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Malacaang readies state funeral for robredo

President Benigno S. Aquino III and some members of his Cabinet accompany the remains of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo to Pili Airport, Camarines Sur on Tuesday (August 21). At the airport, Robredos wife Atty. Leni and other family members are

waiting for Robredos body. The remains of the former DILG Chief was found Tuesday morning at about 800 meters from the shore at a depth of 180 feet inside the fuselage of the small Piper Seneca plane that crashed off Masbate Saturday afternoon. Before serving the Aquino Government, Robredo was a former Mayor of Naga City.

climate change talks boost ibalong festival

By REy M. NASOL
lEGaZPi CiTY Organizers have secured sufficient and comfortable accommodation at the leading hotels here for some 1,000 participants to the First Philippine Tourism Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (PTCCCA) slated this coming Aug. 23-25. One of them is the Oriental Hotel, Legazpi, the main conference venue which has assured reservations for delegates who chose to stay at said hotel which has a total of 115 rooms. City Mayor Geraldine B. Rosal said the PTCCCA is a big boost to the citys tourism activity side by side the Ibalong Festival which depicts local legendary heroes Handyong, Baltog and Bantong of the Bicol epic who fought man-made and natural calamities during the ancient Bicolandia. Aside from its meaningful contribution to all, the organizers wholeheartedly dedicate the PTCCCA to DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, one of the most powerful official of the country as this will be his legacy to delegate, whom he enjoined to participate in said conference in order to save lives from whether natural or man-made.....What happened to Sec. Robredo gives
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august 19 - 25, 2012

Weekly Reflection

Fr. AllAN S. FeNix

Balik-Probinsya Program
SQUATTERS; So-called informal settlers are again being blamed for the garbage, etc. that were traced to have damaged the drainage systems in the Metropolis area. Scapegoats or not, the squatters are indeed responsible for many social problems including environmental concerns. Their lack of regular means of livelihood has also been advanced as peace and security danger symptoms. Many juvenile law offenders are reportedly being trained in the squatter areas. Relocation of MM informal settlers somewhere in the peripherals of the Metropolis has been tried in the past without success. They invariably return to their old residences claiming it is there that they have their earning jobs. Opinions Unlimited sincerely believes that the right tact is to bring them back to their respective provinces where they can have fresh starts with the help of relatives. Farming and fishing are worthwhile endeavors for them. PRIDE: Many squatters are ashamed to return to their provinces unable to admit that their adventures in MetroManila have failed. Some of them previously bluffed their relatives of big deals and good lives that they supposedly enjoyed. Now, pushed to the wall they need practical explanations why they need to return. There are those who left for the Big City while still young and single but now they have their families

Life is a Sandwich
In the seminary before, we eat rice for breakfast, lunch and supper. However, during special occasions, bread is usually serve for breakfast or snacks, as a brief respite from eating rice. One time, while enjoying the sandwiches that were prepared for us, I observed that it is nothing but the story of every persons life. Ordinarily, a sandwich is composed of two pieces of bread, one signifying birth, which we have received for some years now, and the other, of course, is death, which all of us are still awaiting and will surely come at anytime and anywhere. It is pressed together and wherein in the middle of it is found a variety of fillings which, sometimes, say something about the economic condition of those who prepared it. Peanut butter, Liver spread, Corned beef, Hot dog, Mayonnaise... There are just too many fillings available in the market which can make our sandwiches too inviting and mouth watering. However, for me, personally, out of all these, there are three kinds of filling which make my day. They are very meaningful for me and my life. CHEESE. Whenever we take a picture of someone , in order to have a sweet smile result, with all the available teeth out, we ordinarily tell them to say CHEESE !!! . When cheese is the filling of my sandwich everything is on a cloud nine- going well bright, good and happy. MARGARINE. When we were still children our parents used to encourage us to put margarine on our bread to help make us taller. When it is the filling in my sandwich I remember all of the struggles that I have to do to reach all of my goals and ambitions in life. HAM. HMMMMM.... When ham is the filling in my sandwich I remember all the successes I attained from all of my physical and spiritual struggles. We hum when we are contented as if just lying by a hammock the whole day. Singing is also praising twice. Life is a sandwich. The only difference is in the fillings. How about you? What is the filling found in your sandwich? Book launching of

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hence the bigger challenge of returning to the provinces. Survival in our rural areas is facilitated with food sources available from nature. Decent jobs await those who are really willing to work. Childrens education is open, with cheaper fees being charged by public schools. Neighborly care and concern still exist in provincial communities, with relatives willing to accept returning kins. Family ties can be used by government to encourage MM squatters to join the Balik-Probinsya program. PHL SPORTS: The recent Summer Olympics (London 2012) again highlighted our inefficient handling of sports program. We were unable to send competitors for failure to establish qualifying records. Those few that we sent to compete were admittedly losers right from the beginning. They were there to improve on their personal best not to win any medals. A full review and analysis of our sports programs need to be undertaken while the iron is still hot.

Our choice of the contests we participated is generally OK with us. We have good chances in archery, shooting, weightlifting and boxing. Sports where height and bulk are key factors disqualify Filipinos right at the start. We dont have much to offer in swimming, athletics and the ball games. Until our leaders come to adopt a genuine policy of winning in sports our programs will just qualify as entertainment activities. WARNING: The BIR has intensified its program of going after businessmen and taxpayers who fail to file their correct tax returns. The emphasis is no longer just on the computation of income taxes but more so in the withholding and business (VAT/ Percentage) taxes. The tax collection agency is using the taxpayers own reports and comparing them with those submitted by their suppliers and their buying customers. With the use of computers periodic reports are gathered and analyzed, and cross-checked with pertinent reports submitted by others including government agencies. As tax consultants we look at the new BIR policies with positive understanding. In turn, we admonish our clients to file correct tax reports to avoid undue harassments. Taxpayers must be ready to fight grafters who use BIR tax campaigns to milk unknowing citizens. PROVERBS: If godly justice didnt involve gracious mercy, we all would be doomed.

Patrona del Bicol, Letting the People Decide and Benefits of Dividing Cam. Sur
The feast of our Regional Patroness, Our Lady of Peafrancia, is forthcoming next month. She is our beloved Ina who loves us and intercedes for us to her son, Jesus. We should also show our love to her by not failing to hear mass on her feast day and participating in church activities. We are often busy receiving our visitors and in other activities, but we should give importance and time for her because she keeps protecting us. I believe that we are not directly hit by typhoons in recent years because of her protection intercession and because Bicolanos are mostly Marian devotees. Let us welcome the Patrona del Bicol in our homes and in our hearts. Let us cooperate in the preparation of the government and the church for this festivity. As always, thousands and thousands of Marian devotees will be coming from different parts of the country and even from abroad. This devotion to Ina makes her the number One tourist attraction in Camarines Sur. ****** Congressmen Arnulfo Fuentebella, Luis R. Villafuerte, Rolando Andaya and Dato

