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Albay is 1st top destination Awardee

LONDON -- Expect Albay to draw

more
and
more
worldwide attention
in travel and tourism
from hereon.

Albay Governor Joey

Salcedas strong pitch for
his province as a genuine
top global tourist destination when he received the
2015 Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) CEO
Challenges Top Destination Award in formal rites
at the StationersHill along
Ave Maria Lane in this
British capital last Nov. 2,
instantly drew enthusiastic
raves and response.
The PATA award has

Gov. SALCEDA
made Albay the Philippines
foremost bet in the travel
and tourism industry now.
Following Salcedas speech
at the awards rites, giant
travel and tourism players
approached and assured him
they will henceforth put Al-

bay in their top priority destination lists.

One immediate proof of
this emerging trend is the
dramatic surge in the registration attendance for the 2015
PATA New Frontiers Forum
which Albay hosts on Nov.
25-27 this year, following the
London event. From an initial 191 confirmed registered
participants, the number has
more than doubled and needs
to be capped at 460 even as
interested registrants are projected to surpass 600.
Addressing the PATA advocacy dinner, which was
attended by some 151 travel
and tourism CEOs from all
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leni cites her

Bicol roots

gAther ye little Children

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Vice Presidential Candidate Rep. Leni G. Robredo says children are closest to her heart. I also felt their hardship.

SOGOD, Bacacay, Albay -- I am the pure and

true Bicolano, Camarines
Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, the
Liberal Party's vice presidential candidate, claimed
as her edge over four other
Bicolano aspirants for the
same position.
In an impromptu dialogue
with local media and leaders
of the Lagman political clan at
its ancestral residence here on
Saturday afternoon, Robredo
said he is the only genuine
Bicolano as she was born and
raised in Bicol, unlike her political rivals who started their
basic education in schools
outside the Bicol Region.
Awing her audience and
the media with her simplic-

Rep. ROBREDO
ity and straightforwardness,
the Camarines Sur solon
said she is proud to finish
her elementary and secondary schooling at the Unibersidad de Santa Isabel in
Naga City.
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CAthy & tito

Everywhere they go, the tandem of Camarines Norte Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernotarial
Candidates incumbent Rep. Cathy Barcelona-Reyes and Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion is always
meet with heartwarming welcome as they bring along with them their Medical Clinic or Handog
Kalusugan Services in priority areas in the Province.

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editorials
Biting the Bullet
Two big international events which the country is
hosting this month necessitate an immediate solution
to the laglag-bala racket at the NAIA.
These are the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting from 1819
November 2015 in Manila; and the Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) New Frontiers Forum on Nov. 2527 in Albay.
The bullet-planting scam which has become a
national source of shame needs not just a deeper
investigation, as suggested by Liberal Party
candidate Mar Roxas in his recent Bicol visit but a
total shake-up in the NAIA operations.
www.wsj.com
We need not repeat the obvious. This
scheme is
nothing new in the NAIA culture which has become
synonymous with bribery and extortion activities,
albeit, in either discreet or embarrassing ways.
We are saying the bullet planting is rooted in
the Pinoys creativity at designing schemes to earn
money the easiest way.
Those who are doing this therefore are clearly
dyed-in-the-wool shady characters.
Ergo, the Pnoy administration should not just
make a teka-teka or well dig into that, assurance
about it.
It either should take the advice of the police chief
in the Charles Bronson movie, Death Wish, to scare
off, the vigilante Paul Kersey which Bronson plays;
or quote Dirty Harrys question to a rogue cop: Do I
feel lucky?
Were saying the Aquino administration should
bite the bullet in the bullet planting brouhaha at
NAIA.

Raising the Ante

Whoever is ripping the tarps of UNA candidates

Arnie Fuentebella and Peachy Alfelor-Moraleda is
not helping raise the level of political campaign in
the province.
We do not think that it is the people of the
incumbent in the Capitol behind this for otherwise,
they are doing a disservice to their boss who was
picked way back by a glossy magazine where he
was featured as one of Men who Matter.
We are certain Gov. Migz Villafuerte wants to
matter and continue to matter for the people of
Camarines Sur; and this he will show by leading
by example to ensure that the elections will be one
that will be fought on platforms and principles and
not personalities.
We do not think that he will direct his men to go
on a tarp-ripping operation, just like what happened
to that tarp at Palestina which clearly was directed
at his administration.
We nevertheless, along the principles of
transparency and accountability, demand that the
good governor should answer what was printed on
that tarp.
On the other hand, if this tarp-tearing is the
handiwork of a third invisible party, then it will be
everybodys job to ensure that the coming election
will, as hoped for by the regional COMELEC chief,
be relatively peaceful.

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november 8 - 14, 2015

Apec Summit in Manila

(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).
FLIGHTS: Over 350 flight schedules
both domestic and international have
been cancelled from Nov.15 to 20 due
to the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Leaders Summit. Up to 21
global leaders are expected to attend.
Much earlier, the DOTC had already
advised the Philippine flag carriers about
the periodic runway restrictions to be
imposed for the duration of the summit.
The insufficiency of our runways has
surfaced. Mahirap ba itong ma-solve?
The flight cancellations are called for to
prevent further congestion that is already
being experienced at the NAIA. The
problem is exacerbated by unpredictable
weather conditions that also cause flight
delays. There had been experiences
of airplanes running out of fuel in the air
while waiting for the signal to land. Some
of the flights are being diverted to Clark
Airport which causes inconveniences
to passengers, especially those with
connecting flights.
ROAD TRAFFIC:
Traffic rerouting
schemes will also be implemented along
major MManila roads. Express/VIP lanes
will be made accessible only to APEC
vehicles. Malacanang is now encouraging
MM residents to go out of town. In our
desire to please the delegates, we want
Filipinos to sacrifice. Why dont we just
show our visitors the fact that we are a
poor country, with lots of problems? Our

opinions
unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
artificiality is wreaking havoc on Filipinos
lives.
Many who have booked flights as early
as July when the President announced
that Nov. 18 and 19 would be non-working
holidays are also having problems. Their
flight cancellations leave no alternative
because their planes wont be flying to
their destinations. How can people fly out
of MM when their pre-booked flights have
been cancelled? Does this show lack of
planning on the part of our government
or plain braggadocio? Ano ba ito - Haay,
Naku!
CREDIT: Consumer loans extended
by Philippine banks jumped by 19.3% in
the first semester of 2015 on the back
of the strong demand for auto and real
estate loans. BSP data showed consumer
loans extended by universal, commercial
and thrift banks amounted to P959.2B
up to end-June, which is P155.13B
higher compared to P802.05B last year.
The amount is 2.83% or P26.4B higher

