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hakz2007

February 26th, 2011, 06:13 PM

Manila Water brings mobile treatment plant facility to places that need water
MANILA, Philippines – While it is challenging to provide fresh water supply to communities these days when water scarcity is becoming a rising issue in this fast-developing world, Metro Manila’s East Zone water and wastewater concessionaire Manila Water Company has demonstrated that serving areas in need beyond its boundaries can be rewarding for both the company and the community.

Driven by a corporate principle that puts premium on caring for customers, Manila Water’s employees, particularly the Operational Risk Management Department, have proven their availability, willingness, and preparedness to respond to emergency situations and disasters. What’s impressive is that they’re able to do it not only in their service area, the East concession, but also wherever it may be needed across the country.

This has been done through the department’s disaster response team that brings a portable treatment plant (PTP), otherwise known as the mobile treatment plant, to disaster-stricken areas in need of clean, potable water.

“As we ensure the reliability of Manila Water’s basic water and sanitation services, we are likewise committed to provide assistance to areas with dysfunctional or absent water systems in need of clean water, which we regard as part of our corporate social philosophy,” said Alice Manalo, head of Manila Water’s Operational Risk Management.

When disasters arise and a community becomes short of water supply, Manila Water sends about 10 of its personnel, including a chemist, an operator, a technician, a driver and security personnel, to man the PTP operations and ensure that potable water is provided residents of the stricken area. On the average, the shifting teams stay in the area for about two weeks to a month, depending on the need of the community.

The PTP can then purify into potable drinking water as much as 3,000 to 4,000 liters per hour, depending on the type of source of the raw water being processed.

In cases where saltwater, floodwater or brackish water is used, the PTP is capable of treating 1,000-1,500 liters per hour.

So far, Manila Water’s PTP has been dispatched to various areas like Pili, Camarines Sur; Real, Quezon; Marilao, Bulacan; Cabuyao, Laguna; Rosales, Pangasinan; Iloilo; Mercedes, Pasig; Lupang Arienda, Taytay; Marikina City; Albay; and St. Bernard, Leyte.

Manila Water deployed its first PTP disaster response unit in 2006. This was during the onslaught of Typhoon Reming. It was also instrumental in providing assistance to communities ravaged by natural calamities, as in the case of the greatly-affected East Zone of Metro Manila when Typhoon Ondoy hit Luzon in 2009. Fortunately, it only took two to three days to bring back the busted water systems to normal operations.

Giving back and its rewards

The company and its people have simply found it fulfilling to be able to help less fortunate sectors of society in an area of competence. And as the saying “You get what you give” goes, Manila Water not only has enjoyed this fulfilling experience of being able to reach out to others but has, in fact, also helped its own business through the networks it has gained which have turned out business opportunities because of this sole aim to help out.

Of these opportunities, Manalo said, “The partnerships we have formed with various local government units we supported in the past turned out to be very fruitful – some of them got us to install simple water systems with metro technology in their communities, which brought in additional profit for us.”

Manila Water continues to exhibit successful public-private sector partnerships, as it was just recently requested by President Benigno Aquino III to assist in providing water supply in Jolo. This is to give flood victims there access to clean and potable water.

A PTP unit was sent to Jolo as soon as Manila Water’s team learned about the President’s plans of harnessing the expertise of Manila Water because of the technology it has and its cost-efficient capabilities of treating water on the fly to make it potable.

“Even before we received a formal request, we had already prepared the unit, the team, the equipment, the transportation arrangements… basically the logistics, so that when we got the go signal, we were available to help right away,” Manalo said while adding, “We feel strongly for communities whose water supply has been severely affected. The collateral effects of having no water to drink bring more hazardous impact to health and sanitation. The sooner the water supply is restored, the faster the affected families’ return to their normal lives comes.”

As the company shares its best practices in Metro Manila, it also hopes to replicate its success in other cities and municipalities in the Philippines.http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/306339/manila-water-brings-mobile-treatment-plant-facility-places-need-water

hakz2007

February 26th, 2011, 06:20 PM

hakz2007

February 26th, 2011, 06:27 PM

22nd Phil Ad Congress gaganapin sa CamSur
CADLAN, Pili, Camarines Sur (PIA) ---- Matapos ang matagumpay na El Verde Movement, ay isang magandang balita na naman ang ipinalabas ni Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte, matapos na manalo ito sa bidding bilang host ng gaganaping 22nd Philippine Ad Congress na gaganapin sa Nobyembre, kasalukuyang taon.

Ang Ad Congress ay ginagawa bawat dalawang taon sa mga key cities sa buong Pilipinas kaya naman laking tuwa ng pamunuan ng Camarines Sur ng lumabas na ang resulta ng bidding. Sa isang panayam, sinabi ni Villafuerte na noong nakaraang taon pa nagsimula ang kanilang preparasyon upang maganap sa Camarines Sur ang naturang pagtitipon.

Katuwang naman ni Villafuerte sa pagtutulak na dito ganapin sa Camarines Sur ang Ad Congress ay ang lokal na pamahalaan ng lunsod ng Naga sa pangunguna ni Alkalde John Bongat.

Matatandaan na una ng pinagusapan ng dalawang naturang opisyal noong Disyembre sa joint lighting ng Plaza Rizal ang kagustuhan ng mga ito na magtulungan sa pag bi-bid sa naturang aktibidad.

Ang okasyon ay inaasahang magdadala ng malaking income hindi lamang sa lalawigan kundi pati na rin sa lunsod ng Naga sa pamamagitan ng mga tourist destinations, food areas at mga restaurants na pupuntahan ng mga bisita. Siguradong mamimili rin daw ang mga ito na tiyak na mabebenispyuhan naman ang ating mga lokal na negosyante.

Naipanalo ng Camarines Sur ang bidding dahil sa accessibility ng lugar, estado ng katahimikan, at seguridad nito at dahil na rin sa sapat na infrastructure dito.

Idinagdag pa ni Villafuerte na naging isang positibong aspeto din ang mga matagumpay na national at international competitions na ginawa sa lalawigan ng Camarines Sur, partikular sa Camarines Sur Water Sports Complex (CWC) upang mahikayat ang mga opisyal ng Ad Board na dito na nga ganapin ang kanilang pagtitipon.

Ang Ad Congress ay karaniwang ginaganap sa mga lunsod na pumasa sa mga panuntunan na itinakda ng Ad Board katulad na lamang na dapat ito ay may isang malaking plenary hall na kayang mag accommodate ng 5,000 na delegado, de kalidad na hotel accommodation, suporta mula sa lokal na pamahalaan kung saan ito gaganapin, at maayos na transportation infrastructure. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19173

hakz2007

February 26th, 2011, 06:30 PM

Camarines Sur
by Lalaine Alfon Bermas (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1561747592)

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sonofignatius

February 26th, 2011, 06:47 PM

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pambihirang pangaran kang banda: almoranaz. garo mamimimiripit ka sa kulog! (sa wikang pambansa: mamimilipit ka sa sakit) :lol::lol:

Camarines Sur
by Lalaine Alfon Bermas (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1561747592)

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surely a good place to retreat and unwind, away from the chaos of the city

sonofignatius

February 26th, 2011, 06:59 PM

Clergy drilled in web literacy
by: louie date created: February 17, 2011

Natalie Hazel P. Quimlat

The Caceres Commission on Communications (CCCom) held a Web Literacy Seminar last February 10, 2011 (Thursday) at STI, City of Naga.

The workshop was attended by priests and representatives of the different parishes comprising the Archdiocese of Caceres.

Mr. Jojo Imperial started the series of talks with a brief discussion on maximizing the use of the internet. Fr. Marion Tebelin followed with a practical discourse on the use of social networking sites such as Facebook. How to link pages and how to update the Caceres website (www.caceres-naga.org) was the focal point of his talk. After lunch, Ms. Anna Owens illustrated the different techniques used in Basic Photoshop. Exercises for practice were also given

Writing news items and regularly updating one’s site was highly recommended to promote and encourage the use of the world-wide web as a critical tool in disseminating information.

According to Fr. Louie Occiano, Director of the CCCom, the Caceres website is ranked as one of the least visited sites in the Web. He said that hopefully through this seminar, the site will gain more visitors. The workshop ended with each participant having created a Facebook account for his parish and placing its link to the Caceres website.

www.caceres-naga.org

oragon.com

February 27th, 2011, 03:10 AM

Graceland Restaurant in Naga City

During my short visit to the Philippines back in the year 2007 and 2008, I dropped by the Graceland food manufacturing building along P. Burgos Street in Naga City to visit our batch mate, Benjamin “Ben” Dy. I found Ben at his office and he greeted me with his usual, “Oh, Ivan. Kumusta ka na padi?”

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During our short conversation, I noticed a picture on the wall of what appears to be a class picture. Ben told me that the men and women in the picture are his classmates at the culinary school that he attended in the U.S.

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The Dy family is an enterprising family whose tireless efforts built one of the most successful restaurant and bakeshop chains in the Philippines. Like every successful business, it has humble beginnings. Below is an article I spotted written by another blogger who seemed to be familiar with Graceland’s history on how it started from a rented garage and grew into a large restaurant chain whose branches dot many areas in the Bicol region. Here is their story:

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In the late 70’s when fast food was virtually unheard of in the provinces, Felipe Dy Eng Chong pioneered the fast food industry with Graceland. Graceland is now a far cry from the original “garage operation” when it started in 1976. Like most local businesses in Naga, it had a very humble beginnings.

Felipe and Felicidad Dy entered the food business with the primary objective of meeting the needs of his growing family. Back then, Tyo Peping (as Mr Felipe prefers to be addressed) was undeterred by his lack of formal education. He knew in his heart that what he wanted was to provide for his family and give his children a better future. He had big dreams for his business and wanted it to grow.
Tyo Peping started earning his keep at a very young age. Born to poor Chinese immigrants, he started working when he was only 11 years old. He did odd jobs around Divisoria working as a kargador, tindero, anything that would earn him a few centavos. Many years later, he moved to Naga city along with his young wife and family. With very limited education, the young couple had very little options to earn a living. Tyo Peping only graduated high school and his wife, Fely, reached only elementary.
Though they had a handicap on education, there was one thing going for them and that was their willingness to try anything. They were instinctively creative. What they lacked in academic knowledge, they more than made up for in resourcefulness and great desire to learn. While Tyo Peping, for instance was working as a sales clerk for a small hardware supply store, Fely taught herself how to make ice candy and ice drops and sold them to augment the family income.

Still, their pooled efforts weren’t enough to support an unusually large family. In 1976, with 10,000 in borrowed money, the Dy couple opened a four-table corner turo-turo in a rented garage. The “garage operation” was the original Graceland.

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It was a micro operation. The number of employees can be counted in one hand as the couple could not afford to pay salaries to more employees. The labor supply mostly came from the nine children. The children were assigned to help out in the business doing sorts of work like cashiering, washing dirty dishes, taking orders and assisted in the cooking work. Tyo Peping, himself was washer, cashier and waiter rolled into one, while Fely was the cook. They weren’t even expert cooks, so to remedy that, the couple read cookbooks, sampled other eateries’ fare and even took pictures of actual food samples to teach themselves how to make ice cream, halo-halo, pancit guisado, cakes and sandwiches – whatever their hungry customers asked them to serve. Their improvisatory approach to the menu became the prototype for Graceland which today serves highly diverse product lines that goes beyond the burger-fries-spaghetti staples of other fast food chains. Unstructured, it was easy to act fast to quickly respond to the ever changing tastes and preferences of its customers.

The business grew as a result of the commitment, hard work, cooperation and dynamism of the family. From the four-table small eatery place at Elias Angeles St. (the location where Naga Optical is now), outlets of GFII or Graceland Food Industries Incorporated is now found in 3 of the 6 provinces in Bicol Region. Now, it has 5 kinds of restaurants to suit and cater to the different palates of the marketThe first born, GRACELAND, was the product of the ever changing trend and innovation in the food business during the 70’s and 80’s era. The 4-table eatery which used to serve “made to order” meals like pancit guisado, chopsuey, fried chicken and many similar items later on incorporated the ice cream parlor concept which was the trend in the early 80’s. Soon after, the fast-paced lifestyle of people prompted it to offer the “turo-turo” concept where people can just point the food items they want from a wide array of display of “ready to eat” viands.

The mid to late 80’s was the proliferation of hamburger chains in Naga. Most of the players then were local restaurant. Graceland too joined the bandwagon and opened a hamburger store in 1986 (along General Luna St in Naga City). It became an instant hit as it soon became the favorite hang-out place of teenagers. Even then, the company was into a lot of food introductions. It even introduced pizza way ahead of its time. Variety had always been GRACELAND’s strength.

The bakeshop concept had always been incorporated in Graceland’s operation even when it was just starting. The family used to buy chiffon cakes from a cousin and sell it in the store. Slowly, they learned the trade and started producing their own breads and cakes. Soon after, they gained loyal patronage. The sales of the bakeshop section showed a lot of promise. This encouraged them to innovate and introduce more variety of quality breads and cakes.The bakeshop market was growing and was becoming more discriminating. The family saw a window of opportunity in it. Thus, it gave birth to another baby, Baker’s Plaza. It was the first of its kind in Naga City. Baker’s Plaza introduced and whipped up a delectable array of specialty refrigerated cakes, pastries, croissants, breads which were then only available in Metro Manila. The store lay-out, the lightings, color motif, fixtures, equipments were also comparable to the ones seen in Metro Manila. Many first time buyers even thought that the food stuffs were brought in from Manila. In fact, every single one of them was homemade – a product of the entire Dy family’s endless taste tests and experimentations. But they made sure that the prices of the products were affordable to the Nagueño market.

Opportunities to open Graceland outlets in the neighboring provinces came. Franchising inquiries poured in. Prime properties were offered for possible Graceland location. Graceland became synonymous to quality, variety and affordable foods products.

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The stiffest competition came in the 90’s when the big players entered the Bicol Region specifically in Naga City. It shook the local food industry so badly and Graceland was not spared from it. The semi-complacent years of Graceland were over. The company thought it could not compete. However, instead of giving up, it fought. It focused! As a result, Geewan was born.

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Graceland and Geewan were separated into two distinct restaurant divisions. Graceland offered the fastfood burger-fries-chicken-spaghetti staples but added distinctively unique products to its menu such as pinangat, pork cordon bleu, sizzling products and other delectable dishes. Later on, true to its thrust of offering variety, meal items were expanded to include Baby Back Ribs, Lechon Bicol Express, Sizzling Sisig to name a few. Merienda items on the other hand include Fresh and Fried Lumpia, Lomi, Pancit and Bihon Guisado.

Graceland also retained the original set up of having a bakeshop section thus, almost all Graceland restaurants have a twin Baker’s Plaza outlet that on its own, sells varied breads, specialty refrigerated cakes, wedding and birthday cakes, pastries and rolls that are certified freshly baked daily.On the other hand, Geewan inherited the old “turo-turo” concept where viands are available for choosing along the counter. Geewan was slowly positioned also as the first Bicolano must-go restaurant for tourists, transients and even Nagueños for a taste of authentic Bicolano cooking. A visit in Bicol and in Naga City in particular is not complete without a taste of Geewan’s sumptuous dishes. It even offers Bicolano “pasalubong” food items such as (frozen) pinangat and Bicol express.

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With the refocusing, it was able to analyze and understand its problems better. Specific solutions on products, manpower, marketing, store lay-out and motif, packaging, and other major concerns were made.The competition also compelled the company to look for other profitable avenues. It challenged the company to move beyond its comfort zone and explore uncharted territories. Thus, in 1996, two Graceland outlets were opened one after another in the city of Legazpi. Sorsogon was next to be explored in 1998 while Tabaco in 2001. With the opening of Pacific Mall in Legazpi City, Graceland also opened its very first outlet inside a mall in 2002.Rather than view competition negatively, the entry of the giants paved the way for the company to use them as benchmarks. Instead of looking at competitors as rivals, they saw them as mentors and they learned a lot from them. The excellent service, superb food and the cheery ambiance they provide are now within their arms reach for studying and learning.

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Another unexplored area was a pizza parlor. In an area where pizza was an exotic novelty, Benjamin Dy has dreamt of offering light, fancy and affordable pizza to the Bicolanos. In 1999, the dream became a reality. It was aptly named Benjo’s (after Ben’s name). This baby came as a response to the growing pizza and pasta market. It was the first of its kind to be opened in the region and it offered diverse but complementary menu, including chicken (long before the competitor of its kind did). Benjo’s offers a different twist in pizza, pasta and chicken dining experience, something really deliciously different. Benjo’s caters to the hip group who was fast developing a fancy taste for affordable and flavorful pizza.

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Lastly, the youngest baby born to GFII was in March 2004 right in the heart of Naga. The Naguenos have now acquired a taste for fine foods. Steaks, chops and ribs were now becoming a byword. More and more people were becoming coffee drinkers! However, most of the restaurants who offer these menu lines are located in Magsaysay Ave and can only be reached by cars. The company thought of bringing the same concept to Centro. As they say, “If Mohammad cannot go to the mountain, then let’s bring the mountain to Mohammad”. Thus, Red Platter was born.

Red Platter is another breakthrough in the established menu, a fusion of the best Asian and western dishes. It is a haven that will stimulate not just the sense of taste but all the other senses for a complete and satisfactory dining experience. The original idea for the concept of Red Platter was to “experience the delectable difference”.

These days, visiting Naga’s centro is being witness to the remarkable business ascendancy of the Dy family. Along P Burgos St., at the back of Plaza Quezon, one can easily find Red Platter, Geewan and Baker’s Plaza all in the same row. A stone throw away, along Barlin St., is the huge spic-and-span bakehouse and commissary where restaurant and bakeshop supplies and food products are prepared round the clock.

With the 10 different outlets and still expanding, one would think that the unassuming family patriarch would already take it easy. But Tyo Peping will have none of that. He still visits his stores everyday or when he can. His always word of advice “Don’t lose hope and you have to know what you want. You cannot reach your destination if you don’t know where you want to go’.

Truly remarkable of a man who have already received the prestigious Rokyaw award by the Ibalong committee (1998) where he was honored for – as Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Josephine Darang write it – (having) moved from being a vendor, waiter and sales clerk to owning the famous Graceland Food Industries. Numerous citations for Graceland Food Industries, Inc include the Model Establishment Award (1992) accorded by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Consumer Council of Naga City, Outstanding SME Entrepreneur for Services handed out by the DTI Cam Sur and PSMEDC in 2003 and the Special Mayoral Award 2005 from the Naga City Government in June 2005. The Graceland Central Processing Area, garnered Regional 1st Place “AA” Meat Processing Plant (commissary group category) by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) for 2 straight years (2005 & 2006)In February 2006, the prestigious Philippine Marketing Excellence Awards Institute has accorded Graceland the Best Food Chain (Luzon Category).
I would like to give credit for majority of the information in this article to a blog website entitled, "Bicol's Finest Food".

http://adenu1980.blogspot.com/2010/10/graceland-restaurant-in-naga-city.html

oragon.com

February 27th, 2011, 03:10 AM

randism

February 27th, 2011, 06:35 AM

Exposing The Other Side of Siruma (http://cbanga360.net/2011/01/04/exposing-the-other-side-of-siruma/)

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BOUNTY: The ocean's fresh produce and bounty.

Quite admirable the move of new Siruma town mayor Sandy Ondis on bringing the local government unit and the town it represents unto the digital focus of the online world. Very recently, Bangrawsiruma.com joined the many sites available on the internet.

Mayor Ondis proceeds with an invite: “I invite you all to explore and be familiarized with our town Siruma through this website. Visit and know more about Siruma, our culture, our resources, the vibrant white sand beaches and most specially our local government plans, programs, projects and other local implementation.”

Setting up a site for the LGU will ultimately enhance transparency of governance.

Although we have to wait for some time before its pages get populated with the desired information, news and features, which locals and enthusiasts may find worth the visit.

A different TLD
While we are used to checking out PH LGU sites with the TLD of dot gov (.gov) Siruma’s is of the dot com genre. O, well, perhaps there’s a story behind the preference.

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The white sandy beaches of Siruma waiting and enticing.

White beaches
Indeed, the town boasts of white sand beaches almost equal to that of Caramoan’s. (The islands and beaches of Caramoan are becoming more popular to local and international tourists, many thanks to the “scripted” reality show “Survivor” series by different European countries which had location shoots in the area.) But wait, the beaches of Siruma languishes for attention and development. Camarines Sur has invested, time and resources for Caramoan’s development and Siruma is waiting.

This is a common attitude among us Pinoys. We start late in appreciating homegrown products, places and talents but catches up easily once outsiders (foreigners) put forward their endearment and recognition. Example here are Boracay island, Charice Pempengco- thanks to Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey, and CNN hero of the year and pushcart educator Efren Peñaflorida, to name a few.
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We are also waiting for the completion of the port of Tandoc. It might serve well the needs of Naga city and its environs in the years to come.

There should be more we can talk of the good things about Siruma but we will leave this to our readers and the inquisitive to discover for themselves. Maybe, visiting the town is a good idea. Siruma has more to offer than meet the eyes.

But for one who was born in the town and left the place in infancy, I used to dream of coming back, even for a whirlwind visit. After all, Siruma is one of my three hometowns! The first time I came “home” I was with the Commission on Population team that visited the poblacion. It was a quick trip from Sabang (Calabanga) via a motorized “trawler” boat. The second visit was a short stay at my cousins and grandparents’ property in Vito.

You see, Siruma is in the heart. Always.(http://cbanga360.net)

Read first part of the series here: The Almost Forgotten Town of Siruma
Second Part, Here: Siruma Surprised, Hosts a Distinguished Visitor

oragon.com

February 27th, 2011, 07:29 AM

wondering why Gota Resort is open only until...:dunno:
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Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 01:25 PM

Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 02:04 PM

somewhere in Calabanga

sa may Calabanga National High School

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Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 02:36 PM

Photography Workshop

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garzland

February 27th, 2011, 02:52 PM

aidz, mag print screen ka ng city mo para may idea si sir hakz. para ma enganyo man sya.

sir hakz, si garz nga eh nagkakawat man. :D

Nakakadik talaga cityville hehehe.. Kundi ngunyan pati cityzen pigkakawat me pa duwa-duwa tabs nakaopen ko hehehe

Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 03:02 PM

SFC ICON CamSur 2011
by Jerome Masagca (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=835462574&aid=372724)

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aidz

February 27th, 2011, 03:31 PM

Nakakadik talaga cityville hehehe.. Kundi ngunyan pati cityzen pigkakawat me pa duwa-duwa tabs nakaopen ko hehehe

yan man ang adik! :rofl:

aidz

February 27th, 2011, 04:02 PM

wondering why Gota Resort is open only until...:dunno:
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www.cwcwake.com
lolz! yung mga nagbabalak na magpuntang Caramoan this Summer, mabibitin na naman! haaay! pero di bale, part na rin yan ng investment ni Gov...

An Maogmang Naga / Maogmang Lugar
by Ian Agawa (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150415327975128&set=a.326747175127.343212.541900127&ref=nf)

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I love the aerial shot! :)

Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 04:30 PM

late post.. this was a day after our SSC 5th anniv celebration.

Feb 7, 2011
wala lang meet up with momy myonee, Pareng Kevin and Brian
kakaabot mi lang that day ni Brian from Manila

kaso kang nag picture picture kami, nag luwas palan si Bri may tig dumanan hehe

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we ordered food from The Kozy Bar and Resto
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Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 04:32 PM

nag Mocha Blends kami para maiba. kaso pag duman mi ang na order mi lang coffee. out of stock na sinda katong Bondi Burger basta itong favorite ni Doc ta gusto mi ngani ma try kuta

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fooling around :D
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Naga City Deck

February 27th, 2011, 04:36 PM

late post.. this was a day after our SSC 5th anniv celebration.

Feb 7, 2011
wala lang meet up with momy myonee, Pareng Kevin and Brian
kakaabot mi lang that day ni Brian from Manila

kaso kang nag picture picture kami, nag luwas palan si Bri may tig dumanan hehe

we ordered food from The Kozy Bar and Resto
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nag Mocha Blends kami para maiba. kaso pag duman mi ang na order mi lang coffee. out of stock na sinda katong Bondi Burger basta itong favorite ni Doc ta gusto mi ngani ma try kuta

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marlowe_cano

February 27th, 2011, 05:36 PM

Felicitaciones! Will be in Naga-Camsur-Legazpi this comin September. Hope to meet w/ u guys! ;)

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 05:52 PM

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www.cwcwake.com

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 06:03 PM

Exposing The Other Side of Siruma (http://cbanga360.net/2011/01/04/exposing-the-other-side-of-siruma/)

Filed under Natural Resources, People, Politics {Post a comment} 191 views

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BOUNTY: The ocean's fresh produce and bounty.

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The white sandy beaches of Siruma waiting and enticing.

You see, Siruma is in the heart. Always.(http://cbanga360.net)

Read first part of the series here: The Almost Forgotten Town of Siruma
Second Part, Here: Siruma Surprised, Hosts a Distinguished Visitor

SIRUMA certainly is a big thing waiting to happen. the local gov't can start by promoting its spots and sights well.

more Siruma pics! (and doesn't the name Siruma sound exotic?)

somewhere in Calabanga

sa may Calabanga National High School

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ini ang sinasabing "kiling" fields. "kiling" (sa Tagalog: "lingon") sa left, fields. "kiling" (lingon) sa right, fields. :lol::lol::lol::nuts::nuts::nuts:

SFC ICON CamSur 2011
by Jerome Masagca (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=835462574&aid=372724)

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3 Days.
1 Weekend.
6,500 Delegates.
1,001 Unforgettable Memories.

Come Back in the Future, SFC ICon! :banana:
it was a good tourism boost, too.

late post.. this was a day after our SSC 5th anniv celebration.

