A NEWS item that came out in this paper last Sunday had me googling the words “videoke” and “killings.” Just when I thought videoke violence is nothing but media exaggeration caused by a dearth of newsworthy events on weekends, this story about a stabbing inside a videoke bar in my hometown of Pinamungajan convinced me the Aquino administration should now create a task force to investigate videoke killings in the country.

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Magpasalamat ang Tsinelas sa EWIT mountaineers ug sa Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative sa kalampusan sa maong proyekto.

Ang pagkatkat dili gara-gara, dili palabwanay sa abilidad. Ang pagkatkat, gawas nga pakigsuod kini sa kalikopan, pakigsandurot usab sa mga tawo nga nagpuyo sa bukid o sa palibot niini.  Ug ang gibuhat sa EWIT nagmatuod nga dili kini imposible.

(more fotos of BOOKid here)

HIGH SCHOOL students from a mountain barangay in Pinamungajan, Cebu who are receiving education assistance from a group were given a personality development seminar recently.

The experience was unique for the 23 high school students from Lut-od National High School because it was the first time they were given a chance to learn about themselves in a non-academic setting.

“Me Na Me: A Personality Development Seminar” was held at the Hidden Valley Training Center and Resort in Barangay Lamac.

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We had to clown around to help a patient survive the ordeal.

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If you are really proud of your roots, Pacman, do something concrete for the town, or at least for the barangay where your father was born. A small school building or a community training center won’t definitely hurt your pocket.

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PAMUHUAN Festival in Pinamungajan is one celebration that will be a subject of future debates, at least among the town’s residents and history buffs, as to whether it authentically represents the town’s origins.

If tradition is to be followed, ‘bunga’ is the root word of Pinamungajan, not “pamuo,” as the festival suggests. It’s “bunga” to the town’s old folks and thugs, fish vendors, the naughty barber across the church plaza, even the parish priest who has spent more than half of his life hearing the confessions of the town’s sinners.

It’s “bunga” to the natives.

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