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MABUTI PA ANG ASO MATAPAT

HINDI TULAD NG ILANG TAO

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

Mabuti pa ang aso, matapat sa kanyang tao

Hindi tulad ng ilang tao, taksil at manloloko

Hindi iiwanan ng aso ang kanyang tao

Sukdulan mang walang maipakain dito,

Hindi tulad ng ilang tao, nang-iiwan -

Kahit sino, kaibigan o kadugo man.

Maraming kuwento na ang ati’y napakinggan -

Taong iniligtas ng aso sa bingit ng kamatayan

Ang pagligtas ay sa maraming paraan

Nakakagulat at halos di mapaniwalaan

Kaya’t mabuti pa silang ang katalinuhan

Ay ginagamit sa tama at may kabuluhan.

Ang ilang tao naman ay nakakalungkot isipin –

Mismong magulang ay di mabigyang-pansin

Mayroon kasing magulang halos sipain

Ng mga anak, walang puso’t damdamin

Pagkatapos silang arugain at pag-aralin

Kawawang magulang kaya nang suwagin!

Marami pa ring tao, inasahan ng kaibigan nila  –

Forever friends sana sila mula noong bata pa

Subalit nang magkainggitan ay nalusaw na

Tila pagkit sa pagkadikit na friendship nila

Sa dahilang walang kuwenta’t nakakahiya -

Gawa-gawa ng naiinggit na friend din nila!

The “Extraordinary” Resolute Stance of

Sacked SAF Chief Getulio Napeῆas

By Apolinario Villalobos

Ever since the sacked SAF Chief Getulio Napeῆas gave interviews, until the first day of the Senate Hearing on February 9, 2015 about the Mamasapano massacre, the guy sounded resolute and sure of his statements. His body language implies that he is leaning on “something” strong or formidable. Is that “something” a promise that everything will be alright for as long as he takes responsibility of the SAF’s intrusion into the MILF’s “territory”? Who gave him that assured “something”?

Although, he mentioned the name of Purisima during the hearing, all that he attributed to him were the “suggestions”, which for him were not “orders”. But why take such suggestions to the point of following them to the last letter from a suspended boss? Why did he disregard the Secretary of a Presidential cabinet, DILG, and who is after all, higher than Purisima? And, worst, why did he disregard the OIC of PNP? It should be noted that during his early interviews he clearly stated that he was coordinating with Purisima and Ochoa, with the latter, he believes to be confiding with the president. By having knowledge of what are afoot, puts the parties involved in a questionable position, short of saying that they are in collusion with the active party who, in this situation is Napeῆas.

Again, was Napeῆas given assurance that there will be no investigation? Or, is he hoping that if ever there will be one, and which unfortunately there are several going on, the expected results are expected to be conflicting, and eventually will be just be junked as had happened to the rest of investigations? Obviously, during the Senate hearing, he got rattled and struggled with his replies when bombarded with questions by unbelieving senators. But he did not waver in blaming the Armed Forces for not immediately giving assistance….at least he has some party to blame for the casualties that the SAF suffered, aside for course from the MILF and the BIFF.

It is very observable in the country’s justice system, that unless the ones tried are political foes, the cases are not given much attention. One glaring example is the Maguindanao massacre which up to now has no convicted party yet, despite the strong evidences. But for the corruption cases tagged to Napoles that involve the political foes of the administration, the action is very swift, resulting to the detention of  Enrile, Estrada and Revilla. The same is true with the Binays who are drenched to the bone with graft cases, to make sure that the elder Binay will not have a chance during the Presidential race in 2016.

The senators are smelling something fishy and just like the rest of the Filipinos who are patiently following this latest case of irresponsibility, they cannot accept the alibis of the sacked SAF chief.

Pagmamalasakit at Katapatan

...mga tatak ng tunay na kaibigan

(para kay Eddie Travilla)

ni Apolinario Villalobos

Kung sa pakantu-kantong usapan

Maraming masasabi tungkol sa isang kaibigan

Nandiyan ang siya ay anumang oras, mauutangan

At sa kahit na magdamagang inuma’y hindi nang-iiwan.

Subalit iba naman ang kaibigang ito

Dahil nagpakita siya ng pagiging matapat na tao

Nang malalang sakit, sa kanyang kaibiga’y dumapo

‘Di nagdalawang isip sa agaran, araw-araw na pagsaklolo.

Pananaghoy ng nakaratay ay matindi

Kaya ang umaalalay na kaibigan ay ‘di mapakali

Walang humpay na masahe, ginagawa araw at gabi

Hanggang kaylan kaya?... Diyos lamang ang makapagsasabi!

(Si Eddie Travilla ay kamag-aral namin noong high school sa

NDTCBoys – Batch 70, at ngayon ay umaalalay sa isa pa naming kaklase,

si Benny Asong na may sakit na kanser sa pancreas- stage 4. Sila ay

nasa Cebu. Kaming mga kaklase at kaibigan ay humihingi ng damay sa

pamamagitan ng dasal upang mabawasan man lang ang

sakit niyang nararamdaman, at magabayan siya sa kanyang

paglakbay pagdating ng panahong siya ay mamamaalam na…)