ALBAY'S OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS, STUDENTS RECEIVE CASH,
> PLAQUES
By Cet Dematera
>
> LEGAZPI CITY---Some P2.1-million cash incentives as well as
> plaques and certificates were received yesterday by at least
> 27 awardees and qualifiers in the Gawad Albay sa Edukasyon
> 2010 ceremonies held at the Albay Astrodome this city.
>
> Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, who first implemented the
> education enhancement program in 2008 under the program
> education quality for Albayanos (EQUAL), said that this
> year's search was the biggest as it was already participated
> by over 70 awardees and qualifiers.
>
> "This means that our main objective of providing Albayanos
> with quality education is gradually gaining support from the
> various sectors of our society," Salceda told The STAR.
>
> Salceda said that the total of 27 awardees and 49
> qualifiers all received cash incentives ranging from P3,000
> to P200,000 each, depending on the categories they had
> participated in.
>
> Dr. Rowena Ondiz, chief of Albay's Research and Planning
> division and awarding in-charge, said the awardees came from
> four categories:student excellence in academics and
> leadership (SEAL); ten outstanding teachers of Albay
> (TOTAL); three outstanding principals in the countryside of
> Albay (TROPICAL); and Kadunong LGU with best practices in
> education.
>
> SEAL's ten awardees received P20,000 each; TOTAL's awardees
> received P100,000 each; TROPICAL's three awardees got
> P100,000 each; and Kadunong LGU's most outstanding bagged
> P200,000; outstanding, P100,000; and special recognition,
> P75,000.
>
> Student awardees were Rhod Jeran Sabater, of Polangui
> Comprehensive High School(PGCHS); John Eulo Bas, of Tabaco
> National High School(TNHS); Jessa Marie Monzon, of Marcial
> O. Rañola Memorial School (MORMS); Micah Madrelejos, PGCHS;
> Andre Nico Belen, of Ligao National High School (LNHS);
> Kimberly Rapirap, of St. Michael Academy; Roland Francis
> Dacillo, TNHS; Antonette Reburiano, PGCHS; Shaira Orogo,
> MORMS; and Aaron Castillo, of Legazpi City Science High
> School LCSHS).
>
> Teacher awardees were Michelle M. Damiel,LCSHS; Diana L.
> Desuyo, of Bicol Regional Science High School (BRSHS); Sixto
> O. Orzales, of Albay Central School (ACS); Leopoldo C.
> Brizuela Jr., LNHS; Nora J. Laguda, MORMS; Shirley M.
> Rustria, of Oas North Central School (ONCS); Hazel C. Asejo,
> of Aquinas University of Legazpi Science High School
> (AUL-LSHS; Ruben B. Cenita, AUL-LSHS; Roger B. Bañal, TNHS;
> and Nancy M. Aguda, ACS.
>
> The three school principal awardees were Dr. Norma B.
> Orozco, of Pagasa National High School (PNHS); Rhodie H.
> Quirab, of Ligao East Central Elementary School (LECES); and
> Carmen J. Beldad, ACS.
>
> Most outstanding LGU awardee was Tiwi mayor Jaime C.
> Villanueva; outstanding awardees were Libon mayor Agnes
> Dycoco and Tabaco City mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro. Also
> given special mention award was Manito mayor Caesar Daep.
>
> Ondiz said that aside from the major awards, at finalists
> also received P5,000 to P10,000 each; and qualifiers P3,000
> to P5,000 each, depending on the categories they were
> nominees.
>
> "Gov. Salceda wants that all those who signified interest
> in joining the education enhancement contests receive
> prize," Ondiz told The STAR.
>
> Orozco, a principal awardee, said that she was very happy
> to be given such recognition even before she retires from
> teaching.
>
> "Just do good for the benefit of the majority. This is what
> I always follow in all my undertakings as a public school
> teacher," Orozco told The STAR.
>
> Teacher awardee Orzales said that he considered the award
> as an early big Christmas gift and an affirmation that good
> and dedicated public service could be done by anyone.
>
> "I consider this as an early big Christmas gift which made
> my parents, friends and mentors also very happy. This is
> also an affirmation that I could make a different in my
> chosen career," Orzales told The STAR.
>
> With its expanded education programs and activities, Albay
> had created the Provincial Education Department (PET)and
> initially funded it with some P170-million. (cet dematera)
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
BFAR TO PROVIDE FREE FINGERLINGS TO DISPLACED BUHI TILAPIA GROWERS
BFAR TO PROVIDE FREE FINGERLINGS TO DISPLACED BUHI TILAPIA GROWERS
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY----The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bicol has assured yesterday the marginalized tilapia growers of any assistance after the Buhi government has issued a freeze order for the business permit renewal for 2011 of at least 600 fish cage operators due to contamination that resulted to the massive fish kill of tons of tilapia and other fresh water lives in the lake since Nov. Last year.
Buhi mayor Rey Lacoste has issued the freezing of business permit renewal as an extreme measure to save the lake from further devastation as also suggested by an inter-agency consultative body which studied the condition of the world’s smallest commercial fish habitat.
BFAR-Bicol director Dennis del Socorro said that they had already put in place the distribution of fingerlings as well as other forms of assistance in case the marginalized fishermen to be affected by the freeze order would seek their help.
Del Socorro said his office has been anticipating this action following series of dialogues and consultations with fish cage operators, fish vendors, Buhi LGU and other stakeholders should fish cage operations would finally put to halt.
“We will give free fingerlings to the marginalized fishermen who would opt to raise tilapia outside Lake Buhi. But this has to go to the usual processes,” Del Socorro told The STAR.
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY----The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bicol has assured yesterday the marginalized tilapia growers of any assistance after the Buhi government has issued a freeze order for the business permit renewal for 2011 of at least 600 fish cage operators due to contamination that resulted to the massive fish kill of tons of tilapia and other fresh water lives in the lake since Nov. Last year.
Buhi mayor Rey Lacoste has issued the freezing of business permit renewal as an extreme measure to save the lake from further devastation as also suggested by an inter-agency consultative body which studied the condition of the world’s smallest commercial fish habitat.
BFAR-Bicol director Dennis del Socorro said that they had already put in place the distribution of fingerlings as well as other forms of assistance in case the marginalized fishermen to be affected by the freeze order would seek their help.
Del Socorro said his office has been anticipating this action following series of dialogues and consultations with fish cage operators, fish vendors, Buhi LGU and other stakeholders should fish cage operations would finally put to halt.
“We will give free fingerlings to the marginalized fishermen who would opt to raise tilapia outside Lake Buhi. But this has to go to the usual processes,” Del Socorro told The STAR.
