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MGB urges Bicolanos to heedadvisory on flooding, landslide

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Bicol (MGB) regional office here has reit-erated constant warnings to officials and residents in Bicol region highly susceptible to landslide and flooding in the advent of the rainy season.

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BUFFERING CAGRARAY ISLANDRegional Director Rafael Alejandro of Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) with the officers from Phil. Air Force Tactical Operations Group V burrows propagules to lead the planting of almost 2,000 mangroves along the coastline of Brgy. Manaet, Cagraray Island, Bacacay, Albay. The mangrove planting last June 10, spearheaded by DENR Bicol and the Provincial Government of Albay signaled the start of the planting season for the National Greening Program this year. -Jessel S. Basanta

New BIR rules on receipt printingCHED, DepEd OK tuitionhike in 58 Bicol schools

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

The Bureau of Internal Revenue has prescribed – late last year - new poli-cies and guidelines in the processing of Authority to Print Official Receipts (ORs), Sales Invoices (SIs) and other Commer-cial Invoices (CIs). This was contained in Revenue Regulation No. 18-2012 of October 22, 2012.

CPA-lawyer Antonio P. Acyatan explained that BIR formalities now involve on-line ATP Systems in the appli-cation, generation, approval and issuance for the printing of new receipts. Receipts and invoices are now classified into Principal and Supple-mentary.

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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and DepEd granted 58 schools in the Bicol Region to imple-ment tuition fee increase for school year 2013-2014. CHED granted 22 ter-tiary schools while Deped allowed 36 secondary

schools for their proposed tuition fee hike ranging from five to 100 percent for the tertiary and for to 28 per-cent for secondary schools.

In Albay, the 9 tertiary schools permitted to increase their tuition fee are Ago Medical Educational Center, Aquinas University, Bicol

College, Bicol Christian Col-lege of Medicine, Daraga Community College, Divine Word College, Programming Language Technique College, Rapu-Rapu Community Col-lege, and Republic Colleges of Guinobatan.

In Camarines Sur, 6 ter-tiary schools increased their fees : Aeronautical Academy of the Philippines, Ateneo de Naga University, La Consola-cion College, STI Computer College, Universidad de San-ta Isabel and University of St. Anthony.

Other provinces with tertia-ry schools allowed for tuition fee hike are AMA Computer Learning Center, Capalonga College, and Mabini College in Camarines Norte, Catand-uanes College in Virac, Cat-anduanes, Masbate Colleges in Masbate City and AMA Computer Learning Center and Veritas College of Irosin in Sorsogon province.

On the other hand, 14 sec-ondary schools in Albay are granted by DepEd to increase

BIKOL REPORTER2 JUNE 16 - 22, 2013OPINION

Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN

Pudong airport (for Shanghai) can be reached by taxi or shuttle buses. The fares are 3 times costlier than when you avail of public transport in Singapore. Shanghai taxi drivers are courteous and smiling always (defense mechanism for their lack of English know-how). They were extremely grateful when we give them tips. Before hailing a taxi we saw to it that we are ready with the name and address of our destination (written in Chinese).

ECONOMICS: The Philippine peso is losing exchange value versus the US Dollar. There are many reasons for this, led by the perceived strengthening of the American economy – and the reduction of US unemployment rate. This development augurs well for Philams and OFWs in the US. They can start finding jobs now or seeking higher-paying ones (after accepting mediocre jobs during the critical days).

The other “bad” sign is the reduction in

our gross international reserves (source of payment for our foreign obligations. Our finance leaders should check if our investment inflows are still positive. Outflow of stock investments must be monitored. Higher dollar exchange should stimulate our exports and slow down imports (including foreign travel of Pinoys). Consequently too – our OFW beneficiaries will receive more pesos from the same dollars remitted to them.

EUROPEAN WOES: There are certain countries in Europe that are undergoing economic crisis. As a result, unemployment rates – even in industrialized nations, i.e. - Germany, UK and Italy – are rising. This spells trouble for our OFWs who are handling ordinary jobs. Euro governments might pass laws similar to that adopted by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – preferring their citizens in filling up work requirements.

We once again say – reliance on OFW remittances to sustain our economic growth is short-sighted. All over the world – our OFWs are generally expendable, except those specially qualified. The real, long-term solutions are: industrialization (process raw materials being exported) and import substitution. Let us stop importing goods that we can produce here. Consumers must prefer local products as against imported varieties.

WISDOM: We may rightfully judge the fruit of one’s labors; but we are not entitled to check his motives.

(Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International – is PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

STRONG YUAN: Our family has just returned from our annual vacation abroad – this time from Shanghai in mid-eastern China. I was there five years ago – and the progress – in forms of money and infrastructures is indeed phenomenal. The highway from the (Pudong) airport – some 45 minutes away, consists of two-layers, at times three layers – with four lanes each side. Traffic is so fluid, normal speed at night is 80 kilometers ph.

We were looking for souvenir, apparel and candy purchases. We were taken aback as we computed the equivalent of the Chinese yuan in terms of Philippine peso (P7.00=Y1.00). In comparison, the HK dollar (used also in Macau casinos, instead of the pataca) is worth only P5.50. As a result – we brought home only key chains (@ P70) and candies (P140/pack). Filipino tourists in China need visas, unlike in HK and Macau (free ports) and ASEAN countries.

APPAREL: The other reason why we opted to go to Shanghai is because clothing items are supposed to be cheap there. Now, no more! Again, because of the strong Chinese currency. Ordinary souvenir Shanghai T-Shirts – similar in quality with those we recently bought in Boracay for P85- are priced at P140- (after haggling, with promise to buy at least 10 pieces). Men’s and Ladies’ apparel are mostly sold only in department stores.

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SALVADOR D. FLOR

Insulting. That was what people here said when some Hongkong fans, smarting from the defeat of their team by the Askals, called Filipinos slaves or a nation of slaves.

Even if true, they have no right to insult us with a slave label. Hongkong was once a pariah land before. On the positive side, they have opened our eyes to the bitter truth.

We are so poor that we are considered one rung above the lot of slaves. That is powerlessness, the total absence of something in our hands to change our lives. And that is very much visible in poorer areas of the country.

