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Sarion gets back at Tallado

Daet, CNorte -- Mayor Tito S. Sarion on Monday called

on the people of Camarines Norte to help save the province
from wrong governance, from its shattered image and damaged natural resources as he answered Gov. Tallados charges
against him over a radio station here last week.

Hospital Investors

Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion recently received a group of investors interested in building a
state-of-the-art hospital in the town.

Sagipin natin ang Camarines Norte, Sarion urged in

a prepared statement distributed to the local media.
Sarion said that the province is suffering from the absence of good governance as
shown by the lack of transparency, for instance, on how
much it earns particularly
from mining.
He said that illegal mining, child labor, and the destruction of natural resources
because of these activities
continue to plague the prov-

Nagas tax performance lauded

NAGA CITY The regional office of the Bureau
of Local Government Finance (BLGF) in Legazpi
City commended the Naga
City Treasurers Office and
the Naga City Assessors
Office for their exemplary
performance in revenue
generation and collection.
City Mayor John G. Bongat, on the other hand, was
lauded for being the key person in the citys aggressive
tax campaign that resulted to
improved delivery of basic
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ince under the Tallado administration.

He also bared that the
governor has been involved
in alleged immorality, having
been linked with a recorded
sex video uploaded in the social media.
Which is the bigger issue, being accidentally seen
with a non-partymate or be
involved in these kinds of
controversies, the Mayor
asked, referring to his declaration as a persona non
grata by some of his Lib-

eral Party colleagues after

he was seen in Capalonga
together with Third District
Camarines Sur representative Leni G. Robredo in an
occasion last week.
Sarion said that the Liberal Party observes a process
in expelling its members as
he branded his expulsion
as without basis, and only
the result of his (Tallados)
fear and suspicion because
of the controversies he is
involved in.
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Solar powered homes

to rise in Iriga, Legazpi
Some 4,000 units of
solar-powered homes will
be built in two cities in the
Bicol region, the chairman
of a housing company recently announced.
Imperial Homes Corporation chair Emma Imperial said that 3,000 of these
houses will rise in Iriga, and
another 1,000 in Legazpi
City.
She made the announcement during the launch of
its first 24-hour solar powered homes in Sto. Tomas,
Batangas last week.

The project is part of

the Enfinity Imperial Solar Homes Inc., a partnership of the company and
the Enfinity Philippines, a
company involved in solarpowered mass housing in
the country.
The partnership is offering a house-and-lot package
that include a 1,000-watt
solution that would produce
four kwh of electricity per
day.
This solar solution can
power a refrigerator, two
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Japan Trip

Naga City Mayor John Bongat readily saw the relationship between this row of bicycles
parked in a Tokyo street with the weather, an insight which he hopes will guide him in the
citys climate change response.

AIDS Campaign

Various groups and individuals who attended the 33rd AIDS Candlelight Memorial Ceremony
in Naga City pushed for a more aggressive campaign against the deadly virus.

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editorial

Forever no more
We, the people, should stay awake. Not
that we are asleep but the silent onset of the
political season seemed to lull us to stupor,
like a boring late night movie with its predictable plot sending us to quick sleep.
In the national scene, true to our political
cultures practice of siding with the popular
which seem to come from our penchant for
bulang, this early the media is already hammering on a Poe vs Binay encounter.
Locally, in Camarines Norte, Liberal Partymates Gov. Egay Tallado and Daet Mayor Tito
S. Sarion have already nagulian kandila.
Amidst these developments, we, the people, including our colleagues in the media,
should not be lead where politicians want us
to be, i.e. in their agenda.
For instance, in the Tallado-Tito tiff, we
should not look at it as merely a clash of personality nor an intramurals within the Liberal
Party.
We should look at it not from the eyes of
a frog inside a well who said the sky is only
as wide as the mouth of the well it fell in.
Rather, we should examine things from, for
instance, Party platforms or principles. Not
on the person of Tallado or Sarion, but from
the philosophy for which the Liberal Party
was founded in 1945.
We are saying that we should now elevate
our kind of politics. EDSA was a signal landmark in our political history. We should take
off from its raison d etre.
Are we backsliding, to use a Martial Law
years word, to where we started? Or, do the
future generations of Filipinos deserve to
inherit a political democratic culture where
truly power resides in the people?
The time to check the trajectory of our
personality-cult kind of politics, and to
propel it towards a participative practice,
is now. It cannot be forevermore. And the
media, has a big part to play in this transformation.
Where it chose to be just a sounding board
without the critical examination of events,
then it reduces itself to the cold nature of
their medium and technology. Politics and
governance are human concerns. The media should then give these events the slant
or angle where the human spirit and nature is
concerned, threatened, violated or neglected.
Doing so, then it shall have fulfilled its role to
be a medium for people.

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Patronage Politics
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).
WEATHER-WEATHER: Former
national president and now Manila
mayor Joseph Estrada asserted
during his heydays that Philippine
politics distinguishes allies from
opponents, and friends from foes.
Those with the Administration shares
in the profits of governance while
those on the other side of the stratum
gets mainly the scraps if ever they
receive some. What are we in power
for? asks one astute politician.
This reality is so commonly
accepted that it blinds us not to see
that patronage politics is a stumbling
block to more economic growth
for our country. How often do we
hear big-time investors retreating
or transferring to our neighboring
countries after discovering that here
in the Philippine it is hard for one in
the opposition to succeed, no matter
how good your management systems
and business intentions may be.
Affiliation is the major key!
LGU SET-UP: The situation in
the local governments is primary
evidence of this malpractice. Usually,
chief executives (governors, mayors)
bring in their own people upon their
assumption to office. If there are no
vacant positions, new hires are taken
in on project basis (as JOs). Their
emoluments are charged to whatever
new or existing projects have budget
appropriations. As a result, the costs
of the projects become bloated by the

