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Aug.7,2008
Opinion/Commentary
Website For Cebuano Songs And Lyrics Needed
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Do our Cebuano/Visayan musicians, composers, singers and music lovers aware of the pitiful situation that in the internet there’s no active website for all kinds of Cebuano/Visayan songs and lyrics of the past and present? But the Tagalog people of similar fascination and inclination in music and songs have their various websites accessible in the internet for all kinds of Tagalog songs. The Americans, British, Australians and other white men who are equally great musicians and singers and composers have theirs in plentiful in the internet. You can ask for the songs or the lyrics of your favorite singers or bands by typing inside the box being provided for your search. Mostly, you can get what lyrics or songs you want.
Personality backgrounds of your favorite singers or bands are also made available by typing their specific names prior to clicking the search menu. Can we do the same thing if we want to know the songs and backgrounds of our Cebuano/Visayan singers, whose songs we have been listening in the past years? No, we can’t! And no lyrics either.
On the other hand, we are fond of singing numerous Tagalog and English songs, but we can rarely sing our very own indigenous songs compositions.Why? Mainly because lyrics of these Cebuano/Visayan songs that we used to sing in the past have been forgotten. And we have no immediate guide to re-learn its wordings and tunes since there’s no proper venue to get it.
The availability of Cebuano or Visayan songs in record stores particularly in small places are only a various collection album commonly one or two kind.Names of singers in each selected song were not even mentioned. Most music lovers, particularly the young, know the singers of the songs that they’ve sang, whether English or Tagalog, Ironically, when it comes to local talents, they hardly know anybody. Except Max Surban and Yoyoy Villame whose antic songs tickled their senses? But rarely, if they ever knew of Jaime Salazar’s antic songs that will also equally tickle their senses.
But for Visayan singers of standard love songs and ballads, the young .generation of music lovers or even some old ones, could hardly mention any local singers. Why can’t we have a display of individual albums of various popular Cebuano singers, among others, like that of Taks Suguete,Al Commendador, Sergs De La Peña,Pauline Sevilla,Nora Hermosa, Carmen Camancho,Jaime Salazar,Dos Compadres, Diomedes Maturan,Dulce de Amor,Gina Morales, the young popular Cebuano singers of the 1970s, l980s,1990s and the current popular singers. What I’ve mentioned here are the singers of yesteryears favorite Cebuano songs. Theirs are the songs that we want to have it heard always from time to time. Its compositions of songs are irreplaceable and timeless. If the songs of these singers were pleasant to hear in the past, the same kind of pleasantness has remained until this very day. The taste in its melodies will not dissipate.Songs are ageless-whether it is Cebuano,Tagalog,English,Ilocano,Bicolano,Waray-waray,Hiligaynon,or other regional songs in the Philippines. As a music lover myself since my childhood days, I still love to listen now to some songs that I heard in those days, whether it be Cebuano, English or Tagalog.
If concerned Cebuano musicians and composers lack the influence in convincing the recording companies in Metro Manila to make Cebuano/Visayan songs be made available in individual albums of the past popular Cebuano singers, then it would be much better that people in the music industry in the Visayas and Mindanao should joint hands in establishing our very own recording companies in Cebu, Davao City, Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City and in Dumaguete City.. Like what the Tagalogs and the English people are doing to promote their various countless songs in albums, we in the Cebuano-speakng regions should also patronize our very own songs by buying it and playing them regularly in all radio stations in the Visayas and Mindanao side by side with Tagalog and English songs. Our discs jockeys have a great role in this kind of musical promotion to achieve success.
Again musicians and composers should start educating and informing our young generation of music lovers by exposing them to Cebuano songs and music thru the FM and AM stations in the Visayas and Mindanao . It would be too strange and ridiculous if we can easily sing Tagalog and English songs but find it hard to sing our very own native songs. We must remember that our original Cebuano songs compositions are not inferior to English and Tagalog if we want a comparison.
Even the adaptation songs of Jaime Salazar, Pauline Sevilla and other Cebuano singers for instance, are also pleasant to listen to. Theirs should be played side by side on the airlanes with the bisrock’s new raw, crude and seductive Cebuano lyrics composed by the current breed of amateur Visayan composers who still need to learn from the professional composers.
The only thing that varies is the creation of tunes, melodies and the kind of wordings use by the composers to fit for the tunes of such songs. For a fact, some of our Visayan songs have a national and international appeal, the reason why some Cebuano songs’ tunes were adopted by some Tagalog composers with Tagalog lyrics. Example: “Kasadya Ning Taknaa”,(Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit); “Sa Kabukiran”(The same title for Tagalog song) and other Cebuano songs.
As I have said earlier,Cebuano songs comprising the classical love and ballad songs, some antic songs and even various adaptations songs of the past popular and current Visayan singers must be given equally ample time to be played in a round-robin scheduling. This will give every Cebuano song be heard regularly for recognition via regular playing of various songs in all FM and AM stations in all Cebuano-speaking regions. By letting Cebuano songs available in all recording companies and by playing regularly throughout the whole year side by side with English and Tagalog.The inculcation of our kind of music to our old and young generations of music lovers must be pursued until it will reach the climax of appreciation to the very hearts and souls of every Cebuano-speaking Filipinos.
