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Bicol labor sector seeks P37daily wage hike

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PDEA warns public on

food with poppy seedsThe Philippine

Drug Enforcement

Agency Bicol regional

ofce has warned Bi-

colanos on food and

culinary products that

contain poppy seeds,

particularly banned

Kraft food dressing

and dip products con-

taining poppy seed.This, after the PDEA

recently received an email

advisory from the Food and

Drug Administration.

PDEA Bicol Regional

Director Archie A. Grande

reminded the Bicolanos of

the Joint PDEA/FDA Advi-

sory on poppy seeds issued

in February 2011, ordering

all establishments to imme-

diately stop the importation,

sale, trading, administration,

dispensation, distribution,

delivery and transportation

of poppy seeds and all other

products containing poppy

(Tun t pag 11)

LEGAZPI CITY -- The labor sec-

tor in Bicol is asking for a P37.16 in-

crease in the daily wage of agricul-

tural and non-agricultural workers

in the region.The amount of increase is contained in a

joint petition recently led with the Re-

gional Tripartite Wages and Productivity

Board (RTWPB) by the Alliance on Pro-gressive Labor, Pinagkaisang Manggagawa

sa Kooperatiba sa Kuryente-Bicol and the

Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative Inde-

(Tun t pag 9)

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BIR ruling was declared invalid by the

Supreme Court.

The High Court emphasized that

tax treaties are considered as laws to

be respected by everyone including

public and private agencies. The

decision highlighted that as part of the

law of the land we must adhere to

the time honored principle ofpactasunt servanda (agreements must be

kept). The legal battle (BIR usuallyappeals) is not yet nally resolved- but

we can rest on the thought that in this

country, the Judiciary can guarantee

our rights under the Constitution.

PAPAL EDICT: Our new Pope

(Francis) has reiterated his call for the

protection of women. He added that

the current ban on female priests will

not be amended. This and the other

new papal pronouncements - were

welcome by the greater majority of

the 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide,

but some sectors viewed them

with concerns. They believe that

Pope Francis should have followed

through with the challenges of his

predecessors (especially Pope JohnPaul).

The Pope also asked Catholics

not to judge gays. He said he is not

in a position to judge homosexuals

who are of goodwill and in search

of God. His recent declarations

made clear that the Pope does not

think like a classicist who sees the

world in unchanging categories.He was likened to Jesus Christ as

a storyteller. The papal interview

did not change Catholic Church

policies but the tone was changed

to being closer to reality.

AMBITION: The continuing

longing of MNLF founderNur Misuarito be in constant limelight was

revealed in the recent Zamboangasiege by his men. But his cowardice

was highlighted as developments

unfold. He may have directed the

battle from a distance and with

a ready alibi (sickness) should the

MNLF factions damaging actions

fail. He will wash his hands over the

death of his men not to mentionthe huge damages it caused

Zamboanga City and the nation in

general.

Another ambition which may have

been unduly tarnished was that of

Misuaris UP classmate VP JojoBinays. He had to show his face(on TV and in Zamboanga), afraidthat he might be overshadowed by

DILG Secretary Mar Roxas. Pres.Noynoy stayed in the embattledcity to assure his favorite cabinet

member that the latter is the man-

in-command. To Roxas credit he

did not try to upstage the president.

Thats mutual loyalty!

PROVERBS: Positive revival hasto begin with someone; stand upand let it begin with you!

(Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co.,CPAs-DFK International is PICPA

past president and Hall-of-Famer, pastchair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs,and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement

Awardee).

JURISPRUDENCE: It is wellestablished that adherence of

legislative and executive policies with

the Constitution can be tested by legal

inquiry through our Judiciary. Judicial

review is a necessary ingredient in

our governance as a democracy.

It is not saying that the Judiciary is

more supreme than the Executive

and Legislative departments. It

thus conrms the supremacy of our

Constitution.

The power of review by the Judici-

ary over the exercise of executive pre-

rogatives was exhibited in two recent

court decisions. The Makati regional

trial court BIR Revenue Memoran-

dum No. 67-2012 which declared as(income/VAT) taxable the contribu-

tions by members to their non-stock,

non-prot corporations, was ruled as

invalid. The technical reason given

for the judicial ruling was lack of due

process, but it could also be that the

RMC actually legislated a new tax.

RELIEFS: In an earlier case, the

Supreme Court speaking through

the Chief Justice (G.R. 188550) held

that the BIR must not impose additional

requirements that would negate the

availment of reliefs provided under

international treaties. A taxpayer was

denied preferential tax rates since

he allegedly failed to comply with the

requirements to avail of the tax treatyrelief that it must be preceded by an

application (RMO No. 1-2000). The

your blood pressure soar.

