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vol. xx, no. 42 Bicol, the philippines May 12-18, 2013 p5.00

Tourist arrivalup despite

Mayon incident-Salceda

Dir. ravanillaPres. aquino

DoT to cancel Mayontour agencys license

P-noy says govt to bid out Sabang - Calabanga Port project

Gov. SalCeDa

CALABANGA, Cama-rines Sur---The govern-ment will be bidding out the P50-million Sabang-Calabanga Port project which is designed to im-prove the trade and tour-ism sectors of this prov-ince, President Benigno S. Aquino III said recently

During his meeting with local leaders and residents of Calabanga here in Cama-rines Sur, the President said the Department of Trans-portation and Communica-tion (DOTC) has already allocated P50 million for the project that will be bid-ded out this August.

The government is

ay mas maunlad na komersiyo at turismo. Nagpapasalamat nga po tayo kay Attorney Leni Robredo na talaga namang puspusang tinututukan ang progreso ng inisyatibang ito, the President said in his mes-sage here.

The President also said he expects travel time to become much faster when the Bicol Commuter Train begins ser-vicing the Naga-Legazpi City route starting April next year adding that this will further enhance commerce and tour-ism in the Bicol region.

He also said that the gov-ernment has also completed major infrastructure for the provinces agriculture sector. The Aquino administration has so far completed 52 proj-ects and theres an ongoing 15 irrigation projects that will benefit 27 towns in Camarines Sur including Calabanga.

According to the President, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pili-pino Program of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also continues to help the poor Bi-colanos.

In 2010, Camarines Sur had

working to seal the project so that the people of Camarines Sur especially those in Cala-banga could benefit from the project.

Ang handog nito sa mahal nating mga taga-Calabanga

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LEGAZPI CITY -- Despite the unfortunate deaths of four German nationals and the injury to five Thais and an Austrian due to the Mayon Volcano phreatic eruption early morning of May 7, the number of tourist arrivals in Albay has still gone up. (Turn to page 7)

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Bicol will cancel the license to operate issued to the Bicol Adventure, a tour guide service agency em-ployed by the four German mountaineers killed along with their mountain guide when rocks fell on them after Mount Mayon exploded on Tuesday morning, a depart-ment official said Thursday.

Maria Ravanilla, DOT regional director, said in an in-terview that the DOT had recommended to Legazpi City Mayor Geraldine Rosal the revocation of license to operate of the tour service agency owned by one Marty Calleja.

Ravanilla said she had to impose a sanction to the tour agency due to its failure to strictly follow tour guidelines, especially on Mount Mayon mountain-climbing activity.

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In Albay

Bikol reporter2 May 12-18, 2013oPinion

opinionsunlimited

Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANJun Magsaysay and Migs Zubiri) will hang on the balance. The endorsements of both the president (cousin Bam) and vice president (daughter) will be examined if they really carried weight. The effects of negative propaganda like those against Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda. Jack Enrile, and Zubiri and so with inexperience aired against the Binay daughter are all worth analyzing.

DYNASTY: We have to look around and see whether the candidates from the same family won or lost. As things stood before the elections the campaign against political dynasty did not gather much support from the masses. The result on this issue will serve as food for thought applicable to the next elections. We cannot hope against hope that new legislations will be passed by Congress to put into action said Constitutional prohibition.

What is certain is that after analyzing the election results, people will come to

realize that indeed the political posts have been as they previously were cornered by the members of the same family as if they are in their heritage. It is for the independents to launch an early campaign against the dastardly practice. If legislations cannot be passed the only legal alternative is to gather enough petition votes towards a plebiscite.

ECONOMICS: Things are truly looking bright for our country. Daily results of open stock trading tend to confirm that the investment opportunities in the Philippines are better than in other places thus, more foreign investors are coming in with their capital to earn additional profits. With the very low return on investments being registered in other areas, profitability hereabouts seems preferable.

The real backbone of our good economic fundamentals is the unrelenting inflow of foreign funds from our OFWs. Hopefully with the low interest regime, our housing industry will continue to flourish, more so the construction and sales of low cost - family homes. When people are assured of their shelter the day-to-day quest for food, clothing and medical costs can easily follow. The pre-condition to this is that there must be domestic jobs from where the workers can earn.

WISDOM: Let the One who holds both the past and future be your loving Guide for your present.

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

WHAT NOW? As you read his issue, you shall have cast your ballot and perhaps the early voting results shall have been known or extrapolated. Did you vote for the winning candidates by following the survey releases? Or just like some independent-minded electors did you go for the dehado or did you exercise your right of suffrage wanting to go against the dictations of some religious sects?

Whatever the election aftermath may be as against our preferences, we have to accept the voice of the majority. We are living in a democratic environment and the minority must submit their will to the majority without however, losing the privilege of comment and suggestions. The current results will be interpreted as preview of the 2016 presidential elections. We have to analyze whether the present administration has the support of the greater number of our citizens.

SENATE: Depending on the final tally for the Senate we may have a sister and brother (Cayetano), and a brother and his half-brother (Ejercito-Estrada), and a father and son combine (Enrile). These six is 25% of the total number of senators who will craft major laws for our country and people. Aside from that, a son may get the Senate slot of his father (Ed Angara). We will see if the independents had good chances of being elected.

