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Pahinumdom sa DOLE sa pribadong sector: ipatuman ang mandatory drug test
MANILA, October 24 (PIA)–Gipahinumdoman sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang nagkalain-laing kumpanya kalabot sa pagpahigayon og random drug testing sa ilang mga empleyado. Matud pa ni DOLE Kalihim Silvestre Bello III, istrikto kining ipatuman sa ahensiya base sa Department Order 53-03 kalabot sa mga sumbanan sa mga polisiya ug programa sa Drug-Free Workplace. Nahisulod sa maong department order ang tanang naa sa pribadong sektor, bisan ang mga contractor ug concessionaires niini. Gawas sa mga polisiya ug programa kalabot sa drug abuse prevention and control, giingong angay usab hingosgan sa mga sektor ang pag-implementar sa adbokasiya, edukasyon, pagbansay, drug testing program, treatment, rehabilitation and referral, ug monitoring and evaluation alang sa ilang mga empleyado. Kun mogawas nga positibo ang usa ka empleyado, gitataw ni Bello nga dili angay tangtangon dayon sa trabaho ang apektadong empleyado ug angay tun-an ang resulta ug tinoon ang panginahanglan niini. Gidugang pa sa Kalihim nga kinahanglang giyahan kini sa rehabilitation centers sa Department of Health (DOH) ilabi na kun unang higayon pa nga nag-positibo ang empleyado sa maong drug testing.... read moreBag-ong high-tech postal ID, madawat na isip valid ID sa alang sa uban pang transaksiyon
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 24 (PIA)–Ang bag-ong hich-tech ID sa Philippine Postal Corp. madawat na karon isip valid ID sa tanang remittance centers, sa pagkuha og clearance sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), pag-apply og pasaporte ug uban pang transaksiyon. Gawas niini, ang postal ID ma¬gamit dili lamang sa mga remittance centers apan apil na usab sa pagbukas og mga accounts sa bangko ug pagpirma sa mga dokumentong legal. Kini human mismo ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) nag¬pagawas og direktiba sa tanang mga remittance centers ug bangko kalabot niini. Sa improved postal ID, may biometric information sa card holders niini kauban na ang ilang pirma ug uban pang impormasyon sa ilang pagkatawo. Garantisado usab nga dili ma-peke ang improved postal ID tungod kay may mga security features kini nga makita ug nakatago. Ang kinahanglan lamang mao ang proof of identity ug proof of address aron makakuha og postal ID nga madawat sa Metro Manila sulod sa 15 ka adlaw ug 20 ka adlaw usab sa mga ubang lungsod ug probinsiya. Sa mga isla ug lagyong dapit, e-deliver sa PhilPost ang ID sulod sa 30 ka adlaw. Adunay 260 ka capture stations sa paghimo sa postal ID sa tibuok Pilipinas ug ang kumpletong listahan niini makita sa 1,300 ka buhatan sa PhilPost sa tibuok nasod.... read more
6th 263 kms Bohol Unity ride pedals off Saturday
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 8, (PIA)–Bike enthusiasts: mountain bikers and roadies including those with tri-aero bikes gather as much energy this week in preparation for the 263 kilometers 2017 Unity Bike Ride for Peace, Environment and Anti drugs, set May 13-14. An event organizers, TriBohol said the ride needs no Lycra, no training, no racing, is just an easy fun. Bohol’s 2017 Unity Ride is on its 6th year of taking the entire belt road of the island, Bohol Circumferential Road, in a two-day fun ride that unites all bike enthusiasts and the bike clubs all over the province. Taking the Tagbilaran to Talibon route on day 1, the Unity riders, would meet up at the Plaza Rizal in Tagbilaran from 3:30 AM May 13. They would then set off via the eastern belt to Jagna where the ride breakfast would happen as riders check in between 8:00 to 9:00. Then the bikers would take the road again to Ubay some 53.3 kilometers for lunch and the noon break. While the organizers have assured the hot summer ride would have both emergency medical support and police escorts, rests have been declared to riders, between 11 to 2 PM. The ride picks up again in the afternoon to the long flat highway to Talibon, about 38.2 kilometers away. In Talibon, riders would relax with a unity rider program and solidarity night of games, raffles and dinner, before preparing for the next morning’s ride. By May 14, the group would be leaving Talibon at 4:30 and is expected to be in Tubigon around 8:00 for the breakfast, before heading off again back...No Results Found
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City aged dependents get P500 VAT subsidy
SEPTUAGENARIAN dependents here joined City Mayor Dan Lim in thanking President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for the P500 Katas ng VAT para kay Lolo and Lola one-time subsidy. The program, which the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo put up, gets its fund from savings when the country imposed the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services. Beneficiaries of the Katas ng VAT are the country’s over-seventy-year olds who are not getting any pension and are totally dependent, explained Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral who personally launched the activity. According to her, the president has earmarked P500M to help one million of the country’s septuagenarians who have no pensions or are earning below the poverty thresholds. “This is the President’s way of extending to you her recognition for your contribution to nation building, Sec. Cabral told the 200 beneficiaries from the city’s 15 districts gathered during the event. “This is the Presidents gift for you, for all the Boholanos and to all the senior citizens of the country,” she pointed out. City Social welfare officer Dr. Teresita Villafuerte said they have predetermined the 200 beneficiaries since August and only those whose incomes fall below the P6,000 poverty threshold are prioritized for the subsidy. At the ceremonial launching held at the City Hall Atrium, Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Teodolo Romo said the Bohol event also marked the beginning of subsidy distributions in Central Visayas. For his part, Mayor Lim told the country’s social welfare secretary that the city has also been caring for its senior citizens. He also said the city social services for the senior citizens...DSWD Cabral gidapit Sa Bohol Povery Fair
