October 8 to 13, 2012 FIESTA BUZZ

A or B?  The short stretch of small stores that line the front of Gaisano City San Carlos along FC Ledesma Avenue opens for trade on October 9. 

Fiesta trade fair war

Pay-Mayor orders;

We stay-Welyn declares

This year's city fiesta turns out with two trade fairs: one is sponsored by the city government and the other is organized by private individuals. But Mayor Gerardo Valmayor, Jr. insists that "they need to secure permits."

Ukay-ukay! Customers busily digging a pile of used RTWs in Liwelyn Agravante’s
ukay-ukay tent. 

Pintaflores 2012 says bye to glitz and glam

What will Pintaflores Festival 2012 be like?

This year's Pintaflores Festival no longer carries a huge price tag since it was agreed that there will no longer be cash prizes only trophies.

Press can now vote early

Members of the media are now accorded absentee voting rights after the Commission on Election En Banc voted 5-1 on October 9 in favor of the petition.

Bola-bola

Komentaryo

Ni Dodong Mondragon

Sa panahon sa selebrasyon nga punsyon sa panimalay dili gayud masipyat nga sa lamisang kan-anan duna gayuy sud-an nga bola-bola. Usa kini ka putahe nga paborito sa halos tanan nga mangaon.

Karong panahon na sa eleksiyon, paborito usab kini sa mga kandidato ug botante. Iya-iya lang kini sila ug diskarte kon unsaon nila pagluto ang ilang bola-bola.

Supak si misis

Bantay Banat

Ni Rics Cañisarez

Pastilan gayud ning politika daghan gayud ang mahitabo nga mabungkag ang pamilya, managhigala dili na magtinagdanay,managsuon magbungol,tungod lang sa politika.

The priest

Homily from Monte Agudo

Rev. Fr. Rafael Cabarles, OAR

Excerpt of the homily delivered during the 25th Sacerdotal Anniversary 

of Rev. Fr. Jorge Peligro, OAR 

We are gathered in this memorable afternoon for the simple rason that Fr. Jorge is inviting us all to join with him in thanking the Good Lord who called him and sustained him as a Recollect Priest for the last 25 exciting years. He was ordained priest on October 3, 1987.

Why thank the Lord? Not because Fr. Jorge is good, but because God is so good. Not because Fr. Jorge is faithful but because God has faith in him; not because Fr. Jorge is successful but because every time that he falls, God picks him up.

God has no reason at all to answer our prayers simply because of our past service records. Weekdays Preface No. IV of the Mass says: "You have no need of our praise, yet our desire to thank you is itself your gift. Our prayer of thanksgiving adds nothing to your greatness, but makes us grow in your grace."

Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval

Paypay ang babay

Ang politika karon sa San Carlos ang nahimong topiko sa bisan asa na lang nga suok. Bisan mga driver sa pedicab maghisgot na ug politika.

Nahimong interesado ang publiko tungod nga ang kasamtangan nga namungko karon nga mga opisyal sa gobiyerno aduna nay kontra. Mga bag-ong nawong ang kalabanan sa midagan ubos sa linya ni Gobernador Alfredo Marañon, Jr. 

Friendly Observer

By Arthur Keefe

Election time

Election time is approaching and nominations have now closed. As usual, the various loose and ever changing alliances called political parties have seen switchers and old allies become competitors.

In most countries, political parties are based on a set of principles or long-range policies. These may be vague at times as every side pitches for the center ground where the swing voters are to be found.

October 1 to 6, 2012

Opposition, admin file COCs

Calling for change. Topmost Photo- Far left: Jeffrey Hidalgo, standing-Jose Espinosa and Dick Dedicatoria, seated from left to right-Jose Marie Gabutero, Pastor Ernie Mahinay, Jovan Laguda, Boy Baguio, Aileen Gustilo and Jose Maria Valmayor.  Left Photo-Hidalgo holds up his COC after his application is received by COMELEC-San Carlos.   

