VOL. XXIII, NO.

35

JUNE 26-JULY 2, 2016 P5.00

BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES

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Albay hosts Pacific

Partnership 2016
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BFP holds earthquake drill

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

ELCAMEL

NAGA CITY --- With

900 bus trips plying various
routes in the Bicol Region every day, the Central Business
District (CBD) terminal here
is the perfect place for the
Nationwide
Simultaneous
Earthquake Drill (NSED),
a disaster response exercise
based on the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP).
As mandated under the Department of the Interior and

DUCK, COVER AND HOLD

Local Government (DILG)

Memorandum Circular No.
2016-83, all the provincial officials down to the DILG Regional Directors and other attached agencies, a nationwide
simultaneous earthquake drills
should be conducted to understand the impact of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake along with
the observance of proper safety
protocols.
Naga City Public Safety Of-

Naga City took part in the 2nd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill last
June 22, at the Bicol Central Station (BCS), one of the busiest areas in the city. The event
was directed by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and participated in

ficer (PSO) Ernie Elcamel stated that they chose the CBD as
drill site owing to the big operation inside the said vicinity
every day. The CBD he added
is comparable to the size and
operations of Alabang and Cubao terminals in Metro Manila.
Based on the rules of terminals, they should have personnel equipped with knowledge in times of emergencies
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9 to get DENR awards

LEGAZPI CITY -- Nine
individuals,
corporations
and private and government entities will receive the
16th Saringaya awards of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) on June 27 at the
Casablanca Suites, Legazpi
City.
The awardees are Energy
Development Corp.'s BaconManito Geothermal Project,
Aboitiz Power Renewables
Inc. and Tiwi Facility of the

Philippine Geothermal Production Co. Inc. for private entities; the local government units
of Naga City and Sorsogon
Environment and Natural Resources Office; Camarines
Sur Polytechnic Colleges for
academe; TAO-KALIKASAN
Foundation of the Philippines
Inc. for non-government organization; and Joshua B. Guinto
and Abner B. Avisola for the
individual category.
All awardees underwent
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by the different response teams including the Philippine Red Cross, Bicol Medical Center,
Saint John Hospital, Bicol Medical Center, Bureau of Fire Protection, Public Safety Office,
Naga City Rescue, Naga City Police. Other photos show other drill-related happenings.

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OPINION

BIKOL REPORTER

EDITORIAL
Assaying the Aquino presidency,
anticipating a new one
In a scale of 1-5, with 5 as the highest, we
rate 3.5 the Presidency of Benigno Simeon C.
Aquino III.
Not great but not worst, either.
Certainly, he had his shining moments:
the impeachment of a Chief Justice, the first
in our history; and the detention of three
senators, again, another first in the country.
It is in the countrys economic performance,
however, where his stars shine brightly. The
World Economic Forum recorded that our
countrys economic gain of 33 places since
2010 is the largest among all countries
studied.
Since that year, the countrys average
gross domestic product grew at 6.2%, the
fastest average growth period in 40 years,
and soaring at 7.8% in the first quarter of
2013.
At the same year, when he started his sixyear term, Aquinos 85% trust rating was the
highest ever recorded by Pulse Asia since
1999.
This public confidence had its nadir, with
the +11 net satisfaction rating he received
over the botched Mamasapano incident,
which was aggravated by his absence during
the arrival honors for the remains of the 42 of
the 44 policemen at the Villamayor Airbase in
January 2015.
His popularity rating also dropped 56% in
June 2014, from a high 70% in March of the
same year, following his speech defending
the controversial Disbursement Acceleration
Program, an executive reform intervention
meant to hasten public spending and boost
economic growth.
Ironically, as he nears the end of his term,
the President still gained plus points in his
trust rating in March, according to Pulse Asia.
So, we give it to him that our roads are now
concrete and wider, even if there are electric
posts and acacia trees on the sides still posing
danger to motorists; or that farmers say their
palay price ex-farm had not fared better until
his presidency. We give it to him that while
there was growth and development, this had
not been inclusive, with it being confined
only in three regions of the country.
So we ask what awaits Bicol under a Duterte
presidency who has pointed the region as
one which had given him the lowest number
of votes?

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JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016

Lower Taxes Under Duterte

(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).
GOOD NEWS? The incoming
administration
plans
to
reduce
individual and corporate taxes and at
the same time cut down on foregone
revenues by tightening on the perks
given away to investors including their
value added tax (VAT) exemptions.
This was announced by Sec. of Finance
appointee Carlos G. Dominguez to
business leaders during the Sulong
Pilipinas: Habang Tungo sa Kaunlaran
consultative workshop in Davao City.
According to the incoming Finance
chief, the Duterte administration will
definitely review the tax system, initially
to update the income tax brackets
and eventually to lower corporate and
individual tax rates. This is expected
to provide more disposable income to
workers. The corporate tax rates will
be adjusted so they will be competitive
with the rest of the region and make
our economy attractive to investors.
Dominguez also pointed out the need
to broaden the tax base even more
to compensate for lower rates. Let us
see!
TAX MANAGERS: In response,
the Tax Management Assn. of the
Philippines (TMAP) is recommending
reform proposals to the Duterte
administration. Aside from tax reform,
the organization of tax managers will
also propose the withdrawal, reversal,
or amendment of a number of recent
BIR administrative issuances. TMAP
explained that some BIR issuances
revenue regulations, revenue
memorandum orders or circulars and

OPINIONS
UNLIMITED
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
rulings are no longer consistent with
the Tax Code.
Many provisions are unreasonable,
difficult to comply, and tend to overregulate taxpayers. TMAP said it would
take the opportunity to recommend
various tax proposals to government
which are geared towards: remedy
against over-taxation resulting from
inflation, and tax rate adjustment for
regional and global competitiveness.
It proposes the adoption of a fair
system that upholds taxpayers rights,
simplifies tax collection to promote tax
compliance and broaden the tax base
and to lessen graft and corruption.
VAT: To compensate for the lower
income tax rates, the plan is for
business taxes more so, the Value
Added Tax to be increased (from 12%
to 14%). The Department of Finance
will be looking at cutting the long list
of VAT exemptions to compensate for
revenue leaks. By way of assurance,
Dominguez told reporters that among
the VAT exemptions, those covering
senior citizens as well as persons with
disabilities may be left intact. (Hay,
salamat naman!).
Higher VAT rates will mean costlier
purchases by our people, so the

