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EDITOR S PICK
YEARS
UP students and professors marched along the
academic oval to condemn the P1.39 billion budget
cut on September 21, 2010. Three years hence, the
UP community will once again walk out of the
classrooms and go on strike against corruption and
the Aquino administrations neglect of basic social
services such as education.
THERE SHALL BE NO CLASSES
on September 20. Once more,
UP students shall walk out of
their classes and join other
universities in a show of strength
against an administration that
condones corruption while
abandoning even the most basic
of social services like public
higher education.
Staying safe within the
comforts of our classrooms is
no longer the viable option. We
may no longer remain silent
and untroubled when the
national university is besieged
by an impending P1.43 billion
budget cut, and when 78 other
state universities and colleges
face the same fate.
As we march towards
Mendiola this Friday, we
join the nation in outrage at
the Aquino administrations
shamelessness in delaying
justice to the people
whose rights and welfare
are undermined by this
governments perverted
logicthere are unlimited
funds at the discretion of
corrupt ofcials who remain
free, while public institutions
sufer from lack of resources to
sustain their very existence.
Before the spate of massive
peoples protests across the
nation, President Benigno
Aquino IIIwho presumes
to be an advocate against
corruptionhad only allotted
an even higher Priority
Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF) than his predecessor
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,
whom he highly criticized
for corruption.
Until now, Aquino refuses to
decisively abolish the PDAF and
other pork barrel funds amid
the nationwide call against
PDAF. In fact, P1.3 trillion
worth of funds in the proposed
2014 National Budget remain
under Aquinos discretion.
Instead of prioritizing social
services especially education,
Aquinos administration only
further adds to the burden
of the youth. Within the
borders of our campuses,
the governments neglect
manifests itself in the high cost
and inaccessibility of education,
marking the highest number of
loan applicants this yeareven
as the Socialized Tuition and
Financial Assistance Program
claims to ensure each UP
student pays tuition according
to his economic capacity.
Further neglect for proper
funding for UP is evident in the
commercialization of UP lands,
most recent of which is the UP
Town Center. Te inadequate
funding for UP which needs a
budget of P17.1 billiona far
cry from the P8.1 billion 2014
budget for UPalso shows in
the declining performance of
UP in the recent world ranking
of universities.
Te Aquino administration
could counter these protests
with the proposed P2.2 billion
increase for the education
budget for 2014. However,
this nominal increase serves
only as a farce smokescreen
for the government to show
that it does not abandon its
duty towards the education
sector. Tis increase is clearly
not enough to beneft all SUCs,
79 of which are to experience
budget cuts including UP.
With the ongoing anti-
student policies, the youth and
student sector shall utterly
reject the option of apathy and
docility. We have already shown
the government what it must
fear from those it attempts to
fool. Just last week, the UP
community marched towards
Katipunan to join neighboring
schools Miriam College and
Ateneo de Manila University
in a noise barrage that boasted
of almost 2,000 protesters who
braved the rains.
Tis Friday, we shall once
again heed the call to strike
to hold answerable a corrupt
regime which thrives on
oppression and deception,
to take to the streets where
our collective voice shall be
stronger in our united and
just cause.
Ukol sa Pabalat
Dibuho ni Rosette Abogado
STRIKE!
BALITA PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN BIYERNES, SETYEMBRE 20, 2013 3
Franz Christian D. Irorita
Johnwyn Ace Fornal
Jul Mar Esteban
MEMBERS OF THE UP COMMUNITY
have called for the abolition of the pork
barrel and the rechanneling of the funds to
basic social services during the UP Diliman
(UPD) Student Summit at the UP Film
Center on September 11.
Te student summit served as a
springboard to a series of protests which
will culminate to a march to Mendiola on
September 20. More than 500 students,
faculty and ocials of the university,
including UPD Chancellor Caesar Saloma
and Vice Chancellor for Student Aairs
Ma. Corazon Tan, attended the summit.
UP students have the responsibility to
ensure that the countrys taxes are used
to provide basic social services to people,
said Tan in her opening remarks. We call
on all of us to join forces in the demand to
abolish the presidential and congressional
pork barrel system now, and to allocate
greater funds to basic social services.
Te Priority Development Assistance
Fund (PDAF), commonly known as
pork barrel, is a lump-sum, discretionary
allocation for the countrys lawmakers.
Te pork barrel system, however, extends
to the unprogrammed funds under the
presidents discretion such as the Special
Purpose Funds.
Te discretionary nature of the funds
makes it vulnerable to corruption as in
the case of the P10-billion pork barrel
scam allegedly orchestrated by lawmakers
and Janet Lim-Napoles, said University
Student Council (USC) Councilor Neefa
Macapado. Te pork barrel funds could
have been used for basic social services
including education, added Macapado.
For 2014, the Aquino administration
proposed a higher allocation for the PDAF at
P25.2 billion. Meanwhile, the Department
of Budget and Management proposed cuts
in the budget of 79 state universities and
colleges (SUCs). UP alone could suer a P1.4
billion cut from its budget.
Te governments refusal to provide
full state subsidy forces UP to impose
high tuition fees to its students making it
inaccessible, said Macapado.
Also, a lower budget allocation for UP
could force the university administration
to implement cost-cutting measures
that lower the working benets for UP
employees, said ALL UP Workers Union
chairperson Felix Parias.
Yet, the budget cuts to education
aects not only UP, said USC Councilor
Erra Mae Zabat. Usapin na rin ito ng
milyon-milyong kabataan sa labas na
pinangakuan ng maayos na edukasyon,
ngunit patuloy na di nakatatanggap nito,
UP community: Rechannel pork funds to social services
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UNITED FRONT
Photo by Angerica Hainto
Te UP Community marches with neighbors Miriam College and Ateneo De Manila
University along Katipunan Avenue on September 11. Te three schools signed a
statement of unity demanding the abolishment of the controversial pork barrel fund.
DOJ ruling another
injustice to Burgos case
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE
denounced the Department of Justices
(DOJ) resolution acquitting six former
high ranking military ocials from the
abduction of activist Jonas Burgos.
In a September 13 protest, human
rights groups Karapatan Alliance for the
Advancement of Peoples Rights and
Families of Desaparecidos for Justice
criticized the DOJ ruling as another
injustice to Burgos, the son of press
freedom icon Joe Burgos.