How auspicious could it get when both the camps gunning for local government seats filed their candidacies on the same morning all dressed in immaculate white shirts?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Republic of the Philippines
Province of Negros Occidental
City of San Carlos

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICE

September 28, 2012

MS. GEORGENE P. QUILATON
Managing Editor
News Record
San Carlos City 

Dear Ms. Quilaton:

This is relative to the previous News Record issue dated September 16-22, 2012 regarding the condition of the city's garbage trucks. 

Over the years, the city's generated garbage has increased significantly, from 15 tonnes per day in 2007 to 17 tonnes per day in 2012. In 2011, San Carlos City produced 6,205 tonnes of solid waste equivalent to 16,000 cu. m. per year, which is enough to fill two (2) football fields to the height of an average person. And this volume would be significantly increasing in the next succeeding years.

In order to address the garbage problem, the city has created various programs relative to solid waste. The city has established the first Sanitary Landfill in the region and the first to technically close the old dumpsite, conducted Information, Education and Communications Campaign for waste segregation since 2002, dispatching street sweepers to strategic areas every day, and setting up an effective waste collection scheme. 

Relative to the issue, the City Government of San Carlos is trying its best to improve the efficiency of our garbage collection. Although the undersigned has made mention about the government's procurement process due to the following factors: Agency Rules and Regulations, Inter-Bureaucratic Transactions, Limited Suppliers, etc., the City's Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) has been consistently assisting our office in finding it's best and appropriate means in purchasing the needed spare parts of the breakdown garbage trucks. 

To date, four (4) garbage trucks are now functioning and one additionally will be operational by next week while one unit compactor that had undergone major repair is hopefully to be available soon. 

The daily waste collection schedule (except for 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month) is from 5:30 AM to 1:30PM on the first shift and from 2:30PM to 10:30PM on the next shift. There are seven (7) collection routes within the city proper with only one (1) truck assigned per route and a Multicab for special collection which [caters] the hospitals, slaughterhouse, etc., while the collection for upland and coastal (Brgys. Ermita and San Juan) barangays are set via scheduling. 

For your information.

Thank you


Truly yours, 


ORIGINAL SGD. ENGR. ARTHUR A. BATOMALAQUE
Environmental Management Specialist II


Noted:


ORIGINAL SGD. ENGR. LORETO C. SANCHEZ
Head/ Spvg. Env. Mgm't. Specialist 

Date Received: October 2, 2012

Cyber Crime 

chu-chu

Wednesday, October 3-I opened my Facebook account and found the news feed strewn with status and comments mostly against, sporadically in favor of the Cybercrime Prevention Act or Republic Act No. 10175.

Friendly Observer

By Arthur Keefe

Religion: for better or for worse?

Most of us are dismayed by the violent reaction of some Muslim groups to reports of a film unflattering to Mohammad and then to a French magazine cartoon also considered disrespectful. I say to "reports of" as majority will not have seen the film or the cartoon, just as some years ago, violent reaction to a book called Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was based only on hearsay. It is understandable that people may be offended by such caricature, but the extreme reactions are not.

Pikpik sa Abaga

Ni Henry Sandoval

Mga bag-ong nawong

Hapit nag-abot ang duha ka grupo sa politika niadtong milabay nga Octobre 5 sa opisina sa Commission on Elections-San Carlos City.

Alas 10 sa buntag ang grupo nila ni Jeffrey Hidalgo nga midagan sa pagka bise-mayor sa  San Carlos mipasa sa ilang Certificate of Candidacy (COC). Si Hidalgo mokontra sa kasamtangang Bise-Mayor, Edgardo Quizumbing. Suportado sila sa ilang pag-file ni kanhi Mayor Boy Baguio sa Calatrava ug sa duha ka kanidato sa pagka Board Member nga sila si Jose Maria Valmayor ug si Dick Dedicatoria.

Bantay Banat

Ni Rics Cañisarez

Plataforma de govierno

Angay nga hinumduman ug hinuktokan niining mga politiko karon nga samtang anaa sa pwesto magbuhat gayud ug kaayuhan kay sa panahon sa eleksiyon, maukit sa hunahuna sa katawhan ug sa balota ang imong ngalan ug dili gayud kalimtan.