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Mabuhay Issue No. 35
Mabuhay Issue No. 35
Mabuhay Issue No. 35
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2003 and 2007
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SAN MIGUEL, Bulacan — Ikina- dahil higit na makikilala ang yas na gagawin ng Bulacan ay pastilyas sa bayang ito tulad ni Bukod dito, sinabi nina Gem-
galak ng mga manggagawa ng pangunahing produkto ng bayang ipakikita sa publiko sa ika-12 ng Gemma Alcantara ng Sevilla ma na patuloy ang pagtaas ng mga
pastilyas sa bayang ito ang pag- ito. Setyembre o sa kalagitnaan ng Sweets. pangunahing materyales sa pag-
tatangka ng Bulacan na maka- “Mas makikilala at sisikat ang walong araw na pagdiriwang ng Ayon sa mga manggagawa ng gawa ng pastilyas tulad ng gatas
gawa ng pinaka-mahabang pas- pastilyas ng San Miguel at tataas Linggo ng Bulacan na magsi- pastilyas, napapanahon ang pag- ng kalabaw, asukal at maging ng
tilyas sa buong mundo dahil ang kita namin,” ani Vidal hinggil simula sa ika-8 ng Setyembre at tatangka ng pamahalaang pang- panggatong tulad ng liquefied pe-
malaking tulong iyon sa indus- sa paglulunsad ng pamahalaang matatapos sa ika-15 ng buwan na lalawigan na mapasikat ang troleum gas at kahoy.
triya. panglalawigan sa paggawa sa siya namang pagdiriwang ng ika- kanilang produkto na kabilang na Ayon kay Vidal, tumaas sa P25
Ayon kay Nestor Vidal, 42, at pinakamahabang pastilyas sa 110 guning taon ng pagbubukas sa mga produktong Tatak Bu- ang bawat isang boteng “long
isa sa mga namamahala sa RicMar buong mundo na isasali sa Guin- ng Kongreso ng Malolos. lakenyo dahil sa dumarami ang neck” ng gatas ng kalabaw mula
Sweets, umaasa sila na higit na ness Book of World Records. Inayunan ang pahayag ni Vidal gumagawa ng katulad na pro- sa P20 bawat bote noong Enero,
uunlad ang industriya ng pastilyas Ang pinakamahabang pastil- ng iba pang manggagawa ng dukto sa ibang bayan. 6
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, HINDI kulang ang bansa sa mga (para raw makunan ng langis) kapitalista, dayuhan man o lokal,
batas na mangangalaga sa kalika- saka lamang natuklasan na ang ay ang kanilang kabatirang takaw
san at pipigil sa pagwasak sa Ming Hong Trading ay walang na takaw ang Admintrasyong Ar-
, kapaligiran, tulad halimbawa ng Mayor’s permit, walang ECC, royo na mapasulong ang eko-
Clean Air Act. walang EIA atbp. nomya sa ano mang paraan —
Ang Department of Environ- Marami na ang nagkasakit sa kahit na ikapipinsala ng kalusu-
ment and Natural Resources baga at puso sa mga taong naka- gan ng mamamayan at ikawawa-
. (DENR), ang kagawarang binig- tira sa paligid ng plantang ito, sak ng kapaligiran at kalikasan,
. yan ng pananagutan at kapangya- nagkamatay na ang mga hayop at tulad ng pagsusunog ng gulong ng
rihang mangalaga sa mga likas na halaman, hindi pa rin naipasasara Ming Hong Trading.
yaman at kapaligiran, ay nagtakda ni Mayor Feliciano Legazpi, o ng Sa pagtutuos, ang pangyaya-
, ng mga tuntunin, tulad ng Envi- DENR ang planta. ring may tatlong taon nang nag-
. ronmental Compliance Certifi- Bakit? Gaano ba kalakas sa susunog ng lumang gulong ang
cate (ECC) at Environmental pamahalaang Arroyo ang may-ari Ming Hong Trading nang walang
, Impact Assessment (EIA), bago ng Ming Hong Trading? mayor’s permit, walang ECC at
. pahintulutang makapagtayo ng EIA at iba pang rekusitos ay iisa
, isang planta, o ano mang establi- ang kahulugan: may basbas ni Ka-
simyento, na ang operasyon ay Ang mga patakaran ng Admi- lihim Lito Atienza (at ng Mala-
makapipinsala sa kalikasan at nistrasyong Arroyo (at ng mga kanyang) ang operasyon ng Ming
. kapaligiran, at sa kalusugan ng administrasyong nakalipas), na Hong Trading.
