PNP-Bicol readies elite troops in Masbate

By DANNY O. CALLEJA

( 473-8888

LEGAZPI CITY The

Philippine National Police
(PNP) Bicol regional office
is now prepared to deploy
ahead of the local campaign
period two elite battalions in
Masbate -- one from the Regional Public Safety Command and another one from
the Police Special Action
Force.
The two battalions to be
deployed, composed of 1,600
policemen, will try their best

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DA distributes largesse
in Sorsogon and Albay
FARMERS FORUM

Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala speaks before some 2,500 farmers, fisherfolks and other agricultural stakeholders in Sorsogon during the Provincial
Stakeholders Meeting and Farmers Forum held at Sorsogon City Hall Grounds on January 29. Alcala salutes the farmers whom he said, has helped achived
the 97% sufficiency level in 2015. Alcala recalled that in 2010, the countrys rice sufficiency was only 81%.

True to his promise that

the DA under his watch will
bridge the gap and touch
the hearts of farmers ,
fisherfolks and its other
stakeholders, Agriculture
Secretary Proceso J. Alcala
regularly makes his provincial sorties to interact
with farmers and fisherfolk
and turn-over agricultural
projects and goods to beneficiaries and clients. This
is one way of bringing the
government closer to the
people.
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INAUGURATION OF THE ORGANIC TRADING POST

Secretary Alcala and Mayor Noel Rosal unveil the marker of

the Organic Trading Post which Sec. Alcala turned over to the
City government of Legazpi. The Organic Trading Post worth
P1.5M, located just across the Albay Astrodome will serve
as the center of buying and selling of organic products from
Legaspi City and neighboring municipalities.

NGO slates DRRM

conference in Naga
NAGA CITY Some 30 participants from regions in
Luzon representing business, academe, civil society, media,
and local government units are expected to attend the firstever 2-day conference on risk reduction efforts to be held at
Naga Regent Hotel here, on February 18-19, 2016.
The conference will be spearheaded by the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (APAD) which has its network
in the Philippines, other Southeast Asian countries, and Japan.
Maricris Binas, APAD Luzon coordinator, said participants
and partners are expected to share knowledge and experiences,
and forward recommendations on how stakeholders from various sectors can improve and harmonize disaster risk reduction
efforts.
The Luzonwide conference forms part of the formal launching in March 2016 of the APAD National Platform in the Philippines, Binas added.
The theme of the conference is Enhancing Community
Disaster Resilience through Public and Private Sector Cooperation.

Naga hosts Palarong Bicol 2016

NAGA CITY More
than 10,000 athletes, parents, coaches, officials of the
Department of Education,
and dignitaries from the academe and government are
expected to troop to this city
on Sunday (Feb. 7) where
the Palarong Bicol 2016 will
officially kick off at the Metro Naga Sports Complex
(MNSC) in Barangay Pacol,
here.
The yearly sporting event
gathers athletes from public
elementary and secondary
schools in the Bicol Regions
7 cities and 6 provinces to vie
in friendly matches in various
sports events.
The events and their ven-

BONGAT

GANDO

ues: arnis (LCC mall), archery

(Leon Mercado Natl HS),
athletics (MNSC), basketballsecondary, boys (MNSC),
baseball-elementary and secondary (MNSC), basketballsecondary, girls (STI Naga),

basketball-elementary (JMRC
/ Brgy. Del Rosario Covered
Court), boxing (Naga City
Peoples Hall), billiard
(Rookies,
Peafrancia
Ave.), chess (Aljosh Caf),
football (MNSC), futsal

(Brgy.Calauag
Covered
Court), gymnastics (Naga City
Gymnasium), sepak-takraw,
(MNSC), softball (Eternal
Gardens/Ateneo
grounds),
swimming (MNSC), taekwondo (SM City Naga),
table tennis (Feb. 8-9 Naga
Central School 1/Feb. 10-12
St. Joseph School/JMR Coliseum, and lawn tennis (Naga
City Civic Center/MNSC).
Anchored on the theme,
Developing Body through
Sports; Transforming Lives
through K-12, Bicolandias
biggest sportsfest will reel off
until February 13, this year,
from its grand opening day
with Rep. Leni G. Robredo of
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EDITORIAL
Politics
Varicolored Hues
If electorates will be more discerning,
the sleight-of-hand tricks being played
by candidates these days are, to put it
in Tagalog, garapalan na.
Consider the political line-ups and
one will see the kind of Philippine
politics we have.
Patronage,
concessions, and accommodations
are the operative words. No principle,
no ideologies. It is still the sickening
politics of the elite that we have.
Imagine a red lady mayor candidate
supporting a yellow candidate for vice
president who is also supporting a red
governor who is an erstwhile political
foe, and you can see the blurring of
colors in the political spectrum.
This is outright opportunism. This
is an inveterate invertebrate virtuosity
in political machinations.
Of course, this is not all their fault.
The fault my dear Brutus is not in
our stars but in ourselves that we are
underlings. Take it from the Bard.
Yes, it takes two to tango.
As Rizal also says, there are no
tyrants where there are no slaves.
These molluscian Moloch are the
voters creation.
They hang their monstrosity in tarps
because that is the kind of image we
want to see.
Is there a way out of this seemingly
hopeless one-directional road of
Philippine politics?
Of course there is.
Our suns
energy will not burn out until after
several more billion years, i.e. not in
our lifetime.
So go, read their tarps and lips. Do
they say something that is giving hope
to our countrys perennial poverty?
If not, just dont vote for them.

