Thursday, January 24, 2013

Necrological Services at Batasan, Quezon City Part 4




NECROLOGICAL SERVICES
FOR THE LATE
CONGRESSMAN ERICO B. AUMENTADO


THE SECRETARY GENERAL.Eulogy by the Honorable Danilo Suarez, Minority Leader and Representative from the Third District of Quezon.

EULOGY OF REP. SUAREZ

REP. SUAREZ.  Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished colleagues, a pleasant day to all of you.

Si Eric ho, kagayangsinabini Congresswoman Villarosa, ay ka-batchmatekong 1992.  And there are some here, starting with the Speaker, Congressman Villarosa, Congresswoman Sandy Ocampo, Congressman Fuentebella, Congressman Gullas, Congressman Adasa.  Marami pa palatayongnatitira,  no, '87 si Albano.

Si Eric ho ay isang achiever.  And sa profession na napili natin bilang politician at public servant, we will come and simply fade away.  Perosi Eric ho, kahit na pumanaw na sa lalawigan ng Bohol, ay hindi makakalimutan ng napakatagal na henerasyon na darating.  Iyong mga sinabing mga kasamahan kong nagawa niya, katulad ng circumferential road, mabibilang po natin sa daliri na tinangisang mambabatas na makakagawang 250 kilometers na paved road sa kanyang panunungkulan.  At iyong mga nakaranas nang hirap bumagtas sa mahirap na lansangan, sa mga darating na henerasyon ay sasabihin nilang ang gumawa nito ay si Congressman Eric Aumentado.  Kapag may mga lumipad, dumating, nag-take-off na eroplano, matatandaan nila, ang terminal naito ay sinimulanni Eric. Kung kaya't sa amin, sa batch of '92, we are proud that some of our members shone during their days as political leaders, at isa na diyan si Eric.  Bihira ho ang may ganitong track record, siguro nga yon ko lang — revelation ho ito na '67 pa ay elected na siya, tuloy-tuloy ang paglilingkod at walang talo.  Kaya't napakahirap mapantayan, nguni't napakagandang tingnan nahalimbawang isang mahusay na lider.

Kaya't in this Chamber  that is full of achievers and leaders, the previous enumerations may seem just par for the course.  In my eyes, Eric's most admirable and inspiring achievement is to rise above extreme poverty.  Siguro kaya ko nararamdaman iyan, pareho din ho kaming nanggaling sa mahirap.  That a man of humble beginnings rose to become a stellar leader of men, an asset to the nation's growth and a devoted father to his family, is what we celebrate today.

I am humbled and honored by your friendship, Eric, warmth and sincerity, and I  will remember our days in Congress with much fondness.

Rest in God's loving hands, my dear friend.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Necrological Services at Batasan, Quezon City Part 3



NECROLOGICAL SERVICES
FOR THE LATE
CONGRESSMAN ERICO B. AUMENTADO

THE SECRETARY GENERAL.Eulogy by the Honorable Eduardo R. Gullas, Representative from the First District of Cebu.


EULOGY OF REP. GULLAS

REP. GULLAS.  Early in my freshman college years at the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, I learned from the erudite, learned and holy Reverend Father Angel Blas, professor, writer, author, and Father Rector that man is made up of body and soul.

The body dies but the soul is immortal.  No truer and more valid knowledge and truth than this scholastic philosophy teaching can man find.

Therefore, though the body of my dearest friend dies, his soul lives on.

It would be too much to ask, it would be too unhuman to expect Comadre Greenie and the children, the grandchildren, the brothers and sisters of Compadre Rico not to grieve.  Human as we are, the only recourse we have is to cry.  Tears are our only refuge.  For after all, they are mandated by heaven to fall.

But we must pray as we cry.  We must ask the Lord as we grieve, to receive his soul in God's bosom.
           
I am most aware of my inadequacy to extol Congressman Erico but let me try.  Elected and served as a provincial board member, later on as vice governor.  Elected Congressman in the 9th, the 10th and the 11th Congress and in the middle of the 11th Congress, elected Deputy Speaker.  Elected governor 2001 to 2004, 2004 to 2007 and 2007 to 2010.  Elected RDC Chair and then elected Congressman again last May 2010.
           
Earlier on, he graduated valedictorian in both elementary and high school.  Even as a working student at the University of Bohol, he finished his BA, Magna Cum Laude, his law, Cum Laude. 
           
