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Vega Qualifies for NSPC Senior High School formally opens in ICENHS-Santiago
By: Angel Mae Dacup
By: Yna Mae Sadernas
ICENHS Santiago places 2nd Runner Up Santiagonians gear up for Senior High School
in Sayaw Saulog 2016 By: Sittie Asha Lipa
By: Maureen L. Vega
EDITORIAL Editorial
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A lot of questions Senior High School is Education, amounting President Dutertes move to bury The burning of their houses
are coming in our the additional two to approximately Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Ba- made the Muslim residents to
minds about voucher years in secondary P400 billion this year. yani is but a slap on the face of the run for safety in Balo-I, Lanao
program, its expens- education. Grade 10 This money is intend- victims of Martial Law. What his ex- del Norte. Though it happened
es, implementation, students, the pioneer ed for the hiring of cellency planning to do is like rub- two decades ago, its gory mem-
and sustainability. Is of the program are teachers and for the bing salt to a wound worse than ories are still imprinted in the
this program really provided tracks to construction of build- adding insult to injury. minds and hearts of my families.
the solution towards choose from. These ings and facilities. The mere presence of soldiers
achieving success in tracks are the Aca- Part of this money would send my aunt shaking to
education? Of a truly demic track, Sports goes to the so-called I may not be present during the the core of here being until now.
productive Juan in Track, Technical Vo- voucher program. Marcos regime but the abuses I Who would not be when during
the future? cational Livelihood- heard committed by him are enough the Martial Law era, soldiers
Track, and Arts and to last me a lifetime. My own place is used to chase and ambush
Design Track. Along Republic Act 10533 a living testament to his cruelty dur- them. But the most sad thing
Time really does with these tracks are stipulates voucher as ing that time. He encouraged the kill- that the Marcos regime had
fly fast. In the year 15 core subjects. a financial assistance ing of many people and had devel- done to our place was leaving it
2013, K to 12 pro- to qualified Grade 10 oped a gap between the Christians bare with our memories of the
gram was signed by completers entering and the Muslims. past. Gone are the old houses
President Benigno Senior High Senior High School. that could have been a great re-
Simeon C. Aquino III School will finally The said voucher pro- minder of the rich Maranao cul-
and was passed into begin next school gram started from the Remember the Jabida Massacre?
It all started there and it not only re- ture. Gone also the reminders
law. Now the govern- year 2016-2017. Arti- amount of P10,000 that Larapan had been once a
ment, specifically the cle XIV and Section up to P 22,000. Pub- sulted to the birth of the Moro Na-
tional Liberation Front (MNLF) but to buzzing place because of the
Department of Edu- 17 Article 11 of 1987 lic students, for ex- presence of Lanao Timber.
cation, headed by Br. Constitution provides ample,will be given the burning of all the old houses of
the Muslims here in our place includ- What is only left now as the
Armin A. Luistro is that the state shall fixed amount of mon- memories of our glorious past
busy for the full im- give priority to educa- ey depending on the ing that of my very own grandpar-
ents house and relatives by the are debris.
plementation of the tion and allocate the type of school they
program: Senior High highest budget for the will enroll in. ?...... ILAGA, a Christian para-military
School. Department of (Continue on page group organized during the Marcos For some, my reasons would
17) era. have not been enough for me to
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Franchesca Claire L.Vega Jeannerose Sagaral Neo Encarnacion Maureen Vega Christine Mae Seraspe
Editor-in-Chief Science & Health Editor Yna Mae Sadernas Jerald F. Eyana Mohammad Isah Alauya
Feature Editor Sittie Asyah Lipa Thercee-nel Paquit Sorahayda Samporna Elizabeth Galit
Editorial
The Mamasapano clash left with the help of the suspended for- The unending traffic problem Arthur Tugad, the quality of
a big scar in the heart of every mer Chief Superintendent Allan of the Philippines that has been life has worsened as they
Filipino. Now, the authorities Purisima. A year has passed and jeopardizing many aspects of our spend so much valuable time
are conducting a reinvestiga- the issue and eventually silenced. lives for years gave birth to the on the road.
tion regarding the issue. But Filipinos together with the fami.lies new proposed method-the emer-
the question is-will this rein- of the fallen 44 was about to move gency power of the president.
