Vol.: 03 No.
: 06 Geneva, Switzerland August 2005
STOP Violence - a forum
The Canton of Geneva
through the SPPE with
Femmes Prevention Sante
and Association KAKKAMPI
is organizing a forum on
domestic violence. The forum
will be held at the Multi
Purpose Hall of St Nicholas
de Flue Church on 04
September 2005 from 17h00
onwards.
One of the aims of the forum
is to raise awareness within
the Filipino migrant community about
domestic violence. The message is ---
HELP is available to victims.
Ugnayang Bayan, Come to Jesus
Fellowship, Migrante-Geneva, Tropang
Pinoy, and Samahang Pilipina will also
be represented at the forum.
The forum is part of a larger campaign
against domestic violence and it will be
followed by other activities like focused
group discussions & consultations.
Two cultural mediators from the Filipino
community will assist the SPPE in the
campaign.
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KARAPATAN You live in fear, you feel alone,
you are ashamed, and suffering in
What is physical violence?
This is when, for example, your husband
or partner
silence and isolation. • pushes you around
• slaps you in the face
Being a foreigner (married to a • punches or kicks you
Suisse national, European, or • burns you
someone whose nationality is • injures you with a knife or other weapon
different from yours), you cannot
express yourself in French What is psychological violence?
language, you don’t know your This is when, for example, your husband
rights and the laws concerning or partner
your problem, you may feel very • insults you
isolated, far away from your family • humiliates you
and friends, and “to add salt to • threatens you
injury”, your abusive husband/ • stops you from seeing your friends or
family
partner is causing you pain and
• isolates you
sorrows.
• torments you constantly

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• prevents you to work and/exercise you
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• steals your money or take your money
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by force
between women and men)
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Domestic violence is against the law in Switzerland. It is
unacceptable, regardless of the excuses given or of common
practice in your country of origin.
What you should do when someone
abused or abusing you:
1. Get a medical report every time you
are abused. If you have experienced
physical violence, make sure you
are examined by a doctor, preferably
the same day or as soon as possible
before the marks of beating on your
body disappear.
2. Ask the doctor for a detailed medical
report outlining all the marks and
injuries caused by the attack, including
the psychological effects (shock,
anxiety, insomnia, etc.). Collect as
many evidences as you can against
your abuser.
3. Keep the original Medical Reports
somewhere outside of your home. For
example, ask a friend to keep it safe, or
leave a copy to your doctor. You may
confide your problem with your doctor/
s, they are used to this case.
4. You are entitled to receive help in all
confidentiality, even if you do not have
a residence permit in Switzerland.
There are people who will listen to you,
give you counsel/advice, and help you
find the means to protect yourself and
get out of your difficult situation. There
are different organisations in Geneva
that can give you information on your
human rights; tell you where you can
get financial and legal assistance,
temporary shelter, and even housing.
5. If you are a victim of domestic violence
or if you feel threatened, you are
entitled by the law in Switzerland to
seek protection. For example, you
can leave your house and take your
children to a safe place of refuge.
6. Confide your problems with someone
you trust or ask for help from the
special services.
7. If you find yourself in danger, call
your local police station or dial the
emergency number 117.
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What the law says
1. Cases of domestic violence are
automatically subject to public
prosecution in Switzerland: this means
that legal action is taken against the
offender whenever the authorities
(police, public prosecutor) become
aware of the situation.
2. However, if you request and/or agree,
and in the case of minor physical
injuries, repeated assaults, threats or
pressure, the competent authority may
decide to suspend criminal proceedings
for six months. If you do not ask for
proceedings to be resumed within this
period, the case will be closed (subject
to further appeal).
3. Cases of forced sex or marital rape
cannot be suspended.
While violence may not always leave a
visible scar on your body, it does have a
negative effect on your personality and
destroy your self-confidence.
Your children are also affected. Their
sufferings are often expressed in
their behaviours: problems at school,
restlessness, difficulties in relating with
children of the same age, etc.
Violence sets a bad example for children.
They will have tendency to copy the type
of behaviour they see in their home.
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 Migration and domestic violence
By Anny Misa Hefti
In Switzerland, statistics reveal that one out
KARAPATAN of every five women get battered by their
partners or husbands during their lifetime.
For many years, the issue of domestic
violence was taboo. People just did not
talk about it. Violence in relationships was
considered a private affair. This view has
changed. Various campaigns have made
the public more sensitive to the issue.
Social workers, policemen, and other
agencies have undergone training to better
understand the mechanism of domestic
violence. Several intervention modules have
been tried out in many places. Domestic
violence is a concern of each and everyone.
The mechanism of violence in
relationships
Domestic violence occurs in relationships
where conflict is the continuous result
of power inequality between partners:
differentiating between the one dominated
and the one dominating, more often the
husband. A dichotomy exists between
the psychological and physical aspects
of violence. Sometimes, violence erupts
after a strong verbal argument that some
experts view violence as an expression of
the inner world of the husband. If the wife
sees violence in this context, she will accept
the situation and will put up with it. She had
experienced this before from the parents.
She accepts this oppression. She believes it
is her duty to put order to the situation. The
guilt-feelings are very strong.
The cycle of violence follows certain stages.
The time difference between one stage
to the next varies from case to case. The
first phase consists of build up of tension,
signs of stress and slight cases of violence
where the wife tries to handle the situation.
She tries to avoid violence by ‘behaving’
according to the wishes of the partner. This
phase can last long. The second phase is
the explosion or actual battering incident.
Abusers may attack, verbally assault,
threaten or scream at their partners.
Abusers take control when they batter.
The third phase is called the ‘honeymoon’
period. The batterer is sorry and makes
efforts to make up. He brings flowers and
presents and promises not to do it again.
 Both partners deny how bad the abuse was
and that it could happen again. The loving
display and promises from the husband
gives the wife hope that things might
change. After awhile the loving stage fades
away and the cycle starts all over again.
The cycle of violence will not be broken
unless there is intervention. In fact, violence
becomes more frequent; the loving and
contrite stages completely disappears. This
is the point when the woman is considered
to be in great danger
Violence against women in migrant
situations
The volume of women migrant workers has
increased considerably in the past years.
The condition of women migrant workers
in low status employment, as racial minority
and as unprotected women exposes them
to abuse and human rights violations.
Structural violence in forms of anti-migration
laws put women in precarious situations. As
an example: foreign women married to local
citizens do not possess an independent
staying permit. If the marriage breaks up
before five years, the wife can be deported
back to her homeland. This dependency
makes the woman heavily dependent on her
spouse.
Violence against migrant women per se is
a global problem. It is an ultimate form
of discrimination and exploitation that cuts
across gender, class and race issues.
The situation becomes more serious and
complex where undocumented workers
are concerned. Without legal status, this
group of migrants are very dependent of
the goodwill of anyone they encounter: at
friendships, at work, at relationships. This
creates a rich ground for exploitation. The
undocumented migrant has no choice but
to give in to the whims, demands, threats
of any person they are dealing with. The
pattern likens to domestic violence. The
dominated person is passively hoping
for improvement in the relationship; the
dominating person relishes his/her authority.
We have to point out that there several
forms of violence. Physical violence is
one. Psychological violence where the
person is systematically degraded is just
as common and painful. Many victims
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suffer mental breakdown in the process.
Sexual violence happens in many marriages
and relationships. The female partner is
raped if she denies sexual intercourse.
Structural violence is committed by States
and governments. Countries with restrictive
migration policies create the undocumented
migrant community. These laws put these
migrant workers in very precarious situation.
This is a form of violence.
Ways out of bondage
I have been confronted with cases of
violence in marriage in my work as
counselor for foreign women. It is very
difficult for battered women to leave the
violent household. They make many
attempts. Eventually they ‘run away’, but
are back before the day is over. By the
time the women make it to the‚ Women’s
Shelter, their whole physical and mental
system is shattered. They are incapable of
decisions and are completely helpless. She
needs a confidant, a person she trusts .
The work with battered women is slow and
sensitive. She has to reconcile reality with
her feelings which could take a long time.
However, everytime she takes that step to
‘run away’ she gains a little courage and
self-confidence. Eventually, she will finally
bid goodbye to this violent relationship.
The process can be accellerated when
battered women come together and
share experiences. Women have been
programmed to be nice, polite women
and mothers; thus the strong feelings of
guilt if they behave otherwise. Our clinical
experiences showed us that women
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they hook up with women who reject these
violent relationships as well. They see that
they are not alone. This mutual support is
very important to their recovery.
The problem of violence in relationships
is complicated. There are no terms
of recommendations or rules to solve
them. The problems are specific and
require specific methods and solutions,
like the ready availability of shelter’s,
crisis telephones, supportive police and
sympathetic social workers. In my work with
battered women, it was important that I set
myself at their level. They have internalized
the oppression. To release them from this
bondage, it is necessary that they build up
a relationship based upon friendship and
equality – this could be a psychological or
spiritual counselor, or a friend. It is important
that the battered woman feels she is on
equal footing with these people. In this
context, it makes sense that the women
have counselors speaking their language.
The Counseling Center for Foreign Women
in Bern has this philosophy at core.
The center has counselors in different
languages. I took the cases for Filipinas and
english-speaking clients.
Autonomy is the keyword to women
empowerment. Until society puts equality
between men and women in force, and just
not on paper, the phenomenon of violence
against women will find no end.
end

