tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265714022024-03-08T13:05:48.591+08:00auroranscybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-11455122675654584282007-08-20T08:00:00.000+08:002007-08-23T14:35:32.715+08:00Coming to its own<span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="font-family: arial;" class="by">By Edgardo J. Angara published at <a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/08/19/OPED20070819100744.html">Manila Bulletin</a> on August 19, 2007</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;" class="lead">BALER, AURORA — Today, we celebrate the founding anniversary of my hometown Baler in Aurora Province.</b></span><br /><p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">Baler and the rest of Aurora are associated with raw and rugged attractions, lushness and pristine beauty. Those who have visited this side of the Pacific would know that our coastline is one of our best attractions, offering variety in the character and quality of its beaches.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">Having spent my childhood in Baler, I grew up in this flourishing environment of rich forests, immense tracts of fertile land and vast coasts teeming with aquatic life. This is where I learned to truly appreciate the land.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">Over the last few days, we inaugurated key development projects in Baler and Casiguran in the areas of agriculture, education and skills training, livelihood, infrastructure, and culture and history.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">The <i>Baler Coco Fiber Processing Plant</i> makes it possible to turn coco husk into coco fiber and coco peat, which will provide additional livelihood to coconut farmers. The <i>Aurora Technological Institute (ATI)</i> will create a pool of skilled workers through technical and vocational programs which include Personal Computer Operation, Computer Hardware Servicing, Consumer Electronics, Hotel and Restaurant Management, and Shielded Metal Arc Welding. The <i>Coffee Research and Development Center</i> supports coffee development in Aurora, one of the top producers of coffee beans in the country, through training and research.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">The 321-hectare <i>Mariculture Park</i> in Casiguran promotes fish cage farming to culture milkfish and other economically viable species such as grouper, siganids, and snapper, thereby sustaining our seas’ productivity and arresting resource depletion.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">We also unveiled a bronze sculpture of Manuel L. Quezon in front of the<i> Museo de Baler</i>, to pay tribute to a great President and our province’s pride and joy. The <i>kubo </i>where he was born and spent his early years was refurbished into a museum shop which sells the finest <i>sabutan </i>handicrafts unique to Aurora.</span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">Baler and the rest of Aurora’s bountiful resources and beautiful people prove its potential for growth and development. Through these development efforts, we look forward to watching the growth of Aurora as a model for rural development and a province coming to its own.</span></p>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-78052770821022666452007-08-16T17:10:00.000+08:002007-08-16T17:19:31.130+08:00Governor issues stern warning to local officials<b class="lead"></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"></span><span class="subhead" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Orders DENR to go after officials engaged in illegal logging<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="by">By ARIEL P. AVENDAÑO published in <a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV20070816100431.html">Manila Bulletin</a> on August 16, 2007</span></span><br /><b style="font-family: arial;" class="lead"><br /></b><span class="lead" style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span class="lead" style="font-family: arial;">DINGALAN, Aurora – Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo issued yesterday a stern warning to local officials against engaging in illegal activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The governor was reacting to reports that at least three newly elected officials are attempting to assemble a mobile mini bandsaw mill in Barangay Paltic here.</span> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">A mobile mini band sawmill is a movable equipment being used by smugglers in processing flitches of illegally cut logs.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Its use is intended to conceal the illegal activities and avoid detection by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Castillo, who inspected the area where a footbridge is to be constructed over Langawan River, directed provincial environment chief Benjamin Miña and district environment head Meliton Vicente to run after local officials who are engaged in illegal logging.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">The visibly irked governor said that she will help in the prosecution of any local official who is found to engage in any illegal activities.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">"There are no sacred cows in my administration," Castillo said, hinting that the concerned local officials, were her partymates in the recent election.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Earlier, Castillo stopped the transport of at least two trucks loaded with hundreds of sacks of charcoal, after she noted that the owners have no pertinent document covering the shipiment.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Reiterating her policy against illegal logging, gambling, and drugs, Castillo said she was embarrassed by the involvement of some local officials here in controversies in the previous years.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">These had caused a black mark in the image of the province, she said.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">She was referring to the cases involving some local officials here.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">One such case is about the involvement of then town mayor Jaime Ylarde in the murder of a weekly newspaper pubisher.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">In August last year, then councilor, now Vice Mayor Edgar Liu was implicated in the operation of a multi-million-peso shabu laboratory in Barangay Butas na Bato here which was raided by the authorities.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Liu admitted having brokered for the acquisition of the lot where the shabu lab was built in behalf of four Chinese nationals who were arrested during the raid.