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I'm starting this thread to see how you people out there would do, if you were in the shoes of Governor elect Edgar M. Chatto... come on guys...be constructive, site details or how tos etc....imagine you're the governor and develop something, implement a program..whatever...PUT IT ON...

I’ve been absent for awhile from this forums, needed to go to a far away land for a short vacation …anyway I’m back, and from the airlanes found out how v-gov herrera’s family had zipped out money from poor unsuspecting job seekers for abroad in a recruitment scam perpetrated by his son Marcus Julius Herrera (marcusjlh83@yahoo.com) thru a company known as 3 J’s Global Recruitment Agency Incorporated. The J’s are supposed to stand for “Juliuses”, a favorite name for the family.

The son had given the victims his address as: #56 Hernandez St., Pasay City, while their agency holds office at Rm 201, Lee Business Corner, on Juan Luna cor. Juan dela Cruz Sts., Davao City.

I don’t know and still am verifying reports that among the more than 200 hundred recruits nationwide there were at least 35 Boholanos. It is said that the agency is a family business, w/ the v-gov and his wife Linda, a labor attache based in the US, actively engaging in  the scam.

Some of the complainants even testified in their affidavits that the V-Gov’s OFW desk inside his office at the capitol was used to handle the concerns of these wannabe overseas workers. They had in fact implicated a female government employee in the v-gov’s office by the name of “Sharon”, who handled their papers.

Sketchy reports have said that herrera’s wife met with some of the complainants  at Garden Café for s ettlement that would silence them, they will reportedly meet again at the POEA in Cebu sometime this, or next week.

After these recruited workers had complained, they were told that  the failure to provide the promised jobs abroad was due to the global recession which had greatly affected the US. This was after they had paid ($450.00) four hundred and fifty dollars each excluding expenses for a medical check-up, fare & allowance while they stayed in Cebu.

When they complained with the POEA, they found out that the agency’s license had already expired and thus had been delisted from the POEA.

Some of the victims they say have been employed by Herrera as casual workers of the province, to silence them. Most are suffering in silence in the hope of recovering their placement fees. Some victims however, those who had borrowed from 5-6 sources or had pawned and sold lands  and other assets, want their money back and filed formal complaints.

Some of the victims who were identified in their compliants are Maricel Cajelo, Nestora Rebusa, Carlos Gardosi, Maria Liezel Ingles and Maria Susan Yap all applying as caregivers; garbage collector applicants Roberto Cister & Pableo Dabalos; and construction workers Joseph Palingcod and Carlito Hibaya.

Now, this is something we hope, some of those in this forum could verify… specially those in the Herrera camp for them to explain..
DI BA LAIN?

This is a letter I got hold of from a friend at the capitol, the employees concerned are not showing their names for fear of reprisals as some of them have been permanent casuals ever since. Before this letter I held Aumentado in high esteem now...he has fallen out of grace, dili na nako siya IDOL..traydol na siya...

Republic of the Philippines
PROVINCE OF BOHOL
City of Tagbilaran 6300

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV. ERICO AUMENTADO

Dear Governor Erico,

We are constrained to write this open letter in order to set the facts straight or else the people who received the letters containing the lies and manufactured stories that you sent to all municipal and barangay officials of the Province of Bohol will believe in you. Not content with spreading those lies in Bohol, you had your lies published in the leading newspapers in the country â€" again, to mislead the people.

   It is obvious that such scheme of publishing a letter circulating the same to the various officials is part of your propaganda style to destroy your opponents, you mask the truth behind the lies that you meticulously planned as part of your grand deceptive scheme to intentionally spread to the unsuspecting people of Bohol as your way of destroying them.  You did this to the then Gov. Rene Relampagos â€" by spreading stories through a paid mongerer that he had a mansion in Baclayon or gained P55million of the Joint Venture Agreement for the Tagbilaran City’s power and water system.  It has been nine years since then, now your lies are proven untrue.  But then again now you have designed the same style of assault to destroy the character and person of Congressman Edgar Chatto.

