tapat vol 3 no 7 | june 10

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tapat-vol-3-no-7-june-10 1/8

TAPAT SA BALITA.. TAPAT SA BUHAY

A D V E R T I S E W I T H U S ( 0 2 ) 4 0 4 1 6 1 2Mobile # 09 9 885 84 4 15 / 09 3336 9 79 15 / 09 06 4 59 4 6 9 6 / 0 9 9 889 9 34 9 8

pahina 3

www.tapatnews.com@tapatnews /tapatnews [email protected]

HUNYO 10, 2016 VOL 3 NO 7

DUTERTEPINAPANALO NG MGAMAYAYAMAN

|BALITA pahina 2

GMA matunogna palalayain!

|SPORTS page 7

Back in Staples:Luke Walton to

coach the Lak-ers after 2015-2016 season

Tsina naghahain ngbitag sa Pilipinasayon sa Eksperto

|BALITA pahina 2

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


2 HUNYO 10, 2016balita

Tsina naghahain ng

bitag sa Pilipinasayon sa EkspertoManila – ila naghahain ngbitag ang sina sa Pilipinasayon kay Ernest Bower,chairman ng Southeast AsiaProgram of the Center forStrategic and InternationalStudies. Kailangan mag-ingatang Pilipinas sa kagustuhan ngsina ng bilateral talks taliwassa kagustuhan ng Pilipinasna daanin sa International

Arbitrary Court ang isyungreclamation activities sa mgaisla na nasa West Philippine Sea(WPS). inutulak ng sina angPilipinas na daanin sa bilateral

talks ang isyu ito habangkasalukuyang nang papalapitang desisyon ng PermanentCourt of Arbitration sa TeHague ang kontrobersyal napang-aangkin ng sina sa “9-dash line.”

Sa forum na ginanap saNational Defense College ofthe Philippines (NDCP) saCamp Aguinaldo, Quezon

City, pinagdiinan ni Bowerna maging mapagtanto angManila sa mga tactics ngBeijing. Sa mga ikinikilosng Beijing maaaring masiraang Pilipinas sa internationalcommunity. Sa pagkakataonna umurong o mag-iba ngposisyon ang Pilipinas.

Ayon pa kay Bower “TePhilippines has made a

commitment to its people and tothe region to follow a principledapproach. If the Philippinespursued bilateral negotiation

with China that ignored itscommitment, then all theinvestments put into the arbitralcase would be in vain, because it

would undercut that commitmentto the ASEAN (Association ofSoutheast Nations) and thenthe commitment to the Codeof Conduct in the South ChinaSea.”

Maaring magbago ang geo-political balance sa rehiyon

at magkaroon ng realignmentof alliances pag nagbago ngposisyon ang Pilipinas atpaboran ang bilateral talks sasina.

Ang agresibong pag-build-up ng sina ng mgamilitary facilities sa mgapinag-aagawang isla sa WPSay sinasabing labag sa 1992Code of Conduct of Parties(1992 CCP) na pinirmahanng sina kasama ang iba pangclaimants tulad ng Philippines,aiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia,and Brunei. Ayon pa din 1992

CCP hindi gagawing militaryzone ang nasabing mga isla.Sinabi pa rin ni Bower na

magdudulot ng negatiboepekto sa bansa ang bilateraltalks: “I think the Philippines

would lose respect to itspartners in Asia and certainlythe United States wouldbe, I would say, extremelydisappointed.”

wSi Bower ay kasama sapanel of reactors sa forum na“Asia-Pacific Perspectives inimplementing the EnhancedDefense Cooperation

Agreement (EDCA): Insightson the Bilateral SecurityDialogue” na binuo ng Albertdel Rosario Institute.

Samantala nagpahayagsi President-elect Rodrigo

Duterte na sakaling pumasokang Pilipinas sa bilateral talkssa sina hindi ibig sabihin naisu-surrender ng Pilipinas angmga isla sa WPS na ginawangmilitary facility ng sina atkailanman hindi pabor angPilipinas ditto.

Mas makabubuti sa Pilipinasat sa buong rehiyon kunghihimukin ng Pilipinas nagalangin ng sina ang 1992Code of Conduct of Parties attuluyan nang bitawan nito angkanyang “9-dash line” claim.(Michael Sebastian)

GMA matunog na palalayain!

