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vol. xx, no. 14 Bicol, the philippines sept. 30 - oct. 6, 2012 p5.00
Chiz favors plebisciteon CamSur division
S. eScudero
Senator Chiz Escudero
said the choice of dividing
the province of Camarines
Sur should be left to the peo-
ple through a plebiscite.
The motives behind the
move to divide or not to divide
the province of Camarines Sur
are political. Pareho lang na-
man silang namumulitika, ang
pro and anti, Escudero said.
Lets just leave the choice
and decision to the peopleof Camarines Sur and let us
all respect their choice, he
added.
He stressed that the will of
the people of Camarines Sur
should prevail once they have
decided, through a plebiscite,
when the decision to divideCamarines Sur will be put
to a vote.
House Bill 4820, a bill
creating the province ofNueva Camarines out of Ca-marines Sur, is currently in
Gv. Salceda
LEGAZPI CITY - Albay Governor and Bicol Re-
gional Development Council (RDC) Chairman Joey
Salceda is again urging the national government to
pursue the extension of the south railway system, as
he stressed that without it, there will be no real de-
velopment in Region 5.
DAET, Camarines Norte -- Lawyer Leni Robredo (fth from right), widow
of the late Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, led the inauguration and blessing of the
legislative building and 2 Rural Health Centers in Daet here Friday (Sept. 21).
Pht edwin aboGado
Robredo said she was
amazed that Mayor Tito Sa-
rion of Daet was able to fast
track the construction of the
two rural health centers out
of the prize of Seal of Good
Housekeeping.
She said the development
of a place is not just visible
but also felt, as seen in leaders
that need to be recognized.
Robredo expressed appre-
ciation to Mayor Sarion for
coming up with Project Bicol
2012 essay writing contest
on the legacy of his husband,
adding that this is a very big
honor for them.
leni robeo eas inauguation ofdaet egisative bg, heath centes
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For Bicols progress
Salceda pushesPNR to pursuerailway extension
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Bikol reporter2 sept. 30 - oct. 6, 2012oPinion
opinions
unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
The results of the elections in theUnited States next month will surelyintroduce changes in the worldseconomic strata. The release of funds tothe public will surely improve consumersbuying capacity, so more money will beoating and seeking investment outlets.Improvement in our capacity to digestnew investments and to provide them withample returns will certainly be favorableto the Philippines.
EXPORTS: Our commodity exports
are classied into electronics and non-electronics. In the past, electronic exportsused to average 50 to 60 per cent shareof our total exports. Last month, thisfell to 26% indicating lesser orders fromabroad of electronics. The lacklusterperformance was traced to the globaleconomic downswing whereby worldwideconsumers give electronics (which arenon-essential) lower preference.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seemsunperturbed by the drop in electronic
exports. There are other non-electronicexports that are expected to be orderedeven as the total export picture ispredicted to be higher this year. Thegovernment claims that there are newdiversied products being exportedout of the country which sort of ll-inthe gap created by the slowdown ofour electronic exportations. Indeed, wehave to nd new markets and developnew export products.
EXPLORATION: Oil explorationin the Philippines can be the secretformula for faster economic growth. Ifwe nd more oil then our importationof the black gold will be reduced, and wewill save a lot more foreign exchange.But oil do not just spring out from theearth or from the sea hence they mustbe explored. Exploration is costly andthe nancial requirements are huge. Toencourage more oil explorers, we mustdangle bigger incentives to those withfunds and expertise.
Our present incentives are almostat par now with those of our neighbors
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Their exploration costs are lowerbecause they have the geographicaladvantage as against us: fewernatural calamities, and almost withouttyphoons. Our government is asking formore varied promotions and incentives
higher than those of our neighbors sooil exploration here can ourish.
WISDOM: When our goal isholiness, happiness is a by-product.
When our goal is happiness, holinessis a casualty!
(Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co.,CPAs-DFK International is PICPA past
president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair ofASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPPLifetime Achievement Awardee).
DEBT TO GDP: This is the measureof our governments capability to settleits obligations based on our countryseconomic strength. The ratio comparesPhl governments debts or payablesversus the gross domestic product. Alower ratio below 50% - is signal toprospective investors and lenders that wecan easily pay back whatever placementsor deposits they will invest here for oureconomy.
If our debt to GDP ratio improves(lower), meaning our economic growthrate outpaces Phl governments borrowingrate we will get a higher credit rating.Foreign investors will come in with theirfunds that will usher in more economicactivities. With more business andindustry undertakings, both productionand consumption will improve and ifthere be excess, these can be exported toother countries consequently boostingour economic growth.
DARLING: This is what globalinvestment analysts are calling thePhilippines informing foreign investorsthat return on capital here will be bigger nowand in the near future. Local companiesare hungry for funds to nance theirexpansions. This jibes with the abundantliquidity offshore as global investors try tolocate nancial nests to park their availablefunds. For now, the Philippines is amongthe hottest destinations.
Phl Credit Rating Up
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Believe it or not, I am practicing twoprofessions today. But many years ago,they existed only in my wildest dreams.Call it fate or whatever monicker youthink is apt to describe them, it is OK withme. I stumbled on them by accident.
In my early years in the NorthernCatanduanes town of Caramoran, I wasa prosperous traderexporting copra andabaca hemp to Tabaco in Albay almostevery month. On every return trip, Iwould bring goods-sugar, rice, keroseneand other items-for people in the town.Money was easy to come by.
One day, while reading a borrowedcopy of the Philippines Free Press, athunderbolt of an idea hit me. I wouldwrite for the Free Press. The Free Presshad contributors writing about their joysof getting published.
I considered it a crazy idea. I wasa high school graduate. My writingexperience was limited to writing loveletters for amorous friends in high schoolwho could not write prose ozzing withromantic phrases. I was their ghost writerand sometimes, their love messenger Inlocal parlance, their bridge.
