Ambrosio R. Villorente
Is It A Sin To Gamble?
To gamble is to play games of chance for money or some other stake. It is to take risk in order to gain some advantage. To others, gambling is to earn easy money. To some, gambling is a sort of a recreation resorted to after working hard.
The Roman Catholic priests of the Diocese of Kalibo led by Bishop Jose Romeo O. Lazo, has been opposing gambling, legal or illegal, over the years. They have seen the “ugly effects of gambling in the lives of the people especially the poor. Gambling destroys the moral fiber of the people.” This opposition is embodied in their “pastoral statement of opposition to small town lottery” (STL).
The pastoral letter is dated September 19, 2007 and it was read and discussed during last Sunday’s holy masses in all Roman Catholic churches in all towns and barangays of Aklan.
The pastoral letter encourages “the 24 Parishes of the Diocese of Kalibo, the Parish Pastoral Councils, the lay organizations, movements, associations and societies to take immediate and appropriate action to denounce the entry of STL” in Aklan. It urges to begin information and formation campaign about the evils of gambling, STL in particular.
The pastoral letter prodded the people to continue praying and be vigilant in our commitment to safeguard the moral and spiritual life of the people especially Aklanons.
The issuance and discussion of the pastoral letter are the result of the proposed “Test Run” of the STL by the 16 Mayors of Aklan. “The same proposal was submitted to the Aklan Sangguniang Panlalawigan for three times and it was rejected for three times also and now it is resurfacing,” stated the pastoral letter.
In the argument of Mayor Edgar R. Peralta of New Washington, STL like cockfight, Lotto, and Binggo are all legalized. Lotto, cockfighting and Binggo are allowed to operate in Aklan. He must, as well, allow the operation of STL to be fair to everybody.
Gambling is a sort of recreation, a way to enjoy but losing surplus money. However, if money is spent that it should have been appropriated for man’s basic needs like food, medicine, shelter and education, gambling becomes evil that erodes moral and even economic values of our people.
The protocol of gambling in the Philippines will certainly lead any person to play lotto and STL and will eventually direct those who engaged in to sins and perdition that even their only honor will be mortgaged if not sold.
Betting stations will proliferate even in the backyard so that even the school boys and girls will be enticed to bet their pocket money, the spouses will be persuaded to bet its money appropriated for either food, education, medicine, or house repair in the hope to win easy money. Only few have won; millions have lost. What is the main purpose of Lotto and STL? Are the Mayors’ proposal to earn money for their municipality and to provide amusement to the people?
If they are serious to achieve these objectives, they can establish a gambling center in their respective town similar to that found in Las Vegas, Nevada; New Orleans; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Cannes, France. In these places, people go there not must to win but to enjoy even if they lost a fortune of their earnings. However, their losses do not hurt as their main aim to visit those places is to enjoy with their money, win or loss.
There are restrictions to follow such as the use of dress code. In Monte Carlo and Cannes for instance, those who are allowed access are dressed properly, no short, no sandals. Lotto in Kalibo allows everybody access and bet.
Those municipal mayors who wished to give fairness and justice to the admirers of various gambling ways may approve ordinance that will establish a gambling center where all these STL, Lotto, Binggo and even cockfights are located for those who are lonely but with much money to gamble, lost or win surplus money and enjoy.
GSIS Appropriates P380 B For Big Wigs
In year 2006, the GSIS paid an average of P4,499.50 monthly pensions to the 152,606 pensioners or P53,995.26 or a total of P8.24 billion. This P4,499 monthly is too small for the needed maintenance medicine of senior citizens.
Moreover, the GSIS is investing US$1 billion or P45 billion abroad at P45 to a dollar exchange rate. But why does GSIS invest the people’s money abroad? Is the Philippines encouraging investors to invest out of the Philippines?
But come to think of it. The SSS increases the SSS pensioners’ monthly pension by 10 percent annually. On the other hand, the GSIS pensioners received zero (0) increase. Is the GSIS established for the few? Is it for the welfare of the state employees?Not only that, the GSIS under Mr. Winston Garcia has shifted the burden of expenses in the payment of monthly pension from the GSIS to the individual pensioners. Garcia is depositing GSIS money to the Union Bank that has no branches in the provinces and cities. As a consequence, the pensioners are compelled to withdraw their pension money from other banks which collect service fees for every transaction. This is unfair. /MP
Is It A Sin To Gamble?
