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FOSTER CARE ACT OF 2012, AN INVITATION TO SHARE LOVE – DSWD
Saturday 25th of May 2013
QUEZON CITY, May 25, (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) conducted a forum on “Aruga at Kalinga Para Sa Mga Bata sa Barangay: Alternative Parental Care for Children in Need of Special Protection” last Wednesday at Makati Palace Hotel.
The salient features of the Republic Act (RA) 10165 or the Foster Care Act of 2012 were discussed and the different caring institutions in Metro Manila led by DSWD-NCR shared strategies and challenges on their implementation.
DSWD-NCR Regional Director Alice Bonoan said that the forum aims to entice more people to be foster parents to be able t...
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23May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 23 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority in South Cotabato needs to procure at least 186,680 bags of palay before the end of this year, an official of the agency confirmed today. Guialudin Usman, general manager of NFA – South Cotabato said, the adjusted procurement target is 86,000 bags higher than the original goal of 100,000 set early this year. The decision to raise the target volume of procurement, he explained, is l...
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23May2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) here is happy to note of the turn out of the Brigada Eskwela which kicked off simultaneously on Monday (May 20) in various public schools in the country. “It was a very successful endeavor in GenSan,” said Ronnie Sunggay, education program supervisor and information officer of DepEd-City Division Office here attributing the success to the "bayanihan spirit" of the different participating education stakeholders. The B...
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23May2013QUEZON CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today clarified that it did not authorize the distribution of registration forms to recruit beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program during the election season. The clarification came after the Department received reports on the incident that it ordered the distribution of registration papers for Pantawid Pamilya showing the logos of the Liberal Party and the DSWD’s National Household Targetin...
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23May2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 23 (PIA6) – A bloodletting activity will be conducted by Panit-an National High School (PNHS) in Panit-an town on May 24 in view of this year’s Brigada Eskwela nationwide activity. The mass blood donation will be complemented with another free medical and dental mission, circumcision and haircut to prepare the health of the students and residents towards the opening of classes in June. “It is the only school in the province to integrate voluntary blood donation i...
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23May2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, May 23 (PIA) -- Two employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently received an award as top performers for accomplishing the 100 percent target in the processing and issuance of residential and agricultural patent for the year 2012 under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Project (CARP-158). The recipients were Land Management Inspector Lonalyn T. Ambat and Ms. Elizabeth L. Monton, property custodian and now designated Deputy Public ...
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23May2013ILOILO CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The irrigators’ associations in Western Visayas can look forward to more grants and incentives from the Department of Agriculture (DA-6) this year. DA-6 Regional Director Larry Nacionales said the grants and incentives can further motivate irrigators to improve their rice production this 2013, being the National Year of Rice. Nacionales said that DA-6 will be giving one hand tractor as grant if the irrigators’ association could plant 100 hectares of rice fiel...
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23May2013MANILA, Philippines, May 23 (PIA) -- At least 1,200 families living along the Pasig River have been relocated to safer areas as part of government efforts to keep them out of harm's way during typhoons, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday. This, after Roxas conducted a walking tour of the progress of the government’s river rehabilitation program with Ms. Gina Lopez, head of ABS CBN Foundation’s “Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig.” They inspected the ...
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22May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 22 (PIA) -- Isang matibay na mekanismo laban sa kahirapan lalung lalo na sa Mindanao an pagtatanim ng oil palm, ayon sa isang eksperto. Ayon kay Dr. Pablito Pamplona, director at secretary ng Philippine Palm Oil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI), ang paglago ng industriya ng palm oil sa Mindanao ang isa sa mga pamamaraan para mabawasan ang antas ng kahirapan sa Mindanao. Paliwanag ni Dr. Pamplona, malaki ang potensyal ng...
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22May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 22 (PIA) -- Isinusulong ngayon ng mga nangungunang may taya sa industriya ng palm oil sa Mindanao ang pagtutulungan ng pamahalaan at pribadong sektor para isulong ang potensyal ng rehiyon sa industriya ng palm oil. Sa isang kalatas ng Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), tinukoy nito na sa mahigit 900,000 ektarya sa Mindanao na maaring taniman ng palm oil, aabot na sa 177,000 ang kasalukuyang sumasailalim sa...
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22May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 22 (PIA) -- Nakatuon ngayon ang pansin ng pamunuan ng pulisya sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato sa talamak na nakawan ng motorsiklo sa lugar. Ayon kay Kidapawan City Police Director Supt. Chino Mamburam, nagiging sakit na sa ulo ang mga kaso sa pagkawala ng mga nabanggit na sasakyan. Kaugnay nito, hinikayat ni Mamburam ang publiko na makipagtulungan sa kampanya laban sa mga magnanakaw ng motorsiklo. Aniya, hindi magiging epektibo ang anumang pr...
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22May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 22 (PIA) -- Major stakeholders of palm oil industry in Mindanao believe stronger collaboration between the private sector and the government could boost the region’s potential for palm oil investments. In a statement, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) revealed that out of the almost 900,000 hectares of land identified to be suitable for oil palm plantation, 177,000 hectares are already under negotiation for palm oil developmen...
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22May2013MANILA, May 22 -- The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and Northern Emirates reported that Cebu Pacific launched its direct Manila-Dubai flight on May 12 in a hosted reception at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai. Department of Tourism Undersecretary Benito Bengzon, Philippine Ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Grace Relucio-Princesa and Consul General Frank R. Cimafranca attended the launch, aiming to promote why “it’s more fun to fly” to the Philippines. Ambassador Princesa was el...
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22May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 22 (PIA) -- Fifty inmates of the Lucena city jail underwent a livelihood training organized recently by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Quezon in cooperation with Cocos Nuciferas Pacific Enterprises. Pablito Budoy, public information officer of DTI-Quezon said 30 females and 20 males inmates at the city jail participated in the coco twine making. “The inmates could earn P75 per day by making coco twine, a very good source of income while they are inside th...
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21May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 21 -- David occasionally glanced towards six year old Christian who was innocently cuddling her wife Penina as they drove to the airport to finally meet the child's adoptive parents. It was the day that David and Penina Arancis dreaded the most--to give up Christian to his "new" parents. They both knew that he would someday be able to have his own family--a family that will now legally call him their own. They were honestly happy for the boy, except only that it would m...
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21May2013DAVAO CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The navies of the Philippines and Indonesia formally commenced the joint civil-military exercise named Corpat-PHILINDO XXVII-13 Tuesday 9May 21) in a simple ceremony at the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao Headquarters in Camp Panacan. The exercises is aimed at improving the interoperability of both contingents in guarding their respective territorial waters in the Celebes Sea against terrorism, smuggling and illegal fishing. Captain Severino David, deputy commander of...
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20May2013Kaligtasan ng ating pamilya ang pangunahing tinitingnan at binibigyan natin ng pansin. Isang aspeto ng kaligtasan ay nagsisimula sa malinis na pagkain na ating ihahain sa mesa. Kailangan nating matiyak na walang halong anumang mikrobyo o dumi o iyong mga tinatawag na contaminants ang pagkain sa ating mesa para tayo makaiwas sa anumang sakit na puwedeng idulot nito. Siguraduhin din na walang sakit ang taong nagsisilbi ng pagkain dahil puwede niyang mailipat ang kanyang sakit o virus sa pagkain ...
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20May2013DAVAO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Brigada Eskwela (School Brigade) clean up drive kicked off Monday in all schools of the city with parents, students and teachers helping one another to prepare the classrooms, buildings and surroundings for the opening of classes on June 3, 2013. Emerita Mapula, principal of the Cesario Villa-Abrille Elementary School at Barangay 76-A lauded the support of the parents in the clean up activity. She also urged other stakeholders in the community to participate. M...
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20May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) in Northern Mindanao has backed the move to build climate and disaster resilient communities in the region. The support was conveyed by the Council through a resolution enjoining support to and advocacy on the implementation of a geospatial database system on climate change and disaster risks in Region 10. The database system, called “Climate Change and Risk Information Systems for Planning (Crisp), aims to respond t...
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20May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 20 (PIA) --The Pag-IBIG board has approved P9.28-billion dividend to be credited proportionately to members’ accounts. The amount is 9.31 percent higher than previous year’s dividend of P8.49 billion, Michael Regaza, Pag-IBIG members services officer, said. . The amount translates to 4.17 percent and 4.67 percent dividend rate for mandatory members under Pag-IBIG I and those with voluntary savings accounts under the Modified Pag-IBIG 2 Program, respectively. ...
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20May2013ILOILO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- With the success of the 1st Pamunit Festival, the Iloilo Pamunit Festival Association, Inc. (IPFA) and the Department of Tourism-6 (DOT-6) will target schools to participate in the succeeding sports fishing tournament. Manuel Sanagustin, IPFA Head, said that they are planning to invite schools and academic institutions to take part in the annual conduct of the Pamunit Festival. He said that there will be a category that will cater to high school or college studen...
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17May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- Lawyer Fel Lester G. Brillantes of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) region 10 shares important information and reminder to all “modern day” Filipino consumers. He emphasized five reminders. First, don’t let anyone insert or swipe your credit card twice without giving you a “transaction cancelled” receipt from the first swipe. Second, if you have difficulty paying your credit card debt or you are complaining against excessive bank finan...
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17May2013CEBU CITY, May 17 (PIA)-- Atty. Hilario "Junjun" Davide III of the Liberal Party, was proclaimed Governor of Cebu at 3:20 p.m. May 17, ending the almost two decade hold of the Garcia's of the Cebu Provincial Capitol. He garnered 654,054 votes, 163,906 votes higher than 3rd District Congressman Pablo John Garcia's 490,148 votes of United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) 1 Cebu. He was joined by wife Jobel Angan-Davide and two of three daughters, Nina and Dana. Also with them are his father Forme...
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16May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 16 (PIA6) -- Fifty beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Murcia, this province, availed themselves of the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) farmers training program of the SM Foundation Inc. Municipal Link Grace Barsabal said the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries were part of the 124 farmers and agriculture students who underwent a three-month training on farming at the Lux Mundi Farm School in Hacienda Binitin in Murcia since January. “The Kabalikat sa Kab...
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16May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 16 (PIA)--Ikinatuwa ng mga mamamayan lalo na ng mga negosyante sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang tuluy-tuloy na suplay ng kuryente noong nagdaang halalan. Ayon sa ilang mga operators ng photo copying business at internet cafes sa mega market, walang tigil ang kanilang operasyon simula noong Lunes at maging hanggang kamakalawa. Kaugnay nito, medyo umangat na rin ang kanilang kita dahil sa maayos na suplay ng kuryente. Matatandaang ipinahayag...
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16May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, May 16 (PIA) -- Muling nahalal bilang kinatawan ng Unang Distrito ng North Cotabato si Jesus Sacdalan. Umabot sa 109,987 votes ang nakuha ni Sacdalan laban sa mga katunggali nito na sina dating governor at congressman Anthony Dequiṅa na nakakuha ng 27,043 votes at si Fernando Sacdalan na may 18,692 na boto. Kahapon ng umaga ay pormal nang iprinoklama ng Provincial Board of Election Canvassers ng COMELEC- North Cotabato si Rep. Jesus Sacdalan...
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16May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 16 -- The Department of Science and Technology Region 10 (DOST-10) has again received recommendation for ISO 9001:2008 (for quality management system) certification from Certification International Philippines, Inc. (CIPI). This came after the office hurdled another round of surveillance audit last May 9-10 where the CIPI Auditor found zero non-conformities. The audit focused on the provision of science and technology services, science promotion, science and technol...
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15May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Incoming DOST scholars from Region 10 are undergoing summer classes beginning May 6 up to June 1. The 30-day program is being held at Mindanao University of Science and Technology this city and at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City. This Summer Orientation and Enrichment Program (SOEP) is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of DOST scholars in English, Mathematics and Physics. It also aims to prepare them in...
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15May2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, May 15 (PIA) -- The Bohol Provincial Accounting Office (PAccO) has adopted new trends in IT-technology for fast-tracking paper processes and making transparent accounting of public funds. PAccO chief, Joseth Celocia told employees gathered during the monthly convocation that the office uses a Commission on Audit (COA)-provided software that eases up preparation and generation of Journal Entry Vouchers (JEV) that also hooks up with the COA for easy and updated financial r...
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15May2013DAVAO CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Philippines has strengthened its entry to the global market as rice exporter with the export of another three-ton shipment of black, red and brown rice to Hongkong from the Don Bosco Multi-purpose Cooperative in M’lang, North Cotabato. The ceremonial send-off was held at the Tefasco Wharf in Panacan, Davao City this Wednesday morning, May 15. Agriculture Undersecretary Dante Delima, Amalia Jayag-Datukan, regional director of the Department of Agriculture 12,...
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15May2013COTABATO CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Japal Guiani Jr. is given a fresh mandate as local chief executive of Cotabato City. City board of canvasser assistant chairman Johnny Balawag, proclaimed Guiani as winner of the mayoralty raise here at the adjournment of the canvassing around 6 p.m. yesterday. Guiani garnered 25,685 votes against opponent former mayor Muslimin Sema who got 22,545 votes. Former councilor Abdullah Andang was also proclaimed ...
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15May2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, May 15 (PIA) --The military is conducting hot pursuit operations against rebel New People’s Army (NPA) following another incident of encounter in Sitio Naupao, Brgy. San Pedro, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental around 4:40 pm on May 14. “We will run after them. We will not allow them (bandits) to carry out any violent activities to the peace loving residents in the locality,” said Col. Francisco Patrimonio, Philippine Army 302 Brigade Commander. Reports from the 302 Infant...
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13May2013QUEZON CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- In a span of not more than a week, the Philippines has received another credit rating upgrade. The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) announced that they have raised the country’s credit rating to BBB from the minimum investment grade of BBB-. JCR gave a “stable” outlook on the rating, expecting to sustain a 6% annual economic growth in the next few years. Essential areas such as the government’s improving fiscal situation, pace of economic growth, rising...
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13May2013ILOILO CITY, May 13 (PIA6) -- For some families in the town of Leganes, school days for their children meant “half day” only because the mothers would not send their children to school on empty stomachs. “My 12-year old daughter, Sheryl, fainted in school because she was hungry,” said 44-year-old Mayflor Jinon, of Sitio Paho, Napnod, Leganes in Iloilo. “I don’t want that to happen again to any of my children,” Mayflor said in dialect. For the children of Mayflor and some other m...
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11May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 11 (PIA) -– The Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO-Cor) reported its operational accomplishments from January to present in relation to security preparations for the May 13, 2013 midterm elections. During the 2nd Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) meeting held last week, Police Senior Superintendent Oliver A. Enmodias, Head RLECC Secretariat, reported that under the implementation of COMELEC gun ban, they were able to confiscate the following; 55 ass...
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10May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 10 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will soon establish satellite office in region 4-A and other regional offices of DOLE nationwide. Maria Cecilia E. Maulion, chief of ECC information and public assistance division said in a press conference held at Queen Margarette Hotel this city last May 8 that the satellite offices will assist private and government workers suffering from...
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09May2013DAGUPAN CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has assured the public of a secure elections on Monday. Senior Inspector Ryan Manongdo of PNP Pangasinan said that 1,223 police officers have been deployed to protect Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in the 1,193 polling precincts in the province. Manongdo said that extra personnel will be deployed in areas requiring more than one police officer. “Our policemen will focus on election duties and will not respond to ...
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08May2013QUEZON CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. recently completed the repair of a ruptured primary pipe along Kaingin Road in Quezon City. The pipe was immediately repaired to lessen inconvenience to customers and motorists. “To lessen inconvenience to motorists, we always aim to explore cost-efficient yet effective methodologies instead of total pipe replacements while implementing leak repairs,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ricky P. Vargas. Maynilad repaired the leak...
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08May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- Three-hundred twenty three examinees successfully passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Tests (A & E) test conducted by the Dipolog City Schools Division’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Dipolog City on Dec. 12, 2012. Ms. Catalina Samson-Barinaga, ALS coordinator, said of the 323 who passed the A & E test, 267 are out-of-school youth (OSY) and 56 were inmates of Dipolog City Jail. Of the 323 OSY passers, 244 are in the secondary level, while 23 are in ...
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07May2013LAOAG CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- A supporter of reelectionist Pagudpud Mayor Matilde Sales was killed while two others were injured after an exchange of gunshots between supporters of the incumbent mayor and her rival Marlon Sales in barangay Poblacion in that town past 2 pm today. Police said killed was Ryan Calventas, Matilde’s bodyguard and supporter, while injured was Roger Ragasa, a supporter of incumbent Vice Mayor Marlon Sales. Hit by a stray bullet was Remedios Asuncion, a bystander whose ...
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07May2013TANAY, Rizal, May 7 (PIA) -- Celebrating its 3rd anniversary last April 25, the Haven for the Elderly located in Barangay Sampaloc, this municipality, held a series of activities under the theme “Nagkakaisa sa Maayos at Mahusay na Paglilingkod sa mga Nakatatanda.” The celebration, which focused on developing bond between and among center staff, its resident-elders and other center stakeholders, was graced by officials of the Department led by Undersecretary Parisya Taradji, Region IV-A Dire...
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06May2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 6 (PIA6) -- The Saot Capiz Performing Arts (SCPA) was among the 30 dance groups who participated in the International Dance Xchange last month at Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. SCPA is a merger of various school and community – based dance troupes in the province that had won in regional and national dance competitions. (AAL) “The Capiz dancers were the only local government unit (LGU) – based from among more than 30 dance groups who joined the event,” said ...
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06May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 6 (PIA) -- Sipaway Island is host to pristine, white grains of sands, undiscovered shores and developed beaches, and a diver’s haven, in this northern part of the province, some 15 minutes boat ride from the wharf of San Carlos City, the mainland. Before reaching this tropical paradise, one has to traverse the winding road of the P70-million Negros Trans Link Highway, approximately 90 kilometers from the province’s capital of Bacolod City. An island is naturally su...
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06May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 6 (PIA) – Close to 50 representatives of pawnshop and money changer companies have undergone briefings on the anti-money laundering law. Conducted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the briefings were aimed at educating business operators, directors, officers, and employees of pawnshops, money changers, and remittance centers about the rules and regulations on pawnshop management. They were also reminded on their duties, innovations and other rules governing the...
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06May2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Mayo 6 (PIA6) -- Ang Departamento sang Turismo sa Rehiyon 6 ukon DOT-6 pagahiwaton ang nahauna nga Pamunit Festival para mas mapasanyog ang industriya sang turismo sa Western Visayas kag mabuligan amlig ang dagatnon nga dunang manggad. Suno kay DOT-6 Regional Director Atty. Helen Catalbas, isa sa mga stratehiya sang DOT ang magpa-uswag sang mga produkto sang turismo pareho sang nahauna nga Pamunit Festival nga makaganyat sa nagkalain-lain nga mga turista sa rehiyon. Si Cata...
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06May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 6 (PIA) -- Average rice production in Soccsksargen Region should reach 4.04 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha) this year, according to target estimates from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12. At regular 50 kilograms per cavan, rice production areas in the region should be able to turn out yield of about 80.8 cavans per hectare. AgriPinoy Palayan Program focal person Ray Embajador, explained this year’s target is ...
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05May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Northern Mindanao led the celebration of the 111th Labor Day Celebration last May 1 with a walk for cause dubbed “Lakaw Ta Para Sa Bata Tibuok Amihanang Mindanao.” More than 2,000 participants joined the three-kilometer walk which started at 6 a.m. from Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports Center going to Corrales Avenue turning right to Yacapin St. and going back to Sports Center. Aside from the employees of the D...
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03May2013PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, May 3 (PIA) -- Three rebels belonging to Guerrilla Front 88 of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee of the New People’s Army voluntarily surrendered to LTC Jose Leonard Gille, commanding officer of the 26th Infantry Battalion, Thursday morning. The surrender of these rebels (names withheld for security reasons) was through the efforts of the soldiers and the mediation of concerned citizens who convinced the three to lay down their arms and return to the ...
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03May2013PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, May 3 (PIA) -- Soldiers from the 75th Infantry Battalion and policemen from the Special Action Force encountered more or less 10 fully armed rebels in Road 88, Brgy. Bunawan Brooks, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Monday evening The soldiers and policemen were on a joint security patrol in the area when they encountered the armed group believed to be from Section Committee 14 of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee. The encounter resulted to one wounded on the ...
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03May2013ILOILO CITY, May3 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism Regional Office 6 (DOT-6) will hold the 1st Pamunit Festival to further boost the tourism industry in the region and to help preserve marine resources. DOT-6 Regional Director Atty. Helen Catalbas said that one of the strategic directions of DOT is to develop and market competitive tourism products such as the 1st Pamunit Festival in order to attract tourists in the region. “The DOT, together with the Iloilo Pamunit...
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03May2013DUMAGUETE CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- More than 20 local and overseas companies participated on Labor Day Jobs Fair at the Robinson's Place - Dumaguete attracting over 2,000 job seekers. The jobs fair was led by the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental. Of the total number of job applicants, around 1,379 were registered with complete documents as other applicants appeared with lacking credentials. However, 30 jobseekers were hired on the spot for local employment while of ...
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03May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 3 (PIA) -- Eighteen rice farmers from the island municipalities of Perez and Alabat recently finished a course on suitable technology in rice farming. Entitled “Pagsasanay para sa mga Angkop na Teknolohiya sa Pagpapalayan,” (Training for the Proper Technologies on Farming) the training was held April 29-May 3, 2013 at the Ouan’s Worth Farm Resort located in this city. The activity, organized by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A, was conducted in respon...
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03May2013DAVAO CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The Maritime Industry Authority in Davao Region sworn in their respective professions Thursday 101 deck and 102 engine officers in an unprecedented move to professionalized domestic sea travel. Atty. Gloria Banas, deputy administrator for operations of the Marina who presided over the oath-taking-ceremony spoke with pride on the achievement of the Marina XI in professionalizing the ranks of local seafarers. She said the activity realizes one of the Marina’s objecti...
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03May2013SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, May 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Region No. 9 convened recently all national government agencies (NGAs) in the province of Laguna to introduce the new electronic filing and payment system (eFPS) of taxes. Revenue district officer Carlos S. Salazar welcomed a hundred representatives of NGAs based in the province during the briefing held at BIR Region No. 9 located at Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Nicolas, this city. eFPS is a system developed and m...
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03May2013KALIBO, Aklan, May 3 (PIA6) -- The Serbilis Center of the National Statistics Office (NSO) here not only provides Aklanons and residents of other neighboring provinces easy and fast access to much-needed civil registry documents – it also generates collections for the government, which, in 2012, registered an increase of 5%. According to NSO-Aklan, the Kalibo Serbilis Center was able to collect P13.4 million in cash revenues in 2012, which was 5% higher that the P12.8 million collected in 2...
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03May2013CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region IV-A recently commended the City Council (Sangguniang Panglungsod) of Bacoor for being the Outstanding Sanggunian in the 1st to 3rd Class Municipalities Category (Regional Level). The award cited the council’s exemplary performance in legislating measures for the period beginning July 1, 2010 to June 2012. DILG Provincial Director Efren Echavia and Cavite Cluster Head Mrs. Bhei Valenzuela pre...
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03May2013SAN JOSE, Antique, May 3 (PIA) -- The 82nd Infantry (Bantay Laya) Battalion, 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division, Philippine Army celebrates its 4th Battalion Founding Anniversary Friday at Camp Monteclaro, Brgy Igtuba, Miag-ao, Iloilo. The 82nd IB which was formally activated in June 18, 2009 at Camp Macario V. Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz, in the presence of then Commanding General of the Philippine Army, Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit, was composed of 23 officers and 349 enlisted personnel and charged of ...
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02May2013LUCBAN, Quezon, May 2 (PIA) -- Thousands of local and foreign tourists will again flock to this historic town to witness and enjoy the different activities prepared by the local government for the Lucban San Isidro Pahiyas Festival 2013 that started last March 31 up to May 16. The Lucban San Isidro Festival is celebrated every 15th day of May as thanksgiving to San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, for the bountiful harvest for the year. The activities has come of age and has att...
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02May2013LUCENA CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Pag-IBIG Fund recently had a soft launch of its online housing loan application system, enabling members needing home financing to file their housing loan application online. Pag-IBIG Lucena branch said online filing of housing loan applications requires the Pag-IBIG Membership Identification (MID) Number or Registration Tracking Number (RTN) or the Temporary Identification of the member-applicant for log-in and security purposes. For Pag-IBIG members without M...
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02May2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 2 (PIA) -- Sentro ngayon ng pagbabantay ng mga pulis sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang talamak na nakawan ng mga license plate ng mga motorsiklo. Kaugnay nito, pinag-iingat ngayon ng Kidapawan City PNP ang mga motorista laban sa isang grupo na sangkot sa naturang masamang gawain. Ayon sa pamunuan ng Kidapawan City PNP, halos sunud-sunod ang mga motoristang nagdudulog ng kanilanang reklamo sa pulisya kaugnay sa pagkawala ng plaka ng kanilan...
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30Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Nagpaalala ang pamunuan ng Kidapawan City PNP sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato sa mga may-ari ng sasakyan na magdoble ingat. Ito ay sa posibleng paglipana ng bukas-kotse gang sa lungsod. Kaugnay nito, kamakailan ay naaresto ng mga pulis ang isang suspek na sapilitang binuksan ang kotse ng isang appliance store manager at tinangkang pagnakawan ito. Narekober naman sa suspek ang ilang mga gamit tulad ng wire cutter, wrench, combination scre...
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30Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI) says oil palm can be the answer to economic development in the country. In its 8th National Palm Oil Congress held here from April 18 to 19, Dr. Pablito P. Pamplona of PPDCI said the congress aims to answer the vegetable oil shortage in the country now imported at P6.68 billion in 2010; to export, promote high farm productivity, generate employment opportunities and use oil palm biomass for organic f...
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30Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 30 -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) region 10 is fast tracking the implementation of its new awards program - the Seal of Disaster Preparedness (SDP). Atty. Rene K. Burdeos, DILG 10 regional director, said SDP is an offshoot of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) which intends to scale up a local government unit’s (LGU) performance in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRMM). Burdeos said the SDP is conferred as an official symbol ...
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30Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Higit-kumulang 500 mga benipisyaryo ng "Pangkabuhayan para sa Kapayapaan" program mula sa iba't-ibang bahagi ng Unang Distrito ng North Cotabato ang dumalo sa isang asembliya na ginanap sa bayan ng Midsayap kamakailan. Partikular na tinalakay sa pagpupulong ang pagkakataon na makatuntong sa second level ang mga benepisyaryo kung sila ay makakapagbayad ng isandaang porsyento sa pondong ipinahiram sa kanila ng gobyerno. Nag-ulat din ang mga...
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30Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- This year’s Bangus festival maybe short on duration, but festival events have morphed to other unique attractions to make up for the shorter time to celebrate the global event. More than 24 activities were lined up to add color to the festivities and compensate for its abbreviated duration. On April 22, the festival opened with a float parade called the Bangus ed Carosa, featuring various floats, including milkfish, made by the city government, non-government...
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30Apr2013SAN JOSE,Antique, April 30 (PIA) -- As the campaign period goes on high gear, the Bureau of Internal Revenue District No. 73 San Jose headed by RDO Ursula V. Equiña reminds all political parties, party list and candidates of local and national elections to register now with their office. Equiña said, pursuant to Revenue Regulation (RR) No. 8-2009 and RMC 15-2013, all political parties and the rest are required to register with BIR, issue official receipts and withhold taxes. The registration...
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30Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI) discussed the economic progress brought about by planting and exporting palm oil and its health and environmental benefits in the recently concluded 8th National Palm Oil Congress here. Dr. Pablito P. Pamplona of PPDCI answered some concerns regarding the effect of palm oil plantations in the environment. He said as opposed to the belief that palm oil causes floods during the rainy season, the tr...
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30Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique, April 30 (PIA 6) -- The P16 million San Juan Municipal Police Station was inaugurated recently. “San Jose being the Capital Town of the Province of Antique truly deserves this multi-million police station,” said PNP Chief Director General Alan Purisima in a message read by Police Regional Office 6 Director Agrimero A. Cruz, Jr. during the blessing and inauguration program. Purisima said that the new San Jose Municipal Police Office is one of the many projects of the P...
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30Apr2013MANILA, April 30 (PIA) -- To effectively serve their Housing Program borrowers, the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-Ibig) has released the names and contact numbers of accredited housing collection agents in Metro Manila. These are: the Molaer and Dela Serna Law Offices at the Lex Citadel No. 7, La Salle Street Silangan, Cubao in Quezon City with telephone numbers (02) 709-0672, (02) 709-0668, (02) 709-0485; Cases Collection Management Inc. at 6th Floor Cocofed Bldg. 144 Amorsolo Street, Lega...
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29Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 will hold a Diskwento Caravan on May 2 and 3 in line with the 111th Labor Day celebration in the region. The two-day caravan, with the theme “Presyong Panalo ang Empleyado,” will be held at the Provincial Capitol Ground in Velez Street, this city. Lawyer Johnson G. Cañete, DOLE-10 Regional Director, said the activity aims to provide an opportunity to the labor sector, most especially th...
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26Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, Apr. 26 (PIA) -- The Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards (BLAJA) said it will start accepting entries for the best stories and photos that focus on the agriculture sector on April 30. The annual journalism tilt selects the best agricultural stories and photos in print, radio and television, with special attention on their impact on current agricultural issues and best farming practices on environmental safety and crop sustainability, according to a press release by the BLAJA...
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26Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has directed all its regional directors (RDs) to designate regional information officers (RIOs) in their regions to better facilitate news and information processing. “The designation of the RIOs is in compliance with the directive of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III for government agencies to be more responsive to the needs of and transparent with the media and the public,” DepEd Secretary ...
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26Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 26 (PIA)--Aprubado na ng Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang abot sa P8 milyon na supplemental budget. Sa isinagawang sesyon kahapon ng SP, ang nabanggit na pondo ay gagamitin sa pagkumpuni ng slaughter house at Overland Terminal sa naturang lungsod. Nabatid na P1 milyon ang inilaan para sa slaughter house samantalang P300,000 naman ang para sa terminal. Ang natitirang halaga naman ay gagamitin para sa operation and maintena...
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26Apr2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, April 26 (PIA) -- SM Supermalls will be holding a simultaneous job fair at SM City Bacoor, SM City Dasmariñas, SM City Rosario and SM Center Molino on May 1, Labor Day, beginning 9 a.m. The event done in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and local government units, is part of the social corporate responsibility to the host towns and cities in the province of SM management. The annual job fair ai...
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26Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 26 (PIA)--The Carlos Palanca Foundation has called on participants for the 63rd Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) to submit their entries for this year’s competition on or before April 30. The organizer reminded the participants for the deadline to avoid the rush and to ensure their entries will make it to the contest. Entries with complete requirements may be submitted at the Foundation’s Research Facility office at the 6th Floor, Unit 60...
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26Apr2013BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, Abril 26 (PIA6) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag-upod sang iban nga mga lideres sang Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sa pagpanawagan sang malinong nga resolusyon sa sitwasyon sa South China Sea samtang ang grupo nagsiling nga sila nagapa-abot sa “continued engagement” upod sa China sa pag-implementar sang Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) sa isa ka bug-os kag epektibo nga paagi. Ang mga lideres sang ASEAN nagpa...
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25Apr2013DAVAO CITY April 25 (PIA) -- Fruit wastes and campaign materials have contributed to the rise of the daily collected trash in Davao City. Dolores Remojo Officer-In-Charge of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office said that based on data taken from the weighbridge at the Davao City Sanitary Landfill daily trash collections for the month of April has gone up to 430 tons as compared to the previous collections weighing 410 tons a day. Remojo said that the 20 tons increase are mostly fr...
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25Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 25 (PIA)-- One rebel was killed, another one wounded and several high powered firearms were recovered following an encounter between members of the 66th Infantry Battalion and more or less 30 New People’s Army rebels 9:00 a.m. Thursday, April 25 in Barangay Apogon, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley. Lt. Colonel Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Battalion said the body of the lone fatality was brought to the nearest barangay center for identification and a decent...
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25Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 25 (PIA) -- All schools are expected to conduct a general assembly to orient stakeholders on the curriculum and co-curricular programs and ancillary services lined-up for the year as part of its opening rites. This is among the guidelines set by the Department of Education (DepEd) relative to School Year 2013-2014, consisting of 201 days, which is set to open on June 3, 2013 and end on March 31, 2014. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro, in DepEd Order ...
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25Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Siguraduhin na magpapatuloy ang tulong para sa mga pamilyang benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) kahit na matapos na ang pambansang programa. Ito ang binigyang diin ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assistant regional director Gemma Rivera kasabay ng isinagawang Municipal Transition Planning na pinamunuan ng ahensiya kamakailan. Ani Rivera, dapat isama na ng mga ...
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25Apr2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 25 (PIA)--- Stand up for children! This is what the 20-member spokespersons for the Bata Muna Campaign said during its launch Wednesday, April 24 at the East Asia Hotel here. Sixteen-year-old campaign spokesperson Jesza Marie Aljentera, student representative who read the statement she shared with other children called on government leaders and political candidates to consider children issues and concerns in their political agenda and governance. “In the Phili...
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25Apr2013BAUANG, La Union, April 25 (PIA) -- Residents are going all out in paying tribute to their unique Baggak (morning star) festival which the town had been celebrating in the last 13 years. The week-long festival, which will culminate on April 28, is focused on thanking the communities and the private sector for their collective efforts in making the town progressive. The festival’s main theme, Panagyaman (Thankful), shows off the town’s arts and culture as a way of giving back to the communi...
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25Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 25 (PIA) -- Local government units should assure continuous assistance to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Program. In a recent crafting the Municipal Transition Plan , DSWD 12 assistant regional director Gemma Rivera challenged LGUs to make sure that the current socio-economic conditions of the 4Ps families will continue to i...
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25Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has hired 400 part-time workers for the agency’s summer job program this year. DPWH-ARMM Secretary Emil Sadain said the recruits, who are mostly students, will take part in the agency’s “Oplan Linis Bayan” Program, which includes the clean-up of major roads across the region. He said the program is meant to keep roads free from distraction...
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24Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has appealed to all its constituents to participate in the May 13 elections. Mohaqher Iqbal, chair of the MILF peace-panel said their group normally does not issue an appeal on the people regarding elections. However, they have to issue an appeal now since the elections will have an impact on the ongoing peace talks between their group and the government, he said. Iqbal said the MILF prefers to convey its concern for the pe...
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24Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 24 (PIA) --- The Department of Education Regional Office (DepEd 6) will conduct a mass training of teachers for the implementation of Grades 2 and 8 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. Dr. Novelyn M. Vilchez, Chief of the Training and Development Division of DepEd 6, said that this five-day live-in mass training of teachers is slated for the months of April and May. “The mass training of Grade 2 teachers shall be handled by the schools divisions while that of the ...
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24Apr2013MAKATI CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The City Council has passed City Ordinance No. 2013-010 that gives zero percent tax rate to projects entered into by the Japanese government with the Philippine government under the Japan-Official Development Assistance (Japan-ODA), a statement from the Makati city government said. The ‘Japan-ODA Incentive Ordinance’, which took effect last February 18, 2013 upon its approval, was passed in support of the development partnership between the national governmen...
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24Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO, April 23 (PIA) - The volume of palay produced in Northern Mindanao totalled 207,446 metric tons during the fourth quarter of 2012, up by 3.85 percent compared to 2012. Data gathered from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in the region show that major output gains were recorded for Bukidnon with 106,013 metric tons, up at about 8.64 percent, from the 97,583 metric tons production in the same quarter of 2011, said Engr. Cecilio Y. Clarete, Chief Economic Development Sp...
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24Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- A top military officer ordered the soldiers to be impartial at all times in view of the May 13, 2013 national and local midterm elections. General Emmanuel Bautista, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines told reporters that the primary guidance for this election is to help the poll body conduct peaceful elections side by side with the police. Bautista said soldiers must be non-partisan in the whole electoral process. He said they still awaiting fo...
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23Apr2013LOS BANOS, Laguna, April 23 (PIA) --The regional office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Calabarzon is inviting inventors and student/professional creative researchers to join the 2013 regional inventions contest and exhibits (RICE). According to DOST-Calabarzon, the event scheduled on June 17-21, 2013 with tentative venue at Waltermart Tanauan in Batangas will serve as the qualifying round for the National Inventions Contest slated in July 2014. The contest has six categ...
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23Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 23 -- This year’s Pista’y Dayat (Feast of the Sea) in Pangasinan is not just about thanking the bounties of the seas or drawing tourists. It is also a toast for the environment. Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan said the community should expect crowd-drawing events except fireworks display, which has become a tradition to open the activities. “There will be no fireworks during the entire duration of the celebration,” Baraan said last Friday which marked the ope...
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23Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 23 (PIA) -- The province of North Cotabato will construct the first palm oil crushing mill in the province which will be situated in the palm oil factory site in Barangay Tacupan in the municipality of Carmen. This project is aimed at helping palm oil farmers as well as job seekers to raise their income and to offer them job opportunities respectively. In the groundbreaking ceremony held yesterday, North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño Mendoza sa...
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23Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday launched its 24/7 Short Message Service (SMS) / text center. In a statement, PDEA Director General Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said that the message center, which was donated by Go Live Pacific will be merged with PDEA’s existing SMART Infoboard System. “The PDEA SMS/Text Center is the fastest, secure and affordable means to receive, process and reply to anti-drug queries and information from concerned indivi...
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23Apr2013BOSTON, Davao Oriental, April 23 -- At least 20,000 hectares in the three typhoon-devastated towns of Davao Oriental's eastern coast were identified potential areas for cultivating oil palm. This came from a team of expert agronomists and agri-business specialists from the Indo Food Company under Indonesia’s largest conglomerate—the Salim Group of Companies who visited the province in response to an invitation from Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon who is keen at tapping huge investment opport...
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23Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 23 (PIA) --To help overseas Filipinos and to encourage the flow of remittances into productive activities, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will conduct a Financial Learning Campaign (FLC). The campaign entitled “Paghahanda sa Kinabukasan” will be conducted at the Assembly Hall of the BSP main office in Manila on Wednesday, April 24. The FLC is aimed at educating participants particularly Filipinos who work in the foreign land and their families to save and use the ...
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23Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 23 (PIA) -- National Food Authority (NFA) North Cotabato does not reject any farmer or farmer group who would like to sell their palay produce to them, an official of the agency explained. Avelino Usman, manager of NFA –North Cotabato, however, entreated farmers to make sure that the palay they deliver to NFA are dry and clean to command the best price. NFA buys dry and clean palay at P17.00 per kilo, about ...
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22Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has turned-over completed PAMANA (Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan) projects in Basilan last April 13. At least eight projects were completed and turned-over to the local government units, each amounting to P1.5 million. OPAPP officials also said thirteen more projects are ongoing. Hadzer Birowa, OPAPP project assistant for PAMANA projects said the projects started in 2012 and the ongoing projec...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) -- Some 57 residents in a village in nearby Polomolok town do not anymore fear that they could be ejected from their homes. This after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) awarded them titles to the residential lots with average area of 207 square meters in a ceremony held at the Barangay Hall of Barangay Cannery of the said town on Wednesday. Information from the department ...
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21Apr2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 21 (PIA) -- Voters who wish to be enlightened about the recent developments on the upcoming midterm elections can now listen and interact on air as government election education campaign goes on the air. Dubbed then as Comelec Hour, the pre election government run voter’s education campaign is now back on air with three anchors willing to process everybody’s questions and clarify issues. Anchored by City Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Registrar Atty. Jonas...
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21Apr2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, April 20 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo assured the public that the province is now ready for the hosting of the Palarong Pambansa 2013. In a press conference held recently, he said that all aspects of preparations have been taken cared of by the different working committees. “It is with great pride and honor for the province of Negros Oriental to host for the first time a national event such as Palarong Pambansa," says Degamo. According to NegOr Schol Divi...
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20Apr2013SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) released P2.3 million to five micro enterprises in the province. The five micro enterprises are the 2013 recipients of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) of DOST. In this program, selected Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are encouraged and assisted by the department through financing. The money can be used to address MSMEs technical problems, new product developme...
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20Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) urges all political parties and candidates for the May 2013 mid-term polls to observe “green” or earth-friendly campaign practices to ensure a waste-free election. DENR 7 regional executive director Dr. Isabelo Montejo appeals to the candidates to take a closer look at the environment by placing waste avoidance and reduction as part of their advocacy and strategy. Montejo encourages them to use campa...
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20Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Guidance Office of Mindanao State University of Science and Technology (MUST) Main Campus here is calling students under Students Grant-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) to follow-up their enrollment for the upcoming school year. This after MUST through the guidance counselor is stepping its monitoring on the college scholars of the SGP-PA which aims to increase number of graduates in higher education among poor households, and to get these ...
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19Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, Apr 19 (PIA) -- Given the nature of their work, the city’s waste management division (WMD) workers should be entitled to a hazard pay, the division’s chief officer said. Teddy Villamil Jr., WMD chief, said workers under the division perform jobs ranging from street sweeping, garbage collection, recycling and maintenance of the controlled dumpsite. “Owing to the nature of their jobs, they should be considered health workers and entitled to a hazard pay,” he said. Villami...
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19Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 19 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the national government’s Conditional Cash Transfer are assured of assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). DTI 12 regional director Ibrahim Guiamadel recently confirmed their agency’s commitment to teach CCT recipients how to put but their own businesses. The commitment came after the call of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 ...
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19Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 19 (PIA) -- Tinatayang 17 mahihirap na barangay sa piling mga munisipyo sa buong Soccsksargen Region ang nakatakdang makinabang sa PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) Program ng gobyerno. Ayon kay DA 12 regional executive director Amalia Jayag-Datukan ang mga barangay na ito mahihirap at apektado ng kaguluhan subalit di pa nakatatanggap na ayuda mula sa programa. Aniya kinilala ang mga komuni...
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18Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 18 (PIA) --- Information Officers (IOs) from 11 towns in Negros Oriental recently gathered in Dumaguete City for an advocacy planning workshop for communication strategies on how to promote anti-poverty projects. The workshop was held by Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD-7) with the aim of promoting the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Integrated and Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project. Durin...
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18Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, Apr. 18 -- Basketball fans will be treated to a rare extravaganza starring the acknowledged next generation of outstanding Pinoy basketball players in the National Training Camp of the Jr. National Basketball Association (NBA) Philippines 2013 on April 28. The most promising young stars of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and provincial school leagues will pit their talents against each other in an exhib...
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18Apr2013DAVAO DEL NORTE, April 18 (PIA) -- One of the seven Filipino high school student participants to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) hails from Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Judel Jay A. Tabsing, a 16-year old- fourth- year- high-school student of the Panabo National High School will join six other Filipino high school students to the Intel ISEF which will be held in Phoenix Convention Center, Arizona, U.S.A. on May 12 to 17. Other Filipino contingent members to the ...
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18Apr2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY, April 18 (PIA) -- Military commanders in typhoon Pablo-hit provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental have proposed measures to strengthen disaster preparedness, mitigation and response during the recently conducted Typhoon Pablo Lessons Learned/After Action Review. The review was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Agencies (UN OCHA) in close coordination with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), held in Nabunturan, Compostel...
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18Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture is bringing to higher level its commitment to transparency in all transactions, programs and projects. Recently , DA’s Information Technology Center for Agriculture and Fisheries conducted a consultation workshop for data security and handling access and data sharing standard policy of the department. Members of the DA-Information Technology Round for Agriculture’s Communications Thr...