That was many years ago inCaramoan, Camarines Sur
Every love letter beautifully composedmeant free snacks. In those yonderdays, a simple snack of brewed coffee,pansit and pandesal cost l5 centavos. Iwas popular among my friends becauseof my owery prose borrowed from ZoiloM. Galangs For Dreams Must Die.
In Catanduanes, after a busy day atmy grocery store, I sat down to write.Remembering what an old writer once
said that the best prose is one writtenfrom experience, I decided to writeabout home. It was an 8-paragraphfeature. I sent it by special delivery.
Weeks passed. I got no newsabout my masterpiece. I borrowedevery copy of the latest issue from myneighbor. Not a shadow of my article. Iwas beginning to despair. I told myselfthat writing was not in my blood.
Then one afternoon while enjoyinga bottle of my favorite ginyebra withneighbors, a letter from the Free Presscame. I opened it. Inside was a checkfor Pl5 and a brief note saying that mycontribution had been accepted forpublication.
I almost jumped with joy, showingthe check to my neighbors. They wereimpressed. And they were proud tohave with them a Free Press writer.It was very difcult to break into thepages of the magazine.
A head teacher in Caramorancalled me a wordsmith. Several of myarticles were published by the FreePress including a lengthy feature on
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advantage since Rinconada votingpopulation is seventeen thousand
(17,000) more than the voters in Partido,the 4th district. It would even be politically
disadvantageous.
Cong. Luis R. Villafuerte (LRV)interpreted and said it is not gerrymandering
because the area is contiguous and not
chosen baliwick of any politician. Forexample, like choosing two towns here,two towns there and elsewhere the
politician is politically strong. Cong. LRV
cited the history of gerrymandering in
the United States by a Congressman
Gerry. Here in the Philippines he said,
it is different because after complyingwith the requirements under the law,the Constitution provides that the
people has to approve it in a plebiscite.Its the peoples will that will prevail
and not of any politician. Thats
the great difference. So there is nogerrymandering here.
Cong. Fuentebella explained thatif HB 4820 will not include Rinconada,
the 5th district, it is not their making. Itis the Senate that has decided it upon
the strong representation and request
of Sen. Joker Arroyo, Sen. BongbongMarcos and the Nacionalista senators.
To avoid further delays, the four of themagreed to push through with Partido, the
4th district only. This was the originalplan of Cong. Noli Fuentebella, but he
agreed with Cong. LRVs suggestion
to include Rinconada since it wasthe former second district and he will
support it.
Due to many disinformations, I am
forced to write about Nueva Camarinesfor a balanced information. The four
proponents of House Bill 4820 thatproposes to create a new province to becalled Nueva Camarines namely Deputy
Speaker Arnulfo P. Fuentebella of the 4thdistrict, Congressman Luis R. Villafuerte
of the 3rd district, Rolando Andaya Jr.of the 1st district and Dato Arroyo of
the 2nd district held a simulcast press
conference last Wednesday when theyexplained the status of HB 4820 which
is already in the Senate Plenary and tobe taken up on October 8, 2012. They
explained the purpose of this bill whichwill accellerate development in the ve
districts of Camarines Sur and it is for the
benet of the people - not just the presentgeneration but the following generation.
Juan Escandor asked Fuentebellaif the House Bill is not gerrymandering
and not to create turf for their families.To this Cong. Fuentebella said that if
this is his purpose, he would not include
the 5th district (Rinconada) in HB 4820because it will not give him any political
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lee g. dullesco iiHead, Advertising Associates
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True to the transforma-
tion framework laid down
by the Department of Pub-
lic Works and Highways
(DPWH) Secretary Rogelio
L. Singson wherein one of
the objectives is to trans-
form the organization and
its employees, newly ap-
pointed Engineers in the
different District Engi-
neering Ofces in Region
V as well in the Regional
Ofce are now undergoing
Comprehensive Training
for Field Engineers.
The Secretary really wants
to attain reliable infrastruc-
ture projects which can only
be realized through well-
trained, highly capable per-
sonnel. The conduct of this
b Tr Fr M st ot. 4LEGAZPI CITY -- The
Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) regional of-
ce here will stage anew the
Orgullo kan Bikol (OKB)-
Gayon Bicol Regional
Trade Fair on October 4-7
at Megatrade Hall 2 of SMMegamall in Mandaluyong
City.
DTI 5 regional director
Jocelyn Blanco OKB-Gayon
Bicol RTF, now on its 16th
year, is the longest running
trade fair in the country orga-
nized by the agency and of-
fers a venue for annual mar-
keting event where Bicols
homegrown entrepreneurs
th 40h day afr h dah
f Sc. Jss M. Rbrd
training aimed to strengthen
further the quality assurance
program of the Department
and to ensure the successful
implementation of DPWH
projects
This is a 21 days train-
ing, September 24 to Oc-
tober 19, that will cover
various aspects of project
implementation, from de-
sign, construction methods,materials quality control and
construction supervision and
management, said DPWH
Assistant Regional Director
Jesus E. Salmo during an in-
terview.
On-the-job training
(OJT) will be conducted dur-
ing the last six days, wherein
participants will be assigned
are afforded valuable market
exposure.
The event will showcase
product lines, from wear-
ables and homestyles, and
processed foods.
For this year, according
to Balco, new product labels
will be launched at the fair
developed through the agen-
cys Food Business Develop-
ment (BizDev) Program for
selected clients.
In the food sector, cli-
ents will see processed food
products, such as pili nut,
taro chips, red wine, moringa
herbal tea, pickled kangkong,
muscovado sugar, noodles,
peanut butter, dried danggit,
and powdered ginger.
The new label designs
enhance the overall product
presentation of the processed
foods made in the Bicol prov-
inces.
