Flourishing Japan-Camarines Sur Relationship: Another batch of Japanese investors and businessmen visited Camarines Sur for the purpose of firming up arrangement with the provincial government of Camarines Sur as to the establishment of an agency that will conduct continuous recruitment of medical related service personnel such as nurses and caregivers to work in Japan, the Japanese Nursing Services (JNS), upon invitation from Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte. The group is actually just one among the several that responded to the same invitation, a significant indication of the blooming relationship between the two governments and its respective constituents, also a glaring testimony to the unrelenting efforts of the young governor in forging an alliance with Japan, acclaimed as one amongst the industrial giants of the world, as he campaigns the province to be the next IT hub for the good of his constituents. Shown in the picture are (left to right) Ms. Rose Perida - officer in charge of the Camarines Sur Information Technology Center (CSITC), Ms. Odessa Saavedra of CSITC, Ms. Pura Magtuto - consultant on education, Mr. Masaaki Hirayama, president and CEO of JNS, Gov. LRay Villafuerte, Mr. Kenzo Kiso, president and CEO of Kyowa Hai and executive board member of JNS, Mr. Seiichiro Shibao, Manager of JNS and Mr. Kozo Aburagi, secretary of JNS, Mr. Akitsugu Orui and Ms. Karen Trinidad of CSITC. CRFERNANDEZ/DRANERA


USI MISSION: “Damayan sa Leyte.”The UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL Community Extension Services group under the Directorship of Delfin Bondad personally travelled to Leyte last Thursday night, March 9, 2006 , to bring relief goods for the Leyte landslide victims. The group brought with them assorted non-perishable foodstuff like rice,canned goods and noodles and heaps of clothing, though the most valuable commodity they brought with them are compassion and love for the unfortunate victims.

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Undersecretary GERUNDIO C. MADUEÑO, who heads the Support Services Office, and the Foreign-Assisted Project Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform, hails from Pamplona, Camarines Sur, and was conferred an “Outstanding Alumnus Award” by the University of Nueva Caceres, his high school alma mater.