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LOCAL NEWSPAPERFor Five Consecutive YearsSt. Peter Baptist CatholicMass Media Awards

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REGIONAL EXPONENT FOR PROGRESS

Leni cites her

Bicol roots

Gov. SALCEDA

Rep. ROBREDO

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Albay is 1st Top Destination Awardee VOL. XXIII, NO. 4 BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES NOVEMBER 8 - 14, 2015 P5.00

CATHY & TITOEverywhere they go, the tandem of Camarines Norte Gubernatorial and Vice GubernotarialCandidates incumbent Rep. Cathy Barcelona-Reyes and Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion is alwaysmeet with heartwarming welcome as they bring along with them their Medical Clinic or HandogKalusugan Services in priority areas in the Province.

GATHER ‘YE LITTLE CHILDRENVice Presidential Candidate Rep. Leni G. Robredo says children are closest to her heart. “I also felt their hardship.”

LONDON -- Ex-pect Albay to drawmore and moreworldwide attentionin travel and tourismfrom hereon.

Albay Governor Joey

Salceda’s strong pitch for

his province as a genuinetop global tourist destina-

tion when he received the

2015 Pacic Asia Travel

Association (PATA) CEO

Challenge’s Top Destina-

tion Award in formal rites

at the Stationers’Hill along

Ave Maria Lane in this

British capital last Nov. 2,

instantly drew enthusiastic

raves and response.

The PATA award has

made Albay the Philippines’

foremost bet in the travel

and tourism industry now.

Following Salceda’s speech

at the awards rites, giant

travel and tourism players

approached and assured him

they will henceforth put Al-

bay in their top priority des-

tination lists.

One immediate proof of

this emerging trend is the

dramatic surge in the registra-

tion attendance for the 2015

PATA New Frontiers Forum

which Albay hosts on Nov.

25-27 this year, following theLondon event. From an ini-

tial 191 conrmed registered

participants, the number has

more than doubled and needs

to be capped at 460 even as

interested registrants are pro-

jected to surpass 600.

Addressing the PATA ad-

vocacy dinner, which was

attended by some 151 travel

and tourism CEOs from all(Turn to page 4)

SOGOD, Bacacay, Al-

bay -- “I am the pure and

true Bicolano,” Camarines

Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, the

Liberal Party's vice presi-

dential candidate, claimed

as her edge over four other

Bicolano aspirants for the

same position.

In an impromptu dialogue

with local media and leaders

of the Lagman political clan at

its ancestral residence here on

Saturday afternoon, Robredo

said he is the only genuine

Bicolano as she was born and

raised in Bicol, unlike her po-

litical rivals who started their

basic education in schools

outside the Bicol Region.

Awing her audience and

the media with her simplic-

ity and straightforwardness,

the Camarines Sur solon

said she is proud to nish

her elementary and second-

ary schooling at the Un-

ibersidad de Santa Isabel in

Naga City.

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BIKOL REPORTER2 NOVEMBER 8 - 14, 2015OPINION

Two big international events which the country ishosting this month necessitate an immediate solutionto the laglag-bala racket at the NAIA.

These are the Asia Pacic Economic Cooperation

(APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting from 18–19November 2015 in Manila; and the Pacic Asia TravelAssociation (PATA) New Frontiers Forum on Nov. 25-27 in Albay.

The bullet-planting scam which has become anational source of shame needs not just a “deeperinvestigation,” as suggested by Liberal Partycandidate Mar Roxas in his recent Bicol visit but atotal shake-up in the NAIA operations.

We need not repeat the obvious. This scheme isnothing new in the NAIA culture which has becomesynonymous with bribery and extortion activities,albeit, in either discreet or embarrassing ways.

We are saying the bullet planting is rooted inthe Pinoy’s creativity at designing schemes to earnmoney the easiest way.

Those who are doing this therefore are clearlydyed-in-the-wool shady characters.

Ergo, the P’noy administration should not justmake a teka-teka or “we’ll dig into that,” assuranceabout it.

It either should take the advice of the police chiefin the Charles Bronson movie, Death Wish, to “scareoff,” the vigilante Paul Kersey which Bronson plays;or quote Dirty Harry’s question to a rogue cop: “Do Ifeel lucky?

We’re saying the Aquino administration shouldbite the bullet in the bullet planting brouhaha atNAIA.

EDITORIALS

Biting the Bullet

Raising the Ante

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“articiality” is wreaking havoc on Filipinos’lives.

Many who have booked ights as earlyas July when the President announcedthat Nov. 18 and 19 would be non-workingholidays are also having problems. Theiright cancellations leave no alternativebecause their planes won’t be ying totheir destinations. How can people y outof MM when their pre-booked ights havebeen cancelled? Does this show lack ofplanning on the part of our government –

or plain braggadocio? Ano ba ito - Haay,Naku!CREDIT: Consumer loans extended

by Philippine banks jumped by 19.3% inthe rst semester of 2015 on the backof the strong demand for auto and realestate loans. BSP data showed consumerloans extended by universal, commercialand thrift banks amounted to P959.2Bup to end-June, which is P155.13Bhigher compared to P802.05B last year.The amount is 2.83% or P26.4B higher

(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).

FLIGHTS: Over 350 ight schedules – both domestic and international – havebeen cancelled from Nov.15 to 20 dueto the upcoming Asia Pacic EconomicCooperation Leaders Summit. Up to 21global leaders are expected to attend.Much earlier, the DOTC had already“advised” the Philippine ag carriers aboutthe periodic runway restrictions to beimposed for the duration of the summit.The insufciency of our runways hassurfaced. Mahirap ba itong ma-solve?

The ight cancellations are called for toprevent further congestion that is alreadybeing experienced at the NAIA. Theproblem is exacerbated by unpredictableweather conditions that also cause ightdelays. There had been experiencesof airplanes running out of fuel in the airwhile waiting for the signal to land. Someof the ights are being diverted to Clark Airport which causes inconveniences

to passengers, especially those withconnecting ights.ROAD TRAFFIC: Trafc rerouting

schemes will also be implemented alongmajor MManila roads. Express/VIP laneswill be made accessible only to APECvehicles. Malacanang is now encouragingMM residents to go out of town. In ourdesire to please the delegates, we wantFilipinos to sacrice. Why don’t we justshow our visitors the fact that we are apoor country, with lots of problems? Our

APEC Summit in Manila

P102.315 million, amount intact. Habagatooding (Aug. 2012) total P7.627 million,amount intact;

* “Various disasters undated” – totalP1.039 million, amunt intact;

* Typhoon Maring (Aug. 2013) – totalP45,216 amount intact;* Zamboanga siege (Sept. 2013) total

P158,924 M – amount intact;* Bohol earthquake (Oct. 2013) total

P4.983 million, amount intact;

* Typhoon Yolanda (Nov. 2013) total

P136.997 million – balance P98.242 million.

