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COKE TO INVEST $1-BILLION IN RP TUESDAY, October 19, 2010 Vol. 4 No. 98 • 8 pages www.commuterexpress.ph ‘JUAN’ ISOLATES ISABELA, CAGAYAN 6 17 PLAYTIME ROACH WANTS LESS PINOYS As super typhoon “Juan” batters northern Luzon that de- 4 2 8 stroyed crops and properties in several provinces, children MORE SPEED ARE HUNGRY in Metro Manila nd time to play in the rain brought about 39 22 44 42 23 25 by the weather disturbance. Storm signal No. 1 remained in FOR PACQUIAO – SWS SURVEY e ect at the National Capital Region. DIANA NOCHE PAGE 8 PAGEPAGE 3 3 P7.4m+ 2 Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Bakit kailangang may magbuwis ng buhay sa bgy. election? Raise PNP standards OONG Linggo ng umaga (Oct. palagi na lamang may nagbubuwis ng 17) ay isang barangay chairman buhay at kadalasan pa nga ay mga walang and salaries now Nna muling tumatakbo para sa kinalaman ang nadadamay. AM of the belief that in kanyang ikatlong termino ang binaril Nakakalungkot ding isipin na baga- order to end corruption ng isa sa dalawang lalaki sakay ng man ang barangay ang pinakamababang Iin government, we have motorsiklo sa Barangay Concepcion , posisyon sa ating gobyerno ay nangyayari to start with the very institu- Malabon City. pa ang ganitong klaseng patayan para tion armed and trained for Galing daw ang kapitan na si Maximo lamang makapanglamang sa kanilang the task of policing Philip- Bernardo sa pagsisimba at nang nagla- ang may kagagawan sa pagkamatay ni mga makakalaban. pine society. No agency is best fit for this “policing” job lakad na ito pauwi ay dalawang lalaki na Barangay Concepcion Chairman Maximo Umaasa kami sa Liga ng mga Ba- but the Philippine National Police. sakay ng isang motorsiklo ang biglang Bernardo. rangay sa Pilipinas na hindi tutulugan I do not intend to raise a debate fixed on the PNP and dumating kung saan ay biglang naglabas May mga nagsasabi na posibleng may ng Malabon City Police ang kaso ni rant about how corrupt it is and how inefficient many of ng kalibre .45 baril ang isa sa mga ito at kinalaman sa nalalapit na eleksiyon sa Chairman Bernardo at sana rin ay agad its officers are but let us stretch our imagination some walang awang binaril sa ulo ang namatay darating na Lunes (Oct. 25) ang naganap na matukoy kung sino ang may pakana more and examine the PNP from a distance. na chairman. na pagpatay ngunit hanggang ngayon ng pagpatay sa kanya nang sa gayon ay To me, an effective law enforcement arm is that which Matapos ito, mabilis na tumakas ay wala pa ring linaw ang ginagawang maparusahan agad ang utak nito. can boast of being well-fed, literally and otherwise. By that ang dalawang suspek habang isinugod imbestigasyon ng mga awtoridad. Makakaasa rin ang naiwang pamilya I mean it is stupid to compare a policeman’s salary with naman sa Pagamutang Lungsod ng Bilang isang opisyal ng Liga ng mga ni Bernardo na gagawa ng paraan ang Liga that of a schoolteacher. I mean no offense to our mentors Malabon (PLM) at matapos lapatan ng Barangay sa Pilipinas, nalulungkot ako ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas upang agad when I describe the phrase “at par with the salaries of paunang lunas ay inilipat naman ito sa sa sinapit ng ating kasamahan na si Ber- na mabigyan ng hustisya ang ginawang teachers” as silly. For me, PNP personnel should receive University of Santo Tomas (UST) Hos- nardo dahil bakit kailangan pang may pagpatay kay Kapitan Maximo. salaries way above those in other government units for pital kung saan ito binawian ng buhay magbuwis ng buhay kapag nagkakaroon * * * the very simple reason that their duties are beyond be- habang ginagamot. ng barangay election? Sa mga kabarangay kong gustong ing noble. The hazards of the job, they being trained to Hanggang sa ngayon ay hindi pa Ang sinapit na ito ni Bernardo ay makilahok sa pitak na ito, maari kay- be shot at and to shoot, ironically, to preserve peace and rin naglalabas ng progress report ang hindi na bago sa ating bansa kung saan ong mag-email sa barangayani_isko@ order should require higher wages from the government Malabon City Police upang makilala ay kapag magkakaroon ng eleksiyon ay yahoo.com. and public they serve. I have no qualms about doubling policemen’s present salaries. There are more people in COMMENTARY the private sector who earn more than them. I strongly support the notion that corruption in the PNP, and I mean in and outside Camp Crame, will end Farmers’ group holds peasant week once policemen’s salaries and benefits are hiked. No salary will commensurate such a dangerous job. My argument FARMERS and agricultural workers from all over the Quezon City on Oct. 21 before marching toward Mendiola also applies to the military and other law enforcement country are asking for nothing less than genuine agrarian