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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES â€" REGIONAL OFFICES

Armed Forces of the Philippines â€" Central Command (CENTCOM)
Camp Lapulapu, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 233-9052 / (032) 233-5734/ Telefax No. (032) 233-3926
Maj. Gen. Emmanuel R. Teodosio - Commanding General
Information Officer: Lt. Col. Jefferson Omandam

AFP 3rd Civil Relations Group for Central Visayas (3rd CRS-CRGV)
Camp Lapulapu, Lahug, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032) 232-4961
Maj. Mel Feliciano - Group Commander
Information Officer: Maj. Marinito Cabuenas

Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) â€" Central Visayas
Cabawan District, Tagbilaran City
Telefax No. (038) 500-1280
Dr. Caroline May O. Daquio - Central Director
Information Officer: Mr. Jun Oliver

Air Transportation Office (ATO)
Mactan International Airport, Lapulapu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 340-8460 / (032) 341-2403 / 340-8197/ Fax No. (032) 341-0073
Engr. Eduardo Robles - Airport Area Manager

Boy Scouts of the Philippines  (BSP)
Capitol Hills Scout Camp, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 255-5996/ Fax No. (032) 254-2306
Mr. Expedito P. Eduarte - Regional Scout Director

Bureau of Customs (BOC)
Customs Building, Port Area, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 255-5188/ Telefax No. (032) 254-2935
Mr. Billy C. Bibit - District Collector
Information Officer: Ms. Susan H. Cuizon

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 256-2772 to 76/ Fax No. (032) 256-2773
Dir. Corazon M. Corrales, CESO IV - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Lourdes Arciaga

Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)
Natalio Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032) 256-0553
S/Supt. Abundio S. Salinas, Jr. - OIC - Regional Fire Marshall
Information Officer: Insp. Fritzie P. Gorgonia-Manatas

Bureau of Food and Drug Administration (BFAD)
Department of Health -7 Compound. Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 256-1966/ Fax No. (032) 254-0109
Ms. Elsa E. Ejercito - Officer-in-Charge

Bureau of Immigration and Deportation  (BID)
P. Burgos Tribunal Street, Mandaue City
Tel. Nos. (032) 345-6442 to 45/ Fax No. (032) 345-6441
Mr. Geronimo S. Rosas - Acting Alien Control Officer

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
BIR Building, Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032) 231-1593
Dir. Jaime B. Santiago, CESO V - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Maria Zorahaida dela Cruz

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)
Gate 2 Andres Abellana Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 254-4747/Fax No. (032) 256-3732
J/SSupt. Benito A. Dorigo, CESO IV - Assistant Regional Director
Information Officer: Fr. Servillano P. Maiso, Jr.

Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF)
3rd Floor, BF Building, Escario Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 256-2797/ Fax No. (032) 254-4152
Dir. Concepcion C. Daplas - OIC - Regional Director
Information Officer: Atty. Wilbert P. Tañeca

Bureau of Treasury (BOT)
2nd Floor, Development Bank of the Phils. Building, Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 255-7635/ Fax No. (032) 254-9709
Dir. Benifreda L. Enad - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Ronquillo Arda

Cebu Normal University (CNU)
Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032) 253-9611
Dr. Ester B. Velasquez - President
Information Officer: Dr. Corazon Almerino

Cebu Ports Authority (CPA)
CIP Complex, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 412-9024/ Fax No. (032) 231-6848
Mr. Jose Joaquin N. Marquez- General Manager, Visayas Area

Commission on Audit (COA)
No. 7 Corner M.J. Cuenco Avenue and Vicente Sotto Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 255-5314/ Telefax No. (032) 253-3396
Atty. Carmelita Cabahug - Regional Director

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
LDM Building, Corner Legaspi Street and M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 255-7642/ (032) 254-3345/ Telefax No. (032) 254-5936
Dr. Enrique P. Grecia - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Peth C. Fudolig

Cebu State College of Science and Technology-Main Campus (CSCST)
M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax: (032) 256-1181
Dr. Jose Sal Tan - President
Information Officer: Mr. Rene “Sony” Alquizola II

Civil Service Commission (CSC)
Government Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 253-6114 / (032) 412-1496/ Fax No. (032) 254-5147
Atty. David E. Cabanag, Jr. - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Prolaine dela Calzada

Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
J. King Building, Magallanes Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 416-9773/ Fax No. (032) 416-9774
Atty. Salud C. Alinganga - OIC - Regional Director

Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Doors 2&3, Rosal Building, Corner J. Llorente and Rosal Streets, Cebu City
Telefax: (032) 254-6921
Atty. Alejandro Alonzo, Jr. - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Carmelito Hermosilla

Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)
3rd Floor, Susan Building, Corner Jakosalem and Legaspi Streets, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 253-5811/ Fax No. (032) 254-5487
Dir. Efren E. Espiritu - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Cletus Villamor

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
2nd Floor, Cebu Capitol Complex, Escario Street, Cebu City
Telefax: (032) 253-6913
Dir. Yusoph B. Mama - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Angelina Manubag

Department of Agriculture (DA)
M. Velez Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 254-5187 / (032) 253-8383
Dir. Eduardo B. Lecciones, Jr. - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Perla Gomez

Department of Budget and Management  (DBM)
DBM Building, Ecotech, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 256-1962/ Fax No. (032) 253-9909
Atty. Carmela Fernan - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Letecia M. Llamedo

Department of Education (DepEd)
Doña Modesto Gaisano Street, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 232-9925 / (032) 233-4679/ Fax No. (032) 231-1309
Dr. Carolino B. Mordeno - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Rosalinda Quijada

Department of Energy (DOE)
Unit 3, 11th Floor, Metro Bank Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 253-2150 / (032) 253-3459/ /Fax No. (032) 253-7222
Engr. Antonio E. Labios - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Fe Gahob

Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR Building, Greenplains Subdivision, Banilad, Mandaue City
Tel. Nos. (032) 346-2209 / (032) 346-0661 / (032) 345-3959
Dir. Clarence L. Baguilat - Regional Executive Director
Information Officer: Ms. Adela Villegas

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
Causing - Lozada Building, Cor. Lapulapu Street - Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City
Tel. No. (032) 256-3193/ Fax No. (032) 256-0624
Mr. Leon Rodion Rojas - OIC - Cebu Regional Consular Office
Information Officer: Ms. Merle Puruganan

Department of Health (DOH)
DOH Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 253-6355 / (032) 255-3970/ Fax No. (032) 254-0109
Dr. Rosario S. Benabaye - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Suzette Limbaga

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
DILG Building, Ecotech, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032) 255-7730 / (032) 255-4849/ Fax No. (032) 253-5473
Atty. Roberto C. Abejero (CESO III) - Regional Director






Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
GMC Plaza Building, McArthur Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-9412 /(032) 253-0638/Fax No. 253-9521
Atty. Rodulfo M. Sabulao - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Gerry Guidaben

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)234-8043 /(032)234-8069/ Fax No. 232-1983
Engr. Juanito P. Abergas - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Marie M. Nillama

Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
DOST Building, Banilad, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)232-8634 /(032)231-1916/Fax No. (032)232-8632
Engr. Rene Burt Llanto - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Crystal E. Oliveros

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Cor. M.J.  Cuenco Avenue and Gen. Maxilom Avenue Extension, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)232-9507 / (032)232-9509/ Fax No. (032)231-2172
Dir. Teodulo R. Romo, Jr., MNSA - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Jaybee Carillo

Department of Tourism (DOT)
Ground Floor, LDM Building, Legaspi Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-281 / (032)254-6077/ Fax No. 254-2711
Dir. Patria Aurora B. Roa - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Rowena Lopez

Department of Trade and Industry  (DTI)
WDC Building, Corner P. Burgos Street and Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)255-0036/Fax No.(032)253-7465
Dir. Asteria C. Caberte - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Jojesilia Villamor

Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)
DBP Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)255-6323/Fax No. (032)254-6196
Mr. Sergio E. Romero - Vice President
Information Officer: Atty. Nilo C. Galorport

Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
NPC-TRANSCO Compound, Cabancalan, Talamban, Cebu Ctiy
Tel. No. (032)344-9600/Fax No. 344-9700
Atty. Joel Y. Bontuyan - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Mr. Eddie Diva

Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA)
Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)256-1664/Fax No. (032)253-9643
Mr. Jose B. Mendez - Regional Administrator
Information Officer: Ms. Mirasol Mayores

Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP)
Camp Marina, Capitol Hills, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)232-2777/(032)255-5344/Fax No.(032)253-6550
Ms. Emma C. Castillo - Regional Executive Director

Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
CSB Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos.(032)256-1357/(032)256-1352/412-3492/Fax No. 253-9060
Ms. Merian M. Castellano - Branch Manager
Information Officer: Ms. Mitos Galicinao

Home Development Mutual Fund  (HDMF â€" PAG-IBIG)
Pag-IBIG-WT Bldg.,Mindanao Avenue, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City
Tel. Nos.(032)234-2792 /(032)415-5002/Fax No.(032)234-2778
Ms. Victoria dela Peña - Regional Manager
Information Officer: Mr. Dale Mark Antonio

Home Guarantee Corporation (HGC)
3rd Floor, Osmeña Tower, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-3733/ Fax No. (032)254-3430
Ms. Margarita Maria Matheu - Area Manager for Visayas
Information Officer: Mr. Froilan Autida

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
LDM Building, Corner Legaspi Street and M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)254-8529
Mr. Antonio B. Decatoria, Jr. - Regional Officer
Information Officer: Mr. Alipio Bacalso, Jr.

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
Albulario Building, Mango Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)234-1450
Mr. Fernando V. Garso - Regional Coordinator

Insurance Commission (Insurance)
Room 204 Doy Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)254-0861
Atty. Cesar Olaer, Jr. - Officer-in-Charge

Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)
Osmeña Boulevard, P. del Rosario Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-8322 /(032)253-5986/Fax No.(032)254-2316
Mr. Edward John T. Reyes - Vice President for Region VII
Information Officer: Mr. Giovanni Baoy

Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
H. Cortes Street, Mandaue City
Telefax No. (032)346-8288
Dir. Benito S. Dy-Cezar - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Eugenio Prescillas Ibo, Jr.

Land Transportation Office (LTO)
N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City
Tel Nos. (032)253-9603/ (032)256-3766/Fax No. (032)253-9603
Atty. Alex O. Leyson -Regional Director
Information Officer: Atty. Vicente L. Gador, Jr.

Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA)
Mactan International Airport, Lapulapu City
Tel. No. (032)340-2486 loc. 2170/Fax No. (032)340-0228
Mr. Angelo C. Verdan - Airport Manager
Information Officer: Ms. Mary Ann Dimabayao

Mactan Export Processing Zone  (MEPZ)
Mactan Export Processing Zone, Lapulapu City
Tel. No. (032)340-0590/Fax No. (032)340-2949
Mr. Sansaluna A. Pinagayao - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Ms. Belena Suello

Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
Customs Building, Port Area, Cebu City
Tel. No.(032)232-6052/Fax No. (032)232-5759
Atty. Glenn Cabañez - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Remedios L. Cadungog

Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD)
M.C. Briones Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos.(032)256-0424/(032)254-8434/Fax Nos.(032)254-5391/412-2774
Engr. Armando H. Paredes - General Manager
Information Officer: Ms. Terry Andaya

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
NG Building, Capitol Site Compound, Escario Extension, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-6444 /(032)253-5631/Fax No. (032)256-3366
Atty. Reynaldo O. Esmeralda - Acting Regional Director

National Commission on Indigenous People  (NCIP)
Rm 206, Teodora Building, Cor. Osmeña Blvd. & D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-4986 / (032)262-7956
Ms. Hazel Torrefiel - Administrative Officer V

National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
5th Floor, GK Chua Building, Sanciangko Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-0604/(032)253-0550/Fax No. 253-0625
Mr. Isidro L. Cepeda - Director

National Dairy Authority (NDA)
Visayas Island Office,Jagobiao, Mandaue City
Tel. No. (032)564-3713/Fax No. 564-3712
Mr. Antonio A. B. Ayen - OIC - Regional Manager
Information Officer: Ms. Farina Dy

National Economic Development Authority  (NEDA)
Government Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)414-7500 loc. 228/Fax No.(032)253-0489
Atty. Jose Romeo C. Escandor - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Albert Ligan

National Food Authority  (NFA)
NFA Building, Banilad, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032_232-6832 /(032)233-6095/Fax No. 231-4027
Dir. Flo G. Pascual - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Meriel J. Adricula

National Housing Authority (NHA)
Room 308 Machay Building, Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-2353/ (032)232-9053/Fax No. (032)232-9048
Mr. Gavino Figuracion - Project Manager
Information Officer: Elena G. Galeon

National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC)
Room 304, 3rd Floor, F. Machay Building, Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)231-1379/Fax No. (032)232-0578
Ms. Teresa H. Inot - Regional Manager
Information Officer: Rebecca Bacalso

National Irrigation Administration (NIA)
Gov. M. Cuenco Avenue, Banilad, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)231-1607/ (032)231-1607/Fax No. (032)231-1605
Mr. Romeo G. Quiza -  Provincial Irrigation Officer



National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
2nd Floor, Lim Brotherhood Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)232-8947/ Telefax No. (032)253-5527
Atty. Reynoso A. Belarmino - Executive Labor Arbiter

National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC)
Department of Agriculture Compound, M. Velez Street, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)254-4565
Dr. Romeo S. Capa - Director I
Information Officer: Dr. Jasper Jumadiao

National Nutrition Council (NNC)
Department of Agriculture -7 Compound, M. Velez Street, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)254-3263
Ms. Parolita A. Mission - Nutrition Program Coordinator

National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)
Paray Building, 210 N. Bacalso Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)261-0226/ Fax No. 262-5971
Ms. Honey C. Paredes - Regional Director

National Youth Commission (NYC)
2nd Floor, Myra’s Pension House, Escario Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)412-2321/Telefax No. (032)412-2319
Ms. Sandra Chiongbian - Visayas Area Officer

National Statistics Office (NSO)
M. J. Cuenco, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)256-0591 to 92/ Fax No. 253-9494
Mr. Firmo Deputado - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Noel Rafols

National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
Wireless, Subangdaku, Mandaue City
Tel. Nos. 9032)346-8596 /(032)346-0687/Fax No. 346-0687
Engr Danilo T. Sy - Regional Director
Information Officer: Bill Peralta
   
National Science Teaching Instrumentation Center (NSTIC)
Ecotech, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)255-3633/Fax No. (032)255-3005
Dr. Armisticia A. Vaño - Executive Director
Information Officer: Sonny Zamora

Naval Force â€" Central Philippines Philippine Navy (PN)(NAVFORCEN)
Barangay Canjulao, Lapulapu City
Tel. No. (032)340-9398/ Fax No. (032)340-9399
Commodore Alfredo D. Abueg, Jr., AFP - Commander
Information Officer: Capt. Reynaldo R. Narisma

Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
RDCC Building, PNP Compound, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-6162 / (032)253-8730/Fax No. (032)253-8730
Dir. Angel Gaviola - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Neil Angelo Sanchez

Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA)
Room 403, 4th Floor, Crown Plaza, 3rd Avenue, Reclamation Area, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)231-8300
Dir. Sakiran A. Hajan - Regional Director
Information Officer: Aurangzeb Ali



Office of the Deputy Ombudsman (OMBUDSMAN)
Department of Agriculture Compound, M. Velez Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)255-0976 / (032)255-1072/Fax No. (032)255-0977
Hon. Primo C. Miro - Deputy Ombudsman-Visayas
Information Officer: Philip Camiguing

Office of the Presidential Assistant for Central Visayas (OPACV)
Ecotech, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel No. (032)256-2360/Fax No. (032)253-0608
Hon. Felix C. Guanzon - Presidential Assistant

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
3rd Floor, IAU Tower, D. Jakosalem Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)254-3199/ Fax No. (032)254-0305
Ms. Mae D. Codilla - Regional Supervisor

Parole and Probation Administration â€" DOJ (PPA-DOJ)
Palace of Justice, Capitol Compound, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-3005 / (032)255-7366/ Fax No. (032)253-1588
Ms. Raquel T. Cainglet - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Ceres I. Geromo

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)
Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)231-5652/Fax No. (032)231-0679
Mr. Fidel B. Fuentes - Branch Manager
Information Officer: Lorena Andaya

Philippine Air Force - Tactical Operations Command,  (TOC, PAF)
Mactan Ebuen Air Base, Lapulapu City
Telefax No. (032) 340-8284
Maj. Gen. Ramon Ragasa - Commander
Information Officer: 2Lt. Apollo Carandang

Philippine Air Force - 2nd Tactical Operations Wing, (2nd TOW, PAF)
Mactan Ebuen Air Base, Lapulapu City
Tel. Nos. (032)340-2709 / (032)340-8284/ Fax No. (032)340-8284
Col. Marcel Agustin P. Pañares - Wing Commander

Philippine Air Force - 220th Airlift Wing,  (220th PAF)
Mactan Ebuen Air Base, Lapulapu City
Tel. Nos. (032)340-3129 loc. 2427/ Fax No. (032)340-8339
Col. Nilo O. Deypalubos - Wing Commander
Information Officer: 1st Lt. Cesario M. Rizal

Philippine Army - 53rd Engineer Brigade, (53rd Eng’g. Brigade)
Camp Lapulapu, Lahug, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)416-1557
B/Gen. Roberto G. Dimayuga, MNSA, GSC (CE), PA - Commanding General
Information Officer: Capt. Stephen Penetrante

Philippine Atmospheric Geo-Physical & Astronomical (PAG-ASA)
Mactan International Airport, Lapulapu City
Tel. Nos. (032)495-4844 to 45/ Fax No. (032)495-4845
Engr. Oscar Tabada - Officer-in-Charge

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)
Near Pier 4, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)254-0029/ (032)231-7272/ Telefax: 233-0318
Mr. William H. Medici - Regional Manager
Information Officer: Charity Mendoza



Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
Headquarters, Coast Guard District, Central - Eastern Visayas
DOTC, Arellano Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)416-6575 / (032)416-6208/Fax No. (032)413-4100   
Commodore Alejandro N. Flores - District Commander
Information Officer: Cmdr. Eduardo Legaspi

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
3rd Floor, Gemini Building, M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City   
Tel. Nos. (032)416-7049 to 56/Fax No. (032)233-3102
Ms. Evelia M. Durato - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Atty. Roy Ligad

Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
Mandaue City
Tel. No. (032)345-8435/Fax No. (032)345-0009
Atty. Deodiro B. Ravelo  -  Regional Manager
Information Officer: Divina Baculio

Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
Camp Gen. Arcadio Maxilom, Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)233-3165/ (032)412-7760/Fax No. (032)233-9094
P/SSupt. Gaudencio B. Pagaling - Acting Regional Director

Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
DBP Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Telefax: 253-8686
Mr. Antonio Uy - Regional Manager
Information Officer: Alberto Divinagracia

Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PHIC)
7th Floor, Golden Peak Tower, Corner Escario St. and Gorordo Ave., Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)233-7407/ (032)233-3287/ Fax No. 233-7521
Mr. William O. Chavez - Assistant Vice - President
Information Officer: Ligaya Barcenas

Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
2nd and 3rd Floors, #35 Yap Building, M. Velez Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-7837/(032)254-0126/ (032)412-5355/Fax No. (032)253-5029
Dir. Elma C. Teruel - Regional Director

Philippine National Police (PNP)- PRO - 7
Camp Sergio Osmeña Sr.,Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)253-2171 to 72 / (032)415-5894
P/Dir. Rolando C. Garcia - Regional Director
Information Officer: P/Supt. Edgardo Casiguran Ingking

Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC)
PNRC Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-9793/ Telefax No. (032)412-4140
Ms. Norma C. Tancinco - Chapter Administrator

Philippine News Agency (PNA)
Room 201, Cherry Court Building,Gen.Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)233-4542/Telefax No. (032)233-4595
Atty. Eddie G. Barrita - Chief of Bureau

Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)
Project Management Office, CIP Complex, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)232-3401/Fax No. (032)232-1990
Mr. Raul T. Santos - District Manager
Information Officer: Mr. Gilmin R. Kakilala


Philippine Postal Corporation (PHILPOST)
Subangdaku, Mandaue City
Tel. Nos. (032)345-9518 / (032)344-8242/ Fax No. (032)345-9518
Dir. Alfredo O. Estrera - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Josephine Layco

Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)
Ground Floor, LDM Building, Legaspi Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)256-2284 / (032)253-2532/ Fax No. (032)256-2284
Engr. Mariano T. Ortega - Officer-in-Charge
Information Officer: Ms. Ma. Josefina Torres

Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO)
Camp Lapulapu, Lahug, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)232-0273
Emmanuel G. Pabilona - Head

Population Commission (POPCOM)
POPCOM Building, Banilad, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)416-2528/ Fax No. (032)231-5390
Dir/ Leo R. Rama - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Leo Fernandez

Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP)
177-A V. Gullas Street, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)256-2169/ (032)254-1773/ Fax No.(032)254-8651
Dir. Chloe T. Manlosa-Osano - Regional Director
Information Officer: Ms. Arlene Tudtud

Presidential Management Staff (PMS)
Door 1 Zoomir Apartment, Escario Extension, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)253-4934
James W. Ngolaban - Regional Head

Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
Across Nichols St., V. Rama Street, Guadalupe, Cebu City
Tel. Nos. (032)255-7396/ Fax No. (032)254-3497
Dr. Delia Z. Mediano - Regional Director
Information Officer: Mr. Medard Ylagan

Public Attorney’s Office (PAO)
Palace of Justice, Capitol Compound, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-6459/ Fax No. (032)253-5859
Atty. Noel P. Catacutan - Regional Director

Radyo Ng Bayan â€" DYMR Cebu (DYMR)
CSCST Compound, M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City
Telefax: 253-4131
Rene V. Alquizola - Station Manager

Regional Training School-PNP (RTS)
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)416-2493/ Fax No. (032)416-2494
P/Supt. Eduardo Bolivar Vidal - Regional Training Director
Information Officer: Ricarte Conag

Regional Trial Court, Branch 7 (RTC)
Chief Justice Fernan Memorial Hall, Provincial Capitol, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-9515
Hon. Simeon Dumdum - Executive Judge




Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
SEC Building, V. Rama Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-7221/Fax No. (032)255-2874
Atty. Merle P. Cunanan - Chief, Cebu Office

Social Security System (SSS)
Corner Gorordo Avenue and Escario Street, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)232-7263/ Fax No. (032)232-7236
Ms. Cynthia A. Zurbano - Branch Manager
Information Officer: Janice Caballes

Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)
2nd Floor, Martinez Building, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)253-4535/ Fax No. (032)253-4537
Ervin D. Salsalida - Officer-in-Charge

National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
NCC Building, Banilad, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)343-9704/ Fax No. (032)343-9709
Jules S. Alcantara - Regional Head Visayas Transco Genco III
Information Officer: Benjamin Ypil

Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)231-6718/ Fax No. (032)231-1596
Engr. Ernesto A. Beltran- Regional Driector
Information Officer: Petronila F. Fidellaga

Telecommunications Office (TELOF)
Port Area, Cebu City
Tel. No. (032)416-6591/ Fax No. (032)416-6903
Engr. Geoffrey Rodriguez - Regional Director
Information Officer: Licinio Gingoyon

Trade and Investment Development Corporation of the Phils. (TIDCP)
WDC Building, Corner P. Burgos Street and Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)254-9269
Dexter Pelias - Account Officer II, Cebu Field Unit

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC)
B. Rodriguez Street, Cebu City
Telefax No. (032)253-9882
Dr. Eusebio M. Alquizalas - Medical Center Chief

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CONGRATS TO TESDA-BOHOL ON IT'S 13TH ANNIVERSARY, ESPECIALLY TO MADAM BUENAFE STA.
RITA, PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR


OUR SINCERE FELICITATIONS TO THE OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) - BOHOL OFFICE HEADED BY MY GOOD FRIEND PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR BUENAFE STA. RITA ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 13TH ANNIVERSARY.

TESDA IS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSBLE FOR EVALUATING THE MANPOWER
SKILLS OF FILIPINO WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SENT FOR OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT.

FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN
CITY INFORMATION OFFICER
TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES

 
Message: BOHOL'S REPRESENTATIVE NATHALIM ROSE NALUPA, BINIBINING MARIBOJOC - UBE QUEEN 2007, WAS CROWNED MISS CENTRAL VISAYAS CORN FESTIVAL 2007 IN THE BEAUTY PAGEANT HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE BARBA COMPLEX IN TOLEDO CITY, CEBU. SHE WAS ALSO ADJUDGED BEST IN EVENING GOWN.

ITS A BIG HONOR FOR OUR PROVINCE OF BOHOL THAT BABY ROSE, BESTING OTHER CANDIDATES FROM THE CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION COMPOSED OF THE COMPONENT CITIES OF CEBU, ORIENTAL NEGROS, SIQUIJOR AND BOHOL, WILL BRING HOME THE CROWN. CEBUANO DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM SECRETARY
ACE DURANO GRACED THE AFFAIR.

NATHALIM, A FIRST YEAR NURSING STUDENT OF HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY, WAS ONE OF THE
RUNNERS-UP OF THE BINIBINING MARIBOJOC 2007 HELD ON MAY 3 AND ALSO ISLAND CITY MALLS MAY CALENDAR GIRL.

INFORMATION WAS RELAYED TO ME BY SIR PRESCILLANO YKING ECHAVIA, SERVICE AND CONTROL OFFICER, UCPB- TAGBILARAN BRANCH AND SAINT VINCENT INSTITUTE (SVI) ALUMNI PRESIDENT, WHO WAS THE PROJECT CHAIR OF THE HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL BINIBINING MARIBOJOC 2007 TILT ON MAY
3, 2007 AT THE MARIBOJOC CULTURAL CENTER.

MY GOOD FRIEND BEBEI TAGOCTOC OF BEBEIS HAIR AND MAKE UP WAS THE OFFICIAL MAKE-
UP ARTIST.

I WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE BINIBINING MARIBOJOC PAGEANT, TOGETHER WITH BINIBINING PILIPINAS WORLD 2006 ANNA MARIS ARCAY IGPIT (FROM PANGLAO, BOHOL), GMA-7 STARSTRUCK FINALIST RICHELL 'RICH ASUNCION' PACALDO ANGALOT (BOOL, TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL), CITY
LEGAL OFFICE'S ATTY. PABLITO GRECIO APALISOK MAGDOZA, CEBU PACIFIC'S GENEVIEVE R. JAMISOLA, FORMER BACLAYON FIRST LADY MADAM ELENA KUDEMUS UY AND DUNKIN DONUTS MANAGER DENNIES PASCUAL DU. 

It has been brought to management's attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the normal conversation with their co-workers. Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated. We do however realize the critical importance of being able to accurately express your feelings
when communicating with co-workers. Therefore, a list of 18 New and Innovative "TRY SAYING" phrases has been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner.


(1) TRY SAYING: I think you could use more training. INSTEAD OF: You don't know what the f___ you're doing.

(2) TRY SAYING: She's an aggressive go- getter. INSTEAD OF: She's a ball-busting b__ch.

(3) TRY SAYING: Perhaps I can work late. INSTEAD OF: And when the f___ do you expect me to do this?

(4) TRY SAYING: I'm certain that isn't feasible. INSTEAD OF No f______way.

(5) TRY SAYING: Really? INSTEAD OF: You've got to be sh__ing me!

(6) TRY SAYING: Perhaps you should check with... INSTEAD OF: Tell someone who gives a sh__.

(7) TRY SAYING: I wasn't involved in the project. INSTEAD OF: It's not my f______ problem.

( TRY SAYING: That's interesting. INSTEAD OF: What the f___?

(9) TRY SAYING: I'm not sure this can be implemented. INSTEAD OF: This sh__ won't work.

(10) TRY SAYING: I'll try to schedule that. INSTEAD OF: Why the f____ didn't you tell me sooner?

(11) TRY SAYING: He's not familiar with the issues. INSTEAD OF: He's got his head up his a__.

(12) TRY SAYING: Excuse me, sir? INSTEAD OF: Eat sh__ and die.

(13) TRY SAYING: So you weren't happy with it? INSTEAD OF: Kiss my a__.

(14) TRY SAYING: I'm a bit overloaded at the moment. INSTEAD OF: F___ it, I'm on salary.


(15) TRY SAYING: I don't think you understand. INSTEAD OF: Shove it up your a__.

(16) TRY SAYING: I love a challenge. INSTEAD OF: This job sucks.

(17) TRY SAYING: You want me to take care of that? INSTEAD OF: Who the h___ died and made you boss?

(18 ) TRY SAYING: He's somewhat insensitive. INSTEAD OF: He's a pr_ck.


Thank
You,

Human Resources

GOOD LUCK NATHALIM ROSE NALUPA,BOHOL'S BE,MISS CENTRAL VISAYAS CORN FESTIVAL '07,TOLEDO CITY
Message:
OUR WARM GOOD WISHES AND PRAYERS TO
MISS NATHALIM ROSE NALUPA, BINIBINING
MARIBOJOC UBE QUEEN 2007 TITLE HOLDER
FROM MARIBOJOC WHO WILL REPRESENT BOHOL
IN THE SEARCH FOR THE MISS CENTRAL
VISAYAS CORN FESTIVAL 2007 IN TOLEDO
CITY TOMORROW, AUGUST 23.

CEBUANO DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM SECRETARY
ACE DURANO WILL GRACE THE AFFAIR.

NATHALIM, A FIRST YEAR NURSING STUDENT
OF HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY, WAS ONE OF THE
RUNNERS-UP OF THE VERY SUCCESSFUL
BINIBINING MARIBOJOC 2007 HELD ON MAY 3
AT THE MARIBOJOC CULTURE CENTER
SPONSORED BY THE SAINT VINCENT
INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HEADED BY
SIR PRESCILLANO 'YKING' ECHAVIA.

I WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE PAGEANT,
TOGETHER WITH BINIBINING PILIPINAS
WORLD 2006 ANNA MARIS ARCAY IGPIT (FROM
PANGLAO, BOHOL), GMA-7 STARSTRUCK
FINALIST RICHELL 'RICH ASUNCION'
PACALDO ANGALOT (BOOL, TAGBILARAN CITY,
BOHOL), CITY LEGAL OFFICE'S ATTY.
PABLITO GRECIO APALISOK MAGDOZA, CEBU
PACIFIC'S GENEVIEVE R. JAMISOLA, FORMER
BACLAYON FIRST LADY MADAM ELENA KUDEMUS
UY AND DUNKIN DONUTS MANAGER DENNIES
PASCUAL DU.

WE PRAY FOR NATHALIM'S VICTORY!

EXTENDED 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION FOR BNHS CLASS OF 1987. Our Bohol National High School (BNHS) Class of 1987 had its “official” reunion last July 27 and 28, but the celebration continued till last Sunday, August 12, during the second round of bundle of joy giving at the Gawad Kalinga Saint Vincent Village in Cabawan District, this City. This time, Ma. Annaliza M. Preciado-Yano, officer-in-charge of the Mabuhay Philippines, Inc. of Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan and Noel Aranas Cericos of Aurora, Illinois, USA sponsored the activity which distributed used clothing and food stuffs for the 33 families. The first round of gift-giving undertaken by the group last May 15 was initiated by Teresita Maria S. Lapez-Storms, president of the Boholano Belgian Association based in Dendermonde, Belgium. We could not have done our Gawad Kalinga â€" Cabawan outreach activity sans the guidance and support of Arsenio and Virgilia Magallanes-Geñoso, project managers and Martin Alcano, project coordinator. (Thank you ever so much!) Other BNHS Class of 1987 alumni officers and batchmates who joined the recent activity were Isabelito Butawan, BNHS Class ’87 alumni president, Carlota L. Hormillada-Budiongan, Engr. Ver Neil Buslon Balaba, vice-president for internal affairs; Luzviminda Navarro-Tiongson, Edwina Ancla Laurel, moi (Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao-Gabin, vice-president for external affairs) and Vilsuette S. Jamisola-Lingo, Engr. Ramil Karaan Palileo and Alex Miculob Cuñado. During the career symposium we organized for the 500 fourth year students of DCPNHS last July 27, the group donated 50 Monobloc chairs and 50 stools for the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School Gym, sponsored the first-ever luncheon fellowship for all the teachers and non-academic personnel of the school, and came up with a position paper supporting the restoration of the name “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,” aside from the dinner fellowship at Villa Alzhun Tourist Inn and Restaurant with Dr. Benita Fostanes-Osorio, former school principal as guest of honor and the beach gathering at Dumaluan Beach in Panglao on July 28. Next major reunion has been set in July 2012 on the occasion of the group’s 25th anniversary (pohon!) (jefilogabin)

BCHAPO STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP. For two days, on August 23 and 24, the Bohol Council of Human Resources, Administrative and Personnel Officers (BCHAPO) will have its strategic planning workshop at the Cebu Business Hotel as part of enhancing the human resource officers of the province. Leading the group is Mario Lloyd Indino Gutierrez, City Government Assistant Department Head I (City HRMO), BCHAPO president, who is looking forward to the participation of the members of the most dynamic organization of government human resource officers in Central Visayas. It may be noted that the same group lobbied for the conduct of the career service examinations here in Bohol last July 22. After three (3) years, the City of Tagbilaran has been selected as test center for both professional and sub-professional levels held at the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School (DCPNHS), formerly Bohol National High School, and the University of Bohol (UB), respectively. To protect the integrity of the CSC exams, Atty. David E. Cabanag, Jr., Civil Service Commission regional director; Director Nissi Cherit Asis, CSC-Bohol Provincial Field Office head; Lorenzo R. Canapi, chief personnel specialist; Cynthia Castanares, supervising personnel specialist; John Laureto, CSC-Cebu IT specialist, and BCHAPO facilitated the test administration training for supervising examiners, room examiners and deputized examiners held at Saya’s Restaurant (July 16) and JJ’s Seafood Village (July 17).(fielangeliespejoaraoarao-gabin)

 R G E N T  H I R I N G !!!

Good morning.

Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. - Tagbilaran Plant is in need of Quality Assurance Specialists to fill up both temporary and permanent manning requirements with the following qualifications:
- a graduate of BS Chemistry / BS Chemical Engineering / BS Food Technology / BS Microbiology, preferably with license
- male or female, single or married
- preferably 30 years old and below
- with QA lab experience an advantage
- computer literate
- preferably belongs to the top 10% of the class
- with good communication skills
- willing to work in shifts
- willing to be assigned in Tagbilaran City and any of the bottling plants

If you have relatives and friends that may qualify with the minimum qualifications needed, kindly inform them and let them send their application letter, comprehensive CV, and TOR to:

Ms. Gisela Gementiza
Human Resources Head
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc.
CPG Avenue, Cogon
Tagbilaran City

Good and commensurate package awaits for this vacant position.

For your reference.


Regards,

Robin

...if...

...mi-hang na jud tingali ang sili...God save us, please...Ikaw ra jud ang nahibaw...

From a local resident's (my) point of view:

I wish... I pray...

It's just that there are things better left unsaid, but felt in the heart...

Just pray for us here (in the Philippines, in Bohol, in Tagbilaran...) ...

Basta, i-aapil lang pod mi sa inyong mga pag-ampo...mag-ampoanay na lang ta...

DENGUE ALERT. On behalf of the Holy Spirit School Federated Parents-Teachers Association (HSS-FPTA), my husband Jerome, Cielo and I went to extend condolences to the family of the late Sandra Dinorog (Calceta Street) the day before her interment. The daughter of Concepcion “Siony” Dinorog (a schoolmate during my college days at Divine Word College-Tagbilaran, now a caregiver in Canada), Sandra (born on February 2, 2001), a six-year-old Grade 1-Joy pupil of Holy Spirit School, succumbed to death due to complications caused by dengue hemorrhagic fever. For many times we have heard that “an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.” Allow me then to share with you information on dengue (pronounced “den-ghee”). “It is a flu-like viral disease spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute febrile viral disease caused by dengue viruses which are transmitted to humans through the bites of infective female aedes mosquitoes. The disease (incubation period is from 3 to 14 days), is not directly transmitted from person to person. What are its signs and symptoms? Dengue is characterized by sudden onset fever for 3 to 5 days, intense headache, muscle pain, joint pain, eye pain, anorexia, gastro-intestinal disturbances, and rash. If someone has observed these signs and symptoms on his or her family member, medical advice must be sought, as untreated dengue hemorrhagic fever can be fatal. Dengue is diagnosed by blood test. At present, there is no specific treatment, no vaccine is currently available. The only method of controlling dengue is to combat the aedes mosquitoes. Eliminating mosquito breeding sites is the key preventive measure. Dengue could also be prevented by using proper solid waste disposal methods, eliminating stagnant water in domestic environment, having improved water storage practices, discarding items that can collect rain or run-off water, especially old tires, changing regularly the outdoor water containers, using aerosol and liquid sprays to kill adult mosquitoes, using mosquito coil to be placed near possible entrance, such as windows, wearing long-sleeved clothes and long trousers when going outdoors, applying insect repellent on clothes and Off lotion for exposed part of the body, especially when traveling, and using mosquito bednet when the room is not air-conditioned.

THE HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL FEDERATED PARENTS-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IS HEADED BY JERRY JOSEPH AZCONA LIM.


Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao-Gabin
Secretary, Holy Spirit School Federated Parents-Teachers Association

BOHOL CARES’ “AN EVENING OF SHARING AND GIVING” ON AUGUST 18. After becoming curious of the “Pink October” (breast cancer) crusade in the program anchored by ABS-CBN Cebu’s Angela Calina in October 2006, I chanced to meet officers and members of BOHOL CARES, a cancer support group linking people through their experience of cancer, based at the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (OLLP), Tagbilaran City. The group members believe that anyone's support can make an enormous difference in the life of a cancer patient. On August 18, 2007, at 6:00 in the evening, you can dine with Bohol Cares at JJ's Seafood Village. Proceeds of this fundraiser will be used for the Gift of Joy 2007 to provide some cancer patients with their basic medical needs. Tickets at P300.00 per person are available at the OLLP. Guest speaker for the evening is City Councilor Nerio Buchie Zamora. Entertainment will be provided by the Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe of Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School with choreographer Oscar B. Real. Bohol Cares is open to people with cancer, their families and friends, volunteers and supporters. Formed in 2005 by five women who were experiencing life-altering situations, Bohol Cares, an association of people affected by cancer and their families and friends, intends to promote cancer awareness by early detection and prevention. Members meet informally once a month in a relaxed atmosphere for discussion and the sharing of experiences. As a support group, it provides an opportunity to forget about cancer for a while by holding social activities that have nothing to do with the illness. Last year, the group has embarked on “Walk With Us 2006” and the “Gift of Joy 2006.” A number of the group’s members have already passed away, while others are experiencing recurrence now. If you or someone you know has cancer, Bohol Cares can help. Interested parties may contact 4112413, 4113167, 2355389, 09193988402 or 09059436636 and ask for Nene, Pat or Estela or you can e-mail them at boholcares@yahoo.com. Thanks to Ms. Patricia Teh for giving me information.

FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN
City Information Officer, Tagbilaran City,  Bohol, Philippines

FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON THE AUTOPSY CONDUCTED:

MY GOOD FRIEND, DR. MA. ALODIZA LABESORES SEPE, MEDICAL OFFICER IV OF THE CITY HEALTH OFFICE (CHO) OF TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, CALLED ME AT THE OFFICE JUST 5 MINUTES AGO TO ASK FOR SUPPORT/COORDINATION THROUGH INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN HER FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES.

DURING OUR PHONE CONVERSATION, SHE MENTIONED TO ME THAT SHE CONDUCTED THE AUTOPSY ON JACK LLOREN ARAT AT 11:30AM TODAY,  AT THE GOV. CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO DR. SEPE,THE HOLD-UP/SHOOTING INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING, TODAY, AUGUST 13, AT THE ARAT RESIDENCE ALONG 49 J. S. TORRALBA STREET, TAGBILARAN CITY. ONE OF THE 2 PERPETRATORS FIRED A SINGLE GUNSHOT.

FINDINGS:

- POINT OF ENTRY OF THE BULLET (1.5 CM BULLET) WAS THE EIGHTH INTERCOSTAL SPACE, ANTERIOR AXILLARY LINE, LEFT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN
- MASSIVE INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE OF STOMACH, GASTRIC VEINS AND ARTERIES
-LACERATION AT RIGHT LOBE, ANTERIOR SIDE OF THE LIVER, 4 BY 2 CENTIMETERS
-LACERATED WOUND AT RIGHT LOBE, POSTERIOR AREA, 8X4 CENTIMETERS
-POINT OF EXIT OF THE BULLET - 1.0 CENTIMETER, RIGHT FLANK - ABDOMEN, RIGHT, UPPER QUADRANT, LATERAL SIDE

FINAL DIAGNOSIS/ CAUSE OF DEATH: IRREVERSIBLE HYPOBULIMIC SHOCK SECONDARY TO MULTIPLE ORGAN INJURY (LIVER, STOMACH AND PANCREAS)


FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN

PAHABOL:

JACK LLOREN ARAT, TOGETHER WITH JANJAN DEL VALLE AND SHERYL AYAAY OF BOHOL TROPICS, AND I COMPOSED THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE MISS BOHOL SANDUGO 2005 IN JULY 2005, THE TIME ANNA MARIS ARCAY IGPIT WAS CROWNED MISS BOHOL SANDUGO, HER PASSPORT TO THE BINIBINING PILIPINAS 2006 PAGEANT.

JACK LLOREN ARAT, MODELS UNLIMITED MANAGER-BOHOL TROPICS DANCE INSTRUCTOR, IS DEAD!!! AUG 13,8:50AM, GOV. CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Message:

WE DEEPLY REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING AWAY OF JACK LLOREN ARAT, MODELS UNLIMITED MANAGER / TALENT HANDLER AND BOHOL TROPICS DANCE INSTRUCTOR, AT 8:50 IN THE MORNING, TODAY, AUGUST 13, AT THE OPERATING ROOM OF THE GOV. CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (GCGMH).

AT 8:00 THIS MORNING, MY HUSBAND JEROME CALLED ME IF I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO JACK...ALSO, MINUTES LATER, JONATHAN CAJES REYSON SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE ABOUT THE SAME INCIDENT...

JACK WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN BY A GUNMAN WHO REPORTED ATTACKED HIM WHILE JACK
WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THEIR HOUSE ALONG J.S. TORRALBA STREET AT 3:00AM TODAY,
AUGUST 13. JACK CAME FROM DAUIS FOR THE FASHION SHOW OF 'MODELS' UNLIMITED
SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-DAUIS FOR THE PRE-FIESTA
NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT.

IT WAS ALLEGEDLY A CASE OF HOLD- UP/SHOOTING. THERE WERE 2 PERPETRATORS
ACCORDING TO REPORTS.

JACK WAS RUSHED TO THE GCGMH OPERATING ROOM AT 3:50AM AFTER HIS BROTHER JAMES
ADMINISTERED CPR IN THEIR HOUSE.

ACCORDING TO JOJO REDULLA, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW (HUSBAND OF DIANE, MY HUSBAND'S
SISTER) WHO IS A NURSE ASSIGNED AT THE GCGMH-ER, JACK EXPIRED AT EXACTLY
8:50AM TODAY DUE TO A SINGLE GUNSHOT IN HIS ABDOMEN.

IT'S ALL SO SUDDEN, TO THINK THAT JACK AND I WERE TOGETHER LAST NIGHT. WE
PARTED AT 8:15 LAST NIGHT, AUGUST 12. HE GAVE ME A RIDE FROM THE ISLAND CITY
MALL AFTER WE WERE JUDGES AT THE ICM STARDANCE GRAND FINALS AT THE ACTIVITY
CENTER, TOGETHER WITH JONATHAN CAJES REYSON, INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM DANCING
CHAMPION BASED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. AFTER THE CONTEST, I INSISTED THAT THE
3 OF US, WHO WERE WEARING BLACK OUTFITS THAT TIME, HAVE A SOUVENIR PICTURE
(USING JONATHAN'S CELLPHONE CAMERA), AFTER I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE
LAST TIME WE WILL BE JUDGING THE STARDANCE...I HAD NO INKLING IT WAS TO BE ONE OF JACK'S LAST MOMENTS...BEFORE HE TOOK ME HOME, WE PASSED BY HIS HOUSE AS HE WAS BUSY TRANSPORTING HIS BARONG COLLECTION INTO THE CAR, WHILE I WAITED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES INSIDE HIS RED CAR WHILE HE HAS BACK INSIDE THEIR HOUSE TO CHANGE HIS OUTFIT FOR THEIR DAUIS GIG LAST NIGHT...

JACK, WHO IS THE EVENTS MANAGER OF BOHOL TROPICS' LAZER PARTY CLUB, EVEN TOLD ME LAST NIGHT WHILE WE WERE HEADING FOR OUR HOUSE IN GRAHAM AVENUE, THAT I WAS TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF JUDGES OF THE LAZER DANCE CONTEST THAT HE IS SCHEDULING FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER...

I HAVE KNOWN JACK WHEN HE WAS BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPION OF THE CHARTER DAY
DANCE FESTIVAL THAT OUR GROUP IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF TAGBILARAN ORGANIZED
7 YEARS AGO...


BEFORE WE PARTED LAST NIGHT, HE GAVE ME HIS BUSINESS CARD...I PROMISED HIM THAT I WILL POST IN FRIENDSTER ABOUT THEIR SUCCESSFUL SHOW IN DAUIS AND THEIR INVITATION FOR A SHOW TO THE FIESTA IN JAGNA, BOHOL THIS SEPTEMBER.

I DIDN'T EXPECT I WILL BE POSTING THIS SAD NEWS...

OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF JACK ARAT!!!

MAY HIS SOULD REST IN PEACE!!!


FROM: FIEL, JEROME AND CIELO GABIN

‘BOTIKA SA KATAWHAN’ MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY


Last Tuesday, July 31, “Botika sa Katawhan,” a premium project of the Lim-Montes Administration marked its first anniversary held at the “Botika sa Katawhan” Office at the City Health Building.

It may be recalled that City Mayor Dan Neri Lim, on June 16, 2006, approved Ordinance No. C-193 authored by then City Vice-Mayor Nuevas Tirol â€" Montes and sponsored by Councilor Jose Antonio Salera Veloso, creating the “Botika sa Katawhan”, a joint project of the private sector and the City Government of Tagbilaran which gives free medicines to the poorest of the poor residents in the City to ensure good health and general welfare of the constituents.

“Botika sa Katawhan is making free medicines available to the poorest of the poor of Tagbilaran, a project borne out of the recognition that inaccessibility of medicines have, more often than not, caused this disabling disparity among residents of the City. It is an offshoot of several endeavors namely Bundles of Joy, Medical Missions, and Free Clinics targeted to provide relief services to a selected sector of the city that have been undertaken by a few highly active and concerned residents who took the initiative of soliciting medicines from both foundations in the United States of America (USA) and local donors.”

The ordinance states the limitations observed during these endeavors:
1)   these are scheduled events, thus, those who get sick during any other time other than the scheduled medical mission of free clinic cannot avail of the health services;

2)   there is absence of screening as to who can avail of these services so that not all those who could have needed more medical attention are attended to; and

3)   there is no follow-up on these activities and on the beneficiaries as well so that services are of a one-shot and piecemeal nature

Implementation of the project is done by a body composed of the following:
1)   Chairperson - City Mayor, or his authorized representative
2)   Vice-Chairperson - SP Chairperson, Committee on Health and Sanitation
3)   Members â€" City Health Officer
                         City Social Welfare and Development Officer
                         City Treasurer
                         City Budget Officer
                         Blue Card Administrator
                         Representative from the Barangay Affairs
                         Representative from the Private Sector
                         Representative from the Media

The Body spearheading the project shall exercise the following powers and functions:
1)   Formulate and adopt measures mutually beneficial to the “Botika sa Katawhan” project;
2)   Seek donations and facilitate funding coming from domestic sources or abroad for the efficient and effective implementation of activities and program of the project;
3)   Recommendation measures to encourage donors and continue their support;
4)   Administer the “Botika sa Katawhan” Fund and submit annual and quarterly reports to the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the status of funds and the implementation of the program; and
5)   Oversee and monitor the operation of the project.

Beneficiaries of the project shall be indigents of the City. The applicant must meet the requirements that may be determined by the body and or those enumerated under Article 5 of the Blue Card Ordinance. Blue Card Holders and applicants enrolled in the sponsored indigent program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation are still qualified to avail of such services.




Posted by:


FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO â€" GABIN
City Information Officer
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS
August 3 a holiday for high school, college students--Palace

INQUIRER.net
Last updated 03:24pm (Mla time) 08/01/2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang has declared August 3 a special holiday for high school and college students all over the country to allow them to register as new voters for the barangay (village) and Sanggunian Kabataan [youth council] elections this October.
Proclamation 1345 released by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita Wednesday said the registration on August 4 and 5 would cover high school and college student who would be between 15 and 17 years old by October 29.
The proclamation said that despite the August 4 and 5 registration dates, August 3 was declared a holiday because "majority of the Filipino youth who would register for the barangay and SK elections would need ample time to travel to their home province, city, or municipality where they reside."
The Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are directed to help supervise the implementation of the proclamation. (Lira D. Fernandez)


POSTED BY:

FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN
City Information Officer
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

A CHILD’S COMMANDMENTS TO PARENTS

1.   My hands are small: please don’t expect perfection whenever I make bed, draw a picture or throw a ball. My legs are short: please slow down so that I can keep up with you.

2.   My eyes have not seen the world as yours have: please let me explore safely. Don’t restrict me unnecessarily.

3.   Housework will always be there. I’m little for such a short time. Please take time to explain things for me about this wonderful world and do so willingly.

4.   Me feelings are tender: please be attentive to my needs. Don’t nag me all day long. (You wouldn’t want to be nagged for your inquisitiveness.) Treat me as the way you want to be treated.

5.   I’m a special gift from God: please take care of me as God intended you to do, holding me accountable for my actions, giving me guidelines to live by, and explaining to me in a loving manner.

6.   I need encouragement and praise, but not your criticism to grow. Please go easy on the criticism; remember you can criticize the things that I do without criticizing me.

7.   Please give me the freedom to make decisions concerning my self. Permit me to fail so that I can learn from my mistakes. Then, someday, I’ll be prepared to make the kind of decisions life requires me.

8.   Please don’t do things over for me. Somehow, that makes me feel that my efforts didn’t quite measure up to your expectations. I know it’s hard, but please don’t try to compare me with my brother or my sister.

9.   Please don’t be afraid to leave for a weekend. Kids need vacations from parents, just as parents need vacation from their kids.

10.   Please take me to church regularly, setting a good example for me to follow. I enjoy learning more about God.


                           - Author Unknown -

BOL-ANON MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE/TACECCO MASS FEEDING,GAWAD KALINGA IN CABAWAN,JULY 29,2007
Message:
THE BOL-ANON MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE
9BMPC0 FORMERLY THE TAGBILARAN CITY
EMPLOYEES CREDIT COOPERATIVE (TACECCO)
SPONSORED A MASS NUTRITIONAL FEEDING
FOR THE 33 FAMILIES OF THE GAWAD
KALINGA - SAINT VINCENT VILLAGE LOCATED
IN CABAWAN DISTRICT, TAGBILARAN CITY,
BOHOL LAST SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2007.

PROGRAMME

PART I-1:00-2:00 PM - ARRIVAL OF
BMPC/TACECCO OFFICERS, STAFF AND GUESTS

PART II-2;00 PM - SOCIALIZATION WITH
THE GAWAD KALINGA FAMILIES

* INVOCATION - NORMA G. BELDIA
BOARD OF DIRECTOR,BMPC/TACECCO

* NATIONAL ANTHEM AND BOHOL HYMN - MA.
MICELYN CANDELARIO
MEMBER, ELECTION COMMITTEE, BMPC/TACECCO

* WELCOME MESSAGE - ARSENIO GENOSO
PROJECT DIRECTOR, GAWAD KALINGA-CABAWAN

* PRESENTATION - GAWAD KALINGA KIDS

* ACKNOWLEDGMENT - GAWAD KALINGA TEAM
LEADERS, BMPC/TACECCO OFFICERS AND STAFF

* PRESENTATION - BMPC/TACECCO CREDIT,
AUDIT AND INVENTORY AND ELECTION
COMMITTEES, CARE: COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

* MESSAGE - SAMUEL S. BELDEROL
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, BMPC /TACECCO

* PRESENTATION - BMPC/TACECCO STAFF,
CARE: ELENA DAHAB, MANAGER, BMPC/TACECCO

* SHORT TALK - JOSE CURSO PAMAONG
BOARD OF DIRECTOR, BMPC / TACECCO

* PRESENTATION = BMPC/TACECCO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

* WORDS OF THANKS - ELIAS GANUB
PRESIDENT, GAWAD KALINGA-CABAWAN

PART III - MASS NUTRITIONAL FEEDING


CAESAR P. PELAEZ - MASTER OF CEREMONY


POSTED BY:FIEL ANGELI E. ARAOARAO-GABIN
Tagbilaran City Information Officer
BMPC/TACECCO Member

BOL-ANON MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE/TACECCO MASS FEEDING,GAWAD KALINGA IN CABAWAN,JULY 29,2007
Message:
THE BOL-ANON MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE
9BMPC0 FORMERLY THE TAGBILARAN CITY
EMPLOYEES CREDIT COOPERATIVE (TACECCO)
SPONSORED A MASS NUTRITIONAL FEEDING
FOR THE 33 FAMILIES OF THE GAWAD
KALINGA - SAINT VINCENT VILLAGE LOCATED
IN CABAWAN DISTRICT, TAGBILARAN CITY,
BOHOL LAST SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2007.

PROGRAMME

PART I-1:00-2:00 PM - ARRIVAL OF
BMPC/TACECCO OFFICERS, STAFF AND GUESTS

PART II-2;00 PM - SOCIALIZATION WITH
THE GAWAD KALINGA FAMILIES

* INVOCATION - NORMA G. BELDIA
BOARD OF DIRECTOR,BMPC/TACECCO

* NATIONAL ANTHEM AND BOHOL HYMN - MA.
MICELYN CANDELARIO
MEMBER, ELECTION COMMITTEE, BMPC/TACECCO

* WELCOME MESSAGE - ARSENIO GENOSO
PROJECT DIRECTOR, GAWAD KALINGA-CABAWAN

* PRESENTATION - GAWAD KALINGA KIDS

* ACKNOWLEDGMENT - GAWAD KALINGA TEAM
LEADERS, BMPC/TACECCO OFFICERS AND STAFF

* PRESENTATION - BMPC/TACECCO CREDIT,
AUDIT AND INVENTORY AND ELECTION
COMMITTEES, CARE: COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

* MESSAGE - SAMUEL S. BELDEROL
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, BMPC /TACECCO

* PRESENTATION - BMPC/TACECCO STAFF,
CARE: ELENA DAHAB, MANAGER, BMPC/TACECCO

* SHORT TALK - JOSE CURSO PAMAONG
BOARD OF DIRECTOR, BMPC / TACECCO

* PRESENTATION = BMPC/TACECCO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

* WORDS OF THANKS - ELIAS GANUB
PRESIDENT, GAWAD KALINGA-CABAWAN

PART III - MASS NUTRITIONAL FEEDING


CAESAR P. PELAEZ - MASTER OF CEREMONY


POSTED BY:FIEL ANGELI E. ARAOARAO-GABIN
Tagbilaran City Information Officer
BMPC/TACECCO Member

ALL BNHS-DCPNHS BUKANG LIWAYWAY DANCE TROUPE MEMBERS:DECEMBER 2007 REUNION
Message:

CALLING ALL ALUMNI / FORMER MEMBERS OF
THE BUKANG LIWAYWAY DANCE TROUPE (BLDT)
OF BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, NOW DR.
CECILIO PUTONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:

YOU ARE HEREBY INFORMED, AS PER JULY 27
INSTRUCTION FROM MR. OSCAR BUHION REAL,
BLDT ADVISER / CHOREOGRPHER, OF OUR
FORTHCOMING REUNION / MAJOR GATHERING
IN DECEMBER 2007. THIS IS IN
PREPARATION FOR OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION IN SEPTEMBER 2009.

IT MAY BE RECALLED THAT MRS. WINCESA
BALATERO ESPEJO ARAOARAO, BNHS PHYSICAL
EDUCATION TEACHER, TOGETHER WITH MR.
OSCAR BUHION REAL, MISS DELIA TORCULAS
(CINCHEZ), MISS TARCISIA MAHINAY
(QUILATAN), MRS. OFELIA PIZARRAS BATON,
MRS. BABIE ESTREMOS, MISS EVA INGLES
ESPUELAS, MISS DAYLINDA JAYAG, MISS
ROSARIO ALMEDILLA, MR. RODRIGO
ALMEDILLA, AND OTHER TEACHERS, FOUNDED
BUKANG LIWAYWAY DANCE TROUPE IN
SEPTEMBER 1979.

IN DECEMBER 1986, THE BLDT WAS CHAMPION
OF THE BOHOL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
SPONSORED-"HADLA NGA BOL-ANON" FOLK
DANCE CONTEST FOR ITS PERFORMANCE
OF 'KURATSA-KURADANG," AND IN JANUARY
1987, THE SAME DANCE EARNED THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR THE SAME GROUP
IN THE REGIONAL 'SAYAWIT' FESTIVAL IN
CEBU CITY SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS (DECS)-
REGION 7, IN LINE WITH THE SINULOG
CELEBRATION.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE BLDT
REUNION, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH MR.
OSCAR BUHION REAL, SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR
THE ARTS (SPA) TEACHER OF DCPNHS AT
(038) 411-3451 AND 411-2947.



FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN
Former Member, BLDT Batch 1986-1988


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BCHAPO ADMIN OFFICERS 2-DAY STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP,AUG. 23-24,CEBU BUSINESS HOTEL,CEBU CITY
Message: IN LINE WITH THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO
DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE HUMAN RESOURCES
OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE OFFICERS AND
MEMBERS OF THE BOHOL COUNCIL OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERSONAL
OFFICERS (BCHAPO) WILL HOLD A TWO-DAY
STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP ON AUGUST
23-24, 2007 AT CEBU BUSINESS HOTEL,
CORNER COLON AND JUNQUERA STREETS, CEBU
CITY.

ATTENDANCE OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT OFFICERS TO THE SAID
PLANNING-WORKING WILL BE OFFICIAL
BUSINESS. A REGISTRATION FEE OF TWO
THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000.00) WILL BE
COLLECTED TO DEFRAY EXPENSES FOR THE
MATERIALS, HAND-OUTS, HONORARIA FOR THE
RESOURCE PERSONS AND OTHER INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED.

TO FACILITATE RESERVATION, PLEASE
ADVISE THE PERSONNEL CONCERNED TO
CONFIRM HIS / HER ATTENDANCE ON OR
BEFORE AUGUST 3, 2007 AT THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION - BOHOL FIELD
OFFICE - TEL.NO. (038) 501-7046 CARE:
MALOU AND MARJO - OR AT CITY HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE - (038) 411-
2177 AND (038) 235-5516 OR TEXT MARIO
LLOYD "DONDON" INDINO GUTIERREZ AT 0918-
9792723 OR 0921-4998179.

LAUNCHING OF THE CONSTRAC PROJECT IN TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL
Message: THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
(DTI)-BOHOL IN COOPERATION WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
(DPWH) AND DON BOSCO TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
WILL FORMALLY LAUNCH THE CONSTRUCTION
TRAINING CENTER (CONSTRAC) PROJECT IN
BOHOL TOMORROW, JULY 31, 2007. THE
ACTIVITY WILL BE HELD AT BOHOL TROPICS
RESORT CLUB AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING.

ONE OF THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES IS TO
TRANSFORM THE CONTRUCTION SITE INTO A
SAFE WORKING PLACE AS IT WANTS TO
ELIMINATE HAZARDS AND REDUCE LOSS TIME
DUE TO ACCIDENTS.

MARIA ELENA C. ARBON
Provincial Director
DTI-Bohol

LAUNCHING PROGRAM
31 JULY 2007, 9:00 AM

REGISTRATION SECRETARIAT

INVOCATION

PAMBANSANG AWIT AND AWIT SA BOHOL

WELCOME REMARKS/PROGRAM RATIONALE -
DIRECTOR ASTERIA C. CABERTE
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, DTI-7

PRESENTATION OF CONSTRAC'S PROGRAMS -
ATTY. JOSH CAROL T. VENTURA
TIRD CHIEF, DTI-7

COMMITMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS -

ENGR. ISMAEL G. MALAGAR
PRESIDENT, BCA

DIRECTOR URBANO B. BUDTAN
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, TESDA-7

ENGR. CELESTINO M. ADLAON
DISTRICT ENGINEER, DPWH-I BOHOL

REV. FR. EUGENE MAGLASANG
DEAN, DON BOSCO TECHNICAL COLLEGE

ENGR. EDWIN VALLEJOS
OIC, PEO


SIGNING OF PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT BY
STAKEHOLDERS


CLOSING REMARKS - ENGR. ISMAEL G.
MALAGAR, PRESIDENT, BCA

PRESS CONFERENCE


Posted by:


Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao-Gabin
City Information Officer
Lady of Ceremonies

BNHS CLASS OF 1987 MANIFESTO: RESTORATION OF THE NAME 'BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL'
Message: Province of Bohol
City of Tagbilaran
BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - CLASS OF
1987

MANIFESTO

We, the graduates of BOHOL NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL â€" CLASS OF 1987, do hereby
pledge our all-out support for the
RESTORATION OF THE NAME “BOHOL NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL” for the following reasons:

Whereas, the “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL,” as an educational institution,
has helped mold the future of the
countless Boholanos who have passed the
portals of the school;

Whereas, sometime in 1997, a group
worked on the change of name of the
school from “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL” to “DR. CECILIO PUTONG NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL,” after Dr. Cecilio Putong,
the Boholano who became Secretary of
Education during the time of Pres.
Carlos Polestico Garcia;

Whereas, such action as done without
proper consultation / public hearing
with the school authorities, teachers,
students, alumni and those who have
loved the school for its name and the
ideals for which it stands;

Whereas, there has been a general
clamor for the restoration of the
name “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL” from
alumni to preserve and uphold the
identity of the school highlighting the
name of the province of “BOHOL;”

Whereas, the old building of the “BOHOL
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL” originally “BOHOL
HIGH SCHOOL,” constructed in 1905 has
been declared as “heritage landmark” by
the National Historical Institute (NHI);

Whereas, the school could have honored
Dr. Putong’s remarkable achievements by
way of naming a particular building or
something of significance inside the
campus;

Whereas, Dr. Cecilio Putong, while his
achievements have given pride to the
Boholanos, his singular honor cannot
overshadow the magnitude of the
collectively glory reaped by countless
alumni of “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL;”

THEREFORE, we the graduates of “BOHOL
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL â€" CLASS OF 1987,”
do hereby support the move to restore
the name “BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”
and hereby affix our signatures during
our 20th Anniversary Reunion this 27th
day of July, 2007 in the City of
Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines.

BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF
1987 20TH ANNIV REUNION:JULY 27 AND
28,2007. PLEASE ATTEND...
Message: City of Tagbilaran
BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1987


20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION - JULY 27
(FRIDAY) and JULY 28 (SATURDAY), 2007

(Note: Preliminary Activity -May 15,
2007, 6:00 am â€" Bundle of Joy Giving
(Amounting to P12,000) to the Gawad
Kalinga â€" Saint Vincent Village
Community, in cooperation with the
Boholano Belgian Association, Care:
Teresita Lapez Storms, President)

1)PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

FIRST DAY, JULY 27, FRIDAY â€" DR. CECILIO
PUTONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL â€" COPTAI Gym

•7:30 am - REGISTRATION AND GIVING OF
KITS (FREE, BUT PLEDGES ARE WELCOME)

CONCERNS :
a)Attire: Blue Souvenir T-Shirt (Donor:
Ma. Annaliza M. Preciado â€" Yano) and
Denim Pants
b)Attendance / Registration Forms
(Class Directory Print-out Care: Fiel
Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin)
c)Ballpens
d)Marking Pens
e)ID (Laminated)
f)Souvenir CD Containing Messages,
Program of Activities, Class Directory
and Collection of ‘80s Music
g)Tarpoline Streamer (Care: Nora H.
Balatero-Jumawid)

•8:30 am - THANKSGIVING MASS â€" REV. FR.
EFREN D. DOLAUTA, Presider

CONCERNS:
a)Priest’s Stipend
b)Candles (For Altar and Offerings)
c)Flowers (For Altar and Offerings)
d)Hosts
e)Wine
f)Fruits
g)Altar / Table (School)
h)White Linens for Altar Cover
(Denricks)
i)Sound System (School)
j)Rostrum / Lectern For Commentator
(School)
k)Petitions (Care: Dorothy Abadiano â€"
Lopena)

•9:30 am - SCHOOL FAMILIARIZATION TOUR,
CARE: DCPNHS GUIDANCE CENTER

•10:00 am - GENERAL ASSEMBLY - DCPNHS
COPTAI Gym

CONCERNS:
a)Tables and Chairs (Denricks Catering
Services)
b)Sound System and Microphones with
Stands (School)
c)Agenda / Program: Introduction /
Opening Remarks

Financial Report

Project Updates

Presentation of Draft Constitution and
By-Laws

Election of New Set of Officers
d)Draft of Constitution and By-Laws
e)Emcee / Moderator: Jude L. Sasing,
Class Valedictorian

•12:00 nn - LUNCH - FELLOWSHIP WITH
TEACHERS AND NON-ACADEMIC PERSONNEL

CONCERNS:
a) Menu for Denricks Food Catering
Services (Good for 100 Pax) : Beef with
Mushroom

Lumpia Shanghai

Steamed Fish with Oyster Sauce
Bam-I

Plain Rice

Leche Flan

Softdrinks
b)Sound System (School)
c)Program: Grace Before Meals
“Tribute to Yoyoy
Villame” Music and Entertainment (Care:
Isabelito Butawan)
d) Emcee: Lanelle P. Taghap

•1:30 pm - CAREER TALK FOR SENIOR
STUDENTS AND TURN-OVER OF DONATION TO
THE PRINCIPAL

CONCERNS:
a)Tables and Chairs (Denricks Catering
Sevices)
b)Sound System (School)
c)Donation for the School: Monobloc
Chairs and Stools
d) Program and Speakers: National
Anthem and Bohol Hymn

Welcome Address and Rationale â€"
Dr. Patrick John Y. Lim

Banking and Entrepreneurship â€"
Nora H. Balatero - Jumawid
Education â€" Ma.
Antonette A. Padreganda
Engineering â€" Engr. Aldren A. Caralde
Government (Local Government)
â€" Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin
Government (National Line Agency)
â€" Engr. Ver Neil B. Balaba
Health â€" Ana Villa V.
Anana-Plaras, BSN, RN
Legal â€" Fiscal Cyril G. Viva
Peace and Order â€" PO3 Larrie A.
Lumbab
Religious Order â€" Rev. Fr. Efren
D. Dolauta
Turn-over of Donation to Ms.
Concepcion Bagotchay, School Principal
Represented by Miss
Milagros Fuderanan
Speech from the School Administration
Closing Remarks
e) Emcee: Dr. Patrick John Y. Lim,
Project Proponent

• 6:30 pm - DINNER AT VILLA ALZHUN
TOURIST INN AND RESTAURANT (EXCLUSIVE
FOR
CLASS OF ’87
GRADUATES)

CONCERNS:
a)Attire: Semi-Formal
b)6:30 pm Dinner Menu - (Good for 75
Pax): Buttered Chicken and Sweet and
Sour Fish
Pancit Sotanghon (Bam-I)
Chopsuey
Bird’s Nest Soup with
Quail Eggs

Plain Rice

Dessert (Leche Flan)

Softdrinks

Lechon
(Care: Josever Sumaylo)
c)Wines and Champagne: Alphard R.
Belderol, Donor
d)Multi-Media Presentation (Old and New
Pictures)
e)LCD Projector Rental (Villa Alzhun)
f)Videoke / Karaoke Rental (Villa
Alzhun)
g)Door Prizes: Ana Villa V. Anana â€"
Plaras, Donor
h)Trophies for Special Awards: BNHS
Class of ’87 Alumni King â€" Cong. Adam
Relson L. Jala

BNHS Class of ’87 Alumni
Queen â€" Cong. Roberto C. Cajes
Early Bird Awardee
(Male) â€" Board Member Bobbith Cajes â€"
Auza
Early Bird Awardee
(Female) â€" Board Member Ma. Fe C. Lejos
Best-Dressed Alumnus â€"
Councilor Nerio D. Zamora II
Best-Dressed Alumna â€"
Councilor Anne Mariquit D. Oppus
Star of the Night (Male)
â€" Board Member Ester Corazon J.
Galbreath
Star of the Night
(Female) â€" Vice-Gov. Julius Caesar F.
Herrera
i)Sashes for Alumni King and Queen:
Lanelle P. Taghap, Donor
i) 9:00 pm Fellowship Program
-Invocatory Song (To be sung by the
Class “Singer” â€" Who else?)
-Philippine National Anthem and Bohol
Hymn (Multi-media presentation with
Bohol’s tourist attractions as
background)
-“Magandang Gabi”
-Opening Remarks - Jude L. Sasing,
Class Valedictorian
-Acknowledgment of Participants By
Geographical Location â€" Ma. Antonette A.
Padreganda (Secretariat)
-“BNHS Through the Years” (To include
class history, recollection and updates
of classmates via multi-media
presentation using old class and
individual pictures and family pictures)
-Oath-taking Ceremonies of
Newly-Elected Officers - Ms. Remedios B.
Amoguis, Guest of Honor, Inducting
-Keynote Speech â€" Ms. Remedios B.
Amoguis, Former English Teacher
-Acceptance Speech of Newly-Inducted
BNHS Class 1987 Alumni President
-Introduction of Candidates for Alumni
King and Queen 2007 (Instant ba, for fun
na fund-raising activity depending on
popularity votes; proceeds to be
deposited in the group’s bank account
and will be used to finance future
projects)
-Intermission Numbers: Ballroom Dancing
â€" Alex M. Cunado & Annaliza Preciado â€"
Yano

Song Numbers â€" Isabelito Burtawan and
Company
-Giving of Special Awards or
Recognitions and Coronation of the
Alumni King and Queen 2008 (Needed:
special awards with certificates for 2
“Early Bird” awardees, Best Dressed
Alumna and Alumnus, 2 Stars of the
Night, sashes and sponsored trophies)
-Proclamation and Coronation of BNHS
Class of ’87 Alumni King and Alumni
Queen 2007
-Closing Remarks â€" Engr. Saturnino C.
Arisola, Alumni President
-Mass Singing of Alma Mater Song -
Dorothy Abadiano â€" Lopena Conducting
-Fellowship: Dancing to the Tune of
‘80s music
Videoke Singing
Chika-Chika
kj) Emcees: Engr. Ver
Neil B. Balaba and Ms. Fiel Angeli E.
Araoarao - Gabin


SECOND DAY, JULY 28, SATURDAY â€" BEACH
GATHERING WITH FAMILIES IN PANGLAO,
BOHOL

CONCERNS:
a) 9:00 am - Assembly at the
BNHS-DCPNHS Guardhouse
b)Transportation: Convoy
c)Stopover at Our Lady of Assumption
Church in Dauis, Bohol
d)Venue: Uniwide Beach?
e)Pledges: Softdrinks â€" Nora B. Jumawid
and Alex Apat
Hard Drinks â€" Alex
Pilayre

f)Lunch: BYOP, but Food pledges are
welcome
g)Suggested Food: Lechon â€" Care of
isabelito Butawan Rice

Dinuguan Saging /
Camote
Humba Ginamos
Sinugbang Baboy Latik
Sinugbang Isda
Biko / Malagkit
Kinilaw Softdrinks
ancit Hard Drinks


h) Program: Grace Before Meals
Lunch
Intermission
Number: Isabelito Butawan and Company
Parlor games with
prizes (Group games or family games are
more exciting)
i) Prizes for Parlor Games

Message: The Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Club
for Community Cares (5 Cs) visited
Tagbilaran City, Bohol for its 3rd year
of community outreach program which
started in July 2005.

Chief Steward Mohd Zaheer Noor, married
to a Tagbilaranon, Leni Casiguran
Ingking (Miss Bohol National High
School 1984 and SSEAYP alumna), led the
group which was welcomed by the Bohol
Island Lions Club headed by Dr.
Napoleon Mejia Nazareno. Other club
officers who escorted the group during
their courtesy call to the members of
the 10th Sangguniang Panlungsod (City
Council) and Vice-Mayor Jose Antonio
Salera Veloso were: Jerry Joseph Azcona
Lim and JOnas Gilberto Sarmiento Inting.

The visitors who have committed
themselves to share with the less
fotunate were:

Janet Tan, Flight Stewardess
Jessica Wong, Flight Stewardess
Jo Chia, Flight Stewardess
Jothan Mok, Flight Steward
Danscen Koh (Project Leader), Flight
Steward
Vanessa Tan, Flight Stewardess
Raymond Choa, Inflight Steward
Parathithasan, Inflight Steward
Arun Kumar, Inflight Steward
Mohd Isa Ponang (Nick Isa), Flight
Steward
Sheren Ooi, Flight Stewardess
Monika Verma, Flight Stewardess


City Councilors present were Edgar
Ramirez Bompat, Edgar Lo Kapirig, Oscar
Butron Glovasa, Leonides Lagura Borja,
Danilo Apduhan Bantugan, Zenaido Maslog
Rama, Nerio Dote Zamora II, Lucio Rejas
Balbin, Anne Mariquit Derikito - Oppus,
and Bebiano Mutia Inting.


FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO-GABIN
City Information Officer
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

Message:

OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DIONISIO CALIBO SR. (90+)
WHO PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING YESTERDAY, JULY 25.

THE SENIOR CALIBO WAS THE FATHER OF JUDGE DIONISIO CALIBO JR., OUR COLLEAGUE AT THE BOHOL SANDUGO TOASTMASTERS CLUB BACK IN THE EARLY 1990'S AND THE GRANDFATHER OF ANTONETTE
CALIBO MADRINAN-BOLO, OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSMATE AT HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL - CLASS OF 1983.

HE WAS ONE OF THE DEVOTE PARISHIONERS OF THE OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH (FORMERLY K OF C)


CONDOLENCES FROM:


FIEL, JEROME AND CIELO GABIN
REP-WINCIE ARAOARAO AND FAMILY
BOHOL SANDUGO TOASTMASTERS CLUB
HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL ELEM CLASS OF 1983

DENGUE FEVER PREVENTION ADVISORY:FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN BOHOL(FROM MAY VALLES BLANCO)
Message: DENGUE FEVER PREVENTION (FROM MAY
VALLES BLANCO)
Message: Dengue Fever Prevention

Dengue fever is caused by a bite from
an infected Aedes mosquito. This
species of mosquito has black and white
stripes on its legs and body. It bites
during daylight hours. Its preferred
breeding waters are clean, stagnant
waters in shady areas.

Dengue fever ( DF ), dengue hemorrhagic
fever ( DHF ) and Dengue Shock Syndrome
( DSS ) are caused by viruses DEN-1,
DEN-2 and DEN-3. DHF is contracted when
the victim is infected with a second or
even third strain of virus after the
initial infection of a strain of dengue
virus. This is because being infected
with one strain of dengue virus does
not render you immune to the other
strains ( or serotypes ).



If your housing area is dengue-prone,
you may need four different dengue
immunizations. The most common dengue
is dengue fever.

You need to see your physician
immediately if you show clinical signs
of dengue. The symptoms include fever,
bad headaches, muscle and joint pains,
skin rashes and overall weakness in the
body. DHF has further complications of
cough, vomiting and stomach pains. DSS
is detected with symptoms like cold,
sweaty palms, nose or gum bleeds,
excretion of blood, vomiting and
stomach pains.

Dengue is a fatal disease and deserves
immediate medical treatment.
Intravenous fluids ( IV ) are used to
treat the electrolyte imbalances and
dehydration. Depending on the patient's
condition, blood transfusion may be
ordered by the doctor. Dengue needs
hospitalization and intensive care.
Recovery is possible. In contrast,
untreated victims have only a 50 %
chance of survival.

To cope with dengue, prevention of
being bitten by a Aedes mosquito or any
other infected mosquito is better than
curing the disease. Guard against
collection of stagnant water within the
house. Flower vases, plant plates,
receptacles, rainwater and gully traps
within bathrooms invite breeding. For
water receptacles, change the water
daily.

Outside the house, watch out for holes,
accumulation of leaves, exposed rubbish
and stagnant gully traps. These are
sources of stagnant water for mosquito
breeding.

There are sprays and insecticides to
kill mosquitoes and larvae. These are
cheap preventive measures as compared
to the high costs of hospitalization
and danger to human lives.

http://nc.essortment.com/denguefeverpr_r
zyw.htm





DENGUE FEVER PREVENTION
Prevalence
Dengue Fever is an acute febrile viral
disease caused by dengue viruses.
Dengue Fever Cases are reported in Hong
Kong this year. The infection could be
acquired both locally and outside Hong
Kong, most commonly from Southeast
Asian countries.
Mode of Transmission
Dengue viruses are transmitted to
humans through the bites of infective
female Aedes mosquitoes. The disease is
not directly transmitted from person to
person.
Incubation Period
The incubation period is from 3 to 14
days.
Clinical Features
Dengue Fever is an acute febrile
infection characterized by sudden
onset, fever for 3-5 days, intense
headache, muscle pain, joint pain, eye
pain, anorexia, gastrointestinal
disturbances and rash. Seek medical
advice if you have the above symptoms
after travel to Southeast Asian
countries. Untreated Dengue
haemorrhagic fever can be fatal.
Prevention and Control
At present, there is no specific
treatment. No vaccine is current
available. The only method of
controlling or preventing Dengue Fever
is to combat the vector mosquitoes.
Vector control is implemented using
environmental management and chemical
methods. Proper solid waste disposal,
elimination of stagnant water in
domestic environment and improved water
storage practices.
Aerosol and liquid spray has to be
applied directly to the adult mosquito
for effective killing, e.g. household
pesticides.
Mosquito coil and electric mosquito
mat/ liquid has to be placed near
possible entrance, such as window, for
mosquito.
Wear long-sleeved clothes and long
trousers when going outdoors. Bodies
could be protected from mosquito bite
by applying insect repellent on the
clothes and exposed part of the body
especially when you travel to Dengue
Fever endemic areas.
Mosquito bednet could be used when the
room is not air-conditioned.


http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/uhs/dochtml/Dengu
e%20Fever.htm




Dengue


Dengue [DEN-ghee] is a flu-like viral
disease spread by the bite of infected
mosquitoes. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is
a severe, often fatal, complication of
dengue.
Dengue occurs in most tropical areas of
the world. Most U.S. cases occur in
travelers returning from abroad, but
the dengue risk is increasing for
persons living along the Texas-Mexico
border and in other parts of the
southern United States.
There is no specific treatment for
dengue.
Prevention centers on avoiding mosquito
bites in areas where dengue occurs or
might occur and eliminating breeding
sites.