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">Also last year, town Councilor Majalia Tabanguil nearly got killed when her car met an accident while tailing a cargo truck loaded with a huge volume of lumber.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">"I will not allow the development which is now taking place in the province to be tarnished by the wrongdoings of corrupt local officials," Castillo said, reporting that economic growth is now beginning to be felt here.</p> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify">She also noted the inclusion of Aurora in the as sites of special economic zone which was mentioned in the state-of-thenation address of President Arroyo last month.</p></blockquote><p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-74482033353137896722007-08-09T13:26:00.000+08:002007-08-10T20:31:12.944+08:00Huge Korean presence hardly benefits Pinoys<p class="bodytext"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p class="mainhead"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Excerpts from: Huge Korean presence hardly benefits Pinoys</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">By Rene Q. Bas, <a href="http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/aug/05/yehey/top_stories/20070805top1.html">www.manilatimes.net</a></span></span><br /></p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><blockquote><p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I think the popularity of the Philippines to Koreans as the place to learn English in is just a carry over of the Korean War.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the times when we were the best friend of the South Koreans, I had classmate who came to study in the Philippines. One of my best friends in college was Bong Oh Cha, who I have been trying to trace for decades without any luck.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sen. Edgardo Angara, who spoke at Kookmin University in September 2006, said these words which are still completely true today:<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“The political alliance between the Philippines and South Korea goes a long way back. In fact, the government in Manila was among the first to send troops to the Korean peninsula to defend the South against the invasion from the communist North during the Cold War era.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Today, Korea is the most important source of tourists for the Philippines. In popular tourist places such as Boracay, Bohol, Cebu or Palawan, the Koreans have become regulars. And apart from short-stay tourists, the estimated number of South Koreans who choose to permanently live in our country now stands at 46,000.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Angara recalled that Koreans began migrating to the Philippines in the 1950s when Korean students came here in great numbers to study business, science, economics, political science and agriculture.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Angara also said that many Koreans actually come to the Philippines today in order to learn English either in universities or in one of the numerous private language schools. He noted that some of these language centers even cater exclusively to Korean students.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Koreans indeed have decided that the Philippines is best halfway house in their eventual progress to become students or residents in the United States.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Philippines has received some Korean cultural influences. The most recent of these is the Philippine passion for Korean-made telenovelas shown on primetime TV.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Angara intimately knows about the Korean government’s support of the country’s development effort to educate illiterates through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Angara said that KOICA has been instrumental in the efforts to put up a “Digital Village” in Aurora province where farmers can use the Internet to access information by computer. These pieces of information include the prices of goods, land records, weather forecasts, local government database and other agricultural knowledge support.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Imagine if every province was connected to each other through a computer network where information could be downloaded in seconds. Think of the businesses to be spawned and the investments to come if such a system were in place,” Angara said.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“Since Korea is acknowledged globally as a leader in wide broadband and recognized as having the highest Internet penetration rate in the whole region, I envision that someday Filipinos, hand in hand with the Koreans, will be highly modernized in information technology. I believe the people of Korea have recognized the talent and skill of our workers—proof of this are the many Filipino workers in Korea. And similarly, the country is a host to the biggest overseas Korean population in the region,” the senator continues.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="bodytext" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Korean newspapers report that Filipino workers there are among the best liked. Of the 36,000 Filipinos in Korea, half are undocumented. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >There are also stories of Koreans complaining about the Filipinos.</span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-11762164605866038502007-05-17T09:48:00.000+08:002007-05-17T11:13:13.608+08:00Election 2007 provincial resultHere's final result of provincial canvassing; thanks to big screen projector stalled outside the SP hall. At exactly 11:00 AM winners were proclaimed at the latter's hall.<br /><br />Congressman<br /><br />JUAN EDGARDO ANGARA -53,091votes<br /><br />Governor<br /><br />BELLAFLOR ANGARA-CASTILLO -50,847 votes<br />RUBEN DELA CRUZ 14,539 votes<br /><br />Vice Governor<br />GERARDO ANGALA NOVERAS -34,197 votes<br />ROMMEL RICO TEH ANGARA -32,379 votes<br /><br />Board Member-First District<br />1. Mariano Calderon Tangson -21,844 votes<br />2. Oscar Wenceslao Padua -21,219 votes<br />3. Pedro Ong Jr. -20,241 votes<br />4. Shierwin Taay -16,744 votes<br /><br />Board Member-Second District<br />1. Denia Pena Valin -16,326 votes<br />2. Danilo Tolentino -13,685 votes<br />3. Joselito Cabauatan -12,560 votes<br />4. Renato Pascua -11,158 votes<br /><br />Trivia:<br /><br />- Noveras only won in Dipaculao, Maria Aurora and Dilasag, maybe this can be attributed to Ilocano votes.<br />-only Pedro Ong Jr. belong to opposition in board member.