BJMP, PDEA partners to ensure drug-free Bicol jails

LEGAZPI CITY The

Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP) and
the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
regional offices V in this city
have activated and joined
forces in conducting surprise and discreet Greyhound Operations in all
jails in the Bicol region.
Greyhound Operation refers to the act of flushing out
contrabands inside jail facilities.
BJMP regional director
and jail senior superintendent
Ignacio C. Panti disclosed that
the joint effort was in response
to the standing memorandum
of agreement between PDEA
and BJMP aimed to sanitize
or make jails drug-free.
The said MOA, added
Panti, is also in compliance
to the recent directive from
BJMP OIC chief superintendent Deogracias C. Tapayan
for BJMP to jointly conduct
said operation with the PDEA
to eradicate contraband, drugs
in particular, inside jails and
erase speculations of drug
laboratories or transshipment
points in BJMP jails.

vol. XXiii, no. 19

bicol, the philippines

feb. 28-march 5, 2016 p5.00

473-8888

DA's PRDP eyes facilities for Bicol

abaca, pineapple farmers
By DANNY O. CALLEJA

LEGAZPI CITY - The

Department of Agricultures
(DA) Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP)
has set its eyes on the empowerment of abaca and
pineapple farmers in Bicol
through a set of business
plans geared towards the
establishment of processing
plants designed to add value
to these indigenous crops.
The Investments in Rural
Enterprises and Agriculture
and Fisheries Productivity (I-REAP) component of
the PRDP is pushing for the
approval of these plans
the Php22.4-million Pineapple Trading and Processing Project for Camarines
Norte and the Php24.8-million Abaca Fiber Processing
and Trading Enterprise for
Catanduanes.

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Plan International
launches
Gawad Gabay
By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY
NAGA CITY --- Plan International Philippines, in its
continuous effort to promote
positive discipline among
children will launch on Monday, February 29, the search
for model homes, schools
and communities that are

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Salceda orders total

smoking ban in Albay

WEAK BRIDGE
The Department of Public Works and Highways 4th Engineering District Office in Baao
town announces the closure of San Miguel Bridge on March 3, 2016, instead they will
use a single lane detour bridge for light vehicles only. The said bridge along Maharlika
Highway in Nabua town will be replaced by a new concrete four (4) lane bridge at a cost
of 50M from the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2015. It has a 180 calendar days
of completion. DPWH officials said the 25-meter bridge based on inventory of Bridge
Management System (BMS) of the agency was constructed in 1946.

LEGAZPI CITY
-- Albay Governor
Joey Sarte Salceda
has issued recently a
directive for the strict
implementation of
the provisions stated
in the Albay SmokeFree Ordinance that
regulates the use,
sale,
distribution,
and advertisement of
cigarettes and other
tobacco products in
the province of Albay.
The memorandum
reinforces the ordinance passed by the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Albay in
2012 that reiterates the
primary mandate of
safeguarding the health
of provincial government personnel and
instructs all the officers and employees of
the provincial government to observe strict
compliance to Civil
Service Commission
(CSC) Memorandum-

SMOKE-FREE ALBAY ORDINANCE

Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda
shows to the media the newly signed
ordinance declaring the province
smoke-free. The signing into law
was done at Albay Sangguniang
Panlalawigan last May 16, 2012.

PING B. PERALTA

Circular No. 17-2009 which adopts

and promulgates a 100% smoke-free
policy and a smoking prohibition in
all areas of government premises,
buildings, and grounds, except for
open spaces designated as smoking
areas.
The directive has stressed the clo(Turn to page 8)

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bikol reporter

editorial
The Blame Game
Last week, the loquacious Albay Governor
Joey Salceda hinted at the possible debacle
of some of the administration candidates in
the May polls.
His reason: the stalled Bicol International
Airport(BIA).
Blame (Transportation Secretary Joseph)
Abaya for the loss of the administration
candidates, Salceda said, as he lamented
that it should have been done and made
operational this year.
In his usual candor, Salceda dished
out several statistics, figures that spell
economic loses to the region.
The biggest losers here are the
Bicolanos and they are really sour at the
additional two-year delay in an alreadydelayed project, he pointed out.
According to the DOTC the delay was
due to the disqualification of the winning
bidder and the need to have a new bidding
altogether.
As in justice where delay is tantamount to
denial, the turtle-pace of the implementation
of the BIA is indeed like a denial of what
the Bicolanos would have already enjoyed,
like more tourist arrivals and hassle-free
air travel; had the airport been finished as
scheduled.
As always, the government readily finds
somebody else to blame.
And this is what will deliver the telling
blows to the administration candidates,
more than the delayed BIA or the half-baked
PNR Southline rehabilitation project.
From the Rizal Park hostage incident, to
the Mamasapano massacre, to the Yolanda
devastation, the Aquino administration had
been weighed over and over again, and over
and over again, it had been found wanting.
Yet, it had not the temerity nor the
honesty to at least say Im sorry, as his
predecessor did, even if it was with obvious
insincerity.
What besets the Aquino government
is that the people do not know who is in
charge.
It always find excuses, not somebody
who says the buck stops here.
So this May, in Bicol, the people will show
whos in charge.

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More Bank Branches

(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).
EXPANSION: The Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) has issued guidelines
for gradual lifting of the ban on the grant
of licenses to establish new banks. The
circular lifted the suspension of the grant of
new banking licenses or the establishment
of new banks under Subsec. X102.2 of
the MORB. In Phase 1 of liberalization,
new universal/ commercial bank licenses
shall be allowed in connection with the
upgrading of existing domestic thrift
banks.
Under Phase 2, moratorium on
establishment of new domestic banks
shall be fully locational restrictions, and
liberalized starting January 1, 2018.
Establishment of banks in areas without
banking offices as well as microfinanceoriented thrift and rural banks shall
continue to be allowed under existing
regulations. New banks must have
qualified shareholders, clear policy
structure and management group with
expertise and proven integrity.
SALN FILING:
All government
workers elective or appointive, must file
their Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2015. Deadline
for submission to the Civil Service
Commission is on April 30, 2016. SALN
covers the filers owned assets and
debts, as well as those of his/her spouse
and minor children. Comparative figures
(previous years and last years) must be
aligned to show changes. F/S analysts
can easily check discrepancies via
reconciliation.

opinions
unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
Non-filing of SALN as well as
fraudulent
reporting
is
criminally
punishable.
Government
men
found guilty may be imprisoned and
forever banned from working for the
government. Professionals may also be
forever disbarred or defrocked of their
civil service eligibilities. All concerned
personnel should consult accounting
consultants before filing their SALN to
avoid possible violations. SALNs must
be filed on time so they should gather
their data as early as possible.
DEBATE: The first 2016 COMELECsupervised presidential debate held in
Cagayan de Oro City had provided the
candidates their respective opening
salvo. It was not actually a debate; it was
more of a Q and A program. The debate
portions especially referred only to pairs
of contending parties, as the sponsors
tried to keep haranguing comments to a
minimum via time limit. Nonetheless, the
bets were given their chances to launch
their programs.
To my observant eyes former
DILG was the winner. He defended

the Daang Matuwid with the use

of statistics and logic. Obviously he
was the most prepared among the
debaters despite being on the
defensive. Sen. Grace Poe also did
well with the easy task of talking
about motherhood theories and
open-ended plans. Her topic choice
of agriculture for development was
clearly intended to gather support from
the food basket producers.
PROJECTS: One of the key
developments now that campaigning
by local candidates are about to be
allowed is the approval and grant of
infrastructure projects to be undertaken
by LGUs. Funding is assured as the
appropriations have been included in
the 2016 budgets. Releases insure
that workers may be hired and the
commissions of the project sponsors
will be paid out. In fact the agents
shares are immediately payable upon
project approval!
These arrangements augur well for
incumbents, more so those aligned
with the administration. The legalities
are assured and the opposition bets
cannot find fault in the release of
funds so long as projects are identified
and visible. The Bids and Awards
Committees of the LGUs must work
doubly hard to check veracity of
projects as well as reasonability of
budgets. Bidding procedures should
be properly observed and qualification
of bidders must be maintained.
TRUISM: Problems and sufferings
draw us apart from worldly ways, and
bring us closer to our God!

