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Initial probe: Walang nakaligtas sa tumaob na Chinese fishing vessel

Venus L Peñaflor
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Initial probe: Walang nakaligtas sa tumaob na Chinese fishing vessel

5 Pilipino kabilang sa 39 na namatay sa tumaob na Chinese fishing vessel sa Indian Ocean

BEIJING. Walang nakaligtas matapos itumba ang isang bangkang pangingisda na may kasamang 39 na tripulante mula sa China, Indonesia, at Pilipinas noong nakaraang linggo sa Indian Ocean, ayon sa inisyal na pagsisiyasat ng China na inilabas noong Martes.

Ang Chinese fishing vessel ay tumaob noong Mayo 16, na may 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesians, at limang Pilipinong sakay.

“Batay sa pagsusuri ng pagka-umango ng barko… sa kasalukuyan ay pinag-aaralang walang nakaligtas mula sa barko,” sabi ng transport ministry ng Beijing sa isang opisyal na social media post.

“From an analysis of the ship’s capsizing… it is preliminarily judged that there are no survivors from the ship,” ayon sa official post ng Beijing’s transport ministry sa social media.

Ang bangka ay tumaob sa loob ng malawakang search-and-rescue na rehiyon ng Australia, 5,000 kilometro (2,700 nautical miles) kanluran ng Perth, ang state capital ng Western Australia.

Nag ulat ang Chinese state media noong Lunes na pitong bangkay ang natagpuan ng mga rescue vessels ng China at Sri Lanka, ngunit hindi binanggit ang nasyonalidad ng mga nasawi.

Tumulong ang Australia sa pamamagitan ng pagpapadala ng tatlong eroplano at apat na barko upang makipagtulungan sa pandaigdigang mga pagsisikap sa paghahanap at pagliligtas.

Nabawasan na ang operasyon ng pagliligtas sa isang “48-hour small-scale investigation” simula Martes ng umaga, ayon sa transport ministry ng China.

Naghanap na ang mga rescuer sa isang lugar na may sukat na 64,000 square kilometers (18,700 square nautical miles), at “wala silang natagpuang anumang palatandaan ng mga nakaligtas,” ayon sa ministry.

Nadiskubre ang distress beacon ng bangkang pangingisda noong nakaraang linggo habang ang Bagyong Fabian ay nagdala ng mga alon na umabot sa pitong metro at hangin na umabot sa 120 kilometro bawat oras sa lugar.

Dahil sa masamang lagay ng panahon, hindi agad naipatupad ang rescue operations matapos nagbabala ang Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) sa Canberra tungkol sa “mapanganib” na lagay ng panahon.

“The shipwreck’s condition shows no obvious change from the previous day, and is gradually drifting northeast,” ayon sa ministry.

“The shipwreck’s condition shows no obvious change from the previous day, and is gradually drifting northeast,” dagdag pa nila.

Ang bumaligtad na bangkang ito ay pag-aari ng Penglai Jinglu Fishery Company, isa sa mga pangunahing state-run fishing firm ng China.

Sinabi sa North Pacific Fisheries Commission, pinahintulutan itong mangisda ng neon flying squid at Pacific saury.

Ayon sa MarineTraffic na website na nagtutukoy sa lokasyon ng mga sasakyang pandagat, ito ay umalis mula sa Cape Town sa South  Aprika noong Mayo 5 patungong Busan sa South Korea.

Ang huling natukoy na lokasyon ng fishing boat ay noong ika-10 ng Mayo sa timog-silangan ng Reunion, isang maliit na French island sa Indian Ocean.

Ang Penglai Jinglu Fishery ay nagpapatakbo rin ng mga operasyon sa pangisda ng squid at tuna sa international waters, kabilang ang Indian Ocean at mga dagat sa paligid ng Latin America.

Kabilang ang 5 Pinoy sa namatay

Lima sa mga Pilipinong marino ay kasama sa 39 crew members na namatay, ayon sa pagtitiyak ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) kahapon.

Ayon sa ulat ng PCG, ang impormasyon ay ibinahagi ng Transport Minister ng China na si Li Xiaopeng.

“We are saddened by this development. Since day one, we have been monitoring and coordinating with the Australian Maritime Rescue Center and the Chinese Embassy as to the progress of the search and rescue (SAR) operations,” ayon sa pahayag ni CG Rear Admiral Armand Balilo, tagapagsalita ng PCG.

Sinabi ni Balilo na kasalukuyang nakikipag-usap na ang PCG sa Department of Foreign Affairs upang talakayin ang anumang tulong na maibibigay sa mga pamilya ng mga namatayan.

