Excuse me "Warayla" Ha kamatuoran la liwat- dire la probinsya han Samar an nag "vote buying" kundi bug-os nga Philipinas. Diri pagud amo ito nahitatabo. Paragtayay pa para makapuesto la hira. dba amo ini it nahitatabo denhi ha Pilipinas? Diri ako ignoramous hit nahitatabo denhi ha Samar pre and post election. This is the beauty of this web site bec anybody can express their sentiment either it's commendable or hurtful as long as there's facts. Have you forgotten the freedom of speech? This site is all about expressing you opinion. Diri kay para maka PANHAMBUG it tawo. It doesn't matter where you from because this site is open globally. And anyone can send their commnent or message through this site in order to be heared.

But that was not the point of my previous comment(s), An akon karuyag sidngon nga tapos na an election. An guin buhat ni Mila as guv during her administration amo guihapon an mahitatabo hit administration hit iya anak yana. Mila as congresswoman, and her daugther as governor, then here comes his son as vice-governor, come on Warayla look at the picture here. Ultimately, it sakop hit ira distrito it makaloloy, kamo nga a-anhi an makalolooy.

I was actually referring to the 2010 budget, the 25% increase of the provincial employees. Tungod nga diri man ine ma a-approbahan kay tungod puro may mga agenda an SP members ngan han lady guv. paki-ana ko ha imo yana Warayla. Hin-o man yana an na a-affectohan hito nga ira pag inutong? either the SP members has a good intention not to approve the Budget. Amo ine an akon karuyag sidngon nga waray na hira mahihimo kay hiya it governadora hiya it masusunod. Tuyo nga amo hiya an guin pili han mga tawo.

So, kon ano man ito nga mga amendments nga iya guin sesering or changes she has all the rights to do it. Whether you like it or not you just have to deal with it.

Please scroll down and read the comments of Vicenta Tan, Concerned Citizen, Ganda, Emmanuel P, Orkey

I think Kelguy using his pen name, or pseudonym, pretends to exercise his democratic rights by expressing his opinion, and yet accuses a newspaper of becoming a mouthpiece of the communist movement. Every neutral and sensible newspaper should provide a democratic voice for everyone, either from the Left or the Right.

Mr. Kelguy always discuss national issues in relation to local issues in every writing he makes in this forum. I might as well point out to him one important issue in investigative journalism. Why is it that the communist group is very active in Samar? Where do they get their resources? I can give you an idea, Mr. Kelguy. Do you know that one political dynasty in Samar is good in playing footsie with both sides of the fence? Did you not hear the rumour about the head of this political dynasty giving financial support to the communist movement from her ill-gotten wealth? I think you should look into that before accusing this newspaper of also getting financial support from this political dynasty next time you will read about favorable news about them. This political dynasty is a multi-headed hydra. It also has many colors, from green to orange, and maybe yellow next time, if the criminal cases against her, will not progress. And of course, for the new commanding general, Gen Chan, I hope he can look into this without becoming political about it. Anyway, he is optimistic he can wipe out the communist movement in 2 years time. How the hell he will do that out of the 40 years the communist movement has been in existence, is in itself another military strategy to reckon with. Let us learn from the past. As long as the communist movt have grassroots and political support from opportunistic elements in politics, it will continue to exist.

For now Mr Kelguy, use a better language when discussing complex issues.

Regards,

Rex B Cool of CA. In reference to your confusion. I will say that you are not alone in that confusion. What other organization in the country can legally call for the death of anyone in print media and NOT be arrested? We just lost 8 peace officers in Samar to these same people and it was like water off a ducks back... just another day in Samar. NO ONE CARES. Hence my insistence that those who print media with such language are in fact sympathizers. That would include Philippine Star, Bulatlat, Manila Standard, Abante, Manila Bulletin, The Freeman and Philippine Revolution.net add so many others here...et al. It is nothing short of acts tolerated treason. I.e selective enforcement of the law. If we were to call for anyone to suffer fatality we would be held accountable. It is your confused line of thinking along with thousands of other government representatives and citizens that have the Philippines right where are today... in a "lime light" that no one can be proud of.

This statement: Thus the NPA is defending the people and delivering the message to the Aquino regime that Oplan Bantay Laya and any other plan of fascist state terrorism will be defeated. The NPA will be launching even more tactical offensives in fighting to strategically raise the level of the people's war in the next five years."

Ha ngatanan han nabisita ha messages board, ambot kon an ultimo nga samarnon nakakabasa hini nga iyo mga messages,hiunong han naglabay nga election, maaram kita ngatanan nga it election ha samar kwenartahay an damo an kwarta nga kandidato sigurado madaog, asay pa an ultimo samarnon kon tagan hin dako nga hukip di karawtun, it kamatuoran igkasi ko samarenyo kwarta it election ha samar, kon kamo man nanhihiyukat o nanbabasol nga gin baligya naman ni ultimo samarnon an iya botos, pagpensara daw niyo ayaw la kita pagpinanhambugon makag commento la kita ha messages board.

Kelguy,

You are talking on deaf ears my friend. They do not care.

It is so sad that this has been going on for so long and not one positive thing has come out of this. NONE.

I have tried to understand why this continues to go on. The main reason for this to continue for another 50 plus years is that those in these groups want corruption to fill their pockets. They like the power they have over those that can not defend themselves. Such cowards to treat their own country men like this.

If anyone on here who supports these groups, can show us one project that has come out of this that was positive, please do.

I have heard this before and I am such a believer now. I heard this from a Filipino. He said that Filipinos look at life cheaply. They will take a life without even thinking about it. They look at others for whom may not be part of their way of thinking as animals that should be killed.

The Philippines will NEVER grow up or change its attitudes. It will always be looked at as a poor third world country that has no clue on how to change and grow for the better. It will continue to fail in caring for its people from providing good education and medical care to feeding them.

I'm getting confused here.

If by publishing of Samar News about the CPP/NPA/NDF press release makes Samar News.com as a CPP/NPA/NDF sympathizer then the Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer and other daily papers are CPP/NPA/NDF sympathizer too. We could read once in a while some press releases about CPP/NPA/NDF from these newspapers.

In a democratic country, the freedom of the press and expression is highly observed. Restricting what to print and not to print, what to say and not to say is dictatorial and others may call it communistic.

To:  All Relatives and Friends,

Please be informed that HILARIO “Nonoy” PEÑARANDA of Tarangnan, Samar passed away last August 24 at St. Pauls Hospital, Tacloban City at the age of 62.

His remains lie in state at the residence of GO Family, Curry Avenue, Catbalogan City. On August 31, Tuesday morning, his remains will be transferred to Tarangnan, Samar.

Interment will be held on September 2, Thursday at 10 am, after the Requiem mass at St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church, Tarangnan, Samar, Philippines.

The family requests your prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of Hilario “Nonoy” Peñaranda.

TO THE FAMILY OF MANO JOSE CONGE;

Gusto ko la ipaabot han mga anak ni Mano Jose. Fesa, Felina, Mona, Ailie, Cinia and their families an amon pakiramay han pag kamatay ni Mano Jose. May his soul rest in peace amen.

You are in our thoughts and prayers during your bereavement days.

Ha ngatanan nga naaraba mahitungod hit cabutang hit Samar most particularly Catbalogan. Kamo nga mga tawo an angay pag basolon. come to think of it. hin-o man an nangarawat han mga kinawat nira Mila nga in return amo an guin pa-on nga bingwiton o makawil nira an iyo mga butos. Yana kay iyo na guin pulsan an makarasikas nga salapi. pag agwanta kamo kay amo an iyo pinili an mga imbecile nga mga kandidato. From Gov to the vice gov nga diri pa lutas ha ira iroy nga amo it nag didicta hit iya mga anak hin pangawat, may mga gatas pa it ira mga labi. I only have one word to say. "HIYOKAT" you deserved to suffer. You people of Samar will never learned until it will be too late to recover the poor economy. Poor infrastructure, dilapidated Hospital just to name a few. Really, it's very upsetting even just to think of how poor the province of Samar have become. Makalolooy hin doro. Guin lulud-lud kamo ha kalamawan, kalagyan.

People of Samar pag mata na kamo sobra na it pakatamay nira Mila ha iyo denhi, kulang nala it pag turotampalo ha iyo. Guin tatawag n kamo nga baga kamo hit mga iro (ayam) or kaayaman. Pakaonon la kono kamo okay na. Para ha akon ini nga statement this is below the belt.masakit na ini pamati-on.

But no matter the outcome of She-ann governance, nobody is to be blame except you guilty electorate who put the Tan's family in the Capitol. Kaya agwanta kamo. Stop complaining. Let the Queen rule Samar her way. Not peoples way, but "HER WAY" until then good luck to you all....

