City Council approvesSports Complex MOU

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ucation institutions (HEIs) sometime this May.

Malaya Genotiva, Anakbayan spokesperson for Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) condemned this years tuition fee increases (TFI) and calls it an effect of state abandonment.

They [tuition fee increases] are the manifestations of the worst effects of the state abandonment on educa-tion and its reversal to profit-oriented machinery that turns the best of the youth into automatons while making them pay for this dehumanizing pro-cess, said Genotiva in a statement.

According to Paul Dotollo, Ka-bataan Partylist (KPL) SMR regional coordinator, one factor for tuition

news2 Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015City Council approves Sports Complex MOU

Amidst the ongoing conflict be-tween the settlers and the ad-ministration, the Davao City Council approved the ordinance on the creation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will be used to review the existing 1998 Sports Complex Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) during the second reading of the city councils session on April 21. As of now, the MOU only needs the signature of approval from Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

According to Councilor Bernard Al-ag, the proponent of the said ordi-nance, the MOU will serve as the legal basis to create a technical working group, which will include the execu-tive department, the city government, and some university officials.

The group will review the MOA and will also make recommendations about the relocation and the com-pensation of the settlers in the area. After all the issues are addressed, an amended MOA will be proposed but will still be subject to the approval of the city government.

During the session, the owner-ship of the property was also raised as it was stated in the existing MOA that UP will only allow the city to man-age the establishment for 50 years. Furthermore, the university is not al-lowed to donate any land property as stated in the UP Charter of 2008.

However, Atty. John Christopher Mahamud, city legal office lawyer said that they are willing to explore possi-

bilities and are looking into a setup of joint venture agreement, wherein the university will offer land while the city government will provide funds for the installation and management of the sports complex.

Because of certain provisions that are not advantageous to the city government, Councilor Jimmy Du-reza recommended the possibility of relocating the sports complex in some other area outside the universi-ty. He also raised the concerns of the settlers whose livelihood will be af-fected once construction begins.

However, Mahamud countered that there are no other viable places that can support a 20-hectare land area and that the issue regarding the settlers are resolved as they had withdrawn resistance already.

Allan Logronio, president of the Sitio 117 Farmers Association, pre-sented a map of the university land property during the session. He as-serted that they could still keep their lands if the area intended for the sports complex will be located in San Gabriel Philippine Army reservation since it is not occupied.

Mahamud considered the rec-ommendation and said that it will be discussed by the technical working group after the approval of the MOU.

In an interview, Logronio said that they will only concur for as long as they are justly compensated and relocated within the universitys land

CONSTRUCTION: A COMPROMISEROVIE AIN ARIENZA

Sitio 117 Farmers Association Allan Logronio proposed that the site for the sports complex should be relocated to San Gabriel Philippine Army reservation since it remains unoccupied.

PHOTO BY MEAGAN WENCESLAO

Tuition hikes effect of state abandonment youth groups

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Settlers ask for just compensation, relocation

area as stipulated in the existing MOA between the Board of Liquidators and the administration.

Ang university pud unta maglantaw sa kaugman sa katawhan, kay wala man gud ni anhi ang uni-versity diri para hilabtan, mangilog ug kining trabaho bitaw sa mga man-guuma, kun dili magtudlo lang kung unsay tinoud, unsay maayo para sa estudyante nato. Karon ang ilang gibuhat murag gitudloan nila ang ka-tawhan nga musukol sa gobyerno. said Logronio.

He also addressed that there

were no prior consultations and ne-gotiations among the university, the executive council and the settlers when they first visited the area to measure the land, the crops and even the households that will be affected.

Logronio revealed that while the council claimed only 32 affect-ed families in the construction of the sports complex, there are about a hundred more families in the area along with their farm lot.

Classes in June will be wel-comed by tuition fee increas-es in five universities and col-leges in Davao City, namely: Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) with their annual six percent increase, Assumption College of Davao (ACD) with 15 percent, and Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC) with 9.9 per-cent.

The tuition hikes in the Univer-sity of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) and University of Mindanao (UM) have not been announced as of the moment.

The Commission on Higher Ed-ucation (CHED) will release the list of approved applications for tuition fee increase of the other 30 higher ed-

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news 3Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015University Library, binuksan

Anim na buwan pagkatapos ng konstruksyon ay binuksan ang University Library sa mga es-tudyante noong ika-6 ng Mayo.

Ayon sa panayam kay Dr. Briccio Merced Jr., ang University Librarian, naabutan ng ilang buwan ang pagbu-bukas ng silid-aklatan dahil kailangan pang dumaan sa administratibong panuntunan ang naturang proyekto matapos ilipat ang pangangasiwa ng gusali sa admin mula sa construction company noong ika-31 ng Oktubre ng nakaraang taon. Dagdag pa niya na natagalan ang Davao Light and Power Plant sa pagkabit ng kuryente sa na-turang gusali.

Karamihan sa mga gamit at libro ay mula sa dating koleksyon ng Main Library at may kakulangan pa sa mesa at upuan, internet connection at mul-timedia sections.

It is projected to be postmodern in terms of Information and Commu-nications Technology (ICT), but it was not materialized due to budgetary consideration and other administra-tive concerns. Its functional but its not fully operational, ani ni Dr. Mer-ced patungkol sa pasilidad ng bagong University Library.

Pinaplano na ang pagkakaroon ng collaborative section, learning commons, internet facility, multi-media section, museum, archives at kantina sa loob ng gusali. Inaasahang opisyal na magbubukas ito sa susu-nod na pasukan

Estado ng lupaSamantala, nakabitin pa rin ang

kasong sibil sa pagitan ng mga De Los Santos at administrasyon ng UP Min-danao sa ilalim ng reklamong Ob-struction of Justice.

Ayon sa University Legal Officer na si Atty. Edwin Mendoza, naghain ang mga De Los Santos ng mosyon na iwaksi ang kaso ngunit ibinasura ito ng korte.

Ayon sa mga De Los Santos, wala pa silang natatanggap na kumpen-sasyon sa lupang nagamit sa pagpa-patayo ng University Library mula sa administrasyon.

Papahawaon lang ka nga imong tanom dili bayran, ug irelocate pajud mig home-lot lang. Mag unsa na lang mi, wala mi panginabuhi. Mag-uuma biya mi, daing ng isang miyembro ng De Los Santos sa isang panayam.

