by magnolia_eic | Aug 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines- It began at noon today. Filipinos can now interact with and send their sentiments to President Aquino and his officials.
Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Office for Operations told station dzRB that the website www.president.gov would also carry social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Coloma added that there is a scheduled press briefing at 2p.m. today to further explain the program.
As for the “feedback mechanism” the President had promised in his June 30 inaugural, the social networking sites would not just be limited to Facebook and Twitter, but would include the highly popular YouTube.
Coloma is also encouraging the public to actively participate in the programs of the government, acknowledging them as important stakeholders.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 7, 2010 | Headlines, National News
SI Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III makigtagbo sa mga opisyal sa Department of Agriculture kon DA sa dili madugay mahitungod sa posibleng pagpanghatag sa naghinobrang stocks sa imported nga bugas ngadto sa mga kabus sa tibuok nasud.
Sa usa ka media briefing sa Malacañang, si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda ni ingon nga si Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala makig-sulti sa Presidente kabahin sa rekomendasyon nga ipang-hatag ang mga bugas ngadto sa labing kabus nga mga lungsod pinaagi sa Department of Interior and Local Government kon DILG ug sa feeding program sa Department of Social Welfare and Development kon DSWD.
Matud pa ni Lacierda nga pangayuon ni Alcala ang pagtugot sa Presidente human sa meeting kauban nilang DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman ug NFA Administrator Lito Banayo.
Ning sayo pa, si Banayo ni ingon nga nagumol na sila og guidelines sa pag apod-apod sa naghinobrang stocks sa NFA nga bugas sa DILG, nga interesado’ng mo baligya ug mo apod-apod ngadto ngadto sa labing kabus nga mga lungsod.
Ang DSWD usab interesado nga pangayuon ang maong mga NFA nga bugas alang sa ilang supplemental feeding program para sa mga malnourished nga kabataan. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 28, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
SO many things to do, so little time.
Forty-eight hours away from walking out of the palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo still had her hands full.
In a brief visit to Bohol after leap-frogging from Manila to Ilo-ilo and then to Ubay, Bohol, the working president still needs to let people know that the government is not just coasting to a stop until the next administration picks up the speed.
With time running short and still instilling the government’s dream for Bohol, PGMA used two persons’ help.
Instead of speaking the benefits of the rehabilitated Ubay Roll-On Roll Off (RORO) Port in Bohol’s northeastern side, a construction worker and a businessman did it for her.
William Tadle, a heavy equipment operator of the construction company rehabilitating the P364M port said he had fed his family and found the work he needed to get through life decently.
Ubay port construction phase 1 was done when the country suffered from fiscal scrimp brought about by collapsing world economies in early 2009.
The project, contributed immensely to the government’s comprehensive livelihood and emergency employment program by allowing local employment, said Ubay town information Officer Virginia Dupa.
Tadle and many other workers constructed the port back up area, reinforced concrete pier, roll on roll off ramp, dredging and disposal, port mooring and fendering systems installation and port lighting facilities installation.
In fact, even after phase I, Tadle was still hired to lend heavy equipment support for the construction of additional back up area and thus make a 1.7 hectares more of port working area, according to Marra Builders, the winning bidder for the mega infrastructure project.
On the other hand, Ruben Hamili, a Cebu based agri food supplier said the port helped in getting their hog-lines and poultry feeds supply in time to their outlets in Bohol.
Then, the shipment of stocks from Cebu to their outlets in Bohol takes about four to five days, now its two days or even overnight, assuring their customers of the freshest products, he said in Cebuano in front of the President and some crowd of 3,000.
With the construction of a wider back-up cargo storage areas, businessmen like Ruben Hamili now have the option to transport goods right at their customers doorsteps or have them stocked at the port storage areas to cut on transport costs, says a project media briefer.
The Philippine Ports Authority funds Ubay Port, a component of the country’s Strong Republic Nautical Highways and makes travel by goods and people across the islands fast and affordable while allowing the growth of local tourism.
Ubay Port serves RoRo vessels plying the Ubay-Hilongos, Ubay-Maasin and Ubay-Bato routes, while it opens the possibility of Ubay-Dinagat, Ubay-Nasipit and Ubay-Baybay.
The President, who was not expected to speak in Ubay engagement, gamely took the microphone and asked the two guys to tell the people their stories.
Going out of the palace on Wednesday bearing a stain of criticism for corruption, records would show that the Arroyo Administration has built more that two pervious administrations combined, states Ganito Tayo Noon material printed in major national dailies late last year. (PIA-Bohol)
by admin | May 10, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines
As of 10AM, May 10, 2010, no reports of election related violence or anomalies. Observations so far include longer lines than usual and elderly people needing assistance with ballot shading and feeding into PCOS machines. However, progress of voting si proceeding smoothly with the non-elderly people quickly filling up votes feeding into the PCOS machines without problems.
by magnolia_eic | May 7, 2010 | Announcements, Election 2010, Headlines, National News
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is calling on all candidates for this Monday’s election not to be sore losers and to accept defeat graciously.
CBCP president and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar said that candidates should learn to accept their defeat incase they don’t win the National and Local Elections on Monday.
It may be recalled that a presidential candidate said only a failure of the automated election system will make him lose the race to Malacanang due to his strong showing in almost all pre-election surveys.
Ochimar also reminded candidates not to practice vote-buying by letting the electorate freely choose their own candidates.
The prelate also added that the people should not believe everything that they hear, especially those that feed on their fears such as the failure of elections.
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