Nº 09
16 Ago 07
Opisyal na lingguhang
pahayagan ng mga
mag-aaral ng Unibersidad
ng Pilipinas - Diliman
news | 03
GabrielaUS leader
barred from
leaving RP
HSA feared to be
behind hold order
latha la in | 08
Into the
Private Zone
The gradual
reorientation of GOCCs
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On its 85th year, the Philippine
Collegian looks back at eight
decades of headlines that
saw print on its pages & sent
ripples within and outside the
university.
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House Bill 4927 or the
“ Tuition Fee Rationalization Act of 2002” allows a ceiling of 10 per cent on tuition increase
for private schools and
a maximum increase of
P50 per unit for SCUs.
Such increases can be
enforced without consultation of students
from Grades I to IV and
of incoming freshmen
in high school and college.
PhilippineCollegian Ika-85 taon
Blg. 09 Huwebes 16 Ago 2007
N
agnanaknak na sugat
ang unibersidad, at
sa kanyang paligid,
waring mga langib
ang nagsulputang
mga komunidad,
pilit inaampat ang pagdurugo ng
galos na matagal nang itinatatwa
ngunit patuloy na lumalala.
Hindi na bago ang alitan sa pagaari ng lupa sa pagitan ng administrasyon ng UP Diliman at ng mga
komunidad sa paligid ng kampus.
Nang itatag ang pamantasan sa
Maynila noong 1908 at ilipat sa
493-ektaryang lupa sa Diliman
noong 1949, nananahan na sa lugar
ang mga pamayanang gaya ng Krus
na Ligas at San Vicente. Simula
noon, umusbong ang iba pang
komunidad ng “informal settlers”
sa paligid ng unibersidad, na siyang
naging ugat ng mga paglabag sa
karapatang pantao at di-mabilang
na mga kaso sa korte.
Dahas ang naging tugon ng
pamantasan, sa pangunguna ng
Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Community Affairs, sa papalalang
problemang ito sa mga pamayanan.
Bilang pagsawata sa pagdami ng
“informal settlers” sa mga lupang
nasasakop umano ng UP, samu’t
sari na ang pamamaraang isinagawa ng pamantasan; kabi-kabilang demolisyon, pagsasara ng mga
lagusan, pagtatayo ng mga bakod
sa kaligiran ng kampus.
Panibagong hambalos, kung
gayon, ang nakaambang pagpapaalis sa halos 1,500 residente ng
Ricarte, Palaris at Dagohoy upang
bigyang daan ang pagpapalawak ng
daang C5. Bagamat hindi tinututulan ang mga proyektong magsu-
sulong ng kagalingan ng higit na
nakararami, muling ipinasasalimpad ng bagong kasong ito ang
problematikong pakikitungo ng
pamantasan sa mga pamayanang
bahagi na ng daan-taon niyang
kasaysayan.
Ipinapalagay man na lupaing
pag-aari nga ng pamantasan ang
mga lugar na kinatitirikan ng mga
pamayanang ito, susing usapin
ang makatarungang pagtrato sa
mga apektadong mamamayan. Sa
bawat demolisyong isinasagawa
ng administrasyon, lagi’t laging
pangamba ang kawalan ng tiyak na
relokasyon, na taliwas sa ipinamamandila ng UP na “makatao” nilang
binibigyang-solusyon ang problema. Subalit kahit ang mismong
ideya ng relokasyon ay batbat ng
suliranin: hindi mapasusubaliang
malaking dagok ito sa kanilang
pamumuhay at kabuhayang binuo
at patuloy nilang binubuo sa mga
lugar na pinananahanan nila
ngayon
Hindi rin makatarungang
ibunton ang pagtaas ng bilang
ng krimen sa kampus sa pagsulpot ng mga komunidad na ito.
Ang paparaming insidente ng
pagnanakaw at pananambang, higit
sa anupaman, ay patunay ng kakulangan ng pamantasan sa paggarantiya ng seguridad ng kanyang
nasasakupan, at kabalintunaan
ang sisihin ang mga residente ng
mga komunidad na malaon nang
naririto. Nilalambongan ng ganitong pagtanaw ang katotohanang
sa pagbabawas ng administrasyon sa mga gwardiya sa pamantasan at sa kalauna’y pagpapasa ng
kanyang responsibilidad sa pribadong ahensya, ikinompromiso nito
ang seguridad ng bawat kasapi ng
unibersidad.
Walang
paumanhing
pagtutol ang
nararapat
itugon sa
anumang
demolisyong
isasagawa ng
pamantasan
upang
bigyang-daan
lamang ang
pagtatayo ng
komersyal na
mga istruktura
Walang paumanhing pagtutol, kung gayon, ang nararapat
itugon sa anumang demolisyong
isasagawa ng pamantasan upang
bigyang-daan lamang ang pagtatayo ng komersyal na mga istruktura. Liban pa sa katotohanang
sagka ang ganitong mekanismo sa
akademikong kagalingan at pagsasarili ng pamantasan, nagsisilbi
lamang ito sa makasariling interes
ng iilan. Matatandaang hindi iilang
kabahayan ang sinagasaan ng
pagtatayo ng karnabal sa hilagang
bahagi ng UP, na kalauna’y itinalaga bilang Science & Technology
Park ngunit ngayo’ y tinatayuan
lamang ng call center ng isang
malaking dayuhang kompanya.
Sa huli, ang usapin sa seguridad
sa paninirahan ay hindi kaiba sa
mga usaping normal nang sumasalimpad sa atin sa panahong
namumuhay tayo sa mga lantaran
at pailalim na karahasan. Ang mga
tala ng paglabag sa karapatan sa
paninirahan ay tala rin ng iba pang
mga karapatang walang patumanggang ipinagdaramot sa mamamayan: karapatan sa edukasyon,
karapatan sa malayang pagpapahayag, karapatang mabuhay nang
matiwasay. At sa harap ng pagguho
ng mga pamayanang sana’y lunsaran ng mga kaalamang binubuo sa
loob ng pamantasan, ng walang
habas na pagtataas ng matrikula,
ng pandarahas sa mga lehitimong
pagkilos, ng paparaming kaso
ng pamamaslang sa mga kritiko
ng pamahalaan, pinakamalaking
kasalanan ang magkibit-balikat
na lamang.
Sapagkat malay tayong walang
sugat na nalulunasan sa pamamagitan lamang ng pagpalis sa
langib na tumatakip dito. Higit sa
lahat, ipinalilitaw lamang nito ang
kabulukang unti-unting gumugupo
sa kanyang kaibuturan.
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Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
Sa nakaambang pagtaas ng buwis
sa pampublikong sasakyan
Mukha ng desaparecidos
Pasahe maaaring tumaas
Victor Gregor Limon
M
n Bilang paggunita sa ika-100 araw ng kanyang pagkadukot, humigit-kumulang 100 mga kaibigan, kapamilya at kasamahan ni Jonas
Burgos ang nakamaskarang nagmartsa tungong Welcome Rotonda noong Agosto 6. Dahil sa pagiging tampok ng kaso ni Burgos sa
kasalukuyan, itinuturing siyang mukha ng dumaraming bilang ng mga biktima ng sapilitang pagkawala. C andice Anne Reyes
aaaring magtaas ang
pasahe kung ipatutupad ang 2,600 porsyentong pagtaas ng buwis
sa mga pampublikong sasakyan,
ayon sa ilang pambansang samahan
ng mga tsuper at may-ari ng mga
public utility vehicle (PUV) na tutol
sa nasabing panukala.
Pagkatapos kundenahin ng mga
samahan ang dagdag na buwis,
sinabi ni Press Secretary Bunye na
magiging paunti-unti na lamang
ang pagtaas, na magsisimula sa
paunang dagdag na 30 porsyento.
Sinabi rin niyang pansamantalang
hindi pa itatakda ang petsa ng
pagpapatupad.
Naunang inilabas ng Bureau
of Internal Revenue ( BIR ) ang
Regulation 9-2007 na nagtataas sa
common carriers tax (CCT) o tau-
Students, teachers
oppose GMA’s Cyber Ed
Noemi M. Gonzales
S
aying that expensive technology is not the solution
to the decline in the quality
of education in the country,
teacher and student groups called
for the scrapping of the Department
of Education’s (DepEd) Cyber Education Project (CEP).
The CEP, a satellite-based distance learning program which aims
to deliver lectures and resource
materials to public elementary and
high schools in far-flung areas, was
conceived by the Arroyo administration “to improve low achievement levels of students and to catch
up with the demands of the global
competition,” according to the
Phillipine Information Agency.
Under the CEP, satellite technology will be used to link 37,794
public schools to a nationwide
network that provides 12 video
channels. In three years, DepEd
envisions that 90 pecent of the
public schools nationwide will receive live broadcast of lectures and
presentations from master teachers
who are superior in the areas they
are teaching.
Legality of the CEP
Alliance of Concerned Teachers
Chair Antonio Tinio questioned the
legality of the CEP contract, saying
DepEd did not provide details of
the program.
The P26.48 billion project will be
funded through a loan from China,
along with the controversial National Broadband Network and four
other agreements, as part of the
Information Technology cooperation of the two countries.
“ The public has the right to
know all the details pertaining
to the contract. Who are the foreign and local interests pushing
for this white elephant?” Tinio
questioned.
Tinio also said that DepEd is
keen on implementing the CEP
next year on a national level, but
has not even formulated concrete
plans for the content of lectures to
be broadcast.
