Sa alingasngas na nalikha ng seleksyon ng 2009 National Artists Award (NAA), dalawang isyu ang tumitingkad na pangunahing diskurso: sa punto na may pakiwaring agrabyado-mga pambansang alagad ng sining, "lehitimong" artista, intelektwal, manggagawang pangkultura, at elitista-ang madalas masambit ay ang diskurso ng delicadeza o ang pagkilos ng tama at nasa lugar ng mga tao; at sa punto ng inaakusahang nakapang-agrabyado-Malacanang, Carlo Caparas, Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, at Vilma Labrador ng NCCA-kontra-masa (Caparas), competency (Labrador at Alvarez), at prerogatibong karapatan ng presidente (lahat).

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Department of Education (DepEd) Bicol regional office based here announced in its Regional Bulletin No. 2 that the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) High School Department topped the 2009 Regional Secondary Achievement Test held Feb. 9 in all private and public schools in the six provinces of the region.

SORSOGON CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) - Illegal fishing is still rampant in some coastal areas in the province of Sorsogon, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) provincial office.

MAGARAO, Camarines Sur, Sept. 4, 2009- Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi has led the Solemn Canonical Erection of the Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish, the archdiocese's 77th parish, and the Rite of Installation of Fr. Ryan Fenis, its first parish priest.

VATICAN, August 31, 2009-- The Year for Priests is also for those men who have left priestly ministry, according to Benedict XVI's secretary of state. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone made this observation Friday in L'Osservatore Romano, in an interview that also explains how the Year for Priests became a reality.

MANILA, Sept. 4, 2009- Evangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva of the Jesus is Lord (JIL) movement is not dropping his renewed quest for the presidency to support Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. In a statement, Bro. Eddie Villanueva vowed to pursue his presidential bid for the 2010 elections as Bangon Pilipinas' standard bearer.

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) sponsored a two-day basic playwriting workshop at Ragay National Agricultural and Fisheries School (RNAFS), Liboro, Ragay, Camarines Sur.

The Philippine Association of University Women (PAUW) - Naga City and Camarines Sur Chapter, will hold its Annual Regional Oratorical Contest on September 25, 2009, 1:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Naga College Foundation, Naga City.

News reports that the Naga City's Public Safety Office (PSO) Chairman and personnel have detained and subsequently interrogated a group of minors without the presence of their parents or adult-guardians, have caused much alarm because of such actions' unlawful character and violation of the minors' human rights.

Fancy lampposts are being built along 'Francia. One of the oldest hotels in the city has its front door being fitted with a new glass cover. A new hotel, in fact, has risen right in front of the bus terminal; it is all gaudy yellow and orange, the bluster enough to outshine the sun in the month of September.