loss of government revenue from

income taxes will be adequately
compensated
directly.
Lower
corporate income taxes will be
attractive to global investors whose
first considerations are the tax rates.
Ours is the highest corporate income
tax rate in the ASEAN Region at
30% of Net Income. Other countries
have lower rates but their allowable
expense deductions are strictly
followed and not as high as those
allowed in the Philippines.
FOOD
POLICY:
Incoming
president Rodrigo Duterte is highly
vocal about pushing for food security.
For outgoing Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala, one of the best
ways to deal with this is by taking
a closer look at policies supposedly
created to eradicate hunger in the
country. According to him, the next
government should work for new
legislations related to NFA, creation
of Department of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources; and the law on
the use of the coconut levy.
Duterte earlier ordered incoming
Agri-secretary Manny Pinol to
ensure available, affordable food
for Filipinos. The first practicing
farmer to head the DA accepted the
challenge. Alcala mentioned that the
DA was faced by lack of personnel,
as it was unable to fill up plantilla
positions while waiting for the
approval of its Rationalization Plan.
Thus - the skills requirements for
supporting agribusiness enterprise
that will enable the upliftment of
farmers and fishers need beefing up.
WISDOM: Our Lord looks not
at what we say, but rather at the
things we do in line with his lifes holy
example.

They dont know Digong

There are legislators willing to give
President Digong Duterte emergency
powers to get rid of the Abu Sayaff with
the following information from Ramon
Tulfos column (On Target) in the Daily
Inquirer dated June 17, 2016. I dont
think he will need it I recall President
Joseph Estrada defeat the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) headed by
Hashim Salamat without emergency
powers. He has this police, army, navy
and air force.
*****
The notorious bandit group Abu
Sayyaf will pay dearly for beheading
Canadian hostage Robert Hall to
embarrass incoming President Rodrigo
Digong Duterte.
Clearly, they dont know Mano Digong.
Unlike President Noynoy, whom the
Abu Sayyaf bandits consider a weakling,
Mano Digong is capable of matchingor
even surpassingtheir violence and
cruelty.
*****
The only way for the government to
deal with those Moro bad boys is to be
like them.
The Tausugs, who are Muslims from
Sulu, respect non-Muslims or Christians
who can match their penchant for
violence.
If a Tausug beheads your brother,
you should retaliate in kind; no ifs and
buts about it.
Abu Sayyaf bandits are mostly
Tausugs.
*****
Retired Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison,
whos now a top executive in a big
company, knows the Tausug psyche
only too well.
When Mison was commander of an
Army brigade in Jolo in the 1970s, an

FROM
MY
WINDOW
NENITA FUENTEBELLA-PEONES
inter-island ship carrying more than
a hundred passengers was hijacked
by members of the Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF).
The rebels held the ship passengers
hostage and demanded ransom for their
release.
Mison tried to talk them into releasing
their captives but the rebels threatened
to kill everyone if their ransom demand
was not met.
The next day, then Colonel Mison
boarded the ship and told the hostagetakers that he had all their relatives
mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, wives
and childrenin custody.
Kill your hostages and I will kill all of
your loved ones, Mison warned.
The hostages were promptly
released.
*****
I hate to recall the atrocities committed
during the MNLF rebellion from the
1970s up to the 1980s.
But perhaps the Abu Sayyaf, which
was nonexistent at that time, could learn
a lesson from the distant past.
When the MNLF went rampaging in
Mindanao in the early 1970s, nobody

could stop them.

The Marcos government, caught
unprepared, hurriedly trained
battalions and battalions of soldiers
in Luzon for deployment to Mindanao.
A group of hardy farmers in the
Cotabato provinces, mostly Ilongos
from Panay Island, held the fort for the
government so that Cotabato, with its
predominantly Christian population,
could not be overrun.
The capture by the MNLF of
Cotabato would mean that other
adjoining Christian provinces and
cities in Mindanao would be next to
fall.
The Visayan farmers were not as
well-armed as the MNLF rebels who
had sophisticated arms brought in
from the Middle East via Malaysia.
But the Christian farmers, who
called themselves ilaga or rats,
surpassed the MNLF rebels in bravery
and violence.
When the MNLF beheaded and
killed Christian captives, the Ilaga
retaliated in kind and on a bigger
scale. For every dead Christian, they
killed 10 Moro civilians.
The Ilaga also conducted a bizarre
ritual in front of captured MNLF rebels:
They disemboweled their dead MNLF
captives and ate their cooked innards.
Uneducated Moros at that time
believed that if any of their body part
was missing when they died, they
would not be able to enter heaven.
As a result, most MNLF members
lost their will to fight the Ilaga.
If I know Mano Digong, the
incoming Duterte administration
would not be averse to copying what
the Ilaga did.
I hope Im wrong.

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39 more caves put under protection

Nearly 40 natural caves
across the country have been
placed under the protection
and management of the government, the Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) said.
The DENR recently classified an additional 39 caves,
bringing to 454 the total number of caverns that are now part
of the countrys natural wealth
and therefore require sustainable management and protection.
DENR Secretary Ramon
J.P. Paje said the classification, as embodied in Memorandum Circular 2016-05 that
he signed, was necessary to
ensure that the caves would be
preserved and properly enjoyed by the public.
The directive will help
enhance public awareness and
appreciation that caves are
part of our natural resources
because of their significance
as ecosystems which host various forms of wildlife, Paje
explained.
It also helps protect the
geological,
archaeological,
historical and cultural values
these caves carry, and helps
sustain them for the enjoyment of future generations, he

added.
The 39 caves are distributed as follows: 6 in the Cordillera Administrative Region;
7 in Ilocos Region; 2 in Cagayan Region; 15 in Bicol; 3 in
Davao del Norte province; and
6 in Region 12 or SOCCKSKARGEN.
Nine caves were categorized as Class I for their delicate and fragile formations,
threatened species and extremely hazardous conditions
being closed to ecotourism.
Activities allowed within these
caves are limited to mapping,
photography, and educational
and scientific purposes.
Categorized as Class I caves
are the Karilagan and Aswang
caves in Catanduanes, and the
Kasilac Bat Cave in San Isidro,
Davao del Norte.
A total of 23 caves were
classified as Class II, including the Sorolla Cave in Koronadal City. Class II caves
have portions with hazardous
conditions, as well as sensitive
geological, cultural and historical values or ecosystems.
These sections may be declared closed, while the other
portions may be open to experienced spelunkers or guided
visits.

