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The Bicol fiesta honoring its regional patroness, of faithful devotees join the INA of Bicol in her the Virgin of Peafrancia reaches its climax fluvial procession bringing her back to Basilica yesterday afternoon (Sept. 15), when thousands Minore by the river.
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(Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International is PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee). BOASTING? Right after the entry of the P-Noy administration, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala announced that the Philippines will attain rice selfsufficiency by year 2013. Opinions Unlimited believed him entirely at that time. Now that year 2012 is about to end we are re-examining our position, after the natural disasters which damaged many farms in our rice granary regions of Cagayan Valley, Northern Luzon and Central Luzon. The governments bold policy to limit rice imports to only 100,000 tons (in 2013) is disputed now by many who know our rice supply situation. Recently, a Filipino economist at the Asian Development Bank Ms. Lourdes Adriano, has unequivocally proclaimed in a media briefing that the rice sufficiency boast of the Dept. of Agriculture will not happen in 2013, and even in our lifetime! Indeed, as things appear now, I dont want to exchange shoes with my friend Sec. Procy. RH-BILL: One of the reasons advanced by proponents of the RH-Bill is to control Phl population growth. They aver that our countrys overpopulation is the reason why we are not economically advanced as our neighbors. The premise is entirely wrong! If we control our birth rate, we will have fewer youngsters who will eventually form the bulk of our workforce. With lesser producers, sources of provisions for senior
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Eternal cry of Bicol: VIVA LA VIRgEN!
Afternoon of yesterday (Sept. 15) was the traditional fluvial procession along the Naga River of faithful devotees and voyadores carryingback the Virgin of Peafrancia, Bicolandias regional patroness, to her permanent shrine at the Basilica Minore. The religious occasion highlighted the 10-day festivities honoring Our Lady of Peafrancia, whose intercession for divine guidance has been invoked for over a century by Bicolanos who sincerely believe in the miraculous intervention of the beloved Ina for all times when facing distress and despair. Again, tens of thousands of visiting pilgrims from all walk of life and faraway places comingled to display their public devotion to the Patrona del Bicol and Divino Rostro the image of the suffering Christ captured in the original shroud of St. Veronica. For all Bicolanos, rich and poor, it was an occasion for rejoicing once more and finding peace in ones spiritual self as the andas of the revered Ina of all seasons passes them by. In ther spontaneous show of joy and piety, devotees along the route of the procession and those who lined both banks of the river to witness the pagoda on its fluvial trek back to the Basilica Minore waved handkerchiefs as some of them kneel down and pray in the midst of the familiar cries of Viva la Virgen! The homecoming procession of the Mother of all Bicolanos had a more disciplined mood and less unruly atmosphere inspite of a growing whirlpool of the long pockets of the expected crowds. There were still the pushing and pulling of drunken voyadores with the icon of the Blessed Virgin. The fluvial procession was right on schedule, from the time of its start at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral and down to the final stretch at the Basilica Minore river landing site, giving more time for a Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the Basilica Minore officiated by Most Rev. Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D. It is the time of the year that Bicolandia becomes as one again in the midst of parochial diversities and economic or social disparities. For the whole region finds unity within a lasting Marian environment and spiritual atmosphere. For this alone, Bicolanos will always feel secure that for all times they can readily seek succor under the protective mantle of their miraculous and equally loving Ina for eternity. The familiar strains of Patrona del Bicol, Madre de Dios will be reechoing at the back of their minds for quite a long, long time even in the succeeding milleniums. Forever, there will be another time and the same place to unburden ones soulful fervor by crying out once more Viva la Virgen! and Viva el Divino Rostro!
