Think about it
VMUF, a vision that began in Dagupan Rotary
By Jun Velasco
“Observe your enemies, for they find out your faults.” — Aristothenes
THAT 3-frame comic strip “Loveknots” by Elizabeth Chionglo said it all.
She zeroed in on the weakness of the so-called Resign P-Noy movement.
The comic characters’ swap of views – between the guy and the doll:
Guy: “Bakit kaya ayaw sabihin ng National Transformation Council ang name o names ng mga taong gusto nilang ipalit kay Pnoy kung siya ay magreresign?”
Girl: “E, kasi kung sasabihin nila ang pangalan na papalit kay Pnoy bilang Presidente ng Pilipinas, baka walang sumali sa People Power nila.”
Need we say more?
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In case you’ve been preoccupied with other things, you might have missed the signs of a possible Marcos comeback in the nation’s leadership totem pole.
With the crippling problems battering our doors, many Pnoys are harking back on the Marcos years in complete disregard of the human rights violations that characterized the regime.
These observers say that the so-called Ferdinand Marcos misrule is better than the gathering darkness, worsened by the much-lamented death of the 44 police commandos.
This pro-Marcos group sees a silver lining in a possible team-up of Bongbong Marcos and Grace Poe, who everybody knows, are closely related, in the 2016 presidential elections?
Many were impressed in the way Senator Grace Poe presided over the Mamasapano investigation and in the displayed brilliancy by Bongbong in calling attention to what should be crucial on the incident to support the wayward if mediocre direction, the loquacious probe was turning into.
As of this date, the 2016 presidential race guessing game has narrowed down to vice president Jojo Binay, Senator Mar Roxas, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senators Bongbong Marcos, Grace Poe and Peter Cayetano.
Binay, who was in Pangasinan last Monday, was on top of the heap of the surveys, but media bashings on corruption issues have affected his ratings. Roxas, on the other hand, is steadily rising even amid the dip in the Mamasapano-affected administration’s ratings because of his Mr. Clean image.
Duterte, it appears, is getting the breaks for his known tough stance against criminals and advocacy of federalism. Peter is admired for his courage against the enemies of peace he so showed in the Senate investigation.
Let’s see how in due time this rating game would go.
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A refreshing wind has blown over the idyllic town of Basista after the Comelec resolved the mayoral election disqualification case won on Election Day by Manolito de Leon, a dual Filipino American Citizen, by 67 votes against Jocelyn “Joy” Ong-Perez, a bona fide Filipino citizen.
Although the case took time to be resolved, which is integral to the Rule of Law in our democratic system, the ruling will serve as a panacea for those who, as Leo Tolstoy so fittingly enshrined in his immortal story “God sees the Truth but Waits,” do not falter and lose hope in quest of righteousness.
To De Leon and his followers, the ruling is a bitter pill. We learned lately that they had succeeded in beating the nth hour in filing an M.R. (Motion for Reconsideration), but like we said, what is the Truth or what is right?
We should defend this sacrosanct rule in our way of life, which in a larger sense enlivens rather than weakens our lives.
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A chat with President Maria Lilia Posadas-Juan and hubby Vice President Angelo B. Juan last Wednesday reminisced the beginnings of Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation in the days of its founders the late Dr. Martin Posadas and his wife Rosalina Q. Posadas some 57 years back.
It began with Dr. Mart’s vision he animatedly shared with his Rotarian colleagues in Dagupan (he was past president of the Rotary Club of Dagupan) the likes of Luigi Sison, Eutiquiano Nava, Louie Garcia, Ermin Garcia Sr., Pilo Goyena. Et al…. ( that club sent us along with Mente Nava to Washington and Maryland in 1980) en route to recharting the future of then dust-clad San Carlos to its rightful place in the 21st Century.
When he finally succeeded in realizing the then Virgen Milagrosa edifice in Barangay Taloy, we would tease him that he was like Jose Rizal who saw thru the maze of bamboo and marsh the future Philippines. The guy was nonchalant but smiled. We were then in our 20’s cruising the dusty Calasiao-San Carlos road riding in jeepneys while we taught speech and English at San Carlos College on the invitation of its first president Romy Concepcion.
While chatting with Angelo and Marili last Wednesday, we seemed to have felt Kuya Mart’s hand as if to say “mission accomplished!” We told the couple Dr. Mart would fetch us in the wee hours of the morning to join him in his Manila trips to work for the school’s university status.
That institution, a testament of a man’s work to beat the odds, a failing health and San Carlos’ monicker as Dust City has stood out as a beacon to man’s achievements. It should make Angelo and Marili feel good when they meet doctors and nurses here and abroad proudly saying they are graduates of VMUF.
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