What is dengue fever? What is dengue
hemorrhagic fever?

Dengue fever is a flu-like illness
spread by the bite of an infected
mosquito.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe,
often fatal, complication of dengue
fever.



What is the infectious agent that
causes dengue?

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever are
caused by any of the dengue family of
viruses. Infection with one virus does
not protect a person against infection
with another.



How is dengue spread?

Dengue is spread by the bite of an
Aedes mosquito. The mosquito transmits
the disease by biting an infected
person and then biting someone else.



Where is dengue found?

Dengue viruses occur in most tropical
areas of the world. Dengue is common in
Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Australia,
and the Americas. It is widespread in
the Caribbean basin. Dengue is most
common in cities but can be found in
rural areas. It is rarely found in
mountainous areas above 4,000 feet.

The mosquitoes that transmit dengue
live among humans and breed in
discarded tires, flower pots, old oil
drums, and water storage containers
close to human dwellings. Unlike the
mosquitoes that cause malaria, dengue
mosquitoes bite during the day.



What are the signs and symptoms of
dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic
fever?

Dengue fever usually starts suddenly
with a high fever, rash, severe
headache, pain behind the eyes, and
muscle and joint pain. The severity of
the joint pain has given dengue the
name "breakbone fever." Nausea,
vomiting, and loss of appetite are
common. A rash usually appears 3 to 4
days after the start of the fever. The
illness can last up to 10 days, but
complete recovery can take as long as a
month. Older children and adults are
usually sicker than young children.

Most dengue infections result in
relatively mild illness, but some can
progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
With dengue hemorrhagic fever, the
blood vessels start to leak and cause
bleeding from the nose, mouth, and
gums. Bruising can be a sign of
bleeding inside the body. Without
prompt treatment, the blood vessels can
collapse, causing shock (dengue shock
syndrome). Dengue hemorrhagic fever is
fatal in about 5 percent of cases,
mostly among children and young adults.



How soon after exposure do symptoms
appear?

The time between the bite of a mosquito
carrying dengue virus and the start of
symptoms averages 4 to 6 days, with a
range of 3 to 14 days. An infected
person cannot spread the infection to
other persons but can be a source of
dengue virus for mosquitoes for about 6
days.



How is dengue diagnosed?

Dengue is diagnosed by a blood test.



Who is at risk for dengue?

Anyone who is bitten by an infected
mosquito can get dengue fever. Risk
factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever
include a person's age and immune
status, as well as the type of
infecting virus. Persons who were
previously infected with one or more
types of dengue virus are thought to be
at greater risk for developing dengue
hemorrhagic fever if infected again.



What is the treatment for dengue and
dengue hemorrhagic fever?

There is no specific treatment for
dengue. Persons with dengue fever
should rest and drink plenty of fluids.
They should be kept away from
mosquitoes for the protection of
others. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is
treated by replacing lost fluids. Some
patients need transfusions to control
bleeding.



How common is dengue?

In tropical countries around the world,
dengue is one of the most common viral
diseases spread to humans by
mosquitoes. Tens of millions of cases
of dengue fever and up to hundreds of
thousands of cases of dengue
hemorrhagic fever occur each year.

In the United States, approximately 100
cases of dengue are reported each year
in travelers returning from tropical
areas. Many more cases probably go
unreported. A few persons have become
infected with dengue while living in
the United States. Aedes mosquitoes are
found in Texas, Florida, and other
southern states, and locally acquired
dengue has been reported three times
since 1980 in southern Texas.



Is dengue an emerging infectious
disease?

Yes. All types of dengue virus are re-
emerging worldwide and causing larger
and more frequent epidemics, especially
in cities in the tropics. The emergence
of dengue as a major public health
problem has been most dramatic in the
western hemisphere. Dengue fever has
reached epidemic levels in Central
America and is threatening the United
States.

Several factors are contributing to the
resurgence of dengue fever:

No effective mosquito control efforts
are underway in most countries with
dengue.
Public health systems to detect and
control epidemics are deteriorating
around the world.
Rapid growth of cities in tropical
countries has led to overcrowding,
urban decay, and substandard
sanitation, allowing more mosquitoes to
live closer to more people.
The increase in non-biodegradable
plastic packaging and discarded tires
is creating new breeding sites for
mosquitoes.
Increased jet air travel is helping
people infected with dengue viruses to
move easily from city to city.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is also on the
rise. Persons who have been infected
with one or more forms of dengue virus
are at greater risk for the more severe
disease. With the increase in all types
of virus, the occurrence of dengue
hemorrhagic fever becomes more likely.



How can dengue be prevented?

There is no vaccine to prevent dengue.
Prevention centers on avoiding mosquito
bites when traveling to areas where
dengue occurs and when in U.S. areas,
especially along the Texas-Mexico
border, where dengue might occur.
Eliminating mosquito breeding sites in
these areas is another key prevention
measure.

Avoid mosquito bites when traveling in
tropical areas:

Use mosquito repellents on skin and
clothing.
When outdoors during times that
mosquitoes are biting, wear long-
sleeved shirts and long pants tucked
into socks.
Avoid heavily populated residential
areas.
When indoors, stay in air-conditioned
or screened areas. Use bednets if
sleeping areas are not screened or air-
conditioned.
If you have symptoms of dengue, report
your travel history to your doctor.
Eliminate mosquito breeding sites in
areas where dengue might occur:

Eliminate mosquito breeding sites
around homes. Discard items that can
collect rain or run-off water,
especially old tires.
Regularly change the water in outdoor
bird baths and pet and animal water
containers.
http://www.dhpe.org/infect/dengue.html




Dengue

At the present time, there is no
vaccination known for the dengue fever.
Treatment is based on treating the
symptoms. This means giving medication
for each symptom, like giving pain
killers to relieve the dengue sufferer
from pain. Some professionals say that
you have to drink lots of water or
healthy juices. For some patients,
dengue is so bad that they need blood
transfusions to control their bleeding.
Dengue is often fatal. That's why
scientists and researchers are looking
for a cure or vaccine. But no matter
how hard they try, they haven't found a
cure yet. The best way to fight dengue
is not by treating dengue itself but by
preventing the spread of dengue by
eliminating mosquito reproduction.

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fiel,
  nakasabot baya ko sa nafeel nimo and dili jud fair ng uban na mag accuse dayon kung unsa mahitabo kung naa na ang mga bol anon diri sa america by the time mag start na ang conbusac.
  hambuggera kaaya na sya na mag istorya ana about sa invitation na dili daw apilon kanang mga taga panglao under ni dr. dumaluan kay naa di maayo na plano after convention. kinsa pa man ganahan mo attend ani kung ing ani na diay sila ka hambog ug wala sila motan aw sa ilahang guiguikanan? sus intawon, pasagdi na lang ang mga tawo particularly kung unsa ilahang idiskarte kung moabot na sila sa america kay it's not her business anymore baya!
  lisod na man intawon mag stay sa america kung wala kay papers nowadays kaya dili sya mag pressume na mao nay buhaton sa uban na bola nons!
  we  have different stories when we arrived in america and how we survived without others help and who knows gui unsa pod nila pag kuha sa ilahang papers di ba? wa ta kahibalo na naka papel lang sya kay nag minyo ug foreigner and karon naka papers na sya and foreign sounding name iyahang name, hambog na kaayo sya!
  ingna intawon na si mr. president na dili sya mamugos sa klaseng tawo na anti bola non and paki alamera sa buhay ng may buhay! kung makit an ni nako sya mosurop jud akong dugo and kay hilas ra kaayo sya mo accuse and label boholanos who comes here na magwork jud and mag TNT. it's not her f***** business!!!
  naa kay picture aning tawhana Fiel? i was invited man sad but totally changed my mind na gubot ra diay akong adtuan!

more power sa imuha fiel and i support you all the way for promoting bohol and most especially panglao.


TRUTH BE TOLD:


My father, DERCLO REPARATO BONGOYAN ARAOARAO (Danao, Panglao), served as Mayor of Panglao, Bohol in 1980 to 1986. Because of that, even in my humble capacity as half-Panglaonon, and my LOVE for culture and the arts which my mother WINCESA ESPEJO ARAOARAO (Cogon, Tagbilaran City), founder of the Bohol National High School Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe in 1979, has imbued in me, I have always supported cultural promotion endeavors in Panglao, especially because Ma'am Nila and Sir Frank Montero and I have been friends dating back to the time I was president of the DML Montessori School Parents-Teachers Association (election based on capacity, clear goals and objectives and developmental programs for the benefit of the pupils and fellow parents).

I AM NOT THE TYPE TO RUIN REPUTATION OF FRIENDS, moreso, I RESPECT other people's opinions, hence, I expect the same consideration from you. I may come from a POOR family, but Papa Rep and Mama Wincie have NEVER FAILED to teach us MANNERS AND VALUES...Whatever personal biases you have against them, I have nothing to do with it because I have had good working relationships with them which contributed greatly to our goals in the DML Montessori, even up to now. Besides, these two people are the driving forces who unselfishly supported Anna Maris Arcay Igpit when she joined her first beauty pageant, Miss Bohol Sandugo 2003 (I was the lady of ceremonies of the talent competition) when she earned the first runner-up award, until she got the Miss Bohol Sandugo 2005 (I was part of the working committee) crown which paved the way to a higher level, that of the Binibining Pilipinas tilt.

Maris gave honor to Boholanos when she was crowned Binibining Pilipinas-World 2006, the highest honor held by a Boholana in the field of beauty pageants, which catapulted her to be the Philippines' official representative to the most prestigious beauty pageant in the world - Miss World - held in  Warsaw, Poland in September 2006. Sad to note, I heard that SOME people in Panglao said that Maris' victory was "bought." MY GOD! That is such a DISHEARTENING / degrading statement! PARDON ME, but modesty aside, I won the title Miss Tagbilaran 1987 and was awarded "Miss Talent" - MY MOTHER DID NOT PAY FOR THAT TITLE! Pobre ra baya mi! ...Don't you think I deserve that? God knows I gave my best performance during that time baya...THAT IS WHY I FEEL STRONGLY / EMPATHIZE WITH BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNERS AND CANDIDATES...

We SHOULD learn to recognize the talents and capacity to excel of our fellow Boholanos. WHY CAN'T WE BE HAPPY that a fellow Boholano has given honor to our province, to think that there were other equally brilliant and beautiful Filipinas who even come from well-off / more prominent families in the country? How sad...

Why are we so quick to share in the victory of the Panglao streetdancing group when they landed 4th place in the Sinulog Festival 2006 in Cebu City during their first stint, and garnered the 3rd spot in the free interpretation category, from among the close to a hundred contingents coming from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and criticize Ma'am Nila, Sir Frank and the other Panglaonons who have worked so hard under the scorching heat of the sun, enduring countless sleepless nights of practices and worked on a meager budget as it they didn't deserve the award?

After I judged the "Hudyaka sa Panglao" streetdancing contest during the feast of Saint Augustine on August 28, 2006, Ma'am Nila, Sir Ondo and I explored the idea of a homecoming program for Panglaoanons (similar to the Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan - to include cultural shows and medical-dental missions) who are now settled in other countries. Personally, I was excited with the idea, after Rev. Fr. Linuel Canizares told me that Panglao has not celebrated its foundation day since. Then, we thought that August 2008 would be a good time to spark a celebration since it is the 225th anniversary of Saint Augustine Church.

AS A CULTURAL WORKER WHO IS SO ABSORBED WITH MY LOVE / PASSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, I WAS ONLY TOO HAPPY TO OFFER HELP - NO MONEY INVOLVED - LABOR OF LOVE, AND IN FACT, GAVE THEM THE WORKING PAPERS - PROPOSAL FOR THE ACTIVITIES AND SET-UP OF THE DIFFERENT WORKING COMMITTEES - WHICH WERE USED THE FIRST MEETING OF THE GROUP HELD AT METROCENTRE HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF 2006. IN FACT, THE TERM "TANDA-LANTAW" WAS CONCEIVED AFTER THE BRAINSTORMING I HAD WITH MS. VIRGILIA "NENENG" MAGALLANES - GENOSO, MY OFFICEMATE AT THE CITY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID, PAPA REP WOULD SAY "MOTANDA TA SA PANGLAO." I PERSONALLY PRESENTED THE TERM DURING THAT FIRST MEETING OF THE GROUP AS  I WAS ONE OF ITS ORIGINAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS... NOW, IF YOU WILL PERSECUTE ME FOR HELPING THE GROUP OF MAYOR DUMALUAN OR BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE "TANDA-LANTAW," THEN I AM GUILTY, BUT I AM ONLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY FOR PANGLAO. YOU CANNOT BLAME ME FOR THAT.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT AS A MAJOR TOURIST DESTINATION IN  THE  COUNTRY, PANGLAO SHOULD  INITIATE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES - OF WHICH  ARTS AND CULTURE IS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT - IF WE ARE REALLY SERIOUS IN PROMOTING / HELPING THE LOCAL TOURISM INDUSTRY, WHICH COULD GENERATE JOBS FOR THE MARGINALIZED SECTORS OF OUR SOCIETY...

WHY CAN'T WE BE UNITED TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL? WHY DO WE KEEP ON FINDING FAULTS IN OTHER PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF CHANNELING OUR EFFORTS FOR MORE POSITIVE ENDEAVORS FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATEST NUMBER? WHY? PRAY TELL ME...

FIEL



La Luna Basurahan <panglaoforsale@yahoo.com> wrote:Hello Francine,

The CONBUSAC has been holding biennial conventions in its 21 years of existence. One of
the goals of these conventions is to foster comaraderie among Boholanos wherever they
may be.  It is not surprising therefore that in each of the conventions of the CONBUSAC
there are always Boholanos from Bohol attending these conventions. This year is no
exception.

The CONBUSAC has an open invitation to each and every Boholano who wants to participate.
The CONBUSAC does not discriminate against anyone whatever their political affiliations
are.

Having said that, I am reiterating my invitation to you and to other Boholanos to join
us in San Francisco where we can really feel the Boholano brand of comaraderie.

Ted Apalisok
President, CONBUSAC



> Hi Mr. Ted,
>
>   Greetings from New York! The CONBUSAC gathering is drawing nearer and I hope we can
go
> there in San Francisco to join our other paisanos.
>
>   How's my first letter? Did you give invitation to the Panglao people? You should not
> give them invitation to attend the CONBUSAC. If they are calling you that they are
coming to promote their activity for the TANDA LANTAW, they lied. DR. DUMALUAN is no
longer the mayor and Nila Montero is not a councilor. Gov. Erico Aumentado labelled them
anti-progress in Bohol. You can call the governor's office to ask about DUMALUAN''s
background.
>
>   What the group will do during the CONBUSAC? They have nothing to do but they will do
> TNT after the convention! Bringing more than 6 -10 people is called alien smuggling
and is against the US law. These people no longer works in the municipal hall when MAYOR
DODONG ALCALA is now the mayor. They want to go to US to work.
>
>   Please. I beg you not to give them invitation for the Organization's sake. Gov.
Erico
> Aumentado will not be pleased when he knows you're inviting these anti-people.
>
>   Sincerely,
>
>   FRANCINE GARCIA-CAMPBELL
>   Jackson Street, New York


PLEASE PASS TO AS MANY BOHOLANOS / PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD!!!

DIVINE WORD COLLEGE 'CALLISTEANS' - COLLEGE OF NURSING CLASS '91 REUNION,JULY 13 TO 15, 2007



Message:
INFORMATION FROM: RUVI ARLYN PRESIADOS ESTORPE - MINOZA, CLASS OFFICER, HSS Elementary Class of 1983 classmate


REUNION ACTIVITIES:

> DAY 1, JULY 13
- REGISTRATION AT 8:00 AM
- THANKSGIVING MASS
- MOTORCADE
- LUNCH AT BOHOL TROPICS RESORT
- OUTREACH PROGRAM
- DINNER AT METROCENTRE HOTEL

> DAY 2, JULY 14
- LUNCH DURING LOBOC RIVER CRUISE
- SAGBAYAN PEAK TOUR

> DAY 3, JULY 15
- FAMILY DAY
- THANKSGIVING MASS
- LUNCH AT DUMALUAN BEACH, PANGLAO


Posted by:


Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin

BOHOLANA-HSS ELEM CLASS '83 IS 2007 OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDEE-DR. CZARINA SALOMA AKPEDONU

Message: Dr. Czarina Aya-ay Saloma Akpedonu, our classmate, has been named 2007 "Outstanding Young Scientist" in the field of Sociology by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Philippines. The awarding ceremony will be held on 12 July 2007 at the Manila Hotel.

Her brother Caesar, now Dean of the College of Science, UP Diliman, won the
award in 1992 in the field of Applied Physics.

According to Czarina, during that time, her parents (Ciriaco Balangkig Saloma,
an engineer who was the manager of the Bohol Power Grid of the National Power
Corporation in the 1980s, and Celerina Gatal Aya-ay, public school teacher) hang a poster of the NAST's Ten Outstanding Young Scientists in the wall of their library. One of the names that appeared in the poster was that of Ma. Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista who won the award in 1988. Dr. Bautista was her teacher at the UP, and she, Czarina, is the second sociologist in the Philippines to win this award, after her teacher.

She thanks both her brother Cesar and Cynch Bautista for the inspiration!


Congrats, Bopeep (Czarina)! We are so proud of you!


HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL ELEMENTARY CLASS OF 1983
Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin

The newly-inducted officers of the Holy Name University Alumni Association (HNUAA) took their oath before Rev. Fr. Ernesto Lagura, SVD:


President: Judge Suceso Arcamo
Vice-President (Internal Affairs): Atty. Ramon Cimafranca
Vice-President (External Affairs): Atty. Raul Barbarona
Secretary: Jose Nazareno
Treasurer: Meinard Butalid
Auditor: Mariano Parras
Press Relations Officers: Richard Bompat
           Nick Pagaran
Members of the Board:
- Nila C. Itac
- Awe Tubo
- Annie Corrales
- Princesita Bumaat
- Raulito Manuel Tugonon
- Eddie Maslog
- Leonides Borja

Simple fellowship followed at the Conference Room of Office of the President of the University.

Also present during the induction was Atty. Tomas Abapo Jr., Provincial Administrator.

Posted by:
Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao - Gabin
DWC-T Alumna

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE OF MOBILE PASSPORT PROCESSING AND OTHER SERVICES SPONSORED BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMNET OF BOHOL HEADED BY GOV. ERICO AUMENTADO AND THE ISLAND CITY MALL :

> FIRST DAY, JUNE 29, FRIDAY, 8:00AM TO 5:00PM

1) National Statistics Office (NSO)
2) Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
3) Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
4) Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
5) Social Security System (SSS)
6) PHilippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth)
7) National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)


> SECOND DAY, JUNE 30, SATURDAY, 8:00AM TO 5:00PM
- DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

> Passport Processing - P750.00 fee
Requirements:
- authenticated birth certificate
- authenticated marriage certificate (for married women)
- 3 recent passport size photos
- any valid identification card (ID)
- others: NBI clearance, transcript of records, diploma or baptismal certificate

> Passport Renewal - P750.00
Requirements:
- old (expired) passport
- photocopies of passport pages 1,2,3 and the last pages
- 3 recent passport size photos
- any valid ID

SOURCE:

Bohol Employment and Placement Office (BEPO)

Posted by: Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao â€" Gabin, City Information Officer

SEAIR BRINGS ANOTHER OPTION FOR CEBU-TAGBILARAN ROUTE

South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) introduces another option for people who would like to come to Tagbilaran from Cebu City.

In time for the Sandugo Festival, SEAIR will connect Tagbilaran and Cebu with their schedule of trips.

Cebu-Tagbilaran:
Monday and Friday: 7:00 am to 7:45 am
Thursday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 8:25 am

Tagbilaran-Cebu:
Monday and Friday: 7:45 am to 8:10 am
Thursday and Friday: 8:45 am to 9:10 al

Hopefully, by November 2007, SEAIR will have flights from Boracay direct to Tagbilaran.

According to Johnny Galia Enerio, General Sales Agent in Tagbilaran, it is the “westward route” which will connect Bohol with Caticlan, Aklan, Busuanga and Palawan in an hour, without passing Cebu or Manila.

It will make Tagbilaran the gateway of the best dive spots in the Philippines!


South East Asian Airlines Personnel who came for the proving flight to Tagbilaran City yesterday:

    a. Pilot in Command: Captain Jayson Mapeso
    b. Chief Pilot: Captain Nilo Sumang
    c. Flight Mechanic: Engr. Tomas Capara
    d. Aeronautical Engineer: Engr. Jimmy Magdamit
    e. Flight Operations Officer: Gerald Marasigan
    f. Manager, Sales and Marketing: Anne Elizabeth K. Tan
    g. Passenger Sales Executive: Maricar S. Marasigan

Air Transportation Office Personnel

    a. Edgardo Sarigumba, Sr.
    b. Annabelle Calamba
    c. Captain Jay Basawil
    d. Captain Edwin Flores

Tagbilaranons who witnessed the proving flight were Edgar D. Solis of the Air Transportation Office, Along Galinato and Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao â€" Gabin. Jhec-Jhec Consolacion is the reservation and ticketing officer.

WHAT ABOUT BEAUTY PAGEANTS? (or, why I just love beauty pageants!)
(Final. For The Bohol Sunday Post Ms. F January 7, 2007 Issue. Thanks.)


by Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao - Gabin


How it all started: A 13-year-old freshman had to “borrow” dresses and accessories from co-delegates (one from Mia Manuelita Mascariñas who is now Atty. Green) after she was “forced” to represent Bohol Division in the Miss Regional Secondary Schools Press Conference on the second day of the regional gathering at Larena National Vocational College (now Siquijor State College) in November 1983. She lost. How would a naïve and very shy “ugly duckling” compete with older ladies who had more years of experience? But, thanks to BNHS’ Ma’am Portia Bayron Jubac, “The Boholenian” adviser and “presscon mother,” Dr. Louis T. Palapar (BAC), Ma’am Fe Machete and Ma’am Nenita Bernido (BSAT), Ma’am Liliosa Baluma (DWC-T), other teachers and student delegates for their guidance and help. In the Nov. 1985 RSSPC at BSAT, she was second to Silliman University’s Michelle Bulaclac who was crowned Miss RSSPC. As provincial winner of the science fair essay writing contest, she was sent to the Regional Science Fair and Quiz at Saint Alphonsus Catholic School in Lapulapu City, was Bohol muse for the Miss RSFQ pageant and came home with the second runner-up and Best in Casual Wear awards (Nov. 1986). A week before the BNHS Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe was adjudged provincial champion in the 1986 “Hadla nga Bol-anon” folkdancing competition sponsored by OIC Gov. Victor dela Serna, she delivered an oration piece written by English teacher-mentor Eva Espuelas â€" her ticket to the Miss Talent award and eventually, the Miss BNHS Personality ’86 title. A million thanks to the ever-gracious Ma’am Minnie Villamor Del Rosario for providing the wardrobe.

After HS graduation, upon the prodding of a BLDT colleague, the late Grace Sajulga Revil - Biloy, former PMI-Colleges Bohol PE teacher, she was one of the Miss Tagbilaran ’87 contestants. On May 9, 1987, the Leo Club of Tagbilaran then headed by Jerry Joseph A. Lim, gave her the Miss Talent trophy for her performance of “Binasuan,” her Mama Wincie’s favorite dance, while Miss Tagbilaran ’86 Suzette Clarin turned over the crown...

Indeed, there were many times of losses and gains, of defeats and triumphs in between - of being a friend or “shock absorber,’ chaperone or “alalay,” make-up artist, talent scout and trainor to a candidate; usherette, anchorwoman and the first major emceeing stint - the Miss College of Arts and Sciences, with Raul Phillip O. Gatal; as pageant choreographer, as the 7-month pregnant lady of ceremonies of Miss Teen Siquijor ’96, chair of the publicity committee, and project chairperson/coordinator of the Mutya sa Tagbilaran ’98 (won by the glamorous Jesyl Bongosia Del Rosario), TISBA Campus Girl 2000 (winner: the bemedalled BWS valedictorian Ruby Radaza Seroje), Ubi Festival Queen 2004 (winner: the very eloquent Rhiz Nova Tagsip Arenas who became Miss Bohol Sandugo 2004 ), Mutya sa Cogon 2006 (winner: songbird Jesat Cathy Jubane Duce, Bohol SK Pop Idol 2006) and many others. Then, finally as beauty pageant judge (in speaking, writing, singing, and dance contests, as well) in Bohol towns and even in Siquijor and Oriental Negros.

So, what is it about beauty pageants? A lady from the media was heard to have asked: “What is the importance of beauty pageants? Do we really need beauty pageants?” Many times we have heard of the lines “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,” “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and other clichés pertaining to beauty. Beauty is associated with art, vice-versa. (Art is an expression of a person’s thoughts, feelings and emotions.) I still remember Sir Eric Cañete, our Philosophy instructor at DWC-T, telling us about “truth, goodness and beauty” as among the reasons for man’s existence.

Back to the question ‘do we really need beauty pageants:’ In my own opinion, people need to personify intangible qualities or traits so the youth can see role models for them to emulate. We see courage and grace under pressure as the candidate starts to bare (introduce) herself to the audience in the production number. We can tell if she has lofty thoughts and ideals and sincerity in the Q and A portion, unless the answer is memorized. In the casual wear, swimsuit (decent cut preferred) and gown competitions, we can judge the physical attributes like the bodily figure, shape of legs, complexion and the hair. The talent showcase, of course, allows us a glimpse if the candidate can hit the right tune, execute the right movements with ease and fluidity, internalize properly a given situation, enunciate and project well a literary piece, or capture and express her thoughts in drawing, as the case may be. However, more than the appearance, what really matters is the attitude of the candidate, her dealings with other people, especially, after she wins or loses in the competition. We can tell if she is the humble victor type or the bitter loser, considering that it’s hard to handle failure. Some say failure is postponed success.

Joining or winning beauty pageants could be a stepping-stone to success, only if one possesses the right attitude and harnessed potentials. There is also the so-called “beauty with a purpose” which is precisely why the Miss World 2006 gave a big percentage to the candidate’s involvement in charitable works in the over-all rating and ranking. Aside from the usual criteria, organizers are also zooming in on the lady with the “heart” or compassion to reach out to the needy. In this context, candidates of beauty pageants should, therefore, aspire to be role models, to show what is good, right, moral and just - traits that should be possessed by the youth in these contemporary times. What do former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos (Manila beauty queen in the 1950’s), Miss International 1964 Gemma Cruz-Araneta (former Secretary of the Department of Tourism), Miss International 1970 Aurora Pijuan â€" Manotoc (erstwhile member of the Batasang Pambansa), Miss Universe 1973 Margarita Moran â€" Floirendo (influential civic leader and respected businesswoman in Mindanao) have in common? They are, to borrow the phrase of James Guadalquiver, the epitomes of timeless beauty, natural elegance, and regal pedigree. But more than that, they have redefined beauty by becoming successful compassionate leaders in their respective fields and endeavors. They have developed and exemplified the value of hard work, strength of character and most of all, faith in God. (Most of beauty pageant contestants do go to church, pray the rosary/novena or at least make the sign of the cross before competing.)

In Bohol, we have our very own Anna Maris Arcay Igpit from Panglao (this writer had the pleasure of knowing her during the Miss Bohol Sandugo 2003 and 2005 tilts) who had the honor of representing our province in the Binibining Pilipinas 2006 and the Philippines in the 56th Miss World pageant at Sala Kongresowa Auditorium, Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.

THE FIRST BOHOLANO CREATIVE INDUSTRY FESTIVAL

SANDUGO 2007

Theme: Pakigsandurot sa Kinaiyang Bol-anon

(Creative Industries for Sustainable Community Livelihood and Tourism)

EVENTS    : SANDUGO PRODUCT AND LIFESTYLE FAIR

            CREATIVE INDUSTRY AGORA (Agriculture, Tourism,    Crafts, Culture)

            CULTURAL PERFORMANCES

            CREATIVE INDUSTRY FORUM

            GO NEGOSYO TALK SHOW

            BOHOLANO COOKFESTS

            AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORA

            SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM

DATE & VENUE OF ACTIVITY  : 

SANDUGO PRODUCT AND LIFESTYLE FAIR,    July 18-22, 2007,ICM

CREATIVE INDUSTRY AGORA (Agriculture, Tourism, Crafts, Culture),  July 18-22, 2007, ICM

CULTURAL PERFORMANCES      July 18-20, 2007, ICM

CREATIVE INDUSTRY FORUM     July 21, 2007, Metro Ctr

GO NEGOSYO TALK SHOW      July 19, 2007, ICM

BOHOLANO COOKFESTS      July 20, 2007 ICM

                                                      & July 21, 2007, BQ

AGRICULTURAL ENTRPRENEURSHIP FAIR    July 18-22, 2007, ICM

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM     July 18 & 20, 2007, APC

FOCUS    : Marketing and Promotion of Agricultural

      and the Creative Industries for

      Sustainable Livelihood and Tourism

AREAS     :  Traditional Arts and Crafts, indigenous

      food, Fresh and Processed Agricultural

                                    Products, Eco-Cultural Tourism products        and Destinations

PROJECT PROPONENT  : Department of Trade and Industry

                                    Bohol Provincial Office

                                    2.F FCB Main Building, CPG Avenue

                                    Tagbilaran City

                                    Tel. No. (038)411-3302

                                    Fax No. (038)411-3533

                                    Email: dtibohol@yahoo.com

CONTACT PERSON   :  Ma. Elena C. Arbon

                                    Provincial Director

                                    DTI-Bohol

COOPERATING AGENCIES  :  Peace and Equity Foundation, Inc.

                                    PROCESS â€" Bohol

                                    Bohol Chamber of Commerce and

                                          Industry, Inc.

                                    Bohol Provincial Government

Bohol Investment Promotions Center
Provincial Agriculture Office
BoholPoverty Reduction Management Office
Provincial Veterinary Office
Bohol Tourism Office
Bohol Tourism Council

                                    Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage Council

A. Rationale

      The Sandugo Festival is an annual activity done by Boholanos to commemorate the blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi where both agreed to maintain friendly relations. It is said that this agreement was the first international treaty of friendship.

      Through the years the Sandugo Festival has been celebrated via a plethora of activities that showcases the past, present and even aspirations (future) of Boholanos. This is shown through song and dance, crafts and food shows, cultural presentations, agricultural fairs, and the entrepreneurial endeavors of its people. Always at the heart of these annual celebrations are the Boholanos, unified in purpose to survive hardship and poverty through the judicious and creative use of its natural endowments.

      The celebration is usually a whirl of activities contributed by various government and private sector groups and integrated through a Sandugo calendar that lists the events. While this has been effective in part in that it unleashes local creativity and imagination, for some it results in duplication and cost inefficiency. It also limits the attraction and choices that the various, disparate fairs being held offer to the market.

      It is in this context that this concept paper is submitted to prospective partners for consideration. In the spirit of the original Sandugo which was a compact of friendship and collaboration, the proponents advocated for and got overwhelming support for the integration of the DTI product showcase, the Agricultural Fair of the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO), as well as provision for a Cultural and Heritage Showcase and to a limited extent the presentation of the tourism promotion efforts of local government units who would like to showcase their cultural and tourism endowments so that they can also share in the bounty that tourism has brought to the province.

      Sandugo 2007 will be an integrated activity which is now dubbed “The First Boholano Creative Industries Festival”. This year’s theme, “Pakigsandurot sa Kina-iyang Bol-anon” couldn’t be more appropriate. Sandugo 2007 will be a showcase of the Boholano Culture and Lifestyle and how the creative sector contributes to economic growth. It will also be a celebration of how friendship, collaboration and partnership can go a long way towards enabling communities to have its share of economic growth and achieve the over arching goal of poverty alleviation.

B. Objectives

To decentralize distribution of economic activities in the province and establish other growth centers outside of the established areas;
To integrate the promotion and marketing of agricultural and creative industries for sustainable livelihood and tourism;
To make the Sandugo as a venue to showcase Boholano products and services and establish the Bohol brand beyond its borders.
To move towards establishing the the Bohol Product and Lifestyle Fair as one of the region’s premier craft and lifestyle shows.

C. Activity Components

      The integration of two major local fairs and its component special activities will result in the upscaling of its overall attractiveness not only for locals but also for institutional buyers. The added attraction of the Cultural presentations will ensure that the kaleidoscope of events will not distract locals and guests from the proper perspective of the festival i.e. the spirit of Sandugo. The activity will be an “agora” of culture, crafts, food, agriculture, lifestyle, ideas, creativity and ingenuity.

C.1 Sandugo Product and Lifestyle Fair

      Over the last twenty years, DTI has been at the forefront in the development of our creative economy cluster. A quick look at the products being exhibited in trade fairs whether local, national or international will immediately reveal the extent to which we have developed our local crafts and ethnic food from practically nothing to that of a thriving export oriented industry. DTI has been able to successfully harness the creativity and skills of our traditional craftsmen to come up with world class products.

      The conduct of local fairs provides the venue where craftsmen and producers could showcase their products, gauge their products vis a vis competition, directly interact with buyers, not to mention being exposed to new ideas and processes. Through the years it has contributed towards the growth and maturity of our producers.

      The annual DTI Sandugo Product and Lifestyle Fair will be on its 19th year and has garnered a faithful following of major buyers from Manila and Cebu. Through this fair Boholano producers generate the orders that enable entire communities to not only sustain their craft and livelihoods but also allow the outspring of more entrepreneurs in the creative industry sector.

      The fair showcases the best of Boholano craftsmanship and ingenuity with indigenous materials such as raffia and bamboo. This year more than 30 local producers will be exhibiting new products after undergoing a 2-month product development process.

      Moreover, still in keeping with the spirit of Sandugo, the gesture of friendship and collaboration will also be extended beyond the borders of the province to that of its neighboring provinces within the region. Participation by producers coming from other provinces will enable local craft communities and producers to interact and be exposed to ideas and novel processes. Exposure to competition will also better prepare them for an increasingly competitive and globalized marketing system. DTI for its part would like to position the Sandugo Product and Lifestyle Fair to be a premier craft show in the region that is able to attract major institutional buyers.

      General Fair Information:

      No. of Booths   : 65 Booths

      Booth Allocation: Bohol : 22

                  Cebu : 10

                  NegOr :  4

                  Siquijor :  3

      Product Focus  : Loom and Handwovens, Bamboocraft

                                    Fashion Accessories, Home Furnishings

                                    Processed Food

      Special Setting  : Tourism Sites (Off the Beaten Track)

C.2 Creative Industry Agora

A MULTI-MEDIA, INTERDISCIPLINARY INTEGRATED SHOWCASE featuring the crafts, agri-products, tourism destinations and programs of Bohol’s special 6 emerging productivity circuits:

   Cluster 1:  Northwestern Bohol (from Calape to Talibon),

   Clusrter 2;  Anda Peninsula and Eastern Bohol (Ubay to Dimiao)

   Cluster 3:  Interior Bohol

   Cluster 4:  Panglao island

   Cluster 5:  Abatan River towns . and

   Cluster 6;  Tagbilaran City

   

   THE SANDUGO CREATIVE INDUSTRY PAVILLION (whole day)


A fair will be set-up outside the mall and will feature 6 big tent areas or pavilions promoting the 6 area clusters. Each exhibit pavilion will focus will contain:

   1. A blow-up of the sub-regional circuit/map showing towns involved with icons on crafts, agricultural produce, cultural assets, and tourism highlights. (tarpaulin)

   2. Designated area for crafts display from the cluster with scheduled demonstration

   3. Creatively designed billboards showing/listing tourism establishments, NGOs, POS involved in productivity and in the creative industries, with a table for promotional materials and booking rates;

   4. Designated area for agricultural products and POs with table for information, sales and market linkages;

   5. The pavilion will be designed featuring major materials, fibers, tools, design elements from the clusters.

      These showcases will be an excellent opportunity for the new circuits to promote and project their products in a style that is dynamic, creative, interactive, and in an exhibit package that is coordinated and unified, despite its great diversity. The show will aim to converge in a demonstrative and narrative mode how all the line agencies converge and merge with the local NGOs and POS to jumpstart their eco-cultural visions through new, innovative and marketable community-based creative industries.

C.3 Evening Cultural Performances (6-8pm)

2 clusters per evening for three evenings (June 18-20)

      In the evenings, a spectacular extravaganza of different artistic forms and media will provide exciting entertainment: a portrayal of development concerns (economic, ecological, social, cultural scenario of present situation) in each sub-regional circuit will be mounted through drama, dance, music, and multi-media. This will dramatize how community productivity and creativity in the arts, crafts, agricultural production, and local tourism will b a strategy of these communities towards attaining sustainable development, thereby reducing poverty in their areas.

      Each circuit performance will feature a city-based cultural group acting as narrative performers (to highlight Tagbilaran City as SANDUGO host city) and will integrate special performances from key cultural groups from the sub-region (to highlight provincial talents).

      The theme is FROM POVERTY TO ECONOMIC FREEDOM THROUGH THE CREATIVE    INDUSTRIES AS STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

A sub-regional competition of rondallas can also be incorporated.


An INDIE FILM FESTIVAL from 10 to 12 in the evening can also be mounted

C.4. First Bohol Creative Economy Forum

      A one-day forum of speakers shedding light on the nature, scope, implications of the CREATIVE INDUSTRIES will be scheduled on the final day. The speakers will come from the national agencies which organized the First PHILIPPINE CREATIVE INDUSTRY FORUM, namely the Cultural Center of the Philippines, CITEM, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Department of Trade and Industry, Asian Institute of Management, and the British Council.

      The forum in Bohol will be entitled THE FIRST BOHOL CREATIVE INDUSTRY FORUM and aims at the following:

To develop awareness among Boholano creative industry stakeholders about the nature, scope and significance of the Creative Industry in attaining the province’s vision of becoming a major ecological-cultural tourism destination in the country;
To initially establish what is the Creative Industry in Bohol and its present situation;
To explore how the Bohol initiatives can link up with the national agencies concerned with the Creative Industry so as to develop greater progress for the province
To lend focus on the importance of the Creative Industry and its contribution to the local economy
The design of the forum is as follows:

MORNING: KEY PANEL LECTURES ON THE FOLLOWING;

What is the CREATIVE INDUSTRY in the world  British Council
What is the Philippine CREATIVE INDUSTRY  NCCA/CCP/DTI
What are the Bohol Initiatives in the Creative
Industry Bohol partners & Ayala Foundation (AFI)

AFTERNOON: BREAKOUT LECTURES/TRACKS

(1-2:30 pm)

Crafts in the Creative Industry    DTI/CITEM
Agriculture and the Creative Industry   DA
Tourism (Heritage, Arts, and Environment)   
      and the Creative Industry    AIM/NCCA/Afi/DOT

7. Food and the Creative Industry    AFI

8. Investment and the Creative Industry   BIPC

(2:30-4:00 PM)

BOHOL FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON

Crafts as a Creative Industry in Bohol
Agriculture as a Creative industry?
Tourism (Heritage, Arts, and Environment)
as a Creative Industry in Bohol

Food
Investment
(4:00-5:00PM)

            GENERAL SYNTHESIS: Paths for the Bohol Creative Industry

C. 5 Mag Negosyo Talk Show

      The activity aims to highlight the importance of entrepreneurship towards achieving economic growth and poverty alleviation. It will also be a venue to highlight success stories that will serve as an inspiration to prospective and budding entrepreneurs.

