Comments on: Major Basilio Pooten: Doing the Right Thing, Making Us Proud http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bill Bilig http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2447 Bill Bilig Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:46:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2447 Hi 2lits,<br/>Thanks for the info. His mom was my teacher in elem kung ganoon :-) Hi 2lits,
Thanks for the info. His mom was my teacher in elem kung ganoon :-)

]]> By: 2lits http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2414 2lits Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:43:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2414 Manong Basilio Pooten is not a graduate of PMA but it didn't make him a lesser military. Being a cousin, I am really proud of him and am sure all the Cordillerans or the Filipinos I should say. Thanks Chyt for txting me about this. Manong Basilio Pooten is not a graduate of PMA but it didn’t make him a lesser military. Being a cousin, I am really proud of him and am sure all the Cordillerans or the Filipinos I should say. Thanks Chyt for txting me about this.

]]> By: 2lits http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2413 2lits Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:42:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2413 Thanks Chyt for txting me about this. Manong Basilio is not a graduate of PMA but this didn't make him a lesser military. His mom is the late Magdalena "Maggie" Bagano anak alapo ay Pacol ad Besao. Thanks Chyt for txting me about this. Manong Basilio is not a graduate of PMA but this didn’t make him a lesser military. His mom is the late Magdalena “Maggie” Bagano anak alapo ay Pacol ad Besao.

]]> By: Bill Bilig http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2408 Bill Bilig Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:24:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2408 Hi Anonymous,<br/>Ay kasjay. Schoolmate pay gayam hehe. Thanks for the info :-)<br/><br/>Hi Ellen,<br/>Thanks and thanks again for blogging about him. Wow, that picture would be worth preserving :-)<br/><br/>Hi Trublue,<br/>I'm sure he will be glad to be seen as a representative of the Cordilleras. Oo nga we do need a "Project Halsema" and decent people to lead our region. Thanks and cheers!<br/><br/>Hi adb,<br/>Hooray to them indeed. We hope we have more like them in the military and in the country as a whole. Thanks.<br/><br/>Hi Lovelyn,<br/>Hey, very nice thing you said about humbly tilling their soil. Parang ako iyon a hehe.<br/><br/>Owen adi, he is also iCordillera :-)<br/><br/>Hi Kayni,<br/>Yup. Hope we have more like him who stand by their principles. Thanks.<br/><br/>Hi Jester,<br/>Hehe, you reminded me of that movie. Siguro konsolasyon kadatayo ta at least adda pay lang ti "few good men". But then again, a few good men/women will usually beat naman the alipores and the tutas of the powers that be.<br/><br/>Yup let's also call them iPilipinas. Didn't realize that Col. Querubin is Ilocano. Thanks for the info.<br/><br/>Hi Nashman,<br/>Adda met piman ti saving grace ti PMA. At the rate bombs are exploding in Manila, I'm not sure na if Esperon is blindly obeying Gloria or whether it is the other way around. Thanks. Hi Anonymous,
Ay kasjay. Schoolmate pay gayam hehe. Thanks for the info :-)

Hi Ellen,
Thanks and thanks again for blogging about him. Wow, that picture would be worth preserving :-)

Hi Trublue,
I’m sure he will be glad to be seen as a representative of the Cordilleras. Oo nga we do need a “Project Halsema” and decent people to lead our region. Thanks and cheers!

Hi adb,
Hooray to them indeed. We hope we have more like them in the military and in the country as a whole. Thanks.

Hi Lovelyn,
Hey, very nice thing you said about humbly tilling their soil. Parang ako iyon a hehe.

Owen adi, he is also iCordillera :-)

Hi Kayni,
Yup. Hope we have more like him who stand by their principles. Thanks.

Hi Jester,
Hehe, you reminded me of that movie. Siguro konsolasyon kadatayo ta at least adda pay lang ti “few good men”. But then again, a few good men/women will usually beat naman the alipores and the tutas of the powers that be.

Yup let’s also call them iPilipinas. Didn’t realize that Col. Querubin is Ilocano. Thanks for the info.

Hi Nashman,
Adda met piman ti saving grace ti PMA. At the rate bombs are exploding in Manila, I’m not sure na if Esperon is blindly obeying Gloria or whether it is the other way around. Thanks.

]]> By: Chyt http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2407 Chyt Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:23:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2407 Major Basilio Pooten is from Sagada and Besao, Mt. Province. His father was the late educator James Pooten and his mother was from Besao Proper (of the Bagano family). <br/><br/>We are very proud of Mng Basilio because we know he did what he did with full understanding that he took a great risk. He exposed his military career to certain peril and knew he had nothing to gain. This lends his act a thick and strong shade of heroism.<br/><br/>When faced with the same dilemma, every Igorot should take the path chosen by Maj. Basilio Pooten. Major Basilio Pooten is from Sagada and Besao, Mt. Province. His father was the late educator James Pooten and his mother was from Besao Proper (of the Bagano family).

