by magnolia_eic | Dec 24, 2010 | Headlines
SUGOD Enero sunod tuig, doble na ang madawat nga combat pay sa mga miyembro sa
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Kini human gisakaan ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III ang madawat nga combat pay sa mga
sundalo gikan sa daang P240 matag buwan, madugangan kini og P260 o iksaktong P 500
na.
Gipahibalo kini ni P-Noy atol sa ika-75 ka tuig nga anibersaryo sa AFP didto sa Camp
Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
Matud pa ni P-Noy, ang dugang benepisyo apil sa pasalig sa iyang administrasyon nga
mapauswag ang kahimtang sa kinabuhi sa matag sundalo.
Sa maong okasyon, gipasidunggan usab sa AFP ang mga bayaning sundalo nga
gipangulohan ni Rear Admiral Alexander Pama tungod sa malampuson nga kampanya niini
kontra sa terorismo sa panahon sa iyang panilbihan isip Commander sa AFP- Wes-tern
Mindanao. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 23, 2010 | Headlines
In recognition of their sacrifices, President Benigno S. Aquino III has increased the combat
pay of soldiers who, most of the times, willingly offer their lives for the peace and security of
the country.
The Chief Executive announced this good news during the 75th anniversary of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The President told the soldiers present that he already signed an Executive Order on Monday
amending Executive Order 658 increasing the combat pay of soldiers to P500 from the
current P240.
The President said the soldiers in the field will start receiving the new rate effective January
next year.
Since the establishment of the AFP under Commonwealth Act No. 1, or the National Defense
Act of 1935, the President said the soldiers have been at the forefront in protecting the
country’s sovereignty in times of peace, war and calamities. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 23, 2010 | Headlines
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, concurrent Presidential Adviser on OFWs Concerns, in a
recent letter to President Benigno S. Aquino III, has recommended the creation of a bank
especially for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The Vice President said in his letter that having such a specialty bank “will provide an
alternative yet viable economic financial and remittance institution for our kababayans at the
local and international levels.”
Binay said OFWs themselves have long clamored for the creation of an OFW Bank, as
they claimed having been “victims of exorbitant remittance rates charged by financial
intermediaries and money brokers.”
He proposed that the OFW Bank be initially funded and underwritten by government financial
institution before it is sold to and controlled by OFW investors and stockholders after a period
of time. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 22, 2010 | Headlines
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) has officially named the Philippines as the
country host for the 6th Esri Asia Pacific User Conference and will be held on January 26-27,
2011 at the ESDA Shangri-La Hotel.
The Esri Asia Pacific User Conference is an annual gathering of Esri software users held
in different great cities of the region with the purpose of sharing information and learnings
among users, to learn from Esri about technological developments on the Esri GIS platform
and how these developments will enhance their work and those of their stakeholders.
Expected to attend in this conference are Esri GIS users from the ASEAN and Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines. Also, invited to
attend are Esri GIS users from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Also, Esri GIS users from the member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum are being
invited. These countries include Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands,
Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Samoa, Palau, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga
and Tuvalu.
Among the salient features of the Asia Pacific User Conference is a breakfast forum by
industry leaders in the region with Esri President Jack Dangermond. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 22, 2010 | Headlines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has dubbed its new counter-insurgency campaign
plan as “Bayanihan” which is people-centered and focused more on the whole-nation
approach to finally end the decades-long communist insurgency problem in the country.
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ricardo David said he is ready to submit to President
Benigno Aquino III the blueprints of the said strategy, dubbed as Oplan Bayanihan.
Armed Forces spokesman, Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr., said Sunday that Oplan Bayanihan
employs a two-pronged approach to solve the 40-year-old armed conflict, replacing Oplan
Bantay Laya which was launched in 2002 by the Arroyo administration.
“Just like in the past, its mission statement is winning the peace, which hinges on two very
important approaches—the ‘whole of nation’ approach in contrast to the former ‘whole of
government approach,’” he explained.
The date of formal launch of the said strategy was set concurrently with the celebration of
the Armed Force’s 75th founding anniversary on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 in Camp
Aguinaldo. (PIA)
