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From Bicol Business Weekto Bicol Business Month

MONTHLONG BUSINESS EVENT MNCCI PHOTO

Members of the Board of the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by President Gilbert Abero (2nd from left) face the local media to announce the upscaling of the annual Bicol Business Week into Bicol Business Month which has been set for November 5-30, 2015. Others in photo (from left to right) are Dir. Remelisa ‘Peachy’ Moraleda, VP for Special Projects Jorge Palma, and VP for Chamber Management Joe Perez.

By JASON B. NeOlA

NAGA CITY — The Bicol Business Week, which has been originally scheduled for Au-gust 28-September 4 as it enters its 11th sea-son this year, has been re-scheduled for the month of November 2015 even as it is now upgraded to be conducted as Bicol Business Month, with a promise of more activities, seminars, and other trade events to show-case Bicol products, ingenuities, and oppor-tunities for business and employment.

The business and trade event is a joint undertaking by the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI) and the Naga City Government, with strong col-

laboration by concerned government agencies, such as the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fish-

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Salceda shares DRR expertise with UNDP, Nepalese group

P1.2M shabu seized in CNorte

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By CONNIe B. DeSTURA

LEGAZPI CITY – Al-bay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda shared with an eight-man United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) officials and Nep-alese delegation his expe-rience and expertise on post-earthquake rehabili-tation strategy, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in a dinner-meeting Wednes-day at the Paparazzi Room of EDSA Shangrila

in Mandaluyong City.The group was led by

former UNDP Country Rep-resentative to Nepal Renaud

Meyer and composed of Joint Secretary Pandey, Nepalese Ministry of Fed-eral Affairs and Local Development; Undersec-retaries Paudel and Shiva-koti, Nepalese Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development; Tom Wing-field, UK Department for International Development (DfID); Manju Lama, Em-bassy of Denmark to Nepal programme officer; Yam Nath Sharma, UNDP Nepal Governance head; and Anil

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INSPeCTION OF THe DReDGING ACTIVITIeS on Naga River and the ongoing revetment projects, with Naga City Mayor John Bongat, City Admin Jun Tam Mongoso, City engr. Chito Palmiano, engr. Joel Martin, DPWH De Roces, ADe Ricky Ragrario and their engineers.

CAMP GEN. SIM-EON A. OLA, Legazpi City –-Anti-narcotics au-thorities seized close to 250 grams of shabu with an estimated value of over PHP1.2 million during a buy-bust operation in Sta. Elena town, Camarines Norte.

Joint operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency (PDEA)-Ca-marines Norte, Sta. Elena Municipal Police Station

(MPS) and the Camarines Norte Provincial Intelligence Battalion were able to confis-cate the shabua in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Pookan, Barangay Tabugon at the said town on Tuesday night.

The law enforcers confis-cated the two knot-tied clean plastic bags containing the il-legal drugs with an estimated value of PHP1.25 million.

During the operation, the operatives captured Mamao G. Misug, a resident of Ba-

rangay Baclaran, Calauag, Quezon.

Meanwhile, Misug’s companion, Batotoy Rega-la, was able to evade arrest.

Recovered from Misug’s possession were one genu-ine PHP1,000 bill used as marked money, three bun-dles of PHP1,000 boodle money with cut newspaper inserted and one white plas-tic bag used as the boodle money's container.

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The recorded surplus means more money went into our economy – as contrasted when a deficit is incurred – which means more foreign exchange were paid out – as against the volume which were received. A surplus in the BOP augurs well for our gross international reserves translating into a more “powerful” Philippine currency, as the Philippines becomes able to settle its foreign obligations from its available international reserve funds.

PAGCOR DONATIONS: The PAGCOR has donated 482 additional classrooms to public schools in five provinces, for use by over 24,000 public school students from Davao Oriental, Pangasinan, Cavite, Iloilo and Negros Occidental. The donations were through PAGCOR’s “Matuwid na Daan sa Silid-Aralan” School building project which is being carried out in partnership with the Dept. of Education (DepEd) and the Dept. of Public Works & Highways (DPWH).

Said donations enabled the public schools to somehow respond to the

ever-continuing need for classrooms all over the country. Provincial and city executives should coordinate with PAGCOR for possible donations of classrooms for use by their respective student population. We were told that the benevolent program of the gaming agency is its special way of paying back the local government’s permission for them to operate in their jurisdictions.

MEDAL OF HONOR: The Province of Quezon has a long standing program of honoring its outstanding citizens with the awarding being done in time for the birthday anniversary of its favorite son – Pres. Manuel Luis Quezon. The recognition is symbolized by way of the Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan given to persons recommended by the Selection Committee and approved by the Sangguniang Panglalawigan. A maximum of ten awardees are recognized per year. (A similar award system may be adopted by Bicol LGUs).

A higher award of distinction is the “Gintong Medalya ng Karangalan” bestowed on more elite individuals or organizations. In the last quarter century, there are just ten (10) “Ginto” recipients – including Claro M. Recto, Lorenzo Tanada, Horacio dela Costa, Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, Gen. Guillermo Nakar and Bishop Alfredo Ma. Obviar. We organized in 2002 the Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan Foundation wherein all past awardees are being enrolled as members.

PROVERBS: He who pursues righteousness and love, finds life, prosperity and distinctive honor.

(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).

FX INFLOWS: Remittances from Filipinos living and working abroad grew by 5.6% in the first half of the year. The June 2015 inflow zoomed to its highest level so far this year on the back of sustained demand for skilled Filipino manpower overseas. The BSP reported that cash remittances from overseas Filipinos amounted to $12.08 billion in the first six months of the year, $637 million higher compared to $11.45 billion in the same period last year.