 The Bugaw
By James B. Reuter, S.J. The Philippine Star 08/06/2005
A young Canadian woman, a wife and
KARAPATAN mother, came here to the Philippines,
hoping to help the Filipino children who were
trapped in the terrible industry of prostitution.
She had a degree in Social Work, from a
Canadian University. She knew the basic
facts: that prostitution was earning billions
for countries like Thailand, Indonesia and
the Philippines; that 70 percent of Filipino
families are living under the poverty line,
so that Filipina girls were strongly tempted
to take any work that would enable their
families to survive; and that cybersex was a
booming business in this country.
She was good looking, friendly, very
personable. She worked her way into one
of the big beautiful private homes, where
the internet service was going on. She was
accepted as a friend, because somehow
they got the idea that she was supplying
the cameras, the lights, the sound – all the
equipment.
She settled in a chair alongside a very
sexy woman who was a little overweight,
was wearing too much make-up, and was
chewing gum. The woman turned to her
and said – very friendly, very talkative - “I’m
Rosa.” She patted the shoulder of the little
girl sitting next to her and said: “I’m her
bugaw!”
The Canadian woman had been around
long enough to know that a bugaw was a
big girl, or an old woman, who managed the
child prostitutes. They found the children,
persuaded their families to let them go; and
then taught them what they should do to
please their customer.
The bugaw was the “middle woman”,
between the syndicate and the prostitute.
Usually the syndicate supplied the
customers, but if on a given day the
syndicate had no sex tours, no organized
body of customers, then the bugaw found
customers for her children.
The bugaw said to our Canadian woman:
“My girl Luisa is next…. What’s your name?”
Our friend said: “Rebecca…/ my name is
Rebecca.” Of course, this was not her name.
But she went on: “Your little girl Luisa is
next. What will she do?”

Rosa shifted in her chair, and sat up straight,
smiling. She was proud of this. She said:
“Oh, she’ll do anything! She has been
working with me for two full years! She’s real
game!”
Rebecca said, wondering: “What do you
mean – ‘working with you’? “ Rosa said
cheerfully, very satisfied with herself: “Going
out with customers. . . . to their hotel rooms.
. . . or to motels. . . . Her picture is in all the
brochures!”
Rebecca said: “Brochures?” Rosa
answered, a little impatient with Rebecca’s
ignorance: “The ones gotten out by the
syndicate. Advertizing the children! Luisa is
a favorite.”
Rebecca was a little stunned. She said:
“But she is only a baby!…. How old is she?”
Luisa looked up at her and volunteered:
“Eight!”
Rebecca said to Rosa: “She has been a
professional prostitute since she was six?”
Rosa said, casually, as if it happened every
day: “Well, it really started when she was
five. She was raped, in her own home….
It wasn’t her father…. It was some nutty
relative…. so the family was willing to give
her to me. They know that I take good care
of all my kids!”
Rebecca said: “You have many children. .
. . . working with you?” Rosa smiled: “I’m
the favorite bugaw in our whole squatter
area. With me, the kids make money. For
instance, this internet thing. . . . .Do you
know how much Luisa earns? P5,000 a day!
P5,000!” Luisa said: “Rosa keeps P1,000
and she gives P4,000 to my Mama”
Rosa followed this, swiftly: “Yes! That’s it! I
only take 20 percent. That’s why they like
me. . . . .The other bugaw takes 40 percent,
50 percent, 60 percent . . . . .But me – I’m
their friend!”
“Do the parents let the children go?”
Rosa laughed. “Let them go? They are
jealous of each other! They want their own
kid to work every day!” And Luisa added:
“They need the money.”
When they were preparing Luisa, Rebecca
saw with her eyes what happened. Before
the camera, she was told to undress, to
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innocently, until she was stark naked. than that!
Rebecca could see the TV monitor. The It must start in the heart of each one of us:
camera zoomed in on the poor child, the conviction that the treasure of this nation
concentrating on her genitals. is: our children. The realization that the
Later, Rebecca asked Luisa: “When they do Filipina girl is the eighth wonder of the world.
that, aren’t you embarrassed? Do you cry?” The determination to protect our women, at
The poor kid said: “Oh, the pictures are all costs!
alright. . . . .The pictures don’t hurt. . . . .” We start with this: if a child, or a girl, or a
Rebecca, much later, went to one of the young woman is trapped in this industry, and
government shelters where the rescued wants to get out of it. . . . .
children were kept. She discovered that On Smart, text: “Rescue at 326”
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Her reflection was: “the ones who should be
arrested are the bugaws and the members
of the syndicate! This business of human
trafficking is protected by the police, very
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legal officials who have a position of power
in the government!”
She said: “Even if you save 30 children
today, the bugaw will come up with thirty
more, tomorrow!. . . . .And if you don’t arrest
the organizers, the big business men who
are making money out of this. . . . .human
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An exciting event is coming its way to
Geneva, Switzerland on September 3, 2005.
The much awaited concert of Ms. Vina Morales,
produced by Hollywood Video Club, is going to be
held at the Theatre du Grand-Casino, Noga Hilton
Geneva where over 1,200 audience will flock the concert
theatre not just from Geneva but also from other major
Swiss cities such as Bern and Zurich. Dubbed as “JLo
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with the versatile balladeer, Mr. Janno Gibbs dubbed as

“The Voice”.
Born as Sharon Magdayao, Vina has evolved from a very
promising young actress to an internationally renowned
recording artist expanding her experience not just in
South East Asia but also throughout North America. And
now, for the very first time in her 13-year career as a
singer/actress, the sultry singer is going to make a big
bang in Europe! Four major European cities in four top
notch venues, Vina Morales will be performing with “The
Songwriter” himself, Mr. Ogie Alcasid in London’s Carling
Apollo Theatre on August 14, in Malaga’s San Pedro Carpa
on August 20 followed by Dublin’s The Helix Mahogany Hall on
August 27 and finally with Mr. Janno Gibbs on September 3 in Geneva’s
Theatre du Grand-Casino, Noga Hilton.
Vina’s fans will be entertained with a variety of songs ranging from
the 70’s to the modern pop and RnB hits. It is definitely going to be a
scorching hot summer for this total performer and her European based
fans as this concert will reproduce the team up of the Cebuana singer
and the top rated comedian which was first experienced by their fans in
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who has only gotten better through the years. She has the makings of
becoming an international hit. She
understands the body language of
any artist she’s with onstage and
never is she out there to upstage any
one else. Vina is Vina. She moves
like no other and she still is getting
better. In a country where looks
come before talent, she has been
blessed to have both and more.
She knows where all these talents
come from and she’s humble
enough to always give the glory
back to God. The best is yet to
come for Vina Morales... truly one
of the Philippines’ most breathtaking
performers.”
end