ALBAY’S GREEN CHRISTMAS GAINING SUPPORT
ALBAY’S GREEN CHRISTMAS GAINING SUPPORT
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---After it was officially launched last Nov.24, Albay’s Green Christmas, or “Christmas without risk” has started to gain grounds even outside the province as various government and non-government agencies in Bicol have expressed all out support of this unique Yuletide season celebration.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said that the main objectives of this environment-friendly Christmas observance are zero casualty from firecrackers (paputok), reduced use of plastic during shopping, and low-carbon discharge during the period.
In the office memorandum titled “Guidance on Christmas Celebration 2010,” Salceda ordered the Albay office heads and employees to celebrate Christmas through tree planting, beach or river clean-up, resettlement socials, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) by means of games and magic in children’s homes or among children of informal settlers.
“All departments (of Albay) are banned from procuring Christmas trees and other plastic ornaments and decors and are, therefore, encouraged to decorate existing trees at the (Albay freedom) Park and spruce up ornamental plants inside your offices with recyclable or biodegradable decorative materials,” Salceda said in the memo emailed to The STAR.
Salceda, who was recently named by the United Nations (UN) as world champion DRR campaigner, ordered the employees that “in serving food, plastic or paper plates and cups should be banned and their procurement is prohibited.”
“Instead, banana leaves, banana bark, coconut shell and/or “bilaos” shall be used. They are more earth-friendly and, given current trends, more fashionable and “going native”, more patriotic,” the Albay governor said, adding that “as far possible, it is advised that this practice should extend to your household and village celebrations.”
Ako Bicol Party-list President Rodel Batocabe said that their group would help create awareness in other areas of the country of the pioneering and novel “Green Christmas” activities being led by the Albay government.
Batocabe, who also sits as Ako Bicol’s representative in Congress, said that the massive awareness campaign through mass media of this celebration would gain support even from lawmakers of their proposed bill that would totally ban use of plastic bags in the country.
“We cannot help but fully support this Green Christmas celebration because this will create public awareness that could further boost the chance for the passage of our bill which will totally ban use of plastic bags in the country,” Batocabe told The STAR.
Batocabe said that the total ban of plastic bags would spur economic development in the rural areas because there will massive demand for indigenous materials, particularly rattan, “Buri,” and abaca.
Even government troops in Bicol pledged to support the Green Yuletide celebration by refraining from firearms discharge or shooting during Christmas’ and New Year’s Eves.
Bicol Army spokesman Major Harold Cabunoc said that they had already started decorating tress in their camps instead of buying plastic decors as support to this environment-friendly celebration.
“We already spruced up trees inside our camps with Christmas decors and lights, instead of buying plastic paraphernalias,” Cabunoc told The STAR.
Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Bicol had in fact earlier announced their observation of the Green Christmas.
Also, salceda ordered all the provincial departments to launch Christmas tree making contest using materials out of trashes.(cet dematera)
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By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---After it was officially launched last Nov.24, Albay’s Green Christmas, or “Christmas without risk” has started to gain grounds even outside the province as various government and non-government agencies in Bicol have expressed all out support of this unique Yuletide season celebration.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said that the main objectives of this environment-friendly Christmas observance are zero casualty from firecrackers (paputok), reduced use of plastic during shopping, and low-carbon discharge during the period.
In the office memorandum titled “Guidance on Christmas Celebration 2010,” Salceda ordered the Albay office heads and employees to celebrate Christmas through tree planting, beach or river clean-up, resettlement socials, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) by means of games and magic in children’s homes or among children of informal settlers.
“All departments (of Albay) are banned from procuring Christmas trees and other plastic ornaments and decors and are, therefore, encouraged to decorate existing trees at the (Albay freedom) Park and spruce up ornamental plants inside your offices with recyclable or biodegradable decorative materials,” Salceda said in the memo emailed to The STAR.
Salceda, who was recently named by the United Nations (UN) as world champion DRR campaigner, ordered the employees that “in serving food, plastic or paper plates and cups should be banned and their procurement is prohibited.”
“Instead, banana leaves, banana bark, coconut shell and/or “bilaos” shall be used. They are more earth-friendly and, given current trends, more fashionable and “going native”, more patriotic,” the Albay governor said, adding that “as far possible, it is advised that this practice should extend to your household and village celebrations.”
Ako Bicol Party-list President Rodel Batocabe said that their group would help create awareness in other areas of the country of the pioneering and novel “Green Christmas” activities being led by the Albay government.
Batocabe, who also sits as Ako Bicol’s representative in Congress, said that the massive awareness campaign through mass media of this celebration would gain support even from lawmakers of their proposed bill that would totally ban use of plastic bags in the country.
“We cannot help but fully support this Green Christmas celebration because this will create public awareness that could further boost the chance for the passage of our bill which will totally ban use of plastic bags in the country,” Batocabe told The STAR.
Batocabe said that the total ban of plastic bags would spur economic development in the rural areas because there will massive demand for indigenous materials, particularly rattan, “Buri,” and abaca.
Even government troops in Bicol pledged to support the Green Yuletide celebration by refraining from firearms discharge or shooting during Christmas’ and New Year’s Eves.
Bicol Army spokesman Major Harold Cabunoc said that they had already started decorating tress in their camps instead of buying plastic decors as support to this environment-friendly celebration.
“We already spruced up trees inside our camps with Christmas decors and lights, instead of buying plastic paraphernalias,” Cabunoc told The STAR.
Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Bicol had in fact earlier announced their observation of the Green Christmas.
Also, salceda ordered all the provincial departments to launch Christmas tree making contest using materials out of trashes.(cet dematera)
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PRESIDENT AQUINO RE-APPOINTS SALCEDA AS BICOL RDC CHAIR
PRESIDENT AQUINO RE-APPOINTS SALCEDA AS BICOL RDC CHAIR
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---President Aquino has re-appointed Albay Gov. Joey Salceda as chairman of the Bicol Regional Develoment Council (RDC), his third term, two of which were under the administration of former president, now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo.
In the omnibus appointment letter dated Dec.2, 2010 signed be Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr, Salceda is among the nine RDC chairmen appointed, or re-appointed by Aquino.
RDC is an organization with the secretariat based at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) offices across the country, and composed of government and non-government agencies tasked to formulate economic programs and activities for a particular region.
Salceda, a know close ally and economic adviser of Arroyo, jumped into the Aquino camp when he accepted the position as Liberal Party’s Regional Chairman for Bicol last April 20,2009. He however opted to remain as Albay governor rather than accepting any official portfolio in the Aquino administration.