The consideration of this noble idea must be put into practice now by those who have the means and the capability to execute this remedial measure. The realization of our objective is that Cebuano songs be elevated onto the pedestal of recognition and appreciation equal to what the Tagalog and English songs have achieved in the hearts of young and old Filipino music lovers. We have to sustain, cherish, nurture and patronize our songs writ
ten in our respective mother tongues in order to achieve a strong multicultural
Foundation in our Philippine archipelago as our distinct identity as Filipinos.
The plight of Cebuano songs and lyrics under the perspective of internet links,
Is similarly applicable to that of the Waray-Waray songs and lyrics which also
needs a website availability to cater to its internet-user music lovers in some areas of
Leyte and Samar Islands where Waray-Waray is the predominant language and
Cebuano is the second language. (Copyright 2008 byQuirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-Aduna akoy nabasa sa maong Cebu website/blog nga nangutana kung unsa man gyud ang hustong pulong nga gamiton sa pinulungang Cebuano,binisaya ba o Cebuano ra? Para nako, kining guiingon nga binisaya nagatumbok lang kini sa sinultian nga Cebuano.Dili kini angay gamiton sa mga laing sisultian dinhi sa Kabisay-an ug Mindanao. Pananglit,sa Ilonggo(Hiligaynon)nga sinultian,dili mahimo nga ikaw-it pa(e-attach) ang pulong nga binisaya kay aduna namay mismo nga ngalan ang ilang pinulongan.
Sa ubang sinultian sa Mindanao nga guitawag ug Maranao,Tausog,Maguindanao,Chabacano,Sinuban-on,
Ug uban pang lingguahi sa maong dapit,dili angayan nga tawgon ug binisaya kay kung himuon kini nato balikwaut paminawon.
Sa sinultian usab dinhi sa Kabisay-an,gawas sa Cebuano, adunay Boholano,Waray-waray,Aklanon, ug uban pa,dili usab mahimo nga tawgon kining mga pinulungana nga binisaya kay sa guihapon balikwaut paminawon
sa uban. Naay parti sa Leyte Island(duha na ka probinsiya ang Leyte karon),Leyte Province-Waray-waray ang sinultian ug Southern Leyte-nga ang sinultian sagul Cebuano ug Boholano lakip na ang Matalom hangtod sa Baybay,Leyte nga sakop sa Leyte Province pero ang sinultian nila sagol usab Cebuano ug Boholano. Gani ang orihinal nga plano,guikan sa Baybay,Leyte hangtod Maasin paingon ngadto sa Silago ang coverage/jurisdiction sa Southern Leyte province application,pero guibabagan kini sa mga dagkong politico sa Leyte Province mao nga kutob ra sa Maasin hangtod Silago.
Mobalik kita sa binisaya nga punto,sama ra pod sa nagkalainlaing pinulongan sa Luzon,gawas sa Tagalog, sama sa Bicolano,Ilocano,Pangasinan,Kapangpangan, Kalinga,Zambali,Banawag,Ibanag ug uban pa, dili usab guihapon matawag ug Tagalog sa mao guihapon nga katarungan nga aduna na kini nga mga pangalan nga guihatag sa matag usa niini.
Pero kung moingon kita ug Filipino language,kini nagatulbok ug nagalangkob sa tanang pinulogan dinhi sa tibuok Pilipinas nga ang uban niini wala gani kita makaila ni nakadungog man. Sa ato pa ang pulong binisaya nagatutok lang kini sa sinultian nga Cebuano ug dili sa uban. Unsa man gyud? Ang pulong binisaya aplikabli(applicable)lang nga gamiton sa sinultian nga Cebuano ug dili na sa uban pa. In other words, the term binisaya and Cebuano are interchangeable words that we can use in a sentence. So, kung moingon ta nga siya(ang speaker) nagbinisaya sa iyang pakigpulong atubangan sa dakong duot sa katawhan, ang buot ipasabot niana nga siya nagsulti ug Cebuano. Hinuon ang Boholano gamay ra ug diperensiya sa Cebuano. Pananglit ang ayaw sa Cebuano,ajaw sa Boholano, ang dayon sa Cebuano, dajon sa Boholano,ug ang payong sa Cebuano,pajong sa Boholano,and so on and so forth.
Sa laing bahin,ako nagpasalamat nga nakakita ako sa internet ug blog nga binisaya nga puede usab nga modawat ug momantala ug iningles nga mga artikulo. Kung wala ako masayop,Sir Conrado Ortega Wenceslao,ikaw ba kadtong Bong Wenceslao nga akong nailhan nga mosulat usab sa Freeman dinhi sa Cebu City sa ning-aging mga katuigan, sa dihang Southern Leyte Correspondent pa usab ako sa Freeman? Kung
Ikaw man kadto Sir,maayo unta nga magpadayon kini ug mamitinar ang maong website para sa mga Bisaya ug Cebuano nga gustong motampo ug mopadayag sa ilang mga hunahuna ug ediya. More power to you Sir Bong.(Quirico M, Gorpido, Jr.6600 Maasin City, Southern Leyte-2008)
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Aug.7,2008

Dili KO Motuo Nga Mawala Ang Binisaya
By Quirico M., Gorpido, Jr.