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citizens will be depleted. More people mean more workers contributing services. Our economic advancements are founded on the FX remittances of our OFWs. If and when our local business and industry flourish we can ask overseas Filipinos to come home and beef up our expert manpower. In fine, there is no valid objection against more children being born. China and India are economically successful now, thanks to their population who are both producers and consumers. FUND INFLOWS: Money in itself is a commodity that is subject to the natural law of supply and demand. When there are excess money in circulation, inflation becomes possible. With such increase in available funds, deposit interest rate decreases assuming there is no equivalent increase in loan demands, The present upsurge in domestic liquidity owing to foreign inflows is created problems for our financial leaders. BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. believes that our local banking industry is strong enough to absorb the fund inflows without adversities on domestic prices of goods and services. If interest paid to depositors becomes overly minimal thrift practices will suffer and people may no longer save. Or, consumers will spend to the maximum which may trigger inflation, that is if the supply of goods and services fall below emerging demand. RURAL BANKS: Under Rep. Act No. 7353 (Rural Banking Act of 1992), rural banks are allowed to have 40% ownership of its capital stock. Despite this available capital resource, many rural banks folded due to insufficient equity compared with their liabilities (including deposits). The government responded to this sorry situation by offering incentives to bigger, stronger financial institutions bailing out capitaldeficient rural banks. The Legislature now has pending bills that are intended to further enhance the initiatives to strengthen the banking sector primarily rural banks. The objective is to amend R.A. 7353 to adopt the same policies enunciated in R.A. No. 8791 (General Banking Act of 2000). In said law, foreign ownership of thrift and commercial banks is allowed. The draft amendment will allow rural banks to have 60% foreign ownership an increase from the present 40% limit. PROVERBS: The best hands that can help you in times of need - are those at the end of your sleeves.
Cong. Arnulfo P. Fuentebellas SALN; Who killed Rommel Licmoan; Robredos Grave and Cybercrime Prevention Act
The Philippine Daily Inquirer dated Sept. 9, 2012 published a report by Juan Escandor Jr. that a Francisco Ramirez Tria III, charged Deputy Speaker Arnulfo P. Fuentebella before the Office of the Ombudsman of failing to disclose 22 pieces of properties in his 2010 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN). This was picked up by local media and national TV newscasts. Fuentebellas lawyer, Juanito Velasco, said he would present the needed documents before the Office of the Ombudsman to disprove charges that Fuentebella deliberately failed to disclose several pieces of property on his SALN filed on Dec. 31, 2010. As a first cousin of Congressman Fuentebella, I know his properties were inherited from his late father, Gov. Felix A. Fuentebella, the brother of my father. Its not ill-gotten. Why would he hide it? There are still undivided properties of the Fuentebellas and it is not in Cong. Noli Fuentebellas name. It is still in the name of the estate of the late Gov. Felix A. Fuentebella. So why should he put it in his SALN? issue.
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Francisco Eco Tria was defeated mayoral, candidate in Sagnay, CamSur during the last election and he may be sour-graping since he was defeated by Mayor Evelyn B. Fuentebella, the wife of Cong. Fuentebella. It is of public knowledge that Tria is identified with the group against the Deputy Speaker. I look at this as a political harassment suit and black propaganda. The people in Partido district know the Fuentebella family but not those outside. So, I have to write this for the public to know the other side of the
***** Who killed Rommel Morada Licmoan? He participated as a voyador during the Traslacion of our Ina, Our Lady of Penafrancia. After this, he went to Bora Hut at Penafrancia Avenue to jam with some friends. As he was going home, he was boxed by somebody at the back of his neck and head. He fell, became comatose and died after six days at BMC. Until now, the family is clueless as to who did this to him. Witnesses should speak out as it can also happen to them. Rommel, 39 years old, was an ex-seminarian. He was a sheriff in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 24. According to a close friend of his in the court, he is the only sheriff in the twelve Regional Trial Courts without an administrative case. This case needs to be solved by the PNP and of the NBI for the sake of justice and preserve the good name of Naga City as Maogmang Lugar. Our heartfelt condolence to his bereaved
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A QUESTION OF PRIVILEgE
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Everytime Brownie saw us approaching, he would run towards us in full throttle, jumping with joy, saying something I could understand as an expression of happiness while burying his head in my hands. I almost got into a fight with a man who hit him with a piece of bamboo. The man later apologized. I accepted the apology as Brownie was only slightly injured. He stayed with us for years until he died of illness. My affection for canine pets was whetted
by the story of my aunt in Caramoan, Camarines Sur who escaped capture by Japanese soldiers during the last war. Jeff, a husky half-bred pet attacked the soldiers who suddenly surfaced at the yard one early dawn, giving my aunt and her family sufficient time to vanish into the darkness. The dog paid dearly with his life. The Japanese killed him. Pet dogs are known for their loyalty. A story in the Internet said that from January 9 to 31, 2008, no fewer than four different families in the US and Canada were rescued by their dogs from burning houses. Stories about dogs separated from their owners who made incredible journeys towards reunion despite great distances are numerous. How they found their way home could not be explained. Those with Alzheimers disease find the company of a pet dog therapeutic. The Chinese have an interesting
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ngoing at InterContinental Manilas Caf Jeepney until the end of September is a special food festival on the Bicol region. Organized in collaboration with Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet, Camarines Norte, the festival will give hotel guests a chance to enjoy popular Bicolano delicacies as prepared by hometown cooks specially brought in from the region. Dancers from the Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen Dance Company from Iriga, Camarines Sur dazzled opening day guests with their traditional and modern interpretations of local folklore and native dances. Their lithe body movements and warm smiles won their audience over to the overall message that Bicol has a lot to offer in terms of tourist spots, fun activities and food. A delegation from the region came in full force for the festival opening. Among them were Daet Mayor and Mrs. Tito Sarion, Mayor Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen of Iriga, former Congresswoman Liwayway Vinzons Chatto, actress Bing Pimentel and Cory Quirino who covered the event for her television program. On hand to welcome them were hotel executives led by General Manager Christian Pirodon, Assistant Executive Manager Christopher Wichlan, Food & Beverage Director Laurent Casteret, and Sales & Marketing Director Maricor Aquino. The Bicol Food Festival is part of the daily lunch and dinner buffets at Caf Jeepney.
