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vol. xx, no. 12 Bicol, the philippines septemBer 16-22, 2012 p5.00

Peñafrancia fiestadraws more crowd

THE FLUVIAL PROCESSION OF ‘INA’The Bicol fiesta honoring its regional patroness, the Virgin of Peñafrancia reaches its climax yesterday afternoon (Sept. 15), when thousands

of faithful devotees join the ‘INA’ of Bicol in her fluvial procession bringing her back to Basilica Minore by the river.

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN

citizens will be depleted.More people mean more workers

contributing services. Our economic advancements are founded on the FX remittances of our OFWs. If and when our local business and industry flourish – we can ask overseas Filipinos to come home and beef up our expert manpower. In fine, there is no valid objection against more children being born. China and India are economically successful now, thanks to their population who are both producers and consumers.

FUND INFLOWS: Money in itself is a commodity that is subject to the natural law of supply and demand. When there are excess money in circulation, inflation becomes possible. With such increase in available funds, deposit interest rate decreases – assuming there is no equivalent increase in loan demands, The present upsurge in domestic liquidity owing to foreign inflows is created problems for our financial leaders.

BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. believes that our local banking industry is strong enough to absorb the fund inflows without adversities on domestic prices of goods and services. If interest paid to depositors becomes overly minimal – thrift practices will suffer – and people may no longer save. Or, consumers will spend to the maximum – which may trigger inflation, that is – if the supply of goods and services fall below emerging demand.

RURAL BANKS: Under Rep. Act No. 7353 (Rural Banking Act of 1992), rural banks are allowed to have 40% ownership of its capital stock. Despite this available capital resource, many rural banks folded due to insufficient equity compared with their liabilities (including deposits). The government responded to this sorry situation by offering incentives to bigger, stronger financial institutions bailing out capital-deficient rural banks.

The Legislature now has pending bills that are intended to further enhance the initiatives to strengthen the banking sector – primarily rural banks. The objective is to amend R.A. 7353 to adopt the same policies enunciated in R.A. No. 8791 (General Banking Act of 2000). In said law, foreign ownership of thrift and commercial banks is allowed. The draft amendment will allow rural banks to have 60% foreign ownership – an increase from the present 40% limit.

PROVERBS: The best hands that can help you in times of need - are those at the end of your sleeves.

(Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International – is PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

BOASTING? Right after the entry of the P-Noy administration, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala announced that the Philippines will attain rice self-sufficiency by year 2013. Opinions Unlimited believed him entirely at that time. Now that year 2012 is about to end – we are re-examining our position, after the natural disasters which damaged many farms in our rice granary regions of Cagayan Valley, Northern Luzon and Central Luzon.

The government’s bold policy to limit rice imports to only 100,000 tons (in 2013) is disputed now by many who know our rice supply situation. Recently, a Filipino economist at the Asian Development Bank – Ms. Lourdes Adriano, has unequivocally proclaimed in a media briefing that the rice sufficiency boast of the Dept. of Agriculture will not happen in 2013, and even in our lifetime! Indeed, as things appear now, I don’t want to exchange shoes with my friend Sec. Procy.

RH-BILL: One of the reasons advanced by proponents of the RH-Bill is to control Phl population growth. They aver that our country’s overpopulation is the reason why we are not economically advanced as our neighbors. The premise is entirely wrong! If we control our birth rate, we will have fewer youngsters who will eventually form the bulk of our workforce. With lesser producers, sources of provisions for senior

Rice Self-Sufficiency?

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A QUESTION

OFPRIVILEgE

Honorable trapos, listen and take heed. Many college students have little love for your kind. In my social science class, for instance, everytime the topic veers towards politicians, arguments would erupt with majority denouncing the bad politicos for their misdeeds.

They argued that these people are power-hungry, holding public office for their own personal gain. A creation of the corrupt system in this country, they are unfit to hold exalted positions, the students would say, referring to the politicos.

See? You will have to move heaven and earth to sway them to your side.

Topics like this if pursued can cause blood pressure to rise .I am not hypertensive. Never been in my whole life. I do not want to become one. So I prefer benign issues.

* * * * *Long ago when I was newly married,

living with my teacher-wife in the remote Tucao barrio in northern Catanduanes, our lone companion in the house was a male mongrel we fondly named Brownie.

Everytime Brownie saw us approaching, he would run towards us in full throttle, jumping with joy, saying something I could understand as an expression of happiness while burying his head in my hands.

I almost got into a fight with a man who hit him with a piece of bamboo. The man later apologized. I accepted the apology as Brownie was only slightly injured.

He stayed with us for years until he died of illness.

My affection for canine pets was whetted

by the story of my aunt in Caramoan, Camarines Sur who escaped capture by Japanese soldiers during the last war. Jeff, a husky half-bred pet attacked the soldiers who suddenly surfaced at the yard one early dawn, giving my aunt and her family sufficient time to vanish into the darkness.

The dog paid dearly with his life. The Japanese killed him.

Pet dogs are known for their loyalty. A story in the Internet said that from January 9 to 31, 2008, no fewer than four different families in the US and Canada were rescued by their dogs from burning houses.

Stories about dogs separated from their owners who made incredible journeys towards reunion despite great distances are numerous. How they found their way home could not be explained.

Those with Alzheimer’s disease find the company of a pet dog therapeutic.

The Chinese have an interesting

The politico’s image/of lovable pets

editorialEternal cry of Bicol:

VIVA LA VIRgEN!Afternoon of yesterday (Sept. 15) was the

traditional fluvial procession along the Naga River of faithful devotees and ‘voyadores’ carryingback the Virgin of Peñafrancia, Bicolandia’s regional patroness, to her permanent shrine at the Basilica Minore.

The religious occasion highlighted the 10-day festivities honoring Our Lady of Peñafrancia, whose intercession for divine guidance has been invoked for over a century by Bicolanos who sincerely believe in the miraculous intervention of the beloved ‘Ina’ for all times when facing distress and despair.

