by magnolia_eic | Jan 18, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
MIHANGYO ang Bohol Provincial Police Office ug pagsabot sa publiko sa padayon nilang gihimong check points sa mga kadalanan sa probinsya.
Si PSupt. Antonieto Cuyos nipadayag sa maong hangyo atol sa usa ka information sharing sa unang tigum alang sa tuig 2011 sa Association of United Development Information Officers sa Bohol (AUDIO).
Gihangyo usab ni Cuyos ang tabang sa mga information officers sa mga kalungsuran ug mga ahensya sa kagamhanan nga tabangan usab sila sa pagpasabot ngadto sa katawhan ilabi na gayod niining panahuna nga adunay hulga sa kalinaw sa gikataho’ng paghidangnat sa mga sakop sa Abu Sayyaf dinhi sa probinsiya sa Bohol.
Ang buhatan sa BPPO-PNP gi-ulan og daghang reklamo ning mga milabay’ng adlaw sa mga motorista tungod sa gihimo niining mga check point sa mga kadalanan.
Gipasabot ni Cuyos nga ang gihimong mga check points sa kapilisan usa ka pamaagi nga ma-proteksyunan ang mga katawhan batok sa mga dautang elemento sa katilingban ug malikayan ang mga dili angayan nga mga panghitabo. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 18, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
“THE deadline has passed but we are not letting our guards down,” Col. Romeo Brawner told the Provincial Peace and Order Council during a meeting at the Bohol Tropics Thursday January 13.
“We are fortunate that we have surpassed the deadline set by Abu to kidnap foreigners,” Brawner said during the recent assessment of the peace and security situation in Bohol.
“We will not let our guards down, we will maintain security not only in Panglao but the whole of Bohol as well, our boats will remain in the area and our focus will remain in place,” he added.
Governor Edgar Chatto also echoed Brawner pronouncements saying “The most critical moments are when we believe the danger has passed.”
Brawner, who leads the army Special Forces Battalion cited the intelligence report that said a band of Abu Sayaff bandits were heading to Bohol on a double-engine speedboat Monday January 10 to kidnap two foreign tourists.
Brawner also confirmed that the same intelligence report which said that the deadline for the operation was within January 10-11.
“Bohol was indeed a target for kidnapping by Abusayyaf, our Manila intelligence has confirmed,” Brawner shared.
Immediately after receiving the intelligence report, which was validated and was said to have come from a reliable agent in Zamboanga, police and military authorities in Bohol rolled into motion security operations and crisis management planning to get the most immediate deterrent assets in the general area where the hit was supposed to happen.
PSSupt Constantino Barot also immediately placed Bohol under a heightened security alert even as he directed the deployment of additional police troops, augmented police stations located within Panglao island and neighboring tourist islands of Balicasag and Pamilacan.
The Philippine Navy also sent a patrol boat while the Army Special Forces also deployed their sea asset to beef up security operations in the seas.
Barot also bared that the Philippine Air Force has committed an attack and a utility chopper for the operations of the area south of Bohol.
On this, Governor Edgar Chatto stressed that “Our preparedness would never be substituted by anything else.”
We should always have the capability to respond not only to the present, but future dangers and threats, Chatto told PPOC members. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MIHANGYO ang Palasyo nga angay sabton usab sa publiko ang gikinahanglang pagdugang sa pletehan sa LRT ug MRT.
Matud pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte sa media briefing niadtong Miyerkoles, dugay nang nadelatar ang fare hike sa MRT ug LRT ug niagi usab kini sa saktong proseso ug konsultasyon ang gikatakdang fare hike.
Si Valte niingon nga daku ang subsidy sa gobyerno sa MRT ug LRT ug kinahanglan na kining kuhaan aron magamit ang pondo sa ubang proyekto ug programa sa gobyerno nga mas daghan ang makabenepisyo.