Naging maugong ang usapannitong Martes na malapitnang magdesisyon ang Korte

Suprema kung palalayainsi dating Pangulong GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo. Ito aymatapos ipahayag ni PangulongRodrigo Duterte noongnakaraang Mayo na nais niyangbigyan ng pardon si Arroyo.

Noong taong 2012inakusahan ng kasong plundersi ginang Arroyo sa diumano’ymaanumalyang paggastosng P365 milyong pondo ngPhilippine Charity SweepstakesOffice (PCSO).

Ayon naman kay Quezon

Rep. Danilo Suarez malapitna kaibigan ni datingpangulong Arroyo, kanyang

imumungkahi kay PangulongDuterte na maging Chairmanng Committee on Economic

Affairs o kaya rade andIndustry si Arroyo sakalingtuluyang mapalaya ito. Satanong kay Suarez kungmalapit na nga na mapalayasi Arroyo, “I’m praying, sananaman,” ani Suarez.

Hindi kaila sa karamihan naitinalaga ni dating pangulong

Arroyo ang kasalukuyangpangulong ng bansa, si Dutertena anti-crime adviser noong

nakaupo pa si Arroyo saMalakanyang bilang pangulo.

Matatandaang naging

maingay ang social mediasa pangambang tinatrabahoang paglaya ni Arroyo sapamamagitan ni Dutertetatlong araw bago ang halalanmatapos kumalat ang larawanni Salvador Panelo pribadongabogado ni Arroyo. Sa naturanglarawan makikita si Arroyona noon ay nagdidiwang ngkanyang kaarawan kasamasi Panelo. Si Panelo angkasalukuyang spokesperson niPangulong Duterte. (Clarissade Leon)

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


3HUNYO 10, 2016 balita

A D V E R T I S E W I T H U S ( 0 2 ) 4 0 4 1 6 1 2Mobile # 09 9 885 84 4 15 / 09 3336 9 79 15 / 09 06 4 59 4 6 9 6 / 09 9 889 9 34 9 8

Duterte pinapanalo

ng mga mayayaman

Sa pagtatapos ng deadlineng Commission of Elections(Comelec) nitong Hunyo8 sa pagsusumite ng mgakandidato sa nakaraanghalalan ng kani-kanilangStatement of Contributionsand Expenditures (SOCE)

lumalabas na mga mayayamangnegosyante ang nasa likod sapagkapanalo ni PangulongRodrigo Roa Duterte.

Ayon sa Comelec, hindiman pinakamalaki umabotnaman sa humigit kumulangP375,009,474.90 milyongpiso ang ginastos ng kamponi Duterte sa kanyangkampanya upang masungkitang pinakamataas na pwesto sabansa.

Karamihan diumano samga nagpondo sa kampanyani Dutere ang mga kilalang atmayayamang negosyante mulasa Davao kabilang sina Rep.

Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr. ngDavao del Norte nag nagbigayng pinakamalaking halaga naumabot sa 20% ng kabuuanghalaga o P75,000,000.

milyong piso. Si Floirendoay kasalukuyang chairmanng Anflo Management andInvestment Corporation(ANFLOCOR) na nasanegosyong agrikultura na angpinakamalaki produkto aysaging at operasyon ng port

terminal containers at radiostation, housing, at truckingbusiness.

Sina Samuel Uy ng DavaoFarms and Davao ImportDistributors Incorporated aynagbigay ng Php 30,000,000.Si Bienvenido F. an naman aynagbigay din ng P20,000,000.Samantala sina Nicasio, I.

Alcantara at omas I. Alcantarang Alsons ConsolidatedResources ay nagbigay ngP16,000,000 at P12,000,000.

Ang Phoenix PetroleumPhilippines sa pangunguna niDennis A. Uy ay nagbigay ngP2,000,000. Limang milyongpiso naman ang binigay niCherylyn C. Uy ng ChelseaShipping Corporation at siLorenzo e ng Honda CarsDavao ay P30,000,000.

Kabilang din sa nagbahaging pondo ay sina Carlos G.Dominguez na nagbigay ngP2,300,000. Si Dominguezay ang bagong Secretaryof Finance at ang bagongExecutive Secretary SalvadorC. Medialdea sa halagang

P500,000. Maging si Senador Alan Peter S. Cayetano aynagbahagi ng P72,100,000.