To gamble is to play games of chance for money or some other stake. It is to take risk in order to gain some advantage. To others, gambling is to earn easy money. To some, gambling is a sort of a recreation resorted to after working hard.
The Roman Catholic priests of the Diocese of Kalibo led by Bishop Jose Romeo O. Lazo, has been opposing gambling, legal or illegal, over the years. They have seen the “ugly effects of gambling in the lives of the people especially the poor. Gambling destroys the moral fiber of the people.” This opposition is embodied in their “pastoral statement of opposition to small town lottery” (STL).
The pastoral letter is dated September 19, 2007 and it was read and discussed during last Sunday’s holy masses in all Roman Catholic churches in all towns and barangays of Aklan.
The pastoral letter encourages “the 24 Parishes of the Diocese of Kalibo, the Parish Pastoral Councils, the lay organizations, movements, associations and societies to take immediate and appropriate action to denounce the entry of STL” in Aklan. It urges to begin information and formation campaign about the evils of gambling, STL in particular.
The pastoral letter prodded the people to continue praying and be vigilant in our commitment to safeguard the moral and spiritual life of the people especially Aklanons.
The issuance and discussion of the pastoral letter are the result of the proposed “Test Run” of the STL by the 16 Mayors of Aklan. “The same proposal was submitted to the Aklan Sangguniang Panlalawigan for three times and it was rejected for three times also and now it is resurfacing,” stated the pastoral letter.
In the argument of Mayor Edgar R. Peralta of New Washington, STL like cockfight, Lotto, and Binggo are all legalized. Lotto, cockfighting and Binggo are allowed to operate in Aklan. He must, as well, allow the operation of STL to be fair to everybody.
Gambling is a sort of recreation, a way to enjoy but losing surplus money. However, if money is spent that it should have been appropriated for man’s basic needs like food, medicine, shelter and education, gambling becomes evil that erodes moral and even economic values of our people.
The protocol of gambling in the Philippines will certainly lead any person to play lotto and STL and will eventually direct those who engaged in to sins and perdition that even their only honor will be mortgaged if not sold.
Betting stations will proliferate even in the backyard so that even the school boys and girls will be enticed to bet their pocket money, the spouses will be persuaded to bet its money appropriated for either food, education, medicine, or house repair in the hope to win easy money. Only few have won; millions have lost. What is the main purpose of Lotto and STL? Are the Mayors’ proposal to earn money for their municipality and to provide amusement to the people?
If they are serious to achieve these objectives, they can establish a gambling center in their respective town similar to that found in Las Vegas, Nevada; New Orleans; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Cannes, France. In these places, people go there not must to win but to enjoy even if they lost a fortune of their earnings. However, their losses do not hurt as their main aim to visit those places is to enjoy with their money, win or loss.
There are restrictions to follow such as the use of dress code. In Monte Carlo and Cannes for instance, those who are allowed access are dressed properly, no short, no sandals. Lotto in Kalibo allows everybody access and bet.
Those municipal mayors who wished to give fairness and justice to the admirers of various gambling ways may approve ordinance that will establish a gambling center where all these STL, Lotto, Binggo and even cockfights are located for those who are lonely but with much money to gamble, lost or win surplus money and enjoy.
GSIS Appropriates P380 B For Big Wigs
In year 2006, the GSIS paid an average of P4,499.50 monthly pensions to the 152,606 pensioners or P53,995.26 or a total of P8.24 billion. This P4,499 monthly is too small for the needed maintenance medicine of senior citizens.
Moreover, the GSIS is investing US$1 billion or P45 billion abroad at P45 to a dollar exchange rate. But why does GSIS invest the people’s money abroad? Is the Philippines encouraging investors to invest out of the Philippines?
But come to think of it. The SSS increases the SSS pensioners’ monthly pension by 10 percent annually. On the other hand, the GSIS pensioners received zero (0) increase. Is the GSIS established for the few? Is it for the welfare of the state employees?Not only that, the GSIS under Mr. Winston Garcia has shifted the burden of expenses in the payment of monthly pension from the GSIS to the individual pensioners. Garcia is depositing GSIS money to the Union Bank that has no branches in the provinces and cities. As a consequence, the pensioners are compelled to withdraw their pension money from other banks which collect service fees for every transaction. This is unfair. /MP
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