Major sources of cash remittances were from USA, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Canada. Remittances remained robust partly due to stable demand for skilled Filipinos abroad, according to BSP. POEA statistics showed job orders reaching 454,263 and more than a third were intended for service, production as well as for professional, technical and related workers in the Middle East and Taiwan.

BOP SURPLUS: The country’s Balance of Payments registered a surplus reaching $2.04B in the last seven months, exceeding the full-year target of $2 billion. The surplus was a complete reversal of the $3.64 billion deficit in the same period last year. The BOP shows a summary of our country’s transactions with the rest of the world. BOP components include trade, foreign direct and portfolio investments, and even remittances from Filipinos abroad.

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ratings and for him to quit the presidential race.

Trillanes has been evading this issue of his 63 consultants, to the point of even berating media hosts for asking him questions on this issue. Yet he has the gall to say that the VP refuses to face the Senate for him to defend himself against their baseless allegations and even the trio in the Senate refused to read aloud, the sworn affidavit of Binay submitted to the Senate in which his answers to these baseless allegations

aired by Trillanes and Cayetano through their self-confessed crooks who are given immunity, were replied to, pointby point.

Now it is Trillanes who should explain why even his drivers and houseboy are being paid from his monthly office funds.

One should ask Sonny boy, just what kind of consultancy at which his houseboy and driver are experts that they deserve to be named as consultants to the senator. And isn’t that a crooked way for a senator to use office funds, coming from taxpayers’ money? Hmmm.Just a thought. Who is the crook now, especially since the records from the Senate states this crooked path?

And to think, Senate President and the Liberal Party chairman, who claims, along with Trillanes, Cayetano and Pimentel, that they all walk the straight path, even claiming that there is nothing wrong in senators’ having many consultants, and even defending Trillanes for his highly unethical use of public funds. Maybe Drilon is into the same practice with his office funds?

But then again, Trillanes is an ally of

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, one of the three anti-Binay senators in the Senate’s Blue Ribbon Committee and a declared candidate for Vice President in 2016, is the subject of the following column of NinezCacho Olivares in the Daily Tribune dated Aug. 25, 2015. This is for information and study of the people of the candidates in the coming election.

Well, well, well. Karma has set in.The self-proclaimed moral crusader and

graft buster Sen. Antonio Trillanes has finally been unmasked for what he truly is.

Manila Standard’s Christine Herrera came up with well researched report on Trillanes’ 63 and probably counting, so-called consultants, using Senate records.

More than half of Trillanes’ office funds, with a monthly allocation of P2.93, million for his office goes into paying his houseboy, some newsmen, family drivers, his campaign donors, his ex-mutineer pals, and of course a brother who gets paid P71,200 monthly.

And that’s not just a baseless allegation, which style of inquisition is so well known, as he and his two sparring partners, Koko Pimentel and Alan Cayetano are into demolishing Vice President JojoBinay on baseless allegations, to bring down his

Oops, graft buster is busted

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All about crimeThere is an old joke about a lake town

mayor whose reply to a question by a radio reporter about the peace and order situation in his municipality was: “Plenty of fish, but no order.”

The recent spate of criminal activities in Naga City is not a joke anymore, however.

Top officials of the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce (MNCC) say that these activities while not yet “alarming,” should be addressed by the city and police officials. On the other hand, Dante Jimenez of the VACC fame, says otherwise; he wants the death sentence be restored.

Whatever or however one views this issue, the fact is, a crime, whether isolated or incidental, happens everywhere or anywhere.

So it will be the height of naivete if one will dismiss it as just ho-hum. It will also be the height of hyperbole and exaggeration if we shoot a fly with a bazooka.

The president of the MNCC is right in calling for a communal response to the rising record of crime incidents in the city, that is, criminality is not just a government or police matter. It is our job to “scare them off,” like what that detective said in an old Charles Bronson movie.

The government should also look at the sociological causes of crimes. For instance, Naga’s fast urbanizing status, is serving as a magnet not only for those looking for job opportunities but also for those who would like to take the opportunity of snatching someone else’s bag.

We say that this spill-over effect, should be addressed at its root, the lack of economic opportunities in the peripheral towns of Naga. This is a call for the people and government officials of those towns as this is a call for Naga city to make its vaunted development spill over in reverse to its neighbors. -- fpj

JOURNALISTS and soldiers have one thing in common. They do not die but fade away. Which is the most romantic way of vanishing from an exciting but dangerous life.They leave quietly, without fanfare, without much noise, with nary a gun blazing.

But it is not riding into the sunset as what is usually seen in tragic western movies when the hero departs for world unknown.There is much life, however, at the end of a long career. Retirement is the start of a new life. Who knows,you may find a new passion.

Quite a number , for lack of opportunities, are forced to stay home , waiting for the sun to rise, waiting for another day.The golden color of the western skies at dusk,this they do not even notice.Which is unfortunate.

To them, life which they once knew as full with color and adventures, is almost over.This attitude brings them no farther from the grave.When the zest for life recedes, what is left is emptiness and the longing to cross over to the great

beyond.A close friend retired after a colorful

career.Instead of sulking within the four corners of his home,and living a hermit’s life, he joined the academe. Now he finds life as exciting with the presence of friends crowding his days.

His great advantage is that he has a PhD. Higher institutions bolster their prestige by hiring professionals with PhDs as faculty.

A group of elderly businessmen, the

city’s well-off, have found an anti-dote to late life’s monotony.They meet regularly and talk.They exchange ideas, laugh, feed their minds with positive energy.When someone suggested that they formally organize, they said that is for the much younger men who are full with dreams.

Themselves?They come to enjoy what remaining days they still have.

When I left my government job after l6 years in the service, I thought I would spend my days listening to the slow ticking of the clock at home.But something intervened. My PhD has launched me into a teaching career.In my early years, my dream was to become a barrister, not a teacher.

