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Bicol cities, lgus tacklecompetitivenessin Daet conference

DENR lukewarm on Calaguasresort developments LEGAZPI CITY -

The regional offi ce for Bicol of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR) based here is discouraging the de-velopment of resorts in Camarines Nortes Calaguas Islands to preserve its serenity, natural beauty and exotic ecosystem.

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CAlAguAs IslANDWith its powdery white sand and clear water, the so-called Bicol Bora has prompted the DENR to discourage resort development in the island to preserve its natural beauty.

DAET, CNorte - Seven cities and three towns in the region will gather here for the 17th Bicol Cities and Urban Mu-

nicipalities Sharing Conference from

June 20 to 22 this year, co-inciding with the 22nd Pin-yasan Festi-val of the host municipality.

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANGovernment and private partnerships

for such projects as wind power, solar power, and even from the ocean tide should now be promoted. Our traditional hydro and underground power producers must also be expanded and systematized. Our dependence on international oil supplies must be gradually reduced now with self-sufficiency targeted for the future. Now is the time to plan and act. After all the global supply of mineral oil is not inexhaustible!

CASH REGISTERS: The BIR is now requiring businesses using cash register machines (CRMs) and point-of-sales (POS) with manually-issued Machine Identification Number (MIN) to enroll these units. This is in line with the new Enhanced and Integrated Accreditation and Registration (eAccReg) and Electronic eSales Reporting System of the revenue agency. Deadline for registration was earlier set for June 8 and June 10 (RMC No. 48-2014).

In a practical gesture and in order to generate maximum compliance, BIR Comm. Kim S. J. Henares has extended

In a post on the social media in time for our countrys 116th Independence Day celebration, webaks (or web activists) shared excerpts from the memoir of Senator Jovito Salonga, particularly his rejection of the extension of the U.S. Bases in the country. In the chapter I Vote No to this Treaty, he recalled that September 16, 1991 may well be the day when we in the Senate, found the soul, the true spirit of this nation because we mustered the courage and the will to declare the end of foreign military presence in the Philippines and help pave the way for lasting peace here and in the world.

With the recent filing by the Ombudsman of 42 counts of graft against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Bong Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada for their role in the alleged irregular disbursements of some P1.14 billion in pork barrel allotments from 2004 to 2010, we can only ask Where have our honourable senators gone?

Where Salonga in his time was pining for our countrys lost soul, because of the long presence of American bases in the country, our honourable senators are parrying plunder charges against them, thus diverting their attention from more pressing problems our country is facing and thus wasting peoples taxes on these investigations.

Where Salonga and his colleagues in his time were grappling with questions of sovereignty, our current crop of honourable senators are gripped by graft cases which make us rethink of appending the adjective honourable to their names.

Where have our honourable Senators gone? Clearly, to the dogs and it is we, the people, who elected them.

It is understandable therefore why President Aquino in his Independence Day speech warned us of ever electing singers and actors in public offices again.

It is therefore time that we should take to heart in 2016 the Presidents caveat, the same way that Senator Salonga and his colleague in his time took to heart the countrys independence.

For truly, we cannot talk of true freedom if our people are chained in poverty.

Corruption in the government is such a big cause of poverty in the country which ideally

the compliance date for enrollment by concerned businesses up to June 30, 2014. On-line taxpayers who are already enrolled in the eAccReg and eSales System may submit their May sales report on or before June 30 without penalty. This was due to the changes in the technical specifics that detailed the transactions from the old gross sales reporting.

GOLDEN PRIEST: Opinions Unlimited sincerely greets our dear Rev. Fr. Joseph Ayala Faller on the occasion of his 50th birthday anniversary on June 19. Fr. Joey is popularly known as Healing Priest of Quezon Founder-Administration of the Kamay ni Hesus Healing Church (KNHHC). Your columnist currently serves as Operations Manager (for the Laity) of said shrine - a favorite pilgrimage destination.

Rev. Fr. Faller was assigned to build KNHHC in Brgy. Tinamnan in Lucban 12 years ago. It has expanded and grown with its Hill of the Ascending Christ (3rd tallest in the world), Marian Grotto, Luklukan ni Maria, Noahs Ark, Garden of Eden, and Old and New Testament statues. The church was initially built by the KNH Ministry Foundation, later transferred to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lucena (Bishop Emilio Z. Marquez, who recently celebrated his Golden Cannonical Anniversary).

PROVERB: The upright wi l l live peacefully in the land; and the blameless will remain in it.

