2008 - isang taong tula

enero ng may mamatay sa pista ng Nazareno
pebrero ng tanggalin si speaker De Venecia sa kongreso
sabi ni burjer king: "sec, may 200 ka dito"
hello garci tapes at ringtones ipinagbawal na po

marso ng palihim ibinigay ang spratlys sa China
na-acquit ang mga kaso laban kay Imelda
Cory Aquino may sakit na malubha
sa executive priviledge lusot si sec. Neri ng NEDA

abril ng magkaroon "DAW" ng krisis sa bigas
na-convict ang siyam na Magdalo na nag-aklas
ang presidente ng Palau sa bomb threat nakaligtas
mga taguan ng bomba ng JI sa Laguna natuklas

Ms. Earth Philippines nanalo si Karla Paula Henry
sumikat naman si Jenina and her Pamily
walong RCBC employees patay sa bank robbery
GSIS muntik mag take-over sa Manila Electric Company

si Ka Bel nahulog sa bubong ng bahay nung mayo
namatay rin si Mang Pandoy ng maralitang Pilipino
nakidnap si Ces Drilon sa Sulu nung hunyo
kasama ang cameraman at si Prof. Dinampo

dumaan si typhoon Frank malapit sa Mindoro
at pinataob ang MV Princess of the Stars ng Sulpicio
si Daboy pumanaw nung a-syete ng hunyo
si VAT Man Recto in-appoint sa NEDA nung hulyo

sa Tsina ginanap ang makasaysayang Olympics
world record performance nakamit ni Michael Phelps
sports official ng Pilipinas sumali rin sa paligsahan
nagturuan, nagsisihan, kani-kaniyang dahilan

si GMA sa U.S. walang kurap na tumakas
habang ang bansa'y sa bagyo lumilikas
si Pacman pinabagsak si Marquez at si Diaz
impeachment complaint sa kongreso inutas

BJE isinulong ng mga talipandas
MILF ni Salamat nanggulo ng walang habas
isla ng Mindanao natuliro sa pag-aaklas
mga lumad at kabataan nawalan ng magandang bukas

huling SONA na raw sana ni Arroyo
kung hindi matutuloy ang palihim na proseso
cha-cha na pilit sinusulong sa kongreso
mahabaging Diyos ko, sana naman wag po!

2008 daw ay year of the rat
sabi sa hula maghihirap daw ang lahat
nagkatotoo nga dito sa ating bansa
karamihan ng Pilipino, mahirap pa sa daga

sa susunod na taon, ano kaya ang naghihintay
matuto na kaya ang Pilipino na magnilay
labanan ang gobyernong pilit naghuhugas-kamay
sa mga kasalanang Pilipino'y unti-unting pinapatay

Basag

Ang basag na salamin ay mananatiling basag habambuhay. Katulad ng mga relasyon, tila yata wala nang pag-asang maayos pa ang hidwaang nangyari, ang mga galit na kinimkim, at ang lungkot na dumadapo sa tuwing nababanggit ang isa't-isa. Oo inaamin ko, mataas ang pride ko, pero may hangganan din naman yon, kung sakaling magkaroon ng kompromiso, kakainin ko ang pride ko, alang-alang sa pagmamahal.


Sa tingin ko nagpakumbaba naman ako kahit konti eh. Sinubukan kong lumusong sa alon ng galit, ng walang kasiguruhan, na magparamdam sa iyo. Kung sakali man lamang, mapansin mo sana na gumawa ako ng kaunting hakbang upang magkaroon ng kaunting pag-asa upang magkausap. Pero wala akong nabalitaang pagsagot, marahil sa isip ko, ay hindi pa iyon ang tamang panahon para magparamdam at magpaalala na maaari nang kalimutan kung anuman ang naging alitan.


Ngunit nitong nakaraan lamang, pumasok sa akin ang realidad. Parang salamin na basag... hindi na maaaring ibalik pa sa dati. Magagamit pa siya ngunit hindi na katulad ng dati. Ang mga asal na nakita ang nagpatunay lamang na wala na talagang pag-asa pang maayos ang pilit na inaayos. Ang pagbalewala ang pagpapatunay na marahil hindi pa tama ang panahon, o lipas na ang panahon para ayusin ang lahat. Pagod na rin ako. Hindi ko na nais pang maging magulo ang nananahimik kong buhay. Marami pa akong mga responsibilidad. Mga responsibilidad na noong una ay mahirap matanggap sa kabila ng mga magkasalungat na desisyon. Mga responsibilidad na kailangang gampanan bunga ng mga pagkakamali. Mga responsibilidad na buong pusong tatanggapin, kung anuman ang magiging kahihinatnan sa hinaharap.


