DAILY WEATHER FORECAST
Issued at: 5:00 AM
today, 23 June 2015
Valid Beginning: 5:00 AM
today until 5:00 AM
tomorrow
Synopsis:
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao.
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Forecast:
Cloudy
skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms will be
experienced over western and Central Visayas, Mindanao and the Provinces
of Zambales, Bataan, Mindoro and Palawan. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies
with isolated thunderstorms will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest
of the country.
Moderate to occasionally strong winds blowing from the
southwest to south will prevail over the western section of Luzon and
its coastal waters will be moderate to occasionally rough. Winds will be
light to moderate coming from the southwest to south over the rest of
Luzon and from the southwest to west over the rest of the country with
slight to moderate seas.
PAGTAYA: Maulap na kalangitan na may mahina hanggang sa katamtamang
mga pag-ulan at pagkidlat-pagkulog ang mararanasan sa Kanluran at
Gitnang Kabisayaan, Mindanao at mga lalawigan ng Zambales, Bataan,
Mindoro at Palawan. Bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na papawirin na
may pulu-pulong mga pagkidlat-pagkulog ang iiral sa Metro Manila at sa
nalalabing bahagi ng bansa.
Katamtaman hanggang sa kung minsan ay
malakas na hangin mula sa Timog-Kanluran hanggang sa Timog ang iiral sa
kanlurang bahagi ng Luzon at ang mga baybaying-dagat nito ay magiging
katamtaman hanggang sa kung minsan ay maalon. Ang hangin ay magiging
mahina hanggang sa katamtaman mula sa Timog-kanluran hanggang sa Timog
sa nalalabing bahagi ng Luzon at mula naman sa Timog-Kanluran hanggang
sa Kanluran sa natitirang bahagi ng bansa na may banayad hanggang sa
katamtamang pag-alon ng karagatan.
OVER METRO MANILA:
Maximum Temperature: 03:00 PM Yesterday --- 33.4 °C
Minimum Temperature: 05:00 AM Yesterday --- 24.0 °C
Maximum Relative Humidity: 06:00 AM Yesterday --- 94 %
Minimum Relative Humidity: 01:00 PM Yesterday --- 54 %
High Tide Today: 02:03 PM ……… 0.96 Meter
Low Tide Today: 09:54 PM ……… 0.19 Meter
High Tide Tomorrow: 05:13 AM ……… 0.62 Meter
Low Tide Tomorrow: 07:23 AM ……… 0.61 Meter
Sunrise Today: 05:28 AM
Sunset Today: 06:28 PM
Moonrise Today: 10:58 AM
Moonset Today: 11:24 PM
Illumination Today: 34 %
For more information and queries, please call at telephone numbers 927-1335
and 927-2877 or log on to
www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph
DZRH:
Opisyal ng idineklara ng PAGASA ang pagsisimula ng tag-ulan. Ayon kay
PAGASA Dr. Malano, mararamdaman naman ang below normal na pagbagsak ng
ulan sa Oktubre dahil sa epekto ng El Niño.
DZBB:
Asahan na ng publiko ang abnormal na pag-ulan sa bansa sa pagsisimula
ng panahon ng tag-ulan. Ayon kay PAGASA OIC Dr. Vicente Malano, na-delay
ang rainy season dahil sa epekto ng El Niño.
PAGASA press con live on ANC:
-Yung onset ng rainy season related sa Habagat. Nitong linggo,
na-satisfy yung criteria for onset of rainy season kaya nai-announce na
natin.
-Yung El Nino is expected to prevail until first quarter of 2016.
-Rainfall during the next 3 months will be normal to above normal, pero
after that until 1st quarter of 2016, may lugar sa ating bansa na
makakaranas ng way below normal rainfall.
-El Niño condition is still present and is expected to intensify from moderate to strong during the second half of 2015.
-At least 1 tropical cyclone expected this June.
-11-16 cyclones expected to develop or enter PAR from June to December.
-Yung Angat Dam hindi pa naman critical. kung mag-uuulan, malaking tulong kung sa basin mismo babagsak.
-Kapag may El Nino nade-delay talaga ang onset ng rainy season. Noon pa
lang sinabi na namin, from mid-June onwards ini-expect natin ang onset
ng rainy season.
JUNE 23, 2015 ( Tuesday )
as of 9:00 AM
PIA4A / PIA QUEZON : Fair Weather in Lucena City
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western
DZMM:
Ligtas pa mula sa MERS-CoV ang mga OFW at kanilang pamilya sa South
Korea. Ayon kay Labor Attaché Atty.Felicitas Bay ng POLO, wala pa
silang natatanggap na may Pilipinong tinamaan ng MERS-CoV doon.
DZRH:
Hindi raw apektado ng pagbibitiw ni VP Binay ang pagtugon ng gobyerno
sa mga pangangailangan ng mga OFW. Ayon kay DPS Valte, habang wala pang
nakikitang kapalit ni Binay ang Pangulo, nariyan naman ang iba’t ibang
ahensya ng gobyerno na nakatutok sa pangangailangan ng mga OFW.
DZBB:
Kapiling na ng kanyang magulang at kapatid si Marilou Ranario, ang OFW
na nasagip sa parusang kamatayan sa Kuwait. Sa panayam kay Ranario nang
dumating siya sa NAIA kanina, sinabi nitong nagpakabait siya sa kulungan
sa Kuwait para mapabilis ang paglabas niya roon.
ABS-CBN:
Makakauwi na sa Pilipinas si Marilou Ranario matapos makulong nang
lampas 10 taon at mahatulan ng bitay sa Kuwait. Sa tulong ng apela ng
gobyerno noon, nabigyan ng amiri pardon si Ranario. Samantala, isa pang
OFW ang nasa death row sa Kuwait. Umaasa ang embahada ng Pilipinas na
tulad ni Ranario ay maililigtas din ang buhay ni Jakatla Pawa mula sa
parusang bitay.
DZBB:
Iniulat ng DOLE na wala pang naitatalang Pinoy na nahawa ng MERS-CoV sa
South Korea. Pinaalalahanan ng DOLE ang mga OFW sa nasabing bansa na
maging maingat para sa kanilang kaligtasan at kalusugan.
QUEZON
1. Tagalog
news: Cacao techno-forum, idinaos sa Quezon
LUNGSOD NG
LUCENA, Quezon, Hunyo 23 (PIA) --Nagdaos kamakailan ng Cacao
Techno-forum: Market opportunities & Basic orientation seminar on Cacao
Production and Processing ang panlalawigang tanggapan ng agrikultor sa
pakikipagtulungan sa panlalawigang tanggapan ng Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI).
Sinabi ni
Roberto Gajo, panlalawigang agrikultor na ang techno-forum na naglalayong
madagdagan ang kaalaman at kasanayan ng mga magsasaka sa produksiyon ng cacao
at lalong higit na mapataas ang kanilang kita at umangat ang antas ng kanilang
pamumuhay ay dinaluhan ng mga magsasaka mula sa iba’t-ibang bayan at lungsod ng
lalawigan.
Naging
pangunahing tagapagsalita si Valente Tutur, executive director ng Cacao
Industry Association of Mindanao Inc. sa Davao City. Itinuro nito ang tamang
pagpili ng binhi hanggang sa pagbabalot at pag-iimbak ng mga produktong binhi.
Ayon kay
Tutur, napakalaki ng posibilidad ng Quezon na maging isa sa pagkukunan ng binhi
at bunga ng cacao dahil sa magandang lokasyon at malaking kalupaan nito.
Samantala,
isa sa naging katanungan ng mga magsasaka ay kung paano sila matutulungan ng
pamahalaan upang makapagsimula sa napakalaking puhunan na kailangan sa
produksyon ng cacao.
Agad namang
iminungkahe ni Gajo na bukas ang kanilang tanggapan sa mga kinikilalang
kooperatiba o samahang panlalawigan sa pamamagitan ng Provincial Cooperative
Development Office (PCDO) na isa sa mga sangay ng Office of the Provincial
Agriculturist upang suportahan ang mga magsisimulang magsasaka. (R.
Mantilla-Quezon PIO/OPA-Info. Unit/ R.Orinday- PIA-Quezon)
- See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/701434702918/tagalog-news-cacao-techno-forum-idinaos-sa-quezon-#sthash.prv8TR9w.dpuf
2. DOH, PHO
hold universal health care HI-5 summit in Quezon province
LUCENA CITY,
Quezon, June 23 (PIA) --The Department of Health (DOH) – Regional Office 4A in
collaboration with the provincial health office held a the two-day Universal
Health Care (UHC) High Impact Five Summit (HIF) and launching of
“Quezon’s First 1,000 days“ at the Queen Margarette Hotel, barangay Domoit,
this city last June 17-18, 2015.
With the
theme, “Kalusugang Pangkalahatan: HI-5 at Q1K para sa mga Quezonian,” the
summit was attended by more than 200 stakeholders composed by municipal health
officers, public health nurses, municipal mayors and barangay health workers
from 39 municipalities and two cities of Quezon province.
DOH 4A
Officer-in-charge assistant Regional Director Noel G. Pasion, MD. MPH, CESE
said the universal health care high impact five is a strategic approach of the
DOH that will produce greatest improvement on health outcomes with
highest impact in the population within a short period of implementation
through synchronized nationwide implementation of activities on top of
the routine services of the regional offices. Dr. Pasion also discussed the
HI-5 regional implementation plan and interventions during the health summit.
High impact
5 is a strategy or program aims to focus on five specific services of critical
UHC interventions such as maternal care, infant care, care of under five
children, HIV/AIDS prevention and control as well as establishment of
functional service delivery network that will prioritize the poor providing
tangible outputs which are “felt” within a breakthrough period of 15 months.
Part of the
two-day activity was the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between
the DOH-4A and Quezon province and the stakeholders signing of pledge
commitment as a symbol of their full support in the implementation of the said
project for 2015-2016. A workshop on High Impact-5 (HI-5) was also
part of the activity.
Grace V.
Santiago, MD, MHA, chief of provincial technical division of the
Integrated Provincial Health Office of Quezon explained Quezon’s First
1,000 days (Q1K), the priority program of the provincial government under
the leadership of Quezon governor David Suarez.
"Q1K is
the first 1,000 days of newborns existence. It begins from conception
then continue until child reaches two years old. Q1K will promote maternal
care, immunization, nutrition, sanitation and psycho-social interaction,"
Santiago said.
Dr.
Corazon L. Flores, OIC-Director IV of DOH-4A discussed the
2015-2016 Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP) program.
Quezon Gov.
David Suarez, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Agripino Tullas; Dr. Juvy Paz
Purino, provincial DOH Officer and other health workers from the Integrated
provincial health office of Quezon graced the event. (Ruel Orinday, PIA-Quezon)
- See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/701434703431/doh-pho-hold-universal-health-care-hi-5-summit-in-quezon-province#sthash.BRIthUui.dpuf
3. Tagalog news: 123 kabataan sa Quezon, dumalo sa
WEmboree
LUNGSOD NG
LUCENA, Quezon, Hunyo 23 (PIA) --May 123 kabataan mula sa 39 na bayan at
dalawang lungsod sa lalawigan ng Quezon ang dumalo at nakiisa sa dalawang
araw na WEmboree: A Disaster Resiliency Camp sa Ouan’s Worth Farm and Resort sa
lungsod ng Lucena noong Hunyo 15-16, 2015.
Sinabi ni
OIC-provincial director Vilma de Torres ng Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG)-Quezon, na ang WEmboree ay pangatlong bahagi ng
Disaster Preparedness Manual ng Oplan Listo na inilunsad ng DILG sa lalawigan
ng Quezon sa nakalipas na mga buwan.
Ang WEmboree
na may temang “Changing the mindset from ME to WE!” ay may layuning hikayatin
ang mga kabataan na makiisa at maging bahagi ng lokal na pamahalaan sa mga
programa nito sa disaster risk reduction.
“Magiging
kaagapay kayo sa pagkakalat ng impormasyon sa kapwa ninyo kabataan, magiging
tagapagsulong ng Oplan Listo at magiging volunteer upang matulungan ang lahat
ng local government unit para matugunan ang paghahanda para sa anumang sakuna
na maaaring kaharapin ng bayan,” wika ni De Torres.
Sa naging
mensahe naman ni provincial administrator Rommel Edaño na kinatawan ni Governor
David “Jay-Jay” C. Suarez, naniniwala ang gobernador na ang disaster ay hindi
na solong trabaho ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
bagkus ito ay nasa balikat ng iba’t ibang pamahalaang lokal partikular ng mga
komunidad.
Ayon pa kay
Edaño na magiging kabahagi ng bawat pamahalaang lokal ang mga kabataang ito sa
disaster preparedness at response sa panahon ng kalamidad dahil sila ay
bibigyan ng sapat na mga kaalaman at kakayahan.
Sa dalawang
araw na WEmboree, binigyan ang naturang mga kabataan ng mga kaalaman at
kakayahan tulad ng pagtukoy sa iba’t ibang uri ng fire extinguisher at wastong
paggamit nito, mga dapat gawin sa oras ng sunog at lindol na pinangunahan ng
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), wastong paggamit ng disaster/rescue equipment,
first-aid at basic life support na pinangunahan ng mga kawani ng Provincial
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO).
Para naman
ma-develop ang pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan ay sumailalim ang mga kalahok sa
iba’t ibang team building activities. Naging tampok ng aktibidad ang
pagpapahayag ng kanilang taos-pusong pakikibahagi, suporta at pakiisa sa
pamamagitan ng paglagda sa pledge of commitment at pagpapalutang ng mga kandila
sa tubig.
Ang WEmboree
ay magkatuwang na isinakatuparan ng DILG-Quezon at pamahalaang panlalawigan ng
Quezon sa pamumuno ni Governor Suarez sa pamamagitan ng Provincial Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) katuwang ang Bureau of Fire
Protection-Quezon.
Ang Oplan Listo ay isang malawakang pagkilos na binuo ng DILG na naglalayong
ipaalam sa bawat Pilipino lalo’t higit sa lokal na pamahalaan ang kahalagahan
ng tamang paghahanda at mga tamang aksyon sa panahon ng sakuna. (R.
Mantilla-Quezon PIO/R. Orinday- PIA-Quezon)
- See more
at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/701434702675/tagalog-news-123-kabataan-sa-quezon-dumalo-sa-wemboree#sthash.hQsjgWZT.dpuf
4. DOLE allots P2M for special program for employment
of students in Quezon
LUCENA CITY,
Quezon, June 23 (PIA) --The provincial office of the Department of labor and
Employment (DOLE) alloted a total of P2M for the implementation of the Special
Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this year in the province of Quezon
Genecille P.
Aguirre, labor and employment officer II and focal person for employment of
DOLE-Quezon said local government units (LGUs) and private establishments are
being encouraged to become SPES partners.
