Virac SB summons BFP on fire fiasco

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(052) 811-2822
VOL. XXXII, NO. 12
MAY 23, 2012
VIRAC, CATANDUANES
10 PAGES
10.00
CPGI resumes operation, but until May 30
Take-over threat
issued vs. CPGI
NEGLIGENCE AND INCOMPETENCE were on display
during the May 10 fire in Rawis, Virac where firemen and
residents tried to push the firetruck of the Virac Fire Station
that stalled, unable to pump water. The truck’s siren and
headlight melted from the intense heat. At the lower right of
the photo, wasted water gushes out of the fire hydrant
(lower right) that bystanders busted open with a rock after
firemen failed to open it.
Sky Quiñones
Virac SB summons
BFP on fire fiasco
Personnel of the Virac
Fire Station were invited to
appear in yesterday’s regular session of the Sangguniang Bayan to answer questions regarding below-par
performance in their response to a fire incident last
May 10.
Vice Mayor Roy Laynes
issued the invitation to the
officers of the Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP) in the
capital town as the council
vowed to get to the bottom
of the controversy. Municipal officials reportedly received scathing complaints
from residents of Rawis and
Sta. Cruz in the wake of the
blaze that razed a twostorey residential building
owned by Eric Tadoy of
Sta. Cruz.
According to the spot
investigation report prepared by fire and arson investigator FO2 Jose Matienzo Jr., one Joseph Sales
informed the station of the
fire at 9:05 P.M., some 10
minutes after the fire was
believed to have started.
Fire Engines No. 1 and 2
were immediately
Virac SB/page 2
Ex-police chief, 2
aides suspended
for misconduct
Governor Joseph Cua last Friday threatened a government take-over of the
facilities of cash-strapped Catanduanes Power Generation, Inc. (CPGI) should it
fail to fully supply 24 hours of electricity pursuant to the Electricity Supply
Agreement (ESA) it signed with the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(FICELCO).
The People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of
Virac has suspended for a
month without pay a former
police chief and two other
law enforcers for irregularity
in the performance of duty
and misconduct in connection with an entrapment
operation in 2011.
Superintendent
Alvin
Gruba, PO1 Froilan Gianan
and PO1 Sonny Tabuzo
were ordered suspended
for 31 days, with their salaries for the period forfeited
in favour of the government.
Complainant Jesus Ariel
Tabirara had claimed that
The veiled threat was
issued by the provincial
chief executive during last
Thursday’s meeting with
representatives of the power industry, including CPGI
plant superintendent Engr.
Noli Najito and FICELCO’s
Edmund Molina.
Cua said CPGI should
not wait for the power crisis
to reach such proportions
that the provincial government would be forced to
declare a state of calamity
and authorize the takeover
of its genset in order to protect the interests of the people.
He also disclosed that
Ex-police/page 2
the province will also examine the ESA to determine
CPGI’s liability for the power shortage. “Wag n’yo na
kaming i-hostage at baka
tamaan kayo,” Cua told
Najito, adding that CPGI
should not let its P30 million
investment to go to waste.
Najito assured that the
company will not terminate
its
operations
in
Catanduanes and bared
that it has sent two trucks
each with 20,000 liters of
bunker
fuel
to
Catanduanes, with more on
the way. However, the power plant would operate only
until May 30 due to funding
constraints CPGI blamed
on the low rate approved by
the
Energy
Regulatory
Commission.
Cua called the meeting
after receiving a copy of a
letter sent by the National
Power Corporation’s Small
Power Utilities Group (NPCSPUG) to FICELCO that
the gensets rented by NPC
from Monark would operate
12 hours daily beginning
May 17 on the basis of its
contracted capacity of 2.8
megawatts.
The Monark rental gensets had been running for
Take-over/page 2
Tampered passbook
used in ‘swindle’
A 58-year old woman in
Virac last week lost P5,000
to a resident of San Andres
who promised to pay her
back using a tampered
passbook supposedly containing P38,000.00.
Delia Santos Vigo of
Pandan del Norte told the
police that on or about 9
A.M. of May 12 at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center, a
certain Rosemarie Francisco of Lubas, San Andres,
approached her and reportedly claimed that her husband was near death and
needed money.
Francisco
borrowed
P5,000 from Vigo and left
Tampered/page 2
A BOON FOR LOCAL RICE SUFFICIENCY. Farmers and irrigators associations in the
eastern barangays of Bato formally accept the irrigation project funded thru the effort of
Cong. Cesar Sarmiento and to be constructed by the National Irrigation Administration. The
communal irrigation facility is expected to remarkably increase rice production in agricultural
communities in Bato, particularly San Roque, Bagumbayan, Libjo, San Pedro, Sta. Isabel,
Mintay and Talisay.
Machine-stripped abaca 3 CSCLHS alumni
graduate with
now fetches higher price honors from UP
A 17-KG. GREEN SEA TURTLE is released by (from left) Gov. Joseph Cua, PNB Executive Vice President Ma. Elena Piccio, Senior Assistant VP Nilo Padua (standing top, in white
polo shirt), 1st VP Rita Pueyo (standing, in white T-shirt and shades) and manager Christine Arejola and other bank officials during their visit to Twin Rock Beach Resort last May
12. The turtle, tagged PH 1464E, was recovered by a fishermen and turned over to the provincial government under the governor’s Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) program.
Brighter days are in store
for
abacaleros
in
Catanduanes after Governor Joseph Cua asked the
management of Manila
Hemp Trading, a key player
in abaca trading in the island, to offer higher buying
prices for abaca fiber extracted through mechanized
stripping.
Manila Hemp agreed to
raise the buying price of
fiber grades S2 and I from
P53 to P60 per kilo and
from P43 to P50, respectively, during a recent meeting at the governor’s office.
The move and the affirmative response of MHT is
expected to encourage the
more than 15,000 abaca
farmers in the island to shift
from the manual abaca
stripping to mechanized
fiber extraction. The mechanization of the abaca industry has been advocated
by the Cua administration
since 2007.
High grade
fiber, improved production
with a 50-kilo average per
day and reduced labor
costs are the main advantages of machine stripping compared with the
manual method.
Abaca farmer Lina Tayamora of Bato, along with his
brother Conrad, has been
using a FIDA-model abaca
spindle machine for almost
Machine/page 2
Jan Roland G. Molina
Jan Roland Guerrero
Molina and two other members of Batch 2008 of the
Catanduanes State
3 CSCLHS/page 2
2
MAY 23, 2012
CYBERTRIVIA
TWO QUESTIONS
Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who
had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who
were blind, one mentally retarded and she had
syphilis, would you recommend that she have an
abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the
response for this one.
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only
your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates:
Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults
with astrologists. He’s had two mistresses. He also
chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 Martinis a day.
Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until
noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of
whiskey every evening.
Candidate C:
He is a decorated war hero. He’s a vegetarian,
doesn’t smoke, and drinks an occasional beer and
never committed adultery.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Decide first… No peeking, and then look at page
9 for the response.
****
Bad Predictions
"I think there is a world market for maybe five
computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,
1943.
"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with
18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons,
computers in the future may have only 1,000
vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons." -- Popular
Mechanics, 1949
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this
country and talked with the best people, and I
can assure you that data processing is a fad that
won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of
business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.
"But what...is it good for?" -- Engineer at the
Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM,
1968, commenting on the microchip.
"There is no reason anyone would want a
computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president,
chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,
1977.
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be
seriously
considered
as
a
means
of
communication. The device is inherently of no
value to us." -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but
we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys." -Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post
Office, 1876.
"The wireless music box has no imaginable
commercial value. Who would pay for a message
sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's
associates in response to his urgings for investment
in the radio in the 1920s.
"While theoretically and technically television may
be feasible, commercially and financially it is an
impossibility." -- Lee DeForest, inventor.
Tampered….
Take-over….
with her a Legaspi Savings
Bank passbook in Francisco’s name which the former
said they will bring to the
bank the following Monday
(May 14) so she could withdraw the payment for the
borrowed cash.
Vigo reportedly waited
the whole day of May 14 for
Francisco but the woman
never came. The victim
went to the police, who accompanied her to the LSB
Virac Branch. At the bank, it
was discovered that Francisco’s passbook had been
tampered to show that it
had
a
balance
of
P38,000.00, with the dates
and figures apparently imprinted on the second page
of the passbook using a
typewriter. Vigo failed to
realize that entries on passbooks today are printed
using computer printers.
It is not known whether
Vigo or the police would
continue looking for Francisco, who submitted a
postal ID with photo and
paid P100 as initial deposit
with LSB. Local banks have
been advised of the incident
in case unscrupulous persons use the same modus
operandi.
Meanwhile, two visitors
from Cebu City lost valuables in Virac when their car
was forcible opened by
thieves who took laptops
and cellphones.
Rey Yap, 48, of LapuLapu City, and Paul Lim,
40, of San Nicolas, were
with Joenel Sarmiento of
Calatagan, Virac having
dinner from 7 to 8 P.M. last
May 15 at Sea Breeze Restaurant when the incident
occurred. They came back
to their parked Nissan Urvan (XLD-589) to find one
side window forcibly pushed
open.
The two visitors lost a
silver HP laptop, a black HP
ProBook 4230, Samsung
Corby cellphone, Samsung
Digicam, a wallet and Lim’s
Philippine passport.
