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regional exponent for progressvol. xxii, no. 49 Bicol, the philippines septemBer 6-12, 2015 p5.00

New highway to boost Partido economyCaramoan, Cam. Sur-

a total of 94.2 kilometers of concrete road from Lag-onoy to this fast-emerging tourism town inaugurated over the weekend is now seen by its proponent to propel the economic devel-opment of the Caramoan Peninsula.

Where before this area is considered as puro, or dead end, now it will be a new cen-tro because of this highway, Fourth District Representative Wimpy Fuentebella told resi-dents awaiting at the bound-ary marker of Lagonoy and Presentacion towns during the start of the Partido Caravan 2015 on September 5.

By FraNk PeoNes Jr.

HigHway inauguration FPJCaramoan Mayor Constantino H. Cordial Jr. hands to Tigaon Mayor arnie Fuentebella the cut ceremonial ribbon signaling the completion of the Gov. Felix a. Fuentebella National Highway which was inaugurated last september 5 marking the 100th birth anniversary of the former Camarines sur governor. The inauguration was attended by Partido mayors like Manghay Delena of Presentacion, ruel Velarde of Tinambac, UNeP President Peachie alfelor Moraleda, former House speaker Noli Fuentebella and 4th District representative Wimpy Fuentebella.

The caravan was held in time to mark the 100th Birth Anniversary of former Ca-marines Sur Governor Felix A. Fuentebella whose dream it was to link the Caramoan Peninsula with a road net-work and after whom the new highway was named.

Felix also served as the Representative of the 2nd District of Camarines Sur from the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Congress, that is, from 1953-1972.

Under R.A. 8968 approved on October 4, 2000, the erst-while Caramoan Peninsula Road was renamed Governor Felix A. Fuentebella National Highway.

It covers the 31.73 km. Lagonoy-Presentac ion road;, the 18.65 km. Presen-tacion-Maligaya road; the 31.748 Maligaya Junction-Caramoan-Guijalo road; and the 12.075 km. Maliga-ya-Garchitorena road.

The history of this highway has its beginning in the dream of the late governor, continued under the time of Speaker Noli Fuentebella and pursued to its final realization by this representation as a legacy not to our family but to the people of Partido, the late governors grandson said.

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NAGA CITY This city expects more than one million devotees coming here from the transfer-procession of the Our Lady of Peafrancias (revered here as Ina) image n Sept. 11 to the fiestas culmination in a colorful fluvial procession along Naga River on Sep. 19.

This significant annual religious event is done in celebration of the centuries-old indigenous devotion to the Ina, with the citys fiesta being held for nine days beginning the second Friday of September.

Naga City Mayor John Bongat has formally reactivated the operation center of the Inter-Agency Task Group for the Peafrancia fiesta and asked representatives of member-agencies, including

over 1M eyedin Fridays traslacion

uniformed personnel, to help maintain the religiosity and encourage deeper devotion to Ina during the nine-day fiesta.

Composed of government agencies, civic groups and the Catholic Church here, the task group was created to handle the celebration of tercentenary devotion to Ina for the devotion to thrive from its original devotees of locals called cimmarrones in 1710 to devotees outside of Bicol and the country at present times.

Member agencies are the regional disaster risk reduction council, the 9th Infantry Spear Division, Philippine National Police, Philippine Navy, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Air Force, Bureau of Fire Protection, Land Transportation Office,

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANthe Senate. She has a revered lawyer father (my Nu Kappa Phi frat brother Tony Gerona), nationally honored late husband (Sec. Jesse), a loving young family, pleasing but simple and demure personal aura on top of her professional credentials, and her sincere ways of making her thoughts known to listeners. We trust Lenis radiant eyes much more than the secretive expressions of Sen. Grace!

INFLATION: Philippine inflation eased to record-low 0.6% last month - amid declining food prices as well as cheaper power rates and lower transport fares. These were brought about by the declining global oil prices (my average cost of gasoline now is P37.00/liter). The Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) compared the present rate with 4.9% in August last year. For the first eight months of 2015, average inflation settled at 1.7%, already below the governments 2% to 4% target for the year.

According to the Dept. of Finance, this record-low inflation has provided the financial policy makers more space

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

NEWS HEADS: October (candidacy filing deadline) will be reckoning month for new and old politicians, whether part of their political family dynasty or not. Let us just read the news lines: Mar vows to be the next Visayan president. Binay close to choosing VP partner. LP should give up offer to Poe and choose another VP bet - shes not worth it! Bongbong Marcos has no 2016 plans yet. Leni Robredo, Leila de Lima not interested in VP post (but may go for the Senate fight).

Meantime, Albay politics has taken a shift towards hard-fighting. Gov. Salceda has reiterated that he is now running for Congress (second district) under the LP banner to be led by presidential bet Mar Roxas. He will be running against the Ako Bikol candidate who revealed his anti-Mar color by joining the caravan of not-yet a candidate Grace Poe. With Salcedas (Albay) and Robredos (CamSur) leaderships the LP stands a good chance of cornering the Bikol vote majority.

SOME VIEWS: We strongly speculate that the Grace Poe-Chiz Escudero friendship will translate into a Pres-VP tandem for 2016. Without their supposed close ties, Poe would have already accepted Roxas keen invitation. In anticipation, anti-Chiz stalwarts have started circulating in media and social circles, saying that Chiz may be popular nationally but evaluation of his performance in his congressional district in Sorsogon is below par.

Congw. Leni Robredo has many strong points going for her possible fight for

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Biz Buzz spoke to sources both within the INC and outside it to piece together the series of events that led to last weekends vehicular traffic-paralyzing street protest.

This all started with the rise to power of INCs current executive minister Eduardo Manalo, who succeeded his father, the late Erao Manalo, in 2010.

