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Q1 REMITTANCES FROM OVERSEAS FILIPINOS REACHED US$5.6 BILLION-BSP
Friday 17th of May 2013
QUEZON CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The cumulative remittances from the overseas Filipinos (OFs) received during the first quarter of 2013 amounting to US$5.6 billion is higher by 6.2 percent compared to the same period of 2012, according to the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
In March 2013, personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) registered a 3.7 percent year-on-year growth reaching US$1.9 billion according to the BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr.
Tetangco said that the factors that contributed to the steady increase of the personal remittances are the strong remittance flows from both land-based and sea-based overseas Filipino ...
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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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10Apr2013MANILA, April 10 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) rose to US$84.1 billion as of end-March 2013, higher by US$0.5 billion than the end-February 2013 GIR of US$83.6 billion. At this level, reserves remain adequate to cover 11.9 months worth of imports of goods and payments of services and income. It is also equivalent to 9.9 times the country’s short-term external debt based on original maturity and 6.3 times based on residua...
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26Mar2013MANILA, March 26 (PIA) -- Foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2012 rose to US$2 billion, higher by 9.8 percent than the previous year’s level of US$1.9 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said. The country continued to benefit from strong foreign investors’ confidence in the resilience of the domestic economy, with a strong economic growth amid low and stable inflation, as well as a strong external payments dynamics, it said. By FDI component, net equity capital placements—which ...
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04Feb2013MANILA, Feb 4 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will soon issue a commemorative bill with the image of the second Filipino saint, San Pedro Calungsod. According to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the limited edition 50-peso bill commemorates the recent canonization of the second Filipino saint, a teenage Catholic missionary who died a martyr in Guam more than three centuries ago. Secretary General of the National Commission on the Canonization of Calung...
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30Jan2013AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Providing access to basic education; this is the driving force behind the humanitarian endeavor funded by the Government of Spain for depressed communities of Agusan del Norte in Caraga Region. Newly-completed school buildings will be formally handed over to DepEd officials and recipient communities on Thursday, January 31 at Rizal Integrated School in the town of Buenavista. Rafael C. Lopa, executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PB...
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21Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- The Monetary Board has approved the opening of a Currency Exchange Facility (CEF) that will allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families returning from Syria to exchange Syrian currency for Philippine pesos. At present, the Syrian banknotes are not convertible to pesos. Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said the facility was established as part of BSP’s initiative to assist OFWs who were displaced by the conflict in Syria. To date, the BSP has assisted th...
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16Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is granting regulatory relief measures to banks to enable them to similarly assist and ease the financial burden of bank customers adversely affected by Tropical Depression “Quinta” which devastated several parts of the country last December 26, 2012. In a statement, the BSP said eligible for the relief measures are those in the following areas identified by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on January 1, ...
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15Jan2013MANILA, Jan 15 (PIA) -- Foreign direct investments (FDI) for the first ten months of 2012 recorded net inflows of US$1.1 billion, higher by 32.6 percent than the US$853 million posted in the comparable period in 2011. In a statement, the BSP said its statistics on FDI covers actual investment inflows. Net inflows of equity capital—which increased by more than seven-fold to reach US$1.2 billion from US$170 million posted in the comparable period in the previous year—accounted for the b...
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14Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has announced the rediscount rates applicable on loan availments by banking institutions for January 2013. For loans under the Peso Rediscount Facility, the BSP Peso Rediscount Rate is set at 3.50 percent per annum for all maturities effective 29 October 2012, in line with the Monetary Board policy decision to reduce policy rates during its 25 October 2012 meeting. The Peso Rediscount Rate is based on the applicable BSP overnight reverse...
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08Jan2013ILOILO, Jan. 8 (PIA6) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Iloilo City donated P9,768 worth of goods to the victims of typhoon “Quinta” in this province. BSP Iloilo Branch Head Deputy Director Job Nepomuceno formally turned over the donation to outgoing Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 Director Dr. Minda Brigoli in a simple ceremony held at the DSWD 6 Regional Field Office in Molo, Iloilo City, January 7, 2013. The turn-over coincided with the installation cer...
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14Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- For loans under the Peso Rediscount Facility, the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Peso Rediscount Rate is set at 3.5 percent per annum for all maturities effective October 29 a statement said. The BSP said that it is due to the Monetary Board policy decision to reduce policy rates during its October 25, 2012 meeting. The Peso Rediscount Rate is based on the applicable BSP overnight reverse repurchase rate per Circular No. 679 dated February 1, 2010. Meanwhile, for loa...
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02Nov2012ILOILO CITY, Nov 2 (PIA6) -- The regional office of the National Statistics Office based in Iloilo City was declared Best National Statistics Month (NSM) Agency, in this year’s celebration of the 23rd National Statistics Month. Director Normay Julag-ay led the NSO-6 personnel in receiving the cash prize of P6,000 and certificate of recognition during the closing ceremonies of the month-long celebration held at Smallville 21 Hotel, Iloilo City, October 30. Next to NSO-6 was the National...
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01Nov2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Nov 1 (PIA6) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) continues to intensify its education campaign about the different functions and programs of the agency and the new banknotes. They are conducting orientations in the different schools and offices in Capiz, particularly on the distinct security features about the new BSP banknotes as well as on coin circulation program said Andrew June Ligad, BSP information officer. He said they had conducted information and education act...
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09Oct2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Oct. 9 (PIA6) -- Gina engganyo sang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang mga Ilonggo nga kadtuan kag gamiton ukon panginpuslan ang Economic and Financial Learning Center (EFLC) nga ginlansar liwat sini lang sang bangko sa ila Iloilo Branch pagkatapos nga ginpaayo ang mga kagamitan sini. Mismo si BSP Governor Amando Tetangco, Jr. kag duha niya ka mga Deputy Governors ang nag-abot diri agud pangunahan ang kahiwatan, nga gin-upod sa pagpatigayon sang mga aktib...
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01Oct2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Oct 1 (PIA6) -- Magaabot sa syudad sang Iloilo si Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. agud pamunuan ang pagpatigayon sang BSP Economic and Financial Learning Program (BSP-EFLP) sugod buas nga adlaw, Oktubre 1 sa nanuhaytuhay nga mga duog diri sa syudad. Kaupod ni Tetangco nga magaabot diri amo si BSP Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo. Pagapamunuan ni Tetangco ang pormal nga pagbukas sang aktibidades sang BSP-EFLP para sa Western Visayas nga hi...
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01Oct2012ILOILO CITY, Oct 1 (PIA6) -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. will lead bank officials in the conduct of activities under the BSP Economic and Financial Learning Program (BSP-EFLP) for Western Visayas here on Oct. 2-4. Gov. Tetangco will lead the Oct. 2 formal opening of the 6th leg of the program that will be attended by representatives of the banking sector, business and academic communities, officials from other government agencies, and members of the ...
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26Sep2012ILOILO CITY, Sept 26 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will re-launch its Economic and Financial Learning Center (EFLC) at its Iloilo Branch here on October 2 to underscore its commitment to continue giving the people of Western Visayas access to economic and financial learning. The EFLC re-launching will be part of activities that will be conducted by the BSP here under its Economic and Financial Learning Program (EFLP) until October 4. BSP will also hold a Public Information C...
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07Sep2012CEBU CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Cebu will host the two-day “Regional Asian Seminar on Financial Literacy and Inclusion: Addressing the Upcoming Challenges” on September 11 to 12 at the Shangri-la Mactan Resort and Spa in Lapulapu City. Hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the event will gather top ranking officials and experts from central banks, private sector, academe, non-government organizations from ASEAN and A...
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05Sep2012ILOILO CITY, Sept. 5 (PIA6) -- An official of the Monetary Board (MB) said the country’s economy continues to register improving performance and remains resilient despite the volatile global economic environment. “The 6.3 percent growth performance of the country in the 1st quarter of 2012 and 5.9 percent in the 2nd quarter have proven that the country’s sound macro-economic fundamentals are well-positioned to propel the country to a higher growth path, while enabling it to weather the ...
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05Sep2012MANILA, Sept. 5 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is now accepting entries for its second "Tanaw" art competition, a statement said. The BSP said that it is currently accepting entries at its main office in Manila and at its regional offices and branches until November 29, 2012. "Tanaw is open to Filipino professional and non-professional artists, aged 18 years old and above as of December 31, 2011, who have won, at least once, in national and international art contests and/or have been...
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05Sep2012ILOILO CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- Two private firms and one government agency from Western Visayas were awarded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) with the “Ambition” trophy in recognition of their exemplary support to the bank’s statistical undertakings, information needs, and advocacy programs. Monetary Board (MB) Member Armando L. Suratos led in handing out the award during the 2012 Awards Ceremony and Appreciation Lunch for BSP Stakeholders held Sept 4 at Days Hotel-I...
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05Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has unveiled its upgraded Cagayan de Oro Economic and Financial Learning Center (EFLC) to bring economic and financial information closer to the people of Misamis Oriental. The EFLC is a one-stop center where researchers, students and visitors can access data and information produced and monitored by the BSP in the areas of central banking, economics and finance. The re-launching of the EFLC, led by BSP Governor Amando ...
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30Aug2012ILOILO CITY, Aug 30 (PIA6) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will hold the 2012 Awards Ceremony/Appreciation Lunch for BSP Stakeholders on Sept. 4 as part of its 19th anniversary celebrations this year. In a statement, the BSP Iloilo Branch here said Iloilo is one of nine areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR) where the event will be held. The theme of this year’s event is “Shared Goals, Shared Responsibilities and Valued Partnerships.” The awarding event is a way of ...
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25Aug2012MANILA, Agosto 25 (PIA6) -- Ang Monetary Board (MB) nag-aprobar sang mga tikang nga nagatuyo sa pagpasanyog sang pagbantay sang Bangko Sentral sang Pilipinas (BSP) sang exposure sang industriya sang bangko sang merkado sang real estate. Ang mga tikang nagadugang sang regulatory framework nga nagagahum sang mga pautang sang mga bangko sa real estate (RELs) sa idalum sang Circular No. 600 nga may petsa Pebrero 4, 2008. Ang mga bag-o nga mga talamdan nagahatag sang mas komprehensibo nga mga pag...
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16Aug2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) -- Business confidence is up in Mindanao, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. “Business confidence in the region remains positive especially in Regions 11 and 12,” said Rosabel Guerrero, director of BSP-Department of Economic Statistics during an awards ceremony and appreciation lunch for BSP stakeholders on Tuesday (Aug 7) at East Asia Royale Hotel here. Guerrero said the “future conditions of business and the economy” is determined through th...
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15Aug2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, August 13 (PIA)---- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) honored three valued stakeholders in SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City) with prestigious awards for their “unparalleled support” to its statistical and advocacy programs. For the small- and medium-corporation category, the BSP named the Horizon Can Corp based in Tambler here as the Most Outstanding Respondent among small- and medium-firms in Region 12. The compa...
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06Aug2012MANILA, Aug. 6 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) recently signed a supplemental agreement dubbed Strengthening Program for Rural Banks (SPRB) Plus to strengthen the thrift and rural banking industry in the country. In a statement, the BSP said the SPRB Plus would effectively serve the countryside and improve the delivery of financial services to rural communities. The SPRB Plus is an enhanced version of the original SPRB (Modu...
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22Jul2012MANILA, July 22 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported on its website that auto loans (ALs) stood at P144.8 billion by end-March 2012. The BSP said ALS continues to follow an upward trend as the recent figures are up from P139.2 billion last quarter and P124.2 billion a year ago. However, it may be noted that while the level of ALs increased, the growth rate slowed down for both quarterly (4.1 percent from 4.8 percent) and annual (16.6 percent from 18.3 percent) comparisons, the BSP...
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13Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- Funds were turned over by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Dumaguete branch to their partners on Monday for the implementation of three environmental projects in the province. BSP handed over P27,000 to its partner groups, namely, 350.org with P8,500 for a tree growing program, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), and Bankers Club of Negros Oriental (BCNO) with P10,000 for the production of reef domes and mangrove propagules and St. Paul University Dumagu...
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09Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Dumaguete Branch initiated the production of two infomercials supporting the BSP’s Clean Note Policy. The two 60-seconder videos, in English and Cebuano versions, were introduced to the public for the first time during a launching ceremony on July 6 at Robinson’s Place, this city. The videos were produced by BSP Dumaguete Branch in cooperation with the Silliman University Student Government’s Infomedia Committee. T...
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03Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Running and dancing enthusiasts in Negros Oriental are invited to join the “Barya Para Sa Kalikasan” Fun Run and Fun Dance spearheaded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Dumaguete Branch. The event will be held on July 7, 2012 (Saturday) at 5 a.m. The activity is a fund-raising project aimed at promoting BSP’s local environmental programs and its National Coin Recirculation and Clean Note Policy Program. Registration is ongoing from July 2 to 5 a...
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26Jun2012MANILA, June 26 (PIA) -- “The Philippines is supporting the global efforts to stabilize the world economy and maintain it on a growth path." This was how Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. defended the $1 billion loan extended by the Philippine government to the International Monetary Fund. In a BSP statement, Tetangco said the Philippines, being a member of the IMF, also has a responsiblity to provide assistance to fellow members in their time of need. He ...
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22Jun2012MANILA, June 22 -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said portfolio investment transactions for the month of May yielded net inflows of US$106 million. In a statement posted on the BSP website, it said however, that the figure was 68.1 percent lower than the US$333 million recorded a month ago. In addition, registered investments were almost at the same level as April at US$1.5 billion due largely to several initial public offerings by Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, Rockwell Land Corpora...
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07Jun2012DAVAO CITY, June 7 (PIA) –- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to release on June 11 the results of its first Consumer Finance Survey of the Philippines (CFS), a data on the financial conditions of households. Diwa C. Guinigundo, BSP deputy governor for Monetary Stability Sector, said the CFS results will specifically show what the households own (financial and non-financial assets) and from whom and how much they borrow (sources of credit and level of indebtedness). The CFS also ...
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01Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- A footwear retail promoting social entrepreneurship by making fashionable shoes from scrap cloths and rubber won the top prize of the 5th Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Business in Development (BiD) Challenge Philippines last Wednesday night in Pasay City. This was announced by PBSP executive director Rafa Lopa in a press release sent to the PIA-NCR. Lopa said Habi Footwear, a start-up business managed by 22-year-old Albert Go, will compete in the I...
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01Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- Habi Footwear, shoes that care by Albert Go; and Pineapple Fiber Production of Batas Multi-Purpose Cooperative by Shiela Vergara emerged winners Wednesday night in the Business in Development (BiD) Challenge at One Esplanade, SM Central Business Park. This was announced by the organizer, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in a press release sent to the PIA-NCR. PBSP executive director Rafa C. Lopa said the two top winners will represent the country to...
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31May2012MANILA, May 31 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported that as of end-March 2012, the non-performing loans (NPL) ratio of universal and commercial banks (U/KBs) stood at 2.36 percent, better by 0.63 percentage point from year ago’s 2.99 percent ratio but higher by 0.02 percentage point from the previous month’s 2.34 percent. In a statement posted on its website, the BSP said the month-on-month increase in the NPL ratio came about as the 1.04 percent hike in NPLs to P74.65 bi...
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30May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 30 (PIA) -– The Department of Education (DepEd) - Caraga region warned school administrators and teachers not to collect fees during enrollment. DepEd emphasized that school principals, heads and teachers who will be reported on having collected fees during enrollment will be called for investigation. This developed after DepEd-Caraga received reports during the previous years informing the office that allegedly, there were school principals and teachers collecting miscellan...
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28May2012MANILA (PIA) -- Liwat nga nagpakita sang pagtaas ang pangkabilugan nga index sang kumpyansa (confidence index) sang mga negosyante sa dalagan sang ekonomiya sa pungsod, suno sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sa pinakaulihi nga mga datus sang survey nga ginpatigayon sini. Ginpahayag sang BSP nga ang lebel sang pagsalig sang mga negsoyante sa ekonomiya ang naglab-ot sa 44.5 porsyento sang ika-duka nga quarter sang 2012, mas mataas kay sa 40.5 porsyento sang una nga tatlo ka bulan ukon quarter...
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28May2012QUEZON CITY, May 28 (PIA) –- Marketing experts from all over the country will be converging at One Esplanade, SM Central Business Park in Pasay City on Wednesday, May 30 at 1 p.m. for the BiD Challenge Philippines. The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) said in a press release it is an annual business plan competition which aims to generate new and innovative business ideas that combine poverty reduction and profit, where viable ideas are matched with potential investors. PBSP sa...
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23May2012MANILA, May 23 (PIA) -- The level of auto loans (ALs) continued its upward trend, closing at P139.2 billion as of end-December 2011, up by 4.8 percent from last quarter’s P132.7 billion and by 18.3 percent from last year’s P117.6 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported in a statement. The BSP said that Universal/commercial banks (U/KBs) drove both quarterly and annual growth with increments of 6.3 percent (P4.2 billion) from last quarter and 27.0 percent (P15.3 billion) f...
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20May2012MANILA, May 20 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported that domestic liquidity (M3) expanded by 5.6 percent year-on-year in March 2012, slower than the 7.2 percent growth recorded a month earlier to reach P4.5 trillion. On a monthly basis, seasonally-adjusted M3 declined marginally following a growth of 1.1 percent in the previous month, the BSP said. Money supply growth continued to be driven by the sustained increase in net foreign assets (NFA) at 11.8 percent in March. The ...
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18May2012MANILA, May 18 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) approved an enhanced version of the Strengthening Program for Rural Banks (SPRB), a statement posted on the BSP website said. Labeled as the Strengthening Program for Rural Banks Plus (SPRB Plus), the program expands the original SPRB to include strong and well-managed thrift banks and commercial banks as among eligible Strategic Third Party Investor (STPI) or so-called “whit...
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08May2012QUEZON CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- Inflation rose to 3.0 percent in April from 2.6 percent in March. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that higher inflation in April was attributed largely to the increase in inflation for housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels due to higher rental rates and electricity charges Food inflation also went up as prices of fish and vegetables increased as a result of Lenten season demand. Transport inflation also increased due to the implementation of the ...
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03May2012MANILA, May 3 (PIA) -- The capital adequacy ratios (CARs) of the Philippine banking system remain healthy and above the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)s’ minimum ratio of 10 percent and the Basel Accord’s standard ratio of 8 percent despite continued global difficulties, a statement posted on the BSP website said. The BSP said that the system-wide average CARs stood at 16.44 percent on solo basis and 17.43 percent on consolidated basis as of end-September 2011, which were slightly higher...
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01May2012MANILA, May 1 (PIA) -- The Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently approved the amendment to simplify its confirmation procedures, a statement posted on the BSP website said. The BSP said that the simplified confirmation procedures cover the election or appointment of directors and officers with rank of senior vice president (SVP) and above of banks. The confirmation requirement is pursuant to the mandate under Section 16 of the General Banking Law for the MB to...
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29Apr2012MANILA, April 29 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has cited the reasons behind the closure of the Export and Industry Bank, Inc. (EIB). In a statement, the BSP said that the Monetary Board placed EIB under receivership on April 26, 2012 pursuant to Section 30 of Republic Act No. 7653 or The New Central Bank Act. The BSP said the board made its decision on account of the bank's “inability to meet its obligations as they become due, insufficient realizable assets to meet its liabilitie...
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27Apr2012MANILA, April 27 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has adopted the internationally-accepted Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS), a statement said. The BSP said that the DMFAS system is powered by a software developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The DMFAS also provides technical assistance and advisory services in the area of debt management to strengthen the external debt management capability of countries. Similarly, the ...
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24Apr2012Foreign portfolio investments rebound in March MANILA, April 21 (PIA) -- Transactions in foreign portfolio investments during March yielded net inflows of US$158 million, reflecting a turnaround from the US$305 million net outflows in February, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. The BSP said that Peso Government securities and PSE-listed shares netted foreign exchange (FX) inflows (US$189 million and US$110 million, respectively), while money market instruments resulted in net outf...
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23Apr2012MANILA, April 23 (PIA) -- As of end-February 2012, the non-performing loans (NPL) ratio of universal and commercial banks slightly eased to 2.34 percent from previous month’s 2.35 percent and by 0.59 percentage point from year ago’s 2.93 percent ratio. In a statement by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), it said that the month-on-month improvement in the NPL ratio took place as the 0.94 percent rise in NPLs to P73.88 billion from P73.20 billion was surpassed by the 1.01 percent hike in...
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21Apr2012BATAC CITY, April 21 (PIA) -– The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has strengthened its Economic and Financial Learning Center (EFLC) to fully serve its clientele who are in need of information in the areas of central banking, economics and finance. The EFLC is a one-stop shop where researchers, students, visitors can access data that are produced and monitored by the BSP. The center, located at the BSP Batac branch office, will be re-launched on May 14. “The center symbolizes our commitment t...
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20Apr2012MANILA, April 20 (PIA) -- At its meeting yesterday, the Monetary Board decided to keep the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)'s key policy rates at 4 percent for the overnight borrowing or reverse repurchase (RRP) facility and 6 percent for the overnight lending or repurchase (RP) facility. The interest rates on term RRPs, RPs, and special deposit accounts (SDAs) were also maintained accordingly. The reserve requirement ratios were kept steady as well, the BSP said in a statement. The Monetar...
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17Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 17 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced today that remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) coursed through banks reached $1.6 billion in February 2012 posting 5.8 percent growth compared to the same period of last year. In a news release, BSP Governor Amando Tetangco said that about three-fourths (76.1 percent or $1.2 billion) of the total cash transfers for the month were sent by land-based workers while nearly one-fourth (23.9 percent or $0.4 billion) came...
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15Apr2012MANILA, April 15 (PIA) -- Foreign direct investments (FDIs) posted net inflows amounting to $766 million during the start of this year, almost four times higher than the year-ago level of $214 million, a statement posted on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. The BSP said that this was achieved as a result of net equity capital inflows which stood at $739 million during January 2012 from only $31 million in January 2011. In particular, it said that gross equity capital placem...
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11Apr2012MANILA, Abril 11 (PIA) -- Ginpabutyag ni Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. nga ang gross international reserves (GIR) sang Pilipinas sa katapusan sang Marso 2012 ang naglab-ot sa US$76 bilyones, mas manubo sang US$5 bilyones sang sa katapusan sang Pebrero 2012 nga may US$77 bilyones. Ang pagnubo sa reserves ang bangod sa mga pag-mature sang mga balayran sa foreign exchange nga mga obligasyon sang National Government (NG), withdrawals sang foreign currency sang mga au...
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10Apr2012MANILA, April 10 (PIA) -- The country’s preliminary gross international reserves (GIR) as of end-March 2012 stood at $76.5 billion, lower by US$0.5 billion compared to the end-February 2012 GIR of $77.0 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. announced in a statement. The decline in the reserves level was due mainly to payments for maturing foreign exchange obligations of the national government, foreign currency withdrawals by authorized agent banks (AAB...
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08Apr2012NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Province, Apr. 8 (PIA) -- The officials of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines- Compostela Valley Council will hold a fun run dubbed “Run for Scouts” on July 14, the same date when the Council was officially declared as a regular council. The “Run for Scouts” is inspired by the success of the Bulawan Fun Run spearheaded by the provincial government on March 3 this year. Prior to the fun run will be an overnight camping activity on July 13. Meanwhile, BSP...
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02Apr2012MANILA, April 2 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced that outstanding loans granted by foreign currency deposit units (FCDUs) of banks amounted to $7.1 billion at the close of 2011, reflecting an increase 7.6 percent from the end-September 2011 level of $6.6 billion. In a statement posted in the BSP’s website, BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said loan transactions resulted in net loan disbursements of $535 million (excess of disbursements over repayments) due to the favorab...
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01Apr2012MANILA, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- Consumer sentiment improved in the first quarter of 2012 as the overall confidence index (CI) increased to -14.7 percent from -20.6 percent in Q4 2011 and -23.1 percent a year ago, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said. The BSP said that this indicates consumer demand is expected to remain strong and will continue to help fuel economic growth during the first quarter of the year. The CI is computed as the percentage of households that answered in the affirmative less t...
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30Mar2012MANILA, March 30 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has launched the Foreign Loan Approval and Registration System or FLAReS, a statement in the BSP website said. The new system is part of the Bangko Sentral’s continuing efforts to further enhance operational efficiency and delivery of services, using latest available technology. Currently, applications for approval and registration of foreign and FCDU loans are filed by clients in hard copies with the International Operations ...
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28Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 28 (PIA) -– Ang Malakanyang mihiklin sa mga kahadlok sa posible nga dili rasonable nga pagsaka sa mga presyo sa mga nag-unang mga palaliton tungod sa pagsaka sa mga presyo sa lana sa merkado sa kalibutan nga nagkanayon nga ang departamento sa pamatigayon ang susot nga nagsunod sa mga paglihok sa presyo. Ang Tigpamaba sa Presidente nga si Edwin Lacierda layon sa regular nga pakighinabi sa manunulat niadtong Lunes sa Malacañang nagkanayon nga ang Department of Trade and Industry (...
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27Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) engaged the cooperation of a non government organization (NGO) to boost Samar’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Meanwhile, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) - Strategic Corporate-Community Partnership (SCOPE) assists in identifying projects mutually beneficial to the company and the community. Through SCOPE, the SME will be able to look for a community that will produce the raw materials...
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23Mar2012MANILA, March 23 (PIA) -- The Monetary Board has approved further revisions to foreign exchange regulations, in line with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) continuing thrust to facilitate trade transactions, a statement from BSP said. The BSP said that after amending the Manual of Regulations on Foreign Exchange Transactions or FX Manual, the move will also simplify the reporting requirements for trade transactions. Likewise, the approval increased the ceiling for importations as it...
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22Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- The city government of Dagupan spearheaded the celebration of the National Women’s Month anchored on the theme, “Women weathering climate change: governance and accountability, everyone’s responsibility” last March 20 at the city astrodome. “The celebration highlights women power,” cited Maria Librada Fe Reyna, city councilor and chairperson of the committees on women, children, and family affairs. She emphasized that w...