Again, tens of thousands of visiting pilgrims from all walk of life and faraway places comingled to display their public devotion to the ‘Patrona del Bicol’ and ‘Divino Rostro’ – the image of the suffering Christ captured in the original shroud of St. Veronica.

For all Bicolanos, rich and poor, it was an occasion for rejoicing once more and finding peace in one’s spiritual self as the ‘andas’ of the revered ‘Ina’ of all seasons passes them by. In ther spontaneous show of joy and piety, devotees along the route of the procession and those who lined both banks of the river to witness the ‘pagoda’ on its fluvial trek back to the Basilica Minore waved handkerchiefs as some of them kneel down and pray in the midst of the familiar cries of “Viva la Virgen!”

The homecoming procession of the Mother of all Bicolanos had a more disciplined mood and less unruly atmosphere inspite of a growing whirlpool of the long pockets of the expected crowds. There were still the pushing and pulling of drunken ‘voyadores’ with the icon of the Blessed Virgin.

The fluvial procession was right on schedule, from the time of its start at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral and down to the final stretch at the Basilica Minore river landing site, giving more time for a Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the Basilica Minore officiated by Most Rev. Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D.

It is the time of the year that Bicolandia becomes as one again in the midst of parochial diversities and economic or social disparities. For the whole region finds unity within a lasting Marian environment and spiritual atmosphere.

For this alone, Bicolanos will always feel secure that for all times they can readily seek succor under the protective mantle of their miraculous and equally loving ‘Ina’ for eternity. The familiar strains of “Patrona del Bicol, Madre de Dios” will be reechoing at the back of their minds for quite a long, long time even in the succeeding milleniums. Forever, there will be another time and the same place to unburden one’s soulful fervor by crying out once more “Viva la Virgen!” and “Viva el Divino Rostro!”

Francisco ‘Eco’ Tria was defeated mayoral, candidate in Sagnay, CamSur during the last election and he may be sour-graping since he was defeated by Mayor Evelyn B. Fuentebella, the wife of Cong. Fuentebella. It is of public knowledge that Tria is identified with the group against the Deputy Speaker. I look at this as a political harassment suit and black propaganda. The people in Partido district know the Fuentebella family but not those outside. So, I have to write this for the public to know the other side of the

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Who killed Rommel Morada Licmoan? He participated as a voyador during the Traslacion of our Ina, Our Lady of Penafrancia. After this, he went to “Bora Hut” at Penafrancia Avenue to jam with some friends. As he was going home, he was boxed by somebody at the back of his neck and head. He fell, became comatose and died after six days at BMC. Until now, the family is clueless as to who did this to him. Witnesses should speak out as it can also happen to them.

Rommel, 39 years old, was an ex-seminarian. He was a sheriff in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 24. According to a close friend of his in the court, he is the only sheriff in the twelve Regional Trial Courts without an administrative case.

This case needs to be solved by the PNP and of the NBI for the sake of justice and preserve the good name of Naga City as “Maogmang Lugar”. Our heartfelt condolence to his bereaved

The Philippine Daily Inquirer dated Sept. 9, 2012 published a report by Juan Escandor Jr. that a Francisco Ramirez Tria III, charged Deputy Speaker Arnulfo P. Fuentebella before the Office of the Ombudsman of failing to disclose 22 pieces of properties in his 2010 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN). This was picked up by local media and national TV newscasts.

Fuentebella’s lawyer, Juanito Velasco, said he would present the needed documents before the Office of the Ombudsman to disprove charges that Fuentebella deliberately failed to disclose several pieces of property on his SALN filed on Dec. 31, 2010.

As a first cousin of Congressman Fuentebella, I know his properties were inherited from his late father, Gov. Felix A. Fuentebella, the brother of my father. It’s not ill-gotten. Why would he hide it?

There are still undivided properties of the Fuentebellas and it is not in Cong. Noli Fuentebella’s name. It is still in the name of the estate of the late Gov. Felix A. Fuentebella. So why should he put it in his SALN?

Cong. Arnulfo P. Fuentebella’s SALN; Who killed RommelLicmoan; Robredo’s Grave and Cybercrime Prevention Act

NENITA FuENTEBELLA-PEÑONES

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Bicol Food Festival at the InterContinental Manila

Ongoing at InterContinental Manila’s Café Jeepney until the end of September is a special food festival on the Bicol region. Organized in collaboration with Mayor Tito Sarion

of Daet, Camarines Norte, the festival will give hotel guests a chance to enjoy popular Bicolano delicacies as prepared by hometown cooks specially brought in from the region.

Dancers from the Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen Dance Company from Iriga, Camarines Sur dazzled opening day guests with their traditional and modern interpretations of local folklore and native dances. Their lithe body movements and warm smiles won their audience over to the overall message that Bicol has a lot to offer in terms of tourist spots, fun activities and food. A delegation from the region came in full force for the festival opening. Among them were Daet Mayor and Mrs. Tito Sarion, Mayor Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen of Iriga, former Congresswoman Liwayway Vinzons Chatto, actress Bing Pimentel and Cory Quirino who covered the event for her television program. On hand to welcome them were hotel executives led by General Manager Christian Pirodon, Assistant Executive Manager Christopher Wichlan, Food & Beverage Director Laurent Casteret, and Sales & Marketing Director Maricor Aquino.

The Bicol Food Festival is part of the daily lunch and dinner buffets at Café Jeepney.

(Left to right) Iriga City Mayor Madelaine Alfelor-Gazmen, Former Daet Councilor Lilia Avellana, Former Camarines Norte Congresswoman Liwayway Vinzons-Chatto, Dra. Tess Villacorta, Daet, Camarines Norte First Lady Connie Sarion, Healthy Lifestyle Guru Cory Quirino, Intercontinental Hotel Manila General Manager Christian Piridon, Daet Mayor Tito Sarte Sarion, Cucina Victoria Ownwer Vicky Pimentel and Beauty Icon Bing Pimentel.