From a newspaper editor to a human rights advocate to a college dean, an odyssey that spanned almost 40 years. Not bad.I wake up daily at the crack of dawn to prepare myself for the job ahead. The sight of my students pursuing their dreams with diligence is

Thoughts of an aging journalist

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Free medical services for Davaoeños

More than five hun-dred pregnant, lactating and childbearing women in Davao City availed of free medical services during the Kalinga Kay Inay (KKI) health fair on July 24-25, 2015 in Bankerohan and Matina, respectively.

KKI is a tripartite effort of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), a social development organiza-tion based in San Pablo, La-guna and US-based organiza-tions Freedom From Hunger (FFH) and Microcredit Sum-mit Campaign (MCS).

“KKI health fairs are open to all microfinance clients of CARD MRI and partner mi-crofinance institutions as well as non-microfinance clients in the local community,” shared

Tria Marie Torres, CARD MRI health coordinator.

The project aims to con-tribute in improving health knowledge and promoting behavior change to more than 600,000 women by the end of 2015 and help decrease the high maternal mortality rate in the Philippines, thus helping to address the country’s poor performance on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5.

The Local Government Unit of Davao City, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) XI and Depart-ment of Health XI gave their full support to the project.

PhilHealth XI agreed to set up a booth in the venue to in-vite beneficiaries of the health fair to enroll in PhilHealth. They also accepted payment

of contributions, printed MDRs and responded to oth-er queries and requests. The Social Insurance Officer II of PhilHealth XI representa-tive, Ms. Kleah Gayle Dub-lin, thanked CARD for hav-ing them in the said event. PhilHealth and CARD had been a partner in community empowerment since 2005.

“The extensiveness of awareness of mothers on ma-ternal health varies on many aspects, but the root cause of it is the lack of education on contraception and ac-cess to facilities,” said Dr. Grethel Vasquez, OB-GYN, when asked about the level of awareness of women on maternal health. Dr. Vasquez also shared that some of their pregnant patients in the health

fair were as young as 13 years old.

The weak foundation on the application of contracep-tion leads to the short birth intervals, Dr. Vasquez added. “Educating mothers to have prenatal check-up during the first trimester and informing them the many programs of LGUs [and CARD] will be a good help.”

At least 12 OB-GYNs, three general physicians, one pediatrician, eight nurses, five Barangay Health Workers (BHW), one Nurse Phleboto-mist and one Medical Tech-nologist (MedTech) rendered the free services to beneficia-ries.

The health fair included urinalysis, medical consulta-

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GAMOT pArA SA KApWA AT SM SM once again invites its shoppers to provide less fortunate communities with

disaster ready tools through its Gamot Para sa Kapwa campaign. A joint project of the SM Store and Watsons in partnership with the Department of

Health, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and SM Foundation, Gamot Para sa Kapwa aims to provide quality health and emergency assistance to indigent communities in the country.

This is especially meaningful and timely during the typhoon season and earth-quake risk, when quick aid is essential during emergency situations such as accidents and natural disasters.

Shoppers do their share by visiting Gamot Para sa Kapwa booths at all SM Stores until September 30, 2015. They can purchase a Sureaid Disaster Kit worth P99 for dona-tion or personal use or buy 2 kits for only P190 exclusively distributed by Watsons.

each kit contains items needed for quick survival during calamities like Sureaid Emergency blanket, 300 ml bottled water, flashlight, whistle and masks.

All donors are also entitled to a P50 coupon to be redeemed with minimum single receipt purchase of any Watsons brand worth P350 valid until September 30, 2016. Proceeds will go to DOH accredited beneficiaries nationwide.

Help build disaster ready communities and join SM’s Gamot Para sa Kapwa campaign.

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references sa libro, maaaraman mong pinagpagalan niya talaga ini. An saro pang surprisa sa libro ni Danny iyo na si Lapu-lapu palan bako nang joven kan magadan si Magellan. Dai ngani malinaw kun si Lapu-Lapu man an nakagadan ki Magellan. Kaya sabi ko ki Danny, pagluwas kan libro niya, magibo akong cartoon. Sa sarong frame, ipapahiling ko an istatuwa ni Lapu-Lapu sa Mactan, na matipuno asin makusog. Sa sarong frame, si Lapu-Lapu na nakatukaw sa wheel chair, arog kan mga politiko ngonyan pagtapos kan saindang mga termino.

Pagluwas kan isyung ini, sigurado nakaluwas na an libro kan sakong amigo na si Danny Gerona manongod ki Magellan na nagkaigwag “soft launch” sa Manila ngonyan na semana. Haros sabi ni Danny, sampulong taon an inubos niya sa pagsaliksik nganing maisurat an sasabihon tang “game changing” na libro. Inot, ta sa sinambit na libro maluwas na bako talaga si Magellan an inot na nakabirik sa intirong mundo (na sa tunay man talaga, dai ta nagadan ngani siya sa Mactan, alagad ipinapangaran ini saiya huli sa saiyang ekspedisyon. An onrang ini dapat ki Duarte Barbosa, na nasusog ni Danny sa mga

lumang dokumento na nakasurat sa Portuguese. Arog kayan kabusisi man nanggad si pagsaliksik ni Danny ta sa listahan lang kan saiyang mga

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MendicancyMendicancy is defined as the condition of being a beg-

gar and it is actually illegal under Presidential Decree No. 1563 that was promulgated by Ferdinand Marcos in 1978. Although there are some reasonable justifications, penal-izing mendicancy does not solve the problem of poverty but merely diverts the issue. It does not help empower the poorest of the poor to and help them rise above their condi-tions. It may all seem futile to help one or a few of the beg-gars in the street.

