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Philippine CollegianOpisyal na lingguhangpahayagan ng mgamag-aaral ng Unibersidadng Pilipinas - Diliman15 Nobyembre 2011Taon 89, Blg. 16

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Pacman and themyth of socialmobilityKultura Page 8

Mga kwento ngkanseladongbiyahe atkarapatan sa PALLathalain Pahina 6-7

Breaking thedeadlockEditoryal Page 2

Terminal CasesDeln Mercado

Dibuho ni Marianne Rios

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Cerainly, no he all-ou jusice which has ranslaed,under he Aquino adminisraion,o inensied batles in he region.

Neiher is he coninuaiono arcical negoiaions

an accepable resoluion hisorically, heMILF isel began as a

breakaway acion ohe secessionis group

Moro Naional Liberaion

Fron (MNLF), which was heleading rebel Muslim group in he1960s. The MNLF negoiaed wihhe governmen or a subsaeor wo decades, ending wihhem acceping in 1987 an oero semi-auonomy in severaldispued regions and orming heAuonomous Region o MuslimMindanao (ARMM). However, heauonomy o he ARMM oued byhe governmen during he peacealks was evenually revealed o benohing bu a limied privilege.

This ime around, he opionoered by he governmen o

he rebels is equally unpalaable:

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Negoiaions beween hePhilippine governmen and he MoroIslamic Liberaion Fron (MILF) havereached ye anoher deadlock. Wih

he coninuaion o he conic inMindanao, peace alks beween hewo conending paries are nearingcollapse, and he hrea o all-ouwar is imminen.

The recen clashes beweengovernmen orces and he MILF inBasilan, wherein nineeen soldiersand ve MILF ghers were killed,lef he already shaky peace alksbeween he governmen andhe MILF on unsable ground. Inresponse, Presiden Benigno AquinoIII vowed ha his adminisraionwould be pursuing all-ou jusiceagains lawless elemens.

Jusice, Aquino explained, is

dieren rom all-ou war. Hisgovernmen would simply enac amanhun or ugiives o he law.

The irony in Aquinospronouncemen made isel ela ew days laer. On Ocober 24,Aquino ordered an aerial assaul inhe own o Payao in ZamboangaSibugay, which was said o beargeing a rogue aciono he MILF. Due o he airsrike, a leas 27 peoplewere killed while around20,000 reugees ed romhe area.

These gures are only he

laes in a long lis o vicims oviolen clashes in he region. Since1997, he conic beween MILF andgovernmen orces has resuled inhe deah o over 120,000 people,displaced wo million, and sunedeconomic developmen in he poorbu oherwise resource-rich Muslimregions in Mindanao.

To again inic upon his landhe ghasly eecs o he all-ou war waged in 2000 by henPresiden Joseph Esrada would benohing shor o sae-perperaederrorism.

Wha hen, could be he soluiono his impasse?

reorms in ARMM, insead o hereal auonomy ha he MILF seekso atain, hrough he creaiono a Bangsamoro subsae. Ashe pas decade has shown, hedeerminaion o he MILF o reachhis goal is almos boundless, eveno he poin o enlising dubiousallies such as represenaives o hegovernmen o he Unied Saes.

Ye mos analyss agree ha hegovernmen will never be amenableo he creaion o a subsae,since such move would creae aconsiuional crisis and wouldenail revisions in he Consiuion.

In his case, he mos likelyoucome o he curren peacealks is a dead end, which wouldineviably spawn more bloodshed asseparaiss proes he breakdownin negoiaions and he governmenmoves o quell he dissen. Indeed,he Philippine governmen has beenruhless in atacking rebel groups,as he recen air srikes have shown,since even a enuous peace in heregion is necessary o orward

mulibillion plans or developing and

harnessing he vas naural reserveso Mindanao.

Amids such complex condiions,he major sakeholder in his issuehas been orgoten: he Bangsamoropeople. They need a rallying orceha would unangle he knos oinernal srie in he region, orgingand reuniing a long-neglecedpeople ino a unied Mindanao hacould righly asser heir righs osel-deerminaion wihou getingino violen warare agains hearmed orces o he Philippinegovernmen.

Resolving he Bangsamoroconic involves ar more hanappeasing wo clashing orces. Toresolve he proraced sruggle inMindanao is o reurn o he rooso he crisis a roubled economycompounded by governmenneglec and unceasing srie.Wheher he soluion is auonomyor reorm is or he people o decide.


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DBM denies issuing pro-TFI poliImpending cusenough proo o

sae abandonmen,youh groups sayKeith Richard D. Mariano

Deparmen o Budge andManagemen (DBM) SecrearyFlorencio Abad has denied reporsha Presiden Benigno Aquino IIIissued a new policy ha allows saeuniversiies and colleges (SUCs) oincrease uiion and oher ees nexacademic year.

In a news aricle published on TheManila Sandard Today las Ocober11, Aquino reporedly issued a newpolicy allowing SUCs o increaseuiion and oher ees o help hem

make more money in ligh o hedecrease in SUCs budge allocaionor 2012.

The Presiden has no issued anypolicy or guideline o ha eec, saidAbad in a saemen.

However, even i Abad deniesissuing such policy, he decreasingallocaion or SUCs is enough prooha he governmen is indeedpushing sae schools o increaseuiion and oher ees, said AnakbayanChairperson Vencer Crisosomo.

The Aquino adminisraion has,indeed, no released a new policysaemen allowing SUCs o raiseuiion and oher ees bu he eecso he coninued budge cus elldierenlyin order o survive, SUCshave o increase heir uiion and oherees, added Philippine Associaiono SUCs in Naional Capial RegionChairperson Juan Torres.

In his rs year as presiden,Aquino has already laid ou hisadminisraions plan o graduallyreduce he subsidy o SUCs o pushhem oward becoming sel-sucienand nancially independen,according o his 2010 budge message.

For 2012, he Oce o hePresiden cu he allocaion or SUCsby P142.4 million rom he currenP22.04 billion o P21.89 billion. Theproposed budge or UP, meanwhile, isonly P5.54 billion, which is 3.6 percen

or P208-million lower han he currenP5.75 billion budge o he universiy.

Ang pagkalas sa pondo ng SUCso increase sel-suciency and

nancial independence is anamouno saying ha hey wan uiionincrease, said Crisosomo.

In Rizal Technological Universiy(RTU), or insance, he adminisraionhas o increase he uiion rom hecurren P200 o P1,000 per uni ocover is ull budgeary requiremen,said Torres.

Mos o sudens enrolling in RTUbelong o low-middle income amilies.I he uiion is raised, we will deny agrea number o our sudens heiruure, he skills and knowledge,added Torres.

Due o he high cos o educaion,32 percen o Filipinos aged 16 o 24are no able o atend ormal school,according o he resuls o he 2010

Annual Povery Indicaors Surveyconduced by he Naional SaisicsOce.

