the CHAMP

Our Lord, Our God and our Savior,
Help us to be Your instruments of Your peace and love,
Where there is hatred, let us all bring to one another and on this world Your divine love
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is division, unity;
where there is oppression, freedom;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that we may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love;
Because it is in giving our lives to You that we receive Eternal Life and salvation,
in pardoning all our brothers and sisters that we are also pardoned.
Lord, help us to be Your instruments of Your peace and love,
to do your Most Holy Will here on our temporary home on earth. Amen.

Carl Jamie Simple S. Bordeos

 October 2009

 

 

 

It is always a fight.

 

A fight began by an opposition leader against “the unbeatable foe”. A fight of brave men and women against Martial Law. A fight of the People Power. And a fight of a widow for “God, country, and family”.

 

Yes, it is always a fight. This time, a more personal fight of the widow that ‘Cory: An Intimate Portrait’ was conceived. In the book’s Foreword, Philip (Popoy) Juico, who served as Secretary of Department of Agrarian Reform from July 1987 - June 1989, has said that her wife, Margarita Penson-Juico, editor of the book, was “hounding each contributor since early April 2008, a few weeks after she learned that President Cory had contracted colon cancer”.[1]

This woman “rallied the Filipino – young, old, rich, poor – to true People Power”

What was more amazing than her friend-contributors’ unity, to quote a Carmelite nun’s text message to Fr. Catalino Arevalo, SJ, (that can be read at page 208 of the Cory book), was this: “The hearts of all our people are one as they pray lovingly for her. She is bringing us all together again!” Call this Cory magic, but to me, she was “deeply loved”. Why is this so? Let us see what I just have found out after reading this excellent book.

 

 

Something in a name

 

For Miguel Perez-Rubio, who served as Chief of Protocol during President Cory’s term, he or they would refer President Cory, whether in speech or in writing, as “PCCA” – for President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.

 

Aside from “PCCA”, President Cory was called by many names. On formal occasions, she was called ‘President Aquino’; to biological relatives, she was ‘Auntie Cory’; to those simply fond of, and deferential to, her, she was ‘Tita Cory’; to her grandchildren, she was ‘Lola Cory’; to old friends, simply ‘Cory’; and to some, she was ‘President Cory’.

 

Of all these names, I preferred ‘President Cory’, to show respect to her and to the office she held and continues to represent even after her death.

 

There is really something in her name, and I quote Rubio, “President Cory”, a form of address that “signifies respect for a former president and at the same time rings with endearment and affection, all deserved by a woman who only speaks the truth and what she believes and feels (underline supplied)”

 

 

A true child of God

 

Millie Kilayko, the Assistant to Negros Occidental Governor, shared a story President Cory told “with deep emotion” about a woman President Cory had met in one of the Bacolod slums she had visited.

 

“It was past noon,” President Cory related, “and here was this woman who probably had nothing else at home to eat yet giving me the only two hard-boiled eggs in her little basket”.  

 

She repeated the story and referred to it yet again and again.

 

Five months later, Mrs. Aquino became president, and eight months after that, she was revisiting Bacolod. After a long search, Sr. Michelle Gamboa found the woman in President Cory’s story. They planned a reunion between the woman and President Cory in a program where the woman was to present the president a Star of Hope.

 

From her seat, President Cory stood up and climbed down from the stage and walked briskly meeting the woman. Once she was reunited with the woman, tears rolled down many cheeks. [2]

 

Another story was told by Millie that on June 23, 2003, President Cory as a citizen, she visited Bacolod again to meet with rice farmers in regard to her microfinance program. On this visit, President Cory told Millie that she brought the rosary made by Sister Lucia of Fatima for Millie’s mom, who had been diagnosed with cancer a week earlier. President Cory led the recitation of the rosary in front of the image of Our Lady in their garden, allowing Millie’s mom to use Sister Lucia’s beads. Her mom prayed for one thing: no pain in death. Indeed, it was, as shared by Millie in her article for President Cory.

 

Millie continued, “she has my special respect, admiration, and affection as a person and a true child of God”.

 

 

A true servant of the Lord

 

In 2007, when some officials of the Lakas party were persuading Gina de Venecia to run for a seat in the senate, she said, she consulted her ‘Tita Cory’ (her comfortable address to President Cory). President Cory did not say run or not run. Instead, she described her own way of discerning: praying hard for guidance and wisdom and that enlightenment came with tears, tears of realization of the gravity of the task offered her. Then, she felt ready to embrace the challenge as a true servant of the Lord would do.

 

Following her Tita Cory’s example, Gina de Venecia decided instead to promote her husband’s interest. But as fate would have it, after only eight months, her husband was ousted as Speaker.

 

“Gina”, President Cory told her on that occasion, “I never thought that at my age of 75 I would still be in mass actions”. “Tita, you cannot retire because the country needs you. The people need an inspiration, and a unifying force. You are that person”.

 

 

A true Filipino

 

Tita de Villa composed a poem entitled ‘A true Filipino’ on May 1, 2008. The following words can be read at pages 216-217 of the book:

 

 

“… This lady in yellow from a distant looked frail

No pomp and circumstance before or after her trail;

Widow of the felled hero…

Gathered the tears and hope of a nation hurting to be free.

 

… so she emerged from the yellow confetti…

Rushing our spirit with her faith, courage, and indomitable will.

She rallied the Filipino – young, old, rich, poor –

to true People Power…

 

A simple housewife – her detractors taunted… how apt

For she started cleaning out the grime of dictatorship

In the house of democracy, restoring its banished hallmarks…

 

Her intellect and will converged…

To put coherence to political contradictions…

With weapons like prayer, adherence to truth, good over evil

She lifted up our sunken world image…

 

The Constitution she inspired, she upheld to the hilt

Some say…that she lived it with passion and duty

She believed in promises kept and word of honor given

Stepped down freely from the seat of power… O, what rarity…

 

She rallied us to walk from darkness to light

Now when shadows shade her path, all Filipinos

Hold out our lamps in prayer and love

For dear, dear Cory Aquino, our icon and image of a true Filipino.

 

 

It was a very nice poem. President Cory, according to Tita de Villa, was the “new Filipino”: valiant, rare, radiant, and true.

 

 

A woman with a core of steel

 

According to Eddie Ramos who served in the Department of National Defense that the Aquino administration was confronted by nine coups, all of which failed although some at great cost of lives and blood.

 

In his article, he provided us with dates, and some details or information of what really happened during those nine coups. He compared President Cory’s administration to that of the current regime especially when PGMA declared a “state of national emergency” under Presidential Proclamation 1017 in 2006. Of the nine coups, “… President Cory Aquino did not panic into declaring such a state of national emergency.” 3 Talk about guts, President Cory had it because she is a woman with a core of steel.

 

 

A true heroine

 

Elfren Cruz, Head of the Presidential Management Staff, was always reminded of President Cory’s ‘bureaucracy should never stand in the way of people in need’.

 

In 1988, a certain Mrs. Estepanio Cabreros, head teacher of a public elementary school in Pagangan, Aleosan, Cotabato, asked for some assistance for their school artesian well often was not working, and was even unhealthy for the schoolchildren; and the need for a multi-purpose workshop.

