Bikol Reporter February 28 - March 6, 2016 Issue

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DA's PRDP eyes facilities for Bicol

abaca, pineapple farmers

VOL. XXIII, NO. 19 BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2016 P5.00

BJMP, PDEA partners to ensure drug-free Bicol jails

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WEAK BRIDGEThe Department of Public Works and Highways 4th Engineering District Ofce in Baao

town announces the closure of San Miguel Bridge on March 3, 2016, instead they will

use a single lane detour bridge for light vehicles only. The said bridge along Maharlika

Highway in Nabua town will be replaced by a new concrete four (4) lane bridge at a cost

of 50M from the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2015. It has a 180 calendar days

of completion. DPWH ofcials said the 25-meter bridge based on inventory of Bridge

Management System (BMS) of the agency was constructed in 1946.

Salceda orders totalsmoking ban in Albay

LEGAZPI CITY – The

Bureau of Jail Management

and Penology (BJMP) and

the Philippine Drug En-

forcement Agency (PDEA)

regional ofces V in this city

have activated and joined

forces in conducting sur-

prise and discreet “Grey-hound Operations” in all

jails in the Bicol region.

Greyhound Operation re-

fers to the act of ushing out

contrabands inside jail facili-

ties.

BJMP regional director

and jail senior superintendent

Ignacio C. Panti disclosed that

the joint effort was in response

to the standing memorandum

of agreement between PDEA

and BJMP aimed to “sanitize”

or make jails drug-free.

The said MOA, added

Panti, is also in compliance

to the recent directive from

BJMP OIC chief superinten-

dent Deogracias C. Tapayan

for BJMP to jointly conduct

said operation with the PDEA

to eradicate contraband, drugs

in particular, inside jails and

erase speculations of drug

laboratories or transshipment

points in BJMP jails.

By DANNY O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY -– TheDepartment of Agriculture’s

(DA) Philippine Rural De-

velopment Project (PRDP)

has set its eyes on the em-

powerment of abaca and

pineapple farmers in Bicol

through a set of business

plans geared towards the

establishment of processing

plants designed to add value

to these indigenous crops.

The Investments in Rural

Enterprises and Agriculture

and Fisheries Productiv-

ity (I-REAP) component of

the PRDP is pushing for the

approval of these plans —

the Php22.4-million Pine-apple Trading and Process-

ing Project for Camarines

Norte and the Php24.8-mil-

lion Abaca Fiber Processing

and Trading Enterprise for

Catanduanes.

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Plan International

launches

“Gawad Gabay”

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY --- Plan In-

ternational Philippines, in itscontinuous effort to promote

positive discipline among

children will launch on Mon-

day, February 29, the search

for model homes, schools

and communities that are

LEGAZPI CITY-- Albay GovernorJoey Sarte Salcedahas issued recently adirective for the strictimplementation ofthe provisions statedin the Albay Smoke-Free Ordinance thatregulates the use,sale, distribution,and advertisement ofcigarettes and othertobacco products inthe province of Al-bay.

The memorandumreinforces the ordi-nance passed by theSangguniang Panla-lawigan ng Albay in2012 that reiterates the

primary mandate ofsafeguarding the health

of provincial govern-ment personnel andinstructs all the of-cers and employees ofthe provincial govern-ment to observe strictcompliance to CivilService Commission(CSC) Memorandum-

SMOKE-FREE ALBAY ORDINANCEAlbay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda

shows to the media the newly signed

ordinance declaring the province

smoke-free. The signing into law

was done at Albay SangguniangPanlalawigan last May 16, 2012.

PING B. PERALTA

Circular No. 17-2009 which adoptsand promulgates a 100% smoke-free

policy and a smoking prohibition inall areas of government premises,

buildings, and grounds, except foropen spaces designated as smokingareas.

The directive has stressed the clo-

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BIKOL REPORTER2 FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2016OPINION

Last week, the loquacious Albay Governor

Joey Salceda hinted at the possible debacle

of some of the administration candidates in

the May polls.

His reason: the stalled Bicol International

Airport(BIA).

“Blame (Transportation Secretary Joseph)

Abaya for the loss of the administration

candidates,” Salceda said, as he lamented

that it should have been done and made

operational this year.

In his usual candor, Salceda dished

out several statistics, gures that spell

economic loses to the region.

“The biggest losers here are the

Bicolanos and they are really sour at the

additional two-year delay in an already-

delayed project,” he pointed out.

According to the DOTC the delay was

due to the disqualication of the winningbidder and the need to have a new bidding

altogether.

As in justice where delay is tantamount to

denial, the turtle-pace of the implementation

of the BIA is indeed like a denial of what

the Bicolanos would have already enjoyed,

like more tourist arrivals and hassle-free

air travel; had the airport been nished as

scheduled.

As always, the government readily nds

somebody else to blame.

And this is what will deliver the telling

blows to the administration candidates,

more than the delayed BIA or the half-baked

PNR Southline rehabilitation project.

From the Rizal Park hostage incident, tothe Mamasapano massacre, to the Yolanda

devastation, the Aquino administration had

been weighed over and over again, and over

and over again, it had been found wanting.

Yet, it had not the temerity nor the

honesty to at least say “I’m sorry,” as his

predecessor did, even if it was with obvious

insincerity.

What besets the Aquino government

is that the people do not know who is in

charge.

It always nd excuses, not somebody

who says “the buck stops here.”

So this May, in Bicol, the people will show

who’s in charge.

EDITORIAL

The Blame Game

LEE G. DULLESCO II

Head, Advertising Associates

0920-533-7766

02082606

Tel. No. (054) 475-6262

ED G. YU

Editor

0939-604-3144

Non-ling of SALN as well as

fraudulent reporting is criminally

punishable . Government men

found guilty may be imprisoned and

forever banned from working for the

government. Professionals may also be

forever disbarred or defrocked of their

civil service eligibilities. All concerned

personnel should consult accounting

consultants before ling their SALN to

avoid possible violations. SALNs must

be led on time – so they should gather

their data as early as possible.DEBATE: The rst 2016 COMELEC-

supervised presidential debate held in

Cagayan de Oro City had provided the

candidates their respective opening

salvo. It was not actually a debate; it was

more of a Q and A program. The debate

portions especially referred only to pairs

of contending parties, as the sponsors

tried to keep haranguing comments to a

minimum via time limit. Nonetheless, the

bets were given their chances to launch

their programs.

To my observant eyes – former

DILG was the “winner”. He defended

(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).

EXPANSION: The Bangko Sentral ng

Pilipinas (BSP) has issued guidelinesfor gradual lifting of the ban on the grant

of licenses to establish new banks. The

circular lifted the suspension of the grant of

new banking licenses or the establishment

of new banks under Subsec. X102.2 of

the MORB. In Phase 1 of liberalization,

new universal/ commercial bank licenses

shall be allowed in connection with the

upgrading of existing domestic thrift

banks.

Under Phase 2, moratorium on

establishment of new domestic banks

shall be fully locational restrictions, and

liberalized starting January 1, 2018.

Establishment of banks in areas without

banking ofces as well as micronance-

oriented thrift and rural banks shall

continue to be allowed under existing

regulations. New banks must have

qualied shareholders, clear policy

structure and management group withexpertise and proven integrity.

SALN FILING: All government

workers – elective or appointive, must le

their Statement of Assets and Liabilities

as of December 31, 2015. Deadline

for submission to the Civil Service

Commission is on April 30, 2016. SALN

covers the lers’ owned assets and

debts, as well as those of his/her spouse

and minor children. Comparative gures

(previous year’s and last year’s) must be

aligned to show changes. F/S analysts

can easily check discrepancies via

reconciliation.

More Bank Branches

OPINIONS

UNLIMITED

Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN

the “Daang Matuwid” with the use

of statistics and logic. Obviously he

was the most prepared among the

“debaters” – despite being on the

defensive. Sen. Grace Poe also did

well – with the easy task of talking

about motherhood theories andopen-ended plans. Her topic choice

of agriculture for development was

clearly intended to gather support from

the “food basket” producers.

PROJECTS: One of the key

developments now that campaigning

by local candidates are about to be

allowed is the approval and grant of

infrastructure projects to be undertaken

by LGUs. Funding is assured as the

appropriations have been included in

the 2016 budgets. Releases insure

that workers may be hired – and the

“commissions” of the project sponsors

will be paid out. In fact – the agents’

shares are immediately payable upon

project approval!

