GEODESY
GAB – GEP Bicol delegates pose with Vice President Noli de
Castro who was guest of honor of the 31st Annual Directorate
Meeting and Convention of the Geodetic Engineers of the
Philippines, Inc. held June 16 to 18, 2005 at Tagaytay City
focused on “Re-Engineering the Philippine Land Administration and
Management System Towards a Strong Republic” to update and
modernize land use policies in the country. (LED CHAVEZ)
MEDICAL
MISSION. Employees of DLR, DILG, & DENR availed of the free
medical consultation as part of the 17th CARP Anniversary
celebration held last June 10, 2005 at the BRDBP Compound, Pili,
Camarines Sur. In the photo is Dr. Jean O. Orense, resident
physician of Mother Seton Hospital as team leader; John Robert
Santos, Pfizer Professional Health Representative, and Registered
Nurse Rex Lumabi of USI. The Medical Mission was sponsored by
Pfizer Philippines through the coordination of OIC-PARO I Edgardo
H. de la Rosa of DLR-Camarines Sur. JOEY CO / photo by Gerry
Buensalida
“TOTOY
TO MANOY”. As part of their Silver Jubilee celebration, the
Ateneo de Naga University High School Batch ’80 recently sponsored
a Free Circumcision held at the BSP Council Headquarters. Dubbed
as “Totoy to Manoy (from childhood to adulthood): Operation Tule”,
the reach-out program benefited more than 40 boys belonging to
indigent families in Naga City. Posed for souvenir photo are
(standing from left to right): Noel Motos, Enrique Besenio, Ralph
Moscoso and Francis Calma. (Seated, from L-R): Albert Villafuerte,
Dr. Gemino Jose Pilapil, Nestor Monte, Jr., Dr. Ronnie Amoranto
and Dr. Nestor Borja. Not in photo is Teddy Laquindanum.
MOVING
ON WITH CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. Members of the Executive
Committee of the Caceres Commission on Communications intensely
discuss the groundwork preparation for the next Advocacy Forum
tentatively set last week of July, this year. Also unanimously
approved by the body was the endorsement to the Office of the
Archdiocese of Caceres the launching of the 6th Catholic Mass
Media Awards. Shown in photo (from left clockwise) CCCom Director
Fr. Louie Occiano, members Tess Bañares, Roy Regaspi, Danny De
Leon, Ding Cruz, Liezl Macatangay, Mina Bermudo, Sis. Madeline
Paquio, Nilo Aureus and Amelita Zaens. Not in photo: Fr. Marlon
Tebelin and Julma Narvadez.
DepEd
Undersecretary Juan Miguel Luz sign documents with Naga City
Mayor Jesse M. Robredo during the blessing and inauguration of the
new city library and library hub at the City Hall compound, along
with the formal turn-over of the Book Mobile, in time for the
celebration of Naga City’s 57th charter anniversary. Vic
Villaflor
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY CONFAB. Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte
urged the various sectoral representatives to draw up plans to
further improve agricultural productivity in Camarines Sur during
the Agri-business Conference held last Wednesday, June 22 at the
Convention Center of the provincial capitol at Cadlan, Pili,
Camarines Sur. The Camarines Sur provincial government in
coordination with the Department of Agriculture, Region V,
sponsored conference. The governor (standing in top photo) is
shown presenting to the audience a vacuum-packed vegetable mix
(shown in enlarged photo above) processed by Basic Necessity. The
product is now available in the domestic market. Also in top
photo, seated were Dr. Jose Dayao, Asst. Regional Director for the
Finance, Dr. Hector M. Sales, OIC, Regional Executive Director and
Dr. Divino Esteve, Operation Division Chief, all of DA region V.
STN/DANTE REYES
NIHONGO
IN CAMARINES SUR – Japanese teacher Sei Yasuyo, fondly called
“Miki-sensei” by her students, is caught hard at work in one of
her Nihongo classes as her attentive students are captivated and
seemed fascinated with learning the nuances of a foreign language.
Given the success of the Japanese Language Learning Course (JLLC)
as offered for free by the Camarines Sur provincial government
through the Information Technology Center (CSITC), efforts have
been made to expand the program to incorporate IT in the language
curriculum, thus, necessitating the hiring of an additional
Japanese teacher in the very near future. JMTS/MMEC
GMA
RESIGN. Militants in Bicol stage a rally to declare President
Arroyo a “fake” president following scandals over jueteng,
election cheating, rising oil prices and the now VAT law that have
brought shame and suffering to the Filipino people. Tony S.
Macasinag
