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Sa balitang ito mula sa Manila Bulletin, dalawang beses binanggit na ang Baler ay nasa Quezon:

Una dito:

Baler is of course it refers the town in Quezon where many illustrious people including the late President Manuel L. Quezon came from. If they titled the movie just “Baler,” the executive producer and head of the Viva Group of Companies Vic del Rosario opined that it could very well be a fitting title, considering the history and heritage that the town carries.

At isa pa dito:

On his party, scriptwriter Iglesias said: “When Viva asked me to write the screenplay for ‘Baler,’ I learned that it’s the project that has long been a dream of Sen. Edgardo Angara who happens to come from the Quezon Province. I’ve also long wanted to write a film about The Siege of Baler, so things got into the right places quite by coincidence, a happy coincidence.”

Sinasabi rin sa balita na masusi ang kanilang ginawang research. Na research kaya nila na 29 na taon na simula ng magkaroon ng probinsya ng Aurora kung saan naroon ang Baler.

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Mula sa inquirer.net : ‘Lawin’ nears, to make landfall in Aurora

After making landfall in Aurora by Wednesday afternoon, the storm, which is moving west northwest at 17 kilometers per hour, was forecast to be over Baguio City on Wednesday evening, 340 kilometers west northwest of Baguio by Thursday evening, and 670 kilometers northwest of Baguio by Friday evening, it said.

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Ayon sa PAGASA ay sa Baler ang landfall ng bayong ito kaya maging alerto po tayo. Maigi nang nag-iingat.

Para sa mga gustu pang madagdagan ang kaalaman tungkol sa Baler, narito ang isang article mula sa Click the City:

Baler: A Remote Town Steeped In History ni Vic Albornoz Lactaoen

Visiting Baler is like leafing through the precious pages of history. Here’s a chapter on the Siege of Baler: The date was June 27, 1898, and the place was the barricaded stone church of Baler, where 33 surviving soldiers from the Spanish military command were gallantly making their last stand – determined to fight to the last man for their beloved country – in the raging Philippine –Spanish War. Starving, ailing and war-weary, they kept the faith and kept going long after the war was over. Bloodied but unbowed, the soldiers finally relented and hobbled out of the church almost a year after they occupied it.

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Salamat kay Jhen Cuerdo sa kanyang Baler alert sa friendster.

Matapos ang kanyang one-man exhibit sa Mistlin Gallery sa Modesto, California, ang ating tanyag na kababayang si Jeho Bitancor ay magkakaroon naman ng isa pang one-man exhibit sa Utterly Art Exhibition Space sa Singapore. Ang eksibit ay may titulong Of Milk Sweat and Honey Spit at itatanghal mula September 11 hanggang 24, 2008. Ang Utterly Art Exhibition Space ay matatagpuan sa 229A South Bridge Road, Singapore.

May ginanap na grand press conference ang sineng “Baler” kahapon sa Hyatt Hotel. Hindi inimbitahan ang batangbaler. Pinalabas daw ang balita sa TV Patrol kagabi. Narito ang balita na lumabas sa Philippine entertainment Portal:

Jericho Rosales and Anne Curtis team up for the first time in period film “Baler”

Medyo nagkakalinawan na kung ano ang istorya nang sineng ito at kung sino-sino ang mga gaganap. Di lang natin sigurado kung magdidipuntung Baler sila. Malamang hinde. Sa buong balita, ito ang nakatawag sa aking pansin:

According to Viva chairman Vic del Rosario Jr., this historical film has a budget of approximately P70 to P100 million. With many hours spent in doing research and the elaborate costumes and props to be used in the film, Baler is surely one for the history books. Direk Mark Meily even pointed out, “We are rebuilding the whole church, both inside and out, in the vicinity of Baler. We are rebuilding the town of Baler as it was 110 years ago.”

Ako ang naghighlight nung isang sentence. nire-rebuild pala ang bayan ng Baler na mukhang 110 yarsa ago. At sa vicinity ng Baler daw ginagawa. Nanditu po ako sa Baler at wala pa akung nababalitaang nagaganap na rebuilding dito. Kung totong sa Tanay, Rizal ginagawa ang set ay napakalayo yatang vicinity nitu ng Baler. Gumaganda ang istorya.

Mula sa inquirer.net: ‘Karen’ strengthens as it moves closer to northern Luzon

At 4 p.m., the storm, which packs maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour with gusts of 100 kilometers per hour, was located at 890 kilometers east of Casiguran town, Aurora province, the state weather bureau said.

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At mula sa Sun.Star Pampanga: Province to put up satellite office in Clark

Officials of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Aurora Provincial Government have forged an agreement for the establishment of a satellite office for Aurora Province inside the Clark Freeport.

CDC president Benigno Ricafort said the satellite office of Aurora Province in Clark will serve as logistics office for the promotion of agricultural and other export products coming from the province.

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At mula uli sa inquirer.net: Another Port Irene in the works

A port city worth “billions of pesos” is set to sprout in Aurora province, northeast of Manila, where infrastructure projects have been slow because of the mountainous terrain.

The port city will complete a multi-modal development for the province after it was announced earlier that the Dingalan, Baler and Casiguran ports in Aurora were to be linked via roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) services.

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Galing ang balita sa Manila Bulletin na lumabas noong August 7, 2008. Salamat kay Donna sa pag-alerto.

Pinoy surfers out to make waves

Bonifacio “Arkipo” Figuron, Anthony “Kawkaw” Luebben and Rommel “Okoy” Rojo will try to make big waves against the region’s best surfers as they compete in four international tournaments.

The three surfers of the Aloha Boardsports Team Riders will don the Philippine colors in the prestigious International ISC Tour in Bali, Indonesia starting next week.

Among the events that they will be competing are the Oakley Surfing Competition set on Aug. 16 to 17, the Bali Surf for the Kids Competition on Aug. 23 to 24, the Scar Reef Pro Competition on Aug. 27 to Sept. 5 and the Rip Curl Surf and Music Festival on Oct. 26.

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Parehong mula sa inquirer.net:

Quezon bishop to head groups vs Sierra Madre illegal logging

CATHOLIC BISHOP ROLANDO Tria Tirona, head of the Prelature of Infanta, has been deputized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to oversee two environmental watchdog bodies to fight illegal logging in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges.

In a press release posted at the DENR website Wednesday, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza disclosed the appointment of Tirona as ‘co-chair’ of the two newly created multipartite teams (MPT) to help combat the rampant illegal logging.

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From ‘kaingero’ to forester

In 1971, Oscar Gendrano was a young forester on a mission in Casiguran, Quezon. His mission: Cut down as much timber as he could and bring them home to Manila where the once-towering trees would be trimmed into matchsticks.

Armed with brand-new power saws, he arrived on the dazzling white shores of St. Ildelfonso Point, where he was met by tall, kinky-haired black men in loincloths. They were the Dumagat, a gentle and hardworking people who had lived by the sea long before the Spaniards came to Philippine shores, and certainly long before he got there like a conquering Magellan with not a sword but a power saw.

But that was all it took to convert these gentle natives into power saw-wielding loggers who agreed to cut trees and haul them to shore on their shoulders—all for cigarettes and bottles of Siok Tong.

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Ancient ‘balite’ tree battles for life in Aurora

A “balite” tree, carbon-dated to be between 400 and 600 years old and said to be among the oldest and biggest in Asia, has suffered from human abuse, as the Aurora provincial government and a family in Maria Aurora town try to settle a row over management of a park where the tree stands.

“Umaakyat ang mga tao. Inuukit pa nila pangalan nila. Nasasaktan ang puno (People climb it. They also carve their names on it. The tree is hurt),” Onassis Ronquillo, barangay chair of Quirino, said of the tourist-drawing natural wonder in his village at the foothills of the Sierra Madre.

Basahin ang kumpletong balita. Ito ay una kong nabasa sa isang mahusay na blog tungkol sa barangay ng Quirino sa Ma. Aurora - ang Quinoy Ako. Sana ay marami pang sumunod sa halimbawa ng blog na ito.