Seven caves, including the

Dalangin Cave in Camarines
Sur and the Sibud-Sibud Cave
in Abra, were identified as
Class III or those safe for inexperienced, yet expert-accom-

panied visits. These caves may

also be utilized for economic
activities like extraction or collection of guano or birds nest.
The DENRs Biodiversity
Management Bureau has been

studying the caves prior to

their classification, pursuant to
Republic Act No. 9072 or the
National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act.

The law mandates the

DENR to formulate, develop
and implement a cave management program to conserve
and protect caves and cave resources.

Mr. Typhoon leads 2016 Naga Mayoral Awardees

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

Getting the Customer Service

Experience Seminar-Workshop
The water district is primarily a service provider.
It supplies water to the
constituents of Naga City
and its environs. Day in
and day out, the office and
its employees deal with its
customers, the consumers.
They also deal with each
other -- as internal customers -- while they are likewise, customers of the water district themselves.
To imbibe public service
excellence, a seminar-workshop designed to equip the
employees, especially the
frontliners, of the Metropolitan Naga Water District
(MNWD) with customer service skills was held last June
2 to 3, 2016 at the MNWD
Multi-Purpose Hall.
Dubbed "Getting that

Customer Experience Seminar-Workshop," 39 employees from nine departments of

the water district participated
in the seminar.
Objectives of the activity were: to learn various
techniques and fundamental
skills to improve customer
service; to establish a service
strategy and address behavioral standards for front-line
employees, and; to improve
customer service satisfaction.
The two-day seminarworkshop was full-packed
with the following topics:
Customer Service Excellence
Defined, Analyzing Customers, Keeping Customers Satisfied, Relevance of Public
Service Excellence, Memorable Customer Experiences,
Importance of Verbal and

Non-Verbal Communication
Skills (Day 1); Customer
Service and Service Management, Handling Complaints
and Difficult Customers,
Creating Customer-Friendly
System and Practices, Creating Service Excellence Environment (Day 2).
Acting Chief HR Specialist of the Civil Service Commission Zarah Z. Arroyo
facilitated the seminar-workshop. Ms. Arroyo is a certified Facilitator and Learning
Service Provider in various
CSC Learning and Development Interventions.
This activity in striving
for customer service excellence was a remarkable effort
of the Human Resource Division of the MNWD. -Sarah
C. Imperial Rina

NAGA CITY --- Dubbed

as one of the most recognized
typhoon enthusiast, forecaster and storm-trackers in
the country, David Michael
Villanueva Padua a.k.a. Mr.
Typhoon received the highest mayoral awards bestowed
by this city government Friday, June 17 during the 2016
Mayoral Awards at the Avenue Convention Plaza, here
Padua got the Juan Q. Miranda Award (Mayoral Distinguished Award) the highest
recognition given to an outstanding Nagueo. The award
was named after the father of
the Naga Citys charter.
Also known as the Maverick Meteorologist of Naga
City, Padua became an instant
local celebrity in Naga after
making his phenomenal and
fearless forecast in 2004. He
predicted that Cyclone Unding will hit Naga City while
everybody else is unsuspecting

that there is no such a thing as

comebacking typhoon, Padua stood firm on his forecast
and true indeed Cyclone Unding came back and devastated
most part of the city. The damage was lessened though when
the city then, under Mayor
Jesse M. Robredo alerted his
men to follow the necessary
safety protocols after Paduas
warning.
Since that time on whenever bad weather is forming,
Mr, Typhoon would sit down
and strike the keys of his own
laptop and starts tracking the
typhoons path then report to
the public his latest weather
update through the various radio stations.
Padua currently works at
the Weather Philippines Foundation, an Aboitiz company as
Senior Typhoon Specialist.
Jaime Garcia Fabregas, a
prolific actor who had been
showing his versatility in both

155th RIZAL BIRTHDAY

the giant screen and television

for almost four (4) decades now
and Bonings Tradings, one of
the oldest establishments in the
city were recipients of Leon
SA. Aureus Awards, the second highest mayoral recognition.
The award was named after
Naga Citys first Mayor when
it became a chartered city.
Fabregas received the
award for his sensibility as an
artist which paved the way for
the various accolades and honors that he is continuously receiving. He was only 10 years
old when he acted in an operatta as a student of Naga Parochial School where he was also
a choir member.
In his speech, Fabregas
shared that he takes pride in
what he does and he will always be thankful for the way
he was molded here in his
beloved city. His eloquent Bi(Turn to page 7)

The Philippine Consul General Rosalina S. Prospero led the laying of the Wreath during
the Rizal Day celebration by Rizal Canada, at the Rizal Monument at Earls Bales Park in
Toronto with the Canada Region Council at Rizal Monument.

BIKOL REPORTER

Albay hosts Pacific

Partnership 2016
LEGAZPI CITY Albay will host the Pacific
Partnership 2016 as the site for various civic-action projects, community health exchanges, medical symposiums, and humanitarian and disaster
relief (HADR) drills from June 27 to July 10 this
year.
The provincial government
will team up with the Southern Luzon Command (SolCom) of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines (AFP) in hosting the multinational force led
by the US Armed Forces and
four other countries namely
Australia, Malaysia and New
Zealand.
The Philippines was identified as one of the host countries laterally with Indonesia,
Timor Leste, Malaysia and
Vietnam to accommodate the
participating
multinational
force.
Part of the medical services offered in this years
engagement, the hospital ship
USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) will
anchor off the coast of Albay
Gulf for medical services, surgeries and ships visit/ tour.
Subject Matter Expert
Exchanges (SMEE), HADR
Trainings and Drills with both
military and civilian participants will take place at different venues in Legazpi City.
Engineering Civic-Action
Programs (ENCAP) offer the

construction and repair of

classrooms in three (3) different sites that will promote better learning environment for
our students.
Talents among the AFP
and US armed forces shall
also be showcased through
band engagements in specific
venues in the province.
The Pacific Partnership
came to be in response to
one of the worlds most catastrophic natural disasters, the
December 2004 tsunami that
devastated parts of Southeast
Asia.
Over the years, mission
has evolved primarily as direct care mission to an operation focused on enhancing
partnerships through host nation subject matter expert and
civil-military exchanges.
The undertaking will have
its formal opening on the 27th
of June and will last until the
10th of July 2016. By then, all
activities and constructions
have been completed and the
primary mission of the endeavor accomplished.