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The Philippines will
likely accelerate its economic expansion
this year, according to Moodys Investors
Service. It will put our country in a more
robust position in the region to weather
any further global economic and financial
market volatility. In the analysis, Phls
growth shows resistance to global
slowdown, which is a credit positive. GDP
growth is expected to pick-up to 6% (from
5.8% as of 2015).
Analysts said the increased government
spending from infrastructure projects,
particularly those under the public-private
partnership (PPP) scheme, as well as
higher private consumption (as a result of
the national elections in May) would boost
Phls economy. The PPP partnership
program for infrastructure development,
plus a pickup in economic activity as the
country gears up for midyear elections
will insure the expected growth, Election
spending is beneficial!
INTEREST: Our monetary policy wont
be adjusted despite the stimuli adopted by
Japan and the USA financial authorities.
BSP reiterated that the countrys monetary
policy is still appropriate. Key officials said
there is no urgency for the Monetary Board
to tweak its policy stance after a surprise
move by the Bank of Japan when it took its
interest rates into negative territory to kickstart its struggling economy. Depositors
of the Bank of Japan will pay (instead of
receiving) interest!
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announced it could step up its stimulus
program this coming March due to low
inflation and the financial market turmoil.
The US Federal Reserve finally tweaked
its near-zero interest rates for the first time
in almost a decade through a 25 basis
point hike last Dec.16. Our government
will wait-and-see closely watching
how business and industry will react to
developments, as well as to inflation
trends,
POLITICS: Soon the campaign
period for national positions and later for
local posts will be on!
This early campaign speeches are
heard, but COMELEC seems impervious
to the violations. Posters greeting voters
on certain occasions are masqueraded,
but the real purpose is to spread the
message that the greeter is a candidate.
We are warning candidates and leaders
on the campaign spending limits. The
sad experience of the unseated Laguna
governor is a stern reminder.
New politicians running for national

posts (especially for senator) are

introducing themselves in a most
expensive manner. Electric posts and
trees along highways are decorated
by simple pictures and names.
They include those for Cong. Martin
Romualdez, former MMDA chair
Francis Tolentino and Win Gatchalian.
Bongbong Marcos VP ads are likewise
appearing almost everywhere. The
more known candidates and incumbents
have the advantage. Nakakalamang
ang sikat!
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The TV ad against Binay is a sign he is the one

to beat, and Integrity must be accompanied with
competence, fairness & compassion
I believe that the advertisement on TV
and other ads showing a woman asking
Binay where he got his money to buy 360
hectares of land without showing proof that
Binay owns it is a sign that Binay is the front
runner to beat.
The core network of the Vice President
in 2010 is intact and no matter they say
against Binay, they continue to support
him. The disgruntled people against the
administration may go for Binay because
he has a good track record of service to
the people. Just go to the home cities
of the candidates like the Roxas City of
Mar Roxas, Davao City of Mayor Rodrigo
Duterte, Iloilo City of Grace Poe, do
they have the public service VP Binay
and his family like free education, free
hospitalization and medicines to indigents,
quality infrastructures, the benefits and
privileges to the senior citizens like P1,000
and cakes on their birthdays, etc. in Makati
City? All accusations against VP Binay are
just accusations and has to be proven in
court. Until today, VP Binay has not been
convicted in court. Well, this is only my
personal opinion as of the moment.
VP Binay said that he will be a healing
president and he will do to the entire country
what he did to Makati. He also renounced
months ago that if given the chance to be
President, he will appoint his running mate
for Vice President Gringo Honasan to be
his Anti-Crime Czar. Gringo Honasan is a

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the provinces 3rd district as keynote speaker.

Some Palaro highlights that
will take place on February 7,
this year, before the official
declaration of its opening at the
MNSC:
A 5:00 A.M. solidarity run
that will start from Plaza Quezon.
The run will pass along Peafrancia Avenue, Liboton Street,
Bagumbayan Sur then back to
Plaza Quezon.At 12:30 p.m. a
mass will be celebrated at the St.
Francis Xavier chapel at the Ateneo de Naga HS Campus in Barangay Pacol with Msgr. Rolando
Tirona, Archbishop of Caceres,
as main celebrant.
At 2:00 P.M. the public will
witness the ceremonial cutting of
ribbon for the opening of Palar-

FROM
MY
WINDOW
NENITA FUENTEBELLA-PEONES
graduate of the Philippine Military Academy,
active Colonel of the Army and threeterm senator whose advocacy is poverty
alleviation and peace and order. This shows
that Binay has already prepared plans to
fight criminality, especially the drug menace
In this coming election on May 2016,
many people are saying we should elect
a candidate with its integrity. I agree to
this but integrity should be accompanied
with competence, with justice and fairness
and with compassion. We can judge their
candidate by looking up at their past and
present track record.
On my part, I will judge Mar Roxas on
his track record as former congressman
and senator. He was an ally to President
Gloria M. Arroyo. What did he do with his

ong Bicol 2016 trade exhibits at

the vacant expanse near the entry
point of Metro Naga Sports Complex. The assembly of athletic
delegations will be held at the rotunda of San Alfonso Subdivision
at 2:00-3:45 P.M.
Parade will start exactly 4:00
oclock in the afternoon. After
the parade, opening program
will immediately follow. A field
demonstration by selected high
school students will be performed
after the formal declaration of the
opening of Palarong Pambansa
2016 at the MNSC, which will
be highlighted with fireworks
display.
The Mayors night, to be tendered by Naga Mayor John G.
Bongat, is set to be held at 6:30
P.M. at the Upper Deck of Crown
Hotel near the Plaza Quezon.

pork barrel? He was the second backdoor negotiator of the President to China
next to Sen. Antonio Trillanes whose
failure was written by our Ambassador
to China and read in the Senate. What
did he accomplish in China? As the
Rehabilitation Czar of Yolanda victims,
was he able and efficient in bringing
immediate aid and help to the victims.
Many thousands died of hunger and
sickness there. The COA reported that
funds for Yolanda victims are deposited
in the Development Bank of the
Philippines as Trust Fund. He was Sec.
of the Department of Transportation and
Communication when the international
airport was judged as one of the worst
airport in the world. We had a poor
transportation system; the MRT under
him and was inherited by Sec. Abaya.
As DILG secretary, police supervision
is under him but criminality is high and
getting worse.
Roxas is politically biased against
non-allies. He quarreled with Tacloban
City Mayor Alfredo Romualdez who
asked the Office of the President for aid
to Yolanda victims of Tacloban. Roxas
told Mayor Romualdez who is a nephew
of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez
Marcos, You are a Romualdez and the
President is an Aquino.
The country need a President who will
be a father of the nation and not who will
divide the nation or discriminate against
anybody and its not LP candidate.

