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Fortuno bares SK
polls suspension
By SONNY SALES
NABUA, Camarines
Sur Veteran Cam. Sur
5th district CongressmanSalvioFortuno bared
over a radio broadcast
on Friday that Congress
and Senate have agreed
to pass a measure for the
cancellation of the SangguniangKabataan (SK)
election scheduled on
Feb. 21, this year.
Instead, both houses
have re-scheduled the SK
Rep. FORTUNO
election simultaneous with
the barangay election in October 2016, but starting Mon-
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Bicol LTO regional director Noreen Bernadette San Luis-Lutey (left) is joined by Cong.
Fernando Gonzales, Mayor Patty Gonzales-Alcusa and the members of the Municipal
Council of Ligao City during the blessing and inauguration of the relocated Albay 3rd
District Office, from its old home in Guinobatan.
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opinion
bikol reporter
editorial
It was a good thing President Aquino accepted responsibility for the death
of the 44 troopers of the Special Action
Force of the Philippine National Police
in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25. Just as I am responsible for your
loved ones, so too am I responsible for
you, it is my duty to ensure that the sacrifice made by your relatives are repaid,
the President assured the families of the
slain troopers.
Some may see the Presidents words
as mere fatherhood statement, all assurances and in Shakespeares words, all
sound and fury. Yet, under the principle
of command responsibility, he is the
President, and the buck should stop with
him. Besides, Filipinos need a scapegoat,
like a stuffed toy that a dog can bit to pieces which will lead him in the end to a corner in silence. He likes the blame game,
and once it is pinned on somebody, he is
usually satisfied and turn smug. Blame
this on our culture of forgetfulness. Or
our Christian upbringing. We forgive even
in the absence of contrition on the part of
the culprit.
So, letting Purisima go, was also good.
Good riddance.
Of course, let us support the Presidents quest for answers why Mamasapano had to happen at all. Were the lives
of the 44 Filipino soldiers equal the life
of one confirmed Malaysian bomber with
links to the al-Qaida and for which the U.S.
dangled a $6-million bounty on his head?
Is their massacre big reason enough to
abandon the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF)?
We think the government should go on
talking with the MILF.
As Sun Tzu said, There is no instance
of a nation benefitting from a prolonged
warfare.
Somehow, one day the war in Mindanao should end. We all deserve peace.
The Mamasapano incident should be
viewed as a price of war and peace.
We should take the risk for all possibilities that lie ahead. For to quote the
great Chinese war strategist again, In
the minds of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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Lee G. Dullesco II
bikol reporter
Camarines
Norte,
Philippines The Healthy
Mothers, Healthy Babies: Kalinga kay Inay Project had its
second community health fair
on January 23-24, 2015 in Daet
and Labo, Camarines Norte,
respectively. The said event
served 647 pregnant women
and 34 lactating women from
microfinance clients of CARD
MRI and partner microfinance institutions as well as
non-client members in the local community. Nine OB-Gyns,
one pediatrician, nine nurse
deployment project volunteers
as well as nurses from CARD
MRI and twelve barangay
health workers provided their
free services to the beneficiaries. Representatives from the
Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation (PhilHealth) of
Daet also participated in the
two-day health fair by providing an orientation, updating
clients account and giving nonmember clients an opportunity
to register especially pregnant
women. TULAY saPag-unlad,
Inc. (TSPI), one of the partner
MFIs also joined the community health fair.
A non-member client, CharlynSacatento said that she enjoyed the program in their area,
which was made especially for
pregnant women like her. She
hopes that the program will con-
By DANNY O. CALLEJA
These mothers are but some of the 647 pregnant women served by the health fair
sponsored by the CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), Microcredit
Summit Campaign, and the Freedom from Hunger in Daet and Labo, Camarines Norte
last month. (Photos by Cassie Chandler of Freedom from Hunger).
