Cebu Velez College student killed in clash between Army and rebels

[PhilCESM]

yes. indeed sir. but the problem is that we attempt to separate the individual as an existing entity with no relation to the society. If we want to think that the world revolves only around ourselves, that what is important is what i want for myself (this would include my personal passion for my "virtuous" delusion or what) even if it disregards the individual sphere of other human beings which comprises society and as along as it is done with great passion, then we are no different from the fundamentalists and the fanatics.


they possess, a) the passion b) it is not about the right and wrong in context to others but only to myself c) it seems to transcend the political spectrum (which is almost always impossible) d) willing to die for this passionately driven cause of myself, my want, my delusion, without regards to right and wrong, and the others in society.

what does this remind us? how different then could we say is this described situation to those wrapping themselves with C4 running passionately towards the closest American Embassy?

cheers

Well said.

Delusion make them think that they doing right even it is wrong, it is good even it is bad and vice-versa. Sometimes with delusion they never notice that they having an schizophrenia, a type of mental illness.

This is true with the suicide bomber while the mastermind of the bombing are afraid to take the responsibility to wrap around C4 in his body and activate it.

[PhilCESM]

@Rodsky: makatawa ko nimo bai...kay nakagunit kag M16 nya nikatkatka sa bukid pagkabata nimo,unya nakaapil ka sa mga grupo nga imong gipanghisgutan......unya naay na usab sa Goberno sa inyong gipangbuhat WALA!!! tan awa di bah gihubak na nuon ka sa pagcgeg saka nimo sa bukid.

daghan na kaayong gubot sa kalibutan,bisan asa nga suok sa kalibutan daghan kaaung gubot,nya inyo pa jud pun-an? way jud PEACE kung ang prensipyo ug pride sa usa ninyo dili ninyo matulon.....RODSKY!
REVOLUTION OR WAR is not the ANSWER....mao ra jud na bai.

Correct... Revolution(Berdogo style) is not the answer. This is 21st Century and that style is no longer acceptable or trend to new civilization.

If you(CPP leaders not members) want to get our government and live in your dream life then why don't you do it in a humane way. Why do you need to sabotage our economy? why do you need to destroy the name of our country? why do you need to make poor poorer? Because you are following some Ideology and strategy that you think the best one? Even it kills, it deprive people's life, it kills our economy. Wala tayong magagawa diyan sa pag-iisip niyo...but there is only one thing in the mind of the people...you make a mess.

[melvenb]

@Rodsky: makatawa ko nimo bai...kay nakagunit kag M16 nya nikatkatka sa bukid pagkabata nimo,unya nakaapil ka sa mga grupo nga imong gipanghisgutan......unya naay na usab sa Goberno sa inyong gipangbuhat WALA!!! tan awa di bah gihubak na nuon ka sa pagcgeg saka nimo sa bukid.

daghan na kaayong gubot sa kalibutan,bisan asa nga suok sa kalibutan daghan kaaung gubot,nya inyo pa jud pun-an? way jud PEACE kung ang prensipyo ug pride sa usa ninyo dili ninyo matulon.....RODSKY!
REVOLUTION OR WAR is not the ANSWER....mao ra jud na bai.

hehehe.. korek... lefties, activist og mga idealist, daghan kay'g yaw2x pero way buhat, huna2x ray gadako. They're just like the people and the government that they want to remove/change, only that they're on the other side.. ..
sige'g syagit sa dan, way kapuslanan... nagkabata pajud ilang mga recruit rn kay mas dali mabrain.wash.. shock lng ta nga mga high-school pa gani, apil2x nag mga rally2x, mag.shagit2x sa dalan, dugang sa traffic.. Pero only a few of them or maybe none of them knows exactly what they're doing..

[nilo_pepito]

maayoha mangistorya aning rodion oi membro kas CEGP bro?

[cebuboi]

bright daw, na brainwash ug ma ilad ra man pod d i! kanus-a kaha ni ma konsyensya ang mga nag tudlo!

[Jerry Michael]

CEGP tribute to Mae Mae

Rachelle Mae Palang (1986-200, press freedom fighter and nurse for the people
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THE COLLEGE Editors Guild of the Philippines, in behalf of its National Office, regional formations and chapters, all member publications and affiliate organizations nationwide and across the globe, expresses its most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Rachelle Mae Palang (1986-200.

Rachelle, or Mae-Mae to her closest friends and colleagues, was beloved to the Guild for her bubbly, tongue-in-cheek demeanor. She graced the Guild's gatherings with her easy banter and infectious smile, but was always brisk and business-like in her leadership. She has served as a valuable pillar and driving force in all of the conventions and gatherings she has attended and helped organize. To most Guilders, she was not only a colleague but a precious friend and confidante.

