by aimee | Sep 18, 2013 | National News
MALACAÑANG appealed to Filipinos to remain vigilant and alert as the investigation into the alleged misuse of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) of lawmakers gets underway.
In a press briefing in Malacanang on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said it was the obligation of all Filipinos to see the probe into what is also known as the pork barrel scam to its ultimate end.
“Huwag nating kalimutan. Obligasyon ito ng ating taong bayan because we have an engaged citizenry, let us not forget that these things (pork barrel scam) have to be resolved,” Lacierda said.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales earlier said it would take her and her agency approximately a year to wrap up the review of the alleged anomalous disbursements of the PDAF after voluminous evidences were presented to her.
Morales vowed to decide in “a year or less” the plunder case against Janet Lim-Napoles and powerful senators and congressmen implicated in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam. (PCOO)
Malacañang assures no compromise deal will be
given those implicated in alleged misuse of PDAF
MALACAÑANG assured on Wednesday that no compromise deal would be given those implicated in the ongoing investigation of the alleged misuse of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF), a discretionary fund available to the members of Congress.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda sought to allay fears that lawmakers, especially those aligned with the Administration, who will be found to have anything to do with the P10-billion pork barrel scam would not be prosecuted in exchange for information.
Lacierda told a press briefing in Malacanang that once charges are filed meant that the case would be within the jurisdiction of the courts.
“I can guarantee you that there is no compromise because, once the charges are filed, it’s no longer with us. It is already with the Ombudsman, and the Ombudsman will have full discretion, as to what charges will be filed against any particular individual—both as a legislator and both as an official of all those NGOs (non-government organization),” Lacierda said.
Charges of plunder have already been filed at the Office of the Ombudsman against alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim-Napoles and powerful senators and congressmen implicated in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam. (PCOO)
by aimee | Sep 18, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 18 (PIA)–Gibalhin na ang P25.4 bilyong Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) o pork barrel sa Kongreso ug sa Office of the Vice President sa Kamara ngadto sa pipila ka ahensya sa gobyerno.
Kini human pormal nang gipapas ang P25.4 bilyong pork barrel sa budget deliberations sa plenaryo.
Gipangapud-apud kini sa nagkaIain-laing implementing agencies sama sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Health (DOH) ug Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Matud pa sa sponsorship speech ni Appropriations Committee Chair Isidro Ungab, P25.2 bilyon niini ang gikan sa pondo sa Kongreso ug P200 milyon ang gikan sa buhatan ni Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay.
Nakakuha og pinakadakung pondo ang DPWH nga adunay P9.6 bilyon.
Samtang P2.67 bilyon ang gibalhin sa CHED, P1.02 bilyon sa DepEd ug P3.69 bilyon ang gihatag sa DoH.
Target nga mapalabang ang 2014 General Appropriations Act sa Oktubre. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by aimee | Sep 17, 2013 | Headlines
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 17 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) sa mga nakadawat og tanyag nga trabaho pinaagi sa internet.
Matud pa ni POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, angay susihon una kun nakarehistro sa
Ilang buhatan ang kumpanyang nagtanyag og trabaho. ug ang hiring pinaagi sa POEA-licensed recruiter.
“Not everything on email or the internet is to be believed,” matud pa ni Cacdac.
Gawas niini, mas maayo usab nga siguradohong sa lehitimong recruiter lamang makig-transaksyon.
Gitambagan ang publiko nga magbinantayon gayud kun makadawat og electronic mail o e-mail gikan sa public provider sama sa Yahoo ug Gmail ug kun mangayo og salapi ang nagtanyag og trabaho.
Tambag pa sa POEA sa mga nangita og trabaho nga dili dayon mosalig sa magpailang immigration consultants nga nagtanyag og visa coaching.
Mahimong makig-alayon sa embahada sa nasud ug sa mga labor attache o bisitahon lamang ang website sa POEA nga www.poea.gov.ph aron masiguro nga lehitimo gayud ang employer nga nagtanyag og trabaho. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
DTI, may pahinomdom sa mga mopalit og Christmas lights
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 17 (PIA)–Gisugdan na sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ang kampanya batok sa mga peke, depektibo ug sub-standard nga mga Christmas lights.
Subling gipahinomdoman sa DTI ang mga mamamalit nga likayan ang pagpalit og mga barato ug ubos nga klaseng Christmas lights nga maoy kasagarang hinungdan sa mga sunog.