“A more pressing concern is if
DepEd is equipped to handle such
ambitious projects. DepEd doesn’t
have the capacity to institute projects in such magnitude…Wala
pang studies tungkol sa effec tivity ng Cyber Ed,” Alvin Peters,
secretary-general of the National
Union of Students of the Philip-
pines (NUSP) added.
Through the CEP, DepEd plans
to provide multimedia classrooms
equipped with four television sets,
two desktop computers and a
printer to selected schools to facilitate broadcasting of lectures produced in DepEd’s central office.
Each grade and year level will
have its own channel, with 20minute broadcast lectures and 40minute classroom lectures to cover
all subjects in the curriculum.
Not the solution
Peters said that the CEP does not
address the roots of the problems
in basic education.
Peters added that declining enrolment and low achievement levels
are rooted in worsening poverty
and chronic underspending on
education. The severe shortage
of teachers and teaching material
which crippled the public education is caused by the decline in the
allocation for education system,
he added.
Independent think-tank Ibon
Foundation studies show that
the shortage of teachers reached
49,699 in 2005 from 37,932 in 2001.
Over the same period, shortage of
classrooms grew from 8,443 in 2001
to 57,930 in 2005, lack of chairs
increased from 2.11 million to 3.48
million. The lack of textbooks,
meanwhile, reached 34.7 million
in 2004.
If the government is sincere in
its plans of improving education in
the Philippines, the budget should
instead be used to fund trainings
for teachers, procure textbooks and
chairs, and build school infrastractures, according to Peters.
“Hindi cyber education ang sagot
sa problema kundi mas mataas na
budget sa edukasyon. Mag-focus sa
long term genuine national development,” Peters said.
Tinio added that the CEP has
little or no benefits for students because if it simply aims to broadcast
lectures via satellite, dsitributing
taped lectures is cheaper and will
also serve the purpose.
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nang buwis sa kita ng mga operator
ng PUV, tulad ng mga jeep, bus, at
taxi, nang halos 2,600 porsyento.
Mula P288 hanggang P7,884 ang
itinaas ng CCT para sa mga jeep sa
kalungsuran, habang mula P432
hanggang P11,382 naman ang para
sa mga mga taxi sa kalungsuran at
mga bus na kayang maglaman ng
hanggang 30 pasahero.
Ani Obet Martin, pangulo ng
Pangkalahatang Sanggunian-Manila and Suburbs Drivers’ Association Nationwide Inc. (PASANG
MASDA ), maaaring mapilitang
magtaas ng pasahe ang mga mayari at drayber ng mga PUV kung
matutuloy ang pagtaas ng buwis.
Ito rin ang tindig ng Pagkakaisa
ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper at
Operator Nationwide (PISTON),
Inter-Manila Bus Operators Association Inc. (IMBOA), at Philippine
National Taxi Operators Association (PNTOA), na pawang tutol sa
pagtaas ng buwis.
Buwis sa mga pampublikong
sasakyan
Sa ilalim ng Tax Code ng bansa,
itinakda ang CCT bilang tatlong
porsyento ng pinakamababang
halaga na maaaring iulat na kita ng
isang may-ari ng PUV.
“[But] the problem is that the
minimum [income]amounts in the
Tax Code are still based on 1978
prices. We have to increase the
[ CCT ] to [be fair to] employees,
[who] pay taxes based on current
salary levels,” ani BIR Deputy Commissioner Nelson Aspe.
Ani Aspe, kung susuriin ang
kasalukuyang buwisan para sa mga
pampublikong sasakyan, lumalabas
na maaaring iulat, halimbawa,
ng mga may-ari ng taxi sa Kamaynilaan na kumikita sila ng P40
lamang araw-araw. “How can this
be true [today] if the boundary fee
for a taxi driver is P800 to P1,000 a
day?” aniya.
Ngunit ani Martin, hindi angkop
na batayan ang pagtaas ng presyo
ng mga bilihin at ng kita upang
magtaas ng buwis, biglaan man
o paunti-unti, dahil tumaas din
ang presyo ng mga kagamitan sa
pagpapatakbo at pagkumpuni ng
sasakyan.
Ayon kay Claire dela Fuente, pangulo ng IMBOA , hindi na dapat dagdagan ang suliranin ng mga tsuper
at may-ari ng PUV, dahil mataas na
ang buwis na binabayaran nila sa
krudo at mataas rin ang kanilang
bayarin sa pagrehistro ng lisensya
at prangkisa.
Ani Dela Fuente, bahagi ng kampanya ng BIR para sa pagkalap ng
pondo ng pamahalaan ang nasabing
sundan sa p.11
Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
Gabriela-US
leader barred
from leaving RP
Closing in
HSA feared to be
behind hold order
Victor Gregor Limon
A
n Fighting Maroon Center Virgilio Serious pulls a tight defense on NU Bulldog Raymond
Aguilar in the first quarter of the Maroon’s first game in the second round of the 70th
Season of the UAAP on August 11 at the Araneta Coliseum. The Maroons lost, 66-85.
Al anah Torralba
Noemi M. Gonzales
Fetus natagpuan
sa lagoon
Isang anim na buwang fetus ang natagpuan
sa lagoon ng kampus ng UP Diliman (UPD)
bandang ala-una ng tanghali noong Agosto 5.
Ayon kay Special Police Romeo Trinidad ng
Quezon City Police (QCP) Criminal Investigating Unit (CIU), tinatatayang nasa tatlong oras
nang iniwan ang babaeng fetus bago pa ito
natagpuang nasa isang supot.
Natagpuan ang fetus nina Joel Espejo, 14
at Jayson Budion, 17, parehong residente ng
Village A, habang naglalakad sa lagoon.
Wala pang ulat ang UP Diliman Police
(UPDP) sa kung sino ang maaaring nag-iwan
ng fetus sa lagoon. Kasalukuyan ding iniimbestisgahan ng QCP-CIU ang kaso.
Bangkay natagpuan
sa Katipunan
Natagpuan ang bangkay ng isang hindi pa
nakikilalang lalaki bandang alas kuwatro ng
umaga sa kanto ng Katipunan Road at Aurora
Boulevard noong Agosto 9.
Ayon sa ulat ng Quirino Police (QP), nagtamo ang biktima ng dalawang saksak sa
tagiliran at isang tama ng baril sa ulo na naging sanhi ng pagkamatay nito.
Nakasuot ang biktima ng puting sando
at maong na pantalon at may nakatattoo na
­Ynnad sa kaliwang braso, dagdag ng QP.
Mula Hulyo hanggang Agosto, tatlong
bangkay ng hindi pa rin nakikilalang lalaki
ang natagpuan ng pulisya sa kahabaan ng C-5
Katipunan.
Kasalukuyan pang iniimbestugahan ng
QCP ang kaso.
Stat major ninakawan
ng cellphone
Isang estudyante ng Statistics ang tinangkang
nakawan ng cellphone noong Agosto 2.
Ayon sa biktimang si Justin Cesar Macalalag, fourth year sa Statistics, tinangkang
nakawin ang kanyang Nokia N-Gage, na tinatayang nagkakahalaga ng P9,000, bandang alas
siyete ng gabi sa tambayan ng UP Variates sa
School of Statistics.
Dagdag ng UPDP, iniwan ng biktima na nakacharge ang cellphone sa loob ng kanyang
bag sa kanilang tambayan nang mapansin ni
Jonathan Parato, seventh year sa Statistics,
na binubuklat ng isang lalaki ang bag ni Macalalag.
Agad na ipinaharang ni Parato sa guwardya
ng Statistics ang suspek nang papalabas na ito
ng tambayan. Nakuha sa suspek na nakilalang
si Gerardo Eugenio, 24, residente ng Sauyo, Novaliches, ang cellphone ni Macalalag.
Ikinulong si Eugenio sa istasyon ng UPDP
ngunit agad ding pinawalan matapos tumangging magsampa ng kaso ang biktima.
Tatlong insidente ng pagnanakaw ng cellphone sa kampus ang naitala ng UPDP simula
noong Agosto 1.
visiting US -based leader
of the progressive women’s
rights group Gabriela, was
barred by immigration
officers from leaving the country
on August 5, as her name was allegedly on a certain government
“watchlist.”
Dr. Annalisa Enrile, chair of
Gabriela Network-USA (GN-USA),
was returning to the US after attending the recently concluded 10th
Women’s International Solidarity
Affair in the Philippines (WISAP)
sponsored by Gabriela, when she
was held off at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA).
She was told by airport officials
that she is on a certain “watchlist”
and that she must first secure
clearance from the Bureau of Immigration ( BI ), Department of
Justice ( DOJ ), and the National
Intelligence Coordinating Agency
(NICA), before she may leave the
country.
Enrile, an American citizen and
a professor at the University of
Southern California, however, said
she was not able to obtain the clearance because she was sent back
and forth among the agencies. She
also said it was not clarified to her
what her inclusion in the watchlist
indicates.
GN-USA has called on the Philippine government to lift the hold
order against Enrile and is also currently asking help from US government officials and the US Embassy
in the Philippines. On August 14,
Gabriela and other human rights
groups will be sending off Enrile
at the NAIA .
right to travel on mere suspicion of
involvement in “terrorism.” Before
the HSA , one could be prevented
from leaving the country only if one
has committed a crime and charges
have been filed in court.
Several local and international
human rights groups have opposed
the HSA , saying the law shall further the administration’s human
rights violations under its all-out
war against militants.
Maza noted that the DOJ, BI, and
NICA , from whom Enrile was required to get clearances, were part
of the Anti-Terrorism Council, the
body tasked to execute the HSA .
Enrile slammed the government for holding off her departure,
calling the incident “an overt violation of civil and human rights.”
