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vol. xxi, no. 35 Bicol, the philippines april 27-may 3, 2014
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SM Naga, affiliates join2013 city's top taxpayers
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SM City Naga marks 5th yearMay 1st will once
more be observed as Labor Day and on this same day this year, SM
City Naga will cele-brate its 5th year anni-versary since it opened
in 2009.
To commemorate the event, SM City Naga will hold a 3-day sale
from May 2 to 4, with up to 70% dis-counts on selected items, as
well as a raffle which will give shoppers a chance to win 1 of 2
Suzuki Shooter 115 FI motorcycles.
SM City Naga, SM Prime Holdings is the 34th super-mall and its
first in the Bicol region.
It is envisioned to be one of the landmarks in Naga City, which
is the center of trade, commerce, transport, finance, education and
gov-ernment services in Cama-rines Sur.
Located on a 46,000 square meter property along Ninoy and Cory
Avenue in Naga City, the 87,959 square meter two-storey mall serves
customers from Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Al-bay, Catanduanes,
Sorsogon and Masbate.
Strategically located across the citys Central Business District
2, it is sur-rounded by 500 large busi-ness establishments, as well
as schools, hospitals, hotels, resorts and churches, and more than
20 regional gov-ernment offices.
Metro Naga itself boasts of 54 subdivisions, as well as the
Jesse Robredo Coliseum and various warehousing dis-
SM City Naga will wel-come thousands of job seekers on Labor Day
for the most awaited May 1 Mega Job Fair in the Bi-col Region.
The SM - DOLE jobs fair is in line with this years Labor Day
celebra-tion theme Sa Sipag, Tiya-ga, at Talino, Buong Mundo Saludo
sa Manggagawang Pilipino.
NAGA CITY Along with other major play-ers in local business, SM
City Naga and its affili-ates lead in the list of top taxpayers for
year 2013 in this city which were honored by the city gov-ernment
as biggest con-tributors to the city cof-fers.
The honoring rites were held during the State of the City Report
of May-or John G. Bongat last April 15, this year, at the
By Tina V. Sumayao
FIRST AETA ANGELITA6-year old Jessica C. magistrado, daughter of
Pablo and Dominga magistrado of the ilian Tribal Settlement in
Barangay San Nicolas, Iriga City, is the first Aeta to have been
included as an Easter angel who traditionally act out roles during
the Pagtunton rites marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Jessica placed 5th in a fund raising for the completion of the St.
Jude Thaddeus Parish headed by Rev. Fr. misael E. Quindo.
Labor Day Jobs Fairat Sm City naga
To date, about forty four local companies has given confirmation
to join the said activity, but more companies in-cluding those from
inter-national are expected to participate as the date of the
activity draws near.
Alongside the job fair is the DOLE Livelihood Fair which will be
par-
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NAGAS TOP TAXPAYERSm aVP for operations South Luzon Engr. John
Jason Terrenal with Sm City naga assistant Mall Manager Jeannette
De Vera received the plaque from Naga City Mayor John Bongat during
the awarding rites for the Citys Top Taxpayers last april 15, this
year. Sm Prime Holdings, inc. ranks first in the Real Property Tax
Corporate Category and in Business Tax National Corporate Category.
Along with its four Affiliates: the ACE Hardware Philippines, Star
Appliance Center, Supervalue,Inc. and the Mainstream Business,Inc.
also lead in the list under the Business Tax national Corporation
category.
Naga City Peoples Hall.The six Naga-based SM
Group of Companies and 124 other business establish-ments were
given awards in 6 categories, namely, the bank category, Real
Property Tax (individual category), Real Property Tax (corporate
cat-egory), business tax (local) individual category, business tax
(local) corporate catego-ry, and business tax (nation-al) corporate
category.
The SM Prime Holdings, Inc. topped the list of 25 busi-ness
establishments under the Real Property Tax corporate category. The
same business establishment along with its four affiliates: the Ace
Hard-ware Philippines, Star Ap-pliance Center, Supervalue, Inc.,
and the Mainstream Business, Inc. also leads in the list 25 other
businesses under the Business Tax Na-tional corporation
category.
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Bikol reporter2 april 27-may 3, 2014oPinion
to check such abuses.
Our government should research on what the tourists are looking
for in a destination, and in turn what do we have to offer. We
should avoid the experiences of some countries that were unable to
preserve the pristine nature of their locations. As a result,
instead of returning to those places, tourists scout for other
spots that are still natural and unspoiled by man. On this score
what happened to Mt. Banahaw (forest fire triggered by campfires)
is a bitter lessons we have to learn from.
OPTIONAL: In our taxation system income taxpayers may avail of
the so-called Optional Standard Deduction (OSD) instead of claiming
Itemized Deductions in computing net income. For individuals the
allowed 40% deduction is based on gross sales (merchandising) or
gross revenues (services). In the case of corporations, the
deductible 40% (pertaining to operating expenses) is based on gross
income (net of cost of sales or services).
Taxpayers opting for OSD must inform BIR at the start of the tax
year that is, by way of the first quarterly income tax declaration.
For individuals, this is due on April 15, 2014. For corporations,
the first quarterly income tax return is due on May 30, 2014. Once
the OSD is chosen it cannot be changed during the year. With the
difference in deduction basis the privilege is less favorable to
individual taxpayers.
PRIVILEGE: To encourage tax-payers to make use of OSD, the BIR
no longer requires individuals to detail their expenses. Should
their accounts be audited (last priority), the concentration will
be on the gross sales or revenues. If the returns with OSD are
properly presented the hassle of tax audit can be obviated. Because
of the technical computations involved, we advise taxpayers to hire
knowledgeable accountants or external auditors.
Despite the OSD option, corporations are required to present
details of their gross sales or revenues, the costs thereof, as
well as their deductible expenses. This is for purposes of
compliance with the SEC reportorial requirements. Notwithstanding
the last priority privilege, BIR auditors still pursue tax audits -
thereby dampening taxpayers enthusiasm. We advise our clients to
prefer OSD with assurance that we will assist them in responding to
BIR Letters.
WISDOM: Still the best way to avoid tax audit hassles is to file
correct returns and pay the right taxes.
(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).
AVIATION: Things are looking up for the airline industry with
the Federal Aviation Administration giving the Philippine an
upgrade. We were given an aviation safety rating of 1 paving the
way for our major airline companies to expand their routes to major
destinations of the world. With this, our local tourism industry
will be boosted since our own airlines can carry foreign passengers
as they visit our country with their FX-purchasing power.
Kudos must go to our Civil Aviation Authority for this wonderful
achievement. PAL plans to add new US destinations, even as Cebu
Pacific mulls entry into the rich US passenger routes. All these
bode well for our economy- as they raise the desirability of
tourist spots. More tourists mean added employment opportunities.
This early our people should be taught on how to handle the influx
of foreigners (who should be met with hospitability, not with
criminality).
HOSPITALITY: Our country and her people are globally well-known
for being hospitable. Even when Pinoys have problems, their initial
reaction is to smile (followed by scratching of the head). We can
add to this our capacity to speak English (or at least Taglish).
What we have to guard against is the natural tendency by some of us
to take advantage of our visitors. The unfortunate experience of
some tourists sour our image, hence we have
was reported that Napoles talked to De Lima for more than three
hours in the hospital in Makati. In her press interview, De Lima
said that information Napoles gave are valuable but she has not
made any commitment yet. Its unbelievable for Napoles to ask
nothing in return.
It was reported on the TV (ABS-CBN) that Napoles informed Sec.
De Lima that nineteen (19) senators are involved in the PDAF scam
but it can be noted that De Lima only mentions Enrile, Estrada and
Revilla who belong to the Opposition during her interviews. TV
broadcasters Doris Bigornia showed a yellow pad paper like the one
she is holding as supposedly filled with the names of the senators
Napoles revealed. But this was not confirmed.
It would be good for everybody to know the whole truth. Who are
these senators and whether the charges against them are true. At
this point, only one side is heard and that is from the Justice
Secretary of this administration. Lets wait for due process to be
followed.
I wonder why only legislators are
supposed to be involved in the PDAF scam when there can be no
scam if the fund was not released by the official deciding release
of funds to whom it was released and which line agency give the
PDAF fund to ghost foundations. Why are they not included? Napoles
decided to reveal that she knows because of the threat on her life
and her family. But who is threatening her? If P-Noy wants to show
his matuwid na daan in this case of the PDAF scam, let it be
matuwid na daan para sa lahat not only applied to the political
opposition.
Another hot news is the return to the country of Atty. Gigi
Reyes, the former Chief of Staff of former Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile after being away for eight months. She reportedly said
she will face the plunder case against her. She already filed an 83
page affidavit with the DOJ in her defense.
Atty. Gigi Reyes is being lured to testify against Sen. Enrile
but it seems, it has not succeeded. So now, Napoles, by turning
state witness will be the one to testify against Enrile. Former
Technology Resource Center Director Dennis Cunanan is used against
Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. and former Palace Secretary Ruby
Tuason against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada.
Lately, Ex-Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on TV that Janet Napoles
gave him a list of more than one hundred names involved in the PDAF
scam. There are more senator, congressmen, cabinet members, etc. If
Sec. De Lima will sanitize it, I will announce it.
Why is the cost of electricity very high in the country? Our
electricity is second to the highest in Asia, next to Japan. It is
because of the numerous taxes collected and unregulated generation
charge.
