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DBM okays fund for Bicol Int'l Airport dev't

Naga LGU forms localPower Commission

"OPENING DOORS" FOR COOPERATIONNew CASURECO II OIC-General Manager Rolly Pante (left) was welcomed recently by Mayor John Bongat and the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Naga at the City Mayor's Office. Mr. Pante and Mayor Bongat shared and exchanged ideas on how the two institutions can become strong partners in ensuring the reliability and sustainability of power supply and competitiveness and affordability of power rates to consumers within Naga, to pioneer investors and business expansions in line with the City’s economic development initiatives

Naga City – this city government has created a new body which will ensure Na-ga’s energy security.

Mayor John G. Bongat or-dered the creation of the City of Naga Power Commission (CNPC), under Executive Or-der No. 2014-008.

The CNPC will prepare a comprehensive plan for the city’s future energy require-ments, including identifica-tion of the supply and demand projections as well as alterna-tive energy sources.

The Commission shall have a Board of Commis-sioners composed of the fol-lowing: Chairman of the SP

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TRASH CATCH JESSEl BASANtAPhilippine Army soldiers haul garbage afloat on the coastal waters of legazpi City during a coastal clean up, participated in by hundreds of volunteers last March 22, 2014 in observation of the World Water Day.

DOlE-Bicol resolves83 cases in Jan-Feb.

Dir. lACAMBRA

Legazpi City - the Department of Labor and employment-Med-arbitration Unit recorded a total of eighty three (83) labor standards cases from January to February this year.

Thirteen of said cases were already resolved and benefited 14 workers with a total compensation award amounting to P216,256.25.

“This number indicates that DOLE-Bicol is doing its job as this cases came from the assessment results made by our Labor Laws compliance Officers (LLCOs) which ripened into a labor case,” DOLE Bicol regional director Nathaniel V. Lacambra explained.

According to the report released by Atty. Karina Perida-Trayvilla, DOLE-Bicol Mediator-Arbiter, the actual labor cases handled for

the first 2-months is only 82 however, 1-unfinished labor case was carried over from 2013 thus making the beginning balance of 83 labor cases.

On the report, 13 out of the 83 were already resolved and all the rest pending resolution. LMAU cases are usually underpayment of wages, non-payment of benefits and other violations of core labor standards.

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANtoo scientific and technical for practical understanding.

The proposal includes improvement of vital information released to the public – by way of simplified, vernacular language. DOST says the terminologies and concepts will be made more understandable by the recipients. The study revealed that the public in general draw their weather updates primarily from TV newscasts, followed by radio broadcasts, newspapers, global mobile phones and barangay officials.

PESO VALUE: The BSP issued explanations as to why the exchange value of the Philippine peso has been fluctuating. Gov. Armando Tetangco said the internal strength of the local currency is stable the aberrations are caused more by external developments. Despite the Russian inroads in Ukraine and the on-going civil disturbance in Syria – the US-EU economies are showing big improvements – thereby increasing demand for fuel oil and related products.

With the positive profit prospects

of US-EU investments – big ticket investments in the Philippines are partly being withdrawn – especially temporary investments in the stock exchange and current deposits in banks. The global investment drive has shifted towards foreign direct investments (FDIs) which are more permanent in character, more so those placed in development projects in priority business areas.

FORESIGHT: OpinionsUnlimited concurs with the observations of Sen. Serge Osmena that Dept. of Energy secretary Jericho Petilla lacks thorough understanding of his job and that he has insufficient foresight. Right from his assumption of the energy cabinet post, the basic factors of energy demand and supply are already on the table. The production capacities of the power plants are known – and it is just a matter of extrapolating their output fluctuations.

Another cabinet secretary who appears lacking in foresight is DOTC secretary Jun Abaya. A simple analytical look at the operations of our Metro-trains should have revealed outright the conclusion that more passenger cars are needed. Since production of these facilities takes time – orders to the foreign suppliers should have been issued at least two years ago. This lack of foresight will be costly to the P-Noy administration come 2016.

PROVERBS: A man of knowledge uses words with restraint; a man of understanding is even-tempered.

(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).

UN TIPS: A United Nations panel of scientist has submitted a brief on “8 Reasons to Worry About Global Warming”. The sci-technocrats listed their “predictions” on what the future holds for our Earth if the climate change continues: 1) Coastal flooding will occur, killing people and causing big destructions; 2) Hunger may escalate because of warming, drought and severe downpours; 3) Big cities will be damaged by inland flooding.

The other worrisome developments are: 4) Water shortages will affect the poor rural areas; 5) Crazy weather like storms will damage electricity, water and emergency services; 6) Some fish and marine animals may be adversely affected; 7) Land animals may also be affected – hurting the lives of their shepherds; and 8) Heat waves, especially in the urban areas – will hurt and kill the elderly and the very young. Let’s find ways to combat global warming.

DOST PLANS: Not necessarily in direct response to global warming – the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vows to improve its delivery of weather information. This was done on the findings that public awareness and reaction on weather information is very insufficient. The study yielded the psycho-info that the general public considers DOST pronouncements as

Global Warming Worries

the sovereign territory”As I wrote before, I want peace in

Mindanao but the peace agreement should not violate our Constitution. This will probably be taken to the Supreme Court and I’ll just wait for its decision on whether Bangsamoro is a state or substate within the state of the Philippines or an autonomous region.