SPES is open
to all college students, technical/ vocational students and out of school
youths who are willing to continue their studies while working in the LGUs or
private establishments.
Students may
work as clerks, enumerators, encoders, messengers, field workers,
housekeepeers, waiters, phone operators, service workers and student
assistants.
Through SPES,
the beneficiaries can work for a minimum of 20 days and maximum of 52 days,
eight hours per day.
Forty
percent of the salary of the student-beneficiaries will come from the DOLE
while 60 percent will come from the LGU or employer. (Ruel M. Orinday, PIA-Quezon)
- See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/701434703105/dole-allots-p2m-for-special-program-for-employment-of-students-in-quezon-#sthash.BOqDbJtD.dpuf
CAVITE
1. Mini
Agri-Trade Fair draws support
TRECE MARTIRES
CITY, Cavite, June 23 (PIA) -- Farmers, fishermen, agricultural workers
including city and municipal agriculturists participated recently in the
two-day mini agri-trade fair organized by the provincial government thru
the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA).
The event
held at the OPA compound with theme “Produktong Pang-Agrikultura Mura’t
Masustansya, Para sa Malusog na Masa” aimed to help farmers generate additional
income by showcasing their farm produce at the agri fair and provide farm
workers an opportunity to share their ideas and best practices in crop
production.
During the
the two-day event, the following farm inputs were awared and distributed: eight
units of Ram pump for irrigation to the municipalities of Indang, Bailen and
Magallanes; 40 bags of rice seeds to farmers of Maragondon; 120 pieces of
Gillnets to 120 individuals from the nine coastal municipalities; and 72,000
tilapia fingerlings to 32 selected recipients in the province.
Other
activities include talks on Agribusiness Opportunities for Coffee,
Pineapple/Multi-Cropping System, Banana, Dragon Fruit and Bamboo Production;
Updates on Philippine Rural Development Projects for the Coffee Industry;
Nutrition Farming on Vegetable Production; Urban Agriculture and Organic
Farming; and discussion on Good Agricultural Practices for Vegetables.
7th District
Provincial Board Member Irene de Padua Bencito, the current committee chair on
agriculture led the opening ceremony of the two-day agri fair. Provincial
administrator for external affairs Engr. Efren C. Nazareno, provincial
Agriculturist Lolita Pereña, and Urban Poor Affairs officer Rolando Alvaran
also graced the event. (PICAD/Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite)
- See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/671434847903/mini-agri-trade-fair-draws-support#sthash.XvBAUs5W.dpuf
2. DENR
celebrates 28th anniversary
TRECE
MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, June 23 (PIA) -- The Provincial Environment and Natural
Resources Office (PENRO) lined up several activities in celebration of the DENR
28th founding anniversary .
With
this year’s theme: “Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care,” PENRO
launched an advocacy program infront of their office to bring DENR closer to
its clientele.
The activity
includes exhibit of DENR –Cavite accomplishment on the implementation of
National Greening Program (NGP) and Operational Plan for Manila Bay Coastal
Strategy (OPMBCS) with basic information on Mounts Palay-Palay and Mataas na
Gulod Protected Landscape.
PENRO Chief
Engr. Rolinio P. Pozas led the unveiling of the exhibit with the assistance of
Forester Reynaldo A. Belen, Officer-in-Charge of Technical Services Division.
Part of the
event is the distribution of printed reading materials to include the DENR
Citizen’s Charter, NGP Accomplishments from 2011 to 2014; DENR-Cavite profile;
and Province of Cavite Mangroves courtesy of PG-ENRO.
The
information materials aim to increase awareness from among the clientele of
DENR on the recent programs and activities. In addition, DENR personnel
entertained viewers mostly clients of the Philippine Statistics Office
discussing the content of the exhibits in tarpaulin and provision of light
snacks, notebooks and ball pens as a gesture of thanksgiving.
Dr. Domingo
R. Bravo, overall priority program coordinator, PPCO and deputy site manager
MBCO, DENR Region IV CALABARZON with former ERDB Director Celso Diaz graced the
opening of the exhibit.
Other
activities on schedule are the tree growing activity in the Buhay Forest in
Barangay Ramirez, Magallanes on June 25, 2015 and the upcoming retrieval of
Artificial Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) and outreach program for the
community in Sta. Mercedes Ville, in Maragondon by Biodiversity Management
Bureau (BMB). The identification of the species and micro-organisms captured by
ARMS will be spearheaded by DLSU-Dasmariñas.
Mangrove
planting on June 30 with residents of Barangays Wawa 2 and Sapa 3,
Rosario; and Petron and DENR-Cavite at Isla Bonita, Brgy. Muzon 1, also
in Rosario.
Aside from
DENR's founding anniversary, June is also Philippine Environment Month
and World Environment Day on June 5. Ruel Francisco,
PIA-Cavite/ Judaline A. Fabro, PENRO Information Officer)
- See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/671434847959/denr-celebrates-28th-anniversary#sthash.LdTDQJSh.dpuf
BATANGAS
1. Tagalog
news: Mga may-ari ng junk at motor shops, sumailalim sa anti-fencing law
seminar
LUNGSOD NG
BATANGAS, Hunyo 23 (PIA) –Nagsagawa ng oryentasyon kamakailan ang Philippine National Police
(PNP) sa lungsod na ito ukol sa Anti-Fencing Law na dinaluhan ng mga may ari ng
junk shops at motor shops na ginanap sa gusali ng Kalikasan at Kapayapaan.
Tinalakay ni
Atty. Winston B. Mendoza, Batangas City special prosecutor at guest lecturer
ang Anti-Fencing Law na ayon sa kanya ay isang espesyal na batas na ginawang
krimen ang pagbili ng isang bagay na nakaw na alam ng bumili na ito ay ninakaw.
Ipinaliwanag
ni Atty. Mendoza na ang sinumang may hawak ng isang kagamitan o produkto na
nakaw o ninakaw ay itinuturing na isang "fence" at maaaring sampahan
ng kaso sa paglabag sa Anti-Fencing Law.
Ayon kay
Atty. Mendoza, ang paglabag sa Anti-Fencing Law may parusang pagkakulong ng
walo hanggang 12 taon at depende sa halaga ng nabiling nakaw. Sa mga nagbebenta
naman ng nakaw, sila ay maaaring kasuhan bilang accessory sa krimen na may
parusang pagkakakulong ng 15-20 taon. Ngunit, hindi maaaring sampahan ng
magkasabay na kaso na accessory to the crime at paglabag sa Anti-Fencing Law.
Kaugnay
nito, ipinapaalala sa publiko na laging tandaan na kung bibili ng isang bagay,
mahal man o mura, dapat humingi ng resibo upang makasiguro.
Ilan sa mga
dapat tandaan kung ang isang bagay ay nakaw ay kung ito ay mura ang halaga,
walang resibo o walang manufacturer at ito ay may indikasyon na maaring nakaw o
ninanakaw.
Sa datus ng
Batangas PNP dumarami ang kaso ng pagnanakaw dahil sa pagbili ng kagamitang
nakaw o ninakaw. Kalimitan sa mga ninanakaw ay ang kable ng kuryente, mga gamit
sa bahay, alahas, home appliances, bakal at iba pa. (Lieza Perez de Los Reyes,
PIO-Batangas City/PIA-Batangas)
-
See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/681434354094/tagalog-news-mga-may-ari-ng-junk-at-motor-shops-sumailalim-sa-anti-fencing-law-seminar#sthash.u9cqyPs2.dpuf
2. Tagalog
news: 40 kabataan sumailalim sa lead and learn leadership training
LUNGSOD NG
BATANGAS, Hunyo 22 (PIA) --Humigit kumulang sa 40 kabataan sa lungsod ng
Batangas ang sumailalim sa Lead and Learn Leadership Training and Seminar ng
City Council for Youth Affairs (CCYA) na ginanap sa Teachers Conference Center
kamakailan.
Sinabi ni
executive assistant Glecy Clet, na layunin ng nabanggit na pagsasanay na
mabigyan ng sapat na kasanayan ang naturang mga kabataan na pawang mga Special
Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) grantees ngayong taon sa pagiging
isang mahusay na lider at maimulat ang mga ito sa pagseserbisyo publiko
gayundin sa bolunterismo.
Ito ang
unang pagkakataon na makadalo sa nasabing pagsasanay ang mga kabataan na ang
edad mula 17-22 taong gulang.
Nagsilbing
resource speakers sina dating city Councilor Steve Buan na tinalakay ang
Effective Communication at executive assistant Edel Perez sa Effective
Leadership and Volunteerism.
Spiritual
Leadership naman ang binigyang diin ni Brother Raniel Jacinto Rosales ng
Archdiocese ng Lipa at Peer Educator Jay Ariann Caparida mula sa
Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) sa Quezon City ang nagbigay
linaw hinggil sa Human Immunodefficiency Virus (HIV).
Nakatakda
naman sa Setyembre ang susunod na Lead and Learn Leadership Training and
Seminar na dadaluhan ng mga kabataan mula sa ibat-ibang barangay. (Ronna Endaya
Contreras, PIO Batangas City)
-
See more
at:
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/681434352423/tagalog-news-40-kabataan-sumailalim-sa-lead-and-learn-leadership-training#sthash.9WeaOjbu.dpuf
3. Tagalog
news: P3M halaga ng gusali para sa senior citizen at day care center,
pinasinayaan sa Batangas City
LUNGSOD NG
BATANGAS, Hunyo 22 (PIA) --Pinasinayaan kamakailan sa Barangay 12, Poblacion sa
lungsod na ito ang bagong gusali ng senior citizen at day care center na
nagkakahalaga ng P3 milyon.
Ang naturang
gusali na nahahati sa dalawang tanggapan, ang senior citizens office at ang day
care center, ay itinayo upang mapagkalooban ng magandang serbisyo ang mga
senior citizens at residente ng barangay.
Sinabi ni
Hernie Faigmane, pangulo ng barangay 12 na laking tuwa niya sa pagkakaroon ng
bagong gusali ang kanyang barangay. Aniya ang naturang building ay naipagawa at
pinondohan ng pamahalaang lokal.
"Ang
pondo na ginamit sa pagbili ng lupa ay galing sa pamahalaang lungsod at sa
napanalunan ng aming barangay sa pagandahan ng mga barangay, ang Dangal ng
Lungsod Award," wika ni Faigme.
Ayon pa kay
Faigme, matagal na nilang minimithi na magkaroon ng ganitong uri ng gusali na
matibay at moderno ang pagkakayari.
Laking alwan
naman sa mga senior citizens ang magkaroon ng sarling opisina na maaaring
pagdausan ng kanilang pagpupulong gayundin ang mga day care workers, mas
mapapabilis na ang kanilang pagkakaloob ng serbisyo para sa mga tao.
Naging
panauhin sa inagurasyon sina Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha, Mila Espanola ng DSWDO,
mga opisyales ng barangay at ng ibang karatig barangay at mga residente ng
barangay 12.
Pinasalamatan
naman ng mga residente si Mayor Eddie Dimacuha sa pagbibigay ng ganitong
proyekto na makakatulong ng malaki sa kanilang barangay. (Liza Perez De Los
Reyes, PIO Batangas City/PIA-Batagas)
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4. Tagalog
news: Kauna-unahang national child development center, pinasinayaan sa Batangas
City
LUNGSOD NG
BATANGAS, Hunyo 22 (PIA) --Pinasinayaan kamakailan sa lungsod na ito ang
kauna-unahang National Child Development Center (NCDC) na itinayo alinsunod sa batas
na may titulong "An Act Recognizing the Age from Zero to Eight Years as
the First Crucial State of Educational Development Strengthening the Early
Childhood Care and Development System."
Isang
proyekto ng pamahalaang nasyonal na pinaglaanan ng kaukulang pondo upang
maipatayo, ang NCDC ay may sukat na 125 square meters, mas malaki kumpara sa
isang day care center na may sukat lamang na 80 square meters. Ito rin ay
magkakaroon ng mga program materials, kagamitan katulad ng tables and chairs, furniture
at playground device.
Ang NCDC na
matatagpuan sa Barangay Tinga Itaas ay isa ring learning center na ang mga guro
ay sumailalim sa pagsasanay sa early childhood care and development sa loob ng
anim na linggo.
Sinabi ni
Julia U.Lizada, barangay captain ng Tinga Itaas, na napakalaking tulong
ng nasabing center para sa kanila at isa ring karangalan bilang
kauna-unahang barangay sa lungsod na napag kalooban nito. Lubos din ang
kanyang pasasalamat kina Mayor Dimacuha, Mrs. Mila Española at
Exec. Dir. Teresita G. Inciong ng Early Chilhood Care and Development
Council sa pagtitiwala at pagkakaloob ng nasabing center sakanilang barangay.
Ayon naman
kay City Social Welfare and Development Officer Mila Espanola, naaprubahan ang
kanilang kahilingan na magkaroon ng NCDC dahilan sa nakumpleto ng barangay
Tingga Itaas ang mga requirements. Isa rito ang paglalaan ng loteng may sukat
na 250 square meters.
Samantala,
ang pamahalaang lungsod naman ay ipinagawa ang bakod sa naturang center,
landscaping at pagkakaloob ng iba pang suporta. (Monina B. Fernandez – PIO
Batangas City/PIA-Batangas)
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| President Aquino
inducts new officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of
Commerce and Industry |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday inducted into office the new set
of officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and
Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace.
Taking their oath before the President were Angel Ngu, president; Henry Lim
Bon Liong, executive vice president; Domingo Yap, David Chua, Alex Yap Cho
Ty, William Gosiaco, Michael Tan, Victor Lim, Delfin Letran, Mary Go Ng,
Cecilio Pedro, Charles Chante, George Hock Huy Chiu, and William Yap Castro,
vice presidents; Jeffrey Ng, treasurer; Tai Lian, auditor; and Fernando Gan,
corporate secretary and secretary general.
The other members of the FFCCCII's set of officers for 2015-2017 who were
sworn into office were Lucio Tan as chairman emeritus; and Alfonso Siy,
Ambassador Domingo Lee, Jimmy Tang, Vicente Yu, Sr,, Robin Sy, Francis Chua,
Dr. John Tan, Alfonso Uy, and Tan Ching as honorary vice presidents.
During the oath-taking ceremony, Ngu also presented to President Aquino a
scale model of a two-classroom school building, to be constructed under the
FFCCCII's “Operation: Barrio Schools”.
“Operation: Barrio Schools” is the FFCCCIII's longest running and biggest
private sector-led development program focused on educational
infrastructure. As of this month, some 4,933 school buildings or 9,866
classrooms have been turned over to public schools nationwide, benefitting
nearly one million school children.
The FFCCCII was established on March 29, 1954 and was inspired by the late
President Ramon Magsaysay's appeal to the leaders of the Filipino-Chinese
community to organize into a cohesive organization that could render greater
support to the government.