However, one could recall the classic parable of the star-fish wherein there are thousands of starfish stranded on the shore, the task of saving all the starfish may seem impos-sible but by just tossing one starfish back into the ocean at a time the simple act would make all the difference on that particular starfish.

At the local level here in Naga, the problem of mendican-cy is a humanitarian issue that cannot easily be addressed by merely apprehending and detaining mendicants. There is a seemingly counter-intuitive but simple and possibly more effective solution to the problem, which is a regular soup kitchen. Establishing a regular soup kitchen may seem in-significant and may not even cause any immediately notice-able dent on the large social problems but it does make a difference on the individual. If there are at least 31 organi-zations that will sponsor a one-day soup kitchen per month at the Plaza Rizal or Plaza Quezon, a daily soup kitchen is feasible if properly scheduled. What is mainly needed is a permanent place for the said project. The support from the local government of Naga is needed in this matter in terms of providing a permanent place for a daily soup kitchen.

Of course, there would be critics that would argue that it could only encourage mendicancy. However, it should be pointed out that a regular soup kitchen will not only allevi-ate the problem of extreme hunger but may also actually help reduce the problem of mendicancy and the nuisances it brings to the general public and the business owners in downtown Naga.

It may seem counter-intuitive but there are logical justi-fications for a daily soup kitchen at the plaza. A daily soup kitchen is actually a three-pronged approach. The soup kitchen will only serve as 'bait.'

1. The first prong will address the issue of livelihood. Those adults who are capable of working and who will be attracted to the soup kitchen will be trained and referred to livelihood programs and opportunities. NGOs and social workers can be invited to sponsor and facilitate one of the soup kitchen activities that will integrate informal livelihood seminars

2. The second prong will address the issue of vaga-bonds and street children. Instead of merely apprehending them and relocating/detaining them somewhere. We could invite social case workers to counsel and interview them and have a more humane approach. We first need to un-derstand the specific circumstances before we can provide specific solutions. Some of these children are also school children. Some volunteers may provide tutorial services. A much deeper investigation about their family background can also be conducted to determine the exact type of inter-vention they need.

3. The third prong will address the issue of nuisances that are caused by street children and vagabonds. If there is a regular soup kitchen (probably at the Plaza Quezon), these individuals do not anymore need to harass or bother the stall owners and customers asking money for food. The soup kitchen will not become a competition to the existing stall holders because its target clienteles are those who do not have the capacity to pay for their food.

very encouraging.The days rolled by with haste. I did not notice the passing

years, too engrossed to look at the ticking clock. It is only lately that I know I am no longer in the prime of youth.

Sometime ago, I got a terse note from my English l4 student,” Sir, salamat sa panahon nyo sa amin. Marami kaming natutuhan. Salamat uli,”Another two students from the College of Arts and Sciences penned this note,” Sir,thanks for being our teacher. Still, another who was my student in English l7 said, Sir, wala kang katulad as a teacher. May your tribe increase. Many thanks.”

Two years ago a policeman who was my student in Philippine Constitution and Government dropped by my office to shake my hands. “ I passed the board exams. I owe it to you, sir.”Another criminology graduate also came to say thank you.

The show of gratitude is touching.It has made my days in the academe worthwhile. It has also taken away the gloom in my aging years.I am not, however, ready to walk into the sunset.

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from my window . . .the administration, who also immediately absolves Drilon on his alleged overpriced Iloilo Convention Center.

Trillanes’ consultants were being paid a total of P1.63 million a month, official Senate documents showed, an amount that tripled the allowed P506,262-monthly budget allocation for consultancy services, according to the Commission on Audit (CoA), citing Senate records, it was reported.

From July to December 2014, or a period of five months, according to the g CoA and Senate records, Trillanes paid his consultants some P9.77 million, which exceeded by more than P6.74 million the allowable amount for consultancy services of only P3.03 million.

And can you believe this? Trillanes also paid his campaign donors!

Robert Fong and Fabian Go, paid P80,000 monthly, are his highest paid consultants.

Something really stinks in Trillanes’ pay for two consultants

who were listed as his campaign donors, with donations worth P500,000 each, especially since they had apparently money to donate to Trillanes. Why then make them consultants? Unless of course, they weren’t donors but hangers on of Trillanes, who must then have committed perjury — a criminal offense — on Comelec documents on his senatorial expenses during the campaign.

For six months last year, Fong and Go were paid a total of P480,000 each. Give it another six months and a full year, heck, they would have gotten back more from their claimed donations, that is if the self proclaimed graft buster of a senator didn’t pocket the millions himself.

The report also said that Trillanes had at least 16 of his 63 consultants who were Trillanes’ former subordinates in the military service that joined him in mounting the Oakwood and Manila Peninsula mutinies in a failed coup attempt.

Trillanes included in the payroll his houseboy Eddie Ybañez, who as a “consultant” was getting P3,500 a month.

The sena to r ’s pay ro l l documents show family drivers Bernard Allen Marzan and Jay-Ar Caro were being paid as consultants, at P11,500 and P8,100 a month, respectively.

Marzan and Caro and 14 other consultants, are members of the Magdalo.

Even Tri l lanes’ brother, Juan Antonio Trillanes us one of the highest paid consultants in the Senate, part of what the CoA said resul ted in overspending. The brother raked in a total of P427,200 from July to December 2014 based on Senate documents.

No wonder Trillanesnever gave either the Senate or the CoA copies of his consultants’ resumés and the job that they are supposed to do and why there were no achievement reports. They are all Trillanes’ dummies.

One recalls that Trillanes, w h i l e a s e n a t o r b u t i n detention, had the biggest

travel expenditure yearly, all that time he was in jail.

Even then, he claimed it was his consultants who did the traveling.

No wonder he has so many consultants and some more budgets from his office funds, which he can hardly explain.

T h e s a m e r e p o r t s ta ted that CoA sa id the consultancies did not come with accomplishment reports because the services were confidential in nature.

