by aimee | Apr 4, 2013 | National News
The Department of Education’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP), which aims to address shortages in public school classrooms through partnerships with the private sector, has made it as the lone entry from the ASEAN to the internationally-acclaimed Partnerships Awards 2013.
The PSIP is a qualifier for the ‘Best Pathfinder Project’ category.
Previous winners were mostly from Europe and the Americas. The awarding ceremony will take place at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London on 23 May 2013, a statement from the Department of Education said.
Partnership Awards is an annual event organized by the United Kingdom-based Partnerships Bulletin and PPP Bulletin International to recognize and reward outstanding achievements in PPP worldwide.
“The shortlisting of DepEd’s PSIP to the Partnerships Awards 2013 is a recognition from the global PPP community that we are on the right path,” PPP Center Executive Director Cosette Canilao said.
The ‘Best Pathfinder’ category is a recognition given to public infrastructure projects that demonstrate the best ‘first of its kind’ in a sector or region.
“We are being noticed for doing things that we are supposed to do for generations of learners. Being included in the shortlist is already like an icing on the cake,” said Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro.
For this year, only entries and nominations for deals signed between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 were accepted. Industry professionals representing both the public and private sector will judge the entries.
The DepEd’s PSIP is the Philippine’s first PPP social infrastructure project. It aims to supplement the current initiatives and program of the government to address the current shortage of public school buildings nationwide. (DepEd)
by aimee | Apr 4, 2013 | National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 04 (PIA)—Gipahinumdoman ni Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares ang mga negosyante ug mga indibidwal kalabot sa pag-file og income tax returns (ITR) sa saktong oras.
Kini tungod kay nagkaduol naman ang gitakdang deadline sa filing nga sa Abril 15, 2013.
Gitataw ni Henares nga walay ihatag nga extension ang BIR sa gitakdang petsa sa filing sa ITR.
Ang dili maka-file sa tukmang oras magbayad og 25 percent nga surcharge ug 40 percent per annum nga interest.
Kinahanglang mo-file og ITR ang mga individual ug corporate tax payers. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/p-gg)
Retailers og mga produktong petrolyo, gipasidan-an sa BIR
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 04 (PIA)–Gipasidan-an sa Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ang retailers og mga pinayuhot o smuggled petroleum product.
Sa usa ka press conference sa Department of Justice (DOJ) karong adlawa, miingon si BIR Commissioner Kim Henares nga angay siguradohon sa mga retailer nga dili smuggled ang ilang mga gibaligyang produktong petrolyo.
Pasidaan pa ni Henares, kasagarang mga retailers og smuggled oil products ang mapiit sa bilangguan tungod kay maka-ikyas man ang mga smuggler.
Apan daling gi-klaro ni Henares nga wala kini nagpasabot nga makalingkawas na sa ilang paggukod ang mga smuggler og mga produktong petrolyo.
Gibanabanang bilyon ka pesos ang nawala sa tax collection sa gobyerno tungod sa smuggling og gasoline products.
Una nang nipahayag ang Department of Finance (DOF) nga hugtan pa sa gobyerno ang importasyon ilabi na sa puthaw ug mga produktong lana sa mga dungguanan o port areas sa nasud.
Gibutyag usab ni DOF Sec. Cesar Purisima nga magpatuman ang iyang buhatan og port accreditation system aron dili sayon makapasulod og mga produktong kasagarang gipayuhot. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-gg)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 02 (PIA)–Gipasabot sa Malakanyang nga walay diskriminasyon ang pag-veto ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa balaodnon aron matangtang ang height requirement sa PNP, BFP ug BJMP.
Matud pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, imbes nga makatabang, basin makadaot pa hinuon ang balaod sa mga hingtungdang ahensya.
Si Valte nagkanayon nga may pipila ka trabaho lamang nga kinahanglan ang physical attributes.
Giseguro usab ni Valte nga dili angay maguol ang mga mas mubo nga personnel nga nakasulod na tungod kay dili man sila tangtangon.
