Bikol Reporter February 14 - 20, 2016 Issue

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PALARONG BICOL 2016 CHAMPIONThe host city emerghed as the over-all Champion of this year’s Palarong Bicol. The nal

standing: Champion – Naga City, 1st Runner Up – Albay 2nd Runner Up – CamarinesNorte, 3rd Runner Up – Legazpi City, 4th Runner Up – Camarines Sur, 5th Runner

Up – Ligao City. Special Awards: Most Discipline Delegation – Sorsogon City, Most

Organized Delegation – Ligao City, The Cleanest, Greenest and Friendliest Delegation – Catanduanes, The Best Billeting School – Concepcion Grande Elementary School.

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President Aquino inaugurates

expanded Pili Diversion Road

VOL. XXIII, NO. 17 BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES FEBRUARY 14-20, 2016 P5.00

Giant rms interested in P171B PNR south projectBy DANNY O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY — It’s

like seeing the light across

the dark tunnel, accord-

ing to some Bicol ofcials

as they expressed elation

over recent announcements

that several giant rms are

interested in the P171Bnorth-south line of the gov-

ernment’s railway project

to be implemented under

the public-private partner-

ship (PPP) scheme.

INAUGURAL DRIVE DABAD, PIA-V/CSUR

President Benigno S. Aquino lll led the inaugural-drive on the Pili Diversion Road Widening

Project in Pili, Camarines Sur, February 12, 2016. The project worth P66.32-million started

in March 2014 and involved the widening of 3.94 kilometers road section, from two lanes to

four lanes was completed in January 2016. President Aquino was joined by Camarines Sur

3rd District Congresswoman and Vice Presidential Aspirant Leni G. Robredo and DPWH Sec.

Rogelio Singson.

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PILI, Camarines Sur ---

President Benigno S. Aquino

III inaugurated here Friday

the P66.32-million expand-

ed Pili Diversion Road that

aims to ease the daily trip of

more than 5,000 motorists.

The road-widening proj-

ect, which began in March

2014 and was completed last

month, stretches to nearly

four kilometers (km) with two

more lanes added, cutting the

NAGA an GANA

travel time of vehicles plying

it by more than half.

In his speech, President

Aquino said this road offers an

alternative route for motorists

coming from Albay, Sorsogon

and other parts of the Partido

region in Camarines Sur, who

wish to skip Poblacion and go

straight to the town of Pili.

“Dahil sa proyekto, naba-

wasan nang halos 6,000 sa-

sakyan ang bumabagtas sa Pi-

li-Poblacion Road. Kita ninyo

naman ang ginhawang dulot

ng mabuting pamamahala,”

he told the townspeople here.

Under President Aquino’s

watch, the Department of

Public Works and Highways

(DPWH) allotted P15.96 bil-

lion to fund infrastructure

projects in Camarines Sur,

tripling its previous budget of

P4.73 billion during the previ-

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Mayor San Luis cites gainsunder P-Noy administrationBy ANA-LIZA S.

MACATANGAY

PILI, CAMARINES SUR

--- Mayor Alexis San Luis II

expressed his gratitude to

President Benigno Aquino

III for bringing to this town

various infrastructure proj-

ects that are now beneting

his constituents.

San Luis also spoke with

pride that it is during his in-

cumbency as Mayor that Pili,

the capital town of CamarinesSur, was visited by the high-

est ofcial of the land, for the

rst time in the history.

“Sa akin pong pagkaka-

alam ay ngayon lamang ponagkaroon ng pagkakataon na

ang isang Pangulo ng Pilipi-

nas ay maging panauhin ng

Lokal na Gobyerno ng Bayan

ng Pili. Kalimitan po ay di-

nadaanan lamang ang aming

Mayor SAN LUIS

bayan. Kaya naman po ito’y

talagang di namin malilimu-

tan.”

These words were uttered

by San Luis during the Presi-

dent’s visit in Pili, Camarines

Sur for the inauguration of

the widened 4-lane Diversionroad covering the stretch of

Barangays Anayan and San

Agustin in Pili and to attendthe local leader’s meeting in

the cities of Iriga and Naga.

Some of the projects that

were realized include the ex-

panded and widened 4-lane

bridge in Barangay San Jose,

the widening of Maharlika

highway, the drainage proj-(Turn to page 2)


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BIKOL REPORTER2 FEBRUARY 14-20, 2016OPINION

In his recent visit to Bicol, particularly

in the Camarines Sur capital townof Pili, President Benigno Aquino III

said that “good governance is good

economics.” To support this, the

President enumerated the various

infrastructure projects that were

completed under his administration,

like the widening of the Pili diversion

road, the expansion of the San Jose

bridge, the Sabang shport project as

well as the Naga River ood control

project.

There’s no debate on the

President’s statement. It is anotherway of putting another Aquino

administration slogan: “Walang

mahirap, kung walang corrupt.”

Indeed, there had been debates

on what really is the cause of the

country’s poverty. There are those

who say population explosion. Others,

corruption in the government.

We lean more on latter, or rather, it

contributes the unkindest cut of all.

These roads, these bridges will in

time contribute to the transformation

of the local economy.The signs are already there: trafc

even on non-rush hours and even on

such unlikely places like the Pawili

to Pili stretch, the opening of more

gasoline stations, even fruit stands

along the highway.

Imagine if all the government

funds intended for the people will be

really put in the right use, that is, not

in the corrupt hands of corrupted or

corruptible government ofcials.

As a line of a song goes: “What a

wonderful world this would be.”

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Foreign tours will be costlier – andthis should keep travel plans of Filipinoslargely on hold. We repeat our advicefor our kababayans to refrain fromtravelling to China – especially in remoteareas as there is resentment againstFilipinos ”who are claiming their islandsin the China (West Phl) Sea)”! Theiracial authorities “revalued” the yua

– to stimulate its down-going economy.Their stock markets are losing investors,especially foreigners. This should lower

China’s braggadocio.POLITICS: August 9 is the start

of the campaign period for nationalposts. All the major parties will proclaimtheir presidential, vice-presidential andsenatorial bets – usually in their respectivebailiwicks! Grace Poe will be in the ballot

– but her fate hangs with the SupremeCourt. If our organic law is fully applied

– she may be disqualied. The issuesare clear: whether she is a natural-bornFilipino, and if her Philippine residencysufces for her cadidacy!

(Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co.,CPAs-DFK International – is past chair of

ASEAN Federation of CPAs, PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, and ACPAPPLifetime Achievement Awardee).

TURMOIL: The worsening relationshipbetween the two giant oil producers Saudi

Arabia and Iran is affecting not only theallies of these countries but also othernations including the Philippines. Despitethe 8% decit suffered by Saudi, the ruligfamily refuses to reduce its oil extractionactivities thus contributing to the supplyglut and eventual downswing of prices. Itsadversary – Iran, is doing the same, evenas it is releasing its huge oil stockpile.

