BULL's HIT

RUDY GARCIA
Barangay bingo and landslides

The Bureau of Food and Drugs now bans the importation selling and trading of milk products that are suspected of having melamin contents. The departments of Health and Trade and Industry followed suit after plenty of Chinese children died or hospitalized upon drinking the contaminated china milk products.

This only proves that nothing is better and safer than breastfeeding. But who can assure that other milk products are safe? If I for one who is a milk drinker chooses the safest one, then I would prefer breast milk coming from cow milk or human milk. But the point is, will there be any volunteer who would give me breast milk?

And if there would be, am I assured that cops will not apprehend us for committing public scandal? Well, if that would be an exemption, I could just imagine my friends shifting to breast milk. Hahah!
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It was again another “Kapalpakan” for Baguio authorities to suspend classes in elementary and high school levels on Sept. 22 when the weather was good and sunny but failed to issue any advisory morning of Sept. 21 when typoon “Nina” started to hit hard this city.

As a result, lot of students who trooped and attended their classes were soaked and sent home in the afternoon. I watched these students walking on their way home dripping wet. I guess their parents were worried and could only mumble angrily while attending to their children.

I hope our authorities would wake up and learn a lot from their shortcomings, after all May pag-asa naman siguro ang pag-asa, hindi ko lang alam sa mga ibang opisyal. Hoy, Gising!
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I could not help but wonder why the association of the Barangay councils in Baguio City could not be specific in their board resolution withdrawing their support of the controversial fund raising Bingo sa Barangay.

The fact that they allow barangays to conduct their own Bingo sa Barangay through barangay resolutions only shows that the ABC is only withdrawing support and not the authority and the position to declare it as an illegal, activity meaning, the board resolution is just a plain white elephant paper or otherwise moot and academic.

Nevertheless, I appreciate the position of the board in publicly denouncing all forms of illegal gambling like jueteng, But it is more appropriate to clean their own backyard first before others -- that is to totally stop the bingo sa barangay once and for all. Hindi ba apo Joel Alangsab at Eva Fianza?
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Three people were reported dead because of a landslide in Baguio due to Typhoon Nina. The same that several landslides also happened at Itogon, Benguet where 14 miners where trapped inside a tunnel and efforts to rescue them are still unsuccessful as I am writing this column.

Residents at Itogon are now blaming the ongoing mining activity in their area as cause of the landslide, but Benguet Corp. was quick to deny this. There is also a clamor that the mining firm where the 14 miners were trapped should also be investigated to see if it has a mining firm has a permit.

It is also interesting to know if the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources has any role to play here, but just the same, expect finger pointing and washing of hands by persons involved in these tragedies.
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Department of Transportation and Communication Cordillera regional director Federico “Bong” Mandapat Jr. should start imposing disciplinary sanction against erring public utility drivers particularly some drivers of Partas Bus lines and public jeepneys playing the Scout Barrio route.

My bubwit reported that he personally witnessed a road accident along Harrison Road in Baguio involving a jeep with Scout Barrio route and its driver who was apparently under the influence of liquor.

Not too long ago another jeep with the same route was involved in a vehicular accident also at Harrison wherein the driver was found driving under the influence of liquor.

Last Wednesday, my bubwit again witnessed a Partas Bus line with plate number ABZ 998 as it overtook recklessly a small taxi along the intersection of Lourdes Dominican and Naguillian Road. It was good the taxi was able to swerve immediately to the left side otherwise it could have been hit badly by the speeding bus.

Attention, Manong Bong, I know you don’t tolerate these undisciplined drivers to go on driving freely on our streets. Please them a bit of whipping.