The fate of Senate returnees (Gordon,

The Morning After

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If you listen to candidates dishing out what can be considered as dizzying promises, you will get the belief that the country will soon be out of its deep troubles. Most of them talk of wiping out poverty and hunger, of throwing to jail all crooks in the government, even of making this nation almost a paradise for the poorest.

Are they serious?Past experience tells us that most

public office hopefuls easily develop amnesia upon assuming office. Public men today are no different from those of yesteryears. They have learned so much from their parents and grandparents.

So what else is new? Nothing new. Except that todays candidates exercise great care in buying votes. Vote-buying is conducted in greatest secrecy in some places, the act being prohibited.

The places before that were notorious for violence are today still bloodstained. Killings continue in the perennially hot areas. The efforts of the PNP to keep at bay election-related bloodbath are

seemingly not succeeding.The picture has changed very little.Vote-buying is a very serious social

disease that has defied solution. People would rather suffer ridicule for accepting bribe money than go to bed hungry.

The politics of the stomach is more demanding than principled politics.

If you put people in jail for selling votes and for buying votes, our jails will become a standing room prison. The government,

which is always low in funds, will face the gargantuan task of feeding thousands and thousands of inmates.

You wont dare go tong and hammer against a congressman or a governor or even a town mayor who is deep in vote-buying.

Even if you can lock them up in jail, you will think twice.Who will be left to man the vacant elective offices since majority will be behind bars?

You do not even have the will to chastise candidates who violate the law on the proper display of posters. The country has been turned into a giant poster area by these people and not one has been given the lowdown for the transgression. I understand there are thousand violators.

Where are they? Outside prison and laughing in fiendish glee.

Can you blame our people for their attitude towards the authorities? If ever a law is enforced, it is against the unconnected, the poor, the lowly.It is

are they serious?

It is not really difficult to know their pres-ence or absence in a given practically an unknown individual to the general public. Here are the two (2) criteria: Integrity and Competence. Not one or the other, not one above the other but bith at the same time, in the same degree.

What is Integrity? In more simple words, it means the known honesty and probity, the perceived rectitude and righteousness of a political candidate irrespective of dynastic affiliation and personal popularity.

Someone with the attribute of integrity is identical with an agent of truth and justice. It is not a secret that the ethical quagmire the Philippines has been long since immersed is basically caused by the lack of integrity in abig number of its supposed public servants.

What is Competence? In more plain terms, it refers to the leadership capability and fitness, proficiency, and suitability of a political candidate for public service. The virtue of integrity without compe-tence would be enough for private liv-ing, for self-care. But it is incongruous to even imagine that an incompetent public servant no matter how good and hon-est would make an acceptable leader In government. It goes on without saying that in this age and time, incompetent leadership is one big liability in Philippine governance.

In connection with this, when Atty. Wimpy Fuentebella was elected Repre-sentative of the Partido District in 2001, he served as House Majority Floor Leader. He was responsible for the timely

The following is an excerpt from the col-umn, View Points of Archbishop Oscar V. Crus in the Daily Tribune dated May 9, 2013 which is relevant in the coming election. This should be included in the 10 Command-ments for Responsible Voting:

On the occasion of every election in the Philippines from the baranggay to the presidential levels, not a few well in-tentioned people from civic organizations to professional associations religious groupings included come up with the desired qualifications of the candidates for particular or all public offices. This is not saying anything about the candidates themselves who repeatedly and emotion-ally proclaim their own respective sterling personal qualifications for the public offices they are aspiring for.

Recently, there is even nothing less than the formulation and dissemination so the called 10 Commandments for responsible voting or something the like.

How about but two (2) criteria for the election of candidates for public offices ir-respective of whether these be in the local, regional and/or national levels.

integrity and Competence

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10 Commandmentsfor responsible voting

1) Thou shalt vote according to the dictates of your conscience.

2) Thou shalt respect the decision of others in choosing their candidates.

3) Thou shalt seek to know the moral integrity, capabilities, and other personal qualities of the candidates you will vote for.

4 ) T h o u s h a l t s t r i v e t o understand the issues, platforms, and programs of candidates and parties seeking your vote.

5) Thou shalt not sell your vote.

6) Thou shalt not vote for candidates using guns, goons, and gold.

7) Thou shalt not vote for candidates with records of graft and corruption.

8) Thou shalt not vote for candidates just because of utang na loob or debt of gratitude, popu la r i ty o r pak ik isama (goodwill).

9) Thou shalt not vote for candidates living an immoral life.

10) Thou shalt put the welfare of the country above all else in choosing the candidate you will vote for.* * *

1 0 C o m m a n d m e n t s f o r Responsible Voting, prepared by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV).

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environmentalists, civil groups want stricter laws to protect Bicols fishing grounds

NAGA CITY---Fisher-folks, marine scientists, en-vironmentalists and repre-sentatives from the church, the academe and civil so-ciety today called for gov-ernments stricter imple-mentation of the Philippine Fisheries Code or RA 8550, to ensure that the Bicol re-gions seas are protected, in order to reverse fish de-cline, and revive the fishing economies of the province that is known for its rich marine biodiversity.