Hindi ako katulad ng iniisip mo.  Hindi ako katulad mo.


Kung sakaling magtagpo muli ang ating landas, marahil kaunting sulyap na lang ang maibabahagi ko sa iyo... parang salaming basag... nakikita pero hindi bibigyan ng importansya.

Sana matalo si Money Pakyaw sa linggo...

Sana matalo si Pakyaw sa linggo!!!


Syempre kung Pakyaw fan ka aangal ka.  Nakapa-unnationalistic ko siguro sa tingin mo.  Napaka walang kwenta ako sa paningin mo.  Sa tingin mo kulang ako ng respeto para sa isang katulad niya.  Bakit ayaw kong suportahan ang National Pride ng Pilipinas?  Bakit gusto kong makita na si Dila Hoya ang manalo?


Gusto ko lang makita ang mga pagmumukha ng lahat ng umaaligid sa kanya.  Lalong lalo na si Sabit Singson.  Ang kapal naman kasi ng mukha, kung makapapel eh parang assistant ni Freddie Roach.  Pwede siya cockroach, kung saan-saan lumilipad, ang sangsang naman ng pagkatao.


Sino na naman kaya ang nasa tabi ni Pakyaw sa ring sa linggo?  May kinalaman kaya sa training niya yun bilang isang ganap na boksingero?  Ang pagtabi ba kay Money Pakyaw ay garantiya na makikinabang kayo sa swerte na dala ng isa?  Suportang kaibigan kuno... Bakit?  Ang ibig ba sabihin nun pag wala ka sa tabi ni Pakyaw eh hindi ka na sumusuporta sa kanya bagkus ibig sabihin ay hindi ka na kaibigan?


Eh si Mr. Environment Secretary kaya, nasa ringside din manonood?  Isusuot nya kaya ang kanyang maswerteng baro na balot ng makukulay na bulaklak habang ang mga kababayan niyang nakatira sa Bicol Region ay nagkakandamatay dahil sa baha na sanhi ng malawakang climate change na dulot na rin ng mga environmental issues?  Kunsabagay, mahirap nga naman pag hindi mo nababantayan ang pusta mo... baka mawala na lang sa isang iglap.


At syempre ang number 1 fan ni Money Pakyaw, the “EVIL BITCH” herself.  Ano na naman kayang  speech ang nakaready para sa pagkapanalo ni Pakyaw?


ANG TAGUMPAY NI PAKYAW AY TAGUMPAY NG LAHAT!
MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!
ANG GALING NG PILIPINO!


(Manuud kayu ng Pinuy Rikords kasama ku si Kristyo!)


Bakit pag nananalo si Pakyaw dun lang lumalabas ang mga makabayang slogan na mga yan?  Pag natalo si Pakyaw meron kayang sisigaw ng mabuhay ng Pilipinas sa harap ng buong mundo?  Keber ko lang.


Hindi ako galit kay Money Pakyaw, proud ako sa mga unang mga laban niya noon.  Talaga naman nakakataas ng moral ang mga panalo niya noon kahit saang estero at sidewalk ka pa nakahandusay at namamalimos sa buong buhay mo dito sa Pilipinas.  Hindi lang ako natutuwa sa panggagago sa mga Pilipino ng mga umaaligid sa kanya.


INAALAY NI MONEY PAKYAW ANG LABAN NYA PARA SA MGA KABABAYAN NATIN!


Para sa mga mahihirap.
Para ito sa mga kababayan natin walang makain.
Para sa mga kababayan nating pinagkaitan ng hustisya.
Para sa mga kakabayan nating nawalan ng pag-asa sa sistemang bulok.


Para din ito sa mga GANID at SAKIM.
Para sa mga PUMUSTA.
At syempre, para sa mga PARTYMATES nya sa 2010 elections.


Gusto kong matalo si Money Pakyaw sa linggo... anong masama dun???

Sana matalo si Money Pakyaw sa linggo...