Now that you and Chatto are not in the same group, you would like to call him a traitor, but when you needed his help and that of the other congressmen to ask for funds and other assistance from President Arroyo and the different national governments, you bragged that they were your strongest allies.  We have seen how you operate to destroy the image and career of people who do not agree with you because you also did the same to many career professionals and politicians alike just as what you did to your opponent in the student council wherein you sent him a bogus telegram that his father died.  You won that election and your opponent’s father was alive.

   What we would have wanted is that there shall be full consultations with the people in the processes of development in the province to ensure that these projects would not encroach into the basic sources of our livelihoods and threaten the ecology of our environment, such as, the Panglao Reclamation Project, Danajon Seaweeds for Bioethanol Development Project, the Seismic Testing in various parts of the province or the Water Deal that shall bring the water of Bohol to the province of Cebu with your unholy alliance with Vice Gov Herrera and Board Member Roygie Jumamoy.

   We are saddened by the mudslinging and accusations hurled by you to Chatto on the cause of the delay of the Panglao Bohol International Development because now, the employees of the capitol have asked you if you should honor your statement that you will resign from your post as Governor if the airport project will not push through before the election period.  We are unanimous in saying that you know the truth behind the delays and you owe it to the Boholanos to tell them the truth instead of pointing your fingers at your scapegoat of another unfulfilled promise to the people.  Your owe it to all of us to tell us that the truth to the delay is the criminal case filed before the Ombudsman because of the alleged rigging in the bidding process so that your favorite contractors can keep the juicy project in their hands.

   We have witnessed your propensity to find a scapecoat each time you fail on your promise or do a magician act to get what you want.  You promised us good governance with a Reengineering Project.  We labored, we sacrificed because of your promise of a better work and pay, but only to wake up one morning to find that 300 appointments have been issued in less than 45 days to your favorite casuals to beat the election ban, even if they lack the merit and qualification.  This is aside from the more than 300 casuals you have deployed to help your election machinery with Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera.  The Provincial Government funds used for election purposes is hurting us.  These you did with the abling magic hand of Mr. Romeo Teruel, the Acting HRMDO who cried foul over the revocation of the ordinance previously approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan because alas! his ambition to be accorded a department head position came to nothing.  Now we see clearly that it was the primary reason for Teruel’s acquiescence even if you have corrupted the well cared for qualification-based recruitment we have observed for many years.

   We are saddened by the fact that instead of emulating Chatto’s contributions to the computer education of our young children and the youth, you want to deceive the people with the wrong information that you are spreading with the hope of swinging their votes to your favored candidate Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera whom we in the Capitol has not imagined as our next governor.  That is very sad if the Boholanos would continue to be deceived by your lies and machinations.  Being the Governor you should know how much a licensed computer and copyrighted softwares would cost in order to teach Mathematics, Science subjects and English through the multimedia system.  Yet, you want to tell the lie by saying that only the desktop computer unit is worth the amount.  What values and virtues are you modeling to our youth?  No amount of physical development could retrieve the values you have distorted for your selfish motives.
Now, another governor is set to offer his services to the people of Bohol, and should the people give Chatto that mandate to be our next governor, we exalt him that he would first put aside the issues hurled against him and go ahead with his plans to ensure a better life for every Boholano.  In the meantime, he would put in abeyance the temptation to dig into the truth behind the cases of the various anomalies involving your office such as the P3.6billion Bayongan Dam as the most expensive dam in the world; the P165million unfinished Talibon Dam; the P1.4billion underconstructed spillway of Malinao Dam; the P800thousand each overprice of the Backhoe and other heavy equipment; the overpricing of the airconditioning system of the Bohol Cultural Center; the missing multimillion pesos of the Bohol Poverty Reduction Office; the multimillion financial assistance released to defray election related expenses;  the 300 casuals working for the election campaign;  the P100million cash advance commission demanded of the delayed Panglao Bohol Airport Development project; the P250million midnight contracts with the Koreans on the Bioethanol Project in Talibon;  the substandard road construction of favored contractors such as Hanjin, C Pancho, China and Gorones, including the allocation of funds to cover up the deficiencies of these projects.
We hope Gov that you will stop spreading your lies and fabricated stories to the people, instead you give us what is due to us, our CNA share, our promotion based on merit, our bonuses equal to the savings we gave you and the sweat on our brows so you may have your laurels.  Moreover, we pray that if Chatto becomes the next Governor, he shall remember that we have asked these from you but which you never granted us.