At a local fisheries summit, organized by Greenpeace, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Bicol Consortium for De-velopment Initiatives, Inc. and its members, delegates urged government agencies and lo-cal government units in the Bicol region to tackle the is-sue of illegal commercial fish-ing that has contributed to the woes of fisherfolks, whose livelihoods have been threat-ened by the dwindling fish catch. A key discussion was the advancement of the 2012 Bicol Fisheries Agenda which seeks to protect the municipal waters of the Bicol Region from illegal commercial fish-

ing and end overfishing.The race to find and catch

fish shows just how our seas have now become a battle-ground, said Vince Cinch-es, Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia. As an archipelagic nation, government must learn how to better manage our marine resources. Policies set by both the public and private play-ers must be re-examined. We need to push for more regular close seasons and reduce the number of fishing vessels. That way, the seas could re-plenish itself and become a sustainable source of food, providing income to millions of Filipinos who rely on the sea for their livelihood, add-ed Cinches.

The Bicol region is notori-ous for rampant illegal com-mercial fishing, where large vessels encroach on munici-pal waters that are exclusive to small-scale fisheries.

The BFARs Philippine Fisheries Profile of 2010 re-vealed that each of the 387 commercial fishing vessels that operate in Bicol takes close to 200 metric tons of fish per annum, as opposed to the mere 1.2 metric tons caught

by 54,715 municipal fishing vessels.

Fisherfolks are at a dis-advantage. This data shows a horrifying disparity in terms of access to the seas bounty, said Sally Pernito, Executive Director of Lingap Para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan

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(LIKAS). No wonder mu-nicipal fishermen belong to the poorest sector of society. They are being robbed of their potential income because nothing is being done about illegal commercial fishing, added Pernito.

The 2012 National Sta-

tistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Report states poverty incidence is highest among fisherfolks at 41.4%, higher than the national poverty inci-dence at 27.9%.

Bicols seas are in a cri-sis, as is elsewhere in the country. Our fishing grounds

are severely overfished, said Dr. Victor S. Soliman, a fish-eries scientist from the Bicol University Tabaco Campus. Fishing efforts are way be-yond sustainable levels and an increase in fishing activi-ties simply does not produce added yield, Soliman added.

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inner chessBy J. henry DaniCan

PeaFranCia De Mayo 2013General CalenDar oF aCTiviTieS

May 4, 2013 (Saturday)* 7:00 AM arChDioCeSan PilGriMaGe & FloreS De Mayo In attendance: Pilgrims from the Rinconada District Main Celebrant: Fr. Cesar Bongon Parish Priest, St. Joseph, Palsong, Bula, CS Homilist: Fr. abundio nopre Jr. Parish Priest, Our Lady of Salvation, Salvacion, Iriga City Concelebrants: Priests of the Rinconada District Sponsors: OLPA July to December Groups

May 11, 2013 (Saturday)* 7:00 AM arChDioCeSan PilGriMaGe & FloreS De Mayo In attendance: Pilgrims from the Partido District Main Celebrant: Fr. nonito Bersola Parish Priest, St. Michael the Archangel, Caramoan, CS Homilist: Fr. emmanuel noel alforte Parish Priest, St.Claire of Assisi, Tigaon, CS Concelebrants: Priests of the Partido District Sponsors: OLPA January to June Groups* 2:00 PM Last Canvassing: Search for Reyna Elena 2013 Small Hall, Basilica Complex

May 18, 2013 (Saturday)* 5:00 AM run For ina iii - Takbo Para sa Museo* 7:00 AM arChDioCeSan PilGriMaGe & FloreS De Mayo In attendance: Pilgrims from the Bay District Main Celebrant: Fr. rey Caceres Parish Priest, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Bombon,CS Homilist: Fr. Danilo arnante Parish Priest, Our Lady of La Porteria, Calabanga, CS Concelebrants: Priests of the Bay District Sponsors: OLPA Pilgrimage Foundation & Basilica Joggers

May 20, 2013 (Monday): inaS viSiT To naGa CiTy PeoPleS Mall* 5:45 AM Candlelight Procession (from the Basilica to Peoples Mall)* 7:00 PM MaSS aFTer The TraSlaCion Main Celebrant & Homilist: Msgr. noe P. Badiola, P.C. Parish Priest, St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Naga City* Vigil follows after the Mass

May 21-23, 2013 (Tuesday to Thursday)* 5:00 PM Confessions c/o Cathedral Priests* 6:00 PM MaSS Main Celebrants & Homilists: Tues., May 21: Fr. Mario arnulfo Gaite Parish Priest, Concepcion Pequea, Naga City Wed., May 22: Fr. Manuel espejo Parish Priest, Gainza, CS Thurs., May 23: Fr. albert Balderas Parish Priest, Abella, Naga City* Vigil follows after the Mass

May 24, 2013 (Friday) FieSTa Sa PeoPleS Mall* 8:30 AM ConCeleBraTeD MaSS Main Celebrant & Homilist: Msgr. nelson Jeffrey Tria Parish Priest, San Francisco, Naga City* 10:00 AM ConFirMaTion Minister: Msgr. Noe P. Badiola, P.C. Parish Priest, St. John the Evangelist Cathedral Naga City*11:00 AM BaPTiSM Ministers: The reverend Deacons*5:00 PM PonTiFiCal ConCelBraTeD MaSS Main Celebrant & Homilist: Most rev. rolando J. Tria Tirona, o.C.D., D.D. Archbishop of Caceres* 7:00 PM Fluvial Procession (Peoples Mall to Basilica)* 8:00 PM Salve Regina (upon arrival of INA at the Basilica)