I have one concern about the Bangsamoro entity. If in the future Bangsamoro has already strengthened its army, navy and air force and it declares its independence and does not want to be a part of the Philippines anymore, what will our government do? Bangsamoro will surely be helped by the rich Islamic countries and even by the US because they are interested in our natural resources like gas and oil in southern Philippines. I hope and pray that this will not happen.

* * * * *The Philippine government rightly filed

its formal memorandum to the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal yesterday challenging China’s claim to most of South China Sea including parts of Philippine territory the UN Law of the Sea.

China knows this. It is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. That is why it will not submit itself to the jurisdiction of the UN Arbitral Tribunal.

By submitting this case for arbitration in this UN Tribunal, the Philippines is pursuing legal and peaceful means to settle this conflict. Their representative can talk to each other there. Seemingly, China just wants to use its might and force knowing that the Philippines is militarily weak. At least it can be said that the Philippines has followed the diplomatic procedure on this issue and at the same time it has formally made its claim over Philippine territory in the UN Arbitration Tribunal. If China has proof and evidence that it owns the whole South China Sea, it should show it in the United Nations International Court of Justice of the UN Arbitration Tribunal.

What is the interest of China in our territory? Specifically, it’s in the following excerpt from the column of Solita Collas Monsod in the Daily Inquirer dated March 29, 2014: “What is so important about Recto Bank which is off Palawan? According to Roilo Golez, quoting from the US Energy Information Administration, it could hold up to 55.1 million cubic feet of natural gas – TWENTY TIMES the 2.7 trillion cubic feet reserves in Malampaya, which is scheduled to run out by 2024. This aside from 5.4 billion barrels of oil. A government official told me the proven reserve of Recto Bank were worth $23 billion dollars. That’s what the Chinese really want. Shall we let them have it?

Let’s support our government’s stand on this matter. It is very right to protect our own interest.

The Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) was signed this March 27, 2014 in the grounds of Malacañang. Peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer signed for the Philippine Government and Mohaghes Iqbal for the rebel group called Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

With the signing of this agreement, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MLIF) is reportedly abandoning its armed struggle for an independent Muslim State in Mindanao.

What did the government under Pres. Noynoy Aquino give to appease this rebel group? It gave in to their many demands as will be seen when this agreement will be submitted to Congress for approval before being submitted to plebiscite.

The editorial of the Daily Tribune dated March 8, 2014, says the following excerpts: “The likely treasonous provisions in the agreement are many including bequeathing to the MILF, 75% percent (seventy five percent) of all natural wealth found in the provinces that would comprise the Bangsamoro sub-state. The government gave literally an arm and a leg of the Philippine state to secure an agreement with the MILF.

The LGUs receive shares of govern-ent income but the MILF wil l get outright ownership of resources with the government acquiring a 25 percent share (twenty five) from it as some form of a grotesque sharing of a loot taken from the patrimony.

Not satisfied with the huge territorial boundary, the MILF even pursued a bonus through an addendum to the power sharing annex that would demarcate the Bangsamoro waters parts of Yllana Bay, the Moro Gulf and the Sulu Sea.

It is not autonomy that is being offered to the MILF but the surrender of part of

the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro & What Does China Want?

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Highway Crucifixionthis lent, roads leading to the provinces will

once more be very heavy with traffic.It is because Catholic Filipinos take advantage

of the season to have their much needed vacation.

It is in the spirit of the season that we raise concern over the safety of our roads as well as the transportation system in the country as a whole.

Year in, year out, repairs continue in our main highways. the DPWH seems to be engaged in this never-ending activity that some wags now call it the Department of Patch Works and Highways. While repairs may be seen in a positive light, perennially doing it may also be an indicator of a poor and low quality public works.

Road reblockings and detours raise tempers and gas consumption. they can also trigger accidents and death, especially at night when no one is manning the roads.

Buses, particularly the outmoded once still continue to ply our highways, that rightly they can indeed be called mobile coffins.

locally, so-called PUVs crowd their seats over and above the allowed number of passengers who suffer the useless airconditioning of the unit, even when they pay the same fare.

there must be a stop to this unending passenger crucifixion.

the government should popularize and inform the riding public of their rights even as it should continue promoting their safety and welfare on the road. It should phase out dilapidated public conveyances as well as raise the standards of public works.

lent provide this opportunity for the government, and private transport operators to redeem themselves.

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inner chessBY J. HENRY DANICAN

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Dreaming to WinEveryday lotto outlets in Iriga are teeming with a long queue

of hopefuls. I bet you, all of them are dreaming to make it big financially. i.e. win the millions that lotto has at stake. I had never tried betting, I thought once I will bet on my favorite numbers and maybe get the best luck of my life. But the long queue prevented me from indulging in the game and that was the end of my prayer for many, many good bucks for the price of simple pesos.

Every day, the SLT “lady” passes by our house and after kissing my hand when I am out of the house tending my garden now bereft of plants due to the heat of the season (summer na ba? Sobrang init na kasi) she asks me what numbers I am betting on but i just keep mum and she understands and she knows I am not interested. I had never been lucky in games of chance, bingo or raffles.