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22Mar2012CATBALOGAN City, Samar, March 22 (PIA) --The rural folks of Lapinig town stood up for peace and security in their hometown through a peace rally with the theme, “Undangon an Kasamok, Respetohon an Katungod ngan Kinabuhi han Tawo” (trans: Stop violence, respect human rights) recently. More than 2,000 participants from the cross section of Lapinig populace joined the rally which started at 8:00 a.m. from the Lapinig Town Plaza, passed the downtown streets, and returned to the ...
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22Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 22 (PIA) -- Five barangays in the town of Culasi in northern Antique are recipients of ten solar lamps from a non-government organization. The five barangays located in the mountain area of the town are Brgys San Vicente, Flores, Tinabuan, Osorio and Simbula. These places serves as the entry and exit points going to Mt. Madia-as, considered the sixth highest mountain in the Philippines and the highest in Panay Island. It is situated at about 2,117 mete...
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22Mar2012TAGUIG CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- Commencement exercises in Taguig city public elementary and high schools can soon be viewed via live video stream in the city’s website, according to city mayor Lani Cayetano. The city government came up with e-Graduation, a hi-tech, pioneering public service to its constituents that will begin next week. The live stream can be accessed at www.taguig.gov.ph/egrad. “We are introducing this innovation so that friends and fa...
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22Mar2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 22 (PIA) -- Around 2,479 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received their two months’ cash grants yesterday at the Quirino gymnasium here. Ma. Belen Ong, DSWD 2 provincial link, said a total of P5 million has been disbursed in the two municipalities: P3,883,800 for the 1,120,200 beneficiaries of Diffun and P1,137,200 for the 552 grantees in Cabarroguis. Ong ...
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22Mar2012MANILA, March 22 (PIA) -- Administrators of Catholic schools, colleges and universities nationwide are encouraging their graduates to render volunteer work for their parishes while awaiting employment, according to a news release by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). “Volunteering for parish work is a worthwhile activity during the summer break and also while one is still unemployed,” said Fr. Gregg Bañaga Jr. of the Catholic Education...
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22Mar2012IGUIG, Cagayan, March 22 (PIA) -- Thousands of catholic believers crowd at Calvary Hills here yesterday afternoon, to experience healing power of the Almighty through Fr. Fernando Suarez, a known healing priest in the country and abroad. Families and individuals from all over Cagayan valley region as well as Kalinga and Apayao went down here to attend the healing mass, the first visit of Fr. Suarez. “The healing power of God is unlimited only if you believe in Him. Praise Him of his holi...
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22Mar2012SAGUDAY, Quirino, March 22 (PIA) -- This municipality is now smoke-free, with the passage of Municipal Ordinance No. 1, series of 2012 prohibiting the use, sale, distribution, and advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products which shall apply to all persons, whether natural or juridical, resident or not, and in all places found within its territorial jurisdiction. According to the proponent, Sangguniang Bayan Member Dennis P. Feliciano, the “no smoking” ordinance ...
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22Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, March 22 (PIA) -- Around 1,000 goat and sheep raising practitioners, advocates and enthusiasts from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are set to converge in Clark Freeport today for the fifth National Goat and Sheep Congress. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Office III information officer Jun Espiritu said, “The three-day confab seeks to serve as an avenue for the exchange of ideas among the stakeholders of goat and sheep raising which will enhance the industry and a...
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22Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 22 (PIA) -- The Holy Angel University (HAU) will open today its own museum, which is dedicated to preserve and promote local heritage. The launch of the Kapampangan Arts Museum, according to the Center for Kapampangan Studies of the Holy Angel University, is in line with the celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary which will feature sketches and memorabilia collection of Kapampangan National Artist for Visual Arts in 1982 Vicente “Enteng&rd...
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22Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, March 22 (PIA 10) – Fifty-eight poor municipalities in Region 10 were prioritized in the Regional Development Council 10 (RDC 10) consolidated budget proposal for 2013. Budget allocations for existing programs, projects, and activities (PPAs) in other areas were likewise considered. National Economic Development Authority 10 (NEDA 10) Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr explained that the RDC is responsible for the review, prioritization an...
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22Mar2012Compostela Valley, March 22 (IDS) – A total of 225 Compostela Valley provincial employees, dubbed as the Uswag-Gawad Kalinga (GK) Team, went to Iligan City on March 21 and 23 to help re-build Iligan and build 25 houses in a span of 10 to 14 days. The group will be part of the National GK Challenge to help build a village in the resettlement site for the Sendong victims last December 17, 2011. The 60 employees composed the first batch while the next batch travelled togethe...
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22Mar2012MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN, March 22 (PIA) -- Known to many for its spectacular wonders, be it in the array of finest foods, fruits, waters and people, Camiguin is but a tourist perfect destination. The island receives flock of local and foreign tourist all year round and the Lenten season is among its peak period of the year, every March or April. After more than 30 years, “Panaad in Camiguin” still continues to draw huge numbers of pilgrims and tourist alike. It ...
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22Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 22 (PIA) --- Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo said there is still a need for the government to continue making its presence felt strongly in sitios Avocado and Kakha in the town of Sta. Catalina, which were once hotbeds of insurgency. Degamo made the statement in after the Philippine Army reported continued sightings of suspected rebels in the area. “Kakha and Avocado are still priority areas by the Armed Force of the Philipines, and these repor...
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22Mar2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, March 22 – Ang Junior Chamber International (JCI) mipahigayon sa kabaranggayan sa dakbayan sa iligan sa usa ka vitamin a supplementation project. Gilusad kini kagahapon didto sa Barangay Sto. Rosario Gym ang nasangpit nga programa sa JCI dungan ang pagpahigayon sa ubang serbisyo sa usa ka medical mission nga gitawag og “Commit to Fit.” Sa maong hinabang, mipasalamat ang dakbayan sa Iligan pinaagi ni Konsehal Joe Zalsos, ngadto sa ...
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22Mar2012URDANETA CITY, March 22 -- The Region I Athletic Association (R1AA), considered the biggest sports event in the region, opened here on Sunday with a promise of top performances by more than 6,000 student-athletes. Formerly known as the Ilocos Region Athletic Association (IRAA), the sports activity of the Department of Education (DepEd) being held at the Urdaneta City National High School showcases 18 events to be competed in by elementary and secondary students coming from the 14 school...
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22Mar2012PANABO CITY March 22 (CIO) --Panabo City Mayor Jose L. Silvosa, Sr. inaugurated on Friday two infrastructure projects amounting to more than P 3-million. The projects included the P1.3-million Rehabilitation of Barangay Nanyo Footbridge and P2-million road concreting at Barangay New Visayas benefiting residents of the areas. The Barangay Nanyo foot bridge is expected to facilitate the transportation of local products and provide safe passage for schoolchildren especially whe...
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21Mar2012NAGA CITY, Mar 21 (PIA) -- In line with the continuing efforts of government to equip local barangay officials and human rights action officers with the basic knowledge about their mandated tasks, Karapatan-Bikol, in partnership with the local government here, spearheaded the Basic Human Rights Education/Seminar slated from March 20 to 22 at Spring Valley, Barangay Del Rosario here. Karapatan is a national alliance composed of organizations, groups and individuals bounded b...
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21Mar2012MANILA, March 21 (PIA) -- Not only are they ready to defend our seas but they are also ever-ready to fight illiteracy as the Philippine Navy’s Fleet Team recently launched its “Kariton ni Mangcimo.” The project inspired by CNN 2009 Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida’s “Kariton Revolution” aims to promote volunteerism and instill the importance of education and cooperation among the youth. It also aims to prevent young on...
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21Mar2012ANILA, March 21 (PIA) -- The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and its regional organization for Asia and the Pacific (ITUC-AP) formally extended unequivocal support to Former Senator Ernesto Herrera as constitutional president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). During a TUCP Special Convention held at the historic Club Filipino, San Juan, Metro Manila, ITUC-AP General Secretary Noriyuki Suzuki said “on the basis of our analysis of th...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The World Water Day (WWD) celebration in the country will be highlighted by an attempt to create the largest human water drop formation, a variety show and a national water summit. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Sec. Ramon J. P. Paje said the celebration on March 22 will center on the theme, “Katiyakan sa Tubig, Katiyakan sa Pagkain,” a localized adaptation of the international theme “Water and Food Securit...
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21Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 21 (PIA6) -- Organizers of the “Earth Hour 60 +” urges the public to view the event as a way of life that takes into account preserving the environment and conserving the resources that man has. World Wildlife Fund for Nature project officer for climate change and energy program Denise Danielle Galvez in a seminar on electricity conservation in households and schools held recently in Iloilo City, said Earth Hour encourages ea...
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21Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The association of real estate brokers has urged the public to transact business with licensed brokers in selling lots and other properties to avoid documentary problems. Dr. Jess Flores, a member of the association, in an interview over Radyo ng Bayan, said it is advantageous for a real estate owner as well as the buyers to get services from licensed brokers to be assured of legal process in all documentary transactions. He further stated the...
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21Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- In line with the observation of the World’s Tuberculosis (TB) day, the Department of Health (DOH) Region 2 has gathered municipal health officers and health service providers in the rural health units to plan further for the campaign against tuberculosis in the region. Dr. Tita Callueng, assistant regional director, said the yearly observance of World’s TB Day reminds everyone that TB problem still persists which should not be taken for gra...
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21Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 21 (PIA) -- Three houses were damaged due to a landslide triggered by three straight days of incessant rains, in Purok 1 Hillside, Barangay 8, Catbalogan City at dawn March 20. In a report filed at the Catbalogan PNP Station, it said that the three houses, damaged beyond repair, were owned by Leopoldo Aguilar Sr, 66, a carpenter; Wilfredo Dela Pena a pedicab driver, and Leonora del Pena a vendor. Although there was no reported cas...
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21Mar2012Manila, Mar 21 -- Ang Malacanang nagpahinumdum sa mga buhatan sa gobyerno kabahin sa nalaan na nga giya sa pag daginot sa enerhiya taliwala sa padayon nga pagsaka sa presyo sa lana. “Anaay nalaan nga order, Administrative Order 126 Series of 2005, ang administrative order nga nag mando sa pagdaginot sa enerhiya sa tanang mga buhatan sa gobyerno,” matod pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte diha sa usa ka press briefing karong adlawa, Martes. Si Valte gi...
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21Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- Nasa kabuuang 11,222 maralitang nakatatanda sa Gitnang Luzon edad 77 taong gulang pataas ang kasalukuyang nakikinabang sa Social Pension Program (SPP) ng pamahalaan. Ani Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional SPP focal person Nitz Infante, nagbibigay ang programa ng 500 pisong monthly stipend sa mga mahihirap na Senior citizens na hindi tumatanggap ng kahit anong pensiyon, walang permanenteng pagkakakitaan at wala...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- As part of the government’s campaign for energy conservation and global warming mitigation, the Department of Energy (DOE) through the Energy Utilization Management Bureau will be conducting a “Seminar on Electricity Conservation in Households and Schools” in Valenzuela City on March 22, Thursday. This will be done in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines and the Philippine Information Agency. This i...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is still accepting nominations for this year’s Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees. The commission is enjoining all government agencies, bureaus and offices to submit their respective nominations for the said search. The deadline set by CSC for the submission of nominations is on April 30, 2012. The above award is conferred by government on individuals or group who have displayed excellen...
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21Mar2012ROSARIO, Cavite, March 21 (PIA) -- Provincial and local officials once again reaffirmed Cavite’s role in Philippine history when they observed two of the most important events that led to the attainment of our freedom. The 115th Anniversary of Tejeros Convention and the Founding of the Philippine Army was celebrated at Casa Hacienda, Tejeros Convention on March 16. The theme for this year celebration was Hukbong Katihan: “Naglilingkod sa Mamamayan, P...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Sec. Mar Roxas said that DOTC will purchase new vessels and search and rescue equipments to boost Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) disaster response capability. “In line with the government’s Kayo ang Boss advocacy, we want to upgrade the PCG’s rescue and relief capability to a level where they can protect our sea lanes and flooded areas when the rainy season comes,&...
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21Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 21 (PIA) -- At least 295 elementary and high school teachers in nearby Tampakan underwent a two-day seminar on public accountability and values enhancement. Schools district supervisor Ramona F. Bangoc, said the seminar held at the municipal gymnasium on March 16 and 17 was aimed at refreshing the school t...
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21Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 21 (PIA6) -- The recent monitoring conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in some establishments here in the town of San Jose showed that supply of basic goods are sufficient although there are slight changes in their prices. The increase in prices is not alarming as it was only minimal. It covers processed milk, electrical and construction materials. It has been noted that cost of construction materials usually increase during summer time when ...
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21Mar2012LAOAG CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Laoag City government is set to employ at least 200 high school and college students under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this summer. Vilma Rances, Community Affairs Division (CAD), said student-employees will start working in various city government offices from May 2 to 29 or equivalent to 20 working days. “They are entitled to receive a daily wage that is equivalent to the minimum pay of a city hall employ...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) conferred the title “Eminent Fellow” to Dr. Eduardo A. Morato Jr., President of ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation Inc., being a new member to DAP’s Council of Fellows in a ceremony held last March 16 at the DAP Bldg. in Pasig City. Morato, a faculty member at the DAP Graduate School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM), designed the Executive Doctorate in Education Leadership (EDE...
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21Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The association of persons with disabilities (PWD) Cagayan chapter has encouraged all parents who have children who are physically and mentally challenged to register them so that they will be able to avail and enjoy services of government and civil society for their development. Amalia Decena, association secretary, said despite encouragements and advocacies to bring out the children with disabilities into the open to be served by the agencies and org...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission has deferred the use of the revised statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) form for government employees. CSC chairman Franciso Duque II said that that the use of the new form has been deferred “pending the Commission’s further review of the different issues pertaining to the said form.” Instead, the 1994 SALN form will be used for filing the 2011 SALN. Deadline for filing is on April 30, 2...
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20Mar2012SIQUIJOR, March 21 (PIA)—Siquijor farmers are the most productive in Central Visayas, claimed provincial governor Orlando A. Fua Jr. in his State of the Province Address (SOPA) recently. Citing government statistics, Fua said that while Siquijor has only 619 hectares of rice farm compared to Bohol’s 185,000 hectares and Negros Oriental’s 145,000 hectares, the province is harvesting 73 cavans per hectare compared to 61 cavans in Bohol and 57 cavans in Negro...
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20Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with the regional Occupational Safety and Health Networks (OSHNet) and Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC), will conduct the 2nd North and Central Luzon Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) summit on April 26 to 27, 2012 at Stotsenberg Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone, Clarkfield, Pampanga. This year’s summit with the theme “Strengthening linkages for best practices in occupat...
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20Mar2012ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) here is introducing a scheme designed to help onion farmers in coping up with the abnormal weather conditions that tend to destroy their crops. Celerina Miranda, DA provincial coordinator said the scheme will be proposed in response with the destruction of several onion crops in this town due to the unexpected rains in barangays Ocao, Balite, Nagcuartelan, Banganan, Cutar, Bone North, Bone South, Darapidap, and...
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20Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA)—The Health Department’s program on Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement And Local Service (RN HEALS) addresses the necessary number of midwives and nurses in the Rural Health Units (RHUs) especially for the families in the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) areas. This was pronounced in a meeting on March 19, Monday attended by the representatives from the partner agencies of Department of Health (DOH...
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20Mar2012CATBALOGAN, Samar, March 20 (PIA) -- “If you love your country, you should be part of the solution. Do not just stand and do nothing. Help our government by helping our local government units, our community,” said Deputy Customs Commissioner for Intelligence Danilo Lim to the graduating class of the Philippine Army. “Fight for what is true, fight for what is right, and fight for what is just,” the Commissioner gave his encouragement to the graduates. ...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Quezon City (QC) government has ordered the creation of a trained emergency response group in all the city’s 142 barangays, after signing a measure that requires every barangay to organize a Barangay Emergency Response Team (BERT) to address the need for an on-time response during emergencies. Mayor Herbert Bautista said that a well trained and well prepared emergency response team in every community will promptly and effectively respond ...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Quezon City (QC) government is further simplifying the process of doing business in the city. Mayor Herbert Bautista led city officials in launching the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) system in Quezon City to provide a faster process for business registration to entrepreneurs who are planning to start a business in the city. With the new system, processing time to facilitate new business registration in Quezon City will be reduced to 3...
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20Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA) -- Indigent senior citizens may avail of free pneumococcal and influenza vaccines here on April 2012. According to Jocelyn Nabong, Department of Health (DOH) representative, the target beneficiaries are indigent senior citizens from the families of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or the Conditional Cash Transfer families (CCT). The vaccines have been delivered but will be given to the indigent senior citizens in April yet. The free va...
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20Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 3 continues to accept health-related research proposals which are in line with the goals of the Central Luzon Health Research and Development Consortium (CLHRDC) for 2012. DOST Regional information officer Marites Batac said, “Proposals to be submitted by CLHRDC members and other institutions and individuals must conform to any of the following priority areas of study:...
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20Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 20 (PIA) -- National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation Service (NIA-MRIIS) and city agriculture officials have started to visit and conduct information drive to the different barangays in the city that are covered by the five-cropping-in two years scheme. The farming scheme aims to produce sufficient rice for consumption of Filipinos without importing from other rice-producing countries. Under the new farming scheme in the...
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20Mar2012MANILA, March 20 (PIA) -- Remittances from overseas Filipinos (OF) coursed through banks remained resilient, rising by an annual rate of 5.4 percent to US$1.6 billion in January 2012, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said in a statement. Remittances from both sea-based and land-based workers increased, as their transfers grew by 19.8 percent (to US$369 million) and 1.6 percent (to US$1.2 billion), respectively. In particular, more...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino yesterday enjoined the public to help in the crackdown against illegal jeepney terminals. Chairman Tolentino saidMMDA has been receiving text messages about illegal terminals and he is urging the public to help in calling the attention of barangay officials for appropriate actions. “We should alert our local officials especially at the barangay...
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20Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 20 (PIA6) -- The long wait of the people in Cuartero, Capiz for access to potable water is over. Mayor Roger Flores said that they have already opened to the public the access to safe drinking water after the inauguration of the Cuartero Water District recently. Flores said that they have been hoping for the project as he expressed gratitude to the government for providing said water system to his constituents. He stressed that through ...
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20Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA) – Two houses were totally wrecked while two others were partially damaged due to a landslide triggered by three straight days of rains at Purok 1 Hillside, Barangay 8, Catbalogan City at 1:00 a.m. of March 20. Office of Civil Defense Director and RDRRMC Chairman Rey Gozon said that the totally damaged houses were owned by Jenny Aguilar whose house had seven occupants, and the other house owned by Leopoldo Aguilar, a carpenter and b...
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20Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 21 (PIA) -- A total of 11,222 poor elderly aged 77 years old and above in Central Luzon are currently benefitting from the national government’s Social Pension Program (SPP). Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional SPP focal person Nitz Infante explained that the program provides a monthly stipend of P500 to indigent Senior Citizens who are not receiving any pension, without any permanent source of income and have no regul...
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20Mar2012PASIG CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- Sa gibana-banang 3 milyones nga mogradwar nga elementary ug high school students gikan sa mga pampublikong tunghaan sa nasud sa pagtapos sa school year 2011-2012 niining buwan sa Marso, 1,817,549 milyones ang mga elementary pupils ug 1,153,643 ang mga high school students, sumala pa ni Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC. Nagtinguha si Secretary Luistro nga gamiton unta sa mga mogradwar ang ilang edukasyon sa pagpalambo sa nasud. Kump...
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20Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- Mipadayag sa pagsalig si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nga maipasa sa Kongreso ang pipila ka mga pamaagi aron mapalig-on ang Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) usa pa mahiabot ang deadline nga gitalaan sa Financial Action Task Force (FATF), usa ka inter-governmental body nga gitahasan pagpauswag ug pagduso sa mga palisiya pagbuntog sa money laundering ug pagpondo sa mga terorista. Misulti si Presidente sa mga tigbalita didto sa The Mansion sa...
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20Mar2012MAKATI, March 20 (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in partnership with the Metro Manila Mayors’ Spouses Foundation Inc. (MMMSFI), launched today the “Search for Cleanest and Best in Solid Waste Management Barangay”in Metro Manila at the MMDA grounds in Makati City. The search aims to encourage all barangays in the metropolis to maintain and sustain cleanliness in their areas in line with MMDA’s program to keep Metro Ma...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA)- -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with five partners from the private sector for sustainable livelihood of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries. The private sectors include Globe Telecom Inc. Social Responsibility (Globe-CSR) arm, International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Foundation, May Ginhawa at Gawa-Action to Serve (MGA GAWA-ACTS), Ang-Hortale...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar 20 (PIA) -- Buses, boats and other forms of public transport can only show films with General Patronage (GP) and Parental Guidance (PG) ratings. Movie and Television Review and Classification Board Board Member Atty. Eric Mallonga said in an interview that the agency, along with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), is still strictly implementing the memorandum of agreement signed March last year. Erring operators, who sh...
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20Mar2012LAOAG CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- To spur more economic activity, the Laoag City government will soon offer an “Open Market” service at the Laoag City General Hospital (LCGH) grounds. Laoag Mayor Michael Fariñas signed Executive Order (EO) No. 1, Series of 2012 allowing the operations of open market days beginning March 28 and every Saturday and Sunday thereafter from 8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., respectively. The new market service is meant to...
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20Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 20 (PIA) -- In support to the “Police for Nature: 10 Million Trees Heritage for the Future” project, the La Union Provincial Police Office (LUPPO) have planted more than 5,000 seedlings in the province as of this month. Police inspector Marlon Paiste said that Narra and Mahogany seedlings and mangrove sapplings were planted in the 72-seedling per year or the 6-seedling per month requirement per police personnel. Aside from the fore...
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20Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 20, (PIA) --The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Insurance Commission (IC) are currently training forty Dabawenyos from March 20 to 22 at the Apo View Hotel, this city for the microinsurance literacy campaign. The training aimed to push for a wide acceptance of microinsurance among the informal and low income sectors. A nationwide campaign, this literacy program is anchored on developing advocate-partners in promoting microinsurance among key stakeholders. &...
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20Mar2012MANILA, March 20 (PIA) -- The Land Bank of the Philippines (Land Bank) continues to strengthen its overseas network with the remittance service tie-up with LBC Express Inc, a statement said. In a ceremony held recently at the Land Bank Plaza, the bank and LBC Express sealed the remittance tie-up which now allows Filipinos and other remitters to send funds through LBC branches and agent offices across the globe. These funds shall then be credited to Land Bank and may be withdrawn t...
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20Mar2012DAVAO CITY March 20 (PIA)-- City Mayor Sara Duterte gave tribute to Dabawenyos for their active participation in the recently held 75th Araw ng Dabaw celebrations. “In terms of participation, this is the biggest Araw ng Dabaw so far," the Mayor said visibly impressed with the event. In Parada Dabawenyo or the traditional civic military parade held last Friday March 16, a total of 284 contingents joined the parade, the biggest in the history of the Araw ng ...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- To improve disaster monitoring system in the country, the Department of Science and Technology recently partnered with telecommunication giants Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Sun Cellular, a statement said. Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo led the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding together with Smart President and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno and Sun Cellular President and CEO Orlando B. Vea held Friday, March 16, 2012...
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20Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 20 (PIA) -- Department of Agrarian Reform - Surigao del Sur recently distributed Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to 94 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of Barangay San Roque, San Miguel, comprising 135 hectares of Government Owned Lands (GOLs). Provincial Governor Johnny T. Pimentel, Mayor Alfeo R. Perez and Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Benjamin M. Mataksil led the distribution of the land titles. Perez expressed ...
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20Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 20 (PIA) -- Implementing the enhanced K to 12 basic education program will put the country’s education system an equal footing with other Asian nations. Alliance of Volunteer (AVE) Party-list Representative Eulogio “Amang” R. Magsaysay, who was the guest of honor during the Philippines-Korean Cultural Exchange held at the Capiz State University (CapSU) last week, disclosed that the K to 12 is a good program in education. “I think...
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20Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 20 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 reassured consumers that the supply of rice in the region remains stable and is enough for four months or until the next harvest. Ruben Reside, Cagayan Valley’s NFA director, said that as of press time there are 1.9 million bags commercial rice stocks and 1.4 million bags of NFA rice that are stored in the households in the region for consumption and a portion of it is kept at the NFA warehouses. ...
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20Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- Transportation and Communications Sec. Manuel “Mar” A. Roxas II announced that the DOTC will provide equipment for the Philippine Coast Guard and the local airports. Roxas said the DOTC will buy 300 units of rubber boats with engine plus other equipment, to be distributed to the different regions around the country, including Caraga. According to him, the department will also be providing 21 international standard x-ray machin...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- An official of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) expounded on the ratings used on films and television programs the board is implementing. MTRCB board member Atty. Eric Mallonga explained this morning in the program “Talking Points,” the difference of each level of television and movie review classifications. According to him, the General Audience (G) classification, as its title suggests, are for...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- Atty. Eric Henry Mollanga of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) clarified that MTRCB honors artistic freedom of expression, while protecting the rights of the viewing public. “We are more [of] a classification board than a censorship board,” said Mollaga Tuesday during the Talking Points radio program aired over Radyo ng Bayan and People’s Television-4. According to Mallonga, the freedom of expres...
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20Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 20 (PIA) -- The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association (LPGMA) has seen more roll backs on prices of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) until July this year as prices of LPG in the world market went down due to low demands based on their monitoring yesterday. In an interview over a local radio station here, LPGMA Party-list Representative Arnel Ty said that yesterday their association has cut LPG price at P1 per kilo and he said that this is just the begi...
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20Mar2012TAGUM CITY March 20 -- At least eighty five (85) unemployed housewives graduated recently in the RTU Handicraft Livelihood Training held in two separate venues as part of the City Government of Tagum’s program to equip housewives living in housing relocation areas with skills that could help them augment their income. The City Investment and Promotion Office—the lead office who conducted the event—will help in marketing the products with the help of the Tagum C...
