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The Ateneo de Naga University Press will launch the reprinted books of Fr. Wilmer Joseph S. Tria and poet Kristian Sendon Cordero this coming January 25, 2010 at the Richie Fernando Hall (3PM), Ateneo de Naga University in Naga City.

First published in 2006, the Ako asin An Kapwa Ko is a seminal work of Fr. Tria that encourages learners to use the Bikol language in the task of philosophizing.

LUPI, Camarines Sur-The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) through the Bicol River Basin and Watershed Management Project (BPBWMP) was supposed to conduct a consultation meeting on Friday, January 15, among the residents of the mentioned municipality regarding the controversial CASILLI Dam construction. However, no one from NIA had arrived.

Legazpi City (14 January) -- An agency traditionally dominated and led by male, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Bikol now has a fresh twist on the onset of the brand new year as a the newly designated female regional chief commences her reigns of the bureau.

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 15 -- Bracing for the onset of the dry spell, the Albay Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) created on Thursday the El Nino Task Force to oversee the implementation of the response strategy to curb the impacts and adverse effects of this climate change phenomenon.

Legazpi City (11 January) -- The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Albay will train its staff and teachers who will serve as board of election inspectors (BEI) for May 2010 elections, on the use of the precinct count optical scan machine (PCOS) two weeks from now.

Atty. Romeo Serrano, COMELEC Albay provincial election supervisor, said during a radio interview that said training will be conducted after his return from Manila.

Serrano will undergo the same training exercise in COMELEC central office within this week.

Pili, Camarines Sur (13 January) -- Despite the  adverse effects   brought about  by climate change  and global economic crisis  the Department of Agriculture  in Bikol   managed to sustain  the growth of the rice   sector in the region  in  2009 through timely interventions of the Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies and active support  of  some  dynamic local executives who put their stake in the sector and  through sheer determination and industry of

Domestic visitors to Camarines Sur rose by a hefty 163 percent and foreign arrival grew by 29 percent for overall increment of 124.6 percent to sustain its stature among the most visited destinations in the Philippines as of the end of the third quarter of 2009.

MANILA, Jan. 9 -Senator Richard J. Gordon is optimistic that millions of employees of delinquent employees could now re-avail of their benefits from the Social Security System (SSS) with the enactment of the SSS condonation law.

Republic Act No. 9903, or the Social Security Condonation Act, would also help ease the burden from non-compliant companies that were facing economic difficulties.

Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) and long-time partner, PhilHealth, recently signed a memorandum of agreement whereby PVB will be providing PhilHealth Region 3 employees ATM and payroll services including PVB's unique "5-in-1" card that works as a company ID, ATM, timekeeping card, debit card, and discount card . The MOA was signed by PVB President and CEO Ricardo Balbido Jr. (2^nd from left) and PhilHealth President Dr.

It has been reported that in February of this year, a number of Filipino lay Catholics are coming together for the "Discernment on the Prophetic Calling of the Lay Faithful in Philippine Society." Moreover, the same news report stated that a petition letter addressed to bishops, priests and religious has been written asking them "to hold high the moral compass and provide pastoral and prophetic accompaniment for the laity during these crucial times."

By now you must have known how a washed-up starlet in this brainless program called "Showtime" lectured on how students should curse their teachers for not teaching them right. It was a long talk and, at a certain point, she offered an advice to everyone: Wikipedia.

SA GABOS NA PANAHON, nagtutubod ako na sa pagsurat nin sarong rawitdawit, kaipuhan na rawitdawit ini enot sa gabos asin bakong ano pa man. Minsan ini igwa nin laen na katuyuhan arog baga kan magpamatè nin emosyon, maghorop-horop, magranga sa banwaan na ginikanan, o magtaong boses sa sarong komunidad.

Jesse Robredo is set to finish his third term as Mayor of Naga on June 30. With his first three terms from1988-1998 and his succeeding three terms from 2001-2010, he will then have been in power for 18 long years.

In December 2009 the Act on Economic Growth Acceleration passed the German Parliament. This act is a response to the world economic crisis and the intention is to reduce taxes so that people keep more money to spend on consuming. This - so the idea - should well promote the re-growth of German economy.

MANILA - Jan. 22, 2010, would mark the 23rd anniversary of the Mendiola massacre. On that fateful day, thousands of farmers marched to Mendiola to demand for land reform and were mowed down by gunfire from soldiers from the Philippine Marines and the police. Yet, more than two decades later, those responsible were never held accountable and peasants continue to be denied the land they till. This is the kind of injustice that peasants continue to suffer from.