by aimee | Feb 12, 2014 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 12 (PIA)–The Provincial Government of Bohol lead the activities in the observance of Provincial Day of Peace yesterday held at Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Park in Tagbilaran City.
The activity was intended to revive the peace in the province anchored on the Boholano values of fear in God and abiding by laws as articulated by the late Boholano former President Carlos P. Garcia.
Also commemorated yesterday was the declaration of the province as insurgency-free by the Philippine National Police (PNP) way back 2010.
A motorcade was participated by the offices of the Provincial Capitol at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
A program followed wherein the provincial officials led by Gov. Edgar Chatto, Vice-Gov. Concepcion Lim and 1st District Rep. Rene Relampagos unveiled the Peace Monument and officially declared every February 11 as a Provincial Day of Peace.
Other guests include Sec. Teresita Quintos-Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), newly appointed Director of the National Bureau of Investigation Boholano Atty. Virgilio Mendez, Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales, Boholano and staunch peace advocate Dr. Jose Abueva, Gen. Emmanuel Bautista of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, AFP Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Allan Luga, and PNP Regional Director PSSupt. Dennis Agustin.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bohol recently passed Resolution No. 2014-055 declaring February 11, 2014 as Provincial Peace Day in the Province in Bohol.
The basis for such declaration is the attainment of the province’s well-defined ultimate direction anchored on a prime eco-cultural tourism destination and a strong balanced agro-industrial province with a well-educated, God-loving and law-abiding citizenry; proud of their cultural heritage; enjoying a state of well-being; and committed to sound environmental management.
The activity also formally launched the advocacy for a NonKilling Boholano Society, the country’s first provincial organization in our national movement for a Nonkilling Philippines.
The province of Bohol is leading the nation in its commitment to peace and nonkilling and is consistent with its official national recognition as “The Best Governed Province” in the Philippines, under Gov. Chatto. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Feb 12, 2014 | Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 12 (PIA)–Civil registration is a continuous, permanent and compulsory recording of vital events occurring in the life of an individual such as birth, marriage and death, as well as court decrees and legal instruments affecting the civil status of an individual.
The offices that are mainly concerned of these processes are the National Statistics Office (now Philippine Statistics Authority) and the Local Civil Registry Offices of the whole country, as provided for in Act No. 3753 which is the Civil Registry Law of the Philippines.
To promote advocacy on timely registration, every February is celebrated as Civil Registration month. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Ikaw at Ako Tungo sa Wastong Pagrerehistro”.
This month, the offices are occupied with several activities related to civil registration. These include the conduct of information dissemination and symposia on Civil Registry Matters in different educational institutions, Mobile Registrations in different barangays/municipalities, radio interviews, hanging of streamers, free issuance of certifications and motorcade in partnership with the Local Government Units (LGUs) province-wide.
Simultaneously, NSO is informing the public that by virtue of Republic Act 10625 (Philippine Statistical Act of 2013) which took effect last December 29, 2013, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was created by merging the major statistical agencies of the government, comprised by NSO, National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) and Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).
RA 10625 also provides for the creation of the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) to replace the Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC). Last January 9, 2014, Hon. Carmelita N. Ericta was designated as the OIC National Statistician of PSA and the OIC Executive Director of PSRTI. For now, the affected offices are still in hold-over capacity in order to continue to produce quality and timely statistics and civil registration and services. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB/PSA)
by aimee | Feb 12, 2014 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Feb. 12 (PIA)–Karong bulan sa Pebrero, gawas sa pagsaulog sa Valentine’s Day sa tibuok kalibotan, isaulog usab ang National Arts Month sa nasud.
Sa panguna ni National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), ang Philippine Arts Festival karong tuig adunay tema nga: “Art on the Edge.”
Nagtinguhang i-highlight karong tuig ang kamaayo sa mga Pinoy sa nagkalain-laing larangan sa arte ug kultura sama sa architecture, cinema, dance, literature, music, theater ug visual arts.
Sa pakig-tambayayong sa nagkalain-laing pribadong sektor ug buhatan sa gobyerno, daghang nakaandam nga mga workshops, exhibits, forums, mga pasundayag ug uban pa sama na lamang sa gipaabot nga Second Likha Asya Festival and Conference.
Gikan sa kaulohan, ipasundayag na ang mga programa sa NCCA Philippine Arts Festival sa nagkalain-laing dapit sa Pilipinas.
Gani, gipahigayon ang opening ceremony niini niadtong katapusang adlaw sa Enero sa syudad sa Roxas, sa Capiz.
Gihatagan og pasidungog ang mga Filipino artists nga nakadawat usab og pag-ila sa mga international awards sa gipahigayong Ani ng Dangal awarding ceremony niadtong Pebrero 2.
Alang sa kumpletong detalye ug petsa sa mga pasundayag sa Philippine Arts Festival 2014, mahimong bisitahon lamang ang ilang website sa www.ncca.gov.ph.
Sa pagpakita og pagbaton og maayong abilidad sa mga Pinoy sa arte ug kultura, mahimo kining usa ka dalan aron makab-ot ang tinguhang mapasaka pa ang industriya sa turismo sa atong nasud. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Feb 12, 2014 | Headlines
MANILA, Feb. 12 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) nga ilang pamultahon ang mga pampublikong tambalanan nga maningil og professional fee ug bayad sa mga tambal sa indigent patients o kabus nga pasyente.
Sa pagdungog kagahapon sa Senate Committee on Health and Demography kalabot sa Universal Health Care ug sa National Health Insurance Program sa gobyerno, miingon si Atty. Alex Padilla, presidente ug executive chief officer sa PhilHealth nga bawal ang pagpaningil sa mga kabus nga pas¬yente agig pagsunod sa “no balance billing system”.
Miingon si Padilla nga ubos sa “no billing system”, dili angay magbayad bisan usa ka sentimo ang mga kabus nga pasyente kun magpatambal kini.
“Ang ibig sabihin ng no balance billing ay wala ho siya (pasyente) dapat binabayaran ni singko for medicines, professional fees or kaya diagnostic. Wala ho siyang dapat gastos,” pasabot ni Padilla sa pagdungog sa Senate committee on health kagahapon.
Giingong sa mismong adlaw sa admission sa pasyente, wala kini angay nga gastohon.
Kun walay available nga tambal nga magamit ang pasyente, mismong ang ospital ang angay mopalit niini o angay hatagan og kwarta ang pasyente aron ipalit og tambal.
“Ang patakaran ho ang hospital ang bibili ng gamot or magbigay ng pera sa pasyente para magbigay ng gamot. Pero hindi po dapat gumagastos ng sarili ang pasyente,” dugang pa niini.
Apan gitataw ni Padilla nga ang “no billing system” alang lamang sa mga kabus nga pasyente nga nagpatambal sa mga government hospitals ubos sa ward conditions. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Feb 11, 2014 | National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 11 (PIA)–Nimugna si Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III og “Blood Money committee” nga maoy mohatag og rekomendasyon kun unsaon pagtubag sa gobyerno ang mga problema sa mga OFW’s nga naa sa death row nga gipangayuan og blood money.
Apil sa maong komite ang Office of the Vice President (OVP), Executive Secretary, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ug Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, buot sa Presidente nga magbaton og tin-aw nga patakaran sa hisgotanan sa blood money.
Gihatagan og usa ka bulan ang komite aron tun-an ang mga himuong basehan sa paghatag niini ug sayran ang mga kasong maapil dinhi. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
