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PH sets new world recordin organ donation pledges

NAGARIVERDAY

MARCH 8

ENDLESS SHOREA breathtaking panoramic view of virtually virgin shorelines of Lipata I, Barangay Gogon, Caramoan Peninsula in the province of Camarines Sur. Part of the Lahuy Island treasure trove of tourist spots still needing development, Gov. Migz

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Villafuerte is exploring strategic ways to entice developers and investors to take a second look at the many tourism gems offered by this naturally rich and green peninsula.

I’M A LIFE LINENaga City Councilor Nathan A. Sergio hold his own form for barcoding scanning during the Guinness World Record attempt for Most Number of Organ Donors sign up, sponsored by Department of Health

(DOH); Philippine Information Agency (PIA); Philippine Network for Organ Sharing (PhilNOS) and National Kidney Institute (NKTI) held at Jessie M. Robredo Gymnasium, on February 28, 2014.

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NAGA CITY--- City Mayor John Bongat, in an ag-gressive move to en-courage more stake-holders to give their unequivocal support to the Naga River Revitalization Proj-ect will be launching the Wish Upon my River on the first ever Naga River Day cel-ebration on Saturday (March 8) here.

To highlight the said celebration which is also dubbed “Aldaw kan Salog nin Buhay” or simply the Naga Riv-er Day, Bongat issued Proclamation 2014-002 proclaiming the 8th day of March and every sec-ond Saturday of March for the succeeding years or every year thereafter as Naga River Day.

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By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY NAGA CITY -

This city joined other participants in establishing a new world record in organ donation last month.

Under the multiple site category, where Naga City was included, the total do-nors who signed up unof-ficially totaled to 17,856 again beating India’s re-cord of 10,450 in an 8-hour time duration.

The donors trooped to the JMR Coliseum here on Friday, February 28 to land a place in the Guinness Book of World Record at-tempt for Most People to sign up as Organ Donors.

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BIKOL REPORTER2 MARCH 2 - 8, 2014OPINION

foresees fewer businesses operating in “costly” LGUs.

The “open-city” taxing authority granted to LGUs by the Local Government Code is a double-edged sword. It was meant to provide the LGUs with operating funds, including the devolution of mining tax, taxes of professionals, and amusement tax. Sales of realty in LGU territories – even if already subject to the one-time capital gains tax or creditable withholding tax are still assessed LGU realty transfer tax (maximum of ½% of market or zonal value, whichever is higher).

STRONGER PESO: Two weeks ago – the Peso-Dollar exchange rate was pegged at more than P45=$1. Recently – the peso value was resuscitated and now ranges at just P44.60. This peso upgrade can be explained by the BSP move to rein in expected higher inflation rate – by way of boosting borrowing costs. It means interests rates (through BSP) of both peso loans and deposits will be a touch higher, say by 1.0%.

The dreaded inflation rate is expected to have risen (in February) to 4.3% as against January’s 4.2%. Because of this, BSP will likely increase its overnight borrowing rate from the long-standing rate 3,5%. With higher rates on loans and deposits – demand for US dollars and other foreign currencies will dampen - and that means the peso will attain higher exchange value. The exchange of the US dollar is directly affected by interest rate regime.

JETRO DEALS: Japan has opted to strengthen economic and political ties with the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is a defense mechanism of the Land of the Rising Sun – to serve as buffer against neighbor China’s expanding military and economic reach. Tensions between Japan and China have escalated over their respective territorial claims to an island chain in the East China Sea.

If only to ingratiate our country with Japan – and as defense mechanism versus China’s bully tactics, we should advance our economic and political relations with Japan. The quality products of Japan (and USA) will easily outsell here low-quality Chinese products. This suggestion is complementary to our campaign for BUY FILIPINO FIRST – so our production and distribution may require the employment of our idle or under-utilized manpower!

PROVERBS: He who pursues righteousness and love, finds life, prosperity and honor.

(Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International – is past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

PREVENTION: By government decree and per historical practices, the month of March is that period when Filipinos are alerted to the potential causes of fires - in order to avoid costly losses to health, life, and properties. The month has barely started, yet many fire incidents have been reported in Metro-Manila and in key provincial areas. Fire damages are more devastating as compared with those wrought by typhoons - where some debris may still be salvaged.

Local government units should conduct studies on how occurrences and fire damages can be minimized in their respective localities. It is advisable to have mandatory inspections of electrical connections and to have stricter requirements on fire-fighting equipment in households and establishments. Fire brigades by business-civic entities should be encouraged to make fire protection a community affair. Fire trucks must be timely repaired, ready for emergency operations.

LGU PERMITS: In due time, the adverse effects of the LGUs’ high costs of business permits will soon be tested. Many city-based entities are transferring their head offices to suburban towns where mayor’s permits are reasonable. In business taxation – the situs or location of transactions are with the head office, even if there are display stations in urbanized areas. Opinions Unlimited

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sponsors to help the sick indigents. Thank you very much to all those who served in this year’s mission. Dios mabalos saindo gabos.

* * * * * In the “Biz News Asia” magazine dated

Feb. 17, 2014, Tony Lopez reported the following excerpt: “Smuggling, not stealing pork barrel money, is the biggest crime in the Philippines today.

Pork barrel money amounts to just P26 billion a year, representing the sum of each senator receives at P200 million per year and the pork barrel each congressman takes at P70 million each year.

In his last State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino placed the value of smuggling at P200 Billion a year. At this amount, smuggling is 7.7 times more pernicious than pork barrel P200 billion divided by P26 Billion).

The P200 Billion, by the way, is a very much understated figure. Data by the Federation of the Philippines Industries (FPI) indicate smuggling volume is closer to P1 trillon.”

Writer Bobi Tiglao, looking at the IMFs Direction of Trade data, estimates that smuggling under the Aquino Administration worsened to $19.6 billion dollars per year

(or P823 billion at the peso-dollar rate than of P42 to $1 dollar) during 2010 to 2012. The P19.6 billion is more than five times than the $3.8 billion worth of smuggling per year under President Arroyo and $3.1 billion per year under President Estrada.

Smuggling denies government of tax revenues. A government deficit with tax income will necessarily render reduced quality of services – in terms of food shortages, classroom and textbook shortages, diminished medical assistance, and reduced or broken down basic services like public transport, roads and security.” It depletes savings that should go to industries and jobs. It contributes to unemployment.

It is impossible for smuggling of such great magnitude to happen without the connivance and protection of powerful people in the administration. It seems the policy of “Daang Matuwid” is not applied to higher ups and allies. I hope I’m wrong.

* * * * * I wish to correct two sentences in my

last week’s column due to my omission. It should be: Senator Tito Sotto also said, “a libel is libel whether in cyberspace or not.” “Sotto” was omitted. The other sentence should be: I have been a social worker in charge of the Social Welfare Administration, Provincial branch of Cam. Sur for ten years. The “Social Welfare Administration” was omitted.

The other sentence erroneously printed should be: “We lent (P2,000) two thousand pesos to qualified beneficiaries to be able to buy a sewing machine so she could sew dresses and the male in the family can engage in tailoring at that time when there were no ready-made clothes.

Based on its yearly report, the 20th Operation Reach Out for 2014 in the 4th district (Partido) took place last Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23, 2014 with surgical and medical mission. The venues were: Dr. Manuel Fuentebella Hospital in Sagñay, Cam. Sur and the Tigaon Municipal Hospital in Tigaon, Cam. Sur.

The sponsors were former Deputy Speaker Arnulfo “Noli” Fuentebella, Cong. Wimpy B. Fuentebella, Mayor Evelyn B. Fuentebella, Mayor Arnie B. Fuentebella, LGU of the 4th Congressional District of Cam. Sur, Isarog Medical Research Foundation, Inc. and the Partido Development Administration.

This was conducted in cooperation with: (1) FEURMF Department of Surgery headed by Dr. Magno Mapalad and Dr. Raymund Ong, (2) Physicians for Peace with team leader: Dr. Josephine R. Bundoc, (3) Association of Philippine Practicing Physicians in America with team leader: Dr. Antonio Abiog.

The total output of services rendered are the following: Sixty seven (67) major surgeries. The costing of operational procedure done is P6,075,000. There were two hundred ninety four (294) cases of 12 amputees given hands and feet and 129 save the sight of a child cases, The costing also on the operational procedure done is P7,350,000.

The total number of cases served is one thousand four hundred eighty three (1,483). Total costing on work up of patients, laboratory, CP clearance, surgical procedures, anaesthesia, medicine before, during and after operation is P14,957,500. There is also post operative follow-up with medicines.

Operation Reach-Out is not funded by PDAF. It works on the free humanitarian service of the doctors, nurses, the LGUs, the many volunteers and the desire of its

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EDITORIALWhat we Juana changeA photograph of a procession of women

holding aloft or cradling the image of the Sto. Niño in a silent plea for mercy or expiation for the sins of humanity against a landscape of ruins and destruction. Fittingly, this scene was chosen as Photo of the Year as it showed the other name of two women who wrought havoc in our country in 2013.

Yolanda may have razed to the ground several areas in the Visayas, but she did not break the spirit of our people.

Janet may have been the strongest man-made calamity in our country and the after effect of which we are still reeling from to this day, but she exposed the hidden strength of our people in seeking values like honesty which those honorable senators linked with the PDAF strongly lack.

The Tacloban photograph only showed the gut and grit of the Filipina, which the National Commission on Filipino Women is rightly celebrating this month with the theme: Juana ang Tatag mo ay Tatag natin sa Pagbangon at Pagbabago.

The theme surely has Yolanda in mind, but it underscores the role of the many Juanas (clearly, a take-off from our bamboo creation myth) who can make a difference in our country.

From our culture and history, women have been latent healers and leaders, as in the baliana (the equivalent of the Visayan babaylan).

They lead in summoning the spirits of those dislocated by malevolent spirits, or in celebrating the full moon.

Indeed, with their feminine mystique and might, women can lend their strength in bringing what we Juana change in our country. (fpj)

By Bro. JOEY PIANO“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” - (Colossians 3:23, 24 KJV)

Weekly ReflectionMarch 2 - 8, 2014

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Naga SP okays Night Market ordinance

NAGA RIVER DAY MARCH 8

PUEBLO AMANTE DE MARIAThe new Danlugan ni Ina in Barangay Dinaga. EUROTEL Hotel supports the construction of the new structure. (Photo Courtesy of Mr. Martin Nelson Mijea — with Marie Enrico)

“This effort will be a multi-faceted approach where we will enjoin our partner agencies from both the government and private sector to support our en-deavor. We now termed this as Integrated Naga River Re-vitalization Project or iNRRP to emphasize that the project cut across every important facets of development,” Bon-gat stated.

Bongat added that under the said project, the city gov-ernment will focus on four (4) important aspects as they envision a revitalized Naga River: the preservation of our heritage, caring for the environment, development of Naga City River as tourist at-traction and towards the real-ization of a disaster-resilient community.

“We want to create pub-lic awareness in preserving the historic Naga River, and to encourage better steward-ship of the environment in general. The event will also

(from page 1) provide an opportunity for Naguenos and Bicolanos to honor and commemorate the important role of the sto-ried Naga River and inspire people especially the young to pursue the path of bring-ing back its beauty and life,” Bongat said.

In line with the upcoming big event for the Naga River,

Bongat presented before the members of the local media during a brief press confer-ence, a run- down of activi-ties that will cap the day-long activity on Saturday.

To start off the activity is a scheduled Regatta sa Salog, after which a ceremonial boat ride will immediately follow. The river route would be

from the Magsaysay wharf to the Naga City Peoples Mall (NCPM) wharf. There will also be a groundbreaking cer-emony for Naga River Revet-ment projects. The fund to be used for this will be coming from the efforts of 3rd Dis-trict Congresswoman Leni G. Robredo. The project is

LOST IN REVERIE JMTS/JORECHIII/MMEC

A collage of photos captures the artistic students of Gov. Migz Villafuerte Animation Training Program as they are hard at work on a “still life” sketching excursion on a private farm at Sitio Yabo, Bgy. Carolina, Naga City. Utilizing the school holiday on February 25, these future animators trooped to the outdoors to get a feel of nature drawings that will be their basis for animation and cartoon sketches back in their training studio.

LAVADIA

By ANA-LIZA S. MACATANGAY NAGA CITY - Local

businessmen and small entrepreneurs lauded the Night Market Ordinance authored by City Councilor Maria Elizabeth Q. Lavadia when Sangguniang Panlun-sod approved it on Febru-ary 11, this year.

The Ordinance aims to give entrepreneurs a wide oppor-tunity to expose their goods and sell their products to their target clienteles. It also aims to give small and medium en-terprises a fair chance to have sufficient venues where they can have additional provision for earnings, just like Micro, small and medium enterprises

(MSMEs) operating during regular hours in the morning.

Lavadia who is also the Committee on Market Affairs Chairman pushed for the said ordinance after learning that per records of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), MSMEs contributes almost 61 per cent of the total jobs

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SORSOGON CITY – The PNP En-trance Examination and PNP Promotion-al Examinations schedule set on April 27, 2014, the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) announced.

Filing of application will be from March 3 to March 28, 2014.

Applicants should log on to the NAPOL-COM official website at www.napolcom.gov.ph and click on the ON-LINE EXAMI-NATION APPLICATION SCHEDULING SYSTEM to get a scheduled appointment for filing of application.

Only applicants with a confirmed sched-uled appointment with reference number shall be entertained.

Application forms (NAPOLCOM Form 1-A) and Index Cards can be obtained for free at the Regional Office.

An applicant must file his/her duly ac-complished application form together with required documents on his/her scheduled appointment PERSONALLY at the NA-POLCOM Regional Office.

Applicant for PNP Entrance Examination must be Bachelor’s degree holder, not more than 30 years old, 1.62 meters in height for male and 1.57 meters for female.

Marquez is optimistic that more Sorsoga-nons would be encouraged to join the police force, happy to serve and protect the commu-nities. -- PIA

SACKS OF CHARCOAL CONFISCATEDForester III Pacifico Gases shows the 63 confiscated sacks of wood charcoal with the conveyance that the CENRO Mobo was able to seize last Feb. 14 in Masbate. The sacks of charcoal as well as the vehicle will undergo administrative confiscation proceeding (ACP) under Presidential Decree 705 otherwise known as the Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines.

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR) in Bicol has warned anew the public not to engage in charcoal mak-ing out of wood and trading for which violate Presiden-tial Decree No. 705 or the Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines.

DENR Bicol regional ex-ecutive director Gilbert Gon-zales said the DENR field of-fices in the region noted the rampant production of wood charcoal in some areas while many violators of PD 705 have been apprehended by his field personnel and coop-erating law enforcers.

Under the decree, any-body caught cutting, gather-ing, collecting or removing wood from alienable or dis-posable lands or even private property without the neces-sary permit or authorization from concerned government entities will be imposed the penalty of qualified theft.

"Those who want to en-gage in charcoal making and transporting, he advised, may get a permit from the Community Environment and Natural Resources Of-fice in their respective areas," he said.

The only charcoal mate-rial to be allowed is coconut shell which also abounds in the region

Gonzales added that any-body found in possession of the charcoal in sacks will be considered as the guilty per-son.

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(Photo by CENRO Mobo)

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INNER CHESSBY J. HENRY DANICAN

The Use of Mother Tonguein the K-12 Curriculum

By EDITHA O. PANUNCIO Teacher II

Bocogon Elementary SchoolLagonoy North District

Lagonoy, Camarines Sur

One of the most prominent features of the K-12 curriculum which is now in full implementation in all schools, especially for Kindergarten, Grades I, II and III classes is the use of mother tongue. This is the Multi-Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE). It is specially conceived to support the goal of making every child a reader and every child a writer.

At the beginning of its implementation, there were lots of opinions. adverse and otherwise, over its use. were many dissent from various sectors. But with its implementation and the many good things that were drawn from its use, the dissents died naturally and as the implementation is carried out and seeing the results of children progressing well, there is now no reason to say that DepEd was wrong in its projection of better outputs among our school children.

The use of mother tongue or the use of the child’s native language is considered the best and easy approach towards making a child’s early days in school (Kindergarten, Grades I, II and III) easy and very comfortable. It means abling the readers to communicate with ease because he is using a language that is not foreign to him. The situations taken up in his studies are those he is very familiar with. Briefly, it is making the early grades for the pupil the best reason to move faster and with ease.

The child therefore will not find it unusually difficult to communicate because in all instances, he is using the language he uses at home with his family, the language he uses when he plays with friends and classmates and so there is no reason to communicate with difficulty.

Eventually, in school, the child understands his lessons better. He answers without the benefit of trying to figure out is he is using the language correctly. He understands the process he is exposed to in all his subjects, whether it is mathematics, science of even English. Subsequently, he finds studying not just fun but fulfilling because he understands his lessons well. Therefore, he could formulate opinions, can inquire about things he is not fully aware of so his participation in the class is not unwanted. He becomes articulate and becomes familiar with things and situations around him. For example, he would become familiar with local stories, local news and local literature.

This is something that would strike his appreciation of local culture. Not far fetched, the child would most likely develop a sense of nationalism.

LEGAZPI CITY – Vi-sual artist Elmer A. Oliva will open his latest one-man show here on March 3 at the Capitol Atrium, curator Apo Gonzales said.

The exhibit titled Surreal-ism (Collector’s Items) will feature his works in his tradi-tional medium, the ballpoint pen, mostly in surrealistic and folk genre style.

Oliva, who last exhibited in Bicol in 2011 at the Café Federico in Naga City, has participated in several art shows, here and abroad like the International Arts Festi-

val in Memphis in the US.His works had been in-

cluded in art books like Art at the Philippine Center in N.Y., the Encyclopedia of Philip-pine Arts, and Art Handbook.

In 1995, his surreal work, Gate to Infinity, won an honourable mention in the defunct Philip Morris Art Awards.

When he was still based in Bicol, he was one of the or-ganizers of Mukna Bikolnon, an art group of local artists which include Raul Alco-mendas, Alfonso Oliva, Bert Villarino and Nitz Penera.

SUBIC, ZAMBALES – Three Bikol writers present-ed their respective papers during this year’s Taboan Philippine Writers Festi-val set last February 24-27, at the Subic Holiday Villas inside the Subic Freeport Zone.

Poet and fictionist Frank Penones Jr, will deliver the keynote address for the ses-sion on the topic, Language of Light: Literature and Nation-building.

Peñones is the new South-ern Luzon Coordinator for the Committee on Literary Arts of the National Commission on

Culture and the Arts.He talks about the relation-

ship of rugan and raga (heart and land) which parallel lit-erature and the nation, or how language which embody lit-erature, imagine a nation.

Fictionist Irmina Torres and children’s story writer, Eden D. Elizan-Velarde were the panellists in two separate sessions and topics. Torres is assigned on the session on Sagip-Kabataan: Using Literature to Help Children in Disaster Areas; while Velarde in A Roof of One’s Own: Literary Institutes and Associations.

SARION

DAET, Camarines Norte – The municipal government here expressed support for the filming in Daet of Sine Panitik project of the Film Academy of the Philippines this coming March 25-31.

Mayor Tito Sarion of this town said that Leo Martinez, director general of the Film Academy of the Philippines, has assured him that the latter will emphasize the cooperation and support of the local gov-ernment of Daet in their pro-grams in the promotion and exhibition of the films in cin-emas nationwide as well as the specialized bookings for show-ing in the campuses.

Sarion said that the Sine Pa-nitik project is a film anthology of classic Filipino short stories whose initial trilogy will be shot in Daet.

Daet will be specially cred-ited in the film in the acknowl-edgment portion at the film’s end credits.

He said that the filming of

the two short stories entitled Faith, Love, Time and Dr. Lazaro by Gregorio Brillantes and Sandaang Damit by Fanny Garcia are included in the cur-riculum of schools throughout the country.

He said that the production people of the Film Academy have already conducted a loca-tion hunting and pre-produc-tion work last Feb. 16-18.

The collaboration will once again boost the tourism oppor-tunities for Daet, he said.

It will be recalled that the

Raffy Banzuela is this year's NCCA Writers Prize winner for his poetry collection, Dios Makina

Bikol literati Frank Penones Jr, Irmina Torres and Eden Velarde attended the 2014 Taboan Writers Festival.

Visual artist Elmer Oliva whose medium is ballpen opens his one-man show at the Albay Capitol atrium this March.

first and several shootings scene of the ABS-CBN prime-time teleserye “The Legal Wife” of Angel Locsin, Jericho Rosales and Maja Salvador was taken in Daet and nearby towns of the province of Ca-marines Norte.

He said that along with

tourism development the local government unit will conduct the 2nd Daet Aerosports this month wherein several beach events like surfing, para-glid-ing and among others will be joined by the local as well as international enthusiasts. - RO-SALITA B. MANLANGIT


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Electric Bill,Water BillTelephone BillCable TV BillCellphone Bill

5. Must be able to attend to official functions during regular office hours;6. Must be of good moral character, duly certified by the school head or a Barangay Clearance;7. Must not have been a previous Naga City Youth Official.

Deadline of submission is until March 31, 2014 until 5:00pm only. Only applicants with complete requirements will be accepted. For more details, contact us at 473-20-51.

The Anti-Bullying Act: ItsSchool Implementation

By DANNY F. FLORECEHead Teacher 1

San Isidro Elementary SchoolLagonoy North District

Lagonoy, Camarines Sur

In the past there had been lots of cases when a student simply drops out of school not because he is financially incapable of supporting his studies or he is not exactly doing very well in his academics. The student drops out because he could not bear malicious name calling or the likes or is threatened or inflicted not just bodily harm or any other unreasonable bodily or verbal acts. These are placing him in a situation that he could hardly cope with his school works much less bond with fellow students. He is being antagonized causing due damage to his character and reputation. Needless to say, it is even causing him endless sleepless night that his studies is without doubt, adversely affected.

There had been an instance of a child who died after having been inflicted with unreasonable bodily harm. It was too late when his parents learned about what happened.

These are just two instances that bullying has taken its toll. Certainly, it should come to an end.

Republic Act No. 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act in support of the Child Protection is now in force especially in schools where bullying has been committed even with the perpetrators ignorant about it. The perpetrator(s) simply “bullied” a fellow student maybe just for the heck of it but the victim has been kind of a sacrificial lamb for a fellow student(s) mischief(s).

The Anti-Bullying Act mandates school to be wary of the bullying in their turfs. As such, the following are clearly outlined to support the act: prohibited are bullying in school-related activities but not limited to it because also prohibited is bullying even in non-related school activities, retaliation against a person who reports a bullying.

A clear procedures and strategies reporting acts of bullying, responding properly and investigating promptly bullying acts, restoring a sense of safety for the victim and his need for protection for the informant must be given attention. However, should an information is furnished falsely, the informant will have to face severe sanction. Education of students, parents and guardians on the anti-bullying act is not just encouraged but must be given grave concern by the school head. The school, is likewise, mandated to maintain as public record relevant information and statistics of reported violations of the act.

The school head, in all instances, the school principal should likewise reports to DepEd annually bullying incidents in the school and if not done he can face sanctions. He is also directed to notify law enforcement agencies to take appropriate actions like notifying the parents of both perpetrator and victim and make them aware of the provisions of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.

DedEd Secretary Armin Luistro has made available all pertinent information of Republic Ac 1067 known as the Anti-Bullying Act.

Covenant for Lake Buhi Conservation Project DENR Regional Executive Director Gilbert C. Gonzales manifests his support before Bato town constituents to the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur’s bid to improve the plight of some 34,000 fishers from 16 lakeside barangays in Bato. In his message, Director Gonzales emphasized the importance of fully implementing Republic Act 9003 which has immediate positive impact on the lake’s health by eliminating pollution-causing substances at source. He also explained the role of Lake Bato in providing habitat for endemic birds, fish, and plant species. (Photo by Alfredo G. Macasinag, Jr.)

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Person with Disability (PWD’s) also signifies his intention to be an organ donor during the simultaneous attempt for Guinness World Record held at Jessie M. Robredo Gymnasium, Naga City on Friday (February 28).

School Heads: Agents of ChangeBy EDGAR O, CAPILLANO

Teacher ILupi Elementary SchoolSan Fernando District

No man is an island. This is an old adage that still holds a lot of water. Yes, Virginia. No man can stand alone. He is a part of the main. And that is what makes a man’s life meaningful.

In any organization, there should be no such thing as one man rule as in any government, there is no room for a dictator. A dictator is bound to fall no matter how much power he has in his hand and no matter how many pledge support to him. These supporters will surely turn their backs against him given the right time.

In a similar vein, in the educational set-up, the school head does not function alone. If he tries to do so, he will surely court disaster. Because he is by nature, an agent of change and no change is possible by himself alone. There is the need for collaborative effort and this is when change is possible. Of course, the leader takes charge. In the public school, give him the name school head.

This is where I am driving at. For a school head to promulgate change, there is the need for his subordinates to join him in his program of change. We call it collaborative effort. We call it shared leadership. We call it power relations.

So, how do school heads become catalysts of change?. In the first place, he must be aware of present conditions. Where does his school stand and what does he want in his school to be improved. This calls for his fellow teachers’ involvement. This is possible by getting teachers effort to do a collaborative n action research with the aim of using the findings and conclusions of the research for actual implementation towards change. It is also imperative to incorporate community needs, visions and strategic actions which in turn enable the school to tackle their problems and improve the performance of its human resources.

The matter of involving the teachers is one very potent factor of the school head to consider if he is gearing towards change. The school head must likewise increase the sense of belongingness of his fellow teachers who may be subordinate to him,

The need for change is dictated by an urgent move to improve the school as well as improve the teachers. The school head therefore encourages continuous pursuit of education by the teachers under his fold because they are the ones who will eventually give him the imprimatur as an active catalyst of change.

IRIGA CITY --- The University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP), in line with its 66th Founding An-niversary conducted a Re-search Colloquium which was held at the UNEP CCA theater last week through the auspices of the School of Graduate Studies.

The said academic meet-ing aims to encourage re-searchers to come up with a comprehensive research or exploration of a particu-lar topic which will serve as a tool to push development particularly in the country-side. It intends to showcase best practices of various or-ganizations or institutions and utilize them for the use of concerned sectors for the betterment of the community.

This year’s gathering dubbed the assembly as a venue to “look forward with confidence and looking back with pride” , referring to the worthy journeys that they have embarked just to come up with their respective re-searches.

OIC Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Eleanor A. Osea, CESO IV presented the pre-senters who were all prepared to reveal the results of their respective studies.

Presenters with their topic

include: Ms. Carina Pasamba Jamilano (MAEd) who pre-sented her research on Pinoy Leadership Styles in Relation to the Professional Attributes of School Administrators; Mr. Glen E. Redicilla (MAEd-Math) with his Computer-Aided Instruction research, particularly focusing on its effect on the Achievements

of Junior students in Geom-etry in Computer Science High School of Bicolandia and a study on the Succession Planning and Programming Practices of the Government Secondary School Heads: Its significance to Teacher’s Career development in the Bicol Region presented by Dr. Belen B. Pili (Doctor of

Education, EdD).Other presenters were Ms.

Rosalyn P. Miraples (MAEd-Science) who focused on the Effectiveness of the Strategic intervention materials on the Student’s academic perfor-mance in Chemistry. Dr. Joel L. Batanes (Doctor of Pub-lic Management) discussed

After registering an un-official record of 3,548 for 30 minutes, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Friday now carries the new record for the most number of registrants for organ donors in an hour in a single venue, beating India’s 2,755 organ donor registrants recorded for an hour.

The activity started simul-taneously from five (5) sites or locations. Here in Naga City, the venue was at the Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum; In Tuguegarao, at the Mamba Gym; at the Almendras Gym in Davao and two sites in Metro Manila: the Quezon City Memorial Circle and the

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NAME OF DECEASED DATE OF INTERMENT1. VIRGILIO C. AGUIRRE February 1, 20142. NEMESIA S. BAER February 4, 20143. REBECCA B. TORALDE February 6, 20144. ADELA E. BERMUDO February 5, 20145. FLORENCIO D. VITALICIO February 8, 20146. GLORIA S. TENDENILLA February 8, 20147. ANTONIO P. VILLARIN February 9, 20148. ALICIA H. AGUILAR February 11, 20149. SALVACION B. ALARCON February 12, 201410. ANTONIO V. FABIANO February 15, 201411. WILFREDO M. GEÑOSA February 17, 201412. ERLINDA P. GAITE February 19, 201413. ANICIA B. PONTEJOS February 26, 201414. BERNARDO R. CORTEZ SR. February 25, 201415. MARILOU B. BERNAL February 25, 201416. NICANOR G. ZAPATA February 28, 2014

For FEBRUARY

Balatas Road, Brgy. Balatas, Naga City

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the only legitimate and compulsory heirs of the late ROLANDO BELAOS GO, who died on January 22, 2011 at Albay Doctors Hospital, Legazpi City without any will or testament and with no known debts, left a parcels of land situated in Ocampo, Camarines Sur, the parties agree to divide, partition and adjudicate extra-judicially among themselves the described properties pro indiviso share; witnesseth further, the parties with full legal capacity to contract agree to waive all their rights, shares, interest and possession on the described properties in favor of their mother, MILA JALLORES BELAOS; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Carlo C. Villanueva, Jr.; Doc. No. 305, Page No. 61, Book No. 83, Series of 2014.

