Bulan’s “Blood” Sand
Weeks ago, incessant rains claim at least 20 lives and left over a thousand families homeless in Bulan’s adjacent towns of Magallanes and Juban as well as barangay San Roque, Bulusan. A great mass of earth denuded by loggers (I’m not sure if they are “illegal” loggers since both the laws of rebel NPA and infidel PNP tolerate rape of our forests) collapsed and buried the Barangays of Incarisan in Magallanes, and certain barangays of Juban.
In Bulan, barangays San Vicente and Managa-naga, flood waters rose to a record high of at least 4 feet deep. The “elite” Immaculate Conception subdivision (built along historic Banuang Daan River) was practically underwater when the continuous rains of February rose to a little less than 5 feet deep eroding the river bank together with the several houses built alongside.
The same was true with the over-rated Villa Las Palmas subdivision which looked like a lagoon after heavy rains poured over the province. The Villa Las Palmas experience, however, was not a surprise to many. The area is a natural catch-basin for Sta. Remedios rainwaters and the nearby Calomagon and San Juan highlands. Many even wondered why this place was converted into subdivision when even on ordinary days the area is easily flooded due to its low location.
Heaven forbid! But Bulan may just be another disaster-stricken town at the rate our coastline is being shaved-off of our precious margaha sand.
Incidentally, Fr. Josefino Bayto Chavenia or Fr. Chubby (pronounced “Choo-by”)’s first death anniversary was remembered last March 9, 2008. That day fell on a Sunday the Gospel of which is about death and resurrection – a coincidence that seemed to tell us what Fr. Chubby died for: standing up for what is right even if it meant losing his life.
Fr. Chubby knew he has a failing heart. But this he kept from those he loves. Having a heart ailment for years already, he did not talk about it. It did not even stop him from joining, nay leading, his parishioners to a “heart-straining” rally to protest the reopening of the Lafayette Mining operations in Rapu-Rapu, Albay.
That year, March 9, 2007, Fr. Chubby braved the long march around Sorsogon’s capital. He marched with the farmers, the poor, the lay people and Sorsogon’s professionals. Sadly though, along with Fr. Chubby’s death so was Sorsogon’s mass actions against what ails our country today.
Corruption in grand scale abounds. Government leaders with no shame at all parade their loot as though they’ve won it from a lottery. Calls for reform or resignation are continuously ignored.
Under the scorching heat of last year’s summer sun Father Chubby offered his life – to save our environment from the pillage of greed-driven individuals and their equally greedy partners in government.
He heeded his bishop’s call to stage a mass action in Sorsogon to protest the ongoing mining by foreign nationals in the island of Rapu-Rapu in Albay. Little did Fr. Chubby know, however, that a much the same pillage of our environment is happening in his own hometown of Bulan.
Yes, this quiet little town of Bulan is being shipped to China by its very own Papay and Mamay!
And it happened just when everybody thinks Guiming De Castro bought the town already, because of his “rumalayas na kamo sa Bulan caper”.
Well, we were all wrong. Guiming and Rosa de Castro are actually selling Bulan, tons by tons – at the expense of our very own safety.
In late 2006, ALEXANDRA MINING VENTURES purportedly secured an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to engage in quarrying of magnetite sand along the northern coastal barangays of Bulan, one of which is barangay Namo.
In one of its operations last year, Alexandra Mining shipped a total of 2,907 metric tons to Jingtang Gang, China on board M.V. “Pine Pia” and the cargo is consigned to one Wong Tai General Merchandize Ltd. of Wan Hai, Hong Kong.
Sorsogonnews checked the credentials of Alexandra Mining and found it to be holding office at No. 39 Carmel Subdivision, Project 6, Quezon City and, just like Geming’s supposed contractor of the bus terminal, Alexandra Mining is, conveniently, a “single proprietorship” owned by one CESAR ESTAYAN DETERA.
