June 15,2010
Surveys On Candidates During Elections Should Be Banned
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
When was this so-called survey on candidates started in the Philippines? Who initiated it? As long as I can remember since I became a voter, it was only during the recent years that survey on the popularity of a candidate or candidates have began. However, this kind of survey that survey agencies have utilized is not satisfying if any person would look at its procedure in collecting “specimen” for interviews. With respondents of less than three thousands gathered from various places to gauge a presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates’ popularity rate could not really represent the bulk of majority of the 50M plus Filipino voters. Yet this was the way we were led to believe by the survey agencies that conducted the surveys of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates during the recent and the first automated polls on May 10,2010 national and local elections.
How can such popularity rate results of percentages taken from the selected respondents for the two highest positions of the Republic of the Philippines represents the voices, the minds and the sentiments of the rest of the 50M plus Filipino voters in the country? There are still many municipalities and cities in the entire archipelago that were not covered by the survey agencies. The surveys cannot make me believe on the explanations, equations and ratios in survey results. I have the belief and the conviction that logical and analytical thinkers could not also believe nor accept their kind of report or explanations regarding their system.
However, this scheme has pre-conditioned some voters’ mind with a “lean on decision” out of convenience and have stopped using their brains to really analyze and evaluate the given survey results which were based only on a very small fraction of the entire population. This is the reason that survey results could not be relied upon. It has only provided a mindset that has no firm grasp on the real condition of those candidates running for either the presidential or Vice-presidential seat.
The better ways to anchor on our personal choices of candidates running for the highest down to the lowest positions in the government service is to dig deep on their family background, characteristic traits, academic side, track records and the agenda or programs of government if they will be elected in the positions they are aspiring for. These are the most effective ways that every wise voter must take into consideration during elections. Let us not allow ourselves to be influenced by survey results even if such kind of measure on the candidates popularity is branded as “survey science” or science survey” whatever that means.
Is the conduct of surveys on candidates’ popularity in selected areas a voluntary job? Or is a presidential or Vice-presidential candidate/s pay for it? If a candidate or candidates seeking for the highest position of the Land have paid for the conduct of surveys, how are they paying it? Conducting of political surveys with payments is disadvantageous to candidates who have limited funds to spend. But more serious is that only a few places were subjected to surveys while huge chunks of the country’s population remain untouched by the survey agencies. Hence, this system is considered as unfair and unjust to other candidates and also to the voters themselves who need to be properly informed. Because of this, I would like to suggest to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) that surveys on candidates running for president and Vice-president and other government positions should be banned or abolished.
On the other hand, we can have surveys on the health conditions of our people, population rate, nutrition, employment, migration, diseases, and breastfeeding of babies and non-breastfeeding of babies, agriculture, educational system, povery level, among other things.
If a law is necessary to effect the banning or the abolition of political surveys, our legislators in Congress should consider enacting such kind of law. In other words, let us go back to the most basic measures in choosing and electing competent candidates who run for public offices. Let us also stop selling our votes for a thousand or several hundred of pesos come election time. Our politicians in turn should also stop buying votes. Who were those politicians in the past who initiated the buying of votes from the electorate during elections? They should realize that what they have done is a great disservice to the country. It was reportedly revealed that two of the provinces that were the highest spenders during the first automation polls on May 10, 2010 elections were Sarangani and Southern Leyte. The buying and selling of votes has become a bad habit. Some voters who used to receive money during elections from some politicians would not go anymore to the precinct to cast their ballots, if not a single politician or candidate has given them money, three, two or one day before voting time. I have stated this because some voters by their own volition have revealed this to me.
Nevertheless, if each and every one of us, voters, would resolve to really stop selling our votes by refusing to accept money from the politicians during elections, we can do it.Yes, we can do it. If we give more importance to our right of suffrage and keep our dignities intact, considering that our right is sacred and priceless, then we can stop now selling our votes. Accepting money from any politician or candidate during elections-that is three, two or one day before voting time, means that you are selling your vote and you lose half of your dignity as a voter.
