vol. XXIV, NO.

13

Bicol, the philippines

october 16-22, 2016 P5.00

BALATAS DUMPSITE FUTURE

Mayor John Bongat, signed Wednesday (Oct. 12), a resolution partially
closing 70% of the Balatas Dumpsite and allocating P21.1M for the sanitary
landfill of the city which will replace it.
Once contracted out, the closure will be implemented over a six-month
period, which after completion will yield a partially closed facility. The existing
dumps will be rearranged to optimize space and elimate the nuisance plaguing
the sorrounding communities.

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The remaining 30% of the dumpsite shall continue to be operated by the Solid
Waste Management Office to process the daily solid waste output of the city
for around 15 months while the city government builds a new sanitary landfill
(SLF).
The City is looking at a total of 20 months within which to establish the
sanitary landfill (SLF) at San Isidro, which per Technical Working Group is being
proposed to be procured and constructed under a Design-and-Built scheme.

OCD-Bicol: Karen destroys

over P500M agri crops
TYPHOON KAREN AFTERMATH

Fallen tree cleaning operation of the Naga City Joint

Rescue Team composed of the Solid Waste Management

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Office (SWMMO), Public Safety Office and NCDRRMO

personnel along Panganiban Drive after Typhoon Karen.

LEGAZPI CITY,
-- The Office of Civil
Defense (OCD) in Bicol on Monday estimated initial losses of
half a billion pesos or
P 571 million worth of
agriculture products
after typhoon Karen
pummeled the region
on Saturday.
Bernardo Rafael
Alejandro, OCD-Bi-

col head, said the initial crop damage indicated that moderate
rains poured by the
typhoon had affected
16,352 hectares of rice
land or an equivalent
of P334 million production losses, 1,400ha of high value crops
or production losses
of PHP210 million,
and corn production
losses of PHP36 million.
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opinion

bikol reporter

editorial

Words Matter
An actress calling an incumbent president
psychopath is surely an invitation to war.
And so Agot Isidro said and sowed. And
so, expectedly, she reaped the brickbats
from Duterte defenders and trolls.
Yet, what triggered this heated exchange?
Certainly, President Rodrigo Duterte, who
dared the United States and the European
Union to withdraw their aid to the Philippines.
Isidro was surely speaking on behalf of
the marginalized as she said, the Philippines
is still a Third World country, and the aid
coming from those donor countries and
organizations matter to their survival. It was
her right to say so.
This was not the first time that the
President, of course, spontaneously
expressed his mind in his usual pugnacious
self.
He had done so in as many times as the
number of those killed in his drug war, if we
have to be hyperbolic about it.
And this had sent many of his supporters
and observers cringing or calling his
attention.
Sen. Dick Gordon for one, and former
Senator and diplomat, Leticia Ramos
Shahani, who said Duterte should learn
diplomacy in his words.
There is no doubt Dutertes double-speak
(he says one thing, he means another), is
also the reason why Shahanis brother,
former President Fidel V. Ramos expressed
his frustration on the President.
The recent surveys show the President
has still popular backing.
Yet, the words coming out of his mouth
are making people wary.
Last week, the media reported an unnamed
military officer who expressed confusion
over the Presidents pronouncements.
A message can only be clear, otherwise, it
can result to mayhem.
Right words matter, Mr. President.

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Phl Eyes China Investments

(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).
FOREIGN INFLOWS? Phil. President Rodrigo Duterte will seek billions
of dollars in Chinese infra-structure investments in the coming months as the
country seeks to escalate its relationship
with Beijing. In an interview with Reuters,
Finance Secretary Dominguez dismissed
concerns over the PHL investment climate raised by Dutertes blunt anti-US
statements and a war on drug cartels that
has killed thousands of alleged drug users and suppliers.
He said Philippine financial fundamentals are rock solid. With strong economic
growth estimated by IMF at 6.4% in 2016
and 6.7% in 2017, with more FX reserves
than foreign debt, strong banks and a
young, well-educated population, Sec.
Dominguez said the Philippines can attract more FDIs. But Standard and Poors
said the Philippines is unlikely to get a rating upgrade in the next two years due to
Dutertes uncertainty over his domestic
and foreign policies.
OIL PRICES: The price of diesel at
the pumps is on wild upswing this week
at 1.55 per liter, mainly due to unprecedented rally in oil prices in the world
market. Local oil companies said that the
price of gasoline will be higher by 0.85
per liter this week. The price adjustment
took effect Tuesday (Oct. 11). Domestic
pump prices move on a weekly basis,
following price movement in the world
market using the outcome of previous
weeks trading as benchmark.
Beyond speculative factors on the

opinions
unlimited
Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
output freeze that the OPEC may come
up with, spiraling global oil prices had
also been triggered by weather disruption like the strike of hurricane Matthew
in the USA and the Carribean. The harsh
weather condition was seen temporarily
cutting off oil imports flow along the hurricanes path, hence, raising worries of
probable supply break off. Global analysts noted that uncertainties still hang
as to how supply-demand dynamics will
shape after the OPEC talks.
BUSINESS REGISTRATION:
The
BIR and DTI have come up with a joint
simple procedure in the registration of
business enterprise like sole proprietorship and partnership. The key parties
said the program is in line with Pres.
Dutertes instruction to all government
offices to simplify documentary requirements and procedure sought by the
transacting public. In the MOA - BIR will
issue TINs thru the electronic registration
(eReg) system linked to DTIs Phil. Business Registry (PBR).
BIR will process the registration of the
new business and issue the correspond-

