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NFA: Bicols rice stock enough beyond Dec. 2013

By Marlon A. Loterte

LEGAZPI CITY -- The National Food Authority (NFA) regional office said the agencys rice stocks will last for 270 days.
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DOH gives free immunization for influenza, pneumonia

By Marlon A. Loterte LEGAZPI CITY -- The Center for Health Development (CHD) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol provided free immunization for influenza and pneumonia to indigent senior citizens in this city recently. Dr. Gloria J. Balboa, DOH Bicol regional director, said the activity formed part of the series of vaccination drives across the region to boost immune system and resistance against influenza and pneumococcal infections of the elderly in the region. DOH Bicol, according to Balboa, targets some 95,000 indigent senior citizens for pneumonia Vaccination and 114, 987 for influenza. In 2012, the DOH Bicol has immunized a total of 113, 780 indigent senior citizens, including 10,365 against influenza and 10,415 against pneumonia.
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Comelec to strictly enforce checkpoints

By Analiza S. Macatangay NAGA CITY -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has sought the assistance of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strictly implement checkpoints in strategic parts of this city. Lawyer Fatima Gados Gados, Comelec election supervisor, instructed members of the police force to enforce its on-sight inspection, particularly of four-wheeled vehicles entering and going out of the citys vicinity, to ensure that no illegal firearms will be transported during the campaign period and the actual election time. We are continuously monitoring election-related incidents which could be a violation of Comelec rules and regulations. We would

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Alcantara, first Bicolana to join PH team to Universiade

LEGAZPI CITY -- Arianne Armi Alcantara of the Bicol University here is a member of the Philippine team bound for the 27th summer Universiade, also known the World University Games, in Kazan, Russia on July 6-17. Alcantara is the first ever Bicolana to join the Philippine swimming team to Universiade. The Federation of School Sports Associations of the Philippines (Fessap) has chosen Alcantara to be one of the countrys bet to compete with other students and delegates from different countries together with other Philippine Swimming League swimmers in Summer Universiade. The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words University and olympiad. Bueos have since shown their support to Alcantara, a top member of BU swimming team, through an especially treated tarpaulin posted outside the BU main campus for being the first ever swimmer to represent Bicol University and the Bicol Region in such a prestigious international swimming competition. Held every two years, the Summer Universiade features the most prominent university athletes from the world and is second in importance to the Olympic Games on a true multi-sport international scale. It has attracted more than 180 countries, led by the United States, Peoples Republic of China, Japan, South Korea and host Russia. Governed by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), the aim of the Universiade is to promote international peace and cultural exchange among young people through sport.

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like also to focus on the checkpoints as we have noticed that most of the vehicles being flagged down in checkpoints are motorcycles, Gados said in an interview. The Comelec official added that the checkpoints are proven useful when it comes to the apprehension of individuals who are keeping illegal weapons or firearms in their cars. Gados also said that her office is also keeping a close watch on posters and campaign paraphernalia illegally posted on prohibites sites, reiterating that under Republic Act 9006 otherwise known as the Fair Election Act, Section 3 has a specific provisions on Lawful Election Propaganda. Meanwhile, Comelec Camarines Sur spokesperson Alex Marpuri said that only those technicians and Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) who have passed the qualifying examinations given by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have the authority to operate the Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines during the elections. Last week, BEIs comprised mostly of teachers, trained to ensure that they are properly equipped with the necessary know how as they take the big task and responsibility of keeping the election tarnish-free. Early last week, Marpuri said that the first batch of trainees composed of 1,500 teachers from Camarines Sur have already finished and passed the qualifying examinations. One of the lectures that they have attended is about the Poll Automation law as provided under Republic Act 9369.

MY FEARS: My surname ranks high in alphabetical order. It has given me advantages in many ways. For one, I never lost in any group elections since the nominees are listed in alphabetical order. But on the aspect of vaccine injections I had traumatic experiences because I always lead our pupils lines. So I developed a special phobia whenever I see the Sanidad standing before displaying the injection needle (which turned out to be just for loading the vaccine). Even in my senior years I still hate (fear) the injection needle. I would rather take in volumes of tablets just to avoid being injected. Very recently, I had to let go of my age-old fear of the needle. My reason: I want to avoid angioplasty or heart by-pass, so I agreed to undergo CHELATION THERAPY to cleanse my blood of metallic particles that may attach to my veins and arteries, leading to blood vessel blockage, or arteriosclerosis. THERAPY: Chelation is an integrated approach used for the body to get rid of unnecessary and toxic metals. It is employed by a growing number of physicians (surgeons understandably belittle the process) to reverse atherosclerosis by removing calcium contents of plaques in the artery walls through injection of a chelating agent (EDTA). The therapy is used to treat heart disease, strokes, diabetes, Alzheimers disease and adverse

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reaction to environmental pollutants. Chelation therapy is used to reverse symptoms of hardening and clogging of the arteries that may lead to heart attack, stroke, senility and possible amputation of extremities. Blockage of blood vessels by plaque (atheroma) reduces the flow of blood starving vital organs of oxygen and other nutrients. Cell walls then become leaky, allowing excessive calcium, sodium and other elements to enter. This may cause coronaries and arteries to go into spasm, thus reducing blood flow to vital organs. EXPERIENCE: It is yet early to conclusively tell since I have undergone only two sessions out of the initially programmed ten). But I already feel good psychologically and physiologically. When death stares you in the eye you will throw away all cautions and costs! Its because we want to continue living (in this chaotic world!). Life is truly beautiful more so if you realize that we are Gods loved disciples.

In its initial stage Chelation therapy is administered at least twice a week. There must be at least 24 hours break between sessions. Every session lasts for two hours with the patient just relaxing on the sofa, accompanied by soft massage of the head, chest and upper/lower limbs to facilitate chemical intake. The attending physician constantly monitors the heartbeat and blood pressure of patients. Readers who want to know more about chelation may please correspond with us. OFW TRAVAILS: Regardless of the honors we shower on our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there is no denying that working overseas (all sorts of jobs) is a big personal and family sacrifice. We have kababayans who let go of marital or parental obligations in exchange for the dollar remittances. There are many stories of broken families or wayward children, because one or both parents are OFW. Many OFWs are victims of abuses by recruiters, sponsors and employers! They bit the bullet to insure continuing support for their beneficiaries here. There are recent problems of working in the war zones (Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Syria and now South Korea). They also now face domestization of job opportunities as in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The challenge to our government is to energize our business and industry so we can provide jobs to our qualified workers. PROVERB: The glory of young men is their strength; gray hair is the splendor of the olden wise.

COMELECs TV and airtime limit and differentiate politicians

I understand COMELEC chairman Sixto Brillantes frustration over the Supreme Courts decisions turning down at least four of the poll bodys rulings. Ninez Cacho Olivares wrote in the Daily Tribune dated April 18, 2013, the following: For the first time in the countrys electoral campaign history, reasonable limits has been imposed on airtime exposure, radio and TV mainly for candidates, which is a healthy development, given the fact that limits an airtime imposed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to equalize candidates buying power and broadcast exposure. To lift the airtime exposure limits would merely give the administration candidates a big edge over the opposition and the independent candidates. The reason is simple. It is always the administratin candidates that have the money to spend as it is the administrations that is in power. I hope President Noynoy Aquino will not accept Brillantes resignation if he resigns because Brillantes is apparently trying to be fair to the moneyed and not moneyed candidates. Fairness is the principle. I agree with Ninez Cacho Olivares who wrote that the damage has been

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done through that Supreme Court order. But the people should better be wise in electing independent-minded and patriotic senators. Why? If you read the national dailies this April 20, 2013, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) issued a veiled threat to the Aquino government due to the delays on the part of President Aquino in getting three annexes signed under the Framework Agreement. The MILF stressed, We want to see a quick fix of the three annexes: powersharing, wealth sharing and normalization in their independent homeland to be known as Bangsamoro. As I wrote before, I am not in favor

of giving (70%) seventy percent of the Philippines wealth in that area to this rebel group and only (30%) thirty percent will go to the government. The Framework will pass Congress so we have to elect independent minded senators. I will vote for a mixed ticket. ***** God allows us to use our free will. Let us use it in this coming election by exercising our freedom of choice. There are different kinds of politicians: the public servant that serves the public good and the public servant that does not serve the public good. We should distinghuish and differentiate them by looking at their performance and character. Our Constitution gives the people the right to use their free will in electing or rejecting candidates. It provides in Section 1 of the Declaration of Principles that all government authority emanates from the people. Our electoral system is very democratic because the voters are free to express their preference and their decision prevails. The officials in the government like the President, Vice
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Lawlessness and the CCTV

There was a time long ago when the criminally-minded would shudder at the idea of committing offenses in full view of people, the possible eyewitnesses. Broad daylight felonies were few and far between. Even the most daring would tremble at the thought. Not anymore. In big towns and cities, crimes are perpetrated with people staring down at the lawless who would not even cover their faces to hide their identities. Crimes are committed almost daily in surprising ferocity. Name the crimes in the book and we have them all in these 7,101 islands. Except for the few accomplishments of the police- the arrest of suspects and their eventual imprisonment-most of the felons have remained faceless.

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The seeming impossibility of fighting lawlessness and winning the battle has led to the employment of CCTV as aid in fighting the monster. The CCTV appears to be the best means of identifying perpetrators which human eyewitnesses

would not do for fear of their lives. But the use of the device reveals the weakness of the authorities. Cops are trained not only to prevent crimes but also to identify the felons from scanty leads. But they seemingly fail in this aspect. Without the CCTV, they are helpless. With big urban areas blanketed by CCTVs, there should be less chance for criminals to escape. But they continue to elude the law to the embarrassment of the authorities. Provincial cities like Legazpi and Naga have their fair share of these cursed men. In Legazpi, jeepney-riding pickpockets go about their business unmolested in the Legazpi-Daraga route. Many have been victimized.