Maasin City,Southern Leyte-Dili ako motuo nga mawala ang atong pinulungan nga binisaya o (Cebuano) kay kini gigamit nato kada adlaw ug sa matag gutlo. Ang angay lang natong buhaton nga kung mosulti kita ug binisaya o Cebuano,dili nato angay nga sagulan ug English.Mas maayo nga lonlon binisaya kung kita musulti o makigsulti sa atong isigkatawo.
Sa guibuhat karon sa ubang mga batan-on nga muingon,”Where man ka paingon?”,imbis muingon nga
“ASA man ka paingon?”. Anaa po’y lain nga muingon, “Where man ka nag-eskuela nga school?”Ang pangutana nato mao ni,,nganong ingon niana man? Sa kasayon ug simpli nga pangutana nganong gamitan pa man ug iningles?
Kining pagsulti ug sagol English maayo lang kini kung ang usa ka English nga pulong walay
Hustong pulong sa binisaya. Apan sa mga pulong nga anaay binisaya ,binisaya gyud ang gamiton ug dili sagulan ug iningles kay kini balikwaot paminawon sa mga naminaw.Busa ang maayong buhaton aron mapalambo ang atong sinultian,dili sagulan ug iningles o kaha tinagalog.
Pinakamaayo nga inig sulti nato ug binisaya,lunsay gyud nga binisaya ang gamiton ug dili sagulan ug
Tinagalog ug iningles.
Wala kita muingon nga dili kita mosulti ug iningles o kaha tinagalog. Ang ato lang nga kung mo-iningles ta,English gyud tanan.ug kung mosulti ta ug tinagalog, Tagalog sab lonlon. Kung nilonlonay ang atong pagsulti
Ikaayo ug maayo gyud kini nga pamaagi sa pag-amoma ug pagtamod sa atong kaugalingon nga pinulongan.
Kining pong pagbasa kanunay sa atong kaugalinong pinulongan,ikalambo sab kini ug ang atong kaugalingon nga mga kanta ipatukar kanunay sa mga radyo,ma FM man o AM kauban sa mga kanta nga
Iningles ug tinagalog.
Aduna kitay sinemana nga basahon para sa mga bisaya o Cebuano ug kini ang Bisaya magazine. Kasagaran aduna kini sa mga public libraries hilabina sa mga siyudad dinhi sa Visayas ug Mindanao.Ug aduna usa’y tinagalog nga basahon nga guinganlan ug Liwayway.Ug parti sa mga English nga basahon daghan
Usab kayo,ikaw nalang ang magpili kung asay unahon nimo sa pagbasa.
Sa laing bahin parti sa mga kaugalingon natong mga kanta dili ikaayo nga sa panahon sa adlaw dili nato madunggan ang mga binisay or Cebuano nga mga kanta nga mga maayo sab.Ang mga kanta sa mga ning-aging panahon dili baya malupig sa mga binag-ong mga kanta. Ang mga pulong nga nakakulit sa mga tagsa-tagsa ka kanta dili ikabaylo sa binag-ong mga kanta nga yagayaga ra ang kasagaran niini.
Sumala sa atong nadunggan sa ubang FM o AM,kasagaran hinuon mga binag-0 ra ug ang kaniadto nga mga kanta,guipadaplin nalang,ug ipatukar lang panahon sa kagabhion o kaha sa kadlawon. Dili maayo kung kini nga pagtrato sa atong kaugalingon nga mga awit magpadayon.Wala man sab ko moingon nga ayaw ipatukar ang mga yagayaga nga mga kanta.Sige ipatukar na,pero tagaan gyud nato,labi na ang mga disc jockeys nga nagdumala sa mga FM radio, sa pagpatukar sa mga maayong kantang binisaya kaniadto ug karon.
Dili angay nga ipadaplin nalang sa kalimot ang mga kaniadtong mga awit nga dili na karon mamugna sa mga bag-o ug mga batan-on pa nga mga composers. Ato usab nga dasigon ang atong mga banggiitan ug bitirano nga mga composers dinhi sa Kabisay-an ug Mindanao sa pagmugna kanunay ug mga maayong mga alawiton. Ang atong pinulongan nga gigamit sa latid sa atong mga lovesongs ug klasical nga mga kanta maayo baya paminawon. Nagatuo sab ako nga adunay mga laing bulok sa mga tawo(race;nationality))nga ganahan sa
Pagpaminaw sa mga kantang Cebuano o binisaya.gawas sa mga yagayaga nga mga kanta. Kay kung kita dili ganahan sa pagpaminaw sa mga subra ra ka yagayaga nga kanta,labi na gyud ang mga laing tawo nga dili Filipino.Ako bitaw ganahan man ako maminaw sa mga Spanish songs bisan kun dili ako makasabot sa ilang mga kanta. Ang nakadani kanako sa pagpaminaw mao ang mga tuno(tunes and melodies).Dili ba ang uban ng mga Bisaya o Cebuano ingon man sab niana?
