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Four Bicolanos in Japanfor farmer's training

Answer "Illicit Affair" charge:Malacañang orders Gov. Tallado

The Office of the President has or-dered Camarines Norte Governor Edgar-do A. Tallado to submit a verified answer to the complaint filed by a private citizen against him, a copy of the order showed.

The Order, formally titled OP-DC No. 15-C-041 and signed by Deputy Executive Secretary Michael G. Aguinaldo, directed to Tallado to file a verified Answer, and not a Motion to Dismiss, to the complaint filed by private complainant, Jonel Revuelta Ba-nal charging the incumbent governor with

“disgraceful and immoral act for allegedly maintaining an illicit affair with a woman other than his wife.”

In the letter, Aguinaldo cited Section 1, Rule 4 of Administrative Order (AO) No. 23, as amended by AO 159, series of 1994 and AO 66, series of 1999 as basis for the Order, which also directed him to furnish Banal with a copy of his Answer.

Banal is listed in the Order as living in Barangay Mangcamagong, Basud, Cama-

LEGAZPI CITY – The Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC) has formally approved the Integrated Bicol River Ba-sin (BRB) Management and Development Master Plan in a meeting recently held by stakeholders and institutions pushing for its protection.

Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bicol director and BRB Management Council chair Gilbert Gonzales said the BRB Master Plan includes the programs and strategies to be implemented under three

components.The first component aims

to prepare the ecosystem and community in facing the risk of climate change including protection of forests and reha-bilitation of mangrove planta-

QUEZON CITY – Four young farmers from the Bi-col region recently left for Japan for an eleven-month training.

The four were part of a to-tal of 17 young farmers who were chosen under the Young Filipino Farmers Training Program in Japan (YFFTPJ) for this year.

These include Joey Hade of Goa, Camarines Sur; Arvin jay Adajar of Tigaon, Cama-rines Sur; Raymond Luzande of Castilla, Sorsogon; and Romnick Navarro of Merce-

dez, Camarines Norte.Prior to their departure

last April 9, they under-went a 75-day pre-departure course held at the Rural De-velopment Education Center of the Agricultural Training Institute, in Diliman, Que-zon City.

The 75-day pre-departure orientation course included basic lessons on rice, vegeta-ble, swine, and cattle produc-tion, farm business planning, farm mechanization, comput-er literacy, formal Nihongo, Japanese culture and tradi-

tion, values formation and leadership training.

The YFFTPJ which started in 1991 offers an eleven month “on-farm” training to young male farmers 20-28 years old and at least high school graduates. The graduates of this program received re-en-try assistance projects from DA which helped them start or expand their existing farm projects, thereby allowing the trainees to apply the technolo-gies they learned from Japan. With reports from LGuarin and Alvin Milan

DIWATA WHITE BEACHAlong guarded secret, the powdery sand of this beach in Sito Macoto, Brgy. Cagmanaba, Oas, Albay will cease to be after its recent discovery by other equally adventurous beach combers looking for places less travelled by, will cease to be one.

(L-R) Arvin Jay Adajar, Joey Hade, Raymond Luzande, and Romnick Navarro

RDC okays Bicol River Basin master plan

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that corruption charges against members of the judiciary must be booked up by solid evidence as she urged accusers to submit to the Supreme Court specific names, details and proofs. “We cannot initiate administrative cases without evidence. Bring to us evidences and we will investigate.”

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV should now immediately go to the Supreme Court and show his proofs or evidence against the two Court of Appeals Justices. He should stop destroying reputations of people through trial by publicity for their political interest.

The investigation of the Mamasapano debacle where 44 SAF commandos were killed lasted only for several days in the Senate and House of Representatives, but the investigations, accusations and allegations against the Binays in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is already eight months and never ending. Even the fault of the contractor is blamed on the Vice President when he was mayor. Their political motive to weaken the chances of Vice President Binay for President is very obvious. It is not in aid of legislation but to put him in jail as Sen. Trilllanes said on TV. Needless to say, this is to keep him out of the presidential race and clear the way for DILG’s Sec. Mar Roxas candidacy who is their ally. Their problem is that Roxas is at the bottom of SWS and Pulse Asia Surveys and Binay is still at the top.

It’s good to have many candidates for president so that the people can have many people to choose from. Let Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Ex-Sen. Panfilo Lacson, Sen. Miriam Santiago, Sen. Bongbong Marcos, Sen. Grace Poe, Sen. Trillanes, Sen. Alan Cayetano, etc. The more, the merrier.

* * * * *Let us look at the qualifications and

past record of performance, what have they done for the people in their home base? What has Roxas done for the people in Roxas City. He was a congressman, senator, cabinet member of President Estrada and President Aquino. The same question for Mayor Duterte for Davao City, for Vice President JejomarBinay as Mayor of Makati City and as the Vice President and Housing Czar and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Filipino Workers. All the candidates will say that they are pro-poor. Their records in the past years will show if this is true or only now that they are running for President and Vice President. Let’s see Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter Cayetano’s records. Who claims to have Bicol connections or Bicolanos.Trillanes because his father is from Albay; Alan Cayetano because his wife is a Bicolana. What have they done for Bicol? Let’s not forget Ex-Sen. Lacson. He already announced he is running. What has he done for Cainta?

* * * * *By the way, DILG Sec. Mar Roxas has

said he will resign from the Cabinet on June and will run for President in 2016. His platform is to continue the Right Path or DaangMatuwid which to me is a Selective DaangMatuwid not applicable to allies and friends. Proof is the list submitted by alleged Pork Barrel Queen Janet Lim Napoles to DOJ Sec. Leila de Lima linking twenty senators (20) to the Pork Barrel scam. Why are only three senators belonging to the opposition charge in court? Why not the senators who are their partymates and allies in the Napoles list? Why not the two cabinet members involved in the PDAF scam list?

I recall that Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was the first back door emissary of Pres. Aquino to China because of China’s bullying and encroaching Philippine territorial waters in the South China Sea. What has he achieved? China became more aggressive. The second emissary of the President to China was DILG Sec. Mar Roxas. What has he achieved? China continues with its expansionist activities. Well, I’m just recalling past happenings.