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Arroyo, the proponents of House Bill 4820, An Act Creating the Province of Nueva Camarines, only want to let the people decide in a plebiscite whether they are for or against this bill. They will respect the will of the people. You will notice the great effort of the opposing camp in preventing that a plebiscite be held even if they keep saying that the people are against it. They are spending so many millions of pesos for radio, print and TV ads and you will wonder

"A few Minutes with fAther"

by Fr. Allan S. Fenix Published by St. Pauls publication Holy Rosary Minor Seminary Elias Angeles St., Naga City September 9, 2012, Saturday, 9:00 AM Proceeds: Caceres Clergy Health Fund Online: www.stpauls.ph email address:dychinan@yahoo.com

why and where they are getting money? The findings of the Commission on Audit on the Province of Camarines Sur can provide the answer to this. The COA report covers the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The people should read the COA reports to be informed where the funds of the government go and how it is spent or misspent. Sen. Antonio Trillanes reported in this newspaper as having said There is no compelling reason to divide the Province of Camarines Sur and the measure will only create a bad precedent. After reading this, I regretted that I voted for Trillanes because the effect of his stand is against letting the people decide in a plebiscite. He does not favor the benefits the people in the proposed province and the Mother Province of Camarines Sur will get thru this House Bill. Well, he found new allies, not those in the United Opposition under whose ticket he ran for Senator During the Senate Committee Hearing last May 31, 2012. Cong.
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Not yet the end of the world

Despite his woeful lack of material things, Juan de la Cruz does not fail to welcome each day with a smile. He is known the world over for this sunny disposition. Even the Thais, who are also famous for their smile, cannot upstage Juan. When floodwaters swept through his community in Metro Manila days ago, his smile disappeared. He could not afford to be sunny with what Nature had done to him. Her was hurt and angry. The freak weather which imaginative journalists christened as Bagsik ng Habagat had damaged his house, his crops, his work animals, his livelihood. He suffered as much as his neighbor. It brought torrential rains which created an ocean out of his dry land. The movie, Waterworld, became a reality. His dry, dusty neighborhood became a sea of filthy water, bringing disease, isolating him from his friends. He had to rely on relief goods to survive. It was nightmarish. Where once, jeepneys and buses crowded the streets in his barangay, only boats were seen, ferrying people and

A Question of privilege

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food for hungry flood victims to isolated communities. The boats were the only means of mobility. The disaster has wiped off the smile on Juans face. But this is the only time when he is seen without his famous smile. His whole world has turned gray, that is why. Frustrating as it is, the disaster has brought into the open his innate goodness, his readiness to share with even strangers what little resources he has. Name all his negative traits, But do not omit this one. It

is his saving grace. He wont abandon people in distress. He owes this to his Christian faith. He believes that he who gives alms feeds three: himself, his hungering neighbor and Jesus. His religion has taught him to be charitable to others. There was this story about a nobleman who searched for the Holy Grail in near and far places. But he failed. Tired and weary, he went back to his castle. At the gate, he met an old hungry beggar. He invited the man to his castle, fed and gave him a warm bed. The next morning, he visited his guest. Instead of the beggar, the Holy Grail was in the room. ***** For sure, the man-made calamity will set back the countrys efforts to make the economy work. Billions of pesos worth of crops and infrastructures have been lost. Nature is seemingly unkind. It would not give our country time to grow. When it unleashed that destructive floods, it showed single-mindedness to
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A Clinic at the LCC Lobby
I chanced upon Dr. Teresista Munoz-Beria at the lobby of the LCC Supermarket in Iriga City, She was manning the Philippine Nurses Association Iriga City-Rinconada Chapter Health Clinic in partnership with the local government of Iriga. I understood that the clinic maintains a Monday to Saturday 9 to 11 am and 3:00 to 5:00 pm clinic hours. Thats wonderful because it is situated where it is very accessible to the public. Its objective is to provide health promotion to the Irigueos particularly in the work place servicing the following: Child care such as immunization schedule, nutrition, growth monitoring; Adolescent care such as counseling on school health problems, nutrition, sexuality and drug abuse, hygiene, management of simple teenage health problems, uase of symptomatic simple herbal medication and stress management. Care of women is also one of its other services which include counseling, reproductive health, family planning, stress management, maternal and newborn referral to the City Health Center. The care of adults includes assessment of hypertension, diabetes, cancer, communicable diseases, sexuality, blood sugar testing and some other related services.
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Tours and Travel In Focus

In many tourism sites and destinations the perennial problem that usually crop up is the need for better tourism services including infrastructure facilities which we surely lack. You go to any point most especially in the provinces there is really a need for more luxury accommodations if we are really after quality tourists to see and visit our shores. This is a problem on how we can make it possible to lure them and see for themselves our world class tourist attractions which can be found in our 7,107 islands and islets comprising the Philippine Archipelago. Another problem encountered by tourists is the absence of translators for numerous languages. This is where well-versed tourist guides are needed because in more ways than one foreigners who come and visit our country would still go to shopping malls to purchase souvenirs instead of buying the same right at the very heart of such sites and destinations. We dont even have double-deck air conditioned type of buses which are preferred by tourists because for them it is more convenient to have earphones in every available seat for tour briefings. What is so disappointing about it is the fact that a major player in the tourism industry tried to bring such kind of buses but was discouraged after experiencing the usual bureaucratic red tape prevalent in many of our government agencies tasked to facilitate transactions on transport and accommodations. It goes without saying that the needed tourism facilities are basic. The Department of Tourism in this regard is under obligation to coordinate other government agencies by putting in place infrastructure facilities in various beach resorts all over the land to avoid hassles when tourists wade into the water when they arrived by boat. More often than not they find where the best practices in tourism gains have evolved, tourists would emphasize the need for better tourism services and amenities as a mode of easing the hassles that they encounter. It is therefore a source of pride when tourists arrivals increase as a result of the improved infrastructure and transport facilities in any given place where tourism had gained its foothold. Hopefully, with the 1st Philippine Conference on Climate Change Adaptation scheduled on August 23 to 25, 2012 in Legaspi City we could expect with optimism the generation of benefits coming from a sound and healthy tourism practices including the improvement of our present infrastructure facilities in tourism growth areas. These are in itself mandated under Republic Acts 10121 and 9729 otherwise known as National Disaster Risk Reduction and the Management Act of 2010, the precursor of which was the Climate Change Act of 2009. There is no doubt whatsoever that tourism is admittedly is one of the pillars of our economic development. The conference for all its intents and purposes will enlighten various tourism stakeholders of the prevailing mood all over the country on how we could minimize the ill effects of calamities. This is our goal, the transformation of our communities as resilient hubs for economic stimulus through proper tourism tools, knowledge, technologies and mindset to develop and sustain appropriate tourism focused development approaches to enable our labor force and entrepreneurs to gainfully participate in the tourism led economic growth for our people.