Do you not know that politicians who have spend millions and millions of money during elections to buy votes are not happy after all? Let us pity and be kind to the politicians.Yes, let us pity and be kind to them, also. Much more let us pity and be kind to ourselves, too. They are only force to do it because they want to win in the elections. They want to serve the Filipino people for some purpose that they themselves know, coupled with personal interest of course, which is but natural for every person in any kind of endeavour.They want to build names for themselves to be remember well after their passing by the following generations. We only hope that they choose to build good names rather than bad names that can reap for themselves curses instead of blessings. We also hope that trustworthy service to the nation is the topmost part of their intentions and priorities in seeking for elective positions in the Government.
But this kind of business activity (vote buying and vote selling) between the politicians and the voters are both bad and deplorable. If we really need real change, genuine change, let us discourage the politicians to buy our votes. What is three or four days pleasure and enjoyment after casting your votes? This is just short term and temporary relief but not a solution to our poverty and the ills of our society as a whole. It is quite enough that some of us can approach some incumbent politicians who are kind and generous and have granted our requests for financial assistance for our hospitalization problems, and in some occasions, to buy medicines we badly needed. We should not add burden to them anymore by allowing them to spend millions and millions of pesos to buy our votes during election time. This is a bad habit and should be eradicated now in our system and character as a people. Enough is enough .If they have good track records /good performances during their office tenures and they would run for re-elections, then we should re-elect them.. It is much better, appreciable and meaningful if the millions and millions of money spent by the politicians to buy votes during election time will be used instead to buy plenty of the most needed medicines for our hospitals nationwide so that all confined patients, particularly the indigents and the admitted PhilHealth and non-PhilHealth members, including us (in case we get sick), can be provided with the intended prescribed medicines for theirs and our sicknesses and diseases. We should stop selling our votes now starting the next election of 2013.We must do it now. And we can if we will. (Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Provl Govt. To Construct P380M Provl Hospital In Dungon
June 15,2010
Provincial Government To Construct P380M Prov’l Hospital In Dungon
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-The Provincial Govt. of Southern Leyte thru the initiative of incumbent second-termer Governor Damian Mercado will construct in a one hectare lot, with additional financial assistance from Congressman Roger Mercado, a new P380M provincial hospital in brgy. Dungon here.Brgy. Dungon is less than 15 minutes drive by a four-wheel vehicle from the city proper.
This was revealed by the Provincial Administrator Crispin Arong,Jr. in an interview recently.
He disclosed that the use of the one hectare lot intended for the new provincial hospital has ample spaces for parking lot and for further expansion of other additional infrastructures when there’s the urgency. This is in contrast to the old provincial hospital in brgy, Manahan where any expansion of infrastructure would be difficult to achieve because it is constructed near a hill and houses.
He said that the provincial government has purchased 3.6 hectares worth P10M from the V&G Housing Corporation whose interest for the proposed housing units Subdivision in brgy.Dungon was aborted due to the previous economic slump when buying of real estate properties have lulled.
Arong said that the contractor of the project has now started to fence the lot and digging of holes will follow for the building’s foundations.
He said the project’s construction has two phases. Phase one work has a budget of P100M for the first floor with ward rooms. Phase two with a budget of P280M which is the second floor of the new hospital will house the allied health services, administrative offices and additional wards that can accommodate from 150 to 200 beds in its totality.
The Provincial Administrator said the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has already submitted the plan to the Department of Health regional Office.However, the health office was asking for the blueprint of the 2 separate buildings for the laundry and the motor pool.
He said approximately a few days after IPHO could submit the other requirements, it would take less than a week to approve and grant them the permit to start constructing the new two-storey edifice.
He said that part of the budget was set aside for the Provincial Engineers Office personnel who will supervise and monitor the project’s construction until its completion.
Although he could not tell exactly how many months or years would it take to finish the construction of the new provincial hospital, he said. But once the entire construction of the two-storey building would be finished, some operating room’s equipments at the old ones would be transferred to Dungon.
He pointed out the provincial government want the tertiary level 2 hospital to reach level 3 by providing improved health services to the public in the near future .He implied that they shall also be hiring additional doctors who could help realized their goals and expectations to man the new provincial hospital.
He said the provincial government shall also be buying new medical equipments and will provide training for personnel to make them knowledgeable and competent in handling the equipments.
He emphasized that the old hospital will remain operational for patients of minor cases but major cases would be referred to the new provincial hospital which was located along the road.