      A panel of resource persons will be invited. The activity hopes to look at business opportunities for the province, encourage entrepreneurship in the tourism and agriculture sectors.


      Suggested topics for discussion include adopting a culture of entrepreneurship, getting started in business ventures, business trends and opportunities, and inspiring stories of successful SMEs.

C.6 Boholano Cook Fest

      The Cook Fest aims to elevate the level of appreciation, preparation and presentation of the Bol-anon Food/Cuisine. The Collaborating Organizers of the activity are the following: Bohol Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), Department of Trade and Industry â€" Bohol (DTI), and the Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants (BAHRR).

      There will be two venues for the cook fest. The Island City Mall will hold a cook fest on the Gourmet Category. This will be an exhibition by creative chefs (foreign and local) in the province. The aim is to come up with recipes with an international touch using indigenous ingredients and inspired by local recipes e.g. “inun-unan”. The cook fest at the BQ Mall will be a competition with two categories namely: student and professional.

      The idea is to generate recipes for a main course, salad, dessert and maybe a Boholano Breakfast which can be carried in the menus of local restaurants and hotels.

C.7Agricultural Entrepreneurship Fair (Fresh and Processed Agricultural Products)

      The organization of an annual provincial agricultural fair is a major marketing promotional activity that highlights the display of fresh, organic, agricultural and processed products. It is an excellent venue for our farmer beneficiaries and local producers to test the marketability of their products and farm produce. The fair will feature crops and other farm products from the different farming communities in the province, which will be integrated with that of the identified tourism circuits.

      Programmed activities include the Tekno Serbisyo for crops, livestock and fishery, Banana Congress, Forum, and Market Matching / Order Taking. Some of these activities will be conducted in a separate venue.

      Some of our assisted agri-producers for both fresh and processed will also be joining in the Go Negosyo lectures and Product Development and Product Packaging Lectures including the one-on-one consultancy services.


FROM: LUCILLE CHAGAS AUTENTICO, DTI-BOHOL

HEARTFELT GREETINGS TO ARCHT. EPILETO 'JUNJUN' SALVO ARAOARAO (PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY-TAGBILARAN AND UNIVERSITY OF BOHOL-COLLEGE OF ARCHITECURE AND FINE ARTS GRADUATE) AND WIFE ALONA CAGOCO-ARAOARAO (NURSE, GOV. CELESTINO GALLARES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND DIVINE WORD COLLEGE-COLLEGE OF NURSING GRADUATE) FOR HAVING THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER, ELLONY MARI, BORN IN THIS WORLD ON JUNE 7, 2007.

BABY ELLONY WILL BE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30 AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOSEPH THE WORKER. JEROME WILL BE ONE OF THE SPONSORS (NINONG).

BABY EHRON IS THE COUPLE'S FIRST-BORN SON.

GREETINGS FROM: FIEL, JEROME AND CIELO GABIN AND THE FAMILY OF PAPA REP AND MAMA WINCIE ARAOARAOHEARTFELT GREETINGS TO ARCHT. EPILETO 'JUNJUN' SALVO ARAOARAO (PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY-TAGBILARAN) AND WIFE ALONA CAGOCO-ARAOARAO, FOR HAVING THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER, ELLONY MARI BORN IN THIS WORLD ON JUNE 7, 2007.

BABY ELLONY WILL BE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30 AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOSEPH THE WORKER. JEROME WILL BE ONE OF THE SPONSORS (NINONG).


GREETINGS FROM: FIEL, JEROME AND CIELO GABIN

FROM JEROME, CIELO AND MYSELF AND THE FAMILIES OF PAPA REP-MAMA WINCIE ARAOARAO OF PANGLAO AND TAGBILARAN CITY AND MOMMY LAURA GABIN OF SIQUIJOR, SIQUIJOR, OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GOOD FRIEND SIR FRANCISCO 'FRANK OR ONDO' MONTERO, WHO WILL MAKE HIS PLEDGE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PANGLAO AS MUNICIPAL COUNCILOR ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2007 AT ALONA TROPICALE RESORT, TAWALA, PANGLAO, BOHOL.

SIR ONDO, AS MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR OF PANGLAO, TOGETHER WITH HIS DYNAMIC AND VERY GENEROUS WIFE MA'AM NILA, COUNCILOR AND CHAIR OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN COMMITTEE OF PANGLAO, WAS THE MAJOR FORCE BEHIND ANNA MARIS ARCAY IGPIT WHEN SHE JOINED HER FIRST BEAUTY PAGEANT, THE MISS BOHOL SANDUGO 2003, WHEN SHE ENDED FIRST RUNNER-UP; WHEN MARIS FINALLY GOT THE MISS BOHOL SANDUGO CROWN IN JULY 2005, THEN THE BINIBINING PILIPINAS-WORLD 2006 HONOR IN FEBRUARY 2006 WHICH USHERED THE WAY TO HER JOINING THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT IN WARSAW, POLAND IN SEPTEMBER 2006.

NOT ONLY THAT: SIR ONDO AND MA'AM NILA TOOK THE CUDGELS IN PREPARING THE PANGLAO CONTINGENT FOR THE SANDUGO STREETDANCING FESTIVAL WHICH FOR MANY YEARS HAD BEEN THE CONSISTENT FIRST PLACER IN THE SANDUGO STREETDANCINGCOMPETITIONS UNTIL IT BECAME A HALL OF FAMER.

CAME THE TIME THAT PANGLAO CONTINGENT FIRST JOINED THE FAMED SINULOG FESTIVAL IN CEBU CITY IN JANUARY 2006 AND LANDED IN 4TH PLACE, OUT OF THE HUNDRED CONTINGENTS IN THE FREE INTERPRETATION CATEGORY. IN THEIR SECOND TIME IN THE SINULOG STREETDANCING LAST JANUARY 2007, THEY GRABBED 3RD PLACE FROM AMONG THE EQUALLY WELL-SYNCHRONIZED AND COLORFUL ENTRIES FROM LUZON, VISAYAS AND MINDANAO.

I HAD MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE GRACIOUS COUPLE IN THE EARLY PART OF 2000 WHEN CIELO WAS STILL A NURSERY PUPIL AT THE DML MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND I WAS PRESIDENT OF FEDERATED PARENTS-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF THE INSTITUTION.

MA'AM NILA AND SIR ONDO, AS HALF-PANGLAOANON, I SALUTE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE PANGLAO WHAT IT IS NOW...I JUST HOPE THE PEOPLE OF PANGLAO WILL REALIZE THAT...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!MAY YOUR TRIBE INCREASE!!! REGARDS TO DAUGHTERS NEKOLAI AND AYA...

Holy Spirit School (Bohol) Alumni Association Officers

Elected during the Alumni Association Assembly last April 2, 2006 at HSS Auditorium


   President:      Atty. Rosalima Cuyno â€" Abapo

   Vice-President:       Wilfilda “Baby” Garcia â€" Collins

   Secretary:       Anne Mariquit Derikito â€" Oppus

   Ass’t. Secretary:       Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin

   Treasurer:       Baby Pizarras

   Ass’t. Treasurer:       Jing Calceta

   Auditor:          Gilberto R. Lumayag

   Press Relations Officers: Louella Husain

                 Samuel B. Cal

   Members of the Board:   Judge Dionisio R. Calibo, Jr.
                                              Nazareno T. Ello
                                      Jade Trabajo - Nuera
                                              Telly Ocampo
                                       Jerry Joseph A. Lim
                 Rosalina Rara â€" Sarabosing


Induction Rites was on April 17, 2006, Easter Monday, at the HSS Auditorium.                 

Holy Spirit School (Bohol) Alumni Association Officers

Elected during the Alumni Association Assembly last April 2, 2006 at HSS Auditorium


   President:      Atty. Rosalima Cuyno â€" Abapo

   Vice-President:       Wilfilda “Baby” Garcia â€" Collins

   Secretary:       Anne Mariquit Derikito â€" Oppus

   Ass’t. Secretary:       Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin

   Treasurer:       Baby Pizarras

   Ass’t. Treasurer:       Jing Calceta

   Auditor:          Gilberto Rocha Lumayag

   Press Relations Officers: Louella Husain

                 Samuel B. Cal

   Members of the Board:    Judge Dionisio R. Calibo, Jr.
                                       Nazareno T. Ello
                                       Jade Trabajo - Nuera
                                               Telly Ocampo
                                       Jerry Joseph A. Lim
                 Rosalina Rara â€" Sarabosing


Induction Rites was on April 17, 2006, Easter Monday, at the HSS Auditorium.                 

COKE NEEDS ACCOUNT DEVELOPERS (URGENT REQUIREMENT)



Message: Good morning.

Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. -
Tagbilaran Plant is in need of Account
Developers to boost the Sales and
Marketing Force of the terrritory.
There are still available slots for the
said vacant-regular item.

Kindly inform your relatives and
friends for this urgent requirement.

Minimum qualifications:
1. Male or Female, Single or Married,
preferably 30 years old and below
2. A graduate of a any 4-year course,
preferably business related
3. Preferably with sales and marketing
experience
4. With driver's license

Send application, resume and TOR to:
The HR Manager
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. -
Tagbilaran Plant
CPG Avenue, Cogon, Tagbilaran City

Walk-in applicants are most welcomed.
Ongoing pooling, exams and interviews
for the said position. FYI.
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. is
an equal oppurtunity entity.


Regards,

Robin Yap Vallecera
CCBPI Tagbilaran

In line with HSS’ 80th Anniversary and HSS Days 2007 celebration, the Grade 4 Level Parents-Teachers Association Officers headed by Dr. Mayida R. Ybañez, in coordination with the HSS Elementary Class of 1983 and Poblacion 2 Barangay Council conducted a medical-dental mission at Poblacion 2 Barangay Hall, this City, the day before the feast of the Our Lady of Lourdes, the barangay’s patron saint.

There were 75 adults and 67 children who availed of the consultation, while the blood sugar screening and tooth extraction registered 49 and 29 beneficiaries, respectively.

Aside from Dr. Ybañez, HSS-Gr. 4 parents and HSS alumni also helped: Drs. Theodore and Dorothy Gay Dumaluan, Juanita Ugpo, Araceli Sylvia P. Samar, Alice Rosell Ladaga, Napoleon M. Nazareno, Ma. Portia D. Reyes, Rizaldy Buac and Dr. Maria Christine F. Torregosa. The nurses were Leona Ungay â€" Mina, Loretta Brunidor, Melchora Inting, JC Operio. Medicines were donated by Dr. Ybañez, Dr. Dumaluan, Dr. Torregosa, Vice-Gov. Julius Caesar F. Herrera, Shan Sontillano (OEP) and Alvin Pido (Astra-Zeneca). Other Gr. 4 FPTA officers who assisted were Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao-Gabin (HSS Elementary Class of 1983), Zeniza A. Bulalaque, Carmelita B. Lagroma, Ester C. Pamaong, Ardissa R. Estavilla, Merle N. Torayno, and Maria Liza B. Trabajo.

Other HSS Elem. Class ‘83 members who assisted were FO2 Othoniel U. Galia Jr., TCEmergency Medical Rescue Operation Team nurse (vital signs), Michelle M. Porticos, City Health Office - Botika sa Katawhan nurse (medicines), Rey Ramon S. Inting of Travellodge-Netray Internet (streamer).

It was the second time the group ventured on such activity after the 172 Grade 4 pupils from sections Joy, Hope, Faith and Charity reached out to 79 Grade 4 pupils - Sections Acacia and Narra of Eastern Cogon Elementary School (ECES) headed by Carolina B. Balaba on the occasion of the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus last October 3. The activity was also a part of the preparations for the 25th anniversary reunion of the HSS Elementary Class of 1983 slated July 2008. (FAEAGABIN)

HSS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESENTS "KARAANG BALAY"


As its 80th anniversary treat to the alumni, students, teachers and school administration, the Holy Spirit School Alumni Association (HSSAA) presented the "Karaang Balay" last February 15, 6:00 in the evening at the HSS Auditorium.

A one-act drama which portrays the crises being confronted by families engaged in the struggle between the preservation of their ancestral homes as against and survival and pressures of development, the play is produced by the Baclayon Ancestral Home Owners Association (BAHANDI), written by Alfred R. Valenzona and directed by Lutgardo Labad and is the province's official entry to TANGHAL, the First National University Theatre Festival held in Iloilo City from February 7 to 10, 2007, spearheaded by the Committee on Dramatic Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

The staging of "Karaang Balay" was made possible through the support of Rosario P. Dejaresco, Filomena E. Lim, Eufemia C. Cabagnot, Atty. Myrna T. Pagsuberon, Wilfilda G. Collins, Anne Mariquit D. Oppus, Cong.Edgar M. Chatto, Gov. Erico B. Aumentado, Vice-Gov. Julius Ceasar F. Herrera, Atty. Tomas Abapo, Jr., and Richard Uy.

Atty. Roselima Cuyno-Abapo, alumni president, led the alumni officers who witnessed the presentation. (Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao-Gabin)

HSS: “Celebrating Life and Mission at 80”
by Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao - Gabin



Eighty fruitful years is, indeed, a big reason to celebrate.

In thanksgiving of her many years of dedicated service to the Boholanos, the Holy Spirit School (HSS) marked her 80th anniversary last October 16 with simple rites.

At 7:30 a.m., a holy mass started the day, followed by the floral offering at the statue of St. Joseph the Worker. Atty. Rosalima Cuyno Abapo, HSS Alumni Association (HSSAA) president, gave the plaque of appreciation to the SSpS Community which was received by Sister Mary Joy B. Quizan, SSpS, school director. The opening of the heritage room near the chapel was also done.

Jane Censoria Del Rosario Cajes, Council of Servant-Leaders (COSL) president, Atty. Abapo, and Sister Joy led the tree planting activity at the school’s campsite in Tinago, Dauis, together with Sister Mary Judith Abrea, alumni coordinator, SSpS Sisters Miriam Dolores Terce, Diomar Lopez, Mary Esther Aracap, Gina Flores Cerrafon and Doyet Luarca. Other alumni who attended were women’s right advocate Atty. Myrna T. Pagsuberon, Elsie T. Lim, Jade T. Nuera, Rosalina R. Sarabosing and Nazareno T. Ello.

Going back to history, it was during the feast of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, on October 16, 1926, when Sister Laeticia, Sr. Blasia and Sr. Josaphata came to Bohol in answer to Fr. Gelacio Ramirez’s request for the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit School (SSpS) to serve in his parish in Tagbilaran.

The school was first named St. Joseph’s Academy (after Saint Joseph the Worker, patron of Tagbilaran) which later evolved into St. Joseph’s Junior College, St. Joseph’s College, then to College of the Holy Spirit and finally Holy Spirit School (HSS) of Tagbilaran in 1974 when the college department was phased out. Accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), the school is keeping true to her mission of offering genuine quality Christian education, responding to the needs of the community and guided by the motto “Truth in Love” in the Trinitarian way.  HSS is preparing for the PAASCU visits on November 16 to 17 for the grade school and November 20 to 21 for the high school.

A major celebration of the 80 years of HSS has been set in time for the HSS Days in February 2007. (Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin)                                       

OUR BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '87 20TH ANNIV REUNION ON JULY 27 AND 28, 2007.PLS PASS INFO
Message:
Message: Back to that Didache
reflection I read
yesterday, I was really touched when I
came across the lines “May we learn to
have a heart like (Mother) Mary’s,
treasuring memories that build up,
rather than tear, down our
relationships.” Speaking of memories,
our Bohol National High School Class of
1987 will have its 20th anniversary
celebration on July 27 and 28,
2007.Registration starts at 7:30 at
DCPNHS COPTAI Gym. A thanksgiving mass
to be officiated by Rev. Fr. Efren
Dolauta, our spiritual adviser, will
formally open the gathering. Since
there have been new structures
constructed since we left the campus in
April 1987, a familiarization tour of
the school will be done after the mass.
Class ’87 concerns will be dealt with
during the general assembly. Then, the
117 teachers, administrative and non-
academic personnel will join us in the
luncheon fellowship. At 1:00 to 4:00
pm, we will have the career talk for
the senior HS students, with our
classmates (who have been successful in
their respective fields of endeavor) to
compose the speakers’ bureau. After the
talk, the BNHS Class ’87 will turn over
its donation (monobloc chairs) to Ma’am
Concepcion Bagotchay, DCPNHS Principal
III. This will give the senior students
an idea of not really “giving back” to
the school, but more on the concept
of “sharing their blessings” with their
Alma Mater in the future. In the
evening, we will be at Villa Alzhun
Tourist Inn and Restaurant for another
round of kumustahan and reminiscing of
those wonderful years we spent at BNHS.
The second (last) day will be a beach
party with the families. It may be
noted that last May 15, the Boholano
Belgian Association and BNHS Class
of ’87 gave bundles of joy to 33
financially-challenged families of
Gawad Kalinga â€" Saint Vincent Village
in Cabawan. For further details, you
may contact Jude Sasing (09178870256),
Saturnino Arisola (09196597674),
Isabelito Butawan (09205546584), Fiel
Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin
(09184103568), Nora Balatero - Jumawid
(09209012944), Ver Neil Balaba
(09198347947), Antonette Padreganda
(09063088301), Edwina Laurel
(09287722591) and Cora Arasan
(09172060082). We look forward to an
equally enjoyable and memorable get-
together after 20 long years…


PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD...



FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO - GABIN
Vice-President for External Affairs
BNHS Class of 1987

TRAILBLAZING EXCELLENCE…


HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY: 60 Years of Witnessing the WORD
by Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao - Gabin


As a college freshman in 1987, this writer was a staff of “The WORD,” the student publication of the school… I also recall that my first “official” emceeing stint was at the Divine Word College of Tagbilaran Gymnasium during the Miss College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) beauty pageant in September 1989. In 1990, I was part of the “Golden Harvest” yearbook staff…

What exactly did I learn as a graduate of DWC-T that until now I am so proud of? As assistant local executive of the CAS Department (1989), it has instilled in me the sense of leadership, of working with different people. As a student of Humanities under Atty. Roselima Cuyno-Abapo (who is now president of the Holy Spirit School Alumni Association), I have learned how to appreciate what is true, good and beautiful.

It was 1946, the end of the Second World War and Tagbilaran was about to recover from the ravages of war. There was a two-story building, erected in 1939, which was used as garrison during the Japanese occupation. Its future was yet to be determined. Msgr. Gelacio T. Ramirez, the philanthropic former vicar general of the secular clergy in Bohol, the owner (in 1926, he donated a piece of lot to the Holy Spirit Sisters so they could open the first Catholic girls’ school â€" Saint Joseph Academy â€" now known as Holy Spirit School which celebrated its 80th anniversary in October 2006), had half of the lower portion rented, while the other half was occupied by relatives. After the war, the first floor was converted to some sort of a department store. Then came the time when the aging Msgr. Ramirez donated the property to the newly-created Diocese of Tagbilaran through its first bishop, Msgr. Julio R. Rosales â€" that paved the way to its noble destiny.

“…Msgr. Rosales surveyed the social and religious scene of the period…He then set on a mission to look for a religious congregation to manage the institution he had in mind…He approached two groups, but his offer was declined. He then broached the idea to the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) who at that time had already established the Tubigon Catholic High School (now Holy Cross Academy). This time, the response was positive.” (May Amparo Blanco, from “Jubilation, HNC-DWCT Golden Jubilee Album). The moment Msgr. Rosales got the approval of the SVD Priests, negotiations started. Acting as first director of the new college was Fr. Alphonse Lesage, then director of Tubigon Catholic High School.

Why the name “Holy Name?” Msgr. Rosales gave the school its name. It was probably because of his strong personal devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. Years passed, he was elevated to the position of Archbishop, later Cardinal, of Cebu (christened “Villa del Santissimo Nombre de Jesus” or settlement of the Most Holy Name of Jesus by the Spaniards). In simple rites, Holy Name College was formally inaugurated on July 14, 1947 at the Plaza Rizal Kiosk.

From Holy Name College, it became Divine Word College in 1964 when Fr. Charles Scanlon (HNC director starting June 1963), went on study leave. In November 19, 2001, the learning institution has finally achieved its long-cherished, much-deserved university status. Through its portals passed the many graduates molded into the image of Jesus Christ, the WORD-made-flesh, who have proven themselves in various fields of endeavor, helping create self-reliant communities and keeping on with their contribution to society.

Among its fruits is the establishment of a solid Holy Name University Alumni Association (HNUAA) led by conscientious citizens who have continuously lived by the ideals of the school. A crucial step initiated by the its present leadership composed of Reynald T. Gatal (president); Gilberto R. Lumayag (vice-president for internal affairs), Jose Antonio S. Veloso (vice-president for external affairs), Idmila C. Borja (secretary), Lito G. Sarmiento (treasurer), Constancio H. Bumaat, Jr. (auditor), Cruz C. Salgados (press relations officer), Primitive  S. Veloso, Samuel S. Belderol, Gilberto Jonas S. Inting, Leonides L. Borja, Rodolfo B. Madanguit, and Jose C. Pamaong (members of the board) is the approval of the SEC registration No. CN200629624 by the Securities and Exchange Commission â€" Cebu Extension Office on November 15, 2006. The alumni board regularly meets at the HNU Alumni Office manned by Eurea F. Gutierrez, alumni coordinator.

Through the years, Holy Name University has vowed to produce professionals who have equipped themselves with skills, making them ready to assume their responsibilities as worthwhile members of society, upholding the admirable values taught by the institution, and dedicating their lives for the more noble ends of their respective professions.

In celebration of its 60 years of bountiful harvest, the school will have its grand alumni homecoming on February 17, 2007 starting at 7:30 in the morning at the HNU-Main Gymnasium. To drumbeat the occasion, a province-wide caravan is scheduled on February 10, Saturday, starting at 5:00 in the morning from the Tagbilaran City Tourist Port. (FAEAG)

WAYS TO GET KIDS TO DO THEIR HOMEWORKS
By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin

Saturday, 20 January 2007. 3:30 in the afternoon… Let’s set a few things straight: First, I am definitely NOT the perfect mother. Second, I am not a graduate of psychology. Third, I have no intention of offering advices or interpretations to feelings as a “shrink” does. In my previous articles, I have written mostly about activities or personalities not only because I am “starstruck” and feel that I am forever a fan, but for the reason that I am easily inspired by people who have achieved so much (in terms of self-actualization) in their lives. This time, however, I am delving on something which is not really new to me, but though I am not an expert on this “department,” I feel that I have to share this with fellow mothers out there.

On December 20, 2005, my husband Jerome, Cielo and I were at National Book Store. Then I saw this book entitled “99 Ways to Get Your Kids to do Their Homework (And Not Hate It) by Mary Leonhardt. We bought it. I thought it was interesting for mothers (and fathers, too!) especially that parents are always wrestling with concerns on how to get their children to love homework assignments, and school works.

From the book which touched on tips for preschoolers, elementary school, junior high, high school and about gifted children, I just picked out some guidelines which to me are applicable at this time and age:

You may have to help your children get organized when they first have homework assignments. Some parents have set the rule to let their children do it immediately as soon as they get home from school; others would allow them to do homework after dinner, or it would depend on the degree of difficulty of the assignment or the perfect timing that children feel they want or should do it, as long as they are bent on getting it all done before bedtime.

As long as they are happily working, leave them alone. Giving children “freedom” or “space” to a certain extent is very important. We need to let them feel that they are responsible to do things. In doing homeworks, there are times we have to give our children the opportunity to focus on a problem and discover a solution for it. When they tend to dwell too long on one item, it could be difficult -then it’s the time for parents to come to the rescue.

If your children ask for help, try to make it seem as though they’re teaching you, rather than the other way around. Ask what the teacher had discussed about it. Let them feel that you are listening to what they are saying. Instead of pointing out directly how to solve the problem, it is advised to gently lead your children to proceed or do the next steps. A little help is fine, but it turns out to be a daily or nightly routine, then it’s either the children has stopped trying of the homework is too difficult to do.

Do provide children with any books or materials they need for homework. All books and other reference materials must be within reach. It is easier to study and understand what we are reading if all the reference materials are gathered in one place.

Keep casual track of how your children are doing. Parents don’t need to oversee everything that children do. Being “casual” means having a general view of what the children are doing or studying, but it doesn’t mean calling the school all the time to check on things. We must trust our children enough to believe that they are capable of doing things with little or no supervision at all. 

Avoid giving your children the idea that there is only one right way to do things. Letting the children explore. Doing things themselves would cultivate in them a sense of self-reliance and self-confidence, in cases when nobody else is there to assist them to prepare them for more serious academic work, when parents are no longer there to go over the assignments.

Never let any of their assignments interfere with their independent reading. There should be enough time for doing assignments and developing the love and habit of reading. Elementary school is the best time to establish a solid foundation for grammar, mathematics and other disciplines. 

Encourage independent writing as well. It was learned that one big reason why students do poorly in English and in other subjects is the inability to write well. Psychomotor skills are developed through writing as well as thinking skills. Children should be trained to express their feelings through writing.

See if you can keep your children going to the library. A trip to the library once in a while is helpful. They should be taught that the library is the storehouse of knowledge, the place where they do research assignments and learn the value of persistence. Locating books via the card catalogue system will be a good learning exercise.

Discourage reliance on television, videos or computers for entertainment. Recent studies show that children who have too much n television perform rather poorly in academics. Television is addictive and restricts or hampers creativity, loses their love for reading and make them feel isolated and different. Computers can do wonders, but I support the author’s notion that children should be outside playing with neighbors and friends to develop interpersonal skills, reading or listening to stories  than being glued to the computer.

Keep firmly in mind that grades don’t count in elementary school; skill level counts. As parents, we would want our children to achieve more than we did, but it is more important that they learn doing things their own way. Spoonfeeding them or helping them in every homework will not prepare them to accept responsibility. We can tell them that homeworks are not really our main concern, we are concerned more on their being responsible to do things assigned to them.

The bottomline is, as parents, we must find the balance between supporting their children and instilling a sense of responsibility and accomplishment that will guide them through their studies and life in the real world. (FAEAG)   


 

THE 1st ABATAN RIVER KAYAK FESTIVAL


(NOTE: HELLO GUYS AND GALS! YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO SUPPORT THIS...FAEAGABIN)



AD PLACEMENT PROPOSAL
OVERVIEW

TITLE : 1st Abatan River Kayak Festival

ACTIVITY : Promotion of your Company, Products & Services

Backgrounder:

The SANDUGO 2007 week long celebration would culminate with a street dancing on the 22nd of July this year, one of its highlights would be the 1st Abatan River Kayak Festival, on the 21st. This activity is in line with efforts to provide additional and alternate tourism activity for visitors while they are here in the province.

Consequently, tri-media promotional activities would be done starting on the first of July, a chance for you to promote your products and services. This would be independent of the promotions to be done by the Sandugo Foundation; giving additional incidental exposure to the advertiser.

Being the first of its kind, your companys exposure would go a long way through incidental promotions after the activity each time a reference to this festival is mentioned.

EVENTS : Advertising Exposure Before, During and After the Race

Kayak Paddling is a non-motorized, environment friendly activity that allows easy access to areas within the Abatan mangrove and palm forest, that would deter other forms of transport. The 1st Abatan River Kayak Festival, seeks to introduce this form of transport, a chance for the visitor an exciting experience of being close to the various flora and fauna that abound in the area.

The 1st Abatan River Kayak Festival, would conduct among others FREE kayak paddling, FREE kayak clinics, a regatta and a kayak race.

These activities are designed to give your company the impression of being with the first, environment friendly, trendy; and supportive of a lifestyle that appeals to the in-crowd; physically active and outdoorsy

VENUE : The Abatan River Bridge Area

The 1st Abatan River Kayak Festival would be done within the area of the Abatan Bridge, highlighting among others the River Cruise and the Kayak Paddling activities that could be done within the area.

DATE : Exposure starts on July 1, 2007

The launching of the promotional campaign starts on July 1, escalating as the day of the activity approaches on the 21st of July. Press releases, residual and incidental exposure would be in reference to the first ever kayak festival in Abatan with your company as the Sponsor.

PROPONENTS : Abatan River Promotions
Bugsai Sea Kayaks
Bohol Xtreme Outdoor Equipments
ADVERTISING PACKAGES:

ADVERTISING MILEAGE:

Event Advertising Mileage
Incidental exposures of Your Advertising Collateral at the venue, before during and after the 1st. Abatan River Kayak Festival

Radio Ad Mileage:
(6-8 plugs a day on DYTR AM & FM, the official radio station)

Print Ad Mileage:
(Sunday Post the official newspaper, Bohol Times & Bohol Chronicle)

Press Release Mileage
Pre-event press releases: (Sunday Post, Bohol Times & Bohol Chronicle)

Post-event press releases: (Sunday Post, Bohol Times & Bohol Chronicle)

Collateral Posting at the venue and selected points
Your Company Logo and or slogan/motto on T-shirts for the officials
Streamers, Posters & Flyers
Product Lock-out and full merchandizing rights for the whole duration of the Contract.
ADVERTISING COSTS:

A. Presentor (Only one presentor would be accepted) P 25,000.00

1. Your Company name or slogan/motto on the title of the event

2. All Radio Ads (major billing)

3. All Print Ads & press releases (major billing)

4. Collateral Postings on the venue (as desired)

5. All T-shirts to be printed (major billing)

6. All Streamers, Posters & Flyers (major billing)

B. Diamond Sponsors 5,000.00

1. All Radio Ads

2. All Print Ads & press releases

3. Collateral Postings on the venue (up to 1m x 1m sized collaterals)

4. All T-shirts to be printed

5. All Streamers, Posters & Flyers

C. Platinum Sponsor 3,000.00

1. All Radio Ads

2. Selected Print Ads & press releases

3. Collateral Postings on all venues (up to 1m x 1m sized collaterals)

4. All T-shirts to be printed

5. All Streamers, Posters & Flyers

D. Gold Sponsor 2,000.00

1.. Selected Radio Ads

2. Selected Print Ads & press releases

3. Collateral Postings on selected venues (up to 0.5m x 0.5m sized collaterals)

4. All T-shirts to be printed

5. Selected Streamers, Posters & Flyers

E. X-deals more or less 2,500.00 worth of Goods &/or Services

1. Selected Radio Ads

2. Selected Print Ads & press releases

3. Collateral Postings on selected venues (up to 0.5m x 0.5m sized collaterals)

4. All T-shirts to be printed

5. Selected Streamers, Posters & Flyers

F. Donors:

Any amount to help promote Abatan River as an additional and/or alternate tourist destination. The effort would also help preserve the pristine conditions of the Abatan River and its surrounding marsh, mangrove and nipa forest.

For more details please contact:

Gil Ocena
Advertising Committee Chair
Residence No. (038) 411-2521
Mobile No. (0919) 479-2809

SANDUGO FESTIVAL 2007



Theme: Pakigsandurot sa Kinaiyang Bol-anon
City of Tagbilaran

Date Time Activity Venue Sponsor/s Point Person(s)


JUNE

22 Friday 9:00 AM Opening of Trade/Agri/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

23 Saturday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

24 Sunday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

25 Monday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

26 Tuesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

27 Wednesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

28 Thursday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

29 Friday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy

30 Saturday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy


JULY

1 Sunday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Sandugo Punch-Fest City Government Mr. Mark Monton

2 Monday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
9:00 AM Opening of Plant & Garden Show Tourist Port Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Variety Show Tourist Port DepEd -City Division Mr. Joseph Barrete

3 Tuesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show Tourist Port Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM The Singing Priests Tourist Port PMI Colleges- Bohol Mr. Misoro Salamera

4 Wednesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Battle of the Bands Tourist Port SMB Mr. Ulysses Salise

5 Thursday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Battle of the Bands Tourist Port SMB Mr. Ulysses Salise

6 Friday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM CVSCAFT Night Tourist Port CVSCAFT Mr. Lorenzo Sarigumba

7 Saturday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM HNU Night Tourist Port Holy Name University Mr. Marianito Luspo
8Sunday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM The Episode of Rizal Tourist Port Bohol Institute of Technology Mr. Aniceto Moreno

9 Monday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Nightly Show Tourist Port DepEd- Province Mr. Agad

10 Tuesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM CellMart and Bohol Tropics Night Tourist Port CellMart in coop w/ Bohol Tropics Mr. Andrew Tan

11 Wednesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM JJ's Night w/ a Band Tourist Port JJs Seafood Village Mr. Obdulio Jun Caturza

12 Thursday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM BFDP Variety Show Tourist Port Bohol Federation of Disabled Persons (BFDP) Mr. Timoteo Quilas

13 Friday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM HSS Variety Show Tourist Port Holy Spirit School Mr. Virgilia Fudolig

14 Saturday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Cruisin at the Port Tourist Port Cruztelco / City Tires Engr. Eduardo Relampagos

15 Sunday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Tourist Port Bohol Quality Mall Mr. Frderick Ong

16 Monday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Tourist Port Save and Earn Mr. Dennis Roldan

17 Tuesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Plant & Garden Show City Hall Grounds Prov'l Agriculture's Office Ms. Liza Quirog
8:00 PM Nightly Show Tourist Port Singaporean Claypot Mr. Philip Chew

18 Wednesday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Opening: Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ma. Elena Arbon
8:00 PM Nightly Show Tourist Port Du Ek Sam Dr. Wilson Du
8:00 PM Nightly Show Tourist Port Alturas Group of Companies Mr. Ariel Fullido

19 Thursday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ms. Ma. Elena Arbon
8:00 PM Miss Bohol Gay Sandugo 2007 Tourist Port Bohol Gay Association Mr. Jun Quimpan

20 Friday 8:00 AM Trade/Agri/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Cook Fest Professional Category ICM Activity Center DTI Mr. Obdulio Jun Caturza
8:00 AM Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ms. Ma. Elena Arbon
8:00 PM Battle of the Bands Tourist Port SMB Mr. Ulysses Salise

21 Saturday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Cook Fest Novice Category BQ Mall Act. Center DTI Mr. Obdulio Jun Caturza
8:00 AM Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ms. Ma. Elena Arbon
8:00 PM Stop, LUKE & Listen: Rewind HNU Gym SK Federation Mr. John Torralba
8:00 PM Battle of the Bands Tourist Port SMB Mr. Ulysses Salise

22 Sunday 8:00 AM Trade/Food Fair Tourist Port BSFI Mr. Mario Uy
8:00 AM Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ms. Ma. Elena Arbon
9:30 AM Streetdancing (Jump-off) CPG Sports Complex BSFI Ms. Carmen Gatal and Mr. Joseph Barrete
1:00 PM Streetdancing (Field Performance) CPG Sports Complex BSFI Ms. Carmen Gatal
6:00 PM Sandugo Reenactment CPG Sports Complex BSFI Ms. Carmen Gatal
8:00 PM Battle of the Bands: Grand Finals Tourist Port SMB Mr. Ulysses Salise

23 Monday 8:00 AM Sandugo Product & Lifestyle Fair ICM Sky High DTI Ms. Ma. Elena Arbon

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Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao - Gabin
City Information Officer
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

REV. ALVIN PUSTA, REV. GAMALIEL GAMAS AND REV. NINO McCONREY SUPREMO.

SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2007, 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT
JOSEPH THE WORKER, TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES.

LET US PRAY FOR THESE 3 PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO GUIDE THE LORD'S
FLOCK.

FROM: FIEL, JEROME AND CIELO GABIN

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: BNHS BUKANG LIWAYWAY DANCE TROUPE FOR OUR 30TH ANNIV IN 2009. On June 21, 1979, Wincesa ‘Mama Wincie’ Balatero Espejo - Araoarao, founded the BNHS Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe, together with colleagues Oscar Real, Delia Torculas (Cinchez), Eva Espuelas, Tarcisia Mahinay (Quilatan), Daylinda Jayag, Baby Estremos, Mae Pizarras (Baton), Leona Millanar, Rodrigo Almedilla and Rosario Almedilla. Aside from its many victories through the years, the BNHS BLDT Group, the first place winner in the provincial Hadla nga Bol-anon folk dance competition (Dec.12, 1986), also got the championship trophy in the Regional Sayawit Folk Dance Festival (Jan.16, 1987) in Cebu City for its Kuratsa Boholana-Kuradang presentation.

When Mama Wincie availed of the Early Retirement Program and left for New York City, USA on June 24, 1989, Mr. Real has dutifully led the group to new opportunities. The values Mama Wincie learned from Lolo Aloy and Lola Pining and her experiences in life are all reflected in the lines of the Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe theme song she composed in Sept.1988, completed in Aug. 2004 on the occasion of BLDT’s 25th anniversary and which she memorized by heart: ‘Bukang liwayway, s’yang nagbibigay buhay, pagod at pawis tinatamasa, hindi pinapansin, kutyain ma’t hamakin, layunin lamang ay natupad; paghihirap dulot sa puso, alay lamang sa Diyos at tao.’ Recalling the moments since 1979, and looking forward to the 30th anniversary of the group in 2009 is indeed a significant milestone. With this humble endeavor, it is hoped that former members of Bukang Liwayway Dance Troupe will be bound in reminiscence of those wonderful years with the group.

Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao â€" Gabin
Former Member, BLDT[/img]

Flying high and going places with
GERALDEE VALLEJO CAMPBELL â€" BALBONA
A-1 student. Beauty queen. Medical technologist. Cathay Pacific Airways flight attendant.
By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin

       
1)   Dyndyn, the conscientious career woman,
              almost 14 years now with the Cathay Pacific Airways fleet,
              among the best in the world

2) Blast from the past. Dyndyn at center, wearing Cathay’s third
     uniform (from 1954-1962), with other crew. (Uniforms are just
    some of the designs worn Cathay Pacific’s 60 years of service) 
                                                                                                                                       
3)  Dyndyn with a supervisor and a pilot.

4) As “hands-on” mom to 16-month-old son Neil Francis, the youngest

5) Happiness is being with her family in
Hong Kong: with husband Arthur Dave,
Nicole, Natalie and Neil.
   
The following lines were taken from Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat:” “The owl and the pussycat went to the sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat. They took some honey and plenty of money, wrapped up in a five-pound note…And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, they danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon. They danced by the light of the moon.” Those lines have been etched in my memory since our elementary years at Holy Spirit School. The poem was a favorite piece of Dyndyn, my oh-so-pretty and smart classmate back then.

