by magnolia_eic | Sep 17, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III vowed to improve the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program and make it more effective for the benefit of the most vulnerable members of society.
In his message at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program on Wednesday at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, the Chief Executive said he is aware of complaints on payment issues such as lower-entitlement and no cash in card, missing names in the payroll list or delay in the delivery of cash grants—which are hindrances to the program’s objectives.
The President told the program beneficiaries that the DSWD is implementing the National Household Targeting System to identify the families that most urgently need assistance in order to ensure that social funds are spent wisely on the most vulnerable members of our society.
“A well-targeted CCT program will truly afford the poor’s opportunity to enjoy basic human services that were once extremely difficult to avail,” the President said.
The President also said that the FY2011 proposed budget will fund urgently needed programs on education, health and job generation.
In the said budget, P 21.2 billion was allocated for CCT which will be distributed to 2.3 million household beneficiaries.
The 4Ps is a poverty reduction and social development program that provides conditional cash grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education, particularly of children aged 0-14. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
LIMA ug tunga ka takna nga pagpanglimyo batok sa dengue ug sa ubang sakit.
Ghangyo sa gobernador ang tanan nga motabang sa hiniusang cleanup project gikan sa Biyernes sa
ala 1:30 ngadto sa alas 6 aron ipasabot ang panginahanglang sa pagpalihok sa komunidad batok sa
sakit.
Bisan sa kamubo sa higayon, gilauman kini ni Gob. Edgar Chatto nga magasilsil sa alimpatakan sa
mga katawhan sa panginahanglan sa pagmakakunayon sa pagmatngon sa kalimpyo aron kabatokan
ang pagdagsang sa sakit.
Unang gitumbok sa memorandum circular nga gipalibot sa gobernador pagpanglimpyo ug pagyabo
sa mga gipundong tubig nga posibleng kapangitlogan sa lamok, kasagingan hingunasan, pagtabon sa
mga sudlanan og tubig ug pagpanaguro sa limpyo nga palibot. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
ANG Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) mo submitir sa ilang report sa
nahitabong hostage crisis niadtong Agusto 23 sa Biyernes human napakyas paghuman sa
gitakda nilang deadline nga Miyerkoles.
Niadtong Martes sa gabii, si IIRC chairperson Justice Secretary Leila de Lima nagkanayon
nga ang panel mo submitir ngadto ni Presidente Benigno Simeon Aquino III sa Biyernes,
duha ka adlaw human sa orihinal nga target nga adlaw sa pag submitir.
Sa pakighinabi sa mga tigbalita, si De Lima ni ingon nga iya nang gipahibalo daan ang
President nga dili pa siguro sila makahatag sa maong report sa Miyerkoles ug posibleng sa
Biyernes na.
Ang maong report mag basi sa forensic reports sa mga imbestigador sa kagamhanan ug sa
mga detalye nga natigum sulod sa lima ka adlaw nga IIRC marathon hearings sa niaging
semana.
Niadtong Agosto 23, si dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza mi hijack sa usa ka
tourist bus sa Manila nga nagsakay og 21 ka turista gikan Hong Kong ug upat ka Pinoy. Si
Mendoza nga nangayo sa iyang reinstatement, napatay uban sa walo ka turista gikan Hong
Kong human sa 11-ka oras nga standoff.
Ang kagamhanan sa Pilipinas ug kapolisan nakadawat og grabeng pagsaway gikan sa
international community tungod sa pamaagi sa pagdumala sa maong hostage crisis. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will implement a total gun ban on September 25,
exactly a month before the October 25 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
Poll Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the gun ban for the October 25 elections will last
from September 25 to November 10.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be as strict in implementing the gun ban
as they did months before the May 10 national elections.
PNP spokesman, Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. said that only members of the
PNP, AFP and law enforcement agencies will be allowed to carry firearms, and even then,
they should be in uniform and on duty.
Cruz reminded the PNP personnel not to take the firearm ban for granted, saying they may
face penalties if they are caught with their firearms while they are not in uniform or on duty.
Cruz added that the gun ban for the May 10 elections helped lessen the number of election-
related violent incidents. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MALAYSIA will continue to act as facilitator at the resumption of peace talks in Mindanao.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo disclosed this Tuesday following the courtesy call
of Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman on President Benigno S. Aquino III in
Malacanang.
Romulo said Malaysia has been playing a constructive and positive role to encourage a
peaceful resolution in the Mindanao problem.
The President welcomed Minister Anifah who was accompanied by Malaysian Ambassador
to the Philippines Dato’ Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad.
Also present during the call were Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
Secretary Teresita Deles and DFA Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio.
Minister Anifah’s visit centered on Malaysia’s role in the formal peace negotiations scheduled
this month between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
As its closest neighbor in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the
Philippines earlier decided to retain Malaysia as third party facilitator in the resumption of the
GRP-MILF peace talks, a role which Malaysia has assumed since 2001.
Since 2004, Malaysia also led the International Monitoring Team together with Libya, Japan
and Brunei which successfully contributed to the comprehensive peace process in Mindanao.
(PCOO/PIA)