<br />- Senator Edgardo Angara make it to top rank in senatorial race with 50, 303. Only half of total registered voters.cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-31487544371566960092007-05-09T09:17:00.000+08:002007-05-09T09:25:55.216+08:00Climb for a cause<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Mt. Pulido next for Blue Falcons<br />published in <a href="http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-05-07&sec=7&aid=17422">Journal Online</a><br /></span><blockquote></blockquote>SAN LUIS, AURORA -- Mt. Pulido, known for its rich mineral deposits and tropical rain forest situated in Diteki, San Luis, Aurora, will be the site of the advance mountaineering course of the Noble Blue Falcons Mountaineers on May 12. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Under the leadership of Leonardo “Onad” Usita, the training will be led by premiere trainors Alfredo “Pedie” Dukha(Course Director), Anthony “Allan” Usita (head of mountaineering affairs) and Nelson Pandi(founder of Lakas ng Kamaong Pinoy). </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The DENR Forests Rangers and the Philippine National Red Cross-Aurora Chapter will also send their expert instructors to guide the 600 climbers. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The training is one of the breeding grounds of the Noble Blue Falcons, who will send their best climbers to the ambitious Mt. Everest expedition.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The group was encouraged by the efforts of Governor Bellaflor Angara-Castillo of Aurora to promote environmental preservation and conservation. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The Blue Falcons’ “Climb For A Cause” revised the traditional concept of mountaineering where the climbers conquer their limitations for personal glory and prestige. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Noble Blue Falcons also encourage their members to join mountaineering as an alternative healing process. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">For interested members, please email the secretariat at noblebluef@yahoo.com or aurorabluefalcons@yahoo.com.ph<br /></span><br /><br /></span></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-83497347358700388622007-05-07T11:18:00.000+08:002007-05-08T14:20:24.414+08:00blog again!After almost 8 months in hiatus mode. AURORAns blog is back again, with lots of updates and pictures of our province, hopefully.cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1158140937969078362006-09-13T17:46:00.000+08:002007-02-04T15:48:48.043+08:00Do Not Enter (part 3)<span class="arial18"><strong>Defiant Aurora mayor refuses to vacate town hall</strong></span><br /> <span class="arial">The <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609139907.htm">Philippine Star</a> 09/13/2006</span><br /> <br /> <span class="acontent"></span><blockquote><span class="acontent">DINALUNGAN, Aurora — Embattled Mayor Marilyn Marquez has vowed to hold on to her post until the lapse of her 60-day preventive suspension later this month.<br /><br />Superintendent Teodoro Saclolo, provincial police director, said the feisty Marquez, in explaining her refusal to vacate the municipal hall, gave assurances that she was willing to face the consequences of her action, including a possible additional six-month suspension.<br /><br />Marquez made the statement during a meeting here with Saclolo, lawyer Rolando Calabarzon and lawyer Ofelio Tactac, assistant regional director and legal officer, respectively of the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) when they paid her a visit to inform her of the legal consequences of her refusal to vacate the town hall.<br /><br />As of press time, a 60-man police contingent remains encamped at the municipal compound to prevent possible outbreak of violence between the camps of Marquez and supporters of acting mayor Harvey Tubera.<br /><br />Marquez continues to discharge her functions, even signing checks in spite of the fact that this will not be recognized by the municipal government’s depository bank.<br /><br />Saclolo said they have defused the tension between the two camps with the presence of policemen from the Regional Mobile Force (RMF), the Provincial Mobile Group (PMG) and the Dinalungan police.<br /><br />"So far, the presence of the police has kept the peace," he said.<br /><br />Saclolo said that the municipal employees could not do anything but follow the mayor out of fear that they would be punished. "They seemed to be intimidated and are afraid of reprisal from the mayor. After all, her suspension would lapse on Oct. 3," he said.<br /><br />Marquez said the decision of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo to suspend her and Vice Mayor Virgie Callejo based on the administrative complaint filed by the Industries Development Corp. (IDC) was "very erroneous."<i> <b>— Manny Galvez</b></i></span> </blockquote><a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609139907.htm">Read complete news</a>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1158140753598323942006-09-13T17:42:00.000+08:002006-09-13T17:45:53.623+08:00Logging again!<span class="arial18"><strong>Reyes lifts suspension order of 2 Aurora logging firms</strong></span><br /> <span class="arial">By Manny Galvez The <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609139908.htm">Philippine Star</a> 09/13/2006</span><br /> <br /><span class="acontent"></span><blockquote><span class="acontent">SAN LUIS, Aurora — Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes has lifted the suspension order on two logging companies here, signaling the resumption of logging operations in this town, following a 20-month hiatus.<br /><br />Benjamin Mina, provincial environment and natural resources officer for Aurora, told <b>The STAR </b>that Reyes ordered the lifting of the logging ban imposed on the Benson Realty Development Corp. (BRDC) and the San Roque Sawmill Corp. (SRSC) located in Barangays Dikapinisan and Dibayabay, respectively, both based here.<br /><br />The request for the lifting of the ban on the BRDC and the SRSC was granted by Reyes after a thorough evaluation of the revised Comprehensive Development and Management Plan (CDMP) of the Industrial Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs) of the two firms.<br /><br />The order was based on the recommendation of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Executive Director for Central Luzon Regidor de Leon.<br /><br />Fred Sadueste, chief of DENR-Central Luzon’s Forest Resource Conservation Division (FRDC), said that they are still deliberating on the two firms’ operational plans.<br /><br />The BRDC, led by its president and general manager Ching Sen Ben, was issued the IFMA on July 8, 1993, covering 951 hectares in sitio Diotorin. It would expire on July 8, 2018.