Although he got only eight votes as against the 32 votes for Camarines Sur gov. L-Ray Villafuerte when he ran as RDC chair in 2007, Arroyo had chosen him as the RDC Bicol head. And he ran unopposed for the second term rthis year.
And talks that he would be replaced under the Aquino administration was finally set aside upon his re-appointment this December.
Other appointees are Gov. Victor A. Tanco Sr. for Region VI; Gov. Agustin Ramon M. Perdices for Region VII; Gov. Carlos Jericho L. Petilla for Region VIII; Mayor Evelyn T. Uy for Region IX; Mayor Laurence Ll. Cruz for Region X; Mayor Sara Z. Duterte for Region XI; and Mayor Darlene Magnolia R. Antonino-Custodio for Region 12.(cet dematera)
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By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---President Aquino has re-appointed Albay Gov. Joey Salceda as chairman of the Bicol Regional Develoment Council (RDC), his third term, two of which were under the administration of former president, now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo.
In the omnibus appointment letter dated Dec.2, 2010 signed be Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr, Salceda is among the nine RDC chairmen appointed, or re-appointed by Aquino.
RDC is an organization with the secretariat based at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) offices across the country, and composed of government and non-government agencies tasked to formulate economic programs and activities for a particular region.
Salceda, a know close ally and economic adviser of Arroyo, jumped into the Aquino camp when he accepted the position as Liberal Party’s Regional Chairman for Bicol last April 20,2009. He however opted to remain as Albay governor rather than accepting any official portfolio in the Aquino administration.
Although he got only eight votes as against the 32 votes for Camarines Sur gov. L-Ray Villafuerte when he ran as RDC chair in 2007, Arroyo had chosen him as the RDC Bicol head. And he ran unopposed for the second term rthis year.
And talks that he would be replaced under the Aquino administration was finally set aside upon his re-appointment this December.
Other appointees are Gov. Victor A. Tanco Sr. for Region VI; Gov. Agustin Ramon M. Perdices for Region VII; Gov. Carlos Jericho L. Petilla for Region VIII; Mayor Evelyn T. Uy for Region IX; Mayor Laurence Ll. Cruz for Region X; Mayor Sara Z. Duterte for Region XI; and Mayor Darlene Magnolia R. Antonino-Custodio for Region 12.(cet dematera)
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LGU, TOURIST OFFICIALS LAUD MAYON VOLCANO, BUTANDING PICS IN P100 BILL
LGU, TOURIST OFFICIALS LAUD MAYON VOLCANO, BUTANDING PICS IN P100 BILL
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---Tourism and local government officials of Bicol have lauded the inclusion of Mayon Volcano in Albay and Butanding (whaleshark) in Sorsogon in the depicted designs at the back of the latest edition of the Philippine’s P100 bill.
Maria “Nini” Ravanilla, Bicol tourism director, called the step of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as a “milestone” for the region’s tourism promotion, anticipating influx of more local and foreign visitors into these tourist destinations.
“This will be a very good tool for tourism promotion for Bicol in particular and the country in general,” Ravanilla told The STAR.
She said that with the images of Mayon Volcano and Butanding inscribed at the back of the P100 bill, it would now be easier to promote and wider to disseminate these tourist spots found in Bicol.
Ravanilla said she would invite stakeholders in tourism business and promotions, particularly hotels and resorts owners, for new measures to adopt in view of this latest development.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, also re-appointed chairman of the Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC), expressed elation over the BSP move, saying this would give the region a big boost in tourism promotion that could contribute to the economic leap of the peninsula in general.
“We are most grateful to the BSP for featuring Mayon Volcano and the butanding in the more prolific currency- P100. As early as May, BSP authorities have indicated to me about this positive development. Surely, it is a big boost to our tourism promotion effort,” Salceda emailed to The STAR yesterday.
Joe Briones, Albay tourism officer, said that this development will not only put Bicol back to the tourism world map but may also pave the way to the discovery of other equally luring tourist spots here, particularly the while sands of Bacacay town and the diving destinations at the Albay Gulf.
“We are really grateful for this BSP move. We will try to do every effort to promote Albay’s tourism programs,” Briones told The STAR.
Lawyer Rodel Batocabe, one of the Ako-Bicol Party-list representatives, said that Representative Manny Pacquiao has also already signified intention to promote sports and tourism development of Bicol.
Batocabe believes that this intention could be due to the fact that Pacquiao’s represented district of Saranggani and Albay are sister provinces.
“It also could be that Pacquiao’s Filipino trainer Boboy Fernandez is married to a Bicolana as this now reside (Fernandez’s family) in Polangui town in Albay,” Batocabo told The STAR. He did not though mention when Pacquiao would exactly promote Bicol tourism. (cet dematera)
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By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---Tourism and local government officials of Bicol have lauded the inclusion of Mayon Volcano in Albay and Butanding (whaleshark) in Sorsogon in the depicted designs at the back of the latest edition of the Philippine’s P100 bill.
Maria “Nini” Ravanilla, Bicol tourism director, called the step of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as a “milestone” for the region’s tourism promotion, anticipating influx of more local and foreign visitors into these tourist destinations.
“This will be a very good tool for tourism promotion for Bicol in particular and the country in general,” Ravanilla told The STAR.
She said that with the images of Mayon Volcano and Butanding inscribed at the back of the P100 bill, it would now be easier to promote and wider to disseminate these tourist spots found in Bicol.
Ravanilla said she would invite stakeholders in tourism business and promotions, particularly hotels and resorts owners, for new measures to adopt in view of this latest development.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, also re-appointed chairman of the Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC), expressed elation over the BSP move, saying this would give the region a big boost in tourism promotion that could contribute to the economic leap of the peninsula in general.
“We are most grateful to the BSP for featuring Mayon Volcano and the butanding in the more prolific currency- P100. As early as May, BSP authorities have indicated to me about this positive development. Surely, it is a big boost to our tourism promotion effort,” Salceda emailed to The STAR yesterday.
Joe Briones, Albay tourism officer, said that this development will not only put Bicol back to the tourism world map but may also pave the way to the discovery of other equally luring tourist spots here, particularly the while sands of Bacacay town and the diving destinations at the Albay Gulf.
“We are really grateful for this BSP move. We will try to do every effort to promote Albay’s tourism programs,” Briones told The STAR.
Lawyer Rodel Batocabe, one of the Ako-Bicol Party-list representatives, said that Representative Manny Pacquiao has also already signified intention to promote sports and tourism development of Bicol.