Dr. MAriliSSA J. AMPuAN

President, Bicol Association of Tourism and Hospitality Educators (BATHE)

The Teacher as a Mother and Housewife

There must be a special place in heaven for a female teacher. This is only wishful thinking but why not? After all a female teacher can be the epitome in womanhood. She can be looked upon as some kind of a heroine. She is not just a teacher but also a mother and a housewife. And you can expect her to be best in these three roles rolled into one. And society and community demand much from her and have big expectations. In school, she is already a mother to countless children of varied personalities and character and who come from different homes of different breeding. But this motherly task is only a Monday to Friday thing and some eight hours, more or less during these five days. And a mother, she is a mother to them no doubt. The teacher can never risk separating being a teacher and a mother. She is a fulltime mother at home to her own children. She has to take care of her in the best manner possible. She has to take care of them, body and soul. She has to be responsible for their full development, spiritually, intellectually and financially as well. She must see to it that they adopt to the needed dictum of their environment and society. They must learn the basics of life. They should have the best education possible not limiting to sending them to school and providing them with comforts like money and appropriate clothes. They, they must be fed properly to keep them healthy at all times. They must be veered away from bad companies. They must be able to learn proper conduct especially because if they do wrong they become the picture of their parents. Parents, especially mothers always get the cudgels for things done wrong by their children. The teacher must be a over a hundred per cent teacher at home over her being a teacher in the classroom, The teacher is also a housewife. She takes care of her husband like any good wife should do. She cares for him, maybe even sings him love songs every now and then to keep the marriage not fall on the rocks. If her husband is working, she makes it certain that his outfit (underwear, shirts, pants, shoes and sox as well as his necktie if he is white collar job worker) must be taken cared of every single day. She makes herself beautiful for him. She keeps the house beautiful seeing to it that it is clean all the time and in perfect order providing the best ambience not only for the family but for guests who come and visit. She must therefore have an ear for beautiful things that should keep the home very pleasant. She cooks the most delicious meals for the family and feeds them with the right and nutritious food. Maybe, she even keeps a garden and tends it beautifully. But these roles as mother and housewife should not relegate her primary occupation as a classroom teacher to whom are entrusted to her the youth of the land on whom we can look up to them as the future responsible leaders of our country. And so, the teacher teaches them not just the basic of education but also ethics, good character values, spirituality, love of country or the idea that they are made to their Makers likeness. Could the teacher be all these and do all these? Yes without doubt and needless to say. The teacher, the female teacher, specifically, is one of Gods most wonderful creation and she has to understand its full meaning. ______________________ By JENNIFER R. SARZA Teacher III Zeferino Arroyo High School San Agustin, Iriga City

it too inconvenient when they take off their footwear while others dont. In the same manner, female tourists dont welcome the idea to ride piggyback on men sent out for the purpose. At this stage of our tourism development the assumption is that major investments in tourism infrastructure facilities would be realized remains to be seen. Although our government is really all out in its campaign to make things happen tourism wise it may thus be speculated that through public and private sectors initiatives, tourism infrastructure facilities will not be far given the strategic goal emphasized in this regard for multi community based tourism. More than at any time in encouraging investments from businesses through the governments support mechanism, the involvement of the private sector in strengthening tourism goals must be given the needed incentives. Through this scheme, the basic foundations for tourism development would be easier to implement. These concerns are doable because even in highly advanced countries

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Rainy season does not only bring more water but also encourage the emergence of more pests in the rice fields such as rodents, rice bug, rice black bug, tungro, golden kuhol, armyworms, and brown planthoppers. But as always, the rice farmers are not alone in facing these insect pests. The Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC) of the Department of Agriculture is always on the lookout and ready to recommend control measures against these pests. Just recently the RCPC in tandem with the Bureau of Plant Industry conducted an Awareness and Management Seminar and Workshop on rice pests particularly the Rice Grain Bug a new rice pest which was first observed in Bicol in Dimasalang, Masbate and Ragay Camarines Sur in 2011. Massive monitoring and information dissemination on this new rice pest is being done as this is more notorious and damaging than the Rice Black Bug. Dr. Evangeline Dela Trinidad, Chief of the RCPC in Bicol, explained that Rice Grain Bug is very agile thus can easily evade spraying. They stay on the upper side or underneath the leaves. They stay on upper portion of rice plants even in intense sunlight. RGB can also thread on water. They also stay in stubbles. operation in relation to its objectives. AACCUP said accreditation lends prestige to member institutions, justified by the possession of quality standards and unremitting efforts to maintain them at high level. Aside from this, it helps parents to know which program they may send their children to for quality education. AACCUP adds that accreditation makes all those engaged in education aware of standards of excellence that they should strive to attain. In addition, it makes possible for those proposing funding and those who are to fund to know what to support and how much support is needed. The strengths and weaknesses of the programs could also be assessed easily through accreditation. Students on the other hand who are graduates of accredited academic programs especially teacher education automatically earn points in the evaluation of their application for a teaching position. Based on Guidelines on the Hiring of Public School Teachers contained in the DepEd Order No. 2 series of 2002, students who earned their degree from schools whose teacher education program is accredited as Level I will get four points, Level II 8 points, Level III 12 points and Level IV 15 points.

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DeclArAtion of coMMitMent

Rep. Luis Villafuerte (2nd from left) of the 3rd District of Camarines Sur stares at the signing of the joint declaration of commitment for the nomination of Mt. Isarog Natural Park as a Biosphere Reserve as Peter Dogse (extreme left) of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) also observes. A biosphere reserve is a protected area which aims to conserve genetic resources, species and ecosystems to serve as a venue for scientific research, monitoring and promotion of sustainable development. As of to date, Palawan and Puerto Galera are the only declared biosphere reserves in the country. - Juan Belardo

CSC gets cash aid from CHED

By EDNA A. BAGADIONG VIRAC, Catanduanes -- The Catanduanes State College (CSC) received a P200,000-development assistance from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Minerva I. Morales, CSC president, received the Institutional Development Assistance for Accreditation (IDAA) on July 9. The grant is CHEDs support to Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) ongoing accreditation efforts where 11 of its academic programs were evaluated by the Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities (AACCUP) on August 6 to 11. The academic programs scheduled for accreditation are Accountancy (3rd Survey), Business Administration (3rd Survey), Nutrition and Dietetics (3rd Survey), Science Biology (2nd Survey), Science Mathematics (2nd Survey), Civil Engineering (1st Survey), Information System (1st Survey), Agriculture (1st Survey), Doctoral Ed.D. (1st Survey), Master MBA (1st Survey), Arts and Sciences Public Administration (1st Survey), and Agriculture-Panganiban Campus (Preliminary Visit). A memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by CHED Chairperson Patricia B. Licuanan and Dr. Minerva I. Morales covers the implementation of the development assistance fund. The accreditation of academic programs is a continuing quality assurance undertaking of the CSC administration. To date, the institution has 19 academic programs accredited by the AACCUP. AACCUP defines accreditation as the formal recognition of an educational program as possessing certain standards of quality or excellence based on analysis of the merits of its educational

During the national technical awareness conference in Ragay, Camarines Sur last April 17-19, 2012, heads of the RCPC in Luzon observed that RGB usually emerged between 10:00am 12:00 noon and damaged mostly the panicles. Grains sucked by RGB are often discolored, unfilled and become infested with molds making cracks on rice at milling and tastes bitter when cooked. Yield reduction due to RGB infestation is estimated at 40-80%. Agricultural Technologist Teresita Bravo of Ragay, Camarines Sur shared the experiences of the farmers whose farms have been attacked by RGB. She said that one farmer who previously harvested 74 cavans before the emergence of RGB, now harvested 14 cavans. When the palay grains were milled, only 10-12 kilos

were recovered. The grains were cracked and has a bitter taste when cooked. As of this writing, eight (8) regions have already been affected by RGB including Bicol. These Regions 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13. The RCPC recommends initially the following management strategies to control RGB: Burn or plow under rice straw/stubbles right after harvest to kill the bugs. Maintain sanitation of the farm including the dikes. Monitor the pest regularly to detect early appearance. If pest is present apply green label contact insecticides during late afternoon. Dr. Trinidad urged the MAOs to closely monitor rice fields in their areas and submit a specimen of pest they suspect as Rice Grain Bug as early detection is crucial to its control.

