Planet NAGA

Just in! Two (stateside) snapshot dated September 27, 2008 from Alma Diaz of our batchmates reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada billed as the entertainment capital and the brightest city on earth. SHOWTIME! Roselyn Tamunday-Santos, Jess Agomaa, Melba Dominguez, Ana Olaño and Emmanuel Matias. CHICAS Y CHICOS MUY CALIENTE. Jess Agomaa, Tony Santos, Roselyn Tamunday-Santos, Ana Olaño, Gloria [...]

Love

jessie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:31:19 +0000

My romantic pursuits (if there’s any at all) has always been on the sidelines – never a center of discussions & never a topic in my conversations. However, there has been interest on this & I am sort of starting to receive privy queries on this regard. Fortunately, I have now an answer and I [...]

Blind Item

jessie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:50:00 +0000

I am confirming the news: MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando's posters have already invaded this little town in Laguna. Those lifesize posters bearing a face which is the farthest semblance to aesthetics... More to read at the Blog. Read comments, or publi...

Naga hosts Luzon-wide workshop on history writing

Naga City Journal — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:54:00 +0000

Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo, chairman of the National Historical Institute, will deliver the message shortly after City Mayor Jesse M. Robredo welcomed the guests and participants when the Luzon series of the seminar-workshop on local history writing formally opens in this city on October 16-17, this month.

The line-up of speakers and resource persons include NHI Board Member Dr. Heidi K. Gloria of Ateneo de Davao University, Prof. Digna P. Apilado of UP and the Philippine National Historical Institute, Prof. Lars Raymund Ubaldo of St. Scholasticas College, Dr. Celestina P. Boncan of UP and the Philippine Historical Association, and Dr. Danilo Gerona of Ateneo de Naga University.

The speakers will discuss related topics, such as methodology of local history, the importance of oral history, archival sources in the study of local history, and sources for Bikol history in the Spanish archives. An open forum and presentation/critiquing of workshop outputs will follow on the second day.

A project of the NHI, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the City Government of Naga, the workshop-seminar is expected to be attended by local historians, academicians, and stakeholders from the arts and culture sector from the various parts of Luzon, according to NHI Executive Director Ludovico D. Badoy.

Local convenor Jose B. Perez said the venue is tentatively set at the AVR of the Bicol Science Centrum at the city hall compound here but a larger venue may be necessary when actual registration exceeds one hundred participants.

At the workshop, participants will be taught to gather and organize data and will then be required to submit their respective local history as their workshop output.

Mar Roxas graces Taste of Metro Naga at Orgulyo kan Bikol

Naga City Journal — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:54:00 +0000

THE weeklong Bikol Regional Trade Fair 2008 will be held at Megatrade Hall 2 of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City from October 2 to 5 with Sen. Mar Roxas as guest of honor.

Through the joint effort of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Tourism, and the Orgullo kan Bikol Association, Inc., the trade fair will showcase homegrown products from Bicol, including products identified in the One Town One Product (OTOP) convergence program of the government.

Coinciding with it will be the Gayon Bikol of the Department of Tourism, which will be an exposition of the best tourist destinations in the six Bicol provinces.

On October 3, dubbed as Metro Naga Day, Sen. Roxas will be addressing small-scale entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of programs carried out by concerned government agencies, primarily the DTI.

Participants include micro-entrepreneurs sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) through the Commission on the Role of Filipino Women with its GREAT (Gender Responsive Economic Action for the Transformation of Women) Program.

Local government officials, as well as prominent entrepreneurs, from the different towns and cities of Bicol will be attending the trade fair to promote their products.

None to Wear

jessie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000

In "The Afterlife of American Clothes," Joanne McNeil cites a report from The New York Times in 2002. Of the estimate of "2.5 billion pounds of clothes donated to charity in America each year, as... More to read at the Blog. Read comments, or publish ...

Indonesia: From Birth of a New Nation to a New Region

jessie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:13:14 +0000

Sixty-three years ago, Indonesia gained its independence from the Dutch authority. It was to mark the birth of a new nation, rebuilding it with its own peoples’ creative minds and determined hands, according to its own design, identity, and aspiration. Nationalism was at its peak. The pride of being Indonesian and of all that was [...]

AN TINGOG SA TAHAW NIN MGA BUNGOG

Kristian S. Cordero — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:20:00 +0000

Maribok an piyesta asin an ribok an nakakapabangugog sa satuya siring na pigpupurisaw kita kan katoninongan arog baga kan daing karibok-ribok na kampo santo na lilinigan ta naman sa pagtapos kan bulan nin Oktubre tanganing giromdomon an mga gadan. Pana...

Atenean wins Bikol’s most prestigious literary prize

Kristian S. Cordero — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:07:00 +0000

HipolitoMr. Jerome Hipolito of the College of Education was declared as one of the winners for Poetry category in the 5th Premio Tomas Arejola Para sa Literaturang Bikolnon held at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary last September 13, 2008. Aside from Hip...