Love for Constituents
Empowerment and Empathy
eXcellence and Integrity
39th News Express Article
9:46 PM at 9:46 PM Filed under: Author:
by LEX Tupas
Malipayon nga Kapistahan Kabarangay
The month of May was full of festivities in the barangays and I am so honored and privileged to have been part of most of these events. The barangay event that really is closest to my heart is the Barangay Fiesta of my very own barangay where I reside in, Brgy. M.V. Hechanova, Jaro, Iloilo City.Gapasalamat gid ako sa mga opisyales ka akun barangay kag mga kabarangay nga mainit gid ang pag-akomodar sa akun halin sa pag-umpisa ko nga maging residente sang barangay. Asta sang pag-selebrar sa kapistahan, daw halos adlaw adlaw ginaabi-abi gid ako sang maayu sa mga okasyon nga ginaareglar para ihiwat ang kapistahan. Ginhambal ko gani sa mga nag-organiza kag sa mga pumuluyo nga indi ako ya bisita sa mga okasyon kay tagadira ako nga barangay kag malipayon gid ako nga gahalin ako sa nasambit nga barangay.I have met a lot of people who have truly influenced me and in one way or another taught me something from the trisikad association members and officers, to the homeowners association officers and members, to the security guards, small business owners, urban poor members, organization association members, the little kid in San Isidro Village, to the young mom from phase II of Grand Plains, to the couple residing in the house beside mine, to the barangay officials, tanods, health workers, social workers, and the like. I am sincerely thankful of their warm welcome and utmost trust in me.Sa mga pinalangga ko nga kabarangay indi lang sa brgy. MV Hechanova kag sa mga kabarangayan sa Jaro kundi sa 180 ka barangay sa Syudad sang Iloilo, gapasalamat gid ining inyo amigo sang inyo maayu nga pag-akomodar sa akun diri sa Syudad. Tinguhaan ko gid nga pagaserbisyuhan ko kamu sang maayu kag husto.I believe that the projects of the city will not be successful without the support of the barangays. They are the most basic community and closest to the people we serve. Amu man na gani kung nga-a nalunsar ang Search for Excellence in Barangay Governance.Gin-inisyar ini nga proyekto ni Councilor LEX kaupod ang DILG Iloilo City, Jaycees Iloilo, ABS CBN Iloilo, SM City Iloilo kag ginasuportahan ka Lokal nga gobyerno sang Syudad. Tani ang proyekto nga ini makadala sang sige nga pagUGYON kag pagProgreso sang kabarangayan para sige nga mapasadya ta indi lang sa tini-on sang kapistahan kamu kabarangay kundi sa kada adlaw adlaw diri sa Syudad sang Iloilo.Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
Malipayon nga Kapistahan Kabarangay
The month of May was full of festivities in the barangays and I am so honored and privileged to have been part of most of these events. The barangay event that really is closest to my heart is the Barangay Fiesta of my very own barangay where I reside in, Brgy. M.V. Hechanova, Jaro, Iloilo City.Gapasalamat gid ako sa mga opisyales ka akun barangay kag mga kabarangay nga mainit gid ang pag-akomodar sa akun halin sa pag-umpisa ko nga maging residente sang barangay. Asta sang pag-selebrar sa kapistahan, daw halos adlaw adlaw ginaabi-abi gid ako sang maayu sa mga okasyon nga ginaareglar para ihiwat ang kapistahan. Ginhambal ko gani sa mga nag-organiza kag sa mga pumuluyo nga indi ako ya bisita sa mga okasyon kay tagadira ako nga barangay kag malipayon gid ako nga gahalin ako sa nasambit nga barangay.I have met a lot of people who have truly influenced me and in one way or another taught me something from the trisikad association members and officers, to the homeowners association officers and members, to the security guards, small business owners, urban poor members, organization association members, the little kid in San Isidro Village, to the young mom from phase II of Grand Plains, to the couple residing in the house beside mine, to the barangay officials, tanods, health workers, social workers, and the like. I am sincerely thankful of their warm welcome and utmost trust in me.Sa mga pinalangga ko nga kabarangay indi lang sa brgy. MV Hechanova kag sa mga kabarangayan sa Jaro kundi sa 180 ka barangay sa Syudad sang Iloilo, gapasalamat gid ining inyo amigo sang inyo maayu nga pag-akomodar sa akun diri sa Syudad. Tinguhaan ko gid nga pagaserbisyuhan ko kamu sang maayu kag husto.I believe that the projects of the city will not be successful without the support of the barangays. They are the most basic community and closest to the people we serve. Amu man na gani kung nga-a nalunsar ang Search for Excellence in Barangay Governance.Gin-inisyar ini nga proyekto ni Councilor LEX kaupod ang DILG Iloilo City, Jaycees Iloilo, ABS CBN Iloilo, SM City Iloilo kag ginasuportahan ka Lokal nga gobyerno sang Syudad. Tani ang proyekto nga ini makadala sang sige nga pagUGYON kag pagProgreso sang kabarangayan para sige nga mapasadya ta indi lang sa tini-on sang kapistahan kamu kabarangay kundi sa kada adlaw adlaw diri sa Syudad sang Iloilo.Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
38th News Express Article
9:41 PM at 9:41 PM Filed under: Author:
by LEX Tupas
Keeping Old Friends
A good and real friend is said to be one who is be able to keep and sustain long term relationships especially with his old friends. Maintaining any kind of relationship is a challenge but it is something worth working on since real friends are few.
