RALLY. Denied permit by the municipal hall of Mercedes, CNorte, some 300 residents led by Msgr. Romeo Violeta, parish priest, hold rally at church compound to protest the questionable establishment of a minihydro power plant by Mayor Pepito Lo. FRANCIS ELEVADO

ARRESTED. PO3 Raul Bongon of the Public Safety office Special Operations Group recites the suspect’s rights guaranteed by the Constitution upon their arrest for attempted homicide and violation of gun ban in Bgy. Panicuason, Naga City. RANDY VILLAFLOR

FLASHY - A vintage sports car struts its wares at Naga City Hall as it passes by together with 16 other classic models as part of Philippine Island Historic Tour of the Manila Sports Car club that covered Manila to Visayas and Mindanao. The club donated P6,000 cash and relief goods for the city’s typhoon relief fund. RANDY VILLAFLOR

ERADICATING MALNUTRITION. Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte is leaving no stone unturned in his determination to eradicate malnutrition among children in the province by launching this year multi-pronged nutrition programs that will benefit close to 10,000 underweight children. Among the multifarious programs intended for children relentlessly pursued by the youthful governor is the LRay Vita Kidz Nutrition Program designed to reduce if not totally eradicate malnutrition in children, 6 years old and below in the province. SNIEVES/DREYES/MMEC

LEARNING FROM PROS. Senate President Manny Villar got valuable pointers and tips on wakeboarding from CamSur Governor LRay Villafuerte and only daughter Gabriella when the senatorial candidate made a short pit stop at the number one tourist destination in Bicol—the CamSur Watersports Complex last March 17 while conducting his assorted political sorties in Bicolandia. JMTS/JKCASTRO/DRANERA MMEC

CAMPAIGN STUMP. Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo welcomes Sen. Ping Lacson during the latter’s sortie in Naga City. RANDY VILLAFLOR

SEEKING TO OUT RUN THE OTHERS. Top contenders in the annual bike race “Tour of Camarines Sur” will once again see action in this year’s race tagged “Decade Run” as each one seeks to out-best their personal rivals to the race’s top plum. Heading the list of the top guns are (left to right) Eusebio Quiñones of Basud, Camarines Norte, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004 Tour of CamSur Champion and 2003 Hanoi SEA Games Gold Medalist; Alvin Benosa of San Andres, Iriga City, defending champion-2006 Champion; Bryant Sepnio of Nabua, Camarines Sur, 2005 Champion and Padyak Pinoy veterans; Frederick Feliciano of Aliaga, Nueva Ecija (back-to-back runner-up in 2002, 2003, 2004); Nilo Estayo of Pangasinan; McQuinn Aleonar of Davao City; Arnel Quirimit of Pangasinan and Kennedy Guino-o of Davao City. CRFERNANDEZ/RMASAGCA/MMEC