The COA claimed that the totalunused donations being kept by OCDin DBP stood at P384.95 million. TheOCD claimed it was not able to releasethe funds due to failure of claimants tocomply with the requirements. They canno longer submit precisely because of thecalamity typhoon that struck them in thearmed conict that plagued them.

Anak Pawis Rep. Fernando Hicapsaid in a statement: The rage of typhoonvictims is indescribable over the Aquinogovernment criminal negligence, manyhave lost their farms and other hardshipsbut we are to discover that donationssupposed to help them are headed;the Aquino government should be held

responsible for this mercilessness.”Is this the righteous path on DaangMatuwid of the administration? Itobviously appears as a heartless anduncompassionate path.

The front page of the Daily Tribune

dated November 2, 2015 is the following:“P385 million in disaster aid unused-COA(Commission on Audit) Gov’t kept donationsin DBP since 2008” it was deposited astrust fund in the DBP and it has earned aninterest of P1,709.00 million.

The following is the reported completelist of donations and utilization attached tothe audit report:

* Typhoon Frank (June 2008) totaldonations P26.26 million-remaining balanceP5.83 million;

* Flashood in Cagayan de Oro/Gingoog/Iligan (January 2009) total P2.045 millionamount intact;

* Tropical storm Sendong (Dec. 2011)total P126.843 million-balance P114.507million;

* Tropical storm Ondoy and Peping(Sept. 2009) total P40.925 million – balanceP36.143 million;

* Typhoons Pedring and Quiel (Sept./Oct. 2011) total P16.784 million, balanceP12.019 million;

* Typhoon Pablo (Dec. 2012) total

P385 M disaster aid unused, P1 Billion in QRF

disaster fund idle, Tanim-Bala in Internat'l Airport

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compared to P932.78B booked in endMarch 2015.

The BSP reported that auto loansreached P259.36B in end-June,P52.32B more compared to P207.04Bin same period last year. Residentialrealty loans surged 17.34% to P409.2B

in end-June from P348.7B last yearamid tightening of credit standardsimposed by banks. Residential realty,however was P2.27B lower comparedto P411.4B booked in March this year.BSP Loan Ofcers Survey showedbanks imposed tighter credit standardsfor the 13th straight quarter.

INCOME TAX: The Philippineshas the highest corporate income taxrates among the ASEAN six. Our highcorporate income tax rate puts us in aslippery slope. With the advent of the ASEAN Economic Community nextyear, businesses, large and small, caninvest freely across ASEAN stateswithout capital controls. Other thingsconsidered, why will investors chooseto set up shop in the Philippines whenour own government takes the largest

chunk of their income? As of now, Phl gets the least foreign

direct investments (FDIs) in the ASEAN6. Last year, our FDIs of $6.2B wasa pittance to Singapore’s $67.4B andIndonesia’s $25.6B. This year, our FDIsare down by 40%. It goes to show thatbeing “Investment Grade” is not theend-all, be-all in attracting FDIs. Sen.Sonny Angara’s bill to reduce corporateincome tax of 30% will reduce it to 27%

The attering description of a Bicolanoas Oragon-smart, feeling superior,unafraid of nothing, not even death, deeplyhonest- has found much credence in thechoice of four native-born Bicolanos andone Bicolano by marriage for the vicepresidency.

A victory in the May, 20l6 polls byanyone of them will place a Bicolano withina shouting distance from Malacanang. Ifever this happens, we may have the rstBicolano vice president and who knows aPresident years from now.

That is a dizzying but not too impossibledream to come true.

The ve are Leni Robredo of CamarinesSur, Chiz Escudero and Gregorio Honasanof Sorsogon, Antonio Trillanes and AlanPeter Cayetano of Albay. Cayetano’s wifeis from Tiwi, Albay.

The entry of Bongbong Marcos withhis vaunted Solid North, the IlocosRegion, does not dim the chances of theve descendants of the Bicol epic hero,Ibalong.His Solid North against the whole

country of anti-Marcos legions does notgive him any advantage.

His camp has the delusion that ahopelessly divided Bicol Region will handover the vice presidency on a silver platterto Bongbong. That is easier said thandone.

Bongbong’s supporters have for-gotten the people’s abhorrence foranything associated with the late dictatoris very much alive, nurtured by the

present economic mess, poverty,unemployment, corruption , blamed onhis father’s 20 years regime of plunder.

The fear of another Marcos inMalacanang is not a monopoly ofOpposition Metro Manila and other anti-Marcos bastions. It is pulsating in everynook and corner of the archipelago.

No, never again. That is the battlecry of many Filipinos today who havegone through the dark days of martiallaw.Is that good for Bongbong?

The estimated Bicol votes of abouta couple of millions are admittedlynot enough to install a Bicolano asvice president. But harnessing the stillsmouldering anti-Marcos sentimentsand turning them into votes will make adifference.

But who among the ve has theresources and the organization to sendBongbong to the canvass, down andout, except Leni Robredo who has thesupport of the LP machinery.Today’s

The year of the Oragon

SALVADOR D. FLOR

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Whoever is ripping the tarps of UNA candidatesArnie Fuentebella and Peachy Alfelor-Moraleda isnot helping raise the level of political campaign inthe province.

We do not think that it is the people of theincumbent in the Capitol behind this for otherwise,they are doing a disservice to their boss who was

picked way back by a glossy magazine where hewas featured as one of “Men who Matter.”

We are certain Gov. Migz Villafuerte wants tomatter and continue to matter for the people ofCamarines Sur; and this he will show by leadingby example to ensure that the elections will be onethat will be fought on platforms and principles andnot personalities.

We do not think that he will direct his men to goon a tarp-ripping operation, just like what happenedto that tarp at Palestina which clearly was directedat his administration.

We nevertheless, along the principles oftransparency and accountability, demand that thegood governor should answer what was printed onthat tarp.

On the other hand, if this tarp-tearing is thehandiwork of a third invisible party, then it will beeverybody’s job to ensure that the coming electionwill, as hoped for by the regional COMELEC chief,

be “relatively peaceful.”

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Istilo nin Kampanya

Dis*Karte*Kusyon

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frANk PeÑONES JR.

Sa saiyang diskurso, nakanood nasi Mar na maka-konektar sa saiyangparadangog. Tatao nang magsuba.