 

Elfren Cruz composed the following as answer of President Cory:

 

“…I advise you to approach your mayor or the local development council so that these projects will be endorsed to the regional development council for possible inclusion in the program of the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.”

 

The following day, the proposed answer was sent back to Elfren Cruz with a handwritten note: “Elfren Cruz, Pls. take care of the artesian well. CA”4  

 

Elfren Cruz said in his article that he showed this note to his entire staff to be reminded that their role was to help not get in the way.

 

On October 19, 1989, President Cory sent him, according to him, a handwritten but brief, clear, and unceremonious note that says:

 

            Elfren Cruz,

 

                        CCPAP presented me with a comprehensive program for the three Samar

Provinces. In line with our commitment to serve the bottom 30%, please set aside the necessary amounts. Please coordinate with Bert Villanueva. Thanks!

 

            C. Aquino

 

Elfren Cruz said that President Cory was very practical and had a sense of what was really needed. One time, she approved all proposals except for one providing for clothing materials for hospital patients’ gowns in several government hospitals nationwide with a note: ”Maybe, we should give free medicines first before hospital gowns and pajamas.” 5

 

What a true heroine herself.

 

 

A missionary of healing

 

After she was elected as president, she founded the Bigay Puso Foundation to take on the role of the first spouse, she, being a widow, did not have. Mercy Tuason remembered her that apart from the wives of cabinet members, businessmen and military officers, President Cory enlisted for the foundation, the wives of both the rich and the poor, of both leftists and the rightists, indeed, of all sides to all issues.

 

With Bigay Puso, she used charity to promote healing and unity among the Filipino people.

 

I quote Mercy Tuason, “the poor were closest to her heart”.6 When customs confiscated smuggled apples, President Cory called on Bea Zobel and Mercy to deliver them to Smokey Mountain. As soon as they got there, they were swarmed by the slum-dwellers, who asked if they could see President Cory to personally thank her. She invited them to Malacañang not only to receive their gratitude, but also to listen to their problem.

 

 

A woman for others

 

In 1974, twelve years before she became President, Bert and Lovely Romero asked Mrs. Aquino to become godmother of Lupe, their eldest daughter. It was said that it was a small affair held in San Miguel Church, near Malacañang.

 

For one thing, Mrs. Aquino was worried not for herself but for the Romero family. She said she hoped that their relationship with her, now made even closer and more public, would not cause trouble for their family.

 

The second instance happened when Bert became President Cory’s budget minister. President Cory noticed that Bert often worked late and took walking breaks at around 10 or 11 o’clock at night. She had security people follow him around, President Cory assured Lovely. 7

 

 

Lady for all seasons

 

Madeleine Lim, a friend, remembered President Cory to be so nice and quietly friendly. The next time she saw her, she was president and according to her, she has not changed – ever nice and quietly friendly. She had bonding with her during their Bigay Puso humanitarian projects during calamities. Indeed, President Cory is a lady for all seasons.

 

 

A true and simple friend

 

When President Cory was invited for the enthronement of Japan’s emperor in 1990, she asked a favor to Nennette Sanvictores, wife of Ben, the minister and deputy chief of mission at the Philippine Embassy there.

 

Knowing the enthronement to be a grand affair, she was bringing her hairdresser along and had intended to book her in the same hotel she was staying – the Imperial Hotel. All her hairdresser expense would be on her personal account, but she was afraid that the newspapers might blow it out of proportion and find reason to ascribe some impropriety to it. So she asked Nennette if her hairdresser could sleep at Nennette’s place.

 

The couple Ben and Nenette were reminded by the principle that President Cory herself has lived: If you really want to know the character of people, watch what happens to them when they come into great power and to the great amount of wealth that usually accompanies it. Watch how they handle wealth and power.8

 

President Cory has such high and consistent sense of delicadeza, something becoming increasingly rare in officialdom. Aside from this, there was a story about the simplicity of one of the president’s daughters, Pinky. Nenette Sanvictores shared this in her article at page 260 of the book:

 

When the ambassador was out of the country, her husband Ben was in-charge. Ben called her to say that the president’s daughter Pinky was in town with a certain Abey. They were on some assignment from their company, IBM. They planned a little shopping during their free time, so Nenette arranged for an embassy car for their use. Pinky refused quite vehemently any special treatment, saying they knew their way and were in fact accustomed to taking the subway. Nenette, also a mother, said in her article that she was really impressed by the simplicity of Pinky’s ways.9    

 

Nenette remembered that it was not difficult to choose a gift for President Cory because she would tell you: “Nenette, I’ll tell you what I want for Christmas, your mamon tostado.”  That was how true and simple her friend, President Cory, was.

 

 

A true democrat

 

According to Joker Arroyo, who served as the Executive Secretary, President Cory assumed office under the Freedom Constitution, vested with both executive and legislative powers, thereby making her practically a dictator, one as powerful as Ferdinand Marcos. But she did not like that. She said that she had been elected only to the executive position of president, not also as legislator, who makes laws.

 

So as early as two months into office, she constituted a commission that would enact a new constitution within four months. Thus came about a constitution with the three branches of power operating co-equally.

 

What a true democrat President Cory was.

 

 

Freedom Fighter

 

“Free, free at last… we are free at last.”

 

Those were the words of Menito Villacorta who served in the 1986 Constitutional Commission when he ended his speeches abroad with the topic People Power in the Philippines.

 

He said, “the Philippines has the singular distinction of having produced in more recent times the first female in world history to successfully lead the struggle against the dictatorship and restore democracy in her country”.

 

The 1986 EDSA Revolution, which President Cory inspired, was one of the highest moments in our nation’s development. President Cory not only led the Filipino people to freedom, but also demonstrated the value of honesty and integrity in governance.

 

 

Most favorite part in the book

 

There are still many inspiring firsthand stories by friends of President Cory in the book. All the contributors are men and women who served with her in our government, the Filipino people’s government, and by others whose lives President Cory touched in countless and unique ways.  

 

But I just would like to share to you my most favorite part of the book ‘Cory: An Intimate Portrait’, it was the Verses of my Life written no less than by herself, President Corazon C. Aquino. She recalled the countless blessings, which to her are all ‘beautiful events’ that happened to her life. Probably, this was so because President Cory ‘prayed with all her heart, worked with all her might, and the rest she left to God’.

 

The verses President Cory had taken were from the Book of Judith:

 

“…Your hand guided all that happened then, and all that happened before and after. You have planned it all – what is happening now, and what is yet to be. Your plans have always been carried out. Whatever you want to be done is as good as done.”10

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fight isn’t over

 

For Patricia Evangelista, “the happily-ever-after is still a long time coming”.11 And I believe her so.

 

Today, greed, corruption, and power-madness plague the nation and threaten the democracy in worse ways than ever. More than two decades after the death of a great hero with the motto of ‘The Filipino is worth dying for’, more than two decades after the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolt, our current situation is a far cry from the causes they have fought for.   

