by anyajulia | Sep 19, 2008 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Task Force 211 will install a unit at the National Press Club (NPC) tasked mainly to investigate killing incidents involving members of the working press.
DOJ undersecretary and Task Force 211 commander Ricardo Blancaflor said the establishment of the unit is based on an agreement they have signed with NPC president Benny Antiporda.
Under the plan, the NPC will Task Force 211 will set up its unit which serves as the DOJ’s processing center for violence against the media complaints.
Blancaflor said the unit will also be tasked to determine whether the persons filing the complaint are bonafide members of the country’s working press or not.
The DOJ undersecretary also urged media practitioners to go beyond “death watch reporting” and “give attention to the reporting and monitoring of filing of charges and eventual promulgation of cases filed against perpetrators.” (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Sep 19, 2008 | Headlines, National News
Malacañang stressed the need for the support of the people for the military, who are spearheading government efforts to suppress lawlessness and violence against civilian populations in certain areas of Mindanao.
In an interview, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recognizes the importance of soldiers who are always in the frontlines in any campaign of the government to ensure the protection of national security and sovereignty.
“Being so, there is a need for people support for the military to suppress any threats on the lives of the Filipino people’, Dureza stressed.
Dureza added that the President has been supporting the military through the AFP modernization program, financial assistance, among others; including housing that they never enjoyed before. (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Sep 19, 2008 | Headlines, National News
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita lamented that instead of being channeled fully to development projects, the Philippine government is compelled to spend substantial amounts to suppress the activities of rebel groups.
He said “funds annually spent for internal security operations to address these conflicts could and should have been used for development purposes if only we were a nation free of these conflicts.”
He also underscored the importance of “armed conflict reduction and prevention in light of the Philippines’ experience in dealing with five armed groups in the last four decades – two Muslim secessionist groups in Southern Philippines, a local communist movement operating all over the country and their two breakaway groups in the Visayas and in the Cordillera region.”
Meanwhile, a Swiss official also disclosed that apart from the tremendous cost in human lives, armed hostilities all over the world cost an estimated $163 billion a year, Ermita said.
The Executive Secretary is representing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Ministerial Review Summit on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. (PIA/Bohol)
by anyajulia | Sep 17, 2008 | Tech Talk
The Blue Digital Systems has dropped the price of the Deep Blue H1, from Php 16,995 now it is priced at Php 9,995. The H1 netbook, which was released July of this year, is part of the thriving UMPC market with competitors like the Asus Eee Pc, Neo Explore X1 and Astone UMPC. Due to lack of promotion, the H1 didn’t receive much attention as the others had. But as the cheapest netbook in the market, it sure will catch UMPC fanatics now.
Its specs are:
VIA C7-M 1.0 Ghz Processor
1GB DDR2 RAM
7.0-inch Wide TFT, WXGA (800×480) Display
40GB Mobile Harddisk
Built-in speakers
2 x USB 2.0 Ports
10/100Mbps LAN
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Card reader
Web camera
Touch pad with left & right buttons
Weighs at 1.2 kg.
Up to 4.5 hours battery life
Linux Operating System
If you prefer a Windows OS, price is at Php 11,495.
by anyajulia | Sep 16, 2008 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
In the near future, an Onsite Congressional Viewing will be held here in Bohol on the results of the oil exploration in the Bohol Strait.
While the 2nd District Representative Hon. Roberto Cajes endorsed the proposal of the increasing consultations on the House of Committee of Environment and Natural Resources, which is included in the Committee Viewing of the Congress on September 10, 2008. He said that his motion was approved regardless of doubts from many Congressmen especially from those of the Environment Committee.
The motion of Cajes, who is also one of the authors of House Resolution No. 212, which deals with the investigation of the impact of oil exploration here. The resolution is also supported by 1st District Representative Hon. Edgar Chatto.