Good packaging and la-
beling considerably improve
the marketing potential of the
products and increase their
competitiveness.Joining this years fair are
98 exhibitors from all over the
region and will also showcase
21 new participants, who will
now be given full marketing
assistance by the DTI via this
trade fair.
As in the past, this mar-
keting and cultural event is
a convergence activity as
DTI 5 partners with Depart-
ment of Tourism (DOT) 5,
PhilExport, Comprehensive
Agrarain Reform Program
(CARP), Rural Micro En-
terprise Promotion Program
(RuMEPP), OKB Associa-
tion, Inc., local governmentunits (LGUs), and non-gov-
ernment organizations.
Atty. Leni G. Robredo,
widow of the late DILG chief
Jesse Robredo, will do the
honors of cutting the ribbon,
induct the new set of OKB
Association ofcers, and key-
note the opening ceremony at
1 p.m. on October 4.
to a particular project and
will observe project imple-
mentation. OJT will supple-
ment the theoretical knowl-
edge that they acquired in
the early part of the train-ing, Director Salmo added.
Seasoned Resource Per-
sons from various elds of
engineering from the Re-
gional and District Ofces
were topped to share their
expertise, knowledge and ex-
periences to the new DPWH
Engineers.
On relevant matter,
DPWH also successfully
conducted a 5-day training
on Disaster Risk and Climate
Change Adaptation in Infra-
structure on the rst week of
September 2012. It was at-
tended by participants from
Regions IV-A, IV-B, Na-
tional Capital Region (NCR)
and Region V as host region.
The training aimed to en-
hance the competence of the
DPWH staff in integrating
disaster risk reduction and
climate change adaptation in
infrastructure. -LVC
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inner chessby j. Henry danican
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mell
Gv w t r ctI learned Rez Cortez is joining the political bandwagon. I did
see him several times in our area in San Juan here, Iriga Citywhere he lives with his half brother, Orestes R. Cortez, who is
a more than a very close friend, almost like a brother. Oresteslived with my family in Manila and we undertook successfully
several projects like publishing a magazine and catering toemployees of the Treasurers Ofce in Manila where my late
husband worked for years until he retired.
Rez Cortez is one very intelligent man who would sit withthe ofcers of Kitang Taga Iriga (KTTI) in our regular meetings
in Manila. most of the time in the cafeteria of the Medical Citywhere one-time president of the organization, the former Dr.
Josie Colarina had her medical clinic. Rez Cortex was alwayslistened to by everyone of us simply because he speaks very
uent English and had wonderful ideas for the organization.
KTTI is an offshoot of Bubby Dacers Pag-iribang Bicolnon, avery prestigious association of Bicolanos in Manila of which I
was a founding director, that counts high government ofcials,justices, congressmen. successful businessmen and also very
ordinary Bicolanos.The KTTI organized and Atty. Marietta Magistrado, a
retired Commissioner on Tax Appeals, as its rst president.
The organization did nd smooth sailing until now except forsometime when someone did not like to vacate the position as
president, and activities were no less than ballroom dancing,but meant to raise fund although I wonder if funds were raised
because the proceeds would just pay off the expenses incurred,so I learned and many were turned off. Now, I know it is back
on its feet with Sonja Barbara Munoz as its present president.
She has big plans for the organization and I hope it wouldsupport the candidacy of a bonade member, Rez Cortez as he
throws his hat in the political ring. Personally, I think we needfresh blood in the government who could give the constituents
a new and dynamic leadership. Public servants with high moral
standard like Rez Cortez. I know him. He will make an honestleader. Email [email protected]
I wouldnt trade my lifeas a teacher with another
profession. And I am veryhonest about this. There are
many reasons why teaching
can be so fullling, never mindthe nancial returns. After all,
as many will agree, it is not allmoney that matters. In life, it
is the fulllment of a cherisheddream. To be a teacher is to
live a fullled life. When one
is endowed with the big task ofmolding the youth and accept
that task willingly, what can bemore rewarding?
Living with high schoolstudents, that group of
persons who are at the
threshold of maturity, takesmore than just understanding
but a thorough knowledge ofwhat kind of persons they are.
These high school kids arepersons who are not quite fully
grown up but not immature
After having taught in
college for a good number ofyears I nally decided to go
public and join the bandwagonof many private school
teachers who left collegeteaching for elementary
grade position. It was a wise
decision. Teaching childrenin the lowest grades put the
best in me. College teachingis very challenging. But
teaching in the elementary
school is even more. Andhandling a combination class
is unthinkably challenging. Itcould also be very demanding
yet fullling. As a teacher Ihave taken the challenge of
handling a class that is not
actually the ordinary run-of-themill elementary class. Called
the combination class, it has
Th attv lg Sstm a et bkthgh
b rh o. SOIC Alternative Learning System
Department of EducationIriga City
I thought it is going to be a very interesting phase of my
life as a teacher when I got the appointment as Ofcer-in-
Charge of the Alternative Learning System of DepEd Iriga
City and I am not wrong. Now I understand better how
important education is and how little it matters if one goes to
school under adverse circumstances. This is very obviously
manifested by the growing number of students enrolled in
the ALS Section in DepEd Iriga where the present crop of
students varies in age, in social status, in economic stand
and in practically everything but each of them desiring to get
a high school diploma after some ten months and eventuallyand happily nd themselves qualied to go to college. I do not
know another thing more wonderful than this.
The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is a free education
program of the Department of Education. Today, it is beneting
many who cannot afford formal schooling and follow whatever
is their available schedule.
Aimed to open more educational opportunities for persons of
varied interests, capabilities and demographic characteristics,
socio-economic origins and status, it is evidently meant to
address the needs of marginalized groups.
The instruction is module-based and the students after
some months, 10 at the most, takes the Accreditation and
Equivalency Test and fortunately pass it, they are high school
graduates and qualied for college.
