by magnolia_eic | Mar 31, 2011 | Headlines, National News
NAKITAAN og radioactive substance ang hangin sa Pilipinas bisan wala nausab ang
direksyon sa hangin sa Japan.
Matud pa ni Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) Senior Weather Specialist Niño Relos, niabot na ang radioactive susbtance sa
Pilipinas tungod sa weather system sa nagkalain-laing nasud.
Niingon si Relos nga ang hangin nga may radioactive substance gikan sa Japan, gidala
padung sa direksyon sa China ug gikan didto, naapektuhan kini sa weather system diin ang
hangin nagtuyok gikan sa high pressure area (HPA) padung sa low pressure area (LPA).
Giingong ang maong sistema ang nakaingon nga napadpad sa Pilipinas ang gagmay nga
traces sa radioactive substance gikan sa Japan.
Gitataw usab ni Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) Executive Director Alumanda
dela Rosa nga ubos kaayo ang level sa contamination ug wala kini bisan-unsang dautang
epekto sa palibot bisan sa tawo o bisan sa mananap.
Bisan pa niini, nitambag si Relos nga dili una maligo sa uwan ilabi na ang mga taga-Metro
Manila dili tungod sa radioactive substance kun di tungod sa polusyon nga mahimong
magresulta sa acid rain.
Gipulong usab dayon sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC) ang nagkalain-laing ahensya sa gobyerno sama sa Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), National Food Authority (NFA) ug Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) aron mahibaw-an kun unsang preparasyon ang gihimo nila kun mosaka
ang level sa kontaminasyon sa radioactive substance sa nasud. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 31, 2011 | Headlines, National News
THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) announced that it had started mailing
payment for deposit insurance to Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank (BF) depositors
with account balances of P5,000 and below, with no outstanding loans and whose addresses
are complete in the bank’s records.
Payment is in the form of postal money orders (PMOs). These PMOs can be encashed
in more than 1,400 post offices and over 300 Land Bank of the Philippines branches
nationwide.
In a statement, PDIC said that as of end December 2010, accounts with balances of P5,000
and below make up 53 percent of the total number of deposit accounts maintained in the
bank.
“This is the first batch of payments and mailing of PMOs to depositors will continue daily.
Please allow time for the delivery of the PMOs to your houses,” PDIC executive vice
president Cristina Orbeta said.
by magnolia_eic | Mar 31, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino has ordered Vice President Jejomar Binay and Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima to look into cases of overseas Filipino workers involved in drug
trafficking and find out how and why they managed to leave the country undetected by airport
scanners and other technologies.
The President issued the order in the wake of the inevitable execution by lethal injection on
Wednesday of three Filipino drug mules in China.
The President met Vice President Binay and Secretary de Lima Monday and asked them to
study the drug trafficking problem and identify the recruiters who use OFWs as drug mules.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said deployment agencies like the Philippine
Overseas Employment Authority and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration must
make sure that OFWs deployed abroad are protected from being turned into drug carriers by
private individuals or recruitment agencies.
Lacierda said the Aquino administration is issuing a stern warning against those using OFWs
in their drug trafficking and human trafficking activities. He said the government will go after
these individuals and recruitment agencies and make sure they get punished. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MOABOT sa tulo hangtud upat ka buwan ang pagbayad sa mga depositor sa Banco Filipino
nga may deposito nga kapin sa P500,000.
Kini matud pa ni Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) Executive Director Cristina
Orbeta taliwala sa mga nanggawas nga balitang dili sakop sa deposit insurance ang mga
depositor sa maong bangko nga may depositong kapin sa P500,000.
Niingon si Orbeta nga makuha sa mga depositor ang maong kantidad sulod sa 90 hangtud
120 ka adlaw human makaduso og valid deposit insurance claim.
Gisugdan na usab sa PDIC niadtong Marso 25 ang pagpadala sa mga tseke sa mga gagmay
nga depositor sa bangko o kadtong adunay deposito nga P5,000 paubos.
Gipahayag usab ni Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Executive Director Juan de Zuñiga nga
dili sila mahimong mohatag og ayuda sa Banco Filipino tungod sa hulam niini sa BSP nga
kapin sa P4 bilyon. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GIKONSEDERA sa Malakanyang nga usa ka ‘wake up call’ ang pagus-us sa satisfaction
ratings ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa pinakaulahing survey sa Social Weather
Station (SWS).
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Group Secretary Ricky Carandang, gipakita
lamang niini nga gustong makita dayon sa publiko ang resulta sa gidusong reporma sa
administrasyong Aquino.
Gipahayag ni Carandang nga natural lamang ang pagus-us sa ratings human ang eleksyon,
diin kasagarang mo ubos ang numero sa usa ka lider sa mga panahon sama niini.
Nagtuo si Carandang nga daghan gihapon ang misuporta sa Presidente.
Gitumbok pa sa kalihim nga lahi ang isyu sa pagpalit sa Presidente sa mahalong sakyanan.
Sa pinakaulahing SWS survey, mi ubos sa 51 porsyento ang satisfaction ratings sa
Presidente sa buwan sa Marso gikan sa 64 porsyento niadtong Nobyembre sa milabay’ng
tuig. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 29, 2011 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) reported on Monday that radioactive
particles from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan
have reached the country but the amount is not harmful to humans.
“Environmental radiation monitoring all over the world, including the Philippines, has detected
very tiny amounts of radioactive isotopes which appeared to be coming from the Fukushima
nuclear power plant and which pose no human health hazards,” the PNRI said in a bulletin.
It said latest radiation level check at PNRI grounds in Quezon City as of 9 a.m. Monday
remained “normal” at 93 to 115 nanosieverts per hour (nSv).
The PNRI said it continues to monitor the situation at the nuclear power plant.
“The condition in the (Japanese) plant remains very serious but is not worsening,” the agency
said.
It said high level of radiation remains inside the nuclear power plant but poses danger only to
the emergency workers.
Very small amounts of radiation from the nuclear plant have also reached the US West Coast
but federal and state officials said they posed no health risks.
