An appeal to voters, vote for real partylist groups!

 

AKBAYAN Partylist tops youth led mock elections

 

AKBAYAN !Partylist tops a mock elections speaheaded by youth organizations under Brotherhood of Destiny or BROOD. The group says that the mock election is in conjunction with the 2007  Election Database. Below is the result for the partylist mock elections with 2% partylist vote threshold.

Partylist Results:

1. AKBAYAN! Citizens Action Party [AKBAYAN] – 24%

2. SANLAKAS [SANLAKAS] – 11%

3. Citizens Battle Against Corruption [CIBAC] – 11%

4.  Assalam Bangsamoro People’s Party [ASSALAM] – 11%

5. Kabataan Partylist [KABATAAN] – 8%

6. Abanse Pinay! – 8%

7. Bayan Muna – 5%

8. United Movement Against Drug [UNI – MAD] – 3%

9. People’s Movement Against Poverty [PMAP] – 3%

10. Partido ng Manggagawa [PM] – 3%

11. Luzon Farner’s Party [BUTIL] – 3%

12. Cooperative – Natco Network Party [COOP – NATCO] – 3%

13. Philippine Coconut Producers Federation [COCOFED] – 3%

14. Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives [APEC] – 3%

15. An Waray – 3%

16. Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy [ANAD] – 3%

why will i vote for akbayan partylist?

in support to akbayan!

Gusto kong Magmartsa sa SONA!

Dalawang araw na lang at SONA na naman!

Hindi ibig sabihin nito ay pinakaaabangan ko ang darating na State of the Nation Address ni Gng. Arroyo. Alam ko naman na gaya ng mga nakaraang SONA ay puno na naman ito ng mga ngawngaw ng nagawa raw ng administrasyong ito at mga pangakong walang patutunguhan.

Nuong nakaraang mga SONA ni Gloria ay matingkad ang agenda ng desperadong sayaw ng CHACHA. Sinaliwan ng musika ng palace initiative at con-ass na parehong walang pinatunguhan dahil parehong sintunado. Nangako ng trabaho para sa mga manggagawa habang malaking bilang pa rin ang walang trabaho. Dahil kulang ang nalikhang trabaho ay sinisi ang mga pinoy dahil tamad daw.

Ang problema daw ay ang kakayanan ng mga pinoy ay hindi angkop sa mga nakalatag na trabaho. Hanep di ba? Kasalanan naman pala natin eh. Sa edukasyon ay may programa din daw ang gobyerno kaya nga sila di magkaintindihan ni Sec. Fe Hidalgo ng DepEd. Wala raw kulang na classroom dahil sa mga polisiyang ipinatupad kaya naman nagbabaon ng mono block chair araw-araw yung grade 3 na kapìtbahay ko. Aruy!

Sa tindi rin ng paranoia ng gobyernong ito, iba-ibang porma ng represyon ang ginamit nito. Andyan ang calibrated pre-emptive response, gag order EO 464 at PP 1017. Lahat anti-mamamayan.

Walang demostrasyon na hindi binuwag. Walang sinanto kahit religous, kabataan, kababaihan, manggagawa, pesante, lawyers group atbp. Isang taon na nagdaan ng walang paggalang sa karapatan ng mamamayan. Pagnaa-alaala ko nga yung mga dispersal sa EDSA nuong February 24 ay nakakapangilabot na isiping yung mga pulis na pasahod ng buwis ng mamamayan ay sya mismong humahataw sa amin.

Hanggang ngayon ay sumisigaw ng katarungan ang mg abiktistang biktima ng extra-judicial killings. Mga lider ng iba´t-ibang sektor ang walang awang pinaslang at na nanatiling tahimik ang gobyernong ito. Iporkritong pinawalang bisa ang death pènalty habang may sintensya na ang mga aktibistang lumalaban sa gobyernong ito. Imbes na imbestigahan ang mga tinuturong may sala gaya ni Gen. Berdugo Palparan ay na promote pa! Hanep!

Samakatuwid, wala naman talaga akong inaasahan sa SONA na darating.

Sublait sa isang banda, lagi naman para sa kahit sino mang aktibista na ang SONA ay isang “red letter day” para sa ating lahat. Ito ay araw ng sama-samang pagkilos para magmarka ng atign kolektibong pagkilos. (parang asa rally lang!)

