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Heroes Magazine Issue 12

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Dear friends

Happy Easter!

Let us hope that people especially Filipinos everywhere have learned the lessons of their faith and not just pay lip-service to it.

At one time Labor Attachẻ Nasser Mustafa expressed the sentiment that he does not know why many people accuse him of sponsoring the magazine when he had not given one single cent for it except the occasional ink, A4 and A3 bond aside from the fact that the magazine is printed under the auspices of POLO-OWWA which is my right as an OFW. He further stated that not one single article is Muslim in character.

I have kept that in mind and so when Thea Rana-Nabo sent the speech of Toni Leviste, I decided to print it to prove that neither do I have particular preferences provided we are promoting the same objective. Toni Leviste is the epitomẻ of that goal.

Fr. Allan Arcebuche also sent me an article from Migrante, excerpts of which I decided to print. I do not want it said that I am one-sided. But of course having said that, I do want to express my opinion concerning the article he sent.

Before I forget, I received letters from parents who wish to remain incognito. Well, I am glad enough that they did. Though they have preferred anonymity, the letters just proved that there are those too frightened to speak out.

Happy Mothers Day! Herewith an article for all mothers, grandmothers and daughters, who may become mothers someday, written by none other than our Princess.

And happy Independence Day! I hope we still remember our values and what made us great as a people though those values seemed to have been discarded along the way, perhaps on this occasion we will remember and not only remember but stand up and be counted for what we should be.

I was told that I am being unfair to the DFA. In so far as I can ascertain, I have not made derogatory comments against the DFA as an institution, I only made truthful comments about some people in it. Must I emphasize that we should know our English well? If they do not wish to be criticized, they should perform their jobs properly, that is what they are paid for.

In this connection, we welcome the new ambassador to Libya, His Excellency Ambassador Alejandrino Vicente. May he prove to be the father that we need. Time, of course, will tell.

God bless

_The Editor

Heroes Magazine Issue 11

Tuesday, 03 February 2009

Dear friends

New Year 2009! I hope you made resolutions that you will really keep. I also hope that your resolutions will include not only the wish of peace and prosperity to everyone but the effort and the will to enforce them. and I mean really and truly exert effort to do something about ourselves, our family and our community. For it is only in doing and going beyond our own selfish selves that we can effect change.

In Tripoli, things are looking up slowly but surely. Things will change for the better. This is sure! Though when and how is in God’s hands but it is sure to happen. For those parents who still insist that they do not know or that the editor do not know what the problem is, I invite you to visit these pages and see for yourself how you are duped.

I had the good fortune to have acquired the PCS Financial Report 2007-2008 and though I am not an accountant, I do know when rules and regulations are bent to suit someone’s purpose. Read pages 10-13 to get answers.

The Philippine Community School’s Board of Trustees President would like to emphasize that they have integrity. In case, he does not know what it means since practically all of them do not act as a person with integrity should, I have decided to expound on the meaning of the word “integrity”. Sr. Eva Estolloso is a nun in the congregation of the Daughters of Charity except that she does not behave so. Well, these things happen. Let us hope her New Year’s resolution is to function as she should and not as she would.

Many of us had become indifferent to the things going on around us. Many of us also want to maintain peace at any cost. That is why those who want to take advantage of this attitude can do so with impunity. Nobody wants to rock the boat. Well, sometimes, it just had to be rocked to effect change. But it cannot be done by one person alone. It has to come from the collective will of all who understand what is at stake and exert a concerted effort so that something better can take effect. And if we can do it here in Libya, we can do it anywhere and everywhere.

I hope we can reach out to each other to do this and someday we can look back and proudly tell our children;“ I had been part of the change that made it possible

I hope this is your New year’s Resolution as it is mine. A Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to all.

_The Editor

Heroes Magazine Issue 10

Wednesday, 03 December 2008

Dear friends

Christmas is here once again but with the gloomy news around the world people need to cling on to their faith and hope for a better new year. As for us here in Tripoli, so many things are still left unresolved.

I was told that if I continue the pursuit of truth, I will be like Don Quixote [shades of Vice Consul Dingal’s "mag-iisa ka" ]. This was my reply; From the very beginning of this fight, I had always known I might end up alone. Well, that is par for the course. However, it only seems as if I am alone. I have many friends and supporters, my family’s support and I have God on my side, that is more than enough. Is God on my side? Oh yes! I believe He is, because God is Truth and Justice and He does not side with libelous persons.

Get acquainted with Dr. Bernardo dela Merced the first SALAAM President and the claim he made supported by the information from no less than the CFO-PSO which published the very origins of the Tripoli Philippine Community School. Hello! Mrs. Macamos, this is the pure unvarnished truth.

Read Fr. Allan Arcebuche’s homily and decide whether he is for the truth. Whereas, do few and far between, there are indeed people who believe in me and my fight. The letters from the readers affirmed this belief. Unearthed from frayed albums in pages 3 and 4, are the photos from the 1989 Hatid Saya Affair and the Raffle draw events. Couldn’t we say photos speak louder than words?

The Administration and Board of the Philippine Community School claimed that their power point presentation is privilege information, perhaps we need to discover what privilege information means.

In our tales of woe, Iris chronicled the story of a domestic helper and the heartlessness of her employers who got her in prison through their fault. Many others have similar experiences and even worse. In another page, Iris wrote of her nostalgia for the home she left behind, Roxas City, a condition that always happen to the OFW’s who left home to find a better life somewhere else.

Here also, we have a budding diplomat, Al Fathi Saluppidin Mustafa, who tries to explain the intricacies of diplomacy. We wish him the best of luck. And of course, the fifth in our series of Did you Marry the right person about TV channel hopping that most men do and keeps women fuming.

In this season of supposed hope and cheer, it is becoming difficult to find joy but let us try to hold on for each other. I can promise you I may fail, but I will not fail from lack of trying, not only for those who believe in this fight but for the parents who brought me up, for the country that I love and the GOD I believe in.

Merry Christmas & a Prosperous New Year to all.

_The Editor

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