US Senate, gipalig-on ang security ties sa PH

by aimee | Jun 8, 2012 | National News

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 08 (PIA)–Gipalig-on na sa US Senate ang usa ka resolusyon alang sa dugang nga “defense and security cooperation” tali sa Pilipinas.

Gibutyag sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) nga base sa taho sa embahada sa Washington, D.C., nahimong unanimous ang boto sa mga magbabalaod sa Estados Unidos sa Senate Resolution 481 nga gisang-at ni Republican Sen. Richard Lugar sa Indiana.

Matud pa usab ni Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Cuisia Jr., giingong gikonsiderar sa Pilipinas nga “positive development” ang maong lakang sa Amerika alang sa mas lig-on nga relasyon sa duha ka nasud.

Ubos sa maong resolusyon, giduso sa Amerika ang hingusgan nga bilateral security ties sa duha ka nasud, apil na ang pagduso sa defense modernization program sa Armadong Kusog sa Pilipinas, rotational presence sa US forces sa nasud ug dugang humanitarian ug disaster relief preparedness nga mga kalihokan.

“The Senate confirms the alliance’s centrality and enduring value as one of the key pillars of peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and as a key tool in addressing the emerging security environment in the region,” parte sa gilatid sa maong resolusyon.

Kahinumdoman nga una nang giseguro ni Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ug US Defense Sec. Leon Panetta ang saad sa Estados Unidos nga pagduso sa nagpatunga nga Mutual Defense Treaty tali sa Pilipinas. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Land reform, priority sa administrasyong Aquino – DAR

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 08 (PIA)–Atubangan sa panawagan sa grupo sa mga mag-uuma ug mga obispo alang sa full implementation sa extended Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), giseguro pagbalik sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) nga pursigido ang gobyerno sa pagduso sa tinuoray nga repormang agraryo.

Gani, gipasigarbo ni DAR Sec. Virgilio de los Reyes nga sa unang duha ka tuig sa pag-alagad ni Presidente Beningo Aquino III, nahimo sa gobyerno ang pagpalit ug pagpangapud-apod sa gibana-banang naa sa 219,069 ektaryang kayutaan sa tibuok nasud.

“Though this is not exemplary, this is by no means the lowest accomplishment in the history of the CARP”, matud pa ni de los Reyes.

Una na usab giingon sa kalihim nga gipaspasan na sa gobyerno ang proseso alang sa pagpangapud-apod og yuta sa mga mag-uuma sa Hacienda Luisita sa lalawigan sa Tarlac.

Kahinumdoman nga gipalig-on na sa Korte Suprema ang pagpangapud-apod sa 4,916-hectare sugar estate sa kapin 6,000 ka mga trabahante sa bukid sa hacienda.

Ang Hacienda Luisita sa lalawigan sa Tarlac gipanag-iya sa pamilya ni Presidente Aquino.

Dugang pa sa opisyal nga target sa ilang buhatan nga mapaubos sa land reform program ang 961,974 ka ektaryang yuta sa tibuok nasud sa tuig 2014. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