21st Century Learners:

The Classroom Management
By RUTH PULIA MOSCOSO - Teacher II
Libmanan North Central District
A new challenge has come up for teachers in the 21st
century learners in the classroom managemen setting.
The educational system in the Philippines in undergoing
improvement to cope up with the trends of the implementation
of K-12 curriculum. But, how does the teacher achieved the
positive classroom management?
Classroom management is very essential tool in achieving
the outcomes of the learners in the teaching learning process.
The teachers shold set standards on how they are going to
attain these specific objectives in the classroom management.
We have diversity of learners, we teach in a different way
depends on the learners needs. The classroom environment
is the place for learning where it is safe and conducive
for learning. The teachers is the vital components in the
classroom, they must be authority on how they are going to
manage the learners to gain more passionate learning. Cultural
responsiveness has called for transforming the classroom,
such that male and female students are exceptional learners.
The Filipino teacher nowadays faces many challenges such as
in the field of teaching, students and learning environment. We
need to become diverse teachers especially those assigned
in the far flung barangays, the students have their different
social orientation as a teacher must understand them. The
classroom management may vary to students learners and
the learning environment they belong too, in order to provide
equal opportunities to education we must act as teacher
perspectives.
In the classroom setting, teaching assumes an
understanding that social orientation manifests a variety of
adaptations for how students prefer to learn. The teachers
will be able to assess the classroom management if it is
effective to the learners. But how are we going to assess if
it is effective? It is simply if the outcomes of the learners are
able to learn beyond the expected learning objectives. The
teachers always consider and adjust the students behavior
in attaining the positive classroom environment in the class.
When teaching students how to write simple sentences, we
must emphasize the rules in grammar. In comparable to
teaching the classroom management are interconnected that
teacher, students and learning environment. Our learners in
the 21st century are equipped with the knowledge in technolgy,
that is why learners today are easy to cope with the lesson.
But, there are instances that learners in the far barangays,
especially in rural areas lack this kind of exposure, the
teachers must perform to guide the students in the changing
era. How does the teacher achieve the positive classroom
management? Teaching is more than covering content,
learning is more than merely taking in, and assessment is

HALO-HALO

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016

Manongod sa Kulturang Nasyonal

Kaipuhan pa daw pagulayan an
kulturang nasyonal sa tahaw kan
plano ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte
na bagohon an porma kan sistema kan
satong gobyerno?
Sa hiling ko, dapat igilid na ngona
ini na sarong haloy asin halawig na
pangaturugan sa realidad kan satong
archipelagong nasyon, a pabor sa
kulturang rehiyonal na susog sa
sistemang Federal na boot ipaotob ni
Digong.
Sa irarom kan sistemang Federal,
magkakaigwa nin orog na hiwas asin
espasyo an mga rehiyon nganing
lapagon an ano man an saindang
planong pangkauswagan, kaibahan na
an sadiring kultura.
Mas oyon ini sa manlaen-laen
na kultura na igwa kita asin orog na
matataan
kahulugan,
depinisyon
kun bako man kolor, pagka-iba asin

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
FRANK PEONES JR.
iribahan kan satong nasyon.
Mantang sarungat ini sa nakatoodan
asin itinutulod na kulturang nasyonal
na dikta man ngani kan satong unitary
form of government, sa hiling ko ini an
tama asin minasimbag sa realidad na
an satong kultura, iba-iba asin bakong
saro.
Nangangahulugan na orog ta nang

mapapayaman an satong sadiring

tataramon, poon sa pagsurat,
pagpublikar asin paggamit kaini sa
akademya; abot sa pagbalangibog
kaini.
Mahahali pa kaini an kadipisilan,
kun bako man ngorob-ngorob
sa pagpapaotob kan sarong
national language na minanegar
asin minapasagilid kan iba pang
lenggwahe kan Pilipinas.
Boot sabihon, mahahali an isyu
manongod sa dominasyon asin
matutulod an balor nin pagkapantaypantay, kun bako man respeto sa
lambang saro.
Kaya, an pagsangli kan porma
kan satong gobyerno an saro
kan hinahalat ta sa pagtukaw ni
President Duterte ta orog ining
makakatabang sa pagtalubo kan
satong sadiring kultura.

It aint easy being green

By ZALDY LUZADA
Tamban National High School
Green is the color of health. It is often associated with clean
and healthy living, freshness, and peace. It is one of the dominant
colors of the earth, representing lush vegetation, jungles,
woodlands and forests. In a technologically advancing society,
one seemingly obvious side-effect is degradation or depletion
of the aforementioned representatives of the green color. Due
to many factors such as pollutions, waste mismanagement and
illegal logging, green turns to brown or worst, black.
It is not an unfamiliar scenario. We have seen how it looks
like and it is not a good sight. When the natural environment
is destroyed, not only it looks bad, it also feels bad since we
are affected by its effects; unsafe water to drink, drought, food
shortage, you name the calamity and pretty sure we are not
unscathed by such problems. So we do what we often do; react.
It is the human quintessential reflex action that we often make.
But being reactive is not always the best course of action. We
should be preventive. Modernity and the natural environment
can always coexist. One way to do this is practice the old ways
of agriculture even in cities and urban areas.
So how do we upset the norm and disturb people into this
old trend to be new again? We simply let the young ones do
it. We teach them how to do it. It is important that as early
as possible people should be able to appreciate the value of
horticulture. They will be able to integrate this with their belief

and value systems inculcating it to their actions. A huge part

of them becomes a naturalist. We teach them to not just
appreciate but also practice it. The only way to impart this to
them is make them practice urban gardening. So that even in
their own place they can do it too and not just in school, and not
just for requirements purposes but personal reasons.
We show them that the oldest work in the world is the most
important. Without people who tils the land, we would not have
anything to eat, food as a resource would diminish. We show
them that not only they will be able to produce their own food
but theyll be also healthy by growing their own foods and ecofriendly by keeping the natural environment alive that lands can
be used other than concretizing them into town villages.
Keeping this kind of way of life is not easy as it is indeed
a way of life. A kind of zen that one must be comfortable with
doing as comfortable as breathing air. With the busyness of the
mundane life, young minds are so hook to computer games,
tablets, smart phones, and social networking it is difficult to
live a green life along with technology. But I believe it is not
impossible. All we need is to exercise the right attitude and
action and everything should fall into place. It is a challenge,
but with the K-12 integrating agriculture to the curriculum, this
eco-vision is indeed simply a matter of time and action, besides
green also means go.

