Playing with Fire
Makulimlim na naman?
By Gonzalo Duque
THE exciting PRISSA days will begin on August 22 at the People’s Astrodome. Some eight to nine teams from the different stellar schools in Pangasinan are expected to slug it out in the games.
As for us at LNU, we, particularly our LNU Dukes — are more than prepared for the events.
Something curious seems to pose a problem, the so-called “tayahan” (betting). We have not been through with the jueteng syndrome, which Bishop Oscar Cruz has been fighting with some success, and here comes a betting in the PRISSA.
We appeal to Bishop Cruz to please lend a hand to stop this betting game at the PRISSA. Masisira ang sanctity of the games. Help!
We would like to see how the inspired Noynoy government stop jueteng, but it seems he (Noynoy) who has seen the millions of faces mired in poverty and new Local Government Sec. Jesse Lobredo would really stop it. It’s an ideal devoutly to be wished by governments, but its unstoppable nature dates back still to the Spanish time.
In the past, a Pangasinan governor was removed on account of jueteng. Our wish is that the government would be able to put up an alternative activity to ferret out jueteng. If that’s not done, we have still doubt as to its practicability. How can you feed millions who will be jobless if jueteng is stamped out for good. Don’t misread us. We don’t like it. But as to its eradication with an alternative, medyo mahirap ata? The ball is back on your court, Bishop Cruz.
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It just occurred to our mind, what about sabong? It’s Illegal, too. You know how it is.
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We congratulate Bishop Socrates Villegas, Cruz successor as head of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese, for blocking the establishment of a casino in Urdaneta City. For once, we have seen the seriousness and determination of the church in blocking a source of family break-ups due to big stakes gambling.
If truth be told, jueteng is a picayune matter compared to the evil in casino where millions are involved. In jueteng, peso peso lang.
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At the Dagupan City Sanggunian (some people called our column last week as rather harsh for highlighting the SB’s divisive character, we have sounded out a call for idealism for the sake of the country.
We did not want our young to succumb to political vindictiveness, which we see is already rearing its ugly head this early. Makulimlim na naman? Huag naman po.
You see, we are soft on the idealist young like Councilors Maybeline Fernandez, Jig Seen, Alvin Coquia, Brian Lim and Red Erfe Mejia (kasi wala pa silang saklor, we don’t know with the others). We hope the not- so- callous elders who hold the key to the future of the SP will give the young a chance to be at their best and be effective legislators for our dear “karaklan.“
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