CAPITOL EMPLOYEES FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE
(CAMP GOV)
April 18, 2010

WHO IS THE BETTER VICE GOVERNOR OF BOHOL?

A.   What were the accomplishments of Edgar Chatto while serving as Vice Governor of Bohol between 1995 â€" 2001 (6 years of service)
Various Significant Local Legislative Contributions and Projects: (taken from the BioData of Atty. Edgar Chatto)
1.   Authorship of Provincial Ordinances creating the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), and its counterparts,
a.   the MADAC (municipal),
b.   CADAC (city),
c.   BADAC (barangay)
2.   Authored and published the “KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY SIMPLIFIED HANDBOOK” distributed and used by the Lupon Members in the barangays
3.   Created the BIBLIOTHERAPY OR MOBILE LIBRARY & CLINIC PROJECT moving in different parts of the  Province
4.   Father of the BUILD-A-LIBRARY-BUILD-A-FUTURE-PROJECT in the Municipalities
5.   Built the MOST OUTSTANDING PROVINCIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY in the country
6.   Established the CENTER FOR DRUG EDUCATION & COUNSELING (CEDEC)
7.   Opened the OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ASSISTANCE DESK (OWWAD)
8.   Established the BARANGAY READING & INFORMATION CENTER
9.   Legislated the PROVINCIAL REVENUE CODE
10.   Legislative the ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
11.   Legislated the BOHOL ENVIRONMENT CODE which is the Model Environment Code of numerous provinces and cities in the Philippines today
12.   Established the BOHOL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (BEMO)
13.   Created the SPECIAL PROJECTS UNIT (SPU), a legislative research arm of the SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN 
14.   Institutionalized the PRESIDENT CARLOS P. GARCIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
15.   Institutionalized the BOHOL INVESTMENT PROMOTION CENTER AND TOURISM OFFICE
16.   Institutionalized the CENTER FOR CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT
17.   Institutional capacitation of the BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS (BHWs) with DISTRIBUTION OF BHW KITS
18.   Institutional capacitation of the BARANGAY TANODS with distribution of BARANGAY TANOD KITS and Katarungang Pambarangay Handbook
19.   Institutionalized and capacitated the BARANGAY LIVESTOCK AIDE (BALA) with DISTRIBUTION OF BALA KITS
20.   MOST OUTSTANDING VICE GOVERNOR, (1997)
21.   Awardee of the NATIONAL CENTENNIAL LINGKOD BAYAN FOR OUTSTANDING WORK PERFORMANCE BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC), 2000 and received the salary equivalent to that of a GOVERNOR while serving as Vice Governor of the Province


B.   What are the accomplishments of Julius Herrera while serving as Vice Governor of Bohol between 2001 -2010 (9 years of service)
Legislations and Projects (taken from the Website of juliusherrera.com)
1.   Established a Secretariat for each SP Committee
2.   Training on Barangay Legislation (TBL)
3.   Agriculture: Distribution of Seeds and Seedlings:
a.   Utanon Alang sa Mahimsog nga Bol-anon, Distribution of Vegetable Seeds,
b.   Lubi: Kaabag sa Malungtarong Kaugmaran, Disrtibution of Coconut Seedlings
c.   Rice Seeds Assistance, Distribution of Certified Rice Seeds
4.   Distribution of Barangay Tanod kits
5.   Distribution of BHW kits
6.   Overseas Workers Helpline, Assistance of OFWs, Libreng Tawag sa Middle East Program