opinions
unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
added charges.
How about the trusted people of
previous governors or mayors? Those
without eligibility or plantilla positions
are summarily dismissed (regardless
of length of service). Those holding
specific posts more so managerial,
are temporarily floated. The result
is that two salaries are being paid
for every position one for actual
managers and another for the
appointed managers who are not
given any work assignments. Waste
of money and talents!
OFW AND BPOs: It is no secret
that Philippine economic growth can
be traced to the FX remittances of
our overseas workers - that keep
on growing through the years.
Unfortunately, these revenues from
abroad have equivalent woes
physical separation problems, even
family break-ups. Now there are
silver linings indicating that more
earnings can be generated by Pinoy
workers right here in the Philippines
from business process outsourcing
(BPOs).
BPO returns will increase by 15%

next year, and are expected to be

continue rising. The advantage is
that Filipinos will earn their pays
without leaving their families.
Government will continue to rely on
OFW remittances. The previous
fear that our fellows working
abroad might be replaced by other
migrant workers turned out to be
unfounded. The versatility and
reliability of the Filipino worker
in general is now recognized by
global employers.
POWER: Do you know that the
Philippines has the second highest
power rate in Asia? The key reason
is because our government allows
accredited power producers to
charge their unutilized capacities
and thus forming part of their billable
rates! This is due to the feed-intariff (FIT) allowance, a form of
subsidy given by the government
to encourage the development of
so-called renewable energy (RE)
such as solar and wind.
The FIT for RE producers was
originally set at 50 megawatts (MW).
Suddenly, with the appointment by
President Aquino of a new ERB
chairman, the FIT was increased to
500 MWs or ten times the original
measure. The bigger FIT increases
tremendously to P8 per kwh
(compared to P0.04 currently) the
FIT rate in our electricity bills. With
this encouraging arrangements new
investors will join the RE sector.
Most of them will be Malacanang
allies!
PROVERBS: Pride only breeds
unnecessary quarrels; but real wisdom
is found in those who take advice.

Different versions of BBL in the House and Senate & BBL

may bring Peace with MILF but not with other groups
I watched on TV what appears
as railroading of the Bangsamoro
Basic Law. The House ad hoc
committee chaired by Rep. Rufus
Rodriguez is comprised by majority
of the administration allies and may
approved the version drafted by the
Palace. It did not use the BBL drafted
by a House technical working group
through months of deliberation as
questioned by Rep. Colminares.
Important amendments were always
voted down.
According to Zamboanga Rep. Celso
Lobregat, the right provisions that have
been deemed unconstitutional during
the eight previous hearings were being
restored during the voting.
There was the nominal voting,
just raising of hands without any
explanations. There was always
37 votes that would kill proposed
assessments. Its not surprising that the
House Ad Hoc Committee approved
the prepared BBL by a vote of 50-17.
*****
In the Senate committee on
Constitutional Amendments & the
Revision of Laws Committee on Peace,
Committee on Local Government
and unification & reconciliation then
submitted to the Senate as a whole.
Sen. Bongbong Marcos, chair of the
Committee on Local Government
handling the BBL said the Senate wont
pass the House BBL version. He said
they will take serious consideration of
the warning flags of the Committee

from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones
on Constitutional amendments and
revision of codes chaired by Sen.
Miriam Santiago. Marcos said they
will record due importance to the
findings of the said committee which
were based ib views by the countrys
legal luminaries who participated in the
public hearings.
Sen. Santiago said, The BBL fails
two fold tests set by the Constitution:
National sovereignty and territorial
integrity It is presented as a formula
for capping off the peace process in
Mindanao. However, it bears repetition
that the end does not justify the
means.
The concurrent powers and
exclusive powers in the BBL tear
asunder the supreme authority
possessed by the sovereignty of the
people. This will make the Bangsamoro
government co-equal with the national
government and thus a sub-state,
Santiago said.

The provision granting the

Bangsamoro government exclusive
powers and use of natural
resources found in the area also
drew Santiagos criticism. She said,
Under the Constitutional language,
nothing of value may be exclusively
allocated to any territorial part of the
Philippine archipelago. The Senator
said among other objectionable
provisions.
Senator Santiago particularly
opposed the extensive taxing and
revenue raising powers the BBL would
give the Bangsamoro government.
Effectively, the Bangsamoro
government will have seceded from
yet remain financially supported by
the Philippine government.
Lets wait and study the different
versions of the BBL in the House of
Representatives and in the Senate.
I believe the B BLs constitutionality
will be questioned in the Supreme
Court if it is passed by both Houses.
Allies of the administration dominate
the composition of both chambers.
I do not believe that the BBL will
bring lasting peace in Mindanao.
It maybe with the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) but not with
the BIFF, Abusayaf, Moro National
Liberation Front, New Peoples Army
(NPAs) the numerous Christians,
the indigineous people and other
tribal groups who do not want to
be under the MILF and be called
Bangsamoro.

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Be wary of Mayon, Bulusan: Phivolcs

By Nancy Ibo Mediavillo

LEGAZPI CITY Dont

trust the present condition
of the Mayon and Bulusans
volcanos!
This is the advice of Dr. Ed
Laguerta, the veteran resident
volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology (Phivolcs)
in Bicol, saying there are still
volcanic activities going on
inside the two active volcanos.
Laguerta said they are
closely observing two critical
activities of Mt. Mayon: its
continuous ground swelling
and the amount of sulfur dioxide that it has been emitting
for the past two months.
"There has been sporadic sulfur dioxide emission

of more than 1,000 metric

tons per day for the last two
months," he said.
In this connection, the Phivolcs official said, he plans
to request an aerial survey of
the volcano to see the present condition of its summit,
particularly the lava dome
formed last year.
It is important that we see
and evaluate its present situation, Laguerta said.
He said they will schedule an aerial survey for both
Mayon and Bulusan volcanos
to save on expenses.
The experienced volcanologist said that during the last
aerial survey on Mt. Bulusan,
they were not able to see the
real situation at the summit

Mayon Volcano
due to the thick clouds that
time.
The ground is still inflated
even it has exploded twice already, he said.

bulusan Volcano
Quakes, however, rock the
volcano, which means there is
continuous activity inside it.
Laguerta noted the different behavior of Bulusan be-

cause even there are quakes

it does not explode but it suddenly erupts even there is no
quake.
He advised the villagers to

stay away from the four-kilometer permanent danger zone

around Mt. Bulusan and the
six-km PDZ around Mayon
Volcano.