mamamayan. isulong ang ekonomya sa tulong Kung may basbas ni Ginang
At batay naman sa Local Gov- ng mga puhunan at kaalamang Macapagal-Arroyo, ano ang ma-
ernment Code, kailangan din ang teknikal na dayuhan, ay dapat gagawa nina Mayor Feliciano
Mabuhay
pahinulot ng kapitan ng barangay ikalungkot, sa halip na ikatuwa, Legazpi at mga opisyal ng Baran-
at ang mayor’s permit na nakasa- ng mga Pilipino. gay Parada para mapatigil ang
sakop sa lupang pagtatayuan ng Una sa lahat, alam ng mga ilegal na operasyon ng Ming Hong
LINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 planta tulad nang sa kaso ng Ming dayuhan na napakadaling labagin Trading kahit magkasakit at
Hong Trading. ang mga batas sa Pilipinas — magkamatay ang mga tao, hayop
Ang Ming Hong Trading, na madaling suhulan ang tagapagpa- at halaman sa mismong paligid
EDITORIAL itinayo sa Sityo Diliman, Baran- tupad ng batas at hustisya, at nito, at malason ang hangin at
Jose L. Pavia . , . , gay Parada, Norzagaray, Bulacan matatakaw sa kumisyon at kick- mawasak ang kapaligiran ng
/ . , . , . at isang plantang nagsusunog ng back ang matataas na opisyal na Bulakan?
, . , ., lumang gulong ay siguradong ma- nakikipagkontrato kaya madaling Para sa Administrasyong Ar-
Perfecto V. Raymundo kalalason sa hangin sa partikular, mapapayag kahit sa isang kasun- royo, salapi lamang ang mahalaga,
PRODUCTION at sa kapaligiran sa kalahatan. duang agrabyado ang Pilipinas. hindi ang buhay ng tao, at lalo
. , . , Pagkaraan ng may tatlong ta- Pero ang higit na nakapagbu- nang hindi ang malusog at ligtas
Anthony L. Pavia ong pagsusunog ng lumang goma buyo sa pagsasamantala ng mga na kapaligiran!
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2003 + 2008 , MATAGUMPAY na naisagawa ang nanalo, at si Ka Nene Bundoc Delos Santos dahil kinakabahan
ikatlong taunang Gawad Plaridel Ocampo. Kaya naman parang noong gabing iyon. Sus, babasa-
Mabuhay noong Biyernes ng gabi, Agosto 29, binuhusan ng malamig na tubig hin na lang ang nanalo, kina-
Best Ñ sa BarCIE Hotel sa Lungsod ng si Mariz. ’Yan ang tinatawag na kabahan pa?
in Photojournalism . 00075266, 6, 2006 Malolos, ngunit nabahiran ito ng three seconds of fame. Sabi pa ng PPAO, “human er-
1998 + 2005 6, 2011, , . alinlangan. Mabuti na lamang at naituwid ror” lang talaga ang pagkakama-
Mabuhay Nagkamali sa pagbasa sa na- agad ang pagkakamali ni Bokal li. So, human error din kaya yung
, nalo si Bokal Enrique “Jon-jon” Delos Santos. Dahil kung hindi ay hindi nila pagpapakita kung alin
30, 1987 . 490; Delos Santos Jr. Matapos basahin baka matulad sa karanasan sa ang mga winning entry sa nasabing
ang pangalan ng mga finalist, Metro Manila Film Festival parangal mula pa noong 2006?