Sa pagkakaron, ang mga commuters lamang sa LRT ug MRT ang nakapahimolos sa subsidy sa gobyerno ug apil ang dili commuters niini ang gi-abaga sa katawhan pinaagi sa ilang buwis.
Gawas pa niini, dugay nang angay magpatuman og dugang pletehan sa MRT ug LRT apan pila ka higayon na kining gibabagan.
Ang himoong pagsaka sa pletehan gamiton alang sa pagpalambo sa paghatag og serbisyo sa LRT ug MRT sama sa pagpalit og mga bag-ong tren. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared Jan. 24, 2011 as “Philippine Tropical Fabrics Day” to instill patriotism and nationalism among Filipinos, promote the preferential use of locally-manufactured goods using local resources and adopt measures that will help generate wider employment of local fabrics.
Proclamation No. 86 which Aquino signed Dec. 21 last year, defines tropical fabrics as those containing natural fibers produced, spun, woven or knitted and finished in the Philippines for use of office uniforms and government officials and employees and for other purposes.
According to the President, the implementation of Republic Act 9242 provides the needed push for the judicious utilization of natural fibers like pineapple, banana, abaca and Philippine silk on the one hand and the revival and upliftment of the local textile and garments industry on the other, both of which shall redound to creation of livelihood in the agricultural and industrial sectors.
He said as the use of Philippine tropical fabrics unfolds overtime, there will be a growing awareness and sense of pride among Filipinos to patronize and use locally-manufactured textiles.
The President designated the Philippine Textile Research Institute and the Department of Science and Technology to ensure and plan out activities during the observance of the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Day.
The Chief Executive also called on the fabric producers, textile manufacturers and garment industries, including the private sectors, associations and institutions to actively participate in the proper observance of the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Day and to give their full support in the local production and use of local tropical fabrics and in recognition of their importance in manpower capability-building. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 12, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Despite the spate of negative travel advisories on the Philippines, the number of foreign
arrivals totaled 3,451,668 in 2010, or 19.5 percent higher than the 2,887,303 who came to the
country in the previous year, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
Immigration officer-in-charge Ronaldo Ledesma said the negative advisories by foreign
governments warning their citizens against going to the Philippines did not have any impact
at all. He said foreign arrivals even peaked during the last quarter of the year, when most of
the advisories were issued due to alleged threats of terror attacks in the country.
BI records showed that from 188,028 foreign visitor arrivals last September, the number
increased steadily to 204,779 in October, 218,482 in November, and 265,651 in December.
Ledesma noted that the BI statistics are consistent with the tourism department’s target of
3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010. The number pertains to all international travelers, including
tourists, investors, expatriates, students, and balikbayans who acquired foreign citizenship.
BI Immigration Regulation Division chief Alberto Braganza said that of the 3.4 million
foreigners who came last year, about 80 percent or 2.7 million arrived at the NAIA, while the
rest were admitted in other ports such as Mactan, Clark and Davao. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 12, 2011 | Headlines, National News
The Supreme Court has affirmed with finality its ruling upholding the constitutionality of a
2007 law that allows warrantless arrests of terror suspects and their temporary detention
without charges.
In a two-page resolution, the court en banc denied the motion for reconsideration filed by
several cause-oriented groups for their supposed failure to raise new arguments that would
warrant a reversal of the tribunal’s Oct. 5, 2010 decision.
“The Court resolved to deny with finality the said motion for reconsideration, as the basic
issues raised therein have been passed upon by this Court and no substantial arguments nor
compelling reason were presented to warrant the reversal of the questioned decision,” the SC
ruled.
The law — the Human Security Act of 2007 or Republic Act 9372 — took effect on July 15,
2007 despite strong opposition from various cause-oriented groups who believed the law
would lead to human rights abuses.
In its Oct. 5, 2010 decision, the SC, by a unanimous vote, dismissed all six consolidated
petitions questioning the validity of the HSA, saying none of the petitioners had any legal
standing to file the case since “none of them face any charge” under the said law. (PIA)