Increasing Pupils Participation

By VINCENT S. MANAOG, Teacher III
Teacher-in-Charge Divino Rostro Elementary School
Buhi South District, Buhi, Camarines Sur
It is not really very easy to make pupils participate actively in
the classroom. Many times a teacher finds himself facing what
looks like a blank wall. The pupils are there all right, physically
but mentally, the teacher could not decipher whats at the back
of their minds. This is true when the lesson calls for a recitation.
But if the activity is writing, it is not actually a problem since the
pupils do get their papers and pens and every one busily get
into a writing activity .
And why dont pupils actively participate in recitation? It
is anybodys guess. It is that they do not know the answers,
Doubtless, they do but they simply lack the capacity to talk.
Shy? Maybe but that does seem to be the reason. Some know
the answer but they do not know how to articulate for lack of a
verbal skill.
Personally, I have always encouraged my own pupils to talk
and it could be because of my orientation being a radio man at
more than an accurate recall. Meaning must be made and
understanding must be earned. We already know that teacher
is a facilitator of learning, so that they must guide the prior
knowledge of the students towards learning.
Learning happens everywhere but there is an avenue
for learning, that is the classroom. Classroom is considered
a place for learning wherein the students can get what they
want to learn in the class. It is provided that there is a possible
learning environment in the classroom. Teachers manifest a
safe and conducive for learning to achieve the specific goals.
A teaching approach to be effective and meaningful and have
possible classroom management, the teachers must become
an integrative, thematic, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary,
collaborative, contextualized, localized and indiginized. To
attain the positive classroom management, the teachers
should integrate the constructivist teaching approach in the
class to have authentic learning experience. I may leave to
you this quote Effective classroom management done with
creativity and grace of a teacher in collaborative learning
environment.

one good time in my life

Encouraging pupils to talk may not exactly be difficult. It just
takes a lot of prodding. Call this active learning. How does one
motivate students to participate in recitation? The more involved
students can motivate the apathetic ones.
The teacher can first of all asses the pupils prior knowledge.
Did the pupils understand the lesson very well? Did the teacher
exert efforts to make the lesson interesting? The teacher must
tailor out his lessons; no lesson is not interesting to the pupils
if the teacher uses his ability to get them participative. Simple
motivations can work.
The pupils can be grouped together with a more involved
pupils among them to lead the flock, so to say. He could lead
in the discussion and open the discussion to every member
of the group. Among themselves, there is no shyness. After
their deliberation, what happened must be presented with all
the members of the group participating in the discussion. The
teacher must never fail to acknowledge the efforts of the pupils.
A pat on their shoulder.
The pupils teaching one another is another good practice that
the teacher may use to keep the pupils busy than ever. They
could be busier even than their own teacher. Allow the pupils
to ask questions among themselves whether they are in small
groups or the whole class. Both questions and answers are just
bite-sized; just they kind they can chew and swallow. Give the
pupils a voice and a choice.
In a language class, if a particular lesson has been taken up,
and since the pupils are more prone to writing, they could write
reactions on the lessons and read their reactions. Comments
may be solicited from the rest of the pupils.
There are activities that could encourage the pupils to actively
participate in the lessons. It would also well if the lessons are
timely like using events and personalities that the pupils will
find good to talk about. Expose pupils to themselves in a group
presentation. Some pupils may even want to go solo. That would
be very interesting and it could be a wake-up call to the ones
who are quite apathetic but not by nature.

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016

BIKOL REPORTER

16,442 dogs get

anti-rabies vaccines
LEGAZPI CITY --- The
Legazpi City Veterinary Office (CVO) has recorded a
total of 16,442 dogs vaccinated in 68 out of the 70 villages of this city.
This was done during the
recently-conducted high-density vaccination spearheaded
by the city anti-rabies vaccination team, Dr. Nancy Andes, city veterinary officer,
said Tuesday.
Andes said her office is
now in the process of surveying the dog owners in the
two remaining barangays and
surely the number of dogs to
be vaccinated will increase after the vaccination work of the
team will be finished, probably next week.
Anti-rabies vaccination is
an annual activity of the CVO
as part of eliminating the negative effects of animal bites as
well as to maintain the city's
status as a zero-rabies territory.
Rabies is a virus that may
affect the brain and spinal
cord of the people, which may
cause loss of appetite, weakness and death of the victim.
Andes said that based on
the data gathered from the
City Health Office, in 2015,
the CHO posted 1,650 animal
bites -- usually by dogs and
cats.
In the first five months of
2016, the CHO recorded 375

animal bites but we have no

death case from rabies virus
because we strictly implement
the dog vaccination program
in the barangays, she added.
The city veterinarian urged
all pet owners to always make
themselves responsible for
caring their pets to lessen the
cases of animal bite.
At the age of three months,
the dogs and cats should be
vaccinated already and the
owners of the animals should
always consult a veterinarian regarding the status of the
health of their animals, Andes
said.
After this anti-rabies vaccination, the CVO will conduct
stray dog elimination in order
to prevent the widespread circulation of rabies virus in the
community, she said.
The CVO will also have
a search for Outstanding Barangay Health Workers in
December with the following
criteria: 100-percent dog population survey, 100-percent
rabies vaccination as well as
rabies awareness and participation in programs in the barangay concerning rabies.
It will also select three best
performing large barangays
and three small villages under
the criteria of 100-percent dog
vaccination, zero stray dogs,
programs implemented and
ordinance enacted related to
rabies control. -PNA

A half-day Medical and Dental Mission courtesy of the City

Health Office (CHO) led by Dr. Vito Borja held Saturday (June
18) at Plaza Rizal in line with the celebration of the 68th Naga
City Charter Day. On hand to give free medical consultation,
dental examination and tooth extraction were Dr. Jimmy
dela Vina, Dr. Joframel Paz, and Dr. Eric Pabico (Dentist).
Mayor John G. Bongat took time to oversee the mission as
he promoted the other activities lined up for the days Charter
Day celebration. Beneficiaries of the activity were also given
free medicines. -JRM, PIA5/Camarines Sur

FIRST OF ELDERLY HEALTH LECTURE SERIES

The Our Lady of Peafrancia Parish Senior Parishioners Fellowship, in coordination with the Tomasinong Bicolano, CamSur chapter headed by Dra. Marimil Bombase, held the First of its Elderly Health Lecture
Series in the Parish Hall, here last Sunday, June 19.
Dra. Anita Y. Zabaldica, a noted Cardiologist, gave
the lecture on Hypertension and Related Heart Problems. Photo shows some of the over 70 senior parishioners in attendance listening to her lecture. Inset
is the silhoutte photo of Dr. Zabaldica explaining the
Clock Management of Hypertension.

