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Vol. 27 Issue 34 12-18 Jan 2009

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Bikol Sea
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 15 - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bikol has ordered the suspension to travel of small sea vessels including wooden hull and outriggered boats, following the gale warning issued by Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) that the prevailing northeast winds of up to 60 kilometers per hour are expected to trigger rough to very rough seas with waves reaching as high as five meters.

Bikol News

Two Books
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
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.

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

Emilie Aranas
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

Dry Field
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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.

Ricefield
Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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

Wakeboarding CAMSUR
Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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.

Features

Feature
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

As the country opens a new year in its political life, one explores for a breath of hope and optimism. But optimism is borne out of one's ability to grapple with the problems that lie ahead and events that will yet unfold. The roots of these realities - others call it uncertainties - took shape in the year just past and even farther back.

Church News

CBCP
Saturday, January 16th, 2010

MANILA, Jan. 15, 2010-The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has called for a second mass collection for Haitian relief efforts.

The decision was reached Friday night by CBCP President Bishop Nereo Odchimar after a consultation with members of the CBCP Permanent Council.

Parishes are requested to take the second collection in all Masses that will be held next Sunday, January 24 in all parishes across the country.

Pope Benedict XVI
CNA
Saturday, January 16th, 2010

VATICAN, Jan. 14, 2010-- Pope Benedict XVI made an appeal for provisions that would protect human development and families as he met with local elected officials in a private audience on Wednesday. The Holy Father also called for all of society to collaborate in educating youth for a "lofty vision of health and human sexuality."

Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Naga City (16 January) - Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi has appealed to the Catholic faithful of his archdiocese to help the victims of the tragic earthquake in Haiti.

In an archdiocesan circular sent 16 January, Archbishop Legaspi appealed that a second collection during all Sunday masses of January 17 be made as aid to the victims of the intensity 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.

National News

PNA
Saturday, January 9th, 2010

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.

PVB-Philhealth
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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. (2nd from left) and PhilHealth President Dr.

Viewpoints

LayFaithful
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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."

Signos
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

Mayon Limited
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

For Bikol and the World
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

Touring Germany
Saturday, January 9th, 2010

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.

Analysis
Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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.

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