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vol. xxi, no. 43 Bicol, the philippines june 22-28, 2014 p5.00 ( 473-8888

ict role in good governance stressed in cities sharing

Nagas Palarong Pambansa athletes honored

Noted scripwriter decries NoraAunor's omission as nat'l artist

WHEN CITIES AND TOWNS MEETMayors who attended the Bicol cities and Urban Municipalities Sharing conference at the Pineapple island Resort in Daet, join DiLG USEc Austere Panadero, PLDt VP for community Affairs, Evelyn Del Rosario and Microsofts George Parilla in a commemorative photo for the event.

BICOL WRITERSFamed scriptwriter Ricky Lee and poet Frank Penones Jr. held a reunion of sort during a one-day scriptwriting workshop conducted by the former in Daet over the weekend. Both are Outstanding Bikol Artist Awardees of the Bicol council for culture and the Arts and the Naga city government.

Mayor BONGAt

By FRANk PENONES JR.

DAET, CNorte -- Prize-winning script-writer Ricky Lee expressed over the week-end his dismay over the omission of Nora Aunor in the roll of National Artists re-cently proclaimed by President Noynoy Aquino.

The City Government of Naga, headed by May-or John Bongat recently gave recognition to the five athletes who represented this city and the Bicol re-gion in the Palarong Pambansa held last May 4-10 in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.

Those honored were: Bronze medalist Angeline Gragasin (NCS I), for gymnastics (individual and team categories); Bronze medalist Helena Kaye Secillano, (NCS I) for gymnastics (individual and team catego-ries); Silver and bronze medalist Shaira Gabrielle Gue-vara, (NCSHS) for gymnastics (individual and team categories); Bronze medalist Crystal Joy Imperial, (NHCS) for swimming, and: Bronze medalist Angelito

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As a colleague of Ms. Aunor, I am disappointed be-cause she was nominated for her artistry and underwent a rigorous process of vetting for the same by her peers and experts, and nowhere in the law is there a provision that morality will be one of the qualifications for selection, he explained.

Lee, who wrote the crit-ically-acclaimed Himala, conducted a scriptwriting workshop for aspiring writers here as part of the 22nd Pin-yasan Festival.

Pres. Aquino had definite-

ly done a disservice not only to Nora Aunor, who perhaps may not need the title at all as her talent had already been recognized several times over here and abroad, but more to her audience, the Filipino people themselves who need a role model for a level of artistry she exemplifies, he added.

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Daet, CNorte --- In these competitive times, Local Government Units (LGUs) will do better if they adopt information technology (IT) and so that tomorrow will be much better than today.

This is the gist of the terse message of Undersecretary Austere Panadero of the De-partment of Interior and Local Government during the 17th Bicol Cities and Urban Mu-nicipalities Sharing Confer-ence held here at the Pineapple Island Resort in Barangay Ca-lasgasan of this town.

It is about time. We cant live without IT. It has become a necessity and it offers a limit-

less opportunities for LGUs, Panadero told participants coming from the host town, the cities of Legazpi, Naga, Iriga, Sorsogon,Masbate, Tabaco and Ligao, as well as the capital towns of Pili and Virac.

He added that LGUs should be guided with a vi-sion on what it wants as he cited the best practices in adopting ICT.

These include the instal-lation of a tax information and assessment kiosk in Cagayan de Oro city, a mo-bile money payment through cellphones in Batangas city,

Bikol reporter2 june 22-28, 2014oPinion

includes timely projections and planning areas where P-Noy clearly failed!

Opinions Unlimited agrees with the increases in farm product prices to serve as inspiration for our lowly farmers. The improvement in farm income will stimulate production provided however that the costs can be competitive with those of our neighbors. ASEAN integration will open our domestic gates to the inflow of foreign imports. We have to improve our production efficiency instead of just relying on the continuing FX inflows from our OFWs.

SUGAR: Local prices of all types of sugar will soon increase. This is because world sugar supply has gone down thanks to the reduced exports from sugar big producers Brazil and India. Brazils fuel program calls for the use of sugar molasses for conversion into ethanol as ingredient for motor fuel. This year a bigger percentage of Brazils fuel will be sugar-based, unlike in the USA where ethanol is sourced from corn.

community journalism and journalists in the country, is still, under siege.

We just have to remember the fate of the 57 victims of the infamous Maguindanao Massacre in 2009.

We just have to observe how week after week, publishers have to scrounge for fund or dip in their own pockets to pay the newspapers next issue.

in short, community journalism in the country is still a dangerous occupation, and not financially-rewarding.

Yet, why do publishers continue to scrounge for fund or dip in their own pockets just to ensure the next weeks issue will hit the news stand?

there are as many reasons as there are stars in heaven.

take for instance, this paper, which is observing its 21st year this month.

the Bikol Reporters publisher, personally peddled copies of the first issue during the visit of former President Fidel V. Ramos in Naga city in June 1993.

Since then, the Bikol Reporter had come out weekly, sometimes early, sometimes late. But it continued to go to print, nevertheless, past typhoons and commodity price increases, past elections winners and losers. in short, through the proverbial good times and bad times.

Largely, this is due to the personal touch and devotion of its publisher and his wife, as well as to its lean staff, whose dedication had made this paper a winner of the St. Peter Baptist-catholic Mass Media Awards five times over.

As we observe this score of a year, therefore, we can only thank you our dear readers and advertisers, for keeping the faith in us, which in turn, keeps the fire of community journalism burning in us.

We still believe as our first editorial put it, that the public has the right to know and the media is that bridge towards that knowledge.

We shall continue to keep that promise and faith.

Higher prices of sugar will mean minor bonanza for sugar planters and millers. Reduced consumption of sugar (due to high prices) is also good for people like me shying away from sugary food. All told our sugar production technology from cane planting to milling to refining must be improved. Our neighbors who started planting sugar cane much later than us are producing more piculs of sugar from their farms and from their mills.

GEOTHERMAL: Underground heat can be made to surface as energy source. There are new plans for the tapping of low enthalphy geothermal areas principally for power supply in remote areas hosting the production. Enthalphy is synonymous to high heat with lower geothermal power. Coming from shallow reservoirs the power can be used for spa, tourism, crop drying and other uses for agriculture.