SS law better than nothing to ordinary workers

and EDSA 1 and Martial Law Revolution
The 30th anniversary of the People
Power at EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos
Avenue) was celebrated this February
25, 2016
I watched on TV many people recalled
EDSA 1 and Martial Law declared by Pres.
Ferdinand E. Marcos especially Pres.
Benigno S. Aquino and I can say that the
present generation cannot fairly judge what
happened. The violence shown on TV did
not happen nationwide but only in Metro
Manila. If we want true story of EDSA 1
and Martial Law, we should listen to the
version of Pres. Aquino and pro-Aquinos,
the Enrile-Honasan-Ramos version
who broke away from Pres. Marcos and
sparked the revolution, Pres. Ferdinand
Marcos version, the American version,
the political opposition headed by Sen.
Salvador Doy Laurel of UNIDO, the media
reports at that time and the non-political
people who lived thru Martial Law Days,
the exposes of Ex-Sen. Ernesto Maceda,
the book of Cecilio Anillo as Cory Aquinos
presidency and the book on Martial Law
written by the anti-Marcos activist Nilo
Tayag. By collating the contents and
stories in the above mentioned, we will
know what truly happened and thats our
history, not one-sided history.
I lived through the Martial Law days
and I can say that not all Marcos did was
wrong. His accomplishments are still
around and serving the people. This does
not mean I am for Bongbong Marcos.
He is different from his father and the
accomplishments of his parents are not
his. I will vote for a candidate from Bikol
for Vice President.
If Bongbong wins, I guess, one of
the reasons would be P-Noys bashing
their family after two Aquinos became
President. The people who are disgruntled
and displeased with the administration and
their allies may go for him. My guess is the

from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones
same for VP Binay.
*****
After refusing to sign the bill that would
grant an increase of P2,000.00 monthly
pension to Social Security pensioners,
Pres. Benigno Aquino signed the first
tranche of the salary standardization law
for state workers which the rank and file
in the government consider better than
nothing.
Heres the excerpt from the editorial of
the Daily Tribune dated February 24, 2016
that will explain the Salary Standardization
Law:
The Executive Order that Aquino
signed implementing the first tranche of
the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) was
clearly a campaign gimmick for laggard
Liberal Party (LP) bet Mar Roxas.
While Noynoy demanded a
compensation legislation for two bills,
one seeking a reduction in income tax
payments through a revamp of the tax
schedule and the P2,000 increase in
the monthly pensions of Social Security
System (SSS) members there was no
such demand for the SSL.
The SSL has been stalled in the
bicameral conference committee due
to disagreements on the compensation

of military personnel and immediately

Budget Secretary and LP strategist
Butch Abad drafted Noynoy an order
to implement it.
It turned out that P58 billion had
already been allotted for the nonexistent law in the 2016 budget that only
proved the salary hike for employees
was long planned by the Palace and
the LP to coincide with the polls.
The Executive Order (EO) also
earmarked the release of an average
27 percent increase in salaries of state
workers in May, which conveniently is
the month the voters will decide on the
successor of Noynoy.
The pay hikes are skewed heavily
in favor of government officials or the
gatekeepers of government funds and
resources.
A state workers group said 1.3
million ordinary government employees
will get a mere 10 to 27 percent hike
while ranking officials, including the
President, will get as much as 100 to
228 percent increase.
Aside from the salary hike, state
workers are looking forward to a 14month pay also to be released in May.
To make the package a total blowout,
Abad said the EO provided that the
salary increases are retroactive to the
start of the year.
The EO also grants additional
benefits for civilian and military
uniformed personnel that became the
hurdle in the passing of the SSL.
As I see it, it will widen the gap
between the rich and the poor. The
ordinary worker will get 10 to 27 percent
hike while ranking file officials will get
100 to 228 percent increase. Matuwid
na daan ba yan? It is anti-poor and
unjust.

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Leni, Ako Bicol to file JMR School for Governance bill

DAGOS PO KAMO SA MAOGMANG LUGAR

More than 800 officers and members of the Judiciary Association of Clerks of the Philippines (JACOPHIL) from all over the
country were in Naga recently for their Annual Convention and Seminar themed; "The Judiciary Clerks Facing the Challenges
of the Court's Modernization"

Cong. robredo

Cong. batocabe

NAGA CITY A bill

that calls for the establishment of a specialized public secondary and tertiary
school offering governancefocused education is about
to be filed in the House of
Representatives this year.
This was revealed by Rep.
Rodel M. Batocabe of Ako
Bicol in a press briefing last
February 19, this year, which
tackled the political partys
achievements in Congress

and other legislative plans including those being undertaken in partnership with other
congressmen.
Batocabe said that the
mandate of the planned specialized public school for
governance, which Congresswoman Leni G. Robredo and
Ako Bicol is mulling over,
shall train young people who
would want to work in the
government to be competent,
qualified and honest public
servants.
I think it is only necessary
to pursue the plan. We have
the Philippine Science High
School which offers, on a free
scholarship basis, a secondary course with special emphasis on subjects pertaining
to mathematics and sciences,
with the end view of preparing its students for a science
career and the Philippine High
School for the Arts that offers
various specializations in the
field of arts but we dont have
yet a learning institution that
will rear the young ones who
intend to work in the government, he says.
To be named Jesse M.
Robredo School for Governance, the school, based on
the concept, will train young

Bulusan Volcano spews ash

LEGAZPI
CITY
Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon
spewed a 500-meter-high
grayish ash column, which
drifted towards villages in
the town of Juban and Irosin, at about 5:01 p.m. Monday, the Philippine Institute
of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Ed Laguerta, Phivolcs
resident volcanologist, said
the volcano exhibited two
successive minor explosions
that produced a grayish ash
plume, followed by a steam
and ash plume that drifted
towards the west side of the
volcano.
Laguerta said the eruption
was a phreatic type as indicated by the two steam-driven
explosions that took place.
The eruption consisted of
two earthquakes, followed by
rock-fracturing events a few
second later by an explosiontype earthquake that lasted
for about four minutes and 20
seconds.
Prior to the low-energy
ash and steam ejection on
Monday afternoon, Phivolcs
seismic instruments detected
no volcanic earthquake, although increased seismicity was recorded over the
weekend.
In a phone interview,
Laguerta said the easterly
wind that prevailed triggered
the ashfall to drift to the villages of Cogon and Bulos in
Irosin town and Puting Sapa
and Sangkayon in Juban
townareas located at the
west side of the volcano.
The Phivolcs will examine the extent of ashfall that
drifted towards the villages in
Juban and Irosin towns.
Laguerta said the phreatic
explosion might have been
produced by hydrothermal fluid or steam and that the steam
pressurization underneath the
volcano edifice might have
triggered the movements in
the local earthquake faults,

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saying further that it needs to

be thoroughly evaluated.
The Phivolcs official said
it needs further close monitoring because the volcano,
although still in restive state,
did not show signs of magma
movements signified by volcanic tremors or ground deformation. The volcano has
remained restive following a
series of explosions beginning
June 2015.
Alert Level 1 remains in effect and the Phivolcs warned
the villagers not to venture in
the four-kilometer Permanent
Danger Zone due to sudden
phreatic explosions. PNA

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bikol reporter

The True Value of Education

By TERESITA SALOME NUESTRO
Teacher 1, Agay-Ayan Elem. School
Agay-Ayan, Tinambac, Camarines Sur

Why do you study? Do you really know the value of your

education? Your parents might have told you that it is the only
inheritance they can give you. Its something that no one can
take away from you. But do you know its real worth?
When I asked the students why they study, the common
answer would for them to get a good grade, to finish school
and get a high paying job in order for them to have a better
life. In short, education is their means for a promising future.
They see it as the key that will unlock the door filled with gold.
I dont see anything bad about this perspective but I just think
that it limits them to observe the true value of education.
Having a good education to tow is more powerful than you
can imagine. Aside from giving you the greater chances of
landing to your dream job, it makes you more aware of your
rights and duties as a business owner or employee, and in
great part, as a person with dignity.
When you are educated, very seldom others will disrespect or exploit you. They know that as an educated person,
you know your rights and values. Your education gives you
certain privileges in life that money cant always buy.
Significant rise in population fueled the corruption that victimized the uneducated people. Our education can help end
this by bringing enlightenment to those unaware and illiterate.
Remember the story of Efren Peaflorida and how his
Kariton Classroom changed the lives of many Filipinos. He
used education as a tool to uplift other peoples lives, by being an agent of change and hope for all those less privileged
children. By sharing the true value of education, he was able
to influence them from joining notorious gangs, groups and
fraternities but rather to focus on their schooling. If you use
your education for the good of society, it gives you honor and
pride.
Our education is not for ourselves alone. We acquire it not
just for our own satisfaction but also for the good of the community. Its something that we must share to others especially
to those who needs it.
The true value of education can only be found if you use it
well, not just for our own good but also for the welfare of the
society. Instead of considering it as a tool for better earning
or profit, consider is as tool to gain more knowledge and skills
that you can share to humanity.