Magnetite sand is commonly known in Bulan as margaha. The beaches of Pon-od, Inararan up to Danao are covered by this magnetic sand, believed to have been carried by the waves to the shorelines from the sea. Those of us who studied grade school in Bulan must have participated in a science experiment where we discovered margaha’s magnetic qualities. Remember the speckles of margaha “dancing” on top of a sheet of paper as magnet is moved from corner to corner of the paper?
Articles in the web place the selling price of margaha in Nevada, U.S.A., ranges from $40 to $52 per kilo or Php.1,600 to Php.2,080 per kilo. If you care to compute how much 2,907 metric tons of margaha cost, roughly, it would be P6M. Considering that Alexandra Mining ships margaha to China on the average of 3,000 metric tons per quarter, Bulan would have had earned millions of pesos, too, from fees and taxes levied and assessed from Alexandra Mining.
But there’s the rub!
Barangay Namo does not receive a single centavo from Alexandra’s margaha quarrying. The quarry operators even exploit barangay folks and children by paying them a measly pay of 80 centavos for every kilo of black sand they haul from the shorelines to Alexadra’s dump site, some 300 meters away.
Sorsogonnews also managed to photograph the quarry site and saw that most of Bulan’s heavy equipment service Alexandra Mining’s operation from day one to this day. Had the rental for these equipment, like the backhoe in the picture, been properly charged and collected, Bulan’s coffers would have been enriched by at least P720,000 per quarter.
A check made with Bulan’s 2008 Annual Budget, however, reveal no such income from an obviously profitable undertaking. In 2006 (the year Alexandra Mining started its operation in Bulan), the municipality of Bulan, under the auspices of Rosa De Castro, reported a measly sum of P479.00 pesos as taxes collected from “sand, gravel and other quarry products”.
In Rosa’s approved annual budget this year (2008) income estimate for quarrying is unimaginably placed at P20,000 only – a stark contrast to the annual 24 million pesos Alexandra Mining is profiting from margaha! Pira na milyon an nawawara sa taxes and fees na dapat bayadan san paghakot san margaha pakadto sa China!
Since Bulan’s heavy equipment are being used, it is also surprising that Bulan has no income estimates for its rentals. Or is it just a scheme to keep us in the dark as to the real income of our municipal government so they can go on with their unhampered misuse of the people’s money?
Curiously, Bishop Arturo Bastes of the Diocese of Sorsogon and most of the Sorsogon clergymen who decried the La Fayette Mining in Rapu-Rapu, Albay are all quiet as to this latest environmental fiasco. Bishop Bastes, who practically pushed Fr. Chubby to death with his ephemeral environmental concerns, has suddenly fell deaf and dumb to what’s happening in his Diocese. Or, to say the least, to what Fr. Josefino Chavenia has died for!
Their eerie silence is truly disturbing, reminiscent of a decadent society lending credence to allegations of bribery reaching the portals of the temple.
With neither drums nor trumpets, Fr. Chubby did his “good sheperd” job. He offered his life if only to save his flock from environmental disaster. I just hope he did not die in vain or we will all be heading to eternal damnation. The least we could do now is to “expose society’s wounds to the light” so the culprits may be brought to justice.
Or margaha could just be Bulan’s “blood” sand.
April 14, 2008 at 10:23 am
Thank you Kabatas for featuring this BLACK SAND SCAM by the De Castros. I have mentioned about this anomaly in my 3/24/2008 comment on “The Truth About the P80 Million Bulan Bus Terminal Mandamus” webpost. The people of Bulan must fully know the details of this corruption considering the fact that one of the priorities under the HELEN program of the beautiful mayor is ENVIRONMENT. And yet they have the guts to broadcast their superficial concern on the protection of environment via the PISTA SA KABUBUDLAN celebration but the very same dumpsite in Calomagon also served as the segregation facility of the mining firm that bought the black sand from Guiming. How ironic. Kawawa na naman an mga “padaba nira na taga-bulan.”