These arrangements augur well for

incumbents, more so those aligned

with the administration. The legalities

are assured and the opposition betscannot nd fault in the release of

funds so long as projects are identied

and visible. The Bids and Awards

Committees of the LGUs must work

doubly hard to check veracity of

projects as well as reasonability of

budgets. Bidding procedures should

be properly observed and qualication

of bidders must be maintained.

TRUISM: Problems and sufferings

draw us apart from worldly ways, and

bring us closer to our God!

same for VP Binay.

*****

After refusing to sign the bill that would

grant an increase of P2,000.00 monthlypension to Social Security pensioners,

Pres. Benigno Aquino signed the first

tranche of the salary standardization law

for state workers which the rank and le

in the government consider better than

nothing.

Here’s the excerpt from the editorial of

the Daily Tribune dated February 24, 2016

that will explain the Salary Standardization

Law:

The Executive Order that Aquino

signed implementing the rst tranche of

the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) was

clearly a campaign gimmick for laggard

Liberal Party (LP) bet Mar Roxas.

W h i l e N o y n o y d e m a n d e d a

compensation legislation for two bills,

one seeking a reduction in income tax

payments through a revamp of the tax

schedule and the P2,000 increase inthe monthly pensions of Social Security

System (SSS) members there was no

such demand for the SSL.

The SSL has been stalled in the

bicameral conference committee due

to disagreements on the compensation

of military personnel and immediately

Budget Secretary and LP strategist

Butch Abad drafted Noynoy an order

to implement it.

It turned out that P58 billion had

already been allotted for the non-

existent law in the 2016 budget that only

proved the salary hike for employees

was long planned by the Palace and

the LP to coincide with the polls.

The Executive Order (EO) also

earmarked the release of an average

27 percent increase in salaries of state

workers in May, which conveniently is

the month the voters will decide on the

successor of Noynoy.

The pay hikes are skewed heavily

in favor of government ofcials or the

gatekeepers of government funds andresources.

A sta te workers grou p sai d 1.3

million ordinary government employees

will get a mere 10 to 27 percent hike

while ranking ofcials, including the

President, will get as much as 100 to

228 percent increase.

Aside from the salary hike, state

workers are looking forward to a 14-

month pay also to be released in May.

To make the package a total blowout,

Abad said the EO provided that the

salary increases are retroactive to the

start of the year.

The EO also grants additional

benefits for civil ian and military

uniformed personnel that became the

hurdle in the passing of the SSL.

As I see it, it will widen the gap

between the rich and the poor. Theordinary worker will get 10 to 27 percent

hike while ranking le ofcials will get

100 to 228 percent increase. Matuwid

na daan ba yan? It is anti-poor and

unjust.

The 30th anniversary of the People

Power at EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos

Avenue) was celebrated this February

25, 2016

I watched on TV many people recalled

EDSA 1 and Martial Law declared by Pres.

Ferdinand E. Marcos especially Pres.

Benigno S. Aquino and I can say that the

present generation cannot fairly judge what

happened. The violence shown on TV did

not happen nationwide but only in Metro

Manila. If we want true story of EDSA 1

and Martial Law, we should listen to the

version of Pres. Aquino and pro-Aquinos,

the Enrile-Honasan-Ramos version

who broke away from Pres. Marcos and

sparked the revolution, Pres. Ferdinand

Marcos’ version, the American version,

the political opposition headed by Sen.Salvador ‘Doy’ Laurel of UNIDO, the media

reports at that time and the non-political

people who lived thru Martial Law Days,

the exposes of Ex-Sen. Ernesto Maceda,

the book of Cecilio Anillo as Cory Aquino’s

presidency and the book on Martial Law

written by the anti-Marcos activist Nilo

Tayag. By collating the contents and

stories in the above mentioned, we will

know what truly happened – and that’s our

history, not one-sided history.

I lived through the Martial Law days

and I can say that not all Marcos did was

wrong. His accomplishments are still

around and serving the people. This does

not mean I am for Bongbong Marcos.

He is different from his father and the

accomplishments of his parents are not

his. I will vote for a candidate from Bikol

for Vice President.If Bongbong wins, I guess, one of

the reasons would be P-Noy’s bashing

their family after two Aquinos became

President. The people who are disgruntled

and displeased with the administration and

their allies may go for him. My guess is the

SS law better than nothing to ordinary workers

and EDSA 1 and Martial Law Revolution

NeNiTA fueNTebellA-PeÑONes

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MY

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BIKOL REPORTER 3FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2016

Cong. ROBREDO Cong. BATOCABE

LEGAZPI CITY—

Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon

spewed a 500-meter-high

grayish ash column, which

drifted towards villages in

the town of Juban and Iro-

sin, at about 5:01 p.m. Mon-

day, the Philippine Institute

of Volcanology and Seismol-

ogy said.

Ed Laguerta, Phivolcsresident volcanologist, said

the volcano exhibited two

successive minor explosions

that produced a grayish ash

plume, followed by a steam

and ash plume that drifted

towards the west side of the

volcano.

Laguerta said the eruption

was a “phreatic” type as indi-

cated by the two steam-driven

explosions that took place.

The eruption consisted of

two earthquakes, followed by

rock-fracturing events a few

second later by an explosion-

type earthquake that lasted

for about four minutes and 20

seconds.Prior to the low-energy

ash and steam ejection on

Monday afternoon, Phivolcs

seismic instruments detected

no volcanic earthquake, al-

though increased seismic-

ity was recorded over the

weekend.

In a phone interview,

Laguerta said the easterly

wind that prevailed triggered

the ashfall to drift to the vil-

lages of Cogon and Bulos in

Irosin town and Puting Sapa

and Sangkayon in Juban

town—areas located at the

west side of the volcano.

The Phivolcs will exam-ine the extent of ashfall that

drifted towards the villages in

Juban and Irosin towns.

Laguerta said the phreatic

explosion might have been

produced by hydrothermal u-

id or steam and that the steam

pressurization underneath the

volcano edice might have

triggered the movements in

the local earthquake faults,

Bulusan Volcano spews ash

Leni, Ako Bicol to le ‘JMR School for Governance’ bill

NAGA CITY —A bill

that calls for the establish-

ment of a specialized pub-

lic secondary and tertiary

school offering governance-

focused education is about

to be led in the House of

Representatives this year.

This was revealed by Rep.

Rodel M. Batocabe of Ako

Bicol in a press brieng last

February 19, this year, which

tackled the political party’sachievements in Congress

DAGOS PO KAMO SA MAOGMANG LUGARMore than 800 ofcers and members of the Judiciary Association of Clerks of the Philippines (JACOPHIL) from all over thecountry were in Naga recently for their Annual Convention and Seminar themed; "The Judiciary Clerks Facing the Challenges

of the Court's Modernization"

saying further that “it needs to

be thoroughly evaluated.”

The Phivolcs ofcial said

it needs further close moni-

toring because the volcano,

although still in restive state,

did not show signs of magma

movements signied by vol-

canic tremors or ground de-

formation. The volcano has

remained restive following aseries of explosions beginning

June 2015.

Alert Level 1 remains in ef -

fect and the Phivolcs warned

the villagers not to venture in

the four-kilometer Permanent

Danger Zone due to sudden

phreatic explosions. – PNA

and other legislative plans in-

cluding those being undertak -

en in partnership with other

congressmen.

Batocabe said that the

mandate of the planned spe-

cialized public school for

governance, which Congress-

woman Leni G. Robredo and

Ako Bicol is mulling over,

shall train young people who

would want to work in the

government to be competent,qualied and honest public

servants.

“I think it is only necessary

to pursue the plan. We have

the Philippine Science High

School which offers, on a free

scholarship basis, a second-

ary course with special em-

phasis on subjects pertaining

to mathematics and sciences,

with the end view of prepar-

ing its students for a science

career and the Philippine High

School for the Arts that offers

various specializations in the

eld of arts but we don’t have

yet a learning institution that

will rear the young ones whointend to work in the govern-

ment,” he says.

To be named Jesse M.

Robredo School for Gover-

nance, the school, based on

the concept, will train young

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BIKOL REPORTER4 FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2016HALO-HALO

Rebisyonismo sa Kasaysayan

Dis*Karte*Kusyon*Kurso

frANk PeÑONES JR.

kan krimen kan Martial Law, kan

krimen kan saiyang ama. Ay,

malilingawon na henerasyon.

