Sunday, January 24, 2010
Just arrived
Care and Forget
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Nuh? How sad!
Dungan sa mga nagkalain-laing, ug arang ka laing mga nawong nga misulod dinhi sa atong tunghaan ang mga lain sab nga mga panghitabo ug mga batasang lain nga ambot kung kanus-a pa kaha malain. Kining mga butanga dili makaapekto sa usa ra nato apan kanatong tanang mga taga beska ug sa mga buysita. Pipila niining mga isyo maayo unta apan gipangil-ad lamang tungod ra sab sa mga taw nga gahi ayo ug mga ulo, apan ang uban sab sa bisan unsang angulo di jud muqualify sa maayo.
Memorandum Circular no. 39
Nakabasa ka ba sa mga gipapilit sa inyong mga bulletin board? Niadto pa kining Agosto 3, 2009 gipapilit apan tungod siguro kay way picture wala man lang nato nabantayan. Nasulod sa memorandum Circular no. 39 series of 2009 nga para unta sa mga estudyante, faculty, staff, mga residente ug mga bisita sa bi-esyu ang pagbawal sa paghugaw-hugaw, paglabog ug mga basura ug pagpundok sa mga basura sa mga pambuplikong lugar sulod sa atong tunghaan. Maayo kini para kanato ug kini mismo gusto ni Pres JoBacs na tumanun sa tanan, ang dako nga apan lang niini dili nato malikayan nga Makita ang atong mga kaubang estudyante ug manglabay ug mga ginagmay nga butang sama sa mga wrapper sa candy ug mga resibo gikan sa mga pinalit. Sus bai, kanus-a pa ba tawn nato Makita ang kabag-uhang gusto nato mahitabo. Ginagmay lang kining mga butanga apan makaapekto kanato ug sa mga sumusunod nga henerasyon. Nasulod sa giingon nga memorandum ang fine nga dili muobos sa tresentos pisos og community service nga dili mumubo sa usa ka adlaw, unya? Naa naba kahay nasakpan? Naa bay nagpakabana? Bisan pa sigurog mulabay ka sa atubangan sa guardya wa gid musita nimo. Hay naku!
Condom wrappers
Kung swete ug mahilig ka magtambay sa beach para magpahungaw sa imong gibati-- mangutot, magdate-date, magtuon ug unsa pa ba kaha, makaplagan mo siguro ang mga nagkalain-lain dikolor nga shiny shimmering thingy sa atong mga balas. Nuh? Nice bai, murag decoration ang effect. Hinuon pud hapit na Christmas, creative gid ning mga taw sa atong eskwelahan. Kalami tagaan ug award. Well, sa laing bahin maayo sad ni sila nga pahinumdon nato nga kinahanglan naa tay pagsalig—TRUST ba in engles. Indoy ug inday, kung naghimo nalang gani pog milagro ayaw lang tawn mo panghugaw-hugaw sa nature ui, plus maguba and ambiance sa place ug ang concentration sa mga tawng gusto maghuna-huna. Unja maapaktohan among ka-inosente de ti. Ehem(natuk-an kos ako laway).
You are entering a smoke-free university
Wow bai, kung libre sigarilyo pa lang unta ang gimean ani daghan sigurong magsadya. Matud pa sa poster nga gipilit sa mga DevCom dinha sa pultahan sa MMDC, usa sa tulo ka nga batan-on nga manigarilyo mamatay tungod sa ilang mga binuhatan. Siyam sa napulo ka mga di manigarilyo apan magsigeg kalanghap aning mga demyo nga aso ang may taas nga posibilidad nga mamatay tungod sa lung cancer ug heart disease. Ui brod! Kung gusto ka mamatay ayaw tawn mi damaya ter. Ang panigarilyo dili lang makapatay sa mga tawng nagbuhot mismo apan makaapekto sad sa mga taw sa palibot.
Respeto lang gamay brod! Sulod ug kahon nga sirado usa ka manigarilyo aron maimo tanang epekto. Isulod pud dapat sa utok nga wala nagkapoy-kapoy ug nag-antos ang kasagarang estudyante sa pagskwela para lang mamatay tungod sa sigarilyo.
