(Speech delivered before the Kilosbayan-Bantay
Katarungan Joint Forum at the Jose P. Laurel Hall of Freedom, Lyceum
University, Intramuros, Manila, 26 July 2007.)
By Senator MAR ROXAS
THREE
days after President Arroyo delivered her State-of-the-Nation Address,
we continue to try and decipher from her remarks what it all meant in
terms of a national framework for collective action.
Valid hopes have been raised by our national leadership. But despair continues to fester among our people.
Yes, there is payback for some, but the multitude
remains left out, disconnected from the nominal accomplishments
enumerated by the President.
Noong Lunes, napakinggan natin ang SONA.
Ngayon naman aking hinahandog po sa inyo ang "SANA"… sana mangyari na
sa ating bansa. O kung ayaw niyo ang SANA, siguro ang SOPA – State of
the Palengke Address.
Ang agenda ng Pangulo at ng pamunuhan ay dapat hindi lumayo sa agenda ng palengke.
Ang huntahan sa kanto, sa sari-sari store, sa
karinderya, sa bawat tahanan ay dapat dalhin sa pambansang entablado
kung saan malayang makakalahok at mapapakinggan ang hinagpis, ang
pangarap at panukala ng bawat Pilipino.
Again eto na naman ang isang halimbawa ng pagrurunung-runungan ng isang politico... Palagi na lang pagtuligsa sa gobyerno at sa mga programa nito... Hindi kaya mas mabuti (lalo na sa isang Elected official) na imbes na patuloy tayo mag ubos ng oras kakahanap ng butas at pagkakamali eh ibaling natin ang ating atensyon sa pakikiramay sa pagsulong ng ating bansa. Hayaan na natin sa mga mahilig mag-rally sa kalye ang pag-"tira" or pag-"banat" sa pamunuan. Masyadong marami na ang kumokontra. Magsimula tayong kumilos. Ika nga ng mga kabataan sa ngayon we should walk the talk.
Para sa akin ang SONA ay isang daan para hindi lamang ipaalam sa bansa ang kalagayan ng bansa. Ito ay isang mabisang paraan rin upang pataasin ang morale ng sambayanan. Oo maaaring may mga nakalimutang puntos na dapat nasabi sa SONA, lalo na sa negatibong isyu. Bakit hindi natin hayaan na mas maraming positibong usapin ang mangibabaw. Besides, sa hirap ng buhay ngayon hindi na natin kailangan i-remind pa ang sarili natin na mataas ang rate ng extra-judicial killings, na marami pa rin pamilya ang hindi nakakakain ng tatlong bese isang araw at marami pa rin namamalimos na bata sa kalye. Ang kailangan natin ay morale boost. Something positive. Makapagbigay man lang ng kahit katiting na pag-asa sa ating mga kababayan.
Tama na ang pagmamarunong. Oo nga meron tayong laya sa pananalita at opinyon. Pero sana isipin natin ang maaaring maging outcome ng ating mga pinagsasabi. Our words might cause further divisions among the Filipinos in an already dissevered country. Ngayon pa na unti-unti ng naaaninag ang pag-asa ng bukas, bakit pa tayo mag-aaklas. Magkaisa na lang. Sumuporta. Magtrabaho. Iwasan ang sisihan. Punan ang kahinaan kung saan mayroon. Itama ang mali sa pamamagitan ng aksyon at hindi ng bayolenteng reaksyon. Iwasan ang sobrang diskusyon at debate. Minsan mas mabuti ang hatid ng sipag at tyaga kaysa sa pagiging "super-pilosopo". Mayroong mapupulot na aral ang ating mga senior officials sa mga kabataan... We must walk our talk. Not just talk and talk. Aim high. Expand your horizon. Don't just limit ourselves to what we think we see. See through the walls of limitations. Listen, don't just hear. Think outside the box. Act as one. Succeed as one.