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: February 16, 23; March 2, 2014

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF SHARE

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate children and sole heirs of PILAR ALTEZA POTENCIO, who died on October 15, 2013 at Iriga City, with no known debts; left certain real properties as follows: TCT No. 2221, a parcel of land situated in the Barrio of San Nicolas, Iriga City containing an area of 843 square meters; TCT No. 056, a parcel of land situated in Barangay Sta. Elena, City of Iriga containg an area of 9,146 square meters; residential house in San Nicolas, Iriga City; Bank deposits with Banco de Oro and Philippine National Bank, all in Iriga City; Investments in Insurance with Loyola Time Plan and Pension Plan with Professional Group Plan, Inc., with ALDO RAY POTENCIO and PIERRE GERARD A. POTENCIO are the named benefi ciaries; the parties all of legal age with full civil capacity to contract agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves the described property as stated in the Extrajudicial Settlement Among Heirs with Waiver; as to the bank deposits ALDO RAY POTENCIO and ROMEO BEN A. POTENCIO JR. hereby RENOUNCE and WAIVE whatever rights interest or participation in the bank deposit in favor of Pierre Gerard A. Potencio; as regards to the investments in Insurance, Aldo Ray Potencio RENOUNCE and WAIVE whatever rights, interest or participation in favor of Pierre Gerard A. Potencio; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Aldrico I. Abano, Doc. No. 401, Page No. 81, Book No. XXI, Series of 2013.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: February 16, 23; March 2, 2014

Republic of the PhilippinesLOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province: Camarines SurCity/Municipality: Naga City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICCFN-CCE-

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JONA CHRISTINE AMPARADO PAPILLERA has fi led with this Offi ce, a Petition for Cor-rection of Entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certifi cate of live birth of JONA CHRISTINE AMPARADO PAPILLERA at Naga City and whose parents are Joseph Bataller Papillera and Ma. Rowena Amparado.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than March 9, 2014.

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER M. CAYETANO City Civil RegistrarBIKOL REPORTERPublished: Feb. 23 and March 2, 2014

The SINUKUAN GUARDIANS Brother-hood, Inc. Region 3 hosted the National Policy Board Meeting and Luzon Found-ers Summit was successfully convened at MICS Para-dise Resort, Barangay Bitas, Arayat, Pampanga last Feb. 21-22, 2014. Said activity was the joint effort of Ferdinand “NF GEMINI 007” Casu-panan, VP for Luzon; Resito “NF RST” Cunanan, Re-gional Founder, GBI-R3 and Manuel “FRMG MUSANG” Biag, Angeles City Chapter Founder.

The activity was attended by GBI Executive Commis-sion members of National Policy Board (Board of Trust-ees) from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and GUARDIANS House of Doctrines/National Triumvirate represented by Raul “MF LAGALAG” Ra-mos Sr., Asst. Prime Minister, GHOD/NT. Present during the executive meeting were: Ferdinand “NF GEMINI 007” Casupanan, GBI National Vice President for Luzon; Engr. Alan ‘NF BONG” Gonzales, Cotabato City, Floor Leader; Adronico ‘NF BRAVO” Bal-ais, Samar, Secretary; BG Jose “SGF GM” Gamos PA (Ret)-Luzon, National Operation Offi cer; Emmanuel “NF CAR-JON” Naval-Leyte, National Protocol Offi cer; Guilbert “NF GBL” Luciano, Davao City, National Logistic Offi -cer; Giovanni “NF PRECY” Abenoja, La Union, National Liaison Offi cer; Atty. Gregorio “NF GOYONG” Duremdes, Davao City, Chief of Staff/Spokesperson and Raul “MF LAGALAG” Ramos Sr., Ca-marines Sur, Asst. Prime Min-ister. Ernesto “NF ERGA”

Gallebo, Ilocos Sur, National Treasurer; Fernando “NF FPJ” Pimentel, Laguna, Asst. Na-tional Auditor and Sancho “NF SCORPION” Alcantara II, lat-er joined the session.

Among the agenda taken up during the meeting were: the passing of eight (8) National Chapter Resolution and it was ratifi ed and approved by the NPB (Board of Trustees) mem-bers. NC Resolution #14-06 is the confi rmation of promotion of Atty. Gregorio “NF GOY-ONG” Duremdes to MF (Mas-ter Founder) and further desig-nating him as the Deputy Prime Minister of GHOD/NT and Master Founder for Mindnao. NC Resolution #14-01 desig-nating Atty. Joel “NF MUM-BAKI” Obar, Dumaguete City as the Offi cer-in-Charge GBI effective February 22 in lieu of P/DIR Quirino ‘NF TORCH” Dela Torre PNP (Ret) who was on offi cial leave due to health problem. NC Resolution #14-04 granting posthumous award (Plaque of Appreciation) to the late Melanio “NF MEL” Pronto, former GBI National Treasurer.

Highlight of the activity was the the special investiture of Atty. Gregorio ‘NF GOY-ONG” Duremdes in relation to his promotion to Master Founder, effective February 22. Said investiture was offi ci-ated by MF LAGALAG.

The next NPB meeting will be held in Region 5, either in Camarines Sur or in Albay on May 24-25, 2014 as the result of consultative meeting made by the Board of Trustees on the recently concluded NPB meeting and it was unani-mously carried and approved by the Policy Board members. Dapaaa!!!

mation, accuracy might be compromised.

Freedom of expression, use of latest technology, cur-rent practices, labor standards and economic conditions and well-being of media practitio-ners in the region are among the issues raised and dis-cussed.

Acuña said although ev-eryone has the freedom to ex-press his opinion publicly it also comes with the responsi-bility to respect the rights and dignity of others citing the cy-bercrime law and the revised penal code of the Philippines which criminalizes libel and slander by act or deed.

“Freedom of expression is not absolute. It ends with the rights of others,” he stressed.

“It’s how you say it that will save you from trouble. Be careful with the use of adjectives and play of words.

Know how to say things to be more effective because you might fail to convey the mes-sage. It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters,” Acuña further said.

In response to the need of giving due benefi ts and com-pensation of station managers and owners to their people, the participants urged their fellow journalists to organize as a group to help elevate their condition after retire-ment and to address unjust practices such as exploitation of the media which elicits perception of corruption.

“Station owners and man-agers have the responsibility to take care of their people,” he said.

BICOL MEDIA VOWS TO . . .

located along the river banks.Archbishop Rolando Oc-

tavus Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, together with ABS CBN Ex-ecutive Gina Lopez will join Bongat, First Lady Farah Bongat and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod headed by City Vice Mayor Nelson Legacion in the bless-ing and ribbon-cutting of the wharf at the Naga City Peo-ple’s Hall.

Stakeholders will also witness the unveiling of the Danlugan Pillars, blessing of the image of Our Lady of Penafrancia and ribbon-

NAGA RIVER DAY MARCH 8 . . .cutting of the Calle del Rio, which will cover the Tabuco bridge until Panganiban. A resolution will be passed to offi cially name the said street as Calle del Rio.

After a short programme in the afternoon at Danlu-gan ni Ina, the opening of the Night market will fol-low along the General Luna extension. This will be fol-lowed by Banquete y Con-cierto at the Calle del Rio which will be spearheaded by the Naga City Bar Owner’s Association. -Ana-Liza S. Macatangay

Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sta. Mesa, Ma-nila.

Other sites around the coun-try who also joined in this at-tempt at the same time were La Union at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Cen-ter. Dr. Efren B. Nierva, Bicol Medical Center (BMC) Direc-tor and City Councilor David Casper Nathan Sergio, main proponent of the Organ for Life Ordinance of Naga City led the registrants during the fi rst hour attempt. It was followed by the City offi cials of Naga headed by Mayor John Bongat and the Staff and personnel of BMC headed by Dr. Freddie Sy, head of the Department of Surgery and Organ Procurement Offi ce and Dr. Mary Jane Guazon-Uy, Chief of Medical and Profes-sional Staff.

Naga City’s registrants dur-ing the fi rst 20 minutes, was running more than a thousand when the computer and on screen projector bleeps and

PH SETS NEW WORLD RECORD . . .rendered a black wall. When it resumed, the number resumed to 0 and stared counting again, ending the registrants for the one hour at 725. The technical glitch was immediately docu-mented for the Guinness’ com-ments.

Although saddened by the technical error, the event orga-nizers which include the BMC, LGU Naga and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Camarines Sur Provincial and Regional Offi ce, were happy to note that the actual and physi-cal counting resulted to more than 2,000 unoffi cial regis-trants.

Guinness has yet to certify the registration forms’ validity and the new records set.

“We are very happy with the turn out of the event as it refl ects the people’s awareness on organ donation. What we just did is a noble act of leaving a legacy—extending a part of ourselves when we die, so that others may live,” Sergio stated.


All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE IGUAL-DAD PAWNSHOP, Cor. Igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez Ave., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.

Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until MARCH 28, 2014 only. THE MANAGEMENTBIKOL REPORTERPublished: MARCH 2 and 9, 2014

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICAUCTION SALE/SUBASTA

All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE EXPLOR-ER PAWNSHOP, Ground Floor, Bichara Complex, Abella St., Igualdad, Naga City, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE SPEED PAWNSHOP, JR. Bichara Complex, San Antonio Poblacion, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ROWENA ASPE PAWNSHOP, P. Burgos St., corner J. Hernandez Avenue, Naga City, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



All unredeemed items/articles pawned at R. M. ASPE PAWNSHOP, Cor. Panganiban & Elias Angeles Street, Naga City, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



All unredeemed items/articles pawned at ASPE CROWN-JEWEL PAWNSHOP & JEWELRY STORE, Bichara Mall corner J. Hernandez & Gen. Luna Sts., Naga City, pawned from OCTOBER 01-31, 2013 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on APRIL 01, 2014 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.




Province: Camarines SurCity/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONCCE-0011-2014 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MELANIE DAL ALVARO has filed with this Office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of MELANIE DAL ALVARO at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are Rudy C. Alvaro and Virginia S. Dal.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MARCH 15, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: March 2 and 9, 2014


Province: Camarines SurCity/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that GILBERT AL-VAREZ DE LA CRUZ has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from “HELBERT” to “GILBERT” in the certificate of live birth of HELBERT DE LA CRUZ who was born on June 17, 1959 at Poblacion, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are Juan de la Cruz and Ruth Alvarez.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MARCH 15, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: March 2 and 9, 2014

generated by all types of busi-ness establishments in 2011.

“This figure translates to about Php 3,872,406 new employment opportunities created in 2011 as against 2,473,336 new jobs coming

NAGA SP OKAYS NIGHT . . .from big corporations during the same year. MSMEs also accounted for about 99 per cent of the registered busi-nesses in the country,” Lava-dia stated.

The Lady Councilor fur-

ther said that the said figures are highly illustrative of the vital role of the MSMEs in the inclusive socio-economic de-velopment of our country.

“This opportunity is being taken advantage of the less privileged sector of our soci-ety, giving them a chance to contribute their skills while engaging their participation in the lively economic atmo-sphere of Naga City. This is a great news for our constitu-ents,” Lavadia added.

The night market will commence at 7:00pm and will cease business transactions at 2:00am, giving market go-ers six (6) hours to buy their needed wares and goods.

The Ordinance includes provision on stall assign-ments and maximum area for occupancy. Occupants, who are just allowed to rent a maximum of five (5) square or 2.5x2.5 meter-stall, should be committed to sell their goods during all Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays within the period specified in the contract.

Designated initial area for selling is the General Luna street, starting from Corner Benito Commercial Building to Corner Eurotel Hotel, just across the Naga City People’s Mall in the downtown area of the city. The said street will be closed to traffic for the entire duration of the Night Market and on the stipulated days.

The ordinance further states that occupants can only install and display their goods and other market parapher-nalia within their designated area. No goods shall be put in display along the streets, road right of ways and any govern-ment sites.

Lavadia believes that the establishment of Night mar-ket in Naga City will posi-tively result to the generation of more employment for the poor and the needy.