Furthermore, he said that the remaining 2.6 hectares vacant lot are reserved for whatever projects the provincial government intends to do in the future.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Provincial Government To Construct P380M Prov’l Hospital In Dungon
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-The Provincial Govt. of Southern Leyte thru the initiative of incumbent second-termer Governor Damian Mercado will construct in a one hectare lot, with additional financial assistance from Congressman Roger Mercado, a new P380M provincial hospital in brgy. Dungon here.Brgy. Dungon is less than 15 minutes drive by a four-wheel vehicle from the city proper.
This was revealed by the Provincial Administrator Crispin Arong,Jr. in an interview recently.
He disclosed that the use of the one hectare lot intended for the new provincial hospital has ample spaces for parking lot and for further expansion of other additional infrastructures when there’s the urgency. This is in contrast to the old provincial hospital in brgy, Manahan where any expansion of infrastructure would be difficult to achieve because it is constructed near a hill and houses.
He said that the provincial government has purchased 3.6 hectares worth P10M from the V&G Housing Corporation whose interest for the proposed housing units Subdivision in brgy.Dungon was aborted due to the previous economic slump when buying of real estate properties have lulled.
Arong said that the contractor of the project has now started to fence the lot and digging of holes will follow for the building’s foundations.
He said the project’s construction has two phases. Phase one work has a budget of P100M for the first floor with ward rooms. Phase two with a budget of P280M which is the second floor of the new hospital will house the allied health services, administrative offices and additional wards that can accommodate from 150 to 200 beds in its totality.
The Provincial Administrator said the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has already submitted the plan to the Department of Health regional Office.However, the health office was asking for the blueprint of the 2 separate buildings for the laundry and the motor pool.
He said approximately a few days after IPHO could submit the other requirements, it would take less than a week to approve and grant them the permit to start constructing the new two-storey edifice.
He said that part of the budget was set aside for the Provincial Engineers Office personnel who will supervise and monitor the project’s construction until its completion.
Although he could not tell exactly how many months or years would it take to finish the construction of the new provincial hospital, he said. But once the entire construction of the two-storey building would be finished, some operating room’s equipments at the old ones would be transferred to Dungon.
He pointed out the provincial government want the tertiary level 2 hospital to reach level 3 by providing improved health services to the public in the near future .He implied that they shall also be hiring additional doctors who could help realized their goals and expectations to man the new provincial hospital.
He said the provincial government shall also be buying new medical equipments and will provide training for personnel to make them knowledgeable and competent in handling the equipments.
He emphasized that the old hospital will remain operational for patients of minor cases but major cases would be referred to the new provincial hospital which was located along the road.
Furthermore, he said that the remaining 2.6 hectares vacant lot are reserved for whatever projects the provincial government intends to do in the future.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Viper FM:An Alternative Music Station
June 15,2010
Viper FM: An Alternative Music Station
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A new franchised FM station has formally opened in barangay Ichon, Macrohon of this province sometime in March 2010 that will cater to some radio listeners’ entertainment needs of various songs and music. Brgy. Ichon is 6 kilometers away from Maasin’s city proper.
Before it was formally launched, it underwent a series of test broadcasts for several months last year 2009. Later on, an official of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) visited the place and inspected its facilities inside the Saludo Ice Plant compound. It passed the necessary requirements to operate on air.
It has a 135 feet tall steel transmitter erected atop a hill, a walking distance from the station. “Height is might”, owner/Manager Chito Saludo said.”It means that the transmitter has a great advantage of reaching farther places than if a transmitter was erected on the low ground.A transmitter of similar height constructed on a high hill with a 1,000 watts power can be compared to more or less 3,000 watts transmitter’s power by nearest estimate.”
The alternative music station dubbed as Viper FM on 106.1 MHz has a capacity of releasing a maximum of 5,000 watts power, revealed Saludo during our casual conversation. However, it needs to be replaced some of its paraphernalia and wires with modern state-of-the-art equipments to sustain such higher watts operation.
The owner further disclosed that at a time they released power of 1,900 watts, it reached the municipality of Hinunangan (about 6 hours travel by passenger bus from Maasin), the second to the last town under the jurisdiction of Southern Leyte. The last town is Silago, which is 18 kilometers away from Hinunangan.He said he received this information when he visited the place during the campaign sorties of his father, former Congressman Anecito G. Saludo, Sr., who ran again for the same position. Nevertheless, he loss to re-electionist Congressman Roger G. Mercado during the recently concluded first automation polls of May 10, 2010 national and local elections.