Explicit Teaching: Best

for Struggling Learners
By MARILOU GASPI-SACAY, Ph.D.
Master Teacher II
Iriga Central School, Iriga City

Education has not stopped in its mission of providing the

best instruction which is very remarkable bringing hope for
hope for every kind of pupil in school. No child in school
therefore is not given the opportunity to learn according to
his capacity. No child is left out in school without having
learned. Now, there is no reason why a child in school or
his parents could claim that the child was not taught or did
not learn.
It takes all kinds of pupils, and most of the time, these pupils are packed together in one classroom. And the teacher
takes this as a challenge premised on making every single
pupil in his ward learn the way he should. He uses everything at his disposal to make learning easy. The teacher
becomes the most understanding and resourceful person
in his world.
Comes now explicit teaching. Primarily meant to work
best in teaching struggling learners.
Teachers make the pupils in for the Big Secret. There
is no guessing. There is no guessing what the lesson is,
why they should learn and how they should learn the lesson. They are not kept in the dark, there is no speculation,
the coast is clear, so to say and the pupils go with it. Thats
the wonder of explicit instruction. It is focused on producing
specific learning outcomes through a sequence of supports
provided to pupils.
Young and struggling learners need this kind of teaching. They have to be fully supported by the teachers in their
search for meaning as they learn.
It is an accepted fact that excellent teachers influence
students learning. Unconsciously, they direct student direction and provide information about the nature of the skill or
strategy to be learned, actively monitor and give feedback
to pupils, provide them with ways to assess their own performance. Call this self-monitor, something pupils find very
interesting. Subsequently, the pupils are provided meaningful practice that lead them to use it on their own.
The following are the steps provided for explicit teaching: (1) Introduction. The teacher tells the pupils directly
what they are expected to learn; (2) Modeling. The teacher
demonstrates how the process (3) Guided practice. The
pupils are told how many steps are involved. (4) Group
practice. The steps previously learned are explained. (5)
Independent practice. The pupils are given more responsibility to try out the new skill or strategy on their own.
Now, now, learning is easy. And the teacher find its
source of pride to see that his students did learn. Call this
an added feather to his cap.

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halo-halo

feb. 28-march 5, 2016

Rebisyonismo sa Kasaysayan
Sa nagkakaperang pagtiripon
nin mga hobenes igdi sa Bikol kun
sain nataan akong panahon na
magtaram, nagluluwas an pagmawot
na magkaigwa nin awtoritaryan na
gobyerno sa nasyon, siring daa sa
panahon ni Marcos.
Dai ko aram kun an paglakop
kan siring na pagiisip resulta nin
sekretong kampanya sa propaganda
o sa inaapod na historical revisionism.
Alagad, nakakadisturbo man giraray
an siring. Dai ko maisip kun tano
ta gustong magbalyo hali sa kutson
pasiring sa malipot na salog an mga
siring na nagiisip.
Kun ideyalismo ini, saro ining
nariribong na romantisismo. Garo
baga si mga inaapod na armchair
revolutionaries na huna kan sarong
rebolusyon sarong party sa sarong

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.
yate. Suway sa daga, suway sa
hawak. Manananggal na tunay.
Bakong
nagkataon
na
an
pagbutwa kan siring na pagiisip
nangyari sa pagkandidato kan aki
kan depuntong diktador. Kaya kun
ipinapahiling siya, garo bagong
labang bado, na dai namantsahan

kan krimen kan Martial Law, kan

krimen kan saiyang ama. Ay,
malilingawon na henerasyon.
Kan
nagtaram
daw
si
sarong propeta sa Bibliya na
kaipuhan maghiling sa Diyos an
mga namamanwaan nganing
maumayan
an
banwaan,
nangangahulugan
daw
ining
pagwalat na lang sa pwertahan nin
pagtubod nganing mabago an siring
na pagiisip. O baka kaipuhan man
ngonang magkaigwang mga lugad
asin dugo, bago maumayan.
Hinapot ko ini ta sa tahaw kan
pangapudan kan Marcos Pa
Rin, igwa naman nagbubutwang
pagiisip na kaipuhan ta na nin
ethnic cleansing.
Kaherakan kita nin Diyos kun
siring.

Tinagba focuses on agri products

By JOKEE BOTOR-REYES
When Iriga City in Camarines Sur celebrated
February 11 this year the
annual Tinagba Festival
spectators came not just to
watch the float and bullcart
parade cum street dancing
but also the best farm produce entered in a contest
dubbed Pinaka.
One of the highlights
of this years celebration,
the search was open to all
bonafide Iriga farmers. The
competition had three categories: vegetables, fruits
and root crops. Under vegetables, eggplants, pole sitao,

cabbage, tomato, hot pepper, upo, squash, cucumber,

pechay, and ampalaya were
entered. Under the fruit category were papaya, banana,
jackfruit, guava, pomelo, cacao, pili, manga and peanuts
while the following were
entered under the root crops
category: cassava. gabi, ube,
sweet potato, and ginger.
Rice and corn were independent entries.
The winners who were
awarded cash prizes were:
corn -Elizabeth Gonowon
(Brgy. San Vicente Norte)
and rice- Lani Inage (Brgy.
Salvacion)
and
Beatriz
Lagdaan (Brgy. Sagrada).

Plan International . . .
promoting positive and nonviolent discipline to children.
The event will take place at
the Naga City Peoples Hall,
City Hall compound, here.
The historic event, dubbed
Gawad Gabay which stands
for Galing sa pag alalay ng
mga bata para sa Magandang
Buhay aims to document the
best practices and advocacies
being implemented at home,
in school and in the communities by various stakeholders
and showcase its positive impact on the lives of its target
recipients - the children.
Invited partakers include
parents, teachers, civil society organizations (CSOs)
members, children and youth
association heads, local government units (LGUs) and
individuals who are practicing and promoting discipline
in children without causing

them harm.
The search is part of the
Collective Action to Promote
Non-Violent and Protective
Society for Children Project
and is being supported by the
European Union. Plan International also forged a partnership with the Philippine
Legislators Committee on
Population and Development
(PLCPD) and Lihok Pilipina
Foundation (LPF) in promoting the said campaign.
Adan Kristoffer Monterde,
Plan International Project Officer said that the initiative of
pushing on with the search is
to generate public awareness
among the various stakeholders, especially those who
have a direct interaction with
children regarding their right
to be protected against any
violent form of discipline.
The search will cover

Vegetables: pechay Armando Ibarrientos (Brgy. Sta.

