Fruits Are God's Bounty

A day before the year 2013 sets, I go early to the market place to take some pictures of the different fruits from different kind of trees. I am able to document a huge of stock of these fruit trees produce.

I have realized that the bounty of fruits that the Lord has given us to survive our existence here on this earth is one of the important things we should be thankful to Him They are for our subsistence. They are good food. They are like meat, good to eat. They are sweet to taste.

God has created everything including these different fruits from different kind of fruit bearing trees.

In the Bible, we found it there: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so." (Genesis 1:11)

Temple Marriage of Gilbor and Carissa

Temple marriage is one of the most sacred ordinances performed inside the temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

And this new and everlasting covenant of marriage was entered in by Gilbor Demabildo Camporazo, Jr. of La Carlota First Branch and Ma. Carissa Padios Trenuela of La Castellana Branch.

This was the momentous event for their life. They got married in the Cebu Philippine Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the 20th day of November 2012.

Temple first counselor Gomez Sialdy officiated the nuptial rites of Gilbor and Carissa in a solemn and reverent, sealing room of the temple.

Now Gilbor Jr. and Ma. Carissa are now one. They're both husband and wife. And they've to abide with this new and everlasting covenant of marriage, which is temple marriage.

2012 CES In-Service Training, a Success!

The 3-day In-Service Training of Cubay Elementary School, Division of La Carlota successfully enhanced its 13 teachers' teaching competence and skills particularly in dealing with various types of learners, familiarizing and enriching the learning types of every learner, and acquiring skill in utilizing technology technique in facilitating learning among their pupils.

Teachers in group activity

The resource speakers spent much time in giving them the needed data, skills and techniques especially in dealing with their learners of various types.

Miss Gloria G. Tionsay, CES foster parent, monitored the second day of the session. She discussed with the teachers the effective way or approach  of making pupils at risk taken care and be given an appropriate attention for them to learn and be retained in school.

Ms. Emelyn A. Asin, records officer II of the Division of La Carlota City updated the teachers on the legal points as stipulated in Republic Act 9470, the National Archive of the Philippines Act of 2007 and also she stressed on the proper way of handling school records and disposing them when needed.

Another invited resource speaker was Gilbor D. Camporazo, Jr., a LaSalTech 2nd-year programmer student who imparted the teachers the basic methods of using the PowerPoint Presentation to aid the transfer of learning to the pupils via modern technology. Teachers with their respective laptop followed in toto their hands-on activity for two-and-a-half hours session.

Gil & Rebing - 61st Synchronous Birthday

Artwork done by Gilbor Junior

October 13 marks our 61st synchronous birthday with my wife, Rebecca Demabildo-Camporazo, who is fondly called as Rebing.

In the previous year we'd spent our birthday by visiting our former lover's place in the campus of La Carlota City College.

This year we just stay at home and enjoy our simple birthday celebration with a birthday cake for the first time in our life.

Our 3rd eldest daughter provided the cake for us, spaghetti, maja blanca, bihon guisado, softdrinks.

These simple food preparations are enough for our family members to enjoy like our 4 grandchildren, 5 children and two visitors of Gingging.

La Carlota Teachers' Day: More Frolics & Fun

More than seven hundred teachers of the Division of La Carlota did enjoy so much in their one-day teachers' day which they celebrated it too on October 5, World Teachers' Day.

• The Opening Program Speakers

La Carlota LDS Observes 2012 National Family Week

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of La Carlota District observed the 2012 National Family Week Celebration with parade, program, display of exhibits and income-generating products, contests and games. Kainang Pampamilya highlighted the said national event.

Family is number one priority - Ferrer

"Cooperation and unity among the family members are very important factors," said Jeffrey P. Ferrer, the ever supporter of The Church activities ever since he was still a city councilor, then a mayor of the city, and now as the house representative of the 4th district in Negros Occidental.

"My family and my children are my number one priority," he further stressed.