A non-stock and non-profit corporation, the FFCCCII is the largest
organization of Filipino-Chinese businessmen from all over the country. PND
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| President Aquino lauds Public Works Department for receiving
ISO Certificate |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday congratulated the Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on its 117th anniversary and for receiving
an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008
Certificate for Quality Management System.
“Sinasalamin po nito (ISO 9001:2008) ang di-matatawarang ambag ng DPWH sa
paghahatid ng epektibo, tapat, at tuwid na paglilingkod. Kaya nga po gusto
kong gamitin ang pagkakataong ito upang ipaabot sa inyo ang pasasalamat ng
ating mga Boss para sa mga kongkretong benepisyong bunga ng inyong pakikiisa
sa pagtahak sa Daang Matuwid,” President Aquino said in his speech during
the department’s anniversary celebration held at its central office in Port
Area, Manila.
“Ang dating poster boy ng katiwalian, ngayon ay modelo na ng episyenteng
pamamalakad,” he added.
He credited the department’s transformation to Secretary Rogelio Singson and
his reform strategy of 5Rs -- the right projects, at the right cost and
right quality, and right-on-time implementation by the right people.
“Sa pangunguna niya, pinanagot natin ang mga tiwaling opisyal at kawani; ang
mga maanomalyang proyekto naman, nirepaso at pinigilan ang pag-award. Ang
mga kontratistang napatunayang nanlalamang, na-blacklist at
pina-imbestigahan; at sa lalong madaling panahon, pinakasuhan na rin. Sa
bidding, tinanggal ang letter of intent, na ginagamit ng mga may balak
makipag-kuntsabahan; at ginawang mas simple at bukas ang bidding process,”
he noted.“Bukod dito, may clustering pa ng maliliit na proyekto para
makatipid, at tiyakng may sapat at tamang kakayahan at kagamitan ang ating
mga kontratista. Dahil nga mas marami ang sumasali sa kompetisyon para sa
proyekto, at may tiyak na pamantayang kailangang sundin, ang imprastruktura
ay naitatayo nang may kalidad at sa mas sulit na presyo.”
The department, he said, has also been able to raise the country’s road
quality ranking in the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic
Forum, from the 114th spot in 2010-2011 to the 87th position in 2014-2015.
The President further announced that he would increase the department’s
budget in 2016 to approximately P600 billion or 5 percent of the gross
domestic product, and reward its employees for their “good work”.
Under the present administration, the DPWH has accomplished the paving of
5,208 kilometers (km) of national roads, rehabilitated 4,397 km of paved
sections, completed 3,493 km of preventive maintenance work, widened 1,577
km of roads, and constructed 520 km of highways.
The DPWH is one of the first four departments of the Philippine
Revolutionary Government created by virtue of President Emilio Aguinaldo’s
Organic Decree on June 23, 1898. PND (ag) |
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| DBM: Account Code System a fiscal
transparency tool |
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) today emphasized
that the Unified Account Code Structure (UACS)—which was
introduced under the Aquino Administration— has been designed to
streamline the budget process and create an environment of
fiscal transparency and accountability in government.
Responding to concerns raised by former Senator Panfilo Lacson
over the UACS, the Budget department said that the coding system
is simply a tool that agencies and departments can use to help
monitor the status of each government project, activity, or
program (PAP), as well as to record government financial data.
“The beauty of the UACS is that as a classification system, it
gives oversight agencies a common reference in tracking each
individual government project or program. This will not only aid
us in managing the government budget more efficiently, it will
help us detect irregularities,” said Budget and Management
Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad.
In an earlier statement, Lacson noted some confusion over the
UACS serial numbers of the projects or programs in the 2015
General Appropriations Act (GAA), as well items that were not
identified or “left blank.”
“The codes in the UACS are generated by the system for each
project or program that comes in, but its presentation is
different in the GAA document. In the GAA, these projects and
programs are grouped according to project categories, which may
account for the sequential variation,” said Budget
Undersecretary Luz Cantor.
“Likewise, the UACS permanently maintains each project or
program code in the system even if these have already been fully
implemented in the past years or were disapproved. For clarity’s
sake, these aren’t presented in the current GAA to avoid
confusion,” Cantor said.
On the other hand, most items in the GAA are disaggregated and
itemized. Unless identified as aggregated or “lump sum” funds
(like the Special Purpose Funds or SPFs), funds have a
corresponding item noted in the GAA document. The UACS system
also helps in this regard as each code identifies and describes
the item and fund in the GAA, depending on the category.
Under the UACS, each PAP will get a unique number code that can
go as high as 54 digits. The code is also divided into five
distinct subcategories (including the Commission on Audit’s
Chart of Accounts) that describe every aspect of the PAP.
Finally, each UACS code will also pinpoint the location of each
PAP being implemented, up to varying degrees of specificity.
Furthermore, the UACS will help the DBM monitor budget
transactions, from appropriations and allotments to actual
expenditures. Likewise, the system will allow others to derive
and analyze data from each program or project, and later convert
it to timely and useful information that will facilitate
decision-making or policy-formation.
For inquiries, further questions and requests for interview,
please contact:
OSEC-Public Information Unit
791 – 2000 local 2602; 0908-869-8170; media@dbm.gov.ph
Facebook: /DBMphilippines
Twitter: @DBMph |
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| 5 million Driver’s License Cards to
be delivered over 12 month-period |
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Manila, Philippines – The current shortage of driver’s license
cards at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to be
addressed, as the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) has awarded the project for the supply of
5,000,000 pieces of driver’s license cards to Allcard Plastics
Philippines, Inc.
Allcard Plastics bagged the project after submitting the lowest
bid of P 336.868 Million. Under the contract, Allcard Plastics
will deliver the license cards in equal monthly tranches over a
one-year period counted from the issuance of the Notice to
Proceed (NTP).
“We are pleased to report that license cards will soon be
available at all LTO offices. We will strive to ensure that the
implementation of this project will run smoothly in order to
reinstate these basic services provided by the LTO,” said DOTC
Secretary Jun Abaya.
Allcard’s bid is 25.3% lower than the original approved budget
of the contract – which was set at P 450-Million – thereby
generating government savings of around P 113 Million. The cost
of the card is roughly around P 67.37 per piece, well below the
cap of P 90.09 per piece.
Procurement of the LTO License Cards supply project opened last
May 22, wherein three (3) bidders qualified: Allcard, current
driver’s license card supplier Amalgamated Motors Philippines,
Inc. (AMPI), and the joint venture of DVK Philippines
Enterprises and Cardz Middle East Trading LLC.
The financial bids of AMPI and the DVK-Cardz JV were P 373.880
Million and P 428.8 Million, respectively.
The LTO may now coordinate with Allcard Plastics for the
efficient deployment of the license cards to the various LTO
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| Permanent evacuation center rises in
Pangasinan |
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the
Local Government Unit of Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan jointly
constructed an evacuation center cum multi-purpose building in
Barangay Maninding, which was inaugurated last April 2015.
The first of its kind in the Ilocos Region, the evacuation
center will serve as a temporary shelter during disasters for
families living in low-lying municipalities in the province.
DSWD extended P10 million for the construction of the evacuation
center while the LGU of Sta. Barbara provided counterpart
support that included the 2,000 square-meter lot where the
evacuation center was built, P1.5 million for additional
construction materials, and P2 million for site development.
DSWD Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera, who attended the
inauguration on behalf of Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman,
said that this structure strengthens the disaster preparedness
in Pangasinan by mitigating damages and preventing the loss of
lives.
She also thanked Sta. Barbara Mayor Carlito Zaplan for their
support to this project.
For his part, Mayor Zaplan shared that Santa Barbara was chosen
as the site for the project because of the town’s strategic
location – it is situated almost at the heart of the province
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| DSWD to determine best alternative family
care for kids abused by father |
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is
currently assessing the best alternative family care for the
children who were physically abused by their father in Cupang,
Muntinlupa.
The case became viral when a video was uploaded on social media,
showing the father, Rolando San Juan, hitting one of his
children.
After the video became viral, the DSWD coordinated with the
Muntinlupa City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO)
which immediately responded and took the two children under
their custody.
The children are now with Saklolo at Gabay ng Ina at Pamilya
(SAGIP), a center managed by the Local Government of Muntinlupa.
They also went through an initial psycho-social assessment and
counselling at the Philippine General Hospital.
Rolando was arrested and is now detained at the police station.
He will be referred to a rehabilitation center for drug
dependents.
Meanwhile, DSWD is coordinating with the CSWDO to locate the
whereabouts of the mother.
“Patuloy kaming nakikipagtulungan sa CSWDO para sa paghahanap ng
nanay ng bata. Isasailalim din natin siya sa counseling at
assessment upang malaman kung may kakayahan siyang alagaan ang
kanyang mga anak (We are currently working with the CSWDO to
trace the whereabouts of the mother. We will conduct counseling
sessions with the mother to assess her capacity in caring for
her children),” DSWD-National Capital Region Director Alicia R.
Bonoan said.
Director Bonoan added, “We are also considering alternative
family care options for the children, like foster care or
adoption. Children who are victim-survivors of abuse will need
one-on-one care.”
Director Bonoan added that the future of the children is the
paramount consideration of the Department. She said that
extensive psycho-social intervention should be provided to the
children to ensure that they will recover from their traumatic
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| Outstanding External Debt drops in
Q1 2015 |
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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr.
announced that the outstanding Philippine external debt stood at
US$75.3 billion at end-March 2015, down by US$2.4 billion (or
3.0 percent) from the US$77.7 billion level at end-2014. The
decline was attributed to net repayments (US$2.0 billion),
mainly by banks. Negative foreign exchange (FX) revaluation
(US$220 million) arising from the strengthening of the US Dollar
against other currencies, and an increase in residents’
investments in Philippine debt papers (US$100 million) also
contributed to the decline in the debt stock.
External debt refers to all types of borrowings by Philippine
residents from non-residents, following the residency criterion
for international statistics, such as the Balance of Payments.
On a year-on-year basis, the debt stock likewise reflected a
decline of US$3.6 billion (or 4.6 percent) from US$78.9 billion
in March 2014 due to: (a) negative FX revaluation adjustments
(US$2.2 billion); (b) net repayments (US$1.9 billion); and (c)
previous periods’ adjustments (negative US$220 million) due to
audit findings as well as late reporting of transactions.
However, the downward pressure of these developments on the debt
level was mitigated by the rise in non-residents’ investments in
Philippine debt papers (US$704 million).
External Debt Ratios
“Key external debt indicators were observed to have remained at
very prudent levels in the first quarter of 2015”, the Governor
continued. Gross international reserves (GIR) of US$80.5 billion
as of end-March 2015 represented 6.1 times cover for short-term
(ST) debt under the original maturity concept compared to 4.9
times and 4.7 times as of end-December and March 2014.
The external debt ratio (a solvency indicator), or outstanding
external debt expressed as a percentage of gross national income
(GNI), continued to exhibit an improving trend and was recorded
at 21.5 percent for the first quarter of 2015 from 22.5 percent
last quarter and 23.9 percent a year ago. The same trend was
observed using GDP as denominator, as the debt stock dropped by
US$2.4 billion vis-à-vis the
5.2 percent growth of the Philippine economy in the first
quarter of 2015. The ratio is an indicator of the country’s
capacity to service foreign obligations.
The debt service ratio (DSR), or total principal and interest
payments as a percentage of exports of goods, receipts from
services and primary income, is a measure of the adequacy of the
country’s FX earnings to meet maturing obligations. The ratio
further improved to 6.3 percent in March 2015 from 6.4 percent
in December 2014 and 7.3 percent in March 2014 due to higher
receipts and lower payments during the year.
Debt Profile
The country’s external debt remained heavily biased towards
medium- to long-term (MLT) accounts which represented 82.6
percent of total. This means that FX requirements for debt
payments are well spread out and, thus, more manageable. [MLT
accounts are those with maturities longer than one (1) year.]
The weighted average maturity for all MLT accounts stood at 17.0
years, with public sector borrowings having a longer average
tenor of 22.2 years compared to 8.6 years for the private
sector.
ST external debt comprised the 17.4 percent balance of the debt
stock, consisting largely of bank borrowings, intercompany
accounts of foreign bank branches, trade credits, and deposits
of non-residents.
Public sector external debt stood at US$39.1 billion (or 52.0
percent of total debt stock), slightly lower than the US$39.3
billion level (50.7 percent) as of end-2014 due mainly to
negative FX revaluation adjustments (US$209 million) as the US
Dollar strengthened against most currencies.
Private sector debt likewise declined to US$36.2 billion from
US$38.3 billion a quarter ago due largely to the net repayments
of bank liabilities (US$2.9 billion).
Foreign holders of Philippine bonds and notes continued to
account for the largest share (33.5 percent) of total external
debt, followed by official sources (multilateral and bilateral
creditors – 30.4 percent), foreign banks and other financial
institutions (28.9 percent), and foreign suppliers/exporters
(7.2 percent).
The country’s debt stock remained largely denominated in US
Dollar (64.6 percent), and Japanese Yen (12.7 percent). US
dollar-denominated multi-currency loans from the World Bank and
Asian Development Bank comprised 10.4 percent of total, while
the remaining 12.3 percent pertained to 17 other currencies. |
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| 26th National Statistics Month
and 2nd World Statistics Day to be celebrated in October 2015 |
| Source:
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/ |
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In October 2015, the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) will
observe the National Statistics Month (NSM) on its 26th year,
underscoring the theme: “Pagyamanin at Gamitin ang Estadistika,
Kalusagan para sa Lahat ay Abot-Kamay Na.” The month-long
observance of the 26th NSM also coincides with the celebration
of the 2nd World Statistics Day (WSD) on 20 October 2015, with
the theme: “Better data. Better lives.”
The annual celebration of the NSM is aimed at: (a) promoting,
enhancing, and instilling nationwide awareness and appreciation
of the importance and value of statistics to the different
sectors of society; and (b) eliciting the cooperation and
support of the general public in upgrading the quality and
standards of statistics in the country. The Department of Health
(DOH) shall host this year’s NSM opening ceremony to be held on
1 October 2015. The focus of this year’s NSM shall be on the
government’s thrust on universal health care and the recognition
of the various endeavors of official statisticians and technical
personnel involved in the generation of health and nutrition
statistics.
Meanwhile, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will again be
hosting the national level closing ceremonies of the 26th NSM,
following the 17th BSP-Department of Education (DepEd)
Oratorical Contest to be held on 28 October 2015. Regional NSM
opening and closing ceremonies will be spearheaded by the PSA,
DOH and BSP through the Regional Statistical Committees (RSCs),
and in cooperation with other regional/provincial line agencies,
local government units (LGUs) and state universities/colleges
and private sector organizations.