On the other hand, Arvin
Abareta, 44, reported the
loss of a metallic gray Samsung cellphone, Nokia cellphone, Motorola cellphone
and P2,000 cash, which
were reportedly taken by a
unknown
culprit
who
opened a window from the
outside his house at Imperial Homes Subdivision in
Virac last May 16.
24 hours for two weeks now
after CPGI suspended the
operation of its 3.6-MW
bunker-fuel genset at Marinawa, resulting in rotating
brownouts lasting from six
to 10 hours.
NPC-SPUG told FICELCO that the extended operating hours of the rented
gensets have resulted in
their going over budget,
with each day of extra 12hour operation costing them
P66,528.00 on rentals and
9,072 liters of diesel fuel.
The additional expenses
of P357,077.55 per day will
have a negative impact on
NPC-SPUG’s operations for
2012 as its budget for fuel
and rental of gensents can
only last until Dec. 26,
2012, SPUG Luzon Department Manager Glicerio
Alpajora said.
“In the approved ESA, it
is the responsibility of CPGI
to generate contracted energy with FICELCO,” he
stressed. “If CPGI fails to
deliver, then FICELCO shall
have the option to enter into
contract with other power
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IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS.
READ, LEARN AND WORK.
3 CSCLHS….
from page 1
Philippine Red Cross
Catanduanes Chapter
Emergency Response Unit
Emergency Hotline
Please Contact:
09387588283
Always First, Always Ready, Always There
Please contact: 09228406442 and 09291386950
Colleges Laboratory High
School graduated recently
with cum laude honors from
the University of the Philippines.
Molina, the third child of
Rolly P. Molina and Lynn
Margarita Guerrero-Molina
of Sta. Cruz, Virac, graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Food
Technology at the College
of Agriculture, UP Los Baños in Laguna. He was a
scholar of Department of
Science and Technology
(DOST) Science Education
Institute under Republic Act
7687. A salutorian at
CSCLHS, he is also a product of the Virac Pilot Elementary School Division
Pilot Special Science and
Math Class in 2004.
Also earning cum laude
honors were high school
classmates Brian Tria of
Cavinitan, Virac, who took
up Computer Science at
UPLB, and Ramon Niño
Raquid of Salvacion, Virac,
who finished Bachelor of
Arts in Broadcast Communications at UP Diliman.
Another
classmate,
Nathalie del Agua of
Calatagan, earned a diploma in Bachelor of Science
in Biology.
from page 1
SRM
MOTORCYCLE REPAIR
SHOP & GEN. MDSE.
Cavinitan, Virac
Ex-police….
from page 1
on April 15, 2011, the accused arrested him without
a warrant, along with Mark
Dastin Gianan and Keen de
Leon, in connection with a
missing laptop allegedly
pawned to one Pio Vargas
Jr. by Maria Rowena Vargas. Tabirara also alleged
that PO1 Gianan threatened to kill him.
The four men were
charged by the police with
qualified theft before the
Provincial Prosecution Office but Prosecutor Joan
Mosatalla dismissed the
case and counselled the
police officers to exercise
prudence and reasonable
discretion in determining
whether the act alleged to
have been committed is
criminal or not as to warrant
the conduct of a police operation.
The Board noted that the
policemen were not justified
in claiming that the arrest
was made without a warrant
because it was done during
the conduct of a police operation. It also pointed out
that the laptop claimed to
have been stolen by the
respondents was not presented in evidence.
The Virac PLEB is composed of Atty. Manuel Magistrado as chairman, and
Councilor Virgilio Candelaria, Barangay Chairman Joseph Mendoza and Virginia
Barba as members.
suppliers for a certain period and that all related expenses incurred will be reimbursed by CPGI.
Based on the NPCSPUG statement, the governor advised FICELCO
management to start negotiations with Monark for the
extension
of
its
Catanduanes-based gensets’ operation beyond the
12-hour contracted period,
with the costs to be charged
to CPGI. The proposed additional operation of the
Monark genset, however,
would cost P15 per kilowatthour, about P3 pricier than
the actual CPGI cost of P12
per kWh.
During its emergency
meeting conducted that
night, the FICELCO Board
of Directors chose to petition NPC to extend Monark
operation to 24 hours.
Congressman Cesar Sarmiento, who has been monitoring the power situation
closely, was told by FICELCO officer-in-charge Rodolfo Mendoza that the cooperative and CPGI have
agreed to increase the latter’s operating hours from
12 to 16 hours beginning
May 19, with the co-op to
advance the payment for
fuel needed by CPGI plant
for the additional four-hour
daily operation. CPGI’s fuel
supply, however, would last
only until May 30, with the
cooperative
pinning
its
hopes on ERC favourably
granting CPGI’s motion for
reconsideration on the fuel
heat rate.
The cooperative also
asked Sarmiento for assistance in persuading the
Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) in restoring the funding for three
new generators of NPC
Catanduanes.
Meanwhile, Vice Governor Jose Teves Jr. has secured the support of ICARE partylist Congressman Michael Angelo Rivera
in endorsing to DOE Secretary Jose Rene Almendras
the prioritization of the
69KV transmission line project in Catanduanes.
Rivera, who paid a courtesy call on Vice Gov.
Teves during his brief visit
here last May 14, also discussed with Teves and
some members of the
Sanggguniang Panlalawigan the on-going power crisis. He called DOE USec.
Aiba Asirit, who got the assurance of CPGI management that it would continue
operations even if its motion
for reconsideration for higher rate has yet to be granted by ERC>
Teves has asked the
SP’s Committee on Energy
to initiate an investigation of
the ESA entered into by
FICELCO and CPGI, particularly the force majeure
Virac SB….
from page 1
dispatched, reaching the
scene about 100 meters in
just a minute.
FO2 Matienzo stated that
the accidental fire at the
house occupied by Francisca Arcilla, 83, Maria Tañon,
46, and the latter’s family
started from an unattended,
lighted “gasera” (gas lamp)
that ignited adjacent combustible materials. There
were no casualties, with
damages
estimated
at
P50,000, the same report
said.
The report, however, did
not state that one of the fire
trucks that responded was
unable to assist in putting
out the fire. Kibitzers said
that the truck’s water pump
failed while the engine itself
conked out, leaving the vehicle stranded in its place
just in front of the raging
inferno.
As a result, the BFP personnel had to abandon the
truck, relying on the other
truck as well as the fire
truck of the Bato fire station
to put out the blaze by
10:55 P.M. San Andres
firemen also responded to
the fire that reached 3rd
alarm. The stalled truck
suffered some damage,
with its emergency siren
and headlight melted by the
searing heat from the nearby fire.
A resident also claimed
that in the morning before
the fire, BFP personnel inspected the fire hydrant
located at the corner of the
street a few meters away
from the Tadoy house.
They failed to open the hydrant despite their best efforts and decided to postpone the job for the next
morning.
Residents said that had it
not been for the responding
fire trucks from nearby
towns, the fire could have
spread to nearby houses
around the entire block and
even to adjoining blocks, all
of them heavily populated.
provision cited by the latter
in stating that it cannot be
sued for failing to fulfil its
contract to supply 22.6 million kWh yearly to the grid.
Observers see no end to
the brownouts, unless CPGI
comes up with enough cash
to sustain its operation
here. For fuel alone, it
needs P9 million a month
for the 24-hour daily operation of the genset. Each
20,000-liter shipment is
good for just 39 hours,
Najito told the Tribune.
On the other hand, extending Monark operation
by 12 hours could cost
CPGI nearly P13 million a
month, if FICELCO decides
to source power from
Monark.
TRIBUNE SUDOKU
Machine….
from page 1
a year now. “Ta itaraman
ko su mga tugang ko na
nagmahal na…Nakatapos
pa sana kaya magpahag-ot
gamit su makina,” she said.
Gov. Cua hopes that,
with the present development, his leadership will be
able to convey a more serious message of the significance of mechanizing the
province’ abaca industry,
which supplies more than
50 percent of the country’s
annual fiber production.
As of press-time, there is
no available data as to how
much of the province’s fiber
production is extracted using the spindle machines
distributed by the province
to interested individuals and
farmers associations. The
capitol’s program has been
stagnant for a few years
now due to lack of interest
among farmers.
HOW TO PLAY: Complete the grid so each row, column and 3
-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit from 1 to 9.
Solution on page 5.
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MAY 23, 2012
WEEKLY REFLECTIONS
THE OTHER SIDE
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the
examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on
the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other
side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side of which
came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog
sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice my dog? He's
never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew
nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he
sprang in without fear.”
“I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing ...
I know my Master is there and that is enough."
Do not be afraid, Jesus said, "I will never leave you." Hebrews 13:5
TIngnan natin
ni Jex F. Lucero
HUWAG MAGKAKAMALING MAG-ASAWA NG PANGIT
Ayaw tigilan ng Malakanyang si CJ Corona hangga’t hindi ito napapatalsik sa
Supreme
Court.
Lalong
umigting ang init ng Malakanyang nang ibigay sa mga
magsasaka ang lupa ng Hacienda Luisita.