Comments: 
1.   So, who best served as Vice Governor of Bohol?  Facts don’t lie.  Notice that most of the projects Herrera did in his term were copied from  Chatto’s time, such as:
a.   Distribution of Kits to BALA
b.   Distribution of Kits to the OFWs
c.   OFW Assistance Desk
d.   Training on Barangay Legislation copied from Chatto’s Katarungang Pambarangay Institutional Capacity Program
2.   Chatto had 21 accomplishments in only 6 years as Vice Governor, while Herrera has only 6 while serving for 9 years. 
3.   So, who is a better leader for Bohol?
4.   You can not become a “good leader” by simply claiming that you are.  Your track record will speak for you and other people will say it to the public.  Chatto’s track record of accomplishments and Awards even as Vice Governor and now as Congressman will speak for himself that he is a “good leader” able to become the next Governor of Bohol which the people will elect on May 10.

Lakas-Kampi-CMD gubernatorial aspirant Rep. Edgar Chatto is the best leader that Boholanos need, according to Padayon Bol-anon.

The group last night said a leader cannot assume to be capable by simply trying to draw strength from faking issues against someone else whose outstanding leadership performance is of public knowledge.

One cannot destroy a leader overnight who has established sterling records in his long accomplished years in public service, according to Board Member Alfonso Damalerio II, Lakas campaign manager and spokesman.

The group issued these statements in reaction to a paid black propaganda entitled “The Leader That Boholanos Need.”

It said the Boholanos have watched Chatto grow as a leader from his student days to his youth involvement in governance representing the sector in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

At the age of 27, he led the mayors in Bohol as the president of their league, until he rose to the vice governorship that made him the first Boholano to head the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines and the 4,000-strong National Movement Of Young Legislators.

He was the first secretary-general of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), which name he himself coined when they organized the mother league of local leagues.

His stint in Congress is marked by very high performance rating both in milestone legislations of national and local impacts and projects implemented.

The manifesto is the fourth successive weekend publication expected to be also printed as a paid advertisement in national and regional dailies and massively reproduced using government funds.

Damalerio viewed this as a desperate move to weaken, with strongest malice to destroy, Chatto’s mass-based support.

This is another attempt to further mislead the people to ruin the reputation and credibility of Lakas gubernatorial aspirant Rep. Edgar Chatto, consistent survey topnotcher, according to Padayon Bol-anon.

But Padayon Bol-anon thanked, though, the assuming and pretentious publication as it further unmasked Lakas men otherwise long pre-identified to betray the party. 

Now, they are joined by personalities belonging to other parties in an unholy coalition of vested interests, the group said.

Among the new non-Lakas signatories is Tagbilaran City Mayor Dan Lim, a known Chatto adversary because of his political rivalry with Vice Mayor Jose Antonio Veloso, brother-in-law of the congressman.

Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco, a protégée of Lim, also signed the manifesto.

Chatto has proven wrong the claims that he fears to take risks in crisis situations.  This is indicated by his taking the risk of running for governor despite the conspiracy against him which he knew all along earlier on.

His bold moves recently caught everyone by surprise when he led a press conference of party leaders to speak out the truth and expose the grand scheme of deceit out to destroy him and the party in both national and local levels.

His critics would use all hammers to nail him down because he is his own man---upright, dedicated, sincere, humble and unassuming but cannot be cowed by anyone whose self interest collides with his guiding principles in public service, said his fellows in government who know him by heart.

Hence, awards and recognitions were accorded him by various institutions, including the “Nobel Prize” of Philippine public service, the Lingkod Bayan Award, of the Civil Service Commission.  No other elected public official in Bohol has equaled Chatto in this feat.

He is also a pioneer recipient of the Ten Outstanding Boholanos Around the World (TOBAW) Award for public service and the Presidential Youth Leadership Award in his younger years.

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation cited him as among the exemplary individuals in the Visayas and Mindanao.

His positions on certain sensational issues like the Reproductive Health Bill is clear unlike what his critics would like him to appear.  This earned him an award from the Roman Catholic Church and Human Life International as a pro-God, pro-life, pro-family congressman.
 

at last I just got this e-mail from my friend at the SP...excerpts of the privilege speech as delivered by Hon. Ae Damalerio:

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   Honorable Presiding Officer, my dear colleagues, I rise on a question of personal and collective privilege.