Ang pagbibigay ng kumpen-sasyon ay ayon sa polisiya ng uniber-sidad, ani ni Atty. Mendoza.

Humarap din sa kasong Grave Coercion na isinampa ng Algon Con-struction Company ang 11 na mi-yembro ng Sitio 117 Association na nadakip matapos silang magbarikada upang pigilan ang pag-uumpisa ng konstruksyon noong ika-6 ng Agosto, 2013.

Ngunit ayon kay Atty. Mendoza, napawalang-saysay na ang naturang kaso pagkatapos

SANCIA PALMA

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Admin to implement SAIS in AugustAlthough the Office of the Uni-versity Registrar (OUR) believes that the existing Computerized Student Registration System (CSRS) is still running smoothly, it is expected to be replaced by Student Academic Information Sytstem (SAIS), one of the core information systems of the eUP concept, as the new computer-ized system during registration peri-od of the university this August.

Its almost the same with CSRS but the good thing about SAIS is that its a wider system. If youre an ad-ministrator [and] you want [to get] some data from UP Mindanao, you can access it anytime, like compar-ing data from different campuses, whereas CSRS is locally based here in UP Mindanao, said Prof. Julius Quiz, University Registrar.

The data input of the incoming

freshmen in CSRS will be transferred to SAIS and by August, all students will be able to use this new system.

According to Prof. Vicente B. Calag, Admin of the Information Technology Office (ITO), SAIS will speed up data processing and man-agement. Through the implementa-tion of SAIS, the information needed by the decision makers of eUP system will be accessible on hand. Only one database will contain all the informa-tion of all students in all UP campus-es. With the new computerized regis-tration system, enrollment, including payment, will be done online.

SAIS is one of the five manage-ment information programs under the Oracle software which costs P50 million. SAIS is capable of obtaining, processing, retrieving, updating, and displaying student, faculty, and alum-

MARY NOVE PATANGAN

Kumpensasyon ng settlers, hindi pa naibigay

ni information. Its primary function is the management of student-rele-vant-and-related data.

Possible glitches and disruptionsThe pilot run of this new system in UP Manila last August 2014 during enrollment for the first semester of the present academic year turned out with dismal results due to the lack of student consultation and information dissemination about SAIS interface and functions. According to reports from The Manila Collegian, enroll-ment in some colleges were delayed due to technical problems with the new system.

In spite of this, the OUR will still push through with the implementa-tion, asserting that disruptions are to be expected.

Pag first-timer yan marami ta-

lagang disruptions. So far na-rectify na rin ang mga glitches, Quiz added.

Moreover, student leaders main-tain that funding for this new system could have been used for more im-mediate concerns such as the de-velopment and improvement of the present system being used.

Napakaraming dahilan para ma-consider natin ang SAIS bilang parte ng kumersalisasyon ng edu-kasyon. Sa pagbili natin ng SAIS ay nagbayad tayo [at] sumuporta sa isang korporasyon na naman para sa mga estudyante, said John Othello Villadolid, USC Chairperson.

Aside from UP Mindanao, UP Baguio will also implement the new computerized system next aca-demic year.

GROUPS CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Progressive groups call for the accountability of President Benigno Aquino III and the US troops in the Mamasapano bloodbath last January.

PHOTO BY RENE CAJOLES JR

Illustration by Kenneth Senarillos

feature4 Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015Mang Karlo has been around during UP Mindanaos pio-neering years. Now a father of four, he remains persistent of being employed to the university. He regularly does his arduous task of gardening around campus, Wala man koyreklamo, ang ako lang, makaserbisyo ko sa UP. Even after 18 years, Mang Karlo still fears for his employment. As a casual worker, he is required to renew his employ-ment every year. Hadlok oy [un-employment], pero kaluoy sa Diyos, madawat man ko kada tuig.

Miss Mae is a valued faculty member. Her dedication to her pro-fession and her devotion to teaching has helped her establish strong re-lationships with her colleagues and students. After working in the uni-versity for years, Miss Mae is begin-ning to doubt her future in the uni-versity, and has plans of transferring to another institution. Despite her contributions to the academe, she remains excluded from the call for promotions. With her plan to invest her efforts someplace else, she starts to hope that maybe this time, she fi-nally receives the compensation she deservesregularization.

The two are just a fraction of the employees in UP Mindanao who, de-spite their several years of services rendered, are yet to be regularized. As of 2015, 33 out of the 60 per-sonnel holding administrative jobs are still casual workers, while there are 50 in the academe. An interview with All U.P. Academic Employees

Union president Jon Marx Sarmien-to revealed that 21 out of the said 50 workers in the academe do not hold any item or position and are still ex-cluded from merit promotions.

According to All UP Workers Union Lisa Fulvadora, the difference between a casual and a permanent worker lies in their nature of ap-pointment. A casual worker, more or less, receives the same pay and employee benefits as a permanent worker does. What puts the casual worker at a disadvantage is the lack of assurance of his or her employ-ment for the years to come. Casu-al workers, unlike the permanent workers already appointed into of-fice are only given a year of employ-ment and have yet to renew their contract in order to be reinstated in the office for another term. The problem behind the issue of regular-ization of workers, therefore, lies not on their compensation, but on the security of their tenure. Every year, their employment stands on shaky ground.

Although the two have dedicat-ed ample number of years in service to the institution, their further em-ployment in the university is still not assured. As explained by Fulvadora, the government account from where the salary of permanent workers comes from is separate from the ca-sual workers source of pay. As the former receive pay from the stable

allotted budget from the DBM, the latter

live off the

universitys savings in the form of lump sumthe same pool which fi-nances the institutions other needs. Therefore, the approval for a casual workers renewal of employment depends entirely on the availability of funds.

Regularization is not a problem for the larger constituent universi-ties. As was discovered by the union only this year, there is an excessive flow of vacant items or positions pooling out of the larger campuses. U.P. Diliman and UP Los Banos to-gether had been holding 334. These items may be transferred from one UP constituent to another, depending on the discernment of the authori-ties. But instead of being assigned to the smaller campuses, these were kept vacant until such time that they were confiscated by the DBM. While several items remain floating and unused by the constituent universi-ties, there are casual workers in UP Mindanao waiting for these items, hoping one day, they get regularized, and are able to continue their efforts in service for a more stable job.