The office of Rep. Robredo will

also offer a Congresswomans
Night on February 12, this year,
at 6:30 P.M. at the Avenue Plaza
Hotels The Tent.
At the formal opening, hoisting of the Philippine flag will be
performed by Rep. Robredo followed by the raising of the Naga
City LGU banner by Mayor Bongat. To lead the lifting of delegation banners are Schools Division
Superintendent William Gando
and Asst. Schools Division Supt.
Mariano de Guzman.
The torch bearer of the Olympic flame is former Philippine
Basketball Association player Gil
Lumberio of Naga City who will
pass it on to gymnast and national
silver medalist Monica Montero,
then to international chess player

Arrianne Pearl Caalim who will

pass it on to another international
chess player Hadji Caalim who
then will light the Friendship Urn.
Gymnast Shaira B. Guevara,
Palarong Pambansa 2015 Silver
Medalist, will lead the delivery
of the Oath of Amateurism by the
athletes.
Ernani Suron, Naga City
School Board administrator and
head of Naga City Sports Office,
said that delegations that have
complaints or concerns about
their stay at the billeting areas
or about the safety of their belongings or the security of each
member of the delegation are encouraged to coordinate with the
principals of the schools where
they are housed for immediate
and appropriate action.

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DSWDs compact program closes thru

KALAHI-CIDSS MCC Learning Forum
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a foreign aid agency in the forefront of fighting global
poverty, and Millennium Challenge
Account-Philippines (MCC-P), together with the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD)Region V, presented the accomplishments of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated
Delivery of Social Service (KALAHICIDSS) Project as the Compact Program closes this year.
Aimed to communicate the gains
from the KALAHI-CIDSS Project and
share lessons and best practices among
stakeholders, the Closing Activity, also
called KALAHI-CIDSS Learning Forum was held at Villa Caceres Hotel,
Naga City on February 4, 2016.
Key officials from MCC and
DSWD, together with the Municipal
Mayors and Community Volunteers in
Bicol Region attended the said event.
PIAV/Cam. Sur

NCHCP installs marker

on JOMAPA bust
By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY

Officials of the Department of Social Welfare and

Development DSWD) led by Regional Director Arnel
B. Garcia and Felipe S. Ramiro, Jr, OIC-Assistant
Secretary for OSG, DSWD, together with Millenium
Challenge Corporation (MCC) Executives Mr. John
Polk, MCC Resident Country Director and Ms. Marivic
Anonuevo, MCA-P Managing Director and Chief
Executive met the local press after the Closing Activity
of the "KALAHI-CIDSS MCC Learning Forum", held on
February 4, 2016 at the Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City.
-JAM PIA V/Cam.Sur

NAGA CITY --- National

Historical Commission of
the Philippines (NHCP) Executive Director Ludovico D.
Badoy personally graced the
unveiling of a Bicolano martyrs historical marker in a
simple ceremony held today
at the Naga Central School
grounds here.
The historic marker belongs
to Jose Maria Panganiban Y
Enverga, a Bicolano propagandist, poet and a prolific writer
who wrote stories for La Solidaridad under the pseudo name
Jomapa or JMP. His writings tell tales of a sought-after
educational reform during the
Spanish period and raise the
importance of press freedom,
among others.
The momentous piece of
edifice is in response to Resolution No. 01-14, series of

2014 crafted and passed by

the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) of the Naga Central
School (NCS) 1 on January 30,
2014 requesting the NHCP and
the National Museum to put
up a marker inside the school
ground where Jomapas statue
is located and declare it as a national cultural treasure.
Seeing its importance to the
Bicolanos cultural heritage,

the Sangguniang Panlungsod

spearheaded by Vice Mayor
Nelson S. Legacion also passed
Resolution 2014-15 backing
the said PTA resolution. The
joint effort got the nod of the
NHCP, realizing the Naguenos
request for a historical marker
that would exemplify the great
deed of one Bicolano hero.
Prior to these steps, City Coun(Turn to page 7)

Tinagba Festival 2016 reels off in Iriga City

Tinagba Festival, a secular event, is a sure tourist attraction for both locals and
international visitors drawn
from different parts of the
world.
One of the most attractive
festivals across Philippines, the
festival constitutes the re-enactment of an ancient traditional
ritual that involved making offerings of the lands best produce. This was not just a way
of showing gratitude, it was

also an elemental practice that

ensured prosperity of the land.
The fact that this festival
was a pagan ritual makes it
clearly distinct from the array
of religious festivals that Philippines is best known for. The
interesting thing is that in as
much as the ritual is pagan in
origin, it is celebrated by locals
across the religious divide.
It is impossible to talk about
Tinagba Festival without making mention of the elaborate

parades that are characteristic

of this festival. The locals bring
out their best bullcarts which
are managed by men and women in traditional regalia that is
just as colourful.
By bringing together locals
from all walks of life, the festival lives up to its hype as a
unifying factor for Filipinos in
showing gratitude. The festive
mood, the palpable joy as well
as the warmth of the exuberant
locals makes this a delightful

festival to attend.
Attending the Tinagba
Festival is sure to give you a
glimpse into the life of the locals, as well as find out how
the relation between traditional
rituals have been interspersed
with religious practices of a
modern Catholic community.
Carry your camera with you,
and dont forget to tug your curiosity and an open mind along
with you for the experience of
a lifetime.

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Kaiba nin mga Brodkaster

Napakiulayan ako kan KBP-Cam.
Sur president na si Edwin Lara kan
nakaaging semana na mag pinch-hit
para ki Dr. Danny Gerona na iyo kuta an
mataram manongod sa Bicol culture and
language sa sarong seminar para sa mga
mageksamin sa KBP accreditation.
Dai ta masayumahan ta amigo ta
si Edwin asin an brodkast harani man
sa sakong puso. Ini an nagbuhay sako
pakatapos ko nin college asin kan yaon
ako sa Manila. Alagad, orog na harani sa
sakong puso an magtaram manongod sa
kultura asin tataramon na Bikol.
Pigpagiromdom ko lang si mga
partisipantes kan mga minasunod:
1. an radyo sarong medyum para sa
talinga. 2. An media may makusogon
na kapangyarihan kun sain dapat
tandaan ninda an sinabi ni Spiderman
na with great power, comes great
responsibilities. 3. Kaipuhan na an media
mismo magin parte kan pagpapatalubo
kan lenggwaheng Bikol sagkod na ini
magkaigwa nin ginurangan. 4. Kaipuhan
na an media mismo may sadiring agenda
para sa saindang sector.
Bakong arog kan nakasurat na
tataramon, an tataramon na sinasambit sa

