Marinduque: 2009 Street Protest, Inutil, At Walang Kwenta!

“Alam naman po natin ang kuryente, ang sabi ko nga parang dugo ito sa ating katawan. Pagkulang sa dugo tayo’y hilo. Tayo’y natutumba, tayo’y nagku-collapse. Ito ang epekto sa atin, sa ating ekonomiya, sa ating pag-aaral, sa opisina, sa pagkain, hanap buhay lahat na. Lahat, apektado tayong lahat.” 

---Bishop Evangelista 

The process of resolving the financial discrepancies of MARELCO to NAPOCOR resulted to continuing brownouts of almost 24 hours each day.  Until to this date, Torrijos are the most affected area in the island following Sta. Cruz and Buenavista.

Protesters with Bishop Evangelista @ Marelco (2)

“Hindi ko pinangarap na ako’y mamuno ng rally na tulad nito...” --Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista

Protesters with Bishop Evangelista @ Marelco (1)

Thanks to Mr. Eli Obligacion for providing responsible resources (marinduquegov@blogspot.com) that acquired by all spokespersons from different sectors at the height of September 2009 STREET PROTEST.
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/10/marinduque-power-outages-part-5.html

“Hindi ko pinangarap na ako’y mamuno ng rally na tulad nito...” --Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista

Marinduque: MCCI President Elmer Tan

Unstable Energy, the agony of business sector.

MAY THESE VIDEO FOOTAGES WOULD HELP REALIZED THOSE WHO PARTICIPATES THE RALLY WON’T GO IN VAIN!

Thanks to Mr. Eli Obligacion for providing responsible resources (marinduquegov@blogspot.com) that acquired by all spokespersons from different sectors at the height of September 2009 STREET PROTEST. 

SEPTEMBER 2009 ENERGY CRISIS: Ten months after the street protest, now what next?  

The people of Torrijos went numb as they continued suffering from almost 24 hour brownouts each day for the past three months now. 

MARINDUQUE: My short trip to The Mountain Range

In the far side of Southeast Marinduque lies the panoramic beauty at its best-- The Mountain Rage! 

It is unquestionably captured by this blogger as Nature's beauty beholds before him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRS3WWQbTU

Marinduque's "Grand Canyon" (The Hidden Tourist Spot)

This blogger at the "Grand Canyon" in Marinduque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zu2iiqOp44

MARINDUQUE: flash floods@ TAYTAY, sta. cruz

The three-hour heavy rains instantaneously flooded and overflowed the river in Brgy. Taytay, Sta. Cruz, Marinduque.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhTC30bTQHU

Reminiscing Marinduque Power Outages Issue: Gone With The Wind!

Is the Marinduque Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Marelco), still in good financial position to effectively address the current situation, I wonder? Recently, it pointed fingers to typhoon “Reming” (Nov. 2006), that caused a heavy toll on electrical installations; where an amount of P 42-million that should have been turned over or paid to Napocor was utilized, unilaterally it appears, for the necessary rehabilitation work that preceded the local and national elections. Then there’s this situation where the independent power service provider involved is no longer in a position to augment the necessary power supply needed for the entire province.




more @:
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/09/marinduque-power-outages.html

What Happened to Bishop Evangelista's call?

(Bishop of Boac, Reynaldo G. Evangelista) 



SEPTEMBER DARKNESS 

On the power outages that got more constant and longer last September, Napocor’s Engr. Danilo Barcase explained to the provincial council in a meeting held at the session hall on Sep. 30, 2009, that the situation was brought about by Napocor’s failure to repair genset unit #2, with no units available for use as back up. The power company had to seek the intervention of technicians from Daihatsu, expected to arrive on October 7, Barcase said, as the extent of the neceesary repairs was much worse than they expected. 

For the past 3 months now, Municipality of Torrijos, as the tail-end of electric  power had gone suffering to almost 24 hour brownout each day until now. People in the municipality has nothing to do with it and are about of losing hope. Now, the question is: who's going to led them from this discomfort?

..more @:
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/11/marinduque-power-outages-part-7.html

Marinduque Power Outages

OF MORO-MOROS AND CONSPIRACIES




As recorded by Marelco, power outages in 2008 for which the coop as distributor was responsible was 21.049 hours, and 91.48 hours for outages that emanated from Napocor plants.

For the first half of 2009, Marelco accepted responsibility for 42.94 hours of outages, and 57 hours for Napocor, the latter somehow contesting the figures during a confrontation before the provincial board at the capitol.




