by anyajulia | Mar 26, 2009 | Headlines, National News, Tourism
TURISMO ug pagpamuhunan niini ang nakita ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo nga labing maayong industriya samtang nabati na ang recession.
Kini samtang iyang gibatbat ang importansya sa pagpadayag sa destinasyon alang sa mga turista ug ang pagpahimutang sa mga imprastraktura aron mas daghan pang makatrabaho.
Natud niya, daghang trabaho mapasudan sa torismo samtang iyang gipakayab ang panginahanglan sa mga maayong kadalang ug tugpahanan isip mga kritikal nga puhunan sa turismo.
Gipanghambug na sa Presidente ang mga maayong beach resorts sa nasud aron mapakusog ang turismo, santang namatikdang kini usab nakatabang sa dugang pagpangaghat sa mga mamumuhunan dinhi.
Gitukbil usab sa pamuno nasud ang pagdaghan sa mga hotel ug mga puy-anan nga nagpasugod ug tranaho matag buwan.
Matud ni Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano, labing menos sa mga naapektohan sa global economic recession ang turismo sa nasud, (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Mar 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo forms a monitoring system called the Global Recession Impact Monitor (GRIM) is in line with the government’s efforts to make sure that the Philippines would not slip into recession like two-thirds of the world.
At times like this, there is a need to give more focus on how to create more jobs and keep the prices of basic goods stable. (PIA-MMIO)
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by anyajulia | Mar 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The three-year deployment ban for OFWs in Lebanon has not yet been lifted. Currently, the country is negotiating on a bilateral level with Lebanon’s Ministry of Labor on issues related to labor standards.
Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque discussed during a press briefing prior to the Cabinet meeting here today. “We won’t allow our Filipino workers’ deployment there (Lebanon) unless we agree first on labor standards,” Roque stressed.
Roque said they are also awaiting the comments from the Lebanese Ministry of Labor regarding its position on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the DOLE provided it earlier.
Roque adds that he may send a technical team from DOLE and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to Lebanon within the next two weeks to sit down and discuss pertinent details about redeployment and how “we should finalize that MOU.” (PIA-MMIO)
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by anyajulia | Mar 25, 2009 | Foreign Exchange, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
With aid from Australia and Korea, in the next four to five years, Bohol will implement over P350-million worth of projects.
This after Gov. Erico Aumentado will sign this coming Friday separate MOAs with the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica), and Australia through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) in rites to be held in Quezon City.
Aumentado and three other governors will sign with Managing Director Sung-ho Choi of Koica’s Economic Development Department, and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap the records of discussion (R/D) for the construction of modern integrated rice processing and milling complexes (RPCs) in four provinces – Bohol, Iloilo, Pangasinan and Davao del Sur.
The project aims to raise the farmers’ incomes through better storage, processing and milling – and therefore less wastage. The RPC will be equipped with efficient and affordable drying, milling and processing facilities.
Bohol’s RPC will be located in Pilar town that is also the site of the Malinao Dam of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage I (BHIP 1).
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by anyajulia | Mar 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Education (DepEd) urge all public schools not to collect graduation fees or any contribution for graduation rites. DepEd Secretary Jeslie Lapus once again cited DepEd Order No. 8, series of 2005 enjoining all Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools to strictly observe stipulations of the said order.
In the said order, PTA/PTCAs may solicit voluntary contributions from their members for graduation ceremonies and celebrations.
The graduation rites should be conducted in an appropriate solemn ceremony befitting the graduating students and their parents and it should not be a venue for political forum. (aca/PIA)
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