Actually, it wasn’t only festivity whom the young senator endorsed, but other festivals as well in other parts of the country. He greeted them in their respective languages.

I went to the Office of the Mayor few days ago and saw a letter, indicating that the company is willing to talk to the local government chief about putting up a store. I wondered where it might be, but all it said was along the “national highway,” which I would think is the Manila East Road.

What I worry, however, if there will be a convenience store here is, will it survive? I am no economist or a business administration graduate, but I think one problem we have why no business development is convergence. Lack of people convergence. Foot traffic. An economic center. Usually, the main road would be the best place for it but unluckily for us, most of buildings in the JP Rizal street is residential.

Take a look at our neighbors. Majority of the lots in the main road are occupied by business establishments, both in Tanay and Morong.

But maybe we aren’t just as enterprising as they are.

‘Rape by soldiers exposes deceitful Oplan Bayanihan’
Bulatlat.com, 27 February 2012
Mutya’s cousin accompanied her to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the municipality of Baras in Rizal, where she managed to narrate to a social worker how the soldier “touched” and pinned her down with his body. She said that she and her cousin became sleepy after eating the cake and drinking the water given them during the party.

‘EDSA spirit still alive’
The Visayan Daily Star, 25 February 2012
At the housing turn over rites, Binay reported that the 21,800-unit Phase 1 Housing Project consists of 9,000 units in the four sites in San Jose del Monte, Bocaue and Norzagaray, Bulacan; 4,274 units in the three sites in Biñan City and Calamba City, Laguna; 4,526 in the four sites in General Trias and Trece Martirez City in Cavite and 4,000 units are in Baras and Rodriquez, Rizal.

P200 house rent for cops, soldiers
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 February 2012
Other housing communities under the program are in San Jose del Monte, Bocaue and Norzagaray in Bulacan province; Biñan and Calamba in Laguna province; General Trias and Trece Martires in Cavite; and Baras and Rodriguez in Rizal province.

Office of the Governor General of the Philippines
Manila, 24 December 1920

Executive Order Number 57

As many of the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Baras have requested that it be separated from the Municipality of Tanay, Rizal Province, and organized as an independent municipality;

Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Article sixty-eight the Administrative Code Revised is hereby increased to twenty-seven twenty-six municipalities of the Province of Rizal, as established by section thirty-eight of the Code and Administrative Order Executive Customer Number eight in the series and seven in 1910 and Executive Order number Fifty-seven series in 1918, separating the neighborhood of the current municipality of Baras and Tanay organizing itself as an independent municipality.

The Municipality of Tanay shall consist of its current term unless the territory specified in the district of Baras. The Municipality of Baras be composed of the territory included in the current quarter Baras.

The organization that provided in this to take effect on January first 1921.

19 January – Municipal Choir Competition
20 January – Launching and Opening of the Baras Travel Mart at Kultural Pagtatanghal. Unang Hirit will cover the event.
21 January – Parade of Mrs. Baras at 8 am while the pre-pageant will be held at 7 pm
22 January – Bigtime Bakbakan sa Baras – Inter Town Amateur Boxing Tournament and Palaro ng Lahi
23 January – Videoke King and Queen Grand Finals
24 January – Senior Citizen and Person With Disabilities Amateur Singing Competition
25 January – Bulilit Amateur Singing Contest (14 years old and below)
26 January – Barasenian Amateur Singing Contest (15 years old and above)
27 January – Variety Show courtesy of Baras Theater Arts Group
28 January – Bantay Turista Motorcade and Serenata ng Banda
29 January – Jamming of the Bands

Baras Rizal Online will cover major events for the town fiesta.

That is according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

In an article published today in the Manila Bulletin, DENR-Calabarzon has identified cities and municipalities in the region that are susceptible to calamities. Here’s the article:

Region 4-A flood-prone areas bared
By Ellalyn B. De Vera

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 4-A (DENR-Calabarzon) reminded residents in high-risk geohazard areas to heed the call of the agency and local government units, and refrain from dwelling in areas highly susceptible to floods and landslides.

DENR-Region 4-A Executive Director Reynulfo Juan said geohazard maps were produced and made available by the regional office’s Decision Support Systems Office (DSSO) in Calamba City and at the office of the Regional Director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau- Region 4-A (MGB-Calabarzon) in Manila.

The DSSO identified critical areas, including Tagaytay City and the municipalities of Maragondon, Ternate,Silang,Alfonso, and Corregidor in Cavite province.

In Laguna, the susceptible areas to landslide are Calamba City, Los Baños, Alaminos, Rizal, Nagcarlan, Majayjay, Famy, Mabitac, Sta. Maria, Siniloan, Kalayaan, Cavinti and Paete.

The municipalities of Laurel, Mataas na Kahoy, Cuenca, Lipa City, Tuy, Calaca, Mabini, San Juan, and Rosario were considered susceptible to landslide in Batangas.

In the province of Rizal, susceptible areas to landslide include Antipolo City, Taytay, Rodriguez, San Mateo, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Majayjay, Tanay, Pililia and Jalajala.

In Quezon, the susceptible areas to landslide are Gen. Nakar, Infanta, Real, Mauban, Panukalan, Burdeos, Pagbilao, Atimonan, Lopez, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Andres, San Fransisco, Tagkauayan, Sampaloc, Dolores, Tayabas, Lucban and Gen. Luna.

Juan also enumerated the floodprone areas in the region, based on the flood susceptibility map for Calabarzon prepared by the DSSO with MGB-Calabarzon, and the National Economic Development Authority IV-A.