Feb 7, 2011
wala lang meet up with momy myonee, Pareng Kevin and Brian
kakaabot mi lang that day ni Brian from Manila

kaso kang nag picture picture kami, nag luwas palan si Bri may tig dumanan hehe

we ordered food from The Kozy Bar and Resto
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nag Mocha Blends kami para maiba. kaso pag duman mi ang na order mi lang coffee. out of stock na sinda katong Bondi Burger basta itong favorite ni Doc ta gusto mi ngani ma try kuta

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nakakagutom man ini.

the chips, et al dressing looks rich but who would like to be poor in an occasion like this? :banana::cheers::banana:

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:10 PM

^^Marhay na aga...

mamahaw tabi, Xave...piniritong tilapia asin ginataang langka :cheers:

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:24 PM

DBP boosts community services in Cam Sur
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently granted loans to a water district and a maritime school in Camarines Sur as part of its continuing efforts to help improve the delivery of social services in the province.

Francisco F. Del Rosario Jr, DBP president & chief executive officer, said the bank’s P85.7-million term loan to the Iriga City Water District (ICWD) will refinance the latter’s existing loan with the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). The said loan is in support of the water district’s thrust of providing safe, adequate, and potable water to its 8,940 concessionaires in Iriga City and the municipality of Nabua. Savings generated from the loan refinancing will be used for various expansion and rehabilitation projects of ICWD.

DBP also granted a P22.1-million loan to Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation of Canaman, Camarines Sur, Inc. (MPCFCCI) to partly finance the construction of a three-storey school building and dormitory.

The said building will house 12 new classrooms that will improve the school’s student-to-classroom ratio, and 10 new dormitory rooms that will provide lodging facilities for students coming from neighboring municipalities. The biggest maritime school in Bicol, MPCFCCI is among the top 10 maritime schools in the country accredited by the Commission on Higher Education.http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb28/bank3.html

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 06:42 PM

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Travel: March 14-23,2011
June 1 - Sept 30,2011

Luzon/ Visayas for as low as PhP1,592, round trip, all-in
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hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:44 PM

Goa CamSur
by Joannie Grejalvo (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000949102463)

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sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 06:49 PM

^^Marhay na aga...

mamahaw tabi, Xave...piniritong tilapia asin ginataang langka :cheers:

haha. tama sa pagkaaga. pamahawan na yan, hakz. this tilapia-ginulay na langka combo is my favorite meal at Manang's, the college covered court food house at the Ateneo campus in QC. Owned and managed by a Kapampangan couple but most of the staff are Bikolanos.

and their inihaw na liempo is to-die-for. many students, even if they have a thousand lives, will gladly offer all of them, for a serving of this house specialty!

Graceland Restaurant in Naga City

During my short visit to the Philippines back in the year 2007 and 2008, I dropped by the Graceland food manufacturing building along P. Burgos Street in Naga City to visit our batch mate, Benjamin “Ben” Dy. I found Ben at his office and he greeted me with his usual, “Oh, Ivan. Kumusta ka na padi?”

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7784/gracelandcirca70spsd1.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/gracelandcirca70spsd1.jpg/)

http://adenu1980.blogspot.com/2010/10/graceland-restaurant-in-naga-city.html

and where else can we get a good Bikol meal to satisfy our deepest cravings? it's got be in Graceland. (remember this old tagline of theirs?)

i remember their Mission-Vision displayed on the wall in Geewan saying that they intend to make a presence in the national food industry. hope they do- and soon.

and perhaps they can also establish a presence in the 24/7 resto scene. :cheers:

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:52 PM

^^ano man daw an specialty kan Graceland?

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:56 PM

ICON 2011, CAMSUR
by V-ven Alianza
(http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55607&id=100000032395959&page=3)
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hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:58 PM

Bicolano OFW stranded sa kampo ng Waha Oil Company Libya, helpless na
NAGA CITY - Helpless pa man giraray an mga OFW na nagtratrabaho sa Waha Oil Company asin destino sa Dahra Oil field sa Sahara desert.

Ini an pahayag sa BOMBO RADYO Naga ni Mr Jose Alvarez, welder sa naunambitan ng kompaniya.

Sosog digde , intact pa man an bente dos na mga kapwa niya filipino sa laog nin kampo.

Soboot sinda na sana ngonyan an nawawalapagkatapos na maghali naman an ib pang mga mga foreign nationals.

Pangapodan niya na dai na halaton pa can gobierno na may maraot na mangyario sa sainda.

Napag araman pa sa bicolang ofw kay Alvares na sa apat pang mga oil field can Waha Oil Company duman sa Sahara desert na Sidra, Samah, Gialo, asin Waha egwa pa nin karkulado dos syentos na mga pinoy OFW.http://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42158-bicolano-ofw-stranded-sa-kampo-ng-waha-oil-company-libya-helpless-na

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 06:58 PM

At the Sabang port, we hired a van to take us to CWC, the Camsur Watersports Complex, where we had a reservation. However, we decided to make two stopovers: first to have lunch at Geewan, and second, to buy pili nuts to take back home. Geewan is a popular restaurant which served local Bicolano dishes. Charles and I had the ginataang pusit (squid in coconut milk), pinangat (taro leaves cooked in coconut milk) and kinunot. I don't know if this kinunot was also made from sting ray like the one we had in Coron. After the sumptuous lunch, we had our driver take us to the market place for pili nuts. We bought the honeyed variety, mazapan de pili (crushed pili nuts shaped into flat rectangles) and yema from pili nuts.

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CWC

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Trailer Accommodation, CWC

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Trailer Interior, CWC

http://glimpseofysera.blogspot.com/

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 06:59 PM

somewhere in Calabanga

sa may Calabanga National High School

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183721_10150139639010190_747670189_8320213_3698369_n.jpg

agricultural productivity :okay:

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:01 PM

Top 2 sa Physician Licensure Examination acui nin paraoma, taga Libmanan Camarines Sur :applause::applause:
NAGA CITY – Dai nin mapag bugtakan nin kaogmahan si Tatay Jovith Sr asin Nanay Emma, magurang ni Jovith Tasarra Royales Jr, top 2 sa Physician Licensure Examination can Professional Regulations Comission.

Sa entrevesta sa mga magurang ni Jovith, taga Ogis 1 San Isidro Libmanan Camarines Sur nagbunga na soboot ang gabos na pagsasakripisyo can pangatolo sa walo mgaacui na kun hain magpoon pa kan akui ini an nahilingan naman nin dunong.

Segun pa sa mag agom, bako man na olang an estado ninda sa buhay ngani na makapag graduar sa halangkaw na kurso.

An ama ni Jovith saro sanang paraoma mantang an ina an titser sa alternative learning school.

Naggraduar nin elementarya sa San Isidro Elementary School, mantang ini an valedictorian can mag graduar sa secondarya.

Sa kolehiyo enot man ini na nag adal nin B.S. Biology sa Ateneo de Naga.

Asin siya nagraduar medicina bilang isang full scholar sa Our Lady of Fatima College sa Valenzuela.

Naglalaom an mag agom Royales na an trayumpo na nakua kan saindang akui iyu naman an poon kan kaginahawahan sa saindang buhay.http://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42169-top-2-sa-physician-licensure-examination-acui-nin-paraoma-taga-libmanan-camarines-sur

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 07:02 PM

http://glimpseofysera.blogspot.com

We watched the people, mostly foreigners, execute death-defying (not really) stunts while wake boarding and listened to a group of old men having a team building sing at the videoke.

We ordered bicolano pizza (higly recommended), siomai, sinigang and chicken for dinner and while waiting for the food to arrive, my friends swam at the nearby pool while Charles and I practiced taking night photos.

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The clubhouse
I decided to get a massage service to our room but you can opt to have one at near the pool area at a slightly lesser rate. The next day, we took the CWC shuttle bus to the Naga airport where we would finally board the plane going home.

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 07:04 PM

http://glimpseofysera.blogspot.com

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St Michael Parish, Caramoan

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:05 PM

Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
by V-ven Alianza (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55607&id=100000032395959&page=3)

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sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 07:06 PM

Top 2 sa Physician Licensure Examination acui nin paraoma, taga Libmanan Camarines Sur :applause::applause:
http://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42169-top-2-sa-physician-licensure-examination-acui-nin-paraoma-taga-libmanan-camarines-sur

Congratulations, Dr Jovith Royales,MD, of San Isidro, Libmanan, CamSur!

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:12 PM

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hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Biggest batch of OFW-repatriates from Libya arrive in Manila Saturday
MANILA, Feb. 26 (PNA) -- Close to 100 Libya-based repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with their dependents, mostly highly-skilled workers and engineers of the Paris-based Vinci Construction Grands Project, landed in Manila in batches on Saturday, the largest groups yet since voluntary repatriation was announced on Wednesday by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

One of the repatriates, Charlie Puyot, a carpenter assigned inside Libya international airport’s Air Traffic Controller Area, described what he saw as “hell-like,” with anti-Khaddafy protesters running amuck in the airport premises, some of them armed with high-powered guns.

Puyot and his compatriots were flown out of Libya by their company-owned plane to Paris, and from there took the connecting flights to Manila. He credited their employer for their lives, saying that plucking them out of Libya in the nick of time saved them from the wrath of protesters -- eyes aflame with hatred -- who have entered the airport.

The groups were met at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by a composite government team of Undersecretary Jose Brilliantes of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Carmelita Dimzon of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

The French company contracted the Filipinos to build the Tripoli International Airport in Libya, which had been closed to commercial flights. The company fetched the workers with its own plane and transported them via Paris.

According to Dimzon, the first group of 20 arrived at 9:45 a.m. via Gulf Air 154. About two hours later, the second batch of 16 workers arrived aboard Cathay Pacific CX-901, followed by 30 OFWs aboard SQ-910. The fourth and last batch of 38 was due to arrive at 4 p.m.

The first group to plane in consisted of Puyot of Batac, Ilocos Norte; Amante Reyes Jr. of Callao, Cagayan; Nicolas Catahan of Malolos City, Bulacan; Luis Parpo of Camarines Sur; Edward Lemaire of Quezon City; Adonis Apalla of Rizal; Francisco Naval of Leyte; Roberto Doctor, Maximino Bison, both of Nueva Ecija; Conrado Villaflores of Taytay, Rizal; Edwin Bautista of Manila; Nathaniel Ortiz of Zamboanga Sibugay; Leandro De Vera, Anselmo Sabado Jr., both of Nueva Ecija; Juan Curacha Jr. of Quezon; Leonardo Sarmiento Jr. of Cavite; Joseph Sarmiento of Pampanga; Amado Patricio of Caloocan City; Ramahdi Tapalla of Batangas; Manuel Cruz of Quezon and couple Jessie and Dina Cruz.

In Filipino language, Puyot told the DFA-OWWA reception team that had their employer not taken them out of Libya in the nick of time, "all of us would have been exposed to a dangerous situation."

OWWA said more Filipinos are still stranded in various parts of Libya, including some 200 female nurses of an unidentified medical facility.

The repatriation team assists returning OFWs through customs and immigration procedures. Repatriates who expect their relatives from the provinces to fetch them are accommodated temporarily at the OWWA Halfway Home in Pasay City.

Baldoz announced that on Sunday, February 27, another batch of 15 OFWs employed by Akakus Craddok USA in Tripoli will arrive on board a Qatar Airlines flight from Madrid. One of them, Eduardo Granadozin, is flying in separately on Sunday evening.

The 15 OFWs from Spain are Jimmy Fastino, Walter Paco, Roberto Abadecio, Leandro De Castro, Jose Cacal, F. Punzalan, Castor Abaritos, Carlito Macatangay, Bernard Calnea, Aurelio Patacsil, August Bailey Caringal, Arturo del Rosario, Arnold Salvador, Alan Agriam, and Taguin Abbe.

Baldoz said the 16 OFWs arrived in Spain together with Spanish engineers who evacuated from Libya on board a chartered flight. The Spanish engineers of Spain-based Repsol Petroleum took in the Filipinos for humanitarian considerations.

“For this, we thank the company and the Government of Spain for allowing them to transit in Madrid,” said Baldoz. Ambassador to Spain, Carlos Salinas, assisted with consular matters. http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=1&rid=332082

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 07:19 PM

http://koibeyondpond.blogspot.com
Naga Cathedral wedding

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hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:22 PM

A Cultural Encounter in the Heart of Camarines Sur
Budget Travel Off the Beaten Path ...

If there is one place in the Philippines where you can truly experience it all, Camarines Sur will not disappoint. Home to the world re-known CamSur Water Sports Complex, Camarines Sur is quickly becoming the new Borocay and the province has the statistics to prove it.

It was ranked the number one tourist destination in the country by the Department of Tourism in the first half of 2009. Not only can you experience every water sport imaginable in one world class facility, but “CamSur” is also home to numerous eco-tourism adventures and the beauty and tranquility of the spectacular Caramoan Islands.

The Caramoan Islands were made famous as the filming location of the hit reality television series, “Survivor.” Believe it or not, despite the CamSur tourist's typical affinity with water, there is plenty to see in-land as well.

The city of Naga plays host to numerous festivals, historic cathedrals and for a little retail therapy, SM City Naga. But perhaps Camarines Sur's best kept secret lies in a place where the unsuspecting tourist would least expect. Imagine a place where you can relax in the natural wonders of the country while immersing yourself in the spirit of the Bicolano people. Imagine a place where people bring to life century old traditions that will reconnect you with traditional Filipino culture. Imagine a place where you could come as a visitor but leave as family.

I let my imagination run wild and my dream became a reality when I discovered two Gawad Kalinga villages located in different areas of Camarines Sur. (Gawad Kalinga is a community development model and social movement founded in the Philippines.) One site was located right in the heart of the countryside of Libmanan while the other was located in Iriga boasting spectacular views of Mt. Iriga.

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Each village features a world-class bed and breakfast facility. These units serve as a means of livelihood for the community. What I love about this concept is that while touring for my own pleasure, I can contribute in a positive way to benefit the local community. Each location was an excellent base to enjoy the local and surrounding area.

The Gawad Kalinga villages offer a unique opportunity for potential guests to have an intimate encounter with the locals and culture. At each village I was greeted with a warm smile and a welcome drink.

A GK Bed & Breakfast in Libmanan

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Set deep in the Bicol countryside is the Gawad Kalinga Pona village in Libmanan. A 20 pesos van ride will have you there in only 45 minutes from Naga. As you live in the community with the people of the village, you are exposed to daily life in a way that no hotel can offer. Numerous activities offer enough variety to suit any taste from learning how to cook traditional Bicolano dishes, to participating in traditional farming.

Some visitors may simply enjoy interacting with the children. You might also enjoy learning how to make handmade flowers or hand bags out of recycled materials. My personal favorite was fishing in the village's tilapia pond where your catch will be cooked to your preference – grilled or fried.

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For those wishing for total relaxation and pampering, the locals in Libmanan are even trained to provide haircuts, massages, or manicures. I enjoyed relaxing on my private deck breathing in the fresh country air – a stark contrast for those who live in metro Manila.

Don't think for one second that when the lights go down that the action stops. That's when nature comes alive in the country and visitors to Libmanan are treated to the natural wonder of fireflies lighting up the night sky. Once you've had your fill of country life, try a change of scenery in Iriga.

Sitting high atop a peak overlooking Mount Iriga, you will find the bed and breakfast suites at the Gawad Kalinga Character village. There is nothing more refreshing than waking up to an awe inspiring view as you sip your morning cup of coffee.

All meals are special in this village not just because they come with a view but because they are prepared table side. Like Libmanan, there are plenty of opportunities to experience the Phillipines in a way that most traditional establishments cannot provide.

The village is perched on a slope and beautifully landscaped offering one- of- a- kind photo opportunities. You could try learning some of the local Bicolano dialect or just enjoying the view with the locals. The site is ideal for a mountain retreat getaway for couples or as a base to explore the surrounding area.

Camarines Sur offers numerous eco-tourism activities including bird watching, natural hot springs, waterfalls, and mountain trekking. On the other side of Mt. Iriga near the Gawad Kalinga village is Lake Buhi. The lake is home to the world's smallest edible fish, the sinarapan. The village is a van ride away from Naga and won't cost more than 60 pesos.

Spectacular view from your mountain-top B&B in Iriga

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What I loved about staying in these villages beyond the intimate encounters was the tremendous value offered. One night in your own private unit including breakfast in the morning starts at just 750 pesos for two people and many of the activities are included as well. It's almost like being at an all inclusive resort.

The bonus is the people. Only in Gawad Kalinga villages can you expect to be randomly invited into people's homes. This is where the cultural exchange and story-telling occurs. I was so touched and humbled when I was invited into a family's home for the first time. Although they had so little of their own, they insisted on offering me refreshments and treating me like a prince. That's an experience that even Shangri-la can't match!

Most vacations are full of transactional encounters, but this vacation transformed my life forever. Whether your interests are dolphin watching, historic cathedrals of Naga or wake boarding at the CamSur Watersports Complex, the Gawad Kalinga villages make an excellent home for your stay in Camarines Sur. Where else can you arrive as a visitor but leave as family?

It's often said that people don't remember the places they visit, but they always remember the people they meet. I will always remember the people that I encountered at the Gawad Kalinga villages. At one site, the people of the village dropped what they were doing and walked me to the highway to join me as I waited for a van to Naga. As I looked back at their smiling faces waving to me as I departed, I realized that this is the true spirit of Mabuhay and the Filipino culture at its best.http://gk1world.com/a-cultural-encounter

sonofignatius

February 27th, 2011, 07:23 PM

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Naga Cathedral

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hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 07:56 PM

See you soon!

hakz2007

February 27th, 2011, 08:12 PM

CamSur plants 64,096 trees in 15 minutes
NAGA CITY, Philippines – Camarines Sur broke a Guinness World Record by simultaneously planting the most number of trees in 15 minutes at 64,096 trees from the previous record of India at 50,033 trees, Seyda Subasi Gemici, adjudicator of the Guinness Book of World Records, announced here Wednesday.

Gemici said the validation of the tree-planting event held Wednesday in Siruma town, Camarines Sur, followed the requirement of the Guinness Book of World Records that a supervisor was assigned for every 50 participants.

Governor Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said the record-breaking feat of planting the most number of trees in 15 minutes was confirmed by Gemici.

Gemici, a Turkish national, climbed the mountain in Siruma upon arriving in Camarines Sur on Wednesday to validate the world record being challenged after traveling from Australia to Istanbul to Dubai and arriving in Manila on Tuesday.

Gemici said each supervisor had to give a statement regarding the number of participants and the number of trees planted within the 32-ha area in Siruma.

Villafuerte said that more than the record-breaking feat of the province in the Guinness Book of World Records, the event demonstrated that the people of Camarines Sur could work together to make something happen.

“When people unite, cooperate and help each other, there seems to be no impossible endeavor,” he said.

Siruma Mayor Sandy Ondis said it took them three weeks to prepare for the record-breaking event in close coordination with the provincial government, village officials and religious and civil society groups.

“The most important message of our feat is that people were able to understand the problem of climate change (and) we could do something to set back (its) ill effects by planting trees,” Ondis said.

The tree-planting activity was part of the Capitol-initiated “El Verde” movement which targeted to plant 12 million trees from 2011 to 2012.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20110227-322552/CamSur-plants-64096-trees-in-15-minutes

myonee

February 28th, 2011, 12:29 AM

wondering why Gota Resort is open only until...:dunno:
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www.cwcwake.com
I was told by my tour guide friend there will be another Survivor Series to be shot starting april. Swerte nga daw kami to have booked our Caramoan trip on the last weekend of MArch. :)

late post.. this was a day after our SSC 5th anniv celebration.

Feb 7, 2011
wala lang meet up with momy myonee, Pareng Kevin and Brian
kakaabot mi lang that day ni Brian from Manila

kaso kang nag picture picture kami, nag luwas palan si Bri may tig dumanan hehe

we ordered food from The Kozy Bar and Resto
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nag Mocha Blends kami para maiba. kaso pag duman mi ang na order mi lang coffee. out of stock na sinda katong Bondi Burger basta itong favorite ni Doc ta gusto mi ngani ma try kuta

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Dapat tig post mo man babyjo su mga kakanon na naka black. Itong naglalakaw lakaw tsaka nagpapa cute? :lol::banana:

myonee

February 28th, 2011, 01:26 AM

PRAISE HIM Concert

Featured Jamaica's artists with the UNC Glee Club
Feb. 27, 2011 at the USI Auditorium, NAga City

Proceeds of this concert was to finance the renovation of the Divine Mercy Apostolate at Cararayan, NAga City

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UNC Glee Club sang both the Jamaican and the Philippine National Anthems. :)

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The lady at the center is a Filipina raised in Jamaica. She has a great voice. :)

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myonee

February 28th, 2011, 01:32 AM

PRAISE HIM Concert
By the Missionaries of the Poor

From My Facebook Account (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=369222&id=662393437#!/photo.php?fbid=10150197261188438&set=a.10150197256358438.369222.662393437&theater)
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The crowd could not help not cheer on. :)

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My companions. Mga tanders na. Kaya tanders na rin ako. :nuts:

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The UNC glee club with their version of the Voyadores/Penafrancia Festival. :)

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With the MOP Founder Fr. Richard Ho Lung - I commend his great sense of humor at the age of 71! :D And I praise God for people like him. :)

myonee

February 28th, 2011, 01:41 AM

Praise Him Concert
for the Missionaries of the Poor Apostolate at Cararayan, Naga City

From My Facebook Account (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=369222&id=662393437&saved#!/photo.php?fbid=10150197311048438&set=a.10150197256358438.369222.662393437&theater)
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myonee

February 28th, 2011, 01:56 AM

Holy Child Educational Center Foundation Week
Feb.21-26, 2011

From my album on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=662393437&aid=367534#!/photo.php?fbid=10150193231058438&set=a.10150193230393438.367534.662393437&theater)

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Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 02:00 AM

Top 2 sa Physician Licensure Examination acui nin paraoma, taga Libmanan Camarines Sur

NAGA CITY – Dai nin mapag bugtakan nin kaogmahan si Tatay Jovith Sr asin Nanay Emma, magurang ni Jovith Tasarra Royales Jr, top 2 sa Physician Licensure Examination can Professional Regulations Comission.

Sa entrevesta sa mga magurang ni Jovith, taga Ogis 1 San Isidro Libmanan Camarines Sur nagbunga na soboot ang gabos na pagsasakripisyo can pangatolo sa walo mgaacui na kun hain magpoon pa kan akui ini an nahilingan naman nin dunong.

Segun pa sa mag agom, bako man na olang an estado ninda sa buhay ngani na makapag graduar sa halangkaw na kurso.

An ama ni Jovith saro sanang paraoma mantang an ina an titser sa alternative learning school.

Naggraduar nin elementarya sa San Isidro Elementary School, mantang ini an valedictorian can mag graduar sa secondarya.

Sa kolehiyo enot man ini na nag adal nin B.S. Biology sa Ateneo de Naga.

Asin siya nagraduar medicina bilang isang full scholar sa Our Lady of Fatima College sa Valenzuela.

Naglalaom an mag agom Royales na an trayumpo na nakua kan saindang akui iyu naman an poon kan kaginahawahan sa saindang buhay.

:applause::applause:
http://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42169-top-2-sa-physician-licensure-examination-acui-nin-paraoma-taga-libmanan-camarines-sur

Congratulations, Dr Jovith Royales,MD, of San Isidro, Libmanan, CamSur!

Fatima has been churning out medical board topnotchers for the last 20 years. Much more than the top schools in the PI like UP and UST.:banana:

This would be the start of something big for Jovith. The "kaginhawahan" would come much, much, much later.

What would follow is another 3 to 5 years specialty (residency) training on a medical field of choice, then followed by another 2 to 3 years of Sub specialty (fellowship) training.

It's another 6 to 8 years of schooling. But this time there would be no tuition fees anymore as allowances are given by training institutions during training.

One has yet to establish a practice before the success of being a doctor sinks in. This is the hardest part.

This is where the advantage Ateneo medical curriculum would help, as medical students are taught how to market themselves as doctors

.Four years in college, four years in medical school, a year in Junior internship, a year in post graduate internship, 3 to 5 years of specialty training and another 2 to 3 years of sub specialty training.

Medical Practice needs entrepreneurship background so the long years of training would not be put into waste.

I'm happy that there are still young people dreaming to become doctors despite the long years of studies and training.

Again, congrats to the top docs.

Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 02:07 AM

Coffee and Breakfast

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Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 02:24 AM

A Cultural Encounter in the Heart of Camarines Sur
http://gk1world.com/a-cultural-encounter

Really nice article.

Travel with difference.

We actually forget the places we have visited in the past, but never the people we meet. What more with the people you live with in a very personal way like what these tourists experiences in the GK Village?

This is what set us apart from outer tourist destination.

Experiences that can not be offered by Shangri- La.:)

myonee

February 28th, 2011, 02:27 AM

HCEC Family Day
Feb. 26, 2011

From Eric Fabian Mendez's (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=662393437&aid=367534#!/photo.php?fbid=1867880743807&set=a.1867880423799.2109336.1444716018&theater) Facebook Account

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The Teachers

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The teachers :)

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School's Security and Maintenance. :)

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PARENTS :D

Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 02:39 AM

Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 03:09 AM

An Maogmang Naga / Maogmang Lugar
by Ian Agawa (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150415327975128&set=a.326747175127.343212.541900127&ref=nf)

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Finally, an areal photo of Naga that shows its most prominent landmarks , LCC Mall, SM City, Naga City Coliseum and Robertson Mall (soon to be Puregold).

myonee

February 28th, 2011, 04:03 AM

Amazing.

How were they able to organize the parents and made them practice for this program?

Really, I'm impressed.