Naturally, Trillanes, so used to lying, claimed that he diverts some of his allocated budget to pay consultants, which senators are allowed to do, as these consultants of his “help him know more about issues in the different provinces.”

Really? Just what do his drivers and houseboys and even his so-called subordinates in the military give him by way of confidential information? The alleged bribery charge he leveled against the Court of Appeals justices, which is a figment of his dirty political imagination?

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NOTICe TO THe PUBlIC

CCE - CCE-0052-2015 R.A. 10172In compliance with the publication requirement and pur-

suant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guide-lines 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 RASELLE ADAN has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of RA-SELLE ADAN at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are RODOLFO DE CASTRO and SUSAN ADAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than September 19, 2015.

(Sgd.) eMIlIe S. AGNeS-DAIRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOl RePORTeRPublished: August 30 and September 6, 2015



NOTICe TO THe PUBlIC

CCE - CCE-0055-2015 R.A. 10172In 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 leOVY GUeRUelA MOJeNO has filed with this Office, a Petition for cor-rection of entry in Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of leOVY GUeRUelA MOJeNO at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are RE-BLANDO MOJENO and GLORIA GUERUELA.






NOTICe TO THe PUBlICCCE - CCE-0059-2015 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that NICOle GAlON eCHANO has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of NICOle GAlON eCHANO at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are SHERWIN ECHANO and LILIBETH D. GALON.






NOTICe FOR PUBlICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARCOS DE-LOS REYES BRONCANO JR. has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from “JUNIOR MAR-COS” to “MARCOS JR.” in the birth certificate of JUNIOR MARCOS DE LOS REYES BRONCANO who was born on OCTOBER 27, 1959 at Sigamot, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are MARCOS BRONCANO and REMEDIOS DE LOS REYES.





Bikol reporter6 aug. 30-sept. 5, 2015

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CATAlINO P. BAYOBO JUlY 5, 2015WIlFReDO M. BISANA JUlY 5, 2015PURIFICACION B. VIDAl JUlY 4, 2015HeNRY V. CATANeO JUlY 6, 2015MARIA TeReSA C. DY JUlY 6, 2015JOSe C. SARCIllA JUlY 9, 2015VICTOR C. AZADA JUlY 10, 2015PURITA R. BONGAPAT JUlY 11, 2015SOTeRO B. eSCANDOR JR. JUlY 10, 2015elVIRO R. BAllARAN JUlY 15, 2015CeSAR N. SeMINIANO JUlY 18, 2015PeTRA P. FelICeS JUlY 22, 2015PURITA N. PACHeCO SRA JUlY 25, 2015RAMON Q. MARQUeZ JUlY 25, 2015OSMUNDO C. DeSPACIO JUlY 17, 2015JAIMe A. PeDeRIO JUlY 26, 2015DAVID T. De FIeSTA JUlY 22, 2015JUDITHA O. SAN FelIPe JUlY 29, 2015eSPeRANZA V. ReCTIN JUlY 14, 2015PIlAR P. SABINO JUlY 30, 2015MARTHA B. FABIA JUlY 31, 2015

FOR JUlY

Calling all UNC Cross Swords members and alumni, Annual

Gathering of members

September 12, 2015K of C Bldg., City Hall Compound,

Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City.

Registration starts at 5:00PM

Contact: Johnny JanaCellphone No. 0915.237.4445

eries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Agrarian Re-form, and Department of Sci-ence and Technology, among others, as well as those in the private sector.

MNCCI President Gil-bert Albero made the for-mal announcement even as he assured that some of the events originally conceived for the Bicol Business Week will be carried over for the Bicol Business Month, with more new events added. This will include an entre-preneurial week and a fo-rum on stock exchange and other financial concerns, he said. Also being mulled is a week focused on Edu-cation and the prospects of the K12 curriculum as far is Tech-Voch and Asean inte-gration are concerned.

Responding to a ques-tion by the newsmen pres-ent during yesterday’s (Wednesday) press confer-ence, Jose B. Perez, MNC-CI VP for Chamber Man-agement said that during its regular Board meeting last Aug. 11, the chamber decided to re-schedule the business event for two main reasons: 1) because the trade event has completed its tenth year and is about to enter a new decade, it is about time that the business week be elevated into a Bi-col Business Month on its

from Bicol Business week . . .11th year, preferably in No-vember as a prelude to the merry season of December, and ; 2) the change in lon-ger time frame and bigger scope in terms of exposure will be timely and fitting as the City of Naga has for this year been recently hailed by the National Competitive-ness Council as the Most Competitive Component City in the country.

“Henceforth, the Bicol Business Month in Naga will be in the same league as those held in Cebu and Davao which have their own respective Business Month,” Perez said.

VP for Special Projects Jorge Palma added that with the elevation of the trade event, “we expect more participation from both the public and private sec-tors who want to be part of this significant event thatis meant to contribute to the growth and development not only of Naga City but of the Bicol Region as well.”

He added that the MNC-CI would feel honored if the participation by the com-munity-based organizations like the different Municipal Business Councils, which the MNCCI has established in Metro Naga municipali-ties, will be obtained.

The formation of vari-ous MBCs in Camarines

Sur towns is a partnership undertaking by the MNCCI and TRIAS Southeast, a Belgian non-government organization which extends funding assistance to micro and small entrepreneurs and marginalized farmers and fishers in poor communities in Southeast Asia. Palma is MNCCI’s focal person to TRIAS SE programs.

“MNCCI’s primordial goal in pushing for some innovations in the conduct of this year’s Bicol Busi-ness Month is to come up with more effective ways and means to continuously inspire, promote and grow the businesses in the Bicol Region,” President Albero added.

