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At least 22 bus companies plying the Bicol-Manila route are covered by a recent Memorandum Circu-lar issued by the Land Transpor-tation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

7 MORE HOLIDAYS LEFT IN 2014

There are only 7 holidays left for this year, Malacanang announced recently. These include: November 1 (Saturday) – All Saints Day; November 30 (Sunday)- Bonifacio Day; December 24 (Wednesday)-special non-working holiday; December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas Day; December 26 (Friday)- special non-working holiday; December 30 (Tuesday) – Rizal Day; and December 31 (Wednesday) – last day of the year.

Sarion in Chinasponsored trip

DAET, CNORTE - Mayor Tito S. Sarion of this town is among a delegation of Philippine local gov-ernment leaders who will visit in China for a five-day familiarization trip, the Philippine Center for Young Leaders (PCYL) said in a letter to the Daet mayor.

The Philippine delegation is headed by Governor An-gel Amante of Agusan del Norte, and includes apart from Sarion, Binan mayor Len Alonte, Board Member Bobby Cristobal of Albay, three other councilors from the cities of Bacolod, Davao and Batangas, as well as representa-tives from the office of Senator Bam Aquino and Sec. Kiko Pangilinan.

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MOVE OVER WAIKIKI A beach front, seemingly sandwiched by two seas, is what awaits tourists in Lahos Island in Caramoan,

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one of the areas being promoted by the Cam. Sur provincial government for tourism.

Memorandum Circular No. 2014-18, specifically ex-tends the “Suspension of Im-plementation of Out-of-Line Operation of Provincial Pub-lic Utility Buses with Pend-ing Applications for Modifi-cation of Routes.”

The LTFRB said that when it issued Circular No. 2014-

010 in July 9, 2014 which provide guidelines on the conduct of what it termed the “rationalization” of the routes of provincial public util-ity buses, and which allowed provincial bus operators to apply for the modification of their routes; a substantial

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Atty. Forbes consulted me. I advised him to take the once-in-a-lifetime offer to serve government. But I warned him that public service is a thankless job. Even if you deliver 99.95% positive work, the .05% adverse findings can be used against you. My final advice – “never stick to your post; be ready to resign when your boss stops appreciating your work performance – rightly or wrongly”!

ROAD REPAIRS: Opinions Unlimited has repeatedly commented on the perennial repairs of the Manila-Bicol highway. The same road stretches repaired previously are again being bidded out as contract projects. We consulted former Bicol DPWH Director – Engr. Orlando Roces (now a rural banker). He replied that during his time, he recommended thicker concrete for the roads since the cause of the damages are the heavier loads using the highways.

Now that the PDAF has been

on August 27, this year, a group who called itself National Transformation Council (NTC) called for President Aquino to step down as in the NTC’s words, he “has lost the moral right to lead the nation, and had become a danger to the Philippine Democratic and Republican state and to the peace, freedom, security and moral and spiritual well-being of the Filipino people”

In its call in what is now known as the Lipa Declaration since the group crafted the same in that former vilma Santos turf, the NTC also encouraged continuing public consultations on the proposed shift from the unitary/presidential to a federal/parliamentary system of government in the country.

Grab on an ordinary day a copy of a national paper or listen to the evening news on Tv, and you will immediately see the Manila-centric kind of thinking and way of life of our country.

This hegemony is shown by the tilted economic growth and development the country has: it is oNLY most felt in the National Capital Region, and Regions 3 or Central Luzon and 4A, or the Calabarzon. It is thus a prosperity and growth with exclusion. May nagaasenso alagad dakul nababayaan. All the rest of the country.

Clearly, the unitary/presidential system in our archipelagic republic is propping up this state of things. It is time therefore we think of alternatives or change.

The federal/parliamentary system provides us that. It is appropriate for our country divided by ethnic, ideological, and even linguistic lines.

It will also break the age-old kind of patronage politics in the country, the same politics which has mired us in perpetual poverty and unending corruption in the government.

Let’s have enough of our daily dosage of all these problems not of our own making. It is time we focus on the future of our region. Let’s start thinking federal, NoW!

controversy has been abolished (at least on paper?), we should now have a new highway upgrading system. The repairs are not only costly. Inconvenience of motorists in terms of travel time and vehicle repairs are gargantuan. There must be study on how much economic costs are suffered by us whenever road repairs are undertaken. Politicians should stop making highways projects as milking cows!