Today, I experience with some kind of awe being with
students from practically all walks of lifesome not quite
very young any more, some just right for their age to be in a
high school class, many are married and with families, maybe
some have children who have themselves nished a degreebut aware that age is not a serious consideration if one were
to seek education. There is something obviously manifest in
these studentsthe interest in their studies. I watch them with
glee as I surmise they are happy for the opportunity given
them to go to school on their own free time.
I learned Manny Pacquiao is a product of ALS and so are
many others who did not lose time and avail of this wonderful
breakthrough in education.
Where in my position as Principal of an elementary school
and I have within my seeing premises pupils of elementary
age, now I have a different sight and it makes me think very
highly of the quite over-aged students enrolled in ALS and I
am dead sure in my own way that they are happily looking
forward to a bright future and going to school is the best to
achieve that future.
d t d lf th Hgh Sh Sttsb celiTo Villar SaySon
Teacher IIISan Antonio National High School, Iriga City
children either. They could not
decipher for themselves whothey are really. Are they still
boys and girls or full grownladies and gentlemen? They
are persons in their formativeyears and could be hard
to deal with. They are very
vulnerable. And many times,moody and difcult to spell
to use a teenage lingo.Following these lines of
thought, they are faced with
numerous problems. They areeasily swayed by innovations
in ideas, in fashion, in relations.They could be moody at
times, quiet at one time andnoisy at another time. These,
the teachers have to live with
and accept these situationsas parts of their growing up.
made learning meaningful
and effective even if the classis composed of 2 grades with
single teacher in a completeor incomplete elementary
school for almost 3 years.This is to bring education
to underserved and remote
areas to the fullest.Secretary of Education
Armin Luistro said of themulti-grade program in the
elementary school: This
is a part of our thrust toa democratic access to
education and make thelearning experience inclusive
to as many sectors. In effect,
Amidst an environmentwhere technology is the
rule of the day, high schoolstudents have to face the
challenge of living with peers
who might be living in a betterworld than they are. They
feel they have to live with theJoneses. They feel that they
are a part of the in-crowd and
if not, their personalities areaffected, their studies too as
well as their relations. Theyfeel, they do not deserve to
have less than their peers andsometimes throw the blame on
their parents. So, they become
negligent in their studies.They seek recluse. And the
problem gets bigger. Thestudents problems become
the teachers too. When
we are bringing more students
to school.The most crucial thing that
a multi-grade teacher has toaccept is the fact that I have to
handle two different grades at
the same time under one andthe same roof, of course. That
is a tall monument to face. Itis a challenge to me; in fact,
no mean challenge. Facingseveral pupils in one grade
is not actually simple. But
imagine, handling a grade IIIclass on the east side of the
room and a grade IV class thewest side. It is not easy, one
has to accept the fact thatit is hard. It is but also to be
the student fails to respondpositively and loses interest
in his studies, the teachergets affected. And what
about students who could not
controlled?. And what thosewho bully other students?
How do teachers deal withthem? These are problems
that should not be confrontedto teachers because there are
prior persons in the academic
institution who should dealwith them professionally.
But somehow, the teacherbecomes a part of the
solution.A high school class is a
heterogeneous class. The
teacher nds in his classstudents of varied mold, name
it and a high school class hasit. Despite all these, the high
school teacher does nd
delight in living day by day with
accepted with a willing heart.
After all, education can be justabout anywhere, under the
mango tree, in a dilapidatedhouse, in an abandoned bus,
wherever there is a chancefor teachers to make children
learn and happy over the
fact that these kids can lookforward to a bright future.
Where children with differentskills and children of different
developmental levels andneeds in a class, I look at it as a
wonderful opportunity for me to
focus on two different classesbut with the same degree of
attention. Handling pupils ofvarious molds can make one
uses his creativity and make
teaching doubly wonderful ifnot entertaining. Personally,
Hg cmt css: a chgb Ma. GenoViVa n. Quiao
Teacher III
San Andres Elementary School, Iriga City
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Farmacia uy @ 65 keeps prodct, service excellenceNaga City Farma-
cia Uy, one of the citys
far reaching pharmacy
has turned 65 last Satur-
day, September 29 with
steadfast service to the
local community . From a
humble beginning in their
original and main store
located at Gen. Luna St.
way back in 1947, the
drugstore still stands and
continues to advance in
retail as well as wholesale
of quality branded and
generic medicine prod-
ucts, and good customer
service.
In 2005, it added a
branch in Elias Angeles
St. (in front of the Plaza
Quezon), and where Ban-
tay Kalusugan, Farmacia
Uys signature special free
community health aware-ness programs (foot reex
treatment) and occasional
(FBS, cholesterol and
ECG) are conducted. Both
store however, extends free
blood pressure check-up to
everyone.
Through the years, Far-
macia Uy has indeed served
the Bicolanos extensively
and well with its quality
assured medicine products,
medical equipment and
customer-friendly service.
And it remains to pursue its
mission in pharmaceutical
distributorship and serving the
community with the adage:
Sa kalusugan, laging maaa-
sahan, meaning, in health,
you can always count on.
That Saturday, as it com-
memorated its 65th year anni-
versary, Farmacia Uy tendered
its Bantay Kalusugan with
Free Dental check-up and
extraction and Free Com-
plete Blood Count (CBC) at
Branch 2, Elias Angeles St.,
infront of Plaza Quezon,
Naga City. A number of
residents from all over the
city and the province came
to avail. Congratulations
and Happy Anniversary!
