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Accounanc, CEpep o PAASCUNursing postponed

SSG, FC hold

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By: Alvin Mae Badong and Sarah Grace Jimeno

HE PHILIPPINE ACCEDIING ASSOCIAION OFSCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVESIIES (PAASCU)

visied he Aeneo de Naga Universiy AdNU Accounancy andCivil Engineering program las 1 and 2 February. Meanwhile, heCollege o Nursing prepares or he visi in July.Te College o Nursing and Civil Engineering CE Programs willundergo rs accrediaion. Meanwhile, Accounancy Deparmenapplied or Level II accrediaion.

"LONg WAy" PROCESSIn 2007 he Deparmen o Accounancy qualied or Level I

accrediaion. I ook hree years or he deparmen o implemenhe si recommendaions o he accrediors or he deparmen obe accredied o he ne level based on he 2007 accrediaion.Tree years is he usual ime inerval or a program or deparmeno be accredied o he ne level. Te recommendaions wereconcerned on he aculy and he mehodology o eaching.

Five ou o he si recommendaions are being implemened.Te oher one is parially implemened since i is quie ou o

Kasi na, nasasacrice yungwelare nung estudyante lal na pagdatingsa mga, mga darating na monhs kung mawawalan ng magggovern atmaglelead.

Tis saemen rom a second year BSA major may be depicive ohe curren siuaion. Te Aeneo de Naga UniversiyCommission onElecions AdNUCOMELEC declared 19 January ha here will beno elecions on 24 February. Te elecoral proceedings mandaed by heAeneo de Naga UniversiySupreme Suden Governmen AdNUSSG are o be pu o unil his coming Firs Semeser.

Te declaraion o No Elecions semmed rom he disagreemen wihhe schedule o eaminaions or boh undergraduaes and graduaingsudens.

Echoes o elecoral delay in previous years hound his developmen inhe 24 February polls. Las Academic Year AY 20082009 alone, herewere wo SSG Elecions aking place mere monhs rom each oher.

Aer being pushed back rom a 5 March 2008 bid, he rs elecionwas held in he Firs Semeser. Tis winessed a vicory or newlyormedpary ALASEsudyane. Te succeeding elecion was held in he Second Semeser, providing ime or proper ranserence o responsibiliy ohe curren SSG.

CLASHOF JUSTIFICATIONSAdNUSSG Presiden John Joseph Alea epressed urgency o have

he SSG Elecions beore he end o AY 20092010. He said ha posponing he polls unil July would pu srain on incumben ocers sincemajoriy o he seas in he SSG will be vacaed by graduaing sudens.

Tis poses a problem regarding he ecien operaion o he SSG wihregards o manpower, especially wih he aciviies during he monhs oJune and July, he said.

Ensuring ha he chosen dae ell a leas a week beore he graduaingsudens Final Eaminaions, he Suden Congress SCon draed andpassed a resoluion in December 2009. Te resoluion mandaed ha heSSG Elecions be conduced 22 February 2010.

Te ruling me opposiion, however, rom boh he COMELEC andhe Oce o he Academic Vice Presiden.

Te COMELEC viewed a naional holiday as a hindrance o he 22February poll.

As an alernaive, he SSG agreed o move he proposed elecion daeo he 24h.

Tis, however, creaed new problems.Te COMELEC conesed ha depending on he preparaions made,

pushing hrough wih he SSG Elecions would be in conic eiher wihhe Universiys Academic Calendar or wih he Elecion Code ECode.

Tey declared ha here will be no elecions, ocially ermed as delayo elecions.

Academic Vice Presiden AVP ebecca orres, PhD was no opposed o he schedule o he elecions, bu saw i o deny approval ocampaigning during he undergraduaes PreFinal Eaminaions.

GROUNDSAGAINSTMANDATETe COMELEC, headed by Chair Grace Oriz ocially received he

resoluion passed by he SCon las 11 January.Te COMELEC rs advised he SSG o he possible declaraion o

22 February as a holiday due o he commemoraion o he 1986 EDSAPeople Power evoluion. I will ocially be moved o he 22 nd orconvenience, ollowing he policy o he curren naional governmen onnonworking holidays.

Te SSG agreed wih he idea o moving he polls o 24 February.Bu his presened disagreemen wih he schedule o eaminaions or

boh undergraduaes and graduaing sudens.

Te COMELEC along wih moderaor amon Beleno III had beenadvising he SSG o propose a compromise among all poliical pariesand independen candidaes o shoren he campaign period. Tis movewould hen be orwarded o he Oce o he AVP or a humbsup.

We need o ask permission, said Oriz.Beleno said ha pushing he elecions on he planned dae would

promp a violaion o he EighDay ule provided in he ECode. Tesaid ruling lays down he guidelines or he duraion o campaigning.

On he oher hand, mainaining an 8day campaign period or he sakeo he ECode would mean disregarding he Academic Calendar. Tecombined duraion o he campaign period and he elecion dae iselwould be in conic wih boh he undergraduaes PreFinal eams andhe graduaing sudens Finals.

Our dilemma is ha eiher we v iolae he Elecion Code, or we violaehe Academic Calendar, said Beleno.

Te COMELEC ocially declared las 19 January a delay o elecionsunil he Firs Semeser, AY 20102011, eecively a declaraion o noelecions or he curren AY.

Feb polls meet obstructionAdNU-SSG to pursue negotiations

by Joseph Adrian Concepcion

by: Hazell D. Valenzuela and Jeazally Joy Quiros

ON 27-29 JANUAY 2010, AENEO DE NAGA UNIVE-SIY (ADNU) FOMAION COUNCIL (FC) AND HESUPEME SUDEN GOVENMEN (SSG) IMPLE-MENED HE EFEENDUM ExECISE.Te movemen was in connecion o he uniorm policy consulaion held las 27 November 2009. According o SSG PresidenJohn Ioseph Alea, he New Uniorm Policy was scraped due osome aws in he policy.

REAiN OR ChANgE?Universiy Presiden Joel abora, S.J., however, direced he FC

and SSG o conduc a reerendum o clariy he sudens preerence on uniorm policy.

Sudens were given an opion o choose w heher o reainhe presen college uniorm policy on pp.5558 o he SudenHandbook or o change he uniorm policy o a college dress

code.Siy SSG voluneers aciliaed he reerendum process. Ini

ially, hese voluneers were o have an average o 60 classroomsper day o reach he 70% o he universiys suden populaion.

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WIH ALL HE CONDEMNAION ANDILL EPUE HA AOSE, HE CON-SUCION OF HE LIBMANAN-CA-BUSAO DAM (LCD) POJEC WAS SILLPUSUED A BG Y. MALAGUICO, SIPOCO,

CAMAINES SU.As ormally led by he egional Oce o heNaional Irrigaion Auhoriy NIA, he irrigaionaciliy is o suppor and o improve he livelihoodo armers in he 1s Disric.

Te Php 1.9 billion budge o he irrigaion damapproved by Presiden Gloria Macapagal Arroyois par o he US$ 30 million oal nancial plan ohe Bicol iver Basin and Waershed ManagemenProgram in which, almos 73% was unded by he

World Bank. Tough according o NIA, he projecwill only cos Php 700 million, conrary o he criics projeced cos. Such considerable amoun omoney is creaed jus o suppor he livelihood oarmers only in Libmanan and Cabusao a he epense o he dislocaed people in Lupi and Sipoco.Te inundaion o ohers does no vindicae he

benes o anoher. Wih his, grauious sacricesare bloaed a he waers o hesiaions.

Te absence o Lupi and Sipoco as direcly aeced localiies in he Environmenal Impac Saemen EIS passed by NIA veries hose in powero keep he dangers hidden. Tis only proves hepower o he governmen o abricae lies in hemids o grea peril. Eplicily, his is a maniesaion o he purid Filipino culure in every elecion he perpeuaion in power wih sympahy as hemos powerul and preenious ool.

Impacs on he environmen and mos imporanly, in he lives o he locals are he mos a sake.

Albei he projec is shaped on good inenions, iis sill grounded on he uncerainies and dangersha his regime has given. emember he projecsurned scams ha hey have accomplished. Tereis no assurance ha his projec will all in is righul hands. Have hey pray old he ruh?

Only she and her minions quip a he loss oher comparios. rus and honesy has never

been seen in her, along wih he oher lies she hidunder he graves o her oce. Bu he Filipino hadenough o her.

She should have buil consancy beore erecinganoher lie.

Obstruction "Only she and her minions quip at the loss of her compatriots. Trust and honestyhas never been seen in her, along with the other lies she hid under the gravesof her ofce."

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COME, ALL YE HOPEFUL.Te allure o a highech elecoral sysem goes nowihou is air share o risks. Where an eor hadbeen made o eradicae he ear o human error,here sprung he ear o human malignance aided byechnology.

Te Precinc Coun Opical Scanner PCOS echnology o be uilized in he 2010 Naional Elecions

is, rs and oremos, relaively obsolee. Inernaionalechnology provider Smarmaics wonder soluionso our poll problems are nohing shor o saeohear, bu ha was several years ago. In an age whereouchscreens and moion sensors dene modern, opi

cal scanning seems raher aniquaed.Ten here is he everpresen danger o he

machines sensiiviy. Te inies crease in a ballocould render i invalid, enough reason or any voero consider jus siting he elecions ou. And wih a30inch ballo according o he laes inormaionrom he Commission on Elecions and secrecyboohs he size o regular armchairs, voers would be

hardpu o ensure ha heir ballos say sucienlycrisp and nea or he machine o accep hem. Tus,all premise o reducing human error disappears alongwih he hopes o many.

Tese risks, o course, pale in comparison o he

highes risk o all: Ta since he voing and couning have become advanced, so have he mehods ocheaing. Voe coun manipulaion could be eecuedin a mater o seconds, hanks o he anonymiy ocanvassing server operaors. I could even be doneduring inserion o ballos ino he PCOS unis: Wecanno rule ou he possibiliy o hidden raudulenencrypions or programs in he machine which were

planed by privae individuals or eniies, a possibiliyha even programming epers agree upon.

So where do we come ino he picure? Will he2010 Naional Elecions be los o he power oechnology wielded by selserving poliicians andconglomeraes?

Te ray o hope, i seems, is sicking o he old wayo voing while enhancing he canvassing. Te proposal o mos auhoriies who have sudied he newelecoral sysem is he Open Elecion Sysem, wherehe casing o voes remains manual bu he couningis assised by echnology. Tis ensures ha whaeverhappens, here will always be evidence o he voescas by he people.

Te mos we can do, as he ne line o voers, is obe wachul and analyical o he siuaion. Where hesmalles o deails escapes our awareness, here comeshe greaes adversary o a air and hones elecions.As a novel characer says, consan vigilance is ourbes deense.