April 14, 2008 at 12:44 pm
In the first paragraph of this article, Nonong G. partly said and I quote that “A great mass of earth denuded by loggers (I’m not sure if they are “illegal” loggers since both the laws of rebel NPA and infidel PNP tolerate rape of our forests)”….. medyo mapagal tabi magcomentario manunungod sa cpp/npa kay kun badilon ka tulos, 6ft. below the ground ka, wara kita sin kalaban-laban sa kanira, aram naman nato na talamak an illegal logging sa kabikolan, maski sa kabuludan san bulan, pero deri man yun nasusuhay na mga illegal loggers maski naiimod na nira, kaya intero kita wara sin nagmamakulog san saato kinab-an……..ay ambot……
anyway, relative to this Bulan “blood” Sand article, and perhaps by analogy too, I did recall, during the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, millions of tons of Lahar — a sandy volcanic debris — have covered wide areas in Pampanga, notably rivers, rice fields, farms, roads, etc.
“Quarry operators dig out Lahar and sell it to dealers of construction materials as an aggregate for concrete. It is like sand, but lighter. The operators make good money because this free resource is just lying there waiting to be shoveled, loaded, carted away and sold for a good price”. To keep the lucrative business going, operators share their fortune with public officials i.e. governor, mayors, et al,” columnist Federico Pascual said in one of his write-ups a year ago.
This Toll (actually “tong”) collection rakes in dirty millions for some municipal and provincial officials. Quarrying and other fees that should go to government end up in private pockets of public officials, et al…
…..thus, for allegedly pocketing millions of pesos thru tongs (with unsupported receipts ) and kickbacks then Pampanga Governor Manuel “Lito” Lapid and cohorts were allegedly charged before the Office of the Ombudsman for “Dishonesty, Grave Misconduct and Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service” for allegedly “having conspired between and among themselves in demanding and collecting from various quarrying operators in Pampanga a control fee, control slip, or monitoring fee of Px-x-x-x per truckload of sand, gravel, or other quarry material, without a duly enacted provincial ordinance authorizing the collection thereof and without issuing receipts for its collection. They were also accused of giving unwarranted benefits to private individuals, who are not quarry operators by allowing them to collect the said amount which was over and above the Px-x-x-x prescribed under the present provincial ordinance and in allowing them to sell and deliver to various quarry operators booklets of official receipts which were pre-stamped with “SAND FEE Px-x-x-x.
As a result, then, pampanga Governor Manuel “Lito” Lapid was formally indicted before Sandigan Bayan and trial ensued thereafter. But, when, Lito was elected as Senator, he was succeeded by his son, Governor Mark, who had just followed the footsteps of his father, (as the saying goes, like father like son, or birds of the same feather, flock together) and was also charged and indicted before the said court for allegedly committing the same crime and felony/s that of his father. Unfortunately, when Mark sought a re-election, he was defeated by father Ed Panlilio, a catholic priest…. both, Mark Lapid “a.k.a. Lahar King” and Baby Pineda, “a.k.a. Jueteng Queen” of Pampanga were defeated, by father Emong Ed, as the alternative choice of the Kapampangans. At present, I have no update yet as to the status of their case in court, (i.e., Sandigan Bayan, Court of Appeals, or the Supreme Court)
…… going back to the Bulan blood sand article, I would surmise that the prospect of exporting ‘very valuable’ resources like margaha sand (magnetic sand) would bring about untold economic gains to the town of Bulan. (kun deri pagpara-ralabutan an pondo sine, kaso sa iba siguro nakakadto an pondo)
….., a closer look on the annual cost of the sands/aggregates would reveal the enormous volume of sand that would be exported or shifted out to China may translate into million of pesos income of the town of Bulan for sand each year. As per Nonong G. computations and estimates such that, and I quote “Articles in the web place the selling price of margaha in Nevada, U.S.A., ranges from $40 to $52 per kilo or Php.1,600 to Php.2,080 per kilo. If you care to compute how much 2,907 metric tons of margaha cost, roughly, it would be P6M. Considering that Alexandra Mining ships margaha to China on the average of 3,000 metric tons per quarter, Bulan would have had earned millions of pesos, too, from fees and taxes levied and assessed from Alexandra Mining. “
But, suppose the supply of sand and gravel in the barangays, Namo, Danao, Pun-od and Inararan shorelines, are totally depleted, will the situation not put pressure on private contractors/quarry operators to get their supply of sands/aggregates from other sources [e.g., hills and mountains]?