 

How many President Cory do we need only to achieve the aspirations of each and every Filipino of having a good government for the people? How many President Cory do we need only to teach those ‘dragons’ in our government who were probably unconscious and in deep slumber after their oath to the Filipino people of doing their best as public servants? It is for these reasons that I recommend ‘Cory: An Intimate Portrait’ as a must-read book to all especially to those who proudly call themselves ‘public servants’ but actually, in reality, are not in their ways.

 

I will tell you now that after President Cory’s death or after you read the book, the fight isn’t yet over. There are many battles coming. But that does not matter. Let us all be inspired by President Cory and do our part of chasing after the dragons.

 

 

Conclusion: President Cory, a good leader and a good steward

 

There is no ‘Cory magic’. For President Cory has no magical powers nor did she live in fantasy. She was a real woman, “deeply loved” by her people, the very people she gave pride and dignity, the very people, though, ordinary, she served wholeheartedly.  She brought the Filipino people together from 1986 EDSA Revolution, and even to her personal battle, her own fight against colon cancer, when the entire nation prays for her. She did even more uniting the Filipinos during and beyond her death.

 

To this writer, President Cory is a very good example of a good leader and a good steward.  It is her example that “the first unbreakable covenant we demand from those we choose to lead us is that they put country and people above self” (underline supplied) (Reyes 2009).

 

In a democratic country like the Philippines, its people needs, no more less than good leaders who are real and true in the truest meaning of the title ‘public servant’ as well good leaders who have the compassion of good stewards. President Cory is a very good example of a good leader and a good steward to this writer because she was: a true child of God12; a true servant of the Lord; a missionary of healing13; a lady for all seasons14; a woman with a core of steel15; a true heroine16; a true democrat17; a woman for others18; a true and simple friend19; a freedom fighter; and most of all, a true Filipino20.

 

With greed, corruption, and power-madness that plague the nation and threaten the democracy in worse ways than ever, let us all trumpet the same sound said by an assemblyman published at Times Magazine February 1986 Issue: “”We don’t know whether we will be able to keep control over this. But we thought we would take the risk. We have to send a message to our friends that we are not taking this sitting down. (underline supplied)” Again, let us all be inspired by President Cory, the leader who fought for our freedom and President Cory, the steward who restored and maintained the country’s democracy.

 

Tell me what your intimate portrait of this great woman after you read the book ‘Cory: An Intimate Portrait’, because to me, she was “deeply loved”. That only provides me my portrait of our Most Beloved President Cory.

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES

 

 

Juico, Margie Penson (ed). Cory: An Intimate Portrait. (Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing Inc., 2009)

 

Reyes, Oliver X.A, “The Leader Who Loathed Power,” in Philippines FREE PRESS. August 29, 2009 Issue, Vol. 100 No. 53

 

“Going into the streets,” in Times.com (published in Times Magazine February 24, 1986 Issue) (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960712-10,00.html. Retrieved date: October 6, 2009)

 

Dear Mayor Saludaga

“When God allows you to suffer, He is doing something beautiful through you”

So simple yet a statement with a deep meaning. We may not fathom why He let the worst ever to happen in our beloved town and to you particularly, but I am quite sure that He uses you for a purpose, for His Divine purpose. Whatever history has for you, but I have deep faith that you will have a very special place especially in the hearts of the ordinary people in Lavezares.

You are simple. You are humble. Yes, you are. With these two very rare qualities always seen in Great Men and Women in history who have touched lives, you are also Great in your own way. That made me decide to write my very first article for you a few years ago when I have it entitled ‘Tingting is Great’.

You are both simple and humble not because you are in the public service, but because it is the real you. Because of this, you are so easily to be approached even by the poorest or the most ordinary man in town who would ask for help.

24/7 you are there for your people, for our people. I have witnessed this fact when I was a young child. Cannot understand this goodness of yours because I was limited to children plays at that time, it was in the past few years that I only have understand how good you are as a person. I vividly remember the day, it was between six or seven in the morning, when my sleep at your house was disturbed by an old man who came to your house for help. During those hours, you were still sleeping, but then when Ate Gie woke you up and informed you about the man seeking for help, you easily got up and faced the man at your sala. After that man, it was followed by another one who was also asking for help. I could not remember the details of your talks with them but what can I remember were the ‘thank you’ words from them. In many cases, I have witnessed these.

In 2007, I was given the chance to be in several municipalities in Samar province for a research. Here, I saw how poor was the delivery of the basic social services to these municipalities I visited by their public servants compared to Lavezares. And I have said these words to myself, ‘Lavezares is so lucky to have you, to have the Saludagas for the town and our people’. I never have told you with my observation, only in this letter, since I was aloof, maybe because of the respect I have for you as my Mayor.

Blessed to have studied in the country’s premier university always put me in a high expectation of all public servants. For several times already, I got frustrated at how they served their own interests, and not their constituents’.

In May 2007, I was very active, vocal, and supportive of you. I did some sacrifices. I was visible to some of your campaigns in the barangays, and there were times that tears would just come down from my cheeks knowing the sincerity of your heart, the sincerity of your words for our people. I have written many articles for you, the only person I have written much. I was there for you last year when the bad guys have just started to grab your post but never succeeded. For this year, I was in Lavezares for a week and another week with you in Manila. In Lavezares, I did what I think I could do. I was even in one of those in front of the human barricade, not afraid of what will happen to me, trying to be dispersed by some uniformed men with false and wrong motto of ‘To Serve and Protect’. I was with those people who cried out loudly and repeatedly the word ‘Justice!’ in Filipino. I was with them when they raised their hands with the ‘L’ (for Laban) sign. I was with them when the women led us in singing the ‘Bayan Ko’ song. I was there to pray with our people to ‘let this cup pass over’ you. I pray intently, I pray silently, I pray wholeheartedly. I even have filed leave at my work for more than two weeks. I did all of these and other memories for you because I believe in you, I have full trust in your leadership. I did all of them to give justice to the sacred votes (if really they were sacred) and to the ‘small voices’ of the majority of the people in Lavezares entrusted to you in 2007. I did all of them because of my love for Lavezares. But I know that these sacrifices I have were only a small percentage compared to the sacrifices of those ordinary men and women who also believed in you even until to this very day. And that my sacrifices were nothing compared to yours.

Some people may accuse me and would not believe me for my reasons why I did all of them, and maybe they would utter that ‘I was a relative of yours’. Maybe. But honestly, it is beyond that.

I will continue to support you. And if only there will be another election, if you decide to run next year, I will still give my full support to you. If only I am entitled to one million votes, I will give all of them to you. That is how much I respect you as my mayor, the public servant to its truest sense. To me, you are really Tingting The Great.

I would have to end my letter by the following words:

“There is always a place in the plans of God for pain for even His own beloved Son, He chose the lash, the thorns, the spittle, the cross, the nails, the lance, the tomb. But through them Our Lord saved the world.”

No matter what happens, you will always be my mayor, you will be Tingting The Great to me.