For supplying the world with domestic helpers (Gloria Arroyo wanted to turn them into super maids), we have earned a name as a nation of domestic helpers.

Poverty has driven our women to distant hostile shores to enslave themselves in wealthy households. If they had a choice, they would opt to stay at home. Unfortunately, the choice is between the devil and the deep blue sea.

The alternatives are both unpleasant.

This is very embarrassing to those who trumpet to the world as our leaders, past and present, for their lamentable failure to give our people a better deal in life.

What did they do while in public office? Fatten their pockets?

It is a serious ailment of a public official, this inordinate desire to get rich overnight. Pardon the comparison but it is no different from a cursed woman’s disease, the uncontrolled desire for sex.

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The country this week marked its red-letter day, June l2, the day Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed independence from the American colonial rule at the balcony of his Kawit, Cavite home over a century ago.

Are we free from foreign interference which is what independence really means?

And are we free from all the social ills that have buffeted this country from Manuel L. Quezon to Benigno Aquino, Jr.? What has independence brought to us?

If you look at the Philippines today, you will weep. It is extremely poor despite its over l00 years as a republic, its officials so corrupt, its lawlessness so terrifying, its unemployment so unimaginable.

Do not look at me. I am no bringer of bad news. What I am telling you is what almost everybody knows. The politicos, however, won’t agree with you. And they will not admit it is their own handiwork.

July 4 is the true Independence Day, not June 12. This can be gleaned from the history book titled “Philippine History and Government, Through the Years,” authored by Francisco M. Zulueta, and Abriel M. Nebres. Let me cite this book as reference in this piece.

The independence that the Philippines celebrates on June 12 is not a true independence. It is only a proclamation made by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12, 1898, which was

unsuccessful and became invalid because on Dec. 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was ratified. Under this treaty, Spain ceded to America the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, for which America paid Spain $20 million.

Aguinaldo and the revolutionaries failed to stop the ratification of the Treaty of Paris. The Philippines never achieved independence from Spain, and America owned the Philippines (pages 120 and 330). The Malolos Republic at Barasoain Church was also invalid, because it was established on Jan. 28, 1899, when the Philippines was under American occupation (page 123).

The Tydings-McDuffie Law, an act sponsored by Sen. Millard E. Tydings and Rep. John McDuffie, was passed by the US Congress to grant independence to the Philippines after a 10-year transition period in the government established for Filipinos under the American Commonwealth (pages 171-173). Exactly on July 4, 1946, the Philippines was granted independence,

We are ce lebra t ing Ph i l ipp ine Independence Day on June 12, 2013 because President Diosdado Macapagal issued a Proclamation in 1962 which affirmed the proclaimed independence by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite on June 12, 1898.

The Philippines was not independent after this date June 12, 1898). We were colonized by the Americans by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. We were captured and occupied by the Japanese Imperial Forces during World War II being a colony of the U.S. America recaptured the Philippines from Japan and we were again colonized by the USA. America granted the Philippines its independence on July 4, 1946. That is our real independence day because we were independent and free from foreign occupation since that day up to the present.

The following commentary of Felizardo M. Pagsanhan in the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated June 10, 2013 entitled “July 4 not June 12” is very informative. I’m quoting it here for the information of the present and future generations who may read it.

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4th Bishop Francisco Gainza Trade Fair to highlight

1st Bicol Aqua FairBy ANALIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY -- This year’s Bicol Francisco Gainza Trade Fair (BFGTF) will highlight the 1st Bicol Aqua Fair on September at the downtown area of Naga City, near the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral.

As it embarks on its 4th year of bringing together the best entrepreneurs not just in the region but also other business partakers from several parts of the country, this year’s BFGTF endeavors to attract more participants as it partners with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) with the launching of the First Bicol Aqua Fair featuring various marine products.

The BFGTF through the Caceres Social Action Foun-dation (CASAFI), the social action of the Archdiocese of Caceres will also showcase various Bicol products like handicrafts, souvenir items, furniture, food products and various agricultural produce. Local entrepreneurs are also encouraged to partake of this annual event in line with the organizer’s campaign to promote Bicolano originality and ingenuity.

The BFGTF had its Press launch last June 12 at the Archbishop’s Residence and was grace by Archbishop Rolando Octavus J. Tria Tirona. Tirona called on its part-ners to continue supporting the organizers in the conduct of the BFGTF.

Aside from BFAR, the annual BFGTF is being actively supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Camarines Sur through its Provincial Head, Director Edna Tejada and ABS-CBN through its Bicol Area Manager Amy Villafuerte.

“DTI and ABS-CBN are long time partners of BFGTF since its inception in September 2010 during the Tercente-nary celebration of our devotion to our Lady of Peñafran-

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BIKOL REPORTER 3JUNE 16 - 22, 2013

NAGA CITY --- Naga City Councilor Nathan Sergio spearheaded the turn-over of a brand new wheelchair to a disabled sophomore girl in a remote Barangay of Palsong in the town of Bula, Camarines Sur.

The said activity is part of Sergio’s Wheelchair Distribu-tion Program which aims to provide a wheelchair to every indigent handicap in the city and even outside of Naga par-ticularly those who struggle to make ends meet and still fulfil their aspirations in spite of their physical disability.

Councilor Sergio has en-listed the help of Kabalikat

By ANALIZA S. MACATANGAYBy ANALIZA S. MACATANGAY

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Civicom through its Regional Governor, Medic Salvino. Salvino’s group identifies per-sons with disability (PWDs). Identified beneficiaries will be assessed by Sergio, an ac-credited wheelchair assessor based on their need for the said assistive device. Once approved, Sergio will make a request to the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Charity who will then provide the device to its recipient.

On Thursday, June 13, Sergio, together with Salvi-no, went to Palsong Nation-al High School to give the wheelchair to recipient Mary Khen Geminez, a high school student who is crippled since

her childhood days.The choice of date for the

event was quite deliberate, ac-cording to Councilor Sergio. “As the next day following Independence Day, the gift of wheelchair is a symbolic gift of freedom for Mary Khen – freedom of mobility, freedom from lifelong total depen-dence,” Sergio said.

