Libjo Mayor's 53rd Birthday Celebration

The 53rd birthday celebration of Libjo's town mayor this August 1 was extended until the next day. Honored guests includes the executives of mining companies in Libjo, Board Member Ukem Ecleo, Vice Mayor Romeo Villarosa, Tubajon's Mayor Ronald Luib with his better half, SB Members and the Barangay Officials. The ANHS Dance Troupe , launching of the hot air balloon and a disco that ends around 4am graced the said occasion.




Libjo's Mayor Lamberto Llamera and Tubajon's Mayor Ronald Luib together with their first ladies Dr. Ma. Fe Borja Llamera and Mrs. Velia Arreza Luib during the extended day.









At the mayor's residence.

Voyage to Paradise

Armed with good food, good company and an indomitable sense of adventure, we sailed off the beaten track and found the joys of frontier diving.

We hope the pictures speak adequately of Napantaw's mind-boggling fish-clouded, candy-colored, coral-laden wall; or do justice to remote, paradisaical Dinagat Island, an undiscovered gem tucked away in a time-forgotten corner of the archipelago; or perhaps convey the sense of living la dolce vita at The Surf Camp on Calicoan Island.

Link to Kevin and Joy's Site and to more photos.

Waterworld by Sight

The horizon at sunrise











Wave makers













Libjo Bay at sunset










Playing with the sunset

Libjo at First Rally

“Libjo? Nasa Pilipinas pa ba yan?” Those were my exact words the first time I heard of the town. For the past eight months I dreaded the idea of going to the islands, yet I know like the air that I breath, it is inevitable.

So, as a loyal subject, I decided to go and get it over and done with. With the smug smile on my face and all the positivism I could master, I go aboard on a journey to Libjo and mentally labeled it as “MY JUNE ADVENTURE”.

I was totally captivated by the serene view of twilight, and the chill of dawn that greeted me.

I thought I had my share of the trimmings during fiestas, because I’ve been to different places, yet nothing cautioned me for the assault of colors when I first saw the bandiritas…. all lined up on the streets of Albor…streets after streets.. corner after corners… as far as the eyes can see… giving one an ambiance of nobility and welcome.

Everybody is so warm and friendly, treating me like their long lost bestfriend…and telling me.. that I must stay for the Fiesta and got the chance to dance “kuratcha”…( I do not have any idea how that is being done,until i asked someone to explain)

How I wish I could…but pressing matters need to be attended to.. and since my work has been done, (although with some bumps and hallows along the way), I need to say goodbye to Libjo.

Never again though, will I ever look at the map, and see it as an insignificant island, because seven days ago, in this historic land mass, I embarked on a job and an adventure… where I had BOTH and something more. A lagniappe I call it. Story by Illusion

Libjo Fiesta Celebration 2008

4th Libjo Motocross Open Invitational

Result For Enduro Novice:
1. Loloy Cuares (Surigao) - 1st
2. Eddie Vega (Surigao) - 2nd
3. Jumby Galagaran (Surigao) - 3rd
4. Cesar Crisologo (Surigao)
5. Dindo Arlan (Surigao)
6. Kenken Helya (San Jose)

Result For Underbone (Small Bike)
1. Kenken Helya (San Jose) - 1st
2. Dodong Helya (San Jose) - 2nd
3. Hataw Boy (Surigao) - 3rd

Result Inter-open Category:
1. Leo Letim (Surigao) - 1st
2. Angelo Elacion (Surigao) - 2nd
3. San Jose Boy - 3rd

Result For AMA - Production:
1. Loloy Madrid (Cantilan) - 1st
2. Angelo Elacion (Surigao) - 2nd
3. Leo Letim (Surigao) - 3rd
4. Ronie Elsisura

Result For Expert Production:
1. Pupit Frias (Cantilan) - 1st
2. Payok Cuares (Surigao) - 2nd
3. Jeck Gubaton (Surigao) - 3rd
4. Leo Letim (Surigao)
5. Loloy Madrid (Cantilan)

News: Sandiganbayan Affirms Ecleo's Graft Conviction

The Sandiganbayan has affirmed three graft convictions against former San Jose, Surigao del Norte Mayor Ruben Ecleo, Jr., and three of his former subordinates in connection with fund disbursement anomalies in three construction projects during his term.

In a resolution by the anti-graft court's First Division promulgated June 6, Ecleo’s appeal was dismissed for lack of merit, noting that the defendant raised arguments that were already "deliberated, passed upon and explained by the Court" when it convicted him on October 13, 2006.

The Sandiganbayan cases involved the construction of a public market, a new municipal building and a guesthouse, which the court said were all fraudulent, and were undertaken between 1991 and 1994. Full story.

