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RDC now focusingon migrants matters
MAGNAYe
NFA intensifi es palay procurementby ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY
NAGA CITY --- With the onset of the dry sea-son, the National
Food Authority (NFA) an-nounced that they are now on the onset of
pro-curing palay from farm-ers in the province.
NFA Senior Grains Opera-tions Offi cer Reynaldo Mag-naye during
the FORUM@PIA held Friday (April 24) at the Philippine Information
Agency (PIA) Provincial Of-fi ce here, stated that this com-ing
harvest season, they are
opening their doors to farm-ers from the fi ve (5) districts of
Camarines Sur.
NFA buys palay to legiti-mate farmers and registered farmer
organizations only at the government support price of P17.00 per
kilogram, with additional incentives of Php 0.70 kg for delivery
and dry-
ing fee or a total of P17.70. The base price of Php 17.00 per
kilogram, plus incentive 0.70 for individual farmers and 1.00 for
farmers orga-nization is for clean and dry palay only which means
that the palay has 14 per cent moisture content, Magnaye added.
Magnaye also stated that wet palay is subject to price
adjustment based on the moisture reading of the delivered
commodity. The higher the moisture con-tent, the lower the price of
the palay.
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Masbate's rodeo Festivalgallopsanewgallops
MASBATE CITY This citys Rodeo Festival kicked off with aplomb
once again, thanks to one of its main supporters, the Mas-bate Gold
Project (MGP).
Ramon Velasco, MGP reiterated the companys commitment to help in
the de-velopment and economy of the province.
The Masbate Gold Projects support for Rodeo Masbateno Festival
2015 and the Balud Beach Football Festival clearly shows the
companys support for sports and tourism as part of its sus-tained
efforts to contribute to Mas-bates social and economic
develop-ment. That is MininG resPonsibly, Velasco said.
Now on its 22nd year, the Rodeo Festival has achieved the
purpose of making Masbates cattle industry known across the
country, recalled one of the original Rodeo founders, Charlie
Agatep.
The PR guru, a close friend of the late Gov. Moises Espinosa
Jr., helped conceptualize and organize the fi rst-
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LEGAZPI CITYMigrants concerns are now in the agenda of the
Regional Development Council.
These include the estab-lishment of data base on the number of
migrants, recruit-ment and hiring, deploy-ment and returning
overseas Filipino workers.
These concerns surfaced during the recent planning
workshop of the Committee on Migration and Develop-ment (CMD) in
Bicol, creat-ed under Resolution No. 55, series of 2014, of the
Re-gional Development Coun-cil (RDC) of Bicol to help expedite
local processing of documentation and provide easy access for
trainings to develop skills among overseas Filipino workers
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since it does not make any sense that the former SC justice who
upheld the condonation doctrine in 2010, and insists on suspending
Binay, investigating him on these previous charges and no doubt
later charging Binay for previous administrative acts that are now,
in law and jurisprudence deemed condoned by virtue of Binays
re-election.
In the same manner, with Sereno berating Binays counsel, and
virtually prejudging the case, the smell of politics certainly
fills the SC air.
Astute Philippine political observers can easily deduce that
Malacaang and the Liberal Party (LP) are out to control strongholds
of the opposition, apart from filing cases and detaining opposition
leaders on very weak evidence and on the basis of so-called
whistle-blowers who have been caught lying through their teeth.
In the case of the Ejercito-Estradas, the governor of Laguna was
ousted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and upheld by the
SC for alleged election overspending. No other LP or administration
ally has been charged for the same poll overspending.
In Makati, the Ombudsman tried suspending Mayor Binay for six
months on a flimsy excuse that the Court of Appeals cannot issue
any TRO or
preliminary injunction against her, yet a TRO does not stop
Morales from continuing with her investigation.
In the city of Manila, the Palace and the LP tried but failed to
stop the victory of now Manila Mayor, former President Joseph
Estrada.
As for his son, Jinggoy Estrada, the Palace and its LPs, ensured
that he would be charged and detained, to kill his chances of
running and winning the vice presidential slot.
In the case of Vice President Jojo Binay, almost 20 hearings in
aid of politics have been held by the attack dogs in the Senate of
Noynoy Aquino, obviously to destroy the VPs electoral chances of
winning the top post.
The same demolition job has happened in Cagayan, the bailiwick
of Sen. Juan Ponce-Ernrile, with his incarceration. The same ploy
is being done in the case of Cavite, which is also the bailiwick of
Sen. Bong Revilla.
Recall that during the election period, there went the Interior
Secretary and presumptive LP presidential bet, raiding the senators
residence in Cavite, with the policemen, aided by Justice chief
Leila de Limas National Bureau of Investigation agents, portraying
the senator as guilty.
All three are being detained at the Philippine National Police
Custodial Center on charges of plunder of their pork barrel which
is being claimed by the Ombudsman to have been pocketed by the
three senators. To this day, no other allies senator or LP
congressman, and for that matter, no Cabinet member, such as
Department of Agriculture Proceso Alcala and Department of Agrarian
Reform or Social Welfare Dinky Soliman has been investigated and
charged by the Ombudsman, even when the Commission on Audit
(CoA)
The following column entitled Politics at play again written by
Ninez Cacho-Olivares in the Daily Tribune dated April 25, 2015, is
informative and Im reproducing it hereunder to contribute to the
free market of ideas here.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales must have been well aware of
the fact that Makati Mayor Junjun Binay cannot be investigated or
charged, for that matter, for his alleged previous acts in office
after he had been re-elected as mayor under the condonation
doctrine, which she, as then Supreme Court (SC) associate justice,
argued for, and upheld the condonation doctrine in the 2010 case of
Salumbides vs Ombudsman.
This was bared by San Beda Law Dean Fr. Ranhillo Aquino, who
quoted Morales explanation of the rationale behind for the doctrine
of condonation thus: The Court should never remove a public officer
for acts done prior to his present term of office. To do otherwise
would be to deprive the people of their right to elect their
officers. When the people elect a man to office, it must be assumed
that they did this with knowledge of his life and character, and
that they disregarded or forgave his faults or misconduct, if he
had been guilty of any. It is not for the court, by reason of such
faults or misconduct, practically overrule the will of the
people.
And if the researchers of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno and the
CJ herself, were wide awake, they should have realized that the
condonation doctrine was upheld by the SC in 2010, when the 1987
Charter was certainly in place and in effect, with then Justice
Morales upholding it. Besides which, Sereno had no call to berate
the Binay lawyer for citing, as a defense against the suspension of
her client, what is law.
All these moves and acts tend to show that politics plays a
heavy hand in this case against the Makati mayor
opinion
opinionsunlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANpresidency.
If she gets her partys nod the wife of former 2-term president
Bill Clinton will be running against the nominee of the Republican
Party. The nominees must win their respective party referendums
(state by state) leading to the national convention. There are
indications that the younger brother of former president Bush (son
of the older Bush whom Clinton defeated) may be pushed up by his
party. Clinton versus Bush Part II.
