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Boom-boom should better tell the BIR people right in their very face ---- KAMO KUNOY MAGPAKULATA LALIM BA! ---- UNYA AKO NA SAB ANG MO COMPUTE SA INYONG TAX!

kaon bahog-bahog means kaon nga todo-todo pasingot tungod sa kalami

A new bahog-bahog restaurant has just opened in Burgos - Butalid Sts.
It's named ACACIA DE BUBU, in-front of that big acacia in the corner of Burgos-Butalid St. 
You'll love the BBQ there. Timplang lapu-lapu, that's why its different from our usual taste there.
Busa, hala, suwadje ninjo diha!

   
      When Tan Enting (CLEMENTE LACEA) won the Municipal Presidency of Albur in 1916, it doesn’t mean that Cornago had more voters than Albur.  Just like today, Albur has more numbers at that time.  But perhaps, it was the aura and natural charm in Tan Enting that swayed the Albur votes to him.  However, his stay at the Albur Presidencia was cut short by the passage of Executive Order No. 88, on December 5, 1917 because he opted to relinquish his seat in consideration of his appointment as Municipal President of the newly created Municipality of Sikatuna, issued by then Governor General Francis Burton Harisson.

   So in our history, CLEMENTE LACEA was the FIRST APPOINTED MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT.  He served as such during the inclusive period: 1918 - 1919.  Hereunder are the mayors who followed him in the subsequent elections with the corresponding period of their incumbency, to wit:

1919 â€" 1922   :   AURELIO GASANG
1922 â€" 1925   :   PONCIANO TOLEDO
1926 â€" 1928   :   PONCIANO TOLEDO
1929 â€" 1931   :   PONCIANO TOLEDO
1932 â€" 1934   :   FRANCISCO UNGAB
1935 â€" 1937   :   EMILIANO BACO
1938 â€" 1940   :   PONCIANO TOLEDO
1941 â€" 1942   :   LUCIO MAGHUYOP 
1943 â€" 1945   :   GALICANO JASMIN (GUERILLA)
                    :   PONCIANO TOLEDO (PUPPET GOVT)
1946 â€" 1963   :   FIDEL ELLORIMO
1964 â€" 1980   :   TROADIO PATENIO
1980 â€" 1986   :   CAMILO D. PALGAN
1986 â€" 1998   :   CONSTANCIO Q. RULE
1998 â€" 2007   :   TRANQUILINA T. MANIWANG
2007 - present:     IRENEO CALIMPUSAN

   Notably, the Japanese period saw Sikatuna with three (3) mayors.  The first was  LUCIO MAGHUYOP, who was duly elected in the 1941 election.  However, towards the end of 1942, when the Japanese forces were already in Bohol, Lucio Maghuyop was arrested by the Guerillas on suspicion that he was a collaborator.  He was detained in a place called Behind The Clouds located in the town of Batuan.  In his stead, GALICANO JASMIN being the Vice-mayor then was installed by the guerillas, thereby making the latter as the second mayor. But not long after the installation of Galicano Jasmin, the Japanese forces occupied Sikatuna and established a garrison at the municipal building.  And as part of establishing their command in the area, the Japanese also installed their own mayor in the person of PONCIANO TOLEDO who was already a four termer mayor of the town.  In other words, Ponciano Toledo became the puppet mayor of the Japanese puppet government.
   
   Despite the presence of Japanese soldiers, Sikatuna was still a haven for evacuees, not just from the neighboring towns, but from the province of Cebu as well.  The most famous of them was DON MARIANO JESUS CUENCO who, after the war, became Senator and later, Secretary of Public Works.  In sum, the Japanese period in Sikatuna was characterized by order and harmony, thus, peace reigned in this small town, albeit it was war time elsewhere in the country and in the world.

Salamat Delaguna!

I heard you hold both the sword and the purse in this mega project.
Good luck and more power to you. 

asa man jud nga barangay tukora ang airport?