As with most changes in leadership, the younger Manalo had his own inner circle, resulting in the exclusion of some formerly influential senior members from this elite

group. The grumbling led to a full-blown schism in recent weeks.

According to the INC source, some officials of the ruling Liberal Party were aware of this internal rift and decided to exploit it in an effort to weaken the bloc voting strength of the group.

Angel Manalo (Eduardos younger brother) was out of the power loop, along with a few others, the source said. What some administration people did was approach the disgruntled members and urge them to go against the leadership.

The goal of this move is supposed to weaken the INC, which they knew would never support Mar Roxas (the administrations bet for the 2016 polls), the source said. So how do you neutralize INCs power? By breaking it up.

The source said this move by the administration or its allies was inspired by a historical precedent, which he called the greatest crisis in INCs history.

T h e I N C i n s i d e r s a i d t h e

We are now in the novena week of the Divino Rostro and Feast of Our Regional Patroness, Our Lady of Peafrancia, our Beloved Ina. Lets pray and thank them for the peace are enjoying in our region and for saving us from destructive typhoons and for their love and protection. Viva el Divino Rostro! Viva Nuestra Sra. de Peafrancia!

One week before the Iglesia ni Cristo held its peaceful assembly in some streets of Manila, Quezon City and Mandaluyong, TV Net 25 reported the result of the INCs survey among its members as to who their preference for President is in the 2016 election. VP Jejomar Binay got ninety three percent (93%) and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas got six percent (6%). It seems this has connection with the following excerpts from the column of Daxim L. Lucas Biz Buzz in the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated September 2, 2015 entitled What is meant by separation of state and church.

Im glad there were no violent incidences and their protest assemblies ended peacefully after a quiet dialogue with government officials.

Lets thank Divino rostro and our Lady of Peafrancia & What INC meant by separation of Church and state

NENITA FuENTEBELLA-PEONES

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For country or the party?

at the inauguration of the Gov. Felix a. Fuentebella National Highway over the weekend, Fourth District representative Wimpy Fuentebella narrated the history of the self-same road.

From his story, one sensed how the fate of the said highway was inevitably and sadly, linked to our countrys political culture.

It got support and funding if the one occupying Malacanang was their political ally; and it remained on the sideline, if the President was not.

so, we cannot blame the Fuentebellas if at one time, they clamored for the separation of the Partido area as a separate province, a move which we think they should continue to pursue. as the title of the book of the British economist, schumacher, puts it: small is Beautiful.

so, we cannot blame them if the road system of the area had deteriorated or been neglected for some time.

Times have changed and last weekend, the local media was hown how the Partido area is now all interconnected with a network of good (read, well paved) roads.

Thanks to the persistence and commitment of the districts current representative. alls well that ends well.

Yet, what if ones representative is one who can only stare at the ceiling of Congress, counting the lizards, and unconcerned about lawmaking or his district? or worse, not an ally of the Malacanang occupant.

Clearly, this is what is wrong with a representative government ruled by party politicians.

This is what is causing our slow train to progress.

We cannot always rely on the commitment of our representatives in Congress. We also need a responsive system that puts the welfare of the country first before ones party affiliation.

Has the Aquino government yielded to the demand of the Iglesia ni Cristo? The intriguing silence of both camps after the President and the INC leaders locked themselves in conference, has kept everyone guessing.An apparently unguarded remark made by an INC official that victory was theirs has given us some light.

The fearless guess is that the government has given several inches of its ground. The voluntary dispersal of the protesters has conveyed the impression that the government has softened. That is how we look at it.

The INCs demand? The resignation of Justice Sec. Leila de Lima whom it accused of making a mountain out of a molehill of the serious illegal detention charge filed against its top people..If you do not suspect anything, I smell something fishy in the sudden withdrawal of the mass protest.

Sec. De Lima, however, said that she would resign upon her filing the certificate

of candidacy for senator. The date of filing is October, this year, not too distant. The INC can wait. What is a few weeks of waiting?

Such things do not augur well for the ordinary citizens.A powerful religious group by its sheer numbers, appears to have bullied the government into swallowing its demand.It could result in the serious illegal detention charge pursued with deliberate delay.

There are countless ways of killing a cat, streetwise people would say.

The accuser, dismissed INC Minister Samson, has appealed to the Aquino administration to be transparent,to reveal the result of the meeting.He probably feared a whitewash.

Like many of us, Samson knows that he is fighting a very influential organization. Its solid votes of several millions can easily install in Malacanang an ambitious politician.

It is election season. And every dreamy-eyed politico is courting the INC.

If my hunch is correct and the two camps have entered into what can be aptly described as a devilpact,the ordinary citizen, the poor and unconnected has much reason to go sleepless.Who will take up the cudgels for him if his rights are assaulted by the powerful.

The state has a sworn duty, a very

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to maneuver at a time when the El Nino phenomenon in the Asia Pacific threatens the local economy. El Nino is expected to persist in the Philippines up to middle of next year (2016). Already, government has alerted all agencies to make hay while the sun shines moderately and the isolated rains continue to fall. The citizenry should study how to stock water well and with sanitary systems.

INDUSTRY: Now the bad news contra the low inflation! Indus t r ia l production continued to struggle in this country due to weak global demand particularly from second world industrial giant China. Analysts said in its latest Asia Pacific preview that industrial production in the Philippines likely contracted 3.3% in July after shrinking by 3.6% percent last year. Base effects have exacerbated the slump from low oil prices and weakened global demand steaming from China.

The factory output is expecting upticks in food production after recovering from the series of typhoons that ravaged our country. (Note that fruits, especially bananas are now becoming cheaper in the marketplace!). Despite the many recent typhoons and LPAs passing by agricultural and infrastructure damages suffered by affected provinces are still bearable. Let us strengthen our faith that all the good things we enjoy and the safeties we are provided with all come from the Almighty!

WISDOM: Sufferings draw us apart from our worldly ways even as they bring us closer to our loving God.

