BY ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO


LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “Better the poverty of the just than the great wealth of the wicked. The arms of the wicked will be broken, the Lord will sustain the just…” (Psalms 37: 16-17, the Holy Bible).

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    “BOTCHA” AND FDA: WHY THE SILENCE? If anyone gets killed because of the proliferation of “double dead” meat or “botcha” in our markets, there is only the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of the Department of Health (DOH) to blame.

    FDA and DOH must explain why they seem to be doing nothing to stop the sale or even use of “botcha”, despite the sustained and relentless media exposes by the ABS CBN and the Philippine Inquirer, and despite the urgent and real threat posed by “double dead” meat to the life of Filipinos.

    Is this silence and refusal to act on the part of the FDA and the DOH an indication of a possible conspiracy with the “botcha” producers, and those who are gearing to earn millions by using “double dead” meat in their businesses in time for Christmas?

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    WHY IS LTFRB FOOTDRAGGING ON ERRING BUS OPERATORS? One reason why the popularity of President Aquino is continuing to slide down is the inability of the officers he has installed to act decisively on public issues, like the mass strike of public utility buses last Monday, November 15, 2010.

    Even while everybody is already in uproar because bus owners grounded their buses to protest the color-coding scheme of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board is still just “planning to summon” the owners for an investigation.

    This despite the fact that under existing laws, the LTFRB is given the power to stop any public utility company from continuing its operations if in its view the company has committed a violation of the privilege it was granted by government. Why not just suspend the franchises as soon as possible? Why the footdragging?

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    IF BABAO AND DAVILA ARE THE BEST, WHY WERE THEY REMOVED FROM TV PATROL? So, what the can the ABS CBN say now that newscasters Julius Babao and Karen Davila have been named as the best male and female newscasters during the 24th Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards for Television?

    How come Babao and Davila got kicked out from “TV Patrol World”, giving way to former Vice President Noli De Castro and another veteran anchorwoman-newsreader as the new hosts of the newscast, when their performance showed they were the best in the field?

    During the Monday broadcast of the program “Pasada Sais Treynta” at DZMM, Karen and Julius were virtually assailing their removal from “TV Patrol World” on the basis of the awards given to them, although of course they tried to be very civil about it.

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Di kumikilos ang LTFRB; tahimik ang FDA sa “botcha”


    INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “Mas mabuti na ang katarungan ng mga mahihirap, kaysa sa yaman ng mga masasama. Ang kamay ng mga masasama ay mababali, subalit patatatagin ng Diyos ang mga mabubuti…” (Awit 37:16-17, Bibliya).

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    BAKIT TAHIMIK ANG FDA SA “BOTCHA”? Kung may mamamatay dahil sa pagkalat ng “double dead meat” o “botcha” sa ating mga pamilihan, wala ng ibang dapat sisisihin pa kundi ang Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) ng Department of Health.

    Kailangang ipaliwanag ng FDA at ng DOH bakit tila yata hindi sila kumikilos upang mapatigil ang bentahan o paggamit ng “botcha”, sa kabila ng matinding mga ulat ng ABS CBN at Philippine Inquirer, at sa kabila ng matinding banta sa kalusugan at sa buhay ng mga Pilipino dahil sa “double dead meat”.

    Totoo ba na ang katahimikan at hindi pagkilos na ito ng FDA at ng DOH ay nagbabadya ng posibleng sabwatan sa mga nagbebenta ng “botcha” at ng mga umaasam na kumita ng maraming pera sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng “botcha” sa kanilang mga negosyo sa darating na Pasko?

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    BAKIT DI KUMIKILOS ANG LTFRB LABAN SA MGA BUS OPERATORS? Ang isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit patuloy na bumabagsak ang popularidad ng Pangulong Aquino sa ngayon ay ang malamyang pagkilos ng kanyang mga opisyales sa harap ng mga pumuputok na isyung pampubliko, gaya ng malawakang strike ng mga public utility buses noong Lunes, Nobyembre 15, 2010.

    Bagamat galit na ang sambayanan dahil hindi pinabiyahe ng mga may-ari ng bus ang kanilang mga sasakyan upang protestahan ang color-coding scheme ng Metro Manila Development Authority o MMDA, nagkakasya ang Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board sa pagpapatawag lamang ng mga may-ari para sa isang imbestigasyon.

    Sa ilalim kasi ng mga batas, may kapangyarihan ang LTFRB na patigilin ang anumang public utility company sa pagpapatuloy ng kanyang negosyo kung may nagawang paglabag ang nasabing kompanya sa prangkisang ibinigay ng gobyerno. Bakit di na lamang agad suspendihin ang mga prangkisang ito? Bakit nagbabagal-galan pa tayo?

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    KUNG PINAKA-MAHUSAY SINA BABAO AT DAVILA, BAKIT KAYA SILA INALIS? Ano kaya ang masasabi ngayon ng ABS CBN sa pagkakanombra nina Julius Babao at Karen Davila bilang mga pinaka-mahusay na lalaki at babaeng newscasters noong 24th Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards for Television?

    Papaano kayang napatalsik mula sa “TV Patrol World” ang dalawa upang bigyang-daan ang pagbabalik ni dating Vice President Noli De Castro at ng isa pang beteranong babaeng newsreader bilang mga bagong hosts ng newscast, samantalang maganda naman pala ang kanilang mga performance?

    Noong nagbroadcast noong Lunes sa programang “Pasada Sais Treynta” sa DZMM sina Karen at Julius, may himig-hinampo ang kanilang pagsasahimpapawid, batay sa kanilang mga bagong awards, bagamat naging maingat naman sila sa kanilang mga binitiwang salita.

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