Be kind and gentle in all the

events of life. This wont be easy, but

good manners and right conduct will

help.

From Sister Caridad, OSB: Be a

lady of Christian character. This was

the nished product she expected

from her Scholastican students.

Remember the parable of the

talents? You are told to make themost of the talents, skills and gifts

you have been endowed with, or woe

unto you. Well, then, aim high, shoot

for the stars, and do your very best.If at rst you dont succeed, try, try

again. Of course, you wont always

succeed because you arent God. Be

ready to accept failure, with a sense

of humor, and move on.

Take the last seat rather than

the rst (Luke 14: 7-13) even when

you have attained smashing SRO

success.

Be a helping hand with a

cheerful heart, but dont wait for

thanks or reward in return. On

the other hand, always express

your thanks and appreciation for

whatever good is done or given to

you, no matter how small.

Have a grateful heart and a

grateful mind (from G. Rubin). Be

happy and thankful for what youhave now. Imagine if you were to

lose all of it at once and you have

to start from scratch again.

Use the silverware, the crystal

and the bone china now. And

starting today, show/express your

love and care for family and friends.

The days are long and the years

are short. Life is too short to save

your good things and your good

deeds for later because, truly, later

may never come. Take time to smell the roses, to

hear the music, to read, read some

more, and read even more.

Dont take yourself too seriously.

Laugh and the world laughs with

you. Gift yourself and others withthe joy of laughter.

May no one be less good for

having come within your inuence,

no one less true, less kind, less

noble for having been your fellow

traveler toward eternal life.

Finally: What doth it prot a

man if he gain the whole world and

suffer the loss of his own soul?

I believe everybody wants to be

happy, especially at the time when we

are confronted with many man-made

problems and the wrath of nature. The

following column of Celine Olaguer

Sarte, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer

dated August 16, 2013 may help us

somehow.

It is entitled Rules and Guidelines

for a Happy Life, but it suggestshere that we make our own rules and

guidelines for a happy life and abide

by them.

The Golden Rule and, corollary

to it, the Law of Karma which I really

believe. Experience will tell you that

the good and bad you do to others

come back to you, multiplied.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cleanliness also means no clutter.

Some people go so far as saying that

if your room or house is cluttered, so

is your mind and/or your life.

Honesty is the best policy. Its

always easier to tell the truth. When

you tell a lie, you have to spin a web

of lies thereafter. Sooner or later,

youll be caught in that web. Forget and forgive. I put forget

rst because forgive easily follows.

Dont dwell on past hurts and

wrongs done to you. This prolongs

the pain and will make you bitter and

your life miserable. Once you become

a senior citizen, it is useless to get

angry or stressed, even if you have

good reason to be, because it makes

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inner chessBy j. HeNRy dANICANB LeONOR V. ReLATOReS

Elementary School Teacher I

Inapatan Elementary SchoolNaba wst district

Inapatan, Nabua, Camarines Sur, is one of the developing

barangay in the town of Nabua. It is one of the largest barangayin the town of Nabua. Farming is their main source of income.

The community has been very fortunate to have been chosen

as one of the recipients of the Intervida Philippines Foundation.It is a non-government organization sponsored by generous

people from Spain.In partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd),

yearly Intervida donates school supplies to the pupils of InapatanElementary School such as: notebooks, art/coloring kits, pencils,

ballpens as well as teaching aids for teachers.

Likewise, the said foundation also sponsored the EnhanceReading Program of the school. The school is also a recipient

of P70,000.00 cost of materials to improve the Reading Room.They provide books and other reading materials in the reading

room.Aside from the aid in the school, Intervida also donated

materials for the construction of comfort rooms to less privilege

people in the barangay, like CR bowls, cement and hollow blocksbecause according to them, a healthy lifestyle means healthy

children and healthy mind.Before the Intervida came to Inapatan, the barangay was

also a recipient of the outreach program of the Ateneo de Naga

University with the theme: Operation Tulong Dunong for sixconsecutive years from school year 2002 to 2008. The said

program conducts summer classes every April and May. There

were eighty-eight (88) students in the different department andten (10) professors in the eld. It was headed by Mr. Elmer Sto.Domingo and Mr. Larry Sucatre at the center for Community

Development. The outreach program also give some livelihood

program in the barangay like the pig dispersal. They alsodonated books and playing apparatus in the school and tents

for the boys and girls scouts.The outreach program of the Ateneo de Naga and Intervida

Philippines Foundation yields a great measure of success andhelps a lot in the high academic achievement level of the pupils of

IES. As a proof, the school got an average rating of 87.3% in the

recently conducted National Achievement Test. The school rank3rd in the 17 schools in Nabua West District with the supervision

of the Public Schools District Supervisor Dr. Esteban R. Oldaand with the help of the teachers and through the guidance of

Mrs. Arlene S. Taller, the school principal.