“ I ’m being held hostage,” Enrile said in a press conference on
August 11. “I cannot go back to my
work and my family, just because of
the human rights work that I do.”
Maza also said the hold order
against Enrile is a direct attack
against Gabriela, a staunch critic of
Arroyo. “ This is pure political harassment undermining Gabriela’s
[women’s rights] work,”
Other GN leaders
on “watchlist”
Two other GN-USA members,
GN-USA founding chair and acclaimed novelist Ninotchka Rosca
and human rights advocate Judith
Mirkinson, fear they may also be
prevented from leaving the country
on August 14, as their names are
also allegedly on the “watchlist”
which includes Enrile’s name.
Last year, when Enrile, Rosca,
and Mirkinson accompanied a legal
body tasked by GN-USA to investigate political killings in the country,
they were informed by the media
that they are included in a similar
government “watchlist.”
“I am exceedingly irritated with
the watchlist which has infringed
[upon] my private time with my
family,” said Rosca, who, together
with Mirkinson, is here to attend
the WISAP.
Meanwhile, DOJ Assistant Chief
State Counsel Atty. Pastor Benavidez verified the existence of a government “watchlist,” but said this
list was produced only to help “securing” the Association of Southeast Nations Summit in May.
“ We have requested that DOJ
lift any ban on any person included
in the list,” said Benavidez. He,
however, said only BI can verify if
Enrile, Rosca, and Mirkinson are
on the list. BI cannot presently be
reached for comment.
In the meantime, Maza said Gabriela will continue its campaign
to lift Enrile’s hold order and to
remove the names of all militants on
the government “watchlist.” Maza
is set to deliver a privilege speech
in Congress calling for an investigation on the incident.
Dubious “watchlist”
First onslaught of HSA?
Gabriel Women’s Party (GWP)
Rep. Liza Maza denounced the
hold order, saying it can be a pre­
cedent to gauge the effectivity of
the Human Security Act (HSA) of
2007, which lays down the government’s policy on its “fight against
terrorism.”
Implemented on July15, the HSA
allows the government to hold one’s
n Representative Liza Maza, together with human rights advocate Judith Mirkinson and
Gabriela Network USA founding chairperson and acclaimed novelist Ninotchka Rosca,
deplored the issuance of a hold departure order on Gabriela Network USA chairperson Dr.
Analisa Enrile (fourth from left) last August 11 at the Treehouse Restaurant in Quezon
City. (see related story) C andice Anne Reyes
Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
On World Indigenous Peoples’ Day
IPs slam land grabbing, pol killings
John Alliage Morales
makakain,” said KAMP coordinator
Joan Jaime.
Sigaw ng katutubo
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IPRA a ‘lipstick law’
round 500 indigenous
peoples (IPs) from Central
Luzon, Southern Tagalog
and Metro Manila marked
the International Day for Indigenous Peoples on August 8 and 9
with a protest action in Mendiola
to condemn the massive land grabbing of ancestral lands and the
mining operations by transnational
companies (TNCs).
The Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan sa Pilipinas
(KAMP), the national federation of
IPs’ organizations in the country,
also called on the Department of
National Defense on August 9 to
stop the unabated killings of IPs.
Threatened ancestral lands
“Ang buhay at ang pang-arawa raw na p a n ga n ga i l a n ga n n g
katutubo ay naka-ugat sa lupang
ninuno. Kung wala na ang lupa,
nawawala na ang pagiging katutubo
namin,” said KAMP spokesperson
Himpid Mangumalas.
Adeli delos Santos, treasurer of
Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa
Timog Katagalugan, said IPs face
contuining violation of ancestral
land rights, even as the country
boasts of having the first Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) in
Southeast Asia.
Passed in 1997, IPRA promised
to protect the rights of 12 million
indigenous peoples, who are members of the 110 ethnolinguistics
groups, to their ancestral land,
culture, self-governance and empowerment, and social justice and
human rights.
Since the IPRA’s implementation,
the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has granted
56 certificates of ancestral domain
title (CADT), covering only one million of the six million hectares of
declared ancestral domains, which
comprise all the natural resources
found in the “physical” ancestral
land. The NCIP has also issued 150
certificates of ancestral land title
covering 4,838 hectares.
Deceptive development
schemes
Mangumalas said that the legal
land titles of IPs could be rendered
useless as TNCs could still enter
their communities to operate “deceptive” development projects,
such as mining and logging activities, supposedly to boost jobs and
livelihood.
He cited an instance when the
Subanen tribe in Zamboanga del
Norte had been issued a CADT in
n Sa paggunita ng Pandaigdigang Araw ng mga Katutubo, tumulak patungong Mendiola
noong Agosto 9 ang ilang grupo ng mga Dumagat, Remontados at Mangyan mula sa
Timog Katagalugan, at Aeta mula sa Gitnang Luzon upang iprotesta ang patuloy na
pagkamkam sa kanilang lupain, pananaboy sa kani-kanilang mga komunidad dulot
ng pagmimina, at ang patuloy na pamamaslang sa mga progresibong mamamayan sa
kanayunan. Rouelle Umali at Al anah Torralba
Nueva Vizcaya.
Delos Santos likewise said that
about 10,000 Dumagats and Remontados could be displaced when
the construction of the Laiban Dam
in Rizal starts next year.
Intensified militarization
2004, but the Toronto Ventures Inc.
was granted permission to pursue
mining operations in their communities, resulting in environmental
degradation and displacement of
IPs.
Massive land grabbing of ancestral lands were also permitted
through fake consultations with
“dummy” organizations allegedly
created by the NCIP to fast track the
operations of TNCs in mineral-rich
areas, according to Mangumalas.
Nelson Mallari, chair of the Central Luzon Aeta Association, added
that Arroyo has allowed the utilization of the IPs ancestral domains
to earn $2 to $10 billion from fullscale mining operations alone.
Meanwhile, Mangumalas added
that rampant mining activities
would endanger the lives of more
IPs as 18 of the government’s 24
priority mining areas are ancestral
lands of IPs, as in the provinces of
Surigao, Cordillera, Mindoro and
Mallari said the military is intensifying its operations to drive away
IPs and clear their ancestral lands
for TNCs’ eventual mining activities in the provinces of Pampanga,
Aurora and Zambales.
Furthermore, Mangumalas condemned the worsening militarization of IP communities in the
guise of the government’s anti-insurgency policy. Of the 885 killed
activists since 2001, 130 IPs were
murdered, most of whom were
killed in conflict-torn Mindanao
or tribal leaders who vehemently
opposed the intrusion of TNCs in
their communities.
He added that once the military
set up camps around the communities, IPs suffer human rights
violations, including their recruitment to the Citizens Armed Forces
and Geographic Unit (CAFGU) and
other paramilitary units, sexual
harassment of women, forced
labor, intimidation, torture and
abduction.
“ Napagkakamalan silang NPA
(New People’s Army) kapag sila’y
nangungubat at naghahanap ng
Mangumalas, meanwhile,
branded the IPRA as merely a “lipstick law” that supposedly protects
the rights of IPs, but in fact is consistent with the Mining Act of 1995,
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law and the National Integrated
Protected Areas System.
Mangumalas also lamented that
even with the passage of IPRA ,
indigenous peoples live in poverty
and are denied access to basic
social services, apart from facing
long-years of discrimination and
alienation from their ancestral
lands,.
IPRA is also toothless in protecting IPs intellectual property
rights as they are not consulted
or paid royalty incentives should
their dances or songs get published or researched, according to
Mangumalas.
“ Panay ‘lip service’ lang. Nagbibigay ng tulong o aid, dahil sa
awa at hindi dahil nirerespeto ang
karapatan ng katutubo,” Jaime
said.
Jaime said that without seeing
health workers, IPs die even in the
most curable infectious diseases
such as malaria, measles and tuberculosis. She added that IPs have
become part of the “entertainment
package” in ecotourism spots such
as the Aetas in Mount Pinatubo,
Zambales.
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in
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is
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te
avail
f ea t u
t r e ma
le feat
rtised
alling
labora
ble;
re only
. W ha
re
possib
d app
e a d ve
from e
tyles a
insatia
air - ca
ht hair
s
t of th
- to -im
s
deeme
h
r
t
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ig
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e
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o
a
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h
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iv
t
s
n
lw
s
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a
s
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n
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ll
k
e
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e
is
is
fa
h
p
,
t
m
s
.
le
x
s
f
e
s
e
s
y
tly
to
ent
grac
the d
se of e
l alwa
paren
at mos
t r ea t m
ent ,
ular u
led. As
er
ze, ap
cts wil
fact th
salon
epend
gh r e g
cheap
nfulfil
ly
le” ga
d
u
u
a
produ
t
a
o
s
s
e
e
r
a
o
b
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d
h
c
s
s
t
a
e
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r
h
it
m
ay
e
lv
e
g
h
e
h
h
u
e
lw
t
s
r
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o
it
a
r
r
a
l
e
“
m
h
il
The
t the
hair fo
e.
s, or t
umers
sire w
cow,
presen
uality
ial
r com
oduct
n
ian de
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h
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e
, cons
r
e
r
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t
n
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p
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h
a
e
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e
d
t
c
c
n
n
m
s
m
a
o
L
oo
the
lly
s.