In the province of Cavite, he identified the municipalities of Kawit, Noveleta and Cavite City highly susceptible to floods. Highly susceptible to floods are the municipalities of Mabitac, Santa Maria, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Cavinti,
and Santa Cruz in Laguna province.

In Batangas province, he considered as flood-prone with high susceptibility the towns of Nasugbu, Lian, Calatagan, Tuy, Balayan, Calaca, Lemery, Taal, San Luis, Bauan, San Pascual, Batangas, Lobo, Laurel, Talisay and Tanauan.

In Rizal province, highly susceptible to floods include San Mateo, Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Antipolo.

In Quezon province, Infanta, Real, Mauban, Pagbilao, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Macalelon, Catanauan, Mulanay, Buenavista, Lopez, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Calauag, Polilio, Burdeos and Lucena City are also highly vulnerable to floods.

LGUs alerted on landslide- and flood-prone areas in Davao del Sur, Calabarzon region
Philippine Daily Inquirer

DIGOS CITY—The Davao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has issued an alert to all local government units (LGUs) in the province following the release of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s geohazard map that showed landslide- and flood-prone areas.

In the geohazard map, the MGB identified 115 of the province’s 337 villages, or about half, as landslide-prone—including some areas being eyed for gold and copper exploration by a foreign-owned mining company—while 54 other villages were considered at risk of floods.

Roderick Milana, PDRRMC chair told the Inquirer, that leading the pack of landslide prone areas were the hinterland towns of Malita, Sta. Maria, Malalag, Jose Abad Santos and Kiblawan, where Xstrata-owned Sagittarius Mines Inc. had proposed to operate.

Milana said all mayors had been told to brace for the worst amid the erratic weather pattern.

Residents in the identified areas were also advised to be vigilant at all times, especially during heavy or continuous rains, he said.

“We have prepared all gymnasiums built in all towns of Davao del Sur as our main evacuation centers in times of calamity,” he said.

Landslides and floods, some of them major ones, had affected several Davao del Sur areas in the past.

Milana said the MGB geohazard map, which showed which areas are considered high-risks, was seen to boost the PDRRMC’s effort to prevent the massive effects of natural calamities, especially on the lives and safety of residents.

In Lucena City, the DENR in Calabarzon has identified the areas in the region with “high landslide susceptibility” and “flood-prone” and warned the residents to always observe necessary precautions.

The areas in the region that the DENR found to be highly susceptible to landslide are:

Cavite—Tagaytay City and the municipalities of Maragondon, Ternate, Silang and Alfonso;

Laguna—Calamba City, Los Baños, Alaminos, Rizal, Nagcarlan, Majayjay, Famy, Mabitac, Sta. Maria, Siniloan, Kalayaan, Cavinti and Paete;

Batangas—Laurel, Mataas na Kahoy, Cuenca, Lipa City, Tuy, Calaca, Mabini, San Juan, and Rosario;

Rizal—Antipolo City, Taytay, Rodriguez, San Mateo, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililia and Jalajala; and

Quezon—Gen. Nakar, Infanta, Real, Mauban, Panukalan, Burdeos, Pagbilao, Atimonan, Lopez, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Andres, San Fransisco, Tagkauayan, Sampaloc, Dolores, Tayabas, Lucban and Gen. Luna.

The areas classified as “flood-prone with high susceptibility” are:

Cavite—Kawit and Noveleta towns and Cavite City;

Laguna—Mabitac, Sta. Maria, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Cavinti, and Sta. Cruz;

Batangas—Nasugbu, Lian, Calatagan, Tuy, Balayan, Calaca, Lemery, Taal, San Luis, Bauan, San Pascual, Lobo, Laurel, Talisay and the cities of Tanauan and Batangas;

Rizal—the towns of San Mateo, Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Antipolo City;

Quezon—the municipalities of Infanta, Real, Mauban, Pagbilao, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, Macalelon, Catanauan, Mulanay, Buenavista, Lopez, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Calauag, Polilio, Burdeos and Lucena City.

Reynulfo Juan, director of the DENR in Calabarzon, said that to help prevent future calamities, the agency would embark on a project to rehabilitate 10,823 hectares of forest land in 2012 as part of the government’s national greening program.

“It is rehabilitating the forests—planting and nurturing the trees that buffer the rain, absorb the excess water and prevent run-offs and flood,” Juan said.

He urged all LGUs in the region to use geohazard maps to prevent calamities similar to what happened in areas devastated by Tropical Storm “Sendong.”

Geohazard maps that were produced by DENR are available at the regional office’s Decision Support Systems Office in Calamba City and at the office of the regional director of the MGB-Region IV-A in Manila, Juan said.

The geohazard maps could serve as warning to disaster-prone areas and as a guide to prevent catastrophes, said Juan in a statement released Wednesday by Gaudencio Audie de la Cruz, DENR-Calabarzon regional public affairs officer.

MGB Director Leo Jasareno recently announced that the government’s geohazard maps will soon be posted at the website of Environmental Science for Social Change (www.essc.org.ph).

In the geohazard map, the color-coded natural hazards—landslides, floods and flash floods are superimposed on the topographic map of the Philippines, from the provincial down to the municipal and barangay levels. Orlando B. Dinoy, Inquirer Mindanao, and Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Inquirer Southern Luzon

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“Ang palusot ng mga inutil, walang pondo para ID ang Comelec. Pangatawanan ninyo ang katuwirang iyan para hindi kayo malintikan sa aming ambush.” That’s how Erwin Tulfo introduced their “Ambushed Segment.”

Probably to the dismay of the Tulfo brothers after interviewing Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, the latter confirmed that there were indeed issues in the release of voter’s ID. Even the chairman himself does not have an ID.

Here’s the video of the December 16 episode of T3.

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