Halimbawa, pigistorya niya kun pa’nonagreklamo si Korina kan maaraman namapa-Daet siya sa ika-duwang beses.

“Di ba may magandang kongresista

diyan na mapulang-mapula ang labi?”hapot daa ni Korina, manongod kiKongresista Cathy Barcelona Reyes namagayon man nanggad asin pirmengmapula an ngabil.

Naogma kaini si mga nagdadangogasin sa hiling, duman lang nakuana niya an suporta kan mga yaonduman.

Alagad, dapat magpahiling pa siyanin kapusugan sa mga simbag sa mgaimportanteng isyu. Garo nahihiling koan anino ni Presidente P’noy saiya kunsiya minasimbag, garo mayong siertongtindog, garo nagduduwa-duwa.

Dai ini makakatabang saiya sakahaluyan.

Duwang nang presidentiable annakaulay ta asin narisa ko an kaibahankan saindang istilo sa pangangampanya.

An enot iyo si Jojo Binay, duman saTigaon perang semana na an nakakaagisa kompleanyo ni dating House SpeakerNoli Fuentebella.

Si Binay seryoso, dai nagbabago anekspresyon kan lalawgon, alagad diretsoan simbag, mayong pasikot-sikot.

Sabihon tang mayong kolor (dai tapagsusubahan an saiyang kublit dawaan saiyang mga handlers ginamit anpagigin niya “nognog”). An simbag niyanasisingitan niya kan saiyang personalna istorya – pa’no siya nagpoon namayong-mayo asin ngonyan nagkaigwanin pagkakataon na makapaglingkod sakadaklan kan mga namamanwaan nayaon sa kapagtiosan.

Sa sakong hapot kun ano sa pamanaasin leksyon kan EDSA an saiyangdadarahon sa presidency, sinabi niya an“rule of law.” Inaasahan ko ini ta ini man

an nahihiling ta sa administrasyon niP’noy na malinaw na may particular na leysa particular na tawo o sitwasyon. Kunliliwaton ku an sinabi ni George Orwell sa1984, “an iba mas may ley sa iba.”

Sa Daet, nadangong ko si Mar Roxasdawa dai ko siya nahapot manongod sasaiyang paninindugan sa pagmimina saCamarines Norte.

HALO-HALO

HOMAR MURILLO

TIP OF ANICEBERG

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Pyesta nin mga GadanTanda ko kan mga sadit pa kaming aki kan sakong mga

tugang asin kapipinsanan. Nagigin garo playground ansementeryo kada pyesta nin mga gadan. Minarilibot kami samga pontod para magkolekta nin mga natunaw na kandila paraguibuhong bola o ihurma sa manlaen-laen na klaseng kawatanarog kan badil-badilan saka robot. Syempre kadakli sa nairibasa ekspedisyon na ini si mga aking lalaki. Bihira man mag-iba si mga pinsan ko na babae sa pagkolekta nin natunaw nakandila ta mas gusto nindang mag-iristoryahan nin katakotansa ibabaw kan nitso nina lolo asin lola. Minsan man minabaliman kami sa iristoryahan manungod sa aswang, multo sakazombies.

Garo nagigin dakulang picnic area ang sementeryo kadapyesta nin mga gadan. Saro ini sa mga taonan na espesyal naaldaw na nagin parte kan sakong pagiging aki na ina-antisiparanko kadto kada Nobyembre. Apuera kaya sa medyo halabangbakasyon, pagkakataon man an pyesta nin mga gadan para

magkahirilingan kami kan sakong mga pinsan. Yaon pa dyanidagdag an mga masisiram na pagkakan na dara kan samongmga magurang, mga tiyo asin tiya. Bilang mga aki, harayo mansa isip mi an talagang kahulugan kan okasyon. Para sa samosaro lang ini sa mga pagkakataon para mag-ogma dawa nganiminsan naaagotan por dahil sa kalikutan.

Bilang mga aki harayo na marhay sa mga isip mi an tunkolsa kagadanan. Iyo, aram mi man na mga gadan na kapartidaryoan dahilan kun tano kami minbisita sa sementeryo pero daeman kami masyadong apektado ta si mga nakalubong, pwerana lang siguro ki Lola Vacion, dae mi naman inabutan onamidbidan. Mga pangaran lang sa lapida ang Emiliano Neola,Barbara Gonzalez, Ernesto Neola asin iba pa na maski nganisa ritrato dae mi naman nahiling.

Alagad sa pag-agi kan mga taon habang kami nagdadakulapadiit-diit man na nag-iba an samong pananaw asin gawikada pyesta nin mga gadan. Yaon pa man si mga iristoryahanpero ibang tema naman an pinag-uurulayan. Kan kami mgateenagers na halimbawa, tungkol naman sa mga crushes sakasa barkada ang tema. Nawara naman si hilig magkolekta ninmga natunaw na kandila. Hangang nag-abot si panahon namga girlfriends saka boyfriends na an kaibanan sa sementeryokada petsa uno kan Nobyembre. An kadakli samo dae namanminahaloy sa may nitso ta kun bakong masimba maduman pasa ibang sementeryo kun saen nakalubong si mga kapartidaryokan kabarkada o kailusyon.

Uminabot si sarong Nobyebre uno na medyo kakaiba samga nakaaging pyesta nin mga gadan. Bako na lang si mgalolo asin lola an samong binibisita sa pontod. Naribayan nanin pangaran kan iba sa samong mga magurang asin pinsanan nasa mga lapida. Haros gabos naman sa samuyangmagturugang asin mga kapipinsanan an ugwa nang mgaagom asin aki.

An samong mga aki naman an nagkakarawat asin nagtitiponnin mga natunaw na kandila habang si iba nag-iiristoryahannin katatakotan. Kami naman si mga sigeng pang-angot asinpangudot sa samong mga aking pasaway. Yaon pa man giraraysi picnic alagad dakol na an nagbago.

Mga perang dekada pa an maagi kami naman an bibisitahonkan samong mga magigin makuapo.

in 2016, and 25% in 2017. It is not enough to woo investors, butat least it puts us at par with Malaysia (and Indonesia).

PBC CALL: Filipino businessmen are urging the Aquinoadministration to lower both personal income rates and corporateincome tax rates stressing that this will be a positive signal to theinvestor community that will outweigh whatever projected lossesin government revenues. The PCCI said lowering the income taxrates will empower both individual taxpayers and corporationsto spend, thereby creating economic activities that will lead tohigher taxes.

With bigger personal income, consumption will also growand companies will have more capital to expand to meet higherdemand. The commercial group further explained that on top ofthe regular 30% Income Tax, corporations are also paying othertaxes on their products. With the I/T reduction, Philippine-basedcompanies will become competitive even as other ASEANcountries are also poised to lower their I/T rates (Indonesia’sI/T rate down to 18% next year from 25 %).