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

REPORTING: The Bangko Sentral has intensified the monitoring of salary loans, with the observation that this type of credit has grown in volume and proportion. Banks and quasi-banks are currently reporting salary loan grants under household consumption. In the financial statements, these are lumped under Other Loans. For closer monitoring, BSP now wants salary loans to be separately reported so creditor institutions may not over-engage in this type of credit.

The Monetary Board has redefined salary loans intended to properly measure this kind of credit grants. It was found out that lending to supposedly salaried persons has grown in the last few quarters. BSP officials are now mulling regulatory innovations so that salary loans can be monitored accurately and the system of lending may be upgraded for additional safety on the part of the financial and other similar institutions.

POWER SOURCE: Just four days after the latest conciliatory oil price rollback, another price raise is about to come (this week). The reason cited is the escalation of political and military tension in Iraq one of the worlds biggest mineral oil producers. Once again the vulnerability of our economy and our day-to-day lives to the vagaries of global power supply is underscored. We must hasten our search for alternative power sources.

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the senators from the opposition. Lets just watch the developments on these cases.

I told my grandchildren that the independence from Spain was short-lived. After that, we were colonized by the United States because of the Treaty of Paris of 1898; conquered by Japan during World War II; and liberated by the Americans from the Japanese Imperial Forces and colonized by the US. I told them that we became independent from foreign domination on July 4, 1946 when the United States granted us our independence without bloodshed. Thats why we are independent today.

I believe that the presence of American soldiers here in our country under the Visiting Forces Agreement is already a deterrent to those who may want to invade our country. Because of Chinas bullying and aggressive actions in the West Philippine Seas, the Aquino administration has decided to enter into an agreement with the United States called the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. This was explained by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. It is alright if it is mutually beneficial for the two countries but I do

not think so.I have just read the Enhanced Defense

Cooperation Agreement and I find several provisions to be disadvantageous to the Philippines.

The EDCA is not a part of the Visiting Forces Agreement that was ratified by the Senate. So, this agreement needs to be ratified by the Senate, but the administration claims it is not a treaty.

In Article III on Agreed Locations it says: No. 3 Given the mutuality of benefits, the Parties agree that the Philippines shall make Agreed Locations available to the United States forces without rental or costs. United States shall cover their necessary operational expenses with respect to their activities in the Agreed Locations. May I ask why is the use of Philippine Locations free? IN other countries like Israel, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, Afghanistan, Colombia, Turkey, Peru, Bolivia and Poland, the US gives military aid in terms of billions of dollars.

In Article XI Resolution of Disputes it says: The Parties agree to resolve any dispute arising under this Agreement exclusively through consultat ion between the Parties Disputes and other matters subject to consultation under the agreement shall not be referred to any national or international or international court, tribunal or other similar body, or to any third party for settlement unless agreed by the Parties. This is not fair. We will have nowhere to go if the Philippines has a reason to complain.

Well, this is not just my personal opinion. As a degree holder in Foreign Service, I cannot help but be interested on agreements that affect my country.

After the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder and graft against three opposition senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr., the Catholic Church issued its strong position on the raging scandal on the misuse of the legislators Priority Development Fund (PDAF). The Daily Tribune and Philippine Daily Inquirer dated June 9, 2014 reported the following statement of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Socrates Villegas: Everybody culpable, whatever their political affiliation may be, should be investigated and if so warranted, indicted, when justice is selective, it is not justice at all.

I believe this is also the thinking of many of our countrymen because they are aware or informed about the different lists of names of alleged lawmakers, cabinet members and other government functionaries linked to the PDAF scam which include allies of the administration. One cannot avoid thinking that there is selective justice. Why not charge all those allegedly involved at the same time? Why single out the senators from the opposition first and say there will be the second and third batch later?

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III came to Naga City this June 12, 2014 to celebrate the 116 anniversary of the Philippine Independence Day with Bicolanos. Im happy that he gave importance to the Bicolanos especially to the fifteen Bicol martyrs that participated in the revolution against Spain in the 18th century. He announced the administrations plans and projects for Bicol.

The President also talked about the PDAF scam, the due process done to show that there was no selective justice against

Selective Justice is not Justice at All CBCP Pres. Socrates Villegas, Pres. Aquinos Independence Day Speech and the EDCA

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Naga River water samples test results bared

President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday led the flag-raising and wreath-laying rites held at the Pla-za Quince Martires in Naga City to commemorate the 116th Philippine Indepen-dence Day.