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Deputy Provincial Director Romeo Pillionar of the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office, a recognized UN Bomb expert shared his knowledge during the Bomb awareness seminar held by sM City Naga last august 24, 2015. The seminar was aimed at equipping personnel with the needed skills in responding to bomb threats, enhance their awareness on explosive devices and its impact to infrastructure. He also conducted live demonstration of detonation of IED. Some 257 participants from the mall and affiliates, including security, janitorial and engineering personnel, operations department, and tenants attended the seminar.

Malaya Bio launcH FPJIriga City Mayor ronald Felix Gang-gang alfelor receives from former Camarines sur schools Division superintendent Corazon e. Malaya copies of the biography of her late husband, Judge Angel S. Malaya. They were joined by the books author and the Malaya children.

Book on Judges Judge launched

DeNr zooms in on Geohazards

A biography of the first City Fiscal of Iriga was launched over the weekend as part of the celebration of the citys 47th Charter Foundation anniversary.

Appropriately titled At the Birth of a City, it tells the life story of Judge Angel S. Ma-laya, from his birth in 1928 to his appointment as the first City Fiscal of Iriga in 1968, the year when the old munici-pality of Iriga was converted into a city; his appointment as a Regional Trial Court Judge in 1987; and his death in 1996 at the age of 67.

As one of the founding fa-thers of Iriga, Judge Malaya is credited for having pushed for the naming of most of the streets of Iriga, as well as in initially having the various ordinances of the city codi-

fied. He also initiated the composition of the citys of-ficial hymn; and as an active Rotarian president, in having one of the streets in the city named Rotary Road.

The inauguration of the same road as captured in a photographed showing him leading the representative of the Rotary International pres-ident, Hari Harilela, the late Mayor Jose C. Villanueva, Fil-Chinese business leader Benito S. Ngo towards its di-rection.

As a trial judge, the Vox Bicol issue of January 21-27, 1996 issue hailed him as a judges judge, while his decisions and rulings stand out not only for being just yet compassionate (and) mixed with homespun wisdom, but true to his name, angelic and

free from partisan political in-terference and petty personal biases.

In 1961, he married Cora-zon Enciso Malaya, a Civil Service Commission Pag-asa awardee and the founder of the Camarines Sur Teachers and Employees Multi-pur-pose Cooperative for which the Cooperative Develop-ment Authority named her the Most Outstanding Coop-erative Leader in 2012 and an Ulirang Ina award in 2010.

The couple are the parents of current Philippine Ambas-sador to Malaysia, J. Eduardo Malaya and former DepEd Assistant Secretary, Jonathan Malaya.

The book is written by Melandrew T. Velasco, the family biographer of former President Fidel V. Ramos.

agri-tourism up in Bicol expoBy aNa-LIza s. MaCaTaNGaY

naGa CITY --- Tourism and agriculture take center stage as the 4th Bicol Tour-ism and Food Expos (BIT-FEX) countdown starts to build up the anticipation and excitement of key play-ers in tourism, food service and Local Government units (LGus).

By DaNNY o. CaLLeJa

LEGaZPI CITY - The regional office for Bicol here of the Department of Environment and natu-ral resources (DEnr) has intensified its information and education campaign to enhance the prepared-ness of local authorities against geological hazards confronting their respective localities.

Being initiated through its Mines and Geosciences Bu-reau (MGB), the initiative is part of DENRs Geohazard Mapping and Assessment Program under the govern-ments Ready Multi-hazard Mapping and Assessment for Effective Community-based Disaster Risk Management Project.

Since the MGB has al-ready completed the mapping and assessment activities, DENR Regional Director Gilbert Gonzales on Thurs-day said, the priority now is the provision of information to educate local authorities on the geohazards being faced by their respective places.

Through these mapping and assessment activities,

Migration paperMayor John Bongat beams after he sat as the only Filipino member of the 12-man steering committee which drafted the White Paper on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning in Geneva last week.

Slated from September 16 to 19 at the SM City Grounds here, the expo endeavors to showcase the great potential of Bicolano products, in-cluding its marketability and competitiveness. Under its Tabang sa Turismo, Tabang sa Pagnenegosyo theme, the activity also intends to high-

light the contribution of small entrepreneurs in the growth of the national economy.

The 4-day exhibit which is being spearheaded by the PBN Broadcasting Network, Inc. for 4 years in a row now, has lined up daily themed-ac-tivities to give visitors oppor-tune chances to take a closer look at the various industries and business opportunities that are up for grabs.

On September 16, tourism key players, including those in the field of Agriculture are specifically enjoined to par-take of the Agri-Tourism Day.

It will feature the impact, op-portunities and challenges of the ASEAN Integration in the Agriculture and Tourism in-dustries in the Bicol Region. An agri-tourism forum will shortly follow.

PBN Project Director and Executive-Vice President Glenn J. Barcelon said that they have also highlighted the significance of the con-vergence between public-pri-vate partnership and come up with an advocacy on how we can brace up with the entry of the ASEAN Economic Com-munity.

The partnerships will be between the SM City Naga, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Depart-ment of Tourism, the City Government of Naga, the De-partment of Trade and Indus-try, Technical Education and Skills Development Author-ity, Rubert Games Exhibit Masters Inc, and other private and public institutions.

Dubbed Asenso Bicola-no Day, the organizers will highlight the coconut indus-try on its 2nd day, to promote the potentials and oppor-

tunities of the said product in the world market. It will be recalled that in 2013, the demand for coconut water soared high, raising the chal-lenge to the industry to meet the burgeoning demand for more production. Over the recent years, demand for co-conut and its by-products has also become one of the most sought after for health buffs.