POLITICS: My VP candidate is still lagging behind her more“popular” adversaries. But I predict that in due time – once the

voting public come to meet her (as I did at the Kamay ni HesusShrine) they will realize that in her simplicity, there is that goodfaith and sincere desire for honest service to our people. Allthose who are inspired by her should multiply their votes byconvincing their friends and associates to go for Leni Robredo.We will never lose with her simple smiles!

That’s why I am happy that Sen. Serge Osmena has thrownhis personal support (Simple Adviser daw lang) for Congw. Leni.The veteran politician has varied inuences that can bolstersupport for our candidate.

The wait-and see developments for a Rudy Dutertepresidential inclusion seem going the way of the Mayor. He haslong spoken his piece – and his supporters should respect hisdecision. With him out of the derby, VP Binay and LP-anointedMar should benet therefrom!

WISDOM: Happiness is in our hearts. It is seen in our eyes,and heard in the timbre of our voice. Be happy!

OPINIONS UNLIMITED . . .

The Bikol region is in the typhoon belt. We might suffer thesame fate as those reported above. Why didn’t anyone in theCabinet especially Mar Roxas complain about this hoarding offunds! This is for our our information and study.

On the next day, Nov. 3, 2015, the headlines of the DailyTribune is s follows: COA report: P1 billion in QRF lay idle. Moredisaster funds underspent.”

This did not come from any politician or the opposition. It is areport of the Commission on Audit.

“Aside from the P385 million donations for calamity victims, thegovernment had withheld, the Commission on Audit also foundnearly P1 billion in dormant “Quick Response Fund” in state.

The Daily Tribune reported: In its 2014 annual report on theOfce of the Civil Defense (OCD) , COA noted that at least P1

billion has been slashed by the agency despite the devastationbrought by natural disasters that killed and rendered homelessmillions of Filipinos.

The Quick Response Fund which accumulated to a hugeamount of P923,153,721.00 as of December 2014 was not utilizedas envisioned and became idle, thus, depriving the intendedbeneciaries of the benets therefrom.”

If you watched and listened to many but not all of the LP’s andtheir allies talk about “Daang Matuwid,” it is as if they are clean,very good – but these COA reports speaks of conscienceless, lackof concern and compassion for the poor victims of typhoons andcalamities – and of criminal negligence. The P1 billion disasterfund deposited as trust fund at DBP earned interest and deprivedthe victims of any help at the time they needed it most and eventoday. The timing is important because many died of hunger andsickness. Can you call that the Right Path?

* * * * *The Philippine’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport was named

one of the Ten Worst Airport in the World at the time when MarRoxas was the Secretary of the Department of Communicationand Transportation. Now, it is no longer in the top ten list. It hasanother name: The airport where there is the “Tanim Bala” scam(planted bullet in the passengerr’s luggage for extortion. Ouroverseas Filipino workers, foreign and local travelers are nowafraid that their luggage be planted with bullets. They even wraptheir luggages with plastic material and with messages. This hasnow caught a worldwide attention and I hope the President’s menwho are in the saddle will be able to solve this embarrassingcontroversy as soon as possible. This will scare foreign touristsand investors and even our Overseas Filipino Workers who helpour economy a lot needless to say, our tourism industry will bebadly affected.

FROM MY WINDOW . . .over the world, Salceda high-

lighted the strong points why

Albay was chosen as a fore-

most global destination and

why travel agencies should

now put it in their list of prior-

ity spots. The dinner aims to

enhance tourism development

of emerging destinations, in a

sustainable manner.

Albay won the 2015 PATA

CEO Challenge’s Top Desti-

nation Award in the Regional/Provincial category and shares

half of the US- million prize

with Thekkady, Kerala, India

which won in the second/third

tier towns and cities category.

Salceda projects tourist arriv-

als in Albay will further surge

after PATA’s partner TripAdvi-

sor shall have worked out the

province’s tourism marketing

strategy where Albay’s share

in the PATA CEO Challenge

USD 1 million prize will be

invested.

PATA Chief Executive Of -

cer Mario Hardy presided

over the London awards

rites along with Martin Ver-don-Roe, vice president of

Global Display Sales of Trip

Advisor, CEO Challenge’s

partner, and UN World Tour -

ism Organization Secretary

General Taleb Rifai who was

guest of honor.

PATA’s 2015 CEO Chal-

lenge Top Destination Award

is at its maiden edition and

Albay goes on record as its

very rst recipient. The award

incidentally came as the Phil-

ippines launched its “Visit

ALBAY IS 1ST TOP DESTINATION . . .

the Philippines Again 2016”

campaign at World Travel

Mart at the ExCel Docklands

in London, which Salceda also

attended with Department of

Tourism Sec. Ramon Jimenez.

In connection with its latest

PATA award, he said the issue

“is not about being the best but

about what can be accomplished

if people work together,” stress-

ing that “all the awards and ac-

colades Albay had receivedthrough the years were the

products of Albayanos’ unity of

purpose and vision.”

The governor is the driving

force behind Albay’s strong

tourism program for the past

eight years, introducing many

innovations which trans-

formed the province’s sedate

travel environment into a bus-

tling world class destination.

The DOT has declared Al-

bay as the Philippines’ fastest

growing tourist destination,

posting a sustained tourism

growth of 47 percent in 2012,

66 percent in 2013 and 52 per-

cent in the second quarter of2014 and a soaring increase

in foreign tourist arrivals of

from 8,700 in 2006 to 339,000

in 2014.

Within that period, Sal-

ceda pushed the construction

of some 320 kilometers of ac-

cess roads to new and unique

tourism destinations which,

together with his innova-

tive programs, made Albay a

national partner for tourism

growth. DOT honored him

with its First Tourism Star

Award early this year.

PATA, the premier travel

organization in the Asia Pa-

cic, has close to 1,000 as-

sociate groups, education and

hospitality agencies, tourism

destinations, as well as corpo-

rate, government and industri-

al links; and about 70 aviation

carriers as partners. - PNA




DAR, LGU team up for Tinambac water supply project

SR. CITIZENS CITY OFFICIALS OATH TAKINGActing City Mayor Nelson Legacion administered the Oath of

Ofce of the Senior Citizens Ofcials headed by SC Mayor

Lourdes Sayson, during the Nov. 2 ag ceremony.

SR. CITIZENS WEEKNaga City Senior Citizens Ofcials started working side by

side with their regular elected counterparts.