Sabi nga ni CJ Corona sa
Convention/Seminar ng Philippine Association of Court
Employees (PACE) sa Palawan, siyam na pangulo ang
dumaan sa hinaing ng mga
magsasaka at tanging ang
kasalukuyang
korte lang
ang nagkaroon ng lakas ng
loob na igawad ang tamang
hatol sa problema ng mga
magsasaka sa Hacienda
Luisita.
Naghihimutok si Pnoy,
tuloy
nakipag-break
kay
Grace Lee!
*****
Marami ang hindi naniniwala na mabilis ang paglobo
ng ating populasyon. Karamihan sa kanila ay nakakaangat sa buhay, sabi nga.
Ang mga anak nila ay isa,
dalawa kaya, tatlo at hindi na
lalagpas sa ganoong bilang.
At karamihan din sa kanila ay
mga panatiko sa isang relihiyon.
Kahit pag pumupunta sila
sa mga barangay ay nakikita
nila kung gaanong naghihirap
ang mga tao pero paniwala
pa rin sila na hindi dapat ang
mga panukalang batas para
mapahina o mapahinto muna
pansamantala
ang
mabilisang pag dami ng populasyon.
Ang gusto nila,
ayot
sanang ayot, casta sanang
casta!
*****
Huwag sanang magagalit
ang ilang may tricy sa San
Andres. Ganito ang kuwentuhan sa jeep na biyaheng San
Andres patungong Virac.
Sabi ng isang babae,
sasakay na lang daw sila sa
tricy papuntang Virac pero
ang singil daw sa kanila ay
“labis”.
Dalawa lang daw sila ng
anak niyang dalaga at may
ilang mga gamit na dala-dala.
Inisnab ng mag-ina ang tricy
at sa jeepney na lang sila
sumakay.
Ang bayad daw nila sa
jeepney ay 30 pesos at ang
singil sa kanila sa tricy ay
apat na raang piso
Mga pare, sobra namang
pandurugas ‘yan!
*****
Ano nga ba ang solusyon
sa sunod-sunod na brownout
sa ating probinsiya? Alam
n’yo alam ko kung papaanong malulutas ang problema natin sa kuryente.
Simple lang sa totoo kung
papanong malulutas ang
brownout sa atin. Ang unang
gagawin natin ay murahin
ang mga taga –Ficelco, Napocor, at CPGI.
Ikalawa, murahin, batuhin
ng ipot ng manok ang mga
taga-Napocor, Ficelco at ang
CPGI.
Pangatlong dapat gagawin
natin pag nagbobrownout ay
murahin pa rin natin ang
mga kinauukulan.
Panghuli murahin pa rin
natin dahil iyon at iyon din
lang naman ang magagawa
natin!
*****
Isang lalaki ang nagsampa
ng kaso sa kanyang asawa
dahil sa pagiging pangit nito
at kumita pa siya ng
120,000.00 dolyares.
Nagtataka raw kung bakit
napakapangit ng anak nila
ganoong guwapo naman daw
siya at napakaganda ng
asawa niya.
Iyon pala ang mukha ng
babae ay retokada kaya
gumanda ito at ng magkaanak nga sila ito ay saksakan
ng pangit.
Lumabas iyong totoong
lahi ng babae at ito nga ay
inihabla ng lalaki. Talo si babae namayad pa.
Akala niya jackpot na siya,
iyon pala pangit pa rin siya!
*****
Ayaw pa rin daw lumayas
ng pangulo ng Association of
Non-Teaching Staff diyan sa
CSC.
Marami na raw petition ang
ginawa dito pero ayaw pa rin
umalis. Alam daw ito ni Prez
Morales pero hindi rin daw
magawa nito ang nais niya
dahil bukod sa kaklase ito ay
pareho pa silang taga Pandan.
Ang ibig sabihin ay hindi
kaya ni Prez Morales ang
ganoong ka-simpleng kaso?
Onse anyos na raw diyan si
Maam pero masarap daw
yata ang nakuha niyang upuan kaya tuloy ang ligaya.
Madam president, hoy
gising, tanghali na!
*****
Same sex marriage ayos
lang kay Pres. Obama ng
US. Ibang klase man ito si
Barack. NakakaObama talaga.
Parehong lalaki magpapakasal? Inano ang stokehan
caan?
Parehong
babae
magpapakasal din? Inano
man ang taptapan caan nin
sihong.
Mga baliw!!
*****
The Lucero clan would like
to say thank you sa mga sumusunod: Cong. Cesar Sarmiento, Gob. Boboy Cua,
Bise Gob. Bong Teves, Mr.
Peter Cua, PBM Raffy
Zuniega,at
Engr. Jorge
Reyes.
BRIGADA ESKWELA
( Schools Maintenance Week)
Virac Pilot Elementary School Teaching Staff would like to thank the 2012
Brigada Eskwela donors
DONORS:
1. Gov. Joseph C. Cua - 5 sacks cement/16 liters paint (latex)
2. PBM Raffy Zuniega - 1 truckload gravel and sand
3. DPWH c/o DE Ignacio Odiaman - manpower services with free 1 gallon
gasoline for grass cutter
4. Engr. Gil Balmadrid - P 1,000.00
5. Mr. Neptali Tañon - P 500.00 6. Mrs. Cielo Tablo - P 200.00
7. Engr. Ma. Alena Rubio - P300.00
8. PBM Nel Asanza - 16 lit. Paint
9. Tri-Star Press - streamer/free ad 10. Engr. Ariel Tabirara - P 2,000.00
PLEDGES:
1. PBM Gregorio Angeles - P 1,000.00
2. PBM Roger Pereyra - P 1, 000.00
We still accept donations.
Some Random Thoughts
Atty. Romulo P. Atencia
A.B., LlB., Bar Topnotcher
Former Executive Judge, RTC, Virac
NATIONAL PRIDE
The world is primarily
organized in nation states,
i.e. sovereign, geo-political
entities organized around one
predominant nationality or
ethnic group. National identity
is the cohesive force that
both holds nation states
together and shapes their
relationships with the family
of nations. National pride
means being proud of your
own country or proud of
yourself for being from your
country. It means being
proud and happy of being a
citizen of that country. It can
also take on the form of
defending your country in
times of need and standing
by the country even in difficult
times. It can also take on
another form of national
supremacy, as in considering
oneself or ones ethnic or
political group to be of great
or greater pride.
*****
National pride is different
depending on the countries
too. As an example, French
citizens are so proud of their
country
that
it
looks
excessive in the eyes of
anybody else. As a result,
they defend their country
whether they agree with the
political views or decisions,
and
they
protect
their
patrimony as much as
possible without forgetting
about their history that has
made of them the country
that we know today.
*****
In the United States of
America, national pride has
another dimension. American
citizens particularly fight for
human rights and about the
fact that all men are created
equal and about liberty. And
even today, young Americans
do not hesitate to join the
army and show their national
pride all over the world.
*****
For some people, national
pride is compared to racism,
insisting on the fact that a
person has more moral
duties to fellow members of
the national community than
to non-members. A prime
example of this kind of
national pride is the Nazism
of Germany. Unfortunately,
racism is in every country,
but it should not be
associated to national pride.
The strongest and wealthiest
country in the world today,
the United States, is a
country of mixed races,
religions and customs. It
became stronger because of
its diversity. But its citizens
have a very strong national
pride because they know that
people all over the world look
up to Americans.
*****
Finally, national pride can
have a religious consonance,
but only when talking about
certain countries like Israel or
India. These two countries
consider that they belong to
their
holy
place,
or
motherland. This is another
version of national pride,
strengthened
by
the
adherence to a native
religion.
*****
Bertrand Russell observes:
"The
Jews
were
distinguished from the other
nations of antiquity by their
stubborn national pride. All
the others, when conquered,
acquiesced inwardly as well
as outwardly; the Jews alone
retained the belief in their
own pre-eminence, and the
conviction
that
their
misfortunes were due to
God's anger, because they
had failed to preserve the
purity of their faith and ritual."
*****
National pride does not
seem to be well-pronounced
in the Philippines. Rizal's
concept of nationalism and
nation was based on loyalty
to the archipelago, not to
Spain. By dying, [Rizal]
created the Philippines and
the Filipinos and, in doing so,
became the First Filipino. In
contemporary times, only a
few
names
epitomized
national pride, such as
Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino and
Cory Aquino. The former died
because of his nationalism;
the latter loved the country
beyond patriotism.
*****
Before Rizal, there were
others who gave their lives to
defend the land of their birth.
Lapu-Lapu struck Magellan
down
and
ended
the
imperialist dream of the initial
Spanish conquest less than a
month after its landfall on the
future colonial soil. But the
hero of Mactan did not call
himself Filipino. For 300
years, tribe after tribe took up
arms against the colonial
regime for essentially the
same cause: to regain the
freedom they used to enjoy.
They were Pangasinenses,
Ilocanos or Tagalogs. Even
the Muslims of Mindanao, the
most unbending of the
islanders,
launched
the
Muslim wars not as a
nationalist campaign but as a
jihad against infidels. ... At a
later time, when the winds of
European
Enlightenment,
created the ilustrado, the
educated class, no one yet
called himself Filipino, in the
sense that we regard the
word today. ... While the
Tagalogs,
Visayans,
Pampangos and Bicolanos
were beginning to call the
archipelago Philippines and
its inhabitants Filipinos, both
terms
were
associated
merely with geography, never
with natural affection for the
land or its people.
