MODERN VAMPIRA: PHILHEALTH IT: COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IS THE QUESTION

 

SING SING SING "I WAS POORLY BORN ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN"

 

1. Linggo ng pagninilay-nilay ngayong araw

Dapat kalkalin ang ating konsensiya, di ba?

Panahon na upang tingnan kung gawang moral

Ang trabaho natin araw-araw.

REFRAIN: 

Ay Bayan, masakit tingnan

Kapaligiran o kay dilim

Kaluluwang halang

Bilyon ninanakaw

Jeepney drivers naman

Pulubi sa daan

2. Nais kong mabuhay Bayan sa mundong ito 

Walang nakikitang dukha at batang kalye

Pati batang babae ay  iligtas natin 

Mga kadugong pedophiles sibat na yo

REFRAIN: 

Ay Bayan, masakit tingnan

Kapaligiran o kay dilim

Kaluluwang halang

Bilyon ninanakaw

Jeepney drivers naman

Pulubi sa daan

3. Nais kong makitang tapat ang lingkod-bayan

Puwede bang magnilay-nilay ang IATF

Limang buwan na tayong bumubulusok 

Papunta saan tayo kangkungan 'ga?

Kayraming walang wala at walang masakyan

Nguni't ang IATF, may suweldo at kotse

Pagkain araw-araw

Resayn na lang kayo. 

REFRAIN: 

Ay bayan, masakit tingnan

Kapaligiran o kay dilim

Kaluluwang halang

Bilyon ninanakaw

Jeepney drivers naman

Pulubi sa daan

NOTE: YOYOY VILLAME KNOWS THE SONG. SURF HIM. 

FEEL FREE TO TRANSLATE THE LYRICS IN YOUR OWN DIALECT. 

 

 

FAREWELL IATF

 

SING SING TO THE TUNE OF PAMULINAWEN

 Magandang araw po

Mga taga IATF

Saludo sa inyo

Ang sisipag ninyo

Araw-araw pa

May miting at report

Kaya nga lang

Taas ng namamatay. 

2. Kaya IATF

Maaari bang isipin

Kung sinong ipapalit

ninyo sa trabaho nyo

Tiyak ang kailangan

Isang duktor na tapat

At isa pa

magaling na ekonomista

3. Kailangang iangat

ang ating ekonomiya

Hikahos ang taumbayan

Wala pang masakyan

Mahal ang bilihin

Murang sasakyan wala

Mukhang sintunado

ang inaawit nyo. 

4 Pakiusap lang

Magmove-on na kayo

Iba naman dapat

Hahawak ng problema

Maraming salamat 

Sa kasipagan nyo

Kay PDD

Huwag kayong mahihiya. 

REVIVE FEELINGS, NOT JUST REASON IN BUREAUCRACY!

SENSITIZE BUREAUCRACY!

SING A SONG AND HEAL

 

A. ANG DUKTOR NA HINDI DUKTOR

Sing to the tune of BAHAY KUBO

Duque, Duque/

kapit tuko sa puwesto, /

At palaging palpak/

ang kanyang numero/

Ano ang/

pakay mo/

Magkamal ba ng milyon/

 kapal / mo naman/

puwede ba/

magdasal ka na?

 

A.     B. ANG ALENG MATAPOBRE

B.     Sing to the tune of LERON, LERON SINTA  

 Mayrong isang ale/

lumaki sa kayamanan/

ang tingin sa medico/

mga palamunin niya/

Marami ng/namatay/

mga nurses at duktor/

tumutulong sa iba'y/

inaalipusta pa niya.

2. Nasa senado siya/

masuwerteng masuwerte/

 bintog ang bulsa niya/

 pati kamag-anak/

anong tinuturo /

ng ating Senado/

maging lingkod-bayan/

o matapobre ba?

 

 C. DOON PO SA AMIN

Sing to the tune of 

"DOON PO SA AMIN"

Dito sa bayan ko/

may isang bisita

Covid nineteen ang pangalan/

marahas at pumapatay/

 

 Litung lito ang gubyerno/

Paanong dudurugin/

Pinasok si Duque/

Duling namang duktor/

 

 Dumami ang nagkasakit/

Araw-araw may patay/

Hindi, hindi ito grabe/

Kaya daw ni Duque/

 

 Nagising ang medico/

Nagbalak na mag-rally/

Nabigla silang lahat

Kaya MECQ tayo.

 

Mulat na ang bayan

sa ating lipunan

Sagot sa kahirapan

Sama-samang kilos

 

 Pumirma sa petisyon

At sumali sa rally

Huwag kang mag-atubili

Buhay ang kapalit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOBILITY HIGHLY IMPORTANT

PROHIBITION? OR REGULATION?

Kneejerk reaction. "a sudden involuntary reflex kick caused by a blow on the tendon just below the knee"

When you hit the tendon on your knee, the tendency of the leg is to kick. No thinking necessary. It just involuntarily moves up. 

The response of the government to the cries for help of medical workers is like a knee-jerk.

So we go now to MECQ again - no dine-in restaurants, no jeepneys, no tricycles. Everybody stays home. 

The problem with Covid 19 is that it can be avoided, or stopped in its tracks given very creative approaches. But definitely, inhibiting general mobility is not good.

Mobility is important for people, especially for the elderly. We need to be able to exercise our muscles and move our joints. Now confining us to the house may be good but given a small space, slowly we could develop decrepit bodies which could lead to being an invalid. 