Burgos was abducted by eight military
ocials at the Ever Gotesco Mall in
Quezon City on April 28, 2007. Six years
hence, the Armed Forces of the Philippines
has yet to surface Burgos.
According to Burgoss mother,
Edita Burgos, the suspects behind the
enforced disappearance of his son are
Lt. Col. Melquiades Feliciano, Brig. Gen.
Eduardo Ao, Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino,
Lt. Gen Alexander Yano and former
AFP Chief of Sta General Hermogenes
Esperon and former Philippine National
Police chief Avelino Razon.
In a September 3 resolution, however,
the DOJ absolved Feliciano, Ao,
Tolentino, Yano, Esperon and Razon from
charges of arbitrary detention, obstruction
of justice and murder for lack of evidence.
Meanwhile, the murder charges against
the military ocials were dropped because
the death of Burgos cannot be ascertained.
Te DOJ only recommended the
ling of charges against army major Harry
Baliaga Jr., who was then a 56th Infantry
Battalion ocer. A witness positively
identied Baliaga as one of military
ocials who accosted Burgos in the
Quezon City mall.
I think the whole resolution of
the [DOJ] on the [Burgos] case was
bastardized in the sense [that] there is
strong evidence presented in court since
Jonas was abducted, that links the top
honchos but the DOJ simply disregarded
that, said Karapatan Secretary General
Cristina Palabay.
In 2007, a security guard of the
Quezon City mall where Burgos was
abducted gave a statement to the police
that he saw four men drag and shove
Burgos into a Toyota Revo with the plate
number TAB-194. Te plate number was
later traced to a vehicle impounded by the
56th Infantry Battalion.
An investigation by the Commission
on Human Rights (CHR) in 2011
implicated the military in the abduction
of Burgos. Te enforced disappearance
of [Burgos] had transpired and that his
constitutional rights to life, liberty and
security were violated by the government,
read the commissions report.
Te Supreme Court subsequently
upheld the ndings of the CHR when it
ordered the military to produce [Burgos]
and show cause why he should not be
released from detention.
"Nakakagalit na sa kabila ng mga
ebidensiya at testimonya na inihapag ng
pamilya Burgos ay hindi pa rin mapanagot
ang mga may sala sa pagkawala ni Jonas.
Saan pa kami lalapit at magrereklamo para
makakuha ng hustisya kung ganito ang
nangyayari? said Desaparecidos Secretary
General Lorena Santos.
Burgos case is only one of the 206
cases of enforced disappearances during
the nine-year regime of Gloria-Macapagal
Arroyo, according to Karapatan. Despite the
signing of the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary
Disappearance Act of 2012, 17 new
cases have since been reported under the
presidency of Benigno Aquino III.
Land reform advocates nabbed in
Hacienda Luisita
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
(PNP) have detained 11 land reform
advocates, who were conducting a
fact-nding mission at the Hacienda
Luisita in Barangay Balete, Tarlac on
September 17.
Te lone representative of Anakpawis
Party-list, Fernando Hicap, was arrested
along with his sta Karl Mae San Juan,
driver Rene Blasan, Sister Patricia Fox of
the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
and a sta of human rights group Alliance
for the Advancement of Peoples Rights
on grounds of malicious mischief, illegal
assembly, direct assault and trespassing.
Te police also held members of
peasant groups: Kilusang Magbubukid
ng Pilipinas Secretary General Antonio
Flores, Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang
Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA)
Chairperson Florida Sibayan, Unyon
ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura
(UMA) sta Kerima Acosta and
Anakpawis leader Danilo Ramos.
Cultural worker and former
Collegian literary editor Ericson
Acosta was among those arrested. Te
military have previously taken Acosta
as prisoner in San Jorge, Samar on
February 13, 2011 for illegal possession
of explosives. Te Department of
Justice and Regional Trial Court Branch
41 in Samar, however, dropped the case
early this year.
"For 24 hours since the peasant
advocates were arrested [on September
17], no formal charges, no names of
complainants and no hard copies of
blotters and complaints were presented
to them. Tis is illegal and arbitrary
detention," said Anakpawis Party-list
President Rafael Mariano.
Te arrest came nearly a month
after the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR) distributed the hacienda
among farm workers in accordance
with the Supreme Courts ruling in
2012. Te group was conducting a fact-
nding mission on allegations of fraud
and harassment during the distribution
of lands to the haciendas farm workers.
"Te land distribution process of
DAR in Hacienda Luisita is a sham. DAR
is not implementing land distribution in
Luisita as directed by the Supreme Court
decision. Everything about DAR's land
distribution process in Hacienda Luisita
is fake and anti-farmer," said Mariano.
From July 18 to August 21, DAR
distributed 4,099 of the 6,435 hectares
she said.
Budget cuts for social services are
unacceptable, especially since the peoples
money are pocketed by abusers through
the pork barrel system, said Tan.
On August 23, President Benigno
Aquino III already announced his
administrations a plan to supposedly
abolish the PDAF. At the same time,
however, Aquino announced a new
scheme in distributing the pork barrel
funds to lawmakers.
From the UP Film Center, students,
faculty and administrators who attended
the summit then took their calls to
Katipunan Avenue. Te UP community
joined other students from Miriam College
and Ateneo de Manila University in
atripartite alliance to push for the genuine
abolition of the pork barrel system.
We support the call for greater re-
channeling of public funds to basic social
services, particularly education and health
care, so that public investments promote
inclusive growth and long-term human and
social development, read a joint statement
of the presidents of the three universities.
of the hacienda among the 6,212 farm
workers through a lottery. Te random
distribution of the lands drew ak for
undermining the lands, which the farm
workers have already cultivated prior to
the high courts decision.
Te presence of police and military,
however, marred the farm workers
protests against the distribution
process, according to AMBALA.
Following the issues arising from
the distribution process, UMA and
AMBALA initiated the conduct of a
fact-nding mission in the hacienda
previously held by the Cojuancos and
Aquinos. Te group just came from a
dialogue with the military ocials on
the military camps set up within the
hacienda when members of PNP-Tarlac
made the arrest.