(L-R) Christopher Wichlan, guest chefs Jonathan Cabanela and Maria Pacao, Mayor Tito Sarion, Chef Alisdair Bletcher, Christian Pirodon and Jenny Pea
(Left to right) Iriga City Mayor Madelaine Alfelor-Gazmen, Former Daet Councilor Lilia Avellana, Former Camarines Norte Congresswoman Liwayway Vinzons-Chatto, Dra. Tess Villacorta, Daet, Camarines Norte First Lady Connie Sarion, Healthy Lifestyle Guru Cory Quirino, Intercontinental Hotel Manila General Manager Christian Piridon, Daet Mayor Tito Sarte Sarion, Cucina Victoria Ownwer Vicky Pimentel and Beauty Icon Bing Pimentel.
Iriga Citys pride, the Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen Dance Company, in a lively dance number
(L-R) Laurent Casteret, Mayor Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen, Christian Pirodon and Mayor Tito Sarion
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Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Director Theodore Rommel E. Pestao (center) indulge in a tree planting event in line with the 112th Civil Service Anniversary today in Busay, Daraga, Albay. Close to 200 government employees participated in the tree planting activity in this area that was heavily flooded in 2006 due to typhoon Reming.
Clark. In a big way, we are ready to take in more IT-BPO entries, City Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal said on Wednesday following the citys hosting of the IT-BPO road show entitled ICT Road Show in the Next Wave Cities: Harnessing ICT for a Smarter Countryside. The road show held at the La Piazza Hotel was organized by the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in coordination with the Albay Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Association and the Legazpi City ICT Council. ICTO is the Philippine Governments lead agency on ICT-related matters. Its primary thrusts are in the ICT Industry Development, e-Government, ICT policy development, Internet for all and cybersecurity. The road show, attended by thousands of students, professionals and other stakeholders in the ICT industry, aims to encourage incoming college students to take ICT-related, engineering and architecture
Barangay officials and residents of Buyo, Virac Catanduanes haul Philippine Mahogany Group flitches to a van as PENR Officer Joaquin Ed Guerrero (wearing hat) is supervising the confiscation procedure. The DENR joint task force led by PENRO Guerrero and the local police was able to apprehend 692.83 board feet of lumber last September 2.
courses to support and take advantage of the countrys fast growing IT-BPO industry. Panelists of the event were from the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), Contact Center Association of the Philippines, Healthcare Information Management Outsourcing Association of the Philippines (HIMOAP), Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) and Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP).
From here, the next leg of the road show will be held in Palayan City to be co-organized by the Tech-Novo Ecijano Association Inc. Rosal said the readiness of the city for more IT-BPO operations is further attested to by its being named into the 10 Next Wave Cities in the countrys BPO industry list of the BPAP last year. Considered by the BPAP as a feeder city for providing highly qualified manpower to other outsourcing centers
across the country, Legazpi joined top listed Davao City and other early entrants to the New Wave Cities such as Bacolod, Baguio, Malolos, Iloilo, Cavite, Lipa and Cagayan de Oro. The city, the governments regional center for Bicol, also scored high in the cost of doing business and availability of needed physical IT infrastructures to support the outsourcing industry, the BPAP said.
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In line with Penafrancia Festival in Naga City, Philippine National Police Academy Cadets headed by General Clarence V. Guinto conducted a military drill on September 14, 2012
at Eternal Gardens Memorial Park - Naga as respect to our late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo and was assisted by Eternal Gardens branch manager Richard Bringas.