When I e-mailed her last week to ask for information about herself, she did reply after a Taipei flight and told me she was so busy from arranging her eldest daughter's 12th birthday party which was followed by a 'sleep-over.' The celebration lasted for three (3) days. She was also in the thick of things for the barbecue cum Halloween party attended by more than 50 people, plus more than 30 kids, in the CX (Cathay Pacific) community where they live in Laguna City, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Geraldee “Dyndyn” Vallejo Campbell â€" Balbona, born on July 27, 1970 in Sta. Mesa, Manila, is the eldest of three (3) children and the only daughter of John Mumar Campbell from Bool, Tagbilaran City, assistant cashier of PNB-Tagbilaran before he retired in 1992 to immigrate to the United States with his family, and Azucena Lupiba Vallejo from Calape, an elementary teacher, who, before retiring from the service, was principal of Dao and Bool Elementary Schools and now works at the Department of Motor Vehicles in San Jose, California. Mrs. Campbell was also Mama Wincie’s co-performer, among the original cast of the very first staging of the Blood Compact “Sandugo” re-enactment here in Bohol in the late ‘70s or early ‘80s, with no less than Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, the first Asian to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly (1949) and the only Filipino journalist to win the Pulitzer Prize, as guest of honor.

Dyndyn was a consistent honor student (and best speaker) in elementary, graduated salutatorian in high school (Holy Spirit School) and finished her bachelor’s degree in medical technology at Velez College in Cebu City. She took the 1991 licensure examination, passed, but never really practiced her profession as a medical technologist nor proceeded to medical school, as others would have opted. The walk-in interview in February 1993 ushered her way to exciting travel opportunities as flight attendant after she joined Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd., a Hong Kong-based airline. Enjoying almost 14 years in the fleet, she’s currently a flight purser, in-charge of a cabin. (Cathay Pacific Airways is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Passengers love the different uniforms the crew wear at one flight since everyone look colorful and quite interesting, giving them a blast from the past.) 

In between flights or during her spare time (which isn’t much), she likes to read everything from fiction/ thriller to autobiographies, to the 'Lonely Planet'. Traveling and visiting places tops her list of favorite “things,” which, of course, she admits, was why she joined CX in the first place. Other than the Philippines, the Balbonas have picked their favorite family destinations: Bali and Phuket in Thailand for its wonderful beaches, relaxing atmosphere and great food; Singapore (it’s green, clean and the food's great, too!) and San Francisco and San Jose in California where her parents and brothers live, because the kids love the theme parks there. She hopes to bring her family to Europe, especially to London, Paris and Rome when the kids are bigger and more mature to absorb its culture.

Her personal favorite CX (Could also be package inclusive of airfare, hotel + transfer) ports are Singapore, Bangkok and Japan.  “I love to eat, as you have probably guessed by now, and I like trying different cuisines. Thai and Japanese food are among my all-time favorites. As for Paris (France), “the place just sweeps you away! You might think it's cliché, but it definitely is one of the most romantic places in the world!” According to her, she likes London (England) because of the theatres and still cries every time she watches  “Ms. Saigon.” (Sappy, huh?) Sydney (Australia) holds a special place in her heart since it was her first 'long haul flight.' San Francisco is never dull as it has such diverse culture, aside from the fact that her family lives nearby, which she considers an added bonus! (Once in a while, she spends time with her parents and younger brothers Jude, 34, married, formerly with the United States Air Force and now working at Valleymaid County Hospital in San Jose, California and Robert Glenn, 32, still single, a practicing lawyer, specializing in immigration, divorce, family laws and wills in Stockton, California.)

Dyndyn married her longtime college boyfriend, Arthur Dave “Ardee” Balbona from Cebu City, who is now the front office manager of Langham Hotel, a five-star hotel in Hong Kong and they’ve just celebrated our relationship's 19th anniversary. (****, has it really been that long ?!?)  The union was blessed with three lovely kids namely: Nicole Marie (12 y.o.), Natalie Elizabeth (4 y.o.) and Neil Francis (16 mos. old). She is delighted that her kids do well in school. Nicole is a constant 'academic proficiency awardee' and was 'Best in French' last school year at the Christian Canadian-French International School. Though still in lower kindergarten, Natalie had an “academic achievement award” of which she's very proud of (she says she's like her Ate Nikki whom she idolizes).

The once Miss Teen Tagbilaran 1988 and Miss Cebu Tourism '92 runner-up says she’s pretty much a “hands-on mom” who enjoys baking, swimming, biking or just playing with the kids. Dyndyn tries to be involved with their growth as much as she can. “Time flies so fast, I wouldn't want to regret anything! My husband even teases me saying, if there was an award for the most active and dedicated Mom, then, it would go to me since I'm a constant 'volunteer Mom' in school…I'd have to say my children give me constant joy (and that's an understatement!). They, literally, give me strength, an energy boost, even after a 14-hour flight from San Francisco! I guess all mothers out there would understand what I'm trying to say.”
'Live each day as if it were your last' has always been her guiding line. “I try to do my best in everything, from my line of work to being a 'mom.' I try not to worry too much... as it can cause needless burden and stress which no one needs, ‘though this part is and always will be a constant struggle for me.   I guess it's human nature to think too much!” she quips. As a perennial head-turner, I am sure that Dyndyn is one of the ladies to watch in the 25th anniversary reunion of our HSS Elementary Class of 1983 in July 2008. â€" Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao - Gabin

Defining Beauty with a Purpose
DR. VANESSA JOYCE MATUOD EVARDONE - ASTILERO

By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin

Her guiding principle: “Life is what we make it. Not the golden rule, but it’s what my parents used to tell me, and this line has
always been my inspiration, so as not to bargain better for good, nor settle with better if I could have the best. Ambitions are for free and the sky is the limit. Nothing comes from nothing. We have to set our goals and give our best to achieve them. We shouldn’t forget to wrap all our efforts with prayers because it is He who ultimately makes things happen.”

She was the pretty, lithe, fair-complexioned (must I say naïve? or demure?) young lady when Sir Oscar B. Real, Ma’am Minnie Villamor - del Rosario, Bohol National High School (BNHS) faculty members, and myself were the judges in the elimination round of the Miss Alturas Campus Personality held at the residence of Sir Marlito Uy (Alturas Group of Companies’ general manager) in Booy way back 1992. Vanessa Joyce “Bambi” Matuod Evardone, the fifth child (in the brood of seven) of Francisco M. Evardone, retired DILG Provincial Director, and Hospicia C. Matuod, who’s Master Teacher II and OIC-school principal of Manga Elementary School, is indisputably one of the pride of Manga District, Tagbilaran and the entire province, as well. How she  “gracefully” made her way to the ladder of success is truly inspiring, something worthy of emulation, but for sure, nobody can measure up to her feat. Well, not in the next 25 or 50 years, I believe.

Let’s start with her highly - impressive scholastic background. She was class salutatorian of Manga Elementary School in 1990. Her secondary education at BNHS was a major contributing factor to her long list of achievements. Bambi was class spelling bee and received the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Award in 1990. In 1994, she was class valedictorian of BNHS and recipient of the Duty Medal Award, Philippine Insular Life Award and Philippine Senate Award.

She earned her degree in Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology at Southwestern University (SWU) in 1998, magna cum laude, was conferred the Most Outstanding Graduate of SWU citation and another special award for garnering the highest grade point average (GPA) of the entire graduating class of 1998. From 1994 to 1998, she was consistently No. 1 in the dean’s list, a member of the team that grabbed the championship plum of the Junior Chemical Society Quizbowl in 1995. Her leadership potentials were harnessed and recognized when she was elected president of the Medtech interns in 1998 and vice-president of the Cebu Blood Donors’ Society (1997-98). Her diligence and focus on her studies paid off as she was university scholar from 1998 to 2002, always occupying the top spot (No. 1) in the dean’s list and was cited as most outstanding in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry, all nerve-wracking and mind-boggling subjects dreaded by most students. In the inter-medical school quizbowl (2000) sponsored by the Cebu Medical Society, Inc., her team bagged the championship trophy. She was also trusted with money matters as class treasurer from 1999 to 2002.

The next step towards success led her to Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine (MHAMCM)â€"SWU for medicine proper where she was able to avail of an academic scholarship from the Bisaya Medical Association of USA based in Florida; graduated cum laude and first (Top 1) in the College of Medicine graduating class 2002. Among her other awards were the SWU Academic Excellence Award, Most Outstanding in Pediatrics and Most Outstanding in Ophthalmology. She was granted post-graduate internship (PGI) at the University of the Philippines â€" Philippine General Hospital, but chose to serve as PGI at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), formerly Southern Islands Hospital in Cebu City and earned the citation Most Outstanding PGI (MOP) â€" Batch 2003. She passed the qualifying exam for residency training (QERT) administered by the Department of Health (DOH) in July 2003, then the United States medical licensure exams (USMLE) â€" Step 1 in December 2003 and Step 2 in March of this year. Not only that. In April 2004, she was second placer (national ranking) in the career professional examinations given by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and 14th placer in the Philippine licensure examination for physicians in August of 2004. Beat that?

The hardest part in medical school? The exams, she quipped. As it was just like in high school when students were in block sections. She told me that she gained more insights from friends who were mature enough to be cool, yet still have some childish stunts slipping in between. In medical school, there’s time to be serious and time to play. While studying in Cebu, Bambi, her brother Doydee and her sister Wowie did the laundry and cooked meals, as they were taught at home. Though some of her classmates found it rather incredible, internship was physically overwhelming as expected. Imagine 32 hours hospital duty, 48 hours even! They say “sleeping is a luxury in medicine.”  It’s true, but then people studying medicine belong to the age bracket who won’t need growth hormones (from sleep) because the growing process has long ceased (quite interesting). Her secret in school: “Intelligence plus diligence wrapped in prayers.”

Beauty and brains seldom go together. But in the case of Bambi, she is one of the rare species who is so fortunate to have the best of worlds. Her first beauty title was BNHS Binibining Agham, followed by the Binibining Agham â€" Bohol, which later paved the way to her winning the Region VII Binibining Agham ’92, Miss Alturas Campus Personality ’92, Mutya sa Tagbilaran ’94; Miss Bohol Sandugo ’94; Miss Medical Technology and Miss Southwestern University “96, SWU Golden Jubilee Queen and San Miguel Corporation (Mandaue) Muse ’97.

Having harmony is the family is very important to the Evardones. They also share in the success of each family member. The eldest is Mae Joy (my classmate for four years at BNHS), a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduate of then Divine Word College, the first nurse in the family, who is now in the dialysis unit of University of Connecticut, married to Engr. Daniel Curtis Falk. Jose Voltaire “Boyteh,” DWC graduate, nurse at the emergency care unit of Yale University Medical Center, also in Connecticut, living with wife Elma Ruaya, a physical therapist from Tagbilaran. Mutya sa Tagbilaran ’91 and Miss Bohol Sandugo ’91 second runner-up Joanna Cheryl “Chewee,” is 17th placer in the nurses’ licensure examination in May 1994 and now working as a nurse in the intensive coronary care unit in the same hospital with Boyteh.  Janice Michelle “Wowie,” Mutya sa Tagbilaran ’96 second runner-up, SWU-Miss Physical Therapy ’95 and Miss Volare ’93, turned out to be a licensed physical therapist who’s a university scholar all through her PT days, continued to be in medical school and graduated as No. 1 of her class and is now a physician connected with the Medical Mission Group Cooperative Hospital. Jose Socrates “Doydee” recently finished post-graduate medical internship at Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, but spent his medtech and medical courses at SWU and in year 2000 got an award for academic excellence as university scholar. He is bracing himself for the Philippine licensure exams for physicians. The youngest is Justin Francis “Jopet”, in his fifth and final year in architecture at the University of Bohol (UB), the only artist in the family especially gifted in the field of pens and figures.

Bambi happily recounts sweet memories of her childhood. There’s a two-year gap between each sibling, so they could divide into two (2) teams already to play “salangkati”(?) without having to import additional players and the choir’s complete during Christmas when they would go caroling. They shared the household chores; they took turns in washing the dishes and cooking rice. She still remembers there was a clipboard attached to a bulletin board so it was easier to check whose turn it was. There were also sweeping assignments. Bambi, who belonged to the younger half of the family, swept the kitchen, while the older siblings had bigger parts to clean proportionately. Since their mother had her hands full with schoolwork, the older siblings taught the younger ones how to do math and how to deal with grammar. When both parents would go to Cebu for something on particular occasions, everybody will then be excited because each of them would get a coloring and rhyme book as “pasalubong.” 

As Bambi had shared, her parents’ upbringing and methods of discipline were varied: whipping with one (1) or two (2) coconut midribs, rubber sandals (chinelas), leather belts, “lusi” (pinched especially over the inguinal area) or just sleep-inducing litany (I experienced all of that, too!).  As kids, they were not allowed too much television â€" TV viewing was only one hour a day, from six (6) to seven (7) in the evening during school days, and limited only to Newswatch, instead of Mickey Mouse and other cartoons.  Would you believe their childhood TV idols were Harry Gasser and Cathy Santillan-Veloso, newscasters of RPN-9? A constant reminder was posted in bold letters near the TV which says: “NO TELEVIEWING AFTER 7PM. TV IS ONLY GOOD FOR NEWS WATCHING. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO, READ. IF YOU’RE DONE STUDYING, SLEEP. 

This brilliant and charming lady physician met Dr. Carlito B. Astillero II, the love of her life, in medical school, while she was in her first year and he, in third year. According to her, it was his (future husband’s) close friend who courted her. This writer hadn’t a chance to ask what exactly transpired, but Carlito started courting Bambi during her third year. As she wasn’t the type to give up her pursuit for academic supremacy even under threat of macho stare, Bambi turned him down twice, but Carlito’s persistence must have smitten this beauty queen from Manga who finally opened her heart (for a one-on-one relationship) during her fourth year â€" internship â€" when she didn’t have to worry a lot about grades… Not many people know that Bambi and Carlito permanently sealed their union last April 11, 2005 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker. By the last week of November, Carlito, after his three and a half-year residency training in general surgery at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, will leave for the United States to join Bambi, now on her first-year residency training in internal medicine at the Caritas Carney Hospital-Tafts University in Boston, Massachusetts and will hopefully specialize in nephrology or cardiology in the future…and up to now, her favorite line is still â€" “there’s no pillow so soft than a clear conscience.” How true! (Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin)

FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 29, 2006
Living life like LENI
By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin   





(1) Leni and Mohd Zaheer Noor during Bollywood Night         
                            (2) Family bonding     
(3) Leni with Tasha and Nadya on their India trip   
                  




                                 5) A fun day at the beach with the Zaheers

(4) Singapore Airlines Chief Steward Zaheer Noor as the loving father           


“…Live a happy and fulfilling life surrounded by people I love… To be there for the people that I love…To continuously learn and grow from lessons and mistakes that I make along the way...”

Her family once attended the birthday celebration of my sister Ann Claire back in the mid-70s as Ma’am Alice, her mother, and Mama Wincie were co-teachers at the Bohol Provincial High School (now Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School) at that time. I saw the photograph of that occasion while I was scrambling for my old pictures last week. I also recall that she and her younger sister Haidee would willingly sing during the children’s Christmas party organized by Auntie Esper (former regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development â€" Central Visayas) and Auntie Lita E. Bruñidor (a dedicated teacher at Cogon Elementary School) for their nieces and nephews.
Born on September 10, 1968 to Ens. Gorgonio Bruñidor Ingking (Cogon, Tagbilaran City), formerly with the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard, and Alicia Brown Casiguran (Catarman and San Antonio, Samar), Leni was a very active student leader at Holy Spirit School during her elementary days where she graduated with honors. It’s no surprise that when she transferred to Bohol National High School for her secondary education, she was the Class Salutatorian and recipient of the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award and Kiwanis Community Service Award. She was also our “kengkoy” (pardon my language) but very responsible leader in the BNHS Girl Scouting movement, Student Catholic Action (SCA) and in the Supreme Student Government (SSG). In 1983 or 1984, she was crowned Miss Bohol National High School Personality, exuding not only grace, charm and poise, but eloquence, talent and intelligence, as well. Now I remember Mama Wincie kept telling me many times before “awata na si Leni kay buo-tan” which never offended me at all as Leni’s my idol. It’s interesting to have known from her mom from our telephone conversation last Friday that Leni’s great grandfather, Theodore Brown, was in the US Navy and, in fact, was one of the American Liberation Forces assigned in Leyte and Samar in the Second World War.

A consistent dean’s lister and initiator of school activities, Leni obtained her degree in Bachelor of Arts â€" Major in Psychology from the University of the Philippines â€" Cebu. In 1990, she and another remarkable Boholana, May Amparo Valles Blanco, were among the youth participants in the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP). It is a program for youth leaders, carried out by the government of Japan, with the active participation and cooperation of 10 Southeast Asian countries, based on the respective joint statements issued in January 1974 between Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei joined the program in 1985, Vietnam in 1996, Laos and Myanmar in 1998, and Cambodia in April 1999. SSEAYP aims to promote friendship and mutual understanding between the youth of Japan and Southeast Asian countries, broaden their perspective on the world, strengthen their motivation and ability in international cooperation by participating in discussions and in various exchange activities both on-board and in the countries visited. On board the ship, the youth delegates are provided learning activities such as discussions, solidarity group activities, club activities, introduction to each country, lectures, studies for safe voyage, including lifeboat drills other activities approved by Cruise Operating Committee (COC). In the countries that they visit, the youth delegates do courtesy calls, homestay, parties on board, and open ship, program on interaction with local people during a visit to facility. Other activities are arranged by the respective governments and the reception committee. Participating youths are expected to progress to leadership positions in youth activities in their own countries after this program. It was during the SSEAYP trip that Leni met the love of her life, husband Mohd Zaheer Noor, Singapore Airlines Chief Steward (the team leader of the Bohol ROPES Project which has adopted Eastern Cogon Elementary School in Cogon District as its beneficiary school. (The group is now on its second year of doing supplemental feeding and school repair projects.)
Leni is the fifth in a family of six children. Renato, the eldest, died in the early ‘90s.Vilma Ingking Uayan is working at the National Irrigation Administration - Bohol. The third, Col. Edgardo Ingking, after serving as Chief of Police of the Tagbilaran City Police Station in July 2003 up to 2004, was sent to Liberia as member of the United Nations peace-keeping forces, while the fourth, Gorgonio Jr., is a seafarer. Haidee, the youngest (also my schoolmate), working in an advertising company in Singapore, was Miss Bohol National High School Personality 1989 and runner-up in the Mutya sa Tagbilaran and Miss Bohol Sandugo beauty tilts. (Trivia: Leni, together with then Maribojoc Mayor Paula Raagas Valles, former Miss BHS and Miss Bohol title holder, crowned this writer as Miss BNHS Personality in 1986, while I passed on the crown to Haidee in 1989.)
The former student leader is now personal assistant to the managing director and information manager of Design Bridge Asia, a global branding firm. She was awarded Singapore's Administrative Professional Award 2006-2008 and will be representing Singapore in the ASA Asia Pacific Awards to be held in Bombay, India next month. She is currently on her final year of Master of Science in Knowledge Management, Nanyang Technological University. For the past 10 years, she has been conducting classes on Filipino culture and language and does volunteer work with special kids and in old folks’ homes.
According to Leni, who likes music, singing, baking, travel, and all sorts of activities that involve her two children Tasha, 10, at Primary 4 and Nadya, 7, Primary 1 at Fuchun Primary School (Singapore), she has found satisfaction, contentment and happiness in being with and learning with her daughters and family. As a student and youth leader in the past, people expected her to be a successful career woman, but at the onset of the peak her career, she decided to prioritize her kids and quit work for about five (5) years. She rejoined the workforce only when the kids were bigger and started off with a simple admin job to ensure that she has more time and energy for the kids. After all, “life is not all about work and careers, it's about the relationships that we foster and nurture; its' about making other people happy and feeling happy in the process: it's about doing small things that make this world a better place to live in.”  (Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin)























   

KATHLEEN JOY GARCIA ESCOBEDO
Bohol’s Shining Little Star

By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin

Seven years ago, as a very charming five (5) -year-old kinder pupil, she caught the audience’s fancy when she was given the “Most Outstanding Performer” award from among all the recitalists, aside from the “Best Performer for Level 1 â€" A” trophy during the 2nd Recital of Herliz Music Studio (which I emceed) at Metrocenter Hotel. At that moment, Rosemarie Balandra Nini and Phoebe Barajan Brigoli (who recently married Ezra Laurent from St. Croix, Virgin Islands and Miami, Florida), after seeing the little girl’s remarkable talent, committed to be her voice coaches for years.

Every Sunday, during the 6:00 a.m. mass at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker, she, her older brother Christian Ace Niño and sister Kristine Jessa, fulfill their weekly devotion of singing with the Youth Franciscans of the Immaculate (YFI) choir. It is such a great joy for their parents to see their children share their talents for the glory of God.

Born on December to 5, 1993 to Rubio Josol Escobedo (Calape) and Georgie Garcia Escobedo (Talibon) who have always been supportive of their children, Kathleen Joy or “Kathy,” a Grade 6 pupil of Bohol Wisdom School, is a familiar face in town. Definitely, she has had her first taste of show business and “stardom” here in Bohol

According to her Mama Georgie, she wants to collect trophies, that is why she always projects confidence in every competition she joins. In the pre-fiesta entertainment treat “Sambunot sa Awit”- Bulilit Category Vocal Singing Contest in Tubigon, Bohol (May 12, 2005), she was the grand champion. Believing in the importance of honing their children’s potentials, Kathy’s parents enrolled her in the speech class of the Fil-Canadian Training and Development Center Summer Enhancement 2005 where she got the first place in the declamation contest at BQ Atrium Entertainment Center (May 21, 2005). Another victory was in the way. In September 2005, her powerful voice and impressive performance won for her the championship trophy of the “Quest for the Voice” â€" Kids Category Vocal Singing Contest held at the Island City Mall Activity Center. Towards the end of 2005, she competed in the “Tuklas Talino â€" PLDT Search for Singing Idol” -Kids Category conducted at RCBC Plaza in Makati, Metro Manila on December 3, 2005 and came home as grand champion.

When ABS-CBN Channel 3 of Cebu launched the “Little Big Star” singing tilt hosted by Sheryn Regis of the “Star in A Million” fame, she tried her luck in the competition and was seen all over Visayas and Mindanao as regional winner â€" Star for the month of February 2006, an honor which ushered her to the national finals of “Little Big Star” Contest of ABS-CBN TV Channel 2 in Manila (which enjoy viewership all over the country and around the world through “The Filipino Channel” (TFC) in May 2006 hosted by Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo. Let’s just say the tides were against her that she was not blessed with the victory she aspired for at that time, but she certainly learned valuable lessons out of that experience.

The previous school years had been equally colorful and productive for Kathy as consistently garnering the first honors in both English and Chinese from Kinder until Grade 5, first place in the vocal solo contest sponsored by the IAC â€" Talent Search Unlimited in July 2001, August 2002 and August 2003, “Most Participative” during the GMRC Week in October 2003, November 2004 and October 2005, First Achiever in Religious Education in the first grading period of 2003 to 2004, first grading period of 2004 to 2005, second grading period of 2004 to 2005, and third grading period of 2005 to 2006, respectively. Her participation in the Search for Miss Intramurals in September 2005 earned for her the second runner-up trophy.

Indeed, this school year 2006-2007 has been very fruitful for her. Her leadership qualities have given her the position of president of the Student Coordinating Body, vice-governor of the Sports Club, mayor of Grade 6 Yakal, press relations officer of both Math and Homemakers Clubs, and member of the English Club in her school. Last August, she was first place winner of the declamation contest during the Filipino Week, also awarded as “Most Responsible” during the Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) Week and was first honor in the first grading period of the Grade 6 Class.

At 12 years old, she has many great things going for her, especially that she has been chosen to play the character of young “Salud,” the lead role in the Cebuanovela “MILYONARYONG MINI,” under ABS-CBN TV Channel 3 Cebu Production Management and Alba Productions aired every Monday to Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Channel 3 and Channel 10 for cable subscribers. What is so interesting about this girl, said her Papa Rubio, is that she manages to budget her time for guesting commitments here and in Cebu, religious involvements, school activities and quality time with her family.

Among her recent public exposures were the “Milyonaryong Mini” mall shows at SM-Cebu Entertainment Center, guest performances in the “Little Big Star - Cebu” Season 3 grand finals and TV guesting at “Jud Morning!” of ABS-CBN Cebu. In spite of her many commitments, Kathy’s life with her family at St. Joseph Village in Dampas District still remains “simple.”  She still listens to the music, sings along with her Papa (who makes it a point to guide her in vocalizing), reads books, plays computer games just like other children her age, even if she has to dabble on assignments and reviews for mastery tests.

Kathy is every parent’s wish, the kind of daughter every father and mother would love to have - sweet, good-natured, responsible, intelligent, beautiful and talented (and with star quality)…Bohol’s shining little star still has more to prove to herself, but with the talent, discipline and positive outlook in life that she has, for sure, her star will continue to shine in the future. (FAEAGABIN)

PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS


Erico B. Aumentado               Governor   (+6338) 411-3300; 235-5067 501-9072; 411-4821F
Julius Caesar F. Herrera          Vice Governor   (+6338) 411-5669; 411-3496; 235-3598; 501-9800
Representatives
Edgar M. Chatto               1st District Congressman   (+6338) 411-3123
Roberto Cajes                2nd District Congressman   (+6338) 411-2517; 515-0242
Eladio M. Jala               3rd District Congressman   (+6338) 411-5279; 411-2514; 500-1090

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Members
Jose E. Veloso               1st District Board Member   (+6338) 235-3472; 501-9917
Felix R. Uy                                    1st District Board Member   (+6338) 411-5862; 501-9081
Eufrasio M. Mascarinas            1st District Board Member   (+6338) 411-4930; 501-9901
Amalia R. Tirol               2nd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-3442
Ma. Fe Camacho-Lejos            2nd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-5881; 501-5556
+Felix Garcia               2nd District Board Member   
Concepcion O. Lim               3rd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-4892
Ester Corazon J. Galbreath      3rd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-4771; 501-9401
Dionisio D. Balite               3rd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-5747; 501-9102
Godofreda O. Tirol               3rd District Board Member   (+6338) 411-4874
Cariso R. Camacho               ABC President   (+6338) 411-5706
Brigido Z. Imboy               PCL President   (+6338) 411-3201
Francis Bobbith R. Cajes-Auza   SK President   (+6338) 411-5914

Chiefs of Provincial Offices
Atty. Tomas D. Abapo, Jr.   Acting Provincial Administrator   (+6338) 411-4729; 501-9872
Romeo S. Teruel                        Chief of Staff   (+6338) 411-3560
Felix Mejorada                        Administrative Officer IV   (+6338) 411-3063; 501-9872
Primitiva Ontong                        Executive Assistant on Fiscal Management   (+6338) 411-3560; 411-4729
Joseth J. Celocia                         Provincial Accountant   (+6338) 411-3444; 501-9735   Audit Div. - 411-5861
Eustaquio A. Socorin                        OIC Provincial Treasurer   (+6338) 411-5869; 501-9757 Teller - 411-3443
Valeria M. Orig                        Provincial Budget Officer   (+6338) 411-3712; 501-9122
Edgardo Orig                        OIC Provincial Assessor   (+6338) 411-2029; 501-9925
Atty. Juanito G. Cambangay   Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator   (+6338) 411-4405                Admin Div- 411-4406; 411-2088
Atty. Handel A. Lagunay   OIC              Provincial Attorney   (+6338) 411-3856; 501-9492
Ildefonso Maslog   OIC              Human Resource Mngt. & Dev't. Officer   (+6338) 411-2022; 235-3549; 501-9211
Engr. Rosalinda Yu                        Provincial General Services Officer Administrative DivisionProcurement Division   
                                                               Cultural Center   (+6338) 411-4820; 411-3441; 501-9908(+6338) 411-3030; 235-5597
                                                                (+6338) 411-3927  (+6338) 411-3892
Engr. Edwin T. Vallejos                        Provincial Engineer   (+6338) 411-2092; 235-3925; 411-2093; Lab - 235-3918
Engr. Abraham D. Clarin   Chief, Provincial Motorpool   (+6338) 411-3299
Constancia S. Tunacao   Provincial Social & Welfare Development Officer   (+6338) 411-3080; 501-8014
Dr. Reymoses A. Cabagnot   OIC Provincial Health Officer   (+6338) 411-4812; 411-2225; 235-4916; 501-7535
Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz                        Provincial Veterinarian   (+6338) 411-2378; 500-1391
Nunila M. Pinat   OIC              Provincial Agriculturist   (+6338) 411-5892; 411-3328; 500-1368                                        ATI - (+6338) 500-1280
Ret. Col. Jacinto Piquero OIC           Bohol Detention & Rehabilitation Center (BDRC)   (+6338) 500-0599
Rita Requeron   OIC              Philippine National Red Cross   (+6338) 501-9175

Satellite Offices under the Office of the Governor
Antonieto Pernia                        Prov'l Gov't Media Affairs   (+6338) 411-5933; 501-9872
Judith Sumatra   Acting Head           Bohol Center for Dev't. Studies   (+6338) 501-9294 TF
Joseph Lemuel Camacho    Head  SEF Office   (+6338) 501-9097
Generoso A. Balan   Head                 Brgy. Affairs Office   (+6338) 501-9644; 501-9294 TF;
Severino Caberte      Head                 Provincial Cooperative Development Council (PCDC)   (+6338) 501-9097
Romulo Tagaan        Head                 Bohol Employment & Placement Office (BEPO)   (+6338) 411-3544; 501-9847 TF
Renato Villaber          Head                Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO)   (+6338) 235-5524; 235-5525; 501-9912
Baby Balio   Head                                 Bohol Tourism O ffice   (+6338) 411-3666; 501-9186
Fancy Baluyot             Head                Bohol Health & Social Services Office   (+6338) 411-2486; 501-9196
Enriquita Butalid         OIC                  Center for Cultural & Arts Dev't. Office (CCAD)    (+6338) 501-9287
Dulce Glovasa        In-Charge           Governor's Mansion   (+6338) 411-3573
Ma. Fe Dominise     Acting Head      Bohol Investment Promotions Center (BIPC)    (+6338) 501-8676; 235-6039
Engr. Mario Batoy      Head                Bohol Law Enforcement Communication System (BLECS)   (+6338) 411-3369
Antonieto I. Pernia      OIC                  Bohol Poverty Reduction & Monitoring Office (BPRMO/PAMO)   (+6338) 501-8062, 411-2143

Legislative Branch
Bonifacio M. Quirog                         Provincial Secretary   (+6338) 411-3045; 411-5316
Bonifacia G. Cloma                         Provincial Librarian   (+6338) 411-2642

Regional Trial Courts
Hon. Teofilo D. Baluma                         Presiding Judge, Branch 1   (+6338) 411-2207
Hon. Baudillo K. Dosdos    Presiding Judge, Branch 2   (+6338) 411-3157
Hon. Venancio Amila                         Presiding Judge, Branch 3   (+6338) 411-3390
Hon. Achilles L. Melicor                         Presiding Judge, Branch 4   (+6338) 411-2286
                                              Branch 47   (+6338) 411-4851
Hon. Pablo P. Magdoza                         Presiding Judge, Branch 48   (+6338) 411-4548
Hon. Fernando Fuentes II   Presiding Judge, Branch 49   (+6338) 411-3049
Hon. Dionisio R. Calibo, Jr.   Presiding Judge, Branch 50 Loay, Bohol   (+6338) 538-9180
Hon. Patsita S. Gamutan   Presiding Judge, Branch 51 Carmen, Bohol   (+6338) 525-9199
Hon. Irma Zita V. Masamayor   Presiding Judge, Branch 52 Talibon, Bohol   (+6338) 515-0201
Hon. Sisinio Virtudazo                        Presiding Judge, MTCC Branch 1   
Hon. Emma G. Eronico-Supremo   Presiding Judge, MTCC Branch 2   
Hon. Leo M. Lison                         Presiding Judge, MTCC Dauis/Panglao, Bohol   
Hon.Manuel A. De Castro   Presiding Judge, MTCC Jagna/G-Hernandez, Bohol   
Hon. Avelino Puracan                        Presiding Judge, MTCC Trinidad/San Miguel/ Dagohoy, Bohol   
Hon. Antonio O. Uy                        Presiding Judge, MTCC Loboc/Dimiao, Bohol   
Hon. Salud C. Migriño                        Presiding Judge, MTCC Balilihan/Sikatuna/Corella, Bohol   
Hon. Lolita Del Mundo Gaviola   Presiding Judge, MTCC Ubay/Pres. Garcia/Bien Unido, Bohol   
Hon. James Stewart Ramon E. Himalaloan   Presiding Judge Mun. Trial Court (MTC) Loon, Bohol   

City / Municipal Mayors
Hon. Efren D. Tungolh                        Alburquerque  Office: (+6338) 539-9080; 539-9204 Police Station: (+6338) 539-9149; 539-9999
Hon. Bienvenido C. Molina Jr.   Alicia   Office: (+6338) 521-2070
Hon. Paulino T. Amper   Anda   Office: (+6338) 528-2009
Hon. Samuel O. Rebosura   Antequera   Office: (+6338) 506-5007                  Police Station: (+6338) 506-5054
Hon. Benecio R. Uy                        Baclayon   Office: (+6338) 540-9280
Hon. Dominisio L. Chatto   Balilihan   Office: (+6338) 411-2338 loc. 105; 507-3106
Hon. Sixto T. Dano, Jr.                        Batuan   Office: (+6338) 533-9000 TF          Info No: (+6338) 533-9101
Hon. Marianita L. Garcia   Bien Unido   Office: (+6338) 517-2145; 517-2146; 517-2288
Hon. Fanuel O. Cadelina   Bilar   Office: (+6338) 535-9144 TF         Info No: (+6338) 535-9076-77
Hon. Elsa G. Tirol                        Buenavista   Office: (+6338) 513-9175; 513-9085
Hon. Ernest C. Herrera II   Calape   Office: (+6338) 507-9085                   Fax No: (+6338) 507-9180
Hon. Sergio Amora Jr.                        Candijay   Office: (+6338) 526-0121
Hon. Pedro E. Budiongan Jr.   Carmen   Office: (+6338) 525-9000 TFFax No: (+6338) 525-9059
Hon. Roberto Salinas                         Catigbian   Office: (+6338) 411-2338 loc 102
Hon. Hermogenes L. Diezon    Clarin   Office: (+6338) 509-9179Fax No: (+6338) 509-9178
Hon. Vito B. Rapal                         Corella   Office: (+6338) 411-3865; 411-2979
Hon. Apolinaria Balistoy    Cortes   Office: (+6338) 503-9201Police Station: (+6338) 503-9200
Hon. Sofronio C. Apat Jr.    Dagohoy   Office: (+6338) 524-0036
Hon. Louis Thomas R. Gonzaga    Danao   PCO-PLDT
Hon. Luciano Bongalos    Dauis   Office: (+6338) 411-4745                 Info No: (+6338) 411-4077 TF
Hon. Alejandrino R. Adame    Dimiao   Office: (+6338) 536-1031 TF
Hon. Manuel C. Tan                         Duero    Office: (+6338) 530-1002 TF
Hon. Myrna N. Schreurs   Garcia-Hernandez   Office: (+6338) 532-5034; 532-5035 TF
Hon. Theresa M. Camacho   Getafe   Office: (+6338) 514-9006
Hon. Oriculo A. Granada   Guindulman   Office: (+6338) 529-1181 TF
Hon. Josephine Socorro C. Jumamoy   Inabanga   Office: (+6338) 512-9088 TF; 512-9208; 512-9890                       
                                                                       Fax No: (+6338) 512-9900
Hon. Exuperio C. Lloren   Jagna   Office: (+6338) 238-2256Fax No: (+6338) 238-2845
Hon. Telesforo L. Balagosa   Lila   Office: (+6338) 536-5012; 536-5188
Hon. Leonides P. Tiongco   Loay   Office: (+6338) 538-9080; 538-9082
Hon. Leon A. Calipusan   Loboc   Office: (+6338)537-9090; 537-9488 TF
Hon. Cesar Tomas M. Lopez   Loon   Office: (+6338) 505-9131               Fax No: (6338) 505-9132
Hon. Stephen A. Rances   Mabini   Office: (+6338) 522-3069 TF
Hon. Gabino C. Redulla   Maribojoc   Office: (+6338) 504-9979
Hon. Doloreich Dumaluan   Panglao   Office: (+6338) 502-8080 TF; 502-8300; 502-8200
Hon. Wilson L. Pajo   Pilar   Office: (+6338) 523-2026; 523-2004
Hon. Fernando P. Boyboy   Pres. Garcia   Office : (+6338) 519-2010
Hon. Jimmy L. Torrefranca   Sagbayan   Office: (+6338) 511-9028 TF
Hon. Requillo S. Samuya   San Isidro   Office: +639128905972; +639205641035
Hon. Silvino C. Evangelista   San Miguel   Office: (+6338) 520-3016 TF
Hon. Ceferino C. Digal                        Sevilla   Office: +639185480862; +639154378823
Hon. Simplicio C. Maestrado Jr.   Sierra Bullones   Office: (+6338) 527-1001; 527-1078 Telefax No: (+6338) 527-1079
Hon. Tranquilina T. Maniwang   Sikatuna   Office: (+6338) 541-0020
Hon. Dan Neri Lim                         Tagbilaran City   Office: (+6338) 411-3715; 411-3720; 411-4745; 411-2096; 411-        3130;                                                       501-9350             Fax No: (+6338) 235-3478Fire Station: (+6338) 235-3991; 235-4941
Hon. Juanario A. Item                         Talibon   Office: (+6338) 515-0051
Hon. Osias A. Flor                         Trinidad   Office: (+6338) 516-1023 TF; 516-1057
Hon. Paulo M. Lasco                         Tubigon   Office: (+6338) 508-8222
Hon. Eutiquio Bernales   Ubay    Office: (+6338) 518-0064               Fax No: (+6338) 331-1048
Hon. Henrietta Lim-Gan    Valencia   Office: (+6338) 532-0163

