BALITA
Hunyo 27- Hulyo 03, 2018
Gabi ng parangal para sa
mga child development
workers idinaos
Linggo ng Child Development Workers 2018
Kin of political prisoners demand
freedom, resumption of peace talks
Human rights group Karapatan
deems the suspension of peace
talks as “another indication of
the Duterte regime’s disinterest
in pursuing and committing to
reforms that benefit the Filipino
people and in meeting its
obligations to release political
prisoners.”
By ARNETH ASIDDAO
MANILA – Violi Morillo, wife
of political prisoner Norberto
Morillo, had hoped Duterte
meant his promise to release all
political detainees two years ago.
Norberto, a farmer and
volunteer for a rights group, was
arrested and falsely charged with
19 counts of murder in 2008.
Violi joined relatives
of other political prisoners
in a protest action outside
the Department of Justice,
June 20, to urge the release
of all political prisoners amid
the recent suspension of the
formal peace talks between the
Government of the Republic of
the Philippines’s (GRP) and the
National Democratic Front of the
Philippines (NDFP) upon orders
of President Duterte.
Human rights alliance Karapatan
denounced the GRP’s unilateral
decision to halt peace negotiations
with the National Democratic
Front of the Philippines (NDFP),
calling it “another indication of
the Duterte regime’s disinterest
in pursuing and committing to
reforms that benefit the Filipino
people and in meeting its
obligations to release political
prisoners.”
Cristina
Palabay,
secretary general of Karapatan,
said, “This administration just
doesn’t want to talk about the
country’s primary problems
because it will get exposed as
the leading perpetrator of human
rights violations.”
On June 14, Office of
the Presidential Adviser on Peace
Process (OPAPP) Secretary
Jesus Dureza said during a press
briefing that the formal talks
is suspended “to engage the
public… and get their support.”
The group, however,
said the public has been
clamoring for the resumption of
the peace talks so that “issues of
landlessness, landgrabbing, low
wages, dismal social services”
can be addressed.
“In truth, Duterte and
his cohorts wanted to deny the
more than 503 political prisoners
their freedom from incarceration.
They wanted to perpetuate the
practice of illegally arresting
political dissenters, activists, and
development workers based on
trumped-up charges,” Palabay
added.
Of the 503 political
prisoners,
173
were
arrested during the Duterte
administration.
Crackdown across all
sectors
Kilusang Magbubukid
ng Pilipinas (KMP) Secretary
General Antonio Flores said
farmers who fight for their right to
land are being arrested and killed
because of the government’s lack
of commitment in resolving land
issues, which he considers as the
country’s main problem.
According to Karapatan,
123 farmers were killed since
Duterte came to power until
March this year.
Last February, five
farmers from Ilagan City, Isabela
were arrested by soldiers.
According
to
Karapatan’s
documentation, the victims
were subjected to “intense
interrogation” and were slapped
with trumped-up charges of
illegal possession of firearms
and explosives. The following
month, six youth organizers
from KMP were also arrested in
Negros Oriental, including UP
Cebu graduate Myles Albasin.
“The
problem
is
landlessness, why is the
government intensifying military
operations in the countryside?
Why are they arresting farmers?”
The labor sector said
they are experiencing the same
repression under the Duterte
administration.
“Workers just want to
have secure jobs, benefits and
fair wages but the government’s
response is to kill and illegally
arrest them,” Kilusang Mayo
Uno added.
Former
political
prisoner
Sharon
Cabusao-
Silva of Gabriela, on the other
hand, reiterated that joining
the struggle for genuine social
change is not a crime.
“Women
political
detainees are not criminals.
They are your mothers, siblings,
and wives who chose to fight
for the future of their children
in a country ensnared by
poverty, oppression, and foreign
exploitation,” Silva said.
According to latest
Karapatan data, there are 45
women political prisoners in the
country.
Silva decried the inhuman
treatment political detainees
experience in jails, including not
being given enough food and
medical attention.
Aside from harsh prison
conditions, Silva also slammed
the “rotten” justice system that
political prisoners have to put up
with and said that it is no longer
surprising for the “macho-
fascist” Duterte administration
to subject women to abuse and
mistreatment.
“Duterte likes to target
women who resist and fight for
their rights.”
No change
Violi said the situation
has even become worse under
Duterte. “Because more people
are getting detained, jails become
too crowded. The food and
water are not enough,” Morilla
explained.
Despite the dismal
conditions of political prisoners
in the country, Violi still believes
in the power of collective action
in pushing Duterte to meet their
demands.
“Mass
actions
are
important because it is a way
to pressure the president. We
need to move. We victims and
families of illegal arrests think
that it is the most effective way
to help them get their freedom
back,” she said.
BATANGAS CITY Idinaos
ng City Social Welfare and
Development Office (CSWDO)
ang Gabi ng Pagdiriwang ng
Linggo ng Child Development
Workers 2018 noong June 22
bilang pagkilala sa papel na
kanilang ginagampan bilang
tagapagturo,
tagapagalaga
at tagapaglinang ng total
development ng mga batang edad
0-4 taon.