In UP Diliman, enrolmen droppedby 4.5 percen in academic year 2008-2009 aer he implemenaion o he300 percen uiion and oher eesincrease in 2007.

Consrucively or SUCs, i youreduce he budge, you are pushedo raise uiion. Makikia nain na angbudge cu ay isang issue ng krisissa edukasyon a sa lipunan, said UPSuden Regen Ma. Krisina Coni.

Senae is currenly deliberainghe 2012 General Appropriaions Bill.Once passed, represenaives romhe wo chambers o Congress willhen mee in bicameral commitee oreconcile dierences in House andSenae version. The consolidaed billwill hen be ransmited o Aquino orapproval.

Congress is argeing o nishhe budge deliberaions beoreChrismas his year, said SenaeFinance Commitee Chair FranklinDrilon.

Various progressive youh groupsare organizing mobilizaions in imeor he budge deliberaions in heSenae his week. Habang hindi panaipapasa ang appropriaions bill,may pangangailangan na palakihinang proesa para igii ang isang pro-people budge, said Crisosom.

PMI students slam closure 2 fagship courses

Keith Richard D. Mariano

Sudens and aculy members ohe Philippine Mariime Insiue(PMI) Colleges saged a proesacion on November 10 o call on heCommission on Higher Educaion(CHEd) o overurn is decision oclose down he schools wo degreeprograms.

In a resoluion eecive hissecond semeser, he commissionordered he closure o PMIscourses, BS Marine Engineering andBS Marine Transporaion, due onon-compliance o he Sandardso Training, Cericaion and

Wachkeeping and oher decienciesin aciliies and aculy developmenprograms since 2006, said CHEdDirecor Caherine Casaeda.

CHEd has o ensure hamariime schools comply wih bohlocal and inernaional sandardsor he Philippines o remain in heInernaional Mariime OrganizaionWhie Lis or he lis o counriesha are able o mee inernaionalsandards on mariime educaion,

Casaeda explained.Secion 8 o he Higher

Educaion Ac o 1994 gives CHEdhe power o monior and evaluaehe perormance o programs andinsiuions o higher learning orappropriae incenives as well as heimposiion o sancions [including]program erminaion.

As early as June 24, CHEd hasannounced he recommendaiono is regional oces o phaseou 331 courses including he wofagship courses o PMI. However,he commission only issued a closureorder wo weeks beore he scheduledsar o classes or he secondsemeser, said PMI Suden Council

Chairperson Glory Mamisao.Wih he closure order issued

in he middle o he academic year,around 12,000 sudens are eiherpushed o enroll in schools wih higheruiion raes or drop ou o school,Mamisao added.

[The sudens], o course, will haveo undergo some sor o diculy.They migh no like he way heschools are run, or uiion in oher

schools may be higher. our bes o help hem, s

In PMI, sudens pper uni, which is only ahe uiion raes in oschools, said Mamisao.

While CHEd assu12 mariime schools inCapial Region will aeced PMI sudens, be accommodaed, sa They will have o bschools in he nearby rekaya nila, sa Visayas, sh

Also, some marireporedly declined osudens due o course amismach. The schools

careul because when graduae and ake hepwedeng ma-pull down asaid Casaeda.

While CHEd is exercise is mandae o educaion in he counalways do so wih considwelare o sudens ansaid Kabaaan Pary-lGeneral Ahena Gardon.

WALANG PAUMANHIN. Nagsagawa ng kilos-protesta ang ilang estudyante, guro at kawani ng UP sa harHall noong Setyembre 14. Nanawagan ang grupo sa mas malaking badyet sa edukasyon at iba pang batayapanlipunan. Chris Martin Imperial

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POLICE BR

Axl Ross Tumanut

Suspect in C.P. Garcmurder still at large

Auhoriies are sill sprimary suspec in he muand her son along C.P. Barangay U.P. Campus.

Aer esablishing ideniy as one Lio Arsehrough his medical recUniversiy o Sano TomCriminal Invesigaion and(CIDU) began a manhun lone suspec in he sabbinold live-in parner Edna Mseven-year old son, Jadie Aon Ocober 24.

The bodies o Edna adiscovered in heir home Avenue when Ednas Macaraeg, visied his siaround 2:30pm on Ocober

ound ha he house was lassisance rom he viRonie Rodriguez o orcibl

Danilo and Rodriguez lying on a bed in he vicima sab wound on his chesdiscovered Ednas body hidcabine wih a sab wound

Edna and her live-inhad a heaed argumen onOcober 22, he day when las seen alive, accordingRivera, a boarder in Ednaadded ha he suspec house carrying a bag a noovicims were ound dead.

Meanwhile, vicim Esiser Mary Ann Macaracharges agains Arsenia aProsecuors Ofce las NCiy Prosecuor will assignprosecuor o conduc

invesigaion on he case, sde Perala o he CIDU.

I suspec will no surconsecuive hearings o invesigaion, he invesigwill le charges in cour so han arres warran and resuor he suspec, de Perala a

2 rooms in PSSC caA re has swep hro

in he Philippine Social (PSSC) Building along Avenue on November 3 ahe morning.

The blaze, hough caused by an overheaeduni, sared in Room 3o Room 305 and was pu7:30am, according o Ernieadminisraor o PSSC. Agency, a privae marke re

occupies ofce in boh rooNo one was hur in

several documens were dre along wih equipmenrepored o be worh P300

The Philippine Social Slocaed near he Asian Insand houses he PhilippineCouncil, a non-pro privo social science insiuio

UPDP, SSB nabs suCoop burglary

The UP Diliman Pol

UPD to scale up securitymeasuresIsabella Patricia Borlaza

Following a spae o heinous crimes

commited wihin he premises ovarious UP campuses, including herecen Given Grace Cebanico rape-slay case in UP Los Baos (UPLB),he UP adminisraion is planning oinves on echnological soluionso improve campus securiy by nexschool year.

UP Diliman (UPD) is planningo purchase CCTV cameras andmechanical checkpoins o scale upsecuriy in he campus, said UPD Chieo Securiy Elvin Ebreo.

The mechanical checkpoins willbe used o ensure ha only vehicleswih suden idenicaion or UPsickers can ener hrough he sidegaes o he universiy, orcing ohervehicles o ener and exi hrough heUniversiy Avenue, Ebreo explained.

Meanwhile, he insallaion o newCCTV cameras will only be an upgrade,as cameras are already insalled insome o he buildings in UPD, Ebreoadded.

The UPD Universiy SudenCouncil (USC), however, brough up heissue o privacy upon he insallaiono cameras. Ebreo explained ha hecameras will only be used o moniorsuden aciviies in common areas.