Samantala si Senador GracePoe ay may pinakamalakingginastos sa pangangampanyasa halagang P510.84 milyongpiso. Sumusunod ang pambatong administrasyong Aquinona si Manuel “Mar” Roxas nahindi umabot ng pagsusumiteng SOCE sa deadline ngComelec.

Nagpahiwatig naman ngpagkabahala sa social mediaang ilang mga mamamayanng Davao maging sa ilan pangmga lugar sa Pilipinas na bakamauwi lamang sa bayad utangang pinangakong pagbabago saloob ng tatlo hanggang animna buwan ng nanalong pangulong bansa. (Mark Silva)

Balik-Eskuwela

ng Simbahan,pantulong sachild labor sabansa Laganap pa rin ang child laborsa mga plantasyon partikularna sa malalayong komunidad.

Ayon kay Sr. EmelinaVillegas, miyembro ngEcumenical Institute for LaborEducation and Research Inc.,base sa kanilang pag-aaral,isa ang Palm Oil Industry samaraming manggagawa napawang mga kabataan na edad

17 taong-gulang at pababa namatatagpuan sa Agusan.Sa panayam kay Sr. Villegas

nasa Agusan ang maypinakamalaking bilang ng childlabor sa bansa. “Sa aming pag-aaral may tendency [lumawak],pero mahirap pag-aralanang child labor statistically.Napakahirap kasi mamanu-manuhin mo yan, mahalagaang datus na nakukuha namin

dumarami siya ( child laborers)hindi lang sa city o center kundimalakas din sa mga plantasyon,sa mga hacienda. Sa researchna ginagawa namin tungkol sapalm oil industry sa Mindanao,natuklasan naming na ang mgamanggawa dun ay 17 years oldand below. Sila ang sumsungkitng mga bunga ng palm oil onganga. Kaibahan niya (palmoil-tree) may tinik ito. Sila ang

umaakyat at yumuyugyog paramahulog ang mga bunga; silaang naghahatak, nagkakasugat-sugat ang kanilang mga kamay,paa at braso kasi nga matinikito, at natuklasan namin angpinakamalaking palm oilplantation ay nasa Agusan,”pahayag ni Sr. Villegas sapanayam ng Radyo Veritas.

Pahayag ng madre,nakalulunos ang kalagayan ngmga batang manggagawa dahilsa bukod sa hirap ang kanilangkatawan, sumasahod lamangsila ng Php100 hanggangPhp200 kada araw namalayong-malayo sa minimumna sahod na Php481 provincialrate.

“Nakakalungkot, mahirap

na, maliit pa ang sahod nila.Hindi umaabot sa minimum,Php 200 or minsan Php100 aday lang.” ayon kay Sr. Villegas.

Dahil dito gumawa ng paraanang samahan kaya’t nagkaroonsila ng Balik-Eskuwela Programupang makapag-aral ang mgabatang ito.

“Mga dropout ang mga ito,kaya may isang project anglabor ecumenical, nagkaroon

sila ng Balik Eskuwela, ‘yungmga 17 years old o 10 yearsold and above nakapag-umpisang pag-aaral, nagkaroon silang espesyal na pag-aaral atna-validate kung anong gradena sila pwedeng ilagay. SaBukidnon at sa Agusan merondoon balik eskuwela.It hasbeen going on for three yearsat na-validate nila ang edad ngmga bata, nalagay sila sa Grade

5-6 o high school,” ayon pakay Sr. Villegas.

Sa ulat ng PhilippineStatistics Authority (PSA)Survey on children noong2012, nasa 5.4 milyon angchild labor sa bansa na maygulang lima hanggang 17taon kung saan 29.6 percentnagmula sa Mindanao. (RV)

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


4 HUNYO 10, 2016editoryal

OSCAR V. CRUZ

Editoryal

VIEWS AND POINS

Personalism and democracy

AS values usually stand for what is proper and correct, what is right and worthwhile, what is ideal and the like, peo-ple should be vigilant and care-ful lest their value system be-come but ego-centered. Teseare the times that seem to pro-mote if not actually affirm thesocial liability of personalismin what is right or wrong, whatis virtue or vice—particularlyin the sphere of governanceanchored on egoism. Whereassuch downright egoism wouldreadily and eventually promoteif not even facilitate socio-po-litical disorder in terms of in-dividuals and/or groups thereofsimply doing what they please,a supposedly democratic gov-

ernment would find it reallyhard if not practically impos-sible to work for the commongood, for the public welfare ofsociety in general—preciselyunder such a personalistic oregoistic orientation in the local/national level of governance an-chored on egoism.