Tatlong miyembro ng NPA ang sumuko sa pamahalaan sa Laguna, Quezon

Arman B. Cambe
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Tatlong miyembro ng NPA ang sumuko sa pamahalaan sa Laguna, Quezon

Calamba City, Laguna. Ang mga ito ay nag-operate sa mga nasabing lalawigan at nagpasyang kalimutan na ang armadong pakikibaka. Naganap ang kanilang pagsuko kahapon matapos makipag-ugnayan sa Laguna 402nd Maneuver Company ng Regional Mobile Force Battalion 4A.

Sa pahayag ni Police Brig.General Carlito Gaces, direktor ng Calabarzon Regional Police 4A, kinilala ang tatlong sumuko na sina Restituto Prado, kilalang bilang “Nicole”, na miyembro ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Laguna-Ganap na kasapi (GK); Jeffrey Abig, 27 anyos, isang political guide at miyembro ng Platun Sol, Sub Regional Military Area 4-B; at Valian Palenzuela, 51 anyos, ng Platun Reymark na nag-o-operate sa Quezon.

Sinabi ni Prado na siya ay hinikayat ng isang Ka “Tashie” na sumali sa Kalipunan ng mga Bagong Alyansang Makabayan noong 2007 at naatasang maglingkod sa Macalelon, Quezon sa ilalim ng Apolonio Mendoza Command.

Samantala, sina Abig at Palenzuela ay sumuko sa 2nd Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company sa Lopez, Quezon sa ilalim ng programa ng pamahalaan na “Coplan Greyhound”.

Kasabay ng kanilang pagsuko, ibinigay ng tatlong NPA ang kanilang carbine rifle, magazine, 11 live ammunitions, hand grenade, homemade shotgun, isang cal.45, isang M1911, isang cal.38, at mga bala.

‘Tama na, sobra na, ibigay na sa iba’: PBBM aware of complications but keeps Agri portfolio anyway

DC Alviar
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‘Tama na, sobra na, ibigay na sa iba’: PBBM aware of complications but keeps Agri portfolio anyway

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” —Philippians 2:3-4 (KJV)

I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. —1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NLT)

Has anyone ever stated that PBBM works well in agriculture, and if so, why? First off, following are quotable quotes, including that of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. Listen to himself he should. I repeat, to himself (on the sixth and last quote).

“The president should reconsider his position and appoint a competent person who would take charge of the DA, end all controversies in the department, and focus on helping farmers and ensuring adequate food supply in the country…As clearly shown by the situation in the DA, it is very difficult to do all of those responsibilities and at the same time focus on the myriad of programs that must be handled by the DA Secretary.” —Sen. Risa Hontiveros,18 Aug 2022

“I can’t understand why Marcos took the job of concurrent agriculture secretary (which no other president has done) when he really hasn’t any experience in managing a huge bureaucracy nor does he have any expertise in agricultural production. Hubris, that only he alone could do the job? … Contrast his single visit to the Agriculture department to the 18 ‘social and leisure’ activities (five birthday parties) he has attended in and outside the Palace In effect, rather than things ‘moving quickly’ for the Agriculture department, these have all stopped, leaderless.” —Ex-Cabinet Secretary RigobertoTiglao Jr., 14 Oct 2022

“The president is seriously considering several people to appoint on a permanent basis or regular basis who will represent or minister the DA portfolio. But he has not yet signified to us that he is ready to announce his decision.” —Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, 23 Nov 2022

“Some sectors, Mr. ES, are urging the president because of the need for food production and food security, that he must already appoint a permanent secretary for the Department of Agriculture so the president can focus on more important other issues as leader of this country.” —Rep.Rodante Marcoleta (Sagip party-list), 23 Nov 2022

“However, all these cannot be implemented if the most important issue in the sector is not addressed. The DA lacks a leader who can supervise operations in the sector on a full-time, daily basis. President Marcos insists that being concurrent agriculture secretary will directly address problems afflicting the sector. How can he do this if he is busy with other important tasks such as national security, more so if he is often abroad selling the Philippines as an investment destination or attending to his foreign policy obligations as head of state?

“It is clear that the President cannot personally run the agriculture department 24/7. If agriculture is truly close to his heart, what he needs to do is appoint a trusted individual to helm the DA, someone personally close with a direct line to him. He can now name highly qualified allies who ran but lost in the May elections last year as the one-year ban on their appointment has lapsed.