Daet’s Mayor Tito SarionIriga City’s pride, the Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen Dance Company, in a lively dance number

Mayor Tito Sarion with Cory Quirino Maricor Aquino and Mayor Tito Sarion

(L-R) Laurent Casteret, Mayor Madeleine Alfelor Gazmen, Christian Pirodon and Mayor Tito Sarion

(L-R) Christopher Wichlan, guest chefs Jonathan Cabanela and Maria Pacao, Mayor Tito Sarion, Chef Alisdair Bletcher, Christian Pirodon and Jenny Peña

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MILITARY DRILL AT ETERNAL GARDENS-NAGAIn line with Penafrancia Festival in Naga City, Philippine National Police Academy Cadets headed by General Clarence V. Guinto conducted a military drill on September 14, 2012

at Eternal Gardens Memorial Park - Naga as respect to our late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo and was assisted by Eternal Gardens branch manager Richard Bringas.

Peñafrancia fiestadraws more crowd

The general assessment was unanimous – this year’s celebration of the Peña-francia fiesta has drawn the most crowd of Naga City visitors, tourists, devotees and pilgrims, including ‘balikbayan’ Bicolanos.

They were a happy throng, from the start of the regional festivities ushered by the ‘Traslacion’ on the second Friday of September and cli-maxed Saturday (Sept. 15) by the fluvial procession along the Naga River spaned by four bridges filled with on-lookers.

Yesterday’s procession was considered by oldtimers as one of the most disciplined and fast-paced adhering closely to the time schedule. The im-age of the miraculous Virgin of Peñafrancia came out of the Metropolitan Cathedral at past 1 p.m., reached the ‘danlogan’ beside the Tabuco bridge at about 5 p.m., and finally land-ed at the nearby river bank of the Basilica Minore before 6 p.m. affording church-goers to

finish the offering of the holy mass early.

Hemmed in between two religious processions were the series of activities which included civic and military pa-rades, different variety shows and tradefairs.

The fiesta atmosphere was generally peaceful with no untoward incidents except the drunken ‘voyaders’ during the ‘Traslacion’. There were also less reports of pickpockets, bag slashers, jewelry snatch-ers and con-artists.

All too evident, as usual, was the happy mood of the fiesta participants who came from distant places to catch another glimpse of their ‘Ina’ of all times – Our Lady of Pe-ñafrancia, the spiritual Patron-ess of Bicolandia.

After the celebrated Holy Mass this Sunday (Sept.16) morning at the Basilica Mi-nore, officiated by Most Rev. Archbishop Leonardo Z. Le-gaspi, O.P., D.D., and other church dignitaries, the City of Naga goes back to normal – with less traffic load, garbage free sidewalks and the absence of ambulant vendors.

The annual rejoicing came spontaneously from Peñafran-cia participants despite the prevailing economic crunch in the region, particulary among the less privileged and the poverty-prone masses both in the urban and rural areas. But without probably knowing it, Bicolanos have become richer with their spiritual devotion to the Virgin of Peñafrancia, Pa-troness of Bicolandia.

ONE TREE FOR CIVIL SERVICE JESSEL BASANTA

Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Director Theodore Rommel E. Pestaño (center) indulge in a tree planting event in line with the 112th Civil Service Anniversary today in Busay, Daraga, Albay. Close to 200 government employees participated in the tree planting activity in this area that was heavily flooded in 2006 due to typhoon Reming.

HoT LuMBER SEIzED DONALDO J. ARAGON/RyAN TABINAS

Barangay officials and residents of Buyo, Virac Catanduanes haul Philippine Mahogany Group flitches to a van as PENR Officer Joaquin Ed Guerrero (wearing hat) is supervising the confiscation procedure. The DENR joint task force led by PENRO Guerrero and the local police was able to apprehend 692.83 board feet of lumber last September 2.

Henry Sy, Jr. recognized astourism personality awardee

The National Grid Corporation of the Phil-ippines (NGCP) congrat-ulates its President and Chief Executive Officer Henry Sy, Jr. for being one of the recipients of the New Captain of the Tour-ism Industry Personality Award given by Skal In-ternational Makati.

Mr. Sy, Jr. who also heads SM Development Corporation, joins fellow businessmen Dr. Manuel V. Pangilinan of the Philip-pine Long Distance Tele-phone Co. and Dr. Andrew L. Tan of Eastwood Cyber One Corporation in the list of awardees recognized by the organization. Other

awardees include Ramon Ang as Airline Personality of the Year, Tourism Sec. Ramon Jimenez as Gov-ernment Personality of the Year, Miguel Belmonte as Media Personality of the Year, and Gov. Maria Imelda Marcos as Local Government Personality of the Year, among others.

Skal International Makati is one of the Phil-ippine chapters of Skal International, and associa-tion of travel and tourism professionals founded in 1934. At present, Skal International has 22,000 members in 90 nations. – NGCP news release

Legazpi ready for more IT-BPOfirms expanding operationsBy MARLON A. LOTERTE

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- This city is ready for In-formation Technology-Busi-

ness Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) companies that are expanding their operations outside established hubs like Metro Manila, Cebu and

Clark. “In a big way, we are

ready to take in more IT-BPO entries,” City Mayor Car-men Geraldine Rosal said on Wednesday following the city’s hosting of the IT-BPO road show entitled “ICT Road Show in the Next Wave Cities: Harnessing ICT for a Smarter Countryside.”

The road show held at the La Piazza Hotel was orga-nized by the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) of the Depart-ment of Science and Technol-ogy (DOST) in coordination with the Albay Information and Communication Technol-ogy (ICT) Association and the Legazpi City ICT Council.

ICTO is the Philippine Government’s lead agency on ICT-related matters. Its primary thrusts are in the ICT Industry Development, e-Government, ICT policy de-velopment, Internet for all and cybersecurity.

The road show, attended by thousands of students, profes-sionals and other stakeholders in the ICT industry, aims to encourage incoming college students to take ICT-related, engineering and architecture

courses to support and take advantage of the country’s fast growing IT-BPO industry.