Other than business-matching and networking, the gathering of industry stakeholders in the areas of Culinary and Tourism, ICT & BPO, Entrepreneurship and Creative Industries, Real Estate and Construc-tion, Agriculture and Aqua-culture, Education, and Finance will be among the event’s interesting activi-ties, Albero said.

“We will have more time to prepare and thus en-sure its success,” Director Peachy Moraleda told the members of the local media referring to the upscaled trade event.

Chandrika, UNDP Nepal project manager.

During the three-hour meeting, the Nepalese dele-gation invited Albay to pro-vide technical advice from a practitioner perspective on a DRR law being con-sidered by the Nepal parlia-ment.

"I also told them of our friendship with Dr. Udip Shrestra who is responsible for bringing 70 Nepalese medical students to Bicol Christian College of Medi-cine every year. I told the delegation that the family headed by senior parliamen-tarian Maiya Devi Shrestha has been inviting me, the Bicol Regional Training

salceda shares drr . . .and Teaching Hospital, and BCCM to Nepal. I was sur-prised to be told that the family matriarch is a bil-lionaire,” Salceda said in a phone interview Thursday.

He said the Nepalese will visit Albay to see for themselves the work the Al-bayanos have done on DRR, including the APSEMO, Climate Change Academy, GUICADALE Economic Township.

In return, they also in-vited Albay, especially the APSEMO, to provide techni-cal advice on post-earthquake rehabilitation and the formu-lation of the Nepal DRR law, especially since RA 10121 was based on the Albay model.

Misug is now detained at the Sta. Elena MPS while the seized drugs and parapher-nalia will be brought to the Camarines Norte Provincial Crime Laboratory Office for examination. - PNA

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CeS VIPs andCeO search on

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) is calling for nominations for the 3rd Quarter CES Very Innovative Person (VIP) and Cost Effective Officer (CEO) awards.

CESB executive director Maria Anthonette Velasco-Allones said the new set of recognition programs is part of their continuing commit-ment to promote morale and drive greater performance among third level officials

It focuses on the signifi-cant innovations and cost effective measures of CE-SOs and eligibles in areas related to the improvement of operation and stakehold-ers’ satisfaction in their re-spective agencies.

Allones said the CES VIP

seeks to recognize CESOs and third level eligibles who initiated a novel policy or program that improved oper-ational processes or methods and have assisted in meeting organizational sustainability and/or wellness.

The CES CEO aims to recognize the strate-gic leadership qualities of CESOs and third level eli-gibles whose decisions or actions create desired level of performance that leads to the maximum utilization of resources resulting in in-creased agency savings.

The deadline for sub-mission of nominations is on August 31, 2015.

For more details, visit the CESB website at www.cesboard.gov.ph or call 9514981 local 126. -PIA5

extra-Judicial Settlement of estate with Waiver of Rights

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the widow and legitimate children and the sole heirs of the deceased OSCAR PAPARES y TORREDA, who died in-testate without any Will or Testament and with no known debts, on October 31, 1995 at Daet, Camarines Norte; left a parcel of land, which is conjugal and owned in common with his wife Norma Papares located at Magang, Daet, Camarines Norte covered by TCT No. P-23770 and One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Six (1,876) Common Shares of the Capital Stocks of PETRON CORPORA-TION; pursuant to Rule 74, Sec. 1 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Phils. And being with full capacity to contract, the heirs do hereby adjudicate unto themselves the parcel of land and shares of stocks described, in equal shares; said Heirs have agreed to CEDE, TRANSFER and CON-VEY unto their co-heir NORMA PAPARES y YUZON the full ownership and possession of the described proper-ties; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Melanie L. Valencia, Doc. No. 154, Page No. 31, Book No. III, Se-ries of 2015.

BIKOl RePORTeRPublished: August 30; Sept. 6 and 13, 2015


DepEd fy 2015 pei: exceeding financialand operational performance targets

By elMeR V. TeNA, Ph. D.Administrative Officer V – FinanceDepED, Division of Camarines Sur

The Department of Education (DepED) is one of the Departments that were granted a one month basic salary PEI under Executive Order No. 181. The conditions laid down by the Order so that an agency may be granted a one month basic salary PEI were:

1. achievement of at least 90% of the FY 2014 targets under at least two (2) performance indicators (PIs) (quantity, quality, or timeliness) for at least one (1) Major Final Output (MFO) under Operations;

2. compliance with the posting of the Transparency Seal as required under Section 91, Gen-eral Provisions of the FY 2014 General Appropriations Act; and

3. compliance with the posting or publication of the Citizen’s Charter or its equivalent as re-quired under the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007.

The DepED has three (3) MFOs under Operations in FY 2014 as shown below with the cor-responding PIs:

MFO/PIs 2014 TargetsMFO 1 : BASIC eDUCATION POlICY SeRVICeS Number of plans & policies formulated, reviewed, issued and disseminated 2 % of stakeholders who rate the plans and policies as satisfactory or better 85% % of policies of updated over the last three (3) years 25%MFO 2: BASIC eDUCATION SeRVICeSKindergarten and Elementary Education Number of learners ages 5-11 old enrolled in kindergarten and 12, 568,792 elementary education (in any learning system) % of learners who scored average or better in the National 84% Achievement Test (NAT) % of learners who completed the school year 79.56%Secondary Education Number of learners ages 12-15 years old enrolled in secondary 4,294,124 education (in any learning system) % of learners who scored average or better in the National 50% Achievement Test (NAT) % of learners who completed the school year 75.02%Alternative Learning System Number of learners above 15 years old served thru Alternative 331,150 Learning System (ALS) Program % of ALS completers who passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Test 44% % of ALS completers to total number of ALS learners within 10 months 75%MFO 3: ReGUlATORY AND DeVelOPMeNTAl SeRVICeS TO PRIVATe SCHOOlS Number of grantees 1,044,899 % of increase in grantees who scored average or better in the 2% National Achievement Test (NAT) Ration of completers to grantees 80%