KINS VISIT HeROS MONuMeNT

IRIGA CITY --- The

Uniersity of Northeastern

Philippines (UNEP), togeth-

er with the Legal Education

Board (LEB) recently sealed

a pact to spearhead a confab

that endeaors to update all

law deans and professors in

Region 5 of the latest trends

and approach in teaching

law. The eent, dubbed In-

terdisciplinary Approach

to the Teaching of Law is

slated on September 28.

In a letter to UNEP Presi-

dent Atty. Remelisa Alfelor-

Moraleda, LEB Chairman

Justice Hilarion L. Aquino

expressed the boards inten-

tion to hold the second cycle

of the said lecture series at

the said university. This will

be specically in partnership

with UNEP College of Lawwhere Moraleda is also its

concurrent OIC Dean.

Moraleda acknowledged

the partnership believing

that the gathering will ben-

et her and her colleagues in

acquainting themselves with

the current development in

interdisciplinary law, which

is now being taught in the

United States, Europe and in

some jurisdictions in Asia.

Lawyers, like us should

really keep ourselves abreast

of the latest trends in other

disciplines in order to man-

age the growing intricacies

particularly concerning thepractice of our profession.

This confab will be very

helpful as various topics re-

garding interdisciplinary

approach to the teaching of

law will be discussed by our

distinguished speakers, Mo-

raleda stated.

The lecture series will

cover subjects or topics in

the following category: Law,

Economics and Finance; Law,

Diplomacy and International

Relations; Law, Politics and

Governance and Law, Juris-

prudence and Philosophy.

San Beda Graduate School

of Law Professor Karen B. Ji-

meno will deliver her talk on

Law, Economics and Finance

while Dean Jose Manuel L.

Diokno from De La Salle

University College of Law

will tackle the lecture on

Law, Social Justice and Spe-

cial Concerns. Pamantasanng Lungsod ng Maynila Col-

lege of Law Dean Ernesto P.

Maceda Jr. will also share

his thoughts on Law, Gov-

ernance and Public Service

while Fr. Ranhilio C. Aquino,

San Beda Graduate School of

Law Dean was tasked to de-

liver his lecture on Law, Phi-

losophy and Jurisprudence.

Partakers will be given a

chance to interact with the

speakers and raise their que-

ries on the lectures during the

Open Forum session sched-

uled after each talk.

To cover the day-long af-

fair, each participant will becharged with a P1,000.00

registration fee, inclusive of

Granchildren and relatives of Naga hero Elias Angeles vis-

ited Wednesday, September 18, his monument at the 9th In-fantry Division Philippine Army Camp named after him in Pili,

Camarines Sur to commemorate the 115th year of the suc -

cessful uprising of the Filipino Revolutionaries led by him andFelix Plazo against the Spanish Colonial Authorities in 1898.

Thanksgiving masses both for Elias Angeles and Felix Pla-

zo were offered, one at the San Francisco Church, site of theuprising, and the other at the Our Lady of Peafrancia Shrine

which the relatives attended. They also offered owers at hismonument.

Souvenir photo of the visit shows standing immediately be-side his bronze statue are his granddaughters Elba Angeles

to his right and Teresita Angeles-Genova to his left. Both aredaughters of the heros eldest, Leoncio and wife Felisa Villa-

fuerte.

Others in the picture are grand nephews and grand nieces,grand niece-in-laws, grand son-in-law, great grand nephews

and great-great grandchildren. Standing from left are TonyAmparado, Peafrancia Angeles-Padua and Agnes Angeles II

(great grandson) and wife Cherry. To the left of Teresita are

Jenny Genova, Edna Amparado, Manuel Genova, Jr. and

Manuel Genova III.Seated from left are Bonic Amparado, Ruben Amparado,

Pangkoy Genova, and the children, Vaughn Angles, Yvane

and Sean Genova (great-great grand children), and Nong2Amparado.

At left background are inscribed names of the soldiers of the

9th Infantry Division who gave their lives ghting the enemiesof the state in Bicol.

The Heros Memorial at Camp Elias Angeles reads: Thiscamp was named after COLONEL ELIAS LAKANDULA AN-

GELES who became one of the leaders of the revolt of NuevaCaceres and a prominent gure in the resistance movement

during the Spanish Regime and American occupation thatfought for the liberation of Camarines Sur.