Dr. Dela Trinidad also added that crop protection is a vital component in rice production as 35% of yield loss is attributed to insect pests and diseases occurrence. She emphasized that often, the problem are not insects (they are indicators) but the imbalance in the ecosystem which allow these insects to multiply. Farmers must learn to detect the factors that disturb the insects such as continuous cropping, indiscriminate use of pesticide and asynchronous planting. The workshop which was conducted in Macagang Hotel, Nabua, Camarines Sur on August 14 was attended by the 37 Municipal Agriculturists of the province of Camarines Sur. A similar seminar will be conducted in the province of Masbate on August 16. - Lovella P. Guarin

CEB took delivery of this brand-new Airbus A320 from Toulouse, France, which will enter operations this week. CEB expects delivery of two more Airbus A320 in the 2nd half of 2012.

CEB takes delivery of 39th aircraft

The Philippines largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE:CEB) accepted delivery of its 39th aircraft last August 12, 2012, as part of its expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific region. This is CEBs 21st Airbus A320, acquired brand-new from Toulouse, France. CEBs aircraft fleet is also composed of 10 Airbus A319 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. With the brand-new A320, CEB retains its distinction as having one of the most modern aircraft fleet in Asia. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 21 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013, with the arrival of 4 Airbus A330 aircraft from 2013 to 2014. CEB flew more than 6.9 million passengers in the 1st half of 2012, a 17% systemwide growth compared to the same period last year. It aims to serve a total of 14 million passengers for the full year 2012. It recently launched direct flights from Davao to Kalibo and Puerto Princesa last August 2, 2012. CEB is also slated to launch the following flights: October 4 (CebuCoron), October 5 (DavaoButuan, Davao-Dipolog, Tacloban-Iloilo), and October 20 (Cagayan de Oro Zamboanga). Other new routes are: November 8 (Iloilo-Hong Kong, Iloilo-General Santos) and November 9 (Iloilo-Singapore, Iloilo-Puerto Princesa, Cagayan de Oro Bacolod). For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www. cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or (032) 230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEBs official Twitter and Facebook pages. In its 16th year of operations, CEB had flown over 60 million passengers. It provides access to the most extensive network in the Philppines, with 32 domestic and 19 international destinations. The airline also remains a pioneer in the Philippine aviation industry by being the first to offer web check-in, self check-in, e-ticketing, and Lite Fares.

posthuMous AwArD

President Benigno S. Aquino III confers the Order of National Artists for Cinema (Posthumous) on the late King of Philippine movies Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, popularly known as Fernando Poe, Jr., represented by FPJs wife actress Susan Roces, in a ceremony at the Rizal Hall of the Malacaan Palace on Thursday (August 16). Roces refused to accept the posthumous award during a conferment ceremony at Malacaang in June 2006, during the incumbency of thenPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Witnessing the ceremony are Poes daughter Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) chairperson Mary Grace PoeLlamanzares, grandson Bryan Poe Llamanzares and NCCA chairman Felipe de Leon, Jr. - Malacaang Photo

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Portfolio Assessment: Its Effect on the Academic Performance in Advanced Algebra Among the Students in Sipocot National High School
Studentsperformance in the National Achievement Test (NAT) showed that aside from Science and English, Mathematics continues to be the most difficult field of study in basic education. One of the main factors which can be cited to account for the low performance in Mathematics of the Filipino students is the low system approach for addressing the desired student performance standards. From this premise, the researcher, in her capacity as a Mathematics teacher, conceived the idea of determining the effect of Portfolio Assessment on the Achievement in advance Algebra among Senior Students in Sipocot National High School. It is hoped that this study will give Mathematics teachers clear insight on the use of portfolio assessment in teaching Mathematics particularly in the secondary level. Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the students pre-test and post-test scores in Advanced Algebra before and after they were exposed to the portfolio assessment? 2. Do the students academic achievement in Advanced Algebra vary significantly among the four groups of respondents? 3. Does portfolio assessment bring about a significant improvement on the students academic performance in Advanced Algebra? 4. Is there a significant difference between the chievement in Advanced Algebra of the students who were exposed to portfolio assessment and those who were not given the same opportunity? 5. Is there a significant difference between the achievement in Advanced Algebra of the students who were exposed to portfolio assessment with pre-test and those without pre-test? The Solomon FourGroup Design was used in this experimental study. Four groups in the fourth year were used as the research subjects. Each section consisted of thirty (30) students, with fifteen (15) males and fifteen (15) females in each group. All these four groups received different treatments. In this study, two groups were pre-tested. These were Groups A and B while all groups were post tested. Two sections had treatments. These were groups A and C while the other two groups were used as control groups. These were Groups B and D. Mean, Mean Proficiency level, z test for independent samples, z test for independent samples, and one-way analysis of variance were used to test the data statistically. Significance level was set at 0.05. Based from the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: 1. The students had very low algebraic skills before the experiment was conducted. After the experiment, those who were exposed to Portfolio Assessment obtained outstanding in all the skills compared to those who belonged to the control groups. 2. The performance level in Advanced Algebra of the four groups vary significantly as evidenced by the computed F-value which highly exceeded the tabular F value even at 0.01 level of significance. 3. Portfolio Assessment is very effective in bringing about a highly significant improvement in all the skills. 4. There is a highly significant difference on the post-test scores between the experimental and the control groups in Advanced Algebra in terms of the skills. 5. There is no significant difference between the achievement in Advanced Algebra of those students who were exposed to the portfolio assessment but not given the pre-test and those who were expose to Portfolio Assessment but were not given pre-test. The pre-test did not have any synthesizing effect on the students post-test scores. The following recommendations were derived from the findings and conclusions of this study: 1. The performance of the students in Advanced Algebra may be improved through the following: Mathematics teachers may note down skills not wellmastered by the students during the formative tests or quizzes and they will be used as bases in periodic remediation. 2. The effectiveness of Portfolio Assessment must be disseminated to other mathematics teachers to improve the algebraic skills of the students. 3. Portfolio Assessment should be adopted by the teachers as innovation to enliven the students as well as arouse their attention and interest towards the attainment of the goal of improving the proficiency level in the different areas in mathematics. 4. A seminar-workshop on the use of portfolio assessment be conducted to improve the academic performance of the students. 5. Active participation of students, parents and teachers must be recognized in assessing the academic performance of the learners by means of Portfolio Assessment. ___________________
By LETECIA C. ANCOG Teacher III SNHS, Sipocot, Cam. Sur

our lADy of penAfrAnciA

ROMy ZETAZATE

Bobby Achacon and Jojo Taduran, Treasurer and Vice-President respectively, of the Bicol Canada Community Association Inc. (BCCA) headed by President Paeng Nebres, pay homage and make thanksgiving to Our Lady of Peafrancia, the Patron Saint of Bicolandia, whom the Bicolanos fondly call Ina. The feast day to be celebrated on September 15th, 2012, Saturday, is preceeded by a novena, nine days of prayer, in honor of the Virgin, will start with a fluvial parade at the Bluffers Park Lake at Brimley Rd. in Scarborough, Ontario.