In our country, a person accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty by court of justice. But there are people who already believe accusations against Vice President Jejomar Binay and his family aired by Senators Antonio Trillanes, Alan Cayetano and Koko Pimentel during the Senators’ Blue Ribbon sub-committee’s televised hearing availing of parliamentary immunity. If they have proofs and evidences, they should already charge them in court and let the court decide and so that the accused can defend himself. That’s our right to due process of law. They were not even tried in court and they are already pre-judged.

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV accused Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay of bribing two Court of Appeals Justices who allegedly received P25 million each to stop the suspension of Mayor JunjunBinay.

He filed a resolution iin the Senate calling to conduct an investigation into a purported “justice for sale” identified the Magistrates as Justices Jose Reyes, Jr., and Francisco Acosta from the Sixth Division who signed the ruling in favor of the son of Vice-President Jejomar Binay.

In a statement issued in behalf of the division, Justice Reyes said he and fellow justices Acosta and Eduardo Peralta, Jr. issued the Temporary Restraining Order and the subsequent writ of preliminary injunction “acting as a “collegial body” and after observing the meticulous, impartial and judicious evaluation of prevailing laws, jurisprudence and evidences presented by the parties.

“Baseless accusat ions const i tu te harassment that seek to threatens magistrates in our bounded duty to discharge justice based on fairness, impartiality and the rule of law and undermines the integrity of the judiciary as an institution and weakens the people’s faith in our legal process. The judiciary must be insulated from partisan politics.”

* * * * *Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay filed

a libel case against Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV before the Makati City Prosecutor for publicly and maliciously accusing him and his family of bribery and other crimes and irregularities without factual basis.

* * * * *The Tempo dated April 15, 2015 reported

the following:SC Justice Lourdes Sereno said yesterday

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money in their hands.To help banks make use of their

excess funds, the BSP opened a new deposit facility – to curb liquidity and influence market interest rates more effectively. The new facility calls for banks to compete in weekly auctions of term deposits with tenors ranging from one month to one year. With this facility, BSP can preemptively address inflation risk as they will have “more policy rates they can tweak”. To promote savings, Opinions Unlimited supports higher deposit interest rates.

PESO-DOLLAR: There is no debate that the US Dollar is getting stronger – compared with currencies from Europe and even Canada and Japan-Korea. It is not evident yet, but the greenback is also going strong against the Chinese Yuan. Surprisingly, the Phl Peso is fighting to maintain the good exchange rate against the US Dollar. For how long, we don’t know. But we can say that the Phl’s economic strength is impacting on the peso’s acceptability.

The exchange value of the Australian,

NZ, Brunei and Singapore dollar, are gradually falling against that of the greenbacks. All these indicate that the American economy is on the uptrend. In fact, new jobs are reported to be available now for the US workforce. That bodes well for our fellow Pinoys in the US, with or without legal papers. Some years back, many of our kabayans lose their jobs and their mortgaged homes, due to the US Recession.

TAXATION WOES: The BIR has issued several Revenue Regulations intended to widen the tax base –and to make tax compliance more “electronic”. Through RR 6-2014 (September 2014), the mandatory use of the eBIR Forms in filing of all tax returns by erstwhile Non-eFPS filers, particularly accredited tax agents, practitioners, accredited printers of principal and supplementary receipt and invoices, and One-Time Transaction taxpayers is now required.

Revenue Regulations 10-14 was issued thereafter widening the coverage of taxpayers required to file returns and to pay taxes through the eFPS. With Rev. Regulations 5-2015 that was lately issued close to the deadline for the filing of 2014 income tax returns (on April 15, 2015), stiffer penalties for failure to adhere to the electronic filing system were imposed. The public clamor is for the BIR to make tax compliance simpler and more humane for tax-abiding citizens.

WISDOM: Let us give glory to God for the blessings and miracles He abundantly provided our lives with.

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).

ECO-GROWTH: No less than the World Bank has confirmed that the Philippine economy is robust and growing! The WB has predicted a bit lower than 6.5% Gross Domestic Product for 2015. Better still, the report analysis said the country’s economic growth is becoming more inclusive – to the effect that it is denting poverty. The global bank sees the Philippines – despite the lower than target GDP – as among the fastest growing economies in Asia!

Moreover, the growth trend is expected to continue in the next few years – owing to the established economic parameters. WB puts the Philippines on the upper range in the region. The WB economists said in the past the registered GDP growth did not impact on poverty reduction. Now, the inclusiveness of the economic rise is denting poverty at an equal rate of 1 is to 1. The prediction for 2016 is positive but the WB analysts say 2017 will be less spectacular.

NEW FACILITY: There are more funds in the marketplace than the borrowers can borrow. Such level of liquidity impinges on the profitability of banks – big and small, because borrowers choose their creditor banks from among those who can afford to lend at lower interest rates. To maintain profit margins, banks lower deposit offering rates, much to the disadvantage of small savers. The danger to guard against is inflation – since the public have so

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editorial Scenario Planning

Given the inevitability of global climate change which manifests in ever stronger typhoons, unpredict-able weather patterns and wide scale flooding; there is a need for govern-ment to raise its own response capa-bilities.

This is the more important given the various problems faced by the Bicol river basin area which include flooding, forest cover destruction, dwindling fish catch, land conver-sion, etc.

We therefore welcome the approv-al by the Bicol Regional Develop-ment Council of the integrated Bicol River Basin Management and Devel-opment Master Plan.

According to DENR Regional Di-rector Gilbert Gonzales the plan in-cludes three components, with the preparatory and protective phase comprising the first.

We suggest, however, the need to take a second look at the impact of population, the growth of urban ar-eas in the region and the dwindling of farm areas, and examine how these will impact on biodiversity, environ-mental protection, and food security in the future. Perhaps, by drawing up or adopting a scenario planning system on specific situations on a given time-frame, will make the IECs more understandable and the pos-sible impact, clearer to the target au-dience.

Master Plans, even if they are backed up by big budgets like the PhP31-million for the Bicol River Basin, may end up as “planong mi-nalagpak,” as we are wont to say in Bikol, if they are not based on the right and accurate information and approach.