In its 46th session held in March 2015, the United Nations
Statistical Commission (UNSC) invited UN Member States, UN
organizations and other international and civil society
organizations to the worldwide celebration of the 2nd WSD with
the following objectives: (a) to emphasize the need for high
quality official statistics geared towards improving people’s
lives; (b) to recognize the crucial role of statistics in
nation-building and tracking progress through the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs); (c) to further support the work of
statisticians across different settings, cultures and domains;
and (d) to promote public knowledge and accessibility to timely,
reliable and quality statistics for evidence-based and efficient
decision-making. The UNSC along with some member states,
including the Philippines, endorsed to the UN General Assembly a
resolution designating 20 October 2015 as 2nd WSD and that the
WSD be celebrated every five (5) years on October 20. On 3 June
2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the said resolution. As an
active participant in the international statistical community,
the PSS through the 26th NSM/13th National Convention on
Statistics (NCS) Steering Committee agreed to lead the
observance of the 2nd WSD in the Philippines this year.
To ensure successful conduct of national and regional
interagency activities, the Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
and Chairperson of the PSA Board, Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan,
issued on 25 May 2015 PSA Memorandum Circular No. 01-15 (Annex
PR-201506-PP1-03-01). Thus, the PSA calls on departments,
bureaus, offices, and instrumentalities of the national
government, government-owned and controlled corporations, state
universities and colleges, local government units, and the
private sector to:
Submit to the NSM Secretariat a list of 26th NSM and 2nd WSD
activities on or before 28 August 2015, following the prescribed
format to facilitate the consolidation of 26th NSM/2nd WSD
Calendar of Activities (Annex PR-201506-PP1-03-02);
Hang streamers/tarpaulin to aid in the promotion of the 26th
NSM/2nd WSD (Annex PR-201506-PP1-03-03); and
Extend financial contribution to the NSM Common Fund on or
before 15 August 2015, to fuel the various NSM interagency
activities at the national and local levels and provide for the
incentives in the 25th NSM Awards, by sending their pledge forms
(Annex PR-201506-PP1-03-04) and/or draft Memorandum of Agreement
with the PSA (Annex PR-201506-PP1-03-05).
National line agencies are enjoined to issue their respective
special orders/ circulars to solicit the participation of their
field/local offices/bureaus/ attached agencies in the
celebration of the NSM. Administrators of state universities/
colleges and private sector organizations are encouraged to
issue announcements to their faculty/ students and members,
respectively, to encourage them to take part in the conduct of
the various interagency 26th NSM activities and coordinate
organization-wide activities aiming at improving statistical
knowledge and awareness.
The PSA also welcomes entry submissions from government
agencies, RSCs, private sector and youth groups for the 25th NSM
Awards on the following categories: (1) Best Statistical
Activity conducted by a government organization; (2) Best
Statistical Activity conducted by a private profit/non-profit
organization; (3) Best Region in Advocacy for Statistics; and
(4) Best Youth Advocate for Statistics. Details on the criteria
and nomination forms are covered at: http://nap.psa.gov.ph/
pressreleases/2015/PSA_PR-201505-PP1-01_NSM.asp. The deadline of
submission of nominations is on 1 July 2015.
Further inquiries on the NSM and WSD celebration in the
Philippines may be coursed through the NSM Secretariat at
telephone numbered 895-2436 and 462-6600 local 822/824, telefax
numbered 896-1730 and 462-6600 local 827, or email addresses
F.Talento@psa.gov.ph and P.Rivera@psa.gov.ph. Announcements and
other relevant advocacy materials are posted at the 26th NSM
webpage: http://nap.psa.gov.ph/nsm/26thNSM/default.asp.
LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph. D.
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General |
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| President Aquino at DPWH
117th anniversary |
| Source:
http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/ |
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) commemorates
its 117th Founding Anniversary with the theme “DPWH: Sa Daang
Matuwid, Para sa Diyos at Bayan”.
This year’s anniversary program on June 22, 2015 at DPWH Head
Office in Port Area, Manila was attended by President Benigno S.
Aquino III, the third time the Chief Executive was the event’s
guest of honor over the past five (5) years of his
administration.
Service awards were given to DPWH employees by the President
together with Secretary Rogelio L. Singson to retirees and those
serving the Department for 40 years.
Among the notable achievements of DPWH for CY 2015 which was
presented to the President is the Quality Management System of
the Department now certified in accordance with the requirements
of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
9001:2008 standards.
DPWH ISO 9001:2008 Certification is aligned with President
Aquino’s call on government agencies to improve public service
delivery and in ensuring good governance and sustaining the “Tuwid
na Daan” reform efforts.
Included in the DPWH QMS ISO 9001:2008 certificate of
registration are nine (9) Services, six (6) Bureaus, two (2)
pilot Regional Offices of National Capital Region and Region XI,
and South Manila District Engineering Office and Davao City
District Engineering Office as two (2) pilot District
Engineering Offices for a total of 19 Offices.
As part of its 117th anniversary celebration, the DPWH employees
and officials held a Fun Run on June 20, 2015 covering a
distance of about 6 kilometers from DPWH Head Office to the
Manila Film Center at CCP Complex which will be followed by a
tree planting activity at the Ipil-Ipil Grounds also at CCP
Complex, Pasay City.
The simple strategy of right project with the right cost and
right quality, and right-on-time implementation by the right
people has become one of the most notable examples of good
governance and anti-corruption reforms of the Aquino
administration.
With the objective of increasing mobility and total connectivity
of people, the DPWH under the Aquino administration has
accomplished to date the paving of 5,208 kilometers of upaved
national roads, rehabilitated 4,397 kilometers of paved
sections, completed 3,493 kilometers of preventive maintenance
work for national, widened 1,577 kilometers of road, and
constructed 520 kilometers of highway.
Successes in its transformation programs that resulted for more
competitive, transparent and streamlined processes while
eliminating opportunities for collusion and corrupt practices
enabled DPWH to veer away from the negative image in previous
years as one of the most corrupt national government agencies.
DPWH traces its roots to the Department of War and Public Works,
one (1) of the first four (4) Departments of the Philippine
Revolutionary Government created by virtue of then President
Emilio Aguinaldo’s Organic Decree in June 23, 1898. |
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| DTI, BOI fortify SOCCSKSARGEN’s
frontline services for investors |
| Source:
http://www.dti.gov.ph |
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The Board of Investments (BOI) recently held a seminar to
enhance the skills of Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI)
frontline staff in regional and provincial offices as well as
Local Economic and Investment Officers (LEIPOs) to competently
assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and potential
investors in SOCCSKSARGEN region, or South Cotabato, Cotabato,
Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City.
“In actively engaging the local stakeholders of Region 12, we
expect to build sustainable foundations in driving economic
activities and creating a robust DTI and BOI presence in the
region,” DTI-Industry Promotions Group (IPG) Undersecretary
Ponciano C. Manalo Jr. said.
The BOI’s investment counseling seminar and capability-building
training on investments promotion drew 80 participants from the
LEIPOs of various local government units (LGUs) of the region,
DTI regional and provincial frontline staff, representatives of
line agencies, and members of chambers of commerce.
The seminar gave pointers on how to become effective frontliners
and assistant to investors by being well-informed on various
investment laws and policies, Investment Priorities Plan (IPP),
and investment incentives.
It also touched on investments promotion strategies such as
image-building, investment generation, investment servicing, and
components of a good project plan.
As follow-up activity, various stakeholders will identify viable
sector-focused investment projects in priority markets. These
projects will be lodged in BOI’s electronic quick investors
portal (EQUIP), which will serve as a digital platform to
promote these projects to potential investors. |
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| Call center employee complains to
DOLE call center about OSH violation |
| Source:
http://www.dole.gov.ph |
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Following the call of Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz of
the Department of Labor and Employment to the public to
participate in a massive citizen-driven monitoring of all
business establishments’ compliance to occupational safety and
health standards, and to report violations of occupational
safety and health standards to the DOLE so that it can act on
these violations, the DOLE Call Center yesterday reported it has
endorsed to the DOLE Regional Office in the National Capital
Region several complaints that it has received, including one by
an employee of BPO company Teleperformance.
“We have endorsed to Regional Director Alex Avila the complaint
of the employee against her company. The employee detailed the
poor ventilation of Teleperformance in its premises in Paranaque
City,” said Director Nicon F. Fameronag of the Labor
Communictions Office in a report to Secretary Baldoz.
The DOLE Call Center, which is being supervised by the Labor
Communications Office, reported that this is the second time in
a week that it has received a similar complaint about
Teleperformance.
“Allegedly, the company’s air-conditioning units have broken
down and management had said it will take a month to repair the
same. Meanwhile, employees have been complaining of the heat,
and some have got sick due to dizziness and some have suffered
hypertension. One employee was even rushed to a hospital due to
emergency reason,” Director Fameronag said.
“We have already alerted Dir. Avila about this and the Secretary
has directed Dir. Avila to to dispatch a Labor Laws Compliance
Officer to assess Teleperformance’s compliance with OSH and
ensure immediate corrections,” he added.
Baldoz early last month tasked the Occupational Safety and
Health Center (0927-8972587/928-6690) and Employees Compensation
Commission (899-4251) to open their hotlines and receive
complaints and inquiries on OSHS, and she had assigned the DOLE
Call Center to be the hub of complaints and inquiries on OSH.
The move, she said, is to further strengthen the DOLE’s thrust
to strictly monitor compliance with labor laws, occupational
safety and health standards, and social legislations among the
country’s business establishments and subsequently render
appropriate assistance necessary for these establishments to
attain voluntary and full compliance with general labor
standards.
“The public can also call directly the 16 DOLE regional offices
and their field offices to lodge complaints and inquiries on
OSHS,” Baldoz had said, as she enjoined the public to help in
notifying the Department of Labor and Employment on issues,
concerns, inquiries, and complaints on occupational safety and
health, particularly on worksites that pose dangers or hazards
to workers and the public.
The DOLE Call Center can be reached at 02-527-8000. |
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| OFWs in South Korea heighten safety
measures to ward off MERS-CoV |
| Source:
http://www.nscb.gov.ph |
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Wearing protective masks and minding hygienic measures, Filipino
migrant workers in South Korea are not taking any chances as
they strictly observe health advisories against the risk of
MERS-CoV infection.
Labor Attaché Felicitas Q. Bay of Philippine Overseas Labor
Office in South Korea yesterday reported to Secretary Rosalinda
Dimapilis-Baldoz that the POLO has not received any information
from the Filipino Community or Korean authorities of any
Filipino suspected or infected with MERC-CoV.
The report assured that workplaces and training centers of
foreign workers in South Korea strictly observe preventive and
precautionary steps against the spread of MERS-CoV.
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office sent through the DOLE
International Labor Affairs Bureau photo documentations of
Filipino workers elsewhere in South Korea who are all rigorously
observing safety measures versus MERS-CoV.
Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, who
is attending the 104th Session of the International Labor
Conference in Geneva, has directed the POLO to continue
monitoring the incidents and developments on MERS-CoV and assist
the Philippine Embassy and Korean authorities in all its public
health and safety campaigns.
To OFWs in South Korea, she reminded them to be always aware and
vigilant, and to heed the information and public health
advisories of the authorities to curb the spread of infection.
“This is a public health challenge that we should be concerned.
Please continue taking all the necessary precaution,” Baldoz
said.
In Incheon, South Korea, the POLO had sent photos of Filipinos
training in the 2015 Foreign Workers’ Free Forklift/Backhoe
Training at the Korea Port Training Institute fully garbed in
protective clothing, including masks.
At the Emergency Multicultural Support Center in Seoul which
caters to migrant Filipino Workers, advisories on proper hygiene
and other countermeasures against MERS-CoV are posted on
conspicuous places.
The POLO also documented other protective measures strictly
implemented by employers of Filipino workers, such as Tae Kwang
Industry in Yongin City, Gyeonggi-do and in During Co. Ltd. in
Nambong-gum, Incheon, South Korea.
Filipino workers, including officers and members of Filipino EPS
Workers Association (FEWA) and Filipino Association in Gimhae
were likewise documented by the POLO complementing the strict
worksite health advisories with their personal anti-MERS-CoV
measures.
The Philippine Embassy (PE) in South Korea has issued a health
advisory to all Pinoy OFWs, enjoining them, among others, to
avoid contact with sick or infected with MERS-CoV, and if
afflicted with a respiratory illness, to stay home and wear a
surgical mask, ideally N95.
The N95 is a surgical respirator approved by the US National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), according
to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) in
Atlanta, and has also been cleared by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) as a surgical mask.
The PE advisory also warned OFWs against going out
unnecessarily, urging them to stay inside homes and avoid
public—especially confined—spaces. OFWs were also cautioned that
if travels cannot be avoided, they must wear protective masks
and observe proper hand hygiene at all times. OFW health workers
were also advised to strictly follow infection control protocols
in their workplaces.
Baldoz reiterated her call to strictly follow the health
advisories on MERS-CoV, especially the one issued by the
Philippine Embassy in South Korea as it specifically addresses
the concerns of the Filipino workers in that country.
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), according to CDCP,
is a viral respiratory illness that is new to humans. It was
first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since spread to
several other countries, including the United States. Most
people infected with MERS-CoV developed severe acute respiratory
illness, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. |
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| DOST roadshow banners programs for MSMEs
in Region VII |
| Source:
http://www.dost.gov.ph |
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) bannered the
many inroads it has created in science, technology and
innovations on the occasion of its recent Science Nation Tour
for Region VII in Cebu City.
Now on its 5th leg, the Science Nation Tour is a nationwide
roadshow highlighting the many DOST Filipino inventions,
state-of-the-art technologies and innovations geared at
improving global competitiveness, attaining inclusive growth and
cultivating a culture of science and technology (S&T) in the
Philippines.
DOST aims to provide innovative, cost-effective and appropriate
technologies for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to
aid them in developing world-class products, said DOST Assistant
Secretary Raymund E. Liboro in his keynote address at the
Technology and Innovation Exposition, one of the many activities
in the roadshow.
One of its programs, the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading
Program or SETUP, allows entrepreneurs to adopt local
technologies to minimize their cost of production such as
machineries that they would otherwise import, and maximize
innovative manufacturing procedures that will save time and
resources.
Under the SETUP program, eight key business categories are
included, namely: food processing; horticulture and agriculture;
marine and aquatic resources; gifts, decors and housewares;
furniture; metals and engineering; pharmaceuticals and
information and communications technology.
Liboro also presented another DOST development initiative - the
Regional Food Innovation Centers which serve as nerve centers
for food production and processing that meet international
standards.
For Central Visayas, the center will be hosted at the Cebu
Institute of Technology University and will formally be launched
in July 2015.
The regional centers will provide MSMEs with technical support
for product and process development, food testing, shelf life
and sensory evaluation, consultancy, packaging and labeling,
short-run production, incubator facilities and an information
resource center.