<br /><span class= "fullpost"><br />Based on the approved revised CMDP, it is allowed to cut 8,381.44 cubic meters of trees within the established plantation area and 3,130.84 cubic meters within its residual production forest annually.<br /><br />On the other hand, the SRSC, led by its president and general manager Christina Tan Siong, was issued IFMA on Dec. 18,1992, covering 900 hectares in sitios Amisan and Abaca, Barangay Dibayabay. It would expire on Dec. 18, 2017.<br /><br />The two firms’ operations, along with five others, were suspended in the aftermath of the deadly landslides that struck the province in late 2004. The other logging firms were Green Circle, Pateco, Industries Development Corp. (IDC), Inter Pacific Resources Corp. (IPRC) and Toplite Lumber.<br /><br />The DENR has since lifted the suspensions of the IDC and Toplite.<br /><br />Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo said she is not against the resumption of logging operations for as long as the companies comply with the requirements.<br /><br />"The grant of license emanates from the national government. For as long as they comply, they will hear nothing from me, but the moment they engage into something illegal, the provincial government will do everything to stop them," she said.<br /><br />She added that it is up to the people of the province to be vigilant in seeing to it that these firms operate within the bounds of the law.<br /></span></span><br /></blockquote><a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609139908.htm">Read complete news</a>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1157773318712135832006-09-09T11:24:00.000+08:002006-09-09T11:41:58.813+08:00katutubo ng aurora<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8006/3633/1600/R8%20002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8006/3633/1600/R8%20002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Isang bagong blog na kumikilala at nagpapakita ng pinagmulan natin, ang mga <a href="http://aurorafreerisedweller.blogspot.com/">katutubo ng aurora.</a> Ito ay gawa ni aurorafreerisedweller (isa ring ayaw magpakilala). Ginamit ko ang sariling wika bilang pagpupugay sa ating mga katutubo.cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1157104892600442132006-09-01T17:40:00.001+08:002006-09-01T18:01:32.743+08:00BIO FUEL IN AURORA<span style="font-size:85%;">Press Release from PAIAD, Sept. 1, 2006</span><br /><br /> The province of Aurora will soon be a BIO FUEL producing province. Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo signed a memorandum of agreement with the officials of the Philippine Coconut Authority headed by Dennis J. Calub Regional Manager of PCA, last August 18, 2006.<br /><br /> Since coconut is a major product of Aurora, which covers approximately 24,000 hectares of coconut plantation, Senator Edgardo J. Angara, Congressman Juan Edgardo M. Angara and Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo decided to modernize the field of Agriculture particularly coconut farming. Though close coordination with the Philippine Coconut Authority, Department of Science and Technology, Bureau of Post Harvest and Research Extension, BIO FUEL project was demonstrated and introduced in the province of Aurora last May 2006 by the Philippine Coconut Authority team headed by Mr. Dennis Calub at the Aurora State College of Technology Bazal Campus, Maria Aurora, Aurora.<br /><br /> The team tackled the extraction of filtered coconut oil from Copra in which they poured filtered coconut oil to the empty gas tank of the two vehicles and they test run it.<br /><br /> During the MOA signing Mr. Dennis Calub mentioned that Aurora was the 2nd province to receive such project. Because Aurora produce good coconut, the province was chosen as one of the sources of coconut seedlings that were intended to be distributed to northern part of Luzon. Two fuel substances can be extracted from Coconut. METHYL ESTER and filtered coconut oil, which will be the target of the aforesaid project to be produce by the province.<br /><br /> Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo, ensures that since Aurora has a huge plantation of coconut, and also one of the best producer of VIRGIN COCONUT OIL, the project will surely be a success and hope the province will soon becoming the number one producer of BIO FUEL in the country.<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(RAUL L. CALIWAG/ PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION ASSISTANCE DIVISION)</span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1157102178228880932006-09-01T17:03:00.000+08:002006-09-06T02:11:42.193+08:00Aurora town exec linked to shabu lab<span class="acontent"><span style="font-size:85%;">by Manny Galvez published in <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/news200609019901.htm">philstar.com</a></span><br /><br /><blockquote>DINGALAN, Aurora — The acting vice mayor of this town has been linked to the four Chinese nationals who were arrested in last Wednesday’s raid on a shabu laboratory here.<br /><br />Acting Vice Mayor Edgar Liu has reportedly sent surrender feelers to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after he was alleged to have been involved in the operations of the shabu laboratory in Barangay Butas na Bato where more than P5 million worth of shabu was seized.<br /><br />Arrested by a 40-man NBI team led by Roel Olivar were Zhi Qu, 25, of Zhzun Tsu, China; Ong Tua Ti, 24, of Han Tzi; Zhin Na, 30, of Fujian province; and Xian Tian, 28, of Zun Tah. </blockquote><span class="fullpost"><br />Also collared was Francisco Ramos, who was with the Chinese nationals when the shabu laboratory located inside the Jonathan Resort in Butas na Bato, some three kilometers from the town proper, was raided.<br /><br />Two repackers, who were allegedly under Liu’s employ, identified as Jimmy Padua and Hernani de Guzman, eluded arrest and are now the subject of a manhunt.<br /><br />According to an NBI source, Liu went to the NBI-Cabanatuan City office to give himself up to its chief, Pedro Roque Jr., but was instead advised to surrender to NBI director Nestor Mantaring.<br /><br />The raid yielded five kilos of finished shabu worth about P5 million, as well as crystallized and liquid forms of the illegal drug.<br /><br />The raid jolted Aurora officials who could not believe that a remote coastal town like Dingalan could be a haven for the illegal drug trade.<br /><br />Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo said she was shocked to learn that nobody among the local officials knew about the existence of the shabu lab in Barangay Butas na Bato.<br /><br />She said she has asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to look into the possible involvement of other local officials in the illegal drug trade.