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MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

ISSN–1655-3853 • MAY 8 - 14, 2009 • VOL. 30, NO. 19 • 8 PAHINA • P10.00

Paggawa ng sombrerongPaggawa ng sombrerongPaggawa ng sombrerongbuntal dapat ipagpatuloySentenaryo ng simbulong kaunlaran ng Baliuagipinagdiriwang ngayon

NI DINO BALABO

BALIUAG, Bulacan—Halos dalagita palamang sina Lola Pilar Bernardo, 98, atFeliza Ramos, 92 nang matuto sa paglala ngsombrerong buntal na nagsimula sa bayangito 100 taon na ang nakararaan.

Hindi hadlang ang kahirapan sa katapatanHindi hadlang ang kahirapan sa katapatanHindi hadlang ang kahirapan sa katapatan

Trinidad Quintana

Baliuag Buntal Enterprisesmatatag sa gitna ng krisis

JUSTICEFOR 78 SLAINJOURNALISTS

THE killing of Filipinojournalists is an as-sault on press freedom.To the list (see page 7)of 77 journalists killedin the line of duty isadded Ernesto “KaErnie” Rollin who wasslain only last Febru-ary 23 in OroquietaCity.

Their killers and themasterminds must bebrought to justice andthe murders stopped.

BATA PA NAGLALALA NA—Sa batang edad ay natutunannina Lola Pilar Bernardo (kaliwa) at Feliza Ramos ang pagl-ala ng sombrerong buntal na katulad ng hawak nila. Ito aynaging hanap-buhay at libangan ng mga taga-Baliuag,Bulacan noong unang bahagi ng 1900s. Nasa baba si Rosie

BALIUAG, Bulacan—Nana-tiling matatag ang kum-panyang gumagagawa ngsombrerong buntal sa ba-yang ito sa kabila ng pan-daigdigang krisis pang-ekonomiya at kakulangansa trabahador.

Ayon kay Rosie Decasa,may-ari ng Baliuag BuntalEnterprises at hepe ngpambayang tanggapan ngturismo, tuloy pa rin angpag-angkat sa kanya ngkanyang mga parokyano saAustralia.

“Hindi kami masyadongapektado ng krisis dahilhindi bumababa ang ina-angkat sa akin ng mga Aus-

tralian buyers ko,” ani De-casa.

Ngunit sinabi niya nakahit hindi bumaba angbilang ng kanilang produk-syon para sa Australia,hindi sila makapagtaas ngpresyo.

Ito ay nangangahulu-gang maliit na kita ng kum-panya, ngunit mapapanatilinaman nito ang trabaho ngmay 500 manggagawa sabayang ito at maging iyongmga nasa lalawigan ngPampanga at Nueva Ecija.

Bukod dito, hindi nag-taas ng presyo ang BaliwagBuntal Enterprises upang

sundan sa pahina 6

Ngunit malinaw pa rinsa kanilang alaala ang na-ging pakinabang ng kani-lang pamilya sa industri-yang ito na pilit na bini-bigyang sigla sa pamama-gitan ng pagsasagawa ngtaunang “Buntal Festival”na ipinagdiwang din sa SMCity Baliwag. (Basahin angkaugnay na balita sa ibaba).

“Halos lahat ng bahaydito sa ay may lumalala ngbuntal noon, dahil pangu-nahing hanap-buhay namin

iyan,” ani Lola Pilar na ha-los ay 12-taong gulang palamang nang matututo sapaglala.

Inayunan ito ni LolaFeliza na nagsabing mula sapagiging hanap-buhay aynaging libangan niya angpaglala ng sombrerong bun-tal.

Ang totoo, dalawang ta-on pa lamang ang naka-karaan ng tumigil sa pag-lala ng sombrerong buntal

sundan sa pahina 5

BALIUAG, Bulacan—Hindi hadlang angkahirapan sa katapatan.

Ito ang maikling kuwento ng buhay niTrinidad Quintana, ang matapat na guwardiyang SM City Baliwag na nakapulot at nagsauling clutch bag na may lamang P2.5 milyon noongAbril 17.

Ngunit sino nga ba si Trinidad Quintana?Batay sa panayam ng Mabuhay ang 27

taong-gulang binatang guwardiya, ay nagmulasa Barangay Cabarasan, Barogo, Leyte.

Pangatlo siya sa siyam na magkakapatid at,ayon sa binata, iginapang lamang niya angkanyang pag-aaral.

Totoo, dahil siya 24 na taon na nang matapos

ang kursong Bachelor of Science in Criminol-ogy sa Tacloban-Leyte Colleges noong 2007.

Pangarap kasi niya na maging isang pulis,ngunit hindi madaling abutin ang kanyangpangarap.

Nasa ikatlong taon siya ng pag-aaral ngCriminology nang una siyang kumuha ngeksamen na noo’y ibinigay ng National PoliceCommission (Napolcom), ngunit hindi siyapumasa.

Ayon kay Quintana, bata pa siya ay pangarapna niya ang maging isang pulis dahil minsan ayhumanga siya sa nakaunipormeng pulis sakanilang bayan. Dahil dito, sinikap niyangmakatapos ng pag-aaral.

“Pag may pera kami, nag-aaral ako, pag wala,hinto muna at nagtatrabaho muna ako,” aniQuintana at sinabing minsan ay nag-trabahosiya kasama ng kanyang pinsan sa Maynila, kungsaan ay nakaipon siya at muling ipinagpatuloyang pag—aral.

Pagkatapos ng kolehiyo, pumasok si Quin-tana bilang guwardiya sa RJC security agencysa Maynila, na isa sa mga kumpanyangnagbibigay ng seguridad sa mga mall ng SMCity.

Natanggap siya noong nakaraang taon at siyaay itinalaga sa SM City Baliuag kung saan aynagsimula siyang magtrabaho mula noong

sundan sa pahina 4

Decasa ng Baliuag Buntal Enterprises at mga produktong bun-tal na ibinebenta sa ibayong dagat. Ayon kaya Decasa, na-kahanda siyang magturo ng paglala ng buntal maging sa mgabilanggo upang matiyak na magpapatuloy ang industriyangsinimulang sa Baliuag 100 taon na ang nakakaraan. — DB

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Pacquiao, di dapat pumasok sa pulitikaNAGKAKAISA ang sambayanangPilipino tuwing may laban siManny Pacquiao. Maging mga AbuSayyaf, MILF mga NPA at kara-niwang mamamayan ay nag-bubunyi tuwing mananalo sakanyang laban ang pambansangkamao.

Sa pagpapabagsak niya kayRicky Hatton sa unang round ngdalawang beses ay halos iisa angsambayanang Pilipino sa pag-bubunyi at sa muli niyang pagpa-pabagsak kay Hatton sa ika-lawang round ay ipinatigil ng ref-eree ang laban.

Halos wala pang anim naminuto ay tapos na ang boksingika nga. Ang hindi nagustuhan ngmga manonood ay ang dami ngcommercial sa pagitan ng una atikalawang round.

Ang pagkapanalo ni Pacquiaoay panglimang panalo niya sa ibatibang division. Siya ay tina-guriang pound forward champion.

Naagaw ni Pacquiao kay JuanManuel Marquez ang korona saWorld Boxing Council 130 poundstitle. Nasnatch din niya kay DavidDiaz ang 135 pound crown.

Hindi pa nagtagal ay tinalo rin

niya si Oscar dela Hoya at ngpinakahuli ay si Ricky Hatton napinatulog niya sa ika-2 round.

Sa kanyang ipinakitang husaysa boksing, bukam-bibig na siyamaging ng mga batang maliliit.

Sa sarili kung palagay, hindi nasiya dapat pumasok sa pulitika.Ipaubaya na lamang niya sa mgatraditional na politician angpulitika.

Sa boksing isa lang ang kalabansa ring, sa pulitika, marami siyangmakakalaban. Halos kalahati ngbotante na kakampi ng mak-akalaban.

Diyan ka lang sa boksing,IDOLO KA NAMING LAHAT.

P25 M para sa reward systemHINILING ni Pangulong Gloria-Macapagal-Arroyo sa mgamambabatas (congressmen) nabawasan ng tig-25M ang kanilangpork barrel o Countrywide Devel-opment Fund (CDF) para gamitinna reward system sa mga infor-mants sa pag-aresto sa mgasangkot at utak sa mga politicalkillings.

Ayon sa pangulo nais niyangmabura ang nagaganap na politi-

cal violence sa ating bansa nanagiging sanhi ng pagkakawatak-watak ng ating mamamayan.

Sa sandaling paunlakan ngmga kinatawan ang kahilingan ngpangulo, marahil ay malaki-lak-ing halaga ang malilikom paragamitin sa reward system.

Sa kasalukuyan ay may 235tayong mga kinatawan. Kung angbawa’t isa ay mag-aambag ngtigP25-milyon… aba! Malaki-laking halaga yun.