“It is the ‘after’ that matters most and this would mean that
such efforts of the DOST should lead to something beneficial to
both the Filipinos and the Philippines and hope that our
programs become the catalyst to transform the Filipinos and our
country as we all walk toward change; living in a country
described as a Science Nation,” Liboro concluded and called on
all sectors to join the Department in making the Philippines a
Science Nation meeting global challenges.
The Food Innovation Center and SETUP are just two of the many
DOST knowledge products and services promoted during the Science
Nation Tour. Other DOST inventions and innovations will be
featured in the National Science and Technology Week on July
24-28, 2015 to be held at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of
Asia, Pasay City. Details of the celebration can be viewed at
www.science.ph or at nstw.dost.gov.ph. (S&T Media Service) |
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| DFA, PIA Hold Info Drive on West
Philippine Sea issue in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur |
| Source:
http://www.dfa.gov.ph |
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22 June 2015 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in
partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), held
talks in three prominent universities in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos
Sur to promote the West Philippine Sea issue from June 18 to 20.
DFA Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Charles C. Jose
delivered briefings on the West Philippine Sea issue before an
audience composed mostly of students and faculty members
in three venues: the Northwestern University in Laoag City and
the Mariano Marcos State University in Batac City on June 19,
and University of Northern Philippines in Vigan City on June 20.
He presented the core issues of the West Philippine Sea dispute,
the principles guiding Philippine official policy, and the
Philippine Government's efforts to protect the country's
interests. Each forum was followed by lively exchanges of
questions, answers, and views.
Assistant Secretary Jose expressed the DFA and PIA’s
appreciation to the three universities for hosting the West
Philippine Sea forums. He also encouraged the audience to
express their support to the country by keeping informed of the
issue and promoting it in their households, school and
workplaces, and in online communities through their social media
posts.
"We want an informed citizenry. This information campaign is one
of our main efforts to reach out to different stakeholders all
over the country," the DFA Spokesperson said. "Through our
briefings, we hope that we were able to increase your knowledge
and widen your understanding of this crucial issue. We also hope
that you will disseminate what you learned from our briefings
through continued discussions on this issue in your households,
communities and your peers.
Members of the media also had the opportunity to engage the DFA
Spokesperson through press conferences and on-site interviews.
On June 18, he was interviewed live by journalist Edmar Ines at
the DWFB Radyo ng Bayan station in Laoag City.
This is the fourth Multi-Sectoral Forum jointly conducted by DFA
and PIA since the launch of the West Philippine Sea information
campaign in 2015. The first three forums were held in Cebu City,
Cagayan de Oro City, and Subic, Olongapo earlier this year. The
DFA and PIA are scheduled to conduct similar forums all over the
country within the year. |
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| 3 Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
charged with murder freed in the past month |
| Source:
http://www.dfa.gov.ph |
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22 June 2015 - In a span of 33 days, the Philippine Embassy in
Riyadh repatriated to the Philippines three Filipinos who were
jailed for murder cases.
The first male Filipino was sentenced to five years and ordered
to pay a diyyah or blood-money compensation of PhP 300,000.00 to
the victim’s heirs upon the latter’s demand, for killing another
Filipino in Al Khafji in March 2011. The Saudi King granted him
royal clemency before the completion of his sentence and upon
payment of diyyah by the accused to the family of the victim in
the Philippines. He was released and repatriated to the
Philippines on 14 May 2015.
The second case is a female Filipina who was sentenced to four
years and 200 lashes for killing her child upon delivery in a
bathroom at her employer’s residence in Buraydah on 14 July
2011. She was assisted in court by the Embassy-hired lawyer and
received royal clemency prior to the completion of her sentence
and implementation of lashes. The Embassy repatriated her to the
Philippines on 11 June 2015.
The third case is a male Filipino charged with murder of a Saudi
policeman in Hail Province 30 June 2012. In the court hearings,
he maintained that he merely defended himself and his co-accused
from the victim’s hand, who assaulted them during the incident.
The court acquitted him from the charge against him. He was
assisted by the Embassy representatives who attended the court
hearings. He was released and repatriated to the Philippines on
17 June 2015. |
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| Bohol's uplifted coast declared a
'Geological monument' |
| Source:
http://www.denr.gov.ph |
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has declared
as a geological monument certain coastal areas in two
municipalities in Bohol, which were uplifted after a magnitude
7.2 earthquake hit the province in October 2013.
Known as the “Loon-Maribojoc Geological Monument” as embodied in
DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2015-08 issued by DENR
Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje, the uplifted coastal area covers
some 137 hectares or 1.37 square kilometres of coastline within
the towns of Loon and Maribojoc.
“The department order declaring the uplifted coastal area as a
geological monument serves to provide a legal framework for the
recognition, preservation and protection of the uplifted coast,
as well as encourage further researches and studies on the
monument for the advancement of geosciences in the country,”
Paje said.
According to Paje, the DENR’s Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)
recommended the declaration of the coast as a geological
monument based on its initial survey showing that the area
formed “unique geological features” after the quake lifted the
land by up to 1.2 meters.
Stretching eight kilometres, it straddles four barangays of
Loon, namely Tangnan, Cuasi, Tontonan and Song-on, and two
barangays of Maribojoc – Punta Cruz and Guiwanon.
The DENR said the uplift “constitutes an irreplaceable segment
of the earth’s history and geological heritage.”
Under the DAO, the MGB will perform ground verification of the
area as indicated in the survey map. This will be followed by
the installation of a marker containing the geological history,
description and significance of the geological monument.
The bureau was also tasked to coordinate with other government
agencies and concerned local governments in the preparation of a
management plan for the park.
The plan will focus on enriching understanding and appreciation
of the geological phenomenon, and the promotion and maintenance
of the area as a potential ecotourism destination, as well as
for scientific and educational purposes.
Geological monuments are sites that show outstanding features or
processes considered by geologists and other scientists as
worthy of conservation.
There are six other national geological monuments earlier
declared by the DENR. These are the Chocolate Hills, also in
Bohol; the Hundred Islands in Pangasinan; the sand dunes of
Ilocos Norte; the St. Paul Limestone Formation in Puerto
Princesa, Palawan; the Taal Volcano in Batangas; and the
Montalban Limestone Gorge in Rodriguez, Rizal. |
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| SSS cites structural
reforms to improve fund life |
| Source:
https://www.sss.gov.ph |
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The Social Security System (SSS) will require structural reforms
such as a contribution rate hike or an increase in the statutory
cap for SSS contributions to improve its Fund life.
Based on latest actuarial valuation, SSS funds regained a life
of four years from the previous valuation of 2039 as a result of
the increase in contribution rate and monthly salary credit
ceiling that took effect in January 2014.
Shortly after the new contribution rate was adopted, SSS
pensions were raised by five percent in June that same year
causing a one year decrease in the Fund life, which is now
projected to last until 2042.
“What has to be done immediately are structural reforms. Our
investments have been performing remarkably well despite the low
interest rate environment, but we can only invest and earn so
much. If the contribution rate remains unchanged while benefit
payments continue to swell, the SSS’ reserve fund will be
exhausted by 2042,” SSS Chief Actuary George Ongkeko, Jr. said.
Meanwhile, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio S.
De Quiros, Jr. dismissed earlier reports that SSS will deploy a
portion of its investment reserve funds abroad, although cites
its possibility if it is line with the SSS law’s basic
principles of “safety, good yield, and liquidity.”
“We are evaluating all available investments options allowed by
the SSS Charter that can generate the highest yielding returns
on our investments. At the moment, we are strengthening our
position in the local market. While investing abroad is an
option, it is still under study.” De Quiros said.
The SSS law sets the prescribed ceilings for select instruments,
institutions or industries where the agency can only invest.
Section 26 of Republic Act 8282 prescribes cumulative ceilings
for the SSS reserve fund as follows: 40% in private securities,
35% in housing, 30% on government financial institutions and
corporations, 30% in real estate related investments, 10% in
short- and medium-term member loans, 30% in infrastructure
projects, 15% in any particular industry, and 7.5% in
foreign-currency denominated investments.
SSS has over P428 billion in investment reserve funds as of
April 2015, allocated in government securities at P155.3
billion; corporate notes and bonds, P29 billion; member loans,
P76.8 billion; bank deposits, P44.6 billion; equities, P103.9
billion; and real estate properties, P18.6 billion. |
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| June 2015 Architect Licensure
Examination results released in five (5) working days |
| Source:
http://www.prc.gov.ph |
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The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that
1,201 out of 1,964 passed the Architect Licensure Examination
(ALE) given by the Board of Architecture headed by its Chairman,
Arch. Rolando L. Cordero and board member, Arch. Fidel Jose R.
Siapno. The examination was held in Manila, Cebu and Legazpi
this June 12 and 14, 2015.
The results were released in five (5) working days after the
last day of examination.
Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification
Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be on July 9, 10
and 13, 2015. Those who will register are required to bring the
following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng
Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece
passport size picture (colored with white background and
complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1
short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the
Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of
P450 for 2015-2018. Successful examinees should personally
register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.
The date and venue for the mass oathtaking of the successful
examinees in the said licensure examination WILL BE ANNOUNCED
LATER. |
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| MB places Siargao Bank (A Rural
Bank), Inc. under PDIC receivership, all valid insured deposit
claims will be paid |
| Source:
http://www.pdic.gov.ph |
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The Monetary Board (MB) placed Siargao Bank (A Rural Bank), Inc.
under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance
Corporation (PDIC) by virtue of MB Resolution No. 919.B dated
June 11, 2015. As Receiver, PDIC took over the bank on June 15,
2015.
Siargao Bank is a three-unit rural bank with Head Office located
at 03406 Jose C. Sering Bldg., Borromeo St., Surigao City,
Surigao del Norte. Based on the Bank Information Sheet filed
with the PDIC as of December 31, 2014, the bank is owned by John
and Nanette S. Wright (19.09%), Socorro L. Sering (18.58%),
Eugene Razon and Jacqueline Sering (18.54%), Mary Ann Lucille L.
Sering (13.46%), Joseph Calderon and Remedios Sering (10.64%)
and Vert Bleu Acquisitions, Inc. (2.78%). The Bank's President
is Nanette S. Wright and its Chairman is Remedios S. Calderon.
Latest available records show that as of March 31, 2015, Siargao
Bank had 9,739 accounts with total deposit liabilities of P116.9
million. Total insured deposits amounted to P112.6 million or
96.4% of total deposits.
PDIC said that during the takeover, all bank records shall be
gathered, verified and validated. The state deposit insurer
assured depositors that all valid deposits shall be paid up to
the maximum deposit insurance coverage of P500,000.00.
Depositors with valid deposit accounts with balances of
P50,000.00 and below need not file deposit insurance claims,
except when they have outstanding obligations with Siargao Bank
or acted as co-makers of these obligations, and have incomplete
and/or have not updated their addresses with the bank. PDIC
targets to start mailing payments to these depositors at their
addresses recorded in the bank by the first week of July.
Depositors may update their addresses until June 25, 2015 using
the Mailing Address Update Forms to be distributed by PDIC
representatives at the bank premises.
For depositors that are required to file deposit insurance
claims, the PDIC targets to start claims settlement operations
for these accounts by the second week of July.
The PDIC also announced that it will conduct a
Depositors-Borrowers Forum on June 26 and 29, 2015 to inform
depositors of the requirements and procedures for filing deposit
insurance claims. The time and venue of the Forum will be posted
in the bank premises and announced in the PDIC website,
www.pdic.gov.ph. Likewise, the schedule of the claims settlement
operations, as well as the requirements and procedures for
filing claims will be announced through notices to be posted in
the bank premises, other public places and the PDIC website.
For more information, depositors may communicate with PDIC
Public Assistance personnel stationed at the bank premises. They
may also call the PDIC Toll Free Hotline at 1-800-1-888-PDIC
(7342), the PDIC Public Assistance Hotlines at (02) 841-4630 to
(02) 841-4631, or send their e-mail to pad@pdic.gov.ph. |
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| Philippines gains ground on
public financial management reforms |
| Source:
http://www.coa.gov.ph |
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Quezon City – The Philippines is gaining considerable ground in
improving its public financial management system through
programs that allow the government timely and accurate reporting
of actual budget spending, accounting and auditing rules that
adhere to international standards, and a broader and deeper
citizen engagement in the budget process.
These reforms highlighted the Brown Bag Session on Public
Financial Management (PFM) hosted by the Commission on Audit
(COA) in coordination with the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) and the Philippines-Australia Public Financial
Management Program (PFMP) held at the COA Professional and
Institutional Development Sector Auditorium on June 16, 2015.
The event updated 100 COA top executives led by COA Chairperson
Michael G. Aguinaldo and Commissioners Heidi L. Mendoza and Jose
A. Fabia, as well as auditors and support staff on the progress
achieved by the PFM Reform Program which aims to improve
efficiency, accountability and transparency in public fund use
in order to ensure the direct, immediate, substantial and
economic delivery of public services.
COA, the DBM, the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of
the Treasury (BTr) are the four principal government agencies
leading the PFM reform program with support from the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Among these reforms are the implementation in 2014 of the
Unified Account Code Structure (UACS) that enables a budget
tracking system to ensure that public spending is within means
and on the right programs and that services are delivered to
actual beneficiaries; and the adoption in 2013 of the Revised
Chart of Accounts (RCA) for National Government Agencies to
support the UACS and to enhance accountability and transparency
of financial reports.
As one of the four principals, COA adopted 25 Philippine Public
Sector Accounting Standards (PPSAS), enhanced the Electronic New
Government Accounting System, and conducted capacity building
and training on PPSAS and RCA, among other accomplishments.
COA also issued Circular No. 2015-001 on January 29, 2015
directing government agencies to revert cash balances of all
dormant accounts, and unnecessary special and trust funds to the
General Fund, a move which saved government billions of pesos.
Chairperson Aguinaldo acknowledged the contribution of all the
principals involved in the program. “All of our accomplishments
are possible only because of the hard work and commitment of our
COA officials, auditors and support staff as well as our
counterparts in the DBM, the DOF and the BTr and the support of
the DFAT,” Chairperson Aguinaldo said.
“We look forward to continue working with all of you as we are
moving into the implementation stage of the PFM road map. May
our shared endeavors enhance transparency, accountability and
citizen participation in governance and lead to poverty
alleviation that is felt by the common Filipino,” he added.
The PFM Reform roadmap is now moving forward into the
implementation stage and looking at ways to sustain the reforms
initiated. “PFMP is supporting the Philippine government to
implement and institutionalize new practices and realise reform
benefits,” PFMP Team Leader and DFAT Counsellor Daniel
Featherston said.
