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==Batanes fuel stock to last for only 12 days==
==Coffee shop in Batanes shows honesty can be good business==
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=67&articleId=720817
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/190761/coffee-shop-in-batanes-shows-honesty-can-be-good-business
*By: Jack Castaño III
*By: Yolanda Sotelo
*''August 27, 2011-www.philstar.com''
*''Wednesday, May 09, 2012''
 
BASCO, Batanes ,Philippines  – The province’s stock of diesel fuel to run its generators that provide electricity is down to only 36,000 liters, enough to provide electricity for only 12 more days at a reduced operation of 10 hours a day.
 
Since a week ago, the operating hours of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) generators have been reduced to only 10 hours a day.
 
The generators are switched on at 12 noon and switched off at 10 p.m.
 
In the island municipalities of Sabtang and Itbayat, electricity is only available for only six hours a day.
 
The situation will last until Sept. 6, the run-out date the Napocor has given itself to operate its generators. That means, without additional fuel, the entire province will go into total darkness from that date.
 
While Napocor still has a balance of 100,000 liters from its first semester allocation of 800,000 liters, this has yet to be delivered from Manila.
 
However, the hauler cannot promise if he can deliver the stock by next week. The situation is compounded by the unpredictable weather this time of the year.
 
Sept. 6 is also the date set by Napocor for haulers to bid for the transport of the second semester supply of 800,000 liters. The winning bidder will also have to face the prospects of unpredictable weather.
 
Weather this time of the year is usually not calm as a consequence of the west monsoon and easterly winds that converge in extreme northern Luzon.
 
==Abra town warns vs illegal mining activities==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50714
*By: Maritess B. Beñas
*''August 24, 2011-pia.gov.ph''
 
TUBO, Abra- The municipal officials of this town have warned all those engaged in illegal mining within the municipality to stop their activities otherwise, legal action will be taken against them.
 
This is contained in Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 45 Series of 2011.
 
It specifically identifies the barangays of Upper Tubo composed Alangtin, Dilong, Tubtuba, and Tabacda situated within the tri-boundary of the provinces of Ilocos Sur and Mt. Province. These have long been determined as potential seat of high-grade gold and copper by the multi-national firms that carried out mining explorations in the past.
 
The move was prompted by reports of residents that some people from outside the province are doing small-scale mining activities within the area of Sitio Matowe.
 
The people of Tubo, particularly the Maeng tribe, are known for enforcing the lapat system – the indigenous way of environmental management through a purposive manner of conservation, protection, and equitable utilization of their natural resources to sustain the needs of future generations.
 
They are also noted for their stand on self-determination - that they would not want others encroaching into their own ancestral domain.


Mayor Wilma Saguiyod-Gattud called for the massive dissemination of the same for everyone to be informed of said resolution.  
IVANA, Batanes—Honesty has been operating a rustic coffee shop here for 17 years now.


==CHARMP2 embarks on seedling production for greening program==
When customers enter the Honesty Coffee Shop, they will never encounter anyone manning the place. They help themselves to a cup of coffee or a bottle of cola, or can munch on biscuits, fried bananas and sweet potatoes that have been prepared and laid out for them at the counter.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=car&id=50554
*By: Maritess B. Beñas
*''August 23, 2011-pia.gov.ph''


BANGUED, Abra-In response to the challenge of climate change, the Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Program (CHARMP2) embarked on a special project to help mitigate said environmental problem.
After a nice meal, they are expected to pay for the service by dropping cash or coins into a wooden “payment box” at the counter and scribble down what they bought on a notebook.


The CHARMP2 integrates the components on community watershed forest management and agro-forestry to address the threatening problem of the environment and at the same time provide livelihood for the participant-beneficiaries in the project sites.
Elena Gabilo, 77, a retired schoolteacher who owns the shop, says the system has worked well for residents of this coastal village as well as visitors.


Based on the report of the Provincial Management Group (PMG) headed by Philip M. Tingonong, the CHARMP2 had already started its seedling production in four key areas through the participation of peoples’ organizations (POs). The Pos are the Liwang Council of Elders Association, Tagnawa Di Licuan Association, Lapat Di Supo Association, and Kumon Di BOBAR para as Kin-amayan.
It was on a cold morning in 1995 when then newly retired Gabilo observed fishermen boarding boats in a pier just a few meters from her house.


Of the 258,052 target for 2011, the four POs had already produced 136,026.
“[I realized] there was not a place for them to get drinking water, much less coffee, and my heart went out to them, especially the young children. In a corner, I put a thermos bottle and some coffee and sugar, for anyone to drink. I thought maybe they would leave me money, but in the afternoon when I returned there was no money at all,” she recalls.