   In fact, it is not original to me, but I merely quoted a press release from the Office of the Vice Governor,  and may I reaffirm, “we are not a rubberstamp Sangguniang Panlalawigan”.

   On March 9, 2010, 8 measures were rushed from the Executive Department for our approval; one of which was a resolution confirming the exchange of positions between two permanently appointed chiefs of offices.  There was no lengthy discussion on the merits or demerits of those measures.  Where in our civil service laws, rules and regulations can you see such a thing happen?  Or are we just following the whims and caprices of some vested interest? I wonder, but I think we are not, and will not.

   Luckily, we, so to speak, came to our senses and tabled five of those 8 proposed measures.  But of the three that we passed, no one will argue with me about the fact that indeed there was no lengthy discussion on those three legislative measures that we passed. We were just made to believe that they were needed to continue our projects with AusAid.  In fact, the Honorable Vice Governor and Presiding Officer himself said during our pre-session caucus (and I agree with him), though not exactly in the same words, that this is no longer the time for reengineering because we must protect the employees and it will be difficult to defend the issues when some of them are prejudiced in the process.

   But surprise, surprise!  The draft of the proposed measures that came from the Executive Department that we approved, particularly the draft for Provincial Ordinance No. 2010-007 (Creating the Provincial Internal Auditor’s Office) and Provincial Ordinance No. 2010-008 (Upgrading the Human Resources Management and Development Office into a Department) both CONTAINED PROVISIONS THAT PRACTICALLY APPROVED THE REENGINEERING PROGRAM without the benefit of our lengthy discussion, without our knowledge, without our intelligent appreciation, and contrary to our collective decision not to proceed with the reengineering program.  Were we hoodwinked?  I don’t want to believe so.  In fact, the Governor himself has constructively repudiated the reengineering program by allegedly filling up some 300 old vacant positions.

   Without further ado, Honorable Presiding Officer, my dear honorable colleagues, may I move for the following EN MASSE MOTIONS to save our faces:

First,
AN ORDINANCE RECONSIDERING OUR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-007 AND THEREFORE CONSIDER THE SAME AS NOT PASSED, with an accompanying motion for exemption from the three-reading rule;

Second,
AN ORDINANCE RECONSIDERING OUR APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-008 AND THEREFORE CONSIDER THE SAME AS NOT PASSED, with an accompanying motion for exemption from the three-reading rule ;

Third,
A RESOLUTION RESCINDING OUR PREVIOUS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MEASURES INCLUDING THE EXCHANGE OF POSITIONS BETWEEN THE PROVINCIAL GENERAL SERVICES OFFICER AND THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER, PENDING A LEGAL QUERY WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION LEGAL DIVISION.

   And these are our grounds for doing this Mr. Chairman, my dear colleagues:

First, the aforementioned measures WERE CLEARLY CONTRARY TO OUR STAND ON REENGINEERING at this point of time.

Second, those two aforementioned ordinances WERE NOT PROPER IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE.  It is a cardinal rule in legislation that each measure shall contain only one subject matter at a time.  Those two measures contained NOT ONE, BUT FOUR subejct matters each, namely:  (1) creating an office, (2) abolishing certain positions, (3) creating certain positions, and (4) creating another body, A NEW PLACEMENT COMMITTEE.

   Magpaka-uwaw ta og di nato ni i-reconsider tungod kay bisan ang mga SB sa kalungsoran kaantigo nga dili gayud mahimo og kapin sa usa ka subject matter sa kada ordinansa.  In fact, we are the ones supposedly giving them trainings.  But it is not yet too late to save our faces.

   It was also pointed out that those measures are necessary for our AusAid projects.  We have evidence to prove that that is not so, Mr. Chairman.