PEZA HARVESTS: The Philippine Export Zone Authority has
generated P2.9 trillion investments into the country in the last
twenty (20) years - since its organization. Of this record
performance, 45.5% of the investments came in during the last five
(5) years under the P-Noy Aquino administration. The government
claims that the investment inflows were made possible through the
presidents fulfilled promises with determined efforts toward good
governance.
The PEZA under Director General Lilia B. de Lima has not been
stained by any
charges of graft and corruption, The Authority has been working
24x7 (full day and night, the whole week), as in fact it is the
only government agency granted ISO 9001:2008 Certification not just
for one or some but for all processes at all levels in all its
offices nationwide. By May 1, 2015, PEZA will start its web-based
electronic application and registration system (leading to one-stop
shop).
CHINESE BULLYING: How does a small developing country fight back
against a big and (now) prosperous neighbor? It seems no amount of
diplomatic approaches can stop China from continuing to illegally
claim areas within our territorial waters? Even our complaint filed
with the International Court of Justice is going nowhere. Worse, we
are not sure that the previously promised defense of our territory
by the United States seems to stand on shallow grounds.
Majority of Filipinos are angry at the ongoing Chinese
construction of facilities, complete with airstrip capable of
handling big airplanes, in our territory at the Western Philippine
Sea. What is the best way of hitting back? Chinas new-found
prosperity is ushered in by tourism and global exports. If most
Filipinos will refrain from touring China and stop buying Chinese
products the arrogance of China can be reduced. With trimmed down
prosperity Chinas braggadocio can be curtailed!
CHARITY: Grateful people give out of a heart of love, not
because they are required to share benefits.
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).
BIGGER PROFITS: There is evidence that gender equality is not
just politically correct, but equally good for business as well.
Corporate studies show that equal number of management men and
women generate more profits for the entire organization. In a
survey conducted by management consultants McKinsey and Co., it
revealed that balanced gender in corporate leadership improved
financial returns - above national industry median.
Instead of just keeping women in staff positions, they should be
tried for advancement up the ranks. That will mean costs savings
even as improved customer relations is promoted through diverse
capacity in handling marketing upgrades and conflicts. There are
country variances whereby females are still regarded as
second-class when it comes to leadership and management. In the
last two decades many erstwhile chauvinistic locations have given
ways to woman power.
US POLITICS: Seven years ago, the US voters had a change of
heart with respect to black power in the end electing Barack Obama,
as the first black president of the federal government. A new
option is again at the horizon of American politics. Never in the
history of the United States has there been a woman president, or
even vice president. Former US Secretary of State Hillary is the
potential bet of the Democrats for the
Bizwomen power is up
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editorial blowing in the wind
recent events underscore anew the precari-ousness of the lot of
migrant workers, particu-larly the economic ones.
Last week, at least 800 people drowned when their boat foundered
off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean sea.
Most of the dead, including women and chil-dren, came from
impoverished countries in Africa, like tunisia; and south Asia,
like ban-gladesh, were believed to have been victims of human
smuggling.
in Hong Kong, a lady legislator accused Filipi-na domestics as
home wreckers, thereby add-ing a new definition of the Filipina
that once was made synonymous with, well, domestic helper; as well
as to the continuing Chinese bullying of Filipino fishermen in the
South China Sea.
As we go to press, the fate of Mary Jane Ve-loso was still
uncertain. National tV networks, however, have reported over the
weekend that she had already been brought, along with eight others,
to an island where they will be executed by firing squad.
if indonesian president Joko widodo blink, as he did when the
French government warned of repercussions if their citizen
similarly charged with drugs as Veloso will be executed; then she
will surely be a lucky one.
if not, as indonesia is one country with very strict drug laws,
then she will go the way of Flor Contemplacion, and God forbid, the
subject of another movie. then we can only ask God to bless her
soul and pray for others similarly situ-ated.
whatever, the fate of migrant workers is re-flective of the
prevailing and pervasive poverty in third world countries. Migrants
are pushed by the lack of opportunities in their own coun-tries and
pulled by the attractions and affluence in developed countries.
the 800 who drowned, the DH in the Crown Colony and Veloso all
share the same fate.
Yet, when will this end?In the Philippines, President Aquino in
his in-
augural state of the Nation address vowed to work towards job
generation so that Filipinos will no longer leave the country; and
if they do, to afford them protection wherever they are.
sadly, his had all been more plain rhetoric. Veloso is the
latest evidence. even in bicol, ex-cept for Naga City, it is only
recently that the re-gional Development Council has given attention
to the plight of migrants from the region.
And so, we sing a line from Peter, Paul and Mary: How many
deaths will it take till he knows, that too many people have
died?
we know the answer.
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POC: CamSur is Conflict-Manageable by ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY
PAPAL RELICS TouRMost rev. rolando tirona, Archbishop of Caceres
celebrated a paraliturgy during the launching of the tu es Petrus
tour of Papal relics at sM City Naga last week organized by the
Office of the Vice Postulator for the Cause for Canonization of Bl.
Ivan Merz. The
exhibit featured sacred relics of the canonized and beatified
popes that include the mementos from St. Peter, the first pope,
Pope Emeritus XVI, St. John Paul II and Pope Francis.
PILI, Camarines Sur ---The Philippine Armys unremitting campaign
to decrease the threat of in-surgency in conflict areas in the
province and pursue peace and security efforts in their respective
areas of responsibilities has finally gained ground when mem-bers
of the Camarines Sur
Peace and Order Council (POC) unanimously ap-proved a resolution
declar-ing the province as Conflict-Manageable and ready for
further development.
Resolution No. 2015-01 gained the nod of the members of the POC
during Thursdays meeting held at the SP Ses-sion Hall, Provincial
Capitol
Complex. In the course of the meeting, the achievements of the
government troopers in fighting insurgency in the province were
presented.
LTC Delfin M. Arguelles, Commanding Officer of the 42nd Infantry
(TAGAPAG-TANGGOL) Battalion, 9th Infantry (SPEAR) Division of
Philippine Army (PA) said that the decline of security threat
resulted in economic
growth of the province.We attribute the improved
security situation to the strong collaborated efforts of all our
stakeholders. The continued support of the community in our peace
efforts is indeed a big help in the attainment of peace. Our
Internal Peace and Security Plan which in-cludes Bayanihan is not
only winning the peace but winning progress and pros-
perity as well.The Philippine Armys
report also showed that the CNN strength and firearms have
significantly decreased from 2004 to 2014, from 74 to 91 percent.
Most violent activities like harassments and liquidation and most
non-violent activities like move-ments and mass actions also
followed a downward trend.
The Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) contin-ued commitment through the conduct of
various activi-ties especially the Intensified Stakeholder
Engagement with the local government units (LGUs) has also
result-ed in the increase of the prov-inces production of poultry,
agricultural crop, fish and an improved tourism activity.
Investors poured in made (Turn to page 7)
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electric Cooperativesvs. Privatization
(part 2 of a 2-part series)The creation of NEA and its
far-reaching rural electrification
projects led to widespread development in the countryside.
Involving the local communities through the electric cooperatives
was a key element in the initial success of the rural
electrification program. The management of the sub-distribution of
electricity was devolved to the local level. At first glance, this
might have seemed a strategic step in the democratization of the
power industry and the economic empowerment of the rural
communities. However, this was far from the truth. The system came
under the control of the local political barons. This was not
totally surprising considering the de facto feudalistic nature of
rural economies and the dominance of the culture of political
patronage.
In principle, the electric cooperatives were supposed to be
governed by boards of directors that were elected by registered
member-consumers. These boards of directors were supposed to be
non-partisan and only accountable to the consumers as a whole.
However, in reality the elections for the board members became the
proxy battlegrounds for local politicians vying for influence and
control of the electric cooperatives. Many of the local corrupt
politicians and political kingpins seized the opportunity to
include the electric cooperatives in their arsenal of political
weapons. Some of these cooperatives became lucrative milking cows.
These were also used as bargaining chips to have influence over the
local businesses and dole out favors to friends, particularly
contractors and owners of local enterprises. It is still common in
some rural areas that business owners who have political
connections are given special privileges and become almost immune
from disconnections even when their arrearages are already several
months or even years past due, amounting to millions of pesos.
In the early part of the 1970s, the national electrification
program expanded through the rural electric cooperatives (RECs).
However, the politicized nature of these RECs led to their
commercial failures. According to the 1989 joint review of the
Philippine and World Bank, only 22 (18.8%) of the existing 117 RECs
during that time were categorized as well managed and commercially
viable; 24 (20.5%) as within reach of commercial viability; and the
remaining 71 (60.7%) as needing substantial remedial action or
beyond rescue.
In response to the World Banks assessment, NEA had initiated
financial and policy reforms. The electric cooperatives
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tolong Lakdang para sa Kultura kan Nasyon
PVb, talisay-batangas enters into P140M loan agreement
dis*Karte*Kusyon*Kurso
frANk Peones jr.
ining maintindihan ta an equation kan NEDA sa development,
pangekonomiya sana. Alagad, aram ta an paghiling na ini kan
kauswagan minasimbag sana sa lawas; an kultura an minasimbag sa
pangangaipo kan kalag nin tawo.
An ika-tolo iyo an pagtulod sa pagbilog nin suhay na Department
of Culture sa gobyerno. Bako nang bago an planong ini. Nagiromdoman
ko na may mga siring nang lakdang kadto alagad naula ini huli
giraray sa pamumulitika mismo kan mga yaon sa sector kan kultura.
Kaya, sa haloy na taon, naisaray lang an plano abot ngonyan na
liwat na naman ining binubuhay. Aram mi na garo suntok ini sa
bulan, alagad, sabi ngani kan mga Tsino, an pagbaklay sa rinibong
milyang destinasyon minapoon sa enot na lakdang. Tibaad, sa liwat
na paglakdang na ini, makaabot man giraray an samong pangaturugan
para sa pagtalubo kan kultura sa nasyon.
Sa ginibo ming konsolidasyon kan mga plano para sa kultura kan
nasyon sa masunod na duwang taon, tolong lakdang an nagluwas na mga
prioridad.
Enot, iyo an pagtabang sa mga LGUs na magbilog nin mga Arts
Council susog sa probisyon kan Local Government Code. Mantang yaon
ini sa ley, kakadikit an mga LGUs na igwa nin siring na konseho.
Katubuan, bako man sa habo sinda kundi sa kakulangan nin kaaraman
kun ano man an papel kan konseho, o kaya sa apresasyon kan kultura
mismo. Sabi ngani kayan, mayo man boto sa kultura. Kaya, minatundag
talaga an awsencia kan konseho sa politika. Alagad, sabi ngani kan
dating French Minister of Culture asin parasurat na si Andre
Malraux, an kultura bako na sanang simbolo nin yaman, kundi nin
pagkaagimadmad nin pagkatawo. An kultura nagtatao nin pagkamidbid
asin pagkatawo.
An ikaduwa iyo an pagtulod na magkaigwa nin representatsyon an
mga obrero sa kultura asin arte sa Regional
Development Council o RDC. An RDC sarong lokal na paagi nin
pagpaplano para sa kauswagan. Alagad, an membership digdi limitado
sa mga elehidong mga LGU officials, mga regional directors kan mga
ahensiya kan gobyerno asin nin mga inaapod na mga private sector
representatives o bilang special member. Mayo sa radar kan RDC an
kultura na nakalaog lang sa social sector. Madali
BARANGAY AWARDS CoMMITTEE MEMBERSNaga City Vice Mayor Nelson s.
Legacion introduced to the Liga ng mga barangay the members of the
outstanding sangguniang barangay Awards Committee chaired by JMr
Good Governance Center executive Director renne F. Gumba,
sangguniang Panlungsod secretary Gil A. Dela torre, DiLG-Naga
Director Virgie s. Pascual , university of Nueva Caceres Professor
Kenjie e. Jimenea, representating the academe, and bicol Mail
editor and Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and industry Director
Jose b. Perez, representing the business sector.
outstanding sangguniang brgy. Awards starts; Committeemembers,
guidelines and criteria presented to Pbs
NAGA CITY --- The Out-standing Sangguniang Ba-rangay Awards, the
fourth and last component of the Empowerment aNd Advance-ment of
Barangays on Local LEgislation (ENABL2E) Pro-gram initiated by Vice
May-or Nelson S. Legacion, has kicked off as the members of the
Awards Committee and its guidelines and criteria were presented to
the Liga ng mga Barangay on April 17, 2015 at the Villa Caceres
Hotel.
Legacion said the Outstand-ing Sangguniang Barangay Awards
Committee is headed by Renne F. Gumba, executive director of the
Jesse M. Ro-bredo Good Governance Center and composed of:
Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary Gil A. Dela Torre; DILG-Naga
Di-rector Virgie S. Pascual; Prof. Kenjie E. Jimenea of Univer-sity
of Nueva Caceres as rep-resentative of the academe; and Bicol Mail
Editor and Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director
Jose B. Perez, representing the business sector.
The appointments of Jime-nea and Perez as committee members are
pursuant to Ex-
Photo shows officials from PVB and the Municipality of Talisay
during the agreement signing (L-r) talisay sangguniang bayan
secretary elena Cabrera, talisay Vice-Mayor Allano Lamano, PVb
Chairman and Ceo roberto de ocampo, talisay Mayor Gerry Natanauan,
and PVb Chief Operating Officer Nonilo Cruz.