Sana matalo si Pakyaw sa linggo!!!


Syempre kung Pakyaw fan ka aangal ka.  Nakapa-unnationalistic ko siguro sa tingin mo.  Napaka walang kwenta ako sa paningin mo.  Sa tingin mo kulang ako ng respeto para sa isang katulad niya.  Bakit ayaw kong suportahan ang National Pride ng Pilipinas?  Bakit gusto kong makita na si Dila Hopya ang manalo?


Gusto ko lang makita ang mga pagmumukha ng lahat ng umaaligid sa kanya.  Lalong lalo na si Sabit Singson.  Ang kapal naman kasi ng mukha, kung makapapel eh parang assistant ni Freddie Roach.  Pwede siya cockroach, kung saan-saan lumilipad, ang sangsang naman ng pagkatao.


Sino na naman kaya ang nasa tabi ni Pakyaw sa ring sa linggo?  May kinalaman kaya sa training niya yun bilang isang ganap na boksingero?  Ang pagtabi ba kay Money Pakyaw ay garantiya na makikinabang kayo sa swerte na dala ng isa?  Suportang kaibigan kuno... Bakit?  Ang ibig ba sabihin nun pag wala ka sa tabi ni Pakyaw eh hindi ka na sumusuporta sa kanya bagkus ibig sabihin ay hindi ka na kaibigan?


Eh si Mr. Environment Secretary kaya, nasa ringside din manonood?  Isusuot nya kaya ang kanyang maswerteng baro na balot ng makukulay na bulaklak habang ang mga kababayan niyang nakatira sa Bicol Region ay nagkakandamatay dahil sa baha na sanhi ng malawakang climate change na dulot na rin ng mga environmental issues?  Kunsabagay, mahirap nga naman pag hindi mo nababantayan ang pusta mo... baka mawala na lang sa isang iglap.


At syempre ang number 1 fan ni Money Pakyaw, the “EVIL BITCH” herself.  Ano na naman kayang  speech ang nakaready para sa pagkapanalo ni Pakyaw?


ANG TAGUMPAY NI PAKYAW AY TAGUMPAY NG LAHAT!
MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!
ANG GALING NG PILIPINO!


(Manuud kayu ng Pinuy Rikords kasama ku si Kristyo!)


Bakit pag nananalo si Pakyaw dun lang lumalabas ang mga makabayang slogan na mga yan?  Pag natalo si Pakyaw meron kayang sisigaw ng mabuhay ng Pilipinas sa harap ng buong mundo?  Keber ko lang.


Hindi ako galit kay Money Pakyaw, proud ako sa mga unang mga laban niya noon.  Talaga naman nakakataas ng moral ang mga panalo niya noon kahit saang estero at sidewalk ka pa nakahandusay at namamalimos sa buong buhay mo dito sa Pilipinas.  Hindi lang ako natutuwa sa panggagago sa mga Pilipino ng mga umaaligid sa kanya.


INAALAY NI MONEY PAKYAW ANG LABAN NYA PARA SA MGA KABABAYAN NATIN!


Para sa mga mahihirap.
Para ito sa mga kababayan natin walang makain.
Para sa mga kababayan nating pinagkaitan ng hustisya.
Para sa mga kakabayan nating nawalan ng pag-asa sa sistemang bulok.


Para din ito sa mga GANID at SAKIM.
Para sa mga PUMUSTA.
At syempre, para sa mga PARTYMATES nya sa 2010 elections.


Gusto kong matalo si Money Pakyaw sa linggo... anong masama dun???

The tale of the paranoid - 2 Bishops' call for People Power are legal...

1987 CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR PEOPLE POWER:


The constitution dictates that the highest law of the land grants to our people and their organizations the right to "people power".


Section 16, Art. 13 says: "The right of the people and their
organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels
of social, political and economic decision making shall not be
abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment of
adequate consultation mechanism."


The call of Bishops Diosdado Yniguez of Caloocan City and Antonio
Tobias of Novaliches, Quezon City are legal based on the 1987 constitution.  Apparently Secretary Raul Gonzales is having his regular fits of paranoia regarding the political situations within the country and the statements of the two bishops.  It is really hard for people who are lost in the head to comprehend that the critics of this current administration is actually doing something with legal basis since the Secretary is probably straight minded to the fact that anyone who does not agree with GMA is obviously the enemy.