May 25, 2013 (Saturday) PeaFranCia De Mayo KaTaPuSan 2013* 7:00 AM arChDioCeSan PilGriMaGe & FloreS De Mayo In attendance: Pilgrims from the Central District Main Celebrant: Fr. Balbino Gumabao Parish Priest, St. Anthony of Padua, Camaligan, CS Homilist: Fr. Danilo isidro Dizon Parish Priest, Holy Cross, Tabuco, Naga City Concelebrants: Priests from the Central District Sponsors: PYP, Lectors, Lay Ministers & Auxilliaries* 9:00 AM PaKaWaT Sa MGa KaaKian Basilica Grounds c/o Rotary Club of Naga & Peafrancia Young Professionals* 4:00 PM CORONATION RITES of Reyna Elena 2013 & Her Court Msgr. rodel M. Cajot Rector to be assisted by: Daryl Dawn B. Garfin Reyna de las Flores 2012* 5:00 PM PonTiFiCal ConCeleBraTe MaSS Main Celebrant & Homilist: Most rev. rolando J. Tria Tirona, D.D. Archbishop of Caceres* 7:00 PM SanTaCruZan ProCeSSion (Basilica to Plaza Quezon) At Plaza Quezon: Distribution of Plaques of Appreciation Consecration of the City to Our Lady of Peafrancia (to be led by Reyna Elena 2013)

viva la virGen!

BPi 1q net income hits P8.4BBank of the Philippine

Islands continued to deliver sustainable growth as it re-ported a net income of P8.4 billion for the first quarter of 2013. This was 43% higher than last years P5.8 billion.

At the end of first quarter, BPIs total resources were P940 billion, 16% higher year-on-year as deposits grew by the same rate to P748 billion. In addition, the Bank was able to increase its assets under management to P758 billion or 6% more than same period last year.

Net loans hit P514 bil-lion, 19% better year-on-year.

Lending to top corporates was up by 25%, while the middle market and SME segments went up by 17% and 14% re-spectively. Consumer loans also grew by 15%. Gross 30 days NPL ratio was down to 2.1% from last years 2.5%. Reserve cover was 129%.

The improvement in net in-come for the period was driv-en by the 21% growth in total revenues as the Bank took advantage of the favorable market condition to register securities trading gains. Net interest income was slightly up, as average asset base ex-panded by 15%. Net yields

though, contracted as interest rates continued to decline.

Other non-interest income lines likewise improved, par-ticularly service charges and commissions, trust fees, and corporate finance fees.

Operating costs reached P6.6 billion or 7% more year-on-year due to higher regula-tory, technology, manpower, and variable costs. Impairment losses, however was down from last year.

BPIs market capitaliza-tion as of end of March 2013 stood at P391 billion. Its Ba-sel 2 Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) was 15.1%.

In its recently held Stock-holders Meeting, leadership of BPI was turned over to its new President and CEO Mr. Cezar Consing. Outgoing President and CEO Mr. Aurelio R. Mon-tinola III commented, With a strong Team BPI, we are con-fident that BPI will continue to move forward with quality sustainable growth. I firmly believe that my successor, a competent and experienced professional with many years in the international banking arena, will further take the Bank to a new level and posi-tion BPI as one of the best Ase-an banks in the near future.

The essence of CommitmentThe mainstream A blog about

everyday things said: Trythis ex-periment: Put your head underwa-ter and stay there for a long while.

What will you realize? That you cant stay underwater for long? Why? Its because you have a 100% commitment to breathing. No need for motivation. No need for jus-tification. No making excuses.

You simply breathe.That is commitment. Just do-

ing what you are supposed to do. You dont make excuses, or have a debate with yourself or your peers if the task is really necessary.

Whining is also terrible. You waste time whining and nothing good happens from it.

Worry is also another en-emy of commitment. You waste precious energy worry-ing when you can simply do the task and be committed to it.

Commitment is therefore Action.

As the Nike slogan says, Just Do It.Another author stated Wilma

Cruz-Tapalla said that, Commit-ment is a word that connotes a lot of meanings but the main point it conveys is not to renege on what you are supposed to do, in spite of all odds. Meaning to say that what-ever the limitations, you have to keep on, for you are already com-mitted to the cause, to the person, to the organization or to whatever thing you promise to do. In other words, it is a bond that holds you, because you promise to do so. It may be verbal or written, but the mode is not important. What mat-ters most is the promised commit-ted, right? A person of integrity will not like to break that bond, be-cause to her it is binding and sacred.

Burt, in todays world, there are a lot of people who dont value

commitment at all. They make promises left and right which they dont keep. They think that promis-es are just promises that they can break them at their own volition. They dont care about the others who are depending on their words.

Commitment is indeed a great motivator. It can make a nation great and it can also plunge a na-tion into chaos. What I mean to say is when the people in power are not commitment to their duties, then the nation will not progress.

The power of commitment can do many good things to a person and to the nation as a whole, Be-cause of its importance, people should strive to develop this in themselves. You see, if only people are more committed I believe there will be less trouble in this world. It follows that committed people are

more trust worthy. You can del-egate sensitive jobs to them and you are sure that the jobs will be done. Committed people are loyal. They are loyal to their families, to their employees and to the orga-nizations they belong. No matter what comes up, they will stand up for what they believe is good for everyone concerned. No amount of money will sway them for what they consider justice for everybody.

