by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, December 15 (PIA)–Ipagawas na sa sunod semana sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang mga bag-ong salaping papel nga nilagdaan na ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.
Matud pa ni BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, andam na ang unang batch niini ug gipaabot nga mapagawas na kini sunod semana human makumpleto ang proseso sa releasing sa mga bangko.
Sukad karon, mag-imprenta lamang ang BSP og mga salaping papel nga adunay lagda ni Presidente Duterte ug giingong gitan-aw na usab nila nga makapagawas og mga bag-ong sinsilyo.
Kalabot niini, gipahinomdoman usab sa BSP ang publiko kalabot sa demonitization sa mga daang salaping papel ubos sa New Design Series (NDS) sa dili pa ang deadline niini sa Disyembre 31.
Sugod sa Enero 1, 2017, dili na dawaton ang mga daang salaping papel ubos sa NDS nga gi-imprenta niadtong tuig 1985 ug kadto lamang mga salaping papel ubos sa New Generation Currency (NGC) o mga gi-imprenta niadtong tuig 2010 na lamang ang dawaton sugod sunod tuig. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Headlines, Holiday Updates, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 14 (PIA)–Gi-anunsiyo karon sa Malakanyang nga gi-deklarang special non-working holiday ang Disyembre 26, 2016 ug Enero 2, 2017 nga parehong natunong sa adlaw nga Lunes.
Sa Proclamation No. 117 nga gilagdaan ni acting Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra, nakalatid nga special non-working holiday ang mga nahisgotang petsa nga human sa adlaw sa Paskoug Bag-ong Tuig.
Kini aron mahatagan og kahigayonan ang publiko nga masaulog og mas taas nga panahon ang Pasko ug Bag-ong Tuig.
“The declaration of December 26, 2016 and January 2, 2017, both falling on Monday, as special non-working days will give the people full opportunity to celebrate the holidays with their families and loved ones,” matud pa samaong proklamasyon.
Nagpasabot kini nga magbaton ang publiko og taaas nga weekend sa pagsaulog sa Pasko ug Bag-ong Tuig.
Kini tungod kay pareho mang natunong sa weekend ang Disyembr e24 ug 25, apil na usab ang Disyembre 31 ug Enero1 karong holiday season.(ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, December 12 (PIA)–Maayongbalitaalangsamgabalikbayanug overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ngamagpadalaogmgabalikbayan boxes karongpanahonsaPasko.
Kini human gilagdaansaBureau of Customs (BoC) ugDepartment of Finance (DOF) ang Customs Administrative Order (CAO) 05-2016, nganitumbokkalabotsa consolidated shipment samgabalikbayan boxes.
SugodsaDisyembre 25 ningkasamtangangtuig, mahimonglibrenasabuhisangmgabalikbayan boxes ngaadunaysulodngamgagamitnganagkantidadoghangtudP150,000.
Matud pa niCustoms Commissioner NicanorFaeldon, ang CAO 05-2016 magsilbing implementing rules and regulations sa Section 800 (g) saCustoms and Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) diinnahisulodangbalikbayan boxes samga OFWs.
Samtanggitin-aw usabniFaeldonngaangmgabalikbayan boxes ngadilimo-agisa consolidated shipments diliapilsaCAO 05-2016.
UbossaCMTA, angmga QFWA angayadunayvalid passports ngagi-isyusaDepartment of Foreign Affairs (DFA) uggisirtipikahansaDepartment of Labor and Employment (DOLE) o Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
Apilnausabangmga non-resident Filipinos ngapermanentenangresidentesaubangnasodapannagpabilingFilipino citizens.
NanawaganangBoCsatananginternational uglocal forwarders, foreign consolidators ug localdeconsolidatorsngaipatumanangsumbanansaCAO. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, December 12 (PIA)–Estriktongipatumansa Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang registration hours aronmasiguronga mas daghangkwalipikadongbotanteangmakaparehistrosagipahigayong voters registration alangsa Barangay ugSangguniangKabataan Elections (BSKE) ngagitakdangipahigayonsaNobyembre 23, 2017.
Matud pa niElection and Barangay Affairs Department (EBAD) Director TeopistoElnas, Jr., angayngaestriktongmasunodanggitakdangorasngagikan alas-otsosabuntaghangtudalas-singkosahaponnga re¬gistration hours.
Gawasniini, magpagihayonoghalapadngainformation dissemination hangtudsa barangay level aron ma-awhagangmgakuwalipikadong re¬gistrants ngamagparehistrodayonugdilinamaghulatsakatapusangadlawsaregistration period.
Gisugdannaang voters registration niadtongNobyembre 7, 2016 uggipaabotngamolanatkinitamanAbril 29, 2017, gikanLuneshangtudSabadoapilang holiday gawasnalamangsaDis¬yembre 24 ug 25, ngaadlawsaPaskougAbril 13 ug 14 ngaMahalngaAdlaw.
Padayonusabngagi-awhagsaComelecangpublikongapahimoslanangChristmas break aronmakaparehistro.(PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by admin | Dec 10, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The 66th year of the International Human Rights Day will be commemorated in the Philippines by calls for justice for the victims of the US-supported Marcos dictatorship and for the Filipino people to persevere in the struggle against state fascism.