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18Apr2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE,April 18 (PIA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has affirmed its support to the “Tindog Compostela Valley Movement,” by facilitating the construction of 300 houses for the homeless victims of typhoon Pablo. Rizalino “Jorie” de los Santos IOM Provincial Coordinator said the IOM is committed to finish 110 houses apportioned to: New Bataan- 42 units; Compostela- 46 units and; Montevista- 22 units. Construction of other houses are still ...
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18Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 18 (PIA) -- Food, beverage , and packaging company San Miguel Corporation and the Department of Agriculture 12 are urging farmers in South Cotabato and nearby provinces to plant cassava. In a recent training on cassava production, post-harvest facilities and processing technologies, Edgar Labor, regional cassava focal person, said the government agency and SMC are jointly pushing for increased cassava prod...
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18Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Autonomous Region in Mulsim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) continues its relentless information and education campaign to increase agricultural production and reduce palay grain losses and rice wastage. Over the years, DAF-ARMM has utilized the broadcast medium to reach out and impart knowledge and skills on rice, corn, animal raising, fruit crops and vegetable backyard gardening, fishing technology and other related cours...
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18Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA) -- At least 17 indigent and conflict-affected barangays across Soccsksargen Region are set to benefit from the national government’s PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) Program. Amalia Jayag-Datukan, regional executive director of the Department of Agriculture 12, said the target communities were named in a recent consultative meeting in Davao City to identify programs for the priority areas for 2014 to 2016...
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18Apr2013AGUSAN DEL SUR, April 18 (PIA) -- The province of Agusan del Sur has received financial assistance worth P1 million from Cebu City for the victims of typhoon Pablo that hit the province last December 4, 2012. Agusan del Sur Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza made the announcement during the provincial regular flag raising ceremony at the provincial capitol grounds here in Patin-ay, Prosperidad. The governor said the help from the city government of Cebu will go a long way in helping the victims recover ...
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18Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 18 -- After thorough evaluation and assessment, the Department of Interior and Local Government region 10, together with the members of the Regional Awards Team (RAT), recognized Barangay Kauswagan, this city, as the Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa under the Highly Urbanized Cities Category in the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA) for CY 2013. DILG-10 Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos commended Barangay Kauswagan for being a consistent regional LTIA awarde...
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17Apr2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Apr 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) has began re-imposing interest charges on employers for non-remittance and late remittance of premium contributions. Pursuant to PhilHealth Circular No. 0004 series of 2013, the country’s health insurance body revived on April 12 its policy on imposing a two-percent monthly interest charge on employers’ late premium payments. Irene P. Martinez, PhilHealth information officer in Ilocos, said the interest ch...
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17Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will activate Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE) on May 27-31 and the Public Assistance Station (PAS) on June 1-8 to ensure the smooth opening of School Year (SY) 2013-2014. OBE and the PAS aims to address problems commonly encountered during this period, particularly, assurance that students are properly enrolled and able to attend school on the first day of classes, June 3. In DepEd Memorandum 64, series of 2013, ...
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17Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Narekober kamakailan ang mga iligal na troso sa bayan ng Kabacan, North Cotabato partikular sa watershed area sa Barangay Pisan. Ayon kay Brgy. Kapitan Remegio Alejo, ang nasabing mga kahoy ay pinutol sa iba’t-ibang haba at sukat at nakahimpil sa gilid ng daan ng madatnan ng tropa ng mga pulis at militar. Nanguna sa pagkumpiska sa mga illegally-cut logs ang pamunuan ng Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) at ang mg...
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17Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development – 12 and its partners are forging a collaboration in poverty alleviation program in line with continuing efforts to address needs of indigent families in Soccsksargen. In a forum in Glan, Sarangani recently DSWD 12 and various regional line agencies drafted a memorandum of understanding (MOU), particularly to uplift the economic conditions of poo...
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17Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Magsugod sa Hunyo 3, 2013, adlaw nga Lunes ang tuig-tingtugha kun School Year 2013-2014 ug matapos kini sa Marso 31, 2014, usa usab ka Lunes, ang katapusang adlaw sa klase. Kini ang giluwatan ni Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro, kinsa mipagawas sa School Calendar alang sa SY 2013-2014 aron mahan-ay ang mga kalihokan kun sa gitawag nga teaching-learning activities sa maong tuig-tingtungha, ingon man mapuslan pag-ayo ang kinatibuk-an nga du...
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17Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Soccsksargen Region have recently been provided access social insurance via a collaboration between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 and the Social Security System (SSS) Brendo Belmonte, accounts management section head of SSS Koronadal Branch recently briefed over a thousand 4Ps beneficiaries here and about 250 from nearby Banga...
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17Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, April, 17 (PIA) -- Dalawang munisipyo sa South Cotabato ang napiling makinabang sa programang Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan –Agrarian Reform Areas (PAMANA-ARA). Kinilala ni Regina S. De Leon, chief agrarian reform program officer for support services ng Department of Agrarian Reform – South Cotabato ang mga ito na ang mga bayan ng Polomolok at Tupi. Ani de Leon, layon ng nasabing programa ang makamit ang pangmatagalang ...
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17Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here will hold free training and seminars for new, existing and would-be entrepreneurs in the province. It will run every third week of the month starting this April at the DTI provincial office, Manuel Building, San Isidro Street, Malaybalay City. DTI Provincial Director Ermedio J. Abang said the training includes the following topics: costing and pricing, visual merchandising, e-mail appreciation, Busines...
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16Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Pag-asa ((Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) are urging local government units (LGUs) to have their own community-based flood early warning system (CBFEWS). Danny Flores of the Hydrometeorology Division of DOST-Pag-asa said the system is a locally based operational flood forecasting and warning activities of a community that aids them in mitigating the effects of floodi...
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16Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- There are increases in the fees as well as in the paid-up capital requirements for mining applications. The regional office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) here said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2013-10 last February 20, increasing mining fees and imposing processing fees for mining applications. The DAO is based on Executive Order No. 79 issued by President Aquino...
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16Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 16 (PIA) -- The civil society organizations in Basilan together with the military, police, and a number of local candidates in various elective positions have gathered on April 11 for a compact signing to ensure peaceful, free, and fair 2013 elections. The historic event dubbed “Payapang Bayan, Payapang Halalan (Peaceful Nation, Peaceful Election)” campaign was convened by the Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER), the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Phil...
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16Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato April 16 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) in Region 12 has surpassed its palay procurement target for the first quarter of this year, an official said. NFA 12 regional director Raul B. Chong confirmed at the Regional Management Committee Meeting (REMANCOM) held in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, that 173,564 bags of palay were procured in all areas covered by the region for the months of January to March, this year. Chong said this figure almost doubled th...
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16Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 16 (PIA) -- Nilagdaan kamakailan ang isang energy supply contract (ESC) sa pagitan ng Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) sa P-Palma Area at Therma South, Inc. (TSI) ng Aboitiz Power. Ito ay may kaugnayan sa ginagawang coal-fired power plant sa Toril Davao City. Sa ilalim ng kontrata, bibili ang Cotelco P-PALMA ng 5MW na kuryente mula sa 300-MW circulating-fluidized bed (CFB) sa coal plant ng Toril district. Ayon kay Felix Canja, general manage...
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16Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 16 (PIA)-- Hiniling ng pamunuan ng Kidapawan City PNP sa North Cotabato sa mga mamamayan sa lungsod na patuloy na suportahan ang kanilang kampanya sa paglaban sa kriminalidad na nangyayari sa lungsod. Ito ay dahil sa patuloy na pagdami ng mga insidente ng panghoholdap at nakawan na naitala sa lugar. Ayon kay Kidapawan City PNP Police Director Joseph Semillano, nadaragdagan ang bilang ng mga nabanggit na krimen at partikular na biktima nito ay mga es...
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16Apr2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Abril 16 (PIA6) -- Ginhingyo sang Department of Science and Technology ukon DOST ang publiko nga gamition ang website sang Project NOAH ukon Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards para sa impormasyon sa panahon kag datus nahanungod sa pagbaha. Suno kay Dr. Alfredo Lagmay, Executive Director sang Project NOAH, ang mga ahensya sang gobyerno kalakip ang DOST kag PAGASA ukon Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration nagapangita sang mga p...
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16Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 15 (PIA) -- Isinagawa kamakailan ang election reporting training sa lungsod ng Kidapawan sa North Cotabato na pinangunahan ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). Ang pagsasanay ay dinaluhan ng mga mamamahayag sa buong South at Central Mindanao partikular sa lungsod ng Cotabato, lungsod ng Tacurong sa Sultan Kudarat, lungsod ng Kidapawan at mga bayan ng Kabacan at Midsayap naman sa North Cotabato. Kabilang sa mga naging tagapagsal...
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16Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Abril 16 (PIA) -- Mga 17 ka mga pobre kag inagyan sang gamo nga mga baryo sa napili nga mga banwa sa apat ka mga probinsiya sang rehiyon 12 makaambit sang kaayuhan halin sa kay Presidente Benigno Simeon Aquino III sa buluhaton nga PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) sang Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 nga ginpahibalo sang nagligad nga Sabado. Ang PAMANA isa ka buluhaton sang gobyerno nasyunal kag balayan para sa katawhay kag pag-uswag nga ginapatuman sa...
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16Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 16 (PIA) – Barangay Macalang, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte bested other nominees to the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award (LTIA) Regional level as it was declared by the LTIA Regional Awards Committee (RAC) Region XIII as the Regional winner for the 1st to 3rd Class Municipality Category. The said Lupon will represent not only the Province of Agusan del Norte but the whole of Caraga Region as well to the National Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award as it competes with o...
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16Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 16 (PIA) -- The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) here employed 150 students under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Herculano S. Ronolo, city administrator, said the hired students underwent an orientation urging them to follow government rules and policies, specifically on the aspect of working hours and the delivery of quality public service. Ronolo said that of 150 student grantees, 100 of them will work for the per...
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15Apr2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- Soon, more classrooms will be built as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) earmarked an additional P2 billion to fund the construction of around 2,000 classrooms in public schools all over the country. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Cristino Naguiat, Jr., Education Secretary Armin Luistro and Secretary Rogelio Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement to mark the second phase of the sa...
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15Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 15 (PIA)--Ang Department of Trade and Industry sa Bukidnon mopahigayon sa libreng ‘entrepreneurship training’ ug seminar alang niadtong mga bag-o, mga kamulong nag negosyo ug mga buot mag negosyo dinhi sa probinsya. Ipahigayon kini matag ikatulo nga semana sa bulan nga magsugod karong umaabot Abril 15 diha sa DTI provincial office, nahimutang sa Manuel building, San Isidro Street, Malaybalay City. Si DTI provincial director Ermedio J. Abang miingon nga laki...
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15Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 15 (PIA) -- The regional secretary of the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepED-ARMM) lauded the teachers and pupils under the Marawi City School Division. Lawyer Jamar Kulayan, who graced the city’s 33rd founding anniversary on Sunday, said he is proud and impressed by the recent performance of the Marawi City School Division. He said Marawi City School Division recorded a high rating in the regional assessment in Scienc...
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15Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 15 (PIA) -- Umaasa ang pamunuan Barangay Peace-keeping Action Team (BPAT) sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato na maibibigay na sa kanilang hanay ang mga hiniling na kagamitan tulad ng base at hand held radios. Ayon kay BPAT Federation President Danny Ahoc, importante ang naturang mga gamit upang mapabilis ang komunikasyon lalo na sa mga hindi inaasahang pagkakataon. Aniya, mas lalong kailangan ang mga kagamitan upang masawata ang mga panghohold...
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14Apr2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, April 14 (PIA) -- The PhilHealth Insurance Corp has issued an immediate and indefinite suspension order to BancNet from collecting premium contribution payments from the Employed Sector. Employers are advised to halt premium payments using the BancNet eGov facility. Likewise, enrolment to this facility by prospective employers must be put on hold until all technical problems are resolved. All PhilHealth regional offices and branches were instructed to guide em...
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13Apr2013DAVAO ORIENTAL, April 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) XI along with the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Agencies (UN-OCHA) will visit the Davao Oriental to conduct Typhoon ‘Bopha’ Pablo Lessons Learned/After Action Review. Barry Armstrong, head of UN-OCHA Davao Sub-Office explained the activity was designed to capture the various interventions delivered by multi-responding agencies including that of the national and local governments. Retired Brig...
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13Apr2013Revised version: OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 13 (PIA) -- The amount of P14,110,400,000 will be used for the construction, replacement, and completion of kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school buildings in areas with acute classroom shortage. This is among the guidelines set in the Joint Circular No. 2013-1, issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Public Works and Highways and Department of Education (DBM-DPWH-DepEd) relative to the implementa...
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13Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Members of the Oro Association of Rafters, river guides and their dependents took time out from their busy schedules to participate in the tree growing activity of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Conceptualized to increase environmental consciousness to help save and protect Mother earth, the activity called “Iswag Kagay-an” kicked-off on April 11 along the riverside in Barangay Mambuaya, here. It aims to restore the aesthetic value of ...
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13Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is encouraging the public to visit the website of Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) for information on weather and flooding data. Dr. Alfredo Lagmay, Project NOAH Executive Director, said the government including the DOST and PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) are exploring all means to disseminate timely information on disaster mitigation ...
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12Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 12 (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) started Thursday night concrete reblocking and repair activities in 10 intermittent sections along EDSA and in three national roads which will last until 6 a.m. of Monday, April 15. DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson appealed to motorists and the public for their understanding for the temporary inconvenience. Singson directed the five engineering district offices of DPWH-NCR to supe...
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12Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 12 (PIA) -- Magsasagawa ng post climb assessment and evaluation ang Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) ng Makilala, North Cotabato sa katatapos lamang na Mt. Apo Summer Climb. Ayon kay Makilala MENRO Engr. Walter Ruizo, ito ay upang malaman kung may mga paglabag na ginawa ang mga mountaineers. Sinabi ni Ruizo na sa mga nakalipas na Mt. Apo climb, maraming paglabag na namonitor ang MENRO partikular sa New Israel at Malumpini ...
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12Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 12 (PIA) -- After thorough deliberation of the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA) Regional Awards Committee headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion as Chairperson, the LTIA Regional Finalists for C.Y. 2012 are finally revealed. The list of Regional Finalists CY 2012 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards as follows: - Highly Urbanized Cities Category - Brgy. San Vicente, Butuan City - Com...
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11Apr2013PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, April 11 (PIA) -- The local government of Panabo City led by Mayor Jose L. Silvosa Sr. joined the seventh Founding Anniversary with a theme “Mariculture Park, Padayon alang sa Kalamboan ug Panginabuhian” of the Panabo Mariculture Park last March 25-30 at the Mariculture Park Bagsakan Center, Barangay Cagangohan. Silvosa attended the event and encouraged stakeholders to support the fishery business. He said that stakeholders, fishers, and the local government pl...
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11Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- Guimaras Tourism Officer Atty. Sharon Billones said they had 30,000 tourists and visitors in last year’s Manggahan Festival and aim to surpass this in this year's festival. “We expect to gather about 50,000 tourists and visitors for this year’s event,” Billones said. The 2013 Manggahan Festival will officially open on March 15 at the Guimaras Capitol Grounds, in Jordan. Billones said they have set aside about 10 tons of mangoes for the week-long event, p...
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11Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 11 (PIA) -- Following the success of the Agri-Pinoy Rice Program’s Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers’ Awards (APRAA), the Department of Agriculture’s Agri-Pinoy Corn Program has launched the nationwide Corn Quality Awards to give honors to top achievers involved in the development of the corn industry. Zaldy Boloron, regional corn program coordinator of DA 12 said, the awards, which has a budget allotment of P29- million, is ope...
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11Apr2013MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTTAL, April 11 (PIA)-- Davao Oriental’s 183 barangays and its 10 towns and a lone city have been cleared of rebel influence by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Eastern Mindanao Command. During the Area Clearing Completion Ceremony held April 10 in Mati City, Lt. Gen. Jorge Segovia, commanding general of AFP Eastern Mindanao Command, declared the ending of the “grim chapter in the history of Davao Oriental.” He gave credit to Peace and Development Pr...
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11Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 11 -- The utility firm Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) has opened its first mall-based full-service center and also started airing its first radio program. The radio program titled Kaalaman sa Kuryente or Power Knowledge is aired over DXUM-Radyo Ukay every Thursday 2 p.m.-3 p.m. The program started broadcasting last April 4 and is hosted by Amy Cabusao. Several resource persons from the company will be available during the duration of the program. The radio project aims...
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11Apr2013MANILA, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communications said the deadline for the submission of pre-qualification documents for the Contactless Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) Project will be on April 12. Likewise, the DOTC said that for the LRT Line 1 Extension Project, One-on-One meetings with the pre-qualified bidders will be from April 22-23, and the submission of bids is set on June 17, 2013. The agency said it has given bidders ample time to submit the bes...
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10Apr2013LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, April 10 (PIA) -- Unknown to many, the Lingayen Gulf played a significant role during World War II when the country’s soldiers and veterans fought in Bataan and Corregidor against the Japanese Imperial Army. Historians say the Lingayen Gulf was where General Douglas MacArthur first landed to lead the war against the Japanese and which continued in Bataan and Corregidor where the gallantry and valor of Filipinos were displayed. President Benigno Aquino III, by virtue of ...
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10Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the winners in the First National Search for the “GURO ng PAG-ASA (Gantimpala para sa Ulirang Pagtuturo ng Pag-iimpok at Araling PanSAlapi),” Award held in the last quarter of 2012. The winners were selected from 28 nominees nationwide and were given P100,000 and plaques of recognition while their schools were given a complete set of computers. Declared winners in the national level and t...
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10Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 10 (PIA) -- A series of public consultations for the formulation of a Renewable Energy Code of Practice in the country will be held in April and May. Initiated by the Renewable Energy Management Bureau of the Department of Energy (REMB-DOE) in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the consultations will be conducted in regions 3, 7, 10 and 4A (Calabarzon). To be participated in by the several stakeholders of the country’s Renewable E...
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10Apr2013MANILA, April 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine government, in cooperation with the French government, opened an art exhibit featuring four national treasures from the Philippines at the Museé du Quai Branly in Paris, France Monday, April 8, 2013. Vice President Jejomar C. Binay represented President Benigno S. Aquino III in the event, dubbed “Philippines: Archipel des Echanges” (Philippines: Archipelago of Exchanges), which also features more than 300 works of art focusing on pre-colonial Phili...
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10Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- A team from the Department of Health-Manila and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) under Dr. Kadil “Jojo” Sinolinding, Jr. is visiting Bongo Island, in Parang, Maguindanao particularly the cholera outbreak stricken barangay of Tukamarur today, April 10. Last April 2, DOH-ARMM has declared a cholera outbreak in barangay Tukamarur after 31 residents have been hospitalized due to the water-borne disease due to contamination following a heavy rain the d...
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09Apr2013BALIWAG, Bulacan Abril 9 (PIA) - Magandang balita para sa mga naghahanap ng bagong trabaho. Sinimulan kahapon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa pakikipagtulungan ng Municipal Public Employment Service Office (PESO) ang maagang pagpapatala para sa mga jobseekers o naghahanap ng trabaho kaugnay ng nalalapit na Labor Day Job Fair sa Mayo 1 sa SM City Baliwag. Ang pagsasagawa ng pre-registration para sa mga aplikante ay magpapabilis ng proseso ng kanilang aplikasyon sa mismong araw ...
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09Apr2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 9 (PIA)--Gi-aghat sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga ilegal ug dili dokumentadong overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa Saudi Arabia sa pagtarong na sa ilang mga dokumento karong gihunong ang crackdown operations sa illegal migrants didto. Matud pa ni DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, maayong higayon ang gi-anunsyong tulo ka buwan nga lugway sa hari sa Saudi sa paggukod sa mga illegal workers aron tarungon sa mga Pinoy ang ilang mga papeles. Gitamba...
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08Apr2013NEGROS OCC., April 8 (PIA6) -- Considered the biggest activity and the mother of all festivals in the province, the 20th Panaad sa Negros Festival kicks off today with a thanksgiving mass at 8 a.m. at the 2nd Floor of the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The mass, to be officiated by Msgr. Guillermo Ma. A. Gaston, will be followed by ribbon cutting ceremonies led by Governor Alfredo Marañon for the Panaad Tourism and Trade Fair showcasing the Best Products Displ...
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08Apr2013MANILA, April 8 (PIA) -- The stage is set again for the nationwide search for great singers. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) will stage a new season of their highly successful singing competition – the "OPM@PAGCOR 3: A Nationwide Search for the Total OPM Performer." OPM president and multi-talented artist Ogie Alcasid said the continued partnership of OPM and PAGCOR gives inspiration to many promising artists in th...
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08Apr2013STO TOMAS, Davao del Norte April 8 (PIA) -- Military authorities endorsed a minor under the care of the Provincial Welfare and Development Office of Davao del Norte, following her surrender after four months of joining the rebel movement. Lt. Colonel Llewellyn Binasoy, commanding officer of the 60th Infantry Battalion handed over Ana (not her real name), 17 to the PSWD-Davao del Norte for stress debriefing and medical treatment due to her suffering in the company of rebels under front committ...
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07Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 7 (PIA) -- Air passengers can now get a fair deal from the carriers during o delay of flight schedules and flight cancellations, as spelled out in the “Air Passengers’ Bill of Rights.” For example, if already at the airport at the time of the announcement of the flight cancellation, a passenger have the right to demand from the carrier, sufficient refreshments, meals or snacks consisting of at least a bottle of water and sandwich, or breakfast, lunch...
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06Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) held a consultation meeting on its next year’s proposed budget of P588M that was participated in by over 70 civil society organizations (CSOs) in Cebu. DENR 7 regional executive director Dr. Isabelo Montejo said, this public consultation dialogue with the various stakeholders is pursued to ensure transparency and accountability in the budget process and implementation of the agency’s budget proposal fo...
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05Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Abril 5 (PIA) -- Matapos ang kanyang matapang na pakikipagsagupaan sa 15 rebeldeng New People’s Army na sumalakay sa Community Police Assistance Center sa Barangay Sinilon sa T’boli, South Cotabato noong Marso 20, tuloy-tuloy ngayon ang buhos ng gantimpala at pagkilala kay Police Officer 1 Roel Armecin. Noong Martes, mismong si PNP Chief Director General ang kumilala sa tapang ni Armecin sa isang ser...
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05Apr2013A new community in Pamucalin village in Lantawan, Basilan part of the “highway of peace,” is rising, and these are being built from the sweat and passion of hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life within and outside the province. At Pamucalin village, some 18 kilometers from Isabela City, 18 of the 30 houses are taking form with hundreds of volunteers actively participating in the Bayani Challenge 2013 in this island province. The village is eyed to be the show window for several ...
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05Apr2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, April 5 (PIA) -- The provincial government of the Compostela Valley continues with its distribution of family food packs to Typhoon Pablo victims in the province. The LGU through the Provincial Social Welfare & Development Office (PSWDO), are now on the fifth round of distribution starting way back from January 2013, providing typhoon-victim families whose farms and houses were devastated and livelihood wiped out. The food assistance is a continuous effort of the...
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05Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued the guidelines for the April 9 regular holiday pay. Pursuant to the Labor Advisory No. 06, series of 2012, signed by DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiles-Baldoz, last Dec. 10, the following guidelines in the computation for the April 9 pay will apply: If the employee did not work, he/she shall be paid 100 percent of his/her salary for that day or the daily rate plus cost of living allowan...
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04Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 3 (PIA) --The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is pursuing the digitization of budget processes in support of public financial management reforms. This was conveyed by DBM Secretary Florencio S. Abad in his keynote address during the 1st Quarterly Membership Meeting and Seminar of the Philippine Association for Government Budget Administration (PAGBA), Inc. held at the Sarabia Manor Hotel here. Abad said that starting 2014, all budget submissions will be done elec...
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04Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Around 1,000 bamboo seedlings will be grown by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) along the riverbanks of Cagayan River starting this month. The tree growing initiative called “Iswag Kagay-an” will kick-off on April 11 in Barangay Mambuaya, the beginners’ point of the white water rafting here. It will be participated by local folks including members of the Oro Association of Rafters, river guides and their dependents. Atheneus Vasallo, o...
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04Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Pag-IBIG Fund members who have already complied with the Online Membership Registration via www.pagibigfund.gov.ph but had inadvertently encoded erroneous information on their personal data may now request for the editing or updating of their personal profile by accomplishing the Members Change of Information Form (MCIF). The MCIF is a downloadable form which must be signed by both the member and the Employer or the duly authorized signatory of the Head of...
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04Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 4 (PIA)--Nagsimula nang tumanggap ng aplikante ang tanggapan ng unang distrito ng North Cotabato upang maging iskolar sa ilalim ng programang ‘Edukasyon para sa Kapayapaan.’ Kabilang sa mga kakailanganin upang mapabilang sa mga iskolar ay ang resulta ng entrance exam mula sa University of Southern Mindanao (USM), Form 137, Letter of Intent, Certificate of Good Moral Character, at isang ID picture. Pinaalalahanan naman ng pamunuan ng unang distrit...
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04Apr2013TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, April 4 (PIA) -- Barangay Upper Katungal in Tacurong City, is Soccksargen Region's entry to the 2013 National Lupong Tagpamayapa Incentives and Awards (LTIA)-Component City Category, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Before the Holy Wek, LTIA Regional Evaluation Committee conducted a site evaluation in Brgy. Upper Katungal Lupong Tagapamayapa (LT) Office last month. During the visit, village ch...
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04Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 4 (PIA6) -- The Aquino government is putting high premium in social protection programs as part of its thrust of spending on right priorities. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad in a press conference in Iloilo City, April 3, bared that for this year, the government has earmarked P44 billion for the Pantawid Pamilya, targeting four million beneficiaries. “In 2010, we had only P10 billion for 4Ps with one million beneficiaries,” Abad said. Abad said for the first time, g...
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04Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- No government agency, no local government unit, no corporation can succeed unless they have very good budget administrators. This was expressed by the Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio S. Abad in his keynote address during the 1st Quarterly Membership Meeting and Seminar of the Philippine Association for Government Budget Administration (PAGBA), Inc. held at the Sarabia Manor Hotel here. Abad said that the budget officers are the unsung he...
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04Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) – Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. denied involvement in the disruption of a religious activity dubbed "Panaad 2013" in Barangay Anticala, in which an alleged misencounter between government forces occurred. The activity was spearheaded by incumbent Congressman of 1st District Agusan del Norte Hon. Jose 'Joboy' Aquino II, who is also his opponent for mayor in the May elections. “I am not against this religious activity of the Catholics. I may not be a catholic by r...
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03Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The power utility firm Davao Light and Power Company assured that the supply of electricity in Davao City and other service areas like Panabo City and Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte will remain stable even beyond the election period, despite the power curtailment being observed in other areas in Mindanao due to power shortage. Speaking in the Club 888 business forum at the Marco Polo Hotel, Ross Luga, consumer relations service officer of the Davao Light said they expe...
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03Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 3 -- An additional 149 science and mathematics-inclined youth from Region 10 are among the incoming DOST scholars starting school year 2013-2014. They are to join the thousands of on-going Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholars who are to become future scientists and engineers. Of the 149 passers, 127 belong to the economically-disadvantaged families (Republic Act 7687) while other 22 qualified under the Merit category of the scholarship program. The ...
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03Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 3 (PIA) -- Patuloy pa ring ipinatutupad sa unang distrito ng North Cotabato ang programang ‘Liwanag para sa Kapayapaan’ kung saan ipinamamahagi ang mga libreng salamin sa mga mamamayan. Kaugnay nito, isasagawa sa Huwebes ang libreng eye examination sa Barangay New Culasi, Pigcawayan. Nabatid na nitong nakalipas na buwan, aabot na sa higit 6,000 ang kabuuang bilang ng naipamahaging salamin sa iba’t- ibang barangay ng Distrito Uno. Humigit-kumul...
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03Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- All roads will lead to Pangasinan as it marks its 433rd founding anniversary on April 5. Maria Luisa Elduayan, provincial tourism officer, said the event will kick off with a thanksgiving mass at the Capitol plaza at 7:30 am. One the event’s highlights is the presentation of the book, “Pangasinan History and Development” to Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. The book was researched by the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission, Elduayan said during the Pa...
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03Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- A top military commander supported the position of the 10th Infantry Division not to suspend military operations to give in to the conditions of the New Peoples Army to release an abducted police officer. Lt. General Jorge Segovia, commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command said the rebels would always ask for suspension of military operations prior to the release of a kidnapped victim. He said the military would never yield to any demand from a rebel group. “We ...
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03Apr2013CEBU CITY April 3 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) is set to implement procedural reforms on some transactions effective May 2013 to grant faster services to the public, These include the use of their Membership Identification (MID) or Registration Tracking Number (RTN) to be indicated upon the submission of the following forms: Members’ Contribution Remittance Form (MCRF); Short Term Loan/Multi-Purpose Loan Applications; and Monthly Remittance Schedule for Multi-Purpose ...
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03Apr2013CABUYAO CITY, Laguna, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized the city of Cabuyao for achieving an excellent score of 95.30 in the Anti-Red Tape Act-Report card Survey (ARTA-RCS) for the Fiscal Year 2012. DILG Provincial Director Lionel L. Dalope presented the certificate of recognition to Cabuyao City Mayor, Isidro L. Hemedes Jr during the flag-raising ceremony last March 18, 2013. The ARTA-RCS project was implemented pursuant to Republic Act 94...
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02Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Nagsagawa ng inisyal na hakbang ang Project Management Office ng PALMA-PB Alliance of Municipalities kaugnay ng iminumungkahing solusyon sa krisis ng kuryente. Ayon kay PALMA-PB Project Manager Orly Maraingan, may ginawa na silang ‘mapping’ ng malalaki at maliliit na rice millers sa buong distrito. Dagdag ni Maraingan, layunin umano ng PPALMA Alliance na magkaroon ng isang lehitimong asosasyon ng mga rice millers sa unang distrito ng N...
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02Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Binigyan ng kaukulang aksyon ng pamunuan ng City Health Office (CHO) ng lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang patuloy na pagtaas ng kaso ng dengue sa ilang mga lugar sa naturang lungsod. Kaugnay nito, kahapon ay nagsimula nang magbomba ng kemikal ang mga kawani ng CHO sa isang barangay kung saan naitala ang maraming kaso ng nabanggit na sakit. Ayon kay Luningning Alqueza, midwife ng Barangay Sibawan, target ng pagbobomba ng kemikal ay...
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02Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang patayuan ng palikuran at hand washing area ang aabot sa 21 mga paaralan sa elementary at sekundarya sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato. Kaugnay nito, ngayong araw ay gaganapin ang Water and Sanitation (WatSan) Project Pre-Construction Conference sa opisina ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon sa naturang probinsya. Ang gaganaping aktibidad na dadaluhan ng 21 school heads mula sa mga benepisyaryong paaralan ay magtatalakay sa pagsasakatuparan ...
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02Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) - - “I love the Philippines, I pay taxes correctly,” is this year’s theme of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as the tax campaign kicked off in the province of Antique in a caravan around the major thoroughfares of San Jose, the capital town of the province recently. Ursula V. Equiña, Revenue District Officer of Revenue District No.73, in an interview, said they are all out in their campaign especially since the filing of income tax returns nears. The the...
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02Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA)--The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (Noreco2) will hold district elections for audit and election committees during its annual general membership assembly on April 14 at Pamplona gymnasium, municipality of Pamplona, Negros Oriental. The Noreco2 management advised all electric cooperative members interested to run for the two committees on election and audit to secure and file their certificate of candidacy on or before April 6 at the member services depart...
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01Apr2013CAMP MANUEL YAN, MAWAB, COMVAL April 1 (PIA) -- The military has assessed a relative peace in all the areas covered by the 10th Infantry Division during the commemoration of the Holy Week. Lt. Colonel Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division said the heightened alert observed by the soldiers paid off with the zero atrocities monitored in the countryside compared to the week prior to the Holy Days. He said the rebels could have used also the occasion to reflect and to rest. Pa...
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01Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- Lakip ang gitawag nga COLA kun cost of living allowance sa kwentada sa sweldo sa mga trabahante atol sa regular ug special nga pista opisyal nga walay trabaho na nasud. Kini ang giluwatan ni Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiles-Baldoz sa DOLE kun Department of Labor and Employment sa Labor Advisory No. 06, serye 2012 nga iyang gipirmahan kaniadtong Disyembre 10 sa milabay nga tuig. Sumala sa DOLE LA 06, ang inadlaw nga suholan sa Marso 28 ug Marso ...
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01Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 1 (PIA) -- An African proverb says that it takes a village to raise a child. But for some Filipino families, it took a government program to help them raise their children. Nieves Labrado, 38, of Orlandao, Basay, Cebu found it hard to move on with her life after her husband of 13 years left her for another woman. Nieves was left alone to care for her three children ages 13, 9, and 7 years old. But Nieves did move on, thanks to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilino Program (4Ps), th...
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01Apr2013LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS, Abril 1 (PIA) --Nagkaloob ang pamahalaang panlalawigan sa pamamagitan ng Provincial Agricultures Office (PAO) ng mga makinang pambukid sa limang bayan noong Marso 26. May limang organisasyon ng mga magsasaka mula sa limang bayan sa lalawigan ang napagkalooban ng mga makina. Kabilang dito ang Sangguniang Barangay ng Bagong Pook, Rosario - 1 unit ng hand tractor at 1 unit ng rice thresher; Sangguniang Barangay ng Sampiro, San Juan -1 unit ng hand tractor; Municipal Agricult...
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01Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- The cost of living allowance (COLA) is included in the computation of the pay for daily-paid workers during the 2013 regular and special non-working holidays in the country. In her Labor Advisory No. 06, s. of 2012, which Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiles-Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued last Decmber 10, last year, the following rules for pay of regular holidays March 28 and March 29 apply: If the employee did not ...
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01Apr2013PADRE GARCIA, Batangas, Abril 1 (PIA) --Nagkaloob ng iba't ibang common service facilities para sa mga magsasaka ng Barangay Quilo Quilo South ng bayang ito ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Ang mga kagamitang tulad ng rice tresher, hand tractor at ang itatayong flatbed dryer ay ipinagkaloob sa pagdiriwang kamakailan ng Farmers Day na may temang "Magsasaka...Buhay na Bayani at Kaagapay sa Patuloy na Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura." Sinabi ni provincial agrarian reform officer Felixberto Kaga...
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01Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- The policy of “no work, no pay” will apply to the special non-working holiday pay for daily-paid workers last Black Saturday, March 30. This is pursuant to Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiles-Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), who issued Labor Advisory No. 06, which she signed on Dec. 10, 2012, concerning the computation of the worker’s pay during special non-working days in 2013. The said advisory specifies that if the e...
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31Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar. 31 (PIA) -- The Philippine Speleological Society (PSS) in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-XI (DENR-XI) is set to hold the 13th National Caving Congress on April 8-12, at the municipality of New Corella, Davao del Norte. The five-day event which will be hosted by the Protected Areas and Wildlife Division (PAWD) of DENR carries this year’s theme: “Harmonizing Management Interventions for the Sustainable Use of our Caves and Cave Resource...
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30Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- “Sometimes it’s a choice between to have lunch or have a book photocopied," says Churchel Avila of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental one of the 19 students from the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the province that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) granted college level scholarship through its Students Grant-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA). "We do extra research time at the library because we cannot afford an internet...
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30Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced that it will refund the amount of P126.47 million to more than 20,500 active and retired employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) beginning first week of April. The second tranche of refund represents the payment of premium contributions pertaining to the government share, which were previously deducted from the life insurance benefits of these employees. Last January, GSIS ...
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29Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 29 -- The New People’s Army (NPA) believed to be members of Guerilla Front 21C of North Eastern Mindanao Committee (NEMRC) harassed the devotees during the conduct of station of the cross “Panaad 2013” at Barangay Anticala, this city at 5 am today. Thousands of people, including police and military personnel joining the station of the cross where harassed by the NPAs in Purok Iyaw of said area. Unfortunately, one Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) (name i...
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28Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar 28 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election reiterated the prohibition of campaigning during the Holy Week particularly on Good Friday. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor in Pangasinan, said although campaign period at the local level starts 45 days before the actual election, this year is different as the first day of campaign, March 29, falls on a Good Friday. “Natapat sa mahal na araw kaya pinagbabawal talaga (ng batas),” (It fell on a holy day that is...
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28Mar2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reminded the candidates that campaigning is prohibited on Holy Thursday, March 28, and on Good Friday, March 29. Lawyer Stalin A. Baguio, Provincial Elections Supervisor (PES) of Misamis Occidental, said this is in order to give the people the full opportunity to ponder on the significance of the Holy Week and give them the chance to properly observe its traditions with religious fervor without prejud...
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28Mar2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- Gipahinumduman sa Comelec kun Commission on Elections ang mga kandidato ug mga partido political nga gidili ang pagpangampanya sa Huwebes Santo ug Biyernes Santo, kun Marso 28 ug Marso 29, ning tuig. Kini ang giluwatan ni Atty. Stalin A. Baguio, PES kun Provincial Elections Supervisor (PES) sa Misamis Occidental, kinsa miingon nga ang maong balaod gihimo sa Comelec aron mahatagan ang katawhan sa panahon nga mamalandong sa kahulogan sa Holy W...
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27Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Pelagio S. Apostol reminded government officials and employees not to use their service vehicles in their out-of-town family vacations for the Holy Week on March 28-31. Apostol issued the statement as their office for Western Visayas reported on the result of the simultaneous Inter-Agency Oplan Red Plate Operation conducted by the Ombudsman-led task force last Saturday, March 23 in the region. Ombudsman Visayas-Western Visayas ...
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27Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 27 (PIA6) -- Antique Provincial Health Office (PHO) urged the public to continue the fight against dengue since mosquitoes bite anytime, can hurt anyone and can thrive in various places. Tess Vergara, Supervising Sanitary Inspector, Provincial Health Office in an interview enjoined the public to pursue the campaign to ward off mosquitoes all year round because "aedis egypti", a dengue carrying mosquito thrives both in rainy and dry seasons. As of March 25, Vergara r...
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27Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 27 (PIA) -- Naghimo ang mga opisyal sang Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa rehiyon sang pakigpulong sa mga 2,000 ka mga mangunguma pinaagi sa “usapang Palay” sa tuyo nga mapadayon ang tampad kag mapadaku ang produkto sang humay. Ang hugpong sang “Usapang Palay” nagpahibalo nga ang probinsiya sang Sultan Kudarat, nga ginkilala nga nagapanguna nagaprodukto sang humay, may ara madamo nga tiglawas nga mga 1007 ka mga mangunguma, ginsundan sang S...
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27Mar2013DAVAO CITY March 27 (PIA) -- A hotel executive bared that his company is bullish on the potentials of the Philippines as an emerging hotel market in the Asia Pacific Region. “You have an expanding middle class, young and dynamic population plus the presence of low cost airlines and a growing government spending on infrastructure,” says Simon Barlow, Asia Pacific president of the Carlson Rezidor Group. The Carlson Rezidor Group of Hotels is one of the largest hotel group in the world opera...
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27Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 27 (PIA) -- A government expert said siltation at the mouth of the Cayanga River in San Fabian town has reached an alarming level causing the formation of two islets and impeding river flow. Jose Lignes Jr., senior geologist at the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the Ilocos Region, said the river needs immediate dredging as several towns may experience flooding once the rainy season starts. Lignes made the advice during a public forum last Friday, citing a 2005 study on the ...
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27Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The flag at the Department of Education Central office is now flying at half mast to give honor to Dr. Onofre “OD” Corpuz, former DepEd Secretary. Corpuz, who also became the University of the Philippines' president, became the DepEd Secretary between 1967 and 1979. He focused on the values reorientation program and provided its framework for school executives, teachers and students, contributing to the moral and spiritual regeneration of the country. Dr. Cor...
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27Mar2013BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL, March 26 -- Approaching from Caraga town, the idyllic roadside towards the neighboring Baganga has started to turn green. Various weeds and shrubs in abundance crept and have almost covered an assortment of felled trees, mostly coconut. Along the road, piled coconut lumber are primed as housing material for permanent shelter and other serviceable structures for Typhoon Pablo victims. The once beautiful scenery in this side of the east coast is almost back to what ...
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27Mar2013CAMP DIEGO SILANG, San Fernando City, March 27 (PIA) -- Law enforcers were placed on alert days before the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples’ Army/National Democratic Front mark its founding anniversary on March 29. Sr. Supt. Ramon Rafael, La Union Police provincial director, raised the alarm on possible hostilities that the members of the communist rebels may initiate as they mark the group’s 44th anniversary. Rafael reminded all police chiefs and company commanders under his...
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26Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 26 (PIA) --The 204-room Park Inn by Radisson hotel was formally opened in Davao City last Friday, March 22. The P750-million midscale hotel owned by SM Hotels and Conventions is run by Carlson Rezidor group of hotels, the 9th largest hotel group in the world. The hotel in Davao is the first Park Inn by Radisson brand in the Asia Pacific Region. The formal opening ceremonies was attended by bigwigs from Carlson Rezidor and SM led by Hans Sy, president of SM Prime, Elizabeth S...
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26Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 26 (PIA) -- Sa wakas, ayon kay Tampakan Mayor Leonardo Escobillo Sr., mababawasan na ang biyahe ng ambulansiya ng pamahalaang bayan ng Tampakan. Ito matapos tinanggap kahapon ni Mayor Escobillo ang susi para sa isa pang ambulansiya na bigay ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng South Cotabato. Sa turnover ceremony kahapon, inihayag ni Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr., naayon ang pamimigay ng ambulansya sa prayoridad ng pamahalaa...
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26Mar2013LUNGSOD NG LUCENA, Quezon, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- Inilunsad ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Quezon noong nakaraang linggo ang Farmer’s Enhancement Productivity Program (FEPP) sa lungsod na ito. Unang mabibiyayaan ng nasabing programa ang distrito ng Bondoc Peninsula, kung saan may mahigit sa dalawang daan na mga magsasaka ang makikinabang. Ang pagsasanay na ito ay gagawin sa tulong ng Tanggapan ng Panlalawigang Agrikultor, at umaasa ang gobernador ng Quezon na si Gov. David Suarez na makakatulong ...
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26Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- Naglatag ng solusyon kahapon sa isinagawang Power Crisis Forum ang isang pribadong organisasyon kaugnay ng nararanasang power crisis ngayon sa Mindanao partikular sa unang distrito ng North Cotabato. Sa pamamagitan umano ng ‘waste to energy’ technology ay makakapag- generate ng karagdagang suplay ng kuryente gamit lamang ang mga organic agricultural waste. Ayon kay Atty. Gao Pronove ng Eco Marketing Solutions, iipunin ang mga rice husk...
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26Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 here has reiterated its call to all Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) workers to make it clear that politicians or parties have no control over Pantawid Pamilya and other programs of Department. Lawyer Araceli F. Solamillo, DSWD Field Office 10 Regional Director, said both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries must be accurately informed on the selection and delistin...
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26Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 26 (PIA) -- “It really takes skills and expertise if we really want to utilize and manage media for our advantage,” PSSupt. Randolph Delfin, the newly installed regional chief directorial staff of the Police Regional Office (PRO) – 12 told police officers in a recent seminar. Ten especially picked PNP personnel from the Soccsksargen Region and parts of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao underwent a five-day trainin...
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25Mar2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- Tanay municipal employees have a new home in the New Tanay Municipal Hall inaugurated on March 22. The Tanay LGU prioritized the construction of the new municipal hall fitting for the town which is renowned for its tourist spots and at the same time to give better services to its constituents. The structural design was done through the help of the engineers of the Rizal Provincial Government while the funds used for the construction of the said hall cam...
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25Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 guarantees that the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) validation assessment for the Pablo victims in Region 12 and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao- Lanao and Maguindanao (ARMM-LaMa) will not be influenced by the 2013 political campaign. The validation and assessment was implemented to monitor the status of the poor and non-poor households affected by typhoo...
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25Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 25 (PIA) -- The mountain-climbing season officially starts today up to April 7, on the tallest mountain peak of the country, Mt. Apo at Kidapawan City, North Cotabato. Joey Recimilla, supervising tourism officer said this year’s climb highlights the zero-garbage campaign of the city government. He said for the past decades, Mt. Apo has been the dumpsite of all garbage like plastic bottles, cellophanes, liquor bottles, shoes, slippers and clothing left by undisciplined mountai...
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25Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 25 (PIA) -- Fifty-one residents of Barangay Laguilayan in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat now officially own their home lots. This after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 12 (DENR-12) awarded to them titles to their lots on March 17 in time with the village’s 56th foundation anniversary celebration. Information from DENR-12 said these recipients availed of Residential Free Patent of 2010 or Republic Act No. 10023 being i...
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25Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- This city’s efforts to reduce waste pursuant to the Ecological Solid Waste Management law did not go unnoticed by the environment department. Leduina Co, director of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO)-Pangasinan, lauded the efforts of the Dagupan City Waste Management Division (WMD), on waste segregation and the rehabilitation of the city’s dumpsite. “We commend the city, particularly the Waste Management Division, on their initiative to r...
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25Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar 25 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III cited the achievements of the Philippine Army on its 116th Anniversary celebration held last Friday, in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. In his keynote address, President Aquino also recognized accomplishments that the organization has achieved during the past 116 years. “Talaga nga pong kay layo na ng ating narating sa loob ng isandaan at labing-anim na taon. Mula sa pagkakapunla bilang isang kilusang militia, ngayon, tunay na prop...
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24Mar2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mar. 24 (PIA) -- Ipahigayon sa gobyerno sa siyudad sa Ozamiz City, ang pagbag-o sa numero sa mga motorsiklo nga adunay sidecar ug gapamasahero-an o gabiyahi-an sa siyudad kun mas nailhan sa ngalan nga motorela. Gumikan niini, gihangyo ni Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez ang mga tag-iya ug mga operator niini nga mga motorela sa pag-andam sa mga dokumento, sama sa mga resibo sa ilang gipang bayaran nga lisensiya, ug uban pa, aron madali ang pagpatuman n...
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23Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- The government is banking on its “arsenal” of development projects and services to win the peace alongside peace talks under the program dubbed Payapa at Masagang Pamayanan or Pamana. Director Polly Cunanan of the Communications Unit of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said that Pamana (Peaceful and Resilient Communities) is the framework of the national government on peace and development designed to respond...
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23Mar2013The Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) has come a long way, decades after it started as a provincial hospital in 1925, relocated to various sites when the Second World War broke in 1941, and was wrecked by a powerful earthquake in 1990. Now considered a premiere medical center north of Manila, the center boasts of a modern emergency room. It was President Aquino no less who opened the P23-million facility that consists of an animal bite center, quarantine area, a radiology section, operating rooms,...
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23Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- Four years ago, some 200 young persons from Metro Manila and other cities left for Sulu to help build new and better homes for the poor. Some took out savings, others sold cellphones, MP4s and other personal gadgets to raise money for the trip to Panglima Estino: an unfamiliar town where they have no friends nor relatives. These builders were volunteers of Bayani Challenge 2009 who were in Sulu when Abu Sayyaf bandits were snatching foreigners and locals for ran...
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23Mar2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mar. 23 (PIA) -- The Ozamiz City Government is bent on implementing a project to re-number their passenger motor cabs more popularly known as “motorelas” that are plying the streets of the city. Along this line, Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez has urged the owners/ operators of these motorelas to prepare the necessary documents, such as, their receipts of updated fees, and renewed licenses, among others, to facilitate the re-numbering. It has been...
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22Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-XI) would no longer recommend for the construction of structures in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley, after the Department of Science and Technology classified the area as critical for dwelling following typhoon Pablo which wrecked havoc in the area on December 4, 2012. DPWH-XI Regional Director Engr. Mariano Alquiza said residents in Brgy. Andap are even advised to relocate since their place is prone to ...
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22Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- Membership to the Pag-IBIG Fund (Home Development Mutual Fund) is now mandatory for all Social Security System (SSS) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)-covered employees. Membership also includes uniformed members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and Filipinos employed by foreign-based employers. Republic Act (RA) 9679 states: “Sp...
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22Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) - - Mayor Rony L. Molina of San Jose de Buenvista, Antique shared his town's best practices during the national summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for local chief executives at the Philippine International Convention Center on Wednesday. San Jose is the National Gawad Kalasag Best Municipal DRRM Council, from 2010-2012 and now a Gawad Kalasag Hall of Famer. Among the best practices shared were the prevention and mitigation measures in place such as Compr...
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21Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) - - A World Bank officer who recently visited the country approves of the country’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program as it helps beneficiaries earn money. World Bank Vice President for External Affairs Cyril Muller made this comment during his recent visit and interaction with the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of Brgy. Sta. Ana, Taguig City. Muller learned that the beneficiaries have started investing in various income-generating pr...
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21Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Region 10(DOST-10) is informing all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to avail themselves of financial assistance through Set-Up or Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program. Cecilia A. Aca-ac, provincial science and technology director in Misamis Oriental, said the Program is a nationwide strategy encouraging and assisting SMEs to adopt technology innovations to improve their operations that will boost t...
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21Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 21 (PIA) -- An official of a United Nations group expressed hope for the full implementation of the Reproductive Health (RH) Code in the province of Sultan Kudarat. Florence Tayzon, Philippine assistant representative of United Nations Fund for Population Assistance (UNFPA) said this during the the policy review and strengthening meeting of the Sultan Kudarat Reproductive Health and Population Management Council (SKRHPMC) on Tuesday at a hotel in Ko...
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21Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 21 (PIA) -- An Investment Conference (ICON) will be held in the province of Aklan on April 26 to send the signal that Aklan is now ready for investment. The activity, which will be spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is the first of its kind to be held in Aklan and in Region 6, according to Provincial Director Engr. Diosdado P. Cadena, Jr. Cadena added that the activity was strongly pushed by DTI Undersecretary Merly Cruz, who sees Boracay Island...
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20Mar2013SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Marso 20 (PIA6) -- Nakahanda na ang duha ka grupo sang National Food Authority para sa pagpamakal sang humay sa mga kabanwahanan sang Capiz. Ginpahayag ni NFA Capiz Information Officer Rose Andalecio nga preparado na ang duha nila ka mga mobile procurement team para labi nga mapasangkad ang programa sang gobyerno sa pagbakal sang humay gikan sa mga mangunguma diri. Ang nasambit nga grupo ang direkta na nga magakadto sa mga banwa para mas mangin mahapos para sa mangu...
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20Mar2013MANDALUYONG CITY, March 20 (PIA) - - The Department of Health Center for Health Development of the National Capital Region (DOH CHD-NCR) conducted a press conference, Tuesday, enjoining partner agencies and stakeholders to strengthen commitment to tobacco elimination and control and condemning tobacco exhibitions in the country. The press conference was in line with the three-day Tobacco Exhibition starting April 20 -22 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. Panelists in the press conference w...
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20Mar2013NABUNTURAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, March 20 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Compostela Valley through the Provincial Information Management Cluster will roll out on Thursday, March 21, the second wave of the Makigsayod Information Forum in the Municipality of Montevista, Compostela Valley Province. Translated as getting informed in vernacular, “Makigsayod” is designed to resolve issues and concerns of Typhoon Pablo-affected families in the five worst-hit municipalities of Compo...
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20Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- To effectively communicate the gains of Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) (Peaceful and Resilient Communities) to the public, information officers of several government agencies underwent training Tuesday in one of the local hotels here and enhance their skills in public speaking. Citing the principles of public speaking, Uyboco, columnist of Sunstar Davao, emphasized the need to focus what the speaker wants to talk about. To achieve this, Uyboco said the s...
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20Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 20 -- The city government of Cagayan de Oro and the province of Bukidnon are set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to undertake harmonized measures on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management/Climate Change Act on March 21. Spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in region 10, the parties to the MOA shall agree to undertake climate change adaptation measures and disaster preparedness activities; pursue advocacy, monitoring and dat...
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20Mar2013LUNGSOD NG QUEZON, Marso 20 (PIA) -- Kasabay ng kampanya para sa mid-term elections na gaganapin sa Mayo, nag-lunsad din ng “Bawal ang Epal Dito” campaign ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) na ngayon ay pinapalaganap na sa iba’t-ibang rehiyon ng bansa. Ayon kay DSWD-NCR Regional Director Ma. Alicia S. Bonoan, layunin ng kampanyang ito na maproteksyunan ang mga benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program laban sa ilang mga pulitikong ginagamit ang naturang prog...
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20Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 20 (PIA) – An estimated crowd of 600 convened recently at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here for this year’s Tax Campaign of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). BIR-Caraga Regional Director Atty. Norberto Vitug welcomed the different sectors from the provinces of Caraga who attended the kick-off ceremony. Dir. Lucita Rodriguez, BIR Assistant Commissioner for Taxpayers Assistance Service is the guest speaker of said activity. Dir. Vitug urged all individuals to fi...
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20Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Revenue Region (RR) 16 will soon implement the Mobile Revenue Collection Officers System (MRCOS), a system that immediately captures tax payments made by taxpayers. Blandina L. Florante, BIR-RR16 Collection Division Chief, said the MRCOS is an automated and integrated system that provides for mobile receipting of tax payments, immediate issuance of official receipt for the captured tax payment data, and automatic gener...
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20Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Bamboo Industry in Lanao del Norte through the initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) can now avail of various financing programs such as loans and grants from the different key stakeholders in the government and private institutions. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Iligan City Agriculture, Landbank of the Philippines (LBP...
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20Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) region 10 will push for MICE or Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Exhibitions to gain tourists in the city and entire Northern Mindanao in the coming years. DOT region 10 director Catalino E. Chan III said the Philippines increased in international tourist arrivals by 9.12% with over five million coming in compared to over four million of foreign arrivals in 2010. Additionally, more than half or 61.5% of these come from...
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20Mar2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio on Friday,March 15 reported to her constituents the State of the City Address (SOCA) taking pride of her many accomplishments in the last three years. Garbed in a Filipiniana-inspired garment, the local chief executive enumerated vital undertakings that have helped spur the city’s economic growth under her leadership. Custodio said she was reporting the state of the city with confidence and in celebration with the General...
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20Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) of the municipality of Tupi, South Cotabato strengthens its campaign for fire safety awareness in observance of the Fire Prevention Month, this March. Tupi-BFP is conducting massive information dissemination and distribution of educational materials to households in the community. As well as ocular inspection to houses and business establishments. Meanwhile, fire marshal S/Insp. Maysael Wenceslao encourages ...
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19Mar2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Calabarzon held a press conference recently for Laguna media on their anti-epal campaign with the slogan “Maki-alam, magsumbong, Bawal ang Epal.” “Epal” is a Filipino term to describe people who are attention grabbers, scene-stealers or simply getting recognition which they do not deserve. Held at the talakayan room of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 4A, DSWD’s campaign aims ...
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19Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- Around 800 elementary pupils from Candau-ay and Balugo Elementary schools here availed of the free dental services from the dental operating team of the Philippine Army’s 302nd Brigade together with U.S. Pacific Air Force recently. Under Operation Pacific Angel 2013-1, the free dental activity was conducted as part of capacity-building and experience-sharing efforts to provide medical assistance in Negros Oriental. According to the Army's information office...
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19Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 19 (PIA6) -- Five indigenous people’s (IP) communities in Jamindan, Capiz are among the beneficiaries of the first batch of school buildings project by the Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID) in the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program areas. The project with a budget of P7-million are for the IP barangays of Jaena Norte, Jaena Sur, Agloloway , Agbun od and San Juan. ...
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19Mar2013CITY OF MANILA, March 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) recently met with barangay chairmen of local government units in the region with high incidence of street children. Representatives from the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), barangay chairpersons and their staff participated in the consultation meeting to reduce the numner of street children. DSWD-NCR Regional Direc...
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19Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 19 (PIA) -- Since its implementation in October last year, “Usapang Palay” has directly reached at least 1,947 rice farmers across three provinces in Soccsksargen Region. Usapang Palay, an initiative of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12, brings discussions of issues and farmer education right in communities where the rice growers reside. Experts from DA 12 visit rice-producing communities to talk with ...
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19Mar2013VERUELA, Agusan del Sur, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- Combat forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga region overran a camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) following an encounter with the communist-terrorists in the wake of insurgency operation at the vicinity of Sitio Kawalian, Brgy. Sta. Emelia here on Saturday at 4:45 p.m. One section of 133rd Regional Public Safety Company led by PInsp Alvin T. Caballes encountered unknown number of rebels under Guerilla Front 3 of Southern Mindanao Regio...
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18Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA-6) is encouraging more farmer organizations and associations here to establish organic farms in order to get good yield and safe and healthy food products. DA-6 Regional Director Larry Nacionales said that organic products are in-demand in the global market and developing organic farms can be a lucrative agri-tourism business. “Farmers are urged to produce their own organics and these materials and resources can be found within...
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18Mar2013ILOILO CITY, Mar. 18 (PIA6) -- The sixth Military World War II Veterans Association Inc., is bent on conducting information and education drives on the country’s history especially in schools. The association’s president Capt. Cesar Capellan, said they seek to educate the youth particularly on what happened during World War II. He also said the retired members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the children of war veterans will continue commemorating “Victory Day” so that the...
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18Mar2013PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, March 18 - Typhoon Pablo victims received another donation from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) . Regional Director Ofelia Domingo of DOLE Caraga handed over recently to Governor Adolph Edward Plaza a check worth P577, 000 as livelihood assistance at the Provincial Governor’s Office here. Domingo said the amount is intended for Trento, Sta. Josefa, Veruela and Loreto towns as they were identified as the worst-affected municipalities in the province...
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16Mar2013PASAY CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The local government of Pasay City recently launched the “Electric-Friendly Lifestyle Program” to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Under the program, households are encouraged to conserve electricity by offering prices to the household with the biggest decrease in electrical consumption starting March 11 to December 2, 2013. Some 150 households from the 201 barangays have signed in for the competition “Our concerted effort to transform our C...
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16Mar2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar 16 (PIA) --The beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the two cities and 39 municipalities in Quezon is now 90,347 families according to a March 2013 data. Of the number Pantawid Pamilya households, 6,657 are newly-registered as part of the expansion of the program nationwide, about 4,233 of these beneficiaries come from the municipalities of Lucban, Dolores, Candelaria and Pagbilao- all are implementing the Pantawid Pamilya program for th...
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16Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Revenue Region (RR) No. 16 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has formally launched its tax campaign for the year 2013. With the theme “I Love the Philippines, I Pay Taxes Correctly,” the tax campaign kicked-off on Wednesday with a motorcade and program at the Limketkai Mall Rotunda, this city. BIR Deputy Commissioner Lilia C. Guillermo said the tax campaign kick-off program is being held every year to gather all stakeholders and thank them ...
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16Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 16 (PIA) -- Two mobile teams are being readied by the National Food Authority for its palay mobile procurement activities. Capiz NFA Information Officer Rose Adalecio said they have already formed their two mobile procurement teams for the first and second district, respectively to directly buy palay produced by the farmers here. She said that they are now closely coordinating with the different municipal, mayors and municipal agriculturists as part of the campaign t...
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16Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Marso 16 (PIA6) -- Liwat nga nakuha sang Sapi-an Fire Volunteer - Safe Unit (SFVSU) ang kampeonato sa Inter – Fire Volunteer Firefighting Drill kag Rescue Olympics 2013 sang Marso 12 sa Villareal Stadium diri sa syudad. Ang kompetisyon nga kaangut sa Fire Prevention Month nga selebrasyon ang sa ikaduha na ka tuig nga ginapatigayon sang Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Roxas City agud nga mapasangkad sang abilidad subongman mga istratehiya sang mga fire volunteer sa ti-o...
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15Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in Western Visayas will be prioritized by the Department of Health- Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 6) for its programs and projects this 2013. This is in line with the over-all goal of the Universal Health Care or Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP) which is a focused approach to health reform implementation, ensuring that all Filipinos especially the poor receive the benefits of health reform. Dr....
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15Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Kasalukuyang isinasagawa ang huling araw ng Local Capacities for Peace (LCP) seminar-workshop sa bayan ng Midsayap, North Cotabato. Ang aktibidad na nagsimula noong Miyerkules ay dinaluhan ng mga relihiyosong lider mula sa sampung kaagapay na komunidad ng Southern Christian College (SCC) sa naturang bayan. Layon nito na ipakilala ang LCP framework bilang instrumento sa pag-aanalisa ng kaugnayan sa pagitan ng proyekto at gusot upang maiwas...
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15Mar2013DAVAO CITY March 15 (PIA) -- Popular Manila-based OPM bands, local indie musicians and military bands are joining together for a three-day concert aimed to help Typhoon Pablo shelter rehabilitation efforts. “Panagdait Davao: Ipadayon ang Tabang” (continue the help) is envisioned to be a fundraising activity for the benefit of the indigent families whose houses were destroyed by super typhoon Pablo. The beneficiaries are located in the affected municipalities of Boston, Baganga and Cateel i...
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15Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment XI has started consultations on the Batas Kasambahay or Republic Act no. 10361 which institutes policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers. Sonia Delfin, Senior Employment Labor Officer of the DOLE XI said the initial consultation on Thursday was conducted with the members of the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council composed of representatives from the management, government and the labor sector. She s...
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15Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- A medical outreach activity is set to be held in different barangays of Midsayap in North Cotabato, to bring the needed medical services to Bangsamoro communities. The activity will be spearheaded by the 1st Congressional District office in partnership with optical clinics who will provide free eye-check up to the Bangsamoro residents in line with the office's Liwanag Para sa Kapayapaan Program. Beneficiaries will undergo an actual eye-scree...
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15Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mar.15 (PIA) -- Upang ilapit sa malalayong komunidad ang kaukulang serbisyong medikal, nakatakdang magsagawa ng isang outreach activity sa Bangsamoro communities na nasasakop ng bayan ng Midsayap, North Cotabato. Pangungunahan ito ng 1st Congressional District Office kasama ang mga optical clinics na magsasagawa ng aktwal pagsusuri sa mata ng mga residenteng Bangsamoro. Kabilang dito ay ang libreng eye- check up para sa mga indibidwal na magiging benepisya...
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15Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- Gipadangat na sa Malakanyang ang ilang pagtimbaya sa pagkapili ni Pope Francis nga maoy magdala sa mga kabag-ohan sa Simbahang Katolika. Sa usa ka official statement nga gipagawas ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, nakalatid nga nakig-hiusa sa mga Katoliko sa tibuok kalibotan si Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III sa pagsugat sa bag-ong Santo Papa. "The President, along with the Filipino people, joins all the Catholic faithful as they r...
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15Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The National Capital Region Office (NCRPO) will establish Public Assistance Desks (PADs) in different areas in Metro Manila in preparation for this year’s summer vacation. NCRPO chief Leonardo A. Espina directed all District Directors to establish PADs in crowded areas such as malls, MRT and LRT stations, bus terminals, tourist spots, and even in recreation areas. “The NCRPO will always be your partner in maintaining peace and order while you are on vacatio...
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15Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 15 (PIA)--Religious leaders from the ten partner communities of Southern Christian College in Midsayap, North Cotabato are currently undergoing a three-day Local Capacities for Peace (LCP) seminar-workshop. The event is aimed at introducing to participants the LCP framework as a tool for analyzing the relationship between aid or project and conflict in order to avoid worsening tensions, and to support communities’ local capacities for peace. Highlight ...
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14Mar2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, March 14 (PIA) -- Department of Trade and Industry – Rizal in cooperation with the Rizal provincial government recently held the Agri-Pangasius Culinary Festival at Antipolo City on March 7 in line with the celebration of Women’s Month and the fourth anniversary of the capitol transfer from Pasig to Antipolo. DTI Rizal headed by Provincial Director Mercy Parreno invited teams from 11 municipalities and one city of Rizal to help promote both good nutrition and consumpti...
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14Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- Parents are told to be on watch for “bullying” trends among children. Whether it is cyber or physical bullying, the Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA) Cebu Chapter calls on parents to be on alert for signs of children being bullied or bullies themselves. PMHA officials and the academe were the recent guests of this week’s Kapihan sa PIA Cebu discussing about “Cyber Bullying.” Dr. Glenda Basubas, chairman of PMHA-Cebu, said that cases of bully...
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14Mar2013MANILA, Marso 14 (PIA6) -- Ang gobyerno may nagpaseguro nga ang mga politiko indi maka-abusar sang conditional cash transfer (CCT) para sa katuyu-an politikal bangud sa mga nagapadayun nga tikang. Si Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman nagsiling sa isa ka press conference sa Malacanang sang Miyerkoles nga ang iya departamento naglunsar sang kampanya batok sa Epal, tatlo ka semana ang nagligad agud matapna ang mga politiko sa paggamit sang CCT para sa katuyuan politikal sa ila pagkampanya ...
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14Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC), Northern Mindanao has expressed its support to Administrative Order No. 2011-06 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) “Prescribing the Guidelines for the Implementation of Public Land Titling in Partnership with Local Government Units.” Articulated during the 96th Full Council Meeting of the RDC last March 12, the Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC)-X pointed out that the support of the Cou...
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14Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 14 (PIA) --The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat is set to implement five major projects under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the province this year. Provincial social welfare and development officer Henry Albano said that these projects are aimed at helping the less fortunate residents. This year, In and Out of School Youth (ISY/OSY) Cash for Training Program will be implemented which will serve more than 400 youth. Und...
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14Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 14 (PIA) --Umabot na sa mahigit P15 milyon ang tulong na naipadala ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa mga nabiktima ng bagyong Pablo noong Disyembre sa lalawigan ng Compostela Valley, pati na rin sa Davao Oriental at Davao del Norte. Kabilang sa tulong na ipinamahagi ng DA ang 1,800 na pakete ng relief goods na agad na ipinadala ng DA 12 sa mga biktima ng bagyo. Sinundan pa ito ng 5,000 r...
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14Mar2013QUEZON, March 13 --Government housing sector is looking into the viability of non-irrigable lands as sites for socialized and non-socialized housing projects. In a meeting with the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders' Associations (CREBA), Vice President Jejomar Binay said the state wanted to "prioritize the development of infrastructures that will fully utilize the potentials" of non-irrigable lands. The phrase "non-irrigable lands" suggest lands that lack the marked characteristics to justi...
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13Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 13 -- More schools and colleges with green practices can join the 2013 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools with the deadline for application reset on April 16. The search aims to raise awareness on environmental protection among students, teachers and their communities as well as encourage schools to hold environmental programs. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) pushed the extension of deadline ...
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13Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 13 (PIA) -- Local government units should form their respective Municipal Organic Agriculture Board (MOAB) as this is a requisite to avail of projects from the Department of Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Program (OAP). “No municipal technical committee means no accommodation of project proposals for the Organic Agriculture Program,” Enriqueto Natividad, DA 12 Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations and the OAP foc...
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13Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture in Region 12 has extended P15. 1 million worth of agricultural aid to typhoon Pablo victims in Compostela Valley as well as the provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao del Norte in Region 11. The amount was sourced from the department’s Quick Response Funds with a corresponding authority granted by DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala. Agricultural aids included the provision of 5,000 rolls of laminated s...
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13Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Governmant expressed gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after Saudi King Abdullah deferred the execution of all death penalty cases o qizas which included Joselito Zapanta. “His Benevolence (King Abdullah) has given our kababayan a three month lease on life, and his family additional time to raise the blood money.We also wish to thank the Emir’s Office for their efforts in facilitating the amicable settlement and forgiveness, as well as ...
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12Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 13 (PIA) --- The Lapu-Lapu city government was the recipient of sets of hospital and educational facilities from the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. Lapu-Lapu received 17 hospital beds, 17 bassinets, and 13 ceiling fans which have been installed in the newly-refurbished Pedia and OB-Gyne wards. The new wards were inaugurated Tuesday. Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. financed the renovation of the two wards. A memorandum of agreement was recently inked between the Lapu-Lapu City governme...
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12Mar2013BACOLOD CITY, March 12 (PIA6) -- More than 7,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries for Set 6 in Bacolod City receive their cash grants. These 7,064 beneficiaries belong to the Set 6 of the program for Bacolod City which brings to a total of 10,346 total registered active beneficiaries as of February 21, DSWD records show. The 7,046 beneficiaries received for the first time their cash grants at the Barangay Gym of Barangay 4 and at the Bacolod Activities Youth and Sports Cente...
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12Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Aabot sa P3.1 bilyon ang pondong inilaan ng pamahalaaang nasyunal para sa pagpapatupad ng mga programang magbibigay ng batayang serbisyo at laban sa kahirapan sa Soccsksargen Region o Rehiyon Dose. Inihayag ito ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 regional planning officer Almanzor Dataya sa isang pagpupulong ng mga civic society organization na katuwang ng ahensiya sa pagpapatupa...
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12Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Kasalukuyang isinasagawa ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 ang “ special household validation and assessment” ng mga binaha ng Bagyong Pablo sa Rehiyon Dose at ilang bahagi ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) noong unang linggo ng Disyembre 2012. Sa datos ng DSWD 12, umabot sa 51,172 na pamilya sa Lanao del Sur at Maguindanao at 12,674 sa Soccsksargen Region l...
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12Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 12 (PIA) -- Typhoon Pablo that hit a large part of Davao Region, particularly Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, in December 2012 also affected 63,846 households in Soccsksargen Region and parts of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The large number of reported Pablo victims prompted the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 to conduct a special household v...
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12Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- Patuloy na isinasagawa sa buong unang distrito ng North Cotabato ang pagpapatupad ng ‘Liwanag Para Sa Kapayapaan’ Program. Ito ay pinangungunahan ng First Congressional District Office kasama ang mga kinomisyong optical clinic na siyang magsasagawa ng aktwal na check- up at screening sa mga benepisyaryo. Nitong nakaraang linggo, Marso 4-8 ay tinungo ng ‘Liwanag’ team ang bayan ng Aleosan dito sa lalawigan. Partikular na isinagawa ...
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12Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- The disaster management council here said the sunken Myanmar vessel which caused oil spill in the provinces of La Union, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte last month continues to leak oil and has reached the coastal villages of Bolinao. The Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) confirmed reports that the slick was discovered in the fishing villages of Binabalian and Dewey in Bolinao town beginning last week. Officials said the current may ...
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12Mar2013PANABO CITY, March 12 -- After successfully offering livelihood opportunities to more than a thousand of his constituents last year, Davao del Norte Representative Anton F. Lagdameo Jr. will provide another round of livelihood projects this March at selected areas in his district. Around 1,600 non-working mothers and out-of-school youths (OSY) will benefit in the second round of Barangayanihan Livelihood Program to be conducted from March 12,13,14 and 16. Congressman Lagdameo’s office will ...
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12Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine government has already spent nearly P2.5 billion or $60.9 million for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Soccssksargen Region or Region 12. Bai Zorahayda Taha, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12, said the fund was used as cash grants to 202,851 indigent families covered by the government’s flagship poverty program since 2008. Region 12 covers the provinces o...
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11Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Region 1 Advocates for Gender Equality (RAGE) in Ilocos conducted series of activities highlighting the value of women as channels for good governance during the kick-off activity celebration of the 2013 Women’s Month on Friday here. Dubbed ‘Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan’, underscores women’s leadership role and participation in governance to enhance gender perspective in upholding good governance. The theme highlights the...
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11Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- Pre-election surveys reflect voters understanding of news, and information about candidates. These are not meant to influence the outcome of elections. Social Weather Stations President Mahar Mangahas said people would likely vote a candidate because of “his records or accomplishments, or favorable news where the candidate is the star.” "It’s the voters who might be changing their minds. They may be growing in strength for a certain candidate or diminishing...
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11Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) in Negros Oriental joins the rest of the country in observing Fire Prevention Month with intensified fire safety education drive, fire safety inspection of residential and commercial establishments and enforcement of Fire Code of the Philippines. In a Kapihan sa PIA forum recently, Dumaguete City Fire Marshal Arnulfo Sayson said the BFP’s continuing activities remind the public to be vigilant to reduce the risk of fire ...
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11Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- It’s an all systems go for the holding of the 27th Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) in Cebu on March 14,15 at Radisson Blu hotel, Cebu City. In a statement, event host Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) said almost a hundred participants are expected to attend in the two day event. The CCCI said the event is loaded with helpful topics for all types of entrepreneurs as well as opportunities for networking and lin...
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11Mar2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, Marso 11 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) pinaagi sa pondo gikan sa Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity & Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) mi hatag ug mga kagamitan sa panguma sa probinsya sa Negros Oriental bag-ohay pa lamang. Ang benepisyari nini nga proyekto mao ang Bayawan United Farmers Irrigators Association (BUFIA) sa Bayawan City nga modawat ug condensed harvester, thresher ug sprayer nga nagkantidad sa P1.370M. Mao kini ang unang proyekto nga...
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11Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 11 (PIA) -- “Kahit na ‘water boy’ lang ako sa Team Basilan, karangalan ko pong sumali at makibahagi sa inyong samahan sa probinsiya.” (Even if I’m just the water boy in your Team Basilan, it is an honor for me to take part in your convergence in the province.) This was the message of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas at the occasion of the 39th Founding Anniversary of Basilan Province, Thursday, as he lauded the convergence efforts of the ...
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11Mar2013ILOILO CITY, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 through its Land Management Service, was able to distribute a total of 1,926 residential free patents, covering 46.55 hectares (ha) in the six provinces of Western Visayas. These free patents were given to Aklan, 99, with a total of 2.85 ha; Antique, 297, covering 9.18 ha; Capiz, 115, with 3.22 ha, Guimaras, 17, with 0.65 ha; Iloilo, 186, and an area of 5.02 ha, and Negros Occidental, 1,212, covering an area ...
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11Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- About 98 percent of the taxes collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) came from voluntary payment of taxpayers. Deputy Commissioner Nelson Aspe, in his talk during the kick off ceremony of the tax campaign in Iloilo, said that while taxation is imposed by law, the agency would rather intensify its education campaign on tax collection. “We want paying taxes to be done voluntarily, as we see our information campaign make our taxes collected get bigger ...
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10Mar2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 10 (PIA) --- The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) will hold a Teacher Induction Program (TIP) for newly-hired teachers in the region this coming March 18 to 22. More than 140 newly-recruited teachers representing the third batch are expected to attend the five-day induction to be held at the Pacific Heights Hotel in Cotabato City. Forty-four of these inductees are from Lanao del Sur IA, IB, and II Schools Divisio...
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09Mar2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 9 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue has filed 153 tax evasion cases nationwide and had five convictions as of early this year. This was announced by Atty. Nelson Aspe, BIR deputy commissioner for operations group, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2013 Tax Campaign held at the Bacolod Pavilion Hotel. Aspe said the convictions are more on fines and even if BIR lost in the criminal aspect, the court still ordered the defendants to pay monetary penalties to the ...
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09Mar2013LUNGSOD NG SAN PABLO, Laguna, Mar 9 (PIA) --Pinaghahandaan na ngayon ng National Statistics Office (NSO) ang paglikom ng datos na naaukol sa kalakalan ng bansa na tinatawag na 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (2012 CPBI). Sisimulan ang pamamahagi ng questionnaires ng mga tauhan nito sa ika-1 ng Abril 2013. Ang CPBI ay isa sa mandato ng NSO na naglalayong makakuha at makaipon ng impormasyon buhat sa gawaing pangkabuhayan ng bansa. Pinakamahalagang aalamin ay ang estadistika...
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08Mar2013Quezon City, March 8 -- A brother of one of the Filipino peacekeepers being kept hostage by Syrian rebels urged the latter to release the captives because they are not enemies. In a press conference at the Philippine Army Headquarters Taguig City, Army Second Lieutenant Xyson Meneses said the peacekeepers in Syria are there to help civilians and non-combatants and not to fight. Meneses thanked the Philippine government and the armed forces for keeping the families informed about the situation ...
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08Mar2013TAGUM CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Cluster has achieved an estimated 45 percent of its target intervention in communities affected by typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley three months after the typhoon struck. The WASH Cluster, headed by the Department of Health and UNICEF, met in Tagum City to discuss what has been accomplished and what needs to be done when it comes to the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene in the affected areas. ...
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08Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 8 (PIA) -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) conferred formally the Bayaning Likas (Bakas Parangal) Award to 62 military, police, provincial and local government executives, rescue and volunteer organizations who showed extraordinary feat in responding to distress areas during and after the onslaught of typhoon Pablo in December 4. The awarding ceremony, Friday was led by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, chair of the NDRRMC, with Undersec...
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08Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 8 (PIA) -- Aabot sa 11 mga barangay sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang pinagkalooban ng Certificate of Affirmation (COA) mula sa Tribal Council ng naturang lungsod. Kinabibilangan ito ng mga barangay ng Amacion, Balabag, Birada, Ilomavis, Indangan, Mateo, Mua-an, Nuangan, Perez, Sibawan at Sudapin. Ang COA ang magbibigay-daan sa naturang mga barangay upang makapili ng kani-kanilang Mandatory Indigenous Peoples Representative. Sa ngayon ay s...
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08Mar2013MANILA, March 8 (PIA) -- The United States Navy’s Seventh Fleet Band “Pacific Ambassadors” is visiting malls in Manila for a series of rock-and-roll music this weekend. The free public performances will be held at the Robinsons Magnolia Atrium, Quezon City on Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m. and on Sunday, March 10, 6 p.m. at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium, Pasay City. Likewise, the Pacific Ambassadors will hold a master class for music students of the Philippines Women’s University in Manila o...
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08Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 8 (PIA)--- “Pursue your targets, no matter how unpopular tax collectors are.” This was the message of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Head Francisco Duque III in the recent Tax Campaign 2013 Kickoff of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Cebu, recently. Duque said the unpopularity of the tax collectors is something that they have to sympathize with the BIR. “But I tell you, no matter how unpopular this government program may be, this is the most important program be...
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08Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- Poor local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao are set to benefit from the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) in 2014. Director Annabele M. Atillo of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in the region said 87 LGUs in Northern Mindanao are among the 1,233 focus areas that will benefit from the implementation of the BuB next year. These areas were selected based on poverty incidence, poor population, magnitude of poor population living in barangays ...
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08Mar2013PANABO CITY March 8 -- The Barangay Una Boxing Team once again showed class and supremacy as they romped away with majority of the medals at stake in the recently concluded 2013 ABAP National Amateur Boxing Championship held in Maasin City, Southern Leyte last February 19-22. The event was participated by 173 boxers representing various cities and provinces nationwide. All in all, the Panabo City, Davao del Norte-based team snatched 7 golds and 2 silver medals out of 14 participating boxers wh...
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08Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 8 (PIA1) -- In an effort to uphold the rights of the 1.3 million Pantawid Pamilya (PP) beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nationwide, the ‘Bawal and EPAL’ campaign was recently launched here. Director Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo of the DSWD in the Ilocos said this is to assure them that no one, other than the DSWD national and regional offices has the right to delist them from the program only if they do not comply with...
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08Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- Elements of the city’s police force have set up checkpoints in key locations here as part of the preparations for a Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE), according to Police Superintendent Elwin Fernandez, chief of police. Thus far, no serious election-related violations have been noted such as carrying of guns, Fernandez said, adding that what was mostly found out were non-renewal of vehicle registration and drivers driving without license, and so t...
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07Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 7 (PIA) – A peace covenant signing will be conducted by the Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) for candidates in the May 2013 elections of Roxas City, Pan-ay town and the provincial government on March 13 at the Metropolitan Cathedral here. The activity, in coordination with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), is in line with the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Safe And Fair Election (SAFE) 2013 ca...
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07Mar2013CARMONA, Cavite, March 7 (PIA) --“Carmona is the best performing municipality in the entire Philippines, the first municipality in the country to receive the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award,” regional director Josefina Castilla Go of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 4A said. This was the opening statement of Go, during the Sectoral Committee on Macroeconomy and Development Administration (SCMDA) 1st quarterly meeting held recently at the municipal hall of this municipality....
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07Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- To strengthen its efforts in reducing the volume of garbage here, the city government launched recently, “Ang Pagbutwa Hong Balangay or From Waste to Work of Art,” through a simple ceremony at the old Sangguniang Panlungsod Building inside the city hall complex. In his message, Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. encouraged everyone, especially the teachers, to start instilling into the minds of the children the importance of cleanliness. He said that children shou...
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07Mar2013NABUNTURAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, March 7 -- The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, headed by the Department of Health, has agreed on a set of sanitation indicators for the communities affected by Typhoon Pablo. “These indicators will help us ensure that the Pablo-affected communities who may be living in evacuation centers or occupying temporary learning centers have good sanitation practices,” Engineer Rex Labadia of the DOH said during Tuesday’s WASH meeting held in Na...
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06Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 6 -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue has kicked off its annual tax campaign aimed at meeting the bureau’s tax collection target. BIR Deputy Commissioner Nelson Aspe said that BIR’s tax collection goal for 2013 is set at P1.2 trillion. Last 2012, BIR narrowly missed its collection goal of P1.066 trillion as the Bureau collected P1.057 trillion or 98% of the target. However Aspe said that the collection figures grew by about 14% from 2011. Aspe said they are expecting P30-...
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06Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 6 (PIA) -- Mahigit 600 ektarya ng lupain sa Compostela Valley ang naihanda ng Task Force Alayon ng DA 12 sa mahigit dalawang buwang pagtulong sa magsasaka sa lugar. Matatandaang tumungo ang Task Force Alayon ng DA 12 sa ComVal noong Disyembre 19, dalawang linggo matapos manalasa ang Bagyong Pablo doon upang tumulong sa paghahanda ng mga lupain ng mga magsasakang naapektuhan ng kalamidad. Dala ng grup...
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06Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 6 (PIA) -- The local government is looking at expanding the access of treatment for kidney patients from the Southern Philippines Medical Center by decentralizing the services of the Lingap Para sa mga Mahihirap or free medical fees to other hospitals in the city. Acting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, speaking during the observance of the World Kidney Day in one of the malls in this city, said the plan includes provision of dialysis machines to smaller hospitals and for the city govern...
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06Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 6 (PIA) -- After more than two months of operations in Compostela Valley, Task Force Alayon has completed land preparations for 607.65 hectares of farmlands in areas most hit by Typhoon Pablo in December last year. On Friday, TF Alayon held an exit conference in Nabunturan town to report their accomplishments to ComVal Gov. Arturo Uy, local officials, and other stakeholders before they finally go back to their ...
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06Mar2013PASAY CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The city government of Pasay bagged the ‘Garantisadong Pambata’ Award for 2012, beating all other LGUs in the National Capital Region. Pasay City Mayor Antonino ‘Tony’ Calixto expressed his gratitude to the Department of Health (DOH) for the recognition. “I am very happy that all our concerted efforts to provide our fellow Pasayeños with relevant and responsive health services has been recognized and appreciated by the national government,” Calixto ...
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06Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry Misamis Oriental Provincial Office (DTI-MisOr) destroyed on Tuesday, an estimated P79,700 worth of uncertified Christmas lights and P80,000 worth of substandard helmets confiscated last year during its Task Force Monitoring in the city. Out of the 35 business establishments selling Christmas lights, nine committed violation and out of 23 business establishments for motorcycle helmets, three were found non-compliant. Ac...
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06Mar2013SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental, March 6 (PIA) -- The Silay City Fire and Rescue Team will conduct an “Ugnayan sa Barangay” in several barangays on March 11-14 in observance of Fire Prevention Month this March. In “Ugnayan sa Barangay,” residents will be taught on first aid tips and basic life support. Safety tips will also be disseminated to the public to lessen fire incidents in the city. The 2013 Fire Prevention Month themed: “Sunog at Sakuna Paghandaan, Kalikasan ay Pangalagaan na...
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05Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Philippine Center for Gifted Education Inc. is now open to nominations for the Search for “Mga Bagong Rizal: Pag-asa ng Bayan” Award 2013. The PCGE decided to make the search a biennial event after successfully mounting it in 2011. The event is a search for children and youth who exude exemplary performance in their own fields. They are gathered for activities that will boost their leadership skills and acquaint them further with the life of nation...
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05Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 5 (PIA) -- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Antique continues to support 41 scholars in their college education in accredited government schools. Provincial Head Jeffrey Gabucay of 4Ps said the scholars are children of 4Ps beneficiaries in the seven towns of the province who passed the criteria set by the program. The seven towns, namely Bugasong, San Remigio, Laua-an, Caluya, Culasi, Patnongon and Hamtic have six scholars each, however, one student fr...
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05Mar2013SAN JOSE,Antique, March 5 (PIA) -- In a wired report sent to the media, the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army based in Camp Peralta, Jamindan ,Capiz, said the CPP-NPA-NDFP (CNN) has continuously committed crimes against life and property in Negros and Panay islands. From 2010 to 2012, a total of P23 million or almost P1 million a month worth of properties have been damaged as a result of 16 NPA initiated violent incidents against business establishments and government projects. Atro...
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05Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Around 6,000 disaster victims in Negros Oriental will benefit from the joint humanitarian mission of the US Pacific Air Force and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dubbed "Operation Pacific Angel" that started Monday, March 4 until March 9. OPA Mission Commander Ltc Alvin Alana in a press conference said the humanitarian mission of PAF and US military will provide medical health services to 500 patients a day for six days or from March 4 to 9 in two sites -...
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05Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Northern Mindanao said the implementation of the two-tiered wage system will motivate workers to work harder and above par. RTWPB 10 Secretary Estrella Pahalla said in a media forum Monday that the new scheme which highlights productivity and performance in wage fixing will result to improvements in workers’ productivity. The two-tiered wage system consists of a fixed “floor or minimum wa...
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05Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10 has released tips for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to ensure that balikbayan boxes reach their destination. The Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) of DTI operates the accreditation scheme for sea freight forwarders based on its Administrative Order 6, series of 2005. The DTI PSB holds both the foreign consolidator/principal and its Philippine agent/forwarder jointly liable for the delivery of cargoes...
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05Mar2013PANABO CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE March 5, -- Leonardo Compania worked for years as a security guard at the Floirendo-owned Tagum Agricultural Development Company Inc (Tadeco), one of the biggest banana producer in the Philippines. Like most people, he and his family dreamed of owning a house someday. In his quest to have more in life, Compania became a member of the Central Tadeco Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CTARBEMPCO) sometime in 2005. However, his family’s dream...
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05Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 5 (PIA) -- Some 24 officers in Soccsksargen Region have recently completed a course on hostage negotiations offered by the US Department of State. Police senior inspector Benjamin Mauricio Jr., PRO 12’s chief trained officers were from Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) and the Special Action Force (SAF). In a statement, Mauricio said, hostage incidents are one of the toughest situations a police officer could face. To be eff...
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05Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 5 (PIA) -- Lalo pang isinusulong ngayon ang implementasyon ng Motorcycle Helmet Act sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato. Ito ay matapos makapagtala ang Kidapawan City PNP traffic section ng mataas na bilang ng mga motoristang naaaksidente na walang suot na helmet. Nabatid na marami pa rin ang lumalabag sa naturang batas at ito ang kalimitang dahilan kung bakit matindi ang pinsalang natatamo ng mga motorista o di kaya ay binabawian ng buhay ang m...