Te illegal arrest and detention
show that the Aquino government and
the Cojuangco-Aquinos do not hesitate
to use force even against the supporters
of Luisitas farm workers. Te
Cojuangco-Aquino familys continued
exercise of their power over the
hacienda is further highlighted, said
Kilusang Mayo Uno Vice Chairperson
Lito Ustarez.
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Arra B. Francia
Hans Christian E. Marin
THE PEOPLE
STRIKE BACK
Photo by
Angerica Hainto
GRACIOUS FINISH
Photo by Kimberly Pauig
More than 4,000
students and members
of other sectors launched
another protest action
in Luneta on September
13, calling for President
Aquino to abolish the
pork barrel, including
his own presidential
discretionary funds.
Te UP Pep Squad delivers a spotless pyramid nale in its party-inspired performance in the 19th
UAAP Cheerdance Competition held at MOA Arena on September 15. Tree-year defending champion
UP bows down to rst-time title holder NU with a nal score of 620.5 and 696.5, respectively.
WITH THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDING
only half of the national universitys
budgetary requirement, the UP System has
dropped anew in the 2013 World University
Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
UP remains on top of only four
Philippine universities included in QS list
of top 800 universities in the world released
on September 10. UP however fell 32 places
this year to 380th from 348th in 2012.
Meanwhile, UP placed 67th out of 300
universities included in the QS University
Rankings for Asia.
QS, a London-based education
network, ranked the top 800 universities
based on six criteria: 40 percent for
academic reputation, 20 percent for faculty-
student ratio, 20 percent for citations per
faculty, 10 percent for employer reputation,
5 percent for international students and 5
percent for international faculty.
Te lack of research citations and
international faculty contributed to the
lower world ranking of the Philippine
universities including UP, according to QS.
Te national university only obtained 2.3
points in the international faculty criterion
and 2.5 points in the international students
criterion, which are only good for 751st
place and 770th, respectively.
UP would really rank low on indicators
such as international faculty ratio and
international student ratio because of
the limited slots available for students in
UP slips in world
universities
ranking
THE NEXT ENROLMENT PERIOD
is barely two months away, but UP Diliman
(UPD) students who applied for the
universitys socialized tuition program have
only started settling their final brackets and
tuition payment for this semester.
About 40 percent, or 1,634 out of
the total 4,124 students who applied this
semester for the Socialized Tuition and
Financial Assistance Program (STFAP)
had to wait until August 28 for their nal
bracket assignment.
The STFAP categorizes students into
brackets based on their capacity to pay for
their tuition. Students have to renew their
brackets every academic year. The results are
Last batch of STFAP results out
Students may now claim refund, appeal for lower brackets
released in batches, usually a month after the
deadline of application.
This years last batch of results, however,
were delayed after the Office of Scholarships
and Student Services (OSSS) extended the
deadline of application until July 3, said
OSSS Officer-in-Charge Aristeo Dacanay.
During the enrolment period,
applicants for the last batch were
temporarily assigned to Bracket B to pay
P1,000 per unit pending the release of their
nal bracket assignment.
The registration period already ended
when the Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs released a memorandum
allowing students to use their previous
bracket for the assessment of their tuition
and miscellaneous fees.
Hans Christian E. Marin
MULI NA NAMANG NAGPAKITANG
gilas ang UP Pep Squad na nagkamit
ng 620.5 puntos para sa ikalawang
puwesto matapos magparaya sa National
University (NU) Cheer Squadron
na itinanghal na kampeon sa iskor
na 696.5 sa ginanap na University
Athletics Association of the Philippines
Cheerdancing Competition (UAAP-CDC)
Season 76, ika-15 ng Setyembre sa Mall
of Asia Arena.
Bigo mang maikasa ang four-peat
at maangkin ang ika-siyam na titulo,
nangako ang tinaguriang Pep Squad ng
Bayan na babawiin nila ang tropeo sa
susunod na taon.
Napahanga naman ang may 20,830
manonoodang pinakamarami sa
kasaysayan ng CDCsa temang party
ng UP Pep Squad. Arabian naman ang
napiling tema ng NU, habang military
naman ang sa De La Salle University
(DLSU) Animo Squad na nakakuha ng
ikatlong pwesto sa iskor na 596.5.
Nakabibingi ang sigawat
palakpakan ng mga manonood nang
simulan ng UP Pep Squad ang kanilang
anim na minutong routine sa pag-
indak gamit ang mga disco balls sa saliw
ng Make Luv ng Room 5. Ipinamalas
din nila ang kanilang makapigil-
hiningang pyramids, buwis-buhay na
stunts, magkakasabay na backips,
at ang inaabangang trademark
Oblation stance.
Ika-15 tagumpay sa UAAP Cheerdance
UP Pep sumungkit ng ikalawang pwesto
Hindi naman naging hadlang ang
tatlong pagkakamali sa stunts at pyramids
ng UP Pep Squad upang tuluyan nilang
makopo ang ikalawang pwesto, ayon sa
kapitan ng koponan na si Lian Melegrito.
Mataas talaga yung diculty ng
stunts namin this year and if we base
sa scoring, even with yung tatlong falls,
talagang mataas pa rin yung hatak dahil
sa diculty at sa linis rin at technique,
ani Melegrito.
We are very proud of them.
Tey work hard and did their best.
Complicated ang mga routines nila kaya
hindi maiiwasan ang errors, ani UP
Diliman Chancellor Caesar Saloma na
nasa mismong venue rin para manood at
suportahan ang UP Pep Squad.
Pinagbatayan ng mga hurado
ang criteria na tig-100 puntos para sa
tumbling, stunts, tosses, at pyramids at
400 puntos para sa sayaw.
Pumangalawa sa lahat ng criteria ang
UP Pep Squad habang nanguna naman sa
lahat ang NU Cheer Squadron.
Napabilang naman si Aya Casim ng
UP Pep Squad sa tatlong nominado bilang
Samsung Stunner of the year, habang si
Anna de Leon ng DLSU Animo Squad ang
pinalad na magawaran nito.
Nabigo ring maidepensa ng UP Pep
Squad ang kampeonato sa Group Stunts,
matapos ring maiuwi ng NU ang unang
puwesto ngayong taon. Pumangalawa ang
University of Santo Tomas Salinggawi Dance
Troupe, habangikatlongpuwestonamanang
FarEasternUniversity(FEU)CheeringSquad.