compared to P932.78B booked in end

March 2015.
The BSP reported that auto loans
reached P259.36B in end-June,
P52.32B more compared to P207.04B
in same period last year. Residential
realty loans surged 17.34% to P409.2B
in end-June from P348.7B last year
amid tightening of credit standards
imposed by banks. Residential realty,
however was P2.27B lower compared
to P411.4B booked in March this year.
BSP Loan Officers Survey showed
banks imposed tighter credit standards
for the 13th straight quarter.
INCOME TAX:
The Philippines
has the highest corporate income tax
rates among the ASEAN six. Our high
corporate income tax rate puts us in a
slippery slope. With the advent of the
ASEAN Economic Community next
year, businesses, large and small, can
invest freely across ASEAN states
without capital controls. Other things
considered, why will investors choose
to set up shop in the Philippines when
our own government takes the largest
chunk of their income?
As of now, Phl gets the least foreign
direct investments (FDIs) in the ASEAN
6. Last year, our FDIs of $6.2B was
a pittance to Singapores $67.4B and
Indonesias $25.6B. This year, our FDIs
are down by 40%. It goes to show that
being Investment Grade is not the
end-all, be-all in attracting FDIs. Sen.
Sonny Angaras bill to reduce corporate
income tax of 30% will reduce it to 27%

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P385 M disaster aid unused, P1 Billion in QRF

disaster fund idle, Tanim-Bala in Internat'l Airport
The front page of the Daily Tribune
dated November 2, 2015 is the following:
P385 million in disaster aid unused-COA
(Commission on Audit) Govt kept donations
in DBP since 2008 it was deposited as
trust fund in the DBP and it has earned an
interest of P1,709.00 million.
The following is the reported complete
list of donations and utilization attached to
the audit report:
* Typhoon Frank (June 2008) total
donations P26.26 million-remaining balance
P5.83 million;
* Flashflood in Cagayan de Oro/Gingoog/
Iligan (January 2009) total P2.045 million
amount intact;
* Tropical storm Sendong (Dec. 2011)
total P126.843 million-balance P114.507
million;
* Tropical storm Ondoy and Peping
(Sept. 2009) total P40.925 million balance
P36.143 million;
* Typhoons Pedring and Quiel (Sept./
Oct. 2011) total P16.784 million, balance
P12.019 million;
* Typhoon Pablo (Dec. 2012) total

from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones
P102.315 million, amount intact. Habagat
flooding (Aug. 2012) total P7.627 million,
amount intact;
* Various disasters undated total
P1.039 million, amunt intact;
* Typhoon Maring (Aug. 2013) total
P45,216 amount intact;
* Zamboanga siege (Sept. 2013) total
P158,924 M amount intact;
* Bohol earthquake (Oct. 2013) total
P4.983 million, amount intact;

* Typhoon Yolanda (Nov. 2013) total

P136.997 million balance P98.242 m
illion.
The COA claimed that the total
unused donations being kept by OCD
in DBP stood at P384.95 million. The
OCD claimed it was not able to release
the funds due to failure of claimants to
comply with the requirements. They can
no longer submit precisely because of the
calamity typhoon that struck them in the
armed conflict that plagued them.
Anak Pawis Rep. Fernando Hicap
said in a statement: The rage of typhoon
victims is indescribable over the Aquino
government criminal negligence, many
have lost their farms and other hardships
but we are to discover that donations
supposed to help them are headed;
the Aquino government should be held
responsible for this mercilessness.
Is this the righteous path on Daang
Matuwid of the administration? It
obviously appears as a heartless and
uncompassionate path.
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The year of the Oragon

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The flattering description of a Bicolano

as Oragon-smart, feeling superior,
unafraid of nothing, not even death, deeply
honest- has found much credence in the
choice of four native-born Bicolanos and
one Bicolano by marriage for the vice
presidency.
A victory in the May, 20l6 polls by
anyone of them will place a Bicolano within
a shouting distance from Malacanang. If
ever this happens, we may have the first
Bicolano vice president and who knows a
President years from now.
That is a dizzying but not too impossible
dream to come true.
The five are Leni Robredo of Camarines
Sur, Chiz Escudero and Gregorio Honasan
of Sorsogon, Antonio Trillanes and Alan
Peter Cayetano of Albay. Cayetanos wife
is from Tiwi, Albay.
The entry of Bongbong Marcos with
his vaunted Solid North, the Ilocos
Region, does not dim the chances of the
five descendants of the Bicol epic hero,
Ibalong.His Solid North against the whole

A
Question
of
privilege

salvador d. flor

country of anti-Marcos legions does not

give him any advantage.
His camp has the delusion that a
hopelessly divided Bicol Region will hand
over the vice presidency on a silver platter
to Bongbong. That is easier said than
done.
Bongbongs supporters have forgotten the peoples abhorrence for
anything associated with the late dictator
is very much alive, nurtured by the

present economic
mess, poverty,
unemployment, corruption , blamed on
his fathers 20 years regime of plunder.
The fear of another Marcos in
Malacanang is not a monopoly of
Opposition Metro Manila and other antiMarcos bastions. It is pulsating in every
nook and corner of the archipelago.
No, never again. That is the battle
cry of many Filipinos today who have
gone through the dark days of martial
law.Is that good for Bongbong?
The estimated Bicol votes of about
a couple of millions are admittedly
not enough to install a Bicolano as
vice president. But harnessing the still
smouldering anti-Marcos sentiments
and turning them into votes will make a
difference.
But who among the five has the
resources and the organization to send
Bongbong to the canvass, down and
out, except Leni Robredo who has the
support of the LP machinery.Todays
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Pyesta nin mga Gadan

