Philippine Collegian Tomo 90 Issue 9

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Opisyal na lingguhang

pahayagan ng mga

mag-aaral ng Unibersidad

ng Pilipinas - Dilman

Tomo 90, Blg. 09

Agosto 16, 2012

KARANIWAN NA SA MGA PILIPINO

ang maglunsad ng ibat ibang gawaing

pambayanihan upang mapunan ang

kakulangan ng gobyerno sa pagpa-

patupad ng maayos at mabisang

sistemang pansakuna tuwing

panahon ng tag-ulan.

Nito lamang nakaraang linggo,

mahigit 500 estudyante, guro, kawani,

at alumni ang araw-araw na lumahok

sa IskoOperation o University

o the Philippines (UP) Diliman relie

operations, upang tumulong sa mga

pamilyang nasalanta sa hagupit ng

malakas at tuluy-tuloy na pagbuhos

ng ulan.Nagtipon-tipon ang mga volunteer

sa College o Human Kinetics (CHK)

Gym upang mag-pack ng relie goods

at ipamigay ang mga ito sa mga

komunidad na nasalanta ng baha.

Overwhelming ang dami ng

volunteers at donations na

nakuha mula sa pagpa-publicize sa

mga social networking site at text

messaging, kaya mula sa University

Student Council (USC) ofce ay

lumipat kami sa CHK Gym, ani UPD

USC Chair Gabriel Heart Dio.

Sa loob ng apat na araw, natulungan

ng proyekto ang halos 23,700 pamilya

mula sa University o the East

Ramon Magsaysay Memo-

rial Medical Center, Ca-loocan, Malabon,

N a v o t a s ,

Valen-

zuela, Bataan, Lagun

Taguig, Marikina, Quezo

Sinuspinde ni UP

Caesar Saloma ang k

noong mga araw na

Agosto 7 hanggang

namang naiulat na ma

sa mga kampus ng un

Student Regent Cleve

Arguelles.

Gayunpaman, na

alalahaning ang pak

mga suliranin ng mg

lungsod at kanayunan

na magtapos sa pagtila

ghupa ng baha.Sa unti-unting pag

sa pinsalang dulot n

humaharap pa rin s

panganib ang mg

dad: kawalan ng pa

hanapbuhay, mga

demolisyon, kakulanga

na serbisyong panlip

iba pang kapabayaan

pamahalaan.

GITNA

NGSAKUNA

SA


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PAG-USISA. Ginisa ng mga kongresista at mga pinuno ng mga state universities and colleges (SUCs) si Commission

on Higher Education (CHEd) chairperson Patricia Licuanan sa isang hearing ng House Committee on Appropriations

Budget na ginanap sa Andaya Hall ng Kongreso noong Agosto 14. Sinagot ni Licuanan ang ilang isyu ng mga pribado

at pampublikong pamantasan sa bansa patungkol sa badyet.

DBM slashes P17.5B from2013 SUCs budget proposal

WHILE THE AQUINO ADMIN-

istration highlights the almost

44percent or P11.3billion

increase in the budget or 110

state universities and colleges

(SUCs) in the country or 2013,

data rom the Department o

Budget and Management (DBM)

reveal that the said amount

is still much less than the

unding required by public higher

education institutions.

In his 2013 national budget

message, President Benigno

Aquino III explained that his

administration has increased the

budget o SUCs to improve their

perormance. Let me emphasize

that these unds must be used

to improve the capabilities and

skills o our pool o graduates,

Aquino said.

In deliberating the requests

o 110 SUCs or 2013, DBM

ollowed the Commission on Higher

Educations (CHEd) Roadmap

o Public Higher Education

Reorm (RPHER) 20112016, the

Aquino administrations main

platorm or higher education.

RPHER ollows the guidelines

set in Aquino s Philippine Devel

opment Plan which states that

SUCs need to produce enough

competent and skilled work orce

that will match domestic needs.

However, the P37.1billion

budget approved by DBM

or inclusion in the National

Expenditure Program is only 68

percent o the total P54.61 billion

requested by SUCs or next year,

short by P17.5 billion. (See Table 1)

For personal services (PS), the

und or salaries and benefts

o teachers and employees, the

budget agency approved P27.3

billion or 88 percent o the original

P31.15 billion requested by SUCs.

DBM explained that only flled

positions, or line items held by

current employees, were unded.

DBM also approved almost 76

percent, or P6.43 billion o the

P8.5billion total proposed budget

or maintenance and other oper

ating expenses (MOOE).

MOOE ollowed the [Normative

Funding Formula]. Normative

unding reers to the application

o a set o prescribed objective

criteria and norms that are

designed to promote and reward

quality instruction, research and

extension services, as well as

fnancial prudence and respon

sibility o SUCs, DBM explained.

Meanwhile, the budget agency

only approved 23 percent or P3.37

billion o the total P14.96 bil

lion or capital outlay (CO), the

budget or construction o new

inrastructure.

Only those projects that were

endorsed by CHEd because o the

projects alignment to [RPHER]

were unded or CO, according to

DBM.

There might be a nominal

increase, but i we consider how

much SUCs actually need, the

budget is still grossly insuf

cient, said Kabataan Partylist

Rep. Raymond Palatino.

COVER-UP BUDGET

Sa unang tingin, mukhang

may pagtaas sa badyet ng SUCs.

Pero kung titiladtilarin natin

ang bawat component ng badyet,

makikita nating mapanlinlang ang

pagtaas na ito, said National Union

o Students o the Philippines

Secretary General Issa Baguisi.

While the P37.1 billion budget

proposed by DBM or 2013 is

indeed 44 percent higher than the

current P25.8 billion budget or

SUCs, the said amounts already

include the allotments or

Miscellaneous Personnel Benefts

Fund (MPBF) and the automatic

appropriations or Retirement

and Lie Insurance Premiums

(RLIP), according to DBM.

The MPBF contains unds or

unflled positions, and is withheld

by DBM until SUCs request or

the said unds and submit proper

documentation. Meanwhile,

unds under the RLIP are automatic appropriations or pension

o retired employees.

[T]his und is like DBMs own

pork barrel, which it can dispense

at its whim, Palatino said.

Without the budget or MPBF

and RLIP, only P32.77 is allocated

or the operation o SUCs, around

37 percent higher than the cur

rent P23.8 billion budget directly

or SUCs. (See Table 2)

Without the RLIP, SUCs will

receive a total o P22.97 billion

or PS, which is P2.35 billion or 11

percent higher than the current

P20.62 billion. However, the said

increase only corresponds to the

implementation o the ourth

tranche o the Salary Standardi

zation Law III, said Anakbayan

National Chairperson Vencer

Crisostomo.

For MOOE, SUCs will receive

P6.43 billion, an increase by P3.42

billion or more than 88 percent

rom the current P3 billion. The

bulk o the P1.3billion increase

will go to UP, while the remaining

P2.1billion increase will be

shared by the remaining 109

SUCs.

In line with the NFF, the budget

or MOOE o three SUCs, namely:

Aurora State College o Technol

ogy, Cebu Technological Uni

versity, and Adiong Memorial

Polytechnic State College, were

slashed by more than hal.

Meanwhile, the budget or CO

will receive the highest increase.

From this years P190 million

budget, which is only or UP, all

SUCs will receive CO or next year.

Previously, CO did not receive

any allocations to encourage the

use o the SUCs own income,

DBM explained.

The Aquino administration

recognizes the severe need or

CO support in SUCs, which will

receive their CO allocations

directly. These will jumpstart

developments in inrastructureand enable SUCs to acquire labo

ratory equipment and other nec

essary acilities to boost their

competitiveness and academic

capacities, DBM added.

However, Crisostomo explained

that the P3.37billion budget or

CO next year is less than a quar

o the total P14.96 billion need

by SUCs or inrastructure.

Kulang talaga ang pondo

CO. Dalawang taon nang wala

CO, tapos ngayon oneourth la

ng kailangan ang ibibigay, Cris

tomo said. He cited the situation

UPs Philippine General Hospi

which will not receive any CO

next year.

