ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR III
As the torrential rains fell on an extended 3 week straight downpour, I am certain that Pulmonary maladies will be on a rise. A thought on the sickness and environmental problems came across my thoughts and I became worried.
Eastern Visayas has been on the forefront of Media Attention the past year, perhaps the bad roads, typhoon onslaughts, flooding and sadly, killings. The School Press Conferences from Area SPC, to Division SPC and Region SPC then National Schools Press Conference focuses on issues of the locale as subjects for News Writing, Essay and Features. Perhaps, these are valid issues that can be delved into.
This year, as schools of all levels embark on that positive practice of having the intramurals of scribes, school paper writing, my wish is that we can focus on environmental issues. The one that we can ultimately influence to be better on, to amplify the point and raise concerns for possible positive action going forward.
Unlike corruption issues that are watered down by the spin doctors of some administration, nature’s wrath knows no political alliance, nor does catastrophe respect due process, it cannot and will not be delayed by motion for reconsiderations. If the catastrophe needs to fall it will, Murphy’s Law is the rule for natures vengeance, it surely comes.
Now that the Press Conferences are in-season, lets take time to include or prioritize the case for our natures conservation, the case of the on-going Homonhon Mining that threatens the demise of the flora and fauna the people included on that historical island in Eastern Samar. Why not delve on the previous Ginsaugon St Bernanrd and Pilar Abuyog Landslides? Perhaps the obvious Microplastics and Garbage problems of our seas and oceans? Or perhaps the obvious yet under the radar Mining in many areas in the Region, legal or not these are environmental cancers, operating with wanton disregard and humping with abandon and no care for our next generations?
Yes, these issues must dominate our airwaves, our newsletter and even the discussions of the Press Conferences, the students must know how miserable and how dangerous their lives would be, because of the greedy capitalists who holds our land, sea hostage.