Elena); cucumber Jelibeth
Trillanes (Brgy. La Trinidad);
tomato Ben Rivera (Brgy.
Perpetual Help); upo natural
Ailyn Vargas (Brgy. Salvacion); upo tambuli Arvin
Corporal (Brgy. San Miguel);
squash Ben Monte (Brgy.
Sto. Domingo); pole sitao
Rosario Salvadora (Brgy, San
Antonio); eggplant Marly
Tabal (Brgy.Isabel); hot pepper Cecilia Martirez (Brgy.
San Antonio); ampalaya Ma.
Teresita Velasco (Brgy. Salvacion); and peanut 0 Daisy Taduran (Brgy. Sta. Maria).
Fruits: pomelo Yolanda

Gonzales (Brgy.Sto. Nino);

papaya- Salve Nacario (Brgy.
San Pedro); guava Tertullano Corporal (Brgy. San Antonio); jackfruit Ben Rivera
(Brgy. Perpetual Help); cacao- Francisco Parica (Brgy.
Sta. Teresita); saba Mayden
Tabla (Brgy. Sta. Isabel); latundan Angel Catimbang
(Brgy. San Agustin).
Root crops : cassava Jesus Alcoy (Brgy, San Rafael);
ginger- Honesto Sirios (Brgy,
San Andres); ube Jerry
Guevara (Brgy, San Isidro);
gabi- Marlie Tabal (Brgy.Sta.
Isabel) and sweet potato
Maryjean Balang (Brgy. San
Pedro).

the following areas: Quezon

City; Naga City and the town
of Pili in Camarines Sur;
Lagawe and Lamut, Ifugao;
Talisay and Cebu Cities; Alabel, Saranggani Province and
Llorente and Maydolong in
Eastern Samar.
Plan International Inc.
Project Manager on Positive
Discipline Project Jayson
Lozano will brief the participants regarding the searchs
rationale and the awards
objective. The Gawad Gabay
award logo will be explained
by Child Rights Network
Convenor Jun Almocera. The
awards mechanics and criteria will be delivered by City
Social Welfare Officer Evangeline Manalo.
Other dignitaries who are
expected to grace the occasion include Department of
Education
Undersecretary
for Legal and Legislative Af-

Leni, Ako Bicol...

individuals with focus on
core values in the government service or the principle
of transparency, culture of excellence, accountability, and
good governance.
The Jesse M. Robredo
School for Governance, once
established, is perceived to be
the boot camp that will allow the government to have
a pool of future good government personnel and officials,
where integrity and idealism
by those who want to be civil
servants in the future is nurtured and developed.
fairs, USEC Alberto Muyot,
European Union Delegation
Program Officer Eidhr Margarito Raynera and Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) Regional Office V Regional Director Arnel Garcia.

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bikol reporter

AFP beneficiaries get P3.8M

livelihood grant from DOLE
Legazpi City- A staggering P3,791,722.75 livelihood
grant was released by DOLE
Bicol to selected beneficiaries
of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) around the
region for the past three (3)
years and some millions more
will be released this year.
These grants, DOLE Bicol regional director Nathaniel
V. Lacambra said, is DOLE
Bicols contribution to countryside development thru the
nationwide AFP-PNP Balikatan Program. Under the Balikatan Program, government
agencies are directed to help
the AFP and PNP combat local
insurgency by extending their
programs and projects to identified areas and beneficiaries.
Here in the region, DOLE
Bicol is closely working with
the 9th Infantry Division (9ID)
of the Philippine Army (PA)
and the Regional Command of
the Philippine National Police
(PNP) in the identification of
beneficiaries for the provision
of livelihood grants particularly
the DOLE Kabuhayan Starter
Kits (DKSK).
We really wanted our livelihood programs to reach the
farthest Barangays in Bicol.
But we know the hassles and
hazards to do this plus the fact
that we have limited personnel.
So this is where the PA and PNP
come in, DOLE Bicol regional
director Nathaniel V. Lacambra
explained.
Based on records DOLE
Bicol has provided several livelihood funding grants for the
9th ID of the Philippine Army
alone. In 2015, in the province
of Camarines Sur P489,930.00
grant was given to 97 beneficiaries in Buhi while P629,317.50
grant with 120 beneficiaries
was awarded in Caramoan and
P399,862.00 grant with 76
beneficiaries was released in
Pamplona. In 2014, a total of
P1,356,000 was granted to the
PAs 226 listed beneficiaries and

Dir. LACAMBRA
in 2013 a sum of P916,613.25
was released to 135 beneficiaries.
While DOLE Bicol provides the funding for the livelihood program, the AFP-PNP
is responsible in identifying
possible beneficiaries from the
Barangays. Mostly, the beneficiaries would come from areas
which were previously plagued
with insurgency but were liberated by either the AFP or the
PNP.
The AFP and PNP here in the
region collaborated with DOLE
Bicol since they believed that
the provision of a sustainable
livelihood is vital and one of
the best strategies in combating local insurgency. Statistically speaking, the AFP said,
far flung Barangays in which
the services of government offices could not penetrate, are
the ones most vulnerable to
local insurgency. This maybe
because of the absence of governments help. The residents
of said Barangays can easily be
deceived by propagandas of insurgency.
With the entrance of DOLE
Bicols livelihood program thru
the help of the AFP and PNP,
the residents of these Barangays
could visibly see and feel the
presence of the government and
not just some people trooping
in with uniform and guns.
I believe this is true. The
only way to encourage our people to go back to the government

Spain okays Albay 3rd

water filter machine
LEGAZPI CITYSpain
has given Albay another water filtration machine for use
in calamity stricken areas
where potable water is scarce,
through its aid agency, the
Agencia Espaola de Cooperacin Internacional para el
Desarrollo.
The water filtration machine
is the third the Spanish government has given Albay since a
partnership in disaster risk reduction was formally forged
between them about nine years
ago. The machines were on top
of various other grants such as
permanent evacuation centers
that also serve as classrooms.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda,
elated over the new grant, said
their viable partnership with
Spain has gone a long way,
and has greatly benefited Albay
and helped pursue excellence
in governance, particularly in
the field of DRR and Climate
Change Adaptation.
Of the 11 evacuation centers
cum classrooms built in Albay,
five were funded by Spain.
These facilities have remained
impressive, well maintained
and useful, and were personally
inspected by Spanish Queen
Sofia herself during her Albay
visit in 2013, Salceda said.
The water filtration ma-

BR_Feb28-March6 final.indd 5

chines, on the other hand, have

proven to be indispensable
equipments of the Water and
Sanitation Unit of Team Albay,
during its emergency response
operations in many calamity
stricken areas of the country,
where potable water supply disrupted and urgently vital.
Team Albay would not be
where it is now, a multi-awarded emergency response group,
without the water filtration machines which provided many
disaster victims safe water,
Salceda stressed.
Albay received its third Galing Pook Award in 2015 through
Team Albay. In all of its 13 humanitarian missions from 2008
to 2014 alone, the team had
served some 103,642 families
involving 518,208 persons and
the water filtration machines
have produced 4,863,612 litters
of potable water for them.
Salceda said the Albay-AECID partnership goes beyond
mere
benefactor-beneficiary
relationship. Following the
devastation by Supertyphoon
Yolanda in 2014, the Department of Interior and Local
Government and AECID have
teamed up to replicate Albays
successful DRR strategy in at
least 10 other provinces of the
country.

is to give them sustainable livelihood and income. If they are

earning then they will be busy
and will not have time listening
to any propaganda. Were glad
that DOLE has become a vehicle for a more peaceful Bicol,
RD Lacambra stressed.
Several success stories on
this AFP-PNP-DOLE collaboration, told by the beneficiaries
themselves, have been noted by
DOLE Bicol. Bong Sean Be,
now a successful local store at
Ems Barrio advertising its own
food product line, owned and
managed by Mrs. Lourdes Bas
Gados is one living testament
that said collaboration is beneficial to the Bicolanos. She was
one of the identified beneficiary
of the first ever joint AFP-PNP
livelihood campaign in Albay.
Her story was featured by a local newspaper and radio station
in 2014.
Our partnership with the
AFP and PNP, especially with
the 9th ID truly made our livelihood program more accessible
especially in areas where it is
impossible for our own personnel to penetrate. With this
partnership, we are proud that
DOLE Bicol has delivered its
programs and services up to
farthest Barangays. At least Bicolanos there would know that
there is government in Bicol,
RD Lacambra added.
This year, DOLE Bicol is
again earmarking some of its
multi-million livelihood funds
for the beneficiaries which
will be identified by the AFP
and PNP. The DOLE-AFPPNP collaboration was actu(Turn to page 8)

MOVES FOR BETTER EDUCATION

Mayor John Bongat signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA with the university of Nueva
Cacares' Graduate School where the Thesis, Dissertations, Journals of the university will be
lent to the Raul Roco Library and will be made available to the city's students for their research
and projects.

Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Camarines Sur IV District Engineering Office
Sta. Teresita, Baao, Camarines Sur

TRAFFIC ADVISORY
DUE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PERMANENT WEAK BRIDGE,
SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE, NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT
VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO PASS THE BRIDGE, HEAVY AND
LONG VEHICLES GOING TO LEGAZPI CITY, PLEASE TAKE BuLA
PROPER-PANOYPOYAN-TOPAZ NABuA THEN TOPAZ-TANDAAY
& TANDAAY-BuLuANG BATO-BONBON LIBON-LIBON PROPERPOLANGuI ROAD.
DUE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PERMANENT WEAK BRIDGE,
SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE, NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT
VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO PASS THE BRIDGE, HEAVY AND
LONG VEHICLES GOING TO MANILA, PLEASE TAKE MATACONLIBON-BONBON-GOYuDAN BATO-TANDAAY NABuA ROAD
THEN TANDAAY-TOPAZ-PANOYPOYAN-BuLA PROPER-PAWILI
PILI JuNCTION ROAD.
DUE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PERMANENT WEAK BRIDGE,
SAN MIGUEL BRIDGE NABUA, CAMARINES SUR ONLY LIGHT
VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO PASS THE BRIDGE, HEAVY AND
LONG VEHICLES GOING TO NAGA CITY, PLEASE TAKE MASOLISALVACION-IRIGA CITY ROAD THEN IRIGA CITY BAAO
ROAD.

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bikol reporter

Republic of the Philippines

Province of Camarines Sur
Municipality of CARAMOAN
-oOo-

Office of the Sangguniang Bayan

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINuTES OF THE REGuLAR SESSION
OF THE 9th SANGGuNIANG BAYAN OF CARAMOAN, CAMARINES
SuR HELD ON JANuARY 11, 2016 AT THE SESSION HALL,
MuNICIPAL MAIN BuILDING, CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SuR.
PRESENT: HON. IRENE R. BREIS - Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer

SECTION 2 DEFINITION OF TERMS. As used in this

Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall be construed and
mean as follows:
a. Padyak
refers to any three-wheeled manually
operated bike with a two-seater sidecar
propelled by human power.
b. Operator

refers to the actual legal owner who operates

the same and whose name such vehicle is
duly registered.

a. Driver

refers to any person who operates or in

actual physical control of the padyak.

b. Fare

refers to the service fee collected by the

driver of the padyak to his passenger(s).

c. Traffic jam

refers to the congestion of road or street

which usually caused by the great volume of
vehicles that passed on a road or street.

d. Operation

refers to the activity of padyak in the

Municipality of Caramoan, Camarines Sur.

MEMBERS
HON. EDUARDO B. BONITA

HON. CARLOS B. CHAVEZ

HON. JUANITA P. BELLEZA

HON. GETULIO A. FERNANDO, JR.

HON. RAUL F. VILLARETE

HON. LYDIA C. OBIAS

HON. MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR. HON. DICK H. CORDIAL

LIGA President (Ex-Officio Member)
ABSENT:
HON. FRANCIS R. BENEMERITO - Municipal Councilor
____________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION NO. 07
Series of 2016
RESOLuTION ENACTING AN ORDINANCE REGuLATING
THE OPERATION OF PADYAK IN CARAMOAN, PROVINCE OF
CAMARINES SuR
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to put order in the
operation of padyak plying the roads within the poblacion and the
neighboring barangays of this municipality;
WHEREAS, in order to ensure the safety of the riding public who
are utilizing the services of padyak operators and drivers association,
it is incumbent upon this body to enact a padyak ordinance.
WHEREFORE, the foregoing premises considered, on motion
by Honorable Getulio A. Fernando, Jr., duly seconded by Honorable
Lydia C. Obias, be it
RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, by the Sangguniang
Bayan of Caramoan, Camarines Sur, in session assembled, to enact
the following ordinance:
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 01
Series of 2016
AN ORDINANCE REGuLATING THE OPERATION OF PADYAK IN
CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SuR
BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan that:
SECTION 1 TITLE. This ordinance shall be known
as AN ORDINANCE REGuLATING THE OPERATION AND
REGISTRATION OF PADYAK IN CARAMOAN, CAMARINES
SuR.

BR_Feb28-March6 final.indd 6

SECTION 3 SCOPE AND COVERAGE. This Ordinance

covers all the padyak for hire that operates and ferry passengers
within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality of Caramoan,
Camarines Sur.
SECTION 4
PuRPOSE. The primary purpose of this
Ordinance is to regulate the operation and provide guidelines for the
registration of padyak and to abate traffic jam and congestion in the
municipal streets of the municipality.
SECTION 5 Requirements for the registration of padyak by
the owner/operator.
1. Registration Fee of P50.00
2. Mayors Permit Fee of P150.00
3. Police Clearance fee of P75.00
4. Medical Certificate Fee of P50.00
5. Sticker P50
6. Plate number of padyak which shall have a measurement
of 5 inches x 10 inches to be provided by the CARPODA
7. Affidavit of ownership supported by necessary documents.
If purchased by the owner, receipt of payment is needed.
8. In case the owner owns more than one (1) unit, the owner
shall pay P100.00 for each additional unit. Each owner is
limited only for five (5) units.
SECTION 6 The driver of the padyak must comply the
following requirements.
a. Identification Card (I.D.)
b. He must be 18 years old and above.
c. He must secure medical certificate from MHO.
d. He must observe proper hygiene.
e. He must observe proper dress code.
f.

Certificate of attendance for half-day (1/2) seminar with the

Philippine National Police (PNP) Headquarter, Caramoan,
Camarines Sur.

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g. Certificate of Membership from padyak operators
organization.
SECTION 7 FEES. All fees for every particular requirement
shall be made at the Municipal Treasurers Office and the
corresponding receipt must be issued thereon.
SECTION 8 If the owner/operator is the driver himself of his
padyak, requirements stipulated in Sections 5 & 6 must be complied
with.

bikol reporter

The provision of this Section notwithstanding, the Sangguniang

Bayan may decide, in the interest of better and more effective public
service, by an Ordinance to allow a higher number of allowed units.
SECTION 14 LIABILITY. In case of accident, the operator
shall be civilly liable and the driver shall be criminally liable for injuries
or damages done to the passengers and other properties.
SECTION 15 FARE. A fare of P5.00 shall be charged each
passenger for the first kilometer, an additional of P1.00 shall be
charged for every kilometers in excess of the first kilometer.

SECTION 9 Owner/operator of the padyak shall register

their unit(s) with the Office of the Municipal Treasurer and the said
office shall determine the physical built and condition of the bicycle
and sidecar or the side wheel thereof. Certificate of good condition
shall be issued to the owner/operator by the said office. Failure of
the owner/operator to renew the registration of his padyak for one
(1) year, his slot will be awarded/given to any interested applicant.

1st Offense

- Warning

2ND Offense

- A fine of P100.00

SECTION 10 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF PADYAK.

The owner/operator is required to comply the following physical
requirements of his padyak.

- Impoundment of the padyak and will

3rd Offense
only be released upon payment
of P150.00 fine.

a. The wheels and other parts of the padyak must be in

good condition and free from rust and dilapidation.
b. It must be installed with flashlight.
c. The registration plate number must be attached to the
front of the sidecar of the padyak.
d. It must have reflectorized stickers to be placed in front
and rear portions of the padyak.

SECTION 11 The driver of the padyak must secure an
identification card (ID) from the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan
and must always wear it when driving his padyak and transporting
his passenger(s). It must be placed with a cord to hang it on his neck
and visible to the passenger and public.