For the assisted natural regeneration, the Liwang Council of Elders Association had produced their target of 72,000 seedlings.
“I told myself that was okay because I at least helped out,” she adds.


Arnel Valdez, a PMG member, said there was not much problem encountered in the project sites except from that of the surveyed reforestation site of Brgy. Baoyan, Boliney because the area covered is within the jurisdiction of Brgy. Ampalioc, Luba based on the cadastral map. However, it was suggested that the municipal assessors of both municipalities should present the necessary documents regarding said land claim and dispute.
She kept leaving the fishermen coffee and food for a month. One day she discovered a few coins tucked in a box, apparently payment for her service.


Meanwhile, the other components of the CHARMP2 are being implemented as programmed. Under the component for the social mobilization, participatory investment planning and land titling, all the 32 barangays in the project areas have undergone training for barangay development councils on gender-based participatory development. The provincial NGO evaluation and assessment have also been done.
It encouraged Gabilo to add biscuits and candies at the counter, and even a kilo of rice near pots and a kettle so fishermen can cook this. She also left tins of sardines.


Other components on agriculture, agribusiness and income generating activities and the rural infrastructure development are also being carried out.  
This time, her efforts were repaid with small bills.


==LTO – Abra releases Pantawid Pasada cards for 71 jeepney drivers==
In 1998, a government radio station learned of Gabilo’s unique venture, and suggested that her shop be named The Honesty Store.
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=car&id=50335
*By: Maritess B. Beñas
*''August 22, 2011-pia.gov.ph''


BANGUED, Abra- The Land Transportation Office – Abra released last week 71 Pantawid Pasada Cards with a load of P1,050 each to jeepney owner/operator qualified to receive the one-time financial aid from the government for the transport sector.
The store has evolved into The Honesty Coffee Shop, which also displays souvenir items for tourists.


A project spearheaded by Department of Energy (DOE), the Pantawid Pasada Program is a measure to cushion the impact of oil price hikes brought about by the increase of oil prices in the global market.
“I don’t know if the customers drop the right amount. I don’t want to know if some people are cheating. But as far as I know, 98 percent of the customers pay the right amount,” Gabilo says.


Tricycle drivers with franchises were earlier given a one time financial assistance of P150 each under the Pantawid Pasada program.
She says two of her regular customers tried a similar venture in Manila, but they failed.


Meanwhile, Land Transportation Office (LTO) provincial head Eusebio R. Bidalen admitted that for two weeks now, LTO Abra could not issue plates to vehicles being registered as they ran out of plates.
Conspicuous enough for customers to see is a sign on a wall that says: “Get what you need. Please pay (for) whatever you get. If you have no change, knock at the door. If no one answers, sorry, so you give more than the price. May your tribe increase. Remember, Honesty is the best policy.”


The increase in the number of motor vehicles being registered has been attributed to the increase of suppliers of motor vehicles in the province. To date, there are already nine suppliers of motor vehicles which more than doubled the number of suppliers in the past years.
==Better services seen in Basco port==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336439782
*By: Necitas G. Alconis
*''Tuesday, May 08, 2012''


It was also noted that the number of buyers of motor vehicles had also increased due to the special promotional offers of the suppliers for easy-to-own installment basis.
BASCO, Batanes- Officers and members of cooperatives and residents of this island province are expecting for better services once the extension of the Basco port here will be realized.


Bidalen said they had already sent their request for empty plates at the LTO – Central Office and these will be available soon.  
Charles Ibaňes, chairman of the Batanes Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC) disclosed that some officials of the Philippine Port Authority (PPA) from Manila were in the province recently to assess the situation in the area, and after seeing the urgent need for port extension, the PPA officials proposed for a second extension of 70 meters (m) more to ensure that three to four cargo vessels could dock at the pier at a time.


==DOLE-Abra urges schools to set up own employment office to benefit graduates==
The project was started in October 2011, and the completion of the first 50 m extension is targeted this June. The second extension might not be started in July-August due to west winds that usually bring towering waves, which will bring risks to the workers.
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=car&id=49482
*By: Maritess B. Beñas
*''August 17, 2011-pia.gov.ph''


BANGUED, Abra- The provincial head of the Department of Labor and Employment here is urging the colleges in the province to establish their own Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to help their graduates in their job hunting.
As per interview with some Ivatan laborers hired by PPA, the second extension may likely start on October to November when the sea at Basco port is calmer and safer for workers and the materials to be used.