Plaza Quince Martires was chosen by the National Historical Commission of the

P-Noy leads 116th PhilippineIndependence Day rites in Naga

President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during the commemoration of the 116th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence at Plaza Quince Martires in E. Angeles Street, Naga City, Camarines Sur. Also in photo are Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II, Camarines Sur 3rd District Representative Ma. Leonor Robredo, National Historical Commission of the Philippines chairperson Maria Serena Diokno, Naga City Mayor John Bongat, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and NHCP executive director Ludovico Badoy.

-Photo by Gil Nartea / Malacaang Photo Bureau

NAGA CITY Water

samples taken from the 23

monitoring stations of the

Environmental Management

Bureau (EMB) the Depart-ment of Environment and

Natural Resources (DENR)

along the Naga River are

within the standard 6.6-8.5

pH value range.

This is the finding made by

the EMB in connection with the proposed designation of the

Naga River as second Water

Quality Management Area in

the region.

The sampling which cov-ered the first and second quar-

ter of this year also showed that

Station 22, located at Mangga

Bridge in Barangay Dayang-dang, revealed high value of

cyanide content, a lethal chem-ical, thus failing the standard

criteria for Biological Oxygen

Demand (BOD).

A pH criterion measures the

acidic or basic (alkaline) nature

of a solution. It gives protec-tion to freshwater fish and bot-tom dwelling invertebrates.

Factors or chemicals that may affect the pH level of a solution

can range from pollution from

accidental spills, agricultural

Philippines (NHCP), with the Presidents approval, as the venue for this years Inde-pendence Day celebration to honor the 15 Martyrs of Bicol whose travails helped ignite the revolution in 1896.

Taking off from the In-dependence Day theme of Pagsunod sa Yapak ng mga Dakilang Pilipino, Tungo sa

Malawakan at Permanen-teng Pagbabago," President Aquino paid tribute to the countrys martyred heroes, who sacrificed their lives to free the Filipinos from the oppression of Spanish con-querors, leading to the proc-lamation of the countrys independence and the decla-ration of the First Philippine Republic.

Ngayong Araw ng Ka-layaan, sama-sama po tayong nagbibigay-pugay sa mga bayaning ipinaglaban ang tama. Gamitin natin silang inspirasyon sa patuloy nating paglalakbay sa daang matu-wid, President Aquino said before hundreds of Nagueos who gathered at the plaza.

Isapuso natin ang iniwan nilang aral: ang malasakit sa ating kapwa ang maghahatid sa atin sa mga inaasam natin bilang isang lahi. Sa gani-tong paraan lamang po na-tin masasabing tunay tayong karapat-dapat sa kanilang mga sakripisyo; sa ganitong paraan lamang po natin mai-tataguyod ang isang Pilipi-nas na ganap na makatarun-gan at malaya.

President Aquino was joined by NHCP chairperson

Maria Serena Diokno, Naga City Mayor John Bongat, Camarines Sur Representa-tive Maria Leonor Robredo, National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas, Armed Forc-

es of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Em-manuel Bautista, and other local and military officials during his activities here.

Representative Robredo, for her part, thanked Presi-dent Aquino for choosing to

be in Naga City to celebrate this years Independence Day and for acknowledging the sacrifices rendered by their forefathers.

Ikinagagalak po namin, Mahal naming Pangulo, ang

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inner chessBy J. HENRy DANICAN

BIkol News BrIefTESDA issues new training rules

Bicol Express eyes September run

Albay braces for Mayonsabnormal activity

By CarlitO J. Peralta

By J. PilaPil JaCObO*

Legazpi City--- TES-DA Bicol Regional Direc-tor Conrado G. Bares has recently issued the newly amended training regula-tions (TR) for the tourism sector.

RD Bares said that it is the TESDAs mandate to take charge of technical and vo-cational education and train-ings, review and amend the TR every three years or more after the promulgation of the TESDA Board to attune with the industry demands and re-quirements and come up to with the recent trends in tech-nology.

TR is one of the bases of the

NAGA CITY The Philippine National Rail-ways will sponsor a fa-miliarization dinner with local business, civil society groups and other groups in connection will its planned resumption of train opera-tion in September, the PNR general manager said.

Joseph Allan Dilay said they want to get the inputs and

LEGAZPI CITY Al-bay is prepared should Mayon volcano erupts.

This is the assurance made by Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda during a press briefing here where he announced the hir-ing of a sanitary engineer who will focus on evacua-tion centers where he said water and sanitation will be the main problem should the volcano erupts again.

Earlier, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded rockfall event in Mayon Volcano.

private and government TVIs to offer and operate technical education and trainings.