Bagyong ‘Dante’, Bagyong ‘Emong’DALAWANG magkasunod nabagyo ang humagupit sa atingbansa, nito lamang nakaraanglinggo.

Noong Lunes, Mayo 4 ay binayong Bagyong ‘Dante’ ang Bicol re-gion, kabilang ang Sorsogon,Camarines Sur, Camarines Norteat Sorsogon.

Iniwan nito ang Kabikulan namay 25 patay.

Ang bagyong ‘Emong’ naman aysa gawing norte nagdaan. Sinalantanito ang Pangasinan at ang siyudadng Dagupan at mga kalapit na mgabayan. Taon-taon ay dinadalaw tayong halos 20 bagyo.

BALIK-TANAW

Suriing mabuti angiluluklok na pinuno

(Eleksyon na naman sa Mayo 10, 2010. Narito ang isangpagbabalik-tanaw hinggil sa marapat na pagpili sa mga iluluklokna mga pinuno ng bansa. Ito ang editoryal ng Mabuhay nainilimbag sa sipi nito noong Enero 26 – Pebrero 1, 1997.)

NALALAPIT na naman ang halalan sa taong 1998 atliligawan na naman ng mga pulitiko ang mga botantengmamamayan, na ang iba ay hindi na sinusukat angkakayahan ng mga pulitikong lumalapit sa kanila.

Tatlong taong magtitiis ang mamamayan kung angkanilang iniluklok na pinuno ay walang inaalagata kundiang kanyang sariling kapakanan.

Sa pagkakataong darating ay dapat nang mamulatang mga mamamayan sa pagpili ng mga pinunong bayanna kanilang ihahalal. Isang magandang halimbawa angginawa ni Mayor Aurelio Plamenco ng Pulilan nanagsimulang manungkulan sa kanyang bayan nang siyaay unang nahalal noong taong 1989.

Palibhasa’y naging manager o tagapamahala bagonapasok sa pulitika, madali niyang napaunlad ang bay-an ng Pulilan sa pamamagitan ng tamang pamamahalasa pangangailangan ng bayan.

Una niyang isinaayos ang mga lansangang nag-uugnay maging sa mga liblib na barangay. Sinundan niyaito ng pagpapatayo ng pangalawang mataas na paaralanna ang mabibiyayaan ay ang mga anak ng mahihirap namagsasaka sa mga malalayong barangay.

Sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa pan-daigdigang institusyong pampananalapi (World Bank)nakautang ang Pulilan ng pondo na kanilang ipinag-pagawa ng palengke sa Barangay Cutcut noong 1991.

Dahil sa kanyang matiyagang pamamahala, nagawaniyang maipon ang halagang pambayad sa utang naginamit sa palengke at handa na niyang bayaran ng buoang kanilang pagkakautang, ngunit ito ay tinanggihanng World Bank na nagsabing masisira ang kanilang in-terest repayment schedule.

Ang ganitong mga pinunong bayan ang kailangannatin sa ngayon. Mga pinunong bayan na ang laman ngpuso’t kaisipan ay kapakanan ng mamamayan. Ilan kayasa kasalukuyang pinunong bayan ang may pagma-malasakit na katulad ng pinapamalas ni Mayor Plamencopara sa mga mamamayang nagtiwala sa kanya.

Sana’y mamulat na ang mga mamamayan sa pagpiling mga pinunong bayan na kanilang iboboto sa daratingna halalan sa Mayo ng susunod na taon.

HINDI ako nakadalo sa SecondBulacan Business Conference(BBC-2) na isinagawa sa BarCIEInternational Hotel sa Lungsodng Malolos noong Abril 28 at 29,dahil kasalukuyan akong duma-dalo noon sa ika-13 PhilippinePress Institute (PPI) NationalPress Forum na isinagawa sa Dia-mond Hotel sa Maynila noongAbril 27 hanggang 29.

Ngunit hindi sapat iyon parahindi ko malaman ang mga kaga-napan sa BBC-2. Kailangan kolamang ay maupo at makinig sakuwento ni Mara Bautista, angexecutive director ng BulacanChamber of Commerce and Indus-try (BCCI).

Isa sa ikinuwento ni Bautistaay ang kuwento ni Robert Kwanng St. Luke’s Hospital.

Bilang dating may-ari ng Chow-king Foods Corporation, si Kwanang nasa likod ng tagumpay nito

Promdi DINO BALABO

Ang pamamakyaw ni Robert Kwan ng talimusakbago niya iyon ibinenta sa Jolli-bee Foods Corporation.

Ito ay nangangahulugan nasiya ay isang bihasang negosyante,at isa sa mga payo niya sa mganegosyanteng Bulakenyo ay“study and understand your mar-ket.”

Iyon ang sikreto ng kanyangtagumpay. Pinag-aralan at inu-nawa niya ang sistema sa merkadosa pamamagitan ng personal napagpunta sa mga palengke nakanyang inilarawan bilang mukhang ekonomiya ng isang bayan.

Sa paglalarawan ni Kwan, angisang maunlad na palengke aykatumbas ng isang maunlad nabayan. (Sana, ito ang pagtuunanng pansin ng mga pulitiko.)

Sa kanyang pagpunta o pag-bisita sa mga palengke, hindilamang pagmamasid ang kanyangginagawa. Namimili din siya,tumatawad, nambabarat. Iyon

kasi ang karaniwang sistema samga palengke.

Ang karanasang ito ang nagb-igay kay Kwan ng mahalagangkaalaman sa kanyang pamama-hala sa Chowking. Kaya namaniyon ay kanyang napaunlad, atnang ibenta niya sa Jollibeemalaki ang kaniyang kinita. Sakanyang paglalarawan, hindi naniya kailangan magtrabaho paramamuhay ng mariwasa sa laki ngkanyang kinita.

Ngunit tuloy pa rin si Kwan sapagtatrabaho.

Matapos maibenta ang Chow-king, kinuha naman siya ngpamunuan ng St. Luke’s Hospi-tal upang iyon ang pamahalaansa simpleng dahilan. Nais ngpamunuan ng St. Luke’s Hospi-tal na gawin niya ang ospitalbilang isang panibagong Chow-king—isang matagumpay na

sundan sa pahina 6

Napapanahon LINDA R. PACIS

Ika-50 Sacerdotal Anniversary ni Msgr. Roman NoconDI masyadong natatagalan ayidinaos ang ika-50 Sacerdotal An-niversary ni Msgr. Roman O.Nocon sa Parokya ni San Ildefensode Tedeo, Guiguinto, Bulacan.

Isang misa ang isinagawa nadinaluhan ng 30 pari mula saiba’t ibang bayan na ang kara-mihan ay naging parochial vicarniya.

Kabilang din ang mga Obispona sina Bishop Jose Oliveros,Bishop Deogracias Yñiguez atBishop Manuel Sobreviñas.

Dinaluhan din ito ng mara-ming tao mula sa iba’t ibangparokya, kaibigan at kapamilyani Msgr. Nocon na nakasaksi saisang kaganapan naulit, 50 taonna ang nakakaraan.

Pinamunuan ni Dr. MacarioManicad Jr. ang binuong isang or-ganizing committee upang ihandaang pagdiriwang.

Isinabay rin ang pagre-reno-vate ng kumbento para sa pag-diriwang.

Pagkatapos ng banal na misaay binendisyunan ang renovatedna kumbento ni Bishop Oliveros,at isang munting salo-salo atprograma ang naganap.

Nagpakita ng galing sa pag-

awit at pag-sayaw ang iba’t ibangorganisasyon sa parokya nakabilang ang Cofradia de Lourdes,Jesus Wants to Tell You, CatholicWomen’s League at Knights ofColumbus at Koro ni Obisponso.

Nagbigay din ng natatangingbilang ang Kura Paroko na si Fr.Monico Cadiz at ang teachingforce ng St. Martin de PorresCatholic School at Parish Admin-istration Staff.

Nagwakas ang selebrasyon saisang video presentation nanagpakita ng landas at mgakaganapan sa pagpapari ni Rev.Msgr. Roman Nocon.

Fernandez, RAHEI PresidentITINATAG ng Commission onHigher Education (CHED) angRegional Association of HigherEducation (RAHEI), Region 3kamakailan at sa eleksyon naginanap noong Enero 21, 2009 saTarlac State University aynahalal si Dr. Marcelo Fernandezna pangulo ng asosasyon.

Si Dr. Fernandez ay pangulo ngFernandez Colleges sa Baliwag,Bulacan at si Lourdes Y. Fernandez(BSBA-UP, MBA-UP at MAED,GLF) vice president ng paaralan

ang kanyang maybahay. Dalawaang kanilang anak, sila MarceloJr. (AB Pol Science-UP at LlB.-UP) at Erwin Rommel (AB Arts,UP).