Geminez’ diligence and persistent to pursue school-ing in spite of her difficulty to go to school, was attested by her class adviser Ms. Anel Guazon. Also in full support of the said activity is School principal Dr. Gilda Bustilla who played host to the event. As a surprise gift to Gimenez, the principal requested the re-

cipient’s guardian to be pres-ent during the surprise turn over.

Upon receipt of the wheel-chair, Mary Khen who was visibly elated and touched with the gesture immediately scribbled a thank you note to LDS Charity and to other concerned individuals who made the turn over of the said device possible.

Media personalities from ABS-CBN and GMA 7 Naga witnessed the said occasion together with Bula Councilor-elect Nonong Decena. Mem-bers of Kabalikat Civicom-Bula Chapter, who initially identified said wheelchair recipient and made the proper coordination with the Princi-pal’s Office were also present during the said occasion.

Sergio, who was also crippled with disability since birth, became an inspiration to many by showing that a determined mind cannot be hampered by any physical impediments. He has shown exemplary performance as a public servant and has re-ceived numerous awards and citations for leadership. He was awarded as Disabled Fili-pino of the Year in 2011.

NAGA CITY ---Perfectly complementing President Benigno Aquino III’s call for a strengthened Public-Private-Partnership (PPP), the Camarines Sur Cham-ber of Commerce and In-dustry (CSCCI) with the cooperation of both the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently launched the 1st Camarines Sur LGU Ta-bang sa Negosyo Award.

The search endeavours to give recognition to vari-ous local government units (LGUs) in Camarines Sur that promotes models of good governance and has showed significant efforts in help-ing local businessmen, par-ticularly in making available programs that fastens busi-ness registration, including licensing of local businesses in their respective coverage areas.

The LGU must be able to come up with concrete pro-grams that seek to promote trade and investment in their

localities and encourage fair-ness and competitiveness amongst the local market players, thereby improving the quality of life of their constituents.

CSCCI President Solomon Ngo said that the Chamber, as one of the voices of the coun-try, continuous to introduce programs that encourage good governance and trans-parency among local govern-ment units.

“The “LGU Tabang sa Negosyo Award will also en-courage accountability, trans-parency and efficiency in the conduct of day-to-day opera-

tions, and promote competi-tiveness that will improve the quality of life of their constit-uents. We have also noticed that stringent requirements for business registration and slow process for Licensing most specially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs’) are the main factors that af-fects the growth of SMEs’ and contribute to the cost of doing business in the munici-

palities of Camarines Sur,” , Ngo said in a statement.

Aside from strengthen-ing the ties among the local entrepreneurs in the prov-ince, the said activity is also in seamless harmony with the government‘s efforts to streamline their procedures in compliance with R.A. No. 9485, also known as the Anti- Red Tape Act.

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BIKOL REPORTER4 JUNE 16 - 22, 2013ETCETERA

INNER CHESSBY J. HENRY DANICAN

jokee BOTOR-REYES

Sonja Muñoz is givingKTII its needed life

Kitang Taga-Iriga, Inc. better and briefly known as KTII was founded sometime back in Manila considered an offshoot of Bubby P. Dacer’s brain Pag-iribang Bicolnon which was an organization of big Bicolanos in Metro Manila. Bubby told me to get Iriguenos to form a group that is all Irigueños. Marietta Magistrado and I spearheaded the foundation. and then, other names, Tita Turiano. Sonja Munoz, Guia Andalis, Manolo Almelor, Josie Colarina, Pinky Contreras, Bert de la Rama, Irene Hermoso, Flordeliz Vigil, Rez Cortez, Connie de los Santos, Rosanna Generoso, Millet de las Llagas, Ruben Ciron, Eddie Ilarde, Larry Madara, Gina Reyes, Elsa Capunitan, Manolo Margallo, Jay Dimaiwat, Nonong and Virgie Taduran, Pepe de Lima, and many, many more.

I requested my daughter, Ninj, then UP a Fine Arts student to do its logo. That was it.

For years, there had been many activities including conducting regular Medical Mission which was always looked forward to in Iriga. For sometime, KTII had been sponsoring Paurulian yearly, a benefit dance held during the Iriga pintakasi. It always turns out successful. There was none last year and Sonja Muñoz, the president said the organization has no fund.

Optimistic at breathing new life to KTII, Sonja is in town since several days ago and we have been moving around peddling tickets to the ballroom dance affair set for June 12 at Fulger’s Place in San Francisco, Iriga City. She is raising fund hopeful the ballroom dancing will generate enough to fulfill a commitment with the local Office of the PWDs. If you want to enjoy your night, come over and have the best time. Expecting many Metro Manila-based Iriguenos will come home for Paurulian and also for the Iriga Pintakasi the following day, the 13th. There will be continuous ballroom music and light spirits for sale. Email jokeebotorreyes@yahoo.com

PILI, CAMSUR – Elev-en (11) youthful and am-bitious ladies dreaming of a glittering career sang their lungs and hearts out last Friday, June 7, at the Grand Finals night of the “Dalan sa Kalangitan,” the proverbial local singing contest run by the provin-cial government of Cama-rines Sur that had become a surefire vehicle for budding singers to be noticed and given the needed break into a lucrative showbiz career.

Staged at the Plaza Que-zon, Naga City, the contest made a splashing comeback journey to the famous plaza after a 25-year absence from the local cultural scene in the city.

The Dalan sa Kalangitan this year was jointly spon-sored by CamSur Governor LRay Villafuerte and his son, Migz, who is his incoming successor come July 1, 2013. It was one of the staple ac-tivities during the Kaogma Festival week in the recent years.