. 1281 99 . binasa niya ang pangalan ng na- (MMFF) noong dekada ’90 ang Hinggil naman sa pagbatikos
15, 1999. 1655 3853 nalo, pero wow mali pala. insidente kung saan ang tinawag ng ilang mamamahayag sa nasa-
: 626 , , “And the winner for the inspi- na pangalan ng nanalo ay hindi bing human error, sinabi ng isang
294 8122 rational category is …” ang una naman pala talaga nanalo. opisyal ng PPAO na “sour graping”
niyang sinambit na pangalan ay Epekto kaya ito ng pagbabalik lang daw iyon at wala silang pa-
“Mariz Jaucian” na isa sa mga fi- sa bansa ni Gabby Concepcion na kialam sa batikos.
:// . nalist. Kaya naman, kulang na isa sa mga nadawit sa nasabing Hindi ba ang mas graceful na
lamang ay magtatalon sa tuwa si scandal sa MMFF noon? Ano ang sabihin ay “I am sorry” na tulad
( ): 520 52 Mariz na dalawang taon na ring masasabi mo Manay Lolit Solis? ng binigkas ni Ate Glue noong
; 750 . umaasam na manalo sa taunang Siyempre, nagdepensa ang 2004?
100 . parangal. Provincial Public Affairs Office na Paano kung inatake sa puso at
Ooops, di pala si Mariz ang nagkamali lamang daw si Bokal 7
29 Ð 4, 2008 3
Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO Regarding Henry
HENRYLITO D. TACIO
JUSTICE Undersecretary Ri- Based on a U.S. State Depart- ing in Persons Report, by the U.S.
cardo Blancaflor is in the news ment report, Viewpoint “stated Department of State, the Philip-
these days. He oversaw the extra- that only three (3) were secured. pines was removed from the
dition, from Bahrain, of the sus- Allow me to make a slight correc- Watch List. (The country) was
pected Filipino mastermind in tion. As of June 30, IACAT, with cited for making significant ef- NEVER underestimate the power There are several reasons why
the Superferry bombing. assistance of different govern- forts in eliminating trafficking. of a smile. At one time, I was mad a person smiles. One indicator is
Mr. Blancaflor also rides shot- ment agencies, secured the con- “However, government, as hell when someone took the that he or she is in love. Barry
gun over the Anti-Trafficking in viction of one Ms. Nelia Ogalesco. through IACAT cannot eliminate book I bought. I left it on top of my Manilow, referring to his beloved,
Persons Act (RA 9208) He is con- (This brought ) the total number human trafficking without fund- table before I left for work. When I croons, “I can’t smile without
current chairman of the Inter- of convictions to eleven (11). ing support. The Justice Depart- returned home, it was gone. I re- you”.
Agency Council Against Traffic- “In these 11 convictions, wit- ment, since IACAT’s creation five ally don’t have any problem with “A smile costs nothing but
king (IACAT).Thus, he com- nesses were vital to sentencing of years ago, repeatedly requested it if the person who took it just left gives much,” someone once wrote.
mented on our Viewpoint column the perpetrators. Most of the cases the Department of Budget and a note that he was borrowing it. At “It enriches those who receive
on “Lurid Trade” (Aug 26). This that remain unsolved or archived Management (DBM) for financial least, with a note I can always ask without making poorer those who
dealt with human trafficking usually do not have witnesses to aid for our programs. the person if he is already done give. It takes but a moment, but
within Asean nations. corroborate the evidence gathered These have been denied We’ve with the book. the memory of it sometimes lasts
“Thank you for the concern against perpetrators. asked for reconsideration. To But what really got my nerve forever. None is so rich or mighty
(over) one of the most horrendous “The international community date, we’re still awaiting the DBM this time was the fact that I had that he cannot get along without
acts against our fellow Filipinos. praised the Philippines for its response … A big part of the little some scribbled notes on the said it and none is so poor that he can-
We need all the help we can get … success in reducing the number success that IACAT achieved was book which I inserted. I was afraid not be made rich by it. Yet a smile
Even our own judges and pros- of cases involving human rights due to the funds provided by the that whoever took the book might cannot be bought, begged, bor-
ecutors are still in the dark in re- violations (including the traffick- different Non-Government Orga- just throw away the notes I had rowed, or stolen, for it is some-
lation to prosecution of persons ing of women and children). In the nizations (NGOs). written. thing that is of no value to anyone
who traffick (human beings). recently released 2008 Traffick- 7 I was about to give up when until it is given away. Some people
my niece came to my room. “I am are too tired to give you a smile.