Democracy and self-disci-pline are not contradictory. ruefreedom and proper regulations

are not mutually exclusive. Inother words, without discipline,democracy becomes a moraldifficulty if not a downrightpolitical impossibility. Tere is,however, a big difference be-tween the freedom upheld andpromoted by true democracyvis-à-vis relativism subscribedto and justified by liberalism which considers objective truthsas inimical even to what is true,

right, and proper. Te truth is

that freedom promotes choicesuch that there is even the realityknown as “Freedom of Choice”.So it is that there is really no objective ethical and moral choicebetween what is virtuous and what is vicious, what is demo-cratic and what is tyrannical.

In a democratic system of gov-ernment, political authority isaccountable to the people. Suchaccountability is by virtue of thefree election of those holdingaccountable public authority. Soit is that—when eventually per-ceived and actually proven inca-pable of heading a democraticleadership—despotic public au-thority are ultimately dismissedfrom office in due time by thepeople themselves through

subsequent uprising if not freeelections. As it is correctly said,some individuals can fool somepeople some of the time—butdefinitely not all people at thesame time.

o make civil life proceed well in its over-all course to- wards truth and justice, peace,and development—such is theover-all commitment of thoseelected by the people to pub-

lic offices in a true, actual, andlasting democracy. And thosethus representing the people ingeneral are held accountable tothe same people that gave themtheir respective elective publicauthority in a democratic gov-ernment. Tis, however, in no way means that public officialsmay just remain passive agents,indolent individuals, laid backcharacters. Te said officials

should then have the freedom

Pederalismo pabor lamang sa political dynastiesMarami sa atin ang umaasa

sa pagbabagong pinangako nipangulong Rodrigo Dutertelalo na ang mga kababayannatin mula sa mga probinsya.Layunin ng pangulo angitulak ang pederalismosa bansa na diumano aymagbibigay ng pagkakataonsa mga probinsya na lumago.Sinasabing sa kasalukuyan,umaasa lamang ang mgaprobinsya kung maipapasasa national level ang mgaproyektong minumungkahi.Ito daw diumano ang dahilankung bakit napapag-iwananang mga probinsya at tuluyangnakikinabang lamang ang

Maynila. ama ang ganitongpananaw, ngunit solusyon ngaba ang pederalismo?

Nakakaligtaan natin na satuwing may mga proyekto saMaynila man o sa probinsya,patuloy ang kurapsyon.Hindi nangangahulugang sapagpapatupad ng pederalismosa bansa ay maiiwasan naang pagnanakaw sa kabanng bayan bagkus malaki ang

tsansa na lalo pang lumawakang kurapsyon. Ito dahilsa ilalim ng pederalismo,mananatili sa puwesto angmga pamilyang kungdi mantaon ay deka-dekada nang

nakaupo sa puwesto. Angpondo ay hindi na kailanganpang pagtalunan sa nationalkungdi ito ay manggagalingna sa nalikom ng probinsyaat magiging desisyon na ngmga nakaupo sa regional omga probinsya. Sila na rinmismo ang magpapatupadng mga proyekto sa kanilangnasasakupan. Maganda sanaito. Subalit kapag ganito angnangyari sa kasalukuyangkultura ng Pilipino na nakawdito nakaw doon, malamangimbes na lumago ang mgaprobinsya ay mas mauunanglalago ang mga bulsa ng mgahoodlum na mga pamilyang

matagal nang nakaupo sapuwesto at salit-salitan nalamang sa kapangyarihan.

Kaya rin siguro hindipabor si Pangulong Dutertesa Anti-Political Dynasty Billay dahil nga ang kanyangpamilya mismo ay tatamaannito. Nabanggit niya angkangyang pagtutol noongpanahon ng pangangampanyana siya ring nagpalakas sa

kanyang kampanya dahilpulu-pulotong na pamilyangdinastiya ang nagpahayag ngsuporta sa kanyang pahayag napagpabor sa political dynasty.