vestigation finally bring peace on, until all of a sudden the senate Republic Act No. 6826 is an act However, some of the Senate
and order in our country or just re-opens the case. The re- that declare and authorize the members are skeptic to the pro-
cause a headache since its investigation aims to give justice to president to exercise powers posal. Senator Sherwin
already election period? the SAF troopers by identifying who necessary and proper to carry Gatchalian said he wanted to
are responsible for the incident. out the national policy and other be aware of the overall and long
Senate Minority leader Juan Ponce purposes in times of national -term strategy of the administra-
The battle between the Enrile was the one who requested emergency. A bold solution- tion to resolve the traffic prob-
Special Action Force and Min- to re-open the investigation of the emergency power- is the only lems before he decides to
danao Islamic Liberation Front infamous Mamasapano incident. way to eliminate our longtime en- agree to their plan. He added
took place in the cornfield of emy-the traffic. that emergency powers can be
Mamasapano , Maguindanao abused and it must be dis-
on January 25, 2015. The op- A year has passed and the issue cerned well. Other organiza-
eration called Oplan Exodus and eventually silenced. Filipinos President Rodrigo Roa Duter- tions fear that this might lead to
was supposedly to serve war- together with the fami.lies of the te is planning to utilize his emer- the traumatic martial law that
rant of arrests to the two most fallen 44 was about to move on, un- gency powers for the traffic mess killed thousand of lives so it is
wanted Malaysian terrolrists til all of a sudden the senate re- in certain urban areas, specifical- better to stay as is than take
Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan opens the case. The re- ly, the Metro Manila traffic where risky measures that will eventu-
and his ally, Basit Usman. investigation aims to give justice to the trading and national business ally lead to avarice.
the SAF troopers by identifying who takes place.The power is not
But SAF ended up encoun- are responsible for the incident. easily handed to the president
Senate Minority leader Juan Ponce whenever he wants them.The Metro Manila is branded to
tering the MILF, private armed Enrile was the one who requested thing undergoes to a process; it bethe worst traffic urban place
groups, and the Bangsa Moro to re-open the investigation of the requires delegation from the con- on earth according to the 2015
Islamic Freedom Fighters in- infamous Mamasapano incident. gress.When the congress survey conducted by Waze, a
stead. The bloody clash has acknowledge the national emer- GPS-based navigation app.It
killed rebels, five civilians, and gencys existence, then the presi- also ranked top 9 worldwide.
the unforgettable SAF 44 Meanwhile, Senator Grace Poe dent can use his emergency Manila also has the longest
troopers. Emotions aroused. has set the re-investigation on Jan- power that would last for a maxi- commute time that averages
Pointing the blame to Presi- uary 25, exactly one year after the mum of two years. According to 45.5 minutes from home to of-
dent Aquino, who accordingly deadly encounter. ..Continue on Department of Transportation fice, exceeding Jakarta with a
kept the mission a secret with page and Communication Secretary, record of 42.1. ...Continue on..
It has come to my knowledge that cament of yours. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte behind several unsolved ex-
some of the schools recipients of is the Philippines first president trajudicial killings whose vic-
scholarship program are not really from Mindanao. tims included children and
deserving. Some of them are sons/ The faucets in your classrooms journalists.
daughters of well-to-do families are serviceable. The only problem
while some are erring students. is that the water supply from Ili- Seventy-one-year-old Rodrigo
What are really the requirements for gan City Water District is really Duterte was on his seventh term His run for the presidency
the students to qualify in this schol- slow. They are finding some ways as mayor of Davao City when he was Dutertes first time to
arship program? now on how to make running was persuaded to run for the high- participate in national elec-
water available to every class- est position in the country tions. He was first elected
room. Regarding the water catch- Davao mayor in 1988 and
-Shy girl of Grade 10-Milkfish ers, the school head has already held the position for more
called the attention of Mr. Manuel Though he has been mentioned than two decades. He was
Palisbo to ask some students to as a possible presidential candi- congressman of the first dis-
Good day Ms. Editor! I am writ- clean it. date since 2014, it took a while trict of Davao City from 1998
ing for the administration to notice before supporters and admirers to 2001 and vice mayor to his
our long-standing problem of the convinced him to replace Martin daughter Sara from 2010 to
dearth of water supply in our -The Editor Dino as candidate of Partido Dem- 2013.
school. As of the moment, we only okratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
have two serviceable faucets when (PDP-Laban).
there are almost six hundreds of us It has been observed that sev- Sara is one of Dutertes three
students here who need water for eral students are not obeying the children with his former wife
drinking and for cleaning the com- school policies. Many of them Known for transforming Davao in- Elizabeth Zimmerman. The
fort rooms. Fetching water from it is come to school late and not in to one of the most peaceful cities others are sons Paolo and
so hard because it takes so much proper uniform. And worst, some in the Philippines, Duterte was in Sebastian. Zimmermans and
time because we have to take of them are always absent from fourth place among presidential Dutertes 25- year marriage
turns. As a result, those who are their classes. Who is really re- contenders when he announced was annulled in 1998.
assigned to fetch water are always sponsible in looking after these his candidacy. But the mayors
late in the class. Could we please erring students? Is this only the mass appeal and quirky sense of
request the school administration to sole responsibility of the guidance humor brought him to the top of Duterte has another daugh-
fix the faucets in our classroom and counselor and class adviser? And surveys a month before the elec- ter, Veronica, with his com-
also to clean the water catchers? do SSG Officers have the right to tions. mon-law wife Honeylet
We would be happy if you could do prevent the latecomers and those Avancena.
it the soonest time possible. students who are not wearing
complete uniform from entering Duterte, once dubbed The Pun-
the school? isher by Time magazine, is A law graduate from San Be-
_Mr. Hopeful_ known for his iron-fisted rule and da College, Duterte passed
unconventional methods of the bar examinations in
_Mr. Confused_ fighting crime in Davao. He has 1973. He obtained a political
Dear Mr. Hopeful, been linked to the so-called Davao science degree from Lyceum
(Continue on page 17)
Death Squad, alleged to be . of the Philippines University
in 1968 (Continue on page
The school administration is already 17)
attending to that predicament .