Furthering in its objec-tive to help in countryside development,
Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) has recently entered into a
part-nership with the Municipal Government of Talisay, Ba-tangas
whereby the bank will be providing the mu-nicipality with a Php 140
million loan facility.
Under the agreement signed by both parties, PVB will be lending
the said amount to the Municipality of Talisay which will be used
to finance the de-sign and construction of the planned Talisay
Government Center. Part of the 10-year loan will also be used to
pur-chase the lot where the center will be developed.
Philippine Veterans Bank is a private commercial bank in the
Philippines owned by
Filipino World War II vet-erans and their heirs. It has 60
branches strategically lo-cated nationwide and caters to both
corporate and retail
financial markets. It is also an authorized government
depository bank. As part of its charter, 20% of PVBs an-nual net
income is entrusted
to the Board of Trustees for the Veterans of World War II
(BTVWWII) for the benefit of World War II veterans and their
descendants.
ecutive Order No. 2015-008 is-sued by Mayor John G. Bongat on
Feb. 4, 2015.
Presentation of the guide-lines and criteria of the Out-standing
Sangguniang Barangay Awards was done by Gumba as committee chair.
According to
the guidelines, only ordinances, resolutions, committee reports
and minutes passed by the ba-rangay governments from Nov. 30, 2013
to Aug. 30, 2015 shall be part of the evaluation, and the same
should be submitted on or before Sept. 30, 2015.
The Awards Committee shall also conduct a random visitation to
the barangays to observe their sessions and check the efficiency of
retriev-ing records therein from June 2015 to October 2015. At
least three members of the Awards Committee, including the
chair-man, should be present in the visitation. Visitation shall be
conducted only when the Sang-guniang Barangay to be visited has an
on-going session.
The Awards Committee shall also check the barangay councils
attendance and par-ticipation to city events. Hence, in September
2015, the Awards Secretariat shall furnish the Awards Committee a
list of ac-tivities held from Nov. 30, 2013 to Aug. 30, 2015 which
engaged the barangays.
As for the criteria, the Awards Committee will look into five
aspects: a) Effective-ness of Barangay Legislative Agenda; b)
Effectiveness of the Barangay Legislative Track-ing System; c)
Availability of Legislative Documents; d) Ef-ficiency of
Performance; and e) Quality of Office Set-up and Sanggunian
Deliberations.
Per decision of the Awards
Committee and as explained by Perez in the meeting with the Liga
ng mga Barangay, the Committee will give bonus points to deserving
barangays. These bonus points will ac-count for other factors found
in certain barangays that the com-mittee members might consider
commendable.
The Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay Award is the monitoring
and evaluation mechanism of the ENABL2E Program. It shall recognize
ba-rangay councils, which have demonstrated exemplary per-formance
in enacting legisla-tive measures that greatly con-tribute to the
achievement of sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development
in their respective communities.
The first placer shall re-ceive a plaque and P 1 million worth
of barangay project to be funded by the city government. The second
and third placers, meanwhile, will win P750,000 and P500,000 worth
of baran-gay projects respectively, and plaques. Only priority
projects of the barangays, however, as stated in their Barangay
Devel-opment Plan, shall be funded by the city government,
subject
to strict observance of usual accounting and auditing laws,
rules, and regulations.
The Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay Awards aims not to create
competi-tion among the barangays. It seeks to identify best
practic-es at the grass-root level and to enhance them for
replica-tion in the other barangays. It is also a perpetual
challenge to officials of the barangays, as well as to us, city
officials, to continually improve and raise the bar of our
competitiveness as leaders of our community, Legacion said.
On the part of the Liga ng mga Barangay, in the closing remarks
of Liga President and City Councilor Vidal P. Cas-tillo, he
expressed the heart-felt appreciation and sincere gratitude of the
27 barangay governments to the initia-tive of Vice Mayor Nelson S.
Legacion. Castillo said that the Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay
Awards is an avenue to inculcate to the barangay officials the
cher-ished principles of the city government transparency,
accountability, efficiency and people-empowerment.
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CAMARINES SUR.
orDiNANCe No. 05series of 2015
AN orDiNANCe AutHoriziNG, APProViNG, CoNFirMiNG, rAtiFYiNG AND
APProPriAtiNG tHe ProPoseD borrowiNG oF tHe MuNiCiPAL GoVerNMeNt oF
MiLAor, CAMAriNes sur iN tHe AMouNt oF tHirtY NiNe MiLLioN Four
HuNDreD eiGHtY tHousAND (P39,480,000.00) Pesos, PHiLiPPiNe
CurreNCY, to FiNANCe tHe VArious PrioritY ProJeCts iNCLusiVe oF
DoCuMeNtArY stAMP TAX, SERVICE FEE, APPRAISAL FEE AND OTHER RELATED
FEES AND TAXES.
BE IT ENACTED, as it is hereby ENACTED, by the Sangguniang Bayan
of Milaor, in Session that:
seCtioN 1. title - This ordinance shall be cited as, An
ordinance authorizing, approving, confi rming, ratifying and
appropriating the proposed borrowing of the Municipal Government of
Milaor in the amount of THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY
THOUSAND (P39,480,000.00) PESOS ONLY.
seCtioN 2. The Municipal Mayor, ROGELIO A. FLORES, in
representation of the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR, herein after
referred to as the Municipality, is hereby authorized to enter into
a Loan Agreement with the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) in
accordance with Section 297 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local
Government Code, in the amount of THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
EIGHTY THOUSAND (P39,480,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, under
the terms and conditions herein set forth and such terms and
conditions as may be agreed upon with any person, corporation or
entity for the purpose of funding priority projects and subject to
the requirement under Section 123 of Republic Act No. 7653 as
implemented by the Banko Central ng Pilipinas Circular No. 796 and
819. In this connection, the Municipal Mayor and his successor
shall have full power and authority to represent the Municipal
Government of Milaor, Camarines Sur in negotiating the terms and
conditions for the said borrowing and in signing, executing,
delivering and amending such agreement, contracts, deeds, papers
and other documents as may be necessary and proper for the full and
total implementation of the authority herein granted.
seCtioN 3. The said priority projects herein specifi ed in
Section 4.3 hereby certifi ed to be a socio-economic development
project, in accordonce with the approved local development plan and
public investment program for the period 2015 or the public
investment program for the current year 2015 of the MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR which is approved under Sangguniang Bayan
Dated 2 March 2015.
seCtioN 4. Consistent with the covering loan contract, deeds and
assignment and such as other agreements as may be entered into by
the municipality in connection with the borrowing, the features,
terms and conditions shall be as follows and are hereby
approved.