In all these positions that he occupied--as a student, scholar, despite being a working student, as a lawyer, a trial lawyer, a public servant, Erico did it with the greatest of skill, with utmost devotion and with honor.
           
Time is truly fleeting and swift.  It was only as if yesterday, Compadre Rico and I found ourselves working as fellow workers in the Regional Development Council of Region VII.  I had the honor to serve as Chair and he was one of the province of Bohol's young, brilliant leaders.
           
At the end of the year, we won the star-symbol of excellence.  Among all the RDCs in the country, we crafted the first Regional Development Investment Program.  So impressed, the World Bank adopted RDC-7 and the Central Visayas Regional Project came into being.
           
And then, Congressman Erico went on to conquer more stars--250-kilometer paved circumferential Bohol road; three huge dams to irrigate barren fields in Ubay, his beloved hometown, Pilar and San Miguel; power interconnection thru submarine cable connected from Leyte lighted the whole province of Bohol;  Panglao International Airport; and the last one, he dreamed of a bridge to connect Jetafe town of Bohol to Cordova passing thru the island of Pandanon.

            The kindest words we can muster and the most heartfelt paeans of appreciation we can offer today sound so hollow, and are so ruefully inadequate to honor the memory of this Boholano.

            The people of the whole province of Bohol and the constituents of the Second District, whom Compadre Rico served so humbly yet so honorably and so brilliantly, pause to do honor and homage to a real servant leader.

            I thank you Compadre Rico and the whole family for your friendship.  Indeed you shall be missed.

Your monument need not be erected in marble for it is enshrined in the hearts of each and every Boholono.

And finally, may I conclude with the very inspiring prayer of the great Saint of Assisi,  St. Francis of Assisi.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.  Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Necrological Services at Batasan, Quezon City Part 2



NECROLOGICAL SERVICES
FOR THE LATE
CONGRESSMAN ERICO B. AUMENTADO

Eulogy of Rep. Calimbas-Villarosa

REP. CALIMBAS-VILLAROSA.  It is most difficult to bid farewell to an esteemed colleague, who for decades served our country with devotion.  We are gathered here to bid our final goodbye to him – the Honorable Erico B. Aumentado.

Ricdoy, as he is fondly called, was a truly dedicated public servant.  He rose from extreme poverty to become a scholar, journalist, lawyer and public servant.  As an elected official, he served as senior provincial board member, vice-governor, Congressman and governor of the province of Bohol.  In the House of Representatives, he became Deputy Speaker and chairman of the influential 52-member bloc of Visayas Congressmen.  After serving as the only governor of Bohol for an unprecendented three consecutive terms, he was reelected as Congressman of the Second District, thus making a record of having won all his political battles since 1967.

While governor of the province of Bohol, he was responsible for restoring Bohol as one of the country’s most peaceful provinces through his program on poverty reduction for peace and development which triggered the socioeconomic development and tourism of the province.  This achievement brought in mega-infrastructure projects such as the Bohol Northeast Basin Multi-Purpose Dam, Bohol Circumferential Road Project, Bohol Irrigation Project Stages 1 and 2 and Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Projects, among others.

As a Member of the House of Representatives, he was best remembered by his peers for two unprecedented events:  First, as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations when he stood for 12 hours to defend the General Appropriations Act of 1999, considered to be the longest budget defense in the history of Congress; and second, as Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, when he stood alone to successfully foil a House resolution asking the Supreme Court to allow a Congressman convicted of statutory rape to attend legislative sessions.

During his stint in Congress, he authored and coauthored many bills which were enacted into laws.  These include the Social Security Act of 1997, Republic Act No. 8282, the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1998, Republic Act No. 8435; and the GSIS Act of 1997, Republic Act No. 8291, among others.  As an esteemed Member of Congress, he was invited as keynote speaker in various international symposia and conferences on human rights, among which was when he was invited to speak on crime prevention and criminal justice and international drug control before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA on December 17-24, 1999.

As an accomplished public servant, Honorable Aumentado held various positions such as past National President of the League of the Philippines and the Union of Local Authority of the Philippines, and Deputy Speaker for Visayas in the House of Representatives.

More than the grief I share with his family, Ricdoy will surely be missed not only by his family and provincemates but also by the entire Filipino people.  His ideals and steadfast commitment to serve should be an inspiration to our youth and future leaders to serve our country in the same mold and with the same dedication showed by Honorable Aumentado.

As you start a new journey, my friend, take comfort in the thought that your colleagues in the House of Representatives have and will continue to remain faithful and steadfast to the ideals and visions which you have always espoused.

My husband, the former Congressman Jose TapalesVillarosa, is a batchmate on the 9th and 10th Congress of the Honorable Aumentado, and he came all the way from Mindoro to be with him today.

Ricdoy, may God be with you.

Necrological Services at Batasan, Quezon City Part 1



NECROLOGICAL SERVICES
FOR THE LATE
CONGRESSMAN ERICO B. AUMENTADO

At 11:01 a.m., Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. opened the necrological services.

THE SPEAKER.  The necrological services in honor of the late Honorable Erico B. Aumentado, our colleague, Representative from the Second District of Bohol, will now commence.  I call on the Secretary General to read the order of services.

THE SECRETARY GENERAL.Order of proceedings of the necrological services for the late Honorable Erico B. Aumentado.

Buenaventura's “In Memoriam” to be played by the Philippine National Police Band.

The Philippine National Police Band played “In Memoriam” by Buenaventura.

THE SECRETARY GENERAL.Invocation by the Honorable Rachel Marguerite B. Del Mar, Representative from the First District of Cebu City.

May we request everybody to please rise.

Everybody rose for the Invocation.


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INVOCATION

REP. DEL MAR.  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Let us put ourselves in the presence of God.

Lord, You are the giver of life.  Give us comfort in this time of sadness for the sudden loss of our friend and colleague, Cong. Erico.  You alone can give us true comfort and peace because You are the source of all mercy, kindness and peace.

In this Christmas season, we call on You, Prince of peace, grant us, especially Cong. Erico’s family, inner peace and, in spite of all, external grief.

Lord, You are truly the author of life.  You alone decide when to give life and when to take it away.  We would have wanted Cong. Erico to stay longer with us and be of longer service to Your people.  But in the depths of divine wisdom, we know that You have chosen the best time for Cong. Erico to return to Your presence.

May the consolation of Mary and Joseph, who were with You at Your birth in Nazareth, and especially of Your Blessed Mother, who stood right before the cross at the time of Your death, be with us always, especially with the family that was left behind by Cong. Erico.

I would like to share with you something a father once said to his daughter when he knew he was seeing her for the last time.

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough ray to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep you spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all you possess.
And I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye.”
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

THE SECRETARY GENERAL.  Miss Myra Tuazon will sing Hindi Kita Malilimutan by Fr. Manoling Francisco, S.J.

Ms. Myra Tuazon sang “Hindi Kita Malilimutan” by Fr. Manoling Francisco, S.J.

THE SECRETARY GENERAL.Eulogy by the Honorable Ma.Amelita A. Calimbas-Villarosa, Representative from the Lone District of Occidental Mindoro.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Aris is replacement candidate for father




By JUNE S. BLANCO

REP. Erico Aumentado (2nd District, Bohol) may have passed on but his son Erico Aristotle or “Aris” to family and friends – is picking up where he left off.

On top of the P26 million earlier released, another P30 million worth of projects that Aris will identify is due for release from the first quarter 2013 tranche of the solon’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

Aris has been making the rounds of the towns and barangays in the district to identify priority projects – guided by the qualification criteria set by his father.

His father has two more terms as congressman. The family has decided that Aris will run as replacement candidate. He will file his certificate of candidacy (COC) on February 4 – a day after the 40th day prayers for his father who was a devout Catholic.

While Aris is the first Aumentado scion to run for an elective position, he is no greenhorn. Being the youngest of eight children whose father entered the political arena when his mother was pregnant with her first child, Aris eats and breathes politics.

His political acumen was heightened when the solon gave him assignments for the district albeit unofficially at first, and especially honed when he was appointed as the congressman’s chief of staff during this, his fourth term. Aumentado had completed three terms or nine years as congressman and became governor of Bohol for an unprecedented three terms before cinching the Congressional seat again in 2010.

For this, his first time to throw his hat into the political arena, Aris already has the blessing of the solon. Prior to that, running for an elective position was a no-no for any Aumentado for that matter because the solon was a co-author of the anti-dynasty bill. 

Published at Bohol Chronicle newspaper [link]

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

P26.6M more for projects released from Rico PDAF

Aris and Cong. EBA


By Marlon Balmadrid  

QUEZON CITY –Rep. Erico Aumentado (2nd District, Bohol) may have passed on but his projects will still be implemented.