If a worker remains casual, he or she will not qualify for merit pro-motions. Thus, the worker is not able to receive any incentive despite the quality of his or her services ren-dered to the academe. With this ar-rangement, transferring to another institution may be a move some may look forward to.

Dedicated workers move out of the administration, highly-qual-ified instructors transfer schools,

and researchers end up working for the industry. In actuality, the institu-tion houses professionals who are more than capable of doing their job. These workerspeople we see walking down the halls everydayare the backbone of the university. Without these people, the institution would cease to exist as it is.

The shaky nature of a workers tenure is but a microcosm of a big-ger problem: Capable workers move in and out of the country because of a system that is incapable of protect-ing the welfare of its working class, of ensuring the stability of their em-ployment, of creating opportunities which will enable them to receive the compensation they deserve. As it turns out, brain drain comes in var-ious scales.

The mere fact there are exist-ing cases of workers who had not been regularized despite the length of their tenure is proof that the pro-visions set for the welfare of the working class are lacking and that the state has failed to meet the needs of the people who have kept it alive.

Regularization is not the ulti-mate solution, but a start. The em-ployees in Mindanao offer their time in effort in service to the institution we invest the future of our state in. In the end, this fight is not only theirs; it is our fight too.

Graphics by Kent John Babiera

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Dibuho ni Jet IsraelNasa paliparan na si Mary Jane Veloso ng Indonesia nang ma-huli siya. Hindi niya inakala na ang dala-dala niyang maleta ay may laman na 2.6 na kilo ng hero-in, na kung saan ayon sa kanyang recruiter ay naglalaman lamang ng kanyang mga gamit. Nahatulan siya ng kanyang kaso noong 2010, anim na buwan matapos siyang madakip. Sa loob ng limang taon niyang pag-kakakulong, walang umabot sa kanya na tulong mula sa gobyerno hanggang mahatulan na siya ng death penalty. Ngunit dahil sa sama-samang kilos at panawagan ng sambayanang Pilipino ay naisalba natin si Mary Jane mula sa pagkakabitay. Isa lamang si Mary Jane sa mga manggagawang naipit sa kawalan ng trabaho at kontra-mang-gagawang batas sa bansa.

Si Mary Jane Veloso ay nanggal-ing sa isang pamilya mula sa Nueva Ecija at lumaki sa mga magulang na magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita. Siya ang bunso sa limang magkakapatid, at nakapagtapos ng unang taon sa sekondarya. Siya ay nakapag-asawa nang maaga at nagkaroon ng dala-wang anak na lalaki. Dahil sa kahira-pan, namasukan si Mary Jane bilang domestic helper sa Dubai sa loob ng dalawang taon. Ngunit sampung bu-wan pa lamang siya sa kanyang pina-pasukan ay nalagay na siya sa peligro nang tinangka siyang gahasain. Ito ang nagtulak sa kanya na bumalik ng bansa.

Ngunit napilitan syang mag-abroad muli at makipagsapalaran dahil na rin sa kakulanganan sa pera na maipangtustos sa pag-aaral ng kanyang mga anak. Inalok sya ni Ma-ria Kristina Sergio, kakilala ni Mary Jane, ng trabaho sa Malaysia. Ngnunit napilitan siyang lumipat sa Indonesia bilang kasambahay noong Abril ng 2010 dahil sa kawalan ng pinanga-kong trabaho sa kanya ni Sergio.

Ngunit mananatili ang ganitong mapait na katotohanan kung hindi

mananagot ang tunay na human traf-ficker. Sumasalamin ang masakit na katotohanang ito sa takbo ng buhay ng mga mangagawang Pilipino. Ang bawat pawis ng pagsusumikap na maiahon ang kaniya-kaniyang pami-lya sa kahirapan ay iisa lamang sa mga hamon na kailangan pang harapin ng ating mga kababayang manggawa. Nakaharap rin sila sa mga pangan-ib na maaaring magdala sa kanila sa bingit ng kamatayan.

Ito rin ay sumasalamin sa ka-tayuan ng ating bansa. Kung dati kila-la ang Pilipinas bilang exporter ng mga produktong saging, pinya at iba pang mga kilalang produkto, ngayon ay mas tumaas na ang bilang ng mga manggagawang Pilipinong lumalabas ng bansa upang maghanap buhay. Dahil sa naging kondisyon ng pamu-muhay ng ating mga manggagawa ay napilitan silang mangibang-bayan at makipagsapalaran sa ibayong lugar.

Simula nang maipasa ang Labor Code of the Philippines noong 1975 ay nasa 36,035 na mga Pilipino ang

lumabas ng bansa upang magtrabaho. Matapos ang isang dekada, tumaas ang bilang ng mga kababayan nating nangibang-bansa ng halos sampung beses. Umabot ng 372,784 na mga manggagawa ang lumisan ng bansa. Sa taong 2014 ,ang bansang Pilipinas ay nakapagpalabas na ng 1.7 milyong mga manggagawang Pilipino.

Subalit naitala ang maraming kaso ng illegal recruitment. Hin-di na rin lingid sa ating kaalaman na may mga OFW na nahaharap din sa diskriminasyon at kung min-san pa ay nagiging biktima ng kar-ahasan. Maraming mga kwento na ng pang-aabuso sa ating mga kaba-bayang OFW na siyang pumapatunay sa walang katiyakan na seguridad. At sa bawat paglisan ng mga OFW may mga pamilya silang maiiwan, anak na kagaya nila Mark Darrel at Mark Dan-iel na hindi na nila masusubaybayan ang paglaki, ina at amang hindi maka-kapiling, kapalit ng magaang estado ng pamumuhay.

Ang kwento ni Mary Jane ay hin-

di bago sa atin. Nang lumabas ang balitang ito ay sumagi muli sa kama-layan ng bansa ang naging kwento ni Flor Contemplacion at ilan pang mga OFW na nahaharap sa mga kasong sila ay napagbintangan lamang.