Tanda ko kan mga sadit pa kaming aki kan sakong mga
tugang asin kapipinsanan. Nagigin garo playground an
sementeryo kada pyesta nin mga gadan. Minarilibot kami sa
mga pontod para magkolekta nin mga natunaw na kandila para
guibuhong bola o ihurma sa manlaen-laen na klaseng kawatan
arog kan badil-badilan saka robot. Syempre kadakli sa nairiba
sa ekspedisyon na ini si mga aking lalaki. Bihira man magiba si mga pinsan ko na babae sa pagkolekta nin natunaw na
kandila ta mas gusto nindang mag-iristoryahan nin katakotan
sa ibabaw kan nitso nina lolo asin lola. Minsan man minabali
man kami sa iristoryahan manungod sa aswang, multo saka
zombies.
Garo nagigin dakulang picnic area ang sementeryo kada
pyesta nin mga gadan. Saro ini sa mga taonan na espesyal na
aldaw na nagin parte kan sakong pagiging aki na ina-antisiparan
ko kadto kada Nobyembre. Apuera kaya sa medyo halabang
bakasyon, pagkakataon man an pyesta nin mga gadan para
magkahirilingan kami kan sakong mga pinsan. Yaon pa dyan
idagdag an mga masisiram na pagkakan na dara kan samong
mga magurang, mga tiyo asin tiya. Bilang mga aki, harayo man
sa isip mi an talagang kahulugan kan okasyon. Para sa samo
saro lang ini sa mga pagkakataon para mag-ogma dawa ngani
minsan naaagotan por dahil sa kalikutan.
Bilang mga aki harayo na marhay sa mga isip mi an tunkol
sa kagadanan. Iyo, aram mi man na mga gadan na kapartidaryo
an dahilan kun tano kami minbisita sa sementeryo pero dae
man kami masyadong apektado ta si mga nakalubong, pwera
na lang siguro ki Lola Vacion, dae mi naman inabutan o
namidbidan. Mga pangaran lang sa lapida ang Emiliano Neola,
Barbara Gonzalez, Ernesto Neola asin iba pa na maski ngani
sa ritrato dae mi naman nahiling.
Alagad sa pag-agi kan mga taon habang kami nagdadakula
padiit-diit man na nag-iba an samong pananaw asin gawi
kada pyesta nin mga gadan. Yaon pa man si mga iristoryahan
pero ibang tema naman an pinag-uurulayan. Kan kami mga
teenagers na halimbawa, tungkol naman sa mga crushes saka
sa barkada ang tema. Nawara naman si hilig magkolekta nin
mga natunaw na kandila. Hangang nag-abot si panahon na
mga girlfriends saka boyfriends na an kaibanan sa sementeryo
kada petsa uno kan Nobyembre. An kadakli samo dae naman
minahaloy sa may nitso ta kun bakong masimba maduman pa
sa ibang sementeryo kun saen nakalubong si mga kapartidaryo
kan kabarkada o kailusyon.
Uminabot si sarong Nobyebre uno na medyo kakaiba sa
mga nakaaging pyesta nin mga gadan. Bako na lang si mga
lolo asin lola an samong binibisita sa pontod. Naribayan na
nin pangaran kan iba sa samong mga magurang asin pinsan
an nasa mga lapida. Haros gabos naman sa samuyang
magturugang asin mga kapipinsanan an ugwa nang mga
agom asin aki.
An samong mga aki naman an nagkakarawat asin nagtitipon
nin mga natunaw na kandila habang si iba nag-iiristoryahan
nin katatakotan. Kami naman si mga sigeng pang-angot asin
pangudot sa samong mga aking pasaway. Yaon pa man giraray
si picnic alagad dakol na an nagbago.
Mga perang dekada pa an maagi kami naman an bibisitahon
kan samong mga magigin makuapo.

opinions unlimited . . .
in 2016, and 25% in 2017. It is not enough to woo investors, but
at least it puts us at par with Malaysia (and Indonesia).
PBC CALL: Filipino businessmen are urging the Aquino
administration to lower both personal income rates and corporate
income tax rates stressing that this will be a positive signal to the
investor community that will outweigh whatever projected losses
in government revenues. The PCCI said lowering the income tax
rates will empower both individual taxpayers and corporations
to spend, thereby creating economic activities that will lead to
higher taxes.
With bigger personal income, consumption will also grow
and companies will have more capital to expand to meet higher
demand. The commercial group further explained that on top of
the regular 30% Income Tax, corporations are also paying other
taxes on their products. With the I/T reduction, Philippine-based
companies will become competitive even as other ASEAN
countries are also poised to lower their I/T rates (Indonesias
I/T rate down to 18% next year from 25 %).
POLITICS: My VP candidate is still lagging behind her more
popular adversaries. But I predict that in due time once the
voting public come to meet her (as I did at the Kamay ni Hesus
Shrine) they will realize that in her simplicity, there is that good
faith and sincere desire for honest service to our people. All
those who are inspired by her should multiply their votes by
convincing their friends and associates to go for Leni Robredo.
We will never lose with her simple smiles!
Thats why I am happy that Sen. Serge Osmena has thrown
his personal support (Simple Adviser daw lang) for Congw. Leni.
The veteran politician has varied influences that can bolster
support for our candidate.
The wait-and see developments for a Rudy Duterte
presidential inclusion seem going the way of the Mayor. He has
long spoken his piece and his supporters should respect his
decision. With him out of the derby, VP Binay and LP-anointed
Mar should benefit therefrom!
WISDOM: Happiness is in our hearts. It is seen in our eyes,
and heard in the timbre of our voice. Be happy!

halo-halo

november 8 - 14, 2015

Istilo nin Kampanya

Duwang nang presidentiable an
nakaulay ta asin narisa ko an kaibahan
kan saindang istilo sa pangangampanya.
An enot iyo si Jojo Binay, duman sa
Tigaon perang semana na an nakakaagi
sa kompleanyo ni dating House Speaker
Noli Fuentebella.
Si Binay seryoso, dai nagbabago an
ekspresyon kan lalawgon, alagad diretso
an simbag, mayong pasikot-sikot.
Sabihon tang mayong kolor (dai ta
pagsusubahan an saiyang kublit dawa
an saiyang mga handlers ginamit an
pagigin niya nognog). An simbag niya
nasisingitan niya kan saiyang personal
na istorya pano siya nagpoon na
mayong-mayo asin ngonyan nagkaigwa
nin pagkakataon na makapaglingkod sa
kadaklan kan mga namamanwaan na
yaon sa kapagtiosan.
Sa sakong hapot kun ano sa pamana
asin leksyon kan EDSA an saiyang
dadarahon sa presidency, sinabi niya an
rule of law. Inaasahan ko ini ta ini man

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.
an nahihiling ta sa administrasyon ni
Pnoy na malinaw na may particular na ley
sa particular na tawo o sitwasyon. Kun
liliwaton ku an sinabi ni George Orwell sa
1984, an iba mas may ley sa iba.
Sa Daet, nadangong ko si Mar Roxas
dawa dai ko siya nahapot manongod sa
saiyang paninindugan sa pagmimina sa
Camarines Norte.