It can be clued from the receipt of PEI equivalent to one month salary for each employee and personnel that the DepED were able to achieve the three (3) conditions stated in EO 181 but what about for 2016, can we again be entitled to PEI equivalent to one month salary? In case the same conditions enumerated in EO 181 will apply, the following MFOs and PIs for 2015 are to be achieved:

MFO/PIs 2015 TargetsMFO 1 : BASIC EDUCATION POLICY SERVICES Number of plans & policies formulated, reviewed, issued and disseminated 2 % of stakeholders who rate the plans and policies as satisfactory or better 85% % of policies of updated over the last three (3) years 25%MFO 2: BASIC EDUCATION SERVICESKindergarten and Elementary Education Number of learners ages 5-11 old enrolled in kindergarten and 15, 148,560 elementary education (in any learning system) % of learners who scored average or better in the National 85% Achievement Test (NAT) % of learners who completed the school year 81%Secondary Education Number of learners ages 12-15 years old enrolled in secondary 5,904,740 education (in any learning system) % of learners who scored average or better in the National 52% Achievement Test (NAT) % of learners who completed the school year 78%Alternative Learning System Number of learners above 15 years old served thru Alternative 475,325 Learning System (ALS) Program % of ALS completers who passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Test 47% % of ALS completers to total number of ALS learners within 10 months 77%MFO 3: ReGUlATORY AND DeVelOPMeNTAl SeRVICeS TO PRIVATe SCHOOlS Number of grantees 1,083,396 % of increase in grantees who scored average or better in the 2% National Achievement Test (NAT) Ration of completers to grantees 82%

References:Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | Executive Order No. 181, s. 2015FY 2014 National Expenditure Program (NEP) | DepED Special ProvisionsFY 2015 National Expenditure Program (NEP) | DepED Special Provisions

cBsua writers try . . .“We are celebrating the

30th year of upholding its Karapatan, Katungkulan, Ka-layaan, The STATEANS re-mains steadfast that through this, the publication will be able to fulfill its vision of ad-vocating social consciousness and promoting holistic devel-opment among students,” Car-iaga stated.

CBSUA Professor and Over-All Consultant of Im-prenta Tres said that they have invited tertiary and second-ary student writers from the four campuses of CBSUA in Calabanga, Pasacao, Pili, and Sipocot; Ragay National Agri-cultural and Fisheries School; Universidad de Sta. Isabel – Pili Campus; Blessed Name of Mary Learning School; Cama-

rines Science Oriented High School; Pili National High School; Rodriguez National High School; and Altamarino-Clacio High School.

On the first day of the con-fab, lined up topics for discus-sion include News Writing, Copy Reading and Headline Writing by Jhetro Arthur M. Cledera of DOST-Camarines Sur and former Editor-in-Chief of The Stateans; Developmen-tal Communication Writing by Ana Liza S. Macatangay of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Camarines Sur Provincial Office ; and Feature Writing by Frank V. Peñones of the Committee on Literary Arts, NCCA.

Also invited to share her thoughts on Field Reporting

and Journalism Ethics is for-mer ABS CBN television re-porter Sheila D. Herras. Cam-pus Paper Management was given by Kristiana Michaela P. Embate, of San Jose Pili Na-tional High School. She is also the former Editor-in-Chief of The PILLARS, the official stu-dent publication of the Ateneo de Naga University.

Carlos Arejola represent-ing the Speakers’ Bureau of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will also discuss Poetry and Creative Non-fiction Writing.

The STATEANS is the of-ficial student publication of the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA). The confab was also in collabora-tion with the National Com-mission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

photo copy of hospital bill or billing statement if hos-pitalized, doctor’s prescrip-tion, laboratory requests, original and photo copy of barangay certificate or resi-dency/indigency, two photo copies of any valid ID of the client.

Under the Protective Ser-vices Unit, the E-AICS (Ex-panded Aid for Individuals in Crisis Situation) provides medical, educational, burial and transportation assistance to persons/families in crisis situations, specifically those belonging to the informal sector and other poor, mar-ginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged individuals. –PIA5

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free medical services . . .tions and ultrasound check in the services rendered. Moth-er’s kit for pregnant women, free medicines and health awareness lecture were also given to beneficiaries. Inside the mother’s kit are liquid mild soap for babies, cot-

ton balls and buds, newborn diapers, baby oil, alcohol and digital thermometer.

The Kalinga kay Inay was launched in 2014 and already had its community health fairs in Palawan, Bicol and Samar-Leyte-Biliran. This is the fourth community health fair conducted and the project is planning to have its last com-munity health fair in Northern Luzon before 2015 ends. To date, KKI already reached 5,524 pregnant, lactating and childbearing women through community health fair and 279,441 women through cred-it with education (CwE).

The CwE is part of the project’s aim to contribute to the improvement of women’s maternal health knowledge and promote behavior change. The module is “Healthy Pregnancies Make Healthy Communities.” Further, the said CwE has been delivered in Bicol, Palawan, Leyte and Panay Island. Over the next six months, implementation of the said module will take place in four areas in Visayas, eight in Luzon and five in Mindanao, and is expected to reach more than 860,431 women by end of 2015.

The Chairman of the Ateneo Alumni Association Canada (AAAC), Ed Doro-ja, recently announced the holding of the AAAC’s 20th Anniversary Scholarship Dinner-Dance at the Madi-son Convention Centre at 17 Vinyl Court, Woodbridge, on Saturday, October 24, 2015.