Pero ang mga adaptation songs sa kanhing mipanaw Jaime Salazar dili baya gyud yagayaga kundi kataw-anan hinuon. Anaa usay adaptation songs si anhing Al Commendador, gawas sa iyang mga original songs, ug maingon man si Pauline Sevilla nga mga maayo usab.Kung ang usa ka bisaya o Cebuano tigpaminawan sa mga kanta ni Jaime Salazar nga adaptation songs,kataw-anan hinuon.Labi na gyud ang mga kanta niya nga original.Lakip nasab dinhi ang mga lain pang mga bantungan nga mga Bisiya or Cebuano singers kaniadto ug karon nga atong nang guihisgutan sa una nakong artikulo “Website For Cebuano Songs and Lyrics Needed”.Kung moingon tag “adaptation songs” sa English pa “it refers to songs whose lyrics are written in Cebuano or binisaya but the tunes or melodies are taken from the original English songs or Spanish song”.
Angay nga bag-ohon na ang pamaagi sa pagpatukar sa atong mga kaugalingong mga kanta kay ang maong paagi nga guihisgutan sa unahan makapaiwit kanato sa natad sa musika. Sa English pa, a new system for the promotion and nurturing of Cebuano/Visayan songs in the whole of Visayas and Mindanao must be adopted and put into practice by playing them side by side with English and Tagalog during daytime of each week and the whole year round. It should not be relegated to be played only as opening sign on musical program of any radio station AM or FM or during Saturdays or Sundays only. Hunahunaon nato nga kita sa maong paagi alkansi,kay imbis ang i-promote nato ang atong kaugalingon nga mga kanta,ang mga English ug Tagalog na hinuon ang guitagaan sa maayong pagtagad sa atong mga disc jockeys.Wala man ta muingon nga dili nato gusto ang iningles ug tinagalog nga mga kanta. Ang atong gustong mahitabo nga “there should be a fair and equal treatment in playing songs in the three mediums of languages”, dili kay English ug Tagalog ra ug ang atong kaugalinong mga kanta ipadaplin ra!
Lain nga makadugang sa pagbaton ug gugma sa atong kaugalinong nga sinultian mao ang pagbasa kanunay niini kada adlaw bisang usa ka oras ug tunga lang..Mas maayo man sab kung mobasa sab ta sa English ug Tagalog nga mga basahon kay kini aton man sab nga guikinahanglan sa atong mga pagpakigsulti ug sa
Pagsulat sa uban natong kaigsuonan nga lahi ug pinulongan.
Ang katuyoan sa pagbasa kanunay sa tulo ka pinulongan-binisaya o Cebuano,English ug Tagalog mao nga kita ug matag usa kanato, mahimong haniti(well-versed;proficient) sa pagsulti niining tulo ka pinulongan.Ngano man? Tungod sa simpli nga rason nga ang binisaya o Cebuano ato mismo ug ang English universal language na nga maoy gigamit sa tanang klase nga komunikasyon sa tibuok nga kalibutan, sa mga global business transactions and commerce,Math,Sciences , sa tanang sangang korso sa Medicina ug sa computer(internet).
Sa Tagalog kinahanglan usab mahaniti kita sa pagsulti niini tungod kay kini man ang napili nga atong National Language. In short we can talk in correct English to those who will talk to us in English, we can also respond in correct Tagalog to those who will talk to us in Tagalog.Dili ba maayo man kung mahimo kitang haniti sa tulo ka mga sinultian nga gigamit dinhi sa atong nasod? Gawas pa sa mga nagkalainlaing pinulongan
Dinhi sa kapupud-an sa tibuok Pilipinas.