Hindi natin maikakaila na ang sitwasyon ay dulot ng kawalan ng pambansang industriya at kalidad ng edukasyong na siyang naging daan sa pagtangkilik at pagdepende natin sa mga banyaga. Naimulat tayo na tang-ing sa pangingibang-bansa lamang makaka-ahon sa kahirapan.

Ang kuwento ni Mary Jane Velo-so ang nagpaptunay na bawat araw, may kababayan tayong nasusukol sa hamon na maiangat ang kalidad ng buhay. Na sa hangaring maiunlad ang katayuan ng pamumuhay ay handang lisanin ang kanilang pamilya at ban-sa. May mga kaniya-kaniya tayong kakilalang Mary Jane na handang mangibang-bayan at magsakripisyo tungo sa katuparan ng mabuting ka-buhayan.

JOHN GILFORD DOQUILLA

KAMATAYANS A B I N G I T N G

Isang pasilip sa epekto ng labor export policy

feature6 Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015

Hindi pa nga natatapos ang laro ay nag-iba na ng istratehi-ya ang hari at bumaliktad ang tunggaliang inakalang sabay na

haharapin ng estado at mamamayan. Ngayon ang

ahedres ay sa pagitan na ng hari at taumbayan. Mula sa

pakanang Pork Barrel, pag-

papaigt ing ng EDCA,

maba-gal na

p a g r e -s p o n -de sa

Yolanda at ibang natural na ka-lamidad, tumataas na bilang ng pagyurak sa pantaong karapatan, aberya sa MRT at ibang pam-publikong pasilidad, pagputok ng Zamboanga at hostage crisis sa Luneta, at ang pagkitil ng halos 60 buhay sa Mamasapano, lumihis na ang daang pinangako. Naghi-rap ang mamamayan dahil sa mababang sahod, taas ng presyo, walang tamang reporma sa lupa at serbisyo. Marami na ang nanawa-gan sa kanyang pananagutan sa patung-patong na pagyurok sa pambansang soberanya.

Ginampanan ng pinag-isang lipunan ang kilos ng bawat piye-sa ng laro. Ngayon, mismong ta-umbayan na ang haring tuwirang umatake sa kalaban. Napailalim na ang pangulo sa isang paglu-sob at wala nang ibang galaw na makakatakas siya sa pagkakasilo. Ngunit ang panawagan sa kag-yat na pananagutan at pagbibitiw sa pwesto ni PNoy ay hindi la-mang natatapos sa pagbubutyag ng baho, pagpataw ng hustisya, o paglabas at pagsigaw sa lan-sangan. Ito lamang ang simula sa pagtahak ng bawat Pilipino sa tunay na pagbabago.

Bilang kapalit sa adminis-trasyong Aquino ay ang pag-tataguyod ng Konseho ng Bayan para sa Pambansang Pagkakaisa, Reporma at Kapayapaan (Peo-ples Council for National Uni-ty, Reform and Peace) kung saan binubuo ito mula sa malaking

hanay ng mga mamamayang ku-milos sa pagpapaalis kay Aqui-no sa pamamagitan ng isang demokratikong proseso. Pangu-ngunahan nito ang transisyon sa isang bago at mabuting gobyerno. Sa pagpili ng miyembro sa kon-seho ay marapat lang na sila ay makabayang Pilipinong may ma-linaw na track record sa pamu-muno sa mga kilusang bayan para sa demokratikong reporma, kilala sa kanilang katapatan, integridad at kakayahan.

Ang Noynoy Out Now (NOW), mas kilala bilang peoples council dito sa ating rehiyon ang nangunuguna nito. Binubuo ito ng mga organisasyon at indibid-wal mula sa ibat ibang sektor na nagkaisang patalsikin si Aquino at itayo ang Peoples council. ani ni Malaya Genotiva, ang Spokesper-son ng Anakbayan-SMR.

Nakasaad sa artikulo ng Akti-bong Bayan na sila ay mamama-hala sa loob lamang ng isa o da-lawang taon at gagampanan ang mga sumusunod:

Pagbubuo ng isang in-dependyenteng komisyon para imbestigahan at usigin ang mga sangkot sa trahedya sa Mamasapano;

Paglalatag ng kundisyon para sa malinis at kapa-ni-paniwalang eleksiyon sa

N agsimula ang lahat nang tumaya ang ta-umbayan sa larong magsasalba sa kanila mula sa mitsa ng korapsyon at pandaraya sa nagdaang administrasyon. Pinagbigyan ng sambayanan ang hari na manguna at patakbuhin ang larong ahedres sa pagitan ng sambayanang Pilipino laban sa mapang-api at naghahaharing uri.

Sa bawat galaw ng mga piyesa sa ahedres, isang hari ang nanguna, isang reyna ang inin-gatan, dalawang tore ang nagpasya, dalawang obispo at dalawang kabalyero ang nag-implu-wensya, at walong kawal ang nag-abang. Sa li-mang taong panunungkulan ni Pangulong Be-nigno Aquino III, ang hari, ay matatahasa na ang naging takbo ng kanyang administrasyon sa ilalim nang pinangakong tuwid na daan.

feature 7Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015pamamagitan ng pagsasaga-wa ng mga kinakailangang reporma para maiwasan ang pandaraya at panlilinlang, mabawasan ang pagkaka-roon ng mga patron sa poli-tika at pagbawalan ang mga dinastiyang politikal;

Pagtatanggal sa siste-mang pork barrel at pag-usig sa mga nakinabang sa kati-waliang DAP at PDAF; pagti-tiyak ng government trans-parency sa pamamagitan ng batas hinggil sa kalayaan sa impormasyon (freedom of information law) at gov-ernment accountability sa pamamagitan ng batas para protektahan ang mga whis-tleblower (whistleblowers protection law);

Pagpapatupad ng mga pangunahing patakarang pang-ekonomiya para sa re-porma sa lupa, pambansang industriyalisasyon, mataas na kita, seguridad sa pagka-in, at batayang serbisyong panlipunan para sa mahihi-rap at gitnang-uri;

Pagrepaso sa maka-isang panig na mga kasunduan tu-

lad ng Visiting Forces Agree-ment (VFA), Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) at Enhanced Defense Coop-eration Agreement (EDCA); at

Pagpapatuloy ng negosasyong pangkapay-apaan sa MILF at sa NDFP sa pamamagitan ng pag-katig sa mga nakaraang na-pagkasunduan at pagtugon sa mga ugat ng armadong tunggalian

Ang kapangyarihan ng bayan ang magpapatakbo sa konseho kung saan makatarungan at lehiti-mo ang naturang pagkilos sapag-kat kinikilala ng konstitusyon ang pambansang soberanya ng bawat mamamayan. Ang nakinabang lamang sa People Power na nag-patalsik sa administrasyong Erap at Arroyo ay ang mga pumalit na pulitiko. Sa Peoples Council ay mismong ang taongbayan ang mamumuno at gagawa ng mga kagyat na hakbang para panagutin ang mga naghaharian-harian.

