UJP-UP AY2004-2005

2005-04-05T22:29:00.000+08:00

Welcome sa ating newest members: ang batch BIGKIS!

2005-03-12T15:16:00.000+08:00

Whaddapak

in the spirit of balderdash, i'll write something substantial (wait, what does that word mean?)

i'm so rich, ugly and have a penchant for anything pink. And what's more, I ain't sarcastic.

Is there anyone who still go to this site? Um, besides Irish? Hello, is there anyone here?

hemingway, i 'll just plug this site for those of you who love pounding themselves with a hammer or something adventurous to do.

Remember: Breastmilk is still best for babies

2004-09-19T17:43:00.000+08:00

In lieu of transparency, I present to you now a statement of the org's cash assets I have on hand.

Melay's Buddy Fee - P 800.00
Dette C's Buddy Fee - 30.00
Roland's Buddy Fee - 280.00
Solicitation Income from Virgilio Reyes - 500.00
Martha's Buddy Fee - 450.00
Tetel's Buddy Fee - 30.00
Jake's Buddy Fee - 400.00
Katt's Buddy Fee - 100.00
Lester Ibea's Kartunista Fee - 30.00
N. Labuson's Kartunista Fee - 30.00
Omar Glova's Kartunista Fee - 30.00
J. Pagunaling's Kartunista Fee - 30.00
Rodel Soniel's Kartunista Fee - 30.00
Rosanne's Buddy Fee - 300.00
Steph's Buddy Fee - 200.00
Total - P 3240.00

Iyan ang laman ng Cash Receipts Journal ko.

Eto naman laman ng Cash Disbursements Journal ko, i.e., ang perang nalabas ko from the day I started handling the org's money.

Eto palang naman...

Supplies (si Glenn ang humawak.) - P 200.00
Total - P 200.00

Ok people?

Don't worry. Next sem mas aayusin ko na ang cash management ng org: Books of Account, Ledgers, Worksheets, Balance Sheets, and Post-Closing Trial Balances.

Rereviewhin ko pa mga accounting procedures I learned in high school for the benefit of the org. Naks!

Simple accounting lang naman to eh. Hindi naman tayo stockholders ng org, di ba? Sana huwag kasi sobrang complicated ng stock accounting. Hindi na kaya ng journalistic powers ko yun.

Hehehe.

for effect, si Paul...

Sirviendo los medios de comunicacion y la gente filipina, nosotros quedamos.

2004-08-15T14:26:00.000+08:00

Tambayan Cleaners
starting this friday

kate-kathryn
rey-maya
almi-stox
jerald-liezl
emman-rachel
ryan-frank
jaypee-joanne
kirk-twinkle
lawrence-paul
mau-shayne
irish-jacqui
camille-erika
hallel-glen

2004-08-15T04:16:00.000+08:00

STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS!

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, along with other media groups will hold a picket against journalist killings at Camp Crame on Monday, Aug. 16.

Assembly will be at 9 a.m. at the Soliven Tower, near the MRT Station in Santolan.

UJP-UP shares this stand. Talagang nakaka-alarma ang biglang sunod-sunod na pagkakamatay ng mga mamahayag kamakailan lang. Kailangang kalampagin na ang mga kinauukulan.

Magkita-kita tayo doon.

Sulong UJP!

2004-07-28T19:17:00.000+08:00

From: "julius patrick"
Date: Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:43 pm
Subject: abcdefgh - i - j - k..

ABCDEFGH i j k :::: i-rish> j-erry> k-ate>.
so far, sila pa lang ang nag-upload ng kanilang mga artiks/poems. may
laman na ang tambuli. yehey!

jerry, ok yung sapatos artik a. magandang gawan ng layout yun, yung
may sapatos na design or drawing.

jerry, yung purpose driven life? asan na? mas maganda siguro kung
mala-book review yung artik mo kung bakit marami nagbabasa nung book
na yun. (sajestion lang) :)

kate, may picture ka ni NOynoy for the personality profile?

irish, wala ba talagang byline yung poem mo? sana meron, kahit code
name lang. wala lang..

typing,
jaypee

2004-07-23T16:17:00.000+08:00

Serious mode muna.

Regarding the Tambuli articles, again, the deadline is on the 30th of
July 2004.

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Na-observe ko lang, yung mga files natin sa yahoogroups, especially
the uploaded pix, medyo disorganized. Pictures were posted kahit saan
na lang. Please use the designated folders next time (whether for
pictures, announcements, articles, other files, etc.)

About dun sa mga baby pix, Kate created a folder for the sigsheet
photos to foster systematic-ness (may word bang ganito?), but only a
few used it. Sayang naman yung folder.

Baka siguro hindi napansin ng ibang mems na may ginawang folder si
Kate for the sigsheet pictures. Glen, on the other hand, is
commendable for making an effort to organize a new folder for the
pictures.

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Do not be misleading with your file titles; be direct and concise as
possible as you can when typing them, especially for important ones.
Straightforwardness in deciding file names is imperative.
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kaya sa mga tambuli artiks, ilagay ang mga files sa designated folder
at maglagay ng substantial but concise na filename.

Tambuli artiks, post `em in the folder "UJP04-05" na may sub name
na "disisais." Pag-open mo non, may makikita kang several other
folders. Isa sa mga maraming folders na yon ay "for the tambuli" na
may sub name na "articles go here." Dun nyo i-upload ang inyong mga
artiks, literary (indicate if poem or not) man or straight
investigaive/feature articles.

Again, the folders to follow (for tambuli artiks):
1. UJP04-05 - disisais
2. for the tambuli – articles go here

Just follow the folders made by Kate. They lead. They're not that
intriKate to follow.

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Let us try our best to not complicate the uncomplicated.

Thank you.

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nagiging O.C. na naman ako. i hate it. >:

typing,
jp

2004-07-19T22:13:00.000+08:00

email from Ang Pamantasan's former editor-in-chief, Ma. Cecilia Villarosa

In behalf of the Ang Pamantasan Student Publication, I would like to extend our deep gratitude for your support in our struggle.

In the midst of our arduous plight, it is such a good thing to know that there are many people and organization behind our back.

Your words of support had indeed harbored greater defiance on our part to pursue this fight.

Surely, hindi kami nag-iisa sa laban na ito!

Good news: By the virtue of a court agreement during our first hearing last June 30, the suspended students, who filed a case before the Manila-RTC, have just started attending their classes since July 1.

However, the harassment still prevails. Following the June 21 mobilization, AP sympathizers were subjected to harassment as fabricated administrative cases have been filed against them. The administration also scheduled a bogus AP examination set on July 24.

Black propaganda materials against the publication have been massively distributed within the campus. The published AP newspaper, containing our responses on the allegations imputed by the administration, has been confiscated.

Our next hearing is scheduled on July 23 and July 30. Hope you could attend. We are again conducting a mobilization on July 22, Thursday, at the Manila City Hall to urge the city officials to act on our struggle immediately. On the dame day, a vigil will follow by 5pm infront of the PLM gate.

Again, thank you very much for your support and for sharing the same advocacy.

Kudos!

---Cecil Villarosa

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UJPips, kung makakapunta po tayo, suportahan po natin sila.

ikinagagalak namin kayong maging kapanig.

uphold campus press freedom! =)

2004-07-18T11:32:00.000+08:00

mula sa ating IP comm head:

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'te karol, whoa.. ang astig naman, you're hunting down corrupt
officials. hehe. :) goodluck sa work.

'te liezl, i always watch reporter's notbook..hehe (researcher's
notebook.. tama ba?) baka sakaling ma-shot ka sa camera, 'tas
sasabihin ko sa mga boardmates ko, "si 'te liezl yan, UJP ata yan." :)

'te charlie, thanx talaga sa email. really. :)

'te francine, senate girl. yun lang. :)

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NOTE

ujp mems, kung sino pa ang walang baby pix na inap-load sa
yahoogroups, mag-upload na.

deadline: July 20, 2004, Tuesday, 11:59 a.m (and 59 seconds).

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To the ujpips who volunteered to pass articles for the TAMBULI, may i
remind y'all guys and gals that the cut-off date is on the 30th of
JULY 2004 (friday). That's two short weeks from now.

artiks should be typewritten, computerized, or readably handwritten.
if saved in diskettes, mas okei yun, hehe.

You may pass your artiks to me, kirk, hallel or maureen---(the UJP IP
Com).

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"Hindi por que koreano ka magaling kang mag-taekwondo."
~ Vinci of PNE
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NGAPALA

To the other ujpips na gustong mag-pass pa ng extra artiks for the
Tambuli, please do so. Mas maraming artiks, mas masaya.

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ONE-MORE-NGAPALA

kirk, yung FHM ko.. :D

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..:: jaypee ::..

2004-07-14T22:10:00.000+08:00

salamat ulit
hayyy sarap talaga dito...

we've done it again, peeps!

again, salamat sa lahat ng umattend at tumulong sa APP'S ORIENTATION kanina! :) hehehhe... salamat sa lahat ng nag-blue, sa lahat ng nagpa-bid, sa lahat ng nagdecorate, sa lahat ng nagdala ng chips, kay TWINKLE sa spag, kay JACQUI sa drinks at utensils (salamat po sa WOW BAKERY at GOLDEN SWAN, our orientation sponsors, hehehe), salamat talaga sa inyo, kay JERRY for preparing for this activity and the application calendar, laking pasalamat ko at napaka-responsible ng memcom head ko heheheh, sa mga kahit may exam kanina sa FILM eh pumunta pa rin, salamat (kasi sukatan talaga ng pagmamahal kung kailangan nang i-face-off wid acads, kaya salamat kasi kaya pa, kaya pa... hehehe) sa mga nag-invite ng mga APPS, kay IRISH sa pagtetext, SALAMAT, SALAMAT, SALAMAT...

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on another happy news - WE RETAINED OUR TAMBAYAN!!!

woooohoooo...

kaya... salamat na naman ito (hayyy) sa mga nagpasa ng requirements on time, sa lahat ng hindi na nagpasakit ng ulo ni emman, hehehe... salamat sa SECRETARIAT for taking care of this, kay EMMAN, mwah! mahal ka namin! ... so ayun, kitakits na lang sa TAMBAYAN hahahahhaaaayyyy shet, grabe talaga ang kaba namin kanina ni ALMI (Salamat rin for being there, naks) dahil 8 ORGS lang daw out of the 14 yung narecognize, halos magtatalon at magcartwheel kami nung matawag tayo, sarap talaga ng feeling.

sensha na, sobrang saya ko ngayon na heggard ehehehhe.

labyu ol! mwah!

2004-07-14T20:26:00.000+08:00

para sa UJPIPS (got that spelling right...)

salamat sa lahat.

jerald

2004-07-11T17:44:00.000+08:00

UJP-UP would like to invite the following persons to attend the Applicants'Orientation on Wednesday,July 14,10 am - 12nn at the CMC Batibot (near the Parking Lot):

Alegre,Abraham
Acibar,Gretel
Bandiola,Remanuel
Cappal,Rona
Cheicliar,Michelle
Chua,Rosanne Bernadette
Decano,Timothy Joseph
De Jesus,Dan
De los Reyes,Karen
Enriquez,Danilo
Flores,Rosario Joy
Galvan,Myrtle
Guia,Roland Jr.
gloriane,Ella Cristina
Junio,Rocel Ann
Parrone,Jerrick
Pascual,Katrina Anne
Pinlac,Melanie
Ramos,Darlene
Raymundo,Mary Stephanie
Rodriguez,Camille
Rili,Ma.Ana
San antonio,Carissa
Soriano,Jake
Sulit,Micah Vanessa
Talaoc,Rey roldan
Teodoro,Martha
Tincungco,Dano Angelo
Uy,Ma. Bernadette
Virata,Arabela
Vergel de Dios,Isabel

Interested CMC students and campus journalists from other colleges in their individual capacities who were not able to sign up are welcomed to attend the said activity. Please call me at 8819746 or send me a text message to confirm your attendance.

We hope to see you there.

