Inclusivity?
We, the undersigned, are members in good standing the Villa Teresa Homeowners Association, and:
Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9904 (Magna Car t a of Homeowners and Homeowners Association s) which provides for the rights of Association members “to inspect association books and records during office hours and to be provided upon request with annual reports, including financial statements”, we therefore ask that we be allowed to inspect such books and records on
Policarpio Bituin Della Galura Isle Coleman Ronald Pabustan Celestino Cosme Rina Mallari Cresencia L. Garcia
Signed:
Carmelino Tiotuico Manuel Balajadia Arturo Basa Felicisimo Bituin Jose Baluyut Jesus Tiotuico of or before August 7, 2017.
In addition, we wish to be given access, as well, to all minutes of Board Meetings and General Assemblies for the last 5 years.
May we remind you of the penalties and sanctions imposed by RA 9904 which states any person who intentionally or by gross negligence violates any provision of this act, fails to perform his/her functions under this Act or violates the right s of the members shall be punished with a fine of not less than five thousand pesos(P5,000) but not more than fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) and permanent disqualification from being elected or appointed as member of the board, officer or employee of the Association...”
Hoping for your kind consideration,
******* I was informed by sources that a mounting support to Mr. Pio Bituin’s initiatives to introduce reforms in the management of the Association may affect leadership change in the next elections.
Mang Pio who failed to get elected as director in previous polls was shut out of the winning circle of officers. A pariah in the closely knit elite cabal of VTHA leaders, Bituin hopes to penetrate the Association by his one man crusade for reform.
His request for a financial report has been provided.
GOING back to school in one’s 50s is like returning to kindergarten: at the end of the day, the senior student monopolizes the dinner conversation with “I did this” and “I did that.” That’s a thought expressed by N., who’s my classmate in two courses this semester.
We sat across each other in our first class.
By our next class, we were seated beside each other, swapping notes about our reading assignments. Our classmates, who could be our sons and daughters, prefer ebooks they can store in their phones and read while commuting. N. and I are oldschool; we prefer to photocopy, highlight pages, and make longhand notes in notebooks that don’t require batteries. N.’s children point out that one can also digitally mark pages, minus a sore back from lugging around all that paper. My boys— a husband and sons who speed around the information highway— rebuke me for holding
ONE of the promises of President Rodrigo Duterte early in his term was to make his administration more inclusive, with nontraditional and marginalized sectors to have access to Malacañang.
On the part of the media, he promised that he would grant provincial journalists access to Malacañang, saying it would be the same freedom their Metro Manila counterparts from national media organizations have in getting information from the presidential office. He told Visayas and Mindanao journalists in May 2016, “I do not go for restrictions of the Malacañang press conference.
Every press is allowed to ask questions whether the answer is good or bad or the question is good or bad. You all have full access to Malacañang. Any media in the Philippines. Lahat walang restrictions diyan.”
He did, as promised. SunStar and other provincial newspapers in the country have representatives able to cover Malacañang or have journalists who are members of the Malacañang Press Corps. Community journalists have more chances now than in the past to join the President in official trips abr oad.
Although there is access to the President, there is no assurance that the media – national or provincial – are getting the information needed.
Duterte’s relationship with mainstream media has been rough and hostile at times, with him raising allegations against Rappler, Philippine Daily Inquirer and ABS-CBN television, and mainstream journalists highlighting inconsistencies in his statements and his lack of transparency.
He has denied access to media for some of his important activities like visits to war-ravaged Marawi in Mindanao. In reaction to having a critical media, Duterte hired bloggers to manage social media discussions. Mocha Uson was one of them, now assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
But his group wants VTHA Pres. Resty David a clear breakdown in detail of about 2.2 million pesos “discrepancy” appearing on the Financial Statements. The VTHA has the largest funds among residents’associations in the city.
****** Residents of the 4th District are watching the reactions of Rep. Rimpy Bondoc and Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda on the avian pest in San Luis town. Pineda has the manpower resources of the Provincial disaster management group while Bondoc has a wide network of followers who can monitor movement of sick poultry.
After the quarantine is lifted and health authorities have certified the fowls are safe to eat, a a televised public demo showing the rivals for the 2019 governorship feasting on broiled chicken would allay consumers’fear of contaminated poultry. Mayor Asiong will lead the eating contest-demo with a plateful of “adidas de San Luis.”
What will be convincing and surely earn more votes for the aspirants is who between Dennis and Rimpy can eat the larger number of “buldit manok.” That will indicate who between them has a real stomach for public service.