by magnolia_eic | Aug 10, 2011 | Business, Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) – GISEGURO sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) nga magpabiling lig-on sa 42 hangtud 54 nga level ang kantidad sa piso kontra dolyar bisan gipaubos sa Standard and Poor’s sa AA+ rating ang credit rating ng Estados Unidos gikan sa kanhi AAA.
Sa briefing sa Senate Finance committee kalabot sa balaodnon sa 2012 national budget, miingon si BSP Governor Amando Tetanco Jr. nga bisan moubos ang piso, makabarug ra usab kini.
Ang lig-on nga pagsulod sa remittances sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), export receipts ug ang igong reserves ang mosuporta sa kalig-on sa piso.
Samtang matud pa usab ni kanhi Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, dili angay magpanik ang gobyerno sa gihimo sa Standard and Poor’s nga pagpaubos sa AAA rating sa Estados Unidos sa AA+ nga maoy pinakaubos nila nga rating sukad niadtong tuig 1917.
Dugang pa ni Diokno, lig-on pa gihapon ang ekonomiya ng US kun itandi sa mga nasud sa Europa o bisan sa China.
Bisan pa niini, gitataw ni Diokno nga angay pa gihapon’g mag-andam ang Pilipinas tungod kay siguradong maigo ang nasud kun mohinay ang ekonomiya sa Amerika ug mao kini ang panahon aron mas hingusgan sa kagamhanan ang domestic economy niini. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 10, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG assured Monday that the Aquino government is sincere in its efforts to win the peace that has long been elusive in the conflict-ridden parts of the country.
In an ambush interview following the celebration of the 44th Foundation Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) at the Bulwagang Apolinario Mabini of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City on Monday, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr. said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has a clear grasp of the ongoing peace negotiations adding that all concerned government agencies have been exerting all
out measures to attain this common goal.
Coloma said that the actions being undertaken by the government peace panel are geared towards the interest of the Filipino people.
The PCOO chief also said that the talks to end the decades-old conflict is an active and changing process as he noted the possible development it could incur, especially in the Mindanao region.
Late last week, President Aquino met with Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim where they have committed to forge a final agreement to end the conflict in Mindanao within the next five years.
The said meeting took place at the Ana Crowne Hotel in Narita, a suburb of Tokyo in Japan.
In their two-hour meeting, the parties agreed to discuss possible approaches in moving the peace process forward. Both agreed to fast track the negotiations. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 10, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III said that if he were to sum up in one sentence the outcome of his meeting with Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim in a hotel in Tokyo, Japan last August 4, it would be that both sides agreed that they are not adversaries.
The President revealed this piece of information in an interview at the sidelines of the commemoration of the 110th Police Service Anniversary of the Philippine National Police on Monday in Quezon City. “If there is one central message that, to me, really stuck is the idea na “tayo ay hindi magka-tunggali (We are not adversaries),” the President said.
The President met with Ebrahim in hopes of ending the decades long war that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
He expressed confidence that through their meeting, a mutual “cooperation” between the two sides could be reached.
“I would like to think they will be cooperative as far as improving the situation, especially in the ARMM
(Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) and Mindanao in particular,” the President said. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 9, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
After more than a year of investigation, members of the elite Provincial Intelligence Branch of the Provincial Public Safety Company of the Bohol PNP and Criminal Intelligence and Detention Group, blew the cover of 34-year old PDEA agent Steven Valles y Lumiton of 859 Kalubihan, Sangi, Toledo City. A combined team of PPSC, PIB and CIDG officers numbering 15 and led by Chief Inspector Jovito Atanacio caught the number 3 target drug supplier in a buy-bust operation near the PDEA office at K of C Drive last Friday, Aug.6.
According to police, the PDEA investigator who lived a double life supplied illegal drugs to the towns of Jagna, Ubay, Carmen and Tagbilaran up until he was caught red handed. The same police sources said that the agent was able to supply drugs in Bohol since his PDEA officer jurisdiction included the whole Region VII. The double life agent had his stints in Bohol during Fridays and Saturdays after law school in Bohol Institute of Technology- International College.
The arrest resulted in the seizure of the agent’s possessions which inlcuded: at least three large transparent plastic bags in medium and small sizes. These were believed to be shabu amounting to P85,000. Also found in his possession was a cal. 45 pistol, 30 rounds of live ammunitions, four units of cellphones, his PDEA badge, padlocks, several identification cards and cash amounting to P116,250. The suspect was arrested together with an asset who accompanied him in his mobile drug deals.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 8, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA)–PLANO sa Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nga mag- inspeksyon sa 17 ka training camps sa Philippine National Polcie (PNP). Matud pa ni CHR Chairperson Loreta Ann “Etta” Rosales, himuon nila kini tungod sa pinakabag-ong
insidente sa hazing nga nahitabo sa Camp Eldridge sa Los Baños, Laguna diin nakita sa videong nadawat sa komisyon ang maka-alarmang insidente sa hazing sa mga police trainees.
Gusto nilang personal nga makita ang mga aktibidad sulod sa mga training camp aron matino kun unsa ang mga aksyong ipatuman sa liderato sa PNP aron malikayan ang pagpanglisod-lisod sa mga
police recruit.
Giingong makig-alayon usab sila sa Human Rights Affairs Office sa PNP aron mapatuman ang preventive monitoring sa mga training camp ug malikayan ang maka-alarmang insidente sa hazing.
Gisibak na sa pwesto ug gibutang sa restrictive custody ang walo ka police trainors nga parehong adunay ranggo nga Police Officer 1 nga giilang sila Roque Oro, Evan Mark Cuartero, Jhun Plonelo, Melvin Malihan, Rovylyn Addatu, Marfe Adler, Allan Pascua ug Troy Sumayod. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