Panelists of the event were from the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), Contact Center As-sociation of the Philippines, Healthcare Information Man-agement Outsourcing Asso-ciation of the Philippines (HI-MOAP), Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) and Game Developers As-sociation of the Philippines (GDAP).

From here, the next leg of the road show will be held in Palayan City to be co-orga-nized by the Tech-Novo Eci-jano Association Inc.

Rosal said the readiness of the city for more IT-BPO op-erations is further attested to by its being named into the 10 Next Wave Cities in the coun-try’s BPO industry list of the BPAP last year.

Considered by the BPAP as a feeder city for providing highly qualified manpower to other outsourcing centers

across the country, Legazpi joined top listed Davao City and other early entrants to the New Wave Cities such as Ba-colod, Baguio, Malolos, Iloi-lo, Cavite, Lipa and Cagayan de Oro.

The city, the government’s regional center for Bicol, also scored high in the cost of do-ing business and availability of needed physical IT infra-structures to support the out-sourcing industry, the BPAP said.

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Archbishop TIRONA

Pope appoints Tironaarchbishop of Caceres

The long wait is over. Habemus Aepoiscopum. As of 6:00 in the evening of Sep-tember 8, 2012 (Naga City time) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Infanta bishop Ro-lando Octavus Joven Tria Ti-rona Archbishop of Caceres. He succeeds Most Rev. Leon-ardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D. who had filed his resignation to the Pope two years ago.

The new prelate is a mem-ber of a religious congregation, the Order of Discalced Carmel-ites, just as Most Rev. Leonardo Z. Legaspi is, of the Order of Preachers (O.P.), called Do-minicans.

As of today, Most Rev. Tiro-na is 66 years old, born on July 22, 1946 in Kawit, Cavite.

He became a professed member of the Discalced Car-melites when he was 20 years old and was ordained priest of the Discalced Carmelites on April 21, l974.

On November 15, 1994 he received his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Manila and titular bishop of Vulturaria. His elevation to the rank of bishop was ordained on December 29, 1994.

On December 14, 1996 he was appointed Bishop of Malo-los and on June 28, 2003 his ap-pointment as Prelate of Infanta came. His installation took place on August 27, 2003.

Nine years later, on Septem-ber 8, 2012, he was named by Pope Benedict XVI to head the Archdiocese of Caceres in an-swer to the retirement tendered by Most Rev. Leonardo Z. Le-gaspi.

His appointment came just as the city of Naga, seat of the Archdiocese, is in the thick of novena week in honor of the Virgin of Peñafrancia.

In his homilies in places where he says Mass for the first time, the new prelate says he is offering a gift ---- which is a short homily. For him, a short homily moves the heart; a long homily moves the chairs.

He is the youngest among eight siblings, wherefore his name Octavus (the Latin word for eighth). He said he was often called the black sheep in the family by his teachers. But, God often works won-ders. He became a priest and a bishop. When he was young in the grade school in Kawit, Cavite, his palms would often be whipped by his teachers for some reason or other. Yet when he became bishop, these same teachers sheepishly came to kiss his hands which they used to spank.

He would narrate that as the youngest in the family, he was

often “Exploited Depressed, Oppressed, Struggling” by his older siblings ---- sent on er-rands, blamed for anything, and the like. But lo, it was he who became a priest.

Rolando Tirona had his El-ementary and High School at Centro Escolar University in

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MoST INFoRMATIVE BLoGRonald Francisco Chan Delima receives from TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva the cash prize for bagging the Most Informative Blog Award in the first-ever TESDA Blogging Contest.

TESDA GETS VIRAL WITH BLoGSSecretary Joel Villanueva poses with Ronald Francisco Chan Delima (right), who topped the Most Informative Blog category in TESDA’s Blogging Contest. Also in photo are deputy directors Irene Isaac and Atty. Teodoro Pascua.

4 bag top prize in TESDA’s 1st blogging contestBeyond the headlines, four

young people told the most captivating and informative stories about technical voca-tional education and train-ing (TVET) in the country through their blogs.

Selected winners in the first-ever blogging contest of the Technical Education and Skills Development Author-ity (TESDA), the four bloggers were awarded with cash prize and certificate from Secretary Joel Villanueva during the agency’s founding anniversary last month.

Irish Blanca Digamon Igcol emerged as the grand winner, Ronald Francisco Chan Delima took the most informative blog title, Rachelle Maniego Nessia had the most creative blog, and Darlene Anne Alcantara was the viewers’ choice winner.

The winners were chosen from a number of bloggers, who joined the contest that centered on the theme “Sa TESDA, May Choice Ka.”

Villanueva, TESDA Direc-tor General, said the blog con-test aimed to draw attention to TVET and the agency’s efforts through the medium very popu-lar among the youth, the inter-net.

“With every hit that the win-ning blogs generate, the word about TESDA and what we do are spread in a borderless medi-um. We congratulate our blog-gers for coming up with the in-formative and creative pieces,” he said.

Igcol’s winning entry showed how intertwined edu-cation and employment were. While some manage to make both ends meet with their small business, it is important that a member of the family has a stable job.

However, Igcol argued that jobs do not come to the un-schooled.

“Not everyone has the luxu-ry of finishing a degree in a col-lege or university. This is where TESDA comes in. . . . Through TESDA, Filipinos can become armed with the necessary skills, training and education for them to be equipped for the job they want to have,” she said.

A TESDA graduate, who seriously took his craft, should have no reason not to be confi-dent about landing in a job he wants, Igcol added.

Delima’s blog was most fit-ting for his most informative award, peppering it with em-ployment data to show the cur-rent situation of joblessness in the country.

Delima contended that the Filipinos are not doomed to be

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Binay wantsbrain behindMorales killing

By REy M. NASOL LEGAZPI CITY --

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay hailed Tuesday the arrest of the second sus-pect in the killing of for-mer Makati City Engineer Nelson Morales but asked authorities to find the real masterminds behind the slaying.

