Ang Caviteno Newsweekly January 29-February 04, 2018 Issue | Page 4

OPINYON 4 Enero 29-Pebrero 04, 2018 Lingguhang Pahayagan ng Lalawigan ng Cavite na inilalathala tuwing Lunes / PRINTING PLANT: Sinag Publishing & Printing Services, National Highway, Brgy. Parian, Calamba City, Laguna. Tel nos. [phone] & [phone] / OFFICE ADDRESS: Blk. 25, Lot 4 Ph-1 Greensborough Subd., Sabang, Dasmariñas, Cavite/ Subscription fee: One year P360.00 Six Months: P180.00 / Commercial Advertising rate: P200 per column cm and legal notices P160 per column cm / MEMBER: Publisher’s Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) / Raia Jennifer E. Dela Peña Managing Editor / P.L. Villa, RC Asa Contributing Editors / Aaron Paul Gueta, Jacquilou Lirio, Maria Carlyn Ureta, staff writers / Ruel T. Landicho Lay-out Artist/ Ezra Loscos Legal Consultant. email add: [email protected] & [email protected] MIASCOR’s fiasco THE Manila International Airport Authority has been swift in announcing its non-renewal of its contract with MIASCOR Groundhandling Corporation following a recent incident of baggage pilferage, where a returning OFW from Canada lost P82,000 worth of items at Clark International Airport. The incident had gotten the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte himself. Upon learning of it, he apologized to the OFW and told him that the government would pay for whatever losses he incurred and that the perpetrators would be punished. The President said, “I would demand that there be justice instantly. Whoever is the service provider there, you terminate the contract and look for another one.” And that’s when MIAA announced the non-renewal of MIASCOR’s contract set to expire on March 31 as it gave the company 60 days to vacate airport premises. MIASCOR has already apologized and compensated the victim, and it now appealing to the President to hear its side of the story as it asks for forgiveness for the mistakes of some of their employees. MIASCOR president Fidel Herman Reyes went to the extent of using the company’s 4,000 employees in seeking sympathy, saying they’d lose their jobs. He also cited MIASCOR’s alleged good standing of 40 years as service provider. But despite MIASCOR’s apology, it cannot be denied that it was under their watch that the OFW had suffered the inconvenience and the heartbreak. The President cannot be blamed if he decides to not renew the contract of MIASCOR. After all, airports serve as the ]window of visitors in the country, and incidents like this one can ]leave the country’s image in tatters. Ni Teo S. Marasigan Para kay Miriam Defensor-Santiago MAGANDANG ARAW. KAHIT alam kong mas komportable kang makipag- usap sa wikang Ingles, hindi ako magpapaumanhin sa paggamit ng Filipino. Isa siguro iyan sa dahilan kung bakit kahit marami kang sinasabi, hindi ka nakakaugnay sa masang Pilipino. Makulay ang wika mo, pero mas angkop iyan sa Texas kaysa sa Batangas. Iba talaga ang dating ng “putang ina mo” sa “son of a bitch”. Tagahanga mo ako noon. At hindi ako nagsisisi. Na noong eleksyong 1992, kahit hindi miyembro ng People’s Reform Party ay nagparami at namigay ako ng propaganda para manalo kang pangulo. Na kinabisado ko ang mga paborito mong sabihin – halimbawa, na “Para magtagumpay ang masama, sapat nang walang gawin ang mabubuti.” Na pinahalagahan ko ang mga personalidad na nadikit sa iyo noon: Herman Tiu Laurel, Isabel Ongpin, Antonio Leviste, at kahit si Ariel Rivera. Kung may naniniwala ngayon na ikaw ang nanalo sa eleksyong iyon at dinaya ka ng baril, maton, at ginto ni Fidel Ramos na inindorso ni Cory Aquino, kasama ako sa kanila. Hanggang ngayon, paniwala kong kailangang labanan ang katiwalian sa gobyerno – ang isyu ng kampanya mo noong 1992. Ang pagkatalo mo ay bahagi ng simula ng pagkawala ng tiwala ko sa gobyerno. Dinaya ka. Marumi silang lumaban: pinakawalan pa nila si Manoling Morato para ipagkalat na baliw ka