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05Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Marso 5 (PIA)-- Ini-award kanu gugunayan kanu Municipal Health Office (MHO) nu dalapa a Tupi, South Cotabato su ‘Garanatisadong Pambata’ (GP) Champs award sabap kanu kinadsikap nu kinapanginggay kanu mga matulantek a serbisyu ataw ka galabakan kanu kapapantagan a kanu basic child health care. Su kinabpugi na pinagayunan nu Department of Health (DOH) a napangumbal kanu 2nd GP Champs and Orally Fit Child Awards sa Philippine International Convention Center (PIC...
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05Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 5 - Pangasinenses seeking for employment abroad need not go to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office in La Union to process their documents. Emmanuel Diaz, overseas workers and welfare officer for Region 1, said that his office has five satellite offices in Pangasinan where job seekers can process their documents. These offices are located at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) offices in Dagupan City, Alaminos City, Rosales and a...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar 4 (PIA) --The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the government has made initial progress in terms of achieving the development outcomes for its beneficiaries, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) said in its recent report. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan in a statement said that households under the Pantawid Pamilya Program are more likely to perform better, particularly in the areas of education and health, compared to non-beneficiarie...
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04Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- Billed as the Philippines efficient and cost-effective project management tool, the World Bank (WB) recently cited the government’s use of geo-tagging technology in its effort for a transparent and corrupt-free government. An article bannered in their Washington-based website (www.worldbank.org), said that the use of geo-tagging technology in the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) second Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP2) has made project monitoring in far-...
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04Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 4 (PIA) -- Iginawad kamakailan sa Municipal Health Office (MHO) ng bayan ng Tupi, South Cotabato ang ‘Garantisadong Pambata’ (GP) Champs award bunsod ng pagsisikap nito sa pagbibigay ng mga dekalidad na serbisyo sa aspeto ng basic child health care. Ang parangal ay ipinagkaloob ng Department of Health (DOH) sa naganap na 2nd GP Champs and Orally Fit Child Awards sa Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) sa lungsod ng Pasay. Sinabi ni m...
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04Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Residents and visitors of Binuangan, Misamis Oriental observe a traditional yet sacred way of celebrating faith, life and good health through the Patunob Festival held every first week of February. To honor their patron saint - Our Lady of Lourdes, people from Binuangan hold several activities which include a parade, cultural show, trade fair, fluvial float and boat race. Binuangan Municipal Planning Officer Manuel L. Saligumba, over-all chairman of the ...
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04Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 4 (PIA) -- The Municipal Health Office (MHO) of Tupi, South Cotabato has received ‘Garantisadong Pambata’ (GP) Champs Award due to its efforts in delivering exemplary services on basic child health care in the municipality. The award was conferred by the Department of Health (DOH) during the 2nd GP Champs and Orally Fit Child Awards held at Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. Dr. Ma. Rizalina M. Arenas, municipal health den...
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04Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Six former rebels received six sacks of high-breed corn and one sack of rice each from the local government unit of Kapalong, Davao del Norte a week after they surrendered to the government. Captain Harold Ho, civil-military operations officer of the 1003rd Infantry Brigade identified the recipients as Otoy Boy-ang, Lino Molohinday, Randy Agbang, Maugan Malibato, Gamai Mai and Botchoy Mantog, who all hail from Sitio Mulig, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Nort...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 4 -- The need to wage an armed struggle to change Philippine society has become irrelevant with democratic space obtaining in the country. This was the reason why some members of the political Left who used to shun elections, especially during the Martial Law period, do so now. In an episode of the TV talk show Paghahanda Para sa Hatol ng Bayan, Commission on Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales said, "There is no space for armed struggle for as long as you can do things peacefu...
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04Mar2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regions 4A and National Capital Region (NCR) recently spearheaded the creation of the technical working group (TWG) for the Pasig-Laguna De Bay Riverbasin. The newly created TWG is composed of 24 members both from the DILG Regions IV-A and NCR, national gov’t agencies (NGAs) and non-gov’t organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and the academe. Further, an executive committee was ...
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04Mar2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, March 4 -- A fuel tanker truck containing 18 thousand liters of petroleum products overturned in the capital town of Tubod last February 27, blocking the main street of the community. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) immediately dispatched a response team to assess the accident around 2 a.m. Standard operating procedures and protocols in handling hazardous and volatile materials were strictly observed by emergency responders to stabilize ...
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03Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 03 (PIA) -- The Eduardo J. Aboitiz Cancer Center (EJACC) of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) cited some facts as to how the implementation of the Sin Tax Reform Law (RA-. 10351) can be significant to prevent cancer. EJACC program coordinator, Ronald delos Reyes said that liver cancer and lung cancer are the leading cancers in Metro Cebu. “Lung cancer ranks first not just in terms of incidence but also in mortality cases,” Reyes noted. In a radio program “Pagtuki,...
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03Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 3 (PIA) -- Nipasidaan ang Department of Health (DOH) nga magbantay sa mga sakit nga mahimong makuha karong ting-init sama sa sore eyes ug heat stroke. Matud pa ni Health Assistant Secretary Paulyn Ubial, ang common illness o sakit nga makuha kun init ang panahon mao ang sore eyes ug heat stroke. Sigun pa kang Ubial, pipila sa mga senyales sa heat stroke ang grabe nga pagka-uhaw, pagpamugnaw ug pagkalipong. Kun dili kini madali og tagad, giingong mahimong mag-hallu...
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02Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is planning to make some innovations to the employees’ compensation program (ECP). The agency is working towards expanding the coverage of the program and increasing its benefits and services, according to ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis. The ECP provides a compensation package to public and private employees or their depende...
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02Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Park Inn Davao is bullish in the growth of the mid-scale travelers market in the region. “You need more hotels of this kind here,” says Geir Sikko, General Manager of Park Inn Davao. The hotel owned by SM Hotels and Conventions is the first Park Inn by Radisson hotel in the Asia Pacific region. Sikko describes the mid scale market as somewhat a notch above backpacker tourists and below five-star travelers. He estimates that 60% of the world traveler market is...
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02Mar2013SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Friday turned over personal protective and fire fighting equipment to the municipalities of San Francisco and Talacogon and gave recognition to organized women’s group in the prevention of fire in their respective municipalities. SSupt. Marion Socorro Timonera, BFP Caraga Regional Director, assisted by SInsp. Augusto Cesar Kinazo, Agusan del Sur Fire Mashall turned over to Mayor Jenny de Asis of San Francisc...
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02Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- The province of Northern Samar launched the “Ten Moves Project” at Bulwagan ng mga Guro, DepEd Division Office, Catarman, on February 28. Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ronelo Firmo said TEN Moves is part of the Bayanihang Pampaaralan of the 57-75 Education Reform Movement campaigns for the construction of classrooms in public schools, of which the Division of Northern Samar will be a recipient. Dr. Firmo was also thankful to the Samar Island...
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01Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- In line with this year's Women's Month celebration, the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) chaired by Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Caraga Regional Director Marylin Pintor is spearheading various activities for the month-long celebration. The 2013 Women's Month Celebration is pursuant to: 1) Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988 declaring the first week of March each year as Women's Week and March 8 as Women's Rights and International Peace Day; 2) Pro...
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01Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 1 (PIA6) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 6 has expanded the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program to 15 more local government units in the region, adding 40, 835 more beneficiaries who now total 295, 127 poor households. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Operations Teodulo Romo Jr. led the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement with mayors and representatives of the 15 LGUs for the implementation of the program in their areas held here i...
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01Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) is intensifying its awareness campaign on Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). In line with this, ECC conducted on Thursday an advocacy seminar here to promote the program in Northern Mindanao. The seminar, conducted in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10, was the second regional advocacy campaign of ECC for 2013. It was attended by more than a hundred partici...
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01Mar2013TAGUM CITY, March 1 -- The Musikahan Festival held in the city from February 19 to 24, was able to raise P110,000 based on the initial assessment of the organizers. “The Festival was able to get more than P100,000 in pledges alone during the festivity,” Tagum City Information Officer Cromwell Bonghanoy said. He added that the donation boxes alone, which were placed in strategic locations during the nightly concerts, raised P10,000 in cash. Bonghanoy said this year’s Musikahan sa Tagum Fe...
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01Mar2013Whenever the 60-year old farmer Zukarnain Dagandal looks at the sky, he does not see the clear skies and the cotton-like clouds. Instead, he sees images of violent armed conflicts, of planes unloading bombs, of people caught in cross fires, of burning houses, and other kinds of hostilities. He is not the only one to have these images flash before their eyes. He and his fellow villagers in the war-torn village of Pamalian in Pikit, located 20 kilometers away from the town proper, have witness...
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28Feb2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Cavite, in partnership with Cavite Modern Growers’ Inc. (CGMI), has their hands full in preparation for the second Cavite Agrifest and Farmers/Fishermen’s Congress slated on March 25. Now on its second year, the assembly will be held at the provincial gymnasium and is themed “Pagsasama-sama ng mga Magsasaka at Mangingisda, Tungo sa mas Maunlad na Pagsasaka ng Komunidad (A Gathering of Farmers and Fishermen Toward...
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28Feb2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Work on the rehabilitation of four bridges along the Daang Maharlika highway in this province have begun in earnest, their cumulative cost of P30 million sourced from the regular funds of the Department of Public Highways (DPWH) local office for the current year 2013. These include the Nailong bridge in Liloan town with a project cost of P3.7 million, Cawayan bridge in Libagon for P10 million, Bogasong bridge also in Libagon for P3 million, and the Divisoria b...
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28Feb2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Three coastal towns in this province are set to benefit from infrastructure projects after Governor Khalid Dimaporo signed the memorandum of agreement last February 18 here. The projects are from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under its Makamasang Tugon Program and the Australian government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Four barangays will benefit from risk-reduction projects like construc...
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28Feb2013NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Claims on being left out of relief assistance is a rehashed story, Compostela Valley Provincial Gov. Arturo T. Uy said. In an interview, Uy cited as an "old story" the claims of those who joined the militant-led mass action last Tuesday, Feb. 26 that ended up looting the Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office 11 of relief supplies. "Tanan nakadawat ug relief goods (All have received the relief goods). The Purok leaders ha...
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28Feb2013BOHOL, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Aside from marvelous white beaches, old churches and ancestral houses, there are a-thousand-and-one other reasons to visit Bohol. Bohol now has a new adventure theme park that offers captivating attractions for everyone. It is called Zoocolate Thrills! The theme park is located in Barangay Gotozon in Loboc, Bohol operated by Zoomanity Group under the Yupangco Group of Companies. Zoomanity Group operates other parks like the amazing Zoobic Safari in Subic Bay; Zoocob...
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28Feb2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Feb. 28 (PIA) --A total of 269,368 families in the Calabarzon Region are now benefiting from DSWD's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. With the latest expansion of the program at the end of year 2012, the program now serves qualified poor families and cities in all five Calabarzon provinces. The recent expansion, referred to as Set 6, has 107,835 families. These new beneficiaries come from 99 cities and municipalities in the region where three cities (Cabuyao, Bacoor, an...
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28Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 28 (PIA)--About 80 US military and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel and local non-government organization representatives are scheduled to kick off 'Operation Pacific Angel 2013' on March 4 in Negros Oriental. This humanitarian assistance mission will include medical, dental, optometry, and engineering programs as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges. A press statement from the US Embassy said doctors and engineers from the AFP will work alongsid...
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27Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will sue leaders of those who ransacked their office in Davao City Tuesday. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman called the incident an act of hooliganism. "We will file charges because this is robbery and damage to public property," said Secretary Soliman in an interview. "Those relief goods are for typhoon Cresing victims," said Soliman as she wondered how the supposed "hungry and nothin...
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27Feb2013VIGAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) --This city bested four other finalists to win the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) first national search for Gawad Pamana ng Lahi. Regional Director Corazon Guray, DILG-Ilocos, said the search is in recognition of local government units which excelled in local governance covering the year 2012. “The Gawad Pamana ng Lahi is a total award concept and is conferred to a province, city or municipality for their exemplary performance in administr...
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27Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) - - The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in this city reiterates the continuing importance of everyone’s cooperation and participation in efforts to prevent the occurrence of fire and minimize its potential destructive effects. Iloilo City Fire Marshall Gerry Berte said, “Fire prevention is everyone’s concern.” He added in a media interview that although the occurrence of destructive fires cannot be totally avoided or eradicated, their ill effects can be minim...
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27Feb2013COTABATO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- ARMM OIC-Vice Governor and regional secretary BaInon Karon of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the autonomous region cautions politicians against using the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program or “Pantawid Pamilya” for their political advancement. DSWD-ARMM has launched recently its version of “BAWAL ANG EPAL DITO” anti-Epal regional campaign in an effort to protect and safeguard the program against attempts by some politicia...
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27Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb 27 (PIA) -- Aminado si Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 assistant regional director Gemma Rivera na mahalaga ang papel ng media sa ikatatagumpay ng kanilang “Bawal ang Epal Dito” campaign. Dahil dito, umaapela si ARD Rivera sa mga mamamahayag sa tulungan sila sa kanilang adbokasiya na naglalayong maprotektahan ang mga benepisyaryo sa mga pulitikong nagnanais na magamit ng Pantawid...
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27Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) hopes to welcome students of typhoon-Pablo stricken areas in Compostela Valley and in Davao Oriental in regular classrooms by June 2013. “The Department has already shelled out P1 billion for the rehabilitation of damaged classrooms in the provinces hit by Pablo,” DepEd spokesperson Jenielito Atillo said. Atillo said they are doing everything to make sure that before school year 2013 to 2014 starts, all classrooms in the said ...
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27Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb.27 (PIA) -- Davao del Norte has chosen Senator Pia Cayetano to be the “Sports Darling” of the province in its bid to get the support of the national government for the hosting of the Palarong Pambansa in 201 Cayetano, who led the lighting of the torch during the opening of the Davao Region Athletics Association (DAVRAA) Monday, was the first athlete to officially make a full 300-meter run across the rubberized oval of the Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center. “She w...
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27Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged Martial Law victims to apply for compensation after President Benigno S. Aquino III signed into law the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 during the 27th Anniversary Celebration of the EDSA People Power Revolution Monday, February 25. Human Rights Commissioner Loretta Rosales in a press conference said under the new law, monetary compensation will be given to the legitimate human rights victims b...
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27Feb2013TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 27 - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Surigao del Sur distributed relief goods to victims of typhoon “Pablo” in the various barangays of Lingig, this province recently. About 1,500 households comprising of three (3) barangays (Tagpoporan, Bong-gan and Barcelona) were extended of the help not only the affected agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) but as well as the residents of the said barangays. Donations came from DAR Caraga 13, DAR Region ...
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26Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Newly installed Director General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) visited Basilan Friday to prepare for the local launching of the national event dubbed “Bayani Challenge 2013.” DG Jose Mari Oquiñena together with a team from Gawad Kalinga (GK) paid a courtesy call on Basilan Gov. Jum Akbar to discuss the housing projects for the province as part of the simultaneous nationwide Bayani Challenge launch in 34 provinces. Bayani Challenge is...
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26Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Everyone can now enjoy sweets without feeling guilty of taking on ‘too much’ sugar. Coco sugar is one of the most sought after products for those who seek to live healthy these days. Readily available and currently produced in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental under the Linabu Agrarian Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LAMPCO), Coco sugar is a very good alternative to the current white/refined/brown sugar in the market. Irwin Jayson Jamaca, Trade and Industry De...
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26Feb2013CATEEL, Davao Oriental, Feb. 26 -- The United States Government has donated 2.1 million kilos of rice for the typhoon-stricken provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley to help feed thousands of families affected by typhoon Pablo. US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry K. Thomas, Jr. personally handed over the rice donation at the Cateel Typhoon Response Hub last February 20, which will be channeled through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for fair and transpare...
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26Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Beginning this week, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 is revving up its campaign to protect the conditional cash transfer (CCT) beneficiaries from politician who try to use the program to influence votes. “DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman has received a lot of complaints that some politicians have told Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries that ...
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26Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb 26 (PIA) --- Motorists in Cebu taking the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge are urged to follow traffic signs as repairs on said bridge kicked off yesterday. Signages and notices guiding motorists on which lanes to take have already been put up by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in line with their rehabilitation of the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge for a target period of 70 days. The two bridges connect the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu. Phase 1 of t...
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26Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 26 (PIA) -- Patuloy pa rin ang operasyon ng mga pulis sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato hinggil sa ipinatutupad na Oplan Kapkap Bakal. Ayon kay Kidapawan City Police Director Supt. Joseph Semillano, ilang mga indibidwal na ang inaresto dahil sa pagdadala ng armas tulad ng kutsilyo at iba pa. Aniya, ilan sa mga dinakip ay pinalaya din ng Kidapawan PNP dahil ang mga narekober na armas ay gamit sa trabaho. Layunin ng operasyon na ito na maiwasan ...
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26Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Infrastructure projects worth P81.2 million will soon be implemented by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in a former war-torn village in Makilala town in North Cotabato. This came after groups of Christians and Muslim farmers in Sitio Lacobe, Barangay Malabuan, at odds with each other because of land conflict, agreed to a peaceful co-existence through a memorandum of agreement as they vow to end their four-decade old differences and fig...
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26Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 26 (PIA) -- At least 477 families of workers in a banana plantation in nearby Tampakan town are assured of benefits until 2014. This after the workers’ union and management of the Lapanday Food Corporation (LFC) in Tampakan came into terms concerning their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The union, the Global Tampakan employees Union-ALU (GTEU-ALU), headed by Reynaldo Egasan agreed to drop their notice of strike issues in ex...
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25Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III signed into law the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, an act providing compensation to victims of human rights violation during the martial law regime. The President signed the law, Monday, as one of the highlights of the 27th anniversary celebration of the EDSA People Power revolution. Around P10 billion funds from the Marcos assets seized by the Swiss government and turned over to the Philippines will be ...
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25Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), on Thursday, assured that enough funds and relief supplies are in place for the victims of typhoon ‘Crising.’ Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said that P15.84 million in standby funds, P10.45 million in family food packs, and P42.44 million worth of relief supplies were prepositioned in the DSWD Field Offices 4-B, 9, 10, 11, 12, CARAGA and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao...
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25Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- Two community hospitals and a number of rural health units in South Cotabato have been allotted P26 million intended to the upgrade of these health facilities. South Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes announced in her radio program last Friday that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has already approved the release of this fund under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFE...
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25Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) ang gitahasan sa Comelec kun Commission on Elections nga maoy mopahibalo kabahin sa mga ginadili sa industriya sa transportatsyon kalabot sa eleksiyon sa May 13, 2013. Subay niini ang DOTC ang adunay kaakuhan sa pagpahibalo sa tanang tag-iya o mga operator sa mga sakyanan sa kalsada ug kahanginan, ingon man sa mga pasilidad sa telekomunikasyon, ug kadtong nagbaton sa mga gitawag nga...
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22Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 22 (PIA) -- Nakabantay ngayon ang Kidapawan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato bunsod pa rin ng patuloy na pagsama ng panahon. Dahil sa mga pag-ulan sa lungsod, pinangangambahang magka-landslide sa mga matataas o highly-elevated na mga barangay. Isa ang Kidapawan City sa mga apektadong lugar sa North Cotabato dahil sa walang habas na pag-ulan sanhi ng Bagyong Crising at patuloy na pag-uulan sa ...
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22Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb 22 (PIA) -- Hindi maaring gamitin ng mga pulitiko ang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) sa kanilang pangangampanya. Hindi rin dapat maniwala ang publiko sa mga kandidatong mangangakong isasali ang mga botante sa mga benepisyaryo ng programa o mananakot na sila ay tatanggalin sa listahan kung hindi boboto sa kanila. Ito ang binigyang-diin ni ARMM vice governor Hadjai Bainon Karon na siya ring tumatayong regional sec...
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22Feb2013SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA), Feb 22 -- Pantawid Pamilya families are urged to be non-partisan in the coming national and local elections. Jeffrey Gabucay, Provincial Coordinator of Pantawid Pamilya, appealed to 28,205 families covered by Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino program in the province to be non- partisan and avoid being used by politicians come election time. The members may have their own candidates to vote, and they are free to enjoy their right of suffrage, however, what is not allowed is f...
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22Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb 22 (PIA) -- International and local artists made Tagum City a hub during the 12th Musikahan sa Tagum Festival slated in the city from February 19 to 24, 20. But more than that, the Festival gave the artists a chance to extend assistance to the survivors of typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley through their music. World-renowed violinist Alfonso “Coke” Bolipata and his students Pundaquit Virtuosi of Zambales filled the Atrium of the New City Hall of Tagum with soulful music on...
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22Feb2013SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb 22 (PIA ) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will strictly monitor Fair Election Act (or Comelec Resolution 9615) violations. The Act prohibits the display of election propaganda materials in public places and outside designated common poster areas. “Violations would be taken seriously,” Ian Lee M. Ananoria , OIC provincial election supervisor, said. “We will gather evidence and we will file charges against those found violating the law.” He said campaig...
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22Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is expected to lead the launching of the department’s “Bawal ang Epal” campaign on Feb. 23, 2013 in Carcar, this city. The campaign aims to protect the government’s poverty reduction program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), and its beneficiaries from being used by politicians for their personal and political gains for the May 13 polls. An advisory from ...
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22Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 22 (PIA) –- Politicians cannot use the national government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as a leverage in soliciting votes. Nor should voters believe politicians who claim they have the authority to exclude or add recipients of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program being spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, an official of the agency said. ARMM vice governor and concur...
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21Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA)-Western Pangasinan is reminding businessmen to secure their licenses before engaging in the business of corn and palay trading. The NFA released the following schedules for licensing: February for the towns of Basista, Bayambang, Malasiqui and Urbiztondo; March for the towns of Aguilar, Bugallon, Mangatarem and San Carlos City; April for the towns of Binmaley, Calasiao, Mangaldan and Sta. Barbara; May for Dagupan City, Labrador, ...
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21Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- A local rescuer drowned as he tried to save residents trapped in rampaging waters during flash floods that occurred Thursday dawn, Feb. 21, in Barangay Sampao, Kapalong, Davao del Norte. Nelson Jeminez, 40, a member of the Marilag rescue group, was found dead in a nearby packing plant minutes after the rope he was clinging on snapped. Fourteen houses were also totally destroyed and 26 houses partially damaged in nearby Barangay Sto. Nino, Talaingod town, when the...
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21Feb2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Nearly 100 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels staged simultaneous attacks on agro-industrial firms Del Monte and Dole headquarters in Bukidnon on Tuesday, 6 p.m., leaving one dead and three others injured. Camp Phillips Memorial Hospital resident physician identified the casualty as Alfredo Neri, who was the guard on duty at the gate when the rebels attacked the Del Monte Philippines, Inc. compound. Capt. Eduardo Meclat Jr, chief of civil military opera...
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21Feb2013STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- This town continues to produce local chess talents who are honed to represent the country in global tournaments. The Sta. Barbara local government partnered with the Hermano Chess Club (HCC) headed by Allen Garcia and the Pangasinan Chess League (PCL) in holding the two-day 2013 Open Chess tournament that begun February 16. International Chess Federation Master Haridas Pascua took the tournament title to continue his winning streak in local tournamen...
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21Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 21 (PIA) -- Naniniwala ang pamunuan ng Kidapawan District Jail sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato na isa sa mga paraan upang masolusyunan ang problema sa kasikipan sa bilangguan ay ang ilipat ang mga high-risk inmate sa Taguig City Jail. Ito ay dahil sa sobrang bilang ng mga preso sa naturang pasilidad. Ayon kay Kidapawan Jail Warden Jail Inspector Gorgie Cornelio, mula 50 hanggang 60 inmates lamang ang kapasidad ng piitan ngunit sa ngayon ay abot na sa h...
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21Feb2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb 21 (PIA) -- In order to ensure that all persons with disabilities (PWDs) are not deprived of their political rights especially the right to vote, a non-government organization (NGO) is launching a talent competition for them in Bohol. Ronald Gutierrez, executive director of Upholding Life and Nature (ULAN), disclosed that the talent contest billed, “K Factor: Lahat Tayo May K” is set sometime in April. The underlying theme is,“Everyone, including PWDs have th...
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21Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) formally launched the Smarter Philippines program aimed at maximizing the use of information communication technology to spur inclusive growth and improve the quality of lives among Filipinos. Speaking in the launching program at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City, DOST Secretary Mario Montejo said, in Davao Region, Smarter Philippines can be best understood by local residents to their access to information on climate c...
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21Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Pebrero 21 (PIA)--Aabot sa 500 mga miyembro ng Barangay Peace-Keeping Action Team (BPAT) mula sa 24 barangay sa Kabacan, North Cotabato ang sumailalim sa reorientation at pagsasanay kamakalawa. Layunin nito na na lalong palakasin ang kaalaman ng mga BPAT members sa pagpapanatili ng kapayapaan at kaayusan sa mga barangay at maging epektibong auxiliary force ng mga pulis. Nanguna sa naturang aktibidad sina Kabacan Chief of Police Supt, Leo Ajero at DILG Kaba...
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21Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The national government is mulling of harnessing unused television frequencies to further internet connectivity to remote communities in the country. Commonly called as TV white spaces (TVWS) these are unutilized television frequencies in UHF and VHF bands which can be used for data communications. “TVWS is an ideal wireless data delivery medium for the Philippines, with its long distance propagation characteristics and the ability of its signals to travel over ...
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21Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Seventy one participants attended the half-day investment opportunity forum on pangasius organized by Department of Trade and Industry-Rizal Provincial Office in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Inland Fisheries Technology Center (BFAR-NIFTC), local government of Rizal, Pangasius Industry Association of Rizal (PIAR), and Vitarich Corporation onFebruary 15 at the Rizal Provincial Capitol. This Forum called, “From F...
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21Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Filipinos are assured of easier access to low cost medicines now that the Cheaper Medicines Act (R.A. 9502) is in full swing among state-run hospitals and government agencies. In a press briefing last week, Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, Department of Health (DOH) director in the Ilocos Region, said that public hospitals and agencies are being monitored if they have generic medicines in their inventories and if these undergo prior bidding as the Commission on Audit requires....
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 20 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang isaayos ang Hall of Justice ng lungsod ng Kidapawan sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ngayong taon. Ito ay matapos ihayag ni executive judge Rogelio Narisma ng Regional Trial Court (RTC) 12th Judicial Region na ang naturang gusali ay hindi na matibay. Aniya, kailangan nang kumpunihin ito gayong halos sira na ang mga bahagi ng nabanggit na gusali. Kaugnay nito, tumugon naman si North Cotabato 2nd district Congresswoman Nancy Catam...
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20Feb2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, Feb 20 (PIA) -- The Parañaque Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PqCCI) will hold its seventh Business Conference on Friday, February 22, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the Forum Hall of Pagcor Parañaque. With this year’s theme “2013 Beyond Survival” the conference aims to give insights and forecasts essential to business success and development, and also to progress and growth of commerce and industry and the economy. Parañaque City Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. will be one of the g...
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20Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Local authorities netted at least P1 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 17 suspects last Friday in what the police considered as the biggest drug bust in this city. Acting on a tip that a large shipment was going to transpire that day, the city and provincial police along with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Naval Intelligence swooped down on Pagasa village in Bonuan Gueset, and imposed a search and seizure order. The group served separate sea...
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20Feb2013DAVAO CITY Feb. 20 (PIA) -- McDonald’s Philippines and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has continued its partnership to provide an all year-round SPES (Special Program for Employment) for underprivileged but qualified youths. The linkage began in 2012 where McDonald’s offered about 3,600 slots for students and out-of-school youths across the country to become crew members in its stores. In Davao City, over 102 students in two batches have undergone SPES in eight of its ...
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20Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The government is set to implement the second stage of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project, considered as the first large scale reservoir dam outside Luzon. The 11.21 billion project features the construction of three dams – Jalaur Reservoir, Jalaur Afterbay and Alibunan Catch Dam. The project will provide the year-round irrigation for increased agricultural production to the 22, 340 hectares of the five existing irrigation systems and 9,500 hectares of cur...
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 20 (PIA) -- Patuloy na itinataguyod ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ang kanilang kampanya upang matigil ang problema sa child trafficking at child labor. Kaugnay nito, walang puknat ang pagbibigay ng ahensya ng mga symposium at seminar patungkol sa mga problemang nabanggit. Ayon kay DOLE North Cotabato Field Office Head Edna Sales, mahalaga ito upang mapalakas ang kampanya laban sa pang-aabuso sa mg...
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19Feb2013PAGBILAO, Quezon, Feb. 19 (PIA) --TeaM Energy’s Pagbilao Power Station (PPS) and the Philippine Air Force (PAF) signed an agreement in this province on February 15 which will ensure sharing of critical resources during emergency situations that may require the cooperation of both parties. Based on the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by TeaM Energy, represented by PPS Station Manager/Vice President Hilarion R. Medrano and the PAF, represented by Col. ArausRobert F. Musico, Group Comma...
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19Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- Local farmers, Municipal Agriculture Officers, and businessmen of Rizal province recently attended Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Rizal’s Investment Opportunity Forum on the fish called pangasius Antipolo City. Romy Pol of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – National Inland Fisheries Training Center briefed the attendees on the characteristics and history of pangasius. According to Pol, pangasius comes from the family of the catf...
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19Feb2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has released 25 pump and engine sets to several farmers’ associations and cooperatives in Capiz last month. The farm equipment was part of the multi-million peso assistance of government to Capiz farmers to ensure food security and rice self-sufficiency in the province. The project will complement the irrigation projects by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for the province’s farmlands. Records from the O...
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19Feb2013TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- The Tago River overflowed Tuesday morning, submerging the interior municipality of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur and also some barangays in Tago town. According to the Miguel local Disaster and Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) officer Charles Suhian, the river overflowed around 9 a.m. today, affecting more than five barangays in the area including Barangay Poblacion. Meanwhile, according to the press statement of the local DRRMC of Bislig, Tandag,...
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19Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) -- Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio ordered the suspension of classes from preschool to high school Tuesday due to bad weather brought about by tropical depression Crising. She also placed all rescue units run by the Emergency Response Center Central 911 and the barangays rescue groups on heightened alert due to the possible swelling of Davao River and other tributaries in the city and landslide on the highland areas. “Per Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomic...
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18Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb 18 -- Government employees may express support for their favored candidates, but they cannot ask co-workers to vote for their choices. Civil Service Assistant Commissioner Ariel G. Ronquillo said government workers who engage in partisan political activities may face suspension, or worse, dismissal. Government employees that Commissioner Ronquillo was referring to were those who are career officials and rank and file employees in public offices. “We (government employees) a...
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18Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Good news for job seekers. The provincial government of North Cotabato will conduct a jobs fair at the provincial gymnasium inside the Provincial Capitol compound in Amas, Kidapawan City on March 19 – 20. But before the actual fair, the LGU has advised applicants to pre-register at the Provincial Human Resource Management Office at the ground floor of the Provincial Capitol. An advisory from from the o...
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18Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 18 (PIA) –- The local candidates in Maasin City running for local posts on May 2013 polls signed a peace covenant committing themselves to ensure a fair, honest, peaceful and clean elections, Sunday, February 17. The peace covenant signing was in collaboration with the Philippine National Police-Maasin City Police Station led by Police Superintendent Elwin Fernandez and Commission on Elections (Comelec) Acting Election Officer Laurence Irman G. Gelsano who re...
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18Feb2013TAGUM CITY-The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center (PDRRMC) vowed to promote a culture of safety in the province to enable its residents to become resilient amid the onslaught of natural disasters in the province. The pronouncement came even as the PDRRMC officially launched “Oplan Andam” during the provincial employees’ regular Monday Convocation held at the Bulwagan Hall of the Provincial Capitol in Mankilam, this city. “We are officially launching Oplan Andam which ...
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18Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between the Tagum Cooperative and the Province of Davao del Norte for the grant of a half million financial assistance that the former will provide to the Luntiang Paraiso Regional Rehabilitation Center in New Corella, Davao del Norte. “The MOA binds the two signatories to work together in making a difference in the lives of alcoholics and drug dependents undergoing rehabilitation in Luntiang Paraiso,” ...
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18Feb2013QUEZON CITY – Usa ka simple apan dili makalimtan nga gradwasyon ang gustong ipasinati ni Education Secretary Luistro alang sa mga estudyante nga mogradwar niini nga tuig. Si Luistro miingon nga gikinahanglan sa seremonya nga maglakip sa obligasyon sa katawhan, may pagbati sa komunidad, ug personal nga responsibilidad, ug dili lamang mamahimong memorable ug exciting nga walay dagkong gasto. Kabahin sa serbisyo publiko sa DepEd ang paghatag sa katawhan ug simple apan dili makalimtan nga ...
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18Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Peb. 18 (PIA6) -- Isa sa mga kinalain sang mga katapu sang Manubo nga Panalgan sang Kongreso nga ginboto pinaagi sa sistema sang partylist amo nga nagatiglawas ini sila sang sektor sang kubos. Ini ang ginpahayag ni Leonor Briones sang KAABAY (Kalipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan) partylist group sang ini ang mangin bisita sang damlag lang sa programa Paghahanda para sa Hatol ng Bayan nga nagtalakay natuhoy sa sistema sang partylist. Ang regular nga kongresista nagatiglawas sang mga pu...
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17Feb2013SIQUIJOR, Feb 17 (PIA)—Assistance from the private and public sector continue to pour for the victims of typhoon Pablo that hit Siquijor island in December 2012. The Mercury Drug Foundation, Inc. donated 100 bags of 10kg. rice per bag for the Siquijor resident. “We have been monitoring the situation in areas affected by the recent typhoon and have decided to make donations of rice to the provinces declared under a state of calamity by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Cou...
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16Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched its new scholarship convergence program dubbed as Cash-for-Training Project (C4TP) during the flag raising ceremony of Cagayan de Oro City, February 11 at the City Hall. During the launching, 10 scholarship/C4TP vouchers were awarded to beneficiaries from the province of Misamis Oriental by Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. E...
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16Feb2013TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 17 -- A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) whose name was withheld for security reason voluntarily surrendered to the 26th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, based in Barangay San Nicolas, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on February 11. Report from the army said the surrenderee was a team leader of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 34 under Maximo Catarata a.k.a. Ka Boyet Tindugan of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. The army added that...
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15Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 15 — Candidates with good looks, a consistent message and name-recall have a good chance of winning an election. Political management expert Malou Tiquia of Publicus-Asia Inc. said candidates must have “authentic messages and authentic campaigns” to gain public support during election campaigns. Tiquia, author of the book “Campaign Politics,” was guest during the Paghahanda Para sa Hatol ng Bayan, a news and public affairs program of People’s Television Network....
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15Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG) and several Rizal LGUs wed 438 couples through the agency’s “I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-Ibig” free mass wedding activity held yesterday, February 14, Valentines’ Day. PAG-IBIG Antipolo OIC Christian Chua, said, “I Do. I Do.” was first conducted last year and will be held yearly on Valentines’ Day for members who wish to be married especially those who do not have the means for a ceremony. The activity, h...
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15Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture of Region 12 (DA-12) will get P1.29-billion budget this year, a whopping 62 percent higher than its 2012 budget of P739 million. This is in recognition of the region’s 128 percent staples self-sufficiency as evidenced by the 1.28 million metric tons (MT) of rice it harvested last year, data from the Agri Pinoy Palayan Program indicate; it is also in recognition of other accomplishments of the regional field offi...
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15Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 15 -- Multiple celebrations are set on Valentines Day at the Pag-IBIG Fund Malaybalay Extension Office (MEO). Aside from sponsoring the civil mass wedding on February 14, at the Cities of Malaybalay and Valencia, Bukidnon; the Pag-IBIG Fund MEO blessing is also set on the same day. The Pag-IBIG Fund MEO recently moved to its new location at the Paz Building, Carbajal St., Malaybalay City, in the Province of Bukidnon. The MEO operates and served 62,313 members from th...
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15Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- The National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 will be conducting an Advocacy Forum with the theme “Pasundayag sa Datus (Exhibit of Data)” on February 14 -15 at Pearlmont, here. This will be participated in by the municipal/city/provincial planning and development officers from Region 10. NHTU has been doing its part in providing stakeholders updated information on the activities and a...
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15Feb2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb 15 (PIA) -- A technical team was organized by the National Food Authority (NFA), this province, to ensure readiness and accessibility of rice for distribution in relief operations during disasters. Provincial Manager Victoria R. Duray said the technical team’s role is vital in assessing the volume of rice needed in the calamity-stricken areas. “This is part of NFA’s crisis and disaster plan because we need to ensure the readiness and accessibility of the ag...
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15Feb2013SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III led the Team PNoy yesterday in visiting this city to meet local leaders and the community. Held at the San Pablo central school gym, the President, together with the Team PNoy, was received by the officialdom of the province led by 4th district representative and gubernatorial candidate, Edgar “Egay” San Luis; 3rd district representative, Maria Evita “Ivy” Arago; 2nd district representative, Dan Fernandez; and S...
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15Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 15 (PIA)--Nakatanggap kahapon ng tulong pangkabuhayan ang ilang mga benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilya sa unang distrito ng North Cotabato. Ang naturang tulong ay ipinagkaloob sa higit 500 mga benepisyaryo sa iba’t-ibang mga barangay sa distrito uno. Nabatid na aabot sa P5 milyong kabuuang pondo ang ipinamahagi sa labing walong Self- Employment Assistance for Kaunlaran Associations (SKAs) o ang asosasyong binuo ng mga miyembro ng Pantawid Pamilya. T...
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15Feb2013SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Peb. 15 (PIA6) -- Magaabot sa Capiz ang Sayaw Pinoy nga proyekto sang National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) sa Pebrero 18 para sa serye sang saot nga presentasyon kaangut sa National Arts Month nga selebrasyon. Kalakip sa mga grupo sang manogsaot nga magaabot amo ang Quezon City Ballet, Kislap Sining Dance Company sang Philippine Normal University kag Saint Louis University Dance Troupe sa Baguio City. Ginpahayag ni Alphonsus Tesoro nga amo ang Provincia...
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15Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- School children in Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (Kalahi-CIDSS) or KC areas of region 10 are assured of a conducive learning facility. This after, P17.727 million have been allocated for the construction of 44 schoolbuildings/day care centers for these areas, as of February 13, this year. Of this amount, P10.407 million or 58.71 percent was sourced from the Australian Agency for Internati...
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15Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb. 15 --The Education Cluster is now in the process of assessing the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) requirements of around 163 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. The TLS were set up as a response by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Education Cluster, to the academic requirements of the children in areas affected by Typhoon Pablo, specifically where most schools have either been partially or totally damaged. D...
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15Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) --- One hundred and one couples said “I do” on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in a kasalang bayan dubbed “I do, I do. Araw ng Pag-IBIG” held at Robinson’s Place Iloilo. This free mass wedding ceremony is a special project sponsored by Pag-IBIG Fund, in partnership with the City Government of Iloilo, City Civil Registry and Robinson’s Place Iloilo. Juvy Atiola, Pag-IBIG Fund Iloilo Provident Benefits Division Chief said this is the first time the Iloilo bra...
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15Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA6) -- With the onset of the political campaign season, the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 also intensifies its campaign among Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries not to succumb to threats of being delisted by a politician. This in the wake of reports, that some politicians here are using the Pantawid as a political tool to get votes in the May 2013 elections. DSWD-6 Asst. Regional Director Joel Galicia said they have been intensify...
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14Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 14 (PIA) --The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has noted a huge gap in the distribution of water kits between the typhoon-Pablo affected municipalities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Davao Oriental WASH Coordinator Burgess reported a gap of 5,985 water kits in the distribution of these materials in the province. Compostela Valley WASH Coordinator Jose Luis Diago however reported that in his area, there is a huge gap of 64,260 in the distribu...
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14Feb2013SURIGAO CITY, Peb. 14 (PIA) – Gipirmahan ni Presidente Aquino ang gipalapdan nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act nga maoy mopuno sa kulang sa kasamtangang balaodnon aron mahimong epektibo ang pagsumpo sa maong kalasapan, matud ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda kagahapon. Sumala ni Lacierda, sa mi-aging tuig, gitangtang na sa US State Department ang Pilipinas gikan sa Tier 2 nga kategorya sa ilang tinuig nga taho mahitungod sa Trafficking in Person apan ang nasod nagpabilin pa gihapon s...
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14Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The run, anchored on the theme “PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection,” will be held in 18 regional offices nationwide on Feb. 17. These are: Manila, Baguio, Dagupan, Tuguegarao, Clark, Malolos, Sta. Rosa, Batangas, Legazpi, Iloilo, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Koronadal, Butuan, and Marawi, said Johnny Sychua, PhilHealth-Caraga regional vice president. In time with the 18th anniversary celebration of the Phi...
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14Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) --- The local government units (LGUs) of New Lucena and Anilao, Iloilo are national awardees in the Garantisadong Pambata (GP) and Orally Fit Child (OFC) Awards for 2012 of the Department of Health (DOH). These LGUs are recognized for their efforts in prioritizing the health of the children by exemplary delivery of basic child health services through the Garantisadong Pambata Campaign. For Western Visayas, the municipality of Anilao is hailed as Garantisadong Pamba...
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14Feb2013MANILA, Peb. 14 (PIA6) -- Si President Benigno S. Aquino III nagpirma na sang ginpasangkad nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act nga nagasabat sang mga depektibo nga mga probisyon sa subong nga laye agud mangin epektibo nga ma-away ining krimen, suno sa Palasyo. Si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nagsiling nga ang pagpirma sang ginpasangkad nga Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act magahimo sang away sang gobyerno batok sa human trafficking nga mangin mas epektibo. Sang isa ka tuig, ang US Sta...
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14Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb 14 (PIA) -- Now on its fifth day of mission proper operations in Quezon City, the Philippine American Group of Educators and Surgeons (Pages) have operated on 60 children with cleft lips and palates for free. For the past 23 consecutive years, the group has been providing free medical services to mostly less fortunate children in the Philippines affected by an impairment of normal physical function such as cleft lip or palate that impedes verbal communication. This year, Pag...
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14Feb2013CARMONA, Cavite, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Five kids with cerebral palsy recently received custom-made wheelchairs from an international charitable institution which is part of their continuous support to the local governments for persons with disability (PWDs). During the regular Monday flag-raising ceremony held at the town plaza, Mayor Dahlia Loyola thanked the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Foundation for their continued support to the programs and projects for the PWDs. This valuable program has the full ...
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14Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Peb. 14 (PIA)-- Matag pasahero adunay katungod nga makahibalo sa kamatuoran atol sa ‘off-loading.’ Kini nakasaad sa Air Passenger Bill of Rights pinaagi sa Joint Admin Order gikan sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ug Department of Telecommunications (DOTC). Nasangpit sa balauron nga sa matag 24 oras nga langan, kinahanglan magbayad ang panakayan ug mukabat sa P2,000. Mahimo usab hatagan ang mga pasahero ug ‘refund’ sa dala kung kini wala nahatod sa sulod sa...
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13Feb2013SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- Naglab-ot sa 4,402 ka mga pumalasakup sa 2nd Million Volunteer Run (MVR) sang Pebrero 10 diri sa syudad sang Roxas ang narehistro sang Philippine Red Cross- Capiz chapter. Ang tatlo ka kilometro nga dalagan nagikan sa Roxas City plaza pakadto sa People’s Park sa Barangay Baybay nga gintawag “Run To Save Lives” ang nakatipon sang P312,960 nga pundo kalakip sang mga gintug-an sang mga lokal nga panguluhan kag iban pa nga mga grupo. Nahibaluan ng...
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13Feb2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- A sea of runners clad in red t-shirts filled a single lane of Arnaldo Boulevard here Feb. 10 in line with the simultaneous nationwide second Million Volunteer Run. Based on the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) – Capiz chapter records, 4,402 participants had registered for the three-kilometer run from the public plaza through Arnaldo Boulevard to the People’s Park in Barangay Baybay. The event dubbed, “Run to Save Lives,” was highlighted by an exercise...
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13Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- The municipal profile of the poor in Western Visayas is now available for use by the local government units for their planning and prioritized delivery of services. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas has already completed the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) survey and consolidation. Trinidad Lopez, NHTS-PR focal person, said during the orientation with Information Officers that they have ...
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13Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- Sa pagpanguna sa Department of Agriculture - 7 (DA-7), uban sa suporta sa mga mag-uuma, mga magpapatigayon ug pribadong institusyon sa lalawigan sa Bohol, sa paglusad og mga programa nga may labot sa kaugmaran sa produksyon sa ubi, gipanghingusgan sa kagamhanan nga suportahan ang dugang pang kalamboan sa produksyon sa Ubi sa Bohol. Sa usa ka programa nga dunay kalabot sa Ubi Festival nga gipahigayon didto sa Bohol Cultural C...
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13Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- A total of P18,523,000 seed capital from the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been released to 3,435 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino beneficiaries in Lanao del Norte province recently. These beneficiaries come from 181 Self-Employment Assistance sa Kaunlaran Areas (SKAs) in the province organized by Project Development Officers of SLP, in coordination with Pantawid Pamilya field workers. Under...
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13Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 12 (PIA) -- Iprinisenta kamakalawa ng pamunuan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang ilang mga proyektong pangkabuhayan na laan sa mga komunidad ng Bangsamoro. Ang paglalatag ng mga proyekto ay pinangunahan ni DSWD Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman sa isinagawang pagpapasinaya sa Sajahatra Bangsamoro. Ayon kay Soliman, makikipagtulungan ang kanilang departamento sa Department of Agriculture (DA) at Department of Trade and Industry ...
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13Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) - - Not even some of the country's best private health companies over to cover coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) to their clientele. In this government, CABG is now included in the list of catastrophic cases covered by the “Z benefit” package of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth. PhilHealth in Region 6 reported that aside from CABG, four more catastrophic illnesses that push patients to prolonged hospitalization and expensive me...
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13Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- Police offices in Soccsksargen Region have received blast investigation equipment from the US State Department. Police senior inspector Benjamin Mauricio Jr., head of the Police Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office – 12, said the donation consisted of six units of post-blast investigation (PBI) and explosive incident countermeasure kits. Ed Schlachter, resident program manager of...
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13Feb2013PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb 13 -- Panabo City Mayor Atty. Jose L. Silvosa, Sr. has proposed a P5-million rehabilitation center for minors in conflict with the law during a meeting held last January 31 at the City Mayor’s Executive Conference Room, Panabo City Hall. This proposal is Mayor Silvosa’s concrete response to an earlier fellowship prayer and breakfast meeting where he was joined by members of the city's religious sector and which discussed several issues confronting the city...
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12Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb 12 (PIA) –The campaign period for candidates for Senator and Party-List groups participating in the party-list system starts on Feb. 12 and ends on May 11, 2013. During the period, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared it unlawful to post, display or exhibit any election campaign or propaganda material outside the authorized common poster areas, in public places, or in private properties without the consent of the owner thereof. Atty. St...
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12Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 12 -- Pag-IBIG Fund will once again claim Valentine’s Day as the “Araw ng Pag-IBIG” by sponsoring a civil mass wedding for its actively saving members at the Cities of Malaybalay and Valencia. The affair, dubbed as “I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-IBIG,” is co-sponsored by the City Governments of Malaybalay and Valencia. In Malaybalay City, 101 couples will participate in the civil mass wedding presided by City Mayor Ignacio W. Zubiri. Meanwhile, Valencia City Mayo...
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12Feb2013LAOAG CITY, Feb.12 (PIA) -- Traders from Northern and Central Luzon are cashing in on their native products which are on display at the on-going Pamulinawen festival trade fair in this city. The best products from the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Central Luzon were selected to represent the government’s One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) program. The trade fair, sponsored by the City Agricultural Office, is meant to promote local products which symbolize the industry ...
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12Feb2013The 1980s was the time when women played smaller roles than men, when women were relegated to domestic tasks, while men chose their careers and followed their ambitions at will. It was also the time when even the more socially advanced country as the United States still referred to both sexes as "he;" when gays were portrayed primarily as laughing stocks in the movies; when "probinsiyanos" were deemed less sophisticated than city folks; when adoptees still inherited meager sum from their adopte...
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12Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 12 (PIA) -– The posting of campaign materials in public places outside the designated common poster areas is prohibited. In like manner, persons posting such campaign materials, shall be held liable together with the candidates and other persons who caused their posting, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Comelec Resolution No. 9615 promulgated last January 15, provides that parties and candidates may post any lawful campaign material in a...
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12Feb2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Peb. 12 (PIA6) -- Ang mga lokal nga manugpatubas kag ang mga magagmay nga grupo sang mga manguguma kag mangingisda sa banwa sang Miagao nagpakita sang ila mga produkto sa isa ka semana nga Agro-Trade Fair sa Salakayan Festival 2013. Ini tuigan nga hilikuton nga gina-organisa sang opisina sang Municipal Agriculturist, nagabulig sa mga manugpasakup nga mapasanyog ang mga produkto pang agrikultura sang banwa kag magbulig man madugangan ang ila kita. Si Virginia Tapiz, presiden...
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12Feb2013
Hiligaynon news: Coloma nagpanugyan sa mga kandidato indi mag-oversell, maghambal lamang sang matuod
SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Pebrero 12 (PIA) -- Ang mga kandidato nga nagapapili sining palaabuton nga eleksyon indi dapat ibaligya sang sobra ang ila kaugalingon bangud indi nila mahinago ang kamatuuran sa publiko ilabi na sa sining panahon sang Internet. Ang Tiglikom sang Presidential Communications Operations Office nga si Sonny Coloma nagsiling sang ini ang magbisita sa programa “Paghahanda Para sa Hatol ng Bayan” sining damlag lang nga ang mga botante ang madali na karon mag-“fast-check” ... -
12Feb2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- A P120-million, four-storey public hospital will soon rise here after local officials and representatives from the Department of Health (DOH) led the groundbreaking last month of this health care facility. Engr. Teody Galang, chief of Construction Section of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)- South Cotabato Sub-District Engineering Office (SCSDEO) disclosed that initial construction works for this project will begin on March 25 this year. ...
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12Feb2013SYUDAD SA HENERAL SANTOS, Peb. 12 (PIA) -- Usa ka pampublikong ospital nga dunay balor nga 120 milyones pesos ang itukod dinhi sa dakbayan human ang gipahigayong groundbreaking adtong nilabay’ng bulan nga gisalmotan sa mga lokal nga opisyales sa lugar ug representante gikan sa Department of Health (DOH). Sumala pa ni Engr. Teody Galang, ang hepe sa Construction Section sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)- South Cotabato Sub-District Engineering Office (SCSDEO) nga pagasugdan sa ...
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12Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Peb, 12(PIA6) -- Ang mga ehekutibo sa gobyerno lokal nagsiling sa isa ka TV talk show nga ang partisipasyon sang mga tawo sa pang-gobyerno sarang mahimo sa paghiwat sang mga konsultasyon sa mga importante nga mga lokal nga isyu. Sa Pebrero 11 nga edition sang Paghahanda para sa Hatol nga Bayan, si Mayor Hernani Braganza sang siyudad sang Alaminos, Pangasinan nagsiling nga ang ila badyet sa siyudad naga-agi sa mga konsultasyon upod sa mga organisasyon nga indi iya sang gobyerno kag ...
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12Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- Six hundred fifty five children from five elementary schools in Angono, Rizal are set to receive free prescription eye glasses from the Lions Club of Binangonan and the local government through the initiative of the Phoenix Phil-Am Lions Club of Arizona, USA. Out of the 655, 284 students from Angono Elementary, 20 from Dona Justa Guido, 95 from Dona Nieves Songco, 209 from Joaquin Guido and 47 from San Vicente Guido were identified with poor eyesight and w...
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11Feb2013PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Board of Investment (BOI) recently held the Mimaropa leg of its Investment Priority Plan (IPP) roadshow showcasing the region as the “Destination of Choice”. Trade and Industry Assistant Secretary Felicitas Agoncillo-Reyes of the BOI Investments Promotion Group and Department of Trade and Industry(DTI) Mimaropa Director Joel Valera spearheaded the roadshow which was held to inform investors and key industry players the opportunities in key ar...
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11Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 11 (PIA)-- Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the approval of the local ordinance requiring business establishments with a capital outlay of P3-million to set up closed-circuit television cameras in there respective establishment to deter and to monitor the occurrence of criminal incidents. Speaking in the public affair program, “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa,” the Mayor said business owners must install high-quality CCTV cameras that can grab clear images of people and th...
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11Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 11 (PIA) -- Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Local Government Units (LGUs), and the media of the three provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) gathered for a two-day interfacing session on roles, capacities, and commitment in project monitoring in the region. “This is a project that involves the media, the civil society, and the local government in terms of monitoring projects under the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP),” said Red ...
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11Feb2013QUEZON CITY -- Kinahanglan dili magpasobra pagdayeg sa kaugalingon ang mga kandidato tungod kay dili nila ikatago ang kamatuoran sa publiko ilabi na karong panahon sa internet. Sa usa ka episode sa Paghahanda Para sa Hatol ng Bayan, si Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma miingon nga madaling matan-aw o masubay ang gisulti sa kandidato diha sa internet o sa uban pang mga pamaagi sama sa gibuhat sa mga lumulupyo sa Estados Unidos sa nakalabay nga pinilia...
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11Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 11 -- Magbukas pag-usab ang Department of Education (DepEd) ug accreditation sa mga Private Lending Institutions (PLIs) nga mag-awhag ug mas maayong termino ug ubos nga mga charges sa utang alang sa mga magtutudlo ug empleyado sa departamento. Si Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro miingon nga gikinahanglan nga palapdan ang maong sistema aron mas daghan ang institusyon nga kapilian sa mga magtutudlo sa pampublikong tunghaan ug sa mga empleyado kinsa makahatag ug mas maay...
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11Feb2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Peb. 11 (PIA6) - - Ang Iloilo Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants Association (IHRRA) nag-organisar sang duha ka mga food festival sining palaabuton nga semana sa paghiwat sang Iloilo Paraw Regatta 2013 kag Chinese New Year sa sining siyudad. Si IHRRA President Albert Ong nagsiling nga sa nahauna nga tion ang Iloilo Paraw Regatta Seafood Festival ang patigayunon sa city proper partikular sa dalan Mapa nga naga-atubang sa Freedom Grandstand kon sa diin ang pila ka mga aktibidad...
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11Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- A total of 233,831 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) have been registered in Northern Mindanao, as of January, this year. The highest number of 71,485 beneficiaries or 30.57 percent are from the province of Bukidnon while 63,608 beneficiaries or 27.20 percent are from Misamis Oriental and 62,658 beneficiaries or 26.80 percent are from Lanao del Norte. About 31,251 beneficiaries or 13.36 percent ar...
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11Feb2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- Dugang rekisitos sa mga magdudula alang sa 2013 Palarong Pambansa ang gitakda sa DepEd kun Department of Education. Ang 2013 Palarong Pambansa didto ipahigayon sa Dumaguete City sa umaabot April 21-27, ning tuig. Usa niinig mga rekisitos mao nga ang mga magdudula gikan sa mga tulongha-ang pampubliko ang mahatgan sa Learners Registration Numbers (LRN). Lakip usab niini ang mga bag-ong medical ug dental records, tungod kay ang ilang recor...
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11Feb2013PANGASINAN, Peb. 11 (PIA) -- Walang makapipigil sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa paglulunsad ng Kampanya Kontra-Epal upang maprotektahan ang programang Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) laban sa mga mapagsamantalang pulitiko. Inihayag ng DSWD na ang kampanya, na magsisimula sa buwan ng Marso, ay mangangalaga sa programang CCT mula sa mga pulitikong nais itong gamitin upang humikayat ng suporta mula sa mga benepisyaryo ngayong darating na eleksyon. Ang Kampanya Kontra-E...
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11Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 11 (PIA) -- Pinalalakas ngayon sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang pagpapatupad ng Oplan No Helmet/No Plate-No Travel Policy. Kaugnay nito, aabot sa 45 mga motorcycle riders ang nasita at napatawan ng kaukulang parusa kaugnay ng naturang polisiya noong nakaraang linggo. Ayon kay City Police Director Supt. Joseph Semillano, partikular na ginawa ang highway inspection sa checkpoint malapit lamang sa Omar Kiram Building kung saan nakahimpi...
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11Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The lame swam, the blind played table tennis, threw shot puts, threw discuses and javelins, and, yes, they even ran a 50-meter dash; and those in wheelchairs played basketball and painted posters. For two straight days, February 7 and 8, men and women with physical problems had fun playing games like any ordinary mortals for the 2013 Regional Paralympics games hosted by this city. “This was the first time Maasin played host to this kind of game...
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09Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- No politician has the authority to enlist and delist beneficiaries off the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. This was clarified by Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), who emphasized that only the DSWD can delist a beneficiary if he/she does not follow the conditions of the program. Solamillo said Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries, through the DSWD Grievance Redress System (...
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09Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The local government of Butuan City has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Belgian company for banana grass for biofuels and bioreactor for solidwaste management. Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. signed the MOU with ANDINAX, a Belgian company based in Brecht, Belgium, witnessed by department heads, at the City Mayor's Office. Under the MOU, the Butuan City government agrees and aims to cultivate its vast agricultural land area for ...
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09Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 9 (PIA) -- An official of the Commission on Elections here urged candidates to follow the Comelec rules and regulations in campaigning. Iloilo Comelec Provincial Supervisor Atty. Jessie Suarez Suarez said that while the campaign period is still more than a month away, many candidates have already started plastering their posters and tarpaulins in public places. He added that Comelec will be designating and enforcing a common poster area for candidates. “We will als...
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09Feb2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb 9 (PIA) -- Agig pamatuod sa iyang pangalan, ang Home Development Mutual Fund, nga naandan sa pangalan nga PAG-IBIG Fund, kamulong nangandam karon alang sa masadyaon nga kasalan karong umaabot Valentine’s Day. Si Elizabeth M. Amarille, officer-in charge sa Pag-ibig Fund Malaybalay Branch, miingon nga ubos niining “I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-ibig” project, ang dinaghan nga kasalan kon “mass wedding” gituyo pagmugna alang niadtong mga mag-asawa nga dugay nang...
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09Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Peb 9 (PIA) – Angay nga ipalabi ang ‘senior citizens’ ug ‘persons with disabilities (PWDs) sa paglinya ngadto sa mga tugpahanan, ug kini mahimo pinaagi sa paghatag ug katakus nga angay alang kanila. Dapat nga tagaan ug gipinig nga check in counter ang mga PWDs ug ‘senior citizens’ alang sa ilang mga biyahe sa mga paluparan. Lakip na niini ang kinsa mang pasahero nga nanginahanglan ug pagtabang. Igo nga kini nauyon sa Air Passenger Bill of Rights. Nakabutang sa ...
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09Feb2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb 9 (PIA6) -- Media practitioners should be partners in the delivery of services for the welfare of the people. Capiz Chief Legal Officer and Provincial Administrator Jose Villanueva challenged media practitioners of Capiz to always stand for the truth and must always maintain the quality of credibility and integrity. Villanueva, who was the guest speaker during the induction of officers and oath-taking of new members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas-Capiz...
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09Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 9 (PIA6) - - The Iloilo Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants Association (IHRRA) has organized two food festivals next week in this city in line with the holding of the Iloilo Paraw Regatta 2013 and Chinese New Year. IHRRA President Albert Ong said that for the first time, the Iloilo Paraw Regatta Seafood Festival will be held in the city proper particularly at Mapa St., fronting the Freedom Grandstand where some of the Paraw Regatta’s events will be held. In previous years, t...
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08Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran Feb 8 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province of Biliran has embarked on a search for illegal propaganda-free barangay as a move to avert the proliferation of illegally-posted campaign materials. Barangays without any illegal propaganda will be given incentives in cash. Atty. Sabino C. Mejarito, provincial election supervisor of Comelec-Biliran said municipal election officers here have decided in a meeting on February 6 to encourage full participation and ...
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08Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 8 (PIA) -- Itinuturing na mahalagang bahagi para sa pag-unlad ng rehiyon ang pagsulong ng Regional Development Council (RDC) na tapusin ang P3 bilyong halagang Kalamansig-Palimbang-Maitum road network sa mga probinsya ng Sultan Kudarat at Sarangani. Sa isang resolusyon, nilagdaan ng RDC-12 ang agarang pagpopondo at implementasyon ng proyekto. Nabanggit din dito, sa lagda ni RDC-12 chairperson at City Mayor Darlene Antonio-Custodio, na magbubukas ang ...
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08Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 8 (PIA) --The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) of Kabacan, North Cotabato ensures that children in different barangays of the town have access to good health. This was assured by MSWD Officer Susan Macalipat under its Supplemental Feeding Program which their office is currently implementing. The program which started July 13 last year and will commence on February 18 and will cater to 53 Day Care Centers (DCC) of the 24 villages in t...
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08Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 8 (PIA)--Tiniyak ngayon ng Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) ng Kabacan, North Cotabato ang mabuting kalusugan ng mga kabataan sa mga barangay sa naturang bayan. Ito ay kaugnay sa nalalapit na pagtatapos ng Supplemental Feeding Program ngayong Pebrero 18 na ipinatutupad sa 53 Day Care Centers (DCC) sa 24 na mga barangay sa lugar. Sinabi ni MSWD Officer Susan Macalipat na ang nasabing programa ay sinimulan noon pang Hulyo 13 ng n...
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08Feb2013MANILA, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Archdiocese of Manila’s feeding program ‘Hapag-Asa’ (Table of Hope) is aiming to feed more undernourished children in 2014. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle said the archdiocese’s feeding program of the ‘Pondo ng Pinoy’ will benefit hungry children around the country. “Next year, the target is to feed at least 250,000 children, of which, 25,000 will come from Pondo ng Pinoy member dioceses,” Tagle said in a statement. Likewise, the...
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08Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture 12’s Task Force Alayon has completed land preparation of some 244 hectares of agricultural production areas in Compostela town, Compostela Valley, helping landowners begin planting of crops. Task Force Alayon is DA 12’s support team for the rehabilitation of families ravaged by typhoon “Pablo” in December. "Alayon" is a Hiligaynon term for "help". As of February 1, TF Ala...
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08Feb2013OZAMIZ CTY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Mahaimong gamiton sa umaabot pinili-ay sa Mayo 13 ang mga tulonghaan sa DepEd kun Department of Education, ingon man ang mga serbisyo sa ilang magtutudlo sa tibuok nasud. Kini ang usa sa mga tulomanon sa DepEd isip mga puli kun deputies sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) kalabot sa kalihokan sa nasudnon ug lokal nga piniliay sa Mayo, ning tuig. Usab, sulod sa panahon sa election period, gikan Enero 13 ngadto sa Hunyo 12, likayan usab sa maong a...
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08Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 8 (PIA) -- Members of the Cotabato Industrial Peace Advocates (CIPA) are gathering in Kidapawan City today for a conference and general membership assembly. Industrial peace advocates, National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) 12 senior labor employment officer Gelie Lampitco explained, CIPA is an association of managers, human resource officers, supervisors, management representatives, union leaders, workers or employee re...
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08Feb2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- A total seed capital of P148,128,500 have been spent for 41,651 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P) beneficiaries under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in region 10, as of December, last year. These beneficiaries come from 860 Self-Employment Assistance sa Kaunlaran Areas (SKA) of the region located in 28 municipalities and one city, particularly from the provinces of Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Orie...
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08Feb2013CARMEN, Davao del Norte, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Some residents in four flooded barangays in Carmen, Davao del Norte received food packs over the weekend donated by cooperatives from Luzon and Visayas. Four hundred residents in barangays Guadalupe, Tuganay, Salvacion and Maligaya of Carmen town benefited from the food assistance distributed by Tagum Cooperative which served as the conduit of Cebu CFI (Court of the First Instance) Community Cooperative, San Jose Del Monte Cooperative in Bulacan, Nova...
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08Feb2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Will Bohol generate the 15,000 runners for the national fun run for the Philippine Red Cross? Both Bohol Red Cross Chapter Administrator Nenita Briones and Governor Edgar Chatto have engaged Boholanos from all walks of life to support the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteer programs for humanitarian purposes by joining the nationwide Million Volunteer Run (MVR) year 2. In December 4, 2011, around 750 Boholano volunteers participated in the MVR year 1, ...
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08Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Clients of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) here can look forward to transacting their needs with ease with the installation of priority lanes and comfortable waiting areas. LTO-Dagupan Chief Eric Suriben said that priority lanes for the elderly, persons with disabilities and pregnant women will be installed in the office in the coming days. The provision of priority lanes is part of the office’s rehabilitation plan that includes putting up walls in the wai...
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07Feb2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb 7 (PIA) -- Election campaign spending of candidates are subject to five percent withholding tax, according to a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation. Thus, the BIR is monitoring campaign expenses of candidates. "We are closely coordinating with the regional and local election officers for the effective implementation of Revenue Regulation No. 8-2009," said Revenue District Officer Aminoding Macarampat. The tax covers political parties and candidates in...
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07Feb2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb 7 (PIA) --True to its name, the Home Development Mutual Fund, widely known as PAG-IBIG Fund, is now gearing up for the grandest mass wedding rites this Valentines Day. Elizabeth M. Amarille, officer-in charge, Pag-ibig Fund Malaybalay Branch, said under its “I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-ibig (Love Day)” project, the mass wedding is offered to those couples living together for more than five years who had no legal civil unions because they could not afford fees at t...
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07Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL , South Cotabato, Peb 7 (PIA) -- Umaabot na sa 244 ektarya ng iba’t ibang production areas sa bayan ng Compostela Valley ang nabigyan ng libreng serbisyo ng Department of Agriculture 12. Batay ito sa huling ulat noong Pebrero 1 ng Task Force Alayon, ang grupo mula sa DA 12, na nangunguna sa nagpapatuloy na rehabilitation operations ng kagawaran. Ayon kay Chito dela Cruz, lider ng grupo, 71 na ektaryang lowland areas at 173 na ektaryang upland area ang naara...
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07Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONDAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 7 (PIA) -- Ilang mga magsasaka sa Compostela Valley na nabiktima ng Bagyong Pablo ang nagpaabot kamakailan ng pasalamat sa tulong na ipinagkaloob ng Department of Agriculture 12 sa kanila. Isa ang Department of Agriculture 12 na nakabase sa lungsod ng Koronadal City sa ang mga naunang nagbahagi ng tulong sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng 1,000 relief packs at 2,000 rolyo ng laminated tarpaulins (trapal) na kasalukuyan nilang gina...
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07Feb2013COTABATO CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- Puspusan ngayon ang ginagawang eye screening para sa mga magsasakang miyembro ng irrigators’ associations sa Unang Distrito ng North Cotabato. Ito ay bilang tugon sa mga kahihilingan ng kalipunan ng mga magsasakang nais magkaroon ng sariling eyeglasses mula sa gobyerno. Ngayong buwan ng Pebrero ay sunud- sunod na ang gagawing eye screening sa iba’t- ibang barangay sa distrito sa pakikipagtulungan ng tatlong eye clinics mula sa bayan ng Midsayap. Ang Liwanag ...
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07Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 7 (PIA) -- Every air passenger has the right to be informed of the fact of off-loading, according to Air Passenger Bill of Rights by Joint Admin Order of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Telecommunications (DOTC). A P2,000 worth of compensation must be given to the passenger for every 24-hours delay and/or refund of checked baggage fees if the baggage was not delivered within 24 hours from the arrival of the flight, as stated in the bill. F...
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07Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 7 (PIA) -- Spare senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) from lining up in airports, give them the dignity they deserve. A designated check in counter for aircraft travel must be provided for PWDs, senior citizens, and persons requiring special assistance or handling, if practicable according to the Air Passenger Bill of Rights. A joint admin order no. 01 of the Department of Telecommunications (DOTC) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) or commonly ...
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07Feb2013CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, Feb 7 (PIA) -- A top official in Orani town vowed to pass needed laws and take steps to improve the disaster preparedness and response capability of the town’s rescuers to avert the loss of lives and properties during calamities. During a recent earthquake drill at the Orani Municipal Hall, Vice Mayor Bong Galicia said the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has enough fund to procure needed equipment and undergo enhancement trainings. What is...
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07Feb2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Marawi City is confident that it can achieve its collection target for the year 2013. Revenue District Officer Aminoding Macarampat said they will work hard to meet this year’s goal of P483,066,000, an increase of P121,169,000 or 33.48 percent from the P361,897,000 target last year. According to him, the implementation of previous programs that were proven effective such as the intensified tax information cam...
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07Feb2013DAVAO CTY, Feb 7 (PIA) -- President Aquino said government is focused on looking for safe relocation sites for typhoon Pablo-affected communities in the three Davao provinces as part of its long-term rehabilitation program. Aquino, who was in the city Tuesday to address the 2013 Philippines Development Forum, said the Mines and GeoSciences Bureau is expected to come up with a list of geo-hazard or build and no-build zones that are unsafe to flooding and landslides. The priority of government, ...
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07Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 7 (PIA6) -- Iloilo City will regain the title, “Queen City of the South” by 2016 if Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog will have his way. This he revealed as he presented his State of the City Address (SOCA) on Feb. 6, Wednesday. Mabilog said that this process will need a creation of a committee which will set the guidelines in terms of economic, social, and other programs that should be undertaken to reclaim the queen city title. According to Mabilog, Iloilo City must ac...
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06Feb2013MARIKINA CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- To celebrate the season of love, the city government of Marikina and Pag-IBIG Fund will hold a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day. Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman invites couples from the city who wants to get married or renew their vows on February 14 at the Marikina Hotel. “We are aiming to help 500 couples this Valentine’s Day by giving free civil wedding rites to our residents. We are thankful to Pag-IBIG Fund for choosing Marikina as their beneficiary,” ...
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06Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 6 (PIA) -- Inaprubahan ng pambansang pamahalaan ang dagdag na P93 milyong pondo para sa electrification ng ilang malalayong komunidad sa bayan ng Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, ngayong taon. Sinabi ni South Cotabato (2nd District) Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes na inabisuhan umano siya ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) na nilagdaan nito ang pagpopondo at implementasyon ng panukalang electrification projects sa 30 mga sitio sa Barangay Ned ng Lake Se...
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06Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 6 (PIA) -- Ang National Irrigation Administration (NIA) magahimo sa subong nga tuig sang kabug-usan nga “parcellary mapping” sa bug-os nga probinsiya sang South Cotabato para hibaluon kon ang duog matuod nga ginaumahan. Si Ramon Bugacia, NIA South Cotabato division manager, nagsiling nga ang kaugalingon nga paggiho may ara daku nga tuyo kag maahibalo ang parti sang mga kaumhan nga may ara gintukod nga mga balay kag mahibaluan ang matuod nga ginatanuman ng...
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06Feb2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb 6 (PIA) -- Should a calamity or disaster occur during the March 29 to May 13 election period, fund releases normally coursed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shall be turned over to and disbursed by the Philippine Red Cross. The disbursements, however, will be subject to the supervision of the Commission on Audit (COA) or its representatives, except for salaries of personnel, and for such other routine and normal expenses, and...
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06Feb2013QUEZON CITY (PIA), Feb. 6 -- Bisan pa man kung dili idili sa balaod ang pag-una-una ug kampanya, usa kini ka pagpamintaha, sumala pa sa usa ka opisyal sa Commission on Election (Comelec). Si Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez miangkon nga dili makagukod ang COMELEC niadtong mag-una –una na ug pangampanya hangtod bisan ug wala pa magsugod ang official campaign period. Opisyal nga panahon pagpangampanya sa mga kandidato pagka senador anha pa sa Pebrero 12 hangtod sa Mayo 11. Samtang ang ...
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06Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 6 -- Sixteen outstanding lupong tagapamayapa (peace committees) will be recognized today during the 2012 Regional Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives and Awards (LTIA) for their exemplary performance in resolving disputes in their respective communities. Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos of the Department of Interior and Local Government of Region 10, said that this Award institutionalizes a system of granting economic benefits and other incentives to the Lupong Tagapamayap...
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06Feb2013MOISES PADILLA, Negros Occidental, Feb. 6 (PIA6) -- The municipality of Moises Padilla received P3.95 million worth of checks distributed by the provincial government for the various projects in the municipality. A statement from the provincial capitol said, the local government unit received P1 Million for the hybrid corn production and development program; P500,000 for the procurement of 20 female carabaos with plow; P450,000 for the Ika-ayong Lawas para sa Barangay (Medical/Dental Mission...
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05Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb 5 -- The law may not prohibit pre-mature campaigning, but it is unfair, a Commission on Election official said. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez admitted COMELEC cannot go after those who dabble in pre-mature campaign until the official campaign period begins. Campaign period for senatorial candidates and party list groups is from February 12 to May 11. Candidates for the House of Representatives and elective positions in the regional, provincial and municipal may launch the...
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05Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) -- National cultural icons for the K-12 Curriculum can be viewed in an exhibit at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) Iloilo City Campus. This traveling exhibit on the Pambansang Sagisag Kultura para sa Batayang Edukasyong K-12 (Cultural Icons for the K-12 Curriculum) is part of the cultural education program of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd). The exhibit features cu...
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05Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) --The provincial governments of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Climate Change Commission (CCC) on Monday to roll out a project designed to enhance their capacity to handle disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). The MOU was signed in the presence of Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Twedell and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Country Director Toshihiro Tanaka, who both pledg...
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05Feb2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb 5 (PIA) -- Since the insurgency problem in Bohol has been minimized, military authorities here said there is no reason why candidates for the upcoming May 2013 polls should give in to the demands for permit to campaign (PTC) or permit to win (PTW) by rebels. “In general, we have solved the (insurgency) problem, but we have to admit that there could be unscrupulous elements that would use their being known personalities in the underground movement and bank on it to ...
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05Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 celebrated its 62nd anniversary, with the theme “Sama-samang Husay, Tungo sa Tagumpay,” by recognizing their partner agencies which greatly helped in the proper implementation of social welfare projects and have provided support during the past calamities that hit the region. In their culmination night held at Pearlmont Inn on February 1, Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, DSWD-10 regional ...
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05Feb2013BAGANGA, Davao Oriental, Feb 5 (PIA) -- After the devastation caused by typhoon Pablo, hope sparks the town of Baganga as the first 300 shelter homes funded by the PLDT-Smart Foundation under the Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) Group of Companies, is on its way to emerge soon. The housing project will benefit 300 families currently displaced and temporarily sheltered in bunkhouses in the village of Lambajon, after the storm demolished their houses. Led by Smart Communications, PLDT-Smart Foundati...
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05Feb2013MANILA, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The Catholic Church’s social action arm, Caritas Philippines will help hundreds of victims of typhoon "Pablo" that struck Mindanao last December. According to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Caritas will prioritize typhoon-ravaged areas in Cateel, Davao Oriental, and in Gabi, Siocon, New Alegria and Laak in Compostela Valley. “The project will eventually move towards recovery efforts and distributing shelter materials for the construction...
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05Feb2013BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) turned over a two-storey, 10-classroom school building to the Department of Education at the Handumanan Elementary School in Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City, recently, as part of the Matuwid Na Daan Sa Silid Aralan Project, a statement from PAGCOR said. The school building that cost P12,846,639.75 was received by DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro from PAGCOR Director Jose Tanjuatco at turnover rites attended by Bacolod City ...
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05Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The Civil Registrar’s Office here, in partnership with Pag-IBIG Fund Caraga Region is now geared up for yet the grandest Mass Civil Wedding in the city which will be held at the newly-renovated Guingona Park come Valentine’s Day. In an interview with Judith Alvizo-Calo, city civil registrar, the wedding will be free for participating couples. They will be exempted from any charge including that for the issuance of the Affidavit of Cohabitation Fee. Calo added t...
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05Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 -- The top 10 barangays here who qualified for the first evaluation round in the "Search for 2013 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentive Awards for Highly Urbanized City Category" are the following: Dagohoy, Tandang Sora, San Ignacio, Buhangin, Ampayon, Anticala, Libertad, Pinamanculan, San Vicente, and Tiniwisan. They will undergo another round of a month-long evaluation starting February 5, 2013 in which five barangays will be eliminated and the Top 5 will be determined. Last year...
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05Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in South Cotabato has outranked all provinces in the country in the volume of land distributed in 2012. Felix Frias, South Cotabato’s provincial agrarian reform officer (PARO), told participants of the 2012 Year-End Assessment 2013 Planning Conference of agrarian reform officers last week, that Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes himself congratulated ...
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05Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) region 10 through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) will conduct its first regional ALS congress on March 3-5, 2013 at the Grand Caprice Restaurant, Limketkai Center here. The congress has its theme: “ALS: Sustainable Community Development Through Lifelong Learning". Dr. Allan G. Farnazo, Officer in Charge of the department says that this undertaking aims to strengthen the implementation of the different ALS programs ...
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05Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 5 --The Police Regional Office 10 celebrates 22nd PNP Foundation Day on February 4, in Camp 1Lt Vicente Alagar, Lapasan, this city. PDir Manuel Rebugio Barcena, Director for Integrated Police Operations-Eastern Mindanao, was guest of honor and speaker. Among the highlights of the activity included the presentation of awards to the police commissioned officers, police non-commissioned officers and members of the community who contributed to the success of PRO-10’s...
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04Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Authorities assured full control of the peace and order condition in Boston, Cateel and Baganga, Davao Oriental two months after typhoon Pablo hit the East Coast communities on December 4, last year. Colonel Rey Leonardo Guerrero, commander of the 701st Infantry Brigade which handles the anti-insurgency campaign in the area said that police and military authorities are able to thwart the efforts of the communist rebels to regain lost grounds after they were displac...
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04Feb2013DAET, Camarines Norte, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Army (PA) unit based here has intensified internal security operations to eliminate an armed group’s modus of collecting fees for "permit-to-campaign" to candidates of this province and ensure peace and order in the May 2013 elections. Lt. Col. Michael M. Buhat, commanding officer of the Army's 49th Infantry Battalion, said during the Philippine Information Agency's "Talakayan" held here recently, that the army unit has initiated internal ...
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04Feb2013SYUDAD SANG QUEZON, Peb. 4 (PIA6) -- Ang People’s Television Network ang nag-umpisa subong nga adlaw sa pagwaragwag sang isa ka program kon sa diin ini ang maga sentro sa pagpaathag sang malahalon nga mga bagay parte sa palaabuton nga piniliay sa bulan sang Mayo. “Gusto namon nga ang Paghahanda ang magahatag sa mga botante sang nagakaigo nga ihibalo agud nga mabuligan sila nga makapili sing maayo kon sino ang ila dapat botohon sa eleksyon sa Mayo 13,” ang pahayg ni Susan ...
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04Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano together with Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Social Welfare regional director, and Leonilo Escalada, Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) regional program director led the groundbreaking in the 16-hectare relocation site in Pagatpat here. The site will host 2,000 duplex-type houses to be constructed by the Habitat for Humanity on February 1, 2013. Vice-Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas, several Cagayan de Oro City councilo...
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04Feb2013LANAO DEL NORTE, Feb 4 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Lanao del Norte has shared more than P31 million as counterpart for the project implementation of KApit Bisig LAban sa KaHIrapan–Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services, or popularly known as KALAHI-CIDSS, to different towns in the province. For the year 2009, more than P3 million was given to the municipalities of Bacolod and Salvador. Among the infrastructure projects successfully completed were potable water systems...
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04Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 4 (PIA) -- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz welcomed the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the management of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc.- General Santos City and its union, the General Santos Coca-Cola Plant Free Workers Union-Tupas, without any need for DOLE intervention. Citing a report of National Conciliation and Mediation Board Executive Director Reynaldo Ubaldo, Baldoz said this is the first time for Coc...
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02Feb2013A provincial road that traverses the mountain ranges of this city and connects to the municipality of Bontoc has all the potentials to become a major roadmap for development in the fields of agriculture, tourism, and economic growth. The Lunas, Maasin up to Paku, Bontoc road section, a 30-kilometer (km) long, winding secondary highway network, has been concreted, piecemeal, since 2007 up to the present. The road, nonetheless, give travelers ease and comfort. “This road, when fully concreted,...
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02Feb2013MARAMAG, Bukidnon, Feb. 2 -- Another fierce encounter between troops of 8th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army headed by Lieutenant Colonel Jose Maria Cuerpo II INF (GSC) PA and NPA transpired at a remote village in Pantaron Range, Sitio Abakahon, Barangay Nacabuklad, San Fernando, Bukidnon, today at 7:30 a.m. In flash report, members of Bravo Company of 8th Infantry Battalion led by Second Lieutenant Cirian B Rosero, while conducting combat clearing operation in the vicinity of Pantaron Rang...
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02Feb2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Isabela Consumer Watch Group is asking the help of the public in reporting any establishment overpricing goods and commodities. The Isabela consumer watch group is a non-government organization in the province that helps the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) monitor prices of goods and commodities. Isabela Consumer Watch Group head Raffy Jacinto said his group and the DTI in the province are not enough to monitor the prices of commodities that is...
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01Feb2013QUEZON CIY, Feb 1 (PIA) -- The launching of the first publication on European Union (EU) Development Assistance to the Philippines was held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City on January 30. In his speech, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said, “This publication marks the first step towards a comprehensive communication and visibility strategy for European Union Aid and the member states' development assistance to the Philippines.” ...
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01Feb2013TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council, region 10 (RDC-X) supports the preparatory survey for Flood Risk Management Project of the Cagayan de Oro River (FRIMP-CDOR). During its recent meeting, here, RDC-X said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), with the technical assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently undertaking the survey for the FRIMP-CDOR. Deemed supportive to the realization of the constructi...
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01Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon urged residents of Baganga, Davao Oriental to show unity by supporting one another as all forms of assistance pour in from government and various sectors for the survivors of typhoon Pablo. Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremonies on the construction site for a resettlement project for residents who lost their homes in Barangay Lambajon, she said that survivors must show gratitude to the benefactors by helping one anothe...
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01Feb2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced certain adjustments in the requirements for players in this year’s Pambansang Palaro (PP) in Dumaguete City on April 21-27. Among these is that each player from the public schools shall be facilitated with Learners Registration Numbers (LRN) and the need for new medical/dental records as both examinations are valid only for three months. However, there is no need for the National Statistics Of...
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01Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Civil Service Commission is now accepting nominations for the Presidential Lingkod Bayan, CSC Pagasa and Dangal ng Bayan Awards. The CSC Honor Awards Program (HAP) covers all officials and employees in career and non-career service of the government including appointive barangay officials and employees recognized as government employees. The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is given to a group or individual with extraordinary contributions such as a sugge...
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01Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 01 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 is kicking off its week-long 62nd Anniversary Celebration, which starts on January 28, 2013. With this year’s theme “Sama-samang Husay, Patungog Tagumpay,” the celebration includes various sports activities for its employees. On the last day of its celebration, the Department Field Office shall also present plaques of recognition for its strong partners such as the Provincial Governme...
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01Feb2013SYUDAD SA HENERAL SANTOS, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Padayon ang gihimong tabang sa lokal nga panggamhanan sa pakigtambayayong sa mga hingtungdang ahensya sa gobyerno alang sa mga naluwas ug apektadong pamilya sa mga nawalang mananagat human ang kagusbatan nga gibilin ni Bagyong Pablo sa Mindanao. Sumala pa ni Ephraim Beliran, ang action officer sa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) mikambyo na ang tanang paglimbasog sa gobyerno sa pagpanghatag ug tabang sa mga biktima ug apektad...
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01Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 1 (PIA) -- “Bike for Champ,” an event to raise the level of awareness and broaden the voters and candidates’ contribution to election peace process, will be held on February 16 at 3 p.m. at Silliman University Football Field and proceed biking around Dumaguete City. More than 150 bikers are expected to pedal their way as part of the Diocesan Electoral Board’s (DEB) commitment to advance a clean, honest, accurate, meaningful and peaceful (champ) election on May 13....
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01Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- More aid are coming to the victims of typhoon Pablo from the local government unit and residents of Koronadal City. City administrator Cyrus Jose Urbano, who also heads the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC), announced early this week that a third tranche of help for typhoon victims in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental is being assembled. This is necessary, he reasoned, because so m...
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01Feb2013SURIGAO CITY, Feb 1 (PIA) --The Department of Agriculture–Regional Field Unit 13 (DA-13) in coordination with the Surigao del Norte Provincial Agriculture Office and partner agencies conducted a Forum dubbed “Usapang Palay” on January 31, 2013 at Mount Bagarabon Beach and Mountain Resort, Brgy. Mabua, this city. The activity is line with the Proclamation No. 494 signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III declaring the year 2013 as the National Year of Rice, said Rebecca Atega, officer-in-c...
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01Feb2013SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb 1 (PIA) -- Eight students from Antique are among the 1,1434 successful examinees who passed the qualifying exam of the Philippine Science High School for school year 2013-2014. This year saw the most number of passers in the province compared to the last five years, Eleazar Moscoco of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Antique SPED Center in San Jose has the highest number of passers with five Grade 6 pupils. They are William Harry Diana, Eugene Ruflo Or...
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31Jan2013MAKATI CITY, Jan. 31, (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will start today the implementation of the Bus Management and Dispatch System (BMDS). BMDS is an enhanced bus dispatch system that will regulate the number of public utility buses (PUBs) in Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) as well as monitors the drivers manning them. MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the BMDS is the first bus reduction program in the country that utilizes biometrics or finger-scanning...
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31Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Maguindanao launched the “Gulayan sa Maguindanao” project in support to the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) program of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP) last Monday. Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu led the turn-over ceremony held at Buluan Town. Eleven Maguindanao towns and a public school received farm tools, assorted vegetable seeds, chemical sprayers and “enviro...
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31Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 31 (PIA) --President Benigno Aquino III highlighted government efforts to eradicate corruption in the country during the 5th International Conference of the Global organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC). In his keynote speech, Aquino said that while policy formulation can at times be a complex matter, the overarching idea behind the government’s efforts is simply doing the right thing. The President related the success of the Department of Public Works &...
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31Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO, Ene. 31 (PIA) -- Aabot sa 50 kababaihan mula sa iba’t-ibang barangay ng Midsayap ang lumahok sa dalawang pagsasanay sa ilalim ng Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation o GREAT Women Project. Kabilang ito sa governance and capacity development project na pinondohan ng Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) na naglalayong mabigyan ng kakayahan ang mga kababaihan na maiangat ang kanilang pamumuhay at magkaroon ng dagdag na pagkak...
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31Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Enero 31 (PIA) -- Idtatalus pem bon su kabpapagilay kanu kabpagisa-isa nu mga dalapa a kanu North Cotabato a kanu pagalaten nu kabpagumbal kanu balang-balang a aktibidad salangan kanu foundation anniversary nu dalapa nu Banisilan, sugana enya a gay nu Enero 31. Su PALMA-PB na alyansa nu pitu a dalapa nu North Cotabato a kuyog kanu Pigcawayan, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap, Alamada, Pikit endo su Banisilan. Tigin ni Orly Maraigan nu North Cotabato Project Manageme...
