by aimee | Apr 2, 2014 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ANTEQUERA, Bohol, April 02, 2014 (PIA)–Gipangunahan ni Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell ang pagduaw sa lalawigan sa mga kadagkuan sa Australian Parliamentary kagahapon.
Uban usab ni Tweddell si Australian House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Bruce Scott nga nibutyag nga ang Bohol ang nag-inusarang lalawigan lamang sa Pilipinas ang ilang giduaw gawas sa kaulohan tungod kay nabati nila nga kabahin na sila sa katilingbang Bol-anon.
Ang delegasyon sa Australia naglakip nilang Senator for South Australia Don Farrell, Senator
for Victoria Helen Kroger, Member of the Parliament for Bruce, Victoria Alan Griffin, Member for Hasluck, Western Australia Ken Wyatt, Adviser to the Deputy Speaker Elysia Ruttley, Peter Banson (ang kalihim sa delegasyon) ug ang asawa ni Scott nga si Joan.
Lima ka bulan human gitay-og ang Bohol sa 7.2 magnitude nga linog, ang kagamhanan sa Australia nakahatag na og P366 milyon (A$9 milyon) alang sa diha-dihang kahupayan ug hinabang sa nagpadayong recovery ug reconstruction sa lalawigan.
Uban ni Gob. Edgar Chatto, gisugdan kagahapon ang paghatag og pagtagad sa P275 milyon nga rehabilitation project nga naghiapil sa 14 ka nag-unang kadalanan sa Bohol nga binuligan sa kagamhanan sa Australia.
Ang maong pagbulig pinaagi sa Australian Assistance for International Development (AusAID), dili lamang alang sa pagpahiule sa kinatibuk-ang 124.62 kilometro sa kadalanan apan apil na usab ang kasamtangang kahigayonan sa panginabuhian alang sa 115,000 ka Bol-anon sa mga beneficiary areas.
Ang maong grupo naglakip usab sa mga opisyal sa Philippine Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF) Program nga gi-abagahan usab sa AusAID.
Ang ceremonial groundbreaking gihimo sa tungang dalan nga nag-atubang sa barangay hall sa Bungahan, Antequera, usa sa 14 ka dalan nga ayuhon –ang Antequera-Balilihan road agi sa Dorol.
Ang ubang 13 ka road sections nga nalakip sa Australian-aided rehabilitation mao Poblacion Inabanga-Lawis road, Inabanga-Lapacan-Magtangtang road, Candumayao-Cabanugan road, Poblacion Catigbian-Rizal-Kagawasan (San Isidro) road, Cahayag (Tubigon)-Banlasan-Cabanugan road, Calape-Pangangan road, Tajang-Sandingan road, Alegria (Catigbian)-Baang-Jagbuaya-Janopol road, Abatan-Agahay-Busao-Toril-Aghao road, Hinawanan (Loay)-Concepcion-Junction (Loboc-Sikatuna) road, Cambuac (Sikatuna)-Lobgob (Sevilla) road, Jct (LIR)-Quinoguitan-Sevilla-Janopol road , ug ang Dimiao-Oac-Bilar road. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2014 | Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
MANILA, April 01, 2014 (PIA)–Subling nipahinomdom ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) nga adunay nahabiling 36 ka adlaw na lamang alang sa tanang bag-ong botante aron makaparehisto alang sa nagsingabot nga national elections sa 2016.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa Comelec nga si James Jimenez, Mayo 6 ang gitakdang katapusang adlaw sa pagparehistro sa mga bag-ong botante nga may edad 18 pataas ug sa mga wala pay biometrics.
“Registered voters without biometrics, new voters aged 18 and up; and everyone wanting to update their voter records, 36 days na lang, May 6 na! Registration for Filipino overseas voting also begins on May 6, 2014,” matud pa sa twitter account ni Jimenez.
