by magnolia_eic | Jun 10, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, Health and Medicine
THE health department reminded parents of students to be more cautious as school starts because it is also the start of the rainy season. The Department of Health (DOH) said cough, colds, flu and the deadly leptospirosis are
illnesses associated with the wet season.
DOH Secretary Enrique Ona said that cases of dengue fever increase during rainy season. He advised the students to wear long sleeves and leggings to prevent catching the illness. DOH continues to remind parents to equip their children with raincoats and umbrellas.
Students are also reminded to avoid wading through floodwaters, to prevent illnesses such as
leptospirosis. (DOH/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 10, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will lead on Sunday, June 12, this year’s 113th Independence Day celebration that will start with a flag-raising ceremony in Kawit, Cavite. After the flag-raising rites, the President will proceed to the Palace for the Vin D’ Honneur at
10 am at Malacanang’s Rizal Hall. At 4 in the afternoon, the President will then proceed to the Quirino Grandstand for the 113th Philippine Independence Day celebration and parade.
The President had earlier directed the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to lead the organization and implementation of the Independence Day celebration this year.
The country celebrates the Independence Day each year to raise awareness among the Filipinos that freedom is a most precious right. Independence Day is simultaneously celebrated nationwide with Filipino communities worldwide. The holiday commemorates the Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898 by General Emilio Aguinaldo and the Filipino revolutionary forces from the Spanish colonization.
Malacanang announced that P10 million was being set aside to defray the expenses for the activities commemorating this year’s Independence Day celebration chargeable against the NHCP budget for Fiscal Year 2011.
The Palace earlier called on Filipinos to display the Philippine flag at their respective home, offices, schools, public buildings and plazas, as well as embassies and consulates overseas beginning May 28, in celebration of the National Flag Day, until June 12, 2011 in preparation for the Independence Day. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 9, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 8 (PIA) – Andam ang Malacañang nga dalhon hangtud saSupreme Court (SC) ang constitutionality sa pag-aprubar sa Senado sa balaodnon sa pag-oktaba sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections sa Agosto 8.
Depensa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, kumpiyansa sila nga nidasonsa Konstitusyon ang pag-oktaba sa ARMM polls ilabi na ang gikuwestiyon nga pagbutangog mga appointed officers-in-charge tungod kay niuyon man kini sa balod imbes nga tugotannga adunay hold-over capacity ang mga nakalingkod nang ARMM officials.
Matud pa ni Valte nga andam nilang atubangon ang mga ipasaka nga kaso ug mokuwestiyon sa constitutionality ilabi na nga daghan ang supak niini. Samtang, wala nilampos ang planong pagbabag sa ubang kongresista sa gi-amyendahang balaodnon sa Senado mahitungod sa pag-oktaba sa eleksyon sa ARMM.
Gahapon, naratipikahan na sa Kamara ang House Bill No. 4146 nga gi-amyendahan saSenado sa miaging adlaw.
Tungod niini, dili na kini moagi pa sa bicameral committee ug mismong si House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., ang miingon nga wala siya’y nakitang kabag-ohan sa maong balaodnon sa Kamara ug sa Senado. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 9, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
The controversial reproductive health (RH) bill has finally been endorsed for plenary debates at the Senate, but discussions and voting on the legislation will take place in July as Congress goes on recess on Thursday. Twenty senators signed Committee Report No. 49 of the Senate committees on finance, health and demography, and youth, women and family relations, paving the way for heated arguments just like in the House of Representatives, on whether to allow or not, unhindered public access to contraceptives.
The committee report contained the consolidated reproductive health bill versions of Santiago and Lacson.
The Senate’s RH bill seeks to “provide information and access, without bias, to all methods offamily planning which have been proven safe and effective in accordance with scientific and evidence-based medical standards such as those set by the World Health Organization (WHO)and registered and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
The RH bill, which proposes to “guarantee to universal access to medically-safe, legal, affordable and quality reproductive health care services,” is one of the most contentious issues in the Philippines. The bill has been filed in previous congresses but was never passed into law.” The Catholic Church only promotes natural family planning methods and is against the use of artificial forms of contraception like condoms and contraceptive pills.
by magnolia_eic | Jun 9, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III appointed former senator Mar Roxas to head the Departmentof Transportation and Communication (DOTC) after Transportation Secretary Jose de Jesus resigned last week. The President made the announcement in a Palace briefing on Tuesday, adding that Roxas accepted his offer to lead the DOTC following their meeting on Monday. At the same time, the President said Roxas will also become his senior adviser for economic cluster.
The President said he was surprised by the resignation of Secretary de Jesus, who is leaving thecabinet to go back to the private sector, adding he wants to give the DOTC portfolio to people hetrusts. Roxas can initiate reforms at the DOTC, the President said noting the importance of thedepartment as it handles big ticket items. He said the reported huge projects at the agency, graftand corruption is also rampant and the appointment of Roxas will put a stop to these anomalies,President Aquino said.
The President said he is confident that Roxas can push reforms at DOTC, being one of thepeople who opposed and stopped the controversial national broadband deal during the Arroyo administration. Several sectors have expressed positive response with Roxas’s appointment and the Presidentsaid he expects the new DOTC chief will have good relations especially with the private sector.(PCOO)
