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Sentenaryo ng simbulo
ng kaunlaran ng Baliuag
ipinagdiriwang ngayon
NI DINO B ALABO
BALIUAG, Bulacan—Halos dalagita pa
lamang sina Lola Pilar Bernardo, 98, at
Feliza Ramos, 92 nang matuto sa paglala ng
sombrerong buntal na nagsimula sa bayang
ito 100 taon na ang nakararaan.
Ngunit malinaw pa rin iyan,” ani Lola Pilar na ha-
sa kanilang alaala ang na- los ay 12-taong gulang pa
ging pakinabang ng kani- lamang nang matututo sa
lang pamilya sa industri- paglala.
yang ito na pilit na bini- Inayunan ito ni Lola
bigyang sigla sa pamama- Feliza na nagsabing mula sa
gitan ng pagsasagawa ng pagiging hanap-buhay ay
taunang “Buntal Festival” naging libangan niya ang
na ipinagdiwang din sa SM paglala ng sombrerong bun-
City Baliwag. (Basahin ang tal. BATA PA NAGLALALA NA—Sa batang edad ay natutunan Decasa ng Baliuag Buntal Enterprises at mga produktong bun-
kaugnay na balita sa ibaba). Ang totoo, dalawang ta- nina Lola Pilar Bernardo (kaliwa) at Feliza Ramos ang pagl- tal na ibinebenta sa ibayong dagat. Ayon kaya Decasa, na-
“Halos lahat ng bahay on pa lamang ang naka- ala ng sombrerong buntal na katulad ng hawak nila. Ito ay kahanda siyang magturo ng paglala ng buntal maging sa mga
dito sa ay may lumalala ng karaan ng tumigil sa pag-
buntal noon, dahil pangu- lala ng sombrerong buntal naging hanap-buhay at libangan ng mga taga-Baliuag, bilanggo upang matiyak na magpapatuloy ang industriyang
nahing hanap-buhay namin  sundan sa pahina 5
Bulacan noong unang bahagi ng 1900s. Nasa baba si Rosie sinimulang sa Baliuag 100 taon na ang nakakaraan. — DB

Baliuag Buntal Enterprises JUSTICE

matatag sa gitna ng krisis
BALIUAG, Bulacan—Nana-
tiling matatag ang kum-
panyang gumagagawa ng
sombrerong buntal sa ba-
yang ito sa kabila ng pan-
daigdigang krisis pang-
ekonomiya at kakulangan
sa trabahador.
Ayon kay Rosie Decasa,
may-ari ng Baliuag Buntal
Enterprises at hepe ng
pambayang tanggapan ng
turismo, tuloy pa rin ang
pag-angkat sa kanya ng
kanyang mga parokyano sa
Australia.
“Hindi kami masyadong
apektado ng krisis dahil
hindi bumababa ang ina-
angkat sa akin ng mga Aus-
tralian buyers ko,” ani De-
casa.
Ngunit sinabi niya na
kahit hindi bumaba ang
bilang ng kanilang produk-
syon para sa Australia,
hindi sila makapagtaas ng
presyo.
Ito ay nangangahulu-
gang maliit na kita ng kum-
panya, ngunit mapapanatili
naman nito ang trabaho ng
may 500 manggagawa sa
bayang ito at maging iyong
mga nasa lalawigan ng
Pampanga at Nueva Ecija.
Bukod dito, hindi nag-
taas ng presyo ang Baliwag
Buntal Enterprises upang
 sundan sa pahina 6
FOR 78 SLAIN
JOURNALISTS
THE killing of Filipino
journalists is an as-
sault on press freedom.
To the list (see page 7)
of 77 journalists killed
in the line of duty is
added Ernesto “Ka
Ernie” Rollin who was
slain only last Febru-
ary 23 in Oroquieta
City.
Their killers and the
masterminds must be
brought to justice and
the murders stopped.

Hindi hadlang ang kahirapan sa katapatan

BALIUAG, Bulacan—Hindi hadlang ang
kahirapan sa katapatan.
Ito ang maikling kuwento ng buhay ni
Trinidad Quintana, ang matapat na guwardiya
ng SM City Baliwag na nakapulot at nagsauli
ng clutch bag na may lamang P2.5 milyon noong
Abril 17.
Ngunit sino nga ba si Trinidad Quintana?
Batay sa panayam ng Mabuhay ang 27
taong-gulang binatang guwardiya, ay nagmula
sa Barangay Cabarasan, Barogo, Leyte.
Pangatlo siya sa siyam na magkakapatid at,
ayon sa binata, iginapang lamang niya ang
kanyang pag-aaral.
Trinidad Quintana Totoo, dahil siya 24 na taon na nang matapos
ang kursong Bachelor of Science in Criminol-
ogy sa Tacloban-Leyte Colleges noong 2007.
Pangarap kasi niya na maging isang pulis,
ngunit hindi madaling abutin ang kanyang
pangarap.
Nasa ikatlong taon siya ng pag-aaral ng
Criminology nang una siyang kumuha ng
eksamen na noo’y ibinigay ng National Police
Commission (Napolcom), ngunit hindi siya
pumasa.
Ayon kay Quintana, bata pa siya ay pangarap
na niya ang maging isang pulis dahil minsan ay
humanga siya sa nakaunipormeng pulis sa
kanilang bayan. Dahil dito, sinikap niyang
makatapos ng pag-aaral.
“Pag may pera kami, nag-aaral ako, pag wala,
hinto muna at nagtatrabaho muna ako,” ani
Quintana at sinabing minsan ay nag-trabaho
siya kasama ng kanyang pinsan sa Maynila, kung
saan ay nakaipon siya at muling ipinagpatuloy
ang pag—aral.
Pagkatapos ng kolehiyo, pumasok si Quin-
tana bilang guwardiya sa RJC security agency
sa Maynila, na isa sa mga kumpanyang
nagbibigay ng seguridad sa mga mall ng SM
City.
Natanggap siya noong nakaraang taon at siya
ay itinalaga sa SM City Baliuag kung saan ay
nagsimula siyang magtrabaho mula noong
 sundan sa pahina 4
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LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 MAY 8 - 14, 2009

BALIK-TANAW Buntot Pagé PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

Suriing mabuti ang

Pacquiao, di dapat pumasok sa pulitika
iluluklok na pinuno NAGKAKAISA ang sambayanang
Pilipino tuwing may laban si
(Eleksyon na naman sa Mayo 10, 2010. Narito ang isang Manny Pacquiao. Maging mga Abu
Sayyaf, MILF mga NPA at kara-
pagbabalik-tanaw hinggil sa marapat na pagpili sa mga iluluklok niwang mamamayan ay nag-
na mga pinuno ng bansa. Ito ang editoryal ng Mabuhay na bubunyi tuwing mananalo sa
inilimbag sa sipi nito noong Enero 26 – Pebrero 1, 1997.) kanyang laban ang pambansang
kamao.
NALALAPIT na naman ang halalan sa taong 1998 at Sa pagpapabagsak niya kay
Ricky Hatton sa unang round ng
liligawan na naman ng mga pulitiko ang mga botanteng dalawang beses ay halos iisa ang
mamamayan, na ang iba ay hindi na sinusukat ang sambayanang Pilipino sa pag-
kakayahan ng mga pulitikong lumalapit sa kanila. bubunyi at sa muli niyang pagpa-
pabagsak kay Hatton sa ika-
Tatlong taong magtitiis ang mamamayan kung ang lawang round ay ipinatigil ng ref-
kanilang iniluklok na pinuno ay walang inaalagata kundi eree ang laban.
ang kanyang sariling kapakanan. Halos wala pang anim na
minuto ay tapos na ang boksing
Sa pagkakataong darating ay dapat nang mamulat ika nga. Ang hindi nagustuhan ng
ang mga mamamayan sa pagpili ng mga pinunong bayan mga manonood ay ang dami ng
na kanilang ihahalal. Isang magandang halimbawa ang commercial sa pagitan ng una at
ikalawang round.
ginawa ni Mayor Aurelio Plamenco ng Pulilan na Ang pagkapanalo ni Pacquiao
nagsimulang manungkulan sa kanyang bayan nang siya ay panglimang panalo niya sa ibat
ay unang nahalal noong taong 1989. ibang division. Siya ay tina-
guriang pound forward champion.
Palibhasa’y naging manager o tagapamahala bago Naagaw ni Pacquiao kay Juan
napasok sa pulitika, madali niyang napaunlad ang bay- Manuel Marquez ang korona sa
an ng Pulilan sa pamamagitan ng tamang pamamahala World Boxing Council 130 pounds
title. Nasnatch din niya kay David
sa pangangailangan ng bayan. Diaz ang 135 pound crown.