WATER SUPPLY PROJECT MOA SIGNINGOIC-Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Ofcer I Gay L. Labad, and Tinambac Mayor Ruel T.Velarde recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a community-based potable watersupply project. They were joined by PFFA chairman Severino Barcillano. (standing) CPWASHpoint person Edmundo C. Nacario, Pag-asa Bgy.Captain Salvador N. Bermillo, MunicipalCouncilor Annie Cabral, Tinambac Agrarian Reform Chief Romulo R. Caceres, and DARSupport Services Division Chief Benjar M. Romero.

LEGAZPI CITY -- The

Department of Agrarian

Reform (DAR) Bicol and

the local government unit

(LGU) of Tinambac, Cama-

rines Sur II recently joined

hands in the launching of the

community-managed po-table water, sanitation and

hygiene (CPWASH) project

in the said municipality to

provide disease-free water

system to agrarian reform

beneciaries (ARBs) and

local communities in the

said municipality.

Provincial agrarian reform

program ofcer I (PARPO I)

Gay L. Labad said DAR has

conceptualized CPWASH to

be done by installing low-

cost water supply technology

and sanitation systems that

primarily address the require-

ments of safe, clean and po-

table water for the ARBs andother residents in the agrarian

reform communities.

“We are pushing this

project especially in remote

areas where people lack po-

table drinking water,” La-

bad said as she commended

the Tinambac LGU for their

willingness to help the DAR

in this project.

Labad said DAR provided

the WATSAN Technologywhile LGUs , Pag-asa Farm-

ers and Farmworkers Asso-

ciation (PFFA) provided the

construction materials and

necessary labor requirements

as their project counterparts.

The project amounting to

P230,000 will include con-

struction of 23 water and san-

itation (WATSAN) facilities

including iron removal lter

(IRF), biogas digester, rain

water collector and bio-sand

lters.

“This is the fth munici-

pality in Camarines Sur II

area where CPWASH will

be implemented after Cana-man, Sagñay, Caramoan, and

Garchitorena.” Labad said.

On the other hand,

Tinambac mayor Ruel T.

Velarde was pleased to be

selected among the recipient

LGUs. He expressed his in-

tention to expand the project

to other barangays, acknowl-

edging water as the basic

right of every community.

“We are glad that DARis continuously assisting our

town through the provision of

support services such as the

provision of potable water

system,” Velarde said.

Meanwhile, Edmundo Na-

cario, CPWASH point person,

explained “the rain water col-

lector and iron removal lter

will be constructed at Pag-

asa Elementary School com-

pound while bio-sand lters

will be provided to twenty

households. Both facilities

are useful in removing lime-

stone sediments and turn rain

water and water from artesian

well safe to drink.”“While the biogas digester

will collect waste from the

piggery and other farm ani-

mals to produce methane gas

which could produce re for

cooking,” he added.

Signing of the memoran-

dum of agreement (MOA)

highlighted the launching led

by PARPO I Labad, mayor

Velarde, and PFFA chairper-

son Severino Barcillano.

Pag-asa punong barangay

Salvador Bermillo, coun-

cilor Annie Cabral, munici-

pal agrarian reform ofcer

Romulo Caceres, support

services division chief Ben-

jar Romero, and other DAR

personnel also witnessed the

activity.

Construction of the proj-

ect will be done next month

and is expected to be com-

pleted and be functional after

ten days. - SAA/DAR5-PIA5/

Albay

Albay to host 2016Palarong Pambansa

LEGAZPI CITY -- Al-

bay won the bid to host the

Palarong Pambansa 2016

after careful deliberation

and tedious evaluation by

ofcials of the Departmentof Education (DepEd) and

Philippine Sports Commis-

sion (PSC).

Albay bested Tuguega-

rao City, Cagayan, the lone

competitor for the bid to host

the annual national games set

next year.

The nal choice was made

based on voting results by the

Palarong Pambansa Board

chaired by the DepEd Secre-

tary Armin Luistro.

“We reviewed the recom-

mendations from the regions

and had our own delibera-

tions. We went through billet-ing, facilities, your presenta-

tions, including readiness of

our regions, as well as other

considerations that are spe-

cic to 2016. Ang nanalo po

with a very, very slim margin

is Albay” Luistro declared.

Before the bidding and of-

cial presentations of the two

provinces, DepEd and PSC(Turn to page 6)



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CSO readies for clean, peaceful pollsLEGAZPI CITY -- Civil

society organizations in theBicol Region are now prepar-ing for possible pre-electionscenarios to ensure that thecoming May 2016 polls willbe clean and peaceful.

The church-based Parish

Pastoral Council for Respon-sible Voting (PPCRV) acrossthe region, for one, has beenenjoining volunteers to sign upand get involved in advocat-ing for an honest, orderly and

peaceful election in next year's presidential and local electoral process.

In Albay, the the Diocese ofLegazpi, through the DiocesanCommission on Social Con-cerns and Social Action Cen-ter, has ofcially launched thePPCRV Election Operation asit began to map out plans andstrategies to check pre-electionactivities initiated by politicalcandidates.

The PPCRV, the church-

based election watchdog, hasstarted to closely coordinatewith the Commission on Elec-tions, the Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) and the Phil-ippine National Police (PNP)concerning election-related is-sues.

The issues include the campaign against political rivalries, political armed groups (PAGs),loose rearms, harassment,

permit to campaign demanded by communist insurgents andvote-buying.

Albay Bishop Joel Baylonof the Diocese of Legazpi urgedauthorities and the PPCRV to

this reporter, he said his worstfear in the upcoming polls isthe intense political rivalriesthat end up to violence, hiringof PAGS, vote-buying and ha-rassment.

“What is scary is when people get indifferent about the

election process,” he said.According to Camposano,PAGs are being used by local

politician as an instrument tosow terror and violence andeliminate political leaders togain political advantage overtheir rivals. In the previous na-tional and local elections, therewere at least six PAGs listedoperating in Masbate, of whichonly two are active -- the Ari-zobal and Villaruel groups --with 38 members.

For this reason, Task ForceMasbate was created after re-

ports that local politicians hereexercise too much inuenceover the police and sometimesthe police are being dictated

upon in the conduct of theiroperations.The TF Masbate was formed

during the previous election tooversee the security operationsin the province, tagged by themilitary and the police as a“hot spot” due to intense politi-cal rivalries, presence of PAGsand communist rebels.

During the 2012 nationaland local elections, the TaskForce was able to seize hun-dreds of loose firearms andencourage political candi-dates to surrender at least200 high-powered firearms.-PNA

beef up the presence of law en-forcers in areas believed to beelection “hot spots.”

