Below is the UP Diliman University Council Resolution passed last July 12, 2006 on the abduction and disappearance of two students. The two were forcibly abducted by masked armed men in San Miguel, Hagonoy, Bulacan last June 26, 2006. They remain missing as of this writing in spite of the efforts of their families, human rights advocates and UP authorities to locate them. Please help disseminate this resolution.

Resolution on the Abduction and Disappearance of UP Students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan
Approved by the UP Diliman University Council
July 12, 2006

The University Council expresses great concern that government authorities have not yet produced indications of the whereabouts of two UP Diliman undergraduate students, Ms. Karen Empeno of the Sociology Department of the College of Social Science and Philosophy and Ms. Sherlyn Cadapan of the College of Human Kinetics.

It is now ten days since President Emerlinda Roman wrote a letter to Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno and to the Department of National Defense Secretary Avelino J. Cruz requesting their assistance in locating the two students. In the letter, President Roman described the circumstances attending the abduction of the two students: “According to raw reports reaching my office, six or more masked armed men forcibly took them at about 2:00 in the morning of Monday, June 26, 2006, in Purok 6, Barangay San Miguel, Hagonoy, Bulacan. The masked armed men were using long guns and apparently did not show any court order for their physical detention. We were also informed that Karen was asked to remove her shirt. They used this shirt to blindfold her. Sherlyn is pregnant. The women were then forced into a vehicle that proceeded in the direction of Iba, Hagonoy.” (more…)

(Unang nalathala sa Pinoy Gazette)

Kung noong isang taon ay tumanggi ang mga obispo ng Simbahang Katoliko na sumali sa mga nananawagan ng pagbibitiw ni Gloria Arroyo, ang nakaupong pangulo ng Pilipinas na akusado ng pandaraya sa eleksyon sa tulong ni ”Hello Garci,” ngayong taon ay ayaw naman nilang suportahan ang impeachment laban kay Arroyo.

Ayon sa “Shepherding and Prophesying in Hope,” ang pinakabagong pastoral statement ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), walang dudang para raw sila sa paghahanap ng katotohanan kaya’t buong katapatan nilang nirerespeto ang paninindigan ng mga indibidwal at grupong patuloy na nagnanais na gamitin ang impeachment process upang makita ang katotohanan. Ngunit idinagdag pa nila: (more…)

Hindi naman pala ako praning, kung hindi matigas ang ulo. Bago ako nag-apply sa Smart Bro(ken) na “wi-fi” raw, nang-istorbo ako ng mga taong ‘di ko kakilala, at nag-survey sa mga kaibigan kong connected. May mga nagsabing huwag na, kung ayaw kong sumakit lang ang ulo ko. May mga nagsabing medyo okay na, o pwede na ang connection sa kasalukuyan. Mas pinaniwalaan ko itong huli, lalo na’t atat na akong magka-broadband.

So, okay naman noong una. Mula noong Hulyo 1, nang makabitan ako, bagama’t medyo nagbabagal, isang beses lang akong nawalan ng connection at naayos naman agad. Hanggang sa dumating ang Martes na gabi. Nawalan ako ng connection. Dahil may pupuntahan ako, di ko na muna ininda. Kako’y baka nagkaproblema lang nang konti. Noong Miyerkoles na gabi, wala pa ring connection, pero dahil di rin ako nagtagal sa bahay, hinayaan ko na lang muna ulit. Pagdating ng Huwebes na gabi, wala pa ring akong connection. (more…)

Pinalitan ko ang pangalan ng txtm8s@tinig. “Our Daily Txt” na ito ngayon. Etong sample today:

umiyk ako ky God b4, tnong ko: “Bkt po PaLgi ak0ng nLa2yo s mGa kaibgAn q?” Nyakap ña ako at sbi ña: “kc anak, angel ka at asWaNG cLA. mgkaiba kau ng LeveL!”

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