g reb
d com
a t may
Shamp
ve r f u
out as
ocietie
omisin tle. The cite
ure th
under
are ne
comes
. Kaya
to all s
ive, pr
t
for a c
t
ly
it
o
n
a
n
lity of
b
m
b
o
m
n
o
a
o
r
ib
a
r
m
by
it
c
g
e
s
d
o
v
s
m
lt
e
d
in
g
t
e
o
a
o
e
g
il
e
n
g
p
c
in
i
n
h
h
a
n
in
k
i
c
a
it
e
n
h
a
l
W
h
a
f a sa
il sa la
l yo u t
te d t h
maint
mamu
ha t
G. Ma
otice.
y
able tr
cost o
ay dah
ugges
u c ts t
ahilig
a r chy
,
E te r na
ken n
attain
displa
ly Rose
e
ldly s
kanya
ako m
abing
f
e prod
e hier
h
ha s ta
o
nly un
a
s
a
s
o
gh t h e
b
s
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iv
o
a
g
a
y
s
u
s
r
g
e
la
s
n
le
t
in
o
n
n
h
a
s
e
s
r
e
nly
e
t
t
u
r
r
ig
v
e
t
u
h
s
t
p
e
n
a
d
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d
o
a
t
p
t
s
d
o
w
in
c
o
in
u
m
d
k
a
in
e
s
s
being
a
y
l
e
s
ir
r
aut
ave
taga
g the
daninig
indi n
napan
ra c o u
w ind
ve r da
he be
hich h
minin
ed pro
atagalaman
bang n
s posiiende
lly sho
ave n e
And t
hair w
releas
lang n
“state
r clas
. Para
lang, m
h , ha c
y
o
e
ra d ua
o
ly
y
fore h
o
ic
k
g
a
h
in
e
n
it
r
o
t
e
h
b
n
.
n
r
z
in
s
o
s
in
s
a
a
e
t
g
r
ra
h
d
ie
a
a
t
e
th
t
f these
b
n
s
S
”
w
r
le
o
e
a
o
a
e
n
w
r
!”
t
t
a
h
panie
p
g
o
o
s
o
t
n
for
mo k
ng mg
“fashio
er lon
a kung
en mo
g ” pro
le
o the
o d o m u r e r s have
in
v
h
g
n
t
t
b
in
o
n
f
o
in
a
r
o
n
fy
poos,
s
v
it
p
lo
e
im
o
n
m
a
ie
a
cla
sa sik
c e ha s
e s ha
ufact
y
a u gh t
e a ch
“Age D
amit n
Hoy, p
o
n
h
e
n
c
t
t
d
m
“
a
h
it
s
ie
t
o
a
ly
r
g
a
g
m
c
g
s
e
p
o
,
n
e
in
a
p
said:
b
ang m
yo u t h
citly b
gh ex
p buy
ve sim
Kabila
la sa
s long
ave un
. Thou
le kee
t expli
pansin
uls ha
hirt .”
s” mu
- for a
ials le
rd
t can
n
a
t
s
a
p
g
c
a
e
h
o
n
r
o
s
ir
io
t
c
h
.
e
e
t
a
t
h
m
n
n
s
in
n
p
g
s
t
m
g
e
a
r
e
a
s
,
t da
uc
na
exist
false
a tawa
” o “an s sa kalaun
ement
st com
l desir
msy s
t
s
s
smetic
in
o
a
in
t
a
li
o
t
s
y
t
f
m
ir
c
im
lly
r
s
g
t
g
h
“
a
e
a
e
e
la
a
n
s
t
u
a
c
niv
Th
na dulo
air is
g s t ra
y, act
ment
alalao
see wh
kilik s
ket .
one u
Pangu
olicall
ing to
ooth h
puno’t
a t a t m n g p a g ta n g
arketin
a ma r
b
il
o the
.”
g
m
ik
t
e
m
s
m
s
fa
t
n
v
t
y
is
s
a
,
a
s
ir
s
s
’t
n
t
h
e
e
a
b
na
ay s
lutio
a; ito
o u gh
ent sh
traigh
d ya n t
ns.
naiiba
a te s o
h, alth
will alw
o ng ib ang “statem
t ha t s
air as
a estu
nditio
Hindi
gener
y whic
an ng
t , the y
ng mg
pt of h
te d c o
sa istil
o
t
a
e
a
c
u
r
it
p
a
r
a
a
m
o
r
o
n
e
t
g
a
k
e
m
o
b
o
a
g
a
c ce
b
r
ib
b
f
n
r
i
p
a
a
m
o
ext of
a
e
t
d
a
b
o
v
ir
a
n
t
g
p
g
e
in
e
n
o
a
d
h
n
pa
the c
ang p
n” at h
tibong
tly tie
hirts”
rs at t
in
n
k
s
e
n
io
u
e
e
air
e
e
h
a
p
p
il
s
n
s
t
d
e
e
li
s
inos. H
iiral
na “fa
is is fu
Isang
p a ga n
y is pr
sa pan
of Filip
B ea u t
a “pro
a n g u m ya
, but th
the
da 70 .
we r s a
y
y
g
n
a
r
p
k
it
u
k
e
m
r
il
g
e
p
d
s
g
d
jo
li
n
in
h
ong
ta a n
dr y u
g pan
mpan
ht and
a s t ma
in
aa n n o
p r o te s
straig
disyon o ng mga ku
comes
f the v
ering
k ab a t
sa kon
ya g n g
y. It be
style o
it
propa
f flutt
g
“
a
it
p
fe
o
a
s
g
o
li
h
g
id
d
n
k
a
li
e
a
s or
m
g
p
e
u
d
h
d
u
n
t
t
a
t
a
s
n
a
h
g
p
k
e
a
g
g
in
in
t
in
p
a
,
p
ng
r spli
ng tin
ngles
s out
ahon
y
pakita
irts.”
frizze
l curl o
upas a
n. It ta
ng pan
r toda
na g p a
ent sh
g kum
natura
ifted,”
the su
glipas
m
g
f
a
in
least fo
a
e
t
t
o
t
t
e
p
s
n
a
t
a
k
t
u
a
a
ju
li
s
e
S
—
i“
s
t
.
t
h
.
g
’m
a
a
n
n
I
a
le
g
h
o
u
,
in
g
y
o
d
h
t
w
m
g
n
ir
an
d. T
ay of
hairs
n sa m
ng ang “ I ’m not we
it hab
the win get in the w
erfect
e good
ng ila
s
isinila
n g da m
n!,” a
ff
e the p
malpa
ving th may
rms,”
o
u
b
ts ” a t
u
li
r
o
,
e
ir
o
d
g
N
y
t
v
h
n
n
a
e
it
s
d
a
a
c
d
k
nde
the
” girl
.
uck th
off, R
ga n da
a ta n g
ropou
God, F
p u na n
l stay in n. The “farm
er
“ R o ck
a pagt
— is p
g
irl wil
“ Fuck
n ng li
and h
net ,”
wa d n
n
g
io
o
g
s
e
u
y
h
a
n
lo
h
h
is
ic
a
s
u
M
g
d
r
,
k
m
a
n
e
d
d
r
ir
a
t
h
n
n
n
s
T
t
d
a
e
ie
a
w
a
a
n
r
s
e
a
y ill
in th
aids
“ Boyf
alpas
amit
kakikit umbensyon
b ea u t
with m
mga d
ir, but
na u m
k
nd its
a
awa n g
g
a
fe
g
h
b
is
n
nder
,
li
n
g
u
e
”
d
m
a
r
,
t
g
a
li
y
u
y
m
c
a
ha
gayan
rn ho
all da
a s a na
peti-b
isinas
“perfe
la
u
k
s
t
g
a
a
g
e
il
e
k
n
n
n
v
r
o
a
t
a
a
mily
a
a
o
h
n
n
sa mg
ta n gk
her fa
na n .
as she
have t
uwad
lipuna
p a g ta
anlipu
mga h
to h e r
ir will
a land
ma ng
p
a
a
e
e
s
s
h
t
g
in
u
o
is
,
a
Isang
in
s
y
n
m
il
ap
aka
g na
of an
he su
ritisis
na u s
linlan
di maik l na
not be
at of t
ag na k
u nay
mapan
ing he
ng. Hin
o
wa
m ga t
hungk
r
a
s
c
g
a
k
la
s
m
n
s
i
e
g
a
s
la
c
t
s
e
I
th
.
awan
a may
k a u ga
na ito.
S. Fran
ot own
imbab
a n na
amit n
Angelo
does n
l
g kapa
m ga d
t
d i na m
e
a
a
in
a
s
in
g
s
k
h
a
.
n
i
a
o
n
a
a
fe
t
M
our li
g pat
w lalo
m ga ta
hat ay
d off y
g ta na
e…
aturon
ak ng
Ang la
g na
ctione
ina na k
ong pa
t sa ut
ive pric
d
raw in
n
o
it
s
e
d
r
n
n
w
a
w
a
e
y
o
h
o
You au
g
p
a
r
a
ll
x
r
g
m
a
e
a
m
n
(
t
t
)
u
a
s
g
ikita
o
g
a
h
o
k
n
n
n
in
g
ly
em
e (ma
hey ?
b a na
o wa s
tig -isa
a s yo n
slight
, Warn
For th
up her
name ,
( may
ilan
ch my
- and
konot
sor wh
n Day
is
a
s
e
u
d
g
lo
e
e
o
e
fe
d
n
in
r
t
c
u
n
o
a
o
G
’s
r
u
fa
s
’t
(
s
W hat
“ Tiga
tly in t
a UP p
e don
p p ea r
taas),” lugang
,” “ My
c
s
ictim”
)
t
a
a
a
V
g
u
p
fe
it
o
r
le
n
,
in
o
e
b
P
e
g
r
io
h
are p
katu
na sa
glanc
d o te a
here is
a) ,” “
akahu
- “ Fas
na na
- flops
t first
ever, t
hawak
g anec
p ab ab
agpap
arrow
elas. A
a may
ndy flip taboo. How
may p
n
erestin
y
e
in
t
r
s
a
a
y
t
t
o
n
in
,
m
g
s
is
n
it
t
g
e
a
un
mang
bang
se of h
e:
ins ar
a da m
shmen
here is
dib ha
as sa lu
becau
told m
stabli
ng mg
e cous
w
ib
e
e
k
fé
iv
d
a
t
e
li
a
in
w
a
a
a
c
z
ang
m
a
s
b
n
a
side a
alimb
their
’y pag
a ra m i
g mag
t for so
days.
m ga h
ot nito
, while
g - t ha
om Me
ra n , m
na
s nowa
u
a
s
a
n
fr
s
s
in
s
e
s
e
s
u
a
d
d
e
n
,
.
s
u
t
o
n
s
w
)
g
t
t
lu
c
y
am
gbalik
gong
s, shor
ang pa
dress
s. A frie ps, especiall
wal.
