KMU SLAMS BIG 3 IMPLEMENTING BELOW P2.00 Rollback By: Owen S. Bayog

Kilusang Mayo Uno slams the “Big Three” namely Shell, Caltex and Petron for implementing below P2.00 Oil Price Rollback yesterday, and insists that a significant rollback should be felt by the people who had been suffering due to the high cost of commodities due to the unabated increases since last year.  KMU Negros Spokesperson Ronald Ian Evidente told NDB that the Filipino workers suffer the economic lambast since the price of oil and commodities had gone up while they have reduced income.

Evidente further added that the prices of Oil had been overpriced since then.  In 2001 the cost of oil rose to more than 6 times and it has tripled during the same period from the data of the Department of Energy.In 2009, then-socioeconomic planning adviser and now-Senator Ralph Recto said that petroleum products are overpriced by as much as P8.00, therefore the rollback should be as much as P9.00.

The prices in the world market do not coincide with the increase being implemented by the oil companies here in the country.   KMU is calling on the workers and the people to launch various protest actions to compel the present administration of President Benigno Aquino III to act on the matter and call for the oil cartel to bring don oil prices and give relief to the people who are being hit with the economic crisis.#osb

UNITY FORUM AGAINST CITY ORDINANCE # 187 By: Owen S. Bayog

The waiting terminal in Libertad was the venue for the Affected Libertad Stakeholders Alliance (ALSA) Unity Forum yesterday afternoon where various leaders and sectors affected by the transfer of the waiting terminal to the South Bound Terminal.

Jessie Ortega, Secretary General of the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center (UNDOC) says the transfer pushed drivers and operators of small buses and double tired vehicles to lose due to the location and positioned beside the giant Ceres Buses.  Ortega further added that drivers income has been greatly affected and others discontinued to operate as of the moment.

Vendors at the waiting terminal were also affected - street sales turned low due to the 

said transfer of the terminal.

Arturo Macairan who is now 67 years old, says he has been selling his goods at the terminal for more than 20 years now. He said that an income of P300 had been cut more than half due to the low turn out of passengers in the area.  Macairan is supporting the cause to retain the waiting terminal in Libertad along with 28 vendors in their organization.

WORLD'S FAMOUS PHOTOS [A BLOG REPOST]

Afghan Girl [1984]

And of course the afghan girl, picture shot by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at the time. She made it on the cover of National Geographic next year, and her identity was discovered in 1992. Photographer: Steve McCurry

Omayra Sánchez [1985]

Omayra Sánchez was one of the 25,000 victims of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) volcano which erupted on November 14, 1985. The 13-year old had been trapped in water and concrete for 3 days. The picture was taken shortly before she died and it caused controversy due to the photographer's work and the Colombian government's inaction in the midst of the tragedy, when it was published worldwide after the young girl's death. Photographer: Frank Fournier

Portrait of Winston Churchill [1941]

This photograph was taken by Yousuf Karsh, a Canadian photographer, when Winston Churchill came to Ottawa. The portrait of Churchill brought Karsh international fame. It is claimed to be the most reproduced photographic portrait in history. It also appeared on the cover of Life magazine.
Photograph from: Yousuf Karsh

The plight of Kosovo refugees [1999]

The photo is part of The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning entry (2000) showing how a Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, is passed through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at a camp run by United Arab Emirates in Kukes, Albania. The members of the Shala family were reunited here after fleeing the conflict in Kosovo. Photographer: Carol Guzy

Stricken child crawling towards a food camp [1994]

The photo is the "Pulitzer Prize" winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan Famine. The picture depicts stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat him. This picture shocked the whole world. No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who Left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three months later he committed suicide due to depression.
Photographer: Kevin Carter

http://forwards4all.blogspot.com/2010/04/worlds-most-famous-photographs.html

FARMER PROTEST AGAINST CARPER by: Owen S. Bayog

Members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) marched to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Office to protest against the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extension and Reform (CARPER).  Militants say that it is an extension of their sufferings as they are deprived of land ownership since the said program began.

Outside the gates of DAR are grim faces of farmers who traveled from their respective haciendas and demand for land that they will call their own.

EXPENSIVE CAMERAS (IN PRODUCTION) By: Owen S. Bayog

Hasselblad H4D-60   $41,995

Who needs a house, a college education or medical insurance when you can have a Hasselblad? 

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III   $6,999

In a slightly more realistic ballpark, the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III (body only) is the most expensive Canon.

Leica M9 Titanium  $29,000

What is called the "world's most compact full-format digital camera system" by the manufacturer, the Leica M9.

Nikon D3X   $7,999.95

The insane 24.5-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor alone makes it worth the money.

THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE FOOTBALL By: Owen S. Bayog

After the loss to Kuwait for the World Cup Qualifiers, what will happen to Philippine Football? Some were saying that height is not a big factor in the sport, but the way I see it - taller people have much more firepower as compared to the smaller ones.  

If the country plans to pursue football - I would rather be happy to see a pure Filipino line-up, players that will be coming from local leagues in the country and products of  the grassroots level.

Images were taken during the Azkals vs. Mongolia game Feb 9, 2011 at the 

Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod City