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VOL. 9 NO.39 JULY 24-30, 2012
Formerly Pacific MONITOR
NEWSMAGAZINE
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MARINDUQUE:
“WE ARE NOW FIVE (5)YEARS ON
PUBLIC SERVICE”
By: Eli J. Obligacion
A PRIME TOURIST DESTINATION
see page 2
page 4
Romblon:
By Dinnes Manzo
Courtesy of:
Nasa larawan sina
AGHAM Partylist
Representative and
PAPI Awardee Hon.
Angelo B. Palmones
(kanan) at G. Noel V.
Magturo (kaliwa)
pangulo ng Philippine
Science Journalists
Association ( PSci-
Journ) Inc.
Marinduque Chapter
Kuha ni Gerry
PaladDOST
By Lanie B. Ronquillo
Page 4
Mindoro:
Palawan:
page 4
By Victoria Ascuncion S. Mendoza
By: Vicky Bartillet see page 5
By: PNO Marinduque —see page 5
Held at Marinduque State College (MSC) By: Curtiss Lim
see page 6
MARINDUQUE Products
2 JULY 24-30, 2012
By: Eli Obligacion
Congressman Lord Allan Velasco leads a throng of students, teachers and offi-cials of Marinduque State College (MSC) and Torrijos Pobla-cion School of Arts and Trades (TPSAT) in a coconut tree-planting project on the hills of Malibago, Torrijos.
The activity is part of a project being implemented by the
Marinduque Diocesan Development Cooperative in connection with Marin-
duque's coco sugar industry. From the dwindling production of tuba, coco-
nut toddy for income, farmers are now slowly shifting to coco sugar pro-
duction using the same toddy. The growing demand for coco sugar has
been identified as a better community enterprise for coconut farmers. Many
coconut farmers from a few towns (Buenavista, Sta. Cruz), who have
shifted to coco sugar production are now earning three times more than
what they used to earn from the age-old practice of tuba gathering.
The destructive 2006 super-typhoon Reming, however, wiped out
many coconut trees and the remaining coconut trees standing, a huge num-
ber of which is more than 50 years old, have failed to recover. Those that
have recovered continue to yield lesser and lesser copra, the price per kilo
of which has plummeted compared to pre-Reming prices.
Speeding up rehabili-tation of the coconut
industry could only be addressed by
replanting trees, a vital concern where
efforts exerted by farmers, however,
had been lukewarm so far in general. Cong. Velasco is
shown here trans-planting a coconut seedling. Malindig Volcano is seen in
the background.
LAV scholar quietly plants his coconut palm seedling (Left); Throng of students, teachers, MSC and TPSAT officials troop to the Malibago Hills for the transplanting of coconut seedlings. (Right)
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Ay...Marinduque
Ni: NOEL V. MAGTURO
JULY 24-30, 2012 JULY 24-30, 2012
Boac Municipality holds Planning and Budgeting Workshop July 19-20, 2012 @ A & A Beach Resort & Catering Services
Laylay, Boac, Marinduque
Hon. Roberto M. Madla, Municipal Mayor Engr. Eulogio Luna-Manrique
The participants, guests, and presenters of the Planning and Budgeting Workshop.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, (PIA) -- The Puerto Princesa
Underground River (PPUR) has been listed as a Wetland of Interna-
tional Importance by the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands. The declaration was made during the Ramsar Convention held in
Bucharest, Romania and witnessed by Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio.
The Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of the DENR nominated
the inclusion of the PPUR in the list. It was nominated for its importance as
a biodiversity conservation covering entire mountain-to-sea ecosystem and
it’s a habitat to eight types of forests; inland wetlands; karst ecosystem; and
coastal wetlands like tidal flats and sea grass beds.
Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn thanked DENR
for the nomination which eventually led to the declaration of PPUR as a
Wetland of International Importance.