Other speakers at the session were DBM Undersecretary and PFM
Committee Chair Richard E. Moya who gave updates on the PFM
Reforms in the Philippines and COA Assistant Commissioner
Lourdes M. Castillo who talked about Accounting and Auditing
Reforms. Commissioner Fabia closed the program.
The PFM Brown Bag Session is part of a communications outreach
to inform government staff about updates on the reform program.
Originally, a “brown bag” refers to the packed lunch meals that
participants or organizers bring along to an informal meeting
held during lunch break. Over time, the term has been loosely
used to refer to a short, informal meeting, training or
presentation that happens in the workplace. |
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| MMDA Chair Tolentino gets highest
Performance Ratings in NCR in Pulse Asia poll |
| Source:
http://www.mmda.gov.ph |
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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman
Francis Tolentino, who has not declared his intention to run for
higher office in 2016, has garnered 94 percent awareness and 70
percent performance ratings in the latest Pulse Asia Survey of
incumbent government officials in the National Capital Region
(NCR), where the MMDA is based with only four (4) percent
disapproval rating.
Results from Show and Read Rating Board conducted by Pulse Asia
Research, Inc. as to the opinion of NCR residents on the
performance of government officials showed that they are more
than satisfied with the performance of Tolentino as MMDA
chairperson, observers said.
Reacting to the results, Tolentino said he is humbled by these
developments and is equally flattered by the surge of text
messages from people from all walks of life that he is one of
the most credible officials in government today.
“Hand-in-hand with those praises, I have endured the brickbats
being thrown my way for every well-meaning effort that I take.
This is not mine alone but also of the good performance of the
MMDA.” he said adding that it has dawned on him that these are
part and parcel of public office.
Across demographic areas and socio-economic classes, the MMDA
chief garnered the highest 73 percent awareness and approval in
performance ratings from class D stratum.
Among those in Class ABC, 68 percent approved of Tolentino’s job
performance.
As to gender, male respondents gave him 72 percent approval and
69 percent from females. |
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| President Benigno S. Aquino III’s Speech at the 117th
Anniversary Celebration of the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) |
| DPWH Quadrangle, Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila |
22 June 2015
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Nauwi ho akong Tarlac kamakailan, at ‘yung banyo po natin doon, nagulat ako
[na] nag-alsahan ‘yung tiles. Ipapaliwanag ko kung bakit [at] kung ano’ng
koneksiyon noon sa anibersaryo ninyo. Kinausap ko ‘yung ating katiwala doon,
sabi ko, “Alam n’yo 50 years pa lang natin ginagamit itong tiles na ‘to.
Sulit na kaya?” Buo ‘yung tiles pero nag-alsahan po.
Alam n’yo,
naalala ko ho kasi, unang dalaw ko dito sa DPWH, bago akong kongresista.
Marami-rami ring taon. ‘Yung may hagdanan ho kayo dito, awa ng Diyos,
tapyas-tapyas. Kongresista kang bago, lalapitan mo Department of Public
Works, iyong kanilang mismong tanggapan ay medyo hindi maayos, kakabahan ka
rin. Ano kaya ang kayang gawin ng departamento ito kung sila mismo
pampatapilok ‘yung kanilang hagdanan.
Pero ngayon ho tingnan natin.
Medyo ‘yung building ho n’yo, di na natin masasabing brand new pero mukhang
well-maintained. Mukhang malaki na ho yata ang diperensiya. Sa Gawad Kalinga
ho, ganoon ang sinasabi, di ho ba? Bigyan mo ng tirahan na maayos-ayos,
komunidad na maayos-ayos, pati ‘yung pag-iisip, umaayos, gumaganda.
Siyempre, ‘yung tanggapan naman ho ng Public Works dapat maganda rin. Ewan
ko kung maabutan pa nating baguhin ito pero wala ho yata sa priority muna
ngayon ni Sec. Singson.
Anyway, talaga nga pong makabuluhan ang
okasyong ito para sa DPWH. Kasabay ng pagdiriwang natin sa anibersaryo ng
inyong ahensiya, natanggap ninyo ang ISO 9001:2008 Certificate for Quality
Management System. Isa kayo sa mga departamento ng Ehekutibo na nagawaran ng
ganitong pagkilala. Sinasalamin po nito ang di-matatawarang ambag ng DPWH sa
paghahatid ng epektibo, tapat, at tuwid na paglilingkod. Kaya nga po gusto
kong gamitin ang pagkakataong ito upang ipaabot sa inyo ang pasasalamat ng
ating mga Boss para sa mga kongkretong benepisyong bunga ng inyong pakikiisa
sa pagtahak sa Daang Matuwid.
Tutal pinag-uusapan ho natin, naalala
ko noong ininterview ko si Secretary Singson. Sa totoo lang, noong sinabi
ko, kako, “I’m considering you for the position of Secretary of Public Works
and Highways.” Sagot niya sa akin… marami ho siyang tinanong sa akin. Akala
ko ako mag-iinterview, siya nag-iinterview sa akin. At saka sa totoo lang
ho, parang hesitant na hesitant siyang tanggapin at naiintindihan naman ho
natin. ‘Yung tatanggapin mo ‘yung puwesto, baka hindi mo kaya ‘yung mga
problemang haharapin mo diyan, pati ‘yung sistema na gusto mong ituwid.
Tapos ‘pag dulo na sa lahat ng paghihirap mo, katakot-takot na mura at
kritisismo pa ang aabutin mo, siguro bibihira ‘yung tao na talagang
tatanggapin ‘yung hamon na gano’n. So, naunawaan ho natin kaya minabuti kong
sagutin lahat ng tanong niya, at nagkaigi naman ho kami. Talagang kayo na ho
magsabi, mayroon bang pagbabagong na nangyayari?
Kaya, lalong
lumalalim ang paghanga natin para sa DPWH kapag tinitingnan ang lawak ng
transpormasyong nangyari sa inyong ahensiya sa loob ng limang taon. Ang
dating poster boy ng katiwalian, ngayon ay modelo na ng episyenteng
pamamalakad. At may mga nagtatanong pa: Paano nangyari ito? Paano ninyo
nabaligtad? Simple lang: Hindi na po nagpatumpik-tumpik po ang inyong hepe
na si Secretary Babes Singson nang italaga natin siyang foreman sa
pagsusulong ng reporma sa inyong ahensiya. May kasabihan nga tayo, “Ang di
lumingon sa pinanggalingan, di makakarating sa paroroonan.” At inaral nga ni
Sec. Babes ang sitwasyong kanyang dinatnan; tinukoy niya ang tamang
problema; at naghain at nagpatupad ng mga tamang solusyon na namunga ng
tamang resulta. Siyempre, sa pakikipagtulungan po ninyong lahat.
Sa
pangunguna niya, pinanagot natin ang mga tiwaling opisyal at kawani; ang mga
maanomalyang proyekto naman, nirepaso at pinigilan ang pag-award. Ang mga
kontratistang napatunayang nanlalamang, na-blacklist at pinaimbestigahan; at
sa lalong panahon, pinakasuhan na rin ho. Sa bidding, tinanggal ang letter
of intent, na ginagamit ng mga may balak makipagkuntsabahan; at ginawang mas
simple at bukas ang bidding process. Bukod dito, may clustering pa ng
maliliit na proyekto para makatipid, at tiyaking may sapat at tamang
kakayahan at kagamitan ang ating mga kontratista. Dahil nga mas marami ang
sumasali sa kompetisyon para sa proyekto, at may tiyak na pamantayang
kailangang sundin, ang imprastruktura ay naitatayo nang may kalidad at sa
mas sulit na presyo; kaya po ang Pilipino, talagang mas panalo. Tapos na rin
po ang panahon na agad nasisira ang imprastruktura ‘pag tumama ang sakuna.
Wala na ring palakasan at papogi sa pagsasagawa ng proyekto. Kung dati nga
po “just-tiis” ang kalakaran, ngayon, sa Daang Matuwid, talagang justice na
po ang namamayani.
Gusto ko pong bigyang-diin: Ang buong estratehiya
ng pagrereporma sa DPWH, saklaw ng iisang kaisipang ipinapatupad ninyo sa
bawat aspekto ng inyong trabaho: Ito po ‘yung tinaguriang 5Rs, “Right
projects, at the right cost and right quality, and accomplished at the right
time with the right people.” Palagay ko nga po, kung may isang ahensiya sa
gobyerno na dapat tularan, isang departamentong masasabi nating “works” at
talagang naghahanap ng “ways” para mapaginhawa ang buhay ng mamamayan, DPWH
po iyan.
Halimbawa po: Isa sa madalas kong mabanggit ‘pag dumadalaw
tayo sa mga probinsiya at maging sa ibang bansa ang C3/Quezon Avenue
Interchange Project, na natapos ninyo nang tatlong buwan ahead of schedule
at sa mas murang halaga. Nariyan din po ang Plaridel Bypass Road na natapos
n’yo nang mas mababang presyo na P593.61 million, imbis na P706.54 million.
Idagdag ko na rin ang Tagumbao Bridge sa Tarlac, na iminungkahi po natin
noong unang termino ko po bilang Congressman.
Alam ho n’yo,
tinatanong ko nga ho noong panahon na iyon, sabi ko, “Puwede bang ‘yung
buong PDAF ko noong panahon na iyon, ilagay na doon sa proyektong ito para
installment pa lang, maumpisahan na.” Kasi ho, taon-taon, kapag rumagasa
‘yung ilog namin, nauubos ‘yung pampang. Siyempre taon-taon ho, pahaba nang
pahaba ‘yung lapad nung ilog, palaki nang palaki ‘yung gagastusin doon sa
tulay. Hindi na ho puwede ang installment plan. At nung tinanong ko kung
sino ang may in-charge doon sa flood control namin, noong nagpunta ho ako sa
Pampanga River Delta Project, sabi sa akin ‘yung Lower Agno raw ho ang may
saklaw. Noong pinuntahan ko ang Lower Agno, pinabalik ako sa Pampanga, sila
raw ho ang may saklaw. Madaling salita po, walang umangkin sa amin. Buti na
lang ho, naging Pangulo ako, nagkaroon na rin kami ng tulay.
Malaki
hong pakinabang sa ating mga kababayan sa Gerona. Pero mas maganda hong
balita para sa lahat: Ang Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) para rito,
nasa P334 million, pero nasa P248 million lang ang gastos nang matapos ang
proyekto. [Palakpakan] Ang punto ko po: Dahil na-streamline na ang inyong
bidding process, at maayos ang pagpapatupad sa mga proyekto, di lang ninyo
nagagawang matugunan ang mga pangangailangan, may savings pang nakokolekta.
Ang balita ko po, umabot na nga ang inyong naipon sa halos P49 bilyon, na
nailalaan para sa iba pang makabuluhang proyekto ng ahensiya.
Siguro
ang magandang tingnan natin doon, siyempre, ‘pag kulang ang iyong pondo, ‘di
natin mapapagawa ‘yung imprastrukturang kailangan, meron tayong kababayang
nagtitiis. Nakatipid kayo, napaaga ‘yung kanilang pagkamit nitong mga
proyektong kailangan nila. Nababawasan ‘yung pagtitiis. Talaga hong naging
makabuluhan ‘yung pagsusumikap nating lahat.
Ito na po ang bagong
normal sa DPWH: Matipid ngunit mahusay ang gawa sa mga kalsada, tulay, at
iba pang imprastruktura; natatapos pa nang on-time o kaya nang mas maaga.
Kung road quality naman po ang pag-uusapan, ayon po sa Global
Competitiveness Report ng World Economic Forum, tuloy-tuloy po ang
pang-angat natin, mula sa dating 114th noong 2010-2011, ngayon po, 87th na
po tayo nitong 2014-2015. Patunay ito na habang tinataasan natin ang budget
ng inyong ahensiya at lumalakas ang ating suporta ay sinusuklian ninyo ang
ating bansa ng mas mataas na kalidad ng trabaho. Dahil po sa mga ambag
ninyo, di ba mas madali nang maghatid ng produkto at serbisyo, at bumisita
sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa?
Malinaw po: Ang inyong mga pagsisikap
ay nagpaganda sa buhay ng mga kababayan nating napakatagal nang naiwang
“under construction” ang pangarap para sa maayos na imprastruktura.
Halimbawa nga po ang bagong Lullutan Bridge sa Isabela, na 1995 pa nang
masira ng bagyo at debris, pero sa ating administrasyon lang naisakatuparan,
naibalik, at mas maganda pa. Sa loob nga ng dalawang dekada ay hinayaang
magtiis ang mga kababayan natin doon; pero ngayon po, ang dating isa’t
kalahating oras hanggang dalawang oras na biyahe, limang minuto na lang.
Nariyan din po ang Aluling Bridge sa Ilocos Sur, na noong 1978 pa nang
maisip, pero nitong 2013 lang nakumpleto. Ang Candelaria Bypass Road Project
sa Quezon, 1998 plinano, pero tinapos natin noong 2012. Nariyan din ang
Ternate-Nasugbu Road Project na tumatagos sa Cavite, na bagaman anim na
kilometro lang ang haba ay inabot pa nang lagpas 20 taon bago nakumpleto. Sa
Mindanao naman po, tinatapos ninyo ‘yung Basilan Circumferential Road, na sa
loob ng 15 taon ay di nakausad dahil sa kaguluhan. Iyong kalsada po,
talagang pinagtulungan ng DPWH at ng Engineering Brigades ng ating
Sandatahang Lakas.
Maliwanag po: ‘Yung pagbabagong nakikita natin sa
DPWH, di ‘yan bunga ng tsamba, rocket science, o magic. Tinulak ni Sec.
Babes at ng inyong mga opisyal at kawani ang pagbabago, at nakiisa kayo sa
hangaring talagang pagaanin ang estado ng pamumuhay ng ating mga Boss. Imbis
na tapalan lang ang problema, nakiisa kayo sa pagpapatag ng mga lubak sa
sistema. Imbis na maburo sa imahen ng kukupad-kupad na burukrasya, nagtindig
kayo ng isang ahensiyang kayang maghatid ng mas mataas na antas ng mabisang
paglilingkod. Doon po sa mga nagretiro sa araw na ito, sa ilang taong
pagseserbisyo n’yo, nakita ninyo kung paanong talagang nireporma ang inyong
ahensiya sa ating pamamahala; at di naman siguro kalabisang sabihin na
ngayon, ‘pag sinabi mong taga-DPWH ka, talagang mabibilib ang kausap mo sa
inyong nagawa.
Tatapatin ko po kayo: Sa haba ng listahan ng mga
nagawa ng inyong ahensiya, may puwede na sanang humirit na, “Okay na tayo;
nagawa na natin ang dapat gawin.” Pero kilala ko po si Secretary Babes, at
alam ko ang kalidad ng inyong departamento: Hangga’t may pangarap ng
karaniwang Pilipino na kaya ninyong isakongkreto, patuloy ninyong ilalatag
ang pundasyon para sa positibong pagbabago.