National Offices
Col. Arthur I. Tabaquero   302nd Infantry Brigade   (+6338) 501-7035
Lt. Col. Emmanuel Felino Ramos   46IB Bilar   
Lt. Col. Donato Cirilo Thomas   15IB Riverside   CO (+6338) 526-5530              Admin (+6338) 526-0450
Lt. Col. Noel Buan                         1SRBN Carmen   
Engr. Eugene Cahiles                          Agricultural Promotions Center (APC)   (+6338) 411-2436, 411-4136, 501-7538
Carolyn May O. Daquio                          Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)   (+6338) 411-3156; Fax 500-1280
Justo Cabahug                         Air Transportation Office (ATO)   (+6338)411-3320
Engr. Nilo Fortich                         Area Equipment Engineering    
Maj. Prospero Salas                         BCDC 7 RCDU ARC    (+6338)235-6174; 500-1873
Hermes P. Angoy                         Boy Scouts of the Philippines   (+6338)411-3392
                                              Bureau of Animal Industry   (+6338)411-2378
F/CInsp. Nonilo P. Acero    Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)   (+6338)411-3586, hotline 160
Allan Poquita                         Bureau of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (+6338)500-0849, 411-4714, 235-4833
Wilma T. Elivera                          Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)   (+6338)411-2012, 411-3940, 411-5919
J/SInsp. Fortunator Cadungog    Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)   (+6338)411-3525
Gavino L. Paden                         Bureau of Land Transportation   (+6338)501-7007
Nelson Chua                         Bureau of Telecommunications    (+6338)411-3866, 411-3879
Victoria C. Lerias                         Bureau of Treasury    (+6338)411-3662
Dir. Nissi Cherith V. Asis   Civil Service Commission (CSC) Field Office    (+6338)411-3979
Atty. Rogelio T. Puagang    Clerk of Court - Multiple Salas    (+6338)411-3271
Atty. Charlita R. Leopoldo   Commission on Audit (COA)   (+6338)411-3055, 235-5055, 501-7754
Atty. Veronico Petalcorin   Commission on Elections   (+6338)411-3173
Mario Limbaga                        Cooperative Development Authority   (+6338)411-4629
Juan L. Miranda                        DA - Bohol Experimental Station    
Cresencio Pahamutang    DA - Calape Fishery Complex, Bentig, Calape   
Ma. Paz Loquellano                        DA - Clarin Freshwater Farm, Caluasan, Clarin   
                                             DA - Gabi Ubay   (+6338)518-0270
Caro Salces                         DA - Philippine Carabao Center   
Leo Bongalos                        DA - Ubay Brackish Fishfarm   
Joel A. Elumba                         DA - Ubay Stock Farm    (+6338)518-0298
Moreno Tagra                        DENR - CENRO Tagbilaran   (+6338)411-2357, 411-2278, 235-4597
Alipio A. Llorente                         DENR - CENRO Talibon    
Eduardo Inting                        DENR - PENRO    (+6338)411-3764, 411-2278, 235-5009
Atty. Johnson A. Sinco                        Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)(+6338)411-2816, 411-3155, 235-3560, 235-4738,
                                                                235-4243
                                              Department of Budget Management (DBM)   (+6338)411-3521, 501-9833
                                              Department of Justice (DOJ)   (+6338)411-3403
Mr. Wilson C. Cenas                          Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)   (+6338)411-3546; 501-8017
Engr. Marcial M. Tanggaan    Department of Science and Technology (DOST)   (+6338)411-3620; 501-7070
Dr. Cerina C. Bolos, Ph.D.     Department of Education (DepEd) Division of BoholDepEd - City DepEd - BilarDepEd - CarmenDepEd - Loay                        DepEd - Inabanga DepEd - Maribojoc DepEd - Trinidad DepEd - Tubigon    (+6338)411-                                                                4928, 411-4939, 411-2544, 411-2720, 501-7550(+6338)235-6239(+6338)535-9139
                                      (+6338)525-9002 (+6338)538-9888(+6338)512-9127(+6338)504-9154(+6338)516-1060(+6338)508-8150
Rustica Mascariñas                         Department of the Interior & Local Government (DILG)   (+6338)411-2096
Dr. Portia Reyes                         Department of Health (DOH)   (+6338)411-2225
Engr. Celestino Adlaon                         Department of Public Works & Highways - DPWH Tagbilaran (District I)    (+6338)411-2448, 411-2898, 411-3136, 411-3148, 235-3929
Engr. Ramie Doroy                         DPWH Ubay (District II)   (+6338)518-0023
Engr. Aramis Torrefranca    DPWH Guindulman (District III)   (+6338)529-1013
Rosemarie Salazar                          Department of Social Welfare & Dev't. (DSWD)   (+6338)411-3080, 411-4991
Maria Elena Arbon                          Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)   (+6338)411-3302, 411-3533, 411-3236
Marina Salamanca                          FIDA, San Jose St., Tagb.   
Victoria Bade                          Girls Scouts of the Philippines (GSP)   (+6338)411-2488
Douglas Arturo Marigomen     Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)   (+6338)235-5204 to 08
Felix Garan                                                Home Mutual Development Fund - Pag-ibig Office   (+6338)411-5977
Leonila G. Bandico                           Maritime Industry Authority Field Office    09189112575
P/Supt. Jose C. Cosio Jr.      Maritime Police   
Sisinio Amplayo                           National Commission on Indigenous People   
Nestor Rey Alcoseba                           National Food Authority (NFA)   (+6338)411-2371, 411-2613, 411-3366, 235-4025, 235-4968
Engr. Calixto M. Seroje                            National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Tagb.   (+6338)411-3372
Engr. Olympio Galagala, Jr.      NIA Bohol Irrigation System (Pilar)   (+6338)523-2060
Engr. Modisto M. Membreve      NIA BHIP II (Ubay)   (+6338)518-0458, 518-0233, 518-0238 TF, 518-0260, 518-0128
Engr. Wilfred B. Sinay                            National Power Corporation (Napocor)   (+6338)411-3321, 411-3951, 411-3322,
                                                                       411-4924, 500-0995, 235-4682, 235-4680, 235-4681, 235-3973, 235-3974
Jessamyn Anne C. Alcazaren      National Statistics Office (NSO) Provl. Census Office    (+6338)411-4069, 235-3317
Engr. Dennis Rocamora      National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)   (+6338)501-8070
Engr. Ver Neil Balaba                           Office of Civil Defense (OCD)   (+6338)501-7197
Emmanuel Oronan                            PAGASA   (+6338)411-3461
Juanito P. Salamanca                           Philippine Coconut Authority -PCDM    (+6338)235-3065
Capt. Rommel Olarte                           Philippine Coast Guard   (+6338)235-3300
Yvette Bede A. Matabalan       Philippine Information Agency (PIA)   (+6338)411-2292, 235-5852
Sr. Supt. Arturo M. Evangelista      Philippine National Police (PNP) Provincial Command    (+6338)411-5911, 411-2210, 411-4343
Rita Requeron                           Philippine National Red Cross   (+6338)411-2486
Engr. Raul Oblenda                           Philippine Ports Authority   (+6338)411-2519, 411-2686, 235-4254
Bernardo Magare                            Philippine Postal Corporation    (+6338)411-3002, 411-2631
                                                Philippine Sinter Corporation   (+6338)411-4909
Engr. Jose Mari O. Salgado     Philippine Tourism Authority    (+6338)411-2192; Tourism Assistance Center 411-4559
Engr. Eusil Talisic                           PhilVocs   (+6338)411-4046
                                                Parole and Probation Office   (+6338)411-4187, 411-2302
Toribio Quiwag                           Provincial Prosecutor's Office   (+6338)411-3150
Atty. Perpetou Magallano     Public Attorney's Office   (+6338)500-1053
Atty. Carmelo Echica                          Register of Deeds   (+6338)411-2128
Dr. Gideon Robillos                          Social Security System (SSS)   (+6338)411-3934, 411-5477, 411-3093, 235-5049
Buenafe Sta. Rita  Engr. Winefredo B. Salas   Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Tagb             Jagna   (+6338)501-9761  (+6338)531-0018

26 APRIL 2007



WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TV COMMERCIAL OF BIOLINK VCO (VIRGIN COCONUT OIL) SHAMPOO OF SPLASH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE MOVIE "SIQUIJOR" STARRING ASSUNTA DE ROSSI WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHOWN LAST YEAR YET IN PHILIPPINE THEATERS.

WHAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THE LABEL OR CAPTION AT THE LOWER LEFT PORTION OF THE SCREEN WHICH SAYS 'TIGBAOAN, SIQUIJOR.' IT IS AN ERRONEOUS INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE IS NO TOWN (MUNICIPALITY) IN SIQUIJOR PROVINCE NAMED 'TIGBAOAN.' I SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE SINCE (MAY) 1977 UP TO (MAY) 1987, I'D SPENT MY SUMMERS THERE AT PAPA TONY (MY MAMA WINCIE'S BROTHER) AND AUNTIE FLOR (FLORES) ESPEJO'S HOUSE IN TIGBAWAN, LAZI, SIQUIJOR. OCCASIONALLY, IN THE PRESENT TIME, THAT I AM AN ADOPTED SIQUIJODNON - BEING MARRIED TO ENGR. JEROME JOHN JUMAWAN GABIN FROM SIQUIJOR, SIQUIJOR - WE - JEROME, CIELO (OUR DAUGHTER) AND I, WOULD GO THERE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MAY 14 FEAST IN HONOR OF SAINT ISIDORE (SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR).

I WISH THE PRODUCERS OF THAT COMMERCIAL COULD HAVE BEEN SENSITIVE ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF THE SIQUIJODNONS OR COULD HAVE DONE RESEARCH AS TO THE EXACT NAME OF THE PLACE, IF THEY INTENDED TO USE THAT FOR INFOMERCIAL, BUT IT WAS IN BAD TASTE THAT SPLASH COMPANY IS GIVING UNFAIR TREATMENT AND/OR MISLEADING EXPOSURE TO THE SIQUIJODNONS BY INDIRECTLY LABELLING THEM AS 'MAMAMARANG' OR 'MAMALAKTOL' AS SHOWN IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE WOMAN IN TRANCE HELD BY 'SEEMINGLY' MEMBERS OF THE CULT.

IN FAIRNESS, THE SIQUIJODNONS ARE VERY LOVING, CARING, KIND, HOSPITABLE, HELPFUL, RESPECTFUL PEOPLE, AND MOST OF ALL, RELIGIOUS. THEY HAVE THE SAME TRAITS AS THE BOHOLANOS, PROBABLY BECAUSE, AS RECORDED IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY, SIQUIJOR WAS A PART OF BOHOL: "Historically, Siquijor was part of Bohol politically from 1854 to 1891, which probably explains the similarities between the Siquijodnons and Boholanos, particularly, Panglaoanons, where characteristics or attitudes, cultural practices, religiosity and even belief in superstitions are concerned. In 1901, Siquijor became a sub-province of Negros Oriental (now Oriental Negros). On September 17, 1971, by virtue of Republic Act No. 6398, Siquijor became an independent province and in the year that followed, the provincial capital was transferred from Larena to Siquijor, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1075."

HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE BOHOLANO CONNECTIONS IN SIQUIJOR: FORMER GOV. PEDY ARCAMO (LAZI, SIQUIJOR) AND LAUREEN BONGOYAN MALOLOT (LARENA), PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE (PROSIELCO), TRACE THEIR ROOTS IN PANGLAO, WHILE THE ESTALLO (DAUIS) AND BONILLA (LOON) FAMILIES WHO EXCEL IN BUSINESS IN THE AREA, HAVE BOHOLANO BLOOD.

I WISH THAT THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF SIQUIJOR, PARTICULARLY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF LAZI, SIQUIJOR, WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY. 

... In spite of the tales of "lumay,"  "barang," "paktol," and other forms of witchcraft, I WOULD SAY THAT SIQUIJOR IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE.



FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO ARAOARAO - GABIN

FEATURE WRITING
City Schools Division Press Conference
Resource Speaker:   Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin
City Information Officer



WHAT IS A FEATURE ARTICLE?

Ø a creative, sometimes subjective article designed primarily to entertain and to inform readers of an event, a situation, or an aspect of life
Ø often not perishable
Ø has no established limits of length
Ø allows for descriptive and stylish techniques
Ø gives the writer the opportunity to express himself
Ø uses emotions, imagination, ability to describe people and events, words, ideas and impressions



FEATURE VERSUS OTHER LITERARY FORMS

Feature                     Short Story
> factual                     > fictional
> informs
> entertains                  

Editorial/Columns
> often judges                     > persuades
> illuminates                     > advocates



ELEMENTS OF FEATURE ARTICLES

Ø Creativity â€" allows a reporter to create/ conjure a story virtually at will
Ø Subjectivity â€" when a writer injects his own thoughts and emotions
Ø Informativeness â€" a constructive information of an aspect of life or situation that may escape coverage in hard news stories
Ø Entertainment â€" “color story” aimed at capturing the mood of an event
Ø Unperishability â€" value will not diminish with time; suffers rarely from deadline pressure



ACCURACY: THE MARK OF PROFESSIONALISM

Getting the correct information:
Ø When you interview someone, ask his name, address, and telephone number.
Ø Never assume you know something.
Ø If your subject is unfamiliar to you, or someone on which you have no background, check with one or several experts before you write the first word.
Ø When using statistical data, the reporter should double-check the figures.



SPELLING AND CORRECT USAGE

Correct Spelling: Not just an academic exercise designed to bedevil students, but a must for survival in this competitive world of journalism.

Correct Usage of Words: The writer must have a feel for words so he can use the appropriate word to convey his intended meaning.



GENERATING FEATURE IDEAS

Before one starts looking for ideas for a feature article, one should consider the audience or target readers of a particular publication.

Sources of ideas:
Ø Ideas from the school campus - myriads of activities
Ø Ideas from the business or trade journals - advertisements or information about firms or establishments engaged in trailblazing, innovative or creative business ventures
Ø Ideas from reading - writer must see more than the facts; he must see their implications. He must read and analyze magazines to get the feel of what editors want
Ø Ideas from observation - an truly observant writer looks into his own experiences and surroundings with a clear eye of a newcomer; he must learn to love the world around him and cultivate the spirit of adventurism
Ø Ideas from experience - experiences need not be unusual. Common experiences that are properly packaged by a deft writer often provide article ideas with which many readers can identify
Ø Ideas from the internet - information is made available right at one’s fingertips, thus reducing the world we live into a virtual global village
Ø Ideas from the publicists - public relations people will suggest story topics that are not self-serving
Ø Ideas from editors - in a growing publishing firm, a writer may get ideas from the editor which can guarantee publication of the article



FINDING THE FACTS

1) Interview or primary research   

Ø Prepare for an interview - always learn as much as possible about your subject
before the appointment
Ø Encourage response - to inspire interest, so the interviewee will explore the depths of his point of view
Ø End the interview appropriately - do not close the doors permanently between you and the interviewee

2) Library or secondary research - many writers build extensive files of newspapers and magazine clippings for reference

3) Observation - the writer is drawn to the story by participating in an actual event or watching others take part in it

4) Legwork -  refers to interviewing, to observing, to almost any kind of research that takes the writer away from his desk

5) Correspondence â€" articles may be researched through correspondence â€" electronic mail (e-mail) or the so-called “snail mail”



WRITING THE FEATURE ARTICLE

The Feature Pyramid











ORGANIZING THE MATERIAL

Ø   Level 1 â€" involves nothing more than reading the research material
Ø   Level 2 â€" arranging notes and materials to be used
Ø   Level 3 â€" outlining the article which makes use of anecdotes, statistics, incidents and descriptions
Ø   Level 4 â€" quantum jump or “perspirational system of writing”


DETERMINING THE THEME

Ø   A writer must read and organize his material in some way before beginning to write
Ø   One should write a title or at least a thematic sentence

Without a theme, the writer has no guide to tell him what to ignore and what to highlight.


OVERCOMING THE WRITER’S BLOCK
   
It will help a lot to deviate your energy and attention elsewhere, if your creativity is simply not working.


BASIC CONSIDERATIONS

1)   Mechanics of writing
2)   Writer’s idiosyncracies
3)   Forms of features â€" there is no “proper form” of the feature article
4)   Style and content â€" the general style favored consists of original phrases made up of familiar words

Ø   How long are the articles?
Ø   What subjects are covered?
Ø   Do the editors favor stylistic devices?
Ø   Do the editors seem to like for writers to do on-the-scene or atmospheric research?
Ø   What are the publication’s editorial policies?
Ø   Who are the readers or target audience?


LEADS IN FEATURE WRITING

1) Narrative lead â€" draws the reader into the story by allowing him to identify the person in the
midst of the action
2) Summary lead â€" gives the gist of the story and lets the reader decide if he is interested
enough to read the rest of the story
3) Descriptive lead â€" conjures mental pictures of the subject for the reader
4) Quotation lead â€" a profound quote by a well-known personality gives insights
5) Question lead â€" succeeds in challenging the reader’s knowledge or curiosity
6) Direct address lead â€" implies that there is something in the story that concerns the reader
7) Combination lead â€" combination of two or more leads, using the best elements of each. Quotation lead could be combined with descriptive of narrative leads 



ENDING OF FEATURES

1) Summary ending â€" ties up the loose ends of the story and points back to the lead
2) Climax ending â€" writer stops at the point where the outcome is clear, rather than continuing in literary form up to the end
3) Un-ending ending â€" ends by emphasizing a key, unanswered question, ending the story just before the climax to leave his readers speculating on the ultimate conclusion
4) Stinger ending â€" a startling, surprising ending that jolts the reader, using the body of the story to set up the reader the unexpected conclusions


EFFECTIVE TOOLS
Ø Quotations â€" add voice that never fails to perk up the reader
Ø Anecdotes â€" illustrate or point out to examples, support generalizations, show or reveal
Ø Description â€" captures prevailing features of a person under focus
Ø Evidences and other related materials â€" enhance the body of the article


NEED FOR REVISION

Revision is part of writing. It allows a writer to spot a grammatical error, an unfair adjective or libelous word.
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HOW TO PREPARE AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Compiled by: Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao â€" Gabin, City Information Officer, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines


(DON’T LET THEM ROAST THE HOST) - Karen Robertson
·   Be prepared â€" Don’t even think about “winging it.” People attending this affair expect to be entertained. And even if they don’t know what to expect, no one wants to be bored. The program requires planning and coordination, so start early to gather information, choose speakers and develop a theme.
·   Choose good speakers â€" You’ll undoubtedly be approached by volunteers who value their stories of the past and insist on sharing them. You can only hope they are great storytellers. By sticking to a limited number of speakers, you’ll have a way out by saying, “We’d love to hear you speak, but the program is already full.” Then there are those who should be asked to speak as a matter of protocol. They may not have anything interesting to say, but their position warrants the invitation. By talking to all presenters ahead of time, you’ll get a general idea of what each presenter plans to do and you can hope to ward off embarrassing comments at showtime. Find out who will present gifts, recite poetry, tell jokes or share a story. Encourage all presenters to write out what they have to say and practise their delivery.   
·   Set time limits â€" Give each speaker a time limit and make sure they understand the need to stay on schedule. Never trust a presenter’s “good judgment” â€" encourage them to time their speech to make sure it fits the limit. Explain the timing signals and reach an agreement on how to warn speakers when their time is almost up. Flashing colored lights obviously is too conspicuous. A popular method is for the emcee to walk toward the front of the room in a few minutes before the speaker needs to wrap up. This looks professional and shows the audience that you are in control and everything is carefully planned. A more drastic alternative is to walk toward the podium, wait for a good ending and then quickly start the applause. This is tricky and must be done without embarrassing the speaker or making it look like he or she was cut off. However, this won’t be necessary if the ground rules are clear from the start.
·   Check your bag of tricks â€" As host for evening, you are the mortar that will hold the show together. Even if every speaker lacks pizzazz, the burden is on you to make the show enjoyable. Consider using as much program variety as possible. Use props, slides or video equipment; music or other sound effects; and add sparkle to your comments by incorporating quotes, poetry and humor. Make sure any presentation of plaques, gifts or awards is done efficiently. Collect every possible scrap of information about the honoree and look for unique ways of presenting the information. Remember, you can always eliminate extra material, but be armed with a bag full of tricks, just in case you’ll need them.
·   Allow the audience to participate â€" Plan an activity that includes the audience â€" it may be as simple as asking people to stand and be recognized according to the location from which they traveled or how many years they’ve known the honoree. Depending on the nature of the program, there may be cheering or chanting and the audience may even be asked to create other sound effects for added excitement.
·   Use notecards to plan your program â€" Write every story, joke, activity and idea on the individual file cards. As the planning progresses, these cards will become fillers, transitions and energizers. Spread out the fun; take everything you have and put it together so that there is variety and energy throughout the program. If you fear a few less-than-thrilling program events, compensate by making other activities stand out. Don’t include yourself on the program as speaker, but rather put all your material to use in energizing, making transitions and cementing the other parts together.
·   Schedule time for the unexpected â€" If slides will be shown, if there will be discussion, singing or a question-and-answer segment, make sure to allow enough time and stick to that schedule. You don’t want a great program cut short by activities running overtime.
·   Listen for appropriate transitions â€" As the program progresses, listen carefully to each speaker for cues that will help you with smooth transitions. Use something the previous speaker said or did to segue into the next portion, if possible.
·   Give them all you’ve got â€" Take the stage with gusto and flair.  Treat the event as if it were the grandest of occasions, regardless of the event’s importance or the number of people in attendance. Never apologize or show concern that the audience is small. Let them know you have prepared a great show just for them.
·   Be generous with praise â€" Lavish your appreciation on each presenter and the audience. Be animated in leading the clapping for each speaker, so that there are no “dead” spots. Give brief, lively introductions to encourage the upcoming speaker to keep up the pace.
·   Dress up â€" If no request was made for formal attire, try to dress a cut above the audience. After all, you are the master of ceremonies and should look like someone special.
·   Send them away hungry â€" Like a hostess serving a fine meal, the master of ceremonies plans carefully, serves the portions evenly and caters to a variety of tastes. The audience will be satisfied, or even wishing for more. You don’t want them to leave miserably stuffed, but rather pleasantly filled. Better to send them away wishing there were just one more course than to see them twisting uncomfortably in their seats, counting the minutes to the end.
·   Enjoy the compliments â€" You have the power to turn a potentially long, boring presentation into a fun and festive event. If you succeed, many people will stay to thank you and ask you do it again. All you have to do is accept their compliments and have your business cards ready.

OVERCOMING INTERRUPTIONS - Fred Reilly, CTM
Everyone hates to be interrupted while speaking. This is especially true when addressing a group of people. The interruption may be relatively minor, such as an audience member leaving the room. Or it might be major, such as a power failure or a hostile protest. Interruptions may be handled in a variety of ways. Depending upon aspects such as the type of audience, situation and message, one or more methods can be used to overcome an inadvertent interruption. When faced with an unexpected disturbance, recovering well is the best revenge.
·   HUMOR. Make a light comment on the side which â€" while acknowledging the interruption â€" does not admit to damaging your message. Humor is also useful in putting an edgy or tense audience at ease. An interruption may be just what you need to break the ice and introduce humor into an otherwise serious, no-nonsense speech.
·   PAUSING. One of the most effective ways of overcoming interruptions is to pause until the interruption subsides, allowing the audience enough time to refocus on your speech.
·   IMPROVISATION. Sometimes an interruption enables you to add a new element into the speech which is directly related to the message you initially intended to convey.
·   DEFER THE INTERRUPTION. If the interruption consists of an untimely question or comment from the audience, you may politely offer to discuss the specific points later in the speech or in private. This shifts the burden to the audience member in a polite and professional manner.
·   IGNORE THE DISTURBANCE. One of the best ways to overcome a disturbance is simply to ignore it. If an audience member enters or leaves the room, momentarily distracting attention, you can minimize the distraction by continuing to deliver your message in the intended manner. By demonstrating that minor disturbances are indeed minor, you quickly refocus the audience’s attention back to your message.

There are additional points to keep in mind:
·   Keep in mind that any of your listeners who have addressed an audience themselves will sympathize with your predicament when an interruption occurs. How you can handle the interruption often determines whether the audience members remain receptive to your message or ignore the remainder of the speech. If you overcome the interruption with grace, poise and professionalism, the audience will respond with respect and admiration. If interruptions cause you to become flustered, bitter or lose your patience, you may very well alienate audience members and cast a shadow over your entire speech.
·   Realize that experience is the key to overcoming interruptions. Seasoned speakers have faced a variety of interruptions, experimented with many techniques for overcoming interruptions, and learned what works best. Practice may not be perfect, but it provides the necessary experience to confidently conquer most interruptions.
·   Every speaker has a handful of “war stories” chronicling interesting aspects of their past speeches. Inevitably, interruptions you encounter can be incorporated into interesting and amusing anecdotes for future speeches or conversations.   

AD LIB YOUR WAY OUT OF TIGHT SPOTS - Roger Langley, DTM
You’re giving a speech when something unexpectedly goes wrong. The lights fall, the mike won’t work, you forget what you are saying. So there you stand â€" heart pounding, forehead damp â€" trying to think of something to say that will get a laugh, relieve the tension, and get yourself back on track.
·   Your joke bombs: “Comedy is all peaks and valleys. That joke was a valley.”
·   The microphone doesn’t work: “This mike reminds me of my kid in college â€" expensive and not working.”
·   The mike makes a rude noise: “What are you squawking about?” 
·   The microphone needs adjusting: “Either I have to shrink/grow, or this microphone needs adjusting.”
·   The overhead projector acts up: “This must be one of those old wood-burning models.”
·   Slide is upside down: “Will you please stand â€" on your heads?”
·   Highlighter runs out of ink: “The magic has gone out of my marker.”
·   The lights go out: “I do my best work in the dark.”
·   Telephone rings: “If that’s President Clinton, tell him I’m busy.”
·    Someone notes a spelling error in a visual: “This is the last time I’ll borrow an overhead from Dan Quayle.”
·   You stumble: “I think I may have stumbled into something.”
·   You have a coughing spell: “I want my mama â€" but I’ll settle for a glass of water.”
·   Someone hands you a note: “Aha, just what I need. A new joke.”
·   You drop your handouts: “This information is too hot to handle.”
·   Music interrupts: “They say music soothes the savage beast. If there are any savage beasts here, I hope you’re soothed here.”
·   You don’t know the answer to a question: “I’m prepared to answer any questions…except that one. If you will write it out on your business card and give it to me, I’ll find out and get the answer for you.”
·   Announcement comes over the public address system: “Funny, I was just about to say the same thing.”
·   You forget what you’re saying: “I seem to have lost my train of thought. Train? It’s more like the whole railroad.”
·   Waitress clearing dishes: “Well, I used to be a waitress/waiter and now that I’m a speaker, there is one thing I’ve learned. You can’t do both jobs at once.”
·   Very small audience: “I would rather speak to a small crowd of great people than to a great crowd of small people.”

A well-timed remark, even one that is not hilariously funny, will almost always get a big laugh because it helps ease tension. Most audiences have empathy for the speaker and are pulling for you to do a good job. When something goes wrong, they share your anxiety. When you handle it, they feel relieved.   

THE BIGGEST MISTAKES SPEAKERS MAKE …
AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM - Vince Reardon, CTM
·   Not Knowing Your Audience â€" Ineffective public speakers don’t really know their audience’s needs or interests. They fail to educate
   themselves about the specifics of the audience, such as age, gender, business, problems and challenges.

Smart public speakers often conduct interviews or surveys of their audience before or after each speech.

·   Being Poorly Prepared â€" Ineffective public speakers don’t spend enough time researching their subject, preparing presentation materials or rehearsing.

Smart public speakers are always prepared, and it shows. A case in point is the 1960 Kennedy â€" Nixon debates. Accepting a pre-debate
TV rehearsal, Kennedy and his aides practiced for hours â€" fielding questions from fictitious reporters, standing under the hot lights of
the studio, speaking and gesturing at the TV cameras.

·   Trying to Cover Too Much Material â€" Ineffective public speakers want to tell their audience everything that they know about a
subject. This usually bores listeners.

Smart public speakers present their audience with two or three main points. Psychologists say audiences retain very little of what
they’ve heard hours after a speech or presentation.

·   Failing to Make Eye Contact â€" Ineffective public speakers spend too much time looking at their notes and visual aids and not enough time looking at their audience. Such actions create emotional distance, since audiences tend to mistrust public speakers who don’t make and maintain eye contact.

Smart public speakers treat a speech or presentation as if it were a conversation with a friend or an acquaintance. They “tune in” to the
audience, instead of being preoccupied with themselves.

·   Being Dull â€" Ineffective public speakers are often dull because of poor speech delivery or poor speech content.

Smart public speakers choose topics they are excited about. They prepare interesting materials, have a strong interest in communicating their message, and let their enthusiasm shine through during the presentation.

Most audiences ask very little of a public speaker. Sadly, many public speakers deliver just that â€" very little. If you want to keep your next audience on the edge of your seat, know your audience, be prepared, make only two or three points, make lots of eye contact, and be energetic and interesting.

CHECKLIST PRIOR TO SPEECH OR PRESENTATION - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Check your notes or script. Are they in proper order? Secure them together, but don’t staple them. You’ll just have to take the staples out. Rubber bands work for cards. Large paper slips work for both cards and pages.
·   Put your notes in your pocket, purse or briefcase. If possible, have a duplicate set very close by. When traveling, keep notes on your person. Take your slides with you on the plane. (If you don’t, you won’t be the first speaker while the notes and visual aids got off in New York.)
·   Re-check all audio-visual material to assure it is in order.
·   Check to see you have additional bulbs, extension cords, etc.
·   Take your security blanket (aspirins, handkerchief, extra pantyhose, glasses, extra glasses).
·   Check the news. Does it affect or influence your speech or presentation? Be ready to incorporate or change.
·   If you are making an in-house presentation, take a pulse reading of your company. Very recent decisions could affect your presentation. Be aware of what is going on.
·   Check to see that there have been no last-minute changes in the program or agenda.
·   If you’re making your presentation with someone else, allow time to meet and make final reassurances.
·   Arrive early.
·   Check the set-up of the room. Rearrange if necessary.
·   Test the microphone, if you’ll be using one.
·   Set up audio-visual material.
·   Check to make sure equipment is working.
·   If using slides, run through quickly as a final check that they are in order.
·   Focus overhead, etc.
·   Check for distraction. People will read, and re-read any printed matter on the walls. Take down posters. If you speak after someone else, be sure all visuals have been removed before you speak. 
·   Make a final visit to the washroom. Make sure your hair is well-groomed at the back, as well as the front. If you speak after a meal, check, and if possible, brush your teeth. Tuck in shirt tails all around, button all buttons, and zipper all zippers. (Refrain from re-checking your zipper when you are going up to speak or in front of an audience.)
·   If you need water at the lectern, check to see that it is there. Don’t rely on someone else to get it.

BEFORE YOU SPEAK - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Eat lightly. No matter what time of day you speak, you want your blood focused on your brain, not your digestion.
·   Don’t drink alcohol. It will give you false courage, impaired articulation, and scrambled ideas.
·   Don’t drink milk. It makes mucous.
·   Don’t drink carbonated beverages. Stifling a burp can undermine confidence.
·   If you are at a head table, remember you are “on” before you speak. The audience is looking at you in anticipation.
·   Keep your body alert.
·   Don’t cross your legs. It stops circulation.
·   If you’re being introduced, listen. You must acknowledge. When you get up to speak, walk with purpose and confidence.
·   Take your time before you begin to speak. Take a 1-2-3 count. Look out at your audience. Smile. Establish your presence.  Get your breathing centered.
·   Remain flexible. You might need to update your speech or presentation. The unexpected can happen.
·   Remember: There is the speech you are going to give; the one you give; and the one you wish you’d given. When you’re well-organized and well-rehearsed, they are more likely to be the same speech. Learn from the differences; apply that knowledge to the next time you speak.

WHAT IS YOUR BODY SAYING ABOUT YOU? - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
If your voice presents the message, your body presents the subtext. Some will argue that body language is 95% of the message. We don’t advocate anyone becoming an amateur psychologist. Instead, we present some of our beliefs based on experience.

SOLO PERFORMANCES
A vital voice comes from a vital body. If you have a flaccid, tired, apologetic body, you negate your message.
·   Beware of the “fig leaf” position. Standing with your hands held crotch level, back of the hands out to the audience, presents the weakest possible image.
·   Beware of the “reverse fig leaf” position. Holding your hands behind your back a la Prince Phillip is restrictive. From the front you appear to have no arms or hands at all. When you want to gesture, you find yourself merely moving your shoulders like a chicken wanting to fly.
·   Don’t cross your legs at the ankles and rock back and forth. The image is of an unsure foundation. The audience is not interested in what you have to say; they’re interested in when you’re going to fall over.
·   Crossing your arms across the chest, putting your hands on your hips, and pacing up and down in front of the audience gives them the feeling they’re being interrogated. (We’ve found these to be favorite positions of the police and the military.)
·   Jingling coins and keys in your pocket telegraphs to the audience that you’re nervous. You should be using that energy in communicating your message. If this is your problem, dump everything out of your pockets before you speak. 
·   Don’t shove your hands deep into your pockets, especially if your pants are a form fitting design. You’ll trap yourself and your gestures will not get made or will appear slightly questionable.
·   You present a positive assured image when you stand before an audience with your weight well-balanced on both feet. As much as possible, keep your arms and hands free for gestures. Putting a hand in a pocket, thumbs under the belt or holding a lapel is fine. A videotaped rehearsal will let you know if any of these stances give you an arrogant image.
·   You present a confident seated image if you keep the spine straight, the shoulders relaxed, and the chest open. Keep your chin parallel to the floor and your arms apart. Don’t touch your face or fiddle with your hands or any objects.

AUDIENCE ANALYSIS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING SITUATIONS
Answer these questions to analyze your audience?
·   How large is your group?
·   What is the age range of the audience?
·   Do they have a common interest?
·   What is the educational range of the audience?
·   What is their economic background?
·   Is it a racially mixed audience?
·   Is there a political factor involved?
·   What is the male/female ratio?
·   What benefit can they gain from me?
·   Does the occasion of my speech have some special significance to this audience?

YOUR AUDIENCE - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
Whether you’re speaking to one or one hundred, you must “read” your audience. Changing facial expressions, body shifts, and restlessness will tell you you’re not getting across or are becoming a bore. When speaking to a group, be prepared to change pace, slow down, ask questions. You’re better to sum up quickly than to drone on.
·   Although the face is capable of hundreds of nuances of expression, it is easier to control than body reaction. A sudden shift in the body will tell you your listener is reacting to what you are saying. If you’re a salesperson and the body shift involves crossing the arms and legs and turning toward the door, you’ve lost your scale.
·   Find the person in the audience who leans forward and nods approvingly as you speak. That listener will boost your ego and you’ll speak with renewed confidence.
·   If someone who appears to have been in agreement starts to frown or shake the head negatively, consider carefully what you’ve said. You may need to give further explanation. However, do remember that many people have read books on body language. A rival or competitor may seek to unnerve you by sending out negative signals.
·   Crossed arms and legs may mean a defensive attitude toward you and your ideas or it could mean the room is cold.
·   Scratching or rubbing the nose may mean the listener doubts what you have to say or it could mean an itchy nose.
·   Rubbing the neck at the hairline may mean the listener needs reassurance or has a kink in the neck.
·   We caution you not to read body language out of context.

WILL YOUR AUDIENCE GET YOUR MESSAGE? - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
After analyzing your audience, you must consider the “language” of your speech or presentation.
·   Will everyone understand highly technical terms?
·   Do I need to paraphrase or give an explanation? Never talk down to an audience or tell them, “You won’t know what this means so I’ll explain it for you.” Instead, use terms like “as we all know that is…”
·   Don’t try to impress your superiors by flaunting your knowledge. They want straightforward information in order to reach decisions. They hired you for your expertise.
·   Do not use terms, illustrations, or examples that will offend any member of the audience because of race, sex, religion or nationality.

JOKES, STORIES, ANECDOTES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Don’t tell a joke to warm up the audience. A joke must be directly related to your subject matter.
·   Don’t tell jokes in a business presentation. Your audience is looking for information, not entertainment. This doesn’t mean that presentations shouldn’t be palatable and made with a sense of showmanship. They should be.
·   Don’t ever tell jokes, if you can’t. Very few people tell jokes well.
·   Don’t tell a joke, story, anecdote or use an illustration if it will offend anyone in your audience because of its language or subject matter.

PACKAGING THE PRESENTER - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
When you stand before an audience to make a speech or presentation, you may be representing your department, your organization or business. What the audience sees and hears is their impression of, not just you, but what you represent.

Much has been said about dressing for success. So much that there has been a backlash. We do not believe that your clothes and grooming will assure success. We believe that success in anything, including making speeches and presentations, comes from attitude, aptitude and application. However, we do believe that dress, decorum, and good grooming show your respect for yourself, your work, and your audience. We don’t believe that you should be packaged into something that you aren’t, but cleanliness, pressing, and shining should be everyday habits.

You should not be uncomfortable or present an image that is not you, but you should present the best you possible.

WHAT TO WEAR WHEN MAKING A SPEECH OR PRESENTATION
·   Always check the background of the room or space you’ll be speaking in. Choose a color that contrasts with the background so you don’t literally fade into the wallpaper. Light shade for dark background, dark for a light background.
·   If you’re the luncheon or after-dinner speaker and your topic is light and entertaining, your clothes can reflect the mood.
·   If you’re making a speech or presentation to your peers or colleagues, dress and grooming should reflect your own self-esteem, your attitude towards your presentation, and your subject.
·   When making presentations to persons in positions higher than yours, you don’t have to emulate them in dress, but choose the best of your business clothes and present a clean, well-groomed appearance.
·   When speaking to persons in positions under you, you dress the way you do everyday. Don’t try a shirt-sleeves approach if that’s not you and would be perceived as phoney and contrived. If you have to go out into the field or to smaller towns, don’t feel you must dress the same way as your audience. Their work boots and jeans may be very necessary for the particular work they are doing. You may choose to wear a sports jacket, blazer, corduroy or pants suit that is slightly more casual than your usual business image and that of your position. Pinstripe suits, white shirts, and sincere ties give too much of a boardroom image for the field.
·   If you come in from the field to the head office or from a smaller town to the city, choose those clothes that you’re comfortable in, yet show you have respect for your work. If the last time you wore your suit was to a wedding 10 years ago, and it’s too small and outdated, don’t wear it. You’re far better in sports jacket and slacks. Attention to good grooming, from clean nails and hair to polished shoes, is very important. No one likes to be perceived as a rube.

BASIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Consider the clothes rack first: your body. View it nude in front of the mirror from all angles. Consider weight, balance, and posture. Are changes necessary? Can they be done? Will you make them or should you deal realistically with what you see?
·   Try on your clothes. View in the mirror for proper fit. If you’ve gained weight, stretched, pulled fabric gives the impression of neglect and poor grooming. No amount of “sucking in” before the mirror will change the impression. Too big clothes give you a waif-like, lost appearance. Either get your clothes out or taken in or get rid of them.
·   Check lapels and pant legs for extremes of cut. If they are too wide, they can be remodeled. Too narrow can’t be easily changed. Never buy extremes in fashion for your basic wardrobe. The material will last far longer than the style. Save the unusual for private life.
·   Analyze your work and your wardrobe. Separate your work wardrobe from your leisure wardrobe. Does your work wardrobe present a confident, well-groomed image? Are the clothes suitable for the type of work you do? Have you clothes that will take you from your work to the board room to the platform in front of an audience?
·   Never buy a new outfit to wear to make a presentation or speech. If the appropriate outfit is not in your wardrobe, buy it well in advance, wear it at appropriate times until it feels comfortable, then wear it to speak.
·   Check your existing wardrobe for large, bold patterns, checks, florals and geometrics. This check should include ties. You may be perceived as flamboyant and too daring for your position.
·   Similarly, check color. This is very important for men. Suits in bright greens, electric or baby blue give the audience the impression of the carney or used care salesperson. Women’s suits in baby pink or blue can be construed as babyish.
·   Polyester fabrics made the iron virtually passé, but pure polyester doesn’t present a successful image. It is perceived as being cheap in the sense of worth. Natural fabrics cost more and are expensive to maintain, but they do give the impression of worth. Fortunately, there are combinations of cotton and synthetics, wool and synthetics, and silk and synthetics that are good-looking and cheaper to care for. Start a replacement campaign and get rid of pure polyesters.
·   Beware of beige. Beige seems like a nice safe shade, but beige can drain the face of color and make you appear ill, mousey, and blank. Men and women with black, grey or white hair should avoid beige.
·   Navy blue is not always the answer. Navy blue can be too dark and overpowering for sandy haired or pale blonde men and women. It can make brown haired people appear sallow. They would be much better in a dark brown. Navy blue looks wonderful on persons with black, grey or white hair.
·   If you’re very thin, avoid very dark colors. They’ll make you appear thinner. Vests narrow the torso. 
·   If you’re carrying extra weight or are very tall and broad, you’ll find light colors will make you larger.
·   Discard unmercifully. Admit a mistake. Sell it or give it away.
·   For business, buy the best. Buy basics in classic cuts. Fit is very important. Clothes should be proportioned to your body. Don’t buy the current fad for business. Keep those for your leisure life.
·   You don’t need a lot of clothes for business. Choose pieces that can be interchanged. If you keep your basic wardrobe in one color and your accessories in complementary colors, you can build a wardrobe on very few pieces. You can revive and update your wardrobe with new accessories and pieces.
·   Invest in the time savers: padded hangers, shoe trees, a Wrinkle-away for travel.
·   Keep your clothes washed, ironed, clean and pressed. Shine your shoes. Brush suede. Avoid rundown heels.
·   Hang your clothes so that outfits are together and easily reached.
·   Shop sensibly at sales. Some bargains can be a waste of money.
·   Don’t buy if you’re thinking:
a)   â€œThis isn’t a good color for me. I’ll wear it when I’m feeling good.”
b)   â€œI have to stand straight and/ or pull in my stomach to wear this.” (We all relax away from the mirror.)
c)   â€œI don’t know when I’ll be able to wear it.”
d)   â€œIt’s a little too dressy (or a little too casual) for the office.”
·   Don’t’ buy it if:
a)   It’s too tight, too short, too big, not a style you’re comfortable in.
b)   You’ve gained or lost weight very recently. Wait until you’re sure you’re stabilized.