Three new areas are being developed for additional geothermal power, albeit with limited capacity. These are those in Banton Island in Romblon, Balut Island in Davao del Sur and Maricaban Island in Batangas. The projects will be open for competitive bidding among private investors. The sooner these projects are implemented the better for our energy situation and for more effective control of energy distribution and pricing!

WISDOM: Our Christian faith impels us to look at the fate of our poor and marginalized brethren.

(Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International is past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

P150B PROJECTS: The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) approved this week four new infrastructure projects worth P149.123 billion. The approval is timely since the Aquino regime is ending in two (2) years. Implementation of the projects also means disbursements that will further stimulate economic activities - not to mention big commissions from these government projects!

The NEDA-approved projects are Laguna Lakeshore Expressway-Dike (P123B), Laguindingan Airport Development, Operations and Maintenance (P15B), Light Rail Manila Consortium for the LRT Line 1 South Extension (P9B), and the New Bohol Airport Development, and O&M (P2.5B). All four (4) projects are in line with the Updated Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016. Note that the plan ends exactly in time with the expiration of the P-Noy Administration.

SHORTAGES: Even as government claims economic successes with higher GNP and GDP the recent price increases in most commodities including staples (rice and sugar) put to naught said achievements. So also, the lame excuses that: now is lean season or that the traders and middlemen are to blame only highlight the inefficiency of our cabinet. Effective management

and 1833 by foreigners showing the same thing. What does this have to do with us? Simply, There is not a single ancient Chinese map, whether made by Chinese or foreigners, showing that the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal were ever part of Chinese territory.

Carpio also shows 34 maps drawn between 1636 and 1933 by Philippine authorities and foreigners, all showing Scarborough Shoal, named or unnamed (Punto de Mandato, Panacot, Bajo de Masinloc), as part of the Philippines.

Another point on Scarborough: It was used from the 1960s-1980s as an impact range for US and Philippine warplanes (pictures of wreckages of dummy ordnances in the waters). Neither China nor any other country protested these bombing practices, despite worldwide prior notices to mariners, through the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations, for them to keep away from Scarborough Shoal during the practices. If the Philippines can bomb a shoal repeatedly over decades without any protest from neighboring states, it certainly must have sovereignty over such shoal.

Item: constitutions. Carpio quotes from five constitutions of China since the fall of the Qing Empire in 1912, which reiterates that its territory remained the same as the territory of the Qing Dynasty (which means that Hainan Island is Chinas southernmost territory).

Carpio then shows that under international law, the territory of the Republic of China as of the effectivity of these constitutions is limited to the territory of the Qing Dynasty (with Hainan Island as its southernmost territory).

Item: Official pronouncements. As late as 1932, China was telling the world that its southernmost border was

Hainan Island (now including the Paracels), and Carpio quotes from a note verbale issued to the French government on Sept. 29, 1932, protesting the French occupation of the Paracels: These groups lie 145 nautical miles from Hainan Island, and form the southernmost part of Chinese territory.

If Hainan Island and the Paracels constitute the southernmost part of Chinese territory per the official declaration of the Chinese government in 1932, asks Carpio, how can Scarborough Shoal, which is 380 NM from Paracels and 500 NM from Hainan, be part of Chinese territory?

Yet, that is what Chinas 9-dash-line claim asserts. And Chinas basis for this is historical facts and international law, as stated by its foreign minister. Carpio demonstrated that actual historical facts belie Chinas claim.

But even if the historical facts were consistent with Chinas 9-dash-line claim, it still would not be enough. Historical facts have no bearing whatsoever under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). In the same way that the 1481 Papal Bull, which divided the undiscovered world between Spain and Portugal, has no legal effect today; and the sea voyages of Chinese Admiral Zheng He from 1405 to 1433 cannot be a basis for Chinas claim to the South China Sea, which is where it has its 9-dash line. Furthermore, Zheng Hes voyages did not result in any claims of sovereignty, or colonies or anything. South China Sea was used as trade routes by the Austronesians a thousand years before Zheng He. (Carpio makes an interesting point about Filipino traders in balangay sailing between the Philippines and China 400 years before Zheng He, and Visayan caracoas pillaging the Fukien coast of China).

Unfortunately for China, international law is also against its 9-dash-line claim. Under the Unclos, countries have 12 NM of territorial sea, 200 miles of EEZ, and another 150 miles of ECS. Under Chinas claim, James Shoal, the southernmost territory is 950 NM from China (within Malaysias EEZ). Moreover, it is a fully submerged reef, 22 meters underwater. Ridiculous.

Thank you, Justice Carpio, for showing us that the emperor has no clothes.

Why does China refuse to participate in the International Arbitration Court where the Philippines filed its claims of its Exclusive Economic Zone and 100% of its extended continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)? UNCLOS is the primary international law governing the use of the oceans and seas of our planet. UNCLOS provides for a compulsory settlement over martime disputes. It is the legal way.

The following column of Solita Collas-Monsod in the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated June 21, 2014 entitled Historical Facts, Historical Lies and Historical Rights in the West Philippine Sea is very informative:

The country owes Justice Antonio Carpio a debt of gratitude for his recent lecture, titled Historical Facts, Historical Lies, and Historical Rights in the West Philippine Sea, in De La Salle University. Its 62 pages (about 40 of which contain maps dating from 1136 AD during the Song Dynasty and through the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties) provide the most lucid and exhaustive exposition of those topics I have come across. Brilliant.

Given its importance to current and future generations of Filipinosput simply, Chinas 9-dash-line claim deprives the Philippines of 80 percent of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and 100 percent of its extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Philippine SeaI strongly suggest that Education Secretary Armin Luistro and Commission on Higher Education Chair Tati Licuanan make sure it is required reading in all schools. The rest of us, including the Chinese-Filipino community, can access it from the Internet, but it should be published as a monograph. Knowledge is power.

Carpio demolishes, point by painful point, the Chinese governments assertion that historical facts justify its 9-dash-line claims, by citing actual historical facts based on Chinas own (a) historical maps, (b) constitutions, and (c) official pronouncements, which are all glaringly inconsistent with Chinas current position.

