People just love bread … anytime of the day. For this bread peddler, work is just a stroll. But the risk along the main highway is just a breath away. Pedllers like him oftentimes take a sudden halt for a buyer … right on the road … not by the shoulder. It’s a habit unchecked till these days. Jeepneys are used to it (most are infected with the habit as well). Private motorists usually give them a gnawing beep … they’ll just return it with a dagger-look or an uncaring stare … that mark separates them to be called a full-pledged PUJ driver or a road peddler … halting and cutting right on the spot … at any moment’s call. It’s the way life is on the other skirts of the country … and that what makes travelling around exciting and fun-in-knowing … just let go of the cellphones and Ipods … eyes on the road … hands on the wheel … no texting … always break if you must … there’s a peddler ahead … bread on the road …
Bread Peddler @ Sta.Barbara, Iloilo
Posted by Chinito on October 4, 2009 at 1:05 pm
This is about the country’s flag and the town of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
On March 25, 1936, President Manuel L. Quezon. Issued E.O. No. 23 prescribing the technical description and specification of the Filipino Flag. It was followed by other directives assigning the National Historical Institute as the authority in Philippine Vexillaries and Heraldry.
Gordon’s proposed bill adding yet another ray to the Philippine flag should concern all Filipinos but most especially us Ilonggos.
The eight rays within the white triangle represent the towns within Luzon that fathered the Philippine Revolution.
However, Santa Barbara, which actively participated under General Delgado, was never represented in the flag.
Gordon and even Puentebella maintain that Muslim resistance to colonial rule merits a ray. Problem is, Mindanao is already one of three stars that mark our flag.
Whatever for is this bill? It begs a timely answer- acknowledge the ” Cry of Santa Barbara” in it’s proper context.
Omon Maravilla