Good and bad. Pump prices of oilproducts have been slashed close to50% - to the delight of all consumers. Butthis is bad for import tax collections! Thedownside effect on Middle East economieshas complications. Job orders for OFWsare being reduced, even as renewals ofwork contracts are also being adverselyaffected. In the last estimate, the lower

job market will mean no less than10,000OFWs may be sent home jobless. Localemployments must be increased.

US DOLLAR: The mighty greenbacksis losing exchange value, albeit minimally.Since the Phl peso is somehow attachedto the dollar, our FX rate is also adverselyaffected. This is the reason why theUSD is now worth close to P48 and thisrate is expected to further decelerate.Good for OFW beeciaries as log astheir remitting relatives are kept in theiremployers’ payroll. Exporters are alsobeettig from the higher dollar exchagerate.

Middle East Problem

OPINIONS

UNLIMITED

Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN

By process of elimination, Sec.Mar Roxas stands a good chance.People are afraid of Duterte’s anti-Pope stance and distasteful treatmentof women. Voters want to hear straightfrom VP Binay his defenses againstthe graft accusations. Sen. Miriam’s

health must be explained well. (Laborleader Seneres has just passed away).The Liberal Party machinery shouldchur well with its sufcietly stashedcampaign funds.

WOMEN’S VOTES: The Philippineshas had two female chief executives –both “accidetal” i etry. Cory Aquioascended to Malacanang by virtue ofthe EDSA Revolution. Gloria Macapagal

Arroyo became president when theincumbent (Erap) resigned! This time,one woman stands at the threshold ofthe vice-presidency. This could happenif the female voters solidify their supportfor Leni Robredo, the lone femalecandidate for VP.

Leni is said to be the favorite ofBikolnons - even if her opponents areof Bicol descent. Her supporters pointout Leni was born in Bikol, studied andmarried in Bikol, and raised her familyin Bikol. Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salcedapromised to deliver his constituents’votes to the Mar-Leni tandem,predicting Leni will beat Escudero here.My heart goes for Leni – because of herqualicatio, values ad programs. Hismodel father - Judge Tony Gerona ismy NKP frat brother. Bingo!

PRAYER: Lord, guide the Filipino people to choose the right, moralleaders for our next political season.

transmitted from an asymptomatic denguecarrier to a person who is vulnerable todengue infection by these mosquitoes.

Dengue is a viral infection that, likealmost all other viral infections must runits course. “The oly treatmet there

for dengue is to support the patient asthe disease run its course,” Lee Suysaid. “You keep the patiet hydrated adensure that the body has enough nutrientsand resources to keep fighting off theinfection.”

So, Lee-Suy echoes the sentiments of theWHO and other health agencies worldwide:“We eed to keep our surroudigs clea,to get rid of stagnant water where thesedengue-carrying mosquitoes breed. If you

use ovicidal traps to stop them from

breeding, you have to be mindful of howlong those traps are set out – there is atime-frame within which they work well,and a time when they are no longereffective and need to be replaced.”

What worries me is this, he said,“there are some areas i the coutrywhere high incidence of suspecteddengue cases prompt local health unitpersonnel to go to communities andconduct clean-up drives. Then theresidents in those communities point outstagnant water and potential mosquitobreeding sites to the health workers whenthey arrive. Alam na pala nila ito, hindi pasila nagkusa na linisin ang lugar (theyalready know this, but they did not takethe initiatives to clean their area).”

He also spoke of another Filipinobehavior mode that makes dengue evenmore deadly i the Philippies: “May

Filipinos wait until the last minute, untiltheir symptoms are already very bad,before seeking medical assistance – bywhich point doctors may not be able totreat the patient as effectively as theywould have been able to if the ailmentis caught early. Many Filipinos dismiss afever as if it were nothing.”

Fever, he said, is the sign your body isghtig a ifectio. This should alreadyalert the patient and his or her careproviders that something is wrong andthat a doctor should be consulted.

The World Health Organization hadbeen warning all nations about the risk anddanger of the Zika virus which belong tothe common dengue virus. Our Secretaryof Health frequently talk on TV about thedanger of this virus. Hence, I wish to echothe following advice of the World HealthOrganization published in the PhilippineGraphic dated Feb. 1, 2016:

Dengue is carried by two vectors: The Aedes Aegypti and the Aedes Albopictus.Tha Aedes Aegypti is an indoor mosquitothat tends to breed and bite people insidehouses and structures, according to theresearch uploaded to the United States’Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website.

Aedes Albopictus is an outdoor mosquitothat breeds in outdoor areas like stagnantponds and sometimes comes indoors.

So many advertisements for bug sprayand insect repellent use dengue as its“scare marketig tactic”. Killig mosquitoes,

Lee-Suy said, is not the only approachpeople should take. Nor is repelling them.”The mosquitoes will still be there if you userepellets. Killig them does ot destroytheir breedig grouds,” he said. “Ideally,we should look at ridding our environmentof mosquito breeding grounds to bring thetotal population of mosquitoes down andkeep them down.”

According to studies done by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), dengue can be

The other Dengue Mosquito

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ects from Barangay San Jose down to the

Poblacion area going to Barangay Anayan

and the improvement of other roads in Pili

through the Department of Public Works

and Highways.

San Luis also thanked the Departmentof Agrarian Reform (DAR) for the imple-

mentation of Agrarian Reform Commu-nity Projects that gave way to the concret-

ing of farm to market roads, building of

new classrooms and the provision of solar

and mechanical dryers to the beneciaries

of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform

Program (CARP).

These projects are in support of the

Medium Term Philippine Development

Plan (MTPDP) 2005-1010 being pushed

under the Aquino administration to reduce

poverty and develop rural communities.He also thanked the Department of So-

cial Welfare and Development (DSWD)

for institutionalizing the 4Ps that ben-

eted more or less 5,000 families and the

provision of PhilHealth coverage to more

or less 10,000 indigent-members.

The Department of Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG), through its Bottom-

up Budgeting (BuB) projects benetedPili with worth P110M projects like ac-

cess roads, and the allocation of 2 patrol

cars, new retrucks, additional police

force and Salintubig equipment, and the

realization of a new police and re sta-

tion.

San Luis also cited the projects which

were implemented by the Department of

Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of

Labor and Employment (DOLE), Depart-

ment of Health (DOH), Department ofAgriculture (DA) to name a few.

President Aquino lauded San Luis’

candidness and expressed his delight

over the latter’s words that he doesn’t

have much time to speak for all the

accomplishments of his town if he isgoing to talk about it at that very mo-

ment.“Kanina, noong pinapakinggan ko

si Mayor, talagang nakakapuno ho ng

puso. Ang problema ho ni Mayor, hindi

doon sa marami siyang problemang

walang tugon. Ang problema ni May-

or, paano ba sasabihin niyang lahat ng

accomplishment na pinagtulungan sa

maiksing panahon na ibinigay sa kan-ya. Siyempre sa puntong ito, baka yung

iba naghahanap ng ipagmamalaki. Dito

naman ho ang problema, paano ipag-

malaki lahat ng dapat ipagmalaki dahil

kapos na ang oras? Talagang okay ka,

Mayor,” Aquino quips.

