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nesses in the city.
Lo said it was the belief
of most Legazpi residents
that had Typhoon "Yolanda"
CEPPiO
talisaY sOrtie
Camarines Norte provincial gubernatorial candidate rep. Catherine Barcelona reyes and vice
gubernatorial candidate Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion were so impressed with the support they
received from the residents of Brgy. Sta. elena Del Carmen and in Brgy. San Jose, both in
Talisay that rep. reyes could only promise, they will reciprocate their support.
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Frenzy in Faith,
Faith in Frenzy
The death of two and the injury
to over a thousand devotees in the
recent celebration of the Feast of
the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, need
a reexamination of folk religiosity.
Should faith always be expressed
outwardly, i.e. like the Black Nazarene
devotion, always with frenetic frenzy,
and verging on the violent?
Following the bloody statistics
of fingers blasted each December,
January gives us this street ritual
no different from our traslacion in
September. All expressions of faith,
yet are they always?
Shouldnt faith have a deeper
root, one that is bred in silence and
solitude?
What we see in all these religious
expressions is a mad dash towards
self-destruction, an infantile death
wish for the sake of ones faith. Where
is contemplation and discernment in
this melee?
Cultural students may see here an
expression of the desire to touch,
like the disciple Thomas needing
assurance. Or a subversion of
the formalism of organized and
hierarchical religion, the people
expressing their own selves.
Yet, should red blood be always
the color of redemption?
A pearl takes its shape when a
grain of sand gets inside an oysters
valve where it is covered nacre after
nacre to eventually gets its gloss
and sheen. The process is done
silently.
Cant we have expressions of faith
without frenzy?
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China keen on transferring operations to
the Philippines.
FDI inflows will be higher this year
with the countrys stable macroeconomic
opportunities
arising
from
the
infrastructure gaps and large domestic
demand. The Phl continuing growth in
information technology, business process
management/knowledge and process
management industry are plus factors.
For last year, the foreign business
community expects Phl FDI to be near
the $6.2 billion posted in 2014 despite a
slowdown during the first half of 2015.
NEGATIVES: Despite bullish investor
sentiment for Phl, foreign investors
say the country must address several
issues to translate such optimism into
actual investments. The FDI climate
in the Philippines is still burdened by
policy instability, contractual uncertainty,
unexpected COA decisions, unfulfilled
tax refund commitments of government,
restrictions
on
realty
ownership,
inefficient transport, high power costs,
and excessive paid holidays and other
uncompetitive labor policies,
from
my
window
nenita fuentebella-peones
Here is our Duterte dilemma: To control
impunity, should we entrust power to
someone suspected of abusing official
powers with impunity? Former Commission
on Human Rights chair Leila de Lima had
conducted investigations on extrajudicial
killing of criminals by death squads linked
to Mayor Duterte.
Unfortunately, the accusations have
never resulted in indictments. Duterte,
therefore, was never compelled to address
conclusively suspicions that he had violated
legal and constitutional processes to
achieve swift justice.
Duterte has projected the image of an
action-oriented, results-driven executive
who can address peoples fears about
an environment perceived as dominated
by criminal elements. In the process, he
has broadly, almost boastfully hinted that
he had indeed ignored human rights and
legal norms, enforcing the law by violating
the law.
Because he is now a presidential
candidate, Dutertes self-incriminating
statements increase the pressures on
the CHR, the Ombudsmans office and
the Department of Justice to fulfill their
mandate. How can these agencies ignore
hints of capital crimes gone unpunished
from one aspiring to lead the country?
Especially when, according to De Lima, a
whistle-blower has surfaced.
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Naga in Samar
Childrens Welfare
CEPPIO
Naga City City Mayor John G. Bongat, Chair of the Council for the Welfare and Protection of Children (NCCWPC) said that
the direction of the advocacies and programs for the children this year is centered on the theme: Growing together with our
Children in the Community. At right is City Councilor Elmer Baldemoro.