How about you? Are you com-mitted to your family, friends, jobs, duties and in things you believe in? you ought to, for your charac-ter is usually unveiled through this trait. So if you are asked to do a task, be committed to it so you can do it right. If you lack this trait in your system, cultivate it now. You dont want people to distrust you, right? Who knows, this may be the catalyst that will change your life for the better. Try and see!

By Wilanie D. BaDonGT-I, Ragay Central School


Crossroads in a Teachers lifeTo be a teacher was not even the last in my list of ambitions,

yet I became one, and through the almost thirty years in the teaching profession, I have always planned of shifting to another job, which have not happened for one obvious reason which I dare not admit I learned to love teaching.

I thank the people who expressed belief in me by convincing me to take the NQESH because they said that I have the qualities and potentials of a school head. It took more than a decade before I decided to take the test in 2012, and I failed. I was not a bit hurt, telling myself that I was not meant for an administrative position. I was prompted to say that I wouldnt ever take the test anymore.

But came to my district a young and persistent PSDS, Mr. Joselito N. Moldez who did all he could to make me take the NQESH for the second time, and I made it. Thanks to him!

Now that I am about to submit myself and my credentials for the ranking for ESP 1, I feel a mixture of emotions that seem to be overpowered by extreme sadness. As I sit by my desk inside the classroom which has been my haven and my comfort zone for the last fifteen years, innocent faces of my pupils and happy memories flash back.

On this moment, I realized that these children have become my great source of happiness for quite a time. Leaving them and our classroom will take away a big part of my life. I am sure that without the pupils under my direct care, life will never be as happy as it has been.

At 52, Im standing at these crossroads. Will I remain Teacher Lani until my retirement or will I take the road less taken by most teachers, and to savor the authority and prestige of being a Madam Principal?

To be or not to be that is the question.____________________leilani D. SurredaMaster Teacher iiragay Central School

legazpi exceeds hybrid palay production target

By Manny P. SoliS

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Office of the City Agriculture posted an initial production of 402.53 metric tons (MT) of hybrid rice planted to 69.87 hectares of land in the city from September 16 last year to March 15 this year.

City agriculturist Jesus Kallos said this represents an average of 5.76 metric tons per hectare and equivalent to 125.25 cavans per hectare production.

This means an increase of 28 bags in yield per hectare compared to the previous cropping on March 16 to Sep-tember 15 last year, which posted only 97.39 cavans per hectare or 4.48 MT, Kallos said in an interview over the weekend.

The city targeted to achieve the same level of production performance.

They farmers planted hybrid rice in 125 hectares of rice land.

When the remaining farmers submit their complete list of harvest, surely this rice production will continue to rise, and this will give them an additional income of more or less P17,500 per hectare in every cropping cycle, he added.

Kallos was also very optimistic in saying that rice pro-duction this year has a very significant increase as reported by the farmers and this successful farming activity was due to the strong support of the city administration in terms of farm input assistance and the effective implementation of the agricultural modernization program, plus the aggressive participation of the farmers in the Hybrid Palay Commer-cialization Program of Legazpi.

The city agriculturist stressed that the present city ad-ministration under Mayor Geraldine B. Rosal will build more irrigation systems in all farmlands of this city to sus-tain water supply in every cropping cycle.

Kallos also said that he will conduct more seminar-train-ing workshops among the farmers for them to acquire ad-

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rich coral reefs take center stageat Ph ocean Month celebration

The richness of the coun-trys coral reefs is the main focal point of the observance of the Month of the Ocean (MOO) this May, Environ-ment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje announced today.

Paje said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has lined up various activities for this years celebration, which falls under the theme Ang Bahura ay Kagubatan sa Karagatan, Ating Pangalagaan! (The Cor-al Reefs are the Forests of the Seas, Let Us Protect Them).

The focus on coral reefs highlights the premium that we put on our coral reefs, which protect our coastlines naturally and give tremendous economic benefits to millions of Filipinos particularly through fisheries and tourism, said Paje, who represented the Philippines at the Sustainable Ocean Summit held in Washington, D.C. from April 22 to 24.

He said the iconic species of MOO 2013 is the thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) that can be regularly seen in Monad Shoal in Cebus Malapascua Island. Classified as a vulnerable spe-cies, this predators presence is an indicator of the reef ecosys-

tems good health, Paje said.The Philippines is home to

Palawans Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, which was de-clared as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and a Wetland of International Impor-tance by the Ramsar Conven-tion.

The country is also home to the Apo Reef Natural Park in Occidental Mindoro, con-sidered the second largest con-tiguous coral reef system in the world, next to Australias Great

Barrier Reef.These two world-renowned

reefs, along with the other coral reefs in the countrys 240 mil-lion hectares of water, and the biodiversity that thrives within them, provide food security to Filipinos, who source 80 per-cent of their protein require-ment from the oceans.

One of the highlights of the month-long celebration will be the launch of the DENRs Sustainable Coral Reef Eco-system Management Program (SCREMP) on May 20.

The SCREMP is a national

program where the protection and rehabilitation of the coral reef ecosystems will be con-ducted with a strategic, sustain-able and ecosystem-based ap-proach.

The program includes the awarding of winners of a photo competition featuring the un-derwater beauty of the Philip-pines coral reef ecosystem.

The Coastal Law Enforce-ment Manual, a guidebook for multisectoral groups enforcing laws to protect the countrys coastal and marine resources, will also be launched.