-Gary Tiongson
nyc heightes outh ati-drug awareess
Digitel Mobile Phils., Inc. (Sun Cellular) Chief Operating Ofcer Charles Lim welcomes
s Sm cp
Sam conepion is new endorser of Sun cellularSun Cellular welcomes singer-actor Sam
Concepcion as one of its newest endorsers
last August 30, 2012. During his contract
signing held at Galleria Corporate Center
in Quezon City, Sam ofcially assumed his
role to represent the pioneer of Call and Text
Unlimited and one of the leading telecom-
munications companies in the Philippines.
As one of the most promising stars in the
entertainment industry, Sam is denitely
a good choice for Sun Cellular. His recent
musical comedy movie I Do Bidoo Bidoo
which was released last August 29, 2012
garnered high ratings and favorable reviewsfrom ofcial rating bodies and movie crit-
ics. Currently, Sam is taping ABS-CBNs
TV show Angelito and soon, he is set to re-
lease a new music album under Universal
Records. Multi-talented heartthrob Sam is
also the good choice for the network as he
embodies the brand Sun Cellular youthful
and energetic.
Along with Sam, two new endorsers of
Sun Cellular are college basketball player
Kiefer Ravena and young entrepreneur
Marco Lobregat.
b analiza S. MacaTanGay
NAGA CITY -- The Na-
tional Youth Commission
(NYC) concluded the 4th leg
of its Nationwide Caravan
on Youth Drug Abuse Pre-
vention and Control at the
Naga College Foundation
(NCF) auditorium here last
Friday.
The event was participat-
ed by more than 160 youth,
including volunteers, repre-
sentatives from private and
government agencies and
TeSda, ilo trn grs t b thr wn bsssA joint partnership be-
tween the Technical Educa-
tion and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) and the
International Labor Or-
ganization (ILO) will hone
trainers in helping techni-
cal vocational graduates be
their own boss.
The project that started in
July up to December this year
will tap 125 trainers from vari-
ous TESDA Training Institutes
(TTIs) nationwide to undergo
specialized entrepreneurship
development training leadingto self-employment.
In TESDA, we train the
youth to qualify for jobs lo-
cally or abroad. This time,
we will expand our capability
to equip them with the skills
to engage in their own small
business and freelance work
and be their own boss, Sec-
retary Joel Vilanueva, TES-
DA Director General, said.
Given this, TESDA train-
ers will play a vital role in the
effective and efcient con-
stakeholders.The caravan, staged in
partnership with the Danger-
ous Drugs Board (DDB) and
the city government here, en-
deavors to make the activity
as a vehicle to showcase the
best practices of various en-
tities in dissuading members
of the youth sector in getting
hooked to illegal drugs.
The organizers also wished
to impart the ill effects of sub-
stance abuse and highlight
their intensied campaigns,
programs and initiatives to
combat the proliferation of theillegal substance.
The participants, through a
Manifesto signing, established
a pact of commitment and
launched the Drug Free Youth
Freedom Wall before wrap-
ping up the days activity.
This undertaking also aims
to increase the youths vigi-
lance against drug pushers and
drug sniffers and spread the
awareness virus, especially
among the vulnerable group
of young people.
duct of the entrepreneurship
program in schools. With the
integration of entrepreneur-
ship development in techni-
cal vocational education and
training (TVET), the devel-
opment of competencies in
TVET trainers in conducting
these programs is deemed
necessary, Villanueva said.
Training for the rst two
batches of trainees went un-
derway in August, while the
third and fourth batches had
been completed this month.
So far, a total of 108 trainorshave completed the training
program.
A total of P1.73 million
mostly coming from ILO was
allocated for the training.
The joint project aims to
institutionalize within the
TVET system a compre-
hensive and responsive en-
trepreneurship program for
the trainers that can trickle
down to the students. It will
not only boost the capacity
of the technical vocational
institutions, but also establish
a pool of TESDA and ILO-
certied trainers, who will
mentor the students in their
respective localities.
The reality is while ma-
jority of our TVET graduates
immediately nd employ-
ment after graduations, there
are those who are not fortu-
nate enough and are trapped
in the waiting game for the
right job. There has to be
an option for them, and this
is where entrepreneurship
should come in, Villanuevasaid.
Villanueva said they
started this effort through
the TESDA Specialista
Technopreneurship Program
(TSTP).
We organized our certi-
ed graduates into teams and
helped them start their own
businesses. Now, most of
them are providing services
to their respective communi-
ties and earning way above
the minimum wage, he said.
b roSelyn SalaGan
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eXTrajudicial SeTTleMenT oF eSTaTe wiTH Sale
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole
and only heirs of the late VirGilio V. FelizMenio who died
intestate on January 14, 2012 in Naga City, left a parcel ofagricultural land situated in Brgy. Panicuason, Naga City; the
parties divide and partition and adjudicate among themselvesthe entire estate extrajudicially pro indiviso in equal shares;
and for and in consideration of the sum of THREE HUNDREDTHOUSAND (P300,000.00) pesos, receipt hereof is hereby
acknowledged by the VENDOR, said VENDOR hereby sell,
transfer and convey unto Sps. RICARDO V. and MARIA ELISAMAGTUTO, referred to as the VENDEE; as acknowledged
before Notary Public Atty. Alfredo F. Velasco Jr., Doc. No. 18,Page No. 4, Book I, Series of 2012.
biKol rePorTer
Psh: Sptm 16, 23 30, 2012
eXTrajudicial SeTTleMenT oF eSTaTe wiTH Sale
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimatechildren and sole heirs of the late PABLO TALAVERA, who diedon January 1, 1997 at Calamba City, died intestate without anyWill or Testament with no known debts; left a parcel of landsituated at Poblacion Zone 1, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur;the parties all of legal ages and with full capacity to contracthereby adjudicate unto themselves the land described; andfor and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTYTHOUSAND pesos (Php150,000.00) in hand paid by MarcosB. Colangan, married to Maria Elena G. Colangan, the heirsdo hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said MARIAELENA G. COLANGAN, her heirs and assigns, all their rightsand interests in the parcel of land described; as acknowledgedbefore Notary Public Atty. Cleto R. Suarilla, Doc. No. 1140, PageNo. 128, Book No. III, Series of 2012.