The Ramsar Convention, an international treaty that seeks to con-
serve and sustainably utilize wetlands and protect them from progressive
encroachment, was adopted in the Iranian City of Ramsar in 1971. It covers
all geographic regions of the world, with the Philippines as the 119th signa-
tory to the convention. (LBR/VSM/PIA-Palawan)
4 JULY 24-30, 2012
By Lanie B. Ronquillo
SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro, (PIA) -- The pro-
vincial government of Occidental Mindoro has
adopted the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project
of Lubang Mayor Juan Sanchez.
The project aims to introduce the digital world
to children in remote areas of the province. OLPC is a
program created to help developing countries have ac-
cess to affordable educational devices, thus the creation
of the XO laptop and its successors.
This laptop is a subnotebook, about the size of a
textbook and contains applications that are user-friendly
to children in enhancing their abilities on subjects like
Math, English, Science and Hekasi.
E-Kindling Education Director Tessa Yuvienco
made a brief demonstration of the laptop among the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) staff, who af-
firmed that indeed learning is fun when these gadgets
are used.
Considered as first of its kind in the Philippines,
a second batch of 1,100 XO laptops are bound to arrive
by the middle of October this year. These will be dis-
tributed to grade four pupils of the central schools in the
11 municipalities of the province. (LBR/VD-
PIA4BOccMin)
Expanded Government
Internship Program
suportado ng DTI Romblon
ODIONGAN, Romblon, (PIA) -- Pitong katao ang ti-
nanggap ng Department of Trade of Industy (DTI)
Romblon na magtrabaho sa kanilang tanggapan bilang
pagsuporta sa programa ng pamahalaan na Expanded
Government Internship Program upang makapagbigay
ng trabaho sa mga Romblomanon. Sinabi ng DTI Romblon na dalawang buwang
magtatrabaho sa kanilang ahensiya ang pitong indibidwal
simula Hunyo 18 hanggang Agosto 16, 2012 at tatanggap
ng arawang sahod na P252. Ang mga ito umano ay naka-
pagtapos na ng pag-aaral subalit wala pang mga trabaho
kaya isang magandang oportunidad sa mga kabataang ito
na sila’y natanggap upang magamit ang kanilang napag-
aralan.
Pinangalanan ng DTI - Romblon ang mga ito at
kung saang bayan sila itinalaga upang magsagawa ng price
monitoring at ilan pang gawain: Raymond T. Falogme, San
Agustin, Romblon; Shela F. Fortaleza at Marian U.
Mercado, Odiongan, Romblon; Krizzia G. Gallos, Looc at
Alcantara, Romblon; Ron Mark P. Madrona at Silver M.
Montojo, Romblon, Romblon; John Francis M. Ornum,
San Andres at Calatrava, Romblon.
Ikinatuwa ito ng mga napagkalooban ng trabaho
dahil nabigyan sila ng pagkakataon upang makapagtrabaho
para kumita at kahit papaano ay makatulong sa mga magu-
lang nila sa gastusin sa kanilang tahanan.(LBR/DM/PIA-
IVB/Romblon)
Happy 5th Anniversary!
SENEN M. LIVELO, JR.
Municipal Mayor
5 JULY 24-30, 2012 JULY 24-30, 2012
AGHAM Party-List Rep. Angelo B. Palmones is one of the recipients of the award for Ten Out-standing Congressmen of the Philippines (TOCP) for 2011 given by the Publishers Association of
the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) in a recognition ceremony last 20 July 2012 at the Makati Sports Club.
PAPI media members have been ac-tively covering projects and activities in differ-ent congressional dis-tricts of the country. “The Publishers Association of the Phil-
ippines, the largest and oldest association of publishers and media-men in the provinces and urban communi-ties, has kept a close watch of the perform-ance of the members of the House of Represen-tatives,” PAPI President Juan P. Dayang said. Dayang added the community press has been documenting accomplishments of the members of Congress, and media should in-form the public, par-ticularly those in the countrysides, of the performance and out-standing performers in the House of Represen-tatives. As member of the 15th Congress, Rep. Palmones has au-thored 169 legislative measures (58 house bills with four passed on third reading, 108 house resolutions- six adopted by the House of Reps and 53 adopted by the house commit-tees) and delivered
three privilege speeches. He has also co-authored 228 bills and resolu-tions, of which three has been passed into law. Palmones has strengthened his advo-cacy for the protection of public health and the environment thru ob-servance and imple-mentation of enabling laws (e.g. petition for writ of kalikasan for Taal Lake in January 2012 which was re-solved in July 2012; writ for Zambales mountain, and inquiry on health impact of im-ported frozen meat and fish sold in wet mar-kets, and stockpiled coal in Manila North Harbour). Another priority project of Palmones is the implementation of Project COMET (Consortium for Meteor-ology Education and Training) with the offer-ing of B.S. Meteorology
Rep.Angelo Palmones
in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology, Sci-ence Education Insti-tute, PAGASA, Commis-sion on Higher Educa-tion, Bicol University, Central Luzon State
University, Mariano Marcos State Univer-sity, and Visayas State University. There are now 16 DOST meteorol-ogy scholars. He has supported upgrading of science laboratories in public schools through the provisions of science equipment, magnifying lens, computers and science learning mod-ules. Criteria for judg-ing the TOCP for 2011 include legislative lead-ership; significant bills and resolutions au-thored, co-authored and passed by Congress; programs and projects initiated and completed; contribution to sound,
enlightened and con-structive public dis-course on cogent is-sues; advocacy leader-ship in promoting seri-ous economic, socio-political development concepts and policies;
and the ability to relate and sustain their rap-port with media. The other honor-ees are Congressmen Teodoro A. Casino, Ma. Georgina P. De Ve-necia, Rodolfo C. Fa-rinas, Roilo S. Golez, Edcel C. Lagman, Her-milando I. Man-danas, Emil L. Ong, Rufus B. Rodriguez, Lorenzo R. Tanada III, and Rodolfo G. Va-lencia. House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr conferred the Spe-cial Leadership Award, while Cong Manny Pac-quiao received the Na-tional Pride Award. (AGHAM/Vicky B. Bar-
tilet)
HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY !!!
The MIMAROPA SUNRISE
WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE
Greetings From:
Marinduque Province
JULY 24-30, 2012 6
By: Curtiss Lim
Marinduque State College con-
ducted a Seminar-Training on
Product Packaging and Labeling
on July 23, 2012 at the College
AVR.
This event, contributed so
much to the product development
primed by the College, such as the
oyster mushroom production, Rimas products and confectionery
and the Bagoong production and had Director Bernard T. Caringal
of Department of Science and Technology-Provincial Director as
their speaker by which he have shared and discussed important
trades and ways of product empowerment through proper packag-
ing and labeling vis-à-vis maximizing its potential to the market
and consumer public.
Taking genuine initiative towards the implementation of a
real Quality Management System (QMS) leading to ISO Certifica-
tion, the Marinduque State College of its many programs takes a
worthy stride to envisage a standardized packaging and labeling of
the College products.
For entrepreneurs and would be, attributing their product
to high quality and fair price are deemed to be perpetually impor-
tant. However, there is still so much that right product packaging
can do for any business. Appropriate packaging and labeling will
afford the College merchandises the needed advertisement and
information for the consumer. It plays as strong medium in the
marketing mix, in pricing criterion, promotional advertisement,
assessing the strength of our new product, as a setter of market
course and an instrument to design brand style and shelf impact
in all other and future College product cluster.
Students of B.S. Tourism Management, B.S. Entrepre-
neurship and B.S. Industrial Technology Food Majors were called
to participate in the said seminar. For more inquiries, contact the
Quality Assurance Office at 332-2863 or email
[email protected]. This Product Packaging and Labeling
Seminar-Training was initiated and endorsed by the Office of the
College President and in cooperation with the Quality Assurance
Office, School of Business Management, School of Industrial
Technology and the Production Services Unit of the College.
