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24th Ibalong
Festival opens
BY DANNY O.
CALLEJA

NAGA CITY -- Willprint Graphic Center

celebrated its 30th year
in the printing business
with several thanksgiving

activities at the Missionary

of Charity in Concepcion
Grande, in this city.
The management and
personnel of the company

LEGAZPI
CITY The
groundwork
has been done
positioning the
city on a fiesta
mood for the
opening of this
years Ibalong
Festival.
The celebration, now on its
24th year fires
up early morning of Aug. 9
with City Mayor
Noel Rosal pulling the trigger
at the Legazpi
Boulevard
of
the
starting
gun that would
send hundreds
of local, national, and international triathletes racing
for glory in the
2nd Mt. Mayon
Triathlon, the
kick-off event of
the month-long
celebration.
First staged
last year, also as

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editorial
Armed Struggle
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
is just being true to form when he told
Jose Maria Sison, who is based in the
Netherlands, that if the NDF Chair ends
the NPAs armed struggle, he might
consider running for president.
Poker players may call this a bluff on
the part of Duterte but it also shows what
is probably inside his mind.
One, he may be showing Sison to see
the importance of the negotiating table as
a preferable path to peace.
Second, as a leader of a city that itself
has a history of bloodbath, and coming
from Mindanao which has a bigger history
of bloodbath; he may be telling the whole
country about the futility of violence.
Third, he may be raising the issue of
armed struggle for our national reflection
and examination.
For instance, is the doctrine of jus
bellum justum or just war, enough
justification for the NPAs continuing
armed struggle?
Is perpetual poverty, both in the urban
and rural areas of the country, which
is seen as an institutional violence
inflicted by the State, reason enough
for the continued rebellion against the
government?
Filipinos who have observed the
growth of the Communist movement in
the country since the late 60s, still very
well remember Maos dictum among its
adherents and comrades in arms in the
Philippines, about power growing out of
the barrel of a gun.
Is this metaphor still rational, or is it
just a betrayal of what the movement is
really after, i.e. power?
Is it time for the Biblical conversion of
swords into ploughshares?
By raising the spectre of armed
struggle in the current brewing political
season, Duterte who is also espousing
the Federal system of government for
the country, may well just be setting the
stage for the exorcism of the spectre of
armed struggle that had been strewing
the countryside with blood these past
three decades.

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Inflation Review Mid-2015

(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).
LOW IN JULY: Inflation eased
to a record low of 0.8% in July,
2015 with slower price increases
in food, electricity, housing, water,
other fuels and transport. This rate
is lower compared to 1.2% percent
in June 2015 - and 4.9% percent in
July 2014. This is the lowest in the
past twenty years. The BSP said
July 2015s rate is well within the
banks forecast range of 0.5% to
1.3%. With lower prices of basic
goods, the public will be able to
savor the effects of our economic
advancement.
BSP Gov. Amando Tetangco, Jr.
pointed out that with the reining in
of our inflation rate, our liquidity
remains ample, growing by 9% to
P7.7 trillion in June compared with
that of a year ago. On the other
hand, the BSP chief also explained
that credit growth continues at a
steady pace, expanding by 14.5%
to P4.6 trillion in June this year.
That level is P500 billion higher
than P4.01 trillion record in June
last year.
STOCK MARKET: Share prices
continued to rally in the last few
days - bringing the benchmark index
back above the 7,600-point mark.
The benchmark Philippine Stock
Exchange Index gained 64.26 points
in yesterday - or 0.84%, to close at
7,662.55. The broader All-Shares
index likewise closed in positive
territory at 4,382.94, up 34.13 points
or 0.78%.
These increases are
significant considering the upswing in

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unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
the New York (US) stock market.
Analysts say that continued buying
of local stocks prevailed in the last
trading days, especially of those
that reported encouraging first half
earnings results per audited financial
statements. Investors were also
encouraged by record low inflation of
0.8 percent for July. Meanwhile US
interest rates are expected to rise
and this means fund holders may
simply shift to bank fixed deposits
instead of investing in stocks. If US
stock trading falls, Phl stock trading
might follow.
FDI INFLOWS: Now the bad
news! A further slump in the inflow of
foreign direct investments (FDIs) in
the Philippines looms in the coming
months. This was the warning of
our top businessmens group PCCI.
They say the downtrend is eminent
unless the government eases its
restrictive investment policies. With
our present varied regulations from
all control agencies, the Philippines
appears the weakest among the
Asian countries in protecting its
investors from local intervention.
A recent study by the Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and
East Asia has affirmed that we belong