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
FRANK PEONES JR.
ere, dai pwedeng maripaso o mabalikan
liwat, kun dai nairecord. Kaya kaipuhan
sa sarong brodkaster na aram an klase
kan saiyang medium, na para ngani sa
talinga. Minabalik talaga ini sa panahon
na an kadunungan o inpormasyon,
pataram. Kaya may mga dapat man
ining tandaan nganing matandaan.
Sabi ni McLuhan, sarong media guru
na taga Canada, an media pigpalaba
an limitasyon nin tawo. Halimbawa, an
radio naaabot an hararayong lugar sa
momentong an tataramon magluwas
sa ngimot pasiring sa ere. Kaya grabe

an kapangyarihan kaini manongod sa

espasyo asin panahon. Grabe man
an kapangyarihan kaini na manraot o
magpahamot nin reputasyon nin tawo,
siring kan ginigibo kan ibang garo
jukebox na announcers sa Rinconada.
Maray nganing tinaan ini nin doon
ni Cris Bersabe sa saiyang lecture
manongod sa ethics. An iba kaya
nagin itik na kaya an ethics.
An radio saro kan minagamit kan l
Bikol bilang lenggwahe asin medium.
Huli kaini, dakula an papel asin
potensyal kaini na maitaas an kalidad
asin makatabang sa pagpatalubo,
paglakop kan lenggwaheng Bikol.
Manongod sa ika-apat kong punto,
kadakul na mga taga-media asin mga
brodkaster sa Bikol na nawawara na
lang sa ere asin sa banggi na daing
paaram o naaraman kan saindang
mga tugang. Panahon naman na
mismong taga media an magasikaso
sa saindang sadiri. Kaipuhan sindang
magtindog sa sadiring bitis asin
magisip nin kun ano an mawot para sa
sector asin sa mga miembros kaini. Ta
kun dai ini magigibo, mabirik-birik lang
sinda sa siklo nin pag-asa sa iba.

Wi-fi project covers Bicol towns

By DANNY O. CALLEJA
LEGAZPI CITY The
government's
soon-to-berolled-out free wi-fi Internet
access in public places project
will cover most of Bicols poor
and outlying municipalities,
the Department of Science
and Technology (DOST) said.
This developed as the
DOSTs Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Offices has included in the
project first- and second-class
municipalities across the country so that the free wi-fi Internet
access in public places will better reach the third to sixth-class
municipalities that are in a dire
need of such services.
DOST Regional Director
Tomas Brias on Wednesday
here said that Bicol has about
half of its 107 municipalities
classified as first and second
classes and the rest are from
third to fifth classes, which
means more areas in the region
would be covered by the project.
A recent statement from the
DOST central office said that
domestic Internet connectivity
to the 14 major cities placed
under the project coverage to
act as hubs has already been
awarded to a joint venture be-

tween Innove and Yondu Inc.

while connectivity to the international Internet was awarded
to the Philippine Long Distance Co. (PLDT).
Connectivity to various municipalities, on the other hand,
was awarded to We Are IT (Information Technology) or WIT,
Converge ICT Solutions and
Services and a joint venture
between AZ Communications
(AZ Com) and Omniprime
Marketing Inc.
WIT is the leading satellite
broadband company that provides vital satellite communications infrastructure for mission critical civil and military
entities of the government.
It also gives emergency
communications management
response in times of disaster to
all sectors of society and maintains connectivity to thousands
of educational institutions in
the country.
Converge is a Greece-based
company that offers competitive services in the area of the
Web, focusing on e-Commerce
and any type of web development and Online marketing
solutions aiming to improve a
brands position in the digital
era.
AZ Com, a local corporation, is a data communication

Student journalists
to undergo training
By CONNIE B. DESTURA
LEGAZPI CITY -- The
Presidential
Communications
Operations
Office
(PCOO) will conduct a
whole-day Citizen Journalism Training on Friday at the
Ibalong Centrum for Recreation here.
More than 300 students
from different areas here in Bicol are expected to attend the
event dubbed as Bayan ko,
Pananagutan ko Citizen Journalism Training, GrassrootsBased Social Communication
Network Media ng Bayan Volunteers for Hatol ng Bayan."
PCOO Secretary Hermenio
B. Coloma Jr. will keynote the
training. He will be joined
by Regional Director Erlinda
Olivia Tiu of the Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) 4;

Alex Rey Pal, officer-in-charge

for News Division,; Remigio
Sampang; station manager Allan Allanigue; and Philippines
News Agency (PNA) executive
editor Luis A. Morente.
Participants will undergo
workshops on their 1st news
as Media ng Bayan volunteers.
They will also elect officers for
the Bicol Region Chapter of
Barangay Ko, Pananagutan Ko
Grassroots-Based Social Communication Network.
The training will be capped
by the signing of the Manifesto
of Commitment.
The PCOO supervises all
major government public communication and mass media organizations, including the PIA,
Philippine Broadcast Service,
Government Television Network, PNA and National Printing Office.

provider that offers Internet

services and data connectivity to small and medium enterprises and corporate customers
while Omniprime is a Pasig
City-based telephone service
provider.
The system and management and access component
of the free wi-fi project, which
will oversee the nationwide
network of access points and
provide the hardware necessary, meanwhile, was awarded
to Abratique and Associates
Inc. which will be utilizing
equipment of CISCO Systems
Inc., a California-based IT
company, to deliver connectivity to the end users, the DOST
said.
In the statement, DOST Undersecretary Louis Casambre
of the ICT Office said providers have been instructed to
upgrade and expand their communications infrastructure in
order to serve poorer and farflung areas.
Tenders are currently being prepared for the municipalities and with the new budget, the connectivity should be
available soon, said Casambre, as he revealed that PHP1.6
billion was added to the 2015
unobligated funds for the 2016
budget.
DOST Secretary Mario
Montejo, in the same statement, expressed optimism that
with the increased budget, industry will better participate in
the program as we are looking
forward to providing connectivity through our private sector partners especially in the
rural areas.
With Internet connectivity
readily available, their lives can
be enhanced with better access
to weather information, education, agricultural resources,
commerce, e-government services, as well as employment,
through online jobs, Montejo
said.
The project, he explained,
will install wireless Internet
access points in public places
such as, town plazas, parks,
government offices, health
units, and transport terminals
-- including train stations, seaports, and airports.
The total number of beneficiary-municipalities stands at
1,435 of the countrys 1,490
and majority of Bicols 107
towns are expected to be in the

