Birkog ken pedestrian lane

Nagbalinen a garahe dagiti delivery truck daytoy a paset ti maysa a pedestrian lane iti ciudad ti Laoag. (Jopo Guerrero)

Iti benneg ti lokal a pulitika, arigna taltallo laeng dagiti mangmangngegan nga issue. Ania a pamilya't nabilbileg? Siasinno't nabirbirkog? Siasinno't ad-adu't aliporesna? Ala, balido dagitoy a topiko. Ngem ibuksilan koma met dagiti pulitiko no ania't maitedda a solusyon kadagiti inaldaw a sagsagabaen dagiti umili: trapik, abusado a driver, umang-angdod nga aglawlaw, panagsigarilyo iti publiko, agkaiwara a bulos nga aso, naariwawa a videoke uray kaltaangen ti rabii ken dadduma pay. Mabalin a kunaenda a sitsitik ken babassit laeng dagitoy nga issue. Wen, nalabit mapan a kasta. Ngem saantay koma a liplipatan a ti lider a saan a mapagtalkan iti bassit a banag ket saan met a mapagtalkan iti dakkel a banag.

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Ay, piman a pedestrian lane iti amiananen ti maysa a dakkel a grocery iti ciudad ti Laoag! Awan serserbinan ta nagbalin metten a garahe dagiti delivery truck ti murdongna! Ngem napimpiman dagiti pada a magmagna, ta ditoy koma ti pagpwestuanda a lumasat iti kalsada. Uray koma no agpark dagitoy a dadakkel a lugan no wadaanda koma met ta pedestrian lane! Makaulaw, apo!

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Amin a traysikel iti Vigan City, addaan ti natibker a pagkaptan ken pagbatayan. Iti Laoag City, manmano dagiti traysikel nga addaan kadagiti kastoy a pakanam-ayan dagiti pasahero. Isu a marigatan a dumsaag dagiti pada a botit, ket dagiti nakapalda, agkuyangyang a bumaba. Awan la't konsehalen ti Laoag a nakapanunot a mangisingasig a rumbeng nga addaan ti pagkaptan ken pagbatayan kadagiti sidecar? Sabagay, awan sa met konsehal nga agluglugan ti traysikel. Wenno, talaga nga awan panangiyalikakada kadagiti pasahero?

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Lima a pagsasao para kenni pangas:

1. No ibanbandom ti nagappuanam, awan pudno a respeto a maramanam.

2. Dumakdakkel ti maselna ta bukodna a bangko kanayun a bagbagkatenna.

3. Adu’t mangayat a mangipakni kenni “feeling celebrity”.

4. Saan a dakes ti agpangas no sagpaminsan. Ngem no masansan, dakeskan.

5. Masansan, dagiti kawaw isuda't pug-aw a pug-aw.

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BARD NOTES: Happy bard-reading to Badoc ABC President Virgilio Calajate, Ilocos Norte Provincial Treasurer Josephine P. Calajate, INEC President Enrico Ruiz, INEC Director Joseph Vergel P. Calajate, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Vic M. Ines, DAR Chief Administrative Officer Rudy Acacio, Ms. Genedine Domingo Jambaro and PNB Pasuquin Branch Manager Metty V. Guerrero.

Greetings also to the employees of JVC Consortium, AMA Laoag, Ilocos Norte Regional School of Fisheries, Laoag City PNP, DAR Ilocos Norte, DepEd Laoag, DepEd Ilocos Norte and PNB Pasuquin.

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