Sa saiyang diskurso, nakanood na

si Mar na maka-konektar sa saiyang
paradangog. Tatao nang magsuba.
Halimbawa, pigistorya niya kun pano
nagreklamo si Korina kan maaraman na
mapa-Daet siya sa ika-duwang beses.
Di ba may magandang kongresista
diyan na mapulang-mapula ang labi?
hapot daa ni Korina, manongod ki
Kongresista Cathy Barcelona Reyes na
magayon man nanggad asin pirmeng
mapula an ngabil.
Naogma kaini si mga nagdadangog
asin sa hiling, duman lang nakua
na niya an suporta kan mga yaon
duman.
Alagad, dapat magpahiling pa siya
nin kapusugan sa mga simbag sa mga
importanteng isyu. Garo nahihiling ko
an anino ni Presidente Pnoy saiya kun
siya minasimbag, garo mayong siertong
tindog, garo nagduduwa-duwa.
Dai ini makakatabang saiya sa
kahaluyan.

Albay is 1st Top Destination . . .

from my window . . .

over the world, Salceda highlighted the strong points why

Albay was chosen as a foremost global destination and
why travel agencies should
now put it in their list of priority spots. The dinner aims to
enhance tourism development
of emerging destinations, in a
sustainable manner.
Albay won the 2015 PATA
CEO Challenges Top Destination Award in the Regional/
Provincial category and shares
half of the US- million prize
with Thekkady, Kerala, India
which won in the second/third
tier towns and cities category.
Salceda projects tourist arrivals in Albay will further surge
after PATAs partner TripAdvisor shall have worked out the
provinces tourism marketing
strategy where Albays share
in the PATA CEO Challenge
USD 1 million prize will be
invested.
PATA Chief Executive Officer Mario Hardy presided
over the London awards
rites along with Martin Verdon-Roe, vice president of
Global Display Sales of Trip
Advisor, CEO Challenges
partner, and UN World Tourism Organization Secretary
General Taleb Rifai who was
guest of honor.
PATAs 2015 CEO Challenge Top Destination Award
is at its maiden edition and
Albay goes on record as its
very first recipient. The award
incidentally came as the Philippines launched its Visit

The Bikol region is in the typhoon belt. We might suffer the

same fate as those reported above. Why didnt anyone in the
Cabinet especially Mar Roxas complain about this hoarding of
funds! This is for our our information and study.
On the next day, Nov. 3, 2015, the headlines of the Daily
Tribune is s follows: COA report: P1 billion in QRF lay idle. More
disaster funds underspent.
This did not come from any politician or the opposition. It is a
report of the Commission on Audit.
Aside from the P385 million donations for calamity victims, the
government had withheld, the Commission on Audit also found
nearly P1 billion in dormant Quick Response Fund in state.
The Daily Tribune reported: In its 2014 annual report on the
Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) , COA noted that at least P1
billion has been slashed by the agency despite the devastation
brought by natural disasters that killed and rendered homeless
millions of Filipinos.
The Quick Response Fund which accumulated to a huge
amount of P923,153,721.00 as of December 2014 was not utilized
as envisioned and became idle, thus, depriving the intended
beneficiaries of the benefits therefrom.
If you watched and listened to many but not all of the LPs and
their allies talk about Daang Matuwid, it is as if they are clean,
very good but these COA reports speaks of conscienceless, lack
of concern and compassion for the poor victims of typhoons and
calamities and of criminal negligence. The P1 billion disaster
fund deposited as trust fund at DBP earned interest and deprived
the victims of any help at the time they needed it most and even
today. The timing is important because many died of hunger and
sickness. Can you call that the Right Path?
*****
The Philippines Ninoy Aquino International Airport was named
one of the Ten Worst Airport in the World at the time when Mar
Roxas was the Secretary of the Department of Communication
and Transportation. Now, it is no longer in the top ten list. It has
another name: The airport where there is the Tanim Bala scam
(planted bullet in the passengerrs luggage for extortion. Our
overseas Filipino workers, foreign and local travelers are now
afraid that their luggage be planted with bullets. They even wrap
their luggages with plastic material and with messages. This has
now caught a worldwide attention and I hope the Presidents men
who are in the saddle will be able to solve this embarrassing
controversy as soon as possible. This will scare foreign tourists
and investors and even our Overseas Filipino Workers who help
our economy a lot needless to say, our tourism industry will be
badly affected.

the Philippines Again 2016

campaign at World Travel
Mart at the ExCel Docklands
in London, which Salceda also
attended with Department of
Tourism Sec. Ramon Jimenez.
In connection with its latest
PATA award, he said the issue
is not about being the best but
about what can be accomplished
if people work together, stressing that all the awards and accolades Albay had received
through the years were the
products of Albayanos unity of
purpose and vision.
The governor is the driving
force behind Albays strong
tourism program for the past
eight years, introducing many
innovations which transformed the provinces sedate
travel environment into a bustling world class destination.
The DOT has declared Albay as the Philippines fastest
growing tourist destination,
posting a sustained tourism
growth of 47 percent in 2012,
66 percent in 2013 and 52 percent in the second quarter of
2014 and a soaring increase
in foreign tourist arrivals of
from 8,700 in 2006 to 339,000
in 2014.
Within that period, Salceda pushed the construction
of some 320 kilometers of access roads to new and unique
tourism destinations which,
together with his innovative programs, made Albay a
national partner for tourism
growth. DOT honored him
with its First Tourism Star

Award early this year.

PATA, the premier travel
organization in the Asia Pacific, has close to 1,000 associate groups, education and

hospitality agencies, tourism

destinations, as well as corporate, government and industrial links; and about 70 aviation
carriers as partners. - PNA

november 8 - 14, 2015

bikol reporter

DAR, LGU team up for Tinambac water supply project

LEGAZPI CITY -- The
Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR) Bicol and
the local government unit
(LGU) of Tinambac, Camarines Sur II recently joined
hands in the launching of the
community-managed potable water, sanitation and
hygiene (CPWASH) project
in the said municipality to
provide disease-free water
system to agrarian reform
beneficiaries (ARBs) and
local communities in the
said municipality.
Provincial agrarian reform
program officer I (PARPO I)
Gay L. Labad said DAR has
conceptualized CPWASH to
be done by installing lowcost water supply technology
and sanitation systems that
primarily address the requirements of safe, clean and potable water for the ARBs and
other residents in the agrarian
reform communities.
We are pushing this
project especially in remote

areas where people lack potable drinking water, Labad said as she commended
the Tinambac LGU for their
willingness to help the DAR
in this project.
Labad said DAR provided
the WATSAN Technology
while LGUs , Pag-asa Farmers and Farmworkers Association (PFFA) provided the
construction materials and
necessary labor requirements
as their project counterparts.
The project amounting to
P230,000 will include construction of 23 water and sanitation (WATSAN) facilities
including iron removal filter
(IRF), biogas digester, rain
water collector and bio-sand
filters.
This is the fifth municipality in Camarines Sur II
area where CPWASH will
be implemented after Canaman, Sagay, Caramoan, and
Garchitorena. Labad said.
On the other hand,
Tinambac mayor Ruel T.

