March 7th, 2008
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03.07.08Blog Quick Links
* Is there racism in the call center industry? Yup. What about in English language teaching jobs? Yup. In Philippine society? Yup. [Call of Nature]
* It’s the year of the rat but sometimes we should scare the rats away especially if they are destroying our rice plants and our rice terraces. Join the “Tagtag id Asipulo” scheduled this coming April. [sitmo via bessmaat]
* Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya law students join their nationwide peers in calling for GMA to resign. [Nueva Vizcaya and Beyond]
* Hannah Sue Eming of Apayao State University is crowned as the “Miss Solid North 2008″ besting 13 other candidates from the “solid north”. Unfortunately, we don’t have any picture of her. [Pangasinan Star]
* Hey internet addicts, you should go check out this new Benguet website. [Benguet Online]
* Merrychery is a young doctor who is serving our kailiyans in the Ilocos-Cordillera boundary. You can read her posts here, here and here. Because her term will be ending in seven months, let’s give her some blog traffic as our way of saying thanks. Mag comment na rin tayo sa blog niya :-)
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03.07.08Rescue Me
We got to give props to Baguio Senior Fire Officer John Ullibac who wore his bahag and played the role of a disaster victim during this disaster consciousness training held last year. We give props too to Paeng Valencia who is “rescuing” Officer Ullibac because he looks much smaller than the “victim” and yet he was able to do his job. By the way, the officer must be the happiest “victim” ever. But then again, you should be happy when you are rescued from a burning building. :-)
You can find more photos of this event at Baguiogallery.com. Photo courtesy of Art Tibaldo.
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03.07.08Quote of the Day
“It is ironic that this administration is asking the governors to declare support yet it could not act on simple requests like the tax my province is entitled to. This administration appears to have a selective amnesia.”
“My support for [Ms Arroyo] is conditional. For the moment, I am for the rule of law. I, too, would like to know the truth. For most Ifugaos, the issue of supporting [Ms Arroyo] in this troubled times depended on Malacañang’s willingness to address my constituents’ concerns.”
– Ifugao Governor Teddy Baguilat. Read the Inquirer report here.
This is how you play the game, folks. If you support a president who never received the mandate of the people, at the very least, you should demand something in return that redounds to the benefit of your constituents. Hindi yung blind support lang na wala kang mapapala.
It’s a good thing that the Ifugao governor is using his support for Gloria as a card to ask for the taxes that should rightfully go to Ifugao. In an ideal world however, those taxes should have been given to Ifugao from the very beginning. And in an ideal world, Gloria should not be sitting in Malacañang.
