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July 28 - PGMA's SONA
okay, so i was about to go to school to check on the lay-outs of TS (The Scholastican) pero nung babyahe na ako paalis, my team texted me up to say the school is closing. i dont think we will be able to lay-out kasi papalabasin lang kami ng mga masunurin na guards sa schools.

so i cancelled the presswork. again. super duper delay na ang paper, which by the way caused the resignation of my associate editor, bene.

my word for that day, chill, again. kasi sabi, sinuspend narin pala ang klase dahil apparently it will rain hard. mejo lang naman yung ulan.

Pero happy ako, dahil in one week nakayanan kong mag-release ng back2back na flyer for SONA last Friday. We printed out 500 copies and all was free! yey, nadala sa diplomasya si Mang Delfin ng Ample Printing Press ng TS eh...

haha.. alam ko one week delayed na tong post ko pero gusto ko lang ishare yung very first flyer na nailabas ng TS under my supervision as the Editor in Chief! sana tuloy-tuloy na..

The main article was reprinted from Inquirer.net. It was written by Gabriela Team and we support their stand in this year's SONA.

Ms. Emmi de Jesus
Secretary General
Gabriela

Dear Ms. Emmi de Jesus,

Good day! I am Diane Gervacio, the Editor in Chief of The Scholastican, the official publication of St. Scholastica's College, Manila. We will be having a forum on Friday entitled "A Nation in Crisis: Is there hope?" and we are planning to publish a flyer in response to the upcoming SONA 2008. In line with this, I would like to ask permission to reprint your article that appeared in Inquirer.net last July 17, 2008. The article voices out the same stand we would like to instill among the attendees of the forum as well as among the students of the school.

Hoping for a favorable response! More power.

For truth and accountability!

Sincerely Yours,
Diane Gervacio

And they replied:

Dear Diane,

Yes, you may. Attached is its original copy. And thank you.

Rutsi
for GABRIELA Public Information Department

SONA NA NAMAN

In a few weeks time, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be delivering her State of the Nation Address.

Definitely, the address would reek of lies under the banner of “Ramdam ang Kaunlaran.”

President Arroyo would probably boast of the same lame achievements that are being brandished on the irritating tarpaulins all over Metro Manila - 78,448 new classrooms, 1,745 Botika ng Bayan outlets, 11,024 Botika ng Barangay and 8,874 Tindahan Natin outlets. She would probably brag about the rice access card and the one-time P500 emergency fund given to Meralco patrons who consumed less than 100 kilowatts.

It is doubtful that she will mention the 18 oil price increases this year alone (not including the increases since her last SONA), the 11.4 inflation rate nor the astronomical increase in price of commercial rice and the recent “disappearance” of the P18.25 NFA rice from the market.

We thus challenge President Arroyo to say on her State of the Nation Address that she pig-headedly refused to repeal the R-VAT which would have meant an immediate P4-5 rollback in the price of oil. We dare her to admit that she would rather create senseless committees to look into the prices of goods and commodities than impose a price ceiling as mandated by law. And when she proudly announce the P20 wage increase, let her also say that this wage hike has long been negated by the unabated price increases vis-à-vis the seven years of wage increase drought under her term.

In short, we challenge President Arroyo to admit that she is to blame for the woes of Filipino families. But that, perhaps, would be expecting too much because should she tell the truth, the only decent move to make next is to step down. And we all know honesty and decency are words unknown to the president.