Instead o being all praises

the Aquino administration, stude

remain unimpressed a

dismayed, as the 2013 budget i

coverup budget ull o potho

and deceptions, Palatino said.

PRELUDE TO TUITION INCREAS

Meanwhile, DBM oreca

that the internal income o SU

next year will increase by alm

P1 billion, to P14 billion rom tcurrent P13.1 billion.

The bulk o the projec

increase in internal income,

P500 million, will come r

tuition revenue, which

expected to increase rom the c

rent P6.26 billion to P6.76 billi

next year. DBM also proje

that income rom other ees w

increase by P200 million, r

the current P3 billion to P

billion next year.

Maliwanag na kahit pa sabih

may bahagyang pagtaas sa pon

ng SUCs, walang magbaba

sa sitwasyon ng edukasyo

tersyaryo. Tataas pa rin a

matrikula, tataas pa rin ang pang bayarin, Baguisi said.

In this light, the youth w

continue and even intens

the fght or sufcient gover

ment unding or an educat

sector that truly serves the natio

Palatino added.


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Tamaraws Terrence

scored two points

throw, ending the gam

slim three-point di

What our team

to maintain compo

start to fnish, we c

catch up with the s

have not yet experie

ing o being able to

and we need to ex

to be able to build

confdence, Lopez s

The Maroons is

on the UST Growl

August 15, at the Aran

Right now we

visiting our game

defnitely a good te

very confdent in

what we need to d

way to disrupt tha

said Dandan.

Test railway track in UP would leadto privatization, afect communitieAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEST

track or an alternative railway

system in UP nears completion

in December, leaders o dierent

sectors in UP remain frm in

asserting that the project is an

unsustainable research anddevelopment (R&D) project that

might make the university more

vulnerable to income-generating

schemes.

A joint R&D project

between UP Diliman (UPD) and the

Department o Science and Tech-

nology (DOST), the UP Automated

Guideway Transit (AGT) is a

465-meter test track which will

run rom the Fine Arts building on

Jacinto Street to the Commission

on Higher Education building on

C. P. Garcia Avenue.

The AGT project aims to test a

locally-developed train as mass

transport, said UP Vice President

or Planning and Development

Elvira Zamora. Being a researchuniversity, it only seemed appro-

priate that UP would take the lead

in this project, which President

[Aquino] would like to implement

in the country, she explained.

HOMEGROWN TECHNOLOGY

Designed by the DOST Metals

Industry Research and Develop-

ment Center (MIRDC), the UP-AGT

is an electricity-powered train o

two coaches with a 30-passenger

capacity which will run at a speed

o 50 to 60 kilometers-per-hour

on an elevated track.

Unlike big train lines like the

Metro Rail Transit, the AGT uses

only a single axle, making it lighter,

more compact, and thus suitable

or narrow roads in the Philip-

pines, explained Engr. Brian Rasco,

MIRDC Project Ofcer.

While an earlier prototype is

already running on a straight

Tams survive Maroons in controversial win, 73-70THE FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

(FEU) Tamaraws oiled what

could have been the UP Fighting

Maroons frst victory or the

UAAPs 75th season, ater reerees

crushed a crucial goaltending call

by the Maroons toward the end o

the game at the Araneta Coliseum

on August 5.Maroons team captain Mark

Lopez and shooting guard Jose

Manuel kicked o the game with

consecutive two and one-point

shots, leading the Maroons by a

point during the frst two minutes.

However, the lead was slammed

by the Tamaraws, as team captain

Anthony Hangrove scored two

consecutive two-point shots. The

Tamaraws eventually hoarded a

seven-point lead at the close o

the quarter, 22-15.

Unable to break through the

Tamaraws tight deense, the

Maroons slipped 11 points behind,

31-20, during the frst hal o the

second quarter. During the second

hal, the Maroons tried to catch

up with two consecutive layups

rom point guard Anjelo Monte-

castro, leaving Tamaraws aheado only 8 points. The Tamaraws,

however, fnished the quarter

with a nine-point lead, 41-32,

ater a technical oul was called

against the Maroons.

The Maroons were able to

shave the Tamaraws nine-point

lead to only six points ater

Maroons small orward Diony

Hipolitos two-point shot and

Maroons rookie Michael

Silungans consecutive two and

three-point shots. However, with a

minute let on the clock, the Tama-

raws managed to keep an eight-

point lead, ending the quarter

at 60-51.

The State U ballers continued

to lag behind during the frst

hal o the ourth quarter by ten

points. However, the Maroons

aterwards chipped the score

dierence to only a our-pointlead by the Tamaraws, ater

Maroons center Raul Soyuds

two-point undergoal and Lopezs

ree throws.

Toward the end o the fnal

quarter, Maroons Cris Ball aimed

or a two-point shot but Hangrove

oiled the attempt by blocking

the ball. Ofcials reused the

Maroons allegations o goaltending,

despite a video replay showing

that the ball has already touched

the board when it was swatted

away by Hangrove. The missed

goaltending call eventually

gave the Tamaraws room to build

a fve-point lead, 71-66.

It was defnitely a goaltending.

But the reerees missed that; un-

ortunately there are no house

rules on reviewing a video to

change the call, with regards to

goaltending. The call would havechanged the events o the game

but I dont think it cost us, there

were many aults that made it

harder to win the game, said

Maroons Head Coach Frederick

Oliver Dandan.

With two minutes let on

the clock, Alvin Padilla scored

a three-point shot, while Lopez

secured a two-point shot, leaving

the Tamaraws ahead o only a single

point. However, with two seconds

let on the ticker, a technical oul

was called against the Maroons.

150-meter track near DOST in

Taguig, the UP-AGT is a modifed

version designed to run through a

25-meter radius curve, Rasco added.

The P62 million cost o

construction and operations is

ully unded by DOST, according

to the MIRDC.

Currently, the construction

is 30 percent complete and test

runs will hopeully be conducted

this September, when 300 meters

o the track is expected to be

fnished, according to Rasco.

The administration has yet to

plan the are scheme or prospective

passengers, but there is always

cost in building, operating, and

maintaining a mass transport

system, said UPD Chancellor

Caesar Saloma.

PREY TO PRIVATIZATION

Sectors o the UP community,

however, expressed opposition to

the long-term eects o the railway

in campus, saying the project mightadversely aect communities

and urther lead the university

into income-generating partner-

ships with the private sector.

While the Ofce o the Chancellor

and Rasco reused to reveal concrete

plans ater the test track becomes

unctional, the administration

might consider extending the

track to a Philcoa-Katipunan

route, Zamora said. Para hindi

naman masayang, itutuloy na

lang, she added.

However, when the memo-

randum o agreement (MOA)

expires on September 2013, any

urther developments o the AGT

will be let to UP unless another

MOA would be signed, said Rasco.As a result, UP will most likely

invest in other partnerships as it

cannot support the maintenance

o the AGT on its own, according

bansa sa kabuuan, said Student

Alliance or the Advancement o

Democratic Rights in UP chair

and Mechanical Engineering

student Michael Non.

AFFECTED SECTORS

Despite opposition rom sectors

Isabella Patriciato Student Regent Cleve Arguelles.

Maganda sana kung ang mga

proyekto ng UP na kaakibat ang

gobyerno ay nakatuon sa devel-

opment ng national industries.

Kadalasan, nagagamit lamang ng

mga pribadong korporasyon ang

mga ganitong proyekto kaysa ng

CLOSE CALL. UP Lady Shuttler Pauline Marie Tan returns the shuttle in the

backcourt from defender UEs Kimverly Gatpolintan in the badminton singles

match held at Rizal Memorial Stadium on August 12. Despite winning the

singles and doubles event with Bianca Margareth Legaspi, the Lady Maroons

still fell short with a tally of 3-2.

o the UP commun

MOA between UP a

the AGT was signed

Ofce o Commun

assured that the cur

would not aect any

and jeepney routes

only run a short dist

Sa ngayon, exper

ito ng DOST. Pero d

mga matatamaang s

kular na ang mga dr

munities. Kailangan

din iyon, said All UP W

National President Clo

Though the AGT

country on many asp

nationwide impleme

translate to massive u

or drivers, said

Engineering Repre

the University Stu

(USC), Reijiel Gonza

Aside rom local

the project could al

ecology in the area. was an environm

assessment [This sh

administration does

interest in taking ca

environment, said G

Permits or the E

Compliance Certif

being processed, but t

o Environment

Resources will ass

ronmental impact o

said Rasco.