Kan nagtaram daw si

sarong propeta sa Bibliya na

kaipuhan maghiling sa Diyos an

mga namamanwaan nganing

maumayan an banwaan,

nangangahulugan daw ining

pagwalat na lang sa pwertahan nin

pagtubod nganing mabago an siring

na pagiisip. O baka kaipuhan man

ngonang magkaigwang mga lugad

asin dugo, bago maumayan.

Hinapot ko ini ta sa tahaw kan

pangapudan kan “Marcos Pa

Rin,” igwa naman nagbubutwang

pagiisip na kaipuhan ta na nin

“ethnic cleansing.”

Kaherakan kita nin Diyos kun

siring.

Sa nagkakaperang pagtiripon

nin mga hobenes igdi sa Bikol kun

sain nataan akong panahon na

magtaram, nagluluwas an pagmawot

na magkaigwa nin awtoritaryan na

gobyerno sa nasyon, siring daa sa

panahon ni Marcos.

Dai ko aram kun an paglakop

kan siring na pagiisip resulta nin

sekretong kampanya sa propaganda

o sa inaapod na historical revisionism.

Alagad, nakakadisturbo man giraray

an siring. Dai ko maisip kun ta’no

ta gustong magbalyo hali sa kutson

pasiring sa malipot na salog an mga

siring na nagiisip.

Kun ideyalismo ini, saro ining

nariribong na romantisismo. Garo

baga si mga inaapod na “armchair

revolutionaries” na huna kan sarong

rebolusyon sarong party sa sarong

yate. Suway sa daga, suway sa

hawak. Manananggal na tunay.

Bakong nagkataon na an

pagbutwa kan siring na pagiisip

nangyari sa pagkandidato kan aki

kan depuntong diktador. Kaya kun

ipinapahiling siya, garo bagong

labang bado, na dai namantsahan

Tinagba focuses on agri products

By JOKEE BOTOR-REYES

When Iriga City in Ca-

marines Sur celebrated

February 11 this year the

annual Tinagba Festival

spectators came not just to

watch the oat and bullcart

parade cum street dancing

but also the best farm pro-

duce entered in a contest

dubbed “Pinaka.”

One of the highlights

of this year’s celebration,

the search was open to all

bonade Iriga farmers. The

competition had three cat-

egories: vegetables, fruits

and root crops. Under veg-

etables, eggplants, pole sitao,

The True Value of EducationBy TERESITA SALOME NUESTRO

Teacher 1, Agay-Ayan Elem. School

Agay-Ayan, Tinambac, Camarines Sur

Why do you study? Do you really know the value of your

education? Your parents might have told you that it is the only

inheritance they can give you. It’s something that no one can

take away from you. But do you know its real worth?

When I asked the students why they study, the common

answer would for them to get a good grade, to nish schooland get a high paying job in order for them to have a better

life. In short, education is their means for a promising future.

They see it as the key that will unlock the door lled with gold.

I don’t see anything bad about this perspective but I just think

that it limits them to observe the true value of education.

Having a good education to tow is more powerful than you

can imagine. Aside from giving you the greater chances of

landing to your dream job, it makes you more aware of your

rights and duties as a business owner or employee, and in

great part, as a person with dignity.

When you are educated, very seldom others will disre -

spect or exploit you. They know that as an educated person,

you know your rights and values. Your education gives you

certain privileges in life that money can’t always buy.

Signicant rise in population fueled the corruption that vic -

timized the uneducated people. Our education can help end

this by bringing enlightenment to those unaware and illiter -

ate.

Remember the story of Efren Peñaorida and how his

Kariton Classroom changed the lives of many Filipinos. Heused education as a tool to uplift other people’s lives, by be -

ing an agent of change and hope for all those less privileged

children. By sharing the true value of education, he was able

to inuence them from joining notorious gangs, groups and

fraternities but rather to focus on their schooling. If you use

your education for the good of society, it gives you honor and

pride.

Our education is not for ourselves alone. We acquire it not

just for our own satisfaction but also for the good of the com-

munity. It’s something that we must share to others especially

to those who needs it.

The true value of education can only be found if you use it

well, not just for our own good but also for the welfare of the

society. Instead of considering it as a tool for better earning

or prot, consider is as tool to gain more knowledge and sk ills

that you can share to humanity.

Explicit Teaching: Best

for Struggling LearnersBy MARILOU GASPI-SACAY, Ph.D.Master Teacher II

Iriga Central School, Iriga City

Education has not stopped in its mission of providing the

best instruction which is very remarkable bringing hope for

hope for every kind of pupil in school. No child in school

therefore is not given the opportunity to learn according to

his capacity. No child is left out in school without having

learned. Now, there is no reason why a child in school or

his parents could claim that the child was not taught or didnot learn.

It takes all kinds of pupils, and most of the time, these pu-

pils are packed together in one classroom. And the teacher

takes this as a challenge premised on making every single

pupil in his ward learn the way he should. He uses every -

thing at his disposal to make learning easy. The teacher

becomes the most understanding and resourceful person

in his world.

Comes now explicit teaching. Primarily meant to workbest in teaching struggling learners.

Teachers make the pupils in for the Big Secret. There

is no guessing. There is no guessing what the lesson is,

why they should learn and how they should learn the les -

son. They are not kept in the dark, there is no speculation,

the coast is clear, so to say and the pupils go with it. That’s

the wonder of explicit instruction. It is focused on producing

specic learning outcomes through a sequence of supports

provided to pupils.

Young and struggling learners need this kind of teach-

ing. They have to be fully supported by the teachers in theirsearch for meaning as they learn.

It is an accepted fact that excellent teachers inuence

students learning. Unconsciously, they direct student direc-

tion and provide information about the nature of the skill or

strategy to be learned, actively monitor and give feedback

to pupils, provide them with ways to assess their own per -

formance. Call this self-monitor, something pupils nd very

interesting. Subsequently, the pupils are provided meaning-

ful practice that lead them to use it on their own.

The following are the steps provided for explicit teach-ing: (1) Introduction. The teacher tells the pupils directly

what they are expected to learn; (2) Modeling. The teacher

demonstrates how the process (3) Guided practice. The

pupils are told how many steps are involved. (4) Group

practice. The steps previously learned are explained. (5)

Independent practice. The pupils are given more responsi-

bility to try out the new skill or strategy on their own.

Now, now, learning is easy. And the teacher nd its

source of pride to see that his students did learn. Call this

an added feather to his cap.

cabbage, tomato, hot pep-

per, upo, squash, cucumber,

pechay, and ampalaya were

entered. Under the fruit cat-

egory were papaya, banana,

jackfruit, guava, pomelo, ca-

cao, pili, manga and peanuts

while the following were

entered under the root crops

category: cassava. gabi, ube,

sweet potato, and ginger.

Rice and corn were indepen-

dent entries.

The winners who were

awarded cash prizes were:

corn -Elizabeth Gonowon

(Brgy. San Vicente Norte)

and rice- Lani Inage (Brgy.

Salvacion) and BeatrizLagdaan (Brgy. Sagrada).

Vegetables: pechay – Ar -

mando Ibarrientos (Brgy. Sta.

Elena); cucumber – Jelibeth

Trillanes (Brgy. La Trinidad);

tomato – Ben Rivera (Brgy.

Perpetual Help); upo natural

– Ailyn Vargas (Brgy. Salva-

cion); upo tambuli – Arvin

Corporal (Brgy. San Miguel);

squash – Ben Monte (Brgy.

Sto. Domingo); pole sitao –

Rosario Salvadora (Brgy, San

Antonio); eggplant – Marly

Tabal (Brgy.Isabel); hot pep-

per – Cecilia Martirez (Brgy.

San Antonio); ampalaya – Ma.

Teresita Velasco (Brgy. Salva-

cion); and peanut 0 Daisy Ta-

duran (Brgy. Sta. Maria).

Fruits: pomelo – Yolanda

Gonzales (Brgy.Sto. Nino);

papaya- Salve Nacario (Brgy.

San Pedro); guava – Tertul-

lano Corporal (Brgy. San An-

tonio); jackfruit – Ben Rivera

(Brgy. Perpetual Help); ca-

cao- Francisco Parica (Brgy.

Sta. Teresita); saba – Mayden

Tabla (Brgy. Sta. Isabel); la-

tundan –Angel Catimbang

(Brgy. San Agustin).

Root crops : cassava – Je-

sus Alcoy (Brgy, San Rafael);

ginger- Honesto Sirios (Brgy,

San Andres); ube – Jerry

Guevara (Brgy, San Isidro);

gabi- Marlie Tabal (Brgy.Sta.

