MABALACAT CITY – The Punto! Central Luzon newspaper celebrated its 10th year anniversary on Friday (September 22) by giving back to the community here.
Punto! reached out to the Duquit Elementary School (DES) in Barangay Dau by feeding 1,200 students, conducting anti bullying lecture and distributing cleaning materials to the classrooms of the said school. “With these we make the anniversary more meaningful,” said Atty. Gener Endona, general manager of the said newspaper in a recent interview.
“Mahal na mahal ko ang lugar na ito kasi marami din akong inasikaso ditong mga lupain at napakabait ng mga tao dito madami din kaming natulugan dito,” he added.
Endona delivered a lecture on anti-bullying to almost 200 grade six students of the said school.
“Dapat malaman ng mga estudyante ang karapatan nila, kung ano ang gagawin nila kapag na-bully sila,” said Endona who is also the president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Pampanga Chapter.
Endona underscored that parents must not tolerate bullying. He said research shows that ‘bullies’ are the ones who lack attention in the family.
“Napakalaki ng partisipasyon ng mga magulang sa anti-bullying. Dapat malaman natin kung ang ating mga anak ay nang-bu-bully at dapat hindi natin kinukunsinti yun, dapat ngayon palang gabayan na natin sila sa tamang landas,” the lawyer said.
“Kung may mga anak naman tayo na na-bully, wag tayong mag padalos dalos na magagalit agad tayo o gaganting pisikal sa magulang nung nang-bully o sa bata mismo, hindi rin dapat ginagawa ito,” he added.
He said IBP-Pampanga conducts on a monthly basis anti-bullying lectures in various schools in the province.
For his part, Ariel Fernandez, principal of DES expressed thanks to Punto! for choosing their school as a beneficiary of the newspaper’s outreach program.
“Kami po ay masayang-masaya dahil kami ang napili nila sa kanilang anibersaryo at dito ginanap yung kanilang selebrasyon. Natutuwa po kami dahil nakatulong po sila ng marami lalo na sa amin lalo na sa mga bata, ” said Fernandez.
Endona vowed to partner with the community in the pursuit of truth and valuable information.
“Mas masigasig pa yung aming serbisyo at yung paglalahad ng katotohanan, lalo na ngayong mga panahon na ito na andami daming mga fake news,” the Punto! exec said.
In its website, Punto Central Luzon and Print Edition is published daily by LLL Trimedia Coordinators. with Business & Editorial Office: Unit B Essel Commercial Center, McArthur Highway, Telebastagan, City of San Fernando.
Contact Number: (45) 625-0244, 0917-481-1416. By Astrud Q. Aguinaldo