Mainam na m

walang masisirang

nidad at mawawala

Dahil ano pat resear

tayo na naglilingkod

sa proseso naman

mga kapwa tayongng tirahan at kab

UPD USC Student

Welare Commi

Aryanna Canacan.


5/12

dapat ilitaw na ng mga mays

ang dalawang estudyante, dagd

ni Gng. Cadapan.

Dismayado rin sina Gng. E

peo at Atty. Edre Olalia, pan

kalahatang kalihim ng Natio

Union o Peoples Lawy(NUPL), sapagkat hindi pa

naaaresto ang dating hene

na si Jovito Palparan, pangun

hing suspek sa kaso, simula na

maglabas ng warrant o arr

ang Department o Justice (D

noong Disyembre 2011.

Ipagpapatuloy ang paglilitis

Setyembre 10, kung saan nakat

dang humarap sa korte sina G

Cadapan at Wilredo Ramos,

pang pangunahing testigo sa k

na kumilala sa isa sa mga miyem

ng militar sa imbestigasyon ng D

MABAGAL NA USAD NG KAS

Samantala, kinundena rin

mga magulang nina Karen

Sherlyn ang mabagal na usad kaso at ang kawalan pa rin ng

sulta sa pagtugis kay Palparan

kay Master Sgt. Rizal Hilario,

pa sa mga suspek sa kaso.

Hindi talaga mahahanap

Palparan kung hindi naman s

hinahanap. Ni isang salita, w

kaming narinig sa SONA ni [Aq

no] tungkol sa karapatang pant

Ngayon, nakalaya pa ang boss

Palparan na si Gloria Arroyo. M

maaasahan pa ba kami sa goby

nong Aquino? ani Cadapan.

Dapat na magsalita na a

pangulo laban sa mga tulad

Palparan sapagkat ang kaniya

pananahimik ang nagbibigay

lakas ng loob sa mga militar

patuloy na lumabag sa mga kapatang pantao, dagdag ni Olalia

Nananawagan kami

mamamayan na kahit saan nin

makita si Palparan, arestuhin n

na. Citizens arrest na ang kaila

gan natin, dahil napakainutil

gobyerno sa paghuli sa kanya,

Gng. Empeo.

[This] is justice under Aqui

the rich, powerul, and noto

ous human rights violators, l

Palparan and Arroyo, are mo

ingly ree as preying vultur

No wonder [Aquino] deliberat

omitted [the situation on] hum

rights and peace in his SONA

signal or state security orces

continue with terror and violen

against the people, ani CristPalabay, tagapagsalita ng Karap

tan Alliance or the Advanceme

o Peoples Rights.

Tinatayang may pitong kaso

pulitikal na pamamaslang na m

mga ebidensyang sangkot a

militar, 107 detenidong puliti

at 426 na kaso ng sapilitang pa

dukot, pag-aresto, at pagkakak

long mula nang maging pangu

si Aquino, ayon sa Karapatan.

Paglilitis sa kaso nina Karenat She, sinimulan naWALONG BUWAN MATAPOS

sampahan ng mga kasong kidnap-

ping at serious illegal detention

ang mga sangkot sa pagdukot sa

dalawang estudyante ng UP Dili-

man (UPD) na sina Karen Empeoat Sherlyn Cadapan, sinimulan na

ang opisyal na paglilitis ng kaso

sa Malolos Regional Trial Court

noong Agosto 6.

Unang humarap sa korte si

Concepcion Empeo, ina ni Ka-

ren, upang magpakita ng mga

dokumentong nagpapatunay na

estudyante mula sa UP Diliman

ang kanyang anak, ani Atty. Julian

Oliva, abogado ng pamilya ng mga

biktima.

Ipinakita niya ang birth certi-

cate, school ID, graduation picture,

Student leaders nix transfer of school opening to September

WITH THE REVIVAL OF TALKS ON

moving the start o the academic

year rom June to September, stu-

dent leaders maintain that such a

policy cannot ensure the saety o

students during the rainy season

and might even adversely aect

learning and access to education.

Earlier this week, Senator

Franklin Drilon reiterated his call

to pass Senate Bill 2407, which

he led in 2010. By moving the

school opening to September, or

about [three] months later, the

country will avoid inconvenience

and needless damage to lie and

property, Drilon wrote in his ex-

planatory note.

The bill also seeks to make

school buildings available or use

during emergency situations as

evacuation centers. These a-

cilities can be better put to use

i they are not being utilized as

classrooms and are ready and

properly equipped, Drilon said.

NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION

Merely moving the opening

o classes to September will

not resolve the inconvenience

o the rainy season, as extreme

weather disturbances do not

always happen during the rst

three months o the monsoons,

said UP Student Regent Cleve

Kevin Robert Arguelles.

The storms Ondoy and Pepeng,

which generated the most

destructive foods in decades in the

National Capital Region and North

Luzon, happened in September

2009. In act, because o climate

change, extreme weather distur-

bances [occur] all year round,Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond

Palatino also said in a statement.

Many areas across the country,

such as Bulacan and Metro Ma-

nila, are also easily fooded even

ater only moderate rains, regard-

less o the season, said UP Dili-

man University Student Council

Chair Gabriel Heart Dio.

Furthermore, i the school year

starts every September, students

and teachers will have to go to

school during the summer, which

will make teaching and learning

dicult due to the hot weather,

Palatino said.

Beore we shit the class open-

ing to September, we must [also]

remember that students in the

provinces participate in amily

activities during summer to help

in the harvest season The post-

ponement o class opening could

aect access to education i ami-

lies are not able to save enough

money, the youth solon added.

BETTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT

While Drilon claims SB 2407will help the country avoid in-

convenience and needless dam-

age to lie and property, the best

way to protect students in disas-

ter-prone areas is to implement

an ecient disaster management

mechanism, Palatino said.

Level up the food-prevention

measures. Expand and seriously

implement the disaster prepar-

edness plan. Strengthen the in-

rastructure to prevent disasters,

he explained.

RECORDBREAKERS.

Despite the

occasional rains,

parents, guardians

and high schoolseniors wait outside

the Palma Hall

or the annual UP

College Admission

Test (UPCAT) on

August 5. This year,

75,000 hopeuls

tried their luck

to get into the

countrys premier

state university. It

was also the frst

UPCAT to include

essay questions.

The Department o Public

Works and Highways should o-

cus on improving roads to make

schools accessible even in rainy

days and construct separate

evacuation acilities to avoid the

use o classrooms as emergency

centers, Dio said.

Suspension o classes should

[also] be based on [local condi-

tions], such as [foodwater] level

and trac situation, not just ty-

phoon signals, Dio added.

Meanwhile, to compensate or

suspended classes due to heavyrains, the Department o Educa-

tion may want to consider reduc-

ing the number o days without

classes during holidays, such as

the two-week long Christmas

break, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep.

Antonio Tinio said.

Long holiday breaks like this

could be shortened to ensure

that students spend the required

number o days in school,

Tinio added.

true copy o grades, at semestral

copy o grades ni Karen mula

noong unang taon nito upang pa-

tunayan na nagtapos siya ng BA

Community Development sa UP

College o Social Work and Com-munity Development.

Samantala, naluha na lamang

si Gng. Empeo nang tanungin

siya tungkol sa plano ni Karen na

maging social worker sa Zambales,

halaga ng sweldong kikitain sana

niya at kabuuang halaga ng pera

na ginastos ng kanilang pamilya sa

paghahanap sa nawawalang anak.

The court needed to deter-

mine the cost o the damage Ka-

rens abduction has done to us.

However, when I was asked point

blank about the estimated value

o the loss, I broke down in tears.