Malacaang readies state funeral for robredo

ticipation of the agencies he headed and the people he represented, it further said. The said committee will be composed of the Office of the Executive Secretary, Presidential Management Staff, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, Office of the Presidential Spokesperson, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Office of the Presidential Protocol, Malacaang Social Office, Appointments Office and the Presidential Security Group. Executive Secretary Ochoa has also assigned the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office to chair the meetings of the committee. The committee will, from time to time, be updating the public of arrangements through the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson as they are finalized and determined, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said.

Manila (Aug. 21) Malacanang on Tuesday ordered the formation of an inter-agency committee that will take charge of the funeral arrangements and interment of the late Secretary Jesse Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government. Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. issued Memorandum Circular No. 36 directing the creation of the committee on funeral arrangements and burial of Secretary Robredo. The body of the late secretary was found and retrieved Tuesday morning after his plane crashed off the coast of Masbate on Saturday. It is fitting and proper that the State renders honor to the late Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, commensurate with the peoples affection and admiration for him, the MC 36 stated. These honors and all forms of official recognition must be done in accordance with the law, wishes of the bereaved family of the late Secretary, and the fullest par-

The MC 36 also stated that the said committee may call on government entities and enjoin the support of concerned non-government organizations and the private sector as may be necessary to assist in the performance of its functions. Malacanang has earlier urged the public to pay tribute to the life and works of the late Secretary Robredo through testimonials and remembrances. The nation is united in grief and gratitude to one of her finest and most honorable servant-leaders, Lacierda said in a separate statement on Tuesday. We invite everyone to pay tribute to the exemplary life and work of Secretary Jesse through testimonials and remembrances, Lacierda added. He also invited netizens to use the unified hashtag #salamatjesse for their Twitter messages and visit www.gov. ph/salamatjesse to share their thoughts, memories

NAGA CITY (Aug. 21) -- President Benigno Aquino personally sent home Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredos remains to his family today aboard C130. He was met by Atty. Leni Robredo, their three daughtersAika, Trisha and Jillian, together with friends, colleagues and political supporters at the Pili Airport at around 12:40 noon today. After DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas teary-eyed announcement on the television this morning that Robredos remains was already found by foreign technical divers at around 7:15am today, President Aquino imme-

Robredos remains finally home

diately flew in to Masbate where he personally oversee the retrieval of Robredos body until it was placed in a metal casket. From the airport, the convoy carrying the secretarys body was showered with yellow confetti and flowers. Individuals lined up along the main thoroughfares , some with placards etched with the words We love you Secretary Jesse. The party proceeded at Funeraria Imperial at Penafrancia Avenue, Naga City to transfer Robredos remains from the metal casket to a coffin of his familys choice. The President was still with the family, personally consoling and making sure that Robredos remains is decently laid to

rest before he left for Manila. Yesterday, President was also here in Naga to personally brief Atty. Leni of the status of the ongoing search and rescue off Masbate Coast. The private conversation took place at the Pili Airport lounge for almost an hour. With the President to console the family of Robredo are DSWD Sec Dinky Soliman, DBM Secretary Butch Abad, DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Secretary Ricky Carandang and other national government officials. ANALIZA S. MAGATANGAY

President Benigno S. Aquino III visits the wake of Sorsogon Rep. Salvador Sonny Escudero III on Monday (August 13) at a chapel of Mt. Carmel church in Broadway, Quezon City. The late congressman who passed away Monday morning due to cancer, is the father of Sen. Francis Chiz Escudero. - (Malacanang Photo Bureau)

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Thirteen (13) cities and municipalities in the country have emerged as consistent top performers in the local government state of performance report for the last three years, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo identified the consistent top performing local government units (LGUs) as the provinces of La Union, Cavite, Albay and Ilocos Norte; the cities of Valenzuela, Makati, Angeles, Taguig, Davao, Laoag, Vigan, and Cabanatuan; and the municipality of Ilagan in Isabela province. I extol these local governments for their unwavering commitment in scaling up and maintaining the highest standards of public service delivery in their respective localities. Their shining examples serve as an inspiration to others to strive hard in the performance of their mandates, he said. Robredo said the thirteen LGUs regularly made it to the top 10 provincial, city and municipal governments that gained the highest scores for the period 2009 to 2011 in the Department-administered Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS), which is being done annually. LGPMS is a management and development tool that does not only enable local governments to determine their capabilities and limitations in the delivery of public services, but also provides information on the state of local governance performance and their state of local development. The DILG Secretary explained that local governments are being assessed and ranked based on performance area index ranging from one to five, with one as the lowest and five as the highest, in the following areas: administrative governance, social governance, economic governance, environmental governance and fundamentals of good gover-

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UNEP inducts new set of officers

The old adage that the youth is the hope of fatherland may sound an old-fashioned line but its significance transcends every generation that may come to prove its worth and real meaning. This is exactly the message that the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) Student Government wanted to convey to the new set of officers who will push programs for the betterment of the students and will bridge better relationship between the university and UNEPians. Christian Emmanuel T. Alfelor, University Student Government (USG) President assured the UNEP management that they will continually support their endeavors while assuring the students that they will also push vital reforms and programs for their welfare. The management expressed their full support to our programs, the same way that we are also willing to uphold and promote any innovative approaches in conceptualizing programs that will promote the vision of the university, Alfelor said. Alfelor added that while the university endeavors to be in the forefront of providing excellent education to all, they will also serve as their allies in realizing the mission and vision of the university. The new policy makers and other newly inducted officers include: Buena, Ace Vice President; Manaog, Aljoy Treasurer; and Iglesia, Rosemarie Secretary. Elected USG Senators include Nico Paolo Agliam, JOmmel Vincent Candido, Leah Quelapio, Sarah Sison, Evan Rey Solomo, Arthur Tampis, Emman Felicito Turiano and Mark Kevin Umbao. To stand for their respective departments, representatives were also designated. They were Norwayna Alfelor, Nico Paolo Aguilar, Joe-Vhel Caunceran, Romel Cedilla, JudeGay Gomez, Phillip John Juanillas, Salve Velasco and Reymark Villagracia. Ms. Shirley Galvez wills serve as the coucils moderator. Atty. Christian V. Auro, Public Attorney II, District II Public Attorneys Office based in Legaspi City was invited as the inducting officer of the newly sworn student officials. Atty. Remelisa AlfelorMoraleda , UNEP President said that the theme for this years induction sends a message that the youth are really bent on pursuing more inventive approaches in pursuing positive change. I was quiet impressed with the words etched in their invitation and it somehow gave me a glimpse of what they are capable of doing. Marking a new beginning new breed of leaders stand with pride and confidence. These lines belong to competitive individuals who will soon be called Global Achievers.