Jerald Uy
Membership Committee Head

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Program

I.Invocation----------------------------------Almi Ilagan
II.Opening Remarks----------------------------Angeli Kate Pedroso
III.The Application Process-------------------Jerald Uy
+Brief introduction of the applicants
+The Membership Committee
+Requirements, Incentives, and the Point-System
+Defining "tripping" and "bluffing"
+Questions from the applicants
IV. Buddy Bidding
V. Buddy Games-----------------LA Fernandez,Rey Santos,Tonie Estoperes
VI. Picnic

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may mga plano po ako:
1. applicants get to choose if they want a position paper (10 pgs), an investigative (at least 5 pages) or an explanatory report (at least 5 pages) for their final paper.para if there are well-written articles, we can put it up on next sem's Tambuli issue.
2. aside from the being able to choose his/her committee, the "Best Applicant" will also be awarded a one-year subscription of i, the investigative reporting magazine published by PCIJ. Php 400 a year po ang subscription fee. i did the math already...400 divided by 28 mems is approximately 14 pesos..ako na lang bahala sa sobra kasi i'd be posting a teaser tom. entitled" ten steps on how to become a ujpeep" nandun lahat ng requirements para makita nila na we're really just focusing on advocacy and training. sorry kung di ko kayo na-consult ng maaga..ngayon ko lang naisip eh..sa wednesday na un...

thanks!:)

2004-07-10T22:05:00.000+08:00

the red pics edition

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my apologies for editing the sizes. -kate

2004-07-10T21:45:00.000+08:00

mga bayani ng road painting

salamat kina irish, adan, paul at stox for staying around and painting kanina sa ilalim ng init ng araw! dahil sa kanila, nakapinta ang ating logo at motto sa CMC parking lot. :) thanks guys! :)

sa mga hindi nakapunta, sabi ni ryan may PART 2 raw! ayan, magdala na tayo ng boysen na iba't iba ang kulay hehehe... para naman may konting arte ang ating logo... :)

niwei, kitakits na lang by then.

GA tayo monday ah! :) 4 ulit, finalize tayo Orientation plans. cya!

ps - irish, simulan na ang textbrigade. heheh. =)

2004-07-08T22:54:00.000+08:00

usapang ROAD PAINTING, Saturday July 10!

Ano: ROAD PAINTING
Saan: CMC Parking Lot
Kailan: Saturday, July 10
Anong oras: 12 nn ang kitaan. siguro hanggang 4 daw. as if naman aabutin ng ganun katagal yun.
Anong dadalhin: mga sarili
Sino: ???
Hello!? tinatanong pa ba yan?! shempre, UJPips, invited kayong lahat! oh yes! :)

Ang proposed design eh UJP logo, "Advocacy and Training", tapos (ang pinaka-exciting na part) mga NAMES natin! wheeee... :)

kaya i-bida ang nickname! pumunta sa ROAD PAINTING at ikaw mismo ang magsulat ng pangalan! :) wheeee....

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usapang ORIENTATION, Wed., July 14, 10-12

wala tayong formal na venue. kasi sabi ng admin eh bawal pa. hmpf. sige na nga.

sana hindi umulan para pwede tayo sa batibot. hayyy. kung may pera lang tayo eh di sana sa Westin tayo. hahahah charot. =)

so yun. sana maraming prospect apps na magpunta. o di ba, picnic mode ito. :) hayy. mamimiss ko to pag-graduate ko. *sniff* (pordat, nagsenti ako. o di ba.)

nga pala. orientation committees:

Logistics: Secretariat, c/o Emman (thanks guys ah, kahit di pumayag admin. labs ko pa rin kayo. whehehe.)

Propaganda: IPcom c/o JP.
Posting teams: AS - Maya; Kalay - Adan; Math - Frank; CMC - JP. :) salamat din sa inyo, mga bayani ng posting. :)

Text Brig: Adhoc c/o Irish :)

Decor: Almi with Adhoc :)

Programme: Memcom c/o Jerry :)

Food

: Fin c/o Joanne :) *pag-usapan pa natin ito ng lubusan sa Monday, ok? =)
** anyway - nagpromise si Twinkle ng spaghetti. (*huuuug!*) tas si irish ng dip (*huuuuug ulit!*)... tapos lahat tayo dapat magdala ng kahit isang bag ng chips lang. :)
** wala pang nagvolunteer sa DRINKS! so... as of now, mabubulunan tayong lahat sa orientation. whatta plan. ;p
** si Frank at Shayne eh nagvolunteer ng SANDWICHES... kaso may mga nagviolent reaction. hahahah. ang dudumi ng mga utak o. hehehe. ;p

sa mga gustong mag-intermission number... by all means, please. :) hehehhe. :)

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usapang EDUCCOM ED's

si twinkle po eh nagpapasubmit ng mga TOPICS for ED's. di naman kailangan social rele/balita/rally-mode ang ating mga pag-uusapan. kung may interesante kayong reading sa isang subject, halimbawa, bakit di niyo i-share? :)

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usapang FINCOM fund raising

so. RUMMAGE SALE mode na naman ito. sabi ni mama joanne ng fin. :) magandang idea, di po ba? :)

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usapang HEGGARD

alam kong heggard na tayong lahat. at minsan na sigurong sumagi sa mga isip natin, "AH SHET! AYOKO NA! MAG-AACAD-MODE NA LANG AKO FOREVER! lie low muna sa org..."

hayyy. :( mamatay man ako sa kaHEGGARDan, promise, di ko kayo iiwan.

yun lang. :)

2004-07-02T21:48:00.000+08:00

note: Somebody should start saying something about what's happening at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

Stop harrassment of Ang Pamantasan

In its June 29 issue, the Philippine Collegian carried a news article about the dismissal of two editors of the PLM official student publication, Ang Pamantasan, for allegedly publishing a "malicious" article.

PLM President Benjamin Tayabas dismissed on June 11 AP editor-in-chief Cecilia Villarosa and news editor Celeste Boniquit. He also ordered the suspension of Managing editor Julie Soriano and eleven others from the AP staff, as well as the revocation of the bachelor's degree of former associate editor and Mass Communication graduate Rose Manaog.

Earlier, on June 7, university officials also ransacked AP's office, replacing its doorknobs and leaving no key with any of its staff or editors.

The administration alleged that the students violated certain provisions in the PLM student handbook regarding the use of "(malicious) language (which) may (damage the reputation) of PLM students, employees, faculty members or officials" when they released the story "The Big Five" last February.

The article featured the statements of assets and liabilities of PLM President Tayabas, vice-presidents Virginia Santos, Angelita Solis, Danilo Baluyot, and University Registrar Ester Jimenez.

In their statement, the Ang Pamantasan editors maintain that the article was done in the interest of transparency, and was in no way intended to allude to probable malversation of public funds.

Aside from dismissal, suspension and revocation, the AP and its supporters are being harrassed in yet other ways. On campus, the University Security Group disperses groups of 10 or more students. They also search student belongings, confiscating Ang Pamantasan statements if found, according to Soriano.

Meanwhile, members of the AP staff have been denied entry in campus. This has also had an effect on their funds - after the fee collection for the paper was not included in the registration process this enrolment, the AP staff have taken over the task themselves. Since they have been banned from the university premises, AP has only been able to collect publication fees from about 30 per cent of the student population.

The PLM administration, however, has denied having shut down the paper, claiming that they intend to turn the key to the publication office over to the AP staff "upon the submission of names of two incumbent editors for the selection board".

In an interview with Bulatlat.com, Soriano viewed this move as a step toward further curtailment of campus press freedom in PLM, with the admnistration striving for greater control. "Kapag sila ang nagpa-exam sa bagong editorial board, hawak nila ang bola. Ilalagay nila ang mga tao nila." (If they would be the ones to administer the editorial exams, they would choose their people)" she said.

Furthermore, Soriano said they learned that the admnistration had secretly conducted a journalism exam for aspiring PLM students last April, where the students were asked to write about developmental journalism. Soriano said the admnistration simply wanted submissive writers, not critical ones.

On June 22, Villarosa led hundreds of students in a march as she laid a funeral wreath in front of PLM, symbolizing the "death of campus press freedom" in the university.

As journalism students and advocates of campus press freedom, we would have done the same thing - lay a funeral wreath as a peaceful means of reacting to such blatant violation of our rights.

Students of the Pamantasan are in many ways just like us UP students - iskolars ng bayan. And we are aware that we owe our loyalty and allegiance, not to any university administration or officials thereof, but to the people whose taxes provide means for us to be educated..

As members of our respective school papers, our primary responsibility is to inform the public, to educate others - students, most importantly - about pertinent issues, about issues of great public interest.

At a time like ours today, transparency is viewed as one of the most important characteristics of any government or administration. Statements of Assets and Liabilities are public documents, and seeing that the officials of the PLM administration are public figures, there is no reason why publishing such documents should be source of any conflict.

Young as we are, we do study our history - with tales from our parents and older brothers and sisters, articles from books and documentaries, we have formed a dreary memory of the Martial Law years in our minds, and it is one which we do not wish to return to ever again. Harrassment such as this against campus journalists, the glaring similarity to incidents during the 70s, has inevitably set off alarms in our heads.

As members of an academic-political organization of campus journalists who believe that press freedom is vital in social change, we, members of the Union of Journalists of the Philippines - UP Diliman Chapter call on the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila administration to reverse the dismissal of the Ang Pamantasan editors, and to allow the rest of the staff re-entry into the university premises, as well as the publication office. We also call on them to stop further interference with the student publication, and to uphold campus freedom - to empower students, not encroach them.

In the service of the Filipino public, we remain.

[email feedback to kate]

2004-06-29T01:07:00.000+08:00

CMFR Public Briefing

Sayang talaga at wala kayo dun. =p marami-rami rin kaming natutunan, na-starstruck lang naman ako kina Sheila Coronel, luchi cruz valdez, at shempre, kay ma'am yvonne chua, hehehe. :)

plus - ang sarap pa ng food. :)

sa lahat nga pala ng tumulong sa monitoring - salamat raw, sabi ng CMFR. :) sana sa mga susunod nilang projects, handa pa rin tayong tumulong kung kailangan nila ng volunteers. :)

anyway. since wala po tayong GA this week, post ko na lang yung dapat nating activities for the next few days:

1) sign-up week - tuloy ang sign-up week kahit na wala tayong booth. siguro nga, panahon na para i-scrutinize natin kung talagang effective pa ang traditional means natin of recruitment. try natin this sem kung mas mag-wo-work for us yung hatak ng word-of-mouth recruitment - which is highly informal, very personal at, yes, low cost.

in short - ibenta po natin nang TODO ang UJP sa ating mga friendships, at i-inform po natin sila na may ORIENTATION tayo ng APPS sa July 14 ng umaga. totoo na to, may venue na dapat to! :)

2) org t-shirts - nagkaroon ng konting problema, re: shirts dahil yung sample shirts eh mashadong malaki. in short, kung pang-guys eh okay na sana, pero nagrereklamo kaming mga girls *ahem, kasama po ako* dahil sana may small or extra-small sizes rin na available. anyway, lumalakad na po sina mau at joanne, hinihintay na natin yung mga samples from them.

- design - nawawala yung LOGBOOK! asan na yung mga design?! PANIC!

3) OICA - ano irish, kamusta? *grin* nakapag-itemize na ba tayo ng mga possible expenses?

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nga pala, gusto kong i-congratulate si emman and pat for being Inquirer scholars! *yihee!* ang galeng-galeng naman! si emman talaga, likas na malupeeet!! :)

malapit na ring matapos ang ating pagpapa-certify sa Admin! yay! :) salamat kay emman, at sa lahat ng nag-comply sa requirements, kaya hindi mashadong nangarag si emman ehehhehe...

salamat rin kina irish at stox for representing UJP in the recently concluded journalism forum sa Westin Philippine Plaza noong June 25. salamat rin kay rachel for representing UJP sa diliman convocation sa NISMED nung June 24. :)

napaka-active ng UJPips! :) sana tuloy-tuloy na to...

nga pala, si twinkle may sinusuggest na weekly educational discussions - na *tayo* ang mag-su-suggest ng topics! :) hehe. ano bang gusto niyong pag-usapan? acads-wise? pilipinas-wise? masaya ba kayo na si GMA ang ipoproclaim? dapat ba walang pasok nun? (hehe) ano ang feature story? bakit may literary journ? sino si anna dizon? (ano?! journ major ka pero di mo sha kilala?! Mahiya ka nga! hehehe...)

anyway. so yun, sana suportahan natin ang EducCom, dahil in recent years eh mejo dormant yan. :)

IPCOM - dahil may nakita akong saglit na free time, gumawa ako ng isang sample ad ng ating orientation - for your approval, mr. laxamana. :) upload ko sa egroups. :)

MEMCOM - wag mag-panic! hehehe. :) let's just try our best na may magpunta sa orientation! :) hatak na! :) (jerry - inom ka stresstabs. hehe. promise, yan yung best friend ko last year nung MEMCOM rin ako...)

anyway. yun lang.