Of the 11 finalists that rep-resented the 5 districts of the province, Jorinia Rombaon, 19, of Francia, Iriga City emerged as the grand cham-pion of the night with 92.70% rating earning her a cool P50, 000.00 cash prize. Heavenly Grace Bonaga, 17, of San Juan, Iriga City came in as First Runner-Up with a score of 91.60% with P30, 000.00 cash prize while Janelle Abe-gail de Jesus, 19, of Sta. Maria,

GOLDEN VOICES JMTS/ABEARCILLA

These pretty young ladies aspiring for lucrative careers as professional singers emerged as winners in the grand finals night, June 7, of the Dalan sa Kalangitan staged after 25 long years at the popular Plaza Quezon, Naga City. Top photo extreme right is the grand Champion, Ms. Jorinia Romabaon of Iriga City; 2nd from left is First Runner-Up, Ms. Heavenly Grace Bonaga again of Iriga City; next is Second Runner-Up, Ms. Janelle Abegail de Jesus of Lagonoy; and in extreme left is Third Runner-Up, Ms. Melojean Cabrera of Calabanga, Camarines Sur. Jointly sponsored by Gov. Lray Villafuerte and his son, Migz, the incoming CamSur governor, the singing competition is one of the activities of the Kaogma Festival in celebration of the 434th foundation anniversary of the province.

Lagonoy, CamSur was Second Runner-Up with 90.40% score and P20, 000.00 cash prize and Melojean Cabrera, 15, of Sto. Domingo, Calabanga, CamSur was Third Runner-Up with 89.50% rating and P10, 000.00 cash prize.

The other finalists, namely: Jinny Severo, 15, of Cama-gong, Cabusao; Cyril Ann Jane Salazar, 21, of Apad, Ragay; Clarice Penaflor, 15, of Patag, Libmanan; Berna-dette Intia, 16, of Sta. Rosa del Norte, Pasacao; Filipina Bulalacao, 16, of San Vicente, Ocampo; Sylvia Elizabeth Calendacion, 16, of Sta. Ma-ria, Presentacion; and Gelica Milkah Rivera, 16, of San An-tonio, Nabua were all awarded P3, 500.00 each as consola-tion prizes.

The winners were chosen using the criteria for judging, to wit: Voice Quality – 40%, Interpretation – 30%, Se-lection of Piece – 20%, and Overall Impact – 10% and the panel of judges chaired by Mr. Bernie Prila, OIC-Provincial Treasurer, with members Rev. Fr. Manuel Espejo, Pastor Joey Piano, Mr. Alvin Parma, and Mr. Delfin Enploma had truly a hard task in picking the major winners from a bunch of talented songstresses.

This singing competition is operated and managed by the Camarines Sur Cultural Development Office headed by Mr. Jaime M. Letada, Jr. as Project Director with Mr. Dann Pado as Audition Mas-ter. -JMTS/MMEC

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BIKOL REPORTER 5JUNE 16 - 22, 2013

PIMENTEL ROBREDO SARION

Court of inspiration found new home at Brgy Abella

By ANALIZA S. MACATANGAY

NAGA CITY --- Ba-rangay Abella of this city, is one of the two recipients of a basketball court that will be erected here in the Bicol Region. On Saturday, the groundbreaking ceremony of the 15x28 vacant lot here was spearheaded by Geiser-Maclang Marketing Com-munications Inc. (GMCI) personnel. In attendance were local barangay offi-cials of Abella, Alaxan FR staff, barangay residents and members of the local media.

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By SALLY A. ATENTO

LEGAZPI CITY -- Around 700 indigent elemen-tary pupils from barangays Gabawan and Kiwalo of Al-bay received school supplies from the National Grid Cor-poration of the Philippines (NGCP) Thursday, June 13 as part of their Balik Esk-wela Program 2013.

Christopher Gallinero, Kiwalo Elementary School principal, said they greatly ap-preciate the assistance given by the NGCP since most of their students came from poor families.

This project is part of the Corporate Social Respon-sibility Programs (CSRP) of the NGCP which aims to help develop communities in barangays hosting their trans-mission facilities said Nelson Bautista, Regional Corporate Communications and Pub-lic Affairs officer of NGCP Southern Luzon.

“Our goal is not just to transmit electricity but also to help the people who are part

of it and that include the com-munities in our host baran-gays,” Bautista said.

Kiwalo and Gabawan are the barangays nearest the sub-station of the NGCP in Albay.

“Aside from the two schools in Albay, we also have 27 public elementary school recipients from Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Sorso-gon, Laguna and Quezon. Al-most 10,000 elementary stu-dents from these schools will be receiving the same school supplies,” Bautista added.

The school supplies packed inside the NGCP bags include pencils and personalized note-books with safety tips printed at the back to remind the peo-ple, in particular the children, of the precautions needed to avoid electricity-related ac-cidents especially along high voltage transmission lines.

Also part of NGCP’s CSRP in the region, Bautista added, is the water system project in Barangay San Rafael of Sta Magdalena, Sorsogon to be turned over to its beneficiaries this June 17.

By ROSALITA B. MANLANGIT

DAET, Camarines Norte -- The local government unit of Daet launched the “Kaya Natin Movement,” a crusade for good gover-nance and ethical leader-ship, at the Heritage Center of this town recently.

The launching was led by Mayor Tito S. Sarion with guests Congresswoman Elect Leni Robredo of the 3rd Dis-trict of Camarines Sur and Senator Aquilino “Coco” Pi-mentel Jr.

Robredo said “Kaya Na-tin Movement” started with the idea of good governance by his late husband DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo in 2008 together with former Gover-nor Grace Padaca of Isabela and Ed Panlilio of Pampanga and later created it in order to push reforms in leadership in the government.

She said the movement be-fore is not open to anyone but only by invitation and Mayor Sarion of Daet is a “poster boy” of good governance in

the province. Mayor Sarion is one of the four to be awarded as “Kaya Natin Champions” this coming July 9.

According to Robredo, “Kaya Natin Movement” is not a simple organization and entails big responsibility not only for Mayor Sarion but to all stakeholders because this is a convergence between the government and the people wherein the government will not be effective without the cooperation of its constitu-ents.

Senator “Coco” Pimen-tel, on the other hand, said that his four years and two

months struggle on his past election protest was short as compared to the sacrifices of his parents during the martial law.

He said that given his ex-perienced in the said election protest, he learned that “if you believed that you are right, never give up”, which he said is parallel to the ideals of the “Kaya Natin Movement”. Sen. Pimentel also encour-aged the participants coming from the different sectors to join their crusade.