When the object of quarry operations shift to the hills and mountains, then we can expect tremendous environmental repercussions like removal of forest cover, soil erosion and flooding not only in the barangays of Namo, Danao, Pun-od and Inararan but also in nearby localities. These potential eventualities may bring about huge losses in terms of life, property and livelihood…(basi ugang mapareho kita suon sa real-infanta in quezon province, or the just recently catastrophic landslide in magallanes)
Will the expected economic gains far outweigh the potential damage to the environment that the supply of margaha sands to China would bring?”
Perhaps, our local official must take into consideration the safety of the people in the said localities first, before hallucinating for fat commissions, if any… batu-bato sa langit…
… by allowing the quarry operator/contractor to dredge or dig out sand from the shorelines of the aforementioned barangays, our government official/s will be committing betrayal and mass slaughter of the people of Namo, Pun-od, Danao and Inararan and nearby barangays KAPAG NANGISOG AN KALIKASAN sa paagi san pagbaha, bagyo na ugis, linog, tiris san mga bulod, uran na deri naghuhuraw, kil-at na may ngipon kaupod an nan nagtatagungtong na dalugdog.
The estimated annual income annually or more than thousands or millions of tons of gravel and sand, enough to sink these barangays and nearby localities in the years and years to come, if this project will not be stopped, right now, right then and right here…… This is unimaginable and catastrophic!
but, before the town of Bulan would sink, thru quarrying or dredging of shorelines, hala tama si Guiming na “MAGRALAYAS NA KITA SA BULAN”..
…..please stop raping our natural resources……
April 14, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Well, what’s the next step??? File a case with the Ombudsmann? It’s now time to act so I appeal to all sane TagaBulans to take the next step now to stop this prohibited child labor, environmental crime and systematic looting of Bulan by these people. Organize yourselves and go to the streets and make known what you think and what you feel! Democracy is all about that, it’s your government, it’s rule of the people! So make it known to the entire Bulan that kleptocracy is not tolerated in our town! Move now before Bulan is damaged forever! We have written enough, we know enough, now it’s the time for action! In unity- as we all know- there is strength!
No, Fr. Chubby did not die in vain! For now we have a true tagaBulan who will guide and inspire us in our present fight against the destruction of Bulan. In him we found a true symbol for what Bulan really stands for- moral integrity, loyalty, dedication to duty and bravery. It is just our bad luck that we ended up with people in the government who are there to pirate Bulan. For now , my kabungtos, all roads lead to Bulan, not to Rome. We have seen once again that Rome is not there for our cause, it’s not there for our Fr. Chubby, it’s not there for you and me. It’s there for those who can pay.
Protect the integrity of Bulan- that is our responsibilty. Leave your comfort zones now and act as one, one people who fights for a noble cause- PROTECTION of democratic ideals, of children and environment.
Bulan deserves a bright future!
jun asuncion
Bulan Observer
April 15, 2008 at 5:46 am
To add a bit insight, re employment of children, Nonong G. has categorically stated that “quarry operators even exploit barangay folks and children by paying them a measly pay of 80 centavos for every kilo of black sand they haul from the shorelines to Alexadra’s dump site, some 300 meters away.”
Suppose, the aforecited allegation is true, then, I would say that the quarry operator or contractor is probably guilty for violation of RA# 9231, popularly known as the “Anti Child Labor Law”, which took effect sometime on December 19, 2003.
And, on the other hand,………… in appealing to all sane tagaBulans, mr. Jun A, in his comment, is even more emphatic and inistent by urging all sane tagaBulans to go out of the street and organize themselves to protest and condemn the exploitation of these children, saying that “It’s now time to act so I appeal to all sane TagaBulans to take the next step now to stop this prohibited child labor”.
Indeed, the law on anti-child labor seeks to eliminate the worst forms of child labor such as those involving slavery: such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage, serfdom, including recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; prostitution and pornography; use pf children for illegal activities, including drug trafficking; and any work that is hazardous and harmful to the health, safety and morals of children.