·   Don’t’ buy:
a)   Very fragile fabrics for work.
b)   Very light colors for work. This is particularly true of fabrics that need dry cleaning or special care like light
   colored suedes and leathers
c)   Light colored shoes and boots if you live where you have to walk through rain and salted slush

·   If you hate to shop, find a store and a salesperson who understands you and your work. Let him or her pre-select for you. Make an
appointment and spend two hours there twice a year. They’ll know what you have in your existing wardrobe and you can add to it.
·   If you have a poor eye for color, are color blind or feel you’ve been choosing the wrong colors to suit your natural coloring, have your
“colors done” by a color consultant. You’ll be given a color book with swatches of the right colors for you which makes choosing
clothes easier.
·   We emphasize smiling. Smile draws attention to your teeth. Take care of them.
·   Half-glasses add 10 years. Heavy frames take attention away from the eyes. Invest in bifocals with clear glass on top with the
correction at the bottom and light frames.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WOMEN - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Suits aren’t the only answer to business dressing. Skirts and smartly coordinated tops or dresses and jackets can improve the same image.
·   Don’t keep a sweater in your office to wear on cold days. It won’t go with everything and will develop bumps and droops.
·   Don’t burden yourself with briefcase, purse or umbrella. Put them all in one. Briefcases with side pockets will hold and envelope purse and collapsing umbrella.
·   Consult a skin and make-up expert. Caring for the skin is essential. Makeup enhances your good features and plays down others. Get into a skin care routine and maintain it. Keep your makeup discreet. Check it for dating â€" “60’s eyes and lips.
·   Get a hairstyle that is easy to care for, flattering, and businesslike â€" reflecting the way you feel about yourself and your job. It should reveal your face and eyes. Have confidence in your stylist. Don’t let your hairstyle outdate you. Greying or grey hair doesn’t have to be dyed. It can be very flattering if it is alive and lifts the face. Long, straight hair on mature women can pull the face down and age it.
·   Your eyes and face can communicate. Wear flattering accent colors at the neckline directing attention upward.
·   Dress and suit hems should not show below a coat unless it is three-quarter length.
·   Underwear should be invisible: no bikini lines, bra wrinkles, bunchy slips or saggy straps.
·   Pantyhose should fit up to the waist, not around the hips. There should be no wrinkles at the ankles. When you’ve chosen your basic wardrobe colors, find a make that fits in a suitable shade and stock up. When in doubt, wear neutral colored hose. Patterned hose is not businesslike.
·   Jewelry should be discreet and real.
·   Ankle straps are not for business. (They also chop up the look of the leg and thicken ankles.)
·   Choose business shoes with a medium heel height.
·   Correcting the figure faults with careful dressing:
a)    Hippy? Stay away from pleats.
b)    Short-waisted or thick-waisted? Don’t define the natural waistline.
c)    Short neck? Avoid large collars.
d)    Heavy legs and feet? Minimize by wearing shoes and hose in the same tones as your outfit.
e)    Short? Choose your blouse and skirt for a taller, slimmer look.
·   Save plunging necklines, excessive frills and ruffles, peek-throughs, and see-throughs  for your private life.
·   Jogging, hiking and other athletic wear should be saved for the sports intended.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEN - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Suits may be your basic wardrobe, but well-styled jackets and pants should not be overlooked. Make sure your basic suit colors are flattering to you. Don’t choose to wear navy because it is “businesslike.” You may look much better in brown.
·   Short sleeve shirts may be great to work in, but when you’re meeting with upper management, wear long sleeve shirts. The touch of white or pale color at the cuff is good.
·   Don’t overburden your pockets. Lumps and bumps look untidy.
·   If you have skin problems, see a dermatologist.  Skin care is important to men as it is to women. Warts, moles and blemishes can be removed.
·   Get a barber you like. Don’t skip haircuts. The very day you think you can let it go for another week can be the day you want to make a good impression. Wash your hair frequently and keep it groomed. Unfortunately, the dandruff ads are right. People are repelled by it. Beards can be flattering, but should always be trimmed and cleaned.
·   White may not be the best color in shirts for you. White can make some skin sallow. You may be better off to choose shirts in very soft shades of your suit color.
·   Avoid flamboyant colors and patterns when choosing ties. Don’t wear a tie just because someone you love gave it to you as a gift. Ties with narrow stripes, with a fine red line, are considered sincere and honest by the experts. You may choose your own discretion.
·   Buy coats large enough to fit comfortably over a suit. You don’t want to look as though your coat shrunk or you’re drowning inside it.
·   Buy shirts with tails long enough to be tucked inside so they don’t creep out.
·   Fitted shirts are fine, but should not appear to have shrunk.
·   Pants should fit up around the waist. (We can honestly say we’ve been half-mooned by several presenters when they bent over.)
·   Wear executive-length socks. Baggy socks and exposed shanks don’t present a businesslike image.
·   Double-breasted jackets make you broader. Vests make you narrower. (With the accent on fitness and good health, paunches do not present a good business image.)
·   Jewelry should be discreet and real. Gold bracelets and neck chains have never been accepted business image.
·   Your shoes should complement your outfit. Wingtop oxfords, loafers and pumps all have their place. Save the leisure shoes and running shoes for leisure and sports.
·   White belts and white shoes do not present a good business image.
·   Save the white socks, the tweed jackets with leather trim and tabs, the hiking boots, the jogging and athletic wear for your private life.

CONTROLLING SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS - Jacqueline Dunckel and Elizabeth Parnham
·   Dry mouth - If your mouth becomes dry, drop your head thoughtfully during a natural pause and bite the side of your tongue (gently!).
This causes the saliva to flow. Have a glass of water handy. Take a small sip during a natural pause. (Don’t take a large gulp. You
could choke.) Do not use lifesavers or mints. They interfere with articulation and you could inadvertently swallow one and choke.
·   Too much saliva - If your mouth fills with saliva and you feel you’re spraying the first four rows, put the tip of your tongue on the
hard ridge behind the top teeth (the position for making “t” and “d”). Open your mouth and breathe in through the mouth. This position
allows the air to dry the saliva without  drying the tongue and vocal cords.
·   Drying up - If you dry up or lose the train of your thought, take your eye contact away from the audience. Take a deep breath. Let it
out slowly as you look down at your notes and collect your thoughts. Focus on what you are saying, not that you are drying. You may
repeat part of what you’ve said to help you and your audience get back on track. Be very natural and conversational. The time it takes
to do this may seem horrendously long to you, but, in truth, it will be a matter of seconds.
·   Tight throat - Learn to yawn secretly. We all did it in school. Drop the head, keep the lips together, open the back of the throat and
pull the air in through the nose. This is the best exercise to release tension that can build in the throat. When you feel your throat is
tightening, don’t take a sip of water. The swallow can increase tension. Instead, yawn secretly and open the throat.
·   Shaking - Shaking hands and trembling knees are not fear. It’s the homeostatic process of the body dissipating excess energy. Don’t
try to control this process by clutching the lectern or shoving your hands in your pockets. You’re just adding to the problem. Use this
excessive energy positively. Make motivated gestures and body movement. Gestures must be motivated by what you’re saying. Let
them happen naturally and fully. Restrained, nervous little flicks send out the message â€" nervous. Large gestures are signs of
confidence. Bodily movement must also be motivated to bring you closer to the audience, to fill a pause with meaning or to emphasize
a point. Random pacing or nervous repeated gestures can destroy a speech. Motivated gestures and body movement support aid
effective communication.
·   Shortness of breath â€" If you become short of breath or can’t get your breath when speaking, stop talking. Drop your head and take your focus from your audience. Cross your left arm across the lowest part of your abdomen. Relax the shoulders. Take a deep breath into the lowest part of your abdomen. You should feel the pressure of your abdomen pushing against your crossed arm. Let the breath out slowly through your lips. Take in your next breath the same way while lifting your head and start to speak. This is the condensed version of deep breathing and sighing which relaxes you and centers your breath.
·   Butterflies â€" You can get rid of the butterflies by tensing the muscles of the buttocks and abdomen. Hold. Relax. (One of the clients has used this exercise to improve his putting.)

USING THE MICROPHONE
·   Check the microphone in advance.
·   Have someone help you take a balance.
·   Find out if someone is in control of the sound system.
·   Practise raising and lowering the microphone if someone is going to speak before you. Don’t lean over or look up to speak if someone has left the microphone too low or high.
·   Find out how you can turn the sound off. You may want to turn it off if you need to cough or sneeze. (Those things do happen!) But try to avoid making unpleasant sounds over the microphone.
·   Lavaliere microphones which clip to your tie or lapel allow you to move your head more when you’re speaking and allow for greater freedom of movement and the use of both hands.
·   Directional stand phones do not allow for a great deal of movement. Your mouth should be from eight to twelve inches from the microphone. To look at the audience on the left or right, tilt your head, but keep your mouth in line with the microphone. There is nothing more disconcerting than a speaker who turns his or her head from one side to the other, the voice fading in and out.
·   Hand-held microphones allow you to move freely and keep your voice projected. You must keep the mike at the same distance from your mouth at all times. You lose the use of one hand and arm for gestures and demonstration.
·   Lavaliere and hand-held microphones, other than transistor mikes, have cords to contend with when you move around.
·   Don’t say anything confidential near a microphone.
·   Don’t get so close to a microphone that your “p’s” pop and your “s’s” hiss. You’re not a rock singer.
·   Don’t think of speaking “to the microphone!” Speak to the people in the first row. Microphones give the voice more volume, but they don’t give energy. You have to supply the enthusiasm.
·   Don’t hit a microphone or blow into it to test it. Count into it at the volume you will be using. Because you’ve arrived early to check it, you can try a few lines or ideas from your speech or presentation.
·   Squeals or feedback come from setting the volume too high or having the speakers placed too close to the microphone.
·   Once the sound system acts up, you’re in trouble. For that reason, we cannot overemphasize pre-checking. It also helps for you to develop your voice so you can speak and fill any space without a microphone and not damage the vocal cords. 




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THE BOHOL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (NOW DR. CECILIO PUTONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL) CLASS OF 1987 WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE IT LEFT THE PORTALS OF THE SCHOOL ON JULY 27 AND 28 (FRIDAY AND SATURDAY), 2007.

PLEASE, EVERYONE!!! I NEED YOUR HELP TO TRACE THE WHEREABOUTS OF OUR CLASS/BATCH MATES:


BNHS Class of ’87 Directory


MALES:


ACLON,   MELECIO JR. P. (Dimiao)


AGUA, CARLO C. (Tagbilaran)


AJOC, FELIPE T. (Carmen)


AJOC, IRENEO M. (Batuan)


ALBULADORA, ARNULFO M. (Tagbilaran)


AMORA, RONALD B. (Anda)


ANGALOT, EDGAR BALANGKIG (Tagbilaran)
Seafarer (OFW)
316 V. P. Inting Avenue, Bool District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 411-4426
M (0917) 9912346


ANORE, NOEL INTING (Tagbilaran)
Plant Finance Head, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., Zamboanga City Plant, Tetuan Highway, Zamboanga City
W (062) 991-0080 to 84
Cirilo Darunday Street, Dao District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-4604
M (0917) 8809542
Noelanore/CGY/CCBPI@ccbpi.com


ANTONIO, EXPEDITO T. (Tagbilaran)


ANTOPINA, PATRICIO B. (Tagbilaran)


ANUNCIADO, RIZALITO A. (Tagbilaran)


AÃ'ASCO, ENGR. JULIUS CAESAR T. (Tagbilaran)
       Licensed Engineer
       M (0919) 8157886


APAT, ALEX TAN (Tagbilaran)
       Preventive Maintenance Mechanic, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. , CPG North Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       W (038) 411-3206
       Manga District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       (0926) 7013790


ARACO, MANUEL D. (Tagbilaran)
       



ARADO, ENGR. RONALD QUIOCO (Tagbilaran)
Building Inspector, One-Stop Center-Office of the City Engineer, Tagbilaran City Hall, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-4511
75 Espuelas Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0919) 2202731 / (0926) 8871797
weng_bond07@yahoo.com


ARANAS, JOSE ERIC L. (Dauis)


ARANCON, SABINO T. (Dauis)


ARAUNE, JOSE RICHARD A. (Panglao)


ARISOLA, ENGR. SATURNINO CLEMENTE (Tagbilaran)
Head, Computer Science / Computer Engineering Department, University of Bohol, Maria Clara Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-3484
27 Graham Avenue, Booy District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 411-2200
M (0919) 6597674
Sca_jr@yahoo.com


BABATUAN, RESLIE P. (Tagbilaran)


BACALO, HERMOGENES B. (Tagbilaran)


BAG-AO, LEO A. (Tagbilaran)


BALABA, ENGR. VER NEIL BUSLON (Tagbilaran)
Civil Defense Officer, Provincial Head, Department of National Defense - Office of Civil Defense, ACC Building
Camp Francisco Dagohoy, J.A. Clarin Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 501-7197 (Telefax)
Mansion Side, Upper Cogon, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 501-5838
M (0919) 8347947
vnbabes2000@yahoo.com


BALATERO, EDGAR Z. (Tagbilaran)


BANLUTA, ARNULFO C. (Tagbilaran)


BARATAS, RONALD MASCARINAS (Tagbilaran)
       Staff, Office of Congressman Roberto C. Cajes, San Jose Street, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       W (038) 411-3137
       Office of Cong. Roberto C. Cajes, Cajes Building, Poblacion, Talibon, Bohol
       W (038) 515-0242


BELDEROL, ALPHARD RAMIREZ (Tagbilaran)
Chief Mate, M/V Starna, Japan
99 V.P. Inting Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-4825 (Care: Annie Magallano Ucat - Belderol, Wife, Tagbilaran City)



BELOTINDOS, ILUMINADO


BERNANTE, ANGELITO L. (Pilar)


BINALUYO, JOEL G. (Baclayon)


BIWANG, FIDEL L. (Baclayon)


BOLATETE, MACARIO JR. N. (Tagbilaran)


BOLORON, HONORATO E. (Dauis)

BOLOTAOLO, CIPRIANO H. (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, SAMUEL D. (Dauis)


BOMEDIANO, EDWIN ESTAÃ'O (Dauis)
Businessman / Proprietor, Edwin Bomediano Coco Lumber, J. A. Clarin Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-5868
New Capitol Heights, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0917) 3042230


BONCALES, ENGR. GILBERT B. (Trinidad)
       License Engineer
Cebu City


BONIEL, MAXIMO T.   (Tagbilaran)


BUCIO, ROLANDO K. (Tagbilaran)


BULASA, RUMMEL V. (Tagbilaran)


BULIAS, WILFREDO G. (Tagbilaran)


BULLANDAY, MARTIN G. (Dauis)


BULLEN, DIOSDADO JR. “DOODS” BOMEDIANO (Dauis)
Senior Technical Support Specialist, Federal Express, 477 North Distribution Parkway, Collierville, Tennessee, USA
W (901) 850-7541
4493 Potter’s Cross Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38125 USA
H (901) 758-0280
M (901) 336-7457
diosdado.bullen@fedex.com / bullran96@yahoo.com



BUTAWAN, ISABELITO C. (Tagbilaran)
       Self-Employed
       Habitat Village, Bool District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       M (0920) 5546584


CABAL, ROMEL M. (Balilihan)


CABALIT, ROBERT TINONGA (Tagbilaran)
Arizona, U.S. A.
       

CABRERA, JOSEPH C. (Tagbilaran)


CAHUCOM, DANTE G. (Dimiao)


CAJES, ALBERTO JR. G. (Tagbilaran)


CALLENERO, VICTOR D. (Tagbilaran)


CAMORO, PETER A. (Loon)


CAMPUS, TOMAS (Tubigon)


CAÃ'IZARES, ROSENDO JR. (Loon)


CAPUNO, ROD K. (Tagbilaran)
Mansasa District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


CARALDE, ENGR. ALDREN ARANAS, REE (Cagayan de Oro)
Chair, Electrical Engineering / Electronics and Communications Engineering Department â€" College of Engineering
Liceo de Cagayan University, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
W (088) 8584093 local 123
Zone 2, Poblacion, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental 9019
M (0917) 5114084
drencarl123@yahoo.com


CARDINO, MANOLITO E. (Tagbilaran)


CASAS, ENGR. RHEX C. (Tagbilaran)


CASTRO DE, BILL S. (Tagbilaran)


CERICOS, NOEL A. (Dauis)


CILOCILO, EMMANUELITO G. (Dauis)


CIMAFRANCA, ANDRO C. (Dauis)




CIMENI, CESARIO A.    (Dauis)


CINCHEZ, GIOVANNI O. (Dauis)


CIRUNAY, ROGELIO JR. A. (Dauis)


CIUDADANO, ALBERTO A. (Dauis)


CULAJARA, MELVIN G. (Dauis)


CUÃ'ADO, ALEX MICULOB (Tagbilaran)
Corner Sikatuna and F. Rocha Streets, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 501-7378
0917-4364957
Alexmc_28@yahoo.com


CUÃ'ADO, DANIEL G. (Cagayan de Oro)


CUPON, ANTONIO C. (Dauis)


DALAPO, CEFERINO O. (Jagna)


DAYO, DANILO P. (Tagbilaran)


DELUSA, GABRIEL L. (Tagbilaran)


DOLAUTA, REV. FR. EFREN DOLDOLEA (Dauis)
Parish Priest, Saint Vincent Parish, Poblacion, Maribojoc, Bohol


DOLAUTA, JOSELITO Q. (Dauis)


DOMAPIAS, ALLELU ANCOG (Carmen)


DOPENO, VIRGILIO D. (Dauis)


EDEM, JULIEN T. (Tagbilaran)


ELMAN, ALBERTO B. (Baclayon)


ENSONG, ELVIS (Dauis)





ESCABARTE, JUNALER R. (Tagbilaran)


ESTOROSAS, ENGR. RAY R.   (Tagbilaran)
Africa
yeye_estorosas@yahoo.com


FEGI, TOLENTINO A. (Tagbilaran)


FRAJELE, EXPEDITO L. (Carmen)


FUDALAN, EMMANUEL ROD VILLORIA (Tagbilaran)
Physical Therapist / Clinical Instructor, Physical Therapy Department, University of Bohol, Maria Clara St., Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-5128
biologist1994@yahoo.com.ph


FULLIDO, JOSE FLOYD LOQUELLANO (Dauis)
In-Charge, Technical Facilities, Property Division, Department of Education â€" Division of Bohol, CPG Sports Complex, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-3842


GABLINES, BERNARDO B. (Tagbilaran)


GALAN, GINES U. (Tagbilaran)


GALVE, FRANCISCO JR. B. (Bukidnon)


GAMAD, JAMES H. (Lila)


GAMBE, CRISPIN C.   (Sagbayan)


GANUB, GIDEON JR. A. (Tagbilaran)


GARCIA, ISERALDO C. (Dauis)


GELIG, NOEL R. (Tagbilaran)


GUALDE, NICOLAS JR. M. (Marobojoc)


HONTANOSAS, PAUL D. (Dauis)


IGHOT, ELPIDIO JR. C. (Tagbilaran)


IGHOT, PEDRO M. (Tagbilaran)


INTING, LUCIO (Tagbilaran)



ITER, ZOSIMO N. (Tagbilaran)


IYOG, CRISOLOGO D. (Tagbilaran)


JALUAG, DANTE K. (Tagbilaran)


JAMILA, NOEL PELIGRO (Duero)


JANOYAN, EDGARDO G. (Tagbilaran)


JAWA, RUFO L. (Corella)


JIMENEZ, JERSON GALVE (Tagbilaran)
Physical Therapist, Henry Ford Health System
Macomb, Michigan, USA
H (586) 228-8948
M (586) 489-5831
jerax@comcast,net / jersonjimenez@yahoo.com


JUMAMIL, FERDINAND A. (Tagbilaran)


JUMAMOY, ANTONIO A. (Inabanga)


JUMAWID, ALBERTO S. (Bilar)


JUMAWID, RAMIR A.   (Tagbilaran)


KUDEMUS, EUGENIO V. (Tagbilaran)


LACEA, PABLITO BERNARDINO MAGLAJOS (Catigbian)
Rosario, Cavite
M (0917) 6001981
totolacea@astec-power.com


LAFUENTE, ANSELMO JR. L.    (Tagbilaran)


LAGROMA, REY M. (Catigbian)


LAMBAN, RAFAEL I. (Baclayon)


LAO, JOSE ELEAZAR E. (Inabanga)


LAPAY, EDILBERTO S. (Catigbian)




LEOPANDO, PABLO III C. (Buenavista)


LEOPANDO, RANERO C. (Buenavista)


LIGASON, JOSEPH PAREDES (Tagbilaran)
Freelance Photographer / Artist, Catugasan, Dampas District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 501-7041
M (0921) 5280152
ligasonjoseph@yahoo.com


LIGASON, RAMON PAREDES (Tagbilaran)
Freelance Photographer / Artist, Agusan del Sur
M (0928) 7830973


LIM, PATRICK JOHN YAP (Ph.D., Melb.) (Tagbilaran)
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of San Carlos, Nasipit, Cebu City 6000 Cebu
W (+63 32) 344 6715 (business hours)
101 Villa del Rio II, Pit-os, Cebu City
H (+63 32) 417 6770
M (+63917) 327 9359
limteam@yahoo.com


LLORENTE, RICARDO O. (Balilihan)


LOMOTOS, ALBERTO B. (Tagbilaran)


LOOD, ALLAN B. (Tagbilaran)


LOPOS, RICO B. (Dauis)


LOQUELLANO, CARMELO C. (Dauis)


LOQUELLANO, ROBERTO E. (Dauis)
Public School Teacher, Dauis


LUMAGBAS, EDGARDO C. (Tagbilaran)


LUMAGOD, PEPITO G. (Inabanga)


LUMAIN, EMMANUEL A. (Tagbilaran)


LUMBAB, LARRIE APARICIO (Tagbilaran)
Intelligence Operations Member, Tagbilaran City Police Station, Old City Hall Compound, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-4982 / 166 / 501-9834
F. Rocha Street (Back of Camp Dagohoy), Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       (0917) 9992797


LUNGAY, AUGUSTUS O., BSN, RN (Catigbian)
Registered Nurse


MACUA, SPO3 PROGRESO JR. S. (Tagbilaran)


MAGALLANO, NECITAS (Tagbilaran)


MANHILOT, CESAR A. (Baclayon)
Marketing Supervisor, FDC â€" Nestle, Admiral Tomas Cloma Avenue, Taloto District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Magsaysay Street, San Vicente, Baclayon, Bohol
Cmanhilot@yahoo.com


MANLANGIT, MATIAS C. (Balilihan)


MARQUISO, VICTOR JR. D. (Tagbilaran)


MEJIAS, MICHAEL JAY A. (Inabanga)


MENDE, MANNY SYLVESTER M. (Tagbilaran)


MIGRINO, NEIL S. (Tagbilaran)


MILLANAR, JAY P. (Tagbilaran)
Oroquieta City


MONJE, TROY C. (Tagbilaran)


MONTON, GLENN E. (Maribojoc)


MORALA, NIMROD G. (Tagbilaran)


MORALLA, AGRIPINO JR. T.   (Tagbilaran)


NASAYAO, JOEL A. (Tagbilaran)


NILUAG, EMMANUEL D. (Tagbilaran)


NILUAG, SIMFORIANO S. (Tagbilaran)


NISNEA, LINO D. (Dauis)


NOLIDO, JOEVANI C. (Zamboanga del Norte)





NUDALO, RODRIGO C. (Jetafe)
160 Shepton Way, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
H (416) 830-7025
rodnudalo@yahoo.com


OLALO, ALAN O. (Tagbilaran)


OMILA, HERMOGENES B. (Dauis)


OPAY, APRONIANO C. (Baclayon)


ORONAN, EDWIN C. (Tagbilaran)


PALILEO, RAMIL KARAAN (Tagbilaran)
13 Rafael Palma Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
(038) 411-3932


PAMAONG, ELMER Q. (Tagbilaran)


PANTO, LEO C. (Dauis)


PANTOJA, PABLITO G. (Tagbilaran)


PARUNGAO, ISABELITO T. (Antequera)
PATIGUE, ASUNCIANO JR. G. (Tagbilaran)


PELIGRINO, ARNULFO B. (Tagbilaran)


PENALES, DARREL C. (Dauis)


PENALES, SIMEON JR. M.  (Dauis)


PENALES, RUEL A. (Dauis)


PENALES, SIMEON JR. M. (Dauis)


PENA, IRENEO DE LA (Dauis)


PENA, VICENTE DE LA (Dauis)


PERFECIO, CIRILO L. (Tagbilaran)


PILAYRE, ALEX C. (Tagbilaran)
Seafarer




PILONGO, VALENTIN S. (Tagbilaran)


PINANONGAN, ISMAEL I. (Tagbilaran)


PINEDA, PONCIANO B. (Dauis)


POCOT, ALFREDO C. (Tagbilaran)


POCOY, MARLON G. (Tagbilaran)


POLIQUIT, ESTELITO JR. P. (Tagbilaran)


POLIQUIT, JEFFREY P.  (Tagbilaran)


QUEZON, RAMON JR. L. (Dauis)


QUIDLAT, RICARDO T. (Dauis)


QUIJADA, RAUL R.    (Dauis)


QUIROS, RUSTICO JR. P. (Tagbilaran)


RACHO, BONIFACIO    (Balilihan)


RAGANAS, FLORENCIO P. (Maribojoc)


REAMBONANZA, HENRY M. (Tagbilaran)


REFORMINA, ERNESTO J. (Catigbian)


RELATOR, CAMILO L. (Tagbilaran)


REQUILLO, BENITO A. (Tagbilaran)


REVIL, ELMER S. (Tagbilaran)


ROMULO, RAMON C. (Dauis)


ROSALADA, DINO S.    (Tagbilaran)


RURAC, NARCISO JR. B. (Loay)





SALAZAR, RODULFO JR. T. (Inabanga)


SALE, MELCHOR A.   (Tagbilaran)


SAMUYA, GUILLERMO D. (Calape)


SANDULAN, EDWIN B. (Tagbilaran)


SARABIA, ELEUTERIO JR. B.    (Tagbilaran)


SARIGUMBA, ERIC M. (Tagbilaran)


SASING, JUDE LIGASON (Tagbilaran)
Vice-President for Operations, Orthopaedic International, Inc., 9 West Rd., LISP 1, Cabuyao, Laguna
W (02) 885-7281 to 82
25B Malinis Street, U.P. Village, Diliman, Quezon City
H (02) 924-1795
M ((0917) 887-0256
jlsasing@yahoo.com


SENTE, REYNALDO   (Dauis)


SILAGAN, GARY VAL ANGALOT, BSN, RN, MAHESOS (Tagbilaran)
Staff Nurse, Napa State Hospital, 2100 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, California 94558 USA
W (+1-707) 253-5200 â€" Extension: 5352 / 5200
120 Yankee Jim Court, Vallejo, California 94589 USA
(038) 235-5412 (Care: Teofila A. Silagan, Mother, CPG Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol)
M (+1-707) 980-4838
gary_silagan@hotmail / shooj70@yahoo.com


SIMBULAS, JOSE R.   (Loon)
Employee, Alturas Supermarket, Bernardino Inting Street, Tagbilaran City
(038) 411-


SORIENTE, LORENZO O. (Duero)


SUMAYLO, JOSEVER D. (Dauis)
Businessman


TABUNO, FRANKLIN I. (Tagbilaran)


TEMPLA, RICARDO L. (Tagbilaran)


TERO, EDILBERTO L. (Tagbilaran)


TIONGSON, CARLITO D. (Batuan)


TORREGOSA, HECTOR SOCO (Buenavista)
Self-employed, 48 Mayne Street, Sunshine West, Melbourne, VIC 3020, Australia
H +61-3-93525291
M +61422945635 / +61-403286802
hi.torregosa@yahoo.com


TORTOR, ANTONIO S. (Catigbian)


TRUMPETA, REYNALD A. (Tagbilaran)


TUMARAO, JOSEPH ISAGANI LIGAN (Tagbilaran)
Senior Reservations Controller, Reservations Department, Philippine Airlines, DCB, Domestic Airport Road, Pasay City
W (02) 832-5054
2959 Rizal Avenue Extension, Sta. Cruz, Manila
M (0920) 8617184
josephisagani@yahoo.com


UNAJAN, ALLAN ANUNCIADO, BSN, RN (Carmen)
Operating Room Nurse, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 USA
22 King Arthur’s Court, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 USA
H (908) 2527084
M (908) 334-4785
AUnajan@aol.com
             

VILLA, ROGER M. (Tagbilaran)


VILLABER, JOSUE H. (Cortes)


VILLAMOR, ENGR. ADONIS SARTE (Tagbilaran)
Licensed Engineer
11976 169th Street, Artesia, California, USA
H (562) 229-0507
papayatwix@yahoo.com / adonis@gmail.com


VISTAL, FELIX L. (Tagbilaran)


VIVA, FISCAL CYRIL GASQUE (Tagbilaran)
       Third Assistant Provincial Prosecutor â€" Agusan del Norte
M (0906) 3799480
FP Acosta Subdivision, Libertad, Butuan City, Agusan del Sur / Upper Torero Private Road, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
rchlvv@yahoo.com.ph



FEMALES:


ABADIANO - LOPENA, DOROTEA T. (Tagbilaran)
English Coordinator â€" Elementary Department, Holy Spirit School, J. Borja Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
(038) 411-2558
0919-6939115


ABELLA, ELEANOR B. (Tagbilaran)


ABUYABOR, SALVINA C. (Tagbilaran)


AGAD, RAYMUNDA B. (Balilihan)


AGANG-ANG, MARINA H. (Dauis)


AGUILO, LUCILA L.   (Baclayon)


AGUPE, NATIVIDAD S. (Tagbilaran)


ALABA, CECILIA B. (Tagbilaran)


ALAGON, ARACELI T. (Baclayon)


ALBOROTO, EDMA P. (Tagbilaran)


ALBULADORA, JOSEPHINE H. (Tagbilaran)
Government Employee, City Civil Registrar’s Office, Tagbilaran City Hall, Calceta Street, Tagb. City, Bohol
(038) 411-2577
Mansasa District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


ALO, MARIA ARLENE G. (Baclayon)


AMOY, ESTELITA A.   (Carmen)


ANAVISO, MA. EMILYN G. (Maribojoc)


ANAYA, ROSALINDA L. (Catigbian)


ANGALOT, MARIA DULCE ALMA D. (Tagbilaran)


ANGCAHAN, CHONA MITZI R. (Catigbian)


ANGCON - MANIWANG, CHERRY O. (Tagbilaran)
English Instructor, College of Arts and Sciences, Holy Name University, Lesage Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
(038) 411-3764
Tamblot Street, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


ANISCAL, MARILOU D. (Maribojoc)


AÃ'ANA - PLARAS, ANA VILLA VILLAMOR, BSN, RN (Inabanga)
Staff Nurse, Medical â€" Surgical â€" Telemetry, Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, New Jersey 08876 USA
W (908) 685-2851
20 Kent Street, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 USA
H (732) 878-6621
M (732) 763-6258
junmoy@verizon.net / avaplaras@yahoo.com


APILLANES, ALICE S. (Tagbilaran)
Licensed Pharmacist, Bool District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


ARAC, ERLINDA G. (Dauis)


ARACO, ANECITA P.    (Panglao)


ARANCON, SEVERINA B. (Dauis)


ARAOARAO - GABIN, FIEL ANGELI ESPEJO (Tagbilaran)
City Information Officer, City Government of Tagbilaran, Tagbilaran City Hall, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-2177 / 235-5516
29 Graham Avenue, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 411-2899
M (0918) 4103568
fielangeli@yahoo.com


ARASAN, DIOSCORA DAYO (Dauis)
Secretary, Atty. Aster Apalisok â€" Piollo Law Office, 2nd Floor, RAMVIL Building, CPG Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-4861
Mana-ol, Tabalong, Dauis, Bohol
M (0917) 2060082
corikick@yahoo.com


ARCALES, MARGIE S. (Tagbilaran)


ARDENIO, MYRNA R. (Dauis)


AROCHA, SEVERINA B. (Dauis)


ASOTIGUE â€" MANTE, MARJORIE LABIS (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed / Homemaker
Poblacion, Catigbian, Bohol
M (0920) 3915927


ASTUDILLO, ERLINDA N. (Tagbilaran)


ATUP, JOSEPHINE S. (Sierra   - Bullones)
Businesswoman, Dauis, Bohol


AYAG, ELDA M. (Mabini)
1952 Campillo Street, Malate, Manila / 135-A CPG North Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0919) 6090133
Elda30_2000@yahoo.com


AYAO, AGNES M. (Tagbilaran)


AYENG, ALBERTA A. (Tagbilaran)




AYENG - GUTIERREZ, CECILIA REQUIELMEN (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Eastern Cogon Elementary School, Calceta Street, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-5492 (Cogon Barangay Hall)
116 CPG North Avenue, Cogon District
H (038) 235-4478
M (0906) 7820386


AYENG, JESSICA R. (Tagbilaran)
M (0926) 3349368


AYUBAN, MA. GINA B. (Tagbilaran)


BAGCAT, ANASTACIA A. (Sierra-Bullones)


BAGUINANG, MA. CECILIA E. (Tagbilaran)


BALATERO, ARTEMIA (Tagbilaran)


BALATERO - JUMAWID, NORA HUBAY (Tagbilaran)
Businesswoman, Eagle’s Genesis Enterprises, Pooc Oriental, Tubigon
W (038) 508-8147
Jumawid and Associates’ Law Office, 261-1 CPG North Avenue, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       H (038) 411-5145 / 501-9704
       M (0920) 9012944
       norabjumawid@yahoo.com.ph / jumawid_dj@hotmail.com


BALBIDO, AMELITA V. (Tagbilaran)


BALIOG, VIRGILIA, BSN, RN (Balilihan)
Registered Nurse, U.S.A
virgilia.baliog@lycos.com


BALOCO, HERACLEA G. (Batuan)


BALONGA, MELVA A. (Clarin)


BANCURE - BALON, ANECITA A. (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Booy Elementary School, Booy District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-6754


BANDIJA, MARINA S. (Tagbilaran)


BANSAG, ROBINA D. (Tagbilaran)


BANTUGAN, LEONORA D. (Tagbilaran)


BARAJAN, EDITHA B. (Cortes)




BATINGAL, MARGIE O. (Cortes)


BAUGBOG, ELSA G. (Baclayon)


BAUTISTA, MARIETTA G. (Inabanga)


BERONGAY, IMELDA B. (Tagbilaran)


BETARMOS, ELSA L. (Garcia-Hernandez)


BINATERO, JEANNY G. (Cortes)


BIRAD, EDITHA T. (Catigbian)


BLASQUEZ, TARCITA S. (Tagbilaran)


BOLANIO, MA. THERESA T. (Tagbilaran)


BOLONG, NEMESIA A. (Dauis)


BOLONOS â€" SUMAKOTE, EVELYN DANO, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, La Loche Health Center, Saskatchewan, Canada SOM1GO
W (1-306) 822-2660
Floraville Homes, Apokon Road, Tagum City, Davao del Sur
H (084) 400-3138
M (0917) 7196201
evesum1@yahoo.com


BOLONGAITA, CAMILA B. (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, AURA P. (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, CONRADA A.   - (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, DORIS H. (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, MARITES D. (Dauis)


BOLOTAOLO, MA. THERESA S. (Dauis)


BOMEDIANO, PAPIA D. (Dauis)


BON, ALICIA (Panglao)





BONCALES, ALONA M. (San Miguel)


BONGALOS, BASILISA L. (Panglao)


BONGOSIA, ELENITA A. (Tagbilaran)


BONGOSIA, VICTORIA A. (Tagbilaran)


BONTUAN, FELICIDAD S. (Corella)


BORJA, MA. ROSARIO C. (Tagbilaran)


BOYSILLO, DAVILIN S. (Ubay)


BRIONES, MA. VICTORIA I. (Tagbilaran)


BULADAS, BRIGIDA V. (Tagbilaran)


BULLECER, MARILYN C. (Dauis)


BUSLON, TERESITA L. (Sierra-Bullones)


BUTRON, MARILOU (Pilar)


CABAGNOT, JESSICA N. (Batuan)


CABILLANES, ANECITA O. (Tagbilaran)


CABULAO, DESIDERIA D. (Tagbilaran)


CADAGDAGON, FELMA C. (Baclayon)


CAGAS, ALMA L. (Baclayon)


CAHANAP, ROSALINDA S. (Dimiao)


CAJEGAS, SONIA B.   (Loon)


CAJILOG â€" TINAJA, JULIE RASONABE (Tagbilaran)
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Secretary, Municipality of San Isidro, Bohol
W (0912) 8905972 / (0920) 5641035
Poblacion, San Isidro, Bohol
M (0915) 3180999 / (0917) 3041863




CALAMBA - CULPA, AGNES S. (Tagbilaran)




CALAMBA, MAXIMILIANA C.   (Tagbilaran)


CALI, JANORA L. (Tagbilaran)


CALLENERO, AURORA S. (Tagbilaran)


CALOPE, ANA LIZA O. (Tagbilaran)


CAMARINES, ANALYN B. (Sagbayan)


CAPUNO - NAVEA, JANETTE C., BSN, RN (Garcia-Hernandez)
Registered Nurse, CCU -Open Heart Recovery Unit, St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, New York, USA
37 Rockaway Place, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 USA
H (1-973) 265-4325
M (1-917) 952-4966
aevanjb88@yahoo.com


CARIO, JULIET G. (Tagbilaran)


CARIO, LUCINA B. (Sierra-Bullones)


CASTRO, ENGR. ANA LIZA O. (Tagbilaran)
Instrumentman, Department of Public Works and Highways - Bohol First Engineering District, Capitol Site, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Matig-a Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 411-2140
M (0906) 9036868


