Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Marinduque as Destination of the Year 2013
Marinduque as 'Destination of the Year 2013' shouldn't really come as a surprise. Remember that it has been listed as One of the World's Top Islands in early 2010?
The Island of Marinduque is covered in a forest of green. An idyllic poster province for eco-tourism, Marinduque is an example how beautiful and scenic an island can be when it is not over developed. Rising from an environmental disaster of a mining accident, Marinduque is set to become a major tourist destination.
Marinduque is a safe and peaceful place. Travelling around Marinduque, one cannot miss the welcoming smile of its people. Getting lost is next to impossible as a helping hand is always nearby to guide you to your intended destination. The jails are almost empty for the lack of criminality in the island.
The circumferential coastal roads of Marinduque are cemented and well maintained, making going around the island pleasurable. The public transport consists mainly of jeepneys and tricycles but air-conditioned vans are available for hire.
Being a net producer of agricultural products, the prices of food in Marinduque is lower compared to the Luzon mainland. Cows, goats and chicken in considerable quantity can be seen in the fields all over the island. The wet markets are full of sea food in their freshest state.
Marinduque also boasts of many dive sites. Natangco Reefs in Mogpog and the Tres Reyes Islands are just two of the must see sites.
Welcome to the Island Destination of the Year – Marinduque 2013!
-Courtesy: www.philippinestourismcong
Friday, September 28, 2012
Mabusay Falls, simple discovery, lasting thrill
Azreil, they now call him their model for Mabusay Falls. |
One of several shallow caverns found in the area. There are five waterfalls found there, quite apart from each other. |
The group did gather these unique suso, snails, found in the cool waters, cooked it in coconut milk and ginger with wild mushrooms on the side, and their day was complete. |
Mabusay Falls, Mahinhin beckons to the next explorers. |
Mabusay Falls, Mahinhin, Boac, Marinduque
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Opening of baseball and softball tournament in Boac
Opening of Elementary and Secondary Baseball and Softball Tournament in Boac. Organizers led by Mayor Roberto Madla shown here during the opening of the games last Sunday. |
Ms. Florida Calupig declares the opening of the games on behalf of Cong. Lord Allan Velasco. |
The Marinduque National High School Drum and Lyre Band during the parade. |
Participants take their oath of sportsmanship adhering to the highest standards of discipline no matter if they win or lose. |
Compact Fluorescent Lamps distributed in Marinduque
Recipients present their most recent Marelco electric bill. |
Beneficiaries wait for their turn to receive two pieces each of CFLs. |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Cong. Lord Allan Velasco takes a bride; "see you at the Church wedding", he says
Lord Allan & Rowena Kristina Amara now officially husband and wife. Private wedding ceremony was celebrated on September 21, 2012, at the Presidential Suite, 26F, Diamond Hotel, Manila |
With family friend, businessman Fidel Sy, SJ Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr., Mrs. Lorna Quinto-Velasco, the Bride and the Groom. |
The Bride with Mom Lorna. |
Wen with close friends. |
Relatives, friends, supporters and the people of Marinduque now await the Church Wedding in 2013. |
The Groom with close friends. |
Cong. Lucy Torres-Gomez was among those at the small reception that followed. |
Two hearts that now beat as One! |
Monday, September 24, 2012
Small break for barangay Silangan
Foreboding Silangan Cliffs
Silangan,
a coastal village in Northern Mogpog in the periphery of Datum Station Balanacan, the
point zero reference for Luzon Datum of 2011, therefore the geodetic center
of the Philippines, is still hardly reached by many Marinduquenos. Access to
Silangan by car or motorcycle particularly during rainy days render it impassable, so visitors prefer just going to Silangan by boat from Argao.
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The waters of Silangan with blinding white beaches, read. |
Far-flung quiet road that awaits nature's explorers. |
Silangan barangay officials raise a banner for Cong. Velasco. |
Friday, September 21, 2012
Unique tombs found in Mulanay, new treasure hunt in Marinduque
From AP The Big Story Sept. 20, 2012 by Jim Gomez
"Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of what they believe is a
1,000-year-old village on a jungle-covered mountaintop in the Philippines with
limestone coffins of a type never before found in this Southeast Asian nation,
officials said Thursday.
"National Museum official Eusebio Dizon said the village on Mount
Kamhantik, near Mulanay town in Quezon province, could be at least 1,000 years
old based on U.S. carbon dating tests done on a human tooth found in one of 15
limestone graves he and other archaeologists have dug out since last year…
"The
archaeological site is part of 280 hectares (692 acres) of forest land that was
declared a government-protected area in 1998 to keep away treasure hunters and
slash-and-burn farmers. Treasure hunters looking for gold exposed some of the
limestone tombs years ago, but it was only last year that Manila-based
archaeologists started to unearth the graves and artifacts and realize the
significance of the find.