list of coverage, according to

Brias.
This project, which is is directly in line with the Internet
For All thrust identified in
the Philippine Digital Strategy
2011-2016, aims to accelerate
the governments efforts in enhancing Internet accessibility
for Filipinos to accelerate economic, social and educational
opportunities and in reducing
the growing Digital Divide under the overarching e-Filipino
Program of the DOST ICT Office.
Once fully deployed, the
project will serve 105,000 concurrent users with 256 kbps
each, which is the lowest prevailing speed requirement for
broadband service.
The concept of managed
services shall be leveraged all
throughout the project, not only
ensure rapid rollout, a responsive service, allow economies,
and other aggregation derived
benefits, but also to create
commercial opportunities for
private sector participants that
would redound to greater economic benefit through expanded services for all.
World Bank studies have
shown that every 10-percent
increase in broadband Internet
penetrations translates to 1.38
percent increase in a countrys
gross domestic product (GDP)
growth.
The Philippines currently
has a modest 52-percent Internet penetration rate, nearly
doubled in the past four years
from 27 percent in 2010.
The average connection
speed is about 2.1 Mbps, with
a little above eight percent of
the users enjoying connection
speeds faster than four Mbps.
According to the large telecommunication
companies,
about half of the 1,490 municipalities are connected using pre-Internet technologies
that limit the services they can
deliver, which includes broadband Internet.
When asked if these cannot
be upgraded, the general reply
is that the market would not
support the necessary return on
investment (ROI).
The deficit in the available
services, however, prevents
opportunities and benefits, including those from online public services, from reaching the
people in those areas.

FEBRUARY 7-13, 2016

BIKOL REPORTER

SARION LEADS

Cam.
Norte
vice
gubernatorial
candidate, incumbent
Daet Mayor Tito S.
Sarion led an online
survey last month.
He got 457 votes or
36.47% out of the
total
1,253
online
voters,
leading
Pamela Pardo Pujarte
who got 32.24% or
404 votes and Pedro
Jonah Pimentel who
received 31.28% or
392 votes.

LGUs equip two Cam. Norte

towns with fire trucks
DAET, Camarines Norte
The Bureau of Fire Protection
(BFP) stations in Jose Panganiban and Mercedes towns
in Camarines Norte recently
acquired a fire truck each
from their respective local
government units during the
last quarter of 2015.
Municipal fire marshal Insp.
Adonis D. Osea said that Jose
Panganiban local government
has provided the BFP station a
new fire truck to augment the
existing one now stationed at the
municipal hall
"We are waiting for the official turn-over of the local
government to our bureau. We
are grateful to the LGU for the
fire truck because this would be
of big help to the station where
other towns are far to extend assistance during fire incidents in
the area," Osea said.
Osea furthered that the station has recorded no fire incidents during the last yuletide
season, perhaps due to their
strengthened fire prevention

campaign like distribution of

flyers on fire tips, barangay visitation and bandillo.
Since January this year the
bureau has conducted fire inspection measures of establishments including giving basic
knowledge on fire prevention
and suppression prior to the issuance of the fire safety certificate.
Establishments are renewing
their business license and one
of the requirements is fire safety
certificate he said.
"We are expecting some 240
establishment to renew business
license including fire safety certificate in the town," he added.
As to the accomplishments,
they have conducted seminar
training for Barangay Fire Volunteer Brigade to 13 barangays
in the town adding that eight
(8) lectures were conducted to
Kiddy Fire Marshal and Junior
Fire Marshal for the participants
to be aware of fire safety and
prevention.
Senior Fire Officer Noel B.
Jamito, officer in charge of BFP

Mercedes, the other hand said

the local government has also
provided the BFP municipal station with one fire truck that will
help augment the existing one in
the town.
Jamito said that a sub-station
will be established this year at
Pambuhan, Basud also by the
LGU to serve coastal barangays
of Mercedes like Manguisoc and
Cayucyucan.
He also said that they are expecting some 160 establishment
for fire safety inspection this
year during renewal of business
permits in the town.
Jamito cited that some activities conducted last year on
fire prevention were earthquake
drills, bandillo and seminars
adding that Mercedes topped in
the disaster risk reduction management programs in BFP Camarines Norte.
This was discussed during
the Talakayan sa PIA on air conducted by the Camarines Norte
Information Center here recently. -PIA5/Cam. Norte

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: February 7, 2016

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Together, Nadine Lustre

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DeeD of extrajuDicial Settlement

of eState of the late euSebio
revilla amoma
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are
the sole heirs/children of the late EusEbio REvilla
amoma who died last December 19, 2015 at the ombao Polpog, bula, Camarines sur, leaving no Will or
Testament and no known debts, left a certain amount
at the united Coconut Planters bank, Pili branch as
evidenced of his passbook; that for reason of his death
the surviving children/heirs of Eusebio Revilla amoma
becomes the common owners of the subject deposits
as acknowledged by Notary Public atty. Reynaldo l.
Herera, Doc. No. 34, Page No. 8 book No. 92, series
of 2015
Bikol RepoRteR
published: Jan. 24, 31 and Feb. 7, 2016
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE
Notice is hereby given that the HEIRS/SELLERS are
the legal and sole heirs of Sps. JOSE B. BELASON and
SOLINA BELASON who died on 12 Feb. 2007 at San
Isidro, Naga City, Cam Sur and CIRCONCISION SOLINA
BELASON who died 24 April 2014 at Naga City; left a
parcel of agricultural land situated in San Isidro, Naga City
covered by TCT No. 1005; the HEIRS/SELLERS for and
in consideration of the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND (P250,000.00) pesos only, payment in full is
hereby acknowledged from the BUYERS Sps. Frederic S.
Pandes and Michelle Bical Pandes, both of legal age, Filipino and with residence a Blk. 5, Lot 30, Como St., Camella
Homes, Naga City, hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY by way of Absolute Sale the described parcel of land;
as acknowledged by Notary Public Atty. Mila Raquid-Arroyo,
Doc. No. 169, Page No. 9, Book No. XV, Series of 2015.
Bikol Reporter
Published: Jan. 24, 31 and Feb. 7, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province of Camarines Sur
City of NAGA
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,
a notice is hereby served to the public that ALFONSO
PLANDES JASMIN has filed with this Office, a Petition
for Change of First Name from ALFONSO to ANGELO in the birth certificate of ALFONSO PLANDES
JASMIN who was born on June 3, 1995 at Naga City,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are ALFONSO
RAMBUYOG ZOILO and SALVE PLANDES JASMIN.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
FEBRUARY 14, 2016.