We are very proud of Mng Basilio because we know he did what he did with full understanding that he took a great risk. He exposed his military career to certain peril and knew he had nothing to gain. This lends his act a thick and strong shade of heroism.

When faced with the same dilemma, every Igorot should take the path chosen by Maj. Basilio Pooten.

]]> By: The Nashman http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2397 The Nashman Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:09:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2397 Imbag met ta adda pay ti good products from PMA, haan nga puro reject nga nateng kasla da Esperon ken Palparan who abuse the term 'obedience' and blindly obey the evil President Gloria...<br/><br/>Otherwise, we should abolish the PMA from the Cordilleras as it keeps churning out one rotten general after another... Imbag met ta adda pay ti good products from PMA, haan nga puro reject nga nateng kasla da Esperon ken Palparan who abuse the term ‘obedience’ and blindly obey the evil President Gloria…

Otherwise, we should abolish the PMA from the Cordilleras as it keeps churning out one rotten general after another…

]]> By: the jester-in-exile http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2396 the jester-in-exile Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2396 ket, isu ngarud ti AFP tatta: "a few good men" (and women met ania hehe), ken saan nga "the league of extraordinary gentlemen," ania, bill?<br/><br/>sapay koma nga agsubli ti "men of honor" nga naganda idi (as the courage, integrity, loyalty motto on borromeo field exhorts).<br/><br/>my take on lovelyn's comment: mabalin koma met nga awagantayo isuda nga iPilipinas, tanomet mairanod amin nga Pilipino -- uray man iCordi, dakami nga iCordi by choice and adoption (hehe), ken dagiti kakabsat ken kailiyantayo amin nga aggapo ditoy Pilipinas -- ken tano haantayo makalipat nga addamet dagiti kas kenni Medal of Valor honoree Col. Ariel Querubin, iLocano (kailiyakmet daytoy! haha).<br/><br/>isuda ti Knights of the Republic (mano nga sine diyayen, bill? hehe).<br/><br/>my take on ellen's comment: i'm sure that a lot of the honor and courage such men have demonstrated can be attributed to, well, hudhud hi aliguyon, among others (bill, special request -- would you feature the oral histories and the warrior traditions of the Cordilleran clans sometime?) ket, isu ngarud ti AFP tatta: “a few good men” (and women met ania hehe), ken saan nga “the league of extraordinary gentlemen,” ania, bill?

sapay koma nga agsubli ti “men of honor” nga naganda idi (as the courage, integrity, loyalty motto on borromeo field exhorts).

my take on lovelyn’s comment: mabalin koma met nga awagantayo isuda nga iPilipinas, tanomet mairanod amin nga Pilipino — uray man iCordi, dakami nga iCordi by choice and adoption (hehe), ken dagiti kakabsat ken kailiyantayo amin nga aggapo ditoy Pilipinas — ken tano haantayo makalipat nga addamet dagiti kas kenni Medal of Valor honoree Col. Ariel Querubin, iLocano (kailiyakmet daytoy! haha).

isuda ti Knights of the Republic (mano nga sine diyayen, bill? hehe).

my take on ellen’s comment: i’m sure that a lot of the honor and courage such men have demonstrated can be attributed to, well, hudhud hi aliguyon, among others (bill, special request — would you feature the oral histories and the warrior traditions of the Cordilleran clans sometime?)

]]> By: kayni http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2395 kayni Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:28:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2395 I respect a person who has noble principles. Hats off to Maj. Pooten. I respect a person who has noble principles. Hats off to Maj. Pooten.

]]> By: lovelyn http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2394 lovelyn Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:12:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2394 Someone told me, "People from the mountains are near the "gods". They commune with trees and talk with the birds. They humbly till their soil with their own hands. They really are people with good hearts." Agpaysun sa piman!<br/><br/>"I-share" yu man ni Major Pooten and others. <br/>"I-Cordilleran" kunayu tapnu mairanod kami nga IBenguets :-) Someone told me, “People from the mountains are near the “gods”. They commune with trees and talk with the birds. They humbly till their soil with their own hands. They really are people with good hearts.” Agpaysun sa piman!

“I-share” yu man ni Major Pooten and others.
“I-Cordilleran” kunayu tapnu mairanod kami nga IBenguets :-)

]]> By: AdB http://igorotblogger.com/2007/11/major-basilio-pooten-doing-right-thing.html#comment-2391 AdB Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:58:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=474#comment-2391 Maj. Pooten, Capt. Ruben Guinolbay, Capt. Dante Langkit, and Capt. Joey Fontiveros<br/><br/>Hooray for these men of honour and courage!<br/><br/>I salute them! Maj. Pooten, Capt. Ruben Guinolbay, Capt. Dante Langkit, and Capt. Joey Fontiveros

Hooray for these men of honour and courage!

I salute them!

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