GAY PRIDE MONTH po ngayon - let's all be happy and GaY! hehehe. =) anubayun. =)

2004-06-27T20:16:00.000+08:00

The Union of Journalists of the Philippines- UP Diliman (UJP-UP) is an academic-political union of students based in the College of Mass Communication (CMC) committed in advancing pro-masses, pro-student, and pro-truth ideals. The Union seeks to promote advocacy journalism and media ethics.

Founded in 1988, UJP-UP is the student chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), the guild of media workers recognized throughout Asia, whose members include Philippine Journalism Review (PJR) editor and former CMC dean Luis Teodoro and Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy-UP (CONTEND-UP) chair Danilo Arao, the Union’s adviser.

UJP-UP believes that the profession of the journalist is nothing more than a matter of public trust. People deserve accurate and comprehensive information on salient national and local issues, information that will empower them to make sound opinions and decisions. And the student as a journalist must prepare for that role – to duly inform the public, especially the masses marginalized by an oppressive socio-political system.

Activities: What We Do

In its almost sixteen years of successful existence, UJP-UP has sponsored symposia, seminars, writing workshops, film showings, educational discussions, and basic masses exposure trips all in the effort to help advance the level of skills and sense of purpose of the profession.

Symposia – UJP-UP hold various symposia on current issues. Last year, the org sponsored “Gagging the Press,” a symposium about the growing murder statistics of journalists, one of the profession’s pressing contemporary issue. Also, the Union co-sponsored with Bayan Muna –UP an alternative classroom learning experience (ACLE) entitled “Understanding the Oakwood Mutiny” that was awarded KaMalayan Best ACLE by the University Student Council.

BMEx (Basic Masses Exposure) - Through the years, the UJP-UP has engaged in several exposure trips to different areas in Metro Manila to awaken its members to the various realities of life. Recent destinations include Laguna, Payatas, State of the Nation Address (SONA) rally, and I-Witness Docmentary Festival: Bata, Bagets, Babae!
EDs (Educational Discussions) - We at UJP-UP believe in the importance of taking a stand on pertinent issues occurring inside and outside the University. Furthermore, we push for informed choices; our EDs provide a venue in which members can formulate their own stands, no pressures involved.

"Kartunistang Pinoy, Kartunistang Mulat" - A yearly contest held simultaneously with the UJP-UP Week. It aims to promote awareness and enlightenment among students through the editorial cartoon, a more entertaining social commentary delivered through illustration.

Tambuli – United in the belief that press freedom and advocacy journalism are vital in mass communication as a means in upgrading skills in the profession, promoting people's rights and welfare, taking a conscious stand and form of action on issues, and actively partaking in the struggle for societal change, we, the Union’s members have concentrated on releasing Tambuli, a newsletter that features articles on relevant and controversial issues.

Tinta – Tinta is the Union’s literary folio. We are making way for Tinta because we believe in developing not just the students' journalistic skills, but their full potential as writers and artists as well.

Inter-org Activities – UJP-UP has also been participating in consolidation activities with other organizations that shares its advocacies.

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Media Monitoring -- To check on media’s biases and lapses, CMFR, UJP-UP, and other non-governmental organizations monitored the election coverage of six TV news programs and three major broadsheets during the six-week campaign period.

Airing of Probe Team’s Sept. 16 episode – In obsevance of the Journalism Week, UJP-UP partnered with UP Journalism Club (UPJC) and UP Greenminds (UPGM) for the airing of Probe Team’s banned episode on the “lifestyle check” of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) chair and chief executive officer (CEO) Efraim Genuino in the CMC Auditorium.

Lantern Parade – The Union also took part in the annual Lantern Parade where CMC won the Most Dramatic Presentation award. UJP-UP’s Gahaman, grabbed the Best Diwata award in the intracollegiate competition.

The UJPeeps

Aside from the activities that focus on the advancement of journalistic skills of its members in relation to their advocacies, the people in the Union themselves contribute to the fulfillment of this goal by sharing what they know, giving unbiased opinions and suggestions to each other’s works. Besides being an academic-political union of students, one of the reasons it is more than just an org is its being a family.

Through the years, the Union has had members who are student leaders, socio-civic volunteers, and journalists in issue-centric organizations and mainstream publications. This year’s roster includes Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) scholars Angeli Kate Pedroso and Franco Emman Von Cena; former CMC Student Council Journalism representative (SC Journ rep) Almi Ilagan; UPGM Verdant’s Shayne Amor Bance; CMC-SC Journ reps Ryan Villareal and Aiza Camille España; Pahinungod’s Melanie Barrameda; Project Forge’s Julius Patrick Laxamana; former League of Filipino Students-CMC vice- chair Franklin Paul Alcones; Manila Tribune’s Jacquiline Ong and Philippine Collegian’s Antoinette Estoperes and Jeeu Christopher Gonzales.

UJP-UP Executive Committee
Chairperson Angeli Kate Pedroso
Vice-Chairperson Almi Ilagan
Committee Heads:
Secretariat Franco Emman Von Cena
Information and Propaganda Julius Patrick Laxamana
Membership Jerald Uy
Finance Joanne Alcayaga
Ad Hoc Ma. Irish Cubillan
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Hallel John Ines
UJP representative to CMC Council of Organizations (Cor)

Franklin Paul Alcones
Rachel May Rañosa
UJP representatives to Solidaridad UP System-Wide Alliance of Student Publications and Writers’ Oraganizations

Aileen Estoquia
UJP repesentative to Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND-UP)

QUALIFICATIONS: All currently enrolled UP Diliman CMC students and campus journalists from other colleges in their individual capacities are qualified for membership. An applicant must have at least two semesters before graduation including the application period.

Application Calendar
June 28 - July 2 sign-up week
July 14 - orientation
July 30 – deadline Autobiography
August 13 – deadline Buddy write-up
August 23-27 – first interview week
September 20 –batch interview.
September 27 – deadline position paper

No public humiliation. No power tripping. Just pure advocacy and training.
For further information, please contact:
Jerald Uy
Membership Committee Head
UJP-UP
09177864123
jerald.uy@up.edu.ph
or visit the ujp websites:
http://ujpup.vze.com
http://ujpup.blogspot.com

2004-06-23T18:57:00.000+08:00

COR minutes

attended by hallel john ..at ako..

1. diliman Convocation (consultationon the proposed up charter)
up nismed, june 24, 9 am -5pm (bukas na po!)
-each org should have representatives
-free lunch and snacka
-excused sa classes ang aattend (may memo na from chancy roman)

2. short workshop on public speaking
-june 1,1 pm , annex lobby
- at least 2 reps. per org

3.road painting-july 10
-theme suggestions sabihin sa kin
-bahala na ang mga orgs sa kani-kanilang paint , brush, food

4. GA sa bawat org--ang sinabi ni adan mondays 4 onwards..tama ba siya?

5. CMC-SC volcorps
- sana raw laht ng orgs may reps

6.College Assembly sa July

7.Search for tinig ng Plaridel EIC

8. Search for BC rep

9. Gradcomm marketing
-hindi na po sure ang slots ng orgs sa yearbook, dapat magdonate para
magkaspace sa yearbook

-orgs will get 10% of funds raised (tentative)

10. BUKANA (Sc newsletter) needs some articles.

2004-06-22T20:09:00.000+08:00

freshie assembly

shempre, gusto ko pong magpasalamat ng sobra sa mga nag-participate sa FRESHMEN ASSEMBLY kanina... as in.

salamat sa mga pumasok ng maaga at tumulong sa set-up, salamat sa mga pumunta nung hapon para pagandahin pa yung booth, salamat sa mga nagbantay, salamat sa mga umattend at nanood ng presentation, sa mga nag-cheer, sa mga naghatak ng mga prospective applicants, sa mga bumili ng diyaryo, sa mga nagpaxerox ng brochure (na sorry, ehehhe mejo chaka.) at flyers (na chaka din dahil di pantay hehehe), sa mga pasenshoso't pasenshosang naggupit, sa mga nakitawa, nakibangag, sa mga nagdonate ng food, sa mga tumulong sa council sa pag-aayos ng exhibit, sa pagsasaboy ng mga stars, sa mga nag-stay ng hapon para iligpit ang set-up natin, para ayusin ang mga gamit...

salamat sa mga taong nagpasaya nang lubusan sa araw na ito. :) hindi talaga magiging successful ang mga UJP activities kung wala ang dedication at commitment niyo. :)

maraming dahilan kaya love ko ang UJP, at unang-una dito ang kabibuhan ng mga tao! :)

love ko kayong lahat! sa uulitin! :)

***

reminder mode

- COR meeting tomorrow, 4pm, Council Office - calling Adan and Jerry! :)

(di ba kayo natutuwa [hehe ako medyo nalungkot.] at wala nang public terminal! hehehhe... di bale, come chaka all you want, nadaanan na natin yun! hahaha...)

- NUJP intl forum on journalism - June 25, Friday, 830am, Westin Phil Plaza - calling STOX, FRANK and PAUL. :)

anyway.

suportahan po natin ang mga susunod na proyekto ng council, at sana bibo pa rin tayo hanggang UJP WEEK kahit na mas ngarag na tayo nun! :)

love ko talaga kayo! you're the best! :)

2004-06-21T20:05:00.000+08:00

General Assembly - June 21, 2004, 4 p.m.
Minutes

I. Freshman Day

a) IPCOM assignment update
- JP - liquidation of expenses, re: exhbit entry

b) Presentation update
- Paul - called attention, re: necessary revisions (slides with errors, etc) - thank you. :) -kate

c) Work day update
- Kathryn - sorry, late na kasi nag-start yung council mag-set-up, nagpunta ka pa man din ng maaga... :( sorry for the unnecessary incoveniences. -kate

d) Org booth
- setup (830-10): Jerry, JP, Kate, Irish, Twinkle (Sarong)
- 10-1130: Maya, Toni
- 1130-1:

e) Org presentation (fixing, operator, introducer, crowd, etc)
- 1-230: Jerry, Shayne (point person), Liezl, Glenn
- 2-4: Erika, Rey, Stox, Paul

f) Council donation (food, drinks) - OK.

II. Calendar Check

a) Propaganda mats (IP) - reproduction, signing (OSA, college admins) - OK

b) Propaganda Postage (Mem) - CMC, AS, CAL, Math, Kalayaan, SC
CMC - 10 (signing/postage c/o JP) - Wednesday
AS/CAL - 14 (signing/postage c/o Kate) - Wednesday
Math - 4 (signing/postage c/o Frank) - Wednesday

** AS/FC waiting sheds - 10 (5 each - OSA sign): ?
** SC/Kalay - 4 (2 each - OSA sign): ?
>> wala pa pong naka-assign na lumarga sa AS/FC waiting sheds at SC/Kalay... sana isang group na lang to since sa OSA naman ang signing ng mga propaganda mats... -kate

c) Reservation of Venue for June 28 to July 2
* ayon kay glenn, sabi ng admin di pa raw pwedeng magpareserve ng ilalim ng skywalk as venue since hindi pa tayo recognized... week after recognition pa raw pwede... eh yung recognition sa June 30 pa ibibigay... so ipadadaan na lang natin sa student council ang reservation... salamat kay anna caluag. :) TULOY PO ANG SIGN-UP WEEK sa proposed dates. :)

III. NUJP Meeting

* may forum daw sa Westin Phil Plaza about journalism... int'l forum on journalism daw... iniinvite tayo ng NUJP na magpadala ng 3 delegates... kinailangan ko nang isubmit ang pangalan ng participants from UJP kay ma'am weng carranza... so go na sina Stox, Frank at Paul, though si Paul naghesitate (sorry, akala ko kasi go na go ka na kaya sinend ko yung name mo kay ma'am...)