Item: Maps. Carpio shows 16 maps drawn by Chinese authorities or individuals, from 1136 to 1933. These maps show that Hainan Island is the southernmost territory of China. He also shows three maps drawn between 1700

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Bikol reporter 3june 22-28, 2014

Nearly disqualified, contestantends up wearing Pinyasan crown

Daet, Valenzuela cityink Sisterhood Pact

Mayor SARiON

DAET, CNorte. A con-testant earlier asked to be disqualified due to ques-tions about her birthplace, eventually ended up wear-ing the Ms. Pinyasan crown at the pageant held at the Provincial Sports Center here on Friday (June 20).

Princess Cecilio bested eight other finalists out of the seventeen total number of can-didates in the beauty pageant bearing the signature festival of this town which is observ-ing its 22nd year this month.

Cecilios response on the question of the role of wom-en which she said should not only be seen as a child-bearer but also as a nurturer, clearly impressed the board of judg-es headed by Director Rory Quintos of the popular TV soap, My Legal Wife.

Anne Jeniel Avecilla, who also won the Ms. Photogenic and Best in Production Num-ber awards, was chosen as Ms. Daet; while Joyce Baclili

DAET, Camarines Norte --The local governments of Daet and Valenzuela City entered into a Memoran-dum of Agreement (MOA) on Sisterhood or Town Twinning during the In-formation Communication Technology (ICT) confer-ence here recently.

The MOA was signed by Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet and Rep. Sherwin T. Gachalian of the first district of Valenzuela City, who was given the authority of the local council of Valenzuela City to enter into MOA on Sisterhood with Daet.

Gachalian, also the for-mer mayor for three years of Valenzuela City, said that Sisterhood is sharing of ex-periences of municipalities that would help in the devel-opment of partner town.

He said that during his term in 2007 they launched the Governance Through Technoligical Innovation using 3S or simple, speed and service in dealing with their taxpayers or custom-ers.

He said that taxpayers should be treated as custom-ers like in a private company that they should be conve-nient in their transactions in

was named Ms. Tourism.Nikka Joyce Penolio, who

also got the Best in Swimsuit title, was First Runner-Up; and Faith Kristel de La Pas-sion was Second Runner-Up. The other winners include Sara Jane Manjares, a Fil-

Nigerian dusky beauty, was a runaway choice for her Af-rican-inspired outfit as Best in Gown, while Angelica Sa-longa was picked by her col-leagues as Ms. Friendship.

Other members of the board of judges include ac-

tress Diana Zubiri, indie-film and TV actor Ping Medina, Mayor Flerida A. Alberto of Virac, Catanduanes, Mayor Ramon Orfanel of Catanuan, and Nong Rangasa of the Lo-cal Climate Change Adapta-tion for Development. -fpj

order to encourage them to pay the right taxes.

Gachalian said that Va-lenzuela City during his term in using simple strategy they can release the business permit in just few minutes without the pre-requisites because they do post audit wherein the requirements will be submitted within one month by the applicant.

The local government also stressed on connectiv-ity wherein all the depart-ments are inter-connected like the accounting, asses-sor and among others where the transactions are four (4) steps only as compared to 10 steps before, he said.

Two (2) years ago Valen-zuela City started to use geo-graphic information system using satellite imaging that can identify and monitor all

real properties of the constit-uents. This system iliminates human intervention as well as corruption he said.

He said in the satellite im-aging their investment was close to P90 million but they have collected P215 M and a

collectibles of P338 M. This is 11 times in their invest-ment, he said.

He also said that informa-tion technology is very im-portant but they also invest in the trainings to change the mind set of the assessor and

other employees in order to give better service to their constituents.

He also cited the Elec-tronic Terminal amounting to P1 million project of his brother, the present mayor of the town. This is being used

by the applicants needing a business permit. An appli-cant will just drop his appli-cation in the terminal with-out facing the employees of the LGU that in turn will avoid corruption, he said.

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Bikol reporter4 june 22-28, 2014etCeterA

inner chessBY J. hENRY DANicAN

jokee BOtOR-REYES

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For days I had been in feeling low. My right eye bothered me for sometime and I thought I was going blind for good. No, it is impossible. I could see very well except that I had become very nearsighted. I was not so before I underwent eye operation. With my nearsightedness I can read font size 6 without the aid of eyeglasses. I had not worn spectacles for years and if I sport one, pangforma lang. But I could hardly recognize people who are only some three meters away. However, I am learning to live with it. At least, I can still see. Thank God.

I had been very busy with the Ms. Iriga/Ms. Rinconada/Ms. Bicol Tourism 2014 as I had always been a part of the committee that works for it. I write the script as has been my work since six years ago but this time I was given a very intelligent young man to write with me. He is Ric Gamurot who is Gammy to everyone. But he is simply great to work with. He used to be Dean of the UNEP College of Arts and Sciences but is now working full time at the CSPC in Nabua. With the pageants Tech Team members who are on their toes all the time, I wonder where they are getting the energy to workLouie taduran, Nono Lopez, cloyd Lagyap, Ayie Abao, Darwin Buena, Digoy Salando, Gener Navales. Lordan Navales, Nenet Beria and cy Borromeo. And Lading Nagrampa is surely missed. Peter Lagyap, a most organized man is calling the shots.

But the busiest are the people at the City Tourism Office and I am a part of their busyness(?). Nona Vanessa Santiago, the indefatigable city tourism officer, Jess Gonzales (the voice of Iriga), Myrna Larcena, Dominic tino, Romy Lorenzana, chito Rempillo and Butch Abonite. With them, nothing can go wrong with the pageant when everything is placed in order from the screening until the coronation rites.

I seldom go to Manila but I was there on a very urgent business. Three weeks ago I witnessed the Philippine National Games held at the Philippine Sports Commission complex. Team Iriga competed in the cheerdance competition and as expected bagged the grand prize. The dancers, just high school kids are representing the Philippines in the 2015 international cheerdance competition in Germany,. Speaking of international representation, the Iriga Singing Ambassadors that won the Grand Prix in the International Choir Competition in Vietnam last year is leaving next month for Riga, Latvia to represent the Philippines in the International Choir Games competition afterwhich the group will move to Florence for another competition, Kudos to cris caryl Yu who is choir director. Cris is already an internationally known choir director.

