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LOOKING AHEADCamSur Gov. Migz Villafuerte addresses a huge crowd of college students and young entrepreneurs as he welcomes guests and delegates to the 1st Regional Youth entrepreneurship Congress, a joint venture of the provincial government of Camarines Sur and the CamSur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CSCCI) on December 5-6, 2014 at the CamSur Convention Center. With CSCCI top honchos like businessmen Raymond Concepcion, Solomon Ngo, and Jeremie Lo, DTI provincial chief edna Tejada and PCCI Area Vice President ed Nicolas, Gov. Migz formally opens the successful congress despite the threat of Typhoon Ruby.

GROUNDBREAKING RITESDirector Dennis Del Socorro of BFAR 5 and Regional Technical Director for operations Dr. elena B. delos Santos led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P20M Balatan Fishport Project. Also in photo are Mayor ernesto Bagasbas (3rd from right); Vice Governor Fortunato Peña (center); Paul Maleniza (leftmost) and members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Balatan. (Turn to page 6)

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Alcala allotsP20M for Balatan Fishport project

CVO assures cleanmeat for NagueñosNAGA CITY — The

City Veterinary Offi ce (CVO) here is taking three approaches to ensure that every Nagueño family is protected from contami-nated meat products.

The scheme will be en-forced to the hilt because of the approaching Christmas season when large volume of meat products are tradi-tionally transported to the city because of the holi-days.

The fi rst step concerns the close examination by CVO meat inspection ser-vice personnel of the ani-mal due to be slaughtered at the Naga City Abattoir. This will immediately pre-

vent the animal to be sold in the market if found unfi t to be slaughtered for human consumption.

Under this process, the an-imals are examined for con-demnable diseases like hog cholera, rabies, swine ery-sipelas and tetanus for swine; tetanus and rabies for cattle, and caprine arthritis encepha-litis for goat.

Included in the animal’s condemnable diseases is septicemia, a bacterium in the blood that often occurs with severe infections. The disease is a fatal infection that gets worse very quickly. It can arise from infections throughout the body, includ-ing infections in the lungs,

abdomen, and urinary tract. It may come before or at the same time as infections of the bone, central nervous system, heart, and other tissues.

Partial condemnation is strongly recommended for the animal that is positive for pneumonia and other diseas-es that affect its digestive and reproductive systems. Partial condemnation is being con-ducted by way of removing the affected part of the ani-mal’s body.

Once the animal is cleared of any disease and declared fi t for human consumption, it is allowed to rest for 6 to 8 hours before being butchered. The breather is necessary to

BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR -- Agriculture Secretary Pro-ceso J. Alcala downloaded P20M for the construction of the Balatan Fishport project here. The ground-

Secretary Alcala was sup-posed to be the guest of honor but was not able to come as he has to preside over an ex-

ecutive committee meeting of all DA regional directors in Baguio City. He was rep-resented by DA 5 Regional

breaking ceremony for said proj-ect was held on December 3, 2014 during the town’s celebration of the 63rd Pagkamundag Festival held at the covered court here.

Technical Director for Op-erations and Extension, Dr. Elena B. delos Santos. In

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happened. True to my fears - continuing rains pummeled the sugar fields on the hill. The shallow-rooted sugar cane crops were unable to “drink” all the water. The crops were later uprooted, including bushes and trees, carried downstream by onrushing waters. They overflowed the rivers, inundating the city proper. Thousands perished, some bodies found floating in the bay! Victims of man’s inhumanity to man!

MINDANAO: Southern Philippines have been dubbed as Agriculture Paradise. That was years ago, before big plantations took over the forested areas, fell down the trees and converted them into banana and pineapple plantations. With the big trees gone – rainwaters have nowhere to go but downstream. So – when heavy rains come, flooding occurs. The ultimate destination is the lower levels of the town centers, wreaking great damage to life and property.

This is the story of Eastern Mindanao where banana plantations abound.

A 1978 book, titled Weather War, postulated that the weather could be humanly engineered to become a weapon of mass destruction. Here, the main character is a TV weather forecaster who first recognized the uncanny pattern of the weather changes all over the world; hence, his early conspiracy theory about it.

With the global climate change, it becomes inevitable that the mass media – particularly the weather newscasters or forecasters – play a vital role in information dissemination.

So, it is not surprising that a national networks’ news reader becomes embroiled again in a controversy over a comment she made related to typhoon Ruby.

During the December 3 TV Patrol’s newscast, Korina Sanchez, made a comment that the typhoon should hit Japan instead. In a wired world, her comment speedily elicited reactions from all over the world, mostly and expectedly, negative.

Sanchez, the spouse of the DILG Secretary who was similarly rained with negative remarks on the social media over a photo showing him in a motorcycle spill in Samar, had also figured in a word war against CNN reporter, Anderson Cooper during the latter’s Yolanda coverage in Tacloban.

Typhoons in the country have become thus not only a climate concern, but also a media issue. How should the media treat disasters? How should they report? These are basic questions that, being very basic as such, should be reviewed by our media personalities, exerting and endowed as they are with the power of the media to influence the minds of the people. That is, to quote Batman, “with more power, more responsibilities.”

Among them, is to inform their audience with the right information. Typhoons in the Philippines are also occasions for pa-pogi points, particularly for politicians.

The media should be sensitive to these kinds of acts, that is, to separate the chaff about the typhoons – politicians visiting evacuation sites, etc. etc. from the grain - of advising people to keep safe by avoiding the flooded streets or not going fishing on the rough seas.

Whether or not the media will pander to popular taste by seasoning their newscast with what legal minds put as “immaterial, irrelevant and incompetent” comments, these certainly will ensure them to be enmeshed in a weather war of sort.

In that kind of war, we, the people, will be the losers.