Pero sumala na sa akong gui-ingon sa unahan, kung mosulti ug binisaya,lonlonay gyud ug dili sagulsagul ug iningles o kaha tinagalog. Sa iningles pa,”we should speak purely in either Cebuano, English
Or Tagalog without any linguistic intrusion from either of the two languages.” Hinaut nga kining akong sugyot dinhi dili unta ibali wala sa mga mahigugmaon sa atong kaugalingon nga pinulongan kay kini bililhon kaayo nga atong mabatonan ang pag-amuma ug pagpalambo sa atong sinultian dinhi sa kabisay-an ug Mindanao. Ug mas ikaayo pa nga aduna nay subject nga Cebuano dinhi sa atong lugar sa Kabisay-an ug Mindanao .Ang mga sikat nato nga mga mag-aawit nga moadto sa bisan asang nasud tungod kay ilado na sila dili nila usab angay nga kalimtan nga iapil ang mga binisaya o Cebuano nga mga kanta isip nga bahin sa ilang mga “repertoire” songs. One of a good model, Filipino popular international jazz singer who does not forget his native Kapangpangan songs and has included it in his repertoire of songs in all his performances in different States in the USA is Mon David. He was the champion during the recent international jazz songs competition held in London. (Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr. 6600 Maasin City, Southern Leyte)

Sept.8,2008

Mandatory Implementation Of Alternative Fuel Should Start Now
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr
The unabated rising prices of crude oil and other petroleum products in the international market is now unbearable to the millions of Filipinos, rich and poor. Its influential power of creating a chain reaction of prices in all prime commodities and manufactured goods in the market and stores are irresistible to businessmen who do not want to be left behind by their counterparts in business and escalate as well the prices of all their products. With the spiraling increase in prices of all kinds of consumable goods, the poor and the rich alike are feeling the bitterness of coping with their daily needs. Those who have very low income Filipinos have forced themselves to refrain from buying other household needs, which decades ago were also affordable to them. They reduced their consumption of some goods so that they can still buy something they need for the next two or three days. That’s why the entire Filipinos are suffering because of our overdependence on gasoline and crude oil. The Philippine government is spending millions and millions of pesos yearly on gasoline and other oil products for vehicles and factories.
Because of our current hardships and economic miseries our government must not remain callous and insensitive to act. Members of both the Lower an d the Upper House must muster their political will to hasten the approval of a House Bill aim at making mandatory for all operators and drivers nationwide to use the Compressed Natural Gas(CNG)to run the vehicles and factories. The aforesaid HB was co-authored by House energy committee chairman Mikey Arroyo of Pampanga and Parañaque City Representative Eduardo Zialcita. With the immediate implementation of this economic measure, our country can do away with being overdependence on imported fossil fuels, which greatly contribute to the heavy pollution in our big cities and the environment. When this goal would be realized, the Philippines can have a huge reduction on fuel expenditures and its unabated heavy pollution in big metropolis where all types of utilities and factories abound would be greatly reduced.
Since we have no vehicles and cars suitable for the utilization of Compressed Natural Gas, big financing institutions should come to rescue and help the government to buy the needed vehicles in places like the USA,Canada,India,China and in other countries where vehicles design for compressed natural gas fuel are being manufactured. The Malampaya-Palawan oil and gas fields in the country must be mined now and tap other potential oil and gas fields in various places of our nation to sustain our fuel needs. On the other hand, our big capitalists who choose to be consignees in this kind of business should not be tempted in the near future to mix compressed natural gas with crude oil like we have in all gasoline stations throughout the country, called kerosene by other name.
The mixture of two elements, we’ve just mentioned, like we are buying at gas station, especially if there is a blackout, will surely result to additional pollution in all our areas. The additional pollution due to crude oil mixture with the natural gas is very evident by the soots gathered inside our noses the night before when we resort to kerosene use as temporary substitute for the absence of electric power. Have you not observe that in your home, especially in the households of poor Filipinos? In contrast, unadulterated natural gas, if there’s a detection of any soot, is so insignificantly negligible to consider as pollution. Some of emission of kerosene (a mixture of natural gas and crude oil) put inside the lamps would also pollute our rooms the following day, if you have observed that as well. This means that if in the near future some tricky and hoarding businessmen would be tempted to do this deplorable thing, the pollution in our environment would re-emerged. Hence, there’s an urgent necessity to screen the attitude of businessmen/capitalists who would like to participate in the Government’s venture in this kind of undertaking where the issue on environment-friendly fuel is at stake.
Considering this probable prediction of the money-oriented rather than service-oriented attitude of some businessmen to rake huge profit in the name of mixture elements, the House Bill must include as one of its provisions prohibiting any capitalist/consignee to mix CNG with crude oil. A monitoring task force must be created that would include as members the Energy Committee Chairman, energy official and some honest and prudent NGO environmentalists for the purpose of monitoring and regular checking of CNG’s natural content before dispensing the fuel for private and public use. Those businessmen who would violate the law must be slapped with huge fine and imprisonment. We seriously need honest and prudent investors/capitalists in the strict application of such law in order to achieve our goal to greatly reduced our environmental pollution which make adults and children in this country suffer from illness and eventual death to countless of lives. According to reports pollution also causes chronic coughing in millions of children across the globe.
Other alternative fuel or energy that has been tapped to provide electricity and run vehicles is the solar energy. It has already been experimented and found to be feasibly usable and suitably applicable in running vehicles and providing electricity in numerous households in the country. It’s a free source of limitless energy and is non-polllutant: one of the greatest gifts from Mother Nature that remain untapped for centuries by man. The emergence of Great Minds in the field of Science and Technology are responsible for a huge leap in inventions and discoveries that have provided man his amenities including some of his needs in life more obtainable than before. We can also use electricity to run jeepneys and buses, which is also pollution-free. Makati’s current use of electric jeepneys plying in various areas of the city, which is much lesser in fuel expenses for the drivers and operators compared to gasoline and crude oil, is very encouraging and worthy of emulation for other cities and provinces. The experiments that our scientists, technical men and the experts have been doing are enough proof that the Philippine Government has the capability and the capacity to relentlessly pursue on these projects. A huge budget proportionate enough for its continual implementation must be made now for its effective realization.