Among the salient features of the law (RA#9231) is the stipulation that children below 15 years of age, if working in non-hazardous conditions, may work for not more that 20 hours a week, at most 4 hours a day. The law limits children 15 – 17 years old to work not more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. Night work from 8pm to 6am is prohibited. (house & senate version)
The law also states that children should receive and own their wages. The child’s earnings shall be set aside primarily for his/her support, education or skill acquisition and not more than 20% of the child’s income may be allotted for the collective needs of the family.
Employers (i.e. quarry operator) on the other hand are instructed to provide the working child access to al least primary and secondary education. In line with this provision, the Department of Education shall design and make available to working children alternative and non-formal education courses.
The government (i.e. LGU of Bulan, DSWD, etc.) shall also provide and make accessible to working children free and immediate legal, medical and psychological services. Victims of child labor shall be exempted from paying filing fees for recovering civil damages.
The new law also provides for stiffer penalties against acts of child labor, particularly in its worst forms. It increased the penalties against abusers to a maximum of P5 million and 20 years of imprisonment. The Department of Labor and Employments is given the authority to close down business establishments found violating anti child labor provisions of the new law. (senate version)
Some labor analysts say that “RA 9231 is, in effect, sending a strong signal to employers and recruiters to stop abusing and exploiting children because stiffer penalties encourage parents and the victims to seriously pursue their complaints in court”….
The passage of the law is a great victory for the Filipino working child. However, the real test lies in its implementation…….
In fact, despite the existence of the Implementaing Rules and Regulations (IRR)or better still the implementing guidelines (re, anti-child labor law) passed and approved by the implementing agency/bureau, still the matter of actual IMPLEMENTATION of the Law in the country has always been the problem, as nobody would want to take a cudgel to spearhead the actual enforcement or implementation of the law or rule….
in the case of these exploited children, WHO WILL TAKE CHARGE OR INITIATE THE FILING OF A CASE IN COURT AGAINST THE ABUSIVE EMPLOYER? Sige tabi sampulan na nato ine sa Bulan, nanu tabi an masasabi mo mr. Nonong G., a. k.a. Kabatas….. hatagan ta ine sin leksyun na operator para may kaapin ine na mga bata sa batas…….
sabi nga ni mr. jun a….”bulan deserves a bright future”…
regards and godspeed kabatas…….
April 15, 2008 at 1:03 pm
it’s so sad to learn that flood waters “rose to a record high of at least 4 feet deep.” as i recall it right, our place’s former name was canipaan (zone 5) because there were so many nipa trees there before. nagtutubo lang baga ang mga nipa sa harani sa salog na sa pagkaka aram ko kay sige ko man hamok an boradol sadto sa solod san sli/krams may-on doon sin sapa o saday na salog sa likod na sakop na san managa-naga.
it was mid 1990’s when the government backfilled it for housing purposes without any consideration that the place was a river basin. na kun matatambunan salog na wara hihimuon na diversion canal, talagang babahaon ang poblacion san bulan! bata mao ini an hinimo ko sadto na case study sa water resource planning subject ko san nag eeskwela pa ako inhenyeria. the officials didn’t anticipate it then, though. or they just don’t care. an importante may proyekto an national government para may mawisik na grasya, no matter kun sin-o ang maaapektuhan.
during my college days, napa entra ako sini na bulan ecological alliance movement (beam) na pinamumunuan sadto ni fr. angel dy. experts then said that if the illegal logging will continue in the mountains of bulan and magallanes, time will come na mauubos an tubi nato. when i went on vacation in bulan in 2005, ay badaw na pagkaluya-luya san tubi. sanay po pan-o ako na dinakuan ko na kun nakukusog an abri san gripo o shower, malaniton sa kusog san pressure. wara na po ini.
an now the margaha issue. i’m glad na na puna po kaagad ito… i know margaha batog san bata pa ako and i know it now for we use it in our company where i’m currently working. we import it for bloody high cost! tama po an presyo mo kabatas. i’m just praying na mabiyayaan man in terms of quarry and heavy equipment taxes ang mga taga bulan lalo na ang barangay na inkukuwaan sini na margaha base sa nakabutang sa batas.
just a cent of my opinion.
