Super Nanay!

Sasakyan nagsalpukan, 3 sugatan!

ALFONSO, CAVITE-- Sugatan ang mga sakay ng rumaragasang Harley Davidson motorcycle matapos itong sumalpok sa isang pampasaherong tricycle at owner-type jeep nang mag-over take ito sa kahabaan ng Barangay Taywanak Ilaya, sa lungsod na nabanggit, Agosto 16, 2009.

Sa imbestigasyon ng mga awtoridad dito, tinatahak ng pamilya Pejer, residente ng kabilang barangay, ang nabanggit na lugar nang magtangka itong lampasan ang isang pampasaherong jeep subalit nakasalubong at sumalpok naman sa Honda TMX na minamaneho ni Julius Flores, 40 at natumba sa owner-type jeep na nakaparada sa gilid ng kalsada.

Sinabi naman ni June Pejer, driver ng motorsiklo, na hindi na nito nagawang iwasan pa ang papasalubong na sasakyan.

Malalim na sugat sa hita ang natamo ng driver samantalang galos at gasgas naman sa asawa at anak nito. Nasira naman ang unahang bahagi ng Honda TMX at nabasag ang side mirror ng owner-type jeep. Wala namang naitalang matinding galos sa mga sakay ng tricycle.
- Christine Ann Bahala

Worse? So make it Better!

To my colleagues,

Hey guys! Are you one of us? Do you think you are capable to be entitled as “one of a kind”? If yes, so prove it. Be responsible enough. As a youth, try to be a good example for others. Don’t reason out that you are too busy in your own personal lives. Remember that you are the hope of our fatherland. You want a better government? Then choose your bet. Every single vote counts. Register now and take a pick for the next leaders of our country. Don’t let anybody to buy your vote. It is your privilege as a youth of this nation. You are the key for betterment. Be united, move as one. You’re generation success is in your hand.

For the 2010 election, decide on who do you think is the best. The one who will be the next Cory Aquino, the next leader who will inspires us and uplift our country to this situation. Pick the one who will peter out the beggars on the street. Select those who can make us one. The one who will bring us to the pinnacle and can take away the starving stomach of the Filipinos. The one who will reach the poorest of the poor. The one who stay humble and generous for his/her countrymen. Those who has the courage to devote themselves for our country.

Don’t ignore the call of our motherland. Register now and vote for the benefit of the doubt. Be responsible. Open your eyes on this endemic growth of corruption. Kill that ignorance. Be one of a kind. Do what your conscience dictates. I am encouraging you to be part of it. As a youth of this nation, I am challenging you, VOTE WISELY!

See you on 2010.


Yours truly,

Christine Ann Bahala
SK Councilor
Registered Voter

What an Experience!

Too many deadlines. So much work. Time pressured. An expectation to meet. These were the things that made me realized what real world means.

Accreditation week was a long tiring week for us. It was an unforgettable yet enjoyable week. An experienced that we have to treasure because of so many things mean to happened for us to learn.

Being one as a group is what I learned that time. Cooperation is essential to do job well done. Time management and accurate gathering of facts is necessary. Understanding each others opinion is important. Trusting each other is the key. And being calm and professional in times of trouble are vital.

Maybe we are not perfect but we can make things better. Taking so many factors into consideration is a solution to make things possible. In our Daluyong experience we are happened to be victim of different instances that was really meant to happen just for us to be matured enough to understand that we are soon to be professional someday. We have to be valiant and watchful in our steps towards brighter future. And accreditation week experiences were enough to prove that we are in the skylight of are path to reach our main goal, to become a better and responsible journalist someday.

A Daughter's Tribute

A father of four, a husband of 55 year old pure Caviteña, and a certified voideoke king of his time. A true friend and a man with dignity. A very diligent person and humorous one. No one expected of what he is in now.

Wearing his favorite blue checkered polo and faded maong pants, carrying a huge bag, he leaves his family in Cavite to work in Cebu as an electrician. He is the one who is willing to sacrifice just for his family.

“I am satisfied to see you happy, to give you a better life is my felicity”—Jess said to his family before he leave on January 7, 2008, a week before the 18th birthday of his eldest daughter.

