by ace | Oct 3, 2011 | Announcements, National News, Weather Coverage
TAGBILARAN CITY, Oct. 03–Mokusog pa ug gipaabot nga mahimong tropical depression na ugma, adlaw nga Martes, ug hinganlan’g Bagyong Ramon ang nasigpatang Low Pressure Area (LPA) sa Visayas. Matud pa ni Department of Science an Technology (DOST) Undersecretary ug PAGASA Officer-in-Charge Graciano Yumul, nasulod ang LPA sa Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) nga naka-apekto sa Southern Luzon, Visayas ug Mindanao. Giingon nga kun walay pagbag-o sa lihok niini, posibleng maigo ni Ramon ang Batanes sa Biyernes o Sabado sa dili pa kini mosulod sa West Philippine Sea. Daku ang posibilidad nga maghatag ang Bagyong Ramon og mga pag-ulan sa Northern Luzon apil na ang Cagayan ug Isabela tungod sa dakong dayametro sa mga bagyong mosulod sa nasud sama nila Pedring ug Quiel. Tungod niini, nipasidaan ang Pagasa sa mga residenteng anaa sa kasadpang bahin sa Luzon ug Visayas batok sa storm surge o kusog nga paghapak sa balod sa mga kabaybayonan nga dala sa hanging habagat. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
TAGBILARAN CITY, Sept. 28– Wala pa gani nakabangon ang Luzon sa bangis sa bagyong Pedring, gipa-andam na sa mga otoridad ang mga residente sa pagsulod sa nasud sa bag-ong bagyo.
Base sa forecast sa United States’ Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), giingong gipaabot nga mosulod sa Philippine area of responsbility ang usa ka “potentially strong tropical depression” ugma.
Sa pagkakaron, naa pa kini dapit sa Pacific Ocean nga adunay code name nga “Tropical Depression 22W”.
Giingong aduna kini kusog nga hangin nga moabot sa 46 kilometers per hour (kph) ug katapusang nasigpatan sa gilay-ong 1,296 kilometers sa habagatang-sidlakan sa Kadena Air Base, Japan.
Gitahak niini ang amihanang kasadpan nga direksyon sa kusog nga 6 kph.
Sa nahiunang pahayag sa Department of Science and Technology (DoST)-Pagasa, kun padayong mosulod sa nasud kining maong tropical depression, tawagon kining bagyong Quiel. (PIA-Bohol/ ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Sept. 28– Gitun-an karon sa gobyerno ang posibleng pagpasaka og kasong economic sabotage sa mga miyembro sa Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA).
Kahinumdoman nga gahapon, kanselado ang mga flights sa PAL tungod sa welga sa PALEA diin libuan ka mga pasahero ang apektado.
Miingon si Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III nga nisulod na usab kini sa iyang huna-huna ug gimanduan ang mga abogado sa pagtino kun unsang mga kaso ang mapasaka sa PALEA. Matud pa sa Presidente, basta ang klaro, unsa mang disruption o pagkalangan sa serbisyo, paglapas kini sa Civil Aviation Act of 2008.
Base sa CAAA, ang maong paglapas adunay silot nga pagka-bilango gikan usa hangtud tulo ka tuig ug adunay multa nga mokabat sa P500,000.
“Any person who disrupts the services of an airport is criminally liable under the Civil Aviation Authority Act of 2008 and may be penalized with imprisonment ranging from one year to three years or a fine of not less than 50,000 pesos but not exceeding 500,000 pesos or more as determined by the court.” Wala ring nakikitang basehan ang ginawa ng PALEA lalo pa’t itinaon na may bagyo sa bansa. “I was told that there was a meeting last—anong oras na ba?—last night prior to today. And when they stated, there was no plans to embark on such an activity. Parang several groups were represented among them ‘yung NAIA management, ‘yung PNP component
doon, may DOLE representatives. If they would go on such an activity, they will give 24 hours notice. They didn’t do any of those things at may bagyo, ‘di ba,” matud pa ni Presidente Aquino.
(PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2011 | National News, World
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday pledged a US$I-Million assistance for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami disasters in March 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan and the city’s reconstruction program. The Chief executive made the pledge during the turn-over ceremonies of the donation to Ishimiyaki City Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama at the Ishinimaki City Hall here.
Ishinomaki City was among the most seriously affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. A tsunami about 10 meters high traveled 600 meters inland and destroyed around 80 percent of the 700 houses in the coastal whaling port of Ayukawa and the district of Kadonawaki. According to a fact sheet, approximately 46 percent of the city was inundated by the tsunami. One, elementary school, Okawa Elementary, was completely destroyed killing 74 of the 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff. The fact sheet also said that as of June 17, 2011, a total of 3,097 deaths have been confirmed in Ishinomaki City due to the tsunami, with some 2,770 unaccounted for. It added that approximately 29.000 city residents lost their homes.
President Aquino personally handed over the pledge of assistance to Mayor Kameyama in the presence of other officials of the city, namely, vice mayor Etsuro Kitamura, Ishinomaki City Council chairperson Hiroshima Abe, and Parliamentary senior vice minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, and the Philippine delegation led by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma, and Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras among others.
The President pointed out that the actual cash will be given by the Philippine Embassy in Japan through Ambassador Manolo Lopez.
As he turned over the letter containing the pledge of assistance to the Ishinomaki official, the President reiterated his sympathy for the losses. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Sept. 27–Gimanduan sa pamunuan sa Social Security System (SSS) ang 400 pensioners sa nagsira nga LBC Development Bank sa pagbukas na og bag-ong accounts aron malikayan ang kalangan sa pagdawat sa ilang binuwang benepisyo.
Matud pa kang SSS President ug Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros Jr., ang October pensions nga adunay accounts sa LBC Development Bank pagabayaran og pension checks nga ipadala sa ilang mga panimalay hangtud wala pa sila’y bag-ong accounts sa laing bangko.
Ang LBC Development Bank gipasira sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas tungod sa pagsupak sa pipila ka banking laws apil na ang giingong bilyong pondo niini sa affiliate companies.
Mikabat sa 99 percent o may 6 milyon pensioners ang nagdawat og pension pinaagi sa ilang passbook o ATM savings accounts samtang ang 18,000 gibayaran og pension checks via mail.
Dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol, gibutyag sa SSS Branch Head nga si Mariano Talicpic nga walay problema sa pagdawat sa mga pensioners tungod kay wala may LBC Bank dinhi. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by ace | Sep 21, 2011 | Business, Headlines, National News
A leading business process outsourcing company has chosen the Philippines as one of its “model centers” that will supply the growing demand for highly trained and skilled workers to cater to clients with “higher end” needs. Bill Bloom, executive vice president of EXL Services, a leading provider of outsourcing and transformation services to Global 1000 companies in multiple industries, called on President Benigno S. Aquino III Monday at the Guggenheim room of the Omni Berkshire hotel here to tell the Chief Executive of their company’s growth and expansion programs in Manila. He said that his company has a growing base of clients who need higher end services than traditional call center work.
Called “middle office,” this type of higher end services caters to work needed by professionals in health and business fields. “So that would include work that is typically provided to physicians, nurses or lawyers or accountants and we’re building models such that we can offer those services to our clients here in the US from our centers in the Philippines,” Bloom said. (PCOO)
