Author Topic: Real-life Drama at Japan's Narita International Airport (Read 3614 times)

MikeLigalig.com · « **on:** April 14, 2009, 01:10:08 PM »

The clicking of dozens of news cameras drowned out the sobs of the 13-year-old girl, but her face explained what was happening in the departure hall of Japan's Narita International Airport.

Noriko Calderon, wearing her school uniform, was being forced to make one of the most wrenching choices of her young life: To stay in the country of her birth rather than join her parents being deported to the Philippines.

The scene was the emotional climax to a story a decade and a half in the making -- one that has tugged at heartstrings in Japan, but ultimately failed to sway to an unyielding bureaucracy that activists say violates human rights.

More details at http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.philippines.calderon/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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hofelina · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:30:29 PM »

I highly respect the daughterÂ´s decision, it is wise and practical and also the harsh reality of our country for youngsters living in poverty; no future in sight.

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Mulligan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:09:00 PM »

Boss,

Looy sab. Pero mura pud ug hapon ang papa ug dagway ba? Si Alan Calderon dili naman kahibawo magtagalog pag abot sa pilipinas ga hinapon naman. So unsa man to si Alan hapon o Filipino? Sa bagay, gi peke nila ila entry sa Japan using fake passport. So fake Japanese couple to sila?

Fore !

The clicking of dozens of news cameras drowned out the sobs of the 13-year-old girl, but her face explained what was happening in the departure hall of Japan's Narita International Airport.

Noriko Calderon, wearing her school uniform, was being forced to make one of the most wrenching choices of her young life: To stay in the country of her birth rather than join her parents being deported to the Philippines.

The scene was the emotional climax to a story a decade and a half in the making -- one that has tugged at heartstrings in Japan, but ultimately failed to sway to an unyielding bureaucracy that activists say violates human rights.

More details at http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.philippines.calderon/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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benelynne · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2009, 05:19:06 PM »

The parent's comments in Japanese are hypocritically self-righteous, "I can't believe they're doing this to us." And both of them entered Japan on fake passports.

I know hundreds of cases of Filipino families who had stayed illegally for years in Japan and bore and raised children here, some of whom like Noriko spoke only Japanese. Being outside the glare of the media lights, the parents were deported in handcuffs and their children were escorted separately to their airplanes. Only those who voluntarily turned themselves in were treated like regular passengers. Not surprisingly, the children settled to life in the Philippines without problem in less than a year.

I see no reason why parents should allow their child to speak only Japanese when they are both Filipinos. The illegals are using this as a leverage for humanitarian consideration, except that in Japan, entering on fake passport is tantamount to illegal entry and is a heavier crime than overstaying.

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Bambi · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2009, 07:46:16 PM »

What a high prize the parents paid for being contrary to Japan law and to escape Philippine poverty!
I feel sorry for the girl being a victim of her parental pseudo life guidance instead bringing her up to a decent education by way of teaching her a bit our own language. Abi tingali nila ug dili sila masakpan unja adto na gjod sila molahutay sa tibouk kinabuhi.

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benelynne · « **Reply #5 on:** April 14, 2009, 09:04:55 PM »

Mahadlok baja ang gobiyerno ani sa Japan nga tanan nga mga overstayers (known more popularly here as "bilog", Pinoy coded language from the first letter of the word "overstay") mag-anakay na lang sa usag-usa unja di tudluan ug kaugalingon sinultian aron ipasumangil ang bata nga di na lang paulion sa Pilipinas. Daghan baja kaajo ni sila nga bilog (the US equivalent of TNT) dire sa Japan gikan sa lain-laing nasod.

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swakee · « **Reply #6 on:** April 14, 2009, 11:54:44 PM »

bahala na ug magkalisud sa Pinas oi never nako ibilin ang akong 13 year old gurl sa laing nasud, ok lang unta ug 18 na whewwww!

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2009, 12:11:37 AM »

this should serve as an example to all filipinos out there who are planning to go the same route as the calderons. not just in japan but to other countries that they think will be there escape route to poverty. just remember that only in the philippines you can find a lax place to stay. we do have laws but we are the ones who break the laws for the benefit of other people and we can't do that to other countries.

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benelynne · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2009, 10:25:57 AM »

Hi BNC,

I always look up to people like you who have carved a niche in their profession and adequately provide for their families without leaving home.

The Calderons was a test case on how far the Immigration in Japan will bend back to accommodate illegal immigrants. But their backers and even the UN were pushing the line too far since the family was not only staying illegally, the parents also entered Japan on forged passports. Just imagine if they let them through--they would be swamped by demands from the vast number of illegal immigrants who came in under less "malicious" (to quote the Japan Immigration) circumstances (e.g. they used their real names and only overstayed, etc.)