For foodies whose palates continue to look for new in-novations, the 3rd day is just a perfect time to attend the Bicol Food Festival, a show-

the MGB was able to come up with maps in hard copies accompanied by soft or digitized copies from where local disaster authorities could identify zones prone to natural hazards such as earthquake, storm surge, rain or earthquake-triggered land-slides, tsunami, flood and liq-uefaction, Gonzales said.

The maps, now in the hands of local officials, de-

termine flood hazard suscep-tibility zones based on the geomorphological analysis of landforms and the fluvial sys-tem and carries information on flood occurrences, flood depths, duration of inunda-tion as well as topographic information supported the geomorphologically-based flood.

Landslide hazard suscep-tibility zones, on the other

hand, were derived through qualitative map combination using lithology, geomorphol-ogy, slope gradient and fault distance.

The Global Information System (GIS) was used in the map with combination and subjective weights assigned to each unit in the parameter map.

The maps, designed ac-

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kamundagan nin syudad

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kan Iriga bilang ika-tolong syudad kaidto sa Bikol. Tinabangan siya sa Camara kaidto ni representante Eddie Ilarde kan Pasay, na saro man na Irigueno.

Sa pagtiripon kan Guy Jesters International sa Manila kan nakaaging bulan, mamundong sinabi niya na an Iriga is a dying city.

Dai ta aram kun ano an basehan kan dating host kan Student Canteen na nagin Senador asin nakaiba sa pambobomba sa Plaza Miranda kaidto. Alagad, sigurado akong dai siya mabutas nin tataramon na siring kun mayo siyang basehan.

Saro si Ilarde sa mga saradit na gapo kan pagkapatindog kan syudad kan Iriga. Kun nagrururo o nagagadan ini, siring sa saiyang sinabi, garo sarong bagay na dapat pagatid-atidon kan mga taga-Iriga.

An sarong syudad dai namumundag sa sarong aldaw o kaya sa espwerso nin sarong katawo sana. An sarong syudad, siring sa sarong edificio napapatindog huli sa sinasabi ni Rizal na mga sararadit na gapo.

Kan Sabado, piglunsar an sarong biograpiya kan enot na City Fiscal kan Iriga, an depuntong Judge Angel S. Malaya, esposo kan dati man na superintendent kan DepEd Camarines Sur, asin ama kan embahador kan Pilipinas, si Eduardo Malaya.

Pigsurat kan biographer ni dating Presidente Fidel V. Ramos, an At the Birth of a City, pigsusog an buhay kan dating huwes na inapod kan sarong lokal na peryodiko na sarong judges judge.

Si Judge Malaya saro kan mga sararadit na gapo na nakapatindog kan Syudad nin Iriga na nagselebrar kan

Septyembre Tres kan ika-47ng taon kan pagkatugdas kaini kan 1968 susog sa R.A. 5261.

Bakong pagkakataon man na kan nakaaging Sabado piginaguraran an Gov. Felix A. Fuentebella National Highway sa Partido. Si Gob. Fuentebella iyo an nagpadrino kan ley na naggibo

Competencies of englishCommunication Subject

By VICTorIa P. VarGas T-2,sta. Barbara elem. school, Nabua east District

Serious questions have been asked about the appropriate-ness of teaching competencies in English as a medium of com-munication for a people searching for a clear-cut identity.

Much as our purist and nationalist wanted to erase all traces of American colonial influence, they knew that the language, rather than the dreams, was less difficult to delete. Or so, they thought. There are some orders to require government offices to communicate in our national language, and requiring all schools to use it as a medium of instruction, the campaign to Filipinize our information and communication highways and network has not met with much enthusiasm or success.

Although most Filipino understands and is literate in the national language, it is not their mother tongue. Many of us have little use for it except when travelling to other areas in the country, watching local movies made in Manila, reading comics and tabloids published in Manila, watching local TV programs produced in Manila, and listening to the pronouncement of na-tional officials, most of who come from capital region.

The education system, long used to English textbooks and instructions, had to scramble for Filipino books and qualified teacher who could speak Filipino.

Perhaps, the best lesson we can learn from that experience is that language grows slowly. It cannot be transplanted and expected to blossom quickly by a mere presidential decree.

This is not to say that Filipino will never be able to feel a sense of whom and what they are because they do not speak the same indigenous language. They were united enough when they came out in the streets. English and Filipino had very little to do with it. It had to do with knowing they nurtured a common dream in whatever language they happened to be fluent in. Keep trying to find ways to increase their English proficiency in the light of international relations, global coop-eration and rapid development and computers and telecom-munications, we have been engaged in finding a voice we can truly call our own.

One day, we may find that voice and speak in unison, but until then, I believe that English can do it for us, too. That is, if we stop thinking of it as a colonial instrument that broke our spirit, but as the code that helped us breaks through other worlds.

Language, they say, is the key to understanding others. Teaching English subject for me as a teacher is quite chal-

lenging. You should be able to present different teaching strat-egies on how the pupils speak, write, learn and above all per-form their comprehension in such a way a pupil can achieved, after all, does English can be also be used as a key to under-standing ourselves.

Teaching strategiesin Mathematics

By aLBerTo L. HerNaNDez T- 111Que Gatos Elem. School

Nabua West District

Teaching strategies helps the teacher to go beyond their ex-pectations that the learner should be a good performer. Strat-egies have values component when it comes to the subject mathematics such as: Use of analogies, parallel, and object lessons.

The use of the story of mathematics to illustrate biographi-cal values in the lives of mathematicians. Raise issues relayed to the nature and the usefulness of mathematics through dis-cussion, question or in challenges to pupils. Identify values involved in problems and examples and the use cooperative learning models.

The teaching strategies in mathematics focused on identify-ing values involved in problems and examples thru the use of cooperative learning models, mathematics in this case focused its problem to classify students according to their level of de-velopment.

Approaches in teaching mathematics are intended to bring students closer to the core of said discipline. The use of flash-cards, the use of powerpoint presentation, the use of software for mathematics, silent reading, pep talk, outdoor mathemat-ics, music, poetry, games, journal, puzzles, trivia, mathematics connections and contents.

