The Four-eyed Journal

Last Wednesday, my fellow SERVE Volunteers assisted the Health team of the Lasallian Community Development Center in conducting this month’s blood letting activity entitled “Dugo mong alay, pansagip buhay.” (More photos here) Blood letting or finding students from DLSUD who’d volunteer to donate part of their blood to replenish the stocks of the University Medical Center’s [...]

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Ang naturang lugar ay idineklara din bilang bahagi ng bufferzone ng Mt. Palay palay - Mataas na Gulod Forest Reservation/National Park, (Proclamation No. 1594). Bilang isang deklaradong lugar para sa konserbasyon ng likas na yaman at turismo, ang Ternate ay hindi dapat pahintulutang malapastangan, bagkus ito ay patuloy na dapat maproteksyunan. Kasabay nito, ang Ternate ay naitalaga bilang Environmentally Constrained Area, ayon din sa Provincial Developmental Plan ng Cavite. Ito ay nangangahulugan na hindi maaaring gumawa ng anumang aktibidades o proyekto na maaaring makaapekto o makapagpabago sa natural na estado ng naturang lugar. Idagdag pa dito ang katutuhanang ang lupa sa naturang lugar ay volcanic, na ang uring ito ay makakapagpalala lamang ng pagsira ng lining ng isang landfill, dahilan ng pagtagas ng mga nakalalasong katas ng basura. Kung sa gayon, ang Ternate ay hindi tugmang lugar para sa isang tambakan ng basura. At ayon din sa mga pag-aaral, tulad ng ginawa ng Unioted States - Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA), kahit pa sa isang normal na uri ng lupa at mataas na kalidad ng liner, ang kahit anumang landfill ay magkakaroon ng pagtagas ng mga nakalalasong katas, dahil na din sa mga kemikal na dulot ng mga itinambak na basura.

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Along the way, I also remembered that I still haven’t secured my examination permit so with my accelerated walking speed, I rushed to the University registrar to get that piece of oppressive paper that will serve as my ticket to get seats in the examination room. Yes, that piece of paper would prove that I’ve already paid my tuition fees and so I’m cleared to take my major exams. Just like the ‘No ID NO Entry’ sign posted at the campus gates the exam permits pronounce ‘No Permit, No Exam’ this in turn ultimately says, ‘Pay First, Study Later.’ So much for education being a right for every Filipino. But I remembered another important thing; I signed up as a volunteer teacher for the Lasallian Community Development Center’s (LCDC) “Alternative Learning System - Literacy Project.” A program to help the inmates of the BJMP-Dasmariñas (Municipal Jail)-which was just next door from the university campus, with their educational development despite being behind bars. Now this is ‘education as a right; not a privelege.’

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