April 15, 2008 at 3:09 pm
nonong,
can you please communicate with me through my email ASAP, very important!!!
regards
April 16, 2008 at 9:07 am
another milestone of informations about our beloved hometown-thnk you N. G!
and honestly, im scared of your life NG for this. your bravery in bringing out courageously the wounds of Bulan, even the churchs` laymen are starting to be my inspiration esp. the heroic death of Fr. Chavenia. An inspiration to do what i can to CORRECT, REDUCE OR END this strings of hell-oic ABUSES san mga nasa pwesto over the local people of Bulan.
This town belongs also to me. I was born there, grow up and love my hometown no matter what. Thus, i claim my privilege to
do what i think is right for my beloved hometown. Its about time to save BULAN. We have no millions to match with our turned “bigtime” politicos, but we are equipped with knowledge, unity and basic reasons to defend and save Bulan.
WHY???
This is quite scary & deafening THREAT to our environment and people, our very own soi!! If we dont act now, when??
maabot suon kakaonon na lang san dagat an BULAN! wiped out from the map! gusto nato tabi ini mangyari sa maabot na panahon?
Pampupulitika isnt the issue here anymore..all these politicos turned “bigtime” businessmen..take all your stolen wealth, celebrate and enjoy while we are sharing the suffering from mental anguish and fears of the helpless, local inhabitants of this town. But before you can get away with your next targeted millions, please do not forget that there are “native TAGABULANS” somewhere out there watchin you, eyes wide open, efficient ones, who are deliberately very much aware of your KALOKOHANS and God forbid, Justice will be served.
Siguro kun diri kami na maaram mag-isipisip an makaudong saiyu, an karma wara tabi kamo sin kaligtasan!
Im appealing to all tagabulans everywhere in this world, with internet access to come out and be counted to end Bulans` Environmental Threat, Rampant Corruptions, Abuse of Power and Pagkalimut san intero na Kamayadan san mga nasa poder cause of MONEY..more accumulation of money and money…..
WE SHOULD ACT NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
for interested parties (Reform Movement for Bulan) pls. email me
SaveBulan@yahoo.com
April 16, 2008 at 1:20 pm
to rudyb:
i have an instant message for you in your email. please check ur mail, i place there my private phone number where you can txt or call me.
nonong guyala
April 17, 2008 at 12:43 am
….. very frustrating because Fr. Josefino Chavenia died of a heart attack while attending a rally against “extra-judicial killings” in Sorsogon province, (likewise in Bulan in particular), whether extra-judicial killings is perpetrated by military (death squad) or the insurgents CPP/NPA (liquidation squad).
He is actually the champion of the people – in their quest for justice against the still unsolved, and continued extra-judicial killings, and disappearances, of the militants or otherwise in our midst.
It was very unfortunate that his (heroic) death occurred during the “rally for life.”, actually a prayer rally to protest the continued killings of militants in the province. Indeed, the continued killings have sown fear among the people of Sorsogon.
The Extra-judicial killings, or “Salvaging” (a police lingo)also known as “summary execution” – continued to sow fear and terror among the people because of the failure on the part of the government to properly address, or strengthen the pillars of criminal justice system in the country. (in relation thereto, I posted an Article in the Bulan Observer blog of mr. jun A., re Criminal Justice System in the country, a dysfunctional system, or effective crime deterrent?)
For me, once the criminal justice in the country, in Sorsogon or Bulan in particular, is rotten, “sigurado wara kita sin maasahan na hustisya.”… sige lang an paratayan, wara sin nakukulong o nasesentensiyahan….wara sin matestigo,,, nan posible na pagnag expose ka san anomalia sa gobierno, pag-uli mo sa balay, badilon ka tumba…. tigbak….. the killer is nowehere to be found…..