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ICENHS-Santiago.from page 1 ICENHS-Santiago Reaps 1 Gold, 4 Silvers, and 1 Bronze in 2016 Division Meet
City Government and NGOs Sponsor Poor and Deserving Students Eyana and Callao participate in 7th National Scout Venture Camp
By: THERCEE-NEIL PAQUIT By: JERALD F. EYANA
News
Dr. Quiroquiro and Mrs. Estember to leave ICENHS-Santiago soon.
By: CHRISTINE MAE SERASPE
Next week, November 7, 2016, time we joined competitions. Now, that Dr. Quiroquiro would
the school would have another During her administration, the be gone in our school, her pres-
school head because Dr. Quir- school had been peaceful and ence would be truly missed.
oquiro would be assigned to most of the students wore their There would be no more moth-
Iligan City National High School complete uniforms. It was also erly figure in our office who
as an assistant principal. during her time that our school would scold one minute and
Knowing this fact, we had pre- had been the home of the win- would console us the next. This
pared a short parting program ners. Our very own Franchesca may be hard to accept for us
for her with the teachers and all Vega had qualified in National here but we need to let you go
0f us, students. Although our Schools Press Conference and in order for all of us to move for-
program was a very simple one many of our athletes had ward. Continue on page.
but we were happy to know brought home the bacon.But the
that in a way we had touched best achievement that she had
Dr. Quiroquiros heart. I was for me was the full-
touched by the program that implementation of Senior High
you prepared. I never expected School and the acquiring of new
Dr. Josephine R. Quiroquiro . A that you would do it because school buildings. It is not only
mother, a friend and a principal of my strictness as a school the students here who would
head. she said her parting miss her but most especially the
speech. teachers because for them she
Nothing is permanent in this made a good epitome of a
world except change. Once school head. Despite her age,
again, the people of ICENHS- Dr. Quiroquiro had only been
with us for only one year and 6 she seemed tireless and always
Santiago must face this bitter- did her job without burdening
sweet realism because two of months but her short stint as a
school head did not deter her other people. This is what the
our iconic figures would leave teachers love most about her
the portal of the school soon. from achieving great things.
Among her greatest achieve- because she was the type of a
Though we hate to admit it but school head who did not always
there are things that we must ments here in our school was
the imposing of discipline asked for an assistance from
accept in order for us to move them.
forward. among the students and her Mrs. Perlita Estember
being supportive to us every
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For all the participants, there Last August 2016, our school
were no dull moments during held a back-to-back program of
the interview because every the opening of the Palakasan
day was a new adventure for 2016 in the morning and culmina-
them. Who would forget those tion of the month-long celebration
early morning and late night of the Language month.With the
mobilization and most especial- theme, Filipino, Wika ng
ly the night when we were told Karunungan, different activities
to evacuate our quarters be- were prepared by the Filipino
cause of an imminent flood. teachers, Mrs. Elizabeth T. Galit,
Truly, it was such a memora- Mrs. Joyce Arnoco and Mr. Ryan
ble ,fun-filled and enriching ex- Salomson.
Last February 21-23, the BSP perience.
and GSP conducted separate
encampment in two different The different activities that
places which were Hinaplanon The GSP encampment , on were lined up for the program
and Buru-un. The group of stu- the other hand, was also a were slogan and poster making
dents who had joined the en- huge success. The GSP camp- contest, singing and dancing con-
campments was led by their ers did not only learn about the test, and oratorical contest which
troop leaders, Manuel Palisbo, basic scouting law but also all aimed to remind everybody
Almeda Maglasang, Earl Froven about things that were not about the importance of the Filipi-
Sison, Marjorie Salomson, and shown in school as well.Like for no Language. Grade 9 students in their Katutubong
Kareen Rose Daang.The BSP examples, the witnessing of the sayaw entry.
three-day encampment focused firing of blank cartridges by the
members of the Philippine Ar- The following are the winners in
on Emergency Service Training. the different contest categories:
The participants were trained my. Not only that, the GSP
how to administer first aid to pa- campers were also allowed to Slogan making contest
tients such as bandaging, and ride in their tankers and carry Poster making contest- James
CPR. Aside from first aid, the real guns for picture taking. Nicho Quidlat Katutubong Sayaw- Grade 7-Walingwaling
participants were also taught wa-
ter rescue and how to survive
disaster. Sabayang Pagbigkas- Grade 8- Talumpati- Yna Mae Sadernas
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To inform the students about In her talk, she advised all the The symposium ended with New Set of SSG Officers
the danger of using drugs, per- mothers who were present to be us satisfied and with a vow
sonnel from the Philippine Nation- firmed in their decision when filing from ourselves not to lay a fin- School Year: 2016-2017
al Police conducted a symposium a case against their husband who ger on any drug. Our heartfelt
on drugs in our school last July abuse them because she had ex- gratitude to the police officers
2016. perienced in the past wherein the for spreading the information President: Mark Anthony P. Silanova
complainants changed their and to our school head as well
minds because they took pity on for giving them time to hold the Vice President Internal: Juvalanie B.