“I applaud the swift ac-tion taken by the police in capturing the people who carried out this despicable crime. But for the death of Nelson Morales to be truly given justice, the persons who plotted the killing should be made to pay for their crimes,” the Vice Pres-ident said in statement.

Morales was gunned down on Friday while at-tending a wedding ceremo-ny at a chapel in Barangay Estancia, Malinao, Albay.

At the time of his death, Morales was the chairman of the Albay chapter of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), the coalition formed by the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) and the Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP).

He also served as Binay’s city engineer when the Vice President was still Mayor of Makati.

Binay said Morales was planning to run for mayor of Malinao in next year’s elec-tion as the UNA bet.

He lamented that Morales was deprived the opportu-nity to serve his hometown the way he had served the people of Makati and urged the Philippine National Po-lice to arrest all suspects at the soonest possible time.

“I hope that these cow-ardly assassins will all be put behind bars,” Binay said.

The Vice President added that election-related violence only mars the people’s right to suffrage and to elect those whom they think would serve them best, which he said was the “ultimate ex-pression of democracy.”

Town Councilor Erwin Pajot was quoted in a press conference as saying that he believed the killing was po-litically motivated even as he declined to elaborate.

In the same light, Al-bay Gov. Joey Salceda has sought the provincial police office to conduct a thorough investigation on the killing.


Fiesta Dog-show held in NagaNAGA CITY. Over 70

dog owners participated in the Fiesta Dog Show held at the STI Gymnasium here on September 8, which is the highlight of the 2012 World Rabies Day celebra-tion with the theme “Work-ing together to make rabies history and responsible pet ownership.”

World Rabies Day is being celebrated every year to high-light the impact of rabies both for human and animal health and to spread the word about rabies prevention and control worldwide.

This year’s event was sponsored by the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Local Government of Naga City - City Veteri-nary Office, Mayon Kennel Club and Superman Kennel Pet Shop.

Naga City Mayor John Bongat commended the sponsors for the successful promotion of responsible dog ownership as evidenced by the active of participation of pet owners in the city starting from the parade along Pan-ganiban Drive and in the dog show event itself where over

Rebecca Blacer (holding the sash) of Naga City receives the Best Female ASPIN (Asong Pinoy Award) for her dog Chiki. Her dog was also declared as the Best Asong Pinoy during the Fiesta Dog Show 2012 held at STI Gym. Blacer received cash prize of P2,250 for 1st prize Best Female AsPin and another P3,500 for the Best Asong Pinoy Award. With her in photo are (from left) Dr. Junios Elad, Naga City Vet.; Dr. Rona Bernales, DA 5 Animal Health Coordinator; and Dr. Florencio Adonay, Albay Asst. Vet. Photo below shows Erwina Labayan receiving the award for her dog Serafin, 2012 Best Male Aspin.

70 dog owners registered for the different categories.

Dr. Florencio Adonay, Al-bay Assistant Provincial Vet-erinarian who acted as one of the show veterinarians ex-plained that the Dog Show is being conducted every Sep-tember to promote respon-sible dog ownership and as a tool in rabies awareness and prevention. A requirement in joining the Dog Show is anti-rabies vaccination at least 2 weeks before the show.

Cash prizes totalling P35,000.00 were given away for the Ten (10) minor awards under the following categories:1) Most Creative Costume 2) Cutest Costume 3) Best Dog & Partner Tan-dem 4) Most Gorgeous Dog) 5) Prettiest Bitch 6) Scariest Dog 7) Most Special Dog 8) Most Gifted Dog 9) Best Couple of the Day 10) Dar-ling of the Crowd; and 3 ma-jor prizes that include 1) Best Male Aspin (Asong Pinoy) 2) Best Female Aspin and 3) Best Asong Pinoy.

Adjudged best Asong Pinoy was Chiki owned by Rebecca Blacer of Naga City.

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inner chessBy J. HENRy DANICAN

Big ‘Peñafrancia Day’ at Lincoln Parkin Los Angeles, California, USA

LOS ANGELES, Cali-fornia -- The feast day “kaaldawan” in honor of Our Lady of Penafrancia reels off this Saturday, September 15, at the all-spruced-up Lincoln Park and Lake in this US city, under the auspices of the United Bicolandia Los Ange-les (UBLA), an organization of Bicolanos from the Califor-nia Southland.

This was announced by the UBLA officers at the head of the celebration: Zeny Sabocor, board chairman; Norman Aven-goza, president; and Lanie Ber-rei, board director and chair of the Penafrancia overall execu-tive committee.

Dubbed “The Fiesta at the Park,” the whole-day celebra-tion with a Filipiniana motif is expected to draw some 5,000 devotees and guests this year. The LA Penafrancia festival is one of the biggest gatherings of Filipinos hereabouts.

While it is a big fiesta at Lin-coln Park, the celebration here, with its attendant activities, is just a miniature of the every September Penafrancia event in Naga City, arguably one of the most attended Marian festivals in the Philippines, with millions coming from different parts of the country.

In a “bisperas” atmosphere this coming Friday, the Bicola-nos start dressing up the park with buntings and banners, a huge stage, a big central tent, and some 30 smaller tents which become hospitality food booths put up by Bicolano province/town/city/school/alumni asso-ciations from various parts of the Southland. A booth decora-tion contest is being held to en-

SAKAY IN LoS ANGELES JOELAN BRILLO

Seen only once a year every September in this city is the fluvial procession of Our Lady of Penafrancia by the United Bicolandia Los Angeles (UBLA) on the Lincoln Park lake near the downtown area. At the background is the accompanying foot procession around the perimeter of the lake.

courage the support groups to come up with colorful booths.

The feast day begins Satur-day at 8 a.m. with the 9th day novena prayers and the recita-tion of the Holy Rosary.