 Labor dept warns Filipinos here and abroad
against text, e-mail scam
08/02 3:14:02 PM (www.philstar.com)
The Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) Tuesday warned overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs), would-be OFWs, and
the public to avoid being victimized and
defrauded by text, phone, and e-mail scams
perpetrated by nefarious syndicates here
and abroad.
Labor Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas
issued the warning following reports of the
resurgence of a text scam, which misuses
the name of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) to feign credibility and, lure and
defraud unsuspecting OFWs of their money.
Sto. Tomas, however, said that these
attempts to defraud the OFWs of their hard-
earned money are again bound to fail as she
noted that OFWs themselves are reporting
attempts to victimize them for the awareness
and action of the proper authority.
“We believe that OFWs’ innate smartness,
values and integrity will prevent them from
allowing such scams to victimize them.
Nevertheless, we strongly urge them not to
be caught off guard by taking the necessary
precautions like activating the anti-spam
features of their Internet e-mail addresses,
and their Internet- linked celfones, and/or
report any phone or text attempt to defraud
them to the government,” the labor chief
said.
She added that Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA), and Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration
(POEA), are now also in coordination with
the BSP and other pertinent agencies to
neutralize the illegal activities locally and
prevent the potential harm that they can
cause on unsuspecting victims.
The text scam was first detected by the BSP
in 2002 but fizzled out after the government
issued a warning to the public. Nonetheless,
the BSP coordinated with the OWWA
and the POEA, as well as the National
Telecommunications Commission, after the
scam resurfaced and OFWs complained.
Based on the modus operandi of the
syndicate, unsuspecting victims are
informed that they had won in a fictitious
BSP raffle in an attempt to lure them to
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purchase phone cards or deposit their
money in a certain bank account as taxes
and other expenses.
The culprits reportedly go as far as using
the names of other institutions like the
Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corporation (PAGCOR) or the Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). A
typical text scam message reportedly reads:
“Congrats... [you] won 2 million during a
special public raffle fr. Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas,” and then directs the recipient to a
particular BSP telephone number.
A similar scam was also reportedly
circulating abroad. “We urge OFWs to be
cautious and to take extra precautionary
measures on their personal communications
due to the existence of similar, fraudulent
operations using the worldwide capabilities
of Internet and cellular technology.”
Sto. Tomas pointed to a Department of
Foreign Affairs report that the Spanish
authorities have recently conducted a
massive arrest operation involving 300
suspects, mainly from West Africa, for
swindling thousands of people of hundreds
of millions of Euros.
The DFA said it had been “swamped with
numerous complaints by OFWs” against the
scam.
Earlier, the Philippine government also
warned of the so-called “419” international
e-mail scam, following the concern raised
by the media, law enforcement, and other
authorities of Nigeria, a west African country,
on the racket whose modus operandi
involves soliciting detailed personal
information for illegal transactions on a lure
of transferring funds to the victim’s bank
account.
end
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 Philippine Languages
by Tumbagang Isda