First let me say that Samar News has become a CPP, NPA, NDF sympathizer as a result of posting articles related to the the one below. I can NOT believe that it was even published!

In response to this article: In defense of the people against Oplan Bantay Laya: NPA offensive in Catarman victorious, more to come http://www.samarnews.com/news2010/aug/a473.htm

PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
In defense of the people against Oplan Bantay Laya: NPA offensive in Catarman victorious, more to come
August 22, 2010

The Efren Martires Command of the New People's Army in Eastern Visayas hailed today the NPA's successful tactical offensive against the Philippine National Police within the provincial capital of Catarman, Northern Samar on the morning of August 21. "Initial reports state that the NPA punished village councilor Rolando de Guia for espionage in Brgy. Imelda, Catarman, about a kilometer from the town proper," said Ka Karlos Manuel, EMC spokesperson. "Expected enemy reinforcements were then ambushed by the people's army, who used command-detonated explosives (which are manually set off) to disable their vehicle. At least eight police elements were killed in action, including Sr. Insp. Nicasio San Antonio, Catarman deputy police chief. The NPA also confiscated at least seven pistols and four M16 rifles."

Manuel belied the claims by Sr. Supt. Vicente Loot, PNP deputy regional director for operations, that the policemen were not on combat operations and that the NPA captured and then executed them. "Regular forces of the police and military are clearly legitimate targets for NPA tactical offensives. As can also be seen from the weapons taken from them, the policemen were heavily-armed and battle-ready and were accordingly killed in action. Moreover, the NPA always gives enemy combatants the chance to surrender if they could no longer fight. The NPA abides by international humanitarian law in respecting the rights of captured enemy combatants as well the hors d' combat. Wounded enemy personnel are also taken care of by NPA medics. The PNP seems to be covering up its embarrassment because the NPA could carry out a tactical offensive within the provincial capital and close to the town proper at that."

The NPA-EV said that the Catarman tactical offensive and more to come are the NPA's answer to the Aquino regime's extension of Oplan Bantay Laya. "The people are suffering from economic hardships, but the Aquino regime remains indifferent to the peace talks that should be discussing socio-economic reforms. Instead, the Aquino regime is extending Oplan Bantay Laya, which has been widely condemned for political killings and other attacks on innocent civilians. Thus the NPA is defending the people and delivering the message to the Aquino regime that Oplan Bantay Laya and any other plan of fascist state terrorism will be defeated. The NPA will be launching even more tactical offensives in fighting to strategically raise the level of the people's war in the next five years."

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There has been over 40 years of fighting between the CPP armed wing and the current admin in power. In that same time period the only thing both sides have to show for it is DEAD bodies. There are no winners! There never will be any winners! The only thing there will be is MORE DEAD BODIES! When is everyone going to wake up and realize that the only thing the CPP wants is total surrender of the entire country and they will settle for nothing less. When 0.07 percent of the Philippine populous is demanding surrender of the other 99.93 percent of the populous it just is NOT going to happen.

Ha tanan nga Sanggunian Panlalawigan members:

Ayaw gud man kamo hatag hin lugar nga an governor and vice-governor naka lugar pag kuha hito nga budget kay asya la gihapon ito an bubuhaton han gin buhat han una nga governor, nga ira iroy.

Kon aton ini pag huna-hunaon kay ano nga hira hira la gihapon an aada hito nga mga pwesto, karuyag sidngon nga asya la gihapon an sistema nga mahitatabo kay ada ito hira nga duha ha inpluwinsya an ira iroy.

Bangin pa ngani ini mas pa nga KURAKOT nga mga anak kay ma aram na hira kon gin ano nga paagi an pangawat han unga nga governador.

Sanglit kita nga mga Samarnon, pag bantay gud kita kay kon asya ini nga clase nga mga tawo it aada ha pwesto ka makalolo-oy hin duro han Samar.

SP members, pag buroblig kamo pag bantay, ayaw gud kamo padara kon ano an mga isasa-ad ha iyo. aada pa ito nga Joseph Escober nga sobra liwat hin kakawatan. Ayaw kamo pa lupig kay kamo an may hatas nga edukasyon kontra hini nga mga tawo.

An iyo vice-governor under grad ito. Kon mayda man ito hiya diploma maaram na kita kon ha ano nga paagi hiya naka kuha hin deploma. Pareho la ito han iya iroy nga pinalit la an iya deploma.

TAYO AN SIMULA SA PAG BABAGO!

To all Jia-anon,

To all Christians and especially Catholic Brethren:

Three dioceses of Samar: Calbayog in Western Samar, Borongan in Eastern Samar, and Catarman in Northern Samar. [These three dioceses belong to the Ecclesiastical Province of Palo, Leyte, and are suffragans of this archdiocese.] / To the ELECTED GOVERNORS/VICE GOVERNORS/BOARD MEMBERS be informed:

[Samar Isla ~ Face Book] Fwd News: Dr. Thomas Dela Cruz, from Philippine Non-Government Organization Council conducted a Condom Social Marketing Orientation on August 13, 2010 at the function hall of Bagacay Beach Resort, Calbayog City. Leyte Family Development Organization volunteers from Catbalogan City and Calbayog participated the said orientation. The purpose of the orientation was to promote the use condoms in order to avoid HIV/AIDS.

WARNING/WARNING/WARNING:

Dr. Thomas Dela Cruz; Calbayog, Catbalogan and Leyte FDO (YOU are playing gods):

"This day I call heaven and earth as witness against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now CHOOSE LIFE, so that your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God." Deuteronomy 30:19, 20

Blessed be the Lord, the God of all creation, for he has visited and brought redemption to his people. To give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God by which the daybreak from on high visited us. To shine on those who sit in darkness and in shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

God created man in His image and commanded mankind to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:26-28).

God renews the face of the earth by creating life (Psalm 104:30). Children are a blessing from the Lord _ a heritage and a reward (Psalm 127:3). We have a Christian responsibility to warn the wicked (Ezekiel 3:17-19).

Condom-promotion programs encourage promiscuity, thereby actually increasing STD transmission.

Health issues

Dry dusting powders are applied to latex condoms before packaging to prevent the condom from sticking to itself when rolled up. Previously, talc was used by most manufacturers, but cornstarch is currently the most popular dusting powder. Talc is known to be toxic if it enters the abdominal cavity (i.e. via the vagina). Cornstarch is generally believed to be safe, however some researchers have raised concerns over its use. Nitrosamines, which are potentially carcinogenic in humans, are believed to be present in a substance used to improve elasticity in latex condoms. A 2001 review stated that humans regularly receive 1,000 to 10,000 times greater nitrosamine exposure from food and tobacco than from condom use and concluded that the risk of cancer from condom use is very low. However, a 2004 study in Germany detected nitrosamines in 29 out of 32 condom brands tested, and concluded that exposure from condoms might exceed the exposure from food by 1.5- to 3-fold.

Enviromental Impact

Condoms cause negative social effects. Some researchers have expressed concern over certain ingredients sometimes added to condoms, notably talc and nitrosamines. In addition, the large-scale use of disposable condoms has resulted in concerns over their environmental impact. Flushing them down the toilet may cause plumbing blockages and other problems. While biodegradable, latex condoms damage the environment when disposed of improperly. According to the Ocean Conservancy, condoms, along with certain other types of trash, cover the coral reefs and smother sea grass and other bottom dwellers. The United States Environmental Protection Agency also has expressed concerns that many animals might mistake the litter for food. Condoms made of polyurethane, a plastic material, do not break down at all. The plastic and foil wrappers condoms are packaged in are also not biodegradable. Frequent condom or wrapper disposal in public areas such as a parks have been seen as a persistent litter problem

Almighty God, You have been our refuge through all generations; before the mountains were born, the earth and the world brought forth; from eternity to eternity and from everlasting to everlasting You are God!

Dear ALL [especially those who are given the privilege (ELECTED and APPOINTED OFFICIALS) to be servants of the Prvince of Samar and our country THE PHILIPPINES],

LET US PRAY WITH CONFIDENCE AND WITH EXPECTANT FAITH:

We live in very challenging times. Yet, we know that God can change the hearts of men and women and the direction of a nation. We pray this week for repentance, for we have much to seek forgiveness for as a nation.

INDIVIUALLY: [Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Wash away all my iniquity. Against you, you only, have I sinned.]