Now, more than ever, there is great need for organized resistance against the political rehabilitation of the Marcoses and the continuing gross violations of people’s democratic rights. There is a need to be vigilant and to thwart the authoritarian tendencies of the Duterte administration. Now, more than ever, there is great need for the Filipino people to work for a just and lasting peace.
While hero’s honors were given to the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, martial law victims are still crying out for justice. The Marcoses have yet to return much of the billions which they looted from the nation’s coffers. The martial law victims still need to be indemnified.
Political prisoners, a vivid imprint of martial law, exist to this day despite commitments and agreements in the GRP-NDFP peace process (There are fiveBoholano political prisoners, namely: Alberto Pancho & Cristuto Lastomen presently detained in Bohol Dist. Jail, Pedro Lumantas & Calixto Vistal both currently serving sentences in the Nat’l Bilibid Prison, and the ailing Exuperio “Exam” Lloren, former Mayor of Jagna town). The GRP’s use of their release as a gambit in the peace process to exact a bilateral ceasefire makes worse the injustice they have suffered for defending people’s democratic rights.
Extrajudicial killings of activists and civilians continue under Oplan Bayanihan and in line with the Duterte government’s war against drugs. The poor peasants, indigenous and Moro people, workers, women and the youth remain to be the majority of the victims in brutal military and police operations.
Despite a unilateral ceasefire declaration from the Duterte government, there has been no let-up in combat operations in rural communities characterized by bombings, indiscriminate firing, threats, harassment, and encampment in homes and schools (In Bohol, relentless military operations of 47th IB in the guise of civil-military operations continue according to Humabol-KMP. Personnel of said army unit are also encamped in several barangay halls). Shocking is the recent appointment of the notorious human rights violator Gen. Eduardo Ano as AFP Chief of Staff who is being held responsible by human rights defenders for the enforced disappearance of Jonas Burgos. Ano is expected to adhere to the same counter-insurgency framework that results in more human rights violations.
Also worrisome are the threat of the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and the imposition of martial law; the revival of the notorious Philippine Constabulary; and attempts to re-legislate the death penalty.
Even with the ouster of the US-backed Marcos dictatorship, succeeding regimes maintained the status quo, enjoying the benefits of bureaucrat capitalism, fascism and US puppetry, always hiding under the cloak of ‘democracy’.
Hunger and poverty worsen as neoliberal policies ravage the domestic economy. Land to the tillers, decent jobs and living wages for the workers, and democratic access to social services remain to be distant realities. While Duterte has proclaimed that he is cutting military and political ties with the US government, he has yet to abrogate the unequal treaties and agreements between the US and the Philippines. State violence continues to be felt, even as the Duterte government has resumed formal peace talks with the NDFP and Moro revolutionary movements.
We urge Pres. Duterte to pursue with vigor the positive commitments he has made like ending contractualization, shifting to an independent foreign policy, negotiating for just and lasting peace, battling corruption in the bureaucracy, and the likes.
We call on the President to categorically order the military, police and para-military units to stop the killings. We urge him to immediately abide by his commitment to release all political prisoners. He must put an end to Oplan Bayanihan which perpetrates state terrorism on civilian communities. And he should stop coddling the Marcoses who are inching their way back to Malacanang.
Now, more than ever, we reaffirm our commitment to fight for people’s rights and against all forms of fascist attacks against the Filipino people.
For reference: Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General (0917-3162831)
by admin | Dec 7, 2016 | DTI Updates, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion (BDTP) with the support from DTI Regional and Provincial Offices will showcase various products of local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the Sikat Pinoy National Trade Fair (NTF) on 7 to 11 December at the Megatrade Halls 1-3, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
The five-day National Trade Fair features a wide array of products carefully selected from various regions and provinces of the Philippines. Products that are up for sale include processed food, wearables, home furnishings, furniture, and health and wellness products.
Some notable displays present at the fair are the Yakan handwoven products from Zamboanga City, pure honey from Bukidnon, VCO soap from Compostela Valley and fruit wines from Agusan del Norte.
“The National Trade Fair aims to provide avenues for our local MSMEs to showcase their world-class products to our domestic markets, especially to buyers and consumers in the National Capital Region,” said BDTP Director Rhodora Leaño.
Aside from the buying public, members of various trade associations and retail & wholesale institutional buyers seeking subcontractors & suppliers of intermediate and finished products are expected to attend and visit the said trade fair.
DTI hopes to attract more visitors and buyers for this year’s NTF as the fair coincides with the upcoming Christmas and holiday shopping season.
“We urge our fellow Filipinos to buy locally-produced products and support our local MSMEs as they help in providing jobs in their respective communities,” said DTI Industry Promotion Group Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado.
In the 2014 figures of the Philippine Statistics Agency, there are about 946,988 established MSMEs which account for 99.6% of the total businesses in the country that employ 63% of the total labor force. With this number, DTI sees the potential of MSMEs in driving economic growth and aside from serving as the primary provider of jobs for most Filipinos in the regions.
Sikat Pinoy National Trade Fair is conducted annually by the DTI-BDTP as a means of promoting Philippine products at the domestic level. It also recently held the Sikat Pinoy National Arts and Crafts Fair which promoted the indigenous products of the Philippines and world-class talents of Filipino artisans.