to the over-protective countries in

the Southeast Asian region with
restrictive rules in terms of Foreign
Direct Investments. Aside from
regulatory issues PCCI cited other
challenges such as port congestion
and the instability in our power and
water supply as reasons adverse
to foreign investors interest in
the Philippines.
Government
functionaries must liberalize their
approaches!
GRACIOUS: Blame the pollsters,
blame those who chose the name
of Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares
for pushing the lady senator to
aspire for the presidency. We can
see that ambition in her eyes as
she subtly explains the mystery
of her citizenship. The burden of
her decision is harder since her
political choice will impact on the
corresponding aspirations of her
friend Sen. Chiz. As we wrote
before the Sorsogon senator had
to move now since his term will
be over by 2019.
ABS-CBN news anchors are
flaunting the legal opinions of
Atty. Romulo Makalintal as if
his verbal pronouncements are
jurisprudence! He already ruled
that the natural-born citizenship of
Sen. Grace is final and executory.
I almost believed that such is a final
verdict issued by an official panel.
I was disgusted to see the lawyer
seated beside the prospective
presidential aspirant acting as
her legal counsel during the radio
interview. Eh, hindi pala siya
independent!
WISDOM: We need the eyes of
faith to see Jesus in our daily events
and in every person we meet.

Is This Matuwid na Daan?

The following editorial of the Tempo
dated June 29, 2015 entitled Plug the
leakage in the CCT Program inform
that the PantawidPamilyang Pilipino
program of this administration is
using money borrowed from the Asian
Development Bank which we taxpayers
will pay and the money amounting to
P19 billion (nineteen billion) do not
reach the intended beneficiaries. Is this
the administrations MatuwidnaDaan?
Where did the money go?
The Asian Development Bank
(ADB) has estimated that 30 percent
of the funds approved for the
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) or
PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Progam
(4Ps) does not reach the intended
beneficiaries. This years CCT budget
amounted to P62 billion; 30 percent of
this is about P19 billion.
The CCT is partly funded by loans
from the ADB and the World Bank. The
Philippine government is not content
with using available funds from taxes
and other local revenue and has
taken to using borrowed funds for this
dole-out program. Since 2008, these
loans have amounted to $805 million
equivalent to over P34 billion. This
explains the ADBs interest on how
the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) is spending
CCT funds.
The ADB said its study indicates

from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones
that the administrations CCT program
is suffering from high leakage and
under-coverage, resulting in 30
percent of the budget not reaching
the intended beneficiaries. Part of
the reason could be the so-called
National Household Targeting System
for Poverty Reduction developed by
the DSWD to determine which poor
households are to receive the CCT aid.
Some funds could be going to people
who should not be in that DSWD list
of supposedly poor households. There
is also the fact that 10 percent of the
total CCT budget goes to salaries and
other operational expenses.
The CCT program doles out funds
monthly to listed families in return for
a promise that they will keep their
children in school. The government
says the program benefits 4.5 million
poor households and assures that 4.2

million children thus go to school.

Critics, however, say the program
fosters a mendicant mentality.
Families receiving the dole-outs are
not encouraged to find productive
work; they just wait for the monthly
dole-out. Critics also charge that it is
being used to buy political patronage
from the poor.
There are better ways to achieve
the objective of helping the poor and
thus minimize poverty in the country.
The money could be used to set up
enterprises that would not only boost
national production but would also
provide employment.
The CCT was just a P9-billion
program when it was carried out
by the previous Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo administration, which
adapted it from programs in Brazil
and Mexico. Since then, the CCT
budget has steadily grown every
year to this years P62 billion. For
next year, an election year, the
budget has been further increased
to P66 billion.
We have no expectations that
the administration will be holding
back in its CCT operations in
this its sixth and final year. But
the officials concerned should
look into the findings of the ADB
and plug the high leakage it has
reported.

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Panasonic
scholarship,
investing in people
for a better world
MANDALUYONG
CITY, Philippines Panasonic Corporation (Japan)
through the Panasonic
Group of companies in the
Philippines continues to
invest in people along with
its commitment to contribute in pursuing a better life
and realizing a better world
as it awarded recently the
2015 Panasonic scholarship
grants to six technical-vocational students, judiciously
selected nationwide.
The certificates and schol-

arship pins were presented to

the recipients by Panasonic
Manufacturing Philippines
Corporation (PMPC) president & Panasonic Scholarship (Philippines) chairman
Nobuo Yasuhira, Panasonic
Precision Devices Philippines Corporation (PPRDPH)
president Muneyuki Oimatsu,
Don Bosco Technical College
(DBTC)-Mandaluyong president & rector Fr. Vitaliano
Dimaranan, PMPC executive
director & treasurer Yoshiyuki Takahashi, DBTC-Man-

daluyong vice president for

student affairs Fr. Demetrio
Carmona, PMPC executive
director & Panasonic Philippines vice president Masaru
Toyota, DBTC-Canlubang
TVET director Fr. Fernando
Urbano, and DBTC-Mandaluyong TVET director Al
Cagaoan.
Two of the recipients are
students of DBTC - Canlubang:
Chad Belen, 18
years old from Calamba
City; and Edmund Ramos,
who is also 18 years old

