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Military personnel honoring the shrine of the 15 Bicol Martyrs commemorating its 113th year of heroism.

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Kinahuhumalingan ngonian kan mga tawo with 132 million unique visitors. Sarong alternatibo sa dakul nang social networking sites kan Batch 81. Ginibong kong jump-off si FB ni Ms. Joyce ta aktibong marhay. Objective is to connect Batch 81 in one hub  na eksklusibo. Limitado para sa mga Batchmates (muna) sa ngonian. An problema kaya sa FB pag-dakulon ka nang friends [...]

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Naga hailed Youth Friendly City. Councilor Ray-an Rentoy receiving the Gawad sa Kampeon ng Kabataang Pilipino 2009 Plaque of recognition from PGMA and NYC Chairperson Richard Nalupta. The Awarding Ceremony was held in Malacanan Palace

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Mayors of the Metro Naga Development Council sign a partnership agreement with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), formerly known as NCRFW, for the establishment of Common Service Facilities in their respective LGUs. (Seated from left: Mr. Francisco M. Mendoza, representing Naga City Mayor Jesse M. Robredo, Gainza Mayor Romeo A. Gontang, Magarao Mayor Nelson B. Julia, Milaor Mayor Rogelio A. Flores, Pili Mayor Romeo S. Salazar, and Bula Mayor Benjamin S. Decena.) Also present during the signing activity to represent the PCW is Ms. Luzviminda A. Villanueva, Manager of the GREAT Women Project (standing 3rd from right) and MNDC?s Executive Director Reuel M. Oliver (standing 2nd from left).

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NAGA CITY—Drawing more than 12 million viewers as of Saturday, a short film about hunger shot here by a Bicolano filmmaker has pricked the conscience of people around the world, who said it made them cry.

“Chicken a la Carte” by Ferdinand Dimadura, shot in 2005, beat some 3,600 entries when it won the 56th Berlin Film Festival award for short films in 2006. Its biting commentary has drawn viewers to the website www.cultureunplugged.com and YouTube.

The film is “about hunger and poverty brought about by globalization,” the synopsis says.

“There are 10,000 people dying every day due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of society … What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left this people.”

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For his innovative “Kariton Klasrum” (pushcart classroom) Filipino educator Efren Peñaflorida has been awarded by CNN as “2009 Hero of the Year.”

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• Filipino declared ‘CNN Hero of the Year’
• Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year

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PSO Executive Officer Lito del Rosario demonstrating the power of the newly installed CCTVs at selected location, the equipment is aimed to beef-up peace and order situation in the city. Mayor Jesse Robredo along with city officials and office heads graced its formal opening.

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Latest images from our jet-setting batchmates na sinda Jun, Amy and Alma.  An first image sa Angkor Wat sa Cambodia with Luningning, an ika duwang picture an grupo nasa Thailand with Alma’s daughter.  Haloy na ining pinadara ni Ms. Alma kaya lang ngonian lang ako naka-bwelo sa trabaho. Posted in Snapshots [...]

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Noli on guitar with Toto’s classic Africa in a bossanova guitar. Posted in Links

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Ritrato ni Ruben Bagadion with some Afghan kids, kasali si Ruben sa US-led coalition forces na yaon ngonian sa Afghanistan na nag-ma-mantenar kan peacekeeping and security sa 8-year old conflict kontra sa mga Taliban.  Hooah!  Hale ini kay Ms. Ana O. Posted in Snapshots

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This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by p (more…)

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MOA signing between LGU Naga City represented by Mayor Jesse M. Robredo with representatives from the Chinese Filipino Business Club Inc. in cooperation with Ai Hu Foundation Inc. for the Computer Van Aralan project to be held at the Cityhall compound.

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Review”An important and valuable report about an important and valuable project. The information and statistics about procedural variations in governments around the nation and the status of their management systems have never been compiled and presented before with anywhere near this level of detail and analytical rigor.” — Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia, author of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 3rd ed., and Modernizing Human Resource Management in the Federa (more…)

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This book examines patterns of economic governance in three specific, contrasting, contexts: machinery-producing districts; declining steel cities; and clusters of high-technology activities. Building on the work of their previous book (Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? OUP 2001), which charted the recent development of local clusters of specialized manufacturing among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, th (more…)

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“The authors have undertaken nothing less than tracing and evaluating the links between global governance and environmental politics, with a clear-cut and original stress upon the ways in which local and global dynamics interact. Their conceptualization of these interactions is especially compelling, partly because the links are so crucial to the ways in which environmental issues are subjected to governance but mainly because they probe the links in highly creative and persu (more…)

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`Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered…. This is a timely and important book’ – Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John’s book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective’ – P (more…)

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The eleven recipients for this year's Outstanding Bikolano Artists pose during the Bikolinismo Awards. Awardees from left, are, Pancho Piano (Mural Painting), Alvin Yapan (Literary Arts), Cathy Garcia-Molina (Film), Wilson Belarmino (Painting), Ricky Lee (Film/Broadcast Arts), Dr. Zeus Salazar (Literary Arts), Abdon Balde (Literary Arts), Ricardo Perez (Photography), Francisco Peñones, Jr. (Literary Arts), William Espejo (Theater Arts), and Jose Barcena, Jr. (Sculpture).

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Various forms of decentralization are recently pursued in the world, including developing countries. However, there has not been a coherent framework to access these intended outcomes generated by decentralization measures implemented in Asian and African countries. This book provides such a framework based on comparative analyses of different experiences of decentralization measures in six developing countries, where the policy rationale to ‘bring services closer to people’ origin (more…)

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Brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations play important roles in society and politics, yet are dimly understood.

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University of California, Santa Cruz. USA. Washington University, USA

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Mayor Jesse M. Robredo with Senator Pia Cayetano during her recent visit here, September 23, 2009.

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I’m from Naga City in Bikol, I’ll be going to manila 2 weeks from now and I need someplace to stay… Can you suggest any low-cost (but good) Hotel / Apartelle around in Cubao Area?
My initial opions are: Kabayan, Wise, and ACL… pero wala na palang Wise ngaun sa Cubao. Kabayan and ACL are affordable but if you can suggest cheaper hotels, why not. Unfortunately, Sogo Hotel has no website…
kung sinoman po ang sasagot, paki bigay din ung peso rate nila and give me some feedbacks about these hotels…
Thank You and God Bless

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my mother’s name is Maria Sol Evangelista. She is from naga city philippines. my name is Annabelle sol Evangelista and i am looking for my mother

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Which mall do you like better in Naga City, Cam. Sur??
I’m not sure if SM is built yet so I’m not gonna include that!!!
I prefer both!!
Anyone that knows the malls can answer??

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