Batocabe believes that this intention could be due to the fact that Pacquiao’s represented district of Saranggani and Albay are sister provinces.
“It also could be that Pacquiao’s Filipino trainer Boboy Fernandez is married to a Bicolana as this now reside (Fernandez’s family) in Polangui town in Albay,” Batocabo told The STAR. He did not though mention when Pacquiao would exactly promote Bicol tourism. (cet dematera)
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Monday, November 15, 2010
BICOL UNIVERSITY'S VISION, MISSION AND GOALS; AB STA, AB ENGLISH, AB JOURNALISM, AB BROADCASTING'S OBJECTIVES
Republic of the Philippines
Bicol University
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
Legazpi City
BICOL UNIVERSITY
Vision
A UNIVERSITY of EXCELLENCE characterized by scholarship engagement for the community towards sustainable development.
Mission
The aforecited vision is rooted in Bicol University’s mandate as provided in RA 5521 which is “to give professional and technical training and provide advanced and specialized instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, besides providing for the promotion and technological researches (Sec. 3).” Hence, the BU graduates shall be distinguished by their industry, nationalism and integrity. Along this line, extension service to the community and resource generation through its various productive endeavors shall complement the University’s mandated instruction-research function.
Goals
a. Provide quality instruction and effective training in communication, language, literature, culture and the arts.
b. Produce dynamic and highly competitive graduates in the fields of communication, communication technology, language and literature, culture, and the performing arts, imbued with moral and social values needed to sustain the global challenges of the times.
c. Develop competent, responsive, critical, and humane professionals, capable of delivering the highest quality of service along their specialized fields, thereby promoting truth and justice towards the attainment of regional, national, and global goals.
d. Undertake research and extension activities in communication, culture and the arts that respond to regional, national, and global concerns.
e. Provide professional and technical services to various stakeholders, in support of the mandated functions of the university on instruction, research, extension, and production.
AB ENGLISH PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Prepare students for the requirements of varied professions and careers, particularly provide basic and workplace readiness skills in order to learn and adapt to any occupation required by both local and global markets.
2. Equip students with appropriate communication skills that will enable them to function effectively in the society.
3. Deepen appreciation of self and others, amidst diversity, through literature viewed as a means to understand humanity and the world.
4. Inculcate the values of integrity, responsibility, nationalism and other Filipino values necessary for the preservation of cultural heritage and national identity.
5. Encourage the quest for knowledge, love for truth and justice and respect for law.
6. Develop interest and competency for instruction, research, extension and production.
AB AUDIO VISUAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Produce competent professionals who can be gainfully employed in the audio visual enterprise, government, computer industry and the research cultural group.
2. Provide training for audio visual enthusiasts for them to acquire a broad-based knowledge in the broadcast media, multi-media and the arts, and for them to produce high quality films and videos.
3. Develop AV specialist in the undertaking of research and extension activities which will help them develop a critical and analytical framework of the socio-political and economic environment for media development.
4. Establish and strengthen linkages with various sectors which may enhance students’ capabilities through training, research and development activities.
AB SPEECH AND THEATER ARTS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. To provide comprehensive pre-professional training in the areas of speech communication, acting, directing, dance, and theater technology.
2. To train students for the teaching of speech communication, theater arts and humanities courses.
3. To provide students and extended communities distinctly innovative approaches to research/creative work in the areas of speech communication and theater arts anchored on the millennium development goals.
4. To enhance students’ interest and skills in research, extension service and production activities.
5. To inculcate among the students the discipline, dynamism, dedication and commitment in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Bicolanos for national unity and identity.
6. To produce competent and responsive graduates with varied skills and expertise in the different areas of speech communication and production techniques.
AB JOURNALISM PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. To produce professionals in the print media, advertising, public relations, government service, and non-government organizations.
2. To monitor and regularly update the curriculum of the journalism program to make it constantly relevant to the needs of the times.
3. To conduct studies in print media, broadcast journalism, new media, advertising, and public relations, using different research methods for various end-users.
4. To intensify the development of critical thinking among students in order to develop value systems contributing to the furtherance of freedoms of speech, of expression, and of the press.
AB BROADCASTING OBJECTIVES
1. Produce broadcast professionals imbued with an-depth knowledge on the interdisciplinary nature and of broadcast communication;
2. Develop highly critical and analytical broadcast practitioners with a thorough perspective framework of their social, political, economic and political environ;
3. Equip students who would later become competent professionals with necessary communication and technical competence that will develop them to become professional communication experts/authorities, managers, and leaders in the field of communication; and
4. Contribute to the professionalization of the broadcast industry as communication experts with high sense of social and moral responsibility.
Bicol University
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
Legazpi City
BICOL UNIVERSITY
Vision
A UNIVERSITY of EXCELLENCE characterized by scholarship engagement for the community towards sustainable development.
Mission
The aforecited vision is rooted in Bicol University’s mandate as provided in RA 5521 which is “to give professional and technical training and provide advanced and specialized instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, besides providing for the promotion and technological researches (Sec. 3).” Hence, the BU graduates shall be distinguished by their industry, nationalism and integrity. Along this line, extension service to the community and resource generation through its various productive endeavors shall complement the University’s mandated instruction-research function.
Goals
a. Provide quality instruction and effective training in communication, language, literature, culture and the arts.
b. Produce dynamic and highly competitive graduates in the fields of communication, communication technology, language and literature, culture, and the performing arts, imbued with moral and social values needed to sustain the global challenges of the times.
c. Develop competent, responsive, critical, and humane professionals, capable of delivering the highest quality of service along their specialized fields, thereby promoting truth and justice towards the attainment of regional, national, and global goals.
d. Undertake research and extension activities in communication, culture and the arts that respond to regional, national, and global concerns.
e. Provide professional and technical services to various stakeholders, in support of the mandated functions of the university on instruction, research, extension, and production.
AB ENGLISH PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Prepare students for the requirements of varied professions and careers, particularly provide basic and workplace readiness skills in order to learn and adapt to any occupation required by both local and global markets.
2. Equip students with appropriate communication skills that will enable them to function effectively in the society.
3. Deepen appreciation of self and others, amidst diversity, through literature viewed as a means to understand humanity and the world.
4. Inculcate the values of integrity, responsibility, nationalism and other Filipino values necessary for the preservation of cultural heritage and national identity.
5. Encourage the quest for knowledge, love for truth and justice and respect for law.
6. Develop interest and competency for instruction, research, extension and production.
AB AUDIO VISUAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Produce competent professionals who can be gainfully employed in the audio visual enterprise, government, computer industry and the research cultural group.