BNC, just spread the word around through forums like this that home is still the best place to stay. Despite my own initial apprehensions, I brought my kids home to Tagbilaran last year. They are still adjusting academically, since their main language is Japanese even if they speak Tagalog very well, and are now even starting to learn Visayan. Barely six months later, they're calling Bohol their home. I brought them here to Japan one by one to update some paper requirements as well as see for themselves if they still really want to live in Japan. After just three days, they were pining for Bohol already.

My work is translation. I am still trying to find a way to assure my individual and company clients to just transact and communicate with me by internet, so I could join my kids in Bohol soon. It may take a little more time, but I will definitely go back home for good.

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swakee · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2009, 12:48:16 PM »

the news said this morning (tv patrol) nga gipapili daw ang anak kung magpabilin siya sa Japan or mouban sa parents & she chose to stay in Japan (ga-wonder ko basin giingnan sa parents nga pabilin na lang dere Dai kay paet didtos Pinas toinkz)

p.s. niingon kono ang anak nga she didn't know that her parents are Filipinos, gatoo siya pure Japanese siya, karon lang daw niya nahibaw-i nga i-deport na faets!

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hofelina · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2009, 02:35:33 PM »

Swakee salamat sa imong posting, what an illusion to brought up a child this way. This was the parents intentions anyway, and about their coming to Japan with fake passports, I wonder why a high-tech country can not distinguish fakes and real documents. Asa man sila nag pahimo kono? Bright jud ning mga Pinoy.

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benelynne · « **Reply #11 on:** April 15, 2009, 05:52:02 PM »

Manay Tess,

They came to Japan about 17 years ago, way before our machine-readable passports came into existence and way before Japan realized that some Filipinos would use any name they're given as long as they could get a passage out of the country.

Salig man gud kaayo ang mga Hapon kay diri sa ila, kanang gagamit ug fake names, mao ra nang mga miyembro sa Red Army, now probably extinct, and other extremist and terrorist groups. Di sila katoo nga probably half of the 80,000 Pinay entertainers who came to Japan in the heydey of the Japayukis were using fake passports. In-ani ra diay ka sayon sa ato ang magpagama ug fake passport.

Mind you, some of those Filipinas married Japanese and received permanent residency in their fake names (can you imagine this can get through in a high-tech country?). Naa gani mga b***t nagpasex-change after being deported, unya nisud sa Japan otro with new passports as females married to Japanese. Ang uban natagaan na pud permanent residency.

Ang kaapan ron the other year, nag-install sila ug biometric fingerprinting ug eye photo sa Immigration entry point. Nangabuking ang naay record nga laki sa una unya nabaje na ron. Katong mga na-deport sa una under aliases, now with children with their Japanese husbands, were blocked at the Immigration. Nanghilak intawon ang mga bata kay sila ray gipaagi sa Immigration paingon sa ilang amahan nga Hapon, ang inahan gi-hold ug gi-deport.

In fact, the media attention given to this family is OA. There was the intention of deceit from the start on the part of the parents who made their child believe she was a Japanese. Ambot lang ug wa ba pud ni kamatikod ning bata nga klaro man kaayo sa sinultihan sa amahan nga barok ang Hinapon, ug I'm sure matingala nang bata nganong di sila makabasa sa mga papers gikan sa school.

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benelynne · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2009, 05:59:21 PM »

To prevent the use of fake passports, which used to be rampant before, the Philippine government now has issued stringent requirements to foreign consular outposts that require at least five documents confirming one's identity before he or she can be re-issued another passport.

These are: authenticated birth certificate, authenticated baptismal certificate, authenticated Form 137 or diploma, and two old I.D.s with photo. Even if you used your real name, it's hard enough to complete these documents. Unsaon na lang ug peke pa ang imong gigamit? Busa katong mga permanent residents diri sa Japan nga nawad-on ug passport under fake names, mura lang pud ug "overstayer" kay dili makagawas ug hadlok magtuyuk-tuyok kay basig masita.

Ampingan gyud nato atong passports.

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hofelina · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2009, 05:59:46 PM »

Wow, sa mailad lang.