When rainwaters from the nearly mountains (deforested for purposes of expanding plantation areas) – bananas plants could not contain the water. Similar incidents occur in the areas near General Santos and in the mountains of Bukidnon. Forests were cleared, converted to pineapple and sugar cane farms. All told – the people’s greed were the evils that wrought havoc.

AGRI-AGRA: With the onset of the ASEAN Integration next year, we have to re-think our future as a nation. Are we still comfortable to be an agricultural country? Our agri-lands are no longer as wide as can be! We keep on blaming realty developers for converting arable lands into residential-commercial-subdivisions. Actually the cheaper alternative is just to import from our neighbors, instead of holding progress through the inutile agrarian reform.

Is this bad economics? Not really, so long as we can have better sources of income, especially in production and service endeavors where we are good at. With ASEAN integration, we must optimize our service activities – similar to what Singapore and Hong Kong have accomplished. They have no farm areas – but they excel in trading and financial services. Yes, fellows – we can still progress sans farm subsidies. Look up, man – there are God-given alternatives!

GOD’S ADVICE: I have given you talents – use them for your own needs, and share in my pleasure!

(PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

TYPHOONS: As (Super) Typhoon Ruby approaches Central Philippines – our government and civic groups have been alerting our people praying that this new weather disturbance will just pass by with ZERO CASUALTY! Well, it’s nice to be ready with remedial measures. But we should also find time to look at the real cause of all these calamities besetting our country. We are part of humanity that has been continually abusing nature.

Take note that when rains and floods deluge certain towns, the results could be either benign or gravely damaging. In those parts of our country where the forests and trees have been preserved to a certain extent, flooding does not last long as rainwaters seep into the ground, deposited in the roots of trees. In areas with denuded forests and limited foliage – waters run down fast to lower grounds, and flooding ensues. Who should we blame for this catastrophe?

GREED: When I was SVP for Branches of Republic Planters Bank (now Maybank) – I frequently visited Ormoc City (Leyte). One time, during my inspection of sugar lands mortgaged to the bank, I was invited to a farmhouse (surrounded by cane fields) atop a hill overlooking the city proper. The view was awesome, beautiful! But suddenly, I had some fearful thoughts. What if rainwaters from the hilltop rush down to the city in torrents?

Two years after that – the Great Flood

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Pacquiao because Binay does not want to appear in the Senate. In my view, it is the opposite. The anti-Binay accusers are keeping distance or running away from the boxing ring which is the court. That is the legal boxing ring where they should file charges and fight him and not in the Senate. There, they should prove their charges beyond reasonable doubt.

* * * * *It’s Christmas time, the day of

celebrating the birth of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. It’s not the birthday of Santa Claus and Snowman although I am not against displaying them as a decor for Christmas. I hope our homes will have “belen” to remind us of the birth of Jesus as Divine Person. That was the time the Holy Family came into being. Saint Mary give birth to Jesus and became the Mother of God. and Saint Joseph became his foster father, all of them loving and taking care of each other as a family. Let’s hear mass and greet Jesus on His birthday.

* * * * *As I write this column, typhoon Ruby,

a strong typhoon, a little lesser in strength than super typhoon Yolanda, is hovering over our country and is threatening to bring strong winds and heavy rains to forty seven provinces and this includes the Bicol province. Let’s pray to God Almighty and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our “Ina” for her intercession.

* * * * *“Oratio Imperata”, prayer for

protection from typhoon.“Loving father, Creator and Lord of

the Universe,Your providence sustains the

foundation of the earthAnd your wisdom guides the causes

of nature.

We hunbly implore you to spare us from the eminent threat of the typhoon,

To keep us safe from all dangers, and to calm all the storms of life that threaten us.

May we be secure in your loving hands, seek your will in all our experiences,

And serve you as stewards of your creation.

With grateful hearts.

O Virgin of Peñafrancia, our Ina, intercede for us,

Embraced us with your mantle of love and shield us from al l calamities.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

There are anti-corruption crusaders who are surfacing and have announced their plan of going to different schools. One can observe that they talk about corruption and then they focus on the allegations and accusations in the Senate’s Blue Ribbon sub-committee and pre-judge Vice-President Jejomar Binay and his family.

Why don’t they also include in their anti-corruption campaign the pork barrel scam of sixteen senators that was published as submitted by alleged PDAF scam queen Janet Napoles to Justice Sec. Leila de Lima which include names of allies of the administration? Why don’t they include the reported corruption in the Bureau of Customs, Philippine Ports Authority, Rice Smuggling, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) which was declared by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional and who benefited from it? The Malampaya Fund Scam and the graft and corruption in some Local Government Units with reports of the Commission on Audit. The billion peso missing fund for aid to typhoon Yolanda victims per audit report of the COA in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sept. 12, 2014?

These surfacing crusaders are selective and may have political motive because they are not talking against alleged corruption of other government officials but only of VP Binay who announced his intention to run for President in the 2016 election.

After the boxing bout of Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao with Chris Algerie where he won by Unanious Decision, some people likened VP Binay to Algerie who kept running away from

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PIA and PILI TOWN AWARDEEAna-Liza Sapinoso Macatangay, Camarines Sur PIA Provincial Director, recently received two recognitions, a Best Writer Award from the Philippine Information Agency and the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service excellence; and a Mayoral Recognition from the town mayor of Pili, Camarines Sur for Journalism and Public Service.

BICOL ESSAYWRITING COMPETITION AWARDINGDaet Mayor Tito S. Sarion, along with Deped’s Gilbert Sadsad, Bikol Reporter’s Frank Penones Jr., awarded the winners this year’s essay Writing Competition focused on the socio-economic benefits of the coconut. RuN FoR RICe

COO CRUZThe Philippine Veterans

Bank (PVB) has appointed professional banker Nonilo Cruz as Chief Operating Officer of the fast-growing commercial bank.