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20Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) here could begin accepting the brightest students of Soccsksargen Region and neighboring areas starting school year 2013- 2014, an official of the Department of Science and Technology confirmed. DOST 12 Regional Director Dr. Zenaida P. Hadji Raof-Laidan...
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20Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- Twenty five job hunters were hired on-the-spot in a job fair held in General Santos City early this month. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA-12) noted that of those hired, 18 were for overseas employment. Ninety-one others qualified for the ...
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20Mar2012TAGUM CITY, March 20 (PIO) -- Gov. Rodolfo P. del Rosario highlighted the outstanding performance of the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte last year in pursuing its human-centered development agenda P.E.O.P.L.E. Durign his 5th State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Monday (March 19), del Rosario took great pride in the over-all high performance rating of the province given by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for its accomplishments in 2011. Through...
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20Mar2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, March 20 -- About 189 young musicians were added to the the RTU Musical Instruments Workshop, the brainchild project of Mayor Rey T. Uy that trains children how to play different types of musical instruments. The latest addition—collectively referred to as the 25th batch—staged their recital on March 18, 2012 at the City’s Trade and Cultural Center Pavilion. Cegged Luh B. Eugenio, a second-grader from Imelda Elementary School,...
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20Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- An academic institution, the University of Mindanao (UM), formally launched today the Institute of Popular Opinion (IPO), an opinion survey center that is aimed to provide timely, relevant and scientifically-drawn survey results. Primarily, it focuses on timely issues that relate to the popular concerns of the people of Davao. IPO Director Dr. Maria Linda Arquiza said that it is the pioneering institute in Davao that makes u...
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19Mar2012MANILA, March 19 (PIA) -- The Command General Staff College (CGSC) Class 55 of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) arrived in Beijing last March 18 for a five-day visit to call on senior military officials of the People's Liberation Army and to tour military facilities in Beijing and Shanghai. The 148-member delegation, composed mostly of middle ranking officials (lieutenant colonel rank) from the Philippine Army, Navy and Air Force, was led by Col. Ramon Loria Prof, Head of the ...
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19Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- Stakeholders, during the final project steering committee meeting held recently, cited the successful implementation of the Enhancement of Food Security project in Leyte Island, a project designed to address food security issues in Leyte and Southern Leyte. The Enhancement of Food Security (EFOS) project in Leyte Island was introduced by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) together with the Department of Agriculture Regional Off...
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19Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 19 -- Island Garden City of Samal mayor Aniano Antalan announced the re-opening of the casino resort, Ekran Berhad in the island this year. During the Visit Samal launching held at Paradise Resort Saturday (March 17), the local official confirmed reports that the 250-hectare casino resort will finally help the island increase more tourist arrivals. It was in 1997 that this resort started operation offering hotel accommodation of up to 300 rooms. ...
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19Mar2012LAOAG CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the country’s prime agency for arts and culture and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Committee on Culture and Information (Asean-Coci) will hold a forum on the plight of traditional weavers in Asean and China from March 20-23 at the Plaza del Norte this city. Traditional weavers, traditional weaving scholars and delegates from the Asean member-states, China and the Asean secretariat a...
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19Mar2012ALAMINOS CITY, March 19 (PIA) — A ground breaking ceremony was held here on Sunday for the construction of an eco-friendly wastewater treatment pond in Barangay Poblacion. The project will consist of an agri-aqua demo farm, organic reduction pond and nitrification pond, which will clean domestic, industrial and organic wastewater in several stages of natural process. Known as the Free Surface-Flow Constructed Wetland for Natural Wastewater Treatment, the project will cover a 4,000 ...
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19Mar2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, March 19 (PIA) -- Teeming with lush foliage, tall pine trees, and cool breeze, Kaamulan Tree Park is one perfect place to go to commune with nature. Located at the rear side of Bukidnon Provincial Capitol in Malaybalay City, the park is perched on rolling hills with other natural resources. Its proximity to the main city makes it an ideal place for trail hiking, sightseeing, and nature trekking. Apportioned into various zones, this 500-hectare tree pa...
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19Mar2012VALENZUELA CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The newly inaugurated Crime Laboratory Satellite Office of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is propping up the Valenzuela City – Scene of the Crime Operatives in (SOCO) in tracking down perpetrators of complex crimes. The SOCO office, which will serve as the satellite office for the Northern Police District (NPD) or the whole CAMANAVA area, is equipped with advanced forensic tools provided by the City Government. The facility will be...
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19Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 19 (PIA) -- Inihayag ng pamunuan ng Sorsogon Provincial Tourism Office na patuloy na tumataas ang bilang ng mga turistang dumadayo sa bayan ng Donsol, Sorsogon upang makita at makasalamuha ang pinakamalaking isda sa buong mundo - ang Butanding o Whaleshark. Ayon kay Provincial Tourism Officer Cris Racelis, dagsa na ang mga dayuhan at lokal na turista sa Donsol upang makita ang pamosong Butanding. Aniya, sa katunayan ay fully booked na ang lahat ng mga inns, h...
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19Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 19 (PIA) -- Upang malaman ang kasalukuyang kalagayan ng Claim Folder ng mga Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), nagsagawa kamakailan ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ng tatlong araw na pagrepaso ng mga Claim Folder na tinagurian nilang CF’s Day. Ayon kay Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Roseller Olayres, naging aktibidad sa CF’s Day ang pagsasagawa ng inventory ng mga pag-aaring lupa at pagrepaso sa mga ito na magiging basehan...
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19Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) of Caraga reported that at least 45 persons were injured and 28 houses are damaged from the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the provinces of Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte Friday afternoon, March 16. According to RDRRMC’s report out of 45 injured, two persons are currently admitted at the Miranda Family Hospital, two at the Surigao Medical Hospital, one at the Caraga Regional H...
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19Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Bureau of Export Trade Promotion widens its nationwide information campaign dubbed “Doing Business In Free Trade Areas” (DBFTA) to encourage Micro Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (MSMEs) to trade with countries where the Philippines has already inked a Free Trade Agreement. The Caraga leg of the caravan held on March 13 at Dottie’s Place, JC Aquino Ave., Butuan City was at...
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19Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 19 (PIA) -- A Class “AA” compliant slaughterhouse or abattoir will soon rise in Koronadal City, an official of the local government confirmed today. Acting city treasurer Marlon Gumbao said, public bidding for P4.7-million abattoir is underway; bids are expected&nb...
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19Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- To cater to the preparatory education of employees’ children at the regional government center (RGC), Carig, here, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 is constructing a day care center to be opened for the next school year for the day care children of employees based at the RGC. The building construction had started since October last year and is about to be finished this year ready for the school opening in June. ...
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19Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Cagayan is offering incentives to interested farmers who want to venture in coconut industry under the accelerated coconut planting and replanting program of the government. Provincial Manager Loreta dela Cruz, in an interview over Radyo ng Bayan, said the provision of incentives to interested coconut farmers is part of the government’s thrust of ensuring continuous supply of coconut in the province as well ...
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19Mar2012BOAC, Marinduque, March 19 (PIA) -- Couples for Christ (CFC) Marinduque, a Catholic lay organization, has been sustaining a mission program called Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP), which supports government programs on poverty alleviation. Bro. Momay Mayo, representing CFC-ANCOP in Marinduque, said that housing may not mean just constructing a house but more “building a home” for the poor members of society. “Our focus or priority is building a home and n...
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19Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 19 (PIA) – The city government will strictly enforce the plastic ordinance in August, even as it has already started the bidding process for the procurement of plastic shredder, said City Administrator William Ablong in a recent forum here. The plastic ordinance was enacted to regulate and reduce the use of plastic in Dumaguete City, which has been blamed for aggravating floods during the recent typhoons that hit the city. The ordinance ban...
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19Mar2012COTABATO CITY, March 19, (PIA) -- ARMM OIC-Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman has committed to allocate P3 million for the upgrading of port facilities and beautification of the Polloc Freeport in Parang, Maguindanao to attract more cargo vessels and passenger ships to dock at the region’s premier port. During the Polloc Freeport 2nd year anniversary on March 15, Hataman vowed to support the improvement of its facilities and beautification to promote inv...
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19Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The City Government of Surigao will once again join the global community for the launching of Earth Hour on March 31, 2012. City Mayor Ernesto Matugas is encouraging all Surigaonons to switch off or dim their non-essential lights, signages and key monuments, landmarks and building signages from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. This year’s celebration carries the theme, “Uniting People to Protect Planet”. Matugas is also urging&...
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18Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, March 18(PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III leads the commencement exercises of Philippine Military Academy “Bagwis” Class 2012 this morning at Fort del Pilar here. The President will lead in the presentation of awards and awarding of diplomas to the 178-strong ‘Bagwis' ( Bagong Kawal ng Nag-iisang Lakas) Class assisted by top PMA officials. He will also award the Presidential Saber and Presidential Academic Excellence Award to clas...
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18Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 18 (PIA) -- With women sharing the responsibility in adding to the household coffers, the working woman had to sacrifice breastfeeding her babies to the detriment of the latter's health. But the reality is that mother's milk is still the best sustenance for a baby to grow up strong, secure, and healthy. This realization had encouraged nongovernment organizations, health advocates, and more recently, local government units to bat for going back ...
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18Mar2012LIMAY, Bataan, March 18 (PIA) -- “We join you as you help build the nation by instilling the virtues of patriotism, courage, and self-reliance among our young people.” So expressed Limay Mayor Lilvir Roque to more than 4,000 boy scouts who gathered to conduct a four-day camping here in line with the celebration of the diamond anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) here. The camping culminates today. “We wanted you to prepare for life, that’s why we&rsquo...
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18Mar2012CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 18 (PIA) -- To better enhance their combat techniques, a total of 70 police commissioned and non-commissioned officers graduated from the 45-day training on Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) course Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Director PCSUPT Edgardo Ladao said, “the new graduates now belong to the SWAT team which is the elite tactical unit of the organization.” “Now that these policemen ...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Over a hundred faculty and student-teachers from schools in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces recently participated in a workshop on peace education in Dumaguete City. The workshop, facilitated by three academic units in Silliman University (SU), is in response to Executive Order No. 570 or “Institutionalizing Peace Education in the Curriculum – Its Impact to Teaching Peace” issued in 2006. EO 570 mandates the Dep...
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18Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 18 (PIA) - More than 200 women employees of the Philippine National Police (PNP), municipal social welfare and development offices, day care centers, provincial capitol, and other workers concerned with the promotion and protection of women’s welfare and development attended the symposium on the magna carta of women, disaster risk reduction, and climate change and adaptation. Provincial Board Member Trina Dizon said the one-day event was...
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18Mar2012ANGELES CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- At least 150 families in this city will benefit in the recent direct land negotiated project entered into between the Angeles City and a private land owner in barangay Cutud. The city government and Amelia Guiao, owner of the two hectare property in barangay Cutud signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will enable residents and occupants in the said barangay to eventually own the area where they have been living for the past years at very...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Graduating law students from three universities in Dumaguete City participated in a symposium on Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and its amendments under RA 9700. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Oriental in cooperation with Silliman University College of Law and Dr. Jovito Salonga Center for Law iniated the gathering to allow law students the opportunity to learn about the new CARPer law. The symposium held...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Power outage experienced recently in parts of Negros Oriental was reportedly caused by a private vehicle that accidentally hit the wires that support one of the transmission structures in barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete City. National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Visaysas Communication Officer Elmer Cruz said the incident caused the tripping of the Amlan-Siaton 69kV transmission line. However, Cruz said the NGCP restored the power t...
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18Mar2012SIQUIJOR, March 18 (PIA) -- The total crime volume in Central Visayas continues to slide down in 2012 based on a comparative yearly tally from 2010 to 2012. In a recent Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Larena, Siquijor, the Regional Police Office (PRO-7) reported that crime cases in Region 7 has been on a monthly downtrend - 41 in 2010, 30 in 2011, and 26 in 2012. Despite these apparent victories in crime mitigation, only...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno will address this year’s graduating class of Silliman University (SU) as the commencement speaker. The former chief justice will speak before SU’s 974 total graduating students during the 99th University Commencement Exercises today. SU Office of Information and Publications (OI) Director Mark Raygan Garcia, in a statement, announced that the university will also confer on Chief Jus...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of St. Benilde School in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental donated boxes of relief goods for the earthquake-hit families in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The relief goods were facilitated by PTA President Christine Mae Samson, Secretary Andrea Jayme and St. Benilde School Principal Acila Gonzales. A total of 18 boxes filled with assorted used clothing and other relief goods from said school were tu...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- About 60 out-of-school youths (OSYs), aged 14- 16, from the hinterland villages in Negros Oriental are expected to participate in the Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) on April 25-27 in Dumaguete City. The three-day youth summit camp banners the theme “Sharing Our Planet: Deforestation” to increase awareness and empower the youths to promote the positive change in deforestation. Oriental Negros Children’s Advocacy (ONCAN) spearhea...
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18Mar2012CORTES, Bohol, March 18 (PIA) -- The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) in Bohol urged members of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP Bohol Chapter) to initiate a local government-led land titling program as potent source of revenues. Bohol PENRO Nestor Canda informed the mayors in a March 15 league meeting that around 100,000 lots in Bohol had been parceled and most of them are untitled. “Several of these untitled lots ar...
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18Mar2012BOHOL, March 18 (PIA) -- While consumers may believe that appliances which had been turned off cannot cause fires, firefighters belie this common perception. Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP) officer Vicente Ente Jr explained that an appliance, even if it is turned off, still has currents running through its system and when this overheats, it can cause fire. Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA, Ente pointed out that modern appliances with remote control systems have standby ...
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18Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- A Department of Education (DepEd) official here reminded all elementary and secondary schools to conduct recognition and graduation rites as simple as possible. Regional Director Benito S. Tumamao said that education Secretary Armin Luistro issued a directive urging all school officials to end the school without collecting contribution from the parents and students. He emphasized that teachers need not collect any amount from the stude...
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18Mar2012MANILA, March 18 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved two regulations—Microfinance Plus and Micro-Agri Loans--to provide banks the opportunity to expand the range of microfinance products for clients. “Microfinance Plus” is defined as loans granted to the basic sectors, on the basis of the borrower’s cash flow, for their growing microenterprises and small businesses. These loans are from P150,001 to P300,000. This is a liberalization of the...
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18Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 18 (PIA) – A young Boholana has proven that she can carve a name for herself through her own efforts, and without relying on her political roots. Robie del Rosario Cajes, 23 third daughter of Trinidad mayor Roberto Cajes (and former mayor Judith) was the first Filipino to be conferred the Best Student Thesis Award by the International Academy for Film and Television for her short film Alkansiya. “Alkansiya” is...
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18Mar2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, March 18 (PIA) – The provincial government gave recognition to selected public school teachers who excelled in teaching under the theme ‘education for peace” during the teachers’ convention held recently in this city. Among those hailed as most outstanding teachers of the year in both elementary and high school levels were Buenaventura Luces, Kendrick Cabriga, Roberto Telada, Luz Garcia, Isidro Obmasca Jr., Herbert Perez, Basilisa Hernandez...
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18Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- The city government of Makati will forego collection of local business taxes from Japanese companies working on Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded projects and instead collect the taxes due directly from the national government. In a statement posted on the city's website (www.makati.gov.ph), Atty. Pio Kenneth Dasal, officer-in-charge of the Makati Law Department, said that the city government’s decision is based on the terms of the Excha...
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18Mar2012KORONADA CITY, South Cotabato, March 18 (PIA) -- “Aside from sifting the best athletes in the regions, athletic meets provide an opportunity to instill within our young people the most important values that will keep out country moving forward: excellence, discipline and nationalism,” Dr. Jesson Butcon said today. Butcon, Basic Education Sector Reform Agency co...
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18Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato , March 18 (PIA) -- Mamimigay ng daan-daang wheelchair ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng South Cotabato at ang Mahintana Foundation Inc., ng Dole Philippines, Inc. Inihayag ni Rudy Jimenea,executive assistant ni Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr., sa programang pangradyo ng provincial LGU kahapon, na aabot sa 900 na wheelchair an...
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17Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- To further reduce the transport sector’s contribution to climate change, the government yesterday launched the electric bus (eBus) which is designed to run on batteries. The launch of the battery-powered bus was made possible through the program ‘Victory Against Climate Change,’ a partnership between the Climate Change Commission and Victory Liner, one of the leading transportation operators in the country. “The target...
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17Mar2012CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Mach 17 (PIA) – Forty-five women in police service from the municipal and police stations in Central Luzon underwent a 10-day seminar and a specialized training on Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD). According to Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) Regional Director PCSUPT Edgardo Ladao, the trainees were “considered the third batch of the said training where policewomen were able to enhance their basic ...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) warned that for women nearing menopause, coronary heart disease lurks to be a major killer. The DOH advised women to get to know certain heart attack symptoms, saying symptoms of an impending heart attack in women are subtle. They may feel only mild chest discomfort or back and jaw pain. They may also feel nauseated, exhausted or breathless. Others feel the left arm growing numb and some tingling ...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- Public school officials cannot collect any kind of graduation fees from students graduating this March, as collecting any kind of fees to enable the student to graduate or attend the graduation exercises is a violation of the “no collection” policy of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). According to DepEd, public school officials who will violate this policy will be charged admin...
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17Mar2012BOHOL, March 17 (PIA) -- Police have now “extra eyes” on the streets with the new security cameras set up in undisclosed areas at the entry and exit points and in the main thoroughfares in Tagbilaran City. Bohol governor Edgar Chatto was encouraged by the great help closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) provide in securing the Bohol Cultural Center (BCC) and the Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex (CPG Complex). Chatto disclosed this information during the r...
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17Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Director Juvenal Azurin has re-echoed the call of Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez on national support and community involvement to sweep drug pushers off the streets. Azurin elaborated that community involvement is very much sought to curb drug pushers and users in the region as anti-drug officials need informants in PDEA’s efforts to eliminate anti-illegal drugs. The p...
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17Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 17 (PIA) -- All Sangguniang Panlalawigan members of Cagayan Valley are set to meet at the end of this month to expedite a unified stand and will make a legislative action on the proposed “Oplan VISA” or Verification Identification and Sticker Authenticity that the Police Regional Office 2 (PRO 2) wanted to implement. The “Oplan VISA” was seen by the PRO2 leadership as a measure to stop or minimize the spate of crimes committed by criminals...
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17Mar2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, March 17 (PIA) -- The regional office here of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) facilitated recently the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS) for the 12 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for United States, Australia, UAE, Canada, Uganda, and the Middle East. PDOS is a whole-day activity designed to provide OFWs with information in preparation for their living and working abroad. The overseas-bound Filipinos were provided with a g...
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17Mar2012GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The nation will be observing the 9th Women with Disabilities Day on March 26, 2012 pursuant to Proclamation No. 744 declaring the last Monday of March of every year as Women with Disabilities Day. This was premised on the fact that women with disabilities are also part of society and such deserve equal rights in the field of law and in all aspects of human endeavor. Atty. David Cabanag, Jr., Regional Director of the Civil Servic...
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17Mar2012SAGUDAY, Quirino, March 17 (PIA) – The Operation Plan Verification of Identification and Sticker Authenticity (Oplan VISA) ordinance of this town is now ready for implementation after it was deliberated and approved at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) level. Joey N. Gamboa, secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan said they are just waiting for the sticker bearing the municipality and the barangays’ codes in order to fully implement the municipal ordinance. “For th...
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17Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 8 is set to conduct a series of trainings to two OFW Family Circles in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on March 20-22, 2012. The training on organizational diagnosis will be facilitated for the members of Guiuan OFWs Association on March 20, said OWWA officer in charge Evangeline Filamor. On the second day, the members of the Sulangan OFWs and Dependents Association will undergo t...
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17Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The surge of nursing graduates amid declining demand for them here and abroad led the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to come up a project dubbed EntrepreNurse project. “EntrepreNurse is an initiative of DOLE, in collaboration with Professional Regulations Commission – Board of Nursing, Philippine Nurses Association, and other government agencies and academic institutions to promote nurse entrepreneurship by introducing a h...
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17Mar2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here informed 100 women leaders of this municipality about its programs and services during a forum held recently at the Lagawe Central School Conference Hall. The forum provided an opportunity for the women leaders to increase their understanding, awareness and knowledge on the services, mandates and types of assistance of DOLE. The offshoot of this activity could be a partnership between the women’s ...
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17Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- Gaining 64% of visitor traffic from Davao to the Island Garden City of Samal last year following the launch of “Visit Samal” campaign, this year the local government of the island and the Department of Tourism (DOT) relaunched the said campaign to further position the island as the island summer capital of Davao region. “Visit Samal” campaign is a marketing strategy conceptualized by the DOT and the local tourism players to boost tou...
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17Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 17 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is preparing for the May 13, 2013 automated national and local elections with the continuing voters registration and validation being its major activities now. Officer-in-Charge Provincial Election Supervisor Rogelio Bagtang said the Comelec en banc approved the implementation calendar of all activities which will be the basis for all administrative, operational and technical preparations for next year’s...
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17Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 17 (PIA) -- The advocacy to save the Chico River is gaining support among local leaders, residents and other stakeholders. Local leaders in Bontoc, Mt. Province, Lubuagan and Tabuk City of Kalinga and Kalinga Governor Jocel C. Baac Tinglayan Mayor Fernando Abay have indicated that they are in favour of the Save the Chico River Movement campaign spearheaded by Tinglayan Mayor Fernando Abay. The bid to save Chico River ema...
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17Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 17 (PIA) – The local government unit (LGU) of Koronadal City has allotted P652,000 for this year’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), an official said. Judith Marmoneja, acting chief of the city Public Employment Service Office (PESO), said the allocation is intended for the LGU’s plan to hire at least 180 students this summer. She said, the program aims to hire poor but deserving students while they ar...
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17Mar2012BOHOL, March 17 (PIA) -- The Bohol Highway Patrol Group (HPG) in a Kapihan sa PIA in Bohol recently urged the police desk officers to make sure chassis and engines numbers and other relevant data are included in the blotter for easy reference. Newly assigned HPG team leader PC Inspector Demi Equia said that their biggest upset in identifying stolen or carnapped vehicles is that the vehicle’s identification numbers are not contained in police blotter entries. Equia urged v...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- Pampanga Fourth District Board Member Ric Yabut strongly urged the 50 scholars of the provincial government in his district to ensure that they complete their college education as he encouraged them to never give up hope in pursuing their dreams. The board member recently distributed the P2,500.00 financial assistance to each of the 50 deserving college students at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall of the provincial capitol. &nb...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- Soon after completing their two-week training on furniture upholstery, 25 out of the 28 trainees from different towns and city of Pampanga were hired by local furniture factories. This was relayed to Governor Lilia G. Pineda during the recent turn-over ceremonies of the graduates in the furniture upholstery training program jointly undertaken by the Pampanga provincial government and the Chamber of Furniture Industry of the Philippines-P...
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17Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 17 (PIA) -- A transport group operating in this province is urging the government to include them as beneficiaries to the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP). Juan dela Cruz, president of Ilagan Van Drivers and Operators Association, said that van operators in the province are also servicing the public but are deprived of the PPP that the government is implementing. He said that jeepney and tricycle drivers and operators are only the beneficiaries of the PPP wh...
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17Mar2012BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte, March 17 (PIA) -- The state-run medical center in Batac City, this province, gives free anti-cervical screening test for women this March as the world celebrates the Women’s Month. Dr. Ma Lourdes Otayza, chief of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMHMC), said they offer pap smear test to all women in the city. “The free screening is our contribution to protect women as we observe Women’s Month. We invite them t...
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17Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- To ensure safety among passengers and airport personnel, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) here is now implementing certain policies to be observed by the riding public. Airport Manager Erlinda delos Reyes said she is limiting the number of people to be allowed to enter the arrival area of the airport to meet and fetch passengers. They also have to get prior permission from CAAP should they want to enter the arrival area. A v...
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17Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 17 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here has enacted a landmark law in Pampanga as it recently passed the provincial code for the welfare of children. Authored by Board Member Trina Dizon, SP committee chair on women and family, the code is contained in Provincial Ordinance No. 547 series of 2012, or the Comprehensive Welfare Code for the Children of the Province of Pampanga, which was passed by the provincial board last March 5. ...
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16Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake epicentered two kilometers southwest of Dinagat Islands struck at 3:58pm today, according to a bulletin released by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs also reported that the quake was tectonic in origin and the possibility of damage and aftershocks are also expected. The bulletin showed that the quake was felt at Intensity VI in Surigao City, Intensity V in General Luna, Su...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) is pushing for higher taxes on cigarettes to discourage Filipino youth from acquiring the deadly habit. In a press conference this morning, the NYC pushed for the passage of House Bill 5722 or the bill “Restructuring Excise Tax on Alcohol and Tobacco,” in order to significantly increase tobacco prices and make it less accessible to the youth. “We have one of the cheapest prices of cigarettes, n...
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16Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) –The Pangasinan State University (PSU) in Lingayen town pushes for a Disaster Management Training for women to equip them of the basic knowledge when calamities strike. Dr. Fe Andico, consultant of the Gender Studies Division of PSU, said the training is part of the various activities lined up for the celebration of Women’s Month. Faculty and students are expected to attend the training on March 22 at the PSU convention hall. Relating to...
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16Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 16 (PIA) -- In response to Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 9 series 2012, the DepEd and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Region 1 said yesterday that they are strictly imposing “no extra fees” before or during graduation rites on different schools here to avoid complaint on the part of parents and students. Rey Agcaoili, CHED education supervisor II, announced yesterday over “Danggayan” radio program here that ...
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16Mar2012SAN CARLOS CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- In line with the celebration of “Araw ng mga Buntis,” the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Foundation Inc. in Region I in partnership with the city government spearheaded a pre-natal class for pregnant women in the province held at the city gymnasium last March 10. Anchored on the theme “Maabilidad na Pinay, Malusog na Nanay,” the event was conducted simultaneously not only in the region but in the entire ...