The tourism-related cours-es that were recently amended were Front Office Service NC II, Food and Beverage Ser-vices NC II and III, Travel Services NC II, Tour Guiding Services NC II, Bartending NC II, Housekeeping NC II and Baresta NC II.

Presentations of the amended TR were made by the TESDA-CASIFMAS Tourism trainer/assessor, i.e. Angelica R. Canas, Ma. Cris-tina A. Barquin, Terisita G. Espero, Jazmin A. Valenzuela and Carlito J. Peralta.

feedbacks of the various sec-tors, particularly in ensuring the safety and affordability of the train services.

He said that those inter-ested may coordinate with Constancio Toledano Sr. of the PNR Naga station regard-ing the familiarization/dinner meeting on June 27 at 8 p.m. at Villa Caceres Hotel, through his mobile 090667251412.

Alex Baloloy, Phivolcs science and research ana-lyst, said they are warning the public to avoid activi-ties within the six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) due to deflationary changes.

The seismic network first recorded two volcanic earth-quakes this Saturday, aside from the moderate emission of white steam plumes from the crater.

Mayons alert status remains at Alert Level 1, which means that it is in ab-normal condition. -PNA

Nora, Or, NegationNora Aunor, the perform-

er who, through the moving image and recorded song, has stood in for a lands severest wounds, can only be National Artist. The postponement of her proclamation is symp-tomatic of a crisis in the gov-ernance of the aesthetic in the country and the nation that seeks arts most cherished le-gitimation.

The aesthetic is a univer-sal category of judgment, and while locality may inflect on its rehearsals, its world-historical autonomy cannot be appre-hended by the practical reason-ing of the moral, let alone, the state that can only legislate a moral form for the aesthetic.

The scholars of art who have chosen Aunor, the singer-actress, alongside Cirilo Bau-tista, the poet-critic; Francisco Coching, the komiks artist; Francisco Feliciano, the musi-cian; Alice Reyes, the dancer-choreographer; and Jose Ma. Zaragoza, the architect, are critics of the culture of victim-age Noras radical actressing has suffered across incalcu-lable violences endured by her planetary legion of devotees. Such arbitration can contradict despots and revolutions, but it cannot undermine the public that overdetermines Aunors art and her nation.

Whatever damage history has wrought upon that face and that voice, a figure of dis-sent registers itself with an inexorable understanding of

the chances of the aesthetic in spite of the political. It is only in this cusp of critique can a purportedly democratic dis-pensation disavow totalitarian patronage. And yet, it is not so much the states instrumental-ization of the artist that is vital here. Whatever the method of coronation or dethronement, the spectre that haunts the dic-tatorial and the revolutionary is the aporia of historical reckon-ing. The current regime cannot overcome the residuum of a past tyranny it hopes to oblit-erate by perpetually delaying and finally denying the election of Aunor as national artist. All the more, it will only refuse the possibility of a nation travers-ing its collective trauma along the tortuous course of propitia-tion it is destined to tread. Af-

firming Nora after all manner of resistance is transgressing once and for all everything that authoritarian rule has claimed

in the name of the beautiful. Shouldnt this moment be the apotheosis of the restitutive mandate of a democratic re-public?

Aunors art is born and raised along the shifting sands of errancy, not on the terra firma of orthodoxy. Her image and sound coordinate the syn-copes of charity and compas-sion within the arc that encloses retribution and atonement.

To honor Nora Aunor: that is national negation of state ne-gation.

Only then will she be ex-cepted.

* Born and raised in the city of Naga, J. Pilapil Jacobo teach-es at the School of Humanities of the Ateneo de Manila Uni-versity. He holds a doctorate in comparative literature from the State University of New York and writes on film as member of the Young Critics Circle.

inyong kapasiyahan na dito sa aming lungsod ipagdiwang ang 116 na araw ng kasarin-lan. Ikinalulugod po namin na matapos ang mahabang pana-hon, nabigyan din ng kauku-lang pagpapahalaga ang mga pamana at papel na ginampan-an ng mga tinitingala naming mga bayani. Mula ngayon, hindi na lamang sila mga mar-tir ng Bicol, mga bayani rin sila ng buong Pilipinas, she said in her message.

Apart from the flag-raising and wreath-laying rites in Ca-marines Sur, other Indepen-dence Day-related activities

were simultaneously held at the Rizal Park in Manila, Emil-io Aguinaldo Shrine in Cavite, Barasoain Church in Bulacan, Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine in San Juan City, Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City, Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion at the North Cemetery in Manila, and the Pamintuan House in Angeles City.

