Tagalog News Release
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 26) – Sa kabila ng mainit pa ring panahon ngayon dito sa lalawigan, balik na halos sa normal ang paghahanapbuhay ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda dito matapos na maapektuhan ang kanilang hanapbuhay ng tinatawag na water stress.
Sinabi ni Provincial Agriculture Office Supervising Agriculturist Narciso Cayetano na bagama’t hindi kabilang ang lalawigan ng Sorsogon sa mga direktang apektado ng matinding tagtuyot dala ng El Niño, ilang mga bayan din dito ang naapektuhan naman ng tinatawag na water stress.
Ang water stress ay isang kondisyong nangyayari kapag higit ang pangangailangan sa tubig kaysa sa inaasahang suplay nito.
Nilinaw ni Cayetano na sa rehiyon ng Bikol, tanging ang lalawigan lamang ng Masbate ang idineklarang direktang naapektuhan ng El Niño at hindi dito kabilang ang Sorsogon.
Ipinaliwanag niya na konsideradong tinamaan ng El Niño ang isang lugar kung hindi ito nakaranas ng pag-uulan sa loob ng isa hanggang dalawang buwan.
Taliwas ito sa karanasan ng lalawigan ng Sorsogon kung saan nakaranas dito ng sunud-sunod na pag-uulan nitong mga nakalipas na buwan.(Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
MGA TEKNOLOHIYANG PAMPANGISDAAN TINALAKAY SA DALAWANG ARAW NA FISHERIES FORA
Tagalog News Release
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 26) – Naging matagumpay ang isinagawang Provincial Fisheries Technology Fora noong nakaraang Huwebes at Biyernes sa bayan ng Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon.
Kinapalooban ito ng pagtalakay sa iba’t-ibang mga teknolohiyang pampangisdaan na makatutulong upang maiangat ang kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda sa kabila ng nararanasang pagbabago ng temperatura hindi lamang sa Sorsogon kundi maging sa buong mundo.
Ilan sa mga teknolohiyang ito ay ang induced breeding of hito, breeding and culture of pangasius, mangrove aquaculture o aqua-silvi, abalone culture and breeding, at ang polyculture method ng alimango, grouper at tilapia sa brackish water.
Tinuruan din ang mga kalahok ng freshwater aquaculture tulad ng tilapia culture sa mga tangke at fishpond at ulang culture.
Aktibong nakilahok at naghayag ng interes ang mga Agricultural Technicians mula sa iba’t-bang mga bayan sa lalawigan pati na rin ang mga Municipal Agriculturists sa Sorsogon.
Naging panauhin at nagbigay ng mga mahahalagang mensahe sa nasabing aktibidad ang mga kinatawan mula sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources national at regional office na kinabibilangan nina Filipina Gojar, coordinator ng National Fisherfolks Operations Center, Ginalyn De Leon ng National Anti-Poverty Commisssion, National Fisherfolk Director Ronaldo Paglicawan at ni Chief Fisheries Extension Training Division ng BFAR Regional Office V Melchor Deramas. Naroroon din ang national at regional fisherfolk representatives bilang mga facilitators.
Ang dalawang araw na fora ay isinagawa sa bayan ng Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon bilang pagkilala na rin sa tagaroong si Romen Diones, ang nakaupong Regional Fisherfolk Director ngayong buwan ng Mayo, 2010. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 26) – Naging matagumpay ang isinagawang Provincial Fisheries Technology Fora noong nakaraang Huwebes at Biyernes sa bayan ng Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon.
Kinapalooban ito ng pagtalakay sa iba’t-ibang mga teknolohiyang pampangisdaan na makatutulong upang maiangat ang kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda sa kabila ng nararanasang pagbabago ng temperatura hindi lamang sa Sorsogon kundi maging sa buong mundo.
Ilan sa mga teknolohiyang ito ay ang induced breeding of hito, breeding and culture of pangasius, mangrove aquaculture o aqua-silvi, abalone culture and breeding, at ang polyculture method ng alimango, grouper at tilapia sa brackish water.
Tinuruan din ang mga kalahok ng freshwater aquaculture tulad ng tilapia culture sa mga tangke at fishpond at ulang culture.