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16Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- Trading tops the most number of business registrations in the province in 2011 and early this year. Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said at least 70 percent of those who registered their businesses are into trading like buy and sell and sari-sari stores. Manufacturing business registration, however, dropped which Mangabat claimed has some disadvantages. “Ang magandang set-up sa...
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16Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- Engineer Rodolfo Dion of the second Pangasinan Engineering District said that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently constructing 1.2-meter-wide drainages along major roads in Barangays Bonuan Gueset, Bonuan Boquig, Bonuan Binloc, Pantal, Tapuac, and Mayombo in Dagupan City. Roads along Tapuac and Mayombo, which are most prone to flooding among the roads leading to the central business district, are being elevated by 40 centimeter...
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16Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- In the observance of the Rabies Awareness Month, the Department of Health (DOH) asked pet owners to be responsible and support the campaign for a rabies-free Cordillera by having pets registered and vaccinated. DOH-CAR Rabies program coordinator Dr. Shelly Aral said that National Rabies Prevention and Control Program has adopted the theme for this year's celebration, ‘Working Together To Make Rabies History.' Meanwhile, in Cordillera, the lo...
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16Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 16 (PIA) – Agriculture officials in Soccsksargen Region confirmed the report of a recent onslaught of pests threatening coconut plantations in at least 16 municipalities and cities across the four provinces of Region 12. DA – 12 regional executive director Amalia Jayag-Datukan on Thursday said, a&nb...
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16Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 16 (PIA) -- The city government in collaboration with Birdwatch Palawan Ornithological Society (BPOS) will open a new birding site in barangay Simpocan that will offer excellent bird watching and education opportunities. BPOS President Rommel M. Cruz said this in a press conference at the opening day of the 2nd Bird Watching Basics Training for Eco-Tourism held at Sunlight Guest Hotel this city, where 50 participants most of whom came...
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16Mar2012NEGROS OCC., March 16 (PIA) --The municipality of Valladolid recently received checks worth P3,350,000 to fund the projects in its different barangays from Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. Of the total amount, P2 million will be allotted for the rehabilitation of the Alijis-Bayabas-Pacol Farm-to-Market Road; P600,000 will be used to construct the barangay streetlights in Barangays Pacol, Paloma, Central Tabao, and Ayungon; P150,000 for the renovation of health center in Br...
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16Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 16 (PIA) -- Twelve more towns and cities in Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Zambales and Aurora have utilized their Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) for the completion of various infrastructure projects. Seven local government units in Nueva Ecija which were recipients of the PCF have completed of some of their vital projects through the fund. In Gen. Natividad, the amount was spent in the improvement of the Rural Health Units, the public market termi...
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16Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The P30.6-million Lacong-Lipay Norte farm-to-market road in San Gabriel town will be inaugurated today to be led by Agrarian Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes and will be eventually turned-over to the local government unit. The project was funded and constructed under the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project (ARISP) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA). It was impleme...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- More than 7,500 households in Valenzuela City will soon benefit the expansion services of Maynilad. Maynilad Water Services, Inc. President and CEO Ricky Vargas said the infrastructure project will allow the delivery of surface water to more than 7,500 households in the municipality while connecting some 4,700 new accounts to the company’s water network. “Groundwater over-extraction poses serious long-term threats to com...
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16Mar2012NAVAL, Biliran, March 16 (PIA) -- Biliran is all set to host the 18th Provincial Women’s Congress on March 21-22 to be held at the capitol grounds in Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran. Centered on the theme, “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility,” the two-day activity aims to raise the awareness of participants on the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and gender and climate change issues such as disaster prepa...
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16Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 16 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) 2 has started to buy palay from farmers to replenish the bulk of rice that was sent to National Capital Region in February this year. The agency sent 400,000 cavans of rice to augment the rice requirement of the NCR. NFA 2 regional director Ruben Reside said their warehouses in the region were ordered to purchase palay harvest of farmers. Reside said the NFA regional office intend...
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16Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 16 (PIA)—Members of the Men Opposed to Violence Everywhere (MOVE) from the towns of Daram, Gandara, Tarangnan, and Sta Margarita in Samar took time to deepen their understanding of gender equality concepts. Some 55 of them attended a MOVE trainers’ training at Ciriaco Hotel, Calbayog City. Men seriously participated in the free wheeling discussion on the basic concepts linked to notion of gender, sex and gender. Gender roles, stereotype...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- The provincial tourism council chaired by Gov. Vicente S. Gato has started working on the province’s tourism development plan with the assistance of all tourism frontliners and tour operators in the province. An ad hoc committee has been formed to consolidate all tourism programs proposals from the council members and from the grassroots to complete the 3-year (short term) and the 10-year (long term) tour...
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16Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 16 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here aims to collect P 570 million this year said Revenue District Officer Rolando Espina. The office encouraged government agencies like DILG, Civil Service Commission, the PNP, and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA); and the private sector to support the tax campaign. BIR Assistant Regional Director Atty Nasser A. Tanggor congratulated district 87 for topping the collection target in all six r...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- “It’s still a work in progress, but we’re getting there,” said Margarita Juico, chair of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), on the improvements the agency has made to provide swifter service in its charity clinics. Juico said the agency has adopted a queuing scheme in their charity clinic at the Lung Center of the Philippines to systematize the processing of financial and medical assistance requests of indigent applica...
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16Mar2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, March 16 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Office, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) here trained 1,514 elementary and secondary students as health scouts that would enable children and youth partners and models in a healthy, clean, and green community. According to Prima Te-elan of the Provincial Health Office, these health scouts underwent a series of training workshops on health and nutrition, adolescent reproductive health, envir...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is bolstering its programs on the prevention and elimination of child labor. DOLE is now focusing on the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) to help them transform barangays with high incidence of child labor into child-labor free barangays. “We will aim for 80 barangays this year,” DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said. The Secretary has tasked the...
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16Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 16 (PIA) -- With the spiraling costs of basic commodities, fees on professional services, oil and gasoline, Congress is being asked to legislate and pass into law the bill exempting indigenous peoples (IPs) from the value-added tax and granting them 20 percent discount on the sale of goods and services from all establishments. Representative Nancy Catamco, principal author of House Bill No. 5479 is fighting for the grant of additional benefits and special priv...
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16Mar2012TINGLAYAN, Kalinga, March 16 (PIA) -- This remote highland town has devised its rural health unit (RHU) as primary health clinic in the absence of a regular hospital in the place to respond to the health needs of residents. Mayor Fernando Abay reported that the municipal government has constructed a 10-bed extension wing on the RHU building to serve as admission ward for patients in need of immediate medical treatment. The municipal government made such initiative s...
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16Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission-Cordillera has spearheaded on Thursday an eco-trek in honor of women and nature as part of the Women’s Month celebration. The CSC-CAR led the almost 200 government employees from the regional line agencies, state universities and colleges, infra-utilities group and local government units in Baguio City and nearby Benguet municipalities in a three kilometer uphill climb at the Camp John Hay (CJH) Eco Trail to the CJH...
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16Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 16 (PIA) -- Nagbabala at pinag-iingat ng Department of Health – Sorsogon Provincial Health Team (DOH-PHT) ang publiko sa mga epektong dala ng pagdating ng summer season. Ayon kay health team leader Dr. Nap Arevalo, dapat na mag-ingat ang bawat isa sa matagal na pagbibilad sa init ng araw lalo sa mga oras na mula 10:00 a.m. hanggang 3:00 p.m. dahil sa posibleng epekto ng ultra-violet rays sa katawan lalo na sa balat at sa posibilidad ng pagtaas ng pres...
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16Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 16 (PIA) -- Inihayag ni Director Arpon Lucero ng Civil Service Commission Sorsogon Field Office na nakatakda sa darating na Mayo 27 ang eksaminasyon para sa mga nais makakuha ng certificate of eligibility sa sub-professional at professional levels. Kaugnay nito, itinakda na rin sa Abril 27, isang buwan bago ang takdang araw ng eksaminasyon, ang pagsusumite ng application forms ng mga interesadong mag-eksamin. Kabilang sa mga rekisitos na kailangan ...
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16Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- Gisusi ni Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona niadtong nakalabay nga Marso 14 ang implementasyon sa Health Facilities Enhancement Program sa probinsiya sa Leyte. Ang Health Facilities Enhancement Program sa Department of Health (DOH) nagtinguha pagpauswag sa sa imprastraktura ug ekipahe sa mga pasilidad sa gobyerno alang sa panglawas sa tibuok nasud. Unang gibisita ni Secretary Ona ang Leyte Provincial Hospital diin si...
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16Mar2012MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN, March 16 (PIA) -- Fifty-eight Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) in Camiguin undergoes briefing on the new World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS), which recommended new criteria, health behaviors, and the provision of standard pediatric care. The new standard is being referred to as the WHO-Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) and it is used in the world. Camiguin Provincial Nutrition Program Coordinator Telesfora G. Madelo explained th...
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16Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 16 (PIA6) -- The Office of Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., through the Negros Occidental information and communications technology (ICT) Investments Program, will hold the Northern Negros ICT conference today, in partnership with the Bacolod Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), a press release from BNEFIT said. Participants will come from Cadiz City, to complement the Southern Negros Information and Communications ...
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16Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The local government has launched the search for the Most Gender-Responsive Programs in the barangays to recognize innovative approaches in governance and the equitable delivery of basic services to the residents in all social classes and gender. Crafted under the Gender and Development (GAD) advocacy of the city government, the search covers barangay programs in the areas of health, education, social welfare, urban development, economic enterprise, ...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- After the first phase of nomination, seven cities of the country made it to the first phase of the prestigious New7Wonder Cities search. Moving on to the qualification phase, which runs March 7 to November 23, 2012 are the cities of Vigan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod and Parañaque. Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe is honored that Philippine cities continue to be recognized and gain renown in international circles.&...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) advised Filipinos planning to work in Egypt to get an employment visa after the country imposed stricter immigration measures for migrant workers. Citing a report from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said that the Egyptian government will no longer allow foreign tourists to convert their tourist visas into work permits once they arrive in th...
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16Mar2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- Transportation Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II will be the guest speaker during the full-member Regional Development Council (RDC) Caraga meeting today, March 16 at the Philippine Gateway Hotel, Surigao City. Roxas will discuss with the governors, city and municipal mayors, and members of the provincial boards of the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte on measures to attain better b...
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16Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 16 (PIA) - - Kalinga provincial office of the Commission on Election (Comelec) will conduct satellite registration of persons with disabilities in all municipalities of Kalinga and this city providing them an opportunity to exercise their right of suffrage. OIC Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor Rogelio Bagtang said coordination with local government units is on-going to facilitate the smooth implementation of the special project scheduled Ma...
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16Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- A fourth-year secondary student of Aglipay High School won the championship title for this year’s Regional Population Quiz held here yesterday at the Department of Education, Carig. Jeffy Marz Justine R. Valdez bested other six contenders who represented the different provinces and cities of Region 2. Following Valdez is the contestant of Tuguegarao City, Liezel Aldiano, followed by Alexandra Aurea Bartolome of Cauayan City. Commission o...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The role of Philippine Information Agency (PIA) as disseminators of timely and accurate information in the event of calamities was the highlight of the message delivered by Secretary Sonny Coloma during a forum on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation held Friday. The Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) chief recalled that during the onslaught of Typhoon Pedring in 2011, the PIA acting on the emergency advisory of th...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) 2 has met with the nutrition stakeholders of this island province to solicit their continuous support to the implementation of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN), the country’s response to malnutrition. Rhodora G. Maestre, NNC 2 nutrition program coordinator, said that the PPAN is an integral component of the medium-term Philippine Development Plan and it also contributes to the achievement of t...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- Batanes Congressman Henedina Abad informed officials of this province as well as national government agencies that the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has released a P1,792.07.11 fund to augment the budget of the Batanes Electric Cooperative for the energization of seven sitios here. The sitios identified for energization are Varaybayan, San Rafael, Itbayat (P118,084.78); Sayed, Tunga, San Vicente, Ivana (390,925.53); San Felix, Radiwan, ...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- The women sector in Ivana organized by the Congressional District Office (CDO) through Juliet Cataluña, consultant on women, have been generating income from their flower arrangement project, which they started October 2011. Cataluña said in an interview that the women are using wild flowers and they also propagated different varieties in preparation for peak seasons such as Valentine’s day, All Soul’s Day, and other special oc...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) RO2 caravan in Batanes which showcased technologies and products will end today. The five-day caravan, from March 12 to 16, is in coordination with the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Central Luzon State University (CLSU) the provincial government of Batanes and Batanes State College (BSC). During the caravan, topics on marine ecosystem management and conservation and fisheries ...
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16Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 16 (PIA 6) -- Capiz Schools Division Information Officer Alan Vincent Altamia disclosed that they will be conducting an orientation to elementary and secondary administrators and schools district supervisors in Capiz on teaching strategies. Altamia said that their series of activity starting March 16 is part of the Department of Education’s program, which is aimed to provide more inclusive approaches and wider strategies to address access and quality of ed...
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16Mar2012ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 16 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) here said the occurrence of rains in the province has caused the reduction of volume on the harvest of onion farmers. Celerina Miranda, DA provincial coordinator, said the excessive rains suffered by onion plantations have affected farmers in barangays Bone North, Bone South, Ocao, Nagcuartelan, Darapidap, Poblacion, Banganan, Balite, and Cutar. “Actually, this is not a disease but ...
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16Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here reported that 13 of its infrastructure projects for the year 2011 have been completed as of this date. The 13 completed infrastructure projects are port access road and cargo area (Itbayat), diversion of waterways in Brgy. Kaychanarianan Basco, flood control in Basco, concreting portion roads (Basco), construction of a multi-purpose bldg. Mahatao, farm-to-market road (FMR) in Uyugan, and improveme...
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15Mar2012MANILA, March 15 (PIA) -- Unemployment rate in the country is down to 7.2 percent, Malacanang says, citing the January 2012 Labor Force Survey of the National Statistics Office. "In yet another manifestation of the upward trajectory of the Philippine economy, an estimated 1.1 million new jobs were generated in January 2012 compared to a mere 292 thousand net employment created in the same period last year," Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, in a statement sai...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The city government is set to install rotating biological contactor to the drainage canals to treat wastewater before it flows to the river. City Engineer Emilio Matanguihan said the installation of the treatment facility in three big drainage canal outlets in the city is part of their action in implementing the Clean Water Act. The rotating biological contactor is a treatment process used in the treatment of wastewater following primary treat...
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15Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 15 (PIA) -- Officials of the provincial government of South Cotabato commended the non-government organization, Save the Children, for its contributions in the fight against malnutrition among children. On Tuesday, March 13, Save the Children presented to the local government officials and other stakeholders the terminal report its project, Making ...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Members of the regional search committee for the 2012 Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award (LTIA) 2012 are set to conduct field assessment and evaluation from March 13 up to April 13 to the contenders of the Oustanding Lupong Tagapamayapa award regionwide. Geneviv Calimag, local government operations officers of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2, said this year’s search will focus on three barangays that were...
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15Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (POPCOM) is launching a massive advocacy in reducing cases of violence against women in the region. The activity, dubbed as Orientation-Seminar on Gender and Development cum Male Involvement in Responsible Parenting, aims to increase participation and support among men in rearing and caring the children, and other domestic concerns. Said training, organized in different batches, will be attended by membe...
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15Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- Magasunod ang Pilipinas sa mga bag-o teknolohiya sang Hapon sa pagtukod sang mga bag-o nga mga tulukuron nga kalsada kag taytay, suno kay Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Rogelio Singson. Suno pa sini, abri sila sa bag-o nga teknolohiya nga magbulig sa pagpaayo sang kalidad sang aton inprastraktura para sa pagpabaskog sang ekonomiya sang pungsod. Ang Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ang pin...
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15Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Coordinating Council, in coordination with the Butuan City local government unit, conducted the “RCC On Wheels Caravan.” Dubbed as “Serbisyong DOLE Sa Inyong Tugkaran Kalambo-an sa Butuan City (DOLE’s Services Right At Your Backyard, A Progress for Butuan City),” it was held at Brgy. Rajah Humabon Covered Court area Tuesday morning. The caravan aimed to serv...
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15Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 13 Regional Exec. Dir. Leonardo R. Sibbaluca expressed concern over the thick black smoke emitted by some vehicles plying along the main thoroughfares of Caraga Region. He asked the owners to clean up their emissions to avoid polluting the air. “Everybody wants to breathe clean air unlike in Metro Manila where the people are struggling on the midst of air pollution... We w...
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15Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has upgraded its Management Information System (MIS) through the acquisition of 2,802 Desktop Computers, 100 Laptop units, 1,413 printers and 425 scanners which were distributed to the 16 DENR Regional Offices throughout the country. The project, which began on December 08, 2011, has a total project cost of P126,860,566.75. In Caraga Region, DENR Regional Executive Director ...
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15Mar2012Honorable Maria Olivia B. Pascual, former mayor of Lallo, Cagayan and now board member of the 1st district, is one lady official who championed solid waste management in her serious implementation of the solid waste management law. Tagged as “Babaeng Maaasahan,” Pascual is a catch-all line for all the efforts she does as a local chief executive and a legislator of her vision for every Cagayano. She was a business woman turned politician and a known environmentalist. ...
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15Mar2012CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 15 (PIA) – Today, two rebel returnees and a facilitator received immediate assistance allowance from the local government through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) under the Local Social Integration Program of Northern Samar at PSWDO, Capitol Compound, Catarman, Northern Samar. The two former rebels who surrendered on November 30, 2012 received P10, 000 each and the facilitator for the voluntary surrender of the two rebel ...
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15Mar2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- At least 6,000 preschoolers enrolled in the different day care centers in the province are benefitting from the supplemental feeding program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The day care children started receiving the supplemental feeding in October last year and will continue until April this year to complete the 120 days. The feeding program which seeks to improve the nutritional status of children three to fi...
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15Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 15 (PIA) -- The Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting discussed the priority project identified on the training workshop of Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) for peace and development projects a week ago. The 29 programs were prioritized according to the perceived need of the different localities that the army recommended as conflict areas. The Department of Interior Local Government (DILG) presented the list of road networks iden...
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15Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- Bringing attention to the contributions of women to production in Mindanao, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) expressed its support to women food producers honored during the International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration in Davao. MinDA chair Sec. Luwalhati R. Antonino conveyed the authority’s support to women in the island-region through its program for rural communities, during the “Women’s Marke...
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15Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- After three years of nomination, extensive screening, and validation, two winners out of 10 finalists will be honored during the 5th Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards on Mar. 22 at Marco Polo Plaza. The winners will receive a trophy, cash prize of not less than P400,000, and the opportunity to travel in the Visayas and Mindanao to share expertise to various groups. The RAFI Triennial Awards is the premier servic...
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15Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) in Central Visayas will launch on March 20 the Philippine Business Registry (PBR), a web-based business registration system that will allow entrepreneurs to start their businesses fast and more cost-friendly for them. The launching will be at the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center (NERBAC) at 12:30 p.m and will be witnessed by Trade Secretary Gregory Dominggo. DTI-7 Direct...
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15Mar2012MANILA, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways issued an advisory today on road improvement and maintenance works in some parts of Metro Manila beginning 10 p.m. of Friday, March 16 until 4 AM, Monday, March 19, 2012. In a release, DPWH advised motorists and the public to expect traffic slowdown in the following major thoroughfares: Bonifacio Drive, from Anda Circle to 2nd St., Port Area, Manila Aurora Boulevard (Southbound), Pasay City, fro...
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15Mar2012LIMAY, Bataan, March 15 (PIA) -- The province of Bataan is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) via a five-day camping in Limay town. Since yesterday until Sunday, a total of 4,000 scouts coming from more than 200 elementary and secondary participating schools in the province has been conducting different major activities to prepare the youth for responsible leadership and contribute to nation-building according to the ideals, principals, and progr...
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15Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Labingwalong pulis mula sa iba’t-ibang mga himpilan sa buong lalawigan ng Sorsogon Police Provincial Office sa pamumuno ni PSupt John CA Jambora ang lumahok sa isinagawang 2nd Provincial Director’s Cup Shooting Competition sa pakikiisa sa Kasanggayahan Gun Club kamakailan. Sa Rules on Gun Safety at Course Fire na ipaliwanang ni Range Master PSupt El Cid T. Roldan, tatlong bahagi ang bumuo sa kumpetisyon na kinapapalooban...
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15Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Patuloy ang recruitment para sa mga kwalipikadong aplikante na nais maging kasapi ng Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) ngayong taon. Ayon kay Police Community Relations at Public Information Officer PSI Romeo Gallinera ng Sorsogon Police Provincial Office, mayroon pang bakanteng 289 slots para sa mga aplikanteng nais mapabilang sa PNP SAF. Kinakailangan lang umano na magsumite ang mga aplikante ng mga sumusunod: &nb...
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15Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The city veterinarian here is appealing to dog owners to keep their pets leashed or inside their house’s premises as stray dogs continue to be a problem in the city. Stray dogs have been known to cause road mishaps and are one of the major causes of bite cases here. City Veterinarian Dr. Lourdes Socorro said part of responsible pet ownership is making sure that dogs are not free to roam the streets unguarded. “Own...
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15Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 15 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved the medium-term provincial disaster plan, setting the framework for an intensified preparedness and mitigation measures in Palawan. PDRRMC chairman and Palawan Gov. Abraham Mitra underscored the importance of planning and preparedness to equip local communities in responding to any emergencies in the light of climate change. The five-year plan will st...
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15Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- Local officials expect a peaceful transport rally today following the issuance of a permit on Wednesday to the local transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) headed by Ronald Orillo. City Vice-Mayor Danilo Menor, officer-in-charge, issued the permit allowing the transport group to hold a ‘march rally’ from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. covering the areas spanning 3.5 kilometers from the Medical Center, R...
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15Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 15 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Cauayan City Fire Station has inspected public and private buildings in the city including business establishments to ensure that all buildings are compliant to fire safety code. City Fire Chief Inspection Michael Castillo said that they already conducted inspections in some business establishments at the public market, and found out that some of them are not using standard circuit breakers, there are no stand-...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 is conducting series of trainings for barangay nutrition scholars and nutrition officers on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) to decrease number of underweight infant and young children. Nutrition Program Coordinator Rhodora Maestre said though malnutrition rate for infant and young children in the region is not alarming, there is still a need to act to eradicate the problem for underweight children. &...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Owners of the resorts in Sta Ana, Cagayan have expressed readiness for the expected increase of tourist arrivals this summer vacation. Joan Taguba, president of the Sta Ana Hotel, Restaurants and Resorts Association, said they have prepared their resorts to accommodate more tourists who will be spending times in the town. Sta. Ana, where the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority is located, is now considered as the booming town in so far as tourism ...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) – Each employee of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 is now busy potting soils for seedlings to meet the required 300 pots each until the end of March. Samuel Vinarao, chair of the gender and development, said the project is part of the observance towards national greening endeavor. He explained that with the implementation of the national greening program of the present administration, thousands of seedlin...
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15Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 15 (PIA) -- A transport group consisting of van operators that are operating in the region did not join the nationwide transport caravan as a show of disgust on the continuous rising of prices of oil products. Daniel Gaffud, president of 1-Utak of Region 2, said he and his colleagues in the region believed that such move will not solve the problem. Gaffud said they prefer to have a dialogue with concerned government agencies to iron out important ...
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15Mar2012DAVAO CITY March 16 (PIA)-- Barangay officials in Davao City are being urged to settle boundary disputes amicably and on their own so the city would no longer resort to expensive boundary surveys to fix the problem. City Planning and Development Office chief Roberto Alabado III said that a citywide barangay boundary survey undertaken by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that would delineate their respective boundaries would cost around P27-million. &nbs...
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15Mar2012Manila, March 15 -- The Philippine Embassy has actively marketed Philippine tourism during a Cultural Night at the Kailash Mital Theatre of the Carleton University in Ontario, Canada on March 2. In his remarks, Philipippine Ambassador to Canada Leslie B. Gatan put the spotlight on the Philippines against the backdrop of a rising Asia. Making use of the Department of Tourism's new "It's More Fun in the Philippines" campaign, he touted the famed Filipino hospitality and enthusi...
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14Mar2012MANILA, Mar 14 -- The Government Service Insurance System had announced that all its art works including Juan Luna's 'Parisian Life,' will have a new home at the National Museum within the second semester this year, after the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the GSIS and the National Museum of the Philippines. Under the agreement, the GSIS will transfer the management of the GSIS collection to the National Museum "to preserve, maintain, secure and promote the c...
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14Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- Samarnons may adapt rice ratooning to augment their dwindling harvest. In Pinabacdao town where 756 hectares are devoted to rice farming, the rice ratooning technique will be done along with some other towns in Samar making the total area to be ratooned, 300 hectares, said Nelson Badolid, Municipal Agriculturist. The idea was conceived in a meeting of agriculturists with Anita Taran, provincial agriculturist. Ratooning, a...
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14Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar 14 (PIA) -- Two student leaders from state schools in Soccsksargen Region/Region 12 will be visiting Japan as ambassadors on disaster management and recovery program in May. Lily Jean Cacatian, a BS Development Communication senior at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan Cotabato and Angel Marie Ysik BS Education junior at the Sultan ...
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14Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 14 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 3 continues to invite Central Luzon residents who wish to pursue a master’s or doctorate degree in science and technology to apply for the scholarships given by the Science Education Institute (SEI). DOST Regional information officer Marites Batac said, “The Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program scholarships of SEI is open to all Filip...
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14Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reiterated its appeal to vehicle owners to clean up their emissions to reduce air pollution in Metro Manila. DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje made the appeal as he recently observed the operations of anti-smoke belching unit (ASBU) teams of the local government of Pasig City and the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), along C-5 Road. Paje was accompanied by representati...
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14Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- Ang Malacañang miseguro sa katawhan nga andam na ang contingency measures aron matubag ang posibleng epekto sa gikatakdang transport strike karong Marso 15. Atol sa regular press briefing didto sa Malacañang niadtong Martes, si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte miingon nga ang gobyerno nakigtambayayong na sa mga nagkalain-laing hintungdang ahensya sa gobyerno aron mohatag og tabang sa mga sumasakay kon ugaling ang tra...