Showbiz uli tayo. Ito ang latest chikka tungkol sa pelikulang Baler. Mula dito sa pinoyshowbiztalk.com:

Thorough research daw ang ginawa nila, mula sa mga sunud-sunod na events na nangyari noong Spanish-American war, kung saan nagsagupa ang mga Spanish soldiers at ang puwersa ng mga Filipino, hanggang sa pagpapatayo nila ng set sa Tanay, Rizal kung saan gagayahin nila ang look ng Baler, now Aurora, in Quezon Province.

Samakatuwid ay hindi pala sa Baler gagawin ang sine. Dahil siguro sa malayo tayo sa kabihasnan at mahirap ang logistics pag dito ginawa. Pero ayon din sa balita ay pupunta din naman sila sa Baler. Siguro para sa flash-forward kung saan ipapakita ang kasalukuyang simbahan ng Baler. Kaya sa mga nag-aabang kay Anne Curtis at Jericho Rosales, manood na lang muna kayo ng TV.

Mas nainip ako dun sa nakalagay na “Baler, Now Aurora, in Quezon Province”. Parang sablay de baga?

From inquirer.net by Tonette Orejas:

The Church-led environmental group Task Force Sierra Madre has asked Environment Secretary Joselito Atienza to create an independent investigation committee to look into illegal logging in Dingalan, a town in Aurora where landslides killed some 700 people in 2004.

In a July 28 letter, Gary Lumbo, TFSM Dingalan chapter president, and Fr. Pete Montallana, TFSM chair, also asked Atienza to remove Joselito Blanco as community environment and natural resources officer (Cenro) in the town due to his alleged inaction.

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I-click lang ang slideshow sa itaas para makita ang mga larawan ng inagurasyon ng UP Manila - School of Helth Sciences Baler Extension Campus noong July 21, 2008 na ginanap sa ASCOT. Ang permanenteng tahanan ng paaralang ito ay sa Reserva, malapit sa planong pagtatayuan ng bagong ospital ng Aurora. Sa kasalukuyan ay nasa ASCOT muna ang paaralan. May mahigit na 50 istudyante ang mga freshmen nila na galing sa Aurora, Quirino, Isabela, Nueva Viscaya at Nueva Ecija.

Noong Lunes, July 21, 2008, ay ininagurahan ang UP Manila School of Health Sciences - Baler, Aurora Extension Campus. Ang paaralang ito ay mag-o-offer ng ladderized courses sa midwifery, nursing at medicine. Pansamantala itong mamamahay sa ASCOT Zabali Campus habang hindi pa naitatayo ang permanenteng gusali sa Brgy. Reserva. Dumalo sa inagurasyon si Sen. Edgardo J. Angara at si UP President Emerlinda Roman.

Ang programang ito ay sagot ng UP sa problemang “brain drain” o “brain hemorrhage” na kasalukuyang nangyayari sa industriya ng kalusugan sa Pilipinas. Ang modelo ng programang ito ay ang matagal nang ginagawa sa UP School of Health Sciences sa Palo Leyte. Ang mga mag-aaral dito ay walang UPCAT, pinipili at ini-sponsor ng mg lokal na pamahalaan at may kasunduang maglilingkod sa nasabing bayan pagkatapos mag-aral. Ang bawat school year ay nahahati sa apat na quarter at walang grade ang mga mag-aaral maliban sa “Passed” o “Needs Tutorial” para maiwasan ang kumpetisyon. Ladderized o baha-bahagdan ang kurso dito na magsisimula sa midwifery, pagkatapos ay nursing at hanggang medicine.

Narito ang balita mula sa Manila Bulletin na sinulat ni Ariel Avendaño:

A satellite campus of the University of the Philippines’ School of Health Sciences (UPSHS) was inaugurated here the other day.

UPSHS, which would serve four adjoining provinces, is intended to convert Aurora – located some 230 kilometers north of Manila – into the health hub of northeastern Luzon.

The extension campus is also intended to produce graduates of medicine-related courses who would fill the void caused by the lack of health professionals in the countryside.

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