Nakopo ng dating ikalawang pwesto
na FEU Cheering Squad ang ikaapat
na pwesto sa temang Tron habang
ikalimang pwesto naman ang dating
huling pwesto na Adamson Pep Squad na
may temang Burlesque.
Ikaanim na pwesto naman ang
University of the East Pep Squad na
may temang on re, ikapitong pwesto
sa temang Egyptian ang may walong
titulo sa UAAP-CDC na UST Salinggawi
Dance Troupe. Nasa huling puwesto ang
Ateneo de Manila Univeristy Blue Babble
Battalion na may temang sports.
Maliban sa mga medalya at tropeo,
nag-uwi ng P200,000 at mga gadyet mula
sa Samsung ang UP Pep Squad.
A number of students, who were
temporarily assigned to Bracket B, had to
apply for tuition loans with a six-percent
annual interest, according to the UPD
University Student Council (USC).
With the release of the last batch of
results, students who applied for tuition
loans may now apply for a refund at the
Office of the University Registrar (OUR)
should their final bracket assignment
warrant them, according to the OSSS.
The processing of refunds, however, may
take two to three weeks. Students must first
secure a certification of their final STFAP
bracket from the OSSS and submit it to the
OUR, along with their Form 5.
In the case of students who availed of
tuition loans, the refund is automatically
submitted to the OSSS for the clearance
of the loan. The remaining amount and
a 6-percent annual interest must be paid
before student-borrowers are allowed to
enrol in the next semester.
Renchel, a second year Civil Engineering
student, is one of the students who applied
for a tuition loan after the OSSS temporarily
assigned him to Bracket B. While he may
finally settle his tuition loan, Renchel said he
still has to appeal for a lower bracket.
Renchel originally applied for free tuition
under Bracket E. In the last batch of STFAP
results, however, he was assigned to pay P700
per unit under the Bracket C. Panibagong
documents at process nanaman ang
kailangang daanan para lang mapatunayan
na hindi kaya ng pamilya namin magbayad
ng ganoon kataas na tuition, said Renchel.
More than 200 students have already
submittedappealsforlowerbracketsasearlyas
July.In2011,oneinevery10STFAPapplicants
inUPDilimanappealedforlowerbracket.
The University Committee on
Scholarships and Financial Assistance
(UCSFA) will not convene until October 16
to deliberate this semesters batch of appeals
for lower bracket assignment, said Charlotte
France, head of the UPD USC Student Rights
and Welfare Committee.
Te number of appeals for lower
brackets shows that many students
remain unsatised with their bracket
and that this socialized tuition scheme is
nothing but a short-term remedy for the
nancial woes of the Iskolar ng Bayan,
said Eduardo Gabral, National Chair of
the Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-
aaral Sangguniang sa UP.
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Hans Christian E. Marin
Keith Richard D. Mariano
Nanganganib maranasan ng pambansang unibersidad ang pinakamataas na tapyas
sa badyet nito sa susunod na taon. Mula P9.6 bilyon nitong 2013, tanging P8.1 bilyon
ang nakatakdang matanggap ng unibersidad sa ipinanukalang badyet ng Department of
Budget and Management sa 2014.
Nang tanungin sa Kamara kung ano ang dahilan ng pagkaltas sa badyet ng UP at
78 pang pampublikong pamantasan, tuwiran ang ang sagot ni Commission on Higher
Education (CHEd) Chairperson Patricia Licuanan: ang Roadmap for Public Higher
Education (RPHER).
Mariin mang hinaharangan ng mga estudyante, guro at kawani ng UP ang
pagpapatupad sa roadmap, na unang inilatag noong 2012, kusa at tuluyan na
ngayong tinatahak ng administrasyon ng unibersidad ang mapanganib na landas na
inilatag ng RPHER.
Sa unang pagtapak pa
lamang ni Benigno Aquino III
sa Malacaang bilang pangulo,
naging malinaw na ang daang
nais niyang tahakin para sa mga
pamantasan ng bayan.
We are gradually
reducing the subsidy to [state
universities and colleges]
(SUCs) to push them toward
becoming self-sucient and
nancially independent, given
their ability to raise their
income and to utilize it for
their programs and projects,
ani Aquino sa kanyang budget
message noong 2011.
Sa unang sipat, tila nalihis
sa sariling landas ang gobyerno
nang maglaan ito ng mas mataas
na badyet para sa SUCs ngayong
2013. Mula P25.9 bilyon noong
2012, makakatanggap ng higit
44 porsyentong dagdag ang mga
pampublikong pamantasan, o higit
sa P37.1 bilyon ngayong taon.
Ngunit sa mas masusing
pagsusuri, malayo pa rin ito sa
may P54 bilyong hinihingi ng
mga SUCs taun-taonalinsunod
pa rin samakatuwid sa kumpas
ng RPHER, ang balangkas ng
administrasyong Aquino sa
pagreporma sa tersiyaryong
edukasyon sa bansa.
Pagkaltas
sa badyet
Sa ilalim ng RPHER, inaasahan
ang SUCs na magkaroon ng
kakayahang kumalap ng sariling
kita upang punan ang kalahati ng
kanilang mga pangangailangan
bago matapos ang 2016.
Kaakibat ng repormang ito ang
pagpapaigting sa mga income
generating projects sa mga
pampublikong pamantasan.
Isa ang UP sa unang 22
SUCs na magpapatupad ng mga
repormang nakasaad sa RPHER.
Ngunit bago pa mailatag ang
roadmap, ito na rin ang daang
tinatahak ng unibersidad. Sa
pamumuno ni Emerlinda
Roman mula 2005 hanggang
2010, sunud-sunod ang
pagpapaupa sa mga lupa ng
unibersidad sa mga pribadong
kompanya gaya ng Ayala Land, Inc.
sa UP Diliman.
Wala namang pinag-iba
ang palisiya ng kasalukuyang
administrasyon sa paglikom ng
sariling kita. Sa isang panayam
sa isang peryodiko, nagbahagi pa
si UP President Alfredo Pascual
ng ilang payo sa ibang SUCs sa
pagpasok sa income generating
projects upang punan ang badyet
mula sa pamahalaan.