And in the face of this, peaceful groups assembling has been harassed, detained, and forcibly arrested without basis, including young people, just because the government is consistent with Secretary Gonzales' state of delusion that they still have the majority of support from the entire Filipino people.


Call it what you want but preemption of the Filipino's right to openly demonstrate their sentiments is a violation of the basic human right to organize which is constitutionally allowable, whether crazy or not.


Si Raul Oh!

Marunong din naman magdasal ang demonyo...

Nakakatuwang isipin na ang buong mundo ay nakakatikim ng recession ngunit pilit pa rin ng pilit ang gobyerno ni Arroyo na kahit kailan ay hindi maghihirap ang Pilipinas. Oo nga naman. Sa isang banda, ano pa bang paghihirap pa ang mararamdaman ng milyong milyong mamamayang Filipino? Wala na nga silang makain eh. Hindi na nga tayo maghihirap pa... kasi mamamatay na tayo sa sobrang gutom!


Hindi nga naman tayo maaapektuhan. Magaling ang economic team ni Gloria. Nag-aral siya ng economics. Nag-aral din ng economics ang sekretarya ngayon ng NEDA.  Ano nga ba ang economics at bakit kampante ang gobyerno sa pagsusulong nito?


Ang Economics ay isang pag-aaral sa produksyon, distribusyon, at ang pagbili ng pagkain, gamit, at serbisyo. Ngunit naisip ba nila na walang saysay ang ekonomiya kung ang mamamayan ay walang pambili? Kung ang mamamayan ay walang pagpipilian ng mga bilihin? At anong produksyon ang ipinagmamalaki nila? Karamihan ng mga produktong ibinebenta ay inangkat sa ibang bansa at ang mga sakahan at bukirin natin ay patuloy na ginagawang subdivision at mga malls. Pati mga magsasaka ay nagawa pa nilang lokohin at pangakuan ng libreng abono para sa masaganang ani, na yun pala ay masaganang ani sa eleksyon. Patuloy na niloloko ang mamamayan sa mga pekeng datos ng pag-unlad ng ekonomiya.


RAMDAM NATIN ANG KAUNLARAN! Tila yata applicable lang yan kung ikaw ay miyembro ng gabinete ni Gloria. Habang ang karamihan ng Filipino ay naghihirap, nagpapasasa ang gobyerno sa kabi-kabilang foreign investments at infrastracture projects na lahat ng initial downpayment ay naibulsa na.


Malakas ang loob ni Ginang Arroyo na hindi pansinin ang nag-ngangalit na sigaw ng pagkondena ng nakararami sa mga katiwalian at kalokohan na ginagawa ng kanyang gobyerno simula't sapul pa noong 2001.


Mahirap talagang makonsensya ang ganid at sakim. Wala itong pakiramdam. Sarili lang niya ang kanyang iniisip. Ano pang aasahan mo mga ganyang klase ng tao? Sagad hanggang buto ang pagkamanhid ng mga taong ganyan na kahit siguro sa ikahuling hininga ng mga ito eh kasakiman pa rin ang maiisip.


Nakuha pa nitong gawing biro pati ang pagdarasal.


Nakakatakot isipin na nagagawa ng gobyernong Arroyo na ang kawalang-galang na pagkutya sa banal na pakikipag-usap sa poong Maylikha sa harap ng mga Filipino. Wala na yatang natitirang katinuan at kabaitan ang mga taong ito at pati ang sagradong gawain ay nakukuha pa nilang babuyin ayon sa kanilang pansariling interes.


Kunsabagay, alam naman natin na marunong din magdasal ang demonyo...

May bago kaming laruan, WEEEE...

All work and no play makes one a dumb boy
All play and no work makes one a dumb toy

May bago kami(este si kuya lang pala) na laruan galing sa kanyang ninang...





Kaya masosolo ko na pers lab ko...
Yehey Need For Speed to the max!!!
Sana may mabili pa akong Formula 1...

I Miss...

I made a mistake.

I believe it was two years ago that I decided to distance myself with EPAFI, my very first community involvement activity.  EPAFI stands for Environmental Protection of Asia Foundation, Inc., an non-profit, non governmental organization which helps protects the environment.  To make the story short, I decided to cut any involvement to the organization. 

