by anyajulia | Feb 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appoints Elias Yusoph as the new Commission on Election (Comelec) commissioner.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita says in a press briefing, that Yusoph will take over the vacant position of former Comelec Commissioner Romeo Brawner, who died of a heart attack last May 29, 2008. Ermita adds that Yusoph was highly recommended by the Bishops-Ulama Conference.
The appointment of Yusoph as Comelec commissioner, shows how the government is serious with their desire to appoint a Muslim in the Constitutional body.
Before he was appointed, Yusoph was a prosecutor in Marawi City since 1987. He also served as assistant city fiscal and special prosecutor in the Department of Justice in the the years 1983-1987 and 1980-1983 respectively. He passed the bar exam in 1977.
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by anyajulia | Feb 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed, between educators of both government and the private sectors, on moves to fight the stigma of “Filipino Time” and of graft and corruption in the upper echelons of government.
Malacanang dubbed it, “Project: W.A.T.C.H. (We Advocate Time Consciousness and Honesty)”. The project consists of a series of seminars and orientations for the young to complement existing school curricula and inculcate with more focus – the advocacy for national consciousness on honesty and punctuality.
The signatories of the MOA include the following : Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz, JCI Senate national president Carlos Go, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chair Manuel Angeles, Technical Education and Skills Development Administration (TESDA) chair Augusto Syjuco and Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities president Gonzalo Duque.
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by anyajulia | Feb 4, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrives tonight in the Kingdom of Bahrain for a two-day official visit. This is part of the government’s effort to further strengthen its economic and bilateral relations with Bahrain, host to thousands of Filipino overseas workers.
Bahrain Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa will personally welcome the President when she disembarks at the presidential plane.
After the brief welcome rites, the President will be motored to the Gulf Hotel International Convention Center to meet the Filipino community there.
On the second day of her visit, the President is scheduled to visit Ama International University, Almabad Campus, where she is expected to lead the ribbon-cutting and electronic unveiling of the special dedication marker of the university.
After which, the President is also scheduled to meet His Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Gudaibiya Palace. There would also be the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Agriculture to be sign by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and his counterpart in Bahrain.
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by anyajulia | Feb 4, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) begins its National Arts Month-Philippine International Arts Festival (NAM-PIAF) 2009 this February with the theme “Ani ng Sining”. The NAM-PIAF is a series of activities and programs across the country that celebrates Filipino artistry in different mediums of art.
Some of the activities the NAM-PIAF includes are Ani ng Sining Launching, PA (ng)LABAS- a lecture forum on architecture in film, Sayaw Pinoy, Tanghal: the 3rd National University Theater Festival, Taboan: Philippine Writers Festival, Organik Muzik, and Philippine Visual Arts Fest.
In support of the NAM-PIAF the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), through Memorandum Circular 2009-04, has encouraged to undertake activities that will enhance the Filipinos’ understanding and appreciation of the culture and arts.
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by anyajulia | Feb 3, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Due to the P 1.9 M unpaid medical expenses under Tagbilaran’s Blue Card free hospitalization program, the Gov. Celestino Gallares Regional Hospital is suspending admittances charged against the city government.
The government hospital confirmed in a check that the outstanding obligations of the city remain unpaid prompting its management to stop allowing patients to charge hospital billings against the Blue Card.
Since the hospital fees ballooned to over P2.146 million in June 2008, the city government only paid once despite several demands for payment.
Some city lawmakers were shocked to learn of the unpaid debt since the Sangguniang
Panlungsod (SP) approved a P4 million allocation for the Blue Card last year.
Until the city government pays its debt, the hospital will refuse admittances under
the hospitalization program of the city.
Efforts to get the side of City Health Officer Dr. Antonio Porticos regarding the issue proved futile.
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