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naga City Mayor John G. Bongat watches as Vice Mayor Gabby H. Bordado tries one of the ten units of electric bicycles (e-Bikes) turned over by the united nations to the city government last January 2, 2012.

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in photo are two models of environment-friendly electric tricycle (e-Trikes) that will soon ferry passengers along the streets of naga City.

NAGA CITY -- Eco-friendly, and noise and air pol-lution-free vehicles which means less-tainted air that will produce a healthy atmosphere — this are the bases of City Ordinance No. 2011-065 which allows the operation of e-trikes in this city.

The legislation aims to provide the community with an alternative means of transport that will pro-mote, among others, a less polluted setting and for the drivers and operators to have an opportunity to earn a higher and complemen-tary source of income.

Since the said vehicles will be using electric charg-es and not the conventional gasoline or fuel, the said ordinance also specifi es

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LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) will have an early start with the con-struction of some P5.5 billion worth of infra-structure projects in Bi-col in line with the gov-ernment’s accelerated expenditure program to help drive domestic con-sumption and help spur economic growth in the countryside.

Engr. Danilo E. Dequito, DPWH V regional director, said that most of the proj-ects were bid out before the end of December last year and that the remaining

projects will also be bid out to constructors before the end of this month.

This, he said, was aside from the more than P500 mil-lion worth of calamity fund released early December of

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‘Murderers’ says DOST of thieves of Phivolcs equipment

LEGAZPI CITY –- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) had likened to murderers the thieves who stole several meters of cables and fi ve pieces of 12 volts batteries at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seis-mology (Phivolcs) seismic relay stations in Albay.

In a statement received here Thursday, DOST Sec-retary Mario Montejo said “these unscrupulous individ-uals are not only thieves they could also qualify as murder-ers as stealing the equipment jeopardize the safety of the

DPWH starts construction of P5.5-B worth of projects

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANtheir own funds.

Our government’s financial leaders must find ways and means to stimulate credit – by offering our people financial programs that focus more on project viability and less on collateral. Microfinance should be encouraged hand in hand with credit trainings for lenders and more so, borrowers. Money in the hands of small entrepreneurs will improve both production and distribution, and raise the well-being of the masses.

GUARANTEE: Recalling to mind the 1970s when the government cajoled all banks – especially those that operate in the provinces (rural banks) to lend to farmers’ seldas or groups of five borrowers without need of collateral. Collection mechanism is through the farmers’ mutual suretyship of “one for all and all for one”. The system worked when just one (or even two) of the farmers become delinquent – as the others in the group are able to extend their financial help.

When three or more (of the five) suffer farm losses and are unable to pay their accounts, the others in the group

– adamant to shoulder the enlarged obligation - also fake delinquencies. As a result, the whole group’s account become past due. Many rural banks were adversely affected even as depositors also withdrew their funds out of fear. This served as the “last nail in the coffin” leading the then Central Bank to order many closures of banks. Expanded credit guarantee is a critical matter to consider!

SLOWFOOT? Filipinos are encouraged to deposit even their meager funds with banks, using insurance as sort of guaranty. Under present laws – bank deposits are mandatorily insured to a maximum of P500,000- per depositor. If a deposit is owned by two or more depositors, the amount is divided by their number for purposes of insurance. Depository banks pay insurance premiums to the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) based on their insured deposits.

If and when a depository bank is ordered closed by the Monetary Board – all deposits and withdrawals are stopped and balances are “frozen”. PDIC – as insurer of said deposits, has to indemnify the deposit owners. Unfortunately, with the number of closed banks, the processing of deposit claims take more than one year for insured depositors to be paid back. We assume that PDIC has enough funds – only that its claims processors are either inefficient or slow, or both!

CREDO: True happiness comes from having much to live for, not from having much to live on!

(Atty. APA – chairman of Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International - PICPA past president/Hall-of-Famer, ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee, and past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPA – writes this syndicated column for selected CALABARZON & Bikol newsweeklies).

JUST SAME? Recent surveys show that majority of Filipinos believe they are in a worse situation as 2011 ended – compared with their livelihood level of the year previous. This can be proven by the prevailing cost of living with prices of basic commodities (especially canned goods) almost unaffordable now. The compounding factor is the stalling of compensation rates and the smaller returns on OFW remittances.

The delayed 2011 government budget releases reportedly disrupted stimulation of our domestic economy. DBM now says close to 99% of last year’s budget has been released even as the early approval of the 2012 budget will facilitate fund flows this year. Truly – government spending works to activate many economic sectors including production, distribution and consumption as more people are employed and buyers’ capacity are enhanced.

MONEY SUPPLY: Opinions Unlimited observes that while the general public complains of financial straits, there are so much cash and funds around – but they are in the hands and control of but a few. The excess funds are deposited with banks so the financial institutions become cash-laden. BSP reported that its rediscounting window had 45% less transactions last year. This means banks financed their lending programs using

Hope in PHL economy

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road to San Ramon, Iriga. In fact, doctors participating in the medical mission and outreach programs of Congressman Arnulfo “Noli” Fuentebella for years now talk of their travel here. This road can easily be expanded and concreted. It’s a short road. There is even another alternative road from Anawan to Catalutuan to San Ramon, Iriga.

When House Bill No. 4820 was

filed in the House, Salvio Fortuno of Rinconada and Gov. LRay Villafuerte who spoke during the first and second Committee hearings did not make any counter proposal.

The HB 4820 proposed the site based on the requirement of the Local Government Code.

A certification of a public land available for the capitol site by the Bureau of Lands was presented.

Section 3 of Article I of House Bill 4820, provides: “The capital town and seat of government of the new province of Nueva Camarines shall be the Municipality of Tigaon: Provided that a satellite seat of government may be established preferably in the City of Iriga or in any municipality within the First Legislative District of Nueva Camarines as may be determined by the majority of the member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan subject to

Why will Tigaon be the seat of government in the proposed province, Nueva Camarines? This is a question often asked and here is the reason. In Article 1 of the Local Government Code provides the following:

“A-The law or ordinance creating or merging local government units shall specify the seat of government from where governmental and corporate services shall be delivered. In selecting said site, factors relating to geographical centrality, accessibility, etc. shall be taken into account.

The land area of Rinconada and Partido districts which will composed the proposed province was measured to find out what is the center (centrality mentioned in the Local Government Code) and it showed that Tigaon is the center.