BIRTHDAY: Your columnist is now 73 years old!. Three years ago – my family tendered a grand birthday party with four hundred fifty of my associates and friends in attendance. Everybody enjoyed the food, music and camaraderie. This year, we had a change in our lifetime paradigm. We solicited medicines and funds for our Acyatan Foundation (tax deductible of course) and used them for a Free Medical Clinic for indigents.

Eleven doctor friends donated free consultancy services. The half-day exercise successfully treated 370 patients, complete with free medicines and breakfasts. They asked my children what political position I will aspire for! They explained that the free clinic was our family’s way of thanking our Lord for the simple but good life that He provided us with. We are just sharing the blessings for others. After the exercise, we all felt so gloriously satisfied!

GOSPEL: Whatever you do for the least of your brethren, you are doing it for me!

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

COPRA SUPPLY: Coconut oil mills in Southern Tagalog and Bicol are pressured on two fronts: lack of raw material and competitive pricing. With the recent onslaught of Typhoon Glenda which greatly reduced coconut fruits in Southern Luzon, copra production slackened. Coconut oil millers are now sourcing their raw materials from the Waray and Northeastern Mindanao regions where coconut plantations were also ravaged by super howler Yolanda.

On the selling side, millers are finding hardships in delivering raw coconut oil to the few remaining (big) buyers. Unloading of their CNO trucks have to wait for four (4) days in Metro-Manila before they can return. The oil processors and refiners now prefer the lower-costing imported pam oil. Consumers are also affected by the erroneous negative information that coconut oil can cause cancer due to aflatoxin content.

PCA CHIEF: I have just talked with resigned Philippine Coconut Authority Administrator. Atty. Euclides G. Forbes used to be my legal associate when I was Head of Branches Group of the Republic Planters Bank (now Maybank). I can vouch for his total honesty. He was already given formal clearance by Food and Agri-Industry Modernization czar Kiko Pangilinan after the review of the PCA fertilizer purchases during his time.

Before accepting the top PCA post,

Coco Oilmilling woes

the 32 existing plants.An official at one of the plants explains

that it takes three tons of waste material to generate the equivalent of one ton of energy from fuel.

At present, the “waste-to-energy” plants in Sweden are experiencing what they call “over-capacity,” meaning, they can generate more energy than their present garbage load would allow. Thus, Sweden “imports” garbage from Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy for use in its plants. (Presumably, such countries even pay Sweden for taking their waste material off their hands.)

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television is you see things as it happens. During the past week, I saw the Senate hearing of the sub-committee of the Blue Ribbon Committee where a former vice mayor of Makati Ernesto Mercado charged Vice Pres. Jejomar Binay and his family of owning three hundred and fifty (350) hectares of land in Rosario, Batangas. That Dra. Elenita Binay, the wife of the Vice President has a nine hectares flower garden and piggeries there. Mercado showed photo shots of the property which he called the Hacienda Binay.

I also saw businessman Antonio Tiu being interviewed by Coco Alcuaz on ANC TV where he said he leased ten hectares of land to Dra. Binay ten years ago. I also saw the municipal assessor of Rosario, Batangas, say on TV that there are several different owners of the three hundred fifty hectares.

Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla, a spokesperson of the Binay camp, showed on TV the lease contract executed ten years ago between Antonio Tiu and Mrs. Binay.

I also saw Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, an ally of the administration, challenge Vice President Jejomar Binay to appear in the Senate and take advantage of the opportunity to clear his name. To which Vice Pres. Binay answered in an interview, “If you are already pre-judged, will you go there?”

I also saw Justice Sec. Leila de Lima say she has directed the NBI to find two of Binay’s long time aides, Gerry Lim and Eduviges “Edong” Baloloy who had not been attending a Blue Ribbon sub-committee hearing on the alleged overpricing of the Makati City Hall Building II.

I also saw the Senate hearing on the Metro Railway Transit (MRT-3) system where Sec. Mar Roxas was blamed for the woes and hardship of more than five hundred thousand (500,000) daily commuters of the MRT, when he was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation before Joseph Abaya took over. Robert Sobrepeña, chairman of the Fil-Estate told the senators in hearing that the termination of the Sumitomo Corp.’s maintenance contract was a key factor in the commuters daily orderal. “The insistence of Sec. Mar Roxas not to renew the contract with Sumimoto Corp. and give almost all related contracts of the government to accommodate favored suppliers of the administration falls on the shoulders of DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, according to Toby Tiangco, spokesperson of the UNA,” the Tempo dated October 4, 2014 reported.