Baylon also asked the PP-CRV to launch a voters' edu-cation drive aimed at helpingvoters from the countryside tochoose good political leaders.

The PPCRV will be orga-nized in every province, city

and town in the region.The Comelec and the PNP,in past election events, hadidentied the provinces ofMasbate, Camarines Sur andCamarines Norte as electionareas of concern due to intense

political rivalries and the pres-ence of PAGS and New Peo-

ple's Army (NPA) rebels.Masbate had been consis-

tently been tagged as an elec-tion hot spot in previous elec-tions because of the intense

political rivalries among clansthere, including election-relat-ed violence that claimed thelives of hundreds of people.

Based on the list, Masbatehas the most number of vil-lages that were placed underComelec control, with 40 vil-lages in 18 towns.

"The incidence of election-related violence is a 'wake upcall' for us to move and be vigi-lant to advocate for a free, hon-est and peaceful election," the

Masbate Advocate for Peace(MAP) said in a statement re-leased to media.

Igmidio Emilio Campo-sano, a local trial court judgehere and MAP president, saidtheir group, in this early stage,is preparing to map out pre-election scenarios to ensurethat the May 2016 elections inthe province would be peacefuland orderly.

“We are not taking chancesand would not allow our guardsto back down so that in thisearly stage we are preparing,”Camposano said.

In a previous interview with

Robredo -- whose fatheris from Bulan, Sorsogon andmother, from Camarines Sur --said although she took up herEconomics degree at the Uni-versity of the Philippines, shesaw to it that she would spendher vacation in Naga City dur -ing her semestral breaks.

After earning her Eco-nomics degree in UP, shealso entered the law school atthe University of Nueva Cac-eres (UNC) in Naga City and

passed the bar examinations in1990.

Comparing herself with oth-er Bicolano candidates for thesecond highest post in the land,

Robredo said she can boast thatshe has worked with the grass-roots by providing free legalassistance to the poor -- unlikeher political rivals who are ex-

perienced, moneyed and haveworked with well-established

LENI CITES HER BICOL ROOTS . . .

law rms, some of them havingeven served big companies.

Robredo is pitted againstexperienced Bicolano lawmak -ers Senators Chiz Escudero,Gregorio Honasan (UNA), Al-lan Peter Cayetano (NP), Anto-nio Trillanes IV (Magdalo) andFerdinand Marcos Jr.

Soon after passing the bar,she was employed at the gov-ernment’s Public Attorney’sOfce (PAO) in Camarines Surand later joined the Sentro ngAlternatibong Lingap Panlegal(Saligan), a non-governmentorganization giving free legalservices to members of themarginalized sector.

“Confronting the legal is-sues of poor families abouttheir rights, I too felt the hard-ship they had encountered,”Robredo pointed out.

She said all her legal ser-vices were “gratis et amore",

saying “never in my mind I

have thought of using my legalservices to enrich myself.”Robredo was guest speaker

at the Haloween Forum initi-ated by LP stalwart and formerAlbay 1st District Rep. EdcelC. Lagman who is reclaiminghis congressional seat after hisson, incumbent CongressmanGrex Lagman, gave way to hisfather.

She said she thought shewas invited by the Lagmanfamily for just a lunch but gotsurprised with the huge crowdthat greeted her.

Robredo spoke to close to2,000 Lagman leaders and as-

pirants for various municipaland city positions, wearing

yellow shirts at the Lagmanancestral home here.The elder Lagman pledged

his all-out support to Robredo, promising an entire LP slatewin in the 198 villages in theve towns and a city in the 1stDistrict of Albay.

Lagman said he would con-

vince his constituents to go all-out for Robredo because of herexcellent traits like humility,sincerity, and risk-taking.

He said she will also pushfor the bill authored by hisson, Grex, for the repeal of aComelec ruling allowing elec-tive ofcials seeking higher

posts (president and vice presi-dent), especially senators, toreturn to their post even if theylose.

At the forum, the elder Lag-man urged party leaders tosupport Robredo by boosting

people’s awareness level abouther candidacy as recent pollsurveys indicate that her ratinghas improved from 3-percent-

age point to 15 percent.Robredo lamented that shehas no logistics to spend fortelevision and print advertise-ments but she would rely muchon interpersonal campaign.

She looks forward for theimprovement of her rating in

the coming surveys, saying“pagpinakilala ninyo ako sainyong ka-barangay, ito'y ma-giging malaking tulong sa LP

campaign.”Asked to comment on therevival of the Bicol Expresstrain operation being used asa campaign promise to gainvoters' approval by other can-didates, Robredo said “as theelection campaign approaches,

politicians promise the starsand heavens just to get votes.”

“It is a campaign strategyfor them to look good, butthey did nothing, you can askthem who among them foughtfor the renewal and the exten-sion of the Philippine NationalRailways (PNR) when its char -ter expired,” she said.

“Records have it that I wasthe main author of the bill at

the House extending the PNRcharter and providing for ad-ditional capitalization, whileSen. Ralph Recto sponsoredthe Senate version of the bill,”Robredo claimed.

She said the plan is not onlyto revive the PNR but also to

completely modernize it withnew tracks and coaches ina ve-year timeline under aPhp200-B Public-Private Part-

nership scheme.Asked if she would acceptany cabinet position if electedvice president, she said shewould not accept any cabinet

post with administrative func-tions.

She, however, said, if ever,she would choose to head the

National Anti-Poverty Com-mission, an agency pursuing

program versus poverty.Once elected vice president,

she said, she would continue toride passenger buses that sheused to do even as a Houserepresentative.

But this time, Robredo said,she would be with compan-ions.

On the looming power cri-ses, she said, she would requesta review of the Epira Law.

She also said she favors thecontinuance of the 4Ps, how-ever, with wider coverage and

bigger nancial assistance.-PNA

polls will not be different from past elections where money andgrassroots organizations have played a vital role.

The youth votes, said to comprise 35 per cent of thecountry’s votes, can not be taken lightly. The youth are ercelyindependent and they will go for anybody who has captured theirimagination.

Escudero has topped poll surveys for vice president butsurveys do not guarantee poll victory. Besides, many things canhappen between now and May 2016 polls. VP Binay repeatedlytopped surveys but where is he now?

Escudero has a problem with his personal life. And he runs

as independent. No one has won the vice presidency as anindependent.Trillanes does not rate much in surveys despite hisimage as a fearless graft ghter.So is Honasan who has losthis luster, having been out of the limelight for sometime, So isCayetano, a well known lawyer but who does not seem to excitepeople’s imagination.