Sang nagligad nga mga senemana pagkatapus sang medyo madugay-dugay na nga tini-on, natagaan ako tsansa makapa Manila liwat para maging head delegate sang Syudad sa pag-selebrar sang Makati foundation day. Bilang Chairman sa Komitiba sang Domestic kag Internasyonal Affairs, amu na nga mga tini-on mapabaskog pa gid ang lokal nga mga kaalyado ka yang Makati sister city ta man. Sa mga tini-on nga may pahuway ako, daw nalipay ako nga makita ang akun mga abyan halin pa sang high school. Daw kanami ka pamatyagan nga ara gyapun ang pagka-ayuhay bisan indi na pirmi gakit-anay. Pareho man sang mga abyan ko sa kolehiyo kag pagkatapus kolehiyo nga nakita ko man kag nakaupod. Kanami sang tsansa nga ginhatag para makalagas sa tyempo nga wala na kami kaisturyahanay. Ang iban sa ila may mga asawa na, kabataan, mga may negosyo kag iban pareho ko man naelehir nga gahatag serbisyo publiko.
Apparently, if a relationship started out well and was firmly established, regardless of the lack of physical presence and constant communication, the friendship will remain and may be as strong as ever. It’s so nice to reminisce the growing up days and the people who were with you through your up’s and down’s. Just recently, a good friend of mine who is also a scion of a political family visited Iloilo. It was nice catching up on lost time and I’m happy to see my friends getting established in their own careers and becoming successful.
I am blessed to have real friends who have been with me throughout the years. I am also blessed to have found new friends here in Iloilo City from my doctorate class, from my public service career and from the gatherings and events I visit. I hope to cultivate and strengthen these relationships so that I continue to have quality friendships.
Gapati ako wala sa padamu-damu sang kilala ang maging maayu nga abyan kundi sa kalidad sang mga abyan nga may ara kita kag kung paanu natun mapasiguro nga ara gid sila mintras tanto.
I hope all of us will treasure and cherish these priceless people who come into our lives and let us value them and let us find ways to make them stay.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
Keeping Old Friends
A good and real friend is said to be one who is be able to keep and sustain long term relationships especially with his old friends. Maintaining any kind of relationship is a challenge but it is something worth working on since real friends are few.
Sang nagligad nga mga senemana pagkatapus sang medyo madugay-dugay na nga tini-on, natagaan ako tsansa makapa Manila liwat para maging head delegate sang Syudad sa pag-selebrar sang Makati foundation day. Bilang Chairman sa Komitiba sang Domestic kag Internasyonal Affairs, amu na nga mga tini-on mapabaskog pa gid ang lokal nga mga kaalyado ka yang Makati sister city ta man. Sa mga tini-on nga may pahuway ako, daw nalipay ako nga makita ang akun mga abyan halin pa sang high school. Daw kanami ka pamatyagan nga ara gyapun ang pagka-ayuhay bisan indi na pirmi gakit-anay. Pareho man sang mga abyan ko sa kolehiyo kag pagkatapus kolehiyo nga nakita ko man kag nakaupod. Kanami sang tsansa nga ginhatag para makalagas sa tyempo nga wala na kami kaisturyahanay. Ang iban sa ila may mga asawa na, kabataan, mga may negosyo kag iban pareho ko man naelehir nga gahatag serbisyo publiko.
Apparently, if a relationship started out well and was firmly established, regardless of the lack of physical presence and constant communication, the friendship will remain and may be as strong as ever. It’s so nice to reminisce the growing up days and the people who were with you through your up’s and down’s. Just recently, a good friend of mine who is also a scion of a political family visited Iloilo. It was nice catching up on lost time and I’m happy to see my friends getting established in their own careers and becoming successful.
