by anyajulia | Jan 15, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 4 Presiding Judge Achilles Melicor is taking on the Agora case hearing. The hearing will be tomorrow.
Melicor will be the fourth RTC judge to be assigned the controversial case after it was re-raffled on Monday.
Atty. Victor dela Serna and Atty Alexander Lim declined to issue their comments as of presstime on whether they will file a motion for inhibition against Melicor. The case has gone into a merry-go-round at the RTC since it was filed early December
last year.
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by anyajulia | Jan 15, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Budget and Management issued guidelines for internal control systems of government agencies. This is to ensure that public funds are spent well and organizational goals are accomplished. According to BDBM Secretary Rolando G. Andaya, Jr., the National Guidelines on Internal Control Systems (NGICS) is the Philippines commitment to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of risk management and internal control.
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by anyajulia | Jan 15, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events, TBTK
In the new millennium, Boholanos, a million strong in our island province, are also living beyond our borders in large numbers. Just like the Converse All Stars slogan – “We’re everywhere,” Boholanos are also scattered all over the world.
Wherever our paisanos are situated, regardless of social background and career placements, there is that collective longing to come home to Bohol, where their hearts still belong.
It is human nature to get excited when a loved one returns home after having been away for so long. To many cultures and societies, the joy is confined only within the family circle or among kindred friends. But to us Boholanos, the elation at someone’s homecoming transcends beyond blood relations.
Invited or not, people come freely to a returnee’s welcome party. Everybody offers a warm handshake, a tight hug or a beso beso. All will present themselves as long lost friends.
Thereafter, friends and relatives will keep coming in droves. Most will extend invitations to dinners, fiestas and just about every social occasion there is. Some tag god children along for obvious intensions. Others will solicit support for beauty contestants and various community projects.
Indeed, for the immigrant Boholano, no place compares with Bohol and going home to visit is what’s foremost in their minds – and hearts.
That’s the reason why the concept of Tigum Bolanon sa Tibuok Kalibutan came into being. The first TBTK in 1999 was a resounding success although back then, attendance was made up mostly of members of the Confederation of Boholanos in the United States and Canada (CONBUSAC).
The second time around, in 2003, then over-all chairperson , Betty V. Garcia ,initiated the Audience with the President at Malacanang Palace, invited schools and universities, family clans etc. to hold their own reunions . TBTK caught wide media attention and given support by the Department of Tourism by then secretary now senator Richard Gordon. No less than HE President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo welcomed the Boholano balikbayans in Malacanang.
On its third staging in 2006 under the able leadership of Betty Veloso Garcia, the TBTK turned global, its campaign having spread worldwide. Boholanos from the five continents came to revel in the festivities from July 22-30.
The celebration started in Manila when then mayor Lito Atienza rolled the red carpet, officially welcomed the delegates by presenting a Key to the City to the TBTK Chair- Betty V. Garcia at simple ceremonies in City Hall July 17. Later then Mayor Atienza treated the delegates to a cocktail at the baywalk at Roxas boulevard, a cultural show and dinner at the Manila Cultural and Dance Center.
The indefatigable chairperson, Betty Veloso-Garcia, whose brand of leadership, love of home province and fellow Boholanos, are the main reasons for the TBTK success story, remains at the helm of this year’s tigum.
In partnership with local government units, the Department of Tourism and the Department of Environment and Natural Ressources, TBTK ’09 will have environmental awareness and protection as its theme with an aim to preserve Bohol’s natural wonders that have made our province, the country’s premier tourist destination today.
Collectively, we Boholanos abroad can make a difference in the lives of our paisanos back home and in the progress of our province. Let us start by going home in July for TBTK ’09 and be counted. Mark your calendars: July 14-26, TBTK ’09. Plan and book NOW! Manguli ta sa Bohol!
For more details, visit the following: TBTK.org, douglashont@hotmail.com or kinaswertihan@hotmail.com.
by anyajulia | Jan 14, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo personally leads the nation in the war against illegal drugs. She describes herself as the new “anti-drugs czar” in the Philippines.
According to the President, her being the “czar” is temporary only; while she declares an “all-out war” against illegal drugs.
The said war will cover 3 methods called the “Trinity Against Illegal Drugs”. These are: “law enforcement, judicial action, and policy-making.”
The method “policy making” will cover the policies “prevention, enforcement, rehabilitation and after-care,” the President adds.
The President also challenges the local government units (LGUs) to declare “drug-free zones.”
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by anyajulia | Jan 14, 2009 | Headlines, National News
In order to counteract the bad effects of the global economic meltdown for the poor, the government will try their best to come up with one million jobs in the first six months of this year.
It was promulgated by the the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Chairman Domingo Panganiban, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo unveils to all government departments, their job projects and livelihood programs other than their regular programs.
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