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employment

Ccsms Pled up o Pnaas Pepaaonby: Ellen Mae Fajardo and Jeremy Badong

VAIOUS AENEO DE NAGA UNIVESIY(ADNU) SUDENS RN WIH DISAPPOIN-MENS during Pinakasi as he AdNUSupreme Suden Governmen AdNU SSG alloted insucienime or preparaions.

Te annual Pinakasi eaures aciviies ha promoe Bikolano radiion in an Aenean way, inegraing presen sociopoliical issues ino he even.

Bearing he heme Pagturak kan Bagng Saldangnin Banwaan,his annual aciviy promoes Bikolanoradiion in an Aenean way inegraed wih presensociopoliical issues. Since he 2010 elecions is asapproaching.

Te Universiy celebraed he hree day Pinakasiesiviies las 14 16 December a he Aeneo xavierHall.SEtiNg UP

AdNUSSG called or a consulaion meeing on

he las week o November. Paricipaing Organizaions gahered in a meeing o lay he plans orPinakasi.

radiionally, Inernal Vice Presiden ebecca orres organizes Pinakasi.

Te SSG organized he aciviy his year. wihAdNU SSG Presiden John Joseph Alea as he Assisan over all head and eid Esmabe as he EvensCommitee Head.

Te nal lis o he paricipaing organizaions wasreleased las 12 December. Paricipaing organizaionswere: LEO Club, CFCYouh or Chris, Alpha PhiOmega APO, Alpha appa ho AHO, SAO,Grand Monde, emonados, Days wih he LordDWL, Aeneo E AGLES, Lighning Scorpion ohe Philippines LSP, APEx, College ed CrossYouh CCY and GABAY Scholars Organizaion.FLAWS AND SEBACKS

In connecion wih he conroversies ha SSGaced, Esmabe deended ha every ime hey call ameeing, he voluneers paricipaion is low. Ma

saki man kaya magconsruc nin announcemenkun ang nagduduman lang saimo, didiki na awo, heshared.

Te voluneers had a week o orienaion or Pinakasi. Lae si pag-kalap ninvoluneers.Orienaion isalmos one week, said Esmabe.

May aws pareh angorganizaions and kamiSSG, pag may reklam dai tuls naagapan, andnag-kulang sa commimen, boh paricipans andcommitees, He added. Moslykaya, ang nag-hihirlang, eh itng mga heads.

Evens Commitee Head eid Esmabe said haAcademic Vice Presiden ebecca orres quesionedhe relevance o some aciviies o he ormaion ohe sudens.

orres also suggesed removing he dance sporcompeiion, she said ha he even requires epensive cosumes and i would no meri much poin ohe eams scores.

Despie minor sebacks, he organizaions haveconribued o he success o Pinakasi.

Dai na mawawara ang problema, si mga complains man, sana ipaabt mism sam, sa marahay naprses, Esmabe ended.

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Aeneo de Naga Universiy AdNU Suden Ahlees prepare or he upcoming Season en o he Naional Collegiae or Ahleics Associaion NCAA.Te even will be held in AdNU in 2011.

College Ahleics Oce Direcor Joseph Eric JecClaro said ha NCAA season en will be replee wihnew evens.

Tey are currenly draing a proposal o includeaekwondo in he even. In he pas seasons, onlybaskeball, volleyball, able ennis and badminonwere played.

Te ournamen will also be caered o he secondary division, opening doors o high school baskeballand volleyball varsiy eams.AdNU and Universidad de Sana Isabel USI will be

providing accommodaion or he paricipaing ahlees. Claro said ha wih heir eperiences o accommodaing delegaes during he Bicol Associaion oChrisian Schools BACS Mee, hey are condeno handle he sameor ne years NCAA.During he NCAA season nine, AdNU ranked las in

he overall ally lagging behind Divine Word Collegeby seven poins and USI by ve poins.

Deermined o bag he op slo in season en, heeam will recrui incoming reshmen ahlees romoher schoolsincluding homebrews rom AdNUsHigh School deparmen.

Players will undergo numerous rainings. Teseinclude srenghening and condiioning eercises.Te baskeball eam will also be paraking in iner

collegiae ournamens and clinics. Ahlees will alsoreceive urher rainings in Manila like he FaherMarin Cup. Tey are o compee wih big leagueschools like De La Salle Universiy DLSU andAeneo de Manila Universiy AdMU.

Ateneo preparesfor NCAASeason Ten

by: Laila Magisrado

DEEMINED O HELP GRDUAINGAENEAN o employmen aer graduaion, Job Fairwas held las 12 February.Wih he cooperaion o Depuy Academic Vice Presiden Jane Badong Badilla, Career and PlacemenProgram Ocer Cherry B. asrullo spearheaded heeven.

Majoriy o graduaing sudens were required oatend he said even. However, Accounancy, CivilEngineering and Nursing sudens were n o requiredbecause o he Philippine Associaion o AccrediingSchools and Universiies PAASCU visi.

Te organizing commitee invied companies rominside and ouside he region. When asked he number o paricipaing businesses, asrullo said ha henumber was no ed.

An inaplayan kan mga esudyane ay or real jobs,asrullo saed. She shared ha alumni ound heirjob hrough he Job Fair.

Many sudens paricipaed in he even hopingo be employed. According o one Enrepreneurshipsuden, Job Fair was an eperience and a he sameime opporuniy o nd job.

An job air para sako, eperience. Ineepec ko aer kaini, aleas makahanap rabaho. Pagsinabing jobair, unang pumapasok sa isip ko syempre job! Andormal atire! and nagparicipae ako kasi requiredkami., one o he Nursing suden said.

Te commitee was epecing ha he sudenswould nd heir job.

AENEO DE NAGA UNIVESIY (AdNU) -

DIGIAL ILLUSRION AND ANIMAION(DIA) sudens represened Philippines in he PANORMA 2009 las 1 114 December 2009.Held a Hong ong Cyberpor, PANORMA 2009was an Asiapacic animaion compeiion openor digial animaors creaing animaed shor lms.Animaion companies such as Auodesk, Mayan, andCyberpor organized he compeiion. Te said evensared las year.

Alejandro arlo Zapana, Alber Brisenio, James Jerome aeses, AdNU sudens were he only Filipinodelegaes in he said compeiion. Oher paricipanswere rom Ausralia, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong ong.

AdNU-DIA students represent PhilippinesAN iNRiCAE DEvE LOPMEN

Grandathers Clck, Pinakamagandang Luha, Sala-min, Perang Kengky, andMaskara were he Aeneansanimaed lms sen or he preliminary screening.

Dealer o Auodesk in he Philippines choseMas-kara (Mask) as an ocial enry in he PANORMA2009.

Porraying a scenario o a cional world, Maskararevealed a seually abused child.

Aer he rs screening, he chosen lm romeach o he seven compeing counries was sen inSingapore.

Dieren proessional animaors were he menorsor he even. Marcus urz, rom hyhm and HuesAnimaion Company and he maker oSuperman, washe menor o he Philippine eam.

OULOOK FOR AN EMBARkiON

anch, rom Hong ong was awarded he grandprize.My elatri andNatures Rar, boh rom Malaysia were hailed 1s and 2nd runner up, respecively. TePhilippine eam won he Bes eam Work award.

James Jerome aeses, one o he delegaes, saidha he even was successul even hough hey didno ge he rs prize. Magayn ang experience. Iy tsi tigbayadan talaga duman, he said.

According o aeses, PANORMA willbe held annually aer las year. Every year, AdNUDIA paricipaes in Animahenasyon and Gawad CCP,boh naional compeiions or animaed creaions.

IN ESPONSE O HE INVIAION OFGIR YOUH OGANIZAION, 2009 CABLE

NEWS NEWO (CNN) Hero o he Year ErenPeaorida, dropped or he rs ime in Naga Ciylas 2223 January.

Aer his couresy visi o Naga MeropolianCahedral and Naga Parochial School, Peaoridaatended press conerence held a Avenue Plaza HoelConerence Hall where he me wih he Bicol Press.AB Developmen Communicaion sudens MonicaPalomares and Jan Manro Jayco wih Insrucor oP Class Noel Volane, and GIR epresenaiveaphael Marin Magno atended he seminar.

Tere is a need. We are no compeing wih Deparmen o Educaion DepEd bu we are helpinghem, said Peaorida when asked abou his reason

in pursuing arion Educaion despie he presence ogovernmen agencies.

asked i hes rying o pressure he Arroyo adminisraion, he said ha i is on he par o he governmeni hey will be aeced or will jus ake he iniiaive opu up more schools or he beter.

He also shared his eperience a he awarding ceremony a odak Teaer, Los Angeles and he hisoryo arion Educaion, an original idea o one o hiscompanions Emmanuel Bagual. He also said a heorum ha heir group, Te Dynamic een Company,is a nonparisan and nonpoliical organizaion.

heo n AdNULas 23 January, Peaorida gave a alk a Aeneo de

Naga Universiy AdNU Gymnasium. He shared a

ew o he principles which his menor, Bon Manalaysay, augh him.

One is never oo poor o help; one is never oosrong o make hings on his own; one is never ooyoung or oo old o conribue o he sociey and eachperson has a hero wihin, Peaorida said.

You are he change ha you dream as I am hechange ha I dream, he added.

He concluded his speech ha our plane is lledwih heroes or each person has a hero wihin.

Te GIR had is grand launching a Plaza Quezonwih he presence o Eren Peaorida. Te evenended wih a band es eniled Sigaw ng abaaan,Iparinig sa Bayan.

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Welcome kuya "EF"A group o kids shows their ondness or Eren Peaoridaon his visit to Sabang Elementary School as part o the launching ohis kariton Education here in Naga City

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by: Arrabelle Marie Amaa

BING HE PHILOSOPHY NEAE O HESUDENS.Head o Organizing Commitee Adrian V. emodosaid ha his line describes he essence o celebrainghe Philosophy week annually. Philosophy is indeeda human aciviy abou concree siuaions in l ie, heshared.

Bearing he heme Philosophy and Philippine

Poliics, he even ocused on he Philippines dilemmas wih regard o he upcoming 2010 elecion.

Aeneo sudens were encouraged o atend ora,seminars and workshops. Sudens rom oher schoolswere also invied.

Held las 2530 January, he week conained various aciviies o mee he objecives o he even.

Aces lned upAiming o develop social awareness and respon

sibiliy among he youh, a SeminarWorkshop onCreaive Journalism or ourh year high school

sudens was held las 25 January a he InsrucionalMedia Cener IMC.

o launch he Ako Asin an apwa o, a bookwriten by Fr. Wilmer Joseph ria and Pusuanon: MgaBersong Bikol by risian Sendon Cordero, boh published by he AdNU Press, a round able discussioneniled Harampangan asin Pinakasi nin mga Librowas also conduced on he same day.