Let's apply the law so we could address Atty. dela Serna's concern of JUST COMPENSATION.
The law is very self-explanatory.  It has 15 sections only; not boring to read.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 8974      November 7, 2000
AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, SITE OR LOCATION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines Congress assembled:

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. - Article III, Section 9 of the Constitution states that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. Towards this end, the State shall ensure that owners of real property acquired for national government infrastructure projects are promptly paid just compensation.

Section 2. National Government Projects. - The term "national government projects" shall refer to all national government infrastructure, engineering works and service contracts, including projects undertaken by government-owned and controlled corporations,all projects covered by Republic Act No. 6957, as amended by Republic Act No. 7718, otherwise known as the Build-Operate-and-Transfer Law, and other related and necessary activities, such as site acquisition, supply and/or installation of equipment and materials, implementation, construction, completion, operation, maintenance, improvement, repair, and rehabilitation, regardless of the source of funding.

Section 3. Modes of Accounting Real Property. - The government may acquire real property needed as right-of-way, site or location for any national government infrastructure project through donation, negotiated sale, expropriation or any other mode of acquisition as provided by law.

Section 4. Guidelines for Expropriation Proceedings. - Whenever it is necessary to acquire real property for the right-of-way or location for any national government infrastructure project through expropriation, the appropriate implementing agency shall initiate the expropriation proceedings before the proper court under the following guidelines:

(a) Upon the filing of the complaint, and after due notice to the defendant, the implementing agency shall immediately pay the owner of the property the amount equivalent to the sum of (1) one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the property based on the current relevant zonal valuation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); and (2) the value of the improvements and/or structures as determined under Section 7 hereof;

(b) In provinces, cities, municipalities and other areas where there is no zonal valuation, the BIR is hereby mandated within the period of sixty (60) days from the date of the expropriation case, to come up with a zonal valuation for said area; and

(c) In case the completion of a government infrastructure project is of utmost urgency and importance, and there is no existing valuation of the area concerned, the implementing agency shall immediately pay the owner of the property its proffered value taking into consideration the standards prescribed in Section 5 hereof.

Upon compliance with the guidelines abovementioned, the court shall immediately issue to the implementing agency an order to take possession of the property and start the implementation of the project.

Before the court can issue a Writ of Possession, the implementing agency shall present to the court a certificate of availability of funds from the proper official concerned.

In the event that the owner of the property contests the implementing agency?s proffered value, the court shall determine the just compensation to be paid the owner within sixty (60) days from the date of filing of the expropriation case. When the decision of the court becomes final and executory, the implementing agency shall pay the owner the difference between the amount already paid and the just compensation as determined by the court.

Section 5. Standards for the Assessment of the Value of the Land Subject of Expropriation Proceedings or Negotiated Sale. - In order to facilitate the determination of just compensation, the court may consider, among other well-established factors, the following relevant standards:

(a) The classification and use for which the property is suited;

(b) The developmental costs for improving the land;

(c) The value declared by the owners;

(d) The current selling price of similar lands in the vicinity;

(e) The reasonable disturbance compensation for the removal and/or demolition of certain improvement on the land and for the value of improvements thereon;

(f) This size, shape or location, tax declaration and zonal valuation of the land;

(g) The price of the land as manifested in the ocular findings, oral as well as documentary evidence presented; and

(h) Such facts and events as to enable the affected property owners to have sufficient funds to acquire similarly-situated lands of approximate areas as those required from them by the government, and thereby rehabilitate themselves as early as possible.

Section 6. Guidelines for Negotiated Sale. - Should the implementing agency and the owner of the property agree on a negotiated sale for the acquisition of right-of-way, site or location for any national government infrastructure project, the standards prescribed under Section 5 hereof shall be used to determine the fair market value of the property, subject to review and approval by the head of the agency or department concerned.

Section 7. Valuation of Improvements and/or Structures. - The Department of Public Works and Highways and other implementing agencies concerned, in coordination with the local government units concerned in the acquisition of right-of-way, site or location for any national government infrastructure project, are hereby mandated to adopt within sixty (60) days upon approval of this Act, the necessary implementing rules and regulations for the equitable valuation of the improvements and/or structures on the land to be expropriated.