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Guard returns P1.188M, cited

2 new pineapple varieties introduced

IRRI VIsIToR IRRI, PHILIPPINES

Dr Jauhar Ali (left) and Dr Li Zhikang (right) show a Green Super Rice plot at the International Rice Research Institute to a visiting scientist.

REAsoN To CELEBRATE JMTS/ABEARCILLA/MMEC

Pasacao Mayor Niño Tayco presided over the mass wedding of 26 couples at the Pasacao covered court last April 13, 2015 coinciding with his birthday celebration. CamSur PESO also sponsored a jobs fair along Gov. Migz Villafuerte’s desire to reach out to his constituents.

DAET, CAMARINES NORTE – Pineapple farm-ers here can now plant other varieties aside from the Queen Pineapple which is known for its very sweet fruit and sturdy leaves that are made into piña cloth.

Through a colourful harvest festival conducted on March 26, the DA-operated Cama-rines Norte Lowland Rainfed Research Station in barangay Calasgasan, this town, has in-troduced two new varieties of pineapple whose adaptabil-ity and yield performance has been tested for more than two years in the said station.

Two (2) pineapple variet-ies namely Ulam and MD-2 hybrid pineapple from Davao and Bukidnon respectively, were tested under the soils and climatic conditions of Ca-marines Norte using different production methods that in-cluded medium density, low fertilizer planting techniques of farmers; the high density, medium fertilizer best prac-tices for queen pineapple; and the high density, high fertilizer

rate of Mindanao growers.The Ulam variety has

spiny leaves similar to Queen pineapple and was claimed to produce very sweet fruit with edible core. While the MD-2 hybrid variety has similar plant stand with the spineless smooth cayenne or Hawaiian variety but is said to produce sweeter fruit with no aftertaste when eaten. This variety is now being planted in Hondu-ras and Mexico.

More than 100 pineapple growers, representatives from the municipal and provincial local government units in the province, from the DA re-gional office and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) in Manila, attended the harvest festival .

During the festival, the par-ticipants were challenged to various contests such as guess-ing the weight of the fruits, taste test and agronomic ob-servations on the two pine-apple varieties to determine which has better fruit sugar content and good plant char-acteristics. Majority of the participants have chosen the

ULAM variety as the sweetest while MD2 exhibited better plant standing.

Also present during the har-vest festival were Flor Jarilla and Juanita Calibo of BPI Ma-nila; Luz Marcelino, Chief of DA 5 Research Division and Manager of Bicol Experiment Station; Rosita Imperial, High Value Crops Development Program regional coordinator; former CNLRRS superinten-dent Emiliano Murillo; and In-ocencio Obrero, former Senior Agriculturist and Agricultural Program Coordinating Offi-cer, who was invited to share the results of the trial.

Obrero started the trial in October 2013 with the fund-ing support from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso J. Al-cala deemed to introduce these new varieties of pineapple from Mindanao in response to the claims that the yield of the Camarines Norte’s Queen pineapple or Formosa is get-ting smaller as the farmers are planting only one variety.

HARVEsT FEsTIVALTop photo shows (from right) Engr. Bella Frias, CNLRSS S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ; Luz Marcelino, DA Research division chief; Rosita Imperial, DA HVCDP regional coordinator holding MD-2 pineapple fruits.

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LEGAZPI CITY -- The security personnel on duty at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here received commenda-tion for his exemplary hon-esty when he returned a plastic envelope containing cash and checks amounting to P1.188 milion belong-ing to the local government of Prieto Diaz in Sorsogon province

Noel L. Lorilla of Urduja Security Services Incorpo-rated said that he recovered the envelope containing the P858,000 cash and P330,000

amount of check on a table lo-cated near the hallway inside the DSWD regional office around 6:00 am last March 20, 2015.

DSWD Bicol regional di-rector Arnel B. Garcia cited the deed of Lorilla and re-cently awarded him a certifi-cate of commendation for his honesty and truthfulness in service.

“He deserved the accolade and reward for his good ac-tions. Lorilla is but a clear manifestation of a person that despite hardships, he remains honest. We salute and con-

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Go hybrid, DA urges farmersBy DANNy O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY -– The regional office for Bicol here of the Department of Agri-culture (DA) is urging rice farmers in the region to use hybrid seeds and abide by the regular planting calendar to maximize harvest in the next cropping season.

Hybrid rice is one of the reasons for high incremental rice yield and production in the region and throughout the country, that is why “we are encouraging farmers to con-tinue using it while following the regular planting calendar,” DA Regional Executive Direc-tor Abelardo Bragas told the Philippines News Agency on Tuesday.

Even if palay price fell to the Php14 per kilo level from the previous high of Php19-Php21 per kilo, farmers plant-ing hybrid seeds remain to earn around Php80,000 per hectare, which is still significantly higher than the Php40,000-

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Php60,000 earned from inbred rice.

Hybrid varieties of seeds like the SL-8H developed by SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC) and Green Super Rice (GSR) lines could yield as much as 5.30 metric tons (MT) of palay per hectare as against the inbred varieties that could produce only a maximum of four MT, he said.

The SL-8H has been tested in Central Luzon and registered last year in Nueva Ecija alone a higher average yield of 6.07 MT per hectare while the GSR varieties are the silent players in the impressive performance of Bicol in rice production dur-ing the past two years.

GSR is a recently developed environment-friendly variety bred from a mix of more than 250 rice collections to perform well in the toughest condi-tions such as biotic and abi-otic stresses where the poorest farmers grow the staple grain.

“Green” because it is envi-ronment-friendly, and “super”

as the variety produces more grains, resists drought, pests, floods, salty water, and insects; increases yield; and does not need high fertilizer inputs.

It is designed to flourish un-der the toughest growing con-ditions.

GSR was developed after 12 years of rigorous breeding by a team of Filipino and inter-national rice scientists which introduced the resulting variety in the Philippines in early 2012 by way of initially providing seeds in Bicol under the proj-ect “Assessments of Climate Change Impacts and Mapping of Vulnerability to Food Inse-curity under Climate Change to Strengthen Household Food Security with Livelihoods' Adaptation Approaches (AMI-CAF).“

The project, launched by the DA on the same year, is a five-year undertaking under the joint auspices of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) and Japan’s Ministry of Agricul-

ture, Fishery, and Forestry.It was started in October

2011 and ended in March, this year.