My son is somehow lucky in bets. He won a mountain bike in a bingo, he wins in raffles, jueting but never will be finds his luck in a lotto; he never bets, that’s why. My late father was a sweepstakes regular but he never made it big. Always the “ending” I would hear him. It means the ticket can be exchanged for another ticket but never did he win a big prize. The “ending” story gets repeated over and over again until my mother got sick of hearing the petty luck story and made a strong statement and stopped my father from buying another sweepstake ticket. Well, that was ii. My father indulged in jueting and was luckily once, I remember our house was being built and when he came home one afternoon from work, he has already with him several galvanized sheets he bought from a jueting win and they completed the unfinished roofing of our house. That made him jueting aficionado and it caused petty quarrels between him and Mom.

I have known of people who have won millions in the lotto, I know one who found only temporary happiness for his family, not one who lived happily every after. They were overjoyed of course, who would not with a- 40 millions win. The first thing that he did was buy a house in a subdivision and had it well furnished which was a very good idea. He bought next a car, learned how to drive and was soon taking his children to the public school and bringing them. He was a proud man. The partying in their house never stopped. Relatives would come and they would go home happy. He was a a generous man. His two elder sons and a daughter changed their lifestyle. They were, I guess spending money left and right and happy. but not for long. How did they use the easy earned money? They were easily lost. To make the long story short, money soon was gone

The car was nowhere, the house sold. The elder children have married untimely and the lotto winner and his wife settled for the same kind of simple lifestyle they used to live. End of the sad story.

The moral of the story. Don’t bank on luck. Work hard,

Health Awareness for Our Graders By AlDO A. BAGAMASBAD

DepEd Iriga City

Remember during our elementary days, when we used to sing “I have two hands, the left and the right, hold them up high, so clean and bright. Clap them softly one, two, three, clean little hands are good to see.” I think that was more than health awareness but health education to the max. Today, even if our young graders in school still sing this song and can sing it better than we used to do, are they really aware of the implication of the song? What is the implication? Simple. Health education among them and health education is not limited to cleaning the hands. Today, commercials are very evident on the boob tune. Wash your hands with Safeguard and you will be safe.

But the best way to draw health awareness and done very effectively is to get to the classroom to educate our young graders. Most of them, if not all, come to school with clean hands, not necessarily washed with Safeguard. They should be taught to eat the right food. No junk food, children, No junk food. But these food abound and some are them are sold very cheaply at the price of just a peso. Some of them are not exactly manufactured according to the standard set by FDA. But, gee, they are so “yummy.” Brightly packaged, they temp our graders, especially the smaller tykes to patronize them in the corner sari-sari store. And they could be addictive. Nutrients, talk about something else.

I think our children should be made to understand that eating the right food will do them a lot more than just feasting on these so-called junk food. “Kaya nga, junk food. Junk talaga.” This is where classroom instruction can best be utilized to make our graders know which food are right, what they do to their bodies, etc. There was a time when the nutribun was a DepEd program. Dispensed very cheaply, they were not just delicious but that they were very substantial nutrition-wise. Do our children like camote juice for a drink? Maybe some of them have not even heard of it. But they are so familiar with juice sold in the sidewalk and there had been reports that most of them are mixed with magic sugar which has been found to be dangerous. We must teach our children to love to eat vegetables, For example, malunggay or moringa in all its variations. Moringa juice is delicious, moringa cooked in coconut milk is a wonderful viand.

Our children should know the importance of vegetables for food but some food which are not recommended are to them a wonder. It is a matter of educating our graders why the food with the necessary food nutrients and vitamins should be their likes. Our teachers who are very well versed in motivating their children can do a lot to make our them grow healthy, wealthy and wise. I am particularly mentioning teachers (and not parents) because teachers are more obeyed by children more than parents. “Sabi ni mam,. Sabi kasi ni mam.” and parents can likely pamper their children and just give in to what their children, and this is not a new story.

Health education among our children. Teach them to eat the right food but not limited to that. There are many other ways to expect children to grow as healthy adults. Like engaging in sports, but that is another story.

Handling a Multigrade Class:A teacher’s ChallengeBy MARlON A CHAVEZ - School Head

Del Carmen Elem. School, lagonoy North Districtlagonoy, Camarines Sur

Teaching, in itself is a very challenging job. There lies the responsibility of a teacher to make his pupils learn and thereby benefit from his learning. If teaching in one grade is already challenging, one can just imagine a teacher teaching two grades in one classroom at the same time. The Department of Education calls this Multi-Grade Class.

It takes a lot of a teacher’s flexibility and, creativeness to make both classes pay attention, get the most they can and have fun (intellectually, that is).

The challenge is… what kind of preparation must a teacher have every God’s made Monday to Friday to keep his “machine” loaded with the right stuff to keep it going. The teacher handling a multi-grade class is responsible for both classes. Naturally, he has more preparations than one, he has more activities than one and he must have the patience for all. Some pupils may not feel comfortable maybe because the room is not enough for much more than one class. And it could be the same feeling for the teacher. He may not be comfortable just as well preparing for more than one class. He could find it difficult, if not impossible, to cover both lessons. But I am aware that teachers handling multi-grade classes do not really take that discomfiture to heart. A teacher, after all, is trained to meet teaching difficulties head on.

The teacher gets to provide the various needs of the students and the trained teacher plans and organizes his activities to provide a learning experience best suited to the pupils. While the whole class may work on the same topic, the activities will depend what the teacher wants his pupils to learn based on the pupils level of development.