June 6, 2008 at 1:03 am
re, bulan blood’s sand,
- an mga parakasala na tawo, whether public officials or private individuals, mao yun an mga makidyuson, sobra an pagkarelihiyoso (pero deri man intero) namag kurubal na sun an tuhod san karuluhod sa simbahan, bitbit an rosariohan nan sa ‘mass offering’ mao yun an mga daragkuon maghatag sin limos, inwiwiridik-widik ngon-a suon an papel na kwarta bago buhian sa tikpaw, pero pagluwas san simbahan balik gawi man gihapon, parang banal na banal lang sa sulod san simbahan, pagluwas san pwertahan san simbahan kabaliktaran na naman an ugali, in short, mahilig kita sa pakitang-tao na pag-uugali.
- consider this: by analogy, an mga “drug lords”, para disamulado an kanira ilegal na himo, mao man sira an mga nangunguna sa pagpatindog san mga drug rehabilitation centers para isalbar an mga kabataan na hudong sa ilegal na droga kuno: – pareho man yun san mga “illegal loggers”, sira man an nangunguna sa kampanya para sa green revolution project or tree planting activities sa kumunidad, para disamulado an kanira ilegal na himo, etc….
Ambot daw kay sugad suon an ugali san tawo, mapaglinlang o kabaliktaran an tunay na pagkatawo.
Pareho baga san PARA-UTOT, kapag nagkariribok na kay may buminaho mao pa yun an una-una na mahapot kun sin-o an nag-utot, para disamulado na deri siya an nagbarabad san atomic bomb sa hiroshima o nagasaki…. deri mao?
May ugali kita na habang makalusot o pwde magnegar hihimuon nato an intero na paagi para lang maprutihiran an saato pagkatawo….
Again, consider this- a true to life story: – sa baryo namo, mga dowa na na dekada an nakaagi, may sayo na lalaki na wara pa asawa (si Tata Inggo), an edad 56, minsan mga alas tres an hapon, pinikahan niya an umagak na manok san kaabay niya na balay, bigla uminagak-ak an manok nan pagkalipas san dies minutos namatay an umagak, the cause of death sabi san Kapitan, ni-rape daw ni inggo an manok, san inimbistagahan si inggo san barangay, todo-negar siya sabi niya turog daw siya san mga panahon na uminagak-ak an umagak, so lusot na kunta siya sa kaso, kaso lang sabi ni Kapitan, kun totoo na turog ka san mga-oras na uminagak-ak an umagak, purbari daw tabi paghubaa an pantalon mo, mala kay san paghubaa ni tata inggo san pantalon, bigla ruminakadag an ipot san manok sa brief niya…… an hapot ko, nano tabi an inhimo san ipot san manok sa sulod san brief ni tata inggo kun deri niya ni-rape an umagak?…. ikaw tabi imbyerna nano man an masasabi mo sine na pangyayari kay gusto pa kunta magnegar ni tata inggo? hehehehe.
Nano daw ha kay an ugali nato minsan kabaligtaran san totoo na buhay o totoo na inhihimo, pareho san meyora nato sa bulan sa nakaagi na fiesta, inbabalangibog niya an proyekto niya na “bulan ecology park” sa calomagon pero sa luyo na lado inpaparungkab naman niya an pangpang san dagat, matanos ka baga sun… haen man sun an pagprutihir san ‘mother earth’ o an kinab-an?
kun nagmamakulog ka san kinab-an, deri mo rurungkabon an piliw san dagat kay kun magdelubyo o magka-tsunami, baka wara na sin matuda na tawo sa bulan, parayu man tabi…
June 6, 2008 at 9:09 am
marasa pa ha atty benjie kay deri kita nagbagat san fiesta, kay pan-o deri man ako nakauli, hahahaha, sana narinig ko rin ni meyor na nagsalita tungkol sa bulan ecologoy park na proyekto niya para sa global warming concern ng bulan, then upon the otherhand, she did authorize the quarry operator to destroy the shore and the beach sand in BULAN, the margaha sand, grabe ano po?
