by admin | May 27, 2015 | Headlines, National News
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) will be conducting the 2nd Career Service Professional and Sub-Professional written examinations for this year on October 18.
Application period will run from May 25 to September 3.
Last May 3, more than 180,000 took the Career Service Examination Paper-and-Pencil Test.
Passing the CSE is one of the basic requirements in applying for a position in government. The CSE ensures that only competent and credible workers enter the public service.
The examinations are open to individuals, regardless of educational attainment, who are Filipino citizens including those holding dual citizenship, at least 18 years old at the time of filing of application, and have not taken the same level of examination within three months before the date of examination.
Applications should be filed in person at the CSC Regional Office (CSCRO), or at any of the concerned CSCRO’s Field Offices, where the applicant intends to take the examination. The CSC, though, has warned that acceptance of applications may be closed at any time before Sept. 3, 2015 once the CSC Regional/Field Office has reached the target number of applicants. Examination fee for both levels of CSE-PPT is P500.
Applicants are advised to access the CSC website www.csc.gov.ph and look for the 2015 CSE-PPT Examination Announcement, for details on testing centers, qualifications, application requirements and procedures, and other relevant information. (CSC/PIA)
by admin | May 26, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 25 (PIA)–Gitataw sa Malakanyang nga walay kamatuoran ang giingong ‘miyong dropout’ sa mga tunghaan sa higayong ipatuman ang K-12 program.
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Kalihim Herminio Coloma Jr., angay tun-an og maayo sa grupong Anakbayan ang gipahayag niining panglantaw kalabot sa programa.
Kini human gipatik sa website sa Anakbayan youth group ang giingon ni national chairperson Vencer Crisostomo nga mokabat hangtud sa usa ka milyong tinun-an ang mag-dropout ilabi na nga 3,839 lamang sa 7,976 sa mga public high school sa nasud ang naka-sumite og proposal sa pagpatuman sa programa.
Giingong kini nagpasabot nga posibleng dili ma-accommodate sa mga pampublikong tunghaan ang katunga sa kasamtangang duha ka milyong tinun-an sa 4th year high school nga maobligar nga mosulod sa senior high school.
Duda usab ang grupo nga daling makakuha og trabaho ang mga makalampos ubos sa K-12.
Si Coloma nagkanayon nga “hindi po natin nakikita ‘yung senaryo na kanilang ipinipinta hinggil dito, kaya ang atin pong posisyon diyan ay doon pa rin sa aspeto na masiglang pagpapatupad nito.”
“Wala po tayong hangarin dito na mapariwara, bagkus gusto natin pong mapabuti ang kinabukasan ng ating mga kabataan.”
Gitumbok pa ni Coloma nga madugangan ang kahibalo sa kabataan sa kalibotanong larangan tungod sa K-12.
Gi dugang usab sa Kalihim nga ‘on track’ ang gobyerno sa preparasyon niini alang sa full implementation sa maong programa nga nagdugang og duha ka tuig sa secondary education. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | May 16, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 15 (PIA)–Napili si Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle isip bag-ong presidente sa Caritas Internationalis, usa ka kompederasyon sa global Catholic charities.
Kapin sa 300 ka mga delegado sa Caritas sa tibuok kalibotan ang mibotar alang ni Cardinal Tagle sa ikaduhang adlaw sa ilang pulong sa Roma kagahapon.
Si Tagle ang labing unang Asian nga natudlong presidente sa maong international organization isip hulip ni Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga sa Tegucigalpa nga nialagad na sa iyang ikaduha ug kataposang termino.
Mayo 17, opisyal nga mo-alagad si Cardinal Tagle isip presidente sa Caritas Internationalis diin miyembro ang 165 ka grupo.
Nag-alagad usab ang Pilipinong kardinal isip presidente sa Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF) samtang miyembro usab siya sa Roman Curia ug Permanent Council of the Synod of Bishops. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | May 16, 2015 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 15 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang gobyerno sa publiko nga mag-amping sa pagpalit ug paggamit sa siyam ka cosmetic products nga nadiskubrehang adunay taas nga sangkap sa makahilong kemikal nga lead ug mercury.
