REMINDER

This is for all INITAO OBSERVERS: We are not against corrupt people. We are separating the person from corruption-separate the man from the attitude. The person is good, the attitude is from outside and acquired. What we try here is to wake up people the dangers of corruption, its lethal effect not only upon themselves but their future generations-siblings are affected. corruption's carry overs are deathly spirit poison.

CAPITAN-MAGPATAWAG

Niadtong usang adlaw didto sa iyang buhatan sa Bgy. Tawantawan, si Cap. Patricio Dala mibutyag sa ilang plano sa konseho nga ang tanan mamalitay ug lubi nga tibook ilang ipatawag aron mapahibalo sa ilang angay buhaton niining problema sa pangawat sa lubi sa mga bata, batan-on, ug mga hamtong. Mitumaw ni nga plano gumikan sa reklamo sa usa ka lumulopyo sa Aluna nga biktima sa kawat sa mga bata nga nadakpan uban ang mga lubi nga niini nasakpan. "Kon wala sila mahibalo sa ilang katungod, pahibaloon", matud pa sa kapitan. Aduna na may balaod, dugay na kini gi-implementar ila gyud kini tumanon kay maapil sila sa sumbong, tumbok pa niya. Ug ang pagpatawag ila pang i-eskedule.

PROJECT-LACKS MATERIALS

Their project of protection and safety of the computers to be donated to them by LBP lacks hollow blocks and steel bars, said San Pedro Elementary School Principal Dennis Magsayo. This afternoon in the school, Mr. Magsayo showed the Observer the place they planned to innovate, and the donated sacks of cement that Macario Tiu sent to them. He said, they are hoping though and expecting people to help them bail out from this problem that needs urgent and immediate attention.

EX-BJMP CHIEF IN REGIONAL OFFICE

The former Initao BJMP Chief Grace Manaya is assigned in their regional office, said this afternoon her replacement Jail Inspector Carlo Obrique, who said he is an Initaonon and a resident of barangay Gimangpang. Manaya, he said, is undergoing standard administrative procedures for what happened here when prisoner Palin Tacbobo-Ubanan escaped with cash provided by her but intended for food of the inmates and personnel. "Wa na ko kahibalo unsay nahitabo didto", Obrique said. And he also said, they are still trying retrieval operation for the escapee.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

"LIFE CONQUERS DEATH AND THE PAST IS OVERCOME BY THE FUTURE" Alexander Solzhenytsin

SITUATIONER

The report received by the Observer that the mayor was not here a week already is not just true. This Tuesday morning the Observer saw Mayor Gogoy at the lobby of the municipal hall, greeted him and he responded "Good Morning". Kag. Eusebio Waslo said the mayor was in Cebu, her mother-in-law being under treatment in a hospital there.

INITAO VIRGIN OIL GOING ABROAD

Production of virgin oil here that has been stalled for months when their chief production manager died last year, is now on again, said last night Engr. Edgar Buhian owner and financer of the venture when the Observer inquired about their project. They have now the son of the man that died, and they take quality as priority for the oil they produce is for export, Buhian said. "Hinay hinay pa pero kanunay". They still lack some equipment that acquiring is one problem, he also said.

AGRI-FUNDED

In their coco-station in Bgy. Apas yesterday, Municipal Councilor and Initao Agri-Committee Chair of Sanguniang Bayan Penny Buhian said, "Two Hundred Fifty ra jod". She was referring to what the now SB approved budget for agriculture. This was when she responded questions why this was not budgeted for years since the last SB. "Tinoud jod na," she said. Only now, she continued, that from what she proposed of 1.2 million pesos this was reduced to six hundred thousand and this went down further to just that 250k. Kag. Buhian could not answer WHY!

WALA MA-AUDITE

Ang Tesorera sa Senior Citizen sa San Pedro nga si Ginang Fredes Tan sa pakisulti sa Observer kaniya kagahapon didto sa ilang balay nag-ingon nga sukad sa eleksyon sa bag-ong opisyales nadtong miaging tuig wala pa gyud siya ma-audite sa auditor nga si Bebs Montesa. Daghan gastos ang grupo ug kinahanglan matuki kini sigun sa gibuhat nila ni G. Avelino Habagat ug Harry Bagares niadtong miagi nilang pag-meeting. Karong petsa 19 binulan nga meeting, hisgotan na usab kini aron ang mga sulti-sulti sa gawas matubag. Ug maklarohan ang tanan. Sa pagkakaron kasamtangan nga way klarong balansi sa pundo, naa pa bay nabilin o wala na ba.

FUNDS PROBLEM GETTING RESOLVED

San Pedro Senior Citizen Vice President Avelino Habagat told the OBSERVER that due to questions outside about funds being abused have been attended to. In the group's meeting late last year they scrutinized fund flow, and together with Harry Bagares, Habagat questioned the officers involved in the releasing of funds drawn by the president. They knew there were expenses alright,he said. But that must be cleared for the satisfaction of the members, and on the 19th, Habagat continued, and the group's monthly meeting they will try resolved the controversy.

WHY CORRUPTION IS LEAST TOPIC

From former PACD pioneer Pacquito Alavanza's experience in the field with the government, he concluded that corruption is already an ingrained commodity in the Filipino's person. What he stressed out was that every inch of the Pinoy is corrupt that Senator Miriam Santiago's Kliptocacy reference was only a bit of the whole being. "Sa kamot ra na", he said. And corruption is rarely a topic here until Pnoy's "Daang Matuwid" and "Kung walang korap walang mahirap" were pronounced. Why is corruption one least topic discussed? Alavanza's seeing eyes have already arrived magnification of corruption that he seemed to me, in resignation his conclusion was that corruption is nature! And he was just short saying that everybody is plagued of it. People dodge this for at the back of their minds is the realization they are sick with this and they are simply corrupt. From where corruption came? We will know.