Matud pa sa DTI, dili nila lum-an ang mga negosyante ug establisyemento nga molapas sa ilang patakaran partikular na ang pagbaligya og mga sub-standard nga Christmas lights nga walay Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) ug Philippine Standards (PS).
Mahibaw-an kun tinuod ug dili peke ang ICC ug PS mark kun kini naka-print ug nakatatak mismo sa produkto ug dili sa packaging niini.
Ubos sa Consumer’s Welfare Act, hugot nga gidili ang pagbaligya og mga pekeng produkto nga mahimong hinungdan sa aksidente. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by aimee | Sep 17, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 17 (PIA)–Ang Pilipinas ang unang nasud nga nag-export og mga saging sa Estados Unidos human niabot ang unang shipment sa mga highland cavendish gikan sa Bukidnon.
Ang unang shipment nga 7,407 metric tons niabot sa pier sa Los Angeles, California niadtong Setyembre 9 ug una sa gibanabanang 3,000 metric tons sa saging nga e-export karong tuig, matud pa sa opisyal nga pahayag sa Philippine Embassy sa Washington, D.C.
“With this shipment, we are hopeful that Philippine bananas would be able to find and satisfy a niche in the competitive US banana market.”
“We also hope that this is the beginning of increased access of Philippine bananas in North America,” matud pa ni Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.
Matud pa usab ni Agriculture Attache Dr. Josyline C. Javelosa, ang shipment niabot walo ka tuig human unang nag-request ang Pilipinas nga magbaton og access sa Estados Unidos alang sa mga saging sa nasud.
Gisaksihan usab ni Javelosa, kauban nila Consul General Hellen Barber Dela Vega ug Trade Representative Jose Dinsay ang unang shipment sa pier.
“Philippine bananas are among the best in the world and there is opportunity to bring in the unique and special banana varieties like lakatan and latondan, which Filipinos in the US have long been craving for and which Americans can learn to love,” matud pa ni Javelosa.
Dole Philippines ang mag-export sa mga saging sa parent company niini sa Amerika nga Dole Food Company Inc. ug ibutang sa Sweetio brand. Migikan ang shipment sa Pilipinas niadtong Agosto 20 gikan sa Mindanao International Container Terminal sa Tagolan, Misamis Oriental.
Dugang pa ni Javelosa, daku ang matabang sa bag-ong market sa mga saging sa Pilipinas aron mas mapalambo pa ang industriya sa saging, ilabi na sa mga lugar sa Mindanao nga grabeng naapektuhan sa mga nilabay nga bagyo.
Gawas sa Estados Unidos, apil ang Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Middle East, Canada, Russia, ug Indonesia nga overseas market sa mga saging sa Pilipinas.
Kasamtangang nakabutang sa ripening warehouse ang mga saging ug gitakda kining ibaligya sa mga merkado sa sunod semana. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by aimee | Sep 17, 2013 | National News
Every third Saturday of September every year is declared as the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day and Bohol has been one of the consistent active participants in this world’s largest one day gathering of volunteers who will clean-up the environment in the designated areas.
This year’s 28th International Coastal Clean-Up will be simultaneously done on September 21, to start at exactly 6 a.m. when Boholanos from all walks of life head to beaches, waterways and underwater areas to help collect floating and submerged trash/debris that threatens our marine resources and human health.
According to the Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO), government offices are given their respective areas of assignment and they were provided with ICC data card fill in information on the debris collected.
Participants are required to bring empty sacks, brooms, tongs and utility gloves for picking up wastes.
Wastes and debris are one of the serious and worsening problems today that threaten the lives of many people especially in highly urbanized areas, says BEMO.
Every year, billions of tons of wastes make their way to the sea posing greater threat and dangers to the marine resources and human health.
BEMO added this yearly coastal clean-up is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 470, series of 2003 and reinforced by Executive Order No. 14, series of 2004 of the Bohol Provincial Governor, mandating the province participation in the yearly International Coastal Clean-up.
Bohol governor Edgar Chatto enjoined various government offices, institutions, organizations and all the people of Bohol to actively be involved and participate through cleaning and removing the wastes not only in their respective coastal areas but including rivers, lakes, streams, canals, drainages and other waterways. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