Isabel) and sweet potato –

Maryjean Balang (Brgy. San

Pedro).

promoting positive and non-

violent discipline to children.

The event will take place at

the Naga City People’s Hall,

City Hall compound, here.

The historic event, dubbed

“Gawad Gabay” which stands

for “Galing sa pag alalay ng

mga bata para sa Magandang

Buhay” aims to document the

best practices and advocacies

being implemented at home,

in school and in the commu-

nities by various stakeholders

and showcase its positive impact on the lives of its target

recipients - the children.

Invited partakers include

parents, teachers, civil so-

ciety organizations (CSOs)

members, children and youth

association heads, local gov-

ernment units (LGUs) and

individuals who are practic-

ing and promoting discipline

in children without causing

PLAN INTERNATIONAL . . .

them harm.

The search is part of the

Collective Action to Promote

Non-Violent and Protective

Society for Children Project

and is being supported by the

European Union. Plan Inter -

national also forged a part-

nership with the Philippine

Legislator’s Committee on

Population and Development

(PLCPD) and Lihok Pilipina

Foundation (LPF) in promot-

ing the said campaign.

Adan Kristoffer Monterde,Plan International Project Of-

cer said that the initiative of

pushing on with the search is

to generate public awareness

among the various stakehold-

ers, especially those who

have a direct interaction with

children regarding their right

to be protected against any

violent form of discipline.

The search will cover

the following areas: Quezon

City; Naga City and the town

of Pili in Camarines Sur;

Lagawe and Lamut, Ifugao;

Talisay and Cebu Cities; Ala-

bel, Saranggani Province and

Llorente and Maydolong in

Eastern Samar.

Plan International Inc.

Project Manager on Positive

Discipline Project Jayson

Lozano will brief the partici-

pants regarding the search’s

rationale and the award’s

objective. The Gawad Gabay

award logo will be explained by Child Rights Network

Convenor Jun Almocera. The

awards mechanics and crite-

ria will be delivered by City

Social Welfare Ofcer Evan-

geline Manalo.

Other dignitaries who are

expected to grace the occa-

sion include Department of

Education Undersecretary

for Legal and Legislative Af -

individuals with focus on

core values in the govern-

ment service or the principle

of transparency, culture of ex-

cellence, accountability, and

good governance.

The Jesse M. Robredo

School for Governance, once

established, is perceived to be

the boot camp that will “al-

low the government to have

a pool of future good govern-

ment personnel and ofcials,

where integrity and idealism

by those who want to be civilservants in the future is nur-

tured and developed.

LENI, AKO BICOL...

fairs, USEC Alberto Muyot,

European Union Delegation

Program Ofcer Eidhr Mar -

garito Raynera and Depart-

ment of Social Welfare and

Development (DSWD) Re-

gional Ofce V Regional Di-

rector Arnel Garcia.



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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER

Camarines Sur IV District Engineering Ofce

Sta. Teresita, Baao, Camarines Sur

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

DUE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PERMANENT WEAK BRIDGE,

SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT

VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO PASS THE BRIDGE, HEAVY AND

LONG VEHICLES GOING TO NAGA CITY, PLEASE TAKE MASOLI-

SALVACION-IRIGA CITY ROAD THEN IRIGA CITY – BAAO

ROAD.


SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE, NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT


LONG VEHICLES GOING TO LEGAZPI CITY, PLEASE TAKE BULAPROPER-PANOYPOYAN-TOPAZ NABUA THEN TOPAZ-TANDAAY

& TANDAAY-BULUANG BATO-BONBON LIBON-LIBON PROPER-

POLANGUI ROAD.


SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE, NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT


LONG VEHICLES GOING TO MANILA, PLEASE TAKE MATACON-

LIBON-BONBON-GOYUDAN BATO-TANDAAY NABUA ROAD

THEN TANDAAY-TOPAZ-PANOYPOYAN-BULA PROPER-PAWILI

PILI JUNCTION ROAD.

MOVES FOR BETTER EDUCATIONMayor John Bongat signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA with the University of Nueva

Cacares' Graduate School where the Thesis, Dissertations, Journals of the University will be

lent to the Raul Roco Library and will be made available to the city's students for their research

and projects.

AFP benefciaries get P3.8Mlivelihood grant from DOLE

Dir. LACAMBRA

Legazpi City- A stagger-ing P3,791,722.75 livelihoodgrant was released by DOLEBicol to selected beneciariesof the Armed Forces of the

Philippines (AFP) around theregion for the past three (3)years and some millions morewill be released this year.

These grants, DOLE Bi-col regional director NathanielV. Lacambra said, is DOLEBicol’s contribution to coun-tryside development thru thenationwide AFP-PNP “Balika-tan Program”. Under the “Ba-likatan Program”, governmentagencies are directed to helpthe AFP and PNP combat localinsurgency by extending their programs and projects to identi-ed areas and beneciaries.

Here in the region, DOLEBicol is closely working withthe 9th Infantry Division (9ID)of the Philippine Army (PA)

and the Regional Command ofthe Philippine National Police(PNP) in the identication of beneciaries for the provisionof livelihood grants particularlythe DOLE Kabuhayan StarterKits (DKSK).

“We really wanted our live-lihood programs to reach thefarthest Barangays in Bicol.But we know the hassles andhazards to do this plus the factthat we have limited personnel.So this is where the PA and PNPcome in,” DOLE Bicol regionaldirector Nathaniel V. Lacambraexplained.

Based on records DOLEBicol has provided several live-lihood funding grants for the9th ID of the Philippine Army

alone. In 2015, in the provinceof Camarines Sur P489,930.00grant was given to 97 benecia-ries in Buhi while P629,317.50grant with 120 beneciarieswas awarded in Caramoan andP399,862.00 grant with 76 beneciaries was released inPamplona. In 2014, a total ofP1,356,000 was granted to thePAs 226 listed beneciaries and

Spain okays Albay 3rdwater flter machine

LEGAZPI CITY—Spainhas given Albay another wa-ter ltration machine for use

in calamity stricken areaswhere potable water is scarce,through its aid agency, theAgencia Española de Coop-eración Internacional para elDesarrollo.

The water ltration machineis the third the Spanish govern-ment has given Albay since a partnership in disaster risk re-duction was formally forged between them about nine yearsago. The machines were on topof various other grants such as permanent evacuation centersthat also serve as classrooms.

Albay Gov. Joey Salceda,elated over the new grant, saidtheir viable partnership withSpain has gone a long way,and has greatly beneted Albay

and helped pursue excellencein governance, particularly inthe eld of DRR and ClimateChange Adaptation.

Of the 11 evacuation centerscum classrooms built in Albay,ve were funded by Spain.These facilities have remainedimpressive, well maintainedand useful, and were personallyinspected by Spanish QueenSoa herself during her Albayvisit in 2013, Salceda said.

The water ltration ma-

chines, on the other hand, have proven to be indispensableequipments of the Water and

Sanitation Unit of Team Albay,during its emergency responseoperations in many calamitystricken areas of the country,where potable water supply dis-rupted and urgently vital.

“Team Albay would not bewhere it is now, a multi-award-ed emergency response group,without the water ltration ma-chines which provided manydisaster victims safe water,”Salceda stressed.

Albay received its third Gal-ing Pook Award in 2015 throughTeam Albay. In all of its 13 hu-manitarian missions from 2008to 2014 alone, the team hadserved some 103,642 familiesinvolving 518,208 persons andthe water ltration machines

have produced 4,863,612 littersof potable water for them.Salceda said the Albay-AE-

CID partnership goes beyondmere benefactor-beneciaryrelationship. Following thedevastation by Supertyphoon“Yolanda” in 2014, the De- partment of Interior and LocalGovernment and AECID haveteamed up to replicate Albay’ssuccessful DRR strategy in atleast 10 other provinces of thecountry.

in 2013 a sum of P916,613.25was released to 135 benecia-ries.

While DOLE Bicol pro-vides the funding for the live-lihood program, the AFP-PNPis responsible in identifying possible beneciaries from theBarangays. Mostly, the bene-ciaries would come from areaswhich were previously plagued

with insurgency but were liber-ated by either the AFP or thePNP.

The AFP and PNP here in theregion collaborated with DOLEBicol since they believed thatthe provision of a sustainablelivelihood is vital and one ofthe best strategies in combat-ing local insurgency. Statisti-cally speaking, the AFP said,far ung Barangays in whichthe services of government of-ces could not penetrate, arethe ones “most vulnerable” tolocal insurgency. This maybe because of the absence of gov-ernment’s help. The residentsof said Barangays can easily bedeceived by propagandas of in-surgency.