Ang RAHEI ay binuo upangmaging consultative body ng mgapublic at private universities atng CHED. Ang iba pang opisyalna nahalal ay sina: Dr. PriscillaViuya, vice president, TarlacState University; Bishop RobertC. Mallari, secretary, Universityof the Assumption, San Fernando,Pampanga; Dr. Leonardo G.Canlas, treasurer, Mabalacat Col-lege; Dr. Enrique G. Baking,trustee, Don Nonorio VenturaCollege of Arts and Trade, BacolorPamapanga; Dr. Alfredo M. Conte, trustee, Ecumenical ChristianCollege, Inc. Tarlac City; Atty.Guillermo T. Maglaya, trustee,Weslayan University, CabanatuanCity; Fr. Daniel O. Presto, trustee,Magsaysay Memorial College, SanNarciso, Zambales; Atty. RicardoV. Puno, trustee, Guagua NationalColleges; Dr. Ricardo P. Pama,Adviser, Angeles University Foun-dation, Angeles, Pampanga.

Nagtapos si Dr. Marcelo sundan sa pahina 4

MAY 8 - 14, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 3

Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

Just like my mom

Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Seed, leaven, remnant

IF there’s one word that a childwill speak the first time, it shouldbe mother. After all, she carriesthe baby for nine months. Shetakes care of the newborn. Shebreastfeeds, she changes the dia-per, and she puts the fragile hu-man being to sleep.

That was what my mother didto me when I was growing up. Iremember the time when she ac-companied me going to theschool when I attended my firstgrade. I remembered the laugh-ter she displayed when shelearned that I was an honoredpupil. I remembered the timewhen she visited me to see meacting in a high school play.

I remembered the days whenshe traveled to Davao City just togive my allowance (there was noLBC or Western Union at thattime). I remembered one after-noon when she bought severalcopies of a national magazinewhere my first article came out.

But I am not the only one shetook care of. There were nine ofus. She has guided us. She hasendowed us with words of wisdom.She has shared her life experi-ences, her struggles, and herhopes.

She cries like a baby when sherecalls her long lost sisters (whomshe had not seen when they sepa-rated). There were three of them,and she was the eldest. When shewas five years old, her father wasreportedly poisoned when hedidn’t sell their land to a rich man.Her sickly, uneducated motherdied almost one year later.

But before that happened, thethree children were given to dif-ferent families since they didn’thave distant relatives living in thearea. And it so happened that af-ter her mother’s death, the per-son who adopted her brought herto Davao. And that was the end ofher life story with her own familyin Zamboanga. Nothing was heardof them after that.

This woman called mother“MOTHERS’ Day, as we know ittoday, is marked on the secondSunday of May. Anna Jarvisthought it up, in 1908, as a dayfor families to honor mothers. In1914, U.S. President WoodrowWilson signed it into national ob-servance The practice to honormothers leapfrogged worldwide— and reached the Philippines.

Like most Latin Americans,Mexicans celebrate “Día de lasMadres”. For their part, Italiansmark “La Festa della Mamma”.In Bahrain, the day is known as“Ruz-e Madar”. Celebration inLebanon and the United ArabEmirates coincides with the firstday of spring.

Dutch-speaking Belgians callthe day “Moederdag”. Danesknow it as “Mors Dag”. In Fin-land, Mother’s Day is called“Aidipayiva” — what Ethiopiansknow as “Antrosht”.

Hong Kong’s holiday, called“Mu Quin Jie”, pays honor to theparent of the mother, if she is de-ceased. China’s Mother’s Day ritesoften note that most Chinesenames begin with a character sig-nifying mother — in honor of

ONLY 10% of Catholics go to Sun-day Mass in the Philippines? Thiswas what a bishop claimed re-cently. It obviously is not a goodpiece of news. But neither shouldit surprise us.

For sure, we need to improvethe statistics. Christ came to saveall. He wants everyone to have lifeto the full. And if we go by whatour faith teaches us about theHoly Eucharist, somehow fullnessof Christian life here on earthmust involve our active partici-pation in the Holy Mass.

But that’s something we haveto work on. It will be work inprogress always, with its ups anddowns, twists and turns, gains andlosses, etc. Thus, we have to ex-pect problems. And we just haveto try to solve them.

In fact there are many otherdepressing news to contend withthese days. In the U.S. now, thereis this report that Christianity hasdeclined drastically. It should bean interesting study to know thecauses and factors of this decline.

Besides, it seems that devel-opments in the world, especiallyin politics which in turn reflects

“CONGRATULATIONS, James!”I shook the hand of the brilliantnew high school graduate.

“You’re welcome, Father,” hesaid. He took out a handful ofshiny gold medals from his pocketand asked, “Oh, Father. I waswondering if you can bless mymedals.”

“Sure!” I was also happy thatbesides being their school’s vale-dictorian he also received numer-ous leadership awards. “In thename of the Father, and of the Son,and of the Holy Spirit …,” Iblessed his medals.

“Thanks, Father,” he smiledwhile pocketing the medals.

“Strange,” I said, “shouldn’tyou be wearing them instead ofhiding them in your pocket?”

“You’re right, Father,” themedals jingled as he slowly pulledthem out again. “But you see, Fa-ther, I didn’t get our school’s high-est award.”

Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

Flunking to love God

SOME of the best things that hap-pen to me are not planned. I amnow the host of “Bulls and Bears”,the daily coverage of local stocktrading that is a joint project ofthe Philippine Stock Exchange(PSE) and Global News Network(GNN). The show runs daily from9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in over a100 cable networks nationwide.In Metro Manila, you can watch iton Channel 7 of Global DestinyCable. No, you can’t watch it inSky Cable because they only runtheir own in-house productions.

The good news came to me af-ter hearing a bit of bad news thatmy Friday night show “Ka IkingLive” also shown on GNN wouldbe discontinued due to some pro-gramming changes. Not feelingany remorse, I thank the GNNmanagement for the opportunityto broadcast for so many weeks,my gratefulness coming sincerelyfrom my heart.

Upon learning that GNN wasgoing to offer me a better andlonger time, and at prime time atthat, I learned a lesson in life thatgood things really come from goodactions. I said that because I feelthat GNN management reallyappreciated my peaceful attitudein accepting the cancellation ofmy Friday night show.

You might say that I havecheap thrills, because I was really

Fair & Square

IKE SEÑERES

Towards a bigger economy

the state of socio-cultural life inthe people, have largely beensecularized, that is, all but purgedof anything related to faith, reli-gion, God.

I suppose Christians will haveto tussle with this kind of devel-opments. A saint once said thatChristianity is not so much theglory of Mt. Thabor as it is thesuffering and pain of Mt. Calvary.

Christianity certainly has itstriumph, but it’s never the emptyor illusory triumphalism commonin this world. In this life, it is al-ways organically connected withthe cross. It is the victory overnothing less than sin and death,not just some earthly enemy.

Christian life works differ-ently. It has always been associ-ated with small things like seed,leaven and remnant. Recall themany parables comparing thekingdom of heaven with the seedand the leaven. Though hardlyanything, they contain the germof life and transformation.

These and that directive givenby our Lord for us to enter alwaysby the narrow gate only show howChristianity is averse to anything

that is pompous and showy. Theselatter ways cut our link with God,from whom we all come.

Christianity will always takethe way of the lowly, the hidden,the few. It goes directly to thesubstance and essence of things,not the icing and the bubbles. It’sinterested in souls and hearts, notin numbers and appearance.

Remember what St. Paul saidin his first Letter to theCorinthians. God chooses the fool-ish, the weak and the base to con-found the wise, the strong and theproud, lest man gets spoiled inhis self-glory. (cfr. 1,27-29)

And in Church life, both in itspre-history and its history properup to now, it has always been char-acterized by the strategic role ofa certain remnant of people thathave managed to preserve theirintegrity and fidelity in spite ofall odds. There will always be aremnant, even in the worst sce-nario.

No, we should not worry toomuch about statistics. Any unfa-vorable number should just spurus to be more faithful, more apos-

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“What would it be then?” Iasked.

“It’s called the Most Distin-guished Student Award,” he saidwhile staring blankly at the med-als.

“So how’s that supposed to bemore special than being valedic-torian?” I said shrugging myshoulders.

“It’s supposed to be for the stu-dent who has never flunked anysubject during his enitre highschool. So even if you average high-est, but had some failing marksthen you can no longer deservesuch a much coveted award.”

I was trying to figure out inmy mind what subject it couldhave been that James could havefailed. The boy was a born win-ner, except that — it dawned uponme — he wasn’t much into sports.So I asked, “Was it P.E.?”

“That was back in first yearwhen there was no other sport

’cept basketball,” he gave me asmile expressing that it was some-thing obvious.

“That’s alright, dude. Guessyour dad would have said that …,”

“You can’t have everything,”he completed exactly what I wasabout to say.

“You got me there, James,” Ichuckled.

“Mom and dad understand andare very proud with what I’ve al-ready achieved. Dad just told meto learn from my failures or limi-tations.”

“You know, James?” I said.“Yeah?” he noticed I was speak-

ing in a more serious tone.“There’s nothing wrong with

flunking in the many good thingsof life, but we have to know howto flunk out of the bad ones.”