* * * * *Well, let’s watch developments on

both sides in the political arena and decide at the proper time. I guess Binay has the highest satisfaction rating among government officials is because of the discontent of the people on the incompetence in the government.

When my daughter attended a wake for the relative of a co-worker in the Regional Trial Court here in Naga City, she met Vice Mayor Nelson Legacion of Naga City there. She inquired about the plan of the city government on the garbage in Balatas. Its bad smell or odor reaches even our place. Legacion said that the city government is still studying this matter. In view of this, I am writing the following excerpt from the column of Rina Jimenez-David in the Daily Inquirer dated October 8, 2014 as a suggestion for inclusion to the study being conducted by the city government. The city council just ask chairman Tolentino about this.

“LATELY, MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino has landed once more in headlines for his surprising suggestion to turn to incineration as a lasting solution to Metro Manila’s garbage woes.

Now, incineration has long been a villain in the eyes of environmentalists, who decry the pollution created by the burning of garbage and the resulting emission of not just smoke but also toxic and noxious gases produced by the garbage.

But Tolentino says the bias against incineration stems from an “old-fashioned” understanding of the term. Technology has since been developed that would not only solve the increasing amounts of garbage generated by a metropolis (each Metro Manilan, says Tolentino, produces 1.5 kilos of garbage a day), but also harness this garbage to produce energy.

What he means by “incineration” these days, says Tolentino, is really a “waste-to-energy” scheme, or “energy recovery,” using the burning of garbage to produce steam which would in turn run turbines to generate electricity.

To better explain his plan, Tolentino showed a video on the “waste-to-energy” program of Sweden, which, despite its use of garbage incineration, currently ranks second in the world in compliance with global environmental protocols.

* * * * *IN SWEDEN, it was revealed, there is

hardly any garbage in streets or landfills, with half of the garbage recycled and the other half destined for incineration in any of

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BAAO, CAMSUR – Three barangays of this town will soon have a safe source of water, Dante Bis-monte, the manager of the provincial branch of the oldest non-government or-ganization in the country said.

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off-season, a simple gasoline motor used for farm tractors is used to power what is locally called a “skate” to transport farmers produce as well as commuters along railroad barangays of Camarines Sur.

BR REVIVES LITERARY SPACEWith this issue, Bikol Reporter is reviving its erstwhile literary space allotted for writing in the Bikol language. Titled PAMA-

AN from a Rinconada word which means “ember,” it hopes to stoke the now raging fire of Bikol literature.

Phivolcs notes Mayon’s unpredictable mood

Bismonte, the manager of the Philippine Rural Recon-struction Movement(PRRM), said residents of barangay Caranday, Del Pilar and Sta. Teresa which are all located in the upland part of the town, will be the beneficiaries of a project meant to provide mar-

ginalized communities access to potable water supply.

The Tubig sa Baryo Proj-ect was forged in August 28, this year between the PRRM, represented by its president Isagani R. Serrano; and the Coca Cola Foundation Phil-ippines Inc. (CCFPI), also represented by its president, Maria Cecilia L. Alcantara.

“The project aims to pro-vide poor communities access to safe water and educate the youth and communities on the importance of water con-servation. It will also com-plement the other projects of the Baao LGU for rural ba-rangays like the provision of sanitary toilet and backyard gardening,” Bismonte, an incumbent councilor of this town explained.

LEGAZPI CITY -- Mayon’s rapid mood changes are unpredictable, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) resident volcanologist Ed Laguerta said Tuesday.

“The problem with Mayon is its rapid mood changes, which can happen anytime like what it did on Sunday dur-ing the visit of President Aquino’s six Cabinet members,” Laguerta said.

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LIBMANAN, CAM-SUR – Thirty activists led by Climate Change Com-missioner Naderev Sano, rested here for the night, al-most midway to their 1,000-kilometer walk to Tacloban

By FRANCISCo v. PeNoNeS jR.City to press for the passage of a global agreement on climate change next year.

The journey, officially called by its organizers as Cli-mate Walk, A People’s Walk for Climate Justice, began on

October 2,the International Day of Non-Violence from Kilometer Zero at the Rizal Park in Luneta, and will end on November 8 at Tacloban City, referred to by the activ-ists as “Ground Zero” of Ty-phoon Yolanda.