ing COR and other permits relative to

secondary registration after completing documentary requirements. BIR
will also provide information to DTI for
their clients. DTI, for its part, shall issue the TIN to their clients through the
PBR linked to the eReg system and
provide BIR a monthly list of DTI registered business with issued TINs. Registrants must complete requirements
before BIR issues the COR.
USA ELECTIONS: Come November 8 American voters will formally
choose via Electoral College the successor to Pres. Barack Obama on January 1, 2017. The favorite is Democrat
Hillary Clinton 69-year old wife of
former president Bill Clinton. Her opponent is Republican billionaire Donald
Trump who is now being urged by party mates to quit because of policy and
personal issues. He is being accused
of having taken advantage of women
staff members and hurling invectives
that demeaned their femininity.
The Democrats are favored to win
most major voting states more so
those with bigger electoral votes. The
old issue against the lady candidate is
her alleged use of a private communication server while she was Secretary
of State which might have compromised US national interest but so far
she has been able to defend herself
on the issue. If Hillary wins she will be
the first woman president of the United
States and the Clintons will be the first
husband and wife to become US chief
executive.
WISDOM: Commit to the Lord all
that you do and your plans will certainly
succeed with His blessings!

The International Criminal Court should

investigate first before prejudging
The United Nations Charter declares
that all the member nations have the rignt
to self-determination meaning on how they
want to run their government. Now, why is
the Raporteur of the International Criminal
Court making a prejudgment statement
on supposed extrajudicial killings of the
Duterte administration when it has not
even come to our country and investigate?
Naturally, President Duterte will feel
insulted because it is an intervention in our
internal affairs. I did not vote for Duterte,
but I want him to succeed against drugs.
The following column of NinezCachoOlivares in the Daily Tribune dated
October 15, 2016 reports about the
result of the investigation of the Senate
Committee on Justice on drugs in the
National Bilibid Prison and the extrajudicial
killings initiated by Sen. Leila de Lima
which is informative:
International pressure is building up
against President Duterte with even an
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief
prosecutor being quoted as saying she is
deeply concerned over the thousands
of alleged killings in the Philippines,
warning that those responsible could face
prosecution.
Said she: I am deeply concerned
about these alleged killings and the fact
that public statements from high officials
of the... Philippines seem to condone
such killings, FatouBensouda, the chief
prosecutor at the ICC said, adding
that Philippine high officials seem to
encourage State forces and civilians alike
to continue targeting these individuals with
lethal force.
One wonders why an ICC chief
prosecutor issues such a remark which
tends to show her prejudgment of the
case, especially as she obviously does not
have any evidence of the guilt of Duterte.
Then too, neither did anyone from
the ICC, including herself, ever shown
the same virtual condemnation when
it came to Thailand during the time of
ThaksinShinawatras reign, apart from
the fact that the drug pushers and addicts,
suspects, are still being killed in Thailand

from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones

today.
Nor did the same ICC condemn in
the same vein as bringing these leaders
to the ICC when it comes to Indonesia
and Vietnam. Yet when it comes to the
Phiippines and Duterte, they have been
continuously attacking him on his war on
drugs something that they never did
with the same intensity under the regime
of Noynoy Aquino, who had virtually the
number of extrajudicial killings as well
as police killings but which were never
investigated nor were cases brought
against them before the courts of law.
The real problem here is that like
Duterte or hate him, the fact is that to
this day, despite all the negative publicity
against him, these judgments from them
are largely culled from news reports from
the anti-Duterte media on the Davao Death
Squad and the recent killings, extrajudicial
or legitimate, generally without mention of
the number of those pushers/addicts who
have surrendered, who are currently in
rehab, and moreover promised jobs, by
the Duterte administration.
Truth is, all these allegations at this
time, are bereft of evidence. Not even
the noisy Commission on Human Rights,
whether during the time of then Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima, or ChitoGascon,
the current CHR chief, bothered to file
charges against Duterte, even when he
was still the Davao City Mayor. Neither
did any past CHR chiefs ever really come

up with allegations of human rights

violation against the governments led by
several presidents such as Cory Aquino
and Fidel Ramos. The local news media
only bear down on the presidents they
dislike and want them ousted.
This is more because the CHR was
never apolitical in going against the
previous Malacaang tenants, despite
their having clearly violated human
rights.
Leila and the CHR today are the
favorites of the Human Rights Groups,
as well as the US and Western leaders,
using the killings of suspects under
Duterte, and the President is not helping
either, in that he continues to verbally
abuse those global leaders who criticize
him.
Still, it has to be admitted that
there really is no evidence to speak
of to prove that Duterte was behind
the Davao Death Squad and the
extrajudicial killings during the time of
Duterte as mayor.
Not even Leilas fake and coached
witness, Edgar Matobato, could
convince the Senate justice panel, as
his testimony was ripped apart during
the interpellation from the senatormembers of the panel, showing not only
inconsistencies but more importantly
proving his testimony to be pure lies.
Leila, then Senate justice chair,
thought she could pull a fast one by
presenting Matobato, even going
against her own resolution, which was
for the Senate to look into the recent
extrajudicial killings under Duterte as
she presented Matobato, to testify on
the Davao Death Squad and Dutertes
alleged role in it.
This was the reason she was ousted
by the senators, with Sen. Richard
Gordon named as her replacement.
Leila the other day during a Senate
hearing, insisted that the CHR witnesses
must be made to testify against Duterte,
while the senators demanded an
apology from the CHR official who

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october 16-22, 2016

Rinkon

PO2 Lanuza

Iriguea IP is Metrobank
outstanding cop
An Iriguea, who belongs
to one of the citys indigenous
communities, is one of the
2016 Countrys Outstanding Police Officers in Service
(COPS).
Police Officer 2 Fatima
Ibias-Lanuza, a Tabangnon assigned to the Police Community
Relations, Women and Children
Protection Desk of the Minalabac Municipal Police Station,
is one of four commissioned
and six non-commissioned officers who were recognized by
the Metrobank Foundation Inc.,
and the Philippine National Police during simple ceremonies
at Camp Crame, in Quezon
City.
PO2 Lanuzas sensitivity
and affable nature has strengthened the bond between the
police and the community. As
concurrent Police Community
Relations Officer of her station, she is a frequent speaker
on substance abuse, gender and
development, and anti-bullying
programs in schools and local
civic organizations, a Metrobank Foundation press statement said.
This years awardees
were chosen for their accomplishment in various policing
and initiated projects that had
strengthened police-community
cooperation, it added.
They are shining examples
of selfless pursuit of duties and
responsibilities and are dedi-

mba grad

cated public servants. They are

ideal members of the countrys
police force who serve as models to their peers and are pride
of their institution, the Philippine National Police. It is our
hope that through the COPS
award, we can inspire a greater
number of our police force to
likewise aspire to the ideals of
professional excellence, dignified service and exemplary
leadership, expressed MBFI
president Aniceto M. Sobrepea said
Over the years, the Search
for COPS has evolved to be the
premier award in recognizing
the noble role and contribution
of the PNP, initiated by the private sector. Underscoring community participation in preventing and solving crime, COPS
boosts the PNPs integrated
transformation program which
seeks to further professionalize
the institution as well as projects a more positive image of
the police, said RCNME president Engr. Edgardo Cruz.
Now on its 14th year, COPS
honors gallant men and women
in the police force who are able
to work with the community to
prevent and solve crime. All
previous COPS awardees are
now members of the COPS
alumni organization named
Police Officers Responsible
for Organizing, Transforming,
Empowering Communities or
PROTECT.

John Mykelle H. Lumabe (seated) was graduated from

the University of Saint Anthony with a Master of Business
Administration degree major in Tourism Management with
a meritissimus for his thesis entitled An Appraisal of the
Tourism Industry in Iriga City : Input to the Development of
Tourism Marketing Strategy. He is flanked by Dr. Domingo
Ortega, Jr., Dean of USANT Graduate Studies and concurrently
Vice President for Academic Affairs (left) and Mr. Edgar N.
Lumabe, the graduates father (right).

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Ini an pinaghalian kan tataramon

na Rinconada, boot sabihon, sa gilid,
na iyo man talaga an hiyograpikal na
lokasyon kan ika-limang distrito kan
Camarines Sur.
Sa pagluwas kan dyaryong ini,
ipapasali na an pelikula kan tagairigang si Kristian Cordero, an Hinulid,
na bida an taga-Iriga man na si Nora
Aunor.
Sa Hinulid, na manongod sa hustisya
asin sa paggigromdom, magin sa paguli
sa mga kinatudan, mataram si Nora sa
saiyang mother tongue, an Iriga baryant
kan lengwaheng Rinconada.
Bako ini an enot na ginamit an
tataramon na Irigenyo sa pelikula.
Sa Gayuma, ni Cordero man giraray,
may mga dayalogo duman na yaon sa
Irigueno. Alagad, an pagtaram kaini ni
Nora Aunor sa pelikula, bako sanang
akto nin paguli sa pinaghalian(siring
sa paguli niya sa pelikula nganing
ipalubong an saiyang aki na nagadan
sa hazing), kundi paguli man sa
salagan kan satong dila, kun

Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.

gagamiton ko an sarong linya kan

saro kong rawit-dawit. An paggamit
ni Nora kan Irigenyo, bako sanang
paggiromdom kan saiyang gamot,
kundi pagiromdom man kan saiyang
personal na biyahe sa buhay sarong
Cinderellang istorya nin paratinda nin
tubig sa istasyon nin tren na nagin
superstar kan pelikulang Fililpino.
Pagkanitawo sa tataramon na
Irigueno man an pagluwas kan pigdakittaramon na Bagong Tipan kan Bibliya.

Kan nakaaging semana, piglunsar

ini sa Iriga matapos an haros walong
taon na trabaho. An Bagong Tipan
sa Irigenyo-Rinconada expwerso
kan Translators Association of the
Philippines sa paagi kan mahigos
kaining Project Director na si Emy
Ballenas, an One Book Canada,
Summer Institute of Linguistics asin
an Philippine Bible Society, na iyong
nagimprenta kaini.
Kan Agosto ngonyan na taon,
sa lengwaheng Rinconada man
an kategorya sa Nobela sa taunan
na Writers Prize kan National
Commission on Culture and the Arts
na pinangganahan ni Estelilto Jacob
sa paagi kan saiyang obrang may
titulong Kamrang.
May magayon na nangyayari
man nanggad sa lengwaheng
Rinconada.
Tibaad pa man an
media, an Simbahan, magin an
akademya magsunod naman ta ini
naman talaga an magigin direksyon
pag-abot kan Pederalismo.