Una niyang isinaayos ang mga lansangang nag- Hindi pa nagtagal ay tinalo rin
uugnay maging sa mga liblib na barangay. Sinundan niya
ito ng pagpapatayo ng pangalawang mataas na paaralan
na ang mabibiyayaan ay ang mga anak ng mahihirap na Promdi
magsasaka sa mga malalayong barangay.
Sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa pan-
daigdigang institusyong pampananalapi (World Bank)
nakautang ang Pulilan ng pondo na kanilang ipinag-
pagawa ng palengke sa Barangay Cutcut noong 1991.
Ang pamamakyaw ni Robert Kwan ng talimusak
Dahil sa kanyang matiyagang pamamahala, nagawa HINDI ako nakadalo sa Second
niyang maipon ang halagang pambayad sa utang na Bulacan Business Conference
(BBC-2) na isinagawa sa BarCIE
ginamit sa palengke at handa na niyang bayaran ng buo International Hotel sa Lungsod
ang kanilang pagkakautang, ngunit ito ay tinanggihan ng Malolos noong Abril 28 at 29,
ng World Bank na nagsabing masisira ang kanilang in- dahil kasalukuyan akong duma-
dalo noon sa ika-13 Philippine
terest repayment schedule. Press Institute (PPI) National
Ang ganitong mga pinunong bayan ang kailangan Press Forum na isinagawa sa Dia-
natin sa ngayon. Mga pinunong bayan na ang laman ng mond Hotel sa Maynila noong
Abril 27 hanggang 29.
puso’t kaisipan ay kapakanan ng mamamayan. Ilan kaya Ngunit hindi sapat iyon para
sa kasalukuyang pinunong bayan ang may pagma- hindi ko malaman ang mga kaga-
malasakit na katulad ng pinapamalas ni Mayor Plamenco napan sa BBC-2. Kailangan ko
lamang ay maupo at makinig sa
para sa mga mamamayang nagtiwala sa kanya. kuwento ni Mara Bautista, ang
Sana’y mamulat na ang mga mamamayan sa pagpili executive director ng Bulacan
ng mga pinunong bayan na kanilang iboboto sa darating Chamber of Commerce and Indus-
try (BCCI).
na halalan sa Mayo ng susunod na taon. Isa sa ikinuwento ni Bautista
ay ang kuwento ni Robert Kwan
ng St. Luke’s Hospital.
niya si Oscar dela Hoya at ng
pinakahuli ay si Ricky Hatton na
pinatulog niya sa ika-2 round.
Sa kanyang ipinakitang husay
sa boksing, bukam-bibig na siya
maging ng mga batang maliliit.
Sa sarili kung palagay, hindi na
siya dapat pumasok sa pulitika.
Ipaubaya na lamang niya sa mga
traditional na politician ang
pulitika.
Sa boksing isa lang ang kalaban
sa ring, sa pulitika, marami siyang
makakalaban. Halos kalahati ng
botante na kakampi ng mak-
akalaban.
Diyan ka lang sa boksing,
IDOLO KA NAMING LAHAT.
P25 M para sa reward system
HINILING ni Pangulong Gloria-
Macapagal-Arroyo sa mga
mambabatas (congressmen) na
bawasan ng tig-25M ang kanilang
pork barrel o Countrywide Devel-
opment Fund (CDF) para gamitin
na reward system sa mga infor-
mants sa pag-aresto sa mga
sangkot at utak sa mga political
killings.
Ayon sa pangulo nais niyang
mabura ang nagaganap na politi-
bago niya iyon ibinenta sa Jolli-
bee Foods Corporation.
Ito ay nangangahulugan na
siya ay isang bihasang negosyante,
at isa sa mga payo niya sa mga
negosyanteng Bulakenyo ay
“study and understand your mar-
ket.”
Iyon ang sikreto ng kanyang
tagumpay. Pinag-aralan at inu-
nawa niya ang sistema sa merkado
sa pamamagitan ng personal na
pagpunta sa mga palengke na
kanyang inilarawan bilang mukha
ng ekonomiya ng isang bayan.
Sa paglalarawan ni Kwan, ang
isang maunlad na palengke ay
katumbas ng isang maunlad na
bayan. (Sana, ito ang pagtuunan
ng pansin ng mga pulitiko.)
Sa kanyang pagpunta o pag-
bisita sa mga palengke, hindi
cal violence sa ating bansa na
nagiging sanhi ng pagkakawatak-
watak ng ating mamamayan.
Sa sandaling paunlakan ng
mga kinatawan ang kahilingan ng
pangulo, marahil ay malaki-lak-
ing halaga ang malilikom para
gamitin sa reward system.
Sa kasalukuyan ay may 235
tayong mga kinatawan. Kung ang
bawa’t isa ay mag-aambag ng
tigP25-milyon… aba! Malaki-
laking halaga yun.
Bagyong ‘Dante’, Bagyong ‘Emong’
DALAWANG magkasunod na
bagyo ang humagupit sa ating
bansa, nito lamang nakaraang
linggo.
Noong Lunes, Mayo 4 ay binayo
ng Bagyong ‘Dante’ ang Bicol re-
gion, kabilang ang Sorsogon,
Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte
at Sorsogon.
Iniwan nito ang Kabikulan na
may 25 patay.
Ang bagyong ‘Emong’ naman ay
sa gawing norte nagdaan. Sinalanta
nito ang Pangasinan at ang siyudad
ng Dagupan at mga kalapit na mga
bayan. Taon-taon ay dinadalaw tayo
ng halos 20 bagyo.
DINO BALABO
kasi ang karaniwang sistema sa
mga palengke.
Ang karanasang ito ang nagb-
igay kay Kwan ng mahalagang
kaalaman sa kanyang pamama-
hala sa Chowking. Kaya naman
iyon ay kanyang napaunlad, at
nang ibenta niya sa Jollibee
malaki ang kaniyang kinita. Sa
kanyang paglalarawan, hindi na
niya kailangan magtrabaho para
mamuhay ng mariwasa sa laki ng
kanyang kinita.
Ngunit tuloy pa rin si Kwan sa
pagtatrabaho.
Matapos maibenta ang Chow-
king, kinuha naman siya ng
pamunuan ng St. Luke’s Hospi-
tal upang iyon ang pamahalaan
sa simpleng dahilan. Nais ng
pamunuan ng St. Luke’s Hospi-
tal na gawin niya ang ospital

Mabuhay
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ang nasa likod ng tagumpay nito
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lamang pagmamasid ang kanyang bilang isang panibagong Chow-
ginagawa. Namimili din siya, king—isang matagumpay na
tumatawad, nambabarat. Iyon  sundan sa pahina 6

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Depthnews
“MOTHERS’ Day, as we know it
today, is marked on the second
Sunday of May. Anna Jarvis
thought it up, in 1908, as a day
for families to honor mothers. In
1914, U.S. President Woodrow
Wilson signed it into national ob-
servance The practice to honor
mothers leapfrogged worldwide
— and reached the Philippines.
Like most Latin Americans,
Mexicans celebrate “Día de las
Madres”. For their part, Italians
mark “La Festa della Mamma”.
In Bahrain, the day is known as
“Ruz-e Madar”. Celebration in
Lebanon and the United Arab
Emirates coincides with the first
day of spring.
Dutch-speaking Belgians call
the day “Moederdag”. Danes
know it as “Mors Dag”. In Fin-
land, Mother’s Day is called
“Aidipayiva” — what Ethiopians
know as “Antrosht”.
Hong Kong’s holiday, called
“Mu Quin Jie”, pays honor to the
parent of the mother, if she is de-
ceased. China’s Mother’s Day rites
often note that most Chinese
names begin with a character sig-
nifying mother — in honor of
Cebu Calling
ONLY 10% of Catholics go to Sun-
day Mass in the Philippines? This
was what a bishop claimed re-
cently. It obviously is not a good
piece of news. But neither should
it surprise us.
For sure, we need to improve
the statistics. Christ came to save
all. He wants everyone to have life
to the full. And if we go by what
our faith teaches us about the
Holy Eucharist, somehow fullness
of Christian life here on earth
must involve our active partici-
pation in the Holy Mass.
But that’s something we have
to work on. It will be work in
progress always, with its ups and
downs, twists and turns, gains and
losses, etc. Thus, we have to ex-
pect problems. And we just have
to try to solve them.
In fact there are many other
depressing news to contend with
these days. In the U.S. now, there
is this report that Christianity has
declined drastically. It should be
an interesting study to know the
causes and factors of this decline.
Besides, it seems that devel-
opments in the world, especially
in politics which in turn reflects
Forward to Basics
“CONGRATULATIONS, James!”
I shook the hand of the brilliant
new high school graduate.
“You’re welcome, Father,” he
said. He took out a handful of
shiny gold medals from his pocket
and asked, “Oh, Father. I was
wondering if you can bless my
medals.”