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Naga vies for top tourist destination this summer

By Analiza S. Macatangay NAGA CITY -- Taking advantage of the hot summer season and the rush of tourists in the province, the Arts, Culture and Tourism Office (ACTO) of the city government here has launched Naga X. Naga X aims to showcase the various tourism sites of this city where visitors can indulge in thrilling adventures, while enjoying the beauty of nature at a budget-friendly cost. The program is the local governments program in vying for recognition as one of the top destinations this summer season. The Metro Naga Association of Travel and Tour Operators (MENATTO), chaired

Albay pays tribute to its heroes

LEGAZPI CITY -- In celebration of Daragang Magayon Festival 2013, the province of Albay, in partnership with Office of Civil Defense Bicol Regional Office, will spearhead weeklong events to be highlighted on April 23 by a Memorial Day for Albayano Heroes of National Liberation. The memorial activity also seeks to showcase the seamless partnership between the Provincial Government of Albay and the uniformed services in promoting peace, development and tourism in the province. The activity will be highlighted by a civil-military parade and wreath-laying ceremonies featuring tributes to the Albayano Heroes for National Liberation. "The event will create awareness among the people of Albay on the legacies of the brave men and women who fought for the freedom of the province of Albay," Albay Governor Joey Salceda said. It will feature the sesquicentennial anniversary (150 years) of the birth of Andres Bonifacio, considered the Father of the Philippine Revolution, Salceda added. Honors and citations will

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Malabsay Falls by Lewis Boni, expressed intention to venture into the program offering services to local and foreign tourists. Lewis is confident that one of Naga Xs greatest attractions in the future would be
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DSWD launches Anti-Epal drive in Camarines Norte

By Rosalita B. Manlangit Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries against political influences and manipulations in connection with the May 2013 polls. DSWD V regional director Arnel B. Garcia, CESO III said they have received reports that allegedly beneficiaries of 4Ps will be removed in the list of the program if they will not vote for a certain candidate. He explained to the participants during the launching that only the DSWD regional and national offices are authorized and have the right to delist a beneficiary if he/she will not comply with
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also be bestowed on local heroes like General Jose Ignacio Paua, the Chineseborn revolutionary sent by Emilio Aguinaldo to Bicol in 1899 to raise funds for the newly-established Philippine Republic. Also to be honored is General Simeon Arboleda Ola, the last revolutionary from Guinobatan, Albay, to surrender to the Americans in1903. Another honoree is Camilo Jacob, the photographer from Polangui, Albay, who was one of the 15 Martyrs of Bicol. A pass-in-review of the statues of the four heroes and a disaster risk reduction capability demonstration and

exhibition will highlight the event in the Bicol University oval. Albay has been proclaimed as the top province and champion in the practice of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Also included in the weeklong activity on April 22-26 is the 2nd National Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Youth Leaders Training at Cagraray Eco Park in Misibis, Cagraray Island. The event will be culminated by various activities that include: Ang Sir Kong Pogi 2013 (My Handsome Sir 2013), which aims to promote a friendly competition that will showcase the dignity and elegance of the officers and the gentlemen in their respective sets of uniform. MusiHero (Battle of Champions) will feature top performances of uniformed bands. Of course, with the help and support of our uniformed services and local government units, Albay will make these events more meaningful and sustainable for our very heart, Salceda said.

UNEP ComArts students off to TV5 for internship

IRIGA CITY AB Communication Arts students from the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP), including Electronic and Communication Engineering students are off to Manila for their required internship. Communication Arts Sophomores Mark Anthony M. Ilano, Joy B. Blancada, and sisters Merille and Christine Molina and two from the Communications Engineering Department, Benmar M. Boslon and Joselito A. Hinlo are now in TV5 Manila to have a hands-on experience on the said television network. UNEPs Media Relations and Communications Department Director Melody M. Ordoez, personally endorsed the said students to the Management of TV5 to ensure that they will be given proper exposure in various programs of the network and give them a chance to have an actual involvement in TV production operations. Ilanos group were assigned in the News and Information Department, particularly in RadyoSingko Program where they will be fielded for news gathering, research and documentation tasks, among others. The two Communication Engineering students were also assigned in the networks Technical Department. The said practicum interns have to spend 240 hours to complete their required hours for internship. Last year, UNEP Media Relations and Communications Department also sent its Communication Arts students to two of the most prestigious television networks in Metro Manila, ABS-CBN and GMA 7 for their internship. Some of them have already landed a job in the television networks after graduation while some took related communication jobs in other companies. The latest UNEP interns were also able to work as researchers and production assistants in several shows and sitcoms of ABS CBN like Going Bulilit and Luv U and the magazine show of Korina Sanchez, Rated-K. This coming semester, UNEPs Communication Department will again be offering its courses to interested students, particularly incoming freshmen students who have a penchant for broadcasting and like fields of interest. The management of UNEP fully supports these endeavors believing that students are taking the great lead and advantage when it comes to their internship in big networks and hands-on experience in communication related production works.

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CamSur continues to produce Nihongo proficient professionals

The program of the provincial government offering free Japanese language skills via the Camarines Sur Japanese Language and Cultural Center (CSJLCC) continues to produce Nihongo proficient professionals as 238 individuals join its roster of graduates highlighted via the Completion and Recognition Ceremony held last April 12 at Starmark Royale Aircon Tent. Now on its 8th year, CSJLCC was established by virtue of Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution Number 099 as a career support program of the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur under the Office of the Governor and in cooperation with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). CSJLCC offers Preparatory/Basic Kaiwa, Level N5 Basic Nihongo, Level N4 Elementary Nihongo, Level N2 Intermediate Nihongo, and Practical Japanese Course. All said courses are TESDA approved. An initiative of Gov. Lray Villafuerte, the program aims to break the language barrier which prevents other nationals, including our local professionals, from penetrating the profitable Japanese labor market and flourishing industries. This years closing program yielded 205 finishers of Preparatory and Basic Conversion Course, 18 finishers of Level N5, 3 of Level N2, and 12 of Kids Nihongo Summer Class. Morever, special awards were given to passers of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) usually conducted at De La Salle University sometime December the result of which is bared sometime March the following year. Guest speaker was Maria Theresa Balfermoso Bonot, Ph D., Dean of the College of Arts & Science of the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) with which CSJLCC has partnered, among others, for the offer of Free Nihongo Courses to its students. -FERNANDEZ

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Its Really Summer, CASURECO Makes Summer Worse
At no time but now is the summer month of April imposing its wrath. The heat is simply unbearable. No time of the day can you experience a little respite from the heat of the scorching sun. There seems to be one solution to this pestering hot weather. Stay at home. Turn on your electric fans full blast, turn on your air conditioning unit 24-7. And you get penalized by your electric bill that runs to thousands. And the electric cooperatives (CASURECO) In Iriga it is CASURECO 3, brownouts ( black out is a better word) have become a regular occurrence. You dont mind it so much at daytime since you can always get out of the house. But in the evening, Dios ko, Ina. You are not ready with candles, neither a rechargeable lamp. Except for your mobile phones with a flashlight built in, you can only hope light will return in minutes. Well, it does only to have a second brown out and this time longer. Until now, I can not find explanation to CASURECOS long list of payables. Except for generation charge which is self-explanatory, what do I understand by: system loss charge, transmission system charge, distribution system charge, supply system charge, metering system charge, metering retail charge, loan condonation, lifeline rate subsidy, senior citizen subsidy, generation, (?), system loss, distribution, RTL, Cust, /charge VAT, others (?) ano ba itong others? Environmental charge, missionary electrification charges (ano ba ito?) , stranded contract costs, Whew.. Dios ko, Ina,.

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Values Education: Teacher-Parent Tandem Responsibility

BY: Claudia Marilou S. Marpuri, Ph.D. Public School District Supervisor Iriga North District, Iriga City A very prominent doctor of the church was confronted with the question. When is the best time to educate a child? He threw the same question to parents whose answers ranged fromstart educating the child at age 7, earlier, and when a need arise. The good priest did not find conformity with any of the answers. So, Father, when is the best time to educate a child? . He was asked again. His answer was very simple, Give me the mother and I will educate the child. Education does begin at home. Never mind of some parents dont accept it, it is a fact. Values education, specifically. A child learns good manners from home. A child speaks the very language of his parents, he acts like his parents. Of course, the school is a big contributory factor to the child development but more on the academic aspects. Sometimes, a teacher might just find it too late to infuse good values among his pupils, because he discovers that bad values are already rooted in the child even before the child was sent to school. Well, this may be true to pupils in the higher elementary level. Comes now the best time to educate the child in school. it should start during the childs early formative years. In the first grades, Grades 1 and 2 and even in the preschool. These are the ages of a child when he is still very receptive to a lot of things. But all these teachings must be carried out in the home. There must be a close tandem of parents and teachers in the formation of values among children. And who has the bigger responsibility. I do not like to say which because this is a concerted effort of both home and school. The Department of Education has embarked on Values Education Program with the goal of providing and promoting values education at all three levels of the educational system for the development of the human person committed to the building of a just and humane society and an independent democratic nation. When the Education Department promulgated this program, it does not exempt the tertiary level from its implementation. (Turn to page 12)

CAMARINES SUR, Philippines Representatives of Asia Against Child Trafficking (Asia ACTs), officials of the Local Government of Camarines Sur, and officers of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of Region V laid down the plans to identify victims of human organ trafficking in the province as groundwork for free medical missions in the future. The victim identification research in Cam Sur is being conducted from April to May 2013. It aims to profile victims of organ trafficking victims and their present health conditions; identify organ trafficking routes and the push and pull factors of organ trafficking; and lay down the necessary actions for the medical mission. Most importantly, it seeks to come up with relevant recommendations for developing and implementing policies and services relating to address human organ trafficking. Asia ACTs coordinated with local researcher/ liaison officer, Ms. Tessa Santiago-Rey, in conducting interviews and other related tasks for the free medical mission in Cam Sur (exclusive for Kidney Vendors) around the second week of May 2013. Individuals interested to attend the medical mission may contact Ms. Santiago-Rey at 0920-

907-6436. Asia ACTS recently completed data gathering and medical mission operations in Camarines Norte and Rizal in cooperation with the DSWD, local government units, and the Philippine Society of Nephrology. This year, they plan to expand the same efforts will be conducted in Batangas and Camarines Sur. According to the report of the World Health Organization, the Philippines ranks as the 5th global hotspot in organ trafficking. The gathered reports indicated most kidney sellers originated from Davao City, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Batangas, Cavite, and Rizal. Asia ACTs is a regional network of organizations working together to protect all children in Southeast Asia from exploitation and abuse, particularly children on the move, including trafficked children. Its network is based in Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Aside from its child protection programs, Asia ACTs also conducts efforts on emerging issues related to human organ trafficking. Since 2011, it has been implementing a project on organ trafficking through the support of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.