On accessibility, there is an existing secondary road in Sagnay that is a short cut to Iriga. It is the barangay Catalutuan

Why Tigaon, What shall we gain by voting “yes” or voting “no” & DepEd’s priority

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The year 2012 may be the beginning of something spectacular, something cataclysmic if you seriously take the prediction of Nostradamus. Experts in occultism interprete the prediction to mean that mankind may experience some kind of violent upheaval never before seen, the beginning of the end.

But why focus on such dreadful things. Life must be lived and enjoyed. Only the doomsday seers see disaster in tranquility, ugliness in beauty, chaos in ordinary events.They see the end of the world in every sneeze of nature.

I do not share their beliefs. I prefer to look at the the silver linings in the clouds, to listen to the chirping of birds and the music of the rustling leaves during windy summer nights. Such gifts, however, are not available to those in the big city.

Let me invite you to where you can easily forget the dire prediction. This is what the poorest among us do when their empty stomachs grind, when they suffer injustice, when they feel that life is all

bad luck.They entertain themselves with movies and live in a make-believe world away from the harsh reality.

Movies are the most potent prescriptions for the hopeless, the miserable, those whose coming days are pitch dark, uncertain. The so-called downtrodden have found in it the most potent drug for their suffering.

These movies are, however, not the ordinary run of the mill type that you see

forget the prediction, enjoy life

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Bonsai*One day, a person approached and asked me; “

Sir, who is that bedraggled chubby boy standing by the side altar holding a fishing pole? “ I answered; “It is the Sto. Nino.” ( Infant Jesus )

Our imagination run wild. We are very creative creatures. We are fond of improvisation. For those of us who have younger siblings, we have this, just for the fun of it, children’s play whereby we dress them with varied clothes. If they are males, we try on them female clothes and if they are females, males.

When our youngest brother was born, we, his siblings, were quite a bit grown up already. So, his birth gave us, in the family, a lot of fun and happiness- we have a new small brother to include in our activities... One day, while we were having our usual play, one of our siblings, hugging our *youngest brother suddenly blurted out on his face; “What if we just apply the Bonsai* culture to you? In that way, you will remain as cute as you are now and can give us fun and enjoyment.

For us, Filipino Catholics, family-oriented as we are, we tend to extend this quality to our faith in God, with which his Son, Jesus Christ, whom we treat , younger or older, as our brother. A sibling.

We love our family. Who says that they don’t ? If not, why are we here, in the very first place? It was love that brought us here. We are all here gathered due to that LOVE DIVINE.

Good or bad, we love our siblings. We will fight and die for them, if we could only to show our love and respect for them.

In our lives, we knew many persons who gave up their own personal plans and ambitions- to have an education of their own... to get married and have a family of their own... to go out of the country and work as a minimum wage migrant workers... to go hungry and naked just so that their siblings back home can pursue their own education and gain independence. These persons are the family heroes and heroines of our times- spending their prime and youth for the sake of others.

In our faith, we have Jesus Christ who bonsaid himself for our salvation. He died young for us. His love for us, the good and the evil, made him not hesitate to put his life on the line- covering a grenade in the battlefield just so a buddy will come out of it alive- just in order that we might receive the special kind of salvation express.

Jesus Christ died young, at 33 !!! Until now, he is a youth in our midst. He bonsaid himself for us. He is our Sto. Nino. Come love and find the genuine fun and enjoyment together with him.

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everyday in our theaters.They are listed as among the greatest love stories of all time.

A l939 film, For Whom the Bell Tolls, from Ernest Hemingway’s novel, is described as the greatest piece of American literature. It was a box office hit in l943, grossing S11 million.Nominated for 11 awards, it won one.

The movie starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Akim Tamiroff did not get the nod of Hemingway because of the exclusion of his book political contents.

Cooper played the character of Robert Jordan, an idealistic American fighting with a Spanish guerilla band assigned to blow up a bridge to halt the enemy’s advance. He fell in love with Maria played by Bergman, a young peasant girl who joined the guerillas to avenge the atrocities she suffered in the hands of the enemy.

Pablo played by Tamiroff, leader

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Police tighten public security in Masbate

DA hosts stakeholders confabP-noy sets new rules for suspension of classes

stAKeHolDersDa regional director Jose Dayao presides over the conference attended by stakeholders from the 2nd congressional district of Camarines sur.

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Camarines sur Vice Governor Fortunato C. Peña renews 42 registered nurses at the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) under a special Memorandum of agreement (Moa) during the Moa signing rites at the sP session Hall, Capitol Complex, Cadlan, Pili last Jan. 4. oVG Chief of staff Hilda P. sabroso and oVG advisory Board Chairman nat Capucao, duly assisted by oVG Medical Coordinator Eva Piano, oversee the actual Moa signing with the nurses.

President Benigno S. Aquino III has expanded the existing protocol on the cancellation or suspension of classes and work in gov-ernment due to typhoons to include flooding, calamities and other weather distur-bances in order to avoid the unnecessary loss of lives.

Executive Secretary Paqui-to N. Ochoa Jr. said on Thurs-day the President issued Exec-utive Order No. 66 on Jan. 9, streamlining and simplifying the procedures for the cancel-lation or suspension of classes in public and private schools and work in government of-fices due to calamities.

“This presidential issuance is an assertion of the State’s declared policy to institution-alize measures that will en-sure that the general public, including students and state workers, will be safe from needless hazards and that their lives and limbs will be safeguarded,” Ochoa said.

EO 66 has set the follow-ing guidelines in the cancella-tion or suspension of classes in public and private schools and work in government:

• Signal No. 1 - Classes at the pre-school level, in the af-fected area, shall be automati-cally cancelled or suspended.

• Signal No. 2 - Classes at the pre-school, elementary and secondary levels, in the affected area, shall be auto-matically cancelled or sus-pended.

• Signal No. 3 - Classes at pre-school, elementary, sec-ondary and tertiary levels, in the affected area, including graduate school, as well as

The Department of Ag-riculture in Bicol started year 2012 with a stakehold-er’s conference In Libman-an, Camarines Sur. Over 80 stakeholders from the 2nd district of Camarines Sur covering the municipali-ties of Milaor, Minalabac, Pamplona, San Fernando, Pasacao and Libmanan at-tended the conference/ori-entation on DA programs and projects. This activity was sponsored by the De-partment of Agriculture in coordination with PAKI-SAMA thru the efforts of Mr. Sabas Mabolo. The activity aims to update the stakeholders on the differ-ent programs and projects of the DA under President Aquino’s administration for CY 2012 and the dif-ferent interventions of the DA and the procedures for availing them. The activ-ity also provided a venue for the stakeholders to give

their suggestions, recom-mendations on how to ef-fectively implement these projects.