Colonel Angeles, son of Pedro Angeles and Fortunata La-

kandula was born on 20 July, 1891 at Sto. Tomas, Pasig, Rizal.He took his early education at barrio Palatiw (now San Agustin)

and his secondary education at San Juan de Letran.He married Encarnacion Cardenas Angeles of Naga on 06

April 1906 and they were blessed with three children namely:Leoncio, Luz and Eliza.

In 1891, he worked as Guardia Sibil and at the age of

22 he joined the Katipunan led by Andres Bonifacio. He wasassigned at Nueva Caceres (now Naga City) in 1896 with the

rank of Corporal of Gwardya Sibil and fought for the causeof the Katipunan. He organized a group named Barangay

Maluningning that also secretly joined the Katipunan.Furthermore, this Memorial is dedicated to soldiers of the

9th Infantry Division who gallantly and selessly gave their

lives ghting the enemies of the state in Bicol Region.

the meals and other miscel-

laneous expenses.

Moraleda enjoins all the

Law Deans and Law profes-

sors to partake of this rare oc-casion.

We want everyone in the

profession to align our legal

education with the current

training and be at par with the

contemporary international

standards so I am inviting our

colleagues to join us this Sep-tember 28 at the University

of Northeastern Philippines,

Moraleda said in closing.

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DePaRtMeNt oF toURIsMRgional Cntr Sit, Rais, Lgazpi Cit 4500

Tl. No.: (052) 482-0715 481-5593Fax No.: 482-0712

Email Address: [email protected]

wbsit: .gaonbicol.com.ph

princess bea 1 & 2Ragay, Camarines Sur

A Barangay Nutrition

Scholar(BNS) of this city

is ying in this years na-

tional search for the Most

Outstanding BNS of the

country, the Bicol Region-

al Director of the National

Nutrition Council (NNC)

announced here today.

Director Arlene Reario

said that Jimnah A. Llagas

of barangay Sagrada will be

competing against 16 other

regional nalists from among

whom the top eight (8) na-

tional winners will be de-

clared on November 6, 2013

in Manila.

Llagas is Bicols regional

BNS awardee this year; while

Iriga will also receive the

Green Banner Award for the

second time for having the re-

gions best nutrition program

among its seven cities.Reario

(Tun t pag 10)

472-85-75

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TeCHNICAL eduCATION ANd SKILLS deVeLOPMeNT AuTHORITy

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Welcome Devotees and Pilgrims of Our Lady of Peafrancia!

Greetings from:

Maor juN & AZON LAGASCA an FamilSan Fernando, Camarines Sur

The biggest Marian celebration in Asia.

Happy Feast Day Mama Mary VIVA LA VIRGEN! VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO!

Greetings from: engr. & Mr. DaNNY F. oRGaYaNee: ella Svilla

Kids: Hazl, Pao-Pao, danix, Bobo

To our devotees, pilgrims & guests

Happy feast day OUR LADY OF PEAFRANCIA!VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO! VIVA LA VIRGEN!

Fiesta greetings from: engr. RoY l. GIaNaN nd FmiyPili, Camarines Sur

Happy festa! VIVA LA VIRGEN!

Greetings from:

engr. NestoR M. DIaloGo nd Fmiy

Zone 1 Balatas, Naga City

Mabuhay si INA Nuestra Seora de Peafrancia, an patrona kan Bikolandia.

VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO! VIVA LA VIRGEN!

engr. & Mr. eDUaRDo a. aleJo JR.Nee: Debbie Estraero and Sons

Naga City

Welcome devotees, pilgrims and visitors to the Pilgrim City,

on the occasion of the annual feast of Our Lady of Peafrancia.

VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO! VIVA LA VIRGEN!

Greetings from: Th Mnicipalit of Lpi, Camarins SrMayor BOBBy M. MATAMOROSA

Vice Mayor jOSIe S. ACeRO

Councilors:

NOeL AGRAVANTe IGOR RIeGO

NONOy MATAMOROSA edeN BRINA

BABy MACALINdONG AMBO ABeRGOS

LeN-LeN SAROL eddIe AGuILAR

"UBOS KUN UBOS, GABOS KUN GABOS TEAM"

Si INA an satuyang padangat, mamomoton na Nuestra Seora de Peafrancia.

VIVA LA VIRGEN! VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO!