MFIs assure health services to poor communities

Twenty one microfinance
institutions in the country
inked a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) to provide access to health care
services to poor communities last May 15, 2015 in
AIM Conference Center
Manila (ACCM) in Makati
City.
Helping poor communities through financial access is
undeniably important in poverty eradication. But this is
insufficient to reach our goal.
Poor health and having no access to health care service are
big part of continuous poverty
in many countries. We realize
the importance of good health
of microfinance institutions
(MFIs) clients to help them
continue improve their quality of life, said Marilyn M.
Manila, the Chairperson of
MFIs for Health. MFIs for
Health also wants to build a
strong partnership with different MFIs to generate synergies in addressing health
inequities in the country.
The 21 microfinance institutions namely ARDCI
NGO Group, Inc., ASA
Philippines Foundation Inc.,
Alalay Sa Kaunlaran Inc.,

THE BIG V

Pact Witnesses

Health Care Pact

Bangko Kabayan Inc., Bukidnon Integrated Network of

Home Industries, Inc., CARD
Bank, Inc., Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), Inc., CARD
SME Bank, Inc., Center for
Community Transformation,
Community Economic Venture, Inc., Daan Sa Pag-Unlad, Inc., Kabalikat Para Sa
Maunlad Na Buhay Inc., KFI
Center for Community Development Foundation, Inc.,

Paulo Benigno Bam Aquino, Atty. Alexander Padilla,

the President of Philippine
Health Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth), representatives
from Department of Health
(DOH), Microfinance Council of the Philippines (MCPI)
and other international partners of CARD MRI.
According to Atty. Padilla,
PhilHealth will continue to
strive for excellence to provide financial risk protection.
He also recognized the role of
MFIs for Health as partners to

Mr. Alexander Padilla, President of PhilHealth, Dr. Jaime Aristotle

Alip, the Founder and Managing Director of CARD MRI, Senator
Paulo Benigno Bam Aquino and Mr. Ernesto Garilao, President
of Zuellig Family Foundation witnessed the signing ceremony
of the 21 microfinance institutions who agreed to deliver health
care services to poor communities in the country.

LifeBank Foundation, Negros

Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc., Pag-Inupdanay,
Inc., Rizal Rural Bank, Inc.,
Rural Bank of TalisayanMutual Benefit Association
and Fonus Multipurpose Cooperative (MFI), Inc., Taytay
Sa Kauswagan, Inc., Tulay Sa
Pag Unlad, Inc. and USWAG
Development
Foundation,
Inc., signed the MOA.
The said signing ceremony
was also witnessed by Senator

jmts/danreymmec

Audition for the Singing Competition for Kaogma Festival drew hordes of aspirants to the
Capitol Convention Center to try their luck in this popular event where Gov. Migz Villafuerte
hopes to discover the next singing sensation.

Leaders of the 21 microfinance institutions (MFIs) signed the

Memorandum of Agreement assuring access to health care
service to millions of Filipinos last May 15, 2015 at the AIM
Conference Center Manila in Makati City.

achieve health protection for

all Filipinos.
The microfinance industry has grown so much
over the past year. Its growing industry means supporting more Filipinos who are
in need. It is crucial that the
MFI industry should continue
to innovate programs like the
MFIs for Health and unlock
more accessible opportunities
that go beyond financing and
bring it to our countrymen
especially in the areas who
have less opportunities. Our

Biodiversity Challenge

office is committed to pushing the policies in order to get

there, said Senator Aquino.
We should continue to work
together. Rest assured that we
are here as your main partner
in the senate, he added.
Prof. Ernesto Garilao, the
President of Zuellig Family
Foundation, Mr. Allan Robert
Sicat, the Executive Director of MCPI, Camille Rivera,
the Senior Program Associate
of the Micro Credit Summit
(MCS) Campaign and Mr.
Steve Hollingworth, the President of Freedom from Hunger (FFH) also gave a message of support to the MFIs
for Health.
Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip,
the Founder and Managing
Director of CARD MRI was
pleased for the support given
by Senator Bam, PhilHealth
and local and international
institutions on the MFIs undertaking to reach people
who are cut off from the different opportunities that they
should have. I am thankful
with the different institutions
for believing that the joint microfinance and health could
help improve the quality of
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Andoy Espenilla

Kites fly over Masbate coast as a featured activity at the Annual Biodiversity Challenge the
DENR V conducts to promote diversity of genes, species, and ecosystems.

