by aimee | Aug 28, 2012 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 28 (PIA)–Nanawagan karon ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa padayon nga pag-ampo alang sa recovery ni Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Brady.
Matud pa ni Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario, improving ang kahimtang sa ambassador ug mahimo nang makapaule sulod sa duha ka semana.
Sigun pa kang Del Rosario, nakatutok ang Chinese Foreign Ministry sa medical treatment ni Brady sa Beijing.
Una niini, gimandu na ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang pagpangita og ihulip kang Brady.
“We were told at a medical briefing in Beijing that the amb’s condition has been regularly improving on a day to day basis. At current rate of progress, she may be flown to Manila in 2 weeks. Her treatment is also being closely monitored by the Chinese Foreign Ministry with care and concern. To improve her chances of full recovery, the president has instructed the SFA to start the process of finding a replacement for the good amb. Let us pray for her early return to good health,” ani Del Rosario.
Mag-tulo ka buwan pa lamang si Brady isip ambassador sa Pilipinas human niyang gipulihan ang wala ma-confirm nga si Domingo Lee.
Sa pagkakaron, usa ka deputy chief ang namuno sa embahada sa nasud sa China. (PIA-Bohol/ECB/I-hd)
by aimee | Aug 28, 2012 | National News
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Robert G Vergara announced the opening of the Emergency Loan window to members residing or working in five more municipalities in Visayas and Mindanao that were affected by the inclement weather in recent weeks.
“Government workers residing or working in Banaybayan, Banaybanay, Davao Oriental; Culasi, Antique; Lawa-an, Antique; Talisay City, Cebu; and Valladolid Negros Occidental may now apply for the loan until September 17,” Vergara said. These areas, according to Vergara, have been placed under a state of calamity following the heavy rains and flash floods brought about by typhoon Gener, Ferdie and the southwest monsoon in the past three weeks.
Close to 3,000 GSIS members in the five municipalities are set to avail of the loan program. The GSIS has set aside a budget of Php54.6 million for the program.
Availees may apply for the loan through the nearest GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (GWAPS) kiosks The proceeds will be electronically credited to the GSIS members’ account through their UMID cards. Members who do not have UMID cards may apply over-the-counter in any GSIS office.
The loan facility is available to members who work or reside in the calamity areas; not on leave of absence without pay; have no pending or administrative charge; have no arrears in premium payment; and have no loan that remain unpaid for six months or longer.
The agency of the member-applicant must not also be suspended because of non-payment and non-remittance of premiums and loans.
Under the emergency loan, qualified members may borrow P20,000, payable in equal monthly installment for three years.
Borrowers with outstanding emergency loans shall be allowed to renew the loan if they have paid at least 12 monthly installments but not earlier than the anniversary date of the previous loan. (GSIS)
by aimee | Aug 22, 2012 | National News
EXECUTIVE Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa on Wednesday sought a comprehensive review of all the pending programs and projects left by the untimely demise of Secretary Jesse Robredo in the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to ensure that reforms are implemented and the operation is continuous.
Ochoa, who was designated as officer-in-charge of the DILG by President Benigno S. Aqiuino III following the tragic plane crash that killed Robredo and his two pilots last Saturday, was at the agency Wednesday morning to seek a list of the programs in the pipeline as well as assure DILG employees that there will be no interruption in the services they provide to the public.
“While we join Secretary Robredo’s family and the nation in this time of bereavement, the President felt also that it is appropriate to designate an OIC for the meantime, on a very temporary nature to ensure that the DILG is running and its service to the public is continuous,” Ochoa said.
According to the Executive Secretary, he already asked an inventory of all the pending matters for review and their status, particularly the reforms that Robredo has started in several offices under the wings of the DILG.
Ochoa particularly mentioned the ongoing reforms which Robredo has put in place in the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, as well as his plans to relocate informal settlers.
by aimee | Aug 22, 2012 | National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 22 (PIA)–Nagdeklarar ang Malakanyang og National Days of Mourning kalabot sa pagpanaw ni Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo sa dihang nihagsa sa kadagatan sa Masbate ang eroplanong iyang gisakyan niadtong Sabado sa hapon, Agosto 18.
Pagbalik ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa Manila human personal nga gihatod ang patay’ng lawas sa mipanaw nga kalihim sa pamilya niini sa Naga kagahapon, gilagdaan niya dayon ang Proclamation No. 460 nga nagdeklarar og National Days of Mourning.
Epektibo kini sugod gahapon (Martes) Agosto 21, hangtud sa adlaw sa paglubong ni Robredo.
Ubos sa maong deklarasyon, gitahasan ang tanang buhatan sa gobyerno sulod ug gawas sa nasud nga i-half mast ang mga bandila sulod sa unom ka adlaw.
Gi-andam na usab sa Malakanyang ang usa ka state funeral alang kang Robredo. (PIA-Bohol/ECB/I-gg)
Walay mass layoff sa DAR
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 22 (PIA)–Walay mahitabo nga mass layoff sa han-ay sa mga empleyado sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
Kini ang gitin-aw ni Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes isip reaksiyon sa balitang tangtangon niini ang may 9,000 ka kawani sa DAR tungod sa gipatuman nga re-organization sa ahensya.
Gitataw ni delos Reyes nga walay tangtangon nga empleyado apan repasuhon lamang sa ahensiya kauban ang Department of Agriculture (DA) ug Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang mga nag-unang trabaho sa matag departamento aron walay duplikasyon sa trabaho ang tulo ka opisina.
Nag-ugat ang kahadlok sa mga empleyado sa DAR sa probisyon sa proposed 2013 budget nga adunay kalabot sa staffing structure.
Matud pa ni delos Reyes nga gikonsederar usab nila ang kaayohan sa mga trabahante ug ilang pamilya mao nga walay pagpangtaktak nga mahitabo.
Giingong kun mahuman na usab ang ilang trabaho sa pagpangapud-apud sa yuta sa 2016, adunay option pa gihapon sa balaod ang mga kawani sama sa early retirement.
Apan gitataw sa kalihim nga sayo pa kaayo nga hisgotan kini. (PIA-Bohol/ECB/I-hd)
by aimee | Aug 17, 2012 | Headlines, National News
THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration warns Filipino workers, especially women, against accepting offers of employment that would require them to leave illegally using exit points in the southern parts of the country.
Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said workers deployed through the backdoor exits would usually end up either stranded without work in a foreign country, or forced to accept low-paying household jobs or as farm hands in remote plantations or establishments used as front for prostitution.
Cacdac said human traffickers use exit points in the southern provinces to deploy workers without proper work documents to countries such as Malaysia, South Korea, China, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, and other Middle East countries.
“From the southernmost parts of Mindanao and Palawan, traveling by sea to Malaysia is the more convenient way for a human trafficker to move its victims to their final country of destination,” Cacdac added.
The POEA administrator said that just recently, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Kuala Lumpur reported that five Filipino women are being held in a night club in Malaysia which is controlled by a large syndicate involved in human trafficking for prostitution.
The report said the syndicate transported the victims through the Zamboanga-Sandakan-Kota Kinabalu-Johor Bahru route.
Cacdac said recent studies on human trafficking in the Philippines indicated that most of the victims were travelers deceived by their recruiters about their real jobs or the conditions of their employment overseas.
“Hence, I would advise aspiring OFWs to be doubtful when recruiters offer Mindanao and Palawan as exit points. Please be very, very careful and always check whether the recruiter, foreign employer, and the job order are in POEA records,” Cacdac concluded. (POEA)
