by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GIDEKLARA sa Malacañang ang Disyembre 25 ug 27 nga mga regular non-working holiday
agi’g paghatag og taas nga holidays sa mga Pinoy.
Una nang gi anunsyo ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III ang Dis-yembre 24 ug 31 nga mga
special non-working holiday.
Matud pa kang Presidential Communications Sec. Herminio Coloma Jr., gideklara ang
Disyembre 27 isip regular working holiday agi’g pagsunod sa Proclamation 1841 o holiday
economics tungod kay ang maong petsa ang pinaka-duol nga Lunes alang sa Disyembre 30
diin isaulog ang Rizal Day. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NAKADAWAT og talagsaong pagdayeg si Presidente Aquino gikan ni Senador Joker Arroyo
sa desisyon niini nga wala magpadala og representante sa Pilipinas alang sa Nobel Peace
Prize awarding ceremony.
Mao kini ang nahimong desisyon sa Presidente aron ma-engganyo ang China nga dili
ipadayon ang pagbitay sa lima ka overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga napahamtangan og
kamatayon tungod sa kasong drug trafficking.
Giangkon sa Presidente nga mas prayoridad sa gobyerno ang national interest aron maluwas
ang mga Pinoy nga bitayon sa China.
Gikompirma usab sa Department of Foreign Affairs nga walay mapadalang representante
ang Pilipinas sa Norway alang sa awarding sa Chinese dissident nga si Liu Xiaobo nga
napreso og 11 ka tuig tungod sa subversion case.
Nasagmuyo ang kagamhanang China sa nahimong desisyon sa Nobel Prize committee
human nga si Liu ang napiling modawat og pasidungog.
Nibahad ang China sa mga nasud nga maapektuhan ang ilang relasyon o diplomatic ties kon
magpadala og tinugyanan ug suportahan ang maong pasidungog kang Liu.
Aduna nay gidusong apela si Presidente Aquino sa gobyerno sa China nga nangayo og
clemency alang sa lima ka Pinoy nga nasentensyahan og kamatayon.
Gitandi ni Senador Arroyo ang maong desisyon ni Presidente Aquino sa kanhi
administrasyong Arroyo sa pag withdraw sa tropang Pinoy gikan sa Iraq nga matud pa niya
nga dili sayon nga himuong desisyon. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno Aquino III has declared December 24 and December 31 as special non-
working days, giving Filipinos two consecutive long weekends to enjoy as the two dates fall
on a Friday.
Presidential Communications Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr. on Sunday said
December 25 is a regular holiday.
Meanwhile, the commemoration for Rizal Day, December 30, another regular holiday, will be
moved to December 27, Monday, as part of the government’s so-called holiday economics,
where a holiday is moved to the nearest Monday.
The December 2010 holidays was based on Proclamation No. 1841 s. 2009, which has been
retained as relevant for December this year after deliberation by the Office of the President.
(PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday that a Panama-flagged and Greek-
owned vessel with 24 Filipino seafarers was seized by Somali pirates on December 11.
The MV Renaur was hijacked about 1,050 nautical miles east of Somalia in the Indian
Ocean. It was enroute to Fujirah in the United Arab Emirates from Port Louis, Mauritius when
it was attacked. The vessel is now enroute to Somalia.
The DFA-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) instructed
Philippine Liaison Officer to the Combined Maritime Forces in Manama, Captain Gaudencio
Collado, to assist in the efforts of the European Union naval forces (EU NAVFOR) to
undertake rescue operations on the vessel before it reaches Somali waters.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban B. Conejos also
instructed Captain Collado to convey to the EU NAVFOR that the paramount concern of the
Philippine Government is the safety of the Filipino crew.
The DFA-OUMWA also called the Philippine Embassy in Athens to convey the same
message to the vessel’s Greek-based managing owner.
To date, there are 100 Filipino seafarers onboard eight vessels held captive by pirates.
The DFA-OUMWA continues to coordinate closely with the concerned Philippine Embassies,
the vessels’ principals and the local manning agencies for the early and safe release of the
other seafarers. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 11, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THE Commission on Human Rights in Bohol now records a significant decrease in human rights cases
compared to about a decade ago.
In fact, had not the commission expanded its services to include a legal advice and inter-agency referral
system that was not institutionalized in its past functions, the cases this year may have been much lower,
admits Bohol CHR Rito Montes.
Montes showed statistics as he bared these developments during the recent Kapihan sa PIA aired live over
DyTR.
Set up to commemorate the national Human Rights Week Celebration and adopting the theme Karapatang
Pantao: Kilalanin, Tuparin at Pagyamanin, the forum on air with the CHR was aimed to update Boholanos of
the human rights situation in Bohol.
In 1999, CHR Bohol noted 57 cases of human rights violations.
This was even lower compared to 2002 when at the height of Bohol’s struggles facing insurgency and holding
it by the horns where some 88 cases were recorded.
In 2008 and 2009 however, the CHR said it noted only 24 cases on both years.
It added that their 30 cases form January to November of this year, may be understood because of the newly
opened legal assistance and inter-agency referral system that was recently institutionalized and incorporated in
the CHR mandate, Montes explained.
In its comparative data provided, CHR bared that that in 2010, while recorded cases of violations went to 30, 7
of these are actually legal advice and assistance cases, a new service by the CHR.
Bohol CHR officially submitted only 24 cases for docketing at the regional office this year, Montes bared.
Even then, CHR regional Director Atty. Alejandro Alonso admitted that there are still some areas where the
government has not fully addressed.
Alonso was quick to follow it up by citing the need to address the full implementation of the law against extra
legal killings and enforced disappearances, which have been reported until the present.
Moreover Atty. Alonzo said human rights education continues to be the agency’s top priority in its efforts to be
proactive in its human rights advocacy and violations monitoring mandates.
He also urged everybody’s help in helping to realize their agency mandate to actualize an empowered society.
(racPIABohol)