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Vice Presidential candidate Rep. Leni G. Robredo joins Quinapondan Mayor Nedie Campo and
Naga Punong Barangay Julio Gonzales after she distributed motorboats and solar lamps to
fishermen who lost their equipment to Typhoon Yolanda. The distribution is part of the Tabang
Project of the Jesse Robredo Foundation, with the help of Pilipinas Shell Foundation.
AcadFest Champ
Students from the University of Saint Anthony(USANT) in Iriga, like Jaffa Arela B. Oliva, who
won as Best News Presenter in Broadcasting, emerged as Overall Champion in the U.P. Harong
Academic Fest held last week. The USANT team got the Best in Scriptwriting, Best in Technical
Application and 1st Runner-up in Broadcasting.
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Litrato
An sarong ladawan daa pwedeng makapinta nin niribong
tataramon-- arog halimbawa kan misteryosong huyom ni Mona
Lisa, litrato kan sarong bagong mundag na umboy o arog
kan litrato kan pagtuga kan bulkang Mayon. Manlaen-laen na
emosyon asin spekulasyon an pwedeng maipasabot kan sarong
ladawan o litrato. Pero minsan bakong kun ano o siisay an nasa
sarong litrato an mina-gatong sa mga spekulasyon kundi kun
siisay an mayo igdi. An sarong ehemplo kaini iyo si saro sa nagin
trending topics para sa mga Nagueos sa Facebook asin sa
lokal na media kan nakaaging semana. Ini iyo itong uploaded na
group picture kan mga barangay captains sa Naga kaibanan si
Congresswoman Leni Robredo asin Councilor Gabby Bordado.
Maski ngani tinangal na ni Councilor Gabby si litrato sa
Facebook account nya, dae man sana giraray basta sana
malilingawan an kontrobersya na indinulot kan nasabing litrato.
Ini nagpoon kan an saro man na Facebook friend ni Councilor
Gabby na si Margarita Tuazon Elmi, naghapot kun tano mayo
si Mayor John Bongat sa litrato. Duman nagpoon si halabang
diskusyon sa thread na kun saen nagkakapirang bistadong
personalidad sa Bicol an nagpartisipar. Medyo nagkainitan sa
urulay kaya napiritan si Councilor Gabby na tangalon na lang
si thread.
Alagad huri na an gabos ta nakibali na an lokal na mass
media, particular an duwang nagdidingkilan na statasyones
nin radio. Pinurbaran na mas padakulaon an isyu sa paagi nin
mga spekulasyon na baka daa sa huring minute kan kampanya
biglang magkibrada nin suporta si Congresswoman Leni asin
ipatunod an nakatukaw na alkalde kan Naga.
Pinahimutikan man ni Councilor Gabby na ugwang nilulutong
bagong diskarte an grupo kan mga Liberal Party members igdi
sa Naga. Simpleng honest mistake lang daa sa parte kan saro
sa staff ni Vice-Presidential candidate Robredo an napasala
ta nalingaw imbitaran si Mayor John maski ngani daa mismo
si Congressional Candidate Bordado nalingawan man na
pormal na imbitaran. Ipinaliwanag man ni Vice-Mayor Nelson
Legacion na dawa yaon man sya sa litrato aksidente lang na
nakabali sya ta inihatod nya lang si Kapitan Lorenzo Narvaez sa
lugar kan meeting kan mga kapitan kan Naga na ipinaapod ni
Congresswoman Leni bago sya maghali pasiring Metro Manila.
Sa balyong lado, dae talaga maiiwasan na magduda an iba
sa mga suportadores ni Mayor Bongat nab aka man nangad
ugwang hidden agenda sa meeting na nasambit kan nakaaging
January 2, 2015 na ginibo sa Jacks Blue Plate restaurant sa
Magsaysay Avenue. An nasabing insidente dae kuta masyadong
nagka-ugwa nin momentum kun bakong public knowledge
na ugwang kadikit na dae pagkakaintindihan sa pulitika si
Congresswoman Leni asin Mayor Bongat.