Meanwhile, Kaya Natin member Councilor Lord Ar-nel Ruanto of Infanta, Que-

zon said that they will open the crusade to the schools and the barangays in the long run.

A video presentation of “Kaya Natin Movement” was shown featuring the late Sec-retary of DILG Jesse Robredo and other personalities who are members of the group.

The “Kaya Natin” launch-ing is one of the activity during the opening of 430th foundation anniversary of the town (June 15), where Sen. Pimentel guested during the opening program, and the celebration of the 21st Pin-yasan festival and the town fiesta come June 24.

Greeting the University of Northeastern Philippines’ (UNEP) newcomers this se-mester is a three-fold wel-coming news coming from the administration. Up for grab is the newly approved Bachelor of Science in Trav-el Management Program, Bachelor of Science in Tour-ism Management program and the purchase of a state-of-the-art navigational sim-ulator for UNEP’s Maritime Education.

This is in line with the university’s commitment to continuously innovate and en-hance its quality of education. The best course offerings are also part of the management’s commitment for better learn-ing and in line with its mission to cultivate a fertile ground for academic growth.

For School year 2013-2014, UNEP opened its re-cently approved Bachelor of Science in Travel Manage-ment Program after the Com-mission on Higher Education (CHED) approved the said program under Government Permit No.4, series of 2013. It gives UNEP the authority to offer the first level of the said course this year for interested partakers.

On January 30, current year, UNEP’s Tourism Man-agement program was also approved by CHED pursu-ant to the provision of Batas Pambansa 232 and Republic

Act 7722 otherwise known as the Higher Education Act of 1994. CHED earlier gave the go signal to UNEP to offer the first level of its Bachelor of Science in Tourism Manage-ment program which is set to start this year.

If tourism students have this opportunity, UNEP Mari-time students will not be left off with the administration’s recent purchase of a high-tech navigational simulator for their Maritime Education. The said equipment is envisioned to aid its maritime students during their hands-on training and guide them during their practicum.

The said tools of trade will also equip the students with the advantage of ascertaining the speed, location, and the di-rection of their craft and make them appreciate the value of prioritizing safety measures for all those on board. It will also be used by Maritime stu-

dents during ECDIS training, RADAR/ ARPA training and Bridge Team Management Training.

The P5.5M navigational simulator is one of the most advanced and high-tech equip-ment that will be utilized by Maritime students in various in-house trainings. UNEP be-lieves that the hands-on train-ing will introduce the students to the actual navigational tools and acquaint themselves with its uses.

UNEP is the only Mari-time School authorized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to accept new enrollees for school year 2013-2014.

Inquiries can be directed at telephone numbers (054) 478-7311), (054) 478-8280 or tele-fax number (054) 456-0294. You can also log on to www.unep.edu.ph.

Classes start on June 17, 2013.

the power of the community through collaborative effort. The said tie up is also in line with the Public Private part-nership included in the devel-opment agenda of the Aquino administration.

Krhizzy Pasigan, PR As-sociate of GMCI said that the project is also in support of the government’s program for the youth which endeavors to divert the youngsters attention to sport rather than engaging themselves in illegal drugs or non-productive activities such as gambling or betting.

“We like to spread the good news that we are build-ing Courts of Inspiration to barangays which don’t have existing decent basket-ball courts. We believe that through this project, we can

give our constituents an av-enue to showcase their talents and unite for the goodness of the community, “ Pasigan said in an interview.

Alaxan will shoulder all the expenses in order to build one sturdy and weather- resis-tive basketball court at Baran-gay Abella. As their counter-part, the barangay raised 70 volunteers who are going to

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DEED OF ADJUDICATIONWITH DONATION INTER VIVOS

Notice is hereby given that VICTORIO VILLAREAL y TALAGTAG is the lawful husband and sole heir of the late AURORA NAGUNA-VILLAREAL, who died intestate on June 15, 2011 at Iriga City with no known debts or obligations against the estate, left a parcel of land situated at Angustia, Nabua, Camarines Sur; the party of legal age and with full capacity to contract adjudicate unto himself the entire estate; that for and in consideration of his love and affection for his nephew MARIO G. PENOLIO, JR. and his niece MARY JEAN N. TOLIDANO, the sole heir do hereby cede, transfer and convey, by way of Donation Inter Vivos, unto said Mario G. Penolio, Jr. and Mary Jean N. Tolidano the described property in equal shares as stated in the Deed of Adjudication with Donation Inter Vivos duly signed by the parties, as acknowledged before Notary Public Attorney Julito M. Sernal, Doc. No. 1499, Page No. 100, Book No. III, Series of 2011.

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: JUNE 9, 16 and 23, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole and only heirs of the late HENRY S. BONOT, who died intestate on January 10, 2010, without leaving any debts, at Del Carmen, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, at the time of his death left certain real properties situated in at Del Carmen, Calabanga, Camarines Sur; that the parties all of legal ages and with full capacity to contract agree to divide, partition and adjudicate among themselves in pro-indiviso equal shares the described property; that all the legitimate children do hereby WAIVE ALL THEIR RIGHTS OVER THE SAID PROPERTY in favor of their mother, NENITA A. BONOT who shall be the sole owner thereof; as acknowledged before Notary Public Attorney Corazon A. Tordilla, Doc. No. 526, Page No. 106, Book No. 2, Series of 2013.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: June 2, 9 and 16, 2013.

as proclaimed to the world by US President Harry S. Truman (pages 172, 211 and 338).

Thereafter, the Philippines celebrated Independence Day on July 4 every year for 15 years, until it was moved to June 12 by President Diosdado Macapagal. According to Dr. Maria Serena I. Diokno, chair of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, President Macapagal issued Proclamation 28 in 1962, which affirmed the proclaimed independence by Aguinaldo in Cavite on June 12, 1898.

But Macapagal’s Proclamation 28 was a grave mistake. He should have known that the proclaimed independence by Aguinaldo became invalid under the Treaty of Paris. He also forgot that he became president under the independence achieved by the Philippines from America, on July 4, 1946. This error must be rectified, to stop Filipinos from celebrating a fake Independence Day on June 12.