Automated enrollment
Sosyal na ang beska bai. Alams na, din a gud ta mangbaktas ayo ug lagyo para ra marehistro nga tinuod nga estudyante. Sa CHOWKING nalang halos tanang proseso. Gituyo kini sa atong tunghaan para dili kaayo madugay ang mga estudyante ug less-stressful daw. Dili lagi kaayo kuno pero kapoy ug stressful gihapon. Ngano? Kung wala paka kahibaw luoy gid ka pag-ayo. Processing starts at 8 am. Alas otso daw bai, kasabot ka? Alas otso pa daw sila mambaktas padung sa enrolanan or worst alas otso pa tawn manghakot. Hay nako manindog man pud tawn ato mga buhok ug humuwat. Ui ready na ang enrolanan, unsa naman say kulang? Nako po! Wa pa ang enrolment forms. Kay ngano? Simple ang rason, nagpaparlor pa siguro ang muhatag ug musign, ang mas dako nga problema and pinaka-dako nga college in-charge pa jud ang wa. Kaluoy sa mga estudyante, way laing mahimo kundi magtabi. Sir, Ma’am, pwede man siguro ug huna-hunaun pud nga enrolment ra ang tuyo sa mga estudyante ug lagyo tawn ang mga gigikanan sa kasagarang estudyante. Haizt, mabiyaan man lamang tawn sa last trip.
Black is beautiful
Brod? Asa nga Halloween party ka muadto? Itom man lagi halos tanan. Pastilan brod kung gabiing dako ja nag-ingana pa jud ka, sure na aan kang ungo. Ingana nalang gid diay ka pobre ang Pilipinas nga di naman ka afford ug palit ug samin. Announcement po! Naa nay abli nga NOVO sa Baybay, barato ang samin, palit na tawn mu, ayaw pud nang tagsingko ra kay mata ray makit-an ana. Palit ug tibuok para masabtan nimu unsa nay nahitabo. Naku! Makasala man lamang tag ahat. Kasav-an ta ni Bro.
Bai! Ayaw tawn kalimti nga dili tanang uso angay nimu. Ang kasagarang problem sa Pinoy, ang uso sa Mars iapil sa Pilipins. Lahi baya tag beauty bai. Art man daw na siya ingon sa Humanities 11, na-overan ra siguro kay murag nagpaka-aring ingnon naman hinuon ta. Kalma lang brod!
Register and Vote
Nice one. Libreng pahinumdom. Nindot ug content, salamat pag-ayo, pero Sir mura mag gihimo nasad mi nimung uto-uto. Mao nay subtle campaign. Duol na jud diay ang eleksyon. Nagpataka nag panggamit ang mga politico para mabaligya ilang mga ngan. Dako jud siguro ang makamkam mao mugasto para ra ana. Hinuon, and politika ang usa sa mga pinakamaajong negosyo karung panahuna, kausa ra gud ka mugasto, mangurakot nalang ka dayon ingkahuman-solve na ang tanan.
Congrats!
Maglipay tang tanan, naa nasay mga nagpatinuod nga maayo jud ang atong tunghaan. Top-notchers, board passers? Name the course and we have it. Maayo man ang mga tarp nga atong gipambitay sa gawas. Busa usa ka taga-bi-esyu maproud jud ka dapat. Sa pikas nga bahin sa estorya, nagkadugay nanggawas naman tawn ang mga picture nga dili unta dapat makita.
Nagkabaylo siguro ang mga letrato, ang formal tuas facebook and informal naa sa gate gipost. Dili unta nato kalimtan kung kita man ang in-charge nga mga edukado nga taw ang kasagarang muari sa atong eskwelan. Mahiya naman tayo. Mura mag pang personal album ra ato mga picture.
Sa tinuorayng pagkasulti daghan pa kaayong butang ang dapat natong hisgutan ug tagaan ug bili ug panahon apan mura na siguro kabag-a ug Webster’s dictionary ang kabag-on sa atong Amaranth kung ato pa silang hutdon. Palihog lang sa mga naigo, ajaw mo palabig pabuta-buta, ibuka inyong mga mata kay basin malahos inyong drama. Kamu ra poy alaot-di ja lalim. Nuh? How sad.
Knowing our Comfort Zones
As I was surfing the net, I encountered such facts I considered fun, true and good to share. These facts may seem so strange but if we only open our eyes to what’s really happening around the globe, and then we can see that these facts are real. Toilets-we often use them but seldom talk about them, they look too simple yet there are a lot of amazing truths about them. Here are some facts I have collected. We sure can laugh about this truths but can’t just neglect them.
A rat can tread water for up to 3 days and can survive being flushed down the toilet, returning to the building via the same route. - Discover Magazine, 12/06.
