by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
IPANG-APUD-APUD sa kagamhanan ang mga kontraseptibo ngadto sa mga kabus nga magti-ayon nga mangay niini bisan pag babagan sa simbahan.
Kini maoy pahayag ni Presidente Benigno Simeon Aquino samtang iyang gipasabot nga ang pag-desidir kon pilay ilang anak katungod sa managti-ayon.
Apan, ag Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) pinaagi sa usa ka opisyal niini mipadayag sa iyang kasagmuyo sa Administrasyon ni Aquino ilabi na sa laraw sa pagpang-apud-apod sa himan alang sa pagpugong sa pagpanganak.
Si Fr. Melvin Castro, executive director sa Episcopal Commission on Family and Life mibutyag nga iyang gipanghinaut nga dili gamiton sa Presidente ang hisgutanan sa family planning aron ilikay ang atensyon sa mga tawo sa nagtopun-og na nga kontrobersya sa Administrasyon ni Aquino.
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NI-abut na si Presidente Benigno Aquino III gikan sa iyang byahe sa Estados Unidos niadtong Martes og niingon nga ang $2.4 bilyones nga bag-ong investments atol sa iyang byahe makamugna og 43,650 ka bag-ong trabaho sa mosunod nga tulo ka tuig.
Ang mga kompanya nga interesadong mobutang og puhonan sa atong nasud mao ang: Coca-Cola, Pfizer, AES Corp., Hewlett-Packard, J.P. Morgan Chase, Global Services Inc., Century Properties, ug General Electric.
Matud pa sa Presidente nga ang maong mga investments nag-apil sa power generation, consumer products, business ug knowledge process outsourcing, health care, garments, ug leather goods.
Dugang pa ni Aquino nga nakakuha sila og pasalig nga dili mo ubos sa 43,650 ka bag-ong trabaho sa mosunod nga tulo ka tuig, apil na sa 4,500 ka construction-related nga trabaho ang magpa-abut. Ug tungod sa multiplier effect, gi tantiya nga adunay 200,000 nga dugang trabaho ang ma benepisyo sa katawhan.
Sa kinatibuk-an, ang pagbisita sa Presidente sa Estados Unidos nakakuha og $2.4 bilyones nga bag-ong investments.
Gawas pa niini ang nadawat nga dugang hinabang nga $434 milyones gikan sa Millennium Challenge Corp. nga magpalapad sa existing social programs sa atong nasud. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III arrived early Tuesday morning from his successful week-long trip to the United States which, he said, had garnered for the country $2.4-billion in new investments.
In his arrival speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Centennial Terminal II, the Chief Executive said officials of top firms from the US, Malaysia and Singapore had expressed their intentions of expanding relations between our countries by pouring more of their respective investments here.
The President noted that company officials wanted to expand their scope of operations in the country due to the renewed vigor and confidence of the Philippines under his administration.
“In the last week during our visit to the United States, we were able to send our message across: the Philippines is open for business,” the President said after deplaning from his commercial flight from San Franciso, USA at around 4 a.m.
President Aquino also said that officials of top US companies Coca-Cola, Pfizer, AES, Hewlett-Packard, JP Morgan Chase, Sutherland Global Services, Inc., Century Properties, General Electric, Headstrong Corporation, SPI Global and Affinity Express have also expressed their desire to open and expand their operations in the country covering a “wide range of sectors such as power generation and consumer products, business and knowledge process outsourcing, healthcare and garments and leather goods.”
“We were able to secure a commitment of at least 43,615 new jobs in the next three years including some 4,500 in construction related jobs and because of the multiplier effect, we estimate some 200,000 more jobs to benefit our countrymen,” he added.
“AES, a global power company, will expand the capacity of the Masinloc power plant by up to 660 megawatts with a project cost of $1-billion,” the President stressed.
“Coca-Cola will invest another billion dollars in their upgrading and replacement of equipment and creation of new products and processes, while the other companies are investing another $400-million,” he said.
According to the President, his visit to the United States “enabled us to generate $2.4-billion in new investments.”
“Furthermore, we received an additional $434-million in the form of a grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation to expand the coverage of existing social programs that have been performing outstandingly,” he said.
He called on all Filipinos, especially those who continue to criticize his government to put aside their rantings and join him and his government’s advocacy to lift the lives of the citizenry through hard work and perseverance. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The legal team tasked by President Benigno S. Aquino III to review the recommendations of the Incident Investigation Review Committee (IIRC) on the Aug. 23 hostage tragedy is now ready to submit its own evaluation of the report.
In an interview Tuesday afternoon, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the legal team, composed of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (CPLC) Eduardo De Mesa, is also ready to make its own recommendation to the President.
In a separate interview, Secretary Ochoa declined to discuss the content of the review particularly on the administrative and criminal charges to be filed against 10 personalities and three media networks.
“Let’s not discuss it yet because we might preempt the President,” said Ochoa.
The Executive Secretary said included in their report is the “factual scenario” of the incident.
“We’re prepared for whatever questions we anticipate the President might be asking about the report,” Ochoa said.
Ochoa said that the review of the IIRC recommendations was meant to help President Aquino understand the legal nuances of the report so he can arrive at “legally sound decisions”.
Before leaving for a seven-day official business trip to the United States, the President directed his legal team last week to study the IIRC’s recommendations which identified some government officials and private individuals who could face sanctions in connection with the bloody incident. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 28, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL is now ready to accept investors for business process out-sourcing with the new fiber-otic system in place, reports Governor Edgar Chatto during his recent weekly program.
The development effectively opens some estimated 10,500 seats for call center agents in Tagbilaran or in any part of Bohol with the connection to the information technology data superhighway.
Prospected as a good venue for business process outsourcing, Bohol has never failed to amaze information technology entrepreneurs who see the presence of competitive schools offering standard call center courses as a telltale sign of competitiveness.
The support infrastructure however was the question.
The need to put up the fiber optic cables to tap Bohol into the vast world wide network was completed last year, sources at the Bohol Investment Promotion Center said.
The formal tapping of Bohol to the world also signaled the opening of Bohol One Stop Shop (BOSS) for investment support now located at the BIPC. (PIABohol)