Sano’s companion were met by Mayor Marilyn A. Jimenez and Bishop Jose R. Rojas, Jr. of the Diocese of Libmanan, whose Social Ac-tion office took care of the

walkers’ accommodation.Dante Bismonte, the man-

ager of the Camarines Sur chapter of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Move-ment which is the local co-ordinator of the event, said that the Climate Walk not only commemorates the dev-astation wrought by typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda last year but will try to convince and draw the commitment of lo-

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Published: october 19 - 25, 2014

bikol reporter4 october 19-25, 2014etCeterA

inner chessBY j. heNRY DANICAN

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It’s Christmas?I watched my next door neighbor decorating her house yes-

terday for Christmas. . Very early, I thought. On second thought, maybe it’s time. Why not? Christmas season has always been a season of joy, so why not prolong the season?

I somehow envy her. While I am looking forward to Undas to give respect to my dear ones who have gone ahead, here is my neighbor decorating her Christmas tree with bright red poin-settias, Christmas balls of various sizes and colors, and what attracted my attention were the big blue ribbons. The Christmas lantern was in place and the Christmas wreath hanged. Was I right in my speculation. That same night, she lighted her Christ-mas lights and had it on till the wee hours of the morning. I was thinking, she will have a bigger electric bill this early.

But Christmas is still many days away. But somehow it can be felt now. Early morning on radio, I hear Christmas carols and it is very touching. Jose Mari Chan singing a beautiful Christ-mas song and Bing Crosby his very beautiful White Christmas. What’s the Christmas color this year, it had always been red and green. But sometime back, it was blue and silver and gold. Maybe, it will be black this time with the condition we are in. Money is scarce. Many families do not have the comfort of the homes in their evacuation areas. The prices of commodities are skyrocketing. We are not sure of getting a Christmas bonus. I hope there will be no typhoon from now till December.

My grandchildren do not write Santa Claus a letter no more. They have discovered who he is. It is a She. It is me, their grand-mother who patiently chose the best gifts for them, wrapped them secretly and place them under the Christmas tree to be opened on the eve of Christmas after our Noche Buena. We do not prepare Noche Buena now as before. The bigger grandchil-dren are out with their buddies and the smaller one is fast asleep and so am I.

Christmas in our house has always been December 25 when we have lunch together and greet each other over the blessings of the season and pray that Christmas comes again the follow-ing year and more bountifully.

May I be the first to greet you all a Merry Christmas.

Anong Bago Manongod ki Pemberton?

Philippine News sa E.U. kan 2007, nagsurat ako nin sarong rawit-dawit na may titulong Dinuguan asin manongod kan kiling na baskula kan husticia sa irarom kan Visiting Forces Agreement(VFA) sa pagultanan kan Pilipinas asin E.U. Kabali ini sa sakong koleksyon na Cancion kan mga Tawong Lipod na pigpublikar kan Ateneo de Naga University Press ngonyan na taon. Uni an rawit-dawit bilang pagiromdom ko sa mga nagigin biktima kan VFA.

Kan 2006, sarong soldados na Amerikano, si Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, an napatunayan na nanlugos sa Filipinang si Suzette Nicolas. Alagad, an desisyon kan Makati Regional Trial Court hinira kan Court of Appeals kan 2009 asin pinabuhi si Smith.

Ngonyan na taon, may nagsangli ki Smith, an marinong Amerikano na si Private First Class John Scott Pemberton. Si Pemberton soboot invuelto sa paggadan kan transgender na si Jennifer Laude.

Kan mabasa ko an sarong bareta sa

*sarong tataramon sa Rinconada na boot sabihon, baga, na tinatahuban nin abo nganing magdanay asin magkaigwang pampapamakot o pantao sa mga daing kalayong pagtaraid harong. Mawot palaadon giraray sa espasyong ini an pagsurat sa tataramon na Bikol, siring sa suanoy asin mitikong pagdara nin kalayo ni Prometheus sa mga tawo. Ipadara an rawit-dawit asin rikastorya (flash fiction) na may 100 na tataramon, kaiba an halipot na bio-data asin malinaw na retrato sa [email protected].

TapuyasNagkurahaw an langit Sa katahawan kan diklomMga matang yupyoppirit na tigmaanTigkapkap kun haenan malipot sa katreAsin pirong, tigpunas ini.

An paglagatak surunudanasin an mga hapin nagtarakigna sa kapagalanMga buhok natirindogsagkod an dapan tigtais manHuri sa kurahawkan langitNapukaw an pirongna muyang makanamit ninsiram hali sa pagsakit.