but i like the way you make a comment, i enjoy reading everytime you make comment, i smile and laugh, toda an kangirit ko permi…. kun totoo yun na biglang nalaglag an ipot sa brief ni tata inggo during the ocular inspection of his body by the barangay captain, deri nanggad makadeny o negar suon siya na binugtian niya an umagak, hahahahaha…
malamang sila imbyerna o rai o si bulaneno sige man an katinawa sun na commentario mo,hahahahahaha!
an anecdote ni meyora mao ni anika guelas na hinimo mo mas grabe an katinawa ko kay tatanggulungon ni meyora si anika kun mabuwa siya san tunay nya na edad, mayad ngani kay may dara dara siya na lab-asun na NSO birth certificate na nagpapatotoo na overage na siya, hahahaha..
i hope the mayor will be truth to herself, she must, by all means and her husband guillermo, avoid from interfering on purely SK or YOUTH AFFAIRS in bulan, kay an laban san mga kabataan para lang sa mga kabataan, unless na may personal na interes siya sa SK….. siempre meron siguro kasi mahilig makialam sa SK affairs…
attybenji keep on making a funny and satirical comment in the kabatas blog….
if you would not mind, can i ask you a question, i’m just curious kasi hararum na mga bicol nan espanyol words an gamit mo minsan na may tunog na legalities, Are youu really an Abogado or pseudo-name or pen-name mo lang an attybenji sa blog yan? just asking lang naman, malay mo kelangan ko lawyer someday…..
its me boygutom… laging nakatingi kahit gutom basta masaya sa pagbabasa ng blog….
.. thank you..
June 6, 2008 at 12:07 pm
to BoyGutom:
Wow! i’m humbled by your comment, anyway, i’m happy because i made you smile thru this blog, also, i made your day full of fun and laughter…. enjoy reading thru the lines… thank you, mabuhay ka…
yes, i’m a lawyer by profession, kaso lang an mga kaso na hinahawakan ko puro lang mga makatitinawa na kaso san mga pobre, pareho san parasikop (unjust vexation), parapasali na baraylihan (alarm and scandal), parahaplos san dudo san babaye (acts of lasciviousness), nagtututok sin badil pero deri nagputok (grave threat) impotent na gurang na nang-rape (attempted rape), mandurukot na napadlong an kamot san panghupol sa iraga (robbery/snatching), baying na nanghaplos sin lubot san menor de edad na lalaki (acts of lasciviousness/violation of RA 7610), nan makawat sin lubid pero an ikinaso sa kaniya ay anti-cattle rustling kay yadto palan, sa durho san lubid may-on sin karabaw na hila-hila, etc., (thief/anti-cattle rustling)
seriously speaking, may hinawakan ako na kaso, makangangalas kay an cliente ko nagtigbas san siki san gurang na pilay, pero an isinampa na kaso laban sa kaniya, deri man, “serious physical injury” or “attempted homicide”, kundi “illegal logging” ugang, kay yadto pala deri niya aram na an tinigbas niya na siki, ay artificial na kahoy na hinimo na siki san gurang para makalakaw sin matanos, hehehehehe…
keep smiling and kicking all the time!
July 6, 2008 at 2:21 pm
ambot nalang sa ato doon! mapagalon man pag isipon na bagan wara na maiimod na pag asa. makulogon man sa boot na kaipohan pa namo na biyaan an bulan na para makisapalaran sa iba na lugar para maka haw as man lang san kapobre. kunta sa bulan namo in aalay an kusog para sa pag unlad pero hain kami nyan yaadi sa iba na lugar nagsisirbi. pait gyud kaayo ang kinabuhi lisud magpili. but still im hoping and praying that god will pour grace and mercy to my lupang tinubuan “BULAN”.
July 6, 2008 at 3:42 pm
hi, this is something truly informative. thanks for sharing.
hopefully i can communicate with you via e-mail one of these days. i am also a journalist though my major line of work is on politics. but i can help disseminate this info to help you in spreading awareness not only among Bulanenos but also Bicolanos and in general, the Filipinos.
Thanks.
January 13, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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