2. Provide training for audio visual enthusiasts for them to acquire a broad-based knowledge in the broadcast media, multi-media and the arts, and for them to produce high quality films and videos.
3. Develop AV specialist in the undertaking of research and extension activities which will help them develop a critical and analytical framework of the socio-political and economic environment for media development.
4. Establish and strengthen linkages with various sectors which may enhance students’ capabilities through training, research and development activities.
AB SPEECH AND THEATER ARTS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. To provide comprehensive pre-professional training in the areas of speech communication, acting, directing, dance, and theater technology.
2. To train students for the teaching of speech communication, theater arts and humanities courses.
3. To provide students and extended communities distinctly innovative approaches to research/creative work in the areas of speech communication and theater arts anchored on the millennium development goals.
4. To enhance students’ interest and skills in research, extension service and production activities.
5. To inculcate among the students the discipline, dynamism, dedication and commitment in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Bicolanos for national unity and identity.
6. To produce competent and responsive graduates with varied skills and expertise in the different areas of speech communication and production techniques.
AB JOURNALISM PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. To produce professionals in the print media, advertising, public relations, government service, and non-government organizations.
2. To monitor and regularly update the curriculum of the journalism program to make it constantly relevant to the needs of the times.
3. To conduct studies in print media, broadcast journalism, new media, advertising, and public relations, using different research methods for various end-users.
4. To intensify the development of critical thinking among students in order to develop value systems contributing to the furtherance of freedoms of speech, of expression, and of the press.
AB BROADCASTING OBJECTIVES
1. Produce broadcast professionals imbued with an-depth knowledge on the interdisciplinary nature and of broadcast communication;
2. Develop highly critical and analytical broadcast practitioners with a thorough perspective framework of their social, political, economic and political environ;
3. Equip students who would later become competent professionals with necessary communication and technical competence that will develop them to become professional communication experts/authorities, managers, and leaders in the field of communication; and
4. Contribute to the professionalization of the broadcast industry as communication experts with high sense of social and moral responsibility.
BU IS CHAMPION IN BICOL SCUAA
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---After the weeklong sports activities involving at least 128 game matches, Bicol University based in Albay emerged as the overall champion, besting six other Bicol-based tertiary schools, in the 2010 State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) competition.
Dominating in the swimming and athletic events, and clinching most of the ball and racket games, BU garnered a total of 134 gold, 61 silver, and 42 bronze medals, tailed far second by Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA), based in Camarines Sur, with 45 gold, 46 silver and 30 bronze medals; while ranked third was the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC) with medal haul of 14 gold, 40 silver, and 40 bronze.
The SCUAA 2010 was participated by at least 1,600 athletes coming from BU; CBSUA (formerly Camarines Sur State Agricultural College-CSSAC); Partido State University (PSU); Camarines Norte State College (CNSC); Camarines Sur Polytechnic College (CSPC); Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC); Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (DEBESMSCAT) based in Masbate; and Sorsogon State College (SSC).
BU President Dr. Fay Lauraya said that though she was very pleased by the result, she offers their victory to all the participating state universities for their full support and very high display of their athletes’ sportsmanship in the weeklong competition.
“BU’s victory is ignited by the sports challenges offered by our equally prepared state university and college athletes. This is a triumph for all of us SCUAA participants,” Lauraya said.
On Monday’s opening ceremony, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda inspired the athletes and challenged them to observe the highest level of sportsmanship, as he also rendered then sumptuous dinner during the “Governor’s Night.”
“Albay is always supportive to activities promoting sportsmanship and camaraderie believing that they help shape goodness inside every athlete who turns to be a responsible member of the society,” Salceda said.
SCUAA’s yearly competition is highly competitive sports challenge due to the active participation of the seven state-run tertiary schools serving the 4.5 million Bicolanos, with BU on the top in terms of population with 22,000 students and employees. (cet dematera)
LEGAZPI CITY---After the weeklong sports activities involving at least 128 game matches, Bicol University based in Albay emerged as the overall champion, besting six other Bicol-based tertiary schools, in the 2010 State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) competition.
Dominating in the swimming and athletic events, and clinching most of the ball and racket games, BU garnered a total of 134 gold, 61 silver, and 42 bronze medals, tailed far second by Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA), based in Camarines Sur, with 45 gold, 46 silver and 30 bronze medals; while ranked third was the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC) with medal haul of 14 gold, 40 silver, and 40 bronze.
The SCUAA 2010 was participated by at least 1,600 athletes coming from BU; CBSUA (formerly Camarines Sur State Agricultural College-CSSAC); Partido State University (PSU); Camarines Norte State College (CNSC); Camarines Sur Polytechnic College (CSPC); Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC); Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (DEBESMSCAT) based in Masbate; and Sorsogon State College (SSC).
BU President Dr. Fay Lauraya said that though she was very pleased by the result, she offers their victory to all the participating state universities for their full support and very high display of their athletes’ sportsmanship in the weeklong competition.
“BU’s victory is ignited by the sports challenges offered by our equally prepared state university and college athletes. This is a triumph for all of us SCUAA participants,” Lauraya said.
On Monday’s opening ceremony, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda inspired the athletes and challenged them to observe the highest level of sportsmanship, as he also rendered then sumptuous dinner during the “Governor’s Night.”
“Albay is always supportive to activities promoting sportsmanship and camaraderie believing that they help shape goodness inside every athlete who turns to be a responsible member of the society,” Salceda said.
SCUAA’s yearly competition is highly competitive sports challenge due to the active participation of the seven state-run tertiary schools serving the 4.5 million Bicolanos, with BU on the top in terms of population with 22,000 students and employees. (cet dematera)
Sunday, September 5, 2010
`GOOD HOUSE-KEEPING’ PAVES WAY FOR SALCEDA’S BICOL RDC CHAIR RE-ELECTION, UNOPPOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME
By CET DEMATERA
LEGAZPI CITY---“Good house-keeping” paves the way for the re-election of Albay Gov. Joey Salceda as chairman of the Regional Development Council for Bicol, even writing history for being unopposed for the first time, leaders and heads of RDC-member agencies across the region admitted yesterday.
Maria Nini Ravanilla, Bicol tourism director, said that Salceda is the one who had personally requested the Globe Telecoms Incorporated to transfer its submarine cable installation from Donsol, Sorsogon to Albay, a move that had prevented the potential disturbance of the habitat of whale sharks, locally known as Butanding, of which their interaction with tourists has now contributed multi-million peso revenues to the country’s tourism industry.
Ravanilla said that the Albay governor usually takes the initiative of offering any help he could in any activity her office is doing.