But if they run for the Senate, all of them will have little trouble.Bicolanos, because of their hardy character,their being Oragon,always triumph in the end.

A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE . . .

technical ofcials inspectedeach venue last June to see if thefacilities and billeting areas areadequate.

PSC Commissioner Jose LuisGomez meanwhile presented tothe body the rating system usedwhich included internationalstandards, distance from the

main complex, power supply,and security, among others.DepEd’s Schools Sports

Events and Activities Unit headCesar Abalon reported on thestatus of the billeting areas,which are evaluated based on thesufciency of rooms, bathrooms,kitchen areas and medical provi-sions.

With a budget of P300 mil-lion, Albay Governor Joey Sal-ceda assured the Palarong Pam- bansa Board that Albay has theequipment and resources neededto construct and repair its sports

ALBAY TO HOST 2016 . . .facilities and playing venues as

soon as possible.

Salceda furthered that Albay

assures of readiness showcasing

the province's geocentricity loca-

tion that offers less travel time,

least cost and discomfort among

delegates, spectators and visi-

tors. The same has strong indoor

capacity from private schoolsand commerciall malls; billeting

capacity from APSEMO's JICA/

AECID centers and 3,900 pri-

vate accommodation capacity;

adding up tourist readiness of

ecosystem and destinations.

Luistro. following the

anoouncement of the decision,

also asked both provinces to

continue supporting the agency’s

sports development program,

like Batang Pinoy and Philippine

National Games, among others.

-- PIA5/Albay




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Catanduanes hopes to regain‘crab capital’ titleBy DANNY O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY – The

island-province of Catand-uanes is using the foreign-funded Philippine Rural De-velopment Project (PRDP) asa stepping stone towards be-coming once more the “CrabCapital of the Philippines”.

“We see from the PDRP anopportunity to redevelop Cat-anduanes as the country’s top

producer of mud crabs and en-able the province to win backits Crab Capital title lost to theVisayas several decades back,”

provincial agriculturist RobertoCeballo said in a statementreaching here Wednesday.

The Provincial Project Man-agement and ImplementationUnit (PPMIU) of Catanduanes,he said, is now working closelywith the Department of Agri-culture’s (DA) PRDP RegionalProject Coordination Ofce(RPCO) for Bicol in the prepa-ration of the Provincial Com-modity Investment Plan (PCIP)on mud crabs (Scylla serrata).

The PCIP is a three-yearrolling consensus plan betweenthe DA and the provincial gov-ernment that contains specicinfrastructure and enterprisesub-projects and other inter-

ventions to boost the identied provincial commodity based onthe value chain analysis (VCA)

conducted with stakeholders.When completed at least

before the end of this year, Ce- ballo said, the PCIP will be sub-mitted to the Project SupportOfce (PSO) of the PDRP forapproval and funding support.

The PRDP is a foreign-funded project being imple-mented by DA as a platform fora modern and climate-smart ag-riculture in the region and other

parts of the country.Its national implementa-

tion carries a Php27.535-bil-lion total fund, consisting ofPhp20.553-billion loan fromthe World Bank, Php3.579 bil-lion as national governmentcounterpart, Php3.118 billionequity of the local governmentunits and Php287-million grantfrom the Global EnvironmentFacility (GEF).

It involves 80 provincial lo-cal government units (PLGUs)and agri-shery stakeholdersnationwide in an attempt torealize the goals of improvedfood security and increased in-comes, climate resiliency andenhanced environmental poli-cies and governance.

In six years—2013-2019,

the project aims to raise annualreal farm incomes of household

beneciaries by ve percent, in-

crease the value of annual mar-keted output by seven percentand ensure that 20 percent morefarmers and shers benet fromDA services

Ceballo said that as arrivedat during consultations with lo-cal industry stakeholders, de-veloping the Catanduanes mudcrab industry will help raisethe income of crab gatherers,stockers and shpond ownersin the province.

The development of an in-tegrated crab sanctuary, whichis being made part of the PCIP,would also help promote the

province’s ecotourism pros- pects, said Ceballo, adding thatthe island presently has a totalof 589 hectares mangrove pondsthat produce a substantial vol-ume of crablets locally calledkuto-kuto, langaw-langaw andthumbtacks.

Kuto-kuto refers to thesmallest size, as small as lice,of crablet which becomeslangaw-langaw as it grows y-sized, then thumbtacks when it

becomes as big as the head ofthumbtacks.

Since these varieties ofyoung mud crab species thatare abundant in the swampywild of Catanduanes are idealstarters for grow-out growersand aquaculture operators, localsherfolk have been indiscrimi-nately poaching them and sell-ing to traders that ship them out

to buyers in other parts of Bicol.There is an increasing de-

mand for crabs in both domes-tic and international markets,especially during peak monthslike December, that makes sup-

ply inadequate and market priceincreases.

As reported in 2014, market price at its peak ranged fromPhp600 to Php750 per kilo for500 gram crabs—prices that

please much crab farmers andwish they had more crabs to har-vest for the season.

Hence, the PCIP on the man-grove crab aims to establish asustainable supply of crablets by

protecting the spawning ground, protecting the mangrove areasand other shing grounds wherecrablets grow, and introducingnew production technologies forcrab growing and fattening.

It also intends to improveexisting producers’ productivecapacity and competitiveness asthe province is even eyeing theinternational market for its mud

CRAB OF CATANDUANES

crabs.“We are looking at the

ve biggest crab-consuming

countries—China, USA, Japan,Korea and Thailand. Corner -ing just a portion of the interna-tional market, especially duringthe winter season when thesecountries experience consider -able drop in the supply of crabs,would be a big lift to our indus-try,” Gov. Araceli Wong had ear-lier said.

All the province needs is the participation of all stakeholders,including the private sector, inthe provincial government’s ef-forts to maximize the develop-ment of the industry towards the

production of more export qual-ity products, she stressed.

The PDRP will be a big boostonce the PCIP for mud crab isapproved and funded, given thatthe project involves the provi-sion of key infrastructure, fa-cilities, technology, and supportinformation using science-basedtools such as vulnerability andsuitability assessment, VCA,geomapping and geotagging,according to Ceballo.

So far, the Catanduanes mudcrab industry is enjoying thesupport of the Bureau of Fish-eries and Aquatic Resources,

Department of Science andTechnology, Department ofEnvironment and Natural Re-sources, Department of laborand Employment and Catand-uanes State University.