DILG names 13 top performing LGUs

nance, which include transparency, participation and financial accountability. A team composed of representatives from the national and local governments conducts the evaluation, while results are being validated by civil society organizations to maintain impartiality, he said. Robredo said that LGPMS topnotchers do not only earn the distinction of being among the best performing LGUs but they will also have a greater chance to be nominated to the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi, which is being conferred to LGUs that advances the tenets of good governance based on certain criteria, including the LGPMS. For 2011, the following are the top performing provincial, city and municipal governments with their corresponding LGPMS rankings: Provinces Bohol (4.91); La Union (4.89); Cavite (4.88); Pangasinan (4.87); South Cotabato (4.864); Mountain Province (4.855); Albay (4.839); Bulacan (4.836); Rizal (4.832); and Ilocos Norte (4.828). Highly urbanized cities San Juan City (4.9); Puerto Princesa City (4.88); Iloilo City (4.87); Valenzuela City (4.85); Makati City (4.819); Angeles City (4.816); Tacloban City (4.77); Quezon City (4.75); Taguig City (4.71); and Davao City (4.7). Component Cities Laoag City (4.99); Naga City (4.93); Vigan City (4.921); Ligao City (4.917); Tagaytay City (4.87); Cabanatuan City (4.86); Dipolog City (4.83); Calamba City (4.82); San Fernando City, La Union (4.81); and La Carlota City (4.79). Municipalities Ilagan, Isabela (4.92); Carmona, Cavite (4.9); Santol, La Union (4.89); Alimodian, Iloilo (4.883); San Mateo, Isabela (4.879); San Luis, Aurora (4.86); Surallah, South Cotabato (4.843); Maslog, Eastern Samar and New Lucena, Iloilo (4.839); Bacoor, Cavite (4.822); and San Gabriel, La Union (4.820).

RDC okays P129M Masbate road project

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) for Bicol has approved the allocation of over P129 million for the construction of the Masbate City Tourism Access Road. With the recent approval, the project proposal will be forwarded by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to the Department of Tourism (DOT) for funding and to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for implementation, according to NEDA regional director Romeo Escandor here on Tuesday. The proposed road project with a length of about 18 kilometers of concrete structure will traverse from the Masbate City proper through nine barangays along the coastline of the Masbate Pass and two upland barangays. The amount of funding recommended by the RDC for the project is P129.4 million. The project, according to Escandor will link with the coastal road connecting the fishing municipality of Baleno and the goldrich town of Aroroy and shorten travel time between these areas to the city, the provincial capital and Masbates center of commerce and transportation. Baleno, a fourth class municipality with a population of some 25,000 is considered as among the top fish and agricultural products producer in the province of Masbate. Aroroy on the other hand is a first class municipality considered as one of the richest in the country in terms of mineral resources that include gold, copper, silver, iron, manganese and chromite. It plays host to the biggest so far, gold mining operations in the Philippines being undertaken by the Australian-owned Filminera Resources Corporation (FRC) and the Philippine Gold Processing and Refining Corporation (PGPRC) that operate the Masbate Gold Project (MGP) presently covering a 13,000-hectare upland property and still expanding. In the project proposal submitted to the RDC for approval and endorsement to the DOT for funding by Masbate City Mayor Socrates Tuason, it was noted that the project will primarily benefit about 4,000 households of farmers and fishermen for the convenient and prompt delivery of their products to the market. Tuason said in the proposal that the proposed road will also serve as the main access to the Bugsayon Marine Sanctuary, a 50-hectare marine reservation being maintained by the city government for eco-tourism and

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a question of . . .
keep us down and out. The rich countries are kept intact by a benign weather. People cannot understand this phenomenon. That fury was almost similar to the great deluge in Noahs time. Floods and super typhoons, over 20 of them, pound the country every year. That is no laughing matter. There are places on earth regularly bombarded by natural calamities. And there are places rarely touched by wayward weather. The latter are where the white men have their homes. The former are the homes of colored people. I do not think, however, that repeated disasters will keep Juan de la Cruz down. It is normal for people to be saddened by the onslaught of misfortune. That, however, is temporary. After the storm is over, the sun will shine again. In the poem, Through Ages and Ages Eternal by Conrado V. Pedroche, the main character, after going through a shattering misfortune, finds hope in a blade of grass growing from a cracked earth. He lost all his children to death, his crops to drought but he was sustained by the hope that after the long dark night, light will shine upon him again.

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole and only heirs of the deceased PABLO D. YAGO, who died intestate on February 24, 2006 and his son RAMON I. YAGO, who died intestate on September 9, 2000, respectively leaving certain real property situated in the District of Tinago, Naga City covered by TCT No. 1909; leaving no known debts, that for and in consideration of Section 1 to 4, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, the parties have agreed to SETTLE, DIVIDE and ADJUDICATE between themselves pro-indiviso the described property; for and in consideration of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND pesos (P550,000.00) in hand paid by ROSALINA R. YAGO, the heirs do hereby CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY by way of Deed of Absolute Sale the described property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Raquel Sirios-Payte, Doc. No. 147, Page No. 30, Book No. XXVII, Series of 2012. BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 19, 26; September 2, 2012 EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ALBA PURIFICACION and AIDA ALMENOR PURIFICACION with WAIVER OF RIGHTS Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole heirs of the late Sps WILLIAM ALBA PURIFICACION and AIDA ALMENOR PURIFICACION who died on August 22, 2001 in Naga City and September 6, 1999 in Naga City, respectively, without any will nor debts; left behind a parcel of land located at Dayangdang, Naga City; that the parties being of legal ages and full civil capacity to contract hereby divide and adjudicate unto themselves in equal and pro-indiviso share the described estate; that the parties further, WAIVE, TRANSFER and RELINGUISH absolutely and unconditionally unto their co-heir, JESUS WILLIAM A. PURIFICACION III, all their shares in the described property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Grace C. dela Torre, Doc. No. 319, Page No.65, Book No. 1, Series of 2012.
BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 12, 19 and 26, 2012

from my window . . .
Luis R. Villafuerte explained the following beneftis of dividing Camarines Sur: (a) Brings government closer to the people and delivers government service in a more effective, efficient and responsive manner; (b) Refocus on a well-balanced development plans according to priority needs and imperatives; (c) There are diseconomies of scale (the reverse of the economies of scale) that occurs by the sheer size of the land areas to be deveoped to begin to offset what bigness brings. Bigness brings with it ineffeciencies, unresponsivenes and the rigidity of bureaucracy; (d) Establish a more accountable dynamic and responsive organizational structure and operating mechanism for a more effective allocation of resources; (e) Encourage more active participation of the private sector in local governmance as an alternative strategy for sustainable development; (f) The reduction of the land area of responsibility and the number of people as constituents are consistent with the management principle of effective span of attention and control. It is easier to manage, monitor and evaluate results of the delivery of services. Lets study and consider these benefits, and study what is the benefit by rejecting it. We have observed that the Catholic Church is also subdividing, creating new parishes to be able to attend to the spiritual needs of their growing number of parishioners. It is for quicker attention and deliverance of service and to bring the church closer to the people. In like manner, the division of Camarines Sur will also do the same for its big population in its big land area and for the acceleration of developmentin the two provinces, the Mother Province of Camarines Sur and Nueva Camarines.