By DANNY O. CALLEJA
BONTO
Cruz-Sta. Rita, and National
Economic and Development Authority Director General Arsenio
Balisacan as members.
Bonto is the president of the
National Confederation of Irrigators Association (NCIA)
and head of the AngatAhonMagsasaka, a non-government
organization with thousands of
the countrys farmers groups as
members.
As a farmer leader, Bonto,
a native of Camarines Sur, has
been working on the welfare of
his sector, especially the ricefarming communities and consumers by way, among others, of
his being very vocal against rice
smuggling and the irregularities
BROTHERHOOD FELLOWSHIP
Triumvirate.
In a related development,
MF LAGALAG officiated
the investiture ceremony at Sto.
Domingo Elementary School,
Angeles City to 58 newly promoted members from the rank of
Ranking Magic Group (RMG)
and Founders, Recipients of said
promotion came from GUARDIANS International District
(GID) headed by Joel FRMG
YAN Balingit and GUARDIANS International Unified
Command (GIUC) under Marvin FRMG TROPA Lazatin,
both umbrella organization of
GUARDIANS International Incorporated (GII) and the Philippine GUARDIANS Brotherhood Incorporated (PGBI) led
by Pepito FGMF PING Lacaz
who were signified themselves
to reconcile with the original
GUARDIANS
Brotherhood
Incorporated (GBI) under Retired PNP General Quirino NF
TORCH D. Dela Torre, GBI
National President. Said reconciliation was made thru the energetic effort of NF MUSANG.
Seated from left to right Raul MF LAGALAG Ramos Sr. Camarines Sur; FGGF
UNICORN Albay and Alan NF BONG Gonzales South Cotabato. Standing from
left to right Manuel NF MUSANG Biag Pampanga; Guilbert NF GBL Luciano
Davao City and Sancho NF SCORPION Alcantara III Albay.
bikol reporter
Tinagba Festival
in Iriga City is 40
Iriga City -- The
40th year celebration of
Tinagba Festival started February 3 with the
opening of a two-week
Food and Agri Fair at
the City park followed
by De-e-Deyan, a Spelling Bee the following
day that was contested
by the private and public elementary and secondary schools in the
city but the highlight of
the celebration festival
will be the February 11
Tinagba Festival.
The festival will feature floats and bullcarts
and a socio-civic and
military parade and the
DepEd people around the
city proper. The parade
will also feature street
dancing, tribal dance and
surprise numbers of an
invited military contingent at 1:00 pm.
Mayor ALFELOR
This years festival
promises more color and
the usual Fantillusion parade which will surely attract spectators because
it is going to be more energized this year.
Mayor Ronald Felix Y. Alfelor believes
the 40th celebration of
Tinagba will attract more
tourists especially foreigners and come to Iriga
and taste the hospitality
of its people.
halo-halo
Manongod sa Estetika
Nagdakula ako sa harong na katipay an mga bentana. Kaya pagkaaga, an sirang kan saldang minalaog
sa sakong kuarto na garo pigsirni
an bangraw, bakong mainit, tamang
tama sana an liwanag. Sa mga pagaadal sa estetikang Pinoy, sinasabi
na an katipay na mga bentana susog
sa satong pag-iisip na minapahiling
alagad minatago. Arog man ini halimbawa sa materyal kan barong na
sinamay o inabul. Tahob an hawak
alagad may pasalom kan kublit.
Maririsa ngonyan sa mga syudad
an paglakop kan mga puruparehong
disenyo nin mga harong na inaapod
kong McDonald-style. Minimalist ini
susog sa estetika kan mga Hapon.
Mga pangenot lang na korte, kahon
o rektangulo, malinig an linya, simple.
An gamit na mga materyal katubuan
semento, batbat asin salming. Malinaw na kasimbagan an disenyong
ini kan mga arkitekto asin mga inhenyero sa pankinaban na pagbabago
kan klima.