He also warned that wood charcoal traders will also face government sanctions if found transacting business.

All confiscated charcoal and the vehicle transporting it will be placed under govern-ment custody, undergo admin-istrative confiscation proceed-ings and face a criminal case in the court.

Gonzales added that wood charcoal production is directly associated with deforestation because of the impression that much of the volume of charcoal used are still sourced from the forests. – MANNY P. SOLIS

DENR . . .CBSUA’s Organic Agriculture Development Program: Ba-sis for Upgrading while Ms. Janice L. Viletario (Master of Public Administration-MPA) decided to focus her studies on the Emotional Intelligence in Relation to the Organizational Climate of the Legislators in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Camarines Sur.

UNEP President Atty. Re-melisa Alfelor-Moraleda who is in full support of the said endeavor believes that the said exercise also enhances the pre-senters or researchers’ ability to enhance their oral presenta-

tion skills while contributing more avenues for growth for the other participants.

The meeting of these re-searchers might also result in the development of joint stud-ies which could mean more op-portunities for the community to grow as recipient of the said discussions.

This creative work also provided the partakers with the opportunity to get to know other fields and widen their un-derstanding and knowledge of various studies aside from their own topics.

UNEP CONDUCTS RESEARCH . . .

LEGAZPI CITY -- At least 79 of the 120 local government units (LGUs) in Bicol are as-sured of P45 million in extra funding for three years from the national government’s Grassroots Participatory Bud-geting Process (GPBP), ac-cording to the regional office here of the Department of In-terior and Local Government (DILG).

The fund, which will come in the amount of P15 million yearly, will be used in GPBP-driven ini-tiatives such as projects which include those on agri-livelihood, farm-to-market roads, irrigation and other agri-infra facilities.

Formerly known as the Bot-tom-Up Budgeting (BuB), GPBP, being applied by the administra-tion of President Benigno Aquino III, is a somewhat modern ap-proach to planning in the use of government’s financial resources that is different from the usual top-down budgeting where the high level executives make all the decisions in fund dispensations.

It seeks to make the national budget more responsive to local needs, provide incentives for lo-cal good governance, strengthen the devolution of basic services delivery, create a conducive en-vironment for people’s partici-pation and generate demand for good governance at the local level.

This scheme also provides the opportunity for grantees to be in-volved in setting their own goals and expectations for a given fi-nancial period and gives them

ownership of the decisions, mo-tivating them to meet budgetary constraints that otherwise might seem unattainable or unrealistic if they were delivered by someone without as much understanding of their day-to-day operations.

The 79 Bicol LGUs that are considered early qualifiers to the fund are in the region’s six prov-inces — Albay, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sor-sogon; six of the seven cities--Naga, Iriga, Legazpi, Tabaco, Ligao and Masbate; and 68 of the 105 municipalities.

Of these municipalities, Al-bay, Camarines Norte and Catan-duanes have 11 each; Camarines Sur, 16; Masbate, 10; and Sor-sogon, nine.

These LGUs automatically qualify to the GPBP for having met the requirements, such as being the recipient of DILG’s Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) and implementation of Public Financial Management Improvement Plan (PFMIP) as determined by the Department of Budget and Management, DILG Regional Director Eluisa Pastor on Tuesday said.

Introduced in 2012 by the late DILG secretary Jesse Robredo before his death in a plane acci-dent in August of the same year, SGH is an award system to LGUs that will successfully meet the requirements of full disclosure policy, have exemplary standards of frontline services and procure-ment and proven to have no ad-verse or disclaimer audit findings by the Commission on Audit.

Starting this year, the DILG is scaling up the SGH into the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) to cover a much wider LGU performance such as good financial housekeeping, disaster preparedness, social protection for the basic sector, business friendliness and competitiveness, environmental compliance and law and order and public safety.

The Bicol list of early GPBP qualifiers is not final though, as further evaluations are undergo-ing for others that have not been included in the roster based on the SGH and PFMIP criteria may still be added when results be-come favorable to them.

The evaluations include the budgeting process and the selec-tion of Local Poverty Reduction Action Teams consisting of both LGUs and civil society organiza-tions and the updating and vali-dation to form the basis for the Local Poverty Reduction Action Plans.

After the consolidated list of projects are validated and re-viewed by the Regional Poverty Reduction Action Team through the DILG regional office, it will be submitted to the National An-ti-Poverty Commission and the Regional Development Council for endorsement to the GPBP oversight agencies.

The list of approved projects will be downloaded to the respec-tive Sangguniang Bayans for ap-proval, as the LGU are required to provide counterpart funds, Pastor said. -- PNA

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REGIONAL EXPONENT FOR PROGRESS

OUTSTANDING LOCAL NEWSPAPERFor Five Consecutive Years by the St. Peter

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8 MARCH 2 - 8, 2014

By SALLY A. ATENTO

LEGAZPI CITY – At least 80 media practitio-ners all over the Bicol region have committed to uphold the Journalist’s Code of Ethics in their re-spective professions and communities.

The commitment was made during the Seminar Workshop on Revisiting Ethical Standards for Mass Media organized by the Al-bay Press Core in coordi-nation with the Philippine National Police (PNP), provincial government of Albay and Philippine Infor-mation Agency (PIA) Bicol regional office and Albay Information Center held February 22 at the Camp Simeon Ola here.

Catholic Bishops Con-ference of the Philippines (CBCP) online radio di-rector and China Radio In-ternational correspondent Carmelo Acuña shared his significant experiences and

insights on being a media practitioner as guest of honor and speaker “way back when mobile phones and emails were unheard of.”

“Nowadays, you have technology in your hands. However even without gad-gets, as long as you are at the right place, at the right time and with the right questions, you can make news,” Acuña said.

He urged the participants to further learn and develop their skills and dedication to face and sustain the difficul-ties and challenges in the in-dustry.

“Technology will always be changing but your skills and dedication will separate men from the boys. You can meet news personalities any-where but if you are not pre-pared you will lose the oppor-tunity,” he said.

Acuña added although speed comes with the recent technology used in gathering and dissemination of infor-

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