Kitang Taga-Iriga, Inc. (KTII) held its annual Paurulian ( a homecoming) with a ballroom dancing affair for a cause held June 12. Ballroom dancing is always a most welcome event for those who do not have two left feet and there are many judging on the number who trooped to Fulgers Place for the exercise. Sonja Barbara Muoz is still the president for the second time and I bet if she will not be the same president for the third time. Spotted during the night were Nancy Oliva, Marie Oliva, irene hermoso, claribel Bonnevie, tita Garcia, Mila Andalis, Leda Gonzaga. There has been a move to organize a KTII Iriga chapter. The organization is an offshoot of Bubby Dacers Pagiribang Bicolnon which successfully for many times gathered many Bicolanos in Manila.

Mrs. Marina Abao Neri (my dear friend and kumadre) celebrated her 79th birthday with a big bang at her very posh residence in San Miguel, Iriga City. Food was good, the night was not very hot, music of the 50s; 60s and 70s was very nostalgic and the birthday celebrator was very pretty, still the same pretty Mrs.Neri during her younger days, Of course, Pading Norio is still the youthful looking husband of the celebrator. I wish her many more years to come. Happy birthday, Madi.

The Little Angel Kiddie School (LAKS) opens this school year at the ground floor of the same building it used to occupy. The new rooms are simply perfect for kids. Newly-painted, well furnished and very well ventilated. trisha N.Doctor-Amaranto has every reason to be happy. Kumons owner Rose Blasco corporal was around for the blessing of the new school site.

I have been asked to join a group which is undertaking a big project. It is a renovation of a very historical chapel which is a very prominent landscape in Iriga. More about this next time.

Balancing DomesticLife and career

By JEAN G. ORtEGA Master teacher 1

San Miguel Elementary School, iriga city

Its wonderful to be a mother. It is equally wonderful to be teacher. Most teachers are mothers and there are many mothers who are in the teaching profession. I do not like to set limits, neither do I want to establish a difference one from the other. Motherhood or domestic life and teaching are both are very noble calling.

Teaching and motherhood, they do not run contrary to each other but they complement each other. The teacher can derive strength from motherhood and vice versa. To say that a teacher has no more time for domestic duties and responsibilities, to claim that her hands are tied to her teaching and she hardly finds time to take care of her home and children is something that should be told to the marines. Because one can be effective in

DEUS EX MAchiNABy JANEttE c. SAULON

IT Coordinator/ Subject Teacher Intermediate Teodora Moscoso Elementary School

Carolina, Naga City

Machines were made by men to make work easier or perhaps make life easier. In the modern times, especially today, technology seems to bloom every second, seemingly progressing towards a bright future. Computers now abound in society and through this the gaps in communication became emaciated, people can now converse with their significant others in overseas as if they are just inches away from each other, electronic mails and even texting have made communication a lot faster now, a library can now fit inside your pocket, and social networking has taken group interaction, news and commercialism into a whole new dimension. Computer and the internet have made all these things possible.

This new era of technological advancement however depends on machine and most machines rely on users; us, thus computer literacy becomes a necessity. Teaching computer education to the young is understood to be with paramount urgency since they will be the one who will inherit the future. It is not difficult to teach the young ones how to interact with the new technology that we have, such as computer and the internet, even newer ones such as android or smart phones, tablets and the likes. They seem to have a natural affinity towards such facility. However, they also need to understand the responsibility that goes along such technology. It is not simply the practical know-how or the ability to manipulate and master the object that they should learn but also the ethical parameters of those technologies.

Usually, it is often just the technical aspects of technology that is mostly highlighted in computer education and sometimes with little emphasis on the ethical aspects and responsibility connected on using such faculty. Children today as young

as three years can use a laptop already. This is why they need supervision in order for them to not stumble on some knowledge that is not yet appropriate for them. The problem here is that there are some parents who are not that adept in limiting the access in their computers. This is why parents should also be knowledgeable about this technology in order for them to safeguard their children from unwanted and misleading information in the internet. Seminars can be given to parents on how to do this.

Students should also be taught about avoiding using the internet or other technology on harming others, such in the case of cyber bullying where victims of such acts ends up being humiliated and dishonored. Children and teens are the usual prey of cyber bullying, and this is so distressing because information in the internet spreads like a wildfire. The same could be said to video scandals, which also permeate not just in the net, but also in cell-phones where the data could be just transferred easily via Bluetooth or through flashdrives in the case of PCs and laptops.

Students should also learn the other advantages of computers and internet; not only that they can learn, they can also earn through it. They can be taught of how to utilize the technology for commercial purposes like getting simple online jobs and selling their commodities through the net. This way they can capitalize on the economic advantages by using those technologies.

However, despite this seemingly golden age of technology, teaching students about these things are still somewhat challenging because of some hindrances and the bleak reality faced by the educational milieu. The facility for teaching computer education still seems to be not sufficient to some degrees. But it is good that the educators teaching such subject are compensating through their efforts and zeal. For now, we will make do and maximize with what we have. In a not so distant future, we are certain that all of these can be achieved and such facility will be provided (fingers crossed) so that the future generations can take control of the machines or the technology and not the other way around.

both state of life. It is a matter of time management and maybe to a large extent, acceptance. It is true that a teacher stays in school for more than eight hours but she also stays at home more.

Are there more works at home than in school? Or, are there more works in school than at home. True, the teacher uses time at home for school works, lessons plans, visual aids, forms to accomplish, test questions to do, papers to be checked, etc. but she also needs to do things at home like cook, do the laundry, clean the house, take care of the children and hubby and even pet animals. But there is no reason to fret. It is a matter of time management.

As a teacher and a mother, I have learned to adjust my life holding both responsibilities. i make it a point to prepare my school works before I retire in the evening. Before I leave home, everything at home has been prepared for my family, for my husband and for my daughter. Since both ot them also leave for school, the three of us are very certain, everything has been taken cared ofthe meals of the day and other necessities. Naturally, the day turns very well planned and as expected,

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the use of computers in filling out Building Construction and Permit applications in Valen-zuela city, a document track-ing system in San Fernando, La Union, the utilization of computers as the issuer of point of sale receipts as well as for electronic tax assess-ment and payment in San Si-mon, in Pampanga.