Hi doc :)
My sister in law was among those who participated in the dance presentation. She had to talk to me and tell me that she cannot go to work/attend to our businesses for 2 weeks because of the upcoming School Foundation week and her children's semi finals a week prior to the activities. My brother joined in the ball games as well. :) Every night, they practiced, with food and all the trainors. :lol:

The parents are encouraged because their children will be given additional points for joining in the activities. I have 2 nieces and 1 nephew in the grade school level, so each parent has to represent each student. my younger niece who was not vying YET for any honors was not represented. But the two who are among the top in their respective levels has to have points for extra curricular activities to lead in the competition. :nuts: If i had only known, I could have joined.....in the singing. Not the dancing. :banana::lol:
:nuts:

fil07

February 28th, 2011, 04:09 AM

DTI PEOPLE POWER RUN 02.26.11 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=202352539790766&id=100000480639558&aid=63274#!/album.php?aid=63153&id=100000480639558)
By Eddie Felix Alteza

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1st NSO Naga Fun Run 02.27.11 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=202352539790766&id=100000480639558&aid=63274)
By Eddie Felix Alteza

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Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 05:37 AM

late post.. this was a day after our SSC 5th anniv celebration.

Feb 7, 2011
wala lang meet up with momy myonee, Pareng Kevin and Brian
kakaabot mi lang that day ni Brian from Manila

kaso kang nag picture picture kami, nag luwas palan si Bri may tig dumanan hehe

we ordered food from The Kozy Bar and Resto
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nag Mocha Blends kami para maiba. kaso pag duman mi ang na order mi lang coffee. out of stock na sinda katong Bondi Burger basta itong favorite ni Doc ta gusto mi ngani ma try kuta

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Mocha Blends also serves the best tortillas in town.

Naga Boy

February 28th, 2011, 05:59 AM

Centro's 24 hour Restaurant Strip

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24 hour Stores:
Mc Donald's Plaza
McDonald's Bichara
Bigg's Plaza
ChowKing
Jollibee
Crown Park
Cafe Fedrico
Lucky 9 Convenience Store
CBS Convenience Store
South Star Drug Crown Hotel
Mercury Penafrancia/Panganiban
Mercury Trader's Square
Dunkin Donuts
and soon: 7-Eleven

Other restaurants found in the same Area
Bigg's Advent
Greenwich Galleria
Geewan
Graceland Baker's Plaza (near Advent)
Graceland Baker's Plaza (Penafrancia/Panganiban)
Goldilock's Centro
Caramel Shop Centro
Mang Inasal
Caby's Cabana
Mr. Donut

Plus numerous local restuarants and Malls like E Mall with Robinson's Supermarket and the old but tested Robertson Mall Centro.

Now who says that they got them all in SM?

We have what SM have but Centro and Magsaysay Strip have much more.:lol:

oragon.com

February 28th, 2011, 06:07 AM

I was told by my tour guide friend there will be another Survivor Series to be shot starting april. Swerte nga daw kami to have booked our Caramoan trip on the last weekend of MArch. :)

from http://survivorskills.com/forum/index.php?topic=7153.60

The buzz out of the Philippines is that the Gota Beach Resort, and several others, have been reserved, and leased by SEG.

hakz2007

February 28th, 2011, 06:15 AM

^^what is SEG po?

hakz2007

February 28th, 2011, 07:23 AM

Fun run concludes NSO civil registration month celebration
NAGA CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) ----- The National Statistics Office (NSO)– Camarines Sur, in cooperation with the Camarines Sur Civil Registrar’s Association concluded the Civil Registration Month celebration through its first ever Fun Run activity dubbed as “Lakad Takbo Para sa de Kalidad na Rehistro” held February 27.

Participated in by more than 400 government employees coming from partner agencies and health buffs in the province, the fun run aimed to promote public awareness on the importance of complying with the registration that NSO is implementing.

Clemente Manaog, NSO Camarines Sur provincial statistics officer, said that the activity also served as a reminder to the public that they have the legal obligation to register acts and events concerning the status of persons, and enhance nationwide awareness and appreciation of the legal, administrative and statistical values of civil registry documents.

“We are happy with the positive turn out of the event and we hope to sustain this activity along with other stakeholders in the years to come given the encouraging response from our participants.”

The 5-km fun run started before 6 a.m. in front of the NSO Ooice. The route covered the road along Panganiban Drive, Naga City Subdivision, St. Joseph , Mayon Avenue then back to Panganiban Drive where the NSO office is situated. The first finisher arrived at 6:18 a.m.

Under the theme “Quality Civil Registration in Support of National Development Goals,” the said endeavor is also pursuant to Proclamation No. 682 which was issued on January 18, 1991, declaring the month of February as Civil Registration Month. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19433

Mahigit sa 400 runners ang sumali sa NSO fun run
NAGA CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) - - - Mahigit 400 na mga runners ang sumali sa ginanap na 5K Fun Run na pinadrinohan ng National Statistics Office (NSO) probinsyal office sa lungsod ng Naga kahapon.

Ayun kay NSO Ppovincial manager Clemente Manaog ng NSO-Camarines Sur umikot ang fun run sa pangunahing kalsada ng nasabing lungsod. Layunin nito na makapagtanim ng kaalaman sa publiko ng kahalagahan ng tamang pagpapaheristro at lalong-lalo na ang pangangalaga ng magandaang kalusugan ng mga mamamayan.

Ipinagdiriwang ng NSO ang Civil Regitration month kasabay ng pag isponsor ng 1st NSO Fun Run “ Lakad Takbo para sa de-Kalidad na Rehistro.”

Sa nasabing aktibidad, sumali ang mga empleyado ng mga ibat ibang ahensya ng gobyerno sa nasyonal at local na nakabase dito sa lungsod ng Naga. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19435

hakz2007

February 28th, 2011, 07:36 AM

Libreng uniporme at supplies para mga estudyante at eskwelahan, pamimigay
SAN JOSE,Camarines Sur –28 Feb. (PIA)–-- Gaganapin ngayon ang pamimigay ng libreng uniporme at school supplies sa mga mag-aaral ng San Jose Central School sa bayan ng San Jose, Camarines Sur na pangungunahan ni Mayor Antonio B. Chavez.

Ayun kay Mayor Chavez ang proyektong ito ay bahagi ng edukasyon na mahikayat ang mga estudyante at mga magulang na pagpaaralin ang kanilang mga anak.

Naniwala si Chavez na makakatulong na maigi ang libreng gamit para sa mga mag-aaral. Sunod-sunod na ang libreng uniporme at school supplies sa iba pang mga pampublikong paaralan ng elementarya ng bayan ng San Jose, Camarines Sur.

Sa kasalukuyan mayroon mahigit sa isang libong scholars ang LGU-San Jose.http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19434

hakz2007

February 28th, 2011, 07:41 AM

Dipecho team monitors PRC project sites
SAN FERNANDO, Camarines Sur, Feb.28 (PIA)--- With the Integrated Community Disaster Preparedness Project now in full blast at Barangays Marangi, Cotmo, Pinamasagan, Gnaran, and Bical here, members of the monitoring team are also carefully monitoring the venture’s implementation to ensure that the program components are being properly carried out.

Last weekend, the DIPECHO monitoring team, headed by Thearat Touch, DIPECHO assistant director for Southeast Asia; together with Emilio Terejeira, German Red Cross delegate; Patricia Escudero Renedo, Spanish Red Cross delegate; and Victor de Leon, national project coordinator, visited the project sites for their mid year monitoring and evaluation activity.

Nanette Rodrigazo, Philippine Red Cross Camarines Sur Chapter administrator in an interview said that the project is simultaneously being implemented in 10 barangays of San Fernando and Garchitorena.

“These barangays were chosen as recipients of the Disaster Preparedness Program attached and funded by the Department of the European Community Humanitarian Office or DIPECHO through the consortium of the German Red Cross and the Spanish Red Cross.”

The 15-month project aims to reduce the risks of natural disasters like typhoon and flood and help the constituents of the affected barangays to be resilient in dealing with the results of these catastrophes.

The project also aims to strengthen the capacity of local communities to manage and reduce the risks caused by natural disasters, increase the awareness of the schools on hazards and advocate the integration of DRR in the school curriculum; and strengthen coordination and cooperation between local communities, LGUs, and Philippine Red Cross by strengthening local disaster management (DM) structures.

The project intervention includes organization, training, provision of equipment, and mobilization of Barangay Disaster Action Team (BDATs); hazard, vulnerability, and capacity assessment; support to small-scale mitigation project; hazard mapping and information-education-communication campaign.

Providing support to the project aside from the main donor which is DIPECHO are the provincial government of Camarines Sur, the local governemnt units of San Fernando and Garchitorena , the German Red Cross, and the Spanish Red Cross. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19437

aidz

February 28th, 2011, 12:00 PM

Felicitaciones! Will be in Naga-Camsur-Legazpi this comin September. Hope to meet w/ u guys! ;)

you're very much welcome in the Region!

oragon.com

February 28th, 2011, 12:02 PM

^^what is SEG po?

probably the crew of the Survior show.

aidz

February 28th, 2011, 12:06 PM

Angle's Kisses (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=at.182132095138071.43781.100000238454387.638961647)
I think they're located in Emall

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hakz2007

February 28th, 2011, 12:14 PM

^^parang mukhang tae :D

CDR-King Iriga is now open :okay:

Naga City Deck

February 28th, 2011, 03:50 PM

March - Calendar of Events
www.naga.gov.ph (http://naga.gov.ph/events-calendar-general/march-2/)

WOMENS Month
FIRE PREVENTION Month

March

Bicol Tourism Congress

March 1

Operation Bigay Lunas

March 3-5

64th Foundation Anniversary of Naga College Foundation

100th Foundation Anniversary of the Trades
Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Naga Campus

3-Day Orientation and Conference Workshop for Punong Barangay on the Principles of Governance and the Implementation of the BNEO (G.R.E.A.T Barangays) Program
Camarines Sur – 3rd Batch | Dona Dolores Convention Hall, Villa Caceres Hotel

March 3-10

Quick Chow Instant Noodles promotional activity
various barangay

March 4

Fun Run (Fire Prevention Month)
SM City Naga | 5:30AM

March 4-5

Computing Society of the Philippine National Congess

March 5-6

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for Real Estate Broker and Salesperson
Villa Caceres Hotel | 8:00AM – 5:00PM

March 5-11

Women’s Week Celebration

March 6

1st Naga City Run for the under privileged children

March 7

BADAC General Assembly / Oath taking
Naga City Peoples Covered Court | 8:00AM – 12:00NN

March 7-8

3-Day Orientation and Conference Workshop for Punong Barangay on the Principles of Governance and the Implementation of the BNEO (G.R.E.A.T Barangays) Program
Camarines Sur – 4th Batch | Dona Dolores Convention Hall, Villa Caceres Hotel

March 11

Formal Launching of Manila Beer
Plaza Quezon

March 11-13

Festival of Football
Metro Naga Sports Complex, Pacol

March 12

4th Regular Kite Flying Festival
Metro Naga Sports Complex, Pacol

Padyak Activity
Naga City Peoples Covered Court | 1:00PM – 12:00MN

Bicol Rockfest 2011
Naga City Youth Center | 8:00PM

March 12-13

UP-PGH – Dept. of Dermatology 19th Post Graduate Course in Dermatology

March 14-18

Handicap International Philippine Seminar

March 18

Deadline for the submission of entry form – Pilgrimage City Landmark of Naga Design Contest

March 18-20

Festival of Football
Metro Naga Sports Complex, Pacol

March 19

Seminar on Health
Naga City Peoples Covered Court | 1:00PM – 5;00PM

kevinb

February 28th, 2011, 04:22 PM

I mean a budget hotel to be owned and managed by the owner of ALDP mall.

Oh. Okay. I asked 'coz the Travellers Hotel brand sounds so familiar. I think it's a budget hotel somewhere in Manila. Not so sure though.

the construction is set this March for Puregold so expect BIG sale @ Robertson Mall.

How many months will it take for PG to be completed? Six, right?:D

Naga City Deck

February 28th, 2011, 04:31 PM

Felicitaciones! Will be in Naga-Camsur-Legazpi this comin September. Hope to meet w/ u guys! ;)

See you soon!

you're very much welcome in the Region!

see you! :banana:

sonofignatius

February 28th, 2011, 05:05 PM

CamSur wins bid to host Ad Congress 2/28/2011

Camarines Sur will be the home of the 22nd Philippine Ad Congress this year scheduled on Nov. 16 to 19.

Camsur won the bid for its newness, uniqueness, tourism potential, support from local government, accessibility by land and air, infrastructure, accommodations, affordability, safety and security, said a statement from the Ad Congress organizers.

Aside from the usual criteria, (CWC) Camsur Watersports Complex was also distinguished for being the most fun and “in” place at the moment and preferred location of top international sports competition like Iron Man, film and television outfits like the Survivor France Series.

Sandy Prieto Romualdez, Inquirer president and chairperson of the 22nd PAC, thanked all the localities, who participated in the bid, which included Cebu Province and the Cebu City government.

Romualdez also expressed her optimism about the venue. “We’re very excited about Camsur because the AdCongress has never been held there. It is one of the “hottest” new destination, is in synergy with the “game-changing generation” theme for this years’ ad congress and we will be able to help spur local tourism.”

The organizing committee promised implement a new electronics system for reservations of room accommodation.

“It is our objective to rid the booking system of the “palakasan” method, so we would like to ask everyone for their support and cooperation as we introduce this real-time reservations online, on a first-come, first- served basis,” said Blen Fernando, head of the admin committee for the AdCongress.

“Kindly register online rather than go directly to the hotel, this will allow us to guarantee best rates and a smooth registration process. The special website for registration will be set-up by April,” Fernando saidadded.
Held every two years, the event, organized by the Advertising Board of the Philippines, brings together the country’s top business, advertising and media firms. The 22nd PAC will be officially launched to the public during the first week of April.

http://cdn.ph/news_details.php?id=8940

hugodiekonig

February 28th, 2011, 05:08 PM

sonofignatius

February 28th, 2011, 05:21 PM

Really nice article.
Travel with difference.

We actually forget the places we have visited in the past, but never the people we meet. What more with the people you live with in a very personal way like what these tourists experiences in the GK Village?

This is what set us apart from outer tourist destination.
Experiences that can not be offered by Shangri- La.:)

the warmest of welcome and the experience of local culture are always the best souvenirs and banners.

a Catholic korean university is currently exploring an exchange program in Naga. one specific request it is making is that students get to live in a community with a host family for a short homestay- to experience local culture.

Amazing.

How were they able to organize the parents and made them practice for this program?

Really, I'm impressed.

surely good to involve parents in school programs and activities. family days, father-son camps, mother-daughter days are in.

Beautiful City!

dios mabalos, hugo- maraming salamat! so when are you coming to camsur for a visit?

Naga City Deck

February 28th, 2011, 11:55 PM

Penafrancia Resort
Feb 26 - 27, 2011

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Naga City Deck

February 28th, 2011, 11:58 PM

San Felipe Naga City
Feb. 27, 2011

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Naga City Deck

February 28th, 2011, 11:59 PM

Gazebos @ Basilica
Feb. 27, 2011

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ADC Commercial Complex
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dandyqb

March 1st, 2011, 01:40 AM

El Verde @ Hiwacloy, Goa, Cam. Sur

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Naga Boy

March 1st, 2011, 01:41 AM

San Felipe Naga City
Feb. 27, 2011

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This is a really neat looking Mexican inspired Bed and Breakfast Inn in San Felipe.

Naga Boy

March 1st, 2011, 01:49 AM

San Felipe Naga City
Feb. 27, 2011

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This is one of the churches in Naga City with very beautiful interiors.

We used to visit the church every weekend but we have not been there lately when the kids got scared of some kind of cult composed of women in a weird white and blue uniforms started wailing and chanting inside the church.:ohno:

When we returned a week later, the same uniformed ladies were still there.

sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 02:17 AM

This is one of the churches in Naga City with very beautiful interiors.

We used to visit the church every weekend but we have not been there lately when the kids got scared of some kind of cult composed of women in a weird white and blue uniforms started wailing and chanting inside the church.:ohno:

When we returned a week later, the same uniformed ladies were still there.

the church belongs to the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate who also runs a TV station there. when they were new in Naga they initially established themselves on Barlin street, in the old Grageda residence. Masses there were always crowded.

too bad the ladies scares the kids. a similar group regularly visits the Lourdes Grotto in Mirador, Baguio and sometimes when they begin to do their rituals it can really be distracting to those who simply want some quiet time to pray.

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 02:19 AM

Visit my official Camsur FB page here - www.facebook.com/camsurph :okay:

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 02:24 AM

Beautiful City!

Salamat, hugo :okay:

Penafrancia Resort
Feb 26 - 27, 2011

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magayunon baga ining resort....siram na parigusan :cheers:

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 02:27 AM

Filipina wakeboarders, American champs shine in CamSur
‘To have the whole spectrum of ages here is surreal,’ said overall champion Tom Fooshee of the US

THE WORLD’S top professional wakeboarders and wakeskaters were Bicol’s main attraction at the recent 2011 Ultimate Wake Championship (UWC) held at the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC).

Pinoy pride—and girl power, too—were not missing, either, as Samantha Bermudez from Quezon City bested Germany’s Elisabeth Fuchs for the Pro Women Wakeboarding category, while Bicolana Tynna Rosero placed second for Pro Women Wakeskate.

The competition, an adrenaline-pumping showcase of wakeboard and wakeskate tricks, was the final leg of the 2010 World Wakeboard Association (WWA) Wake Park World Series and WWA Wakeboard World Series.

With the world’s most complete wake park facility as their playground, riders displayed their versatility in all three major wakeboarding disciplines: boat, cable and System 2.0 winch.

“This is the goal of the province—sports tourism,” said Camarines Sur Gov. LRay Villafuerte. “We are proud to be hosting UWC for the third consecutive year.”

Outstanding riders included Tom Fooshee from the US, who won as UWC overall wakeboard champion, and bagged top places in the Obstacles Only and Pro Men wakeboard (boat and cable) categories; and Reed Hansen, USA, UWC overall wakeskate champion.

But it was UWC’s youngest rider, 13-year-old Daniel Grant, who became the crowd favorite after bagging top spot in the Pro Men wakeboard cable category, besting other more senior competitors. Grant also placed in the Obstacles Only and Pro Wakeskate Cable categories, taking home prize money worth $7,000.

“I know I landed my KGBs, S-mobes, Moby Dick 5s,” said Grant, describing his top wakeboard and wakeskate tricks.

KGBs and Moby Dick 5s are types of inverts or flips. With the S-mobe, a rider must extend his body upward, board above the head, without doing a complete flip.

“To have the whole spectrum of ages here is surreal,” said Fooshee.

“I just tried my best,” said Bermudez of her victory. “Coin toss lang ’yan eh, because during the run, a lot of people choke—nerves get to some people.”

Bermudez, 24, took up wakeboarding when she was 19, when friends invited her to try it in Lago de Oro in Batangas. She now teaches the sport, too, and will be representing the country under the wakeboarding category at the next Southeast Asian games.

“Wakeboarding is so progressive,” says Bermudez. “There’s no end to it. There’s always something to learn every time you ride.”http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/wellness/wellness/view/20110301-322767/Filipina-wakeboarders-American-champs-shine-in-CamSur

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 02:32 AM

on my way to Legazpi yesterday

dumping of lot beside National Grid Corporation
ano kaya ini?
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diversion road sa Pili
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the swampy farm in Baao :D
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Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 02:33 AM

Nabua
Feb, 28, 2011

Macagang
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Naga Boy

March 1st, 2011, 02:41 AM

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 02:46 AM

One HOPE in Camsur
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hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 02:53 AM

@Manay Jo, may pics ka kaidtong kinoconstruct na JPHotel sa Diversion Nabua?

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 02:58 AM

@Manay Jo, may pics ka kaidtong kinoconstruct na JPHotel sa Diversion Nabua?

garo mayo sir hakz. paspason kaya si van mi :lol:

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 03:25 AM

^^hehe, maaagihan muna yun bago Macagang :D

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 03:29 AM

^^
dai ko na napansin na maray eh. pero igwa talaga under construction. :D

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 03:30 AM

13 pulis kan Naga City PNP, pig-relieve
NAGA CITY – Treseng miyembro kan Naga City PNP an pig-relieve sa saindang presenteng katungdan.

Sa impormasyong nakua kan Bombo Radyo Naga, an naunambitang an mga pulis an binistong sinda SPO1 Ronaldo Perez, SPO1 Roderick Cariño, PO2 Clifford Ruedas, PO2 Roberto Ferrer, PO1 Jomal Osmar, PO1 Micheal Ortega, PO1 Niño Clores, PO1 Noe Mira, PO1 Henry Carmona, PO3 Manolito Zamudio, PO3 Ariel Bermudo asin PO3 Marlon Gonzales.

Basado sa impormasyon, an pag-relieve sa naunambitang mga pulis an parte kan pagbabagong ginigibo sa liderato kan Naga City Police Office (NCPO) na pinamamayuhan kan direktor kaini na si Police Senior Superintendent Vert Chavez.

Nakatalaang ipigdesignar an mga ini sa probinsya kan Catanduanes asin sasalidahan man ini kan labi sa 30 bagong pulis hale sa manlaen-laen na opisina kan pulisya digdi sa Kabikulan.httphttp://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42438-13-pulis-kan-naga-city-pnp-pig-relieve

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 03:33 AM

^^
dai ko na napansin na maray eh. pero igwa talaga under construction. :D

tapos diyan sa may Almeda Highway, igwa man baga diyan construction activity..:)

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 03:34 AM

66-anyos na lalaki gadan mantang pigmamasahe kan physical therapist; imbestigasyon, nagpapadagos

NAGA CITY – Padagos pa man an ipigsasagibong imbestigasyon kan otoridad katacud sa pagkakagadan kan sarong 66-anyos na lalaki mantang ini an pigmamaasahe kan sarong physical therapist.

Sa entribista kan Bombo Radyo Naga ki PO3 Luis Caparoso, imbestigador kan Naga City PNP, an biktima an pigbistong si Timoteo Joven, Sr asin residente kan Zone 2, Brgy. Lerma digdi sa siyudad nin Naga.

Basado sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, bandang alas-8:00 nin aga kasuodma kan pig-atake sa puso an biktima mantang ini an pigmamasahe suboot kan therapist na si Ricky Vosotros.

Tulos man na ipigdalagan kan therapist sa ospital an biktima alagad ini an ipigdeklarang dead on arrival.

Segun ki Caparoso, desisyon kan pamilya kan biktima kun masunad nin kaso laban sa therapist en kaso mapatunayang may kapabayaan sa parte kaini.http://bomboradyo.com/index.php/news/regional-news/bicolano-news/42437-66-anyos-na-lalaki-gadan-mantang-pigmamasahe-kan-physical-therapist-imbestigasyon-nagpapadagos

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 03:45 AM

2 – 24 апреля 2011: FREE RIDE CAMP PHILIPPINES 6.0 (http://www.surfbali.ru/surfing/phili0411/13256)

По традиции мы откроем наш лагерь в лучшем в мире вейк парке CWC!

Camsur Water Comlex – первый комплекс водных видов спорта мирового уровня на Филиппинах и в Азии.

Огромная территория, полная инфраструктура для комфортной жизни, любой уровень размещения от демократичных бунгало до отдельных вилл с джакузи, специальное озеро для работы катера, лучший в мире винч-парк с 6 лебедками, отличный ресторан, скейт-парк, аква-парк для взрослых и детей, бассейн, все сделано для того, чтобы гости комплекса хотели вернуться сюда.

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Здесь рядом тренируются именитые спортсмены и новички, вейк-парк сделан для райдеров любого уровня катания.

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Наши тренеры – прорайдер Liquid Force, Rope 21, многократный участник и победитель этапов Чемпионата мира по вейкбордингу – Ким Янг Ил и Элизабет Фанч, подопечная Лоты из Тайланда, призер Чемпионата мира по вейкбордингу. Так что багаж ваших трюков значительно увеличится, весь свой богатый опыт Ким, как никто другой, умеет передавать своим ученикам. Занятия ежедневные. Распорядок дня простой: тренировки, завтрак, тренировки, массаж, бассейн, обед, тренировки, тренировки, ужин, бассейн, вечеринки, массаж, отдых от всего этого, бассейн. Конечно, мы будем выезжать на обозрение действующего вулкана и на океан.

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На вторую неделю мы переедем в излюбленное нами серфовое место – серф спот Дает!

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hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 04:07 AM

^^Russian to English Google translation

2 - April 24, 2011: FREE RIDE CAMP PHILIPPINES 6.0

By tradition, we open our camp in the best park in the world Wijk CWC! Camsur Water Comlex - the first set of water sports world level in the Philippines and Asia.

The huge territory, the complete infrastructure for a comfortable life, any level of deployment of democratic bungalows to detached villas with a jacuzzi, a special lake for boats, the world's best Vinci Park with 6 winches, excellent restaurant, a skate park, an aqua park for adults and children, swimming pool, everything is done in order to visit the complex wanted to return here.

Here, near the train eminent sportsmen and novices, Wijk park is made for riders of all levels of skating.

Our trainers - prorider Liquid Force, Rope 21, a multiple winner of the party and the stage of World Championship wakeboarding - Kim Young Il, and Elizabeth Fanch, Trust Items from Thailand, winner of the FIFA World wakeboarding. So that the luggage will greatly increase your tricks, all its wealth of experience, Kim, like nobody else, knows how to transmit to their students. Classes daily. The daily routine is simple: exercise, breakfast, exercise, massage, swimming pool, lunch, practice, practice, dinner, pool party, massage, rest from all this, a swimming pool. Of course, we will go on display of an active volcano and the ocean.

The second week we will move us in a popular surf site - surfing spot Gives!

A cozy village with smiling people, wild beaches and free waves - a dream of every beginner surfer! For more advanced we will offer surf-trip through the wild islands with large waves. Surf Tripa available daily on five islands with spots of different levels of complexity.

On the third week, we flight to paradise surf place - Siargao Island, known for his mega-surf-spots «Cloud 9."