Catching the program which was about to close, he shared his short inspiring message on the importance of family and how he managed his family in spite of his hectic schedule.

He also exchanged some pleasantries with the congregation of members and other invited guests by relating his closed tie up with the Church before and even in the present.

La Carlota LDS All Set To Celebrate Family Week

The La Carlota District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is busy preparing for the yearly celebration of Family Week as mandated by law.

The branch presidents of different units like President Christopher Milendres of Ayungon, President Jousha Solquillo of San Enrique, President Johndill Parreño of Masville, President Carlo Rebelde of Manggapsang, President Noel Oliverio La Castellana, President Andres Samolde of Moises Padilla, President Jimboy Loreto of La Carlota First and President Rodolfo Banghaon of La Carlota Second are all-out supporting this family activities.

President Mario Malacaman Presiding the meeting on Family Week preparation

President Mario A. Malacaman presided the recent meeting about this activity. His two counselor: President Zandiv Abonado ang President Rino Salvador M, Ilangga were also supporting this wholesome family affairs.

ANHS Journalism Workshop | Inspiring, Informative Journalism Attempt

The recent journalism workshop for 19 staff members of the school paper of Antipolo National High School, ANHS ECHO was a success.  The participants were able to enhance their journalistic skills.

ANHS is a national high school located at the District II of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, PH.

These promising, budding young writers generally claimed that their workshop was inspiring, enjoyable, and informative.

They said the journalistic skills have been enhanced, enriched and even improved so that they could come up with their maiden issue before the end of this July 2012.

Young Journalists Writing Their Articles as part of their workshop

Humble Transformation of Cubay Elementary School

Cubay Elementary School in the Division of La Carlota was physically facelift and transformed into a well-maintained school, conducive for learning since the conduct of Brigada Eskwela, a national maintenance program of the Department of Education every 3rd week of the month of May in which concerned volunteers jointly and severally donated their generous time, efforts and service to what it is now.

As the school principal of this school, I took the following pictures after recess period between 9:45 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. while classes are going on. You couldn't see any pupil loitering around during class hour. They're all inside their classrooms. Only the school principal is going around, observing classes, checking teachers' lesson plans, school forms and other pupils' records.

Visiting Nature's Village Resort for the First Time

My fellow school administrators of the Department of Education, Division of La Carlota and I spent two days and two nights in Nature's Village Resort, Hotel and Restaurant at Talisay City, Negros Occidental, PH to attend the Pantawid Pamilya Orientation of the City Action Team conducted by the Social Workers of the Department of Social Worker Development (DSWD).

Most of us were first timers to the said place and we were impressed of the ambiance, the accommodations and everything. No wonder why that NVR got ASEAN Green Hotel Award!

The seminar/workshop

La Carlota High School 65th General Homecoming: a Success!

Sixty-seven members of the alumni of class 1970 of La Carlota City High school participated in the 65th general alumni homecoming of La Carlota High School.

In our particular class of 1970, we consider this grand reunion of our classmates and schoolmates after 42 years that we graduated from our dear Alma Mater.

To our beloved Alma Mater, we hail thee. We hail thee.

The momentous events that transpired in this whole class reunion were the following:

The Motorcade

K to 12 In-Service Training for Grade One Teachers

Twenty-Three Grade One teachers of the Division of La Carlota took their time in a 5-day live-out seminar-workshop on the implementation of the recent K to 12 curriculum for this school year 2012 - 2013 in the conference hall of the Division Office of La Carlota.

The Opening Ceremonies

Simple opening rites made every participant settle among themselves in an air-conditioned conference hall. Administrative Officer V Ruth F. Villanueva welcomed the teacher-participants.

Gamefowls Breeding, Lucrative Business

Breeding fighting cocks is a profitable business venture here in Negros Occidental, particularly in Bago City, Philippines.