The use of ICT was also the focus of the discussion of Jerameel Azurin, an Assistant Vice President at PLDT En-terprise Business Group and George Parilla, of Microsoft Philippines, who also dis-cussed IT-related topics during the conference.

Azurin said that LGUs performance can be enhanced

ict role in good . . .through the use of ICT, that is, by shifting their operations from manual to automation.

For his part, Parilla noted the use of IT in disaster risk and response preparation and mitigation in his talk on Mi-crosofts Citynext: Enabling Real Impact for Better Cit-ies with a People-First Ap-proach.

A main feature of the shar-ing conference was the signing of the memorandum of agree-ment between Daet and PLDT, represented by Mayor Sarion and the telecommunication companys VP for Community Affairs Evelyn del Rosario, on the latters Infoteach Outreach Program. (See signing ceremo-ny photo) -fpj


THE COUNTRYS HOPEMayor John G. Bongat and Siemn Ernst is mobbed by school children whom the Mayor extolled as the hope of the fatherland, a famous quotation of the countrys national hero whose birth anniversary the city marked with a simple celebration at the plaza bearing the heros name.

The University of North-eastern Philippines (UNEP) made another significant leap to promote culture and the arts by launching another cultural group that would embody our rich eth-nic inheritance from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Dubbed ADARSARI, which stands for the three (3) mythical birds from Lu-zon, Visayas and Mindanao, the group was created to promote the different beliefs and traditions of our ances-tors and depict them through body movements and grace-ful sway of the hands of the dancers.

UNEP CCA Artistic Di-rector Rudyard Boboy Pesimo said that this is UN-EPs way of celebrating our rich cultural heritage by let-ting UNEP students perform various folk dance renditions from the three islands that comprise the Philippine ar-chipelago.

ADARSARI was derived from the names of the three

(3) mythical birds in the coun-try - the Ibong Adarna, Ibong Malaya and Sarimanok.

Were hitting two birds here promoting our rich cultural heritage by sharing a wide variety of folkdances in-spired by the diverse culture in our country, and giving op-portunity to our students to be a part of this group. Aside from the freebies of perform-ing on stage, they will also be included in the scholar roll of UNEP, Pesimo stated.

UNEP endeavors to bring to the core the beauty of folk-dance in the country by in-corporating the age-old tradi-tions in various dance moves and present them to audience of different genres.

For many decades, Phil-ippines had been known for its rich cultural inheritance and folkdances formed an integral part of these vast heritage. Also called The Pearl of the Orient, folk dance performers through the sway of their hands and graceful body movements

can convey messages of survival, faith and custom to their audience.

Pesimo said that he have thought of combining the names of Ibong Adarna, Ibo-ng Malaya and Sarimanok to emphasize the powerful char-acters of the aforementioned birds and express these pow-ers in dances.

Ibong Adarna is the sub-ject of a Tagalog epic of the same name. It tells a story of a magical song of Ibong Adarna which will send its listener to a deep slumber and will turn anyone to stone once the Adarnas droppings fall into the unfortunate hu-man.

Ibong Malaya on the other hand is an epic written in the 18th Century about an epony-mous magical bird, Adarna. It tells of the tale of three broth-ers, Pedro, Diego & Juan who were sent to catch the Ibong Adarna. The trio had to do it for the sake of their ailing father. The song, according to the epic, is the only cure to

the kings illness. The Sarimanok is also a

legendary bird and an ubiqui-tous symbol of the Maranao people who originated from Mindanao. It comes from the

words sari and manok. Sari means cloth or gar-ment, which is generally of assorted colors. Mank, is the Filipino word for chick-en.

The combination of these rich classic stories once con-verted into dances, Pesimo believed will further uplift our identity as Bicolanos and Filipinos.

Bicols star shines Brighter! avenue plaza hotel wins fourth consecutive tripadvisor certificate of excellence

and 2013-2014 national product Quality excellence award as Best Quality service hotel

Recognised as a Top Performing Hotel, not just in Bicol but in the whole Philippines, Avenue Plaza Hotel announced today that it has received its TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award for 2014. This is the fourth time the Avenue Plaza won this accolade which honours hospitality excellence under the management of its President and General Manager Mr. Allan S. Cu as reviewed by travellers on the worlds largest travel site.

Certificate of Excellence is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Establishments awarded the Certificate of Excellence are located all over the world and represent the upper echelon of businesses listed on the website.

Avenue Plaza Hotel was also one of the awardees in the 2013-2014 National Product Quality Excellence Award and the Best Quality Service Hotel in Bicol.

Ms. Apple Allison Perez Marketing Manager and Mr. Paul Dichoso Sales & Business Development Manager personally received the plaque and seal of excellence conferred by National Council on Product and Service Excellence and Q Asia Magazine in the awards night held in Quezon City the last May 30, 2014.

The Certificate of Excellence and Best Quality Service Hotel accolades are remarkable vote of confidence to Avenue Plaza Hotel and their continued commitment to excellence.

Wed like to extend my warmest gratitude to you to all our guests who took the time to complete a review on TripAdvisor and at the same time nominate us for various awards. These recent recognitions are a true source of pride and inspiration for the whole Avenue Plaza Hotel team, said Mr. Allan S. Cu President and GM of Avenue Plaza. There is no greater seal of approval than being recognised by ones customers that is why we will never rest on our laurels as we continually and consistently strive for excellence.

As a testament of their promise for excellence and global standards, Mr.Cu also signed the private sector commitment to the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism which was witnessed by UNWTO Secretary General Taleb D. Rifai and Philippines DOT Secretary Ramon Jimenez held at Legazpi City during the UNWTO events in Albay together with other invited key stakeholders and industry players throughout the Philippines.

According to Ms.Perez who handles the hotels digital market-ing, Avenue Plaza constantly monitor guest feedbacks and use social

media as vital tool for customer service. This enables them to observe, validate and respond to their guests needs and wants accordingly. The management takes every review and comment seriously. We want to make sure that our guests are satisfied with our service and if they had any concern that werent brought up during their stay we make sure that we address them properly. Part of our strategy in keeping our brand at par with global standards is extending our services online and by staying connected with our guests before and even after their stay at the Avenue Plaza Hote, she said.