President Aquino was also slated to meet with members of the diplomatic community for the traditional Vin dHonneur at Malacaang Palace to celebrate the occasion. - PND (hdc)

p-noy leads 116th . . .

runoff and overflows. A normal

pH is critical to the survival of

aquatic life.

Biological Oxygen Demand

(BOD) on the other hand, mea-sures the quantity of oxygen

used by microorganisms in the

oxidation of organic matter. It

is widely used as an indication

of the organic quality of water.

This is commonly expressed in

mL of oxygen consumed per

liter of sample during 5 days

incubation at 20 degrees C.

High level of oil and grease

was also observed during

March and April. Fuels, cook-ing oil, motor oils, and related

substances belong to the oil and

grease category. The presence

of this substance can reduce the

ability of the water organisms

to propagate and persist.

Stations 1 to 4, covering

the bridges of Sabang, Tabu-co, Panganiban, and Colgante

and stations 20 to 22 cover-ing the Mangga Creek adja-cent to Montessori Childrens

House of Learning, Barangay

Dayangdang, Upstream of the

same creek at Barangay Bala-tas, and the Mangga Bridge at

Barangay Dayangdang did not

conform to the standard value

for Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

during February water sam-pling. -PIA

naga river water samples . . .


CArD MrI DugtoNg-BuhAy ProjeCt,exteNDs helP to DIsAster survIvors

The Philippines has been stricken by numerous di-sasters. Millions have lost lives, loved ones, homes and sources of living.

Everything has changed but we are back, back to normal life where it has been, shared Nanay Norma Ca-brera, CARD MRI member, when asked how she and her family are doing six months after the super typhoon Yolanda damaged the central part of the country.

Six months after, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported that Yolanda af-fected at least 7.1M individuals. Of the million casual-ties mitigated with a lot of initiatives in recovery and rehabilitation, life is still very tough in the provinces of Leyte and Samar.

Despite all these, Filipinos have remained resilient. Filipinos started to stand up again; started to build homes and search for sources of living like what the microfi-nance clients that CARD MRI serves are doing.

The CARD MRI Dugtong-Buhay ProjectAfter months of relief and recovery phase of CARD

MRI, the social development organization organized the Dugtong-Buhay Project, its disaster rehabilitation re-sponse following the worlds deadliest super typhoon. CARD MRI is the leading Philippine MFI with about 2.5 million women member-clients all over the country, served by close to 8,500 staff in close to 1,500 offices nationwide.

By end of 2013, CARD MRI reported 326 of its mem-ber-clients perished with 170 still reported missing be-cause of typhoon Yolanda. In the affected areas, a total of 179,388 members and 156 staff were affected, with lives lost, houses destroyed and livelihood in shambles. This disaster has put a dent on CARD MRIs maximum capacity to serve low-income groups in the calamity-stricken areas.

Dugtong-Buhay is a coined term from two Filipino words: dugtong which means augmentation or exten-sion and buhay which means life. It is a continuing se-ries of forum-caravans for sharing on disaster prepared-ness and to create a special livelihood/calamity fund to further support surviving CARD MRI members and de-pendents get back on their feet.

In the recent forum-caravan under the project, 13 dif-ferent international and local organizations have partici-pated in disaster preparedness and management forum, dialogue with co-participants and community members and other stakeholders, vegetable planting to support the Luntiang Bukid ni Inay program of CARD MRI, and ob-servation of the CARD MRI health missions and MFI clients fashion show and product show in an exhibit of products from disaster affected areas.

CARD MRI experience: Disaster Management Disaster management (DM) is a key strategy to ensure

sustainability of the institution. CARD MRIs experi-ence in the countless disasters made it more resilient and prepared. Following its framework, CARD MRIs DM always start with preparedness through Credit with Edu-cation (CWE), a weekly or monthly information dissemi-nation, on disaster preparedness and what might it cost them when one is not prepared. Also, through its Legal Security, first aid training from Red Cross for staff is be-ing done. Significantly, CARD also provides insurance to its members and staff through CARD Mutual Benefit Association, CARD MRI Insurance Agency and Pioneer Life Inc. A certain group was also and organized to solely look into the disaster response of the institution.

One is now prepared and must be ready for the re-sponse. CARD MRIs responses are through its CARD MRI Disaster Relief Assistance Program (CDRAP), de-claring moratorium on loans in affected areas, logistical support to staff and quick turn around of operations. With the immediate response from the formed disaster response group, branches of CARD MRI were able to operate and serve clients three weeks after Yolanda hit.