Gayunman, aminado ang
administrasyon ng UP na hindi
kayang punan ng sarili nitong
kita ang malaking bahagi ng
pangangailangan ng unibersidad.
Maaaring mapunan ng sarili
nating kita ang ilang pagkukulang
sa badyet na mula sa pamahalaan,
ngunit nasasakripisyo ang ibang
proyekto gaya ng rehabilitasyon ng
mga lumang gusali, ani UP Diliman
Chancellor Caesar Saloma.
Pagkalap
ng sariling
kita
Nakatakda ring ipatupad sa
lahat ng SUCs ang isang socialized
tuition scheme na mabisang
paraan upang tustusan ang
kanilang mga gastusin nang hindi
umano nalilimitahan ang access sa
edukasyon ng mga mahihirap.
Nakabatay ang nasabing scheme
sa Socialized Tuition and Financial
Assistance Program (STFAP) ng UP,
na unang ipinatupad noong 1989
kasabay ng pagtaas sa tuition mula
P40tungongP300kadayunit.
Sa gitna ng patuloy na
pagbabawas sa badyet ng UP,
muling itinaas ang tuition at iba
pang bayarin sa unibersidad noong
2007. Binago rin ang istruktura
ng STFAP upang tiyaking
magkatumbas ang socio-economic
status ng isang estudyante sa
halaga ng matrikulang dapat
niyang bayaran.
Gayunman, lalo lamang
bumaba ang bilang ng mga
estudyanteng may libreng tuition
matapos ipatupad ang mga
pagbabago sa STFAP. Mula 52
porsyento, bumaba sa 6 porsyento
ng STFAP applicants ang
napabilang sa non-paying brackets
noong 2007.
Pagpapatupad
ng ToFI, STFAP
Alinsunod sa RPHER,
kalahati lamang ang subsidyong
ibibigay ng pamahalaan sa
mga SUCs. Ibabatay pa ang
pamamahagi ng badyet na
ito sa mga pampublikong
pamantasan sa tinatawag na
normative funding.
Sa ilalim ng iskemang
ito, hahatiin ang 110 SUCs
sa tatlong pangkat batay sa
ilang performance indicators.
Makakatanggap ng mas
mataas na badyet ang pangkat
na may malaking bilang
ng mga nagsisipagtapos,
nailathalang journals at
patents, at propesor na may
masteral at doctoral degrees.
The strategy is to
concentrate public resources
in a few institutions in order
to achieve critical mass and
create appreciable impact,
ayon sa RPHER.
Paligsahan
sa badyet
Isa pa sa mga batayan ng CHEd
sa pagbibigay ng mas malaking
badyet sa SUCs ang pag-aalok
ng mga specialized programs
na naaayon sa pambansa at
panrehiyon na pag-unlad.
Alinsunod ito sa nakatakdang
pagsala sa mga kursong inaalok
ng SUCs.
Sa UP, kabilang sa mga
hakbang ng administrasyon
upang umayon sa RPHER ang
streamlining ng mga kursong
inaalok sa mga constituent
universities nito. Sa kasalukuyan,
nasa 200 undergraduate programs
at 400 graduate programs ang
inaalok sa unibersidad.
Internationalization
ng UP
Bago matapos ang termino ni
Aquino, layuninngRPHERnatatlong
SUCs ang mapabilang sa hanay ng
mga nangungunang unibersidad
sa mundo. Sa kasalukuyan,
tanging ang UP ang kabilang sa
mga listahan ng nangungunang
unibersidadsamundo.
Upangmas lalopangmatugunan
ang pandaigdigang kumpetisyon,
nakabinbin ngayon sa Board of
Regents, ang pinakamataas na
tagapagpasyang lupon sa UP, ang
panukalang isunod ang academic
calendar ng unibersidad sa iba pang
bansasaTimogSilangangAsya.
Pahihintulutan ng panukala ang
mas mabilis na paggalaw ng human
resources sa rehiyon na kinakailangan
para sa nalalapit na Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Economic
Integrationsa2015,ayonkayPascual.
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6
SHE STARED AT HER LITTLE SON,
lying still at her feet before reality sunk in.
Te mother knelt down and cradled her childs
head, which was bleeding profusely from a
stray bullet. She searched his face for any signs
of life, but his eyes were shut tight.
She wept gently, in chorus with the
explosions and sporadic gunshots that can be
heard from the outskirts of Zamboanga City.
For the past week, government troops
and hundreds of Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) guerillas were locked in a
violent standof. Te crisis comes almost
a year after the signing of the Framework
Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB)a
landmark agreement which until now
has yet to deliver the age of peace it has
promised to the people of Mindanao.
Catching fre
Te Moro peoples struggle for
independence began way back during
the Spanish and American rule, when
they successfully fought Christian and
foreign rule. In the 1970s, however, the
Homestead policy opened Mindanao to
Christian settlers, a majority of whom
came from the Visayas.
Te infux of settlers turned Mindanao
into a meeting place of groups with varying
cultures and beliefs, who were seldom
caught in violent clashes. However, local
landlords, businessmen and politicians
were soon embroiled in power struggles.
In the 1960s, the country saw the peak
of the peoples clamor for sovereignty,
when 68 Filipino-Muslim military trainees,
believed to be part of an upcoming
rebellion, were murdered in Corregidor
allegedly by members of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines. In response, former UP
Professor Nur Misuari formed the MNLF,
seeking the establishment of a Bangsamoro
nation through armed revolution.
Te government then waged an all-
out war against the rebels until the
1970s, due to international pressure to
reopen peace negotiations. In 1989, the
Government of the Philippines (GPH)
conceded with their proposition, and the
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM) was born.
However, under the leadership of
money-hungry politicians, the ARMM
remained underdeveloped, and was
consistently ranked as the poorest region in
the Philippines by the National Statistical
Coordinating Board.
Fanning the fames
Te establishment of ARMM brought
about a serious rift in MNLF leadership,
leading to the formation of a breakaway
group in 1977 which was formally
established in 1984 as the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF).
A minority group then, the MILF
wanted a purely Muslim region in contrast
to MILFs thrust for a region of Moro
composition, meaning of people born
in Sulu, Mindanao, Palawan and Sabah
regardless of religion.