FEBRUARY 7-13, 2016

BIKOL REPORTER

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER CAYETANO

City Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: January 31 & February 7, 2016

PILI EXPANDS . . .

DA DISTRIBUTES LARGESSE . . .

and the Capital Educators Lions

Club.
Following the programs tagline: Basog na Aki, Tabang sa
Pagtali, San Luis believes that
nutrition plays an important role
in the childs progress in school.
Recipients are given vitameal
every day, a micro nutrient package packed with necessary vitamins and minerals. The program
started on the second week of
January and will wrap up at the
end of the school year.
An empty stomach cannot
nourish the brain with its needed
nutrients for it to think soundly
and process its thoughts properly.
Food is a basic necessity that every child needs to grasp the days
lectures. There are children who
come to school even in an empty
stomach just to attend their classes. This program is most especially for them.
Pilis Mega Feeding program
is actually a deviation from the
usual feeding policies being implemented by other LGUs for it
does not only center its services
on the identified malnourished
children but involved every
school child in the locality, particularly those in the towns outskirts.
There are more or less 34
public schools in the province
and 50 day care centers that the
program caters.
DMPF President Mediatrix
Villanueva commended San
Luis for its effort to bring to the
forefront this noble program of
ensuring that schoolchildren are
healthy and are well nourished.
Dios Mabalos Po Founda-

For the 16th time , secretary

Alcala visited two Bicol provinces- Sorsogon and Albay on January 29th and led the Stakeholders
Meeting and Farmers Forum. He
first went Sorsogon City where
some 2,500 farmers, fisherfolk,
and other agri-stakeholders and
guests gathered for the event. As
in his previous sorties he gave
more time to open forum after
delivering his speech. The highlight of his visit was the awarding/hand-over of P49M worth
agricultural and fisheries goods,
farm equipment, checks for livelihood and infrastructure projects
to various farmers associations,
cooperatives, rural based organizations, indigenous communities, local government units and
other private groups who quali-

NIA BICOL . . .
ment, NIA Bicol earned a total
income of P56.7 million consisting of: P37.9 million in irrigation service fees (ISF); P7.5
million in amortizations from
communal and pump irrigation
systems (CIS/PIS); P2.3 million
in farmers equity contributions;
P120,000.00 in equipment rental;
and P11 million in bidding documents.
Last years ISF collection of
P37.9 million is higher by 6.8
percent compared to 2014 collection of P35.5 million, while
CIS/PIS amortization posted an
increase of 9 percent from P6.9
million in 2014 to to P7.5 million
in 2015.
Overall, the total income of
NIA Bicol of P56.7 million is
2.47 percent lower compared to
its income in 2014 of P 58 million. The decrease in revenues
last year is attributed significantly
to lower miscellaneous income
from bidding documents, which
went down from P13.7 million in
2014 to P 11 million in 2015 as
the allocation for irrigation projects in 2014 of P 704.4 million
was much bigger compared to P
490.2 million budget last year.

tion wholeheartedly welcomes

partnerships like this since it is
also our vision to help the hungry, particularly children in need.
It is part of every human beings
temporal work, to feed the hungry, provide them shelter and
give them every help that we can
extend, Villanueva said in an interview.
San Luis said that they are
already conducting preliminary
coordination with the American
Chamber to put some add-ons to
the vitameal, such as provision of
P150M worth of ingredients to
create various menus out of the
said food package.

fied as recipients of agricultural

assistance of the province Some
production inputs and goods were
also raffled off to lucky attendees.
Also turned over are checks
representing the 2nd and 3rd
tranche releases for the farm-toMarket Road projects under the
Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) for the LGU
of Juban, Gubat and Prieto Diaz.
And for the establishment of Flatbed dryer for the PLGU of Sorsogon totaling to P8.6M.
From Sorsogon Secretary Alcala proceeded to Legaspi City
where a similar activity was
also held. He also had a press
conference with the local media
at the Albay Public Safety and
Emergency Management Office (APSEMO). After which,
he turned over to the City government of Legaspi the Organic
Trading Post worth P1.5M, located just across the Albay Astrodome. This will serve as the
center of buying and selling of organic products from Legaspi City
and neighboring municipalities
and will likewise showcase not
only organic products but latest
technologies and good practices
as well.
The highlight of his visit in
Albay was the stakeholders meeting and farmers forum. Some
2,600 farmers, fisherfolk and
other agri-stakeholders gathered
at the Albay Astrodome for the
purpose. He was welcomed by

Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda

and other local officials . This
was capped by the awarding/ turn
over of goods and projects over
P34.3M worth of agricultural and
fisheries goods, farm equipment,
and checks for livelihood and infrastructure projects.
The LGU of of Ligao and
Legazpi received P1.5M each
for the Techno-demo and training sites for Organic Agriculture
while the Bicol Consortium for
Development Initiatives, Inc.
(BCDI) in Legaspi City received
P5M for Techno Demo and Capability Building under the project:
Empowering Small Bicol Farmers Through Organic Agri-Based
Techno Demo Capability Building, Social Enterprise.
Meanwhile, the LGUs of Daraga, Guinobatan and Libon received checks representing their
releases for the implementation
of their projects under the BUB
which include, FMRs, agricultural facilities and equipment; farm
machineries post harvest facilities and construction of processing plants totaling to P14.2M.
The Phil FIDA, which is also
an attach agency of the DA also
awarded 5 units Improved Handstripping Device (IHSD) worth
P10,000 each to the LGU of Polangui. Moreover various equipment for abaca processing worth
P350,974.00 were also awarded
to the Mayon Abaca Planters Association of Tabaco. This is part
of the Bottom Up Budgeting Program. -Emily B. Bordado

MESSAGE OF THANKS
We, the family of the late

EMMANUEL
VILLAFUERTE
RAGRAGIO
MAY 25, 1935 - JANUARY 29, 2016

wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincerest

appreciation to all who offered masses and prayers,
sent flowers and messages of sympathy, attended the
funeral rites and who in countless ways, condoled with
and comforted us in our hour of bereavement.