Nilo, as he is fondly called, brings with him more than 30 years of experience in bank-ing and corporate operations with various local and mul-tinational commercial banks where he rose from the ranks becoming a senior executive in a foreign bank branch in the Philippines.

As the new COO of Phil-ippine Veterans Bank, Nilo

is expected to strengthen the bank’s operational productiv-ity and performance to ensure efficiency and profitability to serve the best interest of its stakeholders, customers, and its employees.

Nilo said that the chal-lenges offered by the bank is something that he could not refuse. “Reinvigorat-ing the bank and developing new strategies are among the challenges. But giving back the contributions of our war veterans and their families is a challenge I cannot refuse,” he said.

Prior to joining PVB, he served for more than 17 years as a pioneer senior executive of Australia and New Zea-land Banking Group (ANZ), Manila, following a 3-year stint as Vice President of the Equitable Banking Corpora-tion (now Banco de Oro).

During his term in ANZ, he led a team that elevated the bank’s standing to No. 2 and No. 1 arranger of syndi-cated loans in 2009 and 2010, respectively, and the top book runner of syndicated loans in both years. Nilo was also part

LEGAZPI CITY -– The regional office here of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has welcomed the plan of the Catanduanes provincial gov-ernment to establish a facility that will look after the wel-fare of abused women and children in the province.

It will be a center that shall stand as the first and only such kind of facility in Bi-col to be run by a provincial government and “the DSWD regional office is glad hear-ing about it and we welcome such initiative,” Regional Di-rector Arnel Garcia said on Wednesday.

A report relayed to him by the Catanduanes Provincial Social Welfare and Develop-ment Office (PSWDO), Gar-

cia said, describes the pro-posed facility as a one-stop shop shelter and rehabilita-tion house where women in crisis, abused children and children-in-conflict with the law (CICL) will be nurtured.

Cases of these victims will also be handled by the same facility whose establishment has been proposed as one of the primary projects under the provincial government’s 2015 Annual Investment Pro-gram, Garcia said, citing the PSWDO report.

In the project proposal, Catanduanes PSWDO chief Delia Bernal said the center to be manned by registered social workers who will handle case management and house parents to be hired by

It’s three-in-a-row for PIA-Camarines Sur Provin-cial Head Ana-Liza Sapinoso-Macatangay as she once again received two awards and rec-ognition, namely; The Best Writer Award for Southern Lu-zon Cluster, and the Certificate of Recognition given by the Program on Awards and Incen-tives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

Ms. Macatangay received the Best Writer Award in rec-ognition of her continuous delivery of high quality pub-lished articles and commit-ment to excellence in the field of development communica-tions.

She also received the PRAISE Special Recognition Award for being one of the recipient of the 2014 Mayoral Recognition Award for Jour-nalism and Public Service giv-en by the Local Government of the Philippines, Camarines Sur.

It should be noted that two months earlier, Ms. Macat-angay was the recipient of the 2014 Mayoral Award, the highest recognition bestowed by the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Pili, Camarines Sur to its outstanding sons and daughters, the symbolic thanksgiving of a grateful town to the most outstanding citizens, residents and natives. The Award was conferred on her on October 16, 2014.

The two Awards were con-ferred on December 3, 2014 at the PIA Auditorium, Philip-pine Information Agency, Dili-man, Quezon City.

The PRAISE Award is a program of the Philippine In-formation Agency that seeks to recognize outstanding Re-gional and Provincial Writ-ers of the Agency for their excellence in disseminating information through the Best Writer Award; and give rec-ognition to employees who re-ceived awards for exemplary achievement and must have contributed an impact to the Agency thru the Special Rec-ognition Award.

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), in partnership with the JCI Legazpi Dawani and Aqui-nas University of Legazpi, conducted the first "SNAC Attack" for some 467 gradu-ating students as part of the AUL PABALON: A Compre-hensive Guide to Career and Employment late last month here.

The Social Safety Nets, Social Protection Awareness Campaign (SNAC) Attack aims to raise awareness about the government’s social pro-tection services and social safety nets to prepare these students as they transition to-wards financial independence after graduation.

PhilHealth PR officer and JCI Legazpi Dawani presi-dent Annielyn Z. San Pablo, discussed the important role each person plays in social safety nets, posing the ques-

tion: “would you rather be the one holding the safety net, or the one falling into the net?”.

She delved how resource pooling or the Bayanihan system works in the Philip-pine setting, citing agencies like the SSS, GSIS, PAG- IBIG Fund, and PhilHealth as the prime movers in social protection.

San Pablo explained how the whole social protection and safety nets system works to provide each citizen with decent jobs, healthcare, so-cial insurance for housing, education, trainings, and pension as well as death ben-efits.

She also shared with the participants how the Bayani-han System helps the poorest of the poor thru social safety nets like the DSWD’s Con-ditional Cash Transfer Pro-grams.

San Pablo encouraged the

participants to take a more pro- active role in their future membership to these agen-cies and be empowered about their rights as well as respon-sibilities.

She further challenged the participants to get PhilHealth- insured, citing that “It’s easi-er to live on the edge when you’re insured, because then you wouldn’t be a financial burden to your loved ones should anything happen to you”.