In 2000, the MILF began battling the
GPH after then President Joseph Estrada
abandoned peace negotiations, which were
originally agreed upon by the previous
administration. As it drew support for its
war, the MILF began to overtake the MNLF
in terms of infuence, and was later seen by
the government as a bigger threat.
Political analysts deem this to be the
reason why President Benigno Aquino
III decided in 2012 to negotiate with the
MILF instead of the MNLF. Explaining
that the ARMM was a failed experiment,
Aquino presented the FAB as an
amended option,
Critics, however, argued that the
government rushed the signing of the FAB
without studying fully the implications.
How do you sustain a Bangsamoro
Framework entity when there are armed
groups like MNLF
who might feel sidelined? Lets just hope
the government and MILF will not repeat
the mistakes of the governments 1996
peace pact with the MNLF, said Prof.
Julkipli Wadi, Dean of the UP Institute of
Islamic Studies.
Wadi was referring to the Final Peace
Agreement of 1996 which was crafted by
the GPH and approved by the MNLF, to
end the latters rebellion. Indeed, MNLF
has long been criticizing the government
on the said pact: We really want our
freedom back. Te government was not
really sincere in implementing the peace
agreement it signed with us. We want
our freedom and we want independence,
said Abdulkadil Imdani, one of
Misuaris supporters.
Furthermore, the MNLF opposed the
Bangsamoro agreement, claiming that
it will water down the gains of MNLFs
own fnal peace accord. According to
the FAB, the MILF will get 75 percent
of the total revenue of Bangsamoro
entity, while the other minority
groups, including MNLF, were not
mentioned.
Leaving out stakeholders in this
issue has its share of bad consequences.
Bayan Muna Representative Carlos
Isagani Zarate argues that todays
armed confict is an of-shoot
of a divisive peace policy that
excludes other stakeholders
in Mindanao, like the forces of
Misuari. It should not leave out
a legitimate group just to appease
another group. Tis is no way of
talking peace in Mindanao.
Te regions gross
underdevelopment has since been cited
as the root cause of the war. Rizal Buendia
of the De La Salle Universitys Political
Science Department explains, Te lack of
power-sharing due to the concentration
of political powers on the few ruling
elite either from the center in Manila or
Mindanaos regional centers has been a
constant source of discontentment and
frustration for people in the periphery.
Setting ablaze
Since the founding of ARMM in 1976,
the MNLF, has been relatively quiet. Tat
is, until September 9, 2013 when a faction
(see sidebar) seized more than 100
hostages in Zamboanga City and raised the
fag of the Bangsamoro Republic, a state
which declared its independence earlier in
July to denounce the FAB.
Similar protests by the MNLF have
been largely tolerated by the Aquino
regime in the past, but not this
latest. Instead, Aquino ordered a
siege against the MNLF fghters, in
complete disregard of the welfare
and safety of the civilian residents
in the area.
We are optimistic that our
operations are efective and that
we are delivering a signifcant
blow to our enemies, military
spokesman Lieutenant Colonel
Ramon Zagala told AFP. As
of press time, government
troops have killed 43 rebels
while 19 others had been detained,
Zabala adds.
Zarate, however, warned that such an
approach could only escalate to other parts
of Mindanao and infict more violence to
hapless people. Its the collateral damage
cannot be ignored: amid continued
clashes, 53 AFP soldiers and 4 civilians
dead, more than 70 wounded, and some
62,000 city residents have been evacuated
as of writing.
Extinguishing the fre
Te war that rages on in Mindanao is
deeply rooted in a struggle to regain the
historical sovereignty of the Moro nation-
states, which had been misgoverned by
diferent regimes. And it is apparent that
the governments militaristic approach is
doomed to fail.
As Antonio Liongson, spokesperson
of the Moro-Christian Peoples Alliance
(MCPA) explains, Aquino must conduct
a comprehensive and genuine peace
policy with the active participation and
involvement not only of the MILF but
also of other legitimate stakeholder
organizations that include the MNLF of
Prof. Misuari,
Truly, the answer lies not in divisive
and exclusive policies and broken promises,
but sincerely hearing the demands of all
stakeholders, and implementing the right
policies accordingly. Only then can true
and lasting peace be achieved.
Numbness enveloped the woman as she
lifts her child and car papag and stared
into the gunpowder-flled air, wondering how
this catastrophe would ever end.
Besieged by re
In the midst of the Zamboanga crisis
Miriam Miciano
First Faction
Misuari
Breakaway Group
Led by Nur
Misuari, the
original MILF
leader
Against MILF
negotiations
Second Faction
Islamic
Command Council
Led by Habib
Mujahab
Boghdadi
Hashim
Against MILF
negotiations
Third Faction
Led by former
Cotabato
City Mayor
Muslimin Sema
For MILF
negotiations

Illustration : Karl Aquino
Page design : Jerome Tagaro
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Photo : Jiru Rada
Page design : Jerome Tagaro
soldier. Nanay Blessie
shares, Ang dahilan [ay ang]
kagustuhan niyang makatulong
sa iba, lalo dun sa mga nasa
malalayong lugar. She must
have felt deeply for the poor and
unfortunate, because she knew
where they are coming from. Kaya
talagang ang sipag niyang mag-aral.
Tat was her coping mechanism.
Umaasa siyang makakaahon kami sa
kahirapan, she adds.
Tat was why they rejoiced when she
passed the UPCAT. Pakiramdam namin,
nanalo kami sa lotto, Nanay Blessie
related. At the time, it seemed like the
ticket out of their piteous plight.
Te bitter taste of truth
To pursue her dream of studying
in UP, Kristel had to appeal for STFAP.
Napakahaba ng pila, at napakaraming
hinihingi. Yung oras na sana ginagamit
para matugunan ang pangangailangan
ng pamilya, nakokonsumo pa ng
paghahagilap ng requirements, Tatay
Chris recalls.
In the end, Kristel was assigned to
Bracket D, where she had to pay 300
pesos per unit. Her mother bitterly
asked, Taxi driver na nga ang asawa ko,
pero bakit Bracket D pa rin kami? Teir
appeals to be reassigned to Bracket E2
were refused, because they were unable
to submit supporting documents.