With excellent customer satisfaction rating, its not surprising to know why travellers and guests keep coming back. A previous guest from Canada who stayed for 40 days for work said that Avenue Plaza Hotel is the best choice. Mr. Adam wrote in his review that the staff were outstanding! They were warm, friendly, fun and always accom-modating. The service was great across the board and I could not have been more pleased. Next time I'm in Naga, I'm definitely staying at The Avenue Plaza. Domestic travellers like Ms.Tess from Manila couldnt agree more. Greatly pleased with her stay during a national convention held at the Avenue Plaza, she said that she will definitely come back and won't hesitate to recommend the hotel.

Aside from being famous as a business boutique hotel in Bicol re-gion where you can have your meetings and conventions, Avenue Pla-

za is also an ideal family friendly hotel. Theyve been the preferred home away from home of foreigners and balikbayans whenever they are in Naga City. Mr. Brian M. from Canada who travelled with his family had this to say Excellent stay - our fifth stay at the Avenue Plaza. This hotel would not be out of place in New York, London or Paris. Lovely high class hotel with outstanding staff service. Inter-national class hotel in Naga City, he wrote in his review on a hotel booking site.

Ms.Perez said that it always delight them whenever their guests tell them that Avenue Plaza, an independent hotel in a provincial city, is comparable to international chain-hotels. Most of the time, peo-ple get surprised upon knowing that Avenue Plaza Hotel is managed independently by my boss, Mr. Allan S. Cu and his wife Ms.Gwen Cu who oversees the design and cozy aesthetics of the hotel. With all modesty, I really think they deserve a Tourism Star for advocating excellence in the hospitality industry thus making Avenue Plaza one of the best accommodations in the Philippines. I hope our previous guests can also share their stories and nominate Avenue Plaza Hotel as of their Tourism Star., she added.

As this homegrown brand constantly work on making a mark for the Bicol tourism and hospitality industry by nurturing guests through their signature kind of service, one thing is for sure; Avenue Plaza Hotel will constantly raise the bar of Philippine travel experi-ence.

"We promise the experience of the good life to every guest of the hotel and we pull out all stops to ensure that you do. Nominated or not, we welcome our guests and pamper them with heartfelt service that carry out our honor and that level of high. That's our promise and we deliver on our promise! Once again, in behalf of my team, thank you for your continued support to the Avenue Plaza Hotel. Please visit us again soon. Dios Mabalos po." expressed by Mr. Al-lan S.Cu.

Tourism Star Philippines is the recognition program of the De-partment of Tourism for individuals and accommodations that go the extra mile in giving tourists a delightful experience, exemplify-ing true Filipino hospitality. Visit www.tourismtar.ph to send your stories. Nomination is open until June 30, 2014.

Visit www.avenueplazahotel.com for the latest events, updates and reservations. Avenue Plaza Hotel is located at Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City 4400 with telephone # (02) 250 8099 or (054) 473 9999.

Bikol reporter6 june 22-28, 2014

Message of ThanksWe, the bereaved family of the late

PILARBABAR CORONADO

(who peacefully rest in the loving care of our Lord Jesus Christ on June 11, 2014 at the age of 78)

wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincerest appreciation to all who offered masses and prayers, sent fl owers and messages of sympathy and who in countless ways, condoled with and comforted us in

our hour of bereavement.

Dios Mabalos Saindo!

NAME OF DEcEASED DAtE OF iNtERMENtPAciFicO A. cAPiRAL May 1, 20141. ANtONiO B. BERNAL SR. May 6, 20142. AUDiE R. RiBANO May 7, 20143. cONchitA J. AYcARDO May 10, 20144. LEONARDO F. DE LOS REYES May 11, 20145. JOSEFiNA h. BERGANtiN May 11, 20146. hENRY B. SiLERiO May 15, 20147. ANAtALiO B. cELSO May 14, 20148. SEVERiNO t. PADO SR May 17, 20149. PEDRO B. BARcENAS May 17, 201410. LOREtO P. DELOS SANtOS May 17, 201411. hONEStO t. PiELAGO JR May 18, 201412. RENAtO D. ROPEtA May 28, 201413. RONULFO J. cRUZ May 29, 201414. JULiAN L. ODAVAR May 30, 201415. GUADALUPE D. cAtOLicO May 30, 201416. SOFiA A. ViLLAMORA May 30, 201417. DONAtA G. tUNAY May 31, 201418. NORA E. REQUiNtA May 30, 201419.

For MAYBalatas Road, Brgy. Balatas, Naga City

EXtRAJUDiciAL SEttLEMENt With WAiVER OF RiGhtS Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole heirs of the deceased GRACIANO CRUZ RUIZ NAVASCA, AGRIFINA APARRI NAVASCA and ANITA N. RIVERA who died on April 3, 1997, May 20, 1995 and July 22, 1999 respectively in Naga City, with no known debts left parcels of agricultural land situated at Nazareno, San Pascual, Masbate; for and in consideration of the premises and invoking the provisions of Rule 74, Section 1 of the Rules of Court, the heirs agree to adjudicate and waived their rights over the portions of the mentioned properties in favor of JOSE N. RIVERA, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Alfredo F. Velasco, Jr.; Doc. No. 126, Page No. 13, Book No. 1, Series of 2013.BikOL REPORtERPublished: June 8, 15 and 22, 2014

EXtRAJUDiciAL SEttLEMENt OF EStAtE OF ARSENiA G. AURELLANO With DONAtiON

Notice is hereby given that the named donors are the only surviving heirs and legitimate children of the late ARSENiA G. AURELLANO, who died on May 5, 2005 in Naga City without any will and with no known debts, left a parcel of land situated in Brgy. Liboton, Naga City covered by TCT No. 46211; that all the surviving heirs named and the mentioned donors have agreed to divide and adjudicate unto themselves the described property, pro indiviso, that for good and valuable consideration the donors have acknowldeged to have received in full satisfaction from the Donee - First United Methodist Church of Naga City, hereby cede, transfer and convey, by way of Donation the described property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Florencio R. Rosales, Doc. No. 375, Page No. 75, Book No. XI, Series of 2006.BikOL REPORtERPublished: June 8, 15 and 22, 2014

