Wake-uppers:
Seen: A quick look at the Miss Bohol 2017 official
candidates line-up shows some of the early favorites already catching the
attention of pageant fans from here and abroad.
The early favorites (not reflective of the final outcome) are Miss Loon,
Miss Tubigon, Miss Jagna, Miss Trinidad and Miss Talibon.
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Miss
Bohol 2017 early favorite: Miss Loon
Courtesy: Gerald James Cabal
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Scene: Friends of the female student (who is a daughter of a prominent family) who is at the center of a sex video scandal appealed not to share the video to spare the students from further trauma. “We all make mistakes but stop sharing the video,” said a friend who asked not to be named. A city official (who asked for anonymity) urged the public to stop circulating the sex video to put an end to the issue. However, the scandal is widely discussed in schools and social media channels and went viral. Remember, the parties who uploaded the video without permission as well as anyone who “shares, reproduce, or sells” the sex video without the consent of female student and her boyfriend can be held liable of violating Republic Act 9995 or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009.
Scene: Board Member Niño
Rey Boniel is back in Bohol province on Saturday —albeit
in jail. Niño, the primary suspect in
the slay of his wife, Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido town, was ordered by a
judge to stay at the Talibon District Jail while the charges of kidnapping and
serious illegal detention filed against him were resolved by the court.
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Aslimah
Matua, 19, dreams of becoming a teacher.
But
the incoming junior student of Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City
may have to pursue her dreams in Tagbilaran City, after she and her family fled
the gunbattle between government troops and terrorists holed out in a section
of her home city of Marawi in Lanao del Sur province.
Aslimah
spent weeks with her parents and 13 siblings in an evacuation site in Iligan
City before they joined 12 other families in evacuating to this Bohol
provincial capital.
When
the latest batch of evacuees arrived here on Monday, six families sought refuge
inside a mosque in Barangay Poblacion 1 while six others stayed with their
relatives in Barangay Taloto.
Arlene
Karaan, Poblacion 1 village chief, said among the problems raised by the
evacuees was their children’s education.
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The
Marawi students with Tagbilaran City
village official Arlene Karaan (right) who
helps
them find a new school in Bohol province. Leo
Udtohan
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“So
far, only elementary pupils were able to enrol,” Karaan said. “We are trying to
facilitate the enrolment of college students who wished to continue their
studies.”
Aslimah
and three other cousins were hopeful they would be given a chance to study in
Bohol.
“I
want to go to school. I want to finish college to fulfill my dreams,” Aslimah
said, echoing a similar wish expressed by her cousins Nor-fatima Matua, 21, an
education student; Aslimah Amer Lomala, 17, a Grade 11 student; and Samia Musa,
17, who is in Grade 7.
Karaan
accompanied them to Bohol International College (formerly Bohol Institute of
Technology) last Wednesday to inquire about school requirements.
“Gusto
ko talaga matuto (I want to learn),” said Matua. “Gusto ko talaga makapagtapos
ng pag-aaral dahil may motivation ako sa buhay (I really want to study, and I’m
a motivated person).”
Lomala
said, “ Siyempre para naman sa kinabukas
namin , para sa kinabukusan namin at mga
kapatid namin. Ako kasi ang ate kaya nasa akin ang susi na makapag-aral
sila kasi mahirap din kami. Sana matuloy ang pag-aaral dito sa Bohol (I want to
study for our future, for the future of my siblings. As the eldest, I am the
key that my siblings can study because we are poor. I hope we can study here in
Bohol).”
“
Sana mabigyan kami ng chance na makapag-aral dito sa probinsyang Bohol para
kahit papaano na matulungan ang pamilya namin na nangangailangn ng tulong (We
hope we will be given the chance to
study here in Bohol so that we can help our family),” said Nor-fatima.
Lomala
said her parents and eight siblings left Marawi because of the horror brought
about by the conflict.
“Masyadong
magulo dun. Kinakailangan naming tumakas kasi baka madamay kami sa gulo. Hindi
kasi kumikilala ang mga bomba tsaka yung mga baril baka mamatay kami dun. (It’s
chaotic. We had to escape. Bullets and bombs do not distinguish civilians from
soldiers and rebels. We might die there),” she said.
The
family of her cousin, Nor-fatima, also came here, scared of being caught in the
crossfire.
Since,
they have nothing left, Matua, Nor-fatima, Lomala and Musa will visit Bohol
Vice Governor Dionisio Balite to ask for possible financial assistance or
scholarship grant.
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