Giingong may waiver o exemption man sa kasamtangang balaod nga mahimong nilang gamiton.
“Hindi naman po siya discrimination. Kailangan lang din po doon sa nature ‘nung trabaho nila,” matud pa ni Valte.
Kahinomduman nga ang maong balaodnon mi-agi sa makuting pagdungog sa Kongreso ug nakalusot sa bicameral conference committee sa wala pa kini giduso kang PNoy. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-gg)
PH Embassy sa Portugal, nipasidaan batok sa employment scam
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 02 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang Embahada sa Pilipinas sa Lisbon, Portugal batok sa mga pekeng tanyag nga trabaho sa internet.
Matud pa sa embahada, nagkadaghan ang mga nagreklamong Pinoy nga giingong nabiktima sa online scams diin nakadawat sila og tanyag nga trabaho sa e-mail gikan sa mga law firm ug kumpanya sa Portugal.
Giingong nagtanyag kini og trabaho ug paspas nga pag-proseso aron makakuha og visa permits hulip sa fees nga ipadala pinaagi sa money transfer.
Apil sa modus operandi sa mga mangingilad ang paggamit sa mga impormasyon sa website sa mga inilang kumpanya apan alisdan ang contact information niini.
Maningil kini og bayad alang sa Entry-Clearance Certificates, International/Overseas Employment Certificates-(I/OEC) ug Affidavits of Guarantee Fund nga mga dili man apil sa requirements sa Portuguese authorities.
Alang sa mga gustong mo-adto o mo-trabaho sa Portugal, mahimong mosulat sa e-mail address sa Philippine Embassy sa Lisbon, Portugal nga filipinas.emb.lisbon@gmail.com.
Gitambagan ang mga Pinoy nga mag-amping ug magbantay sa mga gi-aplayang trabaho sa ubang nasud. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/p-gg)
by aimee | Apr 2, 2013 | National News
MALACAÑANG made an assurance on Tuesday that there are sufficient measures to curb oil smuggling in the country.
In a press conference in Malacanang on Tuesday, Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that among the measures in place include a tax regulation that ensures ecozone locators get the tax exemption.
This in addition to the visits and inspections being done by the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), he said.
Lacierda was referring to the Revenue Regulation 2-2012 that would have made sure that the ecozone locators would get tax exemptions from the government.
Unfortunately, the court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) and it was only last February when an injunction was issued declaring it to be in error, Lacierda explained.
Following the Court of Appeals decision, the Bureau of Customs has begun full implementation of RR 2-2012, he added.
“As I mentioned, apart from this Revenue Regulation 2-2012, we have stepped up on major physical visitation on those ports—ports which are considered as the ports where the oil imports are being done,” Lacierda said.
“We’re making sure that all these ports are visited and that efforts are made to curb smuggling.”
Curbing oil smuggling will improve the country’s tax collection, according to the Palace official.
One of the seven major ports already visited by the DOF, BOC, and the BIR last February include the Port of Limay, Lacierda said.
Beginning this month, the DOF, BOC and the BIR will be visiting the Manila International Container Port, the Port of Manila, Port of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and the Port of Batangas, and other major oil importers.
Ramon Ang, the chair and chief executive officer of the Petron Corp. said at least a third of the total volume of oil products sold in the market came from smuggling based on studies from 2007 to 2011.
Ang said the government is losing P30 to P40 billion annually due to oil products smuggling. (PND)
by aimee | Apr 1, 2013 | National News
Fitch Ratings’ investment grade stamp for the Philippines will help push infrastructure spending higher, as the Administration creates greater room for expenditures for the country’s social and economic sectors, according to the Department of Budget and Management.
“With the country now at investment grade, we’re determined to strengthen our economic position further and expand our fiscal space for key socio-economic services. At the same time, we expect to attract more investments into the country’s infrastructure development program and, eventually, bring infrastructure spending to five percent of GDP,” Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said in a statement Sunday.
