by magnolia_eic | Dec 7, 2010 | Headlines, National News
HOW indeed do you assure sustainability of projects in a league that is churning off its members at
least every three years?
For the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), only a binding agreement to adopt a system to
assure that change of political leaders does not alter the league directions should work.
Now serious in further strengthening the league’s policy development and advocacy capacity, the LCS
has adopted a roadmap during its National Executive Board Meeting at the Peacock Garden resort
last week.
The roadmap now identifies the league’s priorities and program and crafts ways to get it done in
relation to the league’s mandates, explains San Fernando City Mayor and League President Oscar
Rodriguez.
At the recent National Executive Board Meeting hosted by LCP Visayas Vice President and City Mayor
Dan Neri Lim, the NEB has showed that unlike other government meetings masked as junkets, the
adoption of the roadmap shows the real intent of the league which has showed that governance is
running their cities like a business.
According to Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, the roadmap serves as a proof that the LCP is
serious in its resolve to effectively lobby for the best interest of its members to enable the cities to
become effective engines of growth and significant contributors to nation building.
Part of the LCP adopted measures is systematizing an exchange of good practices among cities, said
Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim in a prepared press material.
Not going far from the Aquino Administration’s agenda of improving quality of life, promoting
good governance and fostering unity, the LCP’s roadmap intends to rationalize performance-based
initiatives of the league, which has earlier eyed denting on the poverty incidence in the country’s
bottom 30%, the material stated.
On this, LCP President and San Fernando City in Pampanga Mayor Oscar Rodriguez has offered to
host the experience sharing in the adoption of the Performance Governance System (PGS) and the
Balanced Scorecard System he implemented in his city.
Rodriguez boasted that his PGS and the BSC system has allowed his city to read at least six national
and international recognitions in governance within the year.
He enumerated such accolades as PGS Hall of Fame handed by PGS program proponent Dr. Norton,
Future Governance Award, One of the country’s Best Business Friendly Cities, Konrad Adenauer
Medal of Excellence Award and the country’s Best Public Employment and Service Office Manager.
(rac/PIABOhol)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 5, 2010 | Headlines, Tech Talk
After several months of Beta status, the PRC Passers (www.prcpassers.com) website developed by Auza.Net is now fully released. During the beta period, various bug fixes and improvements were done, including the ability to greet or congratulate a passer.
The site is unique among others doing listings of board exam passers because it has a customized search engine developed by Auza.Net which allows very quick searches of the names of the PRC board exam passers. The search results also allows the user to link to the actual official PRC website page where the passer’s name was listed.
Also, search engine optimization or SEO was done allowing the website to land in top 5 positions for search keywords such as ‘prc passers’ and ‘prc exam passers’ on Google. It is within top 10 for ‘prc board exam’, ‘prc board passers’ and ‘prc board exam passers’.
PRCPassers.com is a case study by Auza.Net for its SEO services. At the start, the website would only appear on page 5 or further in the search results due to other similar websites which have been in existence much earlier. By following recommended SEO practices and by generating relevant and useful content on the website, the Auza.Net SEO team managed to gain the top search positions in very relevant keywords.
Due to the top position in search results, website traffic to www.prcpassers.com has increased from less than 50 page views per day to more than 500 per day.
by magnolia_eic | Dec 4, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
A graduate from Holy Name University, this time from the engineering department, has brought home the bacon by making it to the Top Ten of the November 2010 Electronics and Communications Engineering Board Examination. Engr. Leah Tiongco Decasa placed 8th on the list besting other prestigious schools in the country.
The rest of the top ten are as follows:
1. ANTONIO VALENTE GAYOSO MACARILAY TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE
PHILIPPINES-MANILA 93.40
WILMIR BUTARDO NICANOR BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY (FOR.BCAT)-MALOLOS
93.40
2. EDDIE DEMAPITAN CLAVE JR UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 93.30
MARK JOSEPH ILAGAN LIAN DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-LIPA 93.30
3. MIGUEL CARLO LICUP PURISIMA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN 92.70
4. MA LARA NUGUIT BANTILO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST- CALOOCAN 90.70
DARLING ANGEL GERONA MONTEALTO CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 90.70
5. LEO AUGUSTUS LIM SY DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 90.50
6. MIRGEL VINCENT UMALI ESTERON UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN 90.10
7. JOMAR BAGTAS ANDRADE FEU-EAST ASIA COLLEGE 89.80
NICK IVAN ESPINO PALTIGUERA CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY 89.80
8. LEAH TIONGCO DECASA HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY (FOR.DIVINE WORD-TAGBILARAN)
89.70
9. JENNIFER ANTONIO AQUILIZAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-STO.
TOMAS 89.10
FRANCIS JOY TAYAG NUCOM HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY 89.10
10. CLIFFORD RANIEGO BAANG MINDANAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
89.00
All successful examiners are indexed at www.prcpassers.com. Check it out now and greet your friends at the same time!
by magnolia_eic | Dec 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GISIGURO niadtong Lunes sa administrasyong Aquino nga adunay igong pondo kon
ipatuman ang evacuation sa mga OFW’s nga tua sa South Korea sa higayong mo grabe ang
sitwasyon.
Matud pa ni Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, adunay igong pondo nga gigahin sa panahong
kinahanglang ibakwit ang may 50,000 OFW’s nga naa sa Korea kon mo grabe ang sitwasyon
sa Korean peninsula.
Wala hinuon gibutyag sa kalihim sa Department of Budget and Management (DBM) ang
kantidad nga mamahimong gastuhon sa gobyerno kon ibakwit ang tanang mga OFW’s nga
naa sa Korea.
Dugang pa ni Abad, padayon ang pagtutok ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III sa panghitabo
sa Korean peninsula ug aduna nay naka-andam nga mga contingency plan kon kinahanglang
ibakwit ang mga Pinoy. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
ANG Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) molusad sa bag-ong banknotes nga adunay
gidugang nga design ug security features sunod buwan.
Matud pa ni BSP corporate affairs director Fe de la Cruz, ang mga security features niini mas
lisod ug mas mahal alang sa mga tigpameke nga kopyahon tungod kay ang publiko dali nang
makabantay sa kalahian sa peke ug sa tinuod nga salapi.
Dugang pa ni De la Cruz nga ang bag-ong design, sama sa 500 bill, aduna nay hulagway
sa kanhi Presidente Corazon Aquino kauban ang iyang bana nga si kanhi Senador Benigno
Aquino Jr. – ang mga ginikanan sa atong Presidente karon nga si Noynoy Aquino.
Ang mga daang salapi, magpabilin gihapong legal tender hangtud wagtangon kini sa
mosunod nga tulo hangtud upat ka tuig.
Samtang gi aghat ni De la Cruz ang publiko sa paggamit sa mga sinsilyo kay ang paggamit
niini makatabang sa pagdaginot sa BSP og P15 milyones ug mopasaka sa dividends nga
ihatag ngadto sa Treasury Bureau.
Adunay 17 ka bilyon nga sinsilyo nga nagbalor og P17 bilyones ang tigpagawas sa BSP
matag-tuig og gi aghat ni De la Cruz ang mga konsumedor sa pagpangayo sa igsaktong sukli
gikan sa mga tindahan og sa dili pagdawat sa kendi isip sukli. (PIA)