“Sure!” I was also happy that
besides being their school’s vale-
dictorian he also received numer-
ous leadership awards. “In the
name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit …,” I
blessed his medals.
“Thanks, Father,” he smiled
while pocketing the medals.
“Strange,” I said, “shouldn’t
you be wearing them instead of
hiding them in your pocket?”
“You’re right, Father,” the
medals jingled as he slowly pulled
them out again. “But you see, Fa-
ther, I didn’t get our school’s high-
est award.”
Just like my mom
one’s maternal heritage.
Today’s celebration has little
to do with the custom of worship-
ping mother-goddesses in ancient
Greece or Rome. The focus on hu-
man mothers already appeared in
Britain’s Mothering Day
The U.S. celebration had a cus-
tom where red carnations were
given to mothers. The practice
evolved later so white carnations
are used to honor deceased moth-
ers. “Oldies” like us remember
wearing red or white roses in pri-
mary grades.
Does that practice continue
today? I don’t recall my kids,
who’re professionals and have
families of their own, asking us
for flowers. Neither do our grand-
children speak of it.
Giving of red and white flow-
ers has remained in the U.S.
Jarvis criticized commercializa-
tion of the day. She died in 1948,
blind, poor and childless. “Jarvis
would never know that it was,
ironically, The Florist’s Exchange
that had anonymously paid for her
care.”
But Jarvis saw mothers all over
the world get the honors — phone
Seed, leaven, remnant
the state of socio-cultural life in
the people, have largely been
secularized, that is, all but purged
of anything related to faith, reli-
gion, God.
I suppose Christians will have
to tussle with this kind of devel-
opments. A saint once said that
Christianity is not so much the
glory of Mt. Thabor as it is the
suffering and pain of Mt. Calvary.
Christianity certainly has its
triumph, but it’s never the empty
or illusory triumphalism common
in this world. In this life, it is al-
ways organically connected with
the cross. It is the victory over
nothing less than sin and death,
not just some earthly enemy.
Christian life works differ-
ently. It has always been associ-
ated with small things like seed,
leaven and remnant. Recall the
many parables comparing the
kingdom of heaven with the seed
and the leaven. Though hardly
anything, they contain the germ
of life and transformation.
These and that directive given
by our Lord for us to enter always
by the narrow gate only show how
Christianity is averse to anything
FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO
Flunking to love God
“What would it be then?” I
asked.
“It’s called the Most Distin-
guished Student Award,” he said
while staring blankly at the med-
als.
“So how’s that supposed to be
more special than being valedic-
torian?” I said shrugging my
shoulders.
“It’s supposed to be for the stu-
dent who has never flunked any
subject during his enitre high
school. So even if you average high-
est, but had some failing marks
then you can no longer deserve
such a much coveted award.”
I was trying to figure out in
my mind what subject it could
have been that James could have
failed. The boy was a born win-
ner, except that — it dawned upon
me — he wasn’t much into sports.
So I asked, “Was it P.E.?”
“That was back in first year
when there was no other sport
Mabuhay
LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980
JUAN L. MERCADO
calls, cards, bouquets, dinners, etc
— they richly deserve. As the
emailed item below shows, we’ll
never repay adequately the
woman who, out of love, bam-
boozled us into maturity.
25 Reasons I Owe My Mother
1) My mother taught me to
appreciate a job well-done. “If
you’re going to kill each other,”
she told us kids, “do it outside. I
just finished cleaning.”
2) My mother taught me reli-
gion. “You better pray to God that
will come out of the bedsheets.”
3) My mother taught me about
time travel. “ If you don’t
straighten up, I’m going to knock
you into the middle of next
week!”
4) My mother taught me logic.
“Because I said so. That’s why.”
5) My mother taught me more
logic. “If you fall out of that swing
and break your neck, you’re not
going to the store with me.”
6) My mother taught me fore-
sight. “Make sure you wear clean
underwear, in case you’re in an
accident.”
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FR. ROY CIMAGALA
that is pompous and showy. These
latter ways cut our link with God,
from whom we all come.
Christianity will always take
the way of the lowly, the hidden,
the few. It goes directly to the
substance and essence of things,
not the icing and the bubbles. It’s
interested in souls and hearts, not
in numbers and appearance.
Remember what St. Paul said
in his first Letter to the
Corinthians. God chooses the fool-
ish, the weak and the base to con-
found the wise, the strong and the
proud, lest man gets spoiled in
his self-glory. (cfr. 1,27-29)
And in Church life, both in its
pre-history and its history proper
up to now, it has always been char-
acterized by the strategic role of
a certain remnant of people that
have managed to preserve their
integrity and fidelity in spite of
all odds. There will always be a
remnant, even in the worst sce-
nario.
No, we should not worry too
much about statistics. Any unfa-
vorable number should just spur
us to be more faithful, more apos-
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’cept basketball,” he gave me a
smile expressing that it was some-
thing obvious.
“That’s alright, dude. Guess
your dad would have said that …,”
“You can’t have everything,”
he completed exactly what I was
about to say.
“You got me there, James,” I
chuckled.
“Mom and dad understand and
are very proud with what I’ve al-
ready achieved. Dad just told me
to learn from my failures or limi-
tations.”
“You know, James?” I said.
“Yeah?” he noticed I was speak-
ing in a more serious tone.
“There’s nothing wrong with
flunking in the many good things
of life, but we have to know how
to flunk out of the bad ones.”
“I don’t get you there, Father,”
he frowned at me.
“Let’s say, you expected to get
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Regarding Henry
This woman called mother
IF there’s one word that a child
will speak the first time, it should
be mother. After all, she carries
the baby for nine months. She
takes care of the newborn. She
breastfeeds, she changes the dia-
per, and she puts the fragile hu-
man being to sleep.
That was what my mother did
to me when I was growing up. I
remember the time when she ac-
companied me going to the
school when I attended my first
grade. I remembered the laugh-
ter she displayed when she
learned that I was an honored
pupil. I remembered the time
when she visited me to see me
acting in a high school play.
I remembered the days when
she traveled to Davao City just to
give my allowance (there was no
LBC or Western Union at that
time). I remembered one after-
noon when she bought several
copies of a national magazine
where my first article came out.
But I am not the only one she
took care of. There were nine of
us. She has guided us. She has
endowed us with words of wisdom.
She has shared her life experi-
ences, her struggles, and her
hopes.
She cries like a baby when she
recalls her long lost sisters (whom
she had not seen when they sepa-
rated). There were three of them,
and she was the eldest. When she
was five years old, her father was
reportedly poisoned when he
didn’t sell their land to a rich man.
Her sickly, uneducated mother
died almost one year later.
But before that happened, the
three children were given to dif-
ferent families since they didn’t
have distant relatives living in the
area. And it so happened that af-
ter her mother’s death, the per-
son who adopted her brought her
to Davao. And that was the end of
her life story with her own family
in Zamboanga. Nothing was heard
of them after that.
Fair & Square
Towards a bigger economy
SOME of the best things that hap-
pen to me are not planned. I am
now the host of “Bulls and Bears”,
the daily coverage of local stock
trading that is a joint project of
the Philippine Stock Exchange
(PSE) and Global News Network
(GNN). The show runs daily from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in over a
100 cable networks nationwide.
In Metro Manila, you can watch it
on Channel 7 of Global Destiny
Cable. No, you can’t watch it in
Sky Cable because they only run
their own in-house productions.
The good news came to me af-
ter hearing a bit of bad news that
my Friday night show “Ka Iking
Live” also shown on GNN would
be discontinued due to some pro-
gramming changes. Not feeling
any remorse, I thank the GNN
management for the opportunity
to broadcast for so many weeks,
my gratefulness coming sincerely
from my heart.
Upon learning that GNN was
going to offer me a better and
longer time, and at prime time at
that, I learned a lesson in life that
good things really come from good
actions. I said that because I feel
that GNN management really
appreciated my peaceful attitude
in accepting the cancellation of
my Friday night show.
You might say that I have
cheap thrills, because I was really
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HENRYLITO D. TACIO
In his tribute, Edgar A. Guest,
one of the world’s highest-paid
verse writers of his time, wrote
these lines: “Mothers never
change, I guess, in their tender
thoughtfulness. All her gentle
long life through, she is bent on
nursing you. And although you
may be grown, she still claims you
for her own. And to her you’ll al-
ways be just a youngster at her
knee.”
In his autobiography, film ac-
tor George Raft told about one of
his favorite fan letters. “Dear
George,” it said. “You are my fa-
vorite movie actor. I like all your
movies. You are a greater actor
than John Barrymore. I love you.
(Signed) Your mother.”