AMICAF is a comprehen-sive framework designed to address climate change im-pacts and adaptation planning aimed at improving the food security of vulnerable house-hold groups.

Under this project, field tri-als of GSR lines were incorpo-rated in Environment Farmer Field Schools (FFS) conducted by the DA with its regional Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and were reproduced at the Bicol Experiment Station in Camarines Sur following successful tests done in areas with three agrosystem condi-

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inner chessBy J. HENRy DANICAN

Electric Cooperativesvs Privatization

(part 1 of a 2-part series)

In order for us to understand the fundamental problems that are now being faced by the rural electric cooperatives and by the Philippine power industry in general, it would be helpful to first have a brief review of the history of electrification in our country. This would give us a broader view and firmer grasp of the factors at play.

The Philippines was not far behind Europe and the United States when it came to the early adoption of electric technology. Even at its infancy stage, electricity was already introduced in our country in 1890. The decades that follow saw the development of electric generation and transmission infrastructures that were built, owned and operated by private companies. The government’s main role was only regulation. It was in 1936 that the National Power Corporation (NPC)was founded. It developed our country’s hydroelectric power resources.

By 1960, the Philippine government declared the electrification of the entire country as a national policy. The government awarded franchises to several rural electric companies to encourage wide-spread electrification. Most of these companies bought electricity from NPC while others generated their own electricity.

Out of the total 1,750 megawatts of generating capacity in 1969, NPC was producing 585 megawatts of electricity. The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) provided 990 megawatts and remaining 175 megawatts were supplied by other smaller companies. In comparison, the total power supply in the country in 1969 was only about 11% of the current total generating capacity of 16,000 megawatts (16GW).

It should be noted that the 1969 figures only cover a very small portion of the archipelago. Only about 18% of the entire Philippines had electricity. Almost all of the areas with power supply in 1969 and the decades earlier were only the major urban centers. An overwhelming majority of the rural areas were in darkness. The year 1969 was a turning point. It was the year that the Electrification Administration was created through R.A. 2717 but later repealed by R.A.6038 to give way to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and further amended by P.D. 269. These laws were in line with the national policy goal of total electrification of the entire Philippines. Initially, NEA helped in the establishment of 217 small systems, producing less than 500 kilowatts of electricity each. However, due to technical and financial problems, many of these systems were forced to shutdown their operations.

Integral to the policy strategies is the creation of rural electric cooperatives (REC’s) that will manage the distribution of electricity in rural areas. This was the second phase of the nationwide electrification program. Initially, the program created 36 REC’s. Each of these REC’s was self-governing distribution agencies under the supervision of NEA. Each REC covered a franchise area with population of about 100,000 people. NEA was also granted the power to make loans to establish REC’s,to make loans, acquire physical property and franchise rights of existing suppliers, and borrow funds to implement national electrification.

Rapid electrification of many rural areas followed but there were some obstacles and new problems.

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post/2004/pdf/2-26_full.pdf6.) http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=rp

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Parasurat Bikolnon: Limang Taon Na Asin Nagkukusog Pa

Misolas. An Sa Kadagatan..ni Bulahan, na minaaningal kan Sa Pampang kan Sakong Pagkamoot ni Marne Kilates, ehemplo nin sarong liriko na dawa halipot (terseto o tigtulong linya kada istansa) dasok asin naipahiling an boot sabihon sa magkatarakod na imahen na nakagakod sa tubig, an manongod sa pagkamoot. Sinabi ko sa sakong komento sa obra ni Aquino na may kasangli na maringgaw na mga tula sinda Irmina Torres asin Aida Cirujales. An Iduon Mo, kuminutkot nin inspirasyon sa istilo kan paukod nganing papaisipon an parabasa kun ano an saiyang tinutumbok sa rawit-dawit, na iyo ngani an cellphone.

Mantang nakalunad kami pasiring sa La Huerta farm ni Bidibidi de los Santos para sa saiyang art exhibit asin selebrasyon kan saiyang kompleanyo, may tago akong kaogmahan sa pagiisip na may mga nagsusurunod nang mga hoben na parasurat sa samo, na sa hiling ko kun matataan nin tamang paggiya, magiging mga midbid na pangaran man sa literatura. Kaya, magana kong kinakan si preskong salad na may Meksikanong sarsa bilang aperitif, asin si pamanggihan sa irarom kan mga kahoy sa hardin ni Bidibidi. Life is Good, sabi ngani niya.

Liwat akong nagin saro sa mga panelists sa ginibong Saringsing Writers Workshop sa planta ninda Paul asin Marissa Redburn sa Palestina sa Pili. Nagpoon ini kan Abril 17, na ika-limang taon na anibersaryo man kan pagkatugdas kan Parasurat Bikolnon(PB), asin natapos kan sunod na aldaw. Sa sakong giromdom, ika-duwa na idtong beses na ginibo sa harong ninda Paul mantang an iba ginibo sa CBSUA sa Pili,asin sa Media Center sa Naga City Hall.

Bakong suba-suba an magpadrino nin sarong writer’s workshop. Puedeng mabutwa iyan sa sarong taon asin mawawara sa sunod. Pirme an kakulangan nin pondo an mayor na rason. Alagad, sa kaso kan PB asin kan Saringsing Writers Workshop, garo orog pa ining nagkukusog. Enot, nahihilingan ko an organisasyon nin mga bagong dugo. An sainda nganing presidente, si Froy Berana, asin an Workshop Director ngonyan na taon; huroben pa. May masangli na sa mga orihinal na miembro kaini na sinda Marissa, Boboy Aguay, Irvin Sto. Tomas, Jerome Hipolito asin Jusan Misolas.

Sa lambang workshop man, hoben man an saindang mga naguguyod na mga writing fellows na naoogma kita na may mga bago man na istilo asin panan-aw sa pagsusurat. Kabali sa mga fellows ngonyan na taon iyo sinda Melchor de

Villa kan Balatan, Edwin S. Breva Jr. kan Calabanga, Ian Kennet Orasa kan Naga, Marjory Aquino kan Garchitorena, Sabrina Marites F. Desacola kan Sipocot, asin si Julius Bulahan kan Naga.