Mayo man sala kayan kundi
sa hiling ko an arkitektura dapat
Character is virtue, it can be
taught or caught. We learned
a very simple quotation since
elementary Cleanliness is
next to Godliness. This can
be easily memorized but
hard to implement. Since our
childhood days, our parents
taught
us
cleanliness,
orderliness and neatness.
When we enter school, our
teachers teach us, too. The
way we clean then was
very different from this days
cleaning. I remembered my
grandparents who swept our
surrounding then burnt all the
mess. Our surrounding was
full grown fruit trees which
emit fresh air. Burning of waste
was then a mosquito repellant
for our grandparents. Our
atmosphere then was free
from pollutants because we
dont use plastics. We dont
need aerosol spray because
we use mosquito net to avoid
mosquitoes and other flying
insects in biting us.
Little by little this virtue
caused
our
environment
Taught or Caught
Our
lecturer
then
fully
explained to us the effect and
disadvantages of improper
disposal of our garbage. After
that seminar, I started keeping
my candy wrappers and other
simple mess inside my bag
and pocket. I started telling
my students to dispose waste
properly.
To avoid littering, we can
use our bags and pockets
as our garbage bags then
later throw them in trust bin
or trust can. In seventeen
years, waste management/
segregating
waste
and
proper disposal of waste are
words that pained my ears.
People continue to ignore
this very important virtue.
I tried everything to impart
my learning about waste
management, I sponsored
symposia about RA (9003),I
tip of an
iceberg
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Email: homar.murillo@gmail.com
Epistemology
from my window . . .
with our Constitution because it creates a state or sub-state
within a state. I am in favor of peace in Mindanao but the peace
agreement should follow the Constitution.
This proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law is favorable to the
MILF but not to the people in those regions in the country.
The wealth-sharing agreement gives so many things to the
Bangsamoro which is not given to the people in the eighteen
regions in the Philippines. What will be given to the Bangsamoro
people under this law should also be given to the people in all
other regions. Otherwise, this peace agreement with the MILFF
will be an agreement that divides with its unconstitutional and
unfair provisions.
bikol reporter
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than P. Huerno.
Other awardees are:
RANK 2 - CDDTE COL
NADINE EINA E. LEGACION,
Naga City Science H/S, Naga
City - Levi N. San Jose; RANK
3 - CDT LT COL ROCKY R.
TEXON, Lagonoy H/S, Lagonoy, CS - Jorge Benjamin R.
Favenir; RANK 4 - CDT COL
BASILIO R. ALARCIO JR.,
Ocampo Natl H/S, Ocampo,
CS - Mercedes L. Samar; RANK
5 - CDT COL ALDWIN B. BELANO, University of Nueva
Caceres, Naga City; RANK
6 - CDT LT COL RANDY V.
ESTEFANI, Magarao Natl
H/S, Magarao, CS - Joel S. Baylon; RANK 7 - CDTTE COL
LISETTE T. CATANGUI, Sto.
Nio Natl H/S Iriga City - Teresa G. Borromeo; RANK 8 CDTTE LT COL NOELIZA S.
GORDOLA, Calabanga Natl
H/S, Calabanga, CS - Nolito C.
Nieves and CDT COL MARK
JERIC P. RUIN, Malawag Natl
H/S, Nabua, CS - Tomas L. Barandon; RANK 9 - CDT LTC
JOHN PAUL B. ZARCEDO,
Partido State University, Goa,
CS - Christian O. Pabia; RANK
10 - CDT LT COL JAY MARK
A. DE LIMA, San Antonio Natl
H/S, Iriga City - Eleuterio J. De
Lima Jr. and CDT COL JASPER
JOHN P. RIVERO, Dahat Natl
Vational H/S, Lagonoy, CS Raynan F. Luzon.