To a mother, her own child
means so much to her. One of the
Holy Bible’s most quoted ex-
amples of unselfish quality of a
mother’s love is the story of the
two harlots who consulted King
Solomon in a dispute involving a
newborn infant. (I Kings 3:16-28)
Each had become mothers at the
same time, but one’s baby had
died and now each claimed the
living child as her own. Solomon
listened to their pleading and
when they were finished, called
for a sword and ordered, “Divide
the living child in two, and give
half to one and half to the other.”
One woman assented to the
King’s plan immediately, stating,
“Let it be neither mine nor
thine.” The other was aghast at
the suggestion for, as the King
James Version puts it, “Her bow-
els yearned for her son, and she
said, ‘O, my Lord, give her the liv-
ing child, and in no way slay it.’”
On the basis of the latter’s re-
sponse, Solomon, imbued with
“the wisdom of God,” decreed that
the baby be given to this woman,
for, he said, her unselfish answer
proved that “she is the mother
thereof.”
“The hand that rocks the cradle
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IKE SEÑERES
thrilled to the max when the GNN
crew applauded me after the last
broadcast of “Ka Iking Live”.
That really surprised me because
all along I thought that most crew
members are just there for their
jobs, and could not care less if a
show is good or not, or if a host is
worth appreciating or not.
What am I doing in a stock
market show? I am a product of
the U.P. Political Science Depart-
ment, and until recently I was
doing mostly political analysis in
my newspaper columns. I do re-
call however that in my senior year
in Diliman, the focus of instruc-
tion turned to the political
economy and to linkage politics,
and that was perhaps my starting
point in the world of economics.
I would say that the old de-
bate or sibling rivalry between
Political Science students and
Economics students in U.P. still
continues, the debate on which of
the two disciplines is really the
prima donna of the social sciences.
Of course my bias is for Political
Science, but later on I acquired
an interest in economics, inspired
perhaps by my active involvement
in economic development over
the years.
Armed with a background in
economic development, I whole-
heartedly embraced the disci-
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Buhay Pinoy
MANDY CENTENO
Battle of East & West
Sabi ng lolo ko, dating buksingero
Ang nagdaang laban, nasaksihan dito
“Di pa nag-iinit sa upuan ito
Nakaiinis daw, agad na T.K.O.
Alam naman natin, lahat nasaksihan
Pagbanat ni Pacman, sa mapormang Hitman
Pabayaan natin, dito’y pagbalikan
Nasabing pukpukan, dalawang rounds lamang.
Bodyguard ni Manny, nang pumasok siya
Ay sikat na resler, matsong si Battista
Kababayan natin, ang mistisong ama
Pinagmamalaking Pilipino sila.
Pagpasok na sa ring, agad tinawagan
Ang kanyang kakampi na Bro. niyang tunay
Siya ay lumuhod, agad na nagdasal
At nag-”sign of the cross”, bago pa lumaban.
Labanang Silangan kontra sa Kanluran
“Battle of East & West, pinakahihintay
Una ay pagsikat, paglubog kalaban
Pinoy ay llamado sa titulo pa lang.
Nagpakiramdaman sa unang sultada
Subalit si Pacman nakasingit siya
Isang kanan pa lang, Hitman gumapang na
Rapidong left, right, left, si Ricky tumumba.
Sa ikalawang round, hilo na si Hitman
At na hit pa siya, ng kaliwa’t kanan
Noong makasilip, left hook ay hinataw
Sinalo ng baba, “go to sleep” na tunay.
“Di na binilangan ng reperi ito
At itong bumilang ay pilyong apo ko
“One to one hundred” daw, ang nabilang nito
Kawawang si Ricky, katawan plastado.
Wari’y nahimbing pa, tulog na si Hatton
Mapungay ang mata, nakapikit iyon
Luhod pasalamat, kay Bro. Panginoon
Ginawa ni Manny, sa pagkakataon.
Wari ay inis daw, si Donya Dionisia
Dahilan si Ricky inunahan siya
Sa paghhihimatay, dating papel niya
Sa tuwing lalaban, siya’y k.o. una.
12 milyon dolyares tatanggapin niya
Sa “less than six minutes” sagupaan nila
Sa bawat minuto, dal’wang milyon pala
Iyon ay dolyares, may karagdagan pa.
Sa igsi ng laban, tambak ang kumersyal
Daming nabuwisit, ang dakdak bitin daw
“Di pa nag-iinit ang kamay ni Pacman
Gano’n din ang puwit, nanunuod naman.
Sa mga kumersyal, pinakamagaling
“I mean, you know” ito, “Vita Drink Vitwater”
Ito ay mabisa, tiyak na inumin
Sa Alaxan FR, ginagawang tseser.
Ang sa “computer statistics” doon
127 punches, pinawalan noon
Pitumpo at tatlo, si Hatton nasapol
Sa unang round pa lang, bagsak na ang Briton.
Ang suntok ni Hitman ay pitumpo’t walo
Labingwalo lamang, ang tumama dito
’Sandaan at lima, Pacman suntok todo
Animnapu’t lima, target tiyan, ulo.
Hindi pa natapos, ang round pangalawa
Left hook ala-kidlat doo’y bumanat na
Talilong na Ricky nasapol sa panga
At ilang minuto nakatulog siya.
Lumuhod si Manny, pinasalamatan
Ang Dakilang Diyos, sa kanya’y patnubay
Kahit na nga bitin, ang naging labanan
“Sarap maging Pinoy” ang naging sigawan.
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Cebu Calling
tolic, more holy. Christ assured us through St. Peter
that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church.
We should just focus more on how to strengthen the
true inner life of the Church. The numbers will just come
as a consequence. And in this regard, a lot of things need
yet to be done.
Clarification of the role
Among them is the clarification of the role of clergy in
our temporal affairs. Many people tell me how discour-
aged they get when they see priests and even bishops
getting badly mixed up in politics.
Some, according to them, have even gone to the extent
of calling politicians names, and of branding them as if
they can never do anything good. These clerics have obvi-
ously gone partisan.
No matter how right
No matter how right these priests and bishops are in
their views, they said, if they use foul language and bad
manners, they will only succeed in alienating people.
Other clerics, again according to them, seem to be more
skillful in commercializing their services, or ministry, than
in putting spiritual and supernatural zeal and content
into them.
These are some concerns that need to be ironed out
urgently, if the Church has to thrive in our confusing times.
LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980
Kakampi mo ang Batas
AABOT SA P100 milyon ang ipamu-
mudmod sa mga Pinoy Rotarian ng
Rotary International (RI) upang
gamitin sa tinatawag na pangmata-
galan at tuluy-tuloy na proyektong
may kinalaman sa tubig, sanitation
at kalinisan sa bansa. Ito ang nabatid
kamakailan mula sa isang mataas na
Filipino Rotarian.
Ipinabatid ni dating Ambassador
Rafael Hechanova, isang past direc-
tor ng Rotary International, na ang
Pilipinas ay isa sa tatlong umuunlad
na bansa na napili ng RI dahil sa
aktibong partisipasyon ng maraming
Pilipinong Rotarian sa maraming
proyekto ng Rotary na may
kinalaman sa pagpapaangat ng buhay
ng mga mahihirap sa bansa.
Ayon kay Hechanova, ang dalawa
pang bansa na tatanggap din ng
katulad na halaga para sa mga water
at sanitation project ay ang Domini-
can Republic at Ghana.
Ang proyekto ay tinaguriang “In-
ternational H20 Collaboration” at
pinangungunahan ng RI at ng char-
ity arm nito na The Rotary Founda-
tion (TRF), sa pakikipagtulungan ng
U.S. Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID).
Ang kabuoang layunin ng
proyekto, ayon kay Hechanova, ay
maalis ang problema ng pagkamatay
ng 1.8 milyong katao, karamihan ay
mga bata, dahil sa diarrhea na resulta
ng kakulangan ng malinis na tubig
at kawalan ng tamang sistema ng
pagtatapon ng dumi.
Sa isang statement na inilabas sa
piling miyembro ng Philippine me-
dia, sinabi ni Lyne Abanilla, chair-
man ng Rotary International Public
Imaging Resource Group para sa
buong Pilipinas, na ang partnership
ay tinatawag na “International H2O
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Promdi
 mula sa pahina 1
negosyo.
Nagawa naman niya. Kaya’t batay
na rin sa kanyang pahayag, naungusan
na ngayon ng St. Luke’s Hospital ang
Makati Medical Center bilang pangu-
nahing pagamutan sa bansa.
Ang tanong, ano ang ginawa ni
Kwan sa matagumpay na pama-
mahala sa mga negosyong hina-
wakan.
Tinutukan niya ang pangunahing
lakas o mga “core strength” ng
negosyong kanyang hawak. Iyon din
ang ipinayo niya na sa mga negos-
yanteng Bulakenyo.
Hinggil naman sa kanyang desi-
syon na ibenta ang Chowking, sinabi
ni Kwan na dapat matutuhan ng mga
negosyante na magparaya o bumitaw.