Isa pa. Iwasan sana ang pagkukumpara ng bansa natin sa isang palengke! We should be proud of our country and compare it not to any enterprise not worth comparing to. We should be PROUD (CITIZENS) not LOUD.
Itong isang secretary ko sa office eh mahilig magpigil sa pagtawa... Halata siya pag nagbabasa lang ng forwarded jokes sa e-mail kasi nakalabas ang ipin at nagpipigil sa pagtawa...ang sagwa ng hitsura... Kaya kung natatawa ka na rin lang eh itawa mo na. Bumunghalit ka na! Todo mo na sabi nga ni Ruffa Mae. Kasi kung hindi eto ang maaaring mangyari sa yo:
Mag LAKI - liit - LAKI - liit ang butas ng ilong mo (OoOoOo) kasi ang extra hangin na exhale mo sa ilong lahat ang labas.
Kumalog pataas - pababa ang mga balikat (nanginginig) mo na parang inaatake ka ng hasthma sabi nga ng Pampangeño.
Mapautot ka ng malakas. Hindi mo na makokontrol ang utot mo pag kinokontrol mo ang pagtawa believe me. Pag nakaya mo yan bilib ako sa yo.
Mapa-ipot ka (parang manok). See number three.
Atakihin ka sa puso at mamatay on the spot.
Kung lalaki ka naman, maaaring isang cause ng pagliit ng patotoy. Napatunayan na ito sa maraming scientific experiments na ginawa ni Dr. Xerex.
Hindi mo rin makayanan at mapatawa ka with your mouth producing a sound like that of utot...with your saliva (and uhog kung may sipon ka) expelling violently from your mouth.
Mabasa ang kilikili mo kasi mataas na energy ang ginagamit ng katawan natin pag nagpipigil tayo ng mga natural sa atin. Parang pag nagpipigil ka sa pag-ebs.
Malunok mo ang pustiso mo maging sanhi ng pagka choke at pagkamatay.
Hindi mo rin makayanan at tumalsik ang pustiso mo parang si Allan K.
Kung pagod ka na sa kakabasa ng mga bad news about our country eh dapat mo ng bisitahin ang goodnewspilipinas.com. Dito nothing but good news ang makikita mo that will certainly make your day brighter.
Dito ako nagbabasa kapag bloated na ko sa mga balitang katulad ng mga sumusunod:
Ilan lang yan sa mga good news na mababasa sa goodnewspilipinas.com. Kaya bumisita na dito at ng magkaroon ng kahit kaunting positive aura sa iyong araw!
Wrong timing naman itong dry spell na nararanasan sa Pilipinas. Kung kailan unti unting nakakaahon ang ating bansa sa kahirapan (totoo yan! mabagal nga lang) eh andito na naman ang mga forces of nature para tayo ay hadlangan sa pag-abante. Idagdag pa ang pagputok ng Mount Bulusan...pero ibang istorya na ito. With the drought that we are experiencing now in the Philippines (Luzon primarily), the President allotted P664 million for the predicted effect to agriculture and livestock sectors. Another big sum of money will be allotted for irrigation rehabilitation program for the affected places to counter future occurances of this drought. Department of Agriculture and the National Irrigation Administration will not be short of budget as calamity funds can also be utilized if necessary.
Some of the steps to be done to fight the drought are the following:
Pagbili ng assorted vegetable seeds na mabubuhay sa limited water supply
Pagpapagawa ng mga shallow tube wells
Ayan panibagong pagkakagastusan na naman ng gobyerno. Tsk. Imbes na sa mga mas mahahalagang bagay ilaan ang pondo napupunta dito sa epekto ng tag tuyot. Marami pang mararanasan na ganitong krisis kung patuloy na hindi magbabago ang tao sa pagsira ng kalikasan.