MAYOR SAN LUIS CITES GAINS . . .


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BIKOL REPORTER 3FEBRUARY 14-20, 2016

Tinagba Festival 2016 successfulBy JOKEE BOTOR-REYES

Thousands of spectators

came for the 2016 Tinagba

Festival which culminated

February 11 in Iriga City.The festival which started

with the nine-day novena

to Our Lady of Lourdes

whose feast coincides with

the festival was highlighted

with the colorful oat and

bullcart parade and street

MOST BEMEDALLED ATHLETENaga City Mayor John G. Bongat congratulates 7 year-old

ATIYA THERESE N. DIMAIWAT, the most bemedalled athlete

in the Palarong Bicol 2016 with 4 gold medals, 1 silver and 1

bronze in Artistic Gymnastics. She is a Grade 2 pupil of St.

Joseph School.

dancing competition. The

oats carried the thrusts

of the Asean Integration

while the bullcarts that

were pulled by beautifully

decorated carabaos were

lled with the best fruits

and vegetable produced

from the farms in different

barangays. They were later

given to selected depressed

families in the city.

The Tinagba festival is a

Team Naga is Palarong Bicol 2016 championBy ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY -- With

72 gold, 58 silver and 58

bronze in medal standing,

Team Naga grabbed thisyear’s most coveted Cham-

pionship crown conquering

six (6) provinces and seven

(7) cities in the recently con-

cluded Palarong Bicol 2016

held February 7-13, here.

Albay was adjudged 1st

runner up after garnering 53.5

gold, 56 silver, 63 bronze fol-

lowed by Camarines Norte as

2nd runner up with 52 gold,

54 silver and, 48 bronze while

Legaspi City got the 3rd post

after seizing 50 gold, 36 sil-

ver and 33 bronze.

Players from the province

of Camarines Sur bagged the

4th place with 44.5 gold, 47

silver, and 69 bronze while

Ligao City got the 5th place

with 26 gold, 30 silver and 25

bronze medals.

Other than the awarding

of certicates and trophies forthe regional sports competi-

tors, four (4) Special Awards

were also given to Sorsogon

City for the Most Discipline

Delegation, Ligao City for the

Most Organized Delegation,

Catanduanes for the Clean-

est, Greenest and Friendliest

Delegation, and Concepcion

Grande Elementary School

for the Best Billeting School.

In his message during

the Palarong Bikol’s clos-

ing ceremony held Saturday

at the Metro Naga Sports

Complex here, Mayor John

Bongat expressed his elation

for the successful holding of

the Palarong Bicol and looks

forward to the forthcoming

Palarong Pambansa.

“Starting February 7, all of

us came here with one goal,

our goal is to win. We camehere divided, but we end up

today united for Palarong

Pambansa in Albay”, Bongat

said.

The week-long sports ac-

tivity was a beautiful memory

for all the athletes, coaches,

ofcials, friends, bus-mates,

parents and sponsors who

participated starting from

day one, that includes, the

solidarity meeting, the spec-

tacular Opening Program of

February 7, the exciting days

of sporting competition, the

Mayor’s Night, the Congress-

woman’s Night, and the Clos-

ing Program.

Naga City Schools Divi-

sion Superintendent William

Gando expressed his deepest

gratitude to all the partici-

pants and guests who graced

the Palaro. He likened Naga’shosting of the event to a home

where he expressed his hap-

piness that the participants

shared the humbled abode

that Naga offered.

“If not for everyone’s co-

operation, support and self-

lessness, we will not reach

this conclusion where every-

one has his fair share of gold,

silver and bronze medals and

with the happy news that all

of us, the 13 Divisions of Bi-

col Region will march to the

Palarong Pambansa in Albay

this summer”, Gando said in

closing.

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CEPPIO


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BIKOL REPORTER4 FEBRUARY 14-20, 2016HALO-HALO

“Lapsi”

Dis*Karte*Kusyon

*Kurso

frANk PeÑONES JR.

pa an bulos paluwas kan satong

mga obrero? Pwedeng sabihon,

parte ini kan globalisasyon. Sadit

nang barangay an kinaban, sabi

ni McLuhan. Alagad, malinaw man

na yaon an eksistencia kan labor-

export policy kan gobyerno. Isipon

na lang an kontribusyon kan mga

OFW sa ekonomiya ta.

Makulog sa magurang na

masuway sa aki ta mahanap ining

trabaho sa ibang nasyon, ta huli

an satong nasyon dai minatao

kan siring na competitiveness sa

satong mga obrero. Ay, hapot ngani kan kanta na

Peter, Paul and Mary: When will

we ever learn?

Studies?” The answer is given usuallyin terms of “motivation”. We are going tothe educational institution because wewant to learn something or we need amaster’s degree to upgrade our skills andsecure a better position in our companyor in the work place. We, teachers, arestudents in the Graduate because wethink it is expected of us, and one of our

goals is to conform to what is expected.It is true that, most likely we are going tostudy to meet some combination of theseneeds. Someone who understands ourmotives can see why we do the thingsthe way we do. For this reason, clinicaland personality psychologists who studythe behavior of individuals place so muchemphasis motives. Sometimes motivesdo not tell us exactly what will happen;rather they give us an idea about therange of things a person will do. So, inother words, motives help us to makepredictions about behavior.

Motivation, known as a strongand irrespective force which helpspeople to achieve what they want andaspire to, which can help overcome allpossible obstacles and nd the shortestway to the goal. This is an amazingfactor that helped millions of peopleto get what they wanted and needed.

Motivation goes hand in hand with suchtwo essential concepts as inspirationand determination, which can help uspursue our personal and professionalgoals, reach nancial independence andprofessional career success, achievepersonal harmony and peace of mind,as well as other moral heights. Properlysupported with strength of mind andcourage of the spirit, motivation canbecome an unbeatable weapon in thehands of any one on the way to all sortsof success and much better life. ___________ DAN S. ANADILLATEACHER ISTA. LUTGARDA NATIONAL H/SCABUSAO, CAMARINES SUR

Deconstruct and sequence teachingto focus on the steps that lead to newknowledge and deeper understandingand more sophisticated skill.

Describe and model concepts andprocesses clearly using thinking aloudand examining models and examples.

Vary instruction in response toimmediate ad reective feedback.

Ask questions to continually monitorunderstanding and progress. The teachershould ask questions as often as possibleand comment on previous knowledge

Establish ad maitai a reectioon objectives.

A kind of success criteria should beformulated.

