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June 23-29, 2012

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they're covered by valid documents and are easy on the pockets as they are being sold at lower prices. ABONO'S STAND But businessman Rosendo So, chair of the ABONO partylist group and director of the Swine Development Council (SDC)appeared before the same media forum last Friday to echo Mayor Lim's statements, beyond saying that the uncontrolled entry of smuggled meat products in the local markets has effectively pared down the backyard hog and poultry production to an alltime low. So's groups have earlier launched a nationwide campaign against meat smuggling and even touched base with Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biason and some congressmen to press them to wage a total war against the unregulated and over importation of meat that has been flooding the country's markets. There's a need for a fullblown inquiry into So's allegations that importers with dubious records are reportedly engaged in foreign meat smuggling through a product misdeclaration and undervaluation system that defrauds the government of billions of pesos in yearly revenues. Failure on the part of concerned officials and agencies to put an end to smuggling and over importation of pork and chicken meat may trigger colossal losses to the local hog and poultry raisers, many of whom believe that there's no sense in importing meat since there's sufficient supply of local meat. ENFORCE ANTI-SMUGGLING LAWS The order of the day is to enforce the country's anti-smuggling laws swiftly and unsparingly. No doubt, So and his anti-smuggling buddies have the commitment to make things happen for the welfare of our hog and poultry raisers, but the problem lies in the system and law enforcers. What saddened us is the report that some customs officials eyeing elective posts in next year's polls might have softened up in the antismuggling campaign in exchange for something related to the candidates' desire to win campaign funds (with some importers as their easy prey?) Sadly, too, the foreign meat problem is getting a great deal of lip service from our provincial officials unlike their counterparts from Urdaneta City, Dagupan City , Bayambang, Mangaldan and other towns who have seen the need to address the issue by enacting the necessary edicts banning the sale of imported meat in their localities.

Paragas

Leu Vidal

HUNCH & PUNCH

On smuggled meat and ABONO's stand

ESPITE THEIR SUPPOSED harmful effects to a person's health, imported meat products are still in vogue (and highly patronized) in various public markets of Pangasinan and its four cities. Not long ago, Dagupan dead person. zen and imported meat City Mayor Benjie S. Lim Being a skilled busi- products should be limtold the Media in Action nessman, who owns a ited to meat processors Forum hosted by the chain of malls and super- and that local meat Pangasinan Press Club markets that are suc- sourced from our slaughthat foreign meat, espe- cessfully operating in terhouses is the better cially those from dubious various provinces and cit- option for consumers. sources, does not nor- ies, the mayor knows "Aside from its adverse mally last long if not whereof he speaks. effects to the human soaked with chemicallybody, the imported meat poses an unfair competiinduced preservatives BETTER OPTION like formalin, which is beIt was his conviction tion to local meat vendors ing used in embalming a that the distribution of fro- and may likely kill our hog and poultry raising industry," BSL was quoted as stressing. It has been argued that imported meat products being delivered by vans is By Grace G. Macapagal, T-III being passed up as a Bautista Central School good alternative for local Bautista, Pangasinan meat consumption as ur last curriculum lumps in 10 years, a curriculum that is learned by the rest of the world in 12 years. The need to cram everything all bits of useful information and the need to put all these in a lesson plan, may leave the students with minimal retained learning. From then on, education system has evolved. The current K to 12 programs includes one year of kindergarten, six years of elementary education, four years of junior high school and two years of senior high school. had the most unexpected work K to 12 aims to decongest the academic trouble issue this week. It work and graduates become more compenearly urged me to go after tent, efficient, prepared for higher education. crooks and assholes which ruined Kindergarten now offers a different level of the company's plans. education and teaches teachers-pupils human But because we are strong, we relations at an early age. Early on, pupils are taught to be good, to share, to be kind, to are one and unabated, those probclean up, etc. This stage in their education lems were solved in two days. So also allows them to learn the ABCs since its business as usual, again. And grade I is a little too late to start to learn readnow we had a leaner, more proing, counting and adding. ductive team to help us grow the This year, incoming high school students business. will first go through four years of junior high I learned during those trying school, get a diploma and then go through times that in order to solve a big two years of senior high school. problem, it helps to be calm and School graduates could be employed after focused. I keep telling myself going through longer basic education. Even "presence of mind and focus on high school students under K to 12 could be hired on a part-time basis. One of the goals solutions." of the two additional years of basic educaAnd with the help of my team, tion is to prepare graduates for employment its water under the bridge now. even without attending college. It translates Thank God. to more job opportunities. In life, in business and in techTo sum it all, K to 12 graduates will be ready nology, all sorts of problems will for work, ready for college and ready to face occur. All sorts of distraction and the world. challenges will surface to test your Ayon sa nasabing strength and wisdom. But its up Leptospirosis doktor ang pinakahuling to you to hold on, look for soluumabot na sa naitalang biktima ng tions and just keep moving for10 ang biktima ( p.1) naturang sakit ay mula ward. ****** sa bayan ng Sual at nakamamatay na sakit. Umingan. (Teody) Today in social media. There is

The Significance of K to 12

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