<br /><br />"I want the PNP to spare no one in the investigation," she said.<br /><br />Angara-Castillo said she has taken acting Dingalan Mayor Edgardo Galvez to task for his failure to detect the operations of the shabu lab as well as the barangay officials for a breakdown in intelligence gathering.<br /><br />She said she was told that the shabu lab had operated for only about a month, contrary to the claim of Henry de Vera, executive officer of the NBI-Reaction Arrest and Interdiction Division, that it had been there for six months and delivered shabu to Metro Manila.<br /><br />"I feel so bad that it’s always Dingalan which is giving us a black eye. If not illegal logging, then it’s illegal drugs," she said.<br /><br />Angara-Castillo said she has asked the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency to establish an office in the province.<br /><br />Sought for comment, Galvez said the barangay officials, not the municipal executives, should be the ones responsible for monitoring the people entering their communities.<br /><br />Galvez took over as acting mayor after Mayor Jaime Ylarde was detained for his alleged involvement in last year’s murder of local publisher Philip Agustin.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/news200609019901.htm">read complete news</a>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156844156918808802006-08-29T17:26:00.000+08:002006-09-06T17:55:55.136+08:00Binibining San Luis 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_bbsanluis.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_bbsanluis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a pic of this year's tittle holder of Binibining San Luis 2006. I have to research her name. She was flanked by Vice Governor Annabelle C. Tangson and Mayor Nano Tangson. Below are other winners.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_bbsanluis1.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_bbsanluis1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">update:<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Binibining San Luis 2006 poll of winners<br /><br />Binibining San Luis '06 -Marissa Ico Valera - Brgy San Isidro<br />1st Runner Up - Mariamel Natividad Bihasa - Brgy. Zarah<br />2nd Runner Up - Marinel Ungriano Buenaventura - Brgy. Ditumabo<br />Other Candidates:<br />Sheena Marie Corioso Recososa - Brgy. Dikapinisan<br />Marivic delos Santos Aringo - Brgy. Dibayabay<br />Kwinnie Sison Querijero - Brgy. Dibut<br />Mary Joy Palma Badua - Brgy. 02<br />Shiela Vel Pitogo España - Brgy. Real<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Photo courtesy of Rhenz</span></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156842700424913012006-08-29T16:42:00.000+08:002006-08-29T19:50:53.186+08:00San Luis Fiesta 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>One of the Street Decoration on the streets of San Luis, Aurora during their Celebration of Town Fiesta on August 23-25, 2006. They used bamboo, sabutan hats and other native products. Click below for few pics.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta6.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Vice Governor Annabelle C. Tangson<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta7.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Guests and Local Officials during August 25, 2006 Celebration program<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta4.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta2.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="fullpost"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_sanluisfiesta3.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_sanluisfiesta3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span>Street Dancing competition<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo Courtesy of Rhenz<br /></span><br /></span></div></div></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156823435728317272006-08-29T11:35:00.000+08:002006-08-29T12:00:46.330+08:00Do Not Enter (update)<span class="arial18"><strong>Road user’s fee in Aurora town illegal<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" >By Manny Galvez, published in <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608299905.htm">Philippine Star</a> on August 29, 2006<br /><br /></span></strong></span><span class="acontent"><blockquote>DINALUPIHAN, Aurora — The controversial municipal ordinance imposing a road user’s fee on vehicles passing through this town, which has led to the 60-day preventive suspension of Mayor Marilyn Marquez and Vice Mayor Virgie Callejo, is illegal and constitutes double taxation, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.<br /><br />The DPWH issued the clarification amid the raging controversy over the ordinance, which imposes fees ranging from P50 to P100 on heavy equipment, trucks, elf vans, forward trucks and jeepneys and buses passing the town. —<i> <b>Manny Galvez</b> </i></blockquote><i></i></span>Source: Philippine Star online <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608299905.htm">read here</a><br /><br />Comment: It should be Dinalungan, not Dinalupihan. Dinalupihan was part of Bataancybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156478350905978692006-08-25T11:22:00.000+08:002006-08-29T12:08:27.616+08:00cedula fever<div style="font-weight: bold;" id="headline">Region 3 leaders’ meeting sought on ‘cedula’ issue<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">by : Ariel Avendano, from </span><a style="font-weight: normal;" href="http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/08/28/PROV2006082872776.html">Manila Bulletin online</a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="lead"><blockquote>BALER, Aurora – Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo said yesterday that she will request Nueva Ecija Gov. Tomas Joson III, chairman of the regional peace and order council (RPOC), to convene an urgent meeting by top leaders in Central Luzon to determine and clarify the issue over alleged imposition of "silent martial law" in the region. </blockquote></span><a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/08/28/PROV2006082872776.html">Read complete news<br /></a><br />Military denies harassing rural folk</div><div id="img_caption"> by : Bernadette E. Tamayo from <a href="http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=10332&sid=1&urldate=2006-08-21">journal online</a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><div align="justify"><blockquote><font><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >BALER, Aurora • The military leadership here has dismissed reports of alleged harassment being committed by government forces against residents in the course of their operation against the communist insurgency, including the controversial requirement for residents to obtain a “cedula” or community tax certificate.