The most photogenic spec-tacle of the fiesta immediately follows with the fluvial (“sa-kay”) parade, a sight seen in Los Angeles only once a year every September, where yellow-shirt-ed “voyadores” carry the image of the Virgin Mary aboard a flo-rally bedecked “pagoda” barge that is towed around the lake. Simultaneous with this aquatic event, religious sounds fill the air with shouted acclamations of “Viva la Virgen! Viva el Divino Rostro!” and singing of “Dios te Salve, Maria” and “Resuene Vibrante” coming from an accompanying foot

procession along the perimeter of the lake. Uniformed Knights of Columbus provide the guard of honor.

Highlight and most solemn phase of the fiesta that follows is the hour-long High Mass, concelebrated by local and visit-ing Bicolano priests, headed by this year’s main celebrant, Rev. Fr. Albert Avenido, moderator, Filipino Pastoral Ministry in the archdiocese of Los Angeles. In previous years the celebrants were local and Bicolano bish-ops, including LA Archbishop Roger Cardinal Mahony. The so-lemnity of the mass is enhanced by a choir from the St. Anthony Claret Church in Anaheim.

After the mass, the next in the program will be the gas-tronomical delights in the food booths laden with Bicol and

other delicacies. The suppos-edly famished devotees and guests can visit as many booths as they can and choose the food and drinks they prefer -- and even take home boxes “to go.” This food offering hails from the tradition in the Bicol home-land where during fiesta time the homes prepare food and ask visitors to come in and share their preparations.

Having sated the attendees’ palates, UBLA then starts an interlude-in-aid-of-digestion, a musical-cultural “velada” pre-sentation of prepared numbers and volunteer performances. This can be a rollicking show on the big stage in which pre-sented are modern and folk dances, pop and Bicol songs, comedy skits, declamations,

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Maogmang fiesta sa gabos na deboto ni ‘INA’!

VIVA LA VIRGEN!Fiesta greetings from:

Congressman & Mrs.

SALVIO B. FORTUNOand FAMILY

5th District, Camarines Sur

Mabuhay an Patrona kan Bikolandia.

VIVA LA VIRGEN!

VIVA EL DIVINO ROSTRO!

Happy fiesta from:

Engr. & Mrs.DANNY oRGAYA

Nee: ELLA SEVILLA

Children: HAZEL – ICA – PAO2 & BOBOy

Canaman, Camarines Sur

To all devotees, pilgrims and guests: Welcome to the annual feast of

Our Lady of Penafrancia.

VIVA LA VIRGEN!

From:

Engr. & Mrs.NESTOR DIALOGO

and FAMILYNaga City

24K PAWNSHOPGeneral Luna St., Naga City

AUCTION SALE on SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 of all unredeemed articles pledged from MARCH - APRIL, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.BIKOL REPORTERPublished: SEPTEMBER 16, 2012


For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

ETERNAL GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK-NAGABalatas Road, Barangay Balatas, Naga City

Name of Deceased Date of IntermentJoselito P. Lopez August 1, 20121. Rufina R. Encallado August 3, 20122. Elena R. Encallado August 3, 20123. Gualbert B. Morata August 6, 20124. Salome C. Sambo August 13, 20125. Celestina N. Saavedra August 12, 20126. Carlos D. Martinez August 15, 20127. Antonio C. Lorin August 13, 20128. Edna M. Rico August 15, 20129. Consuelo A. Vida August 20, 201210. Restituto A. Fullentes August 21, 201211. Gerardo Crisostomo August 22, 201212. Leonardo S. Pineda August 21, 201213. Jose P. Modesto August 25, 201214. Jesse M. Robredo August 28, 201215.

INTERMENT FoR THE MoNTH oF AuGuST 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF E STATE OF MARCELO G. PALOyO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALENotice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate heirs of the deceased MARCELO G. PALOYO who died intestate on July 3, 2001 at Quitang, Pasacao, Camarines Sur, without any Will or Testament and with no known debts left a parcel of land situated at Quitang, Pasacao, Camarines Sur with TCT No. 846; for and in consideration of the provision of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, the parties agreed to divide and adjudicate said estate in pro-indiviso; that for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred thousand (P100,000.00) pesos, receipt is hereby acknowledged, the Heirs hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY said property unto MA. DOLORES C. LUCENA of legal age married to Calixto B. Lucena, resident of Sta. Rosa del Norte, Pasacao, Camarines Sur; acknowledged before Norary Public Atty. Imelda Reyes-Guerrero, Doc. No. 1155, Page No. 231, Book No. 12, Series of 2012.

BIKOL REPORTERPublished: September 2, 9 and 16, 2012

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALENotice is hereby given that the named parties are the sole and only heirs of the late VIRGILIO V. FELIZMENIO who died intestate on January 14, 2012 in Naga City, left a parcel of agricultural land situated in Brgy. Panicuason, Naga City; the parties divide and partition and adjudicate among themselves the entire estate extrajudicially pro indiviso in equal shares; and for and in consideration of the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (P300,000.00) pesos, receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged by the VENDOR, said VENDOR hereby sell, transfer and convey unto Sps. RICARDO V. and MARIA ELISA MAGTUTO, referred to as the VENDEE; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Alfredo F. Velasco Jr., Doc. No. 18, Page No. 4, Book I, Series of 2012.


EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEWITH WAIVER OF SHARE

Notice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate children and sole heirs of the deceased IRENE LOGIANCO and MANUEL P. PAGUIRIGAN, who died on November 30, 1995 and January 26, 1978 respectively at Daet, Camarines Norte, leaving no Will or Testament and with no known debts; left parcels of land in Paracale and Labo, Camarines Norte; the parties all of legal ages have agreed to adjudicate and distribute the described properties/parcels of land among themselves in the manner as stated in the Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Waiver of Share signed by the parties; as acknowleged before Notary Public Atty.Danilo P. Capistrano, Doc. No. 198, Page No. 41, Book No. XXXIX, Series of 2012.


viva la virgen!viva el divino rostro!

family. I believe he is with the Lord now. He was able to receive the last sacrament.