Te paneliss and heir respecive opics were:Engr. Abdon Balde Jr. on Wriing Ouside heAcademe; Paz Verdades Sanos on Wriing AbouWomen, Wriing as a Woman; Vicor Dennis Niervaon Te Poe as Advocae, he Poem as Voice; FrankPeones Jr. on o Wrie is o Persis: Bikol Lieraurerom he 70s o he Presen; Mr. Adrian emodo onWhy he Body is a Wonderland?; Fr. ria on WriingPhilosophy in Bikol and Dr. Danilo Madrid Geronaon Wriing Hisory as Local.

Also, a orum on democraizaion or he mayoral

Dept culminates Philo Week 2010candidaes was conduced wih Aty. Adan Boor andMr. Sulpicio oco presen on 26 January. Tis was noinended or he mayoral candidaes o campaign budesigned o elici opinions on key issue aced on hepresen imes.

Te issues raised were oligarchic poliics, environmenal concerns and peace and securiy.

A regional convenion was also convened on he

hird day o he even a he IMC. Eniled DecodingPhilippine Poliics: An Inerdisciplinary A pproach,he lecures in he conerence were: Te Powerul,he Powerless, and he Power Broker PhilippinePoliics: A Hisorical eview; Sadiring awo: FromFamilial o Oligarchic Poliics; Waned: Social Jusice;Sudens in he Public Square Par I.

Several ora were held sequenially on 28 Januarya he IMC. Te lecures were: Te Booh is a Markeplace: Corrupion in he Local Media; DecodingOligarchic Poliics; Te Pearancia Celebraion Con

by:Jeazally Joy Quiros

ALONG WIH HE CELEBRION OF PSYCHOLOGY WEE ,Aeneo de Naga Universiy hosed he 6h Bicol egional Associaion oPsychology Sudens BRPS.

Associaion o Psychology Sudens o Aeneo APSA Inernal VicePresiden IVP Precious Love Nicomedes pursued he even w ih heheme Various Fields o Psychology: Finding Ways o a Happy Lie.

Dr. Grace Shangkuan oo rom he Universiy o he PhilippinesDiliman discussed abou posiive psychology on he rs day. AdNUPsychology Faculy members discussed various elds o psychology.

Held las 25 29 January, Psychology week includes ehibis, moviemarahon, Quiz Bee, and egional Seminar o General Psychologyeachers. Also, Dieren alens o Psychology majors were showcasedon he Psychisa Nigh.

hErLDS OF hOPEIn line wih he aciviies, he 6 h Bicol egional Associaion o Psy

chology Sudens BRPS Convenion was conduced on 27 January aArrupe Convenion Hall.

BRPS convenion is an annual even. AdNU iniiaed he said evenlas 2005.

APSA Eernal Vice Presiden EVP Carlo Donao E. Olivan headedhe preparaions. According o him, i was he second ime ha heAdNU hosed he convenion.

Te heme or his years convenion ocused on he role o psychology majors as heralds o hope o he presen world. Olivan said ha heconvenion aimed o build camaraderie and connecions in all psychology sudens hroughou Bicol.

Yan ang goal nain, o help people, o assis people kung mayrongproblema, he added.

Psychology sudens o Aquinas Universiy o Legazpi AUL, DivineWorld College o Legazpi DWCL, Universiy o Sain Anhony USAN, and Universiy o Nueva Caceres UNCook par in he even.

As psychology majors we can do our par as heralds o hope. We cansill be agens o change, Olivan remarked.

BRAPScoincidesPsych Week

by:Laila Magisrado

WE AE SUDEN[S] FI S AND AHLEE[S] SECOND.Tese were he words rom he Aeneo de Manila Universiy AdMUBlue Eagles eam Capain Jose Anonio Jai eyes, during he 5h SudenAhlees General Assembly S.A.G.A. las January 22 a he Aeneode Naga Universiy AdNU Insrucional Media cener IMC.Te even was par o he program o he AdNU Ahleics Oce. Ahleics Direcor Joseph Eric Jec Claro headed he said even.

Wih he heme: Being a Suden Ahlee, SAGA aimed o givesuden ahlees addiional inormaion, updaes on spors program,aciviies and promoions.

We make i a poin na every year mayroong special gues rom oherschools, especially rom AdMU . asi yun yung bench mark namin,

Jai Reyes speaks on SAGA 2010

pagsinabi kasing AdMU yun yung iniingala ng mga aga Aeneo deNaga, AdNU eam A baskeball Head Coach Ian Jay Bong Chancocosaid.

Chancoco added ha hey invied Jai because he is graduaing his yearand he only available ahlee a ha ime.

All suden ahlees o AdNU were required o atend he said aciviy.Te even was also open o oher schools like Shepherd School, NagaCiy Monessori, Sain Joseph School , AdNU High School and Universiy o Nueva Caceres UNC.

Aer he even, he Oce is epecing ha he atendees gainedknowledge and ips o balance heir sudies and spors.

Hopeully maapply ninda o aer hearing he alk o Jai, balancingheir sudies and spors, Chancoco ended.

by:Je Rey . St. Dming

WIH HE HEME: SAY YES LIE MAY, he 15h vocaion weekwas held las 25 o 29 January. Several lay adminisraors and religiouscongregaions visied Aeneo de Naga Universiy AdNU.

Te Campus Minisry CM Oce organized he vocaion week. Iaims o promoe vocaion no only or he religious lie bu also or singleblessedness and married lie, said Campus Miniser ichard MarinBauisa.

According o him, he heme emphasized how we should imiae heVirgin Mary in her generosiy and openness o he will o God in her lie.Invied lay adminisraors and religious congregaions like he Car

melies, Dominicans and Franciscans had shor roomoroom alks wihchosen Teology classes.

Aside rom alks, various aciviies were eaured. Te Ehibi, a Universiy Choir concer, vocaion walk were also held.

He also shared regarding suden paricipaion. Based on our evaluaion, i is good, Bauisa said. When asked abou he oucome o heeven, I don wan o call i successul bu wha is imporan is ha we

achieved our goal, he urhered.For he ne vocaion week celebraions, Bauisa hoped ha sudenswould be more encouraged o paricipae.

CM celebrates 15th Vocation week

roversy: A Philosophical eecion on ChurchSaeelaions in Naga Ciy and Sudens in he PublicSquare Par 2.

On 29 January, simulaneous lecureora wereconduced. Tese were: Paronage Poliics and Governmen Programs: Te Case o Urban Poor Housingin Naga Ciy; Engaging in he Public Square: Groupeecions on he Sae o he Philippine Poliics and

On Carias in Veriae.On he las day o he even, he PhilosophyDeparmen prepared or an Oureach Program.

Epecing ha he aciviies will be wellatended, emodo is hoping ha more han jus atendinghe seminars, ideas will be ranslaed o concree liesiuaions.

So no only we will discuss he sae o henaional poliics bu hopeully empower he people,he ended.

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THE FINAL FOURContestants o Miss Pintakasi exudes confdence as they waitor the announcement o the recipient o the coveted crown.

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October 2009 CPA Board Passers National Passing Rate: 41% ADNU Overall Passing Rate: 54%

We decided ha he elecion na langis nesemeser, said Oriz.

NO Wih hE 24h

orres claried ha she did no nd anyhing wrongwih he SSGs planned dae o elecions.I really did no have a problem wih he 24h, shesaid.Bu she did have reservaions abou allowing heconduc o he ull eigh days o campaigning on daesha coincided wih he undergraduaes PreFinals.orres had inormed Beleno o he possibliy o approval i he SSG presened alernaives. She urhersaid ha i here were no problems wih schedulinghe campaign period, here would be no need o askor her permission.

Te only reason hey wroe o me was o ask orapproval o conduc he aciviy during eam week,added orres.

ChOiCES O MAKEFurher atemps o he Oce o he SSG Presiden onegoiae may be epeced. May balak akng kaulaynangAVP para magkachange o hear, according oAlea.As o nowganun pa rin yungdecision namin, saysOriz as o he posiion o he COMELEC unil heSSG has made negoiaions.In a passing noe, orres menioned he case o paselecions where seniors were no couned as voers.I don see much raionale in he graduaing sudenselecing ocers his elecion, she said, saing ha

SSG FC....from page 1

Gabay Scholars Organizaion Presiden EmmalynEscalderon poined ou ha hey lacked preparaionor he even due o d elayed updaes o AdNUSSG.Nagta kayangmeeing angSSG, only a week beorekang Pintakasi and dai pa it nal, said Escalderon.Esmabe menioned ha he reason or he delaywas because SSG ocers were busy conducing heopen orum campaign or he uniorm policy.Monhlong talaga dapat angpreparaion, kayalanghere is an issue nga abou he uniorm policy,Esmabe admited.Te meeing beween he organizaions and heSSG was conduced during he eaminaion week.Because o his, Gabay organizaion aced problemsassigning members who will be compeing in hedierenevens.Facing he same issue, AdNUCollege Guidance

Ceners G eadz had decided no o paricipae inhe even. Dai kami nag join ta kulang na ang rasor preparaion. Dati kasi,we alo ime or prepara

ion, said Core Group Head Undersecreary VincenLorenz Guiriba.Aside rom he lack o preparaion, Gkeadz has alsoconsidered he nancial aspec o paricipaing in heacivi y. We need budge and resources, kaya lang,di sapat. Hindi naman [sa] wala na [r] zero balance,syemprewe need o prioriize or uure aciviies.Guiriba ended.Seting ou a dieren course as voluneers, Alea saidGeadzs decision is admirable. Nahiling ninda napwede man makatabang sa success ning pintakasi, noonly as a paricipan bu as a voluneers, said Alea.Tey surpassed kung an man angypical paricipaion kang mga organizaions, he added.Te Gabay Scholars Organizaion was declaredchampion garnering 416.25 poins. Followed by heLighning Scorpion o he Philippines LSP wih 320poins, Ape wih 285.25 poins, College ed CrossYouh CCY wih 240 poins and SAO wih222.35 poins.

OWARDS ELiMiNAiONAdNU SSG Presiden John JosephAlea cied hahe organizaions only considered Pinakasi as acones or heir presige raher han a celebraion oBikolanano radiions.Alea epressed his disappoinmen over he atainmen o objecives or Pinakasi. Sana may ma-realizesinda, per dai ak conden na may ma-realize, taitng sa poliicaland social issues, may man baga [samga presentatins] ninda,Alea said.As a resul, Alea considered disconinuing Pinakasi.Alea said ha he sudens ail o realize he imporance o Pinakasi as an avenue or culural awareness.ung dai man nakakaabang ang Pinakasi, halion nalang, he said.Despie he proposal o remove Pinakasi, SSG andSCon decided o mainain Pinakasi a yearly aciviy.Tey said ha he sudens are looking orward o heyearly evenGive hem wha hey wan and ita man giraray angkaipuhan ninda.Alea ended.

Criticisms pile...from page 3

Aba solo, Christine Jo y R.

Abrigo, Da nielle Florigen R.