Sa enot na aldaw kan workshop, nagkakasararo si mga panelists na si Sa Kadagatan nin Pagkamoot ni Bulahan asin an Iduon Mo ni Aquino an nagpapahiling nin kakusugan na sa saindang obra. An iba pang panelists kaiba sinda Estelito B. Jacob (an samong president sa KABULIG-Bikol), Honesto Pesimo Jr., Irmina V. Torres asin Eilyn L. Nidea (dati man na nagin fellows sa Saringsing), Jose Jason L. Chancoco, Bernardo Miguel O. Aguay Jr., Jerome M. Hipolito, Marissa Reorizo-Redburn, Irvin Sto. Tomas asin Jusan

Take agri courses, DA tells new grads

Sec. ALCALA

The Department of Agri-culture is urging this year’s high school graduates to en-roll in farming and fisheries-related course. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said more youth participa-tion would make the farm-ing and fisheries sectors more vibrant and robust.

“Today’s graduates will give more life, and a brighter

future to farming,” Alcala said.

According to Alcala, re-cent figures from the Philip-pine Statistics Authority show the average age of farmers and fishers to be 43.

“That means a lot of young couple are now getting in-volved in agriculture, and I hope more and more of them will be involved,” Alcala

said.He added, in the baseline

survey conducted by the DA’s Philippine Rural Develop-ment Plan, the average age of Filipino farmers and fisher-men plunged from 57 to 47.

It was also gathered that in Southern Luzon State Uni-versity, there is a 280 percent increase in enrollment in agri-

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gratulate him,” he said.“Di man ako nag-expect

na may kwarta ta may mga documents sa laog. Una ko sa estudyante kaya tigana-pan ko I.D.; Kan nailing ko na may kwarta sa laog, tig-tao ko po sa Management, [I did not expect that there was a money since there is a documents inside. I thought it was owned by a student so I tried to look for an identification card. When I saw there was money in-side, I immediately surren-

der it to the management],” Lorilla said.

Shortly, the money was returned to Prieto Diaz local government which officials said the money is intended for financial assistance to the beneficiaries of Social Pen-sion—a government program under the Department which gives a monthly stipend of P500 for indigent senior citi-zens as mandated by Repub-lic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. -- PIA

guard returns . . .


Legacion shares expertisewith CamSur Lupon members

Naga City youth officials sworn in

Team to fine smoke belchers

JMR BooK LAUNCHAnother book on the late DILG Secretary, Jesse M. Robredo was recently launched and will be available online in the city website, naga.gov.ph.

ILoILo BARANgAy oFFICIALsLiga ng mga Barangay officials of the Municipality of San Rafael in Iloilo headed by Vice Mayor Honorable Melvin Delos Reyes and Liga President Lalaine Baldivieso visited Naga City for their Benchmarking Activity. They also met Mayor John Bongat and their Liga ng mga Barangay counterparts headed by Hon. Vidal Castillo. The visitors also observed the city's best practices on Gender and Development and public service innovations for possible replication in their municipality.

ADVoCATEs oF BARANgAy JUsTICE sysTEMVice Mayor Nelson S. Legacion poses with Board Member Jorge Bengua of Camarines Sur (seated, left), former DILG Camarines Sur Assistant Provincial Director Jose Armenta (standing, leftmost) and former DILG Bicol Assistant Regional Director Niňo Franco (standing, center).

sMART sUppoRTSMART Communications, Inc. will be one of the major sponsors of Gayon Bicol Festival of Festivals which Daet will host in June this year. Mayor Tito S. Sarion recently met with Jose F.L. Rosete of the Public Affairs Group where they also finalized the details of the Daet Aerosports Show slated April 24-25 in the Camarines Norte capital.

NEW NAgA CITy yoUTH MAyoRRuby Jane Bandola took oath as the new Naga city youth Mayor and received the key of responsibility and the accomplishment report of the CyO 2014 to signify her acceptance of duty at Naga City Hall.

By JASON B. NEOLA

NAGA CITY — Seeking to reduce the amount of air pollution emitted by gas-powered vehicles in viola-tion of emission standards set by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the City Environment and Natural

Resources Office’s (ENRO) anti-smoke belching team will be patrolling the streets starting today, April 13, to apprehend smoke belching automobiles.

The team, which is depu-tized by the Land Transporta-tion Office (LTO), will man a roadside monitoring and ap-prehension checkpoint along

the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Concepcion Grande to conduct emission tests on vehicles through the team’s opacimeter machines for die-sel and gasoline-fed engines.

The machines, which meet the requirements of the na-tional standard (limits and measurement methods for exhaust smoke from compres-sion ignition engine), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), have the capability to continuously appraise the visible pollut-ants from the exhaust smoke with measured results directly achieved.

Assisting the team are per-sonnel from the Naga City Police Office and the Land Transportation Office. The city government which was commended by DENR in past years because of its standing ordinance and relentless cam-paign against smoke belchers has been up to the task since year 2000.

Last year, the city govern-ment was able to collect fines

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAy

NAGA CITY --- Rizal’s adage that the youth is the hope of the Fatherland still holds true, at least for the city government of this city as they continue to promote the youth’s ideals and open windows of opportunities to aspiring young leaders.

Last Monday, the new set of City Youth Officials (CYO) took their oath of office as the newly sworn young frontrun-ners who will take the reign of the city’s governance until May 31. They will be han-dling the city’s operations ex-cept in areas which are policy determining and areas that would require financial dis-bursements.

This City Youth program is pursuant to SP Ordinance

Naga City Vice Mayor Nelson S. Legacion shared his expertise on the topic of Barangay Justice System

with the chairpersons and members of the Lupon ng Tagapamayapa in Cama-rines Sur during the Semi-nar- Workshop on Katar-ungang Pambarangay Law sponsored by the Camarines Sur Chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay at the Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City on April 10-11 and 13-14, 2015.