*****
So, why is it that Filipinos
have a hard time having
national pride? The answer
lies
in
the
following
questions: Would one be
proud to be identified with a
country where one of its expresidents was touted as the
biggest thief in the world;
another ex-president was
convicted of plunder; and still
another is facing numerous
cases of plunder and other
high crimes? Would one be
proud to be a citizen of the
country which was once the
envy of other nations in this
part of the world, but is now
known as the “sick man of
Asia”? Would one be proud
to be a taxpayer of the
country where government
officials unabashedly steal
people’s money in broad
daylight?
Atty. Romulo P. Atencia
Email
add:
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Philippine Red Cross over a
three-week period that ended last Saturday.
The Samareños were
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other participants from the
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Virac, the Philippine National
Police,
First
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barangays San Roque and
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PRC Catanduanes acting
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Twenty-six participants,
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MAY 23, 2012
EDITORIAL
The public scorn for Virac firemen
The scorn heaped by the public on the Virac Fire Station for
its inexcusable performance at the May 10 fire that hit a
residential building in barangay Rawis is understandable.
The Bureau of Fire Protection, through its municipal fire
stations, gets a subsidy from the people, through the Fire Fund
Fees paid by business establishments and equivalent to 10
percent of the total fees each civic-spirited trader pays to the
municipal government during the renewal of their mayor’s permit
to operate.
The amount businesses shovel into the BFP coffers would be
sizeable. It would be interesting to know how the bureau uses
the cash in its operations on the island, both in preventing fires
and in fighting them.
Certainly, it does no good for the image of local fire fighters
when they see the fire truck itself break down right in front of the
fire, unable to pump water and unable to extract itself from a
potentially disastrous conflagration. What made matters worse
was the inability of the fire men to open the fire hydrant just
meters away from the fire, forcing frustrated residents to break it
open using a rock and resulting in the wastage of precious
water. Twelve hours earlier, according to a witness, BFP
personnel tried to open the neglected hydrant and, when they
failed, put off the job for the next day.
Kibitzers also noted that the chief of the Virac fire station was
nowhere during the incident while most of his men responded to
the fire without wearing the required Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) such as fire-resistant uniforms and helmets.
What were they doing just before a private citizen radioed for
help, just lazing around? This lackadaisical attitude towards
performance of their duties and responsibilities possibly
contributed to the Virac BFP’s failure to properly maintain their
equipment, particularly the all-important fire truck.
There have been reports before that personnel of the Virac
BFP are fond of holding all-night birthday parties complete with
videoke singing right at the fire station, causing sleepless nights
among neighbours at the Virac Sports Center. The chief fireman
should know that a government office should not be used as
venue for private parties.
Like the Commission on Elections before (when all its
personnel had to do was wait for the next elections), the Bureau
of Fire Prevention’s mettle gets tested mainly when there are
fires and, in this island province, such incidents are few and far
between.
The Sangguniang Bayan of Virac should properly interrogate
the officers and men of the fire station and discern if they really
deserve the “tonto” tag. And it better warn the fire fighters that a
repeat of the Rawis fire ‘disaster’ would not be acceptable to
taxpayers, who should demand a refund of their Fire Fund Fees
the next time around.
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The very least FICELCO can do
To
say
that
local
businessmen,
particularly
those whose daily operation
depend
much
on
the
availability of reliable power,
are frustrated with FICELCO
would be an understatement.
They are angry enough to
curse
the
cooperative’s
management, although not
so much as to show up at
Marinawa
with
placards
denouncing inefficiency and
incompetence
at
the
compound.
One businessman who is
engaged
in
hollow-block
making says he loses an
entire batch of cement mix
whenever a brownout strikes
in the midst of the batch
operation. Almost all rue
precious man-hours, or mandays, lost as a result of
power interruptions, including
the useless wages they pay
laborers just to wait for the
power to come back.
The very least FICELCO
management, as well as its
partners NPC, SUWECO and
CPGI, would be to issue an
accurate power interruption
schedule so that businesses
would be able to schedule
work and have workers take
the day off whenever a long
brownout is due. Such a
schedule
should
be
disseminated through all
forms of media, from the
radio stations to barangay
bulletin boards. And they
better stick to the schedule.
Nothing impedes businesses’
drive to profitability more than
unpredictability.
Last week, Gov. Joseph
Cua turned the pressure on
CPGI, warning management
of a possible take-over of its
power plant by the provincial
government as well as
junking of its contract. If this
happens, CPGI would be
Q
solely to blame, for not
justifying its application for
higher rate and for not having
enough money to operate the
plant.
On
the
other
hand,
Congressman
Cesar
Sarmiento is putting the onus
on FICELCO and CPGI for
not having the prescience of
asking
PNoy
for
help
regarding
CPGI’s
ERC
petition and the NPC’s
aborted purchase of three
gensets. The group, he says,
should have briefed him and
Gov. Cua if they only knew
what they were doing.
*****
Another addition to the
political derby in 2013 is
Engr. Jesse Luis Alberto, son
of former contractor Dr.
Mariano Alberto. Celoy, as he
is known by friends, was
reportedly persuaded by
former Governor Vicente
Alberto to throw his hat into
the ring to replace Mayor Cito
Alberto. As the good mayor
has reportedly decided to
stay for six more years, the
Manila-based engineer is
willing to settle down for the
vice mayoral post, where he
would
up
against
my
entrenched compadre, Vice
Mayor Roy Laynes.
*****
NOTES: Belated reports
from Las Vegas say that
around
300-400
Catandunganons from all
over the United States and
Canada
attended
the
Catanduanes
International
Association’s
20th
anniversary held at Sam’s
Town Hotel and Casino last
April 28-29. Three groups of
American youths entertained
the crowd with dances and
while
Vancouver-based
Catandunganons
led
by
Freddie
Concepcion
of
Isip-isipon ta
Rawis, Virac performed the
Pantomina....
The
CIA
officialdom did not grant
Congressman
Cesar
Sarmiento’s request that his
video message be played as
it would reportedly cause the
program to exceed its allotted
time. At the induction of the
Catanduanes
Association
USA
last
year,
the
congressman’s speech was
interrupted by an elderly
official who wanted to get on
the dance floor with her paid
escorts.... The group’s dance
time, however, was curtailed
by efforts of members from
cities and states to have their
pictures taken with Governor
Joseph Cua, who was guest
speaker and inducting officer,
Vice Governor Bong Teves
and PBM Nel Asanza....
Myrna Rodriguez-Walsh of
Cabugao, Bato has been
elected as the new CIA
president. Incidentally, the
CIA chapter in Las Vegas
has been dissolved due to
leadership issues with higher
officials.
As
a
result,
Catandunganons
in
the
gambling
mecca
are
allegedly
organizing
a
separate group.
*****
COMPETITION IS BEST.
The
shopkeeper
was
dismayed when a brand new
business much like his own
opened up next door and
erected a huge sign which
read BEST DEALS.
He was horrified when
another competitor opened
up on his right, and
announced its arrival with an
even larger sign, reading
LOWEST PRICES.
The
shopkeeper
was
panicked, until he got an
idea. He put the biggest sign
of all over his own shop-it
read... MAIN ENTRANCE.
qui
Tang Tacio
Kahagadan sa Kagurangnan
Naghapot palan daa si
PBM Oyong Angeles sa
manejamiento kan Dificelco
kung ano na an pigaguiribo
kan junta directiva sa krisis
sa corriente. An gusto daang
masabotan kan vocal, kung
ano lamang an saendang
pagmati lalo nang an BOD
man sana an nag-evaluar
kan contrata o ESA kan
CPGI kung ini capable
magsupply nin corriente sa
isla, lalo na kung inano
kahararom an bolsa caini.
Kung aatid-atidon mo,
nadara sana siguro sa
painom-inom sa Quezon
Boulevard pati pagcaon-caon
sa five-star hotel an mga
director ta dae lamang
nareparo na kulang palan an
perac
nin
CPGI
na
magsustenir kan saendang
operasyon. Ngonian, dae na
sindang dacul na paquilabot
ta idinuhay na an bahog, he!
he! he!
Dapat hagadon kan mga
PBM an copya kan Electricity
Supply Agreement segun sa
pangapodan ni Bise Gob
Bong
Teves,
tanganing
maheling kan publico kung
inano talaga an laog caini.
Daeng
mangyayaring
marinas kung sige sanang
hororon an mga partido na an
contrata dae naheheling kan
publico.
Sabi kan mga nacamatid,
pigagisa man sana kita kan
CPGI sa sadiling Manteca, ta
an planta inarquila ninda sa
Dificelco, na iyo man an nagarquila caini sa NPC. An
capital sana kan CPGI iyo an
paghingayad kan planta pati
an pagbakal nin bunker fuel.
An ganancia tabag ninda sa
Maynilang kayganda.
Sabi ngani ni Gob Boboy,
kaya
man
daa
an
padalaganon kan mga tagaCatanduanes kaya dae daa
maghona-hona an CPGI na
mapasensya sana an mga
taga-isla sa pangho-hostage
ninda sa mga consumidores
sa paagui kan brownouts.
Kaya lang, saro sana an
Boboy Cua sa isla. Haen daw
an mga mayaman pang mga
Catandunganon
ta
dae
lamang
minatabang
tanganing mag-asenso an
saendang cahimanwa.