UndermannedBy upscaling securiy devices in

UPD, he adminisraion can acuallysave unds, Ebreo said. I would cosa lo more o hire addiional securiyagencies o man he campus, he

added.A presen, here are 41 personnel

in UP Diliman Police (UPDP), 56 inhe Special Services Brigade, andapproximaely 300 securiy guardswho cover he 493 hecares o heUPD campus, according o Ebreo.

As UP spends a lo on securiyagencies, UP Presiden AlredoPascual said ha he adminisraionwill review he budge or securiyand saey o consider he proposedechnological soluions.

Justice or CebanicoIn UPLB, he adminisraion has

already begun upscaling securiymeasures by adding lighs, adjusinghe recenly insalled CCTV cameras,and placing checkpoins a all enryand exi poins in he campus.

The recen alks on igheningcampus securiy has been riggered

by he deah o UPLB CompuerScience major Cebanico, 19, who wasound dead in a canal in he Insiueo Plan Breeding Road in BarangayPuho-Tunungin on Ocober 11.

The suspecs behind he rape-slaycase, PSBank securiy guard LeserIvan Lopez Rivera and ricycle driverPercival de Guzman are now underpolice cusody and are awaiing rial.Pascual said ha UP will be exendinglegal suppor o Cebanicos amilyonce he prosecuion begins.

Hopeully, his [Given Graceinciden] will no be used o urherbuild an exclusive naure [on UP].We need o open he universiy ohe people ha i serves while, a hesame ime, ensure he saey o he

sudens, said UPD USC ChairpersonGemimah Grace Garcia.

IN MEMORIAM. In commemoration o UP Botanist Leonard Cos frst deathanniversary, an exhibit was opened at Palma Hall to call or justice or the slainscientist and other victims o human rights violations. The exhibit runs rom

November 14 to 18. Chris Martin Imperial

KULANG SA PANSIN. Tuwing maybagong proyekto ang gobyernoo espesyal na okasyon gaya nggraduation at Pasko, hindi na bagoang makakita ng naglilipanang mgaposter at streamer na nagtatampokng mga mukha ng mga pulitiko. Kungmaipasa ang Anti-Epal Bill na inihainni Sen. Miriam Deensor-Santiago,maituturing nang isang krimen angtila pag-ako ng mga pulitiko sa mgaproyektong pinopondohan ng taong-bayan. Chris Martin Imperial

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peace and order body Special ServicesBrigade (SSB) have caugh he suspecsin he robbery o boh he UP ConsumersCooperaive (UP Coop) and he home o anAr Sudies proessor in a join operaion

on November 14.SSB and UPDP operaives caugh wo

o he suspecs, Jonahan Aguas and JunryArchie Casaarez while serving as wachyour car boys a he Shopping Cener aaround 7:45 in he morning on November14. The UPDP was able o esablish heideniies o Aguas and Casaarez hroughclues given by people around he immediaeviciniy o he UP Shopping Cener.

Two oher suspecs, idenied asFrancisco Bayonea and Jonas Sanches,were also apprehended hrough he help oAguas and Casaares.

The our suspecs allegedly soleP43,840-worh o cash, cell cards anda mini-lapop worh P5,000 in UP Coopsomeime beween November 7, 8:00pmand November 8, 5am.

The suspecs were urned over anddeained a he Quezon Ciy Police Disric(QCPD) Saion 9 a around 6pm on he

same day.One o he UP Coop robbery suspecs,

Sanches, was also repored o be involvedin he burglary o Ar Sudies ProessorParick Flores residence a AgoncilloSree las November 13, along wih anaccomplice idenied as Paolo Pablo.A mini-componen and a digial clockapproximaely worh P12,000 were solenrom Flores house.

The police were able o recover hemini-componen rom Pablos residence.However, Pablo was no a home during hepolice operaions and remains a large as opress ime.

Woman ound skewered onUPIS steel ence

A woman was ound dead aer beingskewered on he spikes o he seelence o he Universiy o he PhilippinesInegraed School (UPIS) near a oobridgea Kaipunan Avenue las Ocober 31.

The woman was idenied as CharloFealvero, a preparaory eacher romSan Andres, Romblon who was undergoingreamen in Mero Manila or a swollenlarynx and palpiaing hear.

Records rom he CriminalInvesigaion and Deecion Uni show hahe woman ell rom he nearby oobridgeand landed direcly on a spike o he seelence, which pierced he righ porion o herback near her armpi.

Fealvero asked or permission o jogaround UP Campus in he early hours oOcober 31, according o he vicims aunAmely Marinez. Fealvero was supposedo have a check-up or her hroa problem ahe Philippine Hear Cener on November 2.

While auhoriies believe haFealvero commited suicide, Fealverosrelaives believe ha oul play was involvedin he inciden. Marinez said ha he angleo her all hardly suggess suicide becauseshe landed on neiher somach nor head.Marinez explained ha i is possible haFealvero was a vicim o burglary, as herewere no lighs on he oobridge.

Charlo is a model eacher, hindi siyamagpapakamaay, masaya ang usapannamin bago siya umalis, Marinez said.

Marinez said she is planning o askhe ciy mayor o insall lighs on heoobridge, as UPIS sudens mosly use io cross Kaipunan Avenue.

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from page 3Admin to implementnew STFAP in JuneIsabella Patricia Borlaza

In response o he growing numbero complains rom sudens, he UPadminisraion is se o implemenrevisions in he Socialized Tuiion andFinancial Assisance Program (STFAP)by nex school year.

The UP adminisraion is currenlysudying ways o revise he amilyincome cu-o, shoren he ediousapplicaion process and possibly increasehe allowance [or he lower brackes],said UP Presiden Alredo Pascual.

As an iniial acion, Pascual hasrecenly assigned Vice Presiden orAcademic Aairs Gisela Concepciono head he STFAP policy reviewwih he end goal o simpliying andsreamlining he applicaion process

and brackeing scheme.The STFAP is a brackeing sysemha caegorizes he sudenscapaciy o pay based on he amilysdeclared income, asses and liabiliies.The program was rs implemenedalongside he uiion increase in 1989,wherein he base uiion was raised

Labor groups ask HORto pass pro-worker billsRichard Damian

Wih he resumpion o regularsessions in he House oRepresenaives (HOR) yeserday,labor groups called on lawmakerso immediaely pass wo housebills which aim o increase wagesnaionwide and ban conracualizaion,respecively.

House Bill No. 375 or he P125Across-he-board Wage HikeBill, led by Anakpawis Pary-lisRepresenaive Raael Mariano,proposes o increase he daily wageo workers across he counry by P125.

In celebraion o he Labor Daylas May, he governmen increasedhe cos o living allowance (COLA)o Mero Manila workers by P22.However, he presen P426 minimumwage in Mero Manila sill remaina mere 40 percen o he amounneeded by a amily o live decenly,said Roger Solua, secreary-generalo labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno(KMU) in a saemen.