   Here is a letter from Mrs. Rosalinda G. Paredes, PRMF Coordinator for Bohol, addressed to our SP Secretary REQUESTING THAT CERTAIN PROVISIONS BE INCORPORATED IN THOSE ORDINANCES.  It is proof of the fact that those measures we approved DID NOT CONTAIN what AusAid requires.

And on a positive note Mr. Chairman; and in order NOT TO PREJUDICE OUR PROJECTS WITH AUSAID, our fourth en masse motion is for the passage of

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF GRATITUDE OF THIS AUGUST BODY TO THE AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AUSAID) FOR THE LAUDABLE PROGRAMS IT HAS SUPPORTED IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL,

And fifth,

A RESOLUTION ENJOINING OR ENCOURAGING THE LEADERS OF THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY AUSAID, PARTICULARLY THE PROVINCIAL ROAD MANAGEMENT FACILITY (PRMF), AND GIVE THEM THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

   This, Mr. Chairman, my dear colleagues, regardless of whether the next administration is a Herrera, a Chatto, or a Montano-led administration.  FOR THE FIVE MEASURES I HAVE ENUMERATED BY MASS MOTION, MAY I MOVE THRU JUST ONE OMNIBUS MOTION, SO MOVED HONORABLE PRESIDING OFFICER….

     (Thank you and good morning.)

My friend at the Capitol, had told me that Madam Mally Tirol presided the SP regular session today (Mar. 30), because Herrera, the absenuous Vice Governor, was absent once again. My friend additionally said that, at the last session where Herrera was present he railroaded several Ordinances upon the instance of Gov. Aumentado,  a true rubberstamp if I may say.

Despite his protestation as printed in the Sunday papers that he is not a rubberstamp...a privilege speech delivered by the Honorable Ae Damalerio, recalling three of the ordinances outlined how, these ordinances regarding the re-engineering were railroaded that it may be used to further their political stock for the incoming elections...

abangan ang full text sa privilege speech ni Damalerio...

DI BA LAIN?

EBA requested for a special meeting but since he had to leave, designated V-Gov Herrera as OIC Gov...well the BM's were a no show....Last regular session daw (Tuesday), Herrera was a no show..and sa quorum was not established...if dili gani ma-quorum on a regular session how much more kung special...This is probably due to the election fever...anak ng...

DI BA LAIN?

Mga peeps...basi sa mga flyers nga gipanghatag sa mga casuals sa capitol nga nangampanya para kang Herrera, under sa iya "ACHIEVEMENTS /AWARDS" kuno...sa front page - pastilan puro jud intawn nahitabo sa wala pa siya mahimong Vice Governor...Paglingkod niya in 2001...wala as in WALA, zilts...zero..nada...

On the back-side are programs, he claims are his own but actually were copied from the programs of Chatto, when he was still Vice-Governor... believe lang ko, tungod kay maayo man ang mga programa, iyang gipadayon,... ang pangutana...NGANO man wala niya buhata kini sa iyang first & second terms? WHY, did he re-start this programs only on his third term? Your answer is as good as mine...and JULES, Bella05 and the rest of their lapdogs...would dare tag chatto as SUNDUGAN...now who is AWATING?

DI BA LAIN?

What are Herrera's accomplishments for the province, that he now wants to be a governor? What are the things he has done  (that was not there before) that he now aspires, nay hope to step into Gov. Aumentado's shoes? Could Jules and bella05 or perhaps Arki and the rest of his cohorts answer these?

NAA BA SIYA'Y MATAWAG NGA LANDMARK LEGISLATION? If there were any...sadly it was not of his making...but that of the deligent Board Members...nakikico-sponsor lang, kasi wala naman siyang nagawa talaga...

DI BA LAIN?

For the past several sessions...the Vice Governor has stopped presiding at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan...Why? Does he still collect on his salaries? Is he with Team Herrera playing Basketball? Why didn't he do this nine years ago when he was still younger? luoy pod tawn kaligidligid tawn sa hard court... where was he during the signing of the MOA with Korean Investors?...ingon sila nakilubong daw sa iya relative in cebu...nya nagbasketball man diay...hapon na intawn siya for the PBA, why try so hard now?