RATUNIL CLAN REUNION MADE

The siblings of Escolastico Ratunil and Maria Conog made their reunion this 9th February 2014 in Lim's Beach, Bgy. Gimangpang,this town. Attendance was low, said Clan Assistant Researcher Melody Almeda, "Tungod sa kaapeke sa panahon", she said. The program was started at already eleven. Participants were exposed to just simple presentations as singing, and they were informed of their ascendants by those assigned. Names were exposed and descendants knew who their ancestors were. And they are preparing for their Grand Reunion this coming May, Almeda said. Also according to her, they did not elect officers, incumbents are still new and they will go five years in their positions as agreed by them, she said.

SITUATIONER

It looks thievery, burglary are on the rise here and no accurate reports are available in the local police office nor in barangays. The reason is that people who complained do not officially report incidents of theft due adminisrative expense and bureaucaratic red tape, that they said, they just forgive prefer to forget incidents like this. a retired police officer once said, "wa na koy salig sa police dinhe, sa NBI ko niadto." He was a victim of burglary and break-in. Inland barangay thieves hush this, "mangawat ngani mayor, congressman, senador, kami pa?"

CONTRIBUTION-NECESSARY

Belen Saavedra recently told the Observer that all members or Initaonons that sought membership of Initao Observer should contribute here by way of expressing their opinions, send what they perceive good and even bad to help Initao in its growth and development. That they make comments on what they know for the good of all, not only for the few. Their observations, she pointed out, are necessary this time when events worldwide are getting worst. Initao is no exception, and the youth should rally "alang sa ilang maayong kaugmaon", she said.

MINOR DE EDAD GISIKOP-GIBUHIAN

Di pa dugay didto sa Sitio Cogon, si G. Eustiquio Unabia nag-ingon nga lima ka mga bata nadakpan sa Aluna nangawat ug lubi ug gipasaylo kay mga bata pa. Gisumbong sila sa tag-iya ug naaktohan mao nga gipatawag sa barangay ug gipapirma nga sa sunod wala nay dugay dugay priso na. Tumbok pa ni Unabia, nga karon gumikan sa balaod ni kanhi senador Pangilinan nga walay mga bata mapriso bisag nakasala o nakaapil sa krimen. Pero sigun sa korte, puede na sila prison tungod kay amendado na ang maong balaod. Ug sila adto ibutang sa buhatan rehiyonal sa DSWD. Ang upat ka mga bata nag-apelyido ug Tacbobo ug ang usa Oguimas, matud pa ni Unabia.

PUNDO-PANGITAON PA

Kwarta alang sa pagpundar sa kasiguruan sa mga computers gikan sa DEPED Central nga i-donate dre sa San Pedro Elementary School pangitaon pa ug kini mokabat sa dose mil pesos. Ang mga ginikanan sa mga elementary pupils nagtampohay ug ang uban nag-solicit sa mga tawo nga may kahingawa sa pagtabang. Target sa solicitation kanunay mga politiko. Ug manghatatag man pod ni sila kay mangahadlok ma-one term para sa mga bag-o o last term sa mga nakalingkod na.

PCs FOR SAN PEDRO EXPECTED

In a meeting this afternoon with the GPTA, the Principal of San Pedro Elementary School Dennis Magsayo announced that 300k worth of computers are about to be given to the school. And that he said, what is required is the PC room the GPTA must prepare soonest to qualify receiving them. The Room must be secured that the computers may be safe from thieves, and concreting parts of the room is necessary, he said. Magsayo urged the parents to make do with what contribution they can give for the realization of this opportunity that needs not pass by. "Alang ni sa mga bata nga dili ma-iwit sa kahibalo paggamit sa computers".

OBSERVER-SINGLED OUT

Yesterday, 03 February 2014 at 1:35pm, along Osmena St. in Cagayan de Oro, I was flagged down by traffic enforcer Arniel Salon who told me to move roadside of Hayes St. the motorcycle I was riding. I asked him what for? He said I was running counter to NO ENTRY section and he issued me traffic citation ticket. While he was writing, I asked him, "Nganong wa man nimo dakpa tong gisundan nako nga puti nga awoto?", Salon answered,"Sa ako na tong mga kauban." I went to RTA office after his direction and knew that I have to pay 1500php for the traffic violation. I thought I was not entering a ONE WAY section, I was behind a white car. This traffic enforcer was violating traffic rules too by singling me out and letting the driver of that white car go away. And he thinks he can go away with this!

HE IS BEHOLDEN TO THEM

Ex Local Government Operations Officer Vimin Lozano recently told the Observer that Paquito Alavanza cannot just walk away from the Acains. He is beholden to them for past favors that his comments must be that defensive, he cannot be the admin's critic even criticize constructively. And she graded Gogoy 6 in the scale of 10 the way he administers Initao. "Palibot sa munisipyo mahugaw".

DIGGINGS FOLLOWED-UP

Initao ex-kagawad Belen Saavedra paid a visit to the Observer this afternoon and gave information on diggings done in the catholic cemetery here that is said for treasure hunting. She said she went to offices as the MHO, IPO, the Mayor's Office, and the office of the barangay captain of San Pedro to follow-up what she reported to them last January 3, that people who do not possess permit for the diggings, are even today continue to make their dig even more-that when she visited the graves of her relatives there, it stinked and she nearly vomited. "why is there no one arrested?", she complained. She said she overheard a police officer saying that people were already summoned but released. Saavedra said they were not told to sign papers for them to stop the diggings. "They must have protectors".