Fiesta Greetings from: Department of public Works anD HigHWays3rd Engineering District Ofce

e. gemma b. timbangOIC, District Engineer

e. eleanor l. areolaOIC, Asst. District Engineer

staff & personnelCaraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur

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NAGA CITY The

Bicol Regional Coopera-

tive Development Coun-

cil (BRCDC) will gather

members of arious coopsfrom the different pro-

inces in the Bicol region to

identify cooperatie entre-

preneurial opportunities

and proide prospects for

aspiring and young indus-

trialists to contribute to

economic growth.

BRCDC, in partnership

with it provincial counter-

part in Camarines Sur and

Cooperative Development

Authority (CDA), has slat-

ed a Regional Cooperative

Congress from October 3 to

5 here to showcase the roles

and contributions of the co-operative sector in pursuit

of economic development in

the context of the Philippine

Development Plan 2011-

2016.

The 3-day confab forms

part of the month-long cel-

ebration of the Cooperative

Month in October this year

that evolves on the theme:

Cooperative paves the way

for inclusive growth.

CDA Naga City Senior

Cooperative Development

Specialist Ma. Grace P.

Layosa said the assembly

aims to sustain the growthof cooperatives in the region

that would eventually help

produce more jobs, draw the

majority into the economic

and social mainstream and

reduce mass poverty, as stip-

ulated in the PDP 2011-2016

under the administration of

President Benigno Aquino

III.

With the current state

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAy

of cooperatives in the Phil-

ippines, inclusive growth is

really not far to achieve. Co-

operatives are distinct and it

can create its way to achieveinclusive growth simply by

living and following the val-

ues of cooperative, that is,

self-help, self-responsibility,

democracy, equality, equity,

and solidarity, Layosa said

in an interview.

The confab will also

feature discussions on the

preparation of the Code of

Governance and Ethical

Standards that will strength-

en the commitment of coop-

eratives to protect, promoteand advance the interest and

welfare of the organization

and the community, in gen-

eral.

Resource persons from

the regional ofces of the

Department of Trade and

Industry (DTI) and the De-

partment of Science and

Technology (DOST) will

also delve on May Pera sa

Basura project, while from

BangkoSentralngPilipinas

(BSP) will expound on Truthin Lending Act.

Representatives from the

Bureau of Internal Revenue

(BIR) were invited to give

update in Taxation laws

while other participating

agencies like the Department

of Tourism (DOT), Depart-

ment of Agriculture (DA),

Bureau of Fisheries and

Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

and DTI will share lectures

on business opportunities.

CDA Bicol Regional Di-rector Atty. Ma. Lourdes

M. Pesino-Pacao in a letter

addressed to their fellow

cooperators cited that the

discussions are relevant in-

sights that cooperatives can

learn from and would enable

them to have a rm grasp on

cooperative entrepreneurial

opportunities.

Other topics on enhanc-

ing business for the coopera-

tive towards community de-

velopment will be discussedby resource persons from

BangkoSent ra lngPi l ip-

pinas (BSP), Land Bank,

United Coconut Planters

Bank(UCPB) and Develop-

ment Bank of the Philippines

(DBP), DA, and DTI.

pendent Union Employees

(CINDUEM).

The petitioners justify the

amount of increase as recov-

ery of real wage in the amount

of P66.43 for non-agriculture

and P60.11 for agriculture

which the sector sought in a

petition last year but was not

granted in full.

They are also asking for

the activation of the Regional

Tripartite Monitoring Board

to ensure compliance by em-

ployers in the region with the

new minimum wage that the

RTWPB is expected to set

based on the petition.

DOLE Regional Director

Nathaniel Lacambra, who

also sits as RTWPB chair,said the board will start a se-

ries of public hearings on the

petition in all the six provinc-

es of Bicol early next month.

The hearings, expected to

be attended by management

and labor representatives, are

scheduled on Oct. 3 in Mas-

bate, Oct. 8 in Catanduanes,

Oct. 10 in Sorsogon, Oct. 17

in Camarines Sur, Oct. 18 in

Camarines Norte and Oct.

21 in Albay, Lacambra said.

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1. PABLO V. BeLeNO SR. Agst 2, 2013

2. FIdeL A. yu Agst 4, 2013

3. eLFeRIO O. OReNdAIN SR. Agst 5, 2013

4. ROMeO e. TuAZON Agst 4, 2013

5. PRIMO B. BeLBeS Agst 3, 20136. FLORA R. APARIL Agst 11, 2013

7. ANITA L. MANuBAy Agst 10, 2013

8. LAILA eLIZABeTH ANGeLINe Agst 9, 2013

B. HOLMAN

9. LuIS R. PORTILLO Agst 18, 2013

10. LISeRIO M. de jeSuS Agst 19, 2013

11. CARLOS C. ABeLARdO Agst 20, 2013

12. HeNRy SL. ReSuRReCCION Agst 20, 2013

13. FeRNANdO S. INOPIA Agst 20, 2013

14. wILHeLM A. SAN ANdReS Agst 21, 2013

tHe UPtoWN INFIRMaRYSoon to ris in Baranga Carolina, Naga Cit is th Or La of Lors Inrmar (Naga

Cit upton Inrmar) in th implmntation of th cit's thrst to bring halth srvics an

facilitis closr to its constitnts, particlarl th poor. Last 17 Sptmbr, th Gron-

Braking Crmon as hl ith th Cit Ofcials ha b Maor john Bongat an th C.