I decided to write this in order to dispell Let us find its origin and migration...
KARAPATAN various falacies that is taught in the
Philippines on Philippine languages:
The origin according to linguistic
archaeology, the language is originally
1. Ilokano, Kapampangan, in Southern China using today’s
Pangasinense...etc... are languages description of the area, remember
and not dialects of Tagalog. that China once was a small country
and divided into three kingdoms,
2. That Philippine languages did not
western kingdom was called Chin,
come from Malaysia or Indonesia.
middle kingdom was always being
Philippine languages is part of the devastated by both East and West
group called Austronesian group of kingdoms. It became China when
languages. It is the most widespread Western Kingdom finally succeded in
language group, From Madagascar to overthrowing the Eastern kingdom and
Rapa Nui along the shores of Chile, the middle kingdom just disappeared.
South America. China started looking south, they
invaded and pushed the original people
Breaking it down, Philippines
there. The people in that southern
including Malay belongs to Western
area were the Viets and the Proto-
Malayo-Polynesian group, Ilokano,
Formosan people.Proto-Formosans of
Pangansinan, Ivatan, Ibanag..
course went to Taiwan, from Taiwan to
etc.. belongs to Northern Philippine
Philippines, Philippines to Indonesia,
languages, while Tagalog belongs to
Central Philippine language. Meaning
Tagalog belongs to the same group as Advertisement
Bisayan language, not Luzon language
group, yes, the language migrated with
its speakers first to Batangas spreading
towards where we find them now.
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Philippines throughout history has
influences from India, via Malaysia and
Indonesia, although their people arrived
in their respective places by boat from
Northern Philippines.
Yes, Malays, and Indonesians were
originally from the Philippines and
so are the rest of the Austronesian KAKKAMPI T-shirt
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 about the Philippines
then Indonesia to Malaysia... some
eventually ended up in Madagascar,
some to Guam and the Marianas, etc.
There is a “Highway” of sorts along
southern Philippine waters that goes
East-West and below West-East
(counter currents) and as stone age
sailors as proven in several digs from
Philippines to Micronesia, the Pacific
was conquered thousands, if not
hundreds of years before Europe even
learned how to sail. Reaching Peru and
Chile.
In conclusion:
Malaysians and Indonesians have long
knowledge of Philippines, this is where
they came from, their language and
customs are the same. They came from
us, we did not came from them.
Pangasinense is not a dialect of
Tagalog, at one time Tagalog was a
dialect of those Northern Philippine
language but in time, it became a
language on its own right.
Definitions:
Language is verbal communication that
is intelligible only to its speakers.
Dialect is intelligible to another of the
same dialect.
Meaning: Kapampangan cannot be a
dialect of Tagalog because they are not
mutually intelligible, both are languages
from each other. Manila Tagalog is
a dialect of Tagalog, while Bulacan
Tagalog is another Tagalog dialect,
as we all know there is differences
between each other, another is
Batangueño Tagalog.
I am ashamed of what Philippine
education has done to us Filipinos, all
in the efforts of “Nationalism” we were
taught a number incorrect ideas of who
we are.
We are not of “Malay” stock or
KAUNLARAN
“Indonesian” stock, we never were.
Using their language as basis on this
idea is wrong, since our language
belong to the same group and family,
their language will always be similar.
Only proved what linguists and
archaeology has proven, they are from
the Philippines and not the other way
around.
Now I hope this will remove all
references making it sound as if Malays
colonized your region, they only came
back, and if you think about it, our
people (talking about our people as one
huge group called Austronesians) used
the ocean as a road, colonized and re-
colonized many islands, there are even
speculation that South America was
first colonized by Austronesians.
Austronesians as a group of people
represents a whole civilization
based on the boat and the ocean, in
Southeast Asia; Austronesians are
known for these, boats with outrigger,
bagoong and betle-nut chewing, patis
eating people.
Our people have traversed the oceans
bringing with us coconuts, bananas,
sugar, rice, pigs, dogs and chickens.
Not to mention gabi and other root
crops.
Be happy, be proud, we are the mother
of the Austronesians, of course this last
comment will upset the academe, since
this is not how it is supposed to do.
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 Analysis: Today’s Struggle (Part 2)
By Mila D. Aguilar
Marcos, a datu
KARAPATAN Marcos was a local datu before he
became a congressman. He it was
who, in breaking the barriers of the
imagination in robbery, broke the
barriers of upper-class robbery. In
involving bright young minds from
the middle class in his administration,
whether as officials or as cronies, he
lowered the stakes for robbery-in-band.
With the proliferation of possibilities
in the art of corruption, the population
itself soon learned the art of corruption.
That is why many say that when
democracy was restored in 1986,
corruption was also democratized.
The Filipino people had learned, by
way of osmosis as well as journalistic
declaration, that their leaders were
corrupt; being an indigenously
democratic people who had lived by
consensus before the coming of the
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Spaniards, why should they not be able
to do what their leaders were doing?
Marcos’ breaking of the barriers of
corruption also facilitated another
phenomenon: after martial law, the old
ruling class, whose wealth had been
based on feudal property, ill-gotten
perhaps through one or two centuries
of corruption but feudal nonetheless,
found themselves with strange
bedfellows in politics—they were joined
now by sons and daughters of the
professional middle class, sons and
daughters who had themselves gotten
rich quick through the auspices of
cronyism but had no social backing in
terms of land.
The “old” ruling class, as Cory’s kind
must be called even if their wealth
may have come out of a fluke in the
Philippine Revolution, looked down
on this new variety of the ruling class,
though they were exactly the same
not only in terms of skin color but of
eyeglass color—they looked at the
economy in exactly the same feudal
way: that is, they sat and waited for the
moneys of the land to come to their
desk drawers. Only, the new ones
were more active and obvious in their
search for it, while Cory herself, like
some of the presidents before her, may
not have directly engaged in it, having
been guilty of it only by proxy.
It was not, therefore, because Erap
came from the masa that Cory’s kind
abhorred him. He is, after all, the
son of an engineer, and most of his
brothers and sisters are professionals.
It was because he had broken through
the barriers of corruption, of which
the old ruling class thinks they have
the priority, the practice having been
traditionally their sole privilege.
Land reform made matters worse for
the expanded ruling class, which are
now rightfully called ruling elites rather
than one ruling elite. After land reform,
which was dictated by the U.S. on
Marcos (as well as Magsaysay before
him) as an instrument for creating a
cash economy and therefore a wider
market in the countryside, as well as
for stymieing peasant insurgencies, the
traditional elite could not rely anymore
on good old feudalism to feed their
fancies. They had to look for newer
sources of “income.” Since they were
so used to sitting and waiting for the
produce of the land to come to their
tables, few of them thought of applying
whatever capital they had accumulated
on productive enterprise. Instead,
they thought of the next best thing: to
engage in bureaucratic enterprise—that
is, sitting and waiting behind desks for
the moneys to flow into their pockets.
This added to the current glut we see
in electoral politics. Too many want to
become politicos—it is the only way to
earn, barring conscientious application
of hard work in legitimate business.
Not only the nouveau riche elite, but the
traditional elite, want a piece of the pie.
Even the few of the traditional elite who
are into big business mistakenly think
that they need government in order to
survive, and therefore dabble in it.
This is the circus we see now playing
itself out before us: the Gloria camp
representing the traditional elite (now
you see why Cory has had to defend
her, and is working out a replacement
for her); the Erap camp representing
the nouveau riche elite, with their
billions earned not only from illegitimate
sources but from the movie fiefdom
(which, by the way, behaves very much
like a feudal fiefdom, in the sense that
the star sits and waits long hours to
get into camera, earning millions, while
KAUNLARAN
everyone else works his butt off around
him/her, earning a pittance).
It’s been a tug of war between the
two elites, beginning with Edsa I and
going on to Edsa II. That each time
the traditional elite won is indicative of
its continued strength. This continued
strength is fueled by their allies in
big business, which happen to be
peopled by their kind. The problem is,
while these few businesses depend
on the masses even more than
on government, their owners, like
their cousins in politics, cannot get
themselves to like their own customer
base. It is this internal contradiction
within the traditional elite that will
spell their disaster after Gloria, if they
choose not to shape up.
Their likely alternative of a puppet
known to have been corrupt-to- the-
core from the start will not help them
any. They are on the way out, in the
same way that Gloria is, because the
semi-feudal order that used to nourish
them is already crumbling. All the
masses have to do to turn them to
powder is to boycott their products.
But there is a third factor to the current
situation; without this third factor, our
story will not be complete.
end of part 2
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KARAPATAN Hulagpos
HINDI SILA KUNDI IKAW
Poetry by Del B. Quijano
Masaya nu’ng simula / Hanggang sa simula
lamang pala / Nang lumaon ay nag-iba /
Lambing ng boses nawala / Sugal, inom, barkada
/ Nadagdagan pa ng iba / Ikaw na nga ang
kumikita / Pag gusto’y bugbog ka pa / “Magtiis
ka”, sabi nila / “Iginuhit ‘yan ng tadhana” /
“Iyan daw ang iyong s’werte” / “nandiyan na ‘yan”,
wala kaming paki” / “Sayang ang pagsasama” /
Ang sabi pa ni attorney / “Baka naman nagkulang
ka” / Tingnan daw ang iyong sarili / Lumaya ka!
Ngayon na! / Korte ba ang magsasabi / Hanggang
kailan mananatili / Sa sitwasyong kinalalagyan
/ Na pilit mong ikinukubli / Si ninong ba o ang
simbahan / Ang biyenan mo o magulang / Kahit
si Totoy o si Nene / Di ka p’wedeng iditine / Ang
pira-piraso na salamin / Ng sarili mo’y pulutin /
Buuin, H’wag nang muling / Bayaan pang basagin
/ Ng salita at ng kamaong / Mapanakit, mapang-
alipin / Di sila, kundi ikaw / Ang s’yang dapat