“I don’t get you there, Father,”he frowned at me.

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In his tribute, Edgar A. Guest,one of the world’s highest-paidverse writers of his time, wrotethese lines: “Mothers neverchange, I guess, in their tenderthoughtfulness. All her gentlelong life through, she is bent onnursing you. And although youmay be grown, she still claims youfor her own. And to her you’ll al-ways be just a youngster at herknee.”

In his autobiography, film ac-tor George Raft told about one ofhis favorite fan letters. “DearGeorge,” it said. “You are my fa-vorite movie actor. I like all yourmovies. You are a greater actorthan John Barrymore. I love you.(Signed) Your mother.”

To a mother, her own childmeans so much to her. One of theHoly Bible’s most quoted ex-amples of unselfish quality of amother’s love is the story of thetwo harlots who consulted KingSolomon in a dispute involving anewborn infant. (I Kings 3:16-28)Each had become mothers at thesame time, but one’s baby haddied and now each claimed theliving child as her own. Solomonlistened to their pleading andwhen they were finished, calledfor a sword and ordered, “Dividethe living child in two, and givehalf to one and half to the other.”

One woman assented to theKing’s plan immediately, stating,“Let it be neither mine northine.” The other was aghast atthe suggestion for, as the KingJames Version puts it, “Her bow-els yearned for her son, and shesaid, ‘O, my Lord, give her the liv-ing child, and in no way slay it.’”

On the basis of the latter’s re-sponse, Solomon, imbued with“the wisdom of God,” decreed thatthe baby be given to this woman,for, he said, her unselfish answerproved that “she is the motherthereof.”

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one’s maternal heritage.Today’s celebration has little

to do with the custom of worship-ping mother-goddesses in ancientGreece or Rome. The focus on hu-man mothers already appeared inBritain’s Mothering Day

The U.S. celebration had a cus-tom where red carnations weregiven to mothers. The practiceevolved later so white carnationsare used to honor deceased moth-ers. “Oldies” like us rememberwearing red or white roses in pri-mary grades.

Does that practice continuetoday? I don’t recall my kids,who’re professionals and havefamilies of their own, asking usfor flowers. Neither do our grand-children speak of it.

Giving of red and white flow-ers has remained in the U.S.Jarvis criticized commercializa-tion of the day. She died in 1948,blind, poor and childless. “Jarviswould never know that it was,ironically, The Florist’s Exchangethat had anonymously paid for hercare.”

But Jarvis saw mothers all overthe world get the honors — phone

calls, cards, bouquets, dinners, etc— they richly deserve. As theemailed item below shows, we’llnever repay adequately thewoman who, out of love, bam-boozled us into maturity.

25 Reasons I Owe My Mother1) My mother taught me to

appreciate a job well-done. “Ifyou’re going to kill each other,”she told us kids, “do it outside. Ijust finished cleaning.”

2) My mother taught me reli-gion. “You better pray to God thatwill come out of the bedsheets.”

3) My mother taught me abouttime travel. “ If you don’tstraighten up, I’m going to knockyou into the middle of nextweek!”

4) My mother taught me logic.“Because I said so. That’s why.”

5) My mother taught me morelogic. “If you fall out of that swingand break your neck, you’re notgoing to the store with me.”

6) My mother taught me fore-sight. “Make sure you wear cleanunderwear, in case you’re in anaccident.”

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thrilled to the max when the GNNcrew applauded me after the lastbroadcast of “Ka Iking Live”.That really surprised me becauseall along I thought that most crewmembers are just there for theirjobs, and could not care less if ashow is good or not, or if a host isworth appreciating or not.

What am I doing in a stockmarket show? I am a product ofthe U.P. Political Science Depart-ment, and until recently I wasdoing mostly political analysis inmy newspaper columns. I do re-call however that in my senior yearin Diliman, the focus of instruc-tion turned to the politicaleconomy and to linkage politics,and that was perhaps my startingpoint in the world of economics.

I would say that the old de-bate or sibling rivalry betweenPolitical Science students andEconomics students in U.P. stillcontinues, the debate on which ofthe two disciplines is really theprima donna of the social sciences.Of course my bias is for PoliticalScience, but later on I acquiredan interest in economics, inspiredperhaps by my active involvementin economic development overthe years.

Armed with a background ineconomic development, I whole-heartedly embraced the disci-

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4 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 MAY 8 - 14, 2009

Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Battle of East & WestSabi ng lolo ko, dating buksingeroAng nagdaang laban, nasaksihan dito“Di pa nag-iinit sa upuan itoNakaiinis daw, agad na T.K.O.Alam naman natin, lahat nasaksihanPagbanat ni Pacman, sa mapormang HitmanPabayaan natin, dito’y pagbalikanNasabing pukpukan, dalawang rounds lamang.Bodyguard ni Manny, nang pumasok siyaAy sikat na resler, matsong si BattistaKababayan natin, ang mistisong amaPinagmamalaking Pilipino sila.Pagpasok na sa ring, agad tinawaganAng kanyang kakampi na Bro. niyang tunaySiya ay lumuhod, agad na nagdasalAt nag-”sign of the cross”, bago pa lumaban.Labanang Silangan kontra sa Kanluran“Battle of East & West, pinakahihintayUna ay pagsikat, paglubog kalabanPinoy ay llamado sa titulo pa lang.Nagpakiramdaman sa unang sultadaSubalit si Pacman nakasingit siyaIsang kanan pa lang, Hitman gumapang naRapidong left, right, left, si Ricky tumumba.Sa ikalawang round, hilo na si HitmanAt na hit pa siya, ng kaliwa’t kananNoong makasilip, left hook ay hinatawSinalo ng baba, “go to sleep” na tunay.“Di na binilangan ng reperi itoAt itong bumilang ay pilyong apo ko“One to one hundred” daw, ang nabilang nitoKawawang si Ricky, katawan plastado.Wari’y nahimbing pa, tulog na si HattonMapungay ang mata, nakapikit iyonLuhod pasalamat, kay Bro. PanginoonGinawa ni Manny, sa pagkakataon.Wari ay inis daw, si Donya DionisiaDahilan si Ricky inunahan siyaSa paghhihimatay, dating papel niyaSa tuwing lalaban, siya’y k.o. una.12 milyon dolyares tatanggapin niyaSa “less than six minutes” sagupaan nilaSa bawat minuto, dal’wang milyon palaIyon ay dolyares, may karagdagan pa.Sa igsi ng laban, tambak ang kumersyalDaming nabuwisit, ang dakdak bitin daw“Di pa nag-iinit ang kamay ni PacmanGano’n din ang puwit, nanunuod naman.Sa mga kumersyal, pinakamagaling“I mean, you know” ito, “Vita Drink Vitwater”Ito ay mabisa, tiyak na inumin Sa Alaxan FR, ginagawang tseser.Ang sa “computer statistics” doon127 punches, pinawalan noonPitumpo at tatlo, si Hatton nasapolSa unang round pa lang, bagsak na ang Briton.Ang suntok ni Hitman ay pitumpo’t waloLabingwalo lamang, ang tumama dito’Sandaan at lima, Pacman suntok todoAnimnapu’t lima, target tiyan, ulo.Hindi pa natapos, ang round pangalawaLeft hook ala-kidlat doo’y bumanat naTalilong na Ricky nasapol sa pangaAt ilang minuto nakatulog siya.Lumuhod si Manny, pinasalamatanAng Dakilang Diyos, sa kanya’y patnubayKahit na nga bitin, ang naging labanan“Sarap maging Pinoy” ang naging sigawan.

Kakampi mo ang Batas ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

P100-M para sa proyektong pantubigAABOT SA P100 milyon ang ipamu-mudmod sa mga Pinoy Rotarian ngRotary International (RI) upanggamitin sa tinatawag na pangmata-galan at tuluy-tuloy na proyektongmay kinalaman sa tubig, sanitationat kalinisan sa bansa. Ito ang nabatidkamakailan mula sa isang mataas naFilipino Rotarian.

Ipinabatid ni dating AmbassadorRafael Hechanova, isang past direc-tor ng Rotary International, na angPilipinas ay isa sa tatlong umuunladna bansa na napili ng RI dahil saaktibong partisipasyon ng maramingPilipinong Rotarian sa maramingproyekto ng Rotary na maykinalaman sa pagpapaangat ng buhayng mga mahihirap sa bansa.

Ayon kay Hechanova, ang dalawapang bansa na tatanggap din ngkatulad na halaga para sa mga waterat sanitation project ay ang Domini-can Republic at Ghana.

Ang proyekto ay tinaguriang “In-ternational H20 Collaboration” atpinangungunahan ng RI at ng char-ity arm nito na The Rotary Founda-tion (TRF), sa pakikipagtulungan ngU.S. Agency for International Devel-opment (USAID).

Ang kabuoang layunin ngproyekto, ayon kay Hechanova, aymaalis ang problema ng pagkamatayng 1.8 milyong katao, karamihan aymga bata, dahil sa diarrhea na resultang kakulangan ng malinis na tubigat kawalan ng tamang sistema ngpagtatapon ng dumi.