*****
Mag-ingat an gabos sa
manlaen-laen na mga paagui
na gamit ngonian kan mga
itom an dugo tanganing
macacoa nin perac.
Kan nacaaguing semana,
sarong gurang sa Virac an
naloko nin taga-Calolbon na
nakautang nin cinco mil gamit
an libro de banko kan
Legaspi
Savings
Bank.
Pinagmaquinillahan daa kan
babaye
an
passbook
tanganing maipaheling na
igua siyang treinta y ocho mil
pesos, mantang an laog man
sana sanggatos.
Kung aatid-atidon mo,
puede sana ining mangyari
sa tolong bagay: ignorante an
victima na dae na gagamit an
mga banko nin maquinilla,
Sabado y Domingo sana
makapanloko an parautang, y
magayon an saiyang pagarte.
An pag-orden man sa
sarong
pade
pati
magcapirang diacono sa
Bato ginagamit man ngonian
tanganing macaguda
an
sarong tawo.
Garibot daa si Manoy dara
an handwritten na surat na
soboot gahagad nin love
offering sa bag-ong pade. An
target daa papilion sa tolong
claseng
tabang:
sarong
laptop, sarong motorsiklo o
caya treinta mil para sa
pagcaon na handa kan
familia ni padre. Dae pa man
yatang suminubad sa paon,
caya pinapatanidan an gabos
na magdonar directa qui
reverendo o caya sa saiyang
familia.
*****
Kung dae na kitang
maguinibo kundi magmoda
sabay lutab kung iguang
brownout, paquinabangan ta
nin diit an satong kauyaman.
Magtagama nin tabo o
balde sa harong para sana
sa lutab cada brownout o
habang
maribong
an
arimantac sa sobrang init na
daeng electric fan. Duman
sana tabi ipasyut an lutab.
Mapano
man
an
sa
kainawatan, depende sa
kauyaman. Kung mapano na,
darhon sana tabi diyan sa
headquarters kan SUWECO
sa Danicop y ipabakar qui
Zaldy Co, pandagdag ninda
sa tubig na kaipuhan kan
mga Pahang hydroelectric
plant sa Solong y Hitoma, he!
he! he!
Tabangan ta man an NPC,
CPGI
y
Dificelco
na
macaamot nin corriente. Dae
na ngona mag-aircon. Puede
nang
maghuba
sa
pagcaturog o caya paglacawlacaw sa laog nin harong.
Tampungan o gacudan sana
an mga ikinabuhay ta tibaad
macabuhi, he! he! he!
Kung ica gapaguibo pa
sana nin harong, guibohon ini
na an atop puede sanang
itaas kung maanangaang,
siring kan hood kan awto, he!
he! he!
Sa
lado
man
kan
simbahan, itonong ngona an
pagpangadye kan Oratio
Imperata.
Matanos
asin
danay
na
kita
gabos
maghagad nin bagyo sa
Kagurangnan. Puede na an
sarong low pressure area o
caya pambatag na bagyo na
maistambay sa silangan nin
isla sa laog nin duwang
semana. Matunaw man in,
pano na an mga hydro.
5
MAY 23, 2012
BUKAS NA LIHAM
Ang positibong epekto ng “play money”
Sa aking mga Kapwa Katandunganon,
Pagbati!
Hindi malirip ng akin simpleng kamalayan kung bakit hanggang ngayon ay tinutuligsa pa rin
ng iilan ang butihin at dating gobernador Hector S. Sanchez hinggil sa walang kamatayang isyu
ng diumano’y pagpapamudmod nito ng “play money” noong nagdaang eleksyon.
Isa ako sa lubos na nakakakilala kay Gob. Hector S. Sanchez sapagkat ako ang kanyang
kasa-kasama noong mga panahong siya ay gobernador at maging sa kanyang pribadong negosyo. Kilala ko siya bilang isang tapat, relihiyoso, hindi korap, mabait, simple at lider na tunay na
nagmamalasakit sa hinagpis ng mahihirap. Siya ang naging lider ng Catanduanes na hindi kumuha ng SOP, at siya ang nagpursige na matapos ang napakagandang tulay ng Bato,
Catanduanes gamit ang kanyang sarili at pribadong “resources”. Napakarami siyang proyektong
naibigay sa ating probinsiya na pinakikinabangan ng ating mga kababayan hanggang ngayon.
Hindi mabilang na mga proyekto ang kanyang taos-pusong naihandog sa sambayanan na ang
pondo ay hindi nagmula sa gobyerno, kundi mula sa kanyang sariling-bulsa.
Halimbawa nga na totoong nagpamudmod ng “play money” ang kampo ni Gob. Sanchez,
meron po bang kaso yun? Meron po bang “vote-buying” (RA 6646 ) dun kung ang pinamigay ay
papel na walang katumbas na halaga?
Ipagpaumanhin po ninyo, alam ko na ang nangagalaiti at hindi nakakalimot hanggang ngayon
ay iyong mga bayaran at mukhang perang pulitiko at botante. Marahil galit sila sapagkat nakasandal na ang kanilang pamumuhay at ikinabubuhay sa eleksyon. Katulad nila ay mga bayarang-puta na patuloy na ipinagbibili ang dangal at reputasyon. Sila ang bumubuo sa malawak na
kumpol ng mga imoral, makakapal ang mukha at anay sa lipunan. Sabi nga ng mga pantas:
“Ibigay mo sa tao ang nararapat na para sa kanila; at ang kamandag rin na mula sa ahas ang
makakalunas sa kagat ng ahas”. Ika nga, “a dose of their own medicine”.
Kung kaisa ang simbahan at mga relihiyosong grupo, civil society groups, print and broadcast
media sa pagtuligsa sa diumano’y pagpapamudmod ng “play money” noong nakaraang eleksyon, ibig sabihin ba nito’y sumasang-ayon na sila sa immoral at maruming “vote-buying?”
Hangga’t talamak ang bilihan ng boto tuwing eleksyon, mananatiling lugmok ang ating bayan
sa kahirapan. Hangga’t “totoong-pera” ang ipinamumodmod sa bawat halalan, patuloy tayong
masasadlak sa kumunoy ng pagkabigo.
Alam ko na magkikibit-balikat na lamang, matatawa at maiintindihan ng mga taong may
matuwid na pag-iisip ang positibong epekto ng pamumudmod ng “play-money” tuwing eleksyon.
Simple lang sana itong aritmetik, ngunit ito ay malalim at hindi maarok ng mga taong gahaman
at mukhang-pera.
Catanduanes, may pag-asa pa!
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A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS
What is a mother?
A mother is someone who guides and inspires. She helps us to attain our dreams and desires.
Wisdom and insight are part of her way, and her faith in her children brightens their days.
*****
“She is the one they can count on for the things that matter most of all. She is their food and
their bed and the extra blanket when it grows cold in the night; she is their warmth and their
health and their shelter; she is the one they want to be near when they cry. She is the only
person in the whole world in a whole lifetime who can be these things to her children. There
is no substitute for her. Somehow even her clothes feel different to her children’s hands from
anybody else’s clothes. Only to touch her skirt or her makes a troubled child feel better.”
- Katharine Butler Hathaway
*****
“All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones,
no old ones. Their love is always the most beautiful of joys.”
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)
*****
“Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds.
Plenty of roses , stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins…
But only one MOTHER in the whole world.”
- Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856- 1923), US Author and Educator
*****
What a mother can do…
My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk,
you’ll end up as a pope.” Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
*****
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I, you can never be –
I had a mother who read to me.
- Strickland Gillian (1869-1954)
*****
“The role of a mother is probably the most important career a woman can have.”
- Janet Mary Riley (1915- ), US Lawyer and Writer
*****
“Motherhood is the most important of all the professions…requiring more knowledge than
any other department in human affairs.”
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
*****
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”
- George Elliot (1819-1880), British Novelist
*****
She broke the bread in to two fragments and gave them to the children, who ate with avidity.
”She hath kept none for herself,” grumbled the sergeant. “Because she is not hungry,” said a
soldier. “Because she is a mother,” said the sergeant.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in Catanduanes, a training on ambulance operation was conducted
by the Philippine Red Cross as part of its 12th Summer Safety Institute, with some LGUs
sending participants. The simulated response training was held at the Virac fountain, where
a make-believe accident scene was mounted, with Red Cross responders showing the
proper way of handling casualties to avoid further injury.
Changing the Skyline of Virac…./from page 10
pasasalamat kan satong mga kahimanwa na dati na nindong natabangan sa mga naenot nindong mga medical missions na ginibo. As the father of the Province, I will never allow the opportunity to pass without extending to you the overwhelming gratitude of our people in
Catanduanes.
Dios mabalos po guiraray sa pagtabang nindo asin sa maabot pang mga tabang nindo. You
have truly shown the world that distance is never a hindrance to your desire to share with your
under-privileged “kababayans”, the blessings that you received/ out of your industry, perseverance and dedication to your professions.
Allow me to narrate how far the Province has gone in terms of economic growth currently
taking place in the very heart of the capital town of Virac. The leading national food chain, Jollibee, barely four (4) months in operation, has steadily maintained an unbroken long line of customers cueing daily. Presently, it employs 6 managers and 66 employees who are all Catandunganons.