magpasya / Lumaya ka! Ngayon na!
AYOKO NA
Poetry by Dulce Marciana
Ayoko nang maupo / sa iyong kandungan /
Ayoko nang tumingin / sa mapungay mong mata
/ Sa likod nito pala’y / Isang apoy nagmumula /
Nakasusunog, sumisiklab / Lumalabas sa iyong
salita / Sa mabigat mo na mga kamay / Na noon
ay umaakit / Parang malamig na simoy ng hangin
/ Nagbibigay ginhawa / Ayoko na na maging
/ Parang isang ulila / Na sasayaw sa himig /
Kundiman ng iyong galit / Hindi / Pagkat alam
ko na hindi ito / Ang tunay kong tadhana /
Nagkamaling umapak ang anghel / Sa maputik
na lupa / Nang bumagsak sa paglipad / Na para
bang alitaptap / Isang hagis at ilaw n’ya ay nawala
/ Isang hagis at napinsala / Ayaw ko na, pagkat /
Minahal kita.
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STOP V
NOT THEY, BUT YOU
Translated by Kristina T. Subido
The beginning was bliss / but beginning was all
that it was / Time passed / things changed / the
sweetness in the voice / gone / Bets, booze, buddies /
on top of that, another / its you who get the earnings
yet / upon the urging, its blows you get as well /
“Learn to take it,” they say / “such is fate” /
“that’s your luck” / “that’s that”, / “its none of our
business” / “all those years together, all to waste”, /
and attorney even said / “maybe you were wanting”
/ “look within yourself ”, you’re told / The court will
not tell / ‘til when you must stay / in the situation
you find yourself / that you try hard to hide / not
godfather / not the church / not mother-in-law / not
the parents / neither the little boy nor the little girl
/ can hold you down / Pick up the pieces / of your
self-image / Make it whole and nevermore / allow
it to be shattered / by the force of wits and fists /
injurious, enslaving / not they, but you / have the
right to choose / Be free! Right now!
NO MORE
Translated by Kristina T. Subido
No more will I sit on your lap / no more will I go
near and look / at your sweet and comely eyes /
Behind the look kindles the flame that bursts / the
flame that burns / that flares up / in your words
/ in your / heavy hands that once / beckoned like
a cool breeze / giving comfort / no more will I be
like an orphan / dancing to the song of your rage
/ because I know now / destiny isn’t you / it isn’t
this / by mistake an angel stepped / on muddy
ground when / flying she fell and like a firefly / one
throw and her light dimmed / one throw and she was
crushed / no more / because I loved you.
Violence
... a Collection of Poems
TAGHOY
Poetry by Marra PL. Lanot
Sawa na ako sa bugbog / Sa lasa ng kamao at luha
/ Sa kulog ng tampal sa tenga ko / Sawa na ako
sa dilim / Sa paglaglag ng bituin / Sa kislap ng
patalim / Sa lunggang walang hangin / Bubuksan
ko ang bintana / Bubuksan ko ang pinto /
Kailangan kong huminga / Nang dumaloy ang dugo
/ Iiwanan ko ang poon / Tatakasan ko ang piit /
Hahabulin ko ang ibon / Aabutin ko ang langit
BUHOK
Poetry by Elynia S. Mabanglo
Mahaba’t nakalugay / iyang lagi ang gusto mo /
lalo’t nagniniig tayo / sa pusikit na dilim / Sa
pusikit na dilim / sing-itim / sing-itim / ng mga
hiblang nilalabnot / sa simbuyo ng damdamin / Sa
simbuyo ng damdaming / di tulak ng paggiliw /
ano’t lugay na buhok / sinasabunot / Sinasabunot
/ sa silakbo ng lupit at poot / para-parang nalimot
/ iyo’y nilalamuyot / sa timyas ng pag-irog /
Timyas ng pag-irog / kay kirot / kay kirot /
nakatanim palibhasa / sa buhok
BUMANGON KA’T LUMAYA
Babae ka / ang magkamali ay iyo ring karapatan /
‘di ka dapat sinasaktan / lalo na sa iyong tahanan
/ Babae ka / at husto na / bumangon ka’t lumaya
/ sa marahas mong kalagayan.
Breaking free
KAUNLARAN
LAMENT
Translated by Kristina T. Subido
Had enough of the blows / of the taste of fists /
and tears of the thunderous / clap against my ears /
Had enough of the dark / of the stars falling / of
the glint of the blade / of this airless burrow / I’m
opening wide the door / I need to breathe / so that
blood may flow / I’m leaving the master / I’m fleeing
the prison / I’m catching up with the birds / I’m
reaching for the sky.
HAIR
Translated by Lidi B. Nacpil
Long, loose and flowing / it is the way you like it /
Especially when we make love / in the darkest night
/ In the darkest night / so black / so black / as
the strands pulled / with the intensity of feeling /
With the intensity of feeling / brought forth not by
joy / but let loose with hate / grasping / pulling /
Grasping, pulling / in a burst of cruelty and hate
/ seemingly forgotten / that you mix in / with the
sweetness of love / Sweetness of love / so painful /
so painful / because it is buried/ in the hair.
RISE AND FREE YOURSELF
Translated by Marie Ozaeta
Woman / you have the right to make mistakes /
You should not be abused / especially in your own
home / Woman / enough of this / Rise and free
yourself / from the violent world you’re in.
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 STOP Violence
... a Collection of Poems
This poem was inspired by an actual case of child rape and abuse committed by
KARAPATAN a powerful elected official in the Philippines. The poet tried to express a child’s
feelings of confusion, hurt and sadness but without anger in describing how she
actually felt. The tone is intimate and confessional, hoping that the child would get
her father’s understanding and protection.
DALIT NG PASLIT
Poetry by Benilda Santos
‘Tay, sa isip ko lang ‘to sinusulat / Sinulat ko na
‘to kahapon / Pero isusulat ko uli ngayon kasi /
Talagang-Talaga nang / Nahihirapan na ‘ko /
Mula nung mamatay ka / Nang lumubog ‘yung
barkong / Sinakyan mo / At si Nanay sumama
sa / Traysikel drayber d’yan sa kanto / Naiwan
ako ke Tiyo / ‘Di n’ya ako pinapapasok sa iskul
/ Sa bahay na lang daw/ Kaya pala/ Dadalhin
niya ‘yung mga kaibigan niya dito/ Sa gabi/ alam
mo/ maingay sila at lasing/ Sabi nila, ‘nung unang
gabi / Ba, pwede na ‘tong alaga mo, / Lazaro
/ Tiningnan nila ako, ‘tay / Sabi, laro lang, ha
/ H’wag kang matatakot / Tapos tawa sila ng
tawa / Lahat kami humiga / Tapos madilim /
Tapos, umaga na / Hoy, sabi ni Tiyo / Tayo ay
pupunta ngayon sa Maynila / Magbalot ka na
ng mga damit mo / Pero di ako makabangon /
Tumingala lamang ako sa kisame / Nagbilang
ng pako / Me kalawang ang lahat / Sa Maynila,
marami pang pinapasok / Si Tiyong mga lalaki
/ Malakas tumawa / Maraming pera sa bulsa /
Me mabaho, meron namang mabango / Merong
mataba, me payat, me malinis / Me katulad ni
Tiyong sumisinga sa sahig / Lalu nang dumalas
/ Ang pagtingala ko sa kisame / Pero di na ‘ko
makapagbilang ng pako / Kasi ‘yung kisame /
Naging isang salamin / Kita ko d’un lahat / Ang
ginagawa namin / Sa sahig / ‘Tay, magsusumbong
na ‘ko, talaga, kasi / Dal’wang taon na atsaka /
Lumalaki ang salamin / Dumaraming nakikita
/ T’saka baka ‘di na ‘ko makabangon / Mabigat
na mabigat na ‘yung puson ko, Itay / Pabigat nang
pabigat ‘Tay, / Parang buong Maynila / nasa loob
ng puson ko / Alam mo? Alam mo? Alam mo?
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A CHILD’S SONG
Translated by Kristina T. Subido
Pa, am writing this all in my head / Wrote this
yesterday but writing it again / ‘Cause am really,
really having it bad / Since you died / since that
boat you were in sank / and Mama took off with
that tricycle driver down the corner / been left with
Uncle / He didn’t put me in school / Kept me home
/ Turned out, he was bringing his friends here / At
night y’know / They’re noisy / Drunk / They said
that first night, / “Hey, your little girl here will do /
Lazaro” / They looked at me, Pa / Said “Its just
play, okay? / Just play / Don’t be scared” / Then,
they laughed and laughed / We all lay down / Then
it was dark / Then it was morning / “Hey, Uncle
said / We’re going to Manila, okay? / Pack your
clothes / But I couldn’t get up / I just looked up at
the ceiling / Counted the nails / There’s rust in all
of them / In Manila, Uncle let in so many more /
y’know, who laugh loud / with lots of money in their
pockets / There’s smelly ones / there’s nice-smelling
ones / There’s fat ones / there’s thin ones / There’s
clean ones / There’s ones who snort their buggers
down on the floor / like Uncle / More and more
I’d stared at the ceiling, Pa / But I can’t count the
nails no more / ‘Cause the ceiling’s got to be this big,
big / big mirror / Can see everything there that we
do on the floor / More and more I can’t sleep / Pa,
am going to tell now / Really / really will /’Cause,
been two years now / And that mirror’s getting
bigger / Am seeing more and more / And, what if
I can’t get up no more / My belly’s getting so heavy /
Heavier and heavier, Pa / Like I got all of Manila
in my belly / Y’know?
 about Switzerland
01 August: Swiss National Day
The Rütli, a meadow surrounded
by forest, nestles on the shores of
Lake Urner, the southern arm of Lake
Lucerne. This was where the myth of
the Rütli Oath began. The story tells
of how in the summer of 1291, men
from the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and
Unterwalden joined together to found
the Swiss Federation. Although there
is no documented proof, a Letter of
Alliance dated 1291 substantiates that
people living around the lake discussed
common problems, administrated
common property and wanted to use
their united strength to settle disputes.
Most probably this awareness of unity
was not created in one simple act but
developed over a period of years.
Swiss National Day on the
1st of August is not simply the
commemoration of one specific day and
deed, but far more the commemoration
of a more or less functional group of
regions, independent yet reliant on
each other, who joined together in the
13th century.
A Swiss National Day was first declared
in 1899. For decades, the 1st of
August was a normal working day with
celebrations in the evening. These
always began at 20.00 hrs with the
ringing of all church bells as decreed
by the government. A patriotic speech
was regarded as the highlight of the
event, which also included brass band
concerts, singing and alphorn playing,
flag throwing and gymnastics. When
the procession of children bearing
lanterns arrived at the celebration
scene, beacons were always set on
fire and this was followed by a firework
display.
KAUNLARAN
Photo by J. Räber
Since being declared a national holiday,
Swiss National Day has gained new
customs. In the 700th anniversary year
of 1991, farmers began organising farm
breakfasts for city folk. This project has
now become tradition and led to true
get-togethers and friendships, opening
people’s eyes to the problems of the
agricultural industry. Of course the
individual breakfast celebrations mean
a great deal of work for farmers’ wives
during harvest time but they are also a
welcome source of income.
Sharing a meal with neighbours has
become a common 1st of August
tradition. The largest form of this
culinary custom must surely take place
on the Fronwaagplatz in Schaffhausen,
where townspeople and guests are
invited to a hearty open-air breakfast.
In recent years, Swiss National Day
customs have taken on an enriching
charitable aspect. Floating candles,
bought for a good cause, are lit and
sent down rivers. This new custom
of floating lights is then followed by
the traditional lighting of beacons and
setting off fireworks.
end
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 the FEDERALIST