Shock for her untimely demise are evident in her Friendster and Multiply accounts, riddled with comments ranging from disbelief, grief, and even anger - all directed at her, as if to attest that even at the time of her death her friends and colleagues still go to her for conciliation.

Such was Mae-Mae's legacy and brand of leadership. She has always been easy to approach, a rational adviser and generous in her time and efforts.

Mae-Mae was also an outstanding student at the Velez College in Cebu City where she took up and finished her nursing degree. She became editor-in-chief of Vital Signs, the official campus publication. As campus journalist and student leader, she exemplified deep commitment to uphold press freedom, freedom of speech and students' democratic rights and welfare. She is respected by her fellow campus journalists nationwide for her wit, intelligence and sharp grasp of issues.

She was elected as Vice President for the Visayas during CEGP's 67th National Student Press Convention and 33rd Biennial Student Press Congress held in Albay, Bicol in 2005. She served her term for three consecutive years before she finally relinquished her post May of this year. The CEGP will without end be honored and grateful to have had someone as dedicated as Mae-Mae as one of its leading officers.

Mae-Mae worked hard to help re-open closed campus publications, establish student papers in universities who had none, and expose and fight campus press freedom violations as well as other forms of campus repression nationwide. She led, organized and participated in countless poetry readings, cultural nights, Writers' Trips, journalist skills workshops and protest actions and activities. Even after her stint as VP for the Visayas, she proved instrumental in gathering and collating cases of campus press freedom violations in the region for CEGP's quarterly digest.

Mae-Mae had to cut short her attendance in CEGPs' 68th National Student Press Convention and 34th Biennial Student Press Congress in Davao City for her scheduled nursing licensure exams in May 2008. She passed with flying colors and eventually became a registered nurse. Even before she left, she announced to the Guild her desire to pursue an alternative medical career, one that she would devote to the less-privileged. Mae-Mae also took and passed the National Medical Admission Test. She dreamt of becoming a doctor.

It therefore did not come as a surprise to the Guild to learn that upon achieving her nursing license Mae-Mae immediately volunteered for a three-month medical mission to the hinterlands of Negros. Mae-Mae barely finished her volunteer work in Negros when her dreams died with her.

Mae-Mae was killed by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on September 18, 2008 in an alleged encounter with New People's Army rebels. Her face was barely recognizable; she was shot at point-blank range. Her feet and legs were black and bruised, signs of torture evident elsewhere in her beaten body.

Mae-Mae's untimely demise reminds the Guild all too painfully of the same fate that another CEGP alumna suffered under the hands of the AFP.

In April 2002, Benjaline 'Beng' Hernandez, former CEGP Vice-President for Mindanao and a human rights volunteer, was murdered by the military while conducting a fact-finding mission in Cotabato province. Investigations revealed that the AFP, after wounding Beng, raped and shot her at close range. The AFP later on insisted that Beng was an NPA rebel.

Beng, like Mae-Mae, was also only 22 years old when she died.

The CEGP condemns in strongest terms accusations and insinuations by the AFP that Mae-Mae was armed and a combatant. She was in Negros in her capacity as a registered nurse and circumstances surrounding her brutal killing should be independently investigated.

The CEGP, in this regard, welcomes initiatives by the Commission on Human Rights Regional Office to conduct an investigation on Mae-Mae's case.

The CEGP is also reviled at the AFP's gall to celebrate Mae-Mae's death by bestowing incentives and acclaim to her killers. It is an awful and terrible reminder of the state and characteristic of our security forces. They who are supposed to protect civilians are the main enemies of human rights defenders and social workers.

The CEGP also condemns in strongest terms the AFP's malicious attempts to malign the Guild's name through red-tagging and nasty insinuations. It is precisely this kind of twisted mentality that gives license to the military to repress, harass, silence and kill with impunity. Journalists are easily treated and branded as rebels simply because they are exposed to the ills of society.

The CEGP calls on all its member publications and fellow journalist organizations nationwide and abroad to collectively wield their pens and raise their voices to denounce Mae-Mae's killers.

The CEGP regards the likes of Beng and Mae-Mae as heroes of the present generation, young martyrs who have chosen to exchange their lives of comfort for their noble convictions.