* sa ibang interesadong mag-proxy kay paul, pakitext na lang ako. thanks. -kate

IV. OICA

* hinand over na kay irish ang adhoc papers last year ni francine. pag-aaralan pa.

V. Updates

* right to reply bill - may research na, c/o Kathryn. schedule of writing workshop to be scheduled later. yung mga nag-volunteer dito, pakitext ako kung kelan tayo pwedeng mag-meeting about this. :)

VI. Follow-ups

a) reinstatement, buddy fees - kay Joanne.

b) Org recognition status (Emman)

c) T-shirt status (kirk)
* maghahanap pa ng ibang t-shirt na may smaller size for the girls.
* t-shirt designs to be released on Friday. (t-shirt design VOTE)

VII. Other reminders

a) Media Violence researches please

b) JULY 30 - DEADLINE NG TAMBULI ARTICLES
* idea for tambuli artik for CMFR volunteers - lessons learned in participating in the project

c) CMFR VOLUNTEERS - media briefing on JUNE 28, AdMU, 4pm. (check cmfr egroups for details)

d) JVO Awards - July 1

2004-06-14T21:36:00.000+08:00

General Assembly - June 14, 2004, 4 p.m.
Minutes

I. New Committees:

Secretariat:
Head: Franco Emman Von Cena
Members: Liezl Riosa, Shayne Amor Bance, Kathryn Raymundo
*June 30 - deadline of Org Recognition application

Finance:
Head: Joanne Alcayaga
Members: Jacqueline Ong, Camille Espana, Paul Xymon Garcia

Membership:
Head: Jerald Uy
Members: Antonette Estoperes, Reynaldo Santos, Lawrence Andrew Fernandez

Education:
Head: Twinkle Bautista
Members: Franklin Paul Alcones, Rachel May Ranosa, Summayah Abdullah

Information and Propaganda:
Head: Julius Patrick Laxamana
Members: Kirk Maurice Campos, Hallel John Ines, Maureen Yambot

Ad Hoc:
Head: Irish Cubillan
Members: Aileen Estoquia, Erika Sauler, Ryan Villareal, Glenn Perez
Probationary Members: Erika Ramayrat, Deneb Sumogat, Kristine Villanueva, Teresa Rhea Padilla

UJP Representatives:
Solidaridad: Franklin Paul Alcones, Rachel May Ranosa
STAND-UP: Aileen Estoquia, Irish Cubillan
COR: Shayne Amor Bance, Hallel John Ines, Kirk Maurice Campos

Org Shirt Committee:
Head: Kirk Maurice Campos
Members: Maureen Yambot, Joanne Alcayaga, Franco Emman Von Cena, Lawrence Fernandez, Jacqui Ong (thanks sa additional info. -kate)

II. Reinstatement Fees - deadline payment P50 to Joanne - Friday.

III. Freshman Week

Deadline of advance IP assignment: (illustration board) June 18, Friday

CMC-SC Work Day: June 19, Saturday
Volunteers: Kathryn, JP, Frank

Org Booth Manning: 9am to 12nn, June 22, Tuesday, CMC Skywalk
Volunteers: Irish, Kirk, Maya, Toni, Frank, Shayne

Org Presentation Committee: Kirk, Paul, Erika, Liezl
*kung may feedback na, inform me asap. Tnx. -kate

IV. T-shirt Update

T-shirt Canvassing Trip: June 19, Saturday
Volunteers: Kirk, Jacqui, Lawrence

V. Meeting with Sir Arao, re: NUJP

Ideas for Tambuli Articles:
1) Right to Reply bill (HB 5774)
Research volunteers: Kathryn, Emman, Frank, Jacqui, Kirk, Stox
2) Violence againsts Campus Journalists
Research volunteers: Twinkle, Adan, Stox, Maya, Liezl, (Ryan - paper.)

VI. Calendar Check

June 14-June 18: Preparation of Propaganda mats, re: sign-up week (IP)
* upload ko na rin sa files section yung samples na ginawa ko. -kate

VII. Other Reminders

Tambayan Clean-up deadline: June 25, Friday

OICA application deadline: July 15 (AdHoc, meet tayo next week. -kate)

Baby pix deadline: June 18, Friday (pakiupload sa groups. -jerry)

New system ng text brigades: c/o committee heads na po.
*for adhoc, ako na magtetext sa mga probie. Pakibigay na lang sa akin ng mga number. Thanks. -kate

Finalized Schedules ng org meetings:
GA: Mondays, 4pm
Execom Meet: Thursdays, 4pm
Committee Meets: TBA (*heads, please inform me kung napagkasunduan na. Thanks. -kate)

STAND-UP update: (c/o twinkle)
- submit org recognition, pictures of officers + form5's
- acquaintance party
- rummage sale: june 19, Friday, deadline of donations to Gabriela Youth
- mem fee: P100
- raffle: July 2004
- STAND-UP t-shirt design contest
- July 24: Consultation for Alternative UP Charter Bill, NISMED, whole day. (*especially sa freshies at sophies, mahalagang andito tayo.)

***

well, that was a mouthful. *grin*

for your guidance.

2004-06-07T20:59:00.000+08:00

minutes
COR meeting, June 7, 2004

Subject: Freshman Orientation

DEADLINES

June 10, Thursday:
- Hard copy: org profile, logo, major activities, calendar, contact info (re: COR reps)
- submit to Council (*ako na bahala dito. –kate)

June 18, Friday:
- org entry in exhibit, re: freshman orientation week
- org entry for exhibit: photos and brief write-up mounted on 1/4 illustration board

June 19, Saturday:
- work day for exhibit (morning)

June 22, Tuesday:
- Org Booth Fest – 10 am (set up starts 9am)
- Welcome Assembly – 1pm to 5pm (third performer tayo; 5-8-minute presentation)

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for your guidance.

assignment na lang ng tasks sa GA sa 14.

IPcom - emergency meeting tayo bukas, 4pm, cmc lobby main. :)

2004-06-07T19:13:00.000+08:00

email from UJPip!

UJP-UP Kate,

Good day. I came across the UJP-UP webpage today. I'm glad someone has managed to come up with one. I'm Sheila Grace D. Bulaong, UP Diliman graduate of April 1999 and UJP-UP alumnus from Batch Dagundong [where I was also the Batch Head]. It was the batch before Batch Budyong, which I saw in the site as the oldest batch you have listed so far. May mga nauna pa na batch kesa sa batch ko: Batch Kornets, Tinig, Tambuli, Dagundong, and so on. But before that, may mga batches pa pero wala silang pangalan.
they're only labeled as Batch AY 19XX-A ["A" kung First Sem, "B" kung 2nd Sem].

At present, I'm a faculty here at UP Mindanao. I'm still in touch with most of the UJP pipol who came before me. Pero ang pinaka-maraming kilala from her batch is Jennifer Boral from Batch Kornets. She's a former Membership Committee Head. I'll let her know about UJP-UP website. She can provide you with more information than I can since she has been in UJP-UP longer than I had been. With that, maybe you can come up with a UJP-UP
directory to be posted sa webpage. Siyempre, tutulungan ka namin.

I'm glad to know that the UJP-UP spirit is very much alive even after the older ones [a.k.a. the veterans] have already left. Please love UJP-UP as much as we have loved her. Padayon!

In the spirit of advocacy journalism, I remain

Sincerely yours,

Sheila Grace D. Bulaong
UJP-UP Batch Dagundong

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salamat po sa email! (at sorry sa late reply, hehe) batch kornets! kayanin niyo! hehe. =) kahit pala noon pa eh likas nang ma-joke ang mga taga-UJP. =) siguro kung mag-a-alumni homecoming eh hindi tayo mashadong ma-o-OP. =)

sana yung ibang alumni mag-email din sa akin - thegshift@yahoo.com

:)

2004-06-07T18:45:00.000+08:00

UJP: Storm
The June 5 pictorials.

now available. *grin*

ps - 36 photos pa lang yan. pasunod na yung iba po. :)

2004-06-06T21:01:00.000+08:00

ujp pictorials update

kasalukuyan akong nag-uupload ng pictures natin kahapon - i've been sorting through them all day, at napapangiti pa rin ako heheh mukha tayong mga ewan. *grin*

i'm estimating the album to be up by tonight - at least partially.

also - there's a CD copy of the pics na ibibigay ko kina jerry at JP ng mem at IP. for use sa mga propaganda at sigsheet, etc.

anyway, yun lang. post ko na lang yung link sa album pag tapos na.

2004-06-02T20:23:00.000+08:00

eiow

i just made a few changes with the committee lineups. i thought that IP and AD Hoc comm should have more members as they would be handling our major activities (publicity,tambuli,sympo,exhibit)i'll just give it on june 7.

2004-05-11T20:52:00.000+08:00

eiow
sowee po may mem po akonmg nakalimutan..hulaan nyo na lang kung
sino...:)iniba ko na rin ang tambayan cleaners..:)

greenminds sem planning bukas! wish me luck!:)

Tambayan Cleaners

every friday po ito,by this order:

jerald-frank
mau-shayne
ryan-tonie
camille-erika
kate-kathryn
irish-jacqui
rey-maya
lawrence-paul
almi-stox
jerald-liezl
emman-rachel
hallel-glen
jaypee-joanne
kirk-twinkle

Designation of Committee Members (for approval ng napakagandang UJP
chair)
CVCC
-kate
-almi

secretariat (emman)
-kathryn..kita knong nagtatake down notes nung sem planning
-liezl...tagagawa ng kalendaryo ni emman
-shayne.. hinhamon ko kayo kung ilang pages ng logbook ang naubos
nya ;)

membership (jerald)
-lawrence..perhaps wasn't a good app but he doesn't believe in power
tripping..
-rey..likewise (but he was a good app;))
-glen..may makakkatalo pa ba sa preseentation nila ni mich?sana..;)
-tonie..hehehe..sory nakalimutan ko..the rose among the
thorns..heheh..

information and propaganda(jaypee)
-kirk..publicity materials?san pa?
-hallel..1.5 kay Khan (j102)..nuff said..
-mau..campus journal experience

education (twinkle)
-maya..sabi nya dapat i-revisee yung tungkol sa pag-rerevise ng
consti..
-frank...profound.
-rachel..ditto.

finance(joanne)
-jacqui..IP sana pero dahil graduating mas effective sa Fin..not to
mention ma-bread si ms. ong..hehehe
-camille..nakuha nya ang kaplan..
-erika..can't think of a reason..kahit saan pwede..slot filler :)

ad hoc (irish)
-ryan..journ rep..pwede umattend ng stand up meetings..
-stox..tagpaypay ng isaw..bow..hehe..joke! mabuting pagkakataon para
sagutin ang hamon sa kanya..
-paul..slot filler din
-the probe-y team (tet,deneb,ten,aika)
>dahil sa kanilang probationary status, mas effective sila sa ad hoc
(i think) para hindi mag-coconflict sa application nila. sila bale
ang "reservist" ng unyon.

2004-05-08T23:00:00.000+08:00

updates

emergency GA - hmm, sorry pero mukhang kahit ako eh malabo sa 16... kailangan kasi talagang abangang matapos yung bilangan (eleksyon) dito sa Las Pinas, at ang sabi ng Comelec official eh 5 to 10 days raw. baka ma-alanganin, ayoko namang mambitin ng tao... :(

jerald -

on the paper - ASTIG! SANA MATULOY! :) really looking forward to a wonderful org-to-org experience with Green Minds. :)

on the cleaners - YIHEE!!! ayan, lagi nang malinis ang tambayan, aba dapat lang...

on the committee reshuffle - lahat na ba ng mems ito? :) i think unless may reklamo sila or preferences in terms of committee, okay na ito. :) bring up na lang natin sa June 7 GA. :)

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irish! ano ba yung PYNOI?! pakipaliwanag nga, na-te-tense ako eh... hehehehe.. :)

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bumoto po ng tama sa May 10. *bow*

2004-05-08T19:29:00.000+08:00

Election-related articles from the People's Media Center

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Dear friends,

Please find below three election-related stories published by IBON
Features and the People's Media Center: 1) "Election 2004: People's Choice,
People's Voice"; 2) "The Need for New Politics: A People’s Analysis of
the Presidentiable Platforms" and 3)"Philippine Elections: Under the
Watch of Uncle Sam." Please feel free to distribute.