Learn to let go, wika nga sa Ingles, at
ibang landas naman ang tahakin.
(Dapat narinig ng mga pulitiko ang
payong ito ni Kwan).
Binitiwan ni Kwan ang Chowking,
ngunit hindi niya tinalikuran ang
kanyang mga core value bilang isang
negosyante na natutunan sa paki-
kisalamuha sa mga tindera sa
palengke. (Ito ang dapat gayahin ng
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Bilang katunayan, nagpupunta pa
rin sa mga palengke si Kwan, hindi
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Napapanahon
Fernandez ng Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration (Account-
ing) sa University of the Philip-
pines; Master of Business Adminis-
tration sa De La Salle Uniersity;
Certified Public Accountant, Doc-
tor of Business Administration
(Jose Rizal University) at Informa-
tion Resources Management (VITA),
Virginia, USA.
Bukod sa pagka-pangulo ng Fer-
nandez Colleges, owner-developer
siya ng Fernandez Village sa San
Rafael, Bulacan at isang practicing
CPA-Management Consultant.
Siya din ang owner-manager ng
Fernandez Farm Machineries
(1997-1998); Board Member ng
Bulacan Federation of Credit Coop-
eratives (1995 to present); at Presi-
dent, Bulacan North-East Traders
Multi-Purpose Cooperative Inc.
(1994-present); Dean, College of
Business Administration, Paman-
P100-M para sa proyektong pantubig
Collaboration” at nakatuon sa
pagpapatupad ng pangmatagalan at
tuluy-tuloy na mga water, sanitation
at hygiene project sa mga papaunlad
na bansa.
Sa isang brochure na
nagpapaliwanag sa proyekto, sinabi
ni Past RI President Bill Boyd (ang
chairman ng International H2O Col-
laboration Steering Committee), “We
intend these projects to be models
for future projects with strategic part-
ners and in this way to enhance our
contribution to world understanding,
goodwill, and peace.”
“More than one billion people lack
access to a safe reliable source of
drinking water, and more than two
billion lack access to any sanitary
means of excreta disposal,” dagdag
pa ni Boyd.
“Combined with unsafe hygiene
practices, the result is nearly 1.8 mil-
lion deaths — the vast majority chil-
dren — from diarrhea every year. The
poor suffer disproportionately from
inadequate water supply, sanitation,
and hygiene, which helps perpetuate
a cycle of disease and poverty.
“Further, many women and girls
spend hours each day fetching water
for their families, time that could be
spent learning or on other produc-
tive activities,”dugtong pa ni Boyd.
Sa pagpapaliwanag ng RI,
nakasaad na “Rotary International,
the world’s first service organization,
is made up of 33,000 clubs in more
than 200 countries and geographic
areas.
“Its 1.2 million members make
up a global network of business, pro-
fessional, and community leaders who
carry out service projects worldwide.
“Rotary offers a grassroots ap-
proach to problem-solving as Rotary
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lamang upang magmasid, kundi
upang bumili ng kanyang paboritong
isda, ang talimusak o maliliit na biya.
Ayon kay Bautista, matapos
magsalita sa BBC-2 si Kwan ay
lumisan na ito at ilang minuto lamang
ay nag-text sa kanya na nasa palengke
ng Malolos ang milyonaryong negos-
yante at naghahanap ng talimusak,
ngunit walang mabili.
Mabuti na lamang daw at isa sa
mga dumalo sa BBC-2 ang nakakita
kay Kwan at pinayuhan na magpunta
sa pamilihang bayan ng Bulakan.
Pagdating sa palengke ng Bulakan,
muling nag-text si Kwan kay
Bautista. Wala pa rin daw mabiling
talimusak.
Muli ay may nakakita kay Kwan
na isa sa mga dumalo sa BBC-2 at
siya ay pinayuhang pumunta sa
talipapa sa Barangay Taliptip at baka
sakaling makabili ng talimusak doon
dahil hapon na. Ang Taliptip ay ha-
los nasa hangganan ng bayan ng
Bulakan at Obando.
Agad namang nagtungo si Kwan sa
Taliptip at doon ay nakita ang isang
babae na nagtitinda ng talimusak.
Pinakyaw ni Kwan ang 11-bilaong
talimusak ng babae na lubos nitong
ikinagalak, ani Bautista sa Promdi.
Siyempre, biglang nakaubos ng
paninda yung babae bago umuwi ng
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 mula sa pahina 2
tasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
(1989-1994); Management Con-
sultant/Training Manager, Coopers
& Lybrand, Papua New Guinea,
Australia; Head and Senior Lec-
turer, Accountancy and Business
Studies, University of Technology
LAE City, Papua New Guinea, Aus-
tralia; Dean College of Business and
Associate Director of Graduate
Studies, College of Business Ad-
ministration, Pamantasan ng Lung-
sod ng Maynila, 1973-1976; Dean,
Accountancy and Commerce, Bali-
wag University, 1969-1973; Re-
porter and Feature Editor, Business
Day, 1968-1969; SGV Professorial
Chair Staff and Lecturer, University
of the East, 1966-1968; Professional
Lecturer in various universities/col-
leges: De La Salle University, San
Sebastian College, University of the
East, St. Paul College and Bulacan
State University and others.
MAY 8 - 14, 2009
ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO
club members understand the needs
of their communities and have boots
on the ground to develop and imple-
ment effective, sustainable projects.
“Many Rotary projects receive
support from The Rotary Founda-
tion, Rotary’s philanthropic arm. The
Foundation awards about $80 mil-
lion annually for Rotary projects and
programs that provide humanitarian
aid and promote international un-
derstanding.
“In 2007-2008, the Foundation
awarded 561 grants totaling $8.6
million for water and sanitation
projects throughout the developing
world.
Ang paglahok naman ng USAID ay
ayon sa mga sumusunod na tagubilin:
“The United States has a long his-
tory of extending a helping hand to
people overseas struggling to make a
better life, recover from a disaster,
or striving to live in a free and demo-
cratic country.
“USAID is an independent federal
government agency that supports
long-term and equitable economic
growth and advances U.S. foreign
policy objectives by supporting eco-
nomic growth, agriculture and trade,
global health, and democracy, conflict
prevention, and humanitarian assis-
tance.
“As part of its overall program-
ming, USAID works to ensure acces-
sible, reliable, and economically sus-
tainable water and sanitation ser-
vices.
“In the 2007 fiscal year, USAID
obligated $212 million for drinking
water, sanitation, and hygiene activi-
ties. These investments reflect the
urgent need to improve public
health, as well as to safeguard water
resources for the world’s poor …”
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 mula sa pahina 2
hapong iyon. (Ganito rin ang ginagawa
ko sa amin pag may naglalako sa
umaga ng hipon, tahong o kaya ay ti-
lapia. Pero hindi ko naman
pinapakyaw, kasi hindi ako kasing
yaman ni Kwan. Para sa akin, bilang
tulong na iyon sa naglalako.)
Ang kuwento ng paglalakbay ng
milyonaryong si Kwan mula sa
palengke ng Malolos hanggang
Bulakan at pamimili ng talimusak
sa talipapa ng Taliptip ay parang
hindi kapanipaniwala.
Ngunit ito ay nagpapakita hindi
lamang ng kanyang hangaring
makabili ng talimusak, kundi pati ng
kanyang kababang loob at tiwala sa
mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya.
Ang tiwalang iyon ay kanyang
nabuo sa mahabang panahon ng
karanasan ng pamamalengke na
nagbigay sa kanya ng kaalaman kung
paano umiinog ang mundo sa
palengke na isa sa naging daan ng
kanyang tagumpay.
Ang kuwento ng pamamalengke
ni Kwan ay nagpapakita rin ng
kanyang katangian bilang isang
negosyante. Determinado at hindi
siya madaling masiraan ng loob.
Hindi siya tumitigil agad kahit
hindi tiyak na may mabibili siya sa
kanyang paroroonan. Ito ay isang
halimbawa ng kanyang pakikipasugal
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sa kapalaran. Tumataya siya dahil sa
paniniwalang tanging sa pagtaya may
pag-asang manalo.
Gayahin natin si Robert Kwan.
Hindi hadlang...
 mula sa pahina 1
Disyembre nang ang mall ay
magbukas sa publiko.
Ayon kay Quintana, halos ay
limang buwan pa lamang siya sa
Bulacan, at pansamantala siyang
umuupa ng isang apartment sa
bayang ito kasama ang mga kapwa
guwardiya.
Hinggil sa kanyang ipinakitang
katapatan sa pagsasauli ng bag na
napulot, sinabi niya na hindi kanya
iyon at bahagi ng trabaho niya na isuko
iyon kaya’t isinauli niya.