LAPU LAPU DIVE SHOPS CELEBRATE FIRST CORAL TRIANGLE INTIATIVE DAY

by aimee | Jun 6, 2012 | National News

Lapu Lapu City Marine Sports and Boat Owners Association
(MSBOAT) joins its counterparts in six (6) other the countries in
celebrating the first Coral Triangle Initiative Day on June 9, 2012
through a coastal and underwater clean-up in Barangay Maribago,
Lapu Lapu City.
Emeterio Bonghanoy, the President of the MSBOAT says that
many of its members have expressed intention to join the coastal
and underwater clean up on Saturday, June 9 which will
commence at 7 o’clock in the morning. It is open to all members
and the general public who wants to get involved.
Auditor
Appointed officers
Del Mar, Bernardo C.,
Director for Safety
Gilig,Simplicio A,
Director for Boat Owners
Viovicente, Rodito T.,
Director for Security
Lumaban, Feliciano,
Director Public Relations
Icot, Cecilio,
Director for Environment
Valenzuela, Florencio,
Director for Dive Shops
and Dive Instructors
Maglasang, Jennes,
Director for Marine Sports
Lapu Lapu City Marine Sports and Boat Operators Association
Secretariat Office, Boyla Resort and Hotel, Buyong, Maribago, Lapu Lapu City
+63 32 4921800+63 32 492 1832 +63 32 495 7895(fax)
msboat@gmail.com
This year’s theme is “Shared Waters, Shared Solutions: Coming
Together as One for the World’s Centre of Marine Life—The Coral
Triangle.”
The event is envisioned to be an annual, open-sourced activity that
brings together individuals, organizations, private sector and
governments on one special day of the year to shed light on ocean
conservation and the numerous ways to protect and conserve the
Coral Triangle.
Similar activities will be conducted in El Nino Palawan by the dive
shops association there as well as in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua
New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
Activities include beach clean-ups; sustainable seafood dinners
and exhibitions; bazaars; and beach parties, among others—all
carrying the message of ocean conservation under the overall
banner of the Coral Triangle Day.
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The First Coral Triangle Initiative Day aims to build a critical
mass of supporters for the Coral Triangle on the individual,
organizational, corporate, and government levels by using fun
ways for people in the region to take action.
The Coral Triangle is a geographical term so named as it
refers to a roughly triangular area of the tropical marine waters
of Indonesia, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Papua Ne Guinea,
Solomon Islands and the Philippines that contain at least 500
species of reef-building corals.
It also called the “Amazon of the seas” and covers 5.7 million
square kilometers of ocean waters. Its biological resources
sustain the lives of over 120 million people. The Philippines is
at the apex of the coral triangle.
Lapu Lapu municipal waters is found in a rare geological area
in the Coral Triangle called Danajon Double Barrier Reef.
Bonghanoy said divers from the Philippine Coast Guard,
Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire, Philippine Navy,
the Sea Knights, Coastal Conservation Education Foundation
Elected Officers 2012-2013
Bonghanoy, Emeterio A,
President
Chua, Lavilla A,
Vice President for Internal
Affairs
Balao, Ferdinand V,
Vice President for External
Affairs
Alipio, Genevieve T,
Treasurer
Paquibot, Annie B.,
Secretary
Corral, Norlito G.,
Auditor
the Sea Knights, Coastal Conservation Education Foundation
and the Coast Guard Auxiliary are also expected to
participate.
The program starts with an ecumenical prayer, an orientation
about the event, assignment of areas to be cleaned and the
clean-up itself.
The clean-up will be conducted in Barangay Maribago but the
Association has requested members from other Barangays to
do the same. For those interested to participate they may
report to Boyla Hotel and Resort, Buyong , Barangay
Maribago, Lapu Lapu City at 7 o’clock in the morning or call
492.1800 and 492.1823 for details.
The Lapu Lapu Marine Sports and Boat Owners Association
is the organization of all legitimate and responsible dive
shops, dive instructors, motor sports operators, boat owners
and other professionals involved in maritime affairs in Lapu
Lapu City.
Auditor
Appointed officers
Del Mar, Bernardo C.,
Director for Safety
Gilig,Simplicio A,
Director for Boat Owners
Viovicente, Rodito T.,
Director for Security
Lumaban, Feliciano,
Director Public Relations
Icot, Cecilio,
Director for Environment
Valenzuela, Florencio,
Director for Dive Shops
and Dive Instructors
Maglasang, Jennes,
Director for Marine Sports
Lapu Lapu City Marine Sports and Boat Operators Association
Secretariat Office, Boyla Resort and Hotel, Buyong, Maribago, Lapu Lapu City
+63 32 4921800+63 32 492 1832 +63 32 495 7895(fax)
msboat@gmail.com