Monday, October 17, 2005

Entrepreneurial Farmer

Ambrosio R. Villorente

Early Politics In Numancia

Suspected to be of Marijuana leaves turned out to be negative. After a thorough laboratory analysis, the chemical report said, the samples analyzed revealed it is of local herb and not marijuana.
The suspected marijuana was confiscated from a live-in partners in Barangay Buenafortuna, Nabas, Aklan during a police raid last week. The suspected drug pushers are presently detained in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology detention cell in Nalook, Kalibo, Aklan.
According to the police of Nabas, a search warrant was applied and granted after the suspects were verified to be selling marijuana. If this is true, then the suspects who are live-in partners have been fooling their customers. They might have been pretending selling marijuana but actually native herb.
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AKELCO lost its Civil Case No. 6850 for “petition for Mandamus With Preliminary Mandatory Injunction and Damages”. A consumer–member, Ms. Helen D. Tilano filed the case after AKELCO cut off her electric power connection
After careful hearing of the case, the court concluded that AKELCO had “no legal right or authority whatsoever to cut off petitioner’s (Helen D. Tilano) supply of electricity the disconnection made by them is clearly illegal…it should be made to pay the damages sustained by the petitioner by reason of the wrongful act of the respondent”.
Judge Dean R. Telan of Branch 9, Regional Trial Court Kalibo, Aklan ordered the AKELCO to pay Helen D. Tilano the sum of P211,767.50 as actual, moral and exemplary damages, attorney’s fees and filing and docket fees.
Here is AKELCO which lost a simple case to consumer-member despite its management team which members are being paid P300,000 monthly and a daily meal allowance of P1,000.00 everyday.
In the first place, the case could not have been made if AKELCO management was careful. Second, AKELCO did not have a good record as far as the case of Ms. Tilano is concerned. Third, the management team did not have an air-tight statement of its “rule on 10 days”.
On the other hand, Ms. Tilano kept a good records. She has preserved and used her files to disprove AKELCO’s claim that Tilano has back accounts. It is highly possible several consumer-members could have been double charged. Only they could not dispute AKELCO’s claim of non-payment of previous bills because those consumer members have no files of their receipts of previous payment. It pays to keep receipts of payment.
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Numancia has beaten 16 other towns of Aklan in the Gawad Ng Pangulo Sa Kapaligiran. Numancia is also the current champion in basketball. And the latest, Numancia also beat the other 16 towns in politics.
Last week, Vice Mayor Adolfo Iligan has declared his candidacy for Mayor of Numancia. Isn’t that early? If there is election today, perhaps Vice Mayor Iligan will win as Mayor of Numancia. But let us wait who will be his opponent in the 2007 local election in Numancia. By then, a choice can be made. He maybe Vice Mayor Iligan or his opponent. Mayor Ernesto I. Templonuevo is barred from running as Mayor having completed his three consecutive terms in June 30, 2007.
Vice Mayor Iligan however, is now carrying an unnecessary baggage. His quest to do good in Numancia will often be associated with his desire to become Numancia mayor in 2007.
Moreover, he declared political war versus his present ally, Mayor Ernesto I. Templonuevo /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com


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