by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 04 (PIA)–Gipagawas sa Malakanyang ang detalye kun asa naadto ang pondo alang sa mga biktima sa bagyong Yolanda niadtong tuig 2013.
Sa pagpasabot ni Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Kalihim Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., gikan sa record sa Foreign Aid Transparency Hub, ang Pilipinas nakadawat og kinatibuk-ang $386.2 milyong dolyar nga foreign aid diin 86 porsiyento niini o kinatibuk-ang $330.8 milyon ang nadawat sa non-government organizations (NGOs), multilateral agencies ug uban pa.
Matud pa ni Coloma nga gikan sa maong kinatibuk-ang kantidad, mga $26.9 milyon nga cash ug $28.5 milyon nga non-cash nga donasyon ang nadawat sa nasudnong kagamhanan.
Giseguro hinuon ni Coloma nga ang tanang donasyong naadto sa mga komunidad nga naapektuhan sa bagyo sa Kabisay-an, ilabi na sa Eastern Visayas nga rehiyon.
“All foreign aid received by the country for the benefit of the communities affected by super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ are fully accounted for and have undergone the requisite audit by the Commission on Audit (COA),” pagsiguro ni Coloma.
Ang Malakanyang mipagawas sa maong detalye sa pondo alang sa mga biktima sa bagyong Yolanda human kini gipangita ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Mar. 04 (PIA)–Agi og pagsaulog sa Women with Disabilities Day sa Marso 28 ning tuig, si Kalihim Mel Senen Sarmiento sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) midasig sa tanang Local Chief Executives (LCEs) sa pagpahigayon og haom nga mga kalihokan alang sa aktibong pag-apil sa women with disabilities o mga kababayen-ang adunay kakulian sa panglawas sa nasudnong kalamboan.
Ang tema sa selebrasyon ning tuig mao ang “Kapakanan at Karapatan ni Juanang May Kapansanan, Isama sa Plano ng Bayan.”
“Mahalaga na mahikayat ang mga kababaihan na may espesyal na pangangailangan na maisama ang kanilang mga adhikain sa kabuuang plano ng pamahalaang nasyunal,” matud pa ni Sarmiento.
Sa iyang direktiba, ang Kalihim sa DILG miawhag usab sa LCEs sa pagsuporta sa Women With Disabilities Day pinaagi sa mga mosunod nga kalihokan sa ilang mga lugar:
Pagbitay og advocacy streamers/tarpaulins sa mga estratehikong lugar. Ang design/lay-out sa tarpaulin mahimong ma-download gikan sa National Council of Disability Affairs (NCDA) website ug http://www.ncda/gov.ph.
Pagpahigayon og Orientation-Workshop cum Communication Planning sa Republic Act 10354 nga gitawag usab isip “The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012”.
Pagpahigayon og forum kalabot sa Reproductive Health Law and Action Research on Gender and Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM).
Gi-awhag usab ang mga lokal nga opisyal nga mahimong aktibo sa pagduso sa katungod sa mga kababayen-ang adunay kakulian sa panglawas. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | National News
The Department of Trade and Industry’s Slingshot MNL 2015, the official event for startups during the APEC Hosting last 2015, won the GOLD Anvil Award last Feb 26.
Slingshot MNL is an initiative led by the Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine startup community in partnership with the leading startup institution in the country, IdeaSpace Foundation.
SlingShot is considered one of the pioneering events for the Philippine startup community attended by over 1,300 attendees with over 30 resource speakers and 100 local startups. The Gold Anvil Award serves as recognition of its outstanding public relations program and its tools that meet the highest standards set in its category.
“Supporting and promoting our startup community is just a step forward to developing a national innovation system in the country that would help us prioritize the need to capacitate our local producers including budding micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to be more competitive in the global market through innovation,” said Industry Promotions Group Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado.
The two-day conference gathered entrepreneurs, foreign and local investors, government officials and several industry leaders and influencers. The event also showcased to potential business partners and investors the products and services of local startups. Topics discussed during the six breakout sessions include understanding hubs of innovation and opportunities in startup investments, redefining scale in the global market place, and startup ecosystem support. Pitch competitions also took place during the event.
The event further aims to establish collaborating network among business enablers, industries and entrepreneurs. It also aims to make the country a hub for entrepreneurs seeking support for their business.
“We are happy to put forward the promotion of startups in the country. Through collaborative efforts, we know that the government, private sector and our entrepreneurs will develop cross-industry collaboration to help our growing startup community,” said Michael Ignacio of Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) and one of the heads of SlingShot MNL 2015.
Slingshot MNL 2016 is also set to take place on March 10 and 11 in Manila and Cebu respectively. For the past years, Philippine startups have captured foreign investors as the sector continues to receive support from various stakeholders and business enablers. With the continued efforts of doing business in the country easier, DTI through its programs and initiatives will ensure that startups are encouraged and are taken into the next level for their business development.