Teaching strategies in mathematics also deals with achieving quality education. The formulation and validation of an achieve-ment test in mathematics helps a lot when implementing the knowledge they had experience in teaching mathematics in grade school as a tool for measuring their level of learning.

There are sometimes premises or assumptions; what teach-ers should know and can do is the most important influence on what a student learns. Recruiting, preparing and retaining good teachers is the central strategy for improving schools. School reforms cannot succeed unless it focus on the creating the conditions in which the teachers can teach and teach well.

administrations template was a 1930s-era schism within the then nascent church led by a minister, Teofilo Ora. This rebellion obviously failed, but Ora was able to bring with him some members and set up the Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesusa small group that still exists today.

They thought that they could use the internal dissent in INC to foster another rebellion like what happened in the 1930s, the source said, explaining that this intrusion by the government in the churchs internal affairs is what the group decried when they urged the separation of church and state.

It wasnt communicated clearly to the public what INC meant when they asked that the separation of church and state be respected because we couldnt exactly reveal all that to the public just like that, he said. But thats the background of this whole thing.

The INC member said they suspected further intrusions by the government into its internal affairs when they received information that Angel Manalo and former minister Isias Samson Jr. were being urged to speak out against the churchs leadership.

Angel Manalos life in danger from his own brother? Nonsense, the source said, adding the kidnapping charges against the members of the church hierarchy was yet another

from my window . . .

sacred one, to protect the poor and helpless from the oppression of the rich and mighty.It has the resources to make the fight even. But when it abandons that duty , what will happen to you and me.

This is betrayal of the highest order, a treachery that Heaven should not condone.

Politicians are politicians, whether new or veteran.All they think of are their private interests. When the INC massed infront of the DOJ,and other areas, Jejomar Binay lost no time showing himself to the protesters and condemning the alleged interference in the INC internal affairs .

Even Grace Poe who is eyeing the presidency came. The INC was apparently grateful. That was equivalent to a million votes. Bicolano Sen Chiz Escudero also showed up. What was he doing there?

If a pact was ,indeed, entered into, Aquino probably did it out of fear of the INC reprisal.His anointed successor, Mar Roxas, would lose the INC votes. That would spell the demise of his Matuwid na daan.

So what is wrong with delaying the investigation of the serious illegal detention charge?Even if Samson would create much noise, his voice would be ignored.The INC, with its numbers can move anything with its massed voices.

Who among our honorable politicianscould stand in the way of the INC?

The Philippines is notorious for its compartmentalized justice, one justice for the poor, another justice for the rich. Amen.Is there a visible change?

a question of privilege . . .

attempt to sway INCs 1.2-million bloc voting members to support the administration candidate.

Thus, last Wednesday night, the INCs Sanggunianits highest policymaking bodydecided to order its members out into the streets to protest this so-called intrusion by the government.

Deped Financial Management for a More Efficient and Faster Service

By GINa MarIa T. BerNaLesSenior Bookkeeper

Sta. Lutgarda National High SchoolNew Poblacion, Cabusao, Camarines Sur

Bounded by the Mission, Vision and Goals of the Department of Education, this agency in our government upon whose shoul-ders is given the responsibility of educating its citizenry, it has not stopped for formulate ways to provide the best service in order to carry out its responsibility.

We have been privy to many innovations in the school sys-tem, from curriculum changes and varied strategies, all meant to make education in the country highly responsive.

As part of its aim to move forward and meet its mission, vi-sion and goals, the departments financial management is given a lot of attention,

Financial management, as a common knowledge, is related to the funds of any agency. It is specifically meant to guide the agency make optimum position of funds. It is, likewise, meant to minimize costs and control money in the agency in the same manner that it makes faster and more efficient the operation of the agency in terms of managing its finances.

In the highly digitalized world today where technology had practically placed man almost in command of many things that long before were not within his reach, it is a wonder that the flow of education, business, even the medical profession is unthink-ably faster and easier even by a mere touch. Many transactions have become paperless. It is not also a wonder but something to be happy over, is the enhanced financial reporting system in the Department of Education. It now employs the budget monitoring system. All these are programmed for a more efficient and faster flow or documents, records and the likes..

To make things and transactions even easier and faster, the department uses online submission of budget proposals thus saving time and the result is even error-free.

Payroll is digitalized. This is a trend. DepEd is at level with the whole modern world in terms of managing its finances. It just calls for men and women in the office to be highly technical literate. The computer has taken hold of man and this is another wonder. Financial management calls for men and women who are honest in managing their time as well and calls for profes-sionalism in their line of work. This is of course given.

Financial management is a sure way how an agency or insti-tution achieves its mission, vision and goal.

The wonderful thing about financial management is its se-cret words which are accountability and transparency. In short, the management calls for persons who know their specific jobs in the industry specifically in the management section and pre-sumed accountable and transparent in their work.

Financial management encompasses all of the management, process, and behavioral aspects of structuring efficient monitor-ing. With financial management now in its full operation, there is not just one but many reasons to claim that the Department of Education is continuously seeking new and better operation of its finances with the right financial managers to meet the mis-sion, vision and goals.

This is close to saying that DepEd is in the best of hands.

Iriga City celebrates47th Charter anniversary

Highlights of this years 47th Charter Anniversary cel-ebration of the City of Iriga are the Majorettes-DLC (Drum and Lyre Corps) and LED-Dance Squad Cheerleading and Military competitions with practically all the schools in the Rinconada area in partici-pation. A Crack Platoon Silent Fancy Drill competition will be another attraction in this years celebration.

Recognition of Iriguenos who have made the city proud in the field of agriculture will be recognized. Dubbed Gal-ing Irigueno the award will be its first.

