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4HeadlineGitnang LuzonOCTOBER 30, 2013EDITORIALRaising the deadAfter the barangay elections, thepeople are now bracing for whateverwill become of the officialsthey have elected on October 28.Officials we have elected will holdthe office for three years--threeyears of hell if we elected a crookor three years of bliss if we chosea genuine public servant.Those who sold their votes arelike shamans and witches who areraising from the dead the hideouscreatures that would devour governmentfunds to whet their ownappetite and to the detriment ofthe public who are longing for progressin their areas.Selling the votes begin the viciousand evil cycle of poverty and corruption,revitalizing the age-oldproblem of corrupt officials who alwaysprevail in the elections andare catapulted to power to furtherpin down to the ground the alreadydowntrodden.When will the country ever rise fromthe pit of poverty when all thosewho have the power to choose theright leaders are still looking at theshort-term benefits of the electionin electing our officials.At the end of each election, we areagain waiting for the following election,which is another three yearsahead, and hope that we’ll finallyhave the best candidates winningbecause of their qualifications andnot due to the money they couldshell out to buy votes.The ghost of our past electionscontinue to haunt us because wedared not to wake up to the realitythat all those that are spooking usare the very monsters we createdby ourselves.HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon is a Daily Regional NewspaperGeneral Manager: Atty. Gerome n. TubigAsst. Manager: atty. rOWENA S. CUNANAN-MUNDOEditor-in-Chief: albert lacanlaleLayout Artist: JP ManalangPhotojournalist: Leo villacarlosReporters: CHARLENE CAYABYAB /MARNA D. DEL ROSARIOAdministrative Staff: sherylin l. riveraMarketing Head: ELAINE MAPILESMarketing/Circulation: Marlo francoAccount Executive: caren m. garcia/JOAN d. montemayorPublisher: I.N.I. NewspaperEmail: headlinegitnangluzon@gmail.comWebsite: www.headlinegl.comDISCLAIMER: Views expressed by columnists are theirown and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position ofHEADLINE Gitnang Luzon or its internet website: www.headlinegl.com. Thepublisher does not knowingly publish false information and may not be heldliable for the views of its columnists exercising their right to free expression.All rights reserved. Subject to the conditions provided for by law, no article orphotograph published by HEADLINE GITNANG LUZON may be reprinted orreproduced, in whole or in part, without its prior consent.Office Address: 2nd Floor, U2 Building, MacArthurHighway, Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 2000Tel. Nos. (045) 435-0938“Potang ala ne pin namaning makulit a maglolo karinne panintunan ning metunga dalaga. ”Undas na naman. Nanu ya moiti? Dng mumunang adwangaldo ning Nubyembri deng aldoning pamigaganaka da ring tau karingmeangubie dang katubale, kamaganak,kaluguran o ninumang megingmalapit kareti anyang mabye la pa.Abe, kasanting na at kayap ning makaniningpamigagaka ne. Pero nanumo pin iti ne?Agpang keng tradisyung katoliku,kamate ning tau, sampa ne banwa ingkaladwa niti o nung e man, kelanganyang pamisa ban taglus ne ing limpadlimpadnang bili niti ban manik nemunaman keng babo. Nung makanita,ninu pa ing malakwan karing libingan,karing simenteryu, karing kabisantuo keng labwad a pikutkutan?Deng namu bang mabibye na manirikkandila balang dauon? Keng pisikal apisasabyan, ing katawang laman dngbalang mete ila namu mong ati karingawun a reti. Uling keti no man taganamalaso deti anting abu. Ngana pin nitangtanyag nang kantang Rico J.Punokanita: “Nagmula sa lupa, magbabalikna kusa, pagkat tayo ay lupa lamang…”Agpang karing matwang belwanKapampangan, ing tau atin yang laltoadwang “alter-ego” --deti deng “kaladwa”,uling adwa la. Dakal ya personalidada “pangatau” kasi ing