With the entrance of DOLEBicol’s livelihood program thruthe help of the AFP and PNP,the residents of these Barangayscould visibly “see and feel” the presence of the government andnot just ‘some people’ troopingin with uniform and guns.

“I believe this is true. Theonly way to encourage our people to go back to the government

is to give them sustainable live-lihood and income. If they areearning then they will be busyand will not have time listeningto any propaganda. We’re glad

that DOLE has become a vehi-cle for a more peaceful Bicol,”RD Lacambra stressed.

Several success stories onthis AFP-PNP-DOLE collabo-ration, told by the beneciariesthemselves, have been noted byDOLE Bicol. Bong Sean Be,now a successful local store atEms Barrio advertising its ownfood product line, owned andmanaged by Mrs. Lourdes BasGados is one living testamentthat said collaboration is bene-cial to the Bicolanos. She wasone of the identied beneciaryof the rst ever joint AFP-PNPlivelihood campaign in Albay.Her story was featured by a lo-cal newspaper and radio stationin 2014.

“Our partnership with theAFP and PNP, especially withthe 9th ID truly made our liveli-hood program more accessibleespecially in areas where it isimpossible for our own per-sonnel to penetrate. With this partnership, we are proud thatDOLE Bicol has delivered its programs and services up tofarthest Barangays. At least Bi-colanos there would know thatthere is government in Bicol,”RD Lacambra added.

This year, DOLE Bicol isagain earmarking some of itsmulti-million livelihood fundsfor the beneciaries whichwill be identied by the AFPand PNP. The DOLE-AFP-PNP collaboration was actu-

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EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION

OF THE 9th SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF CARAMOAN, CAMARINES

SUR HELD ON JANUARY 11, 2016 AT THE SESSION HALL,

MUNICIPAL MAIN BUILDING, CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SUR.

PRESENT: HON. IRENE R. BREIS - Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Ofcer

MEMBERS

HON. EDUARDO B. BONITA HON. CARLOS B. CHAVEZ

HON. JUANITA P. BELLEZA HON. GETULIO A. FERNANDO, JR.

HON. RAUL F. VILLARETE HON. LYDIA C. OBIAS

HON. MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR. HON. DICK H. CORDIAL

LIGA President (Ex-Ofcio Member)

ABSENT:

HON. FRANCIS R. BENEMERITO - Municipal Councilor

____________________________________________________________

RESOLUTION NO. 07Series of 2016

RESOLUTION ENACTING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING

THE OPERATION OF PADYAK IN CARAMOAN, PROVINCE OF

CAMARINES SUR

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to put order in the

operation of padyak plying the roads within the poblacion and the

neighboring barangays of this municipality;

WHEREAS, in order to ensure the safety of the riding public who

are utilizing the services of padyak operators and drivers association,

it is incumbent upon this body to enact a padyak ordinance.

WHEREFORE, the foregoing premises considered, on motion

by Honorable Getulio A. Fernando, Jr., duly seconded by Honorable

Lydia C. Obias, be it

RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, by the Sangguniang

Bayan of Caramoan, Camarines Sur, in session assembled, to enact

the following ordinance:

MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 01

Series of 2016

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF PADYAK IN

CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SUR

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan that:

SECTION 1 – TITLE. This ordinance shall be known

as “AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION AND

REGISTRATION OF PADYAK IN CARAMOAN, CAMARINES

SUR.”

SECTION 2 – DEFINITION OF TERMS. As used in this

Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall be construed and

mean as follows:

a. Padyak - refers to any three-wheeled manually

operated bike with a two-seater sidecar

propelled by human power.

b. Operator - refers to the actual legal owner who operates

the same and whose name such vehicle is

duly registered.

a. Driver - refers to any person who operates or in

actual physical control of the padyak.

b. Fare - refers to the service fee collected by the

driver of the padyak to his passenger(s).

c. Trafc jam - refers to the congestion of road or street

which usually caused by the great volume of

vehicles that passed on a road or street.

d. Operation - refers to the activity of padyak in theMunicipality of Caramoan, Camarines Sur.

SECTION 3 – SCOPE AND COVERAGE. This Ordinance

covers all the padyak for hire that operates and ferry passengers

within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality of Caramoan,

Camarines Sur.

SECTION 4 – PURPOSE. The primary purpose of this

Ordinance is to regulate the operation and provide guidelines for the

registration of padyak and to abate trafc jam and congestion in the

municipal streets of the municipality.

SECTION 5 – Requirements for the registration of padyak by

the owner/operator.

1. Registration Fee of P50.00

2. Mayor’s Permit Fee of P150.00

3. Police Clearance fee of P75.00

4. Medical Certicate Fee of P50.00

5. Sticker – P50

6. Plate number of padyak which shall have a measurement

of 5 inches x 10 inches to be provided by the CARPODA

7. Afdavit of ownership supported by necessary documents.If purchased by the owner, receipt of payment is needed.

8. In case the owner owns more than one (1) unit, the owner

shall pay P100.00 for each additional unit. Each owner is

limited only for ve (5) units.

SECTION 6 – The driver of the padyak must comply the

following requirements.

a. Identication Card (I.D.)

b. He must be 18 years old and above.

c. He must secure medical certicate from MHO.

d. He must observe proper hygiene.

e. He must observe proper dress code.

f. Certicate of attendance for half-day (1/2) seminar with the

Philippine National Police (PNP) Headquarter, Caramoan,

Camarines Sur.


Province of Camarines Sur Municipality of CARAMOAN

-oOo-

Office of the Sangguniang Bayan



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g. Certicate of Membership from padyak operators

organization.

SECTION 7 – FEES. All fees for every particular requirement

shall be made at the Municipal Treasurer’s Ofce and the

corresponding receipt must be issued thereon.

SECTION 8 – If the owner/operator is the driver himself of his

padyak, requirements stipulated in Sections 5 & 6 must be complied

with.

SECTION 9 – Owner/operator of the padyak shall register

their unit(s) with the Ofce of the Municipal Treasurer and the said

ofce shall determine the physical built and condition of the bicycle

and sidecar or the side wheel thereof. Certicate of good condition

shall be issued to the owner/operator by the said ofce. Failure of

the owner/operator to renew the registration of his padyak for one

(1) year, his slot will be awarded/given to any interested applicant.

SECTION 10 – PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF PADYAK.

The owner/operator is required to comply the following physical

requirements of his padyak.

a. The wheels and other parts of the padyak must be in

good condition and free from rust and dilapidation.

b. It must be installed with ashlight.

c. The registration plate number must be attached to the

front of the sidecar of the padyak.

d. It must have reectorized stickers to be placed in front

and rear portions of the padyak.

SECTION 11 – The driver of the padyak must secure an

identication card (ID) from the Ofce of the Sangguniang Bayan

and must always wear it when driving his padyak and transporting

his passenger(s). It must be placed with a cord to hang it on his neckand visible to the passenger and public.

The Identication Card (I.D.) must contain the following

information, to wit:

a. Complete name in bold letters;

b. Passport size (1.5”x1.5”) ID pictures;

c. Residence, age, civil status, gender, municipality &

province;

d. ID number;

e. Laminated with plastic;

f. It should have a hole on top of the ID for cording

purposes;

g. The ID must not be transferable;

h. In case of loss, an Afdavit of Loss duly notarized must

be secured by the driver before he will issued with a new

one;

i. The ID must have signature of the driver and the SB

Chairman of the Committee on Transportation.

SECTION 12 – No driver can operate a padyak under the

inuence of alcohol.

SECTION 13 – RECONIZED NUMBER OF UNITS OF

PADYAK. In order to ensure that no excess units of padyak will ply

the route within the poblacion, the maximum allowed numbers of

units are 200 only.

The provision of this Section notwithstanding, the Sangguniang

Bayan may decide, in the interest of better and more effective public

service, by an Ordinance to allow a higher number of allowed units.

SECTION 14 – LIABILITY. In case of accident, the operator

shall be civilly liable and the driver shall be criminally liable for injuries

or damages done to the passengers and other properties.

SECTION 15 – FARE. A fare of P5.00 shall be charged each

passenger for the rst kilometer, an additional of P1.00 shall be

charged for every kilometers in excess of the rst kilometer.

SECTION 16 – PENAL CLAUSE. Any violations of this

Ordinance shall be penalized with the following:

1st Offense - Warning

2ND Offense - A ne of P100.00

3rd Offense - Impoundment of the padyak and will

only be released upon payment

of P150.00 ne.

