“ASTIGS” STARS AT CWC. The cast of the hit teen TV series “Astigs” arrived recently in the province to shoot a summer episode at the world famous Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC). In above photo, the teen stars take a lull from their shooting to pose with Governor LRay Villafuerte. SNIEVES/JULIUSLILAO-MMEC

MANGROVE REFO PROJECT -- A ceremonial Mangrove planting and MOA signing on the 90-hectare mangrove reforestation project of the provincial government of Albay, LGU Manito, PNOC-EDC BGPF and DENR along Poliqui Bay in Manito, Albay, was held April 19, 2008. In photo from left to right are Manito Vice-Mayor Salvador Gonzales III, Manito Mayor Cesar Daep, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, DENR 5 representative and Liberato S. Virata, resident manager of PNOC-EDC. (Alex Cal/PIA-5)

BICOL’S TOP BUSINESSMAN. Senator Richard Gordon, assisted by PCCI VP for South Luzon Apolinar Aure, congratulates 82-year old Soledad Puncia of Arrow Feeds Corporation as one of the Halyao 2008 Businesswoman of the Year awardees. DOMING RANERA

SUSTAINING RICE SUFFICIENCY. Governor LRay Villafuerte launched recently the palay seed distribution project to support farmers whose farmlands were badly hit by the onslaught of continuous heavy rains and flooding that occurred early this year. Agricultural productivity most especially in rice, the staple food of the Filipinos, remains among the priority thrusts of the provincial government. In photos above, Baao Mayor Jun Bongcayao and Nabua Mayor Fernando Simbulan are shown handing out bags of certified seeds and sachets of BIO-N, an organic fertilizer or seed inoculants to farmers. SNIEVES/DREYES-MMEC<.i>