One wonderful thing about multi-class is that more knowing pupils get to help less knowing ones and thereby reinforce the condition in the classroom. It is always a beautiful sight to see children learning from one another. It is wonderful to see bonds are established among pupils of different grade level and therefore have differences in a lot of ways…in thinking, in doing and in feeling. To a multi-grade teacher, this is something to cherish. Teaching a multi-grade class could be an unusually difficult experience but it is just as wonderful.

tHE PlIGHt OF A tEACHER-IN-CHARGEBy MARICHU M. MERCADO, t1

lohong Elementary SchoolRagay District

What is a teacher-in-charge? What does she do? How does

she exercise her dual functions in the school? How does she feel about a T.I.C.?

This are the common thoughts of the People concerned whenever the topic of interest is the Teacher-in-Charge in a particular school.

A Teacher-in-Charge (T.I.C.) is the teacher who acts as the school head because the number of teachers could not suffice to the needs of the teaching for to accommodate a principal or an Elementary School Head Teacher (ESHT).

Aside from handling an advisory class, the T.I.C. is obliged and is given the responsibility to prepare and to consolidate school reports, to represent the school in conferences, seminars and trainings, to act as a fiscalizer in dialogs and in conflicts (if there are any) among her co-teachers, and to establish rapport between the school and its stakeholders.

Those are the similar functions, duties and obligations of the teacher-in-charge with the principals and the head teachers. T.I.C.’s also receive the same respect from the people inside and outside the school. She is also given importance and high recognition in school affairs as well as in barangay assemblies, fiestas and the like. Her position also allows her to manage the school according to her own style and according to how she is trained to be one. She is also given the privilege to take the National Qualifying Examination for School Heads (NQESH) after acquiring at least five-year experience as TIC.

However, the agony of a teacher-in-charge does not only affect herself, rather also her class and her family. Because she is a classroom teacher and a class adviser, her pupils are often left untaught and are deprived with the lessons and other class activities supposed for the day when their teacher is called to attend school heads’ conferences in the district and trainings in the division office. More often, the pupils are sent home for nobody will take care of them considering that the TIC is a lone teacher in the school, if not one of the four or six teachers handling a solid class per grade level.

Madam Teacher-in-Charge receives a meager salary, mostly that of a Teacher I, that the fare and meal expenses she spends everytime she attends conferences comes from her own pocket. Thank God, there’s an MOOE nowadays! The teachers are relieved and are saved from paying transportation and registration fees in trainings.

I have been a TIC for almost two years and the experience gave me mixed emotions. Sometimes I liked my assignment and other times I did not, especially when I had to leave my class for a seminar, as well as when I had to leave my very small daughters everytime I could not come for a night or two because the training would be live in. True enough, there are always two sides of a coin.

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KABABAIHAN GABAY SA PAGtAHAKSA tUWID NA lANDAS

By MARIlOU G. SACAYMaster teacher II

Iriga Central School

Mahal naming ina, ilaw ng tahananHinubog ang mga anak sa tamang landasPangarap ni Rizal itong kabataanTungo sa tamang kalagayan ng buhay.

Ikaw ang nagluwal sa iyong mga anakBigyang buhay, gabay sa iyong paghinaMga pangaral musika sa aming diwaSandatang gagamitin aming pagtanda

Ina, ikaw ang aming lakas at buhaySimbolo ng kaunlaran nitong bayanSa likod ng lalaki’y isang dakilaSa ikaaamis ng puso at diwa.

Tumulong sa iyong bayang inibigLarangan ng politika’s iyong itindigPag-unlad ng bayan ay gawing mabilisSa agos ng dugong iyong ipinawis,

Maging lider ng bansa, bisig ng bayanItanghal sa daigidg ng kalahatanKatapangan ipagmalaki ng bansaKapangyarihan mo’y aming iginalang.

Mabuti rin at iyong napupurihanSa pamumuno nitong ating pamayananItong batas ay nagsilbing patnubaySa aming pagtahak sa tuwid na landas.Si Gabriela Silang huwaran ng kababaihanMandirigma sa panahong himagsikanTapang katatagan, pag-asa ng bayanIpinaglaban, kalayaan ng bayan.

Kapit bisig tayo mga kakababaihanMaging huwaran sa pagtahak ng daanTuwid na landas, daanan ng sinumanUpang makamit tunay na kaunlaran.

Humayo, kumilos mga kababaihanIpaglaban ang karapatan sa buhayAng pagiging lider ay iyong gampananNang maging patnubay nitong sambayan,

Ikaw na siyang dapat magbigbigay dangalHuwag maghintay ng bukas pa ngayon naIpagpatuloy ang paggabay sa lahatItuwid tamang daan sa kababayan.

Bright leaf Awards 2014 nagbukas na

Palasyo, tiwalang mananaig ang pro RH

Binuksan na ang taunang Bright Leaf awards (BLa) para sa kumpetisyon ng mga mamahayag sa radio, telebisyon at dyario.

Ang ika-walong Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards ay layung kilalanin ang magagaling na mamahayag at himukin silang abutin ang “excellence” sa pagpapaliwanag at pagbibigay ng impormasyon sa pagtatanim ng tabako at industriya ng agrikultura.

Bibigyan din ng award ang mga photographers na may pinakamagandang kuha sa sitwasyon ng agrikultura sa bansa.

