Negros Opinion
Sports: Another Sports Spectacle to Commence this Week
Another sports spectacle will begin this week in Roxas City, Capiz for the
chance to choose players to compose the Western Visayas delegation to the 2013
Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City in April.
The Negros Occidental contingent left yesterday for Capiz to defend majority of the events in a week-long sports hostilities. The opening will take centerstage on Monday and is expected to grace the occasion is Capiz-native Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary, Mar Roxas.
A 500-strong delegation from the province of Negros Occidental will compete with other provinces in Western Visayas, Antique, Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo and Guimaras.
Hope the sports competition among athletes will completely be a sports competition among them, not for those officials of the Department of Education who went with the delegation just for disturbing the athletes and went sight-seeing and window shopping at their expense. Hope the officials will be the one to guide the athletes to be competitive in their chosen events. I also hope this sports competition will not be taken for granted and used for politics as the campaign for national position has already started.
Opinion: Love, the Greatest Gift During Valentine’s Day
Today being VALENTINE’S DAY is a day for Lovers. But who is a lover?
Everyone should be a lover, indeed, otherwise life would be meaningless,
colorless, and empty. Isn’t it true that everybody loves a lover, and that it’s
better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?
And, above all, didn’t Christ die for the love of mankind? A man who does not have love in his heart maybe likened to a car without an engine, a tree without its roots, a bird without wings, and cannot fly, or a sinner completely separated from his Creator. How sad, how tragic.
Man’s existence can only be meaningful and pleasant if love is ever present and alive in his heart and mind, in his home and in the hearts and minds of his loved ones, everyday of his/her life, with God in the center of that life.
Opinion: Who Duunit?
The brutal killing of Pension house owner Karmen Galo at Lopez Jaena Street
last weekend may actually be among the many incidents in the city which have
remained in the archives of unsolved cases.
The police declared that they are withholding the suspects’ name pending his arrest.
But they claimed that four witnesses including house staff members Donelyn Diaz, Laura Silhay, the laundry woman and the bell boy had identified the suspect through rogue’s gallery of Police Station 1, according to Station commander, Chief Inspector Noel Polines.
I mentioned this refusal by the police to name the suspect because that seems to become the standard excuse by the police when they cannot solve a major case in the city.
There are several major cases in Bacolod which remain unsolved. The identities of suspects remain unknown. For that matter, Atty. Tan and the suspected triggermen in his assassination remain unsolved because their killers remain unknown and unidentified.
So with several other major cases in the city. Usually, these involved high profile personalities and equally high-profile killers.
Opinion: Villar, a Candidate with a Heart
A BALANCED SENATE. Among the candidates of the ruling party, the Liberal
Party in coalition with the Nacionalista Party (NP) and the Nationalist Peoples’
Coalition (NPC) is former Congresswoman and women’s rights advocate Mrs. Cynthia
Villar, better-half of senator and former presidential bet Manuel "Manny"
Villar, who always teased us during the days he mounted the campaign trail as a
look-alike of CPP leader Jose Ma. Sison which he tosses as a joke and which only
indicates the human nature of the senator and his wife.
In fact, there are other and many at that, indications of the couple’s being of humane bent and this one, can also distinguish from their advocacies. It is a well-known fact that the Villar couple have established the Villar Foundation engaged in providing the masses with livelihood, providing support and needed assistance to distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) besides being involved in environment advocacy, establishing housing subdivisions and for Mrs. Villar, a staunch advocate of women and human rights.
Opinion: Candidates & Media Experts Re-invent Ways to Outdo Comelec’s Publicity Limits
Here is one situation that I and several others encountered not only once or
twice recently.
We guide small groups in Bacolod and in other parts of Negros Occidental in conducting surveys.
While the ones tasked to do the interviews on voters’ election choices are left on their own, our group of field sub-leaders do our own interviews on non-election concerns.
We are not allowed to interview the same people who were already interviewed for their choices of candidates, vice versa.
Opinion: Know Your Piano and Your Piano Tuner
Piano Tuning is an art, scientific and one of the most complicated job for
any technician. To be a Piano Tuner, you have to be a piano technician too, for
no piano tuner can tune a piano perfectly and easily if you have sticking keys,
broken strings and piano machine (Piano Action) that is defective to contend
with. So, when you call for a piano tuning service, be sure you have the right
person to do this meticulous job. You can call your piano dealers, piano schools
or piano professors, they can recommend a competent and credible Piano Tuner &
Technician in the locality.
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[6769] PETIERRE QUERY. This is a querry to the Civil Service Commission. Atty. Vicente Petierre III is the Division Head of the License and Permits Div. of the Bacolod City Mayor’s Office. Is this a permanent position and as such, could he likewise practice as a full time lawyer? Currently, I have read in the local dailies that he is the legal counsel of Vice Mayor Thaddy Sayson. Could the Vice Mayor could likewise ask for his legal services in his private capacity? (+639285034905)
[6768] CRIME SUSPECTS. Bakit sa Pilipinas ang mga suspek sa krimen tinatakpan nila ang kanilang mukha? Hindi ito tama kahit mga suspek pa lamang sila. Papaano natin kilalanin sila? (+639154408922)
[6767) ROJAS ACCIDENT IN MANSILINGAN. Ngaa ang Fortuner ni Joseph Rojas gulpi lang dula? And according to the witnesses, there were bottles of liquors inside and Rojas and his 2 companions were drunk? This person had many vehicular accidents and my counting is not less than 7 and I think 2 are dead. TMU Head Acebuche, Traffic investigator Wilson Go and Traffic Chief SPO1 Perma all said that it was Rojas’ fault and he was really the driver that caused the death of a policeman and injured 2. SPO1 Perma added that Rojas has many vehicular accident cases. Why Joseph Rojas’ license not revoked and not him arrested? Are they above the law? Where is the fair justice here? To Law Enforcers, HADLOK KAMO SA ILA? COMRADES NYO NA ANG LATEST VICTIMS! KUNG ULTIMO, NGAA GA FILE MAN KAMO DAYON CHARGES KAG GINA DETAIN NYO? ... GID HAW? KAHULUYA! MAPUSTA KO NGA INI NGA KASO MATUNAW NAMAN NI LIKE SA MGA SG UNA! HASTA LANG KAMO SA PORMA! (+63917302...)