Sincerely,

Carl Jamie Simple S. Bordeos

27 September 2009

Ni Chenelyn Chenes-Uragenia

Sipsiptember 24, 2009

Naloka ang mga supot-ters ni Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga ng sumalakay ang mga tulisan (este mga taga-North POLEsan) na pinangunahan ng isang mahaderang bakla na si PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot sa Municipal Hole-in-the-wall ng Caberzares, isang bayan sa North Pole. Napatumbling talaga ng bonggang-bongga ang mga utaw na nagsimulang magtipon noong ika-4-dapat Sipsiptember 2009 upang magkulutan sila ng bonggang-bongga.

Nangyari ang pagsalakay ng mga wakwak (este tulisang North POLEsan) madaling araw (bandang alas-singko) ng Sipsiptember 12 ng di talaga mapigilan ni PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot ang kanyang kati. Ka-katol-se palang kasi niya.

“Gusto ko talaga ma-kongkang ng buong-buo ang kay aQuin-10 pulgadas na kum[p]are ko pa para ma-feel ko talaga ang pagiging darna ko. O diba, masaya iyon? (sabay tawa ng bonggang-bongga),” ayun sa panayam ni notLady Ka[me]lot, na isang news Stranger ng DNA-7 na naka-base sa Katbilogan, kay PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot.

Nagulantang ang bayan ng Caberzares (North Pole), ng marinig nila ang pagtitili ng mga supot-ters ni Mayor aQuin-10 pulgadas ng ‘Hostes-na, hostes-na! Hostes-na, hostes-na!’ Dahil sa pagtitiling ito, napahiya at nag-blush (na parang na red-tide) si PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot sa kanyang mga taohang tulisan (na robotics pala) kasi ang akala niya na siya ang tinitilian at sinisigawan ng “Hostes-na, hostes na!” ng mga utaw.

Dahil sa hindi niya makontrol ang pagtitili ng mga supot-ters ni Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga, binanatan niya ang mga ito ng ‘Charge, charge!’, utos niya sa kanyang mga taohang tulisan (na robotics pala). Naloka ang bayan ng Caberzares ng magtilian, nagka-sabunutan na, at nagkasampalan pa ng bonggang-bongga ang dalawang grupo.

“We are here to serve and protect (the powerful), at ang inyong pagkukulutan sa Municipal Hole-in-the-Wall ng Caberzares ay ilegal sapagkat ang may karapatan lang magkulutan rito ay ang mga supot-ters ni siRaulo kay Mazalsal[on], kontraBeda magBogtongan-tayo, at Arte-mo ‘Titi’y patay na’ Balagon pa”, ang sabi ni PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot sa Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga supot-ters.

Sa malalaswang videos na pinost sa Iyo-tube (akin hindi) at sa Fish-buk, makikita na dinugo ang mga supot-ters ni Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga. Mas nagalit at mas nag-blush si PweDi (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot sa kanyang nakita sa semento ng Municipal Hole-in-the-wall na mga tulo na nagpapatunay ngang dinugo ang mga supot-ters ni Majorette Salo-daga. Hindi siya makapaniwala na sila’y mas ganap na dalaga na kaysa sa kanyang super Mejot-jot kay siRaulo kay Mazalsal[on]. ‘Charge, charge!’ ang mga sumunod na dialogue ng mahadirang ambisyosang baklang si Mejot-jot.

Ayun naman kay notLady Ka[me]lot na kanyang ipapa-DNA ang mga dugo para malaman talaga kung sinu-sino sa mga supot-ters ang dalaga na at mas natarayan si Mejot-jot para mas mapatunayan kung sino talaga ang totoong Katol-se.

Ilang sandali pa ay nakausap ni PweDe (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot si Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga sa cellphone. “Mare (este pare), mag-give way na tayo para maipagpatuloy sa Municipal Hole-in-the-wall ang serbisyong kulutan, manicure, pedicure, arot. Ilang days ng walang kulutan, at ako’y taga-North Pole rin, gusto ko ng magpakulot kaso ang tataray ng mga supot-ters mo”, sabi ni Mejot-jot. Tugon ni Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga, “makikinig ako sa mga utaw at hindi sa mga animals na tulad mo”. Dahil rito mas nag-init si Mejot-jot kasi hindi nasunod ang kanyang mottong ‘Be kind to animals’.

Walang nagawa ang mga utaw sa Caberzares ng gumamit na talaga ng special ‘tulis’ powers itong si PweDe (dididi ako) U-save-Urself Mejot-jot. Crying ladies naman ang naitugon ng mga supot-ters ni Majorette aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga samantalang ang mga supot-ters ni Arte-mo ‘Titi’y patay na’ Balagon pa” ay parang bangkay na sa nakitang sorpresang dulot ng pinagsanib na ‘tulis’ powers nila Mejot-jot, siRaulo, kontraBeda, at Arte-mo. (Iginreport ni Trulili)

ni Ma. Kat Olon

Sipsiptember 24, 2009

Bag-o raw na kunohay Majorette san Caberzares na si Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa, nakatugbos la gihapon kay san malingkod na siya sa lingkoran san ungod na Majorette, nawakay ine. Napa-wow mali an peke na Majorette na si Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa san nag-super laugh-in an mga supot-ters san ungod na Majorette na si aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga sa iya. Naalohan siya san ginmikatan pa gud ine siya ngan sugaran pa na, “maski lingkoran maaram pumili” kaya naloka sin bonggang-bongga si Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa.

Naloka liwat an mga utaw san naimod nira si Arte-mo nga sumulod sa Post-open Opis kay huna niya na mao ine an Majorette’s Opis. Maupay nala kay gin-alalayan siya san Cheap of North POLEsan pakadto sa Majorette’s opis, kon diin nakadto an lingkoran na iya pa gud nawakay. Mas tumambling ng million times ang mga utaw san gin-nali si Arte-mo san mapinit na Aircon nga tikang pa North Pole an hangin.

Sugad naman san mga supot-ters ni Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa na nadire sira san Tingting an kadako ngan kahalaba kay an ira gud ruyag an mukhang T-T (na mao gud an kahimo ni Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa). Igindiwara naman ine san ungod na Majorette kay an ungod talaga 10-pulgadas gud an iya. Niyan maloka-loka an mga utaw kay si Balagon, ungod gud na dinaya an kadako san kan Salo-daga.

Maski wrangler na, go pa rin si siRaulo kay Mazalsal[on], an ulo-ulo san North Pole. Niyan full gud an supot (este support) ni siRaulo kay Mazalsal[on] kay Arte-mo na mukhang T-T talaga tungod sa naniniwala si siRaulo na mas dako gud an kan Arte-mo kontra sa kan aQuin-10 pulgadas. Pero dire natuod an mga utaw labi na gud an mga die-hard supot-ters ni Salo-daga sine na istorya ni siRaulo kay proven and tested na 10-pulgadas man gud an kan aQuin-10.

