In his privilege speech at the Sangguniang Panlungsod last August 11, 2009, Naga City Councilor Nathan Sergio exhorted his fellow City Councilors to come up with a "Task Force Cheaper Medicine" to monitor compliance with the implementation of Executive Order 821 putting up maximum drug retail price (MDRP) on certain medicines.

NAGA CITY --- The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) conducted its one-day expo on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) last Wednesday, August 12, at Magdalena Hall, Crown Hotel here, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 14 -- The European Union (EU) on Thursday stepped up sanctions against Myanmar by adding members of the judiciary responsible for the verdict of Aung San Suu Kyi to the existing list of officials subject to a travel ban and to an assets freeze.

MANILA, August 13, 2009-Even a Catholic bishop cried foul over President Arroyo's order to demolish the "Grand Mosque" in Pasay City. Archbishop Oscar Cruz, former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, describe the move as a ticking-bomb ready to explode right in front of Malacañang.

MANILA, August 11, 2009-A Catholic bishop said it's high time for people to show their disgust over the series of scandals committed by the Arroyo administration.

What does it entail an artist to represent the nation? If you are following the debate, we have newly selected National Artists. Two of them are being disputed: one is Carlo Caparas and the other is Cecille Guidote-Alvarez. Caparas is to be conferred the title for Visual Arts (he did not draw those komiks stories for which he is being recognized) and for Film (when in fact he is notorious for making those bad massacre films).

Last August 13, the Archdiocese of Caceres formally presented to the public the grand program for the 300th or Tercentenary celebration of the devotion to Our INA, the Lady of Peñafrancia. The local church sums up the celebration of a people's devotion to INA with a word profound with meaning: mabalos. The Tercentenary celebration is an occasion for gratitude towards our indebtedness to this gift of devotion.

DAET, Camarines Norte, Aug. 14-- The municipal government of Daet sponsored a two-day Disaster Preparedness Seminar at the Daet Kalinangan Center over the weekend in support and to mark the celebration of the National Disaster Consciousness Month.

NAGA CITY- A welcome competitor put 'padyak' (pedicab) drivers in Naga City on a day-off last August 15. Along with four kids and a city councilor, Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas drove a pedicab through the streets of downtown Naga, to the surprise and delight of curious onlookers, some of which exclaimed, "Nagpapadyak talaga si Kuya Mar! (Kuya Mar really knows how to drive pedicab!)

NAGA CITY- A welcome competitor put 'padyak' (pedicab) drivers in Naga City on a day-off last August 15. Along with four kids and a city councilor, Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas drove a pedicab through the streets of downtown Naga, to the surprise and delight of curious onlookers, some of which exclaimed, "Nagpapadyak talaga si Kuya Mar! (Kuya Mar really knows how to drive pedicab!)