EXtRAJUDiciAL SEttLEMENt OF EStAtENotice is hereby given that the named parties are the surviving heirs of the late BiENVENiDO R. NAPAY, JR. who died on February 26, 2014 at Milan, Italy, with no known debts, left a parcel of land at St. Jude Thaddeus Village, Concepcion Grande, Naga City and a sum of money at the Land Bank of the Philippines, Legazpi Branch, that pursuant to Sec. 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the Heirs with full legal capacity to contract have agreed to adjudicate among themselves the said properties as stated in the Extrajudicial Settlement signed by the named heirs; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Edgar N. Carmona; Doc. No. 193, Page No. 19, Book No. VII, Series of 2014.BikOL REPORtERPublished: June 22, 29; July 6, 2014

nothing goes wrong. At home, we have a division of duties and that keeps all of us responsible for our own duties

If there is anything that makes domestic life and teaching fulfi lling is the fact that both deal with raising persons to be responsible citizens of the country. The children in school are placed under our fold to make them learn and grow up responsible and prepared for the future. That is exactly what we are preparing our own children forgrow up responsible and look forward to a bright future. The bottom line here is love.

It is love that keeps us, mothers domesticated and even become temporary homebodies and it is love that keeps us teachers look at the children in school in much the same manner and with the same concern as we have for our own children. Children in school are no different from our own children at home. The home is no different from the school. Both are breeding grounds for the future leaders of our country. As mothers, we are happy to see our own children reap success and as teachers we are equally happy to see our children in school reap success too.

Domestic life and career, they are what makes us teachers truly balanced individual, holding both of them with the same kind of nobility and that is why as teachers and mothers, we deserve our own kudos.

Balancing domestic . . .Mayor Tito Sarion on

the other hand said that sis-terhood is a partnership in many aspects of each munic-ipality where they can share what they have and learn the experiences of their sister towns/cities.

He said that Valenzuela City will be an additional to the previous sisterhood agreements entered into by the local government unit of Daet next to Marikina, Makati, Mandaluyong, Tagaytay, Baguio and Cebu.

He said that Marikina

daet, valenZuela citY . . .City provided Daet with a brand new dump truck, Makati City gave the town with a multi cab, Cebu City on the products supply while Baguio City on the cultural experiences through penag-benga and pinyasan festival.

He said that not only in this country that the LGU have sister cities, we have also networking in foreign countires wherein I was in-vited and participated in the 54th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA in 2010; the Global Sister Cities and Town Twinning Summit in Cairo, Egypt in 2011; and in the Sister Cities Inaugural Gala of Pres. Barrack Obama in Washington, D.C. last year.

He said that we have to think and act globally and to connect the ICT in local governance to be more ef-fective.The towns of Daet, Pili, Labo and other LGUs need not to become a city but can have the sharings and transactions through the information technology, he said.

During the event another MOA was entered into be-tween Mayor Tito Sarion and Monchito B. Ibrahim, Executive Director of De-partment of Science and Technology-Information Communication Technol-ogy Offi ce (DOST-ICTO) regarding the Rural Impact Sourcing Program. Daet is one of the fi ve areas of the DOST-ICTO Rural Impact Sourcing Program in the country. The program en-courages students and grad-

uates to go into on-line jobs in order not to seek work outside of the town.

Also present during the activity were Mayor Nonoy San Luis of Pili, Camarines Sur; Mayor Joseph Ascutia of Labo, Councilor L.A. Ruanto of Infanta Quezon; all of them are members of the Kaya Natin Movement;

Vice Mayor Ahlong Ong and Councilors Rosa Mia King, Concon Panotes, Fe-lix Abao, Sherwin Asis, all of Daet; Vice Mayor Sev-erino Francisco Jr. of Labo and Brother Rex Bernardo, LGU-Daet Consultant and the ICT Coordinator. -MAL/RBM-PIA5/Cams. Norte

Ian Vargas, (NCS I) for tae-kwondo.

The athletes, who brought home a total of seven bronze medals and one silver, are from the Naga Central School 1 (NCS I), Naga City Science High School (NCSHS), and Naga Hope Christian School (NHCS).

Bongat, who assured the city governments contin-ued support to local athletes, handed out cash incentives and certifi cates of recogni-tion to the young athletes.

nagas . . .


CNorte fishermen get P1.8M boats from DOLE-Bicol

Republic of the PhilippinesLOcAL ciViL REGiStRY OFFicE

Province: camarines Surcity/Municipality: Libmanan

NOticE FOR PUBLicAtiONccE-0027-2014 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JOLLY FELicES SARMiENtO has filed with this Office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the certificate of live birth of JOLLY FELICES SARMIENTO at Libmanan, Ca-marines Sur and whose parents are ZALDY SARMIENTO and NECITA FELICES.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 5, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMiLiE S. AGNES-DAiRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BikOL REPORtERPublished: June 22 and 29, 2014




In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ELLAiNE BiGAY AVENiDO has filed with this Office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate of live birth of ELLAINE BIGAY AVENIDO at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are ELMER MILLARES AVENIDO and LORENA NOPRA BIGAY.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than JuLY 5, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMiLiE S. AGNES-DAiRAO Municipal Civil RegistrarBikOL REPORtERPublished: June 22 and 29, 2014




In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ROWENA AGRAVANtE PALO has filed with this Office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate of live birth of ROWENA AGRAVANTE PALO at Libmanan, Ca-marines Sur and whose parents are ROMEO PALO and WEVINA AGRAVANTE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than JuLY 5, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMiLiE S. AGNES-DAiRAO Municipal Civil RegistrarBikOL REPORtERPublished: June 22 and 29, 2014




In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that GiNALYN RAQUiPO cANtOR has filed with this Office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in the Date of Birth from September 26, 1967 to September 27, 1967 in the certificate of live birth of GENALYN R. CANTOR at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are RODOLFO CANTOR and JOSEFINA RAQUIPO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 7, 2014.

(Sgd.) EMiLiE S. AGNES-DAiRAO Municipal Civil Registrar

BikOL REPORtERPublished: June 22 and 29, 2014

Dir. LAcAMBRA

Happy Founding Anniversary!

hon. and Dr.