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><font><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Meanwhile, Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo said he would seek an explanation from the military on why teenagers as young as 13 years old should get a cedula. She had earlier received reports that teenage males were rushing Friday to secure one after word spread that soldiers were coming to their town</span>.</span></span></span></blockquote><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a href="http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=10332&sid=1&urldate=2006-08-21">read complete story<br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156392613545826412006-08-24T12:05:00.000+08:002006-08-24T12:10:13.573+08:00Do Not enter (part 2)<span class="arial18"><strong>Aurora mayor, vice mayor defy suspension order</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="arial">By Manny Galvez published in the <a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608249906.htm">Philippine Star </a>08/24/2006<br /><br />{excerpts}<br /></span></span><span class="acontent"><blockquote> DINALUNGAN, Aurora — Tension reigns in this sleepy town as its mayor and vice mayor continue to defy the suspension order which Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo slapped on them late last month on charges of gross misconduct and grave abuse of authority.<br /><br />Additional policemen have been deployed here to prevent confrontation between the followers of embattled Mayor Marilyn Marquez and Vice Mayor Virgie Callejo and the supporters of acting Mayor Harvey Tubera.<br /><br />Angara-Castillo said both Marquez and Callejo continue to hang on to their posts even after the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) served their 60-day preventive suspension last July 28.<br /><br />The suspension order stemmed from charges of gross misconduct and grave abuse of authority filed against them with the Sangguniang Panlalawigan by an employee of a logging company operating in the town.<br /><br /><br /></blockquote><a href="http://philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608249906.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Read full story >>></span></a><br /></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1156240275770379232006-08-22T16:51:00.000+08:002006-08-23T11:51:24.906+08:00DBP Forest Project Launching<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>On August 17, 2006 amid bad weather, The DBP Forest Project has successfully launched at Brgy. Dimasalan, Maria Aurora, Aurora. It was attended by Guests from DBP Head Office headed by Patricia Sto. Tomas, Government Officials and various cooperative groups in Central Aurora. Two projects of the Provincial Government of Aurora was also launched, The Organic Vegetable Farming Project and Development and Promotion of Pottery and Clay Brick Industry in partnership with Food Basket program and DOST, respectively.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20077.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Signing of Memorandum of Aggreement between DBP and the Provincial Government of Aurora on the Launching of DBP Forest Project.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20096.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>DBP Chair Patricia A. Sto. Tomas delivered an inspirational message. Incidentally her maiden name was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aragon</span>. and she pleaded to be one of the adopted daughter of Aurora.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20109.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20116.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20116.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/DBP_forestlaunching%20128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/DBP_forestlaunching%20128.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ceremonial Tree Planting</span> with Chair Patricia A. Sto. Tomas, Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo, Vice Gov. Annabelle C. Tangson, Mayor Ariel Bitong, PENRO Ben Mina and other DBP officials and employees.cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1155612782246808682006-08-15T11:12:00.000+08:002006-08-15T11:35:50.433+08:00Baler fiesta '06SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES<br /><br />August 14, 2006 <br />8 AM Opening Jobs Fair (Municipal Plaza)<br /> 7 PM Singing, Group Dance and Ballroom Competition<br /><br />August 15, 2006 <br />8 AM Jobs Fair (continuation)<br /> 9 AM Booth Opening (Coco Sabutan Festival)<br /> 2 PM Raffle Draw<br /> 6 PM Little Miss Baler (Dr. Juan C. Angara Sports Complex)<br /><br />August 16, 2006 <br />8 AM Historical Quiz Bee<br /> 9 AM Karera ng Bangka (Baler Fish Port)<br /> 2 PM Farmers Day<br /> 8 PM Miss Baler (Dr. juan C. Angara Sports Complex)<br /><br />August 17, 2006 <br />7 AM Drum & Lyre Band & CAT Competition<br /> 8 PM Auditorium<br /><br />August 18, 2006 <br />7 AM Street Dancing Competition<br /> 7 PM SMB Nights<br /><br />August 19, 2006 <br />5 AM Procession<br /> 6 AM Mass<br /> 8 AM Parade/Program<br /> 7 PM Stage Show/Fireworkscybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1154340097454616102006-07-31T17:54:00.000+08:002006-08-01T08:43:09.460+08:00Do Not Enter<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 Aurora town officials suspended</span> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span class="by" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">B</span><span style="font-size:85%;">y ARIEL P. AVENDAÑO Published in Manila Bulletin Online on July 31, 2006<br /></span><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span class="by" style="font-size:100%;">{excerpts}<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b class="lead">BALER, Aurora — Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo slapped a 60-day suspension against the mayor and vice mayor of a northern Aurora town who were both charged with gross misconduct and grave abuse of authority by an employee of a logging company operating in Dilasag town for allegedly unlawful collection of road user’s fees. </b><br /><br />The suspension was imposed last Friday on Mayor Marilyn Marquez and Vice-Mayor Virgie Vallejo but has yet to be received by the two officials because they were reportedly attending a seminar in Baguio City.<br /><br />Angara-Castillo said the suspension order has been imposed on the two officials to prevent them from influencing the witnesses or to tamper with records needed in the investigation to be conducted by the sangguniang panlalawigan (provincial board).