The new Congress must be told of this grave mistake so that it can pass a law to bring back our observation and celebration of the Philippines’ true Independence Day to July 4. If Congress fails to do so, Filipinos will continue to celebrate an independence that never took place, and to believe a twisted history of the Philippines.

A law must also be passed to prescribe to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and to the Department of Education that Philippine history, must be included in the elementary and high school curriculum as a compulsory subject. The truth commission ordered in our Constitution must also be upheld to preclude Filipinos from being fooled.

On June 12, the mass media will remind Filipinos that the Philippines is celebrating its 115th year of independence. This is a lie. The true Philippine independence is only 67 years old.

Felizardo M. Pagsanhan, 81, says he witnessed the inauguration of the Philippines’ independence on July 4, 1946. He is now retired. The last job he held was as senior purchasing officer and material control man.

FROM MY WINDOW . . .

Our ancestors who came to the shores of this land, braving stormy seas from another part of the globe were hardy, fearless, honest men. They were a generation of brown giants who were here to transform this country into an ideal home for their children.

If they were alive today, they would no longer recognize the land they had built with their sweat and blood. Our heroes, too, would be squirming in their graves for the transformation of their motherland into what it is today, a land of crooks, of bloodthirsty men, of poverty-stricken people.

Worse is that, at the opposite side are the very rich, the very powerful. And they comprise only one per cent of the over a hundred million population.

That is grossly lopsided in favor of the lucky few.Who have destroyed this country, who have turned it inhospitable

for its teeming millions?Do you know the answer? Email:budsflor@yahoo.com

A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE . . .

cia, “ Rev. Fr. Jeffry John B. Briones, BFGTF Chairman said in a press statement.

A clear embodiment of the PPP or public-private partner-ship, the holding of the BFGTF was inspired by Bishop Fran-cisco Gainza who pioneered the First Agro-Industrial Fair in Bicol Region in 1875. Gainza believed that such economic activity will alleviate poverty and will promote integral devel-opment of the community and its members.

Current Fair organizers, tracing its root from a religious origin, decided to hold the annual event on September 12, a day before the Traslacion. It will culminate on September 22, the feast day of our Lady of Peñafrancia. The activity was also perfectly timed during the time when the city is celebrating its Peñafrancia break, giving ample time for Nagueños and resi-dents from neighboring towns to shop and visit the Fair.

For interested participants, BFGTF organizers can be reached at (054) 473-9550 or they can email them at bish-opgainza_tradefair@yahoo.com. They can also be reached through their Facebook account at facebook.com, bishopgain-za_tradefairtwitter.com/Gainza TradeFair.

4TH BISHOP FRANCISCO . . .

The warnings were ad-dressed to at least five cities and 55 municipalities in the six provinces of the region.

Engr. Theodore Rommel E. Pestaňo, regional director of the MGB-5, said the bu-reau has just renewed its call

MGB URGES BICOLANOS . . .to be vigilant and prepare on the on-set of the rainy season starting this month that may bring flooding and landslides, particularly to identified di-saster prone areas in Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Mas-

bate and Sorsogon. Pestaňo cautioned officials

and residents of this city, Li-gao City, Tabaco City, Dara-ga, Bacacay, Libon, Malilipot, Malinao, Manito, Rapu-Rapu, Sto. Domingo, Tiwi, Polangui, Pio Duran, Camalig, Guinoba-tan, and Oas in Albay; Basud, Capalonga, Labo, Mercedez, Paracale, San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Vicente and Sta. Elena in Camarines Norte; Naga City, Calabanga, Magarao, Bom-bon, Bato, Bula, Buhi, Cara-moan, Garchitorina, Goa, Lagonoy, Libmanan, Lupi, Pasacao, Presentacion, Sag-nay, Sipocot, Pili, Ocampo, Tigaon, Canaman, Camaligan and Tinambac in Camarines Sur;

Bagamanoc, Baras, Bato, Caramoran, Gigmoto, Pan-dan, Panganiban, Virac, San Miguel, Viga, and San An-dres in Catanduanes; Aroroy, Baleno, Mandaon, Milagros, and Mobo in Masbate; and Sorsogon City, Gubat, Casig-uran, Bulan, Irosin, Juban, Magallanes, Matnog, Barce-

lona, Bulusan, Castilla, Pri-eto Diaz, Donsol, Pilar, and Sta. Magdalena in Sorsogon.

“Preparations in lieu of their respective disaster risk reduction management mea-sures must always be ready, including evacuation of af-fected communities to safer grounds when necessary, when continuous rain for more than 3 days occurred in their localities” Pestaňo said.

Pestaňo, however, clari-fied that residents of other localities not named are still encouraged to observe the necessary precaution and preparation to evacuate to safer grounds when in their area signs of an impending landslide/flooding may occur or have history of landslide and flooding in the past.

Pestaño also renewed his call on local chief executives of these cities and munici-palities to take heed of the advisories on the likelihood of occurrence of geological hazards given to them by the bureau. - Marlon A. Loterte

fees : were St. Michael Acad-emy in Oas, Divine Word College of Legazpi , Tabaco Pei Ching School, Zamora Memorial College in Baca-cay, Daniel B. Pena Memori-al College in Tabaco City, St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi City, St. Peter’s Academy in Polangui, St. Mary’s Acad-emy in Ligao City, Computer Arts and Technological Col-lege Computer-Oriented High School in Legazpi City, Genecom Institute of Science and Technology in Legazpi City, Dominican School of Camalig, Aquinas Univer-sity in Legazpi City, Repub-lic Colleges in Guinobatan, Mayon Institute of Science and Technology in Ligao City,and St. Raphael Acad-emy in Legazpi City.

In Camarines Sur, 8 private high schools are permitted to hike tuition fee: St. Joseph Academy in Buhi, La Conso-lacion College in Iriga City, Ateneo de Naga University, University of St. Anthony in

CHED, DEPED OK TUITION . . .Iriga City, Dominican School of Calabanga, Naga Hope Christian School, Capalonga Parochial School, and Siena College of Tigaon.

