CLIMATE CHANGE. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo joins Vice-President Noli de Castro, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap (extreme left), Sorsogon Gov. Sally Lee, Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal and Albay Gov. Joey Salceda during the opening of the 1st National Conference on Climate Change Adaptation held at Albay Astrodome, Legazpi City. JUN COLLANTES

STREETDANCE. Contingents from various schools across the region vie for honors during the ‘Parada Bicolandia’ in celebration of Legazpi Port fiesta in Legazpi City. RHAYDZ B. BARCIA

HOMELESS NO MORE. National President Emily Duterte, in red shirt, leads the officers and members of the Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines in awarding Gawad Kalinga’s 15 low-cost houses funded by the group to poor families of Barangay Sabang, Naga City, left homeless by typhoons last year. With Duterte are Noel and Josie Cabangbang; Emily Kalaw, president, Cam. Sur & Naga REBAP; George Palma, past president, local REBAP and new member of the National Board; Luzviminda Maristela, founding president; Buddy Naag, past president; Sylvia Abella, secretary, and Romeo De Las Alas, vice president, all of the local chapter. Top photo shows the group inspecting the units behind the national president.

BFAR DISTRIBUTES GILL NETS TO FISHERFOLK OF MERCEDES, CAM. NORTE. Thirty fisherfolk of Mercedes, Camarines Norte were recipients of a bottom-set gill net received from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 5 under the Hunger Mitigation Program for the Poor. BFAR Provincial Fishery Officer Clemencio Reciproco (seated 3rd from left) led the said distribution with the assistance of BFAR staff and LGU-Mercedes officials composed of OIC-MAO Lourdes Tejeresas and Municipal Sec. Efren Balane (seated 1st and 4th from left respectively) and Roy Ladea (seated 2nd from left), MFARMC Chair of Mercedes and Provincial Fisherfolk representative of Camarines Norte. rcanabe

POWER CONGRESS. Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo Keynotes the 8th Regional Convention of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers at Villa Caceres Hotel. The Bicol convention of electrical engineers is being hosted by the IIEE Camarines Chapter whose president is Engr. Fidel Miles Evora. RANDY VILLAFLOR

Sa retrato si P/Chief Inspector Nick Garcia, deputy Chief of Police kan Naga PNP (nasa wala), reconosido kan City Hall bilang OIC COP, alagad kabali sa 14ng polis Naga na pig-pull out pasiring sa Camp Crame. Sa tahaw si P/Inspector Jojo Perez asin SPO1 Ricardo Siera Jr. kabali man sa pighali apesar na kulang na ngani an miembros kan policia kan ciudad.