When asked for more details about his newly-opened FM station, Chito said he cannot yet tell me about other details since they were not yet in a regular programming.”Changes shall be made in the near future. We are still in the first phase of our operation”, he said.
While majority of FM stations in the Visayas and Mindanao with regular programming have their station IDs plugged every 10 or 15 minutes interval, Viper FM’s long hours full of various songs would only be interrupted with its station ID insertions only on measly occasions. Like:”This is Viper FM, Southern Leyte’s all hits music station”. The voice comes from an American national that Chito had tapped.
The music station dished out a wide variety of tunes, a wide variety of songs either in English or in Tagalog. Cebuano/Visayan songs from Max Surban and Yoyoy Villame are featured only during Sundays. The FM management can also consider playing the original song renditions and adaptation songs of Nora Hermosa,Taks Huguete dubbed as “the Crystal Voice of Cebu”, Jaime Salazar, Ben Zubiri,Al Commendador,Pauline Sevilla,Sergs De La Peña,Pelita Corrales, Carmen Camacho,Tres Rosas,Dos Compadres,Mabuhay Singers and the new breed of popular Cebuano singers. Susan Fuentes’ songs are mostly “copies” from that of Nora Hermosa’s original song renditions.
Currently, Saludo did not tell me how many watts power is he releasing regularly everyday. As revealed to me by the owner/Manager himself, the music station can be heard in the neighboring towns of the province and places like Limasawa Island, Camiguin Island, Surigao, Bohol and perhaps in some areas of Misamis Oriental. If you are a music lover who wants to listen to various sounds on the airwaves-from vocals to instrumentals-try including Viper FM in your list of music stations, aside from your other favorite FMs.
Other singers and bands whose songs were yesteryears favorites are also worthy of inclusion for Viper FM’s repertoire of songs and that of other FM stations in the Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon and music like: The Platters, Chubby Checker, Freddie Fender, Dusty Springfield,Lulu,Jerry Vale, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Patsy Cline, Johnny Nash, Julie Andrews, Johnny Mathis, Paul Anka,Niel Sedaka,Connie
Francis ,Timi Yuro,Brenda Lee, Anita Bryant, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, original English songs of Diomedes Maturan and Nora Aunor,Louie Levant(real name Luis Relevante-A Filipino singer with an American diction),Eddie Peregrina,Teddy Randazoo,Victor Wood,Niel Diamond, Steve Lawrence, Andy Williams, Sammy Davies ,Jr.,Merci Molina,Efren Montes, Celia Black,Beatles,Herman’s Hermits, instrumental number of Chit Atkins, Dave Clark Five,The Searchers, Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, Gerry and the Peacemakers, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Freddie Fender, Credence Clearwater Revival, Cliff Richard,Peter and Gordon,The Hollies,The Spiral Staircase,The Fabulous Echoes,The Stylistics, The Beach Boys,TheAnimals,The Monkees,The Turtles, Johnny Tilotsson, The Reycard Duet, Bobby Gonzales, among others.Their songs can be suitably played side by side with the new songs because many young music lovers also like to listen to the popular songs of the past/yesteryears. In order that each of the abovementioned soloists’ and bands’numerous songs can be played on equal footing in the airlanes,a scheduled round-robin fashion should be regularly applied for more musical enjoyment among radio listeners in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.
For Tagalog songs: Cenon Lagman,Ric Manrique,Sylvia de la Torre, Ruben Tagalog,Pelita Corrales,Rico Puno, among other popular Tagalog singers in the past whose songs are still worthy of playing again and again on the airwaves together with the new Tagalog songs.
WE hope that a musically-inclined businessman in Maasin who has the means will buy a franchise for high-powered FM station that will provide music lovers with a wide variety of songs and music different from that of Viper FM’s so that we can switch from one music station to another for more musical entertainment.
At present there is not a single music station yet in this near 10-year-old Maasin City, except a sole AM radio owned by the Diocese of Maasin.