*****Do you know that the grave of the late DILG Sec. Jesse

Robredo has become a tourist destination? During the fiesta, so many people lined-up going to his grave and had their picture taken there. It caused heavy traffic in Balatas Road. It has become a tourist destination at no cost to the government.

*****The Tempo dated Sept. 16, 2012 reported that Pres. Benigno

S. Aquino III signed into law Republic Act No. 1075 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act that strengthens prosecution against cybercrimes last September 12.

Deputy Presidential Spokesman Abegail Valte said the new law prohibits computer-related offenses such as forgery, fraud and identity theft. It likewise prohibits content-related offenses such as cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial communications; cybersquatting, which is the acquisition of doman name in bad faith to profit, mislead, destroy the reputation and deprive others from registering it and online libel.

“The following act shall constitute the offense of cyber crime punishable under this act: Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data system, illegal access, illegal interception, data interference, system interference and misuse of device,” the law said.

I am passing this information for those concerned and make them aware of the punishment under the law; - and for victims to know that they can avail of this law.

from my window . . .story. When Buddha was dying, so the story goes, he summoned all the animals to his side. Among those who came to pay their last respect were dogs.

Buddha rewarded the animals with a year of their own in the Chinese Zodiac, including the dogs.

Man’s attachment to pet dogs was celebrated in a TV program, MMK over ABS-CBN hosted by Ms Charo Santos. The story featured a homeless man in Surigao who daily roamed the town’s streets accompanied by his canine pet.

The man was quoted in the story as saying that his pet had given him love which was denied to him by his only living relative, his nephew.

Years ago, our pet dog, Puti or White because he was all white except for the black dots around his eyes, died. We mourned his passing. For days, I could hear his weak voice calling from our carport during windy evenings.

Puti died of old age. He was l2 years old. Since a year in a dog’s life is equal to 7, I counted his age to be about 84.

He joined my family of four-my wife and I and our two boys, Edgar and Herbert- a gift from a neighbor in San Roque, Legaspi City.

Once when the late Police Col. Benjie Pacistol, an old friend, dropped by. Puti showed him his white teeth and growled in a voice showing hostility. He probably did not like the colonel’s presence with his normal loud voice.

Seeing White’s unfriendly gesture, Benjie said the dog had no manners. White responded by growling louder.

One afternoon at a neighbor’s house in San Roque, a woman visitor headed towards a nearby chair. Perhaps sensing that the woman wanted to sit, White jumped into the chair ahead of her, showing his teeth to the woman who retreated .

On the day, we transferred to our new house in Our Lady’s Village in Legaspi, Puti was not around. He was away the whole morning. Coming home to an empty house, he started wailing. Not contented, he began to dig holes around the house.

Our neighbor pacified him by saying I would come back for him. He stopped. When he saw me coming in a tricycle, he rushed towards me, almost knocking me down. He was very happy as if heaven had opened for him.

When he died, I buried him at the back of our house with his name written on a slab marker. Three other pets later joined him at the burial ground.

a question of . . .

poor and are not lazy, only lack-ing in knowledge and opportu-nity. He also said that trying hard was not enough, especially for poor families.

“What we lack are knowl-edge and opportunity. . . . This was what TESDA gave us through its trainings. True to its mission, it has set the direction, policy and programs to make available quality technical edu-cation to boost the skills of the

4 Bag top . . . Filipinos,” he said.The most creative blog writ-

ten by Nessia delved on Leo Enriquez and Eugene Tero and their rags-to-riches story made possible by the training they re-ceived from TESDA, hard work and a bit of luck.

In her short piece, Nes-sia captured the most essential moments in the lives of the two graduates, telling her au-dience that Enriquez struggled through drug addiction before finding the opportunity to get into a skills training course on slaughtering through TESDA’s Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP).

Enriquez and Tero’s paths crossed during the training, and both saw it as the door to oppor-tunity to hone their skills and find work abroad. Both now are settled in Australia with their families.

Alcantara enthused the read-ers with the narration of her family’s own experience of finding wealth, wantonly spend-ing it, and rising anew with the training opportunity provided by TESDA.

“My sister-in-law needed dialysis, but we had no money. We didn’t even have money to buy milk for the baby,” she said.

The training on Food and Beverage Services, which Al-cantara’s brother took, paved the way for a new hope for the family. Finding employment after the training, she said the family now has a source of in-come to pay for her sister-in-law’s medical expenses.

“Now, I know my brother is holding tight to the opportu-nity that came his way through TESDA,” Alcantara said.

choral numbers and any perfor-mance of the appropriate kind. On the ground in front of the stage the audience can partici-pate in line dancing and in other antics. This can last for hours “until sawa.”

Those who stay till the end of the day’s fiesta can attend an anticipated mass to fulfill the weekend’s Sunday obligation.

Next week, Saturday, Sep-tember 22, will be the Pena-francia grand ball at the Down-town Sheraton Hotel. To reign as “UBLA 2012 Miss Pena-francia Los Angeles” is Jayne Virginia Ramirez at a corona-

Big penafrancia day . . .tion pageant.

For the safety and security of the fiesta goers, UBLA has hired security guards and offi-cially requested for the visible presence of the LA police force at the venue: Lincoln Park and Lake, 3501 Valley blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90031 (cross st. Mission rd.) Ample parking is available inside the park and on the side streets.

For inquiries, contact: Lanie Berrei (818) 281-3169; Nor-man Avengoza (818) 802-6107; Zeny Sabocor, home (323) 222-6531, cell (323) 717-2841. - BUTCH SAN JOSE


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GMA Bicol airs live Peñafrancia festivalGMA TV Bicol brought

one of the country’s biggest displays of Marian devo-tion -- Naga City ‘s Peña-francia Festival -- closer to the hearts of its viewers via a two-day live coverage that started last Thursday, Sept. 13 until Saturday, Sept. 15.

