Military Style na Pagbigkas ng Mga Letra at Iba Pang Napupuna sa Mga Reporters

Military Style sa Pagbigkas ng mga Letra

At Iba Pang Napupuna sa mga Reporters

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

 

Ang radio ay isa sa pinakainaasahan ng mga mamamayan pagdating sa balita. At dahil tinitingala ang mga brodkaster, may pagtitiwala at respeto kung sila ay ituring. Marami ring natututuhan sa kanila ang mga nakikinig, kaya dapat silang mag-ingat dahil ang nakikinig sa kanila ay hindi lang matatanda kundi pati na mga bata.

 

Upang maiwasan ang kalituhan o pagkainis sa panig ng mga nakikinig, maaari sigurong obserbahan ng mga pamunuan ng mga istasyon kung tama ang ginagawa ng kanilang mga brodkaster- yong mga nakatalaga sa istasyon o mga anchor at yong mga nagbibigay ng ulat mula sa labas. May mga bagay kasi na kailangang dapat baguhin sa kanilang ginagawa upang sila ay lalong maging epektibong tagapamahayag.

 

Isa sa kapuna-puna ay ang pagbigkas nila ng mga letra, na sa halip na sa pamamaraang ordinaryo, ay ginagawa nila ayon sa style ng military. Halimbawa ang “A”, na binibigkas nila bilang “alpha”, ang “B” na binibigkas nilang “bravo”, ang “C” na binibigkas nilang “Charlie”, at iba pang mga letra. Ginagawa nila ito ng may kayabangan pa, na animo, pinangangalandakan na may kaalaman sila sa bagay na ito at ang iba ay wala. Hindi man lang nila naisip na ang nakikinig sa kanila ay mga walang kamuwang-muwang sa mga bagay na ito. Maraming college students ang hindi kumuha ng ROTC kaya walang alam sa ganito, yon pa kayang mga ordinaryong mamamayan na hindi man lang nakatuntong ng high school o elementarya. Ginagawa ito ng mga field reporters kapag nagbibigkas ng mga plaka ng sasakyan kung may matiyempuhan silang aksidente at nirereport nila sa kanilang istasyon, at iba pang ulat na may kasamang numero. Kung hindi maiwasang banggitin sa style ng military ang mga letra, maaari siguro nilang ulitin subalit sa ordinaryong paraan na pa-Tagalog o pa-English.

 

Minsan tuloy, sa isang dyip na nasakyan ko, narinig ang ganitong klase ng pagrerepot tungkol sa isang disgrasya at binanggit ang mga numero sa plaka ng kotse, sabi ng katabi kong matanda, “kawawa naman yong mga pasahero na sina Charlie, Delta at Omega”.

 

May mga mamamahayag din na nagrereport ng mga insidente sa kanilang istasyon, ng  mga nangyari sa mga malls o commercial establishments. Kumpleto ang report, maliban lang sa eksaktong pinangyarihan ng insidente. Binabanggit ang siyudad na halimbawa ay Pasay o Makati o Cubao, pero pagdating sa eksaktong lugar, ang sinasabi lang ay “dito sa isang malaking mall” o “dito sa isang malaking commercial establishment”. Dahil ba iniiwasan nilang malibre sa advertisement ang mall o commercial establishment kapag nabanggit, kaya ayaw nilang gawin? Paanong lilinaw ang kanilang report kung sadyang hindi nila babanggitin ang eksaktong lugar? Aba’y mabuti pa sigurong hindi na lang sila nagreport!

 

May mga reporters din na sa kagustuhang makakalap ng scoop ay namimilit ng mga impormasyon sa mga pulis subalit hindi nila iniisip na ang ginagawa nila ay maaaring maglagay sa alanganin ng imbestigasyong ginagawa o magpapahamak sa mga pulis na gumagawa ng operasyon. May mga programa din sa telebisyon na ipinapakita pa ang mga gagawin sa pag-raid halimbawa ng drug den o lugar na pinagtataguan ng mga criminal. Ang mga istratehiyang ginagamit ng pulis ay hindi dapat ipinapaalam sa publiko para hindi mabisto ng masasamang tao.