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14Mar2012SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- The San Roque Power Corporation unveiled here today a marker honoring former President Fidel Valdez Ramos in appreciation of his political will in implementing the San Roque Multi-Purpose (SRMP) project during his term as Chief Executive. Ramos, considered as the godfather of the SRMP, was instrumental in the realization of the project. It was on May 2, 1997 when he led the groundbreaking ceremonies that kicked off the constru...
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14Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Samar’s First Engineering District forged a cooperation project that will guarantee employment for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries; Monica Insigne, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Officer, signed for the DSWD. In a press release sent by Information Officer Nenita Gomez, she said that this project is an effort of the government to red...
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14Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 14 (PIA) -- Bilang pagpapaigting pa ng National Greening Program (NGP) ng pamahalaan, isinusulong ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sa Bicol, katulong ang tanggapang pangrehiyon ng Department of Agriculture (DA) at ang iba’t-ibang mga sektor ng komunidad, na makapagtanim ng puno ng kahoy sa 12,000 ektarya ng bakante at nakakalbong kabundukan ngayong taon. Ayon kay regional public affairs officer Ruby Mendones ng DENR V, sa kabuu...
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14Mar2012SORSOGON CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- Bantay Dagat adhoc committee in Donsol town has organized the Bantay Dagat Federation to preserve and develop the rich marine resources and sustain ecotourism industry of their municipality. In a meeting Tueday (March 13), Salvador P. Adrao Jr., former tourism officer of Donsol, now a councilor and lead convenor of the Donsol Bantay Daga, said that the measure is an offsh...
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14Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Marso 14 (PIA)--Padayon ang himuong lihok-protesta sa mga militanteng transport group karong Huwebes. Matud pa ni Goerge San Mateo, national President sa PISTON, ang halapad nga Peoples Protest nga himuon sa ilang bahan sa Huwebes paga-ubanan sa mga miyembro gikan sa mga grupong Gabriela, Courage, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Bayan Muna, Anakbayan ug uban pa aron mapakita kang Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino ang ilang pagbatok sa buwis sa lana ug sa...
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14Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Amid the celebration of Women’s Month this March, the city government here is rallying the support of women for the successful enforcement of a new city ordinance that curbs the use of plastic. City Administrator William Ablon, speaking in a forum, sought the help of women in the audience, most of whom belong to women’s groups in the city villages. “Your support is vital for the successful implementation of City Ordinance No. 231,” Ab...
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14Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- Patuloy na iniimbitahan ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 3 ang mga residente ng Gitnang Luzon na nais kumuha ng master’s o doctorate degree sa agham at teknolohiya na mag-apply sa mga scholarships na alok ng Science Education Institute (SEI). Ayon kay DOST Regional information officer Marites Batac, ang Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program scholarships ng SEI ay buk...
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14Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 14(PIA) -- Provincial officials here have expressed optimism over establishment of a Soil Testing Center (STC), which is expected to improve the production of farmers. “We can see a positive future for our farmers on their efforts to maximize the agricultural potentials of their farm lots,” said board member Lambert Galima. Galima made the projection with their recent approval on the establishment of the STC which required an initial ...
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14Mar2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Mar. 14 (PIA)-- Disaster preparedness at the barangay level is seen to be intensifed as the Philippine National Red Cross (PNTC) and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Managment Council (PDRRMC) this year intend to organize barangay-based volunteer groups. In an interview, Davao del Norte PNRC Administrator Luzviminda Cacacho-Neri said PNRC targetted 100 barangays where they will organize 143 Red Cross volunteer groups to ...
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14Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar. 14 (PIA 9) - - The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) announces that the submission, acceptance of nominations for the Search for 2012 Model PNP Families is extended until March 31, 2012. The search aims to encourage and strengthen partnership between the community and the Philippine National Police (PNP) by highlighting the PNP’s capability as a leader and partner of the community in the maintenance of peace, order and security for an improved socio-econom...
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14Mar2012CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- Soldiers under the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division, Philippine Army discovered a hastily abandoned enemy encampment in Sitio Kamalig, Putting Bato, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte at 2:00 p.m., March 13, 2012. The discovery of the said camp was during the combat patrol conducted by 3rd Special Forces Battalion. Said camp is approximately 300 x 400 square meters in land area and can accommodate more or...
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14Mar2012ILOILO CITY, Mar 14 (PIA6) -- On the observance of Earth Hour 2012 on March 31, the Department of Energy will urge Filipinos in a series of seminars to go beyond the event and strive to do more lasting actions to combat global warming. The agency will conduct a seminar on energy efficiency and conservation agency on March 19 here in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines and in coordination with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). Similar activities...
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14Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 14 (PIA6) -- Transportation and Communication Secretary Mar Roxas vowed to oppose any mining operation in Capiz, citing its ill effects on livelihood of people here. “For as long as the people here will continue to oppose any mining operation in Capiz, I will likewise support them by also being against said activity,” he said. Roxas stressed that his continuous anti-mining stand is based on the fact that the livelihood of Capiceñ...
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14Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 14 (PIA 6) -- Iloilo will play host to the national observance of the World TB Day on March 24 with Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona as guest speaker. According to DOH 6 Director Susan K. Madarieta, this annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis or TB. Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycoba...
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14Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 14 (PIA) -- The regional offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-EMB-12) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA 12) trained community relations officers and environmental officers of mining firms and MGB on&nbs...
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14Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 14 (PIA) – South Cotabato’s Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) and other program partners recently conducted a Community-based Resource Assessment and Mapping (CBRAM) in four sub-villages in Barangay Linan, Tupi to map out the biophysical and cultural resources of an identified tarsier sanctuary in the province. PEMO, together with the Alla...
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14Mar2012DAVAOCITY March 14 (PIA) -- A private sector-led tourism group urged local government units in Mindanao to come up with viable tourism master plan in their localities. “There are many LGUs that have really beautiful places but they lack technical knowhow on product development, marketing and promotions,” says Jonallier Perez, member of the board representing Davao Region for the Mindanao Tourism Council. Perez cites an example, a breathtaking waterfalls is often...
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13Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 13 (PIA) --- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has deferred the implementation of the P2,400 increase in annual premiums of Philhealth contributions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) under the Overseas Workers Program (OWP) to January 2013. Atty. Karisma Agraviador, head of the Public Assistance Unit of Phil Health 7, said the deferment, contained in Philhealth’s Circular No. 7-2012 is in consideration of the many requests from civil society a...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The passport processing sites of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) are now slowly moving into the malls as part of the Public-Private Partnership program of the government. DFA Director Andre Peter Estanislao said ‘passporting sites’ in SM Megamall and SM Manila may be available by the middle of the year to accommodate first time and for renewal passport applications. These soon-to-open sites followed the recent migra...
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13Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Electric cooperatives in Mindanao are meeting today with the Department of Energy and the Mindanao Development Authority to come up with an immediate workable solution on the problem of power in this side of the country. A representative from the Department of Energy, members of the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (AMRECO) and Mindanao Development Authority Chairperson Luwalhati Antonino will lay down issues and possible solutions ...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Quezon City government will be subsidizing the graduation expenses of graduating QC students from public schools in the city. At least P1.4 million has been set aside by the city government to cover the grant of the subsidy, which would entitle each of QC’s 142 schools with P10,000 financial aid. The move forms part of the city’s response to ease the financial burden of the parents who still have to worry lookin...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Quezon City has grown some 19,379 seedlings of indigenous, flowering and shade trees in various open spaces, center islands, barangays, parks and playgrounds and along waterway embankments to help boost the implementation of the metro-wide urban greening program. The city’s tree-planting initiative, supported by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), also serves as the city’s blueprint in the promotion of city...
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13Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 13 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Friday met with beneficiaries of the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) in Midsayap town to explain the program’s processes. A press release from the office of North Cotabato 1st District Rep. Jesus Sacdalan sent to PIA-12 today said&nbs...
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13Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 13 (PIA) -- A simultaneous awarding ceremony for both the 2011 Gawad Probinsiya sa Kapaligiran (GPK) and the National Search for the Barangay with Best Sanitation Practices (NSBBSP) was held at the Provincial Capitol of Surigao del Sur on Monday. For GPK, assessment and evaluation were split into three categories. Barobo topped the first to third class municipalities under Category A, followed by Tagbina as second, and San Miguel, third. For...
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13Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 13 (PIA6) -- The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) has lately made several arrests not only of drug pushers and users but also of wanted criminals in the province of Antique. PNP Provincial Director Ruperto T. Floro said that these development is demonstrative of institutional reforms within the PNP. Lately, the region's most sought after criminal was captured by the operatives of San Remegio police station on March 8,2012 at Brgy. Bawang, San Rem...
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13Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 13 (PIA6) – Gov. Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the new Philippine peso coin is now officially in circulation in the country. This was declared by Tetangco during a media interaction with some local mediamen in time with the inauguration and blessing of BSP – Roxas City Branch last March 8. The BSP official also personally showed to various tri-media practitioners the new coin which was used alo...
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13Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- Reaffirming the importance of Mindanao to national growth, the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expressed support to the MindaNOW: Nurturing Our Waters Program of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) even as it reiterates commitment to Mindanao’s peace and development, MinDA announce today. “We are encouraged by the support expressed by USAID in our efforts to pursue economic and environment int...
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13Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 13 (PIA) -- It is a beehive of activities in the first district of Samar where a total of 29 infrastructure projects are being implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)to the tune of P20 million is presently implementing some 29 infrastructure projects funded by Rep Mel Senen Sarmientos’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for some Php 20 M. The projects include water supply systems in Barangay Villahe...
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13Mar2012ERRATUM QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police chief Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered members of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to work double time in solving the recent attack on Daily Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles. In a release Monday, March 12, Bartolome ordered the NCRPO and the Eastern Police District (EPD) to look into the shooting incident and to immediately identify and arrest those responsible. Bartolome direct...
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13Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Mandaue City Government through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) is conducting “employment coaching” to graduating students of public national high schools in the city to prepare them for employment in case they cannot proceed to college due to lack of money. Last week, 374 graduating students including 53 from night school of Canduman National High School, gathered at the school’s open court for the “employment coach...
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13Mar2012BALER, Aurora, Mar. 13 (PIA) - Nagtapos mula sa skills training-workshop ang may 50 kababaihan kahapon, Lunes, bilang massage attendants at manikurista na inisponsor ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Balanga, sa Bataan. Ang pagtatapos sa nasabing pagsasanay ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng mga Kababaihan. Ayon kay Jose Enrique Garcia III, ang alkalde ng Lungsod, na mas marami pang kababaihan ang sasanayin sa iba’t-ibang uri ng kasanayan upang matulungan sila ...
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13Mar2012SAN FERNANDOCITY, La Union, March 13 (PIA) -- A little over 2,000 beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received cash grants in San Fernando City last March 10. Social Welfare Development Assistant Geronimo Arquitola said that the beneficiaries received their first pay-out for the months of January to February this year. Beneficiaries of the program received P500/month for health and nut...
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13Mar2012Orquidia, one of the earliest beach resorts in the town of Santa Ana, was established in 2006 under its former name Estela Polaris Resort. Seated on a two-hectare lot just a few meters away from the national highway, a tourist may suspect that a landscape guru has transformed a once barren land into a beautiful work of art. Orquidia is one of the 17-member Santa Ana Hotel Accomodation Resorts and Restaurants Association organized last year to support the tourism industry programs of the...
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13Mar2012Mang Juanito Domasel says their life has become as colorful as the Malaysian mums they breed when Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) came in their lives. Mang Juanito is a father of seven children, a 23-year old daughter as his eldest and an 11-year old child as the youngest. His wife Susan works with him in the farm owned by Barangay Chairman Enrique Quilan of Besong, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya. The family is earning P3000 a month from gardening. Mang Juanito admits that the...
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13Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 13 -- Two of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-certified students of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) will represent the Philippines in the Mechatronics trade area in the upcoming 2012 ASEAN Skills Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia this November. Jason Chris J. Andoy, 20 years old, and Wilfred Ralph G. Gomez, 19, are winners of the 2012 Regional Skills Competition (RSC) conducted by TESDA-X i...
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13Mar2012COTABATO CITY, March 13 (PIA) – Sinimulan na kahapon ang Bangsamoro Week of Peace and Solidarity na itinataguyod ng pamunuan ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao sa pakikipagtulungan ng ilang ahensiya ng pamahalaan tulad ng DSWD-ARMM, DOT-ARMM, ORG, MNLF, MILF, Bureau of Cultural Heritage-ARMM at ibang peace advocates. Sa isang pulong balitaan sinabi ni Atty. Anwar Malang, executive secretary ng Office of the Regional Governor, ARMM na nararapat lamang na gunita...
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13Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense-Caraga Regional Center conducted the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Strategic Action Planning Workshop for the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Marihatag, Surigao del Sur and Tubod, Surigao del Norte and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Surigao del Sur. The workshops were designed to assess issues and problems encountered by the Local Governm...
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13Mar2012PARAÑAQUE CITY, March 13 (PIA) --The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Parañaque Chapter, headed by President Alex Flores and in cooperation with the City Government of Parañaque, will hold the 6th Parañaque Business Conference on Friday, March 16, 2012. Businessmen from local chambers in the South and nearby cities will converge in the conference dubbed “2012: Boom or Doom?” The much-awaited event will be held at ...
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13Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAR. 13 (PIA) --- Seryoso karong gitrabaho sa Malakanyang ang pagpanday ug klaro ug makiangayong polisiya sa pagmina aron masiguro nga matubag ang tanang kabalaka sa mga stakeholders. Ang pasalig giluwatan tigpamaba sa palasyo nga si Edwin Lacierda sa gipahigayong media briefing sa Malakanyang taliwala sa yangongo sa Philippine Stock Exchange alang sa pagpanday sa klaro, “decisive” ug praktikal nga polisiya sa pagmina. Matod pa ni Laci...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- Director Andre Peter Estanislao of the Passporting Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reminded all Filipino passport holders, Tuesday, to give extra care in handling their Philippine-issued passports. “(T)he Philippine passport issued to us is not our own personal property but of the government of the Republic of the Philippines,” Estanislao said in Filipino. He added that passport holders should not be confiscated by...
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13Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Members of the Regional Nutrition Council Region 2 are pushing for a close monitoring of the implementation of the supplemental feeding program to daycare children. Rhodora Maestre, nutrition program coordinator, the feeding program, which is implemented by the social welfare department, should be monitored well to ensure the right feeding procedures. She further stated that impact of the feeding program should be assessed as to the improvemen...
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13Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- To strengthen democratic institutions to promote the principles and practice of good governance, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 has consulted civil society organizations (CSOs) in Region 2 last March 9 to involve them in budget preparation in the different programs implemented by the department. The consultation was based on the Department of Budget and Management’s commitment to integrate citizen participation i...
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13Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- More than 200 women who are members of different civil society organizations joined in a rally at Calle Commercio here last Friday and campaigned against oil price hikes and other issues that affect women in the community, as part of the Women’s Month celebration. Several issues were raised by the different women organizations but the issue on oil price hikes and the mining activities were the concerns they want to bring to the attention of the g...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment is waging an all-out war against child labor this year by rolling-out series of programs and activities to boost its campaign for the prevention and elimination of child labor. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that for 2012 they will be focusing on the country side in an effort to eradicate child labor, adding that they target 80 barangays to become chil...
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13Mar2012CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur, Mar 13 (PIA) -- Operatives from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the police saved last Sunday two fishermen who went missing at sea since last Friday, it was reported here. Ilocos Sur police director Senior Superintendent Noel B. Amoyen, named the two rescued fishermen as Pedro Corpuz and Elmer Corpuz, both fishermen residing in Barangay Daclapan, Cabugao,Ilocos Sur. The two fishermen went fishing at the west Philippine Sea last Friday ...
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13Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Protected Area and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) is set to implement a project entitled Lake Mainit Migratory Birds Conservation Project at the country’s fourth largest and Mindanao’s second largest freshwater lake, Gov. Sol Matugas said recently. Matugas said the project is funded by the Ramsar Regional Center-East Asia Wetland Fund (RRC-EAWF) through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the purpose of wet...
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13Mar2012BASCO, Batanes, March 13 (PIA) -- The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) from Tuguegarao is in this island province from March 12 to 16 to evaluate nutrition program implementation for the year 2011. The team is set to visit all municipalities, review records and results of provincial evaluation on nutrition program implementation through ocular inspection of municipal and barangay nutrition offices and projects, conduct interview with municipal nutrition action officer before th...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA)- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) conducted on March 8 a coastal clean-up and planting activity in celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s Month. With a contingent of around 60 employees, composed mainly of women, the PIA went to the coastal area in Barangay Sucol in Calamba City and initiatied a mass clean-up of the vicinity. In coordination with the barangay leaders and with the cooperation of the barangay fo...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Processing of applications for new passport and passport renewal now only takes an hour and a half at most, according to an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Also, applicants need only to be at the DFA office or branch 30 minutes before appointment, said Andre Perter Estanislao, director of the passporting division at the DFA. To get an appointment, one only has to either log-in into the DFA website at www.dfa.g...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) recently announced the launch and signing of a multi-pronged initiative to reduce gender disparities and inequalities in the country’s economic, social and political spheres. PCW and AECID will partner in the implementation of the project "Institutional Strengthening of National and Local Governance on Human Rights and Economic...
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13Mar2012OLONGAPO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The women of this city has veered away from the usual in celebrating International Women’s Day by marking the day not with protest rallies, but with a festival celebrating the life. The first Women’s Moonlight Festival, led by the city’s First Lady and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Director Anne Marie Gordon, brought together women from different sectors in an evening filled with music, dance, poetry and sharing of experiences...
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13Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 12 -- A Pangasinense Commissioner of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is seeking for an apology for conduct unbecoming of members of the Philippine National Football Team , more popularly known as ‘The Azkals.’ Cristy Ramos, AFC Match Commissioner and daughter of former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, expressed her frustration over the ‘Azkals’ members for disrespecting her and the institution she represents during an inspe...
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13Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 13 (PIA) -- The city agriculture office is pushing organic farming to the farmers in the city to lessen expenses in agriculture production and retain high yields. City Agriculturist Rufino Arcega said as an initial measure, the city agriculture office has established demonstration farms using organic fertilizers and pesticides to convince farmers to patronize the use of organic farming. There are also meetings set by the city agriculture office to a...
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13Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Mar 13 (PIA) -- Ang National Nutrition Council kon NNC sa Eastern Visasyas nakahunahuna ug laing innovative contest pinaagi sa permanenteng kompetisyon diha sa pagpalambo sa situwasyon sa nutrisyon sa matag pamilya sa rehiyon. Gitawag ug “Master Chef Showdown”, and kompetisyon nagtumong sa pagpakita sa mga sud-an nga barato, sayon ipreparar ug masustansyang utanon. Matud pa ni NNC regional coordinator Carina Santiago, kini ipahigayon sa Ab...
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13Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 13 (PIA) -- Naging mainit ang pagtanggap kahapon ng mga Sorsoganon kay Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa sa isinagawang parangal at pagkilala sa kanya bilang isang tunay na dugong Sorsoganon. Kasama ng opisyal ang kanyang maybahay at iba pang mga matatas na opisyal ng AFP, Philippine National Police, at ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Sorsogon. Naroroon din ang mga malalapit na kamag-anak at grupo ng mga Bacongnon na n...
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13Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has conducted recently a three-day claim folder review to fast tract the land acquisition and distribution (LAD) in Negros Oriental. DAR Information Officer Aileen Villaseca said the review aims to update and improve the LAD database, determine critical information about each landholding, classify landholdings into workable and problematic and determine the type of interventions needed to move them. Dur...
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13Mar2012APARRI, Cagayan, March 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) devolved the development, management, and operations of the Port of Aparri to the local government of Aparri, Cagayan in line with the policy of the national government of empowering local governments in the implementation of its developmental plans and programs. Engr. Constante T. Fariñas, Jr., port district manager of Manila/Northern Luzon, personally handed the symbolic helm of the port to Mayor Ismael V. ...
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13Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga spearheaded the conduct of a disaster response team training for government troops as part of the disaster preparedness program of the national government. The five-day in-house training recently held here aimed to enhance the disaster response capacity of the disaster action team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The participants were able to familiarize and have been updated with t...
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13Mar2012Manila, March 12 -- The Philippine Embassy, led by Ambassador to Belgium Victoria S. Bataclan, facilitated the organization meeting and induction rites of the 1st Filipino Nurses Association in Belgium (FILNABEL) at the Embassy Hall of Presidents in Brussels on February 26. Twenty-one nurses deployed from the Philippines, including Filipino nurses who studied and were hired in Belgium and those nurses who are employed in other occupations, attended the event. Filipino scholars ...
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12Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) launched today the Student’s Rights and Welfare (STRAW) Desk, a simpler mechanism to file complaints related to the interests of the students. Through a dedicated STRAW Desk website which will be accessible starting tomorrow, complainants can file their grievances online. “Kaya ito nilalaunch kasi walang systematikong pag-address sa violations (The reason we are launching this is because there is no ...
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12Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Center (NNC) in Eastern Visayas has come up with another innovative contest in a sustained quest to improve the nutrition situation of families in the region. Dubbed “Master Chef Showdown,” the contest aims to showcase low-cost, easy-to-prepare, and nutritious vegetable dishes. According to NNC Regional Coordinator Carina Santiago, it will be conducted on April 17 in Tacloban City. ...
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12Mar2012MANILA, March 12 (PIA) -- Climate Change Commission Vice-chairperson Mary Ann Lucille L. Sering welcomed the assistance offered by the German government to help implement the country’s climate change mitigation and adaptation measures as embodied in the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC), and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP), a statement said. The assistance, funded by the International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Federal Ministry...
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12Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- Filipino women are prone to prostitution and human trafficking syndicates of poverty, thus there is a need for education campaigns and passing of legislation such as the local ordinance on cyber pornography. This was the assessment of University of the Philippines-Cebu College associate professor Dr. Rhodora Bucoy who said that there is a definite link between poverty and these social ills. Thus, she information and education campaigns ...
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12Mar2012SORSOGON CITY, March12 (PIA) -- A series of trainings will be conducted by the Sorsogon provincial Liga ng Mga Barangay to assist the 541 barangays of the province to come up with a program for good governance in the implementation of the social basic services. According to Nelson Marana, provincial president of the Liga, this traning for barangay officials will provide them development in forging effective partnership with the national government in the attainment of the nation...
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12Mar2012DIFFUN, Quirino, March 12 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection here conducted Friday an earthquake and fire drill at the municipal hall. It was participated by the Philippine National Police, Philippine Red Cross volunteers and municipal health personnel. Inspector Donato Navan, municipal fire station chief said this is to prepare the employees, clients and even bystanders just in case a fire or earthquake hits the area. “It is one of ou...
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12Mar2012SANTA ANA, Cagayan, March 12 (PIA) -- Director Jovita Ayson of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the agency never issued a ban on the gathering of Anguilla elvers (fries) even as reports from Manila claimed it is now fetched at P40,000 a kilo. “I didn’t say we ban it because the fisherfolk should benefit from it. But we must fast track the issuance of local ordinances to protect the species,” she said. Ayson said the agency is uncomfort...
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12Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 12 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Isabela said it has yet to finalize the controversial Ilagan-to-Divilacan Road project even as it assured stakeholders it will not harm the environment. Governor Faustino Dy III during the 2nd Consultative Meeting on the project held at the Ilagan Sanctuary here told participants the provincial government needed all the assistance of the people to finally rehabilitate the existing logging road crossing the Sierra Madre moun...
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12Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- Some legislators and department heads of the provincial government of Cagayan recently went to Misamis Oriental to conduct a benchmarking mission on the consignment system of medicine which was successfully implemented in the said province. The team leader, 1st district Ma. Olivia B. Pascual, chairman of the committee on health, said the activity aimed to thoroughly study the consignment system of Misamis Oriental on the procurement of medicines, which...
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12Mar2012SANTA ANA, Cagayan, March 12 (PIA) -- Taiwanese fishery experts have signified their interest to corroborate with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 for a special research study on flying fish (Execoetidae). “The Taiwanese are interested and we hope they will really help us in the study,” BFAR Director Jovita Ayson said. She told participants of the Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network workshop at Jotay Resort here that flying fish a...
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12Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 12 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration – Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) assured farmers that there are enough impounded waters in the Magat Dam to sustain the implementation of the five-croppings-in-two-years farming scheme. The farming scheme is designed by the agricultural department as one mechanism to meet the country’s objective of food self-sufficiency by the year 2013. The farming scheme is at lea...
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12Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 12 (PIA) -- In response to the National Greening Program of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources led the planting of 3,000 mangrove saplings here in the province particularly at Barangay Dalumpinas, San Fernando City. This activity is part of the yearly celebration of “Women’s Month” with this month’s theme: “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyo...
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12Mar2012COTABATO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- A week-long photo exhibit dubbed “Masjid: Sacred Islamic Architecture of the Philippines” opens today, March 12 at the lobby of Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex, ARMM compound, Cotabato City. The exhibit showcases mounted pictures of the evolution of old and new “Masjid” or mosque built and located in the five provinces under ARMM and Marawi City. It aims to generate wider awareness, understanding and appreciation of the...
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12Mar2012VIGAN CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- Some 500 college students, who are members of the cultural minority in Ilocos Sur, received their scholarship allowances from the national government through the National Commission for Indigenous People (NCIP) covering the second semester for school year 2011 -2012 in a simple ceremony held in Candon City Civic Center, recently. NCIP Region 1 Director Ruben S. Bastero said that the scholarship grant which was called NCIP Educational Assistance Program (N...
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12Mar2012TAGUIG CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- To ensure better preparedness in case of a major calamity in the city, Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano has directed barangay officials to submit a comprehensive disaster management plan on their areas of jurisdiction. Cayetano tasked the officials of the city’s 28 barangays to outline the process in responding to disasters and identify equipment they needed for a faster and coordinated response during disasters. “We want our o...