Powered by the country’s most awarded broadcast news organization GMA News and

By IRIS JOy ABARQUEZ & JOJO AQUIO

Public Affairs, GMA TV Bi-col aired on Thursday its spe-cial coverage of the Peñafran-cia parade dubbed “Parada Ki Ina, Civic Military Parade” from 8 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.

On Saturday, GMA TV Bi-col delivers a comprehensive reporting of the breathtaking events of the Peñafrancia flu-vial procession titled “Dulot Ki Ina” afterStartalk.

The two-part special offers the latest breaking news and information as well as real footage of the month-long, city-wide, and family-orient-ed Peñafrancia festival that is expected to unite around 6 million Bicolanos and Catho-

lics from all over the world in devotion to their beloved patroness - the Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

On Sunday, Sept. 16, Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Benjamin Alves, stars of the upcoming primetime show-

Coffee Prince, together with Luna Blanca’s Mark Herras, IBilib’s Chariz Solomon and Rocco Nacino, leading man of the forthcoming afternoon prime program Yesterday’s Bride, celebrated Ina’s fiesta with Bicolano fans at the SM City Naga Event Center at 4 P.M.

The Kapuso festivities kicked-off last Thursday, Sept. 13, with the participa-tion of of Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga cast – Gabby Eigen-mann, Ynna Asisitio, Marky Lopez, Jace Flores, and loveteam Mikael Daez and Andrea Torres – in the Ciivic Parade and Kapuso Baran-gayan at Calabanga People’s Center in Calabanga, Cama-rines Sur.

Oliver Amoroso, AVP for GMA Regional TV says “GMA Network is back in the Bicol region, this time to join the Penafrancia Festival. We are thankful to all our Ka-puso Bicolanos especially to our event partners and spon-sors for their support. We hope our participation, from the live coverage to our vari-ous events, made Ina’s fiesta more memorable.

The full details of GMA’s participation in the Penafran-cia Festival will be featured in the Let’s Fiesta TV Special on Oct. 7 via the network’s regional stations in Bicol, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Dagu-pan, Ilocos, GenSan, Ba-colod, and Cagayan De Oro City.

Its accessibility through land, air and sea transport from Manila, Cebu and other areas of the country added to having reliable telecommuni-cations providers like Smart, Globe, Bayantel and PLDT that provides dependable in-ternet and bandwidth connec-tivity are important factors that attracted BPO investors to locate in the city, it added.

Being a New Wave City provides a great avenue for local empowerment as in-creases talent pool and stem salary and rental inflation. It also eases the pressures to raise salaries and rental rates in these major hubs, and spread the benefits of employment, higher incomes and increased business activ-ity across the country.

The BPAP said it sees the Philippines maintaining its position as one of the world’s top outsourcing destination, generating annual revenue of USD 25 billion by 2015. More companies are expected to sub-contract services to com-panies in the Philippines as a way to cut costs.

BPAP said the Philippines is seen to maintain its market share of around 10 percent, despite emerging competi-tors like Vietnam and other countries in South America also joining the race for more clients. The country’s BPO industry currently employs around 600,000 people.

“We have talents for this in-dustry. We have good schools that produce good graduates.

We have good command of the English language. We have the facilities. We have the nec-essary support of the academe, and there is the definite and strong partnership between the private groups and the lo-cal government,” Rosal said.

In support to this the Southern Luzon Technologi-cal College Foundation Inc. (SLTCFI) which is itself an IT-BPO provider and training center based here has launched the country’s first BPO high school, a significant step in fortifying the city’s classifica-tion as an IT-BPO location.

SLTCFI BPO High School integrates BPO curriculum in the high school and as the pio-neer in offering the Business Process Service Management courses in the Philippines, SLTCFI ensures that its grad-uates are equipped with skills for supervisory positions once they apply for jobs in BPO companies.

Manila. He took up Political Science in San Beda College and entered San Carlos Semi-nary in Makati for his Philoso-phy (1968) and Mt. Carmel Carmelite Monastery in Haifa, Israel for his Theology (1969-1970). He entered the Colle-gio Internazionale Carmelitani Scalzi Teresianum in Rome from 1970 to1974 and had his Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) at the Institutio di Spiritualita, in Rome, 1975.

In returning to the Philip-pines, he was assigned as a member of the formation team at the Carmelite Seminary in Tugbok, Davao City in 1976 and novice director of the Carmelite Fathers Novitiate. In 1978 he was member of the parish team at the Mt. Carmel shrine parish in New Manila and was with the teaching staff of the Sum-mer Institute of Spirituality in Novaliches.

He spent several years as spiritual director in St. Francis College Seminary in Davao City before he was assigned as parish priest of Mt. Carmel Shrine in New Manila, then superior of the Carmelite Com-munity in New Manila.

In 1983 he worked at St. Anthony parish in Casiguran,

pope appoints tirona . . .Aurora Province and after three years was appointed rector and professor of the Carmelite Scho-lasticate of the Monastery of St. John of the Cross in New Ma-nila. He was also religious assis-tant of the Carmelite Nuns and parish priest of the Carmeleite Shrine parish in New Manila.

He was from 1992-1994 the Provincial Superior of the Dis-calced Carmelite community. At this junctrure he started to rise in the hierarchy of the Catholic church in the Philippines.

The winners received cash prizes, sash and Plaque of Recognition. All participat-ing dogs received a pack of dog food provided by Super-man Kennel Petshop.

Dr. Rona Bernales, DA RFU 5 Animal Health Coordi-nator announced other activi-ties that have been conducted in connection with the World Rabies Day during the whole month of September which

fiesta dog-show held . . .include: dog vaccination and dog population control through spaying and neutering activities in Sorsogon City on September 4; in Daraga Albay on September 5; at the DA 5 grounds in Pili, Camarines Sur and on Sept. 6.

Dr. Bernales also added that a total of 18,144 heads of dogs were vaccinated with anti-rabies in the provinces of Camarines Norte and Ca-marines Sur, Catanduanes and Sorsogon from January –July 2012. -Lovella Guarin

legazpi ready for more . . .

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