Thanks!

People's Media Center

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Election 2004: People’s Choice, People’s Voice?
by Hetty Alcuitas
IBON Features March, 2004

With the presidential elections less than 50 days away, the candidates
in the presidential, senatorial and local elections are in a mad scram
to grab the voters attention through a flurry of paid ads, posters,
media coverage, jingles and other gimmicks.

But many Filipinos are looking beyond the catchiness of the candidates’
jingles, their smiling faces and assurances that they represent the
solution to our problems. Many are still wondering whether the candidates’
promises will actually bring any relief from the ever-burderning weight
of the current economic crisis.

The Philippines has one of the highest voter turnouts worldwide -- the
voter turnout in the 1998 elections was 68.96% according to the
Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral
Assistance. This figure reveals the Filipinos democratic sentiment that there is
value in participating in elections. However, the level of the
electorate’s awareness is still uncertain.

Most candidates have made efforts (however late) to make public their
platforms and programs of governance in an effort to educate the
Philippine electorate by publishing their platforms on their various websites.

The mainstream media has also made efforts through various special
ineserts, TV and radio documentaries, to disseminate information on the
profiles, records and platforms of candidates in order to inform the
electorate. A televised national debate however, remains in limbo since the
candidates cannot agree on the terms and conduct of the debate.

Making platforms

In developing a platform, a presidential candidate must consider many
factors. In an effort to win votes, a candidate seeks to please
different sectors of society with at times conflicting interests. For example,
while some candidates want to reach out to the masa for broad appeal,
they risk upsetting the interests of other sectors such as the business
community and other players in the political field.

A perfect example is the recent call of Raul Roco to cut corporate
income taxes to attract business votes, while at the same time proposing to
trim the budget deficit by imposing a tax on text messages.

Another example is Fernando Poe Jr. call for restructuring of the
sovereign debt within his first 100 days in office. Newspapers reported his
call stirred financial markets and brought on swift reaction from the
central bank who reassured that the Philippines would honor its debts
and that any restructuring had to be first “carefully studied.”
Candidates’ platforms are usually compiled by their team of backers and
experts. During this election period, presidential candidates only
began to release their detailed platforms once into the start of the
official campaign period in February. FPJ’s platform was only released on
Feb. 10. Reports say the candidates’ teams of experts were scrambling to
come up with the finalized platforms. But FPJ’s camp says they took time
to consult with different sectors nationwide.

It is not surprising that the platforms reflect not only the beliefs of
the candidates but of their business, landlord, religious or other
backers’ interests. Yet in an effort to please all sides, platforms offer
concessions in order to please other sectors or are worded in such a way
that they can be open to interpretation in an effort to play safe.

Herein lies the question whether such promises are acutually sound and
practical in application. As experience has proven throughout the
history of Philippine elections, candidates’ promises during election period
are often forgotten once the candidate is elected.

However, it is still imperative for the Filipino people to push their
democratic rights and issues within the electorate system as they assert
their desire for genuine change.

Empty Promises?

In comparing the platforms of the five presidential candidates: Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, Panfilo Lacson, Fernando Poe Jr., Raul Roco and Bro.
Eddie Villanueva, all make promises to improve the access and provision
of basic social services to the majority of Filipinos such as housing,
education and health care. They all promise to increase and prioritize
budget spending in these areas. Some promise affordable housing, free
education and accessible health care.

The candidates also vow to address poverty and increase the number of
jobs by supporting small and medium enterprises. They also promise to
support agriculture and speed up land reform.

These are not new promises. Year after year politicians promise to put
an end to poverty, yet it still remains. Which is why the candidates’
promises to prioritize budget spending on basic needs and social
services remain baseless without addressing the problem of the budget deficit
and foreign debt.

As of September last year, the Philippine’s foreign debt reached P1.5
trillion and by October the budget deficit was P164 billion. [IBON
Birdtalk paper, Yearend briefing, Jan. 12, 2004] According to a Bayan Muna
analysis of the proposed 2004 budget, for the first time since the
mid-80s, social services ranked third, (only after debt service and
defense).

Past presidents promises to balance the budget have yet to be proven in
practice. Meanwhile, the foreign debt continues to balloon.

In relation, candidates must also address concretely the issue of graft
and corruption in the government. Solving corruption means major change
to the whole government bureacracy.

And while candidates may propose to support efforts of SMEs and other
economic iniatives of Filipinos, they must also present clear stands on
the issue of globalization. Candidates who continue to push for
policies of liberalization, deregulation and privatization must also consider
the people’s assessment of globalization. Since the start of the
Philippines membership in GATT-WTO in 1995, peasant and worker orgnizations
say globalization has only led them to more misery and poverty. Even
government officials have called in the past for removal from WTO
membership to more lenient tariff measures.

A candidate’s stand on the issue of globalization may also reflect
their stand on foreign relations and the issue of national sovereignty,
particularly the involvement of the US in the Philippines’ economic,
political, social, cultural and military internal affairs. For example, is
the candidate in favor of continuing US-Philippine military exercises?
What is the candidates stand on the issue of national security and peace
talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)?

The Filipino people should look closely at the candidates’ platforms
and consider how the issues are inter-related. They should also urge for
public debates and push the candidates and eventually whoever becomes
the next president to immediately address urgent people’s issues in a
sincere and genuine way.

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The Need for New Politics: A People’s Analysis of the Presidentiable
Platforms
by Hetty Alcuitas
People’s Media Center Reports
Vol. 3, No. 1, April 17, 2004

With less than 30 days away until Filipino voters choose their next
president, many Filipinos are still considering who the wisest choice for
president may be.

While Philippine elections have evolved into a circus of popularity
contests, the majority of Filipinos still hope the election will bring
genuine change to their daily lives. This is why an analysis of the
candidates’ platforms is needed in an effort to focus the debate more on
issues than on pretty faces.

PMC Reports presents an analysis -- from a people’s perspective -- of
the five presidential candidates’ platforms and stands on important
people’s issues.

On Fiscal Policy

All of the presidential candidates call for the need for a balanced
budget. They also propose various measures to increase the tax base by
taxing different consumer products (Arroyo is pushing for a tax on
automobiles and higher taxes on cigarettes and liquor products). They also
propose ways to improve tax collection and discourage tax evasion.
However, these proposals favor rich Filipinos while punishing poorer ones.

All candidates also recognize the need for restructuring of the foreign
debt. FPJ’s call for restructuring does not call for a moratorium on
debt payments, but to stretch the amortization period of debts.
Villanueva says, “many of our foreign loans were shoved down our throats; the
creditor is as much to blame as the debtor, but we will honor our
commitments.” Roco has stated that the government should demand at least one
year of debt relief.

FPJ specifically calls to prioritize budget spending on delivery of
basic social services, while Arroyo’s proposed 2004 budget places social
spending third behind debt servicing and defense. In 2003 almost P6 out
of every P10 that government spent went to interest and principal
payments, leaving almost nothing for social services.

On Graft and Corruption

All candidates call for transparency and promise to implement different
measures to curb and prevent corruption. For example, implementing
computerized and electronic procurement systems and forming an Independent
Commission Against Corruption in the Hong Kong model. Arroyo vows to
continue lifestyle checks and push for reforms in tax administration
while Bro. Eddie suggests preventative measures such as commensurate
salaries and benefits for workers, teachers, judges, military and police to
prevent corruption. He also proposes a massive reeducation program for
government centering on moral values.

However, many candidates themselves have been accused of corruption –
Arroyo (PIATCO, Macapagal Boulevard, Jose Pidal), Lacson (Kuratong
Baleleng case), and Roco (for printing posters during his stint as DepEd
secretary.) Arroyo has also been criticized for her lax treatment of
former President Joseph Estrada who is on trial for plunder. Ten
disqualification cases were also filed against her with COMELEC with accusations
ranging from violations of TV campaign advertising regulations to
diverting government funds to her campaign.

The weakness of most proposals to deal with corruption such as
lifestyle checks etc., are that they target small players and not the top
government officials who are often the most corrupt.

On Globalization

All of the five candidates claim globalization is an inevitable
reality. Yet none of them speaks out strongly against globalization or
membership in the WTO. They instead call for reforms. Arroyo calls for
“liberalized but fair trade,” FPJ to, “re-orient policy on globalization to
expand markets and protect from unfair competition.” Lacson promises to,
“re-think government position and strategy to protect Philippine
interests,” and Roco for, “fair free trade.”

FPJ, Lacson, and Arroyo promise safety nets for agriculture, Roco for
safety nets for displaced workers. All call for adjustments to tariff
rates and subsidies. Yet none point out that there is no such thing as
“fair free trade” since the policies under the WTO often favor dominant
rich nations over poorer ones.

The candidates’ all-out support for globalization contradicts the
negative experience of the majority of Filipinos and the world’s poor who
have been reeling from the impact of liberalization, deregulation and
privatization. They say these policies have only brought more misery and
poverty to farmers, workers and other sectors and have been calling for
a pull out from WTO membership.

On Labor and Employment

While all of the candidates promise to create jobs and support worker
training, none of them call for a rise in the minimum wage. Even
Villanueva, a former trade union organizer claims, “an increase in the minimum
wage is not always beneficial to workers because it triggers increases
in prices of basic goods and service.”

Through her three-year term Arroyo did not listen to workers’ demand
for a P125 across the board nationwide increase in the minimum wage. Yet
she still boasts of granting a 29.2 % Emergency Cost of Living increase
(which amounted to 30 PhP). Workers are again demanding a P60 immediate
wage relief saying current wages can no longer cope with the increase
in the prices of basic commodities.

Arroyo also boasts of creating over three million jobs during her term,
yet most of which were in the agricultural or informal sector and not
permanent or stable. Currently four out of 10 Filipinos are still
considered extremely poor.

None of the candidates sees the need for national industrialization as
the solution to massive unemployment.

On Agriculture

All of the candidates call for modernization of agriculture and for the
speeding up of the implementation of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (CARP). Roco and Villanueva say, “the land should belong to the
tillers” and Roco calls for a study on the effects of CARP.

Arroyo is aggressively pushing for conversion to planting of hybrid
rice and greater access for farmers to credit, such as through the
proposed, “farm as collateral” bill, which was part of her administration’s
priority legislative agenda. Critics however say these programs will hit
hard small farmers.

None of the candidates elaborates on the need for genuine land reform
and a break to the feudal exploitation peasants face under their
landlords.

On Social Services

Education

All candidates promise to improve the quality and access to education.
Villanueva and Roco promise free elementary and secondary education
and, “study now and pay later” programs. FPJ and Lacson promise to
increase the budget for teacher training and development.

Lacson and Arroyo push for the use of English as the medium of
instruction. FPJ promises to promote public-private sector partnership.

Under Roco’s term however, as education secretary, teachers complained
that they did not experience any salary increase, or payment of
benefits such as COLA and loyalty pay.

Under Arroyo, the drastic shortage in teachers and textbooks was not
solved since the budget for education was not given priority. She also
implemented the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) which critics say
focuses on English as a medium of instruction.

None of the candidates question the colonial nature of the Philippine
education system which does not promote critical thinking or pro-people
values.

Housing

All the candidates promise to support social housing. Lacson says
government social housing should be pursued without expected return. Arroyo
boasts of spending P53.15 billion for housing. Yet reports however say
in 2002 alone 41 urban poor families in Metro Manila were physically
displaced from their homes everyday.

Only Lacson proposes to deal with agriculture issues in rural areas to
address the roots of internal migration.

Health

All candidates promise to expand Phil Health’s coverage. Arroyo and
Villanueva vow to continue the cheap importation of drugs from India. Roco
proposes to support the export of health workers, Villanueva support
urban poor to plant vegetable plots. Lacson wants to promote birth
control and FPJ promises privatization of major government hospitals.