Pasia Ralt Inc., (Ton O. Pasia, Prsint) th onor of th lot. Th Inrmar ill b nanc

b th 10M grant that th Cit Govrnmnt obtain from th dpartmnt of Halth (dOH)

with Nelson Legacion.

RIVeRA

By RICA T. TORReS

& jOjO F. AquIO

As hundreds of thousands

of deotees and tourists ock

to the Pilgrim City of Naga

in honor of the Our Lady ofPenafrancia, GMA, the coun-

trys leading Tv network

participated in this years cel-

ebration of the feast of Bicol-

andias patroness as three of

its most prized stars prime-

time queen Marian Riera

and the royal couple of drama

Kris Bernal and Aljur Abren-

ica wowed Bicolanos during

the Kapuso Fans Day.

On Sunday, Sept. 22 at 6

PM, Bicolanos got a treat from

no less than Marian Rivera to-

gether with My Husbands Lov-

er Bettina Carlos and TV host-

comedian Boobay at the Plaza

Quezon in downtown Naga.GMA Networks participa-

tion kicked off Thursday, Sept.

19 when the cast of its newest

inspirational drama series Prins-

esa ng Buhay Ko topbilled by

Kris and Aljur joined the Pena-

francia Civic Parade aboard the

Kapuso oat. With them are co-

stars LJ Reyes, Lian Paz, and

the freshest member of the Ka-

puso family, Renz Fernandez.

Next stop for the Prinsesa

ng Buhay Ko cast was a Kapu-

so Barangayan hosted by Day

Offs Mike Pekto Nacua. Fans

from Pili, Camarines Sur got the

chance to see the Kapuso starsat the Pili Sports Complex.

GMA Bicols News and

Public Affairs also covered on

live television the various activ-

ities during the festivities with

ash bulletins during the Civic

Parada on Sept. 19, Military

Parade on Sept. 20 including

the special live coverage of the

uvial procession on Sept. 21

from 4:45 to 5:30 PM.

The Penafrancia Festival is

one of Luzons major festivities

and Network gives it the impor-tance it so deserves by bringing

some of GMAs brightest stars

to Naga not only to thank its

supportersin person but more

importantly to rejoice with them

and showing their oneness with

Bicolanos, Oliver Amoroso,

GMAs Regional TV Assistant

Vice President said.

A full feature of GMAs par-

ticipation during the Penafrance

esta will be seen on Lets Fi-

esta TV Special, which airs on

Oct. 6 via the Networks re-

gional stations in Bicol, Cebu,

Davao, Iloilo, Dagupan, Ilocos,

GenSan, Bacolod, and Cagayan

De Oro City.

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAy

NAGA CITY To check

on the status of its ongoing

Core Social Protection Pro-grams implemented in ari-

ous municipalities in Cama-

rines Sur, the Department

of Social Welfare and Deel-

opment (DSWD) Regional

Ofce will conduct a Media

tour on October 1, together

with representaties from

tri-media agencies.

The municipalities of Gain-

za and Bombon, two of the 23

municipalities in Camarines

Sur where the Kapit-Bisig La-

ban saKahirapan-Comprehen-

sive and Integrated Delivery

of Social Services (KALAHI-

CIDDS) is implemented, will

be the recipients of the visit.Aside from the actual stopover

at the project sites, members

of the community will have

a chance to interact with the

DSWD personnel and mem-

bers of the media here.

First stop will be the town

of Bombon where DSWD

had assisted the construction

of Pagao Water System worth

P1,263.742.05 and a Daycare

Center in Barangay San Fran-

cisco costing P797,490.50.

Other projects in Bombon in-

clude the construction of day

care centers in Barangays Sto.

Domingo and San Roque, con-

struction of Health Station inBarangay Sampaloc, and con-

struction of drainage canal in

Barangay San Jose.

A total of 525 children were

enrolled at the three Day care

centers while 280 households

will benet from the construct-

ed water system, where they

will be assured of a safe and

potable drinking water.