The damage caused by Karens ab-

sence is immeasurable, ani Gng.

Empeo.

Sa anim na taong paghahanapkay Karen, ilang ulit nang lumiban

mula sa trabaho si Gng Empeo na

punong guro sa isang mababang

paaralan sa Masinloc, Zambales.

Kasamang dinukot noong Hu-

nyo 2006 ang kapwa estudyante

sa UP ni Karen na si Sherlyn at si

Manuel Merio, isang magsasaka.

Nagsasaliksik noon sina Karen at

Sherlyn ukol sa kalagayan ng mga

magsasaka sa Hagonoy, Bulacan

nang dukutin sila ng mga hinihi-

nalang ahente ng militar.

Tinortyur at ginahasa umano ng

mga sundalo sina Karen at Sher-

lyn at sinunog naman nang bu-

hay si Merio, ayon kay Raymond

Manalo, testigo at kapwa-bihag ng

tatlo na nakatakas noong 2007.Im sure, buhay pa siya, ani

Gng. Empeo nang tanungin sa

korte kung naniniwala itong bu-

hay pa ang anak.

Nauna nang naghain ng not

guilty plea ang mga akusadong

sina Col. Felipe Anotado at S/Sgt.

Edgardo Osorio noong Abril. Inili-

pat sila ng piitan sa Army Cus-

todial Management Unit sa Fort

Boniacio mula sa Bulacan Pro-

vincial Jail noong Disyembre 23

matapos nilang igiit na sakop sila

ng Executive Order 106 (EO 106),

na nagsasabing dapat nasa kus-

todiya ng militar ang sinumang

sundalong nasasakdal.

DELAYING TACTICS

Samantala, hindi ikinatuwa ngkampo nina Karen at Sherlyn ang

mga naganap sa paglilitis. Bakit

ba gusto nilang pagtalunan sa ko-

rte kung UP students ba o hindi

ang dalawa? Pinapahaba lang

nila ang panahon ng pag-aantay

namin sa hustisya, ani Erlinda

Cadapan, ina ni Sherlyn na du-

malo rin sa paglilitis.

Hindi umano nararapat na isali

sa paglilitis ang pagkuwestiyon

sa pagiging estudyante ng UP

nina Karen at Sherlyn, dahil ang

tanong na mas dapat sagutin ay

kung ano ang nag-aabang na pa-

rusa sa mga salarin. Higit sa lahat,


6/12

Cultural table scra

DESPITE WEDNESDAYS HEAVY

rains, the Smashing Pumpkins

concert held at the Araneta Coli-

seum was a smashing

success. The twenty-

o u r - y e a r - o l d

American band

played thirty songs in a

concert that lasted o v e r

two hours. The event was attended

by a deluge o people, even as

it had been delayed by one day

because oods raged on across

the city.Loved as they are by ans,

the Smashing Pumpkins are

already a relic o the past, a

bygone band rom a

long-gone time. Their

success here shows

how we are a market

or the surplus o

other nations. This holds

true not just in music, but indeed

in all the hand-me-downs rom

other countries, such as industrial

equipment, gadgets, and vehicles.

NOSTALGIC NATURENostalgia, says the dictionary,

is a sentimental yearning or the

happiness o a ormer place or

time. We Filipinos in particular

hold this sentimentality

close to our hearts. So

much evidence to support

this claim lies around our

homes, in the orm o ancient

photo albums, old VHS tapes,

and rolls o negative flm that pay

tribute to the past.

The music that we love

describes our nostalgic nature.

Radio stations regularly play

songs by long-gone artists, and

theres always some kind o tribute

concert going on in the city. This

is the case too with our

old toys and gadgets,

with flm cameras and

cassette tape players

still in use inmany homes. Even

decades-old vehicles

are still actively driven.

However, theres a practical

consideration or staying by our

turntables and IBM

XT white box com-

puters, not just one

o sentimentality.

These things were

very expensive. I they still

work, there is no reason to

throw them away.

More importantly,

though, our old chattels

are part o the culture that

weve developed or ourselves.The things in which we put value

historicize our lives. Its the same

with our music, which is always

a piece o the old days, and tells

stories about the past.

Otentimes, however, the stories

o the past are not our own.

Our culture loves to remi-

nisce, but mostly about

musicians rom

oreign countries,

or old movies rom

Hollywood studios. This is

because we are a target market

or the surplus culture o other

nations. Well take anything they

can give us, even i it isnt in

vogue anymore. Your childhood

was awesome, so the popularinternet saying goes, i you

remembered older Western

or Japanese cartoons, but

rarely local productions.

BYGONE RECYCLING SERVICEOne o the reasons why the

ukay-ukay is such a phenomenon

is that were willing to get the

surplus, the overruns o oreign

lands, even second-

hand giveaways,

and make them

new again. Dusty

leather jackets,

old speaker systems, even

perectly-usable TVs are

brought in and reur-

bished by ingeniousFilipinos who dont like

things being put to waste.

Surplus can also be acquired

cheaply,

which is

important

b e c a u s e

only a ew people can aord

brand-new imported goods.

This ea market renzy comes

into play in these concerts

by bygone artists. Its not so

expensive to have a nostalgic

concert, given that many

o those old-timey artists

are probably underbooked. A

concert producer can earn aquick buck by fnding

a radio star

killed by video, and

ask them to have a

concert here.

While we can

attribute our liking or

surplus to practicality and

thritiness, the reality is that we

cant produce many o the

things that we import.

The lack o manuacturing

inrastructure contributes

to our being a surplus market,

so we work with our

resourceulness and make

do with the excess o

other nations. This

resourceulness yieldsgreat results, as seen in the

secondhand, 1966 LARC-V

amphibious cargo vehicles that

braved last weeks oods and

saved many lives. Despite such

perormance, however, it still

stands that were using ancient,

hand-me-down equipment in

m i s s i o n - c r i t i c a l

applications such

as rescue vehicles,

and not brand-new,

reliable workhorses with

zeroed-out mileage.

This surplus market nature

carries over to the oreign

concerts that end up playing

here. Many o us would love

a new, popular oreign act

to come here and grace us with

the music o the Top 100, but why

would they go all the way here

unless they were on a world

tour? It still comes down to

settling or older things.

Trouble lies, however, in how

we accept this surplus and settle

or it, even i we have a strong

cultural base o old and new

acts. Our own cultural products

are overlooked in avor o what

essentially amount to letovers

rom other nations. Local

bands are content with

small-time perormancesat malls or bars attended

by their ans, but thousands will

ock to watch Je Timmons live,

even without the rest o

the members o 98

Degrees. The 3D

re-release o Star

Wars Episode I:

The Phantom Menace earned

millions o pesos, drawing

ticket sales away rom

local productions even

i it was just a rehash

o a thirteen-year-old

movie.

TABLE SCRAPS

The Philippines is a surplus

market because we dont

have a choice. It isntsimply a case o nostalgia

or practicality. Receiving

the surplus o other countries

is cheaper and simpler than

producing our own, and the

letovers will be well-re-

ceived. In the short-

term, cheaper

and simpler

sounds economically viable.

However, without the capacity

to create critical goods such as

vehicles or electronics by

ourselves, we are shackling

ourselves to the economies and

cultures o other nations.

God orbid a terrible eco-

nomic crisis happen once

again, or countries will

turn to their own surplus in times o

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WE FILIPINOS RECEIVE THE LEFTOVERS OF OTHER

QUITE HEARTILY, BUT OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF

CULTURAL PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIAL INDEPEN

Anton Chua


7/12

Female Davids and a Goliath

Pussy Riot was ormed last year aterRussian Prime Minister DmitryMedvedev proposed Vladimir Putinsreturn to the 2012 Russian Presidency.

Putins overdue political power,either as president or prime minister,since 1999 is considered by many asan early symptom o an authoritarianregime. In his years in politics, Putinresorted to crony capitalism to preserveclose ties with business organizations toensure the growth o Russian economy.However, anti-Putin movements sparkedater the alleged raud o Putins victory in thisyears presidential elections.