very much sorry, uncle,” she said. Give them one of yours, as none
Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA
I was surprised; what had she
done to me, I asked myself. She
needs a smile so much as he who
has no more to give.”
took something from her bag and “Smile and others will smile
with a big smile, “Here’s your book back,” Jean Baudrillard thinks.
which I took without your knowl- “Smile to show how transparent,
edge. I forgot to leave a note.” how candid you are. Smile if you
It didn’t matter if the book have nothing to say. Most of all,
was lost. What mattered most do not hide the fact you have noth-
was the fact that here was my ing to say nor your total indiffer-
WE have to rescue this virtue, now ness is to evangelize souls. This, ern science and praxis has rel- niece and with a broad smile ence to others. Let this emptiness,
largely distorted and misunder- of course, requires nothing less egated the faith and hope in God eased all those worries. Never this profound indifference shine
stood, if not ignored and allowed than grace. But it also requires to a purely private and other- underestimate the power of a out spontaneously in your smile.”
to drift, it seems, toward extinc- us to find convincing arguments worldly level, irrelevant to the smile. I have not seen a beauty But more often than not,
tion. and ways to link the present life here and now. contest where the contestants are people stop smiling. It seems
When Pope Benedict issued with eternal life. That’s, of course, wrong. True not smiling. they are carrying the all the
his second encyclical, Spe Salvi We have to find a way to show faith and hope in God, while tran- “A smile is central to our evo- problema of the whole world.
(Saved by hope) November last, that it is God who adequately cor- scending worldly dimensions, are lution and one of the most power- Even in the early morning, when
there hardly was any ripple about responds to our deepest yearn- intrinsically immersed in earthly ful tools of human behavior,” ex- they should face the new day with
it in the secular press. ing for joy and peace. It’s not just affairs. They play a crucial role in plains Dr. Cacher Keltner, a pro- gladness, they are already frown-
Put bluntly, this extensive dis- any lofty human goal or worldly our lives and history, as individu- fessor of psychology at the Uni- ing. There are several reasons but
cussion on hope, the virtue that idea of success. als and as people. versity of California, Berkeley, those reasons are not enough to
forms an inseparable troika with This observation can provoke For these truths to shine out, who has studied the importance let yourself not to smile.
faith and charity, was left out in a second concern — that hope we need concrete examples and of facial expressions — including Here’s one poet said, “If at
the cold. It’s telling that this sad leads us to pursue only our own models. And they can be found in the variety and impact of smiles. times you feel you want to cry and
phenomenon is happening. It ex- personal salvation, without re- the lives of martyrs and saints In 1872, Charles Darwin pro- life seems such a trial. Above the
poses the real, sorry state of our gard to our duties toward others who with God’s grace and their posed in his book, The Expression clouds there’s a bright blue sky,
Christian life. and the world in general. efforts show how faith and hope of Emotion in Man and Animals so make your tears a smile. As you
In Christian understanding, The Pope answered by saying in God have shaped their lives. that facial expressions are biologi- travel on life’s way with its many
these three virtues are indispens- that this eternal life with God is This is the challenge of today’s cally based and universal among ups and downs, remember its
able. They bring us to God. They always lived not by oneself alone, evangelizers. And I’m sure that humans. However, the celebrated quite true to say one smile is worth
practically form Christian life’s but in union with a people. Union with the proper attitude and anthropologist Margaret Mead a dozen frowns.”
essence. with God is also always a union skills we can find such examples thought the smile was a cultural The poet continues: “Among
They infuse our intelligence with others. It’s never just an in- and models not only in ancient behavior that varied between so- the world’s expensive things, a
and will with the capacity to par- dividualistic affair. times but more so in contempo- cieties. 4
ticipate in the divine knowledge, It presupposes, he said, “that rary life.
activity and life itself, allowing we escape from the prison of our There’s need to present these
us to be in sync with God’s ways. ‘I’, because only in the openness wonderful narratives in a more
Without them, there really is no
Christian life, no matter how im-
of this universal subject (we) does
our gaze open out to the source of
secular style. We have to say
enough to empty celebrity obses-
Ka Iking Reports
pressive we manage to fake it. joy, to love itself, to God.” sion.