Sa isang statement na inilabas sapiling miyembro ng Philippine me-dia, sinabi ni Lyne Abanilla, chair-man ng Rotary International PublicImaging Resource Group para sabuong Pilipinas, na ang partnershipay tinatawag na “International H2O

Collaboration” at nakatuon sapagpapatupad ng pangmatagalan attuluy-tuloy na mga water, sanitationat hygiene project sa mga papaunladna bansa.

Sa isang brochure nanagpapaliwanag sa proyekto, sinabini Past RI President Bill Boyd (angchairman ng International H2O Col-laboration Steering Committee), “Weintend these projects to be modelsfor future projects with strategic part-ners and in this way to enhance ourcontribution to world understanding,goodwill, and peace.”

“More than one billion people lackaccess to a safe reliable source ofdrinking water, and more than twobillion lack access to any sanitarymeans of excreta disposal,” dagdagpa ni Boyd.

“Combined with unsafe hygienepractices, the result is nearly 1.8 mil-lion deaths — the vast majority chil-dren — from diarrhea every year. Thepoor suffer disproportionately frominadequate water supply, sanitation,and hygiene, which helps perpetuatea cycle of disease and poverty.

“Further, many women and girlsspend hours each day fetching waterfor their families, time that could bespent learning or on other produc-tive activities,”dugtong pa ni Boyd.

Sa pagpapaliwanag ng RI,nakasaad na “Rotary International,the world’s first service organization,is made up of 33,000 clubs in morethan 200 countries and geographicareas.

“Its 1.2 million members makeup a global network of business, pro-fessional, and community leaders whocarry out service projects worldwide.

“Rotary offers a grassroots ap-proach to problem-solving as Rotary

club members understand the needsof their communities and have bootson the ground to develop and imple-ment effective, sustainable projects.

“Many Rotary projects receivesupport from The Rotary Founda-tion, Rotary’s philanthropic arm. TheFoundation awards about $80 mil-lion annually for Rotary projects andprograms that provide humanitarianaid and promote international un-derstanding.

“In 2007-2008, the Foundationawarded 561 grants totaling $8.6million for water and sanitationprojects throughout the developingworld.

Ang paglahok naman ng USAID ayayon sa mga sumusunod na tagubilin:

“The United States has a long his-tory of extending a helping hand topeople overseas struggling to make abetter life, recover from a disaster,or striving to live in a free and demo-cratic country.

“USAID is an independent federalgovernment agency that supportslong-term and equitable economicgrowth and advances U.S. foreignpolicy objectives by supporting eco-nomic growth, agriculture and trade,global health, and democracy, conflictprevention, and humanitarian assis-tance.

“As part of its overall program-ming, USAID works to ensure acces-sible, reliable, and economically sus-tainable water and sanitation ser-vices.

“In the 2007 fiscal year, USAIDobligated $212 million for drinkingwater, sanitation, and hygiene activi-ties. These investments reflect theurgent need to improve publichealth, as well as to safeguard waterresources for the world’s poor …”

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negosyo.Nagawa naman niya. Kaya’t batay

na rin sa kanyang pahayag, naungusanna ngayon ng St. Luke’s Hospital angMakati Medical Center bilang pangu-nahing pagamutan sa bansa.

Ang tanong, ano ang ginawa niKwan sa matagumpay na pama-mahala sa mga negosyong hina-wakan.

Tinutukan niya ang pangunahinglakas o mga “core strength” ngnegosyong kanyang hawak. Iyon dinang ipinayo niya na sa mga negos-yanteng Bulakenyo.

Hinggil naman sa kanyang desi-syon na ibenta ang Chowking, sinabini Kwan na dapat matutuhan ng mganegosyante na magparaya o bumitaw.Learn to let go, wika nga sa Ingles, atibang landas naman ang tahakin.(Dapat narinig ng mga pulitiko angpayong ito ni Kwan).

Binitiwan ni Kwan ang Chowking,ngunit hindi niya tinalikuran angkanyang mga core value bilang isangnegosyante na natutunan sa paki-kisalamuha sa mga tindera sapalengke. (Ito ang dapat gayahin ngmga pulitiko, di ba?)

Bilang katunayan, nagpupunta parin sa mga palengke si Kwan, hindi

lamang upang magmasid, kundiupang bumili ng kanyang paboritongisda, ang talimusak o maliliit na biya.

Ayon kay Bautista, mataposmagsalita sa BBC-2 si Kwan aylumisan na ito at ilang minuto lamangay nag-text sa kanya na nasa palengkeng Malolos ang milyonaryong negos-yante at naghahanap ng talimusak,ngunit walang mabili.

Mabuti na lamang daw at isa samga dumalo sa BBC-2 ang nakakitakay Kwan at pinayuhan na magpuntasa pamilihang bayan ng Bulakan.

Pagdating sa palengke ng Bulakan,muling nag-text si Kwan kayBautista. Wala pa rin daw mabilingtalimusak.

Muli ay may nakakita kay Kwanna isa sa mga dumalo sa BBC-2 atsiya ay pinayuhang pumunta satalipapa sa Barangay Taliptip at bakasakaling makabili ng talimusak doondahil hapon na. Ang Taliptip ay ha-los nasa hangganan ng bayan ngBulakan at Obando.

Agad namang nagtungo si Kwan saTaliptip at doon ay nakita ang isangbabae na nagtitinda ng talimusak.

Pinakyaw ni Kwan ang 11-bilaongtalimusak ng babae na lubos nitongikinagalak, ani Bautista sa Promdi.Siyempre, biglang nakaubos ngpaninda yung babae bago umuwi ng

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hapong iyon. (Ganito rin ang ginagawako sa amin pag may naglalako saumaga ng hipon, tahong o kaya ay ti-lapia. Pero hindi ko namanpinapakyaw, kasi hindi ako kasingyaman ni Kwan. Para sa akin, bilangtulong na iyon sa naglalako.)

Ang kuwento ng paglalakbay ngmilyonaryong si Kwan mula sapalengke ng Malolos hanggangBulakan at pamimili ng talimusaksa talipapa ng Taliptip ay paranghindi kapanipaniwala.

Ngunit ito ay nagpapakita hindilamang ng kanyang hangaringmakabili ng talimusak, kundi pati ngkanyang kababang loob at tiwala samga taong nakapaligid sa kanya.

Ang tiwalang iyon ay kanyangnabuo sa mahabang panahon ngkaranasan ng pamamalengke nanagbigay sa kanya ng kaalaman kungpaano umiinog ang mundo sapalengke na isa sa naging daan ngkanyang tagumpay.

Ang kuwento ng pamamalengkeni Kwan ay nagpapakita rin ngkanyang katangian bilang isangnegosyante. Determinado at hindisiya madaling masiraan ng loob.

Hindi siya tumitigil agad kahithindi tiyak na may mabibili siya sakanyang paroroonan. Ito ay isanghalimbawa ng kanyang pakikipasugalsa kapalaran. Tumataya siya dahil sapaniniwalang tanging sa pagtaya maypag-asang manalo.

Gayahin natin si Robert Kwan.Fernandez ng Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration (Account-ing) sa University of the Philip-pines; Master of Business Adminis-tration sa De La Salle Uniersity;Certified Public Accountant, Doc-tor of Business Administration(Jose Rizal University) at Informa-tion Resources Management (VITA),Virginia, USA.

Bukod sa pagka-pangulo ng Fer-nandez Colleges, owner-developersiya ng Fernandez Village sa SanRafael, Bulacan at isang practicingCPA-Management Consultant.

Siya din ang owner-manager ngFernandez Farm Machineries(1997-1998); Board Member ngBulacan Federation of Credit Coop-eratives (1995 to present); at Presi-dent, Bulacan North-East TradersMulti-Purpose Cooperative Inc.(1994-present); Dean, College ofBusiness Administration, Paman-

tasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila(1989-1994); Management Con-sultant/Training Manager, Coopers& Lybrand, Papua New Guinea,Australia; Head and Senior Lec-turer, Accountancy and BusinessStudies, University of TechnologyLAE City, Papua New Guinea, Aus-tralia; Dean College of Business andAssociate Director of GraduateStudies, College of Business Ad-ministration, Pamantasan ng Lung-sod ng Maynila, 1973-1976; Dean,Accountancy and Commerce, Bali-wag University, 1969-1973; Re-porter and Feature Editor, BusinessDay, 1968-1969; SGV ProfessorialChair Staff and Lecturer, Universityof the East, 1966-1968; ProfessionalLecturer in various universities/col-leges: De La Salle University, SanSebastian College, University of theEast, St. Paul College and BulacanState University and others.

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Disyembre nang ang mall aymagbukas sa publiko.

Ayon kay Quintana, halos aylimang buwan pa lamang siya saBulacan, at pansamantala siyangumuupa ng isang apartment sabayang ito kasama ang mga kapwaguwardiya.