from Calamba City. The

other recipients are students
of DBTC - Mandaluyong:
Adonis Riel Gamali, 21 years
old from Mandaluyong City;
Andrelo Oclarit, 17 years old
from San Pedro, Laguna; Ian
Justine Esmayor, 17 years old
from Mandaluyong City; and
Jasper Jan Dignaran, 17 years
old from Manila. All of them
(Batch 2015) are taking up a
15-month technical-vocational training certificate course
consisting of a 10-month "incenter" training and 5-month

supervised "in-plant" training.

In his opening message,
Fr. Dimaranan commended
Panasonic for its continuing endeavor to help also in
securing better future for the
less privileged but deserving
students.
Mr. Yasuhira, for his part
reiterated that Panasonic
Group operates to ensure
that all its business activities are appropriate for its
basic concept that a company is a public entity of
society.
By offering opportunities for learning, we act with
enthusiasm and commitment
to provide a healthy upbringing to our younger genera-

tion, who will be responsible

for the future of our planet,
giving them the chance to
make the most of their individual abilities and potential,
and thus contribute in pursuing a better life and realizing
a better world, Mr. Yasuhira
said.
Panasonic
Corporation
funds the localized Panasonic Scholarship programs
in the Asian region. In the
Philippines, the scholarship
program, which is offered to
undergraduate and vocational
students is administered by
Panasonic
Manufacturing
Philippines Corporation with
the support of Panasonic Precision Devices Philippines
Corporation.

MLNI hones small micro entrepreneurs to compete in global market

Beth Agarao continually improves her quality of life

through the embroidery business she established. Inset
photo shows the barong products of Agarao Gowns and
Barong Embroidery displayed in MLNI stores.

More Filipino micro-entrepreneurs are assisted by

Mga Likha ni Inay (MLNI),
a fast growing member institution of CARD Mutual-

ly Reinforcing Institutions
(CARD MRI), in growing
their own business. One of
these micro-entrepreneurs
is Beth Agarao.

Beth Agarao is a five-year

member of CARD and one of
the regular suppliers of embroidered products of MLNI.
MLNI helps her in the promotion of her products and in
handling their marketing to
the mainstream market.
It was in August 2004
when she and her husband
opened Agarao Gowns and
Barong Embroidery with a
Php5, 000 capital and took a
step towards creating worldclass embroidered products.
The knowledge and experience I gained from my previous work helped us in the
production and management
of our own embroidery business, shared Agarao.
It was in 2010 when she
met her first customer in
CARD, the same year when
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Bicol Heritage group invites golfers

By Rosalita B. Manlangit

DAET, Camarines Norte

A reinvigorated group of
Bikolnon is eyeing the publication of a coffee-table
book on the regions cultural heritage.
In its meeting at Caf
Felisa of the Aloha Hotel
in Manila, the Bicol Advocates for Heritage Education
and Development (Bicol
AHEAD), the groups newly named Secretary General
Frank Penones Jr. said that
the book, tentatively titled
Tungkos, will focus on
100 Bicol Cultural Icons.
We hope to help
strengthen Bicol regional
consciousness or agimadmad and concern or pag-

makulog for our heritage and

culture as a resource for development, he said.
To jumpstart the project,
Bicol AHEADs President,
Atty. Taike Calleja, who is
also the president of the
Planters Products Inc., said
the group will sponsor a golf
tournament on October 14 at
the Villamor Air Base Golf
Club in Pasay City.
So we invite Bicol golf-

ers to participate, not just

for the sport, but also for
getting in touch with other
Bicolanos for a cultural
cause, Calleja said.
Proceeds of the tournament will be used to finance the Bicol history coffee table book and its other
programs, like the documentation of cultural properties in the region, cultural

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Sentiments in Action

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"WAGAS"
Ini an usong tataramon na gamit
kan mga huben para sa mga aktong sa
hiling ninda, sobra asin eksaherado. An
ginigibong rehabilitasyon, kun susublion
ta an tataramon kan DPWH, kan mga
tinampo ngonyan, sarong ehemplo nin
pagigin wagas. Halimbawa, sa may
Pecuaria, kun pwede na lang garong
sakopon an mga bulod, sesementohon
pa kan DPWH. Basta may espasyo pa
sa kalsada, sinisemento kan DPWH.
Alright! Rock and roll to the world!
Sabi kan iba, overdue na daa ini,
alagad, sa pagkabuhay ko ngonyan
ko lang nahiling an siring na frenetic
na patrabaho kan gobyerno. Tano ta
ngonyan lang? Kasimbagan daw ini
sa akusasyon na nag underspend an
administrasyon ni Pnoy kaya lakop pa
giraray an kapagtiosan daw asin sabi
kan saiyang mga paratahing bareta na
we never had it so good. Sinda garo,
sabi man kan iba.
An reklamo ko lang sa phenomenon
na ini iyo na garo may pagka-comedy,
kun bako man surreal an ginigibo kan
DPWH. Isipon mong may nakatindog na
poste kan CASURECO asin mga akasya
sa pigsemento ninda. Bako daw ining
delikado o arog daw kayan an tiwala

