. Nagmumukhang mas gusto tuloy natin sundan ang mga ginagawa ng mga taong di natin kilala kaysa mga taong mas kilala natin sa tunay na buhay. Lumalabas na mas gusto natin magbasa tungkol sa mga karanasan at opinyon na walang nakadikit na pangalan o pagkatao Hindi lahat tayo ay may katapangan na magsabi ng di aakalaing nilalaman ng puso, at hindi lahat tayo kayang panindigan ang mga di karaniwang nilalaman ng isip. Ang paggamit ng alyas upang maitago ang pagkatao ay nagiging pampatibay-loob para masabi lahat ng gustong sabihin. Ito ay nagiging paraan upang mawalan ng takot sa mga maaaring maging reaksyon ng mga tao rito. Mas kampante na tayo magkwento ng mga lihim na pagmamahal, nakakalungkot na pinagdaanan, at hin-
di popular na mga opinyon kung saan hindi lahat sumasang-ayon. Ang kabataan ngayon ay nakakamtan ang malayang pag-iisip at pag-alam sa mga bagay-bagay gamit ang makabagong teknolohiyang kumokonekta sa ating lahat. Ang mga kwento ng mga paraan ng panliligaw, iba’t ibang panig ng debate ukol sa STS, at makatutulong na komento sa mga pagkukulang ng yearbook photoshoot ay mga opinyon na maaaring makarating pa sa labas
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Lumalabas na mas gusto natin magbasa tungkol sa mga karanasan at opinyon na walang nakadikit na pangalan o pagkatao.
BUWANANG DALAW: When it rains, it pours by KATRINA LAUTILLO
ng mundo ng internet. Sa mga tulad ng TSPF at TDF, may pagkakataon pang maglihim ng pagkatao at mahiya sa sariling pag-iisip. Ngunit iba na ang pamumuhay sa realidad: ang mga nahihiya magsalita ay di na mapakikinggan. Totoong masaya at may natututunan ka kapag nababasa mo ang mga anonymous confession pages. Napapaisip ka rin kasi kung sino sa mga nakakasalubong mo sa campus ang nagconfess sa TSPF man o UPB Crushes. Pero kung ang nakakatakot na karanasan ay may kasamang pangalan o kung ang nakakakilig na confession ay may kalakip na totoong student number, siguradong mas nakakaaliw. Nakakaaliw basahin ang kwentong ninanamnam ng mga mata kapag may kasamang anino ng tao na medyo pamilyar ang kanyang hugis, pero nakatakip pa rin ang kanyang pagkatao. Mas kapani-paniwala ang opinyon kapag may panghahawakan ang tao kahit konting impormasyon lang ang alam tungkol sa kanya. Matatandaan noong panahon ng mga Kastila na kapag nalaman na kung sino ang tao sa likod ng pen names ay ipapahuli ito at ikukulong. Kilalang halimbawa nito ay si Dr. Jose P. Rizal na ipinatapon pa sa Dapitan. Ngayon, nasa makabagong panahon na tayo at paniguradong wala nang magpapatapon sa atin sa Dapitan dahil lamang sa isang nabanggit na maari palang kakaiba o hindi nila tanggap. Ang mga tunay na estudyante ng UP ay hindi marahas na Kastila na maghahanap ng pagkakamali sa pag-iisip ng iba, kundi mga kabataang bukas ang isip at loob sa iba’t ibang pangyayari sa kapaligiran; mga kabataang buong tapang na lalabas mula sa likod ng mga inembentong pangalan.
ALINGAWNGAW 1. Nagkaroon ng isang isyu patungkol sa naganap na panggugulo umano ng ilang estudyante sa pagbisita ni Sec. Butch Abad sa UP Diliman. Kaugnay nito ang pagtawag sakanila bilang mga “hooligans”. Anong masasabi mo tungkol dito? Tama ba o mali ang ginawa nila at nararapat bang bansagan silang mga “hooligans”? Maling- mali, maling-mali, yung mga estudyanteng yun. 2013-37*** Why you gotta be so rude? Don’t you know they’re humans too? 2014-***** (Girl.ask.fm </3) So bastos pa pala tayo? Ngayon naawa kayo kay Abad? Ganun ba kabilis maawa sa tunay na magnanakaw? Pasalamat siya nasa Pinas siya, kung nasa ibang bansa siya, natapon na siya sa basurahan o nabato ng sapatos. 2012-46*** (Loki) Maling tinawag tayong “hooligans” pero mali rin na nanggulo ang ibang mga estudyante. Kung mas nais iparating, sana mas maganda at karesperespetong paraan. Respect bagets respect pero yun nga, wag din sanang tawaging hooligans mga taga-UP. 2013-***** Mali, dapat nga sila Abad ang tawaging hooligans.. 2013-*****
2. Sa darating na 2016, mawawalan ng freshmen enrollees sa mga pamantasan dala ng implementasyon ng K-12. Kaugnay nito, nagkaroon ng pagpupulong ang mga guro ng buong UP Systerm at napvagdesisyunan ang paggawa ng mga bago at pagrerebisa ng ilang GEs. Isa sa mga inihahaing kurso ay ang Values Education. Anong masasabi mo tungkol dito? No, thanks. Natutunan ang values sa labas ng klase, di sa loob. #kaplastikan 2014-***** Sawang-sawa na ako matulog (tulad ng HS) 2014-***** Girl.ask.fm Ok, basta 5 units with TLC <3 lol 2013187** Catnip_Everdean Dagdag po ba yung ValEd? Okay naman po. Some students kasi really needs to have that subject talaga kasi 2014-***** BSME2014 inkpen Hello no! 2012-*****
3. Nawalan ka na ba ng payong? Sinubukan mo bang hanapin ito, at kung oo, sa anong paraan?
Yes, but I never found it </3 2013-3**3* Yes, nag-announce ako sa FB groups kaso wala T.T Bumili tuloy ako ng bago T.T 2013-187*** Ndi pa tho nakahanap nako. Dami sa CSS FIbrella pa. 2012-55**** Opo! Sa library! Mga leche walang payong! 2009-***** OO! Kung sinuman ang kumuha ng maroon fibrella ko sa lib, WAG KA SANANG GRUMADUATE ON TIME! 2011-*****
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