by anyajulia | Jul 2, 2009 | Headlines, National News
GIBANABANA nga kapin sa 750 mil ka banayng Pinoy ang makabanepisyo sa “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”(4P) sa sunod tuig, butyag sa Malakanyang.
Kini samtang niabot na sa 350 mil ka pamilyang Pinoy ang nakadawat sa tabang samtang laing kapin sa 200 mil ang gitutokang alalayan sa 4P, matud ni NEDA Deputy Director General Rolando Tungpalan.
Ang 4P usa ka flagship project sa Administrasyong Arroyo aron kubsan ang kawad-on pinaagi sa pagpundo ug pagpalig-on sa banay aron mao nay mopalingkawas sa kawad-on.
Usa ka lakang karon ang gitun-an ug kini maoa ng paghimo sa mga institusyon pinaagi balaod gikan sa Kongreso aron mopatunhay sa 4Ps bisan pag lain na ang Presidente, matud niya.
Kini maoy gihandum ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal Arroyo samtang didto siya sa Brazil, ni Tungpalan pa. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 30, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SEGREGATION at source is still the best and most cost efficient way of garbage disposal, hints Provincial Environment and Natural Resources officer Nestor Canda.
Speaking during a radio interview, the environment officer said proper segregation at source should work out to lessen the bulk of garbage thrown daily.
With proper information on segregation, people can now see that some items that were previously piled for disposal can still be recycled or re-used.
The advocacy by the PENRO came in time when city government is now pressed to act on the garbage problem here just as local governments are also mandated to put up sanitary landfills in line with the national ecological solid waste management law. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 30, 2009 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG laughs off the allegation about that Oplan: August moon, saying that the insinuation of perpetuating the President in power beyond 2010 is just the opposition and de-stabilizers’ “figment of imagination”.
OPLAN August moon, according to leaked reports is a coup plot aimed at perpetuating President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in power beyond 2010 and is inspired by a Chinese festival.
The plan allegedly includes putting generals loyal to the president in power, specifically members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class of 1978, which includes Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit, commanding general of the 70,000-strong Philippine Army.
Deputy spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo instead said the President is focused on economic issues and managing the A(H1N1) crisis than planning her stay.
In the alleged plot, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Victor Ibrado becomes “collateral damage” with Bangit taking over his place while other PMS Class 78 members would be given key posts. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 30, 2009 | Foreign Exchange, Headlines
TAKING advantage of the opportunity while on official travel, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo nailed another hopeful chance for investments in the country, this time with Hongkong based Kuok group.
Kuok Group of Companies, owners of the Shangri-la hotel chains committed to expand their business in the Philippines, during a meeting with the president in Hongkong.
According to Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde, officals of Kuok group announced their plans in expanding their hotel and resort business, a big booster helping the tourism industry in Philippines.
Remonde also said that aside from their hotels and resorts, the Kuok group will also invest on the Philippine Palm oil industry. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 30, 2009 | Headlines, National News
AMID disheartening complaints of senior citizens being refused the mandatory discount from establishments, the Department of Finance (DOF) is now open to raising discounts from 20 to 30 %.
In a position paper, Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran said the DOF supports raising the mandatory discounts as embodied in a Senate bill but cautioned lawmakers against giving the national government the responsibility of giving the sector a P1,500 monthly stipend, another provision of the senate bill.
The Senate bill intends to provide additional assistance through a monthly stipend of P1500 to the more vulnerable senior citizens, but its also proposed to earmark VAT (value added tax) proceeds to fund the proposed monthly stipend.
Beltran explained that saving portion of the VAT proceeds for this endeavor means P4 billion monthly revenue loss for the NG or about P53 billion loss in a year.
“The most basic argument against earmarking of revenues is that it limits flexibility of government in budgeting its scarce revenues that misallocation of resources is not a remote possibility to take place,” he said.
Aside from increasing the discount for senior citizens stipulated under Republic Act 7432, otherwise known as the Senior Citizen Act, and granting 20 percent discount to services and goods not covered by VAT, the proposed measure also wants senior citizens to be exempted from the payment of individual income taxes if their annual taxable income is not over the latest poverty threshold in the country.
This provision, Beltran said, should be in line with the incentives included under RA 9504, otherwise known as the Minimum Wage Law. (PIA)