Aktibong nakilahok at naghayag ng interes ang mga Agricultural Technicians mula sa iba’t-bang mga bayan sa lalawigan pati na rin ang mga Municipal Agriculturists sa Sorsogon.
Naging panauhin at nagbigay ng mga mahahalagang mensahe sa nasabing aktibidad ang mga kinatawan mula sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources national at regional office na kinabibilangan nina Filipina Gojar, coordinator ng National Fisherfolks Operations Center, Ginalyn De Leon ng National Anti-Poverty Commisssion, National Fisherfolk Director Ronaldo Paglicawan at ni Chief Fisheries Extension Training Division ng BFAR Regional Office V Melchor Deramas. Naroroon din ang national at regional fisherfolk representatives bilang mga facilitators.
Ang dalawang araw na fora ay isinagawa sa bayan ng Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon bilang pagkilala na rin sa tagaroong si Romen Diones, ang nakaupong Regional Fisherfolk Director ngayong buwan ng Mayo, 2010. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
MGA MANGINGISDA HINIKAYAT NG BFAR NA SUBUKAN ANG FISH PEN AT FISH CAGES
Tagalog News Release
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 24) – Sa patuloy na pagbabago ng temperatura ng panahon, hinikayat ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ang mga mangingisda na sa halip na umasa sa kapalaran ay maglagay sila ng mga hawla o kulungan upang i-culture ang mga biyaya ng dagat gaya ng isda at iba pang mga lamang-dagat.
Ayon kay Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Director Malcolm Sarmiento, sa pamamagitan ng iba’t-ibang mga teknolohiya sa pagpapalago ng mga isda at lamang-dagat ay mas nakatitiyak ang mga mangingisda na mayroon silang kikitain sa halip na umasang sa paglalaot lamang sila makakahuli ng ikabubuhay.
Aniya ang paglalagay ng mga fish pens at fish cages ay isa umanong pamamaraan upang makaagapay sa epektong dulot ng climate change.
"Nakahanda rin kaming turuan ang mga mangingisda na palaguin ang iba’t-ibang mga marine species tulad ng abalone, sea cucumber, sea urchin at iba pang mga uri ng lamang-dagat na maaaring mabuhay kahit na pabago-bago ang klima," ayon pa sa kanya.
"Kaugnay pa nito, nagpatupad rin ang BFAR sa tulong ng mga lokal na pamahalaan ng paglalagay ng mga seaweed nurseries, mariculture zones at mariculture parks sa iba’-ibang bahagi ng bansa kung saan isa ang lalawigan ng Sorsogon sa nabiyayaan nito," dagdag pa ng opisyal.
Umaasa ang BFAR na mamamantini ng pamahalaang lokal ang tatlong mariculture zones na inilagay sa Sorsogon City, Magallanes at Matnog, Sorsogon nang sa gayon ay maprotektahan ang unti-unting pagkakaubos ng mga isda na siyang papatay din sa kabuhayan ng mga taong umaasa dito sakaling mapabayaan ito. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 24) – Sa patuloy na pagbabago ng temperatura ng panahon, hinikayat ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ang mga mangingisda na sa halip na umasa sa kapalaran ay maglagay sila ng mga hawla o kulungan upang i-culture ang mga biyaya ng dagat gaya ng isda at iba pang mga lamang-dagat.
Ayon kay Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Director Malcolm Sarmiento, sa pamamagitan ng iba’t-ibang mga teknolohiya sa pagpapalago ng mga isda at lamang-dagat ay mas nakatitiyak ang mga mangingisda na mayroon silang kikitain sa halip na umasang sa paglalaot lamang sila makakahuli ng ikabubuhay.
Aniya ang paglalagay ng mga fish pens at fish cages ay isa umanong pamamaraan upang makaagapay sa epektong dulot ng climate change.
"Nakahanda rin kaming turuan ang mga mangingisda na palaguin ang iba’t-ibang mga marine species tulad ng abalone, sea cucumber, sea urchin at iba pang mga uri ng lamang-dagat na maaaring mabuhay kahit na pabago-bago ang klima," ayon pa sa kanya.