Legacion, a lawyer by profession, discussed about execution of the decisions of the Lupon, the legal rem-edy for the enforcement or satisfaction of a judgment or award in the barangay justice system. He elaborated on its processes and the forms nec-essary to be filled out for the execution to be satisfactorily implemented.

The Naga City vice mayor was invited to speak during the seminar by Board Member Jorge R. Bengua, president of

the Liga ng mga Barangay Camarines Sur Provincial Chapter.

Bengua’s invitation letter to Legacion stated that the Board of Officers of the Liga ng mga Barangay in the province rec-ognized the vice mayor’s ex-pertise on the intricacies of the barangay justice system.

The seminar was attended by Lupon members of 1,037 barangays coming from the 35 municipalities and one component city (Iriga) of the province. Former DILG Ca-marines Sur Assistant Provin-cial Director Jose Armenta and former DILG Bicol As-sistant Regional Director Niňo Franco also attended the event.

Legacion is an author of two books on Katarungang Pamba-rangay (one in English and the other in Bikol). He is also the

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No. 2007-008 as amended by Ordinance No. 2009-017 institutionalizing the celebra-tion of the City Youth month.

Under the given term or dura-tion of office, the city youth officials, mainly composed of City Youth Mayors, Vice-

Mayors, Youth Councilors and Department Heads will have a hands-on experience on how to run a city govern-ment.

Mayor John Bongat laud-ed the young leader’s persis-tence and passion to be part of the city’s governance and take part in the promotion of the good practices that the city has been doing for the past decades.

“In this program, we are opening the door of the City to the youth for them to learn what we mean by good gover-nance. We want them to learn transparency. At a young age, we are giving the youth the opportunity to be part of our government. This is what our former Mayor, the late Jesse M. Robredo called “inclusive and participating governance as transparency seal,” Bongat added.

Camarines Sur 3rd District Representative Leni Robredo also graced the oath-taking ceremony and challenged the young leaders to pursue the good deeds that they have started even after their term is over- to retain the good val-ues and keep a humble spirit in spite of the great power under their sleeves.

“My challenge to the CYOs is the maintenance because I think, like me, the Barangay Officials, the City Officials, the Naga City em-ployees, that’s the most dif-ficult thing to do. All of us started in the service with the right intention. But the ques-tion is, how many of us ends and still clean? I think, every day we have to look at it, ev-ery day we have to pray that

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NAME OF DECEASED DATE OF INTERMENT

CLARA M. MARTINEZ MARCH 2, 2015ZACH NyEL P. CACHO MARCH 10, 2015LAILANIE A. BONTO MARCH 11, 2015MARIA D. SALIVA MARCH 11, 2015LILIAN S. GARDINER MARCH 12, 2015ENCARNACION S. MANAIT MARCH 14, 2015FLORDELITO G. LOPEZ SR. MARCH 15, 2015JOSE A. MANZANO MARCH 15, 2015DANTE O. CLEDERA MARCH 15, 2015ANTONIO C. FRANCISCO MARCH 18, 2015SALVACION B. MERCA MARCH 20, 2015LORNA C. SAN PASCUAL MARCH 21, 2015ANDREA B. DELA TRINIDAD MARCH 22, 2015CRISANTO F. CASTRO JR. MARCH 25, 2015ALFREDO N. MARCO MARCH 26, 2015RITA G. TUASON MARCH 26, 2015RENDEL RyAN D. Sy III MARCH 27, 2015AMPARO P. BONGAT MARCH 27, 2015SALUD S. GRACILLA MARCH 28, 2015VIRGINIA E. OJEDA MARCH 29, 2015AMELIA T. BORREGA MARCH 29, 2015

MARCH

Republic of the PhilippinesLOCAL CIVIL REGISTRy OFFICE

Province: Camarines SurMunicipality: Libmanan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CARMENCITA A. LUMABI has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from “JUAN” to “JUANITO” in the certificate of live birth of JUAN TOLENTINO who was born on February 8, 1956 at Sinibaan, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are FELIPE TOLENTINO and ESTER CUSEN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015



NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCCE-0024-2015 R.A.10172& CFN-0005-2015

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A.10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JANUARy JANE JACINTO DE GUZMAN has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from “JANUARY” to “JANUARy JANE” and correction of entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of JANUARY JACINTO DE GUZ-MAN at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are JESUS Q. DE GUZMAN and DELIA D. JACINTO.






NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CPE-0024-2015 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JOHNBE CIELOS MATO has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of JOHNBE CIELOS MATO at Libmanan, Cama-rines Sur and whose parents are WILFREDO MATO and SALOME CIELOS.






NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JOEDIMAR AGUILAR ESPIRITU has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from “TEODIMAR” to “JOEDIMAR” in the certificate of live birth of TEODIMAR A. ESPIRITU who was born on January 2, 1969 at Taban, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are JUPITER H. ES-PIRITU and SALVACION C. AGUILAR.




EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENotice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate surviving heirs of the deceased JAIME MILAN, SR. and JULIANA N. MILAN who died on November 19, 1999 and January 7, 1984, respectively at Pacol, Naga City, with no known debts or obligations at the time of their death, left a parcel of agricultural land situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga City; that the surviving Heirs hereby agree to divide and adjudicate unto themselves the real property stated; that for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) paid by AIDA ELVIRA RICHER do hereby SELL, CEDE and TRANSFER unto said Vendees, their heirs and assigns the described real property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Joseph L. Abante, Doc. No. 120, Page No. 88, Book No.IV, Series of 2015.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2015

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALENotice is hereby given that SIMEON NAMIA of legal age, married to Consorcia Luna Namia of Pacol, Naga City received the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) in hand paid by Sps. AIDA ELVIRA RICHER and RENE RICHER of legal age and residents of Naga City, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and by these presents do hereby SELL, CEDE TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said spouses theirs heirs, successors and assigns the property described situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga City containing an area of TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED square meters as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Pedro C. Cruz, Doc. No. 33, Page No. 36, Book No.IX, Series of 2002.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2015

tions.The second component

involves encouragement of investors in production ar-eas through construction of new irrigation systems, sani-tary landfill and other needed structures.