The Identification Card (I.D.) must contain the following
information, to wit:

SECTION 16 PENAL CLAUSE. Any violations of this

Ordinance shall be penalized with the following:

SECTION 17 REPEALING CLAUSE. All ordinance or parts

thereof which are inconsistent with any provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 18 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If, for any reasons,
any provisions, or parts hereof shall be held to be unconstitutional
or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 19 EFFECTIVITY. This ordinance shall take
effect upon its approval and publication in a newspaper of local
circulation.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of this foregoing
Resolution.

(SGD.) CAMILO R. ALVAREZA

Acting Secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan

a. Complete name in bold letters;

b. Passport size (1.5x1.5) ID pictures;

ATTESTED:

c. Residence, age, civil status, gender, municipality &

province;

d. ID number;
e. Laminated with plastic;

CONCURRED:

f. It should have a hole on top of the ID for cording

purposes;

(SGD.) EDUARDO B. BONITA

Municipal Councilor

(SGD.) CARLOS B. CHAVEZ

Municipal Councilor

g. The ID must not be transferable;

(SGD.) JUANITA P. BELLEZA

Municipal Councilor

(SGD.) GETULIO A. FERNANDO, JR.

Municipal Councilor

(SGD.) RAUL F. VILLARETE

Municipal Councilor

(SGD.) LYDIA C. OBIAS

Municipal Councilor

h. In case of loss, an Affidavit of Loss duly notarized must

be secured by the driver before he will issued with a new
one;
i. The ID must have signature of the driver and the SB
Chairman of the Committee on Transportation.

( SGD.) MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR.

Municipal Councilor

SECTION 12 No driver can operate a padyak under the

influence of alcohol.

APPROVED:

SECTION 13 RECONIZED NUMBER OF UNITS OF

PADYAK. In order to ensure that no excess units of padyak will ply
the route within the poblacion, the maximum allowed numbers of
units are 200 only.

BR_Feb28-March6 final.indd 7

(SGD.) IRENE R. BREIS

Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer

(SGD.) DICK H. CORDIAL

LIGA President (Ex-Officio Member)

(SGD.) ENGR. CONSTANTINO H. CORDIAL, JR.

Municipal Mayor

bikol reporter
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bikol reporter

BJMP, PDEA partners to ensure drug-free . . .

Reports of prevalent drug
use, trade and trans-shipment in
jails have stirred the minds of the
public after a series of Oplan
Galugad operations
Panti said prevalent drug use,
trade and trans-shipment in jails
have been reported after a series
of Oplan Galugad operations
in the Bureau of Corrections
drawing speculations that the
same conditions are also true inside BJMP facilities.
Moreover, Panti stressed he is
confident that jails in the region
are drug-free noting that the BJMP
is sincere in its desire to avert

CLIFF DIVING AT CAGLIOG CLIFF, CARAMOAN

Another reason to keep coming back to that wonder peninsula in Camarines Sur to uncovers
another facet to outdoor sports especially during the summer months that will click with
foreign visitors in search for another thrill.
-jmts/jovivillareal/rbmjr/mmec

DA's PRDP eyes facilities . . .

These projects are seen to
benefit a combined total of
13,559 farmers, rural women
and cooperative members in
communities of the two provinces which are the regions
leading producers of the crops,
Adelina Losa, the components
head, said in a statement reaching the Philippine News Agency here Thursday.
Camarines Norte is home
to the queen Formosa variety,
which is touted as the worlds
sweetest pineapple for which
the province, sitting at the
northwestern end of Bicolandia,
takes pride, being its only commercial producer. The province
accounts for over 90 percent of
the regions supply of the fruit.
Camarines Norte is also
the countrys fourth largest
producer of pineapple with
its 2,400 hectares of farmland
whose soil is rich in potassium
the biggest factor contributing to the sweetness of the
fruit - distributed among its 12
municipalities, from where an
average of 40,000 metric tons
of queen pineapple fruits are
harvested per cropping cycle of
12 months.
The proposed business
enterprise is projected to benefit
299 farmer-owners, 1,330 farm
laborers, and 572 processors,
laborers and workers on its first
year of implementation alone.
It also aims an increase of
Php2,600 in the monthly rate of
workers engaged in the processing and trading of pineapple in
the province.
What the cooperative needs
from DA-PRDP is assistance
in providing the additional
equipment, building and logistics necessary to meet the mar-

kets demand, Losa said.

The Abaca Fiber Processing
and Trading Enterprise project,
on the other hand, is expected to
benefit most of the nearly 15,500
Catanduanes farmers mainly
relying on the provinces 35,500
hectares of abaca plantations
that produce a average of 19,000
metric tons of fiber, representing
33.2 percent of the total national
annual production.
This makes abaca the
provinces backbone industry
that has made the island, known
as the first landmass to be kissed
by the waves of the Pacific
Ocean -- making it highly exposed to tropical cyclones hitting
the countrys eastern seaboard, a
prized contributor to countrys
fiber export earnings reaching
about USD 120 million yearly.
The proponent of the abaca
project is the Pinoy LingapDamayan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PLDMC) which started
its dry-run operations of the
processing and trading enterprise in Viga, Catanduanes, generating a positive response from
the islands abaca community.
Losa said the project aims to
provide an incentive markup as
well as productivity bonus worth
Php1.00 for every kilogram of
fiber sold to the cooperative, an
intention that is projected to increase farmers income.
Though the PDRP, she said,
the PLDMC aims to be a major player in the local abaca
industry in Catanduanes which
could change the local economic landscape as it will break the
monopoly of abaca fiber trading
by influential and wealthy local
businessmen.
Wellington Flores, planning
officer of the regional Philippine

Fiber Industry Development

Authority (PhilFIDA) office in
Bicol, said the cooperatives
marketing strategy will open the
abaca farmers horizon to buyers.
This is a good investment
because abaca farmers will have
fixed buyers and fixed source
of income. It will bring the true
price of abaca fiber to the farmers whose majority lives below
poverty level, Flores said.
The
establishment
of
abaca processing plants in
Catanduanes is a development
long-been sought by the province to add value to the crop that
has given the island the glory
of being its top producer in the
country.
Called a smart crop owing
to abaca plants resistance to
typhoons and drought, it serves
as the top agricultural commodity that keeps the islands local
economy alive from the farm
gate down to traders receipts
-- providing stable employment, livelihood and business
opportunities leading to the
provinces lower poverty rate
compared to other Bicol areas.
Losa said both business
plans for pineapple and abaca
in the region submitted for
funding support by the PDRP are
aligned with the governments
goal of inclusive growth and the
Projects development objectives.
The business plans, she
added, meet PRDPs objectives
of at least five percent increase
in household incomes of farmers, seven-percent increase in
value of annual marketedoutputs, and 30- percent increase
in incomes for targeted beneficiaries engaged in enterprise
development, making their approval necessary, she added.

entry of contrabands through

regular and religious Greyhound
Operations initiated by the frontline field officers with actions
taken immediately against personnel or visitors allegedly linked
to such illegal activity.
The Greyhound Operations
operatives are composed of
agents from PDEA, members of
the Special Tactics and response
(STAR) team and available
personnel from the BJMP regional
office. Details of the operations
are kept confidential to avoid
compromising its objective.
To ensure optimum result,

Albay sets steps vs avian . . .

report that said an avian pest
was occurring in the communities.
The PVSO said it had only
received verbal reports of sign
and symptoms of the disease
from veterinary technicians in
villages in the towns of Tiwi,
Bacacay, Camalig and Daraga
and Tabaco City.
The signs and symptoms
of the disease were observed
and found positive at backyard farms.
In Albay, no case of disease has been reported in
commercial farms, which account for 85 percent of domestic production, Salceda
said.

Naga gets . . .
tersection
10. Panganiban Drive
Ninoy-Cory Avenue intersection
The city had as early as
three years ago installed two
modern digital traffic lights
along two intersections in
Elias Angeles Street (across
Crown Hotel and along Arana Street) within the heart of
Nagas downtown district,
the first of its kind to be installed in Bicol.

