by Misael | May 6, 2008 | National News
The Department of Education has conducted a series of orientation to campaign for proper handling and use of the Philippine Flag.
The campaign kicked-off recently at Banaue, Ifugao covering regions 1, 2, 3 and CAR.
DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus earlier DepEd Order No. 83, directing field offices to strengthen, respect and pay allegiance to the Philippine Flag by banning canned music during flag ceremonies or programs and prohibiting the use of tattered or badly faced flags in all schools and offices.
The flag as a symbol of the country’s sovereignty and unity, should be properly handled, said Lapus.
DepEd is tasked to monitor and ensure strict compliance with the order and at the same time institute appropriate fines and sanctions ranging from P5,000 to P20,000 and jail terms up to one year or both. For private schools, violation means cancellation of their permit to operate.
Among the violations included are:
* mutilating, defacing or trampling on the flag
* clipping the flag to salute or compliment a person or object
* using the flag as drapery, table cloth, covering for walls etc.
* wearing the flag as costume or uniform
* printing or attaching the flag on handkerchiefs, napkins etc.
* using the flag as display of any advertisement or info-commercial (PIA/Bohol)
by Misael | May 5, 2008 | Features
HUMAN sa pagbukas sa duha pa pantalan alang sa RoRo sa Bohol, gilaraw na usab sa kagamhanan nga palapdan pa ang Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH).
Butyag ni Transportation Undersecretary Maria Elena Bautista, pagkap-os sa pagsulay sa Central Nautical Highway, buot ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo nga ang iyang kabiling proyekto sumpayan pa gayud sa lain pang agianan: kadtong motadlas ug magsumpay sa duha ka dagkong nautical highways gikan sa kasubangan ngadto na sa kasadpan.
Ang proyekto nga maglakip sa mga dalan, tulay ug mga pantalan nga magsumpay sa Eastern Nautical Highway ngadto sa Western Nautical Highway nagsukip na usab sa mga pantalan sa Getafe ug Ubay sa Bohol.
Dugang ni Bautista, gitumbok na sa kagamhanan ang 15 ka mga proyektong RoRo nga nagkinahanglan ug pag-ugmad, pag-upgrade o pag-ayo, ug kini sugdan gilayon hangtud sa pagtapos sa termino sa Presidente.
Kauban sa mga pantalan sa Bohol ang Caticlan sa Aklan, Dumangas sa Iloilo, San Antonio sa Sorsogon, Esperanza sa Masbate, Daanbantayan sa Cebu, Naval sa Biliran, Toledo sa Cebu, Tabuelan sa Cebu, Bogo sa Cebu, Balud sa Masbate, Taytay sa Palawan, Ajuy sa Iloilo, ug Punta Engaño sa Cebu.
Sa laing bahin, gidugang ni Bautista sa pag-ingon nga ilang ipadeklara nga mga nasudnong dalan ang kadtong masakop sa SRNH. .
Kon matuman, ang nasudnong kahamhanan na maoy mopundo alang sa pagpatukod, pagmintinar ug sa pagpadgan ning mga nahisgutang dalan ug nautical highway. (rachiu/PIA)
by Misael | May 5, 2008 | Headlines
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently announced she has signed an Executive Order (EO) granting 10-percent increase in the basic pay of government workers effective July 1.
The President made the announcement after sitting in on the deliberations of the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Region III last May 1.
Funds for the salary increase will be taken from the 2008 national budget, which includes a P41 billion allocation for miscellaneous benefits of government employees.
Earlier, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. said the EO would be similar to last year’s issuance which granted civilian employees of the national government a 10 percent increase in their basic salary.
Last year’s EO also granted a P1,200 increase in the monthly subsistence and other allowances of policemen, soldiers and other uniformed personnel.
Andaya explained that a10-percent increase in the basic salary of the employees of the national government would require more than P9 billion over a six-month period.
Similarly, a 10 percent increase in the basic salary of some 277,900 policemen, soldiers, firemen, jail guards and Coast Guard personnel alone would cost an additional funding of P2.84 billion for six months. (PIA)