The following are the taxes imposed on electricity: 1. Franchise
Tax 2. Royalty Tax 3. Expanded Value Added Tax 4. Cascading
Taxes.
Repub l i c Ac t No . 9337 , the Expanded Value Added Tax,
amended Section 108 of the National Internal Revenue Code resulting
in higher cost of electricity for commercial and industrial
consumers. Hardest hit are the residential consumers.
(a) There is VAT on oils and fuel products (b) VAT on Generation
charge (c) VAT on Transmission charge (d) VAT on Supply charge (e)
VAT on life line on the supply charge (f) VAT has also seen applied
on components of the bill that do not represent a service rendered
(g) VAT on Systems Loss Charge (h) VAT on Subsidy Rate (i) VAT on
Local Franchise Tax component of the electric bill.
If the President wants to lower the cost of electricity and
minimize the burden of the people, he can submit an urgent bill in
Congress to exempt electricity from the Expanded Value Added Tax,
after all we are already paying the other above mentioned
taxes.
The high cost of electricity here drives away foreign investors
who can give jobs to our millions of jobless people. When people
are employed, they will pay taxes.
The hot news today is that the mastermind of the PDAF scam,
Janet Lim Napoles, has offered to be a state witness to Justice
Sec. Leila de Lima. It
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Succinctly summarizing the plight of over-seas Filipino workers,
Secretary imelda nico-las, chairperson of the Commission on
Fili-pinos Overseas, said that all migrations are local.
imelda, sister of Bicolana Loida nicolas Lewis, one of the most
influential Filipina in the u.S., made the comment during a forum
on Mainstreaming migration and development in the governance of
local authorities in the Bicol region, in naga the other week.
indeed, the numbers support nicolas ob-servation: more than a
hundred thousand Bikolnon left the region in 2012, with naga,
Legazpi, Daet, iriga and nabua as top out-mi-grant localities.
why this is so can only be explained by the high poverty
incidence in Bicol: we remain a poor region with over 34% poverty
incidence.
While the Aquino administration is on the right track with its
focus on curbing labor ex-port through local job generation as the
cen-tripetal force to check migration, its vision, however, is
still suway sa hawak.
With over US$23.8 Billion in remittances last year, which is way
above official development assistance and foreign direct
investments in the country, oFws remain and continue to keep the
Philippine economy afloat.
The government is then right in focusing on and committing to
the protection of Filipino migrants, where they choose that
path.
mayor John Bongat is also right in calling on LGUs to include
migrants in their develop-ment agenda as it is their bounden duty
to take up the cudgels for the unsung heroes, the oFws.
indeed, as nicolas said, we should be con-tinually concerned
with the social costs of mi-gration, including the feminization of
our la-bor export which reached over 54% of the total number of
oFws in 2008.
It is time then that local governments should factor them in
their development plans for as the mexican-american labor leader,
Ernesto Galarza said, migration is a failure of roots. Displaced
men are ecological victims. Be-tween them and the sustaining earth,
a wedge has been driven.
we should uproot the salugsog, that has divided and driven our
people to seek the pro-verbial greener pastures outside the
coun-try and make us the new diasporic race of the world.
That wedge should include poverty and government corruption,
which continually whip and batter us like the storms in our
tropi-cal country.
why is the Cost of Electricity High, PDaF mastermindoffered to
be state witness, Sen. Enrile Chief-of-Staff returns
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DAY CARE KIDSSome 216 day care children beneficiaries
representing 10 barangays in iriga City recently attended the 4th
Supervised Neighborhood Play (SNP) Recognition Day last april 16,
2014 including those kids from indigenous families living in the
mountainside barangays. The SNP Program is a priority thrust of the
Early Childhood Care
and Development (ECCD) Program of CamSur Gov. Migz Villafuerte
under the Provincial Social Services Office (PSSO). The children
and their proud parents received their certificates of
participation for having completed 120 hours of SNP sessions in
their respective SNP sites.
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NAGA CITY - Saying that all migrations are local, Secretary
Imelda Nicolas, chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos
Overseas, called on Bicol local government units to integrate the
concerns of migrants in their develop-ment plans.
Nicolas made the appeal during a forum on Main-streaming
migration and de-velopment in the governance of local authorities
in the Bicol Region, held at the Villa Caceres Hotel here last
week.
Nicolas said that part of the plans should include not only
responses to the social cost of migration but also en-suring their
rights, identify-ing the economic opportuni-ties offered by
migration, as well as financial education to
SM CITY NAGA AFFILIATESSm City naga assistant mall manager
Jeannette De Vera, Sm aVP for operations South Luzon Engr. John
Jason Terrenal, along with SM Affiliates, SM Supermarket Assistant
Manager Romualdo Porlay, Sm Store assistant Branch manager Joy
Bongcayao, watsons pharmacist Eden Valenzuela, SaCi Assistant Store
Manager Darlene Simando and ACE Hardware supervisor Michael Velasco
Jr.
MOA SIGNING JoE CoLLEramayor John G. Bongat signs the memorandum
of agreement on mainstreaming migration and development involving a
P10 million GRANT from UNDP representative by Country Director
Maurice DeWulf, the Swiss government by Ambassador Ivo Sieber, and
the European union, witnessed by Sec. imelda nicolas of the
Commission on Filipinos Overseas and Naga City Councilor Gabriel
Bordado, representing Congresswoman Leni G. robredo.
migrants and their families.She said that the national
governments policy towards overseas Filipino work-ers is guided
by President Aquinos social contract to the Filipino people which
hopes to shift its thrust from an economy propped by hu-man labor
export to one with a strong domestic job market so that working
abroad will be a choice rather than a ne-cessity and when its
citizens do choose to become Over-seas Filipino Workers, their
welfare and protection will still be the governments pri-ority.
Naga City Mayor John Bongat also raised the same challenge as he
affirmed that it is the LGUs bounden duty to take up the cudgels
for the unsung heroes, the OFWs.
He said that LGUs should
have made mainstreaming migrants concern part of the local
government planning process long ago not only to help the migrants
but also how they can help their fami-lies and the country.
Bongat later on signed with Maurice Dewulf, the Country Director
of the Unit-ed Nations Development Pro-gramme, and Swiss
Ambas-sador Ivo Sieber, a Letter of Agreement which launched the
PhP10-m migration and development mainstreaming program in Bicol
under the Joint Migration and Develop-ment Initiative(JMDI) which
is now in its second phase.
Started in December 2012, the JMDI is a three-phase project with
a total US$9.5M fund from the European Union and the Swiss
Development Cooperation. -fpj
LEGAZPI CITY The Department of Enviroment and Natural Resources
(DENR) in Bicol has started planting commodity trees in 40,000
hectares target-ed lands in the region, the DENR regional executive
director said.
Gilbert Gonzales, DENR Bicol regional executive di-rector, said
the region started the application of the Com-modity Roadmap for
the Bicol Region in 2013 and will adopt it until 2016.
These commodities include fruits 20,000 hectares (ha); mangrove
5,000 ha; rat-tan 500 ha; bamboo 4,000 ha; cacao 4,000 ha; coffee
4,000 ha; fuelwood 10,000 ha; and timber 20,000 ha.
Gonzales said that this year, the DENR is eyeing 22,096 has,
with the commodities dis-tributed in its 11 community environment
and natural re-sources offices (CENROs) in the region.
Timber, he said, is still the major target commodity to be used
in 16,703 ha.
The others are fuelwood 500 ha; rattan 275 ha; and others in
protected forest 226 ha, and urban 263 ha.
The 22,096-ha surveyed and mapped areas in the 11 CENROS in the
region are: Albay (Guinobatan and Legazpi City), 2,300 ha;
Ca-marines Norte (Daet), 2,542 ha; Camarines Sur (Sipocot, Naga
City, Goa, and Iriga City), 5,137 ha; Catanduanes (Virac) 3,807 ha;
Masbate (San Jacinto and Mobo), 4,981 ha; and Sorsogon (Sor-sogon
City), 3,329 ha.
The DENR Bicol regional office had planted 29.3 mil-lion various
species of seed-lings covering an area of 43,510 hectares in the
entire region as of 2013 yearend under the National Greening
Program (NGP) of the gov-ernment.
Mandated under Execu-
tive Order No. 26 issued on February 24, 2011, the NGP is a
priority thrust that har-monizes all greening efforts of the
government and seeks to plant 1.5 billion trees cov-ering about 1.5
million hect-ares from 2011 to 2016 na-tionwide in public
domain.
Meanwhile, Gonzales warned against forest fire this summer
following the recent recorded forest fire incidents in Mt. Banahaw,
Laguna and San Cristobal, Quezon in the previous months this
year.
He said that while the re-gion is experiencing the sum-mer heat,
there is a possibil-ity of forest fire in some areas thus the need
for the public to be more cautious.
He added forest fires, also called wild or grass fires,
IRIGA CITY After battling with their foes in the recently
concluded 2014 National Private Schools Athletic Association
(PRI-SAA) National Games held in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, the
University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) Baseball team went
home carrying the honor as this Years 2014 Champion.
The sports event, which started April 6 and ended Sat-urday,
April 12, lined up 18 events where the participants endurance were
tried and tested. The UNEP Baseball team once again has proven that
with sheer determina-tion and discipline, reaping the championship
is not a far-fetched goal.