The week-long celebration opened with the Banchetto at the city plaza. Other events will be the Mt. Asog Mountain Bike Xtreme Challenge, the launching of the Go-4 Healthy, a city-wide blood letting activ-ity, the book launching of At the Birth of a City, the JCI Southern Luzon Area confer-ence, the 10 Miler Solidarity Run sponsored by the Philip-pine Nurses Association, Iriga City-Rinconada Chapter, the Financial Literacy OFW Ex-tended Family Seminar spon-sored by Beam and Go and the

Pag-ibig Loyalty Card Enrol-ment kiosk and application.

The executive committee is headed by Mayor Ronald Felix Y. Alfelor, with Vice-Mayor Omar G. Ampongan, former Mayor Madelaine Alfelor-Gazmen, Ruben de los Santos, City Administrator and the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Santos Audal, Jr., Fatima Tino, Sonny Magistra-do, Fernando Berina, Jr., Dante Oliva, Jessie Abonite. Sr., Jose Grimaldo, Manvir Ignao, Christian Emmanuel Alfelor, Benjamin Epres and Vicente Lagatic with the technical working committees headed by Peter Lagyap and the full sup-port of Dr. Nenet Berina, Engr. Nona Vanessa Santiago. Cyril Borromeo, Louie Taduran, Ro-meo Abano, Gener Navales, Noel Lopez, Ariel Abano and Lordan Navales and the event coordinators Jess Gonzales, Romeo Lorenzana, Chito Rem-pillo, Shirlan Bonacua, Jessie Abonite, Jr, Dominic Tino and Maricres Abinal. .

The celebration as usual expects thousands of specta-tors who are natives of the city as well as domestic and foreign tourists.

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ALBERTO S. ALERA AUGUST 1, 2015TRINIDAD A. BIBE AUGUST 1, 2015VENANCIA M. CATIMBANG AUGUST 2, 2015FELIX M. LOPO AUGUST 1, 2015REDENTOR M. BANZUELA AUGUST 5, 2015PETER NATHAN C. BERJA AUGUST 4, 2015ELMER R. MEDRANO AUGUST 11, 2015ANTONIO C. MANZANO AUGUST 16, 2015EDUARDO A. PECONCILLO AUGUST 13, 2015ANACLETA A. HEBULAN AUGUST 14, 2015ELIAS T. ROMAN AuGuST 17, 2015ELEANOR B. ANCIANO AUGUST 18, 2015GABRIEL ENRICO F. PAYTE AUGUST 19, 2015SALVADOR P. TAPEL JR. AUGUST 22, 2015ANTONIO S. SAN ANTONIO AUGUST 24, 2015BELEN F. BARBACENA AUGUST 26, 2015FEDERICO V. REALDA AUGUST 26, 2015MANUELA A. SANDOVAL AUGUST 18, 2015LINO C. BONCODIN SR. AUGUST 30, 2015BENNIE D. BASMAYOR AUGUST 29, 2015EMMANUEL E. TUASON AUGUST 28, 2015DOLORES A. BONGALONTA AUGUST 29, 2015LIONEL B. MONTEMAYOR AUGUST 31, 2015

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anduanes, being on top of the list.

Based on the geo-hazard mapping, almost half of Ca-marines Surs municipalities are classified as high-risk areas for flooding -- which include the towns of Baao, Bato, Bombon, Buhi, Bula, Cabusao, Calabanga, Ca-maligan, Canaman, Gainza, Libmanan, Magarao, Milaor, Minalabac, Nabua and San Fernando which are mostly part of the Bicol River Ba-sin.

The island-province of Catanduanes has been iden-tified as the most landslide-prone province in the region due to rock formations that are already old and cracked and many of its mountains covered with thick soils which erode during heavy rains, according to Gonzales.

With these materials on their hands, he said, it would now be the responsibility of the respective local disaster risk reduction and manage-ment councils to deduce from the multi-hazard maps, particularly the digital ver-sion, the risks being faced by each of their barangays so that the vital information could be properly communi-cated to village officials and residents.

However, according to Gonzales, it remained a re-sponsibility of the DENR-MGB to orient local offi-

denr zooms in on . . . cials on these to widen their knowledge on geohazards faced by their localities and how mitigation could be done at their level.

And while the MGB is going around Bicols six provinces for this informa-tion and education program, Molina said, they have also included in the orientation activities responsible mining with emphasis on the role of the Provincial Mining Regu-latory Board (PMRB) that each province should create under Republic Act 7076 or the Peoples Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991.

Under RA 7076, he said, the PMRB is tasked to imple-ment the policy of the state to promote, develop, protect and rationalize viable small-scale mining activities in order to generate more employment opportunities and provide an equitable sharing of the nations wealth and natural resources.

This law aims to achieve an orderly, systematic and rational development of the small-scale mining, Molina said.

He said his office has been coordinating with Bicol chief executives for the creation and reorganization of PMRB, including the establishment of Minahang Bayan in each province to end illegal small-scale mining operations.

So far, only the provinces

cording to geographic and tectonic settings with em-phasis on areas highly ex-posed to natural hazards, also delineate areas of possible ground settlement through the analysis of the geomor-phological lay of the study area, the sub-surface soils and the ground water levels, Gonzales said.

The mapping project, started two years ago, was funded by the Australian Aid Program through the United Nations Develop-ment Program (UNDP) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

It is being implemented nationwide, particularly in 29 of the countrys 79 prov-

inces that include the six provinces of Bicol, which have been determined to be of greatest risk to disasters, especially those along the eastern seaboard like Cat-anduanes, Gonzales said.

Its main objective, ac-cording to MGB Regional Officer-in-Charge Guillermo Molina Jr., is to identify areas which are susceptible or vul-nerable to various geohazards and to provide information to various stakeholders in or-der to mitigate the impact of these events.

