by magnolia_eic | Mar 12, 2010 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
STARTING March 8, all applications for electronic passports (ePassports) will only be accepted and processed via the appointment system at the new consular building on Macapagal Boulevard, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Applicants may set an appointment by going online through its dedicated website (http://www.passport.com.ph/) or by calling 737-1000. Travel agents can secure an appointment at the DFA website (http://dfa.gov.ph/main/) or email at scheduler@dfa-appointment.net. They may also call 834-4961, 834-4855, and 834-3707 for other details.
The new 7,000-square meter, four-story Office of the Consular Affairs (OCA) building is located at the corner of Macapagal Avenue and Bradco Street, Aseana Business Park.
OCA Assistant Secretary Renato Villapando said that the appointment system will be strictly implemented to enable DFA to pre-process information submitted in advance by an applicant, thus avoiding long queues, as experienced by walk-in applicants at the DFA-OCA main office in Roxas Boulevard. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 17, 2010 | Announcements, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
Manila, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has affixed her signature Tuesday, to the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (ESCA), or Republic Act No. 994. This is a law that would benefit some five million elderly Filipinos in the form of discounts on certain goods and services.
“The President has signed the bill,” said deputy presidential spokesperson Charito Planas. The official copy of the measure arrived in Malacanang on Monday night.
The law allows senior citzens to avail themselves of the full 20-percent discount they are supposed to enjoy. The discount was reduced to 8 percent with the imposition of the 12-percent value-added tax on certain goods and services in 2005.
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by magnolia_eic | Feb 12, 2010 | Announcements
The 12th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE) will be held this coming February 24-27, 2010 at the Bohol Plaza Resort and Restaurant, Dayo Hill, Dauis, Bohol, with the theme: “IT Academia in the Next Decade”. 250 IT educators are expected to attend this year’s convention.
Convention talks include IT Education in the Philippines, Addressing ICT Education Gap through Partnerships, Information Technology Academic Core, ITE Undergraduate Thesis / Project Framework among others. There would also be presentations from Microsoft Philippines, Intel Philippines, CHED and others as sponsors of this event.
All IT instructors are then invited to participate in this annual gathering and be part of this rare event here in the province.
For more details, please visit http://psite.usjr.edu.ph and register online or you may contact Ms. Amie Rosarie Cubeta-Caballo, Dean of the College of Computer Science of Holy Name University at (038) 412-3764 loc 401 or through email at amyats@yahoo.com or accaballo@hnu.edu.ph.