OFFERING

We consecrate our selves to you; O God, you oppose the proud but bestows favor on the humble. Abba Father, we humbled ourselves under your mighty hand and grant us the grace; change our hearts, O God, make it ever true; change our mindset of wilderness mentalities (proud, rebellious, irresponsible, negative, grumbling, faultfinding, complaining, impatient, self-pity, selfish) into Kingdom mentalities (humble, peaceful, thankful, patient, righteous and godly). We pray in Jesus' name, LORD GOD, hear our prayer!. Amen

PRAYER FOR SAMAR and the whole PHILIPPINES

Hello mga kababayan nga mgat taga Leyte and Samar, maupay gad ini nga website pero gusto ko unta nga maka post ha Facebook hit mga Waray Music, pls pangitae gad niyo hin paagi nga ma share naton ini nga mga music ngadto hit aton mga kababayan labi na gud it aadto ha ibang bansa...

To MS. Fe Panoy,

Justice to a great man! : Mayor Mateo "Dayon" Biong Jr.

BY ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

"RICE OFFENDERS": President Aquino can, and therefore must, immediately order the arrest of all persons (I call them "rice offenders") responsible for the hoarding of millions and millions of cavans of rice which, instead of having been used to feed hungry Filipinos, were left rotting in various warehouses of the National Food Authority (NFA) nationwide.

There is legal basis for this arrest order by the President at this point since, up to this time, there is a crime being committed by those who were responsible for such hoarding and rotting of the prime staple, even if they are no longer connected with the NFA or the government or even if they are private persons.

-ooo-

ROTTING RICE EVIDENCE OF PLUNDER AND CORRUPTION: At the very least, with those rice continuing to rot and Filipinos unable to eat them, there is a continuing violation of Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, which penalizes anyone from the government who causes undue damage or injury to anyone, including the general public. But then, since these rotting staple are worth millions and millions of pesos, plunder was also possibly committed here.

Karuyag ko magpa salamat han mga board members hn 2007-2010 (BM Casurao, Fortaleza, Uy, Rosales, Babalcon, Conejos, Lim,) nga waray mahugay hn kwarta pra apruban an budget hn probinsya. Kunta ine yana nga presente nga 7 nga board members (Tong Dy, Uy, Conejos, Sermense, Sumagang, Jimmy Dy, Babalcon) mas mag rig.on pa an huna2 ngan kitaon hn maupay nga dire masayang an budget hn probnsya.

Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III's State of the Nation Address -

Tungkol naman po sa CPP-NPA-NDF: handa na ba kayong maglaan ng kongkretong mungkahi, sa halip na pawang batikos lamang?

Kung kapayapaan din ang hangad ninyo, handa po kami sa malawakang tigil-putukan. Mag-usap tayo.Mahirap magsimula ang usapan habang mayroon pang amoy ng pulbura sa hangin. Nananawagan ako: huwag po natin hayaang masayang ang napakagandang pagkakataong ito upang magtipon sa ilalim ng iisang adhikain.Kapayapaan at katahimikan po ang pundasyon ng kaunlaran. Habang nagpapatuloy ang barilan, patuloy din ang pagkakagapos natin sa kahirapan.Dapat din po nating mabatid: ito ay panahon ng sakripisyo. At ang sakripisyong ito ay magiging puhunan para sa ating kinabukasan. Kaakibat ng ating mga karapatan at kalayaan ay ang tungkulin natin sa kapwa at sa bayan.

TO ALL SSPC BATCH '86

Gin tatawagan ko an ngatanan han BATCH '86 han SAMAR STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE now SSU, nga mag pa abat na kamo kay harani na gud aton pag HOST han 2012. Konta mag cooperate gad kamo yana pala kay aton gud ito gin sakupan!!!

Nag lalaom kami an active yana, nga madugngan pa an mag aattend han aton quarterly meeting para maupay it kinagawasan ha aton pag HOST, kon ngatanan kita magbuburublig hiton!

Para ha tanan:

To the Governor and Sangguniang Panlalawigan Members 1st and 2nd district

Karuyag ko gadla ipahinumdum hini nga mga bag-o pala nga napili nga mga opisyales han probinsya han Samar nga an pagbutanga ha ira ha pwesto pinaagi ha gahum han gamhanan nga botos han mga samarnon dire la kay an pagbilib kun hino an makarit ngan pag pinakilantugiay han kada tagsa kun hino gud an ungod nga naugop han Samar.

An aton Gobernadora namulong ngan naghatag han iya mga programa para han kaupayan han mga Samarnon pero waray man kuno niya liwat mahihimo kay waray budget han probinsya yana nga tuig kay waray man pag aarabuyuni han mayoriya han mga board members. An mga Board Members labi na gud an 1st District waray pag aabuyon hini nga budget han 2010 kay dire maupay an kaplastar ngan nagawas nga may ada daku nga problema han kahimo han budget kay dire detalyado ngan waray klaro apesar nga daku ini nga gin alotaga nga budget yana han probinsya nga naabot sobra 1 bilyon.

Hi Gov. Sharee Ann Tan nagyakan nga andam hiya kun ano man an kinahanglan ig ammend o kinahanglan ayuson hito nga budget ngan kun ano man an problema pero an mayoriya han SP dire liwat natuod hini nga pinamulong han Gobernadora kay gagamiton daw la ini nga kwarta para han ira pangkalugaringon nga kaupayan agud makabawi han ira daku nga nagastos han eleksyon sanglit dire nira aabuyonan ini nga 2010 budget. "Kun amo ini nga kamutangan ano an mahinanabo han aton probinsya?". An una nga apektado hini nga kawaray budget han probinsya para hini nga tuig amo an mga empleyado kay aanhi hini nakasalalay an mga benepesyo nga angay makarawat yana nga tuig sugad han increase nga 25% ug maabot na liwat an kapaskuhan dire na liwat matatagan an mga empleyado hin additional bonus nga amo la an ginlalauman han mga kablas nga mga empleyado.

Hon. Sharee Ann Tan,

Congratulation to the new Western Samar Governor. I was impressed of your addressed during the flag ceremony. To serve your distinct with transparency and good governance are highly commendable. I hope your example will be emulated throughout the entire Samar government and beyond.

Taga este ako and immigrated to the USA in 1973. I was fortunate to land a job with the State of California, Administrative Office of the Courts here in San Francisco. Retired in Nov 2006. Since then, I've been surfing the web and came across Samarnews.com, which I enjoy very much ngan nakaka huwas hiton hidlaw, labi iton mga kanta winaraynon on "My Music Room". To Mr. Ray P. Gaspay, webmaster owner, your site goes worldwide. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing our beautiful Samar.

I hope you don't mind about my message. Good luck and more power to you. God Bless you in your every day endeavor.

I chanced upon a charming newbie Filipina Actress in one of the press functions in Manila. She has recently starred in a Hollywood film in Hong Kong and I am proud to say that she is from Samar as well! The name of the beautiful and talented Samarena is Chanel Latorre. Could she be the estranged daughter of Villareal Mayor, Boy Latorre?

Filipina Actress, bida sa isang pelikula sa Hong Kong!
Star Patrol (for Saksi, Boy Villasanta)

MARAMI pang mga artista sa buong Pilipinas na dapat makilala at malaman ng publiko na nand’yan lang at nagpapasaya sa mga tao.

Isa na rito si Chanel Latorre.

Chanel Latorre, sino ‘yon?

Aba, kailangan ding malaman ninyo na may nabubuhay na isang Filipinang aktres na nagngangalang Channel Latorre dahil hindi lang sina Marian Rivera, Gloria Romero, Bea Alonzo, Nora Aunor, Maricel Soriano, Susan Roces, Amalia Fuentes, Rhian Ramos, Sharon Cuneta, Jennylyn Mercado o kaya’y Vilma Santos at marami pang iba ang mga artistang babae sa Pilipinas.

May Chanel Latorre rin.

Kababalik lang ni Chanel mula sa Hong Kong kung saan ay gumawa siya ng isang makabuluhang pelikula na may sosyo ng Hollywood.

Isang buwang bago umalis si Latorre sa bansa, ang titulo ng pelikula ay “Tess,” tungkol sa isang domestic helper na Filipina na naging masseuse sa Hong Kong.

Ngayon ay “Wan Chai Baby” na ang pamagat ng obra na idinidirek ng batikang English filmmaker sa HK na nagngangalang Craig Addison na kilala sa paggawa ng mga palabas-telebisyon at palikulang pambata.