Thank You So Much!

FOR JANUARY
NAME OF DECEASED

DATE OF INTERMENT

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PIO A. TAPALES JR.

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

FEBRUARY 7-13, 2016

BIKOL REPORTER

SUMLANG LAKE . . .

PNP-BICOL READIES ELITE . . .

The villagers themselves

worked to help remove the water
lilies growing in abundance at the
wetland area, said Felipe Jun
Napa Jr., head of Barangay Sumlang.
He told guests from the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources in Bicol
(DENR-Bicol), which chose the
lake as site for the observance of
World Wetlands Day and National Wetlands Day on Feb. 2, that
currently a total of seven hectares
have been cleared of water lilies
by the villagers.
Owing to the villagers hard
work, bamboo rafts are now able
to take tourists on a cruise around
the lake for a panoramic view of
Albays iconic emblem, the Mayon Volcano.
Tourists pay Php25 each for
an hour-long ride at a bamboo
raft manually steered by three
village men with long bamboo
poles that push the watercraft as
it glides along the lakewaters said
to be as deep as ten feet. The raft
could seat as many as ten passengers.
Napa said a food-for-work
program was started in 2011,
whereby villagers worked bayanihan- style each Sunday to ensure clearing of the wetland area
of the water lilies in exchange for
several kilos of rice.
The provincial government
of Albay donated around 100
sacks of rice for the program,
recounted Napa.
Barangay Sumlang, which is
located 300 meters away from the
poblacion of Camalig, has a land
area of 20 hectares with a population of 2,003 -- mostly engaged
in handicraft work, farming and

to ensure that no politicallyrelated violence thrives within

the period and the sanctity of
ballots protected during the May
polls, according to Chief Supt.
Augusto M. Marquez Jr., Bicol
regional police director.
This developed as the murderous frenzy portraying its
brand of politics is once again
rocking the Bicol island-prov-

now eco-tourism.
Napa said Sumlang Lake occupies a total of 12 hectares:
seven hectares of space for the
cruise around the lake and the remaining four hectares still being
cleared of unwanted vegetation
by the villagers.
Yolanda G. Sa-ong, head
of the Protected Area Management and Biodiversity Section of
DENR-Bicol, said their agency
has been conducting an assessment and preparing a management plan for the protection,
conservation and proper management of the wetlands in the Bicol
Region.
Our assessment last year
identified Sumlang Lake as one
of the eight wetland sites in Bicol, she said.
Sa-ong said a management
plan will take into account the
kinds of species endemic within
and around the lake and help
preserve the lake as a habitat for
these species.
Around a hundred villagers
attended the lake-side audio-visual presentation of DENR-5 which
highlighted the theme of the celebration of World Wetlands Day
in 2016--Wetlands for our Future:
Sustainable Livelihoods.
The presentation cited the
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
on Feb. 2, 1971, which identified
wetlands as any land area saturated or flooded with water, either
permanently or seasonally, along
with all beaches and shallow
coastal areas, that provide natural
sponges against river flooding,
and store carbon dioxide to regulate climate change.
There is a need to protect
the worlds wetlands, 64 percent

of which have disappeared since

1900, while freshwater populations have declined by 76 percent
between 1970 and 2010, the
same presentation said.
Gilbert C.Gonzales, DENR
regional director, said he gave
instructions to the City Environment and Natural Resources Officer in Guinobatan, Albay to serve
as a liaison or coordinator in the
assessment and management plan
for Sumlang Lake."
He said it was the first step in
the development and protection
of Sumlang Lake.
Napa said gathering the community together for World Wetland Day observance is important.
In five years, Sumlang Lake
could deteriorate if there is no
management plan to take care of
garbage segregation and disposal, he said.
Caring for the environment
is a shared responsibility. The
people around Sumlang Lake
have a responsibility to take care
of the lake, he added.
Napa said there is need to increase public awareness in protecting the lake, as they did not
expect it would generate this big
number of visitors, especially in
recent months.
Records from the municipal
tourism office showed that in
2015, there were around 90,000
tourists who came to Camalig
town. Of this number, 50,000
came to visit Sumlang Lake.
Last month (January), there
were around 8,000 tourists who
came to visit Sumlang Lake, no
doubt now a fast-rising star of
Camalig town, which is more
known for its enticing pinangat, a native delicacy consisting
of gabi leaves (natong in Bicol)
cooked in creamy coconut milk.

ince as the May general elections

draw near.
Latest to fall were three persons, including two barangay
officials in San Jacinto -- one of
the four municipalities of Ticao
Island covered by the provinces
first congressional district, who
were gunned down by still unidentified suspects over the weekend.
The Bicol regional police
headquarters here on Tuesday
identified the slain village officials as barangay captain Rey
Ecabo, his councilman Robert Almodiel and Almodiel's
14-year-old nephew.
A sketchy report received
from the Masbate Police Provincial Office headed by newly
installed Senior Supt. Alexander
Sampaga said the shooting incident took place inside the residence of Ecabo in Barangay Bartolabac early Saturday evening.
Sampaga assumed the top
PNP provincial post last Jan.
15 with a tall order: cleanse the
province of armed political goons
and shield Masbateos from the
raging local political climate by
way of giving the best of public service the local police force
could offer in reintroducing peace
and order in every locality.
But it seems that his early
days as PNP officer-in-charge
of the province make his hands
full of murder cases to attend to,
as in Ticao Island alone, at least
two incidents preceded the triple
murders.
Last Jan. 20, police records
show, Jason Escorel, 43, of Barangay Jagna-an, San Jacinto
was also shot dead a week after
the bullet-riddled body of Dennis De la Pea, 38, of Barangay
Poblacion, Monreal town, was
discovered.
Both cases are yet to be solved
but the regional police office said
investigations being conducted
by municipal police stations are
in progress.
Elsewhere in the province,
Elmer Sampaga, a Masbate City
government employee, died on
the spot when gunned down by
a still unidentified assassin early
evening of last Jan. 22 in Barangay Nursery at the citys downtown while on his way home.