Albay to host 2016

Palarong Pambansa
LEGAZPI CITY -- Albay won the bid to host the
Palarong Pambansa 2016
after careful deliberation
and tedious evaluation by
officials of the Department
of Education (DepEd) and
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
Albay bested Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, the lone
competitor for the bid to host
the annual national games set
next year.
The final choice was made
based on voting results by the
Palarong Pambansa Board

chaired by the DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro.

We reviewed the recommendations from the regions
and had our own deliberations. We went through billeting, facilities, your presentations, including readiness of
our regions, as well as other
considerations that are specific to 2016. Ang nanalo po
with a very, very slim margin
is Albay Luistro declared.
Before the bidding and official presentations of the two
provinces, DepEd and PSC

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Sr. Citizens City Officials Oath Taking

Acting City Mayor Nelson Legacion administered the Oath of

Office of the Senior Citizens Officials headed by SC Mayor
Lourdes Sayson, during the Nov. 2 flag ceremony.

Sr. Citizens Week

Naga City Senior Citizens Officials started working side by

side with their regular elected counterparts.

Velarde was pleased to be

selected among the recipient
LGUs. He expressed his intention to expand the project
to other barangays, acknowledging water as the basic
right of every community.
We are glad that DAR
is continuously assisting our
town through the provision of
support services such as the
provision of potable water
system, Velarde said.
Meanwhile, Edmundo Nacario, CPWASH point person,
explained the rain water collector and iron removal filter
will be constructed at Pagasa Elementary School compound while bio-sand filters
will be provided to twenty
households. Both facilities
are useful in removing limestone sediments and turn rain
water and water from artesian
well safe to drink.
While the biogas digester
will collect waste from the
piggery and other farm animals to produce methane gas
which could produce fire for
cooking, he added.
Signing of the memoran-

WATER SUPPLY PROJECT MOA SIGNING

OIC-Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I Gay L. Labad, and Tinambac Mayor Ruel T.
Velarde recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a community-based potable water
supply project. They were joined by PFFA chairman Severino Barcillano. (standing) CPWASH
point person Edmundo C. Nacario, Pag-asa Bgy.Captain Salvador N. Bermillo, Municipal
Councilor Annie Cabral, Tinambac Agrarian Reform Chief Romulo R. Caceres, and DAR
Support Services Division Chief Benjar M. Romero.

dum of agreement (MOA)

highlighted the launching led
by PARPO I Labad, mayor
Velarde, and PFFA chairperson Severino Barcillano.
Pag-asa punong barangay
Salvador Bermillo, coun-

cilor Annie Cabral, municipal agrarian reform officer

Romulo Caceres, support
services division chief Benjar Romero, and other DAR
personnel also witnessed the
activity.

Construction of the project will be done next month

and is expected to be completed and be functional after
ten days. -SAA/DAR5-PIA5/
Albay

november 8 - 14, 2015

bikol reporter

CSO readies for clean, peaceful polls

LEGAZPI CITY -- Civil
society organizations in the
Bicol Region are now preparing for possible pre-election
scenarios to ensure that the
coming May 2016 polls will
be clean and peaceful.
The church-based Parish
Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) across
the region, for one, has been
enjoining volunteers to sign up
and get involved in advocating for an honest, orderly and
peaceful election in next year's
presidential and local electoral
process.
In Albay, the the Diocese of
Legazpi, through the Diocesan
Commission on Social Concerns and Social Action Center, has officially launched the
PPCRV Election Operation as
it began to map out plans and
strategies to check pre-election
activities initiated by political
candidates.
The PPCRV, the churchbased election watchdog, has
started to closely coordinate
with the Commission on Elections, the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP)
concerning election-related issues.
The issues include the campaign against political rivalries,
political armed groups (PAGs),
loose firearms, harassment,
permit to campaign demanded
by communist insurgents and
vote-buying.
Albay Bishop Joel Baylon
of the Diocese of Legazpi urged
authorities and the PPCRV to

beef up the presence of law enforcers in areas believed to be

election hot spots.
Baylon also asked the PPCRV to launch a voters' education drive aimed at helping
voters from the countryside to
choose good political leaders.
The PPCRV will be organized in every province, city
and town in the region.
The Comelec and the PNP,
in past election events, had
identified the provinces of
Masbate, Camarines Sur and
Camarines Norte as election
areas of concern due to intense
political rivalries and the presence of PAGS and New People's Army (NPA) rebels.
Masbate had been consistently been tagged as an election hot spot in previous elections because of the intense
political rivalries among clans
there, including election-related violence that claimed the
lives of hundreds of people.

Leni cites her Bicol roots . . .

Robredo -- whose father
is from Bulan, Sorsogon and
mother, from Camarines Sur -said although she took up her
Economics degree at the University of the Philippines, she
saw to it that she would spend
her vacation in Naga City during her semestral breaks.
After earning her Economics degree in UP, she
also entered the law school at
the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC) in Naga City and
passed the bar examinations in
1990.
Comparing herself with other Bicolano candidates for the
second highest post in the land,
Robredo said she can boast that
she has worked with the grassroots by providing free legal
assistance to the poor -- unlike
her political rivals who are experienced, moneyed and have
worked with well-established

law firms, some of them having

even served big companies.
Robredo is pitted against
experienced Bicolano lawmakers Senators Chiz Escudero,
Gregorio Honasan (UNA), Allan Peter Cayetano (NP), Antonio Trillanes IV (Magdalo) and
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Soon after passing the bar,
she was employed at the governments Public Attorneys
Office (PAO) in Camarines Sur
and later joined the Sentro ng
Alternatibong Lingap Panlegal
(Saligan), a non-government
organization giving free legal
services to members of the
marginalized sector.
Confronting the legal issues of poor families about
their rights, I too felt the hardship they had encountered,
Robredo pointed out.
She said all her legal services were gratis et amore",