The average person spends three whole years of their life sitting on the toilet.
The first toilet cubicle in a row is the least used (and consequently cleanest).
King George II of Great Britain died falling off a toilet on the 25th of October 1760.
90% of pharmaceuticals taken by people are excreted through urination. Therefore our sewer systems contain heavy doses of drugs. A recent study by the EPA has found fish containing trace amounts of estrogen, cholesterol-lowering drugs, pain relievers, antibiotics, caffeine and even anti-depressants.
The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch.
There are toilet museums present
Lack of suitable toilets and sanitation kills approximately 1.8 million people a year, many of them children.
Strange but true. It’s nice to know our comfort zones!
Case Study
Case Study
Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
SECOND DIVISION
G.R. No. 164025 May 8, 2009
LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner,
vs.
HEIRS OF HONORATO DE LEON, represented by AMBROCIO DE LEON, Respondent.
The Problem:
After the issuance of Presidential Decree no. 27 by the late President Ferdinand Marcos, it was declared that land owners with agricultural lands of more than 7 hectares should give the rest to other farmers and only keep the remaining seven hectares. The late Honorato de Leon the registered owner of an agricultural land situated at Barangay Carmen, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 10918-R that had excess land of 36.1238 hectares that was acquired by the Department of Agrarian Reform. It was also stated in P.D. no. 27 that the owner of lands to be distributed must be given just compensation. The heirs of Honorato de Leon complained that the land acquired by the Department of Agrarian Reform was not given just compensation.
Manifestations or Causes of the Problem:
The cause of the problem is the unfairness the respondents saw in the computation of compensation for the land they gave up for the obedience of the Presidential Decree no. 27 by the late President Ferdinand Marcos. The heirs of Honorato de Leon prayed for just compensation. Finding the land valuation offered by the DAR to be very low, respondents filed a complaint for the fixing of just compensation before the RTC of Cabanatuan City, sitting as a Special Agrarian. A certain Atty. Benjamin Baui, the Legal Officer of DAR-Cabanatuan City, also entered into a compromise agreement with herein respondents. The agreement, which was approved by the SAC on 29 June 2001 after petitioner failed to file a comment thereto, provided the payment of just compensation in the amount of P19,371,385.00. However the decisions were again changed. The problem became bigger due to the changeable decisions given by the courts.
Analysis and Evaluation
The case between the Land Bank of the Philippines and the heirs of Honorato de Leon is full of twist and turns due to the different decisions given by different courts. Without meditating on the case for sometime one cannot see clearly what the two sides are pointing about due to the many actions that took place before this case was filled. Terms like the certiorari wasn’t clear before. A Certiorari is a legal term in law that refers to the type of writ that seeks for review. A writ of certiorari currently means an order by a higher court directing a lower court, tribunal, or public authority to send the record in a given case for review.
On the side of the respondents here they only sought for just compensation basing on the way compensation should be computed in Presidential Decree no. 27, (a) an average gross production (AGP) of 195 cavans per hectare per year or 17,610.35 cavans for the entire 36.1238 hectares; (b) plus simple interest of 6% per annum for 20 years on the 17,610.35 cavans or 21,132.41 cavans; and (c) government support price of P500.00. Using the aforementioned values, respondents claimed that the total just compensation due them should be in the amount of P19,371,385.00.
The entry of Atty. Benjamin Baui, the Legal Officer of DAR-Cabanatuan City gave strength on what the respondents were fighting but it was not given prime importance although it was approved before since the SAC denied the motion for execution of the compromise judgment on the ground of oversight on the part of Atty. Baui regarding his authority to enter into a settlement.
The judgment was rendered ordering the Department of Agrarian Reform through the Land Bank of the Philippines to pay petitioners the total amount of one million eight hundred ninety-six thousand four hundred ninety-nine pesos and fifty centavos (P1,896,499.50), Philippine Currency without interests, representing the just compensation of the property with the total area of 36.1238 hectares located in Barangay Carmen, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija, covered by TCT No. 10218.
Petitioner filed an appeal docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 77619, arguing that just compensation should be fixed based on the formula in P.D. No. 27 in relation to Executive Order No. 228, providing a government support price of P35.00. Using the said formula and the provision on interest under DAR A.O. No. 13, series of 1994, petitioner prayed that just compensation be fixed at P706,754.90.