Naimod sa malaswang videos na naka-post sa Iyo-tube (akin hindi) at sa Fish-buk na an mastermind san tanan na kabaklaan at kabalahuraan sa Caberzares, mao si kontraBeda, na nagpapaka-Zorro[t] liwat. Aside sa titulo nga Zorro[t], si kontraBeda, gintawag san mga supot-ters ni aQuin-10 pulgadas Salo-daga na sayo na ‘Salot’. Napatawa la si kontraBeda {nga naimod sa malaswang videos na mayda ngay-an mga pangil) kay dire man kuno ungod ine. Niyan an mga utaw sa Caberzares (North Pole), ginkokondena an mga nahimo na paninipsip, pag-ubos ngan pangangagaw san mga kusog san mga cutie na Caberzaresnon. Pati mga kabayotan, naloka kan kontraBeda kay inaagawan na sira sin mga lami.

Sumala, napilay ngay-an si Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa tungod san paglingkod niya sa nawakay niya na lingkoran san ungod na Majorette. An mga supot-ters niya, igintapok nala an lingkoran, ngan niyan malipay na si Arte-mo “Titi’y patay na” Balagon pa ngan iya supot-ters na nakalingkod na siya bilang peke na Majorette sa iya wheelchair. (Iginreport ni Salsally Ebs)