Believing that they can never do it alone, partnership with other institutions, such as member MFIs of MIDAS and partner organizations under the Project Bagong Araw of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Micro Ventures Foundation (MVF) were established. Resource mobilization like this Dugtong-Buhay project, providing special Calamity Loan to rebuild their houses and sources of livelihood, livelihood trainings, Luntiang Bukid ni Inay, Community Health Days and stress debrief-ing were also part of the rehabilitation program of CARD MRI. All these rehabilitation programs were shown dur-ing the 3-day activity under the Dugtong Buhay Project forum-caravan

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aFFiDaVit OF ClaiM With WaiVer OF riGhts

Notice is hereby given that Rodolfo Lagmay Julian, of legal age, Filipino and resident of 61 Mayon Avenue, Barangay Dayangdang, Naga City, Camarines Sur, is the only surviving heir of the deceased depositor COraZON GutierreZ JuliaN, who died on December 27, 2013; with no known debts or obligations unpaid at the time of her death left Savings Deposit Account with the Philippine Veterans Bank, Naga City; Heir/Affi ant hereby request the mentioned bank to release the balance of said deposit in favor of Rodolfo L. Julian, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Maico T. Julia, Jr.; Doc. No. 157 Page No. 32, Book No. 366, Series of 2014.

biKOl rePOrterPublished: June 1, 8 and 15, 2014

eXtraJuDiCial settleMeNt With WaiVer OF riGhts Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole heirs of the deceased GRACIANO CRUZ RUIZ NAVASCA, AGRIFINA APARRI NAVASCA and ANITA N. RIVERA who died on April 3, 1997, May 20, 1995 and July 22, 1999 respectively in Naga City, with no known debts left parcels of agricultural land situated at Nazareno, San Pascual, Masbate; for and in consideration of the premises and invoking the provisions of Rule 74, Section 1 of the Rules of Court, the heirs agree to adjudicate and waived their rights over the portions of the mentioned properties in favor of JOSE N. RIVERA, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Alfredo F. Velasco, Jr.; Doc. No. 126, Page No. 13, Book No. 1, Series of 2013.biKOl rePOrterPublished: June 8, 15 and 22, 2014

eXtraJuDiCial settleMeNt OF estate OF arseNia G. aurellaNO With DONatiON

Notice is hereby given that the named donors are the only surviving heirs and legitimate children of the late arseNia G. aurellaNO, who died on May 5, 2005 in Naga City without any will and with no known debts, left a parcel of land situated in Brgy. Liboton, Naga City covered by TCT No. 46211; that all the surviving heirs named and the mentioned donors have agreed to divide and adjudicate unto themselves the described property, pro indiviso, that for good and valuable consideration the donors have acknowldeged to have received in full satisfaction from the Donee - First United Methodist Church of Naga City, hereby cede, transfer and convey, by way of Donation the described property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Florencio R. Rosales, Doc. No. 375, Page No. 75, Book No. XI, Series of 2006.biKOl rePOrterPublished: June 8, 15 and 22, 2014

ANIMAtIoN grADs JMTS/ABEARCILLA/MMEC17 2D assistant animators and 13 2D animators successfully completed their course at the Camsur Animation Training Program of Gov. Migz Villafuerte. Recognized as Most Promising 2D Assistant Animators were: Mark Jesther I. Bustamante, Jhon Paul Edmund A. De Las Llagas, Carlos Antonio V. Molina while John Mark I. Corporal, Aljon M. Moran, and Joseph Romeo B. Corod, Jr. were awarded as Most Promising 2D Animators.

Gilbert Gonzales, DENR regional executive director, on Thursday warned resort developers that they have no legal basis to occupy the legal easement of 20 me-ters identifi ed for shoreline protection of this group of islands.

Salvage zones that have many public uses, includ-ing docking and bathing, are within the shoreline and although land owners in the area have preferential rights over the foreshore, they need to obtain foreshore lease agreement, Gonzales stressed.

To obtain such lease agreement, he said, support-ing documents must be vali-dated based on standard pro-cedures while all permanent forests in the islands are not subject to occupation.

We will be establishing a monitoring station in Cala-guas in order to protect the islands natural resources and prevent illegal occupa-tion. We will not allow the construction of any perma-nent structure for tourism activities in the prohibited area, he said.

DENR is also reviewing the islands cadastral and fl ooding maps to verify the bounds of alienable and dis-posable land leading to the amendment of respective titles granted to land own-ers, Gonzales said.