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.
kan DPWH sa mga driver na maiiwasan
an mga ulang na ini sa tinampo?
Malinaw na sibot an DPWH na magibo
an saindang gibo alagad malinaw
man na nagkulang ini nin panahon na
tukawan talaga an plano. Ano ta garo
dai nagulay an DPWH, an mga electric
cooperatives, an mga LGU asin DENR
manonongod sa mga poste asin kahoy
na ini? Klaradong panibagong gastos,
kun bako man buwis pa nin buhay an
magigin resulta kan mga trabahong ini.
Ano daw kun tinaan man nin orog
pang atensyon asin proyekto an mga
tinampo pasiring sa mga baryo kun
sain yaon an mahiwas na kapagtiosan?

An mga proyektong ini nagpapahiling

sana kan development paradigm kan
gobyerno, na nakakiling sa urban
o mga sentro. Kaya an inaapod na
urban-rural divide sigurado na orog
pang mahiwas sa mga proyektong ini
ta malinaw na ginibo ini para an mga
tawo nganing magpasiring sa syudad
(bako lang sa depinisyon kaini kan
mga Griyego) kun bilang espasyo
nin oportunidad asin solusyon sa
saindang kapagtiosan sa mga baryo.
Hapot ngani kan samong presidente sa PRRM na si Isagani Serrano
sa saiyang sinurat na Assessing Rural
Development Under PNoy; Why is it
so easy to sink in money to further
widen an already wide hi-way? Why
is it so hard to spend for barrio roads,
communal irrigation systems, postharvest facilities, potable water, a
rural clinic, a barrio school? Why must
a highland dweller be made to pay
for the amenities and convenience
of big city inhabitants? Why is it so
easy to let big corporations in
food, seeds, feeds, machineries,
and biotechnology dominate the
economic activity throughout the
countryside?

Concerted Efforts in Teaching Math

By VICTORIA P. VARGAS - Teacher II
Sta. Barbara Elementary School

"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul." -- Edward

Abbey
Some people simply want to make the world a better place
and I am privileged to know a few of them. These are the
idealistic few who see the world from a non-cynical point of
view. They see light beyond the gloom and they find hope
in the midst of despair. When others are either too afraid to
express their sentiments or do too numbed to feel any sentiment, these people take direct action rather than merely wait
or wallow in apathy. They may not have the political power,
wealth or influence to create big projects but what they do
have sufficient impact on individuals who are in need not of
dole out but of inspiration.
Inspiring others is the main message of the Food Not
Bombs movement. As what my friend and convenor of the
Food Not Bombs (FNB) movement in Naga City, Noel Regachuelo, pointed out, the main point of the FNB movement is
not charity but rather solidarity. It is a form of political protest
against wasteful consumerism, authoritarianism, apathy and
greed. FNB conveys the message of volunteerism and mutual aid. It is a movement that has its roots in the anti-nuclear
bomb protests in the 1980s. The movement was founded in
1980 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by anti-nuclear activists,
Keith McHenry, Jo Swanson, Mira Brown, Susan Eaton, Brian Feigenbaum, C.T. Lawrence Butler, Jessie Constable and
Amy Rothstien. FNB soon grew into a global movement of
social activists, mostly anarchists.
My friend Noel has been regularly conducting monthly
FNB activities mainly at the Plaza Rizal for almost a decade
now. He is able to rally support from various sectors of the
community, which include the vegetable vendors of the Naga
Peoples Mall (the former Naga Supermarket), bakeries and
several volunteers. The regular menu typically includes macaroni soup, goto, bread, vegetables and fruits. Most of these
are from donated food ingredients that otherwise would have
been spoiled. The volunteers prepare the food and distribute
them at the Plaza Rizal to whoever would want to eat.
Aside from the usual soup kitchen setup, the regular
monthly FNB activities at the Plaza Rizal in Naga City also
include film showing and sometimes live dance, musical performances and on-the-spot painting. The performers are also
volunteers from among Noels friends and acquaintances. In
a few FNB activities, some Nagueos from the general public donate used items such as clothing and school supplies.
There was even one instance wherein Mayor John Bongat
dropped and donated some used items after learning about
the event on Facebook.
At a grander scale, the regular FNB activities of Noel Regachuelo and friends at the Plaza Rizal may seem insignificant and Quixotic but as long as there are people who are
inspired to become volunteers, the main point of the activity
has already been effectively communicated. The message is
actually simple, which most of us Filipinos could easily understand. It is the spirit of bayanihan that is very much alive in
the FNB activities.

