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On one visit to Mexico, we proceeded to Ensenada where we spent an evening before leaving for San Felipe the next day. The 170-mile ride to San Felipe was only scenic the first third of the way. After that, it was long, straight stretches through the desert that was dangerously-hypnotic, especially for motorcyclists. I found out after arriving in San Felipe that it wasn’t only me who felt sleepy but the others, too. Our wives, well, they weren’t driving, so I guess some of them actually dozed off riding in back even for just seconds at a time. The highway we were on


seemed endless. The drone of the Harley engines was so pleasant to our ears at first but after hours with no change in the v-twin’s cadence, it tended to lull the rider to sleep, like a road siren’s song. Not to worry, we all had guardian bells on our bikes. The somewhat boring ride was well worth it, just to see the little fishing town of San Felipe, where one could truly be carefree, where seafood was so fresh it came straight to the kitchen from the fishing boat. The dock was only 50 meters away.


At some point during the ride, when there was nothing else in front and on the sides but asphalt and desert, my mind got to thinking about other things. I thought that if I didn’t know I was in Mexico, I probably would have thought I was in the States because the highway was so nice and well- maintained, even as it seemed so remote and inaccessible to maintenance crews. This, in a country where so many people risk their lives to illegally cross over to the U.S. because their country is supposedly poor and corrupt. This, in a country where the government spends a good portion of its budget fighting the drug cartels. This, in a country so close to America,


and yet, the ordinary citizen does not speak nor understand English—not even a little. This, in a country with so much more land than its present population could ever require.


It makes one think that, at least, their corrupt leaders still cared enough to give them such beautiful highways.


owes them? It is hard to tell anymore whether those who profess to be righteous really are, or just playing the people for fools.


I start to make comparisons when I see something so different in a country supposedly similar to ours in culture. It boggles my mind that in our little Province, our government finds it so difficult to build roads or to keep roads maintained, and the excuses for it range anywhere from budget, a different majority party, even a different local official who belongs to, as they say, the “wrong” party.


How more f’d up would we have been if we had hundreds of thousands of miles of road to build and maintain, some so far away I’m sure our old and dilapidated provincial vehicles certainly could not reach. There is now what looks like a massive crackdown on corruption and drugs back in the Philippines. Hell, it seems that corruption should take over drugs as far as gravity -- what with all that’s been happening in the country’s government institutions, most recently at the Bureau of Prisons.


moment, that corruption cannot be eradicated in the Philippines, could the corrupt politicians at least ensure that the people have good roads? By good, I mean finished, unobstructed, and maintained roads. Could they, after stealing


from the people, at least give some back, demonstrating that despite being corrupt, there’s some care left in them to fulfill some, if not all, the promises they have so easily made to the people just to win? Or do they think, that because they bought their way to office, it is the people who


But even if we say, just for a


mind corrupt officials as long as they show they care in the form of meager things that they give back to the people, but the way things are, if that is the only way to get something, anything back, then our choices are truly tough.


I hate to sound as if I don’t


always at the mercy of those in positions of power. These officials give the people little choice but to wait when they move, how they move, and how much they move, if ever they did move. When will it ever be the other way around? While the Philippines is


It seems, the people are


some for the corrupt to steal. If a budget is spent on everything it’s supposed to be spent on, what would be left for the corrupt? So, everything we get is always going to be shy of 100 percent. That is why they need to go. They need to be unmasked for who they are, and punished, banished from government service. Let’s worry about who will replace them when the time comes, but replace them sooner, we must.


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the Robinsons shopping mall here to provide comfort to the people, especially persons with disabilities, senior citizens and pregnant women, among others, because the City Comelec Office has limited space, he said.


Although the registration


If it should ever be that we could not be free of them just yet, I hope they will realize that no matter how subtle they are in their theft of what’s ours, our unfulfilled needs would always give them away.


currently said to be the fifth richest country in Southeast Asia, according to the International Monetary Fund, it is unable to show it, because it’s hemorrhaging internally. Its wealth is sucked dry by the very government officials entrusted with it. Nowadays, it seems to be


just wishful thinking to talk with friends about what our government should really be giving us and doing for us. Our government should be providing us with the best education it could provide, reliable police protection to keep us safe, easy hospital and health care, building and maintenance of our highways, maintaining reliable public utilities such as water, sewer, and electricity, and many other things that we pay taxes for, and in some instances special fees on top of taxes.


Some may argue that we are getting all these things already. I may tend to agree but not without asking about the quantity and quality of what we are getting. You see, it seems everything is ruined by corruption, reducing everything to leave


I wish someday, in my own homeland, that I could drive on a nice, wide, and unobstructed highway, and think, even for a moment, that government built it for the people because they cared, if only a little.


and find that the way it is has been replaced with the way it should be. Just a wish.


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Diputado encouraged the local government of Mabunao to submit more project proposals to the agency. “DA has more than enough budget for our farmers, all you have to do is request, submit proposals, so our team can validate”, he added. Also present during


I wish to wake up one day


closed at 5 p.m., those who had already queued and waiting their turn would be accommodated even beyond


the deadline time, he added. Everything went on smoothly and orderly, Agoncillo said.


Meanwhile, those whose


names were struck out of the voter’s list will have to register again as mandated by law. (Judy F. Partlow/ PNA)


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In re: Petition for issuance of new owner’s duplicate copy of transfer certificate of Title No. T- 8529.


Anastacio S. Amil, Kathleen Hazel


P. Amil, Stella P. Amil, Russel P. Amil And Jesusa Amil- Orge, Represented by their Attorney-in-fact, Anastacio S. Amil, and for himself, Petitioners


CAD. PLDG. NO. 2019-4832 Lot No. 45, Banilad


Bacong, Negros Oriental


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In a verified July 22, 2019 Petition, petitioner Anastacio S. Amil, for him- self and as attorney-in-fact of his co-petitioners who claim to be co- owners of Lot No. 45 situated in Banilad, Bacong, Negros Oriental, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-8529, by virtue of an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate, prays for the issuance of a new owner’s copy of TCT No. T-8529, alleging that the same was lost while in his possession. He executed an Affidavit of Loss dat- ed April 24, 2019 which was duly annotated in the file copy of TCT No. T-8529 in the office of the Registry of Deeds of Negros Oriental. Set the hearing of the petition on October 28, 2019, starting at 8:30 a.m at


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“I encourage you to produce more. If you can increase your production, we can increase the schedule of hauling truck depending in your capacity to produce”, Mayor Goñi promised. Before the turnover ceremony, DA-7 also conducted briefing on the proper handling and maintenance and the benefits of the tramline. DA-7 will schedule another briefing on the marketing of their products.


The tramline project implemented under the High Value Crops Development Program of the DA in cooperation with the LGU Bais City is the first tramline in Negros Oriental. (PR)


the sala of this Court located at the third floor, Hall of Justice Building, Dum- aguete City.


should not be granted. They may file opposition within 15 days from notice or the last date of publication.


for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general Circulation in the Province of Negros Oriental and its component cities, duly chosen by raffle. He is further ordered to post copies of this Order at the premises of Lot No. 45 and submit proof of compliance thereof.


The petitioner is ordered to publish this Order at his expense once a week


entrance door of this Court and on the respective bulletin boards of the OCC, RTC, HOJ, Dumaguete City; the Barangay Hall of Banilad, Bacong, Negros Oriental; The Provincial Capitol, this City; and the ROD of Negros Oriental, this City.


SO ORDERED. August 13, 2019.


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