by magnolia_eic | Aug 18, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III plans to establish an e-center in every barangay nationwide to ensure that even citizens in the remotest barangays will have access to his website and be able to share their views and concerns with him.
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma said the Aquino Administration will bring the government closer to the people through the use of traditional, new media and social networking sites.
Coloma said the President intends to reach out to the 42,000 barangays all over the country through his website www.president.gov.ph and through the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Friendster and Multiply among others.
“This is an effective means by which the President can get the sentiments of the people and have them as partners in good governance,” Coloma stressed.
He said this will be realized with “no extravagant expenditure” as Netopia, an internet cafe network operating in the country, has “formally signified making available all their sites nationwide to provide access to our people.”
According to Coloma the local government units (LGUs) will also be encouraged to set-up barangay e-centers.
“We will also evoke civil spiritedness so that concerned citizens may donate computers and connectivity,” Coloma said. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 18, 2010 | Headlines
MATUD pa sa Armed Forces of the Philippines kon AFP niadtong Lunes nga si Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue posibleng mag-atubang og imbestigasyon tungod sa mga pahayag nga iyang gibuhian ngadto sa mga tigbalita mahitungod sa iyang pagka relieved isip commander sa National Capital Region Command.
Sa usa ka press conference niadtong Lunes, si Angue nipadayag sa iyang kabalaka og wala pag-uyon sa desisyon sa AFP nga sa iyang pagtan-aw, usa ka “demotion” tungod sa iyang assignment sa NCRCom nga three-star position, nga nagbutang kaniya nga eligible para promotion sa pagka vice admiral. Bisan pa niana, ang bag-o niya nga assignment usa lamang ka two-star position.
Mga usa ka oras human sa maong press conference, ang tigpamaba sa militar nga si Brig. Gen. Joze Mabanta Jr. ni ingon nga dili palabyon sa militar ang gihimong pahayag ni Angue ug pwedeng mag-atubang ang opisyal sa Navy og imbestigasyon sa iyang pagpadayag sa iyang mga reklamo ngadto sa publiko.
Matud pa ni Mabanta nga gipanglantawan sa militar ang gihimong mga pahayag ni Angue nga “bordering on insubordination” ug paglapas sa AFP Code of Ethics, Article 5, Section 4.3. paragraph 4.3.12 o Unethical Acts nga pagpadayag sa mga reklamo pinaagi sa tri-media, nga makaguba sa imahe sa AFP. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 17, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines – Farmer beneficiaries belonging to the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Hacienda Luisita (AMBALA) has asked the Supreme Court yesterday to nullify the compromise agreement signed by the HLI with a faction of the farmers ealier this month.
The AMBALA said they were misrepresented in the signing of the deal last Aug. 6.
In a 30-page petition, AMABALA urged the Supreme Court to proceed with the oral arguments set for tomorrow and resolve the case based on the issues presented. The group pointed out the resolution of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in 2005 that revoked the stock distribution option scheme since it was found to be in violation of the CARP Law.
The so-called majority who chose such scheme does not cure the illegality and invalidity of the SDO.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 17, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SI Judge Ralph Lee sa Quezon City RTC branch 83 nipagawas niadtong Lunes og hold-departure order batok sa kanhi gobernador sa Basilan ug kongresista Gerry Salapuddin kinsa ning sayo pa lang, gi isyuhan og warrant of arrest kalabut sa tuig 2007 nga pagpang-bomba sa Batasang Pambansa complex nga nipatay og 4, apil na ni Basilan Representative Wahab Akbar.
Gi isyo ang maong hold departure order human sa mando nga pagsikop kang Salapuddin niadtong Biyernes.
Gisulayan apan napakyas ang kapolisan sa Basilan sa pagduso sa arrest order niadtong Sabado.
Ang maong pagpang-bomba niadtong tuig 2007 nikalas sa 4 ka kinabuhi, apil na ni Akbar, ug naka-angol sa 12 ka tawo, kasagaran mga trabahante sa House of Representatives.
Ang trial court nipagawas na kaniadto og arrest warrant, apan gibawi human nga nakit-an sa Justice Secretary nga walay probable cause batok ni Salapuddin. Apan gibali sa Court of Appeals ang maong ruling.
Human niadto, gipasaka ni Salapuddin ang iyang kaso ngadto na sa Supreme Court. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 17, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III confirmed on Monday that he will be embarking on a United States “road trip” next month to invite potential investors to the country.
In an interview, President Aquino said he will be meeting with Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima “who just came back from setting the ground work for the US trip” to discuss the particulars on how “to make the country even more attractive to all of these investors in the hopes of generating all of those jobs.”
The President said that he was informed by US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas upon their first meeting that “there is a serious interest on the part of investors to know what’s in store for them if they invest in the Philippines.”
The President said that aside from pushing for the Philippines as an investment haven, his other itinerary for the US trip will include his attendance to the United Nations General Assembly, witnessing the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact granting $434-million to the country and meeting with the Philippine Development Foundation (PDF).
He said his meeting with the PDF was to discuss ways of “growing our information technology base of people, engineers and scientists.”
“Because there are Filipinos and Americans of Filipino descent who are into venture-capital industries and they are movers and shakers of that industry. They find it difficult to invest in the Philippines primarily because we lack the human resources to meet the needs of industries in that category,” the President said.
When asked if he would hold talks with US President Barack Obama, President Aquino said that the details were “still being finalized.” (PIA-Bohol)