There three police officers who their abusive husbands. As a re- symposium. Pepito
conducted the symposium and sult, they were not given justice
one of them was their station and their husbands abused them Vice President External: Noli D. Na-
commander. The first one who al over again. mantocan
gave a pep talk was PO3
Paquingan. He first discussed to
us the different kinds of drugs and Secretary: Franchesca Claire L. Vega
Furthermore, she also admon-
its effects to the people. We had ished the parents not to use the
learned that the most common police figure in scaring little chil- Treasurer: Mary Apple M. Jaudian
drugs used by people are mariju- dren because that would paint a
ana, shabu, syrups, cocaine, ex- bad image of policemen in their Auditor: Maelissa J. Abdulhalim
tacy and etc. He also showed to minds. They feared that these
us different pictures of people of children would no longer treat
the said substances. Moreover, them as life saviors rather they P.I.Os : Lusenda M. Jaudian
he also warned us about the ef- would think of them as monsters.
fects of these things in our be- PO3 Pableo was able to say be- Judy Ann D. Namantucan
ings. cause she was not happy how the
children reacted in the gift-giving Social Managers: Jimart G. Ocay
program they organized wherein
PO3 Paquingan talk did not some of the children cried and hid
only end there. He also confessed behind their mothers the moment Danica Rose B. Clavano
to us that he was once a drug ad- they saw policemen entered their
dict in his youth and that the had classroom. What would happen if
been admitted in a rehabilitation Yna Mae Q. Sadernas Mae Marie Ca-
there is an emergency? I doubt tubig
center once. But through the help whether these children would still
of his family and friends, he was call the police, PO3 Pableo said.
able to surpass his addiction and Sergeant at Arms:
had eventually become a police
officer. He ended his talk by call- The last part of the symposium April Mae C. Cabus Micael Jamon
ing all the drug dependents to was the open forum. As ex-
Turn-over themselves to the po- PNP officers with Dr. Quiroquiro and
pected, queries about the Oplan Jerald F. Eyana Noel T. Villaver
lice as an adherence to President Tokhang were asked by the par- Manuel Palisbo
Dutertes Oplan Double Barrel ents. They were concerned by the
locally known as Oplan To- way policemen were arresting the Maureen Vega Peter Sadernas
khang. drug addicts and drug pushers.
Some parents also candidly Representatives
asked the police officers whether
The next officer who gave a they were really the ones behind
speech was a beautiful police- all the killings of drug pushers in Grade 7: Kyla L. Ladion
woman PO3 Pableo. Since she Iligan City. The police officers in
was assigned under the Women turn answered their queries by Grade 8: Jhapet A. Villarin
and Children s Desk, her talk fo- saying that they were not the only
cused mostly on violence against one who were after the drug ad-
women and children otherwise Grade 9: Nayeli C. Lugto
dicts but the drug lords as well.
known as R.A. 9262.
Grade 10: Princess Nicole Y.
Catubig
Grade 11 Jeannerose B.
Sagaral
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NHOVY D. ERMAC EARL FRUBEN SISON FRANCIS ARTCHESS BABAO ARTHUR SEPE
Small but terrible. This description Sir Francis is an energetic and Sir Sepe is a silent type of a
suits Maam Nhovy very well be- .The Vin Diesel of ICENHS- enthusiastic Philosophy and Po- teacher but he also has a funny
Santiago. With his bald head and litical Science teacher of
cause of her size but once she manly looks, many students consid- side. He is a very smiling person.
opens her mouth, one is left in awe. ered Sir Sison as the lost brother of ICENHS-Santiago. He is a for- What the students like most about
Maam Nhovy has a good com- the Fast and Furious star. Kidding mer teacher of MSU-Naawan him is that he shares the word of
mand of the English language. Stu- aside, Sir Sison is the class adviser and La Salle Academy. What God to them. Every lunch break,
dents often jokingly complained of Grade 8-Ruby and handles Val- makes him endearing to the stu- he conducts bible study in his
that their nose bleed in her class ues Education subject. He came dents are his wit and sense of classroom. He is very generous to
because of her American accent. here last year as substitute teacher humor. He is also full of motiva- them too. He can always be seen
This skill of hers had landed her in of Mrs. Henrylen McMichael but later tional words to encourage us to treating his students with snacks
a call center job in the past. Aside on he became her replacement succeed in life by developing a and food.