AFP beneficiaries...
ally strengthened during the
courtesy visit of Philippine
Army Commanding Officer
BGEN Ferdinand F. Quidilla,
Commander, 9th Infantry Division last January 21, 2016 to
DOLE Bicol regional director
Nathaniel V. Lacambra at DOLE
RO V. During said meeting, the
two (2) officials agreed to continue said partnership especially that it has brought positive
impact to the Bicolanos.
(with figures from Mary Ann
Ballon)

We have big farms with

almost three million per load
capacity, at 60 days, that is 18
million. Albay is a big exporter of chicken, he said, adding
that the issue with rabia is
affecting only small farmers
or households in terms of income and food security.-PNA

the personnel of the facility

subject to the operation are not
involved or engaged to the actual
flushing-out activity except as
perimeter or stand-by forces
during the conduct of operations.
In Albay, the bureau chief
said the team has conducted at
least five operations confiscating
insignificant
items
and
numbers or items that are in
excess to the prescribed belongings of the resident inmates but
are not risky or dangerous.
The BJMP chief led the
recent greyhound operations at
Polangui District Jail, Ligao
City Jail abd Camalig District
Jail. BJMP assistant director for
admin and operations jail
superintendent Bernardo M. Sanchez joined the team in the same
operations held at tabaco City
District Jail and Sto Domingo
District Jail on February 16,
2016.
The same activities are
scheduled in other jails throughout the Bicol region until March
of this year.- PIA5/Albay

Salceda orders total . . .

sure of all smoking areas that
violates the provisions set on
the guidelines issued by the
CSC.
CSC Memorandum-Circular No. 17-2009 states that the
smoking area should be located
in an open space with no permanent or temporary roof or
walls,
The memo-circular also provides that smoking area shall
not be located within 10 meters
of entrances and exits, no larger
than 10 square meters, and there
shall only be one smoking area
per government building.
It added that no foods or
drinks shall be served in the
smoking area, and a smoking
area signage should be highly

visible and prominently displayed.

Salceda has also urged
smoking personnel to enroll in
the Provincial Smoking Cessation Program, and every office is tasked to submit a list
of employees interested to join
the program to the Provincial
Human Resource Management
Office not later than February
28, 2016.
Salceda hopes that with this
measure, and with the full cooperation of PGA personnel,
all PGA offices and workstations shall be able to establish
a healthy workforce which in
turn would result to a more productive service to the Albayano
people.

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

OF THE ESTATE OF ROQUE H. TAN
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legal
and sole heirs being the legitimate wife and children of the
late ROQUE H. TAN, who died intestate on September 12,
2012 in Naga City, leaving no last will or testament; left
parcels of land situated in Palestina, Pili, Camarines Sur
with TCT No. 2902 and 2901;Barangay Tabuco with TCT
No. 55982 and Concepcion Pequena with TCT No. 15202
in Naga City and in the District of Sampaloc, City of Manila
with TCT No. 176338; that the parties agree to adjudicate,
transfer and convey the described estate consisting of the
share of the deceased in favor of Rosario Imperial Tan,
Roderick Imperial Tan, Reginald Imperial Tan and Ryanmark
Imperial Tan, in equal shares; as acknowledged before
Notary Public Attorney Jose S. Ordona, Doc. No. 068, Page
No. 04, Book No. XVI, Series of 2013.
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 14, 21 and 28, 2016

for january

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Name of Deceased

Date of Interment

January 5, 2016
January 5, 2016
January 7, 2016
January 8, 2016
January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016
January 18, 2016
January 17, 2016
January 19, 2016
January 24, 2016
January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016
January 26, 2016
January 24, 2016
January 26, 2016
January 29, 2016
January 28, 2016
January 29, 2016
January 31, 2016

PIO A. TAPALES JR.

RITA D. CORREO
MA. IMELDA C. CONSULTA
JANUARIO A. GOMEZ
RECHELINE R. AGUILA
GUADALUPE A. BERNARDINO
JOSE RAUL F. RUSTIA
GLENN A. OLARIO
CRISPIN S. SAAVEDRA
JOSE T. PADO
JOSEFA T. GUERRERO
ELMER E. BERMUDO
HONORIA A. ALARCON
LEONILDA A. SALTING
OFELIA J. SEPTIMO
LORNA A. SANCHEZ
ARNULFO S. PATRIARCA
MARCELINA B. CABALLERO
CELEDONI P. ORTEGA

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feb. 28-march 5, 2016

Local absentee voters . . .
Also allowed to apply for
LAV are government officials
and employees as well as members of the Philippine National
Police and the Armed Forces
of the Philippines.
They can file their applications before their heads of
offices/supervisors, commanders/officers next-in-rank.
The same resolution provides that voters availing of
LAV can only vote for candidates running for national
positions, namely: president,
vice-president, senators and
party-list organization. Voting
shall be on April 27, 28 and 29.

For voting government officials and employees, members of the AFP and PNP, the
heads of offices/supervisors/
commanders or officers nextin-rank shall, not later than
April 12, 2016, designate the
place of voting where the voters shall converge to vote, the
COMELEC underscored.
Media voters can cast their
votes at COMELEC offices
where they filed their application.
The COMELEC added that
only those with active voters
registration can avail of LAV.
-PND

PSA wraps up celebration . . .

conducted free issuance of civil registry documents, attended
mass weddings, symposiums
and spearheaded similar information education campaign.
Several competitions like
poster making contest and
civil registration quiz were
also conducted to popularize
the occasions importance and
raise awareness among the
partakers.
Updating of ones status
which form part of the civil
registration process will help
the recipient to have an easy
access in availing basic services in government agencies
and other offices.
Some of the information
being documented during registration includes the persons
birth, marriage, death and his
civil status. It aims to acknowledge his right to be recognized
as citizen of a state or honoring
his juridical or legal personal-

ity.

Manaog specified that the

celebration is being done every
February of every year pursuant to Proclamation No. 682
issued in 1991.
February of every year
is declared Civil Registration
Month to remind the citizenry
of their duty to register acts
and events concerning status of
persons, and enhance nationwide awareness and appreciation of the legal administrative
and statistical values of civil
registry documents.
Proclamation 682 was affirmed by former President
Corazon C. Aquino on the 28th
of January 1991.
The said act is also in support of the Civil Registry law
which necessitates the continuous and obligatory recording of births, marriages, and
events concerning the status of
Filipinos.

bikol reporter

BMC promotes 'Heart Month'

By ANA LIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY - The Bicol Medical Center (BMC)
based here has launched
the
Heart Month
Celebration 2016 which
kicked off with a series of
advocacy activities meant
to promote healthy lifestyle
amongst members of the
community, Friday here.
With Preventive Cardio
Program in the forefront,
BMC also introduced the simultaneous conduct of Dental Health-Healthy Lifestyle
and Waste Management
Program in its desire to introduce to the community a
holistic approach towards
the attainment of a wellrounded mind and body
Dr. John Leo Guazon, this years Chairman
of BMCs Heart Months
Celebration and currently

heads the Cardio Program of

BMC, emphasized the importance of creating awareness on the risk factors that
causes heart diseases like
hypertension, citing its lifetime risk to the patient if not
treated early.
During the press conference held at the BMC last
Friday, Dra. Maribel Gutierrez. Philippine Heart Association- Bicol chapter vice
president, reiterated that one
of their campaigns is to increase the awareness of the
public regarding the risk factors for developing cardiac
problems.
In our survey, morbidity
and mortality is high among
patients suffering from heart
problems. It is alarming that
even patient in their 20s
can suffer from heart attack

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,

a notice is hereby served to the public that JUDITH P.
ALVARO-OLIVA has filed with this Office, a Petition for
Change of First Name from JUDITA to JUDITH in
the birth certificate of JUDITA ALVARO who was born on
November 19, 1960 at Palagon, Libmanan, Camarines
Sur and whose parents are UBALDO ALVARO and PATROCENIA PESICO.