Isa pang nakababahala ang

pagiging ‘autonomus’ ng judicial system. Ibig sabihinsa ilalim ng pederalismomagkakaroon ng sarilingpamamalakad ang mgagobyerno ng probinsya.Delikado ito lalo na sa mgamamamahayag kung ang isangprobinsya ay magpapanukalang pagkikitil sa kalayaangmamahayag ng balita. Kailanlamang, naging masalimuotang relasyon ng midya at niDuterte. Una na ang pahayagng pangulo na ‘deserving’ onararapat mapatay ang mgatiwali sa midya. Madali itokung ang kaugnay na batas aymadaling maipapasa sa mga

probinsya. Ang pagbabago ay maynararapat lamang na maykaakibat na pagpapahalagasa dignidad ng bawat tao.Kawawa naman ang ating mgakababayan na napipilitangkumapit sa patalim dalang kahirapan. Wala pangpagkakataon sa patas napaglilitis, mapapatawan pang parusang kamatayan.

Hindi ito maituturing natunay na pagbabago kungdipanunumbalik lamang ngpasusupil. Gaya na lamangnuong panahon ng batasmilitar.

AREOPAGUS COMMUNICATIONS INC.Publisher

RAYMOND BANDRILEditor in Chief

FRANCES ORTIGASLayout Arst

GLADYS BANDRIL

Markeng Director

Tapat is published every other Friday byAreopagus Communicaons Inc.,

with business address at1111 F.R. Hidalgo St., Quiapo, Manila

You can reach us through the following:

Landline # (02) 404 16 12Mobile # 09988584415 / 09333697915

09064594696 / 09988993498

Email:[email protected]

Website: www.tapatnews.comAll rights reserved 2016

- page 6

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


5HUNYO 10, 2016 opinyon

#sarisari

PAGBABAGO? Ang pagbabago ay nagsi simulasa sarili. Matagal na natingnaririnig ito. Hindi maaaringmagkaroon ng pagbabago kungang mismong nagsusulongnito ay hindi kayang baguhinang kanyang nakayayamot nabibig. Sabi nga nila, “practice

what you preach.”***

Maraming nang pinagdaanangpagsubok at kritisismo angSimbahang Katolika kungpagbabatayan ang Kasaysayan.Ngunit nagpatuloy pa rin angbuhay nito sa gabay ng PoongMaykapal. ama ang nagingdesisyon ng ilang obispo nahuwag nang patulan ang mgapatutsada ng isang hambog na

pinuno. Magdasal na lang tayomga kapatid.***

Araw-araw ay nababalitaannatin ang mga nahuhuling

tulak ng droga. Ito ba aymagtutuloy-tuloy na o isalamang itong malakingpalabas at papogi lamang?Nalalambat ba talaga angmga “malalaking isda”? O angmga malalaking isdang ito ayprotektado ng mga tiwali sa

ating pamahalaan? Maramingbuhay ang sinisira pa rin ngipinagbabawal na gamot.

***May isang lider na humihinging pang-unawa sa paraan ngkanyang pagsasalita at kahitang kanyang lantaran napagmumura. Pinipilit ng midyana intindihin siya ngunit alamnatin na hindi umiikot ang

mundo sa isang tao lamang.Sino ba siya? Walang puwangang mga bastos sa isang disenteat sibilisado na lipunan.

***

Kumusta na kaya ang mgatalunan noong nakaraanghalalan? Puwede namannilang pagsilbihan ang bayankahit wala sila sa puwesto.O “ampalaya mode” silangayon? Ganyan talaga angisang demokrasya. At mahirap

baguhin ang naitadhana na.

***

Ano kaya ang magiging papelni VP-elect Leni Robredo?Maiaangat kaya talaga niyaang mga nasa laylayan? Osiya mismo ay mapupunta salaylayan ng kapangyarihan?Sa ngayon, wala pa siyangkagawaran o ahensya ng

gobyerno na pamumunuan.Sayang naman ang higitsa 14 milyon na nagtiwalasa kanyang kakayahan atkatapatan sa bayan.