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akosijamir

March 1st, 2011, 06:28 AM

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 07:13 AM

Ad Con is nothing but a junket -Tom
CEBU, Philippines - As far as Cebu Rep. Tomas Osmeña is concerned, the 2011 Advertising Congress in November is nothing but a mere junket.

This comment came after Osmeña learned Cebu Province and the City of Cebu lost the bid to host the Ad Congress to Camarines Sur.

“The Ad Congress is nothing but a junket. Ad Con is not that important. If you talk to these people (organizers), they say it is worth P200 million but that is grossly exaggerated. Maybe it gives a lot of money to the hotels, airlines, restaurants, nightclubs and some mall but it does not goes to the Cebuanos,” the congressman pointed out.

He said that what is more important is the presence of Information Technology companies here as they benefit thousands of Cebuanos.

The Advertising Board treated the bid of Cebu Province and Cebu City as one.

The province is offering the Cebu International Convention Center as the venue of the congress. The CICC can accommodate at least 3,000 delegates as proven during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in 2007.

Cebu City can take care of the delegates’ accommodations since hotels are mostly located in its jurisdiction.

The Ad Congress in 2005 was held in the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino in Lahug, Cebu City, with activities and parties spread out in various hotels, resorts and entertainment nightspots.

Osmeña further said that there is no better proof that Cebu cannot compete with Camarines Sur.

“Nakakahiya. It’s more of an insult. Good if we lost to Manila but we lost to CamSur,” Osmeña said, as he chided Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for boasting about the CICC, which failed to attract the Ad Con board.

“One painful realization to her is that her P800 million spent for CICC was only a waste of money. You cannot bring Ad Con. It’s a blessing in disguise kay ang CICC daghan kaayo og kuwang,” the congressman said.

However, Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña, the wife of the congressman, said we must also acknowledge how Camarines Sur worked hard to get the vote.

“It’s a lost opportunity but it’s also a challenge to all of us,” Margot said.

“Uniqueness and newness” were the main considerations of the organizers of the Ad Con in choosing Camarines Sur to host the event on November.

“Its okay, I did not get a heart attack,” Garcia told reporters.

Garcia congratulated Camarines Sur Governor Luis Ray Villafuerte whom she described as a “dynamic and hard-working governor.”

Garcia said that there are a lot of big international events set to be held in Cebu this year.

“I believe that there is growing preference for Cebu,” she said.

Garcia explained that Cebu has nothing to improve to meet the criteria of newness being the oldest province in the entire country as it has long been the top tourist destination of the country, said the governor.

When asked if Cebu will still bid for the Ad Con next time, Garcia said it will depend on what there theme will be.

“We should not feel bad, we should feel good for CamSur contrary to the pronouncement of some amongst our midst. We should not pit ourselves against each other as provinces we should rejoice at the success of our provinces and reach out and help in times of need because we are all in this together,” Garcia said. http://208.184.76.174/Article.aspx?articleId=660736&publicationSubCategoryId=107

oragon.com

March 1st, 2011, 08:11 AM

Guys received an invitation from Mr. Alfredo Perdon, the Station Manager of Global News Network (GNN) for a 30-minute talkshow about SSC Cam Sur. He commended the group effort in tirelessly promoting our city, province and the region as well.

Last year, we were featured sa Bicolmail, ngunyan, sa TV naman :nuts:

nweiz, willing ba group? :)

thanks!

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 09:05 AM

tapos diyan sa may Almeda Highway, igwa man baga diyan construction activity..:)

gasolinahan garo to sir hakz

Guys received an invitation from Mr. Alfredo Perdon, the Station Manager of Global News Network (GNN) for a 30-minute talkshow about SSC Cam Sur. He commended the group effort in tirelessly promoting our city, province and the region as well.

Last year, we were featured sa Bicolmail, ngunyan, sa TV naman :nuts:

nweiz, willing ba group? :)

thanks!

talked about this with kuya pao, this will be a good exposure. pero habo ko na mag appear on tv :lol: kamo nlng po hehe

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 09:23 AM

^^Pao, kailan ba yan?

mag-iba ka ms. Jo, grabe ka man ay, tanganing may duwang muse lamang ang grupo with ms. myonee :okay:

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 09:32 AM

^^ :rofl: nanganaan na kaya ako sa Bikolandia Isyu Ngonian :nuts: supog supog na ako :lol:

siguro ma urulay pa man kung nuarin yan.

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 09:39 AM

Philippines Project Breaks Record for Most Trees Planted at Once
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On Wednesday a group of nearly 7,000 people in the province of Camarines Sur in the Philippines broke the world record for tree planting. The giant work party planted over 64,000 trees in fifteen minutes, as part of a province-wide project designed to increase tree cover in the Philippines. Participants in the Camarines Sur tree planting now hold the official Guinness World Record for “most trees planted simultaneously.” The previous world record was set in India last year, where slightly over 50,000 trees were planted at once.

The tree planting in Camarines Sur took place on land owned by the government, which had previously been stripped of its forest cover. Conservationists hope that as the tree saplings grow they will reduce erosion and improve the health of the local ecosystem. However breaking the world record for tree planting is just the first step in an ambitious initiative the provincial government of Camarines Sur is launching to restore endangered forests. The El Verde Project, also known as “12 Million Trees by 2012” aims to add twelve million trees to the province’s forest cover by the beginning of next year, with an emphasis on planting native species.

According to the El Verde web site, the project’s vision statement is “For Camarines Sur to be the greenest and most environmentally friendly province in Asia.” By planting trees the provincial government hopes to conserve biodiversity, reduce climate change, enhance agriculture by preventing erosion, and improve quality of life for millions of people. Besides planting new trees the project also focuses on conserving areas of tropical rainforest still standing in the province.

According to the web site, participants in the El Verde Project are “working together in order to ensure that forests and their wildlife will survive for our children to appreciate, enjoy and live.” To make the El Verde Project a success, the provincial government is partnering with local government entities, schools, and non-government organizations.

The tropical forests of the Philippines archipelago are among the most endangered in the world, and are home to dozens of species found nowhere else. Among these is the “flying lemur”—a mammal with few close relatives alive today, that uses flaps of skin between its legs to glide from treetop to treetop and that can spend its whole life without setting foot on the ground. Other species unique to this tropical island country include the monkey-hunting Philippine eagle, the tiny Philippine mouse deer, and the smallest freshwater fish species on the planet.

When Spanish colonists first arrived in the Philippines during the 1500s, indigenous inhabitants of the islands had left the natural forest cover mostly intact. During the next five hundred years a combination of factors, including population growth combined with industrial logging and commercial exploitation of the forests, led to much of the original old growth ecosystem being eliminated. Today less than ten percent of the original forest cover remains, making the country’s forests among the most endangered in the world.

Years of deforestation have pushed many Philippine species to the brink of extinction, but now the national and provincial governments are mounting efforts to save the country’s natural ecosystems. The El Verde Project is one such initiative, which just might provide endangered species with the habitat they need to recover. In an indication of how seriously some government officials take reforestation efforts, Wednesday’s record-setting tree planting was attended by both the governor of Caramines Sur and the president of the Philippines.

Wednesday’s tree planting marked the kick-off of the El Verde Project, with the breaking of a world record adding excitement to the event. Much work still remains to be done for Caramines Sur to achieve its goal of planting twelve million trees this year. If the goal can be reached, it may spell a new and brighter chapter in the story of the Philippines’ endangered forests.

Photo credit: Trees for the Future (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plant-trees/4190824004/)http://greenanswers.com/news/223349/philippines-project-breaks-record-most-trees-planted-once

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 09:41 AM

^^ :rofl: nanganaan na kaya ako sa Bikolandia Isyu Ngonian :nuts: supog supog na ako :lol:

siguro ma urulay pa man kung nuarin yan.

dae ka daw magkarasupog-supog tanganing sikat ka diyan sa Naga :lol:

hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 09:45 AM

Manna For Butuwanan
by Ritche B Elot (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=731193842)

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March 1st, 2011, 09:49 AM

Manna For Butuwanan
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hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 10:02 AM

Barangay Luluasan - Ang Lugar Na Maogma
by Balatan Town Banwaan Ko (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001774477172)

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hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 10:06 AM

Barangay Luluasan - Ang Lugar Na Maogma
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hakz2007

March 1st, 2011, 10:09 AM

Barangay Luluasan - Ang Lugar Na Maogma
by Balatan Town Banwaan Ko (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001774477172)

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oragon.com

March 1st, 2011, 10:33 AM

^^Pao, kailan ba yan?

mag-iba ka ms. Jo, grabe ka man ay, tanganing may duwang muse lamang ang grupo with ms. myonee :okay:

depende sir sa sked ng grupo, sila na lang sked ng interview natin :)

sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 04:28 PM

Naga City Aerial View

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/183285_10150107060578914_799108913_6288735_7423313_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185627_10150107060693914_799108913_6288738_923941_n.jpg

Got this from an SFC who attended the conference here in CamSur two weeks ago: facebook (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150107004743914&id=799108913&aid=291761#!/album.php?id=799108913&aid=291781)

a river runs through the heart of Bikol, snaking its way across the plains.

dae ka daw magkarasupog-supog tanganing sikat ka diyan sa Naga :lol:

sige na, jo. for the love of Maogmang Naga. :cheers:

Manna For Butuwanan
by Ritche B Elot (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=731193842)

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/180770_10150095158153843_731193842_6349340_1547798_n.jpg

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Siruma is so out of the way. and this is where the adventure lies! btw the photographer, Ritche Elot, is a Jesuit priest. he is the director of student affairs and chaplain at the ateneo de naga university. originally from cagayan de oro, he has been assigned in naga for two years.

sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 04:34 PM

Remontados Debaters are Champions

The Ateneo Remontados Debate Society bagged the championship and first runner-up trophies in the 2011 Xavier Cup South Luzon Debate Championships. The competition was held at the Ateneo de Naga University Bagumbayan and Pacol campuses last February 18-21, 2011. It was participated in by five colleges and universities all over South Luzon. The team of Anj Alferez, Salve Poche and Vince Sotaso was champion while that of Fidel Azur, Annie Fante and Chim Pilapil was first runner-up.

Among the top best speakers were Chim Pilapil, Salve Poche, Ken Taino and Tin Gumba. Among the top adjudicators were Grace Tud and Danice Bermas. Semi-finalist was the team of Kevin Bonafe, Merryl Garcia and Rej Malanyaon. Quarter finalists were the team of Angelo Moises, Ken Taino, JC Tria and the team of Marymon Florendo, Lara Tan, and Tin Gumba.

The winners wholeheartedly thank co-debaters Monica Palomares, Arcci Relloso and Ryan Olos who did not join the competitions and took charge of the event, and most especially their coach Mr. Percival Tordilla for the training and capacity-building coupled with patience and understanding. Remontados also thank the university, the Institute of Politics, the co-moderator Dr. Berns Gumba, for all the assistance, resources and moral support, and most especially to the Supreme Student Government and all fellow Ateneans who volunteered as errands, cooks, caterers, drivers, etc.

Congratulations to the Remontados Debate Society!

www.adnu.edu.ph

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 04:50 PM

^^ waaa what did i miss here???

share man daw :lol:

cvc's are unhealthy. as long as we're grounded and we know that we're not stepping on someone else's (be it a person or any entity) shoes, then we should not worry. What's important is, initiating cvc's is something we should avoid.

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 04:55 PM

i almost forgot

Happy Foundation Anniversary to Saint Joseph School
March 1

Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 05:10 PM

Retrato sa Merkado Photo Contest Guidelines
Source: Ciudad nin Naga FB (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=168707709847722&set=a.168707579847735.59829.110525158999311&ref=nf)

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Naga City Deck

March 1st, 2011, 05:14 PM

Retrato sa Merkado Photo Contest Guidelines
Source: Ciudad nin Naga FB (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=168707709847722&set=a.168707579847735.59829.110525158999311&ref=nf)

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sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 05:15 PM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVQuq3GRq_U/TWYPavos8zI/AAAAAAAAAb4/PcVwLaYGkpk/s1600/IMAG0510.jpg

http://love2speak.blogspot.com/2011/02/naga-city-market.html

sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 05:22 PM

i almost forgot

Happy Foundation Anniversary to Saint Joseph School
March 1

http://www.sjs-naga.edu.ph/htdocs/photo/campus/stjosephstatus1.jpg
http://www.sjs-naga.edu.ph
ite ad joseph

happy fiesta, SaintJo!

sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 05:49 PM

BIGG's PILI
www.xyzaspeaks.com

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sonofignatius

March 1st, 2011, 05:49 PM

aidz

March 2nd, 2011, 12:11 AM

ma new thread na kita!

gagayon mga pics!

Yung Ramashita, nung Dec lang ata yan nag-open.

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 12:52 AM

a river runs through the heart of Bikol, snaking its way across the plains.

"Biko- bikong Salog".

That is where Bikol got it's name according to history.

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 01:59 AM

Caffeine Load for the Day

I have been complaining in the past
that Kopi Roti has been using
wobbly coffee cups for their coffee to go...

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/Kopiroti.jpg?t=1299026707

But things have changed.

Since last week (and today), they have changed to a
more sturdy coffee cups for their take- out coffee...

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/kopiroti001.jpg?t=1299026724

Now, that's the way to go:)

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 01:59 AM

Caffeine Load for the Day

I have been complaining in the past
that Kopi Roti has been using
wobbly coffee cups for their coffee to go...

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/Kopiroti.jpg?t=1299026707

But things have changed.

Since last week (and today), they have changed to more a
more sturdy coffee cups for their take- out coffee...

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/kopiroti001.jpg?t=1299026724

Now, that's the way to go:)

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 02:02 AM

Nasa CNN na ang CamSur, cheers!

Philippines sets tree-planting record
The event, which saw 64,096 trees planted in just 15 minutes, is part of a government drive to reforest parts of the country
http://64.19.142.11/www.cnngo.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_large/2011/03/01/tree_planting_main_image.jpg
Residents planting tree seedlings in the town of Pili in Camarines Sur province on February 23.

Conservationists planted a total of 64,096 trees in the eastern Philippine province of Camrines Sur within 15 minutes recently, breaking the Guinness World Record for the most trees planted simultaneously.

The Independent reported that close to 7,000 people from Siruma and Tinambac participated in the tree planting activity, which was organized under the El Verde ("The Green") program.

The provincial government plans to plant 12 million trees in the denuded forests of Camrines Sur by 2012. The idea is to make Camrines Sur "the greenest and most environmentally friendly province in Asia."

Camrines Sur is already one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines.

El Verde's feat smashed the record that was set last year by volunteers in the Himalayan district of Leh, where a total of 50,300 Ladakhi willows were planted in under an hour.

Global green group Conservation International recently ranked the Philippines as one of the top 10 endangered forest hotspots in the world, with only 7 percent of its original habitat remaining. http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/philippines-sets-tree-planting-world-record-876537

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 02:04 AM

AdMU Basketball Clinic
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/Game_12.jpg

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/Game_2.jpg

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/Clinic3.jpg

adnuvarsity@yahoogroups.com

marhay na nAGA!

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 02:18 AM

Camarines Sur to host Ad Congress in November
PILI, Camarines Sur, Mar 1 (PNA) – The 22nd Philippine Ad Congress will be held in Naga City in November, Camarines Sur Governor Luis Raymund Villafuerte announced here over the weekend.

“We won the bidding and that’s because the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur and the City Government of Naga headed by Mayor John Bongat worked for it together by way of strengthening our bid to host the prestigious affair,” Villafuerte said.

He said the preparations for hosting the Ad Congress were started by the city and provincial governments last year and part of it was the embellishment of the city’s Rizal Park and other key visitors’ facilities in the province which helped the place in winning the bidding.

Other factors considered by the Ad Board were the accessibility of the place, peace and order situation, security and the sufficiency of facilities like public infrastructures, hotel accommodations, transportation and venue for the gathering, among others, the governor said.

“We have a huge plenary hall to conveniently accommodate all the around 5,000 delegates to the Ad Congress, fine hotels for classy accommodations, support from local government units and efficient transportation which the Ad Board requires of a host to the event,” he said.

The series of successful national and international sports competitions held in the province particularly at the Camarines Sur Water Sports Complex (CWC) was also a plus factor looked into by the Board in going for Naga City and Camarines Sur for this year’s congress, he added.

The Ad Congress is held every two years in key cities of the country and because the City of Naga has been chosen to play host in this year’s event, Villafuerte said “we call it another feather to our cap”.

The occasion is expected to generate huge income not only for the city but also for the province whose tourist destinations will be visited by its participants, its hotels rooms taken and food areas and restaurants patronized. It is also certain that the participants and visitors will go into shopping to benefit local businesses, he said. (PNA) http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Events_26/Camarines_Sur_to_host_Ad_Congress_in_November.shtml

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 02:37 AM

Diyan sa Naga, uso rin ba ang flip top?

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Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 02:52 AM

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Hospital1.jpg?t=1295238806

Today is the groundbreaking of the NICC Medical Center Naga.
Construction will commence thereafter

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 02:53 AM

CamSur (Feb.16-18, 2011)
by Doc Irish Alla Dimaculangan (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60525&id=100000483403365)

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hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 02:58 AM

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Hospital1.jpg?t=1295238806

Today is the groundbreaking of the NICC Medical Center Naga.
Construction will commence thereafter

What is the meaning ng NICC, Doc?

You can also post this here - CAMARINES SUR | Projects & Construction (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1307657) :okay:

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 03:00 AM

What is the meaning ng NICC, Doc?

You can also post this here - CAMARINES SUR | Projects & Construction (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1307657) :okay:

That's the name of the company that is main investor of the hospital.

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 03:05 AM

^^I see. Saan po ang location niyan?

keyboard

March 2nd, 2011, 03:08 AM

I'll be in naga nxt week, what hotel can you suggest? (affordable & nice)

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 03:16 AM

^^You can try Sampaguita Tourist Inn - (054) 473-8896; (054) 473-8893

sabihin mo dun ka sa bagong building nila mag-che-check-in :okay:

Welcome to CamSur, cheers!

If you want to meet some of our Naga-based forumers, don't hesitate to contact oragon.com, Naga Boy, Naga City Deck and the rest of the gang :okay:

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 03:28 AM

Many Faces of Oring, Caramoan
by Nanding Garvida (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2044549&id=1578293744)

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Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 03:35 AM

I'll be in naga nxt week, what hotel can you suggest? (affordable & nice)

CWC accommodations are all affordable and nice. You would never get bored in CWC since there's a lot of water sports activities there.

I would not recommend the Eco village- they are very cheap but far from being comfortable.

It's the in place to be and to be in CWC the in thing to do. You have not been to CamSur if you have not been to CWC. It's an iconic international destination.

It's CamSur's Icon.

If you want to be close to nightlife, I could recommend three great affordable hotels on Magsaysay Strip.

Villa Caceres, Avenue Plaza and Naga Manor Hotel.

Villa Caceres is more affordable, with Mediterranean inspired architecture. It has a gym, a pool and great music bars.

Avenue Plaza Hotel is more upscale and luxurious but the service and accommodation is at par with other boutique hotels in the world. It has a three level gym, pool and just in front in Avenue Square, a glitzy Lifestyle Center.

Its sister hotel, Naga Manor Hotel also offers affordable luxury at a cheaper budget.

In the heart to Naga City Centro, I could recommend several good hotels.

Regent Hotel, Crown Hotel, Starview Hotel, Moraville Hotel and maybe Nagaland Hotel. These hotels a so affordable but the best rooms are in Starview and left side section of Crown hotel. The right wing section of Crown hotel offers standard budget hotel rooms.

Regent Hotel has standard comfortable rooms and comparable to Nagland hotel. The latter however does not have an elevator.

Moraville Hotel has comfortable room that offers whole day buffet.

Two cheap options are Sampaguita Tourist Inn and Sunny View Hotel also at Centro in the riverside if you want a no frills, budget rooms for less than a thousand a day.

At the CBD 2 is really nice budget hotel across the Naga City Center Bus terminal and SM City Naga, is CBD Plaza Hotel.

It has really affordable standard hotel rooms and what is good in this hotel is that it is less than to years old. At this period it would still smell well…new.

Welcome the the thread and enjoy your stay in Naga.

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 03:37 AM

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Hospital1.jpg?t=1295238806

Today is the groundbreaking of the NICC Medical Center Naga.
Construction will commence thereafter

is this the site doc?

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/002.jpg

I'll be in naga nxt week, what hotel can you suggest? (affordable & nice)

welcome to Bicol!

just pm any of the forumers they'll be glad to tour you around.

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 03:42 AM

Central Bank Naga taking shape
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/007_picnik.jpg

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 03:48 AM

DBP boosts Cam Sur community services
March 1, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently granted loans to a water district and a maritime school in Camarines Sur as part of its continuing efforts to help improve the delivery of social services in the province.

DBP president & chief executive officer Francisco F. Del Rosario, Jr. said the bank’s P85.7-million term loan to the Iriga City Water District (ICWD) will refinance the latter’s existing loan with the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). The said loan is in support of the water district’s thrust of providing safe, adequate, and potable water to its 8,940 concessionaires in Iriga City and the municipality of Nabua. Savings generated from the loan refinancing will be used for various expansion and rehabilitation projects of ICWD.

DBP also granted a P22.1-million loan to Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation of Canaman, Camarines Sur, Inc. (MPCFCCI) to partly finance the construction of a three-storey school building and dormitory.

The said building will house 12 new classrooms that will improve the school’s student-to-classroom ratio, and 10 new dormitory rooms that will provide lodging facilities for students coming from neighboring municipalities.

The biggest maritime school in Bicol, MPCFCCI is among the top 10 maritime schools in the country accredited by the Commission on Higher Education.

www.mb.com.ph

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 03:50 AM

is this the site doc?

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Nagacity/002.jpg

^^
Yes. That's it.

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 03:56 AM

CWC accommodations are all affordable and nice. You would never get bored in CWC since there's a lot of water sports activities there.

I would not recommend the Eco village- they are very cheap but far from being comfortable.

It's the in place to be and to be in CWC the in thing to do. You have not been to CamSur if you have not been to CWC. It's an iconic international destination.

It's CamSur's Icon.

If you want to be close to nightlife, I could recommend three great affordable hotels on Magsaysay Strip.

Villa Caceres, Avenue Plaza and Naga Manor Hotel.

Villa Caceres is more affordable, with Mediterranean inspired architecture. It has a gym, a pool and great music bars.

Avenue Plaza Hotel is more upscale and luxurious but the service and accommodation is at par with other boutique hotels in the world. It has a three level gym, pool and just in front in Avenue Square and glitzy Lifestyle Center.

Its sister hotel, Naga Manor Hotel also offers affordable luxury at a cheaper budget.

In the heart to Naga City Centro, I could recommend several good hotels.

Regent Hotel, Crown Hotel, Starview Hotel, Moraville Hotel and maybe Nagaland Hotel. These hotels a so affordable but the best rooms are in Starview and left side section of Crown hotel. The right wing section of Crown hotel offers standard budget hotel rooms.

Regent Hotel has standard comfortable rooms and comparable to Nagland hotel. The latter however does not have an elevator.

Moraville Hotel has comfortable room that offers whole day buffet.

Two cheap options are Sampaguita tourist Inn and Sunny View Hotel also at Centro in the riverside if you want a no frills, budget rooms for less that a thousand a day.

At the CBD 2 is really nice budget hotel across the Naga City Center Bus terminal and SM City Naga, is CBD Plaza Hotel.

It has really affordable standard hotel rooms and what is good in this hotel is that it is less than to years old. At this period it would still smell well…new.

Welcome the the thread and enjoy your stay in Naga.

@keyboard

Naga City Deck has a directory of Hotels in Naga City :cheers;

Just visit this link - http://www.nagacitydeck.com/2009/08/hotels-in-naga-city.html :okay:

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 03:56 AM

CBD Plaza Hotel

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/guards042.jpg?t=1299034527

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 04:01 AM

saw backhoe yesterday. :cheers:

also, today is the blessing and inauguration of the newest fire station at CBD terminal.

hakz2007

March 2nd, 2011, 04:06 AM

^^government fire station or volunteer?

oragon.com

March 2nd, 2011, 04:13 AM

dunuh sir but ung Naga White Fire Station ata.

myonee

March 2nd, 2011, 04:59 AM

the church belongs to the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate who also runs a TV station there. when they were new in Naga they initially established themselves on Barlin street, in the old Grageda residence. Masses there were always crowded.

too bad the ladies scares the kids. a similar group regularly visits the Lourdes Grotto in Mirador, Baguio and sometimes when they begin to do their rituals it can really be distracting to those who simply want some quiet time to pray.
Just like Doc Naga boy, I remember Fr. Carmelo as very hypnotic. :D
I was in High School at SJS then, and every night for months, I do attend Fr. Carmelo's masses and would go to confession always. (Wish I did not grow older! :lol: )

Guys received an invitation from Mr. Alfredo Perdon, the Station Manager of Global News Network (GNN) for a 30-minute talkshow about SSC Cam Sur. He commended the group effort in tirelessly promoting our city, province and the region as well.

Last year, we were featured sa Bicolmail, ngunyan, sa TV naman :nuts:

nweiz, willing ba group? :)

thanks!
Mr. Perdon is also the owner/manager of the Turtle Cable Tv in Baao. We are not YET carrying GNN in our cable tv lineup but now that you mentioned SSC "is requested" to be featured, I have decided to put it on my lineup ASAP. :lol:
(I will even replay the SSC interview for as long as I want to :banana: Go BabyJO!! :D )
^^Pao, kailan ba yan?

mag-iba ka ms. Jo, grabe ka man ay, tanganing may duwang muse lamang ang grupo with ms. myonee :okay:

BUSY ako!!! :lol:
Moral support na lang ako. :lol:

i almost forgot

Happy Foundation Anniversary to Saint Joseph School
March 1

Mass Demo na! :lol:

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 05:13 AM

Just like Doc Naga boy, I remember Fr. Carmelo as very hypnotic. :D
I was in High School at SJS then, and every night for months, I do attend Fr. Carmelo's masses and would go to confession always. (Wish I did not grow older! :lol: )

He made me go to church 3 times a week.:lol:

I never knew him personally nor talked to him tete a tete.