FINALISTS:
RANK 11 - CDTTE COL
REJEAN I. OBELIDOR, Buhi
St. Josephs Academy Inc.,
Buhi, CS; RANK 12 - CDTTE
LTC MARIDONI SAMANTHA G. UGABAN, Colegio Del
fortuno bares sk . . .
jor prohibition in the SK election amendment is the candidacy of any SK candidate,
who are kin or family members of the incumbent elected
officials from the President of
the Philippines., to the lowest
barangay officials..
The Bicolano solon remarked, that the proposed
amendment in the SK election are considered major
reforms in the SangguniangKabataan, with political critics saying, the youth sector
represented in the barangay
government system is being
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bikol reporter
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE . . .
Secretary Proceso Alcala, was removed from the post following the
transfer of the supervision of NIA
from the DA to the Presidential
Assistant for Food Security and
Agricultural Modernization under
Pangilinan.
Apart from being president of
the NCIA, Bonto is also head of
the AngatAhonMagsasaka, a nongovernment organization, with
millions of the countrys farmers
as members.
As a farmer leader, Bonto, a
native of Camarines Sur, has been
working for the welfare of his sector, especially the rice farming
communities and consumers by
way, among others, of his being
very vocal against rice smuggling
and the irregularities surrounding
the operations of rice cartels in the
country.
He is also an advocate of agricultural modernization towards the
government campaign for food security and greater income for farmers and a staunch critic of anomalies involving the implementation
of projects in agriculture. -- PNA
BIKOL
REPORTER
SM FOUNDATION
SCHOLARS
APPLICANTS
Over a hundred students from public high
schools of Naga City
and various towns of
Camarines Sur aspiring to be part of the SM
Foundation
Scholars
took the screening and
examination of applicants conducted by the
SM Foundation Inc. last
February 2 at the Event
Center, SM City Naga.
Qualified applicants will
be enrolled in any of
the 83 partner colleges
and universities of SM
Foundation located nationwide. The scholars
will enjoy free tuition
fees and monthly allowances. They may also
get part-time jobs during summer or Christmas breaks to augment
their allowance.
LEGAZPI CITY The National Police Commission (Napolcom) Bicol Regional Office
here has assured the family of
slain Police Senior Inspector
Max Jim R. Tria of their full
assistance and support to hasten the death benefit claims as
Bicolanos join the entire nation
in mourning for the so-called
Fallen 44 of the Philippine
National Police (PNP) Special
Action Force (SAF) who met
their tragic fate in Masasapano, Maguindanao recently.
Tria hails from Catanduanes
province and a graduate of Philippine National Police Academy
in 2009.
We will extend assistance to
the Tria family on their claims in
preparing the documentary requirements to hasten the claims
process, Napolcom Bicol Information Officer Ricardo Fontanilla said today in an interview
during the Aramon Ta Daw (Let
Us Know) radio program of the
Philippine Information Agency
(PIA) Bicol.
Fontanilla disclosed the death
benefits of PNP beneficiaries
include the following: gratuity
equivalent to the deceased PNP
members one year basic salary, burial expenses equivalent
to three months basic salary of
the deceased, monthly pension
equivalent to eighty percent of
the deceaseds basic salary for a
period of five years from the date
of death.
We will also grant scholarship to the children of the deceased, Fontanilla added.
Further, if a qualified family
member opts to join the ranks of
the PNP, he or she can be accommodated under the attrition law,
Fontanilla said.
Earlier, the government already released P250,000 financial support for each family of
the 44 slain PNP troopers and
assured educational support for
the children or siblings of the
deceased, together with livelihood assistance and jobs for the
widows and family members,
housing assistance and medical
assistance to sick relatives.
According to Fontanilla, the
death claims will be awarded to
the surviving spouse or, if there
is none, the surviving legitimate
or legally adopted children, or if
single to parents.
In the absence of the surviving spouse and dependent legitimate children, the non-dependent legitimate children together
with illegitimate children, if any,
or if there is none, the surviving
parents or in their absence, surviving brothers and sisters of the
fallen trooper. -- PIA5