from her stint in a call center, Mrs. since the former had eventually re- positive paradigm. Philosophy
Ermac had also taught in Iligan signed from service. If youre looking used to be a mind-boggling sub-
for a perfect epitome here of a 21st- ject but under Sir Babaos tute- At the moment, Sir Sepe is the
Medical Center College and prior to century teacher, try checking on Sir
her assignment here,she was al- lage, Philosophy now for us is as class adviser of Grade-II Artistry
Sison. He is not only fully-equipped and handles computer and tech-
ready a public school teacher in with skills and knowledge but teach- easy as ABC. Sir Babao is pres-
Bunawan Agricultural High School. ing devices as well. Everywhere he ently the Guidance Counselor nical drawing subjects. He is also
Presently, she is the class adviser goes, he brings with him his netbook Designate and at the same time an active adviser of the Supreme
of Grade 11-Academia. and pojector. An always ready and SHS Coordinator of the Senior Student Government (SSG).
a 21st century teacher, indeed. High School.
Maam Elizabeth Samson is fondly A nurse turned into a teacher. Sir Maam Dalupang is the new Maam. Arnoco is the new Filipino
Guio had been already practicing beautiful face of ICENHS- teacher in our school. She is the
called as Maam Sexy by her his nursing profession when he Santiago. Students are en- class adviser of Gade 10-
peers because at her age she still realized that his real passion is tranced with her sophisticated Mackerel. She had taught in the
teaching. So, he went back to face and bubbly personality. She college department of Iligan Medi-
has the body of a young woman school and took up Education. is a resident of Tibanga, Iligan cal Center College for 19 years
and she also dresses as one. She His first teaching job was in Iligan City and got the degree of Bach- before she joined us here in
City National Schools of Fisher- elor in Physical Education ICENHS-santiago. People de-
used to teach in St. Therese ies. He applied as a senior high tucked under her belt. She has scribe her as a serious and a no
Academy and had also served as school teacher and was fortunate- been teaching in private colleges non-sense teacher. She sticks to
ly admitted here in ICENHS for several years now before her rule and she has a mind of her
its acting principal for sometimes. Santiago. He is designated as the she was hired her e in our own. She maybe simple in the
Here In ICENHS-Santiago, she is prefect of discipline and DRR Co- school. At present, she is acting outside but there is more to her
ordinator of the Senior High as the class adviser of Grade 10 than what meets the eye.
the class adviser of Grade 8 and School Department. He also - Milkfish and teaches MAPEH
teaches Math in Grade 7 and teaches SMAW and science to subject to all Grade 7.
Grade 8. Mrs. Samson is a good both junior and senior high school
students HS-Santiago.
Mathematics teacher.
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public school together with the out the presence of her teacher and
normal students. At first, school classmates. I remember one inci-
was hard for somebody who dent in her TLE class wherein they
couldnt talk and move normally were asked to do a cooking demo.
like her. She could not partici- Instead of asking for an exemption
pate in oral discussion nor per- in the activity, she willingly volun-
form in practicums in MAPEH teered to help by peeling fruits and
and TLE. Not to mention, the vegetables.
bullies. But with her strong re-
solve to finish her study, she
was able to surpass it all . She Now that she is about to complete
did not only surpass it all grace- her junior high school, I would like
fully but she also manage to Grace to be remembered as some-
include herself in the list of top body special not because of her dis-
ten students every grading peri- ability but because of her strong de-
od. termination to defy the odds and
succeed in life despite of everything.
Honey Grace Nacasabog, a student of Grade 11-Academia is an
inspiration to the ICENHS-Santiago students.
Being in the honor roll is But deep in my heart, there is an
something that every student
covets to be in. Only a few of undeniable sadness and worry too
ath, feeding herself, helping in for Grace if ever she will choose to
Honey Grace. Such a common doing the household chores and the so called cream of the
crops make it in the list. And enroll in another school for Senior
sounding name but here in ICENHS coming to school everyday. this feat is usually achieved by High. What if the students in the new
people with normal faculties. school will bully her? What if the
-Santiago it refers to somebody teachers there will not understand
Just like the other people who Honey Grace defies all odds to
who is fragile and special. The are afflicted with this disease, the amazement of everybody. her situation? But in retrospect, I am
consoled with the thought that Grace
name Honey Grace belongs to a Grace has not escaped the ridi- will be able to overcome whatever
cule of some people and she challenges that will come on her way
senior female student who despite has also received her fair share In every grading period, you
will see her name posted in the as she has already did it in the past.
of her disability has able to survive of bullying to last her a lifetime. bulletin board as one of the top She may lack the faculties that nor-
For a person of delicate nature, mal students have but she got this
the hurdles of a school world way all of these things would be performing student of the class.
knack of doing things that dont
beyond her normal classmates do. enough to call everything quits come naturally. And most important
and just hide from the prying If only all students would be of all, she has magnanimous faith in
eyes and scorn of the public. But like Grace who doesnt give up God that she can make things hap-
Grace is suffering from Cerebral not Grace. She may look vulner-
easily on challenges. Despite pen so long as she work for it and
Palsy since birth but the said able but deep inside she is invin- of her handicap, she is not a
disease does not prevent her from cible. burden to the class. She tries
her best to function normally like
finishing high school. She could not her classmates. She never ask
Grace grew up from the sole
talk nor move normally but these care of her aging Grandmother. for help nor ask to be treated as
special. She is even the first one
things do not deter her from doing They are poor so she has no to come to school and clean the
choice but to study in a nearby
all the daily routines like taking a b- classroom even without
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Thank you Maam Judith!
