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THIS MORNING I WENT TO QUEZON CITY LEGAL OFFICE TO CHECK THE LEGALITY OF A CITY ORDINANCE FILED BY MY BOSS, COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V.MEDALLA REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING COCKFIGHTING AND OTHER SIMILAR GAMES DURING FIESTA CELEBRATIONS IN THE BARANGAYS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF QUEZON CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. THE SERVICE ELEVATOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR FLOOR IS UNDER REPAIR SO I NEED TO RIDE OTHER COACH UP TO 5TH FLOOR AND FROM THERE USE THE STAIRS GOING TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR. MY OBSERVANT EYES TAKE NOTICE OF AN ARTICLE POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD OF THE PERSONNEL OFFICE ENTITLED JUST FOR A LAUGH.  AS I READ THE ARTICLE, I LEARNED THAT IT IS ABOUT THE STORY OF A PROBLEMATIC MAN WHO WENT TO A BAR JUST TO RELAX AND UNWIND HIMSELF. HE ORDERED A BOTTLE OF BEER AND AS HE SIP ON IT THE OWNER OF THE BAR NOTICE THAT THE MAN IS CRYING SO THE BAR OWNER APPROACH THE GUY TO OFFER HIS HELPING HAND. THE GUY WAS SO ASHAMED OF HIMSELF....

IF YOU HAPPEN TO SPEND YOUR REST AND RECREATION IN WHITE SAND BEACH RESORT OF PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES, YOUR DAY WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED WITHOUT SEEING THE FIERY PERFORMANCE OF FIRE DANCERS OF PUERTO GALERA WHO DANCES TO ENTERTAIN THEIR GUESTS ON DONATION BASIS ONLY. THIS VIDEO IS COURTESY OF MY FRIEND MS. FRANCES KATHLEEN REYES FERRER. I PERSONALLY ENJOY THIS AND HOPE THAT MY READERS WILL ALSO LIKE IT. SO ENJOY WATCHING THIS VIDEO.

IF YOU LOOK FOR A PLACE WHERE TO SPEND YOUR PRECIOUS MOMENT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY I SUGGEST YOU TO VISIT THIS TINY BUT LOVELY PLACE OF BOHOL. I PERSONALLY VISITED THE PLACE AND ROAM AROUND IN EVERY TOWN I CAN AFFORD TO VISIT.  I NEED TO SEE WHAT BOHOL'S CAN OFFER ME JUST FOR ONE DAY USING MOTOR BIKE. FROM LOON AS MY HOME BASE (ONE OF BOHOL'S TOWN) I START AT 6AM  AND VISITED 14 TOWNS OF BOHOL. :

EVEN BEFORE THE CURTAIN OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WAS FINALLY OPENED, CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA OF THE SUPREME COURT WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE EYES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAINLY DUE TO 45 REAL ESTATES PROPERTIES HE ALLEGEDLY OWNED.  THIS INFORMATION SPREAD LIKE A VIRUS CORRUPTING THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF EVERY READERS YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. BASED ON THIS, THEY ALREADY CONDEMNED THE CHIEF JUSTICE. BUT EVERY STORY ACCORDING TO SOME HAD ALWAYS TWO SIDES PROBABLY MORE, SO BEFORE JUMPING INTO  ANY CONCLUSION WE SHOULD HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY FIRST. THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO PARTLY WATCHED THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS WHEN ADMINISTRATOR EULALIO DIAZ III OF THE LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY WAS SCOLDED BY SENATOR-JUDGES FOR PRODUCING UNVERIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT INCRIMINATES SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA AND RUINED HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION. IT IS VERY CLEAR FROM THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESS WHO HAPPENS, B...

THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND OFFICERS  OF THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL, AT THE LAST HOUR, FINALLY DECIDED TO SPEND THEIR LONG OVERDUE  REST AND RECREATION IN THE WHITE SAND BEACH OF PUERTO GALERA, MINDORO ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES. I WAS ONE OF THOSE PRIVILEGE STAFF WHO HAD SEEN THE AWESOME BEAUTY OF THIS ISLAND THAT IS AN OPEN SECRET TO FOREIGNERS WHO FREQUENTLY VISITED THE PLACE TO UNWIND AND RECHARGE THEMSELVES FROM THE DAILY ROUTINE OF LIFE. WHILE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH I HAVE A RARE CHANCE TO SEE THE SUN ALMOST KISSED THE SEA. I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THIS ON FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. THOUGH MY DIGITAL CAMERA IS NOT SOPHISTICATED COMPARED TO OTHERS BUT I LET IT CAPTURED THIS SCENE WHICH I CALLED SUNSET IN PUERTO GALERA. THIS IS ONE OF THE AWESOME PANORAMIC BEAUTY THE ISOLATED ISLAND OF PUERTO GALERA OFFERED  ITS GUESTS AND VISITORS BEFORE THE PLACE WAS TOTALLY COVERED BY DARKNESS TO START A NEW ACTIVITY IN THE ISLAND WERE DIFFERENT LIGHTS DANCED TO THE TUNE OF MUSIC. P...

FOR SOME, SENATOR MERRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO ALWAYS GO OVERBOARD. VERY VOCAL ABOUT WHAT SHE FEELS AND WHAT SHE THINKS NOT MINDING WHAT OTHER  PEOPLE  WOULD THINK ABOUT HER. BUT LIKE THE REST OF US SHE IS ONLY HUMAN SUSCEPTIBLE OR EASILY AFFECTED BY SOMETHING. FOR THIS VERY SIMPLE REASON, THE DRAGON LADY FROM ILOILO IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN WENT BALLISTIC WHEN THE PROSECUTION WITHDRAWN THE FIVE (5) OTHER ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THEIR IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA AND REBUKED THEM FOR BEING ILL- PREPARED TO PRESENT THEIR CASE TO THE FULLEST AND TO THEIR UTMOST BEST AS GOVERNMENT PROSECUTORS. THOUGH AT SOME EXTENT OF HER SPEECH OR THE CLERGY PEOPLE MAY CALLED IT HOMILY IS NOT VERY PLEASANT OR IRRITATING TO ONES EARS, BUT AT THE END A SUPERB HUMOR IS ALWAYS BEEN ADDED TO LESSEN ITS IMPACT ESPECIALLY TO AFFECTED OR CONCERNED GROUPS OR INDIVIDUAL WHERE THE MESSAGE WAS MEANT FOR. SHE USED WAH! AS AN EXPRESSION OF DIS-BELIEF AND FRUSTRATION THAT TH...

GERONTOPHOBIA IS THE TERM USED FOR FEAR OF GETTING OLD WHICH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF. BUT IT IS INEVITABLE A FACTS OF LIFE THAT CANNOT BE  IGNORED, CHANGED OR ALTERED. YES, SCIENCE PROLONGS THE YOUNGER LOOKING OF SOME BUT ONLY FOR A LIMITED EXTENSION OF TIME. THE YOUTH FULLNESS WILL SURELY FADE AWAY.  .SOME OLDER PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE LITTLE LEFT AND THEIR LIFE IS NEARING TO DEATH. BUT THIS IS NOT SO WITH SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE WHO STOOD TALL IN THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AGAINST CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONADO CORONA WHO'S RULING UNDENIABLY FAIR TO BOTH PARTY CONCERNED. AT 88, SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE PROVED TO THE NATION AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT SENIOR CITIZEN LIKE HIM WILL ALWAYS BE AS SHINNING AS OUR YOUTH OF TODAY. HE WAS MOLDED BY HIS EXPERIENCE AND WELL CRAFTED BY THE CHANGING TIMES. I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME IN SAYING THAT NOTHING WILL BE LIKE HIM. THIS WILL BE HIS BRIGHTEST MOMENT AT "88" AND HE WILL ALWAYS...

I FOR ONE COMMEND THE FIRM STAND MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SECRETARY LEILA DE LIMA FOR STANDING HER GROUND AS THE WITNESS OF THE PROSECUTION TEAM AGAINST THE CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONADO CORONA WITH REGARDS TO ARTICLE 7 OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ALLEGEDLY SHOWING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA IN THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO FORMER PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO ET.AL. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL, SECRETARY DE LIMA NARRATED THE STORY OF HOW  THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHOW HIS IMPARTIALITY IN THE IST, 2ND AND 3RD EN BANC RESOLUTION BUT SHE RELIED HEAVILY ON THE DISSENTING OPINION OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SERENO TO PROVE HER ALLEGATION. ALTHOUGH HER NARRATIVE STAND AS IT IS BUT IT CANNOT BE USED AS EVIDENCE BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE BECAUSE SHE IS NOT BODILY PRESENT AND HAD NO DIRECT PARTICIPATION WHATSOEVER IN THE DECISION MAKING OF THE SAID RESOLUTION. THE DILEMMA OF DE LIMA WENT INTO DE...

THERE ARE SO MUCH LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS OF CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONADO CORONA FROM THE PROSECUTION PANEL, DEFENSE  TEAM, SENATOR JUDGES AND BIT PLAYERS IN THE THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS: THE LATIN PHRASE "FALSUS IN UNUM, FALSUS IN OMNIBUS" WHICH TRANSLATES, FALSE IN ONE THING, FALSE IN ALL THINGS OR LIED IN ONE PARTICULAR LIED IN ALL PARTICULARS.  THESE WERE THE WORDS USED BY THE BRILLIANT SENATOR JUDGE, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO WITH REGARDS TO THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE PROSECUTION PANEL IN LINE WITH THE ANNEXED DOCUMENT ABOUT THE LEAKAGE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE BANK RECORDS WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF BANK SECRECY LAW.  IF THIS IS THE ONLY PARAMETER OF THE LAW IN DETERMINING THE CULPRIT THEN I WILL ACQUIT THE CHIEF JUSTICE FOR PRESENTING SPURIOUS EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM BY THE PROSECUTION PANEL. A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT LIKE BANK RECORDS WILL NOT LAND INTO SOMEONE'S HAND WITHOUT A MASTER MIND BEHIND IT.

ON MY SIDE TRIP TO MINDANAO, I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE THE SIMPLICITY OF LIFE OF OUR PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS WONDERFUL BUT SOULFUL PARADISE OF BUKIDNON WHICH WAS CALLED THE FOOD BASKET OF MINDANAO. THE PLACE WAS SO QUIET AND SO PEACEFUL IT IS SURROUNDED BY DIFFERENT PLANTATIONS AND RIVERS THAT IRRIGATES THE WHOLE PLANTATIONS AND PROVIDES ELECTRICITY FOR ITS INHABITANTS THE SCHOOLS WERE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND PROBABLY THE MOST VISIBLE EDIFICES IN BUKIDNON.  FAMOUS LANDMARK A CLASS OF ITS OWN. PANORAMIC BEAUTY BUKIDNON IS A HOME OF THE FINEST AND SWEETEST PINEAPPLE IN THE COUNTRY.

FROM THE START THOSE PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE RIVERBANKS ENDANGER THEMSELVES FROM BEING WIPED OUT BY A MIGHTY RUSHING WATERS MITIGATED BY EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINS AND A VERY POWERFUL WINDS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CRUSHING ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT STANDS AGAINST THEIR PATH . IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME, THAT SIMILAR EVENTS LIKE THIS WILL STRIKES AGAIN IN OUR MOST CONVENIENT TIME. 

