by aimee | Aug 22, 2013 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Thursday that he is open to appointing Senator Panfilo Lacson as chief government anti-graft prober to look into and act on graft and corruption cases in the government.
The President said however that he is still awaiting a study being conducted by the Office of the Executive Secretary before drafting an Executive Order officially naming Lacson to the Inter-Agency Anti-Graft and Corruption Council.
“Well, open tayo pero hinihintay natin iyong…proposed executive order undergoing study by the Executive Secretary. Hinihintay ko pa ‘yung findings nila dito,” the President said.
He pointed out that other recent events affecting the country, such as the recent floods, misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund, and the crash of two shipping vessels in Cebu, have made focusing on working towards the possible appointment of Senator Lacson next to impossible but he vowed he would ask for updates from the Office of the Executive Secretary.
“I will follow it up with the Executive Secretary — dahil medyo matagal-tagal na ring pending ang proposal ni Senator Lacson,” the President said.
According to the President the Inter-Agency task force is composed of representatives from the Ombudsman, the Department of Justice and the Commission on Audit. (PND)
by aimee | Aug 22, 2013 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 22 (PIA)–Sukwahi sa gituhoan, dili gayud angay butangan og ahos ang samad sa pinaakan og iro o bisan unsang hayop nga gidudahang adunay rabies.
Mao kini ang gitin-aw ni Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz, action officer sa canine rabies sa Bohol Rabies Prevention and Elimination Council (BRPEC) atol sa gipahigayong Media Communication and Advocacy Workshop on Anti-Rabies ning bag-o lamang nga gitambongan sa mga information officers sa mga kalungsoran.
Matud pa ni Dr. Lapiz, angay hugasan gayud pag-ayo diha-diha dayon ang samad sulod sa 10 ka minutos gamit ang sabon ug tubig.
Likayan ang pagpadugo o pagpislit sa pinaakan ug pahiran og alcohol, tinktura de yodo o bisan unsang tambal alang sa samad.
Human niini, adto dayon sa Health Center o Rural Health Unit sa inyong lugar aron mahatagan og referral sa dili pa moadto sa pinakaduol nga Animal Bite Treatment Center (ABTC) aron mahatagan og proteksiyon sa sakit sa rabies.
Dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol, aduna kitay lima ka Animal Bite Treatment Centers nga mahimong adtuon sa mga napaakan og iro o bisan unsang hayop nga gidudahang adunay rabies.
Kini ang Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital sa syudad sa Tagbilaran; Natalio Castillo Memorial District Hospital sa lungsod sa Loon; Cong. Simeon Toribio Memorial Hospital sa lungsod sa Carmen; Jagna Distrist Hospital sa lungsod sa Jagna; ug ang Garcia Memorial Provincial Hospital sa lungsod sa Talibon.
Angay usab bantayan ang mga timailhan sa iro nga adunay rabies. Usa na niini ang kalit nga pag-usab sa kinaiya o pagpanglihok sama sa kalit nga pag-pangisog o masulob-on, katulgon ug mutago sa ngitngit nga lugar.
Mamaak ang iro sa bisan unsang butang ug magdagan-dagan nga walay direksiyon.
Apil usab sa timailhan ang pagbula-bula sa baba niini o pagtabisay sa laway ug maglisod sa pagtulon sa pagkaon ug pag-inom og tuibg.
Ang uban usab, maparalisa o kalit lamang mamatay nga dili magpakita ug sintomas.
Angay hibaw-an sa katawhan nga ang rabies usa ka matang sa sakit nga angay gayud likayan ug sumpuon. Gani, gihatagan kini og importansiya sa tibuok kalibutan tungod kay syento porsyento nga mataptan niini mamatay gayud. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by aimee | Aug 16, 2013 | National News
A total deployment ban to Egypt has been imposed by the governing board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) citing security risks for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
“The POEA Governing Board, in an emergency meeting, has approved yesterday Governing Board Resolution No. 9 Series of 2013 imposing a total ban on the processing and deployment of all overseas Filipino workers bound for Egypt,” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.
“It is not safe for OFWs to go to Egypt and work there, considering the present circumstances,” Baldoz added.
There are currently about 6,000 remaining Filipinos in Egypt.
Baldoz said the Department of Foreign Affairs had informed her that it has raised the crisis Alert Level 3 in Egypt in view of the escalating civil unrest and insecurity, as well as the declaration of a month-long state of emergency in the country.