Dae man makasorpresa na medyo nagkukusog na an
pagigin partisan kan botante asin mga nasa media ta parani na
an eleksyon. Ugwa syempre nin kanya-kanyang mga manok.
Parte na sa stratehiya kan mga pulitiko asin kan saidang mga
campaign managers na mag-guibo nin kontrobersya para
mapag-ulayan sa publiko.
Kun uugkuron garo ugwa na nin kadikit na gatak an dating
solidong pulitikal na edipisyo na pinundar ni depuntong Sec.
Jess Robredo sa Naga. Inot ngani ining nahiling kan nagribay nin
alyansa si Councilor Nathan Sergio na ngonyan nagdadalagan
bilang bise-alkalde kan Naga sa lado ni Mr. Tato Mendoza.
An pinaka litmus test kaini kun totoong nagluya na an edipisyo
pulitikal kan Team Naga iyo na ugwa maski sarong kandidato
sa saindang iribanan an dae mangana ngonyan na maabot na
eleksyon. Kun ini man makakamarhay o makakaraot sa syudad,
panahon lang an makakapagsabi.
from my window . . .
A future president accustomed to act with impunity places
everyone on a slippery slope. Where would Duterte draw the
line on crimes he can punish without regard for constitutionally
guaranteed human rights?
Aesops fable of the frogs cautions us against submitting
ourselves to the judicious judgment of the crocodile.
____________
Edilberto C. de Jesus (edcdejesus@gmail.com) is professor
emeritus at the Asian Institute of Management. Prof. Rofel Brions
Tagalog translation of this column and others earlier published,
together with other commentaries, are in http://secondthoughts.
ph
Adopt-A-School program . . .
the nations progress.
The adopting private entity
has the prerogative of identifying the school of its choice
and the geographical location
where it wishes to place its
support.
Any government school
whether elementary, secondary, post-secondary or tertiary preferably located in any
poorest provinces or munici-
halo-halo
Dis*Karte
*Kusyon
*Kurso
frank peones jr.
pwedeng hilingon asin pwedeng magin
arogan nganing hirahon. Halimbawa,
an mga poster sa China kan Cultural
Revolution, o si mga art noveau
posters ni Alphonse Mucha, magin
si ki Toulouse Lautrec. Dai mahiro an
pananaw kan mga kaakian kun dai
sinda papahilingan nin ibang giya.
Kaipuhan na ibukas an mata ninda,
sa tabang kan mga coaches, sa
ibang mga istilo. Kun dai, garo sinda
By Apple Allison
"Ah un mga kasama ko kanina kuya
na nagpasakay sa akin taga AdNu un
kuya.. Nasa OSA po at Campus Ministry!"
biglang singit ko sa kwento nya. Anong
year na po anak nyo?
"First year na po un. Accountancy.
Dati baga nasa 30,000 un tuition, ngayon
sem nadagdagan eh nasa 34,000 yata un
bayaran."
"Ganado ako magtrabaho basta
ganado ka mag-aral." Palagi nya daw sabi
sa anak nya.
"Kumusta naman po, ganado naman
ba talaga mag-aral?" curious na tanong
ko sa kanya kasi at the back of my mind
naisip ko un mga bulakbol at papetikspetiks na mga estudyante.
Okay naman. Ayon nag-aaral naman
ng mabuti kaso nga daw medyo hirap din
talaga sa accountancy kaya sabi nya daw
may chance pang pumili un anak nya ng
ibang course. "Advice ko nga sa kanya
pumili ng gusto nya talaga."
Na-share ko sa kanya na mahirap
nga talaga ang accountancy kasi marami
akong kakilala dati na nagshishift after
one sem or two. Kapatid ko nga mismo
nag-shift ng Marketing noon kasi narealize nya na hindi talaga para kanya ang
numbers.
"Basta sabi ko sa kanya mam kayanin
na ang college.. Kung baga nag-aadjust
pa lang di siguro."
Sabi ko nga po mam sa anak ko "Dapat
malampasan mo ako. Sana ganahan kang
palaging mag-aral para ganado rin ako."