DI BA LAIN?

Well I simply could not believe it till I met some...
Approximately 300 Capitol Casuals allegedly from the Governor's and the Vice-Governor's Office are going around the baranggays all over the Province campaigning on a house to house basis, convincing people to vote for the "Herrera and Abapo tandem". If they could not convince the barangay folks these casuals would then settle for asking the cell number or contact number of the person...perhaps for the text brigade to follow-up.
This is neat...but the catch is these casuals are campaigning while on the payroll of the province, meaning they are paid by the taxes of the Boholano people for the advancement of the interests of the Herrera-Abapo tandem...DI BA LAIN?
Of course...Lain jud... porbida... that's where our money goes...money we give to the government in the form of taxes...This is CORRUPTION at its height, "WALAY DELIKADEZA" par excellence...and they want to keep it in wraps...pero wala man jud aso nga makumkom...kining mga BAKAKON... buhaton nila tanan para lang magpabilin ang ilang gahom (POWER).
If this concerns you...spread the word...and pity these poor casuals who are being used for the advance,ment of only two LIARS.

During last Saturday's Governatorial Forum sponsored by the Bohol Alliance of Student Councils,  V-Gov Juls lied through his teeth when he said that the SP nod on the Panglao Reclamation passed through the Committee on Environment chaired by BM Damalerio. I saw the Resolution and Damalerio did not sign that resolution together with other Board Members, two of whom were members of that Committee.

Unsatisfied I went to Damalerio's office... since the Board Member was not there, I talked to his staff who unanimously denied that said issue passed their office for deliberation or committee meeting. They however, said that the office did receive a copy of the request. I was one with the Panglao group who went to the SP to request a repeal of the resolution authorizing the governor to sign the MOA between OASIS and the provincial government.

Shall we vote for a liar? Of course not...what about you out there? DI BA LAIN?

THE PHILIPPINE KAYAKING SERIES 2009, 3RD & FINAL LEG TO BE THE CEBU-BOHOL CROSSING

WHY KAYAK?  The Philippines is one big coastal community,  being  the second largest archipelago on the planet after Indonesia. With 64 out of 79 provinces having coastlines and 7,107 islands, it is a natural playing field for water sports, environment and adventure tourism activities.

Kayaking is one of the most popular  aquasport worldwide belonging to the paddling community, to name some, canoeing, sculling, dragon boating and most recently surf board paddling. This is also because kayaking is an Olympic sport. While it can be considered an extreme sport featured in adventure races, it complements many recreational and environmental activities and causes, such as bird watching, fishing, diving, photography and ecotouring. The market potential of kayaking can be considered wide and diverse, with disciplines on whitewater kayaking, slalom, kayak surfing, river kayaking, sprint, touring, among them.   

Kayaking easily caught on and will continue its popularity, the Philippines being a maritime country.  We identify the kayak as the modern and streamlined version of the “banca.,”  the most popular paddle boat while different canoes have evolved over time in different regions. Go back to 1993 when kayaking was virtually unknown in almost all parts of the country. Sit-in and sit-on kayaks were introduced in the watersports concession of  Sun and Sea Sports Systems,Inc.in then major resorts, Puerto Azul, Punta Baluarte, White Rock. Believing in its potential, Sun and Sea  introduced and promoted kayaks in boat shows, travel marts and media notably in Luzon, Cebu and Davao resorts and clubs.

THE KAYAK FEVER reached its peak with the adventure and competitive challenges presented by the Philippine Kayaking Series and the organization of the Philippine Kayaking Association in 1997.  The objectives were to introduce and promote kayaking as an adventure sport in natural tourist destinations and work with local communities to help conserve the environment.  Since then, different faces of adventure racing and tour packages include kayaking all over the country both as an extreme sport and as a recreational activity,.   

However, the  potentials of  bringing international tourists to capture a sizeable share in the international kayaking market has not been realized.  While almost all resorts offer kayaks and tour packages for that ultimate kayaking experience in the Philippines, we still cannot claim to be a kayaking destination. There is a need to bring these together with a strong promotional bid. The Philippine Kayaking Series 2009 can provide the common venue where all the components of Kayak Philippines can be promoted.       