Adoremos, J ose T. *F.A. Graduate

Aladano, Marly A.

Albia, J iselle E.

Alinarte, Maricel F.

Alparan, Julie A.

Amaro, Xyla R.

Armenta, J onah Paula O.

Ballester, Julie Anne A .

Borja, Mic heael SM.

Ca mposano, Marie Andrea T.

Canet, J udee Marie P.

Encinas, Carolyn B.

Gois, Eunice O .

Gonzaga , Je nnifer Louise

DLF.

Gumba, Maureen

Magda M.

Luansing, Lea M

Morata, Paul Robert V.

10th PLACER

Nantes, Annalile B.

Noble, John Paolo C.

Paguio, Hazel V.

Pardinas, Ruby Ann M.

Parungao, Richard

Martin D.

Porcil, Frank M.

Priela, Minda T.

Quincose, Sharifa SJ .

Revilla, Anthony C .

Relucano, Paul G.

Roja, Loida R.

Sabordo, Cindy DA.

Salcedo, J odilyn M.

San Miguel, Beberly Z.

Severo, Jean P.

Sierte, Florenc e R.

Sto. Domingo, Antonio Al C.

Trinidad, Nicole Marie C.

Vasquez, Rommel Ben G.

Yanto, May A.

November 2009 CE Board Passers

Acosta, J arick A barientos

Artiaga, Jove n Bobis

Bongiad, Sheila Amar

De La Torre, Michael Tunay

Fabay, Jhumell Andrew Pacto

Labordo, Danny Glean Paglinawan

Llagas, Edmundo Jr. Bas

Palaya, Edvir Gundran

Valenciano, Sheila Doblon

source :TePillars Research Department

he seniors would be unduly conribuing o an SSGha will only serve sudens o he n e academicyear.Despie all sebacks, he SSG is deermined o pursuea February poll.Kung sa July pa,paan angSSG? Pira ang matatada?said Alea.As o he concep ha elecions are once again puo, he suden body may have more o say han jusa shrug.May iniiaive man ang mga, ang yan dyan sa SSGkung papaan ninda gigibuhn, kung paan dae madelay; maghir man sinda, said a second year BS DIAmajor.

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our hands, said Accounancy Chairperson HeleniaQ. uiz when asked abou he reason why he recommendaions are no ully implemened.uiz said ha here were no major problems encounered during he preparaion bu hey sill have ocome up wih he documenaion o repors o heaciviies and programs rom 2007 o 2009.Te deparmen is anicipaing ha hey will be accredied o Level II aer he PAASCU visi. I will give honor o he program because i willbe he rs in Bicol o be accredied o level II, uizsaid.She urhered ha i he resuls will go well, heprogram can even apply or he ile o Cener oDevelopmen on he Commission on Higher Educaion CHED. Moreover, he program wil l be l ookingorward o be accredied o Level III in less han hreeyears.

FO HE FIS IMEA preliminary survey was conduced in he CivilEngineering Program las 2009 in preparaion or heormal accrediaion. Tis was done o know wheherhe program would comply wih he ormal accrediaion sandards o PAASCU.Commitees were assigned o perorm ask w ih

regards o he dieren areas ha will be observedduring he PAASCU visi. Tese areas include heinsrucion, aculy and laboraories. Te Commiteeon Insrucions did some classroom observaionso know i heir mehods o eaching are ecienand eecive. An assessmen o he qualicaions oeachers or handling proessional major subjecsand non proessional subjecs was accomplished byhe Commitee on Faculy while he Commitee onLaboraories updaed he invenory o he laboraoryequipmen based on eperimens.Since he adminisraion, sa, aculy, and sudenswere cooperaive and here were no major problemsencounered, he program is epecing o be accredied o Level 1.In an inerview wih Te CE Chairperson Engr. Ferdinand Bien, he said ha i he program will make i olevel 1, i will be he rs in Bicol o be accredied byPAASCU or he Civil Engineering Program.

LEAS PRiORiyWhile he Accounancy Deparmen and CE Program were visied, he College o Nursing prepares orheir urn in July 2010.Because o he yphoons las semeser, nagpatng-

patng yung mga dapat ivisi ngPAASCU accrediors.

And since Nursing is a preliminary visi, i is leasprioriy, Graduae School Dean Dr. Alredo Fabaysaid reerring o he delay o he visi or he Collegeo Nursing.Fabay clearly saed ha he posponemen was madeby he PAASCU and no by he Universiy.In preparaion or he rs PAASCU accrediaion,Te College o Nursing conduced a selsurveywihin he college ha covered our areas. Te areasinclude he aculy, insrucion or mehodology oeaching, communiy involvemen, and laboraoryaciviies. Te selsurvey will be he basis or accrediaion.College o Nursing Dean Maria Clara LL. u

bino, Ph.D., made sure ha he aculy membersare all licensed nurses and members o accrediedassociaions such as Philippine Nurses Associaionand Associaion o Deans o Philippine Colleges oNursing ADPC. ubino said ha here had beenno problems encounered during he preparaion. Sheadded ha i is because o he suppor and cooperaion o he sudens, sa, aculy, and adminisraion.Aer he PAASCU visi, he College is epecing obe accredied o level I. As a resul, hey are eyeingmore enrollees or he ollowing semesers.

Accountancy....from page 1

Feb polls ...from page 1

Due o changes in he schedules o classes, SSG didno achieve he minimum number o sudens.Te resuls o he said reerendum will deerminehe nal decision o he adminisraion regarding heuniorm policy. Alea said ha as o 29 January, heyhad only gahered 50% o he oal populaion.Halos 2,600 pa lang ang nakokolekang daa naminand amazingly, ou o ha number, abou 80% avoredhe reenion o he presen uniorm policy. amingani nadara man kang NO voe kaso documensna mismo ang nagsasabing majoriy ang may gusokani uniorm policy. Hearsay lang kang kadaklan nadakul ang habo sa uniorm he added.

DiSRUPiON: ExENSiONUnied Educaion and Compuer Sudies UNECSheaded he proposed auomaed canvassing o daa.Suden ribunal Commissioner Glenn Fabia, however, said ha he series o power disrupion inerrupedhe auomaed canvassing.SSG in urn eended he voing up o 1Februaryo achieve he minimum requiremen. According oSuden Congress epresenaive Gerard Edgar O.Surida, suden paricipaion was increased o 60%ou o he maimum arge as o 11 February.SSG iniially couned he voe bu O ce o SudensAairs OSA coninued he manual canvassing on 2February.In an inerview, Surida said ha he Oce o SudenAairs OSA inervened wih SSGs canvassing.

Nakiaram man lang yan samo. Invalid si canvassing a mayo man sindang jurisdicion na kuanon sireerendum insrumens. SSG ang may ormal say saissue, he added.As o press ime, no nal resuls were presened.

SUDES REACMany sudens reaced dierenly regarding hereerendum.Ako, nagboo man guiraray ako sa yes o uniorm

policy. Mas okay man nanggad kaya siya a may disincion. Pero pag nanggana ang no and adop a dresscode, okay lang a graduaing naman ako sudenrom College o Business and Accounancy said.Dapa mayo ng uniorm para may reedom o epression, hird year Media Sudies suden said esiy inghis sand.According o a rs year Educaion suden, SSGsmove or a eerendum canno ge he majoriy voe.

Useless man ang agenda kang SSG. Bako man yanang major na problema kang Aeneo. Garo naggigibolang sindang scene para mapansin na may SSG, hirdyear Psychology suden criicizing SSG.

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By:Hazell Valenzuela, Ellen Mae Fajardo and ica ose Pacardo

Crucial

INQUIRY

route to

Professionalism(How do we say were No. 1?)For years, dieren eaminaions are made o assess he knowledge and skills acquired by sudens. Sudens have been culured inan educaional sociey w herein eaminaion resuls really mater. During our elemenary and secondary years, we have periodicaland achievemen ess. College years however have a lo o eams o surpass. Aside rom hese school based eaminaions, oherpresigious eaminaions are presen in some academic discipline or he sudens o be given proessional license he board eaminaions. Te resuls o hese eams usually show he environmen and academic developmen in every school which is concerned.More imporanly, hese resuls predic he uure o he eaminee. Tis serves as heir passpor o a good job in he uure. For one,educaion has been he hope o a lo o Filipino o upli hem rom povery.

Every year, he governmen has always been consisen in providing jobs or resh graduaes. Saisics shows ha ou o he 500,000unemployed Filipino, only 10, 000 w ill have a job. Ou o 34.4 million employed Filipinos, only 92.3% have jobs ha are ted o heireducaional skills and knowledge. However, here are sill a lo o graduaes ha end o be unemployed. Tis year, Philippines have7.7% unemploymen rae. More males 64.1% o oal unemployed were unemployed han emales 35.9%. By age group, or every10 unemployed persons, ve 49.2% were in he age group 15 24 years while hree 30.3% were in he age group 25 34. Across

educaional groups, he unemployed were comprised mosly o high school graduaes 32.7%, college undergraduaes a abou oneh 22.2%, while he college graduaes, 18.3 %. Tis only shows ha alhough educaion in our counry is a prioriy, sill a lo end updoing nohing.

Plppne EducaonI is a ac ha educaion is a righ, no a privilege, ha every Filipinoshould enjoy, bu i is also rue ha employmen opporuniies in ourcounry is no enough o susain he need o he masses or sable jobs.Good or hose presenly in demand courses ha generally oers overseasemploymen. For his mater, schools and colleges oering soughaercourses wen popping hroughou he counry in jus a shor span oime. In ac, he Deparmen o Educaion shows a oal o 574 collegesand universiies in he Philippines. In he lae 1980s abou 9.2 million pupils were enrolled annually in elemenary schools, and some 3.4 millionsudens atended secondary schools. However, only 1.1 million sudenswere le o atend college educaion.Educaion in he Philippines is ree and compulsory or children o agesseven 7 o welve 12. Also, almos 90 percen o he adul populaionis lierae. Bu sill, povery is always enrenched in he limied educaion

Filipinos have. Tis is he eec o he l imied opporuniies given o heFilipinos on educaional privileges. More and more public schools areconvered o privae insiuions and owned by privae businesses. SMowned, Universiy o he Eas, is an eample o such. Te privaizaion odieren schools is a mere ac ha indeed educaion in he Philippines ishighly encouraged o be an enerprise o nancial marke. Wih such,

educaional insiuions are urned ino businesses.Courses as Nursing, Educaion, Engineering, and Accounancy requirepassing he board eam or a suden o be accredied wih a proessionallicense. For his, a grea pressure is encounered by he sudens no simplybecause o he muliarious subjecs hey encouner bu much likely because o he board eams hey n eed o pass.