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Investigators believe that the

killing was politically motivated
as the victim openly supported a
local candidate.
Last Jan. 16, barangay captain
Jonathan Sullera of Cabangcalan, Placer, Masbate was shot
dead early morning in front of his
house by a lone gunman armed
with a cal. 45 pistol.
These are only a few of the
latest bloody incidents believed
to be motivated by intense rivalries among political camps that
claimed the lives of not only
a few local personalities and
tainted with bloodshed the image of the province, which is rich
in cattle ranches, that wears the
moniker Marlboro Country,
being the land of cowboys as in
the Wild West.
We are not new to these killings, especially when election
seasons comes, even as peace
and order and security authorities
have been doing their best to reverse this culture of violence that
the province has been known for
since time immemorial, Efren
Cardio, a retired police officer
who is native of the island and
now residing in this city, said.
For so long a time, Masbate
elections have been decided not
by ballots but by guns, goons and
gold (3Gs) no matter how peaceloving Masbateos seek to put an
end to this with the extensive support they have been realizing not
only from fellows but also from
people and institutions outside
the province, Cardio said.
He recalled as worth musing
in this case the lines delivered by
the late Department of Interior
and Local Government Secretary

Jesse M. Robredo when he was

guest speaker in a Masbate City
school graduation ceremonies
months before his death.
In his speech, Robredo said
as recalled by Cardio: Prosperity has eluded Masbate over
the years. In lieu of it has been
the vicious cycle of violence and
bloodshed that has placed the
province on the Comelec's list
of electoral hotspots for decades.
Mayors, congressmen, councilors, barangay chairs, traders,
teachers, and police officers have
been murdered in cold blood in
broad daylight.
Masbate has been dominated
by powerful families for as long
as anyone can remember and patronage and murder have become
accepted facts of political life.
In that occasion that took
place about five months before
his death in a plane accident,
incidentally off the shoreline of
the same city, Robredo, however,
pointed out that in spite of the image of Masbate as a province torn
by political violence, the government has been doing all it can to
improve the social and economic
well-being of Masbateos to liberate them from poverty, according to Cardio.
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), in its latest estimate, says, Masbate has a
poverty incidence of 42.5 percent
-- making the province the poorest in the country.
Nonetheless, we, Masbateos, should also do our share, and
one way to do this is for us to continue seeking and doing things to
end these social maladies, the
retired policeman stressed.

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cilor Nathan Sergios effort to stop
the demolition of the monument,
then an unknown structure in front
of the Gabaldon Building inside
the NCS, saved the monument
from its certain oblivion.
In the late 2013, Sergio discovered that the unmarked and
neglected monument erected
sometime in 1930s, belongs to
Jomapa. Upon learning this, the
city officials lost no time in restoring the monument and during
the martyrs 150th anniversary on
January 23, 2014, the monument
was given proper tribute
Today, as Bicolanos celebrate
the 153rd birth anniversary of
Jomapa, his heroism and great
deeds once again was brought to
the forefront.
Jomapa is one propagandist
and hero from Bicol. We should
not forget what he fought for

especially from the colonizers.

Hope we have new heroes, on
our own, we can fight and we can
help our country be developed,
be peaceful, and be what we want
our country to be. So, on our own,
we can give our own contribution, Badoy discoursed.
City Mayor John Bongat reiterated in his speech that every
generation should appreciate
what history is trying to teach
us. He also spoke of persistence
citing Jomapas struggle to ease
himself out of poverty by pursuing to educate himself and the
significant role of the youth in nation building.
This celebration will have no
meaning if we Filipinos dont use
our mind and heart. Let us emulate the life of our heroes, let us
live like Jomapa.

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Sumlang Lake: Newest gem

in Albay's 'pinangat' town

REGIONAL EXPONENT FOR PROGRESS

BICOL, THE PHILIPPINES

FEBRUARY 7-13, 2016

By GINA V. RODRIGUEZ

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CAMALIG -- Only five years ago, there

was not a square meter of water to be found
in Sumlang Lake, the newest ecotourism destination in the town of Camalig, Albay that has
recently been seeing an inux of visitors.
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NIA Bicol completes 77 projects,

earns P56.7 millions in 2015

NAGA CITY --- The

National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Bicol regional office has completed
77 projects representing a
74.24 percent physical accomplishment and collected
P56.7 million in irrigation
fees and other income in
2015.
Director Vicente R. Vicmudo, NIA Bicol regional
manager said the 77 completed irrigation projects are
located in: Albay (25); Camarines Norte (7); Camarines
Sur (17); Masbate (5); and
Sorsogon (23).

These finished projects irrigated 197 hectares of previously rainfed areas, restored
irrigation service to 1,093

hectares of rice farms, and repaired irrigation facilities and

structures in 1,576 hectares of
ricelands.

Last year, NIA implemented a total of 158 projects with a total allocation of
P490.2 million. Aside from
the 77 completed projects, 75
projects are still ongoing construction and expected to be
finished by end of March this
year, while works in 6 projects
have not yet started.
NIA Bicols physical accomplishment in 2015 of
74.24 percent is higher than
the 62.06 percent accomplishment in 2014.
Vicmudo said in terms of
2015 financial accomplish(Turn to page 6)

Pili expands
feeding program
By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY
PILI, Camarines Sur
--- Over 16,000 schoolchildren, from pre-school to elementary levels will be the
recipients of this municipalitys Mega Feeding program
launched recently here to alleviate the nutritional condition of its constituents.
Mayor Alexis San Luis II
got the nod of Dios Mabalos
Po Foundation (DMPF) to
provide assistance to the municipality through the implementation of its Hapag Asia
Integrated Nutrition Program,
the Department of Education

Mayor SAN LUIS

Pili District to assist them in
facilitating the feeding program, and other private stakeholders which include the Pili
Family Prestige Lions Club
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