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The recent political development in the peaceful town of Lavezares is not peaceful at all. It was chaotic, divisive, and painful. No one wins; everyone loses. To many, the future will be bleak.. To some, a new age has come to break the old order. If the old order is orderly, then, what is in store for the new? If the new age means new beginning, will it move on smoothly to where it intends to go. One sure thing is, Lavezares will never be the same again. What really have happened? To our leaders? To our town? To us? Where are we going from this day on? Let us try to seek answers where everything has started. The fight between Saludaga and Balag, Or what is it only between them? Both loved by their people. A people divided by either by their lust for power or their love for Lavezares The following are the important events that transpired in the dawning of a political crisis that may take a lifetime and maybe generations to endure. May 11, 2007 – National and Local election in this town was conducted peacefully. Both the Comelec and PPCRV did not receive any report of irregularity, fraud, or violence. Days later, the Municipal Board of Canvassers and the PPCRV (Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting) Quick Count declared that Quintin Saludaga got a vote of 5,913 while Balag got 5,168 for a margin of 745 in favor of Saludaga. Months later, Balag filed an electoral protest on allegation that there was use of force and intimidation on the part of Saludaga. Appreciation of votes began. After several days, Balag’s camp has also filed electoral protest against Vice-mayor Manuel Turla and SB members who belong to Saludaga’s fold. In the following months, electoral protest against Saludaga moved on while those against vice-mayor and some SB members were dismissed. March 24, 2008 - Judge Eugenio dela Cruz’ decision was read by the new judge, Manuel Torrevillas (RTC-Allen)(dela Cruz was already transferred to RTC-Pasay before the promulgation day but it was him who made the decision). Dela Cruz decided in favor of Balag. Supporters of Saludaga staged ‘people power’ in support of the mayor. When Mayor Saludaga studied the decision, he found out with his lawyer that dela Cruz’ computation was wrong. Dela Cruz based his figures on the affidavit of Balag which did not tally with the official statement of votes of the Municipal Board of Canvassers. If the official tally will be followed, Mayor would lead by more than hundred votes even if the 698 votes be deducted from him which dela Cruz has declared deliberately as being written by one or two. March 31, 2008 – Saludaga’s supporters have staged another “people power.” Many have even flocked to RTC-Allen to show their support to their mayor as Judge Torrevillas is about to decide Balag’s motion for immediate execution pending appeal. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Torrevillas denied Balag’s motion. Mayor Saludaga’s supporters called it a ‘miracle.’ The electoral protest was then elevated to the Comelec’s 2nd Division. August 12, 2009 – Comelec’s 2nd Division, a collegial body composed of three commissioners affirmed Judge Eugenio dela Cruz’ decision with modification. It affirmed that 622 votes for Mayor Saludaga were either written by one or by two; in the four protested precinct, Mayor Saludaga was deducted with 135 votes; Artemio Balag was added with 99 votes. Balag has won by more than a hundred. August 14, 2009 – Mayor Saludaga issued an open letter questioning Comelec 2nd Division’s decision. He claimed he was victimized by dagdag bawas from the precinct level to the RTC up to the Comelec. He argued that figures cited in the decision are not consistent with the original election returns, to wit: In Chansvilla (Precinct 26), Saludaga got 73 while Balag got 38. But in the Comelec’s decision, these figures were interchanged. It now becomes 38 for Saludaga and 73 for Balag. In Libas(Precinct 37A) – Balag got a vote of 63 but in the Comelec’s decision it now becomes 76. Thirteen(13) was added to him. In Villa(Precinct 68A/B) – Saludaga got 111 votes but in the decision it is down to 11 votes only. In Villa (Precinct 71A/B), Balag got a vote of 64 but the Comelec recorded 115. Saludaga said, if the Comelec will only follow the original election return, he will still led by 156 even if he gives away 622 votes which they considered as written by one or two. September 4, 2009(Friday) – News broke all over Lavezares that Comelec 2nd Division has granted Balag’s motion for immediate execution pending appeal. September 5, 2009 (Saturday) – Mayor Saludaga issued a statement to his people which was distributed to all barangays. In his statement, he vowed to continue with his fight for truth and justice. September 6, 2009(Sunday) - Some of Mayor Saludaga’s supporters have solicited financial support from mayors from other towns and from businessman. Some have voluntarily given their support. On the evening, people have started to vigil at the municipal hall. ABS-CBN made an interview with Mayor Saludaga and some of his supporters. September 7, 2009(Monday) – people continue to flock to the Municipal Hall in support of Mayor Saludaga. On the evening, people prayed the rosary. There was a presscon for Mayor Saludaga and the members of the Municipal Board of Canvassers. Mediamen from Samar-Leyte Press Club were in attendance. Mayor Saludaga claimed, he was cheated from the RTC to the 2nd Division of the Comelec. Four protested precinct by Balag do not tally with the original election return. If Comelec would only follow the original election return, Saludaga will still lead by 156 votes. He also lambasted Judge dela Cruz for dismissing his 698 votes as either written by one or by two, all by himself without undergoing thorough determination from handwriting experts. At 7;30, an indignation rally started. Barangay captains expressed their support for mayor. The special guest for the rally was Board Member Jun Rosales who inspired people to be strong because he has been to the same situation as Mayor Saludaga when he was still the mayor of Catarman. People inside the municipal hall were determined to stay. As they are threatened that Balag’s camp might force their way, they fenced the entire municipal hall and auditorium with barbed wire. Garbage trucks were used to block the first gate(beside the waiting shed) and to transport people in the barangays. September 8, 2009(Tuesday) – It is expected by many that the execution order will be served today. More than 500 supporters of Mayor Quintin B. Saludaga have spontaneously flocked to the Municipal Hall as a show of support to their mayor and express protest against execution order by the Comelec to unseat Mayor Saludaga as a result of the electoral protest filed against him by Artemio Balag. These people believe the execution order is not to be honored because of the following: 1. The order is without basis because the decision of the Comelec’s 2nd Division to grant motion for immediate execution for Artemio Balag is signed only by one member instead of two or three as the division is a three-member collegial body. People in the municipal hall and the bystanders have kept on waiting for the DILG or Comelec to officially serve the execution, if there is any. Some PNP personnel have been stationed to secure the vicinity. For the first time, Bayan Ko was sung at the Rizal Monument as people put on the air their closed fist and while other waved Laban sign. Many have been crying. Meanwhile, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer has elevated the motion for reconsideration filed by Saludaga to the Comelec en banc. September 9, 2009(Wednesday) - the protest assembly is in full swing as more people keep holding on at the municipal hall blocking any attempt of the PNP to enter the area. At 10:30 in the morning, Mayor Saludaga delivered his last speech before leaving to Manila at 1 pm. At about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a DILG officer from the Provincial Office came to attempt to serve Mayor Saludaga what they say as the execution order. The DILG officer went first at the DILG Office at the ABC Building. Traffic was partially closed at the vicinity at the municipal hall up to ABC Building. MLGOO Rosa Tiozon refused to accompany the DILG officer from the province to serve the said execution order because of the following: 1. The order did not undergo the usual process of inter/intra-office transmittal as from the Comelec Central Office to its regional office down to the provincial level and from the Comelec to the DILG, and; 2. Absence of the Comelec personnel to officially serve the execution order. At the end of the day, DILG has failed to serve the order. September 10, 2009 (Thursday) - Some personnelfrom the Comelec have thrice attempted to enter the municipal hall but failed as people blocked their way. Titay Balag and his supporters have occupied the ABC Building. At 11 am, he issued an order to the people at the municipal hall to vacate as he considers it an illegal assembly. At 12 noon, some 50 Saludaga’ s supporters went to Comelec-Central Office in Intramuros to staged a rally the following day. At 4 pm, two trucks of heavily armed men rushed at the vicinity on a news that people at the municipal hall were getting chaotic. The news they got was wrong as they find out for themselves the entire protest assembly to be very peaceful. The armed trucks retreated. September 11, 2009 (Friday) – Early in the morning, a group of more or less thirty PNP personnel composing the Crowd Dispersal Unit is all set to disperse the people. At 10 am, negotiation between the representatives of Saludaga and Balag at the Parish Convent witnessed by Msgr. Walter Cerbito, the parish priest, failed due to lack of representation. At 10:30 am, PNP’s dispersal unit moved their way to the human barricade. PNP’s dispersal unit have been pushing to move forward but people keep on resisting. Msgr. Cerbito asked the PNP to stop while he tries to talk with Balag. At this same time, more than 60 supporters of Mayor Saludaga staged a rally at the Comelec-Central Office in Intramuros. The rally was cut short due to heavy rainshowers. Though it was raining heavily the whole night, people at the municipal ground continued to hold on. September 12, 2009 At around 5:30 in the morning while the daily mass is going on at the parish church just a few step from the municipal building, a commotion of people was overheard and in the silence of the early morning people have been shouting “hustisya! hustisya! hustisya!”