Anvil Awards is conducted annually by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines to award outstanding public relations programs and tools designed and implemented during the previous year.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
Philippine delegation of companies in food, pharmaceutical, and personal care products successfully concluded a business mission from 9 to 25 of February to the Middle East through the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry – Export Management Bureau (DTI-EMB).
Among the countries that are part of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) that the business mission visited are Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA-Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam), Bahrain and UAE. The mission aims to fully penetrate the Middle East market.
“The round of business matching activities conducted with the assistance of our Philippine Embassies in Kuwait, KSA, Bahrain and UAE together with the Philippine Trade & Investment Center in Dubai working closely with the full support of the major chambers of commerce in the Middle East has allowed us to conduct this business mission successfully with booked and potential sales amounting to USD49.1 Million as gathered from initial results of the evaluation reports from the participating PH companies,” said EMB Director Senen M. Perlada.
Among the companies in the said business mission are Fresh Consumer Trade and Logistics, Magic Melt Foods Inc., Market Reach International, Monde Nu Agri Corporation, Philippine Grocers Food Inc., Pixcel Transglobal Inc., Profood International, Psalmstre Enterprises Inc., Willion International Trading and United Laboratories Inc.
One of the key priorities of DTI included in the Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) is to identify and develop export capabilities in products where global market demand is fast growing. With the increase in the consumption of PHL products in Middle East, this business mission among GCC member countries is an opportunity for the country to put forward our goal to achieve our stretch target of 8-9% this year.
“This is where our Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) strategy transcends into reality. We will work together with relevant stakeholders to boost our efforts of becoming major players in the Middle East market,” said Perlada.
Also part of the action plan is the assessment of available remedies to determine sustainable solutions to common trade barriers which include rejection of cargo containers due to mislabeling and parallel shipments.
“With the new rules being observed in the Middle East market, this calls for a deliberate approach and we will work closely together with the private sector, major associations and other government agencies such as the DA, FDA, PTTC, CITEM and FTSC to further our objectives” added Perlada.
The PEDP has recently been signed by Pres. Benigno C. Aquino IlI through Memorandum Circular No. 91 which employs DTI to carry out strategies based on empirical studies that identify key priorities and emerging products from the Philippines with high growth potentials for export to various markets around the world.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, March 3 (PIA)—Call it another boast, the kind people have been hearing about the plan to build an airport in Panglao, it should be there by the end of 2017.
The New Bohol Airport Construction and Sustainable Environment Protection Project, quite a long name for simply Bohol Airport has Chiyoda-Mitsubishi Joint Venture (CMJV) only 30 months to complete the project, according to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
And for airport that took at least five administrations to plan, it is no less than President Benigno S Aquino who came to lay the time capsule containing the project development plans at the site where the future P4.7 billion airport terminal building would stand.
For a project that started in June 22, 2015, the target 30 months needed to complete the airport and its peripheries, is in December 2017.
Since June 2015, civil works, procurement of goods and related systems have been done, according to the DOTC.
Funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bohol airport will have 2 kilometer runway long .45 meters wide and covers a total land area of 82,000 square meters.
The airport will have two stub taxiways of 32,000 square meters, a 56,000 square meter apron, a 193 lot car park or 8,720 square meters and would have 3 kilometer access roads with two lanes for each direction, data from japan Airports Consultants showed.
The airport would have a single storey Passenger Terminal Building of 8,300 square meters, a 9 storey 33 meter high Control Tower Building, a two storey 1,000 square meter Administration Building, a Fiore station and Maintenance Building, a power house Building with 2,000 KVA supply and a water tank and pump house that can accommodate 450 tons of storage.
As to its utility, Panglao Airport, when completed would have a 2,000KVA power supply system with two emergency generators, a water supply than can course 450 metric tons of waste to flow and another 450 tons of sewerage treatment system.
For travelers from Manila coming in, Panglao owns its Glide Scope and localizer, Doppler VHF Omni directional ranger radar with Distance Measuring Equipment (DVOR DME) with its own Airport Terminal Systems, that even flying ion at night can be no hassle.
Moreover, the airport will have Meteorological Observation System, DOTC said.
As for its aeronautical ground lighting, Panglao is set to have a Precision Approach Lighting System for runway 21 and a Simple Approach Lighting System for its runway 3.
Airport consultants are certain that with the way things are running, the 30 month completion target would force contractors to deliver, they said. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
President Aquino buries the Panglao Airport time capsule eight months after the contractor Chiyoda-Mitsubishi joint venture accepted the 30 month duration of the project expected to bring 3 times more tourists to Bohol and elsewhere in the region. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