CANDIDLY SPEAKING

Fr. Roy CimagalaTe fundamental attitude

to serve

K-12: Change has Come

Prof. Michael Trias - Ang

Te Education Act of 2013(Republic Act 10533) knownas K-12, is one of the fewbills passed in congress that isstill a hot topic as of writing.Ever since its ratification lastMay 2013 coalesced with thenationwide rollout of the Senior

High School (SHS) this year,the majority of the Philippinepopulace continues to beunderwater as to its effects to thefuture of the quality of educationin the country.

An average Filipino, if daredand asked what he/she thinks ofK-12, would probably just answer just “money problems” – and inan extent, it undoubtedly is. Butbeyond the financial standing ofour less fortunate brothers andsisters: What, really, is K-12?How will it help the educationallandscape of the country?

Te primary rationale behind

the implementation of K-12 isthe Philippine’s membershipin the ASEAN region. ASEANIntegration 2015 is the catalystin the reform of the educationallandscape in the country. Priorto its passage, the Philippinesis the only country in the

ASEAN region and one of thethree remaining countries inthe world, with a 10-year basiceducation cycle.

According to Isagani R.Cruz, President of Te Manilaimes College and formerUndersecretary of the PhilippineDepartment of Education, itis significant to consider thatalbeit Filipino professionalsand workers presently benefitfrom demonstrated work ethicand communication facility,they are still being devaluedcompared to their ASEAN/foreign counterparts due to gaps

vis-à-vis educational standards– an example is the 2-year gapin basic education. Meaning, ascompetitive as we may be in theinternational scene, a nursinggraduate would be assigned as anursing assistant, an engineeringgraduate an engineering

technologist, a teacher a teacher-aide, and so on.

Tus the call for K-12 was tooloud to be ignored. Te NationalEmployees Union (NEU) ofthe Department of Education(DepEd) stressed that K-12 isnot only a timely intervention,but a necessary move to improvethe Philippine basic educationsystem which would caterto international educationstandards. And these are not juststandards that apply to richestcountries like Singapore and Japan, but also to the poorest

page 6

I’S amazing that even as Christ was already talking abouthis impending passion, death, and resurrection, two of hisapostles, James and John, were more interested in occupy-ing special places in heaven—that they may sit “one at yourright and the other at your left.” (cfr. Mk 10, 32-45)

Tis elicited a sharp rebuke from Christ and the clarifica-

tion that “whoever wishes to be first among you will be theslave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be servedbut to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Before saying those words, he told them: “You know thatthose who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord itover them, and their great ones make their authority overthem felt. But it shall not be so among you.”

Tese words are a timely reminder for all of us, and espe-cially our newly-elected public officials, who wield a certainauthority over others due to our position and status in life.Tey clearly spell out how our attitude should be with re-spect to power and authority that we can have.

Power and authority is meant for serving. o serve is thelanguage and the expression of love. It authenticates any af-firmation of love we do, converting it from intention to tan-gible reality.

Tis is the attitude meant for us, with God himself as theexemplar. Imagine, Christ served us by dying on the cross.Before that, he shocked his apostles when he insisted that hebe allowed to wash their feet. Tat was to give an example tothem, and us, so that what he did we would also do to oneanother.

Te angels too, superior to us in nature, are made to serve

us, following a divine law articulated by Christ himself whenhe said: “Let him who is greatest among you become as theyoungest, and him who is the chief as the servant.” (Lk22,26)

We need to be more keenly aware of this law. Tis is truly what is good for us, providing us with the basic source ofstrength and consistency we need as we grapple with life’sendless challenges.

Before we worry about the big and destructive enemiesof our soul, we have to realize that our most insidious foe isright within us, when this attitude of serving others is notfirmly established in our mind and heart.

Tat it was James and John who made that questionablerequest only shows how easy it is for us who try to be closeto God to fall for the tricks of our soul’s enemies.

Tey most likely were motivated by the best intentions.Still, those intentions were wrong. Like them, we could besubjectively loving, but objectively not so. Tus, the need toconstantly rectify our intentions.

It is this missing attitude of wanting to serve in each one ofus that sooner or later grows into social and cultural propor-tions, then into something global with ideological support-ing structures, that offers the seed, sun, and water for the bigenemies we have against our spiritual life.

Te absence of this attitude nullifies whatever big and ar-dent professions of love we may have toward God and oth-ers. Our desire to love could not soar into the flight of au-thentic love when this eagerness to serve is absent.

