by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – ADUNAY 4-day weekend sa sunod semana. Gipagawas na sa Malakanyang ang Proclamation 84 nga nagdeklarar sa Agosto 29, ang katapusang Lunes sa Agosto isip regular holiday alang sa kasaulogan sa National Heroes Day.
Gideklarar usab ni Presidente Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino III ang Agosto 30, Martes isip regular holiday sa tibuok nasud alang sa selebrasyon sa Eid’l Fitr o pagtapos sa Ramadan sa mga igsuon natong Muslim, base sa Proclamation 234. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – GIPASIDUNGGAN sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) og Military Merit Medal (Triple M) ang Philippine Dragon Boat Federation team sa Camp Aguinaldo dungan sa flag raising ceremony ganinang buntag.
Kini human nilang nasakmit ang lima ka gold ug duha ka silver medals gikan sa 10th International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships sa Tampa Bay, Florida sa Estados Unidos.
Onse ka sakop sa AFP ang apil sa grupo; walo gikan sa Philippine Army kauban silang team manager Major Harold Cabunoc ug team captain Sergeant Usman Anterola, duha gikan sa Philippine Air Force ug usa gikan sa Philippine Navy.
Dawaton usab nila karong hapon ang pasidungog sa kongreso sa ilang kadaugan.
Nanghinaut si Major Cabunoc nga maapil og hatag sa awarding karong hapon ang P1.5 million nga hinabang kanila sa mga kongresista.
Niadtong Biyernes, gihatagan ni Presidente Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino III og presidential citation ang Philippine Dragon Boat Federation Team. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – PADAYON ang formal exploratory talks sa gobyerno ug sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa Agosto 22 sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bisan pa sa nagpadayong gubat sa magkaatbang nga paksyon sa grupo sa Central Mindanao.
Matud pa ni Government Peace Panel Chairman Marvic Leonen, makisayod sila sa himuong pulong sa MILF sa resolusyong nahitabo aron masulbad ang internal problem sa mga magka-atbang nga paksyon niini.
Sa pagkakaron, mokabat na sa 3,600 ka sibilyan ang napugos og bakwit human mapiit sa gubat sa managkontrang paksyon sa MILF nga ni resulta na sa pagkamatay sa 23.
Gitataw ni Leonen nga wala pa ni uyon ang kagamhanan sa laraw sa MILF sa pagmugna og sub-state sa Mindanao.
Giingong hisgotan pa sa Agosto 22 ang himuong negotiating document o working draft sa peace negotiation. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2011 | Headlines, National News
HONG Kong has turned down the Philippine government’s repeated appeals to lift the Special Administrative Region’s nearly one-year-old ban on travel to Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
The foreign office had “made representations with Hong Kong several times to have the travel ban lifted,” said Raul Hernandez, DFA spokesperson.
“The Department of Tourism (DOT) is also working to do this,” he told reporters. Hernandez said both the DFA and DOT had not given up though. “We will continue with our representations and hope that a positive outcome will result from them.”
On Aug. 23, 2010, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau raised to black its Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for the Philippines after eight Hong Kong tourists were killed and seven wounded in a bus hijacking perpetrated by a dismissed Filipino police officer. (DFA)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2011 | Headlines, National News
NEGOTIATORS of both the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must be problem solvers rather than trouble makers, President Benigno Aquino said echoing the statements made by MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim.
“Hopefully, if I can get everybody’s attention to the statement that chairman Murad said himself, iyong negotiating panel have to be focused, that they are problem solvers rather than antagonists. And I am very hopeful that, that is indicative that there is an intense desire to achieve a just and comprehensive peace agreement,” the President said referring to Murad’s statements.
The President’s meeting with the MILF leader as well as other high ranking officials of the rebel group last week in Japan was aimed at showing the government’s sincerity in pursuing the ongoing peace talks and at the same time fast track the negotiations.
Malacanang assured this week that it would consider the views of all stakeholders in the peace talks with the MILF before both panels meet on August 22 to 24.
According to Secretary Teresita Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the government panel will continue to work with different constituencies in preparation for the said meeting.
In a media briefing last week, government chief negotiator Marvic Leonen said both sides were expected to discuss the significant agenda in the upcoming formal talks this month.
At the same time, Leonen said there was no “secret deal” forged between the government and the MILF during the Japan meeting adding that the Aquino government will not commit the same mistakes made by the past administration. (PCOO)