It was a decision I didn't want to do, but there were certain factors that made me decide to quit.  The organization has taken a lot of my time that there were times I neglected some of my parental duties.  And also, financial problems have started to give me a lot of pressures that broke my wallet, figuratively.  I had a part time job during that time, and I was shuffling my schedules between the organization and my job.  When my earnings was not enough for me to have allowances during my volunteer days at EPAFI, I felt the relationship with the organization was doomed.  I loved working with EPAFI, but I need to seek greener pastures.  It was not enough to cover the daily expenses that even going to the EPAFI office was even very hard.  It was located during that time near the edge of Clark Economic Zone, almost just like going to a remote town with no way of going out after the sun sets. 

Even though Bruce, our chairman, was sometimes eccentric, visionary, meticulous, very much talkative, and was always very demanding in terms of work, most of the time it did not affect me much that I admit I had enjoyed my days with them.  I got McDonalds for free at breakfast every travel to Zambales, ocasionally a pound of burger steak, roasted chicken, and your typical american meal – without rice.  Beach patrols at Pundakit, trips to Capones Lighthouse, dinners and sometimes breakfast at Subic Bay, and even having to drive from Dinalupihan to Angeles one moonless night without any license, hahaha.

Most important of all, I got firsthand experiences on community work, information dissemination about EPAFI and our pet project, the Turtle Conservation Program.  I was one of the facilitators of the first technical seminar on turtle conservation in 2004.  We spent 10 days at the beach preparing the materials, I even had participated in one of DENR's research, although I hated how ugly I looked in the video.  And most of all, I had experiences with live marine turtles and even baby hatchlings.

Right now, I miss all the fun, I even misses James' red Acura Integra 91' traversing the uphill road going to Olongapo in 4th gear having a blue plate that is immune to almost every traffic violations that can be easily created on the spot by traffic enforcers.  I miss Pundakit, Capones, the hatchery, the San Antonio town plaza, Times Square in Subic, Scuba Shack where you can find the best breakfast egg omelets, the bus terminal in Olongapo, Magsaysay drive, and even the Dinalupihan-Porac alternate road.

I miss the baby turtles that I used to hold during hatching season and I miss the sleep at the beach. 

I miss the good old times with EPAFI.

I wish I were still with the organization, for I wouldn't have missed this:

my ultimate crush Kristine H. with Bossing Kabisote

Philippine History: US afraid of a cripple

There was this article I came across, its about the time when the American Government was troubled by one crippled man. I apologize for the selective amnesia that I have been experiencing right now, since I could not in any way remember when and where I have seen the article, which has been probably lost in archives. But some of the parts of the letter that I had saved, I am posting in behalf of you so that at one time during our colorful history, there was a time when the Americans have felt fear for a certain Filipino.

In January 1903 W. H. Taft wrote the US secretary of war about Apolinario Mabini coming back to the Philippines from his exile in Guam:


"The question of the power of the Government to detain Mabini at Guam is not one on which I am called upon to express an opinion. I do think, however, that for self-protection it is within the power of this Government to deny to any person seeking to land within the Archipelago the opportunity to do so unless he will take an oath to be loyal to the Government while in the Islands and to acknowledge the sovereignty of the United States. Such a law is now in force. Certainly the Government of the United States might very well say to Mabini that it would not carry him from Guam to the Philippine Islands unless it could be assured that he would take such an oath and thus be admitted to the Archipelago."


Mabini has been a consistent opponent of American sovereignty and a persistent inspirer of rebellion and insurrection. He was for a long time the chief adviser of Aguinaldo. He has manifested such skill and cunning in his appeals to the people of the Philippine Islands against the American Government, and may be said to be 'the most prominent irreconcilable among the Filipinos.' His physical infirmity, of course, has appealed to the imagination of the Filipinos and to the pity of all who have seen him.


His consistent course of opposition to the Government, in prison, and out of prison, his physical condition as a hopeless paralytic, and his gentle and courteous manner, have all served to place him in the attitude of a martyr and to give him that kind of influence and popularity which it may be supposed would come from such qualities and circumstances.


As a matter of fact, while in custody in Manila he was much more comfortable than when he was at his home, and I presume the same is true of his life at Guam, and that so far as personal comfort is concerned he is better off where he is. If he were allowed to come to Manila he would form a nucleus for all the discontented elements which he would be certain to encourage in every form of plot and conspiracy against the existing government.


