Is BIR afraid to step in a wet market?

Tabo-an, Cebu city. June 02, 2008, 3:34pm.

It was our last day in Cebu since we have finished our main concern in my previous school when I and my mom decided to bring some dried foods for our relatives in Cagayan de Oro City. We bought dried foods worth more than 4,000.00 pesos. We waited for the receipts and as we ask their telephone numbers and some information so that the next time we will be able to visit Cebu they will be the one we can contact but to our dismay they can’t provide or issue receipts. But they trust some information we ask from them. My mother was really a texter of the BIR’s promo “premyo sa resibo.” She was really thinking for a big loss for she can’t join the promo because we haven’t got any receipts from them. Next was we had asked them about the length of years selling dried foods, the lady who works in a dried foods store said more than 5 years. That’s a big loss for the government. Are they exempted on paying taxes? Or paying some personnel to operate and be exempted in paying taxes? You know this seems to be unfair to those businessmen who are paying the exact taxes for their business. Why operate a business illegally? Imagine making money in a proper way, not scared of any one who might catch you, can have sweet and soundly sleep in every night and many more benefit. Why not doing it legally for you’re your kids and your family's future? For the authority, we should do our obligation fairly. They should double check both small and huge tax paying businesses and every establishment, doing it regularly can reduce such problems. And if they want their office will not be issued politically might as well they do good and clean back jobs into reformed process.

MARINA gets SHARKED unwarily! substandard and traditional way!

As I said I came from Cebu with my mom last week to work on my requirements in my previous school so I can transfer officially to another school. I stayed there for four and half days. What a lovely day it was! I ride on one of the country’s huge passenger ships the Sulpicio Lines. Particularly, the ships name was M/V Princess of the South. 8:00 p.m. the ship will leave the port. I was amazed when I get inside the ship it was like hotel with very creative and wonderful decorations. But there decoration has just only impresses our eyes until I discover some burns in my grading sheet that creates my personal dismay. Forty five minutes gone by when my mother feels that she has to go to the comfort room, I bought her a tissue paper worth 20.00 pesos, affordable isn’t it? What else? Ahah! In their dining area where we sit and took our dinner, One signed boards caught my attention it says : “BAWAL MAGLABAS NG GAMIT” and “BAWAL MAGLABAS NG PAGKAIN” now, what are we going to do we just took half of our dinner, but good thing we see lot of people taking in their dinner. I think they won’t even bother the sign. But to think it is a Dining area. In my own interpretation, a.) How can we eat when the sign told us not to bring our things for eating in the dining area and we are not allowed to bring our food in the dining area? Hmm.. b.) Or maybe we are not allowed to bring eating materials and food we bought inside in the dining area? But how was it going to happen when the store inside the dining area were close from the moment we get in the ship until we leave the ship? c.) It’s ticket inspection time! Oh my GOD! The inspection teams of the ship were not at all fresh looking and smelling as they inspecting passenger’s ticket. Uniforms not pressed one with white towel around the neck and one has a comb in his back pocket. Yielding like little boys playing during inspection time visible to some passenger. Some shouting “okay na ZAIDO na checked na lagi” d.) Lady receptionist gets mad and madly sharing to her co-workers incident story in the information. e.) lastly, when I saw an old man who finds so hard to secure his things because perhaps his luggage weighted as much as his weight., nobody has help the old man until he reaches the end of the highest stairs. How come? Many employees have seen the old man? No even greetings and all they know was perhaps the numbers of cottages and rooms of the ship. Good Service! Five stars!

All of this was observed during our stay. Going to CEBU May 29, 2008- Going back to Cagayan de Oro June 3 2008.

One very critical problem shocked me when I have read some of the High personnel’s profiles until I read about some certification hang in the walls. This I quote:

“Republic of the Philippines
Department Of Transportation and Communication
Maritime Industry Authority
PPL Bldg. 1000 UN Ave, Manila
Telephone No. 521 65 27

Certification # MNL-50-05

This is to certify that the safety film of M/V Princess of the South owned/operated by Sulpicio Lines Inc.. has been reviewed/evaluated and found in compliance with the requirements of MARINA memorandum circular numbers 72 and 136 the contents/feature of the ten minute safety film are hereby approved.

The safety film must be shown/played on board the vessel immediately upon departure and must be supplemented by an actual demonstration on the donning of lifejackets by designated crew members. Your compliance thereof shall be subject to fines and penalties under the above mentioned circulars.

Issued at manila on 5 August 2005

For the administrator:

Arnie Santiago, MSc MSA
Officer in charge
Enforcement team.”
Unquote

My observation about this notice or certification for me is very alarming, considering that there are people whom I say uninformed or unknowledgeable about how those lifejackets be worn out incase of emergency? Some I think will lose lifejackets benefits are old people, uneducated men and women and some children. Basing on my experiences, I can’t recall even in a single moment there was a film viewed by us. From the first we ride until we ride again to go back where we from. All I remember was, they played only series of big screen movies. The only thing which I am so concerned is the safety of all passengers. I think the MARINA and DOTC should investigate about this because considering that they have forgotten this very important obligation. The safety of each passenger. I suspect that they have done this for several times already because to think we have ride two times and I observe that the certification has been disregard.


Lots of accident in the sea had already taken many lives, especially passenger ships. Well, I think this is one reason why some were not able to survive because of lack knowledge on wearing lifejackets. Even it is visible on each passenger on the ship but if they don’t know how to wear it properly then I guess another problem would also appear on the times emergency in the ship will be made. Let’s not take LIFE for granted. We should not also stop thinking our safety and we hope that as we are being advantage to anyone we should also help them to understand the important things as far as each LIFE is concern.

WAKE UP!

Somebody has threatened me pre-maturely. I’m happy our blogs is effective!

few weeks after I had posted one of my very controversial stories which I brought now legally to one of our government concern agency, I received an email and it said there that I will regret anything whatever be the outcome. This perhaps one of the reasons why I haven’t posted some of my exposes and stories right after I arrived from Cebu. Well, if we may we remind every body that as this blog, its authors and even its title page hold its commitment to bring stories, true to life experiences to the people and important places and even to broadcast unlawful acts of any people and any thing that we think it will not benefit masses. Our purpose is to let the people aware and to trigger initiative to make and move things right. We have eyes so we can see things; we have also voices to speak what we have seen. God is so good he brings feeling so that we can make it a weapon to be strong and fight. So should all this things are natural why we only tell the truth and ideas came from it? We are not afraid. So, if we talk now? Better get your self ready!

IM back, fellas!

Hello Everyone. Being absent for four days in our blog makes me so cruel and sad. Anyway, I just arrived from Cebu; I am currently working on my transfer credentials on my previous school. So too early to celebrate and yet saying, “Welcome to ATENEO community.” Hehehe… I am little bit nervous with a big happiness on things I am presently planning, like going back to school and finding more friends. Oh man, over many years wishing that some day god will give that wonderful gift. You know making new friends and it’s like we feel wheels begun turning so free according to our will. But I believe God is the reason for all, he made it more and better. When I will be officially enrolled in the school where I want to be a part of, it’s a dream come true so I won’t waste any single time creaturely and productively. Hope GOD will be the center of all.