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DIVERSITY AND COMMERCIALIZATION

The memory banking project was conducted in two areas of Bukidnon Province, southern Philippines: Sitio Intavas in the municipality of Impasug-ong, an upland area on the slope of Mt. Kitanglad (1,200 m above sea level); and Sitio Salvacion in the municipality of Libona, a plateau 303 m above sea level near the pineapple plantation of Del Monte. In Bukidnon waves of migrants from Luzon and Visayas have interacted, worked and intermarried with the local population superimposing and reworking agricultural technologies to fit the existing environmental and socioeconomic conditions.

The population of Intavas, composed of native Bulkidnons, migrants from the Mountain Province (referred to as Igorots), and migrants from the Visayas (referred to as "Dumagats" because they came from across the seas [dagat]) cultivate different varieties of sweet potato side by side and harvest what they like on a staggered basis. People regard sweet potato as "tambal sa gutom" or cure for hunger. As one farmer informant put it:

Even during the dry season, a sure harbinger of hard times, sweet potato does not die and will always produce edible roots. If we have nothing to eat, we just harvest this crop roots as well as leaves and our hunger problem is solved.

In Intavas, farmers sell only what cannot be consumed by the family and by their pigs. Commercial crop production is concentrated on semitemperate vegetables like cabbage, sweet pepper, and tomato an agricultural option introduced by the migrants from the Mountain Province who found the climate in Intavas very similar to their own high-altitude climate. Other important cash crops are corn, coffee, and, to a lesser extent, cassava.

In contrast, many people in Salvacion, mostly Visayan migrants, cultivate sweet potato on a moderately commercial scale. Some have found sweet potato production to be more lucrative than corn production. Consequently, an increasing proportion of land is being converted into sweet potato fields. One farmer who grows and markets sweet potato calculates its profitability this way:

As I compare the two crops, one corn plant can bear two fruits while one cutting of sweet potato can produce six roots. If you sell them, sweet potato tubers will bring in P60.00 per can while corn will bring in P25.00 per can. In addition to that, you can still harvest sweet potato three times a year on a staggered basis while with corn, you can harvest only once.

On the whole, the agricultural system in Salvacion is more commercialized than that in Intavas perhaps as a result of its geographic location and its ethnic composition. But it must be emphasized that the difference in commercialization of sweet potato production between the two sites is a matter of degree. Comparing them provides us with insights into the concomitants of commercialization with the advantage of seeing subtler differences before a state of polarity is reached. Shows that crop diversity (more kinds of crops planted and greater uniformity or evenness of frequency of planting) is greater in Intavas than in Salvacion.

MEDIA GINULPE NG FILCHIN NA NEGOSYANTE

Santiago City – Isang mamahayag ang nakaranas ng pangbubogbog at para sa katawan ng isang negosyanteng Filipino – Chinese sa Brgy. Plaridel sa naturang lungsod kahapon.

                        Ayon sa biktimang si Tony Palomares isang publisher ng The Meteor News local tabloid na nakabase sa naturang lungsod, pumunta ang biktima sa bahay ng suspek dakong 3:00 ng hapon para magbigay ng kopya ng kanilang publication ngunit sa di malamang dahilan ay walang kaabog-abog na painagsusuntok at kaladkarin palabas sa bahay ng suspek na si Jimmy So, 48-anyos, negosyante at residente ng Brgy. Plaridel, Santiago City.

                        Matapos maiabot ang isang kopya ng dyaryo ang biktima sa suspek sabay haggis ang naturang dyaryo at pinagsabihan ng masamang salita ang biktima hanggang ito’y gulpihin at kaladkarin.

                        Ngunit sa ilang impormasyon ng natanggap ng Police Files Tonite ay baka raw nakainum ang biktima, kaya nawalan na nang respeto ang suspek palabas sa kanilang tahanan.

                        Ayon dito sa isang samahan ng mamahayag sa rehiyon dos ay ito ang kauna-unahang nakaranas ng panggugulpe ng negosyante sa isang mamahayag, ngunit di daw umano ito kinukunsinte o pinagtatakpan ang maling Gawain ng isang media practitioner.

                        Kaugnay nito, mag-iinterview lang sana umano ang biktima kung saan kinukuha at galing ang ibinibenta na kahoy o lumber dahil sa talamak na illegal logging sa Ilagan, San Mariano at karatig bayan ng lalawigang Isabela.

                        Ngunit sinikap ng Police Files Tonite na makapanayam ang suspek ngunit lagi daw umanong lumalabas sa bahay at sa kanilang pwesto sa palengke para sa kanyang reaksyon.

PNP NINGAS COGON, 3 KUBRADO KALABOSO

ISABELA – Ito ang nagpapakita na talamak at namamayagpag ang illegal na sugal na jueting na pinakasentro ng Rehiyon dos ang naturang lalawigan.

                        Tatlo ang nahuli ng pulisya sa magkakahiwalay na insidente sa Brgy. Sn. Mateo, Quirino, Isabela ang dalawang kalabosong kubrador na sina Romeo Abaya, Barbara Licsay na pawang residente ng  nasabing lugar at ang isa sa Brgy. Pawalan, Sn. Guillermo, Isabela na si Cecelio Agustin 42 anyos at residente ng  Sinalugan, Sn. Guillermo, Isabela na may nasamsam na nagkakahalagangP 711.50, papelito at ballpen na gamit sa pangongobra para sa talamak na jueting sa naturang lugar kabilang ang Santiago City, Cauayan City, Alicia, Angadanan, Sn. Mateo, Echague,Roxas, Cabatuan, Ilagan, at Cabagan na  may mga nangongobra dito.

                        Ayon sa nakalap ng Police Files Tonite ay mayroon daw basbas galling kay PNP Chief Oscar Calderon dahil ang isa ritong Mayor ng Roxas, Isabela Benidict Calderon na pinsan ng naturang PNP Chief kaya daw malakas ang loob na magpatakbo ang naturang sugal.

                        Ayon kay Prov’l Director Col. Jude Santos ng IPPO-Isabela mayroon umanong nakikialam na pulitiko at kapag daw silay may mga impormasyon na natanggap at manghuli ang tanging ipinapalabas ay ang EZ2 na kanilang kinokobra ng mga naturang bayan.

                        Ngunit ayon sa source ito ay pakulo lamang para mayroon silang accomplishment o report na iparating kay PNP Chief na kunwari itong tinutuligsa para sa kampanya sa illegal na sugal.

                        Na una ng naiulat na na nakapasok at sinukob na ng mga gambling lords sa naturang lalawigan sina Jun Ramirez, Roland Villegas, Boy Bata, Mike Borja, Tony Ong, Chavit  Singson, Arman Sanchez at Danny Soriano.