The P22 COLA graned las Mayor Mero Manila workers was quicklyeroded by he rising prices o basiccommodiies and services broughabou by he increases in oil prices, oll

ees and elecriciy raes, added Solua.The bill has been pending in he

HOR or more han 10 years now.Meanwhile, Mariano also ledHouse Bill No. 5110 or he RegularEmploymen Bill, which seeks o srenghen workers securiy oenure by amending Aricle 106o he Labor Code ha permisconracualizaion.

Wih Presiden Benigno AquinoIIIs decisions on he PhilippineAirlines labor dispue, workers basicrigh o job securiy is under seriousatack. The Aquino regime is blaanlypromoing conracualizaion osaisy big capialiss greed or biggerpros and atrac oreign invesors,said Solua.

Workers employed under heconracualizaion scheme do no

enjoy benes, jus wages, securiyo enure and reedom o join unionsas compared o hose employed asregular employees, according o KMU.

The gh or subsanialwage increase and againsconracualizaion is a gh o beough by every worker especiallynow ha heir economic and nancialsiuaion worsens, said AnakpawisPary-lis Execuive Vice PresidenJoel Maglunsod.

rom P40 o P300 per uni.When uiion was again increased

rom P300 o P1000 in 2007, he henNumeric Brackeing Scheme whichcaegorized sudens ino nine incomebrackes was condensed and replacedby he curren Alphabeic BrackeingScheme, which caegorizes sudensino six income brackes.

Sudens wih annual amilyincome above P1 million arecaegorized under Bracke A andpay P1,500. Sudens caegorizedin Bracke B have an annual amilyincome ranging rom P500,000 o P1million and pay P1,000 per uni.

Meanwhile, sudens in Bracke Cand D, pay P600 per uni and P300 peruni, respecively. Sudens wih annualamily income ranging rom P80,000o P135,000 all under Bracke E1and enjoy ree mariculaion, whilesudens whose amily income is belowP80,000 all under Bracke E2 andalso enjoy ree uiion plus a P12,000semesral sipend.

Separate ofceAmong he changes which will

be implemened is he creaion oa separae STFAP oce, said Pro.

Richard Gonzalo, ocer-in-charge ohe Oce o Suden Services andScholarships (OSSS).

A presen, he STFAP is underhe supervision o he OSSS in UPDiliman (UPD) and he Oce oSuden Aairs (OSA) in he oher UPcampuses.

Wih a separae STFAP oce,he managemen o he STFAP canbe cenralized, wih all brackeingprocedures or all sudens in he UPSysem being handled by one oce,Gonzalo explained.

Also, he governmen can alsoprovide separae allocaion or heoce o increase is sa and improveoperaions, he added. Currenly, hereare only 19 employees in he OSSS hacaer o he needs o he 17,000 sudenpopulaion in UPD, Gonzalo said.

Abolish STFAP?Suden leaders, however, are

skepical abou he planned STFAPrevisions.

Our sand remains on junking

and scrapping he STFAwelcome adminisrai

bu he STFAP mereuiion increase more he sudens, said UPSuden Council Gemimah Garcia.

Pascual said hparicularly under he bE2, will be grealy aecwill be removed.

Yes, STFAP is hei he governmen gconinue o suppor [UPneed o resor o nancisaid Gonzalo.

Para sa akin, fawalaga ang STFAP. Yukasi ay kung sinong magbabayad a yung hsinusubsidize. Yung goay i-rollback ang uiionsapa na badye ang Userbisyong panlipunan,College Suden CouncLiezyl Gomez.

PANINDA. Education for sale, sigaw ng isang aktibistang suot aObama habang nagmamartsa sa isang snake-in rally na ginanapnoong Nobyembre 9. Kinundena ng grupo ang mga makadayuhapinaiiral sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino at ang pagsasaprbatayang serbisyong panlipunan. Chris Martin Imperial


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Nagngingingi ang buong kalangiannoong umaga ng Seyembre 27.Mabagsik ang paghambalos ng hanginsa mga binana ng Terminal 2 ngNinoy Aquino Inernaional Airpor(NAIA). Kanselado na ang ilang biyaheng Cebu Pacic, Zes Air a ibapang airlines noong araw na iyonbunsod ng paghagupi ng BagyongPedring. Nguni iba ang siwasyon saPhilippine Airlines (PAL).

Hindi masamang panahon ang

dahilan ng pag-cancel ng ighs,aniDanny Manlangi*, 38, empleyadosa Cenral Baggage Secion ng PAL.Pagpaak ng alas siyee ng umaga,sabay-sabay na iinigil nina Dannya 400 miyembro ng PAL EmployeesAssociaion (PALEA) ang kanilangpagarabaho bilang proesa sanapipinong paganggal ng pamunuanng PAL sa mahigi 2,300 regularna empleyado.

Deerminado ang pamunuan ngPAL na anggalin ang mga regular naempleyado upang magbigay-daansa pagpapaupad ng bago niongousourcing scheme, kung saanipauubaya na sa iba pang pribadongkumpanya ang pagpapaakbo ngcaering, call cener a ground services

ng agship carrier ng bansa.For en minues, naparalisa namin

oally ang operaions ng PAL, aniDanny, na 18 aon nang nagrarabahosa PAL. Bunsod ng igil-paggawa,napilian ang PAL na ikansela anglaha ng biyahe nio, a mahigi 14,000pasahero ang naapekuhan.

Maya-maya pa, pinasok na ngmahigi 400 pinagsamang elemenong pribadong grupong panseguridadng PAL a pulisya ang lobby a check-in couner ng NAIA Terminal 2 upangpaalisin ang mga nagpoproesangempleyado. Walang nagawa angmga kasapi ng PALEA laban samga pulis na pili silang iinaboypalabas ng NAIA, kung saan pauloyna lumakas ang pagbuhos ng ulan,waring nagpapahiwaig ng higi pangpaghihirap na kanilang haharapin.

Ang isorya ng marahas na pagaboya paganggal sa mga empleyado ng PALay isa lamang sa maraming insidene ngbanggaan ng ineres ng mga pribadongkumpanyang nagmamay-ari sa kabuuanng indusriyang panghimpapawid sabansa a ng kanilang mga empleyado. Sapauloy na pagnanais ng mga negosyanena palakihin ang kanilang kia, walangpagsisisi nilang sinasakripisyo angkapakanan ng kanilang mga kawani.

Asias frst, shining throughNaiaag ang PAL noong 1941

maapos bilhin ng negosyaneng siAndres Soriano ang prangkisa ngPhilippine Aerial Taxi Company, isa

sa mga pinakaunang kumpanya ngransporasyong panghimpapawidsa bansa na namamahala samga eroplanong naghahaid ngmga pasahero, sula a kargamenosa buong Luzon.