The arrest o Pussy Riot members is a vulgar

show o power by Putins administration. Deenselawyers or the trial proceedings have denouncedthe lack o time allotted or their preparation,and the prohibition o media outlets insidethe courtroom. Police have detained 30demonstrators wearing Pussy Riot shirtsoutside the courtroom. Since the 1990s,repression o anti-government sentimentswas rampant in Russia. Journalistic killingshave been common, including that o AnnaPolitkovskaya, one o Putins harshestcritics. Because o these repressions,so-called Russian democracy appears tobe non-existent.

Aside rom the government, the head othe Russian Orthodox Church, PatriarchKirill, also demanded severe punishmentor Pussy Riot. A priest attempted todisrupt American musician MadonnasMoscow concert or her show o supportor Pussy Riots release. This is unsurprising,considering the Russian Churchs long history omeddling with State aairs rom the Tsars to Stalin,and now, Putin.

The separation o Church and State is illusory in manydemocratic countries including the Philippines. Electoralcandidates court leaders o various religious groups or support.Government matters, such as the Philippine ReproductiveHealth Bill, which promotes access to sae birth control, arebeing tirelessly checked by some religious leaders. Artworksthat are deemed to promote anti-Church ideas are censored, suchas Mideo Cruzs Poloteismo. Church and Government alike utilize

their power to ensure their power over the State.

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behind masks

Pussy Riots masks orbalaclavas serve to hide their

identities-- rom both the Stateand their ans. They do not claim to be

superwomen; instead they wish to showRussian women that they can all become Pussy

Riot. Their masks allow them the anonymity to ceasebeing individual musicians and become a part o the

group ideology.The group specically chose the Cathedral o Christ the

Savior because o its fexible cultural signicance. It was inthis Cathedral where rulers were crowned. Joseph Stalin blew itup ater the Russian Revolution. Its ruins were turned into a publicswimming pool in the 60s, and it was rebuilt in 1994 to be thetallest Orthodox Church in the world. Eventually, the Cathedral turned

up as a commercial enterprise not owned by the Russian OrthodoxChurch. With the historical impact o the Cathedral as backdrop, Pussy

Riot heightened Russian eminism ater preaching their own politicaltruths on the Cathedrals altar where only men were allowed.

While the girls discard any notion o being superheroes, Putin crateda contrary political image. In the past decade, media helped Putin moldhis public image as a tough guy partaking in extreme activities such

as swimming bare-chested in the cold Siberia River, demonstrating hismartial arts skills in Tokyo, and sedating a tiger in Ussuri. This publicitycreates the impression o a macho Super-President who can save

the day. His larger-than-lie antasy was thwarted, however, by a51-second perormance by masked young girls who opposed his

policies through art.

Art and war

Russias and the Philippines democracies may signala step toward a ree society capable o progress. Yet

the democracies o both are still tied to establishedsocial roles based on patriarchal and religious

belies. Nonconventional ideas that go againstthe norms are silenced by those in power.

Censorship in the Philippines stemsback even rom the publication o Noli

Me Tangere. In the 1950s, EstrellaAlon, one o the most important

Filipino ctionists, was accusedby the Catholic League o the

Philippines or publishing

pornography in heshort story Fairy Tale or the City

which was banned rom urther publication.Religious groups also campaigned or the cancellation o lastsummers Manila concert o international artist Lady Gagawhose advocacies include homosexual rights.

Dissent is a right in any democracy, and it is the artistsrole to make legitimate political protests. This sentiment isshared by musicians Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker, and NeilTennant who published a letter o support or Pussy Riotsrelease in the Times newspaper.

Artmustconront erroneous norms set by society, its

government, culture, and religion. Suppression o this artdeadens democracy. Cultural repression by both Churchand State, either Russian or Philippine, not only weakensdemocracy but preserves a status quo wherein thesetwo institutions are the central beneciaries. Both workarm-in-arm in maintaining the established norms,preventing anti-government, anti-Church orces thatcan ruin their supremacy.

Pussy Riots protest art had hit both the RussianChurchs and governments deective system with

just one stone. The girls reminded the people thatRussia is democratic, not authoritarian. People in ademocracy are ree to voice out their political stances,or it is only in a democracy wherein the mosttantamount power lies among the people.

gRRls

DONNING BRIGHTdresses, tights, and

balaclavas, emale punkgroup Pussy Riot stormed

the altar o Moscows historicCathedral o Christ the Saviourlast February to stage a Sex

Pistols-style punk prayer scrutinizingRussian President Vladimir Putin. Now,

three alleged members o the band areat the heart o one o the biggest trials in

Russian history.Ater their perormances video went viral

online, suspected Pussy Riot members NadezhdaTolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and YekaterinaSamutsevich were charged with hooliganism

motivated by religious hatred.However, investigation experts note the trumped-

up nature o the charges. Hooliganism is denedby Russian Law as the use o weapons to disruptpublic order. Guitars and a sense o convictionwere the girls only weapons. The only possiblecrime they committed was emotional oence againstChristians, punishable by a ne o 1,000 rubles. Yet aprobable 7-year imprisonment was being indictedagainst them, with the nal verdict to be handeddown on August 17.

Pussy Riots trial has caught worldwideattention, and some o their supporters haveresorted to extreme protest stunts: lockingthemselves inside cages, sewing their mouths shut,and sel-crucixion. Their extreme measuresare a response to their governments disregardto the peoples protests. Likewise, ourPhilippine government ignores popularcriticism that at times lead to hostile

demonstrations met with the samehostile response.

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8/12

traktura ng pamahalaan tulad ng $2.3bilyong Bataan Nuclear Power Plant,at malakihang pagbaba ng buwis saimport, habang pinahahihintulutanang dayuhang korporasyon na kontro-lin ang export sa mga produkto.

Sa halip na gugulin ng gobyerno angmga pondong inutang sa pagpapatayong mga pambansang industriya, gina-gasta pa ito sa mga proyektong mag-

bubukas sa bansa sa mga dayuhangnegosyanteng pinagsasamantalahanang mga likas-yaman at lakas-pagga-wa ng bansa, ani Arica.

Ipinatupad rin sa panahon ni Mar-cos ang Budget Reorm Decree o 1977na nagpahintulot sa pangulo na aw-tomatikong maglaan ng kahit anonghalaga sa pambansang badyet upangipambayad-utang, nang hindi nakailangang pang dumaan sa Kongreso.

Ipinagpatuloy ni dating PangulongCorazon Aquino sa kanyang Admin-istrative Code o 1987 ang ganitongkapangyarihan ng pangulo. Alinsunodsa kanyang honor-all-debt policy,inako ng administrasyong Aquino anglahat ng lumobong utang mula sa dik-taduryang Marcos sa halip na kansela-hin ito.

Malinaw na malaki ang papelng pamahalaan sa pagtatakda kung

magkano sa pambansang badyet anginilalaan sa pambayad utang. Sa mganagdaang taon, makikita kung paanongmas binibigyang pagpapahalaga ngpamahalaan ang pagbabayad ng utangsa halip na serbisyong panlipunan. (su-mangguni sa sidebar 2).

Mula 1986, halos sangkatlo ng kabu-uang badyet ng pamahalaan ang naka-laan sa debt service, ani Balangue.

Lalo namang nakulong sa siklo ngpangungutang ang Pilipinas sa ilalimng mga sumunod na administrasyondahil sa walang katapusang pagbabay-ad sa lumalaking utang, at sa walangtigil na pagsasagawa ng mga proyek-tong pinakikinabangan lamang ngiilang mayayamang negosyante.

Masalimuot ang proseso ng pan-gungutang ng pamahalaan. Bawatpanibagong utang ay nagbibigaypagkakataon sa IMF at WB na mag-

pataw ng kundisyong yumuyurak saekonomiya ng bansa at pamumuhayng mamamayan. Isa itong laro sa tat-long aktorang pamahalaan, ang mganagpapautang, at ang mamamayan, nasiyang pumapasan sa bigat ng pagba-bayad-utang, gayong hindi naman nilaito napakikinabangan.