- Anabie estrael*

*Si Anabie saro sa mga fellows sa ginibong First Writers Workshop sa CBSUA- Calabanga kun sain siya nagaadal nin B.S. Education-English.

DinuguanManila – Sarong sentenciadong Amerikanong Marino an ibinalyo hali sa sarong kalabos pasiring sa custodia

kan Estados Unidos, kasunod man kan reklamong diplomatiko, segun sa sarong parataram kan embahadakan Biyernes. - PHILIPPINE NEWS (Enero 3-9, 2007)

Kaya kaidto kun an mga KastilaMagkakaigwa nin saindang tertoliaO kafiestahan nin saindang mga patronIpapabuno ninda sa mga muchacho sa harongAn orig na pinakataba asin pinakadakula.An piling mga laman tamang-tama sa oliveHali pang Andalucia,lilitsunon an iba.Para sa mga Indio, an mga bitukaAsin an dugo na malulutong kakolor nin kakaw.

Asin kun an mga tawo mabibisto sa saindang kinakakan,Dai kamo dapat magngalas kun an “pagbalyo”Iyong termino kan parataramPara sa pagpapadulag nin sarong sentenciado,Asin an “custodia” pag-otob sanaSa satong mga “kasunduan sa iba.”Natood na kaya kitang akoon na sanaAn inaapon satuya hali sa orig, mga bituka.

The trip, part of a regu-lar exchange program of the PCYL will leave for China on October 20 when they will visit Xiamen City in Fujian province to meet local offi-cials and have a sharing on education, fishery and the lo-cal economy. They will also visit Xiamen University and met a local fishery group. On October 22, they will proceed to Changsha City in Hunan province where they will visit the local community cultural center, and share their respec-

sarion in china . . .tive local economic develop-ment experience, social wel-fare and poverty reduction projects to local officials and NGOs; as well as visit areas inhabited by minority ethnic groups. On October 24 to 25, the group will go to Guang-zhou City in Guangdong province where they will meet scholars from the Institute of South East Asia studies in Ji-nan University, visit the China Southern Power Grid group as well as the Guangzhou Trade Fair Center. - fpj

Estimated to cost PhP2.5 million and benefit 380 house-holds, the Baao project is one of similar projects of the two organizations which include spring development projects in the provinces of Aklan, Camarines Norte, Eastern Samar and Nueva Ecija. It is expected to be in operation December this year.

As part of the initial phase of the project implementation, Bismonte, along with Liga President Ben Blanquera, have already conducted

3 baao upland villages . . .workshops for the residents to ensure its sustainability. Mayor Melquiades Gaite also committed additional fund-ing to tap other water sources in Caranday for possible de-velopment.

Organized in 1952, the PRRM is credited for pushing for the institutionalization of barangay councils in the en-tire country. The Camarines Sur chapter is represented in the PRRM’s National Board of Trustees by Frank Pe-nones Jr.


BANCA DISTRIBUTIONDILEEP Awarding of 36 Motor Boats amounting to P2,542,680.00 to fisherfolks of the 4th District of Camarines Sur for Coastal Barangays of Siruma, Caramoan, Presentacion, Lagonoy and Sagñay done at Nato Wharf, Sagñay on october 14. This project was initiated through the efforts of Congressman Wimpy Fuentebella and PDA, Regional Director Nathaniel Lacambra, DOLE Camarines Sur Provincial Office - Ana Christine Soriano, Cecile Andalis and Delia Calleja. Another set of 20 Motor Boats will be awarded later this month. The awarding was also graced by the Former Congressman and Speaker Noli Fuentebella, Mayor evelyn Fuentebella and Mayor Constantino Cordial and others.

IRIGA CITY --- Rosary School, Inc. and Sta. Mon-ica Academy, both from Baao, Camarines Sur were adjudged as this year’s Over-all Champion - Cat-egory 1 and 2 respectively in the recently concluded 52nd Army ROTC Activa-tion Activation Day held Friday at the University of Northeastern Philippines’ (UNEP) sports and military grounds, here.

Twenty one (21) schools from the Rinconada area and neighboring municipalities participated under Category 1 (Mixed Company). Ad-judged as 1st runner up was Baao National High School; 2nd runner up – Sto. Do-mingo Institute from Sto. Domingo, Bato, Camarines Sur; 3rd runner up – Holy Trinity College from Santia-go in Bato and 4th runner up – Rinconada National Tech-nical Vocational School from Sto.Domingo, Iriga City.