In Sorsogon, 5 secondary schools are allowed for in-creases: Holy Spirit Academy in Irosin, A.G. Villaroya Tech-nological Foundation Institute in Bulan, Jose Reyes Memo-rial Foundation in Bulusan, Solis Institute Foundation in Bulan and Dominican School of Pilar.

In Camarines Norte, 4 were granted to charge higher tuition : Camarines Norte Col-leges in Labo, Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation and La Consolacion College both in Daet, and St. Francis Parochial School in Talisay.

In Masbate, also 4 private high schools increased fees : Southern Masbate Roosevelt College in Placer, Holy Name Academy in Palanas, Masbate Southern Institute and St. An-thony High School Seminary in Masbate City.

Another P4.6 million was spent for the construction of eight classrooms in five schools in Camarines Norte while Catanduanes got P1.8 million for four classrooms, Dequito said.

According to DepEd pro-gram supervisor Casiano Pen-degones, Jr., around P629.2 million will be appropriated for Bicol under the Depart-ment of Budget and Manage-ment’s (DBM) Basic Educa-tion Facilities Fund for 2013.

From this amount, 865 classrooms are expected to be constructed within the pres-ent year with Camarines Sur again gaining the most with 267, followed by Masbate with 212, Sorsogon with 163, Camarines Norte with 75, Albay with 69 and Catand-uanes with 33. Among the

DPWH BUILDS 73 NEW . . .cities, Sorsogon got the high-est share with 13, Naga with 12, Masbate with 11 and Iriga with 10.

According to DepEd Bicol Administrative Office Chief Jose Bonto, a total of 9,996 ad-ditional classrooms are need-ed for the present school year 2013-2014 to accommodate a total of 1,613,373 kindergar-ten, elementary and secondary students all over the Bicol Re-gion. The shortage is primar-ily due to the need to construct 6,403 classrooms for kinder-garten in compliance with the K to 12 program of the gov-ernment. Elementary schools

The Search with the theme “ano man na ikararahay kan tawo, ikararahay kan nego-syo,” (whatever is good for man, is also good for the business), has two Award Categories: Level 1 for 1st to 3rd Class municipalities and Level II for 4th to 6th Class municipalities in the prov-ince. Special citations may also be provided to LGUs that have outstanding programs or initiatives in business.

Winners from both catego-ries will receive P100,000.00 each plus plaques of appre-ciation.

Nomination is open to all local government units yet to be qualified, duly accom-plished nomination form and the required attachments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2013 to the CSCCI Secretariat. Deadline for the submission of Bid Book/Write up is on July 5, 2013.

Any clarification/inquiry on the rules of the Award should be forwarded to the CSCCI Secretariat, Cama-rines Sur Investment and Trade Center, Panganiban Drive, BMC Road, Naga City with email address cam-surchamber_ph@yahoo.com and Telephone Number 473-3168.

CAMSUR . . .

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To hasten the delivery of big ticket projects and as-sistance to rice farmers, DA RFU 5 OIC RED Abelardo R. Bragas convened the top offi-cials of the eleven (11) irriga-tors associations in Pili, Ca-marines Sur as he urged them to confederate. Thereafter the Federation of Pili Irrigators Associations was organized on May 2 at the Conference Room of DA RFU 5, and its officials elected Raynaldo Valiente of IVEA (Binobong/Tagbong IA) as President.

In the three months that Engr. Bragas has been OIC di-rector of DA Bicol, he has been doing consultation dialogues with the rice farmers and ir-rigators associations in Cama-rines Sur and he had seen the vast potentials of the wide rice areas in Cam. Sur particularly in Libmanan, Minalabac, Nab-ua, and Pili.

“Magsimula muna tayo sa ating bakuran,” he said. “Mara-mi ang lumalapit sa akin para humingi ng proyekto, subalit hindi kaya ng DA na bigyan ang lahat ng asosasyon. If you will organize yourselves into a federation, the DA would be

Engr. Abelardo R. Bragas (center) had a dialogue with the presidents of Irrigators Associations in Pili, Camarines Sur. To his right is Engr. Arnie Ilan, Chief

able to provide bigger infra-structure projects, equipment and facilities which have more long range effect,” he added.

Director Bragas committed to provide the newly organized Federation of Pili Irrigators As-sociation with 1 unit 4 Wheel Drive Tractor worth P900,000; 1 unit combine harvester worth P2,000,000; 2 hand tractors worth P130,000 each and Hy-brid Rice Mestizo 19 worth P 3,500 /bag good for one (1) cropping.

Engr. Arnie C. Ilan, Chief of the Regional Agriculture Engi-neering Division said the P3.5 M facilities and equipment are conditional donation to the fed-eration which must do their part to comply with the conditions which will be stipulated in the Memorandum of Agreement. The provision of said equip-ment to farmers associations is one component of Rice Mecha-nization Program.

Irrigators associations present were IVEIA of Bino-bong/Tagbong which has 399 hectares service area and 322 farmer beneficiaries; TORAC CIS with 550 has. service area and 250 farmer beneficiaries;

Sto. Domingo/Anayan/Pawili CIS with 135 has. service area and 160 farmers; MANSERCA (136 has. service area and 96 farmers); ROMANGRAP CIS (95 has. and 128 farmers); Bi-nanuaanan CIS (200 has. ser-vice area and 206 farmers); CIA Himaao (583 has. service area

and 241 farmers); HIRAWAN IA in Palestina (160 hectares and 195 farmers); BIDIA CIS (171 has. service area and 183 farmers); CAROMAS 230 has. service area and 150 farmer beneficiaries; and Canonangan CIS 52 has. service area and 49 farmer beneficiaries.

The total land area covered by the Pili Federation of IAs which is being serviced by the National Irrigation Administra-tion is 2,711 hectares servicing 1,980 farmer beneficiaries.

Director Bragas adminis-tered the oath for the elected officers. Also present during

voices are written accounts evidencing the sale of goods and/or leasing of properties which shall be the basis of the output tax liability of the seller and input tax claim of the buyer.

Under the new system, the application by new registering taxpayers to print (ATP) shall be secured simultaneously with the Certificate of Regis-tration (COR). For old-reg-istered businesses, they must now apply for printing of re-ceipts under the on-line sys-tem. Separate ATPs must be secured for head offices and branches of every enterprise.