Binanggit din niya na hindi niya
pinag-imbutan ang nasabing clutch
bag dahil naaalala niya ang paalala
ng kanyang mga mabulang hinggil sa
katapatan. — Dino Balabo
MAY 8 - 14, 2009
DUMALAW ANG MGA MAGULANG —Masayang nagpakuha
ng larawan sina Bro. Eddie Villanueva (nakaputi) at ang
kaniyang maybahay na si Sister Dory Villanueva makaraang
dumalaw kamakailan sa munisipyo ng Bocaue, Bulacan upang
kamustahin ang panunungkulan ni Mayor Jonjon Villanueva,
ang kanilang anak. Kasama sa larawan ang mga empleyado
Paggawa ng sombrerong buntal dapat ipagpatuloy
 mula sa pahina 1
si Lola Feliza. Ang pagtigil
niya sa paglala ay bunsod
na rin ng paghina ng benta
sa ibayong dagat ng kum-
panyang nagpapagawa sa
kanila ng sombrerong gawa
sa Baliuag.
Ang paghina ng benta ay
isa lamang sa mga hamon
na hinaharap ngayon ng
industriya ng paglala ng
sombrerong buntal, bukod
sa pagdalang ng bilang ng
mga taong may kakayahan
sa paggawa o paglala nito.
Ayon kay Rosie Decasa,
ang may-ari ng Baliuag
Buntal Enterprises at hepe
ng pabayang tanggapan ng
turismo sa Baliuag, mas
higit nilang pina-
ngangambahan ngayon ang
kawalan ng manggagawang
may kakayanan sa paglala
ng sombrerong buntal.
“Hindi maitatanggi na
humihina ang benta ng
produkto sa ibayong dagat
dahil sa krisis, pero mas
madaling tugunan iyon
dahil hindi naman palaging
ganoon, nagbabago din na-
man ang takbo ng mer-
kado,” ani Decasa.
Ang higit na naka-
kapangamba, aniya, ay ang
kakulangan ng skilled
workers o manggagawang
may kakayahang gumawa
o lumalala ng sombrerong
buntal.
Mula noong 1987 ay
nagbebenta na sa Austra-
lia ng sombrerong buntal
si Decasa at sa kasalukuyan
ay nanatiling matatag ang
kanyang benta doon, kahit
na tumaas ang presyo ng
buntal fiber sa bansa. (Ba-
sahin ang kaugnay na balita
Baliuag Buntal Enterprises matatag sa gitna ng krisis
 mula sa pahina 1
mapanatili ang pag-
angkat ng kanyang mga
buyer, ani Decasa.
Ipinagmalaki rin niya na
kahit may mga kumpe-
tisyon sa pandaigdigang
pamilihan ay nananatiling
matapat sa kanila ang
kanilang mga kliyente.
“Marami ang
kumpetisyon pero they stick
to us because they are satis-
fied with the quality of our
products,” aniya. Ayon kay
Decasa, ang kanyang kum-
panya ay nagsimulang
magbenta sa Australia ng
sombrerong buntal noong
sa pahina 1.)
Ngunit, katulad ng sina-
bi niya, ang kakulangan sa
skilled workers ang pangu-
nahing problema ng Bali-
uag Buntal Enterprises.
Dahil dito, sinabi niya
na nakahanda siyang mag-
bigay ng pagsasanay sa mga
bilanggo sa mga piitan sa
ibat-ibang bahagi ng bansa.
Ito ay upang matiyak na
may mga taong may kaka-
yahan na gumawa ng som-
brerong buntal aniya, bu-
kod pa sa magsisilbi itong
libangan at hanap-buhay.
Kaugnay nito, sinabi ni
Decasa na patuloy nilang
pinasisigla ang industriya
sa pagsasagawa ng taunang
Buntal Festival na nagla-
layon din na makahikayat
sa mga kabataan ngayon na
bigyan ng panahon ang
paggawa ng sombrerong
buntal.
Batay sa librong “Bali-
wag then and now” na sinu-
lat ni Rolando Villacorte,
ang paglala ng sombrerong
buntal ay nagsimula sa
bayang ito sa pagitan ng
1907 at 1909, nang mag-
dala si Mariano Deveza ng
hibla o fiber ng buntal
mula sa kanyang bayan na
Lucban, Quezon.
Ayon kay Villacorte,
noong panahong iyon, ang
Lucban, Quezon ay ang
itinuturing na nag-iisang
sentro ng paglala ng buntal
sa bansa, samantalang ang
Baliuag ay kilala naman sa
paggawa o paglala ng som-
brerong yari sa kawayan.
Ipinaliwanag naman ni
Decasa sa Mabuhay na
unang ipinakilala ni
Deveza ang mga hibla ng
buntal sa yumaong si
1987.
Binigyan niya ng diin na
hindi pa rin mapantayan ng
mga kumpetisyon ang pi-
nong paglala ng sombrerong
buntal na tanging mga
manggagwa lamang ng
Baliuag Buntal Enterprises
ang nakakagawa.
“In the end, the quality
of our products will decide,”
ani Decasa.
Gayunpaman, nanga-
ngamba siya na darating
ang panahon na wala nang
gagawa ng sombrerong
buntal dahil sa iba ang
interes ng mga kabataan
ngayon.
Ito ay una nang binig-
Mabuhay
LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980
ng Munisipyo (mula kaliwa): Community Affairs Head
Liwayway Eugenio, LCR Head Lourdes Ampat, Accounting
Head Remedios Bautista, Treasurer Head Amelia Magpayo,
Gng. Epa Santiago, Ramon Nicolas, Executive Asistant Engr.
Dinia Gomez, Susan Ramirez, Vette at Marissa. (Lalaine
Santos) MIO Bocaue — PR
Dolores Maniquis na
naingganyang gamitin iyon
sa paggawa ng sombrero.
Pinag-aralan ni Mani-
quis ang paggamit sa mga
hibla ng buntal, at kanya
itong pinalambot sa
pamamagitan ng pagpa-
pagulong ng bilog at ma-
bigat na kahoy sa mga
hibla.
Matapos mapalambot
ang mga hibla sa pama-
magitan ng nasabing pag-
papagulong, sinabi ni De-
casa na sinimulan naman
ni Maniquis ang paglala
niyon. Hindi nagtagal at
pinag-aralan naman ni
Maniquis ang pagpapaputi
sa mga hibla at pagkukulay
sa mga iyon.
Ayon kay Decasa, pagda-
ting ng 1910, isang maun-
lad na industriya na ang
paglala ng buntal sa Bali-
wag at halos sa lahat ng
bahay ay may lumalala.
Sa pag-unlad ng indus-
triya, umunlad din ang
paggawa at pamamaraan sa
paggawa ng sombrerong
buntal.
Hindi nagtagal, nagka-
roon ng kanya-kanyang is-
pesyalisasyon ang mga
lumalala, kaya’ bago ma-
tapos ang isang sombrero
ay dumadaan iyon sa apat
na manggagawa.
Ang unang taga-lala ang
gumagawa ng ulo ng som-
brero, ang ikalawang taga-
lala naman ang gumagawa
ng latag paikot sa som-
brero.
Ang ikatlong taga-lala
ang nagsasara ng paikot na
latag, at ang ika-apat ang
nagpapaputo ng sombrero
upang mas higit iyong ma-
ging kaakit-akit.
yang diin nina Pilar
Bernardo, 98; at Feliza
Ramos, 92, na nagsabing
ang kawalan ng interes ng
mga kabataan ngayon sa
paggawa ng sombrerong
buntal ang pinakamalaking
suliranin ng industriya.
“Noong panahon namin,
lahat kami at gumagawa
niyan, pero ngayon iba na
ang interes ng mga kaba-
taan,” ani Bernardo.
Dahil dito, plano ni De-
casa na ialok ang paglala ng
sombrerong buntal sa mga
bilanggo bilang bahagi ng
libangan at gawaing pagka-
kakitaan ng mga ito habang
nasa kulungan. —DB
Ayon kay Decasa, pagda-
ting ng 1920, naging pa-
ngunahing produkto ng
Baliuag ang sombrerong
buntal na ibinebenta sa
ibayong dagat kung saan ay
tinawag iyon na “Panama
hat.”
Ngunit sa huling bahagi
ng dekada 1920, nagsi-
mulang maghingalo ang
industriya dahil sa kum-
petisyong hatid ng mga
Tsinong mangangalakal sa
Tsina.
Ang mga nasabing Tsi-
no ang nagpagawa rin ng
kanilang bersyon ng “bali-
buntal” sa mga Pilipinong
lumalala nito sa Hongkong
gamit ang mga hibla ng
buntal mula sa Pilipinas.
Dahil dito, bago duma-
ting ang ikalawang dig-
maang pandaigdig ay halos
maglaho ang indutriya ng
buntal dito sa Baliuag.