 

Ano pa nga ba’t sa ngalan ng pamamahayag, lahat na lang ay gagawin para sa pansariling kapakanan ng mga reporters, na kalimitan ay may basbas ng kanilang istasyon. Sana man lang ay magkaroon ng maski kaunting pag-iingat ang mga mamamahayag at kanilang mga istasyon upang hindi umabot sa pagsisisi o sisihan kung may pumalpak man sa pagpapalaganap ng mga balita o gagawing operasyon.

 

 

Odd Behavior of Some Filipinos

Odd Behavior of Some Filipinos

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

There is strangeness in the way some Filipinos behave. Let us take a look at the following:

 

1. West Philippine Sea and Ayungin Shoal issues. The Filipino militants, instead of marching to the Chinese Embassy to make protests, persist in breaking the protective cordon at the US embassy and shout obscenities against joint military exercises of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the visiting US forces. It is very obvious that the Philippines is no match to the power of China and the presence of the US forces somehow provides a subtle antidote to the country’s helplessness. During the latest incident at the Ayungin Shoal when two Chinese patrol boats tried to dangerously cut the way of a Philippine civilian ship on March 29, 2014, a Filipino media man reported that the two Chinese patrol boats went away when a helicopter with a US mark, flew overhead.
2. Capture of the two New People’s Army (NPA) leaders – Tiamzon couple.  The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) again tried to grab the limelight by declaring that it is going to conduct an investigation regarding the “illegal arrest”. The arrest boosted the morale of the Armed Forces of the Philippines which is hoping that it would send signal to the comrades of the couple to lay down their arms, but here comes the commission that has the habit of waiting for hot issues in which it can dip its finger. The commission could illicit appreciation if it will conduct an investigation on the discovered mass graves in Bicol and southern Tagalog, to which rebel “returnees” allegedly executed by their comrades found their way. Perhaps, to complete its nationalistic effort, it might as well check the condition of the cats and dogs of the couple that have monthly food allocation of Php14,000 per month.
3. Vote buying during election.Bribery during election has become deeply rooted that finding a remedy to such practice is next to impossible. When before, it is done discreetly, today, bag men have the courage to attend political gatherings in broad daylight. The targets are voters belonging to the lower middle classes, or generally, the poor sector. Bribes are accepted, but after the election, the recipients blame each other when the bribing official failed to deliver the promised projects. Bribe recipients even join rallies against corruption in the government and shout “never again”. Another election comes, the same vote buying happens – with even bigger amount passed on to the willing voters.
4. Lenten “sacrifices”. Weeks before the onset of the Lenten season, meetings to discuss religious activities are held. Street corners for the Stations of the Cross are identified. Participants to the live reenactment of Jesus’ sufferings on His way to the Calvary are likewise chosen. Churches to be visited as a popular practice are listed – the more, the better for the atonement of sins. Homes and sites for Lenten readings or “pabasa” are chosen, complete with singing readers…..and, where to unwind after the “sacrifices”, are painstakingly selected – Baguio, Tagaytay, resorts in Pangasinan, Laguna, La Union, or for the financially endowed, Hongkong, Taipei or Singapore. The “penitents” forgot that a sacrifice loses its meaning and value, if they seek pleasure afterwards.
5. Abhorrence of “bad tasting” preventive herbal remedies. Some do not have the “courage” to eat or drink preventive herbal remedies despite the testimonies of those who have benefited from them. For them, anything herbal has a connotation of being lowly, no class, poor. But when time came for them to be admitted in a hospital for expensive check- up or worse, operation, they suddenly became “courageous” to borrow money or pawn valuables, all of which could have been avoided if they had the courage to take affordable preventive herbal remedies.
6. Disgust over vegetables and other “cheap” homey meals. At home, some Filipinos never prepare affordable foods that could have helped them minimize their expense. As with the herbal medicines, for them, vegetables are lowly foods. But these same people when invited to dinners in expensive restaurants that serve “exotic” and “native” foods, swoon to the wonderful taste of pureed squash soup (nilamog na kalabasa sa bawang), sautéed water cabbage (adobong kangkong), yam leaves in coconut milk (laing), pasta with sauce piquantly drizzled with anchovy (bagoong dilis), stir-fried chinese spinach (alogbate), and other foods that they can easily prepare at home.

 

If only some Filipinos can be their real selves, then, as what a past Philippine president said, “this nation can be great again”.