Ayon kay Didet Danguilan, Bright Leaf Awards project head, mga Pilipinong mamamahayag lang ang maaring sumali sa kumpetisyon.

Ang mga kategorya ay Agriculture Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program or Segment, Best National

News Story, Best Regional News Story, Best National Feature Story, Best Regional Feature News Story and Oriental Leaf Award.

Ang Oriental Leaf Award ay binibigay sa mga nanalo ng limang beses na sunod-sunod sa BLA at naging bahagi ng grupo sa Bright Leaf Hall of Fame.

"Gusto naming ma-inspire ang ating mga kababayan lalo na nang tamaan tayo ng mga malalakas na bagyo at lindol,” ani Danguilan.

Ngayong taon, nais ng BLA na dumami ang sasaling tri-media practitioners sa prubinsya.

Ang pagsali sa BLA ay libre. Ang mga entries ay dapat ng lumabas sa dyario o TV o naere sa radio mula Sept. 1, 2013 hanggang Agosto. 31, 2014.

Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, bisitahin ang www.thebrightleafawards.com o tumawag sa Bright Leaf Secretariat 697-8110, (0915)5508301 o (0918)4130797 o mag-email sa [email protected].

tiwala ang Mala-canang na mananaig ang mga pro-RH sa pagta-tanggol nito sa nakatak-dang oral argument sa Korte Suprema.

Ito ang tugon ni Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte sa katanun-gang kung ano ang posi-syon ng Malacanang sa kontrobersyal na RH bill na tatalakayin sa Korte Su-prema.

“Hindi lang po yung national government pero marami kasing Filipino na

sumusuporta talaga dito sa batas ng Responsible Par-enthood,” sabi ni Valte sa mga reporter sa isang press briefing sa Malacanang.

“Umaasa po tayo na na-giging maganda ‘yung mga pagtatanggol ng mga advo-cates ng Responsible Par-enthood doon sa oral argu-ments sa Supreme Court.”

Ani Valte sinusupor-tahan ng Malacanang ang Responsible Parenthood Law dahil sa mabibigyan nito ng pagpapasya sa mga pamilya na magdesisyon

kung ilan ang gusto nilang maging supling.

“I mean every family is different. So every family necessarily would have to make its own decision on how best they can take care of their families given the resources that are available to them,” sabi ni Valte.

Aniya kung may sapat na kaalaman at kamalayan ang mga magulang, makaka-pagpasya ang bawat pami-lya sa kung anong dami ng kanilang supling.

Ayon sa mga pro-RH

marami na ang mga ka-bataang babae ang nab-ubuntis na nagreresulta sa komplikasyon sa pangan-ganak, ito ang isang punto na aalamin ang legalidad sa Korte Suprema.

Magugunita na naglabas ang Korte Suprema ng sta-tus quo ante order para pig-ilan ang implementasyon ng naturang batas.

Nakatakdang talakayin ng Korte Suprema ang usaping RH law sa Abril 8 sa summer session nito sa Baguio City.

SEMCO at 22: "top Grosser Na tayo"This is the name chosen by the State Employees

Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SEMCO) on the 22nd Founding Anniversary.

In 1992, the employees of the Commission on Au-dit (COA) specifically those from the City Auditor’s Of-fice, Naga City together with other cooperators coming from other COA Auditing units bonded together to or-ganize a cooperative designed to cater to their needs, to address to their financial woes, which they optly named as State Employees Multi-Purpose Coopera-

tive (SEMCO).In September 22, 1992, the organizational meeting

was held attended by all its twenty-six (26) Chartered members, elected the incorporating directors and com-mittee members.

From then on membership grew from other govern-ment office and as today there are around 172 active members composed of 92 COANS, 24 LGU, Naga City, 7 CDA, 18 DPWH, other offices 9, retired COANS 18 and 4 retired other agency.”

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Naga River now a water quality management areaNaga City — One

good thing leads to anoth-er.

Ten days after this city celebrated with fl ourish and style the Naga River Day last March 8, comes the news that the Environmental Man-agement Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR) has chosen Naga River to be the second Water Quality Management Area (WQWA) in Bicol.

The highly successful cel-ebration was spearheaded by its top city hall offi cials, and guests led by no less than Archbishop Rolando J. Tria Tirona of Caceres and Rep. Leni Robredo who all ex-pressed hope over the river’s future because the people themselves advocate and par-ticipate in the preservation of the river’s role in the city’s development and history.

The newest good news was brought forth by EMB Regional Director Roberto D. Sheen when he called and presided over the initial

meeting for the WQMA des-ignation last March 18 at the Blue Room of the Raul S. Roco Library at the City Hall compound here.

The meeting which was attended by DENR offi cials in Bicol and Camarines Sur and stakeholders represent-ing various NGOs and civic and business organizations, offi cials of the local water districts, and those from the academe tackled the WQMA designation project as one of the strategies identifi ed to ef-fectively enforce the Clean Air Act of 2004 and improve the water quality of water bodies through focused in-terventions or actions that are designed to address specifi c water quality issues of the areas.

Director Sheen disclosed that Lake Buhi was the fi rst designated WQMA in Bicol, with Lake Bato, also in Ca-marines Sur being eyed as the third.

During the same meeting, the composition of the Naga River WQMA Governing

the next meeting after the Holy Week, Sheen said.