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Premature campaigning
It is still almost one whole year more to go before the 2016
national and local elections. Meanwhile, COMELEC has
set the deadline for the filing of the certificate of candidacy
on October 12 to 16, 2015. According to COMELEC, the
period of campaigning is set at a much longer time from
October 2015 to April 2016. This was after the Supreme
Court ruled against the very limited air time mandated by the
commission in the previous elections. The highest tribunal of
the land has not nullified or declared the unconstitutionality
of Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Elections Act of 2001 but
rather it simply rejected the COMELEC resolution that
imposed the limits on total air time advertisements.
Despite of the lifting of the limits on air time ads and
the extension of the campaign period, many politicians
are still trying to exploit the situation to gain some unfair
advantages. Many are circumventing the provisions on
premature campaigning. Technically, if a politician who
is planning to run in the 2016 elections is not committing
premature campaigning if he or she has not yet filed his or
her COC. This is the main loophole of the law that is being
abused by unscrupulous politicians.
As early as March during the graduation rites, I have
already observed many subtle and not-so-subtle means
of premature campaigning both at the national level and
at the local levels. These included medals with names of
politicians that were distributed to schools. Others resorted
to simpler but embarrassing tactics such as distributing
candies that bear politician names and signature campaign
colors.
Those who are currently holding elected and powerful
appointed positions in government have clear advantage over
those who do not command the resources of government.
Many of the incumbent officials are moving mountains
to impress their constituents and get their sympathy and
loyalty. From infrastructural projects to livelihood projects
to dole outs, it seems that many incumbents want to
maximize their exposures through the use of public funds
and the power of their respective positions. Some resort to
traditional EPAL tactics of printing their names on almost
every square-inch of surface that they could find and claim
as their projects, from large tarpaulins of multi-billion worth
infrastructure projects to grocery tote bags.
These premature campaigning tactics are technically not
illegal but they are patently unethical. It is not only an issue
of gaining unfair advantages over other possible candidates
but also about an issue of the misuse of government
resources for personal gains. Even if the projects will
benefit the public, the there is still obvious misappropriation
in terms of selfish motives and manipulation of the opinions
of the electorate. On the other hand, those politicians who
are currently not in the positions of power but still engaging
in expensive premature campaigning tactics, the issue
becomes an issue or recovering their investments after they
are elected. Many are funded by certain shady business
groups and powerful political king pins who have highly
questionable motives.
Premature campaigning is not only an unethical
circumventing of the law but also an insult to the intelligence
of the voters.

Sarion gets back . . .

He added that the Liberal
Party is an honorable party
along President Aquinos
Matuwid na Daan ideal.
Sarion said that the governors issue against him is not
an issue of the Party.
Ang isyu ni Gov. Egay
laban sa akin ay hindi issue
ng Liberal kundi ito ay issue
ng Lalawigan at ng mamamayan. Hindi lamang bilang
isang taga-Camarines Norte

kundi bilang isang marangal

na anak ng rehiyon ng Bicol tulad nina Secretary Jessie Robredo, Senador Raul
Roco, Senador Joker Arroyo
at iba pang dakilang Bikolano na mataas kong pinahahalagahan ang pagmamahal sa tradisyong ating
kinagisnan bialng malinis
at hindi korap, matuwid at
marangal na Bicolano, he
explained.

Solar powered homes . . .

electric fans, television, two
chargers or laptops, three
LED lighs, washing machine
and rice cooker.
For an off-grid system
of 1,000 watts solution with
battery, the buyer can have
an avoided cost of electricity
in the amount of P1,560 per

month and save an estimate

of P500 per month even with
their 30-year amortization,
Enfinity said in a statement.
The installation of the
system would range from
P150,000 to P165,000, which
would be included in the homeowners amortization. -fpj

halo-halo

may 24-30, 2015

Orolay Arkitektura
May informal akong pakikipag-olay
sa sarong arkitekto na taga-Iriga man, si
Rommel Alanis, siempre manongod sa
arkitektura. Naihapot ko saiya kun anong
klase o apod kan istilo kan mga harong
na itinugdok kan dekada 50. Sabi niya
kun may mga tampok ini kan mga arko
o disenyo na nagpapahiling nin pagkiling
sa pagpahayag nin arte o dekorasyon,
pwede soboot ining art deco, sarong
maimpluwensyang istilo nin arte na
nagbutwa sa Pransya pakatapos kan enot
na giyera mundial asin naglakop abot sa
enot na parte kan dekada 40. Kun simple
lang soboot an mga elemento, halimbawa,
mga tulid na mga linya na mahihiling sa
poste kan harong, pwede soboot ining
sabihon na modern, sarong mahiwas na
istilo sa arte na minasakop o hinihiling na
nagpoon kan 1860 abot 1970.
Sabi ko garo masasabi lang na
moderno an mga linya kan mga harong na
natugdok igdi sa Iriga kan dekada 50 sa
simpleng mga linya,paggamit nin salming
asin batbat, halimbawa sa bintana o bilang
balustrahe. Sa hiling ko, garo pa ini mga
bahay-na-bato na si mga ladriyong lanob,
nasanglian nin kahoy; si bintanang katipay;

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.
binalyohan nin salming; si terracotang
atop, galbanisado na. Kaya sabi ko,
asin tanganing daing gayong magakod
sa depinisyon, pwede ining apodon na
istilo pakatapos kan giyera mundial dos.
Alagad, mas boot ko an apod kaini ni
Rommel, na vernacular architecture,
dawa ngani an vernacular may ekslabong
kahulugan.
Alagad, sa paggamit sa
arkitektura, nahiling ko an espuerso kan
lokal na mga paratugdok asin may sadiri
kan mga harong na ini na makahawas
sa istilo na nauso kan panahon nin

kolonisasyon. Kaya an desisyon na ini

manongod sa desinyo, sarong hirong
matalingkas.
Dai ko aram kun isay an mga
arkitekto kaini alagad, sabi ni Rommel,
katubuan kan mga harong na ini orog na
disenyo o trabaho kan mga karpintero.
Kaya, natataan nin anggulo o ugat nin
proletaryo an siring na mga anggulo.
Gibo ini nin mga ordinaryong besinos
na daing pormal na adal, halimbawa, sa
arkitektura. Alagad, ta nabubuhay pa
an mga ini, mahihiling ta an nagdadanay
na pagiisip asin tibay man kan saindang
obra.
May nakapairarom na kasaysayan
an mga klase nin mga harong na ini ta
sa hiling ko, partikularmente sa Iriga, an
mga harong na ini, testigo kan paguswag
kan Iriga bilang banwaan pakatapos kan
giyera mundial. Katubuan kan mga may
sadiri kan mga harong na ini, asin kun
sain ini mga nakatugdok, nagpapahiling
kan estatura asin importansya ninda.
Marhay na sa paggibo nin imbentaryo
kan mga mahalagang rekursos
kultural kan sarong lugar ibali man an
arkitektura.