It was a unconditional act of faith.:)

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 05:16 AM

Coffee Break
Anyone.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/beanbag.jpg?t=1299039219

It's Beanbag this time

Beanbag is a locally owned coffee shop
with branches in Magsaysay Ave, SM City Naga and Sunny View Hotel.

They serve great coffee concoctions comparable to
the branded coffee shops.

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 05:38 AM

Mother Seton Hospital

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sonofignatius

March 2nd, 2011, 07:16 AM

AdMU Lady Eagles Soar High in Naga

Last February 25 and 26, four members of the ADMU Women`s Basketball Team – Ish Tiu, Sarah Mercado, Jen Dimaano, and Teedee Estrada visited the AdNU sports community. The Lady Eagles went to Naga to serve as guest speakers for the regular Student-Athletes` General Assembly (SAGA) and to conduct a basketball clinic for one of the basketball classes of the PE department.

One of the highlights of the event was the team-up between the ADMU Lady Eagles and ADNU counterparts, the Lady Knights, to play against the Naga City Select Women Team. The game was held at the ADNU gym. A huge number of spectators were also present to cheer for the Lady Eagles who showcased their basketball talents in front of the ADNU crowd.

The visit of the Lady Eagles is part of the the Ateneo Basketball Program`s aim to promote more women`s basketball in Naga and in Bicol. The program hopes to increase interest in female players to be actively involved in basketball and in sports.

This coming summer, the Ateneo Basketball Camp (ABC) is also open to girls age 6-16 to participate in the month-long basketball clinic. The ABC will start April 4 and end on May 6. For inquiries, you may visit the ADNU College Athletics Office or call 495-5069. You may also contact Coach Noli Ayo at 0920-9134216 or e-mail him at ilon_oya@yahoo.com.

www.adnu.edu.ph

sonofignatius

March 2nd, 2011, 07:17 AM

2010 Philippine Public Expenditure Review Dissemination Workshop

The dissemination workshop was essentially a sharing on the findings of studies by a team from the World Bank concerning the country`s current public expenditure. Joined by some KDC-Naga staff, the resource persons spent the morning of February 11 in a field visit at Triangulo Barangay Health Center and Pacol Elementary School mainly to validate the presentation of their studies during the dissemination forum in the afternoon of the same day at Avenue Plaza Hotel, Naga City, Camarines Sur.

The presentations are composed of the following:

1. Key Findings on Expenditure Levels and Efficiency, Outputs and Development Outcomes , Justine Diokno-Sicat, WB Consultant and Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines. The study underscored the result of having spent limited budget on health and education, and other basic social services and public infrastructures to non-basic items.

2. Key Findings on Decentralization and Regional Inequality, Rosa Alonso I Terme, Senior Public Sector Specialist and Task Team Leader. The study highlighted the decline in the allocation for basic services as attributed to the impact of decentralization where national functions devolved to the local government units proceeded without corresponding budget allocation. This section also pointed out the reliance of most LGUs on the internal revenue allocation (IRA).

3. Efficiency of Public Spending, Larry Cui, economist at WB Washington. Aside from singling out the need for government spending, some basic points covered here were on adjusting spending and tax rates (fiscal policy) and employing other economic measures to enable the government to regulate the growth rate of the economy.

With each presentation followed by comments from the Department of Budget and Management and local government units, the forum arrived at some basic recommendations. These include focus on government`s critical role in stirring the general flow of economic activity, to maintain steady growth, high levels of employment and price stability, and sustainable local development. This role is coupled by the local government stepping up its resource generation capacity and local development initiatives through improved tax collection and income-generation drive by engaging in economic enterprises. More important, emphasis was also given on citizen participation in the local decision-making, vigilance in encouraging and monitoring government spending.

47 participants representing organizations from local government units, academia, media, government line agencies, and the civil society mostly from Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon provinces attened the information dissemination activity.

To facilitate the forum process, Center for Community Development Director Mr. Elmer Santo Domingo, Jr. anchored the event. USIC Chairperson and KDC Supervisor Atty. Mila Raquid-Arroyo welcomed the participants by highlighting the role of KDC-Naga as a knowledge-sharing organization, while Ateneo Social Science Research Center Director Dr. Cristina Lim delivered a brief but concise summary of major points of the study presentations into a comprehensive whole towards a calling to work together for transparent governance and full sectoral participation in government public spending for sustainable development.

www.adnu.edu.ph

sonofignatius

March 2nd, 2011, 07:27 AM

"Biko- bikong Salog".

That is where Bikol got it's name according to history.

that's right, doc! :) and on the origin of the name "naga", the late fr raul bonoan,sj, who was president of the ateneo de naga, adds his theory: possibly related to the NAGA (serpent or dragon) that is a motif in the art and culture of some areas of southeast asia. from above the meandering river surely looks like a snake making its way to the sea.

he observes that other places named Naga (in ipil, zamboanga sibugay, for example) are situated near the river.

the more popular theory of the origin of Naga's name is, of course, the abundance of narra trees in the area, and like the pattern in some myths of place names, a Spaniard misunderstanding "narra" as "naga".

ma new thread na kita!

gagayon mga pics!
Yung Ramashita, nung Dec lang ata yan nag-open.

more spas in the city. either people are getting tired and stressed out or their spending power is increasing.

or both. :):):)

Caffeine Load for the Day

Since last week (and today), they have changed to more a
more sturdy coffee cups for their take- out coffee...

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/kopiroti001.jpg?t=1299026724

Now, that's the way to go:)

long live coffee buns! masiram talaga. :cheers:

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Hospital1.jpg?t=1295238806

Today is the groundbreaking of the NICC Medical Center Naga.
Construction will commence thereafter

another hospital means competition and, let us hope, better, more efficient services.

fil07

March 2nd, 2011, 07:27 AM

22.1M loan granted to Mariners (http://canaman.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&catid=37&Itemid=247)
Wednesday, 02 March 2011

Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently granted a P22.1-million loan to Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation of Canaman, Camarines Sur, Inc. (MPCFCCI) to partly finance the construction of a school building and dormitory.

The three-storey building will house 12 new classrooms that will improve the school’s student-to-classroom ratio, and 10 new dormitory rooms that will provide lodging facilities for students coming from neighboring municipalities.

MPCFCCI is among the top 10 maritime schools in the country accredited by the Commission on Higher Education and is the biggest maritime school in the region. (IPST)

http://canaman.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&catid=37&Itemid=247

sonofignatius

March 2nd, 2011, 07:40 AM

I'll be in naga nxt week, what hotel can you suggest? (affordable & nice)

have a great stay in naga and camsur, keyboard! keep typing :-) :banana:

Many Faces of Oring, Caramoan
by Nanding Garvida (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2044549&id=1578293744)

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just had seafood lunch here in cagayan de oro- marhay na lang bago ako maglaway sa mga retrato digdi :-)

steam those crabs, or turn them into chilli crabs, or add rich coco cream and add in some kangkong.

and that's a big stingray (pagi). perfect for kinunot.

was in cebu the other day and had dinner with friends in Double A (AA) resto on lahug. much, much fresh catch and for the 5 of us having calamares, adobong pusit, guso (seaweeds), grilled fish, kinilaw na tanigue, adobong KK, grilled shellfish, tinolang halaan and grilled liempo, PhP1,520, all-in, was certainly not bad!

saen ka nakakuang arog kayan kabarato? and surprise, the restaurant was selling kinunot, natong (laing) and ginulay na sili (bikol express) in small microwaveable canisters @PhP120. they were prepared by a bikolano family.

Just like Doc Naga boy, I remember Fr. Carmelo as very hypnotic. :D
I was in High School at SJS then, and every night for months, I do attend Fr. Carmelo's masses and would go to confession always. (Wish I did not grow older! :lol: )

Mass Demo na! :lol:

never met fr carmelo but i heard he had so many followers and fans and his masses at their Barlin convent were always SRO, the crowds reaching even the streets.

field demo at st joseph: ah, those good ol' days. i remember our entire class (batch) performing calisthenics in kindergarten II, a Karate Kid-inspired presentation in Grade 3, and a folkdance in Grade 5.

22.1M loan granted to Mariners (http://www.facebook.com/ajax/report.php?content_type=2&cid=1328616546991&rid=1578293744&h=AQD3g88s0KL9mWJq&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falbum.php%3Faid%3D2044549%26id%3D1578293744)
Wednesday, 02 March 2011

Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) recently granted a P22.1-million loan to Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation of Canaman, Camarines Sur, Inc. (MPCFCCI) to partly finance the construction of a school building and dormitory.

The three-storey building will house 12 new classrooms that will improve the school’s student-to-classroom ratio, and 10 new dormitory rooms that will provide lodging facilities for students coming from neighboring municipalities.

MPCFCCI is among the top 10 maritime schools in the country accredited by the Commission on Higher Education and is the biggest maritime school in the region. (IPST)

[url]http://canaman.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&catid=37&Itemid=247

this is surely great news for Mariners and for the many students enrolled in their maritime courses. they surely deserve good facilities after all the contribution that the maritime education/ industry gives to the country.

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 09:14 AM

CBD 2's Growth Corridor

Central Bus Terminal,
SM City Naga,
Naga City Coliseum, and
CBD Plaza Hotel

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/guards044.jpg?t=1299053349

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 09:30 AM

Robinson's Place Naga?

This vacant lot overlooking Bicol Access Health Centrum
(Soon to be expanded as a tertiary hospital) and STI Naga,
Just at the back of the Central Bank (now being built)
and right beside the NICC's Medical Center Naga (broke ground today)
is being negotiated by RLC would spur further growth in the booming CBD 2.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/guards050.jpg?t=1299054403

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 09:39 AM

New Resto @ Naga Centro
Daily Buffet for as low as 99 pesos only

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Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 09:50 AM

Clean and Neat
(except of course for the spaghetti wires):lol:
Naga City Centro

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/kabscouts005.jpg?t=1299055229

akosijamir

March 2nd, 2011, 11:16 AM

sonofignatius

March 2nd, 2011, 11:27 AM

Many Faces of Oring, Caramoan
by Nanding Garvida (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2044549&id=1578293744)

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/24529_1329824937200_1578293744_30772337_7645689_n.jpg

isn't this lapulapu (the spotted fish)? i remember when we took a group of 12 korean friends to Cafe Frederico and were served steamed lapulapu- you should've seen their eyes, big and wide with disbelief! they were so amazed they were served lapulapu which, they said, cost a fortune in their country, a luxury food. so much so they would eat it slowly so they could relish every bit of it! :banana:

New Resto @ Naga Centro
Daily Buffet for as low as 99 pesos only

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/guards010.jpg?t=1299054973

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af218/rrntcaceres/Old%20Photos/guards011.jpg?t=1299055035

wow PhP99 lang! the colors remind me of DITO (Dine In, Take Out resto along Bagumbayan, at JP II Youth Center).

Naga Boy

March 2nd, 2011, 12:59 PM

wow PhP99 lang! the colors remind me of DITO (Dine In, Take Out resto along Bagumbayan, at JP II Youth Center).

You are right Father Xave.

It remids you of D.I.T.O because it is owned by D.I.T.O.

In fact it is located just above D.I.T.O.:)

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 01:01 PM

CamSur (Feb.16-18, 2011)
by Doc Irish Alla Dimaculangan (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60525&id=100000483403365)

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:lol: mommy dear is there. in green :D writing..seryosohon :lol:

I'll be in naga nxt week, what hotel can you suggest? (affordable & nice)

@keyboard

Naga City Deck has a directory of Hotels in Naga City :cheers;

Just visit this link - http://www.nagacitydeck.com/2009/08/hotels-in-naga-city.html :okay:

welcome to Naga, CamSur!

Just like Doc Naga boy, I remember Fr. Carmelo as very hypnotic. :D
I was in High School at SJS then, and every night for months, I do attend Fr. Carmelo's masses and would go to confession always. (Wish I did not grow older! :lol: )

Mr. Perdon is also the owner/manager of the Turtle Cable Tv in Baao. We are not YET carrying GNN in our cable tv lineup but now that you mentioned SSC "is requested" to be featured, I have decided to put it on my lineup ASAP. :lol:
(I will even replay the SSC interview for as long as I want to :banana: Go BabyJO!! :D )

BUSY ako!!! :lol:
Moral support na lang ako. :lol:

Mass Demo na! :lol:

mass demo.. inaabang abangan every year.. ta dakul mga practices weeeeee everybody is required to join the field demo. :lol:

ay mommy pag moral support ka sana dai ako maiba dyan sa interview na yan. hehehe

myonee

March 2nd, 2011, 02:04 PM

mass demo.. inaabang abangan every year.. ta dakul mga practices weeeeee everybody is required to join the field demo. :lol:

ay mommy pag moral support ka sana dai ako maiba dyan sa interview na yan. hehehe

Kadakol practices sa St. Jo, kadakol days na mayong tultol na klase. Pero busyhar man ako kadto puon Intrams hanggang graduation. Naging PECO President kaya. Garo gabos na trabaho, tinao sa sarong club lang.:lol::lol:

Moral Support lang talaga ako babyjo. Tapos madara akong kadakol na matao pa ning moral support for you. Maray ka ta well exposed na. Tapos aram mo what to tell the interviewee about SSC. Ako, mapa cute lang ako kayan. :D :banana:

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 04:32 PM

corek! dakol mayong tultol na klase pero masasakit man giraray ang exams :lol:

sabi baga ni sir hakz para dawa duwa ang muse. dai man pwede na saro lang. :rofl:

btw, nag price increase ang Starbucks :nuts: almost 10 php sa coffee.. i think sa cakes and pastries dai man (or dai ko lang napansin masyado). i went there last Sat pero same price pa naman, pag balik ko this morning to get my free coffee treat, there was a slight change on the menu board esp on the price. so i asked the barista if when did the price increase took effect.. yesterday daw. how about dyan saindo mga manila based pees?

myonee

March 2nd, 2011, 04:41 PM

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 04:44 PM

Nakikibagay man ang SB sa mga gasolinahan ah. :ohno:
There is an impending price increase on fules again tomorrow. Pareho kami ng kuya ko nagsabi subago na makaherak na ang mga tawo sa sunod sunod na price increases. :(

actually ipopost ko taalga pati gasolinahan nindo :rofl: wait lng momy.

waaaaaaaaa not again. momy inform mo ako pag grabe grabe ang increase :( makulog na sa bulsa :(

kevinb

March 2nd, 2011, 04:46 PM

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 04:51 PM

^^ nothing happened. :lol: dai ko man napansin eh.

ask Domeng and Jp :D

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 04:54 PM

:omg::rant:
As of March 2, 2011

Caltex Diversion
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189289_167789709938468_120043598046413_400109_7759047_n.jpg

discount man daw mommy! :D :D
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Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 05:19 PM

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source (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=170152713036555&set=a.111476478904179.22090.110525158999311&ref=nf)

Naga City Deck

March 2nd, 2011, 05:20 PM

sir hakz.. ini ba si sinasabi mong construction sa Almeda?

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jardet

March 2nd, 2011, 05:23 PM

sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 02:02 AM

You are right Father Xave.

It remids you of D.I.T.O because it is owned by D.I.T.O.
In fact it is located just above D.I.T.O.:)

kaya palan :-)

Kadakol practices sa St. Jo, kadakol days na mayong tultol na klase. Pero busyhar man ako kadto puon Intrams hanggang graduation. Naging PECO President kaya. Garo gabos na trabaho, tinao sa sarong club lang.:lol::lol:

you're lucky you have experienced Intrams. in our time (haha, sounds like light years ago) there was no intrams. we were just Middle Kingdom surrounded by the Great Wall. we were just all on our own and by ourselves; glad that our school along the riles has opened up. may guidance center na ngani, saka nagkapirang student orgs/ clubs. haros mayo o mayo yan kang panahon mi.

but i just hope it also applies for accreditation (with PAASCU, for example) soon. in this day and age, benchmarking/ networking/ collaborating is the name of the game.

Nakikibagay man ang SB sa mga gasolinahan ah. :ohno:
There is an impending price increase on fules again tomorrow. Pareho kami ng kuya ko nagsabi subago na makaherak na ang mga tawo sa sunod sunod na price increases. :(

halat, baka may gasolina sindang linalaag sa kape kaya nagmahal man sinda :nuts::nuts::ohno::ohno:

Buenas noches folks! I missed the thread for over two months. Now back to circulation again with more power and vigor.

welcome back, jardet! garo harahalaba ang babasahon mo kani. :cheers:

sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 02:09 AM

Fr Primitivo "Jun" Viray,Jr,S.J.
incoming President of the Ateneo de Naga University
currently Rector of Loyola House of Studies
and Faculty, School of the Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University

Fr Jun is a Cebuano. He holds a PhD in social development (with concentration in economics) from the United Kingdom.

He will be installed as President on July 1,2011. He arrives in Naga sometime in May (although he comes to Naga every month now for transition work)

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BY2gTc2i5fs/0.jpg
http://www1.thetvnet.com/watch-RtBw_HrXx2k/humayot-ihayag.htm

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kiretoce

March 3rd, 2011, 02:31 AM

:lock:

kiretoce

March 3rd, 2011, 02:32 AM

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Link to Thread 45 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=521763&page=2197) in the Archives. :okay:

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 02:37 AM

thanks for opening the thread sir! :banana:

pahabol nalang po yung banner :D

kiretoce

March 3rd, 2011, 02:38 AM

^^ Where is it? PM me the link and I'll post it.

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 02:45 AM

^^ not yet submitted by brattrap po. we'll pm you nalang sir :)
thanks again :)

jocuatro

March 3rd, 2011, 02:47 AM

Bicol tourism generates P1.9B in 2010

by Ed de Leon
LEGAZPI CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) — The Bicol tourism industry continues to grow as it generated some P1.9 billion in gross receipt last year from some 3.1 million local and foreign tourists that visited the region’s various tourist facilities in 2010, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here.
DOT Bicol regional director Maria Ravanilla said that tourists arrival grew by 36.49 percent last year compared to 2009 which only reached 2,287,365 or 834,391 over the 2009 figure.
The province of Camarines Sur continues to dominate the tourism industry in Bicol which attracted 1,869,063 local and 461,053 foreign tourists to CamSur Water Sports Complex, famous for its world-class extreme water sports, and the pristine Gota beach in Caramoan town registering a 48.75 percent increase from the 2009 figure.
Ravanilla said that the tourism industry generated an estimated 3,809,030 jobs for Bicolanos working in hotels, resorts, food and beverage industry, tour and travel, handicraft, and other pasalubongs.
She said that of the total tourist arrival last year, 2,441,022 were locals while 681,134 were foreign or a ratio of one foreigner for every five tourists who visited Bicol.
Foreign tourists arrival grew by 66 percent to 681,134 last year from 447,641 in 2009.
The DOT regional director remains optimistic that this year’s tourist arrival will continue to surpass last year’s record because of the aggressive promotions being undertaken by both private tourist operators, the local governments, the DOT.
Added to this, according to Ravanilla is the expected increase in flights to Bicol by the four major airlines and their promo rates that makes air travel more affordable to would be tourist. (PIA V/Albay/mal)

http://http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19953

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 02:48 AM

a show this April 1
source (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=170152713036555&set=a.111476478904179.22090.110525158999311&ref=nf)

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myonee

March 3rd, 2011, 03:09 AM

Congrats SSC Cam. Sur. :)

Another milestone. NAKS! :D

I could not quote the posts in the previous thread, so bare este bear with me. :)

@babyjo, tigkuanan mo palan pic su shop kang kabisto ko! :nuts: sige, will tell them na tawan kang discount. I'll tell you how you can get one. Tapos refer mo na rin "sinda" sa mga friends mo pang nagpapakarga. :) We need to market the station. Maluya ang pag market/pag tabang kang Caltex/Chevron/Southern Cross. tsk.

@fr. Xave, You were just 5-6 years my senior right? Was it that "strict" your time? Oh well, It was also strict during my time. I invested money, tears and blood when I led the school during my batch's turn to lead. :D
And gasolina sa kape kang SB??? hahahah masiramon man na gasolina yan! :D

==========

Anyway, for people from the Rinconada area, you may want to avail of this in Shell stations. :lol: (sorry, plugging na!:nuts: babyjo, gave me the idea eh. :D )

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183090_10150180673135968_598070967_8518485_7541531_n.jpg

But for those who will gas up in Naga, I will still market to you Caltex Diversion. :lol:

oragon.com

March 3rd, 2011, 03:26 AM

:banana:

congrats sa new thread!

:cheers:

nweiz, Naga City Jobs...

1. Computer Laboratory Assistants (BSCS or BSIT Graduate)
2. College Librarian (with license)
3. Program Heads for BSIT, BSCOE, BSHRM and Gen. Education (with Masters Degree and relevant industry experience)
4. Faculty for BSIT, BSCOE, BSHRM and Gen. Education (with Masters Degree)

I'll forward to you mam jo the details and also you can post it sa Ciudad nin Naga FB and also sa office niu. thanks!

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 03:40 AM

^^ okay kuya pao :okay:

pero introduce mo ang sadiri mo ulit digdi sa thread. dai mo man sinabi kung sain ang vacancy na yan :lol:

oragon.com

March 3rd, 2011, 03:42 AM

^^

hehehe...nweiz, STI is expanding...opening HRM next school year.

goodluck mam jo sa Jobs Fair @ UNC.

rhyzrockerz

March 3rd, 2011, 04:22 AM

Wow!Three Weeks lang si Thread ta..rikas ai:banana::banana:
Maray na Naga sa Gabus.

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 04:57 AM

^^

hehehe...nweiz, STI is expanding...opening HRM next school year.

goodluck mam jo sa Jobs Fair @ UNC.

thanks, mini job fair man lng. today seminar on-going here sa seminar hall. :cheers:

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:22 AM

251 Bicolano OFWs in Libya for repatriation—Owwa
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines—At least 250 Bicolano overseas Filipino workers in Libya need to be rescued and repatriated, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) in Bicol said Wednesday.

Owwa records showed that the 251 OFWs were from Camarines Sur, 98; Albay, 85; Camarines Norte, 29; Sorsogon, 25; Catanduanes, 8; and Masbate, 6.

Most of the migrant workers were professionals and skilled workers in construction and oil companies there, said Jocelyn Hapal, OWWA Bicol director.

Hapal said that since the start of the political crisis in Libya, the agency had received calls and entertained walk-in queries from families of at least 32 OFWs in Libya.

Most questions were about the plight of the OFW’s at the campsites while requests for relocation and repatriation were made.

Hapal said they received reports that the OFWs were threatened by extortionists and were anxious over the limited stocks of food and water.

To assist the families, Owwa-Bicol had activated a 24/7 hotline in this city where they could avail of “Libreng Tawag” (free calls).

Albay Gov. Joey Salceda had launched in the province a help desk for the OFWs in Libya which would be complemented by an extension office in Manila.

Earlier, Salceda urged Congress to pass a P750-million emergency supplemental budget to finance the repatriation of around 27,000 OFWs in strife-torn Libya, Eygpt, Bahrain and Yemen.

Of this number, around 10,383 OFWs were in Libya; 15,001 in Bahrain; 1,417 in Yemen; and 483 in Egypt.

Statistics showed a total of 669,042 OFWs in the Middle East.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20110302-323110/251-Bicolano-OFWs-in-Libya-for-repatriationOwwa

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:32 AM

Libmanan son bags 2nd place in physician licensure exam
LIBMANAN, Camarines Sur, Mar 2 (PIA) -- Jovith Tasarra Royales Jr., a native of this town will be reciting his oath on March 14 along with other 655 examinees who have successfully hurdle the licensure examination administered by the Board of Medicine and the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) last February.

Royales is the son of Jovith Royales Sr, a farmer and Emma Royales, a teacher at Libmanan South Elementary School. He was among the 1,230 examinees who have high hopes that they will be hailed as this generation’s new doctors. Royales was able to pull off, landing second with the score of 86.25, shy of 8 points from the topnotcher who garnered a score of 86.33.

Jovit took his his elementary years at Isidro Elementary School in Libmanan, Camarines Sur and was on top of his class when he graduated from High School. He took his BS Biology Course at the Ateneo de Naga University and later pursued his medicine proper at Our Lady of Fatima as a full scholar.

Third from the siblings of eight, Jovit worked his way up to become a successful physician. His efforts obviously paid off, making his parents and loved ones proud of him.

The local government of Libmanan, is now drafting a resolution in acknowledging Jovit’s exemplary deeds.

Jovit will also be given honors during the town’s foundation anniversary come April 2011.

All the successful examinees will take their oath on March 14 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on Roxas Boulevard , Manila . http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=19959

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:35 AM

Philippines breaks world tree planting record
The Philippines has just broke the world record for simultaneously planting the most trees.

Spearheaded by Philippine environmentalists, some 7000 individuals were involved in planting trees in an effort to energize a program aimed at the reforestation of the country.

The trees, all saplings, were planted in Camarines Sur, an eastern province of the Philippines, that had been stripped of grasslands and forest areas in the past. The planting project had been named El Verde (The Green).

According to a spokesperson for El Verde, Mara Joneil Cordova stated that within 15 minutes, the 7000 people involved in the project had successfully planted 64,096 trees. Ms Cordova said that the planting effort was officially certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as being both correct and accurate.

Prior to the mass tree planting in the Philippines, the old Guinness world record stood at 50,0333 trees planted. The old record was set in India last year.

The 60,000 recently planted trees is just the tip of the iceberg of a new government program brought forward by officials in the Philippines. The overall goal of the El Verde program is to see over 12 million trees to be planted by next year in areas that have been heavily logged in Camarines Sur.

The land on which the trees are to be planted is owned by the government of the Philippines. It is hoped that once the trees are planted, that erosion of the land there can be better prevented as well as to restore natural watersheds.