Mga kasama, 374 araw na
lang po ang nalalabi sa ating administrasyon, at dapat nating sagarin ang
natitirang panahon para pagtibayin pa ang transpormasyong tinatamasa ngayon.
Mula sa ating nasimulan, uusbong ang mga benepisyong mapapakinabangan ng mga
susunod sa atin: Ang mga dike at dam na susuporta sa mga pamayanan; ang mga
farm-to-market road at kalsadang magpapaarangkada sa agrikultura, komersiyo,
at turismo at maghahatid ng oportunidad sa mga liblib na komunidad; at iba
pang uri ng imprastrukturang magtutulay sa atin patungo sa isang [mas]
maaliwalas, mas maunlad na bukas. Tiwala nga po akong kasama ko ang DPWH sa
pagsigurong di na tayo kailanman magyu-U-turn pabalik sa dinatnan nating
kalakaran, at sa halip ay patuloy kayong makikiambag upang mapabilis pa ang
pagdating natin sa isang lipunang hitik sa pagkakataon at talagang
maipagmamalaki ng bawat Pilipino.
Sa susunod na taon po, tinataya na
ang budget ng DPWH ay katumbas sa limang porsiyento ng mas malaking gross
domestic product natin. Kanina po, noong nakita ninyo akong kinakalikot ko
‘yung iPhone, tinitingnan ko lang kung gaano karaming zero po iyon. Medyo
malaki-laki. Somewhere in the vicinity of P600 billion ang naka-earmark for
2016 na mga proyekto ninyo. At siyempre, di mabigat maglaan ng ganoon
kalaking pondo kung sigurado tayong napupunta sa tamang lugar. Maski na
isang libong piso, kung talagang duda kang aabot doon, ‘wag na lang. Pero
dito po, ulitin ko, five percent of next year’s GDP, o ‘yung projected GDP,
ang target natin. Ngayon po’y nasa four percent na tayo. So, keep up the
good work. Talaga namang pong pati itong mga cadet engineer n’yo, sana nga
‘yung idealism n’yo ngayon hanggang pagdating na nag-40 years of service na
kayo dito, ay buong-buo pa. Di ko ho mababawi dito sa 40 years ang inyong
inambag. Pipilitin natin, na talaga namang ilapit natin nang ilapit ‘yung
rewards naman sa ating kawani ng gobyerno ay mangyari.
Siyempre ho,
para maimungkahi natin, tayo ho puwera doon, alam n’yo ikukuwento ko lang:
Si Secretary Abad, siya ang ipinaaral ko nito. At mga minsan ho, nasabi sa
akin, “Sir, parami nang parami ‘yung pinapatrabaho mo sa akin. Next year,
retired na tayo sa July 1. Actually, June 30 ng tanghali.” By that time, ang
pension raw ho niya kukulangin dahil 19 1/2 years lang siya sa government
service. Sabi ko, “Okay lang ‘yan, pare. Tutal magkaibigan tayo, ako naman
ay 18 1/2, pareho lang tayong bitin ang pension kaya huwag na nating ipasa
sa iba ang pagkabitin. Pilitin natin na mahanap kung paano maisagad ‘yung
puwede nating maibigay na pasasalamat naman ng taumbayan sa ating mga
kasamahan sa gobyerno.
Magandang araw po. Maraming salamat sa inyong
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INTERVIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY HERMINIO COLOMA,
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DZRB / Balita at Panayam by Alan Allanique
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23 June 2015
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ALLANIGUE: Secretary Coloma, sir, good morning po.
SEC. COLOMA:
Magandang umaga sa ’yo, Alan, at sa lahat ng ating tagasubaybay.
ALLANIGUE: Yes, sir. Ang una ko na pong itatanong sa inyo ay itong balita na
naghain na ng kaniyang pagbibitiw bilang miyembro ng gabinete ang
Pangalawang Pangulo Jejomar Binay, Secretary Coloma, sir?
SEC.
COLOMA: Kahapon, Alan, ay nagtungo si Kinatawan Abigail Binay, kasama ng
chief of staff ni Vice President Binay, si Undersecretary Benjie Martinez.
Nagtungo sila sa tanggapan ni Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa sa Guest House
para iabot iyong letter of resignation ni Vice President Binay. Pagkatapos
nito ay agad naman itong dinala ni Secretary Ochoa sa tanggapan mismo ni
Pangulong Aquino. At nang mabatid ng Pangulo, agad niyang tinawagan ng
personal sa telepono si Vice President Binay upang kumpirmahin ang
pagbibitiw sa gabinete. At pagkatapos naman noon ay nakipag-usap muli si
Secretary Ochoa kina Usec. Benjie Martinez, at ayon nga sa kaniyang pahayag
ay isinasapormal na niya ang pagtanggap sa pagbibitiw ni Vice President
Binay.
Konting paglilinaw lang, Alan, standard procedure ito sa lahat
ng presidential appointees - kapag sila ay naghain ng pagbibitiw o
resignation sa Pangulo, at kapag tinanggap na ito ng Pangulo - ang pormal na
sumusulat sa kanila para ito ang maging official record ng pagtanggap ng
kanilang pagbibitiw ay ang Executive Secretary. Sa lahat po ng pagkakataon,
kapag presidential appointee ang pinag-uusapan, iyon pong pagbibitiw nito ay
isinasapormal sa pamamagitan ng isang liham galing sa tanggapan ng Executive
Secretary. At ito po ang magaganap din dito dahil nga presidential appointee
si Vice President Binay bilang chairperson ng Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) at Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino
Worker Affairs. So, iyon ang kaganapan kahapon, Alan.
ALLANIGUE: So
bale ang binitiwan ni Vice President Binay ay iyong dalawang posisyon na
iyon sa gabinete, Sec. Sonny, sir?
SEC. COLOMA: Ganoon nga, Alan.
ALLANIGUE: Okay. So after this eh di bakante ho ngayon iyang dalawang
iyan. Meron na ho bang pasabi ang Pangulo kung sakali o may mga inaaral na
hong mga posibleng papalit doon sa mga nabakanteng posisyon ni VP Binay doon
sa gabinete, iyon pong mga nabanggit ninyo kanina, sir?
SEC. COLOMA:
Wala tayong impormasyon hinggil diyan, Alan, dahil kahapon lang naman
naganap ito. At ang mahalaga rin dito, patuloy naman ang serbisyo publiko sa
lahat ng aspeto ng gawain ng lahat ng ahensiya na kasama diyan sa HUDCC,
katulad ng PAGIBIG, iyong NHA, HLURB, Home Guarantee Fund – lahat naman po
niyan ay patuloy pa ring magsisilbi sa ating mga mamamayan. At hanggang
hindi po humihirang ang Pangulo ng iba pang mga opisyal, mayroon naman po
tayong prinsipyo sa gobyerno na “continuity and no disruption in essential
public services.” Kaya wala pong dapat ikabahala hinggil diyan. Ang tangi
lang naman pong naghain ng pagbibitiw ay si Vice President Binay, kaya
patuloy po ang serbisyo publiko sa lahat ng mga aspeto ng gawain ng mga
ahensiyang napapaloob sa kaniyang sinasakupan dati.
ALLANIGUE: Opo.
Secretary Coloma, sa ibang usapin po. Mismo ang Pangulo ay pinapurihan itong
isa sa mga abalang-abalang ahensiya rin natin sa kasalukuyan, ang Department
of Public Works and Highways, nakatanggap na ng ISO certification. So, we
understand na ito ang thrust ngayon ng pamahalaan na ang mga government
agencies ay talagang kung maaari ay ISO-certified lahat para higit na
ma-streamline at maisaayos ang paglilingkod sa ating mga kababayan,
Secretary, sir?
SEC. COLOMA: Talagang pinupursige ng ating mga
ahensiya ang pagkakaroon ng Quality Management System. Madagdag ko na ‘no,
kaya ako naririto ngayon nang napakaaga ay sapagka’t sasailalim din sa final
audit patungkol sa ISO certification ang ating Philippine Information
Agency.
Kung ating maaalala, noong nakaraang taon ay tumanggap ang
PIA ng recognition sa Philippine Quality Award for Commitment to Quality
Management. At ipinagpapatuloy natin ito sa pamamagitan ng paghahangad na
ma-certify din sa ISO dahil ito ang pandaigdigang batayan ng pagtalima sa
mga panuntunan ng kalidad sa aspeto ng information, education and
communication dissemination. Iyon po ang ating isinasagawa ngayon.
At
sa panig naman ng Department of Public Works and Highways, pinapurihan sila
ni Pangulong Aquino dahil naisagawa nila ito sa lahat ng kanilang tanggapan
sa buong kapuluan. At dahil dito, makatitiyak tayo na kahit tapos na ang
kasalukuyang administrasyon, ang susunding mga panuntunan sa pagsasagawa ng
ating mga proyektong pang-imprastruktura ay tatalima sa Global Quality
Standards. At maaari itong gamiting batayan sa pagturing o benchmarking ‘no,
paano ba kahusay ang trabaho ng DPWH kung maihahambing sa trabaho ng katulad
na departamento sa ibang bansa. Iyan ang kaigihan nang pagkakaroon ng ISO o
Quality Management System.
At ito rin ay pinupurisige sa iba’t ibang
larangan ng ating pamahalaan. Noong isang taon ay iyong Department of Health
naman ang nakatanggap ng ganitong karangalan. Kaya makatitiyak tayo, Alan,
pinalalakas ng administrasyon ang mga pampublikong institusyon. At iyan
iyong bahagi nang sinasabi ni Pangulong Aquino na nais nating gawing
permanente ang pagbabago at transpormasyon sa ating bansa.
ALLANIGUE:
Okay. And speaking of public service din, Secretary Coloma, sir. Kanina
binanggit ni Asec. Mon Liboro ng DOST na ito na tag-uulan. At siyempre kapag
panahon ng tag-ulan, alam naman natin nandiyan ang mga pagbagyo, nariyan ang
mga posibleng pagbaha. Base po sa mga isinabmit (submitted) na report ng
iba’t ibang government agencies natin na may kinalaman po sa paghahanda sa
ganitong mga sitwasyon, how prepared are the various government agencies po
sa pagharap dito sa ganitong mga posibilidad ngayong panahon ng tag-ulan,
Sec. Sonny, sir?
SEC. COLOMA: Alan, puspusan ang isinasagawang
paghahanda ng ating Department of Public Works and Highways. Katuwang din
nila ang MMDA, dahil meron ding responsibilidad ang MMDA dito sa National
Capital Region.
Noong makalawa ay binanggit ko sa ating radio press
briefing dito rin sa Radyo ng Bayan na may ipinapatupad na ‘master plan’ ang
DPWH. At ang master plan na ito ay hindi lamang para sa NCR, kung hindi pati
na rin sa mga kalapit na rehiyon. Kasi nga ‘no kung titingnan natin
kalikasan ang kaharap natin dito - iyong tubig baha, nanggagaling iyan sa
kabundukan. Ang daloy ng tubig ay nanggagaling sa mas mataas na lugar kaya’t
may aspeto din niyan ng reforestation para mapigil iyong mabilis na pagdaloy
ng tubig; iyong madagdagan iyong absorptive capacity ng lupa doon sa mga mas
matataas na lugar. At ayon nga sa DPWH, ito ay isang master plan na good up
to 2035 or 20 years from now. Hindi tayo gumagawa lamang ng mga project na
papatsi-patse na para lamang sa pangkasalukuyang pangangailangan.
ALLANIGUE: Oho, talagang long-term solution.
SEC. COLOMA: Oo,
long-term ang kinakailangan at kabit-kabit kasi dapat iyong mga sistema ng
drainage at saka iyong flood control, kasi kung hindi ito magtatagpo ay baka
sub-optimal iyong resulta. Kaya’t ito ang tinutukoy ng ating pamahalaan sa
kasalukuyan at ito ay pinagsisikapang makumpleto. Kaya lang humihingi rin ng
pag-unawa ang ating pamahalaan dahil may mga proyekto na lumilikha ng
konting abala dahil siyempre kapag gumagawa ng mga drainage projects,
maaaring apektado ang mga daanan o mga kalsada natin, maaaring sumikip ito,
nagkakaroon ng trapik. Pero makakaasa naman tayo na kapag natapos ang mga
proyektong ito ay makakatulog tayo nang mas mahimbing dahil mas handa na
iyong ating mga sistema sa flood control.
ALLANIGUE: Opo. Sec, sa
susunod na buwan, sa July, of course, nariyan iyong ina-anticipate ng lahat,
itong ihahayag na State of the Nation Address ng Pangulong Noy ano ho.
Kumusta po ang paghahanda ng Pangulo para dito sa kaniyang ihahayag na SONA
sa buwan ng Hulyo?
SEC. COLOMA: Katulad ng dati, Alan, ay
pinag-aaralan ng Pangulo iyong mga mahahalagang aspeto na kaniyang nais
iulat. Pero sa mas malapitang pagsusuri, iyon namang State of the Nation
mismong si Juan Dela Cruz ang nakakaalam na niyan at dahil sa pananaw din ng
ating pamahalaan na ang mga mamamayan ang mga boss. Makabuluhan ito kung ang
pagbabago ay nararamdaman ng ating mga mamamayan. Kaya iyon ang pinupulso
ngayon ng ating Pangulo, inaalam iyong iba’t ibang aspeto ng trabaho ng
gobyerno at kung paano ito nakapagpabuti sa pang-araw-araw na kabuhayan ng
ating mga mamamayan. At iyong nakapagbigay ba tayo ng pagkakataon na sila ay
mangarap muli, dahil nga noong naglunsad ang Pangulo ng kaniyang kampaniya
sa pagkapangulo noong 2010, iyan ang aspirasyon na kaniyang nadama at
pinangako niya na gagawin niya ang kaniyang pinakamahusay na pagsisilbi para
matupad ang aspirasyon ng ating mga mamamayan.
ALLANIGUE: Okay.
Secretary Coloma, sir, baka mayroon pa ho kayong mensahe na nais ipahayag sa
ating mga kababayang nakikinig sa buong Pilipinas at sa buong mundo sa
pamamagitan po ng ating audio streaming sa www.pbs.gov.ph. Sec. Sonny, sir,
please.
SEC. COLOMA: Ang panawagan po natin ay sa patuloy na
pagkakaroon natin ng pananaw hinggil sa kung ano ang ikabubuti ng ating
bansa. Marami po talaga ang dapat na gawing programa, marami po tayong dapat
na palakasin na mga institusyon. Ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat ay iyong
aktibong partisipasyon ng mga mamamayan dahil ang atin pong pinaghahandaan
ay iyong mas magandang kinabukasan para sa mga susunod na henerasyon.
ALLANIGUE: Opo, okay. Secretary Coloma, sir, muli, salamat po nang
marami sa mga updates mula sa Palasyo.