A memorandum of agree-ment (MOA) for the promo-tion of responsible diving will be signed between the DENR and the Reef-World Foundation during the SCREMP launch. A separate MOA, with the lo-cal government of Boracay as additional signatory, will be signed on May 30 to launch the implementation of the founda-tions Green Fins project on the island.

The MOO will also see div-ing enthusiasts and coral reef advocates participate in the Linis Bahura: Sisid para sa Ka-likasan 2013, where they will collect crown of thorns starfish

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Province: Camarines SurCity/Municipality: libmanan

noTiCe To The PuBliC

CCe - CCe-0018-2013 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 DoMiniC SiBulo SeDilla-Coronel has filed with this office a Petition for correction of entry in sex from Male to Female the certificate of live birth of DOMINIC SIBULO SEDILLA at LIbmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are PAS-CUAL SEDILLA and BETILDA SIBULO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 18, 2013. (Sgd.) eMilie S. aGneS-Dairao Municipal Civil RegistrarBiKol rePorTerPublished: May 5 and 12, 2013





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 norlene De loS San-ToS vivaS has filed with this office a Petition for correction of entry in sex from Female to Male the certificate of live birth of NORLENE DE LOS SANTOS VIVAS at LIbmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are CESAR VIVAS and LOGINA DE LOS SANTOS.






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 CrySTal villaMor aquino has filed with this office a Petition for correction of entry in sex from Female to Male the certificate of live birth of CRYSTAL VILLAMOR AQUINO at LIbmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are ARSENIO AQUINO and PILAR VILLAMOR.


n o T I c eNotice is hereby given that Green Bio Solar enerGy inTernaTional CorPora-Tion is applying for registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) as New Manufacturer, Fabricator and Supplier of Locally-produced Machineries, Equipment and Components for Wind and Solar Energy Technologies a non-Pioneer status, with project site located in Carolina, Naga City.

Any person with valid objection/s on the above-mentioned project may file his/her objection in writing, under oath, with the BOI within three (3) days from the date of this publication/posting.

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enforced on them without mercy.The powerful? They are above the law. They are

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3,970 households benefiting from the program and in March 2013, there are 108,497 house-holds registered under the pro-gram, which is 99.9 percent of the governments target for the whole year, the chief executive said.

The President said there were 800,000 recipients dur-ing the previous administration and the number of beneficiaries is now more than 3.9 million nationwide under the present government.

Sa mga proyektong ito, di po bat malinaw naman na ang dating napapabayaan, ngayon nabibigyan na ng panahon. Ang dating imposible, ngayon lagi nang naaabot, the Presi-dent said in Bicol dialect.

At malinaw din po na hindi isang tao ang gumawa ng pagbabago. Naabot ito sa pakikipagtulungan ng bawat Pilipino ---kayo ang gumawa

p-noy says govt to Bid . . .nito. Kaya nga po lalo pa nat-ing mapapaspas ang pagsu-long ng ating bayan tungo sa malawakang pag-unlad, kung dadami ang mga makikibuhat sa halip na magiging pabigat lamang, the President added.

During his speech, the President asked the people of Calabanga to vote for candi-dates supportive of the ad-ministrations cause so that reforms and development will also continue in Camarines Sur.

Joining the President dur-ing his visit here were Trans-portation and Communication Secretary Joseph Emilio Aba-ya, Interior and Local Govern-ment Secretary Manuel Roxas and Secretary Jesse Robredos widow, lawyer Leni Robredo who is running for representa-tive of the third district of Ca-marines Sur. -PND

She said the cancellation of the license was due to the following:For hiring mountain guide for the German moun-taineers who was not DOT-accredited; for failing to secure a permit to climb from the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) ; and for taking an entry point not recognized by the DENR, Provincial Government of Al-bay and DOT.

Asked about the possible impact that the mountain-climbing incident would have on the tourism industry of Bi-col, specifically in Albay, Ra-vanilla said the incident was an isolated case.

There may be a downtrend of tourists advocating moun-tain-climbing activity after the incident but the number of loss can be offset by strengthening mass tourism among visitors who are advocates of culture, cuisine, adventure, leisure and

dot to cancel Mayon tour . . .entertainment, she said.

Legazpi City is positioning itself as a convention city, so let us support this move, the DOT director said.

She assured that DOTs ac-creditation standards will be pushed.

We, however, need the full support of our tourism part-ners-- the LGUs particularly--to make this happen, Ravanilla added.

She said the DOT will fur-ther push sanctions against vio-lators-- suspensions for minor offenses and termination for grievous one.

to said trainings. Aside from lectures the 3-day training also included hands-on and actual field exposure. These were conducted on site in the municipalities of Calabanga, Bombon, Magarao, Canaman, Camaligan, Pili, Ocampo,

caMsur farMers finish . . .Baao and the city of Naga.

According to BIGFIS pres-ident, Joseph A. Cruz, their group targets to conduct sim-ilar trainings for more farmers not only in Camarines Sur but also in other provinces. They are putting their stake in or-

ganic agriculture as they be-lieve that it is through organic agriculture that sustainable de-velopment would be achieved and that it has a comparative advantage over other farming systems thus, they declare as their battlecry: Sa Organiko, Panalo Tayo.

