by magnolia_eic | Nov 10, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Nov. 08 (PIA)–Gipalihok karon ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang Department of Agriculture (DA) nga doble-kayod karon aron mapa-ugmad ang organic farming sa nasud.
Sa organic farming, walay commercial nga pesticides o abono nga gigamit sa mga pananom.
Sa 8th National Organic Agriculture Conference sa Hacienda Luisita sa Tarlac, miingon ang Pangulo nga mahatag sa maong programa ang gikinahanglang pondo niini.
Matud pa sa Pangulo, nagtuo siya nga pinaagi sa organic farming, daku ang potensyal nga masolbad ang kakabos ug kagutom sa nasud.
Giangkon sa Pangulo nga dakung hagit karon ang giatubang sa nasud tungod sa epekto sa climate change.
Apan giingong wala nagpasagad ang iyang administrasyon ug dili siya Juan Tamad nga naghuwat lamang nga mahulog ang bunga sa yuta.
“Sa pagharap naman po sa hamon na ito, hindi yapak ni Juan Tamad ang ating sinunod. Sa halip na humilata at maghintay sa pagbagsak ng bunga, minabuti nating pag-aralan ang problema, at saka nagpunla ng mga plano at inisyatiba upang mapitas at mapakinabangan agad ito,” matud pa ni Pangulong Aquino. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 10, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III will leave on Friday to attend the 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in Honolulu, Hawaii to be held from November 8 to 13.
President Aquino will be joined by a lean delegation led by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo and Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.
During the APEC Leaders meeting, the President together with 20 other APEC leaders will discuss relevant issues, including growth and jobs, regulatory reform and competitiveness, and energy efficiency and security.
APEC 2011 which is hosted by the United States, is working towards the achievement of a “seamless regional economy.”
Prior to the APEC Leader’s Meeting, the President will be attending the APEC CEO Summit, which is scheduled on November 11 to 12.
The President will also participate in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Dialogue with Leaders.
The dialogue gives ABAC members the opportunity to meet with APEC leaders to discuss the entire year’s ABAC work program and to raise issues of pressing concern to the business community.
ABAC Philippines is represented by Ayala Corporation chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Jollibee Foods Corporation and CEO Tony Tan Caktiong and A. Magsaysay Inc. president and CEO Doris Magsaysay Ho.
The APEC Leaders’ Week starts on November 8 with the Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting attended by the APEC Senior Officials from the 21 member economies. (PIA/PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 20, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III expressed elation over the decision of the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of Republic Act 10153 or the law that synchronizes the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) election to the 2013 polls.
“We thank the Supreme Court for upholding our effort to break the cycle of impunity, corruption and poverty in the ARMM,” the President in a statement read by Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda in Malacanang on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Court decision gives us a great opportunity to correct these long-standing problems. It is an opportunity that we will not squander,” he added.
The President said his administration supported the bill that synchronizes the ARMM elections with national elections to stop the vicious cycle of abnormal elections being influenced by powerful political families.
If there is synchronized election, political dynasties couldn’t utilize command votes to subvert the national will, the President said.
Command voting has contributed to the cycle of impunity in the region, as demonstrated by the Maguindanao massacre, in which 57 people were allegedly killed by a local political family, he said.
The system also leads to massive corruption by public officials disabling the ability of the region to move out of poverty.
The President also promised to release P8.592 billion to ARMM for its transition and investment support plan, the President said adding that the measure is aimed at ensuring the long-term stability and equitable progress of the region.
At the same time, the President said that he will appoint officer in charge (OIC) in consultation with stakeholders putting people of integrity and competence in various positions in the ARMM.
The Palace said the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already come up with a list of ARMM officials and the President is expected to name them in the coming days.
“As we prepare to synchronize ARMM and national elections in 2013, our nation has taken another significant step into daylight. May all our leaders, at all levels and branches of government, continue to be bound by our common agenda of lasting and equitable progress for
the Filipino people,” the President said in his statement.
Aside from affirming the legality of Republic Act 10153, the SC also recognized the authority of the President to appoint officers in charge in the ARMM. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 20, 2011 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Energy (DOE) continues to keep a close watch on the prices of oil and other petroleum products in the country, Malacañang assured Sunday, amid the reported fresh round of price hikes in gasoline and diesel.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that the government is continuing its efforts to monitor the prices and are working on the deliverables that were agreed upon during President Benigno Aquino III’s last meeting with various transport groups.
Valte was reacting to a statement made by Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide’s (PISTON) secretary general George San Mateo, urging President Aquino to do something about the reported oil price hikes next week that would increase gasoline prices by almost one peso and about 30 cents for diesel per liter.
The Palace official informed transport groups that some of the deliverables which President Aquino discussed with them during their meeting last September “have been farmed out to the different agencies” and that the completion for these is already moving.
Valte also responded to early warnings from the transport sectors, as claimed by San Mateo, that they might be forced to launch another series of protests should the government fail to fulfill its promise to investigate oil price hikes and review the Oil Deregulation Law.(PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 12, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has declared October 31, Monday as a special non-working day throughout the country in connection with the observance of All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1. The President issued Proclamation No. 265 on October 10, 2011 “to give full opportunity to our people to properly observe the day with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different regions of the country.”
In issuing Proclamation No. 265, the President said “Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1 (All Saints Day), has been traditionally declared a special (non-working) day.” (PCOO)
