by anyajulia | Nov 19, 2008 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
The public wants the 4 Boholano officials, involved with the controversial fertilizer fund, to give enlightenment as to why they chose only a few towns to benefit from the fund and not all towns of the Province.
Aumentado commented that the fund was directly run to the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Regional and Provincial Office, and that they did not personally received any cash from the project.
Bayan Muna Bohol Chairman John Ruiz III is suspicious as to why the government increased the budget, from the usual yearly budget, in the heat of the 2004 elections. Ruiz adds that the supposedly towns that are the beneficiary for the said fund, do not even remember that there were fertilizers given from February to July 2004.
by anyajulia | Nov 18, 2008 | Headlines, National News
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) disclosed that there is a current job opening for 2,000 Muslim nurses in Saudi Arabian hospitals.
Datu Aladdin Ampatuan, OIC regional administrator, POEA-ARMM said that aside from nurses needed in Medina and Mecca, Saudi Arabia, there is also an unlimited job opening for both Muslim and Christian nurses in the Middle East.
There is also a demand for semi-skilled workers like merchandisers and stockers, he added.
Ampatuan also requested ARMM-TESDA to their intensify their skills training programs to better equipped Filipino workers so that they will be competitive and at par with other countries in vying for jobs abroad. (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Nov 18, 2008 | Headlines, National News
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Philippine-initiated resolution entitled “Promotion of Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace .
According to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, said resolution is calling on member-states to take steps to further promote inter-religious and intercultural dialogue, tolerance and understanding.
The resolution was personally introduced by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the opening of the two-day interfaith cooperation for peace meeting. It was by world leaders led by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United States, Great Britain, Israel, among others.
The resolution affirms that mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue constitute important dimensions of the dialogue for peace, lauded the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion as integral to building tolerant societies and durable peace.
It also reaffirmed the solemn commitment of the United Nations to promote universal respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, in line with the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Nov 17, 2008 | Headlines, National News
SA dili madugay, mapalit na sa kadaghanan ang barato nga tambal human ikapagawas ang Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) sa Cheaper Medicine Act, butyag sa Department of Health (DOH) sa ilang website.
Hinuon, matud ni Health Sec. Francisco Duque dyutay’ng pailob na lang samtang kinahanglan pang mapasunod ang normal nga proseso subay sa balaod.
Matud ni Dr. Duque, ang IRR magamandu sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) sa paghimo ug mas maayo nga mga sukip nga benepisyo ug mas dako ang ika reimburso sa mga pasyenteng migamit sa PhilHealth.
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by anyajulia | Nov 17, 2008 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
If the documents from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Commission on Audit (COA) rings true, the Province of Bohol received P14 M in the controversial fertilizer funds.
However, Gov. Erico Aumentado, Representatives Edgar Chatto (First District), Roberto Cajes (Second District) and former Third District congressman Eladio Jala all denied they actually received the fertilizer allocations in cash.
Aumentado said he did not receive a single centavo out of the P5 million reportedly given to the provincial government as reflected in the DBM records of fund releases. Chatto, Cajes and Jala also explained that they did not personally receive the farm inputs or any fund for the purpose.
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