rdC okays p129-m . . .

biodiversity conservation.
The sanctuary located in Barangay B. Titong features the Bugsayon Reef, an underwater system of live corals which was ranked by a recent study conducted by marine biologists as the number most resilient marine sanctuary in Central Philippines. Accounts on the historical background of Bugsayon gathered by the study have it that the marine reserve was only an algal community seven years ago. The nurturing and protection provided by the city government enabled it to develop into a fish sanctuary with a 40 percent live hard coral cover and moderate fish biomass of 40 metric tons per kilometer. These natural traits of Bugsayon waters make it highly resilient to the impacts of the prevailing climate change phenomenon as it bring down temperature stress to allow faster recovery of the coral cover and fish biomass. The sanctuaries is now home to a tremendous volume of parrot and surgeon fishes owing to its strict protection from fishing that has turned 40 percent so far of the vast area covered with live corals also covered heavily with brown algae called sargassum. The nearby Pawa Mangrove Ecosystem and Wildlife Park, a 300-hectare mangrove plantation serves Bugsayons lifeline both as a tourism facility and biodiversity system being Masbate Citys biggest area of natural mangrove growth. Located in Barangay Pawa, the wildlife park offers dramatic scenery along its 1.3-kilometer wooden boardwalk and fascinates bird watchers for its being a perfect place to see kingfishers, herons and other estuarine birds. The Pawa mangrove park that offers serene and healthy atmosphere is ideal for bird watching, picnics and marine biology studies for students and researchers, among other worthwhile activities for nature lovers. When the tourism access road is put in place, Tuason said in the proposal, these sites will certainly be developed further into a worldclass eco-tourism destination and help Masbate improve its economic situation labeled today as the poorest in the Bicol region.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Camarines Sur 3rd District Engineering Office Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur

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The Department of Public Works and Highways Camarines Sur 3rd Engineering District, Caraycayon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, through its Bids and Award Committee, (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): 1. Contract ID# Contract Name Contract Location PROJECT ID#12FF0029 CLUSTER-II (Multi-Purpose Bldg./School Bldg.1st Tranche CY-2012) 1) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Liwacsa, Presentacion Php 300,000.00 2) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Baliguian, Presentacion 300,000.00 3) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Salvacion, Garchitorena 300,000.00 4) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Cagamutan, Garchitorena 300,000.00 5) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Ason, Garchitorena 300,000.00 6) Const. of School Bldg., Gubat E/S, Lagonoy 300,000.00 Const. of Multi-Purpose Buildings/School Buildings

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving heirs of the late RODOLFO DLS. FRANCISCO who died intestate on March 4, 2011 at Brgy. Marupit, Camaligan, Cam. Sur, without any Will or Testament, left real properties covered by TCT48801, located at Brgy. Carolina, Naga City; and a parcel of land covered by the Deed of Absolute Sale from Salvacion A. Morado with Tax Declaration No. 97-002-1304, as acknowledge before Notary Public Att. Florencio R. Rosales, Doc. No. 879, Page No. 176, Book No. 26, Series of 2011
BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 5, 12 and 19, 2012

Scope of Works Approved Budget for Contract (ABC) Php1,700,000.00 Contract Duration 90 C.D. Cost of Tender Documents Php5,000.00 2. Contract ID# Contract Name Contract Location

Scope of Works Approved Budget for Contract (ABC) Php900,000.00 Contract Duration 90 C.D. Cost of Tender Documents Php1,000.00

PROJECT ID#12FF0030 CLUSTER-VIII (Multi-Purpose Bldg.,/School Bldg.-1st Tranche CY-2012) 1) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Bagumbayan Grande, Goa Php 300,000.00 2) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Dolo, San Jose 300,000.00 3) Const. of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Bagacay, San Jose 300,000.00 Cons. Of Multi-Purpose Buildings/School Buildings

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures specified in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (1) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-Central Office will only process contractors application for registration, with complete requirements, and issued the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be download at the DPWH website, www. dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Deadline 12:00 Noon August 30, 2012 2. Issuance of Bid Documents Aug. 14 Sept. 04, 2012 @10:00 A.M. 3. Pre-Bid Conference August 22, 2012 @10:00 A.M. 4. Receipt of Bids/Opening of Bids September 04, 2012 a) Dropping of Bids Until 10:00 A.M. b) Opening of Bids At 2:00 P.M. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Camarines Sur 3rd Engineering District Office, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, upon payment of non-refundable amount as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished form as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH, Camarines Sur 3rd Engineering District Office, Tigaon, Camarines Sur reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. APPROVED: (Sgd.) ALICE B. MAGISTRADO Engineer III (BAC Chairman)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS OF THE LATE ENRIQUE R. SAN ANDRES Notice is hereby given that the named parties who are his only living children are the legal and forced heirs of the late ENRIQUE R. SAN ANDRES who died intestate on March 30, 1980 in the City of Manila, Philippines without any will and with no known debts; left certain parcel of land situated at Peafrancia Ave., Naga City covered by TCT No. 43551, 43552, 43553 and 43554 , that pursuant to Rule 74, Sec. 1 of the Rules of Court, the parties with full capacity to settle, divide and adjudicate unto themselves the described property in an undivided equal share, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. P. R. Perfecto, Doc. No. 610, Page No. 23, Book No. 122, Series of 2012.
BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 5, 12 and 19, 2012

ETERNAL GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK-NAGA

Balatas Road, Barangay Balatas, Naga City

interMent for the Month of July 2012

Name of Deceased 1. ESTELA, VIRGILIO J. 2. SABIO, NORMA A. 3. ESPERA, RYAN JOSEPH C. 4. PARCO, AUGUSTO SR. S. 5. PARCO, DOLORES S. 6. ADOLFO, MANUEL N. 7. IGNITE, TITO A. 8. LOPEZ, INOCENCIA A. 9. RODRIGUEZ, REMEDIOS P. 10. RODRIGUEZ, ANSELMO JR. 11. LEE, EMILIANA C. 12. QUIRANTE, EDILBERTO A. 13. PRIELA, BERNARDITA Q. Date of Interment 7/1/2012 7/6/2012 7/9/2012 7/13/2012 7/13/2012 7/15/2012 7/25/2012 7/25/2012 7/27/2012 7/27/2012 7/29/2012 7/31/2012 7/29/2012