Demonstrate and intensify the lessonto develop the capability of the studentsto eelf regulate their learning.

Actually, explicit learning is nothingnew. The whole idea of teaching veryclearly and simply is the bottom line of allkinds of teaching and the goal of teachinghas not changed a bit and that is to makestudents learn.

With explicit teaching and with moredeed strategies i teachig, there doesnot appear any hindrance to learning.

Titulo talaga ini kan plano kong

libro manongod sa mga taga-Iriga

yaon sa inaapod na diaspora, sarong

tataramon na nagpapagiromdom kan

ugat kaini- an pisog na naisabwag.

Alagad, gagamiton ko ini sa kolumn

ko ngonyan na semana katakod kan

paghali ko pasiring sa Middle East

kan sakong matuang aki.

Ka maglaog siyag high school

sa Ateneo, enot na pagkasuway niya

samo, nagsurat man ako nin sarong

kolumn manongod sa namamatian ko

bilang magurang. Giromdom ko may

kulog sa pagkakasuwayan alagadkaipuhan na tioson ta kaipuhan man

na makatindog nin solo an tawo.

Siring man an sakong namatian

alagad may kahaputan na dagdag:

ta’no ta kaipuhan na maghali an

Motivation is basically a feeling ofmovement. When I am motivated, I wantto go from doing one thing to another thing.Most of the time, I am going from doingnothing to doing something. But what is reallythe importance of motivation when it comesto my personal life as well as the workplace?Well, unless if I don’t have goals go work on

and tasks to complete, motivation is quiteworthless. Of course, I know that there arealways things to do in life. In most cases,what to do is not the problem, the biggestchallenge that many people have is beingable to have enough motivation to do thethings I know I should be doing. One factof life is that most of the things that will giveme what I want are the things that I want todo the least. I know I need to take a certainaction in order to produce a certain result butwhat I am currently doing is more pleasurablethan taking that action. That’s probably whymost people will never really experience thelife that they have always wanted. Let’s lookat what motivation is and its importance indifferent situations and how a lack of actioncan lead to negative consequences.

In the Workplace, when I don’t havethe motivation to do my work, i will eitherevetually get red or I will ot likely getpromoted and will stay where I am for a

long time. If I am the supervisor or theowner, a lack of motivation throughout mycompany can create a rather unproductiveworkplace. This will lead to loss of sales,prots, ad market share. I this case, it’simportant to do what it takes to create anenvironment where people naturally want todo their work. The importance of employeemotivation shouldn’t be taken lightly here.The company’s survival depends on it.

In Business, if hate working for someoneelse and want to start my own business,that is great. However, as most businessowers will d, havig my ow busiesswill depend way more from me. This canbe great if I am highly motivated but if I amnot, that can be a bad combination. Withoutanyone at my back telling me to do my

The adage runs…there is no teachingwhere there is no learning. How true.

The one most important purpose ofteaching is to make students learn.Learig is a difcult process. It is also apainstaking activity and even takes a longperiod of time for a child to learn.

To a teacher, there us none moreinspiring than to see that his students arelearig or have leared. Yes, Virgiia, ateacher is very happy over his studentsgetting good results in examinations he hashimself given. If a pupil can shout with joybecause he has made an excellent mark inan examination, the teacher feels the sameway. The student is just manifesting that histeacher has taught well that he understoodwhat he taught and that he has certainlylearned.

One hears a student says…”D i ko

maintindihan si ma’am. Kaya di akomakasagot sa mga tanong sa test.” This isnot new. And this is something that shouldget into the teacher’s mind.

There are many ways of teaching and allof them are aimed to make learning easy.So, educatio d ways.

Explicit teaching can bring in the desiredlearning.

satong mga propesyonal nganing

magtrabaho sa ibang nasyon?

Nagiromdoman ko an sarong

pangako asin promisa kan presenting

administrasyon: hingowaon na dai na

mahali an satong mga trabahador.

Alagad, ano ta abot ngoyan garo sige

work ad threateig to re me if I do’t,it’s easy to just put things off until later.The worse thing that can happen is that Igo out of business and if I have investeda lot of money into the business, it can bea tough situation to go through. Businessowners normally work 12 to 16 hour daysso unless I really hate working for someone

else or I really love the business, I may wantto think twice about this option. It’s not foreveryone.

In the Classroom, when students haveno motivation to study, it can be hard to getthe grades they need to accomplish theireducational goals. Most students, believeit or not, are capable of doing very well inschool despite what their current gradesare showing. Most of the time, it’s not thelack of ability to learn the material but thelack to interest and motivation to put in theeffort to actually do well. I, as a teacher,it’s important that I do what I can to teachthe material in a way that will interest thestudents. Even something as boring ashistory can be taught in a stimulating way.

There’s no question about the importanceof motivation and how it plays a part in allareas of our lives. We all have dreamsand goals that we want to see become areality. If we had a never-ending stream

of motivation, we can literally do anything.The problem is that most people will neverput in the effort that is needed to live anextraordinary life. Why?, Because it’s easierto do nothing than to do something. Go, dosomething!

We never observe motives directly.Rather we infer their existence from thepeople say about the way they feel andfrom observing that people and animalswork towards certain goals. In otherwords, motives are inferences behavior. Ifour inferences about motives are correct,we have a powerful for the explanationof behavior. Truly speaking, most of oureveryday explanations of behavior arein terms of motives. Here is a simplequestio- “Why are we goig to Graduate

Explicit teaching is an instructionalstrategy used by teachers to meet theneeds of their students and engage them inunambiguous clearly circulated teaching.

Making students learn is a challenge toa teacher that can be answered through aconcrete focus on a gradual and progressivesteps. This eventually leads to a studentdevelopment through an independentapplication of knowledge, understandingand skills associated with a particularcurriculum.

The following are steps suggested inexplicit teaching. The steps have beenformulated by education expertise.

Start focusig istructio o idetiedcurriculum content. It is therefore necessaryto uderstad i the rst place what thecurriculum is all about.

Connect to prior knowledge and skills

when beginning a new lesson. We can thisrecall of a past lesson taught to establishcontinuity of a lesson. Every single lessonis taught independently but they are carryover of a previous learned lesson.

Establish and maintain clear learninggoals and expectations for each lesson. Asteachers we are aware that every lessoncarries a particular objective.

St. Valentine,the Real Story

By DAVID KITHCART

700 Club Features Director

Flowers, candy, red hearts and romance. That's what Valen-

tine's day is all about, right? Well, maybe not.

The origin of this holiday for the expression of love re-

ally isn't romantic at all -- at least not in the traditional sense.

Father Frank O'Gara of Whitefriars Street Church in Dublin,

Ireland, tells the real story of the man behind the holiday -- St.

Valentine.