biKol rePorTerPsh: Spt. 23, 30 ot. 7, 2012
noTice oF eXTrajudicial SeTTleMenT
Notice to the public is hereby given that the estate of the lateCELEDONIA A. MARIANO who died intestate on December 4,2011 in Naga City has been extra-judicially settled among herheirs as evidenced in the document executed and acknowledgedbefore Notary Public Atty. Imelda R. Guerrero per Doc. 769,Page No. 154, Book No. XII, Series of 2012.
biKol rePorTerPsh: Spt. 30; ot. 7 14, 2012
eXTrajudicial SeTTleMenT oF eSTaTewiTH waiVer oF SHare
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimatechildren and sole heirs of the deceased IRENE LOGIANCO
and MANUEL P. PAGUIRIGAN, who died on November 30,1995 and January 26, 1978 respectively at Daet, Camarines
Norte, leaving no Will or Testament and with no known debts;left parcels of land in Paracale and Labo, Camarines Norte; the
parties all of legal ages have agreed to adjudicate and distribute
the described properties/parcels of land among themselves inthe manner as stated in the Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate
with Waiver of Share signed by the parties; as acknowlegedbefore Notary Public Atty.Danilo P. Capistrano, Doc. No. 198,
Page No. 41, Book No. XXXIX, Series of 2012.
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Christmas complete with illustrations.Before I made it to the Free Press, I got numerous rejection
slips. I did not give up.The late Dr. Tony Zantua, publisher of the Virac-based
Island Reporter, asked me to edit his weekly. He was probablyimpressed. But before I could assume the post, PresidentMarcos placed the country under martial law.
With a budding writers name, I applied for an editors jobin Tony Gonzales Bicol Chronicle. He did not think twice. Istayed with his weekly for years. Then I moved over to Dr.Pete M. Marcellanas Daraga Herald as chief editor.
The Herald gained international fame for its fearlessexposes during martial law. It was featured in the Asian WallStreet Journal in Hongkong and the New York Wall StreetJournal in New York by American correspondent AnthonySpaeth.
Mr. Spaeth sought me out in Legazpi City to interviewme on the weeklys growing fame. He also talked to Elmer
Bandol and Arthur Sampana, both Herald staffers.Two Russian journalists from Moscow also came.When the Herald nances conked out, I transferred to
Bicol Forum of Jose G. Burgos, Jr.However, my rst stint in newspapering was in the Bicol
Guardian of the late Jack Cabigao of the Premier SecretarialSchool fame. It was Jack who gave me the monickerBuddy.
As to my teaching profession, it was Dr. Marcellana, Jr.,then president of Bicol College, who introduced me to it, rstas a part timer and later on as a full-time teacher in theundergraduate course. By that time, I had four degrees.
After a year, I was given a teaching load in the graduateschool by Dean Joseno Rito. I taught management in themasteral and doctoral programs. I am still teaching in thegraduate school.
Several of my doctoral students are now PhD holders.To mention a few, they are Dr. Sabas Loriaga, Dr. OfeliaZapanta, Dr. Santos T. Arana, Dr. Jania Elatico, Dr. EmmaNapay .
In my youth, writing and teaching are not the professionsI wanted to pursue. My dream was to become a member ofthe Bar, a lawyer. I was fascinated by lawyers arguing overner points of law in a courtroom drama.
I am not probably destined to be one. I am over 60. But asthe late RTC Judge Tony Alfane once said to me, it is nevertoo late. I may still have my third profession.
a question of . . .
The development of Bi-
col hinges on a modern south
railway system. The delay of a
railway system project in Bi-
col is hindering the economic
and social development of the
region. With this, we, through
the Regional Development
Council, is reminding the cen-
tral government and DOTC
(Department of Transporta-
tion and Communications) to
act now, Salceda said during
the RDC meeting here Friday.
He recalled that the pro-
posal to extend the existingrailway system from Ligao
City to Legazpi City and on
to Matnog, Sorsogon was pro-
posed about 20 years ago but
the past administrations all
failed to pursue it.
Salceda wants to remind
the present administration and
the DOTC that the extension
project is embedded in the list
of top Bicol priority projects.
Its been three years that
DOTC is talking about the
south railway system, but
how come that the department
is totally silent on pushing the
project, he said.The governor stressed that
poverty cannot be alleviated
in Bicol region without the
south railway system.
He also lamented the very
salceda . . .
lean budget allocated to the
Philippine National Railways
rehabilitation project.
A modern railway is fun-
damental to access rural areas
and create economic devel-
opment; rail transport is the
cheapest means of transport-ing people and goods by land.
Its operation creates lesser
pressure on major roads and
as such public expenditures
for roads can be re-channeled
to other socio-economic ac-
tivities, Salceda told the
members of the RDC.
The RDC chief said the
DOTC should make the Main
Line South rail as among the
top priority projects.
The rehabilitation of the
Main Line South (MLS) rails
was undertaken in 2008, to-
gether with the revival of the
plan to extend the railways
from Comun, Camalig in Al-bay to Matnog, Sorsogon.
The MLS rehabilitation
project has three phases:
Phase 1A is the rehabilitation
of existing railway line from
Calamba to Lucena City;
Phase 1B is the rehabilitation
of the existing railway line
from Lucena City to Legazpi
City (still ongoing); and Phase
2 is the railway extension
from Comun, Camalig, Albay
to Matnog, Sorsogon. - Mike
dela Rama
Sarion on the other hand said
that the legislative building (lo-
cated at the back of the munici-
pal building) worth P20 million
was part of the nancing of the
Land Bank of the Philippines
leni roBredo leads . . .