Baseball is among the team sports featured in this years PRISAA.
Also includ-ed in the said category were basketball, sepak
takraw,
softball, and volleyball.For individual category,
PRISAA prepared sports competition like athletics, dance sports,
table tennis and chess. To test their stam-ina and strength, some
of the players competed in judo-ka-rate, taekwondo, swimming and
boxing.
UNEP President Atty. Re-melisa Alfelor-Moraleda after learning
about the teams vic-tory, immediately extended her congratulatory
remarks to the players and their coaches for a job well done.
She stated that this is an-other feather to the universi-tys
cap, a proof that the spirit of camaraderie is very much alive
inside the hearts of each member of the UNEP Base-ball team.
Its not easy winning a national competition that is why it is
indeed an honor
pose threat on the environ-ment and even to the commu-nities
nearby.
Fire can drain the impor-tant nutrients in the soil and can kill
small animals and
plants which can cause heat-ing of the soil losing its
nutri-ents. -Emmanuel P. Solis
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inner chessBy J. HEnry DaniCan
jokee BOTOR-REYES
pell-mell
The agtas of iriga
I saw them sitting by the steps of Jolibee, Irigaa very young
mother (she must be around 18) coddling a baby, I learned the baby
was only four months old. Seated closely beside her was another
child of 4, also her daughter. They were very clean and well
dressed. The sight was very interesting I stopped to ask her a few
questions to which she gladly gave the answers. She has come down
from Sagrada, one of the far-flung barangays by the mountain of
Iriga. I asked her why she is in town. She said she has to come
down to beg for money because they do not have rice.
Could I take their picture? She gladly obliged and I gave her
some few bucks and she mumbled a word of thanks. But all throughout
our encounter she never smiled while the little girl did never take
her eyes off me. She said she was very hungry. I learned that they
had been sitting there since early morning and it was almost lunch
time and the sun was raging hot.
Did she realize that maybe they would go back to the mountain
without begging enough for rice. Rice for how many days?
Today, there are many people who barely eat three meals. I can
not understand how they can survive if they simply have to beg.
Could the government do anything to alleviate their plight? Is
there an NGO which could help them out in their pitiable condition?
Is the local DSWD doing something about their miserable plight?
Jollibee was closed that day. It was Good Friday and the streets of
Iriga were not actually deserted there were very few people around.
How could the mother expect to get attention from people when there
were very few who were out of their homes and who could dole out
something? Maybe, by that time most Iriguenos were preparing
themselves for the Seven Last Words of Christ on television or were
getting ready to go to the church for the same spiritual
exercise.
There is a tribal settlement in Iriga situated in Ilian, San
Nicolas. But it will amaze you to see agtas new acquired lifestyle.
They are quite very advanced already. Their dwelling are furnished
with fridge, tv or radio set and electric stove. But they can not
be blamed. Some of them have children who have finished college and
maybe employed now. They have mobile phones, much sophisticated
than mine. Well!
The settlement is meant to be a tourist attraction where
domestic and foreign tourists can go and experience life among the
agtas. There is no such agta life and agta culture there anymore.
But they remain dark and kinky-haired.
Well, the agtas that are still original looking are living by
the slope of Mount Iriga and if they come down on Mondays and
Tuesdays which are market days, they patronize the many Ukay-Ukay
stores that proliferate in the city and imported and original
clothes are sold are very cheap prices. So, you see these agtas
garbed in original Gap, Pierre Chardin, Levi, etc. These people
sure are very interesting.
Challenging the aesthetics in meBy rHoDora m. iLano
iriga Central Schooliriga City
There are many challenges that face an elementary grades
teacher. She is not simply just a teacher who uses her (I am using
the feminine pronoun because I know that the teaching profession is
dominated by females) time making her students learn the three Rs,
namely reading, riting and rithmetic. There is much more than just
that. She is expected to use her time for the aesthetics
development of her pupils. This sure is a challenge knowing that
not every teacher is gifted with that particular human sense.
Personally, I face this challenge with open heart and open mind
and make my young pupils derive the benefits that this challenge
brings. I have been asked over and over again to foresee and
facilitated exercises that involve the tenets of the Humanities. I
have trained and/or collaborated with fellow grade teachers events
for competitions such as folkdances, jazz chants, dance dramas with
the children happily and proudly bringing home the bacon not once
but many times over.
This part of my life as a teacher has made me improve my studies
on the arts because I like to make my pupils respond to activities
that is no less than the pupils reaction and interaction with
man-made beautiful things in the world such as music accepted as
the language of the soul and a universal language. As such, it
knows no creed, no color, no age except that one has an innate
appreciation of this branch of humanities. Dancing, on the other
hand, which is the mother of arts is something young pupils respond
to anytime anywhere. It is not therefore surprising that almost a
hundred per cent of the young generation today has no left feet,
Music and dance, I try in my best possible manner make my very
young pupils be given the chance to use them not just to their
advantage but to show to the world that this world is beautiful
with the arts infused in every mind of every school child.
I am very happy because I have been given the rare opportunity
to attend seminars and trainings on the arts, specifically on the
renewed field of jazz chanting which knowledge I challenged myself
to bring them to my young pupils. It becomes doubly wonderful
because the pupils respond positively and meet the same challenge
as I do developing their sense of aesthetics and think of making
the world or even their limited environment go round and round.
Art is a passion. It has become mine and optimistically a
passion shared with young elementary graders.
The Lifestyle of Teachersin the Coastal areas
By marLon a. CHaVEZTeacher i, Teacher-in-Charge
Del Carmen Elementary SchoolLagonoy north District, Lagonoy,
Camarines Sur
If there is anything I would not trade even for something more
comfortable than in the setting I am in, it is the tranquility and
ambience of the coastal area. There is nothing more intellectually
invigorating than staying in a place that is free of worldly
pleasures. But I do not like to be taken, however, to be someone
like living an Adams life. It is true that the living in the
coastal areas can be limited in many ways, It is, life, however, so
fulfilling. For one, I enjoy the camaraderie of my fellow teachers,
the trust of my pupils, and most of all, the confidence of the
community. The people in the community are aware what teachers are
and what they are doing in their community. And they know that it
is with a very noble mission why teachers sometimes have to leave
their own homes and settle elsewhere, somehow leaving their
families temporarily. And it is this nice feeling that I have borne
in my heart and staying in the coastal area is something that is
simply wonderful. Teachers assigned in coastal area can have all
the time to commune with their Master and with nature. There is no
such thing as hassle. This is something unheard ofno traffic jam,
no pollution. One e can see the sun rises as beautifully as the sun
sets. It is photographic, a marvel, a natures obra and with the
sea, the vast blue sea, one can highly fathom its beauty and
mystery. One simply has to admire it.
The coastal area is, for a teacher, a place where one can be so
creative and free with all the time in his hand. He can plan his
lessons with ease without the distractions and interruptions of a
highly urbanized setting. Us, teachers in the coastal areas are
considered by the community as someone worth their respect. We
communicate with the community not just by being educators but as
friends and confidante. Many times I have been asked to stand as
godfather of a child at baptism, sponsor in a wedding and I know
this is being accorded me as a matter of respect and friendship
unlimited. That people in the coastal areas are generous and truly
kindhearted is not to be taken aside because I know the goodness is
innate in them. It is in their hearts. They are so simple in their
ways that I can not let go their simplicity without a response of
similar simplicity. I have learned lessons in life staying in the
coastal areathat life is beautiful as the surroundings are, some of
them still untouched by modernity and technology, that life is full
of meanings especially relating with people who are sincere and
trusting. I can not let go that sincerity and trust and as a
teacher just like all other teachers in the coastal areas are being
accorded.
Live in a coastal area. I can settle there for good.
tribution and transport com-panies in the area.
With the SM Store and the SM Supermarket as its main anchors, it
also include under its roof SM main-stays like the SM Appliance
Center, Ace Hardware, Wat-sons, SM Cinema, SM Food Court, Cyberzone
and BDO, as well as the best local and international brands in
fash-ion, home furnishings, health and personal care and
elec-tronics.
Eating out options include the SM Foodcourt, as well as
well-known local and inter-national food chains, special-
sm city naga marks . . .ty restaurants and well-loved homegrown
food outlets. It has four (4) state-of-the art cinemas with a total
seating capacity of 1,400.
For customer convenience, it has covered parking lots in a four
level parking building, 113 open parking spaces and allotted
parking for 253 mo-torcyles.
Customers have easy ac-cess to the mall as it is locat-ed across
the Naga Transport Exchange consisting of the Bicol Central
Terminal, van and jeepney terminals ser-vicing almost all of the
inter-municipality transportation.
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Bikol reporter 5april 27-may 3, 2014
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NEW
SET-UP OF SANGGUNIAN MEMBERS OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR (2013-2016)
HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2014 AT THE SB SESSION HALL.
Present: HON. JIMMY B. VILLAREAL Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding
Officer HON. MA. CECILIA C. CUARTO SB Member HON. GABRIEL R. HUAB
SB Member HON. FRANCISCO F. ADUVISO JR. SB Member HON. MA. ISABEL
B. BORJA SB Member HON. ROBERT M. SAYSAY SB Member HON. NELSON C.
BALATAN SB Member HON. JORGE Z. PARANAL JR. SB Member Absent: HON.