Beside it, Mercury Drug, a pharmaceutical giant, in a month’s time, had employed 12 employees, another valuable increase in our local labor force. And after the completion of Center Mall
Phase 1, we are expecting 500 opportunities for job seekers in the island. These two giant firms
have given the public a glimpse of the aggressive business climate even before the Center Mall
of Virac becomes fully operational.
The domino effect caused by the opening of these two establishments prompted the many
commercial buildings in the area to face-lift, dress-up, re-construct their businesses to keep
abreast with the newly introduced commercial development in our capital town.
And I must not fail to mention that without the steady support of my co-pilot in the provincial
government, the Honorable Vice-Gov. Bong Teves and the Members of the SP, the Center
Mall will never come into reality.
The restoration of the old Capitol building gave us more advantages. The 3 rd floor keeps our
precious relics, as it houses the Provincial Museum. On the 2nd floor is the new office of the
Tourism Promotions which is larger compared to its previous office at the capitol, from where we
can jumpstart our Eco-Tourism for Catanduanes.. While the ground floor is a commercial space
being leased to the Development Bank of the Philippines which will provide added income for
the province.
The rehabilitation and final conversion of the Eastern Bicol Medical Center into a modern and
more conducive health facility has established a comprehensive, preventive and curative medical methods. Allow me also to mention that on my first term as Governor, the health program we
advocated under the PIPH made it to the Top 10 among the 80 provinces’ health initiatives nationwide.
This qualified us for the first P50-M grant infused by the Department of Health under its
FOURmula One Program. Under the same program, we had constructed 7 Basic Emergency
Maternal Obstetrics and Newborn Care BeMONCs units; birthing facilities, rural health units
and our hospitals which amounts to P45-M from KfW; P35-M from AECID. With the help of these grants, attaining the UN-MDG of Zero Maternal deaths is within our reach.
On my second term, in our health program, we were able to source-out another grant from
DOH amounting 44.8-Million worth of upgrading for our district hospitals in the entire province.
P8.9 million for EBMC, P7 million for Viga District Hospital, P9.7 Million for Gigmoto and Bato
District Hospitals, and P9.5 million for Caramoran District Hospital.
We have also realized more farm-to-market-roads and small water impounding projects, from
the fund we have acquired from the Department of Agriculture amounting to 65 Million, These
are funds downloaded to us from the national government which have been realized thru our
constant follow-up and efforts.
As we have constantly maintained a steady climb in Agriculture, we have mechanized our
abaca industry with spindle stripping machines and setting-up several tramline systems to facilitate the transfer of abaca fibers from the hills to the lowlands. The lasa broom (walis-tambo)
industry, for which we have become well-known, has also been mechanized.
Changing the skyline of the Province where you once roamed as a child is something that
cannot be done overnight. But slowly, we are trying our best to make the land of your birth
something to inspire you when you come to that expected time and elect to spend the rest of
your retirement where you can find peace of mind while recollecting the days of your youth.
It is my wish that before I graduate in politics, I will leave behind a legacy which my people
will treasure. I am not a lawyer,a doctor, or a class “A” professional; nor do I possess the ways
and traits of a traditional politician. I am not an orator. I even find it hard to sing and dance. I am
only luckily rewarded with my natural management skills. Managerial skills which are faithfully
adapted from my private corporate ventures. I am more of an implementor and what I envision
to be good and productive, that I do and undertake.
This is the reason why I envision contributing to the provincial coffers a P20-M annual income
from the Catanduanes Center Mall/ when Phase II is constructed Right now, with Phase I, we
are posting a P7.5-M annual mark double the 3.5-M Annual Real Property Tax Collection.
With these modest accomplishments, I hope I am able to erase the issue of monopoly by my
detractors. Actually there is but ONE BOBOY CUA who has the courage to invest in
Catanduanes at present. But what the province needs now are plenty of BOBOY CUAs.
I know that some of you here are well-off and can afford to venture in business in
Catanduanes. Our island paradise is endowed by natural wonders; vast stretch of white sand
beaches from Igang in Virac to San Andres to the Majestics in Puraran, Baras or the relaxing
view on top of Hiyop Point in Pandan. This makes us darling to Koreans, Americans, Japanese
and other Asian tourists aside from the practical consideration that ours is cheaper destination
but is at par with global standards like Boracay and Puerto Princesa.
I am sure that with the suitable environment for medical tourism coupled with your expertise
in the medical profession, Catanduanes will be your perfect retirement village as it will not only
give you enjoyment but also INCOME. We have all the potentials for these ventures waiting to
be developed in your own island province. And we will need all your help to make this happen.
Again, may I appeal to all of you in behalf of our people INVEST in Medical Tourism. Invest in
our Retirement Village. CATANDUANES NEEDS HUNDREDS of BOBOY CUAs. WE NEED
YOU!
Friends, before I finally forget, please allow the opportunity to acknowledge the remarkable
accomplishments of Fil-Am Surgery Mission led by Dr. Cesar Co and chaired by Dr. Roger Basa
who recently conducted 239 surgeries at EBMC.
Likewise, our gratitude to Mr. George Samson, President of World Medical Relief and to Manay Baby Guerrero of CIA for their assistance in facilitating the shipment of medical equipment
to Catanduanes.
Words can hide substantial truth but vision while recollecting precious and cherished memories from the land needs no words to describe the truth that you see in the land of your birth,
your native Catanduanes.
I will therefore make my humble exit to give you the chance to view the changing skyline and
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MAY 16, 2012
9
MAY 23, 2012
CSC Nursing….
Dolores passes
CE board exam
from page 10
University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Health Informatics and Health Information Management, the
nurse’s role in patient care
has evolved, and so has
their role in the use of technology to improve health
care delivery.
Nursing informatics is the
sub-discipline of health informatics that applies information technology to the
skills and work of nurses in
healthcare. It integrates the
science of nursing, computer technology and information science to enhance
the quality of the nursing
practice, through improved
communication, documentation and efficiency.
UIC added that assisting
in all aspects of a patient’s
nursing care from admission to discharge, technolo-
BRIDGING GLOBAL BORDERS – Technology connects
the distance between Ms. Gennie Mae Sabeniano, post-RN
nurse at York University, Toronto, Canada and the CSC
College of Health Sciences Nursing Informatics Class under RN Dante Aureo A. Tabor. (GSR)
gy is drastically altering the
ways nurses diagnose,
treat, administer care for,
and manage their patients.
The integration of information
technology
into
nursing enables the appro-
The RH Bill…./from page 10
in economies, researchers and authors such as Nobel Prize
winner Simon Kuznets, Ross Levine and David Renelt, Dennis
Ahlburg, Eric Hanushek, and Ludger Weesman are one in concluding that there is no statistical association between population and poverty, (Ref: Dr. Roberto de Vera, “Economics and
Demographics Aspects of the Reproductive Health Bill”, published by Documentation Service, Dec 2011)
If population has no effect on poverty, what will uplift our people from poverty, what will uplift our people from poverty? Good
and dedicated leaders, effective economic policies, good business environment, good governance, elimination of graft and
corruption, peace and order,development of infrastructure,and
cheap power, high quality of education, a good health system,
patriotic and cooperative citizenry and others. Sad to say, all of
these are direly absent or lacking in the Philippines.
In the same article mentioned, Dr. Roberto de Vera showed the
following table that proved again that there is no correlation
between population and poverty:
Population Density, 2010, and Per Capital GDP (adjusted for
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), 2009 for Selected Countries
priate flow of data collected
by nurses, improving access to patient information
at the point of care, and
enhancing nursing abilities
to benchmark, monitor, and
audit quality measures.
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Christine Aquino Dolores,
a 2011 graduate of the
Catanduanes State Colleges, passed the Civil Engineers Licensure Examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission last May 6-7.
A daughter of retired
PNP member Ricardo Robles Dolores and Bagamanoc Central Elementary
School teacher Nida Sarmiento Aquino, she was
among the 1,130 examinees, out of 3,317, who
hurdled the test.
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ANSWER TO CYBERTRIVIA QUESTIONS:
Candidate A is Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston
Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolf Hitler.
And, by the way, on your
answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just
killed Beethoven.
Pretty interesting, isn’t it?
Makes a person think before
judging someone.
Remember:
Amateurs… built the Ark.
Professionals… built the
Titanic.
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0912-317-8957
Furniture….
from page 10
Take note that we may consider the Philippines as in the same
grouping, with regards to population density, with Belgium,
Netherlands, Japan, Israel and South Korea. Yet, if we compare the GDP of the Philippines, with the GDPs of the other
countries in this group, the Philippine GDP is way below that of
the others.
The table also shows that there are countries with high population densities with high GDPs. Yet there are also countries with
low population densities and low GDPs.
This again proves that there is no correlation between population and poverty and belies the claim of population control advocates that our big population is the cause of our poverty.