Bright Leaf Search for Outstanding

Agriculture Journalist is on
NAGA CITY ---In an endeavor to
make the competition even bigger each
year, the Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards Team travels far and
wide, visiting every key cities in the
county to personally invite journalists
to help promote agriculture through
their respective media entities representing radio, print and television.
Now on its 9th year, the Bright Leaf
Agriculture Journalism Awards Secretariat travelled back to the City of Smiles
once again and personally gathered members of the media over the weekend to

inner chess
by j. henry danican

By Ana-Liza S. Macatangay
encourage them to send news stories and
features promoting inspiring tales regarding agriculture.
Paula B. Nucum of the 2015 Bright
Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards Secretariat stated that stories eligible for the
competition are those which had been
aired or published between Sept. 1 2014
and August 31, 2015. The deadline for
submission of entries is on September 4,
2015.
Local journalists may pick from the

following categories:
Agriculture
Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo
of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year,
Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio
Program or Segment, Best Agriculture
News Story National, Best Agriculture
News Story Regional, Best Agriculture
Feature Story National Best Agriculture Feature Story Regional, and The
Oriental Leaf Award.
The Department of Agriculture (DA)
Regional Office here, represented by
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may 24-30, 2015

bikol reporter

NFA offers low priced rice as school-year opening treat

By Ana-Liza S. Macatangay
PILI, Camarines Sur
As thousands of school
children troop back to
school this June, government agencies like the National Food Authority has
also thought of an initiative
that will lessen the everyday worries and concern of
each Bicolano family an
affordable food in front of
their table.
NFA Camarines Sur Provincial Office has joined
forces with the Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI)
in their 2-day Diskwento
Caravan successfully conducted over the weekend and
sold a low-priced government rice at P27.00 per kilo,
almost half of the price of the

existing cost of rice found in

the local marketplace.
NFA employees managed
the selling of packed NFA
rice ranging from 1 to 2 kilos
to the consumers from 7 am
to 6pm as a complimentary
initiative to the discounted
school supplies offered by
DTI.
Other commercial
establishments also participated in the caravan and sold
different merchandise from
food items like dry goods and
poultry products to non-food
items like toiletries and other
school items.
NFA Camarines Sur Provincial Manager Engr. Gloria Tabayag is also happy to
announce that NFA buying
price is now in full swing.

Palay procurement of the

cereal agency in this province
has reached its peak at an average intake of 5,000 6,000
bags daily. Palay traders
lowered its buying price to P
16.80 17.00 per kilo compared to last month of P 17.50
to 18.20. The trend is normal
when the height of harvest
is already in full swing in
the area with the principle
of supply and demand, Tabayag stated.
Currently, NFA Camarines
Sur has 4 operational buying

stations located in various

municipalities in the province Ocampo, Iriga City,
Libmanan, and the two (2)
terminal warehouses located
in Palestina, Pili.
If the volume in procurement continues to increase
above its target, the agency
will have to lease additional
warehouses to accommodate
excess volume of the present
four (4) warehouses. We also
set-up a goal for this summer,
targeting a harvest of 125,500
cavans, the official added.

Security rice stocks are

also in place and saved up
for off-season palay harvest,
usually occurring from June
to December. NFA Camarines Sur has a buffer stock
of 170,000 cavans (imported
rice) to augment the consumer needs and demands during
the said month.
NFA Assistant Provincial
Manager Nora Follosco also
confirmed that they can still
get rice supply from other
areas should there will be a
need to augment the existing

supply if there will be more

demand for the staple cereal.
Should there be a need
for more supply, the harvest
of our farmers will be augmented by the additional
rice transfer from Albay of
200,000 bags of imported
rice. If necessary, local palay
procured this season will be
programmed for milling.
Just recently, the NFA GID
Libmanan warehouse located
in Sitio bagaba, Barangay
Bahay in Libmanan was in(Turn to page 6)

CNorte readies for 2015

population census
By Rosalita B. Manlangit

DAET, Camarines Norte

The Provincial Statistics
Authority (PSA) is gearing
up for the upcoming 2015
Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) by convening
their Municipal Census Coordinating Board (MCCB)
and recruitment of enumerators in the different barangays of this province.
Earlier, Provincial Census
Coordinating Board (PCCB)
was convened to seek support
for the upcoming POPCEN
2015.
The listing and enumeration for the POPCEN 2015
will be from August 1-31,
2015 that will last for about 25
working days including Saturdays and holidays.
PSA interim chief Anabella D. Barquillasaid that
POPCEN 2015 is a complete
enumeration of households

in the country and designated

primarily to take an inventory
of the population of the entire
Philippines.
It is the 14th census of population to be undertaken in the
country since the first census
in 1903. She said that it aims
to provide government executives, policy and decision
makers, and planners with the
population data, especially
updated population counts of
all barangays in the country
on which to base their social
and economic development
plans, policies and programs.
She also sought the support
of the board in the conduct of
the census in the province by
providing facilities like transportation, communications,
training and lodging as well as
in security, publicity and other
logistics needed.
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Agrarian coops get