Open forum followed.

Fellowship chairman J. Antonio Amparado announced the next lecture, open to the Parish seniors
is set on Sunday, July 17 in the Parish Hall after the
regular 9:00 AM Senior Parishioners Mass.
The topics for the lecture series recommended by
Dr. Bombase include: Gyriatic Medicine (Care for the
Sick Elderly); Diabetis Mellitus; Kidney problems; Dementia/Alzheimers disease; Osteoporosis and Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseas (COPD). She will invite
the respective doctor-lecturer.

Salceda cites own accomplishments

By NANCY IBO
MEDIAVILLO
LEGAZPI CITY -- Albay Governor Joey Sarte
Salceda disclosed his 15 notable accomplishments in
an email to the Philippines
News Agency Friday.
First, Salceda said, is that
the province posted the lowest
poverty incidence among the
provinces of the Bicol Region
-- 32 percent in 2006, which
went down to 24 percent in
2015, a decrease of 8 percent
or 4 percent lower than the
national figure. The national
poverty incidence was clipped
only by 2 percent.
In terms of education,
there have been 88,444 college scholars sponsored by the
Provincial Government of Albay while the province ranked
19th in the National Achievement Test, up from the previous ranking of 177.
The beneficiaries of PhilHealth rose from 18,000 to
172,000 while the collection
of hospitals owned by the
provincial government increased from Php1.7 million
to Php120 million.
The sixth achievement he
made, Salceda said, is the influx of foreign tourists from
8,700 in 2006 to 374,000 in
2015.
With the addition of domestic tourists, the number
jumped from 123,000 to 1.4
million.
The 95,000 sacks of rice
produced earlier rose to
150,000 in 2015, or from
74-percent sufficiency to
104-percent sufficiency.
Also, from the 6,300 hectares of forests in 2003, the

Gov. SALCEDA
number jumped to 26,000 in
2006 to 53,000 in 2015.
Albay became the No. 1
Province in Governance from
2010-2013 based on DILG
Pamana ng Lahi Award.
Salceda also mentioned
Albays zero casualty goal
during disasters as an achievement.
For his 11th accomplishment, he said, he has estab-

lished the Climate Change

Academy, Provincial Education Department (the only
LGU in the Philippines with
a permanent office for education) and Albay Agri Adaptation Center (with IRRI).
The governor said he also
modernized the Bicol University, including establishment
of the BU College of Medicine and the BU Albay Sports
Complex.
Under his watch, the province hosted the 2016 Palarong
Pambansa, the most successful in the Department of Educations history with 18,000
participants, 40,000 national
visitors and 120,000 regional
visitors.
He also modernized the
Bicol Regional Teaching and
Training Hospital -- including
the Philhealth Ward, acquisition of Php680 million mod-

ern equipment, construction

of Emergency Room Trauma,
construction of Health Center
and soon, Cancer Institute and
600-bed capacity hospital.
For his last accomplishment, he modernized provincial hospitals, especially
Duran Hospital and Ziga
Hospital, and established four
new LGU hospitals -- Polangui, Guinobatan, Bacacay and
Daraga.
Salceda said his administration achieved these accomplishments with the help
of every Albayano, saying the
secret of Albay is its being one
community.
"We have the same spirit
of consensus building, mutual
understanding because Albay
is one community. We shared
goals, shared values, shared
dreams and shared impacts,"
he said. - PNA

Greetings to the Bikol Reporter

on its 23rd Year Anniversary!

J. Antonio Amparado, MNSA

Liboton, City of Naga
Ateneo de Naga, H.S. Class 56

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016

BIKOL REPORTER

DOH, DEPED INTENSIFY SMOKE-FREE . . .

DOH and DepEd issued a
joint statement last June 20,
strongly reminding all partner
agencies, schools, universities, colleges, and parents to
religiously enforce a 100%
smoke-free rule in all school
facilities.
Studies have shown
that most young people who
smoke regularly continue
to smoke throughout adulthood and fall prey to being
replacement smokers of the

tobacco industry. Hence, we

call on students, as well as
the rest of our young population, to never start smoking,
said DOH secretary Janette P.
Loreto-Garin.
According
to
Garin,
though it is important to educate the youth of the ill effects
of tobacco, it also of equally
important to protect them
from secondhand smoke. The
health chief added that the
exposure or inhaling second-

hand smoke is more dangerous than smoking itself, as it

increases a non-smokers risk
of developing heart disease,
lung disease, and various
forms of cancer.
With the school year having officially started this
month, DOH intensifies
their smoke-free schools
campaign by keeping students away from the dangers
of firsthand or secondhand
smoke.

Their efforts include a call

of vigilant implementation
of Republic Act 9211, or the
Tobacco Regulation Act of
2003. RA 9211 strictly prohibits trade of tobacco products within 100 meters from
a school perimeter, public
playground or any location
frequented by minors.

Violation of RA 9211 subjects the offender to a fine

from Php 500 to Php 400,000
and imprisonment ranging
from 30 days to three years,
depending on the seriousness
of the offense. Moreover,
business and licenses may be
revoked or cancelled.
DOH also looks to

BICOL POOR VILLAGES . . .