The SNAC Attack is as a way to encourage apprecia-tion of government services so the younger generation would have a better grasp of their bigger role in the soci-ety once they step out of the campus into employment or entrepreneurship. PhilHealth, in partnership with the JCI Legazpi Dawani is set to conduct this activity in other campuses across the region. -- PIA

NAGA CITY - As a cul-minating activity to the Rice Awareness Month being ob-served every November, over 500 personnel of the De-

partment of Agriculture and its attached agencies plus a number of extension work-ers and farmers and coop members participated in the 3-kilometer Run-for Rice held in this city last Saturday. Now on its second year, this event is being conducted to raise the level of awareness of the public, the consumers, the rice producers, the policy makers and the local leaders on the importance of pro-ducing and consuming palay or rice properly, efficiently and sustainably or “Rice-ponsibly.” It is one of the strategies to the nationwide advocacy of the DA for every Filipino to be “Riceponsible “by avoiding wastage of pa-lay seeds or grains and rice morsel. Based on statistics every Filipino wastes an av-erage of 2 tablespoonfuls of rice daily which translates to about 6.2 billion worth of losses. Adding up these loss-es it could have been enough

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Kin ika masentabo taynga ta di ika nibakal ning sadiri mong cementeryo?tanganing maitalbong mo na adtong mga pinag agyan mong sakripisyo.kin ika tatao ag masentabo ag agko loog ana payo mo.taynga ta kaipwan mo pang bakalon ana diksyonaryo nin ibang tawo?kin ika esposo na sentabo sana ana pipadalagan mo.taynga ta di mo kayang bumalyo sa salog na nikarabkatab ana kalayo?

kin sentabo ana Dios mo.taynga ta kaipwan mo pang magdebosyon ki Magdalena na syota nin barrio?kin sentabo ana pirming anap mo.taynga ta di na sana ika umistar sa empierno, na kin sari ana demonyo kurukaiba mo?kin sentabo ana pirming abak mo.taynga ta di ika tumigbak nin tawo?kin sentabo ana solusyon sa ngamin na imahinasyon ag ilusyon.taynga ta di mo ibindisyon?kin sentabo ana ngamin na nipadalagan.taynga ta di mo dulagan ana mga gawi-gawi na kinamulatan?kin doktor ana sentabo mo.taynga ta di mo napapatindog ana salud ni manoy mo?tanganing sige sana ana pagpa turuturayug kupsit mo?kin ika masentabo.taynga ta di mo kayang bakalon ana loog nya payu ko?adi rawit dawit kota gusto kong itigsik sa payu moana mga bagay na agbay na dapat ipiwirik tanganing pagrurup-rurupan pag isip isipanpi ingganyar tayka ipatngud kona magba'go nin usto tanganing mamati mo ana orgulyo ning pinagsakripisyuwan ag pinaglapigutanna nag alin pa sa kapinu'nan.

Iriga iyo an biography kan inaapod na "Father of Philippine Jazz," na si Angel Pena. Si Pena nagtugtog kaiba kan dating Bicol Master's Orchestra, sarong bistadong banda sa Iriga bago mag-abot an mga Hapon. Sa saiyang pagsaysay kan saiyang pag-istar sa Iriga, naromdoman niya an sarong siga-siga kadto sa banwaan na inaapod niyang Pacifico. Sarong aldaw iniba siya ni Pacifico sa sarong fiesta sa bukid na baryo kan Iriga. Natakot soboot siya huli ngani sa reputasyon kaini. Alagad, kun siga man ini, nahiling niya lang ini sa paghagad kaini kan saiyang kopya na nakursunadahan kaini. Si Pacifico, segun ki Pena, dinakop kan mga Hapon pagabot tulos ninda sa Iriga, dangan dinara sa ALATCO kun sain ini linahidan nin alkitran sa enerong niyang lawas, dangan ilinudad pasiring sa dai maaraman na destinasyon. Mayo nang nadangog poon kadto manongod sa siga kan Iriga, na an tunay na pangaran iyo si Francisco Mirando alyas Iskong Itum. Siya an pinakaenot na biktima kan giyera kun sain nabutong an sadit na nasyon arog kan Pilipinas na garo tanga sa dakulang ralaban nin mga elepante.

Sa saiyang librong, Long Days Into War, pigsaysay kan kagsurat kaini na si Stanley Weintraub an inagihan kan mga dating empleyado kan lumang ALATCO kan ika-2ng Giyera Mundial sa dating banwaan kan Iriga, kun sain an kompanya nin bus nakabase. Disyembre 8, 1941 kadto kan an mag-agom nagbabakasyon sa Pasacao, sakay kan lantsang may pangaran na Taringtang. Boot sabihon, Disyembre 7 pa lang sa Amerika kaya kan pigpurbaran ni Claire Grove na i-dial an birikan kan radyo sa alas-doseng programa sa Manila kan Amerikanong announcer na si Don Bell, si putol-putol na sinasabi kaini na “inatake kan Japan an Amerika,” senyal talaga kan pagbomba kan Pearl Harbor sa Hawaii asin pagabot man kan giyera sa Pilipinas.

“Apparently, war was in the air,” an surat ni Mrs. Grove sa saiyang diary. Dali-dali sindang nagdoong sa pantalan kan Pasacao asin nagbalik sa Iriga kun sain inabutan ninda an saindang mga kaibahan na nagkakawat pa nin tennis, malinaw na dai pa naaraman an paabot na giyera. Kan banggi, sa atubangan nin pagkakan, dai sinda makakakan ta sabi kan agom ni Claire na si Leon: "first because of the darkness of light and

second because we could think or talk of nothing but what to happen now, and when?...We shall sleep with anything but a secure feeling. We feel that chances of an invasion of the Philippines are remote, but what type of action will be taken by Japan?"

Sala si pagtubod ninda na dai aatakihon kan Japan an Pilipinas ta pagabot kan mga Hapon, kaibahan sinda kan mga piglaom sa Ateneo asin kan makadulag sa tabang kan mga gerilyang Filipino, nagtago-tago nin tolong taon sa kadlagan.

Saro pang memoir na nagpahiling man kan pag-abot kan mga Hapon sa

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inner ChessBY J. HeNRY DANICAN

PAMA-ANKin Ika . . .

Ki NoMPeN BARRAMeDA De LIMA

*Si Nompen nagtapos sa University of Northeastern Philippines asin nagtatrabaho sa sarong resort sa saiyang banwaan sa Buhi, Camarines Sur.