(Sa susunod na isyu: Ang pandaig-digang kalakaran ng pangungutang)

May dahilan na raw para magdiwangang naghihirap na Pilipinas. Kamakai-lan lang, nagpautang ang bansa ng$1 bilyon sa International MonetaryFund (IMF). Muling tumampok angpagiging creditor nation ng Pilipinas,na noong 2010 pa itinalaga ng IMFmatapos umabot sa $63.4 bilyon angreserbang dolyar ng bansa.

Ang dating sick man o Asia, ngay-

on, punung-puno na ng sigla Kungdati po tayo ang laging nangungutang,ngayon, hindi po birong tayo na ang[nagpapautang], ani Pangulong Be-nigno Aquino III sa huli niyang State othe Nation Address.

Subalit hindi sapat na batayan ngkaunlaran ang kakayahang magpau-tang dahil may utang pa rin ang bansa,ani Glenis Balangue, senior researcherng IBON Foundation, isang insti-tusyong pampananaliksik.

Sa katunayan, mayroong P5.7 tri-lyong national government outstand-ing debt o kabuuang utang ang go-byerno ng Pilipinas (sumangguni sasidebar 1).

Taon-taon, pinopondohan ng go-byerno ang pambayad sa utang o debtservice mula sa buwis na ibinabayadng mamamayan.Nahuli sa bitag

Malapit sa karanasan ng mga Pilipi-no ang pangungutang kayat hindi ma-hirap maunawaan ang konseptong ito.Buhay na buhay sa indibdwal na antasang praktika ng pangungutang, lalo nasa panahon ng kakapusan.

Halos magkatulad ang proseso ngpag-utang, mapa-indibidwal man opamahalaan, sapagkat itinutulak itong kagyat na pangangailangan at kaku-langan. Sa pamahalaan halimbawa,napupunan ang mga programa o ser-bisyong walang sapat na pondo saisang tiyak na panahon tulad ng mgaimprastraktura, pagmimina, at agri-kultura, na nababayaran sa pamamagi-tan ng pag-utang.

Umuutang rin ang pamahalaanupang mapatupad ang mga programaat ipapagawang proyekto, punan angkakulangan sa badyet, o bayaran angnatitira pang utang.

Hindi naman masamang mangu-tang kung nagagamit ito sa pag-unladng bansa, ani Sonny Arica, head re-searcher ng IBON. Ang dagdag napondo mula sa labas ay [maaaring]makakatulong sa pagpapabilis ng pag-unlad ng ekonomiya halimbawa,utang na napunta sa pagtayo ng pam-bansang industriya o tugunan angpangangailangan ng mamamayan,dagdag niya.

[Ngunit] may mga utang na [tuladng] sa World Bank, na ang kapalit ay[pagbubukas sa pagsasamantala sa] at-

SIDEBAR 1: UTANG NG

Halaga ng NatioOutstanding Debt NGP5.779 trilyonDomestic debt sa NGOForeign debt sa NGOhalos $50 bilyon

Mga pinanggagalingan bansa:Asian Development BanInternational Bank for Development, bangko Bank: $3.701 bilyonInternational Developbangko sa ilalim ng WmilyonInternational Fund Development, ahensiya$79.112 milyonPamahalaan ng Japan: Pamahalaan ng France:Pamahalaan ng GermanOrganization of PetCountries sa Middle EasFood for Peace Act ngAgriculture: $232.830 mUS Agency for Internat$37.043 milyonParis Club Account ng BMula sa mga pribadongng bansa: $1.651 bilyonForeign debt security odayuhang institusyon bmababayaran ng bansa bilyonKabuuang halaga ng Pilipinas o pinagsamangat mga pribadong entidbansa sa 2012: $62.9 biPanukalang pambansa

2013: P2.006 trilyonAlokasyon para sa pambutang sa 2013 badyet: PAlokasyon para sa pamutang sa 2013 badyet: PBahagdan ng pambayainteres sa 2013 badyet:Alokasyon para sa serbis2013 badyet: 699 bilyonBahagdan ng serbisyo2013 badyet: 34.8

Sanggunian: Bangko S2012, Bureau of TreExpenditures and Sou2013

Mga uri ng utangAyon sa pinanggalingan:Domestic. Utang ng isang bansa mula sa sarilinitong bangko sentral, sa porma ng mga treasurynotes, bonds, o bills. Maaari rin i tong manggaling samga pribadong kumpanya sa loob ng bansa.Foreign. Utang na nanggaling sa mga malalakingIFIs, mga dayuhang korporasyon, at mga gobyernong ibang bansa.Ayon sa uri:

Multilateral. Uri ng pangungutang kung saannasasangkot ang mga mga IFIs tulad ng IMF, WBat ADB. Karamihan sa mga umuutang dito aygaling sa mga bansang Third World. Kapalit ngpag-utang kailangang sumunod ang mga bansasa kondisyon ng mga IFIs tulad ng pribatisasyon samga pampublikong serbisyo.Bilateral. Mga utang mula sa mga pamahalaan ngibang bansa, kadalasan bilang tulong pampinansiyalo foreign aid.Commercial. Utang na nagmumula sa mgapribadong korporasyon, dayuhan man o lokal.Foreign Debt Security. Ito ang perang patago ngPilipinas sa ibang bansa upang masiguradongmakakapagbayad ang bansa ng utang. Ngunithabang tumatagal, ang patagong itoy nagkakaroonng interes at lumalaki ang halaga.Ofcial Development Assistance. Kilala bilangforeign aid o pampinansiyang tulong umano ng

ing likas na yaman at lakas-paggawa,at pagwasak ng ating economic sover-eignty. Kumbaga, hindi na nakatulong,sinira pa ang ekonomiya, tapos pina-bayad pa tayo ng interes, aniya.

Naiiba rin ang pangungutang ngpamahalaan, dahil umaani ito ng napa-kalaking interes na maaaring magmulasa mga international fnancial institu-tions (IFIs) tulad ng IMF at World Bank

(WB), mga banyagang pamahalaan, atmga pribadong bangko at kumpanya,dayuhan man o lokal.

Maliban rito, obligado rin angpamahalaang bayaran ang prinsipal nautang at ang kasamang interes nito saloob ng itinakdang panahon sa kasun-duan.

Hindi rin biro ang umutang lalo naiyong nagmumula sa labas ng bansasapagkat may mga kondisyong ipina-pataw ang mga IFIs tulad ng pagpa-pababa ng buwis sa mga pumapasokna dayuhang kalakal at pagsasapribadosa mga pampublikong korporasyon namadalas nangangasiwa sa mga ser-bisyong panlipunan.

Sa katunayan, tulak ng mgakondisyong ipinataw ng IMF at WBmula noong 1987 hanggang 2000, angpagsasapribado sa mga dating korpo-rasyong pagmamay-ari ng gobyerno

tulad ng National Power Corporation(NAPOCOR), Philippine National OilCompany, at Metropolitan Water-works and Sewerage System. Sa halipna direktang magbigay-serbisyo, tang-ing pangagasiwa na lamang sa priba-dong sektor ang tungkulin ng mgaahensiyang ito sa kasalukuyan.Baon sa utang

May pinanggagalingan ang lahat ngutang ng bansa. Sa katunayan, nakapa-loob sa kasaysayan ng pananalapi ngbansa ang serye ng pangungutang.

Naganap noong 1957 ang isa sa mgapinakaunang pag-utang ng Pilipinas,kung kailan humiram ng $21 milyonmula sa WB ang NAPOCOR para sapagpapatayo ng Binga Power Project,isang hydroelectric dam sa HilagangLuzon.

Nasundan ito ng pangungutang nidating Pangulong Diosdado Maca-

pagal ng $300 milyon mula sa IMFnoong 1962 bunsod nang walangtigil na pag-aangkat ng mga dayuhangprodukto sa ilalim ng kasunduang BellTrade na nagpanatili sa mga dayuhangnegosyo sa bansa.