He confirmed that at the moment, public spending for infrastructure is at 2.8 percent of GDP. The Aquino administration has earlier committed to bring expenditures for infrastructure to 5 percent of GDP by 2016.
Abad added that more infrastructure investments will help support the growth of key industries, including the country’s agriculture, tourism and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sectors.
These include rehabilitating and developing arterial farm-to-market roads—especially in rice-and-corn, coconut, and high-value crop areas—and improving road access to tourism zones, and upgrading key airports and seaport hubs in tourist destinations.
Also in the works are the upgrading and expansion of rail and metro-rail transport systems and bus stations in urban centers.
Abad emphasized that infrastructure spending will also buoy the Administration’s social services programs, such as social housing for informal settlers, rural electrification in remote sitios and barangays, the development of post-harvest facilities, and the rehabilitation and upgrading of Regional Health Units, as well as district, provincial, and regional hospitals.
He recently expressed optimism on the country’s growth prospects, in the wake of Fitch’s rating upgrade for the Philippines.
“As we strengthen our bid for rapid, inclusive, and long-term economic growth, we look forward to inviting greater confidence from the global market, especially as we pursue our good governance agenda and work toward establishing real transparency, accountability, and openness in the Philippine bureaucracy. Ultimately, we intend to facilitate socio-economic growth that is truly inclusive, where jobs are successfully created and the dividends of improved governance are cascaded to all Filipinos,” he said. (DBM)
by aimee | Apr 1, 2013 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 01 (PIA)–Gipahayag sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) nga gisaka na ang alert level 1 sa South Korea human sa pagdeklarar og state of war sa North Korea.
Matud pa ni DFA Spokesperson Raul Hernandez, padayon silang nakig-alayon sa Embahada sa Pilipinas sa Seoul, United Nations ug Estados Unidos aron susihon ang sitwasyon didto.
Gipaseguro nila ang kaluwasan sa mga Pinoy didto nga gibanabanang naa sa 40,000.
Gi-alerto ug gitambagan na usab sa DFA ang mga Pinoy didto nga magbinantayon ug padayon nga i-monitor ang tensyon tali sa South Korea ug North Korea.
Giseguro ni Hernandez nga andam na ang contigency plan alang sa mga Pinoy sa South Korea.
Giingong apil na niini ang pagbakwit sa mga Pinoy didto nga kadaghanan mga propesyunal ug household workers.
Wala usab nila gisalikway ang pasidaan nga nuclear war sa North Korea nga apil usab sa ilang gipangandaman.
Nagdeklarar og “state of war” ang Nokor sa kaaway nga Sokor niadtong Sabado human ang nahi-unang pasidaan sa North Korean leader nga si Kim Jong-Un nga ilang bombahan ug i-wipeout ang lima ka lugar sa South Korea nga duol sa border sa Nokor. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-gg)
PH, nakab-ot na ang investment grade gikan sa Fitch Ratings
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 01 (PIA)–Sa labing unang higayon, nakab-ot sa Pilipinas ang gitinguha nga investment grade gikan sa Fitch Ratings – usa ka ahensyang motumbok sa mga nasud o institusyon nga mahimong mamohunan.
Ang mas taas nga rating nga gihatag sa Fitch nga “BBB-“ gikan sa “BB+” giinong mahimong mo-resulta sa pamuhunan og mas daghang investor sa nasud tungod kay giseguro niining maong ratings nga “stable” o maayo na ang pagdumala sa ekonomiya niini.
“This rating is unprecedented in the Philippines and can trigger the kind of investment that will help carry the country into its next phase of development,” matud pa ni Norio Usui, Country Economist sa Asian Development Bank.
“The Philippines’ sovereign external balance sheet is considered strong,” matud pa usab sa Fitch sa usa ka pahayag.
Giingong nakatabang sa ekonomiya sa nasud ang nagkadaghang remittances sa mga overseas Filipinos nga nakatabang usab sa paglambo sa ekonomiya taliwala sa nahitabong global financial crisis niadtong 2007, pasabot pa sa ahensya. (PIA-Bohol/ecb/i-ed)