Hinihikayat rin namin ang lahat lalong lalo na ang mga ka-bataan na lumahok sa pamban-sang kilusan sa pagpapatalsik kay Aquino at makiisa sa pagtayo ng Peoples council. Dagdag ni Geno-tiva.

Malapit nang matapos ang laro. Malapit nang mabitag (check-mate) si PNoy. Panahon na upa-ng paigtingin ang panawagan, ang pagkilos tungo sa tunay, demokra-tiko at malayang lipunan.

Hindi katulad sa katapusan ng larong ahedres na kakaunt-ing piyesa na lamang ang natitira sa laban, ang pagpupunyagi ng konseho ay ang sama-samang panawagan at pagkilos ng mam-amayan. Ang bawat karaniwang mamamayan, mga manggaga-wa at magsasaka, mga kabataan, mga pamilya at kamag-anak ng mga namatay, mga obispo at ta-ong-simbahan, ilang opisyal ng gubyerno, maging mga pulis at militar ay may mahalagang papel na gagampanan sa pagpapatalsik sa administrasyon at pagbabago sa sistema.

SOURCES: Launching of NOYNOY OUT NOW! March 5, 2015. Arkibong Bayan. Re-trieved from http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2015/2015-03March05%20NOW/Noynoy%20Out%20Now.htmPeoples Council, People Power!. Re-trieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfC-SNLK-D8Kadaophils. Aquino Resign: Es-tablish the Peoples Council for National Unity, Reform and Peace Retrieved from http://kodao.org/2015/03/24/aquino-resign-estab-lish-the-peoples-council-for-nation-al-unity-reform-and-peace/

SANCIA PALMA

feature8 Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015Twenty years ago, Alcantara and Sons Industrial Corporation (ALSONS), a British Virgin Island-registered compa-ny, applied for massive logging operation in Talaingod under the Integrated Forest Man-agement Agreement (IMFA).

The area is known for its abundance in forestry, diverse animals like the Mindan-ao tarsier and different hornbills, and lands rich with minerals such as Copper, Gold, Sil-ver, Chromium, Nickel and Iron. The ranges of mountains have also been home to the Talain- god Manobos. They have been the

protectors of the land. Unfortunately, the arrival of ALSONS

threatened their lives, grabbing thousands of

hectares of a n c e s t r a l

land and

d i s -placing the

Ta l a i n g o d Manobos.

ALSONS used their pri-

vate army and even some members of the

military to harass and intimidate the Lumads, dis-

torting their peace and even causing the lives of many. To fight back, the tribe protested and declared a pangayaw (sa-

cred war) to defend their an-cestral lands, killing a number of

ALSON guards. In February 1994, three truck-

loads of soldiers from the 64th Infan-try Battalion attacked the villages that

opposed the IMFA. Soldiers burned down houses, murdered their livestock, and stole their harvests. The Lumads were left with no choice but to leave the mountains and seek refuge in Davao City for the first time.

The intrusion of ALSONS and other foreign companies may have posed a threat to the environment but the lives of the pro-tectors of the mountains of Talaingod have also been endangeredpeace is seemingly

displaced. Since then, Davao City

has become their sanc-tuary. In 2013,

they returned to the city

for the second time. Nanay Jolita, one of the refugees, said that the military set their camps in the communities as part of Oplan Bayanihan, the governments counterinsur-gency program. The military have always claimed that they are there to initiate peace and outreach programs. However, many of the Lumads refuse to believe so after all the ruckus that the military caused.

The military accused many of them to be members of the New Peoples Army (NPA). Some of them, including women and children, were even harassed and threat-ened by the military. For a time in July, class-es were suspended as the military had also set their camps in schools and some of their houses. She recalled that soldiers invaded their homes and even stole food. Almost ev-ery day, they would also have to go through indiscriminate shootings initiated by the military. Oplan Bayanihan has allowed the invasion of the military, causing havoc to the

Lumads.They eventually returned

to their place when the military promised to stop operations in the communities. But, obviously,

this promise was not kept since the Lumads once again sought for ref-

uge in the city a year later. Indiscriminate firings, ae-

rial bombings, and encampment by the 68th Infantry Batallion in

a school in Sitio Nasilaban, Brgy. Palma Gil around April of last year

have instigated more than a thousand Ma-nobos to leave their lands and head back to Davao City, hoping that their problems will again be addressed by Mayor Rodrigo Dute-rte like what he did when they fought against the ALSONS.

When the operations had stopped for a brief time, they were able to go back to their houses but only to find out that their kitchen wares and sacks of rice were missing. Hous-es, farms, schools and panubaran (indige-nous church structures) have been report-edly wrecked. According to post-evacuation documentations, livestock, seedlings, indig-enous planting and harvesting equipment were looted and stolen by the military men, disabling the Lumads to recover and work again after a long time.

Datu Gumbil, a leader of Salug-pongan confirmed that the military were al-ready accusing them of supporting the NPA just by seeing them carrying more than two kilos of rice. The Datu admittedly recognized the presence of NPAs who passed by their barangays but they did not stay, loiter, and cause nuisance inside the residents houses the way military men did.

An elderly Manobo woman, Ubunay Botod Manlaon of Sitio Bagang, was arrested and forced to serve as a guide for hunting the NPAs. She was subjected to inhumane acts of stripping her clothes, feeding her with scraps, and tying her hands and feet, leaving her no choice but to urinate and loose bowel in her pants.