AuhoriyTe Proessional egulaion Commission PC holds all he percenage o he Naional Board Eams. Te PC has one o he mos dauningauhorizaions in naional developmen, or i is o adminiser, implemenand enorce he regulaory policies o he naional governmen wih respeco he managemen and licensing o he various proessions and occupaions under is jurisdicion. Also he enhancemen and mainenance o

proessional and occupaionalsandards are also an inegral componenin is obligaions. Ehics and he enorcemen o he rules and regulaionslikewise are considered. I is also responsible or he accrediaion o henal resuls, aciliaion o he checking, and announcemen o he resulsand proessional license o he Board Passers, which are o be disribued inall schools who ook he eams. I plays a vial role in developing he groupo proessionals or governance, commerce indusry, and he economy.I aims o nurure Filipino proessionals owards echnical prociency andcivic responsibiliy in he service o he Filipino naion.Name gameAer graduaion, sudens have o undergo serious reviews and preparaions or he board eam, and passing does make sense. Aer he eam,is no longer surprising o encouner erms such as schools perormanceraing, naional passing rae, and he like. Being a board placer also addsplus poins o he name o he suden, and o course, o he school isel.Having a high perormance raing o his, and surpassing he naional passing rae, unquesionably makes he Aeneo communiy proud, making icompeen enough or developing graduaes who are globallycompeiive making AdNU somewha beter compared o oher schools.

Bu have we ever asked ourselves, is his he real measuremen o how greaa school can be? Or perhaps, does his ell how high he qualiy o educaion a school oers?

Amazn, bu ow?As simple sudens who haven aken any board eam, do we

clearly undersand he signicance o such raings? Somehing every schoolis very cauious o, or his may ell how well he school developed issudens and is also a basis o bearing he righ o call hemselves as besschool in Naga, or as no. 1 in Bicol egion. Such iles atrac sudens oenroll in heir school.

Te naional passing rae NP, which ells how well all eaminees sudens all over he counry who ook he board eam perormed,is derived by dividing he number o passers by he oal number o eaminees. ake or eample, he naional passing rae o engineering las Ocober26 27, 2009. 1131 akers passed ou o 4322 oal e aminees, hus, yieldingo 26% NP.

While he NP measures he perormance o naional eaminees,he schools perormance raing ells how well sudens o a paricularschool perormed in he said eam. I is obained by dividing he number

o passers by he number o oal eaminees represening he school. CPA

resuls show how i was aken. Ou o he 71 rs akers o he universiy,39 emerged as new CPAs resuling in a 54% passing rae. For his, imeans ha he lesser he eaminees are, he more possible o ataining ahigh perormance raing assuming hey perormed well.

ecenly, he resuls appear o be as ollows: or he Engineeringdeparmen, 36% passed agains he 26% naional passing rae. Te Accounancy Deparmen wih 54% passed agains he 41% naional passinrae. Te Nursing deparmen, 59% passed agains he 41.87% naionalpassing rae. Te Educaion Deparmen, 94% passed agains he 18%naional passing rae.

Wo o e econon o?For hese resuls, we may ask, is i he school isel o be recognized? Doei help he sudens pass since i provides a good qualiy o educaion? I

is possible ha he school, because o he high qualiy o educaion heyoer, molds he inellecual capaciy o he suden. Wih such academicconsideraion, sudens are maimized o reach heir poenials. Howevenumbers are no sucien basis or academic ecellence.Is i he review cener which he sudens enrolled in? Tis may also be aacor or a suden who passed he eam, ullling he inadequacy o heschools where hey graduaed. Te increasing number o review ceners an evidence o sudens dependence on hese review ceners.Or simply, is i a sudens inelligence and perseverance ha broughhim/her o he pedesal? Beneah he acs and gures achieved byevery school, lies he ruh ha sudens inelligence really maters. I ispossible ha he sudens moivaion and perseverance plus his innaeinellignce became his/her passpor or passing he eam.

Fac o allac?For years, issues had been wandering around board eams suc

cess. For nursing board eams, here has been an issue ha e amineesare divided ino baches, carrying he cream o he crop as he rs bachand he average ones as he preceding baches. However, his had been

condenly reued by Dean o Nursing Maria Clara Ll. ubino, sayingha AdNUs College o Nursing doesn pracice discriminaion on hesudens jus o raise is perormance level and creae a good impressionha AdNUs nursing is much beter han oher schools in Naga or inBicol. For oher colleges which also have board eams, sudens who areno ready o ake he eam are advised o jus be par o he second bach

Te perormance rae would no always dene he ruecapaciy o a suden. Alhough i is a orm o recogniion, wha i maybring would no always complee he educaed individual o his desiredmilesone. Te value o educaion is indeed imporan in every suden.However, he sysem o educaion ha we have oday should n o beollowed as such. Educaion is considered as a public good ha he governmen should provide. Tus, povery should no hinder he Filipino ohave heir righ or educaion and numbers does no always speak o hequaliy o educaion we mus have.Souces:*htp://nscb.gov.ph/secsa/d_labor.asp* htp://www.census.gov.ph/daa/pressrelease/2009/l0901.hml

* htp://www.inernaionaleducaionmedia.com/philippines/inde.hm

"The performance

rate would not

always defne the

true capacity of a

student. Although it

is a form of

recognition, what it

may bring would not

always complete the

educated individual

to his desired

milestone."

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HE STAGED AFESHOCOn Tursday, 26h o November 2009, Andal Ampauan Jr. was urnedover o Jesus Dureza, aer which he was own o General Sanos on hisway o Manila, where he was aken o he NBI headquarers. Te auhoriies hen placed several charges agains Ampauan Jr., one o which wasor muliple murders. Ampauan Jr. denied he charges, and blamed iall on he Moro Islamic Liberaion Fron, which hey MILF laer onagged as absurd.On he same day o he ne week, 3 rd o December 2009, he miliary

and police conduced a join operaion o raid he vacan lo around heAmpauan mansion wherein hey discovered a big weapon cache conaining arillery, and heavy inanry weapons, eplosives and ammuniions.Tey also ound miliary uniorms in he said vacan lo in Shari Aguak.Some o he ammo boes were samped Deparmen o Deense Arsenal.On he 4h o December 2009, hrough Proclamaion No. 1959, PresidenArroyo placed he Maguindanao provinceunder a sae o marial law,en days aer placing in ino a sae o emergency. Some o he reasonsor he declaraion were deerioraion o peace and order and ailure ohe local judicial sysem. Eecuive Secreary Eduardo Ermia said hesep was aken in order o suppress he violence in he province and omake i easy or governmen eniies o swil y arres he suspecs in hemassacre. Following he declaraion, auhoriies carried ou a raid on hemansion owned by Andal Ampauan Jr., wherein hey ound hundreds ohousands o live rounds o M16 rie ammuniion, eplosives, numerous rearms, some o which were also marked Deparmen o NaionalDeense Arsenal and improvised armored vehicles, one o which wasa miliary humvee.Te declaraion o marial law was necessary and so i was pu ino acion,as he adminisraion eplained, even hough many groups and individuals quesion wheher i is necessary or even valid. On he oher hand, nomater how heavy he evidences were, he Ampauans sill reused o beagged guily wih he massacre.

hE CATCH, Wih ASPLASHOF HISTORY

Andal Ampauan Sr., has been provincial governor since 1998;he has been eleced hree imes, unopposed. Eigheen o he mayors inMaguindanao belong o he Ampauans. Ampauan Sr. said ha his beinggovernor and he absence o an opposiion side is due o his populariyamong his supporers ondly adding Because I am so loved by he consiuens o my municipaliies, hey ask me o have my sons as represenaives. In he 2004 presidenial elecions, Arroyo won 69% o Maguindanaos voe; hree years laer, he parybacked coaliion scored a 120sweep o he senaorial elecions in he province. Tis ac gives way ohe possibiliy ha PGMA is ond o he Ampauans, even branding hemas major allies o hers. Unable o run or a hird erm, Andal AmpauanSr. is currenly grooming his son, Andal, Jr., o succeed him as governor.In mid year 2009, he Mangudadaus epressed heir desire o cones heAmpauans in he upcoming Naional Elecions in 2010. Tis provokedhe Ampauans since hey were o he same pary. Wih escalaingensions in he province, Presiden Arroyo sood in he middle o heAmpauans and he Mangudadaus o smooh hings ou beween hemand preven violence relaed o poliics. Tree meeings were held in mid2009. Presidenial Adviser or poliical aairs Gabriel Claudio disclosedha here was an iniial agreemen ha no Mangudadau would conesAmpauan Sr.s gubernaorial pos.However, oo Mangudadau urhered his desire o run in he elecions. I was hen ha deah hreas reached him saing ha he willbe chopped o once he les his cericae o candidacy. Scared buwilling, oo Mangudadau invied 37 journaliss o cover he ling ocandidacy. He hough ha he presence o he media would dissuade hisenemies rom puting he hreas o acion. So here i was. Tere was hepopulariy and suppor ha Ampauan Sr. bragged abou. Obviously,uence and miliary power.Needless o say, he November 23 inciden is one o he greaes massacres ha happened during he presen adminisraion. As o December

5 2009, he laes deah coun, which is 61, included 34 journaliss,members o Mangudadaus amily which included his wie, his aun andyounges siser who were pregnan a ha ime, and anoher siser, hislawyers, his aides, and even some innocen mooriss who were probablymisaken as par o he convoy. Because o he alarming number o killedjournaliss, i has also been cied as one o he deadlies single evens orhe press, placing Philippines as he worlds wors place o be a journalis,according o he Commitee o Proec Journaliss CPJ.

TOO MANYGUNS

Some o you migh say, So? Ok. Tey died. People die, is naural. Sowha? Well, we also have somehing o ask you. How can he murdero a leas 57 human beings by a single orce in a single inciden benaural? Te inciden in Maguindanao may have, a rs, aeced onlyhe province. Bu in he long run, we can see ha is aershock reachedhe ouermos corners o he naion. Such inhumaniy commited in heinciden may be hard or us o ake in, bu his kind o violence is rampanin he counry.

Te seting wherein a public ocial owns a privae army is illegal.Tis is why his kind o siuaion is only seen in movies or in primeimedramas. Bu is his really he case? Clearly, i is no. Nowadays, manypoliicians immerse hemselves ino he rend o owning privaearmies. Tey jusiy hemselves or his ac by saying ha a public ocialhas many criics and hese deracors migh go as ar as assassinaionplos. Having hese privae armies, as hey say, is he only eecive wayin which hey would be able o ensure heir own saey. Bu wha reallyhappens? Some o hese privae armies do he assassinaing. Tey ac

upon heir masers order, blindly ollowing w ha is asked o hem byhe word. Who are he arges hen? Te answer is whoever sands upagains hem. Some o heir enemies are abduced, laer urning up aerseveral days dead in he ores, or in he sewers.