(LBP). It will house national
government agencies for lease
at the ground oor and legisla-
tive hall at the second oor.The construction of the
RHUs II and RHUs III were
from the prize being the ad-judged as seal of housekeepingmillennium challenge of DILGlast year in the amount of P2Mand another P2M as their localcounterpart.
Para sa akin ito ay karagda-gang achievements na ihahan-dog natin sa ating mga kababa-
bayan, Mayor Sarion said.He said that the late Sec-
retary of the DILG has shared
many good ideas in governancethat he is doing and now that hewas gone the challenge for himhas doubled.
Msgr. Cesar Echano ofci-ated the mass in the morning atthe legislative building and the
blessing of the 2 rural healthcenters. Attended by councilorsof Daet, national governmentagencies ofcials and media.
DILG Regional DirectorBlandino Maceda, Naga CityMayor John Bongat and citycouncilors were also guestsduring the activity.
Singer/songwriter Noel Co-bangon rendered nationalisticsongs during the event. - Rosa-
lita Base-Manlangit
the period of interpellation atthe Senate.
According to the bill, nonew district will be created ifthe division of the province
pushes through.Escudero, however, claried
that while an additional districtmay mean additional taxes, itwill also mean bigger funds for
public services.For every new district cre-
ated, more funds will ow intothat area. In Sorsogon, for in-stance, we have two districtsonly. A congressmans CDF isP70 million, so the provinceenjoys P140 million for dif-ferent projects. If we get threedistricts, the funds to be pouredinto Sorsogon becomes P210million, Escudero explained.
Instead of a staff of sixeach congressman, we willhave 18 for three congressmen.Additional costs, but additionalservices also, he added.
Escudero said the assump-tion that government fundswould be mishandled does notalways ring true. On paper andin theory, dagdag serbisyo sa ta-ong bayan din iyon, he said.
chiz favors . . .
I look forward every day witha bagful of ideas to cater to
Grade I pupils on one side ofthe room and to Grade II pupils
on the other side. What could
be more rewarding when bothclasses area responding very
positively. It makes me wantto shoutlook, I am a teacher
and what nice feeling one has
to see pupils attentive and sofull of vigor despite the many
limitations they are facingcrowded classroom, oversize
population, poor ventilation,lack of books but never mind.
This situation gives me a lotof meanings to my life as a
teacher.
So, I equip myself witha good day-by-day plan.
Simple, but workable activitiesthat could make their young
minds responsive an evendemanding. It cannot be
handling a comBination . . .denied, life as a combinationteacher is never a bag of
roses. But come to think of it.A willing acceptance of a job is
something that could bring inmagic like coming out with the
best in you. Then, teaching
can be an enjoyable day byday experience especially
when one looks forward to the
pupils bright future.And the greatest and most
wonderful thing to think about
and live with is the fact that, I
am destined to make others,
the young specically, learneven in the most adverse
situation and environment and
that could make me. a teacher,give the best of myself and
nd fulllment in life.Handling a combination
class, that has been to me amuch welcome opportunity to
show to the world like most
teachers that being a teacher
can be lled with challengesand use these challengesas opportunities to make our
world beautiful.
them. Young that they are the
teacher can nd meaningfulthoughts from the situation.
Live with young people andyou can stay young.
I have been enjoying my
life with these chosen childrenof God. From them could
draw strength, I even deriveinspiration in their innate
mischievousness and rest inthe thought that once upon
a time, not very long timeago, I was also high schoolstudent but look at me now. A
devoted husband and fatherand a dedicated high school
day to day life with high . . .
teacher. I say hurrah! high
school teachers whose livesare challenged by young
students who are entrustedto them and for us, teachers
to accept them as persons
who need to be fashioned intouseful citizens of the country
and above all God fearing.Thus, the teachers infuse
into their young minds valuesthat they could treasure and
somewhere in their life, theywould breathe a prayer ofthanks to their high school
teachers.. I was a boy then.Now, I am a man.
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ViSiT our webSiTe:www.bkrprr.wbs.cm
BY ANY MeANS AvAilABle Fernandez/aarcillaGv. lr Vft t tk th skts, th pp, f t th s, hp tt tms th ps ms f tsptt f sts g th ts ts st t h th st f th g vstt t t Ms V,lm, cms S st Sptm 22, 2012. Th gv h s mtvwith Board Member Darius Nopra and other local ofcials, even waved at the crowd (lowerpht) t ths h sm vhs th mt g th . Th gvs vsthas brought much benet to the constituents there as a composite team of medical, dental th ps ff f svs sh s m stt, tth xtt, checkup and glass tting as well as free haircut and PhilHealth Registration.
Cong. Villafuerte also said that he favors the creation of
Nueva Camarines because it will benet the prople. He said thegovernment will be closer to the people and deliver government
service in a more effective, efcient and responsive manner.
He explained there are diseconomics of scale (the reverse ofeconomic of scale) that occurs by the sheer size of the land area
to be developed or governed and the sheer cost of too manypeople to be attended to begin to offset what bigness brings.
Bigness brings with it inefciencies and unresponsiveness.
The reduction of the land area of responsibility and numberof people as constituents are consistent with the management
principle of effective span of attention and control. It is easierto manage, monitor and evaluate results of the delivery of
services.Cong. Rolando Andaya also said he is supporting the
House Bill 4820 to give the people the opportunity to decide
in a plebiscite which is their right in a democracy. He said thatpreventing the people to decide is killing democracy.
Cong. Dato Arroyo, as always, spoke uently in Bicol sincehe studied here at the Ateneo de Naga. He said that the
creation of Nueva Camarines will not affect his district but he issupporting HB 4820 because it will benet the people and the
entire province.