. It was then when four patrol car filled with heavily armed PNP personnel came to reinforce the dispersal unit.. PNP Provincial Director Mejos was not able to show an official order from the higher command to enforce dispersal but insisted in pursuing his plan. Several people have seen that PD Mejos is drunk while issuing orders to disperse the crowd. In the ensuing dispersal, some people were hurt and wounded as recorded by the police blotter. Some rules of engagement were violated such as the required minimum distance between the armed men at the vicinity was not observed. It was also observed that some armed men have entered the assembly of civilians. It cannot be forgotten that the dispersal was conducted by a drunk PNP Director as witnessed by all. While negotiations were going on between PNP and the leaders of the protesters, dispersal unit which now include armed men that even crept into the rooftop of the Mayor’s Office and the SB Hall. Very quickly, they removed the barbed wires and all hurdles while threatening the people with handcuffs and ordering arrest. People have valiantly stood on until they were all cornered in front of the Mayor’s Office. They were all tired but unbowed; still shouting for justice. Some were crying; never was there any tinge of remorse or doubt to what they have been fighting for. For them it was not a lost battle because the spirit that makes them stand will be forever entrenched in their beloved town’s history; just waiting to be tapped anytime it is necessary. Indeed, a beautiful story of love and bravery. These are some just accounts of some people inside the municipal hall on that fateful Saturday early morning: Ex-Mayor Jun Saludaga: Naimdan ngan nabatian ko si PNP Provincial Director Mejos nag-istorya sin pasiyak sa atubangan san mga tawo “i-vacate na niyo an munisipyo kay may bag-o na nga mayor”. “Awe, awe, hain ka? Wara ka didi(ginpupunto san iya kamot an iya sintido). Pag-abot sa may gate, gin-orderan niya an iya mga tawo nga i-cut na an mga barbwire. Naimdan ko si Belicoy(Joseph Baldesancho) nakiagaway san plies san police. Nagbaton si Belicoy sa iya mga relatives nga nagpapagawas sa iya “kamo an hali didi, kay ako ginlalaban ko an kamtuoran. Mayor Jun said “hain an iyo order of dispersal?. Nagbaton si PD Mejos “deri na kinahanglan an order kay may bag-o na nga mayor. Ilegal kamo didi.” Sa ikaduha nga gate, ginplies an mga barbwire tas ulang nga plywood, ginpadanas sa patrol car. SB Salvador: Ginplies an mga barikada sin barbed wire. Nag-order si PD kan Araral nga rubaon an ‘intuan’ “Gibain an gate”. Nag-ulang sa gate si Leo Bello, Marlou Pambuena, Lino Benzon. Kap Domiquel: Pagsulod ko sa may sa may kanto san gate, an pulis nga duha ginhapot ak kun “makain ka?”, nagbaton ak nga masulod ak. Pero gin-igo ako san butt san armalite kaya nag-atras nala ak. Raul Portes Sr, Barangay Villa: Didto ako sa frontline sa atubangan san mayor’s office, atubangan mismo san dispersal unit. Nag-order si Araral nga “posasan kamo.” Tinago ko an kamot ko kay basi deri ak mapososan kay gin-aabot niya an kamot ko. An naabot niya (Araral) an leog ko, gintitilo ak niya(Araral). Nagsiyak ako nga “Gintitilo ako! Gintitilo ako!. Naimdan ko nga hubog gud si Araral kay mabagahun an mata tas nangangamamyon sin irimnon. Pagsiyak ko, binutsan niya an leog ko. Tas nagsugad si Araral, “wara ko man ikaw tilua.” Ginbaton ko siya “Tinelo mo ako!” Manuel Peoquinto, Brgy. Macarthur. Didto ako sa may gate. Gintultog ako ni Ordona sin kahoy sa tangan san akon wala nga siki. Tapos gintuklang ako niya sin makusog sa may akon dughan. Nakahurandig ako sa may plywood nga ulang san gate. Tapos nagsulod na si Ordona. Brgy. Capt Edwin Turla, Bgy. Chansvilla: May ranggos an akon tuo nga butkon . Nahitabo ini san ginpoposan kunta ako ni Kapt. Ordona san ginkakaptan ako sa tuo nga kamot sin makusog. Winaklit ko an posas kaya ini nagkaranggos. Duha ako ka beses pagposasi kunta. An ikatulo, narabot ako ni Marlo Pambuena. Ex-Bgy. Capt Marlo Pambuena: Sa may gilid ako san gate dapit sa may santa. Nag-abot si Araral tas mga kauropod nira may dara nga cutter. Ginhapot ko siya kun maano siya. Wara siya magbaton. Gin-abungan ko sira. Nagsugad si Ordona “wara kamo sini labot kay amon ini trabaho.” Ginkawit pinaagi sin tubo nga may kaw-ing an gate, gintaod sa patrol car an durho, tapos ginpasaog sa patrol car an lipon sa gate. San naruba na an ulang, gin-aabungan la gihapon namon ni Leo Bello. Nag-order si Ordona nga posasan tas arestuhon kami. Kinaptan an akon kamot ni PD Mejos tas Ordona para posasan ako. Ginwahi ko sira nga duha kaya nakadulag ako. An kaupod ko nga si Leo Bello mao naman an ginpoposasan. Madulag kunta si Leo, ginsalapid ni Ordona. Napaulob si Leo. Ginposasan si Leo ni Ordona kabulig si PD Mejos, Araral, tas sayo nga nakacivilian nga may armas. Nagsugad si Leo “tama na man kay di man ako sa iyo maato, ayaw! ayaw! di maato” Pero waray sa iya mamati. Ginbaraklid siya. Nakaulob siya nga ginposasan. May nagsuntok pa sa iya likok nga nakaulob pa siya. Gindara sa may sarakyan si Leo ni PD Mejos, ginkiclip niya an leog ni Leo. An kautod san posas, ginsab-it sa tubo san sarakyan. SB Member Tita A. Adriatico – “Nag-abot ako sa munisipyo haros alas 5:40. Nakit-an ko nga narekupo na san . naka camouflage nga armado an mga kalye tikang sa mga santa pakadi sa my highway ngadto sa my waiting shed. Ginpapa-atras ko sira kay an akon pagkakaaram an engagement san dispersal waray gud armado sin 100meters tikang sa mga tawo. Nagpiriliw sira sa my balay ni Modesto. Naimdan ko nga may armado sa butnga san kalye, may dara dara nga pole nga may hook, ginpaatras ko siya. Nag-atras gud man. May nagsiyak sa akon nga “Manay Tita, adto na liwat sa may waiting shed. Pagkadto ko sa may waiting shed, naimdan ko an tropa ni Hayag. Nagsugad ako “Nano kay adi kamo nagpakapusil an imo kaupod, an rules san engagement, kinahanglan 100 meters an kaharayo tikang sa site. Nagstop sira sin pira ka segundo kay ginbantayan ko. Nagsugad si “Hayag, andun na si PD.” Wara ko na sira ka-kontrol gincut na an mga barbwire. Naipit na an mga tawo san mga dispersal unit sa may mayor’s office. “Nakainom ka?”, guinhapot ko si PD Mejos. Deri ko pa aram sadto nga siya ngay-an si PD Mejos. “May ebidensya ka?, ” baton sa ak ni Mejos. “Oo, kay namamaho ka”, an baton ko. Nagdudrudngan an mga tawo pagsiyak kan Mejos nga “Hubog! Hubog!” Nagpahuway kadali si Mejos sa may luma nga building tas binalik ta sa may dispersal unit. May nababati ako sa mga tawo nga nasugad “aduy, aduy, gintitilo ako.” Nagsugad si Mejos “Awe, Awe, paalisin mo ang mga tao. Sayang an aton pagsangkay.” Kapot-kapot niya an grilyos. Nagsugad ako nga “Ayaw ngun-a, ayaw ngun-a. Pag-iristoryahan ta ngun-a ini. May nagsiriyak naman sa luyo san kalye “adto na, adto na, nagsarakat na sa atop.” Naimdan ko nala nga may mga armado nga nagrurulusad na tikang sa atop san Mayor’s Office.” SB Member Basilio C. Adriatico – Kahuman pagtawag sa akon ni Manay Carol tikang Enriqueta 5:35, may nag-agi nga patrol dida na ako sa gawas. San naimod ko an upat nga patrol car, nagakarapot kamo san mga tawo. Ako an sa piliwon. An dati nga nga patrol car nga nakabalabag sa highway, ginpiliw nira. Naghaw-as si PD sin sayo nga patrol tapos nagsugad nga “Evacuate na an munisipyo kay may duly elected na nga mayor. Awe, awe, pira gud an katawhan didi sa Lavezares? Nagbaton nga sobra 20 mil. Nagbaton si PD “ pira kamo didi sa municipio?”Nagbaton si Vice nga “damo gad.” Nagsugad si PD “pira la kamo nga narepresentar, tagi na man niyo higayon an bag-o nga mayor. Katig-a san ulo niyo. Kahapon pa kamo gin-istoryahan nga mag-disperse.” Sa iya pag-istorya, nababahuan ko siya sin irimnon. Nagsenyas siya sa mga kauropod sin pagcut san mga barb wire. May ada sin sayo nga nagkakawit san barbwire ug placard nga nakabonet. May ada sin kaupod si PD nga duha nga nakacivilan nga may-nagbubutog butog sa mga tagiliran nira. San nagdurusuay na, tungod nga deri na namon kaya kay naabrihan naman an mga barb wire, nagsakat ako san SB para magvideo. Na-video ko an pagsulod na nira Mejos. Naparong ko an pagvideo, naglusad na ako. The people of Lavezares condemn the illegal dispersal and the violence caused by police arrogance and brutality on the peaceful assembly at the municipal hall of Lavezares on September 12, 2009 at 5 o’clock in the morning. The people of Lavezares has, since September 8 occupied the grounds of the municipal hall to guard against the entry of powergrabbers, Mayor Quintin B. Saludaga’s opponent who wanted to occupy the seat even without mandate of an election, but were armed only with dubious and defective writ of execution issued by a corrupt Comelec commissioner said to be bribed with 2.5 million. We, the people, believed that we have the constitutional right to defend our votes and to speak out and assemble freely if there are any threats against it. We were so sad the Provincial PNP of Northern Samar led by Provincial Director Mejos was used as a means to facilitate the entry of powergrabbers. These PNP officials have shamelessly allowed themselves to be used to by politicians to effect their evil intentions by way of threatening people with handcuffs, by choking some necks, and by dispersing people upon order of a drunk PNP Director as smelled by all. The following are the grave misconduct made by PNP during their dispersal operation: 1. The whole dispersal operation was without any orders from the higher command of the PNP or from the DILG; 2. The entire assembly period was peaceful, hence, there is no reason for the PNP to disperse the crowd; 3. It can be shown in the video that some armed PNP personnel have entered the assembly area when they should be unarmed; 4. PNP Director Mejos was drunk while issuing orders and discussing arrogantly with the people. He smelled liquor as witnessed by all; and 5. The people did not leave the area voluntarily. They did so because they were threatened by the presence of heavily armed men who entered the assembly area as can be shown in the video.