August 16, 2008, seven months after Jess go back to Cebu, in just a snap, ambiance vary quickly. A happy family gathering during fiesta turns to a very emotional night as they heard the bad news. A nightmare that they didn’t think even in their dreams. The head of the family is now suffering in a severe lung cancer, too many complications. His boss informed his family that he is confined in one of the hospitals in Cebu with a very critical situation, he is 50:50.

August 17, already six in the morning when his wife reached the hospital. She travels from Cavite to Cebu overnight. He hasn’t able to bring their children there because of financial problem. She saw her sick husband lying on the bed, with a hose on his mouth, three dextrose and other apparatus attached to his body.

“Why are you here? Where did you get your money? How’s Sarah (their youngest child)?”—continuous questions that he asked to his wife in a stammering manner.

His wife simply grabs his hands and suddenly precious water from her eyes run down.

“Why don’t you tell us? You are suffering too much. You carry all the burdens alone for a long period of time.”—his wife said.

All along, they both tried to be tough for their children. Behind his serious situation, Jess still finds time to think of his family. The sake and future of his family is what is in his mind. The expenses for the job application of his one and only son, the expenses for the schooling of his college student daughter, the necessities of his 17th year old daughter and the love and care that his child deserve.

August 18, the cool videoke king daddy, the sweet and thoughtful partner, and the cheerful friend make his last breathe. The four corners of the room were covered by sadness and sorrows. Now his wife is widowed, their children are happened to be orphan, and all of his friends lost this very generous man.

This coming August 2009, we will commemorate the first death anniversary of my father. Maybe my dad wasn’t be able to attend my debut last year, and he can’t witness my graduation hopefully next year, but I am really proud of him because he is one of the best and will always be the best in our hearts.

THANK YOU AMA!

On line journalism: is it still journalism?

Yes! On line journalism may also be considered as journalism if they follow the rule of ethical standards in creating and publishing journalistic account.

All people can proclaim that they are journalist, but are they reliable enough? Do they conduct themselves with dignity and decorum? Do they strive for completeness and objectivity? Many factors are needed to consider for you to be entitled as “JOURNALIST”. You are required to exert much effort to have a worthwhile story. You don’t need to based on rumor, gossip, unsupported speculation or unattributed opinion. It is really important that either the use of new media or by the traditional one, you know your responsibility as a writer and make sure that it is for the vital concern of the reader and not after your own personal motives and interests.

NEWS COMPARISON

ABS-CBN channel 2 and GMA 7 are the 2 biggest networks in the country. Some of their news programs are the TV Patrol World and 24-Oras respectively. Last June 30, 2009, both of them cover the updates on Cesar Mancao II to Dacer-Corbito killings.

This issue is about the former police Senior Superintendent Cezar Mancao II who entered a “not guilty" plea on the killing of veteran publicist Salvador Dacer and driver Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000.Mancao made the plea before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 18 under Judge Myrna Fernandez.
Earlier on June 30, the Department of Justice placed Mancao in the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP), making him an official witness to the twin killings. Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said the department approved Mancao’s application for the program because it fulfilled the law’s requirements that “the testimony must be very material and that there is serious threat to his life and to his family’s life."
Based on how they aired each report, I observed that both of them are under the different mass communication theories. First, the Magic Bullet or the Hypodermic Needle model which considers mass media effect to be direct. Both news oriented shows has powerful influence that may control or alter the audience. Second, the Media System Dependency Theory that predicts that people depend on media information to meet certain needs and achieve certain goals. For example, people are watching television news programs to gain updated information with regards to some social issues like Mancao pleads to Dacer-Corbito killings. And the third one is the Agenda-Setting Theory. According to this theory, media have a large influence on the audiences by their choice of what stories to consider news worthy and how much prominence and space to them.

In conformance with the videos of TV Patrol and 24-Oras, there are some parts that they have almost the same video footage especially on the arrival of Mancao to airport from Florida. Another thing, both of them exhibit the same angle, a ½ shot on pone of their interview with Justice Secretary Agnes Devenadera.

Regarding on the content and how they presented the gathered data, 24-Oras reported the issue a quite longer than on how TV Patrol World did. Nevertheless, TV Patrol World, I think, has more concise and clear report than the other because the reporter itself and how he/she delivers the news content matters.