MILLENIAL FALCON

Jumarvin Ridulfa

- page 6

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


6 HUNYO 10, 2016

countries which, in an essence, want to give their youth the ammunition they need tosurvive the employment bloodbath.

Expanding the years of basic education from 10 to 12, public high school graduates

become qualified even for the most basic jobs – as one of the goals of the K-12program is to “broaden the goals of high school education for college preparation,vocational and technical career opportunities as well as creative sports, sports andentrepreneurial employment in a rapidly changing and increasingly globalizedenvironment.” With K-12 comes a more competent labor force in the country, inturn, giving an edge to hurdle the challenges of assuring quality human capital thatcompetes with the rest of the ASEAN region.

With its implementation, Filipino graduates will be unquestionably recognized asprofessionals abroad due to pursuing international educational standards practiced byall nations. Tere is no doubt that a financial misery is happening because of K-12, butin reality, it gives more than it takes: the need to study again in order to be up to par with foreign standards become non-existent. With K-12, Filipinos who yearn to strive

abroad will not anymore have a difficult time getting a career in their chosen field.Education, as it stands and always stood, is still the light at the end of the tunnel,

the path to better opportunities and to a better life. K-12 serves as a testament to thebright future of the quality of education in the Philippines, whether the majority ofthe population agrees with it or not. It puts the Philippines on a pedestal it deserves– never to be ignored, or taken away.

K-12: Change .... from page 5

to fulfill their mandate generally in terms of knowing and working for the commongood of the people, whereas public offices are categorically intended for public servicein favor of the common good.

So it is thus provided: “Te Philippines is a democratic and republican State.Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.”(1987 Phil. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 1) So it is that in the context of the above pro-vision, personalism, egoism, individualism in government are the enemies of peopleliving in a democratic country.

Personalism.... from page 4

Any attempt to love with this attitude not in place would be plain mimickry.It would attract many problems and anomalies. It will drown in the quicksandsof pride, vanity, envy, jealousy, and the other subtle forms of egoism. It cannotsurvive the mere tests of differences of characters and opinions, for example.

Tis eagerness to serve really has to be worked out, because with our fallenand wounded nature, every pore of our being tends to go against the law of loveexpressed in service that God meant for us.

We need to pause and reflect to get a clear view of our predicament, then begand pray for God’s grace for we can do nothing without it, and then little by lit-tle, day by day, start to develop the mind and the skills to bring us always readyand happy to serve.

Let us remember that the fall of the angels started when one of them said, “I will not serve.” Our first parents fell because they too chose to serve themselvesinstead of God.

Every sin and moral evil has in its core the virus of not wanting to serve. Andso, perhaps as a motto that we can repeat often, we should say to ourselves, andto God and all: “Serviam” I will serve!

Te fundamental.... from page 4

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


7HUNYO 10, 2016 feature

Back in Staples: Luke Walton to coach the

Lakers after 2015-2016 season After a disastrous 17-65 record, anda cellar-dealing season in the NBA’s

Western Conference, the Los AngelesLakers cut ties with their head coachByron Scott.

Te team made quick arrangementsto start their rebuilding process in the

post Kobe Bryant-era, as they hiredformer forward and current GoldenState Assistant Coach Luke Walton topatron the sides in the next season.

Walton was part of the back-to-backchampionship years of the Lakers in2009 and 2010. Moreover, he led the2015-2016 Warriors to a 39-4 start inthis year after being an interim coach

while Steve Kerr was out.In an interview with ESPN, Walton’s

decision had to come hard as he wereto part ways with the record-setting Warriors, the best regular season teamin NBA History.

“It was a tough decision, but I didn’thave to sleep on it because I alreadykind of thought it out. Obviously, Ilove the past two years, the players hereare incredible, not just talent-wise, butthe people they are. I love the coachingstaff I work with here” said the 10-year

NBA veteran. Walton expressed on how thingsturned out quickly in what will be hisnew post for the 2016 season saying “It’sobviously tough to leave this(Warriors)but it’s definitely an opportunity not topass out on. Te fact that I played forthe Lakers, and I’m part of that family.Before I took this job, I watched Lakergames and it’s nice to help rebuild what

we used to have there.”