This after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of P26.6 million from the late solon’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), says  Erico Aristotle “Aris” Aumentado, the lawmaker’s son and chief of staff.

The younger Aumentado said some of the funds have already been allocated to their implementing agencies in the district, while some were just released.

A total of P8.4 million was allocated for financial assistance to livelihood, scholarship, electrification and feeding programs, among others. A reverse osmosis machine was purchased for the dialysis section of the Don Emilio Del Valle Memorial Hospital in Ubay, counterpart funding for the acquisition of 100 KVA generating set under the KALAHI – CIDDS program in Cabul-an West in Buenavista town, initial distribution of pipes for waterworks systems districtwide, scholarship programs for poor but deserving college students in various schools, purchase of sports equipment, assistance to small and medium enterprise and financial assistance for the livelihood and implementation of crops farmers urea fertilizer assistance to support rice ratooning as 3rd cropping in 3,000 hectares of irrigated lands devoted to hybrid and in-bred rice.

The bigger part is for infrastructure projects. Aumentado said P18.2 million will be for the repair and rehabilitation of the Mahanay Island causeway in Talibon, barangay roads, repair and completion of the roofing of the Bugang public market in San Miguel, construction and improvement of municipal/barangay waterworks systems, construction of multi-purpose buildings and pavements, and improvement of a two-classroom school building in the Clarin campus of the Bohol Island State University.

Faced with clamor for him to run for a seat in Congress in lieu of his father, Aumentado stressed the importance of the funds in continuing the vital projects formulated by the solon for the betterment of his district and its constituents – and Bohol in general – thus ensuring that the legacy of his father as a man of action, integrity, accountability and good governance continues even after his death.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Rep. EBA: Leader, mentor and family man




Rep. Erico B. Aumentado:
Leader, mentor and family man
May 18, 1940 – December 25, 2012

By JUNE S. BLANCO

HE WILL no longer be dictating communications or speeches again to his secretary, granddaughter or aides from that large comfortable swivel chair in his home-cum-district office or his Congressional office for that matter.

Bohol – nay, the country – has lost a good man.

Rep. Erico Boyles Aumentado of Bohol’s 2nd District succumbed to complications of pneumonia at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City at 8:37 p.m. on Christmas night – the gloomiest and saddest for the family – but which will turn out to be another reason for them to troop home on future Christmases. He was a man who loved to have his family, friends and staff around him. He was 72.

He died with his boots on – still insisting on reading communications even in his hospital bed – and even pestering his doctors for permission to attend the sessions of the 15th Congress that was already tackling, among others, the Reproductive Health bill. He had made a stand; he was against it.

He had pulled the caper before and got away with it – wangling a pass from the hospital to attend a session, or “escaping” as his aides call it, to spend his birthday at home.

This was not to be one of those capers, however. Death overcame him before he could. But he did go to the plenary hall one last time as his colleagues, wearing black arm bands, with the Batasang Pambansa flag flown at half-mast, honored him with necrological services Thursday.

In her eulogy, Occidental Mindoro Rep. Amelita Villarosa, fellow House minority member, said Aumentado distinguished himself in the four terms he served in the legislature on top of bringing progress to Bohol.

She said Aumentado once stood on the floor for 12 hours to defend the 1999 budget bill - the longest budget defense in the history of the House of Representatives.

She also said he had stood alone on the floor in 1999 to foil a House resolution that had asked the Supreme Court to allow a solon convicted of statutory rape to serve in congress.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said the lawmaker served as ethics committee chairman “with distinction.” He had picked Aumentado to head that committee with no qualms even if the latter belonged to the minority.

Committee chairmanships are usually awarded to members of the majority but Belmonte justified his choice: “He’s the proper man for that position,” he said, adding that “Aumentado had not come from a political family or a wealthy clan and earned respect in public office through hard work.”

“Public service was to him not only a calling but a passion,” he said. “To him, public service was almost a religion.”

Belmonte recalled that whenever Aumentado was given a reward, he would instead refer the persons giving it to him to the church.

Parishioners of the Santo Niño Church in Poblacion and in Barangay San Pascual both in his hometown of Ubay, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Sevilla, the hometown of his wife Grenie, and even inmates of the Bohol District Jail, among others, can attest to that. And the list is still long.

Aumentado, a lawyer, also provided pro bono legal services to the poor, Belmonte had said Among his cherished awards is the one given by the Citizens’ Legal Aid Society of the Philippines (Clasp) – in recognition of his brilliant and courageous performance in bringing justice within the reach of the poor and for his continuing devotion to the cause of legal aid in the Philippines. Aumentado founded the Clasp Bohol chapter.

Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said that in all the positions Aumentado occupied, he served with great skill and distinction. He also never lost any of his bids for a public position.

His political career started in 1967 when then governor and later, President Carlos P. Garcia “pushed” the newly married young lawyer into running for Provincial Board member. At 27, he was the youngest to be elected as such, and was senior board member to boot for two terms, with extension until 1980.

There was no turning back since then. He was a Sangguniang Panlalawigan member from 1980-1986, vice governor from 1988-1992, congressman for three terms from 1992-2001, governor of Bohol from 2001 to 2010 and congressman from 2010 until his passing.

He was Deputy Speaker of the House from 2000 to 2001, and was president both of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap) during his first two terms as governor. He declined the position in his last term in order to devote more time to his home province and his family.

He used to jest that he received a memorandum from his grandchildren reminding him that Sunday was “family day”.

Minority Leader Danilo Suarez praised Aumentado’s infrastructure projects for Bohol, and further hailed him for being a man of humble beginnings who rose to become a leader of men.

The Bohol solon did his homework, pushed thru gestation (resolutions, fund sourcing for feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, civil works, etc.) and birth pains (trouble shooting) and implemented the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project Phases I and II, the Bohol Irrigation Project Stages I (Malinao Dam) and II (Bayongan Dam), Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project Phases I and II, National Transmission Corp. (Transco)-Bohol Backbone Transmission Project, Improvement of the Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Ubay and Jagna ports and the Ubay and Tagbilaran airports, improvement of bridges, public markets and the Zamora Dam.

Ongoing are the Rural Electrification Project, barangay master planning, concrete bridge along the Danao–Getafe road, P106M San Vicente–La Esperanza (Dagohoy)–Concepcion (Danao) road, P139M Sagbayan-Danao road concreting, waterworks systems, medical and surgical missions, P14M Getafe-Jandayan Interconnection Project, school buildings, flood control projects in Sagbayan, P14 million, and Inabanga, P10 million, Hello Bohol (livestock dispersal) Project, livelihood projects with the Department of Labor and Employment, distribution of computers and internet accessing, tractors for hybrid rice and corn projects, rice ratooning project, Extreme Adventure Tourism in Danao, barangay health centers, solar dryers, Botica ng Barangay, multi-purpose buildings with stages, Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP), and others.

He had worked for and had received the grant from the Korean Government for the recently inaugurated Rice Processing Complex in Pilar town.

Aumentado was orphaned by his father when he was only eight. He joined a fishing crew at night to help his mother support his studies by day – and those of his siblings. He graduated valedictorian from the Ubay Central Elementary School.

He broke his piggy bank and his life’s savings then of P50 launched his buy-and-sell career of broken bottles and other recyclables that he sold in Cebu. In turn, he bought basins, pails, kettles and other utensils for his mother to sell during Mondays – Ubay’s market day.

Business was quite good, and soon, he and his siblings had to help their mother sell the items. But helping out during market days took a toll on his school attendance.

Thinking that he had been plain playing hooky, his school director called his attention. To his credit and his surprise, Msgr. Margarito Gonzaga, then school director, understood his predicament, took pity on him, his siblings and other students in the same situation, and moved school days to Tuesdays to Saturdays instead. He graduated valedictorian from the Holy Child Academy.

He pursued higher education at the Rafael Palma College, now University of Bohol, on full scholarship. He earned stipends by writing for the school paper, and working for a local newspaper and later, as correspondent for a national paper. He graduated with highest honors in Pre-Law, magna cum laude in Bachelor of Arts in 1960, and cum laude in Bachelor of Laws in 1964.

Aumentado is dedicated to his work. He often emphasized that he did not work just for show, or to harvest awards; he worked because that was his job. But in the process, he did reap recognition.

He treasured most his Golden Heart Award for Humanitarian Service, his Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence as Outstanding Governor, Local Government Leadership Academy award as Most Outstanding Governor and a host of others for protecting the environment, pushing nutrition, promoting Bohol as a tourist destination, Gawad Galing Pook for eco-tourism, coastal law enforcement, local peace building initiatives and the Award of Excellence (ACE) for maintaining the above initiatives for at least three years, among others.