Alert level 3 entails the voluntary repatriation of Filipinos in Egypt. The deployment of new workers, as well as the return to Egypt of vacationing workers, spouses of Egyptian nationals, Islamic University students, and their dependents, is likewise suspended.
It can be recalled that the DFA raised the crisis alert level in Egypt to Alert Level 2 on July 8, 2012. Four days later or on 12 July, the Governing Board, in Resolution No. 6 Series of 2013, imposed a temporary suspension on the processing and deployment of newly-hired OFWs bound for Egypt. (POEA)
by aimee | Aug 16, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 16 (PIA)–Gi-uswag na usab sa Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ang gitakdang deadline alang sa mga negosyante kalabot sa paggamit sa bag-ong resibo.
Ubos sa bag-ong BIR Circular 52-2013, nakalatid nga mahimo pang magamit sa mga business establishments ang ilang mga daang resibo hangtud Oktubre 31, kini gikan sa kanhing Agosto 30 nga deadline.
Pasabot ni BIR Chief Kim Jacinto-Henares, kini aron mahatagan og igong panahon ang mga negosyante nga makapa-printa og bag-ong receipt form.
Gitumbok ni Henares nga adunay kapin sa 2,000 ka accredited printers ang BIR sa tibuok nasud nga mahimong adtuon sa mga negosyante.
Kahinumdoman nga sa gipagawas nga BIR regulations, ang mga daang resibo magamit na lamang hangtud Hunyo 30 ug gi-uswag kini hangtud sa buwan sa Agusto. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
Total deployment ban sa Egypt, gimando na
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 16 (PIA)–Nagpatuman na og “total deployment ban” ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) alang sa mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga moadto unta sa nasud sa Egypt.
Sa gipagawas nga POEA’s Governing Board Resolution No. 9 Series of 2013, nalakip niini ang processing ug deployment sa tanang mga trabahanteng Pinoy sa maong nasud tungod na usab sa hulga sa seguridad.
Gawas niini, dili na usab tugotang makabalik pa sa Egypt ang mga Pinoy nga daan nang nagtrabaho didto ug bisan ang mga asawa sa mga Egyptian nationals nga naka-bakasyon lamang sa Pilipinas.
“It is not safe for OFWs to go to Egypt and work there, considering the present circumstances,” matud pa ni Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz.
Kahimundoman nga niadtong Hulyo 12, nipagawas ang POEA og “temporary suspension” sa processing ug deployment sa mga newly-hired OFWs paingon sa Egypt.
Taliwala sa nagka-grabeng kagubot sa nasud sa Egypt, giseguro karon sa Philippine Embassy sa Cairo nga walay Pinoy nga naangol o nadamay sa kagubot didto.
Bisan pa niini, subling gipahinumdoman sa embahada ang mga Pinoy nga kun mahimo, magpabilin lamang sa mga luwas nga lugar ug layo sa mga kagubot. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by aimee | Aug 14, 2013 | National News
Malacanang makes available online infographic materials and articles about former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. in line with the observance of his 30th Death Anniversary, a Palace official said on Wednesday.
“August 21, 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr.’s return to the Philippines and his martyrdom. In fulfillment of its mandate as custodian of institutional memory, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) is spearheading an online commemoration which will feature an interactive page with a comprehensive timeline, music of the era, infographic maps, essays, and testimonials on Ninoy and his sacrifice, on the Presidential Museum and Library website,” Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda issued the statement during the regular press briefing in Malacañang on Wednesday.
The government called on the Filipino people to participate in the online commemoration which seeks to keep the spirit of Ninoy’s martyrdom alive as an example of the selfless sacrifice of a man who gave up his life to free a shackled country, Lacierda said.
“We call on Filipinos to participate in this campaign, which will source and publish short statements from those who had lived through that watershed event in our history,” Lacierda said.
“We will also be featuring a remarkable collection of interviews of Ninoy’s family and close associates, gathered by Ms. Cynthia Sycip and published in 1984. We will also put online, for the first time, the majority and minority reports of the Agrava Commission on the Official Gazette,” he stressed.
Lacierda asked the Filipino people to join the commemoration by posting on Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #Ninoy or by sending an email to heritage@pcdspo.gov.ph.
“The nation once again marks Ninoy’s sacrifice, and your recollections and opinions will play a vital role in enabling a new generation of Filipinos to understand that period of martial law, and the turning point that was August 21, 1983,” he said. (PND)