WENEFREDO R. MEDIADO SB Member
_______________________________________________________________________MUNICIPAL
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-001
ORDINANCE PROHIBITING SQUATTING AND/OR ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF
RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, DWELLINGS, BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, BUILDINGS,
SHELTERS AND OTHER SIMILAR STRUCTURES IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES, DANGER
ZONES/AREAS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SHORELINES, WATERWAYS,
RIVERBANKS, ALONG ROADS, WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALATAN,
CAMARINES SUR.
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS: HON. BORJA, HON. HUAB, HON. PARAAL;
SECONDARY SPONSORS: THE REST OF SB MEMBERSWHEREAS, there is a need
to remove all illegal constructions, like residential houses,
dwellings, business establishments, buildings, shelters and
other similar structures in all public places, danger zones/areas,
such as, but not limited to, shorelines, waterways, riverbanks,
along roads, within the municipality of Balatan, Camarines Sur;
WHEREAS, many persons or entities found to have been unlawfully
occupying public and private lands belonging to others;
WHEREAS, there is a need to intensify the governments drive
against this illegal and nefarious practice;
WHEREAS, public welfare is paramount in the minds of local
officials, this municipality;NOW, THEREFORE. Be it ordained by the
Sangguniang Bayan in Session assembled that:Section 1. Any person
who, with the use of force, intimidation or threat, or taking
advantage
of the absence or tolerance of the landowner, succeeds in
occupying or possessing the property of the latter against his will
for residential, commercial or any other purposes, shall be
punished by an imprisonment of not more than six months and a fine
of not exceeding two thousand five hundred pesos at the discretion
of the court, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of
insolvency.
Section 2. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE - If for any reason, a part or
certain provision of this ordinance be held unconstitutional or
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, same shall not
affect or impair the rest of the provisions herein provided.
Section 3. REPEALING CLAUSE - All ordinances, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this ordinance are herey repealed
and/or modified accordingly.
Section 4. EFFECTIVITY - This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its approval.Enacted: January 06, 2014.I HEREBY
CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance. x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NEW
SET-UP OF SANGGUNIAN MEMBERS OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR (2013-2016)
HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2014 AT THE SB SESSION HALL.
Present: HON. JIMMY B. VILLAREAL Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding
Officer HON. MA. CECILIA C. CUARTO SB Member HON. GABRIEL R. HUAB
SB Member HON. FRANCISCO F. ADUVISO JR. SB Member HON. MA. ISABEL
B. BORJA SB Member HON. ROBERT M. SAYSAY SB Member HON. NELSON C.
BALATAN SB Member HON. JORGE Z. PARANAL JR. SB Member Absent: HON.
WENEFREDO R. MEDIADO SB Member
__________________________________________________________________________
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 2014-003
ORDINANCE TOTALLY BANNING THE THROWING, PITCHING, HURLING AND
TOSSING OF GARBAGE, USED OIL AND OTHER WASTE MATERIALS TO EXISTING
CANALS, CREEKS, RIVERS, LAKES, SWAMPS AND SEASHORE/SEAS WITHIN THE
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALATAN, PROVINCE
OF CAMARINES SUR AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, RA 7160, SECTION 16, General Welfare. provides that
every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly
granted, those necessarily implied there from, as well as powers
necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and
effective governance, and those which are essential to the
promotion of the general welfare;
WHEREAS, RA 7160, SECTION 447 rather provides that the lgu
through the Sangguniang Bayan shall enact, approve resolutions for
the general welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants
pursuant to section 16 of this Code and in the proper exercise of
its governmental & corporate powers as provided for under the
same Code;
WHEREAS, RA 7160, Section 447 (a) (5)(xiii) prohibits littering
and the placing or throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth and
wastes;
WHEREFORE, on Joint motion of Hon. Robert Saysay, Hon. Gabriel
R. Huab, Hon. Jorge Z. Paraal, Hon. Ma Isabel B. Borja, seconded by
the rest of SB members present,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan of Balatan, Camarines
Sur, in Session assembled Sur that:
Section 1.This ordinance shall be known AN ORDINANCE TOTALLY
BANNING THE THROWING, PITCHING, HURLING AND TOSSING OF GARBAGE,
USED OIL AND OTHER
WASTE MATERIALS TO EXISTING CANALS, CREEKS, RIVERS, LAKES,
SWAMPS AND SEASHORE/SEAS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BALATAN, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
Section 2. PENAL CLAUSE First offense .Fine of P300.00 or
imprisonment of one (1) week; Second offense . . Fine of P500.00 or
imprisonment of two (2) weeks; Third offense .. Fine of P1,000.00
or imprisonment of three (3) weeks;Section 3. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE -
If for any reason, a part or certain provision of this
ordinance be held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, same shall not affect or impair the rest of
the provisions herein provided.
Section 4. REPEALING CLAUSE - All ordinances, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repeated
and/or modified accordingly.
Section 5. EFFECTIVITY - This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its approval.UNANIMOUSLY APPROVEDI hereby certify
to the correctness of the foregoging ordinance. x x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x x
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NEW
SET-UP OF SANGGUNIAN MEMBERS OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR (2013-2016)
HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2014 AT THE SB SESSION HALL.
Present: HON. JIMMY B. VILLAREAL Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding
Officer HON. MA. CECILIA C. CUARTO SB Member HON. GABRIEL R. HUAB
SB Member HON. FRANCISCO F. ADUVISO JR. SB Member HON. MA. ISABEL
B. BORJA SB Member HON. ROBERT M. SAYSAY SB Member HON. NELSON C.
BALATAN SB Member HON. JORGE Z. PARANAL JR. SB Member Absent: HON.
WENEFREDO R. MEDIADO SB Member
__________________________________________________________________________
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO.2014-004
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING THE ENVIRONMENT CODE OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BALATAN.
Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Balatan, Camarines
Sur, in session assembled, that:
ARTICLE I. TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE Section 1.Title of the
Ordinance. - This Ordinance shall be known as the Balatan
Environment
Code and shall hereinafter be referred to as the Code. ARTICLE
II. AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
Section 2. Authority.- This Code is enacted pursuant to the
provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, also known as the Local
Government Code of 1991, particularly Sections 2(a), 2(c), 3(d),
3(e), 3(f) up to 3(m), 5(a), 5(c), 16, 17, 26, and 27, 33, 34, 35,
36, 129, 186, 289, thereof; including Sections 389(b)(9),
444(b)(3)(vii), 455(b)(3)(v), and 465(b)(3)(v), which mandates the
Municipal Mayor, to adopt adequate measures to safeguard and
conserve land, mineral, marine, forest and other resources; Section
447(a)(1)(vi), Section 458(1)(vi), and Section 468(a)(1)(vi), which
provides for the authorities of the Sangguniang Bayan to protect
the environment and impose appropriate penalties for acts which
endanger the environment, such as dynamite fishing and other forms
of destructive fishing, illegal logging and smuggling of logs,
smuggling of natural resources products and endangered species of
flora and fauna, slash and burn farming, and such other activities
which result in pollution, acceleration of euthrophication of
rivers and lakes, or of ecological balance.
Section 3.Objectives and Purposes. - This Code is enacted for
the following objectives and purposes:
Objectives: a) To promote the principles of ecologically
sustainable development: 1.0 That the use, development and
protection of the environment should be managed by LGUs
in a way, and at a rate, that will enable people and communities
to provide for their economic, social and physical well being and
for their health and safety; 1.1 sustaining the potential of
natural and physical resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable
needs of future generations; 1.2 safeguarding the life supporting
capacity of air, water, land and ecosystems; 1.3 avoiding,
remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the
environment; 1.4 that proper weight should be given to both long
and short terms economic, environmental, social and equity
considerations in deciding all matters relating to environmental
resources, use, protection, restoration and enhancement;
b) To ensure that all reasonable and practicable measures are
taken by LGUs to protect, restore and enhance the quality of the
environment having regard to the principles of ecologically
sustainable development;
c) To prevent, reduce, minimize and, where practicable,
eliminate harm to the environment and; d) To encourage and assist
action by industry, government authorities and the
Community aimed at pollution prevention, reduction, reuse and
recycling of materials and natural resources and waste
minimization: 1.1 By regulating in an integrated, systematic and
cost effective manner; 1.2 Activities, products, substances and
services that through pollution or production of waste, cause
environmental harm;
1.3 The generation, storage, transportation, treatment and
disposal of waste; e) To coordinate activities, policies and
programs necessary to prevent, reduce, minimize or eliminate
environmental harm to ensure effective environmental protection,
restoration and enhancement;
f) To facilitate the adoption and implementation of environment
protection measures agreed on by the national government and local
government unit for greater uniformity and effectiveness in
environmental protection;
g) To apply a precautionary approach to the assessment of risk
of environmental harm and ensure that all aspects of environmental
quality affected by pollution and waste, including ecosystem
sustainability and valued environmental attributes are considered
in decisions relating to the environment; h) To require persons
natural or juridical engaged in polluting activities to
progressively make environmental improvements including reduction
of pollution and waste at source as much improvements become
practicable through technological and economic developments; i) To
allocate the costs of environmental protection and restoration
equitably and in a manner that encourages responsible use of and
reduced harm to the environment with polluters bearing an
appropriate share of the costs that arise from their activities,
products, substances and service
j) To provide for monitoring and reporting on environmental
quality on a regular basis to ensure compliance with environmental
laws, rules and regulations and the maintenance of a records of
trends in environmental quality;
a) Operationalize the powers and responsibilities of the local
government unit in the delivery of general welfare services
particularly in environment and natural resources management.