The two alternative sources of fuel and energy that we are discussing are sure ways that will eventually release us from our overdependence on gasoline and crude oil which is now very prohibitive to obtain.
Global warming caused by unregulated environmental pollution, which also damaged the ozone layer according to the scientists, is not only a Philippine concern and problem. It is also a concern and a problem of every country, every nation throughout the world, whether the industrialized or the developing because we breathe the same air and we live in the same planet. Therefore, it is of urgent necessity that all the nations and other countries of the world, including the United States of America, China, England, Australia, India, Russia, Japan, European countries, UK and Germany should also shift to alternative fuel like Compressed Natural Gas and solar energy to run their vehicles, cars and factories in order to achieve the highest degree of pollution reduction in our Planet Earth.
To those countries whose climate condition is similar to the Philippines , Nobel Prize winner Dr. Hartmut Michel during his recent visit to Manila has also advised its respective governments to tap wind power and hydro power that are environment-friendly to generate electricity..(Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)

Opinion/Commentary
Newly-planted Trees Should Be Taken Care Of
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

Majority of the planting trees activities conducted in the various part of my province lack the necessary caring of the newly-planted trees. A big percentage of the small trees that were planted were left on their own to grow. As if planting hundreds and thousands on them on vacant lots and along the highways is the end of it all.
If those who are leading this kind of environmental protection are really very serious they should consider caring of the newly-planted trees seedlings in different places. Before conducting a tree planting as part of a city, municipal or provincial anniversary or celebration, or in support of a government’s program in the conservation of our environment, a certain group should be assigned in every area to take care of the newly-planted trees. Leaders of the Environmental Groups should instruct them to water the small trees everyday until such time that it will reach an indicative height that it can be left alone sans regular watering.
Fifty percent or even more mortality of the newly-planted trees have been discovered by the groups of environmentalists upon ocular inspections as revealed to yours truly a few years ago during an interview for an article in the progress of tree planting activities conducted in several occasions in the province of Southern Leyte.
When I was working at DENR during the previous years, contract projects in various reforestation programs in different parts of Southern Leyte have been taken care of by the contractors themselves. Once small tree seedlings were planted in large hectarage whether it were mahogany,,G-melina,lawauan,molave,narra, including mango, jackfruit trees, etcetera, contractors’ hired workers would always take care of the planted trees by watering it everyday, whenever there is no rain. However, mortality still occurred despite of the caring, but in a very low percentage compared to those trees that were just left alone after planting them.
In DENR’s reforestation projects, purchase of organic or inorganic fertilizers were inclusive for the contractors’ management application s in all of the projects involved to help make the hundreds and thousands planted small trees grow faster. Likewise, in any planting activities done by either the NGOs or a government group outside the reforestation projects of DENR, they can also use either organic or inorganic fertilizers if they have the funds. If hardly they can afford for its fertilizers’ maintenance until it will grow enough to stand on its own, then watering everyday the newly-planted small trees will be quite enough to let it grow into maturity..
By this measure, the numerous tree-planting activities done in various places of the province and in the entire country lead by either a Barangay Captain, Mayor, Governor or Congressman will not be all in vain. Their conscientious caring for the planted small tree seedlings in various annual tree-planting activities nationwide would mean additional man-made forests as potential replacements for our unimaginably colossal deforested areas. Likewise, in order to realize the environmentalists global desire and the peoples’ concern to achieve such vision, a selective log ban should be implemented by the Governments of nations where its mountains have become bald because of indiscriminate cutting of forest trees, whether legal or illegal, and that huge deforestation have also occurred.
The newly-approved Philippine law on “One Million trees” should serve as an inspiration to all earthlings and should encourage the peoples of the whole world and their respective governments and the private sectors to plant millions of trees on their vacant lots and denuded forests. If put into realization, the millions and millions of trees planted will serve as absorbers of carbon dioxide in our environment and provide us with the needed oxygen. It will also help as our protective shields in our polluted surroundings..(Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)

Arable Lands Should Not Be Converted into Residential Lots
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

It’s good that Vice-President Noli de Castro himself has made a statement during his speech before the group of farmers in Bulacan that arable lands (public and private) should not be converted into real state or subdivision. In other way of saying it, he will not allow arable lands or agricultural lands for a real state conversion. But the strength of his speech regarding the conservation of arable lands in the country will only remain until his term and that of the Arroyo administration in 2010, unless he will run for the seat of the Presidency and win.
The fate of our agricultural lands in the country will always be under the control of whoever is the President, unless a law on the strict prohibition of arable land conversion into subdivision or real state will be enacted.