News: DBP Launches Initiatives for Strategic Sectors

State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) launches today new initiatives on health care, corporate governance, and the environment as part of its traditional Independence Day celebration at the DBP headquarters in Makati City.
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DBP will sign an agreement with UK-based CarbonAided Limited for the registration of a number of mini-hydro power projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. CDM registration entitles project owners to profit from the sale of carbon emission reduction credits that result from the implementation of their projects.

The projects to be registered under the CDM are the Hinubasan Minihydro Power Project in Dinagat Island; Cantingas Minihydro Power Project in Romblon; and the Sevilla Minihydro Power Project in Bohol.

David said the initiative enables the projects to generate an estimated emission reduction of 15,000 tons of CO2 a year, translating to about US$150,000 additional income to minihydro power project owners. He added that the initiative is a breakthrough for DBP, with the income generated also benefiting the host communities of the said minihydro power projects. Full story.

ACES Alumni Homecoming

Albor Central Elementary School of Libjo, Dinagat Islands successfully held its 1st Grand Alumni Homecoming in June 10, 2008 and eventually elected the first set of Alumni Officers. It is agreed by everybody that a homecoming shall be held every year where a particular batch will be assigned to sponsor the event. Grand Alumni Disco grace the said affair.

The New Set of Officers;
President - Ralph Cafe
Vice President - Marivic Boquilon
Secretary - Muthja Jacquez
Asst. Secretary - Janette Pachu
Treasurer - Euzel Cabeza
Auditor - Suzanate Sandigan
Asst. Auditor - Ednalyn Patulin
Sgt. At Arms - Mitchelle Bagata, Cyrus Malbacias, Redson Torillo, Wenhel Ebra
P.I.O. - Adelyn Plarisan, Bimbo Tumamak, Tito Bucio, Jelson Andit
Board of Directors - Irma Verana, Marlo Ebale, Jeanette Salupan, Yenyen Malbacias
Muse - Irish Bonje
Escort - Dennis Buenafe


Grand Alumni Disco Photos ( Click the photo to have a closer look)

Windows of Libjo

On the way to Bolod-bolod



At the corner....Adring's Store


Road improvement reached Quarry




Almost sunset, Libjo Bay



Albor Barangay Hall




The Rural Health Center (rightmost)




Ricefield, along Bolod-bolod to San Jose highway




Watermelon.....



Copra business



Banana.......anyone? :)




Tabo every Friday



Beside Navarro Gym, during the Tabo




Carabaos.....



Coco Farm

Dinagat in History: Legacy of Memories

Four months earlier during World War II, a less-famous flag-raising occurred on Dinagat Island in the Philippines on Oct. 17, 1944, heralding the pending arrival of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who had promised, “I shall return.”

“Today, I saw the first flag recaptured from the Japs here. It is in the office of Lt. General Krueger, gruff soldierly commander of our Sixth Army. Here is part of the story of the flag, but only part of the story, for no single man knows the whole story. We can assume it passed into the hands of the Japs somewhere on Luzon Island back in 1942, and eventually a Nipponese lieutenant named Yamate took what he thought final possession of it. Yamate was stationed on Bataan. One day he was transferred to Dinagat Island. Dinagat, you’ll recall, was seized by Sixth Army Rangers on Oct. 17 -- three days before the invasion of Leyte. Well, when we landed there, Lt. Yamate skipped and he skipped in a hurry. Around noon on the 17th, Lt. Therrien of Thompsonville, Conn., was checking articles which fleeing Jap officers had left behind. And in Lt. Yamate’s trunk Therrien found the flag. What’s more it was neatly folded, according to the prescribed American Army regulations. The flag, which Yamate brought to Dinagat Island from Bataan, was recovered intact, except for two small holes possibly caused by shots though no one will ever know for sure. In the early hours of the afternoon of the 17th, a little group of the Sixth Army Rangers gathered around a hastily constructed flagpole on Dinagat Island. Sgt. Francis W. Anderson, Chehalis, Washington, raised the flag and the others saluted. A few days ago, the Rangers turned it over to General Krueger, their boss, and some day soon, he’s going to give it to his boss, Douglas MacArthur, and that’s the story of the first flag recaptured in the Philippines. From Lt. Yamate to Gen. MacArthur. This is Arthur Feldman reporting.” Link to Full Story by Julie McDonald For The Chronicle

Libjo by the Port

This is Libjo by the port. A view from Joks Bunk House. Photo by HouseKeeper

News: Rural Power Coops Bring Losses Down

Electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide continue to control their system loss rates to enable them to pass on savings to their customers in the form of lower rates.

According to data from the National Electrification Administration, although most of the 119 ECs nationwide were still problematic in terms of system loss rates, some had also been posting single-digit system loss levels for years now.