P7.7M assistance
LEGAZPI CITY -Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Camarines Norte
lauded the Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP) for
approving the P7.7 million
credit lines for five agrarian
reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs).
DAR Bicol regional director Luis Bueno Jr. said
that the credit assistance is a
tripartite program of the the
DAR, Department of Agriculture (DA) and LBP under
the Agricultural Production
Credit Program (APCP).
The program is designed
primarily to provide loans to
farmer-beneficiaries and their
households through cooperatives or ARBOs and other
farmers organizations to
support their individual or
communal crop production,
agri-enterprise and other
livelihood projects, Bueno
said.
The five recipient ARBOs

and their business production

are: the pineapple production
for Caayunan Multi-Purpose
Cooperative, Brgy. Iberica
Cassava Pineapple & Processing Association and MAGCAISA ARC Organization,
the Enhanced rice production
for Sta. Elena Farmers MPC
and the Daet Talisay River Irrigation System Div-C Irrigators Association.
According to Bueno, the
credit program would also
provide trainings, coaching
and mentoring for the ARBOs to enhance their access
to credit and improve their
capability in sustaining crop
production.
The provision of credit
assistance to ARBs such the
APCP, is a component of ARRCESS (Agrarian Reform
Community Connectivity and
Economic Support Services)
that seeks to reduce poverty
in agrarian reform areas,
said Bueno. -- PIA5

NEW AMBULANCE FOR NAGA

Congresswoman Leni Robredo, acting Mayor Nelson Legacion and

Attorney Ferdinand Roxas attends the blessing of the new PCSO

building located at the Jessie M. Robredo Coliseum. PCSO also

turns over a new ambulance to Naga City as a public service.

may 24-30, 2015

Bikol reporter

nagas tax performance . . .

services.
Last year, the city mayor
was also cited by the Bureau
of Internal Revenue (BIR) for
his leading role in supporting
the agencys tax collection
drive within his area of jurisdiction.
BLGF OIC-Regional Director Florencio Dino III this
week handed the mayor a
certificate of recognition for
registering the largest contribution to the total local revenue collection of all cities in

the Bicol Region for 2014.

The city was able to collect in business and real property taxes the total amount of
P555.76M which represents
43.98%, or nearly half of the
total P1.26B collection of Bicol cities. This means that the
remainder of 56.02% were
shared by total collection of
the 6 other cities.
It was noted that Naga
Citys collection was even
higher than Albays collection
of P490.78M for the same

errATuM on the Petition for Correction of Entry in

Sex mistakenly dated published on February 1 & 8,
2014, the correct date of publication must be February
1 & 8, 2015.
republic of the Philippines
LoCAL CIVIL reGISTry oFFICe
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

NoTICe To THe PuBLIC

CCE-0079-2014 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 GerALDINe
CAyAByAB eVANGeLISTA has filed with this Office,
a Petition for correction of entry in Sex from FEMALE
to MALe in the certificate of live birth of GERALDINE
CAYABYAB EVANGELISTA at Libmanan, Camarines
Sur and whose parents are JOSE EVANGELISTA and
GERONIMA CAYABYAB.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
February 13, 2015.
(Sgd.) eMILIe S. AGNeS-DAIrAo
Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKoL rePorTer
Published: MAy 24, 2015

AFFIDAVIT oF CLAIM wITH wAIVer oF rIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the only
surviving heirs of the deceased depositor TrIINIDAD Q.
BANDIBAS who died on December 19, 2014; with no
known debts or obligations at the time of her death, left
Savings Deposit with the Philippine Veterans Bank, Naga
City; the Heirs hereby request said Bank to release the
balance deposit in favor of LUCENA B. RIVERA, her coheirs having waived their rights over the said deposit in her
favor, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Imee
Abardo-Estrada., Doc. No. 119, Page No. 24, Book No.XIV,
Series of 2015.
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Published: May 10, 17 and 24, 2015

Balatas road, Brgy. Balatas, naga City

period. Albay is regions top

performing revenue collector among the provinces. The
amount represents 25.92% of
the P1.89B accumulated collections of the 6 Bicol provinces.
Meanwhile, the BLGF
also cited City Treasurer Gregoria Nilda B. Abonal for
her continuing efforts on local revenue generation, thereby enabling the city of Naga
to register such a feat.
In an interview, Abonal
thanked the citys taxpayers
for paying their taxes promptly and correctly. She added
that she is not resting on her
laurels as her office will be
pushing for more serious information dissemination on
tax collection campaign by
November, this year, in close
coordination with the City
Events, Protocol and Public
Information Office (CEPPIO).
Her office was also commended for being rated
very good in the LGU Fiscal Sustainability Scorecard.
The offices performance on
this field was evaluated by
the Department of Finance
(DOF).
The scoreboard is a summation of scores from the
Key Result Areas of Revenue
Generation Capacity, Local
Revenue Growth and Expenditure Management, largely
based on the timely and accurate submission of the electronic Statement of Receipts

cnorte readies for 2015 . . .

Barquilla said that they
will be conducting trainings
on July for the enumerators
who will do the house-tohouse interviews. In line with
this, Governor Edgardo Tallado has issued Executive Order
2015-15 organizing the PCCB
in the province of Camarines
Norte for the POPCEN 2015.
This is in pursuant to Republic Act 10625, also known
as the Philippine Statistical
Act of 2013 that the PSA shall
prepare and conduct periodic
census of population, housing,
agriculture, fisheries, industry
and other sectors of the community.
The PCCB Chairperson
is Governor Edgardo Tallado
while the Vice Chairperson is
Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ruby S. Abundabar
of Department of Education
(DepEd) Camarines Norte.
The members are provincial heads/chief of Department
of Interior and Local Governand Expenditures (eSRE) being monitored, reviewed and
approved by the BLGF.
City Assessor Ramon R.
Albeus was also given the
same recognition for sharing
his efforts on local revenue
generation.
The awards were given
last May 7, 2015 during the
2nd Quarter Regional Conference of Bicol Treasurers
and Assessors in Legazpi
City.

mfis assure health services . . .

life of many Filipinos, said
Dr. Alip.
In 2006, FFH and CARD
MRI partnered in implementing the Microfinance and
Health Protection (MaHP)
Program. The partnership between the two organizations
continued because of its desire to reach more Filipinos
and provide them with health
services. In 2013, and with
CARD leading the initiative,
18 MFIs in the Philippines
signed a MOA to include
basic health services in their
main programs and share
leadership and resources to
efficiently and effectively deliver said health services that
will benefit about 4.3 million
clients. MaHP was established
to complement the services of
the government. With the outreach and structure of MFIs,
millions of microfinance clients will be reached.