A bitter lesson has been served to all of us now-those in the government and private sector and the millions of ordinary Filipinos: that conversion of agricultural lands into residential or housing projects will surely reduced the areas needed for the planting of vast hectarages of rice,corn,fruits,vegetables rootcrops,legumes and other edible plants for human consumption. And this is of course the logical reason that with the growing number of population in the Philippines, the more our concerned govt. officials and owners of vast hectares of land should be more serious in enforcing the strict prohibition for this kind of land conversion.
On the other hand, talking on basic needs, it covers food, shelter, clothing and education.However, when we talk on what will be our priorities, mostly we would say that it is food. WE can bear with little clothes and lack of education. But when it comes to food, all of us-rich and poor-are always in need of it everyday. If we fail to eat even one day, we feel weak, lack of concentration on mental activities, could hardly sleep (hunger will always prevail over sleepiness), sluggish and other bad feelings of an empty stomach.. If the condition in the alleged “shortage of rice” will continue and its price will also continue to rise, many poor people who are jobless and landless will be forced to steal in order to eat. When food shortage will become the main issue, it will always have a heavy brunt of blame to the President’s political policies and priorities.
WE hope that Vice-President de Castro, one of the popular media personalities in the past, will put more meat to his recent speech in Bulacan in front of the farmers by advising PGMA to enjoin Congress to enact a law now that will strictly prohibit the conversion of arable lands (public and private) into a real state or housing projects whoever is the President of the Republic of the Philippines. This means that any duly- elected President who will be residing in Malacañang Palace can neither annul it, thwart it nor circumvent it by any subtle means.
WE need more agricultural lands for our food requirements so that we will not be buying rice and other agricultural products anymore to our neighboring countries and become self-sufficient in foods. Producing rice and other food products ourselves would be more resourcefully productive than relying on importation by spending millions and millions of pesos, which can be turned as our savings for other important
government projects and services.
On the other hand, there might also be other countries of the world where like the Philippines, some of their agricultural lands were converted into real state for subdivisions or housing projects. If there are countries that also consider rice as its staple food, then it would be proper for them also to enact laws that will prohibit the conversion of their agricultural lands(arable lands) into real state or housing projects. Likewise, they should also devote vast hectarages of lands to planting rice, corn, fruits, vegetables, rootcrops, legumes and other edible plants for the people’s consumption. With active monitoring and good caring of the plants’ development, boosted by the proper application of organic fertilizer and pest control, the possibility of a bountiful harvest of all these crops every reaping season will be the fruition, which will make every country become self-sufficient in food supplies. Effective applications of modern methods and techniques in the development of agriculture and fisheries sectors must be maintained and sustained by concerned public officials, farmers and the fishermen. Periodic seminars relative to agriculture and aquatic/marine development must also be conducted on an annual basis that will provide added knowledge in these fields of endeavor. Modern methods in the preservation of freshness of consumable food products for many months to avoid staleness and spoils must also be pursued, then implemented and maintained.
However, in countries where there are inherently few hectarages of arable lands with plenty of people to feed, food importation is the inevitable recourse. But for those countries that have achieved self-sufficient in foods, importation would then become unnecessary. Exportation of agricultural produce just for the sake of gain must be shunned, if by so doing, the exporting country’s inhabitants will go hungry and wanting more.
Each government of nations worldwide must first feed its respective peoples contentedly so that there will be no malnourished children and adults. Only if there’s a strong manifestation of agricultural foods surplus will a particular agricultural country dare to export its extra food stocks for profits.
(Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)

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Sept. 15,2008

Recommended Reading For All Filipinos Here And Abroad
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-I have been reading essays published in the Philippines Daily Inquirer’s Youngblood section in several occasions. Plenty of the articles are good essays contributed from different types of writers who expressed their feelings and ideas on what they were thinking of in various issues affecting the everyday lives of the Filipino generations.
Some essays are stimulating, others are thought-provoking and still others are spiced with humors and some are sentimental.However, in any essay, there’s always this prevailing emotion and passion that touches the reader’s soul. This is regardless of the kind of essay that a young writer has set forth.
Moreover, there’s one of a rare kind of essay entitled “Race and Destination”(PDI’s Youngblood section, June 4,2008 issue) written by Ms. Betheena C. Dizon,23 years old, a third year student of San Beda College of Law. I say “rare”, for the reason that this writer has a deep perception and has a profound observation in the attitudes, characters, idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of the Filipinos.
I was deeply touched and captivated by the way she expressed her thoughts, ideas and feelings in the English Language, which others have a hard time doing and conveying it in this medium. The touching message in her piece is clearly understandable to the readers if they will focus their minds in reading her dissertation.
Her essay is one of a kind that every Filipino here and abroad should read to get a glimpse and a perception of his/her race and distinct identity. Most particularly a serious reading piece for Filipinos who have tried to forget his/her being a Filipino by trying to change his origin, figure and complexion. This is by undergoing cosmetic surgery like facelifting or noselifting or any means or medium to achieve such changes. To adopt a new culture and try to acclimate himself/herself to the surroundings of a new place in a foreign land where they have chosen to work and live.