"Kaugnay pa nito, nagpatupad rin ang BFAR sa tulong ng mga lokal na pamahalaan ng paglalagay ng mga seaweed nurseries, mariculture zones at mariculture parks sa iba’-ibang bahagi ng bansa kung saan isa ang lalawigan ng Sorsogon sa nabiyayaan nito," dagdag pa ng opisyal.
Umaasa ang BFAR na mamamantini ng pamahalaang lokal ang tatlong mariculture zones na inilagay sa Sorsogon City, Magallanes at Matnog, Sorsogon nang sa gayon ay maprotektahan ang unti-unting pagkakaubos ng mga isda na siyang papatay din sa kabuhayan ng mga taong umaasa dito sakaling mapabayaan ito. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ADB REPRESENTATIVE INTRODUCES BIO-ENGINEERING
News Release
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 19) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) team member Charles David Salter introduces to the Castilla town’s Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP2) beneficiaries, the so-called “bio-engineering” strategy in preserving their upcoming constructed farm-to-market roads.
Salter along with two other ADB representatives and two head officers from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) national and regional office visited the municipality of Castilla, this province, for its Review of Castilla ARCP2.
In a gathering, Salter introduces an approach on how to preserve a road by protecting the soil through “bio-engineering”. Bio-engineering is the method used to prevent soil erosion such as planting grass, shrubs, and trees to the road’s shoulder.
Agriculture and Enterprise Development Specialist David T. Santos said that with the presentation of Salter, both the community and the Local Government Unit (LGU) appreciated the idea of bio-engineering. “We, in DAR Sorsogon, likewise, support the strategy being introduced,” Santos added.
Santos further proposed the use of geo-textiles being produced in Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) here to be utilized for bio-engineering rather than just exporting them.
Likewise, Santos suggested the planting of Vetiver on the road’s shoulder like in other countries rather than grasses of little usage.
Vetiver is a tropical grass with heavy, fibrous roots native to India and is used as an excellent erosion control plant especially in countries with warmer climates.
However, Salter suggested instead, the use of plants native in the area to cut expenses on the part of LGUs.
The idea of introducing the bio-engineering emerged during the community’s Focus Group Discussion (FGD) where community proposed provisions of four projects such as Concrete Farm-to-Market Road, Irrigation Facilities, Potable Water Supply and Alternative Livelihood that are beneficial to the economic development of Mayon ARC and San Rafael ARC both in Castilla town.
Castilla is among the six fortunate municipalities in the province benefiting from the ARCP2. In the Philippines, ARCP 2 has only six recipient-regions which include Bicol.
In related development, following the ADB review of Castilla town’s ARCP2 which highlighted the ADB’s observation on how Local Government Units (LGUs) and the community perform an FGD, a site validation of the proposed San Isidro – Nalup-an farm-to-market road and consultation meeting with non-government units were conducted.
“We are looking for partnership in development as far as our agrarian reform beneficiaries are concerned,” said Roseller R. Olayres, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II.
Olayres said that the active representation from NGOs and other private sectors such as LIKAS, Aquinas University Foundation, Sorsogon Provincial Coop Bank, Sorsogon Integrated Development Cooperative, People’s Alternative Livelihood Foundation of Sorsogon, Inc. and other stakeholders undoubtedly promises successful partnerships in the implementation of the 5-yr ARCP2 in the province. (BARecebido/DFR Mallanta, PIA/DAR Sorsogon)
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 19) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) team member Charles David Salter introduces to the Castilla town’s Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP2) beneficiaries, the so-called “bio-engineering” strategy in preserving their upcoming constructed farm-to-market roads.
Salter along with two other ADB representatives and two head officers from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) national and regional office visited the municipality of Castilla, this province, for its Review of Castilla ARCP2.
In a gathering, Salter introduces an approach on how to preserve a road by protecting the soil through “bio-engineering”. Bio-engineering is the method used to prevent soil erosion such as planting grass, shrubs, and trees to the road’s shoulder.
Agriculture and Enterprise Development Specialist David T. Santos said that with the presentation of Salter, both the community and the Local Government Unit (LGU) appreciated the idea of bio-engineering. “We, in DAR Sorsogon, likewise, support the strategy being introduced,” Santos added.
Santos further proposed the use of geo-textiles being produced in Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) here to be utilized for bio-engineering rather than just exporting them.