Section 8. Ecological and Environmental Concerns. - In cases involving the acquisition of right-of-way, site or location for any national government infrastructure project, the implementing agency shall take into account the ecological and environmental impact of the project. Before any national government project could be undertaken, the agency shall consider environmental laws, land use ordinances and all pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Section 9. Squatter Relocation. - The government through the National Housing Authority, in coordination with the local government units and implementing agencies concerned, shall establish and develop squatter relocation sites, including the provision of adequate utilities and services, in anticipation of squatters that have to be removed from the right-of-way or site of future infrastructure projects. Whenever applicable, the concerned local government units shall provide and administer the relocation sites.

In case the expropriated land is occupied by squatters, the court shall issue the necessary " Writ of Demolition" for the purpose of dismantling any and all structures found within the subject property. The implementing agency shall take into account and observe diligently the procedure provided for in Sections 28 and 29 of Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992.

Funds for the relocation sites shall come from appropriations for the purpose under the General Appropriations Act, as well as from appropriate infrastructure projects funds of the implementing agency concerned.

Section 10. Appropriations for Acquisitions of Right-of -Way, Site or Location for Any National Government Infrastructure Project in Advance of Project Implementation. - The government shall provide adequate appropriations that will allow the concerned implementing agencies to acquire the required right-of-way, site or location for any national government infrastructure project.

Section 11. Sanctions. - Violation of any provisions of this Act shall subject the government official or employee concerned to appropriate administrative, civil and/or criminal sanctions, including suspension and/or dismissal from the government service and forfeiture of benefits.

Section 12. Rules and Regulations. - A committee composed of theSecretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways as chairperson, and the secretaries of the Department of Transportation and Communications, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Justice, and the presidents of the leagues of provinces, cities and municipalities as members shall prepare the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days from its approval.

Section 13. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 14. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 15. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: November 7, 2000

(Sgd.)JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines

He also said that there is that so-called "theoretical risk," meaning there is a high possibility that the use of nail-cleaning tools could facilitate the transfer of the virus.
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With this thing called "theoretical risk", BEAUTY PARLORS and BARBER SHOPS should now come under the supervision of the Department of Health.  Wow! it would mean an additional USEC!  USEC For Parlors and Salons.  I like that position.

Sandugo should innovate.  You know, according to my P.E. Teacher (sometime ago), the basketball game came into being because of the wishful thinking of the people who wanted to have an indoor game during winter season. And what used to be a primitive basketball game was continuously revised and improved to what it is now, also by the wishful thinking of the people who love the game.  It’s nothing different with our Sandugo Festival.  I’m sure it was also conceived out of the wishful thinking of our past leaders like Joe Torralba who (if I’m not mistaken) portrayed Datu Sikatuna in the first re-enactment.  So it’s just natural for us boholanos who love the festival to think, even wildly, of ways how to make it exciting.  Surely the organizers are not insensitive of clamors for change.  It is change for the better anyway.

I join your views.  Sandugo Festival is a misnomer.  Except for the re-enactment, what we see there does not relate to what a “sandugo” is.  So if what makes it a festival is the re-enactment only, we better forget it because we are not even settled where the actual event took place.  In similar non-religious festivals like: Camiguin’s “lansones festival”, the motive of the festival goers is to feast on their abundant lansones and to have a taste of their latest variety.  So do with other festivals like, Pangasinan’s “bangus festival”, Cordova’s “bakasi festival”, Talisay’s “lechon festival”, etc.  So you could just imagine what it would be like for a “lechon festival” without a smorgasbord of lechon, or a “bangus festival” without feasting on bangus.   Yes, we need to reinvent the festival to make it bloody exciting in the words of boholrepublic.  So here’s my two cents worth on this:  1.) I endorse Mackie Ferniz’ “blood-letting” for world record. At least, our festival goers have something in mind why they will go there, that is, to donate blood as a way of celebrating the sandugo festival.  2. To have a showcase of all “DUGO-DUGO” recipes which we boholanos are famous for, like “dugo-dugong baboy” and “dugo-dugong kabaw”.  Who knows there are other delicious dugo-dugo recipes out there waiting for a break.  In fact, in my hometown Sikatuna, we use to have DUGO-DUGO NGA SAGING SAGULAN UG TINADTAD BUKOBUKO SA MANOK, colored with chicken blood mixed with “saweti”.  It’s very delicious, like dimsum rice.  I really miss it.  Di ba nindot sanu, magpakuha kag dugo first, and then after you will eat your heart out with all kinds of dugo-dugo?  After that, pwede na ka mamalit ug ukay-ukay sa pier.  OK, lets make our views known to the sandugo organizers.