Youngsters also need mobility, especially our millennials who are used to fraternizing or developing deep friendships with the opposite sex. Eventually, they could lapse into depression should they be prohibited from getting out of the home.

Limit the hours

What should be done is to limit the number of hours that people can be out in the streets. For example, seniors and youngsters may move around only in the mornings. Then afternoons, they should not be allowed to be seen anymore in the streets. In this way, they will be able to breathe fresh air, sunbathe, and develop a sunny disposition instead of depressed. The wet season make the rains arrive in the afternoons. Hence being out in the mornings is great. 

Dine-in 

Restaurants should be allowed to offer dining in but only on one person per table only. That should keep out any close contacting even between couples. Pasensiya na. Pahinga muna ang loverly ideas. 

I really bat for opening of restaurants because it is very hard for me to cook at home. And many folks I am sure would prefer going to their favorite restaurants to eat no matter how short the time allotted for it. 

Thirdly, restaurants must offer foods that can be easily cooked so that the diners need not linger too long inside.

Jeepney transport

Fourthly, jeepney transportation must be maintained – as the drivers have already developed a system of preventing passengers from having too close contacts. Jeepney mobility is important for workers, vendors, professionals who cannot afford to take a cab all the time. Besides the jeepney drivers also must generate their daily income.

I think we must make people feel that they could still travel from one place to another. Not everyone can be holed up in their homes. Mobility is a must, especially for the urban poor.  

Transmission

By the way, how does the transmission of Covid 19 happen? The DOH put this reminder up in the internet:

"Remember, COVID-19 is only spread through respiratory droplets coughed by an infected person. Therefore, if an infected person does not cough, he/she most likely will not infect others. However, many infected persons only experience mild symptoms. This is particularly true at the early stages of the disease. It is, therefore, possible to get COVID-19 from an infected person with a mild cough but is not feeling ill."

Ergo, really close contact could cause the spread of the virus. 

Now if you look at our streets, there is not much chance to get the virus unless you hug a person, or converse with them lengthily, or maintain close contact for a long period. 

The environment is not the total problem. It is the way people relate with each other that causes possible transmission of the virus. 

At a mall, I feel ill always after going there. The ceiling is high but there is something wrong with the exhaust pipes I think. These should be cleaned up. And air should circulate, not just cold air from the air conditioning units. I am thinking that there should be windows that would allow hot air inside to blow away the virus that really lingers inside cool conditions.  

I don't feel ill when I go to this other mall as the air seems to circulate well. 

Exhaust fans

Also, I have an approach to kill the virus. We could place exhaust fans in the streets to blow it up to the skies. These fans would be placed across the streets on even level with the electric wires. Say, for  Aurora Boulevard, we could have several exhaust fans sucking up the virus and blowing it upwards. I want to know what the DOST thinks of this idea. 

Uniforms

Whoever developed the idea that the police should be in SWAT or fatigue uniform? Their appearance doubles the fear that we feel. First we are afraid of catching Covid 19. Then the fatigued uniform makes us feel as if someone is being hunted down or could be shot at anytime. 

I think that they should wear uniform of a sunny color not this olive green that covers their whole body. Then the police all carry firearms as if the people will be defended from a real war, whereas the enemy is invisible. 

So what for is that war-like get up if not to scare us into submission?

Knee-jerk reactions should be reassessed. Even the appointment of that guy in the DOH I am sure was done without much assessment if he would be capable of handling it. the fact that he had to be quarantined during the beginning of the entry of the virus in our midst, shows his shortsighted view of the problem. 

Let us show a stronger will and strength to face this virus. But not in the manner that would scare us out of our wits. 

 

NOT EXACTLY PURE OF HEART

HOW DID THEY TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES?

The DOLE must now expose all the complaints against the employer, ABS-CBN in order for us to get the true picture of the company. 

An FB writer revealed his disgusting experienceS and those of other co-employees who received physical and verbal maltreatment from high-ranking officers of the company in the creative department. 

I think it is time to respect, honor, and protect the rights of creative people who sacrifice their lives and honor just to be able to express their God-given talents.

One noted radio and TV host and now the wife of a politician, would throw video tapes; another threw ball pens; still another struck the neck of one employee with a newspaper; another one was threatened with being beaten up; and the worst, scorned, the officer had the poor employee removed from a production activity thus making him/her lose the job as well as income.

 

One ex-insider revealed to me that couch casting is a given when an actress aspires for a role, meaning she sleeps with the boss first. 

Also, it is important to know if the company had contractuals and for how long. Were they ever made permanent?

When a company is disenfranchised it is important to see its history of operations from all angles since changes need to be done to make the field an honorable industry. 

Media needs both creative and administrative individuals who will make the outfit run. Usually, the creatives get the worst end because the admin people are the ones holding the purse or could influence who as to who gets the bigger share of the pie. 

Sure, there are economic and political reasons for disenfranchising; but let us not forget the cultural aspect. of how it operated as a company. 

It is important to know it the company had a strong grievance committee, if it existed at all, and if it tackled the complaints of the employees on a daily basis. If it did not have any grievance committee then the DOLE has a big problem - why did it allow a company to exist in that manner

The Commission on Human Rights also has a problem - how to institutionalize a grievance committee in all companies in the Philippines. 

Keeping quiet on its work history is allowing the above anti-human rights violations to persist in the world of media and pity the next generations of media workers or those in other companies who suffer similar fates. I know one company that enjoys calling its women employees"men" as in |radyo men.|"