by aimee | Mar 5, 2013 | Headlines
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 05 (PIA)–Padayon ang pagpamadlong sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa mga senatorial candidates nga nakalapas sa mga patakaran sa pagbutang sa ilang mga campaign materials.
Nanguna karon sa mga nakalapas sa campaign rules sa Comelec ang pipila ka kandidato sa Team P-Noy alang sa senatorial race sa Mayo 13, 2013 midterm elections.
Matud pa ni Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, pinakadaghang paglapas sa pagbutang og poster si kanhi Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros nga may upat na ka notices.
Gisundan kini nilang Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV ug Bam Aquino nga may tulo ka notice of violation matag usa kanila.
Bisan ang mga miyembro sa United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), gipadalhan usab sa poll body.
Apil na niini silang Sen. Gringo Honasan ug Rep. Jack Enrile nga natumbok usab nga may mga campaign materials sa gawas sa common poster area.
Nakadawat usab og sumbong ang Comelec bahin nilang Sen. Loren Legarda ug Bro. Eddie Villanueva nga nakalapas usab sa pagbutang sa ilang mga poster. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-gg)
by aimee | Mar 5, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 05 (PIA)–Masaligon ang Malakanyang nga ma-upgrade na ang aviation safety sa Pilipinas human ang positibong report sa Coordinated Validation Mission sa International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Kahinumdoman nga gipadala sa ICAO ang validation mission aron susihon ang gipahigayong lakang sa Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) aron makasunod sa international aviation safety standards ug tubagon ang significant safety concerns (SSC) nga gitumbok sa ICAO.
Matud pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, sa wala pa nipaule ang ICAO team, miingon kini nga kuntento na sila sa gipahigayong pagsusi ug irekomendar nila sa ilang headquarters sa Montreal, Canada nga ilibkas na ang ‘safety concerns’ sa Pilipinas.
Niadtong tuig 2008, gibutang sa US Federal Aviation Authority sa Category 2 ang CAAP tungod kay napakyas kini sa pagsunod sa ‘global aviation standards’.
“With this positive development, the CAAP will continue to coordinate with the European Union and the Federal Aviation Administration about upgrading the country’s aviation status,” matud pa ni Valte. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/p-gg)
Deployment ban sa Iraq ug Yemen, gi-libkas na sa DOLE
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 05 (PIA)–Mahimo nang makabalik og trabaho ang mga overseas Filipino workers (OFW) sa Iraq ug Yemen.
Kini human gibutyag ni Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz nga gi-libkas na nila ang deployment ban sa Iraq ug Yemen.
Matud pa ni Baldoz, kini tungod usab sa pagtangtang na sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa alert level human nahimong malinawon na ang grabeng kagubot kaniadto sa maong mga nasud.
Apan bisan pa niini, giingong kinahanglan unang mag-umol og bilateral agreement nga maoy mohimo og regulasyon sa pagtrabaho sa mga newly-hired o bag-ong OFW sa Iraq.
Alang usab sa mga daan nang nagtrabaho sa Iraq, mahimo na silang mobalik didto apan kinahanglang may ma-prisintar sila nga kontrata.
Kahinumdoman nga gihunong sa gobyerno ang pagpadala og mga Pinoy workers sa maong mga nasud tungod sa grabeng kagubot didto. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-hd)
by aimee | Mar 5, 2013 | National News
THE Aquino administration welcomed the move of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) team to recommend the lifting of Significant Safety Concerns (SSCs) issued against the country, a Palace official said on Monday.
“Last month, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sent a Coordinated Validation Mission to inspect the efforts of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to comply with international aviation safety standards, and address significant safety concerns identified by the ICAO,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Monday.
Valte said the ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission Team had informed the government that it will recommend to the ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada the lifting of the SSCs.
“Before they left, the ICAO team expressed great satisfaction with what they found, and said they would make a recommendation to the ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada, that the significant safety concerns previously issued to the Philippines be lifted,” she said.
In a letter to the CAAP dated March 1, the ICAO stated that the SSC Validation Committee “has determined that the corrective actions taken by the Philippines have successfully addressed and resolved” the SSCs.”
“With this positive development, the CAAP will continue to coordinate with the European Union and the Federal Aviation Administration about upgrading the country’s aviation status,” Valte said. (PND)
by aimee | Mar 4, 2013 | National News
MALACAÑANG made an assurance on Saturday that the government is ready to help Filipinos affected by the ongoing standoff in Lahad Datu in Sabah, Malaysia and at the same time called for their unconditional surrender.
In a press conference in Malacanang Saturday, Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has dispatched teams that will help Filipinos in need in Sabah.
“We have a medical team, there is food… everything is there. As a matter of fact, DSWD has dispatched even teams to try to seek out the families of those that need to be attended to,” he said.
The teams organized by the DSWD will go in one of the islands near Sabah to try to address those that have been affected, he added.
Asking Malaysia to allow ships from the Philippines to dock in Sabah was one of the diplomatic actions made by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, Almendras said.
The secretary of foreign affairs requested that a ship from the Philippines be allowed to dock but the Malaysians said it will process the request and the Philippine government has to wait.
“We have to respect that they’re in control of the situation there. So the ship is ready, they are in an island,” Almendras said.
Violence erupted in Lahad Datu Friday morning, killing 12 Filipinos and two Malaysian security forces. The Palace said it was saddened by Friday’s event and had asked the Sulu sultanate to persuade its followers in Sabah to surrender.
In a statement Saturday, President Benigno S. Aquino III asked Filipinos still in Sabah to lay down their weapons unconditionally to avoid further bloodshed. (PND)
by aimee | Mar 4, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 04 (PIA–Gitataw sa Malakanyang nga wala gibasura ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang posibilidad nga pag-angkon sa Sabah sukwahi sa pagtuo sa kadaghanan sa dihang giingnan niini ang Sultan sa Sulu sa pag-surrender na.
Sa usa ka press conference niadtong Sabado, miingon si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nga wala gayud talikdi sa Presidente ang hisgotanan kalabot sa Sabah.
“May nag-aaral po ng problema tungkol sa Sabah claim. They are accusing the president of renouncing the claim, that is inconsistent with the statement of the President when he said that he have tasked a group to study the claim,” pasabot ni Lacierda.
Giingong sa tukmang panahon, ibutyag ra sa Presidente ang estado sa maong claim ug kun angay ba kining ipamugos sa Pilipinas sa saktong paagi.
Kusganong gihimakak sa Malakanyang ang pasangil ni Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III nga gi-abandona na sila sa Presidente. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-gg)