b) Establish the framework for a local government-driven,
inter-agency, and multisectoral system of environment management in
the Municipality;
Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of Camarines Sur
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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
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Bikol reporter6 april 27-may 3, 2014c) Inform the citizens on
the environment and natural resources management policy of the
Municipality; d) The active participation of the people of
Balatan is the key to the attainment of sustainable
development; e) The people are the stewards of Gods gift of
nature for sustainable livelihood; f) The enactment and enforcement
of laws concerning the protection and conservation of the
environment shall be just and consistent with the laws of nature;
g) All Balateous have the right to be informed and to participate
in all undertakings pertinent
to the sustainable utilization, protection, preservation, and
conservation of natural resources. Section 4.Definition of Terms. -
As used in this Code, the following words and phrases shall
be defined as follows: a) Alienable and disposable (A and D)
lands refer to those lands of the public domain which
have been declared by law as not needed for forest purposes. b)
Buffer zones are identified areas outside the boundaries of and
immediately adjacent to
designated protected areas and need special development control
in order to avoid or minimize harm to the protected area.
c) Coastal Area/Zone - is a band of dry land and adjacent ocean
space (water and submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and
uses directly affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa;
its geographic extent may include areas within a landmark limit of
one (1) kilometer from the shoreline at high tide to include
mangrove swamps, brackish water ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine
rivers, sandy beaches and other areas within a seaward limit of 200
meters isobaths to include coral reefs, algal flats, sea grass beds
and other soft-bottom areas.
d) Commercial fishing - the taking of fishery species by passive
or active gear for trade, business or profit beyond subsistence or
sports fishing, to be further classified as:
1. Small scale commercial fishing - fishing with passive or
active gear utilizing fishing vessels of 3.1 gross tons (GT) up to
twenty (20) GT; 2. Medium scale
commercial fishing - fishing utilizing active gears and vessels
of 20.1 GT up to one hundred fifty (150) GT; e) Communal forest
refers to a tract of forest land set aside for a municipality by
law or
through a valid proclamation or order for the use of the
residents of a municipality from which said residents may establish
forest plantations and/or tree farms, cut, collect and remove
forest products for their personal use in accordance with existing
laws and regulations. Each municipality is entitled to a maximum of
5,000 hectares of communal forest as provided in Section 17(b) (2)
(ii), RA 7160.
g) Ecotourism refers to a nature-based activity managed by the
local community with government support whose primary goals are
conservation and enhancement of natural resources while providing
economic benefits to the local community without endangering the
socio-cultural practices of its people.
h) Emission refers to the act of passing into the atmosphere an
air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream and unwanted sound from a
known source.
i) Environment refers to the quantity, quality, diversity and
sustainability of renewable and non-renewable natural resources,
including the ambient environment such as the atmosphere, climate,
sound, and odors that are critical determinants of the quality of
life. In a broad sense, it shall include the total environment of
man such as economic, social, cultural, political, and historic
factors.
j) Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) refers to
authorization issued by the DENR or the Governor, as the case may
be, pursuant to law, in favor of a proponent, the project of which
have been reviewed, evaluated and finally approved upon
consideration that the project will not bring about an unacceptable
environmental impact and that the proponent has complied with all
the requirements of PD 1586 as well as Proclamation 2146, otherwise
known as Environmental Impact Assessment System.
k) Mayor refers to the Municipal Mayor of Balatan. l) Guano
refers to accumulated droppings or excrements of bats in caves and
does not
include phosphate rocks. m) Lease is a privilege granted by the
State to a person to occupy and possess, in consideration
of specified rental, any land of the public domain in order to
undertake any authorized activity therein.
n) License is a privilege granted by the State to a person to
utilize natural resources within any land, without any right of
occupation and possession over the same, to the exclusion of
others, or establish or operate a manufacturing plant, or conduct
any activity involving the utilization of the natural resources
covered by the license.
o) Mangrove is the term applied to the type of forest occurring
on tidal flats along the sea coast, extending along streams where
the water is brackish consisting of a community of plants including
trees, shrubs, vines and herbs.
p) Municipal waters include streams, lakes, subterranean and
tidal waters within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipality
that are not subject to private ownership and not included within
national park, public forest, timberlands, forest reserves or
fishery reserves; and covers marine waters included between two (2)
lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points
where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low
tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline and
fifteen (15) kilometers from such coastline. Where two
municipalities are so situated that there is less than thirty (30)
kilometers of marine waters between them, the third line shall be
drawn equidistant from the opposite shores of the respective
municipalities.
q) National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) is the
classification and administration of all designated protected areas
to maintain essential ecological processes and life-support
systems, to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure sustainable use
of resources found therein, and to maintain
their natural conditions to the greatest extent possible as
provided in RA 7586, otherwise known as the NIPAS Act of 1992. r)
Permit is a short term privilege or authority granted by the State
to a person to utilize any limited natural resources or undertake a
limited activity within a piece of land without any right of
occupation or possession therein.
s) Protected area refers to identified portions of land and
water set aside by law by reason of their unique physical and
biological significance, managed to enhance biological diversity
and protected against destructive human exploitation, as provided
in RA 7586, the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)
Act of 1992.
t) Protection forest refers to areas regardless of slope which
are highly erodible or too rocky for establishment of production
forests, developed for the primary objective of establishing
vegetative cover to prevent erosion, conserve and produce water,
and nurture wildlife.
u) Public forest lands refer to those lands of the public domain
which have been set aside by law for forest purposes. These lands
may be either presently forested or denuded.
v) Public consultation refers to a stage of public participation
at which information is disseminated and opinions gathered in
public in order to ensure that public concerns are fully integrated
into the process of environmental impact assessment.
w) Small-scale mining refers to mining activities which rely
heavily on manual labor using simple implements and methods and do
not use explosives or heavy mining equipment;
x) Solid waste refers to all putrescible, non-putrescible and
discarded materials (excludes human excrement) including but not
limited to food waste, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned vehicles, sewage treatment sludge in non-liquid
form, incinerator ash and residue, commercial, industrial,
hospital, funeral, and agricultural waste; and special wastes,
whether combustible or non-combustible such as paper, rags,
cartons, woods, tin cans, lawn clippings, glass, or litter of any
kind.
y) Watershed is a land area drained by a stream or fixed body of
water and its tributaries having a common outlet for surface
runoff. Small watershed areas specifically refer to those that
are identified by local governments or the proper agency as
sources of water supply for particular local communities.
z) Waste Management includes both solid and liquid waste.
Definition of other terms, not herein specifically defined, may
also be based upon accepted definitions through usage or scientific
understanding.
ARTICLE III. FOREST RESOURCES
Section 5. Scope of Powers.- In addition to the powers, duties
and functions of the Municipal Mayor, to adopt adequate measures to
safeguard and conserve land, mineral, marine, forest and other
resources, as provided under RA 7160, Sections 89(b)(9),
444(b)(3)(vii), 455(b)(3)(v), and 465(b)(3)(v), respectively, and
the powers of the Sanguniang Bayan, to protect the environment and
impose appropriate penalties for acts which endanger the
environment such as illegal logging and smuggling of logs,
smuggling of natural resources products and endangered species of
flora and fauna, slash and burn farming, pursuant to Section
447(a)(1)(vi), Section 458(1)(vi), and Section 468(a)(1)(vi), RA
7160, the municipality shall provide forest resources management
services and facilities, pursuant to Sections 3(e), 3(i), 16 and
17(a), RA 7160, as follows:
a) For the Municipal Government: (I) Implementation of the
following community-based forestry
projects; Integrated social forestry programs and similar
projects, pursuant to Section 17(b) (2) (ii), RA 7160.
(II) Management, protection, rehabilitation, and maintenance of
small watershed areas which are sources of local water supply as
identified or to be identified by the DENR, pursuant to Section
3.1(c), DAO 30, series of 1992;
(III) Establishment, protection and maintenance of tree parks,
greenbelts, pursuant to Section 17(b)(2)(ii), RA 7160, and other
tourist attractions in areas identified and delineated by the DENR,
except those within protected areas, and the collection of fees for
their services and the use of facilities established therein,
pursuant to Section 3.2(a), DAO 30, series of 1992;
(IV) Conservation of mangroves, pursuant to Section 17(2)(i), RA
7160. Section 6.Governing Laws. - The pertinent forestry provisions
of this Code shall be governed
by, but not limited to, the following national laws: a) RA 7160
(Local Government Code of 1991) b) Presidential Decree No.705, as
amended
(Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines) c) Presidential
Executive Order No. 263 (Community Based Forest Management
Strategy) d) LOI 1260 (Integrated Social Forestry Program) e)
Republic Act 7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System Act
of 1992)
There shall be maintained an adequate mangrove forest resource
that is capable of maintaining the productive capacity of municipal
coastal fisheries. In carrying out the provisions of this Code, the
Mayor shall enhance the capacity of municipal government to provide
forest management guidance and support to the various priority
forest management initiatives of constituent barangays which shall
thereby provide direct guidance and support to the initiatives of
peoples organizations, non-government organizations, government
agencies, and individuals and households; provided, that the Mayor
shall implement the forestry provisions of this Code in close
collaboration with concerned national government agencies and
instrumentalities, particularly the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to in this Code as DENR,
and the private sector.