Lumobo ang utang sa panunung-kulan ni dating Pangulong FerdinandMarcos mula $2.7 bilyon noong 1972tungong $28 bilyon noong 1986, ayonsa BSP. Bunsod ito ng malawakangpaglustay sa mga proyektong impras-

ibang bansa sa Pilipinas ngunit sginagamit bilang instrumento ng pampinansiyang institusyon upaang kanilang mga pang-ekonomkomersyal na interes tulad ng pagsa pandaigdigang merkado.Ayon sa maturity:Short-term. Mas maikli sa isang tana inilaan upang mabayaran ang utang. Kumpara sa mga mediu

debt, maliit ang halaga ng ganitona nagagamit sa kalakalan at shippwalang tigil na pag-import ng mgaibang bansa, pinalitan ng mga shomga long-term debt noong 1980spagtaas ng utang sa mga sektor ngat enerhiya na pagmamay-ari ng gMedium at long-term.Tumatagal aito mula 1 hanggang 5 taon, kung mabayaran ang kabuuang utang ang interes. Ginagamit ito ng goproyekto at programang pangkaung imprastraktura.

Sanggunian: Bangko Sentral ng of Treasury, IBON Foundation, B(1993). The Philippines: The PolitiGrowth and Impoverishment in Honolulu: University of Hawaii Pres

A Kabuuang halagang

(prinsipal na utang at interes)

ipinangbabayad utang(sa bilyong piso)

B Badyet para sa serbisyong

panlipunan (sa bilyong piso)

SIDEBAR 2: HALAGA NG UTANG AT SERBISYONG PANLIPUNAN SA PAMBANSANG BADYET

BIGAT NG BAYAANG SIKLO NG UTANG

AT PANGUNGUTANG

NG PILIPINAS (UNA SA

TATLONG BAHAGI)

SIMPLE LANG ANG LOHIKA sa likod ng pangungutang. Mayroong nangangailangan ngunit salat sa salapi, at mayroong maykakayahang magpahiram ng pera. Hindi malayo sa pang-araw-araw na karanasan ng mamamayan ang umutang sa panahon ngkagipitan. Katulad ng mga indibidwal, nangungutang rin ang pamahalaan. Sa katunayan, dito nagmumula ang karaniwang biro samga Pilipinong wala ka pang mga anak, mayroon nang utang ang iyong apo sa tuhod. Subalit hindi tulad ng pangungutang ng mgaindibidwal, higit na kumplikado kapag pamahalaan ang umutang.

Sa seryeng ito, tatalakayin at bibigyang-linaw ang mga relasyon at prosesong pinagmumulan ng utang ng gobyerno na sa huliysambayanan ang pumapasan.

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(8/8) Halos P7.5 bilyon ang Calamity Fund na inilaan ng pamahalaan ngayong

taon. Bukod dito, nakiisa rin sa pagtulong sa mga nasalanta ang ibat ibang

institusyon, indibidwal at sanlaksang mga non-government organization.

(6/8) Maraming Pilipino pa rin ang nagagawang ngumiti sa kabila ng mga

pangyayari. Sa panahon ng sakuna, tila sa pagiging masayahin na lamang

nakakukuha ng pag-asa at lakas ng loob ang karamihan sa atin.

(7/8) Naging malaki ang tulong ng social networking sites sa pagmobilisa ng

tulong para sa mga biktima ng pagbaha. Sa pamamagitan ng mga website

gaya ng Twitter, naging maayos at mabilis ang pagkalat ng impormasyon.

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AKUNA

(1/8) Ayon sa NDRRMC, humigit sa 3.4 milyong Pilipino ang naapektuhan

at umabot sa P616 milyon ang kabuuang halaga ng mga napinsala ng

malakas na pag-ulan at pagbaha dala ng habagat.

(2/8) Ibinaba ng Malacaang ang Memorandum Circular No. 33 at sinuspinde

ang mga klase sa paaralan at trabaho sa opisina sa Metro Manila at mga karatig

probinsya dahil sa walang tigil na pag-ulan noong Agosto 7.

(3/8) Umabot sa 40 bayan at lungsod ang nagdeklara ng state of calamity dahil sa

pag-apaw ng ilang mga ilog at dams, tulad ng Marikina River at La Mesa Dam. Ilang

araw na binantayan ang pag-abot sa critical level ng mga dam upang mailikas

agad ang mga naninirahan malapit dito.

(4/8) Halos 250 paaralan sa Metro Manila at ilang bahagi ng Luzon ang nagsilbing

evacuation centers para sa may 90 libong pamilya, ayon sa Department of Education.

Dahil sa napakaraming bilang ng araw na walang klase, lumitaw ang mga mungkahing

baguhin ang school calendar sa bansa.

(5/8) Taon-taon, humigit-kumulang 20 bagyo ang tumatama sa bansa.

Gayunpaman, hindi pa rin nagagawang lubusang umangkop ng pamahalaan

upang mapaghandaan ang ganitong mga inaasahang delubyo.


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nakaraang linggo lang talaga tayonakapag-usap nang madalas. Sagitna ng relie operations, habangabala ang lahat, maging ako at ikaw.Kaya ang mga usapan natin, nakas-ingit lang sa mga sandaling pag-tigil upang huminga. Kadalasan nga,wala nang usapan. Kaunting titigan,kaunting ngitian.

Isang araw, niyaya mo akongmagyosi break matapos ang isangmahabang araw ng relie opera-tions. Hindi ko makakalimutan anggabing iyon. Umuulan pa rin kayakailangang magdala ng payong.Dala ko ang bago kong payong (napink) at akmang bubuksan na nangkinuha mo iyon sa aking kamay.

Pinayungan mo ako.Hindi ako sanay na may naghaha-

wak ng payong para sa akin. Kadala-

san, ako ang humahawak ng payong,dahil madalas, mas matangkad akosa mga nakikisukob sa akin. Ikaw ngayata ang unang lalaking humawakng payong para sa akin. Ang tangkadmo kasi. Gusto nga kitang pigilan

pagdami ng mga kinokonsumongplastik. At dahil sa mga plastikna ito kaya dumarami angbasurang bumabara sa mgadaluyan ng tubig.

Isa pa sa mga rason kayabumabaha sa lungsod ay ang hindimaayos na drainage system nadapat isa rin sa mga responsi-bilidad ng gobyerno. Pinahinto pang kasalakuyang administrasyonang mga proyektong naglalayon

sanang magbigay ng long term nasolusyon dahil lamang pinangu-nahan ito ng nakaraang pangulo.

May ilang ding isinisisi sa illegalsettlers sa mga creek o estero angpagbaha dahil sila umano ang nag-tatambak ng mga basura sa mgadaluyan ng tubig. Ngunit hindinaman maaaring isisi sa kanilanang buong-buo ang epekto ngmga kalamidad. Maging sila kasiay biktima rin, dahil napilitan la-mang silang tumira doon. Sa halipna ibigay sa kanila ang kanilangkarapatan sa maayos na tirahan,hinahayaan ng gobyerno na doonna lamang sila manatili sa masikipat masangsang na lugar.

Sa mga nangyari, masasabinghindi pa rin tayo natuto sa mga

naganap noong nanalanta angbagyong Ondoy. Hinahayaan langnatin ang mga bagay na lunurintayo nang paulit-ulit. At hang-gang walang pagbabago, lulubog atlulubog pa rin tayo at tatangayinlang ng alon.

Pero bakit nga ba bumabaha?Bata pa lang tayo, sinasabihan attinuturuan na tayo na mahalagaang puno sa kalikasan. Hindilang dahil pinapatibay nito anglupa, sinisipsip pa nito ang tubigna maaaring magdulot ng bahaat pinsala.

Kung papansinin, walangmasyadong puno dito sa lungsodkaya mabilis itong bahain. Sahalip na ilaan ang mga espasyo

sa mga parke, eskwelahan, at ibapang pampublikong lugar para sapagpapalunti sa kalikasan, hina-hayaan ng pamahalaan na bilhin

ito at tayuan ng commercializedna imprastraktura katulad nalamang ng mga naghihiganteng

malls at iba pa.Bukod doon, hinahayaan din

ng gobyerno na patagin ng mganegosyante ang mga kagubatanupang pagtayuan ito ng mga parkinglot o kaya ng mas marami pangmalls. Dahil sa mga parami nangparami na malls at shoppingcenters, di rin maiiwasan ang

Sa mga nangyari,

masasabing hindi pa

rin tayo natuto sa mga

naganap noong

nanalanta ang

bagyong Ondoy

SINO NGA BA ANG MAY SALA?