In this column, FEDERALISM will be explored, studied, so that as Filipinos we can have enough
KARAPATAN information to be able to decide for ourselves if FEDERALISM is the right form of government for
us. We will look at different implementations of Federalism by different countries. Now we will look
at the Switzerland experience.

The Political System in

Switzerland

Switzerland has a unique political system. It is different from those used in most
countries, which are based on the dynamics between government and opposition
parties, in that it is a system based on consensus. In Switzerland, national
cohesion is achieved by involving the whole population in the decision-making
process and by allowing citizens to participate in direct democracy.

Direct Democracy The Instruments of Swiss

Switzerland is a federal republic with
a system of direct democracy in which
the people are sovereign. Citizens
above the age of 18 have the right
to vote. They are regularly asked to
take part in popular votes on a variety
of political issues. Recent votes
have included: abolition of the army,
abandoning nuclear energy, reform
of health insurance or unemployment
benefit, and the NEAT project (new
railways through the Alps). Universal
male suffrage was established with
the creation of the federal state in
1848. Women were only given the right
to vote in 1971. In 1991, the voting
age was lowered from 20 to 18. On
average, popular votes take place four
times a year.
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Direct Democracy
Popular initiative: gives citizens the
right to propose an amendment or
addition to the Constitution. In order to
be valid, 100,000 signatures of people
eligible to vote must be collected over
a period of 18 months. If the number
of valid signatures is sufficient, the
initiative is put to a popular vote.
Optional referendum: gives citizens
the right to demand that any bill
approved by parliament be put to a
nationwide vote. In order to be valid,
50,000 signatures must be collected
in 100 days. If the number of valid
signatures is sufficient, the new law
must be approved by a popular vote.
Mandatory referendum: all
constitutional amendments approved
by parliament must be put to a
nationwide vote. Voters are also
required to approve Swiss membership
of certain international organisations,
such as the United Nations and the
European Union.
Parliament
Legislative power in Switzerland is
exercised by parliament (Federal
Assembly). The Swiss parliament is
divided into two chambers with equal
power: the National Council and the
Council of States. The two chambers
only hold joint sessions to elect a
new cabinet minister or federal judge.
Members carry out their parliamentary
duties in addition to working at their
normal jobs. Around 20 per cent of
MPs are women. The National Council
represents the people and has 200
members. Every canton returns a
number of MPs proportional to its size
(minimum of one MP). Canton Zurich,
which has the biggest population, has
34 seats, Bern has 26 and the small
canton of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes has
just one seat. The National Council
is elected every four years. Cantons
that elect several MPs use a system
of proportional representation. Four
large parties dominate the Swiss
political scene: the Socialists, the Swiss
People’s Party, the Free Democrats
and the Christian Democratic Party.
Only a small number of MPs belong
to other parties. The Council of States
has 46 members and represents
the cantons. Every full canton is
represented by two members and
the half cantons by one member. The
election of members of the Council of
States is controlled by the cantons,
and in most cases, a first-past-the-post
(majority) system is used.
The Government
KAUNLARAN
Executive power is in the hands of the
seven-member government, or Federal
Council. The Federal Assembly elects
ministers individually every four years
at the beginning of a new legislature.
The Federal Council members share
the duties of a head of state. The post
of president is rotated among the
seven members on a yearly basis. The
president chairs cabinet meetings and
represents the government at external
events. Since 1959, the government
has been made up of representatives
of the four biggest parties. The
government members work according
to the principle of collegiality. They
must defend a majority decision taken
by the cabinet, even if as an individual
they voted against it.
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 HEALTH Corner
Cooked Vegetable Oils Toxic
KARAPATAN by Mr. Bruce Fife
If you eat foods cooked in vegetable
oil, watch out. You could be damaging
your health. High amounts of a toxin
associated with heart disease and
neurological disorders accumulate in
cooked vegetable-based oils says A.
Saari Csallany, a professor of food
chemistry and nutritional biochemistry
at the University of Minnesota.
A toxin called 4-hydroxy-trans-2-
nonenal (HNE) forms in especially high
amounts in vegetables oils that contain
linoleic acid, which include canola,
corn, soybean, and sunflower oils. The
compound does not arise in saturated
oils such as coconut oil or animal fat.
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“There’s a tremendous literature in
biochemistry on HNE, a library of
studies going back 20 years. It’s a
very toxic compound,” stated Csallany
recently at the 2005 American Oil
Chemists Society annual meeting in
Salt Lake City.
According to Csallany, HNE has a
long pedigree as a health threat to
humans. Numerous studies have linked
HNE consumption to increased risks
for cardiovascular disease, stroke,
Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s
disease, liver ailments, and even
cancer, she said.
“HNE’s toxicity is that it reacts very
energetically with biomolecules” once
it is absorbed into the body via food,
Csallany said. “It reacts with the various
kinds of amino groups—proteins,
DNA, RNA, affecting basic cellular
processes,” she added.
Based on her findings, she
recommends that people avoid foods
fried in polyunsaturated vegetable
oils. Jeannie Moloo, American Dietetic
Association’s spokeswoman, added
that we should also “avoid eating fried
foods in restaurants.”
Vegetable-based monounsaturated
and polyunsaturated fats are
inherently unstable, especially at
high temperatures, Csallany says. All
vegetable oils contain linoleic acid. It
is the linoleic acid in these oils that is
transformed into HNE during cooking.
Each vegetable oil contains a different
percentage of linoleic acid. “For
example,” says Csallany, “soybean oil
is about 54 percent linoleic, canola a
Articles in this column are not a substitute for professional advice. For specific information of
any illness and treatment you must consult a qualified medical professional in your area.
bit lower, corn oil a little higher, maybe
60 percent, and sunflower oil is even
higher than that.”
The more linoleic acid an oil contains
the greater amount of HNE is formed
during cooking. Csallany said she is
abandoning vegetable oils as a cooking
staple altogether. The best cooking
oils are those with the least amount
of linoleic acid. As better options for
cooking Csallany recommends olive oil,
which has only 9 percent linoleic acid,
and even beef tallow, which has only 4
percent.
“The absolute best oil to use for
cooking is coconut oil,” says Dr.
Bruce Fife, president of the US based
Coconut Research Center and author
of the best-selling book The Coconut
Oil Miracle. “Coconut oil has only 1
percent linoleic acid, the lowest amount
of any oil, making it the safest oil to use
for cooking.”
Many people are surprised to learn that
beef tallow and coconut oil, two highly
saturated fats, are recommend as safer
to use in cooking. Saturated fats when
heated do not form HNE.
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Some people have expressed concern
about replacing vegetable oils with
saturated fats, fearing that would
increase their risk of heart disease. “If
you use coconut oil you don’t need to
worry about the saturated fat harming
your heart,” says Fife. “The saturated
fat in coconut oil, a vegetable source,
is much different from that in animal fat.
Recent research has shown that the
fats in coconut oil do not promote heart
disease and can actually help reduce
risk.”
Because coconut oil is heat stable,
does not form HNE, and does
not promote heart disease many
physicians and nutritionists are now
recommending it for cooking and food
preparation.
For more information about the health
aspects of coconut oil visit
The Coconut Research Center at:
www.coconutresearchcenter.org.
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Kay sarap pakinggan

Tagos sa puso’t isipan
Tawag sa iyo Bayani ng bayan
Sa panahong kasalukuyan

Hinahangaan sa iyong katatagan

Nilisan mo ang sariling bayan
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Ang sobrang pagod sa maghapon

Buti-butil na pawis sa katawan
Sigaw at pasakit ng among pinaglilingkuran
`Di alintana maiahon lamang ang pamilya sa kahirapan

Hanggang kailan ang pagtitiis mo kabayan

Na kayanin ang lahat na hirap na iyong nararanasan?
Sa kuko ng abusadong amo, ika’y sinasaktan
Sa araw at gabi sadsad ka sa kapaguran?

