CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - "Bagya na la ding mikapatad a Mapiles kekami."

Thus said to  the media colleagues of the Mapiles brothers by  certain Maiti, who posted himself as the trusted man of the newly elected 4th district Representative Juan Pablo "Rimpy" Bondoc .

Maiti represented Bondoc during the canvassing of votes for provincial officials and members of the House of Representatives in various districts in  the province.

The statement was made by Maiti shortly after a short confrontation outside the Benigno Hall, Capitol Compound between him and this reporter last May 15 at around 5:00PM involving stories previously published to this paper.

Maiti threatened this Sun Star Pampanga reporter of physical harm and his brother Joel who is currently the Public Information Officer of the provincial government.
 
Actual account
Herbert: Kong Maiti, komusta naka?
Maiti: Ayni, nanu na naman kayang matsura ing isulat mo kanyan kareng boss ku? (This was sarcastically delivered and while looking sharply to Herbert.)
Herbert: Atin kupa wari dapat isulat?
Maiti: Awa sige samasan mu, bagya naka mu.

After the confrontation, what is  more distracting is that Maiti had even called his companion standing at the entrance of the canvassing area and pointed to this reporter saying "ayta itang reporter."

Balance storiesThe recent stories wrote by this writer is about vote buying activities in several villages in the district few days before the election day wherein the name of Maiti's principal was being dragged by the complainants as evidenced by the police blotter in municipal police sub-station in Candaba town.

However, these stories were not allowed to be published without the side of the Bondoc. In fact, some of our media colleagues were able to interview  Bondoc who vehemently denied involvement in the illegal activity.
Bondoc without knowledge of Maiti's actionThis reporter believes that Representative Rimpy is totally without knowledge of Maiti's misbehavior knowing that the former is a decent and professional man.

Rimpy's only mistake is that he trusted an incapable and immature man who cannot deal with independent reporter. Maiti should instead be given clerical works confined only inside the office to avoid dealing with reporter
However,  Rimpy is bound by the action of Maiti who was there to represent his  interest.

Mom, wife ask reporter to quit from writing
The harassment incident that transpired at the capitol ground came to the knowledge of the reporter's mother and wife.

Afraid of this reporter's  life and security, his mom asked him to quit from  his job as  a journalist and instead suggested to ntertain the idea of going back to  previous teaching job.

The wife begged her husband reporter to temporarily file a formal leave of absence for few weeks until the threat fades.

However, this reporter did not heed to the request.

"Hindi naman nila ako pweding busalan o diktahan," the reported ended.