If we can have an FM station in Maasin that will initiate the playing of Cebuano/Visayan songs side by side with English and Tagalog,it could be a first and a much-needed start of a radical change from the discriminatory traditional musical programming done by majority of the FM stations in the Visayas and Mindanao. Playing Cebuano/Visayan songs side by side with English and Tagalog during daytime and night time musical programming should be the overall format that is a “must” for adoption by all music stations in the Visayas and Mindanao. For Luzon Island, where other major languages have also existed, playing of Bicolano songs, Ilocano, Pampanggo, Pangasinan songs or others songs, side by side with English and Tagalog must also be adopted as a sign of equality and fairness in the treatment of various song compositions from various predominant languages in the country.
Rejecting the playing of other songs of the predominant languages in the Philippines’ archipelago side by side with English and Tagalog songs during the entire musical programming, and relegating it to playing only on Saturdays or Sundays, or as opening sign on program of a music station, means that our disc jockeys still lack the respect and equality of treating other local songs with fairness. If they are promoting the English and Tagalog songs in music stations where they are working by playing it always on the airlanes, why can’t they not do it with their very own local songs? If they like English and Tagalog songs, why is it that they cannot like or love their very own local song compositions? If disc jockeys really Love their respective Mother Tongues’ songs, they should play it side by side with English and Tagalog songs on a regular basis. Playing it always on the airlanes during musical programming is the only way that our people will learn to appreciate and love our respective songs written in our various Mother Tongues of the country. This system or policy will also encourage our respective composers from different Mother Tongues to compose more and more songs with meaningful lyrics, melodious and beautiful tunes.
Again, we hope that our disc jockeys in the Visayas,Mindanao and in Luzon will come to realize now that if they are promoting English and Tagalog songs by playing it always on the airlanes,the more they must also equally promote the songs of their respective Mother Tongues(Cebuano,Hilligaynon,Waray-Waray,Bicolano,Ilocano,Pampanggo,Pangasinan,other songs of other Mother Tongues) by playing it side by side with English and Tagalog in equal footing during daytime and night time musical programming.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Viper FM: An Alternative Music Station
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A new franchised FM station has formally opened in barangay Ichon, Macrohon of this province sometime in March 2010 that will cater to some radio listeners’ entertainment needs of various songs and music. Brgy. Ichon is 6 kilometers away from Maasin’s city proper.
Before it was formally launched, it underwent a series of test broadcasts for several months last year 2009. Later on, an official of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) visited the place and inspected its facilities inside the Saludo Ice Plant compound. It passed the necessary requirements to operate on air.
It has a 135 feet tall steel transmitter erected atop a hill, a walking distance from the station. “Height is might”, owner/Manager Chito Saludo said.”It means that the transmitter has a great advantage of reaching farther places than if a transmitter was erected on the low ground.A transmitter of similar height constructed on a high hill with a 1,000 watts power can be compared to more or less 3,000 watts transmitter’s power by nearest estimate.”
The alternative music station dubbed as Viper FM on 106.1 MHz has a capacity of releasing a maximum of 5,000 watts power, revealed Saludo during our casual conversation. However, it needs to be replaced some of its paraphernalia and wires with modern state-of-the-art equipments to sustain such higher watts operation.
The owner further disclosed that at a time they released power of 1,900 watts, it reached the municipality of Hinunangan (about 6 hours travel by passenger bus from Maasin), the second to the last town under the jurisdiction of Southern Leyte. The last town is Silago, which is 18 kilometers away from Hinunangan.He said he received this information when he visited the place during the campaign sorties of his father, former Congressman Anecito G. Saludo, Sr., who ran again for the same position. Nevertheless, he loss to re-electionist Congressman Roger G. Mercado during the recently concluded first automation polls of May 10, 2010 national and local elections.
When asked for more details about his newly-opened FM station, Chito said he cannot yet tell me about other details since they were not yet in a regular programming.”Changes shall be made in the near future. We are still in the first phase of our operation”, he said.
While majority of FM stations in the Visayas and Mindanao with regular programming have their station IDs plugged every 10 or 15 minutes interval, Viper FM’s long hours full of various songs would only be interrupted with its station ID insertions only on measly occasions. Like:”This is Viper FM, Southern Leyte’s all hits music station”. The voice comes from an American national that Chito had tapped.