THE SERIES CAN ALSO MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
It can serve as a cross-training venue for other adventure sports while community and corporate groups use it as a promotional medium, thus creating a pervasive scenario. Adventure, sports, challenge, environment and travel themes among others  may be developed and enhanced to serve different marketing strategies.

As with its success in introducing kayaking as an adventure sport, the Philippine Kayaking Series can prove to launch the country's bid to be a kayaking destination. On November 29, 2008, the Philippine Kayaking Series was relaunched with the Round Taal Volcano Island Kayak Regatta with hobie-cat sailors at the Taal Lake Yacht Club.  Action Asia Magazine, known for covering adventure events, brought out the circumnavigation of Taal Volcano Island and announcing Philippine Kayaking Series' 2009 forthcoming events. It also expressed its interest to cover them in the future.

Being an environment-friendly and user-friendly sport, advocacy is one of the strong points of kayaking. The spirit of social responsibility has become a dominant factor in these times of climate change and global challenges worldwide.  Kayaking can effectively send out  clear messages of the country's commitment to national development.


II    Objectives

The Philippine Kayaking Series 2009 continues to provide adventure races and recreational activities to achieve the following goals:

1.   To promote kayaking as a popular environment-friendly adventure and user-friendly water sport;
2.   To enhance sports tourism promotion and environment conservation.
3.   To develop the spirit of sportsmanship, camaraderie, discipline and good health
among  sports enthusiasts;


III    Major Kayaking Events and Kayak Philippine Archipelago Run

Three major kayaking events in Hundred Islands, Corregidor and Cebu-Bohol will be supported with expeditions and touring activities in different parts of the country.  A long-term plan to kayak the whole Philippines is now made more possible than five years ago with kayaks lined up in the coastal areas. The adventurous spirit of the Filipino can.   

Other smaller and pre-events are being planned to provide entry-level pre-qualifying runs and
touring in other areas.  This is aimed to generate participants and hype up the Philippine Kayaking Series. Resorts, LGUs, media and other clubs are being targeted to help generate
support and sponsorships. It would also accomplish reactivating and organizing Philippine Kayaking Association and kayak camps. The long-term goal is to have the Kayak Philippine Archipelago Run from Pagudpud to Davao .     

The Bohol Experience

In Bohol the first kayaks were seen when in 1997, Dr. Doyet Dumaluan brought home from the States, plans for stitch and glue, sit-ins and started building them. These came to be known as “Bugsai Sea Kayaks”; soon after, paddlers started exploring the islets, mangroves and hitherto unreachable coastal areas within the Bohol Marine Triangle.
In the year 2000, Bugsai teamed up with Bohol Xtreme and started “Moonlight Paddling”; a monthly night paddle adventure that allowed the paddler to enjoy the exciting and surreal view of the islands bathe by the light of the moon.
In 2001, the Bohol Paddlers hatched an ambitious plan of circumnavigating the islands of Central Visayas; starting with the Bohol. After the province it took more than six years before Cebu was taken in 2007, Siquijor followed in 2008 and the island of Negros last June.
The quest by this motley group of paddlers is to popularize kayak paddling. That it is not only a sport and a form of exercise, but as a way to commune with nature, enjoy the waters in and out of various coves, islets, nipa, mangrove forests and rivers; instilling upon anyone who cares to listen about the importance of the preservation and conservation of the environment specially our coastal resource.
The groups general plan next year, is to re-circumnavigate the island of Bohol, establish points for rests and refreshments all around the province and to visit these by kayak as often as possible.
The entry of the Philippine Kayaking Series is therefore a welcome complement to the plan. The “Kayak Explore Cebu-Bohol Crossing” would bring national attention to what is largely a local initiative. It would decidedly boost tourism and the influx would speed up the process of establishing a local kayak trail, an adjunct to the Philippine Kayaking Trail, the final aim of the Philippine Kayaking Series.