Left with no choice, the Tejadas
availed of a loan to cover Kristels tuition.
After her death, her parents shared
stories of how she struggled, of how she
would sometimes go to school without
having eaten. Tere were even times
when she could not go to school at all,
because she had not enough money for
her jeepney fare. But she was determined
to prove that fnancial problems are
not a hindrance to education. Prof.
Andrea Martinez, her mentor, would
often ask her if she was alright. And
she would always reply with a chipper
Kakayanin ko to!
Last March, however, Kristel faced
the reality of the uncertainty of achieving
her dreams, and chose to end her life.
Hindi ko inakalang aabot sa
ganoon. Te professor shook her
head. Kristel had probably come to the
conclusion that when her life ends, so
would her parents problems.
Aftermath
Her passing sparked massive outrage
against the Universitys ofcials.
Former Student Regent Cleve
Arguelles said, Te case of Kristel
Tejada was not a suicide. She was killed
by the systema system that refuses to
recognize that education is a right, that
life is measured in your capacity to pay.
In agreement with Arguelles, Kristels
parents argued that the system is not
pro-poor. During our interview, Tatay
Chris lamented that education, which
should have been a right, has become a
privilege. He had been so incensed over
his daughters death that he wrote a
letter to President Alfredo Pascual about
the injustices of the University Code.
President Pascual answered, stating
the courses of action that the University
is taking to address the issue. In his
response, he promised that no student
shall be barred from a good education
because of fnancial difculties. In
addition, he said that students will be able
to borrow 100 percent of their tuition fees
and that sections 330, 430 and 431 of the
University Code will be revised.
Te said sections of the code tackle
the matriculation policies of UP as a
system. Section 330 stipulates that
students who have yet to pay for their
tuition shall not be admitted to class,
while sections 430 and 431 state that
a student who fails to settle their dues
may either have his grades withheld or be
barred from enrolment.
Te provisions are admittedly hard
to reconcile with the UP charter, which
declares that "No student shall be denied
admission to the national university by
reason solely of age, gender, nationality,
religious belief, economic status, ethnicity,
physical disability, or political opinion or
afliation." President Pascual also said that
STFAP will be restructured, admitting that
he knew the policies are fawed.
Tatay Chris and Nanay Blessie
shrugged. I appreciate the sentiment,
Nanay Blessie said. Pero hanggang
pangako pa lang ang lahat ng yon, hindi
ko masasabing sapat na ang ginagawa ng
administration.
Mariz Zubiri, UP Manila's USC
chairperson, also thinks the admin
response is inadequate: "Tey haven't
scrapped the no late payment policy yet;
they just settled for temporary solutions.
However, until the policy is scrapped,
there is no guarantee that the university
will stay relatively lenient."
UP Manila has allowed delayed
payments and case-to-case full loan
grants, but the proposed revisions to the
UP code have yet to materialize.
***
A lull came to our conversation.
I asked, Birthday po niya last week,
'di po ba? Tatay Chris smiled sadly,
September 8. Dumalaw kami noon sa
puntod niya." He brightened up as he
told me of her friends who had also come
to visit, fowers in tow. Iba kasi talaga
'yung kabaitan ni Kristel."
Kristels younger sister Krizia, a Grade
8 student, then stepped into view. I asked
her, Gusto mo rin bang mag-aral sa UP?
Kung makakapasa. she shyly
answered, with a laugh.
Tatay Chris then intervened. Talaga
namang prestigious na eskwelahan ang UP.
He hugged Krizia, then turned to me and
muttered: Kapag nabago na ang sistema.
THE TEJADAS WARMLY WELCOMED
me to their home, smiling kindly as I
scrambled for pen and paper to jot
down the details of Kristels life. Both
of her parents were wearing a shirt
with her picture on it, beside the
words Education is not a privilege.
Its a right.
Sitting down, I was seized with
a sudden compunction: need I make
them relive the whole episode again?
As if reading my mind, Nanay Blessie
assured me, Masaya ako kapag
nagkukwento ako tungkol kay Kristel.
Sa tuwing ginagawa ko yun, para bang
nandito ulit ang anak ko. And so, they
let me in on their memories: from the
better, early days to the days of grieving,
coping with loss, and seeking justice.
As I listened, it dawned on me that this
story is, in a way, mine too. Te path that
drove her to desperation, is not so diferent
from the road that stretches before today's
struggling Iskolar ng Bayan.
A glimmer of hope
Kristel was just like any other UP
student, it seems. She loved to sing
and draw, liked to share little nothings
with the people she was close to. Her
parents even laughingly recounted
her obsession with the movie Pitch
Perfect. She would watch it again
and again, they said.
But it seems she has been
through more challenges than
most of us have at the age
of sixteen.
While she was in high
school, Kristel had expressed
her desire to be a doctor and a
Andrea Joyce Lucas
Epilogue
Kristel and the STFAP
six months after
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HALLOO DER MGA
VAKLUSSSSH AT VEKILUSSH!
Na-miss niyo ba ang nag-iisang
echusera ng unibersidad? Alam kong
medyo Bitter Ocampo pa kayech sa
cheerdance kaya nandito ako, ang
nagiisang reyna ng bekilandia, para
pasayahin ang madlang pipol. Ready
na mga beks, go go go gorabells!
Kwenow No. 1
May na-sight ang yours truly na
isang beki na tumabi sa isang macho
fafa while riding TOKI. Grabehan
ang baklush na itech! Umavail ang
impaktita sa natural resources ni
Enrique Gil kalokalike. Earthquake
ang peg ng jeep when dumaan sa
Physics rocky road. Si bekibels
binumpcar ang binti ni Koya! Winner
Monsod much Di kinaya ng lola niyo
nang nag-Janno Gibbs si fafa ng
barya kay beks. Talagang ginawang
moment for life ni bekilurr sabay
haplos sa kamay ni Koya. Kaunting
push na lang, bakler! Di knows ni
beks na nag- Eiel Tower ang inside
ng kaniyang pants. Lumayo si Koya
sabay buba. Sawi si beki! OK lang
iyan beks, marami pa namang yum
burger sa tabi-tabi. Hanap hanap din
pag may time.
