by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Election 2010, Headlines, National News
The Philippine government is already waging a war against “narco-politics” which is reportedly happening in the country and rearing its ugly head towards the 2010 national and local elections. This was the statement disclosed by Malacañang.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Malacañang are alarmed on the possible use of drug money to influence the outcome of the elections next year.
She added there are allegedly some corrupt politicians who are using drug money so they can push their political ambitions to be able to get a juicy government positions. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cited the importance of international engagement in the country’s development. This was disclosed when she led the groundbreaking of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) -funded road project here that stand to benefit some four million Filipinos.
Australian Charge d’Affaires Steve Scott said the Philippines is an “important partner of Australia,” adding that the funds were made available to the Philippines because of “good governance and good execution of AusAID projects.”
The road project is under the Southern Philippines Provincial Road Maintenance Program (SPPRMP) that covers 10 provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao and is funded with some 100 million Australian dollars or around P3.5 billion by the Australian government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
Australia is the country’s second largest bilateral grant aid donor after Japan. Its aid program has grown significantly in the last three years. For the fiscal year 2008-2009, its assistance portfolio is estimated at Aus 109 million dollars. (PNA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Republic Act 9679 or the Pag-ibig Fund Law of 2009, which was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, repealed the Presidential Decree 1752 and further strengthened the Home Development Mutual Fund to perform its housing and provident finance mandates.
From P3.82 billion in 2001, Pag-IBIG released a total of P37.3 billion in end user housing loans last year. As of May this year, housing loan disbursement grew by 34 percent, indicating a strong demand despite the financial crunch. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban revealed that 237,601 Filipinos have earned employment under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP).
Panganiban said the generated jobs are in public works and services with more than P7 billion already committed of the P13.58 billion as pledged by various agencies to the CLEEP.
To better the workers condition, the daily minimum wage in the private sector were increased from P265 in 2001 to P382 to date, while in the government, salaries of state employees were raised four times, including this year with the first of the four tranches of the Salary Standardization Law 3 after being signed by President Arroyo. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Jul 22, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman) graced the groundbreaking of a new socialized housing project. The housing project, located within the New Bilibid Prison Reservation Property in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, will benefit less than 3,000 state employees.
HUDCC chairman and Vice President de Castro said the houses and lots will be offered to government employees after four months that the priority agencies’ employees were not able to buy the units through their Pagibig Fund contributions. (PIA)
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