One writer said" The FAULT LIES NOT IN THE STARS BUT IN OURSELVES" and to add: "WE HAVE THE BEST POLITICIANS THAT MONEY CAN BUY"

We are blaming everybody except ourselves, hiton aton kakuri-an. Kay ano nga dire kita maka elect hin maupay, tangkod ngan maduroto nga government officials - because of vote buying!Ayaw kita pag bulagbulagan kay matu-ud man ito. Majority of the voters just wait for another election in 3 years para kumita from the politicians. Imagine if there are 5 voters in the family at P1,500/voter, total income (no sweat) P7,500.00. Kaya kadam-an ha aton, sad to say - mga hub-ya, tamad, inutil, nag huhulat la hin dole out, kay ikinaka awod naton it pag uma. Mas sikat daw hira kon ha municipio o kapitolyo magtrabaho. Na dire nga maglagay it ira kamot.

Look around you, bisan la pag tanom hin sangkap pinoy, tulad hit dulaw, tanglad, luya, malunggay,libas etc. pag nagamit na kita, ma-aro ha kapitbahay. Por dios por santo, kadagko hit aton lawas, dire manla kita makapagtanum ha aton libong, nga masighot la lukod.Practically the whole land area of the third largest island in the Philipines is arable, and yet we import rice from Iloilo, Central Luzon and Vietnam. Samar has big sources of water for irrigation (Gandara, Calbiga and Catubig rivers and yet see all those ricelands along the Maharlika Highway not fully utilized. JICA has constructed irrigation canals in San JOrge, nga waray ngani kagamit, kay waray support han Provincial Government. Sayang, the multi million peso infrastructure project was just wasted.

Benign Demographic Winter

Once a 3½ year old girl who played with the children of her hosts and has to sleep over for the night had asked the following morning if she could go to the toilet to answer the ‘call of nature’. Aware of her age and circumstances, the mom of the house instinctively guided the child to the hall leading to the comfort room with the intention of helping her out, but to her surprise, the girl stopped on her tracks and turning and looking up to her host she said, “ I will go inside myself”. “Are you sure? The mom taken by surprised with what she had just heard from this little girl. “Yes, was the quick reply from the tot. The good lady waited next to the close door that the little girl had gingerly shut after she went in. As she came out, with full of astonishment still in her face the mom asked, “you obviously have been toilet trained by your parents, are you?

Still with amazement on her face. Whereupon the little girl replied, “yea”, and as she was about to walk back to the bedroom to join the mother’s still sleeping children, the mother asked the little girl once more, “how long have you been toilet-trained?. And the little girl answered matter of factly, that her parents had been required by the Child Care Center where she is drop off every morning on week days before her mom and dad go to their respective full time jobs that as a requirement by the Center, she must learn and know how to look after her personal needs. And it was at the Child Care Center where she had been told by the staff that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NO ONE FROM OUTSIDE HER FAMILY COULD EVER TOUCH ANY PART OF HER BODY. From this reminder and admonition, the message is quite clear of the moral and ethical implications that the little girl had been made aware of the sensitivity of the parts of her body and what it meant to her if someone that is not a member of her family ever touch any part of her body which to her young mind as pointed out by the Child Care Center is a transgression to her person.

Now, let me go back to my previous message in this column sometime in July, 2009 where I have dealt in one part of that message that at a very early age (5 years old and in their kindergarten classes) children are already taught the parts of their bodies and its physiological functions. And these lessons at school continue progressively as they grow old. By the way this is an Australian setting and still happening in that part of the world.

What does this mean to us Filipinos? With our burgeoning population that now stand at almost 94 million, our newly installed government of Pres. Aquino seems to be dilly-dallying on the issue of when sex education must be taught and at what stage in the education of the youth should it start. Judging by the body language of the newly appointed secretary of education in an ambush interview by the media the other day regarding this issue (sex education) televiewers could straight-away surmised that the secretary was uncomfortable to give a categorical answer. Fearing perhaps of the backlash from the Catholic Church and other sectors of our society if he gives his nod to when sex education must start.

Haruy, kay para ha akon i-ine na gad it solus-yon (population growth control) kay dina na mag-iiha nga dina kita makaka-ilob o makaka-agwanta hin nga aton mga kaku-rian brought about by this unsustainable population growth.

Sid-nga na gad hi Padre pati na in nga mga ka-obispuhan nga it aton pagdamo (we are multiplying like crabs) it magdadara ha aton hin samok (civil war) kun waray na kita pan-nga-nga-onon kay it aton pinagsa-sasri-an yana (resources) ay nagti-tika diyo. Mamay kamo bisan ngani it sarakayan (public transport vehicles) pati na it bu-bong may ada pasahero kay hin kadamo man hit tawo nga tisa-rakay. Kay kun it kaliding (wheels) daw kuno ay masasak-yan la, bangin may mati-sarakay pa udog hiton. Bisan dida hin nga aton mga kampo santo (cemeteries) it nga sini-siring nga ‘apartments’ nga tag-upat o lima ka-andana (tiers or storey) may ada pa barong-barong ha igbaw nga may mga tawo nga nau-koy. This particular scene and picture of cemetery dwellers and their shanties have been featured in a foreign tabloid with derision when its caption reads – ‘the best accommodation in town’.

In my own sincere and honest opinion regarding this overpopulation issue, I would suggest to our policy makers in the government to let the Philippines go through A BENIGN DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER for a certain number of years until such time the country’s resources (natural) are replenish to a level where it will improve the quality of life of every Filipino.

POSTSCRIPT
The 3 ½ years old girl above is my niece and now she is in Grade Two at school. She was born in Victoria, Australia.

I can’t believe my ears when I heard straight from the just installed president Noy-noy Aquino that I am his boss. I felt proud and elated. Aside from me there are thousands upon thousands of ordinary, poor, uneducated Filipinos who could hold their heads up high from that very moment he uttered those four letter word BOSS.

Mga man ngiris-da, man-nga-ngawil, mag-uruma, maglu-lukad mga nagtitinda dida ha Mercado hin isda, utanon, tinapa, bulad, lab-asero, mag-lala-ta, agwador, mga surugo-on dinhe ha aton ug ha overseas papriho na kita nga tanan amo guihapon ni Noy-noy.

Han guti pa ako pirmi gud ha akon sinisiring ni Mana Columba nga it kinabuhi hit ta-wo ay nadi-pender kun ano mo man iton pag-uunan-on. (Life is what you make it). And I have embraced this maxim then until this time. We make our own destiny – full stop.

Amo la.

The Hon. Sharee Ann Tan
Governor, Samar

Dear Gov. Tan,

Anti-yuhos ni Bugsay

By chance I stumbled some videos on You Tube that relate to my own barrio in Salcedo one of which is a documentary (The Pocked-Marked Face of Barangay Caga-ut) about the chromite mining in this barangay where I was born.

The producers of this particular videogram had featured children in its presentation to highlight their plight of being the hapless and direct victims of this unconscionable mining.

Several harmful effects were cited in the videogram like the indiscriminate and wanton cutting of trees to give way to this chromites mining of which the likelihood of imminent rise of floodwaters during heavy rains poses real danger to life and property to the residents of Caga-ut. The run-off of effluents downstream to the river brought about by the mining process could cause skin diseases that would most specifically affect the children who constantly spend time swimming in the river. Mining pits left open and abandoned after chromites deposits have been exhausted by its mining operators and owners expose children to danger as these pits are located near and around the school and falling off to these holes could result in broken limbs or could serve as their prepared graves.

The documentary showed that this problem was brought to the attention of the alderman of the barangay and fellow council members in a meeting where these problems were thresh-out. Unfortunately for reasons unknown or perhaps a decision or resolution to these problems could not be resolved at the end of the meeting or such resolution was not forthcoming, the presenters had instead dedicated the last part of the documentary showing the laudable efforts of the children planting trees to replace what the barrio had lost during the chromites mining operation.

In another videogram which features the mayor of Salcedo and as a Salcedonhon, I vaguely understood what the good mayor was trying to tell in the video when he spelt-out his current and future development plans for the municipality of Salcedo as music dubbed in the video was more audible or louder than the mayor’s voice. I find this characteristically-inherent among us (ka-iya na gad siguro naton ine) that we tend to drown-out what is supposed to be the principal focus or importance like in a singing performance where the sound of the accompanying musical instruments takes the center-stage so to speak, rather than the voice of the singer.

Baga nahi-hidlaw na gad ako hin nga mga nahitata-bo ha aton kay maiha na gad ako nga waray paka hiling ha Salcedo. Asya man nga urog-urog gud an akon pamati hin nga You-Tube ni mayor Melchor ‘Mega’ Gagante. Waray ko gud kasa-bot hin duro an iya mga siniring ug is-torya ticang han tinica-ngan kay nakali-pong gad la at nga dubbed music.