by: a.t.d

nanu kay guin pabay-an ako ni-yo… Sad
ako yana nananangis,masurob on
akon mga anak guin tamak tamakan,
hain kamo!tindog kamo!

imuklat iyo mga mata!
ayaw kamo kahadok!
tindog sa kamatuuran!laban kamo!
sa ayat san mga demonyo!
an diyos aadi sa ato!

ayaw kamo karuyag
na magdaog an mga panulay,
yawa, ug demonyo!
kun nahigugma kamo sa ako
ayaw kamo pagtugot!

laban kamo! ug tindog sa kamurayawan,
kamatuuran, ug hustisya!

Carl Jamie Simple S. Bordeos

September 23, 2009

An sayo nga Lavezaresnon

Mahinigugmaon.

Mahinigugmaon

Sa iya Diyos

Sa natawhan o gindak-an na bongto

Sa iya pamilya ngan kaparyentehan

Sa iya kasangkayan

Ngan pati sa iba nga tawo maski dire niya kila.

Iton an sayo nga Lavezaresnon.

An mahinigugmaon mayda pagkahadok.

Sa Diyos na iya kinikila

Diyos na Makagarahum,

An ungod na Diyos, dire hinimo, dire tawo, dire kuwarta o kun nano pa man.

An mahinigugmaon matalahuron.

Matalahuron sa arog sa iya o mas bata pa sa iya.

Matalahuron sa iya kag-anak, kabugtuan, paryente ngan kasangkayan

Matalahuron sa balaod san bongto

Matalahuron maski sa katungod san iba: tawo, hayop, maski sa iya libong.

An matalahuron nasunod.

Maaram sumunod san balaod.

Maaram sumunod sa iya kag-anak.

Maaram sumunod san iya pagtoo ngan konsensya

Maaram sumunod san karuyag san kadam-an maski kontra pa san iya interes ngan karuyagon.

An masunodon napaubos.

Napaubos sa karuyag san Ginoo.

Napaubos sa karuyagon san katawhan

Napaubos ngan napasakop san iya konsensya.

An napaubos mabuot.

Buotan siya dire tungod kay dire siya nagliliya-liya

Buotan siya dire tungod nga dire siya maaram mag-ato sa iba

Buotan siya dire tungod kay sa pag-imod san iba mala-anghel siya

Buotan siya dire tungod kay damo an iya medalya sa Religion o GMRC na subjects

Lugod, buotan siya tungod kay siya nagliliya

Buotan siya, kay siya nagriribok

Buotan siya, kay siya natindog

Sa halipot na istorya, buotan talaga siya.

Naliya, naribok, natindog san iya gintotoohan.

Buotan siya kon maaram siya umato sadton mga tawo nga nagpapakatawo-tawo pero an batasan ngay-an kanan hayop.

Buotan siya kon maaram siya tumugbos kontra sadton samok an dara.

Buotan siya kon mayda siya konsensya.

An may konsensya

Dire nagpapakabuta-buta

Dire nagpapakabungol-bungol

Dire manhid

Labi na gud kon mayda siya naiimod na maraot ngan dire tama.

Maski ikamatay pa niya o kon nano pa man an mahinabo sa iya

Tungod san iya pagtindog, pagliya, pagribok ngan pagboses

Basta an aram niya ine na ginhimo niya

Para sa iya pamilya, kasangkayan, kaparyentehan, ngan an tanan upod na an bungto, ngan adto na masunod pa sa ira nga henerasyon nga magkamayda man unta sira mamurayaw, mas mauro-upay nga puruy-anan nga an ira gahoy, an hinigugma ko nga Lavezares.

An sayo nga Lavezaresnon

Dire kawatan

Dire gahaman

Dire hagas

Dire napagamit sa maraot an intensyon o interes

Lugod napagamit sa kaupayan.

Dire Kristiyano sa ngaran

Dire peke pero ungod na tawo

Dire nalilipay san pagkagana san karautan kontra sa kaupayan

Lugod pareho siya kan San Miguel na arkanghel nga dire natugot malabwan an kaupayan O kan Maria, simple, uray ngan mapainubsanon sa kaburut-on san Ginoo, iya Iroy

Para an hinigugma nga bungto, sugad kan Maria, makasakat sa langit san kamurayawan.

Isusugad ko sa iyo, para sa ako pag-imod,

Nga an sayo nga ungod nga Lavezaresnon

Mahinigugmaon.

Mahinigugmaon san Demokrasya.

Carl Jamie Simple S. Bordeos

September 23, 2009

‘Perdi kit, lingkod kit’

An motto in life ni D.

‘Perdi kit, lingkod kit’

Sa munisipyo san Lavezares.

Munisipyo san mga tawo

An munisipyo para sa Lavezaresnon.

Niyan iya na munisipyo

Munisipyo na san sayo nga D.

Pagbabag-o!

Panawagan san mga taga-luyo.

Mayda gud man pinagbag-o

Kay an perdi mao an pinalingkod.

Kay nano nga nasugad?

Nga an ungod na iginboto san kadam-an

Mao na lugod an nawarayan san puwesto

Kay nano nga nasugad?

Nga an sayo nga ilehitimo ngan peke

Mao na niyan an may poder.

Kay nano nga nasugad liwat?

Nga an iba nga Lavezaresnon

Nagpapakabuta-buta, nagpapakabungol-bungol.

An iba lay ministers pa gud, an iba mga kag-anak man unta

Pero an nahinabo sa hinigugma nga bongto, bale wara la sa ira.

Mga Kristiyano kuno sira,

Mao man daw an bagaw nira.

Nakumpisal, nakumulgar

Nangadyi, naserbi sa simbahan

Pero an nahinabo sa mga Lavezaresnon nga naato

Para sa kamatuoran ngan hustisya, ira la piniyungan.

Kaya ‘Perdi kit, lingkod kit’

Nga motto in life ni D

Binari an ungod nga boses, binari an ungod nga panawagan,

Binari an ungod nga hibi san Lavezaresnon.

Imo ba nabati? O nagpapakabungol ka liwat.

Imo ba naimod? O talaga buta ka gud.

Nahinabo sa imo hinigugma nga bungto

Waray la sa imo.

Hain man an medya? Hain na man an kapolisan?

Nga mao kunta an magseserbi san katawhan.

Hain na man sira?

‘To serve and protect’

Iton an sugad san mga polis

Pero kabubuwaan man la ngay-an iton liwat na motto nira

Kay sa ungod la

An ira liwat motto in life

Mao an ‘perdi kit, lingkod kit’ ni D.

Ira igindiwara, Nga an ira gud ungod nga motto

Mao an ‘To serve and protect’

Pero an ungod ngay-an

An ‘powerful’, dire an ‘people’

An ira ginserbisyohan.

Si D, sugad san Makagarahum.

Sa saday nga poder ngan gahum nga iya kapot-kapot

Ngan iginpahuram la sa iya san mga Nortehanon ngan Makagarahum

Ginamit sin ura-ura para an iya motto in life, matuman, og masunod.

Sin-o ngay-an si D?

Kila ba niyo siya?

D as in d—–o?

O, D as in d—l?

Kamo na an pag-igoigo

Basta si D

Para sa ako, sayo nga kawatan.

Honorable nga titulo dire naangay sa iya

Kay munisipyo san Lavezaresnon

Niyan iya na munisipyo.#