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Sunday, April 03, 2005
Micame: Price is relative
By Rel P. Micame
SCHOLARSHIP. Coco Alinsug, a Consolacionon who is now based in Boston, Mass., U.S.A., e-mailed to me an application form for the 2005 Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP). Paid for by the Japanese prime minister’s office, successful applicants will have the chance to travel to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Japan.
Who may apply? Former participating youths who are working in government with permanent appointment or status and in supervisory position; government employees with permanent appointment or status and in supervisory positions; elected officials whose term of office will not expire this year; and presidential appointees in supervisory capacity whose term of office will not expire before Dec. 31.
Qualifications: Filipino, must be 35 to 50 years old as of April 1, 2005; of good moral character; physically and mentally fit to travel; experienced in handling or supervising big groups; possesses excellent people’s skills and knowledge of Asean-Japan affairs.
Deadline for submission of applications is April 15. Mail or hand-carry your application to the SSEAYP Secretariat, National Youth Commission, 4th Floor Bookman Bldg., 373 Quezon Ave., Quezon City. Tel. Nos. 781-2372, 781-2373, 781-1817, 781-2386, 781-1152, 781-1406, 749-9401, 749-9404, 749-9409, 749-9399 locals 113 & 115.
LUCKY? Is the Philippines really lucky that the price of premium gasoline is only P31 plus per liter? I don’t think so.
According to the e-mail of Richard Clarke, a British national connected with Aramco in Saudi Arabia, the Philippines is lucky that the price of premium gasoline is only P31 plus per liter. He said that in the United Kingdom, the price is three times higher, which means approximately P90 plus. If converted into pounds at the exchange rate of P103 to a pound, the price of premium gasoline in the United Kingdom is a little over one pound.
Clarke, who is married to a Ce-buana from Consolacion, should not equate the price of gasoline in our country with the United Kingdom because the British earn in pounds, which has a greater value than the peso.
Filipinos earn much less than the Britons. The minimum daily wage in he Philippines is about P250, which means about two pounds. I’m sure the minimum daily wage in the United Kingdom is more than that.
VIGILANTE KILLINGS. Vigilante killings in Cebu can’t be stopped. The latest count of the victims killed was 40. This figure will still go up. Why? Because no Cebuano will come out to tell the police who killed the suspected felons. Cebuanos are happy the suspected robbers, thieves or criminals are gunned down to prevent them from roaming our streets. To the Cebuanos, it will be safer to stroll along the streets free of robbers, thieves, pickpockets and snatchers.
ROAD OPENED. Construction of a three-meter wide road along the Jagobiao Creek in Barangay Nangka, Consolacion started yesterday. Thanks to the efforts of my good friend Willie Aloba, a resident of the barangay connected with the Municipal Government.
There are obstacles—houses along the roadway stretch. But, I’m sure Aloba can convince the owners to tear down their structures because these are built along the environmental easement, a three-meter wide government property.
It is the desire of Mayor Avelino Gungob to construct a six-meter wide road, which will serve as diversion thoroughfare for northbound buses and jeepneys. But the landowners seemed reluctant to donate. The price of real estate in Consolacion is already high. If the Municipal Government is really bent on constructing the diversion road for northbound buses and jeepneys, it can file expropriation proceedings for the additional lot it needs.
SCRIPTURE READING. Suggested reading of the Holy Bible for today is found in the Gospel according to St. John 20:19-31, “Jesus Appears to His Disciples and We Have Seen the Lord” and 1 Pt.1:3-9, “A Living Hope;” April 4—St. Luke 1:26-38, “The Birth of Jesus is Announced;” and for April 5—St. John 3:7-15, “Jesus and Nicodemus.”
(rlmicame@yahoo.com. fax (6332) 423-9956. cell: 0918-4435044)
(April 3, 2005 issue)
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