by magnolia_eic | Mar 31, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino has ordered Vice President Jejomar Binay and Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima to look into cases of overseas Filipino workers involved in drug
trafficking and find out how and why they managed to leave the country undetected by airport
scanners and other technologies.
The President issued the order in the wake of the inevitable execution by lethal injection on
Wednesday of three Filipino drug mules in China.
The President met Vice President Binay and Secretary de Lima Monday and asked them to
study the drug trafficking problem and identify the recruiters who use OFWs as drug mules.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said deployment agencies like the Philippine
Overseas Employment Authority and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration must
make sure that OFWs deployed abroad are protected from being turned into drug carriers by
private individuals or recruitment agencies.
Lacierda said the Aquino administration is issuing a stern warning against those using OFWs
in their drug trafficking and human trafficking activities. He said the government will go after
these individuals and recruitment agencies and make sure they get punished. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MOABOT sa tulo hangtud upat ka buwan ang pagbayad sa mga depositor sa Banco Filipino
nga may deposito nga kapin sa P500,000.
Kini matud pa ni Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) Executive Director Cristina
Orbeta taliwala sa mga nanggawas nga balitang dili sakop sa deposit insurance ang mga
depositor sa maong bangko nga may depositong kapin sa P500,000.
Niingon si Orbeta nga makuha sa mga depositor ang maong kantidad sulod sa 90 hangtud
120 ka adlaw human makaduso og valid deposit insurance claim.
Gisugdan na usab sa PDIC niadtong Marso 25 ang pagpadala sa mga tseke sa mga gagmay
nga depositor sa bangko o kadtong adunay deposito nga P5,000 paubos.
Gipahayag usab ni Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Executive Director Juan de Zuñiga nga
dili sila mahimong mohatag og ayuda sa Banco Filipino tungod sa hulam niini sa BSP nga
kapin sa P4 bilyon. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GIKONSEDERA sa Malakanyang nga usa ka ‘wake up call’ ang pagus-us sa satisfaction
ratings ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa pinakaulahing survey sa Social Weather
Station (SWS).
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Group Secretary Ricky Carandang, gipakita
lamang niini nga gustong makita dayon sa publiko ang resulta sa gidusong reporma sa
administrasyong Aquino.
Gipahayag ni Carandang nga natural lamang ang pagus-us sa ratings human ang eleksyon,
diin kasagarang mo ubos ang numero sa usa ka lider sa mga panahon sama niini.
Nagtuo si Carandang nga daghan gihapon ang misuporta sa Presidente.
Gitumbok pa sa kalihim nga lahi ang isyu sa pagpalit sa Presidente sa mahalong sakyanan.
Sa pinakaulahing SWS survey, mi ubos sa 51 porsyento ang satisfaction ratings sa
Presidente sa buwan sa Marso gikan sa 64 porsyento niadtong Nobyembre sa milabay’ng
tuig. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) reported on Monday that radioactive
particles from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan
have reached the country but the amount is not harmful to humans.
“Environmental radiation monitoring all over the world, including the Philippines, has detected
very tiny amounts of radioactive isotopes which appeared to be coming from the Fukushima
nuclear power plant and which pose no human health hazards,” the PNRI said in a bulletin.
It said latest radiation level check at PNRI grounds in Quezon City as of 9 a.m. Monday
remained “normal” at 93 to 115 nanosieverts per hour (nSv).
The PNRI said it continues to monitor the situation at the nuclear power plant.
“The condition in the (Japanese) plant remains very serious but is not worsening,” the agency
said.
It said high level of radiation remains inside the nuclear power plant but poses danger only to
the emergency workers.
Very small amounts of radiation from the nuclear plant have also reached the US West Coast
but federal and state officials said they posed no health risks.
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
The Aquino government assured on Tuesday that the Philippines will strive to remain an
investor-friendly destination by continuously improving its policies to attract more businesses.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press conference in Malacanang, that the
economic managers have been carrying out the policy direction set by the President to make
sure that the playing field for businesses is fair for all the stakeholders.
“Rules will not be changed in midstream and that’s the greatest concern of business
investors,” Lacierda said.
“The economic managers have been addressing the concerns of the business community in
making sure that the rules that we have right now are rationalized and are consistent with one
another,” he added.
Lacierda was reacting to a question about a survey done by the ASEAN Business Advisory
Council (ASEAN-ABAC) in the second half of 2010, which found that the ASEAN region is an
attractive place for trade and investment in a post-global crisis world economy.
The survey, conducted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of
Singapore, collated 355 usable responses from a diverse mix of businesses across firm-size
categories and nationalities of ownership based in ASEAN countries.
The survey found that 85 percent of the respondents indicated that their firms have plans for
investment or investment expansion in at least one ASEAN country.
About half of the respondents identify an ASEAN country as the most attractive in the country
for their firms’ offshore direct investments between 2010 and 2011.
The leading investment destinations include Vietnam, followed by Singapore, Thailand,
Indonesia and Malaysia. The Philippines ranked second lowest with Brunei. (PCOO)