(or fee
t
a
a
e
s
g
n
p
ir
e
b
k
n
a
y
e
a
in
e
g
o
p
e
k
h
la
p
s
t
t
n
a
a
e
s at
wala
-aak
with
sa m
thing
re .”
e ts t h
o n te k
e Philip wear flip -flo
Sa pag
tungo
ith any ch ...anywhe
an me
g na k
Ngunit
g
it in th
o
a
h
w
.
t
a
h
t
k
o
p
d
ir
a
.
g
it
is
t
n
a
t
n
e
n
e
h
p
a
r
is
t
a
to t
yo n
e] bea
an, hu
asy to
gsuot
e s ” ex
people
-flops
more
tradis
suot
e] so e
lunsar
, [on th
rnativ
n g ma
a
pines,
ted flip
g.
nagsu
hotels
[they’r
uhing
r “alte
umali
ld be
,
Philip
d
g
e
s
h
u
anina
e
n
Impor
n
p
ll
o
u
a
h
a
a
u
c
a
t
h
a
,
t
e
t
r
a
ay ng
m
u
h
m
a
in
a
n
g
t
ma n
c
e
t
h
g
a
t
in
,
o
l
la
w
a
s
W
f
a
h
n
in
a
e
o
r
e
.
p
g
p
t
il
r
o
it ’s
r less
a ga na
ang n
rtable
n g ta n
pagpa
ur sho
n be w
ify the
g
fo
i
a
o
fo
a
g
n
a
“Since
g
c
a
a
g
o
m
r
ig
m
o ng
]
y
t
o
t
n
in
s
y
a
it
c
y
h
u
e
o
e] so
aya g
g pah
r ea l t
n ng le
eir wa
aan k
ld also
c ... [Th
ose wh
[They’r
umpo
d. Pah
of the
intun
i nilan
t ng
find th
p
l
ses, et
a
ar cou
us, th
s
il
s
o
a
t
e
d
r
h
e
r
u
a
ie
b
li
a
r
T
w
s
h
t
a
s
p
a
d
fo
t
u
o
k
o
.”
,
n
ts
gs
ito na
es but
sang
perso
g na g s
be “in
king c
sive fo
I
o
lv
n
a
g
roduc
o
n
leggin
e
a
t
n
ang
p
n
e
lo
s
t
a
t
p
g
ll
it
a
x
m
il
n
lo
a
h
lama
akala
thentic of buying e
a da m
its the
end a
ng kan
As wit
it . Isa
pag - a
get au
nterfe
akita
ng mg
to - s p
reho
d
g
m
u
p
t
n
a
n
a
o
a
o
n
a
in
p
e
c
d
p
r
a
c
h
r
g
t
e
e
g
w
y
w
o
d
r th
t na
the
– par
ganit
o not
awa n
orker
A ny b o
nito a
ainst
lahat
g not fo
r
g may
g gum
to r y w
t - or d
ent ag
silang
g ta o n
he fac
p payin
a nya n
sold fo
canno
n
T
n
u
p
e
.
a
o
o
d
s
b
m
g
h
b
t
s ta te m
n
o
n
r
li
n
w
e
k
u
e
sa
of
ill the
n of so
thing
salub
trap.
f thos
na ito
a pair
e r ea l
na gk a
hich w
bber s
velatio
forts o
damit
ma k e s
ord th
m
the ru
dity, w
kapag
es a re
o
ff
u
o
,
s
h
a
m
s
p
m
t
w
o
im
o
la
o
c
r
r
m
in
k
e
c
cann
he m
worke
ma s a
ally b
hed a
es a co
.
paid t
y actu
aises
ord. A
m e e tc
factur
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Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
uring the early 1900s, the
government created government-owned and controlled
corporations ( GOCCs) to
establish institutions that will
provide for infrastructure developments, public utilities, and consumer price stabilization services.
To ensure that socially-sensitive
services like gasoline, water, food
and electricity are delivered democratically, GOCCs also function as
government’s price-determining
instruments – keeping essential
services well within the reach of
the poorest Filipinos.
In the passing years, however,
GOCCs, which are either fully
owned or shared with the private
sector, increasingly became in­
effectual in contributing to economic and social development.
Meanwhile, their gradual privatization resulted in the unprecedented
occurrence of price hikes, consequently reducing the accessibility
of social services.
Public enterprises’ impasse
The first of GOCCs’ travails
started when positions in state
corporations were awarded to Fer-
dinand Marcos’ cronies. Marcos
loyalists used their appointed positions to their advantage, amassing
huge credits from foreign banks
while compounding the national
debt. At the end of the Marcos regime, GOCCs accounted for 73 cents
per one dollar of foreign debt.
During Corazon Aquino’s term,
Marcos’ accumulated debt was
guaranteed and assumed by the
government. As the country’s biggest creditors, World Bank (WB),
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and Asian D e velopment Bank
(ADB) imposed “corrective policy
measures” to solve the GOCCs’
outstanding deficits, including the
privatization of poor -performing
state corporations. In 1995, for
instance, the National Food Authority (NFA), a debt-laden GOCC,
appealed for a loan of US$ 175M
from the Grains Sector Development Program of ADB to cope with
the rice crisis. ADB responded by
demanding that government should
first privatize NFA .
Furthermore, WB reports that
the GOCCs’ continuing poor per formance is caused, first, by the absence of a single identifiable owner
for each GOCC, and second, by the
depressed prices of socially-sensitive goods. GOCCs’ access to subsidies and guaranteed loans also
provided no incentive for state corporations to efficiently avoid bankruptcy. According to WB, these
problems are easily solved
through a policy of
privatization.
The gradual reorientation of GOCCs
Meanwhile, refusal to comply
with the WB -IMF-ADB ’s recommendation will translate to the denial of the debtor’s requests for new
loans and international assistance.
Philippine presidents, however,
were never known for their resistance. On the contrary, they were
quick to conform to the foreign
banks’ prescribed measures. The
list of privatized GOCCs now includes Petron, Philippine National
Bank, Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), Maynilad,
and National Steel Corporation.
Good governance excuse
According to National College
of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) Dean Alex Brillantes, “privatization of GOCCs
works within the context of good
governance.” When GOCCs be come too expensive to maintain,
for instance, government should
relinquish operations to the private sector. Brillantes points to
Philippine Airlines as an example,
which incurred massive losses before its acquisition by Lucio Tan.
Thus, privatization entails that
the private sector work in partnership with government in contri­
buting to revenue generation and
employment.
In addition, NCPAG Policy Analysis Professor Fe Mendoza states
that, “privatization also
introduces competition.”
It breaks government’s
monopoly and allows
private corporations to
control certain social services.
As these corporations vie to attract more consumers, prices are
lowered and delivery is improved.
Thus, Mendoza asserts, social services are made available to more
Filipinos while consumers are given
more options to choose from.
Market exploitation
Yet, privatization also means
that state corporations, and consequently, social services, are made
vulnerable to market forces. One
manifestation is the GOCCs’ budget
constraints, concurrent with the
respectively. In addition, according
to research think-tank IBON Foundation Inc., private corporations
fail to provide services in areas
with low returns on investment
and high operating costs. As a
result, rural areas and slums are
largely ignored. Clearly, instead
of improving accessibility and
availability of essential services,
privatization further constricts
democratic distribution.
On the other hand, the encroachment of private sector in sociallysensitive services virtually assures
private corporations of constant
Privatization also means that state corporations,
and consequently, social services, are
made vulnerable to market forces
gradual reduction of government
subsidy for social services such
as food, education, health, and
housing. To augment their meager
appropriation, many GOCCs resorted to foreign loans. Ultimately,
however, it is the government that
must assume the GOCCs’ total
debt, thus revealing the persistent,
cyclical nature of the problem. Already, the government has incurred
an accumulated P40.4 billion deficit
in the first half of 2007.
When GOCCs are privatized,
prices of socially sensitive products
are left in the hands of corporations
whose main objective is to gain
profit. According to the Confederation for the Unity, Advancement
and Recognition of Government
Employees, the privatization of
Petron and MWSS spurred the
unprecedented succession of price
hikes in oil and water,
demand and consequently, regular
income. Since social services possess a captive consumer base that
constantly increases in population,
the private sectors’ returns on investment are bound to be higher.
With the government’s policy of
privatization, private corporations
emerge as winners by exploiting the
public’s needs.
Employment intimidation
According to Mendoza, the privatization of GOCCs also makes employees vulnerable to exploitation.