The music station dished out a wide variety of tunes, a wide variety of songs either in English or in Tagalog. Cebuano/Visayan songs from Max Surban and Yoyoy Villame are featured only during Sundays. The FM management can also consider playing the original song renditions and adaptation songs of Nora Hermosa,Taks Huguete dubbed as “the Crystal Voice of Cebu”, Jaime Salazar, Ben Zubiri,Al Commendador,Pauline Sevilla,Sergs De La Peña,Pelita Corrales, Carmen Camacho,Tres Rosas,Dos Compadres,Mabuhay Singers and the new breed of popular Cebuano singers. Susan Fuentes’ songs are mostly “copies” from that of Nora Hermosa’s original song renditions.
Currently, Saludo did not tell me how many watts power is he releasing regularly everyday. As revealed to me by the owner/Manager himself, the music station can be heard in the neighboring towns of the province and places like Limasawa Island, Camiguin Island, Surigao, Bohol and perhaps in some areas of Misamis Oriental. If you are a music lover who wants to listen to various sounds on the airwaves-from vocals to instrumentals-try including Viper FM in your list of music stations, aside from your other favorite FMs.
Other singers and bands whose songs were yesteryears favorites are also worthy of inclusion for Viper FM’s repertoire of songs and that of other FM stations in the Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon and music like: The Platters, Chubby Checker, Freddie Fender, Dusty Springfield,Lulu,Jerry Vale, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Patsy Cline, Johnny Nash, Julie Andrews, Johnny Mathis, Paul Anka,Niel Sedaka,Connie
Francis ,Timi Yuro,Brenda Lee, Anita Bryant, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, original English songs of Diomedes Maturan and Nora Aunor,Louie Levant(real name Luis Relevante-A Filipino singer with an American diction),Eddie Peregrina,Teddy Randazoo,Victor Wood,Niel Diamond, Steve Lawrence, Andy Williams, Sammy Davies ,Jr.,Merci Molina,Efren Montes, Celia Black,Beatles,Herman’s Hermits, instrumental number of Chit Atkins, Dave Clark Five,The Searchers, Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, Gerry and the Peacemakers, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Freddie Fender, Credence Clearwater Revival, Cliff Richard,Peter and Gordon,The Hollies,The Spiral Staircase,The Fabulous Echoes,The Stylistics, The Beach Boys,TheAnimals,The Monkees,The Turtles, Johnny Tilotsson, The Reycard Duet, Bobby Gonzales, among others.Their songs can be suitably played side by side with the new songs because many young music lovers also like to listen to the popular songs of the past/yesteryears. In order that each of the abovementioned soloists’ and bands’numerous songs can be played on equal footing in the airlanes,a scheduled round-robin fashion should be regularly applied for more musical enjoyment among radio listeners in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.
For Tagalog songs: Cenon Lagman,Ric Manrique,Sylvia de la Torre, Ruben Tagalog,Pelita Corrales,Rico Puno, among other popular Tagalog singers in the past whose songs are still worthy of playing again and again on the airwaves together with the new Tagalog songs.
WE hope that a musically-inclined businessman in Maasin who has the means will buy a franchise for high-powered FM station that will provide music lovers with a wide variety of songs and music different from that of Viper FM’s so that we can switch from one music station to another for more musical entertainment.
At present there is not a single music station yet in this near 10-year-old Maasin City, except a sole AM radio owned by the Diocese of Maasin.
If we can have an FM station in Maasin that will initiate the playing of Cebuano/Visayan songs side by side with English and Tagalog,it could be a first and a much-needed start of a radical change from the discriminatory traditional musical programming done by majority of the FM stations in the Visayas and Mindanao. Playing Cebuano/Visayan songs side by side with English and Tagalog during daytime and night time musical programming should be the overall format that is a “must” for adoption by all music stations in the Visayas and Mindanao. For Luzon Island, where other major languages have also existed, playing of Bicolano songs, Ilocano, Pampanggo, Pangasinan songs or others songs, side by side with English and Tagalog must also be adopted as a sign of equality and fairness in the treatment of various song compositions from various predominant languages in the country.