Inculcating Sportsmanship earlyAMeLIA IMPoRTANTe SADANG

ePS- MSePDeped Iriga City

It is not unusual to see children in school fight over a small kid game of sipa or where a child lose the game and could not accept his loss. Starting with a petty quarrel like calling each other names, it sometimes results in a fist fight and ends up hurting one another. In most cases, the simple incident does not reach the school authorities since the small fight happened after school hours. The children report the matter at home and the parents take the cudgel for their children. It is good if the parents go to school authorities to report what happened and be properly given solution. The children can be given a “mild lecture” by the teacher and the ‘fighting children’ become good friends and as the saying goes…all’s well that ends well. But some parents go beyond. The “small case” is brought to the barangay “lupon” and unless resolved the case is recommended to court. A simple case of the children’s lack of sportsmanship.

It is disheartening to know that small fights over a little game among children can result in what could be a big court case. The bottomline is…children were not taught sports-manship…the simple matter of taking a loss in a game nicely But that is just what sportsmanship is…it is not just a matter of losing a game and feeling bad about it.

Sportsmanship is playing fair. It is following the rules of the game. It is respecting the judgment of the authority. It is treating the opponent with respect.

Considered the ‘golden rule of sports’ sportsmanship should be taught to children at a very early age. Sportsmanship is not just limited to players alone but also applies to cheerleaders and parents and all other spectators in a game.

If it is natural to see losers feeling bad after losing a game while the victors are having the fun of their life. But it is heartening to see players whether losers or victors shaking hands and the losers congratulating the victors while the victors accepting their victory in all humility.

Teachers should inculcate among their young pupils sportsmanship so that they will grow up in the thought that winning is not a matter of being proud of victory and losing is not a matter of feeling bad over an unfortunate loss of victory. Every player wants to emerge a winner. And who is it who does not pray to win? And who is it who expects to lose? Nobody. But in all games, one should win and another should lose. The most important thing is that children should be taught and understand what Baron Pierre de Coubertein said that in games it is not so much the winning that matters but it is the participation.

Albay Gov. Joey Salceda will be conferred the Ate-neo de Manila University’s 2014 Most Outstanding En-gineering Alumnus Award for his “innovative and transformative leadership and service” as a three-term congressman and governor of Albay.

Federation of Ateneo Man-agement Engineers (FAME) president Pyth Brion said Salceda was chosen for his innovations “in the areas of

disaster risk reduction,(DRR) and climate change adapta-tion (CCA), improved qual-ity of and access to education and health services, and long term integrative and econom-ic development planning.”

Brion said the award will be conferred on Salceda dur-ing FAME’s homecoming dinner celebration on De-cember 13 at the Ateneo de Manila campus at Loyola Heights in Quezon City.

In a related development,

the Junior Chamber Interna-tional (JCI) Philippines has also announced the selection of Salceda as one of three re-cipients for this year of The Outstanding Filipino (TO-FIL) for exemplary public service.

Salceda is cited for his “transformative steward-ship and building of social cohesion which enabled un-precedented achievements in Albay of its Millennium De-

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Email: homar.murillo@gmail.comHOMAR MURILLO

Human society is a very complex society. It is far more complex and intricate than anything that can be found in nature. It is more complicated than a beehive, an ant colony, coral reef, or a termite community. Unlike other animal societies, human society retains the individuality of its members. It is also a highly fl exible society. Although it has highly specialized sectors, its members can easily change roles. Its individual members can even have multiple roles at the same time. Unlike other animal societies, human society is very dynamic. It evolves faster than its individual members. It has evolved to cater not only to mere survival of its members but also to artistic and scientifi c pursuits. It has become sophisticated enough to appreciate the beauty and grandeur of nature. It is capable of understanding the very fabric of the universe itself. It is capable of refl ecting unto itself. It is the only society that has the concept of the future. It is capable of learning and passing down its knowledge from one generation to the next.

On the other hand, sophisticated as it is, human society is far from being perfect. It is still striving to achieve utopian ideals. Despite of its wealth, many of its members are still not benefi ting from its progress. Its distribution of resources is ineffi cient. It is ironic that in the midst of plenty, many are still hungry and are barely able to survive. Scarcity is not the problem but the way wealth and resources are distributed. It is a society that is based on consumerism. Only those who have the capacity to buy are the ones that benefi t most from the products and services that it produces. Good quality of life is accessible only to a minority. There are even sectors of this society that do not even have access to basic survival needs.

Consumerism as an economic system of the human society is an unjust and ineffi cient system. It is a system that is not anymore based on actual needs but rather on artifi cial wants. These wants are created by the mass media. People are not anymore eating merely to satisfy their hunger. They eat to satisfy their palate. People are not anymore wearing clothes as protection against the weather. They are wearing clothes to show-off. The more expensive a piece of clothing, the more desirable it becomes even if it is not anymore practical to wear. Some people are building houses not anymore to serve as shelters. They build houses to showcase their success or exhibit their wealth. It is really hard to understand why the broom closets of some mansions need to be more expensive than the shacks along river banks occupied by six-member families each.

Consumerism is not based on needs but based on greed. It fuels the individual desires to have more possessions even if these possessions are not anymore necessary and only become burdens. Ironically, consumerism produced communication technologies but it has made communication gaps become wider. To some extent, computers, cellular phones, and the internet paradoxically isolated individuals rather than making them more cohesive. Some people have lost the capacity to communicate atthe individual or personal level. Gadgets seemed to have made some people numb about other people.