Out of 9 competing con-tingents for Category 2 (Company Minus), four schools were able to make it on the top 4. Zeferino Ar-royo High School from San Agustin, Iriga City landed 1st

runner up; San Antonio Na-tional HS also from Iriga got the 2nd place; Bula National High School – 3rd runner up and La Purisima National HS from Nabua, Camarines Sur, 4th runner up.

Lads and Lassies Learn-ing Center from San Vicente Sur and Partido College from Goa were invited as guest participants.

The winners under the Most Disciplined Unit - Cat-egory 1 were: 1st runner up – Sto. Domingo Institure (Bato, CS); 2nd runner up – Rincon-ada National Technical Voca-tional School (Iriga City); 3rd runner up – Sto. Nino Nation-al HS (Iriga City); 4th runner up – St. Jude Agro –Industri-al College (Nabua, CS) and 5th Runner up – Holy Trinity College from Bato, Cama-rines Sur.

Placers from Category 2 for Most Disciplined Units were awarded to Sta. Monica Academy (Baao) 1st runner up; San Antonio NHS (Iriga City) 2nd runner up; Zeferi-no Arroyo HS ( Iriga City) 3rd runner up; La Purisima NHS (Nabua) 4th runner up and Buhi Lyceum, 5th run-ner up.

Sto. Nino National HS was adjudged as the Best Marching Unit under Cat-egory 1 while Zeferino NHS dominated Category 2 in the said competition. Other win-ners for the Category 1 un-der the Best Marching Unit Competition were Rinconada National Technical Voca-tional School, Sto. Domingo Institute, Rosary School, Inc and Holy Trinity College oc-cupying 2nd to 5th place re-spectively.

Under Category 2 Best Marching Unit, 2nd place was given to Sta. Monica Academy,; 3rd - San Antonio NHS ; 4th- Buhi Lyceum and 5th place to Sta. Justina HS from Buhi, Camarines Sur.

Grabbing the firsts were Baao NHS as Best Marching Majorettes under Category 1 and Bula NHS for Category 2; Best Marching Drum and Lyre Corps goes to Baao NHS and Sta. Monica Acad-emy for Category 1 and 2 respectively. 1st placers for Category 1 and 2 under the Majorettes Competition were Sto. Domingo Institute and Zeferino Arroyo HS while Tandaay HS from Nabua and

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NATIONAL LETTER WRITING DAYSM City Naga, the Philippine Postal Corporation and the Department of education jointly sponsored the "Pinasaya " National Letter Writing Day along the celebration of the World Post

Day last october 9, 2014. 165 students from Naga City Science high School and Camarines Sur National high School participated in the activity meant to develop the writing skills of students.

number of applicants failed to comply with the same. A number of operators also fi led their opposition to the fi ling of the application.

This prompted the LTFRB to issue the current circular which suspends the opera-tions against colorum buses. In the light of the coming All Saints/Souls Day celebration, it also extended the imple-mentation of Memorandum Circular 2014-09 which sus-pends the implementation of out-of-line operation as mode of “colorum” opera-tions under the Joint Admin-istrative Order No. 2014-01 till Novermber 30, 2014.

According to the LTFRB, the suspension covers only provincial bus operators

ltfrb suspends operation . . .with pending applications for modification of their routes.

The Bicol bus operators covered by the new LTFRB circular include Arandia Bus Line, Cagsawa Travel and Tours, Inc., Evangeline Bonaobra, Bragais Line, Re-nato Tantiado, Rolando Vol-ante, Josefi na Binas, Magin and Antonina Bron, Roberto Diaz, JYQ Line Inc., F/E Twin Hearts Trans. Corp., Elavil Tours Phils. Inc., Adolfo Vil-lamonte, CUL Transport, Fe-lixberta Bobis, Alps Bus Inc., Bicol Isarog Transport Sys-tem, Inc., Penafrancia Tours and Travel Transport Inc., Silvino and Yolanda Escobar, and Del Monte Motor Works Inc. - (fpj)

Comelec-Bicol top exec favorsSK polls postponement

By DANNY o. CALLejA

LEGAZPI CITY – As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducts registra-tion for the Sangguniang Ka-bataan (SK) elections next year, the agency’s regional head for Bicol based here on Tuesday said he favors calls for the postponement of the same polls.

