ANNOUNCEMENT: TO ALL INTERESTED ADULTS

What: Dance Practice
When: Friday 1:00-4:00 pm, May 15, 2009
Where: Maurice Rawling Center (Confirmed)
Dances: Pandanggo sa Ilaw, Kariñosa, Singkil, Swing

Childrens' dances to be announced shortly.

from: The Secretary

Blog Announcement : Formal Reminder

After several reminders yesterday, we still deemed some people, not necessarily members, were still posting with malicious intents to humiliate people, though not particularly or properly identified. There's nothing wrong with exercising the freedom to fairly criticize people but to malign and publicly defame somebody even if indirect, for us is still illegal.

The aim of the blog is to served as a "fair playing field for all" but we will not allow it to be used as a means to destroy other people or entity. Let us not fall to the same trap and suffer the same fate as KA SITO. Nag-iisa lang sya.

We fumigated the message center deliberately to preserve the Blog's integrity and to ensure protection to the members as well. Perhaps this is the first and the last time we will perform this course of action.

We all know that we cannot identify those participating in the discussions, but as the administrators, we have a way of knowing if people are using several aliases with only one protocol. It's not illegal but if they will use it to confuse or bring chaos to the site, we will apprehend them and maybe ban them indefinitely from the site.

In behalf of the HFC blog site, we apologize for the inconveniences and maybe to avoid same situation in the future why not read the verse of the day at the top before indulging in the Message center.

Let's not hate overcome reason.

HFC-writer

ADMIN

MY REACTION TO THE HFC NEWSLETTER

Allow me to share my thoughts and opinions regarding the first edition of the much awaited HFC newsletter. Noticeable is the unique and straightforward presentation; one could easily tell that a new and fresh crop of people are behind the instigation of the first ever Newsletter for the year, it's totally different from the more formal layout of the same paper last year (I am a fan of the former editor).

Admittedly, my interest was easily drawn to read the last and the most important part of the print which says President's corner, for like anybody else, I was "dying" to know what our beloved Madam has to say about the Ka Sito issue.

Again this is my view, subject to my personal knowledge and limited to my understanding of the issue and anything is debatable here.

To summarize the President's statement in four points:

• To promote PEACE and UNITY
  
• MR. JOSEL GOMEZ is not KA SITO
  
• Invitation for KA SITO to a dialogue
  
• Invitation for the HFC members to the Family Day and Cultural Night
  

I might have missed some other points but they are less relevant, for consideration purposes.

TO PROMOTE PEACE and UNITY

• Our President's effort to unite us and preserve the good relationship amongst us Filipinos in Hull and neighboring places is quite exceptional . We welcomed new members into our community and as a result the HFC population increased and up to now, is still growing.
  
• A job well done for our first Lady President.
  

MR. JOSEL GOMEZ is not KA SITO

• Maybe because of the mere resemblance to the name "SITO", his name crop up instantly to peoples mind and the fact that he has been very vocal against joining our organization mainly because of his differences with the previous administration, whatever it is, it's not our business to know.
  
• To exactly repost this statements, "It would be appreciated if my good name won't be affiliated to any doing of Hull Filipino Community", and "I could still remember that it was HFC group that destroyed my good name…" with the complimentary close and signature line:
  

Respectfully yours,

Josel Gomez

Founder of The Hull Filipino Community

He sent this to people by email on 28^th November 2008 at 7:53 in the morning. For people who think, and by common sense, this could be an incriminating circumstance to conclude that he is the same person hiding behind KA SITO barely four months later.

• As our President declared, "after careful analysis and serious dialogue, MR. JOSEL GOMEZ is not KA SITO". I personally believed that her statement is true on the technical aspect that Mr. Gomez could not have the capability to fabricate a letter of such magnitude base on the careful examination of his previous letters/emails to the HFC community.
  
• BUT, In my opinion, the declaration doesn't make him off the hook nor clear him as nothing to do with the KA SITO affair because the President only came as far as declaring MR. GOMEZ as not KA SITO, her careful analysis and sincere dialogue, did not rule him out as innocent and not guilty, she did not report if MR GOMEZ is holding/not holding any information or knowledge about KA SITO, if he knew KA SITO or if he worked with KA SITO.
  
• The real KA SITO is still out there, and to get to him we might need the help of MR. GOMEZ himself if he is willing and if he holds anything that could help identify KA SITO. MR GOMEZ could be the hero that we've been praying for to solve this impasse.
  

INVITATION for KA SITO to a DIALOGUE

To KA SITO, this is a kind and just gesture made by the President. It will give you the chance to show your side of the coin, you could be a gifted and maybe a principled man in your own right who happens to be on the opposite end of the road. We are all Filipinos so why not settle these things the Filipino way, "Areglo" na lang para matapos na. We will even owe it to you if you come out, state your case and spill the beans. Spare us the expense of hiring a solicitor and court order just to compel KC communications to reveal your real identity and get you to pay back all these expenses plus damages later on, for maligning and trying to destroy the entity which is the Hull Filipino Community.

Time is not on your side KA SITO, so please come out and have a dialogue with the President. You may opt to keep it in private, and maybe people will respect that. Who knows, you and your family could be celebrating with us in the forthcoming Family Day and Cultural Night and most importantly, we will welcome you to our fold because after all we are all Filipinos and with your gift, together we can do great things for the community in building a better future.

INVITATION for the HFC members to the FAMILY DAY and CULTURAL NIGHT

"There will be a Family Day and Cultural Night on the 13^th of June. The value of events like this, for those taking part, cannot be underestimated. They provide important social outlet for people like us, living stressful lives. They combat social isolation, encourage acquaintance, friendship and unification. I am inviting everyone to come, and have fun! MABUHAY TAYONG LAHAT! - Mrs. Evangeline "Ate Eva" C. Rodrigo, President HFC".

As part of our President's unwavering effort to bring unity and peace to our community, holding this event, would draw us Filipinos closer together and remind us that together we can make our stay in Hull worthwhile and worth living even if we are intellectuals with differing views and of diverse backgrounds, we can come together to celebrate as one family under this initiative.

Cheers to the President and long live Hull Filipino Community.

"Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin".- Proverbs 10:14