In addition, he believes that theteam can turn it around with a core ofyoung talented players which includeFil-Am Jordan Clarkson and two for-mer lottery picks in Julius Randle andD’Angelo Russell. Te Lakers are pro-

jected to land at least a top 3 pick in theupcoming 2016 draft, which they canuse on landing big names like Ben Sim-mons, Buddy Hield, Brandon Ingramand Dragan Bender.

For the meantime, Walton is stillpart of the defending NBA champs

Warriors and are in stride and locked into try and capture another NBA itle.(Jan Gonzales )

Luke Walton ang magiging coachng LA Lakers pagkatapos ng NBA2015 - 2016 season

7/26/2019 Tapat Vol 3 No 7 | June 10


8 HUNYO 10, 2016

What Really Is “Separation Of Church And State”?

Whenever the Church opposes governmentpolicies or initiatives to legalize anti-Gos-pel laws, politicians, editorials - opinion-makers are quick to denounce “Churchinterference in State affairs” – nakikialamna naman and Simbahan is the commoncomplaint. Media is quick to portray theChurch as meddlesome medieval institu-tion that is out-of-touch with the times.Some critics assume a moral stance byquoting Scripture, “Render to Caesar what

is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”eaching the Church Scripture has gotto be the height of conceit. Are politiciansand media Bible experts now? If the Bible istaken out of context then it is pretext, thistakes the cake: highlighting Caesar’s rightsand totally ignoring God’s! Vox populi, voxDei. Wrong! God’s world is not a democra-cy, but a theocracy where His Word is law.His voice should be the people’s voice. TeState needs His guiding voice to enact lawsthat make for true democracy. emporal

matters are not absolute State domain.Te Church as custodian of ruth and

entrusted with a prophetic mission hasevery right “to pass moral judgements evenin matters related to politics, whenever thefundamental rights of man or salvation ofsouls requires it (Gaudium et Spes).”

Bishops must boldly speak out at risk

of ridicule, persecution, or physical harm.Silence means an abandonment of divinemandate. Admittedly, a few undiscerningclergy are dupes of secular affairs. Tere arethose too preoccupied with politics like Fr.Cardenal of Nicaragua, the Sandinista bu-reaucrat chastised by then Pope John PaulII at the airport tarmac, and our own revo-lutionary priests never in the confessionalsbut always at rallies; readily game for inter-views and media limelight.

Church and State have clashed time andagain over misunderstandings. Guilt maybe found on both sides especially wherepolitics – Satan’s playground – is involved;but the State is often at fault in meddlingfrom lack of appreciation of the Church’srole. Te first meddler was Constantine.

After legalizing Christianity and sponsor-ing the Council of Nicaea, he tried to influ-ence its outcome. All succeeding emperorsmeddled.

Te Church suffered repeated encroach-

ment by powers-that-be, notably from theMiddle Ages onwards by ruling familiesof Europe. Nobility secured ecclesiasticaloffices for relatives, allies, and rascal cro-nies through foul schemes as bishops, evenPopes, allowed disreputable lackeys to occu-py positions in the Church hierarchy caus-ing corruption and scandals. Te Church

struggled to maintain sovereign-ty. Te Clergy who were againstinjustice were persecuted. Tey

were exiled, imprisoned, torturedor even executed for indiscretionof “meddling”.

Pope Boniface VIII promulgat-ed the Papal Bull Unam Sanctamin 1302 that dealt on unity ofChurch and temporal powers.He carefully distinguished theirrespective roles and stressed theessential superiority of the spir-itual. Eventually, benign rulersrecognized the Church’s spiritualrole and undertook her protec-tion as a fundamental duty, giv-ing rise to the principle of sepa-

ration of powers: a propositionthat guarantees State protection

of the Church from any interfer-ence. Meddling and persecutionexist today in totalitarian states;likewise in democracies wherelawmakers and media infringe onmoral matters.

o whom does a citizen oweprimary allegiance?

King Henry VIII had hisgood friend the Exchequer ofEngland, Tomas More be-headed for opposing the King’sdivorce, England’s break withRome, and the confiscating ofthe Church’s property, and sub-

jecting the clergy of England tothe crown. Said More at his ex-ecution, “I am the king’s loyal

servant, but God’s first.” (TapatNews)

tapat vol 3 no 7 | june 10

Documents