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Secretary Joel Villanueva poses with Ronald Francisco Chan Delima (right), who topped the Most Informative Blog category in TESDAs Blogging Contest. Also in photo are deputy directors Irene Isaac and Atty. Teodoro Pascua.
Ronald Francisco Chan Delima receives from TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva the cash prize for bagging the Most Informative Blog Award in the first-ever TESDA Blogging Contest.
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Rebecca Blacer (holding the sash) of Naga City receives the Best Female ASPIN (Asong Pinoy Award) for her dog Chiki. Her dog was also declared as the Best Asong Pinoy during the Fiesta Dog Show 2012 held at STI Gym. Blacer received cash prize of P2,250 for 1st prize Best Female AsPin and another P3,500 for the Best Asong Pinoy Award. With her in photo are (from left) Dr. Junios Elad, Naga City Vet.; Dr. Rona Bernales, DA 5 Animal Health Coordinator; and Dr. Florencio Adonay, Albay Asst. Vet. Photo below shows Erwina Labayan receiving the award for her dog Serafin, 2012 Best Male Aspin.
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VIVA LA VIRGEN!
Fiesta greetings from: Congressman & Mrs.
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Seen only once a year every September in this city is the fluvial procession of Our Lady of Penafrancia by the United Bicolandia Los Angeles (UBLA) on the Lincoln Park lake near the downtown area. At the background is the accompanying foot procession around the perimeter of the lake.
courage the support groups to come up with colorful booths. The feast day begins Saturday at 8 a.m. with the 9th day novena prayers and the recitation of the Holy Rosary. The most photogenic spectacle of the fiesta immediately follows with the fluvial (sakay) parade, a sight seen in Los Angeles only once a year every September, where yellow-shirted voyadores carry the image of the Virgin Mary aboard a florally bedecked pagoda barge that is towed around the lake. Simultaneous with this aquatic event, religious sounds fill the air with shouted acclamations of Viva la Virgen! Viva el Divino Rostro! and singing of Dios te Salve, Maria and Resuene Vibrante coming from an accompanying foot
procession along the perimeter of the lake. Uniformed Knights of Columbus provide the guard of honor. Highlight and most solemn phase of the fiesta that follows is the hour-long High Mass, concelebrated by local and visiting Bicolano priests, headed by this years main celebrant, Rev. Fr. Albert Avenido, moderator, Filipino Pastoral Ministry in the archdiocese of Los Angeles. In previous years the celebrants were local and Bicolano bishops, including LA Archbishop Roger Cardinal Mahony. The solemnity of the mass is enhanced by a choir from the St. Anthony Claret Church in Anaheim. After the mass, the next in the program will be the gastronomical delights in the food booths laden with Bicol and
other delicacies. The supposedly famished devotees and guests can visit as many booths as they can and choose the food and drinks they prefer -- and even take home boxes to go. This food offering hails from the tradition in the Bicol homeland where during fiesta time the homes prepare food and ask visitors to come in and share their preparations. Having sated the attendees palates, UBLA then starts an interlude-in-aid-of-digestion, a musical-cultural velada presentation of prepared numbers and volunteer performances. This can be a rollicking show on the big stage in which presented are modern and folk dances, pop and Bicol songs, comedy skits, declamations,
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DANNY oRGAYA
Nee: ELLA SEVILLA
Children: HAZEL ICA PAO2 & BOBOy Canaman, Camarines Sur
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By J. HENRy DANICAN
To all devotees, pilgrims and guests: Welcome to the annual feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia.
VIVA LA VIRGEN!
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story. When Buddha was dying, so the story goes, he summoned all the animals to his side. Among those who came to pay their last respect were dogs. Buddha rewarded the animals with a year of their own in the Chinese Zodiac, including the dogs. Mans attachment to pet dogs was celebrated in a TV program, MMK over ABS-CBN hosted by Ms Charo Santos. The story featured a homeless man in Surigao who daily roamed the towns streets accompanied by his canine pet. The man was quoted in the story as saying that his pet had given him love which was denied to him by his only living relative, his nephew. Years ago, our pet dog, Puti or White because he was all white except for the black dots around his eyes, died. We mourned his passing. For days, I could hear his weak voice calling from our carport during windy evenings. Puti died of old age. He was l2 years old. Since a year in a dogs life is equal to 7, I counted his age to be about 84. He joined my family of four-my wife and I and our two boys, Edgar and Herbert- a gift from a neighbor in San Roque, Legaspi City. Once when the late Police Col. Benjie Pacistol, an old friend, dropped by. Puti showed him his white teeth and growled in a voice showing hostility. He probably did not like the colonels presence with his normal loud voice. Seeing Whites unfriendly gesture, Benjie said the dog had no manners. White responded by growling louder. One afternoon at a neighbors house in San Roque, a woman visitor headed towards a nearby chair. Perhaps sensing that the woman wanted to sit, White jumped into the chair ahead of her, showing his teeth to the woman who retreated . On the day, we transferred to our new house in Our Ladys Village in Legaspi, Puti was not around. He was away the whole morning. Coming home to an empty house, he started wailing. Not contented, he began to dig holes around the house. Our neighbor pacified him by saying I would come back for him. He stopped. When he saw me coming in a tricycle, he rushed towards me, almost knocking me down. He was very happy as if heaven had opened for him. When he died, I buried him at the back of our house with his name written on a slab marker. Three other pets later joined him at the burial ground.