The provincial government,for its part, is maintaining theCatanduanes Crab Center (CCC)which serves as a source of crab-lets for grow-out and fattening

by shpond operators.It carries out a special pro-

gram for "queen" or "gravid"crabs designed to ensure thesustainability of the industry inthe province, which originallyowned the “crab capital of thePhilippines” title and lost to Ne-

gros about three decades ago.Since the start of its op-

erations way back in 2007, theCCC, according to Wong, hasnot only addressed the rampant

poaching and illegal transport ofcrablets out of the island but alsostandardized the operations ofthe crab nursery and the cultureof crab larvae to crablet sizes forlocal grow-out production.

She added that the province’smud crab industry is focusing onthe production of female crabsthat play an important role inmarketing, particularly in Asiancountries such as Japan, Taiwan,Hong Kong and Singapore.-PNA

the mobile passport services.

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bring two (2) valid identica-

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be renewed (rst two pages

and the last two pages).

For more details and infor-

mation, the CamSur Employ-

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at telephone 054-4775858/ 4777468 / 09198775952 /

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TWO-DAY MOBILE PASSPORT . . .

sent of the parties."

Mayor John Bongat, who

is still on ofcial leave, hailed

the decision of the Ombuds-

man, saying that the city’sdecision was solely based on

legal grounds.

In a text message sent to

OMBUDSMAN DROPS BUS TERMINAL CASE . . .

the members of the media,

Bongat stated that the recent

Ombudsman decision “af -

rms the propriety and legal-

ity of the City government’s peaceful takeover of the for-

mer Central Bus Station now

called the Bicol Central Sta-

tion.”

Bongat further stated that,

“At the end of the day, the

law and the interests of all

Nagueños, over and above

anybody’s personal inter-ests, shall prevail. We were

elected to serve not just one,

but all!”

The case for violation of

Section 3 (e) of Republic Act

(RA0 No. 3019) and GraveMisconduct and/ or conduct

Prejudicial to the best inter-

est of the service was led by

FPM Corporation, represent-

ed by businessman Fortunato

P. Mendoza on July 1, 2014.



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By ANA-LIZA S.

MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY --- A

Joint Resolution dis-

missing both criminal

and administrative

charges led againstthe Naga City ofcials,

including other city

personnel was released

by the Ofce of the

Ombudsman recently,

upholding the city’s le-

gitimate claim on the

operation and manage-

ment of the Naga City

Central Bus Terminal

(NCBT).

Vice Mayor Nelson Lega-

cion, together with other city

ofcials joined the mem-

bers of the media in a pressconference Friday to share

the good news that the case

led against them my FPM

Corporation was dismissed

by the Ombudsman on the

ground that the NCBT, now

Bicol Central Station (BCS)

is owned by the city.

In its decision, the Om-

budsman "nds no prob-

able cause and/or substantial

evidence to hold the respon-

dents criminally and ad-

ministratively liable for the

offenses charged”. The deci-

sion further ruled that "BCS

is owned by the City", hence

"cannot be precluded from itsmanagement and operation".

Excerpts from the decision

noted further that the FPM

Corporation "cannot claim

any vested right to manage

or operate (BCS) perpetually

or to demand its renewal as

a matter of right." The Om-

budsman added that "basic is

the rule that contracts can be

renewed only by mutual con-

Albay, Yamanashi eye tourism, DRR ties

MT. FUJI MT. MAYON

LEGAZPI CITY —

World famous Mt, Fuji in

Yamanashi prefecture in

Japan and Mt. Mayon in

Albay will soon be kin. Both

are active volcanoes and

enticingly beautiful and at-

tractive tourist attractions,

even as they are similarly

furious and destructive

when they erupt.

Ofcials of Yamanashi

prefecture and Albay have

started discussions last week

on a sisterhood agreement

for their two top assets which

will benet their develop-

ment programs, particularly

tourism.

The provincial govern-

ment of Albay said the“planned sisterhood between

two of the world’s most beau-

tiful and stunning volcanoes

— Mt Fuji and Mt. Mayon

— is a major marketing coup

for the Philippines and the

Department of Tourism, and

there is no doubt Albay and

the whole Bicol region will

gain a major boost from this

tourism alliance.”

Aside from tourism, the

sisterhood agreement also

explores partnership in disas-

ter risk reduction and climate

change adaptation for which

Albay has been a global

model, as well as on educa-tion, agriculture, trade and

investments.

Four representatives

from Yamanashi’s Fueiki

City headed by Mayor Seiji

Kurishima met with Salceda

and other Albay provincial

ofcials Oct. 21 at the Dia-

mond Hotel in Manila and

started talks on areas of part-

nership that could link up

their development programs.

PARENTAL EFFECTIVENESSNaga City Councilor Elmer Baldemoro addresses participants

in the Solo Parent's Federation (NCSPF) Inc. 'parent

effectiveness seminar' to help create better family ties and

relations for the city's families.

Two-day mobile passport processing at CamSur PESOThe CamSur Employ-

ment Center of the provin-

cial government of Cama-

rines Sur, in collaboration

with the Department of

Foreign Affairs (DFA), Ma-

nila will conduct again the

Mobile Passport Service on

November 28 & 29, 2015

at the Capitol Convention

Center, Capitol Complex,

Cadlan, Pili, Camarines

Sur.

This is meant to address

the growing needs of provin-

cial residents seeking to avail

swifter processing of their passports.

CamSur PESO head,

Ms. Sha Torallo said that

on Saturday, Nov. 28, from

9:00AM-4:00PM, the activ-

ity scheduled is purely the

processing of passport appli-

cations which will continue

on Sunday, Nov. 29, from

9:00AM-12:00NN only.

She said this early her

ofce is now accepting re-

quired documents to avail of

the passport service as well as

in conducting the pre-regis-

tration of applicants in order

to determine the limited slots

for processing of passport ap-

plications.

For new applicants inter-

ested to apply, the required

documents for assessment

include an authenticated birth

certicate from the Philip-

pine Statistic Authority but

if said document is blurred

specically entries for neces-

sary data, i.e., Name, Date of

Birth, and others, a certica-

tion from Civil Registrar’s

Ofce must be sought as ref-

erence; marriage certicate

for married women; original

and photocopy of school cre-

dentials (Form 137, Diplo-

ma, Transcript of Records);

everyone is also advised to

bring other documents which

can further support personal

identity. All interested are

likewise encouraged to visit

online www.dfa.gov.ph for

further information on re-

quired documents to avail of

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All members of

UNC HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS ‘68

Annual Homecoming and

Christmas Party Dec. 5, 2015 -South Hills Resto & Grills

Magsaysay Ave., Naga City

Activities start at 1:00 p.m.

Kindly contact 0927-422-0433 for any concern.

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Documents

Bikol Reporter November 8 - 14, 2015 Issue