“And his first marching order for a full-time DA secretary should be to clean up the department and its attached agencies such as the BPI of scalawags. Only then will the DA perform as it should and the agriculture sector contribute what it should to the economy.” —Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial, 22 May 2023

“Hindi, kailangan eksperto sa agrikultura. Agriculture is a very complicated subject. Hindi lang kung sino-sino basta’t magaling mag-manage. They have to understand the science… They have to understand the solution. They also have to understand the system… Unless, they’re involved in agriculture. Mayroon naman nag-retire diyan, they got heavily involved in agriculture, baka marunong na talaga sila, why not? … All the hard things, ‘yung mahirap gawin ngayon namin gagawin. Pag nagawa na namin ‘yung mga bucket list namin, natapos na namin, aalis na ako then I will give it to somebody else.” —PBBM, 20 Jan 2023

For its succinctness, the last quotable quote done four months ago is for his appropriate action (and for Bersamin’s announcement later). Or shall we say, here is the Agriculture chief reporting to the Chief Executive for his appropriate action?

The saga of a great writer and poet 

Melinda Bagsic Evangelista
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The saga of a great writer and poet 

(11th of a series)

All’s well that  ends well.  Kuya Pedring agreed with fatherly advice for us to love and cherish each other for as long as we live.  As we went out of the door, he kept on reminding Romy to be good.  

The following days, we became busy talking to our other prospective principal and secondary sponsors who all accepted our request with enthusiasm and genuine smiles. My daughter-in-law Marie accompanied me to my chosen local couturier for the wedding gown while my Publisher Dinah M. Carabio was the one who talked to the photographer, the make-up artist and the florist. Fiscal Ante Gonzales and his wife Joy sent me two sets of Barong Tagalog made of jusi for my sons Mike and Jeff who will be the ones to give me away, or shall I say escort me, on my wedding day.

 Tony Caballejo, Boyet Marcelo, Clemente Tenorio and the rest of the group of Palasig in Labak erected a large tent at the back of our house where they will cook all the foods that will be brought to the venue of the wedding at Tierra de Oro Resort. My friends and playmates since I was a child, Levinia “Levy” G. Mariano and Rosalia “Baby” F. Corcolon were the ones who prepared and arranged all the driftwoods and flowers for the makeshift altar.  The result was fantastic – beautifully and artistically  made!

I thought everything was okay but the wedding gown did not turn out as expected. Hence, Marie had to ask my couturier to rush another gown a day before the wedding.  That moment was stressful for all of us but Delia finished it just on time.

On the day of the wedding which is June 24, 2001, the entire dramatis personae arrived on time. All our Ninongs and Ninangs were present except for Judge Leonardo C. Paner who had to attend an equally important engagement in the United States.  Our lady secondary sponsors were all dressed in shimmering gold while the gentlemen were clad in Barong Tagalog.  We had two Little Brides that added to the delight of visitors – Cyrenne Kate P.Calanasan and  Heartleen R.  Albajera.

When the organ started to play for the commencement of the processional, everybody in the garden stood up to watch the beautiful ladies and the handsome gentlemen walking on the red carpet.  Atty. Amy Melba S. Belulia, my Maid of Honor was the first on the line followed by Fiscal Ante D. Gonzales  as Romy’s Best Man.  Everybody was in awe watching Atty. Amy as she walked like a queen – a kind of walk that will put to shame the famous walk of Catriona Grey.

To be continued

3 Quezonian, kinilala sa pag uuwi ng medalya sa SEA Games

Arman B. Cambe
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3 Quezonian, kinilala sa pag uuwi ng medalya sa SEA Games

Lucena City, Quezon. Tinanggap ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Quezon ang pagkilala para sa dalawang Quezonian na nagdala ng karangalan sa bansa mula sa kamakailang 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games na ginanap sa Cambodia.

Muling nagpamalas ng kanilang husay sa Soft Tennis ang magkapatid na Noelle Nikki Camille Zoleta at Noelle Conchita Corazon Zoleta-Manalac mula sa Lungsod ng Lucena.

Nakuha ni Noelle Nikki Camille ang Gintong Medalya para sa Team Event at Pilak na Medalya para sa Singles Category. Samantala, nagwagi naman ng gintong medalya si Noelle Conchita sa Team Event at Double Category.

Personal na kinilala nina Quezon Gov. Helen Tan at Vice Governor Third Alcala ang magkapatid at ibinigay sa kanila ang plake ng pagkilala at cash incentive bilang pagkilala sa kanilang tagumpay na inihatid sa kanilang probinsya.

Nag uwi naman ng bronze medal si Rogielyn Parado ng Mauban sa Women’s Standing Class C (55kg-60kg) competition at pinarangalan sa isang bukod na pagbisita ng atleta. 