On the other hand, consumerism has impact not only on the social behaviors of people but also on the biosphere itself. Consumerism is taking too much from natural resources and converting these raw materials into unnecessary but coveted products. Hence, natural resources are depleted much faster than it is being replenished. Some resources are not even renewable. Consumerism is taking too much from nature without replenishing it. At the same time, it is also dumping wastes in the process. Unlike other systems, such as a forest or a coral reef, the resources are not effectively used and recycled by the human society. Balance is therefore not preserved. Consumerism is the complete opposite of the natural order.

Take for instance the case of the automobile industry. It is an industry being sustained by mining the earth of petroleum and metal. Petroleum products end up polluting the air as they are converted to greenhouse gases. On the other hand, the metal parts of the automobiles end up rusting in junkyards. Although some of these metals are recycled, large bulk of these materials are lost to oxidation. Just imagine how many tons of rocks and soil have to be removed just to produce the metals needed for car production. Just imagine how much river, lake, or ocean siltation it causes. On the other hand, some of the materials used in cars are not recyclable. Materials such as polymers and fi ber glass end up in some landfi lls, waiting millennia to be decomposed.

Consumerism resulted to the mass production of surplus products that eventually end up as garbage. Every time you shop, you contribute to the piling up of garbage. The irony of this is that most of these products benefi t only very few people in spite of their abundance. Signifi cant amount of these products are only wasted. To prove this concept, just visit the food court of a nearby mall. Observe how much food end up in the garbage bin.

Human society is a sophisticated society. However, it is not sophisticated enough to provide for all its members. It is not sophisticated enough to be capable of optimizing resources without too much non-recyclable wastes. When it comes to this aspect, an ant colony can be considered to be a far more effi cient and just society.

IRIGA CITY --- John Rodolf Mortega and San-dra Soltes, both Commu-nication students from the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) passed the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) examinations ad-ministered at the Universi-ty of Nueva Caceres (UNC), Naga City on October 25.

Jan Ace Robles, a former UNEPIAN also joined the bandwagon of the new ac-credited broadcasters.

KBP Chairman Edwin Lara expressed elation over the number of attendees who took time to take their ex-aminations amid their hectic schedules. Most of the exam-inees were students, aspiring

The very fi rst ever "DOLE Oragon Awards"- the highest award to be giv-en by the DOLE Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC V) to organizations and individuals formerly scheduled last December 8 will be on December 18, 2014.

"The Oragon Awards is the highest award by DOLE RCC. This is to honor and acknowledge our partner organizations and

1st DoLe “oragon Awards”

broadcasters and practitio-ners who want to legitimate their stints as broadcast spe-cialists.

“The large turn-out of ex-aminees is a testimony that more students would like to be a part of the broadcast in-dustry and in the case of our practitioners, it’s an indica-tion that they are in full sup-port of the KBP’s goal to pro-fessionalize our rank,” Lara said in an interview.

The accreditation of broadcasters through the said examination is part of the mission of KBP to ensure that those who go on air are aware of the set of stan-dards of performance and ethical conduct governing both radio and television.

These are mandates which endeavors to make the in-dustry a better place for journalists.

Lara has also invited dis-tinguished speakers to give preliminary lectures regarding broadcast issues. Atty. Felix Brazil Jr. talked on the sensi-tive issue of libel and gave the examinees an insight on how important it is to be specifi -cally careful of the words they utter on the air.

Dr. Orbel Cepeda, a vet-eran radio broadcaster and now sharing his expertise in the academe also discussed Broadcast Media Ethics, cit-ing various practices that a broadcast practitioner or journalist should observe. KBP Performance Offi cer

Virginia Velasco who came all the way from Manila also graced the occasion as guest of honor.

Both Mortega and Soltes were exposed to the said is-sues as these lectures were part of their subjects in Com-munication being offered by UNEP.

UNEP Media Relations Director Melody Ordonez congratulated the passers for a job well done. She stated that their intent to take the examination and success-fully passing it only proved that they took by heart their lessons and intends to realize their dreams of being one of the respected men and wom-en in the fi eld of journalism in the near future. - UNEP

sonnel from the Sorsogon Dairy Station. Other agen-cies who lent support and sent delegation were: the National Irrigation Admin-istration, National Food Au-thority, Bureau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resources, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, Philippine Coconut Authority, Cen-tral Bicol State University of Agriculture, Agricultural Training Institute Bureau of Agricultural Statistics and Kabalikat Bicol.

Also present were DA Regional Technical Direc-tor (RTD) for Operations and Extension, Dr. Elena B. de los Santos; RTD for Re-search Dr. Edgar R. Madrid; Dir. Dennis B. del Socorro of BFAR; DA resident Auditor,

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individuals who have given thier exemplary contribution to the programs and services of the DOLE RCC V. As it is the highest award of the DOLE Family in the region, we envision that the "Oragon Awards" will become an an-nual event starting this year!" DOLE regional director and RCC Chairman Nathaniel V. Lacambra.

It is the culminating activ-ity of the 81st DOLE Founda-tion Anniversary. Awardees

be proud you were chosen as "Oragon"

“The colloquial word, “Oragon” based on our re-search in the language of Bicolandia, means a person of excellence or the very best! The “DOLE Bicol Oragon Awards” aims to fi nd the very best partner of the DOLE. This is why the term “Oragon Awards” was coined.” DOLE Bicol Asst. Reg. Dir. Atty. Karina Perida Trayvilla said.

Edith Aguilar, John Villar-eal of PCA; Gerry Obias of PCIC, Dr. Salvador Cruzana of CBSUA and some media partners.