In our counry where jusice is available only o hose who can ll suicases, envelopes and bags wih coins and bill s, i is easy or hese privaearmies, ogeher wih heir maser o ge away wih every crime heycommi. Aside rom his moneyrelaed ac, a poliician can easilypromoe ear and wicked reverence among his consiuens hrough heuse o his privae army and heir g uns. Obviously, even beore he ime oMarcos, a privae army is a mushave or any radiional poliician.

Tis kind o gungoverned sociey is hidden inside he socalled democraic republic o he Philippines. I we ake a closer look, we can seeha he governmen promoes peace and order hrough he operaiono he police and miliary orces. Public ocials are no conen wihjus bodyguards; hey even hire privae armies, larger han miliarybatalions, o make sure ha hey are sae rom harm. Consan miliaryeercises are being held, someimes even requiring he aide rom ohercounries. A large percenage o he oal naional budge is used on miliary schools like PMA, he improvemen o he miliary and policeaciliies, miliary inelligence; a percenage way larger han he budgeallocaed or ood, sheler and educaion.

Wih his kind o ender loving care ha he governmen provides ois armed hand, we are epeced o be assured ha we can sleep saelyinside our homes knowing ha here is a very srong armed orce haensures public saey. Bu looking back on he 23rd o November, wherein he whole world were he police and miliary when he incidenhappened? Why weren hey able o preven he massacre? Ive seenin adverisemens ha 10,00025,000 new police ocers are assignedo all police deparmens in he counry every year; and also every yearmany resh graduaes rom PMA become ullpledged miliaryocers in he Armed Forces ohe Philippines. Aren heyenough o give us ciizens hepeace and order ha we need,ha hey promised? I don hink

heyre even sepping up o ouraes worh.

Her Ecellency Gloria MacapagalArroyo,rom ime and ime again, has saed in herspeeches ha she will no olerae, allow, andencourage acs ha conribue o he devasaiono peace and order in her counry. Bu really, wha hasshe done? She is he CommanderinChie o he Miliary.Bu, aking a glance back on how he propery o her governmen ended up in Ampauans backyard, has she used her powerproperly? Or is she jus one giganic eudal warlord, backed up byhe police and miliary, as her own army? Many possibiliies are madeavailable by his ac. Bu one hing is cerain; he governmen has direcresponsibiliy over everyhing ha is happening. Our whole sociey isroten o is core, making he governmen look like he bigges puppeshow on Earh.

Should we say silen and say shivering in ear? Are our personal problems

more imporan ha our curren naional seting? As I would quoe romone o my cosuden, Te problem wih some o he educaed is hahey ake or graned he knowledge; overlook he obvious; eel overlysuperior over he masses; and do hings ha hey hink are brillianand imporan bu in ruh are supid, baseless, selcenered wases ohuman skills and abiliies. I don hink we should say ignoran undersuch sociey wherein suppor is measured by how long we can saypassive under deah hreas, peace and order is esablished by poining guns a us and our Filipino brohers, and populariy is based onhow much we will be manipulaed by inhumane acs.

We hough ha wha we see in movies and dramasonly inhabi in heares and elevisions. Evidenly, we were wrong. Te lms and showsseemed o have nally made is wayou o realiy. Will we accep he call

"We houghha wha we seein movies anddramas only inhabi in hearesand elevisions.

Evidenly, wewere wrong.Te lms andshows seemedo have nallymade is way ouo realiy. "

or us o be audiences, jus audiences, as he curren cas coninueso sep on our righs? Sure, he inciden in Maguindanao happenedin Maguindanao. Bu wha assurance do we have ha i wil l say inMaguindanao? How can we ensure ha he inciden in Maguindanaowill no be repeaed in any oher par o our counry, knowing ha hegovernmen is consanly ailing and rereaing behind silver curains?None. I we will only le ew acors and acresses decide on our uure,we have no assurance ha we can wake up omorrow eeling he samecomor ha we el w hen we woke up yeserday. Te ime has comeor he youh o sand up and ace izals call o become he rue

uure o our naion.

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INQUIRY

PUSHINGWATERMARKSFeeding Crops

Sunen Liveswith

Water rushes n the stream uncertainty, deeating the bscurities deep travails r its indenite purpse. Water remains reticent but when rced t much, it crushes everything n its path.

Governmenal juncures oen play he par where mos people seldom appreciae heir bearing. Te consrucion o he LibmananCabusao Dam LCD was caugh oguard whenconcerned ciizens and privae praciioners, mosly coming rom privae secors, raised heir concern on he consrucion o he waershed aciliy. Pursuing he projec became a poliical andenvironmenal umul leading local ciizens o a hazy perspecive o he real objecives o having he dam consruced. Wheher in ligh o environmenal impac or poliical arena one quesion remains o be he hea o he conroversy: Is he dam needed?

Te Lbmanan Cabusao Dam Beond BluepnsBy: Francis Perdon, Crisine ae Panis ,

Je ey So. Domingo and e Eric Perez

The Spring that

Caused the Run-offTe rise o governmen ood miigaion projecs in

he region comes wih he ood o peoples supporand senimens concerning he projecs eecs.

Wih he remendous Bicol ivers imminendanger during rainy seasons, he governmen perceived he necessiy o pilo ood managemen and o

miigae hazards blaanly evoked by he Philippineseighh larges river. Tus, he Bicol iver Basin andWaershed Managemen Projec BBWMP wasesablished. Tis projec is direcly overseen by hePresiden o he Philippines, Gloria MacapagalArroyo as i was draed in he Eecuive Order No. 359signed by Her Ecellency las 17 Sepember 2004.Concerned wih he waer resources adminisraion,irrigaion managemen was also inscribed in heinegral componens o he projec.

As par o he BBWMP, he LibmananCabusaoDam LCD emerged.

Despie he need, he people believe conrary ohe pressing and immediae consrucion o he LCD.While he governmen considers he overall socioeconomic benes o he dam, direcly aeced peopleand worried secors show regard o he consequenceso economic mobiliy.

As a resul, dispues and argumens o one secor

pi agains he oher. People scruinize he governmens moives and agenda behind he BBWMP andhe LCD which would be a he epense o peopleslives, he environmen and he livelihood o many.

River Talk

Te regions main and larges river in erms o drain

age and basin size ows rom Lake Bao o San MiguelBayin a relaively enormous lengho 94kilomeers.Siuaed along he lowlands o Camarines Sur, ooding is usually prone o municipaliies along he riverrack. Grealy aeced municipaliies are wihin he1s, 2nd and 3rd disrics o Camarines Sur. Te riverowes indispensable ooding risks as well o areasalong he viciniy o Sipoco iver, he main ribuaryo he Bicol iver. Flooding along he riverbanks isusually caused by he passages o yphoons rom Mayo February wih an average annual rainall o 200 mmin he souhwesern area and 3600 mm in he Bicol

river basins souhwesern area and 3600 mm in he

Bicol river basins souhwesern secion. Under suchprecipiaion, riverbanks are oen subjeced o occasional ooding ha resuls o emporary migraionand a wors cases, casualies.

Beore, he river causes less risk o people becauseo is rich waer resources, eeming river shes andaesheic beauy. As urban developmen becamegreaer, polluion devasaed much o he river. Tisresuled o he deah o he Bicol iver similar ohe case o Mero Manilas Pasig iver. Te condiionhas been riggered by less rehabiliaion programsand increasing number o amilies setling along heriverbanks.

In Ocober 2008, a ood and hazard miigaionprojec managemen oce has been creaed by hegovernmen o implemen he BBWMPs goals. TeBBWMPs objecives however, emphasize developmen aciviies in he Bicol iver basin raher hanood concern. Te BBWMP hereore has beenseen o bene, or a leas improve, he presen siuaion o he Bicol iver Basin.

Furhering he BBWMP, is irrigaionmodernizaion componen ploted he consrucion o heLibmananCabusao Dam LCD. icardo Bibares,Secreary o a local irrigaors associaion epressed

heir conribuion o he LCD. Bibares said in anumber o news repors ha he associaion proposedhe dam o Camarines Sur 1s Disric epresenaiveDiosdadao Dao Arroyo in 2007 upon he visi o

Arroyos moher, Presiden Gloria MacapagalArroyoin Libmanan.In 2008, on Daos 34h birhday, Pres. Arroyo an

nounced he approval o he LCDs Php 1.9 billion oal budge. Te LCD is an irrigaion dam which wouldbene Libmanan, he ricebaske o Camarines Sur.Over 3000 armers would be beneted and wouldbe epanding in he reach o irrigaion sysems inLibmanan and Cabusao rom 2900 o 4900 hecares.

ecen conroversies became prominen as heLCD is consruced. Many ear o he massive ooding similar o San oque Dam in Norhern Luzon.Governmen and projec uncionaries, on he oherhand, slammed ear and claims on he ooding. Sanoque Dam is used or hydropower generaion whilehe LCD is designed or irrigaion.

LCD :Structures and Features

Issued wih an Environmenal Compliance Cericae ECC eerence Code 09040084520 by he

Deparmen o Environmen and Naural esourcesDEN las 20 April 2009 , Naional IrrigaionAdminisraion NIA egion V, represened by isAdminisraor, Mr. William P. agodon, proposedhe LibmananCabusao Dam a Bgy. Malaguico,Sipoco, Camarines Sur.

As i was deemed o supply waer o arm elds,he dam is envisioned o irrigae roughly 4,000 hecares in 25 barangays o Libmanan and Cabusao, herice granaries o he province.

Geographically speaking, he locaion o heproposed dam is siuaed in he souh wes par ohe province, wih San Miguel Bay in he norh,Libmanan iver in he souh, Bicol iver and rollinglands ha are par o dieren municipaliies in heeas and wes respecively. I covers he sedimenaryand river mouh plains and he agriculural soils oLibmanan and Cabusao.

Te enire LibmananCabusao Dam Projec is noonly limied o he concree diversion channel and isappurenances. Oher aciliies are also consrucedo suppor he irrigaion purpose o he projec. Oneo his is he 10.28 km diversion canal links romhe dam o supply waer o eising pump saions.Te projec also calls or he creaion o new and

reurnishing o he eising drainage aciliies o accommodae he projeced 4,000 hecares o armland.For land access, a service road o 10.75 km is o bebuil along wih an access pavemen o 1.95 km.

Te Dam has a lengh o a 150 meers and a heigho 130 meers. I will also eaure hree 3 irrigaiongaes o be used or desiling, or removing o debrisha came wih he runo.

Wih regard o is physicaliy, he concrees o hedam will jus allow he waer o reely ow on a 14.3m waer gradaion. Aerwhich, waer will reach a 15m elevaion and up o 26 m gradaion, which wouldbe he conrol poin o he waer. Tis waer will nobe anymore in heir range or he waer will direcedo he links. According o NIA, physical calculaionsare made as such because waer will be able o generae energy rom he descen, making he waer reachhigher elevaion such as mounainous errains.

Along he riverbanks, concree blocks will be builo miigae soil erosion.