Dagdag pasakit, buwanang sahod nabibitin

Minsan ginagawang ATM (after three months)
O di kaya pagkatapos ng anim na buwan
Wala kang magawa kundi ang tanggapin

Sinubok mong isumbong ang iyong kalagayan

Sa Konsolada’t Embahada ng ating pamahalaan
Ngunit ang napala mo’y mga pangakong aksyon
Walang tiyak kung kailan makakamit ang solusyon

Tanong mo sa sarili, “Bayani nga ba ako kabayan?

Ganito ba inaalagaan ng ating pamahalaan
Ang kapakanan ng manggagawa sa kasalukuyan
Ang `di agarang pagpansin ng kanyang mga hinaing?”

Paul O. Pruel
Riyadh City, KSA

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 OFWs sa Kaharian
The Aftermath Of Saudization
by Paul O. Pruel * Riyadh City, KSA
Mostly of the Filipino expats in Saudi
Arabia believed that Saudization is a
warning sign and time will come that the
host country would no longer need the
services of the Filipinos especially for
those engaged in the 25 jobs categories.
When the Saudization was intensified on
February 21, 2004 with the corresponding
Arabic calendar Muharam 1, 1425H, the
start of the New Year in Saudi Arabia,
many interesting incidents ensued such
as, picking up of employees, head-
shaving and the hibernating of arrested
workers in a closed quarters guarded
by the authorities for a day or couple of
weeks before sending them back home.
“Picking up our boys and throwing them
in jail is absolutely wrong, unfounded
and not called for. It is inhuman, against
our Islam religion and unprofessional.
Shaving their head for no fault of their
own are totally against any principle,”
Lamented Abdulla Abo Khamseen.
The campaign of Saudization aims to
Saudize the 25 jobs sectors including
retails and sales jobs under a three-
year plan. As for the first year 30% of
the 25 job sectors should be Saudized,
the second year should be 50% and
100% for the third year. And to support
the Saudization, the Labor Ministry had
launched a special training program
for Saudi Nationals, to be trained and
make them fit to work for the targeted 25
different categories of business activities.
With the news of the arrests spreading
very rapidly and with unchecked force,
overwhelming fear set in among workers
at travel sector, gold and jewelry shops,
fruits and vegetables markets, limousine
sector, supermarkets, clothes shops,
coffee shops, fast food restaurants and
other targeted job categories of business
activities.
KAUNLARAN
The Deputy Labor Minister Ahmad Al-
Mansour is standing firm saying, “There
will be no let-up in the crackdown on
foreign workers engaged in sales jobs
in 25 different categories of business
activities.”
On July 14, 2005 between 4 and 5pm,
I dropped in at Al-Batha Square Market
– the only market place in Riyadh City
where expats could find everything
they need. I was there for a short shop
but I was amazed to see many people
were in panic looking at a Saudization
Inspectors’ Team, checking out workers
of Al-Rajhi Supermarket. I had joined with
the people standing near the building and
I saw “Mang Tomas” as I called him. He
was a Filipino cashier and other Indian
employees picked up by the Saudization
Inspectors like criminals.
I could see their faces fainting and almost
crying while the authorities were forcing
them to get inside of their service vehicle
and droved them to the deportation center
in Riyadh City.
Really there was fear and tensions I felt
at that time and thought what if it happens
to me also? What would I do? Whom I
would ask for help, especially now that
our Philippine Embassy is not responding
quickly for the cries from the many
maltreated Filipinos in the Kingdom?
Only I stopped when my watch has
alarmed. It was six o’clock pm already so
I left the place but with many questions
trembling in my mind and proceeded to
my shopping. Ends
end
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CIMPV (Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine
and the Prevention of Violence) Cantonal Hospital,
particularly if you need a detailed Medical Report on
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Centres d’Action Social et Santé - Local branches
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Geneva Christian Filipino Filipino Catholic Community

Fellowship (GCFF) of Geneva (FCCG)
• 1st Sunday of the month: Monthly

KAUNLARAN
What: First Year Anniversary Celebration Recollection (11:30-16:30)
When: 28 August 2005 @ 16h30 • 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month: Bible
Where: Centre de Paroissial-Chene-Bourg Study (14:30-17:00)
77 rue de Geneve, Geneva • 3rd Sunday of the month: General
* take Tram 12 or 16 stop Peillonex Assembly & Birthday of the Month
For more information, contact: For more information, contact:
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Announcement(s) Announcement(s)

Jesus is Lord Church-Zurich Mission Catholique Philippines

Schedule of Services in Zurich & St. Gallen Fribourg, Switzerland
Zurich:
Sihlquai 255, 8005 Zürich What: Annual Pilgrimage to Einsiedeln
Worship Service Every Sunday @ 17:00 PM When: 28 August 2005
Bible Study Every Wednesday @ 19:00
Wariors Intercessors Network Every Other Monday @ 18:00 PM
St Gallen: Schedule of Activities
Goldbrunnenstrasse 44, 9000 St Gallen
Worship Service Every Sunday @ 13:30 PM
11h30 - General Assembly in Einsiedeln
Prayer Meeting/Leadership Training Every Fridays @ 19:30 PM 12h15 - Holy mass (main church altar)
For more information, contact: 13h15 - Lunch (bring your own)
Pastor Ronald Duro 076 346 6950 * Eppie Escopete 044 273 2787
14h30 - Rosary
15h15 - Museum-Einsiedeln video showing
Announcement(s)
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Permanence de Travailleurs /
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MIGRANT WORKERS without legal status can
Zurich - Alex Gonzales - 044 301 3817
get a PROCURATION from the following groups:
Basel - Lynn Lischer - 061 973 0410
Syndicat Actions UNIA Solothurn - Sr. Yolanda Tancinco - 032 622 0443
chemin Surinam 5, 1203 Genève Bern - Lyn Rutz - 034 411 1587
Wednesday (14h-18h) Saturday (08h30-11h) St. Gallen - Maria Fe Bruhlmann - 071 385 2839
Syndicat SIT Fribourg - Sr. Luzviminda - 026 347 4856
Rue des Chaudronniers 16 Lausanne - Fr. Guy Pineda - 021 652 5866
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 Community Events

* Swiss National Day * STOP Violence - a forum

01 August 2005
KARAPATAN Speeches, paper lantern parade, patriotic
show, bonfire and fireworks.
* Fêtes de Genève
4-14 August 2005
* GCFF First Year Anniversary
28 August 2005
Sunday 16h30 @ Centre de Paroissial
- Chene-Bourg
* Filipino Pilgrimage to Einsiedeln
28 August 2005
* Concert Vina Morales & Janno Gibbs
03 September 2005
Saturday 19h30 @ Theatre du Grand
Casino, Noga Hilton Geneva
04 September 2005
Saturday 17h00-22h00 @ St Nicolas de Flue
* Concert Pops Fernandez & Hotdog
24 September 2005
Saturday 20h00 @ PALLADIUM
* CHRISTMAS Party of the Filipino
Community in Geneva
26 November 2005
* La ville est à vous
27 August: Concorde (Charmilles)
3-4 September: Jonction.
17-18 September: Pâquis.
* Simbang Gabi in Geneva
16-24 December 2005