As explained, the Gov-erning Board will primarily serve as the planning, moni-toring, and coordinating body of the WQMA. This GB will review the WQMA action plan prepared by the DENR through the EMB and mem-ber stakeholders.

Naga City Environment and Natural Resources Of-fi cer Oscar Orozco said this is a welcome development considering that Naga is on its heels of implementing the in-tegrated Naga River Revital-ization Project (iNRRP) that seeks “to create public aware-ness in preserving the historic Naga River, and to encourage better stewardship of the envi-ronment in general.”

He announced that the P150M revetment of the riv-erbanks and implementation of related works like dredg-ing and desilting along Naga River will soon start with the anticipated release of P150M fund secured through the ef-forts of CamSur 3rd District

Rep. Leni Robredo.Meanwhile, during the

presentation of the result of water quality monitoring of Naga River conducted during the fi rst quarter of this year, it was revealed that Naga River since its last monitoring ten years ago remains to be cat-egorized as Class C, meaning that there may be habitation or life (for fi sh and other marine resources) within the river but its water quality re-mains polluted and its water may not be used for drinking, bathing, or cleaning clothes. “But there is hope to revive the river which will be made easier through intervention and collaboration by stake-holders and the people them-selves who are the benefi cia-ries of the river’s wealth and health,” Orozco stressed.

An EMB presentation showed that 57 percent of classifi ed rivers throughout the country still meet the stan-dards for their traditional use and that 31 percent of diseas-es reported were caused by polluted waters. CPO Naga

Board (GB) was discussed, the fi nal composition of which, that will include rep-

resentatives from the LGUs and the private and public sectors, will be taken up in

DBM okays fund for Bicol Int'l Airport dev'tMaNiLa -- the Depart-

ment of Budget and Man-agement (DBM) announced Sunday that a Multi-year Obligational authority has been issued to the Depart-ment of transportation and Communications (DOtC) in support of the Bicol in-ternational airport Devel-opment project. the new airport in the province of al-bay—which will replace the existing airport in Legazpi city—is set to be completed in 2016.

Budget Secretary Floren-cio “Butch” Abad also con-

fi rmed the release of a sepa-rate MYOA to the DOTC for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 North Extension Proj-ect. The project will mainly connect the LRT 1 Roosevelt station with the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) North Avenue Station, among others, and is scheduled to be completed next year.

“The country’s public transportation system has long been due for an overhaul, and we’re making that happen. To date, we’ve given the DOTC the authority to enter into multi-year contracts for the

completion of their transport infrastructure projects. This is of course in line with our goal to ramp up infrastructure development towards rapid, sustainable, and inclusive economic expansion,” Abad said.

“The DOTC will fi nish the construction of the new Albay international airport by the end of President Aquino’s term. Improvements like this will help further economic de-velopment in the Bicol region. The new airport would also attract more local and foreign tourists to go out and truly ex-

perience what it is like when we say, “it’s more fun in the Philippines,” he added.

Consistent with the 2011-2016 Philippine Development Plan, the MYOA supports the construction of the Bicol Inter-national Airport, which aims to provide the Bicol region a safe, effi cient, and dependable transportation system that meets international standards and practices.

The total project cost is estimated at P4.7 billion from 2013-2016, with DBM al-ready releasing P150 million for the project this year via the 2014 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Of the P4.7 billion, a total of P2.1 billion has already been spent from 2007 to 2012 for advance works such as earthworks, right-of-way ac-quisitions, access road con-struction, and preliminary de-tailed engineering.

On the other hand, the other MYOA released for the LRT 1 extension will provide a com-mon station that will connect LRT and MRT for easy pas-

senger transfer. The already completed Balintawak and Roosevelt stations for LRT 1 are also part of the project.

“We understand the chal-lenges that MRT commuters are now facing because of the improvements the government is making in Manila’s major road systems. However, these inconveniences should only be temporary, and the public

can defi nitely expect better transport services as we work on a new interchange station linking the MRT and LRT sta-tions.

“This initiative also ties in with the MYOA we issued last month for the contactless smartcard fare collection sys-tem. By enhancing our ser-vices, we hope to encourage

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AFFIDAVIt OF ADJUDICAtIONWItH DONAtION

Notice is hereby given that ESTELITA S. DELLORO is the only child and sole heir of the late Sps. Tranquilino A. Sapusao and Lourdes D.S. Sapusao who died on April 14, 1994 and December 18, 1998, respectively in Naga City, without will left a parcel of land covered by OCT No. 213 containing an area of 105 sqm more or less, situated at San Felipe, Naga City; that pursuant to Sec. 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court of the Philippines, the heir with full legal capacity to contract hereby adjudicate unto herself the described property with DONATION unto her daughter MIA SAPUSAO DELLORO, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Florencio R. Rosales.; Doc. No. 1280, Page No. 256, Book No. 34, Series of 2014.

BIKOl REPORtERPublished: March 23, 30; April 6, 2014


All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE IGUAlDAD PAWNSHOP, Cor. Igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez Ave., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.

Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until APRIl 28, 2014 only. tHE MANAGEMENtBIKOl REPORtERPublished: MARCH 30 and APRIl 6, 2014

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 from NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE SPEED PAWNSHOP, JR. Bichara Complex, San Antonio Poblacion, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, pawned from NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 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 NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 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 NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 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 NOVEMBER 01-30, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on MAY 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



DONATION TURN -OVER SM AVP for South luzon 2 & 3 Engr. Jason terrenal, Parish priest Fr. Cirilo Edgar Ebona, and SM City Naga Mall Manager Wesley Villanueva during the turn-over of donation to Our lady of Penafrancia Parish last March 21, 2014 in Daet, Camarines Norte. SM continues to promote religiosity and spirituality in the communities where it served. Recently, SM Hypermarket opened its door to better serve the people of Daet.

UNEP hails new lEt PassersNine elementary edu-

cation graduates from the University of Northeastern philippines passed the re-cent Licensure examina-tion for teachers given last March 8, this year.

They were part of the 11,120 passers out of the 38,377 examinees and com-prise the 25 percent fist tak-ers of UNEP who were able to beat the national passing percentage rate of 28.98 per-cent.

UNEP’s LET passers in-clude Caz, Naiza L.; Dasigan, Mary Justine Sienne O.; De Villa, Maria Elena T.; Noe, Lany S.; Prima, Mary Jane B.; Salamanque, Francia A.; and Sederia, Benjie O.

Out of the 42, 358 examin-ees for secondary education, 12,033 secondary teachers passed the LET exams, in-cluding 15 successful passers from UNEP. Celebrating this milestone are: Amoroso, Kar-ren M.; Bance, Jibin S.; Bare-la, Nora G.; Cal, Emanuel E.; Carumba, Ma. Josefina S.;

Germino, Geleen C.; Layosa, Ma. Juisa R.; Luz, Dondon C.; and Nueva, Joelan E.

UNEP also congratulated Obelidor, Ivy N.; Quino, Maila A.; Periabras, Ma-donna S.; Rodriguez, Maria Aila S.; Solosa, JUnavel L.; and Talaguit, Regie O for passing the said examination. This year’s national pass-ing percentage is 28.41 per cent. UNEP was elated with the 41.67 percent take of first takers.

Under the Teacher Cer-tificate Program, UNEP was able to produce another 22 successful takers. The Pro-fessional Teaching Certifica-tion (PTC) program is a non-degree program designed for individuals who have com-pleted a Bachelor’s degree in any field and who intend to teach at the secondary educa-tion level.

This year’s success-ful passers include: Atole, Jimly P.; Ballester, Airine F.; Baracinas, Reynor M.; Bo, Yolanda M.; Casano,

Dylailah R.; Chavez, Louie A.; Espanto, Reziel V.; Jin-talan, Jocelyn O.; Lastrollo, Romeo E.; Libardo, Mary Glor T.; Lompero, Sheryl V.; Lorzano, Imee A.; Martinez, Ruvelyn R.; Medina, Rosette B.; Morillo, Mary Grace T.; Nuqui, Nellie Marga M., and Oares, Christopher T.

Also included on the list were Pontillas, Marianne B.; Recio, Emilyn D.; Rellosa, Rheena Lou D.; Serrano, Catherine B.; Tagum, Kenny Nino H.; Talangan, Jhunna M. and Toriente, Enrica Mae Q. They have completed the 18-unit professional educa-tion requirement and were allowed to take the Licensure Examination for Teachers.

For this year’s Teacher’s Board examinees, UNEP an-nounces its Licensure Exami-nation for Teachers Review which will start on May 10 to July 13. Interested partici-pants may attend the Orien-tation on May 9 , 1:00pm at Room 305, UNEP Adminis-tration building.

Committee on Consumers Protection; head of the City Planning and Development Office; executive director of the Jesse M. Robredo Center for Good Governance; execu-tive director of the Metro Naga Development Council; man-ager of Casureco II; chair of the Naga City People’s Coun-cil; president of the MNCCI; representative of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engi-neers of the Philippines; rep-resentative of the Consumers Group, and; representative of the Academe.

Specifically, the Board of Commissioners will have the following functions:

1. Review, inspect, moni-tor, and coordinate the per-formance of energy sector

naga lgu forms local . . .players within the City of Naga to ensure compliance and consistency with all laws governing energy. It shall also serve as the center for solv-ing any inter-related technical problems that may arise in the implementation of any policy relating to the field of energy in the city;

2. Protect the people by bolstering their awareness with regard to laws governing energy. One of these is Sec-tion23 of EPIRA Law which obligates electric distribution utilities to supply electricity at the least cost to their cap-tive market. For this purpose, the Board shallbe given ac-cess to the financial records and transactions of Caureco II, including its annual bud-

get, quarterly summary of dis-bursements, semi-annual trial balance, or such other records as the Board may deem appro-priate;

3. Sit as a non-voting mem-ber of the Board of Directors of Casureco II.

which had a score of 28.58%. Cagayan de Oro of Northern Mindanao was third with a score of 28.30%. Legazpi City placed 5th in this cat-egory while Sorsogon City was ranked 9th.

Among the municipali-ties, Daet was ranked first (23.19%), followed by Mex-ico, Pampanga (second, with 21.65%), and Virac, Catand-uanes (third, with 21.41%), another Bicol town.Governance Efficiency

Although Naga was not in

naga ranked 9th in 2013 . . .the Top Ten in terms of eco-nomic dynamism which has been dominated by traditional larger cities such as Quezon City (No. 1), Marikina and General Santos City, it never-theless ranked 5th in terms of Governance Efficiency.Other indicators

Naga also posted impres-sive gains in other selected indicator highlights. Along with 5 other cities, Naga was ranked No. 1 among cities with fastest processing time for new business registra-

tion. It also ranked No. 1 for having the fastest processing time for construction permits, with Legazpi City landing second, Tabaco City, fourth, and Sorsogon City, eleventh. The latter three cities are also all situated in Bicol.