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12Mar2012BOHOL, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Large volume of black corals and in very good condition is found in the seas of Jagna town in Bohol and is being closely guarded by the Jagna Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC) has tremendous tourism potentials. Jagna mayor Fortunato Abrenilla believed that the findings of the black corals in the area will limit fishing in Jagna as the local government presented its tourism program that revolved mostly around coastal resource management. ...
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12Mar2012Quezon City, March 12 (PIA 4B) -- The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on 13 February granted Certificate of Compliance (COC) to Cummins Sales and Services Philippines, Inc.’s (CSSPI) for its 920-kW Modular Diesel Power Plant located in Roxas, Palawan. The ERC’s evaluation of the applications of CSSPI and Hastings ascertained the company’s capabilities to adhere to technical and environmental standards set to operate power plants as prescribed under ERC’s Revis...
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12Mar2012Ricardo Tolentino, Ilocos Norte's "mango king," knows whereof he speaks when he says that there is big money in agri-business. His nine mango plantations around the province, which he built from a P50,000 farm input, has become a show window for success since he began his business fresh from college. At 56 years old, Tolentino is still at it. He runs his own mango export business and helps other farmers follow the path he took when he was starting as a mere mango ...
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12Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 12 (PIA) – House Bill No. (HBN) 5608 entitled “An Act Reapportioning the Province of Palawan into Three Legislative Districts” was approved in third reading recently, replacing the original House Bill 03650 filed in October last year authored by Palawan 2nd District Congressman Dennis Victorino Socrates who seeks the creation of a third legislative district in the province. Under HBN 5608, there will be a third legislative district ...
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12Mar2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, March 12 (PIA) -- A member of the New People’s Army voluntarily surrendered Sunday to Lt. Commander Ted Dumosmog, commanding officer of the 80th Infantry Batallion based in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. The rebel returnee was identified as Richard Galgo Salcedo, a.k.a. Ka Brazil/JHO, 29, a resident of Sitio Mamara, Barangay Mapaya, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. The military identified him as a member of Platoon 1, Kilusang Larangan Guerilla (KLG) 2,...
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12Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 conducted an orientation on the agency’s Department Order (DO) No. 18-A to some 50 contractors, subcontractors, and their principals from all over the region. The DOLE’s DO No. 18-A, series of 2011 is otherwise known as “Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, As Amended,” defining primarily where contracting and subcontracting are considered legiti...
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12Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, MARCH 12 (PIA) --Major General Mario Chan may be leaving with a heavy heart with his impending retirement, but the realization that his dream project of interconnecting the three Samar provinces has made his bidding goodbye lighter. This dream, he once again shared with a group of media men in an informal talk on March 10, 2012. Chan never waivered to promote his dream project, the call reverberated from the walls of the Samar Island Partnership for...
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12Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang bigyan ng parangal ng pamahalaang lalawigan at ng buong komunidad ng Sorsogon si Armed Forces Chief (AFP) of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie Diaz Dellosa, isang dugong Sorsoganon dahilan sa natatanging galing at ambag na ipinakita nito sa larangan ng kanyang propesyon at sa pagkamit ng pinakamataas na posisyon sa Sandatahang Lakas ng bansa. Si Dellosa ang pangatlong AFP Chief of Staff na itinalaga sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Ben...
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12Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Inihayag ni Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje na simula noong unang araw ng Marso 2012, ipinatupad na nila ang bagong patakaran na ang lahat ng mga troso, tabla, at kahoy na nakumpiska at napag-alamang mula sa natural o second growth forest ng bansa ay magiging pag-aari na ng pamahalaan. Aniya, ibibigay ang mga nakumpiskang kahoy sa Department of Education (DepEd) upang gawing mga upuan at mesa nang...
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12Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 12 (PIA) – Some 90 reservists from the three major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines participated in seven-day refresher course aimed at ensuring deeper understanding of the reservists’ role in the government armed forces, keeping them in step with the current AFP campaign plan—"the Inter Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan." This will also prepare them for Balikatan Exercises 2012 (BK12) which will be held ...
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12Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 12 (PIA) -- An agriculture official here is urging coconut farmers to immediately report to their agricultural technicians signs of Brontispa infestation among their coconut trees. “Immediately report any detection of any appearance of scorching or burning of young leaves of coconut...
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12Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- Police Regional Office 13 Caraga, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), has beefed up its campaign against illegal drugs. On December 15, 2011, Oplan Zombie was launched by Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) to further stop the notorious pushers and users of prohibited drugs within the area. The statistical record of BCPO shows that from December 15, 2010 to February 28, 2011, one drug-relate...
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12Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The people of Libon, Albay eagerly awaits the arrival of the Health Fiesta Caravan, Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) in the said barangay starting today. LBK is the health promotion caravan of the Department of Health which aims to promote health education in the rural barangays in a fun and entertaining approach thus the festive and colorful setting. The caravan includes a bus as a mobile counselling and examination clinic for t...
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12Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 12 (PIA) -- Nonie dela Peña, a Divilacan Agta leader, called for the support of the stakeholders of the proposed Ilagan-Divilacan Road to fast track the implementation of the said road project saying that several government programs and projects in Divilacan lasted only for a short span of time due to the lack of a convenient and cheaper cost of transportation to deliver the services and programs in the area. Dela Peña led the 40 Agtas from the munic...
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12Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 12 (PIA IVB) -- The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved on January 24 the application for the issuance of a certificate of compliance (COC) of Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ORMECO) for its 2.175-MW Linao-Cawayan mini-hydroelectric power plant (LCMHPP), and awarded on March 2. The approval of the COC to ORMECO assures that the power plant is reliable to provide communities and investors in the area continuous supply of electricity. Likewise econo...
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11Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s Sangguniang Panlalawigan is considering the creation of a council that shall ensure that issues and concerns affecting the indigenous peoples (IP) are addressed. This, after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered temporary suspension of appointment of...
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11Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 11 (PIA) -- To intensify campaign for a sustainable environment, the Angeles City Task Force One Million Trees (ACTF-1MT) and the senior students of Francisco G. Nepomuceno Memorial High School (FGHNMHS) have joined together for the Adoption Program recently. The early morning environmental crusade began with an advocacy walk joined by the students, faculty members, school administrators and barangay officials of Pandan. It was spearheaded by Bisho...
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11Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 11 (PIA) -- Several towns in Pampang and Tarlac have implemented projects using their Perfomance Challenge Fund (PCF). The PCF is a subsidy to fourth to sixth class municipalities, which received the Seal of Goodhousekeeping. The fund can be used by the town to finance economic development projects. Towns San Simon, Minalin and Sasmuan in Pampanga were awarded P1 million each for being recipients of the Seal Of Goodhousekeeping. Al...
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11Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 11 (PIA) – The Department of Health (DOH) and the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (RIACEH) have asked local government units to improve availability and accessibility of iodized salt because of the decline of its use since 2005. DOH Regional Director and RIACEH chairperson Dr. Bention Arca said that they asked LGUs to make iodized salt available in markets, groceries, min-marts and sari-sari stores. They were a...
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11Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- The 165-kg python in Alburquerque, Bohol that continues to attract tourist in the province has found a new home in Baclayon, Bohol. Popularly called "Frony" by the locals, the lovable snake that has grown to an abnormally large size was forced out of Alburquerque due to problems with business permit. It may be recalled that Alburquerque town mayor Efren Tungol has aired his problem with the operation of the python facil...
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11Mar2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, March 11 (PIA) -- The Bulacan government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued a cease and desist order to a tire pyrolysis plant in Guiguinto town after it was found guilty of operating without permits and belching black smoke as grumbled by residents. Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado and DENR-Environmental Management Bureau Region III director Lormeyln Claudio served the notice to Bio-Eco Solution Technology Inc. in Bgy. Tabang...
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11Mar2012BAGUIO CITY,Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Mayor Mauricio Domogan on Wednesday assessed that the city government is better prepared for earthquakes now than it was in 1990 when the killer earthquake struck but stressed that individual readiness among constituents is also a must to avert loss of lives and properties. “We can’t fight nature and we can’t predict when it will happen but we are doing what we can to prepare for any eventuality and I can say that we are better prepared now...
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11Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Seven outstanding ladies were honored for embodying empowerment in their respective fields of endeavor, during the International Women’s Month celebration Thursday morning at the Baguio Convention Center. The theme for the month-long celebration is, “Woman Weathering Climate Change, Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility.” Women and supporters from the 128 barangays, government offices and a con...
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11Mar2012MANILA, March 11 (PIA) -- Bank lending grew at a broadly steady pace in January, a statement by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. From 19.3 percent in December, the outstanding loans of commercial banks, net of reverse repurchase placements (RRP) with the BSP, increased by 19.1 percent. Likewise, the growth in bank lending inclusive of RRPs was stable at 16.6 percent from 16.4 percent in the previous month. Commercial banks’ loans have been growing st...
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11Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- “LGUs here today are also required to put up a Violence Against Women (VAW) desk in every barangay. We hope that every barangay would establish its VAW desk where women victims will run to for immediate help and support" Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda, Chairperson of the City Council Committee on Social Services Women and Urban Poor, made this call during the city’s International Women’s Day program at the Baguio Convention Cen...
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11Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said that there is a clamor for efficient transport and decongested roadway, hence the construction of the Calbayog diversion road is now underway. The Calbayog Diversion road stretches about 15 kilometers that begins in Barangay Cagsalaosao and ends in Barangay Monbon, Sta Margarita, Samar. Within the diversion road is Nijaga Bridge that will connect Nijaga to Barangay Rizal which is also incl...
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11Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 11 (PIA) -- The “siling labuyo” or “larang inanis” in Kapampangan or hot chili can very well become a priced crop to help farmers earn good money from their agricultural activities as proven by Onofre Domingo, a farmer from Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya who benefits from his harvest of the crop. Governor Lilia G. Pineda invited Domingo to teach the Aetas in Nabuclod, Floridablanca how to plant “siling labuyo”, as part of t...
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11Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- The Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) pushed for the creation of a technical working group that would review the Juvenile Justice Law as the province was alarmed with the 10.5 percent increase in petty theft cases committed by minors from 246 in January to 272 in February this year. At the PPOC meeting in San Miguel in time for the 10th Heat-Caravan on March 8, the police provincial director PSSupt. Constantino Barot moved for the council...
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11Mar2012BOHOL, March 11 (PIA) – Police stations of Corella, Candijay, President Carlos P. Garcia and Sikatuna reported zero crime volumes while the Tourist Police detachment in Panglao also fared similarly this February. Fourteen (14) towns in this province also registered perfect slates in crime solution efficiency ratings, even as some towns police organizations remain saddled with theft and robbery, some of them involving minors. Scoring 100% in crime ...
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10Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, March 10 (PIA) -- The first four of the eight Sokol combat utility helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) were turned over to Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin in a ceremony held yesterday in this freeport. “Today’s ceremony is a very welcome event for the enhancement of the operational readiness of the Philippine Air Force. Our acquisition of these brand-new airbuses shall certainly boost the fire-fighting capabilities of o...
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10Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 10 (PIA) -- Angeleños recently celebrated “Leguan: Celebrating the Beauty of Kapampangan Folk Arts and Culture,” an annual arts event held at Kalye Lakandula in this city. Head of Kalye Lakandula Bong Punzalan said, “the celebration does not merely speaks for beauty alone – the physical appearance, but, the beauty that is in relation with the culture and arts, and values.” The program consisted of Visual A...
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10Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 10 (PIA) – Although these provinces are among the identified disaster-prone provinces in the country, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Josefina Timoteo said all these provinces have prepared their Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan where they have identified disaster mitigation measures and rehabilitation strategies. Timoteo added that these provinces - Bulacan, Bataan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales, ...
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10Mar2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, March 10 (PIA) -- The Church Military Advisory Group-Negros (CMAG-N), an organization composed of four Catholic Dioceses, military units and the police offices in Negros Island, marked its 4th year anniversary of working together and strengthening bonds for peace and development in the Island. The anniversary's theme is "Peace and Development for God’s People - Our Mission, “For we are partners working together for God… (1 Corinthians 3:9).&rdqu...
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10Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 10 (PIA) -- Wading through the tidal mudflats of San Juanico Strait, the women employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 8 trooped to plant mangroves right at the foot of the San Juanico Bridge, which connects Leyte and Samar. In a display of “Women Power; Empowered Women,” the DENR ladies planted some 187 mangrove propagules in an estimated half hectare mangrove area at Barangay San Juan, Sta. Rita, Samar in...
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10Mar2012BANGUED, Abra, March 10 (PIA) -- Elegantly dressed in their locally loom-woven garments, the women-leaders of Abra, led by Ruby M. Bersamin, the governor's wife, paraded around the town proper in the “Parade of Women” on March 8 in celebration of the International Day for Women. The gowns were the special “abel” creations of the local designers of Abra to suite the tropical climate of the province to the comfort of the women-leaders who wear them on such special ...
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10Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) poured in an additional P500,000 worth of relief goods to the quake-hit families in the towns of Tayasan, Jimalalud and Guihulngan City. EDC Vice President for its Southern Negros Geothermal Production Field, Engr. Dwight Maxino said, EDC has already given out P1.5 million worth of relief bags containing rice, canned goods, bottled water, blankets and flashlights to the earthquake victims since February up...
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10Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 10 (PIA) -- The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) here warned charcoal and firewood traders of the adverse effects of massive cutting of trees that they use as raw material in their trade. PENRO Joseph Insigne issued the warning amidst fears that charcoal and firewood trade in the province will be patronized by many as an effect of the series of price hikes in liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The situation, Ensigne feared, may cau...
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10Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- To help reduce air pollution from motorcycles, the Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) is pilot testing a project in Mandaluyong City that aims to retrofit 2-stroke engine tricycles so that these can run on liquified petroleum gas (LPG), said PCA executive director Victoria Segovia. “(While) we cannot convert a 2-stroke engine tricycle into 4-stroke engine, there is a better technology now that exists and that is retrofitting the 2-stroke into LPG,&rdquo...
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10Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 10 (PIA) --The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI), a Cebu-based NGO, is to present its 6th Triennial Awards for outstanding individual and institution in the Visayas on March 22 at the Grand Ballroom, Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City. According to Chief Operating Officer Dominica Chua the RAFI Triennial Awards is conferred every three years. The awards are given in two categories, the Ramon Aboitiz Award for Exemplary Individual and the Eduardo Aboitiz Awar...
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10Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 10 (PIA) -- Calbayog women had the time of their lives, being pampered by the Local Women’s Council on Friday-Women’s Day at the Calbayog City Sports Complex. Around 800 women of different backgrounds converged to avail medical, dental and personal care services afforded to them, this time of the year. After the usual ceremonies to mark the day, the women hovered over the different free services. Some 100 women av...
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10Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 2 is now hiring additional jail officers to augment forces to be deployed in anywhere in the region or in any point of the country. Jail Assistant Regional Director Ramon Luis said those who were qualified in the hiring last year are now undergoing rigid training and about to be deployed to their respective areas of jurisdiction. Luis said that for this year, they will hire additional em...
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10Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 10 (PIA) -- The local chief executive of this province has assured the public that the protection of the environment inside the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park will be protected when the Ilagan-Divilacan road projects is realized. Governor Faustino G. Dy III made this assurance during the second consultative meeting held at Santa Victoria Park in this town March 8. “Kung gagawin natin ang Divilacan-Ilagan road, titiyakin natin na an gating kaguba...
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10Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 10 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) scheduled another power interruption in the provinces of Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya on March 13. Lilibeth Gaydowen, NGCP North Luzon corporate communications officer, said the power interruption will start from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. to provide sufficient time for the NGCP technical personnel in resuming their wiring, final testing, and commissioning works for the new substation equ...
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10Mar2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 10 (PIA) -- Chief Inspector Allan Eballar, the newly installed provincial fire marshal here, is pushing for more fire prevention and rescue trainings in the barangay level in a move to increase public knowledge on life-saving first aid and to produce volunteer rescuers to assist the provincial search and rescue unit in times of disasters. Eballar said he has done this already during his short stint as provincial fire marshal here in 2006-2007 before he was as...
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10Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- Two business establishments in Samar received the BAGWIS awards Friday, from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Justmar Marketing from Calbayog City earned the Silver Award while Ticon Marketing form Cataloging City earned the Bronze Award. Bagwis Award is given to business establishments that practice business and uphold the rights and welfare of customers. The Bagwis program is a check and balance for establishment...
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10Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 10 (PIA) -- Siargao women are encouraged to wear pink-colored shirt on March 23 to mark the 2012 Women’s Month Celebration, according to the the Gender and Development (GAD) coordinators during a consultation meeting held recently at Dapa Municipal Conference Room. This year's theme is “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility.” Ladies from respective government and non-government agencies a...
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10Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Samar governor Sharee Ann Tan on Friday called on cooperation from all the government agencies as she gave her message on the 2nd day of the training workshop on Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) of government agencies for peace and development projects at the Rolet Hotel, Catbalogan City. Tan asked the other agencies who participated in the workshop to focus on road networks. “Our military men, and other government agencies ...
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10Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- The admission test for enlistment to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Luzon is slated today, at the La Union National High School in San Fernando City. The current recruitment seeks to augment its present personnel strength and to enable the agency to fill some void in its personnel requirements that will further enhance the coast guard’s performance of its mandated and expanded task, said PCG Chief Vice Admiral Edmund Tan in a press rel...
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10Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- A two-day mobile passport service will be done in Dumaguete City on May 5 and 6, 2012. Personnel from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Bacolod Consular Office will be at the Robinson’s Place to entertain applications for new and renewal of expired passports from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 5, and 8:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. on May 6. Jessica Layumas of the City Tourism Office here is urging applicants to visit the city tourism offi...
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10Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 10 (PIA) – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) expects the Congress to discuss on Tuesday, March 13, issues and possible immediate actions to address rotating brownouts in several areas of Mindanao due to supply shortages. According to its press statement, M...
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10Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has deferred the implementation of the increase in premium contribution rates for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members. Miramar Palacio, information officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, informed the Philippine Information Agency that this new development is contained in PhilHealth Circular 07, Series of 2012, which amended an earlier issuance prescribing the new contribution rates for the diff...
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10Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- Now serving 27 cases of abandoned women and families of overseas Filipino Workers, the Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions Inc. (MMCEAI) continues to pilot this advocacy here in the city. "We are starting this in Davao by documenting cases and assisting the victims of this form of abandonment by way of legal help, counselling, and livelihood assistance", said MMCEAI executive director Inorisa Sialana-Elento. Some overseas work...
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10Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 10 (PIA) -- The House Committee on Indigenous Peoples conducted a committee hearing at the Kalinga Sports Center on Friday to gather insights on three bills filed in the Congress regarding concerns of indigenous peoples (IPs) in the country. Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat Jr. and House Committee Chairman on IPs said they have to hold public consultations in IP areas to get inputs from the grassroot level. “We have to bring outside of Congress the ...
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10Mar2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, Mar. 10 (PIA) -- Paracelis District Hospital has been identified as a priority beneficiary of the “Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat” program, based on the given criteria: level of waterlessness, water borne diseases, and poverty incidence. The participation of Mt. Province in the project necessitates the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement to set out agreements with the province, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Int...
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10Mar2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, Mar.10 (PIA) -- The National Power Grid Corporation (NGCP) has announced power shutdown in several of its transmission facilities in the entire provinces of Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya on March 13. Lilibeth P. Gaydowen, NGCP North Luzon corporate communications officer, said the power interruption on Tuesday will be from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the wiring, final testing and commissioning of a new substation equipment at Bayombong Substation. Sh...
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10Mar2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 10 (PIA) -- With the theme “Women weathering climate change: governance and accountability, everyone’s responsibility,” the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) here spearheaded the celebration of Women’s Day on March 8, participated by about 500 women all over the municipality, who carried placards bearing pro-environment messages as they paraded around the town before they convened at the Lagawe Open gymnasium for the program. &...
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10Mar2012ANGELES CITY, March 10 (PIA) – Angeles City’s Gender and Development Council (GAD) spearheaded the celebration of Women’s Month with this year’s theme, “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility.” The city-wide celebration kicked off in the recent “Lingap king Balen Malinis a Sapang Balen” river clean-up drive last March 3, where a majority of the volunteers were women. Activit...
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10Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- The Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) tasked Second District Board Member Godofreda Tirol to lead the technical working committee that will study Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile justice System that was identified as the reason for the increase of minors involved in various types of crimes. Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto, who chairs the Bohol PPOC, and its members decided to conduct further study and analysis on the juvenile justice law aft...
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09Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 9 (PIA6) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will install three (3) more automated water level sensors (AWLS) in Western Visayas, particularly in the Tigum-Aganan River System in Iloilo. The additional units will be installed in the towns of Alimodian, San Miguel and Sta. Barbara, said DOST Regional Director Engr. Rowen Gelonga. This is part of the agency’s weather monitoring system project to assist in disaster risk reduct...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region on Thursday issued an advisory on road repairs and maintenance works starting 10 PM Friday, March 9 to 4 AM of Monday, March 12, 2012. Motorists and the public are advised to expect traffic slowdown in the following major thoroughfares: Aurora Boulevard (Southbound), Pasay City from EDSA to Aurora Bridge New Panaderos St., Sta. Ana, Manila, from Sta. Ana Church to ...
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09Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 9 (PIA -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie Dellosa visited the 8th Infantry Division (8th ID) based in Camp Lukban, Catbalogan City,Tuesday. The General proudly said that with President Benign Simeon Aquino lll, AFP Modernization has taken off in the manner they expected. He said they have acquired four helicopters and four more are coming before the year ends. While the Aquino administration has just been ...
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09Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- A two-day mobile passport service will be held in Dumaguete City on May 5 and 6, 2012. Personnel from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Bacolod Consular Office will be at the Robinson’s Place to entertain applications for new and renewal of expired passports from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 5, and 8:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. on May 6. Jessica Layumas of the City Tourism Office here is urging applicants to visit the city tourism ...
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09Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- Government workers in Negros Oriental directly affected by the recent earthquake that hit the province may avail of a special emergency leave issued by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). CSC in a memorandum circular issued Feb. 16, 2012 said that the five-day special emergency leave is granted for affected state employees in areas that have declared a state of calamity due to natural disasters. “The leave will not be deducted from the...
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09Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 9 (PIA6) -- A regional task force mandated to take the lead in the anti-illegal logging campaign in the region is pushing for the inclusion of the Department of Justice as its member. The Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force-Western Visayas through a resolution requested the National Anti-Illegal Task Force for the inclusion of the DOJ as its regular member to strengthen the litigation of cases against violators of forestry laws. The request was fu...
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09Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 9 (PIA) -- The proposed P1.9-billion road project that the provincial government of Isabela is pushing will boost economic activity and promote the tourism spot of the four coastal towns once realized, according to governor. In the second public consultation held here Thursday, Governor Faustino G. Dy III said the coastal area has a great potential tourist spots and once a road exist going to the four coastal towns would surely boost economic activity there. &nbs...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced a “Libreng Tawag (free call)” service to allow families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Syria to communicate with their relatives. In coordination with Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular, NTC will set up booths inside the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration office in Pasay City. The free call service will run from March 9 to 16, weekends included. It will cater...
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09Mar2012SAN MATEO, Isabela, March 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 2 has turned-over a total of 33 units of multipurpose threshing machines or threshers to the local government unit of San Mateo town yesterday. The threshers were provided by the DA as promised by DA Secretary Proceso Alcala when he first visited the town in 2010 during the Mongo Festival where he served as guest speaker. San Mateo Vice Mayor Roberto Agcaoili said the provision of 33 multipurpose thresher i...
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09Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 9 (PIA) – The intensified implementation of the Fire Code by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here has reaped improvements, particularly on fire inspection, issuance of fire safety compliance, and collection of required fees. Chief Inspector Allan Eballar, provincial fire marshall, said that in the collection of fire code fees alone, the BFP here has collected more than P1.2 million in 2010 to more than P1.4 million in 2011. He added tha...
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09Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- As a tribute to women, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2 has initiated a search for the most responsible solo parent in the region, gender and development focal person Samuel Vinarao said. He explained, in an interview over Radyo ng Bayan, the innovation aims to recognize significant role and extraordinary accomplishments of women who withstand life’s challenges in nurturing her children on her own.&...
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09Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 9 (PIA) -- The media is still the most reliable source of information in the Philippines on global warming, according to the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), a Europe- based organization on climate change. The result is part of a stakeholder perception survey conducted by ICLEI in the country last year which was presented during the 2nd Pilot Cities Workshop on Climate Change held in this city recently. The Depart...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Air Force will formally accept four of the eight brand new combat utility helicopters from the biggest helicopter manufacturer in Poland, Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego PZL-Świdnik S.A. Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin will lead the ceremonial pouring of champagne on the new aircrafts Friday, March 9 at the Air Force City in Clark Field, Pampanga. In a release, Philippine Air Force Public Information chi...
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09Mar2012BATANGAS City, Marso 9 (PIA) --Patuloy ang pagtatanim ng puno ng mga kapulisan ng Batangas City na hindi lamang programa ng kanilang tanggapan kundi pagsuporta din sa environmental program ng pamahalaang lungsod at nasyunal. Matapos magtanim ng 100 puno ng narra at mahogany sa barangay Tingga at mga bakawan sa Barangay Cuta, sunod nilang isinagawa ang pagtatanim ng 100 pang nasabing puno na galing sa Batangas Province Police sa sitio San Vicente sa barangay Libjo...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) – The Department of Energy (DOE) reiterated the need for additional baseload plants to augment increasing power demands and to address power shortages problem in the island of Mindanao. In a press release, the DOE said that the whole Mindanao region has a projected peak demand of 1,300 megawatts exceeding its available power capacity of only 1,110 megawatts. To address this issue, the energy department is currently seeking the assistance of private investors to ...