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The Document Tracking System (DoTS): A Much-Welcome Thing

By: ROSEL M. GORECHO Teacher-3 (Teacher-In-Charge) Cabinitan Primary School Ragay, Camarines Sur

The Division of Camarines Sur goes on with the implementation of the Document Tracking System (DoTS) in full blast. This is a much welcome thing to practically all sectors of the academic system. A previous 2-day orientation was held for concerned teachers in order to properly disseminate and orient the correct system flow of the documents and its approval of the concerned units and sections. In line with PROJECT SMILE of the Division of Camarines Sur, a software has been devised that will fast track queries/verification and release or submission of accurate pupils and students records entitled 10 in 1 Digital Scholastic Information Management System (DSIMS Stand type) intended to fast track and ensure the validity of the students scholastic records without prejudice to the authenticity of the documents. This will be of great help to teachers in expediting (Turn to page 12)

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BPI annual stockholders meeting set April 18

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) held its annual stockholders meeting on April 18, 2013 with its Chairman, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, and President and CEO Aurelio R. Montinola III presenting the highlights of the banks performance for the year 2012. Mr. Zobel, in his message, focused on the resilience of the Philippine economy amid the slowdown experienced by the global economy. The 6.6% growth of the domestic economy was the fastest since 1988. Under the positive economic conditions prevailing in the country, the Bank of the Philippine Islands achieved another banner year with its net income reaching a record high of P16.3 billion with a return on equity of 17.5%. Capital adequacy ratio was robust at 14.2%, while Tier 1 CAR stood at 12.8%. Mr. Zobel added that BPIs share price rose by 72% to P95.00 by end 2012. This was equivalent to 3.5 times its book value per share of P27.30. BPI remained as the countrys most valuable bank with a market capitalization of P338 billion. Mr. Zobel likewise reported that the Bank continues to strengthen its risk management framework and enhance its corporate governance practices. Beyond its internal business objectives, the Bank incorporates a broader goal of contributing to the countrys growth agenda. BPI believes that as a bank operating in an emerging market, part of its role is to ensure greater financial inclusion, which is a key component to building a stronger and a more empowered nation. In his management report, Mr. Montinola recounted BPIs history of banking innovations. He also detailed the initiatives the Bank has undertaken to demonstrate its Lets Make It Easy campaign and the corresponding results generated. Believing in the customers Power to Choose, BPI has further strengthened its channels to address the banking needs of its growing customer base, now numbering about 6 million. Mr. Montinola also reported on the progress of BPI and the Philippine banking industry to where it is now, acknowledging that the industry has been healthy and helpful, with CAR ratio of 17.5% and lending growth at double digit. BPI in itself has consistently grown ahead of industry and its efforts were recognized as Fitch Ratings recently upgraded its ratings to investment grade. According to Fitchs report, BPIs ratings have been the highest, due to its established domestic presence, sound financial metrics and prudent management. In closing, Mr. Montinola stated. I am thankful for the 31 good years working for BPI and the 8 great years as CEO. I happily turn over the leadership of BPI to my designated successor, Mr. Cezar Consing who is a competent and experienced professional with many years in the international arena. I firmly believe that he will further take BPI to a new level and position BPI as one of the best Asean banks in the near future.

BPI Annual Stockholders Meeting. The Bank of the Philippine Islands recently held its Annual Stockholders Meeting on April 18, 2013. From left are incoming BPI President Cezar P. Consing, BPI President & CEO Aurelio R. Montinola III, BPI Chairman of the Board Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala and BPI Director Fernando Zobel de Ayala.

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reproductive activities. The Local Government of Caramoan shall actively contribute to the establishment of a national and international economic order based on sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology. Thus, any development efforts it undertakes should enhance womens full potential uplift their status and lead to the improvement of their quality of lives, their families and that of their communities. Towards this end, the Local Government of Caramoan shall pursue and implement vigorously gender responsive development policies design an integrated gender and development support systems, taking into consideration womens immediate economic survival with support for their effort of empowerment and selfdetermination, and to adopt and implement measures to protect and promote their rights. TO ATTAIN THE FOREGOING POLICY 1. The Local Government Departments and Agencies of Caramoan, Camarines Sur concerned shall set aside Thirty Percent (30%) of the Official Development Assistance funds received from Foreign Governments and Multilateral Agencies and Organizations to be utilized for the support programs and activities for women in accordance with the provision of R.A 7192 otherwise known as Women in Development and Nation Building Act. 2. All Local Government Departments and Agencies of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall ensure that women benefit equally and participate directly in the development programs and projects of said departments and agencies, specifically those funded under official foreign development assistance, to ensure the full participation and involvement of women in the development process, pursuant to R.A 7192. 3. All government projects shall ascertain the inclusion of gender responsive indicators and guidelines and should not be remised in locating the root womens oppression, pursuant to the United Nations Declarations of which Philippines Government is a signatory. 4. All Local Government Departments and Agencies of Caramoan, Camarines Sur upon effectivity of this Code shall review and revise all their regulations, circulars, issuances and procedures to remove gender bias provisions therein, and shall complete the same within two years. 5. The Council of Women of Caramoan, Camarines Sur, as provided for under Section 30, Article II, Chapter II, Book 1 of this Code shall be actively consulted in matters, dealing with official development assistance or foreign aid so as to determine gender biases and implications on women. ARTICLE I Related Principles SECTION 3. Rights of Women Defined. Women Rights are the rights of women that are defined and declared by the United Nations under Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which we hereby adopt as follows: a. Women have the right to the prevention of, and protection from all forms of violence and coercion against their person, their freedom, their sexuality, and their individuality. b. Women have the right to freely and fully participate individually or collectively in the political processes of their communities and nations. c. Women have the right to the means for assuring their economic welfare and security. d. Women have the right to the necessary knowledge and means for the full exercise of their reproductive choice in accordance to the Constitution and their beliefs and preferences. e. Women have the right to choose a spouse in accordance with their values and preferences, maintain equality in marriage or its dissolution, and obtain adequate support for rearing and caring of their children. f. Women have the right to adequate, relevant and gender-fair education throughout their lives, from childhood to adulthood. g. Women have the right to adequate nutrition and proper health care. h. Women have the right to humane living conditions. i. Women have the right to nurture their personhood, collectively and individually, to secure an image of themselves as whole and valuable human beings, to build relationships based on respect, trust and mutuality. j. Women have the right to equality before the law in principle as well as in practice. SECTION 4. Gender, Development, Discrimination and Commodification as used in this Ordinance mean: Gender is a socially constructed difference between men and women. Differences are created artificially, partly through socialization and partly through positive and negative discrimination in the various institutions and structures of society. Development is the improvement of the quality of life of all regardless of age, sex, gender, tribe, race, creed and religion. It is characterized by an enrichment of Filipino indigenous resources, sustainable utilization of the natural resources of the country and freedom from dependency. It is therefore, sustained, equitable growth and balanced ecology. Discrimination Against Women any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on basis of sex which has purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women of their rights irrespective of their marital status. Commodification of Women is a practice which puts women in subordinate situations which results in the treatment of women as both consumer goods and objects. As consumers, women are allured to buy beauty products to enhance their physical attractiveness. As objects of consumption, women are reduced to a sexual commodity for manipulation and utilization for ones sexual desire or interest usually in exchange of money or goods so as those women have no control or power to reject such utilization or manipulation. CHAPTER II DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS

Republic of the Philippines Province of Camarines Sur Municipality of Caramoan -oOoOFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN THE 8TH SANGGUNIANG BAYAN EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SUR HELD ON FEBRUARY 18, 2013 AT 2:00 P.M., SESSION HALL, MUNICIPAL MAIN BUILDING, CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SUR. PRESENT: HON. JUAN C. CORDIS - Municipal Vice-Mayor/ Presiding Officer HON. IRENE R. BREIS MEMBERS HON. JUAN C. CORDIS III HON. EDUARDO B. BONITA HON. ROMEO O. MARTO

HON. RAUL F. VILLARETE HON. MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR

HON. LEOPOLDO L. RODAVIA HON. ADELFA T. PURISIMA HON. DICK H. CORDIAL Liga President (Ex-Officio) ABSENT: HON. CHRISTINE MAYNE S. CORDIAL - SK Fed. President (Ex-Officio Member) ============================================================

RESOLUTION NO. 34 Series of 2013

WHEREAS, Section 1, Article III of the Philippine Constitution provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the law; WHEREAS, Section 116, Republic Act 7160 provides that every Local Government Unit shall exercise the power expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as power necessary, appropriate or incidental for its efficient and effective governance and those which are essential to the promotion of general welfare. Within their respective territorial jurisdictions, Local Government Units shall ensure and support among other things the preservation and enrichment of culture, promote health and safety, enhance the right of the people to a balanced ecology, encourage and support the development of appropriate and self-reliant, scientific and technological capabilities, improve public morals, enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote full employment among their residents, maintain peace and order, and preserve the comfort and convenience of their inhabitants. NOW, THEREFORE, on motion by Hon. Adelfa T. Purisima, jointly seconded by Hon. Irene R. Breis and Hon. Manolo A. Pineda, Jr., be it RESOLVED by the Sangguniang Bayan of Caramoan, Camarines Sur, in session assembled, to enact the following ordinance, to wit:

MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 01 Series of 2013

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF CARAMOAN, CAMARINES SUR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Bet it ordained by the Sangguniang Bayan of Caramoan, Camarines Sur that: BOOK I GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER I BASIC PRINCIPLES ARTICLE I Title and General Policy SECTION 1. Title. This ordinance shall be known as the Gender and Development Code of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy and Principles of the Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. It shall be the policy of the Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur to uphold the rights of women and the essence of their worth and dignity as human beings. Women shall be recognized as full and equal partners of men in development and nation building and in the same manner, men shall share equal role with women in terms of all forms of productive and

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ARTICLE I Violence against Women SECTION 1. Violence Against Women Defined - any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such act, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life. SECTION 2. Violence against women shall include but is not limited to: a. Physical, sexual and Psychological violence occurring in the family and other close relationships, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation. b. Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution. c. Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated against women and condoned by the State, wherever it occurs. d. Violation of human rights of women in situations of armed-conflict, in particular murder, physical and psychological torture, systematic rape, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy. e. Forced sterilization and forced abortion, coercive/forced use of contraceptives, prenatal sex selection and female infanticide. f. To buy or sell a woman or any of her body parts for profit. g. Feminization of poverty which is regarded as a condition when gap between the rich and the poor widens and grassroots women bear the brunt as in economic instability and unequal distribution of wealth. Such gap reinforces non-response to both practical and strategic interests of women. SECTION 3. Sexual Abuse Defined. Sexual abuse shall include but is not limited to the following: 1. When a man inserts or attempts to inset his penis into the mouth or anus of a woman under any of the following situations a) Through force, threat or intimidation; b) By means of abuse of authority or relationship; c) When the offended party is deprived of reason or is otherwise unconscious; d) When the offended party is below twelve years old, even though none of the above circumstances is present. 2. When a person inserts part of his or her body other than the sexual organ, or who introduces any object or instrument into the genital or anus of a woman under any of the situations stated in paragraph 1. 3. When a person subjects another to have sexual intercourse with an animal under any of the circumstances stated in the paragraph 1 or through any abnormal, unusual or ignominious sexual act. 4. Any intentional contact however slight of ones penis to the genital, mouth, breast or anus of a woman or intentional contact thereof, however slight, to any part of her body other than her sexual organ; or the use of any instrument or object which intentionally touches the genital, breast or anus of a woman. 5. Sexual abuse in intimate marital relations, forced sexual act committed under intimate or marital relations shall form part of sexual abuse such as those between man woman, woman and woman, man and man relations, married or unmarried, legally separated in fact. SECTION 4. Battering Defined a series of physical, emotional and psychological abuse. It is a repeated and habitual cyclic patterns means of intimidations and imposition of the batterers will and control over the survivors life. Battering constitutes the following kinds of behavior but is not limited to: a. Sexual battering this includes physical attacks on the womens breast/ genitals or forced sexual activity, accompanied by either physical violence or the threat of physical violence. b. Psychological battering this includes threats of suicide, violence against the woman or her family, punching, breaking or defacing or otherwise destroying the house or any part thereof; or of the personal belongings of a woman, threatening to take the children away, threatening deportation of wives with foreign citizenship, threatening to kidnap children or take them to a foreign country and forcing the victim to do degrading things; controlling the victims lawful or usual activities, the use of foul and insulting words or statements and threats of abandonment and expulsion such a as forcing the wives to leave the conjugal dwellings. This provision shall likewise apply to common-law relationships but does not include adulterous ones as contemplated in the Revised Penal Code. c. Economic battering this includes deprivation of women of economic resources, their generation and mobilization so as to create dependency and submissiveness to men and to any established structures of domination. SECTION 5. Trafficking in Women Defined is a covert recruitment of women into the sex trade industry. It includes new forms of sexual exploitation such as sex tourism, the recruitment of domestic labor to work in developed countries, and organized marriages between women from third world counties, and foreign nationals, promotion or initiating a system in which women become movable properties and objects of exchange. Trafficking in Women shall include the following but not limited to: a) For any person association, cult, religion or organization or similar entities to commit the following acts: - Establish or carry on a business for the purpose of matching women for marriage to for foreigner either on mail order basis or through personal introduction or cyberspace; - Advertise, publish, print or distribute, or cause the advertisement, publication, printing or distribution of any brochure, flyer or propaganda material calculated to promote the above-mentioned prohibited acts for profit or advantage; - Solicit, enlist, or attract/include any woman to join any club, association or organization whose objective is to match women for marriage to foreigners; - Either on mail-order basis or through personal introduction or cyberspace or any other forms which facilitate the act of solicitation; - Use the postal service, cyberspace or satellite TV to promote the above-