Private corporations are known to
practice unfair labor policies, if
only to decrease their operation
costs. When MWSS was privatized,
5,000 of its employees were threatened with termination unless they
agree to work under contractual
basis. Contractualization, however,
is tantamount to the reduction of
salary and benefits and the abolition of unions. When some 200
employees protested this new concession agreement, they were summarily dismissed despite working
for MWSS for more than 10 years.
When the government abandons
its responsibility in favor of the private sector, the public is betrayed
twice: first, by the government’s
subservience to foreign pressure;
and second, by the denial of the
people’s right to basic services.
This purported solution to the
fiscal imbalance only compounds
the problem, and the privatization
of GOCCs highlights not only the
government’s many incapacities
but also its misguided loyalties.
art work: piya constantino. page design: k arl castro.
Mini U. Soriano
Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
Bahay-bahayan
S
a aking pag-iisa, nang hindi ako
makatulog noong isang malamig na
Sabado ng gabi, naisip kita:
Jek.
Waring naaalala mo lamang ang
lahat nang minsang nabanggit mong
sabay tayong naglalakad pauwi galing sa
paaralan noong nasa ikalawang baitang
tayo. Ngunit hindi mo naman pala alam
na noong kamag-aral kita noon, napahiya
ako nang sabay tayong aawit ng Lupang
Hinirang, at nagsimula ka sa “ Land of the
morning.” Hanggang sa matapos natin
ang mataas na paaralan, tumatak na sa
akin ang iyong kadaldalan.
L umalabas na pinakamalaki kong
kasalanan sa iyo ang pilitin kang kumuha
ng UPCAT, na tinawag mo lamang namang
puno’t dulo ng lahat ng kasalukuyan mong
paghihirap. Hindi maabot ng pang-unawa
kung paano mo nasabi ito; dahil sa yabang mong iyan, may hindi ka ga naman
kakayanin? Kung sa bagay, kahit naiinggit
ako dahil nakakatugtog ka sa piano nang
walang piyesa, hindi mo naman minsan
mabasa ang sarili mong sulat-kamay.
Sa dami na ng ating napagpulungan,
hindi pa rin nauubos ang aking tanong:
Paano mo gagawin ang sinabi mong
“mamamalakaya ako upang makabihag
ng tulog para ipasalubong?” Hindi ka ga
nainis noong isang gabi, na habang nagbabasa ka ng hindi kagandahang libro ay
pinulong kita at umabot tayo sa pagsilip
ng araw?
Jam. Nagpapanggap kang kaklase namin
noong mababang paaralan; ang totoo,
noong unang taon sa mataas na paaralan
lamang kita nakilala. Naging “computer
lizard” ka o tagadisenyo ng pahina ng
pahayagang pang-mag-aaral na sinalihan
Lala
ko rin. Ilang karibok ng tuktok din ang
nilabanan natin at napagwagian.
Noon, nararamdaman kong nababanas
ka na sa mga usapan sa bahay, dahil mas
gamay mo ang mga piattos (chemical
bonds). Napakamadasalin din ng iyong
pamilya, kaya nagulat ka siguro nang
maging tampulan ng biro ang parating/
nagdaan mong ika-21 kaarawan, na tatlo
lamang naman ang Mahal na Poon sa bahay
ninyo, galing pa sa magkakaibang parokya.
Nakakatuwa, nakakalungkot, na marami
nang nagbago sa iyo, na pawang hindi ko
maisasaysay dahil baka makarating sa mga
hindi dapat makaalam, sa pagdaan sa mga
kakilala ng kakilala.
Kung hindi ka bagong gising, kausapin
mo na kaya ako?
Naisip mo na ga
ang ultimate ganda
story mo na tatalo
sa lahat ng iba pa?
Ku n g m a t u t o n a
akong magplantsa
ng puting uniporme, makakapag-asawa
na ako? Kapag tinanong ka ng nanay mo
kung bakit pink ang iyong bag, ano kaya
ang sasabihin mo? Keribels?
sinisilo
natin ang
mga tala at
iginuguhit
ang ating mga
pangarap
Joy. Hanggang magkasama na tayo mula
noong isang taon, nababahala akong
hindi mo masakyan ang pagkabata ko,
namin, dahil mas matanda ka… ng
isang taon. Ngunit sa ngayon, sabi nga,
itinatanong pa ga iyon? Umuwi ka nga
minsan nang may dalang laruang kotse
na may remote control.
Nagkakahalubilo lamang tayo noong
nasa sekundarya pa ako kapag may mga
pulong ang mga katekista, o ang science
o English club. (Hanggang ngayon pala,
hindi ko pa alam ang reaksyon mo nang
An arm and a leg
A
few days after my brother took
the UPCAT, my mother texted me
to ask if I could process the applications of my brother to other
universities. My brother, apparently, felt
that passing the UPCAT was a long shot and
was looking at other schools for options.
He told me that he indicated a triple-quota
course for his first choice and is doubtful
that his average high school grades would
make him pass. I told him he had bigger
things to worry about, like the steep price
his education would cost should he be
admitted into the university.
I had always wished for my brother to
also go to UP. As with other families, my
relatively low tuition was a godsend to my
parents, who have to send three children to
school and at the same time pay for various
loans and amortizations. I could still hear
my father when he said that graduating
with a UP degree will surely open doors
for me, or at the very least provide me an
edge over other jobseekers. In the province,
whenever a daughter or a son is sent off to
biglang sumingit ang partido namin sa
inyong kampanya para sa konseho ng magaaral.) Tapos hindi man tayo nag-usap,
naging magkamag-aaral tayo sa SocSci 2, at
doon ko muling nakita ang walang-kupas
at mala-font mong sulat-kamay. Pagkakalabas mo ngayon sa trabahong “nakakainip,” lilipad ka para tumulong sa isang
samahang nagtataguyod sa karapatan ng
mga kababaihan.
Nitong huling mga araw, hindi na kita
gaanong nakakasamang kumain sa kung
saan-saan. Kaya naman naiipon ang mga
ito: Sino ang mas mahal mo, ang mga nagpapatulog o hindi nagpapatulog sa iyo?
Saan mo nakita ang four seasons na juice?
Bakit ka matuwain sa mga bata?
Tayo. Iba
ang ikot ng araw sa ilalim ng
ating bubungan dahil nagagawa nating
pagulungin ang panahon ayon sa ating
kapasyahan. Hindi natin miminsan
nasabing natatangi ang ating bahaybahayan.
Sa ating mga paliwanagan, nagiging
pisara ang mga dingding. Inaagaw natin
ang bawat eksena sa mga teleserye, sa
pagbaybay natin sa kanilang kapintasan.
Malaya nating napag-uusapan anumang
bagay sa kalawakan, mula sa mga bata at
nagbabata-bataan nating mga kapatid,
hanggang sa mga prinsipyong pinipilit
nating panindigan.
At sa gitna ng ating mga hagalpakan
at pulong na walang kasaysayan, sinisilo
natin ang mga tala at iginuguhit ang ating
mga pangarap.
Ayaw kong isipin kung kailan ninyo ako
iiwan, o kung mangyayaring iiwan ko kayo.
Sa isang bagay lamang ako nakatitiyak sa
ngayon: sabi ko nga sa iyo, Jek, hindi lamang ikaw ang mababa ang mga luha.
Alanah Torralba
Manila to study, he or she is touted to be
the family’s next success story. I had hoped
the same for my brother but even if he does
get admitted, I am not sure if we would be
able to afford the princely sum of P20,000
a semester.
In t h e m o n t h s
before the 300% tuition increase was
passed, President
Roman said that UP
tuition was “ridiculously low” and that
parents are willing to
pay more for “quality
education.” The
arguments against
statements like this
have been raised over and over again on
the placards waved during the numerous
protest actions launched in the campus,
on various discussions and forums, and on
this very newspaper. But I do not wish to
reiterate them because on paper they might
come out like mild rhetoric. Instead, I glean
It is
ridiculous
that we
would have
to pay nearly
the cost of
a house for
my brother
to be able
to earn a
degree
on my personal experience.
I remember that major adjustments had
to be made by the whole family when I entered college. Sending the eldest daughter
to college suddenly became the family’s top
financial priority. I watched as my mother
balanced the family’s meager budget and
ensured every week that I had enough
money to survive school, while my father
painstakingly looked for jobs that paid
higher but did not bring him personal or
professional devlopment.
A year from now, my brother will be
going to college and by the looks of it, his
education would cost an arm and a leg. It is
ridiculous that we would have to pay nearly
the cost of a house for my brother to be able
to earn a degree when after all he would
have to succumb to an unsatisfying and
possibly exploitative job. It is disconcerting
that the people who run an institution that
is supposed to stand for equity promote
measures that seek to dismantle just that. It
is enraging to realize that a supposed basic
right is in reality a costly commodity.
Chris S.
Agrava
Selling Out
L
ately, I feel an adamant reluctance
to visit our old house in the province. But after my father called
from the States, for reasons I
would find out later on, my sisters forced me to go “home” and
check on its condition, figuring that I could
afford a few absences from class.
Before the typhoon hit the country, I set on
a 6-hour bus ride due north of Manila. It used
to be routine for me since I frequently went
home whenever the opportunity presented
itself – spontaneous attacks of nostalgia,
listlessness. After more than a year, however,
it felt like a foray into an alien memory.
* * *
The current tenant invited me in, which
obviously felt awkward. I was being invited
to come inside my own house. Details did not
escape my expectant eyes. The façade looked
more or less intact, but it was not the house
that I remember.