SEC. COLOMA: Maraming salamat
at magandang umaga, Alan. |
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INTERVIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY HERMINIO COLOMA,
JR.
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DZRB / “Pilipinas! Pilipinas!” kasama sina Albert
Sebastian at Efren Montano
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June 2015
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MGA PAUNANG PAHAYAG
Komprehensibong Programa Laban sa Pagbabaha
Tuloy-tuloy ang isinasagawang mga proyekto at programa upang matugunan
ang suliranin sa pagbabaha sa kalakhang Maynila bilang paghahanda sa
pagsapit ng panahon ng tag-ulan.
Ayon sa DPWH (Department of Public
Works and Highways), bukod sa Blumentritt Interceptor Catchment Project,
ilan pang mga flood control at drainage improvement project ang kasalukuyang
ipinapatupad sa kalakhang Maynila sa pagtataguyod ng Metro Manila
Development Authority (MMDA), kabilang na ang pagtatayo ng mga pumping
station, paggawa ng mga riverwall, pagdraga o pagtatanggal ng mga bara at
pagpapaluwag ng mga ilog, estero at iba pang daluyang tubig, at pagtataas ng
mga daan at kalye.
Ang mga proyektong ito ay alinsunod sa
ipinapatupad na flood management master plan for Metro Manila and
surrounding areas na unang sinimulan noong 2012 at nagsisilbing gabay o
roadmap sa mga ipinapatupad na programa hanggang taong 2035.
Layunin
nito ang mapangalagaan ang kapakanan ng tinatayang mahigit sa 20 milyong
residente ng 16 na lungsod at isang munisipalidad sa National Capital
Region, 43 lungsod o munisipalidad sa CALABARZON, at walong lungsod at
munisipalidad sa Bulacan.
Para sa kalakhang Maynila, ilan sa
malalaking proyektong isinusulong ang mga sumusunod: rehabilitation of 15
major pumping stations; rehabilitation of drainage channel (removal of
obstructions within drainage channels with settlements, dredging and
declogging, rehabilitation of drainage mains); at additional drainage mains
and box culverts.
Sa ilalim ng ng nasabing master plan bukod sa mga
structural improvement, may mga nakalaan ding non-structural measures tulad
ng pagpapahusay ng flood information and warning systems, pagpalalakas at
pagtataas ng antas ng community-based flood risk management, pagpapabuti ng
management information system (MIS) for disaster risk management, at
pagtatanim at pagpapayabong ng mga kagubatan (reforestation), at
pangangalaga ng mga watershed area.
Update sa Mount Bulusan
Patuloy ang pagsubaybay ng pamahalaan sa mga kaganapan sa Mount Bulusan sa
Sorsogon upang pangalagaan ang kapakanan ng mahigit sa 34,000 apektadong
residente mula sa 22 barangay at limang munisipalidad sa lalawigan ng
Sorsogon. Ito ay ang Barcelona, Bulusan, Irosin, Casiguran, at Juban. Ito ay
matapos makapagtala ang Phivolcs (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology) ng pagbuga ng abo mula sa bulkan.
Ayon sa huling ulat ng
NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council),
nakapamahagi ng mahigit sa 200 food packs ang DSWD (Department of Social
Welfare and Development) sa mga residente ng bayan ng Irosin at Juban at may
nakaantabay pang humigit-kumulang na P171-milyong kabuuang halaga ng food
packs at pondo ang mga field office ng DSWD na malapit sa lugar kung
sakaling mangailangan pa ng ibayong tulong ang ating mga kababayan.
Sa kasalukuyan nananatiling nasa Alert Level 1 o abnormal ang estado ng
Mount Bulusan at ito po ay masinsing tinututukan ng NDRRMC.
Dokumentaryo sa West Philippine Sea
Inaanyayahan tayong lahat ng
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na panoorin ang “Pamanang Karagatan,”
ang pangalawa sa tatlong yugtong dokumentaryo hinggil sa mga usapin sa West
Philippine Sea. Ito ay ilulunsad sa Lunes, Hunyo 22, ikaapat ng hapon (4:00
p.m.) sa Facebook page ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III at ng DFA.
Ang focus sa ikalawang yugto ay ang kasaysayan ng usapin sa pagitan ng
Pilipinas at ng Tsina. Isa sa mga tampok na resource person ay si Justice
Antonio Carpio ng Korte Suprema. Noong Araw ng Kalayaan inilunsad ang unang
yugto na pinamagatang “Kalayaan: Karapatan sa Karagatan.”
Tinalakay
(dito) ang pangkabuhayang aspeto ng usapin. Nakapanayam ang ilang
mangingisda sa Masinloc, Zambales na nag-ulat tungkol sa paghina ng kanilang
kabuhayan sanhi ng masugid na pagpapatrol at umano’y pagharang sa kanila sa
Bajo de Masinloc o Scarborough Shoal.
Inilarawan ang mga yamang dagat
tulad ng mga coral reef na naiulat ding nasa panganib dahil sa mga aktibidad
na kasalukuyang nagaganap sa malawak na karagatan ng West Philippine Sea.
Bahagi ang dokumentaryong ito sa programa ng DFA na itaas ang antas ng
kaalaman at kamalayan ng mga mamamayan hinggil sa mga usapin sa West
Philippine Sea. Ang ikatlo at huling yugto hinggil sa mga aspetong legal ay
ipapalabas sa darating na Hulyo. Ang dokumentaryong ito ay produksyon ng
Presidential Communications Operations Office.
USAPING
PANGKAPAYAPAAN
Mr. Sebastian: Okay, sir, question po galing kay Jerry
Esplanada. Ang tanong po niya: Any development regarding the peace process
with communist rebels?
SEC. COLOMA: Okay po. Ang huli lang po nating
update, sa pamamagitan ng Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace
Process (OPAPP), patuloy pong bukas at interesado po tayong
makipagtalakayan, at bukas din po tayo sa pagsisimula muli o resumption ng
formal talks. Noon pong ikatlo ng Hunyo (June 3), sina Presidential Adviser
on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles kasama si Undersecretary Manny
Bautista at iba pang opisyal ng gobyerno ay nasa Loreto, Agusan del Sur at
binati nila ‘yung pagbabalik ng 100 rebeldeng komunista sa normal na buhay
bilang mga sibilyan.
Sinaksihan din nila ‘yung pagsuko ng ilang
bilang ng sandata, handgun, at ammunition na ibinigay—pagsuko ng mga rebelde
ng ilang bilang ng firearms, handguns, at ammunition. Ang ating pamahalaan
po ay nais isulong ‘yung prosesong pangkapayapaan at patuloy pang sinusuri
ang iba pang posibilidad para sa pormal na pagpapanumbalik o resumption ng
negosasyon sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the
Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front). ‘Yan po ang tugon
natin sa tanong ni Jerry.
Mr. Montano: Okay po, i-clarify ko lang po
‘yung… Kasi tinatanong din ni Jerry ‘yung update from the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles in Norway? Bale clarification
lang po kung may update na po tayo… Pupunta po ba siya sa Norway?
SEC. COLOMA: Wala po akong impormasyon hinggil sa pagpunta ni Secretary
Deles sa Norway. Bineberipika po ito sa kasalukuyan.
Mr. Montano:
Okay po. Doon sa binanggit niyo po ibig sabihin seryoso talaga ang ating
pamahalaan dito sa peace negotiation dito sa mga communist rebel?
SEC. COLOMA: Uulitin ko na lang, Efren, para malinaw ang ating pahayag. Ang
atin pong sinabi ay patuloy po tayong bukas sa posibilidad na ipanumbalik o
mag-resume ‘yung ating formal talks at ang aking binanggit kanina ay hinggil
doon sa pagsaksi nina Secretary Deles at Undersecretary Manny Bautista sa
pagbabalik sa normal na buhay pangsibilyan ng 150 komunistang rebelde na
isinagawa sa Loreto, Agusan del Sur. ‘Yon po ang aking binanggit kanina.
PANGHULING SALITA
Mr. Montano: Okay po. So wala na po yata tayong
natatanggap na mga katanungan mula sa Sunday group ng Malacañang Press
Corps. So kung may mga panghuli po tayong pahayag, mababanggit po natin
dito, saka siguro ‘yung ating pagbati muli ng Happy Father’s Day sa inyo po.
SEC. COLOMA: Okay. Wala na po akong iba pang naihanda ritong pahayag.
Kung mayroon naman pong iba pang dagdag na katanungan ang ating mga kaibigan
at kagawad ng Malacañang Press Corps, maaari naman po nilang iparating ito
nang tuwiran sa akin at sisikapin ko pong masagot ang kanilang mga
katanungan sa lalong madaling panahon. Muli po tayong nagpupugay sa lahat ng
mga padre de familia at ama ng tahanan ng isang Happy Father’s Day.
Maraming salamat at magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat.
***** |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III presents the Certificate of
Recognition to Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Rafael Yabut
during the Recognition and Awarding Ceremony for the agency's 117th
anniversary celebration held at the DPWH Quadrangle of the Central
Office in Bonifacio Drive Port Area, Manila City on Monday (June
22). This year’s anniversary theme is “DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para
Sa Diyos at Bayan”. Also in photo is Public Works and Highways
Secretary Rogelio Singson. (Photo by Rey Baniquet / Malacañang Photo
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President Benigno S. Aquino III converses with Public Works and
Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson during the agency's 117th
anniversary celebration held at the DPWH Quadrangle of the Central
Office in Bonifacio Drive Port Area, Manila City on Monday (June
22). This year’s anniversary theme is “DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para
Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Rey Baniquet / Malacañang Photo Bureau
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President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by Public Works and
Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson, views the photo exhibit on the
agency's infrastructure projects following the 117th anniversary of
the Department of Public Works and Highways at the DPWH Quadrangle
of the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port Area, Manila City on
Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme is “DPWH: Sa Daang
Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Lauro Montellano, Jr. /
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President Benigno S. Aquino III graces the 117th anniversary of the
Department of Public Works and Highways at the DPWH Quadrangle of
the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port Area, Manila City on
Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme is “DPWH: Sa Daang
Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Lauro Montellano, Jr. /
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President Benigno S. Aquino III receives a copy of a framed ISO
9001:2008 Registration Certificate of DPWH’s Quality Management
System from Secretary Rogelio Singson during the 117th anniversary
of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at the DPWH
Quadrangle of the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port Area,
Manila City on Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme is
“DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Lauro
Montellano, Jr. / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during the 117th
anniversary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at
the DPWH Quadrangle of the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port
Area, Manila City on Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme
is “DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Gil
Nartea / Lauro Montellano, Jr. / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during the 117th
anniversary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at
the DPWH Quadrangle of the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port
Area, Manila City on Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme
is “DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. Also in photo
is Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson. (Photo by
Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III is received by Public Works and
Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson upon arrival for the 117th
anniversary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at
the DPWH Quadrangle of the Central Office in Bonifacio Drive Port
Area, Manila City on Monday (June 22). This year’s anniversary theme
is “DPWH: Sa Daang Matuwid, Para Sa Diyos at Bayan”. (Photo by Gil
Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III leads his official family in prayer
before presiding over the Cabinet Meeting at the Aguinaldo State
Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday (June 18). Also in
photo is PCOO Sec. Sonny Coloma. (Photo by Exequiel Supera /
Malacañang Photo Bureau / PCOO) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the Cabinet Meeting at
the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday
(June 18). Also in photo are Secretary to the Cabinet Jose Rene
Almendras, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Finance Secretary
Cesar Purisima and Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. (Photo by
Lauro Montellano, Jr. / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III leads his official family in prayer
before presiding over the Cabinet Meeting at the Aguinaldo State
Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday (June 18). Also in
photo are Secretary to the Cabinet Jose Rene Almendras, Executive
Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima and
Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. (Photo by Lauro Montellano, Jr.
/ Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III leads his official family in prayer
before presiding over the Cabinet Meeting at the Aguinaldo State
Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday (June 18). (Photo by
Lauro Montellano, Jr. / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the Cabinet Meeting at
the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday
(June 18). Also in photo are Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) director general Joel Villanueva,
Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes, Secretary to the
Cabinet Jose Rene Almendras, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr.
and Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima. (Photo by Gil Nartea /
Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the Cabinet Meeting at
the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Thursday
(June 18). (Photo by Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III observes the processing of the
weapons and combatants during the ceremonial turnover of crew-served
weapons and high powered firearms and the decommissioning of
combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) at the Old Maguindanao
Provincial Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Tuesday
(June 16). The government and the MILF agreed to undertake the
ceremonial turnover of the 75 weapons of the BIAF-MILF as provided
in the Phase 1 of the normalization program for the Bangsamoro.
(Photo by Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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Some of the decommissioned combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic
Armed Forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front present during the
turnover of weapons at the Old Maguindanao Provincial Capitol in
Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Tuesday (June 16). The
government and the MILF agreed to undertake the ceremonial turnover
of the 75 weapons of the BIAF-MILF as provided in the Phase 1 of the
normalization program for the Bangsamoro. (Photo by Gil Nartea /
Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during the
ceremonial turnover of crew-served weapons and high powered firearms
and the decommissioning of combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic
Armed Forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) at the
Old Maguindanao Provincial Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat,
Maguindanao on Tuesday (June 16). The government and the MILF agreed
to undertake the ceremonial turnover of the 75 weapons of the
BIAF-MILF as provided in the Phase 1 of the normalization program
for the Bangsamoro. (Photo by Gil Nartea/ Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III graces the ceremonial turnover of
crew-served weapons and high powered firearms and the
decommissioning of combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces
of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) at the Old
Maguindanao Provincial Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat,
Maguindanao on Tuesday (June 16). The government and the MILF agreed
to undertake the ceremonial turnover of the 75 weapons of the
BIAF-MILF as provided in the Phase 1 of the normalization program
for the Bangsamoro. (Photo by Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III observes the processing of the
weapons and combatants during the ceremonial turnover of crew-served
weapons and high powered firearms and the decommissioning of
combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) at the Old Maguindanao
Provincial Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Tuesday
(June 16). The government and the MILF agreed to undertake the
ceremonial turnover of the 75 weapons of the BIAF-MILF as provided
in the Phase 1 of the Normalization Program for the Bangsamoro. Also
in Photo are MILF Central Committee chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim
and Independent Decommissioning Body chairman Ambassador Haydar Berk
(Photo by Ryan Lim / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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President Benigno S. Aquino III observes the processing of the
weapons and combatants during the ceremonial turnover of crew-served
weapons and high powered firearms and the decommissioning of
combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) at the Old Maguindanao
Provincial Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Tuesday
(June 16). The government and the MILF agreed to undertake the
ceremonial turnover of the 75 weapons of the BIAF-MILF as provided
in the Phase 1 of the Normalization Program for the Bangsamoro.
(Photo by Ryan Lim / Malacañang Photo Bureau) |
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