In a radio interview, Dr. Emerito Narag emphasized the need for the private sector to publish their job vacancies in the local newspapers, or be aired over the local radio, and most of all, be posted in the PhilJobNet and registered with the provincial PESO here to give access to job seekers.
According to Ibaňes, the extension aims to bring better services for the shipping operators who maintain cargo vessels in the area, such as BMPC, with two cargo vessels; the TRANSCEND with one vessel; the MISUBI, with one passenger boat; PULZAR construction, with one cargo vessel; and two inter-island motorized bancas for passengers and cargoes to and from Itbayat Island.


Narag is very persistent in the campaign to strengthen the awareness of the private sector employers on the Department Order No. 21 Series of 1994, providing for the posting of job vacancies to all the channels of communications and information in order to give access to the local job seekers to help them land jobs in their localities.
“The existing Basco port could only serve one cargo vessel at a time. If another cargo vessel comes to Basco before the previous vessel pulls out, it has to keep distance at least 100 meters from the pier,” he said.


The establishment of PESO offices in the colleges provide referrals and placement of their own graduates, thus, Narag reiterated this campaign to the members of the Industry Tripartite Council (ITC) during their regular and special meetings. The ITC is composed of representatives from the labor and service sectors as well as the academe in Abra.
==5th Uyugan’s Kamanidungan festival slated on May 10==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336096334
*By: Necitas G. Alconis
*''Friday, May 04, 2012''


Meanwhile, Narag again reminded the people especially those applying for jobs abroad to be very careful in contracting the services of recruitment and placement agencies. He advised the public to deal only with agencies that are validated as legal and with existing permit from concerned agencies for their own protection .
BASCO, Batanes- The municipality of Uyugan is set to celebrate town fiesta on May 10, featuring its 5th Kamanidungan festival.


While the jobs fair in the province is conducted only once a year, continuing recruitment by private recruitment and placement agencies are carried out in collaboration with the provincial PESO here.
Kamanidungan, from the root word "manidung" which means to help, is a local term for cooperativism, concentrated on house making, a genuine traditional cooperativism that is still strong in Uyugan.


==Owwa aids dead OFW’s family==
The peculiarity of the traditional cooperativism begins with the provision of housing materials for a traditional house such as posts, lumber, cogon, reeds, nails, tying materials and stones by neighbors, town folks and friends, aside from the free labor.
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/local-news/2011/08/16/owwa-aids-dead-ofw-s-family-173339
*By: Lito Dar
*''August 16, 2011-www.sunstar.com.ph''


This year,the Uyugan festival will feature the pitching in of construction materials, the categorized subworkers, and the main laborers in erecting a traditional Ivatan house.


THE OVERSEAS Workers and Welfare Administration (Owwa) recently provided livelihood assistance to the family of Rebecca Orillosa Bocarile, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Bucay, Abra, who died of refractory septic shock due to complications from pneumonia last December 8, 2010.
Less abled men helped in the preparation of food for lunch, snacks and drinks. The animal to be butchered will be provided by the house owner, but rice, yam, camote, firewood and bread fruit leaves, wine, and other drinks are provided through donations from neighbors and the workers themselves.


Bocarile, who worked as a household service worker in Bahrain, is survived by her husband Carlito, and three daughters Emie Rose, 11; Trisia Ann, 9; and Eprilyne, 7.
To be featured along with the Kamanidungan will be the agro-fair of their farm and home products for the public.


Last March, Carlito, who is employed as a casual government employee in Abra, received from Owwa a P120,000 check which covers the death and burial benefits of his wife.
Kamanidungan festival, along with Mahatao’s Rakanen festival, (vegetables as main product) last March 17 to 19, Basco’s Kulay Festival on April 16-19, Sabtang Mayes Festival (corn) on April 25 to 27, were being held as the prelude to Batanes Day on June 26.


Last August 3, Carlito was also handed a P15,000 check under Owwa’s Educational and Livelihood Assistance Program (Elap) for the family’s backyard piggery project. Carlito was also given a two-day Entrepreneurial Development Training, which is essential to sustain their livelihood project.
==Batanes, Santiago City bid national Nutrition Honor Award==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=461335773453
*By: Oliver T. Baccay
*''Tuesday, May 01, 2012''


Meantime, Emie Rose, a Grade VI pupil in Mandalipay Elementary School in Abra was also granted the Elap scholarship to ensure her studies. Under the said scholarship, Emie Rose will receive a subsidized scholarship of P5,000 a year in grade school, P8,000 a year in high school and P10,000 per year in college until she finishes a baccalaureate or vocational course.
Two of the local nutrition councils in region 2 are now contenders of the prestigious Nutrition Honor Award, the highest recognition given to Local Government Units (LGUs) that have consistently shown outstanding performance for nutrition improvement.