Envisioned o be nished wihin he span o hree

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3 years, he paramoun objecives o he projec aresaed in he Environmenal Impac Saemen passedby NIA in March 2009. One o he objecives is omaimize he usage o uvial and erresrial resourcesby subsiuing mechanical irrigaing pumps wih heconcree diversion dam. Trough his, he cos o arming operaion will be decreased and will incremen heincome o armers.

In erms o he oal cos o he projec, AssisanSecreary omasio B. Monzon, BBWMP programdirecor, said ha i would only amoun o Php 700 mil

lion, conrary o he analysis and projecion o criicsha he cos will reach o a oal o Php 1.9 bil lion. Suchconsiderable amoun is par o he US$ 30 million oalprojec cos o he BBWMP, by which, 73% or US$22 million will be nanced by World Bank. Anoherburden o he already onerous deb he Philippines has.

Blocking the Tide:Criticisms and Objections

Along wih he consrucion o he dam, dierencondemnaions arise. According o he criics, he dammay pose serious impairmens on he environmenwhich will evenually aec he lives o local ciizens,especially hose rom Lupi and Sipoco.

One o he dilemmas beween nongovernmeninvesigaors and he projec proponens is on he nameo he projec isel. Te argumen o he criics saesha he name LibmananCabusao Dam is conusingbecause he projec is o be buil in Sipoco, wih isbackwaer aecing Lupi. Tis enails ha he orienaion o he projec wih regard o is idenicaionseems absurd. On he oher hand, he deense o heNIA, he prime organ o he projec, raises he projeced beneciaries o he projec, which are Libmananand Cabusao. Tis dilemma does no ollow he previous iling o governmen projecs.

As cied in he repor o Aeneo de Naga UniversiysInsiue or Environmenal Conservaion and esearchINECA headed by Emelina G. egis, Ph.D., almos13 barangays or 1/3 o Lupi will be deluged by river waer. Such eensive number o aeced parcels is basedon he accoun o he locals ha he presence o creeksand ribuaries along hese waer sysems will adverselyaec he inundaion o hese localiies.

Surveyed by INECA, inundaion by nauralphenomenon such as yphoons ha occasionally visihe region and by manmade aciviies such as hedam consrucion could bring direc impac on he

lives o he locals. From his, indirec impac such asdisplacemen and migraion and loss o livelihood maybe creaed i his ensued.

In erms o he polluion his may creae, he sameresearchers ound ha oic phyoplankon may prolierae in he dam. Because o he sandy, claylike andsily opography o he soil where he dam is o buil,loosed maerials ha erode rom his may be rappedwihin he dam and accrue wihin. Niraes comingrom household may encourage he prolieraion onoious phyoplankon along wih he aoremenionedscenario. Tis siuaion, i no aced promply, may leado algal bloom ha consumes a lo o oygen in waeror europhicaion. Wih his, marine biodiversiy willbe severely aeced. Te waer conaminaion couldalso aec persons in he orm o skin aficion ordermaiis. Sal deposis may also occur, which is nosuiable or irrigaion and hus, deea he purpose ohe projec.

Te same case happened in he Hydraulic Conrol

Srucure o Bari iver near Lake Buhi.In erms o documen legaliies, he Environmenal

Impac Saemen EIS o he projec submited byNIA, also conained some aws. For one, he manuscrip does no cie where he projec is o be builSipoco and he backwaer o he projec Lupi.Te paper, raher, ocused on Libmanan and Cabusaowhich would be beneted rom he projec. Lupi wasno also considered as a direc impac area where inac, almos 1/3 o he municipaliys land mass willbe waerlogged. Much worse, oher ribuaries ha are

he ramicaions o he main river will be deluged bywaer, increasing he number o aeced parcels. Ashe mos perceived poin o conenion, he benesdo no jusiy he coss. According o INECA, heooding o Lupi and par o Sipoco o give way orhe consrucion o dam is no jusied in his sensein order o serve he poor people o Libmanan andCabusao by displacemen o anoher group o peoplein Lupi and probably make hem even poorer. Tis isdue o he accouns o barangay LGUs and residensha pas yphoon calamiies indicae heavy ooding.

Saey mechanisms are also guarded wih dierenasserions. Because o he geologic physical srucuresand eaures o he locaion, many ear ha he damwill pose hreas on he lives o locals when earhquake his. As deended by NIA, he srucural designo he projec is made o wihsand a 7.6 magniude.However, INECAs repor shows ha he ypes osoil and rocks in he area are very much suscepible oground movemens even under low magniude.

On he locals perspecive, he residens were alsoinormed o he projec during he consulaion. According o repors, he consulaion was insuciensince residens were inormed only o he projecedbenes o he projec. Also, in he inerview wihlocal ciizens, INECA repored ha hey wereasked o sign in he atendance o be given ood aerhe consulaion. Te ociaors o he meeing alsodiscussed in very posiive one, inviing ciizens oagree on he projec.

Te consulaion urhermore, did no ackle heissue o relocaion, which is he concern o mos.Tis invalidaes he objecive pronouncemen o heprojec.

As repored by Juan Escandor Jr., nearly 300 amilies were o be displaced. According o he spokesperson o NIA, Eduardo Yu, hose 300 amilies wouldbe alloted wih abou Php 500 million or housingand relocaion. Tis is he suggesed soluion since

he alernaive anoher diversion channel in heeasibiliy sudy o NIA would make he governmenshell ou anoher Php 3.5 billion jus o save hese 300amilies. Te same cos would also be incurred i hegovernmen would consruc dikes or he proeciono hese amilies.

Te relocaion alernaive is suppored by he municipaliies LGUs, according o omasio Monzon,he curren direcor o BBWMP.

Many ear ha heir amilies, especially heiryoungsers, will be severely aeced. Aside rom hegenealogic years hey have sayed in here places,livelihood surmouns o a greaer consideraion.Many eared ha alhough he governmen promisedhem wih means o living, sill hey were no assuredi heir income will be enough or heir amiliesconsumpion, compared o heir usual pros besidehe riverbanks.

Te local governmen ocials were also silen on

he conduc o he issue in erms o social accepabiliy.

Te Publicaion, wih all is eors, ried o conacMr. agodon, bu as o press ime, he is in Manila.

As wih he conclusion o he INECA repor,he dam is no needed o provide irrigaion o hearmlands in Libmanan and Cabusao.

Diving IntoThe Pool of Politics

I is considerably apparen ha governmen projecsarrive on he scene whenever elecion is near. In heocular inspecion oTePillars Publicaion on he

LCD Projec, arpaulins o he presiden and Deparmen o Agr iculure Secreary Arhur Yap, were visiblealong he roads o he projec sie.

Also, he BBWMP projec was announced lasyear by her Ecellency, Presiden Gloria MacapagalArroyo a he 34h birhday o Camarines Sur 1sDisric epresenaive Diosdado Dao Arroyo.

Te mos alarming criique, local municipalocials o Libmanan, Cabusao, Sipoco and Lupi,especially he own mayors remain silen on heissue considering he impacs o he projec o heirconsiuens.

Rerouting From The Usual Flow - Choos-ing an Alternative

As repored by INECA, waer irrigaion can besolved wih much bearable alernaives opionsha are much economical and reliable han he LCDProjec.

One o which is waer diversion in ancong Vaca,a waershed in Libmanan. Tis can be used o derayhe nancial burden ha he LCD projec conjures.

Anoher is he susenance o he 250horsepoweruelpowered engines and pumps ha is used osaurae 2,195 hecares o armland in he municipaliies o Libmanan and Cabusao. A such pracice, heNIA spends Php 7 million annually. As repored byJuan Escandor Jr., wih he Php 1.9 billion budge ohe LCD Projec can prorac he previous alernaiveor 271 years Php 1.9 bil lion LCD budge dividedby he Php 7 billion annual epenses o he pumps.Such considerable period o ime can be o grea help,since he presen naional budge canno aord singleprojec ha coss billions.

Frozen WatersFrom he conradicions ha arose along wih he

consrucion, he projec was emporarily hindered.egional Disaser Coordinaing Council DCC

Chairman and Albay Gov. Joey Salceda direced heNaional Irrigaion Adminisraion NIA in Bikolo emporarily pu he projec on hold ollowing hecreaion o DCCs projec review. Te echnical eamis composed o people rom he DCC, Environmenal Managemen Bureau EMB o he Deparmen oEnvironmenal and Naural esources DEN NIA.

LEGAZPI CIY, Nov. 19egional DisaserCoordinaing Council DCC Chairman and AlbayGov. Joey Salceda direced he Naional IrrigaionAdminisraion NIA in Bikol o emporarily pu heprojec on hold ollowing he creaion o an DCcprojec review eam composed o echnical peoplerom he DC, Environmen Managemen BureauEMB o he Deparmen o Environmen and Naural esources DEN and he NIA.

Earlier, DCC endorsed he projec or approvalo he NEDA cenral oce and i was subsequenlyapproved or implemenaion.

However, when he projec was sared, some awswere noed such as he awarding o he conrac or

he dam consrucion o A .M. Orea and Co. wereno presened o he DCC Inrasrucure Coordinaing Commitee and he ailure o NIA o conduca opographic survey o he area upsream o he damprior o preparaion o a easibiliy sudy.

Gilber Gonzales, Environmenal ManagemenBureau EMB egional Direcor quesioned heviabiliy o he ood miigaion measure insiued byhe NIA and he possible displacemen o hundredso amilies, including is relocaion once he con

srucion o he dam goes ull blas.DCC eam will look ino he alleged complains

o various organizaions concerning he possiblehreas such as ooding and displacemens o amilieso be aeced once he dam projec is compleed.

Dam In Need, Damned Indeed?

Te LibmananCabusao Dam Projec poses morehrea han is benes.Firs and oremos, he hey e pense o be incurredon he projec does no speak o he revenues andbenes. Te Php 1.9 billion budge or a singleprojec is garganuan or a developing counry oaord. As repored, irrigaion can be mainained wihhe coninuaion o he uelpowered engine pumpsand machines. Moreover, he cos o he dam can beused o oher imporan projecs such as an addiiono he deerioraing public school educaion. Also,consider ha he budge o his is mainly borrowedrom he World Bank. O how can we repay our debsalong wih he ineres? O subjecing PhilippineEconomic Policy or he nh ime o iniquious radeagreemens?Te environmenal impac also poses a grea concernor many. No only biodiversiy is aeced bu alsohe lives o humans. Te parcels o lands ha wil l beinundaed will be o uile waers only. Te vas parcels, especially in Lupi will be subjeced o sacriceor he bene o he oher municipaliies. Te impacon he amilies along wih heir livelihoods ha willbe dislocaed does no equal he benes o hose inLibmanan and Cabusao. Simply puting i, he damallows no o irrigaion bu o unnecessary sacrices.In he physical eaures o he dam, here lies diversion channel ha would carry he irrigaion waer.Ten, why is here a need o consruc he dam?Te LibmananCabusao Projec only speaks highlyo governmenal juncures ha mos people oen

disdain along wih he ides and rapids ha push hewaermarks o eploiaion.

