THE TRUE STATE OF CAMARINES SUR.....

How do you measure progress? Is it the number of tourist attracting business ventures of provincial government? Is it the number of tourist that actually visited the province and enjoyed the man-made creation and its precious God-given natural creations i.e Caramoan Island.

Aesthetically, Camarines Sur is a progressive place. With the CWC up and running and with thousands of foreign and local visitors pouring in every year, I'm sure the coffers of the provincial government are filled up with revenues coming from this venture. But wait....nobody really knows what is the state of the finances of the provincial government. They seem to hide what is the true state of our finances in the province.

I am a fan of Governor L-ray, don't get me wrong. I think he placed the province in the map of the Philippines and in the Tourism world. The only issues I had with him is why is he not also giving priority to the basic needs of his constituents. He shouldn't be focusing only on Tourism.

Maybe create more projects that will directly benefit the people of Camarines Sur like roads, medical assistance to the poor, job creation etc....

Now his term is almost over, I guess he is grooming his son to be his succesor maybe against the old TRAPO Luis Villafuerte. Apo vs. Lolo. Let the Circus begin........

NO TO AIRLINES FUEL SURCHARGE INCREASE!!!

As an OFW I condemn the impending increase of airplane fare because of the proposal to allow airlines to increase fuel surcharges. If you will remember the last time the airlines increased the airfare was when the price of the oil is about $112/barrel. This resulted in significant increase in airfare and also the decrease in the weight of balikbayan boxes from 70 lbs. down to 50 lbs.

NOw with oil just hovering around $89/barrel the airline companies are asking to increase the fuel surcharges. First of all, are we not entitled for a decrease in airfare instead of increasing it. The oil price even went down to less than $60.00 at one point but there were never a roll back of airplane tickets. They gobbled up all the profits at the expense of the passengers. The oil price is still far away from the $112/barrel level but now they are asking for more increase in plane ticket prices. Tsk,tsk,tsk.....