It has been stated by Conservation International, a global environment group, that the Philippines is home to one of the 10 most endangered forest areas in the world.

The Philippines has just broke the world record for simultaneously planting the most trees.

Spearheaded by Philippine environmentalists, some 7000 individuals were involved in planting trees in an effort to energize a program aimed at the reforestation of the country.

The trees, all saplings, were planted in Camarines Sur, an eastern province of the Philippines, that had been stripped of grasslands and forest areas in the past. The planting project had been named El Verde (The Green).

According to a spokesperson for El Verde, Mara Joneil Cordova stated that within 15 minutes, the 7000 people involved in the project had successfully planted 64,096 trees. Ms Cordova said that the planting effort was officially certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as being both correct and accurate.

Prior to the mass tree planting in the Philippines, the old Guinness world record stood at 50,0333 trees planted. The old record was set in India last year.

The 60,000 recently planted trees is just the tip of the iceberg of a new government program brought forward by officials in the Philippines. The overall goal of the El Verde program is to see over 12 million trees to be planted by next year in areas that have been heavily logged in Camarines Sur.

The land on which the trees are to be planted is owned by the government of the Philippines. It is hoped that once the trees are planted, that erosion of the land there can be better prevented as well as to restore natural watersheds.

It has been stated by Conservation International, a global environment group, that the Philippines is home to one of the 10 most endangered forest areas in the world.http://www.discountvouchers.co.uk/news/174193535.html

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:43 AM

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hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:52 AM

sir hakz.. ini ba si sinasabi mong construction sa Almeda?

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ito nga yun, Manay Jo....gasolinahan man nanggad palan, salamat sa photo :cheers:

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hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 05:56 AM

Dato Arroyo sees bi-partisan support for new land use measure
With the clear bi-partisan support in Congress, the passage of a responsive, clear and just national land use policy could be achieved within the year, according to its proponent Camarines Sur Rep. Rep. Diosdado “Dato” M. Arroyo.

“The absence of a national land use policy has made it difficult for the country to achieve a rational, holistic and just allocation of its vast land resources,” declared Arroyo, author of House Bill 829, one of eight separate measures filed this 15th Congress.

Under HB 829, co-authored by former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the proposed National Land Use Act should be mainly implemented by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The House Special Committee on Land Use chaired by Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer heads the technical working group (TWG) reconciling and consolidating the eight separate bills and would soon come up with a committee report to be endorsed for plenary action, possibly by March this year.

The young Arroyo of Camarines Sur said their proposed bill aims to cure the void resulting from desynchronized land use and management systems.

“While previous efforts of various sectors and stakeholders to efficiently manage and exploit land resources have been commendable, they were just not enough,” Arroyo stressed.

Arroyo said HB 829 mandates the formulation of a National Framework for Physical Planning (NFPP) to “serve as the general long term guideline for the spatial development directions of the entire country and to provide analytical parameters for the planned allocation, use and management of the country’s land and other physical resources.”

One vital provision enjoins local government units to assist the national government in implementing the policies set forth in the proposed Act to ensure that the benefits sought are delivered to the grass roots level, Arroyo added.

The institution of a National Land Use Act has been included in the shortlist of legislative priorities submitted by President Aquino to Congress for immediate consideration. It is noted that the land use policy is also a priority of the House majority led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and has been endorsed by the minority block.

Several bills were filed during the 14th Congress but they were frozen because of, among other things, the unresolved provision on the implementing mechanism. But in the current Congress, the bills filed were unanimous on the choice of NEDA as the main implementing agency.

Arroyo stressed that his bill aims to standardize the classification of land based on protection land use, production land use, settlements development and infrastructure development, so that programs can be devised according to the specific requirements of each. http://www.ttkn.com/law-and-order/dato-arroyo-sees-bi-partisan-support-for-new-land-use-measure-8990.html

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 06:00 AM

Korte Suprema nagpalabas ng desisyon tungkol sa Plaza Rizal
NAGA CITY, Mar.1 (PIA) - - - Wala ng pagtutol sa pag-take over ng Naga City government sa kontrobersyal na Plaza Rizal na nakatayo sa sentro ng nasabing lugar.

Ito, pagkatapos na muling ibasura ng Korte Suprema ang ikalawang Motion for Reconsideration na inihain ng provincial government ng Camarines Sur.

Sa unang desisyon ng Supreme Court, pumanig na sa city government ang pamamahala ng Plaza Rizal na matagal ng pinangasiwaan ng Camarines Sur provincial government.

Kahapon, kinumpirma mismo ni Mayor John Bongat na natanggap na nila ang pinal na desisyon ng pinakamataas na husgado tungkol sa nasabing kaso.

Ayon kay alkalde Bongat, tuloy na ang pag-administrar ng siyudad sa nasabing plaza na matagal ng pinamamahalaan ng gobierno provincial ng Camarines Sur .

Ang kaso tungkol sa pamamahala ng Plaza Rizal ay matagal ng pinag-aagawan ng Naga City at Camarines Sur hanggang makarating sa Supreme Court na nagpalabas na ng final decision na nagpabor sa Naga City na siyang dapat mag-administrar ng nasabing public plaza, kung kaya wala ng dahilan o katwiran ang Capitolyo sa patuloy na pag-hawak ng Plaza Rizal na i-take over ng Naga City Hall.http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19739

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 06:01 AM

BFP Naga City nagdiwang ng Fire Prevention month
NAGA CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) -- Inumpisahan kahapon ang taunang pagdiriwang ng Fire Prevention Month dito sa Lunsod ng Naga na may temang “Kahandaan sa Sunog, Tungo sa Kaunlaran.”

Ayun kay Naga City Fire Marshall Achilles Santiago, mga ibat-ibang aktibidad ang isinagawa kahapon dito sa lungsod ng Naga. Isa na dito ang motorcade at pag turn over ng fire truck at sub-station sa parteng sentro ng lunsod.

Sinabi ni Santiago na magkakaroon pa sila ng fire drill na gagawin sa mga malalaking mall, paaralan at sa mga barangay.

Sinabi pa ni Santiago na sa kasalukuyan mayroon silang apat na fire truck na lahat ay serviceable, isang search and rescue truck, isang ladder,isang rescue tender, at dalawang ambulansya.

Samantala, ang Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Camarines Sur provincial office naman nagsagawa rin ng mga aktibidad sa pag-umpisa ng Fire Prevention Month kahapon.

Isa na dito ang tinatawag na open house sa mga istasyon ng BFP sa mga munisipyo na kung saan ipinapakita ang mga kagamitan ng mga bombero sa publiko lalong-lalo na sa mga estudyante.

Magkakaroon din ng Essay Writing contest sa mga paaralan dito sa Lalawigan ng Camarines Sur. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19967

hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 06:01 AM

Lumabas na ang P85.7M pautang ng DBP para sa rehabilitasyon ng Iriga water district
IRIGA CITY, Marso 1 (PIA) - Ang Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) nag aproba na sa pagpapautang sa Iriga City Water District (ICWD) sa halagang P85.7 milyon para sa expansion at rehabilitation project ng ICWD.

Ayun kay DBP president & CEO Francisco F. Del Rosario Jr., ang nasabing pautang sa Iriga City Water Districts ay gagamitin sa patuloy na pagsusumikap na mapabuti ang serbisyo sa mga mamayan sa Rinconada area lalong-lalo na sa Iriga City at Nabua,Camarines Sur.

Ang P85.7 million ng ICWD ay para suportahan ang pangangailangan ng mga 8,940 concessionaires mula sa nasabing mga lugar na magkaroon ng ligtas, malinis, at sapat na inumin na tubig.

Sa nasabing halaga matutulungan ng DBP ang pag asenso ng mga komunidad dito sa lalawigan ng Camarines Sur sa pamamagitan ng pagpapautang sa mga pampublikong institution at pribadong sector. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19772

oragon.com

March 3rd, 2011, 07:49 AM

Smart to present 7th SWEEP Awards on Mar 9
(The Philippine Star) Updated March 03, 2011

MANILA, Philippines - The public is invited to view innovative wireless applications by engineering schools nationwide during Smart Communications, Inc.’s (Smart) 7th SWEEP Innovation and Excellence Awards at the SMX Convention Center on March 9.

On display are the top 10 entries out of 133 submitted by 26 of Smart’s partner schools under the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP), an industry-academe partnership which seeks to raise the level of technology and engineering education, particularly in the field of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE).

The finalists include entries from the Ateneo de Naga University, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Batangas State University, Bulacan State University, Holy Cross of Davao College, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of Baguio, University of San Carlos and University of Southeastern–Philippines.

All the entries are designed to address local concerns or problems in line with the theme “Empowering Communities through Wireless Technologies.” Winners are expected to receive cash prizes of as much as P1 million with P500,000 for the champion and an equivalent amount going to the school in the form of a grant.

The 7th SWEEP Awards also includes the PalaECEpan quiz bee, which tests the intellectual prowess of student contestants from SWEEP partner schools. Smart is hosting this year’s PalaECEpan together with the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP), which has accredited the event as an activity where its members can earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) points for the renewal of their professional licenses.

Now on its 7th consecutive year, Smart’s culminating activity of its annual search for innovative wireless applications development also includes the finale of its 3rd Doon Po Sa Amin (DPSA) Learning Challenge as well as two additional online content generation contests – the DPSA Quest and ‘Ano ang Kuwento Mo?’.

All three contests are part of Smart’s efforts to get schools to use computer and Internet technologies to contribute Web-based information and educational materials unique to their locality via the DPSA project. The DPSA Learning Challenge is open to public high school SSP partners while the DPSA Quest accommodates entries from their elementary counterparts. Meanwhile, ‘Ano ang Kuwento Mo ?’ solicits video blog entries from all schools nationwide.

The schools vying for the top prizes in these online contests will also be fielding contestants to the DPSA Quiz Bee.

Smart has been holding the SWEEP Awards since 2004 to promote a culture of innovation and excellence in wireless applications development. The annual search has since evolved into an opportunity for partner schools to design entries in consultation with local groups to address real concerns or problems within their respective communities.

http://www.philstar.com

sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 08:14 AM

46 tasang tinutong asin 46 na putong tabuc sa gabos!

Bicol tourism generates P1.9B in 2010

by Ed de Leon
LEGAZPI CITY, Mar 2 (PIA) — The Bicol tourism industry continues to grow as it generated some P1.9 billion in gross receipt last year from some 3.1 million local and foreign tourists that visited the region’s various tourist facilities in 2010, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here.
DOT Bicol regional director Maria Ravanilla said that tourists arrival grew by 36.49 percent last year compared to 2009 which only reached 2,287,365 or 834,391 over the 2009 figure.

camsur's gain is always Bikol's -- and the nation's -- gain. the province's progress also sends a message of hope and assurance to other places and local gov't units giving their best efforts to improve themselves.

dios mabalos, jocuatro, sa pag-agi digdi. dai tabi magsawang magbalik-balik!

Congrats SSC Cam. Sur. :)

@fr. Xave, You were just 5-6 years my senior right? Was it that "strict" your time? Oh well, It was also strict during my time. I invested money, tears and blood when I led the school during my batch's turn to lead. :D
And gasolina sa kape kang SB??? hahahah masiramon man na gasolina yan! :D

myonee: i belong to SaintJo Elem Class of 87; your twin cousins are my classmates, one of them my seatmate in the early grades.

stricter than strict in our time. some were afraid of confession time since a forgotten line of prayer might draw out the ire (and angry voice) of one of the good ol' priests (bless his soul :-)

an if one forgot his sha di (chinese writing exercise), the shen si (teacher) would have to strike one's open palms with a wooden ruler. something quite unthinkable today. :ohno::ohno::ohno: but of course, we know that this has served its purpose in those days. we are grateful now that we -- that includes our good ol' school -- all have grown :banana:

^^

hehehe...nweiz, STI is expanding...opening HRM next school year.

goodluck mam jo sa Jobs Fair @ UNC.

all the best, jo, on your Job Fair at UNC! :cheers:

Korte Suprema nagpalabas ng desisyon tungkol sa Plaza Rizal
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=19739

i hope this finally settles the question and the province respects, and complies with the decision. time to move on and partner in progess.

sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 09:28 AM

Heritage and the Cruelties of the Replaceable

ARTICLE | MARCH 2, 2011 - 3:54PM | BY TITO GENOVA VALIENTE

An unusual collection can be found in a castle somewhere in Austria. Called the Schloss Loosdorf, the site was written in the magazine called “The World of Interiors” and shows the Neoclassical structure and its display of shards, or broken ceramic vessels and plates. History saw the castle occupied first by the Nazis and later by the Russians at the end of World War II. The Russian soldiers discovered the prized ceramic collection of the castle and soon they started breaking them, according to the story, and throwing them.

The entire collection was destroyed and only the rare wall prints of the castle were spared.

Instead of throwing the shards and consigning them to the dustbin of memories and forgetting, an artist starts to array them on the floors of the castle. The closest that art critics could describe the work is to call them am “installation.” Or they could be called “Found Objects.”

Indeed the shards, the broken pieces were “found.” Photographed, the broken pieces became, as the magazine article said, “Shattered Proof.”

Lined up on the floor, clustered and heaped on top of each other, the colors broken forming other patterns – the broken ceramic pieces are telling stories that are different when they were whole and possessed of different functions. Decorative and/or utilitarian, the pieces point to different narratives.

The writer, Michael Huey, talking about the unusual exhibit, opens his essay, “Shattered Proof” with these: “A friend once advised me: ‘Everyone is replaceable.’ While I agreed in principle, it seemed to be there were certain people one might never wish to replace. I was thinking of someone, recently deceased who had been so remarkable that I intended to keep a space in my heart for her – to afford myself, in effect, the luxury of roping off a little area in memoriam, no matter how full the rest might become.”

With reference, perhaps, to the palace and the castles that are being ransacked and destroyed, Huey continues: “It would be, I thought, like shutting off a suite of rooms in a large palace and only entering into them on special occasions, and even then only with ceremony, rueful fondness and in full consciousness of their significance.”

I do not have to venture to Northern Austria, to castles with broken ceramic shards, and look for shattered proofs. This city we call our own is continuing daily proofs of what we shatter. The good thing about Schloss Loosdorf is that it has kept the shards and lined up them for remembering. We do not have shards. What we have are the disappearance of so many things, each site and each building containing meanings for some people and none for the many.

Walk from the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral and marvel at the loss. The old houses are gone and where they stood you do not have even ruins. What you get are makeshift stores in different stages of poverty and dilapidation, and shops in aesthetics that do not have a heart for art. From where do we claim this centrality of the city? Is this by geography or by claimed ascendancy?

But then it is really difficult to talk of heritage. The notion of preserving houses and places have become a discipline and, as such carries with it the burden of intellectualization. Where dances are merely danced, now they are studied for being indices of identity and politics. Where houses are places to call home, they are now searched in and out for reflection of ideologies.

There is also a matter of choice. What to preserve in Naga City? The dilettante or hobbyist would always point to old houses. This is the festive site of antiquarians: preserve and display the old lamps, the old clothes, the baul. If one is powerful and acquisitive, then some old jars, Ming plates are arrayed on shelves. It does not matter if the artifacts come from other places. They are treasures of the Past, always mystified.

I call this “Eskaparate Museology.” Put the breakables inside aparador where we cannot touch them. Write copiously outside about them and forget about their context, their sources, their linkages

We forget sometime that in those acts – of preserving and remembering – we are really propping up the lifestyle of the elite. These are classes propped up by feudalism, a system that pushed down the benefits of the many, enslaved them even, so the upper class can benefit from them who are kept below.

As an anthropologist, I have nothing against collecting artifacts. They are poetry to me and politics. That is the problem, because to most, collecting and setting up museums are poetic enterprises only. People forget that there is politics – in the dirty and in the material sense of it, too – in collecting and preserving.

In fact, one should ask: “where does this affliction, of collecting come from? There is no clear indicator of the answer. Suffice it to say that collecting has the mark of the colonialist’s trail. Say it, too, the science/art of anthropology has a past, a colonialist past. The first anthropologists were missionaries, soldiers, navigators, mercenaries, travelers. Colonizers all, their mind could demarcate the boundaries of the New World by collecting objects and animals and even people from the territory.

more on:
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myonee

March 3rd, 2011, 09:45 AM

251 Bicolano OFWs in Libya for repatriation—Owwa
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20110302-323110/251-Bicolano-OFWs-in-Libya-for-repatriationOwwa

I know some young nurses from Iriga who arrived in Libya last February 7 and chose to stay in Tripoli than be repatriated. :(
I have urged their parents/friends of their parents to at least convince them to come home but to no avail. the nurses' reason was "there is no work waiting them here" :ohno: Sad but true. I just feel for them. I was once an OFW anyway.
One young nurse was even telling her mother that she is okay and that the hospital already gave them their salary for February but there is no means of sending it to the Phils since they cannot go out of the hospital. They are now literally living in the hospital as their employers already packed food supplies and it is now the most safest place in Tripoli.

ito nga yun, Manay Jo....gasolinahan man nanggad palan, salamat sa photo :cheers:

This is owned by the Gaites of Baao. Another one of their good number of Shell stations. :)

46 tasang tinutong asin 46 na putong tabuc sa gabos!

myonee: i belong to SaintJo Elem Class of 87; your twin cousins are my classmates, one of them my seatmate in the early grades.

stricter than strict in our time. some were afraid of confession time since a forgotten line of prayer might draw out the ire (and angry voice) of one of the good ol' priests (bless his soul :-)

an if one forgot his sha di (chinese writing exercise), the shen si (teacher) would have to strike one's open palms with a wooden ruler. something quite unthinkable today. :ohno::ohno::ohno: but of course, we know that this has served its purpose in those days. we are grateful now that we -- that includes our good ol' school -- all have grown :banana:

.
1987, father? Elementary, right? Because you do not "LOOK" that old, you know. NAKS!!! MErry Christmas po! :lol::lol:
My cousins aren't that old as well. :nuts:

Ah yeah, I remember those "scary" stories of the "Shen fus" (may their soul rest in pieces este peace... hehe). Our batch had our share. But I guess, we were very tamed as we had very less offense and less visiting times with the Discipline Coordinator :lol: compared to other batches. :banana: More on "Chi-Taw" only.:lol:

acarnivalmantra

March 3rd, 2011, 02:03 PM

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 02:06 PM

1987, father? Elementary, right? Because you do not "LOOK" that old, you know. NAKS!!! MErry Christmas po! :lol::lol:
My cousins aren't that old as well. :nuts:

Ah yeah, I remember those "scary" stories of the "Shen fus" (may their soul rest in pieces este peace... hehe). Our batch had our share. But I guess, we were very tamed as we had very less offense and less visiting times with the Discipline Coordinator :lol: compared to other batches. :banana: More on "Chi-Taw" only.:lol:

everybody is young here at SSC. esp at heart :nuts: i'm still luck may inabot pa man akong sarong shen fu.

chi-taw is a very famous word in St. Jo. :lol: our batch also had issues about that hahaha

the teaching strategies of st. jo and instilling discipline to the "highest level" among us Josephians really served its purpose. kahit suya na kadto pasalamat man giraray ngunyan. :banana:

btw, i failed to gas up today, i was at the seminar hall the whole day. piso kung piso nanaman ang increase kang gasolina. hahayy malamang baka mag abot 65 ang per liter. hayyy

one activity down and 2 to go. i'm not the project leader of the last activity though but it's still under the Guidance Center

acarnivalmantra

March 3rd, 2011, 02:58 PM

myonee

March 3rd, 2011, 03:50 PM

Hi mga sir. gud evening!!! Kukuha lang sana ng info tungkol sa pagkaganda-ganda nyong lugar. Balak ko po sana pumunta sa Mt. Isarog and Mt. Asog along with my friends. Tanong lang po sa transportation:

1. Ano po sasakyan namin from Naga CBD Bus Terminal papuntang Pinacuason? at magkano po pamasahe?
2. From Naga uli, ano po sasakyan papuntang Sitio Ilian, Brgy. San Nicolas and Brgy. Cabatuan, Buhi sa Iriga City and magkano po pamasahe sa mga destinasyong yun.
3. Tungkol po sa mga last trip, hanggang anong oras po ang last trip kung manggagaling po kame sa mga destinasyong iyon pabalik ng naga city.

Maraming salamat po. Sana'y msagot nyo agad ang aking mga questions. Apir! Mabuhay kayong mga Bicolano!!!

Hi Sir! :)
I am at the foot of Mt. Asog right now. I'll try to answer your querries. Though I have to warn you, I am not so good with this. :lol:

1. Sorry, di ko po kabisado ang papuntang Panicuason. The others can help you on this. :)
2. You can take a Filcab or a jeepney or a bus from Naga Terminal to Iriga. A Filcab (the van) costs around PhP55. I am not sure with the Jeepney and the bus but they are way much cheaper. You can get down the Iriga City Terminal and hail a Tricycle to bring you to sitio Ilian. Fare should be at the minimum (P7.50 or so - sorry, i haven't taken a tricycle for a while. :( ). Meron na ring jeepneys sa iriga city terminal to Buhi. PAgdating nga lang ng Buhi, di ko na rin po alam ang mga daan dun. hehehe sorry ulit.
3. Last trip from Iriga City to Naga is about 8pm. But you can take chances until the wee hours of the night with the buses that came from the Visayas and are on their way to Manila.

everybody is young here at SSC. esp at heart :nuts: i'm still luck may inabot pa man akong sarong shen fu.

chi-taw is a very famous word in St. Jo. :lol: our batch also had issues about that hahaha

the teaching strategies of st. jo and instilling discipline to the "highest level" among us Josephians really served its purpose. kahit suya na kadto pasalamat man giraray ngunyan. :banana:

btw, i failed to gas up today, i was at the seminar hall the whole day. piso kung piso nanaman ang increase kang gasolina. hahayy malamang baka mag abot 65 ang per liter. hayyy

one activity down and 2 two go. i'm not the project leader of the last activity though but it's still under the Guidance Center

Good luck tomorrow babyjo! :)
Chi-taw! Chi-taw! Chi-taw! :banana::lol:

My bestfriend in manila has stopped driving her car ever since oil prices went up to PhP50. Dai pa bayad ang mortgage nya, naka istambay na lang pirmi sa harong ninda ang awto. hehe Baka nga it will reach to PhP65 by the end of this year babyjo. :(

I remember, when I started learning being the cashier sa business namin at the age of 7, 1 liter of kerosene was only 7.50 or so. Now, at the age of 30, 4 times my age then, the KErosene price is 8 times the price before.
Absurd but true. :ohno:

aidz

March 3rd, 2011, 03:55 PM

Happy 46th all!

Hi mga sir. gud evening!!! Kukuha lang sana ng info tungkol sa pagkaganda-ganda nyong lugar. Balak ko po sana pumunta sa Mt. Isarog and Mt. Asog along with my friends. Tanong lang po sa transportation:

1. Ano po sasakyan namin from Naga CBD Bus Terminal papuntang Pinacuason? at magkano po pamasahe?
2. From Naga uli, ano po sasakyan papuntang Sitio Ilian, Brgy. San Nicolas and Brgy. Cabatuan, Buhi sa Iriga City and magkano po pamasahe sa mga destinasyong yun.
3. Tungkol po sa mga last trip, hanggang anong oras po ang last trip kung manggagaling po kame sa mga destinasyong iyon pabalik ng naga city.

Maraming salamat po. Sana'y msagot nyo agad ang aking mga questions. Apir! Mabuhay kayong mga Bicolano!!!

1. jeepney po papuntang Panicuason. Ang terminal po nila ay nasa downtown area pa, malapit sa Public Market. Bali, sakay na lang po kayo ng tricycle, sabihin nyo po, yung sa jeep terminal papuntang Panicuason. 7php per head lang po ang bayad sa tricycle, huwag po kayong magpataga kung sakaling kayo ay pagsamantalahan. Ang pamasahe ata papuntang Panicuason, di naman tataas ng 50. pero, punuaan po yan sila bago umalis. Saan po ba kayo sa Isarog? sa Hot Spring po ba or sa Malabsay or sa Stonehouse Garden? Ang alternative pa po, mag taxi na lang kayo. Try nyo i-kontrata yung taxi.

2. Sa Mt. Asog... di ko gaanong familiar. Pero, punta kayong Iriga City, then from Iriga, punta kayong Buhi... Di ko po kasi sure kung may direktang Naga-Buhi na van.

3. Last Trip? kung galing Isarog? mga 4 or 5 ata ang last trip galing panicuason... sa Buhi, di ko po alam.

aidz

March 3rd, 2011, 03:56 PM

acarnivalmantra

March 3rd, 2011, 04:44 PM

myonee

March 3rd, 2011, 05:21 PM

maraming salamat po sa info na ibinigay nyo mga sir/ma'am (myonee & aidz). malaking tulong na po to.. pakituruan na rin po akong mag-bicolano para kung sakaling tagain kame eh may maisasagot ako in a friendly manner. hehehe.

sir aidz, aakyatin po namen ang mt. isarog and asog.. dadaanan po namin yung hot spring and malabsay falls po.

Sir, if you want, i can help you coordinate with the local hikers/mountain climbers from Iriga. One of them is a good friend of mine. I believe they can help you around. :)

sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:37 PM

IN CAMARINES SUR
Ad Congress to spur progress

NAGA CITY---Having successfully placed the province in the international tourism map that propelled its category from the 39th to the 10th richest province in the Philippines, Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “Lray” Villafuerte Jr. said the holding of the 22nd Ad Congress in Camarines Sur (CamSur) “will without any doubt, further accelerate our progress.”

“CamSur is proud to be home of the 22nd Ad Congress. We thank the Advertising Board of the Philippines for giving us this much anticipated opportunity. As you very well know, CamSur has gone through a transformation that has taken the country by surprise,” Villafuerte declared.

He said that CamSur is the best testimony of how tourism can propel local economic development which in his tenure as governor he successfully branded the province as a unique tourism destination specializing in extreme sports.