The SK registration that commenced nationwide last Sept. 20 and to last until the 29th of this month is being conducted based on Comelec Resolution No. 9899 issued last Sept. 5.

The elections, on the oth-er hand, are set on Feb. 21 next year as scheduled under Resolution No. 9791 which postponed the Oct. 28, 2013 polls pursuant to Republic Act 10632 enacted by Congress days before the scheduled elections.

RA 10632 was signed into law by Pres. Benigno Aquino III on Oct. 3, 2013 to give way to the passage of an SK reform

bill.Comelec Regional Director

Romeo Fortes said the Feb. 21, 2015 SK elections should be reset to make it synchronized with the May 2016 national and local elections so that the government saves money.

Besides, he said, reforms in the SK system -- such as the age qualifi cation bracket from the current rule of 15 to 17 years old to the proposed 18-25 -- should be instituted ahead of the next elections.

Fortes said he proposed amendment to the age rule “is very logical” since it would come up with more mature SK, which is entrusted to handle public funds.

Under the present setup that allows only individuals under 18 years old to run the affairs of the SK, “we cannot crimi-nally prosecute them for being legally minors once they com-mit criminal acts involving public funds,” he said.

Besides, Fortes said, baran-gays have been experiencing shortage in candidates for SK

offi cials, given the prevailing age limitation being imposed on members. “They usually are experiencing diffi culties in completing line-ups of candi-dates,” he said.

The Comelec offi cial also noted that the government’s K-12 program in the coun-try’s basic educational system should be considered to bolster an SK reform legislation.

Through the K-12 educa-tional reform program, the government extended the schooling years of children in the secondary level from four to six years and made complete kindergarten attendance man-datory among pre-school kids.

Fortes said this educational reform should be made paral-lel with the political reforms involving the youth taking into account that they would be more educationally prepared in handling government obliga-tions and public responsibili-ties.

“While the government has been able to do it for the uplift of the educational standards,

the same could also be insti-tuted in the SK,” he stressed.

In airing such notion, the Comelec-Bicol chief said he supports the resolution recent-ly submitted to Congress by Commissioner Sixto Brillantes calling for a legislation to post-pone the February SK polls to give the Commission time in its preparations for the 2016 presidential polls.

However, should Congress decide to push through with the SK polls as earlier sched-uled, Fortes echoed the assur-ance made by Brillantes that the Comelec is ready to hold it.

In the ongoing registration, he said, only 40 percent of the target SK membership is ex-pected as new registrants in Bicol as around 60 percent are already in the previous list.

“What we are doing now, aside from enlisting new regis-trants, is the removal from the list of those who have already reached the disqualifying age or have gone beyond 17 years old,” Fortes said.

Filipinos who are 15 to 17 years old on or before the elec-tion day are encouraged to vis-it their local Comelec office in the city or municipality where they reside to register for the polls.

Applicants for registration are required to present either their certifi cate of live birth, baptismal certifi cate, school records or any other document that will establish their identity and qualifi cation. -- (PNA)


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PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS TRAININGFourteen selected CARD Bank, Inc. Managers based in Bicol area recently underwent a 5-day capacity-building on public relations at eurotel, Naga City. The said effort is one of CARD Bank’s goals to capacitate more than 443 staff across Bicol

to provide them with the right competency and relevant experience and be well equipped in providing quality and socially enabling services to their more than 148,776 clients in Bicol.

hibits, video presentations even breakaway sessions on Culinary Arts or cook-ing demonstrations.

For a registration of P500, each participant gets a bag or envelope, a notebook, pen and cor-porate giveaways, inclu-sive of tickets for meals and snacks, and access to breakaway sessions.

For more information, send inquiries to: [email protected] or Tele Fax (054) 473-3168 or its website: http://home.ca-marinessur.gov.ph/chamber

He said there are activities of the volcano that are not reg-istered in their seismograph like the lava flow that occurred on Sunday, which snaked its way down to about 350 meters from the volcano’s summit.

This was accompanied by a thick plume.

One activity the Phivolcs is monitoring, Laguerta said, is the new steaming coming from the dome at the western side.

“Lava might flow from this side,” he said.

If this new magma goes nearer to the crater, this is an indication that eruption is nearing, the Phivolcs official added.

If this happens, there will be continuous harmonic trem-

phivolcs notes mayon’s . . .ors or vibrations of the ground -- and this will be recorded in their seismograph.