JOAQUIN "CHITO" F. PEREZ JR.City Councilor

Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Naga

"Gusto Ko, Healthy Ka!

MERCEDES, Camarines Norte- Fishing is the source of livelihood in this town and the most important tool for their source of income is of course a boat.

Realizing this, the Depart-ment of Labor and Employ-ment Provincial Field Office of Camarines Norte (DOLE Cam. Norte) headed by Provincial Field Officer (PFO) Jane Rol-da, under the Grassroots Par-ticipatory Budgeting Program (GPBP), awarded a total of P1,884,115.00 worth of high quality boats, locally known as banka, to 100 fisherman-beneficiaries.

The P1.8M boat project was personally turned-over by DOLE-Bicol regional director Nathaniel V. Lacambra to LGU Mercedes, Camarines Norte Mayor Alexander Pajarillo.

The 100 beneficiaries came mostly from the coastal Ba-rangays of Catandunganon, Mandisok and Kulasi of said town. Although there are few who have their own old boats, most of them are fisherfolks either renting boats or working on another mans boat.

The 100 fishing banka is a fusion of both traditional and modern design made by a local craftsman from the same town. The banka is said to be bet-ter, faster and smoother since it is made of the latest fibber glass technology and an aero

dynamic design.With the specifications

of the new banka, DOLE-Bicol regional director Na-thaniel V. Lacambra, dur-ing the turn-over ceremony

held last June 5 at the Mer-cedes Town Hall, said that the fishermen can expect a better catch.

They are actually eyeing to catch twice as much fish compared before. Meaning they will be having twice the income also, RD Lacambra added.

In DOLE Cam. Nortes computation, a single benefi-ciary of the project yields an average of P2,500 income a month. Now, with the project, the projected monthly income will range from P7,000 to P8,000 a month which is three times higher compared to their current income.

the quarantine in the area. It also exists in Polilio Is-land and cases are severe in Tanawan and Sto.Tomas in Batangas and in Taal Lake.

Some 600 trees were af-fected in Batangas. The es-timated damaged rosed to more than P170 million in all the affected areas.

Zipagan explained that the Bicol Region is one of the major producers of the coconut aside from the Cal-abarzon, Samar and Leyte. Now, the Bicol Region is

pca acts to curB . . .number two in terms of production of raw materi-als after Samar and Leyte hit by typhoon Yolanda.

Bicol is also top three in terms of production with the total contribu-tion of harvest of 12.69% and total production of 10.35% throughout the country. Camarines Norte has 85,400 hectares while Daet has 1,913 hectares with harvest.

He added that last year some P1.8 million dollars were the income brought by coco water and coir indus-try in the country. -MAL/RBM-PIA5/CamNorte

Aquino named composer Ramon Santos, writer Cirilo Bautista, dancer Alice Reyes, composer Frarncisco Feli-ciano, comic illustrator Fran-cisco Coching and architect Jose Maria Zaragosa as Na-tional Artists, except Aunor who was included in the list of nominees.

While the President has not issued an explanation on why Aunor was dropped, there are unconfirmed rumors that she was omitted alleged-ly on grounds of morality and her drug dependence.

Prof. Felipe de Leon Jr., the chairman of the National Commission on Culture and

noted scripwriter . . .the Arts(NCCA), however, pointed to political influenc-es and elements, as the cause for Aunors exclusion.

The NCCA and the Cul-tural Center of the Philippines conduct the rigorous selection process for the National Artist awards.

De Leon said the NCCA is prepared to review the processes of proclamation and formulate policies to strengthen the procedure and to ensure that the determina-tion of who finally gets the title of National Artist is free from political elements and influences unrelated to artistic accomplishments.

Another colleague in the industry, action star Robin Pa-dilla said that Noras exclusion is malinaw na pagyurak sa ipinagmamalaking kalayaan ng Gobyerno at sa kapang-yarihan ng taong bayan.

Hindi makatwiran na ipagkait ang kagustuhan ng taumbayan para kay Ginang Aunor dahil lamang sa kan-yang maliit na pagkakamali noon, Padilla added in his Facebook page.

In Naga, members of the Kabulig, an organization of Bikol writers are planning to write a formal letter to Mala-canang asking for an explana-tion in this recent political-ization of the National Artist Award.

Bikol reporter8 june 22-28, 2014PCA acts to curb cocolisap spread DAET, Camarines

Norte -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) regional office in Bicol has launched early this month in this municipality an information campaign to prevent the infestation of coconut scale insects in coconut plantations in the

area and in the region.PCA Bicol regional man-

ager Mateo Zipagan urged the media to help in the infor-mation dissemination drive to make the farmers more aware of the possible infestation of the coconut scale insect or cocolisap in the region.

Zipagan said that the pro-

vincial office of PCA in Ca-marines Norte will transfer to the Kalingan Center of Daet for the mass breeding of predators like coccinelid bee-tles that will be used to fight the cocolisap.

Earlier, PCA already raised more than 24,000 coccinelid beetles and were released in the field to help in control-ling the cocolisap infestation in some areas but this is not enough to control the pest.

Zipagan said that they had already organized task forces in Del Gallego in Camarines Sur and in Sta. Elena, Cama-rines Norte wherein the local chief executives in these areas are very supportive. The mon-itoring in the defense line will be assisted by the respective local government units.

PCA has also set up a quarantine area in Tabugon, Sta. Elena and will guard the domestic transport of the co-conut products.

He said that they will or-ganize task forces at the lo-cal level composed of the the PCA, Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Department of Agricul-ture (DA), Philippine Nation-al Police (PNP), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Philippine Information Agen-cy (PIA) and the media.

The cocolisap is an in-sect that sucks the leaf of the coconut that makes it yellow-ish then later causes the falling of the coconut fruits. The coco scale insect spreads through

air that is why it is difficult to control the infestation.

The coconut scale insects also attacks other fruit trees and crops including avocado, guava, mango, papaya and among others or some 68 plants by feeding on sap from a plants vascular system, he said.

He said that the cocolisap has started in the Calabarzon with a 3.62% infestation. This is also a threat in Tagkawayan, Quezon wherein they had put

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