The Pope himself offers some Again, this truth needs to be An appropriate theology has
explanation for this turn of fleshed out in concrete forms im- to be developed, where the ele-
events. First, he says that many bued with a sense of immediacy, ments of dogma blend well with
people are afraid of what faith for us to appreciate it. It’s an- the cultural character of the IKE SEÑERES
and hope promise — eternal life. other hard task for the evange- people and of the times.
“Many people,” he said, “do lizers. The spiritual has to be materi-
not find the prospect of eternal A third question can also be alized, and the material spiritual-
life attractive. What they desire raised: how did we come to con- ized. In short, a theology that pro-
is not eternal life at all, but this ceive Christian hope as a selfish duces holiness in the flesh, and
present life, for which faith in search for salvation which rejects generates hope with substance and GOVERNMENT agencies seldom ernance (LSIG) and the La Salle
eternal life seems something of the idea of serving others? not just a matter of conviction. It coordinate with each other in Institute for the Environment
an impediment.” The Pope answers by saying should be one where God and we working towards the convergence (LIFE) are planning innovative
This situation truly poses a that modernism’s attitude of re- in all our dimensions enter into a of their policies and programs. programs to enable students to
tall order to those whose busi- placing faith in God with mod- living, vibrant relationship. This is true in the case of the De- become more active in cleaning
partment of Health (DOH) and the environment. The program
the Department of Environment will help river polluters in devel-
& Natural Resources (DENR) as oping corrective measures that
Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO it is true in many other depart- would be good for all.
ments. For sure, there are many ***
potential policy and program ar- All drugs containing PHENYL-
eas where they could work to- PROPANOLAMINE (PPA) are
gether, if only they could put their being recalled in the USA. What
acts together. is the DOH doing about this? Cer-
To cite an example, there is no tain drugs allegedly contain this
doubt that dirty and polluted riv- ingredient (Alka Seltzer, Dime-
EVERY year Kapuluan, a study trusted to Opus Dei’s founder, St. enant between God and the ers pose a threat to the health of tapp, Robitussin, Dexatrim, Bio-
center for university students and Josemaría Escrivá. spouses, and their children. Even everyone, not only to those who flu, Neozep, Tuseran and Di-
young professionals, celebrates a St. Josemaría taught that God early on in the beginnings of Opus live along the riverbanks. Using sudrin). It is reportedly linked to
family day. It is a concrete gesture can be found in the most ordi- Dei, St. Josemaría already saw this as an example, it is very well INCREASED HEMORRHAGIC
of expressing our gratitude to the nary events of our lives. He said, marriage, not as a second-rate within the authority of the DOH STROKE (bleeding brain) among
boys and their families for the help “Heaven and earth seem to Christian calling as it was then to sanction the polluters of rivers women ages 18 to 49 and seizures
they have extended to the center merge, my sons and daughters, commonly perceived, as a divine for health reasons, aside from the among children. For more infor-
and its activities throughout the on the horizon. But where they calling. This is illustrated in what sanctions that the DENR could mation, visit the U.S. Food and
years. These activities mainly fo- really meet is in your hearts, is now found in his book The Way, impose upon them. Drug Administration web site:
cus on helping them to be compe- when you sanctify your everyday when he surprised someone he was Citing a case in history, the www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/
tent and prestigious professionals lives.” (Homily, Passionately spiritually guiding, “You laugh Americans convicted Al Capone ppa.