Improving the outcome of mathematics instruction requires that

concerted efforts be made to find out an instructional strategy that
can be used and operated upon in order to improve the quality
of elementary school graduates in mathematics. The effect of
formative testing on pupils achievement in elementary school
mathematics. The formative tests and Mathematics Achievement
Test (MAT) were constructed, validated and used for the collection
of all relevant data.
The formative test with feedback and through remediation will
be performed well by grouping. Then formative tests are used for
diagnostic purposes, the cognitive results obtained are usually better
than when given as a series of summative tests. This was the case
when the results of the formative tests served as a basis for finding
out the sources of difficulties.

inner chess
by j. henry danican

In this way, the teacher is able to give necessary remediation and

correctives. It was recommended that school administrators should
emphasize to their teachers on regular basis that the teaching of
mathematics in elementary pupils, should be carried out by providing
regular diagnostic tests and adequate feedback and mediation for
the learners.
They should allow and provide incentives for teachers to attend
seminars, workshops, conferences and inservice trainings to enhance
their performances and acquire necessary skills for constructing
formative tests, and how to blend formative evaluation with classroom
instruction procedures.
Curriculum designers should take into cognizance while designing
the learning tasks for learners that learning in mathematics is not
solely a cognitive affair.

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Robredo stresses investment in children's health

By Ana-Liza S. Macatangay

NAGA CITY --- While others savor the comfort of

a school bus and a hefty amount of baon to get them
through the day in school, others have to cross dangerous
bridges and navigate slippery roads just to listen to their
teachers lectures and take with them a piece of knowledge
when they got back home.

Rep. ROBREDO

Speaking before the congregation of cabinet members, local government offi-

cials and other stakeholders

during the launching of the
nationwide school-based im-

Triple C team to study

ALMASOR tourism gains
By Sally Atento-Altea

LEGAZPI CITY The

Bicol Regional Tourism
Committee (BRTC) has set
a learning visit for the Camarines Norte, Camarines
Sur, Catanduanes (Triple
C) technical working group
to the Albay, Masbate, Sorsogon (ALMASOR) tourism sites on August 18-20,
2015.
The main objective of
the activity is to gain insights
from the success stories in

ALMASOR that can be replicated in the Triple C such

as tourism involvement and
participation of communities
and how they benefitted from
managing tourism sites, Department of Tourism (DOT)
Bicol tourism officer Fe Buela said during the 3rd quarter
BRTC meeting held July 29
at the DOT conference room.
The ALMASOR tourism
development plan (TDP) has
been completed and is be-

ing implemented by partner

agencies and stakeholders
while the Triple C TDP is at
the preparation stage being
undertaken by the Triple C
working group.
The implementation of
the ALMASOR TDP was successful in creating synergy in
tourism development through
the combined efforts and resources of the stakeholders.
ALMASOR has been placed

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munization program here

recently, Camarines Sur 3rd
District
Congresswoman
Atty. Leni Gerona-Robredo
attested to this reality after
personally witnessing the sad
plight of many schoolchildren
just to ensure their attendance
in school.
In our district, we had
stories of schoolchildren who
had to brave dangers just to
go to school and have a shot
at a better life. During my
regular and frequent visit to
the barangays, I had experience the dangerous passages
and I could only imagine the
worries and anxieties of their
parents.
Robredo
specifically
cited Sitio Ilihan in Barangay Tomagodtod in the
coastal town of Calabanga, Camarines Sur where
school children have to
pass through a wobbly and
shaky bridge perilously
situated over Tigman River
before they can get to the
nearest school.
The area becomes more
treacherous during the rainy
season and harsh weather
conditions.
Other pupils who are
living near the riverside villages of Barangay
Borobaybay in Magarao,
Palo, San Nicolas, Iquin
and Mangayawan in Cana-

HAPPY AND PROUD

CEPPIO

man have to bravely cross

the extensive vastness of
the Bicol River lodging
themselves on boats without outriggers.
These snags had been addressed with the construction of a spill way in Sitio
Ilihan and replacement of
the old hanging bridge that

poses danger to the lives of

the pupils every time they
braved through their way
to school. Also to avoid
crossing the Bicol River,
Robredo through her congressional allocation built
the Palo Integrated School
for pupils residing in the
riverside.

Naga Central School II, Grade I pupils are all smiles after
the vaccination.