Likewise, Santos suggested the planting of Vetiver on the road’s shoulder like in other countries rather than grasses of little usage.
Vetiver is a tropical grass with heavy, fibrous roots native to India and is used as an excellent erosion control plant especially in countries with warmer climates.
However, Salter suggested instead, the use of plants native in the area to cut expenses on the part of LGUs.
The idea of introducing the bio-engineering emerged during the community’s Focus Group Discussion (FGD) where community proposed provisions of four projects such as Concrete Farm-to-Market Road, Irrigation Facilities, Potable Water Supply and Alternative Livelihood that are beneficial to the economic development of Mayon ARC and San Rafael ARC both in Castilla town.
Castilla is among the six fortunate municipalities in the province benefiting from the ARCP2. In the Philippines, ARCP 2 has only six recipient-regions which include Bicol.
In related development, following the ADB review of Castilla town’s ARCP2 which highlighted the ADB’s observation on how Local Government Units (LGUs) and the community perform an FGD, a site validation of the proposed San Isidro – Nalup-an farm-to-market road and consultation meeting with non-government units were conducted.
“We are looking for partnership in development as far as our agrarian reform beneficiaries are concerned,” said Roseller R. Olayres, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II.
Olayres said that the active representation from NGOs and other private sectors such as LIKAS, Aquinas University Foundation, Sorsogon Provincial Coop Bank, Sorsogon Integrated Development Cooperative, People’s Alternative Livelihood Foundation of Sorsogon, Inc. and other stakeholders undoubtedly promises successful partnerships in the implementation of the 5-yr ARCP2 in the province. (BARecebido/DFR Mallanta, PIA/DAR Sorsogon)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
PNP SORSOGON PROMOTES PILI PRODUCTS FROM ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD
News Release
SORSOGON CITY (May 5) – Pili nut (Canarium Ovatum), a native product abundant and wild in Bicol region particularly in Sorsogon is now highlighted in Sorsogon Police Provincial Office’s (SPPO) Alternative Livelihood Development Program for their police force.
Just recently, PNP Sorsogon has successfully conducted its livelihood development program activity held at the Camp Salvador Escudero, Sr., this city, where personnel of SPPO along with their wives and other civilians went through a training demonstration on cooking various pili products.
Pili food expert Melinda Yee spearheaded the cooking activity and has commended the Provincial Police Office’s effort to promote products made from pili utilizing its various parts for their alternative livelihood development program.
Dubbed as “Benepisyo Ko, Benepisyo Mo” (My Profit, Your Profit), PNP Provincial Director Police Senior Supt. Heriberto Olitoquit, said that the livelihood program aims at helping the family of Sorsogon policemen to augment their income by introducing them to alternative sources of livelihood.
Participants went through actual pili cooking demonstration activity where each one’s cooking ability was tested. Products made include crispy pili, salted pili, chocolate-coated pili, sugar-coated pili, molido, pili tart and pili chips, among others.
Meanwhile, the participants conveyed their ‘sweet’ gratitude to their trainer and to the Police Provincial Office as well, headed by PD Olitoquit, for its continuing effort to help and expose his men and their family to other livelihood opportunities. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
SORSOGON CITY (May 5) – Pili nut (Canarium Ovatum), a native product abundant and wild in Bicol region particularly in Sorsogon is now highlighted in Sorsogon Police Provincial Office’s (SPPO) Alternative Livelihood Development Program for their police force.
Just recently, PNP Sorsogon has successfully conducted its livelihood development program activity held at the Camp Salvador Escudero, Sr., this city, where personnel of SPPO along with their wives and other civilians went through a training demonstration on cooking various pili products.
Pili food expert Melinda Yee spearheaded the cooking activity and has commended the Provincial Police Office’s effort to promote products made from pili utilizing its various parts for their alternative livelihood development program.
Dubbed as “Benepisyo Ko, Benepisyo Mo” (My Profit, Your Profit), PNP Provincial Director Police Senior Supt. Heriberto Olitoquit, said that the livelihood program aims at helping the family of Sorsogon policemen to augment their income by introducing them to alternative sources of livelihood.