PROJECT NOAH

LAKAS TAMA

Nakaw-tingin

Ikaw nga yataang unang lalaking

humawak ng payong

para sa akin

HINDI ITO TUNGKOL SA PETwebsite ng gobyerno ukol sa baha.Tungkol ito sa ibang proyekto.Oplan hanap-karelasyon a.k.a.Project Noah.

Nitong nagdaang linggo, nagingpatok ang biruan na sa sobranglakas ng ulan, maaaring dumatingsi Noah sakay ng kanyang higantengarko. Pero may catch: ang papa-sakayin lang daw ay yung maymga karelasyon. Pares-pares. Kayakailangan na talagang maghanapkung ayaw mong malunod.

Hindi ko alam kung binibiro ba akong panahon, dahil parang kasamakang inanod ng baha papunta sakin. Sa lahat naman talaga ng orasna pwede kitang makilala, tumapatpa talaga sa panahon kung kailansuno-sunod ang delubyo.

Nagsimula ito isang makulimlimna araw sa Maynila. Doon kita

pormal na nakilala, swerte narin siguro at naimbitahan akongmagsalita noong araw na iyon sapagtitipon ng iyong organisasyon.Napukaw ako sa iyong mga mata.Hindi ko maalis sa isip ko kungpaano ka tumitig. Tila ba nangun-gusap sila at nagbubukas ng pintong mga posibilidad. Na maaaringsa wakas, sa gitna ng laksa-laksangbagong taong nakikilala ko araw-araw, maaaring ikaw na nga. Sabiko sa sarili ko, iba to.

Bagaman Hulyo pa naganapang unang pagkikitang iyon, noong

sa tuwing manghihingi ka ng tawaddahil nababasa ako, o nasasanggi moako dahil madilim at makipot angdaan. Hindi mo kailangang huminging paumanhin, ako nga angdapat magpasalamat para sasandaling iyon.

Unti-unti, napapalagay na angloob ko sa iyo. Noong una kasi, hindiko alam kung paano kita lalapitan,kung paano ko sisimulan ang bawatpakikipag-uusap sa yo. Masyadonga yata akong nag-iisip. Pero sailalim ng ulang dala ng Habagat,unti-unti kitang nakilala.

Hindi ko sinasadya pero, madalasna kitang pakaisipin. Hindi lang palabaha at walang katapusang ulan angdala ng Habagat. Minsan, sa mgasandaling hindi inaasahan, doondumarating ang pinakahihintay.

Mababaw lang naman ako, kayatang mga saglit na pagkikita ay sapat

na para mapangiti mo ako. Gustokong magpasalamat dahil mataposang mahabang araw ng paggampansa gawain, lumulutang ka sa isip koat napapawi ang pagod.

Ngunit ang lahat ay pawangmga posibilidad pa lamang. Walangkasiguruhan. Pero sana, ikaw nanga. Sana nga dito na magtapos angaking paghahanap. Sana sa mgasusunod na linggo, madeklara nanating tagumpay ang Project Noah.

NOONG NAKARAANG UNOS,nagmistulang Atlantis ang buongMetro Manila. Isa ako sa mgamapalad dahil nakatira kami samataas at ligtas na lugar. Hindikami inabutan ng baha, at hindirin nawalan ng kuryente sabahay. Hindi ko man naranasanglumusong at lumutang sa baha, omawalan ng tirahan at mga gamit,nakikidalamhati pa rin ako sa mganaging biktima nito.

Pinanood kong lumubog angbuong Kamaynilaan sa internet attelebisyon. Wala akong magawao maitulong dahil kahit nakatirakami sa mataas na lugar, dagatnaman ang sasalubong sa akinkung gugustuhin kong makaalissa bahay. Nagpalipas na lang akong oras sa internet, nakikialam atnagbabasa ng mga bagay na kahitpaano ay baka makatulong.

Sa hindi kagulat-gulat napagkakataon, napadpad ako saFacebook. Sinalubong ako ngsunod-sunod na alon ng shares ngmga litrato ng binabahang kalye ooverpass, mga inographics na maykinalaman sa bagyo, mga pubmatsng relie operations, at mga memena pang-comic relie.

Sa lahat ng nakita ko, napansinkong maraming naghahayag ngopinyon tungkol sa kung sino baang may kasalanan sa pagbaha saKamaynilaan. May nagsasabi na anggobyerno daw ang may kasalanan.Mayroon ding mga di sumasang-ayon at nagsasabing ang mgamamamayan talaga ang dahilan.

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SIMULA NANG NAPANSINkita sa isang inuman saKalayaan, parang dala-wang uri na lamang ngtao ang nakikita ko araw-arawiyong mga hindiikaw, at ikaw.

Nakakasalubong kita sa

Acad Oval, nagkakasalisitayo sa Vinzons. Tuwingpapanhik ako patungong4th foor, lagi kitang naaabu-tang naglalakad pababa. Iniiwasankong sumulyap, pero kapag nasa baba na ng building, pasimple kitang sinisilng bintanang salamin. Kapag tiyak kongsaka ko lang pakakawalan ang ngiting ilaring pinigilan.

Maaaring matagal nang nagkakatagpnatin sa UP at hindi lang kita napapdahil lagi lang akong nakayuko, o pwedeiba ako nakatingin. Ngayon, hindi ko nhanapin ka sa dagat ng mga pamilyar ana mukhang nakakasalamuha ko araw-a

Bahagya ngang napatalon ang puso kokita sa relie operations sa CHK noonlinggo. Hindi ko alam ang ikikilos ko kka sa akin kaya ginawa ko ang lahat pa

ka. Kahit niyayaya ako ng kaibigan kosa isang station, tumatanggi ako bastnaroon ka.

Hindi lang ako nakapalag nang naiisang bench para magpahinga. Naunng kaibigan ko, at ikinagulat kong dnaisipang tumambay ng kasama mo.

Nakinig ako sa usapan ninyo. Inis na inmo sa mga kagrupo niya sa paghatid n

sa isang community. Pinagtawanan dang mga taong basang-basa habang nagoods. At bukod pa roon, ayaw din nilamag-abot ng mga donasyon sa mga nasraw sila sae sa squatters, tol, sabi ng k

Nagkasundo kayong hindi sinseronagpapa-deploy sa community perpag-iwan lang ng donasyon ang Pupunta ka doon tas may bitbit kEnglish-speaking ka pa? Anak ng--! rek

Ikinuwento mong sumama ka rin sa

program noong nakaraang araw. Pagsa evacuation center, may batang nagkanyang birthday at ginawang hanninyong champorado. May isang lugar dtanging sa basketball court lang nananbiktima ng delubyo. Ayaw daw ng prinsila matulog sa mga klasrum, sabi mo.

Kahit nakikinig lang, dama ko ang gasa tinig ninyong dalawa. Ako man angkalagayan ninyo, baka hindi ko rin mapigo maiyak. Paanong nagagawa ng kahit nng isang taga-UP, na pagtawanan ang mGanoon na nga siguro kahiwalay anmarami sa mahihirap. Para silangpopulasyon na kailangang tulungan donasyon upang masabi nating mmga nilalang.

Marami pa kayong napag-usapan, napunta ito sa midterms, sa nalalapit nat iba pang mga gawain sa eskwela. N

hininga na lang ako.Nakikinig ka ba sa dalawang lala

bench? tanong ng kaibigan ko nang paOo, sabi ko.

Tingin nang tingin sa yo yung isadagdag niya. Baka crush ka.

Gusto kong tanungin kung sino sa dakung gaano kadalas tumingin, kung paanPero inawat ko ang sarili ko. Minsan, mtumulay sa mga akalat pagbabaka-saka


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