Opinion

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[7121] MANAPLA MISHAP. Vehicular incident occured here along Lumayagan Busay road, Manapla between double tire and a loaded truck of sugarcane. Heavy traffic cause of temper of commuters. (Texted early last night May 23 by 09282899191)

[7120] PNB ATM. To MR, MARIANO MAGBANUA. general manger of PNB. kami nga taga Binalbaganon. naga reklamo sang parti sa ATM sang PNB. Permi lang wala kwarta kag wala 100 bills. Kag offline permi. Suplada pa ang ... sang PNB Binalbagan. Pls. lang MR. MAGBANUA. (09103999...)

[7119] TO PRC. I just wanna express my feelings sa tanan nga staff sang PRC sa Bago City College, I am very much disappointed sa process sa filing para sa teacher’s board, tani gin organize man nila maayo para indi man kami mag wait 5 HOURS, before kami e entertain. (09185381080)

[7118] ABANG LINGKOD. Abang Lingkod will not hesitate to file a contempt case against (COMELEC Chairman) Brillantes and Comelec if they will proclaim partylists whose votes are lower than that of Abang Lingkod. We will only agree with the proclamation of partylists that have gained the 2 percent or more as mandated by the Partylist law. Brillantes being a lawyer himself is much aware of the stakes of the 12 partylists whose case still pending in the Supreme Court. Unfortunately the SC is right now on recess and will only resume this June. (Ben Solilapsi, Sec-Gen, Abang Lingkod. (09474882640)

[7117] BARANGAY ELECTION. Nga-a paisolon pa ang brgy. election? Ang iban da gasadsad ang BATASAN kay ara pa sila sa position! Upod sang mga LINTA nga mga expert sa KORAPSYON! (09072115359)

Southeast Asia, whose potentially-rich atolls and seas are among the most sought-after areas of the world, could also become one of the most likely flashpoints that could ignite a bloody naval war if the leaders of the richest and most powerful nations of the world fail to immediately resolve the potentially-explosive situation in the South China Sea.

This developed as Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario warned last Thursday that territorial rows in Asia are "causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict" as several countries face off with China over island claims.

Speaking at a Tokyo business conference, Del Rosario said China’s "nine-dash line claim encompassing almost the entire South China Sea is "excessive."

"In addition to the South China Sea, we have in Northeast Asia, home to Asia’s biggest economic powerhouses, several disputes that have adversely affected relations between and among Japan, China and the Republic of Korea.

"The competing territorial and maritime disputes are causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict," he warned.

OFFICIALS MANIPULATE PROPAGANDA. Officials of the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) are fiercely divided into two factions, as they are internally confronted by the issue of what measures should be carried out to save the critically ailing water provider for the city about half-a-million pesos.

BACIWA officials are equally split on measures to be implemented to save the badly-ailing water firm, so to speak. It is in fact, almost dying.

One faction with BACIWA General Manager Julie Ann Carbon, and members of the board of directors, say another loan, about a little more than P400-M in addition to the loan incurred from the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) earlier should be enough to increase the quasi-government’s water agency to ensure that most of the water it produces will be lost though still-to-be-proved claims such as water pilferage and the like. But management, on the other hand, argues that the non-water revenue loss is due to water seeping out of the firm’s undeveloped pipeline system.

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[7114] CENECO & BACIWA. Nugay na kamu kareklamu sa Ceneco kag Baciwa. Wala kamu inyo nga power plant. Magdusa kamu sang privatization. Hahaha! (09207242552)

[7113] May 20 Negros Daily Bulletin (NDB) NEWS-INFO ALERT** (ndb-online.com) ::: (1) Fire razed parts of a commercial structure at the Lizares compound beside UNO-R church along Lizares Street, Bacolod City early this morning (2) Kins of OFWs in Taiwan are having sleepless nights as fresh anti-Pinoy attacks killed 2 more OFWs (3) Woman died, 2 injured when 2 motorcycles collided in Ma-ao, Bago City (4) Boarding house owner’s son was shot dead in Mansilingan, Bacolod (5) "Police visibility a better crime deterrent"; Prov’l PNP OIC Dir. De la Paz orders cops to sustain visibility (6) No storm, just localized thunderstorms.

*[7112] MADING ADORIO IN GUIMARAS. Ginapahibalo sa mga paryente kag kakilala ni lola Magdalena "Mading" Gamusa-Adorio sang Alibjon, Jordan, Guimaras nga sya nagtaliwan kag yara nahaya sa ila puluy an sa Alibjon, Jordan. Sa Mayo 26 ang lubong ala una sa hapun. Contact kamo sa iya bata nga si Bella Adorio De Juan sa 09089015430.

[7111] POWER PLANT. Power plant gid ang kenanglan para madayun na tanan nga planu ni Monico kag Marañon. Wala power plant, wala progress kag wala development ang Bacolod kag Negros. (09207242552)

[7110] ATTENTION DEPED. Call ko lang attention sang DEPED. Ang MAIHS indi magpirma clearances ang mga teachers kung wala ka ibigay nga goods. Pwerte no. Thanks have a nice day. (09095800396)

This time, it’s the Taiwanese who had to be on the defensive, their erring media has to apologize to Filipinos being victimized by erroneous reports by their own journalists making up false claims in their print media outlet. The Taiwanese president himself had to make assurances that no such negative stories happened and that they would not tolerate such false claims.