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09Mar2012MANILA, March 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said a total of P1.28 billion has been set aside by the Aquino administration for government workers’ Uniform or Clothing Allowance (U/CA). Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said in a statement that each employee will now receive a P5,000 budget, 25 percent higher than the P4,000 given out in FY 2011. "The increase in the Uniform or Clothing Allowance (U/CA) for government employees a...
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09Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Mar 9 (PIA) -- Sobra na ang pamumutol ng mga puno sa ating kagubatan, ito'y maraming peligrosong kahihitnatnan tulad ng landslides at pagbaha; at pagkalbo ng kagubatan kung saan nawawala na ang mga ibat ibang hayop at halaman. Dahil dito, mayroong isinusulong na panukalang batas sa Kongreso na gagawing heinous crime ang sinumang mapatunayang nagtroso na iligal. Ito ay ang House Bill 00744. Suportado ni Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Pa...
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09Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- As its contribution in protecting the environment, a mall here has embarked on a greening advocacy urging shoppers to minimize the use of plastic bags. Ayala owned Abreeza mall launched today (Mar.9) the Green Fridays campaign in collaboration with its merchants, aiming to encourage customers to use biodegradable packaging or paper bags in lieu of plastic bags. Abreeza operations manager Antonio Luigi C. Escano said the ad...
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09Mar2012ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 9 (PIA) -- Experts from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) were mobilized to provide assistance for farmers affected by an unknown disease plaguing the onion industry in this town. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist, said the BPI personnel have been in the province since last week to study the disease which destroyed onion farms in nine barangays causing huge economic loses among the affected farmers here. “Hopefully, it wil...
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09Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- A one-day forum to explain the features of the revised and rebased Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA) will be conducted in Cebu City next week, March 15 by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The NSCB is the policy-making and coordinating body of statistical matters in the country. The agency is also the compiler of the national accounts which are used for economic policies. Since 2009, the NSCB implemented a World Bank p...
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09Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) - The Embassy of Canada in Manila, in partnership with the Chamber of Mines of Caraga Region Inc. (CMCRI), will be holding an Environmental Forum on Friday, March 9, 2012 at the Tavern Hotel, this city. Carlo Figueroa, public affairs officer of the Embassy of Canada, said the forum is part of the Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Extractive Sector aimed at supporting the Philippines' management of its natural resou...
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09Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- With the theme “ Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility,” employees from various government agencies here participated in the fun walk activity led by Region 1 Advocates for Gender Equality or RAGE in celebration of the National Women’s Month that started yesterday. This activity aims to raise awareness of national government agencies, local government units, civil s...
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09Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 09 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ordered regional offices to alert the public against text messages on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The message read, “President Noy-Noy Aquino Foundation Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is informing you that you won P950, 000 as second prize winner in the Handog Pangkabuhayan raffle promo.” DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said this...
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09Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 9 (PIA) -- To enhance crime reporting system using modern technology, the Police Regional Office (PRO1) launched here this morning the Philippine National Police (PNP) e-Blotter program, a new crime incident reporting system. The La Union Police Provincial Office (LUPPO) will serve as the pilot area for the new system. The e-Blotter System is a priority program of PNP Chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome. The ...
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09Mar2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, March 9 -- Crime situation has improved in the province in January to February 2012, compared to the same period last year. Crime volume dropped by 46 percent to 745 cases during the first two months of 2012, from 1,389 cases last year, said Supt. Rogelio Danoli, chief of the operations and planning division. During the Provincial Peace and Order Council technical working group meeting last Thursday, Danoli also said that index crime was ...
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09Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 9 (PIA6) -- The Commission on Audit is set to deliberate the deal between the provincial government of Negros Occidental and Ayala Land Incorporated (ALI) on March 19, 2012. In an interview over a local radio station here, COA Spokesperson Atty. Gilbert Kintanar disclosed that the Commission Proper (CP) composed of COA Chairperson and two commissioners are to deliberate on the deed of sale and contract of lease between the provincial government of Negros Occidenta...
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09Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- At least seven municipalities in the province will benefit from a Korean company when its starts operating here in Agusan del Norte. This is the intent of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is set to be signed by Governor Erlpe John M. Amante, in behalf of the province, and the International Agricultural Development Institute (IADI), based in Seoul, Korea. “Our company is very much interested on cassava, palm ...
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09Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 9 (PIA6) -- Known as the world's biggest flower, Rafflesia speciosa was confirmed to be found in the mountain ranges of the municipality of Barbaza. Its existence was confirmed and validated last February 23, 2012 by Forester Amadona Rana, PAWCZMS coordinator of CENRO, Culasi together with Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer Emerson Ogatis of the town of Barbaza, Antique who went up the mountains of the town to verify the report receive...
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09Mar2012This is a story of an Aeta mother who speaks from a heart seasoned by true-to-life experiences, dreams and desires for her family and the community. This woman, Marita Mondejar, an Aeta and a mother with five children, lives within the Agta community at Barangay Agugaddan, Penablanca, Cagayan. She’s not just an ordinary member of the Aeta community, she is also the most respected woman in the group as she was a former first lady, a successor chieftain, and now a vice-chieftain. &...
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09Mar2012In her years of service as the chief secretariat of the Regional Development Council (RDC) region 2 and the regional director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Engineer Milagros A. Rimando is hailed as the true and living advocate of sustainable development, gearing up the region’s potentials into its height of development. As NEDA regional director, she was instrumental in steering Region II to be the Most Outstanding Regional Office for three consecutive...
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09Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 9 (PIA) – State employees affected by natural calamities are allowed to take five days of leave, an official of the Civil Service Commission – 12 said today. Atty. Venus Ondoy, Director II of the Civil Service Commission South Cotabato Field Office said, based on&n...
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09Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The city government of Tuguegarao has treated the women of this city with a day of fun and relaxation in celebration of the Women’s day yesterday at the City Hall Lobby in Carig, with the year’s theme “Women weathering climate change: governance and accountability, everyone’s responsibility,” The one-day relaxation, which was highlighted with a mass, fun run, and Tuguegarao Women’s Got Talent contest, was p...
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08Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 8 (PIA) – The Cauayan City agriculture office, in coordination with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) – Isabela, is set to conduct a computer literacy training to several farmers in the city and in nearby towns starting this week to increase their knowledge on rice and corn production through surfing about the latest technologies to increase their yield. Mary Jane Yadao, city agricultural technician, said some farmers from Cabat...
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08Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) has announced the names of their 23 new registered nurses and one lawyer. NORSU’s lone successful bar examination passer during last year’s tests is Peter Roderic Olpoc of Dumaguete City. Olpoc is a longtime employee of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) in the city. For a year now, he is assigned as the bank’s Sales Service Officer in its Bais City branch. According to NO...
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08Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- Civil Service Commission Chairman Francisco T. Duque III visited Butuan City recently to formally inaugurate the "Botika Para sa Taumbayan" (BPT) outlet of the city government. As a joint project, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Department of Health (DOH) forged a Memorandum of Agreement creating the BPT Program. Under this program, the DOH shall grant the CSC an initial P15 million worth of medicines to initiate the...
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08Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Mar 8 (PIA) -- Some 25 barangays from three municipalities in Samar province are set to receive peace and development projects under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA). PAMANA is government’s peace and development framework that seeks to reduce poverty, improve governance, and empower communities through community-driven projects that address people’s needs and at the same time promote peace. The barangays in Matuginao, Baruz, Caro...
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08Mar2012AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- With the reduction of its Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share from the national coffers by 4.8 percent, the provincial government vows to work doubly hard this year to address expenditures necessary for its operation and to be able to reach its goals. By virtue of Provincial Ordinance No. 289-2011, the budget listed is P549,936,944.00. an increase of 2.78 percent compared to last year's P534,631,978. A...
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08Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- The Working Committee from the Office of the Vice Mayor and the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Butuan City have geared up its preparation for the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines (VMLP) 3rd Mindanao Island Congress slated on June 20-23, 2012 at a convention center in the city. The conference, which will be hosted by the VMLP Caraga Regional Chapter, will espouse the theme: “Protect the Natural Environment: Preserve the Natural Wo...
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08Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- Joining the battle against climate change, the Armed Forces of the Philippines is now promoting the use of environment-friendly materials inside Camp Aguinaldo. AFP chief Lieutenant General Jessie D. Dellosa said this initiative is long overdue since hazardous wastes have already affected the country. “The convenience we get in using Styrofoam and other non-biodegradable materials is nothing compared to the devastation we get from nat...
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08Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police approved yesterday (March 7) the request of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for a declaration of gun ban in the city for the entire month of March. The memorandum issued by the PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome clearly stated that only members of the PNP and the Armed Forced of the Philippines (AFP) and other Law Enforcement Agencies who are performing official duties and in agency-prescribed uniforms will be allowed to carry fi...
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08Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 8 (PIA) -- South Cotabato officials are pushing for the planting of more rubber trees in the upland area this year as it sees the crop’s potential as a source of income. Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. has recently asked OPAG to fast track the expansion of the rubber development program e...
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08Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga March 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reiterated its plea to the public to refrain from gathering and eating shellfish from the Bataan coastal waters and Masinloc Bay in Zambales as red tide toxin which causes paralytic shellfish poisoning remains present in these areas. Affected by the ban in Bataan are the municipalities of Mariveles, Limay, Orion, Pilar, Abucay, Samal and Orani and the city of Balanga. &n...
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08Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 8 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council 2 will be conducting the second public consultation on the proposed Ilagan-Divilacan road development project today at Santa Victoria Caves Park in Ilagan, Isabela. The second public consultation aims to present the environmental impact assessment and the result of the public scoping as agreed during the first consultation conducted Nov. 4, 2010. Milagros Rimando, RDC 2 vice chair and National Economic and Devel...
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08Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Mar 8 (PIA) -- Matapos na maging abala ang mga debotong Katoliko kahapon kaugnay ng pagdating ng relikya ni Santa Clara ng Assisi, abala naman ngayon ang mga organisasyon ng kababaihan sa lalawigan at ang lokal na pamahalaan ng lungsod ng Sorsogon sa pangunguna ng bawat Municipal Gender Advocacy and Development Council (MGADC) ang mga aktibidad para sa pagdiriwang ngayong araw ng International Women’s Day. Kabilang sa mga aktibidad ay ang pagtalakay sa mg...
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08Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Mar 8 (PIA) -- Bibisita ngayon dito sa Sorsogon si Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes kasama ng iba pang mga matatas na opisyal ng DAR sa rehiyon ng Bikol. Ayon kay Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Roseller Olayres, pinakapangunahing dahilan ng pagbisita ng kalihim sa Sorsogon ay upang tingnan ang implementasyon ng mga programa ng DAR partikular ang Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) at implementasyon ng bago nilang ...
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08Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 8 (PIA) --- Women from the 26 barangays of the Tuna Capital gathered today at the city’s covered court to rally behind environmental protection as one way of celebrating International Women’s Day. Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said the past years various celebrations of Women’s Day were focused on gender equality and empowerment, but this year the vital role of women in addressing climate change is emphasized. She under...
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08Mar2012PANGASINAN, March 8 (PIA) -- Former Lingayen town Vice Mayor Ramon Llamas Arcinue and his wife were shot dead last night upon arrival at their rented apartment in Sampaloc , Manila. Arcinue, 55, and his wife Zorahayda,55, a barangay chairwoman in Lingayen, were both shot in the head by an unidentified gunman at about 10:50 pm of March 7. They had just alighted from their Honda CRV vehicle with plate number TQO- 577 and were about to enter their rented apartment along ...
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08Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- Due to lack of fire equipment, manpower, and resources of some municipalities, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Region 2 by clustered towns to implement an efficient teamwork to respond to any fire incidents in the region. Regional Director Senior Supt. Sergio Soriano Jr. revealed, in an interview over Radyo ng Bayan, that there are 50 municipalities region-wide that do not have fire trucks, which is why they need to cluster some towns to ensure effi...
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08Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 8 (PIA6) -- Taking her cue from the country’s newest tourism slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines,” US Embassy Public Affairs Counselor Robin Diallo described their recent experience here in this city as “It is more fun in Iloilo”. Diallo, who on behalf of U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Howard Thomas, thanked Ilonggos, the city officials led by Mayor Jed Mabilog, volunteers and partners during the closing program of the Am...
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08Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission announced that application forms for youth interested to join the 39th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) are now available. Deadline for the submission of the SSEAYP application form, which can be downloaded at the NYC’s website, will be until 5 P.M. of April 13, 2012. An annual cultural exchange, SSEAYP aims to promote friendship and mutual understanding among local youth f...
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08Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Marso 8 (PIA) -- Isa sa mga pinagtutuunan ngayon ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng South Cotabato ang pagtatanim ng mas maraming rubber lalung lalo na sa mga bulubundunking bahagi ng lalawigan. Kamakailan, inatasan ni Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. si provincial agriculturist Reynaldo Legaste na pabilisin ang pagpapalawak ng 'rubber development prog...
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08Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Marso 8 (PIA) -- Handa na ang crop suitability map ng lalawigan ng South Cotabato, ayon kay Provincial Agriculturist Reynaldo Legaste Ani Legaste isang malaking kalamangan ng lalawigan ang pagkakaroon ng crop suitability map para sa mas tiyak na pagpapalago ng industriyang pangsakahan dit...
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08Mar2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, March 9 (PIA) -- The Agusan del Sur medical outreach team has extended services to less fortunate Agusanos in three far-flung barangays. Sibagat Mayor Thelma Lamanilao, who is a doctor by profession, said the medical outreach has been practiced in Sibagat for three consecutive years now and is an awaited program by the people from the grassroots level. Municipal Health Officer Dr. Hiram Encendencia said the free medical services are medical checkup, circumcisi...
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08Mar2012MANILA, March 8 (PIA) --The Philippine Coast Guard will hold an entrance test for enlistment on Saturday, March 10, 2012. PCG Chief Vice Admiral Edmund Tan said the admission test will be held simultaneously in the six Coast Guard Districts nationwide, a release from the agency said. “With the PCG’s current recruitment budget for calendar year 2012, the agency is slated to enlist at least 400 personnel to augment its present personnel strength,” Tan said. He added tha...
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08Mar2012PARAÑAQUE CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- Considering the threat of man-made and natural disasters, the city government of Parañaque on Monday, held a simultaneous earthquake drill on March 5. Parañaque Mayor Jun Bernabe said the activity was done to assess and improve the city’s disaster mitigation and management plans, as well as enhance their response capabilities. “We regularly hold disaster drills to increase the awareness and preparedness o...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- Sec. Corazon Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Wednesday the agency plans to move Sendong victim families living in tents or temporary settlements to permanent housing units by the start of summer this year. Soliman said that at least 300 families from Calaanan in Cagayan de Oro are intended to be transferred to permanent housing settlements. Meanwhile, in Iligan City the agency is planning to move at least...
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07Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 7 (PIA) – Magsasagawa bukas, Marso 8 ang Sorsogon City Veterinary Office ng iba’t ibang mga aktibidad na tinagurian nilang “Love Dog Day” upang mapangalagaan ang mga alagang aso at maiiwas ito sa pagkakaroon ng rabis. Kasabay sa aktibidad ang libreng pagbabakuna, nail at hair trimming, castration, spaying at iba pang mga serbisyo para sa mga alagang hayop. Ayon kay City Veterinarian Dr. Alex Destura, hindi lamang sa buwan ng Ma...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has good news for residents of Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas and Cavite, as the company is set to improve and expand its water services this year. “We are expediting our service improvement projects in Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, and Cavite because the residents there have waited too long to have access to our services,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ricky ...
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07Mar2012PENABLANCA, Cagayan, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released checks amounting to P29,120,000 for the construction of 466 core shelter units under the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP) for the residents who were affected by typhoons. DSWD Assistant Regional Director Ponciana P. Condoy, together with Board Member Washington Taguinod and Municipal Social Welfare Officer Excelcis de Leon, handed the checks to the representatives of the eigh...
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07Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- There have been significant increases in the number of Filipino women with high waist-hip ratio since 1988. This was revealed by the Seventh National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2008 by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology or FNRI-DOST. Salvador Serrano of FNRI-DOST said that from 40 in every 100 women in 1988, the figure went up to 54 in every 100 in 2003, and reached up to 65 for ...
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07Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), in partnership with the Provincial Office on Agricultural Services, granted two village type corn dryers to the towns of Rizal and Tanudan while two others proposed for Tabuk and Pinukpuk are being validated. Provincial Corn Program Coordinator Ignacio Dinulong said the dryer machines are given as grants to said corn producing areas to boost corn production in the province. “B...
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07Mar2012TARLAC CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Menashe Bar-On has recently visited the province of Tarlac to impart his country's expertise in the Agriculture. Bar-On met with Governor Victor Yap and Provincial Agriculturist Edwina Tabamo to discuss useful techniques in maximizing agriculture produce on a per hectar yield. Compared to Israel which produces 300 tons of tomatoes per hectare, Tarlac only has an average yield of around 30 tons per hectare. Bar-...
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07Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) -- Angeles City joins the nation in the celebration of Women’s Month this March with activities anchored on the theme “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility.” According to the City Information Office, activities started last Saturday with a river clean-up drive participated in by lady-volunteers. Tomorrow, a Mass Aerobic Exercise and City Clean Up Advocacy Drive wil...
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07Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 7 (PIA6) – Infrastructure projects worth P10,302,534 were recently inaugurated in the town of Patnongon. According to Mayor Johnnyflores S. Bacongallo, Municipal Mayor, the projects inaugurated include: road concreting at Barrientos St. worth P2,705,784; concreting of Cabudipa road worth P500,000.00; concreting of Abellon St. extension worth P300,000; concreting of Catuayan road worth P500,000; construction of new PNP building worth P3,296,750; constructio...
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07Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, around 2,000 participants from various women’s organizations in Cebu City and other government offices and the private sector will join the parade tomorrow morning to highlight the annual observance in Cebu. Camila Santina of the Cebu City Women’s Welfare and Family Affairs said the parade which also serves as the kick-off activity of Women’s Month every March will start ...
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07Mar2012PANGASINAN , March 7 (PIA) -- Four local towns here are now affected with the red tide toxin, including the coastal waters of Alaminos City, home of the famous Hundred Islands. Other towns affected by red tide, also called Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB), are Bani, Anda and Bolinao. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Section (MBMS) in Manila issued Shellfish Bulletin No. 5 on Feb. 23 warning that shellfishes in the coastal waters of Al...
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07Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The Professional Regulations Commission is set to forge partnerships with local government units. This is in pursuit of its mandate in securing for the nation a reliable, trustworthy and progressive system of developing professionals. PRC Chairperson Teresita R. Manzala is scheduled to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the provincial governors of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Samar, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar; the city mayors of...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will fast track the implementation of the Integrated Transport System (ITS) project to decongest traffic in Metro Manila (MM). DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas said that the implementation of the ITS project is provided for in the President’s Executive Order No. 67 issued last February 21, 2012. EO 67 calls for the planning, implementation and monitoring of the ITS. Under the ITS proje...
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07Mar2012MANILA, March 7 (PIA) -- Year-on-year headline inflation slowed down further to 2.7 percent in February from 4.0 percent (revised) in January using the 2006-based CPI series, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. The year-to-date average of 3.3 percent was within the government’s inflation target range of 3-5 percent for 2012 and the BSP’s internal monthly forecast of 2.7-3.6 percent. The lower February inflation outturn was due mainly to slowe...
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07Mar2012LAOAG CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Model Senior Citizen Center in Laoag City has passed the standards for accreditation by the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the third time. Adelina Asuncion, focal person of the Senior Citizens Desk of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, said this means that the Center is conducive and accessible to all senior citizen members. “The Center has complied with the Fire Safety and Structural Safety Clear...
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07Mar2012LAOAG CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- More Senior Citizens are now beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program (SPP) of the Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) in Laoag City. A total of 128 indigent senior citizens are now receiving monthly social pension, an additional of 26 beneficiaries from last year’s 102. According to Adelina Asuncion, focal person of the senior citizens desk of the City Social Welfare Development Office, each pensioner receives 500 pesos monthly stipe...
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07Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 7 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Soccsksargen area (Revenue Region No. 18) officially started today the 2012 income tax filing season with a tax campaign kick-off program. The tax campaign kickoff began with a motorcade from the BIR’s regional office in Barangay Carpenter Hill to the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center along Alunan Ave., this city. where a program sig...
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07Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) -- The Holy Angel University (HAU) is set to honor two people who have greatly contributed to the history and culture of the province in the prestigious cultural awards given by HAU annually. The recipients of the said award are Brillante Mendoza, a world-class director, who rose to fame because of his film “Kinatay,” and Dr. John Larkin, an American historian who had written a 1972 book, “The Pampangans: Colonial Society in a Phil...
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07Mar2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) – The Holy Angel University (HAU) will honor five individuals for their contributions in the preservation and enrichment of Kapampangan culture and tradition. Cannes-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza and State University of New York history professor John Alan Larkin will receive the Juan D. Nepomuceno Cultural Award for Arts and Culture and Research and Scholarship respectively for bringing the Kapampangan heritage into the international fi...
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07Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The local government collected a total of PhP4.9-billion in revenue for the month of January this year, a statement posted on its website said. Likewise, Makati posted an increase of nine percent over total earnings in January 2011. Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay expressed satisfaction over the recent income hike, saying that it will allow the city to beef up its programs for this year and pursue more innovations for the best...
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07Mar2012Malolos in Bulacan is so much part of the country’s colored past as many of the patriots and heroes of our history has links to this bustling city of the present. Citing all the historical events that took place in Malolos, especially those with reference to the short-lived first Philippine Republic can very well fill a sizeable book. Names such as General Emilio Aguinaldo, Pedro A. Paterno, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Pio del Pilar, Gregorio del Pilar, Apolinario Mab...
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07Mar2012What does it take to be a national awardee of the 2011 Rice Achievers or the ‘Parangal Sa Mga Bosing ng Palayan’? For Donalene Megino, an agricultural extension worker of the City of San Fernando, and the lone winner in Pampanga of the Rice Achievers Award, it took diligence and dedication on her work to achieve such award. In October 2009, Donna attended a four-month training on ‘Palaycheck’ at the Department of Agriculture Research Center in barangay P...
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07Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental government will prioritize the restoration of the Guihulngan District Hospital, over the construction of a new unit for obstetrics and newborn care. NegOr Governor Roel Degamo said it was unfortunate that the hospital was damaged the recent earthquake, which has caused the delay in the construction of the Guihulngan District Hospital’s Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEMONC) unit. The new facility al...
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07Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The U.S. Embassy and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the approval of a $500,000 grant for the purchase of medical equipment for the Philippines Veterans Memorial Medical Center. In a press statement released to the media, Director of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office Jon Kelly said that the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office has identified equipment to establish an Eye Center as the top priority this year, and this g...
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07Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Members of the Armed Forces from the U.S. Pacific Command will participate in the Balikatan combined military exercise with the Armed Forces of the Philippines on April 16-27, this year. Approximately 4,500 U.S. personnel and 2,300 Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel from all services are expected to participate in the exercise. Balikatan which means “shoulder-to-shoulder”, is a regular schedule multi-service combined exercis...
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07Mar2012SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 7 (PIA) -- Five barangays in this town recently received multi-cab vehicles from Representative Carlos Padilla as part of his drive to empower the communities in this town. The recipient barangays of the brand-new vehicles were San Juan, Comonal, Aggub, Quezon, and Lactawan. “The vehicles were requested by the barangays to Representative Carlos Padilla through the local government unit which provided assistance for the project,” Marcial ...
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07Mar2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, March 7 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has been implementing a peace-building program which focuses on developing conflict-affected areas to address the root cause of armed conflict. Paul Escober, OPPAP area manager for Bicol, said these efforts are being done under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program, the national government’s peace and development framework that aims to build peaceful a...
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07Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- A former high-ranking official of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has organized a stamp exhibit to inspire competence and confidence among women in Dumaguete City. Former NTC Deputy Commissioner Atty. Kathleen Heceta is the philatelist responsible for the current exhibit at Silliman University’s (SU) Robert B. and Metta J. Library where over 700 commemorative and special edition stamps from 60 countries are displayed. &nbs...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be planting 10 million trees in support of the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje said PNP’s pledge of support for the NGP was officially sealed recently through a memorandum of agreement. He signed a MOA last week with PNP Director General Nicanor Bartolome, which kicked off the i...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- As part of the continuous upgrading of the air quality monitoring in Metro Manila, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) opens its fourth air quality monitoring station at the grounds of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in EDSA. The installation of real time ambient air quality monitoring equipment forms part of the priority programs of DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje, who aims to bring down concentrations...
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07Mar2012NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Province, March 7 -- Compostela Valley marked the second day of the 5th Bulawan festival and the 14th founding anniversary with a synchronized tree planting activity with 500,000 seedlings planted across the province. The activity held last March 6 is integral to this year’s Bulawan festival which is anchored on its theme: “Comval…shines at 14, Going Green!” The tree-planting was participated by about 50,000 planters ...
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07Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 7(PIA) -- Some 10,000 farmers received seed subsidy the provincial government and the Department of Agriculture (DA) here as part of the government’s typhoon assistance to the affected agricultural sector. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist, said the 10,000 affected farmers have been given with 20 kilograms each of certified seeds. “These farmers have been affected by typhoons Quiel and Pedring last year. Right now ...
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07Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Some Catholics support the passage of the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) Bill because its main objective is simply to provide reproductive healthcare services to women thus, promoting for their optimum health. Dr. Rhodora Bucoy, an associate professor of the University of the Philippines - Cebu College (UPCC) and coordinator of Sidlak Gender Resource Center (GRC) 7 said not all Catholics are opposed to the RH Bill. “The C...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon J. Soliman announced that the relief operations for Masbate City will start today, soon after the local government and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) finishes the assessment on the extent of damage brought by the recent 5.2-magnitude earthquake. “Nag-ra-rapid assessment po ngayon ang lokal na pamahalaan at saka ‘yung Regional Disaster Ris...