Section 7 (a).Management and Protection of Forests. - All
measures shall be adopted to actively share responsibility with the
national government, particularly the DENR, in securing the
perpetual existence of all native plants and animals in the
municipality. The Mayor shall adopt measures to assist the DENR
towards enabling the Protected Area Management Boards (PAMBs), as
provided under RA 7586, particularly in the immediate delineation,
establishment and operationalization of strict protection zones,
habitat management zones, cultural zones, and recreation zones. As
far as practicable, the management of protection forests for
sustained water production, coastal habitat protection,
conservation of waterways, easements and rights-of-way,
forest-based recreation, biodiversity conservation, and scientific
and educational advancement shall be undertaken with the end view
of generating livelihood for local residents and revenues for
municipal governments. b) Forest Protection and Law Enforcement. -
The Mayor shall provide effective leadership in the operation of
inter-agency, inter-municipality, and multi-sectoral efforts in
forest protection and law enforcement in close collaboration with
the DENR and other law enforcement agencies. c) Protection and
Conservation of Mangroves. - For the purpose of protecting the
livelihood and well-being of the artisanal fishing population, the
sustained productivity of coastal habitats of marine flora and
fauna shall be secured through the provision of assistance to
municipal governments in establishing adequate safeguards and
controls on human activities within declared mangrove forest
reserves, marine parks and fish sanctuaries.
Section 8. Acts Prohibited and Punishable under this Code shall
include, but not limited to, the following:
a) The indiscriminate cutting of trees in both private and
public lands is hereby prohibited. b) The use of unregistered or
unlicensed power saws/chain saws and similar tree felling equipment
shall be banned and prohibited, unless a current and valid license
or permit for the use thereof as issued by the Municipal Mayor has
been obtained.
c) Hunting, destroying, or mere possession of any plants,
animals or other forest products both living and non-living and
other species considered endangered or threatened pursuant to
existing laws shall be banned and prohibited.
d) The use of unregistered or unlicensed hunting paraphernalia
such as airguns, shotguns, and the like shall be banned and
prohibited, unless a current and valid permit for the use thereof
as issued by the proper authority subject to prior clearance by the
Municipal Mayor.
e) No person shall ignite, cause to be ignited, or maintain any
open fires except in the following activities: open fires for
cooking of food for human consumption in areas designated by law,
fires for religious or ceremonial purposes, fires for the
prevention and control of pests and diseases, fires for the
disposal of dangerous materials or wastes subject to prior
clearance or permit issued by the Mayor, fires for training
personnel in firefighting, prescribed burning for recognized
agricultural, forestry and wildlife management practices, and open
fires expressly approved by the DENR and concerned Mayor.
ARTICLE IV. MINERAL RESOURCESSection 9. Scope of Powers.- In
addition to the powers, duties and functions of the Municipal
Mayor, to adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve and,
mineral, marine, forest and other resources, as provided under
Sections 389(b)(9),444(b)(3)(vii), 455(b)(3)(v), and 465(b)(3)(v),
respectively.
Section 10.Monitoring and Evaluation. - Within nine (6) months
upon effectivity of this Code, there is hereby established a
monitoring and evaluation office under the Office of the Mayor for
the purpose of ensuring compliance of permittees and/or licensees
to pertinent laws, rules and regulations. The Mayor shall also
provide assistance to concerned barangays in the establishment of
their monitoring and evaluation capability.
ARTICLE V. WATER RESOURCESSection 11. Scope of Powers.- In
addition to the powers, duties and functions of the Municipal
Mayor, to adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve
land, mineral, marine, forest and other resources, as provided
under Sections 389(b)(9), 444(b)(3)(vii), 455(b)(3)(v), and
465(b)(3)(v), respectively, other specific powers of local
government units in the management of water resources are
enumerated in Section 17, RA 7160, as follows:
a) For a barangay: pursuant to Section 17(b)(1)(iii) and (v),
services related to general hygiene and sanitation and maintenance
of water supply systems, respectively;
b) For a municipality: water and soil resource utilization and
conservation projects, and
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Bikol reporter 7april 27-may 3, 2014interbarangay irrigation
system, (ii) communal irrigation, small water impounding projects
and other similar projects, artesian wells, spring development,
rainwater collectors and water supply systems, seawalls, dikes,
drainage and sewerage, and flood control pursuant to Section
17(b)(2)(i) and (viii), respectively; and management, protection,
rehabilitation, and maintenance of small watershed areas which are
sources of local water supply as identified or to be identified by
the DENR, pursuant to Section 3.1(c), DAO 30, series of 1992;
Section 12.Governing Laws. - The water resources provisions
under this Code shall be governed by, but not limited to, the
following national laws:
a) RA 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) b) Presidential
Decree No. 1067 (Water Code of the Philippines of 1976) c) DENR
Administrative Order 34-90, (Revised Water Usage and
Classification/Water Quality Criteria Amending Section Nos. 68
and 69, Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations) d) DENR
Administrative Order No.
35-91 (Revised Effluent Regulations of 1990 Revising and
Amending the Effluent Regulations of 1982) e) Republic Act No. 6969
(Toxic
Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990).
f) Presidential Decree No. 984 (National Pollution Control
Decree of 1976) g) Presidential Decree No. 825 (Providing
Penalty for Improper Disposal of Garbage and Other Forms of
Uncleanliness and for Other Purposes) h) Presidential Decree
No. 856 (Code on Sanitation of the Philippines, 1975) i)
Presidential Decree No. 1198 (Requiring All Individuals,
Partnerships or
Corporations Engaged in the Exploration, Development and
Exploitation of Natural Resources or in the Construction of
Infrastructure Projects to Restore or Rehabilitate Areas Subject
Thereof or Affected Thereby to their Original Condition) Section
13.Operative Principles. - Water resources in the Municipality
shall be managed
(a) for the primary purpose of meeting indefinitely the basic
requirement for potable water of all residents of Balatan and for
sustained agricultural production and (b) for the secondary purpose
of securing the availability of adequate supplies of water for the
growing population, like industrial, recreational and commercial
development activities.
Section 14.Water Quality Monitoring. - Within six (6) months
upon effectivity of this Code, the Mayor shall organize and
maintain the continuous and effective operation of a 9-member
multisectoral Water Resources Committee (WRC) to be composed of the
Mayor as Chairman and MHO, SANITARY INSPECTOR, SB ON HEALTH, MPDC,
DA, and ABC PRESIDENT as members, including two (2) representatives
of non-government organizations as appointed by the Mayor. The
Committee shall be vested with the following duties and
responsibilities:
a) Conduct regular sampling and cause the analysis of samples
collected using the parameters, standards, and procedures
established by national laws. The priority parameters to be
measured shall include biological oxygen demand (BOD), total
suspended solids (TSS) and total coliform. b) Release of the
monitoring result to the public particularly to the municipality
and barangays concerned. c) Assist national government agencies in
the enforcement of anti-pollution laws including Presidential
Decree No. 984, DENR Administrative Order 34 (Revised Water Usage
and Classification Water Quality Criteria) and DENR Administrative
Order No. 35 (Revised Effluent Regulations of 1990) and Republic
Act No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
Control Act of 1990). d) Advise the Mayor on policy requirements to
safeguard water resources in the municipality.
Section 15.Water Utilization. Potable water shall have the
priority over industrial water. Any person operating purifying
station for commercial purposes shall submit samples for monthly
testing according to BFAD standards.
Section 16.Waterways Conservation, Protection, Maintenance and
Retrieval. In coordination with the DENR, the municipality shall
determine the present state and quality of water resources under
its jurisdiction in order to formulate a water quality management
scheme and determine the types and point sources of pollutants, and
the allowable volume of effluents that can be permitted into
waterways, subject to the standards set by DENR.
Section 17.Prohibited Acts. The following are the prohibited
acts: a) Extraction of underground water without necessary permits.
b) Fishing on public waterways by poisoning, dynamite,
electrocution. c.) Dumping of waste into waterways. d.)
Construction of local dumpsites of industrial settlement pits and
water treatment plants
less than one (1) kilometer away from the source of potable
water supply of the community. e.) Construct or setting up of any
structure, temporary or otherwise, that would destroy the
historical and scenic value of natural waterways. Article VI -
CONTINUING COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Section 18.Management Direction. Environment management is not
management per se, it is management of people. A continuing
community education ensures the cultivation of environment-friendly
lifestyle and concretizes sustainable use practices among
individuals and industries alike.
Section 19.Community Assemblies. Community assembly in each
barangay shall be conducted at least twice in a year purposely for
environmental management awareness. This shall be conducted by the
barangay council and other government agency concern.
Article VII - MONITORING, EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
MECHANISMSection 19.Mandatory Review. The mandatory review of this
code by the oversight
Committee shall be every year. Section 20. Oversight Committee
Chairman - Municipal Mayor Vice Chairman - Municipal Vice Mayor
Members - SB Chairman Committee on Environment ABC President
Municipal Health Officer Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinator DEPED Representative Municipal Engineer Non- Government
Organization Representative MLGOO Section 21.Commitment. The
Municipal Government hereby commits its human, fiscal and
technical resources to attain the vision of Balatan to have an
effective and efficient implementation of this code regardless of
political affiliations, boundaries and tenure of office.
