Senator Cayetano visits Albur Calamay Makers for the second time

The Philippine Senate’s Majority Floor Leader Senator Allan Peter Cayetano is the first Senator to visit Alburquerque town in Bohol after the May 2013 elections.  During the campaign period, he brought his PTK or Presyo, Trabaho, Kita to the Calamay Makers’ Association of Ponong, Alburquerque, Bohol where he listened to the priority issues and concerns of the association.  At that time, the association members shared that each member only gets to display their calamay at the pier area once a week.

As the no. 1 Senator in Alburquerque with 53.57% of the Alburanons  voting for Cayetano, he once again visited the Calamay Makers on Saturday, August 31, 2013.    He was accompanied by Governor Edgar M. Chatto. In the presence of the Municipal Mayor Efren D. Tungol,  Barangay Captain Artemio Daplin, members of the Sangguniang Bayan Leonor Buates, Renante Manungas, Teofy Simeon, MPDC Ms. Leila Cafe and members of the Barangay Council, Senator Cayetano handed P50,000.00 cash to the calamay makers association president Mr. Rolando Daplin for the alternative livelihood of the members, and another P50,000.00 cash for the improvement of the calamay production.

Senator Cayetano asked the association members what alternative livelihood they can develop to support their calamay industry, such as the piggery or food processing. In addition, he encouraged the members to develop ways to increase the shelf life of calamay.  The calamay makers also aired their sentiments to the location of their stalls at the Tagbilaran pier.l

The program was hosted and the dialogue was facilitated by Ms. Vera Villocido Gesite of the Office of the Mayor of Alburquerque.

ONE NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER

Sitting all alone in my bedroom

Staring into the wall

Seeing snippets of the past

Images of days gone by

Emotions come ashore

A cacophony of sounds

From some distant part

Memories of yesterdays

Some are sweet, some are not

Write them down now

Some voice is telling me

Or else they get buried

In some distant memory

For some things are worth remembering

Others are worth forgetting

But writing them down now

Purifies the soul

Purges the spirit

Calms the mind

Cleanses the heart

IN MY SOLITUDE

In my solitude, I think of you
I am alone, but not lonely
You have become a part of me

There's a longing in me, 
only you can fill

There's an ache,
only you can soothe

You are a light in my otherwise dreary world
You are a ray of hope in my otherwise hopeless life
You are the joy in my otherwise lonely existence.

Though you are far away
You have become
A part of my everyday

You are my inspiration
You are my joy
You are my whole being...

TO A NEW FOUND FRIEND

You came without warning
Into my life from somewhere
seems like we're reunited
though we've never been friends

Your songs that night were haunting

your voice was captivating
i think that night was special
a turning point to a new found friendship

I thank the Lord for the gift of you
for bringing you into my life
your friendship has opened doors
to new beginnings, to new feelings

I ask Him to bless our friendship
so that it may grow
and blossom to be
a blessing for both you and me!