1.1 BORROWER - Municipal Government of Milaor.1.2 FACILITY -
Team Loan Facility1.3 PURPOSE - To fi nance various priority
projects inclusive of the applicable
Documentary Stamp Tax (DST), service fee, appraisal fee and
other related fees and taxes. The project to be fi nanced shall be
subject to PVB Managements due diligence, confi rmation and
monitoring, The infrastructure and equipment projects that will be
fi nanced are the following:
Projects AbC1. Construction & Site Devt. of Public Market
including Purchase of Lot
P13,000,000.002. Purchase of Lot for SB Building & Public
Offi ces & Construction of New SB Building P11,000,000.003. a)
Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized Machine; b) Purchase of
Composting Machine; c) Purchase of Mini-Garbage Dump Truck
P10,830,000.004. Term Loan 5 a) Construction of Pumping Station 2
(Bgy. San Jose) a) P4,000,000.00 Term Loan 5 b) Equity for
Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. del Rosario) b) 350,000.005. Term Loan 6
- Equity for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay Farm to Market Road P
300,000.00 totAL P 39,480,000.001.4 TERM -1.4.1 Term Loan 2,3 ad 6:
Up to 10 years with 1 yr. grace period on principal
repayment1.4.2 Term Loan 4: Up to 5 years without grace
period1.4.3 Term 5: Up to 10 years without grace period1.5
PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT AND GRACE PERIOD1.5.1 Term Loan 2,3 and 6:
Payable in equal monthly amortizations to commence at the
end of 13th month from initial drawndown date.1.5.2 Term Loan 4
and 5: Payable in equal monthly amortizations to commence at
the
end of 1st month from initial drawndown date.1.6 AMOUNT - Up to
THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND
(P39,480,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, inclusive of DST,
Pre-termination fee if any, fees, charges and other applicable
taxes shall be for the account of the BORROWER.
1.7 INTEREST RATE - Based on the prevailing one (1) year
PDST-F/R2 rate as of drawdown date plus a minimum spread of 2.4562%
p.a. with a fl oor of 4.5% p.a. Inclusive of GRT. Repriced monthly
and payable monthly in arrears.
In the event that one (1) year PDST-F/R2 rate is unavailable or
cannot be determined, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate
within 30 days in good faith in order to arrive at an alternative,
mutually acceptable, transparent based rate. The base rate shall be
applied during the remaining term of loan. If after 30 day period
there is no agreed substitute, then the rate shall be the actual
cost of raising funds by the Bank plus agreed margins.
1.8 PROMISSORY NOTE (PN) MATURITY DATE - All PNs maturity date
shall be reckoned from the date of initial drawndown;
SECURITY - Deed of Assignment of the proportionate portion of
the BORROWERs Internal Revenue Allotment and other Locally Sourced
Income.
1.9 FEES - The following are the applicable fees for the amount
of the BORROWER:1.9.1 Project Validation Fee - Actual Cost to be
billed to the Municipality1.9.2 Service Fee - One-time upfront fee
of at least one percent )1%) based on the
approved loan amount shall be paid upon initial release per
tranche.1.9.3 Other related costs/charges, such as registration,
appraisal, notarial, site validation
and project monitoring, etc.1.10 AVAILABILITY - 24 months from
the execution of the loan agreement broken down
into four (4) six (6) months period subject to approval of the
original PVBs approving authority or the PVBs Board designated
Senior Risk executive.
1.11 DRAWNDOWN - Multiple drawndownseCtioN 5. The Municipal
Government of Milaor hereby appropriated the entire
proceeds of the borrowing as stated in Section 4.5 exclusively
to fi nance the project/s slated in Section 4.3 inclusive of fees,
and applicable taxes.
seCtioN 6. The project/s stated in Section 4.3 is made part of
the Annual Investment Plan for CY 2015.
seCtioN 7. The Approved Budget of the Contract (ABC) each
project is defi ned in R.A. 9184 is shown below:
Projects AbC6. Construction & Site Devt of Public Market
including Purchase of Lot P12,890,000.007. Purchase of Lot for SB
Building and Public Offi ces and Construction of New SB Building
P10,980,000.008. a) Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized
Machine; b) Purchase of Composting Machine; c) Purchase of
Mini-Garbage Dump Truck P10,830,000.009. a) Construction of Pumping
Station 2 (Brgy. San Jose); c) P3,990,000.00 b) Equity for
Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. Del Rosario) d) P 350,000.0010. Equity
for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay Farm to Market Road 300,000.00
totAL P 39,340,000.00seCtioN 8. Pursuant to Article 303 of Republic
Act No. 7160 or the Local Government
Code of 1991 and Art 401 of the Implementing Rules and
Regulation of Republic Act 7160, the Municipalitys Sanggunian shall
appropriate in its Annual Budget such amounts as are suffi cient to
pay the loan and that failure to provide the appropriations herein
shall render the Annual Budget inoperative.
seCtioN 9. The Municipal Government of Milaor shall inform the
PVB should there be any borrowings from other banks/fi nancial
institutions while its loan is still outstanding.
seCtioN 10. Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) shall be the Issue
Manager and shall be Allowed to sell down to other interested
Financial Institution up to the full amount of the approved credit
facility.
seCtioN 11. PVB is allowed to execute a Facility Agency
Arrangement with PVB-Trust Management Group (Facility Agent) for
subsequent Lenders in the event of Promissory Note (PN) sell
down.
seCtioN 12. The obligation of the Municipality of Milaor with
PVB shall be binding and shall not be subject to recall by the
Sanggunian concerned for the entire term of the obligation
regardless of any change in the composition of the Sanggunian
thereafter, if any.
seCtioN 13. The Municipalitys obligation with PVB shall be
entered in the Municipalitys Book of Accounts and in the approved
local development plan and public investment program.
seCtioN 14. The Municipality shall not contract other loans with
other creditors/banks if the said loan will exceed the
Municipalitys debt service capacity as certifi ed by the Department
of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF).
seCtioN 15. Amortization payment shall be subject to automatic
offsetting from CA/SA account maintained with Philippine Veterans
Bank (PVB).
seCtioN 16. PVB shall be authorized to withhold further loan
releases in the event of change in management to avoid succession
issue.
seCtioN 17. Certifying that the Municipality does not have any
borrowings, other than those already disclosed. Any
misinterpretation or breach shall be an event of default and may
result in the loan being called in default and appropriate legal
remedies applied.
seCtioN 18. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 and 3 of
Republic Act No. 1405 and other laws relating to the secrecy of
bank deposits, the municipality is waiving its rights to confi
dentiality of information by authorizing the Philippine Veterans
Bank and all other banks or fi nancial institutions with which the
municipality has transactions, to disclose to the Banko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) and DOF to make inquiries as may be necessary
regarding the same.
seCtioN 19. Any Ordinance or parts thereof, inconsistent with
this enactment is hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
seCtioN 20. AutHoritY - That this Ordinance is pursuant to R.A.