SECTION 17 – REPEALING CLAUSE. All ordinance or parts

thereof which are inconsistent with any provisions of this ordinance

are hereby repealed or modied accordingly.

SECTION 18 – SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If, for any reasons,

any provisions, or parts hereof shall be held to be unconstitutional

or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected

thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 19 – EFFECTIVITY. This ordinance shall take

effect upon its approval and publication in a newspaper of local

circulation.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of this foregoing

Resolution.

(SGD.) CAMILO R. ALVAREZA

Acting Secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan

ATTESTED:

(SGD.) IRENE R. BREIS

Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Ofcer

CONCURRED:

(SGD.) EDUARDO B. BONITA (SGD.) CARLOS B. CHAVEZ

Municipal Councilor Municipal Councilor

(SGD.) JUANITA P. BELLEZA (SGD.) GETULIO A. FERNANDO, JR.


(SGD.) RAUL F. VILLARETE (SGD.) LYDIA C. OBIAS


(SGD.) MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR. (SGD.) DICK H. CORDIAL

Municipal Councilor LIGA President (Ex-Ofcio Member)

APPROVED:

(SGD.) ENG’R. CONSTANTINO H. CORDIAL, JR.

Municipal Mayor

BIKOL REPORTERFebruary 28, March 6 and 13, 2016



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NAME OF DECEASED DATE OF INTERMENT

JANUARY 5, 2016 PIO A. TAPALES JR.

JANUARY 5, 2016 RITA D. CORREO

JANUARY 7, 2016 MA. IMELDA C. CONSULTA

JANUARY 8, 2016 JANUARIO A. GOMEZ

JANUARY 16, 2016 RECHELINE R. AGUILA

JANUARY 16, 2016 GUADALUPE A. BERNARDINO

JANUARY 18, 2016 JOSE RAUL F. RUSTIA

JANUARY 17, 2016 GLENN A. OLARIO

JANUARY 19, 2016 CRISPIN S. SAAVEDRA

JANUARY 24, 2016 JOSE T. PADOJANUARY 22, 2016 JOSEFA T. GUERRERO

JANUARY 22, 2016 ELMER E. BERMUDO

JANUARY 26, 2016 HONORIA A. ALARCON

JANUARY 24, 2016 LEONILDA A. SALTING

JANUARY 26, 2016 OFELIA J. SEPTIMO

JANUARY 29, 2016 LORNA A. SANCHEZ

JANUARY 28, 2016 ARNULFO S. PATRIARCA

JANUARY 29, 2016 MARCELINA B. CABALLERO

JANUARY 31, 2016 CELEDONI P. ORTEGA

FOR JANUARY

CLIFF DIVING AT CAGLIOG CLIFF, CARAMOANAnother reason to keep coming back to that wonder peninsula in Camarines Sur to uncoversanother facet to outdoor sports especially during the summer months that will click with

foreign visitors in search for another thrill. -JMTS/JOVIVILLAREAL/RBMJR/MMEC

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

OF THE ESTATE OF ROQUE H. TAN

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legal

and sole heirs being the legitimate wife and children of the

late ROQUE H. TAN, who died intestate on September 12,

2012 in Naga City, leaving no last will or testament; left

parcels of land situated in Palestina, Pili, Camarines Sur

with TCT No. 2902 and 2901;Barangay Tabuco with TCT

No. 55982 and Concepcion Pequena with TCT No. 15202

in Naga City and in the District of Sampaloc, City of Manila

with TCT No. 176338; that the parties agree to adjudicate,

transfer and convey the described estate consisting of the

share of the deceased in favor of Rosario Imperial Tan,

Roderick Imperial Tan, Reginald Imperial Tan and Ryanmark

Imperial Tan, in equal shares; as acknowledged before

Notary Public Attorney Jose S. Ordona, Doc. No. 068, Page

No. 04, Book No. XVI, Series of 2013.

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: February 14, 21 and 28, 2016

These projects are seen to benet a combined total of13,559 farmers, rural womenand cooperative members incommunities of the two prov-inces which are the region’sleading producers of the crops,Adelina Losa, the component’shead, said in a statement reach-ing the Philippine News Agen-cy here Thursday.

Camarines Norte is hometo the queen Formosa variety,which is touted as the world’ssweetest pineapple for whichthe province, sitting at thenorthwestern end of Bicolandia,takes pride, being its only com-mercial producer. The provinceaccounts for over 90 percent ofthe region’s supply of the fruit.

Camarines Norte is alsothe country’s fourth largest producer of pineapple withits 2,400 hectares of farmlandwhose soil is rich in potassium

— the biggest factor contrib-uting to the sweetness of thefruit - distributed among its 12municipalities, from where anaverage of 40,000 metric tonsof queen pineapple fruits areharvested per cropping cycle of12 months.

The proposed businessenterprise is projected to benet299 farmer-owners, 1,330 farmlaborers, and 572 processors,laborers and workers on its rstyear of implementation alone.

It also aims an increase ofPhp2,600 in the monthly rate ofworkers engaged in the process-ing and trading of pineapple inthe province.

What the cooperative needsfrom DA-PRDP is assistancein providing the additional equipment, building and logis-tics necessary to meet the mar -

DA'S PRDP EYES FACILITIES . . .

ket’s demand, Losa said.The Abaca Fiber Processing

and Trading Enterprise project,on the other hand, is expected to

benet most of the nearly 15,500Catanduanes farmers mainly relying on the province’s 35,500hectares of abaca plantationsthat produce a average of 19,000metric tons of ber, representing33.2 percent of the total nationalannual production.

This makes abaca the province’s backbone industrythat has made the island, knownas the rst landmass to be kissed by the waves of the PacicOcean -- making it highly ex- posed to tropical cyclones hittingthe country’s eastern seaboard, a prized contributor to country’sber export earnings reachingabout USD 120 million yearly.

The proponent of the abaca project is the Pinoy Lingap-Damayan Multi-Purpose Coop-

erative (PLDMC) which startedits dry-run operations of the processing and trading enter - prise in Viga, Catanduanes, gen-erating a positive response fromthe island’s abaca community.

Losa said the project aims to provide an incentive markup aswell as productivity bonus worthPhp1.00 for every kilogram ofber sold to the cooperative, anintention that is projected to in-crease farmers’ income.

Though the PDRP, she said,the PLDMC aims to be a ma- jor player in the local abacaindustry in Catanduanes whichcould change the local econom-ic landscape as it will break themonopoly of abaca ber trading by inuential and wealthy local

businessmen.Wellington Flores, planningofcer of the regional Philippine

Fiber Industry DevelopmentAuthority (PhilFIDA) ofce inBicol, said the cooperative’smarketing strategy will open theabaca farmers’ horizon to buy-ers.

“This is a good investment because abaca farmers will havexed buyers and xed sourceof income. It will bring the true price of abaca ber to the farm-ers whose majority lives below poverty level,” Flores said.

The establishment ofabaca processing plants in Catanduanes is a developmentlong-been sought by the prov-ince to add value to the crop thathas given the island the gloryof being its top producer in thecountry.

Called a smart crop owingto abaca plants’ resistance totyphoons and drought, it servesas the top agricultural commod-ity that keeps the island’s localeconomy alive from the farmgate down to traders’ receipts

-- providing stable employ-ment, livelihood and business opportunities leading to the province’s lower poverty ratecompared to other Bicol areas.

Losa said both business plans for pineapple and abacain the region submitted for funding support by the PDRP arealigned with the government’sgoal of inclusive growth and the Project’s development objec-tives.

The business plans, she added, meet PRDP’s objectivesof at least ve percent increasein household incomes of farm-ers, seven-percent increase invalue of annual marketedout- puts, and 30- percent increasein incomes for targeted ben-

eciaries engaged in enterprisedevelopment, making their approval necessary, she added.

Reports of prevalent druguse, trade and trans-shipment in

jails have stirred the minds of the public after a series of OplanGalugad operations

Panti said prevalent drug use,trade and trans-shipment in jailshave been reported after a seriesof “Oplan Galugad” operationsin the Bureau of Correctionsdrawing speculations that thesame conditions are also true in-side BJMP facilities.

Moreover, Panti stressed he iscondent that jails in the regionare drug-free noting that the BJMPis sincere in its desire to avert

BJMP, PDEA PARTNERS TO ENSURE DRUG-FREE . . .

entry of contrabands through regular and religious GreyhoundOperations initiated by the front-line eld ofcers with actionstaken immediately against per -sonnel or visitors allegedly linkedto such illegal activity.