(to be continued)
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that an Extra-Judicial Settlement of Real
Estate Among Heirs with Waiver has been executed by the heirs of
the late Leandro I. Crispino, namely: Ma. Kristine Rhem T. Crispino,
Ma. Sionne May T. Crispino, Maria April T. Crispino, Ma. Kathleen
Sandy T. Crispino, all of legal age, and Leandro T. Crispino Jr., 17
years old, all of Moonwalk, Calatagan, Virac, Catanduanes, over a
parcel of land with a house erected thereon at Moonwalk, Calatagan,
Virac, Catanduanes, designated as Lot No. 10724-D and containing
an area of 170 sq. meters, covered by TCT No. 5251, adjudicating
said property among themselves share and share alike, and thence
waiving their shares and rights therein in favor of co-heir REMEDIOS
T. CRISPINO, per deed executed before Notary Public Alfred M. Aquino, per Doc. No. 376; Page No. 77; Book No. 310; Series of 2012.
The Catanduanes Tribune
May 16, 23 and 30, 2012
of which did not bear the
DENR hatchet marking.
Eighty-two other pieces of
narra lumber were confiscated near the river in the
vicinity of the RMM shop.
In his defense, Langgam
said that when he and his
wife went to the shop in the
afternoon of Sept. 2, it was
already surrounded by policemen, Asserting the legality of his operation, he
said the lawmen could not
present a search warrant
and that a dump truck already loaded with narra
lumber arrived in the afternoon of Sept. 3.
On the other hand, then
CENRO Vivencio Cabanayan Jr. confirmed that
while Langgam was a legitimate furniture shop operator, he had already exceeded his authorized stock after transporting various
items in April and June
2010. When RMM tried to
secure a CENRO certification for the transport of furniture, Cabanayan advised
him to cease operation unless he could secure a legal
source of lumber materials.
RTC Branch 43 Presiding
Judge Lelu P. Contreras
found that based on CENRO figures, Langgam had
already exceeded his stock
by 2,784 board feet at the
time of the seizure. She
elicited the admission of
CENRO Cabanayan that
Langgam had been allowed
to transport furniture despite his having exceeded
his authorized volume as
Langgam reasoned the
items came from other
shops. He added that RMM
kept some lumber with
DENR hatchet marks so he
could show inspectors that
he still had some stock of
legal lumber.
LEGAL NOTICE
2 found dead
Two persons were found
dead in Viga and Bagamanoc but the police said
they were not victims of foul
play.
In Viga, Arnel Timajo
reported to the police the
discovery of a body lying on
a rice field in sitio Sabang,
barangay Rizal last May 12.
The body was later identified as that of religious pastor Romulo Tayoto, 68, of
District I, Gigmoto. Examination conducted by Viga
municipal health officer Dr.
John Robert Aquino disclosed that the cause of
death was myocardial infarction.
On the other hand, Beato
Villasana, who was reported missing days earlier,
was found dead under a
Life term….
from page 9
intestines. As the victim
stood holding his stomach,
Nelson stabbed him repeatedly on the shoulders even
after Benjamin had already
fallen to the ground.
Nelson then left, saying,
“Ihuman ko yo lahi ni Benjamin Tumanlao.” He returned armed with a knife
and a bolo, sat astride the
fallen victim and attacked
him again. He then began
chasing other members of
the Tumanlao family. The
accused did not present
any evidence on his behalf.
In her decision, Judge
Contreras ruled that Temporosa’s act of stabbing
Tumanlao was attended by
treachery, as it was so sudden that the victim had no
chance to defend himself,
even to retaliate.
On the other hand, she
added, the accused deliberately, intentionally and inhumanly increased Benjamin’s
suffering as Nelson returned, sat astride the victim’s back and stabbed him
several times more.
Payo LGU….
from page 10
office of Mayor Robert Fernandez, who had defeated
former Mayor Angeles in
the 2010 elections.
PBM Angeles disclosed
that the police seized only
the lumber delivered that
night but none of the more
than 50 pieces of lumber
still stockpiled outside Rubianes’ house.
It is claimed that the illegal trade has been going on
for sometime now, with the
lumber delivered to construction and house repair
sites in the poblacion. A
source also said that at
least four persons are engaged in the cutting and
sale of undocumented lumber in the forested area of
barangay San Miguel and
that the police is aware of
the operation.
Estate has been executed by the heirs of the late Asuncion S. Lumbao, namely: Hrs. of Honesto S. Lumbao represented by Remedios
M. Lumbao of Makati City; Avenido S. Lumbao of Makati City; Josefina L. Soleybar of Muntinlupa City; Mida L. Tabuzo of San Pablo,
Virac, Catanduanes; Corazon L. Aricaya of Pandacan, Metro Manila;
and. Rene S. Lumbao of San Isidro Village, Virac, Catanduanes, all of
legal age, over a parcel of land at San Juan (San Pablo Block), Virac,
Catanduanes, designated as Lot No. 198 and with an area of 95 sq.
meters, under ARP No. 031-0076, adjudicating said property in favor
of MIDA L. TABUZO, per deed executed before Alfred M. Aquino, per
Doc. No. 8; Page No. 3; Book No. 306; Series of 2012.
09107801423
QUALITY WATER
May 23, 30 and June 6, 2012
WE DELIVER
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Estate Among Heirs with Sale has been executed by the heirs of the
late Teofila de Marquez, namely: Roque U. Marquez, Marita M. Gianan, Jaime U. Marquez, Conrado U. Marquez, and Fortunato U.
Marquez, all of legal age and residents of Calatagan Tibang, Virac,
Catanduanes, over a parcel of land at Calatagan, Virac, Catanduanes,
designated as Lot No. 4261 and containing an area of 1,192 sq. meters, covered by OCT No. 2633, adjudicating said property in equal
shares and thence selling and transferring a portion of 146 sq. meters
representing the share of Jaime U. Marquez in favor of ELSA T.
OLORES, per deed executed before Notary Public Fredeswindo A.
Gianan, Jr., per Doc. No. 396; Page No. 81; Book No. 48; Series of
2012.
Estate Among Heirs with Sale has been executed by the heirs of the
late Linda G. Molod, namely: Juan G. Molod Jr. of Gogon Tiad, Virac,
Catanduanes, and Romeo G. Molod Sr. of Sta. Elena, Virac,
Catanduanes, both of legal age, over a parcel of land at Sta. Elena,
Virac, Catanduanes, designated as Lot No. 3220 and containing an
area of 113 sq. meters, declared under ARP No. 037-0910, adjudicating said property among themselves share and share alike and thence
selling and transferring the same in favor of Sps. LUIS ABUNDO, JR.
and MILA NABOR-ABUNDO, per deed executed before Notary Public Alfred M. Aquino, per Doc. No. 152; Page No. 32; Book No. 311;
Series of 2012.
May 16, 23 and 30, 2012
May 16, 23 and 30, 2012
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bridge in Bagamanoc town.
As it was already in an advanced state of decomposition, the body was immediately buried at the cemetery
in barangay San Vicente.
In another incident, an
argument over the switching off of a TV set in the
midst of a show led to violence in Quigaray, Bagamanoc May 12.
The report said Allan
Bonifacio, Joel Bonayon
and three other stay-in labourers at a house construction at sitio Pogso
were watching a TV program when it was suddenly
switched off by Bonayon. A
heated argument erupted
between him and Bonifacio.
When Joel challenged
Allan to a fistfight, the latter
got a crowbar (bareta de
cabra) and struck Joel on
the head twice. The victim
was brought to Virac for
treatment while Bonifacio
surrendered to the police.
Meanwhile,
in
Caramoran, policemen led by
Inspector Abraham Buendia
intercepted a carabao towing flitches of sawn lumber
last May 12. The carabao,
being managed by Danilo
Idanan of Cobo, Pandan,
was towing three flitches of
lumber.
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Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Judicial Region 5
BRANCH 43
Virac, Catanduanes
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION FOR CORRECTION
OF BIRTH RECORD ENTRY
IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF
SAN ANDRES,
CATANDUANES OF LOYALITA OLESCO MONJARDIN,
LOYALITA O, MONJARDIN,
Petitioner,
SPEC. PROC. NO. 1436
-versus THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL
REGISTRAR OF
SAN ANDRES,
CATANDUANES, AND THE
CIVIL
REGISTRAR GENERAL,
Respondents.
X———————–—–————x
ORDER
This is a verified petition filed
by petitioner, LOYALITA O.
MONJARDIN, through counsel,
praying that after due notice,
publication and hearing, the
Honorable Court orders the
correction in the entry of the
record of birth of petitioner in the
Office of Municipal Civil Registrar
of
San
Andres,
Catanduanes, and in the Office
of the Civil Registrar-General to
the effect that her birthdate be
corrected from December 7,
1949 to December 7, 1945.
Finding the petition to be
sufficient in form and substance,
this Court hereby sets for initial
hearing the aforementioned
petition on JUNE 18, 2012 at
8:30 o’clock in the morning,
before this Court sitting at the
Provincial
Capitol,
Virac,
Catanduanes and directs that a
copy of this Order be published
at the expense of the petitioner
in a newspaper of general circulation in the province, once a
week for three (3) consecutive
weeks. All persons opposed to
the petition may file their opposition on or before the date of
hearing before this Court, to
show cause, if any, why the
aforesaid petition shall not be
granted.
Let a copy of this Order together with the petition be furnished the Office of the Local
Civil Registrar, San Andres,
Catanduanes and the Office of
the Civil Registrar-General,
Manila.
SO ORDERED.
Virac, Catanduanes, May 8,
2012.