FOLK DANCE IS A FORM OF DANCE DEVELOPED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REFLECTS CERTAIN CULTURE, TRADITION AND BELIEFS. FOLK DANCE IS A GREAT EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. IT IS EASY TO LEARN BUT ITS STYLE AND ELEGANCE WILL NEVER FADE AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBER EVEN BY NEW GENERATION. WE CONSIDERS FOLK DANCE AS A UNIQUE HERITAGE OF OUR PEOPLE. IT IS EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE AND PRACTICE BY OUR PEOPLE EVERY TIME WE HAVE SPECIAL OCCASIONS REMINDING US HOW RICH WE ARE IN TERMS OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE. WE SALUTE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE CITY DIVISION SCHOOLS OF QUEZON CITY, THE DIFFERENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OF QUEZON CITY, THE SANGUNIANG KABATAAN OF QUEZON CITY LED BY SK FEDERATION PRESIDENT/ COUNCILOR DE GUZMAN FOR TAKING PART, ORGANIZING AND HOSTING THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES. WE, FILIPINOS ARE VERY UNIQUE PEOPLE AND ONE OF A KIND. SOMEONE SAID, "THE PHILIPPINES BECOME THE WEST -TEMPERED EAST".   ...

IN 2012, I PAID A VISIT TO THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN, WAO LANAO DEL SUR.  MINDANAO WAS ALSO KNOW AS THE PROMISE LAND OF THE PHILIPPINES. AND WHY NOT MINDANAO IS A PARADISE TO MANY. PEACEFUL AND SERENE AS IT MAY LOOK BUT DEEP INSIDE THE HEART OF ITS PEOPLE LIES A CENTURY OLD GRUDGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR BEING MUTE AND BLIND TO HEAR AND SEE THEIR CONCERNS. I NEVER IMAGINE THAT I CAN VISIT THIS TINY BUT LOVELY MUNICIPALITY OF WAO LANAO DEL SUR, A PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN. I LIKE TO STAY THERE LONGER BUT I CAN NOT DO SO BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO STAY AND IF IT SAFE FOR ME TO STAY THERE BECAUSE THOUGH I WAS BORN THERE BUT I WAS RAISED IN RIZAL PROVINCE. MY PARENTS WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST SETTLERS IN THIS MUNICIPALITY, TRYING TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY BUT DURING THAT TIME ACCORDING TO MY PARENTS ACCOUNT IT IS A NO MAN’S LAND. THE MUSLIMS NATIVE OF WAO RESISTED THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHRISTIANS AND REJECTED THEM TO BE A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY. A C...

THIS PICTURES WERE TAKEN LAST JANUARY 3, 2012, ALMOST 2 WEEKS AFTER TROPICAL STORM SENDONG STORMED CAGAYAN DE ORO. THE RIVER SEEMS SO QUIET AS IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER SWALLOWING THOUSANDS OF LIVES.

LONG BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, I DECIDED TO SPEND MY NEW YEAR IN CAGAYAN DE ORO THE SO-CALLED  "GOLDEN CITY OF FRIENDSHIP" AND TO SEE THE SCENIC BEAUTY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO'S FAMOUS RIVER AND TO PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE THE ONCE IN A LIFE TIME ADVENTURE AND THE THRILLS OF  "THE WHITE RIVER RAFTING."  I RUSHED TO AIR PHILIPPINES TICKETING OFFICE IN CUBAO, QUEZON CITY TO AVAIL OF THEIR PROMOS AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THE DATE OF DECEMBER 28, 2011 AS MY DEPARTURE DATE FROM MANILA TO CAGAYAN DE ORO. BUT TROPICAL STORM "SENDONG" WAS WAY WAY AHEAD OF ME DESTROYING THE CITY'S INHABITANTS LIVING NEAR THE RIVER BANKS. THE ENTIRE CITY MOURNS FOR LOSING PRECIOUS LIVES AND PROPERTIES AND MY SYMPATHY GOES WITH THEM ESPECIALLY TO THE FAMILY WHO LOST THEIR LOVE ONES. THESE WERE SOME OF THE  SCENARIOS AFTER THE RIVER GOES WILD. THE HOUSES WERE WASHED OUT, THOUSAND WERE DEAD STILL OTHERS WERE MISSING AND PRESUMED TO BE DEAD. SURVIVING FAMILIES...