Base sa gipagawas nga Advisory 2015-025 sa Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), nasayran nga apil sa maong mga produkto ang Qianyan Daily Night Special Anti-Speckle Beauty Cream, Monaliza Series Lipstick #5, Miss Merry Lipstick #03, Miss Merry Lipstick #05, Meiya Lipstick #02 (pink container), Meiya Lipstick #02 (pink/gold container), Meiya Lipstick #06 (pink container), Meiya Lipstick #02 (silver/red container) ug Ashley UV Resitance BB Whitening Spray.
Nasayran nga ang mga nahisgotang produkto giingong adunay sagol nga lead ug mercury nga nilapas sa gitakda sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations Cosmetic Directives.
Kalabot niini, miingon ang FDA nga gimanduan na nila ang ilang field regulatory officers nga kumpiskahon ang maong mga produkto nga walay FDA certificate of product notification.
Nihangyo usab ang FDA sa mga lokal nga kagamhanan nga siguradohong dili mabaligya ang maong mga produkto sa publiko. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | May 11, 2015 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol May 11, (PIA) –Expect new tourism write-ups for Bohol from a team of writers and television feature people of the country’s leading networks and media organizations abroad.
This as a team led by corporate communications manager Viveca Singson, of Cebu Pacific Air brought in a team of nine travel and feature writers from giant television networks, major news organizations in the country including somebody from Cable News Network Philippines.
Eager to see how Bohol has fared after a year of the devastating earthquake and how tourism has stood up after the disaster, the group also tested new products including the ones packaged by the province along with Japan International Cooperation Agency.
The team, which visited the mystical island of Lamanoc and did the dolphin and whale watching including an island hop at the famed Pamilacan came out of Bohol with positive reviews.
Billeted at the Bellevue Hotel, the group also did a countryside Bohol tour with topnotch tour guide and professor Joseph Eric Canete.
No less than the Lamanoc Island caretaker and inhouse tour guide Fortunato Simbajon who took over the group in the treks and adventures in the mystical island.
Lamanoc, an islet off Barangay Badiang in Anda has been believed to be a pre-hispanic ritual site of the Visayan healers and medicine men, it is also believed to be an island home of the spirits.
Also a primary burial ground for early Boholanos, Lamanoc features old graveyards with clay potteries, dug out primary, secondary and tertiary burial coffins, hematite paintings, numerous rock shelters, ritual caves and ritual remnants.
On the other hand, Pamilacan dolphin experience was a hit for the group, which saw over a thousand spinner and bottle nosed dolphins bow-riding and fishtailing during the early Sunday morning tour.
The team had Angel’s Wings Tours and Travels serving their tour requirements. (rac/PIA-7Bohol/PR)
by admin | Apr 24, 2015 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III has approved the release of P2.259 billion in financial assistance to national government employees who were affected by Typhoon Yolanda and the Bohol earthquake, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said on Wednesday.
The financial aid is for the first batch of 48,995 employees of national government agencies based in the Mindoro-Marinduque,-Romblon-Palawan region, the Bicol region, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, and Eastern Visayas, whose houses were totally, heavily, or partially damaged by the two natural disasters that struck the country in 2013, he said.
Secretary Coloma noted that President Aquino has also directed all concerned Cabinet secretaries to fast-track the implementation of all programs, activities and projects pertaining to the rehabilitation and recovery of all areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda.
“He reiterated the importance of building back better and more resilient communities,” he added.
A special cabinet meeting was convened on Wednesday to discuss the ‘Yolanda’ Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan.
On October 15, 2013, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked Central Visayas, devastating Bohol and Cebu, where 222 people perished and 797 others were injured.
Two weeks later on November 2, the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall struck much of Eastern Visayas. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, an estimated 6,300 people were killed, 28,689 others were injured, and 1,061 went missing when Typhoon Yolanda hit the country. Damages were estimated at P89.59 billion. (PND/PIA)
