by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Republic Act 9679 or the Pag-ibig Fund Law of 2009, which was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, repealed the Presidential Decree 1752 and further strengthened the Home Development Mutual Fund to perform its housing and provident finance mandates.
From P3.82 billion in 2001, Pag-IBIG released a total of P37.3 billion in end user housing loans last year. As of May this year, housing loan disbursement grew by 34 percent, indicating a strong demand despite the financial crunch. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban revealed that 237,601 Filipinos have earned employment under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP).
Panganiban said the generated jobs are in public works and services with more than P7 billion already committed of the P13.58 billion as pledged by various agencies to the CLEEP.
To better the workers condition, the daily minimum wage in the private sector were increased from P265 in 2001 to P382 to date, while in the government, salaries of state employees were raised four times, including this year with the first of the four tranches of the Salary Standardization Law 3 after being signed by President Arroyo. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman) graced the groundbreaking of a new socialized housing project. The housing project, located within the New Bilibid Prison Reservation Property in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, will benefit less than 3,000 state employees.
HUDCC chairman and Vice President de Castro said the houses and lots will be offered to government employees after four months that the priority agencies’ employees were not able to buy the units through their Pagibig Fund contributions. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Philippine Oversease Employment Administration (POEA) reiterated the government’s no-deployment policy in four countries – Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Jordan. This is due to the wake of wars and unstable peace and order condition in the mentioned countries which could put in danger the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Just recently, 10 OFWs were reported killed in a chopper crash in Afghanistan.
If these workers were documented by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) their relatives could avail of government assistance. If they were undocumented, the agency which could assist is the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). (PIA)
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by btpo | Jul 21, 2009 | Headlines
Independent Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan who was in the province on Tuesday for the “Rock the Vote” campaign spent ample time live on air over DYRD-AM and Kiss 102 FM. Rock the Vote is Senator Kiko Pangilanan’s advocacy to change politics and governance in the country. According to Pangilinan, it aims to gather group of students to convince first time voters to register and exercise their rights to vote for leaders believed to change the current government system. He said, “Rock the Vote” is meant to make the youth understand the campaign through songs and music found to be most effective in communicating with the young. Rock the Vote campaign is a caravan of students and artists together with Pangilinan and other senators routing nationwide. Earlier before coming to Bohol, Rock the Vote was in Cebu on July 17, 2009 at Abellana Sports Center with RIVERMAYA, HALE, MONNSTAR88, ITCHY WORMS AND LUKE MEJARES.
Sen Kiko during his interview also extended his sympathies to the daughter of a government drug agent who was raped by alleged drug syndicates. The Senator added saying that the recent clamor for re-imposing the death penalty is not the answer. The entire system of justice requires a top to bottom overhaul in order to ensure that swift justice is met in every case. Pangilinan, a justice reforms advocate, has been championing judicial modernization since becoming a lawyer. He has successfully passed the Judiciary Compensation and Modernization Act, which doubled the pay and other benefits of judges and justices thereby addressing the issue of huge vacancy rate in many courts. He says the Philippine judiciary is mired in bureaucracy and corruption.