7160, The Local Government Code of 1991.
seCtioN 21. eFFeCtiVitY - This Ordinance shall take effect upon
its publication and compliance with all procedures required under
Republic act No. 7160 of an ordinance for its validity, including
the affi xation of signatures of the Sangguniang Bayan Member, in
concurrence thereto, composing at least a majority thereof out of
the total members attending the Session on all the pages of this
Ordinance.
so orDAiNeD/eNACteD: April 20, 2015Resolved Further, that copies
of this Ordinance be furnished the Honorable Municipal
Mayor Rogelio A. Flores, Municipal Account, and the Municipal
Auditor, all of MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR and the Banko
Sentral ng Pilipinas for their information and appropriate
actions.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-xVoting on the foregoing Ordinance
were as follows:
(Absent)GerrY M. stA. ANA NeLiA b. PADoSangguniang Bayan Member
Sangguniang Bayan Member
JesusA P. MArAViLLA roLANDo A. CAbAseSangguniang Bayan Member
Sangguniang Bayan Member
(Absent)seNeN b. berMAs rubiLYN C. eusteSangguniang Bayan Member
Sangguniang Bayan Member
(Abstain)ANtoNio e. ViDA MAriA DA CANoSangguniang Bayan Member
Sangguniang Bayan Member
roGeL AbeL A. FLores LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the
correctness and athenticity of the foregoing.
CHArLY CLAro rosAriSangguniang Bayan Secretary
ATTESTED: ANDre r. HiDALGo Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer
APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR: APR. 22, 2015
roGeLio A. FLores Municipal MayorbiKoL rePorter
Published: April 26, 2015
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, MUNICIPAL BUILDING ANNEX, MILAOR, CAMARINES
SUR.LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, MUNICIPAL BUILDING ANNEX, MILAOR, CAMARINES
SUR.
EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
SANGGUNIANG bAYAN oF MiLAor, CAMAriNes sur HeLD oN APriL 20, 2015
At tHe New
- 24 months from the execution of the loan agreement broken down
into four (4) six (6) months period subject to approval of the
original PVBs approving authority
1.4.1 Term Loan 2,3 ad 6: Up to 10 years with 1 yr. grace period
on principal
1.5.1 Term Loan 2,3 and 6: Payable in equal monthly
amortizations to commence at the
Sangguniang Bayan Secretary
ATTESTED: Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer
APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR: APR. 22, 2015
roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor
Published: April 26, 2015
roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor Municipal MayorbiKoL rePorter
Municipal Mayor
Published: April 26, 2015
APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR: APR. 22, 2015
(Absent)GerrY M. stA. ANA Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang
Bayan Member
JesusA P. MArAViLLA
Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member
(Abstain)ANtoNio e. ViDASangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang
Bayan Member
LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness and
athenticity of the foregoing.
CHArLY CLAro rosAriSangguniang Bayan Secretary
Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member
roLANDo A. CAbAse
rubiLYN C. eusteSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan
Member
Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member
roGeL AbeL A. FLores LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the
correctness and athenticity of the foregoing.
ANDre r. HiDALGo Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer
APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR: APR. 22, 2015
roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor
3. a) Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized Machine; b)
Purchase of Composting Machine; c) Purchase of Mini-Garbage Dump
Truck P10,830,000.004. Term Loan 5 a) Construction of Pumping
Station 2 (Bgy. San Jose) a) P4,000,000.00 Term Loan 5 b) Equity
for Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. del Rosario) b) 350,000.005. Term
Loan 6 - Equity for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay
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republic of the PhilippinesLoCAL CiViL reGistrY oFFiCe
Province: Camarines surCity/Municipality: Libmanan
NotiCe For PubLiCAtioN
In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that CArMeNCitA A. LuMAbi has filed
with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from JUAN to
JuANito in the certificate of live birth of JUAN TOLENTINO who was
born on February 8, 1956 at Sinibaan, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and
whose parents are FELIPE TOLENTINO and ESTER CUSEN.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his
written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.
(sgd.) eMiLie s. AGNes-DAirAo Municipal Civil Registrar
biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015
republic of the PhilippinesLoCAL CiViL reGistrY oFFiCe
Province: Camarines surCity/Municipality: Libmanan
NotiCe to tHe PubLiCCCE-0024-2015 R.A.10172&
CFN-0005-2015
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to
oCrG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the
Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012
(IRR on R.A.10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that
JANuArY JANe JACiNto De GuzMAN has filed with this Office, a
Petition for Change of First Name from JANUARY to JANuArY JANe and
correction of entry in sex from MALE to FeMALe in the certificate
of live birth of JANUARY JACINTO DE GUZ-MAN at Libmanan, Camarines
Sur and whose parents are JESUS Q. DE GUZMAN and DELIA D.
JACINTO.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his
written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.
(sgd.) eMiLie s. AGNes-DAirAo Municipal Civil Registrar
biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015
republic of the PhilippinesLoCAL CiViL reGistrY oFFiCe
Province: Camarines surCity/Municipality: Libmanan
NotiCe to tHe PubLiC
CPE-0024-2015 R.A. 10172
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to
oCrG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the
Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012
(IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that
JoHNbe CieLos MAto has filed with this Office, a Petition for
correction of entry in sex from MALE to FeMALe in the certificate
of live birth of JOHNBE CIELOS MATO at Libmanan, Cama-rines Sur and
whose parents are WILFREDO MATO and SALOME CIELOS.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his
written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.
(sgd.) eMiLie s. AGNes-DAirAo Municipal Civil Registrar
biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015
republic of the PhilippinesLoCAL CiViL reGistrY oFFiCe
Province: Camarines surCity/Municipality: Libmanan
NotiCe For PubLiCAtioN
In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that JoeDiMAr AGuiLAr esPiritu has
filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from
TEODIMAR to JoeDiMAr in the certificate of live birth of TEODIMAR
A. ESPIRITU who was born on January 2, 1969 at Taban, Libmanan,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are JUPITER H. ES-PIRITU and
SALVACION C. AGUILAR.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his
written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.
(sgd.) eMiLie s. AGNes-DAirAo Municipal Civil Registrar
biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENotice is hereby given that
the named parties are the legitimate surviving heirs of the
deceased JAiMe MiLAN, sr. and JuLiANA N. MiLAN who died on November
19, 1999 and January 7, 1984, respectively at Pacol, Naga City,
with no known debts or obligations at the time of her death, left a
parcel of agricultural land situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga
City; that the surviving Heirs hereby agree to divide and
adjudicate unto themselves the real property stated; that for and
in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00)
paid by AIDA ELVIRA RICHER do hereby SELL, CEDE and TRANSFER unto
said Vendees, their heirs and assigns the described real property,
as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Joseph L. Abante, Doc.