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31Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Tugotan sa Comelec kun Commission on Elections nga ipaagi sa television, cable TV, radyo, pamantalaan ug ubang pang kahimanan ang pagkampanya sa mga kandidatura niadtong buot magpapili eleksiyon sa Mayo. Apan gikinahanglan lamang nga mosunod kini sa limitasyon nga gitakda sa Comelec nga obserbahan ang gitawag nga truth in advertising ug ug ipa-ubos sa superbisyon sa Comelec. Subay niini, ang Comelec misitar nga ang matag kandidato mahimo la...
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31Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 31 -- Pag-IBIG Fund members applying for the Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL) may now choose to have their loan proceeds automatically credited to their Pag-IBIG Citi prepaid card, starting February 1. Upon submission of the MPL application, the applicant will be required to register and secure the Pag-IBIG Citi Prepaid Card at the Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch Short-Term Loan Counter at Window Number 1. Only qualified MPL member borrowers may avail of the Pag-IBIG Citi ...
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31Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- At least 50 women from several barangays in Midsayap has undergone training that would provide them with livelihood and strengthen their involvement in community building. These training were given free of charge to the beneficiaries under the the Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation o GREAT Women Project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). On January 24, members of ...
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31Jan2013PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The Communist Party of the Philippines/ New Peoples’ Army and the National Democratic Front are expected to enforce the access fee or what they call “permit to win” to politicians during the campaign period as one of their source of income. During the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting here, Major Ryan Callanta reported that every election period, the rebels harass candidates to collect money during their campaign sort...
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31Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 31 -- Today, the UMPEA Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative will ink a Memorandum of Agreement with Pag-IBIG Fund for the activation of their membership and payment of monthly savings under the Cagayan de Oro Branch. Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch’s Department Manager Ferdinand F. Sanielwill sign the MOA with UMPEA Farmers MPC Chairman Antonio R. Orpio, along with the officers from both the Fund and the said cooperative. The MOA signing will take place at the Train...
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30Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Enero 30 (PIA) - - Magiging magkatuwang ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Quezon sa pagsugpo sa sakit na tuberculosis (TB) matapos na makipag-ugnayan ang Innovations and Multi-sectoral Partnerships to Achieve Control of TB (Impact) kay Quezon Gov. David Suarez kamakailan. Ayon kina Dr. Jocelyn Cabarles at Dr. Karen Dalawangbayan ng Impact, ito ang bagong sinusuportahang TB control project ng USAID sa loob ng limang taon simula noong October 2012 hanggang September 2017...
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30Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- The Province of Davao del Norte is taking its successful emergency planning to a higher level by launching this February the barangay disaster preparedness campaign to make every household ever ready to face natural calamities. Dubbed Oplan ANDAM (Advocacy on Natural Disasters Awareness and Management), the community-based disaster risk reduction campaign seeks to protect, especially the vulnerable families from the adverse impact of natural catac...
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30Jan2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Jan 30 (PIA) -- At least 18 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs )in Maasin City will participate in the forthcoming Regional Paralympics 2013 to be hosted by the city government of Maasin on February 6-9, 2013. The Paralympics 2013 which will be competed by persons with disabilities include 8 delegations throughout Eastern Visayas region to include Tacloban City, Ormoc City, Calbayog City, City of Borongan, the provinces of Leyte, Northern Samar and Biliran and the cit...
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30Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene. 30 (PIA) -- Patuloy pa ring nagpapakita ng pagkakaisa ang mga bayan sa North Cotabato sa pamamagitan ng pagsasagawa ng iba’t-ibang aktibidad kasabay ng foundation anniversary ng bayan ng Banisilan bukas Enero 31. Ang PALMA-PB ay alyansa ng pitong bayan sa N. Cotabato na kinabibilangan ng Pigcawayan, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap, Alamada, Pikit at Banisilan. Ayon kay Orly Maraigan ng North Cotabato Project Management Office, ilulunsad ang sports acti...
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30Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- North Cotabato's first district's alliance of municipalities continues its “bayanihan” spirit in line with celebration of the founding anniversary of Banisilan town tomorrow, January 31. The PALMA+PB — which stands for the initial letters of the towns of Pigcawayan, Aleosan, Libungan, Midsayap and Alamada plus Pikit and Banisilan — will launch tomorrow its partnership activity the Kabalikat PALMA+PB Infrastructure Project, which wi...
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30Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 30 -- The City Civil Registrar’s Office here, in partnership with Pag-IBIG Fund-Caraga Region is now geared up for yet the grandest Mass Civil Wedding in the city which will be held at the newly-renovated Guingona Park come Valentine’s Day - February 14, 2013. In an interview with Judith Alvizo-Calo, city civil registrar, the wedding will be free for the participating couple. They will be exempted from any charge including the issuance of the Affidavit of Cohabitation Fee....
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30Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 30 (PIA) -- Matapos makatanggap ng “Seal of Good Housekeeping-Silver” ang lungsod ng Cotabato noong 2012, naghahanda naman ito ngayon para sa awarding ng Seal of Good Housekeeping-Gold sa pangunguna ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Magtutunggali para sa Gold Category ang lahat ng mga lungsod at munisipalidad sa bansa na nakatanggap ng Silver Seal. Sa Rehiyon 12, ang mga Lungsod ng Cotabato at General Santos lamang ang nabigy...
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30Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 30 (PIA) -- Several Lanao del Norte conflict-affected towns received funding for its development projects. Six towns from Lanao del Norte received checks Tuesday, Jan. 29, for its Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) program. Pamana is government’s peace and development framework program. It is implemented in areas affected by conflict and communities covered by existing peace agreements. Its main strategy is to bring back government to Pamana areas, ensuring ...
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30Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 30 -- The Office of Vice Mayor Lawrence “Law” Fortun has expanded its medical assistance program to make it more accessible and available to as many indigent constituents of Butuan City and the municipality of Las Nieves. Dubbed as Lawig Medical Assistance Program, close to 300 indigents confined at the Butuan Medical Center (BMC)had been assisted. As part of its expansion, the said medical assistance can now be availed by beneficiaries coming from Las Nieves confined at t...
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30Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA6) -- The town of Tubungan, through its Federation of Farmers’ Association, Inc. has received five units of rice threshers and five units hand tractors, all equipped with high-powered diesel engines. Tubungan Information Officer Marlyn Tagudar said the farm machineries, worth P909,370 came from the Department of Agriculture under the Farm Mechanization Program, with the 15 percent equity provided by the Iloilo Provincial government. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defe...
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30Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan 30 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Laak, Compostela Valley province will be negotiating with New Peoples Army rebels for the freedom of an abducted soldier and a policeman who have been in the hands of the latter for the past 12 days. Lt. Colonel Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division said Private First Class Jezreel Culango and PO1 Ruel Pasion remain in the hands of their captors after they were held captived by the rebels disguised as soldiers on Janua...
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30Jan2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Jan.30 (PIA6) -- The Economic Development Committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Western Visayas endorsed recently the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project of Talisay City. The project, dubbed “Talisay City Plaza Complex Heritage Restoration and Redevelopment Project”, is the pilot project of a local government unit of the PPP Center of the Philippines on urban renewal. It is also one of the 16 big-ticket projects to be rolled out this year under th...
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29Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan 29 (PIA) – A seminar-workshop in Sports Medicine and Sports Nutrition was held for the Northern Mindanao coaches and chaperons participating in the 2013 Palarong Pambansa (National Athletic Association Meet) set in Dumaguete City, April 14-20, this year. The activity was aimed to equip the participants knowledge in the prevention and management of injuries that will probably be encountered by the athletes and on the protocol of any on-toward incidents ...
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29Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan 29 (PIA) -- Bohol Peace Council is set to explore ways to implement a localized system of accounting for loose guns. The aim is to curb criminality and keep residents safe. In an out-of-town meeting in Clarin town on January 21, the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) approved a resolution tasking a special committee to study ways of implementing a localized “Balik Baril” program. The motion came just as the PPOC agreed that a localized program for firearms not ...
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29Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 29 (PIA) – Parties may put up a signboard announcing their headquarters not earlier than five (5) days before the start of the campaign period. The term "party" refers to either a political party, sectoral party or a coalition of parties and party-list organizations duly registered and/or accredited with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). However, the Comelec clarified that only one (1) signboard, not exceeding three feet by eight feet (3’ x 8...
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28Jan2013KAPALONG, Davao del Norte, Jan. 28 -- Days of heavy rains and strong winds caused by the tail end of a cold front brought flooding to the municipality of Kapalong last January 19-20, 2013 which was higher compared to the flooding brought by Typhoon Pablo. After the reported water upsurge in the river tributaries in some barangays, Mayor Edgardo L. Timbol, Municipal Disaster Risk Reducation Management Council Chairperson thru the Action Officer Mr. Gaspar T. Balinggao mobilized the Communica...
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28Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) – Singers Leah Navarro and Danny Javier will lead other national artists in staging a concert caravan set first week of February in Typhoon Pablo-devastated areas in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. Priscilla Razon, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-XI), bared that the concert caravan will be held on February 4, 5 and 6 in the municipalities of New Bataan, Compostela and Monkayo in Compostela Valley, and...
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28Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 28, (PIA) -- An executive of an agricultural firm supported the plea of farmers in the areas affected by typhoon Pablo to plant fast yielding crops while waiting to revitalize banana and coconut industries. Speaking during the 8th Mindanao Media Summit held over the weekend, Rufino Leano, research and development specialist of the Monsanto Philippines said the areas devastated by the typhoon in December need crops that can be harvested in a shorter period of time. He said othe...
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28Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- A Women-Friendly Space (WFS) will soon be put up in the town’s evacuation centers to serve the needs of women survivors of typhoon Pablo in Monkayo, Compostela Valley province. Department of Social Welfare and Development regional director Priscilla Razon said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will replicate the WFS program not only to Monkayo but also in other typhoon-hit areas in the region. The WFS was piloted by UNFPA in New Bataan, Compostela Valle...
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28Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan 28 (PIA) -- In celebration of World Leprosy Day, the Department of Health (DOH) posed a challenge for total eradication of leprosy in the country. In a message by Dr. Paulyn Jean Ubial, DOH assistant secretary, as delivered by DOH -6 Regional Director Dr. Susana Madarieta during the multi-sectoral orientation on leprosy held at Sarabia Manor Hotel here, she said that the country has achieved its goal of eliminating leprosy as a health problem but the challenge remains in maint...
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28Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Information Agency-6 is now accepting nominations for the best performing student publication editors, writers for 2013. The search is open for graduating high school and college paper editors who have been actively participating in journalism workshops and events of the PIA in Western Visayas. Dubbed “IWAG” Award, the scheme is an incentive for school paper editors,writers who have done well in print articles in the field of development...
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28Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 28 (PIA) -- A peace center recently opened in Sulu in line with the government’s program in Localizing the National Action (LNAP) on Women, Peace and Security in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a press statement, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) reported that the center is part of the local, regional, and national government’s continuing joint efforts to reach out to marginalized and conflict-affected communi...
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28Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 28 (PIA) -- Itatayo sa lungsod ng Kidapawan, North Cotabato ang dagdag na Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch bilang tugon sa mga kasong hindi pa natatapos dahil sa kakulangan ng RTC. Ito ay matapos aprubahan ng kongreso ang House Bill 5514 o ang batas na sumususog sa pagtatayo ng karagdagang RTC branch sa 12th judicial region. Ang panukalang ito ay mariing isinusulong ni North Cotabato 2nd district Congresswoman Nancy Catamco at inaprubahan naman ng H...
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28Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) commended the provincial government of Quezon as the first province in the Philippines that implemented participatory guarantee system (PGS) for active organic farming. Provincial agriculturist Roberto Gajo, said IFOAM recognizes organic farming in the province because of its PGS system which guarantees that produced farm products are genuine and follows organic farming technology. “As...
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28Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec), Quezon provincial office has told all local candidates in the province on Friday to remove all prematurely placed or prohibited election propaganda before the start of the campaign period. Roberto Lozano, election assistant of Comelec-Quezon said according to Comelec resolution No. 9615 which provides the rules and regulations implementing R.A No. 9006 or fair election act, the prohibited forms of propaganda ...
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28Jan2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- Approximately 100 delegates including the International Recovery Platform (IRP) community of practitioners, experts, professionals, national and local government officials, and the academe attended the International Recovery Forum held in Kobe, Japan, January 20-23. Here, St. Bernard Mayor Rico Rentuza, of Southern Leyte was one of the panelists and speaker. The annual event serves as a venue to explore specific measures to address gaps in the recovery practice...
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28Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan 28 (PIA6) -- The success and drawing appeal of Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival has been attributed to the inter-working relationships of various sectors now officially recognized as public-private partnership. Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog acknowledged this in his message wherein he formally opened the 2013 Dinagyang Festival Kasadyahan Regional Cultural Competition, Jan. 26, at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand. At the forefront of this joint endeavor are the city governme...
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27Jan2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reiterated some of the campaign guidelines for the coming midterm elections. The poll body has limited the air time of each candidates in campaigning through television and radio stations, said Comelec Commissioner Elias Yusoph during the election 2013 summit held last week, here. Accordingly, each candidate for national positions is entitled to 120 minutes to advertise and campaign through te...
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26Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- Communities must test and practice their disaster risk reduction and management plans to save lives and properties, the head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Friday. Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman made the call following the recent launching of the Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Revised Recovery Plan of Action at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has constantly been reminding loc...
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26Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently launched the “Bawal Ang Epal” campaign to protect the integrity of the government’s anti-poverty program -- Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. DSWD7 Information Officer Aileen Lariba said the anti-epal campaign was due to reports that various politicians and groups are using the government's anti-poverty program to threaten beneficiaries and take advantage of their votes in the upcoming elec...
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26Jan2013MARIKINA CITY, Jan 26 (PIA) -- Marikina City Mayor Del De Guzman congratulated the City Health Office (CHO) for receiving the "Gregorio Del Pilar Award (Dugong Bayani Award)" for its continuous mobile blood donation programs from 2011 to 2012. The award was recently presented to the CHO by Department of Health representative Dr. Alex Alberto and Dr. Melvin Catapang, section chief of the Blood Collection Unit, Philippine Blood Center. De Guzman further encourages Marikina residents to donate bl...
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25Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan 25 (PIA) A resident and spokesperson of the local government unit in Boston, Davao Oriental cited the need for a livelihood that will provide income to coconut communities displaced by typhoon Pablo in Boston, Davao Oriental in December 4. Judith Binabae, spokesperson of the municipal government of Boston said a sustainable livelihood is important for affected resident to regain back their purchasing and to spur again the local economy. He said many families depended much on th...
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25Jan2013BATANGAS CITY, Enero 25 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang magsagawa ng early registration para sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa buong lalawigan ang Department of Education (DepEd) bukas, Enero 26. Ang naturang programa ay nakasentro sa maagang pagpapalista ng mga batang magsisipasok sa kindergarten at Grade 1. Sinabi ni Dra. Donato Bueno, DepEd superintendent sa lalawigan ng Batangas, na magsisimula ng alas-siyete ng umaga hanggang alas-singko ng hapon ang enrolment. Aniya, lahat ng mga batang ipinanganak ...
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25Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Xavier University Center for Culture and the Arts in partnership with Xavier Science Foundation, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and XU (National Service Training Program (NSTP) holds the CINEMAGIS 5th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao at the XU Little Theater and SM Cinema 2 on January 24 to 26, 2013. Hobart P. Savior, Director of XCCA and CINEMAGIS, said the event celebrates the film making potentials of Northern Mindanao...
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25Jan2013QUEZON CITY-- Gipirmahan na ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III ang “Kasambahay bill (domestic helpers)” nga naglaan sa kasagaran nga ipasuweldo ug uban pang katilingbanong proteksyon sa mga katabang. Si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte miingon nga nalipay sila nga gipirmahan na ni Presidente Aquino niadtong nakalabay nga Enero 18 ang Republic Act 10361 o 'An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers. Epektibo na ang maong balaodnon pagkatapo...
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25Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) will conduct a capacity-building seminar for all government information officers in the country in an effort to disseminate the success stories of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or Pamana (Peaceful and Progressive Communities). According to OPAPP Sec. Teresita Q. Deles, the project entitled “Communicating Pamana results: Capacity-Building for Government Information Officers,” will serve as ...
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25Jan2013Quezon City, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) remains festive as it continues to savor the impact of the four-million foreign visitors the Philippines had in 2012, achieving 93.8 percent of its target for 2012. Next year, Tourism Secretary Ramon R. Jimenez is confident that we "Will cross the five-million milestone." This is the first time the country has reached the four-million mark in tourism history. Jimenez is confident that the Philippines is on track towards the 10-mill...
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25Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- A national recovery plan for typhoon Pablo survivors was revised to improve a system where the international humanitarian communities can better participate. The Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Response - An Action Plan for Recovery will now outline how humanitarian organizations and other institutions can continue to provide life-saving assistance and recovery support to the people of Mindanao in the next six months. An initial action Plan, launched December 2012, required...
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25Jan2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued notice of public consultations/hearings on the proposed amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on Republic Act (R.A.) 4566, particularly on the 60%-40% Filipino-Foreign Equity requirement. Ruel B. Paclipan, provincial director, DTI Iligan City/Lanao del Norte Provincial Office, said they are calling the attention of all concerned to follow the scheduled dates and venue, to w...
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25Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan 25 (PIA) -- The grand prize winner of this year’s Musikahan sa Tagum Festival slated on February 19 to 24 can win up to P250,000 so expect the best chorale performances in this part of the world. “But only the choral group that will win all the four genres will get the grand prize of P250,000,” Tagum City Tourism Council Chairperson Alma Uy said during a press conference held in Abreeza Friday. The four genres for the choral competition during the Musikahan Festival inclu...
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24Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- At least 10 pupils from the Ozamiz City Schools Division (OCSD) were declared champions in Robotics during the 2012 Regional Children’s Science Fair and Quest. The three-day activity held last December at Plantation Elementary School, Camp Philips, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon was participated in by elementary pupils from the region’s 14 schools divisions that included those of OCSD, Oroquieta City, Tangub City and Misamis Occidental. Winner...
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24Jan2013SURIGAO CITY, Enero 24 (PIA) -- Gipirmahan ni Pangulong Aquino niadtong Enero 18 ang Republic Act No. 10361 o usa ka Acta aron ipahamtang ang mga Polisiya alang sa Proteksyon ug Kaayuhan sa mga Katabang o Domestic Workers. Ang bag-ong balaodnon, o giila nga Kasambahay Bill gikatakdang makatabang sa mokabat duha ka milyon ka mga domestic helpers sulod sa nasod, matud ni Valte. Matud pa ni Valte nga ilang ibutang sa Palace website ang kopya sa maong balaodnon ug kini moepekto 15 ka adlaw human a...
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24Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA6) -- The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas targets to produce 2.3 million metric tons (MT) of rice for 2013, as the country observes “National Year of Rice.” DA-6 Executive Director Larry Nacionales said in a radio interview that there is higher expectation for Region 6 this year. “The target of 2.3 million MT is higher than 2012’s 2.2 million production,” Nacionales said. He said the national government demands at least 14 percent share...
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24Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 24 -- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has recently announced its Notice to Bid for the procurement of equipment for the Rehabilitation Project for Cagayan de Oro City Water District’s facilities damaged by Tropical Storm Sendong. The contract packages to be initially procured consist of the following: 11 sets of pumps, panels and conveyance pipes (Package 1), 5 units diesel engine generators (Package 2) and 5,562 units of water meters (Package 3). A M...
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23Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 22 - Autism still has no cure, but modern therapy plus family support can turn around the lives of people afflicted with this lifelong disability. People must understand Autism so they can help create an environment where persons with Autism learn to survive and be a productive member of the community, Carmen Almendrala of the Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP) said in a forum at Philippine Information Agency (PIA). As a neurological disorder, Autism impairs or delays th...
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23Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education with the theme “Makapag-aral ay Karapatan Mo, Magpalista Ngayong Enero (It's your right to learn, Enlist this June),” declares January 26 as the Early Registration Day for school year (SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools throughout the country. This Early Registration Day aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the objectives of the Educat...
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23Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 23 -- The Department of Education Division of Davao del Norte has ordered the indefinite suspension of classes in the elementary and high school levels of the areas greatly affected by the flooding. “We have directed our district supervisors to suspend classes in the areas affected by the flood starting Monday,” DepEd Davao del Norte Division officer-in-charge Aurelio Divinagracia said. The suspension order stands for as long as the floodwaters subside, he added. He said m...
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23Jan2013TUDELA, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The local government, here, will continue its disaster preparedness training in the barangays, especially those that have been identified by the geo-hazard map as highly susceptible to floods and landslides. This was revealed by Mayor Estela Obot-Estaňo who said the LGU is bent to conduct the training, during the first quarter of the month according to its Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council l (DRRMC) Plan. These trainings wi...
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22Jan2013BACOLOD CITY, Jan 22 (PIA) - - Bacolod City Administrator John Orola said they are urging shipping companies in Bacolod and Iloilo to improve their facilities and services to attract more foreign and domestic tourists, a press release from the city said. Orola, chairperson of the Western Visayas Tourism Council, said the comfort rooms of some shipping companies, both in their terminals and in the boats are unsanitary. Ship owners and managers of the ferry companies must improve their service...
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22Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- An intensified advocacy campaign on the January 26, 2013 Early Registration Day (ERD) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 have been waged by the Department of Education (DepEd) in Misamis Occidental. The campaign actually started on January 7 with the “Child/Youth Find" activities with the help of the barangay officials and other stakeholders to ensure that no child who is supposed to be in school during the incoming SY will be left out, Supe...
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22Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- All parties and bona fide candidates will have equal access to media time for their election propaganda during the campaign period subject to certain requirements and/or limitations. This ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is contained in Resolution No. 9615 that sets the duration of air time that a candidate or party may use for their broadcast advertisements or election propaganda relative to the May 13, 2013 elections to be, as ...
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22Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 22 (PIA) – “Let’s build a ‘new rice terraces.’” Mao kini ang hagit sa bag-ong acting director general sa Philippine Information Agency kagahapon nga adlaw sa iyang papanumpa sa katungdanan nga gipasiugdahan ni Coloma didto sa PIA central office. Si Jose Mari Oquiñena, kanhi pangulo sa operations sa Gawad Kalinga Foundation, mikumpara sa usa ka tawo nga miatubang sa katawhan sa Cordilleras kaniadtong unang mga panahon. Aron makahatag ug pagkaon sa umaabot nga mga ...
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22Jan2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 22 (PIA6) -- The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Capiz reported that no tetanus case has been recorded from the 20 victims of firecracker–related injuries as the tetanus watch ended Jan. 21. Tetanus monitoring in the province started Dec. 21 to heighten awareness of those from Capiz on the possible threats posed by firecracker wounds or cuts which may serve as entry points for tetanus–causing bacteria. Capiz Health Education and Promotion Officer Joeffry Espirit...
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22Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 21 -- Due to reports that various politicians and groups are using Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to threaten beneficiaries and take advantage of their votes in the upcoming election, the Department of Social Welfare and Development advises the beneficiaries not to be intimidated by such threats since only the Department can delist them if they do not comply to the conditions set by the Program. Pantawid Pamilya is a human development program of the national govern...
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22Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The search for outstanding elementary/secondary school paper adviser and campus journalists for school year 2012-2013 will be among the activities of the Region 10 Schools Press Conference (RSPC), at the La Salle University Arts Center, here this coming Jan. 24-26. The conduct of the RSPC to is pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7079, “An Act Providing for the Development and Promotion of Campus Journalism,” Dr. Allan G. Farnaz...
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22Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued the following guidelines on the lawful election propaganda in connection with the May 13 national and local elections. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9006, otherwise known as the “Fair Election Act,” and as recently promulgated by Comelec in Resolution No. 9615, the lawful election propaganda includes the following: Pamphlets, leaflets, cards, decals, stickers or other written or printed mat...
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21Jan2013DAGUPAN CITY, Jan 21 (PIA) -- Seeking the rehabilitation of the carabao industry, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging farmers in the province to raise the numbers of these species to replace its dwindling population. Gloria Dulay of the DA-Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) said that according to the latest inventory, there are now only few of the species remaining due to their being slaughtered for meat. To save the population, the center is advocating the prohibition of slaughtering br...
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21Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will require candidates to submit their statements of contributions and expenditures for the 2013 Elections. Lawyer Jay Gerada, election supervisor of South Cotabato said this new approach is being implemented by the Commission to resolve issues on campaigning prior to the designated campaign period. “The Comelec changed strategy with respect to the approach on premature campaigning,” Gerada said. “Wh...
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21Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 21 -- The 12th Meeting of the Asean Plus Three (China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea) Tourism Ministers was held on January 21 in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The year 2012 was a dynamic one for tourism in the APT countries. The growth of international visitor arrivals has been significant. Enhanced connectivity particularly air accessibility amongst APT countries has contributed to this positive growth. In 2012, the Asean Plus Three countries welcom...
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21Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 21 (PIA) -- Residents of Central Mindanao will witness a parade of hundreds of colorful and traditional boats along the Rio Grande de Mindanao to show its support to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB). The fluvial float parade which is led by 6th Infantry Division, Philippine Army in cooperation with the provincial government of Maguindanao as well as local officials of different towns is set to sail on January 29. The parade will start at Moth...
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20Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- Parties and candidates are encouraged to use recyclable and environment-friendly materials and avoid those that contain hazardous chemicals and substances in the production of their campaign and election propaganda. In local governments where local legislation us plastic and other similar materials, parties and candidates must comply with the same, advises the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This advise of the Comelec is carried in Resol...
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20Jan2013PDRRMC bares relief assistance extended to typhoon Pablo victims PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) convened January 16 and discussed the relief goods delivered to typhoon "Pablo" victims and the added requirements for food and materials that will enable victims start normal lives. According to the report of the Social Welfare chief Flordeliza Obani, the provincial government had delivered 38,000 ...
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18Jan2013MATI CITY DAVAO ORIENTAL – First District Representative Nelson Dayanghirang is coordinating strongly with the provincial government of Davao Oriental for the numerous undertakings geared towards the upliftment of the typhoon victims plight “After New Year, residents started coming back and gradually worked on their temnporary shelter. This is their primary need, that is why, we are working on this now, along with other agencies. I am also waiting for the materials that I ordered to help th...
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18Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 18 (PIA) -- Early taxpayers in Pasay City were rewarded with cash and other prizes. This, as the city government conducted a raffle draw to entice taxpayers to pay their taxes early and make paying of tax more fun in Pasay. In a statement, Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto said taxpayers were given raffle tickets that would give them a chance to win cash prizes, trips abroad, and tax credits upon paying their respective taxes. Calixto added that the tax promotion has been...
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18Jan2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Jan 18 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted several Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign including roving exhibits handled by the local government of Naic in support on the observance of the second year anniversary of Pawikan Conservation and Protection Project (PCPP). PCPP’s main objective is to secure and intensify the number of marine turtles in the coastal town of Naic and mon...
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18Jan2013TAGUM CITY-“Typhoon Pablo can’t stop the conduct of the election,” according to Compostela Valley 1st District Representative Maria Carmen Zamora but she cautioned campaigning politicians to veer away from the traditional ways of campaigning. While the campaign season is at hand, Zamora said most of the politicians in the province are more focused on relief and rehabilitation efforts since most of them are running unopposed. “Life has to go on..Pablo can’t stop election from pushing ...
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18Jan2013TAGUM CITY-Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy has earmarked at least P2-million for the conduct of disaster preparedness and capability trainings for disaster volunteers in the province to prepare for possible calamities in the future. ComVal was one of the provinces hardest hit by typhoon Pablo which ravaged Davao Oriental, Davao del Norte and other areas in the country when it made a landfall in Baganga, Davao Oriental on December 4, 2012. “The P2 million budget is only for capability bu...
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18Jan2013AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 18 (PIA) -- Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Chairman Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza recently convened council members to discuss and assess the extent of damages left by typhoon Pablo that hit the province on December 4, 2012 in order to come up with correct estimate of relief goods and materials. In a report prepared by Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and presented to the council by Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr., it shows...
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18Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 18 (PIA) -- Rosito Barroso, married, with three dependents received his first Individual Policy Contract (IPC) from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth early this week. Barroso, a resident of Barangay Sta. Cruz in this city, was one of the 286 individually paying members (IPMs) who were issued their IPCs by the Philhealth 12 office here on Monday and Tuesday. Said contracts are va...
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17Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 17 -- Typhoon Pablo damaged P94 million-worth of forestry and coastal management projects of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region XI. Based on the Geographical Information System (GIS) data, Pablo wiped out P28 million worth of seedlings planted under the National Greening Program (NGP) in 2011 and 2012, DENR 11 reported. Most seedlings planted in the affected areas were falcata, rubber, narra, cacao, coffee, indigenous species and other fruit t...
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17Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA6) -- Two examinees from Western Visayas -- Justin Alick M. Cordova and Venice Marie B. Hulleza were among the top ten passers of the Professional Level of the Career Service Examinations administered by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on October 21, 2012. Cordova got a rating of 87.39 to rank second behind Mark Anthony B. Pelaez of Bicol Region who topped the exams with a rating of 87.85, while Hulleza who was in the fifth place had a rating of 86.90. The two Wes...
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17Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Jan 17 (PIA) -- Ginkilala sang kapulisan sang South Cotabato ang duha ka banwa kag isa ka malayo nga baryo ang posible nga duog nga ginakabalak-an sa subong kag hasta sa Mayo 13 lokal kag nasyunal nga piniliay. Si S/Supt. Randolph Delfin, South Cotabato provincial police director, nagsiling nga sa subong ginapanilagan nila ang mga hitabo sa pulitika sa mga banwa sang Tampakan kag T’boli kag amo man ang barangay Ned sa banwa sang Lake Sebu tungod sa pag-ulhot sa...
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17Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Enero 17 (PIA) -- Ipadtatapana sa nisisita a banal saguna nu mga estudyante nu Cornelio V. Cocal Elementary School sa Libungan, North Cotabato e kaumanan kanu bilek nu eskwelahan ataw ka class rooms. Nya ba su pidtelu nu principal nu eskwelahan a si Henry Mendez. Tigin ni Mendez, nisisita den a banal nu nadtelu a school building sabap sa lagun-lagunan na pagkadakel su bilangan nu mga estudyante kanu kanilan a eskwelahan. Sabap kanu nya nangumbal kanu sa isa a...
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17Jan2013KALIBO, Aklan, Jan 17 (PIA6) -- One of the acts that revelers and participating groups should strictly avoid while streetdancing or attending the Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Festival from January 14 to 21 this year is the bearing of placards with written derogatory and insulting remarks directed against any candidate or political party, private individual, government officials or any organizations. People caught bearing such placards, according to the Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Foundation I...
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17Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has granted the creation of 61,510 new Teacher 1 positions in the Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary levels of the Department of Education (DepEd) for School Year (SY) 2013-2014 Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro said the creation of these items had been prioritized for the multi-grade schools and elementary schools still offering multi-grade classes due to lack of teachers positions. Includ...
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17Jan2013ROSARIO, Cavite, Jan. 17 (PIA) --The municipal council of this coastal municipality has passed a resolution for the construction of Rosario General Hospital (RGH) and the planned transfer of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) which is currently located in Mandaluyong City. Mr. Buddy Villacruz, Municipal Information Officer said the groundbreaking ceremony is originally scheduled this month but due to unforeseen events, it will be announced at the earliest possible time. The construct...
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16Jan2013KALIBO, Aklan, Jan 16 (PIA6) -- Amid drumbeats, the Kalibo Ati-atihan Product Showcase opened January 14 at the Kalibo Pastrana Park, a yearly promotional event and one of the main features of the Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Festival. Twenty-seven small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are joining this year’s event, offering wearables made from indigenous fibers, crafts, gifts and housewares, furniture and furnishings, processed foods, health and wellness, and ornamental plants for sale to t...
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16Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan 15 (PIA) -- The Davao City field office of the Department of Trade and Industry will no longer extend the issuance of free Import Commodity Clearance stickers for the helmets of motorists who failed to beat the deadline on December 28, 2012. Roberto Barlis, consumer welfare officer and spokesperson of the DTI-Davao City said the public has been given ample time to avail of the ICC stickers since the mandatory certification was passed into law in 2009, and with the implementatio...
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16Jan2013KALIBO, Aklan, Enero 16 (PIA6) -- Sa tunog it tamboe, ginbuksan ku Enero 14 sa Pastrana Park ro Kalibo Ati-atihan Product Showcase, sangka dag-unan nga aktibidad nga tuyo magpakita it mga produkto it Aklan ag sambilog sa mga mayor nga mga aktibidades it Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Festival. Raya hay ginapakigsakupan makaron it 27 nga mga Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) nga nagatanyag sa publiko ieabi eonggid sa mga bisita ag turista it mga produktong himo sa pina ag abaca, mga pangregalo,...
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16Jan2013SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Jan. 16 (PIA6) -- Makaduha ka beses nga ginpatigayon sang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Capiz ang Diskwento Caravan diri sa syudad sang Roxas sang tuig 2012. Ang nasambit nga mga hilikuton amo ang “Diskwento sa Mayo para sa mga Obrero” nga ginpatigayon sang Mayo 15 kag 16 subongman ang Diskwento Caravan sadtong Nobyembre 15 tubtub 16. Base sa rekord sang DTI – Capiz, ang mga Diskwento Caravan ang ginpasakupan sang 18 ka mga manufacturer kag mga dis...
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16Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 16 (PIA) -- Ginpabaskog sang mga pulis kag militar sa South kag North Cotabato ang pagpalakat sang ronda kontra sa gerilya nga komunista nga makabentaha sa gobyerno sa pagpauntat sang giho sang militar para tulison kag gamuhon ang pumuluyo. Si Col. Prudencio Asto, spokesman sang 6th Infantry Division Philippine Army, nga nakabase sa Camp Siongco, sa Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao nagsiling nga napugngan sang mga soldado sang 57th Infantry Battalion...
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16Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is proposing for an additional P1.6 billion budget for the rehabilitation of the typhoon-ravaged agricultural areas in Davao Region. In a statement, Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Dante Delima said that based on the outcome of the meeting of the Quick Response Team, the group that was tasked to assess the actual damage and formulate the rehabilitation plans for the devastation wrought by the super typhoon Pablo, DA...
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16Jan2013MANILA, Jan 16 (PIA) -- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz announces the conduct of more job fairs this year in the country’s different regions. Meanwhile, she advises job seekers to stay in their respective regions. “It would be better if job seekers stay put and look for jobs in their respective regions because job opportunities are coming to them through the job fairs of the Department of Labor and Employment,” Baldoz said. "Jobs are available to job seekers raring to work this year...
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16Jan2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has installed Dir. Leticia T. Diokno as new regional director for Field Office 4A (Calabarzon). “I accept the challenge,” Diokno said in her speech during the activity held at the field office in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Diokno, who was previously the regional director of DSWD Field Office VIII, assumes the position previously held by Dir. Wilma Naviamos, who now serves as the regional director ...
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16Jan2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Negokart project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has helped a beneficiary to increase his income from P300-P500 to as high as P1,500 daily. Edgar V. Almarez, 33, of Lipa City, Batangas was determined to provide his family with a more comfortable living. He left his daily-earning job as a cook in one of the hotel-restaurants in the city to look for a better source of income. Armed with a passion for cooking, Edgar and his wife Rochell...
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16Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- Newly-installed Quezon Police Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos urged the municipal police officers of the 39 towns and two cities of the province to maintain peace and order in their area of responsibility. “Our performance as police officers and public servants should not be affected by what happened in Atimonan, Quezon, instead we should perform our best and show the people that police officers are the prime movers in maintaining a peaceful community,” Ca...
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15Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- The Autism Society Philippines (ASP) has set this year’s celebration of the 17th National Autism Consciousness Week on January 20 to 27 with the theme, “Autismo Alamin: Pagtanggap at Pag-unawa Palaganapin.” The week-long event will kick off with a walkaton dubbed “Angels Walks for Autism” which will be held at SM Mall of Asia on January 20. On January 21, the “1Pangako Campaign” will be launched aimed at changing the public’s discriminatory views ...
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15Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA6) -- South Koreans were the top visitors in Western Visayas in 2012 according to the figures released by the Department of Tourism-6. Of the 2.1 million tourists who came to the region, and of around 1.2 million who went to Boracay, Aklan, 184,992 were South Koreans. As per report, the Taiwanese came in second, accounting for 93,407 visitors; then Chinese 84,186 tourists; Americans, 20,603; and Australian, 15, 237. Completing the top 10 visitors in Western ...
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15Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 15 -- Xavier University held various missions during the school Christmas break to help survivors of typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, and Agusan del Sur. Six faculty members and two students facilitated stress debriefing and medical mission in barangays Cateel, Bana-ao and Yapsay, Davao Oriental, some of the badly hit areas of Pablo. Houses in the coastal areas were washed out due to storm surges which reached as high as five feet and covered the m...
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15Jan2013SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Enero 15 (PIA) --May 37,400 coconut seedlings ang nakatakdang ipamahagi ng Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) sa mga magsasaka ng niyog sa lunsod na ito at sa mga bayan ng Rizal at Nagcarlan. Ito ang inihayag ni Lanie Lapitan, provincial coconut development manager ng Laguna sa idinaos na “Usapang Niyog,” isang pagtitipon na tinalakay ang kalagayan ng industriya ng niyog sa Lalawigan ng Laguna. Ayon kay Lapitan, ang hakbang na ito ay bahagi ng National Coconut Produ...
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15Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA)-12 has distributed at least 350 bags of palay seeds to farmers in nearby towns of Banga and Norala who were affected by recent adverse weather conditions. Ruperto Dollaga, supervising agriculturist of the South Cotabato Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG), said the seeds were provided by DA 12 for farmers whose crops were damaged at the height of typhoon Pablo in D...
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15Jan2013“The environment is a gift, let’s put our minds together and we can still save it.” This is the direct message of the song composed by a Cebuano priest, his offering to the patron of Cebu, Sr. Sto. Nino. For so long and even in his homilies, Rev. Father Charles Louis Jayme has always been passionate in encouraging the public to act on the urgency of the call of nature. And there is no other opportune time than to make the call by means of a song in time for the Holy Child’s - the Sto. ...
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14Jan2013TUY, Batangas, Jan. 14 (PIA) --The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has launched a P34.5-million farm-to-market (FMR) road project in Barangays Bayudbud and Toong, this municipality. The road project will connect Barangays Bayudbud, Toong to its neighboring barangays and will benefit members of Toong-Magahis agrarian reform community. It is also expected increase the income of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the area. Public Works and Highways 1st district engineer Rosauro Adapon ...
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14Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 14 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has set the rate for all Cash for Work (CFW) jobs at P226 per day effective January, 2013 to ensure a standardized implementation of the government’s program. The standardization of the CFW rate was raised as an issue by international partners working with the different Philippine government agencies for the relief and rehabilitation of communities ravaged by Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and in Davao Oriental...
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14Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- More humanitarian aid arrived from Indonesia on Saturday for the survivors of Typhoon Pablo in the hardest hit areas in Davao Region as relief and rehabilitation effort continues to bring back normalcy on the affected communities. Captain Severino David, deputy commander and spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command formally received the goods brought in by Commodore Ari Soedewo of the Indonesian Armed Forces on board naval vessel Kri Makasaar 7 pm Saturday at th...
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14Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 14 (PIA) -- Representatives from 32 women organizations, non-government institutions and other agencies in Kidapawan City organized last week a coalition to fight abuses. Sr. Lalyn Macahilo of the Oblates of Notre Dame and the elected chairperson of the organization said, that many women and children are abused everyday. According to her, most of them are still living with their perpetrators instead of looking for a safe place or a center where they could un...
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14Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 13 (PIA) -- Gidapit ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III ang Filipino-Chinese community nga makig-ambit sa ilang huna-huna kon unsaon nga epektibong mabatukan ang kriminalidad sa nasod. “Among gilantaw ang solusyon nga estratehiko, rasyonal ug epektibo sa nasudnong diskusyon nga gipahigayon karon (Sabado/Enero 12), ug malipayon namong dawaton ang iyong mga hunahuna ug panglantaw, matod pa sa Presidente sa iyang pagpakigpulong atol sa ika-20 ka tuig nga anibersaryo sa Movement f...
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14Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 14 (PIA) --The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here is collaborating with a private group who wants to invest in rubber tree plantation in the province. Pablito Budoy of DTI-Quezon said at present, a rubber tree plantation in Gen. Nakar and Real, Quezon can be expanded with the aim of supplying the local and world market with raw materials for car tires, rubber slippers and other items made of rubber. “The private group interested in ...
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14Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- The Land Bank of the Philippines recently signed an agreement with manning agency Cebu Ace-Maritime International Inc. for the servicing of the agency’s inward foreign exchange remittances and payroll distribution to its deployed seamen and their beneficiaries. Cebu Ace-Maritime is the bank’s first manning agency client outside Metro Manila. The strategic location of the agency’s office and its proximity to the Land Bank Plaza Independencia Branch provides conv...
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14Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 14 (PIA) -- After the intensive information drive regarding the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), one of the issues that the farmers would like to clarify is the assurance that the proposed new political entity will not affect the lands they are toiling. The group of farmers also want to have more consultations on what would be the content of Bangsamoro Basic Law. Farmers and barangay officials from the towns of Pikit, Pigcawayan, Aleosan, Midsaya...
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13Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 13 (PIA) -- Kinumpirma ni South Cotabato police provincial director PSSupt. Randolf Delfin na mas pagtutuunan nila ng pansin ang seguridad ng mga bayan ng Tampakan at T’boli sa panahon ng halalan. Binabantayan din aniya nila ang Barangay Ned sa Lake Sebu. Paliwanag ni Col. Delfin, tinukoy sa pulong ng Commission on Election, pulis, at army nitong nakalipas na linggo bilang mga “areas of concern” ...
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13Jan2013MANILA, Jan 13 (PIA)-- To simplify the traffic management in the city, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim recently launched the on-street parking project. The on-street metered parking is a pioneer project the Manila Parking Management. The first set of the metered parking devices are located along Ongpin and Escolta in Chinatown. “The on-street parking has a parking meter to serve the interest of motorists,” Lim said. He also said that parking meter fees, like in the United States, Europe, ...
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13Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enerp 13 (PIA) -- Ipinagbabawal ang pagdadala ng baril at anumang uri ng armas sa labas ng pamamahay para sa mga sibilyan. Maging ang mga tagapagtupad ng batas at security personnel bawal ding magdala ng baril sa labas ng kanilang opisyal na gawain. Ito ang binigyang-diin ni PSSupt. Randolf Delfin sa simula ng election gun ban ngayong araw. Paliwanag ng opisyal, limitado lamang otorisadong magdala ng baril habang umiiral ang election gun ban sa...
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12Jan2013DAGUPAN CITY, Jan. 12 (PIA) —The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) urged dog owners to be responsible in handling their pets to prevent the spread of rabies. Christina Alcantara, health education program officer (HEPO), advised dog owners to have their pets immunized with anti-rabies shots from the local veterinary offices. Mass injection is conducted annually at the provincial veterinary office during the Anti-Rabies Month in March. She noted that the PHO listed a total of 14 human...
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11Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- Government agencies like the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Education in Davao Region have hastened efforts to normalize the lives and activities of typhoon Pablo survivors in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Carmela Duron, spokesperson of the DSWD XI said that as the agency sustains the basic needs of the survivors, it is also conducting needs assessment to determine the extent and duration of helping typhoon Pablo survivors...