Participants went through actual pili cooking demonstration activity where each one’s cooking ability was tested. Products made include crispy pili, salted pili, chocolate-coated pili, sugar-coated pili, molido, pili tart and pili chips, among others.
Meanwhile, the participants conveyed their ‘sweet’ gratitude to their trainer and to the Police Provincial Office as well, headed by PD Olitoquit, for its continuing effort to help and expose his men and their family to other livelihood opportunities. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
NSO SORSOGON CALLS ON PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THIS YEAR’S CPH
News Release
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 18) – National Census and Statistic Office Provincial Statistics Officer Elvira O. Apogñol appeals to every household to spare a few time for the census house to house interview which has officially kicked-off on May 17.
Apogñol said that by virtue of the Presidential Proclamation No. 2028, the month of May this year was declared as National Census Month.
“The Census on Population and Housing (CPH), the biggest civilian operation in the country, started on May 17, 2010 with May 1, 2010, 12:01 a.m., as the reference time and will end on June 12, 2010,” she said.
The CPH is an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and its characteristics. This undertaking provides data necessary in the formulation of policy, planning and program development in the government in determining business opportunities and industry status, in research and development and in further academic studies.
Apogñol bared that NSO Sorsogon Field Office workforce is augmented by 545 enumerators, 110 team supervisors, 25 assistant area supervisors and 27 census area supervisors. Of the 707 census field workers in totality, three-fourths are personnel from the Department of Education and Culture (DepEd) and one-fourth are hired NSO personnel.
“They will be covering 541 barangays and some 596 enumeration areas in the province. All enumerators will be wearing an official 2010 CPH ID during their field work,” she added.
Household data to be gathered were all related to family membership including age, gender, educational attainment and number of household members as well as water sources and waste management, among others.
NSO assures the public that the information gathered will be held in strict confidence as stated in Section 4 of the Commonwealth Act 591 that “no information obtained be divulged to anyone except for bonafide NSO personnel”.
It can be noted that the NSO as mandated by Commonwealth Act 591 authorizes the then Bureau of Census and Statistics, now NSO to conduct by enumeration, sampling or other methods and in consonance with the provision of Executive Order 121 which designated the office as the “major statistical agency responsible for generating general purpose statistics”.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 also accorded the NSO to conduct population censuses every ten years beginning in 1980, without prejudice to the undertaking of special censuses on agriculture, industry, commerce, housing and other sectors as may be approved by the National Economic and development Authority (NEDA).
Latest record of NSO dated August 1, 2007, shows that Sorsogon has a total population of 709,673. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
SORSOGON PROVINCE (May 18) – National Census and Statistic Office Provincial Statistics Officer Elvira O. Apogñol appeals to every household to spare a few time for the census house to house interview which has officially kicked-off on May 17.
Apogñol said that by virtue of the Presidential Proclamation No. 2028, the month of May this year was declared as National Census Month.
“The Census on Population and Housing (CPH), the biggest civilian operation in the country, started on May 17, 2010 with May 1, 2010, 12:01 a.m., as the reference time and will end on June 12, 2010,” she said.
The CPH is an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and its characteristics. This undertaking provides data necessary in the formulation of policy, planning and program development in the government in determining business opportunities and industry status, in research and development and in further academic studies.
Apogñol bared that NSO Sorsogon Field Office workforce is augmented by 545 enumerators, 110 team supervisors, 25 assistant area supervisors and 27 census area supervisors. Of the 707 census field workers in totality, three-fourths are personnel from the Department of Education and Culture (DepEd) and one-fourth are hired NSO personnel.
“They will be covering 541 barangays and some 596 enumeration areas in the province. All enumerators will be wearing an official 2010 CPH ID during their field work,” she added.
Household data to be gathered were all related to family membership including age, gender, educational attainment and number of household members as well as water sources and waste management, among others.
NSO assures the public that the information gathered will be held in strict confidence as stated in Section 4 of the Commonwealth Act 591 that “no information obtained be divulged to anyone except for bonafide NSO personnel”.
It can be noted that the NSO as mandated by Commonwealth Act 591 authorizes the then Bureau of Census and Statistics, now NSO to conduct by enumeration, sampling or other methods and in consonance with the provision of Executive Order 121 which designated the office as the “major statistical agency responsible for generating general purpose statistics”.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 also accorded the NSO to conduct population censuses every ten years beginning in 1980, without prejudice to the undertaking of special censuses on agriculture, industry, commerce, housing and other sectors as may be approved by the National Economic and development Authority (NEDA).
