by anyajulia | Mar 23, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya, Jr., in the DBM news disclosed that instead of mass layoffs, the government will even initiate mass hiring to provide Filipinos with job opportunities. He adds, that funds for the mass hiring of employees this year has already been earmarked in the 2009 national budget.
Government vacancies have been allocated funds for the purpose of hiring personnel, Andaya said. He clarified that the plan to abolish redundant positions in government had been advanced not only because of the cost of maintaining said positions but also to improve service delivery by cutting red tape through systems and organizational changes.
Andaya pointed out that those affected by the rationalization do not include professionals such as policemen, teachers, doctors, nurses, midwives and firemen. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 20, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday called on the private sector to join the government as volunteers in its efforts to cushion the impact of the global financial crisis. The President made her call during a radio interview.
“On the part of the government, belt-tightening ang kailangan. On the part of the people, volunteerism, ” the President said.
The private sector could help organize / volunteer to organize our planned mega jobs fair during our celebration of our Independence. Especially during summer months when all the students are on vacation, “we have to have some activity that will give them some income,” Arroyo adds.
The President said possible job placements opportunities for the youth nclude joining OYSTER (out-of-school youth towards economic resiliency) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) employment programs that include maintenance of roads. (PND)
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by anyajulia | Mar 20, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Golez assured that in regards to extradition, the legal guidelines will prevail and not the wishes of those who will be extradited.
Golez is reacting to a suggestion attributed to Senator Panfilo Lacson to place former police officers Glen Dumlao and Cesar Mancao in the hands of media instead of government to guarantee their safety. Dumlao and Mancao are subjects of extradition arising from their alleged involvement in the 2000 abduction and killing of Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and Emmanuel Corbito. Both were officers of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF). (PIA-MMIO)
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by anyajulia | Mar 20, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave the order to track down suspects in the shabu smuggling incident in Subic Bay last year.
Dangerous Drugs Board Chair Vicente Sotto III said the President organized the inter-agency “Task Force Double AA” to intensify the manhunt for Anton Ang and five co-horts. He said the task force will be doing a regional and international coordination in its search for Ang and company.
The task force consists of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Task Force, Office of the Solicitor General, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group, National Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Immigration.
Sotto added they will get into a deep research for new ways of shabu detection after the President expressed her desire to equip the country’s entry points with better detection system for the illegal drugs. (PIA-MMIO)
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by anyajulia | Mar 20, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The government is now looking into all the possibilities to resolve the 3-month old kidnapping by the Abu Sayyaf of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers: Andreas Notter of Switzerland, Eugenio Vagri of Italy and Mary Jean Lacaba of the Philippines.
One of these possibilities is withdrawal of government troops encircling the location of the captors and their victims. But the final decision would still be up to the Local Crisis Management Committee to start the negotiations between the two camps.
The aforementioned ICRC workers were taken at gunpoint on Jan. 15 while on the way to Jolo Airport. (PND)
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