"He was a Roman Priest at a time when there was an em-

peror called Claudias who persecuted the church at that par-

ticular time," Father O'Gara explains. " He also had an edict

that prohibited the marriage of young people. This was based

on the hypothesis that unmarried soldiers fought better than

married soldiers because married soldiers might be afraid of

what might happen to them or their wives or families if they

died."

"I think we must bear in mind that it was a very permissive

society in which Valentine lived," says Father O'Gara. "Po-

lygamy would have been much more popular than just onewoman and one man living together. And yet some of them

seemed to be attracted to Christian faith. But obviously the

church thought that marriage was very sacred between one

man and one woman for their life and that it was to be en-

couraged. And so it immediately presented the problem to the

Christian church of what to do about this."

"The idea of encouraging them to marry within the Chris-

tian church was what Valentine was about. And he secretly

married them because of the edict."

Valentine was eventually caught, imprisoned and tortured

for performing marriage ceremonies against command of Em-

peror Claudius the second. There are legends surrounding Val-

entine's actions while in prison.

"One of the men who was to judge him in line with the Ro-

man law at the time was a man called Asterius, whose daughter

was blind. He was supposed to have prayed with and healed

the young girl with such astonishing effect that Asterius him-

self became Christian as a result."

In the year 269 AD, Valentine was sentenced to a three part

execution of a beating, stoning, and nally decapitation all be-

cause of his stand for Christian marriage. The story goes that

the last words he wrote were in a note to Asterius' daughter. He

inspired today's romantic missives by signing it, "from your

Valentine."

"What Valentine means to me as a priest," explains Father

O'Gara, "is that there comes a time where you have to lay your

life upon the line for what you believe. And with the power of

the Holy Spirit we can do that -- even to the point of death."

Valentine's martyrdom has not gone unnoticed by the gen-

eral public. In fact, Whitefriars Street Church is one of three

churches that claim to house the remains of Valentine. Today,

many people make the pilgrimage to the church to honor the

courage and memory of this Christian saint.

"Valentine has come to be known as the patron saint of lov-

ers. Before you enter into a Christian marriage you want somesense of God in your life -- some great need of God in your

life. And we know, particularly in the modern world, many

people are meeting God through his Son, Jesus Christ."

"If Valentine were here today, he would say to married

couples that there comes a time where you're going to have to

suffer. It's not going to be easy to maintain your commitment

and your vows in marriage. Don't be surprised if the 'gush-

ing' love that you have for someone changes to something less

"gushing" but maybe much more mature. And the question is,

is that young person ready for that?"

"So on the day of the marriage they have to take that into

context," Father O'Gara says. "Love -- human love and sexual-

ity is wonderful, and blessed by God -- but also the shadow of

the cross. That's what Valentine means to me."

What Keeps Me Going?

Explicit Teaching Towards Fast LearningBy MARICEL ARCILLA-AGAD. MA Ed., Ph.D 2


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Ragay Theater group stages 1916 playThe Bikol adaptation of

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Teatro Ragayano is a com-munity theater group based inRagay, Camarines Sur.

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DomicianaJackline Were, aKenyan, who is incharge of up-

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tication, and forecasting oflong-term consumer needs;

John Taylor of USA who isdirector of an Indonesian NGOthat works on urban issues, suchas the use of technology to im-

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Munirat Tawaih, a Ghana-ian, who studies to facilitate ef-fective dialoguing between citi-zens and government, and thruthe use of technology increasethe capacity of the governmentto track, analyze, and promptlyrespond to service deliverycomplaints;

Nina McMurry of USA,a graduate research associate

DOLE to CamNorte employers:Follow new wage hike order By ROSALITA B. MANLANGIT

DAET, Camarines Norte – The Department of Laborand Employment (DOLE)provincial ofce here hasreminded owners of estab-lishments to implement newwage order which took effectsince December 25 last year.

This is in line with the newWage Order No. RBV 17 ofthe National Wage Productiv-ity Commission of DOLE.

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day to workers working in

establishments or non-agricul-ture which have 10 employeesor more.

Among these establish-ments are department store,grocery store, hardware, res-taurants, bakery, construc-tion rm, gasoline station andamong others.

Those working in agricul-tural, cottage or handicrafts orestablishments with less than10 employees, salaries shall beP248.00 per day from the pre-vious P236.00.

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have already distributed cop-

ies of the new wage order tothe establishments and PublicEmployment Service Ofce(PESO) of the local govern-ment units for implementationto their locality.

She also urged employeesto visit their ofce if they havecomplaint against their em-

ployer and if they don’t receive proper wage and other benetswhich are due for them.

DOLE ofce in Camarines Norte is located at ViscayaBldg., Magallanes Iraya, in-front of the Camarines NorteElectric Cooperative (CANO-

RECO).

and political scientist basedat the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT) that fo-cuses on innovation in citizenengagement and governmentresponsiveness;

Rory Liedeman of SouthAfrica who is with a think tankthat works towards a deeperunderstanding of policy envi-ronments in South Africa es-

pecially as they relate to poorerurban townships and informalsettlements;

Chris Hale, of USA, whoamong other tasks works ongender inequity in access to in-formation; and

Brendan Halloran of USAwho is concerned with trans-

parency and accountabilityinitiatives and sees to it that les-sons learned should be appliedin practice.

The other participants werean Indonesian and two Britishresearchers.

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BIKOL REPORTER6 FEBRUARY 14-20, 2016

NAME OF DECEASED DATE OF INTERMENT

JAnuArY 5, 2016 PIO A. TAPALES Jr.

JAnuArY 5, 2016 rITA D. COrrEO

JAnuArY 7, 2016 MA. IMELDA C. COnSuLTA

JAnuArY 8, 2016 JAnuArIO A. GOMEZ

JAnuArY 16, 2016 rECHELInE r. AGuILA

JAnuArY 16, 2016 GuADALuPE A. BErnArDInO

JAnuArY 18, 2016 JOSE rAuL F. ruSTIAJAnuArY 17, 2016 GLEnn A. OLArIO

JAnuArY 19, 2016 CrISPIn S. SAAVEDrA

JAnuArY 24, 2016 JOSE T. PADO

JAnuArY 22, 2016 JOSEFA T. GuErrErO

JAnuArY 22, 2016 ELMEr E. BErMuDO

JAnuArY 26, 2016 HOnOrIA A. ALArCOn

JAnuArY 24, 2016 LEOnILDA A. SALTInG

JAnuArY 26, 2016 OFELIA J. SEPTIMO

JAnuArY 29, 2016 LOrnA A. SAnCHEZ

JAnuArY 28, 2016 ArnuLFO S. PATrIArCA

JAnuArY 29, 2016 MArCELInA B. CABALLErO

JAnuArY 31, 2016 CELEDOnI P. OrTEGA

FOR JANUARY

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

OF THE ESTATE OF ROQUE H. TAN

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legaland sole heirs being the legitimate wife and children of the

late ROQUE H. TAN, who died intestate on September 12,2012 in Naga City, leaving no last will or testament; left

parcels of land situated in Palestina, Pili, Camarines Sur

with TCT No. 2902 and 2901;Barangay Tabuco with TCTNo. 55982 and Concepcion Pequena with TCT No. 15202

in Naga City and in the District of Sampaloc, City of Manilawith TCT No. 176338; that the parties agree to adjudicate,

transfer and convey the described estate consisting of theshare of the deceased in favor of Rosario Imperial Tan,

Roderick Imperial Tan, Reginald Imperial Tan and Ryanmark

Imperial Tan, in equal shares; as acknowledged before

Notary Public Attorney Jose S. Ordona, Doc. No. 068, PageNo. 04, Book No. XVI, Series of 2013.BIKOL REPORTER

Published: February 14, 21 and 28, 2016

Where have all the good virtues gone?By EDNA C. FERNANDEZ, Ed.D.