Hinggil sa kanyang ipinakitangkatapatan sa pagsasauli ng bag nanapulot, sinabi niya na hindi kanyaiyon at bahagi ng trabaho niya na isukoiyon kaya’t isinauli niya.

Binanggit din niya na hindi niyapinag-imbutan ang nasabing clutchbag dahil naaalala niya ang paalalang kanyang mga mabulang hinggil sakatapatan. — Dino Balabo

tolic, more holy. Christ assured us through St. Peterthat the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church.

We should just focus more on how to strengthen thetrue inner life of the Church. The numbers will just comeas a consequence. And in this regard, a lot of things needyet to be done.

Clarification of the roleAmong them is the clarification of the role of clergy in

our temporal affairs. Many people tell me how discour-aged they get when they see priests and even bishopsgetting badly mixed up in politics.

Some, according to them, have even gone to the extentof calling politicians names, and of branding them as ifthey can never do anything good. These clerics have obvi-ously gone partisan.

No matter how rightNo matter how right these priests and bishops are in

their views, they said, if they use foul language and badmanners, they will only succeed in alienating people.

Other clerics, again according to them, seem to be moreskillful in commercializing their services, or ministry, thanin putting spiritual and supernatural zeal and contentinto them.

These are some concerns that need to be ironed outurgently, if the Church has to thrive in our confusing times.

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DUMALAW ANG MGA MAGULANG —Masayang nagpakuhang larawan sina Bro. Eddie Villanueva (nakaputi) at angkaniyang maybahay na si Sister Dory Villanueva makaraangdumalaw kamakailan sa munisipyo ng Bocaue, Bulacan upangkamustahin ang panunungkulan ni Mayor Jonjon Villanueva,ang kanilang anak. Kasama sa larawan ang mga empleyado

ng Munisipyo (mula kaliwa): Community Affairs HeadLiwayway Eugenio, LCR Head Lourdes Ampat, AccountingHead Remedios Bautista, Treasurer Head Amelia Magpayo,Gng. Epa Santiago, Ramon Nicolas, Executive Asistant Engr.Dinia Gomez, Susan Ramirez, Vette at Marissa. (LalaineSantos) MIO Bocaue — PR

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si Lola Feliza. Ang pagtigilniya sa paglala ay bunsodna rin ng paghina ng bentasa ibayong dagat ng kum-panyang nagpapagawa sakanila ng sombrerong gawasa Baliuag.

Ang paghina ng benta ayisa lamang sa mga hamonna hinaharap ngayon ngindustriya ng paglala ngsombrerong buntal, bukodsa pagdalang ng bilang ngmga taong may kakayahansa paggawa o paglala nito.

Ayon kay Rosie Decasa,ang may-ari ng BaliuagBuntal Enterprises at hepeng pabayang tanggapan ngturismo sa Baliuag, mashigit nilang pina-ngangambahan ngayon angkawalan ng manggagawangmay kakayanan sa paglalang sombrerong buntal.

“Hindi maitatanggi nahumihina ang benta ngprodukto sa ibayong dagatdahil sa krisis, pero masmadaling tugunan iyondahil hindi naman palagingganoon, nagbabago din na-man ang takbo ng mer-kado,” ani Decasa.

Ang higit na naka-kapangamba, aniya, ay angkakulangan ng skilledworkers o manggagawangmay kakayahang gumawao lumalala ng sombrerongbuntal.

Mula noong 1987 aynagbebenta na sa Austra-lia ng sombrerong buntalsi Decasa at sa kasalukuyanay nanatiling matatag angkanyang benta doon, kahitna tumaas ang presyo ngbuntal fiber sa bansa. (Ba-sahin ang kaugnay na balita

Paggawa ng sombrerong buntal dapat ipagpatuloysa pahina 1.)

Ngunit, katulad ng sina-bi niya, ang kakulangan saskilled workers ang pangu-nahing problema ng Bali-uag Buntal Enterprises.

Dahil dito, sinabi niyana nakahanda siyang mag-bigay ng pagsasanay sa mgabilanggo sa mga piitan saibat-ibang bahagi ng bansa.

Ito ay upang matiyak namay mga taong may kaka-yahan na gumawa ng som-brerong buntal aniya, bu-kod pa sa magsisilbi itonglibangan at hanap-buhay.

Kaugnay nito, sinabi niDecasa na patuloy nilangpinasisigla ang industriyasa pagsasagawa ng taunangBuntal Festival na nagla-layon din na makahikayatsa mga kabataan ngayon nabigyan ng panahon angpaggawa ng sombrerongbuntal.

Batay sa librong “Bali-wag then and now” na sinu-lat ni Rolando Villacorte,ang paglala ng sombrerongbuntal ay nagsimula sabayang ito sa pagitan ng1907 at 1909, nang mag-dala si Mariano Deveza nghibla o fiber ng buntalmula sa kanyang bayan naLucban, Quezon.

Ayon kay Villacorte,noong panahong iyon, angLucban, Quezon ay angitinuturing na nag-iisangsentro ng paglala ng buntalsa bansa, samantalang angBaliuag ay kilala naman sapaggawa o paglala ng som-brerong yari sa kawayan.

Ipinaliwanag naman niDecasa sa Mabuhay naunang ipinakilala niDeveza ang mga hibla ngbuntal sa yumaong si

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mapanatili ang pag-angkat ng kanyang mgabuyer, ani Decasa.

Ipinagmalaki rin niya nakahit may mga kumpe-tisyon sa pandaigdigangpamilihan ay nananatilingmatapat sa kanila angkanilang mga kliyente.

“Marami angkumpetisyon pero they stickto us because they are satis-fied with the quality of ourproducts,” aniya. Ayon kayDecasa, ang kanyang kum-panya ay nagsimulangmagbenta sa Australia ngsombrerong buntal noong

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hindi pa rin mapantayan ngmga kumpetisyon ang pi-nong paglala ng sombrerongbuntal na tanging mgamanggagwa lamang ngBaliuag Buntal Enterprisesang nakakagawa.

“In the end, the qualityof our products will decide,”ani Decasa.

Gayunpaman, nanga-ngamba siya na daratingang panahon na wala nanggagawa ng sombrerongbuntal dahil sa iba anginteres ng mga kabataanngayon.

Ito ay una nang binig-

yang diin nina PilarBernardo, 98; at FelizaRamos, 92, na nagsabingang kawalan ng interes ngmga kabataan ngayon sapaggawa ng sombrerongbuntal ang pinakamalakingsuliranin ng industriya.

“Noong panahon namin,lahat kami at gumagawaniyan, pero ngayon iba naang interes ng mga kaba-taan,” ani Bernardo.

Dahil dito, plano ni De-casa na ialok ang paglala ngsombrerong buntal sa mgabilanggo bilang bahagi nglibangan at gawaing pagka-kakitaan ng mga ito habangnasa kulungan. —DB

Baliuag Buntal Enterprises matatag sa gitna ng krisis

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEWITH ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased SpousesPEDRO NINO who died intestate in Sasmuan, Pampanga on February13, 1948 and CAMILA REGALA, who died intestate in Sasmuan,Pampanga on January 11, 1974 - left a parcel land situated at SanNicolas, Sexmoan Pampanga containing an area of 990 square meterscovered by TCT No. 491055-R executed by their heirs before NotaryPublic CRESENCIO M. CALADIAO; Doc. No. 497; Page No. 100; BookNo. V; Series of 2006.MABUHAY: May 8, 15 & 22, 2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceasedVIRGINIA C. BAUTISTA died intestate on September 4, 2008 and sheis the registered owner of a parcel of land covered by TCT No. 20935with Emancipation Patent No. 681028 of the Register of Deeds of SanFernando, Pampanga, more particularly described as follows: Origi-nal/Transfer of Title No. 124479-R Josefa R. Rustia —executed byher heirs before Notary Public Alfredo G. Sunga; Doc. No. 70; PageNo. 15; Book No. 08; Series of 2009.

Mabuhay: May 8, 15 & 22, 2009

Dolores Maniquis nanaingganyang gamitin iyonsa paggawa ng sombrero.

Pinag-aralan ni Mani-quis ang paggamit sa mgahibla ng buntal, at kanyaitong pinalambot sapamamagitan ng pagpa-pagulong ng bilog at ma-bigat na kahoy sa mgahibla.

Matapos mapalambotang mga hibla sa pama-magitan ng nasabing pag-papagulong, sinabi ni De-casa na sinimulan namanni Maniquis ang paglalaniyon. Hindi nagtagal atpinag-aralan naman niManiquis ang pagpapaputisa mga hibla at pagkukulaysa mga iyon.

Ayon kay Decasa, pagda-ting ng 1910, isang maun-lad na industriya na angpaglala ng buntal sa Bali-wag at halos sa lahat ngbahay ay may lumalala.

Sa pag-unlad ng indus-triya, umunlad din angpaggawa at pamamaraan sapaggawa ng sombrerongbuntal.