My father ’s office was turned into the
kids’ room. There was a different sala set put
in place in the living room. The ceiling, the
tenant persistently pointed out, was falling
apart. The house had a nasty termite infestation and it did not help that we were being
ravaged by a typhoon during that time. They
removed the indoor garden and sealed the
sun roof. The were no more grasses in the
backyard, they filled it with stones. It looked
cleaner that way, he said. Pity, my sisters and
I used to lie down on the grass when the night
radiated with stars.
Then we got to my old room. Apparently,
it suffered the most from the infestation. The
white ceiling was tarnished with dark brown
spots because of rain water dripping from
the roof. I did not know where to look. I tried
to avoid nostalgia’s center of gravity. I knew
it would be devastating to look at memory
straight in the eye. So I pretended to have
seen enough.
The tenant stressed that he just wanted
someone from the family to account the
damages. My father, apparently, was selling
the house to him and they agreed to deduct
the costs for repairing the damages. I wasn’t
able to say anything. I just replied “sige po”
and showed my way out.
Painful is a trite but powerful word. The
house was my last hope. Selling it punctuated
the contract of my family’s self-exile. This
was the last installment. First, it was my black
electric guitar which unloaded my rage then
our van which I used to drive home drunk.
I heard the last lock of the front door click
all over again.
I gave it one last look.
Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
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ungkol po ito sa kahilingan
namin na mabigyan sana ng
pabahay ang mga retiradong UP
employees dahil na-deny po ng U. P.
ang request namin na ma-extend ang
aming paninirahan dito sa 64- C Ocampo
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ANO’NG MASASABI MO SA
2600% PAGTAAS NG BUWIS SA
PAMPUBLIKONG TRANSPORTASYON?
Street, Pook Amorsolo, Diliman, Quezon
City. Humiling po kami ng indefinite
sa buwanang upa namin sa bahay ang
extension dahil sa mga sumusunod na
mga nagastos namin dito gaya ng policy
dahilan:
nila.Gumastos kami dito ng humigit-
1. Nilalakad pa namin ang conver -
kumulang P100,000 sa unti-unting pag-
sion ng retirement ni Felix sa GSIS from
papagawa nito sa loob ng halos walong
optional retirement to disability retire-
taon (1994-2002).
ment dahil na-approve naman ito. Unang
Nagpadala muli ng Eviction Notice
siyang na-stroke sa trabaho noong 1991
ang UP Housing noong Agosto 10. Hindi
at na-approve ang Employee’s Compen-
yata nabigyan ng pagpapahalaga ng UP
sation niya. Naulit ang stroke niya noong
ang katotohanan na si Felix, gaya ng
1993, 1998, at 2004 matapos siyang mag-
kanyang ama, ay nagsilbi sa UP ng 38
balik sa pagtatrabaho.
taon. Hawak pa ng UP ang binawas nilang
2. Wala kaming magagamit na pera
para umupa ng bahay, at mas mahal
pera mula sa natanggap na munting optional retirement pay ni Felix.
ang paupahan kaysa sa low-cost homes
Si Felix ay disabled senior citizen
ng pamahalaan. Maysakit at disabled
at wala nang income. Nakasaad sa batas
si Felix at kailangang nakatira kami
R. A . 9257 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act)
malapit sa ospital at sa paaralan para
at R . A . 7277 (Magna Carta for Disabled
sa mga bata.
Persons) na may mga karapatan siya.
3. May mga hinihintay pa kaming sis-
Sana ay i-consider ng UP Housing
ingilin mula sa UP Student Loan Board.
ang aming mungkahing magkaroon ng
4. Wala kaming pagkakautang sa
pabahay para sa retired UP employees.
UP Housing, bayad kami hanggang sa
Malaking tulong ito sa UP dahil mare-
nakaraang buwan lang, at may deposito
relocate ang mahigit 100 UP retirees, na
pa kaming P34,773 sa account ng UP
karamihan ay hindi na nakakabayad.
Housing.
Maraming salamat po.
5. Malaki na ang nagastos namin sa
Pamilya ni Felix A. Bengco
pagpapaayos ng bahay na ito, na nang-
64-C Ocampo Street, Pook
galing sa GSIS loans ni Felix taon-taon.
Amorsolo, Diliman, Quezon City
Hindi naman nabawas ng UP Housing
Comelec’s threat an assault on press
freedom and freedom of expression
T
he National Union of Journalists
nished by the “Hello Garci” scandal and
of the Philippines is appalled by
the current brouhaha over Lintang Bedol,
the Commission on Elections’
an agency, in fact, that many critics
threat to file electoral sabotage charges
contend has practically sabotaged the
against at least two media personalities.
very democratic institution it is sworn
The NUJP views Comelec’s threat as an
to uphold.
assault on press freedom and freedom
of expression.
It appears to us that Ferrer’s threat,
coupled with the fact that he leaves the
We find it ridiculous and outrageous
alleged culprits conveniently unnamed
for election Commissioner Nicodemo
while hinting they are ranking media
Ferrer to seek to “cleanse the (jour -
practitioners with his reference to “air-
nalism) profession” and to equate what
conditioned rooms,” is a misbegotten
he claims are the media personalities’
and limp attempt to sow fear among
alleged offense - “spreading false news,
opinion makers and media executives.
false comment that diminish the cred-
More than this, however, Ferrer ’s
ibility of Comelec” - to electoral sabo-
inane outburst betrays once more gov-
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ang taAs nMn ng 2600%? An0ng gagawin
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oa naman kung totoo yan. wala na silang
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patuloy na pagpataw ng sobrang taas na mga
buwiset...bwiset...05-01098
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pag mayaman ka, ayos lang. pag nasa gitna
ka, bumili ng magandang bike at matutong
umiwas sa mga trak. At kapag mahirap ka, eh
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SAAN SA UP PINAKA-BET
JUMEBS? SAAN PINAKAHINDI?
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Best sa phan,FA,chk,law at cal! Maganda
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to be learned. 06-25681 ba philo
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makakatkas sa malaking mata ng bulateng vandal s dingding..cguro in gneral s UP..ewan..mas
masaya talaga s bahay..EEESSM000TH..0578162 NEIL J.
Sa mga mukha ni Roman and her cohorts!
No to ToFI! 03-48779
siguro sa FC pinaka-0K jumebs kasi malinis ang CR, hindi matao, at may tubig. At yung
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dun sa CS AUDI!.d kc matao...safe dun.ehehe
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Da best magjebs sa CSWCD. Hanep, ang linis
ng tiles may tissue pa!Yebah! Wg k mgjebs sa
1st flr ng vins0n’s.Mamamatay ka sa am0y.
Harhar! 06-58267, ninZ, BA BC
pra s akn pnakaok jumbs ay s 3rd flr klyaan
resdnt hal mganda ang amibience kht wlang
2bg,GO 3G! D k bet s MaTH mrmi kcng gmagmit
kya obvious k tlga.. 06-56793
Pinaka-ok jumebs sa toilets ng Kamia Residence Hall. Bagong renovate kasi. Plus, dahil
konti pa lang ang mga residents na natatanggap
dito,walang madidisturbo on your way to success. Sayang nga dahil sa new dorm admission
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“simpleng” pribilehiyo.” No comment na lang sa
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SAGUTAN
to 06-03692. Sna bgo k mgcomnt cgurhn
m mnang alam m ung pnagsssbi m.Anyway,d k
elitista, sdyng bangag k lng tlga. 06-30422
to 06-03692. Para namang sobrang galing mo para laitin lahat ng may authorities na
andun. Kapal ng mukha mo. 05-21389
to 05-70076 –D free xchange ncludes d ryt
2 criticize odr pipol’s opinion. U dnt col it odrwise
jst becoz sum1tels u ur wrong,or dat she thnkks
d way u an issue s unfair.grow up,naman.ur n
up! Ds s nt hyskul.D freedom dt alows u2bitch
about odr pipol’s opinions s d same freedom
that alowsdm2xpress wat dy thnk.and guess
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COMMENTS
hi mga ate&kya kule, gs2 q lng ipaalam
s inyo n hnd q mbasa buo yng artcle 2ngkl s
pasyon d entbldo. Yng mga pctres kc tinakpan n
yng ibang part ng artcle. Yun lang! mxado maliit
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yng pagkprint) Hehehe 05-06951
c0rrection po sa edtoryal nyo (Guhit sa Tubig): unlss im very much mstaken wla pa pong
500bilyon ang tao sa mundo, at syempre sa
ASEAN countries. 06-10647
(“Milyon” po dapat ‘yung “bilyon.” Paumanhin. –Ed.)
anong problema ng recent issues ng
kule?nagiging incoherent na ang content.parang sirang plaka ang editoryal.havent you got
anything more to say? responsibilidad nyo rin
ipaintindi sakin ang balita, ang significance
nito sa buhay ko,why should i care,hindi lang
purosimple reporting.gusto ko sana mabalik
ang mga panahong kailangan kong magbasa ng
Kule.yun lang 04-62930
ibang klase tlga ang kule, fr0m nati0nal issues to jumebs issues, aus tlga kya lab ko t0h,
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ws ovrwhelmd with angerbt a d same tym i felt
gud abt it,u c by sch ilustrati0ns we cn portry
n intrprt dif.meanings esp.the arugnt Centenial
pr0js.of r0man n d admin, i felt mad bec.she
hasnnt bin an efctiv leadr of ds instituxn her
c0ntinu0s e4ts r just manfstati0ns of disrespecting r tru ideals of UP,i give a two thumbs
up 4 d cart0nist..05-25803
benta un soap comrcial duns aug10 edixon!