</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.mb.com.ph/PROV2006073170528.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Read complete article >></span></a><br /><br /></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1154058220070391692006-07-28T11:31:00.001+08:002006-07-28T11:46:53.950+08:00A drill that no one wanted to happen<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="fontheadline">Aurora folk pass tsunami test; E. Visayas LGUs not ready </span><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="fontbyline">By Tonette Orejas, Joey A. Gabieta</span><br />Published on Page A17 of the July 28, 2006 issue of the <a href="http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=12138">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a></span><br /><br /><blockquote>{excerpts}<br /><p>CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- SOME 1,500 residents in Baler, Aurora scored “above average” points in disaster preparedness during a tsunami drill last week, the second to be held in the country’s eastern seaboard, according to the chief of the Office of the Civil Defense in Central Luzon.</p> <p>“Those who joined the exercise were really aware of the threat and what to do when the event strikes. They demonstrated a high level of cooperation,” said Neri Amparo, OCD regional director.</p> <p>Amparo said residents of Sitio Castillo in Barangay Sabang and Sitio Munting Gusang, Puntian, Cemento, Digisit and Ylaya in Barangay Zabali joined the drill on Saturday. These villages face the Pacific Ocean.</p> <p>The first drill was held in Sitio Pinagbuhatan in Sto. Domingo, Albay, on May 17.</p> <p>The villagers began an orderly evacuation when the church bell and the kolong-kolong (an empty acetylene iron tank) were struck at 3 a.m. to announce an impending tsunami, said Danilo Nieva, chief of the provincial disaster coordinating council in Aurora.<br /><br />Taking along basic kitchen wares, some food and clothes, they trekked to Ermita Hill (Point Baja), which stood 50 meters above sea level, Nieva said.</p> <p>Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo said the retreat to Ermita Hill was a lesson from the past. This was where Franciscan missionary Jose de San Rafael ran for safety during the Dec. 27, 1735 tsunami, the friar’s accounts showed.</p></blockquote><p></p><span class="fonttext"><i><strong></strong></i></span><a href="http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=12138"><span style="font-style: italic;">::Read the complete story</span></a>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1153895256323218592006-07-26T12:51:00.000+08:002006-08-01T12:27:55.880+08:00Tsunami Drill Exercise<span style="font-weight: bold;">"FIRST TIME IN AURORA, SECOND IN THE PHILIPPINES"<br /><br /></span>At exactly 3:00 am on July 22, 2005 people of Sitio Castillo, Brgy. Sabang and Sitio Munting Gasang, Ermita Hill, Cemento, Ilaya, Fishport and Diguisit Brgy. Zabali Baler, Aurora participated actively on the Tsunami Drill exercise held in Baler by the National Disaster Coordinating Council and the Regional disaster Coordinating Council down to the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council, Municipal coordinating council and the barangay disaster Coordinating council. The mobilization of the people in those areas was spearheaded by Municipal and Barangay officials. This drill was conceptualized by the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council 3 and was supported by Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo, Chairwoman of the Provl. Disaster Coordinating Council.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_tsunamidrill1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_tsunamidrill1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_tsunamidrill2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_tsunamidrill2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>An estimated 1,500 residents from Brgy. Sabang and Brgy. Zabali Baler, Aurora participated in the Tsunami Drill Exercise. Photo shows the people walking to the top of Ermita Hill going to higher ground as a standard operation procedure during Tsunami.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_tsunamidrill3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_tsunamidrill3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mass Casualty Handling demonstrated by Philippine National Red Cross personnel led by volunteers Lauro Bihasa and Rading Gonzales in Aurora province.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_tsunamidrill4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_tsunamidrill4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_tsunamidrill5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_tsunamidrill5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>PDCC Chairwoman Hon. Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo speaking to the crowd on the high level of awareness of the people of Baler on Disaster Preparedness.Thus, making them Tsunami ready.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">::</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">photo and text courtesy of Provl. Disaster Coordinating Council<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">fyi: </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060517.htm&no=19"><span style=";font-family:arial;" >Albay hosts first Pacific-wide tsunami drill</span></a></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1153130985351036332006-07-17T18:05:00.000+08:002006-07-17T18:09:45.363+08:00Aurora province ready for takeoff<span class="lead" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Excerpts from Manila Bulletin Online written by Dr. Bernardo Villegas last July 14, 2006.</span></span><b style="font-family: arial;" class="lead"><br /><br /></b><blockquote><b style="font-family: arial;" class="lead"> AURORA in Spanish means dawn. Aurora Province is literally at the dawn of more rapid economic development after decades of neglect, as its present leaders are mobilizing resources to give a major push to countryside and agricultural development. </b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> Last May 26-29, I made a sentimental journey to Baler. Accompanying me in the harrowing 8-hour land trip was my 97-year-old mother who last saw Baler some 65 years ago. In 19401941, just before the outbreak of the Second World War in the Philippines, my parents and their first three children moved to Baler where my father worked as a young rural doctor in an anti-malaria unit in this remote outpost in the Pacific Ocean. I was barely two years old. My brother Eddie was newly born and actually got baptized in the Baler church, with the late Maria Aurora Aragon Quezon as his godmother. You can imagine what great emotions my mother felt as we attended Holy Mass in the old Baler church, made famous world-wide by the Spanish soldiers who made their last stand inside the church during the SpanishAmerican War. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/07/14/OPED2006071469253.html">>>> view complete story</a><br /></blockquote>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1152360731681941082006-07-08T20:06:00.000+08:002006-07-08T20:12:11.696+08:00New books for 186 public and private schools in Aurora<span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" class="fontmain" ><span class="style11"><strong class="style9">Partnership forged with Metrobank Foundation and Aurora Rep. Angara</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">excerpts from MTKalaw Institute</span><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >The Metrobank Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metrobank Group and the office of Congressman Juan Edgardo Angara are extending donation to the Maximo T. Kalaw Institute for Sustainable Development's Earthling journal project. Over 2000 public school students in Pangasinan will benefit from the donations from the Metrobank Foundation, and 186 public and private schools in Aurora Province will benefit from the donations from Cong. Angara.</span> <p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;">MTKISD forged partnership with Metrobank Foundation and Cong. Angara through their education programs. Earthlings shall serve as the take-off project for integral citizenship building, as the entire education system is looped into a program for environmental conservation and nation development. To ensure that teachers are primed in the use of the journals, Teachers' Guides are bundled into each distribution, and shall be monitored to assess the impact.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span class="fontmain" style="font-size:100%;"><em>Earthling</em> Journals are designed to instill values of respect for and promotion of human and ecological security, Filipino identity, sustainable lifestyle and consumption patterns.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.mtkalawinstitute.com/main.php"> >>view complete story</a></span></p></blockquote><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.mtkalawinstitute.com/main.php"></a></span><br /></p>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1152263662037570592006-07-07T16:58:00.000+08:002006-07-08T19:47:22.336+08:00CSC Honor award semi-finalist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_drcabanilla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_drcabanilla.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://geocities.com/aurorastatecollege/president.htm">Dr. Romeo S. Cabanilla</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, ASCOT President grabbed the semi-finalist nomination of Presidential or Lingkod Bayan Award conducted by Civil Service Commission.</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><br />The <span style="color:green;"><b> Presidential or Lingkod Bayan Award </b></span>is conferred on an individual or group of individuals for exceptional or extraordinary contribution/s resulting from an idea or performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony. The contribution may be a suggestion, innovation, invention or superior accomplishment.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />The <a href="http://www.csc.gov.ph/HAP.html">Civil Service Commission</a> requests any information, positive or negative, about the aforementioned semi-finalists. Please submit information on or before July 13, 2006 to the CSC Honor Awards Program (HAP Secretariat, Public Assistance and Information Office, Civil Service Commission, Constitution Hills, Quezon City through: </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Telephone numbers : 931-7993; 932-0381; and 932-0111<br /> Fax number : 932-0179<br /> TEXTCSC : 0917-8398272<br /> E-mail address : <a href="mailto:csc_2006awards@yahoo.com.ph"><u>csc_2006awards@yahoo.com.ph</u></a><br /> : <a href="mailto:paio@csc.gov.ph"><u>paio@csc.gov.ph</u></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" href="http://www.csc.gov.ph/HAP/2006SemiFinalist.html#LINGKOD">view other semi-finalist</a><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" href="http://geocities.com/aurorastatecollege/president.htm">picture of Dr. Cabanilla link here</a><br /></span><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571402.post-1152261776146497942006-07-07T15:56:00.000+08:002006-07-11T11:10:17.090+08:00Phil-Spain Friendship day 2006 snapshots<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Military Soldiers waiting for their turn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_05.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Above photos)</span> Wreath laying proper at the Shrine of the Siege of Baler with Cong. Sonny Angara, Vice Governor Annabelle C. Tangson(Acting Governor), Mayor Arthur J. Angara, a representative from National Historical Institute and other guests and visitors.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_06.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Officials, military and locals join hand in hand in salute to our national flag(minus the flag photo).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mayor Arthur J. Angara of Baler<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/1600/aurorans_philspain_08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6132/2782/400/aurorans_philspain_08.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Vice Governor Annabelle C. Tangson delivered a remarkable speech in celebration of Phil-Spanish Friendship Day.<br /><br />>>in the news::<br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/07/02/OPED2006070268306.html">Of Friends and Allies</a><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">By EDGARDO J. ANGARA<br /> Manila Bulletin 07/02/06 <br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b class="lead"></b></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="lead">PALENCIA, CASTILLA Y LEON – For the first time since its inaugural celebration in Baler, Aurora in 2003, the Philippines-Spanish Friendship Day was commemorated in this province of Castilla on Friday, June 30. This was made possible through the efforts of Jesus Valbuena, a grandson of Corporal Jesus Garcia Quijano, one of the 33 Spanish soldiers who survived the siege of Baler. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="lead"></span></span><br /></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Photo taken by Carrie Emmanuel</span></span>cybermagichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108366421063429701noreply@blogger.com0