SILLIMAN OVERPASS CONSTRUCTION By: David Jhules Maceda The construction of the overpass project fronting the Silliman university elementary school and Silliman university high school is bombarded with protest by various student organizations in Silliman University. The construction of the said overpass will only add to the already existing problems of traffic congestion because the overpass itself is constructed on the shoulders of the road where the vehicles would usually wait for the students. Also, it will take the students more than a minute just to cross the overpass rather than crossing the street which will only take them about five seconds. The overpass project is also said to aggravate everything, from traffic congestion to possible accidents and injuries for children since they will have to take the stairs to cross the overpass instead of just crossing the street. Also, the overpass project was not consulted to the National Historical Institute (NHI) considering that Silliman University is considered a historical area and to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with respect to the century old acacia trees that may be affected by the construction. Furthermore, the street where the overpass is said to be constructed is narrow and is not a highway; so technically, vehicles would slow down with or without the overpass due to its location and its tightness, hence the construction of the overpass is impractical and unnecessary. Also, another cry of the protestors is that, instead of having the overpass, they should have utilized a construction of a parking area which is a lot more useful than an overpass since the parking area will serve as a waiting area for all the vehicles that would be fetching the students to and from Silliman.

for the past few days, its been raining like crazy and going to and fro to dumaguete to attend my classes is such a big problem to solve. no umbrella, no raincoats, no jackets, no sweater, no everything. its just it.

well, its been quite a boring afternoon. nothing to do but surf the net, watch videos on youtube, and blog away here. its been a tiring day and all that i can think of doing is blog my heart out. well, i guess that is just the way it is, i think. tomorrow is monday, and it means back to school for me. i cant think of anything else as of the moment, all i can say is, its a pretty boring much afternoon. hope the rest of the day goes well. =) peace!

Man shot to death by nephew By David Jhules Maceda Last June 12, 2008, a man was shot to death by his nephew in Barangay San Antonio, Municipality of Sibulan, Negros Oriental. At around 9pm in the evening of June 12, 2008, Mr. Pio Barandog, uncle of the accused, Mr. Adolfo Barandog, was shot to death in the act of defending himself in his own residence when attacked by his nephew. Earlier that evening, Pio Barandog was in their living room along with his family when his brother, Honorato Barandog, came barging in their house asking for help because his son was challenging him to a fight and was also seeking help after what his son did to him. Pio advised his brother to stay inside the house while he went outside the house to try and pacify his nephew. After a few minutes, they heard gunshots and found Pio lying on the ground clutching his stomach. They then rushed Pio to the hospital and was pronounced dead just before midnight. Doctors claimed that Pio died not because of the bullet that was found in his lateral abdominal wall, the part of which that had the most serious damage, but because Pio had heart problems and had a cardiac arrest while the doctors were preparing for the operation. A day after the said incident, the suspect, Adolfo, surrendered himself to the Sibulan Police station and was accompanied by a barangay councilor, Mr. Isabelo Eumague, of Looc, Sibulan. However, the suspect didn’t surrender the gun that he used in committing the crime. After the appropriate cases were filed, Mr. Adolfo Barandog was found guilty of the crime of homicide and was sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six (6) years to fourteen (14) years and eight (8) months of reclusion temporal, maximum and is adjudged to indemnify the heirs of the deceased victim, Mr. Pio Barandog, the sum of fifty thousand pesos (P50, 000.00) due to his untimely death. Also, he was sent to the New Bilibid Prison at Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, where he will be detained.

basing my write up from a court decision file in the year 1999, i was able to come up with a news article (dated June 12, 2008) that would somehow make or break me in my advanced news writing class. the actual write up will be the next post after this one. please, i would love to hear comments from journalists all over the country to help me out in my endeavor to become a journalist someday. leave notes and comments ayt? peace. love you all.

its about to be on peeps, and i can just feel it brushing through my hair. the school spirit is about to come alive again and do you know what it means? study, study, study. man, i just cant believe that im gonna do the things that i dreaded the most, studying. reading, writing, encoding and project making, its all about to happen very, very soon. well, of course there is a bright side to that one. i mean, you get to see your friends, get to do all those stuff with them, and just enjoy being a student. now, is that hard to imagine? =) peace... hope you'll kick off the school year right, coz i know im gonna. =) peace!