I would understand the Pinays seeking green pastures, hawak sa patalim.
Biometric fingerprinting ug eye photo is a must after Sept 11 attack. The USA improved their methods to control the flow of persons coming in/out of the country. They also demanded to their NATO member countries to do the same.
This is correct, and Pinoys being hawod sa palosot nangabuking karon.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2009, 10:13:28 PM »

sir benny,

when i was still single, i really wanted to go abroad. in fact, the 1st thing in my mind right after school was to go abroad right away and was able to secure my passport. however, things changed as time goes by and it even changed more when i got married. maybe because i was able to land a very good job here in our country. where i can still enjoy the luxury to travel, dine and time for liesure with my family.
i think i will just reconsider that plan/option as the kids grow older and there is a need for me to go somewhere else. right now, ill just stay here.

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swakee · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2009, 11:50:55 PM »

belib jud kas pinoy, perti kaau molusot

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fdaray · « **Reply #16 on:** April 16, 2009, 01:55:05 PM »

Regardless of what is your race , it is your right to have the custody of your child .

The Japanese govt commited a grave violation of human right. There is no reason to
left the child in Japan.

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raldampong · « **Reply #17 on:** April 16, 2009, 02:32:52 PM »

Its the parent mistakes to leave the child because of economics reasons in the Philippines. There is always opportunity somewhere.

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hofelina · « **Reply #18 on:** April 16, 2009, 05:24:04 PM »

I salute the decision of the parents, they trust their daughterÂ´s choice.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:44:19 PM »

noriko's parents lied to her. since they didn't tell them their real nationality. instead they let her think she's a real japanese by not exposing her to filipino values. right there and then, they deceive the child her real identity, her real lineage and her true blood.

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raldampong · « **Reply #20 on:** April 17, 2009, 12:14:03 AM »

They left the child, so there is a chance to come back in later years. Kaya lang they have to wait another five years.

But what they are doing is punishable in Philippines Law. Tampering passport is a 10 years jail sentence.

What a desperate moved, They don't speak english or tagalog so can be mistaken as a real Japs couple, even there child didn't learned a bit of tagalog world.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #21 on:** April 17, 2009, 12:41:57 AM »

i think they planned it already before they left RP some 18 years ago that they will no longer go back to the country.

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Bambi · « **Reply #22 on:** April 17, 2009, 01:20:38 AM »

Manay Tess,

They came to Japan about 17 years ago, way before our machine-readable passports came into existence and way before Japan realized that some Filipinos would use any name they're given as long as they could get a passage out of the country.

Salig man gud kaayo ang mga Hapon kay diri sa ila, kanang gagamit ug fake names, mao ra nang mga miyembro sa Red Army, now probably extinct, and other extremist and terrorist groups. Di sila katoo nga probably half of the 80,000 Pinay entertainers who came to Japan in the heydey of the Japayukis were using fake passports. In-ani ra diay ka sayon sa ato ang magpagama ug fake passport.

Mind you, some of those Filipinas married Japanese and received permanent residency in their fake names (can you imagine this can get through in a high-tech country?). Naa gani mga b***t nagpasex-change after being deported, unya nisud sa Japan otro with new passports as females married to Japanese. Ang uban natagaan na pud permanent residency.

Ang kaapan ron the other year, nag-install sila ug biometric fingerprinting ug eye photo sa Immigration entry point. Nangabuking ang naay record nga laki sa una unya nabaje na ron. Katong mga na-deport sa una under aliases, now with children with their Japanese husbands, were blocked at the Immigration. Nanghilak intawon ang mga bata kay sila ray gipaagi sa Immigration paingon sa ilang amahan nga Hapon, ang inahan gi-hold ug gi-deport.

In fact, the media attention given to this family is OA. There was the intention of deceit from the start on the part of the parents who made their child believe she was a Japanese. Ambot lang ug wa ba pud ni kamatikod ning bata nga klaro man kaayo sa sinultihan sa amahan nga barok ang Hinapon, ug I'm sure matingala nang bata nganong di sila makabasa sa mga papers gikan sa school.

Sa ato pa Sir benelynne madaot lang pod tawon ang inyong dunggog kinsa tong tarong ang pag-puyo ug panarbaho dinhi sa Japan. Pastilan...bilib gjod ko sa way kahadlok sa uban tungod nalang baha sa kalisod sa ato o sa damgo nga madato bisan sa maot nga paagi.
Mao ni giingon nga mogawas gjod ang pagka-hambugeuro sa mga ubang Pilipino. Unja kusog sab ning uban mamintaha. Kinsa gani ang dili na makagawas ato nalang pod manglalo sa ilang mga kababayan pinaagi sa pag-tabang kunohay isip "travel guide" or agencies. Kasuway ahong sister-in-law ini..nga gi-pangkonbensir isip domestic helper sa abroad kuno, diha ra gjod sila kutob sa barko gikan Cebu to Manila kay gitulis rapod sila (siguro mga kontak/kauban rasab sa ilang gi-applyan). Maajo unta nga sakpan tong mga way respeto sa balaod.