The nuisance also affected the chil-drens education. Like Arnel, a five-year old boy who stopped going to school be-cause of great fear, teachers and students

of Salugpongan schools were threat-ened as forces of t h e

p a r a -

military group, Alamara. There were also threats of burning a Salugpongan school in the same month, disregarding the scarce-ness of schools in the mountains. During and after classes, bullets fly above the roofs of the Salugpongan schools.

Just last February 12, elements of the 42nd and 68th Infantry Battalions and Ala-mara, barged in the houses in Sitio Tingkob, Brgy. Dagohoy and started interrogating the residents for half an hour and then taking away the residents livestock and cavans of rice.

In an interview with Datu Gumbil during a writers trip, he shared an encoun-ter he had with a government soldier. Why are you still here? the soldier asked. Arent we the ones who should be asking that? Datu Gumbil replied. A few days later, they had to leave Talaingod once again and go back to their sanctuary.

They had no choice but to endure three days of trekking and travelling, which cost them P1000 per person just to reach the United Church of Christ of the Philip-pines (UCCP) in Haran, Davao City. Accord-ing to Datu Gumbil, they had to trek batch by batch on dusks or dawn, taking advantage of the times that the soldiers were asleep. After almost a month of waiting, 234 individuals in which 106 were children and 90 were wom-en from 23 sitios spent their nights in im-provised houses made of bamboo and trapal to protect them.

The Talaingod Manobos endured ex-treme pain, hunger, and grief during their exodus. Throughout their travel, women and children were put in harsh situations. First, on their way down the mountains, a newborn baby unfortunately died. Second, a pregnant woman gave birth beside the highway and third, another woman gave birth while riding the truck on the way to Davao. Luckily, two of the latter newborn babies survived despite the harshness of the situations they were in. After days of trek-king and traveling, 927 of our Lumads took refuge in UCCP Haran and 515 of which are children with not enough food to eat, water to drink and clothes to wear.

As protectors of Talaingod, they have preserved the beauty and abundance of the Pantaron range where the Agusan and Pu-langi sheds, two of the largest water sheds in Mindanao lie. But intensified militarization will continue to disturb their peace in favor of the interests of those in power. Liveli-hood, education, and human rights were imperiled. Many lives were also sacrificed in this struggle that has been going on for many years now.

When the Lumads returned to Talain-god earlier this year, there was no assur-ance that the military will never return and jeopardize their lives again. However, Datu Gumbil warned that if the militarization will still continue, they will be forced to use their bows and arrows and wage war.

RIZIA PEREZ

Illustration

by Al Sidi

Angelo

feature 9Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015

The Moro people were once un-der sovereign sultanates be-fore the Spanish colonization. They already had a political system patterned from the Malaysian gov-ernment, wherein the princely ter-ritories are federated. But eventual-ly, the ruling power was threatened. The Spanish invaders attempt to take over the land began after its acciden-tal discoverywhen they were sim-ply looking for food and spices.

After three oppressive centu-ries, the defeat of Spain, sealed by the signing of the Treaty of Paris, still did not ensure the independence of Mindanao and Sulu from foreign in-vaders. In spite of this circumstance, the Muslim sultanates still appealed for sovereignty, but were unfortu-nately rejected.

The Moros took a step farther from the plains after former Pres-ident Manuel Quezon ratified the Commonwealth Act No. 141, declar-ing all Moro ancestral landholdings as public lands by 1936. Under this act, a Moro is only allowed to apply for a piece of land not exceeding four h e c t a r e s , while a C h r i s t i a n w a s entitled to own up to 24. Soon, the Moros became landless and were deprived of their ancestral holdings.

By June 1939, Com-monwealth Act No. 441 paved way for another settlement lawthe National Land Settle-ment Administration (NLSA). This law, created due to the population explosion in Luzon and Visayas, en-abled the peasants and workers from the North to migrate in Mindanao where they could till land enough to suffice their needs. However, the migration and settlement Christians resulted to the dislocations, dispos-session, containment and minoriti-zation of the Moros, thereby making them strangers in their own lands.

During Marcos regime in late 1960s, the Philippines claim on Sa-bah was further reinforced by the government. They trained 180 indi-viduals for warfare, sabotage, and infiltration. Most of those involved during the invasion were Moros. Their participation and sup-

posed patriotism only resulted to several deaths, and the event which was then known as Operation Mer-daka is now popularly known as the Jabidah Massacre.

With the goal of claiming an indepen- dent M o r o n a - tion, N u r Misu- a r i found- e d t h e M o r o N a -t i o n a l L i b e r - a-tion Front (MNLF) in 1971. The es-t a b -l i sh-ment o f M o r o b r e a k -a w a y g r o u p s eventu-ally fol-l o w e d . It was clear

then, that armed conflict is deeply rooted from the struggle for social justice, and from the Moros efforts to reclaim what was taken from them.

During Estradas presidency, an all-out war was declared against the Moro Islamic Lib-eration Front (MILF). This led

to their attack against several rebel camps last 2000. In the crossfire, thousands of families were, and are still,

displaced; many lives were disrupted, and properties were either damaged or lost. The war has wrecked havoc

in the area leaving those who survived in fear.

T h e most recent ad-

dition to the al-r e a d y - e x i s t - ing

string of centu-ries-old conflict

is the Mamasa-pano blood-bath which c l a i m e d the lives o f

sev-e r a l

S p e c i a l A c t i o n

Force (SAF) police of-

ficers, Moro rebels, and ci-

vilians. The in-cident was said

to have been or-ganized for the capture of Zulkifli Adbdir and Ab-dul Basit Usman, foreign terrorists who were sus-pected to have

been hiding in Maguindanao.

But ac-cording to reports from fact-finding missions, al-most no one in the village knew who

these peo

ple were. Interestingly, Mamasapano is

the best entry point to the Liguasan marsh, which holds oil and mineral reserves that value over billions of dollars. Last 2008, American oil en-gineers were reported to have been exploring the marsh. Moreover, sev-eral reports testify the involvement of the US troops in the encounter.

It is now clear that one of the hindrances in the pursuit for peace is foreign interest towards the natural resources of Mindanao which may be perpetuated through the Bang-samoro Basic Law (BBL).