Ito ay may temang “Sa
Pagpapaunlad at Pagbabago ng
Kabataan, Child Development
Worker na may Malasakit ang
Kailangan”.
Sa mensahe ni Mayor
Beverley Rose Dimacuha na
binasa ng kanyang kinatawan na
si Eric Sanohan, hepe ng Local
Economic Investment Promotion
Center, sinabi niya na “ang
gabing ito ay selebrasyon para
sa ating mga child development
workers, saludo ako sa inyong
lahat, at dapat lang kayong
ipagmalaki dahil hindi basta-
basta ang inyong inakong
responsibilidad.
Nasasalamin
sa inyo ang pagkakaroon ng
kabutihang loob at tunay na
dedikasyon sa pagbibigay ng
kalinga sa mga batang nasa
inyong pangangalaga.”
Umaasa rin ang Mayor
na mahusay na magagabayan ng
mga child development workers
ang mga bata na magkaroon ng
magandang asal at lumaking
mabuting mamamayan.
Tinanghal
bilang
pinakamahusay
na
Child
Development Worker (CDW)
2018 si Marilou Barte ng SoroSoro
Ibaba
Child
Development
Center dahil sa ipinakita nitong
dedikasyon at sipag sa trabaho at
tagal sa serbisyo kung saan siya
ay naglilingkod na ng 15 taon.
Ilan sa mga naging
criteria sa pagpili sa kanya ay
ang creativity/resourcefulness,
punctuality,
accomplishment
and records, knowledge/skills/
attitude as worker, at interpersonal
relationship.
Napili
namang
Pinakamahusay
na
Child
Development Center ang San
Jose Sico CDC dahilan sa
learning materials na ginagamit
dito, kalinisan, kaayusan at
pakikilahok ng mga magulang sa
matagumpay na operasyon nito.
Si Lorena Rosales ng
Tinga Itaas ang ginawaran ng
parangal para sa pinakamahusay
sa pagpapatupad ng programa
ng Early Childhood Care and
Development.
Binigyan
din
ng
pagkilala ang 10 CDWs na
nagsanay sa programa ng Early
Childhood Care and Development
ng National Council. Sila ay sina
Gina Antes, Maria Bobadilla,
Josefina Bueno, Marilou Barte,
Ester Endaya, Jasmin De Castro,
Gemma Frane, Felicita Maranan,
Criselda Manansala at Morena
Untiveros.
Ang San Isidro CDC ang
pinakamahusay bilang Disaster-
Friendly Child Development
Center.
May anim na CDCs ang
binigyan ng pagkilala sa paglahok
sa pagpili sa Disaster- Friendly
Child Development Center.
Ang mga ito ay ang Mahabang
Parang, Tinga Itaas, Pinamucan
Proper, Bilogo, Banaba South at
Barangay 24.
Binigyan
din
ng
pagkilala ang mga CDWs na
naglingkod sa tanggapan ng 15-
19 taon, 20-24 taon, 25-29 taon at
30 taon pataas.
Pinagkalooban
ng
Batangas City Child Development
Workers Association si City
Social Welfare and Development
Officer (CSWDO) Mila Española
ng plake ng pagkilala dahil sa
mahusay nitong pamamahala
ng Early Childhood Care
Development at paggabay sa mga
child development workers.
Sa kasalukuyan ay may
104 CDWs sa lungsod. (PIO
BATANGAS CITY)
National Resilience Month
ngayong Hulyo ipinagdiriwang
BATANGAS
CITY-
Ipinagdiriwang
ngayong
Hulyo
ang
National
Resilience
Month
kung
kayat nagkaroon ng isang
motorcade sa pangunguna ng
City Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council
kaninang umaga simula 7:30
upang magkaroon ng public
awareness sa kahalagahan ng
paghahanda sa kalamidad.
Ang motorcade na
nagsimula sa Batangas City
Sports Coliseum ay nilahukan
ng mga kinatawan ng Batangas
City PNP, Philippine Coast
Guard, DEpEd, Batangas
Emergency Rescue Team,
Philippine National Red Cross
Batangas Chapter, St Patrick
at Jesus of Nazareth Hospitals,
Meralco, mga departamento
ng pamahalaang lungsod, non-
government organizations at
iba pang partners sa private
sector.
Ayon kay John Philip
Serrano, LDRRM officer II,
Research and Planning Section
chief, ilan sa mga nakalinyang
gawain ng kanilang opisina
sa pagdiriwang na ito ay
ang pagbibigay ng seminar
at training sa mga barangay
tulad ng family disaster
management
at
disaster
response management, coastal
clean up, at pagkakaroon
ng earthquake, tsunami at
flood drill sa mga paaralan at
barangay. Magkakaroon din ng
updating ng mga contingency
plans para sa mga identified
emergency hazards. (PIO
Batangas City)