Jose Art Tugade resigns as LTO chief due to differences with DOTr

Venus L Peñaflor
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Jose Art Tugade resigns as LTO chief due to differences with DOTr

Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Jose Art Tugade stepped down from his post on Monday due to “differences” with the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

In a statement posted by the Presidential Communications Office, Tugade said there were “differences” in the methods of the DOTr and the LTO on how to “succeed in serving the public.”

“For this reason, I am stepping down, so (Transportation) Sec. Jimmy Bautista will have the free hand to choose who he can work best with,” Tugade said.

“I will continue to root for the LTO’s success even as a private citizen, because I will always share in Sec. Bautista’s belief that our offices can be a formidable force for good in our country,” he added.

The LTO said Tugade’s resignation will take effect on June 1.

His resignation comes amid the shortage of plastic cards for driver’s license and the looming shortage of vehicle plates due to problems in the procurement process.

Such issues must be the top priority of the new leadership, Sen Grace Poe said.

Poe, who chairs the Senate committee on public services, also said she trusts Bautista to be on “top of the situation.”

“Whatever change in the LTO leadership should not compromise the current work of the agency and obligations to the public,” she added.

The lawyer and businessman was appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Nov. 14 last year, replacing Teofilo Guadiz III.

Before taking the LTO chief post, he was the acting general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority.

He is the son of Arthur Tugade, who served as Transportation Secretary in the Duterte administration. (CNN)

Statement of Land Transportaton Office (LTO) Chief Atty. Jose Art Tugade. (Source: Jayart Tugade/Facebook )

Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate

Venus L Peñaflor
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Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate

LA PAZ, Bolivia. Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by an escalating pedophilia scandal involving priests.

Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a leading member of the church’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrived in Bolivia on the same day as a former Jesuit seminarian landed in the country vowing to reveal more information about alleged cases of abuse.

The Bolivian Episcopal Conference said Bertomeu’s visit is not directly related to the recent sex abuse allegations but had been planned earlier to analyze “the progress made in the field of the culture of prevention” promoted by the Vatican.

Bertomeu arrived in Bolivia from Paraguay, where he had been investigating similar accusations against church officials and in 2018 he led the investigation into abuses committed by priests against minors in Chile.

The meetings in Bolivia “will be conducted in an atmosphere of profound closeness to all those who have been victims of the scourge of abuse in the Church,” the Episcopal Conference said in a statement.

Bertomeu “is a person of great trust to Pope Francis, who is responsible for addressing these issues, and he is coming to provide some guidance on how we can handle this issue, listen to and support the victims,” said Monsignor Giovani Arana, the Episcopal Conference’s secretary.

The visit comes soon after case of Spanish Jesuit Alfonso Pedrajas became public. According to a private diary accessed by the Spanish newspaper El País, Pedrajas allegedly abused about 85 minors in Catholic boarding schools in Bolivia in the 1970s and 1980s. He died of cancer in 2009.

The Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation, which remains confidential, and has called on victims to file complaints.

The Jesuit Society in Bolivia has apologized to the victims and pledged to support the investigation while denouncing Pedrajas’ superiors for an alleged cover up. Many of the superiors are no longer in office or have died.

Pedro Lima, a former Bolivian Jesuit seminarian considered an important witness, has vowed to cooperate with the investigation. His arrival in Bolivia coincide with Bertomeu’s.

“I am not only a witness but also a victim of abuses of power, sexual abuse, and abuse of conscience by the Jesuit Society in Bolivia,” Lima said upon his arrival in the Bolivian capital of La Paz on Monday to testify before the Prosecutor’s Office.

During a news conference, Lima accused three Jesuits of covering up the alleged abuses.

“Apologies are not enough, these abuses cannot go unpunished. There must be reparation for the victims, and I am here to ensure that these painful events never happen again,” said Lima, who declined to provide details about the alleged abuses he suffered.

Lima’s assertions were questioned by the lawyer for the Jesuits, Audalia Zurita, who said Lima “held a position of power” to denounce the alleged abuses when in 2006 and 2007 he was a member of the Constituent Assembly that reformed Bolivia’s constitution and did not do so.

Lima left the Jesuit Society, where he was a teacher in schools and boarding houses, in 2001 and turned to politics. In 2012, he left the country claiming “political persecution” by the Movement Toward Socialism party, and sought refuge with the Jesuits in Paraguay, where he worked until recently.

“Of course, I worked with the Jesuits in Paraguay. Having worked with them does not mean that I should remain silent… when I wanted to denounce, they said there were no victims, no evidence,” he said.

Pedrajas’ case has brought other previously unresolved cases to light. Prosecutor Wilfredo Chávez stated that “there are 23 priests implicated in pedophilia in the country,” including one who was sent to pre-trial detention for three months last week.