This 2015, the 18 MFIs

grew to 21 to deliver health
service to the communities
who are unable to attend a
formal health care service.
With this growing number
of MFIs more clients will be
provided with health protection services.

ment (DILG), Department of

Public Works and Highways
(DPWH), Philippine National
Police (PNP), Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippine
Information Agency (PIA),
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP),
Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP) and
Socio-Pastoral Action Center
Foundation, Inc. (SFACFI).

The other members are

chief of the provincial government offices such as the
Provincial Planning and Development Office, Provincial
Assessors Office, Provincial Agriculturist, Provincial
Health Office, Provincial Social Welfare and Development
Office and the Provincial Information Office.
The Provincial Statistics
Authority is the Executive Officer of the PCCB.

nfa offers low priced . . .

augurated. The warehouse
has a designed capacity of
100,000 cavans at a cost of P
19,000,000.00.
As its counterpart, the local government of Libmanan
shared an initial P500,000.00
to start the road construction
going to the site and ease the
transport of palay produce of

the farmers from their farm to

the warehouse. The rest was
duly funded by the Department of Agriculture Region V
thru the assistance of DA Director Abelardo Bragas. The
blessing of the warehouse
was attended by the NFA officials and employees headed
by Administrator Dalisay.

errATuM on the Petition for Change of First Name

mistakenly dated published on February 1 & 8, 2014,
the correct date of publication must be February 1 &
8, 2015.
republic of the Philippines
LoCAL CIVIL reGISTry oFFICe
Province: Camarines Sur
City/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 euLA GAy
CHICA oMNeS has filed with this Office, a Petition for
Change of First Name from EULA GAY ESPERANZA to
euLA GAy in the certificate of live birth of EULA GAY
ESPERANZA CHICA who was born on October 26, 1955
at Taban, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents
are JOVENTINO D. CHICA and MYRIAM ABAD.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
February 13, 2015.
(Sgd.) eMILIe S. AGNeS-DAIrAo
Municipal Civil Registrar
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Published: MAy 24, 2015

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LyDIA M. BrIoSo
VICeNTe F. euSTe Sr.
MArIA NIMFA o. MurALLo
CASIANo V. BueNAAGuA
NyDIA S. SerVINo
PeDro T. GArCero Jr
ABrAHAM F. CurBA Sr.
eLMer B. VALeNZueLA
oTILIA B. CLAVo
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CHArITy B. FerNANDeZ
reNe L. KALAw
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ToMASA T. reCIeNTeS
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MArIA CorAZoN A. orANTe
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MANueL C. TIPoNeS
MAGDALeNA S. VerAr

DATe oF INTerMeNT
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may 24-30, 2015

bikol reporter

Bicol goat- raisers meet

LEGAZPI CITY Unity
is strength. The success of
the recently conducted 1st
Bicol Small Ruminant Assembly or Unang BiSiRA
has proven this old maxim.
Initiated by the ASRRA
with the full support of the
RAFC, Albay Provincial Vet
Services, the DA regional office, and the full attendance
of officers and members of
small ruminants raisers association of the five provinces of the region, the twoday assembly has provided
updates on goat and sheep
raising technologies and
benefits of goat meat and
milk. But more than that
it has forged a closer bond
among the stakeholders of
the small ruminant industry

in the region.
Some 400 goat and sheep
raisers, producers, dairy product processors LGU representatives from all over the region, veterinary students, rural
youths and supporters from
government agencies led by
the DA attended the assembly.
DA Undersecretary for
Livestock Jose C. Reao , in
his key note address, said the
association is the hope of the
small communities. The challenge is how to mainstream
goat meat into the local market
which is proliferated by popular meat types such as chicken
and pork. He underscored the
need to empower and legitimize farmers as entrepreneurs.
He cited that in France, goat
milk is 5 times more expen-

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sive than cows milk. There is

also big demand for goat meat
in Muslim countries.
Usec. Reao also discussed
Multiplier Farms as DAs support to LGUs under the AgriPinoy Livestock Program. It
has 4 components namely:
goats, native pig, chicken and
bee farming or apiculture.
Meanwhile, the DA genetic
program focuses on 1) entrepreneurial system, 2) nutrition,
3) animal health and 4) value
adding such as processing of
meat and milk and production
of leather materials.
Dr. Rubina Cresencio, Director of the Bureau of Animal
Industry said one of the BAIs
current thrust is strengthening collaboration with SUCs
in Research and Development
component. She added that the
BAI is pushing for the enactment of the Animal Industry
and Veterinary Services Act
which is now in Congress.
The Philippines is now recognized as FMD free country
without vaccination enabling
our country to export livestock products to other countries, and she hopes that Albay
province will take advantage
of this opportunity.
The assembly was also
graced by Hon. Christopher
Co of Ako Bikol Partylist;
Legazpi City Vice Mayor Vitorio Roces who represented
Mayor Noel Rosal; Eduardo
Lomerio, DA Field Operations Chief who read the
message of Director Abelardo Bragas; Dr. Florencio
Adonay, OIC Provincial Vet
of Albay; and Jose Cordero,
RAFC V chair. Dr. Elena delos Santos, DA RTD for Operations and Extension and

Volunteers at Work

Aquing Marupit Organization volunteers assisted the BMC Surgical Team in the Operation
Tuli held at the Marupit Elementary School, Camaligan, Cam. Sur.

