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The guest speakers and participants during the Maritime Forum hosted by the Philippine Navy with Mr. Baraan, ProvincialAdministrator of Pangasinan and COMMO Ceasar C Taccad, Commander Naval Forces Northern Luzon. (Photo courtesy ofNFNL)

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Philippine Navy joins Pangasinans Pistay Dayat,hosts Maritime Forum

The Philippine Navyparticipated for thefirst time during the celebra-

tion of Pistay Dayat, the an-

nual Festival of the Sea of the

Province of Pangasinan. This

was through the initiative of

the PN Board of Advisers Vice

Chairperson and Head ofMaritime Coalition Committee,

Hon. Leticia Ramos-Shahani,

who is also a daughter of Pan-

gasinan.

As part of this, the Naval

Forces Northern Luzon, led by

its Commander, COMMOCeasar C Taccad, hosted the

Maritime Forum with the Pro-

vincial Government of Pan-

gasinan headed by its gover-

nor, Hon. Amado T. Espino Jr,

last 27 April 2012 at Capitol

Resort Hotel, Provincial Capitol

Compound, Lingayen, Pan-gasinan.

The Maritime Forum fea-

tured a series of lectures

about marine environment

issues, disaster risk manage-

ment and the concerned gov-

ernment agencies and the

policies and programs theyadopt to address these issues.

The Forums main objective is

to educate the participants in

dealing with environmentalissues and challenges affect-

ing the Lingayen Gulf, which is

framed by many of the prov-

inces municipalities and cities.It gathered participants from

concerned agencies and

bodies namely the Philippine

Coast Guard, Philippine Na-tional Police Maritime Group,

Department of Environment

and Natural Resources, Bu-

reau of Fisheries and AquaticResources, members of the

fisherfolk community of the

province and students from

Pangasinan State University.One of the speakers was

the Director, Center for Naval

Leadership and Excellence,

CAPT Opiniano M Jayme Jr,who presented the PN Stake-

holders Briefing A Strong and

Credible Navy that our Mari-

time Nation Can be Proud of.The Briefing aimed at

giving the participants a

greater appreciation of the

mandate and organization ofthe PN and its crucial role in

the overall protection of our

territorial integrity (back page)

Hon. Heidi Mendoza speaks before Team Navy

In its goal to further en-

hance good governancevalues in the Philippine Navy

and in line with the com-

memoration of Araw ng Kagit-ingan, the Fourth Leg of the

PN Governance Forum Series

2012 focused on a broader

definition of courage one

which goes beyond a mere

show of arms strength and

brute force; one which calls

for moral uprightness, transpar-

ency, accountability and pub-

lic responsibility.

What better way to de-

fine courage this way than to

have Hon. Heidi L Mendoza,

Commissioner II of the Com-

mission on Audit, as the key-

note speaker for this Forum.

She gave a talk on the topic,

Courage in Leadership last13 April 2012 at the Headquar-

ters Philippine Navy, Roxas

Boulevard, Manila.

Hon. Mendoza, who was

described as an embodiment

of courage in public service,

shared her personal experi-ence as a public servant

when she was still an Auditor

of the Commission on Audit.

She began by comparing

public service with cooking

the more you practice, the

better you get. Some people

may not be satisfied with yourperformance or how your

food tastes, but in the end,

nothing beats the feeling that

you have served (back page)

The Hon. Heidi L. Mendoza, Commissioner II of the Commission on Audit, asguest speaker on the topic Courage in Leadership during the 4th Leg of the PN

Governance Forum Series 2012.

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PN joins Pistay

Dayat...

(from front page)

PN tapped during

PMA Road Map

Visioning ExerciseThe Philippine Navy, through

the Center for Naval Leadership

and Excellence, participated

during the Philippine Military

Academy (PMA) Road Map

Visioning Exercise conducted

last 10-13 April 2012 at the Philip-

pine Military Academy, Fort del

Pilar, Baguio City.

The three-day activity aimed

to review and re-attune the

PMA Charter Statement PMA

Vision, Mission, and Core Valuesto the emerging environmental

changes and development. The

PN was invited to represent one

of the PMAs external stake-

holders. (JMRDC)

as a maritime nation. By showing

them the realities and the chal-

lenges being faced by the Navy, the

briefing ultimately aims to elicit the

support of the PNs stakeholders

through the Support Your Navy

Foundation.

The Forum served as an avenue

for discussion on pertinent marineenvironment issues affecting Lin-

gayen Gulf, emphasizing that the

Philippines is indeed a maritime na-

tion. For the PN, it was an opportu-

nity to get more involved on suchissues and to showcase itself to its

stakeholders in the province.

Through these kinds of initiatives, thePN can more effectively reach out

to the Filipino people and involve

them in its journey towards a strong

and credible Navy that our maritime

nation can be proud of. (MCC)

and you have given yourheart to the food that you

are cooking, which in reality,

is public service. She re-

marked, My job as an audi-

tor does not end in issuing an

audit report and filing the

same with the Office of the

Ombudsman. The citizen inme urged me to do more

than what mere official func-

tion dictates.

She broadened the

definition of courage, stating

that it is not merely meas-

ured on brute force andarms strength, but more im-

portantly, courage requires

every public servant to be

morally upright and to per-

form what his duty calls for.This is the challenge that she

posed to the attendees of

the forum. She reminded the

audience that the challengeis not easy, because per-

sonal sacrifices would have

to be made. She reiterated

that courage is a virtue that

one may not be born with,

but one acquires when the

circumstances require.

Quoting Michael Korda,

Hon. Mendoza said that

Success on any major scale

requires one to accept re-

sponsibility.The one quality

that all successful people

have is the ability to take on

responsibility.She further underscored

that corruption may be sys-

temic but it doesnt mean

that we cannot do some-

thing about it. In order to

have a more transparent

government, each one is

required to do his part. The

culture of corruption is nour-ished by the culture of indif-

ference. She reiterated that

as public servants, we are all

challenged to do more than

what we are tasked to per-

form, beyond an 8-5 hour

job, even beyond the con-

fines of a public office.

In closing, Hon. Men-

doza encouraged the mem-

bers of the Armed Forces not

to be wary of their auditors.

She said that the auditors

are willing to help them in

the best possible way thatthey can. At the end of theday, she said, the Armed

Forces as well as other gov-

ernment agencies, and the

Commission on Audit can

cooperate towards a more

transparent and account-

able government. (NPDLR)

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The Official Newsletter

Center for Naval Leadership & Excellence

CNLE cascades 7 Habits Signature Program

to Senior Enlisted Personnel

Hon. Heidi Mendoza speaks (from front page)

Twenty-nine Senior Enlisted

Personnel of the PhilippineNavy underwent the 7 Habits

of Highly Effective People

Signature Program last 24-27

April 2012 at the NBC Social

Hall, Naval Base Cavite,

Sangley Point, Cavite City.

The cascading of the 7

Habits Program to the groupis an initiative of the Office of

the Command Master Chief

Petty Officer, in coordination

with the Center for Naval

Leadership and Excellence,

in order to equip the PN

Enlisted Personnel with princi-

ples that can make thembetter individuals and better

professionals in the armed

service.

Another roll-out will be

conducted during the 2nd

Semester of this year. (MCC)