Ngunit noong dekada
’60 ay muling sumigla ang
industriya sa pamamagitan
ng yumaong si Joaquin
Villones na may-ari ng
Balibuntal Straw Hat na
may 5,000 taga-lala noon.
Si Villones na kaanak ni
Dolores Maniquis, ay siyang
kumupkop at nagpalaki
kay Decasa sa batang edad.
Bilang may-ari ng Bali-
uag Buntal Enterprises
ngayon, sinabi ni Decasa na
ang pangunahing layunin
niya ay hindi lamang
maitaguyod ang negosyong
naging simbulo ng
kaunlaran at pagsisikap ng
Baliuag, kundi nais niyang
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HAGONOY, Bulacan—Ilang araw matapos kumalat sa
Lungsod ng Mexico sa bansang Mexico ang sakit na Influ-
enza A H1N1 ay agad ding itong kumalat sa ibat-ibant
bansa katulad ng Amerika, Europa at Hongkong.
Batay sa pahayag ng mga dalubhasa, ang mabilis na
pagkalat ng nasabing sakit na naunang tinawag na Mexi-
can swine flu, dahil na rin sa ito ay nasa kalagayang pan-
demic o nalilipat sa tao mula sa kapwa tao.
Ganito rin ang kalagayan ng pandemic na naitala noong
1918, 1950, 1957 at 1968.
Ngunit, ayon sa mga dalubhasa ng United Nations
Children Emergency Fund (Unicef), ang mabilis na
pagkalat ng pandemic flu virus ngayon ay may kaugnayan
sa bilis ng pagbibiyahe gamit ang mga eroplano.
Dahil dito, agad na nagsagawa ng inspeksyon sa
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) si
Health Secretary Francisco Duque noong Miyerkoles, Abril
29 at ininspeksyon ang thermal scanners doon. Ang
paliparan ay nasa Clark Field sa Angeles City, Pampanga.
Ang thermal scanners ay ginagamit upang masukat
ang temperature ng mga parating na pasahero, dahil ang
lagnat ay isa sa palatandaan ng influenza A H1N1.
Kaugnay nito, pinayuhan ni Dr. Joycelyn Gomez, pro-
vincial health officer ng Bulacan, ang lahat ng balikbayan
na agad kumonsulta sa doctor kung sakaling makadama
ng kakaiba ang timpla ng katawan o magkaroon ng lagnat,
pag-ubo, at sipon.
Sinabi ni Dr. Gomez na kahit sino ay maaring mahawa
ng influenza A H1N1 virus dahil ito ay nasa kalagayang
pandemic o nalilipat sa tao mula sa kapwa tao.
Batay naman sa mga tala na naipon ng Mabuhay mula
sa Unicief, Department o Health at Philippine Press In-
stitute, mula taong 1580 ay umabot na sa 31 ang naitalang
kaso ng pandemic sa mundo.
Ang pinakamalalang kaso ng pandemic ay naitala
noong 1918 na naging sanhi ang pagkamatay ng 30 milyon
hanggang sa 50 Milyong tao.
Batay sa pa sa tala, ang pandemic noong 1918 ay sanhi
ng Influenza AH1N1 virus.
Ito ay halos katulad ng kumakalat na virus ngayon
ngunit kasalukuyang pang tinutukoy ng mga dalubhasa
ang isa pang sangkap nito.
Batay sa mga pasusuri ng mga dalubhasa, apat ang
pinagmulan ng kasalukuyang Influenza A H1N1 virus.
Kabilang dito ang swine flu virus, bird flu, human flu at
isa pang uri ng virus na hindi pa natutukoy.
Ang iba pang pandemic na naitala sa mundo ay noong
1950 na sanhi rin ng infuenza A H1N1 virus; 1957 pan-
demic na sanhi ng influenza A H2N2; at 1968 pandemic
na sanhi ng influenza A H3N3. — Dino Balabo
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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased
VIRGINIA C. BAUTISTA died intestate on September 4, 2008 and she
is the registered owner of a parcel of land covered by TCT No. 20935
with Emancipation Patent No. 681028 of the Register of Deeds of San
Fernando, Pampanga, more particularly described as follows: Origi-
nal/Transfer of Title No. 124479-R Josefa R. Rustia —executed by
her heirs before Notary Public Alfredo G. Sunga; Doc. No. 70; Page
No. 15; Book No. 08; Series of 2009.
Mabuhay: May 8, 15 & 22, 2009
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
WITH ABSOLUTE SALE
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Spouses
PEDRO NINO who died intestate in Sasmuan, Pampanga on February
13, 1948 and CAMILA REGALA, who died intestate in Sasmuan,
Pampanga on January 11, 1974 - left a parcel land situated at San
Nicolas, Sexmoan Pampanga containing an area of 990 square meters
covered by TCT No. 491055-R executed by their heirs before Notary
Public CRESENCIO M. CALADIAO; Doc. No. 497; Page No. 100; Book
No. V; Series of 2006.
MABUHAY: May 8, 15 & 22, 2009
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Regarding Henry
is the hand that rules
the world,” W.R. Wallace
once said. In other words,
without mothers, man is
nothing. Ralph Waldo
Emerson pointed this out
when he wrote: “Men are
what their mothers made
them.”
Thomas Alva Edison
subscribed to the idea. He
admitted, “My mother was
the making of me. She was
so true and so sure of me. I
felt that I had someone to
live for — someone I must
not disappoint.” Walt
Whitman was even more
apt: “I am the part of the
woman the same as the
man, and I say it is as great
to be a woman as to be a
man. And I say there is noth-
ing greater than the
mother of a man.”
What is the true mea-
sure of a mother? The great
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
used to spend afternoons in
Madrid drinking with a
close group of intellectuals
at a favorite café. During the
rehearsals of Garcia Lorca’s
Blood Wedding, they
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Depthnews
7) My mother taught me
irony. “Keep crying, and I’ll
give you something to cry
about.”
8) My mother taught me
about the science of osmo-
sis. “Shut your mouth and
eat your supper.”
9) My mother taught me
about contortions. “Will you
look at that dirt on the back
of your neck!” 10) My
mother taught me about
stamina. “You’ll sit there
until all those vegetables
are gone.”
11) My mother taught
me about weather. “This
room of yours looks as if a
typhoon went through it.”
12) My mother taught
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Forward to Basics
a good grade for a project
you really invested a lot of
time for. But then in the
end you get a low grade be-
cause you may have over-
looked something. You
shouldn’t really worry
about this, especially when
you’ve done the best you
could.”
“Okay, so what?”
“Where you and I should
learn and be ready to flunk
would be in the things that
separate us from God. Since
we’re all ‘experts in sin-
ning,’ we ought to aim for
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Fair & Square
pline of development di-
plomacy when I became a
Foreign Service Officer
(FSO), since it was coinci-
dentally the dominant prac-
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missed not having their
playwright friend with
them.
One day, they got tipsy
and decided to call Lorca —
although he had said he
would respond to no one at
such times — except his
mother. The group decided
Neruda was the one who
could get away with calling
Lorca. After all, Neruda was,
many of them thought, the
greatest poet ever to write
in the Spanish language.
Neruda called from the café
and said it was Lorca’s
mother calling. When Lorca
came to the phone and dis-
covered it was not his
mother, he insulted Neruda
and said unforgivable
things. Lesson of the story:
Thou shalt not use the
mother’s name in vain.
How do mothers disci-
pline a child? Each has her
own methods, of course. In
Times to Remember, Rose
Kennedy shared how she
did it: “People have asked
me if I ever spanked Jack
(American president John
F. Kennedy) when he was a
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me about hypocrisy. “If I
told you once, I’ve told you
a million times. Don’t ex-
aggerate!”
13) My mother taught
me the circle of life. “I
brought you into this world.
And I can take you out.”
14) My mother taught
me about behavior modifi-
cation. “Stop acting like
your father!”
15) My mother taught
me about envy. “There are
millions of less fortunate
children in this world who
don’t have wonderful par-
ents like you do.”
16) My mother taught
me about anticipation.
“Just wait until we get
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getting ‘Fs’ in pride, van-
ity, anger, greed and lust.”
“Isn’t this approach a bit
negative, Father?”
“It may seem like that
at first, but flunking out of
these vices actually means
struggling to get A’s in the
virtue opposed to them. It
would be wrong to over fo-
cus on what one does wrong
or what one ought to avoid.
It would be more positive
and fruitful to consider
what good one can concret-
ize each day out of love for
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tice at that time. Sad to say,
the interest in this disci-
pline has waned over the
years, and very few seem to
be practicing it now.