In the afternoon, the team

will proceed in the municipal-

ity of Gainza where 5 projects

were implemented and funded

through KALAHI-CIDDS

grant and counterpart fund from

the local government unit. Part

of the projects in the said mu-

nicipality is the construction ofdrainage canals in Barangays

Loob and District II covering

Zones 2,3, and 4. Cost for the

two barangay projects totaled

P1,428,456.70. KALAHI-CI-

DDS grant was P1,040,048.00

while 388,408.75 came from

the LGU as counterpart fund.

In District 1, the fully cov-

ered drainage canal worth

P735,541.05 will also be part

of the site tour.

A training center for Out

of School Youth (OSY) and

mothers was also constructed

in Barangay Cagbunga worth

P754,105.58 and a center

for handicraft located in Ba-rangay Malbong is worth

P745,030.08.

The projects are expected to

improve the living conditions

of the local community and

give them ready access to the

governments services. They

were implemented in line with

the PantawidPamilyang Pili-

pino program (4Ps) and sus-

tainable Livelihood Program

(SLP).

DSWD Regional Director

Arnel B. Garcia said the activ-

ity will be open to the media to

give them the opportunity to

monitor DSWDs projects at

the community level.The project was rst imple-

mented in the 8 municipalities

in Camarines Sur in 2003. It

includes the towns of Garchi-

torena, Balatan, Del Gallego,

Minalabac, Pasacao, Presenta-

cion, Sagay, and Siruma and

covers 152 barangays. In the

project expansion phase which

started in 2012, projects were

funded by the Millennium

Challenge Corporation (MCC)

where 15 more municipalities

were covered.

accompanied Department of

Health Assistant Secretary

Ma. Bernardita Flore, and

other ofcials of the NNC

who paid a courtesy call with

City Mayor Felix Ronald Y.

Alfelor.

Her group later on pro-

ceeded to Barangay Sagrada

as part of the evaluation pro-

cess for the search.

iriga . . .

LEGAZPI CITY - TheDepartment of Social Welfareand Deelopment (DSWD)Bicol regional ofce here haswarned beneciaries of thePantawid Pamilyang PilipinoProgram (4Ps) in the regionagainst dealing with loanssharks.

There are about 357,000Bicolano families identied aspoorest of the poor that regu-larly receive nancial subsidyunder the Conditional CashTransfer (CCT) scheme of theprogram and most of them, re-

ports said, have been turning tounscrupulous money lendersevery time they need fast cash,using their receivables from theCCT as guarantee of payment.

These money lenders im-pose 20 percent in interest,most of the time collected inadvance or deducted from theloan proceeds of the borrowerswho need to surrender their au-tomated teller machine (ATM)cards to ensure future pay-ment.

On agreement that her fullname would not be published,a certain Mrs. Lomerio, a CCTgrantee from the nearby Dara-ga, Albay, admitted that sheand most in the neighborhoodwho are 4Ps grantees deal with

a money lender in the commu-nity that collects 20 percentinterest.

It is the easiest and fastestway of having cash every timewe need some for urgent fam-ily needs like medicine for thesick, food, school expenses orto pay electricity bills. Exceptfor this loan shark, there is noone here to whom we can runto when we need instant cashshe told the PNA in local dia-lect.

Every CCT recipient isprovided by the Land Bank ofthe Philippines (LBP) with anATM card to facilitate con-venient withdrawals of theircash subsidy that amounts to asmuch as P1,900 monthly whenthe family has three children in

school.The 4Ps maximum grant

package per household amountsto P1,400 a month, where P300is paid for every child whocomplies with the 85 percentrequired school attendance forthe month and can be given to amaximum of three children perhousehold.

Additionally, the householdis entitled to P500 per monthfor complying with health andnutrition conditions.

The amount of the grant isbased on the number of chil-

dren per household and com-pliance to program conditions.

In most cases in Bicol, pay-ments are made by the LBP inquarterly basis that could enti-tle a beneciary nearly P6,000per lump sum payout.

It is in their mode of pay-ment, however, that drivescash-hungry beneciaries toloan sharks.

According to Lito Tuanqui,a former banker here, the prac-tice puts the 4Ps program in avery awkward position, whichdefeats its purpose of givingthe poorest of the poor a respitefrom the whips of poverty.

This year alone, the gov-ernment will spend about P6billion to subsidize the cash

needs of the 357,000 4Ps ben-eciaries through CCT in Bicoland granting that half of thempatronize the services of loansharks, 20 percent of the P3billion, which is a whoppingP600 million, is falling into the

hands of these loan sharks, hesaid.