Secondary School Principal I

The pace of technology development is simply astounding.Cellphone, iphone, netbook, laptop, tablet, name it and the IT

world will give you a long list of the latest trends and fad as far ascommunication and technology are concerned. We must admitthat these things made our lives easy and comfy, especially intransmitting messages, worldwide.

Gone were the days when an ordinary letter or telegram couldreach the receiver in a week or two. Today, in just a snap of ager, there your messages go, at the lowest rate, more so, ifyou avail yourself of the unlimited promos and services offeredby telecom companies, indeed, we are amazed, enticed, andfascinated by the various features installed in our gadgets andthe convenience they accord us. Truly, the generation Z is nowengrossed with these life-changing array of modern and high-tech products.

But,wait, let us pause and examine how the IT world hastwisted our way of life. During the early days, courtship was alongpainstaking process. The guy has to pass an ordeal before hereaps the girl’s sweet “yes”. nowadays, relatioships are builtolie. Parters are easily hooked by their owery ad sugar-coated words even without meeting each other in person. As aresult, there are an enormous number of shattered relationshipsince they are built on the wrong foundation. Exploitation and

cyber crimes have become rampant which oftentimes victimizewomen and children.

I am a martial law baby, but I can still vividly recall how weenjoyed outdoor games such as chinese, garter, tumbangpreso, football and some indoor games like sungka and bahay-bahayan. Play time was indeed full of fun and vigor – running,

jumping, screaming and laughing. Now, kids tend to be obesesince they no longer have physical activities. Even outdoorgames are already played in the computer or laptop inside thehouse. Dota, Clash of Clan (COC), Candy Crush, have capturedthe young’s mind and time instead of studying their lessons.These games have also stolen the opportunity to mingle withplaymates and learn social graces.

Reading, which is supposed to be a worthwhile hobby hasbeen replaced by texting and instant messaging. Communicatingwith family members has been set in the silent mode. The textgeneration has already lost its sense of respect and good virtuesas their minds have already embaced the diverse cultures whichthey have known and manifested in real life. We have alreadylost that utmost identity as respectful, reserved, family-oriented

and peace-loving people.Who would shoulder the blame? It would be hard to pointour gers. But i the peak of techology breakthroughs, eachof us must be responsible of what we indulge in.

The choice is ours.

Salceda said the XTerrra

Off-Road Triathlon 2016 is

Albay’s rst major effort to

re-project the province to one

that is green and very green for

sporting events as far as off-

road races are concerned.

“Our tourism effort for this

year is built upon sports tour-

ism,” he told the Philippines News Agency on Tuesday.

The Albay governor said

this event attracts visitors and

sports enthusiasts but more

than that, "It carries with it the

word of mouth which is the ba-

sis for our own promotions.”

This year's XTerra Off-

Road Triathlon race was the

SALCEDA PUSHES SPORTS . . .

second time here. Aside from

the triathlon, the province will

also host the fourth leg of the

Le Tour Filipinas 2016 where

cyclists will circle Mayon Vol-

cano twice on a 147-kilometer

nal lap set on February 18-

21.

On April 9-16, around

15,000 delegates are expectedto participate in 21 games dur-

ing the 2016 Palarong Pam-

bansa which the province is

going to host for the second

time after 63 years.

Aside from international

sports competition, the Private

Schools Athletic Association

(PRISAA) national games are

slated to be held in April 2016

with about 6,000 estimated

participants.

Salceda said foreign par-

ticipants in the XTerra this

year have increased by 47 per-

cent, with 236 individual par-

ticipants this year compared to

231 last year, although there

were 29 foreign triathletes last

year compared to 27 this year.

“There was, however, a

decline in the total number of

participants but mainly due to

connecting relay,” said Sal-

ceda.

There were 25 participants

from Bicol this year compared

to 75 last year.

During the XTerra Albay

2016, which nished at the

Cagsawa Ruins National Park

Sunday morning, South Af-

rican professional triathlete

Bradley Weiss survived to

win the grueling off-road race

starting from Sto. Domingo

town, Albay.

Weiss, who placed secondto Australian Ben Allen in the

initial 1.5-kilometer swim,

took the lead in the bike race

after Allen fell from his bike

on the downhill section of the

35-kilometer course.

This enabled the South Af-

rican to get ahead and control

the race after nishing the -

nal 10-kilometer race through

an intimidating terrain over

sandy shores, undulating hill-

sides and up-and-down crests,

and sudden river beds and val-

leys of Mayon with its ever

freshly laid lava trail en route

to victory in 2:29:56.

Allen placed second in2:33:59 while another Austra-

lian, Brodie Gardner, clocked

2:34:08 for third; followed by

Japanese Ogasawara Taka-

hiro, 2:41:04, and Guam’s

Charlie Epperson, 2:43:40, in

the top professional triathlon

category.

On the women’s category,

New Zealand’s Lizzie Or-

chard also trailed Jacqui Slack

of Great Britain in the swim

stage but got ahead in the run

stage to win on her rst try in

2:52:14.

Slack placed second in

2:54:30 while Mieko Careyof Guam clocked third in

3:07:35.

In the Filipino elite cat-

egory, John Lerams Chicano

won rst as the rst Asian elite

champion since the country

hosted XTerra in 2011.

Although he nished fth

overall, Chicano won a dou-

ble victory to keep his Fili-

pino elite title after he clocked

2:43:17.

Jonard Saim nished sec-ond in 2:48:49 while Billy

Biag nished third in 2:48:50

time, followed by Emmanuel

Comendador in 2:44:53, and

Rosalito Dagoy in 25:0:33

clocking.

In the Filipino female elite

category, Anna Marissa Re-

megio won rst in 3:48:22,

followed by Angelica Yvonne

Limcojo in 3:53:57 while

Noemi Andrea Galeos place

third in 4:15:39.

Cash prizes for the XTerra

2016 professional triathlete

winners range from US$ 2,200

for rst prize to US$ 1,700 for

second prize and US$ 1,200

for third prize.