Its ironic that our local newspaper banners the release of millions of pesos for lot acquisition in panglao at a time when children are dying of dengue.  Its ironic that we dream of mega projects and mega developments even if we cannot solve dengue which is as old a disease as diarrhea.  Well, dengue is nothing new. Its not like the SARS which has no known epidemiology.  For all I know, dengue strikes during rainy days.  So kailangan pa bang e memorize yan?    Its just a matter of institutionalizing dengue prevention and control measures in all LGU’s.  But sad to say our LGU officials are instead institutionalizing the SOP thing in their system.  No wonder, mega projects are more important than dengue prevention and control.

ang bol-anon ug gutomon mo ingon ug gikutasan!

THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIKATUNA
(PART I)

If you think the Great Boholano Chieftain has any political significance in the naming of our town, you are wrong!  History is bereft of evidence that would show any relics or traces of his presence in this little piece of territory now called Municipality of Sikatuna.  There’s a misconception in the use of our name Sikatuna, but in reality it’s a pure namesake, nothing more, nothing less.   

But why did we use the name SIKATUNA anyway?  Well, the truth is that, the name SIKATUNA was only adopted as a matter of Idem Sonans (meaning: sounding the same or identically; names pronounced the same but varied in spelling).  The proposed name was actually SAIKATONA (pronounced as: SA IKA TO NA), a visayan phrase which means, ON THE THIRD TIME.   SAIKATONA was proposed by our forefathers in order to emphasize three (3) things.  First is, the fact that we became a town on the third time that we have to adopt a new name. Second is, the fact that as a new town, our municipal territory was re-defined and changed by law for the third time also. Third is, the fact that the newly created town is actually our third mother-town already after having been a part of Baclayon and Albur before.

The story of our political past goes this way.   In the very beginning, we were part of Baclayon as Barrio CAMBOJOD.  Then later on, when Albur became a town, we were made a part of its new territory, and our name was changed to CORNAGO.   It was then after the change of allegiance from Baclayon to Albur that our local political leaders craved for independence.   Thus, headed by Clemente Lacea, they sought the advice of Miguel Oppus (“Tan Igue”), who was then a prominent political figure in the province, and who was also perceived by many as the political mentor of Clemente Lacea (“Tan Enting”).  According to the political brilliance of Tan Igue, it would require a sympathetic Municipal President to understand their desire to become a new town.  So the only way for Cornago to achieve that dream is to first grab the Municipal Presidency of Albur in the 1916 election, so that by the use of moral ascendancy over the municipal council it can secure the enactment of the required ordinance.  Acting on that advice, Clemente Lacea ran for Municipal President of Albur in the 1916 elections.  And with the full support of the people of Cornago who rallied behind his cause, Clemente Lacea was duly elected into office as the Municipal President of Albur in the year 1916.   During his term of office, everything went well in accordance with the sound advise of Tan Igue, and Clemente Lacea was able to steer the municipal council into enacting the ordinance recommending the creation of Cornago into a separate town.  But after that successful feat of Clemente Lacea, came the dilemma of what name to give to our new town.  Again, the brilliance of Tan Igue jokingly came up with the idea that the new name should have some connection with the number “three” (“3”) which has already manifested so much significance in our political journey.  As a new town you will adopt a third name; you will also have a third territory; and finally, your new town will become your third mother-town.  So why don’t you call your new town as SAIKATONA, quipped Tan Igue!    And that witty remark of Tan Igue gave way to the application of the principle of Idem Sonans.  SAIKATONA sounds like SIKATUNA, so at the end of the day, we became SIKATUNA.