* Mrs. Philippines Island 2005

03 September 2005
Saturday 18h00 @ Sporthalle Unterrohr,
8952 Schlieren

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Hollywood Video La Fraternité du CSP
JEYA Traders SwissPhil Trading Menorca
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KCT SARL PhilAir Logistics
LCC Trans-Envoi SARL PhilAir SariSari
Mabuhay Asian Store PhilAsia Travel
Madhura Golden Asian Store
Multi-Bazaar Tuluyang Pinoy
Philippine Mission to the UN
Restaurant Bahay Kubo
Restaurant Little Pinoy
THU HANG Alimentation Asiatique
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If you wish to be listed, contact us: Tel: +41 78 616 7451 * KAKKAMPINewsletter@gmail.com

in Geneva Multi-Bazaar

KAUNLARAN
Rue de Fribourg 12, 1201 Geneva
ad gentes Tel.: +41 22 731 0000
Rue de Luserna 13, 1203 Geneva
Tel.: +41 344 5780 PhilAir Logistics
12 Ter Rue des Epinettes, 1227 Carouge
ACS Tel.: +41 79 625 9730
19 Place de Mont-Brillant, 1201 Geneva
Tel.: +41 22 734 2603 Restaurant Bahay Kubo
14 Rue de la Faucille, 1201 Geneva
Asia Store Tel.: +41 22 733 1407
Rue Pradier 8, 1201 Geneva
Tel.: +41 22 732 2839
Restaurant Little Pinoy
Rue Chaponniere 16, 1201 Geneva
assurconseils Tel.: +41 22 738 5197
8, rue Neuve-du-Molard, CH-1204 Genève
Restaurant La Maison d’Asie
Tél : +41 22 310 4244 Rue de Lausanne 27, 1201 Geneva
Bangla Bazar Tel.: +41 22 738 0383
37, rue de Zurich, 1201 Geneva Steve Mendez Design
Tel.: +41 79 370 9441 3 Place des Charmilles, 1203 Geneva
Best of Uniform Shop Tel.: +41 22 796 0509
Chemin de Sur-Beauvent 2b, Confignon Steven Shop
Tel.: +41 79 752 7626 30 Rue Tronchin, 1201 Geneva
Brasseur des Grottes Tel.: +41 22 733 0983
Biere Artisanale THU HANG Alimentation Asiatique
Rue de la Servette 6, 1201 Geneva Rue de Monthoux 52, 1203 Geneva
Chez Boubou Tel.: +41 22 731 6793
28 Rue Jean-Violette, 1205 Geneva Woodridge Properties, Inc.
Tel.: +41 22 320 6038 Authorized Agent: Ida Buser
DKL Assurances Tel.: +41 79 728 5515
43 ave Louis-Casaï, 1220 Les Avanchets
Tel.: +41 79 312 0962
in Lausanne
SwissPhil Trading Menorca
Geneva-Manila Express SARL Avenue Jomini 4, 1004 Lausanne
Rue de Mont-Blanc 21 (1st Floor) Tel.: +41 76 375 1094
Tel.: +41 22 731 7916
Hollywood Video in Zurich
Rue de Lausanne 145, 1202 Geneva Golden Asian Store
Tel.: +41 22 731 3865 Limmatstrasse 199, 8995 Zurich
JEYA Traders Tel.: +41 44 273 2787
Rue de Zurich 35 , 1201 Geneva Music Talent Corner Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 738 9497 Zurcherstrasse 15, 8102 Oberengstringen
KCT SARL Tel.: +41 44 750 5716
Rue du Vidollet 9bis, 1202 Geneva PhilAir Logistics
Tel.: +41 2918 5010 Schaffhauserplatz 3, 8006 Zurich
LCC Trans-Envoi SARL Tel.: +41 43 300 5969
Rue Rousseau 29, 1201 Geneva PhilAir SariSari
Tel.: +41 22 732 1680 Schaffhauserplatz 3, 8006 Zurich
Long Long SARL Tel.: +41 43 300 5979
Rue Pradier 6, 1201 Geneva PhilAsia Travel
Tel.: +41 22 738 7707 Schaffhauserplatz 3, 8006 Zurich
Mabuhay Asian Shop Tel.: +41 43 300 5959
Rue du Fort-Barreau 21, 1201 Geneva Philippine Islands Connections
Tel.: +41 22 740 2510 Heinrichstrasse 120, 8005 Zurich
Madhura Tel.: +41 44 271 6442 * +41 44 271 6443
Rue Liotard 56, 1202 Geneva Pinoy-Swiss Services GmbH
Tel.: +41 22 344 2120 Stampfenbachstrasse 57, 8006 Zurich
Tel.: +41 43 810 0190
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 Market Prices of Selected Commodities
in Metro Manila, Philippines
(as of 04 August 2005)
KARAPATAN Commodity Wholesale
Prevailing Low High Prevailing
Retail
Low High
Rice, NFA (per kg) 16.00
Rice, Fancy (per kg) 24.49 24.49 27.55 30.00 27.00 45.00
Rice, Premium (per kg) 24.08 24.08 24.49 25.00 25.00 28.00
Rice, Special (per kg) 20.41 20.41 22.04 23.00 22.00 25.00
Rice, Ordinary (per kg) 20.00 19.38 20.41 22.00 20.00 23.00
Bangus (per kg) 62.00 48.00 62.00 80.00 65.00 90.00
Tilapia (per kg) 60.00 55.00 60.00 70.00 55.00 75.00
Alumahan (per kg) 63.00 58.00 73.00 80.00 60.00 90.00
Beef Rump (per kg) 200.00 190.00 230.00
Beef Brisket (per kg) 160.00 150.00 170.00
Pork Ham (per kg) 140.00 135.00 160.00
Pork Liempo (per kg) 145.00 135.00 160.00
Chicken, Fully Dressed (per kg) 80.00 90.00 100.00 95.00 110.00
Egg (Chicken) (per pc) 3.00 2.94 3.00 3.35 3.20 3.60
Amargoso (per kg) 14.90 12.00 17.00 35.00 25.00 40.00
Sitao (per kg) 16.22 13.33 19.44 45.00 30.00 50.00
Cabbage, Scorpio (per kg) 8.97 8.00 10.00 30.00 15.00 35.00
Carrots (per kg) 13.90 12.00 15.00 40.00 25.00 45.00
Habitchuelas (per kg) 12.70 11.00 15.00 35.00 20.00 40.00
Tomato (per kg) 28.27 22.92 33.48 45.00 35.00 50.00
Onion, Red (per kg) 40.14 39.00 40.90 50.00 44.00 60.00
Potato, White (per kg) 13.25 12.50 14.00 30.00 16.00 35.00
Eggplant (per kg) 10.50 8.00 12.00 30.00 16.00 35.00
Pechay, Native (per kg) 18.50 13.00 25.00 35.00 25.00 40.00
Lakatan (per kg) 18.30 16.00 20.00 25.00 22.00 30.00
Latundan (per kg) 16.70 14.00 19.00 25.00 18.00 28.00
Calamansi (per kg) 14.77 13.00 16.00 40.00 24.00 45.00
Papaya (per pc) 27.19 22.50 35.00 60.00 50.00 60.00
Mango, Carabao (per kg) 42.54 41.67 43.33 60.00 50.00 70.00
Refined Sugar (per kg) 30.00 29.00 32.00
Brown Sugar (per kg) 24.00 23.00 26.00
Cooking Oil (per lapad bottle) 16.00 12.50 18.00
Cooking Oil (per long-neck bottle) 32.00 25.00 36.00

28 All prices are in Philippine Peso * Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (Philippines)