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Vol. 26 Issue 45 30 March-05 April 2009
SM economic effects weighed
Alec Francis A. Santos
06.04.2009
NAGA CITY--The entry of tycoon Henry Sy’s Shoemart mall in Naga will have both benefits and unwanted effects on the economy of Bikol, says Abet Bercasio, president of the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI).

The mall is expected to generate substantial revenue for the city in the form of taxes, he adds.

Camarines Sur Ambush: 3 Dead
Mar S. Arguelles
06.04.2009
LEGAZPI CITY, April 2 (PNA) -- Suspected communist rebels ambushed and killed three Philippine Army (PA) soldiers, while two others were injured on Wednesday in Ragay, Camarines Sur.

An Army official today identified those killed as Army Cpl. James Caronan, Pfc. Noel Bagao, and Pfc. Rolly Caitor.

3rd Haydee Yorac Awardees feted
Vox Bikol
06.04.2009

NAGA CITY --- Proud of their school and of their outstanding alumna, the Isabelina high school class of 1978 feted their classmate, Dr. Maria Victoria-Bernido and her husband, Dr. Christopher C. Bernido, with a testimonial dinner held at the Universidad de Sta. Isabel auditorium last Monday, March 30.

Military, NPA trade barbs over killing of Sorsogon human rights activist
Danny O. Calleja
06.04.2009

SORSOGON CITY, April 3 (PNA) – The Philippine Army (PA) conducting anti-insurgency activities in Sorsogon, a highly communist rebel-infested province southeast of Luzon, has accused the New People’s Army (NPA) of killing a 37-year-old widow human rights activist here.

Panlilio to quit priesthood should he run in 2010
Roy Lagarde
06.04.2009

MANILA, March 31, 2009—Amid calls for him to choose between the priesthood and politics, Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio said he will quit from priesthood should he decide to run for president in 2010.

Panlilio, a Catholic priest-turned politician, said he has no choice but to ask for dispensation to end dispute over his priestly status.

The victory of life
Fr. Andrew G. Recepcion S.Th.D
06.04.2009

IT’S HOLY WEEK AND MANY people are looking forward to a few days of vacation with families and friends. It has been observed that many Filipinos associate Holy Week with the suffering and death of Jesus Christ without giving much emphasis to His Resurrection, which completes the Paschal Mystery.

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Sorsogon execs welcome Balikatan
Danny O. Calleja
06.04.2009
JUBAN, Sorsogon, April 2 (PNA) – Local officials here on Thursday spread the red carpet for the formal opening of the Balikatan exercises in Sorsogon province under the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Opening ceremonies were held in Barangay Guruyan, an interior village of this fifth class municipality highly infested by 40-year old co

After dialogue with bishops, House to pass CARP extension bill
Melo M. Acuña
06.04.2009

MANILA, April 3, 2009— House Speaker Prospero Nograles assured the immediate passage of the bill extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) by June.

After the dialogue last Thursday between lawmakers, Catholic bishops and some farmers, Nograles said they are committed to pass the bill with appropriate reforms.

Church appeals for lives of Red Cross workers
CBCPNews
06.04.2009

MANILA — Even with the release of one of the three Red Cross workers, the Roman Catholic Church continues to exhort the whole nation to pray for the two other workers’ immediate release.

In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI raised his voice and made an appeal that “humanitarian sense and reason will prevail over violence and threat.”

The Apostolic Nunciature in Manila communicated the Pope’s appeal to the local media through the CBCP Media Office morning of March 31.

Church to intensify fight vs RH bill passage by June
Kate Laceda
06.04.2009
MANILA, April 3, 2009— As the deliberation of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill in Congress nears end, expect more dirt, Catholic Church officials said.

San Fernando Archbishop Paciano Aniceto claimed local government officials will be “manipulated” to add support to the proposed measure.

“They will try to get in the provincial and municipal level. They will influence the governors and mayors to promote the same bill in the LGUs,” he said.
Change of Heart, a Gentle Revolution
Vox Bikol
06.04.2009
With the celebration of Holy Week, we are yielding the Editorial space to the Easter Message of Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP):

Every year on Easter, we proclaim that Jesus Christ has triumphed over suffering and death. Alleluia!

Dismantling Warlordism Key to Stopping ASG Kidnappings – Moro Leader
Alexander Martin Remollino
Bulatlat.com
06.04.2009

The kidnapings by the Abu Sayyaf (ASG) seem unstoppable.

A 2005 US Department of State report cites a number of major kidnappings by the ASG thus:

In April 2000, an ASG faction kidnapped 21 persons, including ten Western tourists, from a resort in Malaysia. In May 2001, the ASG kidnapped three US citizens and 17 Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, Philippines. Several of the hostages, including US citizen Guillermo Sobero, were murdered. A Philippine military hostage rescue operation in June 2002 freed US hostage Gracia Burnham, but her husband Martin Burnham and Filipina Deborah Yap were killed.

ANG DAAN NG MAKATA
Kristian Cordero
06.04.2009
Hindi na bago ang karanasan ng pagtula para sa atin. Natuto tayong magmakata simula ng mapansin natin ang pinakamarubdob na emosyon, ng kagandahan ng sarili o kaya ng iba pang kapuwang.

Gusto kong isiping vice-versa ang prosesong ito— ang sarili patungo sa kapwa, at ang kapwa patungo sa sarili.

Can nights ever vanish?
Tito Genova Valiente
06.04.2009
We need darknes. A National Geographic essay talked about how many countries and many cities in the world have started to kill the line between night and day so that “most city skies have become virtually empty of stars.”

We are diurnal animals, meaning that our eyes are built to receive the light of the sun. For us, therefore, as it is differently to the nocturnal ones, the difference between light and darkness is not simply a moral binary but a physical element in our life. What happens when night is as bright as day?

Orípon
Victor Denis T. Nierva
06.04.2009
NAGMOMOTÔ-MOTÒ NA NAMAN an kadakol na Pilipino ngunyan huli man sa sinurat ni Chip Tsao dapit sa pagigin “nasyon nin mga oripon (country of servants)” kan Pilipinas. Mala ta haros magbilog na si Sen. Pia Cayetano nin bill tanganing isikwal kan bilog na nasyon si Chip huli sa saiyang ‘racial remark.’ Nangyari ini huli sa pagkaongis ni Chip dara ka diringkilan kan Pilipinas asin Tsina sa isyu kan Spratlys.
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