“Gov. Joey is really very supportive in all our major activities. He does not want very long discussion. He wants action right away,” Ravanilla said.
Landrico Dalida Jr, chief of the Legazpi City forecasting station for Bicol of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), admitted that Salceda is providing them all out support to improve their capabilities by upgrading their facilities.
Dalida said that Salceda, as Bicol RDC chair, is among those government officials who made representation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which resulted to the country’s acquisition of at least three state-of-the-art rain-gauge measuring apparatus, Doppler radars, one of which is presently being constructed in Bato, Catanduanes.
Dalida said the re-elected Bicol RDC head also initiated technical works for the offering of Bachelor of Science in Meteorology course in partnership with the state-run Bicol University, which if would materialize, provide the country with enough weathermen without studying abroad.
Even RDC Masbate private sector representative Fr. Leo Casas, who was elected Salceda’s co-chairman to the council, admitted that the former economic adviser of the Arroyo administration has played in the past three years significant role as RDC chairman.
"A distinct privilege as RDC Co-Chairman of Salceda to sit in awe and learn from the Chairman for the past three years and witness how RDC played a significant role in the growth prospects of Bicol". Casas said.
Legazpi City Mayor Geraldine Rosal, who moved to close Salceda’s nomination and was unanimously approved by the RDC members last week, said that the Albay governor sees no political color or makes special distinction in extending help to the city government.
“Gov. Joey is really very supportive, especially to programs that would uplift the plight of the people,” Rosal said.
Salceda’s re-election to the RDC-Bicol chairmanship took place in the same day that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) declared Albay as the best local government unit and received the 2009 Excellence in Local Governance Award, and best in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
Salceda’s unopposed re-election last week was in fact a contrast when he first ran in 2007 as RDC chair against Camarines Sur Gov. L-Ray Villafuerte. There Salceda got eight votes as against 32 votes for Villafuerte. But then President Arroyo though named her economic adviser as Bicol RDC chairman.
Also considered as Salceda’s big achievement was when a week after he was named by the United Nations (UN) as campaign champion for disaster risk reduction, JICA has granted Albay some P944-million for the construction of evacuation buildings and putting up of the country’s first flood forecasting and control system facilities in the low-lying towns of Albay and Camarines Sur.
Albay was again charted for pioneering programs on education when Salceda offered at least 14,000 sholarship slots under the province’s Albay Higher Education Contribution Scheme (AHECS), and the yearly search for ten outstanding teachers and ten outstanding principals, which provides, among others, cash awards of P100,000 for each recipient, also under the program Education Quality for Albayanos (EQUAL).
Preventive evacuation, massive campaign on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and scholarships for all, are among those pioneering programs implemented under the Salceda administration that prompted foreign agencies to extend grants for the province.
When sought for comment, Salceda replied: We don’t beg. We show to the world that we do our best that’s why probably they are helping us. Good house-keeping is key to progress.” (cet dematera)
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LEGAZPI CITY---“Good house-keeping” paves the way for the re-election of Albay Gov. Joey Salceda as chairman of the Regional Development Council for Bicol, even writing history for being unopposed for the first time, leaders and heads of RDC-member agencies across the region admitted yesterday.
Maria Nini Ravanilla, Bicol tourism director, said that Salceda is the one who had personally requested the Globe Telecoms Incorporated to transfer its submarine cable installation from Donsol, Sorsogon to Albay, a move that had prevented the potential disturbance of the habitat of whale sharks, locally known as Butanding, of which their interaction with tourists has now contributed multi-million peso revenues to the country’s tourism industry.
Ravanilla said that the Albay governor usually takes the initiative of offering any help he could in any activity her office is doing.
“Gov. Joey is really very supportive in all our major activities. He does not want very long discussion. He wants action right away,” Ravanilla said.
Landrico Dalida Jr, chief of the Legazpi City forecasting station for Bicol of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), admitted that Salceda is providing them all out support to improve their capabilities by upgrading their facilities.
Dalida said that Salceda, as Bicol RDC chair, is among those government officials who made representation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which resulted to the country’s acquisition of at least three state-of-the-art rain-gauge measuring apparatus, Doppler radars, one of which is presently being constructed in Bato, Catanduanes.
Dalida said the re-elected Bicol RDC head also initiated technical works for the offering of Bachelor of Science in Meteorology course in partnership with the state-run Bicol University, which if would materialize, provide the country with enough weathermen without studying abroad.
Even RDC Masbate private sector representative Fr. Leo Casas, who was elected Salceda’s co-chairman to the council, admitted that the former economic adviser of the Arroyo administration has played in the past three years significant role as RDC chairman.
"A distinct privilege as RDC Co-Chairman of Salceda to sit in awe and learn from the Chairman for the past three years and witness how RDC played a significant role in the growth prospects of Bicol". Casas said.
Legazpi City Mayor Geraldine Rosal, who moved to close Salceda’s nomination and was unanimously approved by the RDC members last week, said that the Albay governor sees no political color or makes special distinction in extending help to the city government.
“Gov. Joey is really very supportive, especially to programs that would uplift the plight of the people,” Rosal said.
Salceda’s re-election to the RDC-Bicol chairmanship took place in the same day that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) declared Albay as the best local government unit and received the 2009 Excellence in Local Governance Award, and best in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
Salceda’s unopposed re-election last week was in fact a contrast when he first ran in 2007 as RDC chair against Camarines Sur Gov. L-Ray Villafuerte. There Salceda got eight votes as against 32 votes for Villafuerte. But then President Arroyo though named her economic adviser as Bicol RDC chairman.
Also considered as Salceda’s big achievement was when a week after he was named by the United Nations (UN) as campaign champion for disaster risk reduction, JICA has granted Albay some P944-million for the construction of evacuation buildings and putting up of the country’s first flood forecasting and control system facilities in the low-lying towns of Albay and Camarines Sur.
Albay was again charted for pioneering programs on education when Salceda offered at least 14,000 sholarship slots under the province’s Albay Higher Education Contribution Scheme (AHECS), and the yearly search for ten outstanding teachers and ten outstanding principals, which provides, among others, cash awards of P100,000 for each recipient, also under the program Education Quality for Albayanos (EQUAL).
Preventive evacuation, massive campaign on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and scholarships for all, are among those pioneering programs implemented under the Salceda administration that prompted foreign agencies to extend grants for the province.
When sought for comment, Salceda replied: We don’t beg. We show to the world that we do our best that’s why probably they are helping us. Good house-keeping is key to progress.” (cet dematera)
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
4 MASSACRED IN ALBAY
4 MASSACRED IN ALBAY
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---At least four people, one of them a child, were massacred while three more were wounded in two separate places in Albay the other night by suspects who remained unidentified until yesterday, the police here reported.