Kwenow No. 2
Dahil Petronas Towers na ang
taas ng mga bilihin at tuition sa UP,
si gurlaloo from the Pirata School
of Business ay abangers much sa
mga free pakain ng ibat ibang orgs.
Lahat na lang ng pubmat ng org sa
fezbuk na may nakalagay na free at
pakain ay nilalike ni ateng! Proud
kuripot ang peg! Ganyan talaga pag
Gaylight Savings. Mas mataray pa
sa budget cut ng UP! OK going back,
so akala ni gurl may libreng pakain
after ng rally sa Katipunan with the
Arneyow pips. Pork daw kasi ang
Anosatinginmoangdapat natugon
ng gobyerno sa mga nagaganap na
demolisyon?
sa palagay ko ay may punto ang gobyerno
sa pagdedemolish ng mga properties at bhay
na wala sa tamang lugar ngunit dpat nilang
pag-ibayuhn ang pagsasagawa at conditions
ng relocation. Dapat isipin ng govt na ang
tao ay tumitira sa isang lugar na accessible sa
mga amenities at services tulad ng kuryente,
tubig, communication at telephone lines,
trabaho at edukasyon :-D 2013-05869/
Andeng/VSB BS BAA
Ano ang masasabi mo sa mga MRT
fansni KrisAquino?
Kang pplastic nila, if they just took the
time to let the presidential sister how hard
to ride the mrt everyday it would be much
better than psosing with her. 200996872
Bakit kailangan i-highlight ang pagsakay
niya sa mrt? May mas importanteng bagay
na dapat tugunan, people! Pag ako sumakay
dapat ma-media na din ako. Pati yung mga
nagsisiksikan sa mrt. 2013-70023
Guys,stop this nonsense,sabay
facepalm! Post na rin kayo ng seles niyo sa
MRT tapos magtweet din kayo. 1101517
Comments
anong nangyari sa Kule dis term? bakit
laging late labas ng diyaryo???? 2011-0XXXX
EKSENANG PEYUPS
theme. And she likes pork, as shown
by her gure. Pero na-disappoint ang
bruha nang nalaman niya walang
free pakain! Stress drilon! Medyo
sumakit ang bangs ni ate! Sawi
ang kumakalam na tiyan ng gaga!
Sabihin mo pala sa iyong bunganga
na magpa-demure.
Kwenow No. 3
Havey na havey ang dalawang
beks na kumukungfu ghting
at lumalapel sa amphiteather.
Grabehan rin sa paghahabulan at
di kanais-nais na mga words na
lumalabas sa kanilang bungangelsh.
Ang rason: ano pa ba kundi ang
birdie ng isang fafa. Kaya wala
nagawa akech kundi mag UN Peace
Corps! Taray. Eto lang naman ang
aking bonggang deal: idaan ang
World War 3 sa isang beki dance-
o. Siyempre go na go ang dalawang
baklita. At more dumating pa ang
fafa! Nag-play ang music at gumiling
na ang mga baklush. Lumipas ang 48
years hindi pa ran umaawat ang mga
gaga! Siyempre may naisip akech
na plan. Tumugtog ang Crazy in
Love, at rumampa ang mga bekilush
ala Beyonce. Gamit ang aking
superpowers, ni-ying kick ko ang
mga ambisiyosa sa may bangin near
MBB. Kabogeraugh! Kawawa ang
mga sawing baklita. And for me? Na-
manage kong mabingwit si koyang
hunk. At least may happy ending.
Bongga!
Oh ayan mga beks, stop na muna
ang iyong lola. Medyo nakaka-
Pagoda maging Joker Arroyo. Basta
wag nang malungkot. Spread your
legs and prepare to y, for you have
become a bekiy. HAHAHAHAHA.
Oh last ko na yon, mga mars, y na
ang iyong reyna. Mwah babush.

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which Filipinos are prioritized, explained
UP Vice President for Public Aairs
Prospero De Vera.
Tere is no way that the university
could rank well amidst continuous state
abandonment through decreasing state
subsidy, lack of facilities, and neglect
for faculty and student welfare, said
UPM University Student Council Chair
Mariz Zubiri.
For this year, UP proposed a total of
P18.4 billion for the administration of
the UP Systems seven constituent units
and the Philippine General Hospital.
UP slips in world rankings
Continued from page 4
However, the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) approved only half
of the proposed budget, or P9.5 billion.
UP may even suer its highest
budget cut of P1.43 billion next year,
as the DBM only recommended to
the Congress barely half, or P8.1
billion, of the universitys proposed
P17-billion budget.
UP should be provided with the
means and resources necessary to become
one of the truly great universities, said
UP Diliman Chancellor Caesar Saloma
in a statement.
NOWHERE MAN
Alan P. Tuazon
THE SEA OF FLAILING ARMS
that clutched banners of Hataw
UP in this side of the arena
rippled in sync with the drummers
beat. Te crowds cheer drowned
all noise.
Te disco beat boomeranged
around the arena which signaled
the start of the UP Pep Squad
routine. UPians rose in high
spirits, cheering on their favorite
team, anticipating nothing less
than victory. Tough slightly
disappointed with the chosen
party theme, I nonetheless
joined in.
After a seemingly fawless
routine came the unexpected fall
that came all too soon. UPians
cheered even louder. All the while
you were clutching my hand as
my heart was undulating to the
thumping music.
It was actually my nth time
to enter the arena, but it felt like
the frst time because you were
there. Yes, your mere presence
enthralled me the way my favorite
books scent would do. If it werent
for you, I probably would have just
snuggled under the covers that
rainy Sunday, thinking of what
best words to fll out this space
again. Unfortunately for me, just
a single text message from you
would, without any hesitation,
have me put on my best pair of
jeans and my new perfume.
Tis side of the crowd froze
with the second major fall that
had the crowd doubting for the
long-expected victory. Outside
the arena, scalpers still sold
overpriced general admission
tickets amounting to as high as
P800.
Ten came the third fall.
UPians continued saluting their
team.
Deaf from all the noise, I
scanned the vigorous faces of my
fellow UPians who braved their
way to the arena even with the rain
falling like daggers from the sky
outside. Would these same faces
be as vigorous to be the same faces
occupying the streets of Mendiola
on Friday? As our bargain for
accompanying you to this event,
even you will be coming.
How the mighty fall
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