By:FRANCHESCA L. VEGA
Teaching is the most challenging pro- ch which gives us the thought I respect Maam Judith as a In this coming opening of
fession in the whole world. It is a ca- that shes strict. But its all a teacher and as a woman. I classes, we are saddened with
reer that should not be taken lightly. To matter of time. When you finally learned from her that a woman the thought that you will be no
teach means to be ready to face the get to know her, you can say can still live happily even she longer with us to see us walks
worst-stubborn students, a mountain that shes really a nice person. has no man beside her. At first, I into the new chapter of our
high requirements, deadlines to beat, She only gets angry to those thought that Maam Judiths life lives which is Senior High
meetings, seminars to name a few. But noisy and naughty students, or is sad because she has no hus- School. You may never see us
all of these things are nothing com- should I directly say the boys. band and child. But to my sur- finish high school, Maam Ju-
pared to the unforgettable moments prise, she is not at any rate sad dith but what you have taught
that a teacher could spend with his/her because her life is happier com- us will forever lived with us.
students. This is why we will surely When I was in Grade 9, pared to the other couples out We also want you to know that
miss one of the best teachers in our Maam Judith was our Values there. For her, happiness does although our ways maybe
school, Maam Michellene Judith. Education teacher. Ive never not only lies in having a suc- strange, we love you still and
liked the subject shes teaching cessful marriage life, it encom- we will always remember you
but I like her as a teacher. I still passes many things. The as the teacher who s patience
Maam Michellene Judith will be retir- remember when she once told thought that her father is still
ing this school year after 18 years of alive and kicking and that she and kindness is incomparable.
us about her love story. After
service in Iligan City East High School- hearing it, I liked her even have helped her siblings and her
Santiago. She turned 62 last Septem- more. Her love story was so nieces and nephews with their
ber. She is a Values Education and an charming and an epic. I always needs is what happiness all
English teacher at the same time. Per- end up laughing my heart out about for Maam Judith.
sonally, I find Maam Judith as a good every time I remember her love
and hardworking teacher with a nice story.
personality. But I bet other students Im happy that Ive got to meet
would disagree with me, especially the a teacher like Maam Judith.
boys. Because some students would I respect Maam Judith as a Now that, Im a Grade 10 stu-
see Maam Judith getting angry to of- teacher and as a woman. I dent, shes no longer my subject
ten in their class. And we also cant learned from her that a woman teacher but I never miss greet-
deny that Maam Judith got that fierce can still live happily even she ing her every time I pass by her
look even though shes not angry, whi- has no man beside her. At first, sitting near the window of her
I thought that Maam Judiths classroom bending over the pa-
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Flower
This is me Why is it? Best friends
By Angel Mae Dacup
By: Kurt Jabagat By: Alyssa Rae Genosolanggo By Jessa Mae Jamorol
Life is like a beautiful flower
This is me, this is who I am. Why love can be so painful? I met a stranger.
That slowly grows in sum-
mer They hate me then and now When things are being playful. We were classmates.
they still do.
I wonder when I stare at the It hurts you, it makes you happy. We became friends.
flower But as long as I am happy
But in the end, youll feel sorry. We became close friends.
It looks like my handsome Ill go ahead! And lll let it be.
brother Love doesnt get angry easily. Time passed, we became best
This is me, this is who I am. friends.
But when water drops as But all people deal without it.
cold as an ice Talking to myself and feeling We were like sisters.
dumb Why does love makes you a fool?
It makes me sad like a little We became best friends ever.
mice Do I make any sense to any- When you know the truth, youll still be-
body? lieve the lie. Until we become like one.
Seeing the flower trembles
like a dice Or I am just nonsense to Love should be based from the truth. Sometimes, we have the same
them. thoughts.
It brings tear drops in my It will bring you down if you lie.
eyes. This is me, now feeling hope- We laughed very hard.
Love can be painful, happy or sad,
less.
Watching it everyday Sometimes we had fights, we ar-
Doesnt care what it should be. gue.
Separated from the people I
Makes me happy all day trusted Loving can hurt, but people treasure it. We cried but after all we became
Like the shining sun at the I am a fool to everyone. friends again.
Love can make people blind.
sky
I shouldnt trust. We approve the same plan.
Things are being disabled.