These apologies only goes to show that the Taiwanese themselves are taking advantage of the adverse effects that the diplomatic impasse has been taking place not only in the disputed seawaters between China and the Philippines and lately, between the Philippines and Taiwan, but also in the streets and corridors of the two Chinese territories, victimizing Filipinos right in their jurisdictions where they used to be allies being workers in their factories and industries.

For years, we have been mesmerized by the bigger volume of overseas remittances from OFWs to our country. And we consider this as harbinger of brighter days ahead.

Unfortunately, that is a myth. Time may come when our overseas workers find themselves unable to send home more dollars than they had anticipated. And that would spell the end for our country’s economic stability.

Remittances do not represent earnings. Or income. In the actual sense of the economy, our foreign workers are just there by the grace of God and the goodwill of the host countries.

BECAUSE IT IS JUST RIGHT. There are now discussions and debates on the holding of elections in the basic or lower level of governance and which is the barangay.

Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes has recommended that for the sake of adequate preparations, elections in the barangay be postponed either in 2014 or early, 2015 because it is too early for this. A lot of preparations are needed, says the Comelec honcho. But those who decided on the October 2013 date, must be men who are wiser than most, congressmen and senators.

Of course, barangay officials to include councilmen and those in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) would push for elections later, to promote their own interests. They will continue to receive privileges, benefits and their wages while they are staying in office.

Those who are facing anti-graft complaints or actual anti-graft cases in the Sandiganbayan Bayan, will benefit immensely too, from the poll’s postponement.

DYAF "Bullseye" discussion two days ago conducted by Ramon Viva and Big Boy Urbanoso was interrupted to accommodate the call of Dr. Norma Juarez-Roque herself. She thanked all teachers who supported the candidacy of Mayor-elect Monico Puentevella, saying, "Many realized that Monico’s heart is for the teachers."

Mayor-elect Monico Puentevella vowed to review the teachers’ Emergency Cost of Living Allowance (ECOLA) upon assumption of office, not during election season; work out the development of a teachers’ village as hundreds dwell on the benevolence of their extended families; most of all, the granting of graduate school scholarships for them.

The ECOLA, explained Viva, is to augment the financial condition of teachers. Upon their shoulders are the needs of their learners including supplies of floor waxes to clean their homerooms and decorations usually required of them. This is on top of their clerical works, needs of their families and their own as normal human beings. It is cruel to be promising and granting their ECOLAs during elections. Mayor Puentevella exclaimed on stage and down stage, "ECOLA upon his assumption of office".

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[7114] CENECO & BACIWA. Nugay na kamu kareklamu sa Ceneco kag Baciwa. Wala kamu inyo nga power plant. Magdusa kamu sang privatization. Hahaha! (09207242552)

[7113] May 20 Negros Daily Bulletin (NDB) NEWS-INFO ALERT** (ndb-online.com) ::: (1) Fire razed parts of a commercial structure at the Lizares compound beside UNO-R church along Lizares Street, Bacolod City early this morning (2) Kins of OFWs in Taiwan are having sleepless nights as fresh anti-Pinoy attacks killed 2 more OFWs (3) Woman died, 2 injured when 2 motorcycles collided in Ma-ao, Bago City (4) Boarding house owner’s son was shot dead in Mansilingan, Bacolod (5) "Police visibility a better crime deterrent"; Prov’l PNP OIC Dir. De la Paz orders cops to sustain visibility (6) No storm, just localized thunderstorms.

*[7112] MADING ADORIO IN GUIMARAS. Ginapahibalo sa mga paryente kag kakilala ni lola Magdalena "Mading" Gamusa-Adorio sang Alibjon, Jordan, Guimaras nga sya nagtaliwan kag yara nahaya sa ila puluy an sa Alibjon, Jordan. Sa Mayo 26 ang lubong ala una sa hapun. Contact kamo sa iya bata nga si Bella Adorio De Juan sa 09089015430.

[7111] POWER PLANT. Power plant gid ang kenanglan para madayun na tanan nga planu ni Monico kag Marañon. Wala power plant, wala progress kag wala development ang Bacolod kag Negros. (09207242552)

AND EXULTATIONS OF VICTORIES. The recent senatorial, congressional and local governments’ election was one of surprises, even more so shocking defeats for well-entrenched candidates vying for reelection or political clans.

In some cases the pains of defeat were marred by incidents akin to applying salt on gaping wounds.

The recent elections also, in a way pinpointed the ills and weaknesses, the glaring imperfections of the country’s electoral system.

Among the most exulting victories was that of the hotly-contested gubernatorial battle, nay, war between Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. and erstwhile political ally Lim-ao Alvarez which also meant a humiliating defeat for a once-assumed political honcho, a billionaire twice over.