Based on the list, Masbate

has the most number of villages that were placed under
Comelec control, with 40 villages in 18 towns.
"The incidence of electionrelated violence is a 'wake up
call' for us to move and be vigilant to advocate for a free, honest and peaceful election," the
Masbate Advocate for Peace
(MAP) said in a statement released to media.
Igmidio Emilio Camposano, a local trial court judge
here and MAP president, said
their group, in this early stage,
is preparing to map out preelection scenarios to ensure
that the May 2016 elections in
the province would be peaceful
and orderly.
We are not taking chances
and would not allow our guards
to back down so that in this
early stage we are preparing,
Camposano said.
In a previous interview with

this reporter, he said his worst

fear in the upcoming polls is
the intense political rivalries
that end up to violence, hiring
of PAGS, vote-buying and harassment.
What is scary is when people get indifferent about the
election process, he said.
According to Camposano,
PAGs are being used by local
politician as an instrument to
sow terror and violence and
eliminate political leaders to
gain political advantage over
their rivals. In the previous national and local elections, there
were at least six PAGs listed
operating in Masbate, of which
only two are active -- the Arizobal and Villaruel groups -with 38 members.
For this reason, Task Force
Masbate was created after reports that local politicians here
exercise too much influence
over the police and sometimes
the police are being dictated
upon in the conduct of their
operations.
The TF Masbate was formed
during the previous election to
oversee the security operations
in the province, tagged by the
military and the police as a
hot spot due to intense political rivalries, presence of PAGs
and communist rebels.
During the 2012 national
and local elections, the Task
Force was able to seize hundreds of loose firearms and
encourage political candidates to surrender at least
200 high-powered firearms.
-PNA

saying never in my mind I

have thought of using my legal
services to enrich myself.
Robredo was guest speaker
at the Haloween Forum initiated by LP stalwart and former
Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel
C. Lagman who is reclaiming
his congressional seat after his
son, incumbent Congressman
Grex Lagman, gave way to his
father.
She said she thought she
was invited by the Lagman
family for just a lunch but got
surprised with the huge crowd
that greeted her.
Robredo spoke to close to
2,000 Lagman leaders and aspirants for various municipal
and city positions, wearing
yellow shirts at the Lagman
ancestral home here.
The elder Lagman pledged
his all-out support to Robredo,
promising an entire LP slate
win in the 198 villages in the
five towns and a city in the 1st
District of Albay.

Lagman said he would convince his constituents to go allout for Robredo because of her
excellent traits like humility,
sincerity, and risk-taking.
He said she will also push
for the bill authored by his
son, Grex, for the repeal of a
Comelec ruling allowing elective officials seeking higher
posts (president and vice president), especially senators, to
return to their post even if they
lose.
At the forum, the elder Lagman urged party leaders to
support Robredo by boosting
peoples awareness level about
her candidacy as recent poll
surveys indicate that her rating
has improved from 3-percentage point to 15 percent.
Robredo lamented that she
has no logistics to spend for
television and print advertisements but she would rely much
on interpersonal campaign.
She looks forward for the
improvement of her rating in

a question of privilege . . .
polls will not be different from past elections where money and
grassroots organizations have played a vital role.
The youth votes, said to comprise 35 per cent of the
countrys votes, can not be taken lightly. The youth are fiercely
independent and they will go for anybody who has captured their
imagination.
Escudero has topped poll surveys for vice president but
surveys do not guarantee poll victory. Besides, many things can
happen between now and May 2016 polls. VP Binay repeatedly
topped surveys but where is he now?
Escudero has a problem with his personal life. And he runs
as independent. No one has won the vice presidency as an
independent.Trillanes does not rate much in surveys despite his
image as a fearless graft fighter.So is Honasan who has lost
his luster, having been out of the limelight for sometime, So is
Cayetano, a well known lawyer but who does not seem to excite
peoples imagination.
But if they run for the Senate, all of them will have little trouble.
Bicolanos, because of their hardy character,their being Oragon,
always triumph in the end.

Albay to host 2016 . . .

technical officials inspected
each venue last June to see if the
facilities and billeting areas are
adequate.
PSC Commissioner Jose Luis
Gomez meanwhile presented to
the body the rating system used
which included international
standards, distance from the
main complex, power supply,
and security, among others.
DepEds Schools Sports
Events and Activities Unit head
Cesar Abalon reported on the
status of the billeting areas,
which are evaluated based on the
sufficiency of rooms, bathrooms,
kitchen areas and medical provisions.
With a budget of P300 million, Albay Governor Joey Salceda assured the Palarong Pambansa Board that Albay has the
equipment and resources needed
to construct and repair its sports

facilities and playing venues as

soon as possible.
Salceda furthered that Albay
assures of readiness showcasing
the province's geocentricity location that offers less travel time,
least cost and discomfort among
delegates, spectators and visitors. The same has strong indoor
capacity from private schools
and commerciall malls; billeting
capacity from APSEMO's JICA/
AECID centers and 3,900 private accommodation capacity;
adding up tourist readiness of
ecosystem and destinations.
Luistro.
following
the
anoouncement of the decision,
also asked both provinces to
continue supporting the agencys
sports development program,
like Batang Pinoy and Philippine
National Games, among others.
-- PIA5/Albay

the coming surveys, saying

pagpinakilala ninyo ako sa
inyong ka-barangay, ito'y magiging malaking tulong sa LP
campaign.
Asked to comment on the
revival of the Bicol Express
train operation being used as
a campaign promise to gain
voters' approval by other candidates, Robredo said as the
election campaign approaches,
politicians promise the stars
and heavens just to get votes.
It is a campaign strategy
for them to look good, but
they did nothing, you can ask
them who among them fought
for the renewal and the extension of the Philippine National
Railways (PNR) when its charter expired, she said.
Records have it that I was
the main author of the bill at
the House extending the PNR
charter and providing for additional capitalization, while
Sen. Ralph Recto sponsored
the Senate version of the bill,
Robredo claimed.
She said the plan is not only
to revive the PNR but also to

completely modernize it with

new tracks and coaches in
a five-year timeline under a
Php200-B Public-Private Partnership scheme.
Asked if she would accept
any cabinet position if elected
vice president, she said she
would not accept any cabinet
post with administrative functions.
She, however, said, if ever,
she would choose to head the
National Anti-Poverty Commission, an agency pursuing
program versus poverty.
Once elected vice president,
she said, she would continue to
ride passenger buses that she
used to do even as a House
representative.
But this time, Robredo said,
she would be with companions.
On the looming power crises, she said, she would request
a review of the Epira Law.
She also said she favors the
continuance of the 4Ps, however, with wider coverage and
bigger financial assistance.
-PNA

for october
Name of Deceased

Date of Interment

EDWIN B. PRINCESA SR.

