1st JCI Naga Funshoot

In Cooperation with CamSur CIDG, SAWISAW Centerfire Society  and the City Government of Naga
@ CIDG Firing Range, PMO Compound, Concepcion Grande, Naga City
September 1 and 2, 2012

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Mt. Asog Mountain Bike Xtreme Challenge

Mt. Asog Mountain Bike Xtreme Challenge
Biggest Mountain Bike Race in Bicol Region
6:00 am September 01, 2012
@Iriga City, CamSur (in front of City Grandstand)

Race starts at 6 am

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DLSU CAT in Naga

De La Salle University College Admission Test AY 2013-2014 
@ Saint Joseph School
September 23, 2012
7:20 - 12:00 AM and 1:30 - 6:00 pm

For questions/clarifications, please call the SJS Guidance Center at (054) 478-6506

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Mang Inasal Plaza

Mang Inasal will SOON OPEN it's 3rd branch at the Plaza (Former LBC Bank)

First two branches are at:

• Gen. Luna St.
• SM City Naga

Photo by oragon.com of SSC CamSur
August 11, 2012 Photo

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Metrobank Naga Roxas Avenue Branch

Metrobank opens it's 4th Branch at the Roxas Avenue (Diversion Road) in Naga City

Other branches are located at:

• Penafrancia Avenue
• Gen. Luna St.
• P. Caceres St.

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Dakila: Heroes Day Statement and Tribute to Secretary Jesse Robredo

Heroes Day Statement and Tribute to Secretary Jesse Robredo
Dakila – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism
28 August 2012

One’s sense of kabayanihan is instinctive. Whenever there is a pressing need for him/her to help the community, one always feels that urge to help, whether in small or big ways. What one does with that urge, however, is what draws the line that separates the bayani from the others.

With many things happening in our country today, many may be called bayani. There is no longer one formula of blood shed and death for one to be considered as such. Helping out one’s neighbor during floods or typhoons, working outside the country far from one’s family, leading the country with good governance, fighting for human rights -- they are all forms of kabayanihan. Choosing the right but more difficult thing over something that is easier and more convenient, giving one’s limbs when only one arm is asked are acts of kabayanihan.

Sec. Jesse Robredo gave himself to public service, stood by his principles amidst every other politician doing otherwise, offered his whole being to his family, his friends, and his people, always thinking first of others and last of himself. The outpour of emotions of the whole country -- from public officials to ordinary citizens -- is more than enough testament to how Sec. Jesse Robredo lived his life -- for the bayan and thus, becoming a bayani.

We are all called to become bayanis and it’s about time we all heed to the call. It is time to live up to the Jesse in all of us, to serve our bayan with sincerity and full of heart. After all, as the saying goes, there are no great things, only small things with great love.

Dakila hopes that the line that separates the bayani from the others shall be erased and deemed irrelevant because when that day comes, there will only be bayanis and no one else.

DAKILA - Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism
E-mail:   mabuhay@dakila.org.ph
Website: http://www.dakila.org.ph
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dakila.philippines
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JMR: A Nagueno for All

For more than a week now, I have been reading and watching a lot of good things about our good Mayor Jesse from different personalities across different mediums. A lot has been said that it led me speechless to write my own.

I have tirelessly waited from the day 1 of his search and rescue operations (SaR). I wanted to post good news every time I woke up during that long period of waiting. But as days passed by, things became heavier and heavier to bear. I have no blood relation to the family of Sec. Jesse, but if you'll be asking every Nagueno, it felt like we were all waiting for a family member to come back home. SaR of TF Kalihim, fishermen and volunteers turned to search and retrieval operations risked their lives for the hopeful hearts of the many.

Sec. Jesse's physical presence for a week even with no life, brought a new life to each and everyone of us. A new life that will challenge each and every Nagueno both politicians and citizens to live up to Sec. Jesse's aspirations and ideals. Every time TV networks, air their news showing Naga City to the whole country, at the back of my mind it will now be a challenge for us Naguenos to be as good as Sec. Jesse. Difficult as it may seem, I know it will be achievable just like how Mayor Jesse believed in Naguenos back then that we can do great things together. 

"There is a Robredo in every Nagueno, that there is also in every Bicolano and Fiipino". I am privileged to have grown in a city who taught me how to love my family, my city and eventually my country. My love for Naga City grew bigger as I continue to provide people "Naga Info" through nagacitydeck.com. For me, Naga City will not be only known as a Pilgrim City and the Heart of Bicol but will be a reflection to what and who Jesse M. Robredo is. JMR is a Nagueno for Filipinos and Filipinos for the world. 