Books on ip upland agriculture launched

NAGA CITY- Four
books documenting the
vanishing traditional upland agricultural practices
of four Agta tribes in Bicol
were launched last week
here.
According to Jacqueline
Canilao, one of the authors,
the books were the result of a
research study of the Philippine Rice Research Institute
titled Anthropological and
Socio-economic Characterization of Bicols Agta Indigenous Peoples.
Began in 2012, the research covered four indigenous peoples (IPs) communities, in Albay and Camarines
Sur, which gave the titles to
the four coffee table books:
Voices of San Pedro, Modern

Gatbo, Growing Danao, and

Understanding Joroan, Misibis and Mayong.
San Pedro is a mountain
barangay in Iriga City, Gatbo
is in Ocampo, Camarines
Sur; while Danao, Joroan,
Misibis and Mayong are located in Polangui, Albay.
Among the findings of the
group is that mono-cropping
and migration contributed to
the slow demise of the upland traditional agricultural
practices of the IPs.
Mono-cropping or cultivation of a single commercial crop like corn, and outward migration of the young
IP members to the lowland
areas to seek employment,
hastened the disappearance
of the upland agricultural

practices and crops, like rice,

of the Agta in the four areas
that were the subject of the
study.
The study showed that
the desire for quick return
of capital in market-driven
crops like corn, the high cost
of farm inputs in cultivating
this cash crop, the near absence of infrastructures like
roads, and the lack of job opportunities, compelled young
Agta IPs to abandon farming
as a source of livelihood altogether and leave an ageing and dwindling reserve of
farmers.
Canilao said that the research project was prompted
by the lessons learned by
the PRRI in its Palayaman
project in Mindoro which

showed that the change and

improvement of the lives of
the IPs does not only depend
on the introduction of new
farming technologies but
also in drawing from their
traditional
socio-cultural
practices, that is, in the diversity of agricultural products and traditional, local and
scientific knowledge.
The books, co-authored
by Canilao, Sophia Cuevas, Ferdinand S. Aguilar,
Marion Francis Q. Austero,
Imelda D. Olvida and Mario
M. Movillon, were translated
into Bicol and Tagalog and is
published by the PRRI and
the Department of Agriculture. The Bicol translation
was done by BR editor Frank
Peones Jr.

Bible in Rinconada language launched

IRIGA CITY --- The New
Testament Bible translated
in the Bicol-Rinconada language was launched here on
October 8, after more than
eight years of preparation.
This is certainly a result
of hard labor and dedication
which gives meaning to the
lives of the people as now
their language is preserved,
said Emy Ballenas, project
director of the Rinconada
Translation Project and a
member of the Translation
Association of the Philippines which along with the
One Book Canada, Summer
Institute of Linguistics and
the Philippine Bible Society,
supported the project since its
inception.
She said that the project
began in 2004 but was temporary shelved in 2006 when
Typhoon Reming destroyed
their initial output which
were mostly done manually.
We had to start all over
again, from the recruitment of
translators to their trainings in
linguistics and in cultural anthropology. It was a tedious
process, she said.
Ballenas said that one of

RINCONADA BIBLE LAUNCH

fpj

Various religious leaders attended the launch of the Rinconada translation of the New Testament
Bible, undertaken by the Translators Association of the Philippines, with the assistance of the
One Canada Book, Summer Institute of Linguistics and the Philippine Bible Society.

their initial problems were on

orthography and the choice of
the Iriga variant of the Rinconada language.
Orthography have always
involved politics so through
consultations and community
decision we had to make the
Iriga variant the reference
dialect under what we call

unilectal approach because

Iriga also serves as the unofficial capital and center of the
district, she explained.
The language of an almost
half-a-million
inhabitants,
Rinconada also refers to the
City of Iriga and the towns
of Bula, Baao, Nabua, Buhi,
Bato and Balatan comprising

the Fifth District of Camarines Sur.

Its famous speakers include Sen. Leila de Lima,
Nora Aunor, former Senator
Eddie Ilarde, actors Jimmy
Fabregas and Rez Cortes, the
late Senator Joker Arroyo and
Miss Universe runner-up, Venus Raj. -Frank Penones Jr.

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october 16-22, 2016

SM City Legazpi
to rise in 2017

By Emmanuel P. Solis

LEGAZPI CITY -- SM
Prime Holdings, owner of
the countrys premier shopping malls, will break the
ground on the P1.5-billion
SM City Legazpi in January 2017, Mayor Noel Rosal
said Tuesday.
He said the company,
which is one of the biggest
shopping mall operators in
Southeast Asia, is in the last
stage of processing the necessary documents and permits
to prepare for the construction.
Rosal said the city administration and SM management are now looking for a
temporary transport terminal
before civil works for the
project could start.
The mall will be located
within the 4.5-hectare area
adjacent to the City Central
Terminal complex and Ibalong Centrum for Recreation,
which is at the heart of the
citys commercial district in
Barangay Bitano.
SM City Legazpi, a fourlevel structure, will house a
department store, supermarket, cyberzone, appliance
center and a five-level car
park, among other world
class lifestyle amenities,
said the developer.