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mentioned prohibited acts. SECTION 6. Mail Order Bride Defined. It is a practice where woman establish personal relations with male-foreign national via mail or similar means upon recruitment by an individual or agency for the purpose of exploiting women in guise of marriage. SECTION 7. Sexual Harassment Defined. It is a form of misconduct involving an act or a series of unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, made directly, indirectly or impliedly. Sexual harassment shall be unlawful in the employment, education or training environment as prescribed in R. A. 7877. SECTION 8. Other Forms of Sexual Harassment. Other than the definition provided by R.A.7877 the following constitute sexual harassment some of which are covered by the Revised Penal Code under Acts of Lasciviousness: 1. Persistent telling of offensive joke such as green jokes or other analogous statements to someone who finds them offensiveness or humiliating; 2. Taunting a person with constant talk about sex innuendoes; 3. Displaying offensive or lewd pictures and publications in the workplace; 4. Interrogating someone about sexual activities or private life; during interviews for employment, scholarship grant or any lawful activity applied for; 5. Making offensive hand and gestures at someone; 6. Repeated asking for dates despite verbal rejection; 7. Staring or leering maliciously; 8. Touching, pinching or brushing someones body unnecessarily or deliberately; 9. Kissing or embracing someone against her will; 10. Requesting sexual favors in exchange for good grade, obtaining a good job or promotion, etc.; 11. Cursing, whistling or calling a woman in public with words having dirty connotations or implications which tend to ridicule, humiliate or embarrass the women such as puta, boring, peste, etc.; 12. Any other unnecessary acts during physical examinations; 13. Requiring women to wear suggestive or provocative attire during interviews such as job hiring, promotion, admission. SECTION 9. Pedophilia Defined. Pedophilia which is a form or perversion where children are the preferred victims is defined under the following circumstances: a. When the offender shall have sexual intercourse with a girl; b. When the offender shall have anal intercourse with a boy or girl. SECTION 10. Prohibition of Printing, Publishing, Display and Distribution of Pornographic Scenes on Movie/TV Trailers/shows, Posters, Billboard and other Materials and Similar Literature. It shall be unlawful for any person to print, publish, display or distribute pornographic scenes on movie/TV trailer/show, Posters, Billboard, literature and other visual material which treat women as sex objects and commodities. SECTION 11. Pornographic and Indecent Shows. Indecent shows as used in this Code include nude or other provocative gestures which further project and exhibit women as sex objects. Any person or agency who engages in shows depicting women as sex objects in private or in public place or under scandalous circumstances shall violate womens rights. SECTION 12. Comprehensive Support to Women-Survivors of Violence. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall provide a comprehensive support to women-survivors of violence which consist of but not limited to the following: a) Immediately conduct an investigation within 24 hours; b) Provide for counseling and medical services for the offended party; c) Gather evidence for the arrest and prosecution of the offenders; d) Make a report of his/her investigation and, on the basis of the offended partys testimony and additional evidence, if any, endorse the same to the proper prosecution office within 36 hours from time of filing, regardless of his/her evaluation of the cases; e) The investigation officer or the examining physician, if possible of the same sex as the offended party, ensures that only persons expressly authorized by the latter allowed inside the room where the investigation or medical or physical examination is being conducted. f) Women victims-survivors of all forms of violence shall be registered in a Community-Based Psychological Program that shall assist the women in holistically rebuilding and empowering themselves; g) All investigations/hearings involving rape cases and other forms of violence against women conducted in the police stations, prosecutors office and the trial courts shall recognize the survivors social support group as expressly allowed or requested by the offended party h) A temporary shelter with appropriate support service for the women in crisis shall be appropriately constructed under the management and supervision of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office. SECTION 14. Psychological Program It is an intervention using a system approach to conditions of women as it view womens differentiated needs in a social context. SECTION 15. Survivors Support Group Defined it is an organized group of women to whom a woman-survivor of violence voluntarily agrees to established a professional helping process. SECTION 16. Support Services for Women in the Entertainment Industry. Entertainment Industry Defined. includes establishments identified as places of amusement as defined in the Local Tax Code of Caramoan. Other Places of Amusement include all other places of amusement not specifically enumerated or otherwise provided for in thus Ordinance, including but not limited to night clubs day clubs, cocktail lounges, super or family clubs, disco houses, minus-one or sing-along houses, bar or beer houses/gardens, fast food centers showing video cassette films/movies, beach resorts, and other places of amusement where one seeks admission to entertain himself whether by seeing or viewing or by direct participation.

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that at least one third (1/3) of the members of the BDC are women to strengthen governments recognition of womens potential in each barangay. SECTION 32. Women Representative to the Municipal Development Council (MDC). The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall ensure that at least one third (1/3) of the members of the MDC is women. SECTION 33. Peace Based on Justice. The network of women GOs and NGOs shall be formally consulted on peace and development issues on the basis of social equity and justice. SECTION 34. Women in Law Enforcement Positions. All qualified women shall be given an opportunity to assume key law enforcement positions. ARTICLE III Cultural Identity of Women SECTION 35. National Cultural Indigenous People. The preservation of the cultural identity of the indigenous people/women shall be incorporated in all programs and projects of the Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. SECTION 36. Culturally-Appropriate Schools. There shall be accessible and culturally appropriate schools for indigenous peoples in the Municipality of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. SECTION 37. Declaration of Indigenous People Areas. A survey of indigenous peoples areas in Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall be undertaken within two years upon effectivity of this Code which shall become a basis for the indigenous areas. SECTION 38. Integrated Development Program for Indigenous. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall develop a program that shall facilitate empowerment of the indigenous women. Active support for the preservation of the indigenous womens knowledge of the environment shall be incorporated in the program. ARTICLE IV Labor and Employment SECTION 39. Orientation on Sexual Harassment. All local offices, agencies, and establishments or companies, government and private in Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall conduct orientation on sexual harassment. Certificate of compliance shall be submitted to the Integrated Gender and Development Office. SECTION 40. Setting-up of Grievance Machinery. A grievance committee shall be set up in local offices, agencies, establishments or companies to act on complaints related to sexual harassment. SECTION 41. Gender-Sensitive Physical Plant. A physical plant appropriate for a gender-sensitive environment shall be adopted by all offices, agencies and establishments or companies which shall help prevent sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatment in the workplace. SECTION 42. Tax Incentives for Business Entities. The Local Government of Caramoan shall provide tax incentives to business entities: a) Any amount used for the establishment, maintenance and operation of the child day care support system shall be tax-deductible; b) Annual tax credit per child regularly served for at least one year in the Center; and c) Annual tax credit per woman extended with maternity leave benefits for breast feeding. SECTION 43. Monitoring System for Labor Standard. A mechanism shall be installed in the Integrated Gender and Development Office to monitor all offices, agencies and establishments or companies violating Labor Code Provision and the provisions of this Ordinance. ARTICLE V Health Right SECTION 44. Budget for Womens Health. A substantial portion of the health budget of the Municipal Government shall be allocated for womens health and services. SECTION 45. Upgrading of Health Care Delivery System. Quality health care and services that are not discriminatory on account of their gender, age, sex, creed, religion and ethnicity shall be implemented. SECTION 46. Reproductive Health Care Delivery, Reproductive Health Defined. As defined in the International Conference on Population and Development and World Health Organization and affirmed in Beijing Conference, Reproductive Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes, i.e. people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide it, when and how to do so. Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall adopt the reproductive health care approach at all levels of health care delivery. Such approach integrates many issues not previously considered central to population: sexuality, reproductive tract infection, gender power relations and domestic violence and shall not be limited to family planning and child bearing. SECTION 47. Womens Control Over their Bodies. Womens decisions to prevent and control pregnancy shall be given appropriate support and guidance by all health professionals, private and public, at very minimal cost. SECTION 48. Gender-Sensitive Crisis Intervention Unit. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall cause the establishment of a Gender-Sensitive Crisis Intervention Unit at all levels of the health care, primary, secondary and tertiary and shall provide service training to all health and other allied personnel who shall be assigned in this unit. SECTION 49. Gender-Fair Approach to Pre-marital Counseling Program. Without prejudices to (Sec. 27, Art. III) of Caramoan, Camarines Sur Childrens Welfare Code, a review and redesign of the Pre-marital Counseling Program of the Local Government of Caramoan shall be jointly undertaken by the Gender and Development Office, Rural Health Units and the Caramoan Women and Childrens