Laguerta said Sunday’s lava flow was part of the old volca-nic material deposits because it was viscous.

The new magma that will come out will be continuous.

He said the new magma did not flow out in the Sun-day episode because the force underneath was not yet strong enough to push the magma that could cause a big bang.

Laguerta stressed that the fresh magma is explosive be-cause of its many gas compo-nents.

He underscored the impor-tance of close monitoring of Mayon because of its unpre-dictable behavior. -- PNA

cal leaders to craft their own Local Climate Change Ac-tion Plan by December 2015; and internationally, to call on world leaders to craft a legal-ly-binding commitment on climate change in the same year.

It will also try to educate the public on climate change adaptation and response through the holding of Cli-mate Fairs and the distribu-tion of Climate Change Re-siliency Toolkit the activists will leave in the towns where they will rest before continu-ing their next day’s journey

activists embark on . . .to Tacloban.

From Libmanan, the group will proceed and rest in Naga on Sunday, October 19. The following day, they will go to Baao where the next day, the PRRM will sponsor a forum on Land Use. From Baao, the group will take the road to Oas in Albay, until they reach Matnog in Sorsogon. From this town, the walkers will take a ferry ride to Allen, Samar where they will head towards and cross the San Juanico Bridge and end their journey in Tacloban City on November 8, 2014. -fpj

Sta. Monica Academy from Baao were also adjudged firsts under Category 1 and Category 2 Drum and Lyre Corps Competition.

Other winners from Cat-egory 1: Platoon Close Order Drill Competition Boys and Girl went to San Roque NHS and Sagrada NHS respective-ly. Under Category 2 for the same competition, the honor went to San Antonio NHS for

unep 2014 rotc activation . . .boys and Sta. Monica Acad-emy for girls. Grabbing the 1st place under the Crack Platoon Silent Fancy Drill with Dance Number compe-tition is Holy Trinity College from Bato, Camarines Sur.

Special awards were also given : Rosary School, Inc

. (Cat1) and Sta. Monica Academy (Cat2) –Outstand-ing CAT Teacher Facilita-tor; Best Platoon leader hails from San Roque NHS (Cat1) and San Antonio NHS (Cat2); Best Majorette leader came from Sto. Domingo Institute (Cat1) and Zeferino Arroyo HS (Cat2) while Best DLC leader hailed from Tandaay

HS for Category 1 and Sta. Monica Academy for Cat-egory2.

Armed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP) Assistant Divi-sion Commander BGen Felix J. Castro Jr. of the 9th Infan-try (SPEAR) Division, Phil-ippine Army (PA) graced this year’s UNEP 2014 ROTC Activation Day.

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outstanding local newspaperfor five consecutive years by the st. peter

baptist catholic mass media awards

8 october 19-25, 2014HONEST SM CITY NAGA EMPLOYEERest room attendant Ronalyn Laura was cited by the SM management for her honesty in returning a red pouch with P30,896 and assorted ATM cards owned by Reyzzy Ann Lopez of Bgy. Pawili, Bula.

The First Regional Youth Entrepreneur-ship Congress at the Capitol Convention Center Complex in Cadlan, Pili, Cama-rines Sur on December 5-6, 2014, is an invita-tion as well as a chal-lenge to the youth in the region to lay down today through entre-preneurship the build-ing blocks of tomor-row’s economy.

Entrepreneurship --- to the mind of the sponsors of this congress : the Ca-marines Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CSCCI), in partnership with Gov. Migz Villa-fuerte, the Province of Ca-marines Sur, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ---- is presented as an alternative solution to poverty allevia-

tion through casual hiring and employment, which seldom happen or if they ever happen, they are far in between.

The congress’ plenary sessions will focus on: lucrative industries for entrepreneurs; potential hurdles, and struggles of

a new entrepreneur, es-pecially in the first two to five years of operation; creating support networks in government agencies, in non-government financial institutions, associations and similar groups.

Its workshops shall discuss the different busi-

Sets First Regional YouthEntrepreneurship Congress

ness opportunities, indus-tries and interests that are trending today which the participants could get into, such as: IT Solutions or industry, like Digital Mar-keting and E-Commerce for SMEs; Lifestyle and Fashion Designing, Cu-linary Arts or Agri-pre-neurship; Entertainment and Indie Film-Making or Franchising and Small Business Loans.

Since the congress is for the youth, there will be a fellowship night and other parties and gimmicks, in-cluding trade fair and ex-

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