Vijae Aquisola
National President
CEGP

[hulagway]

@rodsky..i was sudden when you aks these.."it is your future in the 1st place,"hehe,,you and your group are selfish,,didn't you think 1st before saying anything that might jeopardize your cause?,,yes we are worried about our own little live..but what about your group sir? are you and your group sir are you not worried about the life of those individuals that are killed?..maybe not.. its proven already,,nway sir..we care so much about our lives sir..we care about our family sir..do you know how we feel when my father lost its job sir,,my father workn hard so he can afford to support our studies..we almost didnt finish college sir because of your S****d CAUSE..atlas minig corporation shut donw beacuse OF "UNION"..how many families suffer..most of them came from provinces and mountain barangays..and now ur saying that we should go and care about our little lives? where suppose to say these to you and your group..**** **** cause..
o unya ra?you say "little" is that how you and your group defined lives? little? tsk tsk tsk tsk..you and your group need a doctor my friend..ist never been little,,never...

and now for your history class..LOL,is these your field of expertise? is these history class of yours, part of your recruitment speech? hahaha.so borng man..we are now in a modern world my friends..the life and the situation they had before are different from what we have today....and if i may add these..those killed youth could just enjoy their life if not for your blind cause,,many workers wouldn't lost their job if not for your selfish cause,, many would have live a normal life,,if not for your S****d cause..pls include these in your history class,,for sure many would drop out

and before we end your history lesson..please let the youth enjoy their life..for sure they now what is wrong and what is right,,its is not necessary for them to go out and make noise..

[rodsky]

Please reread my posts--I don't claim to be an expert in anything--I merely said I know what I'm talking about. If you think I'm "brainwashed" or I am "brainwashing" kids before, on the real plight of our sorry nation, then I'd say you are also brainwashed by whatever belief systems you adhere to now. It's all two sides of a coin.

@Rodsky: makatawa ko nimo bai...kay nakagunit kag M16 nya nikatkatka sa bukid pagkabata nimo,unya nakaapil ka sa mga grupo nga imong gipanghisgutan......unya naay na usab sa Goberno sa inyong gipangbuhat WALA!!! tan awa di bah gihubak na nuon ka sa pagcgeg saka nimo sa bukid.

daghan na kaayong gubot sa kalibutan,bisan asa nga suok sa kalibutan daghan kaaung gubot,nya inyo pa jud pun-an? way jud PEACE kung ang prensipyo ug pride sa usa ninyo dili ninyo matulon.....RODSKY!
REVOLUTION OR WAR is not the ANSWER....mao ra jud na bai.

Do you think I don't know the fact that whatever I did during my youth has amounted to nothing? Why do you think I'm now in a business that promotes capitalist methods and practices and practically glorifies free enterprise, which are all practically opposite that of what I was fighting for before? The point I'm trying to say is--I don't believe in ANY of you. I am for myself. Whether you are left or right, I don't care--I only believe in myself. And I am passionate about that. I've seen BOTH sides of the coin, and frankly, both sides suck. I'd rather stick to my own. Leftist, bogo. Rightist, bogo. Hala mag-pinatyanay na mo (para pag both sides patay na mag-enjoy nalang ko sa inyong gibiyaan), basta ako, happy ko where I am now, and whoever is passionate about what they do, I still respect them and support them.

The point of all I said was, patay na gani ang tawo, idugmok pa ninyo ang pagkamatay by uttering words that make her death a "death in vain". Why not just respect her beliefs and opinion and the reasons and the passionate struggle she was in until her very death? No, kabalo man ko sa inyong tuyo--you want to discourage other kids from plying the same path in life as she did...by doing that, you are indeed being the controlling individuals that you are.

-RODION

[hulagway]

@radio star..i almost forgot you exist bro..nway..do you and your group coordinate or ask permission to any local official when you conduct medical mission?

@rodsky..brainwashed? who me? nope im not..i don't belong to any group,,right or left,,i am just a normal civilian who wants to live a normal life..who don't depend so much to the government.

[Nutley]

@rodsky: niingon lang ang uban nga sayang ang kinabuhi sa usa ka tawo.wala namo gitumban ang kamatayun sa usa ka tawo bai.GISAYANGAN lang mi.lahi lang imong pagsabot.

2nd: by wala namo gi control ang kada individuals by posting our comments and opinion.of course adto jud mi sa dili violent na ACT or what we called PEACEFUL idea.bisan kinsa naman nga tawo dili jud ganahan musunod sa iyang gbuhat oi kay dili jud good example iyang gibuhat.prensipyo na gani storyahan lahi ra jud mo ug panghuna2x sama ninyo nga tawo.no need to argue about it bai Rodsky.lahi2x lang jud ta og pagtuo ug tinguha sa kinabuhi.opinion man na nimo bai....ill agree with you.i respect your opinion.no need to argue!!! -END-

PEACE to you all!!!!