The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall provide socioeconomic support services for the entertainment industry in its desire to concretely respond to their practical needs. SECTION 17. Free Medical Routine Check-up. Women in the entertainment industry shall be afforded with free medical routine check-up and medicines in needed. SECTION 18. Prostitution as a Violence of Womens Rights. Prostitution shall be recognized as a violation of human rights and exploitation of women who have no real choices for survival. SECTION 19. Local Monitoring Board for Violence in Media. A Local Monitoring Board for movie, print, broadcast, and multi-media, shall be set up to classify, censure, prohibit or regulate the exhibition of materials degrading women. The Boards function shall also extend to video shops, electronic communication, cable television, books and other forms of audiovisual channels or instruments. SECTION 20. Creation of Women Complaints Relation Section (WCRS) and Appointment of WRCS Officer. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall create the WCRS and appoint WCRS Officer in the Police Station of Caramoan, Camarines to specifically handle concerns of women. The WCRS shall require all military camps to submit list of AFP personnel assigned in the camp with their marital status for the information of the community. SECTION 21 Role of Female Police Officer. Complaints filed by women on battering and other forms of abuse against them shall be handled by female officers in the Local Police Force who shall undergo special course on handling cases affecting abused women. SECTION 22. Creation of Family Arbitration Committee within the Lupong Tagapamayapa. There shall be created a Family Arbitration Committee within the Lupong Tagapamayapa of each barangay to resolve cases on family violence. SECTION 23. Creation of Medico-Legal Desk of Women at the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office. There shall be a Medico-Legal Desk for Women at the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office to cater to specific women problems and concerns. SECTION 24. Creation of Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Council on Family Violence. A Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Council against Trafficking which shall be created by the Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur through the Integrated Gender and Development Office in coordination with existing women NGOs engaged in program against family violence to design protocol and mechanism for identification, assessment and interventions on family violence. SECTION 25. Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking. An Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking which shall be established at Caramoan, Camarines Sur with the following powers and functions. a) Formulate a comprehensive program to suppress the trafficking of women and children; b) Conduct a massive information campaigns; c) Undertake guidance and counseling to women abroad as fiances of foreign nationals; d) Make representations to schools and colleges/universities for the inclusion of migration and its implications for women in all levels of curricula; e) Refer traffic victims to appropriate agencies; f) Formulate a program for returning victims in cooperation with local officers of DOLE, TESDA and other government agencies involved in training and livelihood development; g) Secure assistance from any of the local government unit, departments or bureaus of the national government; h) Exercise all power and functions necessary to attain its purposes and objectives. ARTICLE II Political and Public Sphere of Women SECTION 26. Declaration of March 8 as International Womens Day. March 8 shall be declared as a special public holiday through an Executive Order. There shall be a barangay level set of activities on women and the law, current issues affecting and influencing women, and assessment of womens status in the Municipality of Caramoan, Camarines Sur and other forms of critical consciousness-raising activities. SECTION 27. International Day of Action for Womens Health. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines shall cause the celebration of the International Day of action for Womens Health on May 28 where issues and concerns relative to the protection and promotion of womens health shall be examined, deliberated, projected and government action sought. SECTION 28. Barangay Level Self-Organization of Women. Self-organization of women shall be recognized at the barangay level to include young women. SECTION 29. Creation of Council for Women. A council for women shall be organized at a district level from among the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Code. Women organizations with mass membership at the community level shall likewise be represented at the Council for Women. Women groups in schools, offices whether GO or NGO shall be represented in the Council as a cluster. Details of the Councils operation shall be stipulated in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Code. SECTION 30. Election of Women Sectoral Representative to the Sangguniang Bayan. Women sect oral representative to the Sangguniang Bayan shall be elected by members of the accredited women organization in Caramoan, Camarines Sur as a concrete manifestation of womens places in the local governance and in accordance with R.A. 7160. The duly elected Women Sectoral; Representative shall immediately sit as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Bayan upon submission of the proof of her election as such an Oath of Office with the Secretary of the Sangguniang Bayan. SECTION 31. Representation of Women in Barangay Development Council (BDC) Structure. The Local Government of Caramoan, Camarines Sur shall ensure

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Office and other concerned agencies. Agencies involved shall adhere to the principle of gender-fair pre-marital counseling service. SECTION 50. Strengthen Primary Health Care Delivery. In consonance with the Department of Healths thrust and (Sec. 19.C. Art III) of the Caramoan Childrens Welfare Code. The Local Government of Caramoan shall strengthen the Primary Health Care Delivery in the context of reproductive health. ARTICLE VI Education Right SECTION 51. Sunday Classes for Women. Sunday classes for women shall be held in all barangay high schools in Caramoan to facilitate working womens access to education. SECTION 52. Promotion Gender-Sensitive Curricula. The Schools in Caramoan shall actively promote gender-sensitive professional school counseling and career education programs to encourage females to pursue academic and technical courses in order to widen their future career opportunities. SECTION 53. Adult Education. All women desiring to engage themselves in functional and practical education shall be enlisted in Adult Education Program, which shall be set up in all barangays of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. SECTION 54. Monitoring and Reporting of Stereotyped Portrayal of Roles of Women and Men in Educational materials. The Gender and Development Office shall coordinate closely with the DepEd, Caramoan District and other network of schools in monitoring and reporting of stereotyped portrayal of roles of women and men as projected in education materials. ARTICLE VII Socio-Economic Benefits for Women SECTION 55. Increase Capital Assistance for Women. All local Government departments and Agencies engaged in socio-economic programs shall increase their capital assistance and/or subsidy to women especially on land-based using community bank approach. SECTION 56. Access to Safe Water. All barangays in Caramoan shall provide easy access to safe water supply. Appropriate system shall be installed to ease womens workload. ARTICLE VIII Rural Womens Rights SECTION 57. Land for Women-Headed Households and Landless Families. Idle lands shall be distributed to qualified women-headed households and landless families interested and committed to till the land upon issuance of a memorandum of agreement between the parties concerned. Ownership of such land shall be granted to women-headed households and landless families after ten years of continuous tillage. Support services shall be delivered by the Local Government of Caramoan as part of the Memorandum of Agreement. SECTION 58. Promotion of Land-Based Projects. Land-Based Projects Defined. Land-based projects are activities designed systematically in order to provide women the opportunity to have full access and control over the maximum utilization of land and other indigenous resources. The Local Government of Caramoan shall promote and support land-based projects ensuring food security for rural women utilizing science, women friendly and appropriate technology instilling collectivism. SECTION 59. Access to Science and Women-Friendly Alternative Technology Education. The Municipal Agriculturist Office of the Local Government of Caramoan in conjunction with the Department of Science and Technology and other related line agencies should establish a science and women-friendly alternative technology center for rural women in each barangay. ARTICLE IX Special Sectoral Concerns SECTION 60. Special Education for Differently-Abled Women. DifferentlyAbled Women Defined. Differently-abled women are women survivors of physical impairments and have differential needs and potentials. There shall be a special education school for differently-abled women in Caramoan which shall offer appropriate technology curricula. SECTION 61. Advocacy on Differently-abled Womens Rights. Active advocacy on the rights of differently-abled women shall be conducted by the Gender and Development Office. SECTION 62. Creative Employment Opportunities for Differently-abled Women. The Local Government of Caramoan shall develop creative employment opportunities for differently-abled women recognizing their differentiated conditions and full potentials as human persons. SECTION 63. Reporting of Cases of Harassment Committed Integrated Against Differently-Abled Women. The Local Government of Caramoan of Caramoan through its Gender and Development Office shall require all barangays to monitor and report cases of harassment committed against differently-abled women. SECTION 64. Organization of Differently-Abled Women. Each barangay shall create a committee of differently-abled women within the Barangay Development Council in order to advance the interests of this special group of women. SECTION 65. Organization of the Elderly Women. Each barangay shall create a committee of the elderly women within in the Barangay Development Council in order to advance the interest of this group of women. SECTION 66. Support Funds for the Elderly Women. Funds shall be allocated to the psychological help for the elderly women to include emergency assistance, routine physical check-up, social group work program and appropriate socioeconomic activities. SECTION 67. Support to Women to Detention. Right of all women detainees

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shall be protected: a) Speedy trial of their trial cases shall ensure by all concerned; b) an appropriate program shall be designed to respond to their specific needs and problems as detainees; and c) separate structure and space for detention and rehabilitation shall be provided. SECTION 68. Respect for Womens Sexual Preference. Womens right to sexual preference shall be respected and protected. ARTICLE X Women and Children Support System SECTION 69. Daycare Centers. The Local Government of Caramoan shall ensure that Day Care Centers are set up in every barangay to free woman from other activities such as taking a job or going back to school without prejudice to the Municipal Childrens Welfare Code. SECTION 70. Parental Authority. The father and mother shall jointly exercise parental authority over the persons of their common children. In case of disagreement, the couple shall consult their family counselor or shall bring the matter before the Lupong Tagapamayapa for conciliation. ARTICLE XI Gender and Development SECTION 71. Gender and Development Defined. Conscious effort at improving the quality of lives of women and men based on sustained, equitable growth, and balanced growth, and balance ecology. It sees society as a gender system in all its aspects economic, political and social. It views womens oppression in both the private and public spheres. It sees women as agents of change, instead of mere recipients of development assistance. It calls for structural changes as well as reorientation of patriarchal culture. All schools, offices, Establishments or companies, Departments and Agencies in Caramoan shall be provided with gender sensitivity orientation and training which shall equip them with theoretical and practical knowledge on gender issues and concerns. Likewise all establishments, schools, colleges and universities shall develop assessment tools for gender biases. SECTION 72. Active Support to Gender Studies. A sufficient amount shall be allotted to gender-related documentation and researches which shall from part of municipal data-based program development. SECTION 73. Popularization of Gender-Fair Materials. There shall be an active promotion and publication of gender-fair material in popular forms in Caramoan, Camarines Sur. SECTION 74. Gender and Development Officer. A Gender and Development Officer shall be appointed to initiate gender and development program in the offices, establishments, companies, departments or agencies of the Local Government of Caramoan in close coordination with the Offices of Gender and Development and Human Resource Management Office. SECTION 75. Integrated Gender-Sensitive and Environment-Friendly Zonification Plan in Caramoan. An integrated gender-sensitive and environmentfriendly zonification plan in Caramoan shall constitute the following but not limited to: a) Relocation of communities shall constitute the following but not limited to; b) Relocation sites shall not con tribute to an increase in womens burden in economic, home, and social production; c) Housing and industrial project sites shall be those unproductive lands unsuitable for economic purposes; d) Industrial center for light industry shall be placed in key districts in Caramoan while heavy industry shall be centralized in one district. SECTION 76. Community-Based Environment Plans and Programs. Both men and women shall participate in pollution control, zero-waste technology development and management, preservation of the forest, and indigenous reforestation with due respect for the indigenous rights to self-determination. SECTION 77. Gender-Sensitive natural Resources-based Management Programs. The Local Government of Caramoan shall engaged itself in the development of gender-sensitive natural resources-based management programs. SECTION 78. Role of Women in Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects. The Local Government of Caramoan shall promote the active role of women in environmental impact assessment shall consciously determine sex disaggregated data. SECTION 79. Promotion of Appropriate Technology. The Local Government of Caramoan shall actively promote an alternative technology that is appropriate and safe for women. SECTION 80. Creation of Resource Management Council. Each barangay shall create resources management council which shall ensure promotion and protection of ecological balance and full participation of women. SECTION 81. Sufficient Budget for Basic Social Services. A sufficient amount for the basic social services for women and children in extremely difficult circumstances shall be allocated from all source of funds. SECTION 82. Investment and Loans. The Local Government of Caramoan shall hold consultative assemblies with women GOs and NGOs in establishing contracts for loans and investments to clarify implications on womens welfare and development at the Barangay. SECTION 83. Overseas Contract Workers (OCW) Wives and Children Support. The Local Government of Caramoan shall conduct at the Barangay level a survey of overseas contract workers, result of which shall serve as basis for special support to women and children. SECTION 84. Special Course on OCW. A special course on overseas contract work primarily to orient women on the issues and concerns relative to migration shall be systematically introduced to all women especially to the barangay level. SECTION 85. Education on National Policies. Women and men shall undertake education on national policies and their implications on women. SECTION 86. Special Training for Lupong Tagapamayapa. A special paralegal training of Lupong Tagapamayapa shall be conducted along gender question

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and related matters. SECTION 87. Gender Sensitization as a Pre-requisite to Employment and Promotion. There shall be a gender-sensitive assessment to be conducted by the Gender and Development Office to all concerned as a pre-requisite to hiring and promotion of personnel. SECTION 88. Gender and Population. The Rural Health Office shall review and redesign the population program that it not contraceptive-based but reproduction health conscious. SECTION 89. Training on Non-Traditional Occupation. Women shall be given opportunity to acquire training on non-traditional occupation such as those related to science and technologies. BOOK II FINAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER I PENAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE I Violence against Women and Children SECTION 1. Soliciting Womens Services. It is unlawful for a person to solicit womens service for sexual purposes as gift, representation, public relations, or as an act of goodwill regardless of whether the solicitor profits from such act without prejudice to the provisions of the Revision of the Penal Code. Any witness may file complaint together with the affected women to the proper court Penalty for such is fine of Php2,500.00 or an imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both at the discretion of the court. SECTION 2. Other Forms of Trafficking in Women. Any person or agency who with the us of force or deceit, lures women to work abroad or in other provinces or cities in the Philippines for a particular job on a promise of high fees, but instead landed on prostitution, domestic help or other odd jobs. Violators of this provision shall be penalized by an imprisonment of a period not exceeding six (6) months or a fine of Php2,500.00 or both at the discretion of the court. SECTION 3. Sex Trade. Any agency or person who shall engage in keeping women for sex for a fee shall suffer the penalty in accordance with the Revised Penal code. SECTION 4. Sex Tours. No hotels, beach resorts, sauna baths, and related establishments shall be allowed to operate as conduit for sex tours. Cancellation of business permit, a fine of not exceeding to Php2,500.00 and as imprisonment of not exceeding six (6) months shall constitute the penalty for provision. SECTION 5. Beauty Contest. Beauty contest which tend to commodify, abuse humiliate and treat women as sex objects shall be strictly prohibited in schools, communities, barangays, and by the Municipal Government in its special celebrations, but in their stead the projection of womens strengths and potentials, especially with regard to indigenous and culturally-relevant forms shall be encouraged. Those who initiated the conceptualization and implementation of the beauty contest shall be subjected to a penalty consisting of the following: For business organizations a) cancellation of business permit; b) fine of Php2,500.00; c) others, as prescribed in the implementing rules and regulations of this Code. For representative of agencies, departments or units of the Local Government of Caramoan a) suspension for one (1) month without pay; b) fine of Php2,500.00; a) others, as prescribed in the implementing rules and regulations of this Code. For Educational Institutions, charity or welfare organizations a) cancellation of licenses to operate; b) fine of Php2,500.00; a) others, as prescribed in the implementing rules and regulations of this Code. SECTION 6. Fund Raising Initiative Defined. It refers to any activity, whether in whether in whole or in part, integrated in any raffle, draw, benefit or disco dance, premier showing or movies, or any similar fund-raising undertakings where women are used as donor prize, substitute for prizes won, a companion package for an award, prize or recognition, or any manner, activity, come on display, or exhibition which depicts a woman as central, partial, or special focus in order to raise funds. All fund raising initiatives as defined in this be strictly prohibited in Caramoan. Violators of this provision shall pay a fine of Php2,500.00 or an imprisonment of six months, or both at the discretion of the court. SECTION 7. Benefit Dance/Disco Defined. It refers to a dance in the locality where women are in the process being commodified for fund raising purposes. SECTION 8. Women in Armed Conflict Situation. a) No women shall be deprived of basic social services in armed conflicts areas. b) No women or girl children shall be kept by any PNP/military personnel in police/military detachment/checkpoint or any analogous quarter for purposes of comfort. Violation shall be penalized through summary dismissal proceeding of the local AFP/PNP and/or at the discretion of the court. SECTION 9. Conscious Surveillance of Entertainment establishments. A regular task force shall be created to conduct conscious surveillance of entertainment establishment exploiting women. Failure to submit weekly report shall be subjected to an administrative sanction. ARTICLE II Cultural Identity of Women SECTION 10. Indigenous Cultural Practices. Indigenous women shall be allowed to enroll in schools and colleges and enjoy employment opportunities without

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prejudice to their birth and marriage rituals where no birth and marriage certificates are issued as evidence of such life events. Failure to comply with this provisions shall be subjected to a maximum fine of Php2,500.00 Implementing rules and regulations of this section shall include issuance of certificate by the local civil registrars office and the National Cultural Indigenous People identifying cultural community affiliation. ARTICLE III Labor and Employment SECTION 11. Equal Access to Job Training and Promotion. No woman shall be deprived of job training and promotion on account of her gender, age, ethnicity, creed, religion and civil status. Violations by private employers shall constitute a fine of Php2,500.00 and a cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the court. Government unit or agency head office is liable with the penalty of three months suspension and a fine of Php1,000.00. SECTION 12. Wage and Benefits for Women. Every employer shall comply with the minimum wage as stipulated by the Regional Wage Board or Passed by the Congress and shall grant all benefits to all women employees such as maternity leave, sick and vacation leave, retirement, termination and other benefits provided by law. Violation by private employers shall constitute a fine of Php2,500.00 and a cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the Court. Government unit or agency head of office is liable with the penalty of three months suspension and a fine of Php1,000.00. SECTION 13. Facilities and Support System for Women. The Local Government of Caramoan shall ensure the safety and health of women employees. In appropriate cases, it shall require employers to: a. Provide seats proper for women and permit them to use such seats when they are free from work and during working hours. Provided they cay can perform their duties in this position without detriment to efficiency; b. Establish separate toilets rooms, lavatories and lounge for men and women and provide at least a dressing room for women. c. Establish a crche in a workplace for the benefit of the women employees therein; and d. Provide breast feeding centers for women in the workplaces. Violation by private employers shall constitute a fine of Php2,500.00 and cancellation of business permit or as prescribed by the Court. Government unit or agency head of office is liable with the penalty of three months suspension and a fine of Php1,000.00 SECTION 14. Reproductive Health Services. Big companies as well as labor intensive establishments shall provide reproductive health services to working women regardless of civil status as a manifestation of concern for womens role in social production. Cancellation of business permit or license to operate and a fine Php2,500.00 shall constitute the penalty for violation of this provision. SECTION 15. Orientation on Sexual Harassment. All offices agencies and establishments or companies, government and private, in Caramoan shall conduct orientation on sexual harassment. Failure to comply with this provision shall pay a fine of not less than Php2,500.00 or at the discretion of the Court. The head of office shall be held liable through an administrative sanction. SECTION 16. Gender-Sensitive Physical Plant. A physical plant appropriate for a gender-sensitive environment shall be adopted by all offices, agencies and establishments or companies, which shall help prevent sexual harassment, sexual abuse and other forms of abuse and other forms of maltreatment in workplaces. Monitoring team shall be composed of representative of the office of the Municipal Engineer, Municipal Social Worker and Development Office and Gender and Development Office to conduct inspection in compliance with the above provision. Failure to comply this provision shall mean payment of a fine and suspension of business permit or license to operate for three months. For Local Government Department or agency, an administrative sanction shall be imposed for which the Head of Office shall be held liable. SECTION 17. Increase Maternity leave Benefits as Incentives for Breastfeeding Mothers in the Public and Private Sectors. Maternity leave benefits of 90 days shall yearn extended to all women employees (public and Private) who have rendered at least one year continuous service, provided that 90 days of the leave period shall be used for breastfeeding her new-born baby. Employer who violates this provision shall pay a fine of Php2,500.00 and a suspension of business permit or license to operate for six months. For local government department or agency, an administrative sanction shall be imposed. SECTION 18. Barangay-Based Househelp Support. All barangay in Caramoan shall conduct compulsory education for both househelp and househelp employers on gender-sensitivity. An administrative sanction shall be imposed. SECTION 19. Women in the Entertainment Industry. Women engaged in the entertainment industry shall be recognized as wage earners and they shall receive a minimum wage and benefits afforded to women workers and shall render services as set in the job contract and only in the places of work as specified in the business permit of the establishment concerned. Violation of this provision shall be subjected to a fine of Php2,500.00 or cancellation of business permit, or both, at the discretion of the Court. SECTION 20. Raids. Police shall not be allowed during conduct of raids in entertainment establishment. Violation of this provision shall be subjected to an administrative sanction. ARTICLE IV Health Right SECTION 21. Socialized Reproductive Health Services for all Hospitals/ Clinics. No hospital/clinic in Caramoan shall deny a woman living below the poverty line of reproductive health services. Certificate of Indigency shall be issued by the Barangay Captain. In case of emergency, a social worker or any authorized personnel shall be designated to conduct rapid appraisal of the socio-economic status of the patient

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for admission purposes. Non-compliance of the Administrator of this provision shall be penalized by the fine not more than Php2,500.00. ARTICLE V Socio-economic Benefits for Women SECTION 22. Socialized Lending for Women. a) All banks, financial/lending institutions and cooperative shall open special windows for lending to women including young women who lack access to traditional sources of collateral. B) No woman shall be deprived of credit. Money lending institutions shall establish a socialized lending scheme friendly to women which shall constitute the following: 1. 2. 3. Bank rate interest No post-dated checks Certificate of Income Generating Activity from the Punong Barangay

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Non-compliance of this provision shall be subjected to a fine of not less than Php2,500.00 and a suspension of business permit or its equivalent. ARTICLE VI Rural Womens Right SECTION 23. Promotion of Environment-Friendly Technologies. No local government agency or its representative shall act as an agent of inorganic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. An administrative sanction shall be imposed to head of agencies upon violation of this provision. ARTICLE VII Special Sectoral Concerns SECTION 24. Barangay-Level Sanction on Cases of Harassment Committed against Differently-abled Women. All barangays in Caramoan shall formulate a barangay-level sanction on cases of harassment committed against differentlyabled women. Failure to comply with this provision shall subject the barangay council to an administrative sanction. ARTICLE VIII Gender and Development SECTION 25. Gender Sensitive Orientation and Training. All schools offices, establishments or companies, departments and agencies including barangay officials of the Local government of Caramoan shall initiate gender sensitivity orientation and training which shall equip them with theoretical knowledge on gender justice. Non-compliance of this provision shall require the concerned party to pay a fine of Php2,500.00 and issuance of warning by the Gender and Development Office. Likewise all establishments, schools, colleges and universities shall develop assessment tool for gender biases. CHAPTER II Provisions for Implementation SECTION 27. Creation of the Gender and Development Office. Gender and Development Defined. It refers to the office which shall be created by the Local Government of Caramoan responsible for the implementation of this ordinance. It addresses itself to the convergence of the local government efforts towards a district level coordination and cooperation in facilitating gender and development program planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The Gender and Development Office of Caramoan shall be created specifically to realize the provisions of this Ordinance. It shall be the coordinative, regulatory and monitoring body of the Local Government of Caramoan to focus on gendersensitive projects and activities. It shall become the local expression of the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). SECTION 28. Functions of the Gender and Development Office. This distinct Office shall have the following functions to ensure consistency in the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance: a. Monitoring and Coordinative Functions. These functions shall see through the realistic, measurable and tangible results of the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance: a.1 Gender-Sensitive Watch. A system of services and facilities in order to monitor status of women in the Municipality of Caramoan wherein all departments and agencies shall develop conceptual and practical methodologies for incorporating gender perspective into all aspects of economy and policy-making. It shall collect gender and age disaggregated data on poverty situation and all aspects of economic activity and develop qualitative and quantitative statistical performance from a gender perspective. It shall also serve as the data bank of Caramoan on gender and development. a.2 Legal Aid Services Check. A coordinated services from any legal actions needed by the women in protecting their rights shall be installed. a.3 Advocacy and Campaign Management. A coordinated advocacy and campaign on all forms of discrimination and violence against women shall be programmed. a.4 Sustainable and Gender-Sensitive Project Development. A system of appraisals of project to determine sustainable impact on women and men, local economy, politics, culture and ecosystem. a.5 Violence in Media Check. An active dialogue with tri-media representatives shall be undertaken by the Sangguniang Bayan Committee on Womens welfare and Development GOs and NGOs on incidence of all forms of violence in media. b. Regulatory Function. This function shall include establishing protocols and standards relevant to the following concerns: b.1 Education and Training Benchmark. Gender-sensitivity education and