USA si Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Esperanza Cabral sa mga dinapit sa nagsingabot nga 2008 Bohol Poverty Reduction and Development Initiatives Fair sa Huwebes adto sa Bohol Cultural Center. Si Sec. Cabral, kinsa ikatulo sa mga pinakamaayo nga sakop sa kabinete, mohatag sa iyang pakigpulong atul sa pagbukas nga seremonyas sa kalihukang gipasiugdahan sa Bohol Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) sa Kapitolyo. Gawas ni Sec. Cabral, si DA Secretary Arthur Yap, Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Country Director Nareej maoy mga dinapit. Didto sa Fair, ang 47 ka lungsod magpakita sa ilang mga proyekto batok sa kawad-on nga ilang gipahatan ug gipundohan kauban sa mga funding agencies. Sa milabay’ng 2 ka tuig, ang DSWD, pinaagi sa programang Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), nagsuporta sa mga paningkamot sa Bohol pagpakunhod sa kawad-on. Usa ang Bohol sa 42 ka lalawigan ning nasud nga nabulahan sa KALAHI-CIDSS....DepED ok’s Catigbian’s Haguilanan High School
THE fifth secondary school in Catigbian town rises following the Department of Education’s (DepED) official approval of the new Haguilanan High School (HHS), Mayor Roberto Salinas reported lately. HHS, with 56 students from nearby Catigbian barangays and neighboring Balilihan town comes as the 3rd government public school here. HHS comes after Mantacida High School in barangay Mantacida, Catigbain National high School in Poblacion, Holy Child Academy in Baang and Immaculate Mary Academy also in Poblacion. Both Holy Child Academy and Immaculate Mary Academy are private secondary schools. Ever insisting on putting up one more secondary school despite knowing it would burden the town with operational subsidy costs, Salinas said it would be worth to make quality public secondary education accessible to his constituents. Over the development, the mayor said Catigbianons were filled with great jubilation. DepEd, through Dr. Clemen Jala, representing Dr. School’s Division Superintendent Elpidio Jala turned over the pertinent documents to Matyor Salinas in simple ceremonies, the mayor said. Catigbian has made another record, Dr. Jala accordingly said. In the history of Bohol secondary schools, what several applicants take years to process, Catigbian did theirs in less than three months, Jala said in his brief message at the rites. Now wanting to grab all the credit for the recent achievement, mayor Salinas also named those whom the credits would be shared and who have become instrumental in their positive achievement. Salinas named CNHS principal Teogenes Galon, Haguilanan barangay officials led by Chairman Cristobal Rasonabe, Municipal Budget Officer Asunto, Treasurer Ranulfo Suarez, Planning Officer Tifilito Rulida and the support from the Bohol Schools division office under Dr. Jala....Sustaining aggie growth Bohol Agri-Fair opens at the BAPC grounds
WANTING to develop niche markets that sustain agricultural growth, Bohol opens its agri-windows to the world in a 3-day October Agri-Fair 2008, unraveling at the Bohol Agricultural Promotions Center (BAPC) in Dao October 13. The fair timed when the country seeks to expand its agri-aqua and food-links to buffer the impact of a global credit crunch is also seen as a support to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s efforts in seeing the crisis as an opportunity for developing more niche markets of Philippine products. Well into investing in agri, mariculture and food technologies, the government hopes the ca widen Boholanos awareness of new technologies it attempts to put mainstream These technologies in agribusiness; from development of new hybrids, to unprecedented investments in irrigation, to dramatic increases in loans to help farmers as embodied in the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act form part of the government’s response to food security and global economic crunch. In Bohol, farmers take the fair as a venue to share and gather new technologies, business match with private sector and financiers in the agribusiness community to prod each other into more activity in agriculture, food and aqua-culture. The BAPC grounds turn into a virtual one-stop shop of farm market of ideas, technologies, experiences, testimonies and investment fora all in 3 days, this time culminating with a day of matching farmers with financial credit groups wanting to pour in capital into the agribusiness. On the opening day, October 13, booths open showcasing different programs in Bohol’s aggie sector, farmers take their turns in preaching the benefits of their adopted new technologies. On that day, free information materials...Gov’t to equip peace workers sent for fact finding missions
HONING further the skills of the local monitoring board (LMB) teams investigating alleged human rights abuses and violations committed by government forces and the communist rebels, the government sends in experts to train local peace workers in fact-finding missions. The seminar workshop on fact-finding set October 14, 2008 at the Bohol Plaza Resort, gathers members of the Bohol Local Monitoring Board (LMB-Bohol) and other individuals involved in fact finding missions sent by the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) to gather information on alleged human rights abuses. The workshop supported by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Monitoring Committee is aimed at equipping local peace workers with the appropriate tools in fact finding missions. As a special support arm of the PPOC and LMB Bohol, teams conduct fact finding missions on alleged human rights abuses and has become a regular PPOC activity since 2001 until it became instituted in 2004, says LMB member and Philippine Information Agency’s Yvette Bede Matabalan. The workshop would be handled by resource persons from the Philippine Alliance of Human rights Advocates and the Commission on Human Rights national legal and investigative office, she added. Bohol’s fact finding missions on alleged human rights abuses has been recognized as laudable by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), the GRP Peace Panel, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other government and non-government organizations. Even the church leaders see the fact finding missions as a strategy in addressing alleged human rights abuses or violations by both government forces and the communist insurgents, said Romeo Teruel, Bohol PPOC fact finding...National News
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