None of the candidates however addresses the dismal state of our health
care system, which is virtually inaccessible to the poor and those in
remote areas due to a lack of funding or priority. They also do not
recognize the need to improve the working conditions and salaries of
medical workers to discourage them from going abroad so that their skills and
knowledge can be used where they are most badly needed, here in the
Philippines.

On Prices of Oil, Water and Electricity

Besides Lacson and Arroyo who co-authored the EPIRA, candidates FPJ and
Villanueva call for a review of Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
contracts with the aim of protecting consumers and bringing down
electricity rates. Yet none of the candidates’ platforms contains concrete action
to reverse the various onerous charges of Meralco, Maynilad and major
oil companies.

Overall, the promises to improve the access and quality of social
services will remain empty unless they are coupled with measures to
dramatically reform budget spending to prioritize social services.

On Charter Change

Arroyo and Lacson openly support the proposal for charter change to a
parliamentary system of government in order for “greater economic
prosperity.” Villanueva says he is supportive of a parliamentary form of
government but calls for public consultation on the issue. FPJ and Roco
also call for public consultation while Roco qualifies that it should not
be an issue decided on during the elections.

None of them condemns the proposal for charter change, which the U.S.
is pushing since it proposes 100% foreign ownership of land and local
industries

On National Security and Peace Issues

All candidates vow to deal with the nation’s peace and order situation
by launching anti-crime and anti-terror initiatives in the country.
Lacson and Arroyo have proven through practice and promise to deal with
these problems with a heavy hand. Both have been pushing the
Anti-Terrorism Bill and for a National Identification System. Indeed, Lacson (who
was head of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission accused of rubbing
out suspected kidnappers in the Kuratong Baleleng case) and Arroyo (whose
record on human rights abuses from 2001 to 2003 numbered 2, 961
according to Karapatan) leave Filipinos wary of what they can expect under
their administration’s rule. Arroyo has also been a vocal supporter of the
U.S. led “war on terrorism.”

Roco is the only candidate vocally against the Anti-Terrorism Bill and
National ID System. He says the bills may lead to more violations of
human rights.

On the issue of peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Front (MILF)
and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), all
candidates call for a continuation of the formal peace process.

Arroyo, after calling off the talks in 2002 and pushing for a Final
Peace Agreement suddenly resumed interest late last year in pursuing the
peace talks with the NDFP. (This mysteriously coincided with her
announcement that she would run in the 2004 elections.)

Formal talks took place last October and March in Oslo, Norway.
Agreements were reached to release 32 political prisoners and taking measures
to resolve the issue of the U.S., E.U, Australian and Canadian labeling
the CPP-NPA and of NDFP chief political consultant Prof. Jose Maria
Sison as “foreign terrorists.” The CPP and NDFP however questioned
Arroyo’s sincerity in pursuing the peace talks with the recent call of
National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales for the disqualification of
party-lists such as Bayan Muna and the Anakpawis as communist fronts.

Lacson while calling for peace talks says the CPP-NPA leadership should
be isolated from its mass base.

FPJ proposes to accelerate the peace process. He promises to, “reach
out to anti-government armed groups and engage in genuine dialogue to
hear their concerns and issues and come up with mutually acceptable
arrangements for them to return to the fold of the law.” (This essentially
translates into surrender.) He also vows to, “invigorate the country’s
participation in the global campaign versus terrorism,” a statement which
left open-ended could be threatening to democratic rights.

Villanueva, a former Marxist turned born-again Christian says that
credible leadership can resolve insurgency and that one needs to address
and uproot poverty and injustice as a means to peace.

Roco is the only candidate vocally against U.S. intervention in the
Philippines. As a senator Roco was also against US military bases and the
Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

He is also the only candidate who condemns the U.S. and other nations’
terrorist tagging of the CPP-NPA.

“It is good for our American friends not to condemn any part of the
political opposition in the country as terrorists,” Roco was quoted by
media outlets as having said at a press conference last February in Iloilo
City.

“The CPP-NPA, in many people's view, does not represent the terrorism
of mindless attacks on innocent people,” Roco said in a statement to the
media.

Conclusion

A closer study of the five presidential candidates’ platforms shows
that they are fundamentally no different from one another. The question
also remains whether the platforms are realistic and come with the
necessary political will and sincerity to become a reality.

Because the candidates are so desperately trying to win “pogi points”
by pleasing all sides, generally they choose to play safe. Thus their
platforms remain ambiguous and lack any significant weight. One can then
expect that once the new president is elected, he or she will still
represent and maintain the interest of the elite over those of the
majority.

One can also conclude from an analysis of the state of the nation under
three years of the Arroyo administration is that she is far from,
“still the last best hope.” Those who are looking for a change may take a
closer look at the progressive aspects of the platforms of Roco,
Villanueva and FPJ.

In the end, the Filipino people may still push for progressive reforms
through the electoral process. Yet they also know that is in only
through their collective action (inside and outside of the electoral
process) that will result in any substantial and genuine change. With Rhea de
los Santos and Joseph Yu, People’s Media Center Reports

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Philippine Elections: Under the Watch of Uncle Sam

by Alexander Martin Remollino
People’s Media Center Reports
Vol. 3, No. 2, May 2, 2004

As Filipinos flock to the polls on May 10, not only the nation’s eyes
will be keenly focused on the conduct and outcome of the elections.
International eyes will also be keenly watching the elections, namely a
group of American international observers.

The observers’ presence begs the question of why the U.S. is so
interested in the Philippine elections. While supporters of the observers say
their presence will help prevent cheating, critics such as Anakpawis
party-list national chairman Crispin Beltran denounce the move as a
threat to clean elections and national sovereignty.

A look at the history of Philippine elections proves that despite the
declaration of the Philippines’ independence from the U.S. in 1946, the
Philippines remains a neo-colony of the US. The U.S. uses the elections
as another way to continue to ensure their economic and political
control over the Philippines.

Love letters

In a letter last Jan. 28, Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo wrote to
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Benjamin Abalos to propose the
invitation of international observers to the May 10 elections,
supposedly to help “protect and enhance” its credibility.

On Feb. 16 the Comelec chair wrote back: “The presence of international
observers will send a message to the world that democracy in the
Philippines, while relatively young, puts absolutely no one above the sacred
process of election, and that leaders are chosen only by the genuine
will of the people.” The proposal was formally approved by the Comelec
two days later.

Though looking like an initiative of Malacañang, it was — as reported
in the press — actually premised on an offer of the U.S.-based National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) to lead an
international observer team to monitor the coming presidential polls. (It is
unclear, however when exactly the offer was made.)

Secretary Romulo was also quoted in media reports as having said that
the NDI offered to consult other U.S.-based groups such as the
International Republican Institute (IRI) on the possibility of their
participation in a bipartisan and multinational delegation to the Philippines.

An advance team of observers came to Manila in the first week of March
to discuss rules for the deployment of the observer team with Comelec
officials The U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) a U.S.
government organization which describes itself as a “humanitarian”
organization working to promote U.S. economic and foreign policy interests,
provided the advance team with initial funding of $75,000. (U.S.)

Malacañang spokesperson Ignacio Bunye had been quoted in the news as
saying that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shared Romulo’s enthusiasm
in welcoming the foreign observers.

Last April 23 it was reported in the newspapers that the U.S. would be
sending not just 50, but 100 observers to monitor the coming election.
The observer team, the reports said, would be coming over under the
auspices of the USAID in cooperation with the Consortium for Elections and
Political Processes Strengthening (CEPPS).

This time Malacañang, through deputy presidential spokesperson Ricardo
Saludo, is trying to take some distance from the foreign poll watchers.

“All the monitoring arrangements need some concurrence from the
(Comelec), which has to clarify whether such an undertaking would compromise
our sovereignty and the independence of the electoral process,” said
Saludo, apparently unaware that the proposal to invite foreign poll
observers had been approved by the Comelec months before.

Crispin Beltran, chair and first nominee of the party-list group
Anakpawis, has criticized the forthcoming presence of U.S. election observers
saying: “The U.S. should not be allowed to interfere in the May
elections. The US. can only be up to no good by sending its observers who are,
no doubt, operatives of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). They
have an ulterior agenda, and no doubt this agenda is in line with the U.S.
efforts to maintain its stranglehold and influence over Philippine
politics and government.”

A closer look at the background of the observer team gives reason to
believe Beltran’s statement.

Observing the observers

The CEPPS is composed of the NDI, the IRI, and the International
Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).

The NDI, which had offered to lead the international monitoring group,
is not new to Philippine elections.

In 1986, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan also sent an observer team
(which included the NDI) to monitor the snap presidential elections
called by Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was under intense
public pressure to resign.

Said Reagan in a statement on Jan. 30 that year: “This election is of
great importance to the future of democracy in the Philippines, a major
friend and ally of the United States in the Pacific. It comes at a time
when the Philippines is struggling with the urgent need to reestablish
a political consensus, restructure the economy, and rebuild a sense of
military professionalism.”

Marcos had been forced to call a snap election to prove that his
government still held the interests and mandate of the Filipino people, amid
armed and legal opposition to the martial rule he imposed in 1972.

Marked by fraud and violence, the snap election was widely denounced
and the U.S. observer team joined in condemning the official results.
Public indignation came to a head in the next few weeks, leading to
Marcos’ ouster through a people-power revolt on Feb. 25 and the installation
of his opponent, Corazon Aquino, into the presidency.

Aiding “democracy”

In its website, the NDI is described thus: “The National Democratic
Institute for International Affairs…is a (non-profit) organization working
to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide. Calling on a global
network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and
political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and
institutions. NDI works with democrats in every region of the world to build
political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote
citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.”

The NDI thus appears to be a neutral entity with the sole mission of
fostering democracy throughout the world. But its background reveals much
more than meets the eye.

The NDI, identifying itself with the U.S. Democratic Party, is one of
four organizations affiliated with the National Endowment for Democracy
(NED), an organization funded by the U.S. government ostensibly to
“carry out democracy initiatives” internationally. Other organizations
affiliated with the NED are: the IRI, representing the U.S. Republican
Party; the Center for Private International Enterprise (CPIE, US Chamber of
Commerce), and the Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI, American
Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations).

Beyond “democratic” rhetoric

Created by the U.S. Congress in 1983, the NED promotes the doctrines of
minimal government intervention in the economy or free-market
economics, class “cooperation,” “pluralism,” and opposition to socialism. It
propagates the “virtues” of the American economic and political system
among the influential sectors of its target countries, making sure that
socialist ideas do not gain ground. For its work, the NED receives from
the U.S. government an annual budget of some $33 million, which it
channels to the four foundations affiliated with it and from these to
professional and employers’ associations, universities, media, judiciaries,
churches, and certain “dissident” movements.

Contrary to the democratic facade that is provided by its name, the NED
has been known to support authoritarian governments in the Philippines
and other Asian countries, as well as in South and Central America, and
other regions — while toppling duly elected ones. In 1991, Allen
Weinstein, one of those who drafted the law creating the NED, said: “A lot of
what we do today was done 25 years ago by the CIA (Central Intelligence
Agency).” The NED has worked closely with the CIA in covert operations,
such as the failed CIA-instigated plot against Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez in April 2002.

The plot against Chavez’s nationalist government in 2002 is reminiscent
of the CIA plot against the left-leaning government of Salvador Allende
in Chile in 1973. Supported by the CIA, the Chilean military staged a
coup against the democratically elected Allende government, resulting in
the Chilean president’s assassination and the installation into power
of the fascist Augusto Pinochet.

The true colors of the NED become more obvious when one takes into
account the fact that among the members of its Board of Directors are Dr.
Francis Fukuyama of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and
Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research (AEI).

The PNAC is an institute openly advocating U.S. global leadership. In
its Statement of Principles, signed June 3, 1997 by Fukuyama and others,
the PNAC declares thus: “We need to accept responsibility for America’s
unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly
to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.” It also speaks of
the need “to challenge regimes hostile to our (U.S.) interests and
values.” The PNAC promotes the Reaganite doctrine of active intervention in
other countries.

The AEI describes itself as a “think tank” devoted to “preserving and
strengthening” what it calls the “foundations of freedom” — limited
government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions,
and a strong foreign policy and national defense — through scholarly
research, open debate, and publications.