Rejecting the playing of other songs of the predominant languages in the Philippines’ archipelago side by side with English and Tagalog songs during the entire musical programming, and relegating it to playing only on Saturdays or Sundays, or as opening sign on program of a music station, means that our disc jockeys still lack the respect and equality of treating other local songs with fairness. If they are promoting the English and Tagalog songs in music stations where they are working by playing it always on the airlanes, why can’t they not do it with their very own local songs? If they like English and Tagalog songs, why is it that they cannot like or love their very own local song compositions? If disc jockeys really Love their respective Mother Tongues’ songs, they should play it side by side with English and Tagalog songs on a regular basis. Playing it always on the airlanes during musical programming is the only way that our people will learn to appreciate and love our respective songs written in our various Mother Tongues of the country. This system or policy will also encourage our respective composers from different Mother Tongues to compose more and more songs with meaningful lyrics, melodious and beautiful tunes.
Again, we hope that our disc jockeys in the Visayas,Mindanao and in Luzon will come to realize now that if they are promoting English and Tagalog songs by playing it always on the airlanes,the more they must also equally promote the songs of their respective Mother Tongues(Cebuano,Hilligaynon,Waray-Waray,Bicolano,Ilocano,Pampanggo,Pangasinan,other songs of other Mother Tongues) by playing it side by side with English and Tagalog in equal footing during daytime and night time musical programming.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Lightning Burns P300,000.00 Worth Resthouse
June 15,2010
Lightning Burns P300, 00.00 Worth Resthouse
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A bursting-sounding lightning that roared the open sky and jolted sleeping people one gloomy early morning ,released a fireball that burnt a cogon-roofed resthouse as it passed by it before hitting a coconut tree nearby in brgy. Maria Clara here recently. The damage reached a total of P300, 000.00 including properties put inside the resthouse.
This was disclosed by a new Islam convert and Arson Investigator Achmad “Joel”Jarabe in an interview at the Maasin Fire Station.
Jarabe said that a certain Elementary school teacher by the name of Teresa Telen-Galos, 32 years old, married was the one who called up the fire station to inform about the incident.
He said that the three-bedroom resthouse, with dinning and kitchen burnt by the passing fireball, was owned by a certain Christopher Plateros whose permanent residence was in brgy. Tunga-Tunga.AT the time the house was burning, he said, they were not in the resthouse.They usually go there on weekends to relax and rest.
The Arson Investigator further informed that according to Maria Clara Chief Tanod Vicente Fernandez, he saw a fireball passing by atop the cogon-roofed resthouse then hit a coconut tree nearby.”Ang resthouse nasunog dayon paglabay sa bolang kalayo ibabaw sa atop ug mingkuyanap sa tibuok balay .Ang lubi nga naigo sa liti napikas sa tunga”, he said in Cebuano.(The resthouse after it caught fire was burned right away and it spreads quickly. And the coconut tree hit by the fireball was cut in half.)
Jarabe said that when they have arrived at the fire scene, the burning house could no longer be saved.”What we did instead was we aimed our hoses towards the nearby houses and sprayed it with voluminous water to prevent the fire from spreading”, he said.
Earlier in the morning prior to the incident, there were series of thunderstorms and lightnings that roared and jolted the heavens, somewhat creating a sense-surround effects before heavy rains have fallen.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Lightning Burns P300, 00.00 Worth Resthouse
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A bursting-sounding lightning that roared the open sky and jolted sleeping people one gloomy early morning ,released a fireball that burnt a cogon-roofed resthouse as it passed by it before hitting a coconut tree nearby in brgy. Maria Clara here recently. The damage reached a total of P300, 000.00 including properties put inside the resthouse.
This was disclosed by a new Islam convert and Arson Investigator Achmad “Joel”Jarabe in an interview at the Maasin Fire Station.
Jarabe said that a certain Elementary school teacher by the name of Teresa Telen-Galos, 32 years old, married was the one who called up the fire station to inform about the incident.
He said that the three-bedroom resthouse, with dinning and kitchen burnt by the passing fireball, was owned by a certain Christopher Plateros whose permanent residence was in brgy. Tunga-Tunga.AT the time the house was burning, he said, they were not in the resthouse.They usually go there on weekends to relax and rest.
The Arson Investigator further informed that according to Maria Clara Chief Tanod Vicente Fernandez, he saw a fireball passing by atop the cogon-roofed resthouse then hit a coconut tree nearby.”Ang resthouse nasunog dayon paglabay sa bolang kalayo ibabaw sa atop ug mingkuyanap sa tibuok balay .Ang lubi nga naigo sa liti napikas sa tunga”, he said in Cebuano.(The resthouse after it caught fire was burned right away and it spreads quickly. And the coconut tree hit by the fireball was cut in half.)