The mass graduation was graced by Danilo Ochoa, as-sistant training director of ATI, Joseph Cruz and offi-cers and members of BIGFIS, Rosita V. Imperial, High Value Crops Program regional coor-dinator of the DA; Naga City Mayor John G. Bongat, vice mayor Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.

and some members of the city council. Atty. Leni G. Robre-do, widow of the late Jesse M. Robredo and candidate for the 3rd congressional district who was invited by the BIGFIS for the occasion also dropped by and gave a short message of felicitations to the graduates.

The municipal agricultur-ists/agricultural officers from the 9 participating LGUs who also graced the occasion were also given citation by BIGFIS for their support to the trainings Agricultural inputs and goods were raffled off to the gradu-ates after the graduation cer-emonies. -Emily B. Bordado

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WiTh aBSoluTe SaleNotice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole heirs of the late Gavina Penolio-naGuna, who died a widow on February 14, 1982 at Nabua, Camarines Sur, with no known debts or obligations chargeable against her estate; whereas at the time of her death left a parcel of land situated at Antipolo Old, Nabua, Camarines Sur; and the heirs entitled to and have the right to succeed to the described property by intestate succession and by right of representation, adjudicate unto themselves the described property; that for and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php100,000.00) in hand paid in cash by Sps. Primo S. Bucad and Sofia Juserhine I. Bucad, the heirs do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said spouses, their heirs and assigns the described property, as acknowledge before Notary Public Attorney Julito M. Sernal, Doc. No. 1515, Page No. 3, Book No. IV, Series of 2013.BiKol rePorTerPublished: May 5, 12 and 19, 2013


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all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe iGualDaD PaWnShoP, Cor. igualdad ext. & J. hernandez ave., igualdad, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.

redemption/renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until May 28, 2013 only. The ManaGeMenTBiKol rePorTerPublished: May 5 and 12, 2013

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all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe eXPlorer PaWnShoP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, abella St., igualdad, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe SPeeD PaWnShoP, Jr. Bichara Complex, San antonio Poblacion, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at roWena aSPe PaWnShoP, P. Burgos St., corner J. hernandez avenue, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at r. M. aSPe PaWnShoP, Cor. Panganiban & elias angeles Street, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at e. Boy aSPe PaWnShoP, Prieto Street, Filabel arcade, Dinaga, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe SuPer-PaWn PaWnShoP Crown Jewel holdings inc., elias angeles St., San Francisco, naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe CroWn-JeWel PaWnShoP & JeWelry STore, Bichara Mall corner J. hernandez & Gen. luna Sts., naga City, pawned from DeCeMBer 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on June 01, 2013 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 noon.



eXTraJuDiCial SeTTleMenT oF eSTaTeNotice is hereby given that the named individuals are the surviving heirs of the late FeliSa l. SiGuenZa, who died on August 4, 2012 at Naga City with no known debts or obligations against the estate; whereas at the time of her death, she left her conjugal share in the lot with OCT No. 7062 ; that the parties all of legal age and with full capacity to contract agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves the entire estate in the form and manner as stated in the Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate; as acknowledge before Notary Public Attorney Alfredo F. Velasco Jr., Doc. No. 44, Page No. 5, Book No. I, Series of 2013.BiKol rePorTerPublished: May 5, 12 and 19, 2013

eXTraJuDiCial SeTTleMenT oF eSTaTeNotice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole and only heirs of the decedent Jay S. lee, who died on July 22, 2001 at Naga City; with no known debts or obligations against the estate; whereas at the time of his death, he left his conjugal share in the lots with TCT No. 27970 and TCT No. 27971, all in Naga City; that the parties all of legal age and with full capacity to contract agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves the entire estate pro indiviso in equal shares; as acknowledge before Notary Public Attorney Alfredo F. Velasco Jr., Doc. No. 231, Page No. 47, Book No. I, Series of 2012.BiKol rePorTerPublished: May 5, 12 and 19, 2013

passage of the Anti-money Laundering Law Act of 2001 which he co-authored. He pursued the legislative amendments in the Procurement Reform Act to provide warranties for government infrastructure projects. He co-authored six hundred ninety three (693) bills of national and local application of which sixty four (64) passed in the House including the Rent Control Act (RA 9161).

President Benigno S. Aquino appointed him as Housing Com-missioner of HLURB and again as Deputy Secretary General of HUDCC. The President will not appoint him if he is not following the Daang Matuwid.

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Occupancy rate increased by 10 percent, Albay Gover-nor Jose Joey Salceda said.

The beauty of Mayon is the main reason why more tourists come to Albay not the moun-taineering activities that attract only a few adventure seekers, Salceda said.

We have the best ATV (all-terrain vehicle) experience in the world and nothing compares with it in its diversified track types, scenery that attract even

tourist arrival up despite . . .foreigners, Salceda added.

Hollywood actor Zac Efron recently tried Albays ATV ex-perience in his brief visit in the province.

Mountaineering has never been our sponsored and recom-mended activity, it is even regu-lated, Salceda said.

All human activities within the volcanos six-kilometer per-manent danger zone except for rescue and retrieval operations are indefinitely suspended in

the wake of Tuesdays phreatic explosion of the world famous Mayon Volcano that killed and injured tourists including local guides totaling to 21 all.

The controlling factor for human activity (within the vol-canos restricted area) is the (Phivolcs) alert level not the permanent danger zone restric-tion, Salceda said.