Winners for other catego-

ous administration.

Besides the improved Pili

Diversion Road and the San

Jose Bridge, which President

Aquino also inspected earlier,

the DPWH is completing oth-

er key projects in the province,

such as the Tigaon-Goa-San

Jose-Lagonoy-Guijalo Road,

Pili-Tigaon-Albay BoundaryRoad, and Daang Maharlika.

The government allocated

a total of P766.5 billion to

fund scores of infrastructure

projects nationwide in 2016

alone, or about 5 percent of

the country’s estimated gross

domestic product for the year.

“Sa paglago ng ekonomi-

ya, sabay din ang pagtataas

ng budget sa pagpapaunlad

ng ating mga proyekto at

programang naghahatid ng

benepisyo at nagbabawas ng

sakripisyo sa ating mga boss,”

President Aquino said.

“Kaya naman sa target

nating pagsasakongkreto ng

humigit-kumulang na 7,200

kilometers na national roads,

natapos na natin ang 6,212

kilometrong national roads.

‘Yun pong natitira, may ini-

laan tayong pondo at target

PRESIDENT AQUINO INAUGURATES . . .

pong matapos ngayong taon,”

he added.

President Aquino reported

that the DPWH also complet-

ed 1,550km of tourism roads

and 3,700 local roads. The

agency managed to replace as

well 12,585 lineal meters of

temporary bridges nationwide

with permanent ones.“Dito po sa inyo sa Pili, da-

hil sa mas maayos na daanan,

mas mabilis nang nararating

ang sikat na sikat ninyong

CamSur Watersports Com-

plex at iba pang magagandang

destinasyon,” he said.

“Kaya sa lahat ng ito, kung

tutuusin, lampas-lampas na

ang nagawa ng DPWH. Ta-

laga namang bilib tayo at

nagpapasalamat sa kalidad at

bilis ng trabaho ng DPWH,”

he added.

Another signicant enter -

prise that has been realized in

Camarines Sur is the SabangFishport Develpment Project

in Calabanga, which is expect-

ed to benet more than 80,000

people once it becomes fully

operational.

“Malinaw po: good gover-

nance is good economics. Sa

tapat at mabuting pamamaha-

la napapaunlad ang ekonomi-

ya. Ito rin mismo ang nag-

bibigay sa gobyerno ng higit

na kakayahang bigyang-lakas

ang ating mamamayan upang

makiambag sa lalo pang pag-

unlad ng bansa,” President

Aquino said.

Also during the same event,

the President made a pitch forthe candidacy of his preferred

successor, former interior sec-

retary Manuel Roxas II and

his running mate, Camarines

Sur Representative Leni Ro-

bredo.

“Sa ika-siyam ng Mayo,

haharap tayo sa sangandaan.

Marami pong manliligaw at

iprepresenta ang sarili para

iboto ninyo. Mahalaga hong

piliin natin ang ating tamang

kandidato; hindi ‘yung puro

salita kundi ‘yung marami

nang nagawa,” he said.“‘Yan ho para sa akin wa-

lang iba ay ang tambalan niMar Roxas at ang tunay naanak ng Camarines Sur, siLeni Robredo. Sila po hindilang basta nangangako. Nag-sakripisyo na sila at nagtra- baho para sa kapakanan ngmas nakakarami,” he added.- PND

ries received Php30,000 rst

prize, Php20,000 second prize

and Php10,000 third prize.

The event was sponsored

by 2Go Express as the of-

cial logistics and courier part-

ner, Columbia, Finisher Pix

and David’s Salon as well as

Shotz Sports Nutrition, DOT/

TPB, Cetaphil, Intercare, Hu-man Heart Nature, Prudential

Guarantee and Assurance Inc.,

Coca-Cola Femsa as ofcial

hydration partner, and Tri Life

Magazine, TV5 and The Phil-

ippine Star as media partner

and Timex as ofcial timer.

“For us, that is a major

achievement. We will work for

a much better, stronger, higher

and a more attractive XTerrain 2017,” Salceda added.


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COCO WATER PARTNERSHIP TALKAssistant Schools Division Superintendent Mariano B. De

Guzman, PRDP Project Support Ofce South Luzon Director

Shandy M. Hubilla, Department of Education RFO 5 Regional

Director Ramon Fiel G. Abcede, PRDP Deputy Project Director

Dr. Elena B. De los Santos, PRDP RPCO V IREAP Component

Head Adelina A. Losa and PRDP RPCO V InfoACE Unit Head

Emilia B. Bordado pose for a photo after a meeting about “Be

Cool” coco water product promotion and possible partnership

with DepEd in the Pilot Testing of the Village Level Coconut

Water Processing System. (Photos by Jun Collantes)

CHINOY FESTIVALStudents from Saint Joseph School perform a seriesof numbers highlighting the Chinese Culture held atPlaza Quezon, Naga City last Monday (Feb. 8). The

Train trips famously called

Bicol Express have been im-

portant component of the re-

gional

economy because of its

contributions to trade, tour-

ism and transportation, Mayor

Noel Rosal of this key Bicol

metropolis known in interna-

tional travel market as the Cityof Fun and Adventure said.

He said that with the immi-

nent restoration of train trips to

here through the multi-billion-

peso project, trade activities

would greatly improve as local

products and those from man-

ufacturers in Calabarzon and

Manila would use the railways

that would result in cheaper

products, lower freight cost,

and shorter travel time.

“Rail transport is the cheap-

est while exerting competitive

pressure on the other forms of

transportation by increasing

supply,” Rosal said.

Rep. Fernando Gonzalezof Albay’s third congressional

district covering Ligao City

and two municipalities—Po-

langui and Guinobatan where

the railway pass through

noted that the rail transport

is government-subsidized up

to 70 percent anywhere in the

world in order to equalize op-

portunities for the rural coun-

tryside and promote tourism

as well.

For tourism, Bicol Ex-

press also offers a different

and distinctive perspective

of the countryside to tourists

both domestic and foreign as

it gives unrestricted view ofMayon Volcano surrounded

by the greenery of Bicol

farmlands, Gonzalez who is

vice-chair of the House Com-

mittee on Transportation and

Communication as well as of

the Bicol Recovery and Eco-

nomic Development said.

“With Bicol Express, pas-

sengers have all travel op-

tions… rail, road or air op-

GIANT FIRMS INTERESTED . . .

tions between this city and

Manila and rest of Luzon,” he

added.

Rep. Cesar Sarmiento of

the lone district of Catand-

uanes who chairs the House’s

transportation and communi-

cation committee said the re-

sumption of the Legazpi trips

would “close the loop” link-ing the North and South Rail

project.

Called the North South

Railway Project (NSRP), the

new undertaking that involves

the construction, rehabilita-

tion, extension, operation and

maintenance of the rail trans-

port system covers the exist-

ing line from Metro Manila to

this city and an extension line

to Matnog, Sorsogon totaling

more that about 650 kilome-

ters.