Giingong mokabat sa walo ka milyong botante ang wala pa nipaubos sa biometrics apil na ang 2 ka milyong bag-ong botante mao nga nanawagan ang poll body nga moadto na sa pinakaduol nga buhatan sa Comelec aron ipatarong ang record sa usa ka botante. (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2014 | National News
MANILA, April 01, 2014 (PIA)–Gipalig-on na sa mga miyembro sa ahensiya sa gobyerno ang bag-ong sumbanan sa Inter-Agency Anti-Graft Coordinating Council (IAAGCC).
Pangunahan niini ang imbestigasyon ug prosekusyon sa graft cases, ilabi na kadtong adunay kalabotan sa maanomalyang transaksyon sa gobyerno, fraud cases nga mokabat sa P50 milyon ug mga kasong gilambigitan sa mga taas nga opisyal sa gobyerno o bureau director pataas.
Apil sa mga nitambong sa paglagda sa kasabotan kagahapon silang Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Francisco Duque, Commission on Audit (COA) Chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan, Budget Secretary Butch Abad, Executive Sec. Pacquito Ochoa, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Virgilio Mendez ug Justice Assistant Sec. Geronimo Sy.
Nakadetalye sa maong bag-ong sumbanan ang mga kaakohan ug pondong igahin sa matag ahensya.
Kahinomduman nga niadtong Setyembre 2013, gi-reactive ang IAAGCC human niboto ang isyu kalabot sa Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). (PIA7-Bohol/ECB)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2014 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III reiterated his obligation to defend the country’s sovereignty adding other countries should recognize the Philippines’s rights to defend its own interest in West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
In an interview during the graduation rites at the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) in Silang, Cavite, the President said his government is not challenging China or initiating a provocation.
But he said he believes that China should recognize the country’s right to defend its sovereignty. He also said the country is pursuing a requirement on a peaceful and rules-based approach in resolving the dispute in the West Philippine Sea when it elevated its case to the international tribunal.
“We went through arbitration primarily because that is a means to resolve the dispute na consistent with the policy na peaceful, at saka in conformity with the international law,” he told reporters.
Another track being pursued by the country is the crafting of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).
So far, ASEAN member countries only agreed in the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea in 2002, and the Philippines wants to push a Code of Conduct after ten years. The Philippines has no other choice but international arbitration, he said, arguing that the Ayungin Shoal currently being contested by China is clearly within the country’s 200 exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The President also commended the members of the Armed forces who have been manning a government position in the Ayungin Shoal through a dilapidated ship.
“I should pay special tribute to the men of the AFP. We have men who had to be provisioned in Ayungin Shoal. They accomplished the mission without, I believe, increasing the tension and did it in a way that didn’t pose a threat to any other country–again consistent with the peaceful approach,” he said.
Changing personnel and bringing supplies are becoming a challenge for the Philippines as China has started to block supply ships from reaching government’s position.
On Sunday, the Philippines filed a memorial or a written pleading in the international tribunal containing evidence and basis for its claims in the West Philippine Sea. (PND)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2014 | Headlines
The Department of Trade and Industry Central Visayas is organizing an ASEAN Economic Integration Workshop for the Manfacturing, Trade/Retail, and Creative Industries on April 4, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel in Cebu City.
In cooperation with the Export Marketing Bureau, Regional Development Authority (NEDA 7) and Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), the activity seeks to identify action plans and strategies that would prepare and capacitate industry sectors for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration.
Resource speakers from Manila will discuss on the overall direction of industry development, impact of AEC integration, and its advantages to the manufacturing, retail/trade and creative industries; while resource speakers from Cebu will share their knowledge, experiences and expectations to the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community integration.
Outputs of the workshop will be utilized as main inputs to the Central Visayas Roadmap to AEC integration and will serve as guiding document for the stakeholders in their preparation for the AEC integration.
Those who would like to participate in the ASEAN Economic Integration Workshop may call the DTI 7 Business Development Division for registration at 2550036, 255-0037 or 412-1989 local 601.
2015 marks the birth of the ASEAN Economic Community and the start of free trade between the 10 member-countries where products and services, among other things, will have a single market and production base and where labor, investments and capital will have a freer flow. (end)