Rosal said the mall is expected to provide around

3,000 jobs to Legazpeos
and residents from neighboring municipalities.
He said the Gokongwei
Group of Companies is also
planning to construct in the
city the Robinsons Galleria
de Legazpi, which is patterned after the Robinsons
Galleria de Cebu.
Rosal said this will also be
located at the adjacent area of
the citys grand terminal in
Barangay Bitano.
The four-level shopping mall, which will have a
multi-level parking area will
house the Summit Hotel, Go
Hotel and a Business Process
Outsourcing center.
There are now five malls
operating in Legazpi City,
including the Gaisano Mall
owned by the Cebu Citybased Gaisano family and the

LCC (Liberty Commercial

Center)-Ayala twin malls being managed by the Tan Family with the Ayala Group of
Companies as its partner.
The other malls that also
recently opened in the city
include Yashano Mall that is
owned by the Hong Family
and 101 mall which is owned
by a local businessman.
Expected to open in December is the Gregorian Mall,
a public-private partnership
of the city government and
WholeGrain Land Inc. that is
located at Old Albay District
across the provincial capitol.
It will house a city museum
and a sports activity center.
Rosal said the entry of
giant business groups in Legazpi signifies the city as a
center of investment in Bicol
with the citys neighboring
municipalities and provinces
expected to be a strong market for these groups.
He said these businesses
will create more employment
opportunities for the community and contribute to the
citys local coffers by way of
business taxes that the city
can use for health and social
services, infrastructure and
environmental projects for its
constituents.

Near 4k drug suspect surrender in Naga City

Naga City. Combined
forces of the Criminal Investigation and Detective
Group (CIDG) and the
Naga City Police Office
(NCPO) arrested another suspected drug
pusher at the height of
Typhoon Karen.
The suspect, identified as
Hanipa Sangkupan y Eman,
36 years old and a resident of
Brgy. Poblacion in Ocampo,
Camarines Sur, was nabbed
by the team in a buy-bust
operation where they confiscated the PhP500. buy-bust
drug money, six packets of
suspected shabu and other

JAIL OF THE YEAR

parapherna- lia from him.

Meanwhile, the local
police has reported a total of 3,516 drug users and
234 drug pushers voluntarily surrendered in the
city from June till October
10; while more than 10,000

houses were visited as part

of Project Tokhang which
endeavors to persuade individuals who are on the
drug watchlist to surrender to the authorities
and turn away from the
illegal use of drugs and illegal drug trade.
SPO2 Tobias S Bongon
III, NCPO spokesperson,
stated that they will continue
to knock, not just on houses
but to everyones heart and
mind to stay away from drugs
and experience the good
things that life has to offer by
living a just and normal life.
-with reports from PIA

CEPPIO

The Sangguniang Panglunsod commended the Naga City District Jail for having been named
the 2016 District Jail of the Year. The resolution, sponsored by Councilor Elmer Baldemoro,
was received by Jail Warden J/Supt. Meltz Milton Placencia.

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FREE MEDICAL CLINIC

Twelve medical doctors donated free services, with members of the sponsoring
organizations happily dispensing assistance to the 287 patients who availed of the Free
Medical Clinic.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

The diamond birthday celebrant pose with his devoted wife, Fr. Esplana, BLD leaders and
doctor friends Nilo and Ela Jara and Chuchay Diamante.

Columnists Diamond Birthday

LUCENA CITY --CPA-Lawyer

Antonio
(APA) Acyatan Monday
Times regular columnist
(Opinions Unlimited) celebrated recently his 75th
(Diamond) Birthday with a
Free Medical Clinic for Indigents. He said this task
is aligned with the biblical
phrase to whom so much
have been given, so much
are expected!
APA was born to a poor
squatter family in Paete,
Laguna. Through dint of
hard work and dedication,
he was able to complete his
accountancy and law degrees
through academic scholarships (cum laude) passing
both CPA and Bar Exams
with high honors.

As (PNB) bank employee

and conscientious labor leader,
the management rewarded him
with a study grant to Harvard
University (Boston, Mass.).
Promoted to Manager and
Head of Technical Operations
for Branches, he solved the
Masagana delinquency problem. For the rare feat, he was
sent to Chase Manhatan Bank
(NY, NY) to participate in
the Seminar on International
Banking. As lone Filipino participant, he honored the Philippines by graduating as topnotcher in both international
courses.
The Free Clinic for Indigents is APAs special way of
thanking the Lord for the opportunities afforded him so he
may optimize his gifts of Time,

Talent and Treasure. He is

now a globally-awarded CPA
professional and respected law practitioner. When
his friends and associates
learned of his annual projects
of helping the poor (since
five years ago) via his Acyatan Foundation, Inc., voluntary assistance poured in.
Doctor friends provided
medical consultation. The
Foundation
gave
away
free medicines with food
and household items. Free
meals were distributed to
the indigent patients and
some volunteer workers.
The thanksgiving mass was
held at the Parish of the
Holy Face of Jesus c/o Fr.
Ramil Esplana with his Lay
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CARD MRI welcomes private individuals

to take part in its scholarship program
In support of its thrust
to eradicate poverty in the
country, CARD Mutually
Reinforcing
Institutions
(CARD MRI), a social development organization, welcomes the private individuals
or group to support a scholar
aiming to help poor families
send their children to school.
Private Scholarship supports the recently launched
One Family, One Graduate
Program of CARD MRI, a
program that aims to produce
one graduate for each family it
serves. We are escalating our
education programs to better
serve the Filipino families,
said CARD MRI Founder and
Managing Director Dr. Jaime
Aristotle B. Alip.
In Private Scholarship, interested individuals or organization can sponsor a student
to finish a Bachelors degree
course in CARD-MRI Development Institute (CMDI), Inc.