Article VIII - PENALTIES AND SANCTIONSSection 22. Common
Penalties. Failure on the part of any person to comply with any of
the
obligatory provisions or who violates any of the prohibited acts
of this ordinance, in the absence of a specific penalty, shall
suffer upon conviction, the payment of fine from five hundred pesos
(Php500.00) to two thousand five hundred pesos (Php2,500.00) or an
imprisonment from five (5) to six (6) months or both fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
Article IX - FINAL PROVISIONSection 23. Amendatory Clause. All
Municipal Ordinances, Executive Orders issued by the
Municipal Mayor or parts thereof inconsistent with this code are
deemed repealed and amended accordingly.
Section 24. Separability Clause . Should any part or portion of
this code be declared null and void by the courts, the remaining
portion not affected thereby shalll continue to have full force and
effort of law.
Section 25. Effectivity. This code shall take effect sixty (60)
days after posting in at least ten (10) conspicuous places.
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR: Hon. Robert M. Saysay SECONDARY SPONSORS: The
rest of the SB Members
UNANIMOULSY APPROVED
I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing
ordinance.
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EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NEW
SET-UP OF SANGGUNIAN MEMBERS OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR (2013-2016)
HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2014 AT THE SB SESSION HALL.
Present: HON. JIMMY B. VILLAREAL Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding
Officer HON. MA. CECILIA C. CUARTO SB Member HON. GABRIEL R. HUAB
SB Member HON. FRANCISCO F. ADUVISO JR. SB Member HON. MA. ISABEL
B. BORJA SB Member HON. ROBERT M. SAYSAY SB Member HON. NELSON C.
BALATAN SB Member HON. JORGE Z. PARANAL JR. SB Member Absent: HON.
WENEFREDO R. MEDIADO SB Member
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MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE N0. 2014-005
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE REVISED REVENUE CODE OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR, PARTICULARLY SECTION 4.B.02 [ (A) 4, 18
& 19] THEREOF.
WHEREAS, RA 7160, Section 16.General Welfare. - providesthat
Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly
granted, those necessarily implied there from, as well as powers
necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and
effective governance, and those which are essential to the
promotion of the general welfare;
WHEREAS, on 14 February 1994, the Office of the President issued
Proclamation No. 326 signed by then Executive Secretary
TeofistoGuingona, Jr. entitled: DECLARING AS A NATIONAL STATE
POLICY THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES AND
FOUNDLINGS, the pertinent portion of which reads:
Now THEREFORE, I FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by Book I, Chapter 7, Section
27, of the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby declare that the
registration of births, death, marriage and foundlings as a
national state policy;
All concerned departments, agencies and local government units
are hereby encourage to advance and promulgate measures for the
adoption of effective registration procedures, including the
elimination of registration fees, in accordance with the Civil
Registry Law and other existing laws;
On September 1994, the Department issued Memorandum Circular No.
94-154 entitled: Free of Charge Registration of Births, Deaths,
Marriages and Foundlings, pertinent portion of which provides:
In view thereof, all mayors are hereby enjoined to comply with
the Presidential Directive and cause the immediate repeal,
amendment or modification of their existing ordinances and
resolutions exacting civil registration fees and charges;
WHEREAS, local officials of this municipality had deemed it
imperative to enforce such policy intended to lessen indigents
financial difficulties as well as achieve a more
effective&efficient registration of births, death, marriage and
foundlings it being a national state policy;
WHEREFORE, On Motion of Hon. Francisco F. Aduviso, Collectively
by all SB Members; Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Bayan in
Session Assembled that - Section 1. Section 4.B.02 is hereby
amended to read as follows: SECTION 4.B.02 Prescribed Fees. The
following shall be the corresponding filing fee chargeable
to every petitioner who files for correction of a clerical
change of first name or nickname in the civil registrar.
a.) For correction of clerical or typographical error P 1,000.00
b.) For change of name or nickname 3,000.00 c.) Migrant petitioner:
1. For correction or typographical error 500.00 2. For change of
first name 1,000.00 a.) For registration of the following: and
certified copies document on file in the office of the
Local Civil Registrar 1. Legitimation P200.00 2. Adoption 200.00
3. Annulment of marriage 200.00 4. Legal Separation or divorce
200.00 5. Naturalization 200.00 6. Election of Citizenship 100.00
7. Certified copies of any document 50.00 In the registrar, each
100 words 8. Voluntary emancipation of minor 50.00 9. Repartition
or voluntary renunciation 100.00 Of Citizenship 10. Recognition of
impugning or denying such 50.00 Registration, recognition or
acknowledgement 11. Judicial determination of paternity or 50.00
Affiliation 12. Aliases 50.00 13.Court decision in the custody of
children 50.00 For guardianship or adoption 14.Certified copies of
marriage contract, each 50.00 15.Certification of death: 100.00 For
claims and settlement 16.Certification of Live Birth For Student
50.00 For Employment 50.00 For Travel Abroad 100.00 For Retirement
and Claims 30.00 For application to take board exam 30.00 For
establishing citizenship 30.00 c.) Permits for cadaver disposition
1.Burial Permit fee 50.00 2.Fee for Exhumation of cadaver 100.00
3.Fee for disinterment or removal of cadaver 100.00 4.Entrance fee
and transfer fee of cadaver 100.00 To the municipality and transfer
of the Cadaver from the municipality to other places Outside the
municipality. d.) Other service fees/research fees
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Bikol reporter8 april 27-may 3, 2014
EXTraJuDiCiaL SETTLEmEnT oF ESTaTE amonG HEirS
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving
wife and children of the late MANUEL P. BENITO, who died on October
30, 2009 in Naga City without any will or testament and with no
known debts, left a parcel of land covered with TCT No. 13790, with
residential house situated at del Rosario, Canaman, Camarines Sur,
the parties all of legal age and with full civil capacity to
contract, agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves the
described property in equal shares; as acknowledged before Notary
Public Atty. Maico T. Julia, Jr.; Doc. No. 60, Page No. 12, Book
No. 361, Series of 2014.
BIKOL REPORTERPublished: April 20, 27 and May 4, 2014
EXTraJuDiCiaL SETTLEmEnT oF ESTaTE amonG HEirS
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving
wife and children of the late MANUEL P. BENITO, who died on October
30, 2009 in Naga City without any will or testament and with no
known debts, left a memorial lot he acquired at Peafrancia Memorial
Park Corporation located at Balatas, Naga City: Area-Court of
Peafrancia, S.P. Garden, Section F, Block 020, Lot No. 001-006, the
parties all of legal age and with full civil capacity to contract,
agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves the described
memorial lot in equal shares; as acknowledged before Notary Public
Atty. Maico T. Julia, Jr.; Doc. No. 60, Page No. 12, Book No. 361,
Series of 2014.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: April 20, 27 and May 4,
2014
1.For the preparation of marriage license 50.00 2.For the
registration of divorce 50.00 3.For the registration of adoption
50.00 4.For registration of legitimation 50.00 5.For registration
of naturalization 50.00 6.For the registration of the change of
name 50.00 7.For services of issuance of certified true 50.00
Copies of documents and other records 8.For services in the
issuance of copies of 50.00 Documents and other official
records
SECTION 2. Penal Clause.Any person found violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be meted with the penalty as provided for
under the 2012 Revised Revenue Code of Balatan, CHAPTER VIII,
ARTICLE A, GENERAL PENAL PROVISION SECTION 8.A. 01.
SECTION 3. Separability Clause. If any part/portion /provisions
of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any
competent court, any part or provisions hereof not affected thereby
shall be in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. Any ordinance/s inconsistent with
the provisions herewith are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect upon
its approval.Sponsor: Hon. Francisco F. Aduviso Jr.DATE ENACTED:
January 6, 2014I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing
ordinance.
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EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE NEW
SET-UP OF SANGGUNIAN MEMBERS OF BALATAN, CAMARINES SUR (2013-2016)
HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2014 AT THE SB SESSION HALL.
Present: HON. JIMMY B. VILLAREAL Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding
Officer HON. MA. CECILIA C. CUARTO SB Member HON. GABRIEL R. HUAB
SB Member HON. FRANCISCO F. ADUVISO JR. SB Member HON. MA. ISABEL
B. BORJA SB Member HON. ROBERT M. SAYSAY SB Member HON. NELSON C.
BALATAN SB Member HON. JORGE Z. PARANAL JR. SB Member Absent: HON.
WENEFREDO R. MEDIADO SB Member
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MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE N0. 2014-006
ORDINANCE REQUIRING CERTAIN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS
POULTRY, PIGGERY, GAS STATION, RICE MILL, & SIMILAR BUSINESS
ESTABLISHMENTS TO SECURE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC)
FROM DENR/Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)PRIOR ISSUANCE OF
PERMIT BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT&
OPERATION OF THE SAME.
