by anyajulia | Mar 17, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
Undersecretary Emmanuel Parras denied the claims alleged by a national daily columnist that Yap is involved in another fertilizer scam and it involves Chinese Filipino businessmen and fertilizer dealers.
Parras initially clarified that Yap came after the controversial fertilizer scam and could not be involved in it. He says that it is unlikely for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to be involved in the alleged fertilizer scam when there is a government procurement process being followed and that the department is not having any hand in getting its supplies and materials now.
Parras adds that the DA, under Yap, is not even giving out fertilizers but discount coupons.
The newspaper article also questioned why DA Sec. Yap is always visible in Bohol, especially in the third congressional district where he is rumored to run. (rachiu/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 16, 2009 | Headlines, National News
“The Philippines is already composed of 42,008 barangays,” this was the statement of the National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB).
According to NSCB Secretary General Romulo Virola in a press release, “13 new barangays were created last year that added to the masterlist of the Philippine Standard Geographic Code.”
As of December 31,2008, the Philippines is already composed of 17 regions, 81 provinces, 136 cities with 1,495 municipalities and 42,008 barangays, the NSCB said. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 16, 2009 | Headlines, National News
KALAHI para sa Kalayaan now covers 600 conflict-affected barangay. This program is intended to put an end to the decades-old problem of communist insurgency and usher in peace and development in poverty stricken rural barangays.
The program’s ultimate goal is the achievement of sustainable peace in the community following the human security framework of freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom from humiliation and exclusion.
In a Malacanang press report, it discloses that so far that a total of P1.442 billion has been raised to fund various infrastructure projects in the Kalayaan barangays. Majority of this amount has been transferred to the AFP Engineering Brigade under the National Development Support Command. (PIA )
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by anyajulia | Mar 16, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Malacañang unveiled that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already signed Republic Act 9523, otherwise known as “An Act Requiring the Certification of the DSWD to Declare a ‘Child Legally Available for Adoption’ as a Prerequisite for Adoption Proceedings.”
The new adoption law requires the Department of Social Welfare and Development a certification that a child is legally available for adoption before the start of any adoption proceedings.
The latest adoption law now requires a certification signed by the DSWD Secretary in lieu of a judicial order.
Under the new law, said certification, by itself, shall be the sole basis for the immediate issuance by the local civil registrar of a foundling certificate. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 16, 2009 | Headlines, National News, Tourism
With the proposed new tourism bill, local tourism players are expected to benefit much if PGMA will sign it.
In a Tourism Industry-Related Congress held in Davao City, Senator Richard Gordon together with tourism stakeholders tackled the new bill. Which according to him, features the establishment of tourism enterprise zones across the country thus expecting to boost the domestic tourism.
Gordon stressed that it is now the role of the LGUs to be more creative in having better tourism investments and to develop their tourism enterprise zone. (PIA)
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