Upon completion and

operations of the project by

2020, the line is expected to

have 10 daily trips with seventrain sets passing through 66

stations carrying an estimated

total of more than 300,000

passengers daily on its rst

year alone.

It will be the biggest

project being offered by the

government under the PPP

scheme that has attracted at

least ve rms—the Fluor

Daniels Construction Com-

pany, IL&FS Engineering and

Construction Company Lim-

ited, San Miguel Corporation

(SMC), Metro Pacic Invest-

ments Corporation (MPIC)

and Ayala Corporation (AC)

which all have bought NSRP pre-qualication bidding doc-

uments.

The winning bidder will

design, construct, nance, op-

erate and maintain the project,

according to the PNR.

Fluor Daniel, an American

rm which has been executing

projects in the Philippines for

more than 25 years provides

general contracting services

while IL&FS is an India-

based rm recognized as one

of the leading multi-national

infrastructure development,

construction and project man-

agement companies.

MPIC which is a Philip-

pine-based unit investment

holding corporation of the

First Pacic Company Lim-

ited through its subsidiaries

provides water, sanitation,

and sewerage services and

also operates in real estate

and infrastructure projects.

SMC is one of the Philip-

pines’ most diversied con-

glomerates involved in highly

integrated operations in bev-

erages, food, packaging, fuel

and oil, power, mining and

infrastructure and AC is the

publicly listed holding com-

pany for the diversied inter -

ests of the Ayala Group with

a portfolio of diverse business

interests including infrastruc-

ture and automotive.

Being jointly implemented

by the Department of Trans-

portation and Communica-

tions (DOTC) and Philippines

National Railways (PNR)

and approved by the National

Economic and Development

Agency (NEDA) Board in

February 2015, the project re-

vitalizes the oldest rail system

in Southeast Asia.

It is part of the govern-

ment’s objective to catalyze

economic and urban growth

in the most populous regions

of the country by providing

critical connectivity through

a world-class passenger rail

service.

The North-South railway

project is aimed at provid-

ing better transportation and

logistics services between

rapidly-growing urban re-

gions–Metro Manila, where

the project originates, is the

country’s largest city in terms

of urban density, with a popu-

lation of approximately 12

million and the entire Luzon

island, the biggest and most

populous in the country with

48 million residents.

The PNR’s long-haul com-

muter service between Tutu-

ban and here has been sus-

pended since October 2012

due to integrity issues along

the line and the completion

of the NSRP south line that

establishes a long connection

in the island is essential to

resolving the connectivity is-

sues at the corridor.

The combined project,

NSRP South Line consisting

of a total of 653 kilometers

of commuter and long-haul

railway lines was found to be

viable in a PPP format, NEDA

says.

The scheme, then called

the Buld-Operate and Trans-

fer (BOT) when rst intro-

duced by the administration

of the late president Corazon

C. Aquino and widely applied

by the present administration

of Pres. Benigno Aquino III

is a government service ven-

ture that is funded and oper-

ated through a partnership of

government and one or more

private sector companies.

It involves a contract be-

tween a public sector author-

ity and a private party, in

which the latter provides a

public service or project and

assumes substantial nancial,

technical and operational risk

in the project.

humanitarian contributions to

their communities.

He said that the Outstand-

ing Women of Daet 2015 will

bear the theme “Juana, ang

Tatag mo ay Tatag Natin sa

Pagbangon at Pagsulong”.

Sarion said the honorees

will be chosen from various

professions, namely, judicial

service, persons with disabili-

ty, protective and security ser-

vices, religious services, pro-

fessional services, academe

and education services, vol-

unteerism, social and commu-

nity services, philanthropic,

culture and arts, math, science

and technology, entrepreneur-

ship, non-government organi-

zation and civic organization,

media public information and

journalism, government ser-

vice and sports.

Honoring women in Daet

focuses the spotlight on

Daeteños whose economic,

social, cultural and humani-

tarian contributions to their

communities are unique and

signicant, he added.

Among the criteria are

leadership skills- 20%, com-

mitment- 20%, women em- powerment- 30% and com-

munity and civic involvement

– 30%.

He said the awardees will

be honored at a ceremony set

for March in Daet.

Nomination forms can be

obtained at the Daet Munici-

pal Social Welfare and Devel-

opment Ofce.

Entries should be submit-

ted not later than February 29,

2016. -RBM-PIAV/CNorte

SEARCH ON FOR OUTSTANDING . . .

reenactment of an old paganritual of the agtas or aborigi-nes of the place offering the best produce of their farm toa god they called gugurang.The practice was later Chris-tianized by the Spaniards.The rst Tinagba festival washeld in 1967 through the ef-fort of lawyer Jose Calleja,a native of Iriga and wellknown historian and philan-thropist,

Several pocket events

were held before the Febru-ary 11 Tinagba Festival suchas a spelling bee contest forelementary and secondarystudent with big cash prizes

TINAGBA FESTIVAL 2016 . . .

at stake, an agri fair, a pho-tograph exhibit facilitated byPhilWiki Community, bellygud 4 health exercise, bloodletting activity, a childrenfashion show, a fun run spon-sored by Guy Jesters Interna-tional, an extreme bike chal-lenge, a zumba marathon, pinaka-contest and awardedwere the best agriculture pro-duce, and a dog show.

The 3rd Regional Festivalof Talents with the provincesin Region V participated in a

musical presentation.The Fantillusion parade of

oats fully lighted electroni-cally and the pyromusicaldisplay ended the celebrationof Tinagba 2016.

event began with the lion and dragon dances andcontinued with a number of colorful and elaboratenumbers.

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FEATURE

MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AWARDEEDaet Mayor Tito S. Sarion was recently recognized by

the League of Municipalities of the Philippines where hesits as National Deputy Secretary General with a Plaque

& Medallion for serving as National Deputy SecretaryGeneral and a three-termer mayor.

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Salceda pushes sports tourism for Albay

By ALLAN TAN

LEGAZPI CITY -- With so many levels of fun and adventure from Mayon

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The province also boasts of ATV rides to seaside resorts, to spicy food or furniture

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to Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda. (Turn to page 6)

Search on for outstandingwomen in Daet, CamNorte

DAET, Camarines Norte

— The municipal govern-

ment here has launched the

annual search for The 10

Exemplary Women in Daet

to highlight the celebra-

tion of Women’s Month in

March.

Mayor Tito S. Sarion said

that the search is now on its

third year to give due recog-

nition to women who have

manifested exemplary perfor-

mance in their particular eld

of profession that signicantly

contributed to municipality’s

development.

The search is open to all

women of legal age, resid-

ing in the municipality of

Daet, must be a person who

has made signicant accom-

plishments in a particular or

(Turn to page 7)

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