Jack  Kintanar  Cariño

Atty. Lisa Araneta, came out with this very provocative item in her blog, "Baguio Insider." We are reprinting excerpts of it here (without her permissions, which we hope she doesn't mind, for the sake of Baguio).  There's a link to her site if you want more of it:

"A Baguio Lover’s Woes, Etc.

Well, one thing’s for sure, in news articles published at the Manila Times and Midland, the devil has finally revealed his true intentions — of abandoning tourism while focusing all the city’s monies and efforts on “education.” I would not question the devil’s intentions if he weren’t the owner of one of the most profitable diploma mills on this side of Luzon island.

Goodbye beautiful and historic Baguio, welcome student prostitution, a (bor) tions, unemployment, cheap unhealthy eateries, overpopulation, nigger-wannabe clothes sense, teenage pregnancies, squalid surroundings, term papers for sale, exam leakages and the devil’s specialty — ugly, overcrowded, unsafe campuses — plus cellphone thefts, cheap gin sold by the shot in sari-sari stores.

Let’s keep everybody in Baguio poor so we can rule forever! Let’s turn away our countrymen who are willing to spend thousands for a few days of R & R. Let us support the schools by providing them with overcrowded off campus dormitories, let’s deplete all the water resources. As long as we can attract the clueless from the lowlands to pay Php25,000/semester to the few families who are lucky enough to own small pieces of land and convince others that the diplomas they issue are worth it.

Let’s all enroll our children in Baguio schools! No entrance exams! You can shift from “university to university” mid-sem! You can enroll anytime — even 2 months after the the semester has started! This is our ticket to becoming young grandparents! Even if the schools do not provide student lounges, they’re free to hang out at SM! 100% concrete buildings! Massive building capacity certified by the city engineer! Narrow corridors so that the kids will feel warm! The varsity athletes can practice in the corridors! Even if the schools do not have wide open spaces and quadrangles, they can always lounge at Burnham Park!

"A Baguio Lover’s Woes, Etc.