Agriculture Regional Executive Director Jose V. Dayao in his message said that the budget for agricul-ture for 2012 was increased by 60%. He said that with the conduct of this confer-

ence the programs and proj-ects will be effectively and efficiently implemented in the various municipalities of the district. He added that this exercise is very impor-tant for the stakeholders to know how they are going to avail of the projects and what they will benefit from them. He added that with

the increase in the budget of the agency, the DA will be on track towards achieving self-sufficiency in rice and major staples by end of 2013. He added that the DA gives priority to irrigation, posthar-vest and other infrastructure, production support, research and extension. Other projects

LEGAZPI CITY – With the 120 policemen now manning the public safety and security setup of Mas-bate City, the regional headquarters of the Philip-pine National Police (PNP) here on Thursday said it is confident the maintenance of peace and order in that provincial capital will be closely attended to.

The number already rep-resents one policeman to 700 population, a ratio that ex-ceeds the standard 1:1,000 set up and with that, according to Bicol PNP regional director Chie supt. Cecilio Calleja Jr.,

work in all government of-fices, shall be automatically cancelled or suspended.

President Aquino also directed the Philippine At-mospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Ad-ministration (PAGASA) to is-sue weather forecasts through various media outlets, includ-ing radio and television, not later than 10 p.m. of the previ-ous day and 4:30 a.m. of the day of the intended cancella-tion or suspension of classes and work.

The President, however, said that in the event where there are classes and work in the morning and suspension of classes and work is only effective in the afternoon, PA-GASA should issue the fore-cast not later than 11 a.m. of the said day.

At the same time, EO 66 provides that in the absence of typhoon signal warnings from PAGASA, the local chief executives shall imple-ment localized cancellation or suspension of classes and gov-ernment work in coordination with the weather bureau and the National Disaster Risk

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“we are confident the crime volume in the locality would be further reduced, crime so-lution efficiency enhanced and orderliness managed”.

The fielding of so many policemen in Masbate City, the provincial capital, is in support of the PNP to the as-piration of the island province to keep abreast with the eco-nomic developments taking place in the Bicol mainland owing to the growing busi-ness investments and tour-ism industry particularly in Albay, Camarines Sur, Cama-rines Norte and Catanduanes, Calleja said.

“This is to help Masbate detach itself from being one of the poorest provinces of the country and as the ‘murder capital of Bicol’ tag earned from intense political rival-ries resulting to a long series of killings and other violent occurrences which happened in the past,” he said.

That political situation is already under control starting in the conduct and after the 2010 elections which saw lo-cal political camps yielding to the intensified anti-loose fire-arms and private armies drive put in place by the police and the military, the Bicol police

director said.“Masbate local officials are

now focused on developing the economic potentials of the province by way of creating a favorable investment climate, implementing tourism pro-grams and protecting its ma-rine resources towards better productivity.The police is in full support of these initia-tives,” according to Calleja.

Since last year, he said the city has improved its invest-ment climate earning for it a citation last month from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

BIKOL REPORTER 3AUGUST 7 - 13, 2011

Search for eco-friendly schools still ongoing

Cebu Pacific Air to flyNaga –Manila 4x daily

EARTH SAVERS JESSEL S. BASANTA

DENR Bicol Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada calls on students and teachers to spearhead a proactive advocacy on eco-waste management. The Legazpi City government launched Earth Savers Program, a scheme that will enable students to turn their recyclable materials into groceries and educational supplies after each semester.

FREE HEALTH CARD Naga City Mayor John Bongat shakes hand with one of the lucky recipients of free PhilHealth card given by the city

government to impoverished constituents. The distribution of PhilHealth cards was held on Aug. 8 in the new covered court at the Naga City Hall Compound.

UNEP comm studesattend media confabThe University of

Northeastern Philip-pines (UNEP), in its inces-sant desire to provide its stu-dents with opportunities for growth and provide them with alternative methods of learning, has signed up for another worthy endeavor. This is the participation of its Communication Stu-dents to the 6th ICCS Con-vention on Media Commu-nication spearheaded by no less than the International Center for Communication Studies (ICCS) Manila on August 13 at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater, Ateneo De Manila University.

Mr. Alexander M. Balta-zar, ICCS-Manila Managing Director has personally ex-tended his invitation to the university, being one of its long-time and regular part-ners when it comes to the said academic undertaking.

“UNEP Management has been so supportive of our every activity which they believe would enhance their student’s skills and broaden their proficiency in their re-spective craft. This year’s seminar will focus on docu-mentary- making which will showcase the talent, intel-ligence and resourcefulness of the participants in produc-ing a documentary material,” Baltazar said in an interview.

The conference will be participated in by students

LEGAZPI CITY — The Environmental Manage-ment Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Envi-ronment and Natural Re-sources (DENR) regional office here has reopened the regional Search for Sus-tainable and Eco-friendly

service from Manila to Naga and vice versa. The addition-al daily ATR 72-500 flight is set to depart Manila at 06:40am and arrive in Naga at 07:35am. Meanwhile, the return flight departs Naga at 07.55am and arrives in Ma-nila at 08.50am.

Aside from Naga, CEB

flies operates a thrice daily Airbus service from Ma-nila to Legazpi, and a thrice weekly ATR 72-500 service from Cebu to Legazpi. It also flies four times weekly from Manila to Virac.

“CEB hopes to serve more passengers going to Cama-rines Sur (Naga) with our additional flights. This is a popular destination in the country, and we hope to give more opportunities for guests to experience its world-class events,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

She cited IronMan 70.3 Philippines this coming Aug. 14, 2011, and the 22nd Phil-ippine Advertising Congress on Nov. 16-19, 2011, as some of the big events in Cama-rines Sur.

“CEB added Manila-Na-ga-Manila flights on Aug. 12

and 15 for the IronMan event, and on Nov. 16 and 20 for the Advertising Congress. We remain supportive of Cama-rines Sur’s efforts in stimu-lating trade and tourism to the province,” Iyog added.

To give more opportuni-ties for passengers to avail of CEB’s trademark low fares, CEB holds a 50 percent off seat sale on all its interna-tional and domestic destina-tions. The seat sale is from Aug. 5-7, 2011 or until seats last, for travel from Sept. 1 to Dec. 14, 2011.

CEB slashes 50 percent off its lowest year-round fares to 16 international des-tinations: Bangkok, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon, Jakarta, Kota Kina-balu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Singapore, Shanghai and Taipei.

Schools for elementary and high school categories.

Interested schools must send in official contest entry forms, supporting documents in both printed and digital copies, as well as official en-dorsements from their respec-tive Department of Education

(DepEd) Division Offices to the EMB V office on or be-fore Aug. 12, 2011.

The contest primarily aims to develop skills and understanding in initiating active responses and increas-ing community awareness and participation on envi-

ronmental concerns among students, faculty and school administrators. Furthermore, the search would recognize environmental programs and initiatives of the schools.

The participating schools will be rated based on the fol-lowing criteria: environment-related aspects of the school’s policy (20 points); environ-mental dimensions of school operations (30 points); en-vironmental-related features of the school curriculum (30 points); presence of vibrant eco-organizations in campus (10 points), and; linkages in various programs/projects (10 points).

One regional finalist will be selected for each category and will be awarded a Cer-tificate of Recognition and P10,000 in cheque. The re-gional finalists shall compete at the national search that will be held in EMB Central Office, Metro Manila.

This search is a partner-ship program of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), EMB, DepEd, Commis-sion on Higher Education (CHED), and Smart Commu-nications, Inc.

and professors from prestig-ious schools in the Philip-pines. Selected media practi-tioners from different media institutions will also partake of the lectures.

“We have invited distin-guished lecturers from ABS-CBN News and Current Af-fairs, GMA News and Public Affairs, Philippine Daily Inquirer and DZMM-ABS-CBN to discuss the ethical standards they follow in their respective news organiza-tions. This will give the par-ticipants the opportunity to ask the resource speakers about perceived ethical vio-lations in different areas of journalism,” Baltazar added.

Part of this year’s conven-tion is the 2nd Annual ICCS Award for Best Documenta-ry. Participants will produce a comprehensive documen-tary. Their entry must show-case the student’s writing and comprehensive skills and show his ability to develop credible analysis on his cho-sen topic. Jurors will take a look at the embedded social values and the writer’s adher-ence to the International Prin-ciple of journalism ethics.

Ms. Melody Ordoñez, UNEP Media Relations Di-rector said that this will be a big opportunity for the university’s communication students since it will not only widen their knowledge but will also expose them to a

The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is set to in-crease its flights to Naga City four times daily start-ing Oct. 14, 2011 in response to additional demand for flights.

CEB currently operates a thrice daily ATR 72-500

lot of experiences which will be beneficial in the pursuit of their future careers.

“Going out of the conven-tional classroom type lecture not only exposes the students to a new environment but also shows them variety of methods where they can pick unique learning and eventually apply them in their daily rou-

tine. We are just so privilege that the UNEP management is so supportive of endeavors like this, Ordoñez said.

After the formal lectures, the students will tour select-ed media networks and will have a chance to watch live programs being aired by gi-ant television networks in Metro Manila.

Jose Collera

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ETCETERA

unEP deans, department heads attend research confabA total of P2,619,892.00

has already been raised by employees of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to aid some 249 co-workers in Cagayan De Oro City (CDO) affected by typhoon “Sendong” last Dec. 17, 2011.

DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje turned over the ini-tial amount of P2 million in manager’s check to DENR-Region 10 employees union president Felixberto Capa-docia in simple rites held Monday (Jan. 9) during the fl ag raising ceremonies at the DENR Central Offi ce grounds in Quezon City .

“More relief goods and cash donations are still com-ing in and these will be turned over to ease the suffering of our co-workers in Cagayan de Oro City,” said Paje.

Some 40 boxes contain-ing of essential daily items like clothings, footwear, toi-letries, and beddings have already been either shipped or are ready for transport to

CDO for distribution to the victims.

“We do hope that our mod-est contribution would go a long way in easing the suffer-ing of our affected co-workers and their families,” Paje said, lauding the humanitarian ges-ture of the members of the K4-DENR Employees Union (DENREU) who pooled to-gether their resources in re-sponse to the fund-raising campaign he launched last December 21, 2011.

K4-DENREU is the as-sociation of all union chap-

ters of the department’s em-ployees, numbering around 18,525 nationwide.

Paje likewise cited the response from the DENR’s staff and line bureaus which pooled a total donation of P1,198,850.

“The outpouring of aid spawned responses even from private loan and saving cooperative body organized by some DENR employees,” Paje said, referring to the Forestry Saving and Loan Association (FOSLA) which gave P8,000.

A Seminar-Workshop on the En-hancement of research capability of the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) Faculty members was held over the weekend at the UNEP Con-ference Room, practically to boost the competence of its personnel in terms of conducting intensive study geared to-wards the production of a competitive research material.

Dean of the Graduate Studies and con-currently the Vice President for Academic Affairs of UNEP, Dr. Eleanor Osea said that she is optimistic that the activity will produce a promising and encouraging re-sult.

“I was fi rst toying with the idea of having the research seminar then came up with a great vision to pursue it. For-tunately, the initiative was strongly sup-ported by the UNEP management under the stewardship of our university presi-dent, Atty. Remelisa Alfelor - Moraleda. The output was great and we are certain that there will be more to come,” Osea added.

The confab held recently will just be the fi rst of a series of seminar –workshops that the university is going to achieve this year basically to enhance the capabilities of the members of the academe, particu-larly of the professors and deans of the different departments of UNEP.

“An integrated approach in research is one of the best strategies that we can use to come up with a comprehensive study of a specifi c subject matter- and a care-ful and thorough stratagem will certainly yield a favorable output” , Osea quips.

To show the management’s support on this endeavor, Moraleda has announced

incentives meant to attract partakers to really put their hearts and effort on this program. It include among others, de-loading the willing participants with their subject loads, opportunity for pro-motions and full fi nancial support for documentation if their research work will be chosen by prestigious organiza-tions for further study.

Some of the deans and professors who took part in the fi rst series of the enhancement seminar include Dean Wilma S. Santos of the College of Nurs-ing gave the overview of the activity and read the introduction of the study, followed by Dean Ricardo M. Gamurot Jr of the Arts and Sciences Department who was tasked to explain the statement of the problem and Dean Elmer B. Lo-lin of the College of Business Educa-tion who also gave his thoughts on As-sumption and Hypothesis.

College of Education Dean, Dr. Violeta B. Lomibao, Ma. Chuchay E, Bailon , Chair of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) Dept., and Ar-chitect Jose Malazarte, Dean, College of Engineering Architecture also took turns in discussing the rest of the topics tackled during the day.

Osea said that she is expecting that the output of the seminar will be sub-mitted to the researcher’s specifi c deans two weeks after the said exercise. It will then be presented to her for perusal be-fore they can plan out for the follow up activity which could be anytime within the fi rst quarter of the year. Osea is con-vinced that this endeavor will give the UNEP faculty greater chances to ex-plore their skills and capabilities.

people of Albay.The thieves could be

called economic saboteurs as they also put to risk properties as well as the re-sources of the province in the event of a major volca-nic activity, Montejo said in expressing his dismay over the theft in the unmanned Phivolcs relay station near Mayon Volcano in Sto. Do-mingo, Albay.

According to an offi cial report, the seismic station of the DOST- Phivolcs in Legazpi has not received any data from the two relay stations in the municipality of Sto. Domingo since De-cember 14 last year.

Upon inspection of the team from the Phivolcs monitoring station based at the Ligñon Observatory here, it was discovered that meters of cables connected to the seismic sensors from the relay stations and fi ve pieces of 12-volt batteries were missing.

The relay stations are equipped with seismic sen-sors and radio transceivers that transmit seismic data to the Phivolcs central station in Quezon City. These sta-tions transmit vital informa-tion on seismic and volcanic activities of Mt. Mayon.

Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said the incident has caused 50 percent loss in data transmission.“It is a good thing that Mayon Vol-cano is not active as of this time,” he said.

Mayon Volcano is on Alert Level 1 which, in a scale of 0-5, it is considered abnormal.

However, Solidum stressed that the incident, al-though it caused temporary disruption in seismic data

‘murderers’ says dost of tHieVes . . .transmission, did not hinder the normal operations of the agency in terms of volca-nic and seismic monitoring. “The incident did not crip-ple Phivolcs because other relay stations in Albay are functioning effi ciently,” he added.

Montejo has urged the people who live near DOST weather and seismic fore-casting and monitoring sta-tions to be vigilant in report-ing malicious activities that compromise the safety of the people.

“The safety of the people is our primordial concern, which is why the govern-ment is aggressively install-ing weather forecasting and other monitoring equipment like rain gauges and water level sensors critical to mon-itoring fl ood prone areas,” he added.

This year, the govern-ment is set to install water level sensors and rain gauges in all major river systems in the country as part of the national fl ood forecasting, monitoring and mitigation program spearheaded by the DOST .

He has requested the lo-cal through the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) to look into ways on how to protect these vital monitoring equipment in the local level and im-mediately prosecute those caught stealing them.

Montejo also appealed to the community and their leaders to help protect these equipment. “More impor-tantly, people in the areas where monitoring equipment are installed should help safeguard these equipment. After all, their lives, proper-ties, and communities’ safety

are all at stake here.”He said Pres. Benigno

S. Aquino III has certifi ed as urgent the proposed bill in Congress penalizing the stealing of weather and di-saster monitoring equipment of the DOST. - Danny O. Calleja

DEnr workers pool P2.6M to aidco-workers affected by ‘sendong’


BuCKling DoWn to WorK JorECHiiiEven on the very first day of classes last January 9, instructors and the teaching staff of the CamSur animation studio buckled down to work to ensure that each of these trainees under the Gov. Lray Villafuerte animation Training Program attain the skills and learn the techniques they have come for. upper photo shows animation Trainer Benedicto Bernardino while lower photo shows animation Director raul Mimay, both in action, as they deliver the initial lectures to the trainees.

proof of ConvergenCe JoVi

The on-going repair of a portion of Guijalo Port in Caramoan damaged by Typhoons Bebeng and Chedeng May last year is a perfect example of the convergence advocacy being pursued by Governor Lray Villafuerte that facilitates various agencies to work closely together. Even as the year was about to end last Yuletide, Governor Villafuerte was able to secure with Philippine Ports authority General Manager Juan C. sta. ana adequate funding for the repair of the port that serves a crucial role in Camsur’s tourism thrust and travel to and from the island province of Catanduanes. repair operations started almost at once and expected to be completed before the influx of travel by summer.

PnP Bicol reports 40% decrease in

firecracker injuriesLEGAZPI CITY —- Due to massive advocacy on

the harm brought about by firecrackers, the Philip-pine National Police (PNP) believe that the campaign paid off with the decrease of injured cases.

This reflection was made by P/Supt Renato B. Bataller, PNP Bicol regional public information officer during an interview at the PIA radio program Monday. The official stated that there were 38 individuals injured in 33 fire-cracker incidents, lower than last year’s 63 recorded cases or a variance of 25 cases.

The period covered by the report from Dec. 16 until Jan. 1 showed that Albay topped the list of firecracker vic-tims with 14, followed by Camarines Sur with nine, Ca-marines Norte eight, Masbate four, Sorsogon three, and zero for Catanduanes.

Police arrested nine persons, eight of whom were from Albay and one from Camarines Sur for selling illegal fire-crackers.

The operation was able to confiscate illegal firecrack-ers with a combined value of P120,324, Impounded pro-hibited firecrackers in Albay amounted to P91,509 while those from Camarines Sur was P16,815. The police was able to seize P12,000 worth of firecrackers in Camarines Norte but was unable to arrest any perpetrator.

The PNP report disclosed a case of indiscriminate fir-ing and a victim of stray bullet.

SPO2 Isidro Cucal y Nartatez is facing criminal and administrative cases for firing a gun last December 16 that traumatized children in the area. Recovered from the suspect’s possession were one caliber .9mm pistol, one magazine assembly loaded with two live ammo and two fired cartridges. No fire incident attributed to firecrackers was reported. - Aida Alcazar-Naz

Camsur offers lowbudget courses anewThe provincially oper-

ated and maintained South-east Asian Institute of Com-puter Technology (SEAict) will continue to offer qual-ity but low budget courses while the offer of free short term courses continues in furtherance of Gov. LRay Villafuerte’s advocacy on education and easy access to profitable employment here and abroad for Cama-rinenses.

Such is the welcome de-velopment for the meager-re-sourced parents of students as well as school dropouts in the province from the manage-ment of said institution.

The courses offered are duly accredited by the Tech-nical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

Among the courses of-fered are two-year courses Computer Hardware Servic-ing NCII, Computer Pro-gramming NCIV, Computer Secretarial, and Digital Mul-timedia Development and Design. As innovation, ad-ditional trainings provided under the English Proficiency Training Program, Japanese Language Training Course, Medical Transcription and Basic Crash Courses have been integrated in the cur-riculum of these courses.

The offer of other short term courses Computer Hard-ware Servicing NCII and Programming NC IV, which usually last for six month, also continues at reasonable tuition fees.

The institution pursued the offering of said courses as the graduates proved to have eas-ily landed jobs either locally or abroad.

Meanwhile, crash courses regularly offered will contin-ue as part of the advocacy of the governor and the provin-cial government. These in-clude Basic Computer Opera-

tions, Basic AutoCAD, Basic Desktop Publishing, Basic Photoshop, PC Troubleshoot-ing and Maintenance and C Language Programming.

Each of these courses which usually takes a total of 48 school hours to complete is available to all interested individuals in the province including employees of gov-ernment offices.

Those interested to avail of the program must present their Form 137 if they are high school graduates while college graduates and under-

graduates must present their Transcript of Records. Ap-plicants must possess good moral character.

Registration is going on while regular classes will start June 18, 2012.

For more details, inquiries may be made via their land-line 473-0382 or by person-ally inquiring at Southeast Asian Institute of Computer Technology (SEAict), Cama-rines Sur Trade and Invest-ment Center, BMC Hospital Road, Panganiban Drive, Naga City. - fernandez

DiLG chief leads inauguration of San Jose police office

SAN JOSE, Camarines Sur -- Department of Inte-rior and Local Government Sec. Jesse M. Robredo and Mayor Antonio B. Chavez of this town led the bless-ing and inauguration of the new municipal police sta-tion building at Barangay Boclod here over the week-end,

Robredo grace the said oc-casion in support of the proj-ect meant to uplift the peace and order situation within the area.

Also present during the said occasion are Chief Su-perintendent Cecilio Calleja, Bicol Police Director; Cama-rines Sur Police Director Se-nior Superintendent Proco-pio Lipana, DILG Regional Director and National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Regional Director Rodolfo G. Santos Jr.

Chavez expressed his thanks to Robredo for the lat-

roBrEDo

ter’s support in this endeavor, who through his represen-tation issued an amount of P3,500,000.00 for the con-struction of the said edifice.

“The realization of this structure will not be real-ized without the prompt as-sistance of Sec. Robredo and the support of the communi-ty. We are very thankful that our PNP members will now have a decent place to stay in and I hope that it will inspire them even more to do their job and serve the members

of our community under the headship of San Jose Munici-pal Police Station Officer in Charge Police Sr. Superin-tendent Danilo Bagasina,” Chavez added.

The three-storey build-ing which is occupying a 400 square meter portion at Barangay Boclod, originally cost P5 million pesos but due to the timely release of fund and procurement of materi-als, they immediately started the construction and were able to only spend 3.6M.

GRELIPS Construction and Development (GCD) won the bid and carried out the materialization of the said project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The local government unit of San Jose also gave P500,000 as counterpart and will be spent to build perime-ter fence around the said sta-tion. -Lizel S. Macatangay

GASA. The massive floods brought about by relatively weak tropical storm Sendong in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in Northern Mindanao that resulted to more than 2,400 deaths, attest to its lethal threat.

Disaster officials in Albay agreed that their existing risk maps need to be redrawn since previously declared safe areas were recently hit by massive flash floods, landslides, and lahar flows particularly at the foot of Mayon Volcano.

Salceda said preparations

albay braces for la niña . . .are hinged on the recent rain-fall situation indicating that La Niña would persist while weather systems causing heavy rainfall exist, as was re-ported by PAGASA.

Tropical storms Bebeng (May 8-9), Chedeng (May 25), Falcon (June 22), and Juaning (July 22) caused se-vere flooding, landslides, and mudflows which indicated so much run-off water and pre-cipitation.

He said the onset of the northeast monsoon in the last quarter of 2011, has brought

about so much rain that prompted the Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to issue Public Safety Advisories.

Aside from updating risk maps, Salceda said steps are also being initiated to strengthen community-based real time warning systems using rain gauge stations and flood marker, install CCTV in 5 critical (highly typological) locations, conduct a sustained Communication Protocol via the disaster Infoboard, and im-prove the Evacuation Plan and Procedures of the province.


DEED oF EXTraJuDiCiaL ParTiTion oF EsTaTE WiTH saLE

NOTICE is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving heirs of the late MiGuEL VEnTura who died on Nov. 8, 1997 at Nabua, Camarines Sur without any will and with no known debts, left certain real properties situated at Topas Proper, Nabua, Camarines Sur covered by OCT No. 28771 containing an area of 0.4005, ARP NO. 97-041-0644; while widow MAMERTA P. VENTURA waived her rights to said properties and heirs MIGUEL VENTURA JR. and JAY CARLO VENTURA sold their respective shares to JOCELYN G. FIGURA for the sum of P50,000.00 in the manner stipulated in a Deed of Extrajudicial Partition of Estate with Sale, acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Dominador S. Torres per Doc. No. 132, Page No. 22, Book No. XII, Series of 2008.BiKoL rEPorTErPublished: JanuarY 1, 8 and 15, 2012

notiCe to tHe puBliCAuCtion sAle/suBAstA

all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPE iGuaLDaD PaWnsHoP, Cor. igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez ave., igualdad, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.

redemption/renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until JanuarY 28, 2012 only. THE ManaGEMEnTBiKoL rEPorTErPublished: JanuarY 8 and 15, 2012


all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPE EXPLorEr PaWnsHoP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, abella st., igualdad, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPE sPEED PaWnsHoP, Jr. Bichara Complex, san antonio Poblacion, Calabanga, Camarines sur, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at roWEna asPE PaWnsHoP, P. Burgos st., corner J. Hernandez avenue, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at r. M. asPE PaWnsHoP, Cor. Panganiban & Elias angeles street, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at E. BoY asPE PaWnsHoP, Prieto street, Filabel arcade, Dinaga, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPE suPEr-PaWn PaWnsHoP Crown Jewel Holdings inc., Elias angeles st., san Francisco, naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPE CroWn-JEWEL PaWnsHoP & JEWELrY sTorE, Bichara Mall corner J. Hernandez & Gen. Luna sts., naga City, pawned from auGusT 01-31, 2011 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on FEBruarY 01, 2012 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.


the provision of the host local government unit of a disposable and alienable public land for the purpose.”

House Bill 4820 considered the accessibility of government service to the people and also gave the Sangguniang Panlalawigan power to make changes if it would be good for the inhabitants of the province.

* * * * *If and when plebiscite time comes, the people will decide if

they are for or against the creation of a new province, Nueva Camarines. If we choose the status quo, what will we gain? If we choose the partition of the province, here are the following advantages: With the merger of Partido and Rinconada as a province, it will be qualified to receive Internal Revenue Allocation (IRA) which it does not receive as separate districts under the Local Government Code. The combined IRA for CY 2010 as computed by the Bureau of Local Government Finance of the DOF: Partido-Rinconada and Districts 1, 2, & 3 the IRA is P1,375,043,771.88 Billion. CY 2010 IRA of Camarines Sur as a whole will become P1,139,991,200.00 Billion. There will be an increase of IRA of P235,052,551.88 million. Divide this by 35 towns and one city, additional funds available per town will be P6,529,237.55 Million or divided by 1,036 barangays, the additional fund per barangay will be P226,884.70.

(1)There will be more funds for basic services, (2) more funds for infrastructure and socio-economic activities, (3) Greater capability to efficiently deliver basic services especially to far flung barangays. There will be acceleration of development not only in Nueva Camarines but in the entire province of Camarines Sur. The mother province, Camarines Sur will remain to be a first class province and Nueva Camarines will also be a first class province. Congressmen Noli Fuentebella, Luis R. Villafuerte, Rolando Andaya, Jr. and Dato Arroyo see these advantages for their constituents, that is why they are endorsing and fully supporting the creation of Nueva Camarines.

* * * * *It seems the Department of Education will push through the

additional two years for high school and kindergarten next year despite complaints of parents who say that would be additional expense or burden for them. If one listens to the explanation of DepEd officials, it is to improve the quality of education and to prepare students for skills and knowledge to enable them to get jobs easily after graduation.

This objective is good but it should not be the first priority. To improve the quality of education, the following suggestions need to be attended to first: (1) Let the school room teachers teach.The information I received from some retired teachers in public schools is that many teachers give less time to teach because they are required to submit many reports. So, instead of teaching, they make reports which are alright with them because they are paid their salaries anyway. So, what will the students learn. This may not be done by all teachers but my point is to minimize the required reports. (2) Attend to the big school room, school building shortage and shortage of teachers, desks, books, chalk, other necessary teaching tools. Those are very essential. How can you learn much with these shortages? I hope Department of Education Sec. Luistro will consider these feedback and view it as a form of cooperation.

from my window . . .

of the guerilla band, resented Jordan’s interest in Maria and refused to help Jordan destroy the bridge.

The romantic drama was set against the turbulent period of the Spanish civil war.

Another film, An Affair to Remember, by Leo Mc Carey and Mildred Cram starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, ranked No. 5 among America’s greatest love story in l957.

Two people met at a luxury liner played by Grant and Kerr and fell in love but they could not consummate their passion because they had other lovers waiting for them. They, however, promised to meet again. But tragedy struck.

As the soft music played, they passionately kissed. While they were in tight embrace, I could see myself in the young man holding my girl tenderly while the ship continued its voyage.

Gone with the Wind, a l939 American historical epic adopted from Margaret Michell’s Pulitzer winning l936 novel of the same title is the story of a spoiled Southern girl’s hopeless love for a married man.

The girl, Scarlett O. Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, was in love with Ashley Wilkes but was devastated when informed that the man was set to marry another girl. But she would not give up her love for him.

The movie, considered the greatest and most popular of all time, opens with the following introduction.

It was a land of cavaliers and cotton fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, gallantry took its last vow. Here was the last ever to be seen of knights and ladies. Fair of master and slave. Look for it only in books. It is no more than a dream remembered, a civilization gone with the wind.

The American civil war served as a background of the story. The war destroyed many lives but could not put a stop to the girl’s first love.

There is another beautiful movie. Casablanca, a l942 American romantic drama directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid set in Casablanca, French Morocco during World War II.

It is the story of an American expatriate, Rick Blaine, played by Bogart who discovered that his ex-lover, Ilsa played by Bergman who left him years before had arrived in Casablanca with her husband played by Henreid, a leader of the resistance movement in Europe.

In one scene, Rick was at the train station waiting for Ilsa but she did not come. When they accidentally met, she explained that her husband who was released from a German concentration camp came back to her.

I have seen the movie.Ilsa returned to Rick’s niteclub with her husband one evening, walked over to the pianist and begged him to play an old love song, As Time Goes By, her and Rick’s theme song.

Do you still have in your mind the end of the world prediction?.

a question of . . .

last year and was already bid out to contractors and will soon also start rehabilitation of the typhoon damaged flood control structures, roads and bridges.

Dequito said that out of the total 146 projects to be constructed under the 2012 infrastructure programs of DPWH in Bicol, 80 projects had already been bidded out with a total funding of P1.2 billion as of Dec. 31 last year, while 46 projects worth P1.4 billion will be bidded out by the end of this month; the remaining 20 projects worth P2.9 billion will be all be bid out by next month.

He added that the agen-cy’s regional office will im-plement some P1.5 billion worth of the projects which

includes the Legazpi City Ur-ban Drainage System worth P500 million, the Bicol River Basin and Watershed Manage-ment Project flood mitigation component worth P350 mil-lion and the Camarines Sur/Albay diversion road worth P500 million and P150 mil-lion for drainage/protection work along national roads.

Dequito said that most of the road projects is part of DPWH Secretary Singson’s commitment to pave all arte-rial road by 2014.

He said that the road proj-ects are also leading to tourist distinations in Bicol in line with the governments tour-ism program to increase tour-ist arrivals in the country to boost the economy. - Ed de Leon

dpwH starts construction . . .

Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), partic-ularly in flood-prone or high risk areas.

The local chief executives serve as chairpersons of the Local Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Coun-cil (LDRRMC).

EO 66 sets the announce-ments of the cancellation or suspension not later than 4:30 a.m. of the same day or not later than 11 a.m. for suspen-sion of classes and work in the afternoon. The announcement should be made through dif-

p-noy sets new rules . . .ferent media outlets, landline communications and other technologies for communica-tion within the community or locality.

In areas affected by di-sasters other than typhoons, classes in all levels in both public and private schools and government work shall only be cancelled or suspended upon the declaration by the President of a state of calam-ity on recommendation of the NDRRMC.

The concerned LDRRM Office must then be respon-

sible for the announcement of the suspension of classes and government work in the affected areas in coordination with the NDRRMC through various media outlets avail-able under the circumstances.

EO 66 tasks the NDRRMC to immediately inform the Of-fice of the President (OP), through the Executive Secre-tary, of any or all cancellation or suspension of classes and government work in the af-fected areas.

President Aquino, never-theless, directed government agencies directly involved in disaster risk reduction and management to maintain the operations of their respective offices to ensure the continu-ity of the delivery of public service. The heads of the con-

cerned government agencies shall determine which of their respective divisions or units shall maintain its operations.

These government offices are the Office of the Executive Secretary and the Departments of National Defense, the Inte-rior and Local Government, Social Welfare and Develop-ment, Science and Technology, Health, Public Works and High-ways, and Education, among others, which operations the President or the NDRRMC may deem necessary.

The OP, through the Ex-ecutive Secretary, shall have concurrent authority with the NDRRMC to cancel or sus-pend classes and work in gov-ernment offices during disas-ters, the EO stated.


soliD golD pAWnsHopnAgA CitY

AuCtion sAlenotice is hereby given that all pawned items for sEPT. 2011 which were not redeemed will be auctioned on FEBruarY 03, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the morning.

pAisiipinapaisi sa publico na ang gabos na ipinagsangra kan sETYEMBErE 2011 isusubasta sa PEBrEro 03, 2012 alas 9:30 nin aga. The ManagementBiKoL rEPorTErPublished: JanuarY 15, 2012

soliD golD pAWnsHop195 Panganiban street, Dinaga, naga City

AuCtion sAlenotice is hereby given that all pawned items for sEPT. 2011 which were not redeemed will be auctioned on FEBruarY 03, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the morning.

pAisiipinapaisi sa publico na ang gabos na ipinagsangra kan sETYEMBrE 2011 isusubasta sa PEBrEro 03, 2012 alas 9:30 nin aga. The ManagementBiKoL rEPorTErPublished: JanuarY 15, 2012

nourisHing tHe CHilDren aBEarCiLLa

Providing the children much-needed nourishment like meals enriched with nutrients is essential to their healthy growth and development. The nutri-Green Program which is another initiative of Governor Lray Villafuerte is designed towards this end. in above photos are shown the children benefi ciaries of barangay Santiago during the feeding program. The Nutri-Green program will benefi t thousands of 1 to 5 years old underweight children in the barangays and preschool and Grade 1 pupils in public schools.

that charging stations will be established in strategic public places within the city outskirts. Designated parking areas shall also be decided by the offi ce of mayor John Bon-gat through the Public Safety Offi ce, manned by PSO Chief Lito Del Rosario.

Just recently, Bongat re-ceived 10) electric bikes or e-bikes courtesy of the Cli-mate Change Program of the United Nations, making the City of Naga the fi rst mu-nicipality to be a recipient of the said vehicles, free of cost. The vehicles will be used by selected departments to de-liver the basic services being offered by the city to its con-stituents.

The said e-trike opera-tion is only limited within the bounds and territorial jurisdiction of Naga City . A total of 1,600 electric driven vehicles are expected to ply the city routes once the said program become fully opera-tional.

The ordinance was au-thored by City Councilors Nelson Legacion, Esteban Abonal, Joaquin Perez Jr., Alex Nero, and Raoul Rosa-les. - Lizel S. Macatangay

naGa city . . .

that will be given attention in the district are animal disease control, seed buffer stocking/community seed banking, breeder improvement, and gulayan sa paaralan.

Meanwhile, RTD for Op-erations and Extension Dr. Ellen de los Santos urged the stakeholders to support the programs and projects of the DA. She emphasized that all these projects are geared to-wards increased rice produc-tion to attain rice suffi ciency

da Hosts stakeHolders . . .by 2013 and to increase farmer’s income. She en-couraged the stakeholders to strengthen their organization for them to avail of the dif-ferent projects as the agency gives priority to organized group.

Other representatives who presented their agencies’ proj-ects include: Engr. Homer E. Diokno Acting Manager NIA Region 5; Bobby Jacob Divi-sion chief, PCA Camarines Sur ; Santiago Noblefranca

Provincial Fisheries Offi cer of BFAR Camarines Sur; and Ms. Nelcy Alcantara Asst. Provincial Manager NFA. From the Department of Agriculture, Tirso Perlas Asst. Regional Rice Coor-dinator; Engr.Arnie C. Ilan Chief Reg’l. Engineering Di-vision; Rosita Imperial HVC Coordinator; Raymond Mar-celino Livestock Coordina-tor; and Oswald Ventura Re-gional Seed Coordinator.- Mabelle R. Ilan

as one of the “most business-friendly cities” in the region while latest statistics showed that the province had already gained headway in its econo-my by signifi cantly elevating itself from the second to the 12th of the country’s poorest provinces.

“Sustaining those gains is now a concern of not only the local offi cials of Masbate but

police tiGHten public . . .also of the PNP that is why we are providing preferen-tial attention to the island in the placement of our forces,” Calleja said.

Part of the Masbate City police force now under the disposal of Supt. Rodolfo Abella, its station chief is a unit trained as Special Weapons and Armory Tac-tics (SWAT) that has been

tasked to go after the so called “contract killers” that operate in tandems on board motorcycles.

In intensifying the secu-rity and public safety opera-tions, checkpoints searching for loose fi rearms, patrols and quick response teams are now common sites around the provincial capital which ac-cording to Calleja has been effective in the maintenance of peace and order in the lo-cality. - Danny O. Calleja


Albay braces forla niña

saLCEDa

LEGAZPI CITY -- It will be a wet year, so said PAGASA of year 2012. The Albay provincial govern-ment has retooled its action plan following PAGASA’s forecast of intensifi ed rains and fl ooding by the fi rst quarter of this year due to the expected return of the La Nina phenomenon promptly putting into effect the Reactivated Albay Task Force La Nina 2012 (RAT-FLAN 2012).

Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said preparations have actually been started in December last year, with a refresher training on weather-related hazards and responses conducted by the Albay Provincial Safety and Emergency Management Offi ce (APSEMO) for the 30-man core team from the prov-ince’s 720 barangays.

Aerial inspections of Al-bay’s lahar zone in its 2nd dis-trict, fl ood plains of the third district and landslide prone areas of the province were also conducted in late Dec. 2011 by the Offi ce of Civil Defense (OCD), APSEMO, and the Philippine Air Force Task Operations Group 5, the governor disclosed.

Salceda said RATFLAN 2012 has immediately been put in effect with an initial P22 million budget for con-crete actions and operations, with APSEMO acting as sec-retariat with its head presiding over the regular meetings of

members starting January.The return of the destruc-

tive La Nina weather phe-nomenon was forecast by PA-

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