goes the publics consensual
decision in the municipal prioritization activity called Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum
(MIBF).
The management of funds
and resources are directly given to the elected residents of
their respective projects with
the assistance of the barangay
and municipal local government units (LGUs).
To date, LGUs provided
their local counterpart contribution of PHP69.9 million for
these school buildings.
Ang tutok ng KalahiCIDSS ay CDD. Ibig sabihin,
magkakasama ang mamayan
na susuriin yung kanilang sitwasyon at sila yung magtutukoy kung ano yung mahalagang proyekto na nagbibigay
solusyon sa kanilang nakitang
pangunahing problema (The
focus of Kalahi-CIDSS is
CDD. Meaning, the citizens
come together to review their
situation and they will also
identify important projects
that will provide solutions to
their main problems found),
Garcia quoted DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman as saying.
The operations of the CDD
approach expanded into a national scale, which was tried
and proven effective by Kalahi-CIDSS.
There are 101 poor municipalities in Bicol that have
under expansion from 2014 to
2019 with a total of grant of
PHP4.5 billion.
From 2002 to present,
there have been 4,283 community-identified
projects
that will provide basic access
infrastructures, basic social

services, community production, economic support and

common service facilities
and environment protection
and conservation in 106 municipalities for Bicol Region
alone. -PNA

strengthen the full implementation of the Graphic Health

Warnings (GHW) by November of this year. The full
implementation of the GHW
require all tobacco products
manufactured or sold in the
Philippines to have a picture
depicting the damaging effects of smoking, in at least
50% of both sides of the pack.
For those smokers who
would want to quit, Secretary Garin also states that
professional help is available
to those who would want to
quit. Not smoking, or quitting smoking, greatly reduces
your risk for disease and early
death Garin explained.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER
Notice is hereby given that the named parties, all of
legal age, are the legitimate heirs of the late ZOSIMO
PASTOR, who died on September 17, 2008, in Naga
City without any will, left a home lot awarded under
the socialized housing program of Naga City Government designated as Lot 6, Block 6 under TCT No.
086-2013000492; the parties all with full capacity to
contract, hereby agree to divide and adjudicate said lot
in pro indiviso equal shares; and the heirs do hereby
waive their rights, interest and participation over
their respective shares in favor of Mecaela D. Pastor
and Susan D. Pastor, their heirs, and successors-ininterest of the mentioned lot; as acknowledged before
Notary Public Atty. Armeen Alain R. Gomez, under
Doc. No. 310, Page No. 62, Book No. I, Series of 2016.
BIKOL REPORTER
Published: June 12, 19 and 26, 2016

FOR MAY
NAME OF DECEASED

DATE OF INTERMENT

ANDRES E. ALCANA
AMADA S. BUENAOBRA
AGNES R. LLANES
PETER JOSEF R. AGUALADA
MANUEL L. ORCINE
APOLONIA L. ARIZALA
NORMA B. NAGRAMPA
MARIA M. CARONAN
BEDA V. TORDILLA
LUCILA S. ZAMORA
CYNTHIA MILAGROS E. CEPRIASO
CHARLEEN JOY T. ORDINARIO
SAMEN D. ENRIQUEZ
BENN ANDREW O. CORNELIO
SALUD R. AMARANTO
JESUS S. CABUG JR.
CELSO S. TAMBIS
SHARON R. RODRIGUEZ
MANUEL E. BALATAN
ROCIL C. CRISTO
JOSE T. TEJADA
BENJAMIN B. BELLECA
JOSEFA A. ABESA
ROBERT M. WALTERS
MANNY Z. REY
DANILO O. LABORDO

MAY 1, 2016
MAY 4, 2016
MAY 1, 2016
MAY 3, 2016
MAY 5, 2016
MAY 7, 2016
MAY 7, 2016
MAY 10, 2016
MAY 5, 2016
MAY 20, 2016
MAY 19, 2016
MAY 23, 2016
MAY 22, 2016
MAY 21, 2016
MAY 22, 2016
MAY 25, 2016
MAY 26, 2016
MAY 25, 2016
MAY 25, 2016
MAY 29, 2016
MAY 26, 2016
MAY 28, 2016
MAY 27, 2016
MAY 28, 2016
MAY 30, 2016
MAY 30, 2016

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016

BFP HOLDS EARTHQUAKE . . .
and calamities knowing fully
well that the terminal is the
convergence of people.
Various agencies also participated in during the NSED.
The big chunk of the drill was
executed by the personnel of
the Bureau of Fire Protection
(BFP) - Naga City. Other partakers include Bicol Medical
Center (BMC), Naga Rescue
Team, Saint John Hospital personnel, City Health Office, SM
Fire Fighting Brigade and the
Philippine Red Cross (PRC)
Camarines Sur team, among
others.
The Philippine Information Agency, as the lead of the
IEC Cluster was also present at
the drill site to help dissemi-

nate the safety awareness to

the populace and assist in the
safety advocacy.
Dubbed Duck, Cover and
Hold, under the Pagyanig
Promotional Challenge, partakers are expected to help in
the wider dissemination of
safety protocols especially
during the occurrence of earthquakes and related incidents
like fire and other environmental hazards.
We are happy because its
not just the government agencies that participated but other
private offices as well. This is
a testimony that in Naga, even
the private establishments also
get involve in responding to
emergencies, Elcamel added.

BIKOL REPORTER
MR. TYPHOON LEADS 2016 . . .

9 TO GET DENR AWARDS . . .

colano twang and fluent Bicol

dialect proves that he has never
forgotten where he started to
build his dreams.
Bonings Trading on the
other hand, was recognized as
one of the oldest local commercial and trading industries

a series of screenings and

evaluations and were found to
have significant programs and
projects that have significant
positive impact on the environment.
Each will receive a trophy
that has a design that symbolizes the origin of the award.
The Saringaya awards,
Saringaya is Bicol term for
bountiful, started in 2000 and
continued up to the present to
encourage more individuals

After the drill, Elcamel said

that the CBD management
need to strengthen their alarm
system, install emergency
lights in case of sudden power
interruption, creation of Terminal rescue team and an inspection note from the City Engineers Office on the integrity of
the terminal structures.
The use of only one radio
frequency was also part of the
recommendation.

in the city which started their

business in 1949. For the past
67 years, the said institution
returns their blessings by actively participating in various
civic activities here.
Other awardees are June
Lorenz E. Capin Jesse M.
Robredo Youth Award; Angelo Louise L. Linao, Jo Jerico
Manalang, Elijah Francisco
F. Pilapil, and Helena Kaye
A. Secillano also received
Mayoral recognition; Special Community Award for
Dennis Asuhan, Benjie Cullo
and Rusty Orlanda- security
guards of Robinson BankNaga Branch and Jefferson
B. Gutierrez and Mark Joseph Tanay, security guards of
AMS Press, Naga City.

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 TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0037-2016 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 JESSEQUEL A. OLAVIDES has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of
entry in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the certificate
of live birth of JESSEQUEL A. OLAVIDES at Libmanan,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are JESSIE OLAVIDES
and RAQUEL ALMONEDA.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

CCE-0029-2016 R.A. 10172

CFN-0006-2016
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 JUNNIFER BRITO BON
has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name
from JENNIFER to JUNNIFER and correction of entry
in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the certificate of live
birth of JENNIFER BRITO BON at Libmanan, Camarines
Sur and whose parents are PRECIOSO A. BON and LILIA
BRITO.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.


