by magnolia_eic | Feb 22, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GITAMBAGAN sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang mga Pilipino nga i-oktaba una
ang pag-biyahe sa Yemen, Libya ug Bahrain kung dili importante ang ilang lakaw.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa DFA nga si Ed Malaya, mahimo nilang i-rekomenda sa
Department of Labor and Employement ang deployment ban sa mga Overseas Filipino
Worker (OFW) sa maong mga nasud sa Middle East hangtud molinaw na ang sitwasyon
didto diin may mga nahitabong bayolenteng demonstrasyon.
Kagahapon, gibarugan sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) nga dili pa kinahanglang
ibakwit ang mga OFW’s nga naa sa Libya, Yemen ug Bahrain.
Matud pa sa DFA, nagpabiling luwas ang may 26,000 ka Pinoy sa Libya , 1,400 OFWs sa
Yemen ug may 31,000 pa sa Bahrain.
Nagbutang ang DFA og 24-hour crisis monitoring team sa mga Embahada ug Konsulado nga
sakop sa maong tulo ka Arab nations.
Gisiguro usab ni Vice Consul Jose Garcia, ang Phl Consulate sa Libya nga andam na usab
ang ilang contingency plans alang sa mga Pinoy nga napiit sa kagubot sa maong lugar.
(ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 17, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
THERE would be no classes in all levels nationwide on Feb. 25 when the nation observes a
special holiday to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution.
Malacañang clarified it would be a regular working day in the government and the private
sector. However, the Palace has urged employers to allow their employees to leave early on
that day.
Officials said the declaration of a special holiday on Feb. 25 is still in line with Proclamation
84 signed by President Aquino last year that specified all regular and special holidays for the
year 2011.
Officials prepared an elaborate celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the peaceful
revolt that ended the dictatorship of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
The 1986 EDSA people power revolution led to the proclamation of President Benigno
Aquino III’s mother, Corazon Aquino, as the 11th president of the Philippines after democracy
was restored to the country following the 14-year martial rule of Marcos. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 16, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
IPAHUNONG una sa Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) ang pagbaligya sa opium poppy
seeds nga gisagol sa mga pagkaon sama sa pan.
Matud pa ni FDA Director Suzette Lazo, dili una mahimong ibaligya ang mga poppy seeds
nga dili moagi sa ilang pagsusi samtang gitun-an pa ang balaod, sa pakipag-tambayayong sa
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), kalabot sa pagkontrol sa pagbaligya sa maong
produkto.
Niingon si Lazo nga posibleng mopagawas sila og bag-ong advisory inig human na sa ilang
gihimong pakisusi.
Nauna nang niingon si Senate Majority leader Vicente Sotto III nga apil ang poppy seeds sa
mga gidili nga droga tungod kay mao kini ang hinungdan sa adiksyon.
Gitataw usab ni Lazo nga kon mauga na ang poppy seeds, wala na kini narcotic o addictive
component.
Samtang gihimakak usab sa grupo sa mga panadero nga tiggamit sila og poppy seeds sa
ilang mga pan ang mga panaderya.
Niingon si Chito Chavez, pangulo sa Philippine Federation of Bakers Association (PFBA) nga
mahal ang poppy seeds ug dili kini basta-basta mapalit.
Apan giangkon usab ni Chavez nga may pipila nga tiggamit niini ilabi na ang mga home-
made bakeshop ug pipila usab ka coffee shop.
Ang poppy seeds gigamit isip pahumot sa mga cakes ug ubang gourmet bread.
(ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 16, 2011 | Headlines, National News
NAGDEKLARA na usab kagahapon og ilang kaugalingong bersyon sa ceasefire ang Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) kalabot sa pagbalik sa peace talks tali sa GRP peace panel
ug sa CPP-NPA-NDF sa Oslo, Norway gikan Pebrero 14, hangtud 21.
Matud pa ni AFP Spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr., sama sa deklarasyon sa NPA, ila
usab obserbahan ang ceasefire gikan alas-12:01 sa kadlawon sa Pebrero 14 nga molanat
hangtud alas-11:59 sa tunga’ng gabii sa Pebrero 21.
Bisan pa niini, niingon si Mabanta nga samtang gi-obserbahan ang ceasefire, magpabilin sa
defense mode ang tropa sa gobyerno aron masanta ang posi-bleng panabotahe sa NPA, ang
armed wing sa CPP.
“However this will not preclude our soldiers from taking action in self-defense and to protect
communities from armed threats. Your soldiers will give primacy to the peace process by
employing military capability only when necessitated by security considerations”, matud pa ni
Mabanta.
Gikondena usab ni Mabanta ang pagpaboto sa landmine sa mga NPA sa Maco, Compostela
Valley sa miaging adlaw o sa mismong bisperas sa ceasefire nga nakapatay sa usa ka sibil-
yan samtang unom pa ang nanga-angol apil na sa duha ka sundalo. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 15, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
SECRETARY Enrique T. Ona denied reports there are ”ghost” employees and projects at
the Department of Health (DoH) and has created a committee to determine the actual human
resources requirements of the health agency.
In a statement, Ona said the DoH does not have ”host employees, ghost projects, and
intelligence or discretionary funds to convert.”
Ona was reacting to reports that said the DoH and the Department of Education were among
government agencies that practice fund conversion on its personnel services budget.
Ona said the budget allotment of the DoH for the fiscal year of 2011 is as follows: P7.7 billion
for Personnel Services (PS), P15.1 billion for maintenance and other operating expenses
(MOOE), and P8.9 billion for capital outlay (CO), totaling P31.7 billion.
The DoH has about 35,000 employees nationwide for Fiscal Year 2011, he said. He also
disclosed the DoH budget for 2010 that amounted to P6.87 billion pesos for PS, P11.32
billion for MOOE, and P6.46 billion for CO.
Ona assured Filipino tax-payers and international donor agencies supporting the DoH
that ”every single peso allotted to and every foreign currency donated to the Health
Department properly goes to where it was originally intended, and then properly liquidated
and accounted.”
The health chief has assigned an ad hoc committee to study the actual number of health
professionals and health-related personnel required by government health facilities
nationwide. The ad hoc committee report will also serve as guide in crafting the 2012 to 2015
DoH budget. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 15, 2011 | Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
THE state weather bureau suggested that Filipinos enjoy the cool weather this month while it
lasts as higher temperatures are expected by March.
Robert Sawi, weather branch chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said the northeast monsoon – the system
that brings rain and cool weather to the country – is expected to end this February.
Sawi said the public can expect gradually increasing temperatures in the coming days.
Sawi, meanwhile, said Pagasa expects a normal onset of the summer season for the areas
under Type I climate which includes Metro Manila Ilocos Region, western part of Mountain
Province, western part of Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Tarlac,
Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales, Occidental Mindoro, southern parts of Antique and
Iloilo, northwestern part of Palawan, and the southern parts of Negros Oriental and Negros
Occidental.
Areas under Type I climate have two pronounced seasons – dry from November to April and
wet during the rest of the year. Its maximum rain period is from June to September.
Although there will be rains during the dry season due to lingering La Nina phenomenon, high
temperatures are still expected during summer, Sawi said. (PIA)