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poor and are not lazy, only lacking in knowledge and opportunity. He also said that trying hard was not enough, especially for poor families. What we lack are knowledge and opportunity. . . . This was what TESDA gave us through its trainings. True to its mission, it has set the direction, policy and programs to make available quality technical education to boost the skills of the
Filipinos, he said. The most creative blog written by Nessia delved on Leo Enriquez and Eugene Tero and their rags-to-riches story made possible by the training they received from TESDA, hard work and a bit of luck. In her short piece, Nessia captured the most essential moments in the lives of the two graduates, telling her audience that Enriquez struggled through drug addiction before finding the opportunity to get into a skills training course on slaughtering through TESDAs Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP). Enriquez and Teros paths crossed during the training, and both saw it as the door to opportunity to hone their skills and find work abroad. Both now are settled in Australia with their families. Alcantara enthused the readers with the narration of her familys own experience of finding wealth, wantonly spending it, and rising anew with the training opportunity provided by TESDA. My sister-in-law needed dialysis, but we had no money. We didnt even have money to buy milk for the baby, she said. The training on Food and Beverage Services, which Alcantaras brother took, paved the way for a new hope for the family. Finding employment after the training, she said the family now has a source of income to pay for her sister-inlaws medical expenses. Now, I know my brother is holding tight to the opportunity that came his way through TESDA, Alcantara said.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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GMA TV Bicol brought one of the countrys biggest displays of Marian devotion -- Naga City s Peafrancia Festival -- closer to the hearts of its viewers via a two-day live coverage that started last Thursday, Sept. 13 until Saturday, Sept. 15. Powered by the countrys most awarded broadcast news organization GMA News and
Public Affairs, GMA TV Bicol aired on Thursday its special coverage of the Peafrancia parade dubbed Parada Ki Ina, Civic Military Parade from 8 A.M. to 10:20 A.M. On Saturday, GMA TV Bicol delivers a comprehensive reporting of the breathtaking events of the Peafrancia fluvial procession titled Dulot Ki Ina afterStartalk.
The two-part special offers the latest breaking news and information as well as real footage of the month-long, city-wide, and family-oriented Peafrancia festival that is expected to unite around 6 million Bicolanos and Catho-
lics from all over the world in devotion to their beloved patroness - the Our Lady of Peafrancia. On Sunday, Sept. 16, Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Benjamin Alves, stars of the upcoming primetime show-
Coffee Prince, together with Luna Blancas Mark Herras, IBilibs Chariz Solomon and Rocco Nacino, leading man of the forthcoming afternoon prime program Yesterdays Bride, celebrated Inas fiesta with Bicolano fans at the SM City Naga Event Center at 4 P.M. The Kapuso festivities kicked-off last Thursday, Sept. 13, with the participation of of Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga cast Gabby Eigenmann, Ynna Asisitio, Marky Lopez, Jace Flores, and loveteam Mikael Daez and Andrea Torres in the Ciivic Parade and Kapuso Barangayan at Calabanga Peoples Center in Calabanga, Camarines Sur.
Oliver Amoroso, AVP for GMA Regional TV says GMA Network is back in the Bicol region, this time to join the Penafrancia Festival. We are thankful to all our Kapuso Bicolanos especially to our event partners and sponsors for their support. We hope our participation, from the live coverage to our various events, made Inas fiesta more memorable. The full details of GMAs participation in the Penafrancia Festival will be featured in the Lets Fiesta TV Special on Oct. 7 via the networks regional stations in Bicol, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Dagupan, Ilocos, GenSan, Bacolod, and Cagayan De Oro City.
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