Aside from those five ECs, 10 other rural power distributors have reached single-digit system loss rates even prior to the presidential directive to bring them down.

These include the Dinagat Island Electric Cooperative Inc. (Dielco) with 7.26 percent; Camotes Electric Cooperative Inc. (Celco) with 8.21 percent; Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative Inc. (Dasureco) with 8.46 percent; Tarlac I Electric Cooperative Inc. (Tarelco I) with 9.25 percent. More...

News: NFA Construction of Warehouse in Dinagat

The National Food Authority (NFA) Caraga Regional office bares the construction of NFA warehouse in the capital town of San Jose in Dinagat Islands.

NFA Dinagat Islands Provincial Manager Regino Delfin in an interview recently said, the proposed site will be located at Purok 5, Barangay Luna, San Jose and will accommodate 30,000 tons of rice.

Delfin added that the soon to be constructed warehouse is bigger than the warehouse built in Dapa, Surigao del Norte.

He assured the provincial government that the said construction will be prioritized by the national government considering that it should have been done last year has it not been for some problems encountered before. More ...

News: Caraga Chiefs on 1st People's Day in Libjo

Members of the Association of Caraga Executives (ACE) Tuesday, answered all questions and problems being raised by the constituents of the newly created province of Dinagat Islands during the 1st People's Day Conference Forum.

Some of these queries answered by the Regional Directors involved with the lack of ambulances in the province, construction of roads and other infrastructure projects, PHILHEALTH accreditation program, tourism, agrarian and environmental issues and other projects to be constructed within the vicinity of the province.

DPWH Region 13 Director and ACE President Romeo Momo said it's their first time to hold an activity like this in the region.

Momo thanked Libjo Mayor Lamberto Llamera for hosting the said event. More...

Our LibjoLIVE!, Our Community

Blogger is really a great tool to publish information more so because it's for free. Our site Libjo LIVE! itself is not income generating. Lingaw lingaw lang ning ato (just for fun). What we are only paying for is the domain name http://libjolive.com . Now it is easier to remember (LibjoLIVE.com) than the previous. But we are not paying for the hosting and also not getting money from it. Our website is not for profit. We are not paid for posting our stories. Our main purpose is to have our community online (a place where we can all meet), create a central place for information about Libjo, Dinagat Islands and its municipalities and lastly to advertise our Internet Cafe in Libjo. If you have friends/relatives or looking for friends, this is the place to start. Our Cafe in Libjo can serve you on chat/webcam, email, sending pictures, downloading music and files and also scanning and printing pictures and documents. Our Cafe not like the others we don't encourage games for Childrens and we are not installing games on our work stations.

Our dream for Libjo was to make it the central for Information Technology (IT) in the Dinagat Island.In the past we sponsor “Excellent Student Promo” to help encourage high school students to study. Then after that we initiated a Java programming course delivered online with the help of Muthja as the instructor. Still, this plan is in progress.

Though running an Internet Cafe business in a town not that large like Libjo is kind of difficult. But still we are striving to survive. We want to provide the Internet service to the town and will continue to do so.

We also just want you to know we are on the process of upgrading our system. Our Satellite equipment in Libjo will soon be upgraded/replaced to Third Generation Satellite. A new and better technology of Satellite communication. We are expected to increase our speed and meaning faster download and upload. Tentative schedule of the upgrade is starting this coming 15th of May 2008.

Dinagat Islands Jokes

Read or Post your jokes here <%#!@& he he>.

This section is dedicated to jokes. I encourage contribution. Original Island jokes only please. Your entry will be much appreciated. Just keep in mind this will be moderated. So jokes with very personal and used of foul or offensive language will be filtered. Don't worry I will do my best to give you a bit of a humor. I hope you will enjoy our jokes as well as posting yours. Give yourself a laugh after all laughter is the best medicine.

News: Dinagat to conduct "First People's Day Conference Forum"

To promote interaction among the constituents and the government, the provincial government of Dinagat will conduct the "First People's Day Conference Forum" on May 5-6 at Libjo Gymnasium, Municipality of Libjo, Dinagat Islands.

The two-day activity aims to promote and familiarize the new province to visitors, particularly the regional line agencies (RLAs) and to provide a venue for the constituents to bring issues and concerns directly to the local and the national government.

During the forum, the people will be encouraged to participate in thematic discussions on different areas of concerns such as trade and industry investment, livelihood and training, environmental development and management, policies, governance and private sector participation, health, education and sports, as well as infrastructure and utilities. Source

Libjo Bikini Open Photos

Libjo Bikini Open 2008 - Dinagat Island's First Beauty Pageant is one of its kind. Indeed World class in terms of beauty and fashion.