Mayons six-kilometer per-manent danger zone imposed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) restricts permanent habitation but not access for humans but the alert levels de-termine if human activities can be allowed within the restricted area, Salceda said.

Alert level zero means there is no risk or its absence, Salceda said. Alert level zero means that Mayon is just a mountain and its up to any mountaineer to take risk in climbing it, Salceda said. May-on is in alert level zero when it spewed ash yesterday without warning that caught the hapless foreign mountaineers and their local guides by surprise.

Aside from climbing, har-vesting of crops, picking of or-chids and flowers, ATV activi-ties beyond the lava front are restricted temporarily, Salceda said. Around 100 metric tons of flowers, orchids and ornamen-tal plants are harvested annu-ally within Mayons restricted zone, Salceda said.

As long as Phivolcs says that Mayon is okay, it is also okay for us (to allow access to restricted area), Salceda said. -Joseph John J. Perez

(Acanthaster planci) from the coral reefs along the Verde Is-land Passage in Pagkilatan, Ba-tangas. This kind of starfish is known to destroy entire coral reef populations by feeding on live coral tissues.

Information materials on the richness of coral reef eco-systems, their economic impor-tance, and the various ways to conserve and sustain them will be displayed or posted at all MRT-3 stations along EDSA for the whole month of May.

A group of artists from the Dolphins Love Freedom group will restore the year-old Biodi-versity Mural Wall of the Ni-noy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center (NAPWC) in Quezon City. The Wall was painted last year during the celebration of MOO 2012.

For one month starting May 15, an interactive walking tour promoting 22 ecotourism sites established under the DENRs Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project (ICRMP) will be exhibited at the NAP-WC.

On May 19, coral reef ad-vocates will hold a bike parade from Quezon City to Roxas

rich coral reefs take . . .Boulevard to drum up aware-ness on the state of the coun-trys coral reefs.

Finally, on May 29-30, the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecore-gion (SSME) Sub-committee on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) will hold a meeting on initiatives on establishment and management of MPAs within the region.

The meeting will also see the launch of the State of the Coral Triangle Report, detailing the state of coral reef ecosystems and resources within the Coral Triangle.

The Philippines is an active member of the six-country Cor-al Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Se-curity. The Coral Triangle is known to contain 40 percent of the worlds coral reef fish species and 75 percent of the worlds coral species, 53 per-cent of these were found to be resilient to climate change.

MOO was first observed in 1999 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 57.

and 2013: Albay, 50 SB/85 CL; Camarines Sur, 143 SB/319 CL, Camarines Norte, 46 SB/83 CL; Catanduanes, 20 SB/37 CL; Masbate, 98 SB/237 CL; and, Sorsogon, 73 SB/189 CL.

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On top of these 950 class-rooms targeted for comple-tion this year, DPWH V is also monitoring the construc-tion of 28 school building projects totaling 60 class-rooms being implemented by private entities through the sponsorship of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. under the Operation Bar-rio School Program.

ditional knowledge on how to apply the right procedure of planting hybrid palay seeds to make their planting efforts more effective and productive through farmers field school.

He said the Legazpi local government has invested a to-tal of P600,000 this cropping cycle for the 121 farmers who are engaged in this program. They expect to achieve P5.5 million worth of hybrid palay production, Kallos said.

Rosal, meanwhile, urged all legitimate farmers who have their own rice fields in the territorial areas of this city to join in this Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program to augment their income.

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CamSur farmers finish training on organic Agri

A total of 538 farmers from 9 municipalities of Camarines Sur who com-pleted the training course on Organic Agriculture for Farmer-Leaders were awarded their certificates of completion during the mass graduation held on May 1,

Farmer graduates pledge their support to organic agriculture by reciting the Panata sa organikong Pagsasaka.

2013 at the Jesse M. Robre-do Coliseum in Naga City. On same occasion the elect-ed officers and members of newly formed Organic Agriculture Organizations at the municipal levels also took their oath and made their pledge of commitment

to practice and support or-ganic agriculture.

The series of trainings was conducted in the different municipalities by the Bicol-andia Greenfields Develop-ment Organization (BIGFIS), Incorporated a non-govern-ment organization accredited

as a farmers training pro-vider by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), the training and extension arm of the Department of Agriculture. The ATI and DA also provided fund-ing and technical support

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in BiColhundreds of classrooms soon to be completed

The Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) in Re-gion V is now veering all its efforts towards the completion of all its school building projects, region-wide. Under the DepEd CY 2012 Regular School Building Program (RSBP), there is an allo-cation of 73 school build-ings (SB) with a total of 98 classrooms with fund-ing release of P48.2 mil-lion.

These projects are now substantially completed and will be ready in time of the school opening this SY 2013-14, DPWH 5 Re-gional Director Danilo De-quito said during a media interview. He added that for DepEd CY 2013 Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF) and RSBP, 357 SB or 852 classrooms with an allocation of P629.2, will be implemented as soon as the an exemption from Resolution No. 9585, se-

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ries of 2012 will be granted by the Commission on Elec-tions (COMELEC).

The government is re-ally intent on addressing the shortage of classrooms in the country which is now estimated at 66,000 that is why there is an undeniable increase in the budget and hopefully, more on the com-ing years, Dequito said.

Breakdown of the total al-location of SB projects with its corresponding number of classrooms for six provinces of Bicol region for SY 2012

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