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11Jan2013CORTES, Bohol, Jan 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in Bohol is urging local government units to help in convincing healthy individuals donate their blood to have ready ample supply of blood stocks in the province. Bohol’s local blood bank is clearly depleted while the voluntary blood donation program is now anemic, authorities of the local PRC here said. PRC only collected 1,570 blood units instead of the 13,000 bags which is supposedly the standard collection goal for Bohol. In ...
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11Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 11 (PIA) -- Nag-abot ng tulong pinansyal kamakalawa ang pamahalaang bayan ng Surallah, South Cotabato sa mga biktima ng bagyong Pablo sa mga bayan ng Cateel at Baganga sa Davao Oriental. Personal na iniabot nina Mayor Romulo Solivio Sr., municipal councilor Edgardo Canieso at MDRRMO designate Jorge Bautista ang P200,000 na financial assistance sa mga benepisyaryong bayan. Nabatid na nakalaan sana ang naturang halaga sa mismong lalawigan ng Compostel...
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11Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 11 (PIA) -- Naglagay kamakailan ng computerized Skills Registry System (SRS) ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) sa pamahalaang bayan ng Surallah, South Cotabato upang marehistro ang mga college at technical vocational courses graduates at skilled workers ng bayan. Ayon kay Mayor Romulo Solivio Sr., pangatlo na ang Surallah sa mga bayan sa lalawigan ng South Cotabato na nalagyan ng SRS. Sinabi din ng alkalde na mapalad ang mga mamamayan ...
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11Jan2013MANILA, Enero 11 (PIA6) -- Ang Japan interesado sa pagbutang sang mas madamu nga pahunan sa Pilipinas bangud nagsanyog ang ekonomiya, suno sa isa ka opisyal sang foreign affairs. Sa media briefing sa Malacanang, si Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario nagsiling nga may mga paghinambalanay sa mga oportunidad sa negosyo sa tunga sang Japan kag sang Pilipinas bangud sa nagsanyog nga ekonomiya kag positibo nga macro-economic nga resulta nga na-agum sang pungsod. Si Japanese Foreign Minis...
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11Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- Establishment owners have until Jan. 15, to submit their reports on the compliance of the granting of the 13th month pay to their employees in 2012. The law provides that such reports, including the name of establishment, address, principal product or business, total employment and total number of employees benefited, are to be submitted to the nearest regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) not later than January 15...
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11Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene. 11 (PIA) -- Siniguro ng pamahalaang panlungsod ng Kidapawan sa North Cotabato na maililipat na nila ang humigit-kumulang 50 pamilyang kalimitang nalalagay sa peligro dahil sa pagbabaha doon. Ang mga pamilyang ito ayon kay Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco ay ang mga pamilyang nakatira sa gilid ng Nuangan River sa lungsod na ilang beses nang nakaranas ng pagbaha nitong mga nakalipas na buwan. Paliwanag nang alkalde nakab...
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11Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The typhoon hit provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley recently got the commitment from the Senate Climate Change Committee chair Senator Loren Legarda for financial assistance for building houses for displaced families. In her visit to Compostela Valley Province, Legarda promised First District House Representative Maria Carmen Zamora to donate P1 million to each of the severely affected towns which mostly are located in the 1st district of the pr...
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11Jan2013NAVAL, Biliran, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- With the implementation of Republic Act No. 10351 or the Sin Tax Reform Law of 2012, several men and women who smoke in the municipality of Naval swore to quit smoking. A family man who requested not to be named said he will be compelled to stop smoking due to the exorbitant price of cigarette per stick at present. He said, the brand of cigarette he used to smoke only costs P1.00 per stick before but now this costs P5.00 per three sticks. If he consu...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, JAN. 10 (PIA)--The Navotas City government has prepared a grand celebration for the city’s 107th founding anniversary on January 16. According to Mayor John Rey Tiangco, numerous activities have been lined up for a week-long celebration called “Pangisdaan Festival" to promote the rich heritage, culture and tradition of Navotas which is known as the fishing capital of Metro Manila. The activities include citywide motorcade and fun biking, mardi gras parade, boat race and sport...
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10Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan 10 (PIA) -- Ang panlalawigang tanggapan ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ay naghanda na ng mga programa na ipatutupad sa lalawigan ng Quezon ngayong taong 2013. Sinabi ni Pablito Budoy na kabilang sa mga programang isasakatuparan ay ang pagbisita sa mga barangay sa lungsod ng Lucena at mga karatig bayan nito upang higit na maipaliwanag ang mga karapatan at responsibilidad ng mga mamimili. Sinabi pa di Budoy na mayroon ding nakahandang database ng mga...
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10Jan2013DAGUPAN CITY, Jan 10 -- The Pangasinan provincial health office (PHO) advised people with lingering illnesses to try to keep and maintain a healthy lifestyle despite their undergoing medication. But, Christina Alcantara, health education program officer, said medication is useless if prohibited foods and excessive intake of alcohol and cigarettes are not avoided. “Most people with existing illnesses do not heed doctors’ advice, thinking that their medication would offset the symptoms of th...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Enero 10 (PIA) -- Iniimbita ang mga magulang ng mga mag-aaral na magpatala ng kanilang mga anak sa darating na Enero 26 na siyang itinakdang “Early Registration Day” ng Department of Education (DepEd). Sa ilalim ng DepEd Order No. 89, s. 2012 na pirmado ni DepEd Secretary Armin A. Luistro, kaniyang idineklarang “Early Registration Day” ang Enero 26, 2012 para sa mga mag-aaaral sa pampublikong elementary at sekondaryang paaralan. Dala nito ang temang “Makapag-aral ay Kara...
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10Jan2013UNGSOD NG BALANGA, Bataan, Enero 9 (PIA) – Nag-abot ng tulong ang Pamahalaang Lalawigan ng Bataan sa mga anak nitong nasalanta sa Compostela Valley, Mindanao na dinaanan ng Pasko nang walang bahay at kabuhayan. Personal na iniabot ni Gobernador Enrique Garcia, Jr. ang tsekeng nagkakahalagang 2.5 milyong piso kay Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Richard Gordon bilang suporta sa rehabilitation operations ng PRC sa bayan ng New Bataan. Sinalanta ang naturang bayan noong Disyembre ni Bagyong ...
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10Jan2013CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, Jan 10 (PIA) -– The Provincial Government of Bataan has come to the rescue of its native, distant sons in Compostela Valley, Mindanao who endured the Christmas season without homes and livelihoods. Governor Enrique Garcia, Jr. personally turned over a P2.5 million check to Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Richard Gordon in support of the ongoing humanitarian activities of PRC in New Bataan town. The said town suffered last December monster winds gusting up to 20...
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10Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan 10 (PIA) -- Expect a grander and more competitive Sinulog sa Kabataan this year. Sinulog Foundation Incorporated (SFI) Executive Director Ricky Ballesteros said spectators are in for a show not only during the Grand Parade on the 20th but starting this weekend during the competitions for both Sinulog sa Kabataan Lalawigan and Dakbayan. Ballesteros, during the first Kapihan sa PIA forum this year held at the Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission building, said he can see mor...
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10Jan2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- Angela Patricia Medina, a medicine proper student from the City of Imus won Miss Cavite 2013 title besting other beauties from other cities and municipalities in this premier province. Miss Cavite 2013 is a search launched by the First Republic Production, a business unit operating as an event management group that is focused on activities that will help create awareness relevant to the vision of the town of Kawit as the “Center of the Arts and Hi...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is looking forward to stronger cooperation and enhanced strategic partnership with Japan. This, after del Rosario met with Japan's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida during the latter’s official visit today. Del Rosario said in a statement that he and Kishida had productive discussions on several issues, including trade, investments, tourism, development assistance, people-to-people exchanges and maritim...
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10Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7 received donations from various government offices for the victims of typhoon Pablo that hit the southern part of the country on December 4. Central Visayas offices of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) extended their assistance to typhoon-stricken provinces , Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. ...
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10Jan2013PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, Jan. 10 -- The City Government of Panabo has finally put in place a system to serve investors who want to renew and open a business in Panabo City. The Permit and Licensing Section (PLS) under the City Government has spearheaded the Business One-Stop-Shop (Panabo BOSS) which started last January 2 until January 20 at the ground floor of the Panabo New City Hall. PLS will accommodate clients even on Saturdays and Sundays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and with extended o...
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10Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) urges public and private schools, universities and colleges in Central Visayas to establish a plant nursery facility of native tree species within their respective campuses in a move to boost the “greening” campaign. DENR 7 regional executive director Dr. Isabelo Montejo encourages school institutions to join in the national greening program (NGP) as key area in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP). ...
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10Jan2013MATI CITY, Davao Oriental, Jan. 10 -- Plans are already laid and work is starting to address the infrastructure needs of typhoon stricken municipalities in the province of Davao Oriental, based on the infrastructure needs assessment report from the Davao Oriental Provincial Engineering Office. The immediate intervention came just days after Pablo badly hit Baganga, Cateel, and Boston, with Gov. Cora Malanyaon in full supervision of the operation. In his report, Asst. Provincial Engineer Ruel ...
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09Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 9 -- Local government units (LGUs) should increase their absorptive capacity in order to take advantage of the increasing resources coming from the national government. Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario in a statement said that the anti-corruption campaign instituted by President Benigno Aquino III has improved the national economy and increased essential revenues vital in bankrolling important programs and projects, particularly in the countryside. He said that ...
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09Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- National Food Authority (NFA) Caraga Regional Director Gil Pepito Paqueo has announced recently that NFA bought from the farmers of Caraga 33,262 bags of Palay worth P28.7 million from January to December 2012. Paqueo said that for palay procurement in 2012 was higher by 20,720 bags or 165 percenr compared to the 12,542 bags procured in CY 2011. Moreover, palay procurement for the second semester of 2012 totaling 28,094 bags was 5.4 times more than the 5,168 bags p...
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09Jan2013SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Jan 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has allocated enough seedlings of coconut to properly implement their intensified planting material dispersal program in the Province of Laguna under the National Coconut Productivity Program (NCPP) being undertaken by the Departmenty of Agriculture (DA),which is in line with President Benigno S Aquino III’s initiative for more investment in the coconut industry which still remain as a pillar of the national economy....
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09Jan2013BATANGAS CITY, Enero 9 (PIA) -- Sinimulan ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ang pagtutok sa programang pang-seguridad sa taong 2013 sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalakas ng "communication and surveillance capabilities" ng pwersa ng kapulisan nito. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng radio communication equipment at patrol vehicles sa Batangas Philippine National Police (PNP) noong ika-7 ng Enero . Personal na iginawad ni Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto kay Batangas PNP Provincial Director, Ro...
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09Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 9 (PIA) - - “Early Registration Day” for the School Year(SY) 2013-2014 in all public elementary and secondary schools is on January 26 as stated in the Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 89 of 2012 duly signed by DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro. Secretary Luistro stated in his order that the activity aims to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on Universalization of Primary (Basic) Education and the Education for All (EFA) and completion of the cycle thus th...
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09Jan2013DAGUPAN CITY, Jan 9 (PIA) -- After the province of Pangasinan registered 193 cases of injuries for 2012, which is higher than the 111 injuries recorded at the end of 2011, the provincial health office (PHO) advised the public to stop the traditional revelry. Christina C. Alcantara, health education promotion officer (HEPO), said eight out of the total injured needed amputation of the fingers. Caution should be exercised if one cannot help joining the revelry, she said, adding that most of t...
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09Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte vehemently denied using government funds as cash assistance to residents ,rebels and soldiers alike when he reached out typhoon- ravaged- area in Barangay Ngan, Compostela, Compostela last December 26. Speaking to reporters, he explained that the funds came from a philanthropist who had been helpful in supporting the medication of cancer patients at the Southern Philippines Medical Center. Duterte said that as a gesture of gratitude, the...
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09Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- Farmers from Midsayap, North Cotabato will be given free medical assistance tomorrow January 10. The medical outreach program dubbed as “Liwanag para sa Kapayapaan Program” is an initiative of the North Cotabato 1st District Congressman Jesus Sacdalan. This is in line with the solon’s objective to give free and accessible medical services for his constituents in PPALMA area. Among the services that will be rendered to residents are free re...
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09Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene. 9 (PIA) -- Magsasagawa ng medical outreach activity bukas, Huwebes, January 10 sa Midsayap, North Cotabato. Ang Liwanag para sa Kapayapaan Program ay pangungunahan ng opisina ni North Cotabato First District Cong. Jesus Sacdalan. Ito naglalayong mabigyan ng libreng serbisyong medical ang kanyang mga nasasakupan. Kasama sa gagawing aktibidad ay ang pagsusukat ng libreng salamin at screening ng mga indibidwal na may katarata, pterygium, at cross- eyed...
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08Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene. 8 (PIA) -- Bubuksan ang South Cotabato Provincial Jail sa sinumang pulitikong na nagnanais magsagawa ng kampanya sa mga mga nakapiit doon. Ito ang inihayag ni acting jail warden Felicito Gumapac. Subalit aniya, kailangan pa nilang magpulong kasama ang mga tauhan sa naturang piitan upang ilatag ang mga alituntunin na dapat sundin ng mga pulitiko sa panghihikayat ng mga boto mula sa mga preso. Magpapatupad din ...
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08Jan2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Enero 8 (PIA) -- Binaha ang ilang bahagi ng syudad ng General Santos dahil sa magdamag na pagbuhos ng malakas na ulan mula noong araw ng Linggo. Ayon sa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) ito ang naging dahilan ng pag-apaw ng mga ilog at iba pang daluyan ng tubig sa lungsod. Batay sa ipinalabas na impormasyon ng CDRRMO, ang mga naapektuhang barangay ay ang Apopong, Baluan, Buayan, Bula, City Heights, Conel, Katangawan, Lagao, Ligaya, Olympog at S...
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08Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 8 (PIA) -- Todo sa pagpapaigting ngayon ang Department of Health (DOH-12) sa kanilang kampanya laban sa paninigarilyo. Ito ay matapos mabatid sa datos ng International Labor Organization noong nakaraang taon na 28.3 percent o 17.3 milyong mga Pilipino na may edad 15 pataas ang naninigarilyo. Samantala, mahigit 13 milyong Pilipino naman ang naitalang naninigarilyo araw-araw. Dagdag pa dito, umaabot sa anim na milyong mga Pilipino ang namamatay dahil s...
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08Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato (PIA) -- Agad na nakapaghatid ng limang sakong bigas ang pamahalaang panlalawigan sa mga biktima ng pagbaha sa bayan ng Norala, South Cotabato, nitong nakalipas na ilang araw. Kinumpirma ni Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, Atty. Larry de Perdo, na inihatid ang tulong sa pamamagitan ng Barangay Affairs Unit ng lalawigan. Subalit nilinaw ni de Pedro na ang naturang tulong ay pauna lamang dahil ...
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08Jan2013MANILA – Motabang ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sa mga biktima sa bagyong “Pablo” sa Mindanao pagtukod sa ilang mga balay pinaagi sa pagbansay kanila sa mga kakayahan sama sa carpentry, masonry, electrical installation ug plumbing, sumala pa ni Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General. Hatagan ang mga biktima sa mga kagamitan ug materyales aron sila mahatagan sa kakayahan pagtukod sa ilang mga balay sa higayon nga matudlo na sa mga LGUs ang i...
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08Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 8 -- Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario gave marching orders to all the department heads of the provincial office to help rebuild the communities destroyed by typhoon Pablo. “Let’s start the year with a tall order—all department heads should build back and build better; align all department budgets to building back communities ravaged by Pablo,” del Rosario said during the first convocation of all provincial employees at the Provincial Government Center Monday...
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08Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH)12 is intensifying its campaign against smoking in Soccsksargen region. This is in response to information revealed last year by the International Labor Organization which says 28.3 percent or 17.3 million Filipinos age 15 and above are smoking. In addition, more than 13 million use tobacco everyday. It alsorevealerd that people die not only because of tobacco use but also due to exposure. Given this alarming inf...
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07Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan 7 (PIA) -- The provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) of Quezon turned over donations for victims of typhoon ‘Pablo’ to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Southern Luzon Command (AFP-Solcom) last January 4. Provincial Civil Defense Deputy Coordinator Henry Buzar of PDRRMC said the donations came from provincial government personnel, including municipal/district and medicare hospitals in the province. The donations are composed of old c...
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07Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan 07 – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-XI) will soon start reforestation and rehabilitation efforts in the typhoon Pablo-affected areas of Compostela Valley Province and Davao Oriental. This is part of its National Greening Program (NGP) target for 2013. Through the cash for work scheme, members of people’s organizations (POs), local people and barangays residents will be hired for a continuous period of 90 days for site preparation, hauling of seedli...
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07Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene 7 (PIA) -- Kinumpirma ni Atty. Jay Gerada, election supervisor ng South Cotabato, na pinaiigting na nila ang kanilang preparasyon sa nalalapit na halalan. Ayon kay Atty. Jay Gerada, nagsimula na ang pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga election officers sa iba’t ibang bayan at lungsod sa lalawigan sa Department of Education sa kani-kanilang lugar. Ito aniya ay dahil ang DepEd ang kikilala sa mga guro na maaring magsilbi bilang m...
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07Jan2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) – The Parañaque City government urged taxpayers and entrepreneurs to settle their taxes early before the deadline on January 20, 2013. “We urge all business establishments and employees to file their applications early to avoid the rush." Parañaque City Jun Bernabe said. "Our employees stand ready to assist applicants to ensure the fast processing of their permits." Bernabe said the city government has improved systems and facilities for fast and accurate pr...
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07Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 7 (PIA) –- The people of Sulu province extended humanitarian relief assistance to the victims of typhoon ‘Pablo’ through a Philippine Navy ship. In a press release, OIC Prov'l Information Officer Sonny Y. Abing III disclosed that on board Philippine Navy ship BRP Tagbanua were relief goods intended for the victims of typhoon “Pablo” (international name: “Bopha”) which swept across eastern Mindanao on December 4 last year causing flash floods, landslides,...
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06Jan2013PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 6 -- Dalampu’t apat na dating rebelde (RR) ang tumanggap ng tulong pangkabuhayan na nagkahalaga ng P50,000 bawat isa mula sa Social Integration Program (SIP) ng pamahalaan na sakop ng Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) na isinagawa sa session hall ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa kapitolyo. Ang naturang pag aabot ng tulong ay isinagawa ni Bise Gob. Santiago Cane Jr. na siyang kumatawan kay Gob. Adolph Edward Plaza at ito a...
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04Jan2013MARIKINA CITY, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- To start the New Year right, the city government of Marikina is encouraging taxpayers to settle their taxes early this year. In a release, the City Treasury Office (CTO) has started accepting tax payments for 2013 since January 2. “This year, we are aiming to collect P1.6 billion which shall greatly help the city government perform its projects and programs for the residents,” Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said. Real property tax and business tax payments s...
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04Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- After delivering two batches of relief assistance to Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA 12) extended help to farmers in North Cotabato, also hit by typhoon Pablo last December. Last week, DA 12 regional technical director for research and regulations Enriqueto Natividad led the distribution of more than P2 million worth of aid to municipalities in North Co...
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04Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- The year 2012 ended with millions worth of farm equipment for a local government unit and two farmer organizations in South Cotabato and North Cotabato from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) here. Tampakan Mayor Leonardo Escobillo received on December 28 a unit of four-wheel drive tractor from DA 12 personnel led by regional technical director for operations Jimmy Olivo. Few days before t...
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04Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Koronadal City’s local government unit has delivered more aid to victims of typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. On Wednesday, a composite team from Koronadal City, led by city social welfare and development officer Mary Jane Gabucan left for the two hardest-hit provinces to deliver the second batch of assistance for families affected by the calamity. City administrator Cyrus ...
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04Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Mlang, North Cotabato through its medical team continues to pour help to the victims of the typhoon Pablo in different towns of Davao Oriental. Today, the group conducts stress debriefing and spiritual counseling to the survivors in Baganga town. Municipal Health Officer Dr. Glecerio Sotea said that this is part of their four-day relief operation and medical mission in the said province which started on Tuesda...
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04Jan2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 4 (PIA6) -- About 13,000 participants joined the various earthquake drills conducted in the province last year. Based on Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) – Roxas City annual report, there were about 27 schools, government offices, local government units (LGU) and private institutions who conducted earthquake simulation exercises in 2012. The figure does not include PHIVOLCS – Roxas City’s orientation and drills conducted in Iloilo, G...
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04Jan2013by Jasper Marie Oblina–Rucat CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10, with the Department of Education (DepEd) and city local government on December 27, 2012 held a training on Pangasius Filleting, Cooking Demo and Taste Testing to various restaurant owners and food processors in Barangay Bulua, here. There are several reasons why such training was conducted according to Irwin Jayson Jamaca of DTI-Misamis Oriental. The three top most purpose...
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04Jan2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Migulang kampiyon sa Elementary ug Secondary Division sa Northern Mindanao Palarong Pampook o Regional Athletic Associations (NMRAA) Meet sa tuig 2012 ang Cagayan de Oro Athletic Association (COAA). Kini, human makakuha ang COAA sa duolan unom ka gatus (593.50) ka puntos gikan sa nagkalain-laing paugnat sa kusog nga gihimo sulod sa lima (5) ka adlaw nga NMRAA Meet nga didto gipahigayon sa Mindanao Civic Center sa lungsod sa Tubod sa probinsiya s...
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04Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Over 2,000 barangay officials from the 1st district of North Cotabato underwent a forum regarding the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement. Said forum started on December 24 and lasted until January 2. The forum was an initiative of office of House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Chairperson Cong. Jesus Sacdalan. In his message, Cong. Sacdalan urged the local officials to help them disseminate to their constituents what they had learn...
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04Jan2013TIAONG, Quezon, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala distributed farm equipment and implements to groups of farmers in Quezon Province in a ceremony held recently at the Quezon Agricultural Experimental Station in this town. Alcala said we should improve palay production to sustain the rice produced by farmers. The DA also distributed carabaos with complete tilling materials and pigs and cows to augment the income of small farmers. Alcala added that the Department of Agricultu...
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03Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- Dalawang prestihiyosong parangal mula sa Civil Service Commission ang nakuha ng tanggapan ng Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) sa Lungsod ng Heneral Santos, ayon sa isang opisyal. Ayon kay HDMF o Pag-IBIG GenSan branch manager Manolito Olegario kanilang nasungkit ang Parangal na “Best in Provident” at “Best in Housing Operations” dahil sa pagtutulungan ng mga kawani ng tanggapan at inspirasyon makapagbigay ng pinakamataas na antas at kalidad ng serb...
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03Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Davao Region has called for more volunteers to help in the repacking of relief goods for the survivors of typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela at the Interagency Relief Operations Center within the compound of the Department and Highways XI in Panacan. Evangeline Grandeza, integrated-gender development officer of the Pantawid-Pamilyang Pilipino Program of DSWD XI said the number o...
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03Jan2013PASAY CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- A number of essential works in pre-colonial Filipino art selected from both public and private collections in the Philippines, Europe, and the United States, will be featured at the world-famous Musée du Quai Branly in the heart of Paris, the world’s cultural capital. Entitled “Philippines: Archipel des échanges (archipelago of exchanges)," the grand exhibition will be hosted by the Musée du Quai Branly in collaboration with the Philippine National Museum, the...
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03Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 3 (PIA) – Mihatag ang Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) ug P930 milyones nga dividends sa mga moiyembro niini karong tuiga diin kini 14% nga mas taas kompara sa tuig 2011 pagkatapos niini mokita ug dako sa Social Insurance Funds. Ang GSIS miingon nga ang gipanghatag maglakip sa mga aktibong Compulsory Life Insurance policyholders nga mikabat na ug usa ka tuig niadtong Disyembre 31, 2011. Ang mga misulod sa serbisyo sa gobyerno otomatik nga mahatagan ug life insuran...
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03Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Ene 3 (PIA) -- Positibo ang mga barangay officials mula sa unang distrito ng North Cotabato sa ginagawang inisyatibo ng gobyerno upang mas maipaliwanag ang layunin ng Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro. Nabatid na mula noong nakaraang Disyembre 24, 2012 hanggang kahapon, Enero 2, ay nagkaroon ang mga brgy. officials ng puspusang pakikipag-usap sa opisina ni House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Chairperson Cong. Jesus Sacdalan hinggil sa Fra...
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03Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan. 3 -- The Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (DANECO) is set to lose at least P66 million worth of revenue every month, until its power lines are able to transmit power to its consumers as a result of the damage wrought by Typhoon Pablo last December. “Mga 30 to 40 percent ang mawala sa DANECO in terms of revenues (DANECO is set to lose 30 to 40 percent in revenues),” said DANECO OIC Manager Engr. Benedicto Ongking said during the Kapihan sa PIA Friday. Ongking said the ...
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03Jan2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- At least 500 small rice farmers from barangays Mayao Parada and Mayao Castillo in this city were given certified hybrid palay seeds in a simple turn-over ceremony held recently. Mayor Roderick Alcala said they distributed palay seeds to farmers who own at least one-hectare ricefield. "With this kind of palay, the small farmers could produce high variety of rice and this could help improve their income,” Alcala said. Alcala added that the city agriculture...
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03Jan2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan 3 (PIA) – The Center for Health Development-Ilocos Health Emergency Management Staff (CHD-1 HEMS) reported a drop in cases of firecracker and stray bullet injuries from the period December 18, 2012 to midnight of January 2, 2013 here in Region 1. CHD1-HEMS Coordinator Dra. Ma. Racquel R. Magalong said, there were a total of 205 cases of firecracker injuries for said period with 177 male and 28 female victims, and ages ranging from two to 68 years old. This, ...
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03Jan2013TAGUM CITY, Jan 3 (PIA) -Flooding in New Bataan, Compostela Valley has not deterred teachers and students from going back to their makeshift classrooms in barangay Central Kabinuangan, Thursday. Students and teachers trekked to the three tents set up by the Department of Education and aptly called learning spaces on January 3, 2013, the day when classes were supposed to resume after Typhoon Pablo has wreaked havoc on their classrooms and their lives. “There is no problem in Davao Oriental wh...
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02Jan2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 2 (PIA6) -- The flood-affected towns in Capiz have already been placed under the state of calamity. In a session by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Capiz on December 28, towns and barangays were put under the state of calamity after these were affected by flood brought about by heavy rains due to typhoon Quinta. The declaration came after the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here, chaired by Governor Victor Tanco, passed a resolution re...
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02Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 2 (PIA) – The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) is now accepting applications for Fulbright scholarship grants for school year 2014-2015. This was learned from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-Caraga Regional Office through its website at www.chedcaraga.com. In a letter addressed to CHED-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Isabela Mahler, PAEF Executive Director Esmeralda Cunanan said the granting of scholarship will be conducted through competition where...
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02Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan 2 (PIA6) -- Typhoon “Quinta” with its adverse effects on properties and human lives should serve as another lesson on the importance of disaster preparedness. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Benito Ramos told media practitioners here that the typhoon should teach us to be always prepared and it is a lesson for all of us that whenever there is a weather di...
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31Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- Soccksargen Region’s Department of Agriculture (DA 12) has allotted more than P10 million as aid to victims of typhoon Pablo in the hardest-hit provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Assistance included among others seeds of corn, rice, and assorted vegetables, farm tools and machineries as well as relief packs. DA 12 regional executive director Amalia Jayag-Datukan said the distribution was...
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31Dec2012PASAY CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- For a safe and injury-free New Year, Pasay City Mayor Antonino ‘Tony’ Calixto called on residents to do the ‘Gangnam Style’ dance craze being promoted by the Department of Health (DOH) as part of their “Aksyon Paputok Injury Reduction (APIR) Iwas Paputok” campaign. “Instead of putting ourselves in danger by using 5 stars, judas belts, pla- plas, goodbye Philippines, it is better to dance the Gangnam Style,” Calixto said. Calixto also reminded the ...
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30Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 30 (PIA) -- Intensive operations of police authorities on illegal firecrackers and unauthorized trading of the same led to confiscation of at least P507,000 worth of assorted items in South Cotabato, North Cotabato, and General Santos City. In a report sent to Philippine Information Agency 12 yesterday, PSInsp Benjamin Mauricio, head of the PNP 12's Regional Public Information Office said PNP 12 director PCSupt Alex Paul Monteagudo ordered...
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29Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 29 (PIA) - - To ease doing business in the city, the Quezon City (QC) government came up with four steps for 2013 tax payment and business renewal. Community Business taxpayers also need not fall in line separately to pay for their community tax (cedula) as this is already included in the assessment of all business taxes payable. The QC government emphasized that computerized assessment applies only to business taxpayers, and not to individuals. The four steps are: 1) Presen...
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29Dec2012LOILO CITY, Dec. 29 (PIA6) -- Now it is not only the taxi drivers that should be randomly tested for illegal drugs, but also employees in offices and business establishments. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officer-in-charge Atty. Ronnie Delicana said the agency is pushing to expand the random drug testing among workers. “We will get the cooperation of the local officials to pass ordinances that require business establishments to allow random drug testing in their workplaces,...
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29Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 29 (PIA) -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), its development partner, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) conucted a Conflict Sensitive – Proposal Writing Workshop held December 17-19, 2012 at Amontay Beach Resort, Agusan del Norte to mainstream the conflict-sensitivity framework in its community-driven development (CDD) projects. The workshop was attended by representatives from five municipal local government units (MLGUs) of La Paz, Esperanza, Ta...
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29Dec2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Dec. 29 (PIA) --Twenty typhoon Pablo victims from Barangay Sinobong, Veruela town has just completed a training on carpentry while two other same trainings are still on-going in the municipalities of Bunawan and Trento. These training are aimed to equip the participants with carpentry skills they can use in building the new houses designed for the typhoon victims while earning a living. DTI Provincial Director Lolita Dorado said while they are targeting to conduct 20 trainings...
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29Dec2012PASAY CITY, Dec. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Air Force on Friday unveiled its first ever locally maintained aircrafts and ground assets at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City as part of the P579.4 million PAF maintenance program. During the event, high-ranking officials, led by PAF Commanding General Lt. Gen. Lauro Catalino Dela Cruz, simultaneously poured champagne at the re-conditioned aircrafts, which include a C-130B military transport plane, LC-210 Cessna plane and UH-1H Huey helicopter ...
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29Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) granted some 20,486 free patents covering 9,443.1269 hectares of untitled public alienable and disposable (A and D) agricultural lands under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Extension program as of December 26 this year in Central Visayas. DENR 7 regional executive director Dr. Isabelo Montejo said, “this is the biggest accomplishment thus far in the region and even in the entire country ...
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28Dec2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- A showcase of Antique’s best products, tourism services and local delicacies dubbed as Pasundayag, Sabor Antiqueno expo is now open at EBJ Freedom Park San Jose. ‘Pasundayag, Sabor Antiqueno’ Expo is one of the highlights of Binirayan Festival, an annual festivity in Antique which aims to highlight the province rich heritage, culture and tradition. Pasundayag expo features Antique’s banner products and services put up in various booths of the 18 p...
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28Dec2012TAGUM CITY Dec. 28 (PIA)--The Human Response Consortium-Oxfam has distributed P4,212,000 unconditional cash grants for the 2,808 families affected by Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. “The unconditional cash grants were given to vulnerable groups like the elderly, and residents in the affected areas whose houses were badly damaged by the typhoon,” HRC-Oxfam Information Management Officer Eula Ganir said. Ganir said this is just one of the interventions of HRC in the a...
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28Dec2012PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Nakamit ng Search and Rescue Agusan del Sur (Saras) ang parangal bilang pinakamagaling na grupo nang pamatay-sunog sa buong bansa ng magdiwang ang Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ng kanilang ika-21 taong anibersaryo noong Oktubre 24 ng kasalukuyang taon na ginanap sa loob ng kampo ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas sa Kampo Aguinaldo, lungsod ng Quezon. Si Pangulong Aquino ang nagbigay ng tropeyo ng parangal kay Gob. Adolph Edward Plaza n...
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28Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 28 (PIA) -- Isang medical team mula sa South Cotabato ang kasalukuyang nagsasagawa ng misyon sa bayan ng Banganga, Davao Oriental. Umalis ng lalawigan ang grupo noong Miyerkules at mananatili doon hanggang Linggo, Disyembre 30 upang tumulong sa pagbibigay serbisyong pangkalusugan at medikal sa mga biktima ng bagyo ayon sa ibinigay na tungkulin sa kanila ng Department of Health. Kasama sa medical team sina Provincial Health Off...
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28Dec2012LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 28 (PIA) --Isasagawa ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa pamamagitan ng Board of Foreign Service Examination ang eksaminasyon ng Foreign Service Officer (FSO) na gaganapin sa susunod na taon, alinsunod sa Republic Act (R.A. 7157) ng taong 1991 at ng Revised Administration Code ng 1987. Ayon sa DFA, ang mga aplikante ay dapat na may kaalaman sa economic, political, at social na kalagayan ng bansa, at kailangan na may kapasidad sa oral at written communications, pati na sa...
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28Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- The local government units of South Cotabato province and Koronadal City are sending more assistance to areas ravaged by typhoon Pablo. On Wednesday, following the directive of Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr., a team of health officials from South Cotabato left for Banganga town in Davao Oriental to assist in the medical mission for the typhoon victims there. Same order says that the medical team will serve in t...
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28Dec2012BATANGAS CITY, Dis. 28 (PIA) -- May 700 mag-aaral sa elementarya at sekondarya mula sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa limang barangay ng Batangas City ang lumahok sa 1st Junior Fire Marshall Fire Safety Olympics kamakailan na ginanap sa City Sports Coliseum. Ayon kay City Fire Marshall Romel Tradio, ang Batangas City ang kauna-unahan sa buong Pilipinas na may ganitong gawain na naglalayong higit na mapalawak ang kamalayan ng mga bata sa fire safety. Nauna rito, nagkaroon ng dalawang...
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28Dec2012BATANGAS CITY, Dis. 28 (PIA) --Isang lugar lamang sa lungsod ang pinahihintulutan na pagtindahan ng mga iba't-ibang uri ng paputok. Ito ay alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 27 series 2011 na nagtatakda ng mga lugar na dapat pagtindahan ng mga pailaw at paputok. Ayon kay PO2 Ding Calalo ng IT/Firearms Desk ng Batangas City PNP, mahigpit na ipinag babawal ang pag titinda ng anumang uri ng paputok sa mga kalsada, malls at residential area. May itinakda umanong lugar sa Quezon Stadium na pwedeng p...
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28Dec2012TAGUIG CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Leonardo A. Espina will lead the simultaneous ceremonial taping of the muzzles of firearms of policemen in Metro Manila Saturday, December 29 at the NCRPO Headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. Espina in a statement said that the taping of the muzzle of firearms shows the PNP’s commitment against indiscriminate firing. “Once and for all, I am giving a stern warning to all the metro policemen to observ...
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28Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- Ang Pag-IBIG Fund sa Cagayan de Oro City nagpahigayon sa paghatag ug calamity loan sa mga miyembrong biktima sa niaging bagyong “Pablo.” Sa pahayag ni Juliano S. Banghal, Department Manager III sa Pag-IBIG Fund, makapangayo na ang mga miyembro ug calamity loan kung makapasa na ug ilang nasulatang application form ug uban pang kinahanglanong dokumento sa ilang Fund Coordinators (FCs) o Human Resource Officers (HROs) o Authorized Representatives. Ang mga...
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28Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the Board of Foreign Service Examination will hold the Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Examination next year, pursuant to the Republic Act (R.A. 7157) of 1991 and the Revised Administration Code of 1987. According to DFA, applicants for the examination must be knowledgeable on the economic, political and social conditions of the Philippines, and must possess not only facility in oral and written communications, but also...
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28Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- More disaster risk reduction (DRR) workshops are being planned this coming year to reach not only cities but also provinces and barangays for a more disaster resilient Philippines, a statement from Senator Loren Legarda said. Legarda, environmental legislator and United Nation’s (UN) Regional Champion for disaster risk reduction (DRR ) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) for Asia – Pacific said she aims to conduct more DRR workshops in 2013 to reach not only ci...
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27Dec2012MARIKINA CITY, Dec 27 (PIA) -- A few days before welcoming another year, the city government of Marikina reminded its residents to lessen the use of fireworks and firecrackers to prevent possible injuries and casualties. This is through the firework injury reduction campaign of the Department of Health (DOH) “APIR - Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction” which is being adopted by the City Health Office. “We can still celebrate New Year even without fireworks. It’s better if we will welcome...
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27Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 27 (PIA) -- Thirteen persons, including a four-year old child, were wounded due to improper use of firecrackers during the Christmas celebration in South Cotabato. The number of firecracker-related injuries as of 11 a.m. yesterday was already 8.3 percent higher to the number of victims at the same time last year, Cecil Lorenzo, disease surveillance officer at the Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (PESU) of the Integrated Pr...
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27Dec2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Dec 27 (PIA) -- Hingpit nang usa ka balaod ang Sin Tax bill nga tawagon na karong Sin Tax Reform Act. Gilagdaan ni Presidente Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III ganinang buntag ang balaodnon human sa ratipikasyon sa duha ka kapulungan sa Kongreso niadtong Disyembre 11. Sa iyang mensahe, gipasalamatan ni PNoy ang Senado ug Kamara sa pagpasar sa maong balaodnon human kining gi-sertipikahan og urgent. Partikular nga gipasalamatan sa Presidente si Senador Franklin Drilon nga maoy...
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27Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give production loan assistance to Davao region farmers to recover from the destruction brought by typhoon Pablo. In a recent visit in the region before the holidays, DAR Secretary Virgilio R. Delos Reyes said the department will be providing financial assistance to farmers. “We don’t have relief goods to give but we are here to assist in providing production loan to the farmers to recover from the destruction brough...
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27Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 27 (PIA) -- Government continued the relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims of typhoon Pablo in calamity-affected areas of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Priscilla Razon, director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office 11, told reporters that except for the towns of Laak and Maco, almost all towns in Compostela Valley already received their noche buena packs. Speaking at a press briefing, she said the DSWD still has to deliver 7,705 noche bue...
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27Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 27 (PIA) -- A top military commander cited the need to improve all stakeholders' skill, awareness, preparedness and response in handling disasters such as that of the impact of typhoon Pablo. Speaking during the press briefing at the Inter-agency Relief Operations Center at the depot of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Panacan, Major General Ariel Bernardo, commander of the 10th Infantry Division said local government units must be given the proper risk assessmen...
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27Dec2012BACOLOD CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA6) -- Following Malacañang’s lead, teachers of Brgy. Handumanan National High School skipped their Christmas party to host lunch for the 200 poorest of the poor students in the campus. In a program held at the Brgy. Gymnasium, Alternative Learning School Education Program Specialist Dr. Gregorio Moyani lauded the teachers and the school under the leadership of Principal III Dennis Develos for their genuine concern shown to the students. He said the program is a t...
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26Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato. Dec. 26 (PIA) -- A total of P25 million-worth of noche buena packs were distributed to the affected families in the considered as the hardest hit typhoon-stricken towns by “Pablo” in Compostela Valley before Christmas, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 official announced. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, the DSWD -12 regional director, said that the regional office deployed its volunteers and personnel affected communities of...
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24Dec2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Dec 24 (PIA) -- Acting on reports that about 18 individuals were hurt by celebratory gunfire in the country this year, Bohol Police said they would not allow similar events to happen again. Police Senior Superintendent Constantino Barot led his men, Camp Dagohoy officers and organic staff issued with firearms, in a ceremonial muzzle-taping on December 19 to assure the public that police are concerned for the Boholanos' safety especially during the holidays. PSSupt. Ba...
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24Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 24 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s health chief has appealed to fathers and uncles and other men in families to keep the safety of children a primary concern when they light firecrackers and pyrotechnics to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year. “Our appeal especially to fathers and uncles is to be responsible in their use of firecrackers so as not to put children and other people in danger,” Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., head of the Integrated Provincial...
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24Dec2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol Dec. 24 (PIA) -- Around 89 police officers from the Central Visayas police regional office arrived here in Bohol to beef up the security in the province for the holiday season. The new police officers comprised of both men and women will soon be assigned to complement town stations but as of now, are temporarily stationed at Camp Dagohoy for their unit briefings, according to PSSupt Constantino Barot last Thursday. These new police officers would be briefed of all the...
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23Dec2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Dec. 23 (PIA) --By winning in the regional search, Bohol vies for “Pamana ng Lahi” National Award. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Information Officer Jose Jeffrey Bernasor bared this information at the weekly Kapihan sa PIA, which was aired live over DyTR on Thursday. Bernasor shared that Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto received the regional award publicly acknowledging Bohol’s a-one performance in governance last week, during a DILG gathering in ...
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22Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 22 (PIA) -- Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro City Branch is now offering calamity loans to members who were affected by typhoon Pablo. Juliano S. Banghal, Department Manager III, said members who are currently employed may already apply for the calamity loan once they have submit their duly accomplished Pag-IBIG Fund Calamity Loan application form and the documentary requirements to their company’s respective Fund Coordinators (FCs) or Human Resource Officers (HROs) or ...
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22Dec2012SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 22 (PIA) -- Gikalipay sa Malacañang kagahapon ang kadaugan ni Janine Tugonon isip first runner-up sa Ms. Universe pageant didto sa Las Vegas, Nevada; ug pinaagi sa iyang kadaugan iyang gipakita sa tibook kalibutan ang pagkaambungan, pagkamaabtik, ug pagkamaanyag sa mga Filipina. Matud ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte ang kadaugan ni Tugonon dugang mipakita sa talagsaon nga kinaiya sa mga Filipino isip “world-class.” Tungod sa maong kadaugan, si Tugonon ...
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22Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 22 (PIA)- - President Aquino spent an afternoon, December 19, celebrating Christmas with street children in Malacanang grounds. Around 1,500 street children from 17 local government units in Metro Manila were treated with a one whole day fun-filled activities. Called Batang Pinoy Project, the activity was held in two venues, San Andres Sports Complex in Malate and at Malacañang Palace grounds. Children participants showcased their talents in a friendly singing and dancing ...
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22Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 22 (PIA) -- Seven hundred eighty-five public school teachers from all divisions of Western Visayas are set to take the National Qualifying Examinations for School Heads (NQESH) slated on January 20, 2013. Department of Education 6 (Dep-Ed 6) Regional Testing Coordinator Dr. Donato Delgado said the schedule for the NQESH has been moved twice. “The original schedule for this exam was November 11, 2012, then it was moved to January 6, 2013. However, as per advisory from the...
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22Dec2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Dec. 22 (PIA) --The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) recently conducted a medical mission in Buadipuso-Buntong to respond to the healthcare needs of residents affected by typhoon Pablo. The program dubbed “Medical Mission Handog ni RG Hataman Para Sa Mga Biktima ng Bagyong Pablo” was undertaken in partnership with the Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM), the 103rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, and the p...
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22Dec2012COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Dec. 22 (PIA) -- Aid is pouring in to the province of Compostela Valley as the province is bracing to rise again amidst the devastation brought about by Typhoon Pablo. The list of donors from the Incident Command Post (ICP) of Compostela Valley showed more than 360 individuals, families, corporations, small and medium entrepreneurs, academe, civic and non-government organizations which have extended relief assistance for the displaced families and individuals. The I...
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22Dec2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Dec. 22 (PIA) -- A young teacher from Bohol who is a cast of Bohol’s official entry to the 4th National Theater Festival (NTF) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines was hailed among the best featured musical actress and stars in the theater circuit in 2012. At the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Bravo, Best of the Theater 2012 Awards, singer Geraldine Pancho, who is now teaching in Legazpi City was cited among the Honorable Mentions Best Featured Actress in Musica...