There have been isolated protests in some churches and Catholic schools in Bolivia since the Pedrajas case came to light.

People protest with signs that read in Spanish “Prison for pedophile priests” outside the Bolivian Archbishopric office in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 19, 2023. Milton Murillo, a Bolivian priest, has been remanded in custody on suspicion of abusing seminarians a decade ago, shortly after news broke of what has turned out to be the largest pedophilia scandal in the Andean country’s history, involving the deceased Jesuit priest. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Handa na ang PH vs super typhoon Mawar

Carlo Juancho Funtanilla
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Handa na ang PH vs super typhoon Mawar

Nakahanda na ang iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan para sa potensyal na pinsala ng Bagyong Mawar, na ngayon ay isa ng super typhoon sa labas ng Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) ayon sa mga reports kahapon.

Kapag pumasok na ito sa PAR, tatawaging Betty ang Bagyong Mawar, ayon sa PAGASA, na maaaring mangyari sa Biyernes o Sabado.

Inaasahan na palalakasin nito ang habagat, na kasalukuyang kumikilos sa kanlurang bahagi ng Southern Luzon, Visayas, at Mindanao, kasama ang frontal system na umaapekto sa extremong Hilagang Luzon. Malayo naman ang posibilidad na ito ay mag-landfall.

Ayon sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), nagpadala sila ng halos 690,000 relief goods “saan man sa bansa.”

May sapat ding pondo para sa pagtugon sa sakuna, kasama ang quick response fund mula sa pambansang pamahalaan, ayon pa sa DSWD.

DA magtatakda ng suggested retail price ng sibuyas ngayong linggo

Carlo Juancho Funtanilla
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DA magtatakda ng suggested retail price ng sibuyas ngayong linggo

Magsasagawa ng inspeksyon sa mga cold storage facility ng sibuyas ang Department of Agriculture (DA) ngayong linggo. Sinabi ni DA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista sa isang panayam sa teleradyo na itatakda ng DA ang Suggested Retail Price (SRP) para sa mga pula at puting sibuyas ngayong linggo habang isinasagawa ang inspeksyon sa mga cold storage facility.

“Kung hindi po bukas, sana by Wednesday. Pero ang monitoring ngayon ay hindi lamang sa palengke, kundi pati sa mga cold storages,” aniya. Kahit ang mga cold storages na pag-aari ng pribado ay bibisitahin ng BPI (Bureau of Plant Industry), mga field inspector ng DA, kasama ang PNP (Philippine National Police) at CIDG (Criminal Investigation and Detection Group), upang tingnan ang presyo ng mga sibuyas, kung sino ang nagpasok, pati na rin ang paglabas,” dagdag pa niya.

Nauna dito ay sinabi ng DA na itatakda nila ang PHP140 bawat kilogram na SRP para sa puting sibuyas, at PHP150 bawat kilogram naman para sa mga pula.

Noong Biyernes, ang umiiral na presyo ng lokal na pula at puting sibuyas sa Metro Manila ay naglalaro mula PHP160 hanggang PHP200 bawat kilo.

Samantala, sinabi ni Evangelista na ilang mga negosyante ang pumayag na magpatupad ng wholesale price para sa cold storage matapos ang pakikipag pulong nila sa mga stakeholder.

“Kaya po ang sabi natin, ang wholesale na para sa cold storage, PHP115. Ito po ang napagkasunduan namin para sa mga pula at PHP100 para sa mga puti. ‘Yan po ang magiging basehan kung magkano naman dapat ibagsak sa palengke,” ayon kay Evangelista.

Ang presyong ito ay batay sa farm gate price na nasa PHP75 hanggang PHP85 tuwing panahon ng ani.

Sinabi rin ni Evangelista na para maipatupad ng mga nagtitinda ang PHP150 na presyo sa merkado, dapat umabot sa PHP125 hanggang PHP130 ang presyo ng sibuyas mula sa cold storage.

“Kung mataas po ang bigay sa inyo ng inyong mga suki, hindi kayo makasunod sa retail price, mayroon naman kaming pwedeng i-offer sa inyo na itong mga ito ay willing. So ito po ‘yung pamamaraan para wala tayong excuse para ‘di makasunod,” pahayag niya.

Sinabi pa ni Evangelista na iba’t ibang ahensya ang nagtutulungan para masiguro na walang sinuman ang aabuso sa mga mamimili.

Bukod sa pagtatakda ng SRP at koordinasyon ng DA sa mga lokal na pamahalaan, siniguro rin ng DA na nag iisip sila ng iba pang mga inisyatiba para sa monitoring at coordination laban sa price manipulation at calibrated importation.

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