No. 120, Page No. 88, Book No.IV, Series of 2015.biKoL
rePorterPublished: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2015
DeeD oF AbsoLute sALeNotice is hereby given that SIMEON NAMIA of
legal age, married to Consorcia Luna Namia of Pacol, Naga City
received the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) in hand paid
by Sps. AIDA ELVIRA and RENE RICHER of legal age and residents of
Naga City, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and by these
presents do hereby SELL, CEDE TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said spouses
theirs heirs, successors and assigns the property described
situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga City containing an area of
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED square meters as acknowledged before
Notary Public Atty. Pedro C. Cruz, Doc. No. 33, Page No. 36, Book
No.IX, Series of 2002.biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19, 26 and May
3, 2015
discharge channel as one of the primordial concerns that needs
to be addressed.
In response, Resolution No.5 series of 2015 request-ing the
Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) to undertake the
desiltation of Lake Buhi, in-cluding the Tabao River was set into
motion and was ap-proved by the members of the governing board.
The resolution further states that the horrendous effects of the
accumulation of silt as a result of the de-struction of Tabao River
to the water quality of the lake, to its biodiversity, aquacul-ture
industry and imminent extinction of Buhis pride the Sinarapan
dubbed as the worlds smallest fish, are un-speakable.
The 10-year plan intends to keep Lake Buhi as a sus-tainable
sanctuary for all forms of aqua life and serve as a living
testimony that the human race is still capable of preserving Gods
creation.
lake buhi . . .
(OFWs) and migrants.The CMD intends to com-
plement the interventions among stakeholders to ad-dress
concerns arising from migration and developments from pre-departure
to re-inte-gration.
The committee is also tasked to monitor the imple-mentation of
migration and development programs at the local level, further,
carry out advocacy activities to ensure protection of rights and
wel-fare of migrants.
To develop the database on migrants, the CMD has recommended the
updating of statistics on Filipino mi-grants.
We need to synchronize the data to ensure consistency on the
statistics pertaining to Filipino migrants. The Phil-ippine
embassies, Bureau of
Immigration and Deportation (BID) and DFA can also be tapped for
further data veri-fication, said NEDA Bicol director Agnes Espinas,
who also co-chaired the CMD.
Among the agencies iden-tified by the CMD include the Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Philippine Overseas
Employ-ment Authority (POEA), De-partment of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
and Philippine Statis-tics Authority (PSA).
The CMD also recom-mended the localization of the hiring,
recruitment and deployment process, as well such pre-departure
require-ments as the Pre-Departure Seminar, medical examina-tions,
and certifications of documents.
Concerns of returning OFWs was also recommend-ed to be addressed
in the form of business opportunities, psychosocial counseling and
responsible parenthood.
ever Rodeo event in 1993.Agatep, then group chair-
man and chief executive of-ficer of Agatep and Associ-ates (now
known as Grupo Agatep) was commissioned by Governor Espinosa to
handle public relations for the first Rodeo.
Their concept went be-yond Rodeo sports, the event was also a
means for attract-ing merchants and cattle buyers.
At that time, cattle of dif-ferent brands were also be-ing
displayed in the corral
masbate's roDeo festival . . .for trading.
Although Agatep was not around for this years Rodeo opening, he
sent PR consul-tant Kathryn Caday and PR executive Michelle Bayhon
to experience the event and the other delights of Mas-bate.
Complementing this years Rodeo as a tourism and sports event was
the recently-conceived Beach Football Festival held in Palani,
Balud from April 16 to 17.
The first-ever national
beach football tournament had 51 teams participating from all
over the country.
Aside from beach football this years festival featured the
launching of the Proud Masbateo Ako Inc. (PMAI) headed by Maloli
Espinosa during the MGP Night.
The Rodeo event nor-mally pays tribute to the competing cowboys
by feting them to dinner, cowboy songs, beer, and souvenirs at the
Rodeo Grand Arena.
To make the general pub-lic more aware of MininG resPonsibly,
the MGP set up a booth with different exhib-its on gold production,
the uses of gold, and how gold is invested.
MininG resPonsibly is at the core of MGPs com-mitment and
contributions
to the community. This can be seen in the MGPs social
development projects, its contributions to Masbates economic
development, in MGPs environmental man-agement programs, and its
support for the provinces culture and sports. In this way, we
support its heritage that attracts tourism invest-ment and leads to
economic development, Velasco said.
Indeed, the MGPs vi-sion of Mining Responsi-bly cares for the
future is evident in the sands of the Rodeo Arena and of Palanis
football festival.
Mining ResPonsibly cares for the future means all of MGPs plans
and ac-tions are geared toward a better future for Aroroy chil-dren
and the following gen-erations. -PNA
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SuMMER ouTINGMembers of uNC H/s batch 68 beat the summer heat at
the beach resort of batchmate beth Alayan-rivera last April 17-18
at Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines sur where they stayed overnight and
went island-hopping to Daruanak island, Mainit spring and Masinaban
Cave. the batch members
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Corpus, beth Alayan-rivera, ric Agrito, Cecille blacer-Parada,
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tallado calls for unity by rosALitA b. MANLANGit
DAET -- Governnor Ed-gardo Tallado urged Cam-Norteneos to
cooperate in pursuing development for the province during the
opening program of the 95th Founding Anniversary of Camarines Norte
and 11th Bantayog Festival held at Agro Sports Complex here on
April 15.
It is a challenge for all of us to make a strong and suc-cessful
province, I am encour-aging everyone to participate and be a
partner in pursuit of development of the province, This kind of
mission will be our life now and will be our future", he said.
The governor also said that everyone should thank the Lord for
the continuous grace and blessings in achieving goals for the
province.
The program was followed by the blessing of Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) at the provincial capi-tol and the
distribution of 70 Barangay Emergency Motor-cycle.
A Grand Festival Parade was held in the afternoon fol-lowed by
the Street Dancing Competition. Palayog Festi-val of Sta. Elena was
declared as champion with a cash prize of P120,000.00; 2nd
runner
up was the Pinyasan Festi-val of Daet with 75,000.00 while the
Pabirik Festival of Paracale grabbed the and 3rd place with
P50,000.00 and ad-ditional 5,000.00 for best in costume for the
latter.
The remaining 3 contes-tants received P20,000.00 each.
The celebration of Ca-marines Norte 95th Found-ing Anniversary
started April 5, and ended Friday, April 17, carrying the theme
Bawat CamNorte-o ay Kapanalig at Katu-wang sa Kaunlaran
A ground breaking and signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
of Provin-cial Emergency and Rescue Center Cum Info & Rest Area
For Tourists and Motorists in Bitukang Manok, Tuaca, Ba-sud, along
with the Bantayog Jobs Fair, Bantayog Padyak Race 2015, and Miss
Environ-mental Princess were also part of the celebration.
