Rotary Clubs Clean Water Project: Last July 26,2008 15 units of the Biosand Water Filters were recently installed for the residents in Barangay Atulayan, Sańgay, Camarines Sur, In attendance were President Jun Villegas of the RC Naga, President Airene Pasa, RC Goa-Partido, IPP Francis Dabu- Clean Water Project Chairman, and other member Rotarians The funding grant of the project comes from the Rotary Club of Brighton Beach, Melbourne Australia, through the aid of IDS Ruth Carlos Martinez.

USI Co-Hosts with CHED Consultative Conference for HEIs’. CHED Regional Director, Dominador P. Peralta, Jr. (leftmost) delivers his Declaration of Intent to keynote the Consultative Conference among Higher Education Institutions in the Province of Camarines, Naga City and Iriga City over the weekend. Co-sponsored by Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI), the conference was held at the USI Audio-Visual Center and tackled vital updates on the state of Higher Education in this part of the region. It was an important dialogue among administrators in Camarines Sur and the two cities cited, threshing out vital issues on HEI’s major concerns to make them more effective and relevant in their roles in community and nation-building. In attendance were the Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Deans, Registrars, Scholarship Heads and NSTP Coordinators of the HEI’s. Dir. Peralta is flanked on the right by USI President, Sr. Ma. Asuncion G. Evidente, DC and other attendees.

Sister Rina speaks before the exemplars of excellence and representatives of community based youth groups last July 5-6, 2008 at the Center for Spiritual Learning, Tagaytay City.

SPECIAL GUEST. Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes (left) receives a plaque of appreciation from lead convenor Bishop Jose R. Rojas, Jr.D.D. as special guest of the Camarines Sur Summit on Climate Change, a multi-sectoral conference on addressing the challenges of global climate change through localized initiatives organized by the AdHoc Peoples Task Force on Climate Change - CamSur and the Prelature of Libmanan Development Foundation, Inc.

PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE LATEST INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE. Not only did CamSur’s venture to BPO operations, as introduced by Gov. LRay Villafuerte who is a multi-awarded businessman himself, IT-based enterprises brought additional income to the provincial coffers, and provided jobs to at least 400 local IT professionals but has also afforded Bicolano IT professionals access to the latest innovations in accounting softwares. With the signing of the agreement between Sutherland, a BPO locator at the CamSur IT Park, Intuit, and the three most reputable universities in Camarines Sur, namely: University of Santa Isabel (USI), Ateneo de Naga University (AdeNU) and the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC), for the integration of the study of the number 1 accounting software in the U.S. into the curricula of the said schools, future IT graduates and professionals from the said institutions will readily find employment in companies using the software. Photo shows the personalities behind the signing of the contract as they pose with some business acquaintances for a memento of the occasion, left to right: Shridhar Aiyer – Sutherland’s VP for Support Services, Dr. Rebecca Torres – VP for Academic Affairs of AdeNU, Rowena Encinas – Research Staff of USI, Nicolas Priela – Assistant to the President of UNC, Kevin Kenny – Sutherland Assistant VP, Norman Happ, Erich Witcherman – Intuit manager for global telesales operations and planning, Sara Koon and Jeremy Wright.

HEAVEN ON EARTH. This is Lajos Island, one of a string of islands that comprise the unblemished beauty of Caramoan Peninsula, now made more famous by its massive exposure via the You Tube, a video sharing site on the Internet, that featured the very popular French Survivor TV show, “Koh Lanta”. Gov. LRay Villafuerte had invested some prime infrastructure, high standard facilities, and state-of-the-art amenities that will surely lure in European tourists and other international visitors that will further boost the province’s stature in the very lucrative international tourism market.

JMTS/Jovi Villareal-MMEC

STATE OF THE PEOPLE’S ADDRESS – Pagsabat sa SONA ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo kan militanteng grupo sa Camarines Sur na ginibo sa Plaza Quince Martirez kan ciudad nin Naga kan Julio 28. Si ginibong marcha kan mga militante antes kan saindang sadiring version kan SONA na nagpahayag nin pagka-disganar sa liderato ni GMA. Saindang pigdenuncia an padagos na pag-implementar kan EVAT asin Oil Deregulation Law na mas lalong nagpapatios sa dati nang pobreng mga Filipino.