Noong aon ring iyon, nagsimulangmamuhunan ang pamahalaan saPAL kaya naging pag-aari io ngbansa. Noong 1946, unang kinilalaang PAL bilang pambansang agcarrier o pangunahing kumpanyangpanghimpapawid na may mgaespesyal na pribilehiyo mula sa

TAGILIDKalagayan at kalakaran nJohn Toledo at Kevin Mark Gomez

Mga litrato nina Richard Jacob Dy at Airnel Abarra, at ilang ambag na litrato

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pamahalaan sa kalakhan ng ruangpanghimpapawid.

Unang nakaranas ng pagsasapribadoang PAL noong 1964 nang bilhin ngnegosyaneng si Benigno Toda, Jr.ang kalakhan ng socks nio. Sapanahon ng Baas Miliar noong 1972,muling nabili ng pamahalaan angkalakhan ng socks ng PAL. Noongpanahong iyon, ipinaupad ni daingPangulong Ferdinand Marcos ang one-airline policy kung saan anging

PAL ang pinahinuluang magbigayng serbisyong panghimpapawidhabang ipinasara ang dalawangkakumpeensiya nio.

Nanailing pagmamay-ari ngpamahalaan ang kalakhan ng PALhanggang 1992, kung kailan binili ngnegosyaneng si Lucio Tan ang mahigi80 porsyeno ng socks ng kumpanya.

Its time every Juan fiesTuluyang naisapribado ang

PAL noong 1995, alinsunod sapagpapaupad ni daing PangulongFidel Ramos ng Execuive Order219 o Civil Aviaion LiberalizaionPolicy na nagbigay-pahinulo sa mgapribadong kumpanyang mamuhunana magmay-ari ng mga kumpanyang

panghimpapawid kaulad ng ginawa saibang mga serbisyong panlipunan ngpamahalaan ulad ng ubig, kuryenea elepono.

Ayon sa gobyernong Ramos,makauulong ang bukas na merkadoa kumpeisyon sa pagian ng mgakumpanya upang mapabui ang kalidadng serbisyong panghimpapawid amapaunlad ang urismo a kalakalansa bansa.

Bunsod ng pagbubukas ngindusriyang panghimpapawid sa mgapribadong namumuhunan, nagsulpuanang mga bagong kumpanya ngransporasyong panghimpapawidulad ng Cebu Pacic a Asian Spiri(na Zes Airways sa kasalukuyan).Umiging ang kumpeisyon sa pagian

ng mga airline, na nakaulong sapagpapababa ng pasahe sa eroplano,a pangunahing dahilan ng pagdami ngmga bumibiyaheng pasahero, ayon saisang pag-aaral na isinagawa ni Prop.Wilred Manuela Jr. ng UP.

Nguni mahigpi na kumpeisyon rinang naging dahilan ng mga pribadongkumpanya upang magpaupad ng mgapalisiyang hindi pabor sa kanilangmga kawani. Upang lalong mapalakiang kanilang kia, nagsimulangipaupad ang mga iskemang gaya ngkonrakwalisasyon a ousourcing nanakauon sa pagpapababa ng gasusinng kumpanya para sa pasahod abenepisyo ng mga manggagawa, ayonsa Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).

With Us, Youre Always Number 1Maapos ang igil-paggawa noongSeyembre 27, nagindig ang PALEAng picke line sa paligid n g PAL InFlighCener malapi sa NAIA 2 upang doonipagpauloy ang proesa, sa kabilang pormal nilang pagkakaanggalbilang mga empleyado ng PAL niongOkubre 1.

Mahigi isang buwan na kami rio,ani Aling Weng Navaree*, 49, habangnagsasandok ng bagong saing kaninpara sa mga kapwa manggagawangnakahimpil sa pike. Nakahain sa

karaniwang mesa sa pike ang isangmalaking kaldero ng kanin a ginaaangpuso ng saging.

O, kain na, awag ni Aling Wengsa mga kasamahan. Bagaman walangmaayos na kusina, bihasa si AlingWeng sa kanyang ginagawa, dahil narin sa 20 aong karanasan niya bilangkusinera sa PAL Caering Deparmenbago siya naanggal.

Bahagi si Aling Weng ng mgaempleyadong inanggal ng PAL

bunsod ng iskemang ousourcing ngkumpanya. Sa ilalim nio, ipauubaya ngpamunuan ng PAL sa mga kumpanyangSkyKichen Philippines, SPi Globala SkyLogisics Philippines angpagpapaakbo sa caering, call cenera ground services ng PAL. Inalokang mga naanggal na empleyadona muling magrabaho bilang mgakonrakwal na kawani sa alongkumpanya. Gayunman, inaggihan iong karamihan ng mga manggagawa.

Liban sa mas mababang sahodna maaanggap, madadagdaganrin ang oras ng paggawa, amawawala ang mga benepisyongdai nilang inaamasa bilang mgaregular na empleyado kung pipiliinnilang mamasukan sa mga bagong

ousourcing company, ani Aling Weng.Bunsod ng pagiging konrakwal nakawani sa mga bagong kumpanya,wala rin silang karapaang sumapi obumuo ng unyon.

Ousourcing is our la s resor, aniPAL Depuy Spokesperson JonahanGesmundo. Paliwanag niya, malaki naang nalulugi sa PAL a makababawiang kumpanya kung bibiawan nioang direkang pamamahala sa mgaground crew nio.

Ayon sa pamunuan ng PAL, naluging $10.6 milyon o halos P458.980milyon ang kumpanya sa unang apa nabuwan ng 2011 bunga ng sunud-sunodna pagaas ng presyo ng krudongpang-eroplano mula $154.6 milyon ohalos P6.7 bilyon noong 2009-2010ungong $210.8 milyon o P9.1 bilyonnoong 2010-2011. Tumaas rin ang mgagasusin sa operasyon mula $393.4milyon o halos P17 bilyon noong 2009-2010 ungong $464.7 milyon o halosP20 bilyon noong 2010-2011.

Bago pa uluyang ipaupad angousourcing, inalok ng PAL ang mganakaaanda niong empleyadongmaaapekuhan na bolunaryongmagreiro, kalakip ang isangseparaion package na nagkakahalagamula P250,000 hanggang P1.1 milyon.

Sa halip na kampihan ang mgamanggagawang nakaakdang maanggalsa rabaho, dalawang uli pangkinaigan ng Deparmen o Labor andEmploymen ang nasabing ousourcing

plan ng PAL a inawag iong validexercise o managemen prerogaive. Kelan ba kumampi ang gobyerno aang DOLE sa mga manggagawa uwingmay labor dispues? Never namannaming naramdaman ang kanilangulong, ani Danny.

Hindi na nga bago ang ganiongpangyayari sa PAL. Noong 1998 a2010, ginami din ng PAL ang dahilangpagkalugi upang mapaanggal sarabaho ang libu-libong piloo, ighatendans a ground crew.