Owwa Regional Director Manuela Peña said Elap aims to provide special benefit packages to cover the continuous education for one eligible dependent of a deceased OFW until the completion of his tertiary education or a vocational course, as well as a provision of financial grant for a livelihood project to the legal spouse or dependent.
For this year, Batanes province and Santiago City are the entries of Cagayan Valley in the said award system, after three consecutive years of garnering the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN).


==Abra opens automated weather station==
Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said the two LGUs are now on their 3rd year of maintaining their CROWN award which qualifies them to be elevated into the NHA.
*By DEXTER A. SEE August 6, 2011, 6:45pm
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329800/abra-opens-automated-weather-station
BANGUED, Abra, Philippines — The Automated Weather Station (AWS) installed at the campus of the Bangued East Central School (BECS) in Barangay Zone 3, here was inaugurated recently and now serves its purpose as an important source of data in determining the weather condition in the province.


Bangued parish priest, Fr. Renato Amasi, blessed the facility and prayed that this weather monitoring instrument be free from all harm and malicious intents and be used for the greater development and safety of all Abreños, especially during bad weather condition and during typhoons.
She said Batanes province was already evaluated last week while Santiago City is scheduled for May 7-11, 2012. NNC chief Assistant Secretary Bernardita Flores led the team in Batanes together with the evaluators from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Department of Agriculture (DA).


In his opening remarks, Isidro Vasquez, consultant on Environmental Concerns of the Bangued municipal government, who facilitated the installation of the AWS here, said this weather monitoring instrument would aid farmers in scheduling their agricultural activities from land preparation, to planting and harvesting, according to the weather conditions of the locality considering that there will be a more accurate data gathering of the prevailing weather condition that aids weathermen in determining the weather condition in times of the year.
Maestre believed that the two entries will make it as she sees the strong foundation of the programs, projects and innovations made for the eradication of malnutrition rate in the said areas.


The instrument can provide pertinent data on weather parameters that would guide farmers in their activities.
Region 2 had consistently produced national champions in the different categories of the nutrition award system to include the NHA awards received by Solana, Cagayan; Echague, Isabela; Tuguegarao City; Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya; Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan province and Isabela province.


The data generated by the instrument would aid planners in providing the support services that farmers and entrepreneurs would need based on the trend of weather conditions in the locality.
These LGUs have innovative programs and projects that contributed to the eradication of malnutrition rate in their areas, a strong advocacy to promote good nutrition, support to the maternal and health care program, and the political will in implementing related laws and policies toward the development of nutrition and health of the people.

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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Oldest house in Ivana, Batanes

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Coffee shop in Batanes shows honesty can be good business

IVANA, Batanes—Honesty has been operating a rustic coffee shop here for 17 years now.

When customers enter the Honesty Coffee Shop, they will never encounter anyone manning the place. They help themselves to a cup of coffee or a bottle of cola, or can munch on biscuits, fried bananas and sweet potatoes that have been prepared and laid out for them at the counter.

After a nice meal, they are expected to pay for the service by dropping cash or coins into a wooden “payment box” at the counter and scribble down what they bought on a notebook.

Elena Gabilo, 77, a retired schoolteacher who owns the shop, says the system has worked well for residents of this coastal village as well as visitors.

It was on a cold morning in 1995 when then newly retired Gabilo observed fishermen boarding boats in a pier just a few meters from her house.

“[I realized] there was not a place for them to get drinking water, much less coffee, and my heart went out to them, especially the young children. In a corner, I put a thermos bottle and some coffee and sugar, for anyone to drink. I thought maybe they would leave me money, but in the afternoon when I returned there was no money at all,” she recalls.

“I told myself that was okay because I at least helped out,” she adds.

She kept leaving the fishermen coffee and food for a month. One day she discovered a few coins tucked in a box, apparently payment for her service.

It encouraged Gabilo to add biscuits and candies at the counter, and even a kilo of rice near pots and a kettle so fishermen can cook this. She also left tins of sardines.

This time, her efforts were repaid with small bills.

In 1998, a government radio station learned of Gabilo’s unique venture, and suggested that her shop be named The Honesty Store.