Aguirre in his GEG farm

Former Mayor of La Carlota City, Juancho Aguirre is one of these breeders who in his spare time go to his 6.4 hectare gamefowl farm in Brgy. Lunao, Bago City to supervise, monitor and attain to the needs of his several fighting cocks there. He started breeding fighting cocks in 1977. Since he's an agriculturist, he knows some technique in raising these gamefowls.
 
He started raising "greys" specie of chickens. His line game came from another former Mayor of the city, late "Nonoy" Jalandoni, who used to import "Duke Hulsey" line and the regular greys.

La Carlota Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Grantees

More than 1,700 families of La Carlota are grantees of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). They are selected from among the poor residents of La Carlota based on the procedure or program cycle adopted by 4Ps.

Doing Family Search To Saving The Dead

Family is very vital before the Lord. Thus every family should be united and be one in working their salvation especially in these latter days. We believe that families could be together forever.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or popularly known as the Mormons or in this modern times are called Latter-day Saints (LDS) are searching for their dead ancestors. In line with one of its 3-fold missions, which is to redeem the dead by performing a vicarious works in the temple.

Cebu Philippines Temple

Manila Philippines Temple

In so doing, this is to follow what the Bible says in the Book of Malachi, "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers"


Elder Bon Reyes and his wife, the couple missionaries assigned in the family history recently conducted a seminar on family history search with the priesthood leaders and family consultants of the branches or units under the La Carlota Philippines Districts. This is in line with the 2012 Philippines area goals such strengthening the family, establishing the church, savings the rising generation, and rescuing the one.


The seminar tackled the process of registering to the new family search website of the Church, submitting names for temple ordinances, among others.

This blogger, Gil Camporazo, is the high councilor of the District assigned to handle this family search. He will coordinate with the respective counselors of every branch, conduct lecture and seminar with every family consultants, campaign for the submission of names of every dead forebears of every member of the Church for baptism in the temple.


Again, in doing this kind of work, those dead will have the great chance to be saved as vicariously worked on by their living family members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

La Carlota District Council Training: 'Rescue The One'

All auxiliary officers and branch presidents of the 8 units under the La Carlota District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints showed their genuine interest on rescuing those inactive, less active members of their respective branches.


Sister Mary Ann Chua-Balen of Cebu LDS Resource Center representative trained these leaders in a half-day seminar recently at the meetinghouse of La Carlota District.

Conducting a council meeting where those identified members and how they may be rescued was done in workshop, and dramatized by a pipe-pingpong ball race.


Several groups were created. For their first attempts, all of the groups weren't able to bring the ball to its box-destination at the stage.

They tried and tried unti they learned how to do it. Teamwork, proper coordination, careful execution of the race made the contest to be won.


Applying these principles, they believe that they could also win those inactive, less active members back to Church.

They ended up by identifying them one by one from their respective home branches.

Trip to Cebu Philippines LDS Temple

My wife, and our grandson, Toto Bryan were with me when I attended the dedication of Cebu Philippines Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), Lahug Cebu City on June 13, 2010.


Cebu Philippines Temple is the 133rd operating LDS temple around the world. It is built on an 11-acre (4.5 ha) site that it shares with a church meetinghouse, patron house, residences for the temple president and mission president, and a mission office.


LDS Church Prophet, Seer and Revelator, President Thomas S. Monson described: "This is a beautiful temple. It sits as beacon on the hill."


Building a temple is a commandment with a blessing. Throughout history, the Lord has commanded His people to build temples. Temples are literally houses of the Lord. They are holy places of worship where individuals make sacred promises with God.

Regardless of the place or time period, temples are the most sacred place on earth-a place where earth and heaven meet and where we feel close to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.


The plans to build a temple in Cebu City were announced by the LDS Church to local church leaders on 18 April 2006. Ground was broken and the site was dedicated on 14 November 2007 by Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Cebu City Temple is open to the public every Thursday. Our friends are invited to have a tour around the temple. Full Time Missionaries are there to help.

“If you live within relatively close proximity to a temple, your sacrifice could be setting aside the time in your busy lives to visit the temple regularly.” — President Thomas S. Monson