OT: Sir, wa kuno makontak sa ahong sister ang sa Janssen Heights ug ang cel no. wa say motubag. well, she said she will try again, hope she made it.

i think they planned it already before they left RP some 18 years ago that they will no longer go back to the country.

Mao gjod BnC. Maajo unta ug gi-preso na lang ang sentencia, wa unta i deport aron matuman ang ilang gi-plano, di ba?

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swakee · « **Reply #23 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:53:51 AM »

pastilan! daghan pa siguro nga cases nga pareho ani nga wa pa masakpi

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chicogon · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2009, 10:40:25 AM »

Kalipay pod intawon sa Pilipinas (government?) nga nanglangyaw ang mga Filipino sa nagkalain-laing nasud kay intawon dili man jud ni makabuhi sa iyang kaugalingong mga mulopyo. Individually, nag iyahay intawon pog pangitag pamaagi ang mga Pinoy nga duna silay kapaingnan ug kadangpan - kadtong wala na gyod makaantos deri sa atoa - blue collar, professionals, labor, domestic helpers, computer experts, merchant marines, nurses, doctors, engineers, and now titsers, and many more di na gani maihap - ug iyahay nalag kayod og himo ug gimik nga maka haw-as lang sa kalisod deri, mao nga molangyaw na lang. Duna say nagpabilin deri nga nahiluna ug duna say wala pod mahiluna pero wala lang swerteha nga makagawas sama sa uban, duna poy walay kwarta mang-apply, duna poy walay kaisog (guts) molangyaw ug duna poy uban tua pa nag sige pag linya sa mga recruiting agencies or nagka-lain-laing consulates sa ubang nasod namasin lang gehapon nga maoy mapiliaan... simtoma sa kalisod ug makauwaw nga ekonomiya sa Pilipinas. Dili jud ta maka husga sa atong mga kaigsoonan. Siguro uban sa mga nahingtungdan aning isyuha ato ra pong mga ginikanan, mga igsoon, tiyo ba o tiya, ig-agaw o silingan. But that's the reality we're facing today. Mao nay kamatooran nga lisod tunlon pero napugos lang gehapon tag tulon kay wala man tay mahimo kondili sa pagdawat na lang sa maong kamatooran. It's primarily dire poverty, my friends, that drive people away to look for greener pastures, some within its national border and some others outside of it. Kung dunay wala maapektuhe aning kalisod, good for them... but for the most us, nakahibaw man jud ta nga muna-muna naman jud natog utong ug ginhawa. Unsay kasulbaran aning problemaha? Morag hanap jud ug wala pay makita. There's no overnight solution to this, if there's any. Maayo pa siguro, we just wish every one the best. Those who fall along the cracks, sama sa Calderon family, unsaon taman. Let's wish them the best too. Di na lang nato husgahan kay basin hulagway ra pod na sila or representatives ra pod na sila sa uban pa natong mga kaigsoonon (o kadugo ba) nga nabutang sa maong ordeal, whether nasakpan o wala. Every one Filipino who've worked abroad knows in his/her heart di lalim molangyaw sa gawas sa Pilipinas. Uban gahilak nag dugo sa kamingaw ug kalisod. Napugos lang uban tungod sa circumstance sa ilang tagsa2x ka kinabuhi. Duna poy dagkog mga sweldo ug duna poy gipang swerte. But no matter what their lot now is... they, too, realized how much they missed home and their respective families and that there's no place like home. Pero saonz...

And in a blink of an eye, unsa kaha kung ato sab balihon ang tanan: unsa kaha kung magdungan silang tanan ug decide nga mouli na lang sila sa Pilipinas? Makadawat kaha ta o basin kita ra poy mopatay nila o mosingka ba nga "panglayos mo oy!"

Analyzing the trend these days, basin pohon ma legal na ang mag laag-laag sa laing parte sa kalibutan kung ma create na nila ang One World, One Government? Wala na nay visa2x hahaha. Have you read the ramblings of the proponents of this theory lately? Just wondering...

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hofelina · « **Reply #25 on:** April 20, 2009, 02:30:22 PM »

This one world, one community is partly a dream come true here in Europe since the borders are lifted for the EU member countries. This will be a next dream of the Pan American countries trying to do the same. I think this is also the aim of ASEAN, immigration within the borders is easy. It is complex to elaborate since it entangles the annoying issues like, human trafficking, smuggling and the like.