Nothing he writes, nothing he says, but contains unjust insinuations against the American Government and its good faith. The claim that he is just as well able now to decide in Guam whether he will take the oath as when he comes to Manila, is a palpable pretence. What he desires is to be brought to Manila, because he thinks that even if imprisoned here he will form a point of concentration for the rapidly diminishing number of irreconcilables in these Islands.


I think it would be unwise to allow him to come unless he is willing in advance, by his oath of allegiance, to agree not to plot against this Government. This Government we are sworn to maintain, and a policy of allowing openly avowed enemies of our Government in our sight to take steps to inaugurate conspiracies and plots against it, is not one that I favor.


All that Mabini has to do to secure his liberty and his return to these Islands is to take the oath by which he agrees that he will not plot and conspire against the existence of this Government. If he is not willing to make this agreement then he ought not to come into the country. One can have an admiration for his consistency and his utterly wild dreams of benefit to his country from independence without being in favor of exposing the Government, which is doing more for the Filipino people than any government did, to the danger of disturbance and conspiracy which his presence would promote and of a possible new insurrection, which could work nothing but misfortune and hardship to the people whom he thinks he loves and would aid."


They say we are often honored by our enemies. This letter reflects the fear and respect the United States had for a quiet cripple who was born in Talaga, Tanauan, Batangas from a poor family, who dreamt of defending the poor, studied law and achieved the title Professor of Latin, and is being immortalized as the “Sublime Paralytic”. Apolinario Mabini, true blooded Batangueño, crippled, intelligent, had not only written the constitution of the first Philippine republic, but had also earn the admiration and respect of even those who are opposed of his vision and goals for the country. He is the only person recorded in history that has been the constant headache of the American government from 1898 to 1903. Not Marcos, not Erap, and certainly not GMA. If the Americans have made fool of the Filipino people for the past century, there was one man who had stood against them and have caused a little bit of fear.



Even Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who was called to give his testimony during the investigation and trial that would later be known as the Lodge Committee of 1902, when asked to describe Mabini could only say:


"Mabini is a highly educated young man who, unfortunately, is paralyzed. He has a classical education, a very flexible, imaginative mind, and Mabini's views were more comprehensive than any of the Filipinos that I have met. His idea was a dream of a Malay confederacy. Not the Luzon or the Philippine Archipelago, but I mean of that blood. He is a dreamy man, but a very firm character and of very high accomplishments. As I said, unfortunately, he is paralyzed. He is a young man, and would undoubtedly be of great use in the future of those islands if it were not for his affliction."

Save Mt. Kanlaon

MT. KANLAON IS LIFE MURDERED BY
RAPACIOUS AND CONSCIENCELESS CAPITALISTS

PUNyaL Statement (Philippine Union for National Liberation)

When we look at Mt. Kanlaon, we see a gasping paradise for myriad species of animals and plants eking out a tottering existence on little more than a patch of what was once a thriving forest. When we stare in amazement at the dominating form of the majestic volcano, we see the center of a vast environmental network that has supported life for farming villages and communities and maintained ecological balance.

Yet, the Lopez-controlled Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is poised to change all these. The EDC has started to cut down trees in the 169-hectare buffer zone of the protected Mt. Kanlaon National Park (MKNP) for geothermal exploration. Aside from the fact that this is plainly illegal, as the buffer zone is considered a protected area by Republic Acts 7586 and 9154, the geothermal exploration threatens the fragile ecosystem of the island of Negros. And for what? The primodial concern for the Lopezes, for which everything else must be subordinated, is nothing more than crass monopolistic profit in the energy sector.

We condemn this wanton destruction of a vital life support for the people of Negros in the name of capitalistic gain. We condemn this genocidal drive for profit that trifles with the lives of many for the enrichment of a few. This licensed murder must be stopped NOW!

We support the legal struggle waged by the Task Force Kanlaon in seeking to enjoin, before the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City, the unabated geothermal exploration by the EDC within the MKNP buffer zone. In addition to that, we join the growing mass campaign to save Mt. Kanlaon, which is part of our struggle against capitalist exploitation and our fight for social justice, sustainable development and inter-generational responsibility.

Let us not test the wrath of nature. For when it comes its destructive force shall make no distinction between rich and poor.

SAVE MOUNT KANLAON. STOP THE GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION!