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Naga to DPWH: No to tree cutting

AlkanSSSya ProgramLaunched in the City of Naga on June 8, and attended by no less than one thousand pedicab drivers, the AlkanSSSya program of the SSS provides opportunities for workers in the informal sector such as the tricycle drivers, market vendors, and ambulant vendors, and such other individuals who are self-employed to be covered with the social security in order to secure their future when they retire.

NAGA CITY --- With the approval of a resolu-tion by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Naga re-cently, the Naga City government is now all-out in its opposition to the cutting of 651 trees along Daang Maharlika Highway in the city.

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SSS Naga cites AlkanSSSya top saversBy ANALizA S. MACAtANgAy

NAGA CITY --The So-cial Security System (SSS) branch here has cited or-ganizations of tricycle and pedicab drivers as among the top savers in the Al-kanSSSya Micro Savings Program.

The insurance firm, un-der the auspices of the Ac-counts Management Sec-

tion (AMS), identified the Gimenez Monterey Padyak Driver Association (Gimopo-da), Monterey Padyak Driver Association (Mopoda), City Heights Subdivision Padyak Operators and Drivers (Ches-ta), Bantay Kapalibutan and Balatas Kadamay as this months to savers.

The five tri-mobile asso-ciations were able to come up with P43,056 collections,

comprising 43.31 percent compliance rate.

Among the organiza-tions, Balatas Kadamay has the most number of enrollees numbering to 123, followed by Mopoda with 63 enrollees.

Gimopoda, on the other hand, had the highest com-pliance rate at 63.82 percent while Mopoda registered the highest amount of collection at P11,232.

Aside from the group cat-egory, SSS Naga City also lauded ten top savers under the individual category. On top of the list is Jessie Rabida of Gimopoda who was able to come up with a P770 savings after a month.

A total of 320 coins banks from five associations and contributions from 11 individ-ual savers were also counted.

Mayor John Bongat of this city and members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod, barangay officials and person-nel from Public Safety Office and Solid Waste Management Office also joined SSS Naga

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BR columnist getsdean post of BC

LEGAZPI CITY-Bikol Re-porter columnist, Dr. Salvador D. Flor has been appointed by Dr. Maria Luz .T. Macasi-nag, Bicol College president, as OIC dean of the College of Arts and Sciences vice Dr. Pedro T. Marcellana III who gave up the post to assume full time as vice president of Bicol College in Daraga, Al-bay.

Dr. Flor was assistant dean before his appointment to his present post and chief editor of the Bicol Collegian, a Bicol College publication for pro-

fessionals. He is still the Bi-col Collegian chief editor.

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANmarket interest rates for their borrowers. The approach did not prove wise as small businesses did not bite the come-on. A new approach was adopted in 2001, when loans were offered at normal market rates. The scheme was accompanied by subsidy for admin costs, together with provisions for loan losses and intermediation fees. The move proved that the poor can afford market rates as they are thankful for the credit access.

INVESTORS: Foreign capitalists continue to come in with their investments taking advantage of our low inflation rate, and stable foreign exchange of our domestic currency. Economic upsurges in the West led by the USA are gathering globally floating investment funds but the Philippines continue to be a desirable capital destination. Our robust GIR level, continually augmented by fresh OFW remittances and BPO FX inflows assure foreign capitalists of potential withdrawals.

The latest upheaval in our stock exchange involved the flight out of hot moneys which were invested in publicly traded stocks. The bigger chunks of capital inflows are in foreign direct investments which are more stable (harder to withdraw). These investments are made available for capital investments and additional operating funds. It is now the responsibility of our government to make local businesses SMEs more productive and profitable.

RH LAW: The full-throttle attempt of the Anti-RH Law group (with the Roman Catholic Church) to derail the implementation of said legislation is now with the Supreme Court. My reading points to the sad possibility that the petition to declare the law as unconstitutional may be denied by the honorable magistrates on the issue that the objection does not rest on a legal issue but on a medical question as to when does human life begin.

The Supreme Court might choose to shirk its ultimate responsibility by deciding that the issue involved does not rest with the highest court of the land but with our medical agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (on the free drugs supplies to be funded by the RH budget). Let us see how our justices will accept their responsibilities not just as men and women of the law, but also as creatures of our Beloved Father.

WISDOM: If we live a pleasant, fruitful life - at peace with our God we are actually already in heaven!

(Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International is PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

INCOME TAX: Government collections from individual taxpayers in the first four months of 2013 were 16% higher than those of the same period last year. Officials attributed the significant growth in tax take to the national economys favorable performance which, in tuen led to rising incomes. The growth in collection record is probably the highest in Asia, even as it soundly beats expectations.

The big collection did not impress the Secretary of Finance, as he pointed out that average income tax of Metro-Manila professionals is just in the vicinity of P60,000- per year. He called on BIR to examine closely the ITRs of doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers especially self-employed practitioners. His ire was triggered by information that famous surgeons in Makati are paying minimal income taxes!

MICROFINANCE: The Bangko Sentral claims that small businesses have boomed during the last year as SMEs took advantage of access to cheap credit and rising household income levels, supported by the countrys economic growth. As of March 31, 2013 microfinance institutions had over one million clients the highest ever recorded. Said clients had total savings of P8.224 billion during that quarter ending, close to 30% increase in one year.

Microfinance lenders used to offer below-

Higher BIR Collection

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My l2-year old grandson, Patrick Vincent, whose father is a seaman has learned early in life that giving something to the needy even when it is not Christmas is a good practice.

He first learned to be generous in school where character education was taught. With his extra school allowance, he would buy snacks for hungry classmates.

Sometimes, he would pay for the tricycle fare of a classmate. His mother who often finds his allowance gone, would scold him for being too generous. But he would reason out that it is what he learns in his character education subject.

Once when his uncle fetched him with the family tricycle, he invited a classmate to ride with him. Upon reaching home, he requested his uncle to please deliver my classmate to his doorsteps.

His friends house was a little distance away.

His mother now limits his daily allowance and his baon.

My wife who is a retired master teacher said that character education has made

my grandson a better young man.One day, an old dirty beggar strayed

into the school compound. The children with Vincent at the head of the group, rushed out of their rooms, each with loose change for the old man.

It was Vincent who made it first to the beggar.

I have my own experience with poor children. At the compound of the Albay Cathedral one Sunday months ago, two little children approached me, extending

their small hands. I fished out 30 pesos and told them to equally divide the amount.

I could see their gratitude in their smiles.

And one Sunday again at the Cathedral, a 5-year old emaciated boy offered me several half-ripe guavas, asking me to buy them. I handed him l5 pesos. But I did not take his guavas.

Inside the Church, it suddenly dawned on me that I was miserly to the boy. After the mass, I looked for him but he was nowhere.

There was this very young beggar girl, she was part of a group of families from Mindanao, who came to Legazpi City to earn a living. She approached, extending her hands. I gave her l0 pesos. She said the amount was very small. I handed another l0.

She burst into tears. I handed another 25 pesos. She became quiet.

In my early years, I was no different from the boy with half-ripe guavas. I

to monitor the road project from Mataoroc, Pili to Minalabac. By this time, I presume it has already been accomplished. This road can be utilized to ease traffic flow by letting vehicles especially trucks and buses that do not need to go to Naga City to use this road. I refer to those going to Legazpi and Sorsogon.

There is also a need for the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of CamSur and Sangguniang Panlungsod of Naga to pass an ordinance

prohibiting the use of the national road for parking of vehicles and using it as a drying place for palay or corn because the road should be used as a road. The national road is within the province and the city and it is wrong to think that only the Department of Public Works and Highways have a say and jurisdiction on this matter. Under the Local Government Code, the local governments have the duty to promote not only peace but also order within their territorial area of jurisdiction. If the people know about this ordinance, they will act accordingly.

Another solution is the suggestion of Atty. Henry Briguera which I heard on radio DWNX. Henry who was also with the BRBDP, suggested the use of the Almeda Highway in Naga City for widening. Since it is not a national road but a road within the city, a law can be introduced by Cong. Leni Robredo in Congress converting it to a national road which the DPWH can use for widening.

Converting provincial and city roads

The burning issue nowadays here in Naga City is the plan of the Department of Public Works and Highways of widening the Maharlika Highway from Naga City to the Municipality of Pili with a budget of P100 million. In implementing this,six hundred fifty one trees along this highway need to be cut. The main reason for widening is to ease traffic flow. The DPWHs purpose is good but the people should oppose this because these trees shield us from polluted air coming from the tambuchos of thousands of vehicles passing this road every day. As a consequence, many people will get sick with respiratory diseases. It will affect the water reservoir. The cutting of the trees can cause flooding. While 50 trees will replaceone tree that is cut; where will it be planted. Not in the same place and far away. When will it grow big?

The people should vehemently oppose this DPWH plan because of the fatal consequences. There are other solutions or alternatives to this traffic problem. When I was with the defunct Bicol River Basin Development Program office, we went to Pili

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GloBAl CITY Ear-ly this year, the National Economic and Develop-ment Authority (NEDA) said only 41 out of 100,000 filipinos have deposit ac-counts. A Neilsen report shows that saving and investing rank low on the priority scale of the aver-age filipino.

On the flip side, Filipinos also known to work hard to provide for their family.

Filipinos are known to work hard to achieve their dreams of either owning a business or enjoying a com-fortable retirement. Some look for other sources of income, just to earn more than what they get from their 8-5 jobs. Others go abroad, sacrificing personal comfort and time with their families to earn more than what they could here in the country, Philam Life head of marketing Jessica Abaya said.

To reconcile both the need to save and grow ones hard-earned money, Philam Life unveils its lat-est product MoneyWorks, which helps Filipinos save and grow their hard earned money.

MoneyWorks is a sav-ings and life insurance plan that is affordable for those who want to start saving money but dont have the capital to make a large long term investment. It also of-fers the flexibility to invest in as short as five, seven or ten years or regularly for as low as Php2,000.00 per month.

Another option for Fili-pinos who are looking to invest is through Philam Lifes Money Tree, a one-pay investment and life in-surance plan that can earn

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more than bank deposits over the long term Money Tree funds is positioned to take advantage of the Phil-ippines booming economy. It is an option for those who already have bigger savings and are looking to diversify their long term in-vestments.

Both products are ex-pertly managed by Philam Asset Management, Inc. (PAMI), the asset manage-ment arm of Philam Life. PAMI has a track record of delivering impressive yields on clients invest-ments. Over the past 10 years, PAMI funds have achieved 9%-21% return on investment per year.

While bank depos-its and savings accounts can provide solutions for short-term goals, long term dreams however, need long-term investments that provide higher returns than bank deposits.

There is a need to find the right savings and in-vestment vehicles to

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TURN OVER OF FARM MACHINERIESthe Department of Agriculture RFU 5 turned over a total of P3,016,500.00 worth farm machineries (inset) to Federation of Pili irrigators Association represented by its president, Reynaldo Valiente (second from left). Also in photo are (from right) ReD Abelardo R. Bragas, Mayor Alexis S. San Luis, DA RtD for operations and extension elena B. delos Santos, Vice governor Fortunato C. Pea, and 3rd district representative Leni g. Robredo.

Naga cites girls rolein arrest of snatcherBy geRALD o. eNgUeRo

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ment through its Public Safety Office (PSO, and the Naga City Police Office (NCPo) have joined forces by providing incentives like rewards to citizens who have helped authorities ap-prehend criminals.

Last July 8, after the regu-lar flag raising ceremony at the City Hall grounds, Mayor John Bongat, accompanied by city councilors and PSO Ex-ecutive Director Lito Del Ro-sario, awarded Janelle Gue-vara, a First Year student of Camarines Sur National High School with a certificate of recognition and P10, 000 cash for helping the authorities ap-prehend a snatcher who tried to rob her of her cell phone.

Guevara chased down her attacker and proceeded to kick and lock him down. Bystand-ers who saw the commotion called the police, leading to the capture of the perpetrator.

The reward system of the city government was brought out in a conference meeting with the PSO and NCPO pre-sided over by Bongat.

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Bongat pointed out in the conference that any individ-ual, whether private citizen or a public servant who can catch a criminal or help in the apprehension of suspects will be rewarded P10, 000 cash. Those who are able to return stolen personal items will also receive a cash reward.

Allen Reondanga, infor-mation officer of the Naga City government, said that the purpose of the program is not

to encourage residents of the city to chase criminals, but to recognize their heroic deeds.

During the same flag rais-ing ceremony, Jesus Em-manuel Guevara and Felix Medina, both tricycle drivers, were also awarded P3,000 cash each and certificates of recognition for returning cell phones left by passengers in their tricycles.

Bongat said he believed that the reward system will

work in lowering crime inci-dents in the city.

I can see that the reward system is really working be-cause of these people who are setting good examples for our fellow Nagueos. What the government needs to do here is to recognize them, but we still dont encourage people to risk their life, for their life is much given im-portance, Bongat said dur-ing the awarding rites.

PIlI, CAMArINES SUr The newly organized federation of Pili Irriga-tors Association were over-joyed as full support of all stakeholders rained on them during the launching of the rA 10601 or the Agricul-tural and fisheries Mecha-nization (AfMEch) law in barangay Binobong, this municipality over the week.

Atty. Leni G. Robredo, Cam. Sur 3rd district repre-sentative together with Vice Governor Fortunato C. Pea, Board Member Nelson Julia, Mayor Alexis San Luis of Pili, top officials of DAR, NIA, NFA and CBSUA, members of the media as well as private companies attended said event.

The Department of Agri-culture RFU 5 under the dy-namic leadership of Regional Executive Director Abelardo Bragas turned over a total of P3,016,500.00 worth of farm machineries consisting of 1 unit combined harvester (P1,990,000.00); 1 unit drum seeder (P6,500.00); 1 unit hand tractor (P120,000), and 1 unit 4WD Mini Tractor (900,000).

Congresswoman Robredo underscored the significance of the gathering of all stake-holders from the national government down to the ba-rangay level, the academe, private sector, media, and the farmers - as an opportune time to identify appropriate projects to be given to the

constituents of the province and to maximize delivery of government resources. She said the people are lucky at this time because the present administration of Camarines Sur is very open to dialogue. She added that as an initial project, her office in tandem with the provincial govern-ment of Cam. Sur is putting up a district hospital in Cala-banga. She also lauded the ef-forts of the irrigators associa-tions in binding themselves, as it is only in organizing that they can have louder voice which can be heard by the

government. It will be recalled that the

federation, composed of 12 irrigators association with 1,980 farmer beneficiaries, was organized on May 2, 2013 upon the prodding of Director Bragas, to facilitate speedy delivery of big ticket projects to farmers as man-dated in the AFMEch Law.

The AFMech Law was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on June 5, 2013 to encourage farmers and fisherfolk to use modern, cost effective, and environment friendly equipment as well

as adopt new post-harvest technologies to enhance pro-ductivity. Engr. Arnie C. Ilan, Chief of the DA 5 Agricultur-al Engineering Division in his discussion of the Act, said it mandates the crafting of a Na-tional Agri-Fishery Mechani-zation Program by the DA to promote an environment con-ducive to local assembling and manufacturing of equip-ment for agricultural and fish-eries production, processing and marketing. The program will include research grants, credit, regulation and local

with more than 6,000 participating runners which produced more than 200 21K qualifiers (compared to none last year), Milo Marathon-Naga Leg once again demonstrated Naguenos value for health and wellness.

Naga City Sports Coordinator Francis Barja leads the distribution of running shoes, courtesy of Milo, to chosen public elementary schools of Naga. Help spread the gift of health and wellness. the 37th Milo Marathon will be held today, July 14.

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150 foreign scouts to join intl jamboree in Albay

By SALLy A. AteNto

lEGAZPI CITY -- Around 150 foreign participants from international colleges and universities in Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thai-land and South Korea are expected to join this years Scouts for Environment International Jamboree on August 21-25 at the Kawa-Kawa Natural Park in Tu-buran, ligao City.

Albay third congressional district Rep.Fernando V. Gon-zalez said each country might be sending 2030 participants in addition to around 7,000 expected local participants from various parts of the Bi-col region and the country.

Although we have foreign participants, our emphasis is still on local participation. International jamborees are governed with international scouting standards thats why this is also an oppurtunity for our local participants to learn and participate in a local event governed with international standards, Gonzalez said.

With the theme Help save Mother Earth, the scouting event aims to create wider awareness among young people on how to mitigate and respond to the effects of climate change on the envi-ronment, health and everyday life.

This will be done through discussions, games, com-petitions and other scouting activities that will instill the practices of the province of Albay on climate change ad-aptation and mitigation, di-saster preparedness and risk reduction management.

The venue, said Gonzalez, is an ideal location for such activities citing in particular the availability of facilities

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needed to provide the needs of participants.

Kawa-Kawa can be used for free and with sufficient fa-cilities to accommodate even around 10,000 participants. It is also a living experiment on environmental change with successful reforestation areas that can aid our participants on how to recover denuded areas, said Gonzalez.

Although the local gov-ernment of LIgao will not be profiting from the event, Gon-zalez believes it will benefit not only the participants and communities around the area but also the province of Albay in general.

This is not a profit gen-erating event since we have minimum charge for the par-ticipants but whats impor-tant are the collateral benefits generated for the people and communities in our province. For instance, those who want to sell souveniers and other local products can open stalls and booths. Tourism destina-tions in the province will also be promoted in our activi-ties, said Gonzalez.

Now on its third year, this jamboree is organized by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) Mayon Council, Bi-col University and the local governments of Ligao and Albay.

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inner chessBy J. HeNRy DANiCAN

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Hey, i am BackI do not know what I am going to do without my laptop. That

is not saying that I can do without my daily morning prayer and my familys prayer before retiring at night. I had always believed that prayers are very much a part of my life and my family. There had many instances when I should have gone astray, met with an accident or gotten involved in a serious or delicate predicament but prayers had always been my saving grace.

But these days when I am not into full time work whether as a media practitioner or in the academe, my most important companion is this thing called laptop. Mine is a gift from my son who works in a computer company in Dubai and upon learning that my old reliable desktop was not in good condition after many years of good service, I was gifted with a netbook that I could carry without much discomfort. So, this thing has become a part of my life. Then, all of a sudden, it refused to cooperate. OMG. For several weeks I had no way of doing my pell mell because I could not get anybody to repair my netbook gratis. Too bad. But my netbook now is in the best of condition and I am back.

At any rate, here I am with my pell mell. At least five acquaintances have asked me why they had not seen my pell mell for sometime. Am I retiring? Am I sick? I am not retiring and I am not sick. I am very much on my toes.

Technology has become a part of practically everyone. (To me, prayers are.) I do not like to sound mean but even the ordinary ice cream vendor who peddles his ware in the corner has a cellphone much better looking than mine. It is equipped with a camera and mine has none. I am happy and contented in the thought that through my old fashioned cell phone I can receive text messages and can reply the same. I can receive calls and I can call back. Who needs a camera anyway? My granddaughter who is 8 has an ipod all her own. And she operates it with much gusto, I do not even try borrowing it from her because I do not have any idea what I am going to do with it anyway.

More than 50% of the students in school, I mean in private schools, have with laptops and I know they are just using them for nothing to contribute to their intellectual capacity. They are just being used for facebook, twitter, you tube purposes. If they are being used for researches, they just have the materials they need printed out without the benefit of reading them. Submitted to their and I doubt if the teacher also reads these submitted materials which are enclosed in beautiful and expensive folders. Excuse me.

Well, I am back. My netbook is right in front of me and I am having the best of my time writing. I love to write. This is my passion. This is my life. Email [email protected]

PArAS CoDINErA ABArIENToS

BArANGAY ABEllA, NAGA CITY residents from Barangay Abella were given the surprise of a lifetime during the official unveiling of their communitys first real basketball court.

Attending what initially seemed like a normal inaugura-tion, the locals were delighted when they discovered that their very own court would be turned over to them by none other than PBA legends, Benjie Pa-ras, Jerry Codinera and Jhonny Abarientos almost three weeks after volunteer residents started constructing the community fa-cility. The even was highlighted by a friendly game between the PBA legends vs the local squad, as part of Galing Mo Alaxan FRs campaign to honor the people who have worked hard for their own communities.

Akala ko nung una ordi-naryong opening ceremony lang. Hindi ko inaasahan na andito pala yung mga dati kong idol! (I thought we were just attending an ordinary opening ceremony. I wasnt expecting my idols to be here!) said Ba-rangay Chairman Apolinario Malanan, visibly unable to hide his excitement.

Residents of Barangay Abel-la devoted long hours of volun-teer work for the completion of the basketball court, dubbed the Court of Inspiration. The project was constructed entirely by local volunteers, under the leadership of the Barangay of-ficials.for the community, by the community

The Court of Inspiration stems from Alaxan FRs advo-cacy of changing the negative perception of body pain. They transformed it into a source of

pride, a proof of the hard work rendered for the community. Building on the social and cul-tural significance of basketball courts in the Philippines, the campaign tapped local volun-teers to construct this indispens-able facility for their village. To take things event further, the locals filled the court with Legend Markers motivational messages put in different plac-es all over the court to inspire people to push themselves to greatness.

Now locals take pride in the body pain that come with hard work, having constructed some-thing that greatly benefits their community. Malaki ang aming pasasalamat at napili ang baran-gay namin para sa proyektong to, adds Barangay Chairman Apolinario Malanan, who led his community of volunteers. Masarap ang pakiramdan na may nagawang kapaki-paki-nabang para dito sa barangay namin (Were really thankful that our barangay was chosen for this project ... it feels good to do something useful for the community), citing the wonders that can be achieved by pushing oneself and working together with others for a common goal,

Barangay Abellas Court of

Inspiration is the Galing Mo! Campaigns eight project in Luzon, after a successful run in Visayas and Mindanao last year. Aside from the one in Naga, Court of Inspiration were also given to Laoag, Vigan, Tuguegarao, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Pangasinan. More courts will be unveiled in Legazpi and Isabela.Galing mo, Naga!

PBA legends Benjie Paras, Jojo Lastimosa, Jerry Codinera and Jhonny Abarientos were just as inspired by the same people they inspire with his ac-complishments. Nakakasigla yung enthusiasm na makikita mo dito sa mga volunteers dito they said, commending all the hard work that the locals have rendered in the service of the community. Talagang gusto nilang tumulong (The volun-teers enthusiasm was very in-spiring ... They really want to help out_. Aside from playing an exhibition game with local residents, the PBA legends also held a basketball clinic for the village kids.

Like most of the volunteers that came to help, these legends started playing in neighborhood courts similar to what the locals have constructed. They attribute

their success to decades of hard work, unafraid of the pain that comes with pushing oneself be-yond limits. Sharing in Alaxan FRs advocacy, they believe that pain, should be treated as a badge of honor a testament to the hard work required for suc-cess.

Proud kami sa galing ng taga Barangay Abella, dahil naipakita nila na nasa kanila ang mga katangian para maging kampeon, the legends reveal. Sa totoo lang, hindi kami mag-tataka kung dito manggaling yung susunod na PBA legend. (Were proud of the residents of Barangay Abella, for they have shown that they possess the values that make a champion. Honestly, we wont be sur-prised if they produce the next PBA legend.)

Similar to how the PBA leg-ends inspire others by pushing themselves beyond their limits to achieve greatness, the resi-dents of Barangay Abella have inspired their community to aim for excellence through the construction of the Court of Inspriation. If theres one thing that both the legend and the lo-cals have demonstrated, it is the fact that there is indeed, pride in pain.

UNeP spearheads aFree Fun Run event

In line with its promotion of healthy lifestyle, the Uni-versity of Northeastern Phil-ippines (UNEP) sponsored a free fun run activity on July 19. Sports and health buffs gathered at the UNEP triangle and jogged around the main thoroughfares of Iriga City to stretch their muscles and en-courage others to promote the said form of exercise.

The 4-am run ended at the UNEP Gymnasium.

UNEP President Atty. Re-melisa Alfelor-Moraleda, thanked all the participants for supporting the said endeavor. A health buff herself, Moraleda believes that the best way to keep fit is through regular run-ning and consistent exercise.

Running strengthens our muscles, improves our cardio-vascular health, makes us phys-ically fit and helps us burn un-wanted fats and calories. I want to share this awareness with the UNEPians and am glad that the whole UNEP management and community supported this event, Moraleda quips.

UNEP Executive Vice Presi-dent and the concurrent VP for Finance, Ms. Deli Tibi was also elated with the result of the ac-tivity.

We can buy things with our money, but certainly money cannot buy our health. Running helps us to get fit, loss unwant-

ed weights, and helps us attain a physically-fit body. Of course, it should go along with a healthy and well-balanced diet, and complete sleeping hours, Ms. Deli stated.

UNEP decided not to col-lect any registration fee for the run to encourage the participa-tion of all UNEPians and other runners. In acknowledgment of those who supported the event, UNEP decided to give cash prizes and incentives to the runners.

Under the UNEP Students Category, finishers for one (1) lap were awarded with P500, P300 and P200.00 cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placer respectively. The same prize also applied to non-profes-sional runners. Professional runners who have completed the three (3) laps were given P1,000.00, P500 and P200.00 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd slots respectively.

UNEP also opened the race for fun runners- the fun run/walk/ relay under the following categories: Family category, UNEP Batches category, ages below 40 years old and UNEP Batches category for partici-pants ages 40 and above.

After the fun run, all partici-pants were all invited to watch the Mass demonstration contest also participated in by UNEP Students.


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ONWARDS SA TUWID NA DAANThe Civil Service Commission (CSC) CamSur Field Office headed by Director Jocelyn Marifosque (top photo) in coordination with CamSur governments Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) spearheaded the conduct on an orientation on the latest performance tool for government employees called Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) for implementation come January 2014. Photos below show the different department heads, chiefs of offices, chiefs of hospitals, and administrative officers of the Provincial Government gathered at Villa Del Rey on July 10, 2013 with the end view of understanding the system and finding ways of attuning its implementation towards the Daang Matuwid espoused under Pres. Aquinos administration. gov. Migz Villafuerte is keen on streamlining government frontline services in order to maximize work efficiency and resources available in the province. - jmts/gbc/abearcilla

CSC orients Capitol dept. heads onnew performance evaluation systemPIlI, CamSur The

Civil Service Commission (CSC) conducted last Mon-day, July 10 an introductory briefing on a new perfor-mance evaluation for heads of offices of the provincial government that is expected to place public service in an entirely new perspective.

Director Jocelyn Joy Mari-fosque of the CSC CamSur Field Office personally gave the briefing on the Strategic Performance Management Systems (SPMS) for some 30-odd department heads and chiefs of offices of the Provin-cial Capitol as well as heads of hospitals and administra-tive officer located in various municipalities.

Introduction of the SPMS will ideally dovetail with the work-focused and result-ori-ented development agenda of CamSurs recently installed Gov. Miguel Luis R. Villa-fuerte who has made nation-wide waves as the youngest elected governor in Philip-pine political history.

Starting January 2014, SMPS, a more productivity-

ex-Finance Sec. Robertode ocampo new PVB Chairformer finance Secretary

roberto or Bobby f. de oc-ampo, oBE has been elected as Chairman by the Philip-pine Veterans Bank (PVB) Board of Directors. As the new Chair, De ocampo said his term marks a fresh new beginning for PVB, with the aim of revitalizing the medi-um-sized commercial bank to be an active major player in the banking industry, not just locally but globally as well.

A respected name in the business community, Bobby De Ocampo brings with him an exceptional track record in both the business and finance arenas here and abroad. Aside from being the former Secre-tary of Finance, he was also President of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and also the Chairman & CEO of the Development Bank of the Phil-ippines. He is one of the most internationally recognized Fili-pinos having been Chairman of the APEC and ASEAN Finance Ministers, and a Governor of the World Bank, IMF and ADB. He is also presently the Chair-man of the Board of Advisers of the RFO Center for Public Finance & Regional Economic Cooperation, an ADB Regional Knowledge Hub.

During his stint as Finance

Secretary, De Ocampo was credited for bringing the coun-trys fiscal position from large deficits to surplus and brought about the longest period of consecutive years of fiscal sur-pluses in the Philippines. It was during also his term that the key features of countrys investment liberalization and privatization strategies were designed and implemented. As Finance Secre-tary, he was awarded the Global Finance Minister of the Year in 1995 by Euromoney and Asian Finance Minister of the Year in 1996 and 1997 by Euromoney and Asiamoney respectively.

De Ocampo was also the youngest DBP Chairman & CEO. It was during his leader-ship that DBP was adjudged to be the Worlds Second Sound-est and Third Best Performing

Bank in 1991 by The Banker.De Ocampo also has the

distinction of being the only Filipino knighted by both the United Kingdom & France. He was conferred Most Excellent Order of the British Empire or OBE by the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for his ef-forts in promoting Philippine-UK relations during his years as a public servant and as Chair-man of the British Alumni As-sociation. He was also named Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor by the Republic of France for his promotion of links between France and the Philippines in the economic do-main.

As a son of a Filipino World War II veteran, Bobby de Oca-mpos election as PVB Chair-man was hailed by the Veterans sector, particularly the Veterans Federation of the Philippines.

Philippine Veterans Bank is a medium-sized, private com-mercial bank in the Philippines owned by Filipino World War II veterans and their heirs. Veter-ans Bank caters to both corpo-rate and retail financial markets and is also an authorized gov-ernment depository bank. As part of its charter, 20% of the banks annual net income is set aside for use in programs for the benefit of its shareholders.

BIKOL REPORTER 3JULY 7 - 13, 2013 BIKOL REPORTER 3JUNE 30 - JULY 6, 2013

MISS PINYASAN, MISS DAET, MISS TOURISM 2013 WINNERS

MINOR AWARDS:BEST IN FESTIVAL GOWN : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOBEST IN SWIMSUIT : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOMISS PHOTOGENIC : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIO MISS FRIENDSHIP : ARIANNE JOY PASCUALBEST IN PRODUCTION NUMBER : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOBEST IN FESTIVAL GOWN DESIGNER : ERICA MAAIOFIRST RUNNER UP GOWN DESIGNER : FRANCIS VICTORINO SECOND RUNNER UP GOWN DESIGNER : JOAQUIN NAVELINO

OTHER CORPORATE AWARDSMISS CANORECO : LAURICE LEXINE PADILLA MISS CENTRO DEPARTMENT STORE : LAURICE LEXINE PADILLAMISS GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOMISS SAMPAGUITA DEPARTMENT STORE : REGINE EMMANUELLE MASMISS SKIN CITY : GIZELLE DELA ROSAMISS BOARDWALK : LAURICE LEXINE PADILLAMISS CITY TOUR TRAVEL : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOMISS SEVEN ELEVEN : REGINE EMMANUELLE MASMISS BEAUTY TOUCH : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIO

STREET DANCING COMPETITIONCHAMPION : Barangay Mambalite/Porrio Ponayo High School and Goito Pimentel Elem. SchoolFIRST RUNNER UP : Barangay GubatSECOND RUNNER UP : Alawihao National High School/ Alawihao Elementary SchoolBEST IN STREET PARADE : Barangay GubatBEST IN MUSIC : Barangay GubatBEST IN COSTUME : Barangay Mambalite

FLOAT COMPETITION 2013CHAMPION : Barangay CobangbangFIRST RUNNER UP : Barangay MagangSECOND RUNNER UP : Barangay IV

BEST MARCHING BAND COMPETITION (SECONDARY LEVEL)CHAMPION : CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOLFIRST RUNNER UP : LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE OF DAETSECOND RUNNER UP : CAMARINES NORTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MAJOR AWARDS:

MISS PINYASAN 2013 : CLAUDINE SAN ANTONIOMISS DAET 2013 : REGINE EMMANUELLE MASMISS TOURISM 2013 : ERIKA BIANCA LASAYFIRST RUNNER UP : LAURICE LEXINE PADILLASECOND RUNNER UP : PRINCESS MAGNOLIA LLANTO

ENVIRONMENT ACTIVITIES IN ALBAYMembers of the Albay-Legazpi Press Association, Inc. and the Philippines News Agency-Legazpi family join representatives from the different units of the Armed Forces, Philippine National Police, non-government organizations, the academe, volunteer groups under the Ofce of Civil Defense Bicol regional ofce, and residents of Barangay Manaet and neighboring villages in Bacacay, Albay, join hands in planting 3,000 mangrove propagules in these coastal barangays of the town as part of the Environment Month celebration. (PNA photo by Legazpi Bureau) hbc/ron

By DANNY O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY En-gineer Noel Rosal started his 10th year as mayor of this prime Bicol city Mon-day with a vow of more public investments towards the further growth of local economy and better life for Legazpeos.

We are going to invest in every Legazpeo as part of massive local government interventions that would fur-ther uplift their economic conditions and at the same time fuel the progress of the city into Bicols leader in all aspects of development, Rosal said in his inaugural address before thousands of well-wishers, including all ofcials of the citys 70 ba-rangays.

The mass oath-taking of the new set of elected local ofcers was originally sched-uled Sunday but moved to Monday due to the threat of typhoon Gorio.

Rosal, who had earlier ruled the city government

a business-friendly environ-ment which sparked an inux of private investments -- mak-ing the city now a business investors favorite.

Her administration is also credited for outstanding ac-complishments in public health concerns, one of which installed the city government in the Hall of Fame of the De-partment of Healths Red Or-chid Awards for its success-ful ght against tobacco use within the past three years.

Also attributed to Mrs. Rosals works as city mayor is the dramatic evolution of the local tourism industry that last year posted a growth rate of 22.16 percent compared to the previous year.

The city received nearly 500,000 tourists in 2012 largely complementing the 49 percent tourism growth rate achieved by the entire province of Albay in the same year.

We are going to operate under the guidance of the ad-ministration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III that gives more

Mayor ROSAL

for nine years from 2001 to 2010, ran unopposed in last Mays elections under the Liberal Party.

He won a fresh mandate and starts a new term with a reconditioned mission: re-spond dynamically to the next starting gun of the race for modernization where the nish line is just a few more strides away.

He replaced his wife, Carmen Geraldine, who ended Sunday her three-year term marked with sterling achievements in good lo-cal governance, sound scal management and creation of

attention to public invest-ment and government inter-ventions for the betterment of the living condition of our people, the newly installed mayor said.

He said part of these pub-lic investments will be on infrastructure wherein the city government is continu-ing works on its mega high-way project to connect the

citys urban district with the Southern Luzon International Airport now undergoing con-struction in the nearby Dara-ga town and expected to be

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DeeD oF eXtRAJUDiCiAL SettLeMeNt oF eStAte witH wAiVeR oF RigHtS

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving compulsory heirs of the late gUALBeRto S. StA. MARiA, who died intestate on July 10, 2008 in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, with no known debts, left a real property covered by OCT No. 10960 (Free Patent No. 051708-92-1326P), consisting of a parcel of residential lot with residential building, the named heirs agree to settle among themselves 1/2 portion of said estate in equal shares pro indiviso; that Carolina B. Sta. Maria hereby waive her rights, interests and participation over the 1/2 portion (her conjugal share) of the property in favor of her children; furthermore, the named heirs have decided to waive their rights, interests and participation over their share in the residential building erected on the property in favor of Salve B. Sta. Maria, as acknowledged before Notary Public Attorney Corazon A. Tordilla, Doc. No. 572, Page No. 115, Book No. 2, Series of 2013.BikoL RePoRteRPublished: July 7, 14 and 21, 2013

eXtRAJUDiCiAL SettLeMeNt witH DeeD oF ABSoLUte SALe

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate heirs of the deceased PeDRo A. CAStiLLo who died intestate on May 22, 2008 at Pasig City without any Will of Testament and with no known debts, left a parcel of land situated at Banga, Caves, Ragay, Camarines Sur; the heirs all being in full capacity to contract adjudicated in equal shares said parcel of land; that for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND (P200,00.00) pesos in hand paid by CELESTINA ESTEVE, married to Reynato Esteve of Palsong, Bula, Camarines Sur, the Heirs do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY absolutely to said Vendee, her heirs, successors and assigns said parcel of land; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Imelda S. Reyes-Guerrero, Doc. No. 445, Page No. 89, Book No. XIII, Series of 2013.BikoL RePoRteRPublished: July 7, 14 and 21, 2013

Message of ThanksWe, the family of the late

GEOFFREY AMANSE MEULIODecember 13, 1971 June 12, 2013

wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to all those

who offered masses and prayers, sent flowers and messages of sympathy

and who in countless ways, condoled with and comforted us in our hour of

bereavement.

DIoS MABAloS SAINDo!

Sponsored by Councilor Gabriel H. Bordado Jr. and duly approved on joint and collective motion by the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Resolution No. 2013-167 expressed the city councils unequivocal oppo-sition to the cutting of 651 trees in connection with the proposed road widening proj-ect along Daang Maharlika Highway.

The resolution also re-quested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), proponent of the road widening project, to consider instead the alterna-tives presented by the city in the March 26, 2013 letter of Mayor John G. Bongat ad-dressed to DPWH Regional Director Danilo E. Dequito.

As the highest policy-making body of the Naga, the Sangguniang Panlungsods categorical position on this issue is very crucial. Reso-lution No. 2013-167 does not only support the call of Mayor John G. Bongat, but it also articulates the sentiment

naga to dpwh: no to . . .of the people of Naga, said Vice Mayor Nelson S. Lega-cion.

Robust economic devel-opment should be sustainable and be consistent with envi-ronmental preservation, he added.

In Bongats letter to DPWH, Naga proposed two alternatives to prevent the cutting of trees along the highway: first, construct a Lifestyle lane comple-mented by a walking/jog-ging/cycling lane after the tree line; second, to expand the Almeda Highway into a four-lane road consistent with DPWH standards.

We welcome very much the good intentions of DPWH behind this road widening project. Naga is an expand-ing city and congestion of traffic in the near future is inevitable if we will not act. However, there are other op-tions to efficiently and effec-tively manage traffic flows, which will not compromise our environment and our fu-ture, Bongat said.

City in acknowledging the feat of the group and individ-ual top savers.

Bongat meanwhile lauded te SSS Naga Branch, headed by Claribel l. Rebueno, and her team for painstakingly encouraging the members to embrace their vision and ac-knowledge their program.

The mayor expressed support for the AlkanSSSya program of SSS and stating that subsidy of the units be fabricated for the succeeding associations of padyak opera-tors and drivers which will be the next AlkanSSSya savers.

SSS head Emilio de Quiros also encouraged the members on the continuity of their SSS contributions and emphasized the benefits of having higher amount of premiums.

The said program also has under its wings two informal sectors - the padyak operators and drivers (PODA) and the environmental watchers.

PODA is under the Naga City Padyak Operators and Drivers Federation (Nacipo-drif) which has 25 padyak as-sociations and 1,971 padyak

units registered. Sacay added that Gimopo-

da, Mopoda and Chesta were the pilot padyak asso-ciations administered by the Public Safety office led by CGDH1 Joselito Del Rosa-rio.

Del Rosario during the said occasion also expressed his thanks to the padyak and jeepney drivers for warmly accepting the program.

We were overwhelmed with their active participation and seeing the positive impact it has created, we are already initiating some activities to introduce the said endeavor to all the 27 barangays of the city and encourage them to join the bandwagon of sav-ers, Del Rosario said in an interview.

Other partakers of the program are Bantay Kapali-butan and Balatas Kadamay, categorized as environmen-tal watchers who oversee the garbage segregation at the Balatas dumpsite. These vol-unteers are supervised by the lid Waste Management office headed by Engr. Joel Martin.

sss naga cites alkansssya . . .

maximize ones hard earned money in order to achieve both short term and long term goals. Money Tree and Mon-eyWorks are the right ve-hicles for long-term savings and investments. Aside from investing, both Money Tree and MoneyWorks also offer life insurance coverage for the policyholder to protect him/her against unforeseen events.

The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company (Philam Life) is the countrys premier life insur-ance company. Established on June 21, 1947, Philam Life offers an extensive line of products in the industry that provides solutions to various financial needs including life protection, health insurance, savings, education, retire-ment, investment, group and credit life insurance.

Philam Life is a member of AIA Group Limited, the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insur-ance group.

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oriented and group-oriented rating system will replace the outdated Performance Evalu-ation System currently in use.

The SPMS will be attuned to unified planning and effi-cient execution of plans and projects starting from the eight-point priority program of the Tuwid na Daan of the president down to the day-to-day operations of local gov-ernment offices.

The SPMS is described as a group-oriented rating system, whereby no employee may be given a rating higher than the collective performance rating

csc orients capitol . . .of the department or office he is part of.

The performance based SPMS is also designed to recognize performance ex-cellence through which an employee may be entitled to as much as two step incre-ments in one year while non-performing personnel may also face penalties as much as being invited to early retire-ment or getting the axe and their walking papers prema-turely.

Among others, the SPMS will thus have significant bear-ing and impact on the concept

of security of tenure and the civil service eligibility system as practiced nowadays.

In anticipation of SPMS the planning and develop-ment office of the provin-cial government, which will spearhead implementation at the provincial level, has al-ready caused.

The provincial plan-ning and development office (PDPO) headed by Ms. Lo-venia Tolosa of the provincial government in cooperation with the Human Resource Management Office headed by Ms. Marjorie A. Lizaso has already caused, under directive of Governor Migz Villafuerte, the preparation of individual department and office plans and projections to pave the way for implementa-tion of the new performance rating system. -GBClaveria

rette smoke, but they do ac-cumulate in indoor air.

The city government, Ro-sal said, wants the public, es-pecially the youth, not to start smoking at all and those who are already tobacco-hooked, to stop the vice using ciga-rettes, cigars or e-cigarettes, he added.

We mean business in this anti-smoking drive not only that we are recognized na-tionwide as one of the few lo-cal government units (LGUs) fostering a 100-percent to-bacco-free environment, but also because we are firm in our commitment towards public health, Rosal said.

legazpi mulls . . .This, Rosal said, is for the

sake of the Legazpeos and of the thousands who come to our place either as tour-ists, shoppers, businessmen, dignitaries, students or even passers-by.

The city is one of the lead-ing tourist destinations in the country, the government cen-ter for Bicol and the regions center of education, health services, trade and commerce and public transportation.

It is now emerging as a fa-vorite venue for national and international conventions and conferences.

For its consistency in its anti-tobacco drive, the city has been a Hall of Famer in the Red Orchid Awards of the DOH for becoming its re-cipient for three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012.

The award is DOHs year-ly salutation to LGUs and other public institutions that are successful in their mea-sures to rid their environment of cigarette smoking.

As of this writing, the city government is awaiting for the response of the DPWH on its alternative proposal.

Mayor Bongat and Vice Mayor Legacion, however, plans to meet personally with Public Works Secre-tary Rogelio L. Singson and present to him the alternative proposal. -Paul John F. Bar-rosa


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can be done. Cong. Arnulfo Noli Fuentebella of the 4th district had been converting provincial roads neglected by the past provincial administration to national roads in his district for funding and project implementation purposes. Certainly, Cong, Leni Robredo can also do that.

* * * * So, the government entered into a wealth-sharing agreement

with the rebel group called Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) just in time for President Aquinos State of the Nation Address. The Daily Tribune dated July 15, 2013 reported the following: The wealth-sharing annex of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) based on the signed documents, provides a sharing of 75% to 25% in favor of the Bangsamoro for taxes and charges other than tariff and customs duties collected within the jurisdiction; 75-25 in favor of the Bangsamor for profits from natural resources such as metallic minerals and equal share between the Bangsamoro government and the central government for income from energy sources such as petroleum, natural gas and uranium.

I believe that all the wealth from the land, air and sea of the Philippines belong to all the Filipino people in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The President cannot just give it away to anyone or any group he wantws because it does not belong to him.

Section 2 of Article XII of the 1987 Constitution provides that all lands and natural resources in the public dominion belong to the state. President Noynoy Aquino is the President but he is not the state.

This wealth-sharing agreement with the MILFappears like a sell-out to me. We wish that the President will also give the same wealth-sharing to all the regions in the Philippines.

from my window . . .

was not born with a silver spoon in the mouth .I was born poor. But with a big dream.

Whenever I see little children trying to earn a living selling something, my heart goes out to them. They remind me of my distant days of penury and want.

As to Vincent, it has made me proud to have such a grandson. Knowing that he has something to spare, he does not hesitate to share it with others.

a question of privilege . . .

development and manufac-ture of machinery. Agricul-tural and fisheries machinery and equipment will be tested and evaluated by government, with owners registering them with the agriculture offices of LGUs.

On same occasion, Robre-do also administered the oath of office to the elected officers of the Federation of Pili Ir-rigators Association officers namely: Reynaldo Valiente, President; Rafael Joven, Vice-President; Jerry Canabe, Secretary; Armando Arazas, Treasurer; Arturo Bismonte, Auditor; and Leo Haber, PIO. The board of directors are: Rogelio Sto. Domingo; Lauro Gonzales, Sr.; Ruben de Vil-

agri fishery . . .la; Victorio Reyes, Cesar de Lima, Jesus Bagasala.

Also present during the activity were Pili Vice Mayor Rogelio Raymund Regondola and municipal councilors; Department of Agriculture RTD for Operations and Ex-tension Dr. Elena B. delos Santos; Engr. Arnie Ilan, Chief of Regional Agricul-tural Engineering Division; Tirso Perlas, Regional Rice Program Coordinator, Aloha Gigi Baaria, IDS Chief, representatives from NIA, DAR, NFA, and CBSUA; Dr. Edna Aladano, Principal of Binobong High School; and Dr. Salvador Cruzana Jr. of CBSUA who served as em-cee. -Lovella Guarin

of the National Greening Pro-gram and we are also com-mitted to make our operations as environmentally-sound as possible. Our reforestation program is one way of con-tributing to that advocacy, affirmed Environmental Man-agement Division Head Julia Echavez.

Simultaneous tree-plant-ing activities were also con-ducted by the satellite offices of NGCP in San Fernando, La Union and Santo Tomas, Batangas. More regional and field offices of NGCP are ex-pected to conduct their tree-planting session over the next

few weeks. NGCP is a privately owned

corporation in charge of oper-ating, maintaining, and de-veloping the countrys power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through power superhighways that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related as-sets.

NGCPs regular mainte-nance activities and expan-sion projects aim to enhance the reliability and quality of electricity delivered to cus-tomers. -Nelson G. Bautista, NGCP

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of Camarines Sur and Pam-panga former Governor Ed Panlilo, co-founder of the movement.

A Kaya Natin covenant of good governance was pledged by the five new champions during the activity.

Mayor Sarion won 3 con-secutive times as local chief executive of Daet and now on his last term proved that good governance really works in a good leader, Harvey Keh earlier said during his visit in the inaugural activity of the town.

It can be recalled that the local government unit of Daet also launched the Kaya Natin Movement on June 15 where Robredo was the guest.

The Kaya Natin Move-ment was founded by the late and former mayor of Naga City and Secretary of the

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Jesse Robredo , former Isa-bela Governor Grace Padaca and Panlilo. It was launched in July 30, 2008 at the Ateneo de Manila University.

The three (3) founders were among the many Kaya Natin Champions previously recognized in the past years. KN hopes to identify more of leaders and build a network of strong leaders with an em-powered citizenry.

The Kaya Natin! Champi-ons strongly oppose all illegal activities and have vowed to support to each other on these issues. They also campaign for a government that is truly by the people, a system that will hold the local officials accountable for their actions and decisions and which will empower the constituency. -Rosita B. Manlangit

daet mayor awarded . . .

pointed deans are Dr. Carlos Jacobo, dean of Student Af-fairs vice Dr. Remeline Bausa who is now the director of research and Dr. Vic Belgica, Graduate School dean who replaced Dr. Epifanio Buela who opted to stay as president

of a community college in the first Albay district.

Dr. Flor is a Catholic Mass Media awardee as Best Col-umnist in English for his col-umn in the Naga City-based Bikol Reporter. He has a law degree and a PhD.

br columnist gets . . .

PIlI, CamSur Two homegrown multi-sports athletes showed an inter-national crowd of multi-discipline participants and sports buffs just how tough and competitive Bicolanos can be by finishing among the frontrunners of the gru-elling Tri United 2 triathlon held Sunday, July 7 at the Active Health Club in San Juan, Batangas.

Benjamin JR Raa, Jr. of Magarao, CamSur crossed the line in 3:05.58 for a strong third-place finish some 8 min-utes behind the leader while training buddy Philip Atento clocked in at 3:19:16 for a very creditable fifth finish.

Raa and Atento learned

their ropes in multi-sports as members of the CamSur Tri team composed of promising local talents that was orga-nized by the provincial gov-ernment just after the very first Cobra Ironman 70.3 held at the CWC in barangay Cad-lan in August 2010.

Supported by the province through a series of local and national triathlon competi-tions, Raa eventually rose to distinction upon qualifying for the Ford Ironman World Championship held in Kona, Hawaii in October 2012 where he emerged as the very first Bicolano to join, compete, and finish in this Olympic Games of triathlon.

Raa and Atento are among

the growing number of local sports potentials who gained national and international competitiveness through the sports development pro-gram of the province cen-

tered at the CamSur Sports Academy at the Freedom Sport Complex in baran-gay San Jose here.

Burgeoning athletes in CamSur will soon have great-er chances in shining at their respective sports disciplines under a development thrust that will be espoused under the recently issued Executive No. 1 of Gov. Miguel Luis Migz Villafuerte that will institu-tionalize the Youth Develop-ment Center that will focus, among others, on the develop-ment of local sports talents to global exposure and competi-tiveness. -GBClaveria

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Daet mayor awarded one of KayaNatin champions for good governance

DAET, Camarines Norte -- Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet was awarded as one of the five Kaya Natin Cham-pions for good gover-nance and ethical lead-ership for this year held July 9 at Club filipino, San Juan City, Metro Manila.

The Kaya Natin! Champi-ons of good governance are shining examples of leaders who are ethical, effective and empowering, who stand by their principles and give Phil-ippine politics a good name.

The four other Kaya Natin Champions include Sena-tor Paolo Benigno Bam Aquino IV, Senator Aquilino Koko Pimentel III, Mayor Rommel Arnado of Kauswa-gan, Lanao del Norte, and Congressman Sherwin Tugna of CIBAC Partylist.

The recognition was led by Harvey Keh, Convenor of the Kaya Natin together with Congresswoman Atty. Leni Robredo of the 3rd District

Legazpi mulls e-cigarettes banBy DANNY o. CAllEJA

lEGAZPI CITY -- The city government here is also mulling to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in pur-suit of its smoke-free cam-paign.

Mayor Noel Rosal said the move is intended to strength-en the city governments fight against smoking in public places and prevent second-

hand exposure of non-smok-ers to harmful substances.

We intend to put more teeth in our campaign by in-cluding e-cigarettes in the ban provided under the Re-vised Smoke-Free Ordinance which we have been strictly enforcing since 2009, Rosal said.

Rosal explained that in banning e-cigarettes the city government will be consis-tent with the provisions of Republic Act No. 7394, oth-erwise known as The Con-sumer Act of the Philippines and guided by its mandate in protecting public health.

We in the city govern-ment are fully aware of the hazards being posed by ciga-rettes not only to smokers but also more to non-smok-ers who are exposed to its fumes, the mayor said.

An e-cigarette also known as personal vaporizer is an electronic inhaler that vapor-izes a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, simulating the act of tobacco smoking.

Earlier, the regional of-fice for Bicol of the Dept. of Health advised that this gad-get should not be considered as substitute to typical tobac-co products since it still emits smoke that contains harmful substances.

E-cigarettes contain vola-tile organic substances -- in-cluding propylene glycol, flavors and nicotine that are emitted as mist or aerosol into indoor air, the DOH said.

Study also showed that these ultra-fine liquid parti-cles of less than 2.5 microm-eters in diameter may pen-

etrate deeply into the lungs. These e-cigarettes produce

substantially fewer ultra-fine particles than conventional

cigarettes, however, the substances emitted may be inhaled by non-users when used indoor and lead to ad-verse health effects.

If several people are us-ing e-cigarettes in a room at the same time, consid-erable indoor air pollution will accumulate and may result in harmful second-hand exposure.

The levels of most harmful substances are lower in the e-cigarettes than in conventional ciga-

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NgCP leads tree-plantingfor observance of Arbor Day

lEGAZPI CITY -- for the employees of the Na-tional Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the five-kilometer off-road truck ride and hour-long trek to a watershed in Mt. Malaraya, lipa, Batangas is a small price to pay in exchange for the survival of Philippine forests.

The tree-planting activ-ity led by NGCPs Envi-ronmental Management Division was conducted in support to the National Ar-bor Day celebration. Nine hundred twenty (920) tree seedlings were success-fully planted by more than 80 employee-volunteers of NGCPs Diliman Office who were assisted by the National Power Corporation

(NPC) Makban personnel. The tree seedlings, which

included Kusibeng (Scientific name: Sapindus saponarea), Narra (Pterocarpus indicus), Acacia (Samanea saman), and Bani (Pongamia pinnata), were placed within NGCPs one-hectare reforestation proj-ect site.

The project is also part of NGCPs agreement with the National Power Corpora-tion to replace trees that were cleared for the construction of the Lumban Extra High Volt-age (EHV)- Bay 230 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Proj-ect.

Protecting the environ-ment is one advocacy that NGCP takes very seriously. We are constant supporters

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The five Kaya Natin Champions.

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