by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News
IPATUMAN sa Philippine National Police (PNP) ang 3-strike policy batok sa mga hepe sa
mga abusadong pulis nga mahilambigit sa pagguba sa disiplina ug imahe sa organisasyon.
Sa press briefing sa Camp Crame kagahapon, niingon si PNP Chief Director General Raul
Bacalzo nga dili siya pagpanagana sa pagpalagpot sa mga hepe sa pulisya nga masampolan
sa 3 strike policy kon malambigit sa ‘breach of discipline’ ug ‘grave abuse of authority’ ang
ilang mga sakop.
Giangkon sa PNP Chief nga makaguba sa imahe ug moral sa organisasyon ang sunud-
sunod nga mga kaso sa mga pulis nga nalambigit sa pag-abuso sa pangatungdanan niining
semanaha sama sa planong pagpatay ug ang pagpanglugos sa usa ka vendor nga naaresto
sa Manila niadtong 31.
Dili konsintihon sa PNP ang mga sakop niini nga mahilambigit sa krimen nga giangkon ni
Bacalzo nga usa ka seryosong paglapas sa pagsalig sa publiko.
Matud pa ni Bacalzo nga naghimo na og lakang ang PNP aron malikayan nga mausab
pa ang mga susamang insidente diin gipasidan-an na ang mga kapulisan nga dili siya
magpanagana nga ipa-aresto ug ipa-bilanggo kauban sa mga ordinaryong kriminal ang ilang
mga sakp nga mahilambigit sa pag-abuso sa ilang pangatungdanan. (ecb/PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GI aprubahan ni Presidente Aquino ang proposed fare hike sa Light Railways Transit (LRT)
ug Metro Railways Transit (MRT).
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Sec. Ricky
Carandang, dili na makaya sa gobyerno nga gahinan pa og subsidiya ang LRT ug MRT.
Sa pagkakaron, mokabat sa P7 hangtud P8 bilyon ang subsidy sa gobyerno sa mga
pasahero sa LRT ug MRT.
Wala hinuon gisulti ni Carandang kun pila na ang mahimong bag-ong pletehan sa LRT ug
MRT tungod kay ang DOTC na ang mopahayag niini sa mosunod nga mga adlaw.
Ddugang pa usab ni Carandang nga nanita og ubang opsyon ang gobyerno aron dili mabug-
atan ang mga motorista sa ipatuman nga toll hike sa mga expressways. (ecb/PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Thursday urged the military to suspend offensive
operations to give way to relief and rescue work.
OCD administrator and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive
director Benito Ramos in a radio interview said there should be peace in areas where rescue
and relief work for those affected by the floods and landslides are needed.
Ramos’ call came a day after the Communist Party of the Philippines said New People’s
Army fighters have been mobilized to help in disaster relief operations in flood- and landslide-
hit areas in Bicol, Visayas and Mindanao.
“Given the severity of the damage wrought by these recent disasters upon the masses, the
revolutionary forces in flood- and landslide-affected areas are prioritizing disaster and relief
operations in order to ensure the safety of communities and help affected families recover
from the calamities,” the CPP said in an article posted Wednesday on its website.
The CPP’s order came shortly after a ceasefire between the government and the NPA ended
at midnight last Monday. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Baguio City, Metro Manila, and other parts of the country will continue to feel the cold spell
until February, a weather forecaster said Wednesday.
Robert Sawi, senior forecaster of state weather bureau PAGASA in a radio interview said that
the northeast monsoon, locally known as the “hanging amihan,” is causing the temperature
plunge.
He said the phenomenon will last until the middle of February.
Sawi expects the summer of 2011 to be rainy because of the La Niña phenomenon. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday ordered the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (NDRRMC) to conduct a thorough review of the country’s disaster
risk reduction measures to minimize loss of lives during calamities especially in communities.
The President issued the directive to NDRRMC head and Defense Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin following reports of casualties in Southern Luzon, Bicol region, Eastern Visayas and
Mindanao due to floods and landslides last month.
The President noted that in spite of his earlier directive for concerned agencies to evacuate
residents in risk areas, there were still casualties.
“Today , I asked the Secretary of National Defense, being the head of the NDRRMC, to find
out exactly why there were two people who died in the same place, “ he said referring to St.
Bernard in Southern Leyte , where over a thousand residents died when flashfloods hit the
community in 2006. The recent heavy downpour also caused floods and landslides in the
area and claimed at least two lives.
The NDRRMC said at least 37,124 families or 197,641 people from 242 barangays in 39
towns in 10 provinces had been affected. (PIA/PCOO)