Last night, the hopes of millions of Filipinos were dashed as the Jordan NT crashed Team Pilipinas 84-76. Really, I thought from the start that trying to adopt the "international style of play" was not such a good idea. Why? Because our players are not used to doing that. They all play in a PRO basketball league using PRO rules and format. This is somewhat like what happened to Team USA in the last tournaments where they were simply outplayed by their opponents. How about this...next time just know the rules..the amateur rules. Do not start from scratch and pretend to master the "international style of play". Instead go with the Pinoy basketball strength. The true style of Pinoy ballplayers. Go with what we already have in your system. It's just a basketball game anyway. I believe any style of offense and defense can suit any game as long as necessary adjustments are made before and during game time. Go with what we know already. Enhance it more. Master it. Instead of trying real hard to learn another way in a short period of time. Over preparation in a contracted schedule tends to bring in much injuries and stress. Look at what happened to some of the keyplayers like Seigle, Yap, Helterbrand. Seigle wasn't able to show his wares. Yap wasn't even chosen (because of typical bulok mentality Chot resorted into..gut feeling packingshet!). Helterbrand only played sparingly..well Jimmy Alapag was brilliant anyway.
Too much expectations also brought too much pressure on our team. Why? It's the Olympic slot that's at stake! Not only that. Team Pilipinas has been given too much limelight. Yeah basketball is the nation's favorite sport when Manny Pacquiao is not bruising opponents in the square ring... but really shouldn't we just let them play loose next time. Enough of the public media hype and over strident hoopla goal demands. Let the next Team Pilipinas focus on the objective.
As the level of competition goes up, so does our hunger to be back on top of Asian Basketball be. Let's start anew. Learn from these painful mistakes made in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championships. Never lose hope because one day we will again get to where we were once...the top seat in Asian basketball heavens. We will bring home the bacon next time. Right now we fell short, but Juan De La Cruz is as proud as anyone can be because he knows everybody in Team Pilipinas did his very best.
Pambansang Hayop: Kalabaw (Carabao or Water Buffalo)
Pambansang Palaro: Sipa - Luma na at dapat ng palitan. Boksing kaya (see number 15)?
Pambansang Sayaw: Cariñosa
Pambansang Bahay: Bahay Kubo (Nipa Hut) - Simbolo lang siguro ito dahil hindi ito ugma at praktikal sa dami ng bagyo na dumadaan sa Pilipinas taon taon.
Pambansang Puno: Narra (Pterocarpus Indicus)
Pambansang Ulam: Lechon - sa hirap ng buhay ngayon dapat tinapa o tuyo o daing o kaya pwede rin dilis. Asin pwede kaya?
Para sa mga walang magawa sa buhay at bored na...mag aral na lang ng konstitusyon...Baka sakaling maging spokesperson pa kayo ng susunod na sisikat na grupo ng mga protesters na mahilig mag-salita ng mga words na: Unconstitutional!
Eto simulan dito...
The 1973 Constitution as amended
In Philippine Law Gazette,
Vol. 9, No.5, November 1986. Special Issue. Manila: V.B. Foz. Appendix A, Pp. 76-108.
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY: The 1973 Constitution as amended, consists of a preamble and
17 articles, contains three essential parts: Part I) constitution on
liberty in Articles II, III, IV, and VI; Part 2) constitution on
government, which contains provisions on the organization and powers of
the government (Arts. VII to XII); and Part 3) the constitution on
sovereignty, which enumerates the manner by which changes in the
constitution may be instituted (Art. XVI). The Constitution provides
for a [seemingly] parliamentary form of government, where the President
is the symbolic head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of
government. The Prime Minister, who is nominated by the President, acts
as head of the Cabinet. Legislative power is vested in the Batasang
Pambansa. It also provides for the establishment of the Civil Service
Commission, the Commission on Elections, and the Commission on Audit.
Written by Jack Victor M. Nera; Edited by Grace Estela C. Mateo, Ph. D.