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,

a notice is hereby served to the public that FE CURIOSOESELLENA has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change
of First Name from JOSIE ANGELINE to FE in the birth
certificate of JOSIE ANGELINE CURIOSO who was born
on December 23, 1963 at Ibid, Libmanan, Camarines Sur
and whose parents are NICANOR CURIOSO and ADELINA
A. MATUQUINES.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may

file his written opposition with this office not later than
March 5, 2016.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may

file his written opposition with this office not later than
March 5, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 21 and 28, 2016

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0008-2016 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 CESAR A. PONTEJOS has
filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in the
date of birth from July 24, 1960 to June 6, 1960 in the
certificate of live birth of CEZAR PONTIJOS at Libmanan,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are SOSEPATER
PONTEJOS and OLIMPIA AVILA..
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
March 5, 2016.

CCE-0009-2016 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 MARVIN ALVAREZ
GUEVARRA has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the
certificate of live birth of MARVIN ALVAREZ GUEVARRA
at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are TEODOLFO GUEVARRA and MARILYN ALVAREZ.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
March 5, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 21 and 28, 2016

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ees and patients.

Litam also acknowledged
the significant contribution
of the media in disseminating timely information to the
public through their radio
programs and media outlets.
She said that while doctors
at BMC were instructed to
educate their patients, media
can also reach other members of the community who
are living in the provincial
outskirts and have lesser access to medical facilities.
The celebration wrapped
up with film showing of
video clips showcasing the
activities conducted by the
Health Care Waste Management Committee towards a
Clean and Green BMC.

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 21 and 28, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

thats why we are very aggressive in our campaign

when it comes to the management of heart concerns,
Gutierrez added.
Both cardiologists pointed out unhealthy lifestyle,
vices such as smoking and
drinking, fast food diet
and use of illegal drugs as
culprits in the incessant rise
of heart-related diseases.
Aside from the cardiohealth program that BMC
is endorsing Dra. Maria Estrella B. Litam, BMC Medical Center Chief also led the
formal declaration of the
launching of no to plastic and Styrofoam policy in
BMC through the distribution of eco-bags to employ-

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 21 and28, 2016

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Local
Feature absentee voters
have until March 7 to apply

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Bicol, the philippines

feb. 28-march 5, 2016

P5.00

MANILA Per resolution

issued by the Commission
on Elections (COMELEC),
those who wish to apply
for Local Absentee Voting (LAV) privilege for the
May 9 polls have only until
March 7 to do so.

According to Comelec
Resolution No. 10003, LAV is
for civil servants who would
be temporarily assigned to
perform election duties on
Election Day in places where
they are not registered as voters.

Naga gets P20.8M grant

for traffic lights

SMOOTH TRAFFIC UNDERWAY

CEPPIO

Groundwork for traffic light system along the Panganiban Drive Mayon Avenue intersection
as of 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.

DOH to set up medical stations

in 2016 poll voting centers
MANILA The Commission
on
Elections
(COMELEC) and the Department of Health will
partner for the set-up and
and operation of medical
assistance stations for the
May 09, 2016 National and
Local Elections in voting
centers all over the country.
In a meeting held recently
by COMELEC Chairman
Andres Bautista and DOH
Secretary Janette Garin, the
proposed setting up of medical assistance stations was
discussed.
The proposed medical assistance stations will provide
basic first-aid and essential
medicines to voters and government personnel performing election-related duties in

voting centers where health

risks are considerably higher
due to long lines and exposure to heat during the summer month of May.
"This is the first time
the Commission is partnering with DOH so we are really grateful for the support
of Sec. Garin. This initiative
is again part of our effort to
improve the voting experience. As you know, summer has probably kicked in
by May. The heat combined
with the throng of people in
voting centers can cause heat
stroke, among other illnesses.
We just want to have quickresponse teams in place in
case we need first-aid medical care," said Bautista.
The DOH will cover the

costs of the set-up and operation of the proposed medical

assistance stations, as well as
the hospitalization expenses
of any government personnel who may succumb to illness or serious injury in their
line of work on Election Day.
Link-ups between the medical stations and nearby hospitals and health centers will
also be established to send
emergency medical response
units should the need arise.
The COMELEC and DOH
will finalize plans in time for
the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement before the
end of February.

NAGA CITY City

Mayor John G. Bongat has
announced that the installation of new traffic lights in
strategic points of the city is
underway.
The city government, under Mayor Bongat, has obtained a grant of P20.8M from
the Road Board and the Metro
Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for the supply
and installation of modern
traffic lights in 7 strategic
points of the city. Each traffic
light has a variant cost from a
low of P2.7M to P3.8M.
The city government, for its
part, had allocated P3M more
as counterpart for the installation of additional traffic lights
along Panganiban Drive here,
a busy section leading to the
citys two business districts.
Under the MMDA and
Road Board, new streetlights
will soon rise in the following
intersections of the city:
1. Bagumbayan Sur and
MT Villanueva intersection
2. Penafrancia-MagsaysayLiboton intersection
3. Magsaysay-Balatas RdDayandang intersection
4. Roxas Avenue-Almeda
Road intersection
5. Mayon Avenue Panganiban Road intersection
6. Colgante Bridge-Penafrancia intersection
7. Elias Angeles-Santonja
St. intersection
For the citys part, modern traffic signals will also be
installed in the following intersections along Panganiban
drive:
8. Panganiban Drive-Blumentritt Drive intersection
9. Panganiban Drive
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NAGA CITY --- After

a month-long implementation of various activities
in the province, Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA)
Camarines Sur Statistics Officer Clemente S. Manaog
thanked everyone who supported their endeavors to
make the celebration of Civil
Registration Month a success.
Under the theme: Makiisa Makisali sa Dekadang
CRVS, PSA Camarines Sur

BR_Feb28-March6 final.indd 10

provincial office conducted

significant events simultaneous with activities conducted
nationwide to raise the populaces awareness on the importance on putting on records
their vital events and civil status.
In keeping with the CRVS
Decade aim of "getting every
Juan and Juana in the picture",
PSA CamSur conducted mobile registration activities even
in far flung barangays to ensure that no one is left behind.
They also hanged streamers,
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TALKING PEACE AND ORDER

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BICOL LITERATOUR

Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion and First Lady Connie B. Sarion

join the participants in the Bicol Literatour project of the
National Commission on Culture and the Arts with the local
government unit of Daet as project conduit.

Albay sets steps

vs avian pests
LEGAZPI CITY -- The
Provincial Veterinary Service Office (PVSO) of Albay
is now ready with precautionary measures against the
avian pest that is reportedly
affecting small and large
chicken producers across
the province, Governor Joey
Salceda said Thursday.
Salceda said he has directed Dr. Florencio Adonay,
PVSO chief, to implement

PSA wraps up celebration

of Civil Registration Month
By Ana-Liza S. Macatangay

Registered voters from the

media may avail of the privilege if they believe they would
not be able to vote due to the
strict demand of their tasks of
covering the elections.
Also entitled to the privilege are other media practitioners, including those in the
technical and support staff
who are actively engaged in
the pursuit of information
gathering and reporting or
distribution.

jmts/abearcilla/rbmj/mmec

CamSur Vice Gov. Ato Pea presides another meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council
with Provincial Prosecutor Richard T. Cu, PNP Provincial Director Walfredo Pornillos, Mr. Arnel
Renato I. Madredeo of the DILG, Col. Ferozaldo Paul Regencia, Deputy Brigade Commander and
Commander Task Group CamSur in attendance to discuss important matters concerning the
budget for 2016 and other pressing issues that need immediate response and resolution.

measures to control and prevent the spread of the pest, locally known as rabia.
Quoting a report from the
PVSO, he said the cases are
still above the normal level
so the appropriate thing to
do is implement counter-measures.
The preventive measures
are being carried out during
regular village visitations by
the El Nio Caravan, the
governor said.
The counter-measures include: coordination with local
government units for the gathering and reporting of new
cases; submission of specimens to animal laboratory for
examination; inventory and
purchase of vaccine supply;
and conduct of mass vaccinations to affected poultry farms
in villages.
Salceda also directed village officials to activate their
respective animal health
workers to monitor and report
avian pest cases.
And in case the avian pest
incidence worsens, he urged
them recommend the declaration of a state of calamity in
the affected towns, cities or in
the entire province.
Salceda, however, denied
an avian pest outbreak earlier reported by media, saying
there are no official data or
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