The “scholars” associated with the PNAC and the AEI, such as Fukuyama
and Novak, are among the most vocal defenders of U.S. Pres. George W.
Bush’s global interventionist policies.

Marcos and U.S. observers

The U.S. has always paid lip service to democracy, but it has never
balked at supporting anti-democratic regimes that are friendly to its
economic and foreign policy interests, while at the same time working
against democratic governments that assert national sovereignty. As former
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said of a certain Latin
American dictator, “He may be a son of a bitch, as long as he is our son
of a bitch.”

In the Philippine context, the U.S. has always maintained a policy of
supporting dictators that are friendly to its economic and foreign
policy interests. The U.S. still supported the Marcos administration at the
height of martial law, when state forces violated civil liberties and
other human rights with the highest impunity.

Marcos was the fair-haired boy of the U.S. while he was an able
protector of U.S. interests in controlling the economy of the Philippines and
influencing its politics and military.

In a number of media interviews, Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo has said
that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is represented by the CPIE in
the NED, was one of the first entities to congratulate Marcos upon the
declaration of martial law. In 1973 George Bush, father of the present
U.S. president and then U.S. vice president, said to Marcos: “We love
your adherence to democracy.”

The servility of the Marcos regime to U.S. interests generated a social
crisis which fanned the flames of dissent. To avert the revolutionary
tide, Marcos imposed martial law in 1972. Armed and, later, legal
opposition to authoritarian rule forced Marcos to make a pro-forma lifting of
martial law in 1981. But U.S. support for his government continued up
to the last days of February 1986, when the broad resistance to his
continued leadership had come to a head and already constituted a
considerable danger to the U.S. interests he was serving.

Crucial points

It is within this framework that the NDI offer to lead a team of
observers to monitor the May 10 presidential elections must be viewed. For
all its pretensions to safeguarding democracy, the observer team which
will monitor the May 10 elections will be doing so with the objective of
protecting the US. agenda of continuing its domination of the
Philippine economy, politics and military; and ensuring that whoever will next
sit in Malacañang will be a loyal accomplice in its quest for global
“leadership.” That is clear from the NDI’s affiliations.

It is only now, since 1986, that the U.S. is once again sending a
monitoring group to take watch over the Philippine electoral process. There
are similarities between 1986 and 2004; at no other points in
contemporary Philippine history have there been surrogate regimes so loyal to
the U.S. and at the same time so alienated from the people.

Like the Marcos regime, the Arroyo government is distinguished for
unleashing a crisis upon the Filipino people with its degree of servility
to the U.S. agenda.

Under the aegis of U.S.-imposed pro-globalization policies, the Arroyo
government has been wiping away all regulation of foreign investment,
at the expense of the people’s livelihood and the country’s environment.
Because of this, local enterprises have been closing down at alarming
rates due to unfair competition, exacerbating the unemployment problem.
The “right” of profit repatriation that foreign investors, without
obligation to transfer technology, have been enjoying at levels previously
unimaginable is worsening the decapitalization of the Philippine
economy and swelling the foreign debt.

Meanwhile its support to the U.S. interventionist agenda, which it has
been giving without being asked, is risking the lives of Filipinos
overseas. Filipino workers abroad have been subjected to hate attacks in
countries opposing the U.S. wars of aggression, as they are perceived to
be also supportive of it like their government.

All these have unleashed a wave of public outrage against the Arroyo
administration — an outrage that has expressed itself in numerous mass
protests

The NDI-led observer team may well be expected to lend legitimacy to
the May elections, by pronouncing its results as “credible” when the
circumstances favor U.S. interests. Right now the U.S. is still seen as
supportive of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo whose recent actions, such
as the sacking of a Comelec public information officer who pointed out
her violations of election laws in the conduct of her campaign, are
seen as indicative of a pattern of fraud. It was no less than Bush who
last year encouraged Arroyo to run in the May elections, some five months
after public discontent forced her to appease the people by declaring
she would not run.

On the other hand, the U.S. Congress and State Department have recently
come out with statements criticizing the Arroyo government for
incompetence in the face of corruption and terrorism. This developed just as
anti-Arroyo forces from both the Left and the mainstream opposition have
been gravitating toward a broad front against her.

Rewind

U.S. interference in Philippine elections is not new. In fact, the
entire Philippine electoral system traces its roots to the U.S. occupation.

The U.S. occupation of the Philippines was part of a larger drive for
additional markets for the products of American factories.

In the latter part of the 19th century, the U.S. economy experienced a
rapid industrial growth, characterized by an increase in manufactured
goods which outran the demand for these. In the words of Sen. John F.
Miller: “The time has now come…when new markets are necessary...in order
to keep our factories running.”

The expansion campaign was one that took the U.S. to the Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and Cuba. U.S. forces took part in the Philippine war
against Spanish colonialism in 1898, supposedly to help free the Filipinos,
only to set up an occupation government in 1901.

The U.S. occupation of the Philippines, although clearly in the
furtherance of American corporate interests, was justified with the guise of
“tutelage in the democratic way of life.” In line with this, the U.S.
established an electoral system in the Philippines.

The first Philippine elections were held in 1907. In these elections to
the National Assembly, only propertied men 21 years old and above, and
able to write or speak Spanish or English, were eligible to vote and
qualified to run. The U.S. tapped the local elite for “national”
leadership as historically, moneyed classes in colonized countries have tended
to collaborate with occupying powers in order to retain their positions
of social privilege.

The next decades would see the further entrenchment of a Philippine
elite leadership serving as the local appendage of U.S. imperialism.

Direct U.S. occupation of the Philippines continued until 1946, when
independence was “granted” after decades of determined struggle by the
Filipino people, but the Philippines continues to be bound by economic
and military “agreements” which shape Philippine policies to ensure that
these will be favorable to the U.S. agenda.

In the post-“independence” setting, the U.S. has interfered in the
electoral process whenever personalities or parties it considered threats
to its interests surfaced.

In 1946 the U.S. supported moves to unseat from Congress six elected
members of the Democratic Alliance (DA), a broad formation of leftist
elements and progressive liberals united on the program of assertion of
sovereignty and advancement of nationalist industrialization. Staunch
opponents of the Bell Trade Act which granted U.S. corporations equal
“rights” with Filipino businessmen in exploiting the country’s economic
resources, the DA’s representatives constituted a block to a two-thirds
vote on the said bill. President Manuel Roxas and his political allies,
with the aid of the U.S., filed ouster cases against the DA
representatives on spurious grounds of electoral “terrorism.” They succeeded in
unseating them and the Bell Trade Act was able to pass in Congress.

The late 1940s and early 1950s saw the emergence of Claro M. Recto, a
brilliant statesman who advocated nationalist industrialization and an
independent foreign policy. As a senator in 1953-57, he came into
frequent clashes with President Ramon Magsaysay, a staunch U.S. ally. When
Recto competed against Magsaysay in the 1957 presidential elections, the
CIA orchestrated a sophisticated smear campaign against him and his
running mate Lorenzo Tañada. At the same time it built up the candidacy of
Magsaysay, organizing and funding the National Movement for Free
Elections which served the dual purpose of a pro-Magsaysay propaganda arm and
election “monitor.”

It worked; Recto and Tañada were badly defeated.

Carlos P. Garcia emerged from that election as the new president —
Magsaysay having perished in a plane crash while on the campaign trail.
Though far more moderate than Recto, he adopted certain parts of the
latter’s economic program, embarking on a Filipino First Policy. For this,
the Garcia administration suffered from continuous U.S. harassment and
almost met its end through CIA-supported coup attempts.

No illusions

The Philippine electoral system creates an illusion of empowerment
among the Filipino people. It is always projected as a “civilized” way of
effecting change in the country’s conditions.

But throughout the Philippines’ history, the Filipino people’s will has
always ended up in the dustbin of the electoral process. Philippine
elections have always served to lend a semblance of legitimacy to the
leadership of politicians from classes with a historical record of
willingness to sacrifice the national welfare for the sake of U.S. economic and
foreign policy interests. The emergence of leaders constituting a
counter-current to the status quo has invariably been met with maneuvers by
the U.S. and its local henchmen.

The coming presidential elections should not be expected to be any
different. As it has always been, the U.S. bet is a sure winner and he or
she who dares to go against the flow from within the existing framework
may very well expect to be harassed in various ways. The U.S. is the
real decision-maker in the present Philippine electoral process; no one
has been able to ascend to Malacañang, and stay there, without its
blessings.

There should thus be no illusion on the part of the electorate that by
depending entirely on the present electoral process, the people can
catapult into power a leadership decidedly committed to the national
interest. Such a leadership can only come to power through the concerted
action of the Filipino people to break the chains of Philippine bondage to
the U.S. economic and foreign policy agenda. People’s Media Center
Reports

Sources:

1. Barbara Mae Dacanay with Estrella Torres, “Commission on Elections
Agrees with Arroyo Plan to Invite International Observers,” Gulf News,
Feb. 22, 2004

2. Jerome Aning with Inquirer wires, “U.S. to Field 50 Observers to
Monitor May Elections,” Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 26, 2004

3. Concepcion Paez, “Guess Who’s Coming to Our Elections?” Newsbreak,
March 29, 2004

4. Maila Ager, “2 Foreign Groups Sign Up to Monitor May 10 Election,”
Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2004

5. “Anakpawis Presses Arroyo to Prohibit the Entry and Interference of
U.S. Intelligence Experts in the May 10 Polls,” Anakpawis News Release,
April 24, 2004

6. Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., “U.S. Sending 100 Observers to Monitor RP
Polls,” Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2004

7. United States Agency for International Development,
http://www.usaid.gov/

8. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs,
http://www.ndi.org/

9. National Endowment for Democracy, http://www.ned.org/

10. Roland G. Simbulan, The Bases of Our Insecurity, Second Edition,
Quezon City: BALAI Fellowship, Inc., 1985

11. Bobby Tuazon, Edberto Villegas, Jose Enrique Africa, Paul Quintos,
Ramon Guillermo, Jayson Lamchek, and Edwin Licaros, Unmasking the War
on Terror: U.S. Imperialist Hegemony and Crisis, Quezon City: Center for
Anti-Imperialist Studies, 2002

12. Project for the New American Century, http://www.pnac.org/

13. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
http://www.aei.org/

14. Renato Constantino, The Philippines: A Past Revisited, Manila: Tala
Publishing Corporation, 1975

15. Renato Constantino and Letizia R. Constantino, The Philippines: The
Continuing Past, Manila: Foundation for Nationalist Studies, 1978

16. R.E. Felicia, Walang Ilusyon sa Eleksyon: Praymer sa Eleksyon ng
Mayo 2004, Manila: Institute of Political Economy, February 2004

--
People's Media Center
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e-mail: pmc@philippineissues.org
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2004-05-08T16:42:00.000+08:00

greenminds update, emergency GA MIA, tambayan cleaners, designation of members

greenminds update

hehe ..mukhang ok ang ilang greenminds sa suggestion of "merging " for Tambuli:

--- In upgreenminds_ang_saya_saya_no@yahoogroups.com, brian_outside sniper wrote:
> Great jerry. Now youre really impressing me. Tell you
> what. Why dont you bring up that stuff on saturdays
> sem planning. I do hope you can come. If not, sana you
> can assign a deputy. Hope that ok with you. Kee up the
> good work dude. God bless.
>
> bien here!

if the other greenminds approve of the suggestion,(i'm heading the up gm print committee) plano ko sana na 1 or 2 environmental investigative reports at 1 greenminds article on their history and activities ang isama sa Tambuli. naisip ko na rin na baka magandang idea rin kung lalagay tayo ng feature about our org sa Tambuli.

para sa ibang di maka-relate. i suggested to ate kate the idea of merging the two orgs for the paper as we will also be needing environmental reports. ang original plan sa greenminds eh mag-put up ng isang news magazine (i.e. Verdant) na ipupublish this December. pero na-realize ko na mas malaki ang probability na basahin ang paper that will tackle a variety of issues kaysa isang mag na about environmental issues lang, not to mention kung gaano kahirap maghanap ang mga taong may acads ng mga reports about the environment para i-fit sa isang mag. kapag pumayag sila, the greenminds and the UJPips ay magkasalo sa pera, sa publicity, sa rcognition at syempre sa advocacy.