If tama ang rinig ko kay kuya, sabi
nya kasi 2nd year highschool lang
natapos nya kaya gusto nya talaga
makapag-aral anak nya. Maaga sya nagasawa.19 years old. Nakapagwork din
sya sa Proctor and Gamble for 2 years
as pahenante... Kung baga gusto nya
talaga malampasan ng anak nya kung
anong naabot nya. Isang amang labis ang
pagsususikap para bigyan ng magandang
kinabukasan ang pamilya.
Nalibang na ako sa kwentuhan namin
ni kuya driver kaya hindi ko namalayan
na nasa terminal na pala kami. Makalat
ang bag ko kaya medyo nahirapan pa
ako hanapin un wallet, balak ko kasi sana
bigyan na ng special ride na bayad. Un
coins sa bulsa ng bag ko ang naibigay
ko... Remember initially kasi naka ready
na un 8 pesos lang na dapat ibayad
pero tinaktak ko na un lahat ng coins na
nakita ko kasi at the back of my mind eh
may malaking pinaglalaanan si kuya saka
deserve na talaga un extra pamasahe.
"Siguro po mam kapag naka-graduate
sya ng college ay naku, tatakbo talaga
ako sa stage sa sobrang tuwa ko. Siguro
ako un kauna-unahang tricycle driver na
nakapagpatapos dyan sa Ateneo."
Feel na feel ko un malaking pagasa ni kuya driver tapos pag-abot ko ng
pamasahe pinakita nya un maliliit na
photos ng family nya sa harapan...
"Kaya mam hindi ako mapili ng
pasahero. Para sa kanila po kasi lahat ng
kita at pagod ko."
Grabe, super bilib ako kay kuya driver.
Lalo na nun nakita ko picture sa harapan
nya. Kung napanood nyo un isang Thai
TVC tungkol sa isang taxi driver na may
picture ng anak nya sa dashboard, parang
ganun level un kay kuya. Lakas ng tama
bikol reporter
Maxima C. Umali.
During the progam Mrs.
Maxima C. Umali led the
opening prayer and Mrs. Rufina B. Gonowon the singing of
pambansang awit, Mrs. Beatriz
Marpuri gave the words of welcome, Dr. Tecla S. Dimabayao
led the singing of the ICTERA
hymn while the closing remarks
was given by Mr. Florencio S.
Monge.
Musical intermission numbers were provided by the various groups of ICTERA members.
Mrs. Daisy A. Pandes emceed the program.
Mayor BONGAT
it is to be out of the bondage
of slavery. It is being remembered every year, for more than
a century now so that others
may also learn from them.
This was also the essence
of Naga City Mayor John Bongats speech during the said
celebration.
There is no sense in knowing history if we do not learn
from history. History is written
for december
Name of Deceased
Date of Interment
December 7, 2015
JOVITA B. CLUBLEY
HONORATO B. PASCO
MAIDEN H. BALDEMOR
HILARION B. BONGAPAT
LUISA M. BABELONIA
JOSE D. PARCO
ANACLETO C. COLAWAY
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ity being sought by investors for
their business investments, thus,
opening more job opportunities
for the local manpower and more
revenue that the local government could use in maximizing
the delivery of social services to
its people.
In anticipating big private
investments, the Php1.5-billion
Central City Mall established by
Ayala Corp. on the 1.4-hectare
property owned by the city government and opened last month
will be in full operations soon as
the latest entry into the growing
number of giant business locators
in the city.
SM Prime Holdings, one of
the countrys premier shopping
management firms, on the other
hand, is now readying full-blast
construction of its SM City
Legazpi within a sprawling prime
property at the heart of the citys
bustling business district.
Next in line is the expansion
of business operations of Landco
Business Park of the Gaisano
Grand Group of Companies via
Despite anti-firecracker . . .
In talks with local businessmen, Mayor John Bongat expressed confidence that such
budget will likely be hiked in
2017 to finally breach the P1B
mark, given the impressive signs
that growth in the citys economy
and financial stability has been
consistently upscaling in the last
five years since he assumed as
the citys chief executive.
