by anyajulia | Nov 9, 2009 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo “tears the wrapping” of her Administration’s gift to Loboc’s most famous adopted son during his 44th birthday.
Department of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Cua Yap, who sought for the implementation of the Loboc Tourism Complex Docking Port Extension for Lobocanons, gets it whole from the hands of the highest official of the country on his big day.
Sources close to Yap revealed that the secretary was so elated that the President comes to Bohol to hand in Administration pet projects and celebrate with him on his birthday.
Loboc town adopted Yap as one of their own when he married a Lobocana.
Yap, who has seen the need to extend the tourism complex docking port wittingly tapped government funds coursed through the Philippine Fisheries Development Program and pushed for a multi-purpose fish landing and tourist embarking port for the famous river cruise activities here.
Yap was able to source out as much as P42M worth of such projects from the PFDP.
Along with the P4.775 million Loboc Fish Landing construction in Barangay Villaflor which was started last May are the P12.64 M Guindulman Municipal Fishport in Poblacion Guindulman, the P10.95 Million Valencia Municipal Fish port in barangay Canmanico and the P13.94 million improvement of the Loay Municipal Fish Port in Poblacion Loay, Bohol.
A former economics student of President Arroyo, Yap, who is a lawyer by profession holds a Juris Doctor’s degree at the School of Law of the Ateneo de Manila University.
His first government work was with the Philippine International Trading Corporation of the DTI in 2001, an Administrator of the National Food Authority and a brief stint as the Department of Agriculture secretary then.
Now holding the DA Secretary position on his second time, Sec. Yap has also been appointed as the Presidential Adviser for Job Creation and the Development Champion for the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle (NLAQ).
One of the youngest Cabinet members, it would be no exaggeration if Yap is also referred to as one who helped erect the job generation legacy program of the President. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Nov 9, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ALL mechanisms grind as preparations gear up for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s third visit to Bohol in 2009 this Tuesday.
On that day, the President is set to preside over a Cabinet meeting in Loboc, said Governor Erico Aumentado’s former chief of staff Junin Caberte.
Caberte presided over the first coordination meeting at the Capitol, Friday.
Key officials doing the usual legwork for presidential visits attended the meeting to discuss the usual visit activities for security and logistics.
“Schedules are still loose, but by Sunday, we can have a clearer picture of the President’s schedule after her advance party shall have met with the local officials handling the visit details,” Caberte assured.
For reasons of security of the President and her Cabinet members, the governor’s aide refused to divulge the possible venues of the meeting.
However, while there, Loboc local officials led by Mayor Leon Calipusan also bared that they would also want the president to inaugurate the P4.7 M Loboc Tourism Complex Docking Port Extension in Barangay Villaflor
Sources close to the mayor said the port extension is another commitment of the present administration for Loboc development, through the Department of Agriculture.
The port extension also forms part of the P 42 Million DA projects implemented under the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority.
Separate sources have also speculated that the President would breeze through and greet the gathering of the Liga ng Mga Barangay Bohol Chapter meeting at the nearby Joventino A. Digal Gymnasium at the Poblacion of Loboc town.
The Office of Board Member Concepcion Lim, Liga Bohol Chapter President has confirmed that they have invited the President on their separate affair.
Moreover, in Bohol the President would be greeting one of the youngest cabinet members on his 44th birthday.
Department of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Cua Yap celebrates his birthday on the same day. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Nov 6, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Through Proclamation No. 698, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the month of November as the Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month.
This proclamation makes known to the Filipino people that the government supports the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care in achieving the mandate of RA 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 which was sponsored by then Senator Juan Flavier.
The Traditional and Alternative Medicines Act of 1997 aims to promote and be able to provide an array of affordable, accessible and effective traditional and complementary / alternative health care options for the Filipino people to choose from.
The objectives of this Act are to encourage scientific research on and develop traditional and alternative health care systems; and to promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive and curative health care modalities. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Nov 6, 2009 | Headlines, National News
November is National Consciousness Month for Punctuality and Civility. This is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1638, signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 8, 2008, which states the respect for the value of time and respect for the right of others.
President Arroyo said that the Organized Response for the Advancement of Society, Inc. (ORAS), a non-government, non-profit and non-stock organization composed of leaders from all sectors of society, “has continually and effectively promoted a national campaign for the transformation of the habit of our people in respect to the value of time and respect for the rights of others.”
Being punctual is being civil to one’s colleagues and the people one deals with on a daily basis. Time after all, is the most wasted non-renewable resource people have.
All government offices, local and national, and all public and private schools, colleges and universities are enjoined to observe this month with appropriate programs to promote the twin values of punctuality and civility. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Nov 6, 2009 | Headlines, National News
“November is Filariasis Awareness Month.” This was disclosed by Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III. This was launched as to fight and eliminate lymphatic filariasis has been going on.
DOH is giving importance to the partnership with private sectors nationwide in its thrust to eliminate the disease which affects 48 provinces and all the Regions of the country.
Filariasis is a major parasitic infection, which continues to be a public health problem in the Philippines. It is the second leading cause of permanent and long-term disability. (PIA)
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