in their respective fields. Loving the World, 8-X-1967) In because I tell you that you have a for tax evasion, because they Email iseneres@yahoo.com or
Moreover, the activities help this manner, he paved a new path ‘vocation for marriage’? Well, you could not gather enough evidence text me at +639293605140.
them discover a deeper plane in to for many Christians that actu- have just that: a vocation.” (No. 27) to convict him for his other crimes. Watch my TV show “KA IKING
their work by learning to spice up alized their baptismal calling Later on he would teach: “Hus- Without going around the bush, I LIVE” every Friday from 9:30 to
everything they do with a super- right where God had placed them band and wife are called to sanc- say that murdering a river is a 10:30 PM on Destiny Cable Chan-
natural flavor: by offering their in the middle of world. tify their married life and to sanc- crime and if we could not get the nel 3. Form your own Inter Char-
work to serve God, family and ac- For the majority of Christian tify themselves in it. It would be criminals for environment rea- ity Circle and build our Nation.
quaintances. This only seeks to men and women who have been a serious mistake if they were to sons, we should get them for Tune in to “KAPIT-BAYAN” on
live and transmit the novel and called by God to marriage, the fam- exclude family life from their health reasons. And why not? DWIZ 882 KHZ, 5:00 to 6:00 PM
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48 TANONG: Sir, pina-annull ng mister old?(63928-3279662 Cecille/Sylvia Ang una sa mga sitwasyong ito ay
ko ang kasal namin nang hindi ko alam. Llerin). kung ang nakatalik ay isang menor
Maaari po ba iyon? Pwede ko po ba Sagot: Salamat po sa tanong na de edad pa lamang, ke babae ito o
, , siyang kasuhan? (639272386703). ito. Sa ilalim ng Civil Code of the Phil- lalaki. Ayon sa Republic Act 7610, o
. Sagot: Salamat po sa tanong ninyo ippines, ang isang ari-ariang mana ay ang Anti Child Abuse Law, ang
sa amin. Sa ilalim ng 1987 Constitu- ituturing na sariling pag-aari ng taong pakikipagtalik ng isang menor de
8. tion, ang isang tao ay hindi maaaring nakamana nito. edad ay lubos na ipinagbabawal, at
, alisan ng kanyang karapatan, ari-arian Dahil diyan, ang taong nakamana pinarurusahan ng hanggang habam-
. . o buhay ng hindi muna siya binibigyan o naging may-ari ng mga ito dahil mi- buhay na pagkakabilanggo, na kung
ng pagkakataong maipagtanggol ang nana niya ito mula sa kanyang mga saan ang akusado ay kinakailangan
kanyang sarili. Ang tawag sa bahaging ma-gulang ay ituturing na solong ding ikulong habang nililitis ang
4, . . , ito ng Saligang Batas ay “Constitu- may-ari lamang, na may sariling usapin. Itinuturing kasing walang bi-
32 4. tional right to due process”. karapatan upang gamitin o ibenta o sa ang pagsang-ayon ng isang menor
Kung naalisan ng karapatan, ari- isanla o ibigay kahit kanino ang de edad sa pakikipagtalik kahit ito
arian o buhay ang isang tao ng hindi nasabing mana. ay kanya pang kagustuhan, o di kaya
siya napapayagang gamitin ang kan- Hindi ituturing na conjugal prop- ay kanyang inumpisahan.
Murmurings yang “right to due process”, magiging
ilegal ang sitwasyon, at maaaring
erty o absolute community of prop-
erty ang nasabing mga manang ari-
Pangalawa, kung ang nakatalik,
bagamat nasa wastong edad, ay may
kumilos ang mga apektadong partido arian, kaya’t walang pakialam ang sayad naman o sira sa pag-iisip at,
upang maiwasto o maisaayos ang asawa o mga anak dito. dahil diyan, ay hindi maaaring maka-
pagkakamali o di kaya ay maisantabi Sa katunayan, sinasabi ng Civil pagbigay ng pagsang-ayon. Ituturing
ang anumang proseso na naganap dahil Code na hindi na kailangan ang pirma na panggagahasa ang ganitong paki-
sa pagkakabalewala ng right to due o pagsang-ayon ng asawa o mga anak kipagtalik at maaari itong maparu-
ARIEL HANS C. SEBELLINO process. sa anumang transaksiyong papasukin sahan din ng habang-buhay na pagka-
Maaari ding hilingan ng pagbaba- ng taong nakamana ng mga ari-arian. kabilanggo.