I hope that there are still other Filipino writers, young and old, out there who will be writing essays and continue submitting them to PDI’s Youngblood and Highblood sections (the latter needs to be revived). Pieces that are full of dreams, inspiration, passion, fervour and aspirations.
Thru Modern Science and Advanced Technology the emergence of computer-internet connections responsible in the creation of websites and internet links are now the trend and passion of the day. Almost all newspapers-local, regional, national and foreign-have now online editions in the cyberspace. Daily and weekly issues of online newspapers are now accessible in the globalscale.Thus searching for any popular newspaper is no longer a problem despite the distant. It is just waiting under one’s fingertips to click in any chosen website.
Searching for any type of article will now be easy for the readers as long as he/she is interested to go online. This is especially true even if a certain newspaper, broadsheet or tabloid, is not available in his place or
country.
With the expressiveness and articulateness of Ms. Dizon as a gifted writer, it would be much better for her to continue writing essays and other articles of various issues and topics. Like a painter and other artist, it is only by producing more works that a writer’s life existence will become meaningfully productive, useful and recognizable to the society. Thus providing inspiration and conviction to other aspiring writers and artists to also reach their goal.
Another essay that is worth and a must for reading to all Filipinos-here and abroad-is entitled “Filipinos Abroad: An Article Worth Reading”. This article which appears in the Philippine Times-Australia online edition (dated March 10, 2008-www.philippinetimes.au.com) is written by Krisanne Alcantara, 21 years old, a journalism student at the University of Sydney.She won the Myer and AKF journalism scholarship and is currently an intern at the Philippines Daily Inquirer. May the likes of Ms. Betheena C. Dizon and Krisanne Alcantara will continue to thrive in our country.
(copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)

Compressed Natural Gas: An Alternative Fuel
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

It’s good that Metro Manila bus operators are now realizing the economic hardships all Filipinos have experienced by asking the government to start opening access to Malampaya gas field in Palawan and make compressed natural gas more available to the public transport sector. The request can even include the private sector for their private vehicles and cars (People Journal’s “Start Change To CNG, Govt. Urged” by J.V. Antiporda, July 22, 2008, page 2).However, the operators access to CNG, must also cover all the provinces in the country. Like Metro Manila bus operators, provincial bus operators also want to shift to Compressed Natural Gas since they also feel the heavy burden of costly diesel fuel and gasoline.
Since there’s only one field of CNG operated by Shell Philippines today, our government agencies in-charged in providing and tapping renewable energy, must conduct a nationwide survey in all areas of the archipelago where possible deposits of natural gas can be found.
Once an acquaintance has disclosed that there’s a place somewhere in Davao or Cotabato where water from the spring has a fire.Surprisingly, according to him, it will not burn a hand. Does this indicate that the water there comes from a geothermal source or that there’s a great possibility of a natural gas deposits in the area? Our geologists and experts should go there and examine this rare kind of water source.
The government should not be contended with just one source. There are hundreds and thousands of private and passenger vehicles operators in the country who would be in great demand of compressed natural gas supply as they would like to follow suit.
Akin to the desire of the Metro Manila operators for government financial assistance in the conversion of their motor vehicles to fit for the CNG fuel, the current administration, the next and the future administrations, must continually adopt this program by providing zero interest loans to all passenger bus owners throughout the country.
Furthermore, our CNG should remain pure. Adulterating it with pollutant crude oil, like the kerosene that we are buying at gas stations would defeat our purpose in reducing pollution in our already polluted environment
like Metro Manila and other big metropolitan cities.
During the past decades, pure unadulterated, very cheap natural gas placed in tin cans and used in house lamps for lighting the whole night, does not produce soots.Curiously,if a person would insert his finger inside his nose the following day, an infinitesimal soot if ever there is, is almost invisible. This is the kind of a natural gas placed in tin cans that I used to buy, when my mother or uncle would let me do an errand as a kid. In contrast, if you used the current kerosene at gas station to fuel your lamps to light your house during the night, you will see a different result. Inserting your finger inside your nose the following day, you will see some soots
sticking to your finger..
On the other hand, is the natural gas I knew in the past decades, similar as to the compressed natural gas of the present? If the past very cheap natural gas is the same in quality and content with the current compressed natural gas, then it should be kept as is. Companies that mined it should not dare to taint it with pollutant element or substance like crude oil. In the continually indefinite use of CNG, producers must give priority to the reduction of our environmental pollution which is now in its worst condition by indefinitely maintaining a supply of pure unadulterated natural gas to all CNG-fueled vehicles. This measure will also serve as a contributory step in the gradual healing of our deteriorating ecology and for the health betterment of the Filipino people.
We are also hopeful that all nations of the world will follow suit in the use of CNG as alternative fuel and other alternative fuels that scientists and experts in other countries have discovered to be indigenous in their respective areas. This is in order to achieve our global objective of greatly reducing the volume of heavy pollution which has some adverse effect to our health and wellness, and which likewise, resulted to a global warming badly affecting our weather.(Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)

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