Sponsors have the option to

personally choose the recipient
of the scholarship. We wanted
to provide better opportunities to deserving students who
dont have the resources to
reach their dreams. We recognize that there are individuals
and organizations who, like
us, value education as a tool
for development. We are inviting the private sector to collaborate with us so that we can
create a bigger impact for the
Filipinos, Dr. Alip explains.
Scholarship applicants are
selected using the Progress out
of Poverty Index (PPI), a poverty measurement tool widely
used by development-oriented
organizations. The parents or
legal guardians of the applicants are member of any of the
financial institutions of CARD
MRI CARD, Inc., CARD
Bank, CARD SME Bank or
Rizal Bank. Applicants may
send a letter of intent duly

signed by the parent or legal

guardian to the office of the
CMDI Dean, Edzel A. Ramos.
The launching of the One
Family, One Graduate Program can hasten our goal of
poverty eradication. By giving our clients and their children the means to finish their
education, they have better
chances of improving their
familys economic situation,
said Dr. Alip. Through CARD
MRIs scholarships and loan
programs, women and children
from socioeconomically challenged communities are given
the opportunity to continue and
finish their schooling.
For further inquiries, interested applicants may reach
Neil Polinag, CMDI Registrar.
They may also contact the following: (049) 573-0031/0947890-2759 or email at npolinag@yahoo.com. For more
information, you may also visit
www.cardmri.com/cmdi.

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october 16-22, 2016

bikol reporter

SM Bags 4 Asia Pacific Shopping Center Awards

In photo: SM Supermalls team headed by Mr.Hans Sy (2nd from right) with Mr.
Jeffrey Lim (2nd from left),Ms.Annie Garcia, (left), and Mr. Steven Tan.

from my window . . .
insulted Gordon and the Senate panel members days earlier.
Gordon indicated that he will not allow the CHR witnesses
to testify before the panel unless the CHR disassociate itself
with the statement of CHR Commissioner Roberto Eugenio
Cadiz or for Cadiz apologizes to the Senate over his statement
attacking Gordon last October 3 for calling Gordon a coward
for suspending the hearing.
The hearings on extrajudicial killings were ordered closed
after Leila again tried to get the witness to testify against Duterte
and his role in the Davao Death Squad, making another motion.
But Gordon was not swayed from Leilas insistence.
The hearing ended.
Yet one wonders, if the Leila and the CHR really have
witnesses, why dont they come up with their own report, and
as they dont have prosecutorial powers, there is no reason
for them not to file a case against Duterte or all the others who
claim to have been part of the DDS?
Of course Leila and the CHR chair know that Duterte enjoys
immunity from suit, which means that all that noise Leila and the
CHRs real intent is highly politically motivated, which doesnt
speak well of Leila and the CHR officials, who are all appointees
of Noynoy Aquino.
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS
Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate heirs of the late FABIO CELINO-ESPLANA, who
died on February 18, 2009 in Naga City without any will,
left a home lot awarded under the socialized housing program of Naga City, designated as Lot 1, Block 35 situated
at Brgy. Sta. Cruz, City of Naga; that pursuant to Section
1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines,
the heirs all of legal ages and with full capacity to contract
agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves said
lot in pro indiviso equal shares; that said Heirs hereby
waive their rights, interest and participation on said lot in
favor of ERROL P. ESPLANA, his heirs and successorsin-interest on the mentioned lot; as acknowledged before
Notary Public Atty. Donnah R. Federico-Madrona, Doc.
No.1885, Page No. 76, Book No. 2, Series of 2015.

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: October 17, 23 and 30, 2016

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) awarded SM Supermalls with four major awards
one Gold, three Silvers, and one Certificate of Merit from the ICSC under different categories from
the prestigious International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Global Awards for 2016. The ICSC
Global Awards is the associations way of promoting excellence in the global retail real estate industry
by recognizing outstanding efforts in marketing, design and retail real estate industry by recognizing
outstanding efforts in marketing, design and development.

Naga is best anti-rabies . . .

community.
City Veterinarian Junios
Elad Jr. said Naga has come up
with outstanding implementation of the NRPCC program
against rabies because of its
stepped-up campaign on houseto-house anti-rabies vaccination
which was pushed without letup by his office from JanuaryJuly 2016.
Elad said that they are also
doing a very tough and taxing
job against stray dogs wherein
CVOs male personnel have
to wake up by 3:00 oclock in
the morning for at least thrice a
week to catch stray dogs.
Naga was among the cities
and municipalities in Albay,
Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur as pilot areas for the
3-year program of the Bureau
of Animal Industry on rabies
elimination in the Bicol Region.
Among the programs more
than a hundred LGU-participants, the City of Naga was
chosen to be the best LGU rabies program implementer after
it achieved the highest score in
all the 4 criteria of the program
called S.T.O.P., which stands
for Social, Technical, Organizational, and Political.
Elad said in social aspect,
the NRPCC was convinced that
the city achieved an impressive performance in pursuing a
strong information and education campaign on rabies while
in the technical side, records
show that Naga has the most