The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) of Cama-rines Norte
Chapter spear-headed the Mass Blood Letting on Friday. The
thanks-giving and Fellowship Night also held Friday served as the
culminating activity for the celebration.
ers in the 1st and 2nd Districts of Camarines Sur who will be
selling their palay, the NFA spokesperson also announced that the
newly constructed NFA-GID warehouse in Lib-manan is now fully
opera-tional to cater to the farmers and retailers. NFA accredited
retailers from the said areas can now get their rice alloca-tion in
Libmanan, instead of travelling to the municipality of Pili where
the provincial office of NFA is located.
In support of this, the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) Regional
Office constructed an interior barangay road go-ing to the said
warehouse to make the passage easier for the members of the
commu-nity and to make the transport of goods faster and
stress-free.
Meanwhile, NFA Cama-rines Sur recently welcomed its new
Provincial Manager in the person of Gloria M. Ta-bayag after its
former Manag-er Edna R. De Guzman was promoted as Bicol Regional
Manager and is now stationed in Legazpi City. The official
turn-over was held this March at the NFA Provincial Office located
in Palestina, Pili, Ca-marines Sur.
Magnaye, in a press state-ment said that PM Tabayag is an
Electrical Engineer by profession, started her stint at the NFA
Central Office at
the Technical Research Ser-vice Department (TRSD) and handled
her first managerial stint as OIC of NFA-Agusan. She was assigned
in various offices branches in Camiguin and Catanduanes before
be-ing assigned here in the Bicol Region.
The FORUM@PIA was attended by members of the local media in the
province, representing radio, television and print. The forum is a
reg-ular program of PIA Cama-rines Sur Provincial office which
seeks to empower the citizenry by giving them up to date
information, es-pecially regarding services being offered by other
gov-ernment agencies in the province.
nfa intensifies palay . . .
visible by the influx of com-mercial establishments in the
province, like car companies, convenient stores, gasoline stations
and banks among others. Currently, the prov-ince has a total of
3,469 regis-tered establishments.
The PAs Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) enabled
former rebels to return to the folds of law and start anew.
Bayanihan Team Activities (BTA) show-
poc: camsur is conflict . . .cased its paradigm shift from Enemy
Centered to People-Centered Approach which re-sulted to a more
cooperative community.
Bayanihan activities were already implemented in the remote
barangays of Iriga City, Buhi, Baao, Bato, Bula, Caramoan, Lagonoy,
Cala-banga, Tinambac and Garchi-torena.
The various PA Divisions and Battalions- the 902nd In-
were reorganized to make them less vulnerable to political
influence and control. Many managers were replaced and some RECs
were merged. The electricity sub-distribution tariff formula for
the RECs was also changed to make it more financially viable.
Despite of these reforms, however, many RECs are still mismanaged
and politicized. Consequently, some proposed the privatization of
these entities.
The proponents of the privatization of the electric cooperatives
cited several advantages. They argue that the privatization of
electric cooperatives will lead to more efficient management,
better service, cheaper bills, and the total non-politicization of
the electric sub-distribution. However, all of these will only be
possible if there is real competition and the market forces will be
allowed to freely take reign of the operations of the privatized
electric sub-distribution entities. On the other hand, others
proposed the coop-to-coop collaboration to save the ailing
RECs.
In your opinion, what could be the best solution to this
problem? You may email me your response.
References1.) http://www.nea.gov.ph/about-us2.)
http://www.gov.ph/1973/08/06/presidential-decree-no-269/3.)
http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/
presidentialdecreeno1645.html4.)
http://www.socoteco2.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=19&Itemid=195.)
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/oda_loan/
post/2004/pdf/2-26_full.pdf6.)
http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=rp
tip of an iceberG. . .
fantry Brigade, 9th ID head-ed by Commanding Officer Col. Amador
T. Tabuga, Jr., 22nd IB headed by Com-manding Officer Col. An-drew
Costello and the 42nd IB headed by Arguelles, 9th CMO Battalion
headed
by Lt. Col. Joselito P. Pas-trana, among others, were all
instrumental in the suc-cessful implementation of Sama-Sama at
Sari-Saring mga Serbisyo para sa Sam-bayanan or the 4S program of
the Philippine Army.
reports show the plunder of public funds.Malacaang merely
absolves its allies, claiming that they
have already replied to these CoA reports. Yet when it comes to
the opposition senators, no amount of explanation and denials have
been accepted by the Palace and its allies.
The truth is, under the Aquino presidency and administration,
the so-called democratic institutions have been so prostituted and
made highly vulnerable to executive pressure and control, whether
it is the CoA, the Anit-Money Laundering Council, the Comelec, the
Ombudsman and yes, even the Judiciary.
Is this matuwid na daan?
from my winDow . . .
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BIKOL REPORTER
REgIOnaL ExPOnEnT fOR PROgREss
outstanDinG local newspaperfor five consecutive years by the st.
peter
baptist catholic mass media awards
8 april 26-may 2, 2015
by ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY
NAGA CITY --- Pursu-ant to Republic Act 9275 otherwise known as
the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 in relation to the
designation of Lake Buhi Watershed (LBW) Water Quality Manage-ment
Area (WAQMA) and the Creation of Governing Board (GB) , a 10 year
Ac-tion Plan was formally ap-proved by LBW-WAQMA GB Members last
Friday, to oversee its operations.
Resolution No.2 series of 2015 which is specifically divided in
short, medium and long term blueprints, endeav-ors to protect and
continuous-ly improve the water quality of Lake Buhi and make it as
a sustaining resource to all the people of the town, particu-larly
to the upcoming genera-tion.
The schemes and strate-gies stipulated in the 10-year plan of
action is also in con-sonance with DENR Admin-istrative Order No.
2005-10 or its implementing rules and regulations and DENR
De-partment Administrative Or-der 2013-16 or the designa-tion of
the LBW-WAQMA, which includes among others, the creation of its
governing board.
One of the significant moves that the board intends to achieve
is to limit and monitor aquaculture activi-ties within the lake in
accor-dance to RA 8550 or the act providing for the develop-ment,
management and con-servation of the fisheries and aquatic
resources. This is in response to the proliferation of fish cages,
fish pens and fish corals in the said sanctu-ary.
In order to achieve this objective, the group will con-duct an
annual validation of inventory of fish cages, fish pens and fish
corrals every December. The board will counter any defiance from
hard headed violators by implementing dismantling operations of
these cages to achieve their set objective. In order not to disrupt
the source of income of the dis-placed fish cage workers, an
alternative livelihood project for them will be provided.
Also to resolve the con-tinued encroachment in the lake
easement, including the congestion of lake shores in the Poblacion
barangays, the board will re-establish the original boundary of the
lake based on the land classifica-tion or Cadastral map. They will
strictly enforce rules on this to ensure that no further
encroachment will take place within the lake area.
Aside from the above-mentioned issues, the group also identified
the large vol-ume of silt in Lake Buhi and
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Lake buhi watershed-wAQMA Governing board approves 10-year
Action Plan.
Lake Buhi Watershed-WAQMABoard okays 10-year plan