The mayor said that because
of its robust local economy and
its laudable financial management, the city has been hailed as
one of the few cities in the country that are least dependent on
the Internal Revenue Allotment
(IRA). Such financial stability,
he said, allows Naga to pursue its
priority development programs
even as assistance from the national government traditionally
comes in short supply.
It has been reported that the
second best city in Bicol had
also earlier approved its 2016
annual budget for the sum of
over P700M based on its expected revenues for this year.
Vice Mayor Legacion said
that the continuously growing
budget of the city government is
a manifestation of the strong collaboration between and among
the private and public sectors,
coupled with the city governments sound fiscal administration and the burgeoning local
economy.
It is, therefore, fitting that
these financial resources be used
as instruments for uplifting the
quality of life of the Naguenos,
particularly the underprivileged,
consistent with our goal of an
inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development, the vice
adopt-a-school program
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SORSOGON CITY
No one is so poor that he
has nothing to give, and no
one is so rich that he has
nothing to receive, were
the words of St. Vincent de
Paul and went along with
the very goal of the AdoptA-School
Stakeholders
Forum conducted by the
Department of Education
(Deped) last month in this
city.
legazpi eyes
highly urbanized
city status
By DANNY O. CALLeJA
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Adopt-A-School
Program (ASP) is an intervention introduced by the DepEd
that seeks generous hearts
from the Local Government
Units (LGUs), private sector
and other stakeholders to realize the spirit of Republic Act
8525 or the Adopt-A-School
Act enacted in 1998.
The ASPs primary purpose is to provide a venue
for the strong and dynamic
stakeholders to participate in
the nation-building through
investments in the education
of Filipino children, said
Dr. Danilo Despi, Sorsogons
schools division superintendent.
The rewards of such investments come through an
educated generation who will
be our successors, run our enterprise, and steer the nation
to greater heights," he added.
In the advent of the K to
12 program, DepEd Sorsogon
anticipates for supplementary
needs of resources in various
secondary schools in the province, thus, allow stakeholders
to assist public schools in
various available menu of options called packages such as
infrastructure, physical facilities, furniture and real estate,
learning support, health and
nutrition, reading program,
technology support, direct assistance, training and development and assistive learning
devices for students with special needs.
DepEd Sorsogon covers 14
municipalities with 80 public
secondary schools and 19 private secondary schools.
Admittedly, DepEd said
that the government allots the
biggest share of the national
budget to public basic education, but the amount still cannot keep up with the increasing student population, and
the government resources are
simply not enough to provide
them the free, quality education to which they are all entitled.
As partnership and building alliance program, DepEds
ASP sincerely invites not only
LGUs and government agencies, but all members of private entities to help give every Filipino the opportunity
to enjoy his right to education,
pursue his/her dreams and
contribute capably towards
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and Catanduanes, 2.
She said DOH sentinels
across the region reported that
there were high numbers of
reported firecracker victims
on Dec. 26, Dec. 31 and New
Years Day.
The DOH final report said
95 of the victims were directly
involved in using firecrackers
while 29 were considered as
passive victims.
In Albay, Provincial Board
Member Herbert Borja said he
would pass an ordinance totally
banning the entry, sale and use
of Piccolo firecrackers in the
province.
Borja also said a separate
ordinance would also be filed
banning firecrackers and pyrotechnics that contain explosive
substance that exceeded the authorized standard content and
such piece of legislation will
regulate the distribution, sale
and use of other firecrackers in
the market.
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film festiVal
Award-winning director, Brilliante Mendoza, receives a plaque of recognition from SM City Naga
during the launch of the Film Appreciation Workshop attended by uNC and Adenu students,
on his latest film Taklub last December 8, 2015. Joining him are Tenant relations Manager
rose Yu (right ), SM Senior Vice President for Marketing Communications Millie Dizon ( 2nd,
left), and Naga City Councilor elmer Baldemoro, chairman of the Comiittee on Tourism of the
Sanggunian Panlungsod, who read the films synopsis.