The last component stress-es the need to strengthen man-agement of the BRB which includes establishment of a Sub-basin Management Coun-cil, conduct of information education campaign, capabil-ity enhancement training and many others.

Gonzales added that the implementation of the Inte-grated BRP master plan has a total budget allocation of P31 million.

“Government agencies including PAGASA, DTI, DPWH, NIA, DA, BFAR, DOT, DILG and DENR will be helping each other to allo-cate fund for the 15-year term implementation of the plan,” he said.

The special order for the establishment of the BRB Co-ordination Office was issued in 2012 to render technical and administrative support to the BRB Management Coun-cil under the RDC and its tech-nical working group. It is also under the EO 816-2009 and EO 510-2006 directing the creation of River Basin Con-trol Office to be managed by the DENR.

The Bicol River Basin is the eighth largest basin in the country with a total of 317,103 hectares covering the prov-inces of Albay, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte.

Among the challenges it

is currently facing are flood-ing which affects agriculture and settlements, destruction of forest covers, dwindling fish catch due to illegal fishing, conversion of mangrove areas, pollution and many others. It is also inside the typhoon belt area thus af-fected by strong typhoons every year. -- PIA

rdc okays Bicol river Basin . . .

tions – flooding, drought and saline intrusion.

Bicol was chosen as pilot site for the AMICAF project because of its high vulner-ability to typhoons, floods and drought that all take a great toll on agriculture, given that 40 percent of the region’s rice area is affected by these cli-mate-related stresses.

Under such conditions, al-ternative agricultural options were introduced and promoted to ensure food security and generate additional income for the farmer based on the Agri-

go hyBrid, da urges . . .kulturang Pinoy (Agri-Pinoy) Rice Program directed towards the vigorous pursuit of the ad-ministration of President Be-nigno Aquino III of its Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) for the country.

One of these options is the use of GSR under climate change-related stresses wherein drought-tolerant varieties were tested in both rainfed lowland and upland environments and results of the adaptability trails in hazard specific areas showed that GSR12a, GSR11, GSR8 and GSR5 are top performing

lines in upland areas with up to 62.5 percent advantage over check varieties.

Furthermore, GSR varieties have been seen to grow rap-idly to compete strongly with weeds and since they establish themselves much faster than the weeds, herbicide—a luxu-ry for poor farmers—becomes unnecessary.

Following these trials, seed multiplication was undertaken for wide-scale GSR adaptation that since 2013 saw Bicol en-joying bountiful rice harvest for regional self-sufficiency and even coming up with a yearly surplus.

While Bragas attributes these achievements largely to

wide-ranged and timely gov-ernment interventions before and after climate-triggered calamities, the good farming practices that Bicolano farmers have embraced, like following the planting calendar, remain the key factor.

In the next cropping period, he said, farmers are advised to start planting for the dry season during the third week of December to the month of January so that their plants are shielded from a cold spell in December to early February during rice pollination.

Cold spell blocks pol-lination, causing low yield, the DA regional chief ex-plained.

amounting to P110,000 from violators of anti-smoke belch-ing provisions of Republic Act 8749, also known as the Clean Air Act.

ENRO chief Oscar Orozco, however, said that the primor-dial concern of the campaign is not to generate income but to compel the motorists to comply with the Clean Air Act. “We should be happier if we got a lower number of violators as this would mean we have a lesser number of contributors to air pollution,” he said.

He said his office is pres-ently drafting proposed amendments to the city’s ex-isting ordinance for the delib-eration by the Sangguniang Panlungsod members. The amendments, once passed and

team to fine smoke . . .approved, would allow the city government to revise the ordinance’s existing penalty provision in favour of adopt-ing the ones being implement-ed by the LTO.

The penalties imposed by the LTO based on RA 8749:

a) First offense – a fine not to exceed P2,000; b) Second offense – a fine not less than P2,000 and not to exceed P4,000) and c) Third offense – 1)year suspension of the Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR) and a fine of not less than P4,000 and not more than P6,000.

In addition, the driver and operator of the apprehended vehicle will have to undergo a seminar on pollution control and management conducted by the DOTC.


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MUsLIM MAss WEDDINgCARD MBA, the insurance arm of CARD MRI sponsored a mass wedding of 100 Muslim couples who are our members

of the CARD, in Biton Garden and Convention Center in Cotabato City.

More than 100 Muslim couples tie the knot in CotabatoCOTABATO CITY

-- CARD Mutual Benefi t Association, Inc. (CARD MBA), the insurance arm of CARD Mutually Rein-forcing Institutions (CARD MRI), recently hosted a mass wedding to 110 Mus-lim couples, who are CARD members, in Biton Garden and Convention Center in Cotabato City.

Marriage is an integral part in one’s life but few are given a chance especially the socio-economically chal-lenged, causing a major delay in getting married and getting a marriage license. To help them enjoy the benefi ts of legal marriage, CARD MBA hosted a mass wedding to-gether with CARD, Inc., one of the leading microfi nance institutions in the Philippines. Both are member institutions of CARD MRI.

Mass wedding is an addi-tional service given to mem-bers of CARD who have live-in partners and have been members of the Association for at least 10 months prior to the wedding celebration. The Association shoulders the expenses in getting the necessary documents for the wedding, except for the Cer-tifi cate of No Marriage or CENOMAR.

“We are thankful that CARD offers this kind of ser-vice because most of us were wed traditionally and we have no marriage contracts. Here we now have marriage con-tracts, which we can use not only in claiming benefi ts from the Association but in other transactions with private and government offi ces,” shared in local language by a group of newlyweds.

This is the second time

that CARD MBA hosted a mass wedding in the province of Cotabato. The fi rst was in Buluan with 50 couples from the Maguindanao tribe. All of them are also CARD MRI members. To date, the said

service was enjoyed by 812 couples since it was fi rst of-fered in 2002.

Atty. Suharto O. Amad, OIC-registrar in Sharia Court, a muslim court, expressed his gratitude to CARD for hav-

ing the same aspiration like them in focusing to the needs of Muslim families. He also gamely and briefl y mentioned other benefi ts, products and services of the Association that newlyweds can enjoy.