Moreover, Naga was ranked No. 1, along with 19 other cities, for having 100% electricity connection. But it ranked 18th among house-holds with water connection, where the 17 other cities all have 100% water connection. Naga had registered 99% water connection. This is be-cause many residents in Bgy. Panicuason at the foot of Mt. Isarog chose to snub water connection by the local water district because of their more than ample supply of potable spring water, which they can avail of without limit and for free. But, nevertheless, the city government still encour-ages them to have their water connection in order to avoid any incidence of water con-tamination in the future.

Now that I am back to being a full-time classroom teacher again, I feel so good without any hint of guilt for missing a day that is supposedly for my pupils. I once again have the opportunity to structure my classroom after class hours, and to prepare class records and reports on time. Most of all, I now have more time to laugh, joke, study and work with my pupils the whole day.

But I must admit that I miss the days when I was a TIC, and I realize that only very recently. The Plight of a TIC may be bitter-sweet and rough-smooth, yet the joy of being one is felt within, after all the experiences I gained being a TIC has molded me into a better person and has improved me as an instructional leader and a school manager.

the plight of a teacher . . .

dBm gives . . .more motorists to make use of our public transport systems to help ease the traffic situa-tion in the metro,” the Secre-tary added.

Estimate of the total exten-sion project cost is P1.4 bil-lion, of which the budget de-partment has already released P629 million this year, also from the 2014 GAA. Con-struction implementation is expected to start by October this year.

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8 march 30-april 5, 2014 Naga ranked 9th in 2013 Top Ten list of Most Competitive Cities

Naga City, despite its small size in terms of popu-lation and land area, placed 9th in the overall competi-tiveness ranking among the 122 cities in the country for year 2013, the only city in South Luzon to have been included in the elite list of dynamic cities.

In the municipal level, Daet, the capital town of Ca-marines Norte, was ranked fourth among the 162 other towns in the country.

Accordingly, the Regional Development Council in its meeting in Legazpi City last March 7, 2014 passed RDC Resolution No. 16, series of 2014 “commending Daet, Camarines Norte and Naga City as among the Top Ten Municipalities and Cities in the Philippines for 2013.”

The resolution, dated March 12, 2014 and signed by RDC Vice Chairman Luis G. Banua, emphasized that “the achievement of Daet, Camarines Norte and Naga City contributed to the attain-ment of the sector outcome of the Regional Development Plan of good governance and competitiveness practiced in the region.”

In 2012, Naga was ranked 19th in overall competitive-ness ranking. “Jumping to 9th place in just a span of one year is an admirable feat,” an elated Mayor Bongat recent-ly told a group of local busi-nessmen even as he noted that Naga is the only small city in the traditional league of big cities that normally land in the Top Ten list.

The Cities and Municipali-ties Competitiveness Index is an annual ranking of Philip-pine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council together with the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) and the United States Agency for International De-

velopment (USAID).The rankings are based on

data collected and submitted by the RCCs.Overall Competitiveness

Cities and municipalities are ranked on their competi-tiveness based on an overall competitiveness score. The overall competitiveness score

is the sum of scores on three main factors which pool data from several sub-indicators. The three main factors are: economic dynamism, gov-ernment effi ciency and in-frastructure.

Scores are determined by the values of the actual data, as well as the completeness

of the submitted data. The higher the score of a city or municipality, the more com-petitive it is.infrastructure

Naga was ranked No. 1 in Infrastructure with a score of 29.54%, followed by San Fernando City (Pampanga)

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Masbate town topsFestival of Festivals

Legazpi City —placer Masbate’s tribu Himag-ulaw of placer, Masbate, won the fi rst prize in the Fes-tival of Festivals during the competition held at the Bicol University compound here.

For their dexter-ity, precise execution of dance presentation, and colorful costumes, the group bagged P500,000, They were followed by the Pinyasan Festival of Daet, Camarines Norte, which won second and a cash prize of P300,000, and Sugok-sugok Festi-val of Bagamanoc, Cat-anduanes, third, with P200,000.

A total of 13 contin-gents participated in the

festival which started in Daraga and ended at the BU compound.

The celebration started with a Holy Mass at the Al-bay Astrodome.

Benito C. Bengzon Jr., assistant secretary for In-ternational Tourism Promo-tion of the Department of Tourism, was the guest of honor and speaker during the occasion where Gov. Joey Salceda expressed satisfaction over Albay’s tourism promotion perfor-mance.

Salceda said the prov-ince posted the highest percentage increase in the number of tourist arrivals based on the records of the DOT —from 49 percent in 2012 to 55 percent last year.

YOU'RE INVITED!UNC HigH SCHOOL CLaSS '68

EXPLORATORY MEETINGAPRIl 19, 2014 - 8AM - 5PM

Avida San Francisco Village II Club HouseKm. 9, Brgy. Pacol, Naga City

Objective: to be able to come up with plansand programs for our 50th Golden Anniversary.

March 30-April 5, 2014

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