number of dogs vaccinated with

anti-rabies, and has the most
number of stray dogs eliminated in the streets, along with the
high score it achieved in dog
and cat population control thru
castration.
In organizational phase, the
city has very active operations
of city and barangay rabies control committees, and in political
aspect, the CVO has a working
mechanism on rabies eradication and control by way of ordinances which are being strictly
implemented.
These measures are City
Ordinances 2006-025, which
regulates ownership, care and
upkeep of animals in the city;
and City Ordinance 2003-080,
which mandates rabies control
measures in the city of Naga,
prescribing penalties for violations thereof, organizing the rabies control council and defining its duties and functions.
The 2 ordinances, authored
by City Councilors Salvador
del Castillo and Sonny Raola,
respectively, were being used as
legal basis by the CVO in pursuing the campaign on rabies
control and eradication.- jbn

VP Robredo leads Sorsogon . . .

Robredo commended the
effort of the EDC in implementing a holistic community
approach in helping not only
the Sorsoganons but in areas
where their projects are located.
I always make it a point
to come to any invitation of
EDC as a form of support and
gratitude for all the effort the
EDC is doing for the Filipino
people, said Robredo.
In a press release issued by
EDC, the unit costs P1.3-M
and can withstand wind velocity of up to 250 kilometers per
hour. The classrooms are also
bigger and wider compared to
a typical classroom, and has a
cathedral-type ceilings, wider
windows and insulated roofing
for better ventilation.
It also includes other amenities such as concave-design
blackboards,
well-mounted
electric fans, LED lights, genderized comfort rooms and
access to persons with disabilities (PWDs).
The project is also a fulfilment of the Department of Education's intent to answer the

Columnists Diamond . . .
Ministers assisting.
The co-sponsoring organizations are Acyatan & Co.
CPAs-DFK Intl, the Bukas
Loob sa Diyos Lucena District,
RC of Metro Lucena, Quezon
Medical Society, and Sacred
Heart HS Class of 1986. The
Fund Donors include Johan-

nas Chicken Processing,

Mariel Machineries, Carlos
Pawnshop, Ouans Worth Resort Farm, New Tayabas Oil
Mill, Calmar Land, Quikflo
Forwarders, and Penafrancia
Commodities.
The excess
funds are slated for the Foundations scholarship programs.

need for classrooms for Yolanda hit areas realized through

partnerships with Rockwell
Land, First Philippine Industrial Park, Sy2+Associates,
Inc., Casas+Architects, and
Sorsogon City-LGU.
Present during the event
were Hon. Robert Rodrigueza,
Governor of Sorsogon; Hon.
Jonathan Balintong, Vice Mayor of the City of Sorsogon; Mr.
Richard B. Tantuco, President
of EDC and COO; Ms. Vicky
Riosa, Manager of Rockwell
Land Corporation; Engr. Ronald C. Asis of DepEd Regional
Office V; and Dr. Nympha
Guemo, Sorsogon City Schools
Division Superintendent.
In Legazpi City, Robredo
urged teachers to work together to ensure good quality education for the youth to ensure
their future
"Strengthening the education sector is one of the foremost agenda of the Office of
Vice President," she pointed
out.
Robredo keynoted the the
opening rites of Education
Summit and National Teachers Day Celebration held at the
Legazpi City Convention Center here
Some 3,000 teachers were
present during the gathering
that provide a venue to recognize their crucial role in molding the lives of the people.
The National Teacher's
Month evolved on the theme:
Guro Kabalikat sa Pagbabago.

for september

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Name of Deceased

Date of Interment

ROLANDO V. BOLVAR

September 3, 2016

HERMELINA R. VALE

September 7, 2016

LEONARDO G. UY

September 10, 2016

PACITA V. BLACER

September 11, 2016

ELISA L. CLACIO

September 14, 2016

LEANDRO G. VILGERA

September 20, 2016

FEDERICO T. TENDENILLA

September 24, 2016

MARIANITO D. ALTEZA

September 23, 2016

ARIEL M. PESTAO

September 24, 2016

EDUARDO O. QUIONES

September 28, 2016

GUALBERTO M. MANLANGIT

September 27, 2016

MICHAEL ALEXANDER M. IMPERIAL

September 30, 2016

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bikol reporter

october 16-22, 2016

MDPPA holds road safety talks of

San Beda College Alabang scouts
Manila, Philippines --Steadfast on its drive to
educate more people on
keeping safe on the streets,
the Motorcycle Development Program Participants
Association
(MDPPA)
brought their road safety
advocacy activities to San
Beda College Alabang and
conducted a seminar for
the schools more than 100
girl and boy scouts from the
3rd, 5th and 6th grades last
September 2, 2016. As role
models, the scouts learned
about coping with the increasing risks students face
on the road daily, and how
they can share the knowledge to their schoolmates.