Former Congressman Nancing Alfelor of Rinconada (5thdistrict) and Sulpicio Roco of the 3rd district also expressed
their support for House Bill 4820.During the press conference, the proponents showed
their strong determination to push for the creation of NuevaCamarines. They also expressed support to the candidacy of
Cong. Luis R. Villafuerte for provincial governor in 2013.
* * * * *May I add my personal opinion. Oppositors to the creation
of Nueva Camarines keep saying that this is for the personal,
selsh and political interests of the politicians who proposedHB 4820. But arent the oppositors politicians too with selshand personal interests? They should look at themselves. Who
are benetting and who will benet from the status quo? The
proponents of HB 4820 are one in saying that it will benet thepeople, the present and future generations.
Lets study all the issues objectively on HB 4820 and decidethat is good for the general welfare of the people when the
proper time comes.* * * * *
The word not was erroneously omitted in my last weeks
column. The sentence should be What the oppositors wantis to kill House Bill 4820 by letting it sleep in the Senate
Committee on Local Government for more than one year andt submitting a Committee report on or before the deadlinefor ling so that it cannot be calendared and be discussed inthe Senate Plenary session.
from my window . . .
NYC Luzon Area Coordi-
nator Nydia P. Deln said the
caravan served as a venue for
youth participants to make a
blueprint of their own action
plan and concretize their com-
mitment through collective ef-
fort.
We would like to acknowl-
edge the youths effort in tak-ing this campaign as a serious
matter. Their cooperation is
nyc heightens youth . . .
very signicant for the success
of this crusade, she said.
Assistant Sec. Benjamin
Reyes of DDB said the con-
duct of the said caravan is one
of the boards strategies to re-
alize their supply and demand
reduction of the illegal drugs
approach especially to the
younger segment of the soci-ety.
Based on the statistics of
rehab acceptance, there is an
increase of users under the
age bracket of 28 to 30. This
is within the yuppies or the
young professionals sectors
which mean that they have ad-
vanced from being student us-
ers and carried it on even after
they have graduated, he said
Reyes added that this
means that these dependents
started using drugs when theywere still in school, making it
signicantly important that the
focus of their campaign should
be carried out in schools and
universities.
NYC Executive Director
Pol Maleniza II said the com-
mission is steadfast in their
campaign to lead similar advo-
cacies geared towards educat-
ing the youth on the ill effects
of drugs and will continue to
entice the youth to be a part of
their advocacy.
He recommended the con-struction of drainage canal in
waterclogged areas, planting
in beds or ridges, and the use
of systemic fungicides to con-
trol the destructive diseases
heart rot on pineapple.
Conducting the eld test
is Inocencio Obrero, DA re-
searcher in Camarines Norte
and Roseller Mago, research
aide. Cooperating with the
test on Ulam variety for the
LGU is Provincial Agricultur-
ist Francia Pajares and Joseph
Ibasco of OPAg.
Meanwhile, some plant
experts believed that the main
reason for the smaller fruit
harvest of farmers were due to
crop management and not due
to using a single variety. Pine-
apple is unlikely to be affected
by inbreeding because plant-
ing materials used are suckers
and not seeds. The most likely
reason for lower yield is low
fertilizer rates, use of the same
area for the same crop over and
over again, and early ower
induction of pineapple. It can
also be caused by prevalence
of pests and diseases as aggra-
vated by the prolonged rainy
season due to climate change.
-Inocencio Q. Obrero
2 new pineapple . . .
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in Camarnes Norte
2 new pineapple varieties on testTwo new pineapple
varieties are now on test
planting in the province
of Camarines Norte. They
are Super Sweet Snack Pine-
apple or Ulam and MD-2
Hybrid pineapple. Both va-
rieties came from Mindanao
as part of Agriculture Secre-
tary Proceso Alcalas com-
mitment to introduce new
pineapple varieties in the
province. This is in response
to the claim that yield is get-
ting smaller because only
one variety is being planted
by the farmers. Camarines
Norte farmers are tradition-
ally planting the Queen or
Formosa pineapple , known
for its very sweet fruit and
sturdy leaves.
The regional ofce of
the Department of Agri-
culture in Bicol procured
1,000 pieces of MD-2 hy-
brid pineapple from Bukid-
non. In support to the un-
dertaking, the Ofce of the
Provincial Agriculturist in
Camarines Norte purchased
1,000 pieces Ulam vari-
ety from Davao. Both vari-
eties are now planted at the
Research Outreach Station
of DA in Calasgasan, Daet,
Cam. Norte.
Adaptability and yield
performance of these variet-
ies will be tested under the
soil and climatic condition
of coconut areas in Cama-
rines Norte using different
production methods. The
production methods willinclude the medium den-
sity, low-fertilizer planting
techniques of farmers; the
high density, medium fertil-
izer best practices for queen
pineapple; and the high
density, high fertilizer rate
of Mindanao growers.
The Ulam variety was
developed and registered
by Dr. Juan C. Acosta of
Bukidnon with plantation
in Toril, Davao. It has spiny
leaves similar to Queen
pineapple and was claimed
to produce sweet fruit with
soft edible core. Mean-
while, the MD-2 hybrid wasreported to be developed by
a multinational corporation
but is now in the hands of
farmers in Mindanao. It has
similar plant stand with the
spineless smooth cayenne
or Hawaiian variety but
is said to produce sweeter
fruit with no aftertaste when
eaten. This variety is now
being planted in Honduras
and Mexico,.
On the other hand, both
varieties are being planted
in high elevation areas of
400-800 meters above sea
level in Mindanao. Cama-
rines Norte pineapple pro-
duction areas are reported
at 4-100 meters sea level
only. Dr. Faustino Obrero,
pathologist and a veteran
pineapple researcher in
Mindanao warned that
MD-2 can be susceptible to
a form of eld disease when
planted in lower elevation
especially when harvest is
timed in summer months.
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