Through the mapping project, MGB has identified 40 municipalities in Bicol that are susceptible to natural disasters with the provinces of Camarines Sur and Cat-

of Masbate and Sorsogon have created their respective PMRBs while Albay, Cat-anduanes, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur are ex-pected to follow suit, Molina said.

Having this mining regu-latory body activated, the first two provinces, he said, are one step ahead of the oth-er four towards establishing their Minahang Bayan but

still, no area has been estab-lished nor identified so far for review of the DENR.

Molina explained that under the new rules, only the PMRB can identify and determine an area within its jurisdiction that is suitable for small-scale mining opera-tions, subject to the review of the DENR secretary through the regional director who will put it under national govern-ment monitoring.

case of various delicacies featuring Bicolanos favor-ite ingredients like sili, gata and pili. Bicols best culinary schools and individuals will test their innovative and cre-ative kitchen spell to bring home the prize.

Not forgetting its religious tradition, the 4th day will be devoted to the Live coverage of the Fluvial procession, one of the highlights of the Pena-francia celebration. This is an annual commitment of PBN Broadcasting Network under the stewardship of its Presi-dent, Brenda Bayona-Locsin.

We are inviting every-one, especially our exhibitors who had been with us for the past years, to partake of these opportunities to promote and

sell their products, showcase events and our tourist attrac-tions. We are also welcoming all the visitors, especially the Marian Devotees to celebrate with us the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia.

BITFEX proceeds will go to the scholarship and social development projects of PBN Foundation.

agri-tourism up . . .


The rationalization programof Deped division of Cam. sur

By eLMer V. TeNa, Ph. D.Administrative Officer V FinanceDepeD, Division of Camarines sur

Under DepED Order No. 9, s. 2015 entitled School Cal-endar for School Year (SY) 2015-2016, the SY 2015-2016 shall begin on Monday, June 1, 2015 and shall end on Friday, April 1, 2016. The SY will consist of 201 school days, inclu-sive of the five-day In-Service Training (INSET) break. In DepED Camarines Sur, new sets of personnel and employees shall administer the implementation of various administrative, programs, projects, and activities owing to the full implemen-tation of Rationalization Program (RP).

The DepED RP is a materialization of Executive Order No. 366, the order DIRECTING A STRATEGIC REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE EX-ECUTIVE BRANCH AND PROVIDING OPTIONS AND INCENTIVES FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE FUNCTIONS AND AGENCIES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, approved by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 4, 2004. Illustrated below is the staff dis-tribution of different positions before and after the RP. Under the Program, while key, technical, and support to technical po-sitions experience considerable percent increase in the num-ber of positions, the administrative group had decreased from 16,172 positions to 6,385 or 32%.

The implementation of RP also requires an overhaul of the structural framework of the School Division Office (SDO) in such a way that offices are clustered to major strands of ser-vice objectives and key functions where the focus is support to the schools:

References: DepED Order No. 9, s. 2015Dir. Gilbert T. Sadsad Powerpoint presentationLectures of Ms Lanie Velasco

all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPe IGUaL-DaD PaWNsHoP, Cor. Igualdad ext. & J. Hernandez ave., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from april 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on oCToBer 01, 2015 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 NooN.

redemption/renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until sePTeMBer 28, 2015 only. THe MaNaGeMeNTBIkoL rePorTerPublished: sePTeMBer 6 and 13, 2015

notice to tHe puBlicauction sale/suBasta

all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPe eXPLor-er PaWNsHoP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, abella st., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned fromapril 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on oCToBer 01, 2015 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 NooN.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at roWeNa asPe PaWNsHoP, P. Burgos st., corner J. Hernandez avenue, Naga City, pawned from april 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on oCToBer 01, 2015 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 NooN.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at r. M. asPe PaWNsHoP, Cor. Panganiban & elias angeles street, Naga City, pawned from april 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on oCToBer 01, 2015 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 NooN.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at asPe CroWN-JeWeL PaWNsHoP & JeWeLrY sTore, Bichara Mall corner J. Hernandez & Gen. Luna sts., Naga City, pawned from april 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on oCToBer 01, 2015 from 9:00 a.M.-12:00 NooN.



samhod or brooms of Pre-sentacion or the yellow fin tuna caught in the gulf will now be readily available in the market for instance, in Tigaon, in less than an hour; or tourists coming from Naga City will only take three hours to be able to enjoy the beaches of Caramoan, he added.

For his part, Former Speaker Noli Fuentebella re-called that it was Hermogenes Obias, his maternal grandfa-ther, who first expressed the need to construct the Lagonoy to Caramoan road.

The inauguration of Gov.

new highway to Boost . . .Felix A. Fuentebella Highway now completely links the road network connecting the Parti-do area to the main highway artery of the province, partic-ularly with the Governor Jose T. Fuentebella National High-way which begins at barangay Anayan in Pili to Lagonoy.

This highway was named after Felix brother, Jose, who served as the Representative of the 2nd District Camarines Sur in the National Assembly from 1909-1916 and 1935-1943 and as a Senator from 1928-1934.

He added that the town also met the requirements for the Essential Components like Business-friendliness and Competitiveness, Envi-ronmental Management; and Peace and Order.

According to Roxas, the Seal entitles Daet to access the Performance Challenge Fund for 2015, secure Good Financial Housekeeping Cer-tification for loan purposes; and avail of other national program windows such as the Bottoms-Up Budgeting Program and the SALIN-TUBIG Program.

The SGLG replaced the erstwhile Seal of Good Housekeeping started in 2010. In 2012, at least 84%

became recipients of the Seal. Failure to have been given the Seal disqualifies an LGU to access or secure loans from available win-dows or facilities.