training for all departments and agencies of the Local Government Of Caramoan and at the barangay level shall be designed. Standards for con tents of the course shall be established by the Office. b.2 Psychological Support Program. A holistic and indigenous approach to women with social disfunctioning which includes attendance to their physical/ biological, emotional, psychological and social needs shall be set up. Indicator of program success shall be established by the office. b.3 Early Childhood and Care and Development Program and Services. Appropriate support services for women and children shall include crche and day care services for infants and toddlers as prescribed in RA 6972 and the LGUCaramoans Childrens Welfare Code. Indicators of quality of services shall be established by the Office. It shall be involved in all processes related to the conceptualization, development, assessment and evaluation of programs and projects of the Local Government of Caramoan. SECTION 29. Role of the Council for Women of Caramoan, Camarines Sur. The Caramoan Council of Women shall become the consultative-assembly of the Gender and Development Office for its periodic planning and programming, programs implementation, monitoring, assessment and evaluation. SECTION 30. Rules and Regulations. Through an Executive Order, an Executive Committee composed of the Municipal Prosecutors Office, Municipal legal Office, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office and the Committee on Womens Welfare and Development of the Sangguniang Bayan shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry on the provisions of this Ordinance. A consultative body shall be convened periodically through-out the formulation of the implementing rules and regulations which shall be composed of official representatives of the various agencies of the local Government and Women NGOs involved in the process of drafting of this Code. A Technical Working Group shall be formed for an effective and efficient realization of the Implementing Rules and Regulations. Such Rule and Regulations shall take effect upon their publication in two (2) Local Newspaper of general Circulation. SECTION 31. Compliance Report. Within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Code and every six (6) months thereafter, all Local Government Departments, including its agencies and instrumentalities, shall submit a report to the Sangguniang Bayan on their compliance with this Code. SECTION 32. Appropriations. For the effective implementation of this Ordinance, the Local government of Caramoan shall implement the amount appropriate from official development assistance as stipulated in RA 7192. It shall also appropriate six percent (6%) from its Annual Development Fund. CHAPTER III FINAL PROVISIONS SECTION 33. Separability Clause. If for any reason any section or provisions of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. SECTION 34. Repealing Clause. All Ordinances, local issuances or rules inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SECTION 35. Effectivity Clause. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the approval and after publication in the newspapers of general circulation. ENACTED/APPROVED: _FEBRUARY 18, 2013 I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of this foregoing Resolution embodying Municipal Ordinance No. 01, Series of 2013. . (Sgd.) DANILO O. BELLEZA Secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan CONCURRED: (Sgd.) IRENE R. BREIS Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) RAUL F. VILLARETE Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) JUAN C. CORDIS III Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) ROMEO O. MARTO Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) EDUARDO B. BONITA Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) ADELFA T. PURISIMA Municipal Councilor

(Sgd.) MANOLO A. PINEDA, JR Municipal Councilor (Sgd.) LEOPOLDO L. RODAVIA Municipal Councilor

ATTESTED:

(Sgd.) DICK H. CORDIAL Liga President (Ex-Officio Member)

(Sgd.) JUAN A. CORDIS Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer APPROVED: BIKOL REPORTER Published: April 21, 2013 (Sgd.) ENGR. CONSTANTINO H. CORDIAL, JR. Municipal Mayor

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Naga City vies for top . . .
the religious pilgrimage tour such as the feast of Our Lady of Peafrancia this coming September where Marian devotees coming from various nooks and corners of the world, will troop to Naga City to take part in the said festivity. ACTO chairman Alec Santos said that this city also seeks to strengthen the governments public-private partnership (PPP) program by encouraging more tourism players and stakeholders to take part in this tourism campaign. We have partnered with the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI), and have coordinated with some 50 private establishments here as primary and secondary tourism enterprises who committed to give discounted rates to tourists who are going to avail of their package, Santos said. Included in the Naga X tourism package is the Caramoan Adventure comprising three-day adventure that will give the tourists a chance to explore the Paniman Cove, hidden lagoons in some of the islets, caves and sand bars, among others. Guests can also indulge in pond-fishing, zipline rides, rappelling, canopy walk, karitela rides, among others. A one and a half-day Heritage Excursion package is also available for those who wants to embark on a historical tour, starting off with the original Peafrancia shrine going to Peafrancia Basilica which has housed the image of Inang Peafrancia since 1983 and on to various other old structures. Devotees may also opt to have the Pilgrim-

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DSWD launches Anti-Epal . . .
the conditionalities of the

Values Education: Teacher . . .

The aim is to have citizens of the country who are endowed with the sense of responsibility for their community and environment. This aim is normally carried out if the students are well taught even in simple good manners and right conduct. It eventually leads them to be productive persons who can contribute to the economic development of the country and the childs own family. What could be expected next are citizens with a deep sense of nationalism and eventually citizens who live with an abiding faith in God. It is not surprising why DepEd has made Values Education a primary thrust. It is when we have school children started young in values that we can truly look forward to their mature years with deeply seated values which would eventually lead the country to its full development, not just in terms of academic fulfillment but as one truly progressive nation with values-oriented citizens.

program. He said that the word epal means papel, which means pumapapel or the one who grab credit to a particular project by putting his/her name to a certain project of the government. He said that a beneficiary of the 4Ps should not vote because of the utang na loob and should not join a political campaign but can participate as personal initiative and not as
age Package where they can visit old churched depicting the deep religiosity of the Bicolanos. For those who love adventure and thrill, ACTO also offers its 3-days and 2-nights Naga X package Mount Isarog Natural Park and Urban Tourism which would include a visit at Haciendas de Naga, Panicuason Hot Spring Resort, and at Malabsay Falls. Santos said that LGU Naga is aggressive in its tourism campaign in the hope of giving more opportunities to Nagueos and to the city itself to be recognized as the center of significant happenings and as a booming tourism and business-friendly cities in the archipelago. Balboa explained Pneumonia was the second to heart disease as leading cause of death in 2011 in Bicol region. Both diseases were responsible for hospitalizations, including deaths worldwide and complications occur among elderly especially those having underlying chronic medical conditions. Immunization remains the best preventive measure to

NFA: Bicols rice stock . . .

As of April 15 this year, the NFA Bicol declared a total stock of 174,213 bags, each containing 50 kilograms of rice. Based on our grains stock position report, we also have 816,891 bags of palay stocks, saio NFA Bicol information officer Nelsie Alcantara. According to NFA Bicol, the region consumes 40,500 bags of rice daily. Camarines Sur leads in rice consumption with daily requirement of 14,200 bags of rice, followed by Albay with 9,500 bags and Masbate with 5,860 bags of rice. Sorsogon also posted 5,400 bags of rice as its daily consumption requirement, Camarines Norte with 3,980 and Catanduanes with 1,560 bags of rice daily consumption requirement. Albay tops other Bicol provinces in rice stock position with 73,594 bags. Albay supplies rice to the island provinces that explains its high number of stocks, Alcantara said. Catanduanes follows Albay with its rice stocks of 26,158 bags while Camarines Norte has 24,386. The province of Camarines Sur has 23,016 bags of stock rice while Masbate has 13,585 and Sorsogon with 13,474 bags of rice reserve, according to NFA. However, Camarines Sur leads in palay stocks with 426,527 bags, followed by Albay with 137,030 and Sorsogon with 126,734 bags of palay stocks. Masbate has 95,572 bags of palay, Camarines Sur has 22,284 and Catanduanes with 8,744 bags of palay reserves, NFA reveals.

Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary. He added that the agency has set up a hotline number 09189122813, for those who want to file complaints. The agency will also conduct family development sessions informing 4Ps beneficiary on how to choose a right candidate and not to be used in the political campaign. The DSWD also has grievance committee for complaints and if verified this will be submitted to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). He also warned the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officers (MSWDOs), municipal link and parent leaders of the 4Ps that they will be suspended if they will be involved in political campaigns. Garcia also urged politicians for delikadesa not to use poor people in their political campaign and agenda. He also cited the important role of the agencies concerned especially the media in the success of the campaign.
fight cases of pneumonia and influenza, Balboa revealed. Balboa furthered that indigent senior citizens are given pneumococcal immunizations only once while influenza vaccine is being provided yearly. This is because pneumococcal vaccine provides lifetime immunity for senior citizens. On the other hand treatment for influenza depends on the strain of the flu virus prevailing for a given year. DOH Bicol, in cooperation with all local government units in Bicol, has encouraged all indigent senior citizens to coordinate with the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in their respective localities for updates and schedules of vaccination. Health authorities are optimistic that after the vaccination, indigent senior citizens will be more protected against the disease reducing the risk of contracting it.

The Document Tracking System . . .

the preparation of an accurate record of their students. Eventually, the principals will be assured that right after the 4th grading period, all reports including Form 18-A are ready for printing, The 10 in 1 Digital Scholastic Information System (DSIMS Server type), on the other hand, will provide IDs with the special feature of the DTR system with locator program which is more advantageous than the Biometric system that monitors attendance of school employees. This double feature of the program is truly a breakthrough in the academic system with all the sound features of the program that will generate an authentic and reliable source of the students record avoiding forgery/fabrication of grades or other data. Compared to the conventional method of preparing, submitting and safekeeping of records, this is fowl-free. It embraces an easy and accurate computation the conversion from numerical to descriptive the ratings in the K+ 12 program. It will ease the burden of teachers in preparing and submitting scholastic records. There is a guarantee that the computed grades will not be altered. In short, there are more than just one reasons why the program should not work well for the Education Department. Besides, while teachers hardly smile when they are pressured with much work coupled with their personal responsibility as parents, the implementation of this program will make them smile always. In this age of technology, the teachers are challenged to adopt to new strategies and techniques if only to make them feel that teaching is not just a profession to consider burdensome but that it is a pleasurable profession that they have opted from a lifetime.

Extrajudicial settlement of estate with waiver of Rights

Notice is hereby given that the intestate state of the late Manuel A. Baylon of Naga City consisting of various parcels of land known as Lot 23 covered by TCT No. 16735, with an area of 274 sq. meters; Lot No. 2 covered by TCT No. 23391 with an area of 200 sq. meters; Lot No. 7-E covered by TCT No. 21934 with an area of 294 sq. meters, has been extrajudicially settled by and among his heirs and subsequently said heirs waived their rights in favor of co-heir Haide R. Baylon, per instrument ratified by said heirs notarized by Atty. Florencio R. Rosales under Doc. No. 1265, Page No. 253, Book No. 25, Series of 2011. Bikol Reporter Published: April 14, 21 and 28, 2013

DOH gives free immunization . . .