We should also pledge to change (panunumpa para sa pagbabago)

Maupay kay nasurat-surat gihapon dinhi hi Mano Profesor, bisan kon tinalagudti la iton iya bagis-bagis. Dinhi yana hini nga iya bag-o nga mensaje, baga makalilipay ngan makalili-aw panmati-on nga may mga molayan nga puede niya ihatag ngadto hit mga kabataan ha Samar. Maupay ini nga noticia, tungod kay hi Mano Profesor - baga napahuway han iya mga pagharoy tungod han kahimtang hit Samar. Kundi, bisan pa kon nalilipay ako hini, baga nahahalawhaw gihapon ako nga ha umaabot nga adlaw, labi na gud umabot na uuran ug bagyo, ngan iton mga kalsada ha Samar mahimo na liwat sugad hin guin-uukay nga lugao, o sino may magharoy hiunong hit "Mona Lisa" Hospital, nga bangin na liwat tomocar it kan Mano Profesor pagbakho ngan pagnguynguy.

Ha pagkayana, angan-angan la anay kita, baro-bantay la ngan inaw-inaw...kay ha diri maiha nga panahon...malutaw na liwat it ungod nga color han mga "nagdaog" ngan "guinbotosan" han mga pobre ngan magpaka-lolooy nga botantes ha Samar. Angan-angan la, mga kasangkayan - kay diri mag-iiha...mabalik na liwat an "telenovela". Maupay namanla kon ini nga "telenovela" nga igpapasundayag sugad ka makalili-aw han kaagui ni "Marimar" o ni "Rosalinda". Takay kay diri, takay kay mapadugang la lugod pagpahitaas hit presyon hit akon minayuyo nga Profesor. Sanglit, bisan pa man ngani yana pala - nag-aaro-andam na ako hin usa ka garapa nga Atenolol, aber pa man di liwat ak tapnan hini nga "alta presion".

Ray, kindly ask Ms. Fe M. Panoy if she is collaborating with Loudette Avelino and Fr. Ives Aniban in his Kaagbay group.

Ms. Panoy, I have roots in Ipao, akon kaparyentihan. I was thinking of visiting you sometime in September? With Remi Laurel seguro, and with Loudette. She promised not to leave for New York. She will wait for me. Is Fr. Noel Labendia working with you in this laudable project?

Mayada ako sangkay nga minayuyo dida ha Calbayog, hi Asti Villanueva. You know him?

Ano an imo email address?

Incidentally, can your children play with so many plastic toys nga made in China or Japan or wherever? Damo ini nga mga mulayan hiton akon duha nga apo, 10 years iton usa, 4 years old iton bugto.

Salamat.

Akon cell fone: 510 334 7611.

Maupay nga aga. Nalipay ak nga mayda ngay-an sugad sine nga message board. Yana gad la ak odi sine maka- explore. Anyway kaupay man liwat pagbinasa, makita gud naton aton mga inop para sa aton probinsiya.

Ako si Babie M. Panoy, usa ako nga advocate san kabataan. Mayda na ak 10 yrs of active participation sine nga adbokasya para san kabataan especially san mga bata naedad 0-6 years old: Child Rights, Early Childhood Care and Development with integrated services on health, nutrition, early childhood education and other services the child/family may need assistance of. Grupo kami nga nagtatalinguha pag-bulig in our little way of sharing hope. An grupo mayda miembro bug-os nga Samar.

An akon area of concentration sa Sta. Margarita and Calbayog. Sa mga 3 years na yana, mayda kita supervised neighborhood playgroups (SNP) for children 0-6. Sa Calbayog an ngaran sine "St. Expeditus ECCD Playschool", located at Sigma Compound, Bugros St. We have morning and afternoon sessions. Morning Sessions are for the children whose parents are blessed to be economically secured. Afternoon sessions for kids para san mga bata naman nga indigent, labi na mga anak san mga paragtricycle, tindera/vendors og iba pa nga nagkukuri. An mga bata kaurugan natikang sa Brgys Dagum, Balud, Hamorawon, Pido/Awang, kay mau man ine an harani sa playschool. Sa Brgy. Carayman, mayda liwat didto SNP area, sugad man san Brgy. Solsogon, Sta. Margarita (2 areas).

An pondo panggastos sa ira, natikang san mga paying Users of St. Expeditus Playschool, donations from friends, relatives, individuals nga taga Calbayog, thru the partnership san playschool and Society of St. Vincent Calbayog. Though 3 yrs na an outreach san St. Expeditus, mga one year pala kami nga nag-apeki san Calbayognon (with SSVP). POSITIVE man. Last year nakabulig kita sobra 100 kids. May kakurian gad pamiling pondo, pero kay para man sa mga bata, tuloy-tuloy lang and paglaum, through prayers, fundraising and services on early education and supplemental feeding. Since this is in a playgroup, naaro o nakarawat kita toys, books, art materials et. Yana nga 2010-2011, mayda kita ginlalauman nga more or less the same number of children from poor communities.

An aton talaga target nga magkamayda Supervised Playgroup kada brgy. nga waray pa playgroup para ine san mga bata for their developmental needs nga waray sa daycare o umundang sa pre-school. Kun mayda sa iyo interesado para sa iyo lugar, TELL US and HELP US for these little children's best start in life.

To Marley de Guia, Boy of Samar, et al

In connection to my message in this column last time, let me borrow a short greeting that I could use at this point to liken or compare what happened during the last few weeks. This message or greeting that I am referring now can be normally found or read during the Yuletide season (Christmas time) where it says, “TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY PA LAH, LAH,LAH, LAH, LAH, LAH, LAH, LAH. This is exactly what happened before and during the last national elections – a time or season for certain government institutions like the COMELEC to be JOLLY because of the plethora of gifts that it apparently had received left and right (mapa tu-o o wala kun baga ha aton ha Samar).

It is sad to note that every conceivable delihensiya ug racket (just what I have written before) had come to surfaced days before and after the elections (one good example is the mysterious inclusion of the name of Acosta preceding that of Aquino in the ballot) and the general belief and perceptions that the electoral process and exercise more particularly in the local level were far from clean and honest, and now these misgivings seem to validate these perceptions.

For those like Boy of Samar, Marley de Guia and the rest who have taken their time and effort in denouncing the gutsiness of the Tans as shown in those pictures, only reinforces what we have termed the ‘culture of impunity’ when people that are involved in violating existing laws (electoral & other wrongdoings) remain unpunished These people like the Tans who can get away from these petty to flagrant election-related violations can and will continue with their unscrupulous ways till kingdom come, so they say.

Yes, Marley perhaps right at this very moment Mila must be laughing to our faces, but wait!! it is not only her but also her daughter and son who are also laughing in their stomachs. Thinking that they are standing on a heap of fools they have created out of us and that they have made our local elections in Samar a ‘charade’ of the real meaning of the people’s will – which we sometimes call democracy.

To be honest, the word democracy to majority of ‘warays’ is not appealing to their most pressing needs. And that mere chance of receiving something in return for their votes whether in cash or in kind is what that all matters. They may no longer remember the last time they had a complete meal of cooked rice (tinu-on) and viand (sura) thus giving them this time a break from their usual diet of steamed bilang-hoy, duma (steamed half-ripe saba bananas) bu-lad or gina-mos or si-si (nga waray ngani kalamun-ding). To the less needy, a rush to the nearest shopping center to buy that ‘much dreamt’ pair of rubber shoes after selling his vote is more than what it takes to be patriotic.

Their dominance in local politics in Samar (the mother being the lone district representative, the daughter the governor and the son the mayor) tells us something very clear. Any effective opposition whatever they may be during their terms of office can be easily quashed either by the sheer force of either or both their political and economic powers.

Nakita ko message mo kanda Kato, pare Coco, Aping, Taoy, Dodong Sales, Ludwig, Alex, pero kami nira pare Tikyo, Splago ngan hi Bogaw nahingalimtan mo. Anyway musta nala hain kaman yana. Tagui daw ako email address mo.

To family and friends:

+Reinerio Labro Saberon (SB Secretary: Calbiga, Samar)
+Died: May 25,2010 at the age of 49, 2:30 am
+Interment: June 2, 2010 (Calbiga Cemetery 9am)

Tonyboy Morales great comments here:

[ Educating our voters should have been the priority instead of automating the counting. Technology only makes the processes faster but the quality of the end outputs depend much on the quality of the inputs. Technology operates in the mantra that "garbage in, garbage out." Unless we have competent voters, we would not have competent leaders. The Church, the COMELEC, the civil society, and the "educated" few should help in educating the voters.