! yad ng danyos perhuwisiyos ang mga Sa kabilang dako, kung ang pakiki-
taong nag-alis ng karapatan, ari-arian pagtalik ay hindi pumapasok sa mga
at buhay ng iba ng walang right to due Tanong: Batas, puwede po ba ako sitwasyong ito, walang pananagutang
, process. maghabol sa boyfriend ko kasi paulit- kriminal ang lalaki o babaeng naki-
Sa sitwasyon ng mga kaso sa hu- ulit na kami nag-sex tapos ngayon ay pagtalik, bagamat maaari siyang
kuman, lalong-lalo na ng mga kaso sa nakikipaghiwalay na siya dahil nahuli pagbayarin ng danyos perhuwisiyos.
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smile is very cheap. And when you give After all, a smile, according to half my face, and the result was this
a smile away, you get one back to keep. Charles Gordy, “is an inexpensive way weird grimace,” he says.
Happiness comes at times to all but to change your looks.” George Eliot Looking for peace between a hus-
sadness comes unbidden and some- surmises, “Wear a smile and have band and wife, or between enemies?
times a few tears must fall among the friends; wear a scowl and have The answer to that question is a big
laughter hidden. wrinkles.” American humorist Mark smile. As Nobel Peace Prize winner
( ) So when friends have sadness on Twain also stated so: “Wrinkles should Mother Teresa said, “Peace begins
their face and troubles round them merely indicate where smiles have with a smile.” A smile, nonetheless,
piled, the world will seem a better been.” Just a reminder: It takes 17 is a powerful weapon; you can even
place and all because you smiled.” muscles to smile and 43 to frown. break ice with it.
A smile can make a woman more If you can smile, why don’t smile ”Today,” urged H. Jackson Brown,
beautiful. “Beauty is power; a smile at all. How unfortunate a person is, if Jr., “give a stranger one of your smiles.
! ? is its sword,” Charles Reade pointed he can’t smile anymore. Twice in his It might be the only sunshine he sees
out. And someone commented, “I’ve adult life, Ross Main had has his face all day.” A poet puts it more succinctly.
never seen a smiling face that was not paralyzed by Bell’s palsy, a disorder “Smiling is infectious; you can catch
! beautiful.” (Frank) Gelett Burgess in which the seventh cranial nerve be- it like the flu. Someone smiled at me
also said, “Thinking a smile all the comes inflamed, probably from a vi- today and I started smiling too.”
. time will make your face youthful.” ral infection. “I could only smile with Ñ @ .
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Ipinaliwanag niya sa Mabuhay na ang naghirap at nabaon sa utang ang marami Bukod sa Plaridel, nagsipagtanim na rin
mga kaibigang kulisap tulad ng gagamba, sa kanila ay ang gastos sa mga kemikal ng sinaunang binhi gamit ang organikong
PLARIDEL, Bulacan — Nagbalik na ang tutubi at bubuyog ay nawala sa mga bukirin na pestisidyo at pataba na karaniwan ay pamamaraan ang mga magsasaka sa Lung-
mga isda at kaibigang insekto sa mga dahil sa paggamit ng mga magsasaka ng inuutang lamang. sod ng Malolos at mga bayan ng Bulakan,
bukirin sa bayang ito dahil sa organikong makabagong pamamaraan ng pagsasaka na Ayon sa mga magsasaka, bago maging San Ildefonso, San Rafael, at Pandi sa
pamamaraan ng pagsasaka, samantalang ang tagumpay ay batay sa dami ng gina- laganap ang paggamit ng nasabing pesti- Bulacan. Maging sa mga bayan ng Apalit,
sumasapaw na ang mga sinaunang binhing gamit na pataba at pestisidyong kemikal. sidyo sa mga bukirin ay walang problema San Luis at Candaba sa Pampanga ay
itinanim sa iba’t ibang bayan sa lalawigan. “Hindi lahat ng kulisap sa bukid ay sa pagkain dahil marami silang nahuhuling nagtatanin na ng ganito.