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24th ibalong festival opens . . .

for a brighter future

Photo by ED G. YU

NIA Bicol Director Vicente Vicmudo (center, standing) watches as Mayor Natividad Isabel
Magbalon (right) and Richard Gulapo, president of the irrigators association, open the intake
gate of the newly completed Matagbac Dam in Milagros, Masbate. The new communal irrigation
system worth P18 million can irrigate 200 hectares benefiting 200 farmers. Inset photo shows
two boys, sons of farmers in the area as they join the NIA director and town mayor in the
ceremonial gate opening symbolizing the start of a brighter future for the farmer beneficiaries
and their children.

TRIPLE C TEAM TO STUDY . . .

in the global tourism market. It
is important that success stories
of the ALMASOR be incorporated in the Triple C area development plan, Buela said.
The Triple C technical
working group is composed of
technical staff from regional
line agencies, provincial/ city
planning development coordinators, provincial/city tourism
officers and Regional Development Council (RDC) private
sector representatives.
The group will be visiting
the mangrove ecopark in Prieto Diaz and Masacrot Spring,
Bulusan Lake, BalayBuhaysa
Uma and Bulusan Lake Church
in Bulusan on the first day of
the tour.
During the second day the
group will travel from Bulan,
Sorsogon to Ticao Island in
Masbate to explore various
rock formations in this island
along with visits to Halea Nature Park, Udok Island and Catandayagan Falls.
The group will be in Camalig, Albay the next day to
visit and experience rafting and

boating in Sumlang Lake and

trekking in Quitinday Hills.
Buela said DOT chose these
two new tourist sites for Albay tour among other famous
destinations for the Triple C
group to see the ongoing development and practices done
by the community in managing the sites.
Sumlang Lake in barangay
Sumlang is now becoming famous for its lush green sceneries and serene waters while
Quitinday Hills in barangay
Quitinday is a long stretch of
lush green hills dubbed as the
counterpart of Chocolate Hills
in Bohol.
The BRTC was organized by
the Bicol RDC to provide the
critical institutional structure
and facilitate coordination and
management of tourism promotion in the region.
Tourism is identified in the
Bicol Development Plan 20112016 as one of the growth drivers to boost regional economy
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education for children and
Bikolnon in diaspora.
Bicol AHEAD is the
brainchild of Daet Mayor
Tito S. Sarion, who will
also sit in the Board of
Directors which include
historian Dr. Danilo Gerona, Capt. Jess Morales,
Rene Fernandez, Paolo
Teves, Edilberto Dames,
Michael Guysayco, Rommel Alanis, Ping Peralta,
Ian Francis Loria and Kim
Blasa.

WILLPRINT . . .
uting educational supplies,
raincoats, slippers and other items, as well as in feeding and giving gifts to the
children.
Willprint was established by William Yee
Concepcion Sr. on August
2, 1985, starting with letterpress machines and 12
workers at a small space at
the corner of Panganiban
and Misericordia streets.
Today, with its stateof-the-art printing services and equipment, it
has opened its branches
in Legazpi City, Daet and
Quezon City.

among the dozens of events featured during the same celebration, this grueling competition
has been voted into the second
slot of the search for the 2014
Run Race of the Year Awards
organized by the SWIMBIKERUN.ph (SBR.ph), the
biggest online multisport community forum.
Besides being one of the
most exciting and tourist-packed
inclusion to Ibalong Festival, the
Sunday race is also an official
entry of the city to Visit Philippines Year (VPY) 2015, the year
long invitation from the Tourism
Promotions Board (TPB) for everyone to discover the countrys
best destinations and events.
Declared by Pres. Aquino
through Proclamation No. 991
dated March 30, this year, VPY2015 is in response to the need
to consolidate the activities
and products of the public and
private sectors into one calendar of events to showcase the
outstanding work of Filipinos
in music and arts, lifestyle and
entertainment, sports and adventure, business, and history
and culture.
It also seeks to unveil the
many historic treasures, natural wonders, and unforgettable
adventures of the country to the
fact that tourism can be used to
mobilize resources for enhancing
infrastructure and product development, generate employment,
and stimulate investments.
Ibalong Festival is a yearly
non-religious fiesta depicting
here Bicols early beginnings
based on the Ibalong Epic written by the late Prof. Merito Espinas that tells of mythical super heroes, villains, monsters,
and wild animals in the ancient
times.
First celebrated in 1992, the
celebration that relives the epic
featuring the extraordinary feats
of strength, courage, and heroism of these ancient heroes, has
since then lived to become the
longest running tourism promotion-related festival in the Bicol
Region that expresses warmth
and goodwill to all people and
encourages visitors and tourists
to celebrate with the Legazpe-