I know nothing about numerology, but I think the future of Sikatuna indeed lies in whatever there is in the number THREE (3).  I would say so because, in the final stretch of our historical account, three (3) people were actually responsible for the birth of the Municipality of Sikatuna.  First is, CLEMENTE LACEA (“Tan Enting”), who brought us to a new territory like what Moses did to his people in the Old  Testament.  Second is, MIGUEL OPPUS (“Tan Igue”), not only for babying Tan Enting as his political protégée, but for being the Provincial Board Member who authored the provincial ordinance concurring to the creation of the Municipality of Sikatuna.  And the third indispensable element of history is the good SENATOR JOSE A. CLARIN --- who was then the District Senator of the 11th Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bohol, Surigao, Misamis Oriental, and Misamis Occidental  --- for his sponsorship of our municipal charter, which is Executive Order No. 88, dated 05 December 1917. 

. . . . . . . TO BE CONTINUED.



Note:
I hope this will be of help to anyone who needs to know about our past.  But human as we are, this is not a perfect piece of work, so please call my attention in case there may be some imperfections or omissions in my historical facts. Lastly, I would like to give the credit to where it is due.  I learned all these facts from Mr. FORTUNATO O. AHAT, Retired School Principal, Sikatuna Central Elementary School, who just turned 85 years old last June 13, 2007.

This is AWESOME! But I thought we are not really that poor, and I wish this is not true. I recall some years back when I would refrain from bringing my red-lead painted jiffy to church because I don’t want to be different from the others.  But if today I still have that same jiffy, I would still refrain out of shame, because others are now driving shiny SUV’s and cars on Sundays.  That’s how I see it nowadays from my external vantage point. 
But even then I would still agree on the over all index because the improved lifestyle that we see is only confined to a selected few families.  In fact, these families are easily identifiable because either, they are OFWs, pensioners, working professionals, employees, other income earners, or local businessmen.  The many who predominantly rely on subsistence farming are still stagnating, if not deteriorating.  These people who are now deeply rooted into farming have no more way out because there is no option either.  They are the people who needs help from the local government. Unless our local officials knows how to improve their lot, like giving them marketing support and other livelihood assistance, nothing good will come to these people.  And forever they will make the statistics worst for everybody. 
So this statistical data is best addressed to our local officials for them to look into and find ways to improve it.  But I sensed there are disputable figures in the statistics.  Firstly, I’m afraid that our crime index is actually bigger that what is recorded, because of the many incidents of mauling inside videoke joints that are sprouting like mushroom in the barangays.  I don’t know how much revenue are we getting from these businesses, but I’m sure it’s not worth the trouble.  Everywhere you go you will see videoke machines.  But to the credit of these operators they have proven that competition brings down prices because you can sing for as low as 3 for P5.00.  There is also an increased incidence of theft which I believe is propelled by the urge to bet in “swertres” which is also rampant there.  In fact, I heard that these “swertres canvassers” enjoy police protection, and would even solicit bets inside the municipal offices.   And if my information is still accurate, “shabu” is also secretly traded in Sikatuna.  So what good will a high crime index bring to Sikatuna?  Secondly, the number of school dropouts and unemployed is also bigger in reality.  In fact, this group of people comprises the 63.86% who lives below the income threshold.  But of course, as in any rule, there is an exception to this because our new mayor and six (6) councilors are school dropouts, but certainly they do not live below income threshold.  In fact, among the six, 1 senior councilor has barely finished Grade VI, while a newcomer councilor and our new mayor, according to my reliable informant, are both Sixth Graders also.  But at least our consolation is that the new vice-mayor and two (2) councilors are college graduates.  Surely, the higher percentage of unemployment is caused by the higher incidence of school dropouts.  So I just hope that our local officials who themselves are school dropouts could devise a scheme how to encourage our young generations not to follow their footsteps, at least on the matter of education.  They are supposed to be models for the youths to emulate, so they must be able to expressly and overtly encourage them to go to school.  Otherwise, they might increase their tribe.  Our youths may think that after all they can become honorable officials even without going to school.  So what good will a generation of school dropouts bring to Sikatuna?