This year marks the mile-stone 20th year anniversary of the founding of the Ateneo Alumni Association Canada which began after the visit of the late Fr. Raul Bonoan, S.J., the President of the Ateneo de Naga at that time, who in-formed the group of the plight of deserving students in dire need of financial support in or-der to pursue a college or uni-versity education in fulfillment of their dreams and realization of their potential.

From that first meeting, the AAAC was born, composed of alumni from various Ateneo Universities in the Philippines, banding together to raise funds for deserving scholars. Since 1995, Ateneo Alumni have utilized various fundraising ac-tivities, starting with the core Annual Scholarship Fundrais-ing Dinner-Dance, augmented by the Winterlude Dance, the Spring Dance, and for a time, Golf Tournaments and Casino Trips. Special voluntary con-

Ateneo Alumni Association Canadasets anniversary dinner-dance

tributions by members and supporters have also pro-vided a welcome boost to the AAAC’s scholarship funding initiatives.

These scholarships have been provided at all Ateneo Universities, providing deserv-ing youth throughout the Phil-ippines a chance to undergo an educational experience which instills in them self-develop-ment, spiritual formation, and social awareness, in addition to preparing them to join the coun-try’s very competitive work force. The AAAC is now com-pleting 20 years of organizing fundraisers, funding twenty-two (22) scholars, to date, most of whom have since graduated and have successfully joined the work force.

It is worthwhile to note that this charitable activity has ben-efited not only the scholars but also its benefactors, its mem-bers and supporters, as these

activities also serve as a corol-lary vehicle for Filipino-Cana-dians to enjoy good fellowship among the local Filipino com-munity, while enabling them to participate in the AAAC’s noble undertakings of helping the less fortunate.

As its all-important 20th anniversary celebration ap-proaches, the AAAC and its Chairman reiterate a call to all alumni and long-standing and new supporters to support this milestone through participation in the Dinner-Dance to be held at the Madison Convention Centre in Vaughan, Ontario, and/or through the placement of Ads in the 20th anniversary souvenir program. In this con-nection, the following may be contacted for tickets and sou-venir program advertising: Ed Doroja (416-876-3263), Bernie Sychangco (416-857-7551), and Toti Gutierrez (416-751-9437).

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PNP nabs suspected DSWD fixerBIKOL REPORTER

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outstanding local newspaperfor five consecutive years by the st. peter

Baptist catholic mass media awards

8 aug. 30-sept. 5, 2015

LIpSTICK DAYThe SM launch was a beauty-full event hosted by Miss Philippines Water 2012, Samantha Purvor and graced by three other beauty queens – Shamcey Supsup, Ariella Arida and Bicol’s pride Ms. Venus Raj. They shared their different lip tips and personal stories to encourage ladies to feel more confident in exploring the world of lipstick.

By ANA-lIZA S. MACATANGAY

PILI, CAMARINES SUR --- As it celebrate its 30th year of existence as an icon of campus press free-dom, Central Bicol State University of Agriculture’s (CBSUA) The STATEANS gathered campus writers from various school in the province for a 3-day jour-nalism confab, starting off yesterday until Aug 29, Saturday at the Alvaro R. Rabina Hall (CBSUA Audi-torium), here.

Dubbed IMPRENTA Tres: Campus Journalism and Cre-ative Writing Convention, the activity endeavors to raise the student’s societal awareness, enhance their critical think-ing, cultivate their writing

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) Legazpi City Station arrested a suspected fixer right at the Department of Social Welfare and Devel-opment (DSWD) field office here during an entrapment operation.

DSWD Bicol information officer Connie R. Barrameda said the operation emanate from DSWD’s request for

prowess and make informa-tion as a significant tool to improve the lives of others.

Bryan A. Cariaga, The STATEANS Editor-in-Chief

and Over-All Chairman of Imprenta Tres said that the confab also aims to enjoin various campus writers in the Write-shop activity to have

an opportunity to listen to top caliber resource speakers and share their advocacy to his fellow campus journalists.

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police assistance because of the alleged illegal activities of fixers in the department.

“An entrapment operation was immediately hatched with the help of concerned DSWD client who reported the said irregularities which resulted to the arrest of the suspect Leuilyn Flores, 34 years old and a resident of Tagongtong, Legazpi City,” Barrameda said.

According to the DSWD’s client from Homapon, Mali-nao, Albay she accompanied her niece to ask for burial assistance of the latter’s hus-band on August 17, 2015.

She said Flores approached her to give an intake sheet but asked for P500.00 in ex-change upon receiving the cash assistance and allegedly threatened her if she refused to give the money.

The entrapment was planned on that same day upon release of the burial as-sistance as both parties agreed to meet and proceed with the transaction leading to the ar-rest of the culprit.

The five hundred bill marked money, which the client handed to Flores was recovered and will be used as evidence.

Barrameda thus warns the public to be vigilant in deal-ing with fixers who charge certain fees for getting queue numbers on the medical and burial assistance of the de-partment.

“The said assistance is intended to help persons in need and not the ruthless people who take advantage to these vulnerable clients. The agency would not toler-ate any kind of irregularity and hope this also serves as a lesson to the public not to en-gage or transact with fixers,” she said.

The General Intake Sheet (GIS) is used in gathering information/data. The GIS serves as one of the basis for the assessment as to how much assistance to be extend-

ed to the client.The field office releases 60

intake sheets for medical and burial clients’ every day. This is to ensure the fast, smooth, and organized processing of the assistance needed by the clients.

The clients will then be pre-screened by Crisis Inter-

vention Section staff to check whether they brought the complete supporting docu-ments for the assistance be-ing requested.

Accordingly, the amount of financial assistance to be given to the clients shall be based on the assessment of the social worker.

Meanwhile, the require-ments for medical /burial as-sistance include original and photo copy of medical ab-stract/medical Certificate with signature and license number of attending physician is-sued within three months, death certificate, original and

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