In the meantime, we should work more on how to have competent voters instead of just competent machines. After all, there are so many zombie voters in our land whose brains are paralyzed. As Apolinario Mabini said, it is better to be paralyzed from neck below than to be paralyzed from neck above. Sad to say, there are so many brain-dead people in Samar that are producing like rabbits. Our challenge is how to apply population control against these people and how to jail those grafters. ]

The 2010 election results are why people like you should be in public office serving the people. The sad reality is that the voting public is nothing short of clueless as to what a good representative Government really is. This does not apply to everyone but I will say it applies to well over 90 percent of the voting public.

Going forward is going to be a difficult thing to accomplish in a "lack of leadership" administration. You have seen my list of tasks that the new admin will face. Let us hope that there are some wise public servants that step up and do what is right for the country in this Administration. My expectations are high and I know we will get nothing short of less than honorable substandard performance out of the dynasties and celebrities that got elected in 2010. Noynoy has some BIG BIG shoes to fill and he does not even know where to begin in walking in the footsteps of his mother or charting a new path of his own.

The people need to be involved in all facets of this admin to include NGOs, LGUs, DILGs, Governor, LEDAC, DEPED, Congressional, Senatorial, Ombudsman and OPM participation. Anything less will result in the status quo for yet another 3 years.

Nananawagan po ang bayan ng Palapag N. Samar, sa pagkawala ng historical campana ito po ay kasalukuyang pinaghahanap ng mga namumuno ng ahensya ... Ipabatid alam po nyo sa ads na ito kung kayo po ay may alam sa kinaruru-unan nito.

I have to agree with Girlie from New York City, my birth place.

It makes me wonder why election after election in Samar, the Samareños continue to vote the way they do. Nothing has improved really since I first arrived in Calbayog City in 1981. There have been some improvements since then, but the fact remains the same. Education and medical facilities remain sub standard.

Samar has so much going for it if it could only elect those Filipinos who want to improve Samar vice continuing to steal from it. As it stands now, I can not by the life of me think of any recent major investments in Samar that stands out. NONE.

Girlie has said that Samar is "one of the poorest and backward provinces in the Philippines." Again I have to agree with her statement. Since my first visit to Calbayog and many visits since, I have seen not much improvements. I have traveled from Calbayog to Catbalogan, Tacloban and all the small towns in between. Nothing has changed and it is sad to see. As an outsider and non-Filipino who is married to a Samareno for over 33 years, it upsets me that nothing is getting better for Samar.

I am so tired of seeing how hard life is for many of these Samareños on the outer islands in Samar that live off the land and sea. I am so tired of seeing infants fail to make it to their first birthday due to the lack of medical clinics, that are affordable on these islands. I am so tired of seeing children not completing their basic education and graduating high school.

The bottom line is simple. If the Samareños continue to vote with their hands out vice using their votes to vote smartly, then Samar will NEVER change or get better. The poor will remain poor and the rich will continue to get rich.

How much pain and suffering do the Samareños of today say enough is enough? How many more infants and children have to suffer and die for NO reason due to their parents failing to vote smartly?

Girlie has put it plain and simple. You continue to get what you vote for. NOTHING.

Please wake up and start voting for those that will make Samar and better place to live and raise your children. Stop wasting your votes so that your children and grand children will not live the same lives you are today.

Automated 2010 Elections versus Outdated Elections of the Past

The recently concluded 2010 national and local elections have been praised in high heavens as fast and orderly. The winners were known in a day especially in the local contests and even the national results, sans the vice presidential contest, were paraded on the media with the speed of light. Politicians were all struck by lightning with the dizzying speed of the count. Some losing bets say that it is easier to accept defeat when the counting is fast, you don't have enough time for self pity, rig the results, organize a rally of supporters, or convince one's self that you won even if the truth is otherwise. To me, the first automated elections only proved that post-election operations are hard to plan. The battle ground is not in the counting but in the pre-election season like vote buying, harassing voters/supporters of your opponents, and worse changing your name to be the first in the list of candidates like what Bong Revilla did.

While many praised the election of the son of Cory and Ninoy, Noynoy, as president and possibly of Nog-nog Binay as vice president, the country also elected incompetent senators like Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Tito Sotto, and Lito Lapid. Worse, Bong Revilla changed his family name from Bautista, to Revilla, then to Bong Revilla for political expediency so his name will appear in the first 10 names of senatorial candidates instead of the Revilla family name that will certainly be among the last in the bottom of the list. See, Bong Revilla is brighter, or shall I say wily, than most of us because he knows that filipinos have a very short span of attention. It paid off because he landed in the number 1 spot without even distinguishing himself as a lawmaker. Why did the COMELEC allow this? Well, money speaks louder than reason. Next time, somebody will ask that their names be changed for election purposes like having 1 or A or AA be prefixed in their family names. I am afraid that we have become a nation of uto-utos in this first automated elections. With Jinggoy Estrada, Tito Sotto, and Lito Lapid at the helm of the Senate, what progress do you expect in this country of ours? Do you think that Noynoy Aquino can change this nation? I am so sorry to tell you that even if we have all those remaining non-winning presidential candidates to join Noynoy's cabinet and let them work together for national unity the result would still be the same, failure. Why? Because Noynoy is not enough, all those presidential candidates are not enough. The people must change from within.

In other countries, they send criminals, butchers, thieves, and rapists to jail, in the Philippines we send them to congress. Look at what happened in the second district of Samar, Mila Tan has a graft case before the Sandiganbayan and has made the provincial hospital as the biggest morgue in the country yet the people of Samar elected her and her notorious non-performing incompetent children to lead us. Why? Money talks and the people of Samar has substituted their intelligence with money-litics.

The heroic exploit of Smartmatic PCOS machines have not changed our competence as a people. Siring pa, the speed has changed but not the quality. It's like eating a fast food that is rotten.

The good thing though that I can say is that we have contracted a foreign company, in this instance, Smartmatic TIM to conduct the elections, it would have been more disastrous having filipinos run our elections. I suggest that our COMELEC should be handled by the UN or by a consortium of competent foreign nations like the EU because we don't trust each other. Our integrity score as a nation is so in the red that collectively we should all be ashamed of.

Educating our voters should have been the priority instead of automating the counting. Technology only makes the processes faster but the quality of the end outputs depend much on the quality of the inputs. Technology operates in the mantra that "garbage in, garbage out." Unless we have competent voters, we would not have competent leaders. The Church, the COMELEC, the civil society, and the "educated" few should help in educating the voters.

No wonder why Samar remains one of the poorest provinces in the country. We never learned from the past. We keep on voting those notorious corrupt officials.

Salamat han kan A. Morales comentario hiunong hinin naglabay nga pinili-ay, kay baga napukaw gud ako ngan tungod iya guintikangan an "pagharing" hini nga issue, masumpay nala ako ngan mahinay-hinay ako pagsungo. Kay matuod gad liwat ini nga nga iya sering, mag-antos nala iton Samar kay tinuyo-an man. Sanglit, ha umaabot nga mga adlaw, labi na hit panahon hin uuran, ngan iton mga kalsada ha Samar mahihimo na liwat nga "swimming pool" hin kakarabwan, ada...pag-antos, aguanta. Ngan kon masakay kita hit bus o jeepney, ngan it aton mga bubot baga-baga hin guinbabayo nga pilipgon tungod hit higlarom nga mga batse...ada sangkay, aguanta la anay - kay tinuyo-an man. Kay katuyo la liwat ngan iguinbaligya han kadam-an an ira mga botos. Diri kita angay sumering nga, "Kay mag-aano man, kay asya man gud iton it aton kapalaran!" Diri na ngahaw ini "fortuna" nga nahinabo hit Samar, kundi..."portuyo". Kon lugaring may mapasangil dida hin "Palad Ta Ang Nagbuot" (sering pa hit mga "kanadyan"), aguidaw, ano - nga perestihon...masering liwat ako, "Kay PALAD gud nim an nagbuot!" Kay matuod manla liwat, matuod manla nga higlapad an mga PALAD hin pagkarawat hin makarasikas nga hukip.

Pastilan, intawon, kairo man intawon hit Samar nga iguinbabaligya la ngahaw hit iya mga anak. Kairo, ka makalolooy, nga bisan ano nga sagdon - ma tikang ha mga pulpito ug simbahan, ma tikang han mga NGO ug mga volunteers, waray intawon nadulot nga sagdon. Kairo ta man, intawon! Kairo ta man, kon mahuhugay la kita hin politico nga natangway ha aton hin us ka galon, libre pa gud an sumsuman. Aguidoy, Nanay, Tatay - hin ka makuri hini nga aton kasakay! Di pipira hini, bangin pa ngani "sumabat" ha ak inin akon sangkay nga Profesor, nga masyado gud hin ka mahilig magburuka hiunong hin mga tradpols, kurakots, kawatanes, ninnies & nincompoops. "Masabat" gud ada hi Mano Profesor hin pagburuka ngan pag-araba. Aadi pa liwat in ak sangkay nga Calbiganon, nga otro liwat iton hiya hin ka mahilig magpinanhiyukat. Masering gud iton yana, "Hiyukat ha iyo ngatanan, kay iyo manla iguinbaligya an iyo mga botos!"