(Sgd.) LELU P. CONTRERAS
Presiding Judge
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MAY 23, 2012
I-CARE PARTYLIST Congressman Michael Angelo Rivera (3rd from left) recently visited
Vice Gov. Jose “Bong” Teves Jr. at the latter’s office, where he and the vice governor were
joined by FICELCO OIC Rodolfo Mendoza and Director Fidelito Soledad in a discussion on
how best to solve the current power crisis.
WITH THE YELLOW LADIES. Usec. Manuel Luis Quezon III of the Office of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning is the man in blue amidst members of the People’s Power Foundation Virac Chapter headed by Nanette G. Molina
(extreme left) whom he inducted into office May 15.
CSC Nursing Informatics Webinar opens
BSN students to global health care trends
Furniture maker
guilty of keeping
’hot’ narra lumber
The Catanduanes State
Colleges (CSC) Nursing
Informatics class, Summer
2011-2012, handled by RN
Dante Aureo A. Tabor, successfully conducted a Webinar titled Nursing in Canada: Bridging Gaps, Bridging
Opportunities for Better
Healthcare on May 11,
2012.
Ms. Gennie Mae Sabeniano, 2008 CSC Bachelor of
Science in Nursing (BSN)
graduate from Datag Caramoran, Catanduanes, and
who is currently taking up
post-RN for internationally
educated nurses at York
University, Toronto, Canada, was the resource
speaker.
Ms.
Sabeniano
also
worked as a Registered
Practical Nurse for a year
and six months at Extendicare York, Sudbury Ontario.
While ensconced in her
place in Toronto, Ms. Sabeniano delivered her lecture
to the Nursing Informatics
class via Skype at CSC
Little Theater. A series of
interactions with the students ensued after each
topic.
The webinar tackled issues and subjects such as
The Canadian Health Care
System, Nursing Categories
in Canada, Provincial Nursing Regulatory Colleges
and Associations; job prospects, internationally educated nurses, Canadian
nursing education, electronic health record, and nursing standards and ethics.
Ms. Sabeniano also engaged the students in a
series of case studies and
scenarios on privacy and
confidentiality of nursing
practice. The BSN students
answered and discussed
A licensed operator of a
furniture shop based in San
Miguel town has been
found guilty of possession
of undocumented lumber
and meted a prison term
ranging from 11 to 16
years.
Ramil Binoy Langgam,
owner of RMM Langgam
Furniture Shop at barangay
Tobrehon, was present
when his establishment was
raided
by a composite
team of the DENR-CENRO,
PNP, Philippine Army and
Provincial ENRO in the afternoon of Sept. 3, 2010.
Gov. Joseph Cua had requested the authorities to
investigate the operation of
the shop, particularly stockpiles of narra lumber inside
it and at the immediate vicinity.
The team seized a total
of 100 lumber materials, 47
Payo LGU worker
behind trade in
“hot” lumber?
Feature
An employee of the Panganiban municipal government has been implicated in
the alleged sale of undocumented sawn lumber in the
poblacion under the very
noses of the police.
Provincial Board Member
Gregorio Angeles himself
made the initial report to the
San
Joaquin
barangay
council after he saw an unidentified man on board a
motorcycle delivering lumber to the compound of one
Lydia Rubianes sometime
before 1:30 A.M. of May 12.
The chief tanod of the
barangay then contacted
the police, with PO2 Arnold
Taller responding to the
scene and, together with
the barangay officials led by
OIC-barangay
chairman
Gregorio Valatero, confiscated 12 pieces of sawn
lumber of assorted sizes in
the Rubianes compound.
Rubianes is reportedly a coterminus employee at the
By Florencio A. Garcia
the presented cases regarding issues and concerns on the propriety of
divulging health records of
patients.
The webinar, which is
short for Web-based seminar, is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar
that is transmitted over
the Web. This method is
one of the many innovative
teaching approaches administered by RN Tabor to
his nursing class. A key
feature of a Webinar is its
interactive elements -- the
ability to give, receive and
discuss
information.
Through the borderless
capacity of webinar, students are able to get firstrate lectures from practitioners in the field around the
world.
According to the
CSC Nursing/page 9
THE RH BILL: THE STRAIGHT
PATH TO PERDITION
2nd of a series
Notice that there is a very big imbalance between the population densities in Manila and the regions of the country. This is
due to the failure of the government to spread out businesses
and industries to rural areas to give employment opportunities
to these places. Instead, these employment opportunities are
concentrated in Metro Manila and invirons other big cities there
by encouraging migration into these cities and leaving other
regions sparsely populated.
At a population of 94.6 Million, the proponents of the RH Bill
would like us to believe that the Philippines is over-populated.
Let us see the population issue from another angle and prove
that the Philippines is not overpopulated. If we consider the
population density of Baguio City as an ideal density (5,251
persons/sq. km. – data taken from Dennis M. Arroyo “18 Arguments on Population Issue”. PDI p.16, Dec. 12, 2010) then the
land area needed to accommodate comfortably the population
of 94.6 million is: 94,600,000/5,251 = 18,015 sq. km. This can
easily be accommodated in Davao Province which has a land
area of 19,671. Even a population of 150 million can be accommodated in the two provinces of Davao and Palawan which
have a combined land area of 19.671+14,896= 34,567 sq.km.
Population and Poverty:
Population control advocates say that overpopulation is the
cause of why Filipinos are poor. We have already proven that
the Philippines is not over-populated and yet it is poor. There
must be some other causes why it remains poor. Many experts
Payo LGU/page 9
The RH Bill/page 9
Furniture/page 9
Life term for killer
of “albularyo”
The Regional Trial Court
last week sentenced a resident of Viga to life imprisonment for the brutal murder
of an “albulario” who died
from 14 stab wounds in
September 2011.
RTC Branch 43 Presiding
Judge Lelu P. Contreras
also ordered Nelson Timajo
Temporosa to pay the heirs
of Benjamin Tumanlao the
total sum of P130,000.00 as
civil indemnity, moral and
exemplary damages.
According to the prosecution witnesses, the victim
was at the house of Estela
Alberto in barangay Rizal
at 4 P.M. of Sept. 5, 2011
while he was treating Joel
Tumanlao by way of
“santiguar” using a platter
with oil, candle and match.
With them were the healer’s
wife Lolita, Albert Alberto
and Rio Paneda.
Suddenly, Nelson appeared holding a knife and
stabbed Benjamin on the
stomach, spilling his
Life term/page 9
Changing the SKYLINE of Virac
by: Gov. Joseph “Boboy” C. Cua
(Keynote Address, Catanduanes International Association Inc., 20th Anniversary and 8th Grand Reunion, Las
Vegas, USA, April 28, 2012)
My deepest appreciation for the Introduction made by our
hosts in tonight’s momentous gathering…Thank you so much,
Manay Lyd Mendez and Ms. Cely Deauna, Vice Governor
Bong Teves, Board Member Nel Asanza, Reverend Father
Manding Abundo, Ms. Salve Vargas-Edelman, President of the
CIA, Incorporated, Officers and Members of this beloved
Catanduanes International Association, Mr. George Samson,
President of the World Medical Relief, Dr. Cesar Co of the PhilAm Surgery Missions Foundation, Inc., friends of the CIA, other
guests, ang mga kababayan ko sa Calolbon, I am glad to see
them again after sometime. Mga NAMOMOOTAN kong kapwa
Catandunganon!
It is always a wholesome feeling meeting kababayans and
friends at a glaring and touching distance. I know I’m in your
turf, but I don’t feel like an unwanted stranger. I feel so much
more like a blue-blooded Catandunganon as you feel the same
here in America, in Canada, or in Europe where you reside and
work.
Mabuhay po kamo gabos asin dae man lugod nindo paglingawan an saindong guinikanan.
Kan ako maghale sa Virac, dara ko an dakulang
Changing the Skyline of Virac/page 5
burabod
DAI MATAKOT
caidto:
ang Israel gustong sacupon
kang mayaman na filistina
sarong pastor, an ngaran david
ang inihampang sa higanteng si goliat:
aking israelita laban sa batikang soldado;
lampitaw contra sa armas sa gerra….
tigbak ang higanteng filistio.
caidto:
sa manila bay
gustong sacupon ning holandia
ang magayon tang islang filipinas.
su macusog na armada ning holandeces
tinagbo ning magkapilang paraw –
mga filipino, ang fuerzang panlaban
mga devotong ga-santo rosario.
ngata ta nag-atras su mga dayuhan?
(ang “La Naval” piga celebrar
kang satong simbahan cada octobre).
ngonian:
igwang nakaambang pananakot
China: macusog ang armada, mayaman
(sadili daa ninda ang Scarborough S)
ano ang ihampang tang kakayahan?
dai ipanluya ang satong kadaihan.
dai ikatakot ang kapobrehan.
hampangon ang kalaban.
dai matakot…
magtubod.
magsarig.
dai matakot!
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*N.B. Ang L o R na igwang underline sabihon tabi sa dilang Viracnon.
ALPS ENTERPRISES
BICOL COURT EMPLOYEES, including the Catanduanes delegation, get to have a photo opportunity with Chief Justice
Renato Corona and his wife, as well as Court Administator Midas Marquez, during the recent convention of the Philippine
Association of Court Employees (PACE) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Just at the CJ’s back is Tribune columnist Jex
Lucero.
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