They shouldnt lie. We smile and laugh sarcastical-
Love is dangerous sometimes.
ly.
Shes as a lion
As brave as a lion
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Train to Busan Theres no place like Mainit
Train to Busan is a Kore- the live-action sequel, sce- Its been three years now since I
an movie that has taken Filipi- narios of humans and zom- first set my foot in Mainit. It was
no viewers by storm. The mo- bies precariously separated such a fine sun- shiny day when
ment a copy of it leaked in the by carriages fittingly symbol- Maridel, the teacher I was to replace
internet, it instantly became ize the dangerous gap be- in Mainit High School met me in
viral. tween societys haves and Barinaut to accompany me in my
have-nots. journey in going there.
What is really in this movie
that made viewers go gaga Workaholic fund manager The travel was not that bad as I ex-
over it? Is it solely because of Seok-wu (Gong Yoo) takes pected because we had a good driv-
Gong-Yo? I think not! The his estranged young daugh- er. I was even able to appreciate the
movie is more than the usual ter Su-an (Kim Su-an) on the panoramic view of the places we
zombie movie. It is thriller and KTX high-speed train to passed by as we ascended towards
drama mix into one. One of Busan to visit his ex-wife. the mountain.
the most unforgettable scene The last person to hop on is a
of the movie was when Gong- teenage girl whose bare Everything was so verdant be-
Yo bade farewell to his daugh- thighs are crisscrossed with cause you could see lots of trees
ter and jumped out of the train bulging veins. Yet, passen- which abound in the area. The air
to prevent her from being in- gers and train crew get more was so cool because of it and of the
fected with the zombie virus. It alarmed over a homeless river nearby. Thats why I had won- Mainit High School as seen from above
was truly a tear-jerker scene man hiding out in the wash- dered why Mainit was named as
which cannot be expected in a room one of the films fre- such when its climate is the perfect
horror movie. Following a mot- quent barbed comments on opposite.
ley crew on a bumpy ride from snobbery in Korean society. The temperature here can be lik- now. And most of all, I had met peo-
Seoul to Busan to escape a ple I have grown to love and who
The first 15 minutes tease ened to that of Baguio and Marawi
zombie outbreak, writer- have become my true friends.
audiences with glimpses of City's. Its very cold during night time
director Yeon Sang-hos ac-
zombie threat, like a shadow and during the wee hours of the Now that Im assigned here in the
tion-horror railroad movie
lunging spastically across the morning.I ts also a good thing that city, I am teaching here in the city I
Train to Busan pulses with
platform, or ominous news Mainit is not located along the Na- can help but smile whenever I re-
relentless locomotive momen- tional Highway because there were
tum. As an allegory of class reports of riots in the capital. member the adventures we had dur-
Once the infected girl claims sometimes that we experienced ze- ing our stay there.
rebellion and moral polariza-
the first victim, however, the ro visibility because of the fogs.
tion, it proves just as biting as
Bong Joon-hos sci-fi dystopia action surges ahead with ex- Mainit is one of the 44 barangays
So, blame us not if there were of Iligan City and is only accessible
Snowpiercer, while deliver- hilarating mayhem, abetted sometimes that we werent able to
ing even more unpretentious by the claustrophobic layout through habal-habal. The road in
wake up early because who would going there is a rough and tough one
fun. Yeon has displayed rec- of train compartments. want to rise up early in the freezing
ognizably cinematic sensibili- to be traversed by city dwellers not
The main reason zombies cold. Aside from the view and the only because it is not a concrete one
ties in his last three indie weather, the other things that en-
anime features King of rank less scarily on the but it is also hilly and punctuated by
ghoulish scale is their slow dear Mainit to me are the placidity of protruding big rocks. Deep ravines
Pigs, Fake and Seoul Sta- the place and the innocence and the
tion so its not surprising waddling gait, but the resi- along the side of the one-lane road
dent evil here is so deliriously genuineness of its people. Now that also added to the nervousness of the
that he transitions easily into Im not teaching there anymore, I
live-action, though his scath- energetic and agile its like travellers. But for those who are ad-
theyre powered by ginseng miss those noiseless nights wherein venturous at heart, they find the jour-
ing, nihilistic vision of humani- you could only hear the noise of the
ty is watered down for wider and soju. Yeons background ney thrilling and adrenaline pumping.
in animation definitely lends cicadas and zephyr which lulled me
mainstream appeal. Buyers into a deep sleep. I also miss the
for Asian-friendly genre prod- their assault a cartoonish fe-
rocity. The creatures only innocent faces of my students who
ucts should clamber to board hanged by every word I uttered as
Train. weakness is the fact they see
poorly in the dark, giving rise though I was a saint. I miss the com-
to several mini-climaxes munity too who treated us with kind-
Despite the vibrancy of genre ness and with so much reverence
cinema in Korea, you can when Seok-wu exploits this to
outwit them. that every celebration in their place
count the countrys zombie would not be complete without us
films on the fingers of one
Whereas in Hollywood disas- having been invited.