May kagalakang ibinalita sa Mabuhay kalaban ng magsasaka, pero maging mga isda sa kanilang bukid. Ayon kina Melencio Domingo at Agaton
ni Liza Sacdalan, isa sa lider ng mga mag- kaibigang kulisap ay nadadamay kapag “Dati ay walang problema sa ulam. Milagroso ng Malolos, ang pagpaparami ng
sasaka dito sa Plaridel, ang pagiging epek- nag-spray ng pesticide ang mga magsa- Mangapa ka lang sa gilid ng prinsa may sinaunang binhi ay nangangahulugan ng
tibo ng organikong pagsasaka ng mga sina- saka,” ani Sacdalan. ulam ka nang bulig, hito o kaya ay hipon. pagtalikod ng mga magsasaka sa mga
unang binhi sa kanilang bukirin. Sinabi pa niya na maging mga similya Pero nang mauso ang pesticide, napeste rin binhing “hybrid” na nangangailangan ng
“May mga bulig at gagamba na uli sa ng isdang bukid tulad ng tilapia at dalag ang mga isdang bukid pati mga talangka,” maraming pataba at kemikal na pestisidyo.
bukid,” aniya. ay namamatay dahil sa paggamit ng pesti- ani Resty Inocencio, isang magsasaka sa Binigyang diin ni Domingo na ang bunga
Ito, ayon kay Sacdalan, ay isa sa positi- sidyong kemikal. bayan ng Hagonoy. ng sinaunang binhi ay maaaring itanim
bong epekto ng organikong pagsasaka o ang Batay sa mga naunang pakikipanayam Ayon kay Sacdalan, sumasapaw na ang muli kaya’t hindi na bibili ang mga
pagtatanim ng palay na hindi gumagamit ng Mabuhay sa mga magsasaka sa la- mga itinanim nilang sinaunang binhi na magsasaka ng binhing ibinebenta ng mga
ng kemikal na pataba at pestisidyo. lawigan, ang dahilan kung bakit lalong kanilang pinaparami ngayon. seed company.
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MODERN orthopedic sci- signed for life in the hills Observing this some 40 from costly imported ma- wearing flip-flops. To poor
ence, combined with space- and on the farm. years ago, Therdchai Jiva- terials. patients, he provided these
age technology, has trans- This is why poor people cate, a young orthopedist An early breakthrough devices free.
formed the field of pros- who lose legs from acci- practicing in Chiang Mai, involved recycling plastic In time, Thailand’s late
thetics. But in much of Asia dents or landmines or dia- decided he could help them. yogurt bottles to fabricate Princess Mother Sri Naga-
— and even more so in pro- betes (or from snake bites, Therdchai, a graduate of artificial legs. Using his own rindra came to know of
vincial areas like northern for that matter), often re- Chulalongkorn Hospital money and time taken from Therdchai’s generous
Thailand — modern pros- sort to makeshift alterna- Medical School who also his private practice, Therd- project. In 1992, she lent
thetic limbs are well be- tives. They fashion substi- studied rehabilitation chai tinkered constantly to her patronage to create the
yond the reach of ordinary tute limbs from bamboo medicine at Northwestern simplify the fabrication Prostheses Foundation in
people who need them. shafts and spare bicycle University, began to experi- process and to adapt his de- Chiang Mai under his direc-
They are too expensive. parts and from wood and ment with cheap and sturdy vices to local circumstances, tion. With support from the
They are too time consum- leather and plastic pipes, or alternatives to the pros- creating a “farmer’s foot” royal family, private donors,
ing to acquire and main- they walk on homemade thetic limbs available at his for working in wet, slippery and the Thai national lot-
tain. Or they are poorly de- crutches. hospital, all of them made fields, and another foot for tery fund, Therdchai was
able to expand his work.
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