Jarabe said that when they have arrived at the fire scene, the burning house could no longer be saved.”What we did instead was we aimed our hoses towards the nearby houses and sprayed it with voluminous water to prevent the fire from spreading”, he said.
Earlier in the morning prior to the incident, there were series of thunderstorms and lightnings that roared and jolted the heavens, somewhat creating a sense-surround effects before heavy rains have fallen.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Friday, June 4, 2010
Former AFP-ISAF Member Shoot Dead By Unidentified Gunman
June 4,2010
Former AFP-ISAF Member Shoot Dead By Unidentified Gunman
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A former member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Intelligence Special Action Force(AFP-ISAF)was shoot dead at brgy .Tawid less than 10 kilometers away from here by an unidentified gunman on his way from Malitbog to Hilongos ,Leyte during the recent Tuesday.
The victim was indentified as Lito Cabasisi Figura, 41 years old, married and a resident of brgy.Binit, Malitbog of this province.
The victim’s wife Corazon Garces Figura, 48 years old, a secondary school teacher told Chief Investigator Rolando Mejares Paloma that she and her husband were riding on a single Kawasaki motorcycle. She said they were bound for Hilongos,Leyte .When they have reached brgy.Tawid after passing by Maasin,she said, she noticed that another blue-colored single motorcycle with two persons riding on was following them closely.
As they speed along the highway, the other single motorcycle likewise sped up until they were overtaken, she said. And the backrider started firing at her husband several times, hitting him in different parts of his body and died instantaneously, she told the police. Another police officer said that one of the bullets hit the victim’s head.
Earlier, a concerned citizen of the place called the Maasin Police Station to report the incident.Maasin new Chief of Police Hector Flores Enage, Chief Investigator Paloma and the responding police team rushed to the crime scene to investigate.
Discovered at the crime scene were 3 empty shells of a .45 caliber pistol. The wife informed police that she did not know personally the gunman. She described him as standing at 5 feet tall, medium built and was wearing a black jacket and a bull cap. After the shooting the overtaking motorcycle speed away.
The dead victim was later brought to St.Peter Funeral Homes in brgy. Pasay where its new office was located for embalmment. His remains were then brought by SPFH’s car to their residence in brgy. Binit, Malitbog.
The police investigator sad that the motive of the killing is unknown and they were still investigating the case.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Former AFP-ISAF Member Shoot Dead By Unidentified Gunman
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A former member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Intelligence Special Action Force(AFP-ISAF)was shoot dead at brgy .Tawid less than 10 kilometers away from here by an unidentified gunman on his way from Malitbog to Hilongos ,Leyte during the recent Tuesday.
The victim was indentified as Lito Cabasisi Figura, 41 years old, married and a resident of brgy.Binit, Malitbog of this province.
The victim’s wife Corazon Garces Figura, 48 years old, a secondary school teacher told Chief Investigator Rolando Mejares Paloma that she and her husband were riding on a single Kawasaki motorcycle. She said they were bound for Hilongos,Leyte .When they have reached brgy.Tawid after passing by Maasin,she said, she noticed that another blue-colored single motorcycle with two persons riding on was following them closely.
As they speed along the highway, the other single motorcycle likewise sped up until they were overtaken, she said. And the backrider started firing at her husband several times, hitting him in different parts of his body and died instantaneously, she told the police. Another police officer said that one of the bullets hit the victim’s head.
Earlier, a concerned citizen of the place called the Maasin Police Station to report the incident.Maasin new Chief of Police Hector Flores Enage, Chief Investigator Paloma and the responding police team rushed to the crime scene to investigate.
Discovered at the crime scene were 3 empty shells of a .45 caliber pistol. The wife informed police that she did not know personally the gunman. She described him as standing at 5 feet tall, medium built and was wearing a black jacket and a bull cap. After the shooting the overtaking motorcycle speed away.
The dead victim was later brought to St.Peter Funeral Homes in brgy. Pasay where its new office was located for embalmment. His remains were then brought by SPFH’s car to their residence in brgy. Binit, Malitbog.
The police investigator sad that the motive of the killing is unknown and they were still investigating the case.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
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