The CARD MBA, which operates nationwide has to-tal insured individuals of 10,694,765 with a total claims payment of Php 691,442,962 as of December 2014. -Lynie Joy T. Ambatang

rines Norte.He was also ordered to pay

a fi ling fee of PhP1,500., pay-able to the Cashier, Offi ce of the President, within fi fteen (15) days from his receipt of the Order, or his complaint will be dismissed without further notice.

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Nueva Caceres Heritage Movement marks1st Foundation Day with dinner, lecture

The Nueva Caceres Heritage Move-ment, Inc. marks its 1st Founding Anniver-sary with a dinner, and lecture on "The Ma-gellan Expedition - In Focus" by renowned Bicol Historian Dr. Danilo Madrid Gerona on Thursday, April 30, 2015, 4:00 P.M. at Stellar Global Cuisine, 3Fl, Starview Ho-tel, this city.

The lecture coincides with the 450th year of the Christianization of the Philip-

pines.The dinner-lecture is opened to all his-

tory enthusiasts, students and professors.The Bahandi Award shall be launched.Admission is Php300.00. Tickets are

available at the NCHMI offi ce at GIP Bldg., P.Burgos St. c/o Mrs. Pilar De Guzman or at Multribrand c/o Mr. Sim Bonacua, contact numbers (054) 472-0202, Smart 09209205521, Globe 09153700319.

proponent of Ordinance No. 2012-037, otherwise known as the Prescribed Naga Lupon Ordinance (PNaLO), which prescribes the organization and recognition of the Federation of Lupong Tagapamayapa in the city. It mandates a continu-ing education of Lupon mem-bers and provides additional incentives to them, such as city-counterpart honorarium and sick and death benefi ts.

legacion . . .

in the middle of all the temp-tations, we can remember the reason why we are in this ser-vice.”

Newly-sworn in City Youth Mayor Ruby Jane L. Bandola accepted the chal-lenge.

“Hopefully, our involve-ment and empowerment will not stop with City Youth Of-fi cials alone. Hopefully, it will not stop with the Youth Month alone. It will be a con-tinuous journey, that needs the collected effort of all citi-zens of Naga, but as for the challenge of being the front-liners for this change, CYO 2015 gladly accepts it.”

City Councilor Ray-An Cydrick Rentoy, the young-

est and one of the most ac-tive Councilors of the City, also crafted the Naga City Code through Ordinance No. 2012-035. The resolution has been acknowledged by the National Youth Commission (NYC) through a resolution en banc lauding the initiative of the city’s local offi cials in coming up with such a com-prehensive code for the Naga City youth.

naga city youth officials . . .

culture related courses.Alcala is hopeful that

young farmers would em-brace today’s technological innovations and mechaniza-

take agri courses, da . . .Obrero reported that

ULAM and MD-2 variety can be grown under the soil and climatic condition of Camarines Norte using the local farmers practices or the best agricultural prac-tices for the Queen pine-apple. But he said only the MD-2 variety is now ready for commercialization and distribution to farmers as the intellectual property

2 new pineapple varieties . . .rights of the Ulam variety is still under negotiations. The Ulam variety was de-veloped and registered by Dr. Juan C. Acosta of Bukidnon, whose pineap-ple plantation is located in Davao.

Engr. Bella Frias, the newly installed CNLRRS Superintendent, said the station has been producing suckers of MD-2 variety and

interested farmers can avail of the said planting materi-als from the CNLRRS at a minimum cost. -Lovella P. Guarin

tion.“Times have changed.

With modern technologies and the farm mechanization that we have been champi-oning since 2010, these new farmers will have quite an easier time in the fi elds, un-like our forefathers who re-ally had to eat by the sweat of their brows,” Alcala said.

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10 farming barangays. Con-struction of sales and exhibit stands will be undertaken by way of bayanihan or collec-tive effort among the partici-pating farmers.

“This year’s celebration will be different from previ-ous ones as there will also be folkdance competition and photo contest, laro ng lahi and lectures on organic agri-culture and climate change,” says Maria Edna Bongalon-ta, head of the City Agricul-ture Office (CAO).

On the second day (May 7), the farmers and the CAO personnel will be in floral (bulaklakan) attire as they participate in athanksgiv-ing mass, ribbon cutting and opening of the agri-fair to be graced by city officials led by Mayor John G. Bon-gat and Regional Executive Director Abelardo Bragas of the Department of Agri-culture’s Regional Field Of-fice V. They will also deliver their respective inspirational messages during the brief program.

Bongalonta, under whose watch as CAO head started the Farmers Week in 2011, said the event practically placed farmworkers in this highly urbanized city, and their harvests in the spot-light. “The activity is one way of giving honors and expressing our gratitude to our hardworking farm he-roes who toil their lands for us to have something to eat,” she said.

Also highlighting the event is the induction of the newly elected officers of Barangay Agricultural and Fishery Council (BAFC), the Naga City Livestock Raisers Federation, and the Naga City Rural Improve-ment Club.

At 1:30 PM, a folkdance competition will be held at the Naga City People’s Hall, which will be followed by an open forum. The discussion on different issues and con-cerns will be participated in by various organizations in the agriculture sector.

Laro ng lahi is slated to be held on Day 3, wherein the farmers and their fam-ily members will actively participate in various tradi-tional games like bulong-pari, sambunot (aragawan niyog), karakanan mais, and sack race.

Capping the 3-day event is a photo presentation by farmers and CAO person-nel on their memorable moments and success sto-ries, which will be followed by the announcement and awarding of winners in the competitions.

The city’s agricultural ba-rangays are San Isidro, Cara-rayan, Panicuason, Carolina, Pacol, Concepcion Grande, Concepcion Pequeña, Mab-olo, Balatas, and San Felipe.

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By JASON B. NEOLA

NAGA CITY — Fresh and good quality fruits and other farm products that are lower in price are

taking center stage for the 3-day Farmers Week which will be celebrated on May 6-9, this year.

The occasion will also give recognition to hard-

working farmworkers here.Highlighting the start of

the event is the setting up of colorful agricultural booths inside the City Hall grounds by farmers from the city’s

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