Acyatan clarified further that with the implementation of the on-line system for ap-plication and issuances of ATPs, all unused or unissued receipts and invoices printed prior to the effectivity of the regulations may be used until June 30, 2013. After said date – businesses using old receipts

NEW BIR RULES ON RECEIPT . . .and invoices will be penalized on per OR or Invoice basis.

He hastened to add that - in a recently-issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC 44-2013)dated June 11, 2013 – BIR has extended by sixty (60) days - the validity of Unused Principal and Supple-mentary Receipts/ Invoices which were printed prior to January 18, 2013. From the previous deadline of June 30, 2013 said receipts may now be used up to August 30, 2013 (note: NOT AUGUST 31).

Acyatan also reminded that all those who failed to file their On-line ATP as of April 30, 2013 are now being penal-ized at P1,000- per applica-tion which is required for ev-ery head office and per branch office. Printing of receipts takes time since few printers have been accredited by BIR – so he advises taxpayers to file their ATPs as soon as pos-sible!

need 1,692 classrooms while high schools need 1,900 ad-ditional rooms.

Meanwhile, Camarines Sur tops the list with most students expected to return to school at 452,324 followed by Masbate with 255,346 and coming third is Albay with 235,083 students. Sorsogon comes next with 185,246 en-rolees while Camarines Norte expects 155,173 student. Catanduanes expects only 75,915 students making it as the province with the lowest number of students for the school opening, according to DepEd Bicol.

Naga City is topping the Bicol cities with most num-ber of returning students at 45,321 followed by Sorsogon with 43,645. Legaspi comes in third with 41,497. Tabaco City expects 37,890 students, Ligao City has 30,602, Mas-bate City has 29,110 students and placing last is Iriga with only 26,222 students, DepEd Bicol said.

Regionwide, the elemen-tary pupils comprise most of the school population at 1,042,990, followed by sec-ondary students at 409,299 then the kindergarten at 161,084.

According to DepEd Bi-col, they need additional 8,079 teachers to cope with almost 100,000 additional students this year compared to 1,517,454 total students last school year.

As expected, more kinder-garten teachers are needed with 5,221 followed by el-

DPWH BUILDS 73 NEW . . .ementary teachers with 1,765 and lastly by high school teachers with 1,092 shortage.

The province of Cama-rines Sur needs most with 2,112 teachers, followed by Masbate with 1,404 and Al-bay with 1,276 as top three provinces on teacher short-ages.

The increase in enroll-ment also resulted in shortage in seats or furniture totaling 554,919 regionwide. Again, the kindergarten needs the most seats at 157,654, fol-lowed by the elementary pu-pils at 318,332 and secondary students at 78,933. Camarines Sur again tops list among the provinces with 180,867 chairs needed, followed by Albay with 90,382 and Masbate with 72,762 needed chairs, DepEd Bicol said.

work for the completion of the court for 21 days.

Barangay Abella Punong Barangay Apolinario Malana Sr. stated that his community was also inspired by the good intentions that the private company has given them. As a counterpart, he vowed to engage the commitment of the volunteers to erect the said structure for the benefit of the youth and other sports enthusiasts in his barangay.

“We fell indebted with this opportunity. Through this, we also would like to promote the value that we Bicolanos are known for - the Bayanihan system, instilling the value of volunteerism among our resi-

COURT OF . . .

of the Regional Agricultural Engineering Division and to his left is Engr. Homer Diokno of National Irrigations Administration.

the consultative conference and election of officers were Engr. Homer Diokno and Eng. Ma. Teresa Francisco of National Ir-rigation Administration (NIA); MAO Damaso Olivares of Pili, Camarines Sur; and Tirso Per-las, Regional Rice Program Coordinator. -L.Guarin

dents and working towards a common good ,” Malana added.

Andrew Bercasio, Alaxan FR Representative said that after 21 days, they will be back at Barangay Abella for the unveiling of the project, together with the PBA bas-ketball legends like Johnny Abarientos, Jerry Codiñera, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras and Alvin Patrimonio to show their support for the said project.

While volunteers are busy completing the foundation and structure for the Court of

Inspiration, a medical clinic will also be attending to the needs of the community. There will be free check- up and consultation for the whole duration of 21 days while the basketball court awaits com-pletion.

Barangay Abella is just one of the many places that Alaxan FR has chosen as one of the recipients of the Courts of Inspiration in Luzon. The team had already completed erecting at least 18 basket-ball courts in various parts of Visayas and Mindanao since last year.

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DPWH builds 73 new school buildings

GREENY WITH MS. EARTH BEAUTIESGreeny, the DENR Bicol mascot with Miss Earth Beauties lead the warm up exercise prior to the gun start of the 3rd Bulusan Eco-trail Running Cup organized by the Local Government of Bulusan, Agap Bulusan in cooperation with Bulusan Volcano Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). The fun run was a venue to promote reforestation through the National Greening Program (NGP) wherein runners get to plant a tree in the protected area.

-Photo Hazel Manjares

DEQUITO

By JOSEPH JOHN J. PEREZ

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) in Bicol region has completed construc-tion of 73 new school buildings worth P48.2 million, in time for the opening of classes. In all, 98 new classrooms were built by the agency in the region.

DPWH Regional Di-rector Danilo Dequito said that the amount spent for the building construction was sourced from regular school buildings program (RSBP) of the Department of Education (DepEd) for calendar year 2012.

Camarines Sur got the biggest funding with P16 million for the construc-tion of 30 school buildings spread over its five con-gressional districts includ-ing the cities of Naga and Iriga, Dequito said.

Albay got a share of P9.2 million for the construction of 16 classrooms for the cities of Ligao and Tabaco and the towns of Bacacay, Camalig, Guinobatan, Libon, Malilipot, Oas, Pio Duran, Rapu-Rapu and Tiwi, he added.

Meanwhile, Masbate got P9 million for 25 new class-rooms completed as early as January this year in its three congressional districts. The province of Sorsogon got P7.2 million for the construction of 13 classrooms, Dequito said.

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