Latest record of NSO dated August 1, 2007, shows that Sorsogon has a total population of 709,673. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
Friday, May 14, 2010
PAGTATASA SA HALALAN 2010
SORSOGON CITY (May 14, 2010)– Sa pagtutulungan ng mga kinauukulan dito sa Sorsogon, maayos at matagumpay na naisagawa ang kauna-unahang automated election dito sa bansa.
Sa lalawigan ng Sorsogon, kabilang sa mga naging mapamatyag at naging handa ay ang Phil. Coast Guard Sorsogon City Station, Bureau of Fire Protection-Sorsogon City, Police Provincial Office, Philippine Army, PPCRV at ang mga opisyal sa bawat Barangay.
Ang mga ito ay pawang naghayag na naging matiwasay ang halalan sa kabuuan at wala silang naitalang mga untoward incidences kaugnay ng ginawang botohan.
Samantala, mayroon ding naitalang pagpalya ng Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines sa ilang mga presinto dito subalit naging handa naman ang Comelec at SMARTMATIC personnel sa pagresponde sa mga problema kung kaya’t lahat naman ay nakaboto.
Kabilang sa mga kinaharap na suliranin ay ang mahabang pila ng mga botante at mabagal na sistema ng botohan.
Naghayag din ng mga suhestyon ang ilang obserbador para sa mga susunod pang automated election. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang paglalagay ng entrance at exit sa mga polling precincts, paglalagay ng special lane para sa mga senior citizens at mga may kapansanan.
Mas magiging madali din anila, ang gagawing botohan kung makakapag-accommodate ng mas maraming botante sa isang polling precinct at hindi lamang lilimitahan sa sampu sapagkat mas mahaba ang oras na nakaistambay lamang ang PCOS machine.
Mas mainam din anilang, magbigay ng mga numero sa bawat botante kung saan nakabase sa kanilang numero ang oras din ng pagboto upang hindi rin magsiksikan sa mga voting centers.
Subalit naranasan man ang ganitong mga eksena, sa kabuuan ay masasabing tunay na naging matiwasay ang naganap na halalan at nagpakita din ng positibong resulta ang ipinakitang partisipasyon ng mga mamayan. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
Sa lalawigan ng Sorsogon, kabilang sa mga naging mapamatyag at naging handa ay ang Phil. Coast Guard Sorsogon City Station, Bureau of Fire Protection-Sorsogon City, Police Provincial Office, Philippine Army, PPCRV at ang mga opisyal sa bawat Barangay.
Ang mga ito ay pawang naghayag na naging matiwasay ang halalan sa kabuuan at wala silang naitalang mga untoward incidences kaugnay ng ginawang botohan.
Samantala, mayroon ding naitalang pagpalya ng Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines sa ilang mga presinto dito subalit naging handa naman ang Comelec at SMARTMATIC personnel sa pagresponde sa mga problema kung kaya’t lahat naman ay nakaboto.
Kabilang sa mga kinaharap na suliranin ay ang mahabang pila ng mga botante at mabagal na sistema ng botohan.
Naghayag din ng mga suhestyon ang ilang obserbador para sa mga susunod pang automated election. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang paglalagay ng entrance at exit sa mga polling precincts, paglalagay ng special lane para sa mga senior citizens at mga may kapansanan.
Mas magiging madali din anila, ang gagawing botohan kung makakapag-accommodate ng mas maraming botante sa isang polling precinct at hindi lamang lilimitahan sa sampu sapagkat mas mahaba ang oras na nakaistambay lamang ang PCOS machine.
Mas mainam din anilang, magbigay ng mga numero sa bawat botante kung saan nakabase sa kanilang numero ang oras din ng pagboto upang hindi rin magsiksikan sa mga voting centers.
Subalit naranasan man ang ganitong mga eksena, sa kabuuan ay masasabing tunay na naging matiwasay ang naganap na halalan at nagpakita din ng positibong resulta ang ipinakitang partisipasyon ng mga mamayan. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)
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