Kon may man lugaring karuyag magbasol, aguidaw, intoy, inday, mano, mana -atrasado na gud iton nga pagbasol. Atrasado, tungod kay hini nga umarabot nga tulo ka tuig - "padayon" gihapon iton "Mona Lisa Hospital", "padayon" gihapon iton mga batse ngan mga kalsada nga diri nahuhuman, sugad han "bantugan" nga "Highway Pana-aran" didto ha Basay, nga bisan hin-o nga politico nga nahapit o naagui didto - nasaad nga iya "kuno" igpapaka-upay. Sanglit, asya iton - "Pana-aran", nagsosobra ngan nag-aarak it mga saad, waray la lugaring napadis pagdagkot hin kandila.

To AJ

Maaram ka AJ, yana nga mga panahon, di la it DPHW, Bureau of Customs, Immigration, at iba nga mga government agencies it nagka-ka kwarta, kay yana kun baga ha tinag-alog, kanya-kanya na ngayon ang ‘racket’ ug delihensiya. The case of Mila Tan's votes being counted by the Comelec in the just concluded congressional race where she ran for a seat in congress despite a pending case against her - of not being a natural born citizen thus disqualifying her to run for any national elective position, is an example ‘OF WHAT YOU CAN DO AND WHAT YOU CAN OFFER ME ‘.Her case (disqualification) is probably under ‘review’ but in the meantime the tally of her votes who apparently she is leading, and that of her opponents are being kept and in between this time and the final determination or judgment of her case, something must happen to someone’s pockets.

May mga milagro gad, diri ticang ha langit kay nasiring pa hi Nora Aunor nga, “walang himala, ang himala ay nasa tao”

Very Informative Site and fun to read of:

I profoundly grieve for Samar and all Samareños.

With the Election pretty much over already the cry is that the wicked once again got elected. There really is no one to blame but the voters themselves. Even in this election the envelopes with pesos where being stuffed and delivered as late as the night before the election. Of course this is OK with the voters as they sold their moral and political souls for between P20 and P300. Once again a few pesos was enough for the MASA to be STUPID. Anyone complaining now that was here and voted after accepting the pesonality has no right to speak due the consequences of their own actions. The WICKED voted in the WICKED!

This election we saw the rise once again of dynasties and celebrities. All one has to do is look at 3 members of the Marcos and Romauldez family getting seats as public servants. Add Herbert Bautista as Quezon City mayor, Ralph Recto as Senator, Lucy Torres as Congress woman, Lito Lapid, and Bong Revilla as Senators and Vilma Santos just to name a few. We do NOT have a government that represents the MASA. What we have is name recognition vs true representation via public service.

When things do not go well down the road and little changes we can all look back at the 2010 automated elections as the fast track to status quo.

Here are some of the issues that the new administration will be facing because there are so many things that make the Philippines an unfriendly / hostile / not cost effective investment environment.

1. We must fix the 1987 Constitution were foreign investment is welcomed and rewarded in the form of 100% ownership.

2. Our electric rates are the highest in Asia.

3. Our petroleum products are cost prohibitive that increase the cost of living, transportation, and add additionally a VAT tax that does not equate to infrastructure enhancement.

4. Our water supply is inadequate to support both water for drinking and significant power production.

5. The CHINA & TAIWAN trade agreement is going to hasten job reduction both at home for our college graduates and abroad for OFW's.

6. The policy of paying back new debt incurred by 2 storms within 6 years is only going to slow down the economy over the next 6 years.

7. Any business doing a simple cost analysis will avoid the Philippines. This includes the 13 months pay for 12 months of work.

8. The BIR "Gestapo" does not take into consideration the customs fees businesses pay for the importation of retailed products and really financially cripples the business owners that they audit. (First hand info and experience)

9. The local court system is nothing short of an extended extortion clinic where a local theft case can occur in Jan of 2007 and still not see the light of day or be resolved as of present day. The Atty fees and filing fees that have been paid far has exceed the loss that was incurred. (One example of many)

10. The 10% graft that occurs at least 4 times for every local infrastructure project ends up in either substandard work or... 140% funding.

11. Jobs need to be at home so we stop raising broken families!

12. Our K - 10 Basic Education system produces and end product of a 40 percent dependency on the Government. (Drop outs) We must have a K - 12 system to be on an even playing field with the rest of the world.

Dear: Ann Tan

"In Samar there are more wicked souls than the righteous ones. Thus, these same wicked souls make MONEY as their MASTER, instead of being their SERVANT!"

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation.” – Idealistic view

The people of Samar have spoken, they want more of the same!

A friend of mine lamented to me that the people of Samar have voted not just Mila and Sharee Ann Tan but also the new vice governor Jimboy Tan who is a member of the notorious clan. I responded that the people deserve them. No leader can be greater than the society it leads. The leader usually is the reflection of the people. So, kun buta an usa ka mata ni Mila, asya liwat ito an kahimtang hit Samar. Nasiring hira kamakalulouy gad hit Samar, an baton ko hiyukat ha iyo kay iyo man iton tinuyuan. Salit kun magkakasakit ngani kamo, pagdara na la kamo hin tabla kay sigurado patay kamo didto ha Samar Provincial Hospital kay mayda gad doctors ngan nurses pero waray na miski la gapas. Kun mapreso ngani an iyo mga kapapraturan, dire la hira magpepenetensya didto ha Samar Provincial Jail, an ira kaprisuhan sentensya na mismo kay waray na pagkaon nga para hit mga preso kay lagi adto na gingamit panmalit hin botos. Siring pa han usa ka preso, ada ungod gudman an sinisiring nga impyerno ha kalibutan and Samar Provincial Jail. Kun magkakadisgrasya kamo ha dalan kay baga na hit lubluban hit karabaw iton mga kalsada, kamo na it bahala pagkuha hin graba ngan baras kay it provincial government waray na ito hira labot ha iyo. For as long as the people are stupid, corrupt, and incompetent, expect that the leaders would mirror them.

An Catbalogan nagmingaw hadton Mayo 11 kay mga busog busogan han mga kwarta nga ira guinkarawat tikang hit mga kandidato, salit pagkahuman hit irignum ngan pangaon, 3 years na liwat nga pamulat hit sunod nga yagyag hit grasya tikang kan Mila. In the interim, sige pagbasol kamo nga iyo ginbaligya an iyo mga botos.

When the people are ready, the right leader will appear. So, until then, puro la anay kita pangandoy ngan pangaraba. Siring pa ni Mila, ang mga taga-Samar murag mga iro (mga ayam), hatagan lang ug gamay nga pagkaon, okey na!

Based on the partial results of the election, it seems that all the "Tans" (governor, congressman and vice-governor) are winning...ow… what a surprise! ira na it ngatanan....pwede pa cguro bisan it ira ayam ngan it ira misay makandidato...hayyyy.. poor samar...!!!! bangin ngani ira na la ichange it name hit samar... "Tan Province"... instead of "Samar Province"...not to judge…pero in this case, we can expect more corruption....and we know that Mila Tan has been in this problem already...kalooy hit samar...(not to judge again) hira la it mariko hin duro.. while the rest... mas lalo mapopobre...i was really expecting that the Samarenos would learn from the past... pero mas ura-ura naman yana.. kay gidugangan pa...kay-ano dawla nahisugad? vote buying ba, as usual?

Election's upon us; anticipation, anxiety, and even resignation permeate our very existence. Candidates are overwhelmed in their efforts to garner the most votes, and voters are vexed by the many perplexing campaign messages. These conditions are testimonies to our country's vibrant and dynamic democracy. But it's sad when candidates violate democratic principles and values in order to win, and voters ignore civic responsibilities and fall short of their citizenship duties. To most of us, election is a means to an end, hence it becomes existential where it can make or break our lives.

Many lives are made or broken by election outcomes. Winning candidates savor the anticipated rewards of power, prestige, and pera, and losing aspirants lick their wounds. Voting public tend to accept any election result, reflecting their cynicsm and apathy on the election process. Voters tend to sell their votes and candidates buy them. In this fashion, winners are not the people's true choice but selected by ignoble practices that distort real substance of democracy. Government under this brand of democracy does not promote the general welfare, equality of opportunity, and engaging economy.