Di namin kinaga ang ofer nila.

Mauubos din naman anaming pera. Pero walaang pagiging lieime ani Aling Weng. Umaakalakhan sa mga mumanggi sa nasabinpackage na makababkanilang mga rabaho.

Hindi rin naniniwalPALEA na nalulugi nKamakailan, naging pansa nakaraang World A

ng magasing Airline Bsa $17.5 bilyong kia 2010-2011. Sa nasabing milyong pasahero ang nng PAL a nagdagdag din

Masalimuo ang PAL sapagka nagamapanganib na halimbiba pang mga indusriynagiging sapa nang pagkalugi upang mamalawakang pagaangempleyado, ayon sa KMU

Its all about experSa pandaigdigang

ng indusriyang panhindi na bago ang pmga empleyado upang

operasyon. Throughouairlines have been dGesmundo.

Niong nakaraannagsara ang Qanas Ausralia bunsod ng kilos-proesa ng anio. Kinalaunay sinuskanilang gobyerno ang proesang nakaaapekkanilang ekonomiya.

Samanala noongaon, nagkaroon ng igBriish Airways (BA) dulng unyon ng cabin crhe Union. Sa kabila nunyon, iinuloy ng BAsa pagpapasahod, pagaanggal ng em

pagpapalala ng kondisyoAng ganiong kalaka

isinasakripisyo ang kapamanggagawa kapali ng kumpanya, ay nakaayonng malayang kalakaranrin ng iba pang indusriya sa buong mundo. Spaglaganap ng pandaigpampinansya, lalong lumga iskemang ulad ng okonrakwalisasyon.

Sa huli, ang mga ang sumasalo sa epekmga pribadong kumpang malaking kia, hanng mga pribadong kukarapaan ng kanilang m

Pauloy pa ring nakah

kasapi ng PALEA sa kanNAIA, alero a handananumang bagong sigwa nng PAL. Dahil para sa kay higi sa pa sa pagkabiyahe. Io ay usapin ng kanilang mga karapaan.

* Hindi tunay na pang

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Sucker

Punch

Elizabeth Shie

Swea drips rom a ace ha showsno race o ear or disracion. Theparallel ropes o he ring pulsae wihhe seady rhyhm o his ee unil hedelivers he rs blow, signaling hereal beginning o he mach. The roughexchange o orces harks back o hespecacles primiive roos: a rawineracion o brue orce unoldingbeore every specaors eyes. Theexplosive sounds reverberae hroughMGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, allhe way o movie houses, barangayhalls, and living rooms, where hiscounrymen sand by heir screens osuppor heir idol.

The ension rises and he viewershold heir breah, clinging o heirrosaries o pray or heir hero.Hears pound hard as his punchesdo no land clearly wih his opponen

sepping ahead on he score cards.The Mexicans celebrae as he ghdraws o a close, bu heir expressionsurn grim he momen he winner isannounced. The crowd in he arenaroars in disase. The blinding asheso he cameras immoralize his ea,and or he rs ime, i is one hacanno be called a vicory.

Bu even hen, when he reurnshome, he will be welcomed by grandmoorcades plus numerous TVappearances. He will remind us ohe glory he brings o our counry, heinsances he has made our naion oneand whole. He is, aer all, a rue blueFilipino hero. His sory has becomea symbol o parioism, o ahleicvicory, o endless possibiliies.

However, a closer look will revealha Manny Pacquiao as an icon ishardly wha he seems, and he ype ouniy and naionhood he represens isironic, especially once he gloves areo.

KnockoutThe masses, o whom mos o

his an base originae, love sories oragedy. The long reign o primeimeeleseryes is elling. And so everyconroversy Pacquiao nds himselin has only made him a relaablepas ime, a avorie source o

enerainmen. The large-bosomedmisresses, he aihul wie, his lacko educaion and humble beginningsollow he scrip o an unoldingdrama series. People are drawn ohis relucan heroism, o his seeming

humiliy, o his being an everyman.Pacquiao is he realizaion o every

ahlees dream: someone who hasgone a long way rom baking pan de saland selling cigaretes on he sreeso Manila, who now rubs elbows wihpoliicians and he elie. And so peoplebask in his every achievemen, or heyembody he possibiliy ha hey, whocome rom he same background, mayreach i oo.

His proud ile PambansangKamao had even helped him inoher arenas beyond he boxingring. He leaprogs rom one rank oanoher; recenly, he was promoedo lieuenan colonel in he ArmedForces, a reward ha came shorlyaer his winning agains Shane

Mosley on May 7. Beore ha, he wasa senior maser sergean, he highespossible posiion or someone whodoes no have a college degree. Inha ligh, he miliary considered hishonorary docorae in human kineicsrom Cebus Souhwesern Universiyin 2009.

I is a perec demonsraion ohe power o wha French heorisPierre Bourdieu calls symbolic capial,somehing ha Pacquiao clearlyhas in spades. His embodimen onaionalism has given him a cerainloiness in he social landscape ohe counry. His success in he boxingring has allowed him o don manyhas, wear many aces: as Sarangganirepresenaive, as endorser, acor,singer, miliary reserve ofcer, even aPhD holder.

Criics have called his promoion misplaced idolary. For insance,people in he academe viewed hisdecision o he miliary as ulimaelyunnecessary. A dean insised ha hishonorary degree in human kineicsdoes no sufce or him o bepromoed in such posiion. She saidha he would no even be given asingle chance i he were no a world-class boxer. The honor ha he bringso he counry, hey argue, need no be

ained by he governmens inclinaiono bias and over-gloricaion.

Tale of the tapeClearly, Pacquiao has no been as

gloried in oher elds as in boxing.

More han anyhing, I hink, peopleweren ready o lose him as heirboxing icon, said Darlene Anonino-Cusodio, who deeaed Pacquiao inhe 2007 polls. For his par, Pacquiaodid no give up on his dream and ranas he represenaive o Saranggani.And so wha Cusodio said mighas well have been a sugar-coaingo Pacquiaos poor recepion as apoliician.

In July, he ulra-exclusiveManila Polo Club, which boasso having only A-lisers in heirroser, denied Pacquiaos applicaionor membership, ciing a need opreserve a liesyle. His P388-millionForbes Park home was no enough. Hisbillion-peso ne worh was no enough.

His eigh championship bels migh aswell be in cans. Even wih his searingwealh hen, he is sill held back byhe hings he was deprived o in hisimpoverished pas. Despie beingone o he mos well-paid ahlees inhe world, he remains waning in whahe enrenched elie has: educaion, aneural accen, and, above all, he oldrich pedigree.

