by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Amidst the global economic meltdown and Filipinos loosing their jobs, the government is providing job opportunities. One of these is the hiring of news cops by the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Director General Jesus Verzosa announced that their agency is in need of more than 7,000 new police officers nationwide and has already ordered for the recruitment of new cops.
The program aims to augment the required number of 3,000 new PO1s for 2009 and replace the more than 4,000 uniformed personnel who were attributed for reasons of retirement, death, dismissal and resignation for the first semester of 2009 and second semester of 2008. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chair Emmanuel Angeles has presented the Roadmap of the New Philippine Education Highway, a program that intends to implement curricular reforms to enable Philippine higher education institutions (HEI) to produce more globally competitive graduates.
Angeles explains the reasons for such actions are because by 2015 – ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will’open their borders’; and, by 2020 – the Philippines would join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Trade Regime (APEC)
CHED is scheduled to release a report consolidating all HEI feedback and positions in all 17 regions on March; after all consultative meetings are concluded. (GLPaje, BUCAL/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo welcomed the release of the United States’ 2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in the Philippines. This was the statement of Eduardo Ermita, Executive Secretary and Presidential Spokesman, during a joint cabinet and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) meeting yesterday held at Boracay Island,Caticlan, Aklan.
Some of the recognition for the government’s human rights practices were attributed to the huge drop in the number of cases of unexplained killings in the past two years; continuing human rights education and information campaigns in the police and military organizations; and improvement in jails and detention centers managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to name a few. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno warned local chief executives to stop charging “pass-through” fees from delivery trucks carrying food merchandise and other agricultural goods, as such acts are illegal under the Local Government Code.
Local government executives will face administrative charges for ignorance of the law and other violations of the Code if they continue to impose such illegal fees. Depending on the case, they might even be filed with criminal charges.
This warning was issued after there had been many complaints from producers, manufacturers and wholesalers about LGUs imposing these illegal fees despite the provisions clearly stated under the Local Government Code that limits and sets the taxes that can be imposed on delivery trucks. (DILG)
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by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is working with the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) to help veterans file their claims for the benefits. This was confirmed during an interview with the media before the joint cabinet and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) meeting yesterday.
Various social welfare accomplishments on the Katas ng VAT Para kay Lolo at Lola, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and typhoon Frank rehabilitation were also discussed in the meeting. (PIA)
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