I am blessed to have real friends who have been with me throughout the years. I am also blessed to have found new friends here in Iloilo City from my doctorate class, from my public service career and from the gatherings and events I visit. I hope to cultivate and strengthen these relationships so that I continue to have quality friendships.
Gapati ako wala sa padamu-damu sang kilala ang maging maayu nga abyan kundi sa kalidad sang mga abyan nga may ara kita kag kung paanu natun mapasiguro nga ara gid sila mintras tanto.
I hope all of us will treasure and cherish these priceless people who come into our lives and let us value them and let us find ways to make them stay.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
1st NewsExpress Article
1:05 AM at 1:05 AM Filed under: Author:
by LEX Tupas
LEX ACP
Another special project of my office was recently concluded. It is the Labor Experience eXchange Alternative Career Program. This project aims to give graduating high school and college graduating students the opportunity to listen to first hand experience from people from various alternative careers such as politics, broadcasting, entrepreneurship, police, fashion design, directing, etc. As such, it would aid them in choosing the right courses to take in college so as to avoid 2nd and 3rd courses and also for them to choose the best career they would want to have.
Ultimately the decision of what would be in store for us is up to us. Let us be responsible and accountable for our decisions.
Gapasalamat ako sa City Schools Division labi na gid kay Ma’am Linda Gencaya kag kay Ma’am Febe Cang nga partner ko sa pagdala sang proyekto nga ini, sa mga prinicipals sa pribado kag publiko nga high school kag kolehiyo nga nagsuporta gid sa pagpadala sang ila mga estudyante sa hinun-anun, sa Iloilo Jaycees, sa AMA Computer College, sa The News Today kag sa GMA Iloilo. Indi ko man pagkalimtan pasalamatan ang akun nga mga staff nga todo gid ang pag-ubra kag pagsuporta sa mga programa nga ginaubra ta para sa kaayuhan sang Siyudad. Bangud sang suporta sang tanan nga namensyonar ko, naging madinalag-on ang ginhiwat nga programa. Gaginutok gani sa social hall kag kanami sang mga diskusyon.
The LEX ACP is the 1st of its kind in Iloilo City. For sure, this will definitely not be the last.
Sa mga manuggraduar, Congratulations kag ipakita gid ninyo ang inyo kaalam kag kaayu kag pagtutum sa pageskwela kag sa trabaho. Ang pwersa sang pamatan-on ipakita gid kay kita produktibo nga mga miyembro sang atun komunidad.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
LEX ACP
Another special project of my office was recently concluded. It is the Labor Experience eXchange Alternative Career Program. This project aims to give graduating high school and college graduating students the opportunity to listen to first hand experience from people from various alternative careers such as politics, broadcasting, entrepreneurship, police, fashion design, directing, etc. As such, it would aid them in choosing the right courses to take in college so as to avoid 2nd and 3rd courses and also for them to choose the best career they would want to have.
Ultimately the decision of what would be in store for us is up to us. Let us be responsible and accountable for our decisions.
Gapasalamat ako sa City Schools Division labi na gid kay Ma’am Linda Gencaya kag kay Ma’am Febe Cang nga partner ko sa pagdala sang proyekto nga ini, sa mga prinicipals sa pribado kag publiko nga high school kag kolehiyo nga nagsuporta gid sa pagpadala sang ila mga estudyante sa hinun-anun, sa Iloilo Jaycees, sa AMA Computer College, sa The News Today kag sa GMA Iloilo. Indi ko man pagkalimtan pasalamatan ang akun nga mga staff nga todo gid ang pag-ubra kag pagsuporta sa mga programa nga ginaubra ta para sa kaayuhan sang Siyudad. Bangud sang suporta sang tanan nga namensyonar ko, naging madinalag-on ang ginhiwat nga programa. Gaginutok gani sa social hall kag kanami sang mga diskusyon.
The LEX ACP is the 1st of its kind in Iloilo City. For sure, this will definitely not be the last.
Sa mga manuggraduar, Congratulations kag ipakita gid ninyo ang inyo kaalam kag kaayu kag pagtutum sa pageskwela kag sa trabaho. Ang pwersa sang pamatan-on ipakita gid kay kita produktibo nga mga miyembro sang atun komunidad.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
19th NewsExpress Article
1:04 AM at 1:04 AM Filed under: Author:
by LEX Tupas
The Value of Women
For centuries, women were seen and considered as 2nd class citizens together with the youth and elderly sectors. They had less rights and privileges as compared to men in the early generations. They were not allowed to vote, to study or to have office work. They were apparently basically seen as individuals meant to handle home concerns and just had to follow orders from men in their family.