This year, Daet is joined by Mercedes, Paracale, San Lorenzo Ruiz and San Vi-cente among the towns in Camarines Norte which were given the Seal. In Camarines Sur, the towns of Camali-gan, Canaman, Del Gallego, Ragay and San Fernando made the list; as well as Bato in Catanduanes; Barce-lona, Pilar, Bulan, in Sorso-gon. Only Masbate made it among the Bicol cities; also Catanduanes and Sorsogon for the provinces. -fpj

daet gets seal . . .over 1m eyed . . .Highway Patrol Group, Department of Health, Bicol Medical Center, Philippine Red Cross, Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative, Department of Public Highways ,Kap i sananngmgaBrodkas te rngPi l ip inas , KabalikatCivicom, the local government of Naga City and the Archidiocese of Caceres.

The Peafrancia fiesta is also celebrated outside of Naga City and several countries around the world where Bicolano communities are present, Bongat said, adding Peafrancia fiesta is a unifying factor for us Bicolanos.

Joselito del Rosario, chief of Public Safety Office of Naga City, aid the task group, based inside the compound of Bishops residence, will ensure orderly and peaceful conduct of the religious celebration, including security, safety and medical concerns.

Del Rosario said the task groups member-agencies will do extensive coordination and complementation of each others resources for the achievement of activities and enhancement of security

and safety of the Peafrancia fiesta.

He said the task group will specifically closely monitor the fiesta events, anticipate different contingencies and eventualities, and be always ready for speedy resolution of all problems occurring in the festivities.

Most Rev. Rolando TriaTirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres, who will lead the celebration for the third time since he was installed in 2012, said he was awed by the celebration which is so organized in the way Peafrancia fiesta is done.

The Church head said what he witnessed here during the religious fiesta shows the magnitude and importance of the fiesta of the Our Lady of Peafrancia, like the celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila.

Tirona said the task force must offer to the devotees of Ina the memorable experience who come to Naga City with the religious intention and spirit, and some of them carrying heavy loads in their lives and petition for healing

Daet gets seal of Good Governance

a rising shabu source in rinconada?BIKOL REPORTER

REgIOnaL ExPOnEnT fOR PROgREss

outstanding local newspaperfor five consecutive years by the st. peter

Baptist catholic mass media awards

8 septemBer 6-12, 2015

Sagrada, Baao, Cam. Sur Eight suspected drug pushers were arrested here over the weekend, the sec-ond such kind of arrest in the past two months in the same barangay.

Nabbed by police in the re-cent raid of a suspected shabu tiangge in Amparado Street were Noli Pornillos, the sus-pected leader of the group, Al-vin Repubio, Romeo Omanga, Jeffrey Agna, Agnes Portacio, Jenny Rose Portacio, Lea Re-pubio and Juliet Locay, all resi-dents of the barangay.

The arrest was made by virtue of a search warrant is-sued by Judge Alben Casimiro Rabe of the Tabaco City Re-gional Trial Court Branch 15, in Albay province. The team seized 25 grams of metam-phetamine hydrochloride, popularly called shabu; drug paraphernalia, gun bullets and a caliber 25 pistol.

Last month, police also arrested four suspected drug pushers in Zone 2 here by vir-tue of another search warrant issued by Judge Timoteo Pan-ga of the Iriga City Regional

Ms. France Lanuzga of san roque, Camaligan, Camarines sur thanks sM Naga's security Guard ryan Marco Laguitan who returned her pouch containing P45, 450 cash last august 17. The pouch was recovered by Laguitan while conducting his routine clearing inspection at sM Cinema. He immediately turned over the said item to the mall's Customer relation's Office for safekeeping. After thorough verification of proof of ownership, the pouch was handed over to the customer. sM highly commended the mall guard for showing good deed and trustworthiness.

Trial Court. Arrested in the August

23 raid were Jerry Molina of Iriga City, Jerry Monedero of Malauag, Nabua, Camarines Sur; Pablo Guanzon of Du-ran, Balatan, Camarines Sur; and a certain Chanda of the same barangay.

Earlier in July 2013, Panga also issued a search warrant for Jomar Portacio of the same barangay.

During this raid at Porta-

cios residence , operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency (PDEA) Region-al Office 5, recovered a cal. 45 pistol, several drug parapher-nalia and 13 grams of shabu worth at least PhP80,000.

The recent arrest of sus-pected shabu pushers here has boosted speculations that Sagrada has now emerged as a main shabu source in the Rinconada area.

tHanKsgiving MassDaet Mayor Tito S. Sarion celebrated his birthday recently with a Mass officiated by Msgr. Cezar echano at the st. James Chapel. among his well-wishers were rep. Cathy Barcelona -Reyes and Jojo Unico.

Daet, Cam. norte This town, last years most Competitive municipality in the whole country, has earned another distinction after the DILG stamped it with the 2015 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), the only first class town in Bicol to have been recog-nized as such this year.

The new recognition was relayed to Mayor Tito S. Sarion by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas in a letter dated July 21, 2015 but which the mayors office only received last week.

According to Sec. Roxas, Daet met all the criteria for the Core Components of the Seal, like Good Financial Housekeeping, Environmen-tal Management; and Disas-ter Preparedness.

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Bagasbas Leg JumpstartsBicol surf Jam

Daet, Cam. norte- This towns seaside Bagasbas ba-rangay will host the first leg of the countrys first-ever regional surf circuit competition, aptly and curtly called Bicol Surf Jam.

The competition hopes to provide a venue for Bicolano surfers to converge and compete as well as a springboard towards excellence in the sport.

It will have three legs, starting on September 18-20 in Bagasbas Beach, then in Barangay Buenavista in Gubat, Sorsogon on October 16-18; and the final leg in Puraran Beach in Baras, in Catanduanes on October 20-24.

The competition is open to surfers from all places in Bi-col. The surfer who earns the highest accumulated points from all the three legs will be declared the champion.

Interested surfers may follow Bicol Surf Jam on Facebook and Instagram or email at [email protected]. -fpj

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Bikol Reporter September 6-12, 2015 Issue