Respondents questioned the authority of the Court of Appeals to give due course to the appeal, considering that the compromise judgment had not been set aside under Rule 38 of the Rules of Court. In a Resolution dated 8 October 2004, the Court of Appeals affirmed its jurisdiction to take cognizance of petitioner’s appeal.
The decision of the court at that time was that the Court of Appeals Committed a grave error of law when it used different factors or data in the determination of just compensation of subject Riceland, in utter disregard of the evidence on record and the pertinent provisions of Presidential Decree no. 27 and Executive order no. 228.
The case was raised to the higher court and the question was the amount to be paid again since both parties are not satisfied by the court’s decision. In Sec. 17. Determination of Just Compensation. In determining just compensation, the cost of acquisition of the land, the current value of the like properties, its nature, actual use and income, the sworn valuation by the owner, the tax declarations, and the assessments made by government assessors shall be considered. The social and economic benefits contributed by the farmers and the farm workers and by the Government to the property as well as the non-payment of taxes or loans secured from any government financing institution on the said land shall be considered as additional factors to determine its valuation.
The road to decision making was really long but fortunately the court had already given their final decision that the instant petition for review on certiorari is DENIED and the decision and resolution of the court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 77619 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Agrarian Case No. 98-AF is REMANDED to the Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, Cabanatuan City, which is directed to determine with dispatch the just compensation due respondents strictly in accordance with DAR A.O. No. 5, series of 1998.
The group is on the side of the respondents for most of us think that the compensation was really low compared to what was supposed to be given. The land-owners like the tenant farmers must be given agrarian justice.
Recommendation
The lower court before going to the higher court must review all data given to ensure that time isn’t wasted just for the utilization of land. Too much twist happened in the case which we think was bad for it further gave confusion to both sides. The Department of Agrarian Reform must also consider the side of the landowner and give just compensation for the land they acquired for tenant farmers. Though the owner’s land must be divided and only seven hectares should be left the owner’s rights must also be considered.
Conclusion
The case was confusing but the court gave a final decision that is in accordance with DAR A.O. No. 5, series of 1998. Time was wasted but at least a fixed decision was made that would be for the better of both parties.
Respect for Women
In history, one cannot erase the time when we women were made slaves, given low priority and limited rights. My thinking is that despite the "machismo" and "double standard" traits that supposedly characterize Filipino society, women in the Philippines have faced less discrimination compared to their counterparts in Western, Middle-eastern, and North Asian countries. I believe this stems partly from the economic difficulties in the Philippines which have forced women into the labor force early on, thus achieving economic and social equality for some. Unfortunately, not all women were lucky enough to have overcome the discrimination and all, and until now we women are still f trying hard to have our rights respected and acknowledge.
In the middle and lower income levels, women are more likely to seek and find opportunities to survive, make an income, manage their own lives, dominate the domestic sphere, and manipulate men like that of what’s happening outside our country.
In the harsh reality of life, I may say that some facts or points mostly exposed about women are typical textbook knowledge and really off the mark in reality. Yes, we see our own Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as president but we must face the fact that many still question her leadership not only because of her lapses, but also because she’s a woman. If we look at tabloids we’ll see many cases of rape, spousal abuse, and of marital disputes. Very often, the victims are the ones who are least able to defend themselves, like women and children.
The 2010 election is near and as usual, opposing parties question the strengths of women contenders. It is really not that easy for women to enter politics, it’s almost like forcing a camel to pass the hole of the one-peso worth needle. Did you know that there was even a time that our grandmother’s fought for suffrage - the right to vote, and males reasoned out that we women shouldn’t enter politics for it might mean that our “ilaw ng tahanan” may produce less light? That the weight of their reasons are not enough to hamper women from making another step to go to the next level. After all in the history of Philippines Comprehensive Agrarian Reform (CARP) existed because of a woman, President Corazon Aquino and despite how other politicians stain of GMA, she wasn’t even kicked out of service and the value of the Philippine peso even improved in her reign.
People shouldn’t underestimate women for we are made equal in this world. Women may not have much physical strengths as what most men claim but in other aspects we are way better than men. A woman’s instinct is better than a ma’s reasoning most of the time.
Respect is one thing that women seek, the reason why we try our best to fight for our right to be heard. We want our rights and we don’t just need bills that will soon be forgotten. What’s written on papers are not enough and the only way to make a change is to start on the way we think. Once we change our thinking well there’s no way we can’t achieve what we want.