The store has evolved into The Honesty Coffee Shop, which also displays souvenir items for tourists.

“I don’t know if the customers drop the right amount. I don’t want to know if some people are cheating. But as far as I know, 98 percent of the customers pay the right amount,” Gabilo says.

She says two of her regular customers tried a similar venture in Manila, but they failed.

Conspicuous enough for customers to see is a sign on a wall that says: “Get what you need. Please pay (for) whatever you get. If you have no change, knock at the door. If no one answers, sorry, so you give more than the price. May your tribe increase. Remember, Honesty is the best policy.”

Better services seen in Basco port

BASCO, Batanes- Officers and members of cooperatives and residents of this island province are expecting for better services once the extension of the Basco port here will be realized.

Charles Ibaňes, chairman of the Batanes Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC) disclosed that some officials of the Philippine Port Authority (PPA) from Manila were in the province recently to assess the situation in the area, and after seeing the urgent need for port extension, the PPA officials proposed for a second extension of 70 meters (m) more to ensure that three to four cargo vessels could dock at the pier at a time.

The project was started in October 2011, and the completion of the first 50 m extension is targeted this June. The second extension might not be started in July-August due to west winds that usually bring towering waves, which will bring risks to the workers.

As per interview with some Ivatan laborers hired by PPA, the second extension may likely start on October to November when the sea at Basco port is calmer and safer for workers and the materials to be used.

According to Ibaňes, the extension aims to bring better services for the shipping operators who maintain cargo vessels in the area, such as BMPC, with two cargo vessels; the TRANSCEND with one vessel; the MISUBI, with one passenger boat; PULZAR construction, with one cargo vessel; and two inter-island motorized bancas for passengers and cargoes to and from Itbayat Island.

“The existing Basco port could only serve one cargo vessel at a time. If another cargo vessel comes to Basco before the previous vessel pulls out, it has to keep distance at least 100 meters from the pier,” he said.

5th Uyugan’s Kamanidungan festival slated on May 10

BASCO, Batanes- The municipality of Uyugan is set to celebrate town fiesta on May 10, featuring its 5th Kamanidungan festival.

Kamanidungan, from the root word "manidung" which means to help, is a local term for cooperativism, concentrated on house making, a genuine traditional cooperativism that is still strong in Uyugan.

The peculiarity of the traditional cooperativism begins with the provision of housing materials for a traditional house such as posts, lumber, cogon, reeds, nails, tying materials and stones by neighbors, town folks and friends, aside from the free labor.

This year,the Uyugan festival will feature the pitching in of construction materials, the categorized subworkers, and the main laborers in erecting a traditional Ivatan house.

Less abled men helped in the preparation of food for lunch, snacks and drinks. The animal to be butchered will be provided by the house owner, but rice, yam, camote, firewood and bread fruit leaves, wine, and other drinks are provided through donations from neighbors and the workers themselves.

To be featured along with the Kamanidungan will be the agro-fair of their farm and home products for the public.

Kamanidungan festival, along with Mahatao’s Rakanen festival, (vegetables as main product) last March 17 to 19, Basco’s Kulay Festival on April 16-19, Sabtang Mayes Festival (corn) on April 25 to 27, were being held as the prelude to Batanes Day on June 26.

Batanes, Santiago City bid national Nutrition Honor Award

Two of the local nutrition councils in region 2 are now contenders of the prestigious Nutrition Honor Award, the highest recognition given to Local Government Units (LGUs) that have consistently shown outstanding performance for nutrition improvement.

For this year, Batanes province and Santiago City are the entries of Cagayan Valley in the said award system, after three consecutive years of garnering the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN).

Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said the two LGUs are now on their 3rd year of maintaining their CROWN award which qualifies them to be elevated into the NHA.

She said Batanes province was already evaluated last week while Santiago City is scheduled for May 7-11, 2012. NNC chief Assistant Secretary Bernardita Flores led the team in Batanes together with the evaluators from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Department of Agriculture (DA).

Maestre believed that the two entries will make it as she sees the strong foundation of the programs, projects and innovations made for the eradication of malnutrition rate in the said areas.

Region 2 had consistently produced national champions in the different categories of the nutrition award system to include the NHA awards received by Solana, Cagayan; Echague, Isabela; Tuguegarao City; Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya; Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan province and Isabela province.

These LGUs have innovative programs and projects that contributed to the eradication of malnutrition rate in their areas, a strong advocacy to promote good nutrition, support to the maternal and health care program, and the political will in implementing related laws and policies toward the development of nutrition and health of the people.

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