Gayunpaman, ako ay nalulungkot isipin na hindi ako makakadalo sa pagkilos sa SONA. Nakalulungkot na asa malayong lupain ako ng mga mananakop ng Pilipinas ng tatlong daan-taon. Di bale, sa puso at isipan (naks!) sama na natin ang panaginip ay nagmamartsa rin ako para sa taunang pagkilos ng SONA.

At gusto ko pa rin magmartsa sa SONA!

Getting “Dumb and Dumber” Under Gloria

(Below is a statement of different youth and student organizations, under the banners of Freedom from Debt Coalitionand Laban ng Masa, stating the real situation of the Filipino youth, in time for the State of the Nation Address)

This coming 24th of July 2006, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be deliverign another set of promises in her State of the Nation Address supposedly to hel eradicate poverty, promote development and build sustainable peace. However, the Filipino youth and students can´t help but wonder where all this promises will lead to. Lest we forget, this is the same Mrs. Arroyo, pretending to be the president who at the zenith of EDSA 2 uprising recited a litany of promises and guarantees allegedly to defend and advance the genuine interest of the people, especially of the youth and students who gave power to EDSA 2. And yet, these promises, much more the pledge of assurance from Mrs. Arroyo, are still waiting to be fulfilled.

Five years under the disputed leadership of Mrs. Arroyo, the Filipino youth and students are uneducated, indebted abd hungry.

Last year alone, the education sector´s share in the fiscal pie went down by 27.9 percent. A large part of the education budget just went to financing personnel serviceswhiel funding for books, building and teaching tools was a measly 4.1 percent. Our country only spends 2.1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on education while comparable countries within the Medium Deevelopment bracket spend an average of 4.41 percent according to the recent United Nations Human Development Report.

Proof of this is the dismal state of our education system. As of now:

1 of 10 Filipinos has never gone to school (6.8 million)

1 in 6 Filipinos is not functionally literate (9.6 million)

4.1 million are illiterate

11.6 million are out of school-youth

More than half (51 percent) of Filipinos had atmost elementary education

Out of 1,000 Grade 1 pupils, only 688 will finish their elementary education and only 7 will acquire teh required competency skills

Of 100 students enrolled in  Grade 1, only 13 will finish college

The Philippines has one of the most crowded classroom in Asia.Class size is 55 to 56 students per classroom.

Textbook shortage is pegged at 25 million

Public school teracher shortage is close to 50, 000

8.5 percent of schoolchildren are malnourished. Public schools are lacking in a comprehensive school based, institutionalized child nutrition program

On the other hand, debt servicing has been increasing in proportion to the total annual budget. From 2002 – 2005, the average debt to expenditure ratio is 63.60 percent of our national budget. Conceretely, durign this schort time, Mrs. Arroyo spent a total of PhP 2.83 trillion just to pay onerous and unjust debts. Enough money to augment much needed social services like eductaion. This also means, every single Filipino even the newly born has a debt of PhP 46, 901.00.

More than ever, unde the tutelage of Mrs. Arroyo, the Filipino youth and students have never been more uneducated and drowned in so much debt. Truly, ang utang ni Gloria na lumulobo ay nakakabobo!  

This is the real situation of the Filipino youth. This is what Mrs. Arroyo is not talking about in her blissful SONAs. This is the problem yearly drowned in empty promises, hollow rhetorics and orchestrated standing ovations. This is the crisis our government is refusing to admit and address.

Without a doubt, this year´s SONA will be like all previous SONAs. Rich in theatrics and promises. Nothing more, nothing less.

Because of this, Filipino youth reaffirm their commitment to safeguard and press forward our genuine rigth to quality, relevant and accessible education for all. This coming 21st of July 2006, we will give this government a taste of what it can expect from the militant youth and stduent movement come SONA time. In a time where turncoatism and hopelessness seems to define this particular juncture of our history, the Filipino youth and students will remain vigilant, militant and unwavering in their responsibility to help build a better future  – free from debt, free from Gloria!

Thus our calls remain:

Education for all!

Repeal the Automatic Appropriations Law on debt servicing!

Convene a Congressional Debt Audit!

Rechannel budget for debt servicing to education and other social services!

Oust the fake Arroyo regime!