os.
The festivals formal opening this year will be on Aug. 20
but preliminary activities like
the Mt. Mayon Triathlon, the
Filipino martial arts competition
and exhibition dubbed IbalongArnisan Showdown on Aug.
16, and ANCOP Global Walk on
the same day, among others will
serve as advance activities.
City Tourism Office chief
Antonio Reyes described the
Global Walk as an annual fundraising event of the Couples For
Christ ANCOP (Answering the
Cry of the Poor) Foundation, a
Christian, Catholic non-profit
organization that dedicates itself
to proclaiming Christian faith by
uplifting the plight of the poor.
The Walk will be held simultaneously in various cities
and provinces and cities around
the Philippines and also in the
United States, Canada, Europe,
Australia, Asia, the Middle East,
and Africa.
This city was chosen as its
venue for Bicol and since the
date falls within the Ibalong Festival, it was decided upon by the
Festival Committee to include
the event with the celebration
this year, according to Reyes.
Other events that would run
starting on the festivals formal opening on Aug. 20 are the
Eucharistic Celebration at the
St. Gregory the Great Cathedral to be followed by Mardi

Gras Parade and ceremonies at

the Ibalong Heroes Monument
honoring the Ibalong mythical
heroes Baltog, Handyong, and
Bantong.
Also slated are the 3rd Ibalong National Women Beach
Volleyball Championship, the
1st Ibalong National Cross
Country Mountain Bike Race,
Invitational Golf Tournament,
National Dragon Boat Race,
1st Ibalong All-Albay Pigeon
Race, Mutyang Ibalong Beauty
Pageant, and the Ibalong Street
Presentation.
The events list includes the
Ibalong Football Clinic with
James and Phil Younghusband
to be held at the Bicol University Football Field on Aug. 23-24,
the Annual General Assembly of
the Catholic Media Network on
Aug. 26-29 at The Concourse,
and the Vice-Mayors League of
the Philippines 2nd Quarter Luzon Area Conference at the Oriental Hotel on Aug. 27-29.
In summary, the festivities
will be loaded with events that
will offer fun, exciting adventures, and lot more of surprises
such as tours, fairs, and adventure events as according to Rosal, we are once more making Ibalong Festival the living
testimony of our places being
known in the international travel
world as the City of Fun and
Adventure.

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION
OF SOLE HEIR
Notice is hereby given that MATHIAS RULL VELASCO
is the only surviving son and sole heir of the late Sps.
MATIAS L. VELASCO and REMEDIOS R. VELASCO,
who died intestate on October 26, 2013 and July 2,
2015, respectively at Naga City, Camarines Sur,
Philippines, leaving no LAST WILL or TESTAMENT
and no known debts or obligations; that said deceased
left parcels of agricultural and commercial/residential
lands and buildings in Naga City and Camarines Sur
and several business establishments in Naga City;
that said Heir adjudicate unto himself the entire estate;
as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Carlo
C. Villanueva, Jr., Doc. No. 112, Page No. 23, Book
No.146, Series of 2015.
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: July 26; August 2 and 9, 2015

for july
Name of Deceased

Date of Interment

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VICTOR C. AZADA
PURITA R. BONGAPAT
SOTERO B. ESCANDOR JR.
ELVIRO R. BALLARAN
CESAR N. SEMINIANO
PETRA P. FELICES
PURITA N. PACHECO SRA
RAMON Q. MARQUEZ
OSMUNDO C. DESPACIO
JAIME A. PEDERIO
DAVID T. DE FIESTA
JUDITHA O. SAN FELIPE
ESPERANZA V. RECTIN
PILAR P. SABINO
MARTHA B. FABIA

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nationwide naga school-based immunization

DOH Sec Janette Garin, Rep. Leni Gerona Robredo, DepEd Usec
Rizalino Rivera, Philhealth Bd Member Riza Hontiveros, Vice Gov. Ato

Pea and Mayor John Bongat led the Naga launch of the governments
immunization program.

An informal survey
conducted by a national
daily photographer and
Camarines Norte broadcaster on Facebook on
Sunday (August 9),
showed the prospective
team-up of Rep. Cathy
Barcelona Reyes and
Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion leading their possible opponents.

As of the end of the

day of the survey in the
Facebook page of Philippine Star photographer Francisco Elevado,
Reyes leads incumbent
EgayTallado and possible candidate, Jesus
Typoco, with 70 in her
favor over the 15 and 6
votes for Tallado and Typoco respectively.