let's pray na pumayag sila.:)

emergency GA

ate kate, sorry dahil malabo akong makapunta sa sunday dahil i have work--tagabantay ng computer shop ng tita ko (astig 'no?). di ako pwedeng umabsent kasi pang-augment ng pera ko yun para sa summer classes ko.sana ok lang. lagi naman akong nasa GA at alam kong nakasawa na ko..hehehe..saka kailangan ko pang lumayo sa maraming tao dahil may bipolar disorder ako..:(

pero dahil baka hindi ako makakapunta, may regalo ako sa'yo..hehehe

tambayan cleaners

every friday po ito,in this order:

kate-kathryn
lawrence-paul
camille-erika
rey-maya
almi-stox
jerald-liezl
hallel-glen
emman-rachel
ryan-frank
jaypee-joanne
kirk-twinkle
mau-shayne
irish-jacqui
hallel-glen

designation of committee members
for approval ng napakagandang UJP chair

cvcc (sino pa ba?)
-kate
-almi

secretariat (emman)
-kathryn..kita knong nagtatake down notes nung sem planning
-liezl...tagagawa ng kalendaryo ni emman
-shayne.. hinhamon ko kayo kung ilang pages ng logbook ang naubos nya ;)

membership (jerald)
-lawrence..perhaps wasn't a good app but he doesn't believe in power tripping..
-rey..likewise (but he was a good app;))
-glen..may makakkatalo pa ba sa preseentation nila ni mich?sana..;)

information and propaganda(jaypee)
-kirk..publicity materials?san pa?
-hallel..1.5 kay Khan (j102)..nuff said..
-mau..campus journal experience

education (twinkle)
-maya..sabi nya dapat i-revisee yung tungkol sa pag-rerevise ng consti..
-frank...profound.
-rachel..ditto.

finance(joanne)
-jacqui..IP sana pero dahil graduating mas effective sa Fin..not to mention ma-bread si ms. ong..hehehe
-camille..nakuha nya ang kaplan..
-erika..can't think of a reason..kahit saan pwede..slot filler :)

ad hoc (irish)
-ryan..journ rep..pwede umattend ng stand up meetings..
-stox..tagpaypay ng isaw..bow..hehe..joke! mabuting pagkakataon para sagutin ang hamon sa kanya..
-paul..slot filler din
-the probe-y team (tet,deneb,ten,aika)
>dahil sa kanilang probationary status, mas effective sila sa ad hoc (i think) para hindi mag-coconflict sa application nila. sila bale ang "reservist" ng unyon.

oian,sana lang makatulog ako sa hindi pagdalo ng eemeergency GA..at sana hindi na ko nagiging OA! miss ko kayo!:)

~meteorcrasher

2004-05-07T17:13:00.000+08:00

emergency GA

okay lang ba na mag-emergency GA tayo ng may 16, Sunday, regarding yung minutes ng student council meeting na inattendan ni Irish?

please post sa egroup or text me your replies to this proposal. thanks.

jerry - patext brig naman jan regarding this.

Proposed date of GA: Sunday, May 16, 2004
Time: Lunch meet (1130)
Place: McDo Philcoa na lang. :)

salamat po.

***

ate wilan - invite ko po kayo sa egroup. :)

2004-05-05T19:20:00.000+08:00

uy astig alumni post!

yaaay! :) welcome ate nich sa blog! :) yung ibang alumni na tinanggap na yung invite for the blog, sana mag-post na rin :)

naiintriga po kami sa Tawag Ka Gang. hehehe. :)

ako na po ata ang pinakagaga dito sa org. yang mga bata, mababait yang mga yan :) di umiinom, di nagyoyosi, mababait talaga :) kailangan pang demonyohin, hehehhe.

joke lang. (yung part na kailangang demonyohin... ahihi)

post naman ng mga mahahabang bangag na kwento jan... ;)

2004-05-03T00:16:00.000+08:00

Wow ganito pala pag blog!

Ang masasabi ko lang ay ang ujp lang po ang kaisa-isang org na nagpa-iyak sa kin!!! Huhuhu! Eh kasi naman ito yung unang org na in-applyan ko. At first interview pa yun nung umiyak ako. Pero nung 2nd interview and induction di na ko umiyak! :) Anyways, it was all worth it naman kasi ok naman tong org na to. (Kahit lagi akong absent sa GA. Haha!) Best of luck sa mga activities nyo! Mukha namang masisipag kayo eh.

Yun lang po.

-- nic",)h --

2004-05-01T22:01:00.000+08:00

upload update: ujp propaganda

click here.

also updated that page. *grin* yay. does this make me a good webmistress? *wink*

anyway - welcome po sa mga alumni na kasali na dito sa blog! :D post naman kayo! :D

2004-05-01T19:51:00.000+08:00

greenminds print comm + ujp ip comm = tambuli (?)

ate kate, i just told the greenminds of my suggestion of "merging" for the paper. hinihintay ko lang yung sagot nila.

para sa iba na hindi maka-relate,sinuggest ko kay ate kate kung pwedeng ngang mag-"merge" ang two orgs para sa paper. ang original plan kasi sa greenminds eh mag-rerelease ng annual news magazine that would tackle environmental issues (i.e. Verdant). naisip ko magiging ok sa greenminds at ujp yung suggestion. yung advocacy ng greemninds maee-exercise sa pagcocontribute sa Tambuli. maglaan na lang tayo ng sections na pang-greenminds para ma-recognize rin sila.

another good thing eh magiging kasalo natin sila sa paghanap ng pera (kahit nga lang sa paper lang na'to)

at syempre masusunod (lack of word) natin yung nakasulat sa ujp consti sa pagkakaroon ng ugnayan sa ibang org.

saka parehong naniniwala ang dalawang orgs sa advocacy journalism. (greenminds was formed by prof. rara dahil sa kakulangan ng advocacy journ sa environment issues)

greenminds site

2004-05-01T00:06:00.000+08:00

updates

na-invite ko na po sa blog sina ate nichelle at ate edith. :) invite ko rin po sa egroup sina ate gladyz at kuya charlie. :)

email niyo po kami for ujp info you can share (ujp stories, corrections, contacts, etc):

kate - thegshift@yahoo.com
jerald (memcomm) - jerald_gwapo@yahoo.com
emman (secretariat, re-electionist, hehe) - francoemmanvoncena@yahoo.com

yun lang po. :)

2004-04-26T19:00:00.000+08:00

alumni hunt

ininvite ko po sa egroups si kuya jp (ang orig!) at si ate arlene (na hindi ko pa po na-a-add sa budyong... pasensha na po, malapit ko na pong ayusin yung page na yun, promise).. :)

ate edith - pwede pong pa-email ng members list na nasa inyo po? :) marami pong salamat. :)

congrats ulit sa mga graduates ng 2004 - marami-rami rin kayong may utang na blowout ah! :)

2004-04-25T11:31:00.000+08:00

ujp congratulates batch 2004!

ngayong araw na ito, 8 ujp members ang a-attend ng graduation rites. may mga ushers din na ujp ata - sino-sino nga ba? sina ryan ata eh usher. anyway...

so - karol, charlie, francine, rhea, liezl, jeff, sheila, at rizza - congratulations! yiheeee alumni na sila, ehehehe.. at oist, bumili ng ORGshirt! hehehee...

on other news... sabi ni ma'am leila, maraming ujp alumni ang lawyers na ngayon... hmmm -

nais po namin silang makilala. :) kung may nakakaalam po ng kanilang mga pangalan, maaari ay paki-email po ako o ang memcomm head naming si jerald.

marami pong salamat. :)

again, back to the graduates - CONGRATS! BLOW OUT! hehhehee...

2004-04-23T23:23:00.000+08:00

ujp alumni, whooooohoooo!!!

una po sa lahat - lubos ko pong ikinatutuwa ang inyong pagdaan dito po sa blog... =) lately po, lagi ko pong kasama si ma'am leila salaverria sa WPD/NBI beat.

=) pasensha na po kung wala sa list si ate arlene... i-add ko po kayo sa Budyong =)

anyway.

yes, there are plans to release an org shirt - batch project po ito ng tatlong batches since 2002. plano po namin sana makabili kayong mga alumni... tulong na rin po para bongga ang 16th UJP Week :) [mahirap din po kasing tapatan ang 50th anniversary ng UPJC, hehehe :)]

plano rin po naming mag-organize *sana* ng alumni homecoming... ito na po ang simula ng aming intense alumni-trail-hunt... hehehe.. :) salamat naman po at kahit papaano ay nahanap namin kayo... :)

there are other ways we could hook up - invite po namin kayo sa egroup namin right now sa UJP, ok lang po ba? gagamitin ko po yung addresses na iniwan niyo sa tagboard.. :)

anyway. yun lang po.

mabuhay ang UJP! :)

2004-04-21T19:59:00.000+08:00

once a ujpip...always a ujpip!

hello sa mga alumni na dumaan! (nichelle, arlene, maressa,gladyz, edith, juniora, jp,and rhea) magpasalamat tayo sa bagong ujp chair na si kate pedroso dahil nagpagod syang gawin ang blog site na ito para sa ujpips both old and new!hehehe..isipin nyo naman, handcoded po ang site na ito.

alumni can also check out the previous site while this one is still under construction.

ate kate, wala raw si ate Arlene R. Obmerga sa list ng budyong...:)

e..di maganda at naayos pa ang records natin! hehehe..buti na lang web goddess ang ujp chair..;)

ako nga pala si jerald (pag mature). jerry ngayon dahil isip bata na naman ako..hehehe.sa kasamaang palad, ako ang memcomm head..may blog rin ako just click this line.

o diba high tech. sa pagkakaalam ko ako ang unang gwapong memcomm head (not to mention mayabang)..hehehe..kami nga pala ang bagong unyon...as in bago.;)

welcome sa lahat!
advocacy and training...know where you're AT.

2004-04-19T14:09:00.000+08:00

makigulo, makisaya!

that sounded a lot like a press release for me hehehehe... thanks jerald. *grin*

anyway. sa mga gustong makigulo - yes, kailangan ng blogger account. i'll invite you guys, para mas masaya tayo dito...

posting guidelines: *dyaraaaaaaaan!*

this blog will most likely serve as a message board for anything org-related - don't worry, my personal angst goes into my personal blog hehe *wink* para maayos.

yung minutes ng GA's malamang dito rin. para mas madaling i-disseminate. mas marami na kasi tayo ngayon, at hindi maiiwasang hindi maka-attend ng GA yung iba... paki-kalat na lang ng impormasyon...

will be posting the minutes of the semplanning here soon. :) as for the pictures... well... di ko pa naaayos hehehe... plano ko isasabay ko na yung pictorial sa june12.

i guess that's it, for now.

this is it - disisais, here we come!

2004-04-18T17:27:00.000+08:00

a word from the meteorcrasher

the web goddess never stops.

yet another magnum opus coming from the html coding mistress cum ujp chair kate pedroso, this blog will present just how internet savvy the ujpips are.( except for adan, who claims not to have an internet access :) ako rin naman eh).

i can't wait to see entries coming from different ujp generations from silakbo to sanduguan. i know that this would be another hotspot for ujpips, simultaneously surfing friendster. come to think of it, this blog might be the fave blog of people abroad. today: ujp tomorrow:the world

bwahahahaha! we're gonna rule the world! bwahahahaha

jerry--bent on world domination...:)

2004-04-18T12:51:00.000+08:00

co-administrators

hey. i invited paul and jerry. :) kung may gustong makigulo sa blog na UJPip, pakitag lang sa board, at pakisulat ang email address :)

will post guidelines on posting sometime soon. in a rush right now, going back to diliman in... uh, 20 mins. :)

the propaganda part and the galleries are still on the works. and i forgot to take note of the script for the archives. damn. pare-pareho lang ba yun for all blogs? next week ko na lang problemahin, hehe.

2004-04-17T19:31:00.000+08:00

Ahe. UJP blog. *grin*

Still doing the individual profiles. Wala pa akong picture ng Sanduguan (tear.) Hope to publish the galleries as Sony Imagestation photo albums. Watcha think? *grin*