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE Province: Camarines Sur City/Municipality: Naga City In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JUAN C. PAAO JR. II, has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from JUAN JR. III to JUAN JR. II in the birth certificate of JUAN CATIMBANG PAAO JR. III who was born on SEPTEMBER 24, 1972 at NAGA CITY, CAMARINES SUR, and whose parents are JUAN BERINGUELA PAAO JR. and LOURDES LEGASPI CATIMBANG. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than APRIL 28, 2013. (Sgd.) ALEXANDER M. CAYETANO City Civil Registrar
BIKOL REPORTER Published: APRIL 14 and 21, 2013

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Name of Deceased Date of Interment BENIGNO DR. CELSO March 5, 2013 VICTORIA N. ORDILLANO March 3, 2013 DINDO B. VIDA March 6, 2013 HILDA A. ALBAO March 9, 2013 JOVITO A. PAYOS March 8, 2013 EDUARDO E. AYALA March 9, 2013 ZENAIDA S. BENITO March 12, 2013 JOAQUIN JESUS DC. TEODORICO March 18, 2013 DANILO C. PANTE March 20, 2013 NEMESIA V. GONZALES March 25, 2013 DOMINGO Q. VILLAREZ March 23, 2013 JOSEPHINE B. GAYA March 25, 2013 EVELYN S. FILIO March 27, 2013 SABETH S. IMPERIO March 26, 2013 CONSTANCIO A. ELQUIERO March 27, 2013

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from my window . . .
President, Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Mayors, Board Members, Council Members, etc. are elected by the people. They did not inherit their positions. There are politicians who also want to be reelected but were rejected by the people. If there is the so called Fuentebella dynasty, it is because the people elect them. If the people are not satisfied with their performances and accomplishments, they will not elect them. I learned that the PPCRV is sponsoring public debate among Congressional and gubernatorial candidates and it limits their topic on three issues: their qualifications, platform and programs and accomplishments. On the part of congressional candidates of the 4th district, Felix William Wimpy Fuentebella, I can inform that he finished his Business Administration at UP Diliman, began studies in Law at the Ateneo School of Law, obtained his Law degree from San Sebastian Recoletos in 2006, passed the Bar in 2009, elected Representative of Partido district in 2001, served as House Majority Floor Leader, chairman of the Partido Development Administration, Housing Commissioner of HLURB and Deputy Secretary General of HUDCC, I hope Aga Muhlach will also present his credentials.

13 P-Noy administration has biggest, strategic anti-poverty reduction pillars - Salceda

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By Nancy Ibo Mediavillo LEGAZPI CITY -Based on records, President Benigno Aquino IIIs social development agenda posted the highest budgetary support compared with those of the previous administrations, economist Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda said in a speech during the 17th Annual National Forum and General Assembly of the Social Development Workers which was held at the Oriental Hotel here on April 17-19. When you go back to your own places, you will be proud of the things you learned from this forum and the best practices of Albay, Salceda said. He said the social development agencies--departments of the national government like the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Education (DepEd)--and the local government units work as team or converge together in implementing the social development programs and projects of the government. He said the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps ranked number one among these pillars of poverty-reduction strategies. It is the main contributory factor that raises the huge budget of the DSWD up to P62 billion this year, he said, adding that this figure spells out the big difference. Salceda said the second pillar is the Universal Health Care or Kalusugang Pangkalahatan or KP, with a budget of P105 billion this year--P60 billion for the PhilHealth and P45 billion for the DOH, increasing from their respective budgets of P26 billion and P24 billion. He said the KP budget this year increased by P54 billion. Salceda named the third pillar as the K+12 curriculum. Now, the provincial government focuses on economic sustainability through agriculture, trade commerce, infrastructure and tourism, he said. The Albay executive said his dream for Albay is to become the Tourism Giant of Luzon. Salceda emphasized, If I say I will, I will do it. He added that the provincial government of Albay and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are working together to declare Cagsawa Ruins as a World Heritage site. Meanwhile, DSWD Undersecretary Parishia Taraji said the National Household Targeting System or NHTS is the tool being used by the government in identifying the beneficiaries of the social development programs of the government. She mentioned that the government implements the convergence strategy. This is to harmonize the common programs from national down to local government units so that its impact will be felt much by the common people, Taraji added.

a question of privilege . . .
If you are in a passenger jeep, hold on tight to your money. Your harmless-looking fellow passenger may be a pickpocket. Night thieves show themselves once in a while today.Their rare presence is brushed aside by some city folks as no more than a minor discomfort. In Legazpis Our Lady Village where I built a house for my teacher-wife and three pet dogs (my two sons have their own families) we do not leave the house in the evening unguarded. A family got too confident and paid dearly with an emptied house. We felt much safer in Legazpis former Tondo in San Roque. In our l7-year stay there, we were not bothered by thieves or thugs. Our neighbors looked after our house on evenings when my wife and I were out enjoying the cozy atmosphere of a night restaurant. San Roques image as a hoodlum country or a land of the bad men, a colorful description coined by imaginative journalists, was true before martial law was imposed by Ferdinand Marcos. It is not true anymore. The hoodlums who holed up in San Roque in the early years abandoned the barrio in the first few months of martial law, according to the old residents.. ***** Heres my thanks to my old fellow columnist, the venerable Emil Saavedra of todays Bikol Mail fame for the brief writeup. When Emil and I were both running our respective columns in the Bikol Standard Daily of Mayor Gil D. Basmayor years ago, he wrote a glowing review of my column, The Forgotten Filipino. It made that column a must reading for the poor, I was told. Do not begrudge us- Emil and me- for being in the mutual admiration club. You know I am an avid fan of Emil. He writes with ease. He writes with force. That is talent. I have no degree in Journalism nor in Communication Arts. I have learned the art of writing from the University of Experience. But I was writing for the Free Press as a regular contributor from Catanduanes years ago. I was then only a high school graduate.

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The government allotted a huge investment in education. The education department is implementing the free basic public education from 10 to 12 years, with an additional two years because of the K-12 program, he said. The Albay governor emphasized that the main cause of inter-generational transmission of poverty is the lack of education. He cited the statement of Ben Bernanke, an American economist and currently chair of the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of United States. The basic difference between a rich and a poor man is their educational attainment, he said. The fourth pillar, Salceda pointed out, is the BottomUp-Budgeting or BUB. Salceda said item number four will be the biggest pillar both by the national and local government units among their social development agenda. He explained that there must be a local articulation, or the local government units should be consulted in the formulation of the national budget. In Albay, he presented to the participants the strategies of the province from climate change adaptation to disaster risk reduction.

Albay towns to receive more UNFPA medical equipment

LEGAZPI CITY -- Nine towns and one city in the province of Albay under the Geographically Isolated Demographic Areas (GIDAs) will receive additional medical equipment from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as part of its 7th Country Program. The second batch of assorted medical equipment will be equally distributed to health facilities in Ligao City and in the municipalities of Polangui, Guinobatan, Daraga, Malinao, Sto. Domingo, Pio Duran and Rapu-Rapu. Last year, the first batch of medical equipment was distributed to Tabaco City, the towns of Tiwi, Jovellar, Camalig and Manito, and Ziga District Hospital and Josefina District Hospital. The provision of medical supplies to all health facilities in the province of Albay is a component of the 7th Country Program to equip all health facilities for total improvement of health services that will cater to pregnant women, children and infants. One of the objectives of the project is to eradicate infant and maternal mortality through a well-equipped health facility. This year, the Albay provincial government has accelerated its efforts to address the unmet needs of pregnant women, children

and adolescents. Rural health units in the province have started establishing a separate section to cater to teenage pregnant mother. Albay Governor Joey Salceda said the services must be made available and accessible to all. Health facilities, he said, have been upgraded not only in terms of equipment but also in terms of skilled health personnel. Aside from equipment, the UNFPA is also providing assistance through capacity building of barangay health workers and midwives. Midwifery kits were distributed to midwives assigned in GIDAs.

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44 persons ready for cleft lip/palate operations

LIBMANAN, Camarines Sur 44 lucky constituents passed the screening for possible patients for the scheduled cleft lip/cleft palate operations on April 2627, 2013 here at Libmanan District Hospital (LDH). This health activity is an on-going program of the provincial government under Gov. Lray Villafuertes administration with assistance from son, Migz, in partnership with the Philippine Band of Mercy, a foundation that provides free medical and surgical services to underprivileged children born with above mentioned deformities. The screened patients with ages ranging as young as only 4 months old to as mature as 30 years old all traveled to Libmanan for the screening held last April 15-17, 2013. These patients came from as near as the neighboring towns of Minalabac-5, Pamplona-5, Pasacao-2, Sipocot-1, Lupi-1, and Ragay-2 in the first and second districts of the province as well as the farther municipalities of Canaman-1, Calabanga-1, Ocampo-2, Tinambac-2, Goa-5, Sagay-1, Lagonoy-2, Bula-2, Baao-1, and Bato-1 in the third, fourth, and fifth districts, respectively. The host town of Libmanan also produced its share of screened 9 patients as well. All 44 patients 18 females and 26 males will undergo the free surgeries to correct their facial and lip disabilities provided that they will show up on April 26-27 for the actual operations with no colds or fever as these are the possible ailments that could derail their chances to go under the knife, so to speak. It was therefore of paramount importance that the families of the patients were thoroughly oriented on the health work-up for the candidates prior to the actual operations to be able to avail the once in a lifetime opportunity to access such free surgeries that could mean a much better life for the lucky recipients. Various innovative health initiatives have always been promoted and pushed by Gov. Lray Villafuerte benefitting the thousands of Camarines Sur constituents and giving them access to free yet topnotch medical and surgical services otherwise costly and even prohibitive to them. -JMTS

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1st Daet Coop Congress slated

By Rosalita B. Manlangit DAET, Camarines Norte -- Some 39 cooperatives in this town will meet on the First Daet Cooperative Congress on April 25 to strengthen the sectors collaboration and cooperation in pursuit for development of the community . Daet Mayor Tito Sarion said that the activity also aims to provide updates to cooperatives on issuance and directives that will help improve livelihood program and enterprise initiatives. He said that the local government supports livelihood programs of the cooperatives particularly in promoting the pineapple by products as the One-TownOne Product (OTOP) of Daet. Sarion said that the theme for the activity is Converging for a strong collaboration and cooperative communication. Among the topics include: cooperative updates by Erlinda N. Valera, Provincial Cooperative Development Specialist of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA); cooperatives and directives to be discuss by CDA Regional Director Atty. Maria Lourdes P. Pacao; strengthening cooperatives in the countryside by Congressman Cresente Paez, Representative Coop NATCCO partylist/Chairperson of Camarines Norte Cooperative Bank. Newly appointed Cooperative Development Officer of Daet Ronnel C. Yu will lay down the local governments program and project updates for the cooperatives.