TIBURCIO L. CANLAS RODOLFO S. DAVID
OIC-District Engineer OIC-Asst. District Engineer
RAMEL J. NARANJO JESUS M. MALUBAG
Chief, Planning and Design Section Chief, Maintenance Section
SALOME M. SARTILLO ARISTEO L. LINGA
Chief, Materials Quality Control Section Chief, Construction Section
EDITA S. SEVILLA ZENAIDA B. MARCELO
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Marinduque District Engineering Office
Bangbangalon, Boac, Marinduque
Telefax: (042) 311-1503
JULY 24-30, 2012
7 JULY 24-30, 2012
A 50-hectare rubber plantation expansion is eyed in a prom-
ising Oriental Mindoro community that now earns P65,000 per
month from latex that can potentially be processed into higher-
valued products.
While it is not a traditional rubber area, Oriental Mindoro imme-
diately has 50 hectares that can expand further to 400 hectares for
rubber as its livelihood promise is seen by farmer leaders.
Farmer leader-entrepreneur Mitch Miciano just started planting
rubber on an almost two-hectare land of his brother in 2005, and
subsequently planted on three hectares in his own farm in Sitio Ma-
habang Parang, Brgy. Malaya, Pinamalayan town.
Now the almost two-hectare area has 700 trees that gives consis-
tent yield and a stable income source of P65,000 per month.
“Except for one to two months of rest, all the months of the year,
rubber will give a regular income specially for people here who
don’t have a stable source of income,” he said. “The one who taps
earns 30 percent of the selling price right away,” said Miciano.
Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-
BAR) Director Nicomedes P. Eleazar said BAR is reviewing its
program for rubber which is a top industrial crop under govern-
ment’s program with its vast potential to give livelihood.
Dr. Eleazar said DA-BAR is organizing the International Rubber
Agroforestry Conference in partnership with the International Rub-
ber Research and Development Board (IRRDB) on September 4-6,
2012 in H2O Hotel in Manila.
“We are continuing to assess on how to reach out to farmers and
entrepreneurs in the rubber sector which can create many jobs con-
sidering the huge growing market for rubber in China and other
economically advanced countries,” said Eleazar.
He said BAR is currently funding the implementation of a Re-
search, Development, and Extension project in rubber in Mindoro
with the DA-MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Pala-
wan) Research Division.
The investment climate for rubber has steadily become attrac-
tive. Price doubled from cup lump’s only P30 per kilo when Mi-
ciano started planting rubber in 2005 to the present price reaching to
P70 per kilo in Mindanao.
“Many people here are encouraged to plant rubber. One investor
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planted on 8,000 seedlings on seven hectares In due time, we
can become like Mindanao,” he said.
But while the potential to create livelihood appears vast in
this non-traditional rubber area, its success will largely depend
on financing availability. Production cost is at P100,000 in a
place where capital is in dearth.
This includes cost for seeds, fertilization, labor for clearing
lands, and planting. But this cost excludes the cash needs of
farm families for their daily sustenance while waiting for the
tree to produce latex.
It takes five years for a budded seedling—a seedling that re-
ceives its top stem from a mature, short-gestating, good quality
rubber tree—to become ready for latex tapping.
The budded seedling costs P60 per piece, and this price will
still increase as it has to be transported from Zamboanga. The
investor that brought in 8,000 seedlings to the town spent
P170,000 just for transportation, Miciano said.
Government’s assistance should also be in the provision of
budded seedlings which has the advantage of yielding latex in
just five years, instead of the long 10 years for non-budded
seedlings.
Rudy Galang, BAR rubber specialist, said Land Bank has a
window specially for rubber production.
Rubber is also one of the industries now being given assis-
tance by the DA through the Agricultural Competitiveness En-
hancement Fund, Galang said .
