Saludo Alang Ni Gov. Jun

We have two government heads of office: Gov. Jun Davide of the Capitol and Mayor Mike Rama of the City Hall. But even before Christmas Day is about three weeks away we can already form our observation as to how these two government leaders differ from each other with regards to how they are going to carry out on their plans for Christmas. We have been celebrating countless Christmas since we can remember but with the last twin calamities visiting our place and leaving in their wake hundreds or thousands of our fellowmen losing their lives in horrible manner with serious damage to crops and properties, the prevailing situation would perhaps only sound reasonable if just for this time we can ask ourselves to do away with yuletide celebrations. But if we want to celebrate it despite the sadness that befell our surroundings it may not seem strange to some people because historical records will tell us about Roman Emperor Nero who was even seen playing his lyre was Rome was burning!

I salute to Gov. Jun because he is a leader who does not like to pretend but to see things in its right perspective. He even suggested that Capitol workers should better skip Christmas celebration this time and to use the money instead to help those provincial towns that were badly affected by the earthquake and the typhoon. And because Capitol workers expect to have Christmas bonus the Governor has urged them to at least donate one piece of galvanize roofing for the typhoon victims. If only all government leaders are like Gov. Jun perhaps the problems of this world will just seem to look manageable with everybody facing the days to come with a promising outlook.

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May Kasikas Kon Kabaybayonan Hawanan

The possibility to relocate people living in the shoreline areas will surely be an uphill move as it is expected to meet strong resistance from people whose livelihood is largely connected to their coastal location. Mayor Paz Radaza of LapuLapu City expected its implementation early next year or in the middle period.

This was decided in the aftermath of what happened to Tacloban City where thousands of our fellowmen perished in that tragedy. Since time immemorial people has already been found living near the seashore especially the fishermen whose means of livelihood is directly tied up to the resources of the sea. I find this government plan to make it mandatory for those living in the bay area not positively feasible. But if they want to implement it by force a large-scale chaos among the affected poor will surely ensue. In the bay areas in Manila, the government has appropriated P14B to DILG to undertake the relocation of people affected by the plan. But the problem is, do we have the available resources to do the same thing in our place, particularly LapuLapu City and Talisay City, without a huge money set aside for it?

Source: Atty. Lobedica’s Blog Site