In the vice-gubernatorial race, Sarion leads, 73

-20, over incumbent Jonah
Pimentel.
In Elevados survey,
those with Facebook
accounts were asked to
just write the letter corresponding to the candidate to denote their
vote.
A teacher of a Daet

MLNI HONES . . .

thankful that many people

value our very own products, she uttered.
I recognize the big help of
CARD to the success of my
business. It has been helping
micro-entrepreneurs like me
in introducing our talents and
products to different markets, shared Agarao. Today,
about 50% of our sales come
from MLNI. Exposures,
trainings and workshops provided by the institution gave
us wider opportunity to reach
more of our potential clients,
she added.
MLNI is targeting to open
boutiques and kiosks in 22 areas in the country by the end

Social Media survey shows Reyes, Sarion lead

she joined CARD as a member. When I joined CARD,

not just orders started to pour
in but also opportunities,
Agarao recalled. MLNI
guided me and other microentrepreneurs in professionalizing and institutionalizing
our businesses in preparation for a bigger market, she
added.
MLNI also stages the talents and creativity of its clients through fashion shows
locally and internationally.
MLNI gave me the opportunity to show my embroidered
products not only at local
venues but also abroad. I am

Rep. REYES

Mayor SARION

college, however, said

the survey is wanting
in scientific methodology, while a vendor at
the public market said
the numbers could be
indicative of a trend
on how the Camarines Norte electorates
would vote next year
for their provincial officials.

Nagas zero malnutrition status eyed

NAGA CITY The Manila-based nutrition surveillance division of the National
Nutrition Council (NNC) has
expressed optimism that by
2016 this city is free from inci-

of the year. We ensure that

our presence is felt whenever
micro-entrepreneurs needed
assistance, said Chairman
AristeoDequito of MLNI,
Inc. Together with the institutions and organizations
that share the same mission
as ours, we will continue to
provide the best service we
could offer to our local artisans to improve their quality
of life, added the chairman.
Aside from promoting
clients products, MLNI is
conducting capacity-building
workshops to help its members improve their products
and business processes for
them to compete with the big
players in the mainstream
market.

dence of underweight children.

This, after the chief of the
NNC division said that the target
is doable not only because of effective nutrition programs of the
city government that are being
implemented in close partnership
with the citys 27 barangays but
because of their strong determination to pursue a zero-malnutrition campaign.
Hygeia Ceres Catalina Gawe,
chief of NNC nutrition surveillance division, said she believes
that the target by the city government is truly realizable since at
this early stage there are already
two barangays that have achieved
the zero-malnutrition rate or zero
prevalence of underweight children. This means that Nagas
programs on nutrition are effective, efficient and practical, she
reiterated.
I see that LGU Naga and
the 27 barangay councils possess
the three elements which I used
as bases for a municipality or
city to obtain successful results
in its drive against malnutrition.
These elements are: good leaders
and leadership, good nutrition

program, and the heart for service, Gawe said.

Gawe was in the city last
Friday for the citywide nutrition
awarding wherein the LGUs of
Barangay Dinaga and Barangay San Francisco were given
recognition for their exemplary
performance in the citys nutrition drive.
The nutrition surveillance
division is tasked to monitor the
nutrition situation of LGUs at
the national level including the
programs being developed by the
LGUs to be able to improve the
nutrition needs of children and
mothers in their respective areas

of jurisdiction.
Gawe said a malnourished
child should be treated the soonest possible time as his/her status
would be irreversible if he is already beyond two years old.
More than one third of all
child deaths are caused by malnutrition, although it is seldom listed
as the direct cause. Wrong feeding practices, inadequate breastfeeding, and unhealthy foods are
common causes of malnutrition
among children. Infection particularly frequent or persistent
diarrhea, pneumonia, measles,
and malaria also undermines a
childs nutritional status.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA
All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ROWENA ASPE
PAWNSHOP, P. Burgos St., corner J. Hernandez Avenue,
Naga City, pawned from MARCH 1-31, 2015 whose terms
have expired will be sold to public auction sale on SEPTEMBER 01, 2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until AUGUST 28,
2015 only.

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Published: AUGUST 2 and 9, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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All unredeemed items/articles pawned at R. M. ASPE

PAWNSHOP, Cor. Panganiban & Elias Angeles Street, Naga
City, pawned from MARCH 1-31, 2015 whose terms have
expired will be sold to public auction sale on SEPTEMBER
01, 2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until AUGUST 28,
2015 only.

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All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE EXPLORER PAWNSHOP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, Abella St.,
Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from MARCH 1-31, 2015 whose
terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on
SEPTEMBER 01, 2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until AUGUST 28,
2015 only.

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BIKOL REPORTER
Published: AUGUST 2 and 9, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA
All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE CROWNJEWEL PAWNSHOP & JEWELRY STORE, Bichara Mall corner
J. Hernandez & Gen. Luna Sts., Naga City, pawned from
MARCH 1-31, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold
to public auction sale on SEPTEMBER 01, 2015 from 9:00
A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until AUGUST 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: AUGUST 2 and 9, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA
All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE IGUALDAD PAWNSHOP, Cor. Igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez Ave.,
Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from MARCH 1-31, 2015 whose
terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on
SEPTEMBER 01, 2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until AUGUST 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: AUGUST 2 and 9, 2015