WHEREAS, Philippine Constitution,Section 15provides thatthe
State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people
and instill health consciousness among them;
WHEREAS, RA 7160, CHAPTER II, SECTION 16, General Welfare. -
Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly
granted, those necessarily implied there from, as well as powers
necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and
effective governance, and those which are essential to the
promotion of the general welfare;
WHEREAS, RA 7160 further empowers the lgus through the
Sangguniang Bayan to pass local laws which will protect and ensure
the health & safety of its constituents from being endangered
&devastated by environmental hazards as to promote public
welfare and well-being;
BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan of Balatan, Camarines
Sur, in Session assembled Sur that:
Section 1. This ordinance shall be known as AN ORDINANCE
REQUIRING CERTAIN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS POULTRY, PIGGERY,
GAS STATION, RICE MILL, & SIMILAR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS TO
SECURE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC) FROM
DENR/Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)PRIOR ISSUANCE OF PERMIT
BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT & OPERATION
OF THE SAME.
Section 2. This requirement shall be secured prior establishment
& operation thereof. Section 3. This requirement shall apply
only to business establishment aforecited with
initial net capitalization of P500,000.00 and above. Section 4.
Securing of ECC shall undergo environmental impact assessment by
the
environmental management Bureau (EMB), DENR, to determine
whether such project/areas are environmentally critical or
hazardous pursuant to PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1586 & other
existing pertinent environment laws & issuances. All other
projects, undertakings and areas not declared by Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB), DENR, as environmentally critical shall be
considered as non-critical projects and undergo to provide
additional environmental safeguards as it may deem necessary.
Section 5. SANCTION. Business establishments shall not be
granted permit for their operation unless said requirements is duly
complied with.
Section 6. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If for any reason, a part or
certain provision of this ordinance be held unconstitutional or
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, same shall not
affect the rest of the provision herein provided.
Section 7. REPEALING CLAUSE. All ordinances, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed
and/or modified accordingly.
Section 8. EFFECTIVITY. This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its approval.SPONSOR: Hon. Jorge Z. Paraal
Jr.Enacted: January 6, 2014UNANIMOUSLY APPROVEDI HEREBY CERTIFY to
the correctness of the foregoing ordinance.
By JoSEPH JoHn J. PErEZ
LEGAZPI CITY Bi-col region contingents have notched four top
prizes in the recently concluded 2014 Na-tional Schools Press
Confer-ence (NSPC) held at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Freeport
Zone, Olongapo City on April 7 to 10, according to the top official
of the Department of Education (DepEd) Bicol re-gional office
here.
Top Bicol winners were De-nise Ibarondo of Iriga Central School,
the team from Tabaco National High School, school publications The
Bicol Scholar and Ang Isarog.
Denise Ibarondo, coached by Rhodora Ilano, of Iriga Cen-tral
School notched first place for the Sports Writing Filipino
Elementary Category.
Tabaco National High School team, composed of An-gelu Bermas,
Rian Joseph Gu-rimbao, Leonides Tim Cruel V, Romadel Gonzalo,
Ashwell Bo-bier, Vina Montino, John Martin Cirio, was declared
first place overall for Radio Production-Radio Broadcasting and
Script Writing English, secondary lev-el group event with coach
Salve B. Estrella. The same team also won fourth place for Best
Script and sixth place for Best in Technical Application and team
member Angelu Bermas grabbed the third place for Best Anchor in the
same category.
The Bicol Scholar, the of-ficial publication of the Phil-ippine
Science High School (PSHS) Bicol region campus notched first place
for its Sci-ence and Technology Section under the School Paper
Com-petition (English) category with coach Jerry M. Noveno;
Ang Isarog, the official pub-lication of the Camarines Sur
National High School, mean-while was awarded as first place for the
category Pahinang Balita School Paper Competi-tion (Filipino) with
adviser Ai-leen Andal.
DepEd Bicol officer in charge Ramon Fiel Abcede said, "It is
desired that campus journalism be continuously en-hanced in Bicol
Region through more intensive trainings and workshops for campus
journal-ists.
Region IV-A gained the top honors followed by the Na-tional
Capital Region as second
place, Region 3 settled for third place and Bicol ranked fourth
in the overall results of the said student press tilt.
Also featured special awardees from Bicol are Krys-telle Anne M.
Jove of Iriga Central School as Outstand-ing Campus Journalist and
Ju-dith A. Bellen of Bacacay East Central School as Outstanding
School Paper Adviser for the elementary level; Ferna Del C.
Simbulan of the Philippine Sci-ence High School-Bicol Region Campus
as Outstanding Cam-pus Journalist and Marcial B. Bellen of Tabaco
National High School as Outstanding School Paper Adviser, both for
the sec-ondary category.
Other Bicol winners for the individual events under the
elementary level are : Nicole Balde of Bicol University Col-lege of
Education- Integrated Laboratory School, third place for Editorial
Writing-English with coach Sherry Orozco; Maida Boragay of Carolina
Elem. School in Naga City, third place for Editorial
Writ-ing-Filipino with coach Le-onora Navarette; Joann Marie
Guererro of St. Agnes Academy
in Legazpi City, third place for Feature Writing-Filipino with
coach Aryan Nepomuceno; Angel Mancera of Ligao West Central School,
fourth place for News Writing-English with coach Erlynn Moises;
Frances Mae Nagrampa of Iriga Central School, fifth place for
Feature Writing-Filipino with coach Leah Gregorio; Arnold Anora of
Camarines Norte State College-Abao Campus, sixth place for News
Writing-Filipino with coach Beverly Musa; Trisha Bitara of Ibalon
Central School in Legazpi City, seventh place for Editorial
Writing-Filipino; and Al Xavier Galicia of Albay Central School in
Legazpi City as seventh place for Editorial Cartooning-English with
coach Margarita Maravilla.
For the elementary level group events, the Bicol winners are:
Tabaco South Central Ele-mentary School team composed of Dona
Bolilan, Angela Mar, Juleane Borres, Ibiza Toledo, Kurt Nocos,
Danelene Brutas and Karyl Mariscal, third place for Best Script
under Radio Scriptwriting and Broadcast-ing-English with coach
Legia
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BiKoL rEPorTErPublished: april 27-may 3, 2014
NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance to MARINA Memorandum Circular
No. 177, Notice is
hereby served to the public that motorboat owner, aBnEr C.
rECTo, Jr. of Ason, Garchitorena, Camarines Sur sold his
passenger/cargo boat named mBca "iVy" with Official No. 05-0000469
to DanTE L. EnCinarES of Bahi, Garchitorena, Cam. Sur per Notarized
Deed of Sale dated 24 march 2014. Based on Certificate of Ownership
bearing No. 036055 and Certificate of Philippine registry bearing
no. 036056 both issued on 30 June 2011 at marina Legazpi City, of
the said vessel were presented to this Authority and the same were
found to be clean and without any record of mortgages, liens and
encumbrances. The subject fishing boat will be changed to a new
name, mBca "Dan - 2". Any person(s) entity(ies) who have
claims/interests in the above-mentioned vessel may submit your
claims in writing with Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
Regional Office V at 2/F RDC Primeland Bldg., Landco Business Park,
Legazpi City within seven (7) working days from date of
publication.
BiKoL rEPorTErPublished: april 27 - may 3, 2014
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Bikol reporter 9april 27-may 3, 2014
Balatas Road, Brgy. Balatas, Naga City
JamaiCa rEaLTy and marKETinG CorPoraTionAND
CaCErES HEiGHTS rESorT and SuBDiViSionCaceres Heights Subd. Club
House, km 9 Brgy. Pacol, Naga City
SCHEDuLE oF aCTiViTiESApril 30, 2014 3:00PM Screening SM City
Naga 8:00PM Public & Press Presentation Bora HutMay 01 6:00AM
Photoshoot Caceres Heights Club HouseMay 07 4:00PM Billeting
Caceres Heights Club HouseMay 08 8:00AM Rehearsal Caceres Heights
Club House 7:00PM Dinner Hillary & Andrew Restaurant- Barlin
St. 9:00PM Bar Hopping Sadi Baloy-Barlin St.May 09 6:00AM Tree
Planting Panicuason/Caceres Heights Site 9:00AM Rehearsal Caceres
Heights Club House 12:00 NN Lunch Krypton Grill CBD Terminal 2:00PM
Rehearsal Caceres Heights Club House 7:00PM Dinner 9:00PM Bar
Hopping Kina Mon Restobar Magsaysay AvenueMay 10 6:00AM Motorcade
City Proper 10:00AM Final Rehearsal Caceres Heights Club House
1:00PM Lunch Caceres Heights Club House 3:00PM Pre-judging Caceres
Heights Club House 6:00PM Dinner 7:00PM Final Showdown Pool Site
Caceres Heights
women in the academeBy EDiTa o. PanunCio
Teacher ii, Teacher-in-ChargeBocogan Elemenentary School
Lagonoy north District, Lagonoy, Camarines Sur
An old but wise saying goesThe hands that rock the cradle are
the hands that rule the world. This is not, however, belittling
men. Men and women do have defi nite roles in shaping the world and
one is as important as the other. No misgiving. No taking sides. No
underestimating. Men and women occupy the same great seat
especially in the matter of molding the youth of the land, in
shaping the destiny of a nation. We have had two lady presidents
already which means that the most important position in Philippine
government is not for men alone. We have lady senators and many
lady congressmen, many lady lawyers and doctors, etc. For sometime,
UP, FEU. UE and Trinity University had lady presidents. In the
academe, many high positions have women sitting on them.
In the public schools, there are more female teachers than male,
especially in the elementary grades. Maybe because teaching has
always been taken as an exclusivity of the femme fatale. Maybe
because women