According to Amirah Lidasan, president of the militant Moro group Suara Bangsamoro (SB), the BBL will

still not give the Moro people control over the natural re-sources. They added that the

national government still contin-ues to sell natural resources to for-

eign-owned companies which do not benefit the Moro people. This has made ARMM, along with other war-torn regions, one of the poorest in the country. The BBL therefore, may not alleviate the problem of poverty and may perhaps worsen the already problematic condition of the state.

This has clearly led to a war grown in soil painted red by blood-shed and heavy state injustice. This is clearly not a fight between one religion and another, but a struggle for social justice and mutual respect. This is the story of people who have long wanted to reclaim what was born from their majestic past. To understand and comprehend Moro struggle would entail stretching out the patience to look into every battle they had faced, unwritten in most of our history books. The recent blood-bath is only a small chapter of the long and unknown story in which centuries of warfare hide and lie, un-read.

Illustration by Vanessa Homez

LOST HEIRS:Reclaiming Bangsamoro land

MONIQUE CARILLO

MONIQUE KAPUNAN

editorial10 Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015

Khurshid Kalabud Jr.EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Sancia PalmaASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Nur Jannah KaalimASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Paulo RizalMANAGING EDITOR

John Gilford DoquilaASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Charlotte Dominique CuberoCIRCULATION MANAGER

Noemi Lynne VistoNEWS EDITOR

Nicole Joyce MangaoangFEATURES EDITOR

Kenneth Paulo SenarillosART DIRECTOR

Marga Immaculate MangaoPHOTO EDITOR

Kent John BabieraLAYOUT EDITOR

Mary Nove Patangan

WRITERS

Monique Amethyst KapunanMonique Carillo

Rizia Jahziel PerezRovie Ain Arienza

Al Sidi Angelo

ILLUSTRATORS

Jesse Lois IsraelMaria Louisa PasilanVanessa Joy Homez

Meagan WenceslaoRene Cajoles Jr.

Sofia Eleanor RamirezPHOTOJOURNALISTS

Hibla ng kasaysayan

Sa pagdiriwang ng ikadala-wampung taong anibersaryo ng unibersidad, taas-kamao rin ang ating pagpupugay sa mahigit dalawang dekada ng militante at sa-ma-samang pagkilos ng mga mag-aaral ng UP Mindanao.

Nakaukit na sa kasaysayan ng mga estudyante ng UP ang walang takot na pagharap sa mga isyu sa loob at mag-ing sa labas ng pamantasan. Bilang isa sa mga pinakabatang kampus ng UP, pi-natunayan natin na hindi madidikta ng bilang ng taon ang pagtanggap at pagtu-gon natin sa mga hamon ng lipunan.

Noong 1999, inorganisa ng Uni-versity Student Council (USC) ang kauna-unahang protesta sa loob ng unibersidad. Ito ay dala ng kontra-Pil-ipinong Charter Change ni dating Pan-gulong Joseph Estrada na kung saan pinapaigting ang pagmamay-ari ng mga dayuhan sa lupa, pampublikong ser-bisyo, atbp. Nakilahok ang 100 na mga estudyante sa makasaysayang effigy burning sa university lawn sa Kanluran.

Dito natin unang binigkas nang sa-bay-sabay at isinabuhay ang mga kata-gang UP, Tunay, Palaban, Makabayan.

Mula noon, mas pinatibay natin ang ating hanay sa pagharap sa mga hamon ng panahon. Hindi natin hi-nayaang mabusalan ang ating mga bibig, bagkus, mas kinilala natin ang naiatas na tungkulin bilang mga Iskolar ng Bayan.

Bukod sa pag-mobilisa at pag-protesta, pinalago rin natin ang kaa-laman at pagtatasa sa lipunan sa pamamagitan ng mga inorganisang pagpupulong at talakayan ng USC at ibang mga organisasyon.

Noong 2001, mahigit 400 na mga estudyante ang lumabas sa kanilang mga klase upang makilahok sa isa sa mga pinakamalaking pagprotesta sa rehimeng Estradaang rehimen na nagdeklara ng all-out war sa Mindan-ao. Maituturing ding makasaysayan ang bilang na ito sapagkat nasa 600 lamang ang populasyon ng UPMin sa panahong iyon.

Hindi natin pinalampas ang lingk-ag na rehimeng Estrada pati na rin ang mga sumunod na mga administrasyon nina Arroyo at Aquino na parehong ku-rap at kontra-masa. Hindi tayo nagpati-nag sa maliit na bilang ng mga estudy-ante at isang oras na biyahe patungong Roxas Avenue kung saan kadalasan nagsisimula ang pagmartsa.

Sabay-sabay din nating tinutu-lan ang 300-porsyentong pagtaas ng

matrikula sa UP bunsod ng mga repor-ma ng mapanlinlang at mapanupil na STFAP noong 2007. Nilabanan natin ang taun-taong pagkaltas ng badyet sa edukasyon at iba pang batayang ser-bisyo.

Halos buwan-buwan din ang mga walkout mula 2010 hanggang 2011 para iprotesta ang pagkaltas ng badyet ng re-himeng Aquino sa mga state universi-ties at colleges. Nanindigan tayo sa mga panahong unti-unting nang nawawala ang makamasang katangian ng UP.

Hanggang ngayon, patuloy tayong kumikilos at lumalaban para sa deka-lidad at libreng edukasyon hindi la-mang sa UP kundi maging sa lahat ng paaralan dahil naniniwala tayo na ang edukasyon kailanman ay hindi lamang para sa iilan kundi ito ay para sa lahat.

Sinusulong natin sa bawat martsa at pagprotesta ang mga karapatan hindi

lamang ng mga estudyante kundi mag-ing ang mga karapatan ng mga magsa-saka, manggagawa, mga Lumad, at lahat ng masang api. Ating tatandaan na hindi magkahiwalay ang problema ng bansa sa problema sa loob ng paaralan. Lagi nating isaisip na itong lahat ay nakaugat sa klase ng lipunan na meron tayoang klase ng lipunan na pumapanig sa mga naghaharing uri.

Minsan nang nabanggit ng dating USC Chairperson na si Rendell Ryan Cagula na bilang isang pamilya, sa-ma-sama nating supilin ang pang-aapi sa kapwa at mas palawakin pa ang pam-ilyang pinag-isa ng pakikibaka.