NOTES: On 22 September 1976, President Marcos issued Presidential
Decree No. 1033 which proposed certain amendments to the 1973
Constitution. These proposals were later ratified and included in the
1973 Constitution. The amendments provide for the replacement of the
National Assembly with the Batasang Pambansa; it also states that the
incumbent President of the Philippines shall be the Prime Minister, and
shall continue to exercise both executive and legislative powers until
Martial Law is lifted.
With the adoption of the 1981
Constitutional amendments on 7 April 1981, the President was restored
from a symbolic head of state to its original status as the head of
state and chief executive of the country. The amended Constitution also
grants the President several powers and functions which were originally
vested in the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The 1984 constitutional
amendments were the last to be adopted in the Constitution before the
February 22-25 EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986, and the subsequent
adoption of the 1986 “Freedom Constitution.”
Preamble
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Divine
Providence, in order to establish a Government that shall embody our
ideals, promote the general welfare, conserve and develop the patrimony
of our Nation, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings
of democracy under a regime of justice, peace, liberty, and equality,
do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
Siguro kung ako ay darating sa point na unti unti ng nagrerecede ang hair line ko eh magpapakatotoo na ako at mag skin head or baldie look na ako. It's all or nothing kumbaga. Tipid sa shampoo at conditioner... Hindi ko pakikintabin kasi malaki ang ulo ko at baka magmukha akong isang bombilya bwahaha. Sana lang eh wag dumating yung point na yun na ako ay below 50 pa lang... Kung hindi eh baka gumamit ako ng shampoo na pangkabayo. Ayoko ng peluka baka maging kamukha ko si Eddie Gil!
Makakalaban na rin lang natin ang Team Jordan mamaya as we bid for the next stage ng FIBA Asia 2007 Championships...mabuti na sigurong pag-aralan natin ang kanilang roster. Medyo mas mataas ang kanilang average height sa ating roster ngunit mas athletic ang Pinoy ballplayers natin. Sanay na sila sa amateur rules and international competitions...tayo ay nagsisimula pa lang matuto. Ranked 56th ang Jordan sa FIBA list while Philippines is ranked 65th lang.
Players to watch out for:
Rasheim Wright - a naturalized Jordanian who grew up in Pennsylvania, USA. Scored 40 pts in their win against China but struggled against Iran scoring just 9 pts. His field goal percentage is very impressive at 62.5% (15/24 FG). Free throw shooting is a bit suspect as he was just hitting his freebies at only 60% clip (9/15 FT). Averages 3 TO a game.
Enver Soobzokov - Didn't contribute too much in the China game but was a factor (aside from his 5 TOs) in their second game against Iran with his 3-point shooting bagging four from beyond the arc. Team Pilipinas should not leave this guy open from three point land.
Zaid Al-Khas - This guy can hurt Team Pilipinas from the low post and even from afar. His inside-outside game is good enough to cause havoc in our defense. Team Pilipinas should just let him throw away those three point shots as he is prone to being trigger happy and his percentage from downtown is just 23.5%. He should be boxed out very well everytime he's inside the lane looking for rebounds.
Islam Abbaas - The rebounding demon and enforcer of the Jordanian national squad. He snatched 10 offensive rebounds and 7 defensive rebounds for a total of 17 when Jordan beat China. This guy should be boxed out by at least two Pinoy ballplayer when a shot was released in the air. Although his performance in the rebounding department was stellar the first time, he did not saw that much action in their game against Iran. Is he injured?
***Jordainian frontlines Al-Khas and Idais (though has never seen too much action thus far) can both play inside and outside. Our defense has to step up.
Last time Team Pilipinas faced Jordan (Jones Cup, 06-Jul-2007), we lost by just four points. Here's the boxscore from that game:
Jordan (74): Almaayta 18, Idais 15, Daghles 9,Alkhas 8, Wright 8, Abbas 6, Sobzoko 5, Al-Sous 3, Abbas 2, Anajjar 0
Head Coach: Mario PALMA - Portugese coach who led Angola National Team to 200 and 2004 Olympics. Assistant Coach: Mario GOMES Team Manager: Yanal ALKHAS