The event also provided

a respite for the employees from their office work and provided an opportu-nity for bonding with their fellow employees and per-sonnel from the other gov-

ernment agencies while at the same time contributed to the upliftment of their physical wellness and fit-ness. -- Emily B. Bor-dado

Yuletide MessageYuletide Message

bikol reporter6 DeCeMber 7-13, 2014

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Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the heirs of the deceased ELSIE E. DAGPA who died on July 4, 1998 had left at the time of her death a JITNEY WITH FRANCHISE described as follows: UNIT: Make-Fuso, Body Type-Jitney, Chassis No. SPMM-61305-93-C, Motor No.227707, Plate No.EVE922; FRANCHISE: Case No. 05-93-0495, MVFile:0476 5-B33691-93-UV, Route: Naga City-Del Rosario via Diversion and from said places to any point of Bicol Region when used as cargo service. The HEIRS hereby SETTLE and ADJUDICATE the mentioned JITNEY WITH FRANCHISE for and in consideration of the amount of eIGHTY THouSAND (P80,000.00) pesos,receipt is hereby acknowledged from GeMMA M. RIVeRo (Vendee) by ANNIe C. SANTIAGo (Vendor), hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said VENDEE the described MOTOR VEHICLE, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Carlo C. Villanueva, Doc. No. 276, Page No. 56, Book No. 90, Series of 2014.

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his speech, secretary Alcala un-derscored the important role of the fi sheries sector in the devel-opment of the country, as ¾ of the country’s geography is com-prised of water, making fi shing as an important source of liveli-hood for many Filipinos.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bi-col headed by Director Dennis Del Socorro conducted the site validation of the project and submitted their recommenda-tion to Secretary Alcala who im-mediately approved the project and downloaded the P20M to the Philippine Fisheries Devel-opment Authority that will be incharged in the technical aspect of the project.

Director Del Socorro, in his message, said that the PFDA will start constructing the fi shport in February 2015. He urged the fi shermen in the area to register under the FISH-R program of the BFAR. Fishing boats also need to be registered under the FISH-Boat. Del Socorro added that BFAR 5 is giving a motor-ized boat per province for addi-tional livelihood.

Mayor Ernesto A. Bagasbas of Balatan thanked the DA RFO 5, and the Camarines Sur provin-cial government for the various

AlCAlA Allots p20M For . . .projects granted to his town. He mentioned that he recently re-ceived from DA Regional Exec-utive Director Abelardo Bragas the P4.3M fi rst tranche of fund transfer for the construction of ir-rigation facility in Bgy. Tapayas; establishment of Artifi cial Reef; and promotion of Organic farm-ing, all under the Grass Roots Participatory Budgeting Process (GPBP). The total project cost is P8.6 Million. Mayor Bagasbas shared his vision of turning Bal-atan into a tourist spot or “Little Baguio” boasting of the 16 kilo-meter concrete long and wind-ing roads passing along verdant mountain ranges from Nabua to Balatan proper.

Vice Governor Fortunato C. Peña also graced the activity. He disclosed that talks are already underway between the Cam. Sur Provincial Government and the municipalities of Pasacao, Mi-nalabac and Balatan on a on a new huge project - the construc-tion of a tourism highway from Pasacao to Balatan.

Also present during the groundbreaking ceremony were Paul Maleniza, Cam. Sur pro-vincial consultant on youth’s affairs, who represented Gover-nor Miguel Luis Villafuerte; Ex Board Member Mariano Daza, Jr, who represented 5th district representative Salvio Fortuno; Vice Mayor Jimmy Villareal and Sanggunian Bayan members; DepED teachers led by Dr. Felix Sayson, DepEd district supervi-sor.

More than 1,000 farmers, fi sherfolks, municipal employ-ees, barangay offi cials and youths participated in the colorful event which started with a Eucharistic Celebration, followed by civic and street dancing parade, and the cultural presentations of the contingents in the street dancing competition. – DA

DA . . .to feed 2.6 million Filipinos for a year.

DA regional executive director, Eng. Abelardo R. Bragas who led the activity underscored the signifi cant strides that the agricultural sector in Bicol has achieved over the past year which is a reason for Bicolanos to cel-ebrate. He cited the data re-leased by the Philippine Sta-tistics Authority (PSA) which identifi es Bicol as the fastest growing region in the country contributing about 50% to the over-all economic growth of the country. The agriculture and fi sheries sector ranked 3rd top contributor to the region’s economic growth . Bragas attributed this to the aggressive implementation of the agricultural programs not only by the DA and other agricultural institutions but also by the active support and participation of most LGUS, the dynamism and receptive-ness of farmers to new and improved practices and tech-nologies and the industry of extension workers.

The event was spear-headed by the DA in partner-ship with the City Govern-ment of Naga, the SM City, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and the Philippine National Police. The DA personnel came in full force including its per-

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bikol reporter 7DeCeMber 7-13, 2014

KOMEDYA DE BALERDone in commemoration of the Philippine- Spanish Friendship Day, students from various public high schools of DePeD actively participated during the National Historical Commission’s KoMeDYA De BALeR held last November 18 at SM City Naga. The activity centered on the " komedya " played by the students which aimed to enable the youth to revive the 16th-century era komedya as a traditional National Theater, an influence from Spanish culture that has been indigenized into our local culture.

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acquire good quality of meat.Veterinary physician Junios

Elad Jr., CVO head, said after the animal is butchered, the second approach, which is the post-mor-tem inspection, will be conducted “because there are diseases that are traceable only when the ani-mals are slaughtered.”

The third is step is the post-abattoir inspection of the meat products where they are being sold, specifically at the Naga City People’s Mall (NCPM), and at the different satellite markets and ar-eas in the barangays.

He said the third inspection would enable them to identify and segregate the clean meat products from those produced from back-yard butchering and other slaugh-terhouses outside the city. “This is because meat products not from the city abattoir are treated as hot meat and unclean unless they come from ‘Double A’ abattoirs that are fully equipped with tools, facilities and manpower skills in handling meat delivery.

Elad explained that the post-ab-attoir inspection activity is important “as there are unscrupulous vendors who mix safe and quality meat prod-ucts with contaminated ones and sell them to unsuspecting buyers.”