“To be chosen as the venue of this year’s Ad Congress challenges us to exceed your expectations and to surpass your previous experiences. CamSur is more than just an extreme sports and adventure destination. It offers many options to those who are looking for the right blend of work and play,” Villafuerte explained.

He said they can tailor-fit services in the province to meet the needs of the Ad Congress and that he is more than confident that this year will be more than unforgettable for the delegates.

“We are going to be an active partner in ensuring a bigger success for the Ad

Congress and the organizing and management teams can rest assured of our more than all-out support,” he pledged.

With the announcement of CamSur as the venue of the Ad Congress this year over Cebu and Baguio Cities, hotel owners here are bracing for the influx of some 4,000 participants from all over the country.

Allan Cu, chief executive officer of the four-star Avenue Plaza Hotel, pledged they are ready to show what “Bicol hospitality” means to participants of the Ad Congress by providing them “exquisite service.”

Cu said they are ready to host pockets of events the Ad Congress would hold and provide memorable experience so that visitors would come back to visit CamSur again.

Robert Obiedo, owner of the Villa Caceres Hotel here, said he plans to put up productions to make night life for guests more entertaining and arrange packaged tours if necessary.

CamSur has made a mark in the tourism industry topping the list as the most visited tourist destination in 2009 and 2010.

Last Wednesday, CamSur achieved another milestone when it toppled India’s record of 50,033 trees planted simultaneously in one hour which was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records 2010 by planting 64,096 trees in 15 minutes. Juan Escandor Jr.

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sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:39 PM

Nora Aunor: A library Section in Iriga CityBy Juan Escandor Jr.

IRIGA CITY---Nora Aunor, the poor girl hawking water in the train station here in the 60s who rose to fame and became a “superstar” of the silver screen in her heyday, is now a section of the Iriga City Public Library (ICPL) with books and audio and video materials about her and her works are on public display.

With an initial collection of 129 volumes of books and 68 DVDs and CDs on her life and work as a singer and actress, the Nora Aunor Section is a tribute to the most famous Irigueña whose story from obscurity to celebrity captivated the nation in the 70s, according to Flora Salvador, ICPL librarian.

Salvador said Aunor’s fans, connected in the virtual world of the Internet since 2000, initiated the compilation of books about their idol including films in DVDs and records of her songs in CDs to make up the section dedicated to her.

She said the establishment of the Nora Aunor Section was a collaboration of the Iriga City local government unit (LGU) and 600-member International Circle of Online Noranians (ICON) based in Texas, United States of America which is headed by its founder Leonel Escota.

Salvador said the ICON was organized online to encourage the appreciation of Aunor’s body of work and preserve her artistic contribution to the Philippine movie industry.

Prominently hanged in the Nora Aunor Section of the library is a sepia-colored photo of the late actor Ricky Belmonte and Nora Aunor sitting on the hood of an old-fashioned school bus of the Mabini Memorial University (now the University of North Eastern Philippines) which was supposedly taken in the 70s during a filming in her hometown of one of her movies.

Neatly tacked in the bookshelf are some titles like Nora Aunor Through the Years, Nora Aunor Superstar and Unsinkable Movie Queen to name a few books in the collection while her movies on DVDs and songs on CDs are arranged in another shelf.

“No other native of Iriga had made the name of the town a household word than Nora Aunor. In her heyday, the mere mention of Nora, who was born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor in Iriga City on May 21, 1953, immediately associates her with Iriga and the PNR (Philippine National Railways) train station where she sold water in bottles to passengers of the train,” related Francisco Peñones, Jr. public information officer of Iriga City.

Peñones said she became popular at a time when the country’s consciousness about Bicol was only through the train (ironically named Bicol Express as it always arrived late); and the hot dish with which the train lent its name.

“While other Bicol movie personalities had preceded her in the industry, Nora can be said to have made the country more aware of Bicol,” he asserted.

Peñones said Aunor is an icon who transcended the social divide between the burgis and bakya crowds in the turbulent years of the 70s at a time when the Philippines Free Press came out with its winning photo competition piece of socialites in Manila emerging from a posh hotel and being met by a group of placard-bearing protesters.

“She broke the mestiza syndrome in the industry. Her following ranges from the burgis to the bakya. Her TV show, appropriately named Superstar, an appellation obviously culled from the musical (Jesus Christ Superstar), is a testament to her staying and drawing power. At its end, it was the longest running TV show on Philippine entertainment history,” he explained.

Peñones shared that burgis was an adoption of a Marxist term bourgeoisie which means “well-to-do or rich” while the bakya refers to poor ordinary people which literally means wooden clogs.

According to ICON, Aunor set record breaking sales, at a time when songs were recorded and listened to in vinyl discs played in turn-tables, for the song “Pearly Shells” in 1971.

“The 70s is characterized by political uncertainties with foreign singers dominating the airwaves. However, the entry of Nora Aunor changed the beat of that era by delivering million of sales for her records surpassing those of the Beatles, the Supremes and Jackson Five. In the consumer’s hierarchy of needs, a Nora vinyl is included in the priority list. It is safe to say that it was Nora Aunor who helped fuel the micro-economy that is the music industry during that turbulent era. Until today, no single Filipino celebrity can claim to have affected the industry and the economy as a whole other than Nora Aunor,” according to Tim A. Capellan, Managing Director of InAsia Management and Consultancy, a respected retail and marketing consulting firm in the country.

Other record-breaking fete of this diminutive Irigueña also included her making 30 gold singles and 260 singles and recording more than 500 songs.

Narrating the beginnings of the “superstar,” the Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia, Film revealed that Aunor began her career doing the round of amateur singing contests, under the tutelage of her aunt and uncle, Belen and Saturnino Aunor, who took her under their custody and from whom she got her screen name.

“She emerged champion in the nationwide show, Tawag ng Tanghalan. Her successful stint in Tawag as well as in Darigold Jamboree led to her phenomenal rise as a major star of the Philippine movie industry, which accorded her the title ‘superstar.’ This led to Sampaguita Pictures contract with star builder Dr. Jose R. Perez who cast her in the films like Way Out in the Country, 1967, Cinderella A-Go-Go, 1967, All Over the World, 1967, and Ye-Ye Generation, 1968,” the entry on the encyclopedia further disclosed.

It also cited Aunor’s inclusion in the Hall of Fame of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) as a five-time Best Actress awardee and other recognitions for her films done from the 70s-90s.

The Cable News Network (CNN) entertainment website voted Ishmael Bernal’s “Himala” as the best movie of all time in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008 which starred Nora Aunor as a simple provincial girl turned fake healer.

Bernal’s movie outclassed such greats as Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai" and Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

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sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:40 PM

Philippine theater icon trek
'Simon's Way' to Naga CityBy Shiena M. Barrameda

NAGA CITY --- A new major theatrical event set to become one of Bicol’s biggest yet is about to take a bow here in this city as the countdown for the last days of the Tercentenary Celebration for Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia draws to a close.

Boasting of a star-studded cast and a P700, 000 worth set, Simon’s Way is a combination of theatrical and cinematical performance inspired by the life of French friar Simon Vela (originally Simon Roland) and his quest for the image of the Virgin Mary in Salamanca, Spain.

The event is a new art form conceptualized and created by internationally acclaimed composer-director Ferdinand Dimadura who thought of creating something grander for Bicol’s Patroness than the usual musical and cinema performances seen today on-stage in the country and even abroad.

“Everything about Ina should be grand,” Dimadura said. “So we brought in the best names in the theater and music industry. We also picked the best costume designers, artists and ballet dancers. I mean as devotees of Ina, we can’t scrimp on anything if it concerns her. Everything should be the best for Our Lady.”

Simon’s Way, which is slated to have its first set of performances here in Naga on March 24, 25 and 26, will bring in the biggest names like singer actor Cocoy Laurel, Jenine Desiderio, Cris Villongco, Broadway singers and band vocalists Jon Joven and Nicole Asencio, Naga City’s wonder girl Jelyn Oliva, our very own tenor Raymond Roldan, priest-musicians Fr. Lou An Jarcia and Fr. Fidel Bagayaua and the University of NorthEastern Philippines (UNEP) Chorale.

This battery of singers and actors shall be accompanied by the 20 ballet dancers from the Gigi Felix Velarde School of Ballet, ACAT dancers of Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI) and Asia’s oldest orchestra the Manila Symphony Orchestra.

The story in the cinema of Simon’s Way shall center on an unusual love between the seminarian-composer Simon (Joven) and the hip and rebellious socialite Eliza (Asencio). Music, being the common interest of the two characters, will bring them together in a search for the meaning and purpose of their individual lives. The entire plot is a realistic rendition of common people’s personal quests in a journey of faith and hope set in known historic and religious landmarks in Bicol.

Although the movie does not depict the story of Vela, it is, nevertheless, a similar adventure in faith and devotion punctuated by distractions and discouraging events.

The musical, which was also composed, arranged and directed by Dimadura, can be compared to the creations of Swan Lake composer Peter Tchaikovsky. It focuses on the adventures of Vela himself, his frustrations, the discouraging situations he met and his triumph of finally unearthing the image of the Virgin. The music which will be performed by the Manila Symphony Orchestra with Laurel, Villongco, Desiderio and other singers is particularly rich and powerful with unforgettable, yet simply selected lines.

The inspiration of the CineMusical came suddenly to Dimadura after he composed the music ‘The Wind Is Blowing Home’ which he intended for the original script of Simon’s Way.

“The first draft for Simon’s Way was about a down-and-out film director asked to create a movie about Ina,” said Dimadura. “But, when I finished ‘The Wind Is Blowing Home,’ I suddenly visualized an old priest playing a piano. I don’t know who that priest is, but, he is the reason for the story we have now for Simon’s Way.”

Dimadura confessed that starting the CineMusical has not been easy for him and everyone else in the crew.

“It was all a true journey of faith,” Dimadura added. “I felt like the man who asked his friends to come ride with him to Manila on a car with gasoline that could only bring them to Gumaca, Quezon. I only promised these people that we will find help from other people along the way. So far, we have been receiving so much outpouring of support from various businesses here in Naga and Bicol. I know that our journey is not yet through, but I also believe that faith will find a way.”

The proceeds from Simon’s Way will all be used to help poor parishes under the Archdiocese of Caceres in far-flung areas of Camarines Sur where parishioners are far too poor to even set aside a portion of their income to support their parish.

Simon’s Way will be staged at the Universidad de Sta. Isabel’s auditorium and also at the University of Northeastern Philippines in Iriga City on March 28, Resorts World in Manila on April 14 and Legazpi City on May 14. Tickets are available at P200-P2000 at SM City Naga and E-Mall.

Simon’s Way is a project of the Archdiocese of Caceres with the participation of Our Lady of Fatima Association.

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sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:42 PM

Convergence to draw support
PILI, Camarines Sur—It is“all systems go” for the launching of the National Convergence Initiative, an advocacy which seeks to get active support from various stakeholders in setting up sustainable forest management models, on March 11, 2011 in this town.

“This convergence initiative will be implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to further strengthen community development through sustainable forest management” says DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada.

Fragada underscored that this convergence initiative is geared to reduce poverty, promote security and arrest the impact of climate change.

He emphasized the need to pursue a paradigm shift to ensure sustainable development and livelihood in the countryside specifically in upland areas as further stipulated under the joint Memorandum Circular on policy implementation framework for the enhanced national convergence initiative among DENR, DA and DAR.

Fragada said the strategy focuses on interventions for small fisherfolks and marginalized upland dwellers, mostly covered by tenurial instruments of DENR and National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.

“The signing of the memorandum of agreement by the DENR, DA, DAR, Department of

Interior and Local Government and local governments will signal the start of NCI in Bicol Region” he added.

Naga City Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Officer Imelda Baltazar confirmed that Environment Sec. Ramon Paje, Agriculture Sec. Proceso Alcala and Agrarian Reform Sec. Virgilio de los Reyes are the signatories of the MOA, with other local chief executives, led by Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund Villafuerte, Jr.

“DENR Sec. Paje will also be distributing three hundred thousand seedlings, free patents, and geohazard maps to the recipients from nine model sites: Pili, Ocampo, Bula, Tigaon, Baao, Presentacion, Caramoan, Lagonoy and Garchitorena” Baltazar revealed.

Aside from the Camarines Sur NCI launching, Sorsoson will be holding a similar endeavor on March 23 at three priority areas, in Sorsogon City, Castilla and Casiguran.

Jessel S. Basanta

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sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:44 PM

NICC doctors’ hospital soon to rise in Naga City

A new tertiary hospital will soon serve the health care needs of Naga City and Camarines Sur residents.

The Naga Imaging Center Cooperative (NICC) has announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the soon-to-be constructed NICC DOCTOR’S HOSPITAL along Roxas Avenue (Diversion Road) and Carnation Street, Triangulo, Naga City on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 7:30 in the morning. The hospital will feature latest diagnostic equipments, two presidential suites, five private suites, fifty-five private rooms, semi-private rooms, wards and doctors’ clinics, among others.

The ceremony will begin with a Holy Mass at 7:30 AM, with Rev. Fr. Rogelio Largoza as celebrant. The blessing of premises, unveiling of the hospital’s building perspective and the lowering of the time capsule will follow. To grace the occasion, NICC has invited Naga City Mayor Atty. John Bongat, DOH Regional Director Dr. Nestor F. Santiago, Jr. of the Center for Health Development in Bicol and DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo.

NICC, in undertaking the project, envisions a modern health care facility for all, regardless of economic status. The hospital will serve as the primary catchment area of Naga City and Camarines Sur. While a reasonable income has to be attained for sustainability, NICC’s foremost concern is to provide comprehensive, affordable and quality health care service.

Construction of the hospital building is expected to be completed within a year.

NICC is a Naga-based service cooperative consisting of medical doctors, organized in June 2004. The initial membership was composed of 41 doctors headed by Dr. Olivia Tuy-Rances, a respected pediatrician. Registered with the Cooperative Development Authority with a capital of PhP 3.5M, NICC has assets amounting to about PhP 26M as of 2009. Membership now numbers to more than 100 with Dr. Francia Lim Antonio, as General Manager.

Complemented by a modern medical laboratory facility of a sister cooperative, St. Louise Laboratory, NICC operates a diagnostic facility at St. Louise Center along Mayon Avenue, Naga City.

NICC hopes to acquire a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the first ever in Bicol. This facility will serve patients in the region as well as those from the Samar provinces and Tagkawayan and Calauag towns in the Quezon Province.

Currently, NICC Board of Directors are Dr. Olivia Tuy-Rances, Chair; Dr. Ronald F. Cervantes; Dr. Imelda T. Reyes, Board Secretary; Dr. Charissa L. Divinagracia, Treasurer; Dr. Andrew C. Espiritu; Dr. Eden B. Fernando; Dr. Felipe Federico O. Pio, Jr.; Dr. Rizalina R. Ramos and Dr. Fe A. de los Reyes

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sonofignatius

March 3rd, 2011, 06:52 PM

Faithfully

There’s always a first time for everything. I know everybody has seen it and I’m a Janey come lately in this department. It’s hard to not see it when one is in the CBD2 vicinity but getting inside is another matter that’s why my first time to go inside the Naga City Coliseum aka The Big Dome of the South last Saturday to watch a diminutive kid who sings like the glass windows will shatter was, to put in simple terms, a moving experience. Suddenly I’m a lot prouder to be a native Nagueño. I can imagine the great potentials of the coliseum. Event producers should be scrambling to bring in more big local and foreign acts that should attract the whole Bicolandia.

Big thanks to amiable and smart event organizer Sheila Magat Basbas for inviting us to watch the first Pilipinas Got Talent champion Jovit Baldivino. He would not win the contest for no reason, not move Ai-Ai De Las Alas to tears, and not be in different countries abroad for gigs if he didn’t have talent. I only wanted to hear Jovit sing Steve Perry’s Faithfully and he did sing it so beautifully, so makatindig balahibo one wonders where that voice power, from a boy so tiny, is coming from. It’s pure inherent talent. Those who didn’t buy tickets because “Jovit is so pang masa for being a former siomai vendor” should be so sorry to the max. The “masa” crowd had the rare privilege of experiencing Jovit and the other Pinoy Got Talent finalists like Sherwin Baguion, Markki Stroem and the Ezra Band.

The group also had a concert in Albay the night before thanks to producers Meatmax, Star Records and Maximusic Phil. Other companies who had great faith in Jovit’s talent were Dickies, Konka, P. Aldana Cellphones, Pepsi, UNEP, Aquabest, Facial Plus, Isarog Lines, Mang Inasal, Geewan ,Graceland, Bigg’s, Señor Porky, Mister Donut, Lolo’s Music Bar, Crown Hotel, The Park, New Nemar, Dine In and Take Out, Ink All You Can, Tonisen, Province of Albay, Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Albay, Ely’s Studio, Small Talk Café, Criselda Catering, La Roca Veranda Suites & Restaurant, Mr. & Mrs. Niño Aspe, Weatherhead, OK’s PC Galore, Cotton City, Tabaco Color Enterprises, World Connect Consultancy and Bicol Mail.

Oh Puhleez

A word that conjures Dan Brown-esque scenes has cropped up over the airwaves before the visit of PNoy the other day. The president was here to grace the ground breaking ceremony of a marker to be named Freedom Obelisk. The word obelisk is not a common word for mere mortals like us, unless you’re an architect, that a news anchor had to research the name and meaning of the word. Freedom Marker would have been easier to understand.

We value our freedom so much we need to be reminded that we are, indeed, free. I hope that after that obelisk is done there will be funds that can be allocated to pave that road going up to Malabsay Falls and Stonehouse Gardens Resort. The former is an old tourist attraction while the latter is a newer one. Both will benefit from a smooth road going up. And people like us who love escaping the noise of all these modified motorcycles down here by going up there every once in a while will benefit the most. That surely is a kind of freedom I will super like.

Book Fair

Last week I met up for lunch with my former boss Gode Calleja of the Kalikasan Press. The PhD holder from Ottawa who was a visiting professor at the UP Diliman then put up Kalikasan Press, a publishing house that revolutionized book publishing in the Philippines. Every writer worth his words became instant stars in the academe and the literati world. Gode churned out a lot of books that when we had launchings it was not for one book but for 15 books or more. I was book designer, copyreader, proofreader, secretary, etc at Kalikasan. Our office was at Gode’s professor’s room in the Biology building in Diliman, behind CASAA. The writers who dropped by the office belonged to the Who’s Who in the media, literature, the sciences. My one regret was not having an autograph book for them to sign!

Retired but not looking a day older since those maverick publishing days and shuttling from Ottawa to Legazpi every few months with wife Mia, Gode is still at it. This time he publishes under the name Buklat. Gode now concentrates on books written in Bikol, about Bikol or written by Bikol authors. On February 25 & 26, Friday & Saturday in the Museum of Legazpi, at the back of the city hall, another mass book launching will happen between 9 am and 6 pm.

This is the 6th annual BOOK HARVEST: Year of the Hare, as Gode calls it. More than 300 book titles will be sold at discounted prices. Books of authors the likes of Elmer Ordoñez, Ma. Lilia F. Realubit, Kerima Polotan, Celedonio G. Aguilar, Luis Cabalquinto, Bienvenido N. Santos, Luis C. Dery, Socorro Federis Tate, Jose Calleja Reyes, Marne L. Kilates, Delfin Fresnosa, Carlos Ojeda Aureus, Paulino Lim Jr., Francisco A. Mallari, Zita M. Tijam, Danilo M. Gerona, Joaquin G. Bernas, Azucena Grajo Uranza, Higino A. Ables, Soliman Santos Jr., Edgar E, Escultura, Angela Manalang Gloria, Tamarlane Lana, Bino A. Realuyo, Dette Lorenzo Abrera, Eduardo Olaguer, Jose V. barrameda, Homobono B. Calleja, Renato Perdon, J.V. Pancho and many more.

Meet and get to know the authors. Absolutely no speeches and ceremonies whatsoever, it will be selling/buying right away, promised Gode. Instead, there will be roses, beer and baduya. Poetry will be read and songs in Bikol, their own music and lyrics will be sung by Akbat and Arnold Logoc.

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jardet

March 3rd, 2011, 07:44 PM

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 10:03 PM

Hi Sir! :)
Good luck tomorrow babyjo! :)
Chi-taw! Chi-taw! Chi-taw! :banana::lol:

My bestfriend in manila has stopped driving her car ever since oil prices went up to PhP50. Dai pa bayad ang mortgage nya, naka istambay na lang pirmi sa harong ninda ang awto. hehe Baka nga it will reach to PhP65 by the end of this year babyjo. :(

I remember, when I started learning being the cashier sa business namin at the age of 7, 1 liter of kerosene was only 7.50 or so. Now, at the age of 30, 4 times my age then, the KErosene price is 8 times the price before.
Absurd but true. :ohno:

yikes. i'm driving our car every morning then go back home for lunch.. i'm a commuter every afternoon because my paps needs it by then. somehow it helped me in saving up. but since i'm helping in our expenses halos ako na nag gagasolina ki Citie. swerte nalang pag minsan si papa nagkakarga pag straight days na i'm not using the car. :lol:

when i came back here in Naga and started using Citie, 2k a month for gas was a super saver, dakula na ang 2,500 kung minsan na may mga extra travelings to do outside naga. yes, almost 1 full tank for one month. :lol:

hayyy gas!! you're really teaching me how to save up these days but to a higher level. :nuts: since i'm a commuter in the afternoon. I'm over hearing rants from PUJ drivers, halos mayo na sindang kinikita after a day's work. I was shocked when i heard na P400 ang boundary ninda. eh minsan pag minamalas sinda, halos dikit ang nagsasakay from Concepcion to Centro and VV.

minimum jeep fare here is P8.00 already dai na ako mataka kung maglangkaw pa ulit yan.

on a lighter side, here's our banner na pala from brattrap. :banana: :banana:
salamat ng marami Ralph!!!

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hakz2007

March 3rd, 2011, 11:14 PM

^^parang ang liit naman ng banner :D

Hi mga sir. gud evening!!! Kukuha lang sana ng info tungkol sa pagkaganda-ganda nyong lugar. Balak ko po sana pumunta sa Mt. Isarog and Mt. Asog along with my friends. Tanong lang po sa transportation:

1. Ano po sasakyan namin from Naga CBD Bus Terminal papuntang Pinacuason? at magkano po pamasahe?
2. From Naga uli, ano po sasakyan papuntang Sitio Ilian, Brgy. San Nicolas and Brgy. Cabatuan, Buhi sa Iriga City and magkano po pamasahe sa mga destinasyong yun.
3. Tungkol po sa mga last trip, hanggang anong oras po ang last trip kung manggagaling po kame sa mga destinasyong iyon pabalik ng naga city.

Maraming salamat po. Sana'y msagot nyo agad ang aking mga questions. Apir! Mabuhay kayong mga Bicolano!!!

maraming salamat po sa info na ibinigay nyo mga sir/ma'am (myonee & aidz). malaking tulong na po to.. pakituruan na rin po akong mag-bicolano para kung sakaling tagain kame eh may maisasagot ako in a friendly manner. hehehe.

sir aidz, aakyatin po namen ang mt. isarog and asog.. dadaanan po namin yung hot spring and malabsay falls po.

I'm from Cabatuan, Buhi :)

Just go to the Iriga City terminal, there are jeepneys plying the route going to Buhi.

Then, at Buhi Centro, when you're in front of the municipal hall, turn left, diretso at dun yung jeepney terminal papuntang Brgy. Cabatuan.

Or kung gustong mong mas madaling makarating dun, marami dun motorcycle....20 pesos lang ang pamasahe :okay:

You can stay @ Lake Buhi Resort owned by Mr. Cyrus Obsuna.

Try to eat their tinuto, palupsi and tilapia dishes :cheers.

Naga City Deck

March 3rd, 2011, 11:58 PM

^^ sa facebook kaya sir na upload. pls pm Ralph na ma upload nya sana sa flicker or photobucket :D

Naga Boy

March 4th, 2011, 01:31 AM

Yestrday; 5 AM
7 Eleven- Pili
on the way to Legazpi

Good Coffee and early morning breakfast
for my staff

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It has a small dining section

Naga Boy

March 4th, 2011, 01:38 AM

Haciendas de Naga
Camp Grounds
Near the Pili Park Plantation
the Village Montessori School Camping
last night @ 10 PM

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Naga Boy

March 4th, 2011, 02:46 AM

Naga Boy

March 4th, 2011, 02:55 AM

^^parang ang liit naman ng banner :D

I'm from Cabatuan, Buhi :)

Just go to the Iriga City terminal, there are jeepneys plying the route going to Buhi.

Then, at Buhi Centro, when you're in front of the municipal hall, turn left, diretso at dun yung jeepney terminal papuntang Brgy. Cabatuan.

Or kung gustong mong mas madaling makarating dun, marami dun motorcycle....20 pesos lang ang pamasahe :okay:

You can stay @ Lake Buhi Resort owned by Mr. Cyrus Obsuna.

Try to eat their tinuto, palupsi and tilapia dishes :cheers.

Buhi Lake Resort is a little piece of Shagri- La in CamSur.

Well manicured lawns, five star quality rooms, really nice fluffy towels, pillows and comfy beds, helipad, swimming pool, fishing port, mini golf course and superb food.

After being a traveler all my life, I can say that before Misibis in Cagraray- there was Buhi Lake Resort.

It's not an exaggerated comparison as the owners of the Buhi Lake Resort are the same people behind the Hilton Cebu and previously Cebu Plaza Hotel (now Marco Polo Cebu).

myonee

March 4th, 2011, 03:09 AM

Wow. A section in the Library dedicated to an all time Filipino Icon.

This is worth a visit.

@ myonee, is the Iriga City Library open on weekends and holidays?

I wish they also have books about Nora Aunor for sale.