tau. Kengkapanwalang “western”, iti mo inglalto mayap at marok a personalidado anghel dng balang tau – ing konsensyaat panga-damonyus nang pamisipning tau. Deni ba reng mitatagan atmamanik keng banwa potang mamatene ing tauo? Kng matwang kapanulgalyanketi Southeast Asia, lalto napatse mete ne ing tau, ing “kaladwa”na miyayatad ya kng sumangid a bilining bie. Anya kalupa na nitang pakaportrayketang matwang artifak a pemalagwanandang “Manunggul jar”na ikwa da Palawan, ing mete anti yaBe heard! Send us yourcomments & opinionsKaladwang lilimpadmong pakasake bangka papunta ketang“sumangid a bie”.Iti lakwas yang paka-aliwa kengpakasulat keng biblia. Agpang kengmatwa at bayung tipan, kamate ningtau, ing pangisnawa na’t animu ating kaladwa na kayabe na nalangmete. Alang kaladwanglilimpad-limpad o pagalagalakeng angin. Alang“multu” o “ghost with afine or plasmic material” amamaglalage keng lalamning mapaling aslag ningaldo o kng kapitangannaman ning bengi. Dengegana-ganang mete mulapa ketang panawun daring pipumpunan da ringtau anti ri Eva at Adan, diAbraham at dakal pa dengati pa keng gabun, nung nuikwa da nang mibalik kenglabuk o gabun a karelang pikutkutan.Wapin naman, para nanu pa ing kadwangpamanyatang ning Ginung Cristoban kwanan no ring mangayap atantabayanan nong munta banwa deti,nung balang mangamate mamanik nopala o memaglakbe no reti papunta“karin?”Makanyan man, kalupa ning asambitlaku na, masanting namang dapating pagsaryan la deng mengayangubietang katubale, kamaganak o kakaluguran.Mupin mas mayap nung kabangmabibye la pa deti mas mayap mungkarin ta pakit ing karelang ulaga. Anyaala yang keliwan iti kng mapanako omarok mong masasabing siping mungbale, na kabang mabibye ya alang pilataning sukal a lub a daramdaman mupara kaya. At potang keng sakildapnamu ning pangamate na bigla mumong asasabi: “takn@¥do! Kaganakana pa nita…tsk tsk! rugo...”Makanyan mu naman, potangdeng mangayap a manungkulan o kinandidatudeng mangasambut karingbalang alalan. Agaganaka tala dengmangayap dang pemanyapat o dapatpotang ila na deng ala keng pwestu okapangyaryan. Karin tamu asasabing“sayang kagaling na pamo..., nung ilaMagbalaweAleesus Manarangmu sa reng binotu ku’t menyambut omanungkulan baka mas masanting yamaging palakad ing gubyernu”. E tamumabibyasa, lalu na kabang atin pangmalyaring gawan. Potang mete o ala neing tau karin tala agaganaka. Potangala ne pin naman ing makulit a maglolokarin ne panintunan ningmetung a dalaga. Nung e nemakasuyu keng balen karinme panintunan a kayapanna sana... na sana.... o batkasi mangapatuki tamu karingkarisma at ayli da ringmagpapogi mung trapo ataliwa karing tutung talasuyu.Ana pin Prof. RandyDavid, “Every new governmentis a reminder of oldmistakes. We fail to retaineven the plainest lessons.That a popular leader is notnecessarily a good leader.”O bat ulit-ulit tang ulitan ing makakulita sistemang iti? Deng “mangaragul akaladwa” ot ilang pane tang akakit anjangkaring mengapapalabas ila dengmangalati mu apapanyapat kanitapara kng balen.Karing pamanyindi tang kandila,karing pamanyulu tamu karing kutkutanpakyabe talang ganakan deng kamalyantamu. Deti deng “pakibulung”tamu karing mete na “pakituki da nakng kutkutan” deng matsurang dapattamung pane at paulit-ulit a gagawan.I Don Monico Mercado na datingmeyor ning Sasmuan, ing dating kongresmanat pisan nang Dr. Jose Rizaling sinabing “mate ya ing tau” ketangmakabaldugan nang poema kanitangmabibye ya pa. Nanu pa ta, kilalanantalang mayap dng tutung kaladwa emu detang kabud la “maragul a daralan.”Kabalen, makipangalulwa tamu.Makyabe tang mamasa karing “gintungkabutilan” a gagkas da ringmakatwa karing balang sisingap apangisnawa, karing “taung malapitnang matda inawa” bayu la magpantepantedeng bitis tang panakbang kengbalang aldo tang paintungulan.Manyulu tang magunam abe! •mail US:2nd Floor, U2 Building, Dolores, McArthur,Hi-way, City of San Fernando, PampangaE-MAIL: headlinegitnangluzon@gmail.comWEBSITE: www.headlinegl.com