Ours is a government of men and not of laws; justice is farce; tranquility is rare; freedom from fear and wants do not exist. These conditions are here to stay as long as we shut our senses to moral values and strong personal characters and not impervious to church, school, and other institutions' teachings. But we can turn our country around if only our election process is religiously observed with clear minds and clean hearts.

Pilipina ako pinanganak at lumaki sa Pasay City Philippines. Ama ko si Alijandro Badeo ang ama nya ay si Graciano Badeo na tiga Tacloban Leyte. Ang naging asawa ni Graciano Badeo pangalan ay Alijandra Adiao na taga Manila. Nawalan sila ng communication ng dumating ang 2nd world war. Ang ama ko naman na si Alijandro Badeo ay napatay ng Hapon nuong !943 (Open City ang Maynila)Bago namatay ang nanay ko naikwento nya sa akin ang storya ng buhay ng lolo Graciano at hindi ko rin naasikaso nung nandun pa ako sa Pinas. Salamat sa Modern technology (Computer) at natagpuan ko itong Samar News.com/message nagbkasakali akong ma cntact ko mga ilang kamaganak ng ama ko mga Badeo sa Leyte.

With the 2010 Election just days away I would have thought that the message board traffic would be extensive. I do not wan't to sound disrespectful to anyone here but the lack of comment can only mean one thing. Few people care what the election results will be.

It is just one more rude awakening for me that politics is destined to remain business as usual for years to come.

There are so many things that make the Philippines an unfriendly / hostile / not cost effective investment environment and why nothing is going to change anytime soon.

1. We must fix the 1987 Constitution were foreign investment is welcomed and rewarded in the form of 100% ownership.

2. Our electric rates are the highest in Asia

3. Our petroleum products are cost prohibitive that increase the cost of living, transportation, and add additionally a VAT tax that does not equate to infrastructure enhancement.

4. Our water supply is inadequate to support both water for drinking and significant power production

5. The CHINA & TAIWAN trade agreement is going to hasten job reduction both at home for our college graduates and abroad for OFW's.

6. The policy of paying back new debt incurred by 2 storms within 6 years is only going to slow down the economy over the next 6 years while increasing the unemployment rate.

7. Any business doing a simple cost analysis will avoid the Philippines. This includes the 13 months pay for 12 months of work law.

8. The BIR "Gestapo" does not take into consideration the customs fees businesses pay for the importation of retailed products and really financially cripples the business owners that they audit. (First hand info and experience)

9. The local court system is nothing short of an extended extortion clinic where a local theft case can occur in Jan of 2007 and still not see the light of day as of present day. The Atty fees and filing fees that have been paid far exceed the loss that was incurred. (One example of many)

10. The 10% graft that occurs at least 4 times for every local infrastructure project ends up in either substandard work or... 140% funding.

11. Jobs need to be at home so we stop raising broken families.

12. Our K - 10 Basic Education system produces and end product of a 40 percent dependency on the Government. (Drop outs) We must have a K - 12 system to be on an even playing field with the rest of the world.

13. Our... over population issue is only going to worsen as more people join the ranks of the poor continually diminishing our national literacy and increasing the unemployment rate.

I have just touched some of the highlights..... I just wish the active brains at UP and other campuses and our elected officials would see what we see!

Hi Felisa,

Prayer for Authentic Political Involvement and for Good Governance to Reign in our Land (in Samar)

One God and Loving Father of us all. We call on you who are the source of all goodness, unity and peace.

In few weeks from now we shall be electing our national and local leaders. Graciously hear our supplication for an actual elections next month; and that it may be credible, honest, meaningful and peaceful.

Let candidates who have only the best interest of Your people win in the elections. Candidates who can defend and promote life in all its stages. Candidates who will uphold peace and non-violence. Candidates who will truly exercise preference for Your poor people and not resort to graft, fraud and deception.

Lord free us from malicious people. Those leaders who have evil intent for Your people. Those who have nothing to offer but to extort the resources of Your Land; those who are violent, and those who flaunt power, money and authority.

Panginoon, iligtas mo po kami sa lahat ng mga magnanakaw, na walang hanap kundi ang magnakaw sa kaban ng bayan; na siyang nagdudulot ng kahirapan sa nakararami. Iligtas mo po kami sa mga kandidatong walang tunay na hangarin kundi ang gumamit ng salapi at karahasan, mga kandidatong sakim, gahaman sa pera, at mapang-api.

Ginoo, nangangamuyo kami -- kami nga mga Samarenos-- nga diri na unta maghadi an mga kawatan dinhi ha amon dapit: an mga kawatan han amon dignidad, an mga kawatan han amon kauswagan, an mga kawatan han amon kahimyang, an mga kawatan han amon mag-upay nga mga inop.

Ginoo nga Diyos, gin-aaro namon ini ha imo, bisan pa kon ini nagkikinahanglan hin usa nga milagro. Ihatag gad nangangamuyo kami, in ungod nga milagro dinhi ha Samar, kon ini an mas labi nga makaka-upay ha amon, ug labi nga makakapasidungog han imo Diosnon nga Ngaran.

Pasaylo man kami, kay kami liwat madali mahugay hin salapi ug kagamhanan, ug maiha magsalikway han buwa ug maraut. Pasaylo-a kami, tungod han damo nga higayon amon ginbabaligya an amon sagrado nga botos, ug agsub kami mag-hulat hin kapalit o balor han amon mga desisyon nga daw an amon dignidad katumbas la hin pira ka salapi.

Ginoo, pasaylo-a kami nga mamburutos, tungod han amon pagtahub ug pag-ugop han karautan, imbes nga ikondena ini sugad han imo sugo, basi an Imo kamaupay an dayuday maghadi ha amon.

O Diyos namon nagsering ka: "Malipayon adton diri-nagsusunod han waydong han mga magraut, kundi naglalakat dida han lagda han Ginoo" (Psalm 1:1), karuyag namon maglakat na dida han imo dalan: an dalan han kalinaw, paghigugma, pagka-maupay, katadungan, pag-aro-angbit, pagpaubos.

Ginoo natuod kami nga gawas ha imo, waray namon ungod nga kahimyang, waray ungod nga kadaugan han sala ug panulay. Pabilin gad dinhi ha amon huna-huna ug dumdum basi dayuday Ikaw an maghadi ha amo kinabuhi.

Ini ngatanan amon iginpapadangat ha Imo, ha Ngaran ni Jesu Kristo imo Anak, amon Ginoo ug Manunubos, upod kan Maria Santisima, Iroy han maupay nga Kasalagdunan. Amen.

To Chito de la Torre
Re:  Removal of Punong Barangay from Barangay Council

Local Elections

Well another election is just days away now. Here are some observations by myself. The amount of political whoring is staggering. There is not true party loyalty. People that were Lakas Kampi Lakas CMD are now mostly LP members. This fact alone speaks volumes about just how ineffective the political system is in the Philippines.

Political candidates are flooding barangays that are having fiesta celebrations with posters and mobile sound vehicles that alter the true meaning of the Fiesta itself. The political jingles are nothing but stolen intellectual property rights. I would venture to say that 100 percent of the political candidates have not paid a single peso in royalties due to the intellectual property owners.

As for the opposing candidates messages. It is virtually same old stuff different day. The current incumbents are not doing a good job and I will do better. Then there is the promise yet again of a financial wind fall for those willing to be stupid enough to toss out their conscience and vote for a candidate that clearly does not have chance to win. Then post election they don't get a single peso for selling their political soul. These same people have done this for at least the last 3 elections yet they are so naive to have done it once again. Some people never ever learn.

There has been the PAID removal of an incumbents or leading candidates posters by the opposition. If there is one thing we can say about local politics is that the circus comes to town every election season. In Tacloban and in Leyte we see Romauldez posters everywhere with no less than 4 dynasty candidates on the ticket. I can easily predict that at least 3 of the 4 of them will be elected and that the local corruption in Tacloban will continue perpetuated by the Romauldez family for yet another term. All one has to do is look at all of the problems in the new bus terminal THEY created and have ensured the mismanagement of that bus terminal. The difference in stall fees between the public market and the new bus terminal is not noticed at the City Treasurers Office. The Tacloban dome is a 4000 seat Death trap that would never pass a rookie Fire Marshals' Inspection. The only way out i.e Emergency Exit is to go UP into the heat or fire and then down the stairs in the event of a Fire. It will never have a large venue and the tickets will always be over priced for big names due to limited seating. We can thank the Romauldez family for all of these blunders in Tacloban. Does Tacloban have an adequate water supply? Can we park comfortably in Tacloban? Is Tacloban a safe city? I think we all know the answers to these questions. Again.. I predict a landslide SOS different day election win for the people that have mismanaged and stolen from Taclobanos and Leyte for over 4 decades.