Arnel Garcia, the DSWDregional director, on Tuesdayhere said his agency knowsthat the grant is a big help inaugmenting Bicols poor fami-lies daily needs that is why itis making sure the beneciariesreceive their grants in the easi-est, fastest and most economi-cal way.

LBP is the only authorizedagency to disburse cash grantsand to ensure that beneciariesreceive their grants promptly

and not spend so much fortheir transportation in going

to the bank, it has authorizedmoney-transfer agents suchas G-Cash Remit, PhilippinePostal Corporation and otherconduits like rural banks andcooperatives to deliver thegrants to the beneficiaries,Garcia said.

On dealing with loan sharks,he said, his ofce has been re-peatedly dissuading benecia-ries from it, warning them thatit could lead to their disquali-cation from 4Ps once proventhat the cash grants they arereceiving are not wholly used

according to the conditions setby the program. -PNA

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PeoPles INqUIRY ALFRedO MACASINAGA concrn citizn inirs to th top lvl managmnt tam of deNR Bicol ring th

Popls da in dat, Camarins Nort. Maor Tito Sarion of dat an deNR Bicols top

managmnt l b Rgional exctiv dirctor Gilbrt Gonzals (2n from right) eMB

Rgional dirctor Robrto Shn Rgional Tchnical dirctors (from lft) Pro Nobl of

Lans Managmnt Srvic, Flix Mnoza of Protct Aras willif an Coastal Zon

Managmnt an Att. Antonio Abaag of Forst Managmnt Srvic ansr all ris

ma b th participants. Th Popls da vnt intns to bring deNR frontlin srvics to

th pblic as a commitmnt to th Anti-R Tap (ARTA) Program of th govrnmnt.

seed.

Grande said that pursu-

ant to RA 9165 otherwise

known as the Comprehen-

sive Dangerous Drugs Act

of 2002, importation, sale,

trading, administration,

dispensation, delivery, dis-

pensation, distribution and

transportation of danger-

ous drugs regardless of the

quantity or purity involved,

are prohibited -- including

any or all species of Opi-

um Poppy, or any part and

substances therefrom, even

for oral, decorative or cu-

linary purposes.

Opium poppy, he said,

contains substances that can

cause psycho-active effects

and is addictive because

it has traces of morphine,

codeine and others such as

heroin.

The PDEA Bicol chief

said all poppy seeds con-

taining food and culinary

products are banned from

entering the Philippine mar-

ket because of the tendencyfor them to be abused.

The PDEA and the FDA

then ordered that all super-

markets and groceries pull

out from their shelves the

said products and immedi-

ately inform the FDA via

telephone no. (02) 857-1900

and email [email protected]

and [email protected].

Grande also advised all

Bicolano consumers in pos-

session of the mentioned

Kraft products to discontin-

ue their use and immediately

surrender these to the near-

est PDEA or FDA ofce, or

in the Center for Health De-

velopment regional ofce in

the Department of Health

regional ofce.

He further encouraged

all local government units

to assist FDA inspectors in

monitoring and reporting of

activities related to the sale,

movement and importation

of products containing pop-

py seeds. -PNA

they learn to other mem-

bers of their club and be

creative and resourceful to

come up with new designs

and products.

Meanwhile DA GAD

focal person Aloha GigiBaaria lauded the efforts

of the participants for the

beautiful output. She par-

ticularly thanked Alicia

Jamoralin the Rural-Based

Organization Coordinator

of Sorsogon for sharing her

expertise and skill in pili

shell craft making. Baariaadded that another training

will be conducted and this

time it will be on furnitures,

lampshades and decorative

frames using pili shells. As

their training output they

were able to produce brace-

lets, leis, choker/necklace,

earrings and dividers us-ing pili shells. -mAbelle

roA-ilAN

Nabua, Camarines

Sur - The Department

of Agriculture under its

Agri-Pinoy High Value

Commercial Crops and

Gender and Deelopment

Project recently conduct-

ed a training on pili shell

craft making to some 25

Rural Improvement Club

and 4H club members in

the region. This is part ofthe interentions of the

program to come up with

alue adding projects

and actiities on major

commodities in the region

like pili. It also aims to

proide rural women ad-

ditional income by using

the waste products of pili.

According to HVCDP

Coordinator Rosita Impe-

rial , DA will continue to

conduct trainings on valueadding on major com-

modities not only to rural

women but to interested

micro entrepreneurs. She

added that to ensure that

after the training the group

will apply what they learn

and produce quality prod-

ucts out of shell craft the

program provided each

group with one unit press

drill, one unit bench vise

and hacksaw. She urged theparticipants to share what

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