An important input to rubber planting that must also be fi-
nanced in the long term is farmers’ acquisition of a processing
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“These traders are earning because they invested in buying
rubber a long time ago. You don’t need government interven-
tion anymore in the sale of rubber in Mindanao. It’s a well
established rubber trading system.”
Even traders in Malaysia are reported to be the ones coming
into Mindanao to buy the rubber. Although there are negative
reports of rubber smuggling out of Mindanao, that is because
other nationals see the value of the product.
“Malaysia has become rich because of rubber because they
planted it on all their mountains even in slopes, said Miciano, a
former bank finance officer who turned to planting rubber.
“It’s good that DA has a thrust to plant rubber. You just
shouldn’t be impatient. I myself haven’t been able to notice the
five years waiting time before we began harvesting.”
Aside from being an industrial crop, rubber is considered an
environment protection crop.
“Its roots grow laterally or sideways. It’s not deep rooted,
and its benefit is the top soil is maintained. It is an erosion
control tool,” said Miciano.
Rubber’s foliage is also expansive, so it absorbs carbon diox-
ide significantly, contributing to a reversal in the effects of
global warming..
With this prospect, the Agricutural Training Institute (ATI)
already has a plan to put up a large-scale technology demon-
stration farm in Bansud, Oriental Mindoro, said Galang.
There is currently an estimated 150,000 hec-
tares of rubber land in the country.
“Rubber is now very popular in Oriental Mindoro. They’re
attracted because of what they saw in Pinamalayan. There are
many agrarian reform lands that are planned to be planted with
rubber because right now people there just plant kamote (sweet
potato), vegetables. Cooperatives will be given planting mate-
rials for a total of 40 hectares in Bansud,” said Galang.
Expansion of rubber plantations should enable Philippines to
expand its market as the world demand for natural rubber was
previously estimated to reach to 12.4 million metric tons (MT)
by 2020.
For any inquiries, please call Mr. Mitch Miciano, 0927-7785-
426; Mr. Rudy Galang, 0916-200-7331; or 0917-979-1629 for
interview arrangements.
facility that can produce higher-priced semi-finished products.
“Researchers of the University of Southern Mindanao in Kaba-
can, Cotabato led by Dr. Romulo L. Sena has already developed a
village-type processing facility costing P50,000 to P70,000 per
unit,” Galang said.
The immediate output of a processing machine, according to
Miciano, is in the form of towel-like rubber sheets which are
priced almost double that of the cup-lumps.
Miciano said he has also acquired a locally-fabricated device
costing only P20,000 to produce such rubber sheets. The machine
looks like a roller and is attached to a central power unit in a trac-
tor. However, he has temporarily stopped use of the equipment as
it also requires other accompanying devices, dryers in particular,
to work with.
“If government can give this to us, it will be a big help, al-
though we haven’t been expecting assistance from the government
since we started planting,” he said.
The rubber sheets need air-drying but should not be exposed to
sunlight, or these will melt.
Eventually, another need is to ensure that farmers will receive a
good price for their produce.
“In Mindanao, traders compete on offering a good price to
farmers. Once our volume of production increases, traders will
just come readily,” said Miciano.
From the plantation area alone, potential job to be created is one
for every hectare. That excludes potential jobs for tappers or the
one that extracts rubber latex from the trees, transporters, process-
ing skilled labor, and marketers.
“At the P65 price per kilo now, that means P65,000 peso per
month gross income. You cannot earn that from coconut or any
other trees,” Galang said.
Rubber price is foreseen to continue to rise in the world market.
“There’s a shortage of supply in the world market because
China is getting rich, and car sales is increasing tremendously, and
the rubber tires that go with these cars. Even if you plant rubber in
all farmlands of the Philippines, it will not be enough to supply
the present demand,” said Miciano.
Many foreigners are apparently the ones profiting from trading
of rubber in Mindanao.
“These traders are earning because they invested in buying rub-
50 hectre rubber expansion….From page 7
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