Today, things have changed. Women now can vote and are even voted for sensitive and powerful positions in government. They now have doctoral degrees and even learn multiple languages. Some are even CEO’s of the well known and well respected companies in the Philippines and abroad. Truly, women have come a long way but it seems that each of the accolades and recognitions that they have were hard earned. They had to prove their worth and now they have made it.
Nagapati ako nga ang kababainhan partner namun nga mga kalalakinhan kag sang atun nga Syudad sa pagprogreso sang atun komunidad. Kung anu ang masarangan namun, kaya naman sang babae subong. Ang importante may kaalam, kapisan, kaayuhan kag matutum sa ubra. Amu na ang mga importante nga bagay para malab-ot ang ginadamgu kag indi nga kung anu ang kasarian.
Gender is not the issue in success or in reaching one’s dreams. It is about hard work and perseverance. One very important trait people say that Filipinos have is being resilient. It was a trait of being hardy, flexible, strong and durable which were usually associated with the male gender. Nowadays, resiliency is also something which a lot of women have.
Gapati gid ako nga ang babae nagakaangay nga irespeto, palanggaon, tagaan tama nga pagtamud kag rekognasyon. Amu na nga nag co-sponsor ako sa isa ka resolusyon nga ginadeklara ang bulan sang Marso nga Women’s Month sa atun nga Syudad. Ginaplanu ko man mag-ubra sang isa ka pagahiwatun nga Model Ilongga or Most Outstanding Ilongga of the Year para tagaan pasidungog ang kaayuhan sang kababainhan. Kaupod ini nga planu sang pagubra sang Most Outstanding Ilonggo Youth kag Love for Elderly Excellence.
I have always believed in empowering the marginalized sectors in our society and of which the women sector is part of. Even in my office, I have women staffs who occupy important positions. I have seen them work and they do work well.
Tani indi lang subong nga bulan sang Marso nga bulan sang kababainhan natun sila tagaan importansya kundi sa adlaw adlaw natun nga kabuhi.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
The Value of Women
For centuries, women were seen and considered as 2nd class citizens together with the youth and elderly sectors. They had less rights and privileges as compared to men in the early generations. They were not allowed to vote, to study or to have office work. They were apparently basically seen as individuals meant to handle home concerns and just had to follow orders from men in their family.
Today, things have changed. Women now can vote and are even voted for sensitive and powerful positions in government. They now have doctoral degrees and even learn multiple languages. Some are even CEO’s of the well known and well respected companies in the Philippines and abroad. Truly, women have come a long way but it seems that each of the accolades and recognitions that they have were hard earned. They had to prove their worth and now they have made it.
Nagapati ako nga ang kababainhan partner namun nga mga kalalakinhan kag sang atun nga Syudad sa pagprogreso sang atun komunidad. Kung anu ang masarangan namun, kaya naman sang babae subong. Ang importante may kaalam, kapisan, kaayuhan kag matutum sa ubra. Amu na ang mga importante nga bagay para malab-ot ang ginadamgu kag indi nga kung anu ang kasarian.
Gender is not the issue in success or in reaching one’s dreams. It is about hard work and perseverance. One very important trait people say that Filipinos have is being resilient. It was a trait of being hardy, flexible, strong and durable which were usually associated with the male gender. Nowadays, resiliency is also something which a lot of women have.
Gapati gid ako nga ang babae nagakaangay nga irespeto, palanggaon, tagaan tama nga pagtamud kag rekognasyon. Amu na nga nag co-sponsor ako sa isa ka resolusyon nga ginadeklara ang bulan sang Marso nga Women’s Month sa atun nga Syudad. Ginaplanu ko man mag-ubra sang isa ka pagahiwatun nga Model Ilongga or Most Outstanding Ilongga of the Year para tagaan pasidungog ang kaayuhan sang kababainhan. Kaupod ini nga planu sang pagubra sang Most Outstanding Ilonggo Youth kag Love for Elderly Excellence.
I have always believed in empowering the marginalized sectors in our society and of which the women sector is part of. Even in my office, I have women staffs who occupy important positions. I have seen them work and they do work well.
Tani indi lang subong nga bulan sang Marso nga bulan sang kababainhan natun sila tagaan importansya kundi sa adlaw adlaw natun nga kabuhi.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.