"Treasure hunting has
damaged many archaeological sites in the country. In the early 1990s, Filipino
archaeologists led by Dizon discovered that 2,000-year-old burial jars with
unique human face designs had been destroyed by treasure hunters in a cave in
Maitum town in southern Sarangani province.
"Archaeologists worked
for a few years to glue the sack loads of clay shards piece by piece and
restored more than 150 ancient burial jars to shape. Some of the Maitum jars
are displayed at the National Museum in Manila with a plan to exhibit them in France
next year, Dizon said.”
Mulanay is a neighboring town of island-Marinduque. |
New treasure-hunting activities in Marinduque
Meanwhile, new
reports of treasure hunting activities in Marinduque have resurfaced with
diggers active again in another site believed to be hiding buried treasures. They
reportedly come equipped with hand-held jackhammers to drill holes at the site.
As in an earlier case concerning the digging of a suspected treasure site in
Gasan that raised official concerns from the town’s local officials, the same group
of people is apparently engaged once again in such digging in the new suspected
treasure site with the knowledge of certain high-ranking local government officials.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Cong. Velasco's barangay projects in Gasan
Dawis Farm-to-Market Road Watch the video below of Cong. Lord Allan Velasco's barangay projects in the town of Gasan implemented by the DPWH and Marelco (in the case of sitio electrification). The government's sitio electrification and barangay line enhancement program was made possible through the intercession of Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras and congressional legislators. Read |
Monday, September 17, 2012
Dalawang buwig ng saging
More stringent rules for borrowing LGUs issued
by dofweb
THE BUREAU of Local Government Finance (BLGF) has made more stringent the requirements for local government units (LGUs) applying for authority to borrow money from banks and other financial institutions.
Local Finance Circular 1-2012 laid out new documentary requirements which LGUs need to submit to BLGF before they can be granted Certificates of Borrowing and Debt Service Capacities should they need to borrow money.
The circular, signed April this year by Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima, whose department oversees BLGF, superseded Local Finance Circular 1-2000 issued on January 19, 2000.
“We need to make sure that LGUs do not abuse their right to borrow to the detriment of their constituents,” Purisima said on Wednesday.
Original requirements under the earlier circular are the following: statement of actual income and expenditures and certification of internal revenue allotment (IRA) received for the past three years; certification of taxable assessed value for the past three years and dates of the last general revision of real property assessments; certification of existing loans, if any and annual audit report from the Commission on Audit for the past three years.
Under the new circular, the following documents were added to the original requirements:
- letter-request from the local chief executive indicating the lending institution and the purpose and terms of the loan;
- certification of absence or existing and approved loans, when applicable;
- certification by local accountant that LGU has not incurred default in payment of amortization of an existing loan;
- certification from the secretary of the Sanggunian or the local legislative body that the proposed project to be financed by the loan is included in the Approved Annual Investment Plan for the current year;
- authenticated copy of the resolution authorizing the local chief executive to negotiate and contract a loan in behalf of the LGU;
- certification issued by the lending institution stating that it shall not require LGU deposits as compensating balance for the loan if the lender is a private entity;
- Seal of Good Housekeeping from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and;
- proof of compliance with the full disclosure policy of the DILG
Purisima said fiscal discipline should also be exercised by LGUs and not only by the national government.
“We have made significant reforms, one of them the directive to revised assessed real property values, in order to allow LGUs to raise more revenues. The idea is that you spend only as much as you earn,” the Finance chief said.
“But should you need to borrow, as the national government does, we want to make sure that these units have healthy balance sheets enough not only to cover their loans, but more importantly to continue their service to the people in the long run,” he explained.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Marinduque teacher wins as one of Ten Outstanding Teachers
SB Gasan joins Marinduque First Saturday Movers in opposing capitol loan
Marinduque First Saturday Movers logo. |
The Sangguniang Bayan of Gasan has issued a Resolution supporting the move of Marinduque First Saturday Movers, a Marinduque organization opposing the plan of the Provincial Government of Marinduque for a multi-million peso loan for infrastructure projects. Read.
The Sanggunian maintains that the loan will aggravate the province’s financial situation and that it would jeopardize basic government services. It also maintains that the amount being loaned has no clear program of works, and “the timing of the loan is suspect”. Copies of the said Resolution No. 20012-118 have been sent to the relevant institutions for their information.
Marinduque
First Saturday movers is a Manila-based organization composed of well-known professionals,
businessmen, and former high-ranking government officials from Marinduque who
have held national and local government positions. It sees itself as an organization
committed to unifying Marinduquenos and friends of Marinduque, providing moral
support and dissemination of information, among others, toward improving
quality of life for the people of this island-province.
Gasan SB Resolution No. 2012-118. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Battle of Pulang Lupa local hero Lucio Quinto remembered
Invitation to the 112th Battle of Pulang Lupa Commemorative
Program at the Torrijos Covered Court
The American Army believed that the guerillas might have had
up to 300 weapons, including the arms taken from Shield’s party by the
guerillas, yet by mid-1901 the Army had recovered only 186 rifles and 12
revolvers.
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