Chief Inspector Robert Bellen, Oas police chief, identified the latest massacre victims who died on the spot as Rochelle Topasi, 32; and Ronald Marco,31, while those wounded were Ronald Adones,28, and his brothers Roderick, 21, and Rogelio Jr, 22.
Quoting initial investigation report, Bellen said that the victims were cooking coconut meat, or copra, in the farflung village of San Miguel, in Oas, Albay, at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday when two armed men surprisingly appeared and riddled them with bullets using 9mm pistols.
Bellen said that Topasi and Marco died on the spot when hit in their chest and head, while the rest suffered gunshot wounds in different parts of their body.
He said that they also recovered from the scene four 9mm spent shells and one live bullet from the same handgun calibre.
Bellen said the wounded were immediately brought to Belmonte-Duran Hospital in the nearby Ligao City for treatment.
Meanwhile a grandmother and her granddaughter were brutally hacked early morning yesterday in Barangay San Isido, Malilipot, Albay by still unidentified suspects.
The police identified the victims as Carolina Merato, 71; and her six-year old granddaughter Marie Fe, who both sustained fatal wounds from suspects who gained entry into the house by breaking its back window.
The police suspected robbery as the main motive in the second killing. (cet dematera)
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---At least four people, one of them a child, were massacred while three more were wounded in two separate places in Albay the other night by suspects who remained unidentified until yesterday, the police here reported.
Chief Inspector Robert Bellen, Oas police chief, identified the latest massacre victims who died on the spot as Rochelle Topasi, 32; and Ronald Marco,31, while those wounded were Ronald Adones,28, and his brothers Roderick, 21, and Rogelio Jr, 22.
Quoting initial investigation report, Bellen said that the victims were cooking coconut meat, or copra, in the farflung village of San Miguel, in Oas, Albay, at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday when two armed men surprisingly appeared and riddled them with bullets using 9mm pistols.
Bellen said that Topasi and Marco died on the spot when hit in their chest and head, while the rest suffered gunshot wounds in different parts of their body.
He said that they also recovered from the scene four 9mm spent shells and one live bullet from the same handgun calibre.
Bellen said the wounded were immediately brought to Belmonte-Duran Hospital in the nearby Ligao City for treatment.
Meanwhile a grandmother and her granddaughter were brutally hacked early morning yesterday in Barangay San Isido, Malilipot, Albay by still unidentified suspects.
The police identified the victims as Carolina Merato, 71; and her six-year old granddaughter Marie Fe, who both sustained fatal wounds from suspects who gained entry into the house by breaking its back window.
The police suspected robbery as the main motive in the second killing. (cet dematera)
EX-UN PEACEKEEPERS SURVIVE REBEL AMBUSH IN MASBATE
EX-UN PEACEKEEPERS SURVIVE REBEL AMBUSH IN MASBATE
By Cet dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---A nine-man team composed of former United Nations peacekeepers deployed in Haiti and Liberia survived a lightning ambush staged by New People’s Army rebels at around 5:30 a.m. in Barangay Gaid, Dimasalang, Masbate, an Bicol Army spokesman said.
Major Harold Cabunoc, Bicol spokesman of the Army’s 9th Infantry Division, said though that the soldiers headed by Col. Louie Dagoy, Army 85th IB commander, managed to maneuver after an improvised bomb exploded which partially damaged the military truck then passing the rugged road.
“Using their training as former UN peacekeepers, they immediately positioned themselves and managed to repulse the attack,” Cabunoc said.
For his part though, Dagoy said it was pure luck that saved them from the rebel-initiated ambush.
“More or less 5 armed men triggered the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted along the road as we were about to pass by. It was the element of luck which saved me and my soldiers”, Dagoy said.
Dagoy said that it was the third ambuscade that he experienced in his military career.
“It is the fourth ambuscade with the use of IEDs here in Masbate. We suspect the PAGs members as the perpetrators but we don’t discount the possibility that the NPA is also behind this. They had claimed responsibility over the other 3 ambuscades against our soldiers and policemen assigned with the STF Masbate since January 2010,” Dagoy added.
Despite of the recent incident, Major General Ruperto Pabustan expressed optimism about the positive developments in Masbate.
“I am glad that the various efforts of the Joint Special Task Force Masbate is now bearing fruit. The soldiers and policemen who compose the Task Force deserve to be commended for their untiring efforts,” Pabustan said.
The military convoy was about to attend the ceremonial turnover of loose firearms collected and surrendered through the efforts of Masbate First Dist.Representative Narciso “Bong” Bravo Jr. (cet dematera)
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By Cet dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---A nine-man team composed of former United Nations peacekeepers deployed in Haiti and Liberia survived a lightning ambush staged by New People’s Army rebels at around 5:30 a.m. in Barangay Gaid, Dimasalang, Masbate, an Bicol Army spokesman said.
Major Harold Cabunoc, Bicol spokesman of the Army’s 9th Infantry Division, said though that the soldiers headed by Col. Louie Dagoy, Army 85th IB commander, managed to maneuver after an improvised bomb exploded which partially damaged the military truck then passing the rugged road.
“Using their training as former UN peacekeepers, they immediately positioned themselves and managed to repulse the attack,” Cabunoc said.
For his part though, Dagoy said it was pure luck that saved them from the rebel-initiated ambush.
“More or less 5 armed men triggered the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted along the road as we were about to pass by. It was the element of luck which saved me and my soldiers”, Dagoy said.
Dagoy said that it was the third ambuscade that he experienced in his military career.
“It is the fourth ambuscade with the use of IEDs here in Masbate. We suspect the PAGs members as the perpetrators but we don’t discount the possibility that the NPA is also behind this. They had claimed responsibility over the other 3 ambuscades against our soldiers and policemen assigned with the STF Masbate since January 2010,” Dagoy added.
Despite of the recent incident, Major General Ruperto Pabustan expressed optimism about the positive developments in Masbate.
“I am glad that the various efforts of the Joint Special Task Force Masbate is now bearing fruit. The soldiers and policemen who compose the Task Force deserve to be commended for their untiring efforts,” Pabustan said.