puros taga abucay norte pa man ta ani, asa man ang ubang taga ato?
apong_ondoy, cge baya ko patronize sa imong "car wash" sa marina mall!

we just had it last may after the election, in tagbilaran. the next will be 3 years after.
actually kausa pa ko naka attend, that was the first grand reunion held in loboc, i think twas in 1982 or '83.

Boy, i dont expect u 2 know him becos he s very much older, even older than me. BASING JALA used to be the brgy capt of Cambuac Norte. Ang ilang balay toa dapit sa kambaboy via taghangin. But surely he is a 1-10-12 clanner.  I think he is in his 50's na.

I'm happy for this political development in my father's hometown.
Congratulations to my two good friends: Mayor ALVIN and Kag. JODEL!

MAADJONG BUNTAG MGA SANU!
Kumusta tuod ang atong bag-ong mga opisyales diha?
Ang akong tiya nga si VM Nanie David napildi na man!
Ug kinsay nakaila pod ni ANGKI ug ni ROLLY, epangamusta ko nila!
Mamista ko pohon sa February next year.

ok jimboy, welcom!
but pls show ur email add so we can email u directly sometimes.

There's a better version of this history written by the oldest teacher in Sikatuna who happens to be my father.  His historical account is complete with the fine details of the parliamentary struggles of our early political leaders in Sikatuna (formerly "CORNAGO" not Comago) just to detach our barrio from Alburquerque and become what it is now.  I will post it as soon as i can rewrite it from my father's memory.

This piece may be accessed at:
http://www.boholchronicle.com/2007/may/23/sundry.htm

IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT
     
Here's a reaction from our companiero Nilo Ahat which is self-explanatory. We are publishing his piece in full here.

"Welcome back Kagawad, and congratulations for making it to the third term. Pardon me for using your column for my reaction to today's (last Sunday) editorial, "if the price is right".

I should say that if the editor wonders what's in Loay and Panglao that deserves the investment in gold, the more he should wonder a thousand times what is there in my small town, Sikatuna, that's worth giving away millions of family contributions just to win a seat in the LGU.

On a per capita basis, Sikatuna with barely 4,000 voters is probably the biggest election spender in the entire province. I have specimens of the "inangayan" for my personal collection, and the "regular rate" was PhP500.00 for Mayor, PhP100.00 for Vice-mayor, and PhP50.00 for Councilor.

So you could just imagine how much money was added to our local circulation by the two (2) mayoralty candidate, two (2) vice-mayoralty candidate, and sixteen (16) candidates for councilor. On top of the regular rate, there was a "special rate" starting Sunday evening which was PhP1,000.00 for the entire slate, thereby bringing a windfall to some voters who were smart enough to use both hands, the left and the right.

Suma total, our two mayoralty candidates spent no less than PhP1.5M each, a gargantuan sum that could never be recovered in salaries for the entire three (3) year term. Understandably, for the Vice-mayor and the kagawads, there will be return of investment (ROI) on the second half of their term, enough to re-capitalize a re-election bid. But whatever it is, I cannot succumb to the idea of spending hard-earned savings as a way to enter public service.

I cannot even empathize their insistence to enter public service because I know their educational handicap is a fact. But what inspires them to enter public service anyway?

Is it because buying the people's vote is easier than going to school and passing eligibility exams? I suppose it is.

So with this caliber of public servants, I doubt if their election to office could improve our immortal classification as 5th class municipality, per DOF Order No. 20-05 issued early this year. I just hope and pray that they will take this as a challenge!"

Nelson Banos should be spelled as NELSON BAN-AS. He ranks # 8 in the heirarchy. There is another one who placed either 3rd or 4th named MAXIMO INTONG.

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