December 2007
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12.22.07Merry Christmas from Buasao
Photo credit: Travel-Philippines.com
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12.20.07
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12.20.07Quote of the Day
“No President has shown so much concern for the province [than Ms Arroyo].” – Mt. Province Governor Maximo Dalog
Read the Inquirer story here. Even though I really dislike Gloria Arroyo (here and here), I must admit that Governor Dalog is correct on this one. To her credit, Gloria must have visited Mt. Province more times than all the Presidents combined. For a province which has been ignored by past national administrations, such visits are a great deal. And one cannot make that many visits without getting a glimpse of and expressing concern for the problems confronted by the province and its people.
So she’s not all bad. But let’s not also forget that she cheated her way to the presidency, that her administration is corrupt, and that her human rights record is beyond terrible.
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12.16.07Those Bigis Guys
The Bigis guys, who we earlier blogged about here, are doing a great job producing songs and videos which are quite enjoyable.
I’m sure you’ll agree that the video above, “Tayattat”, is well made and really entertaining. But it might anger the ladies a bit because it kind of reinforces the woman = yackity yack stereotype. Hopefully the Bigis guys will make a video making fun of men stereotypes to balance things out.
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12.15.07Blast From the Past: 2001 Elections Spending
This is late but we only discovered the figures on how much your congressional representatives spent during the 2001 elections. We’d like to see their campaign spending report on the 2007 elections but we don’t have the data yet. So let’s settle for the 2001 figures for now.
Some observations:
If the figures are correct, then running for Congress is not that expensive. It should give hope to penniless people who dream of representing our congressional districts someday. If the figures are not correct, then our Representatives are lying. If they are in Grade 1, they deserve to be spanked for not telling the truth (pero bawal na yata itong gawin ng titser). :-)If the figures are correct then our favorite Cordillera Congressman, Baguio Rep. Mauricio Domogan, is the biggest spender of them all. If this is the case, then maybe we should “boo” him for spending the most money. Eh ang liit pa naman ng Baguio so he need not spend much in terms of transportation. But if the figures are not correct, then we should give Rep. Domogan kudos for being the “most honest” in a group of dishonest men.
Lastly, cheers to those who submitted their 2001 campaign spending reports. No cheers for those who haven’t submitted (Apayao Rep. Elias Bulut and Mt. Province Rep. Victor Dominguez). Excited pa naman tayong malaman kung magkano ang ginastos ng ating Mt. Province Congressman.
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12.15.07Photo of the Day
Here’s an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Abra. You can read the story of how it got abandoned here.
So the longest running communist insurgency in Asia (the world?) continues and it continues to cost lives and money which should be spent on more important things.
When will the insurgency end? Who knows. Maybe it won’t end. And it’s not because people are all to eager to take up arms.
PHOTO CREDIT: PIA
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12.14.07Tingguian Province in the Making?
From the Philippine Information Agency:
Is a future Tingguian province in the making?
One of the significant matters discussed during the recent courtesy call to Governor Eustaquio P. Bersamin by the officers of the Abra Confederation of Tingguian Organizations (ACTO) led by its president, Atty. Isidro Espiritu is the creation of a Tingguian province.
The Governor, who is married to. Ruby Bersamin, a Tingguian from Peñarrubia, had expressed his support to the idea of having another province for the Tingguians if only to spur the long-overdue development for their communities.
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