Hinubog tayo ng pakikibakang pinagtibay ng sama-samang pagkilos upang iwaksi ang mapang-api at nagha-haring uri at isulong ang karapatan ng bawat mamamayan.

Sa nakalipas na dalawang dekada

ay napantunayan ng bawat Iskolar ng Bayan sa UP Mindanao na ang kolekti-bong pagkilos ang siyang nagsulong at susulong sa karapatan ng mamamayan at ito ay hindi kailanman matitinag.

Sa susunod na mga dekada ay hig-it pa nating pagtitibayin ang hanay ng mga estudyanteng tunay na nagsisilbi sa bayan at lumalaban para sa isang malayang lipunan.

Hanggat may estudyanteng hin-di nakakapag-aral dahil sa pagtaas ng matrikula, Pilipino na kailangang man-gibang bansa dahil sa kawalan ng tra-baho, Lumad na pinapaalis sa sariling pamamahay at iba pang uri ng kara-hasan at pagyurak sa pantaong karapa-tan, magpapatuloy ang pakikibaka.

Ito na ang panahon ng pagbabalik-was. Ito na ang panahon ng paglikha ng kasaysayan.

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Dibuho ni Maria Lou Pasilan

opinion 11Himati Vol. XVIII Issue 2 February to May 2015

All throughout history, there have been several debates on what should be the role of journalism. The most notable and perhaps the beginning of all debates to follow was the one between writer Walt Lipmann and philosopher John Dewey in the 1920s. Lipmann argued that the press must act as the media-tor between the elite and the masses, Dewey thought that the press must consciously help in shaping opinion.

In a nutshell, Lipmann thought that the common men were too ab-sorbed in their own everyday strug-gles and were not in the best position to understand the complicated affairs of public policies created by the gov-erning elite, so a journalists job was to filter all of these and package it into a format that the masses could easily consume. Conversely, this also allowed the public to scrutinize the elites government because their re-election depended on the vote of the masses. Lipmanns framework left all of the decision making to the elites and the public could only accept the outcomes until election, where they could act using their votes.

In contrast, Dewey not only had more faith in the publics capacity to comprehend public policies and act on their, he also said that the public must be involved in the whole deci-sion making themselves because they

were the ones to be affected the most of the outcomes. To Dewey, the best ideas were the ones that came about after vigorous debates. He also argued that instead of acting as mere vessels of information, journalists should also be able to assess the pros and cons of every policy as part of their mandate. Needless to say, Lipmanns idea was more palatable to the gov-ernment, but Deweys framework not only afforded more dignity to the masses, it also established the presss important role as shapers of opinion.

Regardless of which definition one would subscribe to, it is unde-niable that the role of the press is a crucial one in any democracy. It is re-garded as the fourth estate because it acts as the publics eye; the watchdog that keeps the executive, legislative, and judiciary in check. But as noble as the profession may be, it comes with a catch: journalists must wrestle not only with their own internal biases, they must also get paid.

Journalists, especially in the mainstream media are part of me-dia conglomerates that seek to gain profit more than anything else. The respective editors will do what they can to uphold the standards of jour-nalism, but they must also be able to rake in profit, for as in any business model; the non-performing assets get slashed, the unsold goods are dis-

continued and left to rot. GMA-7s mass layoff of its

regional media workers is the most glaring example of this problematic framework. As noble as journalism stands on paper, journalists continue to be expendable pawns that can be discarded anytime they should fail to meet certain demands. This is the reason why ethical standards contin-ue to be bent, even ignored (it would probably be an injustice to not men-tion the fact that GMA-7 as a network is not policed by the KBP, the network left the organization in 2003).

This appalling treatment of our journalists shows the callousness not only of the business executives (who in one swoop of their hands jeopar-dized the future of their loyal em-ployees including those who have been working with the station for decades), but also of the system that puts the lives and dignities of the 99% in the hands of the 1%.

If, Lipmann and Dewey were alive today, they would have felt abashed upon discovering that they were both wrong in their definitions of journalism. The press is now nei-ther reporters of information or con-scious watchdogs that help shape opinion; ithas been reduced to mere business investments.

The real role of Journalism Tuition hikes...fee increases (TFI) is the demand for higher wages for teachers. However, he stressed that with regard to finan-cial stability of private schools, the money collected from tuition and other school fees can already recu-perate the expenses of the workers and teachers.

He added that although the per-centage of TFIs every year is relatively small, the money collected from each of the 35 HEIs in SMR alone can al-ready meet the proposed salary in-crease for teachers.

There is an estimated P150-P200 increase in tuition fee per unit or P3,150 to P4,200 every semester. A college student on the average must pay P20, 000 to P40, 000 per semes-ter for tuition alone, Genotiva added.

Recently, CHED has already ap-proved the applications for tuition and other school fees increases of more than 280 schools nationwide.

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University Library...magkaroon ng compromise agree-ment ang dalawang panig.

Kabilang ang De Los Santos sa mga naunang pamilyang magsasaka na nanirahan sa 204-ektaryang lupa ng UP Mindanao bilang manggaga-wa ng Bago Oshiro Plantation noong panahon ng Hapon.

Sa pagpasa ng Proclamation no. 822 ay nalipat na ang pagmamay-ari ng lupa sa unibersidad.

HINDI KO ALAM VANESSA HOMEZ

PAULO RIZAL

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Shocked. Abi nako Anak Upmin ang mudaog.1Pipiliin ko ang mahal ako. Kasi alam kong matutunan ko rin syang ma-halin. Atlis, lab na nya ako in da pers place. Ako nlg ang kulang

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Satisfied ako sa results. I think the elected USC peeps deserve their places.

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Bakit ko ba mamahalin ang taong hindi ko naman mahal? Niloloko ko lang siya at ang sarili ko.

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2012-68840The results were satisfactory.1Valid ba if i say na iisang tao lang yung mahal ko at ang nagmamahal sa akin?

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2014-74779 Sanay gampanan ng mga bagong nailuklok sa posisyon ang kani kanilang mga responsibilidad bilang

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2 It might be time na piliin mong ma-halin ang sarili mo. Maybe you have invested too much time on someone, and you forgot about investing time to yourself.

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