I am a proud Naguena because of you Sir. Jesse! I will continue serving our fellow Naguenos and Bicolanos in any possible way I can. 

Dios Mabalos po! Dai mi po ika malilingawan!

// jvdlt / ncdadmin 08272012

Images by Ralph Balanta

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Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival in Naga pays homage to Sec. Robredo

August 22, 2012
Press Release

Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival in Naga pays homage
to Secretary Robredo as staunch defender of human rights

The human rights film festival, Active Vista, traveled to Naga City last August 22 with the screening of the films Bunso by Ditsi Carolino and Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa by Alvin Yapan at the Arupe Hall of the Ateneo de Naga University.

Active Vista Program Director, Kristine Kintana, said, “The screenings of Active Vista today is a tribute to Secretary Robredo who best exemplifies a life dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights.” The former Mayor who led Naga City to social progress implemented programs that provided security of tenure to the squatters of the city and institutionalized structures and mechanisms to allow democratic participation, transparency and accountability in local governance.

“While Active Vista joins the entire nation especially the City of Naga in mourning for the untimely demise of a true public servant, we also pay homage to Secretary Jesse Robredo, whose life has inspired the Filipino people. The screenings of Active Vista today in his hometown is but a fitting tribute to the man whose public service has paved the way for the people of Naga to live a life of dignity.”

Secretary Robredo is a known figure in the social movement, first and foremost, as a model public servant advocating for good governance and as defender of human rights. Among his advocacies include the right of Persons with Disabilities, the right to freedom of information and education. He is considered a reliable ally of the urban poor and marginalized sectors.

Kristine further said, “Active Vista aspires to impart to our young audiences the truth about the human rights situation in our country through cinema. And hopefully, they may be inspired to follow the path that Secretary Robredo has threaded. In his commencement message for Ateneo students in 2003, Secretary Robredo said “It is your contribution that really matters – paying back what you owe the community that nurtured you”.

Active Vista is a human rights film festival organized by the artist collective Dakila – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism and supported by AusAID, Movies that Matter Netherlands and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. The Naga City screenings is the 6th leg of the 20-city tour of the film festival, which started last July and will end on December 2012.

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Active Vista Film Festival 2012 in Naga City

Active Vista Goes to Ateneo de Naga University
@ Arrupe Convention Hall
August 22, 2012

Screenings:

9:00 am Riles by Ditsi Carolina
4:30 pm Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa by Alvin Yapan

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Updates in Naga City for Sec. Robredo

TENTATIVE SKED OF JMR WAKE/FUNERAL SERVICES

August 21 (12mn) - public viewing (Archbishop Residence)

August 22-23 - public viewing (Archbishop Residence)

August 24 (9am) - take-off from Naga to Manila (Malacanan)

August 26 (7am) - take-off from Villamor Airbase to Naga Airport

August 26 (8:30am) - August 27 (3pm)- public viewing (People's Hall/Naga City Hall)

August 28 - services to be announced by the family

Note: 9am and 5pm (August 22-23) Masses at the Archbishop residence

August 21, 2012

Convoy passing by Con. Grande

Ph Flags at the rotunda on half-mast 
Photo by Brian Nacianceno

NAGA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU MAJOR JESSE :(

Tweets by:
Sec. @MARoxas confirms body of Sec. Jesse Robredo found. "Maselan ito ilipat, Jess has been under water for 2 days now"

@ayeemacaraig @MARoxas: At 8:15, there are signs confirmed one of bodies belong toSec. pnoy already told wife. mar voice breaking

*Announcements:

• There will also be a prayer march today, 4:30PM at Universidad de Sta. Isabel.
• 5:30 pm Mass outside the residence of Sec. Jesse Robredo
• Rotary Club of Naga and JCI-Naga will have a vigil at 6:30 pm at Secretary Jesse's residence in Naga City, Camarines Sur. According to Mr. Michael Racal

August 20, 2012

7pm prayer vigil

@ Plaza Quezon

Image Source: Naga Smiles to the World FB

Holy Mass at the Ateneo de Naga University University Church 

20 AUGUST, MONDAY at 5 PM. 

Let us come together in PRAYER and HOPE for Secretary Jesse Robredo (ADNU HS Batch 1974) and his companions Capt. Jessup Bahinting, Kshitiz Chand, pilot and co-pilot respectively. We also pray especially for their families in these waiting and trying moments. 

Fr. Ritche Elot, University Chaplain, is the main presider and Fr. Xavier Olin is preacher for the Mass. 

After mass, may I also invite you to stay for some quiet prayer and companionship with others. 

-Fr. Primitivo Viray Jr., S.J. AdNU President

August 19, 2012

7pm prayer vigil

@ Plaza Quezon

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