Road accidents involving kids are increasing by the

day, and that is alarming,
said MDPPA Road Safety
Vice Chairman Magnus Mateo. Streets are like jungles
and those are dangerous to
kids unless they are properly
educated, he shared.
MDPPA pointed out that
young pedestrians field of
vision is limited compared
to adults owing to their short
height. This, and some other factors cited on different
studies, increase childrens
risks for being involved in
road accidents.
During the seminar, the
scouts learned how to properly cross the street with or

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without traffic lights, and

what to do to ensure safety
when walking down the
street or doing outdoor activities. The MDPPA team
also discussed road visibility
during bad weather, and drivers blind spot, and how to be
more attentive during these
situations.
MDPPA has been conducting road safety seminars in
different schools since 2013,
and has trained around 300
students all over the country
about street safety.
We hope this effort will
inspire teachers to develop a
course of study that will incorporate road safety awareness, Mateo added.
For more details on
MDPPAs road safety advocacy and upcoming seminar
schedules, please visit https://
www.facebook.com/MDPPA.Official/ or follow https://

Safety first

San Beda College Alabangs (SBCA) girl and boy scouts are all ears as a SBCA teacher-trainer
talks about road safety practices.

twitter.com/MDPPA_Inc.

About Motorcycle Development Program Participants

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OCD-Bicol . . .
He said Camarines Sur
suffered the most with
PHP419,392,834
worth
agricultural
produce
destroyed, followed by Albay
- PHP68,149,711, Sorsogon
PHP59,217,858, and Camarines Norte - PHP1,980,194.
Alejandro said the damage
to agriculture is expected to
rise as OCD-Bicol still awaits
the reports from the island
provinces of Catanduanes and
Masbate.
We expect more damage
from Catanduanes as typhoon
Karen hovered the province,
bringing heavy rains that
brought flooding and landslides in the area, he said.
Some 6,068 families or
24,528 persons staying in 182
evacuation centers across Bicol
had returned to their homes on
Sunday.
Government
engineers
have cleared roads hit by landslides in San Andres and Gigmoto towns in Catanduanes;
Irosin, Sorsogon; and in Cataingan Masbate.
So far, power was already
restored in Catanduanes and
in 10 towns of Camarines Sur,
three towns in Camarines
Norte, two towns in Sorsogon
and some areas in Albay. PNA

BR_October 16-22.indd 7

Association, Inc. (MDPPA)

Based on the basic principles of the Philippine Motor Vehicle Development

Program implemented by the
Board of Investments, Philippine Motorcycle Manufacturing Program (PMMP)
Association was established
in 1973. In 1987, new MVDP
guidelines were finalized and
program name was, likewise,
changed to Motorcycle De-

velopment Program (MDP).

The Association was given
the new name of Motorcycle
Development Program Participants Association, Inc.
(MDPPA) in 1989.
The current five members
of the Association: Honda,
Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha
and Kymco, are all active
participants of the governments Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP).

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0094-2016 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and
pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1
Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative
Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice
is hereby served to the public that KATHLEEN S. DELA
CRUZ-SAN MIGUEL has filed with this Office, a Petition
for correction of entry in sex from MALE to FEMALE in
the certificate of live birth of KATHLEEN SALVADOR DELA
CRUZ at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are
ROMULO P. DELA CRUZ and EMELIANA M. SALVADOR.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
October 29, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: October 16 and 23, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE
Province: Camarines Sur
City/Municipality: Libmanan

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0085-2016 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and
pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1
Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative
Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice
is hereby served to the public that ABEGAIL PONDALIS
VIAS has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of
entry in sex from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate
of live birth of ABEGAIL PONDALES VIAS at Libmanan,
Camarines Sur and whose parents are LUCIANO VIAS
and EMERITA PONDALES.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this office not later than
October 29, 2016.

(Sgd.) EMILIE S. AGNES-DAIRAO

Municipal Civil Registrar

BIKOL REPORTER
Published: October 16 and 23, 2016

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Naga is best anti-rabies

implementer
NAGA CITY The city government
here thru its City Veterinary Office was
recently adjudged Best LGU Rabies Program Implementer by the National Rabies Prevention and Control Committee
(NRPCC) of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI).
The award was received during the celebration of the World Rabies
Day last September 28,
this year, at the Fertilizer
and Pesticides Authority
(FPA) Conference Hall,
FPA Building, Bureau of
Animal Industry in Diliman, Quezon City.

In his letter to Mayor

John G. Bongat, NRPCC
chair Simeon S. Amurao
Jr. said the award is given
to recognize the efforts of
Naga City for its excellent implementation of
the Rabies Prevention and
Control Program in your
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VP Robredo leads Sorsogon

classroom inauguration
By Bennie A. Recebido

V-Pres. robredo

SORSOGON CITY
Vice President Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo led
over the weekend the blessing and inauguration of the
two-classroom building donated by Energy Development Corporation (EDC) to
Rizal Integrated National
School (RINS) in Barangay
Rizal, this city.

The construction of the

typhoon-resilient classroom
building which was completed on August 2016, is part of
the School Rebuilding Project
where the EDC is a development sponsor volunteer under
the Office of the Presidential
Assistant for Rehabilitation
and Recovery (OPARR).
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NEW NATIONAL AWARD

The City of Naga received a national recognition from the Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Animal Industry and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)s Stop
Transboundary of Animal Diseases and Zoonoses (STANDZ) project, for the citys
excellent support to and implementation of the rabies program that envisions a rabiesfree Philippines. Mayor John Bongat and City Veterinarian Dr. Julius Elad (both holding
the citation plaque) early this week.

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