October 4, 2015

LOLAINE Z. PADILLO

October 4, 2015

EMMANUEL D. AYCARDO

October 6, 2015

GABRIEL B. ALONZO

October 10, 2015

VIRGINIA L. GIANAN

October 15, 2015

RUFINA C. DY

October 20, 2015

NIEVES N. FRANCISCO

October 17, 2015

AMADA O. JANUARIO

October 18, 2015

CRISTNA B. SAMBO

October 20, 2015

PAZ G. MINOR

October 23, 2015

EMMA F. CATOLICO

October 24, 2015

november 8 - 14, 2015

bikol reporter

Catanduanes hopes to regain

crab capital title
By Danny O. Calleja

LEGAZPI CITY The

island-province of Catanduanes is using the foreignfunded Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) as
a stepping stone towards becoming once more the Crab
Capital of the Philippines.
We see from the PDRP an
opportunity to redevelop Catanduanes as the countrys top
producer of mud crabs and enable the province to win back
its Crab Capital title lost to the
Visayas several decades back,
provincial agriculturist Roberto
Ceballo said in a statement
reaching here Wednesday.
The Provincial Project Management and Implementation
Unit (PPMIU) of Catanduanes,
he said, is now working closely
with the Department of Agricultures (DA) PRDP Regional
Project Coordination Office
(RPCO) for Bicol in the preparation of the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP)
on mud crabs (Scylla serrata).
The PCIP is a three-year
rolling consensus plan between
the DA and the provincial government that contains specific
infrastructure and enterprise
sub-projects and other inter-

ventions to boost the identified

provincial commodity based on
the value chain analysis (VCA)
conducted with stakeholders.
When completed at least
before the end of this year, Ceballo said, the PCIP will be submitted to the Project Support
Office (PSO) of the PDRP for
approval and funding support.
The PRDP is a foreignfunded project being implemented by DA as a platform for
a modern and climate-smart agriculture in the region and other
parts of the country.
Its national implementation carries a Php27.535-billion total fund, consisting of
Php20.553-billion loan from
the World Bank, Php3.579 billion as national government
counterpart, Php3.118 billion
equity of the local government
units and Php287-million grant
from the Global Environment
Facility (GEF).
It involves 80 provincial local government units (PLGUs)
and agri-fishery stakeholders
nationwide in an attempt to
realize the goals of improved
food security and increased incomes, climate resiliency and
enhanced environmental policies and governance.
In six years2013-2019,

the project aims to raise annual

real farm incomes of household
beneficiaries by five percent, increase the value of annual marketed output by seven percent
and ensure that 20 percent more
farmers and fishers benefit from
DA services
Ceballo said that as arrived
at during consultations with local industry stakeholders, developing the Catanduanes mud
crab industry will help raise
the income of crab gatherers,
stockers and fishpond owners
in the province.
The development of an integrated crab sanctuary, which
is being made part of the PCIP,
would also help promote the
provinces ecotourism prospects, said Ceballo, adding that
the island presently has a total
of 589 hectares mangrove ponds
that produce a substantial volume of crablets locally called
kuto-kuto, langaw-langaw and
thumbtacks.
Kuto-kuto refers to the
smallest size, as small as lice,
of crablet which becomes
langaw-langaw as it grows flysized, then thumbtacks when it
becomes as big as the head of
thumbtacks.
Since these varieties of
young mud crab species that
are abundant in the swampy
wild of Catanduanes are ideal
starters for grow-out growers
and aquaculture operators, local
fisherfolk have been indiscriminately poaching them and selling to traders that ship them out
to buyers in other parts of Bicol.
There is an increasing demand for crabs in both domestic and international markets,
especially during peak months
like December, that makes supply inadequate and market price
increases.
As reported in 2014, market
price at its peak ranged from
Php600 to Php750 per kilo for
500 gram crabsprices that
please much crab farmers and
wish they had more crabs to harvest for the season.
Hence, the PCIP on the mangrove crab aims to establish a
sustainable supply of crablets by
protecting the spawning ground,
protecting the mangrove areas
and other fishing grounds where
crablets grow, and introducing
new production technologies for
crab growing and fattening.
It also intends to improve
existing producers productive
capacity and competitiveness as
the province is even eyeing the
international market for its mud

crabs.
We are looking at the
five biggest crab-consuming
countriesChina, USA, Japan,
Korea and Thailand. Cornering just a portion of the international market, especially during
the winter season when these
countries experience considerable drop in the supply of crabs,
would be a big lift to our industry, Gov. Araceli Wong had earlier said.
All the province needs is the
participation of all stakeholders,
including the private sector, in
the provincial governments efforts to maximize the development of the industry towards the
production of more export quality products, she stressed.
The PDRP will be a big boost
once the PCIP for mud crab is
approved and funded, given that
the project involves the provision of key infrastructure, facilities, technology, and support
information using science-based
tools such as vulnerability and
suitability assessment, VCA,
geomapping and geotagging,
according to Ceballo.
So far, the Catanduanes mud
crab industry is enjoying the
support of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources,

crab OF catanduanes
Department of Science and
Technology, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, Department of labor
and Employment and Catanduanes State University.
The provincial government,
for its part, is maintaining the
Catanduanes Crab Center (CCC)
which serves as a source of crablets for grow-out and fattening
by fishpond operators.
It carries out a special program for "queen" or "gravid"
crabs designed to ensure the
sustainability of the industry in
the province, which originally
owned the crab capital of the
Philippines title and lost to Ne-

gros about three decades ago.

Since the start of its operations way back in 2007, the
CCC, according to Wong, has
not only addressed the rampant
poaching and illegal transport of
crablets out of the island but also
standardized the operations of
the crab nursery and the culture
of crab larvae to crablet sizes for
local grow-out production.
She added that the provinces
mud crab industry is focusing on
the production of female crabs
that play an important role in
marketing, particularly in Asian
countries such as Japan, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Singapore.
-PNA

Ombudsman drops bus terminal case . . .

sent of the parties."
Mayor John Bongat, who
is still on official leave, hailed
the decision of the Ombudsman, saying that the citys
decision was solely based on
legal grounds.
In a text message sent to

the members of the media,

Bongat stated that the recent
Ombudsman decision affirms the propriety and legality of the City governments
peaceful takeover of the former Central Bus Station now
called the Bicol Central Sta-

Two-day mobile passport . . .