(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO


Municipal Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

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

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

and entities to promote environmental conservation and

protection.
The occasion will be led by
incoming Regional Director
Crisma Paje Rodriguez, niece
of DENR Secretary Ramon
Paje who will be the guest of
honor.
Rodriguez took over engineer Gilbert Gonzalez who
will be the head of the Environmental Management Bureau Central Office. -PNA

VACATION LOTS FOR SALE

AFFORDABLE AREAS FOR VACATION
HOMES ARE NOW ON SALE. LOCATED
ALONG PAVED NATIONAL ROAD TO
CAROLINA, NAGA CITY TOWARD MT.
ISAROG.
ONLY FIVE KMS. FROM CITY
PROPER.
LOTS MEASURE 700 SQ.M. EACH. YOU
CAN HAVE AMPLE AREA FOR ORCHARD,
FLOWER/VEGETABLE
GARDEN
OR
BACKYARD POULTRY.
CALL TONY ACYATAN (CP 0917 852 7391)
FOR DETAILS & DISCOUNTS.

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

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

CCE-0036-2016 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 JULIE MENDEZ BORNALO has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of
entry in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the certificate
of live birth of JULIE MENDEZ BORNALO at Libmanan,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are FRANCISCO B.
BORNALO and DELIA M. MENDEZ.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

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

notice is hereby served to the public that OFELIA UMBAO
ESTEBAN-PERMITO has filed with this Office, a Petition
for Change of First Name from HERMA to IRMA in
the birth certificate of HERMA ESTEBAN who was born
on April 10, 1955 at Taban, Libmanan, Camarines Sur
and whose parents are JUAN ESTEBAN and ROBERTA
UMBAO.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

Contact No.:

Allan - 0921-999-8888
Fely - 0918-628-7818

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

Republic of the Philippines

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

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

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 MERCEDES
G. AGOSTO-RODRIGUEZ has filed with this Office, a
Petition for Change of First Name from MERCED to
MERCEDES in the birth certificate of MERCED AGUSTO
who was born on September 24, 1955 at Mambulo Nuevo,
Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are VICENTE AGUSTO and DIONICA GALEMA.

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

a notice is hereby served to the public that DANILO SANTIAGO BRIES has filed with this Office, a Petition for
Change of First Name from EFREN to DANILO in the
birth certificate of EFREN BRIES who was born on August
20, 1952 at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents
are FELIXBERTO BRIES and EUTIQUIA SANTIAGO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may

file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may

file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

CCE-0045-2016 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 JEANETTE MAY
ZARCAUGA ACAYEN has filed with this Office, a Petition
for correction of entry in Sex from MALE to FEMALE in
the certificate of live birth of JEANETTE MAY ZARCAUGA
ACAYEN at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents
are DOMINGO ACAYEN and MARY JANE ZARCAUGA.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
JULY 2, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: JUNE 19 and 26, 2016

DOH, DepEd intensify smoke-free

schools drive
By JULIUS EMBILE

LEGAZPI CITY With

the common goal of eliminating tobacco consumption among students and
minors, the Department
of Health (DOH) and the
Department of Education
(DepEd) combine their efforts in reminding the public of the hazards of smoking.
In observance of the celebration of the National No
Smoking Month this June,

Bicol poor villages

get P689 M grant
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BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES

JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 2016 P5.00

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By EMMANUEL P. SOLIS

The pupils of Dancalan East Central School, the biggest school in Donsol in Sorsogon, forms a human smiley to show gratitude
for their one-unit three classroom school building funded under Kalahi-CIDSS.

LEGAZPI CITY -- Poor

villages in need of additional
classrooms in Bicol have
received a total grant of
PHP689 million for the construction, rehabilitation and
repair of 473 school buildings from 2002 to the present from the Department of
Social Welfare and Development.
DSWD Regional Director
Arnel B. Garcia on Tuesday
said the financial assistance
was given under the community-driven development
(CDD) program of DSWDs
Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig
Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services)
that seeks to help alleviate
poverty.

Of the total school buildings, there have been 254 already completed and the rest
are under construction.
These will benefit 115,737
households, Garcia said.
Luz Jubelo, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary
of Donsol, Sorsogon, said
classrooms are vital for her
childrens education so she
proactively participated in
the construction of their one
unit, three-classroom school
building in Barangay Dancalan, which was implemented
through Kalahi-CIDSS.
Projects under KalahiCIDSS following the CDD
approach are identified by
the residents themselves and
funded based on the approval
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On-line passport applications start in July

Starting July 1 this year,
applicants from Camarines Sur can now secure
their passports on-line,
according to Sha Torallo,
head of the Camarines Sur
Employment Center.
Torallo said this is meant
to ease the burden on the applicants setting personal appointments in DFA Legazpi.
She said that starting July
18, 2016, DFA Legazpi will
only accept applicants with
on-line appointment, except
for senior citizens with valid
ID and Overseas Filipino
Worker (OFW) with valid
contract and flight details.
Pregnant women with
medical certificates, Person
with Disability with PWD
ID, and infants (1 year old
and below) still need to set
an appointment but may
avail of the special lane at
the time of their application.
DFA Legazpi will still
entertain personal appointments at their offices only
until July 16, 2016.
Torallo added that it is

also very important to adhere to DFAs advice not to

purchase outbound travel
tickets until actual passports
are already at hand by the
travelers as DFA will not
take responsibility for any
rebooking charges, loss of
income, and other financial
compensation and/or personal losses arising from the applicants travel arrangements
made while the passport has
not been released as clearly
stated in the official communication duly signed by
OIC Manuel S. Moran, Jr.
and coursed through CSEC
or better known as CamSur
PESO.
Other disclaimer states
that force majeure, transport strikes, and similar
unforeseen circumstances
beyond control may cause
delays in the normal cycle
of delivery and production.
For further inquiries, DFA
Legazpi may be reached at
(052) 480-3000 or 820-3396.
- jmts/rbmjr/mmec with reports from camsur peso

JAPAN BOUND

White Dove Recruitment Corporation, in close collaboration with the Camarines Sur Employment Center (CSEC) or more popularly
referred as CamSur PESO, will conduct an orientation and manpower pooling of interested applicants for jobs in Japan.