And so he uniy he represensis no wha i seems. I anyhing,he brings o ore he disparaecondiions o social classes in hecounry, highlighing he inequaliyaer momenarily seeming o uzzover i. The rich and he poor havedieren ways o receiving Pacquiao,and as French heoris Roland

Barhes said, culural consumpionare predisposed, consciously anddeliberaely or no, o ulll a socialuncion o legiimaing socialdierences.

Pacquiao hen, while seeminglya harmless icon ha cus acrossdieren classes and ases, is in aca sympom o a sociey ha is grosslydivided. As he waves he Philippineag aer a vicory, we see ha hemyh ha places him in apoliical ligh,wih nohing bu a message o uniyand naionhood, is a hollow one.

Sucker

Punch

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ccupy

Romina Arroceros

We come to you at a time whencorporations, which place proft overpeople, sel-interest over justice,and oppression over equality, run ourgovernments. We have peaceably

assembled here, as is our right, to letthese acts be known.- From he Declaraion o he

Occupaion o New York CiyOne aernoon in Sepember, around

200 New York policemen prepared or aproes march in Libery Square. Usingmovable meal ences, hey have dividedhe sree ino squares, like corrals orcatle. Whie police vans sood a variousinersecions, anicipaing he arreso proesers. As i ogeher wih herain, a group o around 300 proesersarrived carrying heir banners wihraher simplisic slogans like Wake Up,

Close all he Banks and Occupy WallSree or a Day, or a Week. The policeobligingly escored hem owards heEas River and led hem back owardsBroadway and Triniy Church beore hey

were gone.A monh laer, his seemingly small

and innocuous proes o he youngand he unemployed would evenuallygrow ino a worldwide phenomenondeermined o change a prevailing worldorder.

Gathering the troopsOccupy Wall Sree is a people-

powered movemen ha began onSepember 17, 2011 in Libery Square inManhatans Financial Disric. Inspiredby he popular uprisings in Egyp andTunisia, men and women o all races,backgrounds, poliical and religiousbelies, held non-violen proessand demonsraions in Wall Sree,claiming o represen he 99 perceno he populaion ha parake on a

small amoun o resources, while hewealhies one percen o Americaenjoys he lions share o he pie.

The movemens agenda is o ghhe immense power ha major banksand mulinaional corporaions havecome o hold over Americas democraicprocesses. Foremos o which is he role

o Wall Sree in creaing an economiccollapse ha has caused he greaesrecession in generaions, resuling o aneed or he ederal governmen o bailou numerous banks using axpayersmoney.

When he original projecions orhe proes were no me, wih barelya housand marchers gracing he rsew days o he movemen, mainsreammedia and corporae America dismissedhe movemen as a bus. Bu as he days

progressed, he movemen has spreado over 100 ciies in he Unied Saesand has led o acions in over 1,500 ciiesglobally.

Facing the wallIn a speech delivered o he

proesers in Zuccoti Park in Manhatan,Slovenian heoris Slavoj Zizek said, Thesoluion is no ound in he slogan MainSree, no Wall Sree, bu o changehe sysem in which Main Sree cannouncion wihou Wall Sree.

Wall Sree has always beensynonymous wih he nancial markeso he Unied Saes as a whole,represenaive o Corporae America,wih is big business ineress. WhenZizek used he disincion beweenWall Sree and Main Sree, he did

no merely call or a shi in peoplesatiudes abou greed and corrupion:he is calling o change he sysem haallows and encourages such greed andcorrupion o hrive.

Mass culure and mediarepresenaions have consruced inour collecive imaginaions he seemingineviabiliy and necessiy o capialism,ha i is impossible or people opicure a world ha uncions wihouis machinaions. Movies, TV shows, andbooks depic Wall Sree and midownManhatan as seducive spaces o socialmobiliy, Firs World auence andcosmopolian ease, a space ha operaeswihin a sysem where he accumulaiono wealh is he oremos goal o sriveor, never mind i i necessarily enailshe disenranchisemen o he majoriy.Raher han inerrogae his inherenlyunequal sysem, mass culure, mediaand oher ideological apparauseshave insead creaed a 99 percen haaspires o be he one percen.

The Occupy Wall Sree movemen,hen, is by isel an ac o inerrogaion,blaanly quesioning he sysem haenabled he exisence o he ruling onepercen o begin wih. A more imporanquesion, however, as Zizek poses, is heype o economic organizaion ha canreplace he exising model o capialism.The sel-designaed 99 percen a WallSree seem o oer many alernaives,ye our imaginaions, consruced assuch, would always deny heir possibiliy.A world wihou capialism is jus noaccepable. In our minds, here is no

oher currency excep money.Moving to occupy

The ruh is quie simple: space ispower. Thus, he simple ac o reclaiminga space brings wih i he reclamaion opower.

While New York grai serves

as a visual reclamaiomerely leaving a presPresence, Occupy Wall an acual, concree prbodies inhabiing, by orcmeans, a conesed erraproesers asser heir leave races o heir lieormidable erriory o and CEOs. Colorul banneens and evidences gardening now plague

modern landscape.While he moveme

overurn he primacy overnigh, nor changeconomic relaions, he acisel reclaims a cerahese proesers and sconcreizaion o heir ra world devoid o economand social injusices.

The movemen beyonwih he order o occupy oall over he world, seemCiies are erriories signicance, or hey culural, poliical and eco a naion. The movemehe simple logic ha he moccupied, he more powe

or hemovemen.And now

is call ooccupy keyciies all overhe worldhas nallyr e a c h e dour shores. InsinuaionMendiola, Alabang and end o November surneworking sies, igniino he young and heo paricipae in such Dispariies expressed byare very much prescondiions, and i would bmos Filipinos share he he Wall Sree occupans

Bu le us no dwell oromanicism o heProesers say, no behem a alse sense ocolleciviy. They say hope ha heir ac o occno be jus anoher sidebbu be he fame ha wignie drasic changes in o aairs. Sources:

Occupy Wall Sree: Tconinues a Libery worldwide. (htp://org/)Harvey, David. Rebels The Pary of Wall Sis Nemesis. (htp:/org/2011/10/rebels-onhe-pary-of-wall-sre

nemesis/)Zizek, Slavoj. The Viof a New Beginning. In27 Ocober 2011. inheseimes.com/aric_ v i o l e n _ s i l e n c e _beginning/)

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Pinakamahirapkalimutanang mga naisnating malimot

Sa lahat ngnagustuhankong lalaki,ikaw langang hindicelebrity

Paglimot at pag-alala

Paano ka ba magiging akin?

MARJOHARA TUCAY

NINALYN UY

Hindi lahat ng lumilipas na segundoay nagiging alaalang mababalikan sahinaharap. Madalas, ang mga minuto,ang mga oras na nagdaraan ay sadyangnagdaraan lang at natatapos. Walangmemorya o anumang patunay na itoynagdaan. Walang nakaraan.