the mobile passport services.
For those renewing their
expired passports, they must
bring two (2) valid identification cards (ID) and a photocopy the pages of passport to
be renewed (first two pages
and the last two pages).
For more details and information, the CamSur Employment Center may be reached
at telephone 054-4775858
/ 4777468 / 09198775952 /
09175020406 or may be visited at their office located at
the 2nd Floor, Capitol Main
Bldg, Capitol Complex, Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur or

better check out their email

address and Facebook account: camsur_peso@yahoo.
com and fb/ProvinceOfCamSur. - jmts/mmec with reports from camsur peso

tion.
Bongat further stated that,
At the end of the day, the
law and the interests of all
Nagueos, over and above
anybodys personal interests, shall prevail. We were
elected to serve not just one,
but all!
The case for violation of
Section 3 (e) of Republic Act
(RA0 No. 3019) and Grave
Misconduct and/ or conduct
Prejudicial to the best interest of the service was filed by
FPM Corporation, represented by businessman Fortunato
P. Mendoza on July 1, 2014.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA
All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ROWENA ASPE
PAWNSHOP, P. Burgos St., corner J. Hernandez Avenue, Naga
City, pawned from JUNE 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired
will be sold to public auction sale on DEC. 1, 2015 from 9:00
A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until NOVEMBER 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: NOVEMBER 8 and 15, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

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

PAWNSHOP, Cor. Panganiban & Elias Angeles Street, Naga
City, pawned from JUNE 1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired
will be sold to public auction sale on DEC. 1, 2015 from 9:00
A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until NOVEMBER 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: NOVEMBER 8 and 15, 2015

All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE EXPLORER

PAWNSHOP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, Abella St., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from JUNE 1-30, 2015 whose terms
have expired will be sold to public auction sale on DEC. 1,
2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until NOVEMBER 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: NOVEMBER 8 and 15, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

AUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE CROWNJEWEL PAWNSHOP & JEWELRY STORE, Bichara Mall corner
J. Hernandez & Gen. Luna Sts., Naga City, pawned from JUNE
1-30, 2015 whose terms have expired will be sold to public
auction sale on DEC. 1, 2015 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until NOVEMBER 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: NOVEMBER 8 and 15, 2015

All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE IGUALDAD

PAWNSHOP, Cor. Igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez Ave., Igualdad,
Naga City, pawned from JUNE 1-30, 2015 whose terms have
expired will be sold to public auction sale on DEC. 1, 2015
from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.
Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the
above-mentioned date will be honored until NOVEMBER 28,
2015 only.

THE MANAGEMENT
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: NOVEMBER 8 and 15, 2015

ombudsman drops bus terminal

case vs LGU Naga ofcials
By ANA-LIZA S.
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Albay, Yamanashi eye tourism, DRR ties

LEGAZPI CITY
World famous Mt, Fuji in
Yamanashi prefecture in
Japan and Mt. Mayon in
Albay will soon be kin. Both
are active volcanoes and
enticingly beautiful and attractive tourist attractions,
even as they are similarly
furious and destructive
when they erupt.
Officials of Yamanashi
prefecture and Albay have
started discussions last week
on a sisterhood agreement
for their two top assets which
will benefit their development programs, particularly
tourism.
The provincial government of Albay said the
planned sisterhood between
two of the worlds most beautiful and stunning volcanoes
Mt Fuji and Mt. Mayon
is a major marketing coup
for the Philippines and the
Department of Tourism, and
there is no doubt Albay and
the whole Bicol region will
gain a major boost from this
tourism alliance.
Aside from tourism, the
sisterhood agreement also
explores partnership in disaster risk reduction and climate
change adaptation for which
Albay has been a global
model, as well as on education, agriculture, trade and
investments.
Four
representatives
from Yamanashis Fuefiiki
City headed by Mayor Seiji
Kurishima met with Salceda
and other Albay provincial
officials Oct. 21 at the Diamond Hotel in Manila and
started talks on areas of partnership that could link up
their development programs.

Mt. fuJi

Mt. MAyon

Two-day mobile passport processing at CamSur PESO

The CamSur Employment Center of the provincial government of Camarines Sur, in collaboration
with the Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA), Manila will conduct again the
Mobile Passport Service on
November 28 & 29, 2015
at the Capitol Convention
Center, Capitol Complex,
Cadlan, Pili, Camarines
Sur.
This is meant to address
the growing needs of provincial residents seeking to avail
swifter processing of their
passports.
CamSur PESO head,
Ms. Sha Torallo said that
on Saturday, Nov. 28, from
9:00AM-4:00PM, the activity scheduled is purely the
processing of passport applications which will continue
on Sunday, Nov. 29, from
9:00AM-12:00NN only.
She said this early her
office is now accepting re-

quired documents to avail of

the passport service as well as
in conducting the pre-registration of applicants in order
to determine the limited slots
for processing of passport applications.
For new applicants interested to apply, the required
documents for assessment
include an authenticated birth

certificate from the Philippine Statistic Authority but

if said document is blurred
specifically entries for necessary data, i.e., Name, Date of
Birth, and others, a certification from Civil Registrars
Office must be sought as reference; marriage certificate
for married women; original
and photocopy of school cre-

dentials (Form 137, Diploma, Transcript of Records);

everyone is also advised to
bring other documents which
can further support personal
identity. All interested are
likewise encouraged to visit
online www.dfa.gov.ph for
further information on required documents to avail of
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NAGA CITY --- A

Joint Resolution dismissing both criminal
and
administrative
charges filed against
the Naga City officials,
including other city
personnel was released
by the Office of the
Ombudsman recently,
upholding the citys legitimate claim on the
operation and management of the Naga City
Central Bus Terminal
(NCBT).

Vice Mayor Nelson Legacion, together with other city

officials joined the members of the media in a press
conference Friday to share
the good news that the case
filed against them my FPM
Corporation was dismissed
by the Ombudsman on the
ground that the NCBT, now
Bicol Central Station (BCS)
is owned by the city.
In its decision, the Ombudsman "finds no probable cause and/or substantial
evidence to hold the respondents criminally and administratively liable for the
offenses charged. The decision further ruled that "BCS
is owned by the City", hence
"cannot be precluded from its
management and operation".
Excerpts from the decision
noted further that the FPM
Corporation "cannot claim
any vested right to manage
or operate (BCS) perpetually
or to demand its renewal as
a matter of right." The Ombudsman added that "basic is
the rule that contracts can be
renewed only by mutual con(Turn to page 7)

You are Invited!

All members of

UNC HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS 68

Annual Homecoming
and

Christmas Party
Dec. 5, 2015 -South Hills Resto & Grills
Magsaysay Ave., Naga City

Activities start at 1:00 p.m.

pArentAl effeCtiveness

Naga City Councilor Elmer Baldemoro addresses participants

in the
Solo Parent's Federation (NCSPF) Inc. 'parent
effectiveness seminar' to help create better family ties and
relations for the city's families.

Kindly contact 0927-422-0433 for any concern.

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