Sports: Watch Out for the ‘Fire Ball’
Fil-Am pointguard Joshua Urbiztondo of Barako Bull became the first recipient
of the Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week award after the spitfirish 6-1
sentinel towed the Energy Colas to two straight wins in a span of just three
days in the current Commissioner’s Cup wars.
Nicknamed ‘Fire Ball’, the undrafted Philippine Basketball Association player out of Fresno Pacific University has become a journeyman in the pro league having played for four teams in the same number of seasons despite his unorthodox brand of play.
Urbiztondo was signed by the defunct Sta. Lucia Realtors in 2009 where he had the opportunity to play alongside former Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year winner Kelly Williams as well as another ROY winner in Ryan Reyes before the duo were shipped to Talk ‘N Text during the midseason.
Eventually, Meralco took over the Sta.Lucia franchise and Urbiztondo was quickly traded to Air21 together with the Bolts’ third overall rookie pick. At Air21 (renamed Barako Bull), Urbiztondo showed some promise and he even scored 31 markers on 7-of-8 shooting from downtown in a game versus San Miguel Beer (now Petron) they won, 92-87.
At season’s end, B-Meg (now San Mig Coffee) acquired Urbiztondo from his former quintet where he teamed up with James Yap and import Denzel Bowles for the Llamados in helping Coach Tim Cone win the 2011-12 PBA Commissioner’s Cup crown over the Tropang Texters.
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[6757] CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. The mobile filing for Civil Service application for April 14 exam is set Feb. 12 to 13 at Kabankalan City Hall & on Feb. 19 to 20 at DepEd Sagay City div. office; Call 7088184 or visit www.cscfonegrosoccidental.webs.com. (CSC)
[6756] ERAP’S PARDON. Up to now we cannot understand why Ex-Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had given ousted president, Joseph Estrada, an absolute pardon notwithstanding his unpardonable crime? Erap was an impeached president and convicted plunderer, a womanizer, gambler, alcoholic and so forth. He is being accused by his political foes as a devil in disguise. Now he is running for mayor of Manila in the May 13 election, unmindful of his infamous and stigmatized past which was marked with historic shame. Could his billions of pesos make a big difference with the intilligence of the Manila electorate? (+639357560820)
[6755] Feb. 12 NDB NEWS-INFO ALERT (ndb-online.com) ::: [1] Gov. Marañon on Cojuangco’s reassurance for Vice Gov. Alvarez: "It’s up to the people on election day" [2] Alter Trade Corp. launches www.altertrade.com.ph featuring its export banana & muscovado [3] Fuel prices up by P1.20/liter, as campaign period for senatorial bets & partylists starts [4] 85-yr. old Pope Benedict XVI to resign Feb. 28 due to old age, health concerns [5] Atty. Petierre is new Bacolod Sanggunian secretary [6] 200 farmers keep guarding 300-hectare Hda. San Benito in Moises Padilla to prevent DAR from installing CARP beneficiaries [7] Bacolod SP Committee to hear today Northbound Terminal issues; Former Councilor Jun Gamboa says terminal operator Crispin Chua a dummy; Chua presents permits, bank loan & SEC papers showing himself, wife & 3 sons as incorporators [8] Bacolod Cong. Golez filed bill removing charges on ATM transactions [9] NPC founder Danding Cojuangco re-assures "all-out, unwavering support" to party gubernatorial bet Vice Gov. Lim-ao Alvarez & running mate former Mayor Bong Lacson & all NPC Negros bets [10] Carmen Pension House owner in Bacolod was found dead with stab wounds, PNP Station 6 probing [11] Army 3rd ID cmdr. Maj. Gen. Jose Mabanta challenges NDF’s Luis Jalandoni to go to La Castellana ambush site for the truth & turn in NPAs behind the massacre; Senatoriable ex-PC/INP chief Ramon Montaño slams NPA [12] Prov’l Veterinarian Renante Decena says Pulupandan Mayor Peña’s costing of imported sheep was "twisted, propaganda".
*[6754] CANDIDATES’ POSTERS. Almost all 2013 candidates are guilty of violating the premature campaigning rules. Sa mga tarp posters lang nila kahit pa walang nakalagay na VOTE ay shameful sila. Plain violations! COMELEC hanggang laway lang! (+63999299...)
Opinion: Ash Wednesday Start of Electoral Campaign
Today, Ash Wednesday, signals the start of the electoral campaign for the
2013 elections. It also signals the start of the 40-day Lenten Season which
reminds us, Christians, to examine our conscience and to convert.
Pope Benedict XVI also timed his announcement of his resignation from the Papacy on that day. Actually the eve of Ash Wednesday. It is significant that the head of the Roman Catholic Church had nobly offered to resign from his powerful post because he no longer felt he had the physique nor the mental prowess to ably discharge his duties as pastor of the Church of St. Peter.
Filipino Catholics were not taken by surprise by the papal decision. They had long expected it. The only problem they didn’t know when he would yield his vast powers and responsibilities.
It was also timed with the demise of Lolong, the giant crocodile of Agusan del Norte who died on the eve of Ash Wednesday. That, to a certain extent, may also mean even the earthly beast had succumbed to death as human beings do.