The Greyhound Operationsoperatives are composed of

agents from PDEA, members ofthe Special Tactics and response(STAR) team and available

personnel from the BJMP regionalofce. Details of the operationsare kept condential to avoidcompromising its objective.

To ensure optimum result,

the personnel of the facilitysubject to the operation are notinvolved or engaged to the actualushing-out activity except as

perimeter or stand-by forces during the conduct of operations.

In Albay, the bureau chiefsaid the team has conducted atleast ve operations conscating

“insignicant items and numbers” or items that are in excess to the prescribed belong-ings of the resident inmates butare not risky or dangerous.

The BJMP chief led therecent greyhound operations at Polangui District Jail, LigaoCity Jail abd Camalig DistrictJail. BJMP assistant director foradmin and operations jail superintendent Bernardo M. San-chez joined the team in the sameoperations held at tabaco CityDistrict Jail and Sto DomingoDistrict Jail on February 16,2016.

The same activities are scheduled in other jails through-out the Bicol region until Marchof this year.- PIA5/Albay

sure of all smoking areas thatviolates the provisions set onthe guidelines issued by theCSC.

CSC Memorandum-Circu-lar No. 17-2009 states that thesmoking area should be locatedin an open space with no per-manent or temporary roof orwalls,

The memo-circular also pro-vides that smoking area shallnot be located within 10 metersof entrances and exits, no largerthan 10 square meters, and thereshall only be one smoking area per government building.

It added that no foods ordrinks shall be served in the

smoking area, and a smokingarea signage should be highly

SALCEDA ORDERS TOTAL . . .visible and prominently dis- played.

Salceda has also urgedsmoking personnel to enroll inthe Provincial Smoking Ces-sation Program, and every of -ce is tasked to submit a listof employees interested to jointhe program to the ProvincialHuman Resource ManagementOfce not later than February28, 2016.

Salceda hopes that with thismeasure, and with the full co-operation of PGA personnel,all PGA ofces and worksta-tions shall be able to establisha healthy workforce which inturn would result to a more pro-

ductive service to the Albayano people.

report that said an avian pestwas occurring in the commu-nities.

The PVSO said it had onlyreceived verbal reports of signand symptoms of the diseasefrom veterinary technicians invillages in the towns of Tiwi,Bacacay, Camalig and Daragaand Tabaco City.

The signs and symptomsof the disease were observedand found positive at back -yard farms.

In Albay, no case of dis-ease has been reported incommercial farms, which ac-count for 85 percent of do-mestic production, Salcedasaid.

ALBAY SETS STEPS VS AVIAN . . .

“We have big farms withalmost three million per loadcapacity, at 60 days, that is 18million. Albay is a big export-er of chicken,” he said, addingthat the issue with “rabia” isaffecting only small farmersor households in terms of in-come and food security.-PNA

tersection10. Panganiban Drive –

Ninoy-Cory Avenue intersec-tion

The city had as early asthree years ago installed twomodern digital trafc lightsalong two intersections in

Elias Angeles Street (acrossCrown Hotel and along Ara-na Street) within the heart of

Naga’s downtown district,the rst of its kind to be in-stalled in Bicol.

NAGA GETS . . .

ally strengthened during thecourtesy visit of PhilippineArmy Commanding OfcerBGEN Ferdinand F. Quidilla,Commander, 9th Infantry Di-vision last January 21, 2016 toDOLE Bicol regional director Nathaniel V. Lacambra at DOLERO V. During said meeting, thetwo (2) ofcials agreed to con-tinue said partnership especial-ly that it has brought positive impact to the Bicolanos.(with gures from Mary Ann Ballon)

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LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICEProvince: Camarines Sur

City/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,

a notice is hereby served to the public that JUDITH P.

ALVARO-OLIVA has led with this Ofce, a Petition for

Change of First Name from “JUDITA” to “JUDITH” in

the birth certicate of JUDITA ALVARO who was born on

November 19, 1960 at Palagñon, Libmanan, Camarines

Sur and whose parents are UBALDO ALVARO and PA-

TROCENIA PESICO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may

le his written opposition with this ofce not later than

March 5, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER

Published: February 21 and 28, 2016


LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province: Camarines Sur


NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0008-2016 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 CESAR A. PONTEJOS has

led with this Ofce, a Petition for correction of entry in the

date of birth from “July 24, 1960” to “June 6, 1960” in the

certicate of live birth of CEZAR PONTIJOS a t Libmanan,

Camarines Sur and whose parents are SOSEPATER

PONTEJOS and OLIMPIA AVILA..



March 5, 2016.



BIKOL REPORTER



LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province: Camarines Sur


NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0009-2016 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 MARVIN ALVAREZ

GUEVARRA has led with this Ofce, a Petition for cor -rection of entry in Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the

certicate of live birth of MARVIN ALVAREZ GUEVARRA

at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are TE-

ODOLFO GUEVARRA and MARILYN ALVAREZ.



March 5, 2016.



BIKOL REPORTER

Published: February 21 and28, 2016


LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICEProvince: Camarines Sur


NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,

a notice is hereby served to the public that FE CURIOSO-

ESELLENA has led with this Ofce, a Petition for Change

of First Name from “JOSIE ANGELINE” to “FE” in the birth

certicate of JOSIE ANGELINE CURIOSO who was born

on December 23, 1963 at Ibid, Libmanan, Camarines Sur

and whose parents are NICANOR CURIOSO and ADELINA

A. MATUQUINES.



March 5, 2016.



BIKOL REPORTER


BMC promotes 'Heart Month'

NAGA CITY - The Bi-

col Medical Center (BMC)

based here has launched

the “Heart Month

Celebration 2016” which

kicked off with a series of

advocacy activities meant

to promote healthy lifestyle

amongst members of the

community, Friday here.

With Preventive Cardio

Program in the forefront,

BMC also introduced the si-

multaneous conduct of Den-

tal Health-Healthy Lifestyle

and Waste Management

Program in its desire to in-

troduce to the community a

holistic approach towards

the attainment of a well-

rounded mind and body

Dr. John Leo Gua-

zon, this year’s Chairman

of BMC’s Heart Months

Celebration and currently

By ANA LIZA S. MACATANGAY

heads the Cardio Program of

BMC, emphasized the im-

portance of creating aware-

ness on the risk factors that

causes heart diseases like

hypertension, citing its life-

time risk to the patient if not

treated early.

During the press confer -

ence held at the BMC last

Friday, Dra. Maribel Guti-

errez. Philippine Heart As-

sociation- Bicol chapter vice

president, reitera ted that one

of their campaigns is to in-

crease the awareness of the

public regarding the risk fac-

tors for developing cardiac

problems.

“In our survey, morbidity

and mortality is high among

patients suffering from heart

problems. It is alarming that

even patient in their 20’s

can suffer from heart attack

that’s why we are very ag-

gressive in our campaign

when it comes to the man-

agement of heart concerns,”

Gutierrez added.

Both cardiologists point-

ed out unhealthy lifestyle,

vices such as smoking and

drinking, “fast food” diet

and use of illegal drugs as

culprits in the incessant rise

of heart-related diseases.

Aside from the cardio-

health program that BMC

is endorsing Dra. Maria Es-

trella B. Litam, BMC Medi-

cal Center Chief also led the

formal declaration of the

“launching of no to plas-

tic and Styrofoam policy in

BMC” through the distribu-

tion of eco-bags to employ-

ees and patients.

Litam also acknowledged

the signicant contribution

of the media in disseminat-

ing timely information to the

public through their radio

programs and media outlets.

She said that while doctors

at BMC were instructed to

educate their patients, media

can also reach other mem-

bers of the community who

are living in the provincial

outskirts and have lesser ac-

cess to medical facilities.

The celebration wrapped

up with lm showing of

video clips showcasing the

activities conducted by the

Health Care Waste Manage-

ment Committee towards a

Clean and Green BMC.

Also allowed to apply forLAV are government ofcialsand employees as well as members of the Phil ippine NationalPolice and the Armed Forcesof the Philippines.

They can le their appli-cations before their “heads ofofces/supervisors, command-

ers/ofcers next-in-rank.”The same resolution pro-

vides that voters availing ofLAV can only vote for can-didates running for national

positions, namely: president,vice-president, senators and

party-list organization. Votingshall be on April 27, 28 and 29.