The military convoy was about to attend the ceremonial turnover of loose firearms collected and surrendered through the efforts of Masbate First Dist.Representative Narciso “Bong” Bravo Jr. (cet dematera)
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Friday, January 1, 2010
`WE JUST LONG FOR OUR RURAL WAYS,' MAYON EVACUEES CONFESS
`WE JUST LONG FOR OUR RURAL WAYS,' MAYON EVACUEES CONFESS
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---Mayon evacuees who openly admit that they prefer to play `cat-and-mouse,' or `hide-and-seek' with the patrolling government troopers as they sneak into the volcano's declared danger zone than stay safe in their evacuation camps confessed here yesterday that they brave to defy order from authorities not for any other reasons but more so because they `long' for the daily routine they are used to in their rural villages.
Even the veteran evacuee, Salvador Agao,62, who had experienced life in the evacuation center since Mayon's 1978 eruption, admitted that he still finds so much difficulty and discomfort whenever he and his family have to evacuate and take temporary shelter outside their home in Matanag, a Legazpi City village with sitios just at the foot of the lava-spewing volcano.
"Aside from gathering some firewood, fetching tap water and feeding our farm animals, we really go back and stay for a few hours to savor fresh air and feel the comfort of a rural life," Agao told The STAR in mixed Bicol dialect and Filipino.
His confession was shared by his villagemates who even added that the artificial (electric fan) ventilation in their evacuation rooms can not equate the rural air, and the chirping of birds and crickets, the blowing of horns and honks by the passing vehicles in the city proper or poblacion.
"Of course we know the danger of a rumbling and exploding volcano. We know our mountain. Most of us here first saw light looking up its smoking mouth. But we also know when to run and where to hide just in case," they boasted, but submitted that they had to follow authorities' order of forced evacuation.
Boy Nuñez,40, of Quirangay, an upper-slope Camalig village; and Lita Pesino,55, of crater's seven-kilometer away Barangay Amtic in Ligao City, both agreed that they feel something is lacking when they do not call to feed and account for their chicken each day in the morning.
"We were born at the footslope of `Mayong' (their local name for Mayon). We cannot explain really why we want to visit and stay in our villages for at least an hour. Maybe, we are just missing our rural ways," they added.
In fact, rural talks have it that the sitio in San Isidro, a Mayon footslope village in Sto. Domingo town, was named `Boring'(derived from English word boredom) by villagers' relatives who reportedly get bored whenever they visit the place to temporarily stay away from their hectic city life.
With this, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda reiterated his order for a stiffer ban of any human activity within Mayon's permanent danger zone (PDZ).
"We will do everything in our disposal to bring them to the evacuation centers in order to achieve our ultimate goal of zero casualty amidst the looming Mayon eruption," Salceda told The STAR.
Salceda said he had already released the initial amount of P4-million for the evacuation and foods of farm animals, as yet another step to keep the evacuees away from danger zone whenever they sneak back their homes to feed them.
The official also ordered yesterday to ration drinking and bath water of 24 liters a day for every evacuee, as he also nodded to start the distribution of firewoods to all the evacuation camps across Albay.
"I really wanted them to stay away from danger. If I need to re-create their rural life, I will do it," the economist governor said.
The restive Mayon volcano had already claimed the lives of about 1,200 people who were buried inside the Cagsawa Chruch in Daraga town during its Feb.1, 1814 eruption.
Again, Feb.2, 1993, Mayon silently spewed the deadly pyroclastic flow which instantaneously killed the 77 farmers tilling their lands at its upper slope. As yet, another close to 1,500 people died with others remained missing when super typhoon Reming's flood waters loosened and plowed villages around the majestic but deadly mountain.
By Cet Dematera
LEGAZPI CITY---Mayon evacuees who openly admit that they prefer to play `cat-and-mouse,' or `hide-and-seek' with the patrolling government troopers as they sneak into the volcano's declared danger zone than stay safe in their evacuation camps confessed here yesterday that they brave to defy order from authorities not for any other reasons but more so because they `long' for the daily routine they are used to in their rural villages.
Even the veteran evacuee, Salvador Agao,62, who had experienced life in the evacuation center since Mayon's 1978 eruption, admitted that he still finds so much difficulty and discomfort whenever he and his family have to evacuate and take temporary shelter outside their home in Matanag, a Legazpi City village with sitios just at the foot of the lava-spewing volcano.
"Aside from gathering some firewood, fetching tap water and feeding our farm animals, we really go back and stay for a few hours to savor fresh air and feel the comfort of a rural life," Agao told The STAR in mixed Bicol dialect and Filipino.
His confession was shared by his villagemates who even added that the artificial (electric fan) ventilation in their evacuation rooms can not equate the rural air, and the chirping of birds and crickets, the blowing of horns and honks by the passing vehicles in the city proper or poblacion.
"Of course we know the danger of a rumbling and exploding volcano. We know our mountain. Most of us here first saw light looking up its smoking mouth. But we also know when to run and where to hide just in case," they boasted, but submitted that they had to follow authorities' order of forced evacuation.
Boy Nuñez,40, of Quirangay, an upper-slope Camalig village; and Lita Pesino,55, of crater's seven-kilometer away Barangay Amtic in Ligao City, both agreed that they feel something is lacking when they do not call to feed and account for their chicken each day in the morning.
"We were born at the footslope of `Mayong' (their local name for Mayon). We cannot explain really why we want to visit and stay in our villages for at least an hour. Maybe, we are just missing our rural ways," they added.
In fact, rural talks have it that the sitio in San Isidro, a Mayon footslope village in Sto. Domingo town, was named `Boring'(derived from English word boredom) by villagers' relatives who reportedly get bored whenever they visit the place to temporarily stay away from their hectic city life.
With this, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda reiterated his order for a stiffer ban of any human activity within Mayon's permanent danger zone (PDZ).
"We will do everything in our disposal to bring them to the evacuation centers in order to achieve our ultimate goal of zero casualty amidst the looming Mayon eruption," Salceda told The STAR.
Salceda said he had already released the initial amount of P4-million for the evacuation and foods of farm animals, as yet another step to keep the evacuees away from danger zone whenever they sneak back their homes to feed them.
The official also ordered yesterday to ration drinking and bath water of 24 liters a day for every evacuee, as he also nodded to start the distribution of firewoods to all the evacuation camps across Albay.
"I really wanted them to stay away from danger. If I need to re-create their rural life, I will do it," the economist governor said.
The restive Mayon volcano had already claimed the lives of about 1,200 people who were buried inside the Cagsawa Chruch in Daraga town during its Feb.1, 1814 eruption.
Again, Feb.2, 1993, Mayon silently spewed the deadly pyroclastic flow which instantaneously killed the 77 farmers tilling their lands at its upper slope. As yet, another close to 1,500 people died with others remained missing when super typhoon Reming's flood waters loosened and plowed villages around the majestic but deadly mountain.
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