by magnolia_eic | Nov 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines — A recent survey by Pulse Asia revealed that 80% of Filipinos expressed trust in P-noy while almost the same percentage were satisfied with his performance during his first three months in office. Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan Survey conducted from Oct. 20 to 29, found 79 percent of adult Filipinos approve of his performance and 80 percent of the respondents expressing trust in him.
According to Pulse Asia, the highest figures were recorded from the poorest Class E.
When asked to comment about the decline in his ratings, the President said that having skeptics and critics is just a part of his job, apart from the fact that he cannot please everybody all the time. He also partly attributed the decline to the Aug. 23 hostage crisis.
Aquino vowed that he will continue to work even more “to ensure that the numbers will grow.”
But he clarified that he is not after popularity surveys.
“Not because I’m chasing numbers but rather, I think, I’ve just been given new directions that what I am doing is on the right track and therefore we should accelerate the growth.”
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by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
GIDEKLARA ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III nga usa ka regular non-working holiday ang
umaabot nga Nobyembre 29 (Lunes) isip pagsaulog sa Bonifacio Day nga natunong og
Martes (Nobyembre 30).
Matud pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, nagdesisyon na si Presidente
Aquino nga ibalhin ang pagsaulog sa Bonifacio Day sa Nobyembre 29 imbis nga Nobyembre
30.
Nakabutang sa Proclamation 1841 nga mamahimong ibalhin sa pinaka-duol nga Lunes ang
usa ka holiday.
Ning sayo pa lang, gideklara usab ni P-Noy nga non-working holiday ang Nobyembre 16
tungod sa Eid’l Adha. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
HINGPIT karong gibantayan sa Department of Health (DOH) ang mga kaso sa leptospirosis
sa nasud.
Niabot na sa 690 ka kaso sa leptospirosis sa nasud ug 36 na ang nangamatay niini.
Matud pa ni DOH National Epidemiology Center Chief Dr. Eric Tayag, kadaghanan sa mga
kaso nga natala gikan sa Metro Manila, apan gisuta nila karon ang posibleng outbreak sa
leptospirosis sa Pangasinan diin aduna nay gikataho nga 24 ka kaso ug duha na niini ang
namatay.
Pipila sa mga sintomas sa maong sakit mao ang hilanat, pag yellow sa pamanit ug pag kolor
tsaa sa ihi.
Dili usab angay nga pasagdan ang mga bata nga magdula sa baha tungod kay dinhi nila
mas daling makuha ang mga sakit sama na sa leptospirosis. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno s. Aquino III secured today a $3.655 billion worth of Japanese investments
in a series of meetings with top Japanese investors in the Philippines.
The President met with top officials of Marubeni Corp., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Corp. at the
Okura Hotel in Tokyo before proceeding to the APEC meeting here on Friday morning.
The President met with Marubeni president and CEO Truo Asada, Toshiba president and
CEO Norio Sasaki, Itochu deputy COO Yoshihisa Nishimura and JGC president Masahiko
Yaegashi. JGC is the design and technology arm of Itochu Corp.
The President got the biggest chunk of the pie from Marubeni which will pour in $3.4 billion
for the expansion of the Sual and Pagbilao power stations; MRT Line 7; LRT 2 East and West
extension project and digital TV system and equipment.
Toshiba, on the other hand, will invest $133 million for its electronics products expansion in
the economic zone.
Itochu will invest $122 million for the development of 11,000 hectares of sugarcane plantation
in Isabela for bio-ethanol production which is expected to generate 18,000 jobs in two years
and benefit some 15,000 farmers. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III said there are promising signs that management and
employees of Philippines Air Lines (PAL) could still settle their differences through a
negotiated settlement.
In an interview at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, the President said he has
already conducted meetings with representatives of the labor sector and PAL management
so as not to inconvenience the public in case PAL employees proceed with their planned
strike next week.
“One of the last meetings I had this week was to talk to several individuals to include
representatives from the labor sector and PAL management. So we are trying to get them
closer to a negotiated settlement and ease the fears of both parties,” he said.
The President said the meeting took place before the PAL Employees Association (PALEA)
filed last Nov. 5 a strike notice with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
PALEA said the move came after DOLE Secretary Baldoz issued an order allowing PAL to
retrench 2,600 PAL employees. During their meeting, the president said they have yet to
receive PALEA’s appeal for a review of the decision of DOLE.
The President, who is Japan to attend the 18th Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC)
Summit said meetings between the two groups are continuing to settle the issue. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 12, 2010 | Headlines, National News
BISAN pa sa pagtapos sa nasudnong gun ban niadtong Miyerkoles sa tungang gabii, padayon gihapon ang implementasyon niini sa ubang lugar sa probinsiya sa Basilan, Bulacan ug Lanao del Sur nga napakyas sa pagpahigayon sa Barangay, SK eleksiyon niadtong Oktubre 25.
Matud pa ni Sr. Supt. Noel Barraceros, PNP Deputy Spokesman, gipadayon pa ang gun ban sa tibuok probinsiya sa Basilan, unang distrito sa Bulacan ug ubang mga lugar sa Lanao del Sur tungod sa pagahimoong special elections didto sa Nobyembre 13.
Dugang pa ni Barraceros, gi extend hangtud Nobyembre 28 ang gun ban sa maong mga lugar agig pagsunod sa patakaran nga epektibo sulod sa 15 ka adlaw ang gun ban human matapos ang special elections.
Samtang padayon gihapon ang liquor ban sa Nobyembre 13 nga eleksiyon nga limitado lamang sa mga lugar diin ipahigayon ang eleksiyon.
Agig pagsunod sa pagtapos sa gun ban, mahimo nang dalhon sa mga gun owners ang ilang mga armas kung aduna sila’y Permit To Carry Firearms Outside Residence (PTCFOR) nga gi isyu sa PNP.
Sa tala sa PNP, niabot na sa 926 ka tawo ang nadakpan sukad gipatuman ang gun ban niadtong Setyembre 25. (PIA)