LOCAL ABSENTEE VOTERS . . .For voting government of -

cials and employees, members of the AFP and PNP, theheads of ofces/supervisors/commanders or ofcers next-in-rank shall, not later thanApril 12, 2016, designate the place of voting where the vot-ers shall converge to vote, the

COMELEC underscored.Media voters can cast theirvotes at COMELEC ofceswhere they led their applica-tion.

The COMELEC added thatonly those with active voter’sregistration can avail of LAV.-PND

conducted free issuance of civ-il registry documents, attendedmass weddings, symposiumsand spearheaded similar infor -mation education campaign.

Several competitions like poster making contest andcivil registration quiz werealso conducted to popularize

the occasion’s importance andraise awareness among the

partakers.Updating of one’s status

which form part of the civilregistration process will helpthe recipient to have an easyaccess in availing basic ser -vices in government agenciesand other ofces.

Some of the information being documented during reg-istration includes the person’s

birth, marriage, death and hiscivil status. It aims to acknowl-edge his right to be recognizedas citizen of a state or honoringhis juridical or legal personal-

PSA WRAPS UP CELEBRATION . . .

ity.Manaog specied that the

celebration is being done everyFebruary of every year pursu-ant to Proclamation No. 682issued in 1991.

“February of every yearis declared Civil RegistrationMonth to remind the citizenry

of their duty to register actsand events concerning status of

persons, and enhance nation-wide awareness and apprecia-tion of the legal administrativeand statistical values of civilregistry documents.”

Proclamation 682 was af -rmed by former PresidentCorazon C. Aquino on the 28thof January 1991.

The said act is also in support of the Civil Registry lawwhich necessitates the con-tinuous and obligatory record-ing of births, marriages, andevents concerning the status ofFilipinos.



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FEATURE

Naga gets P20.8M grantfor trafc lights

PAGE 10 BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES FEB. 28-MARCH 5, 2016 P5.00

NAGA CITY — CityMayor John G. Bongat hasannounced that the installa-tion of new trafc lights instrategic points of the city isunderway.

The city government, un-

der Mayor Bongat, has ob-tained a grant of P20.8M fromthe Road Board and the MetroManila Development Author -ity (MMDA) for the supplyand installation of moderntrafc lights in 7 strategic

points of the city. Each trafclight has a variant cost from alow of P2.7M to P3.8M.

The city government, for its part, had allocated P3M moreas counterpart for the installa-tion of additional trafc lightsalong Panganiban Drive here,a busy section leading to thecity’s two business districts.

Under the MMDA andRoad Board, new streetlightswill soon rise in the following

intersections of the city:1. Bagumbayan Sur and

MT Villanueva intersection2. Penafrancia-Magsaysay-

Liboton intersection3. Magsaysay-Balatas Rd-

Dayandang intersection4. Roxas Avenue-Almeda

Road intersection5. Mayon Avenue – Pan-

ganiban Road intersection6. Colgante Bridge-Pena-

francia intersection7. Elias Angeles-Santonja

St. intersectionFor the city’s part, mod-

ern trafc signals will also beinstalled in the following in-tersections along Panganibandrive:

8. Panganiban Drive-Blu-mentritt Drive intersection

9. Panganiban Drive –Misericordia St. – Lerma in-

SMOOTH TRAFFIC UNDERWAY CEPPIOGroundwork for trafc light system along the Panganiban Drive – Mayon Avenue intersection

as of 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.

TALKING PEACE AND ORDER JMTS/ABEARCILLA/RBMJ/MMEC CamSur Vice Gov. Ato Peña presides another meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council

with Provincial Prosecutor Richard T. Cu, PNP Provincial Director Walfredo Pornillos, Mr. ArnelRenato I. Madredeo of the DILG, Col. Ferozaldo Paul Regencia, Deputy Brigade Commander and

Commander Task Group CamSur in attendance to discuss important matters concerning the

budget for 2016 and other pressing issues that need immediate response and resolution.

PSA wraps up celebrationof Civil Registration Month

DOH to set up medical stationsin 2016 poll voting centers

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY --- Aftera month-long implemen-

tation of various activitiesin the province, PhilippineStatistics Authority (PSA)Camarines Sur Statistics Of -cer Clemente S. Manaogthanked everyone who sup-ported their endeavors tomake the celebration of CivilRegistration Month a suc-cess.

Under the theme: “Maki-isa… Makisali sa DekadangCRVS,” PSA Camarines Sur

MANILA – The Com-

mission on Elections

(COMELEC) and the De-

partment of Health will

partner for the set-up and

and operation of medical

assistance stations for the

May 09, 2016 National and

Local Elections in voting

centers all over the country.

In a meeting held recently by COMELEC ChairmanAndres Bautista and DOH

Secretary Janette Garin, the

proposed setting up of medi-cal assistance stations wasdiscussed.

The proposed medical as-

sistance stations will provide basic rst-aid and essential

medicines to voters and gov-ernment personnel perform-ing election-related duties in

voting centers where health

risks are considerably higherdue to long lines and expo-sure to heat during the sum-

mer month of May. "This is the rst time

the Commission is partner -ing with DOH so we are re-ally grateful for the support

of Sec. Garin. This initiativeis again part of our effort to

improve the voting experi-ence. As you know, sum-mer has probably kicked in

by May. The heat combinedwith the throng of people in

voting centers can cause heatstroke, among other illnesses.We just want to have quick-

response teams in place incase we need rst-aid medi-

cal care," said Bautista. The DOH will cover the

costs of the set-up and opera-tion of the proposed medical

assistance stations, as well asthe hospitalization expenses

of any government person-nel who may succumb to ill-ness or serious injury in their

line of work on Election Day.Link-ups between the medi-

cal stations and nearby hos- pitals and health centers willalso be established to send

emergency medical responseunits should the need arise.

The COMELEC and DOHwill nalize plans in time forthe signing of a Memoran-

dum of Agreement before theend of February.

provincial ofce conductedsignicant events simultane-ous with activities conductednationwide to raise the popu-

lace’s awareness on the importance on putting on recordstheir vital events and civil sta-tus.

In keeping with the CRVSDecade aim of "getting everyJuan and Juana in the picture",PSA CamSur conducted mo-

bile registration activities evenin far ung barangays to en-sure that no one is left behind.They also hanged streamers,

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BICOL LITERATOURDaet Mayor Tito S. Sarion and First Lady Connie B. Sarion join the participants in the Bicol Literatour project of the

National Commission on Culture and the Arts with the local

government unit of Daet as project conduit.

Local absentee votershave until March 7 to apply

MANILA – Per resolutionissued by the Commissionon Elections (COMELEC),those who wish to applyfor Local Absentee Vot-ing (LAV) privilege for theMay 9 polls have only untilMarch 7 to do so.

According to ComelecResolution No. 10003, LAV isfor civil servants who would

be temporarily assigned to perform election duties onElection Day in places wherethey are not registered as vot-ers.

Registered voters from themedia may avail of the privi-lege if they believe they wouldnot be able to vote due to thestrict demand of their tasks ofcovering the elections.

Also entitled to the privi-lege are other media practi-tioners, including those in the

technical and support staffwho are actively engaged inthe pursuit of informationgathering and reporting ordistribution.

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Albay sets stepsvs avian pests

LEGAZPI CITY -- TheProvincial Veterinary Ser-vice Ofce (PVSO) of Albayis now ready with precau-tionary measures against theavian pest that is reportedlyaffecting small and largechicken producers across

the province, Governor JoeySalceda said Thursday.

Salceda said he has di-rected Dr. Florencio Adonay,PVSO chief, to implement

measures to control and pre-vent the spread of the pest, lo-cally known as “rabia”.

Quoting a report from thePVSO, he said the cases arestill above the normal level“so the appropriate thing todo is implement counter-mea-

sures.”“The preventive measures

are being carried out duringregular village visitations bythe El Niño Caravan,” thegovernor said.

The counter-measures in-clude: coordination with localgovernment units for the gath-ering and reporting of newcases; submission of speci-mens to animal laboratory forexamination; inventory and

purchase of vaccine supply;and conduct of mass vaccina-tions to affected poultry farmsin villages.

Salceda also directed vil-lage ofcials to activate theirrespective animal health

workers to monitor and reportavian pest cases.

And in case the avian pestincidence worsens, he urgedthem recommend the declara-tion of a state of calamity inthe affected towns, cities or inthe entire province.

Salceda, however, deniedan avian pest outbreak ear -lier reported by media, sayingthere are no ofcial data or

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