CASTRO, JESSICA T. (Tagbilaran)


CASTRO - TRASADAS, JOVITA ROXAS (Tagbilaran)
Businesswoman / Proprietor, Rufa Salon, C. Gallares Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-5197
Basak, Taloto District, Tagbilaran City
M (0919) 8841024


CATOT, MA. ANITA M. (Tagbilaran)


CAVERTE, TERESITA A. (Tubigon)


CEMINE, LIZARETTE M. (Tagbilaran)


CENTINO, LORDETA O. (Danao)





CHAN, HAIDEE B. (Dauis)


CIMENI, EUFEMIA G. (Dauis)


CIRUJALES, MELECIA B. (Dauis)


CIRUJALES, MA. URSIE A. (Dauis)


CLARIN â€" MARTIN, MA. BETSY DOLOTALLAS (Dauis)
Businesswoman / Proprietor, City Junk Shop, Bustrillos Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-6637
New Capitol Heights, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0919) 4457536
betsaya@yahoo.com


CLARIN, EMERITA D. (Dauis)


COMADUG, ZORAIDA O. (Bilar)


CORNEL, HELEN L. (Tagbilaran)


CUISON, MARIBEL A. (Tagbilaran)


CUYNO, MARY JEAN T. (Tagbilaran)


DAGCUTA, ROCHIE C. (Tagbilaran)


DAG-UM, ESTRELLA D. (Carmen)


DAG-UM, TEODORA L. (Carmen)


DAQUIPIL, NENITA J. (Baclayon)


DAQUIZ, LIZA L. (North Cotabato)


DATAHAN, HELEN P. Candijay)


DAYO, ANECITA P. (Tagbilaran)


DIEZ, GEMMA A. (Tagbilaran)


DOCABO, ROSARIO P. (Tagbilaran)


DOLAUTA, MARIBEL D. (Dauis)



DOMEN, EVANGELINE M. (Tagbilaran)


DORIA, MA. LUZ P. (Corella)


DOROPAN, GLICERIA Q. (Dauis)


DOTE, GEMMA B. (Tagbilaran)


DULALAS, JULITA M. (Dauis)


DULOGAN, SUSAN A. (Tagbilaran)


DUMANGAS, ALMA RUTH J.   (Tagbilaran)


ENERLAN, REYNELDA C. (Tagbilaran)


ENTE, AGRIPINA B. (Tagbilaran)


ESCASINAS, JOCELYN L. (Pilar)


ESCABILLA, MERLINE Y. (Tagbilaran)


ESTOLOGA, NILA S. (Panglao)


ESTOMATA, ZITA V. (Tagbilaran)


ESTOPEREZ, HELEN E. (Panglao)


ESTOPITO, ESTERLINA E. (Panglao)


ESTOQUE, CLAVERLITA M. (Panglao)


ESTOQUE, JOVENA B. (Panglao)


ESTOSE, MARCIANITA C. (Inabanga)


EVARDONE - FALK, MAE JOY MATUOD, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse
Middletown, Connecticut
H (860) 346-4133
Evardone91@yahoo.com


EYAS, EMELITES T. (Tagbilaran)




FELISILDA, MA. FE. E. (Anda)


FUDALAN, TEOTIMA B. (Panglao)


FUDOLIG â€" RINOS, ANTONIETTE, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, Canada
nette-f@yahoo.com


GALAN, BELINDA M.    (Tagbilaran)


GALBO, MARCELINA V. (Baclayon)


GAMAYON, SARAH P. (Tagbilaran)


GAMUTAN - MILLANES, RITA FAUSTA DAJANG (Valencia)
Medical Technologist, The Woodland Assisted Facility, Cape Coral, Florida
W (239) 574-8789
12591 Equestrian Circle, Fort Myers, Florida
H (239) 362-0126
M (407) 6170401
ritafausta@yahoo.com


GARCIA, DEOGENA C. (Trinidad)


GARCIA, PERPETUA G., BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, London, England
ptpgsure@yahoo.com


GARROTE - TUMABANG, MA. GINA C. (Tagbilaran)
Public School Teacher, Hanopol High School, Hanopol, Balilihan
De la Paz, Cortes, Bohol
       (M)


GENIO, MARIBETH G. (Baclayon)


GLOVASA â€" ANORE, LORELEI NAQUILA (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Cogon Elementary School
W (038) 235-5815
C. Darunday Street, Dao District, Tagbilaran City


GOMEZ, GEMMA A.   (Tagbilaran)


GOMEZ, MENERVA C. (Tagbilaran)


GORDILLO, MYRNA M. (Tagbilaran)


GUBOT, ROSA L. (Tagbilaran)




GUERRA, EUSEBIA C. (Baclayon)


GUIMBARDA, TERESITA Q. (Dauis)
Public School Teacher


GUMAPAC, GERMINIANA S.   (Carmen)


HANGAD, CAMILA D. (Loay)


HERNANDO, LEONIDES P. (Cortes)


HORMILLADA - BUDIONGAN, CARLOTA L. (Tagbilaran)
Tagbilaran City, Bohol


IBANEZ, CECILIA B. (Dagohoy)


IGCALINOS, ROSILDA B. (Carmen)


IGHOT - EPE, EDNA M. (Tagbilaran)
Ramiro Community Hospital, C. Gallares Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
(038) 411-3515
eie_35@yahoo.com


INGCOG - DINTER, GINESA B. (Tagbilaran)
M (0927) 2776971


INGLES - SALISE, LEONOR T. (Tagbilaran)
M (0928) 2872737


INTING, PAULETTE D. (Tagbilaran)


INTING, MA. ROWENA (Tagbilaran)


IPONG, WILMA (Baclayon)


JAMISOLA â€" LINGO, VILSUETTE SARMIENTO (Mabini)
Registered Nurse / Clinical Instructor, College of Nursing, Holy Name University, Janssen Heights, Dampas District
Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-3432
sweetsamkitdran@yahoo.com


KIBIR, ROWENA A. (Tagbilaran)


KUDEMUS, ASUNCION S. (Tagbilaran)


KUDEMUS, FLORENCIA Q. (Tagbilaran)



LABASTILLA-ARCENA, RIZALINA CAMELOTES (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Carmen, Davao
Niceville Subdivisions, Panabo City, Davao
M (0920) 4627057


LABAJOS, CONCHITA M. (Carmen)


LACRE, JESSICA B. (Tagbilaran)


LAFUENTE, GLICERIA M. (Loon)


LAGARE, MARILOU L. (Tagbilaran)


LAMBAN, EMILY I. (Tagbilaran)


LANTAKA, MA. SOFIA O. (Tagbilaran)


LAPEZ - STORMS, TERESITA MARIA SUPILANAS, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
       Staff Nurse, Woon en Zorgcentrum De Vliet Koevliet 8,Zele 9240 ,Belgium
       W (32) 052 45.96.00
       Olieslagerstraat 47, 9200, Dendermonde, Belgium
       H (32)  52.202.206
       M (+32) 476.924182 (gsm)
       tesjurgen@yahoo. com


LAUREL, EDWINA ANCLA, BSComp E (Loboc)
Self-Employed, Tarsier Printshoppe, Lot 1, Block 14, Saint Joseph Village, Dampas District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 501-7644
M (0928) 7722591
winglaurel@yahoo.com


LEGASPI, MA. ANA L. (Dauis)


LIBOT, ELVIRA A. (Tagbilaran)


LIGONES, MELINDA A. (Tagbilaran)
Bool District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol

LIMPOT, REYNILDA A. (Tagbilaran)


LOMOCSO, NILDA L. (Tagbilaran)


LOMOCSO, NENITA L. (Tagbilaran)


LOOD, ELIZABETH A. (Tagbilaran)




LOOD, MARGARITA A. (Dauis)


LOPENA, CECILIA S. (Dauis)


LOQUIAS, NILA C. (Dauis)


LOQUIAS, REGINA L. (Dauis)


LOQUINARIO, MELODINA P. (Dauis)


LOR, DIOSCORA A. (Tagbilaran)


LUGSANAY, PERLA A. (Batuan)


LUMACANG, CELEZA O. (Tagbilaran)


LUMANTAO, LILIBETH P. (Tagbilaran)


MACABENTA, VIVIAN B. (Dauis)


MADROÃ'ERO â€" BONGULTO, PIA CINCHEZ, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, Medical Acute/Telemetry, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
W (619) 260-7260
1622 Mount Tamalpais Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91913 USA
H (619) 421-8412
M (619) 793-7322l
joda90s@yahoo.com


MAGALLANES, VALERIANA A. (Dauis)


MAGDUGO, LYDIA B. (Tagbilaran)


MAGDUZA, MARITES B. (Sierra-Bullones)


MALARAN, ELSA Q. (Tagbilaran)


MALINAO, TEOFILA S. (Corella)


MANATAD, WILVIA LAO (Buenavista)
Librarian, CVSCAFT â€" Buenavista Extension Campus, Buenavista, Bohol
Daet Norte, Buenavista, Bohol
M (0921) 3906659 / (0906) 5558824
wilao_manatad@yahoo.com


MANTILLO, MARLENE C. (Tagbilaran)




MARAPAO, MARIFEL O. (Tagbilaran)


MASLOG, MA. RUFINA P. (Tagbilaran)


MATABILAS - DUAVIS, MARILOU M., BNS, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, Medical Division â€" Department of Education â€" Division of Bohol, CPG Sports Complex
W (038) 411-4938 local 115 / 411-4939 / 411-2544 / 411-2720 / 501-7550
Buenavista, Bohol
M (0918) 3976103


MEDINA, ERLIENDA C. (Tagbilaran)   - TAGBILARAN


MELICOR, ARLENE I. (Tagbilaran)


MENCIAS, CARLIZA R. (Maribojoc)


MENDEZ, VIRGINIA A. (Pilar)


MENDOZA, EDNA B.   (Tagbilaran)


MENDOZA, HELEN B. (Tagbilaran)


MERCADER, SUSANA N. (Tagbilaran)


MICUTUAN, JEMIMA C. (Dauis)


MILLAN, TERESA E. (Baclayon)


MIOLE, FE J. (Tagbilaran)


MONDILLA, ENGR. ERMA R. (Tagbilaran)
Licensed Engineer
erm-808@yahoo.com


MONJE, RACHELLE C., BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)


MONTERON, ELMA L. (Tagbilaran)


MORALDE, MA. CHONA O. (Pilar)


MUYALDE, MARIETTA R. (Tagbilaran)
Davao City


NACORDA, WILMA U. (Tagbilaran)




NAMOC, ELEANOR L. (Tagbilaran)


NAVARRO â€" TIONGSON, LUZVIMINDA S. (Bilar)
Graham Avenue, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0916) 3092292


NISTAL, JULITA Y. (Dauis)


OCMEN, GENEROSA O. (Tagbilaran)


OLASO, JUVY G. (Tagbilaran)


ONCOG, LETICIA T. (Tagbilaran)


ONCOG, MELANIE (Loboc)


ONTOG, MANOLITA S. (Tagbilaran)


ONTONG, ISABEL B. (Buenavista)


OPERIANO, WELIA C. (Dauis)


ORIG, MA. HELEN N. (Balilihan)


OROC â€" ZAMORA, CEFERINA (Tagbilaran)
Local Legislative Staff, Sangguniang Panlungsod, Tagbilaran City Hall, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-6349 / 411-3130
Taloto District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-6257
M (0918) 6784528
fecat70@yahoo.com


PACOT, VICTORIA Z. (Tagbilaran)


PADIS, MA. TERESA A. (Tagbilaran)


PADREGANDA, MA. ANTONETTE ALFARERO (Tagbilaran)
Principal I, Booy Elementary School, Booy District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-6754
66 Torralba Extension, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-3496
M (0906) 3088301 / (0921) 4527292
Maeanne70@yahoo.com


PAHAYAC, LEONILA D. (Valencia)


PAJO, SOLEDAD S. (Batuan)



PALACA, EDNA (Dauis)


PAMAN, JEODITA H. (Baclayon)


PAMAONG, ESTELA C. (Tagbilaran)


PAMAONG, OFELIA L. (Tagbilaran)


PAMAYLAON, JENNIFER J. (Loboc)


PANGAN, JOCELYN M. (Tagbilaran)


PAÃ'A - DECKER, RHODORA, BSN, RN (Cortes)
Registered Nurse, USA
2010 16th Road Northeast, Waverly, Kansas 66871 USA
Jojie_decker@yahoo.com


PAREDES, GUILLERMA A. (Tagbilaran)


PAREDES, CARMELA R. (Tagbilaran)


PARUNGAO, JOAQUINA T. (Tagbilaran)


PEÃ'A, HELEN C. DELA (Tagbilaran)


PERALTA, MARILYN D. (Cortes)


PINOLIAD, MARITES R. (Dauis)


PINAT, VILMA C. (Dauis)
Davao


PINGKIAN, CONCORDIA L. (Baclayon)


PINLAC, GONZALA P. (Dauis)


PINOS, MONINA ARCAYENA (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed
Bool District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
M (0915) 8421257


PINQUE, LEONITA M. (Dauis)


PINSOY, CARMENCITA (Dauis)





PIQUERO, JENNIFER V. (Tagbilaran)


PIZAÃ'A, NORA Q. (Tagbilaran)


POCULANGAS, ROBERTA M. (Tagbilaran)


PORIPOR, VIRGINIA P. (Tagbilaran)


PRECIADO-YANO, ANNALIZA MAGALLANES (Tagbilaran)
Matsuyama City, Japan
H
M
kikosweetaiko143@yahoo.com


PUMARES, JESUSA (Tagbilaran)


PUMATONG, MA. CONSUELO G. (Tagbilaran)


PUTONG, VIRGIE L.   (Tagbilaran)


PUYO, BEATRIZ L. (Tagbilaran)


QUIJADA â€" LISON, ARTEMIA LUMACAD (Dauis)
Self-Employed / Caregiver
Bahi, Alburquerque, Bohol
H (038) 540-9406
M (0910) 754-0716 / (0921) 5455073
eqlison@yahoo.com


QUIJADA, ELVA L. (Tagbilaran)


RAGUSTA, HELEN A. (Tagbilaran)


RAFAL, JOCELYN BELDEROL (Tagbilaran)
Manjuyod, Oriental Negros


RANOLLO, ZENAIDA V. (Sierra-Bullones)


RAOTRAOT, MYRNA D. (Dimiao)


REDULLA, ANITA C. (Tagbilaran)


REDULLA, ARLENE M., BNS, RN (San Miguel)
Registered Nurse





REFAMONTE, BIENVENIDA B. (Tabilaran)



REMOLADOR, ANECITA B. (Tagbilaran)


RENEGADO, EDNA LABOR (Cortes)
Religious Order


REQUINA, MARIVIC L. (Tagbilaran)


REYES, NELMA A. (Tagbilaran) 


REYES - REMOLADOR, ROSALIE MONUNGOLH (Tagbilaran)
Clerk III, Department of Agrarian Reform, BODARE Building, J.A. Clarin Street, Dao District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-2816 / 235-4243 (Telefax)
23 Marapao Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-5339
M (0928) 4617073
rremolador@yahoo.com


ROMOSORA, ELVIRA O. (Dauis)


RONTAL, CECILIA A. (Dauis)


SABIJON -PUTONG, DESIDERIA T. (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed (Dressmaking), C. Gallares Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
San Isidro District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


SAGUIREL, VICTORIA S. (Tagbilaran)


SALAZAR, DALISAY T. (Tagbilaran)


SALAZAR - KARASAWA, JADEL LIGTAS (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed
Japan
21 M.H. Del Pilar Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 411-3690
Jadel616c@yahoo.com


SALES, MA. SUSANA (Tagbilaran)


SALISID, HELEN R. (Tagbilaran)


SALOMON, JOSEPHINE V. (Maribojoc)


SALUGSUGAN, MA. ELENITA B. (Tagbilaran)





CHATTO - SARIGUMBA, MA RUBY APALE, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse
41 Wilton Road, Dexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex TN401HX
rubychatto@yahoo.com


SAYSON â€" ACOG, PSINSP PINKY LAGUIO (Tagbilaran)
Licensed Engineer / Forensic Chemical Officer â€" Chemistry Division, Philippine National Police Regional Crime Laboratory Office â€" 7
Camp Sotero Cabahug, Cebu City
W (032) 232-6997
Upper Santa Fe, Alburquerque, Bohol
M (0915) 7845065


SEBANDAL, MA. GRACE H. (Cortes)


SENTE, MARITES S. (Dauis)


SIMBAJON, JUSSELYN M (Tagbilaran)
M (0915) 5506737


SIMBAJON, MARILOU B. (Tagbilaran)


SOLIANO, TERESA P. (Tagbilaran)


SOY, ELIZABETH E. (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed, Lamdagan Street, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-3225


SUACILLO, MA. CONCEPCION C. (Calape)


SUAREZ - BUSTRILLOS, ELIZABETH M. (Tagbilaran)
Self-Employed / Homemaker, 140 J.A. Clarin Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 235-5215
W (0915) 4898377
Betchay4270@yahoo.com


SUAREZ, MARISSA C. (Inabanga)


SUMALINOG, SUSANA S. (Sagbayan)


SUMAOY, TITA L. (Tagbilaran)


SUMAYLO, MARLIE D. (Dauis)


TAGANAHAN, NANCY (Dimiao)








TAGHAP, LANELLE PAULINO (Tagbilaran)
Land Examiner I, City Register of Deeds, Old City Hall Building, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 411-3987
30 Miguel Parras Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
H (038) 501-7874
M (0910) 8112088 / (0917) 3045577
lanelle6670@yahoo.com


TAMPON, EVANGELINE N. (Calape)


TAN, MA. GEMMA D. (Tagbilaran)
Public School Teacher


TEMPLA - CIRUNAY, GINES P. (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Dampas Elementary School, Dampas District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
W (038) 235-4851
Dampas District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


TESIORNA, JOCELYN T. (Alburquerque)


TOMO, JULIET, BSN, RN (Panglao)
Registered Nurse, U.S.A.
alapay@sbcglobal.net (Care: Aniceta Lapay â€" Tomo)


TORERO â€" DEL MAR, THERESA REFORZADO, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse
       Calamba, Laguna / 88-5 Torero Private Road, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
       M (0918) 6298585 / (0919) 2977703 (Care: Tiara Lourdes Torero â€" Bulilan, Vice-Governor’s Office
       theresadelmar@yahoo.com


TORRALBA, MA. ELENA L. (Tagbilaran)


TORREON, BIENVENIDA G. (Jetafe)


TOSTON, NEOMIE L. (Buenavista)


TRABAJO - LOGSDON, SANDRA NAVARRO, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Director of Nurses, Brazos Valley Care Home, 609 South Avenue F, Knox City, Texas 79529
W (940) 658-3543
P.O. Box 655, Knox City, Texas 79529
H (940) 256-3095
ardnasojabart@yahoo.com


TUBAL, NIMPHA A. (Tagbilaran)


TUGONON, PERLA T. (Bilar)


UDTOJAN - BAJAO, MA. ROSARIO A. (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Cogon Elementary School, San Jose Street, Tagbilaran City
W (038) 235-5815
Belderol Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


UNAJAN, MARILYN C. (Sierra-Bullones)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Abachanan, Sierra-Bullones, Bohol
M (0910) 3932350


USARAGA - ELLO, VALERIA ALDRINA C. (Tagbilaran)
Elementary Grade Teacher, Tagbilaran City Central Elementary School, Tagbilaran City
W (038) 411-3559
   

VALLESER, MA. RIZZA FE C. (Ubay)


VARQUEZ, JUDITH L. (Loboc)


VERTULFO, AMALIA TABUDLONG, BSN, RN (Tagbilaran)
Registered Nurse, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore
W (65) 63572083/87
Block 39,Mandalay Road, 09-41 Mandalay Tower, Singapore 308216
H  (65) 62532304
M (65) 97357491
bruh700_08@yahoo.com


VIDAL, JESSICA G. (Tagbilaran)


VILLABER, IMELDA S. (Tagbilaran)


VILLABER â€" BALONDA, LILIA B.  (Tagbilaran)
Self-employed
Carnaba Drive, Cogon District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol


VILLAMOR, ELVIE G. (Tagbilaran)


VITER, NIDA G. (Bilar)


WAPANIO, RUFINA C. (Alburquerque)


WONG, MA. THERESA C. (Tagbilaran)


YECYEC, ELVIE M. (Dimiao)

Message: DO YOU REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN THE WORLD TODAY?

AS A MATTER OF FACT By Sara Soliven De Guzman
> The Philippine Star 04/30/2007

> Filipino people love their country, love their culture and take pride in their language. This is not to say that
even if the English language is used in Philippine schools, we have already disrespected and have ignored our national language.

> A minority faction is continuing to fight for the use of our native language in schools. They are blocking
the implementation of Executive Order 210 (series 2003) which is "Establishing the Policy to
Strengthen English as a Second Language in the Educational System." They claim
that the EO allegedly deceives the public in its content and that it is more directed toward establishing the
English language as the primary language and not as a secondary language to be used as a medium in
schools. Then, they say that the EO contradicts our Constitution. So what do they really want? Do they have
intentions of helping our country progress or do they want us to continue
being primitive and backward.

> Don't they realize that we already have an edge over other Asian nations and the rest of the world in speaking
the English language? In fact, even if India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, United Arab
Emirates, etc. speak English, they carry a strong accent which makes it difficult for people to follow. So, the
way Filipinos speak English is better understood and this is why many international companies prefer to hire Filipinos. Why do you think we have so many OFWs around the world? Yes, even the Filipinos who live far in the bundoks land a job abroad. Now don't tell us that English in the Philippines belongs only to a small population and that those from the
provinces do not use it.

> Do you realize that many of the textbooks used in public and private schools are donated from abroad? They
are all written in English. In fact, the books or textbooks written in  English are the ones used in the schools and public libraries. They are professionally written, meeting international standards and are far off better than the ones made locally. For your information, the books used in the provinces and hard to reach areas are the ones donated by foreigners. Even
books published in the 1960s written in English are still welcomed by our local folks. I should know, schools are close to my heart - both public and private. I have visited private and public schools around the country - Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao even those in far to reach areas. They all have more books written in English than in their native dialects (of which they have almost none existing at all) or in Filipino. So, do your research before objecting to something that can make or
break our country.

> When the Aquino Government imposed the use of the Filipino language or the regional languages in schools (circa
1988), our literacy rate tremendously dropped. I think their intent was to strengthen national pride - little did
they know that patriotism or love for country was very strong in the hearts of the Filipinos during that time. As a
result, the program to implement the use of the national language confused the schools as to how this was going to be achieved with the very little materials on hand. School heads, teachers and students were like headless chickens following something which had such weak foundations and preparations especially since the teachers have not mastered Filipino in its real or purest form. So, Taglish evolved. Thus, the birth a new informal language. It is only now that we are
starting to recover because many are now conscious of the importance and the advantages of the English language.
Many schools, public or private alike have realized that English is the only way to move forward.

> The British Council says "English is the main language of books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control,
international business and academic conferences, science, technology, diplomacy, sport, international
competitions, pop music and advertising. Over two-thirds of the world's scientists read in English.
Three quarters of the world's mail is written in English. Eighty percent of the world's electronically stored
information is in English. Of the estimated forty million users of the Internet, some eighty percent communicate in English, but this is expected to decrease to forty percent as speakers of other languages get
online."

> In 1919, US President Woodrow Wilson had the Treaty of Versailles (which ended the First World War between Germany and the Allies) written in English as well as French. Since then, English has taken root in diplomacy and gradually in economic relations and the media. The language now seems set to have a monopoly as the worldwide medium
of communication.

> Today, economic globalization is growing hand in hand with the growing use of English. People are being encouraged
to use or send messages in English rather than in their own language. Many do not mind. They see this as part of the unavoidable trend towards worldwide uniformity and a means whereby a growing number of people can communicate directly with each other.

> As Roland J. Breton, a geo-linguist from the University of Paris states: "The spread of English may be
seen as a positive development which saves resources and makes cultural exchange easier. After all, it might be
said, the advance of English is not aimed at killing off local languages but is simply a means of reaching a wider audience... A person makes a mark through his or her ability to use the most useful language or languages. And
over several generations, the most useful language eliminates the others."

> Our country is already in a chaotic situation - from the problem of illiteracy, unemployment, the spoils of public office, bureaucracy, political or extra-judicial killings, corruption to the coming May 14 elections - let us not confuse it all the more. Instead, we must put all our energies on the more practical solutions in order to see a brighter future for our nation.
Do not forget that the country's growing prosperity and commercial aggressiveness are due to the extended
use of the English language by our countrymen.

Finding the Joy of Teaching in Thailand…

GERALDINE GULLE DARAY PUGOY
By Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao â€" Gabin
(FOR SUNDAY POST. Sunday, November 12, 2006 issue. Thank you very much!)

Reporting back to the office after the May 1 fiesta could be very tiring. Tagbilaranons, especially those who make it a point to prepare gastronomic treats for the visitors or fiesta goers, would rather take a few days off from the office to relish the time to stay home to rest or simply be with their families. However, in May 2005, it was rather exciting for me, after Lawrence L. Medilo, our systems administrator, handed me a print-out of the e-mail from a certain “Gege Pugoy.” She started her message by saying that she got my name from the City Government of Tagbilaran website. She introduced herself as a Boholana working as an English (English as a Foreign Language) teacher in Thailand.

Geraldine “Gege” Gulle Daray Pugoy was practically a stranger to me, but it was flattering to have received an e-mail from somebody I didn’t know. I was even more interested when she told me she hopes I could help her with her project: as part of their school’s English curriculum, she, together with four (4) other teachers, will be bringing to Bohol 10 students from the Kanlayaneesithammarat (KN) School in Nakhonsrithammarat, one of the provinces in Thailand, our ASEAN neighbor known for many years as “Siam.” (In the 20th century, the country changed its name to “Thailand” meaning “land of the free people.”) I was told that a significant component of the youth exchange program was that 10 students and 5 teachers from Holy Spirit School will also be given the chance to do the same program for two (2) weeks in Thailand, with free accommodation from host families.

After getting the approval of Sister Mary Joy B. Quizan, SSpS, Holy Spirit School director and exchanging e-mails from May till the last week of September 2005, Gege and I (thinking primarily of the PAASCU accreditation) were ready for the Thailand - Philippines - Holy Spirit School Youth Exchange Program from October 9 to 22, 2005. Mrs. Virgilia A. Fudolig, HS principal, student leaders led by Lyn Limboy, Jean Joan S. Ibba and Chryst Dalumbar (Gege’s Boholano colleagues in Thailand) and I went to the Tagbilaran City Airport last October 9 to welcome the group composed of Mayuree Karikarn, English program director, Usa Siwamok, KN School director, Booncherd Pimsen, assistant director, Scottish teacher John Andrew “Geordie” Robson with his wife Big, and the students Natawan Tirakijpanichakorn, Praew Siripasert, Sumukal Pleangrat, Chayanis Suddhavichai, Vanidcha Mahattanan, Araya Thongsame, Naruporn Noo-Samien, Phattaraporn Potjanametha, Yawaree Pantaweesak and Phattaraporn Phithakham. (Part of the beautiful friendship forged between HSS and KNS was the pioneering sisterhood covenant signed by Sister Joy, school director and Mayuree, KN School English program director which stated that the same number of HSS teachers and students will have the experience of culture in Thailand, as they did in January this year (the same time Lola Pining got really sick and died).

Gege told me that Kanlayaneesithammarat School is a large government school situated in the center of the city of Nakhonsrithammarat, Southern Thailand, with a student population of 3,500, with ages ranging from 11to18 years old. The KN English Program (EP) is housed in a separate building, home to an estimated 250 fee-paying students who are taught some of their subjects in the English language. The EP students are taught by qualified and experienced Western and Asian teachers and are also given the opportunity to do many interesting activities including having to go to several English Camps to Malaysia, Singapore and other Asian countries each year. Last year, their trip was different as the students from Grades 9 and 10 attended classes and stayed with host families, with the objective of providing them with learning experiences that foster insights, cultural appreciation, and meaningful friendships.

Ajarn (Teacher) Gege, the school’s English camp organizer, born on November 23, 1975 in Sierra-Bullones, is the eldest child of Zosimo Atup Daray (deceased) and Norma Nituda Gulle of Cogtong, Candijay, Bohol. She was valedictorian when she finished elementary at Cogtong Elementary School and high school at Bohol School of Fisheries (now Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, Forestry and Technology â€" Candijay Campus) and was conferred the “Most Outstanding Student” award during her college graduation at Agusan Institute of Technology, Butuan City.

As mother to three (3)-year-old son Verm Gerald Pugoy, she takes the pleasure of having to shuffle motherhood and a full-time career, with very little time left for sleep. “The reason I like living here in Nakhon so much is that it's a great town. It's not too big and yet big enough to have what you need on a daily basis. It's also close to mountains, beaches, waterfalls and islands, so it's a great location… I'll tell you this (Thailand) is a very nice country - food, clothes and almost everything are super cheap!” Having lived in Thailand for the past 11 years, together with her husband, Vernizo Piloton Pugoy, a seafarer turned ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, she feels like it’s her second home, having gotten used to its diverse culture and background, the usual Thai diet consisting of rice and fish prepared with curry and sauce, with the abundance of tropical fruits such as bananas, durian, jackfruits, mangoes and mangosteen.

Gege worked in Bangkok, Ayutthaya and Prachinburi and in 2000, started teaching at the KNEP. “I feel very fortunate to be part of this English Program and have and still am thoroughly enjoying myself here. The reasons I have enjoyed my stay so much are varied; my fellow staff members, very helpful colleagues and above all, excellent students. The students always make me feel good even when I'm feeling low ... their intelligence, sense of humor and their general outlook in life makes it a pleasure to come to school. I feel truly honored to be the one teaching them,” she shares.

Her other inclinations are reading, traveling, languages, fashion and bright colors. Actively involved as adviser of the Filipino Association in the South of Thailand (FAST), she also takes pride being the writer and producer of the ‘The Best English Radio Show in the South of Thailand’ as she beams “ I am so proud to be the one in-charge of this program.”
Gege, like her husband Verni, my Boholano friends and teacher-Friendster buddies Purissa Buaya Plaras (Carmen), Chryst Dalumbar, Diana Lyn Leopando de Castro and John Jasper Castillo Cortes (Tagbilaran City), Michael Ortega Ligalig (Anda), Prince Paul and Roseth Ranara, and even international dancesport champions Jonathan Cajes Reyson (Tagbilaran City and Talibon) and Cherrel Justiniani Deiparine (Inabanga) may be far away from home, but they certainly have found success and the joy of working in Thailand.
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According to Gege, “I really believe that poverty is not a hindrance to success. I was born and raised in a poor family, but I don’t find it a problem in getting what I’ve wanted in life. Instead, I always consider it as a challenge. With confidence in myself and the blessings from up above, I was able to achieve what I’ve dreamt of… What goes around, comes around, and so forth. I believe that with life, you get what you put into it. You don’t try to have a good life, and you don’t try to have a bad life; you just let your life follow its own path and just be who you are.” (FAEAG)

Tagbilaran beauties in retrospect
By Jefilo Rewinantclacoe


There may have been beauty tilts earlier that were not properly documented, so the personalities may have slipped from our memory …

Over the years, it may have been known by different titles such as Miss Tagbilaran, Tagbilaran’s Five Prettiest, Miss Teen Tagbilaran, Mutya sa Tagbilaran or Miss Young Tagbilaran, even spanning the terms of former City Mayors Venancio Pahang Inting, Rolando Gatal Butalid, Jose Ma. Fama Rocha, Jose Valles Torralba and now Mayor Dan Neri Lim and handled by the City Government of Tagbilaran, Leo Club of Tagbilaran, Chocolate Hills Lady Jaycees or Pastillas Jaycees, but just the same, these beauty pageants never fail to catch the fancy of the people who have an eye for pulchritude.

Through the years, as Tagbilaran has metamorphosed into a city with big dreams, we also recall the ladies who were privileged to be its ambassadors of goodwill, who have successfully represented Tagbilaran in higher levels of competitions, or have helped in promoting the best assets of the City by serving as role models of the youth.

After more than four (4) fruitful decades, the City has grown by leaps and bounds, so has beauty pageants. It’s not just about the face and figure, poise and bearing, talent and intelligence or that “thing’ they call x-factor. Beauty pageants have evolved, have gone beyond simply looking at the physical attributes of each candidate, but most importantly, it has given the definition of “beauty with a purpose.” So, what has become of our former titleholders?

In April 1986, Zosita Caliao Clarin (married to Godofredo Manigque; as a mother, Suzette has raised four lovely children, the eldest “Margo,” destined to become Miss Tagbilaran exactly 20 years after her own victory) was crowned Miss Tagbilaran in the pageant sponsored by the Leo Club of Tagbilaran. Three months after that, the City Government of Tagbilaran organized the 1986 Tagbilaran’s Five Prettiest and proclaimed Elisa Pusta Laway (now with the audit division of the Holy Name University Finance Office), Gemma Marina Reyes Manding (a Philippine Airlines flight attendant for almost two decades), Ma. Josefina Mabilog Manigque (a businesswoman in Bacolod), Helena Monton (a nurse in London) and Leah Vita Castaño. In the year that followed, Cogon’s Fiel Angeli Espejo Araoarao, 17 at that time (now wife of Jerome John J. Gabin from Siquijor and mother of Cielo, Tagbilaran City Information Officer who served as president of the development information officers in Bohol and Central Visayas), reigned as Miss Tagbilaran 1987. The blend of American and Spanish features in Geraldee Vallejo Campbell (now Mrs. Balbona, has traveled far and wide as a Cathay Pacific flight attendant based in Hongkong) was evident when she was crowned Miss Teen Tagbilaran in 1988.
         
Figuring in Bohol’s beauty pageant history as the first Miss Bohol Sandugo titleholder is Mutya sa Tagbilaran 1989 Winnie Moreno Lim (married for 13 years to Vicente Ventulan), now director of the rehabilitative services of the Life Care Center in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA. In 1990, a Penshoppe model, Ma. Victoria Gaviola Labado, became Mutya sa Tagbilaran and is now a fulfilled obstetrician-gynecologist, wife of Dr. Philip S. Larrazabal, head of the radiology and cancer treatment of Cebu Doctors Hospital and heads the Center for Women of the same institution. One of the pretty and smart ladies of the Matuod Clan from Manga, Mutya 1991 Joanna Cheryl Matuod Evardone (a cardiac intensive care unit nurse at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, USA and recipient of the Star Award for Nurses for being one of the Most Outstanding Members of the Nursing Staff), succeeded Labado.  Still a student of Divine Word College when she won the crown (now a bank teller), Suzy Agoncillo Tabuno was Mutya sa Tagbilaran 1992 and was the city’s official representative to the Miss Bohol Sandugo ’92.

Adjudged Mutya 1993 was a no-nonsense lady, Sophia Lorraine Maniwang Alvarez, now Mrs. Gentallan, lives in Milford, Connecticut with husband Joel (from Antequera) and 10-month-old son Justin Christian and works as registered nurse in the intensive care unit and coronary care unit of Norwalk Hospital for a little over 5 years already. In 1994, Vanessa Joyce Matuod Evardone (Astillero), earned the second Mutya title for the Evardone Family after older sister Chewee (Joanna Cheryl), continued to triumph as Miss Bohol Sandugo 1994 pageant, and is now having her residency training in internal medicine at the Caritas Carney Hospital-Tafts University in Boston, Massachusetts. For some reasons, no pageant was held in 1995. The charming Mary Fragelle Felisilda Tejano (a BA in Mass Communications graduate of the University of the Philippines â€" Cebu, she had a stint as administrative officer of Guardo Realty Development Ventures until she left the company in March 2006 and recently migrated to Brampton, Ontario, Canada) from Lindaville Subdivision held the crown in 1996. The articulate Socorro D’ Marie Tallo Inting, Mutya sa Tagbilaran 1997 and Miss Bohol Sandugo 1997, is now a lawyer, a partner in the Mijares and Partners Law Office in Cebu who enjoys handling civil cases more than criminal cases and likes the challenge of trying to win a losing case and dealing with the loss of a winnable case.

An incoming fourth year high school student of Holy Spirit School in 1998, the glamorous Jesyl Bongosia del Rosario, Mutya sa Tagbilaran 1998, finished BS Commerce at the Holy Name University used to be a front office staff of Plantation Bay Resort and is now a bank employee of Metrobank in Cebu. Mutya 1999 Marimi Caballo Marapao, the unassuming lass from Lindaville, crossed boundaries she has never been before (Asia, Europe, North and South America) as an Asiana Airline flight attendant. Taloto’s Mutya Amor Telmo Zamora, Mutya 2000, was with the Cebu office of Gulf Airlines, an international airline flying Middle East and Europe but is now an accountant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Succeeding Zamora in 2001 was Bool’s bet Jacklyn Joy Pilayre Yam, a BSC-Management Accounting graduate of HNU, best remembered for the “fall” which caused her a few stitches on the face before the pageant and coronation night. 
   
A multi-faceted lady, Mutya 2002 Costie Jephilin Bojo Besas passed the nurses’ board examination given in June 2005 and the International English Language Testing System exam (November 2005), as well as the grueling N-CLEX in Hongkong administered on August 19, her 22nd birthday. She is waiting for her visa screen certificate for the United States. Rhoda Lee Logroño Ligan, Mutya 2003, was one of the successful examinees of the much-talked about licensure exam for nurses last June 11 and 12,2006 and now working on her application in a call center and forwarding company. Mutya 2004 Lorraine Marie Mapute Evasco, left for New York on August 3, 2006 to join her Math teacher-mother Alma Reyfil (she intends to pursue her college after savoring her days at Silliman University as a consistent BA MassCom honor student of their department). In 2005, a group of five lasses composed of Bool’s Richell “Rich Asuncion” Pacaldo Angalot (who is now having her share of stardom after becoming a GMA-7 Starstruck finalist), Poblacion 1’s Anna Karenina Fuentes Cimagala (another believer in the principles of Florence Nightingale, a third year nursing student at HNU), Mansasa’s April Lynn C. Recio (a second year BSN student of HNU), Katherine Margaret M. Tejano (recently migrated to Long Beach, California, USA), and Barbie Ann B. Vanta (was contemplating to enroll in a caregiving course, but went to Davao) were hailed as Miss Young Tagbilaran 2005 beauties. In 2006, the statuesque Margo Adelaiz Clarin Manigque (daughter of Miss Tagbilaran 1986 Suzette Clarin), one of the freshest faces on the catwalk as a promising fashion model and bronze medallist of the Manila Youth Games 2005, a nursing student of the University of Bohol, epitomizes the traits befitting of a Miss Tagbilaran 2006 titleholder. On April 28, 2007, Mary Lovely Ligones of Barangay Bool was crowned Miss Tagbilaran 2007 succeeding Margo Manigque.

Wherever the other beauties may have been, they have certainly left their marks in local beauty pageant history as women who exuded charm and grace and in later years have exhibited strength of character and shown compassion to the people whose lives they have touched. More significantly, the common denominator of these ladies is that they have triumphed over life’s challenges.

(The writer wishes to express gratitude to the parents, siblings and relatives of the candidates, Lawrence Medilo, Raymund Buslon, Joel Padolin and Chrysilli Mitzi Ibaya of Bohol Magazine for willingly sharing their photo collections… )