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), Laban ng Masa (LnM), Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Lakas ng Kabataan (ALYANSA), Filipino Democratic Students Union (FDSU) ISKOLAR-UP Manila, KAISA-UP Diliman, Kalayaan Youth, Kabataan KOntra Kahirapan (KKK), Liga ng Sosyalistang Kabataan (LSK), Movement for the Advancement of Student Power (MASP), PADAYON Youth, Piglas Kabataan (PK), Sanlakas Youth (SY), Samahan ng Demokratikong Kabataan (SDK), Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), and Youth for Nationalism and Democracy   

    

The Joke Is On Me!

I am uploading pictures in my photobucket account and remember a funny anecdote in this picture. Makris and I were the emcees for this anti-gloria rally when the police violently dispersed the mobilization.

i was agitating the crowd to hold ground saying “itong karahasan ng gobyernong arroyo ay hindi natin dapat katakutan. mahigpit na paglaban at protesta ang ating isalubong.” then the police charges hitting protesters like mad dogs.

the comrades fight back but of course, the coercive might of the police was too much.then my co-emcee, makris was also agitated and keep on chanting.

then four police came to us and threatend us that they will also arrest us if we don’t stop agitating the people.markis was still chanting over and over and i responded.

the chant was “laban ng masa, patalsikin si gloria.”

the police where about to get up to the stage when i told them “ito na nga kuya hihinto na?!.”

after that i was the laughing stock of my comrades.

i was just acting practical that we need not to be arrsted especially when a lot of tasks are ahead of us for the next day.

anyways, the lesson i learned was never to accept an emcee task when you know you have a very important task for the next day especially when you know that you might be arrested.

(joke!)of course, i will do emcee tasks for mobilizations and rallies over and over again so to make my voice of dissent be heard.

mga paru-paru sa bulok na hardin

 

ang mga sumusunod ay palihan ng tula mula sa reaksyon ng

isang kaibigan sa aking tula na nagsasalarawan sa aking sarili.

 

ikaw ay paru-paru

ni: ellaine janda

marahil isa ka ngang paru-paro…

kung hihilingin mong iguhit kita,

paumanhin, hindi ko kaya…

hindi kayang isalawaran ng mga linya ang iyong kabuuan

ni kulungin ng mga hugis ang iyong mundong ginagalawan.

sapagkat matama ko mang isipin…

paano bibigyang buhay ang iyong katauhang walang ibang kulay

maliban sa pula?!

 

apropos to “ikaw ay paru-paru”

ni: lansangan

ako nga ay isang paru-paru.

malumanay at sinusuyo ng matingkad na

kulay ng dugo ang aking pagkakakilanlan.

mahirap ikulong sa mga lente at kahon

na nais igapos ang aking mga pakpak.

mailap at palaboy ng marahas na

parang ng nabubulok na hardin.

subalit sa aking tingin, lahat tayo ay paru-paru.

sinusuyo ng ibat ibang kulay subalit lumalaban

sa harap ng laksang pangamba.

hindi kailan man maigapos ang pakpak

dala ng wagas na pagsuyo sa mga api.

nananatiling lagalag ng hardin na

nabubulok upang wakasan ito.

ako nga ay paru-paru sublait hindi kailanman nag-iisa.

ikaw rin ay paruparu. pula, berde,

lila, indigo o ano pa man.

wala akong pakialam

sa hangganan ng tagumpay tayo ay babalik

sa ating mga hinabing kanlungan sa piling ng mga api.

romasa ng rebolusyon

banayad mo na haplusin ang aking buhok gaya

ng paghaplos mo sa dungis sa mukha ng batang paslit.

hagkan mo ang aking mga labi gaya ng hagkan mo

ang landasing mapagpalaya.

 

yakapin mo ako ng buong higpit gaya ng

pagyakap mo sa maka-uring linya.

dahan-dahan mong hubarin ang saplot na aking suot gaya

ng hubdan mo ng kaapihan ang masang pinanawan ng pag-asa

 

romansahin mo ako ng buong lambing gaya ng

romansa ng pighati at pag-asa.

iulos ang sandata ng buhay gaya ng pagulos

ng kamalayan sa iyong kaisipan

angkinin mo ang aking katawan gaya ng

angkinin mo ang gawaing rebolusyonaryo.

umungol ng buong laya gaya ng mga malayang

tinig at sigaw ng pakikibaka.

 

at sa dulo, sabay nating abutin ang sukdulang

langit na ating parehong pinangarap.

what makes a beautiful shot?

this picture was taken during the peak of anti-gloria campaign.this is so far my favotire picture in my photobucket account. OUST GLORIA NOW!