My sadness for the ap-
LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980
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boy. I suppose it is part of
the mystique surrounding
the presidency that anyone
who occupies the office is
endowed with qualities
that are extraordinary and
he must have passed
through childhood in a glow
of virtue. I can state that
this was not the case with
Jack, nor was it with Bobby
or Teddy or any of the oth-
ers, and whenever they
needed it they got a good
old-fashioned spanking,
which I believe is one of the
most effective means of in-
struction.”
Of course, not all chil-
dren love their mothers or
the other way around. Nov-
elist Henry Miller hated his
mother, and the feeling was
mutual. His mother was a
rigid, puritanical woman
who refused to read any-
thing her son ever wrote
and who never forgave him
for not becoming a tailor
like his father. Avoiding
both ambivalence and am-
biguity, Miller laid it right
on the line: “I hated my
mother all my life.”
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home.”
17) My mother taught
me about receiving. “I am
really going to give it to you
when you get home!”
18) My mother taught
me humor. “When those
scissors cuts off your toes,
don’t come running to me.”
19) My mother taught
me genetics. “You’re just
like your father.”
20) My mother taught
me wisdom. “When you get
to be my age, you’ll under-
stand.”
21) My mother taught
me completeness. “You’ll
be finished when I say you
are finished.”
22) My mother taught
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God and fellowmen.”
“How about the occa-
sions when our weaknesses
do come up once in a while,
Father?”
“Well, even though they
may seem like failures,
they are actually only ap-
parent failures. This is true
if the person resolves to
immediately go back to God
with the humility like that
of the Prodigal Son. And he
manages to even learn from
his mistakes and his con-
version becomes more firm
and sincere.”
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parent demise of develop-
ment diplomacy is actually
just a sequel of my earlier
disappointment over the
death of the human settle-
ments concept in this coun-
try. I say death, because I
know for a fact that the suc-
cession of several adminis-
trations after Martial Law
had killed it, mistaking it
perhaps as a political gim-
mick despite its actually
being a profound economic
development strategy.
Stock market
What good could a stock
market show do for a devel-
oping country like the Phil-
ippines? It is a well known
fact that there will be no
Silicon Valley or no Detroit
today if not for the indus-
trial capital that was raised
in the American stock mar-
kets. Capital is the fuel of
the economy, and stock
markets are the venues
where capital is raised.
Prof. Sonny Coloma, one
of my guests last week, told
me in the show that in Ja-
pan many of the stock mar-
ket players are housewives
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Now, for a good laugh. A
successful unmarried career
woman had a married sis-
ter named Joan, who was a
typical housewife whose life
centered around her hus-
band and children.
One day, the mother was
talking to the unmarried
one via phone. “I worry
about you. You’re not mar-
ried. You don’t have a man
to take care of you. What’s
going to become of you?”
The single woman
snapped, “Mother, for
heaven’s sake, I’m living
exactly as I like. I do as I
please. I make plenty of
money and I can spend it
on myself. I don’t have to
worry about what some
man wants. I can travel and
have vacation to any coun-
try I want to go. I entertain.
I have all the friends I want.
I’m not tied down to house-
work or kids. My life is glam-
orous and wonderful.”
There was a pause and
then the mother said, “I
know. Don’t tell your sister
about it.”
Ah, mother!
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me curiousity. “If you want
to see what happens, just do
that one more time.”
23) My mother taught
me how to make choices. “If
your classmate jumps off the
tree, do you think you
should jump too?”
24) My mother taught
me sarcasm. “Do you think
I am an idiot? Well do you?”
25) (And my favorite)
My mother taught me
about justice. “One day
you’ll have kids. And I hope
they turn out just like you.”
Sounds just like my
Mom.
— juanlmercado@gmail.com
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“You mean to say, Father
… that …,” he smiled as he
came upon a realization.
“Yes, James! That one
can really never fail in the
spiritual life as long as he
struggles with the sincere
resolve to begin again, use
the supernatural means
and to find — like St. Paul
— strength and joy in his
own weaknesses. In this
way, he no longer struggles
alone, but always in and
with the grace and love of
God.”
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
PROVINCE: BULACAN
CITY/MUNICPAL: OBANDO
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby
served to the public that Asuncio Alfonso Correa has filed with this
Office a petition for change of first name from MARIA ASUNCION to
ASUNCION in the birth certificate of Asuncion Garcia Alfonso who
was born on 15 August 1952 at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines and
whose parents are Feliciano Alfonso and Monica Garcia.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
opposition jwith this Office not later than -O-
(Sgd) PEDRO C. SEVILLA
Municipal Civil Registrar
Obando, Bulacan
Mabuhay: May 1 and 8, 2009
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH
ABSOLUTE SALE
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased BERNALDA
OSDAÑA and JUSTINO M. GERONA who died intestate on January
15, 1982 and June 2, 1999, respectively, at Sta. Maria General
Hospital, Sta Maria, Bulacan, leaving behind a certain parcel of land
which is conjugal and more particularly described in Katibayan ng
Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-5976 (M), situated in Dulong Bayan, San
Jose Del Monte, was extrajudicially settled among their legitimate
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ heirs with absolute sale as per Doc. No. 615; Page No. 23; Book No.
43 Series of 1999 of the Notarial Registry of Notary Public Atty.
Ernesto A. Casas.
Mabuhay: May 1, 8 & 15, 2009
MANAHAN SA LABAS NG HUKUMAN NA MAY BILIHAN
Dapat malaman ng lahat na ang ari-arian ng namayapang si Rodolfo
Gregorio na namatay noong October 19, 2008 sa Pulong Buhangin,
Sta. Maria, Bulacan na walang naiwang huling habilin ay nakaiwan ng
isang (1) Lagay ng lupang na matatagpuan sa Pulong Buhangin, Sta.
Maria, Bulacan na makikilala sa palatandaan na Transfer Certificate
of Title No. T-34151(M) ay napagkasunduan na manahin sa labas ng
hukuman na may bilihan ay mas makilala sa Doc. No. 62 ; Page No.
14 ; Book No.96 ; Series of 2009 Notaryo Publiko ni Atty. Federico T.
Venzon.
Mabuhay: May 8, 15, & 22, 2009
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
WITH WAIVER OF SHARE
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NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased REMEDIOS
LUCAS LEOPANDO who died intestate on March 4, 2008 at #2248-D
Severino Reyes St. Sta. Cruz, Manila leaving behind three (3) parcels
of land with improvements existing thereon and more particularly
described as follows: a) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-43.617(M);
and b) Transfer of Certificate of Title No. O-0909(M) both situated in
Paliwas Obando, Bulacan; and c) Transfer of Certificate of Title No
RT-6293 (T-164488) situated in Binagbag, Angat, Bulacan, has been
extrajudicially settled with waiver of share among her legitimate heirs
as per Doc. No. 300; page No. 60; Book No. II; Series of 2009 of
Notary Public of Attorney Ramon S. Masagca.
Mabuhay: May 1,8 & 15, 2009
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Mateo Mallari
and Virginia Magtoto Mallari who died intestate on December 18, 1990
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and May 16, 2004 respectively, both of Mabalacat, Pampanga. That said
deceased spouses left a parcel of land situated in Barangay Mabiga,
Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga more particularly de-
scribed in the Transfer Certificate of Title No. 442851-R containing an
area of Four Thousand Five Hundred Three (4,503 ) Square meters more
or less was extra-judicially settled among their heirs as per Doc. No.
1468; Page No. 28; Book No. XXXII; Series of 2005 of Notary Public Atty.
Jackson Visda Yabut.
Mabuhay: April 24, May 1 & 8, 2009
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH
DEED OF SALE OF A PORTION OF PARCEL OF LAND
NOTICE is hereby given that the estates of the deceased Reynaldo
San Juan who died intestate on May 27, 2008 at Sta. Maria, Bulacan
left one (1) parcel of land situated at Bo. Sta. Rosa, Marilao, Bulacan
more particularly described as Transfer Certificate of Title No.
T130425(M) was extrajudicially settled among legitimate heirs with
Deed of Sale of a Portion of Parcel of Land as per Doc. No. 216; Page
No. 45; Book No. 58; Series of 2009 of notary Public of Atty. Nenita
D.C. Tuazon.
Mabuhay: May 1, 8 & 15, 2009
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
AMONG HEIRS WITH SALE
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Mateo Mallari
and Virginia Magtoto Mallari who died intestate on December 18, 1990
and May 16, 2004 respectively, both of Mabalacat, Pampanga. That said
deceased spouses left a parcel of land situated in Barangay Mabiga,
Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga more particularly de-
scribed in the Transfer Certificate of Title No. 442851-R containing an
area of Four Thousand Five Hundred Three (4,503 ) Square meters more
or less was extra-judicially settlement of estate among heirs with sale as
per Doc. No. 37; Page No. 08; Book No. 04; Series of 2009 of Notary
Public Atty. CARMELINO M. ROQUE.
Mabuhay: May 1, 8 and 15, 2009
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