..more @:
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/11/marinduque-power-outages-part-6.html
efore the provincial board at the capitol. 

Marinduque at the Center of the Center of the Center of the World's Marine Biodiversity

The center of the highest concentration of marine biodiversity in the world is an area of 900,000 square kilometers, the heart of the coral triangle in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, accounting for 50 percent of the world’s coral species. This is known as the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape.




..more @:
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/12/marinduque-within-center-of-center-of.html

AGUNG”, The official newsletter of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), published the following article in its January-April 2010 issue:

CLASSIC SARSUWELA STAGED IN MARINDUQUE
By Maria Crisedna Magsumbol

For sometime the province of Marinduque has been trying to forge its cultural development. In 1998, it attempted to establish Sining Marinduque with the help of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and with representations from different sectors all over the province. Despite this effort, it died a natural death due to change in political leadership after elections. However, not all was lost as the municipality of Gasan established Gasan Culture and Arts Foundation (GASCUAF) in 2001. From then on, the municipality of Gasan became known as the cultural center of the province with cultural projects such as the Gasang Gasang Easter Festival. Meanwhile, the provincial government passed Provincial Ordinance No. 81 in 2009 declaring February 21 as Araw ng Marinduque, the date when representative Ricardo Paras of Marinduque proposed for the separation of Marinduque from Tayabas. Since the celebration is held in the month of February, the celebration is incorporated in their celebration of National Arts Month.

..more story @:
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2010/08/agung-article-on-marinduque.html














Thanks to Mr. Eli Obligacion in promoting the importance and preservation of culture and traditions to access them in alleviating potential job resources that integrates tourism in the island. I had never known no one so far in battling against all odds for his passion to encourage more Marinduqueños to inspires them & the rest in improving their way of life.

Entertainment: Hula Hoops Of Goddesses

Few people are indeed gifted; they're bound to gave amusement that endure happiness...

..and gifted people are rarely unique because most of them don't have what they've got.

Torrijos: September 13th Celebration

There are supported documents from this event that historians should look into. Battle of Pulang Lupa was the first victory recorded during the Philippine-American war in 1900-1901.                                                                                                  

The most comprehensive account of the U.S. Army’s pacification of Marinduque from the period April 1900 to April 1901 was published in the Journal of Military History 61 (April 1997), in an paper written by Andrew J. Birtle.

On the thirteenth (September), Shields led his detachment into the mountains with the intention of returning to Santa Cruz. Well informed about Shields's movements, Shields walked right into the ambush. A fire fight ensued for several hours before Shields ordered a retreat into a covered ravine. What began as a slow withdrawal quickly turned into a race down a rocky stream bed, as the Americans scrambled to escape the pincers that were moving to surround them (until) Shields fell seriously wounded.

...more of Pulang Lupa @

http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/12/reliving-battle-of-pulang-lupa.html

Torrijos: BATTLE OF PULANG LUPA MURAL

In various stages of action, scenes from the celebrated Battle of Pulang Lupa are depicted on a concrete horizontal mural that stands before the historical marker on a mountaintop in Torrijos, Marinduque. 


..more of Pulang Lupa Mural @
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/09/battle-of-pulang-lupa-mural.html

Torrijos: September 13th Celebration

Mt. Malindig

The most comprehensive account of the U.S. Army’s pacification of Marinduque from the period April 1900 to April 1901 was published in the Journal of Military History 61 (April 1997), in an paper written by Andrew J. Birtle.

Birtle also described what followed six weeks later in the famous “Battle of Pulang Lupa". The Battle of Pulang Lupa is considered the first major victory of Filipinos over the Americans during the second phase of the Philippine Revolution. 

..more of Reliving Battle Of Pulang Lupa @
http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/12/reliving-battle-of-pulang-lupa.html

Marinduque: 24th of July 2010

The Boac River

(24 July 2010)
                                                                                                                                                                                              

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idCxxe5bAuM

Marinduque: Central Marinduque Slowly but Surely Now

Under the administration of Carrion, Central Marinduque has been seriously utilized the potential of road mapping to open another window of livelihood in the area. The development in this area was not properly disseminated by the DPWH. 

Ex-Gov. Jose Antonio N. Carrion

more story @:

http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2010/06/central-marinduque-slowly-but-surely.html

Marinduque: Reminiscing Pulang Lupa Celebration 2008

at Pulang Lupa site in Torrijos

Pulang Lupa Celebaration 2008 during Carrion's administration

more of Marinduque's Struggle for Freedom @:

http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2010/06/marinduques-struggle-for-freedom.html