in Manila. agencies. reform as they observed Peasant Week starting yesterday. The Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog The idea is simple. These officers resort to mulcting, “We have proven that for more than a year after it was Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) said they are already anticipat- extortion and other ways of making fast buck because passed, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with ing that the military and the police would attempt to stop Extension (CARPER) is also inutile,” Anakpawis Representa- them from continuing with their protest action, either by they have no money. They are, from my own estimates, tive Rafael Mariano told Bulatlat. “It is now time to look into forming blockades or adding checkpoints around the region. severely underpaid. The government’s salary grading the free land distribution scheme, which is the framework of “But we (have) warned them that nothing could stop our system is awful. It is, by my own standards, defective. To the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill.” rage against this regime’s deafness to the peasants’ plight,” me, the ideal salary level of the lowest-paid government The Peasant Week is annually observed by progressive Kasama-TK secretary general Axel Pinpin said, adding employee should match that of a supervisor or manager farmers’ organizations to renew their vow to fight for a genuine that the election gun ban might also be used to file more in a private firm. For if we are to raise the standards of a agrarian reform program that will solve the centuries-old land trumped-up charges against peasants to prevent them from profession, we should start by increasing benefits. Then problem in the country. reaching Manila. make the recruitment process more stringent. The theme of this year’s peasants march is “Lakbayan ng “Gone are the days when we were still challenging the If a policeman receives higher pay than you, I doubt mga Magsasaka Laban sa Hacienderong Rehimen ni Aquino.” new administration to act on the needs and demands of the if you could bribe your way out of a street corner where At the north leg of the march in Luzon farmers would hold peasants,” Mariano said. “It is now time to demand for what you are being cited for a traffic violation. A highly paid their first vigil in Tarlac slated yesterday while the Southern is due to us.” and financially confident police force could mean an enor- Tagalog Wing one and two would hold their vigil in Alabang mous difference. The government must dignify the job by and Batangas, respectively. The different groups are expected Land Reform ensuring that even the lowest-ranking cop is financially to converge at the Department of Agrarian Reform office in “President Benigno S. Aquino is incompetent in addressing independent. the roots of the land problem in the country,” Pinpin said. For When this happens, I’ll be in the next roster of police this, he has dubbed Aquino as the “Peasants’ Enemy No. 1.” recruits. Pinpin accused Aquino of deliberately not mentioning anything about land reform during his inaugural address, with “trumped-up petty crime cases.” State of the Nation Address and in his speech marking his Land reform under the Aquino administration, accord- ing to Mariano, is not just comparable to going through the Chairman, Editorial Board ARKHON A. ANTOLIN first 100 days, which he called as “Report Kay Boss.” Instead, Executive Editor Jonathan P. VICENTE the people only heard from Aquino “empty words on wang- proverbial eye of a needle. “It is like going through a needle Overall Creative Director STEPHEN SalvatorE wang, hotdog and condoms,” Pinpin said, adding that “the without an eye.” Chief Layout Artist HECTOR L. LOZANO peasants are no longer expecting anything fruitful from his President and CEO VICTOR A. CALUAG regime.” Old Policies EVP, Sales & Marketing TONETTE R. HENSON In fact, one of the biggest questions that could hound his Despite being a new administration that had won under Accounting Manager Mario L. ADElantE Credit & Collection Manager raul B. PEREZ presidency remains to be the land dispute at Hacienda Luisita, the banner of “treading the righteous path,” not much has Distribution Manager EDISON B. CAMARINES a 6,453-hectare landholding which he co-owns. Mariano said changed in what peasant groups deem as anti-people and Production Manager EDWin A. CO Aquino’s earlier pronouncements about his ‘hands-off’ policy anti-peasant policies that were implemented by its prede- Advertising Traffic Supervisor EriC R. jutiC on the Luisita case is proof that he is not interested to pursue cessors. For one, Aquino has extended until January 2011 Published Monday to Friday by Silverstream Publishing Corp. Suite 2111 Cityland Herrera Tower, Valero Street, a genuine land reform program.