These moves, according to him, were hatched during the consultation dialogue initiated by the DENR re-gional team as the agencys land evaluation unit found out through Global Posi-tioning System (GPS) that a strip of the 20-meter for-est reservation for shoreline protection has already been occupied by some resort de-velopers.

The forum was in keep-ing with the celebration of the World Environment Day which underscored the im-portance of island ecosys-tems and their vulnerability to climate change.

The activity was par-ticipated in by representa-tives from local government

denr lukewarm on calaguas resort . . .units, barangay offi cials, local residents and other en-vironmental protection and preservation stakeholders, as well as in local tourism industry leaders.

Calaguas is a group of landmass in the Pacifi c Ocean whose administrative

jurisdiction belongs to Vin-zons town.

The area offers an un-forgettable beach time with unspoiled postcard-perfect beaches and rich coral gar-dens, promising dive sites and world-class surfi ng sites. - PNA

product development on June 10 in Brgy. Cogon, Palo, Leyte to help them start business anew. They underwent training on how to make accessories, con-sidering the availability of resources such as shells and beads. End products of the said training were presented during the Mga Likha ni Inay fashion show on June 12 and were also sold by the clients during the exhibit.

On the Community Health Day held at Basey, Eastern Samar on June 11, it served 968 members, staff and their dependents and 303 non-members. EENT and general medical check up with free medi-cines were the services dur-ing the event. Also, on the same day CARD clients and the participants planted vegetables to the 36sq.m. vegetable garden and do-nated seeds to the three

card mri dugtong-buhay project . . .centers of CARD in Baran-gay San Antonio, Basey. This will now serve as the source of livelihood of the CARD clients.

MLNI Fashion ShowDespite the crisis, CARD

MRI and its colleagues in the industry, ASA Philip-pines Foundation and Tay-tay sa Kauswagan, Inc. (TSKI), showed to survi-vors that there are so many opportunities for them. The Dugtong-Buhay project is also a way of supporting the clients products com-ing Samar and Leyte, thus, a fashion show is realized.

To further support the people in the provinces of Samar and Leyte through Mga Likha ni Inay fashion show, Kawayanan ni Inay was introduced to them. Aside that this is a way to mitigate fl oods; this is to also add more available re-sources for their future col-

lections for the Mga Likha ni Inay.

With the said forum-car-avan, participating interna-tional MFIs, foundations and private organizations like KMBI, ASKI, TSKI, ASA Philippines Founda-tion, SAMIC, Sathapana Limited, TAO Corporation, Pioneer Life, RIMANSI and media partners of CARD MRI, shared their organizations experience with disaster and their learning from fellow par-ticipants and from CARD MRI that would be relevant to their respective organi-zations.

The project which also aims to raise funds from June to November 8, 2014 is looking forward to ex-tending more helping hand in extending the lives and offer lots of opportunities for the people, especially those who are trying to rise above disasters.


bFar denies lake bato fish kill

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24k PaWNshOPGeneral Luna St., Naga City

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PINyAsAN MoNuMeNt the first lady of Daet Connie sarion inspect the monument designed by the late architect Danny Cortez to memorialize the town's festival. The monument is located at the elevated plaza of Daets Central Business District.

PILI, Camarines Sur There was no recent in-cidence of massive fish kill in Lake Bato, only gradual mortality of cultured tilapia, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re-sources (BFAR) in Bicol.

BFAR Bicol reported that the gradual mortality of tila-pia stocks in Lake Bato can be attributed to very low water depth and increased surface temperature. The low dis-solved oxygen in some parts of the lake can also contrib-ute to the mortality in tilapia especially in cages located in Barangays Divina Pastora and San Miguel.

Operators like Lito Arroyo and Rizalina Sapnay, owners of 200 and 500 units of fish cages, respectively, considered the gradual mortality among their tilapia stocks to be normal during summer months due to spikes in water temperature and lowering of water level in Lake Bato.

Mortality in tilapia stocks ranges from 5-10 pieces in cages stocked with 1,000-5,000 pieces depending on cage sizes of 5X10, 7X12 and 10X10 meters.

Portia Billiones, wife of operator owning 700-800 units of fish cages, said that most of

their stocks are still small to make an early harvest. They however, are feeding the sub-adults only during the morning and have to practice skip-feed-ing so as not to trigger more mortality on stocks.

Based on the water analy-sis conducted by the technical personnel of BFAR Bicol Fish Health Management and Di-agnostic Laboratory, the water temperature is within normal limits and the surface tem-perature with only 1.3 C above normal ranging from 29-33.3C against the normal range of 25-32C.

Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in Sampling Stations 1 (Ba-rangay DivinaPastora) and 2 (San Miguel) are low or lethal (0.18-1.66ppm) while the rest of the five other sta-tions (Dakulong Sulong, Agos, Salvacion, Goyudan, and Sta. Cruz) are within the normal range of 3-5.0ppm.

Water turbidity or transpar-ency is within the normal range in most of the sampled stations while water depth ranges from 0.8-1.6 meters, the lowest wa-ter level recorded so far. Dur-ing wet season, the water depth reaches up to 8meters.

The Municipal Agriculture Office of Bato, however, has also not received any report on the extent of damage from the

fish cage operators, thus, valu-ation cannot be made.

Lake Buhi, on the other hand, has not yet experienced any mortality on stocked tilapia and the latest analysis showed normal results of water physi-co-chemical parameters.

These Rinconada Lakes are the sources of 90% of tilapia production in the Bicol Region at an average of 3-8 metric tons per day.

BFAR Bicol director Den-nis del Socorro said that the bureau is conducting regular monitoring of these lakes and remains optimistic that the car-rying capacity of the lake based on Section 51 of the Fisheries Code and the Fisheries Admin-istrative Order 214 (Code of Practice for Aquaculture) can be fully enforced by the local government units.

At present, a conservative estimate of 70 percent of Lake Bato is utilized for aquacul-ture.

In 2011, we were able to work out with the municipal government of Buhi to reduce the number of fish cages in the lake through the Save Lake Buhi Now campaign, adding that such campaign was very challenging for both the BFAR and LGU, del Socorro said.

He said: We had con-ducted a series of public con-sultations, planning, meetings, and actual dismantling of fish cages. Now, we can see some results in Lake Buhi. We want the same for Lake Bato before its too late. -BFAR5/PIA5

Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion, who is the Deputy Secretary General of the League of Mu-nicipalities of the Philippines, will welcome the participants on opening day of the confer-ence which revolves on the theme: Sharing on Competi-tiveness Strategies and Best Practices on Emerging Tech-nologies Adaptation in the Bi-col Region.

He will be joined by Legazpi City Mayor and Bi-col League of Cities Chapter Chair, Noel Rosal who will give the opening remarks and Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero of the Department of Interior and Local. Govern-ment.

The afternoon will feature the first topic on the Effec-tive Utilization of Intellectual Property to Protect Creativ-ity and Facilitate Transfer of Technology which will be presented by Director General Ricardo G. Blancaflor of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.

The host town will give the first LGU sharing, particu-larly on Daet Development Direction.

In the evening, PLDT which opened a state-of-the-art fiber optic station in Ba-gasbas beach will host the Mayors Night which will feature Manuel C. Rangasa, the Executive Director of the Local Climate Change Adap-tation for Development.

Participants will later be

bicol cities, lgus tackle . . . editorial . . .invited to watch the Miss Pin-yasan Festival Pageant.

The second day will feature a presentation of Ms. Nerissa Ramos, the Chief Operating Officer of the EPLDT Group, who will talk on Leveraging LGUs Programs and Services through Digital Connectivity.

The morning session will also feature the sharing of ex-periences of the cities of Iriga, Legazpi and Sorsogon as well as the municipality of Pili, Camarines Sur.

A Microsoft Philippines representative, George Parilla will also deliver a talk on Mi-crosofts CityNext: Enabling Real Impact for Better Cikties with a People-First Approach.

The afternoon will feature the Pinyasana Festival Parade; and later in the evening, Cam. Norte Governor Edgardo A. Tallado will host the Gover-nors Night.

The last day will feature the sharing of the cities of Naga, Tabaco, Masbate and Ligao and the town of Virac, Catanduanes as well as a dis-cussion of the topic on Digital Employment through Rural BPO:Value-added Opportu-nity for inclusive Growth by Cesar Butch Valenzuela, the President an d CEO of VisayaKPO.

Hon. Mel S. Sarmiento, the 1st District Representative of Western Samar, will be the guest speaker during the clos-ing program. - fpj

should be halved by next year as enunciated in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Economists, however, foresee only amedium-scale compliance by the country of the MDG, most likely because of government corruption.

While we are not pre-judging the cases against Enrile et.al. or their innocence, the fact that their names have been dragged to this mess, should ideally have given them reason to step down.

yet, we do not have, as one political scientist observed, a culture of seppuku or even of official resignation. What we have is a Spanish-time palabra de honor.

It is time that those with Honourable to their names should bear and protect it with their lives, not only with palabra or empty words.

Otherwise, they should be given our ultima palabra.

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