Hindi nagtagal, nagka-roon ng kanya-kanyang is-pesyalisasyon ang mgalumalala, kaya’ bago ma-tapos ang isang sombreroay dumadaan iyon sa apatna manggagawa.

Ang unang taga-lala anggumagawa ng ulo ng som-brero, ang ikalawang taga-lala naman ang gumagawang latag paikot sa som-brero.

Ang ikatlong taga-lalaang nagsasara ng paikot nalatag, at ang ika-apat angnagpapaputo ng sombreroupang mas higit iyong ma-ging kaakit-akit.

Ayon kay Decasa, pagda-ting ng 1920, naging pa-ngunahing produkto ngBaliuag ang sombrerongbuntal na ibinebenta saibayong dagat kung saan aytinawag iyon na “Panamahat.”

Ngunit sa huling bahaging dekada 1920, nagsi-mulang maghingalo angindustriya dahil sa kum-petisyong hatid ng mgaTsinong mangangalakal saTsina.

Ang mga nasabing Tsi-no ang nagpagawa rin ngkanilang bersyon ng “bali-buntal” sa mga Pilipinonglumalala nito sa Hongkonggamit ang mga hibla ngbuntal mula sa Pilipinas.

Dahil dito, bago duma-ting ang ikalawang dig-maang pandaigdig ay halosmaglaho ang indutriya ngbuntal dito sa Baliuag.

Ngunit noong dekada’60 ay muling sumigla angindustriya sa pamamagitanng yumaong si JoaquinVillones na may-ari ngBalibuntal Straw Hat namay 5,000 taga-lala noon.

Si Villones na kaanak niDolores Maniquis, ay siyangkumupkop at nagpalakikay Decasa sa batang edad.

Bilang may-ari ng Bali-uag Buntal Enterprisesngayon, sinabi ni Decasa naang pangunahing layuninniya ay hindi lamangmaitaguyod ang negosyongnaging simbulo ngkaunlaran at pagsisikap ngBaliuag, kundi nais niyangipagpatuloy ang tradisyongnasimulan ng mga taongkumupkop sa kanya.

Bakit mabiliskumalat angvirus ngayon?HAGONOY, Bulacan—Ilang araw matapos kumalat saLungsod ng Mexico sa bansang Mexico ang sakit na Influ-enza A H1N1 ay agad ding itong kumalat sa ibat-ibantbansa katulad ng Amerika, Europa at Hongkong.

Batay sa pahayag ng mga dalubhasa, ang mabilis napagkalat ng nasabing sakit na naunang tinawag na Mexi-can swine flu, dahil na rin sa ito ay nasa kalagayang pan-demic o nalilipat sa tao mula sa kapwa tao.

Ganito rin ang kalagayan ng pandemic na naitala noong1918, 1950, 1957 at 1968.

Ngunit, ayon sa mga dalubhasa ng United NationsChildren Emergency Fund (Unicef), ang mabilis napagkalat ng pandemic flu virus ngayon ay may kaugnayansa bilis ng pagbibiyahe gamit ang mga eroplano.

Dahil dito, agad na nagsagawa ng inspeksyon saDiosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) siHealth Secretary Francisco Duque noong Miyerkoles, Abril29 at ininspeksyon ang thermal scanners doon. Angpaliparan ay nasa Clark Field sa Angeles City, Pampanga.

Ang thermal scanners ay ginagamit upang masukatang temperature ng mga parating na pasahero, dahil anglagnat ay isa sa palatandaan ng influenza A H1N1.

Kaugnay nito, pinayuhan ni Dr. Joycelyn Gomez, pro-vincial health officer ng Bulacan, ang lahat ng balikbayanna agad kumonsulta sa doctor kung sakaling makadamang kakaiba ang timpla ng katawan o magkaroon ng lagnat,pag-ubo, at sipon.

Sinabi ni Dr. Gomez na kahit sino ay maaring mahawang influenza A H1N1 virus dahil ito ay nasa kalagayangpandemic o nalilipat sa tao mula sa kapwa tao.

Batay naman sa mga tala na naipon ng Mabuhay mulasa Unicief, Department o Health at Philippine Press In-stitute, mula taong 1580 ay umabot na sa 31 ang naitalangkaso ng pandemic sa mundo.

Ang pinakamalalang kaso ng pandemic ay naitalanoong 1918 na naging sanhi ang pagkamatay ng 30 milyonhanggang sa 50 Milyong tao.

Batay sa pa sa tala, ang pandemic noong 1918 ay sanhing Influenza AH1N1 virus.

Ito ay halos katulad ng kumakalat na virus ngayonngunit kasalukuyang pang tinutukoy ng mga dalubhasaang isa pang sangkap nito.

Batay sa mga pasusuri ng mga dalubhasa, apat angpinagmulan ng kasalukuyang Influenza A H1N1 virus.Kabilang dito ang swine flu virus, bird flu, human flu atisa pang uri ng virus na hindi pa natutukoy.

Ang iba pang pandemic na naitala sa mundo ay noong1950 na sanhi rin ng infuenza A H1N1 virus; 1957 pan-demic na sanhi ng influenza A H2N2; at 1968 pandemicna sanhi ng influenza A H3N3. — Dino Balabo

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6 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 MAY 8 - 14, 2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEAMONG HEIRS WITH SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Mateo Mallariand Virginia Magtoto Mallari who died intestate on December 18, 1990and May 16, 2004 respectively, both of Mabalacat, Pampanga. That saiddeceased spouses left a parcel of land situated in Barangay Mabiga,Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga more particularly de-scribed in the Transfer Certificate of Title No. 442851-R containing anarea of Four Thousand Five Hundred Three (4,503 ) Square meters moreor less was extra-judicially settlement of estate among heirs with sale asper Doc. No. 37; Page No. 08; Book No. 04; Series of 2009 of NotaryPublic Atty. CARMELINO M. ROQUE.Mabuhay: May 1, 8 and 15, 2009

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITHDEED OF SALE OF A PORTION OF PARCEL OF LAND

NOTICE is hereby given that the estates of the deceased ReynaldoSan Juan who died intestate on May 27, 2008 at Sta. Maria, Bulacanleft one (1) parcel of land situated at Bo. Sta. Rosa, Marilao, Bulacanmore particularly described as Transfer Certificate of Title No.T130425(M) was extrajudicially settled among legitimate heirs withDeed of Sale of a Portion of Parcel of Land as per Doc. No. 216; PageNo. 45; Book No. 58; Series of 2009 of notary Public of Atty. NenitaD.C. Tuazon.Mabuhay: May 1, 8 & 15, 2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEAMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Mateo Mallariand Virginia Magtoto Mallari who died intestate on December 18, 1990and May 16, 2004 respectively, both of Mabalacat, Pampanga. That saiddeceased spouses left a parcel of land situated in Barangay Mabiga,Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga more particularly de-scribed in the Transfer Certificate of Title No. 442851-R containing anarea of Four Thousand Five Hundred Three (4,503 ) Square meters moreor less was extra-judicially settled among their heirs as per Doc. No.1468; Page No. 28; Book No. XXXII; Series of 2005 of Notary Public Atty.Jackson Visda Yabut.Mabuhay: April 24, May 1 & 8, 2009

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEWITH WAIVER OF SHARE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased REMEDIOSLUCAS LEOPANDO who died intestate on March 4, 2008 at #2248-DSeverino Reyes St. Sta. Cruz, Manila leaving behind three (3) parcelsof land with improvements existing thereon and more particularlydescribed as follows: a) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-43.617(M);and b) Transfer of Certificate of Title No. O-0909(M) both situated inPaliwas Obando, Bulacan; and c) Transfer of Certificate of Title NoRT-6293 (T-164488) situated in Binagbag, Angat, Bulacan, has beenextrajudicially settled with waiver of share among her legitimate heirsas per Doc. No. 300; page No. 60; Book No. II; Series of 2009 ofNotary Public of Attorney Ramon S. Masagca.

Mabuhay: May 1,8 & 15, 2009

MANAHAN SA LABAS NG HUKUMAN NA MAY BILIHAN

Dapat malaman ng lahat na ang ari-arian ng namayapang si RodolfoGregorio na namatay noong October 19, 2008 sa Pulong Buhangin,Sta. Maria, Bulacan na walang naiwang huling habilin ay nakaiwan ngisang (1) Lagay ng lupang na matatagpuan sa Pulong Buhangin, Sta.Maria, Bulacan na makikilala sa palatandaan na Transfer Certificateof Title No. T-34151(M) ay napagkasunduan na manahin sa labas nghukuman na may bilihan ay mas makilala sa Doc. No. 62 ; Page No.14 ; Book No.96 ; Series of 2009 Notaryo Publiko ni Atty. Federico T.Venzon.

