by magnolia_eic | Jun 30, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG assured that President Benigno S. Aquino III will be signing into law the proposed bill which seeks to defer the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to 2013. In a media briefing at the Palace on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda expressed certainty that the proposed postponement of polls in ARMM will be sealed as soon as the President signs the measure on the 30th of this month.
Lacierda said that solons responsible in the passage of the legislative measure will also be present during the signing ceremonies.
“On the 30th of June, I can guarantee you that there will be a signing of the ARMM postponement bill (… ) those who were responsible in shepherding the bill will be there, the heads of both Houses and also Senator Frank Drilon who authored the senate version of the bill will also be there,”Lacierda said.
After being ratified by both Houses of Congress, the ARMM elections postponement bill was transmitted to the Palace for the signing. This bill is part of the landmark measures of the administration anchored on the Chief Executive’s social contract with the Filipino people.
The said measure seeks to synchronize the ARMM elections, originally scheduled in August, with the May 2013 midterm polls. It also gives President Aquino the power to appoint officers-in-charge in the ARMM government until new officials are elected on May 13, 2013 national midterm elections.
by magnolia_eic | Jun 28, 2011 | Headlines, National News
UGMA mopagawas og desisyon ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) kalabot sa hangyo sa pipila ka panaderya nga sakaan ang presyo sa pan. Matud pa ni Trade and Industry Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya nga gitun-an pa nila ang hangyo nga dugang-presyo apan giingong dili sila magduha-duha nga aprubahan kini kun gikinahanglan gayud. Giangkon usab ni Maglaya nga nisaka ang presyo sa trigo sa world market mao nga mihangyo ang mga panaderya nga sakaan ang presyo.
Mahinumdoman nga gianunsyo na sa Philippine Baking Group nga sakaan og piso angpresyo sa ilang mga pan nga gibaligya sa mga supermarket ug panaderya sa sunod semana. Samtang miingon usab ang Philippine Federation of Bakers nga adunay gagmay nga mgabakery nga nagpasaka na og presyo sa ilang loaf bread. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 28, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GISUGDAN na sa Kamara ang pagpangandam sa ikaduhang State of the Nation Address(SONA) ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa Hulyo 25 ning tuiga. Bisan usa ka buwan pa sa dili pa ang ikaduhang SONA sa Presidente, dungan sa pagbukas sa second regular session sa 15th Congress, gisugdan na kagahapon ang sayo nga pagpangandam sa technical working group sa Kamara.
Sa maong panagpulong, gihatagan ang mga mamamahayag og nagka-daiyang lugar nga ilang pundohanan sa maong programa.
Giingong katuyoan niini nga dili na mahitabo og balik ang pipila ka kagubot niadtong unang SONA ni Presidente Aquino, diin gikan sa parking area, gallery ug lobby, wala nasunod ang ilang plano tungod sa kadaghan sa mga nitambong ug naghuot sa mga lugar nga giisip nga restricted areas.
Natino nga gikan sa angay lamang 2,000 nga gidaghanon sa bisita, niabot kini sa kapindoble, diin ang uban gihatagan na lamang og dugang lingkuranan aron ma-accommodate sa venue. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 28, 2011 | Headlines, National News
The United States government has removed the Philippines in its “Tier 2 Watchlist on Monday (Tuesday morning in Manila) for having several convictions of human traffickers in the past year. According to the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report of the US State Department, although thePhilippines “still does not fully comply with minimum standards to eliminate trafficking, Manila is making significant efforts to do so.” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report onMonday in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Department of State.
In last year’s US trafficking report, the Philippines was one of the 58 countries under the “Tier 2 Watch List,” which included Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Mozambique, Algeria, Lebanon,Yemen, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Kazahkstan, Niger,Tunisia, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, China, and Russia, among others.
Those under the “Tier 2 Watch List” are countries whose governments do not fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards but are making significant efforts to comply with those standards.
On the other hand, those under the Tier 2 category are “countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.”
Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for forced labor or commercial sexualexploitation.
by magnolia_eic | Jun 28, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III announced that a proposal to construct a new nautical highway traversing the islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao is being studied to assess its viability and impact on the environment.
The Chief Executive made the announcement in his speech keynoting the inauguration of the 200-megawatt coal fired power plant of the Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) on Monday in Naga, Cebu. “There are ongoing studies that will make the nautical highway even more efficient. They will practically cut by a third the travel time it would take to travel from Luzon to Mindanao once it is accomplished,” the President said.
He added that instead of traversing the “outer perimeter” of the country, the proposed nautical highway will pass through the country’s middle area or “spine” to cut travel time.
“And of course Cebu will be at the lynch pin of this nautical highway which will traverse the innerportion of the country as opposed to the current outside perimeter that has to be traveled,” the President stressed.