hand. But whether its alleged
prototype Let Sleeping ter or apocalyptic movies, the
Corpses Lie rip-off A Mon- chief protagonist tends to
strous Corpse or the more take charge and puts him or I miss those nocturnal walks we
recent Zombie herself in the line of fire, Seok did every time we conducted home
School (2014), theyve all -wu subverts the clich by visitation to our students families.
been slapdash and unoriginal. acting on his elitist, self- We did it during night times because
preserving instincts, telling it was the only free time we had. No
However, with a MERS epi- Su-an off for giving her seat experiences were so much happier The author and her co-teacher in Mainit
demic sweeping South Korea to an old lady, and shutting than those times that we raced
in 2015 and soaring discon- the door on escaping passen- along the road towards our boarding
tent with corruption and eco- gers Sang-hwa (Ma Dong- house as a result of our trading hor-
nomic disparity, a zombie seok) and his pregnant wife ror stories while walking on a pitch
apocalypse serves as a potent Sung-kyu (Jung Yu-mi, Okis dark road.
allegory for the dog-eat-dog Movie). It is up to Su-na,
world. In Seoul Station, Yeon with her childs innate decen- Why Im writing this? I dont
depicted a homeless enclave cy, and the burly but daunt- know. I just have this feeling that I
inside the central train station less Sang-hwa to undo the might not be able to go back there
as the ground zero of a zom- financial go-getting, cutthroat anymore. Though Mainit is 27 km
bie outbreak. Train to Busan attitude, so he can learn that away from Iligan City, I have already
picks up where that film left it is cooperation and altruism loved it as though its my own
off. While the animes excoria- that ensures survival in a ca- hometown because it had given me
tion of the police and army is tastrophe. the peace of mind and soul I have
softened in been longing to have for a long time One of the winding roads of Mainit
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Human rights from......page 2 Voucher program....from page 2 President Duterte........ Emergency Power.......from page 3
Philippine Heart Center, Lung the late 1950s, and Soledad Roa, Hope For Iligan I wailed silently.
Center of the Philippines to name a teacher and civic leader. I ligan had been a peaceful place As an ordinary citizen, I am
for a very long time but its placidity powerless so all I can offer are prayers
a few and Philippines was said to was destroyed overnight after that
SOURCES: CON- fateful day when Congressman Vi- and my call for peace. All these
be in its golden age during his GRESS.GOV.PH AND INQUIR- cente F. Belmonte was ambushed in troubles thwarted our citys progress.
reign. Still, all of these could not ER ARCHIVES a broad daylight while he and his We now lagged behind with our
aides were on his way home to Iligan
neighboring cities. I wonder when all of
cover up his cruelty and his being City from Laguindingan Air-
Letter............from page 3 port.Luckily the congressman sur- these hullaballoos going to end. Im so
a criminal. I dont think we could vived the ambush with only a minor tired of seeing rallies on the street. Im
gunshot wound on his legs. However,
forget in just a wink of an eye all luck was not on the sides of his driver so tired of hearing radio announcers
those 3, 257 who died and Why is it that the distribution of school and PNP bodyguard who died in- attacking personalities. Im so tired of
stantly on the crime scene. reading posts in Iligan City Water Falls
estimated 35,000 tortured and cards here in our school does not
follow the given schedule of Dep-ed? which focus mostly on character
70,000 arrested according to The next thing that took place was assassinations and nonsense
a total chaos. Congressman Varf Bel- gibberish. Sometimes, I begin to
Alfred Mc-Coy, an American _Lope the Great_ monte accused Iligan City Mayor
Celso Regencia as the mastermind of wonder whether our lawmakers are
historian. the crime. The latter denied the accu- right all along in giving us the freedom
We, the students of ICENHS-
sation saying that he had nothing to
Santiago are imploring to our school do with it. However, a warrant of ar- of speech. It seems that people is
We already have reasons rest was served to the mayor when a already abusing it most especially the
head, Dr. Josephine Quiroquiro to
enough why Marcos should not be certain Dominador Tumala was ar- journalists. They are supposed to be
please return the practice of holding rested near the vicinity of the crime
buried to the Libingan ng mga area who confirmed that ,indeed, harbinger of truth but what they are
convocation every Friday. Aside from
Mayor Regencia was the master doing now is confused and pollute the
Bayani. We had decided over it a academics, we would also like to polish mind. Majority of the people of Iligan minds of the people. And sad to say,
long time ago. I couldnt really our skills in dancing, singing and acting. City reacted negatively to the issue
saying that Mayor Regencia was in- this is happening in Iligan City right
understand President Dutertes nocent and the said ambush was on- now. As long as these kind of people
-ICENHS-Santiago students- ly another hare-brained scheme of will continue with their deeds, then
decision to allow the dictator to Congressman Belmonte to stay in
power even branding it ambush there would be no hope for Iligan.Quo
me. vadis, Iligan.
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