NOTED: (Sgd.) EDUARDO S. NIETO District Engineer BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 19, 2012

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

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be considering the brunt of Hagupit ng Habagat that caused so much hopelessness to the victims. Besides the President, other key officials of the government are expected to grace the PTCCCA such as Vice President Jejomar Binay; Senator Loren Legarda, the UN Asia-Pacific Senior Champion on CCA and DRR; Secretaries Jesse Robredo of DILG, Ramon Paje of DENR, Lucille Sering and Heherson Alvarez of CCC, Elisea Gozun of PACC, and Nereus Acosta of PAEP, among others. Senator Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change hopes to include the result of the PTCCCA deliberations in the framework plans to address the massive flooding in Metro Manila and the CAMANAVA area following the revelation of Dr. Fernando Siringan, an expert of the UP Marine Science Institute that Metro Manila has started to sink and why there is massive flooding even in the absence of a typhoon. While the major partners

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The Philippine Nurses Association, Inc. Iriga City-Rinconada Chapter is headed by the indefatigable Dr. Teresita M. Beria who is a very dutiful mother (I just met her son, Atty. Reynel, I hope I got the name right), Wilma S. Ramos, vice president for administration; Mila Periabras, vice president for finance; Hannah R. Malapit, secretary; Rowell R. Victorino, treasurer and the following who compose NOMELEC (whatever that means): Luzviminda V. De Villa, chair; Fatima Joy A. Loquias, member. Elizabeth N. Filio handles continuing education; Joyce C. Olea, research and Lorna Vibares, membership. The board of directors are: Shirley B. Lucea, Aleth C. Ramos, Anita .H. Papa and Virginia M Villagomez. With the clinic strategically located, shoppers and even promenaders can avail of the services without going to a hospital which in most cases, is located at the outskirt of the city. Email jokeebotor_reyes@yahoo.com

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William Obias (right), chairman of the Evena Multi-Purpose Cooperative (EMPC) poses with members of the Beberon Farmers Association, San Fernando, Camarines Sur led by Augusto de Guzman (beside Obias) during the turn-over of one unit each of handtractor and rice thresher and 11 units of knapsack sprayers on Aug. 13, 2012 at Mambulo Nuevo, Libmanan, Camarines Sur. Nine other farmers groups in the towns of Libmanan, Milaor, Pamplona, Pasacao, Minalabac, and Gainza received the same numbers of farm equipment through a soft loan from EMPC payable in six years with a very low interest rate of 4 percent per annum. EMPC is an NGO helping farmers in the Bicol region.

Climate CHange talks . . .

more compelling reasons for the organizers to pursue the endeavor as they say the show must go on... The modern heroes that ought to be molded within the premises of the conference will be the expected outcome of this historic and first of a kind Climate Change Adaptation strategy focusing on the tourism industry as a significant growth area for countryside to national economic development played by resilient stakeholders, policy makers, key government agencies, planners, scientists, business entities and communities, among others. City Mayor Geraldine Rosal, Tourism-Bicol Regional Director Maria Nini Ravanilla and Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD) Inc. President and PTCCCA Conference Director Nong Rangasa are the prime movers in this national conference. The PTCCCA coincides with the Street Carnival of the

CORRECTION ON THE EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE PUBLISHED on April 8, 15 and 22, 2012 Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the forced and legal heirs of the late Sps. ABELARDO PEA and CARMEN BRITANICO who died intestate on August 26, 1986 and January 9, 1998 respectively, both in Naga City, without any will and with no known debts, left a parcel of land with OCT No. RP-10255 (1849), situated in Caroyroyan (Cadlan) Pili, Camarines Sur, the parties all of legal ages have agreed to adjudicate unto themselves the described property in PRO-INDIVISO ownership, acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Grace S. de la Torre, Doc. No. 19, Page No. 4, Book No. 1, Series of 2012. BIKOL REPORTER Published: August 19, 2012

annual Ibalong Festival, will perk up investment ventures in the city in as much as the twin events will be highlighted by the inauguration of the Boulevard de Legazpi, a new road opening going to the South Luzon International Airport. Aside from the walk-in confirmations, the on-line registration of participants continues to pour in from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. President Benigno S. Aquino III is invited to keynote this remarkable conference to find solutions to the disastrous effects of extreme weather events like the recent floods that hit Metro Manila and the nearby provinces. The participants expressed anticipation on what the Presidents pronouncements will

are all agog in the preparation of this significant event, local executives, development and planning officials, tourism officers, and other major stakeholders who have signified their attendance to the PTCCCA have already reached the maximum number of expected participants still more are placing reservations and hotel accommodations. Even as the countdown begins today, some national legislators other than the six Bicolano representatives have also manifested their inter-

est in joining the event, not to mention the local officials in Bicol who were mandated by an Memorandum Circular (MC) from the DILG to attend the conference as well as officials of government owned or controlled corporations who were also mandated by an MC from the Civil Service Commission. Rangasa disclosed that flood-damaged areas like Pampanga, Bataan, Alaminos and Nueva Vizcaya are sending more participants than the expected number.

Attention!
UNC HIGH SCHOOL CLASS 68 ADVISORy
Special class meeting on September 9, 2012 at 2pm, Erning Sanchos residence, Magsaysay Avenue (beside CEC), Naga City Agenda: - Report on Financial Status - Projects and Activities - Other matters Please confirm your attendance to Tony Aberca - 0927-422-0433 Join the funs and memories of the class at the fellowship after the meeting. See you in September!

JiCa . . .
centers of residents perennially displaced by natural disasters, such as the Mayon Volcano eruption, flooding, storm surge and landslides during heavy rains and typhoon season, Salceda said. Indeed, we are very thankful to JICA for extending a helping hand to us. But we believe our benefactors are assisting us because they can see that we are trying very hard to help ourselves, Salceda said. Last July 4, no less than Queen Sofia of Spain visited their funded projects in Albay worth about half-abillion pesos.

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JICA to finance P400M evacuation centers in Albay

By SAMUEL M. TOLEDO LEGAZPI CITY -- After the ground breaking ceremonies last week, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is expected to start the construction works this month of six evacuation buildings convertible into classrooms worth some P400 million in Albays six pre-identified hazard vulnerable areas. Japans consul-general and deputy chief of mission Minister Motohiko Sato; Akio Yonezawa, second secretary of Japan Embassy; Takahiro Sasaki, JICAs chief representative; and Hayato Nakamura; JICAs project engineer led the ground breaking recently. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the evacuation and preparedness centers would SALCEDA be addition to the existing similar structures ear- Central School in Polangui lier constructed in Daraga, town; Oas South Central Camalig, Guinobatan and School in Oas town; Manito Ligao City by the Spain- Central School in Manito based Agencia Espaola town; Sto. Domingo CenCooperacion International tral School in Sto. Domingo para el Desarollo (AECID) town; and Gogon Central worth P500 million. School in Legazpi City, all The evacuation-cum- disaster vulnerable areas in classroom buildings are to Albay. be built inside the Libon The structures would Community College in Li- augment the existing refuge bon town; Polangui North (Turn to page 9)