Mabuhay: May 8, 15, & 22, 2009

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESLOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

PROVINCE: BULACANCITY/MUNICPAL: OBANDO

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby

served to the public that Asuncio Alfonso Correa has filed with this

Office a petition for change of first name from MARIA ASUNCION to

ASUNCION in the birth certificate of Asuncion Garcia Alfonso who

was born on 15 August 1952 at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines and

whose parents are Feliciano Alfonso and Monica Garcia.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written

opposition jwith this Office not later than -O-

(Sgd) PEDRO C. SEVILLAMunicipal Civil Registrar

Obando, BulacanMabuhay: May 1 and 8, 2009

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITHABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased BERNALDAOSDAÑA and JUSTINO M. GERONA who died intestate on January15, 1982 and June 2, 1999, respectively, at Sta. Maria GeneralHospital, Sta Maria, Bulacan, leaving behind a certain parcel of landwhich is conjugal and more particularly described in Katibayan ngOrihinal na Titulo Blg. P-5976 (M), situated in Dulong Bayan, SanJose Del Monte, was extrajudicially settled among their legitimateheirs with absolute sale as per Doc. No. 615; Page No. 23; Book No.43 Series of 1999 of the Notarial Registry of Notary Public Atty.Ernesto A. Casas.

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7) My mother taught meirony. “Keep crying, and I’llgive you something to cryabout.”

8) My mother taught meabout the science of osmo-sis. “Shut your mouth andeat your supper.”

9) My mother taught meabout contortions. “Will youlook at that dirt on the backof your neck!” 10) Mymother taught me aboutstamina. “You’ll sit thereuntil all those vegetablesare gone.”

11) My mother taughtme about weather. “Thisroom of yours looks as if atyphoon went through it.”

12) My mother taught

me about hypocrisy. “If Itold you once, I’ve told youa million times. Don’t ex-aggerate!”

13) My mother taughtme the circle of life. “Ibrought you into this world.And I can take you out.”

14) My mother taughtme about behavior modifi-cation. “Stop acting likeyour father!”

15) My mother taughtme about envy. “There aremillions of less fortunatechildren in this world whodon’t have wonderful par-ents like you do.”

16) My mother taughtme about anticipation.“Just wait until we get

home.”17) My mother taught

me about receiving. “I amreally going to give it to youwhen you get home!”

18) My mother taughtme humor. “When thosescissors cuts off your toes,don’t come running to me.”

19) My mother taughtme genetics. “You’re justlike your father.”

20) My mother taughtme wisdom. “When you getto be my age, you’ll under-stand.”

21) My mother taughtme completeness. “You’llbe finished when I say youare finished.”

22) My mother taught

me curiousity. “If you wantto see what happens, just dothat one more time.”

23) My mother taughtme how to make choices. “Ifyour classmate jumps off thetree, do you think youshould jump too?”

24) My mother taughtme sarcasm. “Do you thinkI am an idiot? Well do you?”

25) (And my favorite)My mother taught meabout justice. “One dayyou’ll have kids. And I hopethey turn out just like you.”

Sounds just like myMom.— juanlmercado@gmail.com

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a good grade for a projectyou really invested a lot oftime for. But then in theend you get a low grade be-cause you may have over-looked something. Youshouldn’t really worryabout this, especially whenyou’ve done the best youcould.”

“Okay, so what?”“Where you and I should

learn and be ready to flunkwould be in the things thatseparate us from God. Sincewe’re all ‘experts in sin-ning,’ we ought to aim for

getting ‘Fs’ in pride, van-ity, anger, greed and lust.”

“Isn’t this approach a bitnegative, Father?”

“It may seem like thatat first, but flunking out ofthese vices actually meansstruggling to get A’s in thevirtue opposed to them. Itwould be wrong to over fo-cus on what one does wrongor what one ought to avoid.It would be more positiveand fruitful to considerwhat good one can concret-ize each day out of love for

God and fellowmen.”“How about the occa-

sions when our weaknessesdo come up once in a while,Father?”

“Well, even though theymay seem like failures,they are actually only ap-parent failures. This is trueif the person resolves toimmediately go back to Godwith the humility like thatof the Prodigal Son. And hemanages to even learn fromhis mistakes and his con-version becomes more firmand sincere.”

“You mean to say, Father… that …,” he smiled as hecame upon a realization.

“Yes, James! That onecan really never fail in thespiritual life as long as hestruggles with the sincereresolve to begin again, usethe supernatural meansand to find — like St. Paul— strength and joy in hisown weaknesses. In thisway, he no longer strugglesalone, but always in andwith the grace and love ofGod.”

is the hand that rulesthe world,” W.R. Wallaceonce said. In other words,without mothers, man isnothing. Ralph WaldoEmerson pointed this outwhen he wrote: “Men arewhat their mothers madethem.”

Thomas Alva Edisonsubscribed to the idea. Headmitted, “My mother wasthe making of me. She wasso true and so sure of me. Ifelt that I had someone tolive for — someone I mustnot disappoint.” WaltWhitman was even moreapt: “I am the part of thewoman the same as theman, and I say it is as greatto be a woman as to be aman. And I say there is noth-ing greater than themother of a man.”

What is the true mea-sure of a mother? The greatChilean poet Pablo Nerudaused to spend afternoons inMadrid drinking with aclose group of intellectualsat a favorite café. During therehearsals of Garcia Lorca’sBlood Wedding, they

missed not having theirplaywright friend withthem.

One day, they got tipsyand decided to call Lorca —although he had said hewould respond to no one atsuch times — except hismother. The group decidedNeruda was the one whocould get away with callingLorca. After all, Neruda was,many of them thought, thegreatest poet ever to writein the Spanish language.Neruda called from the caféand said it was Lorca’smother calling. When Lorcacame to the phone and dis-covered it was not hismother, he insulted Nerudaand said unforgivablethings. Lesson of the story:Thou shalt not use themother’s name in vain.

How do mothers disci-pline a child? Each has herown methods, of course. InTimes to Remember, RoseKennedy shared how shedid it: “People have askedme if I ever spanked Jack(American president JohnF. Kennedy) when he was a

boy. I suppose it is part ofthe mystique surroundingthe presidency that anyonewho occupies the office isendowed with qualitiesthat are extraordinary andhe must have passedthrough childhood in a glowof virtue. I can state thatthis was not the case withJack, nor was it with Bobbyor Teddy or any of the oth-ers, and whenever theyneeded it they got a goodold-fashioned spanking,which I believe is one of themost effective means of in-struction.”

Of course, not all chil-dren love their mothers orthe other way around. Nov-elist Henry Miller hated hismother, and the feeling wasmutual. His mother was arigid, puritanical womanwho refused to read any-thing her son ever wroteand who never forgave himfor not becoming a tailorlike his father. Avoidingboth ambivalence and am-biguity, Miller laid it righton the line: “I hated mymother all my life.”

Now, for a good laugh. Asuccessful unmarried careerwoman had a married sis-ter named Joan, who was atypical housewife whose lifecentered around her hus-band and children.

One day, the mother wastalking to the unmarriedone via phone. “I worryabout you. You’re not mar-ried. You don’t have a manto take care of you. What’sgoing to become of you?”

The single womansnapped, “Mother, forheaven’s sake, I’m livingexactly as I like. I do as Iplease. I make plenty ofmoney and I can spend iton myself. I don’t have toworry about what someman wants. I can travel andhave vacation to any coun-try I want to go. I entertain.I have all the friends I want.I’m not tied down to house-work or kids. My life is glam-orous and wonderful.”

There was a pause andthen the mother said, “Iknow. Don’t tell your sisterabout it.”

Ah, mother!

pline of development di-plomacy when I became aForeign Service Officer(FSO), since it was coinci-dentally the dominant prac-

tice at that time. Sad to say,the interest in this disci-pline has waned over theyears, and very few seem tobe practicing it now.

My sadness for the ap-

parent demise of develop-ment diplomacy is actuallyjust a sequel of my earlierdisappointment over thedeath of the human settle-ments concept in this coun-try. I say death, because Iknow for a fact that the suc-cession of several adminis-trations after Martial Lawhad killed it, mistaking itperhaps as a political gim-mick despite its actuallybeing a profound economicdevelopment strategy.

Stock marketWhat good could a stock

market show do for a devel-oping country like the Phil-ippines? It is a well knownfact that there will be noSilicon Valley or no Detroittoday if not for the indus-trial capital that was raisedin the American stock mar-kets. Capital is the fuel ofthe economy, and stockmarkets are the venueswhere capital is raised.

Prof. Sonny Coloma, oneof my guests last week, toldme in the show that in Ja-pan many of the stock mar-ket players are housewives

and taxi drivers. Is that be-cause the Japanese peoplehave more disposable fundsto invest, or is that becausethey have a better under-standing of how the stockmarket works, how theycould make money from itand help their economy inthe process?

Business newsMy show is just one of the

many television programson the air, but because ofits unique focus on thestock market in particularand in business news ingeneral, I am hoping that itcould become the means formore capital to be raised forour big industries andsmall enterprises, so thatby way of active develop-ment communications, wecould have a bigger and bet-ter economy for the better-ment of the lives of ourpeople.

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