Maging ang pag-alala ay isangpamamaraan ng pagpili. Naaalalalamang natin ang nais nating maalala.Paglimot ang lunas sa mga tagpongnais nating burahin.

Ngunit kung gayon, pinakamahirapkalimutan ang mga nais nating malimot.Sapagkat upang malikha ang pagnanaisna makalimot, nangangailangan ngmalawak na pag-alala sa sandaling nais

burahin. Napipili natin ang nais natingalalahanin, ngunit hindi natin napipiliang nais nating makalimutan.

Gaya ng Kul.Saglit lamang ang panahong lumagi

ako sa unibersidad nang hindi akokasapi ng Collegian. Ikatlong linggopa lamang ng Hunyo noon nang unaakong umakyat sa ikaapat na palapagng Vinzons. Hindi ko labis akalainnoon na ang susunod na mga taon aysa Silid 401 ko palilipasin. Kalakhanng aking alaala ng buhay kolehiyo aynalikha sa loob ng institusyong ito.

Sa Collegian ako natutong magsulatat bumasa nang higit pa sa pagsulatat pagbasang itinuturo sa aking mgaklase. Mahigit apat na taon na at naritopa rin ako, nalipasan na ng panahon atnaiwan ng mga taong dati-ratiy lagikong kasama, mula pagtulog hanggangsa pangangarap. Ngayon, pakiramdamkoy mag-isa na lang ako, ang tangingkapiling ay mga alaalang hindi kaugnayng alaala ng mga taong nakapaligidsa akin sa kasalukuyan, mga alaalangnabuo kasama ang mga lumisan na.

Gaya mo.Araw-araw, wala akong ibang

nais kundi ang ibalik ang panahonat iwasang makilala ka. Ngunit hindi

iyon maaari. At hindi ko rin magawangmakalimot sapagkat malawak angaking pagkaalala sa mga sandaling ating pagkakakilala. Di tuladng iba, nanatili ka. Nanatili ka dahilsa pangangailangan. Ngunit hindigaya ng dati, kung kailan ang bawatsandaliy nagiging alaala. Ngayon, itoylumilipas na lamang, dumaraan nangwalang iniiwang bakas, sapagkat itoypinalilipas natin habang gumagampansa pangangailangan. Ang kasalukuyaytila reyalidad na hindi kayangpatotohanan sa hinaharap, sapagkat

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They, too, deserve justiceFor several weeks now, news programs and commenaries have been oodedwih he killing o Ramgen Revilla and Charice Pempengcos aher Ricky,boh celebriies and public personaliies. The killing o Charices aher wasdeclared case closed by he police, while ha o Ramgen coninues o land heheadlines, wih he media giving a blow-by-blow accoun on he case.

We share boh o he amilys cry or jusice. These killings cruelly remindus o he ac ha killings happen o almos everybody. We are shocked ha

such killings happened o prominen amilies. A one poin, we eel envious ahe public atenion driven a hese cases. We are more dismayed, however, ahow he police invesigaion wih boh cases seems so as and ecien. Ye,beyond he publics eye, we know ha more killings remain unsolved and lackpublic atenion. In ac, a number o hem are remembered his November:

1. Jus las monh, we were shocked over he killing o Fr. Fauso Tenorio,he well-loved Ialian pries in Arakan Valley, Norh Coabao who waskilled on Ocober 17. Nobody has been arresed. Also, ew know haaer Fr. Pops was killed, soldiers sraed he houses o armers in Fr.Pops parish communiy. A armer, idenied as Ramon Baoy, waskilled.

2. On November 15, a year has passed since op Philippine boanisLeonard Co was killed in Kananga own, Leye while doing eld researchon plan species. The erm huge conribuion is no enough o heamoun o work he had done in he eld o boany and axonomy whichearned him poshumous awards. Ye, Cos amily sill wais in agony orhe DOJ resoluion which was supposedly released hree monhs ago.

3. The preliminary invesigaion on he killing o Palawan broadcaserGerry Orega is sill ongoing. Ten monhs ino he invesigaion and

shorly a year since he was killed on January 24, 2010, he respondensconinue o delay he invesigaion. The accused masermind, on heoher hand, remains sco-ree.

4. Seven armers were killed in he Hacienda Luisia massacre on November16, 2004. The Ombudsman dismissed he case agains Army and PNPocials in 2005. Where else do he vicims search or jusice?

This naion is hirsy or jusice. Perhaps his is one o he lessons we canlearn rom he overwhelming public atenion o he murder o Revilla andPempengco. Ye, many o he vicims o killings, who became he voice o hevoiceless and sood heir ground even a he ace o deah, remain unsolved.

They deserve jusice neverheless.

Cristina GuevarraSecreary General , HU STISYA (Vicims Unied for Jusice)

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Income

USC Trus Fund Balance1 196,948.51

USC Ways and Means2 35, 425.00

UP Kilos Na Laban sa Budge Cu FinanceCommitee3

55, 000.00

UP Kilos Na Tulong Kabaaan4 1, 723.00 92, 148.00

Total Funds Available 289, 096.51

Less: Expenditures

USC 2010-20115 105, 102.05

Prining6 60, 984.40

Food expenses 19, 212.00

Phoocopying 30, 555.10

Personnel 3, 300.00

Supplies and Maerials 45, 011.50

Renal7 2, 762.00

Reund o Suden8 1, 194. 05 268, 121.10

BALANCE 20, 975. 41

Ceried rue correc:

Amancio M. Melad IIITreasurer, USC UPD 2011-2012FInance Commitee Head, UP Kilos Na LSBCConvenor, UP Kilos Na TK

Noed by:

Jemimah Grace N. GarciaChairperson, USC UPD 2011-2012

UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL UP DILIMAN

Financial StatementFirst Semester, A.Y. 2011-2012

1 Saus o Funds rom USC Trus Fund rom UP Accouning Oce UP Diliman

2 Figure accouns or UP Liesyle Planner collecions

3 Figure accouns or UP Kilos Na soliciaion efors

4 Figure accouns or UP Kilos Na Tulong Kabaaan moneary donaions. Non-cash invenories

oaled 250 relie bags o consumable goods ogeher wih bundles o 250 ses o clohing

disribued in Bulacan, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Pamapanga and Nueva Ecija during relie operaions lasOcober 2011.

5 Deduced rom he gure is he USCs share used or UP Fair 2011 expenses. The amoun rom

UJF 2011 pro is evenly divided o USCs parners, UP Adcore and ESC.

6 Figure includes compuer renal expenses or adminisraive and operaional uncions o USC

and wo (2) issues o The Oblaion, he ocial newsleter o he USC.

7 Figure includes room reservaion expenses ha were no waived by cerain colleges.

Deducions rom USC Trus Fund due o non-coninuing enrollees during he semeser covered.


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