For the environmental management system (EMS) initiatives the province pursued during his watch, Bohol was issued an ISO 14001 Certification. And the list of awards is still long.

Also under his stewardship, the Bohol Branches of the Government Service Insurance System, Social Security System, National Bureau of Investigation, the Region 7 office of the National Irrigation Administration in Tagbilaran City, the Philippine Carabao Center at the Ubay Stock Farm, the Don Emilio del Valle Memorial Hospital in Ubay and the Bohol Medical Care Institute were established – to give his consitutents accessibility to the services of these offices at minimal cost compared to having to go to Cebu or Manila.

At the House, on top of his chairmanship of the Ethics and Privileges Committee, he was a member for the minority of the committees onagriculture and foodappropriations, basic education and culture, Constitutional amendments, good government and public accountability, local government, public works and highways, suffrage and electoral reforms, tourism, transportation, as well as ways and means.

He is survived by his wife, the former Peregrina Adlaon Cabagnot, eight children, 19 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

His family and staff may never find words encompassing enough to express their grief over the loss and their gratitude for the outpouring of sympathy.

But let this poem, attributed to Rose de Leon, written while a girl was in the healing process after losing her father, narrow the gap:

we thought of you with love today
but that is nothing new

we thought about you yesterday
and days before that too

we think of you in silence
we often speak your name

now all we have are memories
and your picture in a frame
your memory is our keepsake
with which we'll never part

God has you in his keeping
we have you in our hearts...


his oath as board member in the presence of (from left to right) his wife
Peregrina C. Aumentado,  late Pres. Carlos P. Garcia
and Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos

Photos on his office when he was yet governor of Bohol:












Photos on his office now as congressman, 2nd district of Bohol:













Videos from national media : 

DZMM - Rep. Erico Aumentado, pumanaw na [link]

GMA News video - Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado, pumanaw sa edad na 72 [link]
GMA News video - Requim mass at Necrological services para kay Rep. Aumentado  [link]
PTV Philippines - Necrological rites for Rep. Aumentado [link]

Other videos :

Youtube - EBA on Peace and Development [link]
Youtube - EBA on Health [link]
Youtube - EBA on Political Dynasty [link]
Youtube - Clip from Msgr. Medroso (Bishop of Tagbilaran Diocese) [link]
Youtube - In Memoriam: EBA Bohol Today by Johnny Torralba [link]
Youtube - In Memoriam: EBA by: Bohol Tourism Office [link]
Youtube - Flower drop last January 5, 2013 at 11:30 am [link]
Youtube - Ang Bagong Pakikibaka [link]

Links : 

ABS-CBN News - Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado dies [link]
ABS-CBN News - Aumentado's remains flown to Tagbilaran [link]
GMA Network Saksi - [link] 
GMA Network Saksi - Huling pagpupugay para kay yumaong Bohol Rep. EBA [link]
GMA News - Bohol Rep. Aumentado dies after bout with pneumonia [link]
Inquirer News - Congressman Aumentado dies due to pneumonia [link]
Inquirer News - Colleagues mourn death of Bohol congressman [link]
Inquirer News - Bohol mourns as Rep. Aumentado dies [link]
Inquirer News - Bohol solon dies at 72 [link]
Inquirer News - Aumentado made politics an honorable profession - Belmonte [link]
Inquirer News - Legislators pay tribute to Aumentado [link]
Inquirer News - Legislator's remains flown home [link]
Philippine Star - Bohol Rep. Aumentado succumbs to pneumonia [link]
Philippine Star - Bohol congressman dies of pneumonia [link]
Philippine Star - Bohol solon pumanaw [link]
Philippine Star - Bohol congressman dies at 72 [link]
Philippine Star - Aumentado son chosen caretaker of 2nd district [link]
Philippine Star - Congressman Eduardo R. Gullas eulogy [link]
The Daily Guardian - Tribute to Rep. Erico Aumentado [link]
Sun Star - Bohol Aumentado dies [link]
Sun Star - Colleagues remember Bohol's Aumentado in necrological service [link]
Rappler - Christmas death: Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado [link]
Rappler - Solons honor late Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado [link]
Bohol Sunday Post- Death of an era in age of scalawags [link]
Bohol Sunday Post - Son rises from giant shadow of fallen pa [link]
Diversity Human - Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado dies at 72 [link]
Bohol Daily News - Boholanos say final goodbye to Cong. Aumentado [link]