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1 | Philippines: National Artist Under Surveillance | Filipina: Arahi-maso ny Artistan'ny Firenena |
2 | The Philippine Navy recently confirmed that the man caught stalking the home of Bienvenido Lumbera, a prizewinning poet, dramatist, and literary critic, on September 17 was one of its personnel carrying out a surveillance training exercise. | Vao nanamarina ny Tafika an-dranomasina Filipiana fa iray amin'ny olony ilay lehilahy tratra tamin'ny 17 Septambra nitondra tany ivelany ny fanazarantenany ka nihaodihaody manodidina ny tranon'i Bienvenido Lumbera, poeta nahazo loka, mpilalao teatra, ary mpanao fanamarihana haisoratra. |
3 | Wonderer.wanderer asks, “What does the Navy want from a National Artist?” | Manontany i Wonderer.wanderer , “Inona ny zavatra tadiavin'ny Tantsambo ao amin'ny Mpanakanto Nasionaly?” |
4 | At Midfield answers that the country is now turning into a police state: | Mamaly ny ao amin'ny Midfield fa efa miova ho entin'ny polisy izao ny firenena: |
5 | No conclusion other than this can be reached with the admission by the Philippine Navy that National Artist and Magsaysay Award laureate Bienvenido ‘Bien' Lumbera was indeed the target of an actual surveillance operation. | Tsy misy azo tsoahina ankoatra izao, raha manaiky ny Tafika an-dranomasina Filipiana, fa misy tetikasam-panaraha-maso mihatra amin'ny Artistan'ny Firenena nandrombaka ny loka Magsaysay dia i Bienvenido ‘Bien' Lumbera amin'izao fotoana izao. |
6 | The lame excuse: “it was just a training mission.” | Miala tsiny ny lehibe fa: “Asa fanazaran-tena fotsiny io.” |
7 | The lie just does not wash as Lumbera's ‘targeting' is apparently linked to his active participation in protests against Malacanang's ‘dagdag-bawas' moves in the recent National Artists' Awards. | Tsy manadio ny lainga satria toa misy fifandraisany amin'ny hetsika nandraisan'i Lumbera Artistan'ny Firenena anjara mavitrika manohitra ny ‘dagdag-bawas' ataon'ny Malacanang izao. |
8 | The message is all too obvious as it is chilling: we will not be secure in our homes if we dare get on the radar screen of the military for holding views opposed to the regime. | Mibaribary ny hafatra satria vao haingana loatra: tsy voaaro isika any an-tranontsika raha mahasahy manana fijery mifanohitra amin'ny an'ny fitondrana miramila isika. |
9 | The administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has one of the worse human rights record after the Marcos dictatorship. | Mitana ny lohalaharana amin'ny tsy fanajana zon'olombelona taorian'ny fitondrana jadon'i Marcos ny fitondran'i Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. |
10 | The human rights alliance Karapatan has counted more than a thousand cases of political killings and over two hundred enforced disappearances since Arroyo took power in 2001. | Araka ny fanisan'ny fikambanan'ny zon'olombelona Karapatan dia anarivony ny vono olona ara-politika ary mihoatra ny roanjato ny fampanjavonana olona ho tsy hita popoka nanomboka hatramin'ny nandraisan'i Arroyo ny fahefana tamin'ny taona 2001. |
11 | For their part, the All-UP Workers Union reposts the editorial of a national daily on the issue in its blog: | Nandefa indray mandeha ny matoan-dahatsoratry ny gazety mivoaka isan'nadro ao an-toerana kosa ny Vondrona Sendikaly Filipiana ao amin'ny bolongany: |
12 | The bungled spying on Lumbera, in other words, forms part of a chilling pattern. | Asam-pitsikilovana atao amin'i Lumbera, na raha tenenina amin'ny fomba hafa dia fomba hafa fampitonena. |
13 | Thus, despite the sincerity of official spokesmen, the public cannot look upon the incident as a simple “inconvenience,” or (as Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita treated it) a mere laughing matter; it is of the utmost seriousness-because as we have learned from sad experience, military intelligence agents take their cue directly from Malacañang: as spies from a private army. | Na dia teo aza ny fahatsora-pon'ny mpitondra tenin'ny manam-pahefana dia tsy afaka ny hieritreritra io tranga io ho toy ny “sampona” ny vahoaka, na (araka ny fomba filazan'i Eduardo Ermita azy) hoe kisangisangy fotsiny; tena zavatra anisan'ny matotra izy ity-satria naka lesona avy amin'ny traikefa mampalahelo isika, nandray ny baiko mivantana tao Malacañang ny mpiasan'ny sampam-pitsikilovana miaramila: mpitsikilo avy amin'ny vondrona mitam-piadiana tsy miankina. |
14 | On a lighter note, The Construct suggests that the military should add watching James Bond and other spy films in their training program: | Amin'ny teny mazava no nanoloran'ny The Construct hevitra fa tokony hijery ny horonantsarin'i James Bond sy ny horonantsary miresaka fitsikilovana hafa koa ny miaramila amin'ny fanazarantenany: |
15 | So why were they able to trump a marine? | Fa ahoana ary no nahafahan'izy ireo ho afaka ho ao amin'ny tafika an-dranomasina? |
16 | Given the supposed reputation of the Philippine Marines, wasn't the guy supposed to be able to evade capture? | Raha fantarina ny lazan'ny Tantsambo Filipiana, tsy mahay mitsoaka ve ilay lehilahy? |
17 | Isn't not cutting corners a basic lesson in the stalking (at least in sniper school)? | Tsy zava-tsotra indrindra amin'ny lesona ve ny mitsongo dia (farafaharatsiny any amin'ny sekoly fianarana mitifitra)? |
18 | A simple ploy like posing as a bill carrier or a utility meter reader would've worked flawlessly. | Hafetsifetsena kely tahaka ny hoe mitondra faktioran-jiro na manamarina ny kaontera no mody atao dia tsy misy na inona na inona ho azo kianina. |
19 | I mean military folks do have that certain look that make them totally stand out in a subdivision like Dr. Lumbera's. | Ny tiako lazaina izany dia hoe tsy maintsy misy ny antony sy fomban'ny miaramila hijerena ny manokana ny karazan'olona toa an'i Dr. Lumbera. |
20 | But as Rising Sun warns: | Nampitandrina ny Rising Sun hoe: |
21 | In the context of the many cases of human rights violations, people like Lumbera have reason to worry. | Rariny ny an'i Lumbera raha miahiahy izy ao anatin'izao tontolo feno fanosihosena ny zon'olombelona izao. |
22 | The military operations do not stop in the simple taking of pictures or recording of observed activities. | Tsy mijanona amin'ny fakàna sary na fandraisana ny feon'ny zavatra atao izay arahi-maso ny asan'ny miaramila. |
23 | This might be the beginning of plans for the abduction or murder by soldiers conditioned in a culture of impunity. | Mety ho izany no fanombohan'ny fakana na famonoana olona ataon'ny miaramila nozarina tamin'ny kolontsaina tsimatimanota. |