Pangan: There's a hero in all of us

TODAY marks the commemoration of our Heroes Day throughout the country.

We remember the men and women who gave their lives for the sake of freedom and peace. They unselfishly and without doubt left their dreams and career, and their homes, all for the prospect of seeing their loved ones exist freely under the very freedom they fought for.

Today, we reminisce the sacrifices, tribulations and hardship they had to go through in order that we may live comfortably and undisturbed.

But do we really recognize all their sacrifices? Do we give value to their selfless acts of courage and self-abnegation?

With the onslaught of modern technology, we tend to forget and give much weight instead to the call of innovative methods of living with nary a remembrance of the valuable things past.

In our undertakings, we could acquit ourselves in the manner our heroes behaved and lived to the highest standards of living. We could be heroes in our own way.

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Birthday greetings go to Kathlyn Joy Valenzuela on November 10 (belated) from Tita Lourdes Antonio Canda, RMT Med Tech IV Section Head JBL Memorial Hospital and to my own daughter Kristine Ann (November 19) but whose coming out party will be on November 30 at Km. 86, Balibago, Angeles City.

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Homeowners' meeting. Residents of Fiesta Communities in Tabun, Mabalacat City, held an emergency meeting on November 18, 2018 at 4:00 pm, at the function hall. About 180 homeowners attended and were given Concern List where each wrote his/her concerns up for discussion.

Among the issues printed on manila paper and posted on the function hall's posts were: the frequent house break-ins, contaminated or dirty water, a petition to ask the current board members to step down, unavailablity, at all times, of the homeowners' elected president and lack of security guards and others.

Moderating the assembly was Ms. Kaye Hernandez, a Makati employee (J. P. Morgan) and who resides at Magalang Street, Phase 2. She adeptly handled the proceedings. On hand were: Mabalacat City Chief of Police Villasis and later Tabun barangay chair Jerry P. Magsino who fielded questions from the attendees regarding security and the break-in incidents.

Whereupon, Supt. Villasis who is President of homeowners' association

himself, suggested that a "spotter" might be the one cueing outsiders

which house was unattended or which one was easy to enter. He recommended that neighbors should watch each other's house, be alert and report at once incidents. He added that since Fiesta communities is a private domain and not a public domain, there are limitations as to the use of police resources. Nevertheless, he said he was willing to

assign manpower as sort of police visibility.

Barangay chair Magsino remarked that he and his men are always responsive to the homeowners' plight and urged the attendees any suspicious-looking individuals must be reported to them.

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