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22Dec2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Dec 22 (PIA) -- Hundreds of former rebels and indigenous people benefited from the two-day gift giving and feeding activities of the 8th Infantry ‘Dependable’ Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (8th INF BN, 4ID, PA) conducted recently in a remote village of Kibongkog in San Fernando and barangay Kalabugao in Impasug-ong town, this province. Lieutenant Col. Jose Maria R. Cuerpo II, Commanding Officer, 8th INF BN, 4ID, PA, who facilitated the event, s...
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21Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 21 (PIA)-- Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon has ordered a total evacuation of residents in Baganga, Cateel and Boston as another weather system threatens to hit these areas recently ravaged by typhoon Pablo. Speaking at the Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency, she said it is the best move in order to save and protect the residents from any eventuality as the looming storm might batter again the disaster-stricken areas in the coming days. Malanyaon said the pro...
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21Dec2012TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded the City Government of Tacurong with a glass trophy and a check worth P2 Million for being adjudged as the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Regional Winner under the Component City Category. Mayor Lina O. Montilla received the awards during DILG-XII Year-End Evaluation and Awarding Ceremonies on December 12, 2012 at Sun City Suites, General Santos City. “The national government is rest as...
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21Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 21 (PIA) -- Bilang pakikidalamhati, nanawagan ang pamunuan ng lokal na pamahalaan ng bayan ng Mlang, North Cotabato sa mga mamamayan na tulungan ang mga naging biktima ni bagyong Pablo. Sinabi ni Mlang Mayor Joselito Piñol na mapalad ang bayan sapagkat hindi ito gaanong naapektuhan ng hagupit ng naturang kalamidad. Aniya, mas mabuti pa ring magbigay ng tulong kaysa tumanggap. Inihayag ng alkalde na 18 mga mamamayan na dati ay naninirahan sa Mlang ay...
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21Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The House of Representatives has called on the creation of a Presidential Task Force that will oversee the relief, resettlement, rehabilitation and livelihood services and infrastructure support for areas hardest hit by typhoon Pablo. Representative Maria Carmen Zamora said House Resolution No. 22 if considered by the President will give focus on the rehabilitation and rebuilding of devastated areas. The measure is authored principally by House Speaker Feliciano Be...
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21Dec2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Dec. 21 (PIA6) -- Ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) naglakip sa mga syudad sang Iloilo kag Bacolod bilang testing center para sa Foreign Service Officer (FSO) qualifying test sa Marso 10, 2013. Ang FSO qualifying test isa sa lima ka bahin sang 2013 FSO examination nga patigayunon sini nga tuig sa pag-recruit sang mga kandidato para sa appointment sa posisyon sang FSO, Class IV. Ang qualifying test pagapatigayunon man sa iban pa nga testing centers nga ginalakipan s...
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21Dec2012TAGUM CITY, Dec. 21 -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary Rosalinda Baldoz witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in the city Wednesday that will provide P660,000 worth of livelihood projects to three labor unions in Compostela Valley affected by the wrath of Typhoon Pablo. “The amount is DOLE’s support to workers who are part of the three unions, which are accredited partners as seed capital for their livelihood projects,” Baldoz said. The amount is st...
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20Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 20 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Claretian Pastoral Care of the Sick deployed volunteers to conduct stress debriefing to families affected by typhoon ‘Pablo’ in New Bataan, Compostela Valley, Monday. Thirteen Pastoral Care Volunteers led by Fr. Arnold M. Abelardo, conducted stress debriefing sessions to typhoon-victims to help them cope with the trauma brought by the calamity. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) is a process t...
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20Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 20 -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman will start the distribution of ‘noche buena’ packs in New Bataan on December 22. A total of 173,000 noche buena packs will be distributed in all severely affected areas in Davao Region. Further, DSWD Regions XII and X will be helping in the packaging of the ‘noche buena’ packs. Each ‘noche Buena’ pack contains 1 ½ kilos bihon, 2 cans corned beef, 2 packs fudgee bar, 1 bot...
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20Dec2012PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- An international non-government organization (NGO) has signified its intent to extend help typhoon Pablo victims of the two most-affected municipalities in Agusan del Sur. According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council office (PDRRMC), Save the Children Foundation will provide water system to barangays Awao, Sayon, and Angas in Sta. Josefa town and Sinobong, Candiis, Sta. Emelia, and Del Monte in Veruela in response...
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20Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Anim na doktor ng Integrated Provincial Health Office-Maguindanao ang lubhang nasugatan matapos maaksidente ang kanilang sinasakyan papunta sa Davao Oriental. Sila ay kabilang sa delegasyong ipinadala ng IPHO-Maguindanao upang tumulong at magsagawa ng libreng serbisyong medikal para sa mga sinalanta ng bagyong Pablo sa mga bayan ng Baganga at Cateel. Ang anim na doctor ay nakilalang sina Nic Cantiro, Almatin Dimaukom, Nor-ayin Salic, Junna...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- A total of 16 Barangay Food Terminals (BFT) in Soccsksargen were formally opened by the Department of Agriculture 12 through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) this year. The said BFTs were simultaneously opened this December. The newly-opened BFTs were Barangay Sulit, Polo and Klinan 6 in Polomolok, South Cotabato, Barangay Kabulakan in Matalam, Barangay Polayagan and Kitacubong in Alamada and Barangay Cuyapon and Dagupan...
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20Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Namahagi kamakalawa ng tulong ang Oblates Missionary Foundation katuwang ang Oblates Media and Communications Group sa mga biktima ni bagyong Pablo sa New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Maliban sa mga pagkain, nagdala din ang grupo ng tubig at iba pang relief items. Ito ay nagmula pa sa ilang mga establisiemento, religious organizations at private individuals mula sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato at Maguindanao. Ayon kay Oblates Foundation chi...
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20Dec2012SYUDAD SA HENERAL SANTOS, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Gibuksan tong adlaw Lunes pinaagi sa usa ka torch parade ang tinuig nga selebrasyon sa “Paskuhan ng Bayan” sa Munisipyo sa Tupi, South Cotabato. Sumala pa sa taho gikan sa information center sa lungsod naka sentro ang selebrasyon karong tuiga alang sa kalingawan sa mga kabatan-onan kung asa nagkalain-laing mga aktibidad ang nakalinya. Dugang pa sa taho pipila sa mga giagad nga mga aktibidad mao ang kompetisyon tali sa mga nagkalain-laing ahensya s...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 20 (PIA) -- Ginpadalum sang Sangguniang Bayan sang Kabacan, North Cotabato sa state of calamity ang ilsa banwa pagkatapos nga ang 13 ka mga barangay nga kalabanan ara sa pangpang sang Suba Pulangi kag Pawas sang Liguasan, nga ginguba sang sining karon lang nga Bagyo Pablo. Sa ila regular nga sesyon nga ginhiwat sang Lunes, nagsugot ang bug-os nga katapo sang Sangguniang Bayan sang resolusyon sa pagpahayag sang ila banwa sa idalum sa kahimtang sang kalam...
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20Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 reminded all private sector employers to pay the 13th month pay of their employees not later than Monday, December 24. This, regardless of the nature of their employment and irrespective of the methods by which their wages are paid, as stated in Department Advisory No. 2, Series of 2012 signed by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz. Baldoz has emphasized that Presidential Decree No. 85...
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20Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Magbibigay ng pinansyal na tulong ang pamahalaang bayan ng Surallah, South Cotabato sa mga biktima ng bagyong Pablo sa probinsya ng Compostela Valley at Davao Oriental. Ito ang inihayag kamakailan ni municipal administrator at municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer Jorge Bautista matapos aprubahan ng Sangguniang Bayan (SB) sa kanilang sesyon ang panawagan ni Mayor Romulo Solivio Sr. na mag-abot ng tulong sa mga biktima ng ...
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20Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Umabot sa 16 na Barangay Food Terminal (BFT) sa Rehiyon Dose ang binuksan ng Department of Agriculture 12 sa pamamagitan ng Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) ngayong taon. Ang mga ito ay matatagpuan sa Barangay Sulit, Polo at Klinan 6 sa Polomolok, South Cotabato, Barangay Kabulakan sa Matalam, Barangay Polayagan at Kitacubong sa Alamada at Barangay Cuyapon at Dagupan sa Kabacan, North Cotabato. Kabilang din sa mga binu...
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20Dec2012NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- A top official of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) estimated the damage brought by typhoon Pablo to the coconut industry in Davao Region at P8 billion. Undersecretary Euclides Forbes, administrator of the PCA, said the destruction of the coconut plantations in Davao Oriental will surely affect the overall annual production of coconut products nationwide since the province had been the number one producer of copra prior to the storm. He sai...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- The Oblates Missionary Foundation (OMF) in coordination with the Oblates Media and Communications Group distributed on Wednesday relief items to Pablo victims in New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Aside from food and water, the group also delivered clothing items for the affected municipality. The goods were gathered from establishments, religious organizations and private individuals from the provinces of North Cotabato and Maguindanao. Oblates Fo...
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20Dec2012CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- One of the country's biggest shopping malls sponsored the Publishers Association of the Philippines – Cavite Chapter (PAPI-Cavite) Media Thanksgiving and Christmas party yesterday. PAPI-Cavite president Raul Apanay expressed his thanks to the management of SM City Bacoor for sponsoring the event. Mr. Michael Vivo, SM City Bacoor Mall Manager thanked the media group for their unwavering support to the activities and programs of SM City in the provin...
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19Dec2012DAVAO ORIENTAL, Dec 19 (PIA) -- Typhoon-affected families in Davao Oriental, especially in the three badly-hit towns of Baganga, Cateel and Boston are seen getting off to start anew as some are now erecting makeshifts, tents while a few are opening up their small stores to sell few stuff of food. However, the wide-scale damage that typhoon Pablo made in Davao Oriental can still be seen: totally wrecked houses, warehouses, school buildings; gone to wastes farmlands; toppled communication line...
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19Dec2012TAGUM CITY, Dec 19 -- A solo singing contest will unravel the singing talents of all component barangays in the City of Tagum dubbed “Takna sa Kalipay (Happy Hour)." Divided into three categories, children to senior citizens can compete until the grand finals with a total cash prize of more than P20,000. Each contestant is gauged by their mastery, technique, performance, and quality tone of voice during the elimination round. The remaining barangay elimination rounds will be in Canocotan ...
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19Dec2012DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 19 (PIA) -- They were saved as super typhoon Pablo hit their barangay but their homes and livelihood were not. The typhoon manifested its strength at around 5 a.m., recalled Teresita Luis, Purok 6 leader of Brgy. Cabidianan in the municipality of New Corella, Davao del Norte. What came after were roofs coming off, trees falling, and water rushing inundating their homes. “All the chicken we raised died,” said Luis whose house was damaged when a coconut tree fell. ...
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19Dec2012NEGROS OCC., Dec. 19 (PIA6) -- Negros Occ. reaped top honors in the DILG "Pagdayaw 2012" EXCELL awards in Iloilo City, bagging the Best Performing Province in Western Visayas. Along with the honor are other special awards including champion in administrative governance, economic governance, valuing fundamentals of good governance, and 1st runner –up in environmental governance. Silay City was named best in administrative governance and best in economic governance while Sagay City was runne...
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18Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Ang labing taas nga opisyal sa Pag-IBIG Fund-Visayas mipasiguro sa 1.2 milyones ka mga miyembro niini nga wala sila'y plano nga mopasaka sa tampo nilang P100 matag bulan tunga sa pagpataas sa SSS ug Philhealth. Ang Bise-Presidente sa Pag-IBIG Fund-Visayas nga si Victoria de la Peña mipahibalo niini sa bag-o lang gihimo nga PIA Kapihan diin mi-highlight sa pagsaulog sa ilang ika-32 nga anibersaryo. “Bag-ohay ra nga ang SSS ug ang PhilHealth mipasaka sa tampo sa ...
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18Dec2012TAGUM CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Instead of prepping up for their annual Christmas party, Capitol employees here gave their share and repacked relief goods intended for the victims of typhoon Pablo. The personnel repackaged the boxes of sardines and noddles, sacks of rice, and clothes. The provincial government scrapped this year’s Christmas party as a gesture of empathy towards those greatly affected by the calamity in other provinces. Provincial Administrator Norma Lumain issued Memorandum...
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18Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 18 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) of Kabacan, North Cotabato will be extending help to affected residents of the Compostela Valley province due to typhoon Pablo. The LGU allotted financial aid worth P100,000 for the victims. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction officer Dr. Cedric Mantawil said that their office is accepting donations in cash or in kind. Also, they have launched hotline numbers 248-2123, 0920-948-5004, and 0919-319-0840 for those who w...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Some P34.7 million-worth of investment leads from planned expansions was generated by 28 entrepreneurs from the region who participated in the recently concluded Planning for Expanding Business Training (PLANET) held at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Participants which included owners of micro-, small- and medium- enterprises (MSMEs) and board members and officers of enterprising cooperatives prepared 19 business plans with project costs ranging f...
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18Dec2012PASAY CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto recently led the groundbreaking ceremony of a new high school named after the late former President Corazon C. Aquino. “President Cory has been an icon of nationalism and we would like to instill the same love for the country that she exemplified on our students, hence, we named this new school after her,” Calixto said. He said that naming the new school after Mrs. Aquino will not just give honor to the first female Philippine ...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- A total of 25 homegrown micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) participated in the trade fair recently organized in support to this year’s 67th PICPA Annual National Convention held at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The trade fair was also joined by 55 exhibitors from all parts of the country, some of them regular exhibitors of the PICPA National Conventions and other national conventions. The four-day fair generated combined sales of alm...
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18Dec2012BOAC, Marinduque, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Nine Marinduque State College-School of Agriculture students received funding support as part of the Lingap Pangkabuhayan ni Nanay Program of the provincial government that will fund their projects in agriculture, vegetable farming, food processing/preservation and raising of organic pigs and native chickens. Marinduque, under the leadership of governor “Nanay” Carmencita O. Reyes, granted funding assistance to students of the MSC on December 10 at MSC Camp...
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18Dec2012SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 17 (PIA) -- Mokabat sa 890 ka mga kabatan-onan gikan sa nagkalain-laing mga kalungsoran sa probinsya ang mipartisipar sa gipahigayon nga 1st Provincia Youth Summit bag-ohay pa lamang didto sa Provincial Convention Center, ning syudad. Ang maong summit nga nag-uban sa temang, “Green Communities, Green Future: a Challenge to youth participation in nation building,” nga gipasiugdahan sa lokal nga pangagamhanan sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte gitambongan nila Surigao del No...
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18Dec2012CEBU, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- When the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) said that typhoon Pablo would cross to Central Visayas on December 4, the local government units of Cebu Province immediately took preventive measures. In the city, classes and work were suspended on Dec. 4 and 5 in all school levels and government offices. The mayor also held a meeting with the Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) Council. While the typhoon hardly affe...
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18Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- The military has changed the focus of its on-land procedure from search and rescue to search and retrieval operation on the areas hardest hit by storm Pablo. Speaking at a press briefing, Major Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, commanding officer of the 10th Civil-Military Operations Battalion said the soldiers continue to search for missing bodies particularly in the barangays of New Bataan, Compostela Valley, where a flash flood drowned several people and trapped them in de...
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18Dec2012DAGUPAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday advised student beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to strive even more in their studies despite the age limit set by the program. Marlene Febes Peralta, assistant regional director for Region 1, said the age limit for the beneficiaries has been extended from 14 to 17 years old. The limit should not be looked upon as hindrance to education, she said, saying that this sho...
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17Dec2012TAGUM CITY, Dec 17 (PIA) -- Davao del Norte may be the least-hit province of typhoon Pablo’s wrath but it nevertheless needs the aid of various national government agencies for rehabilitation. “In the rehabilitation phase of this disaster, we are hoping that the horrible magnitude of damage will urge various national government agencies concerned to also come to our aid and help bring normalcy in the lives and economy to Davao del Norte,” Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said...
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17Dec2012MAKATI CITY, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- With the help of “Ira” and “Drena,” a combined team of Makati Rescue and Philippine K9 Search and Rescue Foundation, personnel has so far retrieved the bodies of 28 victims of typhoon Pablo in New Bataan, Compostela Valley since Dec. 7. Ira and Drena are both Belgian Malinois dogs raised and trained in France that were with a 10-man rescue team deployed by the city government of Makati and the office of the vice president. As of Wednesday, Dec. 12, the Mak...
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17Dec2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec 17 (PIA) -- Seventy barangays in Maasin City started their Christmas holidays with a parade of star lanterns, Parol 2012, Friday afternoon, December 14, a kick-off of the different activities prepared by the city government. Different “ parols” were paraded in the city proper starting 5 p.m. after which a parol was hanged at designated areas in Anatalio Gaviola Public Plaza, in front of the Maasin Cathedral. City Budget Officer Ma. Essie Espina-Garvez said ...
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17Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 17 (PIA) -- To educate farmers in Soccsksargen Region and boost their production, the Department of Agriculture - Region 12 (DA - 12) last week held activity where discussions are conducted right at the community where farmers reside. The project, “Usapang Palayan (Rice Talk),” employs focus group discussion in rice-producing communities where DA brings experts who will talk to farmers and find out what their problems a...
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17Dec2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, Dec 17 (PIA) -- A cabinet official challenged all local government units (LGUs) to play an important role in the country's economic growth and development specifically in the countryside and to sustain this growth and make it inclusive. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Francisco "Bimbo" Fernandez issued this challenge in his keynote message during the DILG-7 evaluation and conference and awarding ceremonies for the Toboy 2012, Lupong Tagapamayap...
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17Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec 17 (PIA) --- Pag-IBIG members are urged to avail of the fund’s Non-Performing Asset Resolution Program (NPARP) to save their property from foreclosure. “Please avail of the NPARP to save your property from foreclosure,” appealed Rio Teves, Pag-IBIG manager, during a recent Kapihan sa PIA. Teves said that the NPARP program started six months ago on July 2, 2012 and will expire on January 31, 2013. NPARP was crafted to help highly delinquent borrowers maintain possession ...
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17Dec2012SIQUIJOR, Dec 17 (PIA) -- Typhoon Pablo that also hit Siquijor province on December 4 this year resulted in over P50 million in damages to the province’s crops, livestock, houses, and other infrastructure, a report obtained from the provincial and municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Centers (DRRMCs) said. Of the six towns in the province, Siquijor was reported to be severely affected with a total estimated cost of damage at P19,482,697 including the almost 1,000 households wrecked ...
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17Dec2012CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, Dec 17 (PIA) -- Some 3,000 foreign and local birdwatchers plus participating students flocked to the Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park (BCWNP) to witness the recent third Ibong Dayo (migrant birds) Festival which top government officials said is a big contributing factor in achieving the country’s target tourist arrival this year. Birdwatchers or birders from other provinces and countries like Cebu and Samar to as far as Malaysia and Indonesia joined in the whole d...
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17Dec2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-7) in Central Visayas gave recognition to outstanding local government units and barangay officials in the region during the awarding ceremonies for ‘The Outstanding Barangay Officials of the Year’ (TOBOY), Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives awards (LTIA) and Gawad Pamana Ng Lahi awards on December 14 at Cebu Grand hotel, Cebu City. Bohol Province received P3M and trophy for winning the ‘Pamana ng Lahi...
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16Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA6) - - The search is on for the outstanding elementary pupils and secondary students for academic year 2012-2013 of Iloilo City and province. The Outstanding Student Circle of Iloilo in coordination with the Department of Education Divisions of Iloilo, Iloilo City and Passi City has opened the nomination for the Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students of Iloilo. The award is open to graduating pupils and students of ...
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16Dec2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, Dec. 16 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC-7) in Central Visayas asked concerned government agencies, public and private utilities to undertake road repairs and installation works in the metro Cebu's major thoroughfares at night so as not to cause traffic jams and accidents. RDC-7 chair Cebu City mayor Michael Rama told the full council in a meeting on December 14 at the Cebu City Sports Club that traffic congestion in major streets in Metro Cebu are noticeably wors...
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16Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA) -- Palay production in Northern Mindanao grew by about five percent in the third quarter of 2012, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. A total production of 151,278 metric tons was posted during the quarter compared to the 144,805 metric tons produced in the same quarter last year, said Engr. Cecilio Clarete, chief economic development specialist of NEDA in the region in a media forum last Thursday. He said the average yield for the qu...
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15Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- The Cagayan de Oro Branch of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is granting an extended loan moratorium for members who availed of the program last year. Members who already availed themselves of the moratorium last year due to typhoon Sendong will be given another six months’ extension or up to June 2013, the GSIS said in a statement. GSIS borrowers were offered a moratorium last year to enable them to use the deferred payments on their outs...
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15Dec2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- Titigil pansamantala sa panghuhuli simula sa Disyempre 16 hanggang Enero 1 ang Land Transportation Office (LTO)-GenSan sa mga pampublikong sasakyan na walang prangkisa. It ay ayon kay Ishamel Almanza, hepe ng LTO- Gensan. Aniya, marami nang mga pampasaherong sasakyan gaya ng jeepney at tricycle ang bumibyahe ngayon kahit walang prangkisa bunsod na rin ng kahirapan. “3,000 franchise lang ang ibinigay ng LTO ngunit humigit kumulang sa 5,000 ang bumibiyah...
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15Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 15 (PIA) -- Pormal nang binuksan kamakailan ang dalawang Barangay Food Terminal (BFT) sa Barangay Polayagan at Kitacubong sa bayan ng Alamada, North Cotabato. Ang aktibidad ay pinangunahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa pamamagitan ng Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD). Sa magkasabay na pagbubukas, hinamon ni DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan ang mga BFT operators na palaguin at gawing kapaki-pakinabang...
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15Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 15 (PIA) -- Upang maipalaganap nang husto ang impormasyon tungkol sa mga makabagong teknolohiya sa pagsasaka, sinimulan na ng Department of Agriculture 12 ang programang ‘Usapang Palay’ sa rehiyon. Kaugnay nito, dinaluhan ni Gng. Soraida Bangon, Usapang Palay Team Leader ng DA 12 ang ginanap na ‘Usapang Palay’ sa Purok Manga, Norala, South Cotabato nitong Miyerkules. Ayon kay DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan, ang gani...
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15Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- This season of giving, the Maynilad Water Services, Inc. donated P2 million and potable water supply for the benefit of the victims of typhoon ‘Pablo’ that recently hit many areas in Mindanao. Maynilad President and CEO Ricky Vargas expressed their thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of the typhoon. “Christmas is really about sharing one’s blessings so we decided to cancel our company Christmas party this year and donate the money instead t...
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15Dec2012LUNGSOD NG BALANGA, Bataan, Dis 15 (PIA) -- Tinatayang 3,000 banyaga at lokal na birdwatcher at mga mag-aaral ang dumagsa sa Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park (BCWNP) upang makiisa sa ikatlong Ibong Dayo Festival kamakailan na ayon sa mga opisyal ng pamahalaan ay malaking salik upang maabot ng bansa ang target nitong tourist arrival ngayong taon. Nakibahagi sa isang araw ng aktibidad tulad ng bird origami, face painting, Galing Balanga trade fair at exhibit ang mga birdwatcher o birder mula ...
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15Dec2012CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, Dec 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 3 announced that they may be including the annual Ibong Dayo (migrant birds) Festival of this city in the national calendar of events after the recently concluded festivity reached milestones in attendance and sustainability. The third Ibong Dayo Festival held in the Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park (BCWNP) may be listed in the calendar after it breached the three years needed of consecutive implementation, DOT-...
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15Dec2012LUNGSOD NG BALANGA, Bataan, Dis 15 (PIA) -- Kinumpirma ng Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 3 na sinusuri nila ang posibilidad na isama ang taunang Ibong Dayo (migrant birds) Festival sa national calendar of events matapos mapatunayan na matatag ang kapistahan at patuloy na nakaaakit dito ang mga turista. Maaari nang mapabilang ang pangatlong Ibong Dayo Festival na ginanap kamakailan sa Balanga City Wetland and Nature Park (BCWNP) sa listahan dahil naidaos na ito nang tatlong taong magkakasuno...
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15Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch and its Malabalay extension office are now accepting calamity loan applications from members affected by typhoon Pablo. According to Juliano Banghal, Pag-IBIG manager, to avail of the loan, a member should have made at least 24 monthly contributions, must have five monthly savings for the last six months prior to the date of loan, the account must not be in default as of the date of loan application if the member has an ...
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14Dec2012DAGUPAN CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- The tourism office will conduct a study to identify the culture of every community in this city. “If there is one project that I wanted to do next year, it is the cultural mapping of every barangay in the city,” City Tourism Officer Mary Rose Teng Mejia said on Thursday. “I am a staunch believer in cultural mapping. If we know where we came from, we will also know where we can go,” she added. Stressing the importance of studying the flora and fauna, de...
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14Dec2012DAVAO CITY Dec. 14 (PIA) --The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has adjusted the amount of food rations included in the food packs being distributed to the families displaced by Typhoon Pablo in the three Davao Provinces to lengthen the food supply. “We have increased the number of kilos of rice in the food packs, from three kilos of rice good for two to three days, to 10 kilos of rice which is good for three to five days,” DSWD XI Social Welfare Officer 4 Pedrita Dimakil...
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14Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- Local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao are able to manage the response within their resources and capacities during typhoon Pablo, according to the results of the rapid needs assessment (RNA) conducted by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC). Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director and RDRRMC Chairperson Ana Cañeda said in a media forum Thursday that the assessment indicates that the response require...
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14Dec2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec 14 (PIA) -- The Aboitiz Group, led by the Aboitiz Foundation, is now accepting donations for typhoon victims, particularly in devastated Mindanao, most badly hit by typhoon Pablo. Thousands of families in several areas of Mindanao including New Bataan, Compostela Valley, Bukidnon, Iligan and Davao, as well as in Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City in the Visayas, are still in need of help, according to Aboitiz Branding and Communication Specialist Yhol Colegado. For the dona...
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14Dec2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) helped the Philippine Red Cross’ relief efforts for typhoon-stricken families in the villages of Catumbalon and Sugod all in Valencia City last Tuesday and Wednesday. Headed by Chan Si Hui Charis, the SRC distributed plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, foodstuffs, and toiletries to more than 600 families in said barangays. Of the two cities and 13 towns hit by Typhoon Pablo, Valencia is the hardest-hit area in Buki...
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14Dec2012TAGUM CITY Dec. 14 (PIA) -- Close to a thousand employees of the provincial government of Davao del Norte committed to donate a portion of their salaries to the victims of Typhoon Pablo. “The employees have agreed that their donations for the victims of Typhoon Pablo be deducted from their salaries,” Assistant Provincial Administrator Romulo Tagalo said. Tagalo said that while he does not have the exact figure of the salary donations, they committed the following amounts: P2,000 from the ...
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14Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 14 (PIA) -- Kinilala kamakailan ng Department of Agriculture- Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP) ang mga natatanging Local Government Units (LGUs) at people’s organizations (POs) sa lalawigan ng Sarangani. Ginawaran ng best performing LGU sa pagpapatupad ng mga proyekto ng Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Maitum. Samantala, nakuha naman ng mga lokal na pam...
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14Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 14 (PIA)--The Department of Agriculture- Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP) has honored best performing Local Government Units (LGUS) and people’s organizations (Pos) in Sarangani province. After showing excellent and proactive project management, Maitum LGU was hailed best performing LGU implementing Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) projects. Meanwhile, LGUs of Malungon and Kiamba bagge...
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14Dec2012MAKATI CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- The City Council, in a special session last Monday morning, unanimously approved the release of P4 million from the city’s 2012 executive budget as relief and rehabilitation assistance to victims of typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. In a statement, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay said that aside from the relief and rehabilitation assistance, two K9 dogs from the Philippine K9 Search and Rescue Foundation, and Makati Rescu...
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14Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory L. Domingo has signed DOTC-DTI Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 1, Series of 2012, otherwise known as the Air Passenger Bill of Rights. The JAO was approved after three public hearings conducted by the two departments, the last of which was held on December 3, 2012. These were attended by various stakeholders, in...
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14Dec2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Dec. 14 (PIA6) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Regional Office 6 has released to municipal and city treasurers in the province the fourth quarter pension of qualified Capiceño social pensioners last Dec. 10. Capiz has a total of 1,699 qualified pensioners since 2011. “Each pensioner will receive P1,500,” said a DSWD – Capiz Field Office staff. She added that the local government units (LGU) will schedule the release of the social pensio...
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14Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec 14 (PIA) – The top official of Pag-Ibig Fund – Visayas has assured its 1.2 million members that their agency has no plans of hiking membership contributions amid the increase in SSS and PhilHealth membership contributions. Pag-Ibig Vice President for Visayas Victoria de la Peña said this during the recent PIA Kapihan that highlighted the 32nd year anniversary celebration of the Fund. “Just recently, the SSS and PhilHealth increased their fees for membership contributions....
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14Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- Police personnel in Caraga region may miss their Christmas revelries this year but they may carve a memory in the hearts of the recent typhoon “Pablo” victims. Caraga Police Director CSupt Carmelo Valmoria issued a memorandum this morning for strict compliance and for wide dissemination to all police provincial and city offices, municipal police stations and units “to cancel all Christmas parties.” Their parties are supposed to be simultaneously held this...
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14Dec2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Dec 14 (PIA) -- Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) has left at least six people dead and one missing in Bukidnon, Arsenio L. Alagenio, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Officer, said on Thursday. The fatalities include a 6-year-old boy hit by a tree, toppled by strong winds, and another who was drowned while trying to save his hog floating in the gushing floodwaters in the river. ‘Pablo’ cut through the Province of Bukidnon, Tuesday, December 4, with m...
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13Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Disyembre 13 (PIA) – Namagayun su mga lokal a opisyal nu dalapa a Makilala kanu kinandyadi nu kanilan a lagunan a Christmas party endo su pundo a panggastusen para kanu lu na ibpaginggay sa mga biktima nu bagyo a sa New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Tigin ni Odin Deseo, consultant sa opisina ni Punong Bayan Rudy Caoagdan, nagisa-isa tigin su mga lokal a opisyales endo su empleyado nu lokal a guberno sa ipanginggay su ledsaki nu kanilan a natalima saguna enya a g...
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13Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) will celebrate its 32nd anniversary nationwide tomorrow, December 14. This was bared by Victoria dela Peña, Pag-IBIG Fund Visayas Group Vice President, in a Kapihan sa PIA forum held at the Pag-IBIG Fund-WT Corporate Tower in Cebu City yesterday. Dela Peña said a Mass will kick-off their celebration at the Cebu North and South branches. The Pag-IBIG official also reported that they conducted on December 7 the first...
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13Dec2012LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 13 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga sa pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga kasamahang ahensya ng pamahalaan ang isang flash mob sa mga pambulikong lugar sa lungsod ng Butuan kaugnay sa pagdiriwang ng Internationa Day Against Trafficking. Ayon kay DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat na ang dalawang araw na aktibidad ay naglalayung palakasin ang kaalaman ng publiko hinggil sa human trafficking. Noon Miyerkules nagsagawa...
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13Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- 2012 Aliw Award for Best New Artist (Group) winner The Filipino Tenors will sing Christmas carols as the United States Embassy in Manila hold its ‘Parol’ lighting ceremony, Friday. U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, Jr. and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim will lead the lighting ceremony December 14, 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy’s Consular Pavilion along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. The ceremony signals the sending holiday greetings and best wishes for a ...
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13Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 13 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Maguindanao led by Governor Esmael ‘Toto’ G. Mangudadatu extended support to victims of typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental province on on Monday, according to information from ARMM CommGroup. A relief and medical mission was held in Cateel town. Relief goods included 50 sacks of rice and 1,800 bags of used clothing. The medical team also brought tetanus toxoid vials. “We’ve been through a lot also in M...
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13Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 13 -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region (DILG) 10 is appealing to all governors, city and municipal mayors to donate goods for the victims of typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. DILG-10 Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos in an advisory today said the devastation brought about by typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental brought so much grief and discomfort to the victims and survivors that bestowing to them thes...
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13Dec2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Dec 13 (PIA)-- Airline commuters from GenSan are now rejoicing over the Air Passenger Bill of Rights protecting them from all airlines fuss. The Air Passenger Bill of Rights, which aims to improve airline operations and practices in the country, will be implemented on December 21 in time for the Yuletide celebrations. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) based in GenSan said the new policy is crafted with the intention to foster a “win-win situation” for both t...
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13Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region has extended more than P19-million worth of assistance to the 176,617 families affected by typhoon Pablo in four provinces of the region. In its report as of 6:00 p.m. of Dec. 12, DSWD-XI has given various kinds of assistance amounting to P10.462 million to Mati City and ten municipalities in Davao Oriental which has 43,683 affected families. All evacuees have returned home except for families i...
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13Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA 6) -- Fireworks cause injuries and endanger health, the Department of Health warned the Ilonggos. “Necessary preparations at the earliest time must now be set in place so that the public or the parents and their children will be guided on the dangers posed by firecrackers and all forms of fireworks," Jerry Porras, program coordinator of violence, injury and Iwas paputok of the Department of Health (DOH) said during the multi-sectoral meeting, with members of media re...
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12Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec. 12 – In the newly-released survey results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been regarded as “very good” in sincerity by the enterprises which were surveyed. The result is part of the Transparency and Accountability in Governance (TAG) 2012: Surveys of Enterprises on Corruption by the said public polling body of the country. DTI was among the three government agencies that garnered a “very good” rating under this sur...
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12Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 12 (PIA) – Joint fleet-marine operations of Naval Forces West and other national government agencies rescued some 117 endangered sea turtles in Balabac, Palawan. In a statement, NFW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Noel Joseph Cadigal PN said a rescue operation was conducted last November 27 to save turtles in the shorelines of Sitio Dunglog, Barangay Caguisan, Balabac. Cadigal said that after a tip-off from a concerned citizen in Balabac, elements of the fleet-marine t...
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12Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 12 (PIA) Compostela Valley Governor Arthur Uy ordered all Mayors to submit to him all data pertaining to the impact of typhoon Pablo to their respective communities. In a meeting with the League of Municipal Mayors yesterday, he said local chief executives must submit number of families affected, number of houses either partially or totally damaged, destroyed infrastructure like roads and bridges or estimated damage cost to agriculture. Uy said the data must be submitted to hi...
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12Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec 12 – The City Council of Cagayan de Oro will be provide financial assistance to the provincial governments of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, which suffered damages and casualties during the onslaught of Typhoon Pablo last week. Acting upon the recommendation of Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, the City Council yesterday allocated P1.2 million for the purpose. Funds will be taken from the city’s calamity fund and other sources. Flashfloods and landslides brought ...
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12Dec2012DAVAO CITY Dec. 12 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is extending emergency loans to victims of natural disasters, this time, to victims of typhoon Pablo that hit Davao a week ago. “GSIS members from the city already flocked to our office and lined up at our kiosks since Friday,” Edwin Alconera of GSIS said Tuesday. The loan may be availed of between December 7 and January 5, 2013. The initial news release from GSIS indicated that only GSIS members living or working ...
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12Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 12 (PIA) – In line with the International Day Against Trafficking (IDAT), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga with partner agencies conducted a flash mob activity on Wednesday at the Bancasi Airport here, city hall lobby, and bus terminal. DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said in a statement that it is a two-day activity aimed at raising public awareness against human trafficking. On December 13, Thursday, the same team will again c...
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12Dec2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Dec. 12 – When tropical cyclone ‘Pablo’ hit this progressive province last December 5, 2012, it destroyed more than 300 houses, damaged millions worth of farm products and affected 8,104 families. Immediately the provincial government launched relief operation to provide assistance in areas affected by the strongest typhoon that made landfall in the country this year. Grace Poe, daughter of Philippine movie legend Fernando Poe Jr., visited the hardest-hit barangay...
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12Dec2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Dec. 12 - The Paskuhan 2012 was formally opened on December 7, 2012 at Agora terminal area, Sagadan, Tubod, in this province. The event signaled the official opening and first judging of the Christmas Belen, Christmas Tree and Lantern Contests organized by the provincial government through its Provincial Tourism Office. The formal program also presented the different entries created by the different sectors and organizations who took part in the competition. The three ...
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11Dec2012CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, Dec. 11 -- The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division activated the Task Group Diamond Response with its command post at the Division Grandstand on December 3 a day before the typhoon made landfall. All the soldiers at 4ID headquarters were reorganized to act as manpower of the task group to provide disaster response and rescue operation to the affected areas caused by typhoon “Pablo” in the division area of responsibility, particular in Cagayan de Oro C...
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11Dec2012PARAÑAQUE CITY, Dec 11 (PIA) – In line with the Health Facilities Enhancement Program of the Department of Health (DOH), the city government of Parañaque recently received medicines, medical supplies and equipment Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe thanked the DOH for providing medicines, medical supplies and equipment that are essential for community health care. “This augmentation is most helpful contribution to our upgrading program, likewise to our effort towards the equitable...
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11Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy-Mindanao Field Office (DOE-MFO) presented solutions that will answer the long-running power problem in Mindanao. The presentation was given emphasis during the Regional Development Council (RDC)-12 4th regular meeting held last week in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat. Some of the solutions tackled were the “one-stop shop,” which can facilitate the entry of power projects, and the operation of the Iligan Diesel Power P...
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11Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 11 (PIA) -- Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) need not rush to GW@PS kiosks to key in their application for emergency loan, which the agency has granted to members in Mindanao and Visayas who were adversely affected by typhoon Pablo. GSIS General Santos City branch manager Deity Manampan assured members that enough fund have been allotted for the purpose and appealed to them not to flock to the kios...
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11Dec2012TAGUM CITY DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 11 (PIA): The annual Christmas Party of the provincial government of Davao del Norte will be shelved as employees, provincial department heads and provincial chief executives have decided to spend Christmas with Typhoon Pablo displaced families and individuals in a barangay of Compostela Valley. With Provincial Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario at the lead, they will load up their relief goods of food, water and medicine into the Convergence for Peace and Develo...
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11Dec2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Dec 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) 12 has stepped up its information drive on “Iwas Paputok” as Yuletide season comes nearer. The campaign aims to discourage the public in using firecrackers and fireworks to reduce the number of injuries or even casualties this Christmas. DOH targets for a zero injury this year, it said. In a press briefing, Dr. Marlyn Convocar, DOH-CHD 12 OIC-regional director has called on the public to...
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11Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 11 (PIA) - - Eight updated housing loan borrowers of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) will get early Christmas gifts as winners of the “Bahay Ko Pananagutan Ko” raffle program. Vice president and NHMFC chair of the Board of Directors Jejomar Binay announced the winners of the raffle as follows: first prize, Efren Morales from Dasmariñas, Cavite, P350,000; second prize, Alfredo Figueroa also from Dasmariñas, Cavite, P250,000; and third prize, Albert...
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11Dec2012QUEZON CITY, December 11 (PIA) – The Indonesian government yesterday turned over US$1 million and four tons of relief goods to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for victims of typhoon ‘Pablo.’ AFP chief General Jessie D. Dellosa received the check and goods from Indonesian National Defense Force chief Admiral Agus Suhartono in a simple ceremony at the Eastern Mindanao Command Headquarters in Davao City. “We express our sincerest gratitude to the Indonesian Government for th...
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11Dec2012DAVAO CITY Dec. 11 (PIA) -- Vessels and aircraft of the Philippine Navy are deployed to conduct search operations for hundreds of missing fisherman, nearly a week after typhoon Pablo hit a huge area in Southern Mindanao. Captain Robert Empedrad Commander of the Joint Task Force Maritime Search and Rescue, the Philippine Navy has deployed four ships and two islander aircraft for the search of an estimated 300 fishers mostly tuna catchers who remains unaccounted for. Among the vessels are the P...
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11Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec 11 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz asks the regional officials and staff to accelerate the implementation of labor reforms in Northern Mindanao to sustain its status as most labor productive and profitable region in Mindanao. This was reiterated by the regional director of DOLE 10 Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, during the 79th anniversary celebration of DOLE 10 in Cagayan de Oro city, Dec. 10. National Statistics Office (NSO) said Region...
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11Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 11 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s provincial government plans to send today assistance to the victims of Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. This after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan yesterday approved Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr.’s urgent request for an authority to donate P500,000 to each of two provinces that took the hardest hit. Per letter of the governor, the amount will be charged agains...
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10Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) who were adversely affected by typhoon Pablo may apply for emergency loan, the GSIS Cagayan de Oro branch announced. Branch Manager Ma. Cecilia G. Vega said the emergency loan will be made available to GSIS members living or working in Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Zamboanga del Norte, Camiguin, Surigao del Norte, Siargao, Surigao del Sur...
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10Dec2012CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, Dec. 10 -- The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division in partnership with Banco de Oro Foundation incorporated conducted relief operation at Barangay Consolacion, this city, Dec. 8. Five hundred families benefited from the relief operation receiving a pack of assorted canned goods and noodles that will help them supplement their daily meal as they continue repairing and cleaning their houses. Soldiers with BDO headed by managers June Bañados and Mafel Gat...
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10Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has announced the grant of emergency loan for more than 345,000 GSIS members in Visayas and Mindanao who were adversely affected by Typhoon Pablo. Emergency loan will be made available to GSIS members living or working in the following areas in Mindanao and Visayas: Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, Camiguin, Surigao del Norte, Siargao, Surigao del Sur, Dina...
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10Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- As early as 6 a.m. today, government employees started to line up at GSIS G-WAPS installed here in the city. Government workers both from national agencies and the local government were so happy after the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) approved the granting of emergency loan to members hit by “Pablo” in Visayas and Mindanao, after President Benigno Aquino III declared a national state of calamity The GSIS has announced the gra...
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10Dec2012MANILA, Dis.10 (PIA6) -- Si Presidente Aquino nagpamat-ud nga magtrabaho pa gid sang dugang agud mahimo ang gobyerno nga epektibo nga sulogu-on sang mga tawo. Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagsiling nga magatrabaho pa gid siya sa pag-implementar sang mga reporma nga magapadula sang pagpangawat kag korapsyon. Sa iya pagpamulong-pulong sa tuigan nga paghatag sang mga regalo sang Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) para sa mga pigado sa Cuneta Astrodome sang Lunes, ang ...
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10Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 10 (PIA) -- Twenty fishermen have been rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Mati, Davao Oriental in the wake of Typhoon Pablo (international name: Bopha). In a report, Transportation and Communications Secretary Jun Abaya also said five bodies were recovered and 310 remain unaccounted for. Two PCG vessels were deployed to conduct search and rescue as well as relief operations in the province of Davao Oriental. The first vessel, a 5-meter PCG vessel BRP-Davao del Nort...
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10Dec2012TALISAY CITY, Negros Occidental, Dec 10 (PIA) -- “Information plays a crucial role in disaster mitigation,” said Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma during the government information officers year-end assembly attended by information officers from regions 6 and 7. Coloma, who was the event’s keynote speaker, said the recent disastrous event brought by typhoon Pablo in the country was a valuable lesson on information and being informed. Compostela Valle...
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10Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec 10 (PIA) -- Local government units (LGUs) of Cebu province especially from the southern part frequented by typhoons intensified its precautionary measures in the wake of the recent typhoon when southern Cebu was placed under signal number three. As early as 6 a.m. of December 4, the day typhoon Pablo was to hit the area, the Municipal Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) from the towns of Ginatilan, Asturias, Argao, and Dalaguete in the southern and northwestern part of Ceb...
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