I know they are open on Saturdays. Will check about sundays doc. :)

Naga City Deck

March 4th, 2011, 11:47 AM

here's the bigger banner :D

thanks Ralph!
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Naga City Deck

March 4th, 2011, 12:37 PM

promo here at Starbucks.. until March 7 only.

when you order a Tall coffee, your drink will be upgraded to Grande. :banana:

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hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 12:51 PM

Ad Congress to spur progress
NAGA CITY---Having successfully placed the province in the international tourism map that propelled its category from the 39th to the 10th richest province in the Philippines, Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “Lray” Villafuerte Jr. said the holding of the 22nd Ad Congress in Camarines Sur (CamSur) “will without any doubt, further accelerate our progress.”

“CamSur is proud to be home of the 22nd Ad Congress. We thank the Advertising Board of the Philippines for giving us this much anticipated opportunity. As you very well know, CamSur has gone through a transformation that has taken the country by surprise,” Villafuerte declared.

He said that CamSur is the best testimony of how tourism can propel local economic development which in his tenure as governor he successfully branded the province as a unique tourism destination specializing in extreme sports.

“To be chosen as the venue of this year’s Ad Congress challenges us to exceed your expectations and to surpass your previous experiences. CamSur is more than just an extreme sports and adventure destination. It offers many options to those who are looking for the right blend of work and play,” Villafuerte explained.

He said they can tailor-fit services in the province to meet the needs of the Ad Congress and that he is more than confident that this year will be more than unforgettable for the delegates.

“We are going to be an active partner in ensuring a bigger success for the Ad

Congress and the organizing and management teams can rest assured of our more than all-out support,” he pledged.

With the announcement of CamSur as the venue of the Ad Congress this year over Cebu and Baguio Cities, hotel owners here are bracing for the influx of some 4,000 participants from all over the country.

Allan Cu, chief executive officer of the four-star Avenue Plaza Hotel, pledged they are ready to show what “Bicol hospitality” means to participants of the Ad Congress by providing them “exquisite service.”

Cu said they are ready to host pockets of events the Ad Congress would hold and provide memorable experience so that visitors would come back to visit CamSur again.

Robert Obiedo, owner of the Villa Caceres Hotel here, said he plans to put up productions to make night life for guests more entertaining and arrange packaged tours if necessary.

CamSur has made a mark in the tourism industry topping the list as the most visited tourist destination in 2009 and 2010.

Last Wednesday, CamSur achieved another milestone when it toppled India’s record of 50,033 trees planted simultaneously in one hour which was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records 2010 by planting 64,096 trees in 15 minutes. Juan Escandor Jr.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xc.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 12:58 PM

Philippine theater icon trek 'Simon's Way' to Naga City
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VIEWING THROUGH THE LENS. Simon's Way director, composer and writer Ferdinand Dimadura (extreme right) examines shots taken by the camera crew with actress-singer Nicole Asencio (middle) and artist Ruby Prado (extreme left) in the shooting of the CineMusical's film.

Joey Co

NAGA CITY --- A new major theatrical event set to become one of Bicol’s biggest yet is about to take a bow here in this city as the countdown for the last days of the Tercentenary Celebration for Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia draws to a close.

Boasting of a star-studded cast and a P700, 000 worth set, Simon’s Way is a combination of theatrical and cinematical performance inspired by the life of French friar Simon Vela (originally Simon Roland) and his quest for the image of the Virgin Mary in Salamanca, Spain.

The event is a new art form conceptualized and created by internationally acclaimed composer-director Ferdinand Dimadura who thought of creating something grander for Bicol’s Patroness than the usual musical and cinema performances seen today on-stage in the country and even abroad.

“Everything about Ina should be grand,” Dimadura said. “So we brought in the best names in the theater and music industry. We also picked the best costume designers, artists and ballet dancers. I mean as devotees of Ina, we can’t scrimp on anything if it concerns her. Everything should be the best for Our Lady.”

Simon’s Way, which is slated to have its first set of performances here in Naga on March 24, 25 and 26, will bring in the biggest names like singer actor Cocoy Laurel, Jenine Desiderio, Cris Villongco, Broadway singers and band vocalists Jon Joven and Nicole Asencio, Naga City’s wonder girl Jelyn Oliva, our very own tenor Raymond Roldan, priest-musicians Fr. Lou An Jarcia and Fr. Fidel Bagayaua and the University of NorthEastern Philippines (UNEP) Chorale.

This battery of singers and actors shall be accompanied by the 20 ballet dancers from the Gigi Felix Velarde School of Ballet, ACAT dancers of Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI) and Asia’s oldest orchestra the Manila Symphony Orchestra.

The story in the cinema of Simon’s Way shall center on an unusual love between the seminarian-composer Simon (Joven) and the hip and rebellious socialite Eliza (Asencio). Music, being the common interest of the two characters, will bring them together in a search for the meaning and purpose of their individual lives. The entire plot is a realistic rendition of common people’s personal quests in a journey of faith and hope set in known historic and religious landmarks in Bicol.

Although the movie does not depict the story of Vela, it is, nevertheless, a similar adventure in faith and devotion punctuated by distractions and discouraging events.

The musical, which was also composed, arranged and directed by Dimadura, can be compared to the creations of Swan Lake composer Peter Tchaikovsky. It focuses on the adventures of Vela himself, his frustrations, the discouraging situations he met and his triumph of finally unearthing the image of the Virgin. The music which will be performed by the Manila Symphony Orchestra with Laurel, Villongco, Desiderio and other singers is particularly rich and powerful with unforgettable, yet simply selected lines.

The inspiration of the CineMusical came suddenly to Dimadura after he composed the music ‘The Wind Is Blowing Home’ which he intended for the original script of Simon’s Way.

“The first draft for Simon’s Way was about a down-and-out film director asked to create a movie about Ina,” said Dimadura. “But, when I finished ‘The Wind Is Blowing Home,’ I suddenly visualized an old priest playing a piano. I don’t know who that priest is, but, he is the reason for the story we have now for Simon’s Way.”

Dimadura confessed that starting the CineMusical has not been easy for him and everyone else in the crew.

“It was all a true journey of faith,” Dimadura added. “I felt like the man who asked his friends to come ride with him to Manila on a car with gasoline that could only bring them to Gumaca, Quezon. I only promised these people that we will find help from other people along the way. So far, we have been receiving so much outpouring of support from various businesses here in Naga and Bicol. I know that our journey is not yet through, but I also believe that faith will find a way.”

The proceeds from Simon’s Way will all be used to help poor parishes under the Archdiocese of Caceres in far-flung areas of Camarines Sur where parishioners are far too poor to even set aside a portion of their income to support their parish.

Simon’s Way will be staged at the Universidad de Sta. Isabel’s auditorium and also at the University of Northeastern Philippines in Iriga City on March 28, Resorts World in Manila on April 14 and Legazpi City on May 14. Tickets are available at P200-P2000 at SM City Naga and E-Mall.

Simon’s Way is a project of the Archdiocese of Caceres with the participation of Our Lady of Fatima Association.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xicon.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:00 PM

GK community for rebel returnees under debate
PILI, Camarines Sur --- Controversy immediately followed the groundbreaking ceremony of the model community for rebel-returnees in this province after students from a known university here raised questions regarding the right of use and ownership of the provincial government of the land over which the project is set to rise.

Students from the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) Main in this town organized a big rally which coincided with the groundbreaking ceremony at the model community held last February 22 Tuesday along the Maharlika Highway at Barangay San Jose, Pili leading to the 5.7 hectare land intended for the school’s Animal Science Department which was allegedly taken by force by unknown agents from the local government of Camarines Sur for the purpose of converting it into a residential area for returning former rebels.

University President Atty. Marito Bernales denied prompting the students into making the step against the establishment of the community on the parcel of land that was used as pastureland for grazing animals under the program of the CBSUA.

“The students themselves and the faculty organized that move to convey their message to the President (Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino) himself,” Bernales said. “I’d like to reiterate that we are not really against the creation of a community for rebel-returnees, but we strongly do not want this project on that land because it is intended for the use of the school for the pursuit of knowledge and education.”

Bernales revealed that he did not receive any letter of notice from the LGU, headed by Gov. Luis Raymond “LRay” Villafuerte, Jr., prior to the day that students and teachers gardening around the area were told by civilian armed agents to vacate the land immediately because the government has decided to convert it into a residential area. He also said that the unknown men identified themselves to witnesses and students as personnel sent by the capitol to clear the place. These men, then, proceeded to literally destroy signs and fences built by CBSUA around the newly plowed soil which should have been used as a vegetable garden.

Bernales stressed that the disputed land has already been the property of the school way back during its establishment in 1918 when it was still known by the name Camarines Sur State Agricultural College (CSSAC) until it was proclaimed an agricultural university in 2004 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. By virtue of PA 593, PGMA also reiterated that ownership of the lands under CSSAC shall be carried over to CBSUA except for the 30-40 hectares of land in San Jose, Pili which was then reserved for the 9th Infantry Division (ID), Philippine Army.

The lands, which were then used by the university as part of its agricultural laboratories, was given to the military and altered into the Army facility that it is now.

Apparently, Cam. Sur LRay Villafuerte insisted that the entire property of the CBSUA, including the parcel of land about to be converted into a rebel-returnees’ community, belongs to the LGU, thereby, granting his administration the right to utilize it for other purposes.

“I told the governor’s lawyers who came here to file a case against us so we could all settle this controversy in court. We have all the papers here, you see? Our students know their right to educational freedom that’s why they organized that rally. What we are fighting for is our right. We and the students feel that their interest is being endangered,” Bernales added.

Bernales confirmed that students and parents also expressed concern over the presence of former members of the New People’s Army near the university, saying that the close proximity of the rebel-returnees might endanger the safety of the students.

Vince Casilihan of KARAPATAN Bikol said that the reaction of the university president and the students should have been anticipated by the government.

“Although their opinion is quite discriminatory, we cannot blame these people from feeling this way,” Casilihan said. “It is the role of the LGU to find a place for these rebel-returnees, but they should have picked a different land far from the CBSUA. It is within the property of the school which means it is being used for educational purposes and the LGU should have not interfered with that.”

Meanwhile, 9th ID Maj. Gen. Ruperto Pabustan said that his division had nothing more to do with the dispute as the role of the Army is only limited to providing beneficiaries for the project.

“We relied on Gov. LRay’s assurance that the land can be used for our project with Gawad Kalinga,” Pabustan stated. “Whatever dispute is happening now between them is already for them to settle.”

The project, which already has 41 beneficiaries in line, is expected to put forth around 100 houses and other livelihood facilities which will be used by the rebel-returnees in learning new skills and income-generating activities which they might be able to use after they are reintegrated into mainstream society.

Bernales admitted that he does not have any grudge against the governor despite all the criticisms and remarks that the government official said against him in his interviews with media.

“The only way for us to settle these questions is in the courts. However, the province should respect the interest of the students and the youth because they are the future of our nation,” Bernales said.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xrebels.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:03 PM

STRATEGIC PLANNING
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Camarines Sur has come up with the strategy of focusing on the top fifteen (15) DAR Municipal Offices with the highest balance in terms of hectarage. 90% of the total Land Acquisition & Distribution (LAD) Target of Camarines Sur for 2011 is 23,612 hectares covering the municipalities of Bula, Calabanga, Caramoan, Del Gallego, Libmanan, Lupi, Magarao, Bombon, Ocampo, Pamplona, Pasacao, Pili, Ragay, San Jose, Lagonoy, Presentacion, Sipocot, Tinambac, and Siruma. In the photo is Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II (PARO) Huberto L. Villaraza, CESO IV while discussing with the concerned Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers (MAROs) the strategies, redeployment of personnel, and allocation of resources in order to meet said annual target. http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/peps&events.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:05 PM

CamSur consolidates land use
PILI, Camarines Sur. Municipal Plannning Officers and Sangguniang Bayan Secretaries from the 35 municipalities and 1 component city in the province of Camarines Sur jam packed the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall as Vice Governor Fortunato “Ato” Peña holds the province-wide joint meeting of municipal officers to streamline local government efforts in implementing the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for each locality here, March 1.

The vice governor spearheaded the initiative to heighten Gov. LRay Villafuerte’s efforts in maximizing the utilization of the provincial lands to further stimulate growth and development of the economy in Camarines Sur, which forms part of Vice Gov. Pena’s ongoing endeavors in the field of community development through the concerted efforts of all local government units.

“We are doing everything to improve on our system,” said the vice governor. “While Gov. LRay has succeeded in transforming CamSur into a world-class province whose economic benefits now radiate to CamSur’s neighboring localities, we are also exerting a more intensified implementation of the comprehensive land use plan,” he added.

It is expected that the municipal versions of the CLUP will be truly reflective of the overall vision of the province so as to attain a more consolidated plan leaning towards the prioritized thrust of the Camarines Sur provincial government.

Vice Governor Peña has continually launched various programs and projects, anchored in his advocacy of promoting Christian Innovative Leadership and continues to explore other prospects in all spheres of development to strengthen Gov. LRay’s unwavering vision for the progress of CamSur.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xland.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:06 PM

DA sets congress to improve pili industry
LEGAZPI CITY--- In an effort to bolster the Pili industry in Bicol, the Department of Agriculture in partnership with various elected officials and pili exporters will convene tomorrow in a two-day congress to improve pili nut as one of the leading export products of the region.

Emily B. Bordado, DA public information chief in Bicol said that the two-day Pili congress aims to reinvigorate the pili industry and push it to be another Bicol export frontrunner just like the abaca industry here.

“The objective of this gathering is to assess the status, prospects, problems and other issues affecting the industry thus to unify and synchronize the efforts of the government, private sector and the other players involved in the industry,” Bordado told Bicol Mail.

This is the 3rd Pili Congress conducted by the DA Bicol and the first to be held in this city as the two previous ones were held in Camarines Sur. She said that the agriculture department in Bicol with funding assistance from the House of Representatives through the initiative of Albay first district solon Edcel Lagman implemented a special Pili development program in 2009 to boost pili products here.

The congress according to Bordado is expected to be participated in by over 500 pili industry key players and stakeholders including Rep. Edcel Lagman, Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda and Legazpi City official led by Mayor Geraldine B. Rosal.

During the congress there will be exhibits, selling and information booths featuring various pili products here.

Jose V. Dayao, DA regional executive director said that his office will present to the key officials, businessmen and pili exporters the State of Bicol Agriculture including the Pili Industry Report and Road Map.

“We will assess the current systems, supply and economic value chains of the Pili Industry, International Potential Markets for Pili and Export Incentive Programs, industry innovation applying world-class disciplines,” the DA official said.

The agriculture department also tapped multi-national firm stakeholders to enhance further the pili nut industry in Bicol. Earlier, DA Bicol infused P150 million to boost the region’s pili nut industry which included massive replanting of pili varieties in Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte and Sorsogon provinces.

There is a high demand for pili and it is one of the top export commodities of Bicol which is competitive with macadamia, cashew, walnut and almond in terms of quality, the official said.

The pili nut comes from evergreen tree variety difficult to rear and breed in other regions but abounds in the Bicol region. Dayao said that among the six provinces of Bicol, Albay has the biggest pili plantation with 3,760 hectares followed by Camarines Sur with 600 hectares, Sorsogon, 350 hectares, Cantanduanes and Camarines Norte with 150 hectares each.

Pili has many commercial uses such as pili nuts, pili pulp oil, pili shoots and pili fruit pulps which can be used in salads while pili shells can be used for firewood and novelty items.

The agriculture department also commissioned the Biotechnology Information Organization Networrk (BIONET) to organize and coordinate the event as well as to conduct trainings and package the industry profile for the coffee table book on pili.
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hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:08 PM

CHRISTIAN LIFE
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The Bicol Celebration of Hope with Will Graham (BCHWG) has conducted the Christian Life and Witness Course among the local Christian churches of Bicol in preparation for the forthcoming Celebration on April 28, 29, 30 & May 1, 2011 at Pili Freedom Stadium, Camarines Sur. More than 4,000 participants over the four weeks of classes in more than 90 Teaching Centers in Bicol Region have attended the said personal and world-class discipleship training. In the photo is Dr. Bob Kendig, instructor from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) while handling the Youth Emphasis Class at Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF), Magsaysay, Naga City http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/peps&events.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:10 PM

AKO BICOL partylist project on track and on schedule
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The Oyango tribal community Special Priority Project for the Agta (Indigenous peoples) in Sta. Teresita, Iriga City, is becoming a veritable showcase of egineered precision and speed starting with a simple ground breaking ceremony (1), attended by Cong. Rodel Batocabe of Ako Bicol, and Vice-Mayor Jose Villanueva of the city of Iriga last January 15, 2011, followed by on site inspection of Engr. Florida Pangilinan-Nuñez and her staff of the Camarines Sur 4th Engineering Office on January 18, 2011 (2). The on going projects have transformed the landscape of the tribal settlement 45 days later, with the AKB-RIC Multipurpose Building taking shape (3), a 60 meter long freshly paved concrete for the wide access road (4), a concrete foot bridge spanning a small island along Waras river (5), and the imposing River Wall protection creating a wide parking area (6), presenting an impressive view for first time visitors. These projects are slated for completion within the next few months of this year.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xtrack.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:11 PM

UNEP honors service and loyalty awardees
Iriga City --- Their unswerving dedication to serve has inspired many and has put most of their students in their rightful places as responsible citizens of our country. These are the personnel, professors and mentors of the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) who have stayed with the university for the past years, with great pride and loyalty.

As UNEP celebrates its 63rd Foundation Anniversary, so does its devoted workforce who are also reminiscing the number of fruitful years that they were a part of the university.

Given recognition during the Employee’s Awards Night over the weekend , were faculty members and the university’s staff who have served the learning institution for the past five (5), ten (10), fifteen (15), twenty (20) , twenty-five (25), thirty (30) and thirty-five (35) years.

Speaking before the awardees and guests, Atty. Remelisa Alfelor-Moraleda, UNEP President said that this year, they chose to have a simple celebration of the event, given the many activities that the university spearheaded during the past few weeks, not to mention their active participation during the Magbinaydan 2011 and Tinagba Festival.

Yet no matter how simple it is , what matters most, she says, is the message that the university wants to convey to their employees.

“Once every year, we gather together to come as one family, to bond and let our hair down. We ignore organizational hierarchies and for one night, there are no bosses, no subordinates but friends who come together to have fun. But beyond the enjoyment, we also give tribute to our employees who thru the years, thru thick and thin, have stayed with the university.”

Almost all of the awardees were teary-eyed when they were asked to take their ceremonial walk at the UNEP gymnasium.

Mrs. Luz D. Villar, UNEP College of Arts and Sciences Secretary who have served UNEP for the past 35 years thanked the Alfelor family for the opportunities they have given her and for nurturing her passion for teaching and sharing her wisdom to the many generations that the university has molded.

Sharing the same slot with her were Mr. Alfredo Alfelor of the Physical Plant and Facilities Department and Ms. Virginia Aguila, UNEP High School Teacher and Campus Ministry Coordinator. Luz, Alfelor and Aguila all started working at UNEP in 1975 and have grown to love their crafts until they have reached their 35 years.

Present during the occasion is no less than UNEP’s Member of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Filipinas Alfelor and Ms. Eleanor Alfelor, who both came all the way from the United States just to grace the celebration.http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xunep.html

hakz2007

March 4th, 2011, 01:13 PM

Ang munting patak ng tubig mula sagurong naging ilog, naging sapa, naging napakalaking lawa
ni Paz Verdades M. Santos

Tuminaas, buminaba,

Nagturo’ si sakong luha,

Nagin salog, nagin sapa,

Nagin danaw na dakula.

- Awiting Bayan sa Bikol

Sa isang distritong tinatawag na Partido sa rehiyong Bikol, may mga tanimang malayo sa bukal ng tubig. Walang pang mga patubig na umaasa sa balon o poso. Wala pang mga irrigation. Sa ganitong pagkakataon at kalagayan, tumatapyas ang paraoma (magsasaka) ng mahabang tungkod ng kawayan, tatasahin ng sundang (itak) ang isang dulo nito upang patalasin, at itutusok ito sa gilid ng bulod na tinatantiyang may tubig. Kamangha-manghang alam ng paraoma kung saan makakakuha ng tubig. Sa simula’y tulo lamang, ngunit pagdaka’y aagos na ito upang may masarap at sariwang inumin, malinis at preskong ipanligo, panghugas, at pandilig ng mga pananim. Minsa’y pinagdudugtong ang mga tubo ng kawayan upang umabot ang tubig sa mas malayong mga taniman. Sa Naga-Bikol, “sagurong” ang tawag dito at sa Rinconada naman tinatawag na “lagumba” ang ganitong katutubong sistema ng patubig.

Marahil marami sa mga kabataan at taga-bayang Bikolnon ang hindi na alam ang agrikultural na terminong ito. Alulod o rain gutter na ang pagkakaintindi ng marami sa salitang “sagurong,” na karaniwa’y bumabaybay sa bubongan ng mga bahay na bato sa mga bagong tayong subdibisyon. Sinasalo ng sagurong ang ulan, at pinalalagos ito sa downspout pababa sa imbakan upang magamit ang tubig kung kakailanganin, o kung hindi man, hinahayaan na lamang na umagos ang tubig-ulan patungo sa kanal. Sa tula ni Niño Manaog na “Surat Halin sa Iloilo Pagkatapos kan Bagyo” (Sulat mula sa Iloilo Pagkatapos ng Bagyo), ito ang ibig sabihin ng sagurong:

Pagkaaga, dakul man an tubig na nasalod

hali sa may sagurong. Magagamit mi nanggad

pambagunas sa laboy saka dalnak na natipon.

Angkop na larawan at metapora ang sagurong upang ilarawan ang daloy ng Panitikang Bikolnon ngayon. Pagkatapos ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, humina ang publikasyong naglalathala ng akdang nakasulat sa wikang Bikol. Tila natuyong labi ang mga pahina na dati rati’y umaagos na sapa o sagana sa tubig na taniman. Ngunit hindi tuluyang nawala ang tubig. Patuloy itong bumubukal sa ilalim ng lupa. Pumupulsit paminsa-minsan, katulad noong mga huling bahagi ng dekada setenta nang lumabas ang Harvest Anthology ni Antonio Cintura at ang ilang mga akda sa mga fiesta souvenir programs. May nagpatuloy na magsulat sa mga wikang Bikol, sa kabila ng lumalakas na agos ng mga pagbabago na dala ng modernisasyon at teknolohiya. May mga kultural na bayaning iginiit ang pagtataguyod na mapag-aralan, maunawaan at maisabuhay ang mayamang kultura ng Kabikolan. May mga umusbong na mga iskolar na binalikan ang kasaysayan ng Bikol mula sa mga osipon, rawitdawit, ariwaga, awit, paukod at mula rito, muli nilang tiningnan at tinimbang ang mga kultural na yaman ng Kabikolan.

Nitong huling yugto ng 1990 hanggang sa ngayon, namasa-masa na ang lupang taniman. Isang maliit na tulo noong simula, maya-maya’y bumulwak na ito at tuluyan nang umagos. Ngayon, tila rumaragasang tubig ang Literaturang Bikol sa dami ng rawitdawit, osipon, (tula at maikling kuwento), dula, sanaysay, mga dakitaramon (salin) at aklat na binibigkas at isinusulat sa mga wikang Bikol. Dalawa o higit pang mga nobela ang naghihintay ng pagkakataong malathala o makasali sa paligsahan. Ang isa’y nakasulat sa Naga Bikol at ang isa’y sa Bulusan-Bikol. Nagsisimula muli ang pag-akda ng mga aklat para sa kabataan, lalupa’t malapit na ring ibalik ang paggamit ng “Inang Wika” sa pagturo sa elementarya. May mga maiikling pelikula sa Bikol na gawa ng mga ilang kabataang propesyonal sa Albay, at inaabangan rin ang commercial release ng kauna-unahang full-length na pelikula na Bikol ang wika, ang “Gayuma” ni Alvin Yapan ngayong 2011.

Kapansin-pansin na nagsusulat ngayon sa iba’t ibang wika at dayalektong Bikol mula sa Aroroy, Masbate hanggang Wollongong, Australia, mula Virac, Catanduanes hanggang Vancouver, Canada, may nagsulat sa wika na ginagamit sa Gubat, Sorsogon hanggang sa wikang Ligaonon at Buhinon, at ang mga makata ay nakabase sa Gitnang Silangan. Tunay na natukoy na muli ng Bikolnon ang tamang panahon, pook, at pagkakataon upang lumikha ng bagong sagurong, itusok ito sa lupa ng kolektibo at indibidwal na malay, at muling padaluyin ang tubig ng kultura at literatura!

Mula sa agos sa sagurong ng kontemporanyong literaturang Bikol, nag-imbak at nagsala kami ni Kristian Sendon Cordero ng isang daang piling rawitdawit ng mga Bikolnon na nasa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo. Ilan sa mga ito ay ngayon pa lamang mailalathala samantalang marami ang pinitas sa mga personal na antolohiya, at sa Burak na patuloy na naglalathala ng mga bersong Bikol, mga klasikong tula at maliliit na siping isinalin sa Bikol, pati na mga katutubong awit sa Kabikolan. Tinatawag namin ang koleksyon na ito na Sagurong: 100 na Kontemporanyong Rawitdawit sa Manlain-lain na Tataramon Bikol.

Ambag namin ito sa pagdiwang ng ika-100 anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag ng Pamantasan ng De la Salle, isang institusyong patuloy na nagpapahalaga at nag-aaruga sa literaturang Bikolnon. Inaasahan naming makatulong ang sariwang tubig na ito sa “pagbagunas” sa dumi’t darak na dinala sa atin ng kaisipang nagmumula sa masalimuot na karanasan ng kolonisasyon at ang mali’t malubhang sakit ng ating pagkakatuto.

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*Dios mabalos kay Dan Adan para sa metapora ng Sagurong, at kay Frank Peñones at Kristian Cordero sa dagdag na ideya sa pagpino ng artikulong ito. http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2011/mar3/xpatak.html