by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
IPANG-APUD-APUD sa kagamhanan ang mga kontraseptibo ngadto sa mga kabus nga magti-ayon nga mangay niini bisan pag babagan sa simbahan.
Kini maoy pahayag ni Presidente Benigno Simeon Aquino samtang iyang gipasabot nga ang pag-desidir kon pilay ilang anak katungod sa managti-ayon.
Apan, ag Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) pinaagi sa usa ka opisyal niini mipadayag sa iyang kasagmuyo sa Administrasyon ni Aquino ilabi na sa laraw sa pagpang-apud-apod sa himan alang sa pagpugong sa pagpanganak.
Si Fr. Melvin Castro, executive director sa Episcopal Commission on Family and Life mibutyag nga iyang gipanghinaut nga dili gamiton sa Presidente ang hisgutanan sa family planning aron ilikay ang atensyon sa mga tawo sa nagtopun-og na nga kontrobersya sa Administrasyon ni Aquino.
by magnolia_eic | Sep 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NI-abut na si Presidente Benigno Aquino III gikan sa iyang byahe sa Estados Unidos niadtong Martes og niingon nga ang $2.4 bilyones nga bag-ong investments atol sa iyang byahe makamugna og 43,650 ka bag-ong trabaho sa mosunod nga tulo ka tuig.
Ang mga kompanya nga interesadong mobutang og puhonan sa atong nasud mao ang: Coca-Cola, Pfizer, AES Corp., Hewlett-Packard, J.P. Morgan Chase, Global Services Inc., Century Properties, ug General Electric.
Matud pa sa Presidente nga ang maong mga investments nag-apil sa power generation, consumer products, business ug knowledge process outsourcing, health care, garments, ug leather goods.
Dugang pa ni Aquino nga nakakuha sila og pasalig nga dili mo ubos sa 43,650 ka bag-ong trabaho sa mosunod nga tulo ka tuig, apil na sa 4,500 ka construction-related nga trabaho ang magpa-abut. Ug tungod sa multiplier effect, gi tantiya nga adunay 200,000 nga dugang trabaho ang ma benepisyo sa katawhan.
Sa kinatibuk-an, ang pagbisita sa Presidente sa Estados Unidos nakakuha og $2.4 bilyones nga bag-ong investments.
Gawas pa niini ang nadawat nga dugang hinabang nga $434 milyones gikan sa Millennium Challenge Corp. nga magpalapad sa existing social programs sa atong nasud. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 26, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The United States on Thursday granted the Philippines some $434 million to help build roads and carry out other projects aimed at reducing poverty and fighting corruption.
The money was awarded under the US-run Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) that helps developing countries reduce their levels of poverty as long as they meet performance criteria on the rule of law and democratic principles.
Present for the signing was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
The grant is intended to be used for a road project in Samar province, curb corruption through the modernization program of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
The MCC, an independent United States aid agency, gives five-year compact grants for countries that pass MCC’s eligibility criteria in poverty alleviation, and threshold grants which are smaller grants awarded to countries that come close to passing these criteria and are firmly committed to improving their policy performance.
In 2006, the MCC also awarded the Philippines a $21-million threshold grant to eradicate corruption and attract international investments through the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 26, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III will go to Hanoi on Oct. 28 to 30 to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit.
But prior to his attendance at the ASEAN Summit, the Chief Executive will first make a state visit to Vietnam upon the personal invitation of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said, in an interview in New York, that the President was originally scheduled to visit Vietnam last September 13-14 but the hostage crisis took place at the Quirino Grandstand last August 23, which forced the President to stay and attend to domestic problems.
Romulo said the two leaders talked about the ASEAN-US meeting that will take place this Friday (Sept. 24) and President Aquino, as the coordinator, just talked about their full agenda including the communiqué, which has been arranged by the senior officials.
He reported to the Vietnamese leader that President Aquino is looking forward to his visit to Hanoi in order to “deepen the relationship already existing between the two countries.”
The Vietnamese president also expressed his confidence in the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Vietnam.
President Aquino said he expects to sign in Hanoi the agreements on higher education, defense, maritime issues and disaster coordination, including oil spill and natural calamities, Romulo added. (PCCO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 23, 2010 | Headlines, National News, World
President Benigno S. Aquino III is looking forward to meeting with heads of state and heads of government from around the world including United States President Barack Obama while he is in New York to attend the 65th United Nations Assembly (UNGA).
The President left Manila on Monday (Sept. 20) for his first foreign trip as the country’s Chief Executive.
In an interview upon his arrival in New York, the President said his attendance at the UNGA will give him the opportunity to meet with his counterparts “to be able to resolve a lot of issues and we can get better cooperation amongst the concerns, especially in ASEAN.”
Some 150 world leaders are attending the 65th UNGA.
The President also expressed hope that his proposed one-on-one meeting with President Barack Obama will push through.
According to the President, the proposed one-on-one meeting with Obama had yet to be confirmed. However, they will have a chance to meet when the US President meets the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 2nd US-ASEAN Leader’s Meeting.
The President will be the coordinator for the 2nd ASEAN-US Leaders meeting in New York as the Philippines is currently the Country Coordinator for ASEAN-US Dialogue relations for 2009-2012. (PCOO/PIA)
