CSI BATCH ’84 1ST US GET TOGETHER. Members of Colegio de Sta. Isabel (now Universidad de Sta. Isabel) High School Batch’84 who are living in the United States gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada for their first ever get together last July 10-13. (right to left) Virginia Reyta, Melanie Ragrario, Tere delos Santos, Shiela Dy-Prieto, Olive Aureus, Vivian Bonifacio, Gigi Andes, Jude Rubio, Menchie Rivero, Ivy Daluro, Arlene Ibay, Malou Aquino, Ica Veluz,Salve Naval and Mattie Vivar. Not in photo are Elisa Balcueva, Jinky Estanislao, Marna Villafuerte and Hannah Dancel. The reunion was held in a rented villa in Wild Lily Court.

Consultative Meeting on CARP Extension. Top executives and legal chiefs of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Bicol headed by Atty. Ma.Celestina Manlagnit-Tam convened June 27 in a closed-door consultative meeting at Café Federico, Crown Hotel in Naga City to further discuss and craft some reform amendments on Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) that will be presented to the House of Representatives when its 2nd regular session resume on July 21. According to Atty.Tam, despite the majority of the House members are in favor of CARP extension, they insist on instituting reforms and cure the flaws in the implementation of CARP prior to the enactment of a definitive extension.

(GCBuensalida/DAR)

SHAPING UP. SM City Naga, the first in Bicol, is taking shape at the city’s Central Business District II, near the Metro Naga Central Bus Terminal, to meet its targeted completion on the first quarter of next year.

RHANDY VILLAFLOR

VISITORS FROM QUEZON. Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo (center) and Vice Mayor Gabby Bordado (to his left) confer with the Calaug (Quezon) contingent led by Mayor Eric Entienza and Vice Mayor Arcadio Mendoza Jr. The Calaug local government officials visited Naga City the other day. Various local government untis and non-government organizations visit Naga City every month to study its world-renown participative system of local governance.

RHANDY VILLAFLOR

‘CARING FOR MOTHER EARTH ON MOTHER DAY” - Nagconducir nin clean-up drive sa beach kan Pasacao, Camarines Sur an mga oficiales asin miembros kan Caceres Eagles Club sa pamamayo ni Mike Marfega,(nasa too) presidente na ginibo kan Mayo 11, 2008. Si Mrs. Cherry Knee, maysadiri kan Surfers Resort ( ika-tulo hali sa too), nagtabang sa programa kan mga agila.