The CVO chief also warned the meat vendors to stop from doing their nefarious trade, else they will be fined and/or slapped with appropriate charges under RA 9296, the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines and City Ordinance 2002-065, which both prescribe the ante mortem and post mortem inspection fees for all livestock and poultry and prohibit the sale of “hot meat.” The city

ordinance was authored by Mayor John G. Bongat when he was still city councilor.

Section 5 of the ordinance said: “Only meat slaughtered at the Naga City Abattoir and in any other slaughterhouse accredited by the National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC), which have made prior coordination with the Naga City Government, may be sold for public consumption in Naga City.”

The ordinance provides under its penalty provision that: “Any person found violating Section 5 of this ordinance shall be meted with the following penalties; 1st offense – a fine of not less than P2,000 but not more than P3,000 or an imprisonment of not less than 1 month but not more than 3 months or both such fine and im-prisonment at the discretion of the court; 2nd offense – a fine of not less than P3,000 but not more than P4,000 or an imprisonment of not less than 3 months but not more than 6 months or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court; 3rd offense – a fine of not less than P4,000 but not more than P5,000 or an imprisonment of not less than 6 months but not more than 1year or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.”

At present, the CVO, which so far apprehended 25 violators of RA 9296 for this year, is pushing for the ratification of a proposed ordinance which will require all livestock and meat transport vehicles to secure accreditation from the city govern-ment in such a way that they can easily be identified while transport-ing meat to the city by meat inspec-tors fielded in the streets. -- jason neola

of a senior leadership team that scored in the opening of business and franchise plan in the country which led to ANZ’s ability to gen-erate profits ahead of schedule. In his last role as an investment banker, Nilo was made to account a significant portion of the bank’s annual revenues.

A holder of marketing manage-ment degree from the De La Salle University, Nilo earned his Mas-ter’s in Business Administration at Murdoch University of Australia’s Manila program and continues to specialize in various industry-ori-ented institutions.

Assuming a treasury specialist role at the Solid Philippines Ven-ture Capital Corporation, he also served as the Assistant Vice Presi-dent of Solidbank Corporation (now Philippine Savings Bank).

He served in the business banking division of Equitable Banking Corporation in 1993 and developed excellent banking re-lationships with major Philippine commercial companies as well as multinational companies that en-abled his team to generate sizeable incremental income in their first full year at the bank.

Nilo is a recipient of several banking awards including the inau-gural collaborative breakout award in 2002 and the region-wide 2010 C&IB Asia Excellence Award.

velopment Goals, climate change adaptation, environmental pro-tection, disaster risk reduction, and holistic programs in health, education, food sufficiency and tourism promotion.

He will join the other recipi-ents, Gemma Cruz Araneta and Francis Kong – on the awarding ceremonies on January 29, 2015 at the Tanghalang Haribon, Insu-lar Life Corporate City, in Ala-bang, Muntinlupa City.

Salceda earned his Bachelor of Science in Management Engi-neering (BSME) in 1981, gradu-ating Cum Laude. A consistent Dean’s Lister and university academic scholar at the Ateneo, he was also a scholar of the Gov-

ernment Service Insurance Sys-tem and Yutivo Scholarship.

Salceda is on his third term as Albay governor. He had ear-lier served as three-term con-gressman of the third district of his province where he ran unop-posed in four of six elections.

He was appointed three times as chair of the Regional Devel-opment Council of Bicol and now presides as head of the Lu-zon Area Development Coordi-nating Council.

He currently co-chairs the United Nations Green Climate Fund, representing Southeast Asia and the Developing Coun-tries – the first Asian to hold the post. The UN named him Senior Global Champion for DRR and CCA in 2010, and advisor of the UN Framework Convention on Climate in 2011.

He also serves as advisor for International Economic Affairs of the Incheon Metropolitan City in South Korea.

His “zero casualty” goal in times of disaster has also been adopted by the government and many local government units.

the provincial government to pro-vide psycho-social intervention like counseling and stress debrief-ing.

As a form of therapy needed for the rehabilitation and restora-tion of its clientele, the center will also provide mental, psychologi-cal and spiritual activities.

To start with it, an amount of Php5 million has been proposed for the construction of at least four buildings — one each for every type of client that can ac-commodate a maximum of 15 individuals at a time, according to the PSWDO report.

The proposed project being pursued by the administration of Catanduanes Gov. Araceli Wong is laudable as it realizes the need amid the rising number of cases involving child abuse and sexual exploitation of women as well as juvenile delinquency in the prov-ince, Garcia said, citing police reports.

Records of the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) regional office based at Camp Gen. Simeon Ola here have it that violence against women in Catanduanes registered 41 cases in 2012, which increased to 43 in 2013 then by a whopping

rise to 134 representing a big leap of more than 300 percent as of June this year.

Majority or 101 cases of crimes committed against women in the province during the first six months of this year, the same re-ports said, involved violations of Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act of 2004.

During the same first six-month period of this year, it said, seven cases of rape, two attempt-ed rapes, 10 acts of lascivious-ness, five unjust vexation cases, an attempted homicide and four complaints of concubinage were also recorded by the Catanduanes police.

In the same period, the local police also recorded 18 cases of rape and 15 acts of lasciviousness committed against children in the province wherein two victims were killed.

At least 89 cases of physi-cal, emotional and psychological abuse against children were also reported to the PNP-Catanduanes during the same period.

The number of CICL in the province has also been alarming as it posted an increase of 471 percent from 14 in 2012 to 80 last year — a record that very

likely would be surpassed by the number of cases this year that already posted 60 as of last June.

Of this latest number of CICL cases, 30 involved theft and rob-bery, four were accused of rape, one for frustrated murder, another one for lascivious act and 11 were reported for hurting other chil-dren. -- PNA