Sources:Insiue or Environmenal Conservaion andResearch, Iniial Invesigaion on he Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Projec in Sipoco Riverhtp://www.inqiurer.ne/specialeaures/heenvironmenrepor/view.php?db=1&aricle=20091116-236649htp://www.bicolmail.com/issues/2009/augus27xc.hmlhtp://www.bicolmail.com/issues/2009/nov19/xdam.hml

Noe:Our umos graiude o he Ofce o Insiue or

Environmenal Conservaion and Research (IN-ECAR) headed by Ms. Emelina G. Regis, Ph.D. orlending he publicaion a copy o heir repor and

oher perinen documens.

"Te environmental impact also poses a great

concern or many. Not only biodiversity isaected but also the lives o humans."

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FEATUREMEASURINGINFINITELY Words by: Karlo

Emmanuel Barde

Art by: Ricardo

Llanes, Jr.

KUKUMBANFrom the quiet town o f Baao, Camarines Sur to the busy streets of Metro Manila, Kukumban continues to

ca rve its name on the stone tablets of the Philippine rock scene. C omposed of Kurt J ohn Gonzaga (Vocals),his brother Kervi Gonzaga (G uitars, Voc als), their cousin J imbo Boy Barcenal (Guitars), and their friends

Marvin RR Bayrante (Bass) and Ricardo Don Llanes, Jr. (Drums), Kukumban started as a hobby of the veyoung boys. But later on, the band bec ame a wa y of life. Their common love for music, dedication, friend-ship and natural talents are the reasons why the band made it to the stage where few have stepped on.The band currently prepares for the upcoming Red Horse Muziklaba n Grand Finals on J anuary 30, 2010 inOrtigas. They will represent Southern Luzon and c ompete against bands from G MA, North Luzon, Visayasand Mindanao . Before their depa rture for Manila however, ThePILLARS had the chance to have a shortinterview with them.

TePiLLARS: Pano nabuo an Kuumban?: Nagpuon yan kaido sa YFC. Nagkaigwangeven ang YFC apos since pararehas man kamiYFC, nagbali naman kami.ervi: Dai mi pa g iarisa kaido si Jim. Nagkaigwamuna kaming duwang giarisa, si uya x apos siuya Jay b ago si Jimbo.ur: Ay iyo, naghali si duwa x and Jay a nagarabaho na kaya sinda.TePILLAS: ano palan UUMBAN?Don: Nagpuon yan kaido kang nadadangog mi simga aki pag nagbabakal bond paper. Pabakal dawpong kukumban. aya yan, naisip mikukumban na lang ang pangaran kang banda mi.ervi: Saka para unique, mayong kaparehas. Hehe

TePiLLARS: guano aalo na amo nauuo? Nuan nabuo an Kuumban?

ervi: 2004 nabuo ang ukumban.Jim: aido pa kami naguugog, bago pa nabuoang ukumban. anda ko ngani kaido nakasabaymi pa sa even si ur. Sarong banda kami niManoy ervi apos sina , Don apos ur manduman sa saro.Don: Drummer pa kaido si ervi. apos si Jimbobasisa pa.

ur: apos ako habang nagkakana, naggigiarapa. Hehe.

TePiLLARS: Ano man an ma cocoenuuo nndon ma ana?ervi: aido haralohalo. My Chemicalomance, Te Dawn, FallOu Boy, Te Used,amikazee, apos uhm, inda dai ko naaranda.Jim: Nag aking Back Sunday pa kami kaido.apos nagcover man kaming Urbandub. Perongunyan kaya nagoocus nalang kami saSaosin.

TePiLLARS: Sempe sa pauo nndo,naaasaba naman nndo an ma sa na

banda d sa Bcol. Ano an pama a naaasaba snda?Don: Inspiraion mi sinda. Saro sinda sa mga

rason kung ano nakaabo kami igdi.Jim: Pag nakakalaban mi sinda sa batle, grabengchallenge ang igaao ninda samuya kaya igseseryoso mi alagang maray.

TePiLLARS: Ano an ma dcules na naeencoune nndo as membes an Kuumban?ur: pag may sinusumpong apos habo ngmagprakis o magugog. Arog ni Manoy ervi.anda mi pa kaidong maugog kunaang ukumban apos sinumpong si Manoy ervi.Bigla na lang nagsabi na habo niya nangmagugog. Siguro may LQ siya kaido.ervi: Dai man ido sumpong. Saka ma man iongLQ. Ang saro sa mga dakulang diculy mi bilangbanda, arog kang iba man na banda, anggami. Arog ngunyan, mayo kaming ulol na bassguiars apos ang giara pa ni Jimbo kaipuhanmaipaayos pagabo ming Manila.: Masakion alaga pag mayong sadiring gami.

Pero ok lang a may mga banda man na handa

TePiLLARS: Kun da amonababanda o nauuonunan, malaman ano an

pnaaaabalaan nndo?Jim: Siguro magiging dancer ako.Haha!!Don: Arisa. Hehe. Iong nagdodrowing a

pos nagdedesign ning kung anuano. Mahiligkaya ako sa mga arog kayan.ur: Soloisa sa bar. Hahahahaha!: Mayo eh. Maambay na lang siguro ako.ervi: hmmmm. Inda dai ko alaga aram.Garo kaya aed na akong magugog. Hehe.

TePiLLARS: An fnal wods?ur: Salama sa supora samuya kang mgaao, apos sana pirmi nindong suporahan angBikol bands.Don: Salama na maray sa mga nagsusupora.ervi: Sa mga nagbibilib apos mga dainagbibilib samo, salama. Dahil saindo kayakami yaon igdi.Jim: Sana mas suporahan pa kang Aeneoang mga bagay na arog kaini. Sana dai makulong sa academics apos sa spors langang ocus kang Aeneo. Dakulon na ariss

man, arog mi, ang nangangaipuhanabang kang Aeneo. Dakulon man mga arissdyan na maiibay sa ginigibo n inda. Dakulonmaibay magdrowing, magshoo ning picures, maganimae, magkana, magbayli aposmagugog sa banda digdi sa Aeneo. Sanapadagos man na isuppor sinda kang Aeneo.

ukumban is no jus any oher band.I is more han a kids mispronunciaion ocoupon bond. Tey are more han a drummers remark as a new generaion band.ukumban is more. Much more. Aside rombeing a band, ukumban is a group o veclose riends possessing diverse qualiiesbu, like he pieces in a puzzle, each oherperecly. Looking a where hey are righnow, here is no quesion as o wheher or nohey are promising as a band. ukumban isjus like any oher grea band ha is blessed

wih naural alen and imbued wih skillshrough consan pracice. Wha ses hemapar however, rom some oher bands, isheir remarkable humiliy as individuals. Allhroughou he years ha hey were a band,hey have always shown respec or ohers,especially or oher bands. Te band sharesha he key o success does no rely uponowning he laes and mos epensive guiaror drum se. I is no measured on how manygigs you have played on; i is no shown onhow many radio or V adverisemensyou have had; and lasly, i is nomeasured on how many rophiesand medals ha your band haswon. Success, or ukumban, issomehing ha can be seen inevery ace o he audience.o succeed, you have

man na magabang apos magsupora samuya.igpapasubli kaming gami.

TePiLLARS: Ano an eeln na naaaboamo sa gand Fnals an Muzlaban?ervi: Siyempre maugmang grabe. Duman palangkang nakalaog kaming eliminaions apos semisugmahon na kaming maray.

Jim: Lapripon ngani a bago mag eliminaions,napagulayan mi nang huri mi nang ug ugan ni. amagraduae naman ako. Si Don apos si mayrabaho na. Si Manoy ervi pai mahanap namanrabaho.: Dai na ngani kua kami mabali. aso sakonagpuli haling Manila si ervs. aya naisip mi,Sige lugod. Las ry.ur: Yan. Sinuswere pa man dawa papano. Hehehe. Maugmahon alaga. Happy kaming maray.Hehehe.

TePiLLARS: Ano an buon nndo sa500 pa nanana amo?ervi: Hala! Dai ka kayan!Jim: Ipapasara mi ang mga resors apos papanuonmi ning goo ang mga swimming pool! Plain, wihegg, wih okwa as wih kinalas! Name youravor! Name your resor! Hahahahaha!ur: ung manggana. Hahahaha.

TePiLLARS: Ano an maaadce nndo saban nababanda man?ervi: You don need o have a rocksar atiudeo be rue rocksars. Dai dapa magdakula angpayo no mater wha.Jim: Dai kamo mangrao ibang banda para langmabiso o maganga kamo. Iwasan nindo ang crabmenaliy.ur: Simple lang dapa kamo. Saka dapa magarabangan kamo a pararehas man lang kiang mgabanda. Suppor Bicolano bands pirmi.Don: iyaga lang. Saka magprakis kamo pirmi.

TePiLLARS: Ano an ma ps na pwedenndon adce sa ma nababanda wen

plan onsae?Jim: Ok lang magparahiro, basa dapa mas iprioriize nindo ang musicaliy.

ur: Dai pagparapaiukon ang mic. ung vokamo, dapa ingaan nindo ang mic. Hehe. Dakulkayang beses na nahuhulog ko ang mic.apos kaido sa Camaligan, igangguan akokaidong mayari kang sound sysem aigpaparaapon apos igpaparapaiko ko si mic.Hahaha.: Ienjoy nindo ang ginigibo nindo. Minsanlang kia makakaugog. aya dapa igsusuli.

TePiLLARS: Ano an naban anpan Aensa mo blan membe anKuumban?Jim: inuukdo sa Aeneo na dapa pirmi kangmagecel sa dawa anong ginigibo mo. Yan siguro.a dawa parapapano, naiaapply ko man angmga inuukdo samuya sa unay na buhay. Paiman sa pagbabanda.

Jimbo is also an Aenean. He is aking up CivilEngineering and will be graduaing his March.

o make he audience like whayou are doing. Success is equal ocheers rom he audience and nodso acknowledgmens rom oherbands. Success is somehing haukumban has earned hroughou

heir years as a band. Te band saesha wheher hey win or no, hey willconinue playing or heir audience.*Innie Measures is one o he bandssongs. Tey will be playing i along wihheir oher composiion, Dissoluionand a cover song in he MuziklabanGrand Finals. Te band needs all he helpand suppor hey could ge, especiallyrom us Bicolanos. We can help hemou by logging in o he ocial sie oed Horse Muziklaban and helpinghem hrough e voes. We canalso show our suppor by joininghem on heir live perormanceon he Muziklaban Grand Finals onJanuary 30, 2010 a he MerowalkParking Lo in Origas, MeroManila.

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