Noriel Oya

Naga City (May 30 2011) - For all his national popularity and the “good performance” that President Aquino see in acting Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo, it may not be easy sailing for the secretary-nominee when the president puts up his appointment for confirmation at the Commission on Appointments (CA).

Gainza, Camarines Sur (May 26 2011) – Former Gainza town Mayor Romeo Guntang has urged his fellow-directors at the Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative I (CASURECO I) to rescind the cooperative’s meter reading contract with First King and Queen Electrical Supply because it is disadvantageous to CASURECO I.

Naga City(May 20, 2011) – Collection of miscellaneous fees should be approved by the Parent-Teacher Association(PTA) so that no parent will complain when it is implemented, but first no student in public school should be denied enrollment because of non-payment of such fees.

“I think I can impose changes in the system of Ombudsman if I will be given the chance to head the said office”, he said.

Outright, Agawa points to the huge backlog of cases  that he likes to see reduced by imposing a mandatory resolution of a case within a maximum of 2 years of its filing.

Agawa said one cannot underestimate the ill effect of justice that is delayed or denied. It can kill people, he explained,  pointing as example the fate that befell dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza who met a tragic end after he held several Hongkong nationals hostage in what is now called the infamous August 2010 Manila Hostage crisis that also saw several of his victims getting killed.

Naga City (May 17, 2011) – The local government of Naga City has started distributing cash aids to 1,500 tricycle franchisees following the guidelines of President Aquino’s Pantawid Pampasada program.

Pili, Camarines Sur (May 17, 2011) – At least 400,000 students in public elementary and high schools in the 35 towns of Camarines Sur stand to benefit from a 30 million-peso scholarship program of the provincial government, as Governor L-Ray Villafuerte and Department of Education Secretary Armi Luistro sign today the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) pertaining to the said grant.

Naga City (May 14, 2011) – Policies and regulations pertaining to releases of news emanating from the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) were set during the first meeting of the officers and board members of the newly organized BMC press corps.

Naga City (March 15, 2011) – High electricity bills are inevitable and forthcoming and Jane Barrameda, OIC Manager of the Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative (CASURECO II), urges member-consumers to implement their own energy-saving  measures to render the power hike tolerable.