Nakatatawa ngunit may sense.Sna mrami png
gn2,ung benta. Un iba kc d mkrelate e tska
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gus2 ko lng mg cment,one year na rin akng
nasa up at ilang kule narin ang nbasa ko,pero
parang napapnsin ko na parang biasd yata ang
kule lalo na dun sa isyu n tofi at stfap,parang
mas pinpapalaki pa ung gap bitwin d rich nd
d poor,dba nga pg isahn natn lahat para mkamit nating ung goal natn,d naman ako rich
n fact poor ako,pero sana naman mgkarn ng
fairnes,para mgakarn ng unity widin d s2dnt
cmunity. 06-07841 popito
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Sa kumuha ng payong qng purple n may embossed flowers & purple plastic handle sa main
lib, IBALIK MO NA ANG PAYONG KO! 06-11298
Next Week’s Questions
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public school textbooks?
2. Ano nga ba’ng mga milagro ang nagaganap sa
UP pagsapit ng gabi?
Philippine Collegian | Huwebes 16 A go 2007
g e n e r a t i o n s of d i s co n t e n t
timothy medrano
All time
balaj
favorites
Galit na galit na ang langit sa dami ng
kapangitang nagaganap sa peyups.
Bumagyo’t bumaha na, nakakasurvive
ang mga chika. Kaya humanda, pag
balaj, EP.
Two-way balaj
Anech itrez na-senze ng mga utrez
na may part 2 ang chakahang naganap
sa klase sa CMC na aakyat ng Mt. Anahaw. Say ng mga bakla, transpo naman
daw ang chinachaka ng mga tao kaya
diskusyon galore hanggang ang isang
baklita ay mag-umigting sa galit ang
litid-litid sa leeg. May mga utrez kasi
na hindi makakasabay sa bulto ng mga kulto
at susunod na
lang sa mountains. Por dat,
one way lang
ang babayaran
nila sa jeep
dahil
pabalik
lang naman sila
sasakay.
But
no, isang nagmamaganda ang nag-speech with conviction: “Hindi naman namin fault na
hindi kayo makakasabay sa’min diba?
You should pay two-way.” Judgment:
Balaj to the nth level. Nakakaubos ng
progesterone si gerlaz. Sori naman,
purita lang. Kung mayaman lang siguro
ang mga baklitang sinabihan mo nun,
pati buhay mo nabili na nila.
Mal-edukado
Pasahe mula p.3
Da who naman iteh propesora y CSSP
na bet na bet lang talaga ang bagong
CHED chair na si Nyeri. Nagmoda pa
si mam ng “Ano ba ang masama sa
ginagawa n Neri? Kesa naman magproduce tayo ng mga edukado pero
wala namang makuhang trabaho?”
Poor Filipinos. Lahat tayo ay magiging
nurses, call center agents, foreman,
karpintero, sepulturero at sapatero
kasi yung ang available jobs. Kebs na
kung hindi natin alam kahit ang spelling
ng education basta skilled at may trabaho. Judgment: Balaj to the nth level.
Buwagin na ang UP para wala ka na ring
trabaho. Ahaha. Charot.
What’s your color?
Sa AS parking lot: Fratwar for Peas.
Ahaha. Ano kayang kulay ng mga peas
nila? Green bilang simbolo ng kaberdehan ng kanilang dugo. Red para blood
and violence. Black to represent the
dark forces within. Charot. Ayan, mga
boyz, meron na kayong official color. I
expect to sense more of your peas.
Walang ligtas. True na pag balaj talaga napapart two sa EP. Keri? Kaya
wag ng magtaka. Maglangoy na lang
sa baha. - r e y n a ng t y p o
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Philippine Collegian Nº 09
Huwebes 16 Ago 2007
Probing Neri’s dubious intentions
for higher education
its proverbial gold mine, is cur rently the country’s top employer
in terms of growth rate, with 3,000
people being hired every week.
Much of higher education today
has been thriving on low cost
and low quality operations because there is no demand for
high-quality education in the first
place, says Aniceto Orbeta, senior
researcher at the government
think tank Philippine Institute
for Development Studies. “If the
Philippines has to succeed in
skill-intensive products, there
should be a shift in strategy emphasizing quality, not quantity ”
he concludes.
Glenn L. Diaz
T
Identify the problem
Contrary to popular belief,
the education-labor mismatch
is not a recent phenomenon.
Former Department of Education
(DepEd) Secretary Andrew Gonzalez defines this as the disparity
between the manpower needs
of the country and the output
of higher education. A recent
study reveals that of all the job
opportunities in the country,
only 7.2 percent require higher
education, with the total number
of unemployed college graduates
reaching 1.1 million.
The reason for such disparity,
however, has not changed through
time. It remains to be a result of
the proliferation of private colleges and universities offering
degree programs in popular and,
in turn, oversubscribed fields.
Modern examples include the
information technology boom of
the 1990’s and the recent caregiving and nursing boom that
threatened to spur a health crisis,
Making a conclusion
as the number of nurses who leave
the country vastly outnumber those
who graduate, leaving a gaping hole
in the local health sector.
Business courses, on the other
hand, continue to yield the most
number of graduates each year. In
1991, graduates of business administration, commerce, and accountancy account for 26 percent of
the total graduating class; in 2005,
they account for 33 percent. And
every year, business courses alone
produce 45,000 surplus graduates
who end up unemployed.
This culture of joblessness has
forced the unemployed to seek
in the country, a trend that has
exponentially continued up to the
present.
Formulate a hypothesis
DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus
blames the mismatch on people
who have “college diplomas in areas
that have no employment value.”
For Neri, the solution comes in the
form of technical and vocational
(tech-voc) courses. While there are
more than a million unemployed
college graduates, there are at
least 650,000 blue collar tech-voc
jobs available in the market but
not filled because of an “over supply of educated individuals,”
Considering that the unemployment incidence for high school
graduates is pegged at 13.6 percent
and the rate is double for college graduates at 26 percent, high
school graduates have twice as
much chance in landing jobs than
college graduates. Following Neri’s
logic, if employability is the end all
and be all of education, schooling
in the country might as well stop in
the secondary level.
Take, for instance, the results of
this year’s National Career Assessment Exam (NCAE), a brainchild of
Lapus. Of the 1.3 million graduating
high school students who took the
The goal of the government, it seems, is to get everyone employed
– but the quality of jobs is secondary, even inconsequential
livelihood elsewhere. Cheap labor,
among other factors, has drawn
foreign companies to our shores
and lured Filipinos to lands overseas. On this, the government has
consistently banked to arrest a
run-away economy. For years, it
has grown desperately dependent
on remittances from overseas Filipino workers, not a few of whom are
nurses and caregivers.
By no means a recent phenomenon, the massive export of Filipino
labor began in the 1970s when
then President Ferdinand Marcos
launched the government’s labor
export policy to ease unemployent
as Employers’ Confederation of
the Philippines President Donald
Dee puts it.
In essence, a tech-voc education
is different from a regular college
education in terms of orientation.
While a college degree banks on
knowledge, a tech-voc diploma focuses on skills, the main purpose of
which is entry-level employability
in foreign-owned firms. Producing
1.17 million graduates in 2005, techvoc fields include electronics and
related trades, computer programming, clerical work, automotive
diesel technology, and even hotel
and restaurant management.
test, less than 4 percent appeared to
have “high aptitude for college.” A
staggering 55 percent, meanwhile,
showed “high aptitude for technical
and vocation courses.”
Experimentation
And it is not just tech- voc
courses that the government has set
its eyes on. DepEd has teamed up
with Convergys, a business process
outsourcing firm, and launched the
2007 Oral Communications in English training program in 500 public
schools nationwide. The multibillion dollar call center industry,
which the government proudly calls
The goal of the government,
it seems, is to get everyone employed – all the 40 million or so
warm bodies that are of working
age – but the quality of jobs is
secondary, even inconsequential.
To illustrate, after identifying
more than half a million tech-voc
jobs available and more than a
million college-level individuals,
the government chose to reorient
the education system to suit the
needs of multinational companies
instead of building national industries to accommodate its pool
of educated workforce.
But “market capitalism is a
human construct rather than a
natural order,” says Dr. Virginia
Teodosio, professor at the UP
School of Labor and Industrial
Relations and expert on working
class and non-class conciousness.
“It serves those who own capital.
Reforms to the system that make
it less harsh are society’s choice
as well.”
The president has been known
for politically motivated appointments in government posts. The
designation of an economist in
CHED, no matter how temporary,
forebodes ill on how she wishes
to align the education sector with
the needs of multinational companies, thus serving its interests far
more than the Philippines’. And
while narrow-minded economists
are perhaps at liberty to view
education not as a noble, equalizing cause but a mere obligatory, money-making venture, for
someone who oversees higher
education, it is unforgivable.
art work: piya constantino. page design: k arl castro.
he dreams are as lofty as
the products are unjaded.
One graduation speech
after another espouses
the same undying message: for
the graduate to set out for the
“real world” and change its face
as we know it. Higher education,
after all, is replete with ideals of
inculcating a lifelong thirst for
knowledge, for wisdom, for civilization. Years of academic drudgery ideally infuses in individuals
a robust value for work, scholastic
discipline, and love of country.
Then an economist enters the
picture.
And not just any economist.
While on hindsight, the president’s appointment of her chief
economic planner to the Commission on Higher Education’s
(CHED) top post seemingly seeks
to “troubleshoot” the beleaguered education sector, a look
at the bigger picture bares how
Romulo Neri intends to solve a
problem that has plagued both
the Philippine economy and the
education system since the postWorld War II era.