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hofelina · « **Reply #26 on:** April 20, 2009, 02:35:45 PM »

Since Marcos time, there is a government policy to offer Filipino manpower services abroad, without thinking of the brain drain problem. So you could see how important are the OFW remittances which upheld our economy. Assuming that our government is honest ( no misuse of taxes), the amount is enough to improve infrastructures and the rest will follow. Taas na jamo subaron. My opinion folks.

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bol-anon nga cebuano · « **Reply #27 on:** April 20, 2009, 11:38:52 PM »

wala may nagdili sa mga tawo sa paglangyaw aron manimpad sa laing nasod. ang punto lang ani nga sa tinarong ug sa sakto nga proceso dili kadtong pinaagi sa pagpangilad. kasagaran ra ba jud sa mga nahisugamak nga mga kaigsoonan nato kay kadtong mga walay klarong papeles. kadtong mga nag TNT ug kadtong wala moagi sa saktong proceso.

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chicogon · « **Reply #28 on:** April 21, 2009, 01:31:54 AM »

kasabot man ko sa imo punto bnc. sakto sad ka ana. pero daghan mani na punto pod di ba? but you know what, not everything in life is fair. ang amerkano, japon o uban pang mga nasud, maybe people of first world, kung silay mo byahe (I know kay naka tsamba tag ung-ong aning grupoha) we just buy tickets and whoosh, we go where we choose to. Kita sa Pilipinas (unless we have the access to visas already) mo linya pa tawon sa mga consular offices, bayad ug mahal, vulnerable sa mga mangingilad, wa pay labot ang gasto padung ug mo istar ug Manila kung taga probinsiya ka, during the whole processing, etc. Unya inig larga padung sa gawas, pila pa ka inspection ug pangusisa sa mga immigration offices (daghang factors of course ngano ni (laing isyu napod na)) maski human nakag kuhag visa (meaning human na kag usa ka initial round of SI), while, let's say, deri sa US, they don't give a damn when you leave the country (go wherever you go, it's your right!), inig balik na ka nila inspeksyonon (dapat lang). Maski kini lang nga mga factors, dako na kaayong tentasyon nga duna joy mogamit ug "gimik" (of course, that doesn't make it right) para lang makagawas aron maka pangitag paagi (di pa jud sure, ni risk lang jud!) mamasin nga maka lingkawas sa kalisod nga usahay halos di na jud matun sa daghang mga tawo (although this one too is highly debatable). Ako sang punto... part of my analysis (maski sa point of psychology na lang) nga mao sang dunay tendency nganong mao sad ni ang gipili nga "path" or "direction" by some others besides those who follow the "current" legal procedure. And my real point is... kung sama pa tag pamaagi sa ubang mga nasud or kung fair palang (as in parehas) ang treatment sa matag nasud in terms of entries sa kada nasud... di jud unta ta "hangol" (as in now) aning langyaw2x o aning mga gimik2x nga gipangbuhat nato. Again, it has something to do with poverty. Kung ang Pinas pa ang pinakadato sa kalibutan, tour2x lang unta ta ron ug kita napod ang dunay dakong problema sa immigration kay daghan mang gusto moari jud. Sila napod tingali sa Japan (kung naa silay TB) maoy mag hisgot aning mga isyuha sama nato deri karon.

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chicogon · « **Reply #29 on:** April 21, 2009, 01:52:25 AM »

Kung ni rebeldoeon nga pagkasulti, maybe the government is just too ignorant or corrupt to find a better way, or maybe (as some accused) they try to keep this kind of system, because the people are vulnerable this way (ug medyo dugay2x masakpan ang mga culprit kung duna may reklamo o investigation) or maybe like one member here said, wa jud siguro ta mahatagi ug "enough" proper values education growing up and neither today. We can already tell whatever we had wasn't enough. Napasagdan na lang jud siguro ning aspetoha even if there are many sectors clamoring for it. There's no one solution and there's no overnight success on the horizon if any. And discussions like this don't do anything good if not matched by an effort to start with one self (as another guy was saying). Charity begins at home, it is said. Peace begins with me as one song reverberated. Or as the Lord said, it's not what comes from the outside that defiles us (and there are many negative influence coming from the outside), but it's what come from the inside... those coming from the deep recesses of our hearts - they are what defile us. This should give us an idea how and where to start tackling our problem, instead of the blaming-game that some of us enjoy discussing about. The least we can do is really wish them "break-your-leg" (slang for luck) and even pray for them. Nakasa man tuod nang uban, pero kinsa man poy dili guilty o wa makasa in other ways. Judgment is never our prerogative but Him alone!

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