currently Officer-in-Charge
also dropped by late in the
day as she just arrived from
a meeting in Manila. Director Bragas is on official travel outside the country.
Topics in the lecture series
were: Understanding the Potential of the Goat Industry by
Noel M. Soliman III, DVM
President of Federations of
Goats and Sheep Producers
and Association of the Philippines, Inc. (FGASPAPI);
Basic Requirements for Goat
Raising by Ernest H. Serranzana, FLS-GEM Accredited
Trainor; Introduction to Alternative Approaches to Traditional Goat Raising Management by Dr. Emil Cruz,
head of CLSU Small Ruminant Center; Establishing &
Managing Feed Resources
- Technological Alternatives
to Traditional Feeding by Jai-

Bright Leaf Search for . . .

its Public Information Officer
Emily Bordado joined this
years roadshow to share the
significant milestones that the
agriculture sector has accomplished through the years and
the current innovations being
done by the government to alleviate the condition of the
farmers in the Bicol Region.
Bordado said that the importance being given by the
Bright Leaf to agriculture
news stories also promote the
noble task of our farmers who
had been the silent workforce
in the country since time immemorial.
Bordado discussed President Benigno Aquino IIIs
priority programs for agriculture that can be used by
participating journalists as
their contest materials. Under the DAs banner program
are Agripinoy Rice Program,
Agripinoy Corn Program,
Agripinoy High Value Commercial Crops Program, Agripinoy Livestock Program and
the Organic Agriculture Program.
Aside from the news articles and broadcast materials,
photo journalists were also
given a fair share in the competition by including the Best
Agriculture and Best Tobacco
photo of the year.
Members of the jurors are
composed of veteran journalists, members of the academe, screenwriters, authors,
and photographers who have

achieved excellence in their

own professional fields.
Entries may be in submitted in English or any of the
Philippine regional dialects.
For local networks that will
use their local dialect, participants should provide an English translation as part of the
requirement.
Interested partakers may
call the Bright Leaf Secretariat at (0915) 550-8301 or
(0918) 413-0797. They can
also send an email at secretariat@thebrightleafawards.
com or visit www.thebrightleafawards.com.

me San Buenaventura of the

Bureau of Animal Industry;
Technical Alternatives to Traditional Health, Management
& Reproductive Physiology
of Goats by Virginia M. Venturina, DVM; Central Luzon
State University; Capacitating
the Farmers through PrivatePublic Partnership using the
Farmers Livestock School
Goat Enterprise Management
(FLS-GEM) by Dr. Soliman;
Concept of Enterprise Building and Financial Analysis of
Goat-based Enterprise by Jo
Clemente, FGASPAPI Secretary; and Goats and Your
Health by Rufo T. Llorin, MD,
owner of Naga City Goat Farm
and FGASPAPI vice president
for Luzon.
Lots of prizes were raffled
off to participants including
50 pcs. laminated sacks, 10
sets garden tools, 50 sacks

hybrid corn seeds, prizes from

major sponsors, and the grand
prize was one (1) packet sheep
which was won by Christian
Encinas, of Daet, Camarines
Norte.
Likewise, contests on
goat milk drinking, slogan/
poster making and ostrich
egg painting and chevon
cooking contest were gamely joined by the participants.
Jan-Rhea Grageda of Camalig, Albay won the cooking
contest. The live animal
exhibits of purebred goats
including
Anglo-Nubian,
Saanen, Alpine, La Mancha, Toggenburg, Boer, etc.
and Dorper and other sheep
breeds added color to the
event. Products and services from animal nutrition
and health care companies
were also showcased in their
booths. -Lovella P. Guarin

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regional exponent for progress

Upwell of govt. services

set for Presentacion
By Ana-Liza S.
Macatangay

outstanding local newspaper

For Five Consecutive Years by the St. Peter
Baptist Catholic Mass Media Awards

BIKOL
REPORTER

may 24-30, 2015

NAGA CITY --- The

coastal town of Presentacion
will be the latest recipient of
the governments Information and Services Caravan,
one of the national governments initiatives meant to
alleviate poverty in the countryside.
Slated from May 27 to 30,
various government agencies
will converge to bring their resources to the different coastal
barangays of the said town and
acquaint the constituents of
the services that they can avail
from participating institutions.
Spearheading the event is
the Regional Development
Council- Regional InterAgency Advocacy Committee (RDC-RIAC) together

Aguirangan Island

with the National Economic

and Development Authority
(NEDA), Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Fiber
Development Authority, National Food Authority (NFA),

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

(BSP), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Department
of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) as part of the Eco-

nomic Cluster.
Participating under the Social Development Cluster is
the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC), National Nutrition
Council (NNC) and the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD). The
Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH), Maritime Industry Authority and
Land Transportation Office
(LTO) will also be joining under the Infrastructure Cluster.
The Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA), Department
of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine
National Police (PNP) and the
Philippine Army (PA) who will
also showcase their services
will be participating under the
Development Administration
Cluster.
Philippine
Information
Agency (PIA) Bicol Regional
Office OIC Regional Director Aida Alcazar-Naz stated
that the caravan is meant to
bring the government services
right at the doorstep of each
family particularly those who
have less access to the various government interventions.
PIA functions as head of the
Regional Inter-Agency Advocacy Committee.
Expected to deliver their
messages during the first day
of the caravan is Camarines
Sur 4th District Representative Felix William Wimpy
Fuentebella,
Presentacion
Mayor Jaime Delea, NEDA
V Director Agnes M. Espinas
and DILG V OIC Regional
Director Eloisa Pastor.
One of the highlights of the
2-day information and service
caravan is the mangrove planting in support of the National
Greening Program of the
Aquino government. DENR
will also conduct a film showing and exhibit to showcase the
importance of proper coastal
and marine management. The
activity is just in time for the
DENRs celebration of the
Month of the Ocean under the
theme: Stand Up, Save our
Reefs.
DA will also distribute agriculture implements, including
garden tools to Presentacions
18 barangays while the PA and
PNP will conduct a free medical and dental mission in cooperation with the DOH and municipal health office of LGU
Presentacion. Other services
up for grabs are scholarship
opportunities from DepEd and
TESDA while NNC will conduct its operation timbang.