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07Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Marso 7 (PIA) -- Pormal na nga ginhatag sang Bureau of Internal Revenue Region No. 18 o kon BIR-Soccsksargen Area ang senyales sang pag-umpisa para sa pagbayad sang buwis karon nga tuig. Kaina sang aga ginhiwat sang BIR-Soccsksargen ang Regional Tax Campaign Kick-off sa South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center sa Siyudad sang Koronadal kung sa diin ginpabutyag ni Revenue District Officer Bagro Saransamun sang South Cotabato nga senyales na ang pag-ump...
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07Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) --Davao’s women leaders and gender advocates have pushed for the creation and assurance for the full operation of the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desks or offices at the barangay level. In a resolution presented to the recently-held 13th Citywide Women Summit, the women called on the local government to further strengthen the efforts of institutionalizing VAWC desk in every barangay in the city. The resolution also asked for ...
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07Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thru the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) in Dipolog City has started releasing the P500.00 monthly social pension for the indigent senior citizens in this city, Tuesday. Mr. Roberto O. Maraguinot, Dipolog City OSCA Head said, more or less 296 indigent senior citizens in Dipolog City who are 77 years old and above are qualified to avail of the social pension program. Maragunot said eac...
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07Mar2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA)- Southern Leyte expects more palay to be procured in the next rice cropping season by April as more farmers sold their palay to the government in the last harvest season in November 2011. Public Information Officer designate Elisa Almacin said their office were able to procure some 3,000 sacks of palay from local farmers in the last harvest season due to the low predominant buying price of ...
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07Mar2012CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Continuous effort is being pursued by the provincial government of Northern Samar to minimize, if not eradicate, unemployment in the province. This is one priority program of Gov.Paul Daza through job skills matching. A meeting was called recently by the governor with the Education group to discuss employability of those taking technical vocational skills training program in Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (T...
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07Mar2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and in coordination with the Eastern Visayas Child Labor Committee (EV-CLC), is conducting a two-day Capacity Building Training on Child Labor and Trafficking in Persons. The training is held today until tomorrow at the Provincial Governor’s Office, Conference Hall, Capitol Building, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. Some 50 ...
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07Mar2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) – Maasin City will kickoff it’s two-day celebration with motorcade and seminar-orientations series on climate change tomorrow. In line with this year's Women's Month theme, “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility,” CSWDO has prepared seminar- orientations focused on Climate...
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07Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 7 (PIA) -- Various activities focusing on increasing the awareness and vigilance of the general public on fire prevention have been lined-up by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for sectoral support for the Fire Prevention Month. Chief Inspector Allan Eballar, Provincial Fire Marshall said they have already conducted a motorcade to jumpstart the observance of the Fire Prevention Month in the province, which will be followed by Fire Olympics, which will...
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07Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 7 (PIA) -- A number of village women were gathered at the community center of Barangay Sagana, Santiago City to undergo a training on using recyclable materials last Saturday, March 3, aimed at helping them earn income while at home. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Santiago City employee Alicia Alejandro led the training particularly in decorative souvenir items and corsages out of plastic wastes. Alejandro said women resid...
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07Mar2012TAGUM CITY, March 7 (PIA)-- Davao del Norte’s convergence initiative will be expanding its available health services to poor and distant barangays, with more funds coming from the office of the province's First District Representative Anthony G. del Rosario. The representative has assured that his office will provide P800,000 in order to provide the needed assistance for cancer patients, including resources for the screening procedures for breast cancer, prostat...
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07Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Region 2 is currently conducting a five-day basic occupational safety and health training for safety officers and workers in the private industries and institutions, from March 5 to 9, 2012 at Hotel Ivory here. Laura Diciano, labor officer, said the training aims to provide participants with basic knowledge and skills on occupational safety and health that will enable them to plan and develop their company’s ...
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07Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- Four caves in Kapalong, Davao del Norte were recently identified and assessed as priority caves by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-XI (DENR-XI) and the Davao Speleological and Conservation Society (DSpeCS). These caves are the Otso, Gitgitan, Sayaw and Underground Caves. During the cave assessments done last February 1 to 3 the following characteristics were considered: length, height and width of the caves as well as i...
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07Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 7 (PIA) -- Sinimulan ng Department of Agrarian Reform ang taong 2012 sa pamamagitan ng pagsasagawa ng serye ng mga pagpupulong at pagsasanay upang matukoy at mailatag ang mga prayoridad ng iba’t-ibang mga programa ng DAR ngayong 2012. Una na rito ay ang pagpapatawag ni Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Roseller R. Olayres ng Land Tenure Improvement (LTI) conference na sinundan ng Problem Solving Session. Ayon kay Olayres, sa pamamagitan nito ay naila...
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07Mar2012ROXASCITY, Capiz, March 7 (PIA6) -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas top officials will inaugurate tomorrow, March 8, the newly completed BSP building and launching of financial literacy program in Capiz. Information Officer Joshua Ayuste of the BSP’s Central Supervisory Support Subsector said that Governor Amando Tetangco will grace the activity here with Capiz Governor Victor Tanco, Congressman Antonio del Rosario and Roxas City Mayor Angel Alan Celino, among others. He sa...
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07Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 7 (PIA6) -- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises looking for technological assistance to enhance their productivity and competitiveness have a willing partner in the Department of Science and Technology. The DOST - Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SET-UP) assists MSMEs in addressing their technical problems through technology transfer and technological interventions such as in the case of Berpa-Flex Technologies in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. Berpa-Fle...
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07Mar2012MANILA, March 7 (PIA) -- Filipino veterans and their families with eye problems will soon be served by an Eye Center within the Philippine Veterans Memorial Medical Center with the $500,000 grant approved by the US Veterans Affairs Administration, in the form of VA-purchased medical equipment, according to a news release by the US embassy. “The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office has identified equipment to establish an Eye Center as their top priority this year, and th...
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07Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 7, (PIA1) -- For the first time, the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVET) was successful in conducting ‘Operasyon Kapon Kay Bantay,’ a program aimed to reduce incidence of rabies in dogs and cats pursuant to R.A. 9842 or Anti-Rabies Act of 2007. According to Raquel Difuntorum, Farmer worker I of OPVET, the operation also aims to remove the sexual urged among animals particularly dogs that usually roam the streets. Nida G...
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07Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod has recently approved an ordinance enhancing the procurement process for all infrastructure projects in the city. The measure is to ensure that infrastructure projects should be constructed and built with the highest quality standards to benefit the general public upon its use. Under the ordinance, all contractors are required to seek accreditation from duly certified professional organization...
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07Mar2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Gender and Development (GAD) focal person of the province has committed to plant trees on Thursday, Mar. 8 in Brgy. Cagtinae, Malimono, as part of the celebration of the Women’s Month. Board Member Regina Alaan, chairperson of the Committee on Gender, Women and Development of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, said tthe GAD focal person along with the five representatives from the different partner agencies of the province will plant...
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07Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 7 (PIA) -- Surigao del Sur Gov. Johnny Pimentel expressed interest over the idea of a drug test for Capitol employees here. In a brief message to Capitol employees on Monday’s flag ceremony program, he bared that a growing number of department heads in the provincial government are asking him to order such measure. Pimentel said, there are already two provinces in Caraga region that have done such move referring to Surig...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) Director Edgardo Cabarios said Tuesday that the agency will continue to protect the rights of the telecommunication consumers in the country. Cabarios said that with only two major players in the telecommunication business, the agency would have to closely monitor the industry so that consumer welfare is protected. He added that the industry needs at least three major players to ensure healthy compet...
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06Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Mar 6 (PIA) -- Filing of one’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) promotes transparency, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Samar’s First Engineering District.This was the message DPWH conveyed to its personnel during a re-echo seminar on filing SALN. Catherine Quilantang, an accountant at DPWH said that it is not enough to comply with the filing of SALN.“What is important is that they should know ...
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06Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 6 (PIA) -- Cotabato Second District Representative Nancy Catamco last week distributed checks worth P2.36 million intended as livelihood assistance for women’s groups and senior citizens’ organizations in six municipalities of the province. A press release from Rep. Catamco’s congressional ...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed confidence that the continuing support extended by the different sectors of society to the national anti-drug campaign is a big boost to rid the country of illegal drugs. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said he is hopeful that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) would consider the possibility of expanding its support to law enforcement. D...
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06Mar2012MANILA, March 6 (PIA) -- The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the consolidation of the First Community Cooperative Bank of Misamis Occidental (FBMO), Cooperative Bank of Davao del Sur (CBDS) and Cooperative Bank of Surigao del Sur (CBSS) to form a new cooperative bank to be known as Consolidated Cooperative Bank (CCB), a statement said. First Community Cooperative (FICCO), a primary cooperative based in Cagayan de Oro City, which is the ...
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06Mar2012MANILA, March 6 (PIA) -- The Land Bank of the Philippines (Land Bank) recently signed an agreement with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for a collection and remittance partnership on the premium contributions of overseas and migrant Filipino workers. In a statement, Land Bank said the partnership will initially kick off on March 15 in partnership with its remittance partners in three pilot countries: Hong Kong (Pacific Ace Forex H.K. Ltd.), Macau (...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has joined hands with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to battle climate change by planting 10 million trees until 2013. This, after the two government agencies recently signed a memorandum of agreement that officially launched PNP’s “Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno, Pamana sa Kinabukasan” project. DENR Secretary Ramon Paje lauded PNP chief Nicanor A...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- An intensity 6 earthquake of tectonic origin and measuring 5.2 in magnitude shook Masbate at 7:06 a.m. on Tuesday, forcing schools to suspend classes in Masbate City. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), in its situation report released before noon Tuesday, said the “strong local earthquake” occurred 12.40oN, 123.63oE, three kilometers of Masbate City, Masbate with depth of 23 kilometers. The N...
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06Mar2012COTABATO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo is strongly supporting the initiatives to develop the halal industry and make it a national program due to its huge potential to help the country’s economy, a top regional official said yesterday. Dr. Zenaida P. Hadji Raof Laidan, DOST-12 director, said in a recent meeting with the regional directors of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the secretary emp...
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06Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, March 6, 2012 (PIA) -- Xavier University, Xavier Center for Culture and Arts (XCCA), and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) held today the “Kalinga ng Sining,” an art therapy and art for transformation activity for typhoon Sendong survivors. Hobart P. Savior, Director of XCCA said the project gives creative intervention and therapy to the survivors, especially the youth. The “Kalinga ng Sining” project sho...
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06Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Southern Leyte have issued a memorandum to all public schools in the province to designate a breastfeeding center where all lactating mothers can breastfeed their babies in private, in support to the Expanded Breastfeeding Act. According to Dr. Consolacion Ruflo, chief of DepEd Southern Leyte medical office, as of January 12, all 39 public secondary schools and 296 elementary schools in the province have compl...
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06Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum Order 9, addressed to the Bureau Directors, School Division City Superintendents, Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary schools concerning the 2012 Graduation Rites will focus on the theme “Your Gift of Learning, Our Tool for Nation Building." The memo states, “The significance of the occasion should not be overshadowed by pomp and pageantry but should be Sp...
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06Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Almost 200 participants from government and non-government organizations attended the presentation of the integrated river basin management and development master plan for Central Cebu River Basins (CCRB) at the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) on March 6. The participants are composed of national government agencies (NGAs), local government units (LGUs), government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), religious organizations, and relevant ...
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06Mar2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 6 (PIA) -- Provincial Director PSSupt. Domingo R. Lucas of the Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial office has assured that the provincial Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team is ready to respond to any high-risk situations such as hostage taking and bank robberies that may occur in the province. “At present, there are 11 PNP personnel of Quirino Police Provincial Office who recently completed their training on SWAT course. They will serve as ...
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06Mar2012Legazpi City, Mar 6 (PIA) -- Contractual workers across Bicol region need not worry losing their jobs hastily, intimidated, and anxious of unpromising future upon completion of their contract of employment. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office here has assured contractual workers of ‘security of tenure’ by virtue of Department Order No. 18-A providing that contractual workers cannot be terminated without due cause and due process and shall enj...
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06Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 6 (PIA) -- Newly installed Isabela police chief initiated initial revamp in some of the police station commanders and commission officers to give them chance for career advancement. Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) Chief Frankin Moises Mabanag announced the reassignments of his police station chiefs and some commissioned officers in the IPPO effective this week to enhance and widen their operational capability in maintaining peace and order in the province....
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06Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 2 hailed the practice of Santiago City district jail of implementing no-smoking policy within the premises of the jail. Jail Superintendent Ramon S. Luis, assistant regional director, said Santiago City jail implemented the policy as part of its innovation to ensure good health among inmates and personnel, following the report of the health department that smoking poses health risks of both smoker...
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06Mar2012SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Marso 6 (PIA6) -- Kapin sa 20 ka mga myembro kag benepisyaryo sang Sicap Multipurpose Cooperative sa bawa sang Sigma, Capiz ang nakabaton sang Kabuhayan Starter Kit sang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Suno kay DOLE Capiz Information Officer William Dungog nga sang nagligad nga bulan sang Pebrero, natigayon nga matugyan na sang ila talatapan pinaagi kay Assistant Regional Director Dax Villaruel ang Kabuhayn Starter Kits sa mga katapu sang amo nga k...
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06Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 6, (PIA6) -- Road safety gleaned thru the eyes of a child is at the heart of a Department of Education (DepEd) project. The DepEd will hold the National Road Safety Poster Making Contest poster making contest on road safety. The final judging of the contest is on November 18, 2012 highlighting the celebration of the World Remembrance Day. This contest to heighten awareness among students, teachers, DepEd officials and even the whole community an...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The public have found newer ways to communicate. According to National Telecommunication Commission Director Edgardo Cabarios, almost 100 percent of the public have shifted from using the landline phones to using mobile phones since the popularity of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) in late 1990s. Cabarios said the landline phones have stopped expanding, but leading telephone companies have converted their services to bundle p...
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06Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, Marso 6 (PIA) – Aprubado na ng Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) ang Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) ng Lungsod ng Cotabato, ito ay ayon kay Aniceto Rasalan ang kalihim ni mayor Japal Guiani, Jr. Sa isang panayam sa radyo, sinabi ni Rasalan na kauna-unahang lungsod sa buong kapuluan umano ang Cotabato na inaprubahan ang CLUP na mayroong mga probisyon sa climate change. Maliban sa climate change adaptation nakasaad din sa CLUP n...
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06Mar2012MARIKINA CITY, March 6 (PIA) --To immediately address emergency situations in the city, Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman ordered the immediate establishment of Rescue 161 satellite stations. The satellite station is in line with City Ordinance, no. 02, Series of 2012, which permits the establishment of Rescue 161 satellite stations for Barangay Fortune and Nangka. According to De Guzman, the two barangays are among the densely populated areas in the city, and the esta...
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06Mar2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 6 (PIA) -- The 502nd Infantry (Liberator) Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army proposed a youth leadership summit (YLS) for those aged 15 to 25 years old who are either studying or out of school, in a move to strengthen the youth as individuals and as a sector from manipulation and insurgency, as well as to strengthen the local government units (LGUs) and military’s relationship in preventing insurgency problems. Col. Reynaldo H. Labanen of t...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) - Energy Secretary Jose Almendras announced the availability of the P1,200 financial aid for the Pantawid Pasada card jeepney beneficiaries with plate numbers ending in “1” beginning Tuesday, March 6, 2012. In a phone interview with PIA-NCR, Oil Industry Management Bureau Director Zenaida Monsada said these Pantawid Pasada jeepney beneficiaries can start swiping their cards in accredited oil stations nationwide and receive what’s worth ...
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06Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 06 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) XI will soon start conducting a census of small scale miners, and assessment of small-scale mining (SSM) areas. Guesting in the recent Kapihan sa PIA, MGB XI Regional Director Edilberto Arreza revealed the plans of MGB XI to visit SSM sites in the Davao Region to update the list of SSM groups, and to know the condition of SSM sites. “We would like to know the concen...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- On the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March 2012, the Ateneo Library of Women's Writings (ALIWW) and the the AlunAlun Dance Circle (ADC) present "Pangalay ng Bayan: Alay sa Kababaihan." Pangalay is a beautiful meditative dance which is a precious part of our intangible cultural heritage, according to the said groups' press release. It is the Filipino dance tradition acknowledged to be the closest to the classical dance cultures of Southeas...
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06Mar2012OLONGAPO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The local government and the Department of Finance has met about their plans of converting Olongapo into a Freeport city and keep up with the developments unveiling inside what was once a United States naval base and territory of Olongapo. In a recent meeting with Department of Finance (DOF) secretary Cesar Purisima, mayor James Gordon, Jr. laid out plans to make Olongapo a Freeport, citing Executive Order No. 675 that provides for the development of addi...
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06Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 6 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 3 is now accepting health-related research proposals that are in line with the goals of the Central Luzon Health Research and Development Consortium (CLHRDC) for 2012. DOST Regional information officer Marites Batac, said “proposals to be submitted by CLHRDC members and other institutions and individuals must conform to any of the following priority areas of study: a)...
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06Mar2012PANABO CITY, March 6-- The Panabo Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and partner volunteer fire-fighting groups joined in the launch of this year's Fire Prevention Month at the Panabo Fire Station on March 1. The Fire Prevention Month has the theme "Makiisa, Makialam at Makipagtulungan Upang Sunog ay Maiwasan." Mayor Jose L. Silvosa, who was invited as guest speaker in the opening of the Fire Prevention Month, called on all citizens, schools, and communit...
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05Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City Fire Station urged public vigilance and precautions as the whole nation marks the 45th year of Fire Prevention Month. The team of firefighters will be visiting schools for lectures on fire prevention and fire safety awareness as they drumbeat the theme: Makiisa, Makialam,at Makipagtulungan Upang Sunog Ay Maiwasan.” On March 1, as they ushered the start of the Fire Prevention Month, the firefighters, through a pu...
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05Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 5 (PIA) -- The construction of a world-class park and astrodome in the province is underway at the provincial capitol grounds here with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Artist for Peace as consultant for the development of the park. Joel Paragas, UNESCO artist and park consultant, said there will be a 17-feet sculpture of Queen Isabella II of Spain at the center of a fountain in the mini park. According t...
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05Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (PopCom) Region 2 has called on couples to attend responsible parenting sessions conducted in their respective municipalities noting the small number who are showing interest in the said activity. In the report of PopCom to the Regional Population and Executive Board (RPEB) Region 2, from 2007 to 2011, there were only 23,064 couples who underwent responsible parenting sessions, which posted only 6.13 percent of the total 376...
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05Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, March 5 (PIA) --Organic farmer Rey Pedroso from Iloilo shared to Samarnons how he started organic agriculture five years ago and how it changed his farming style. Pedroso is a director of the newly-organized National Organic Agricultural Board and was the keynote speaker during the launch of Organic Agriculture in Samar on March 1. He is also determined to help farmers do the switch from the regular farming style to organic like what he did some five years ago....
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05Mar2012KALIBO, Aklan, March 5 (PIA6) -- Mangrove areas in world famous Boracay and other parts of Aklan will continue to be “greened” this year by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). DENR-Aklan’s Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Ivene Reyes said the rehabilitation of mangrove areas in the province will start today. He added that this is part of government’s National Greening Program (NGP) from 2011 to 2016. ...
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05Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, March 5 (PIA) -- Central Luzon has obtained a 132-percent rice sufficiency level last year despite being havocked by twin strong typhoons Pedring and Quiel. In an interview during the recently concluded North Luzon consultation for the 2011 to 2017 Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan (AFMP), Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Andrew Villacorta noted that the rice sector was able to recover from its 500,000-metric ton loss from the said we...
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05Mar2012COTABATO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Preparations are underway for the conduct of an environmental summit in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. DENR-ARMM regional secretary Kahal Kedtag said the summit to be held in Marawi City will be participated by agency employees and officers, local government officials, civil society organizations representatives and other stakeholders in the region. The summit primarily aims to discuss and explain programs...
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05Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 5 (PIA) -- In its concern for the disabled persons, senior citizens, and its staff, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - 4th Leyte Engineering District (LED) throught District Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez is currently starting to provide public architectural facilities, structural features and designs at their Office that shall reasobly enhance their safety and mobility pursuant to Republic Act 7277. During rainy season, Gonzalez ...
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05Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Regional Population Executive Board (RPEB) region 2 is set to conduct the 2012 Regional Population Quiz on March 15 at the Department of Education (DepEd) regional office. Dr. Miraflor Mariano, education supervisor II and RPEB member, said this year’s quiz focuses on the theme: “Population, Health and Environment” to showcase knowledge of students on the issues and concerns on human health and environment greatly aff...
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05Mar2012MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- With two new utility boats and now, new anti-terror equipment, the Philippine Coast Guard sees a stronger maritime security. Philippine Coast Guard chief Vice Admiral Edmund C. Tan said the new anti-terror equipment composed of bullet proof vests, vest carrier, plates, ballistic helmets and visors will be used by the PCG’s Special Operations Group-Anti Terrorist Unit. “The new protective gears will add safety measures to the pr...
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05Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- In collaboration with the government’s efforts towards food sufficiency program, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) Region 2 is set to implement a new insurance package that will surely help 150 corn and rice farmers in times of calamities in Cagayan. Edna Marallag, regional manager, said the weather index base insurance is the newest program of PCIC, which aims to insure the crops of rice and corn farmers who are very vulnerable to ...
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05Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga March 5 (PIA) -- Junior BS Chemistry student Richard Macapulay of Tarlac State University outsmarted 14 other participants to claim this year’s Regional Collegiate Super Quiz Bee crown and a spot at the 32nd National Finals. Macapulay dominated the entire competition, which tests public and private tertiary students on their knowledge on General Information and International Affairs, registering eight correct answers out of the ten ques...
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05Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 5 (PIA) – To strongly push for a wider acceptance of micro-insurance among the informal and low income sectors, the Insurance Commission (IC) in partnership with the Department of Finance (DOF) will be holding a three-day training and advocacy seminar among key stakeholders in Central Visayasin Cebu on March 6 to 8 . The activity aims to develop advocate-partners in promoting microinsurance among the informal and low-income groups. Part of a nation...
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05Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is set to conduct an in-depth investigation over the alleged irresponsible reporting by a local radio program which caused panic at the height of the Feb. 6, 2012 earthquake that rocked Negros Oriental. Cong. Rodolfo Biazon, chair of the Committee on National Defense and Security in the House of Representatives, during an oversight committee meeting held March 2 at the Dumaguete City Session Hall, ordered the OCD to lo...
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05Mar2012SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- In line with the Millennium Development Goals to fight poverty and hunger, the provincial government of Ilocos Sur has intensified its food production program through the 15.6-hectare Ba-Rang-ay Demo Farm, a model demostration farm in the Ilocos provinces. The Ba-Rang-ay promotes organic farming, avoiding the use of petroleum based chemical fertilizers, to improve farm profitability as well as protect the environment in its Pinakbet Gard...
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05Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 5 (PIA) – Governor Faustino G. Dy III reminded all local chief executives (LCEs) and elected officials in the province to attend to their constituents’ needs and concerns and avoid absenteeism, in a press conference held Feb. 29, 2012 at the capitol at the height of the Farmers Congress. Dy has appealed to the local executives and officials to report to their office and be attentive to their constituents’ needs and concern as he echoed the remind...
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05Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 5 (PIA) -- The local government of Puerto Princesa City has spelled out its preferred areas of investment in the New Puerto Princesa City Investment Code, encouraging investments in agriculture, fishery, forestry and tourism. The code encourages local and foreign investors to establish productive, globally competitive, culture-sensitive and environmentally sound agro-industrial and eco-tourism industries providing incentives to qualified enterprises ...
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05Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Mar 5 (PIA) -- Gamit ang bagong sistema ng pagpaplano, sisimulan na ngayong taon 2012 ng Department of Public Works and Highways Sorsogon 1st District Engineering Office (DPWH-S1DEO) ang pagsasabay ng asset preservation at network development sa mga unang bahagi ng kanilang kabuuang proseso ng pagpaplano. Ayon kay DPWH Sorsogon 1st District Engineer Romeo Doloiras, ang bagong sistemang ito ay nangangahulugan na ang mga aktwal ng proyektong kalsada at tulay a...
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05Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 5 (PIA6) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will hold various financial literacy activities as part of its Economic and Financing Learning Program (BSP-EFLP) from March 8 to 10. BSP acting deputy director Teresita Lisama said in a letter that the outreach educational activities aims to promote greater awareness and understanding of the essential economic and financial issues in order to help the public to acquire knowledge and develop skills in mak...
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05Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Mar 5 (PIA) -- Sa pagdiriwang ng Fire Prevention Month ngayong Marso sa ilalim ng temang “Makialam, Makiisa, Makipagtulungan upang Sunog ay Maiwasan,” mahigpit ang panawagan ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) sa publiko na maging higit na alerto at pag-ibayuhin ang pag-iingat lalo’t mas madalas makapagtala ng mga insidente ng sunog sa mga ganitong buwan hanggang sa kabuuan ng summer season. Kaugnay nito, sinabi ni Sorsogon City Fire M...
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05Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 5 (PIA6) -- A team-building seminar for barangay secretaries was conducted by the Department of Local Government (DILG) –Bacolod City and the Liga ng mga Barangay Bacolod chapter recently at Middle Town Inn, a press release from Liga nga Barangay said. The seminar was attended by 55 out of 61 barangay secretaries in Bacolod. It aimed to build better rapport among the participants and enhance their skills and knowledge in performing their functions. &...
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05Mar2012CAMIGUIN, Mambajao, March 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Health pooled in all health coordinators in Camiguin last week to review and formulate strategies that seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of newborn screening (NBS) service in the region. The participants include health officers, public health nurses, and rural health midwives. Prior to this meet, all local chief executives including the Association of Barangay Council president and local committee on health representa...
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05Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- In the recently held City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) Meeting, chaired by Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga headed by OIC-Regional Director Joel Plaza bared its accomplishments from January to February of this year. The conduct of the monthly CPOC meeting is in line with president Aquino's Philippine Development Plan on Good Governance. Representing Dir. Plaza, Deputy Dir. Cristy Silv...
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05Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Cong. Rodolfo Biazon, head of the House of Representatives’ Committee on National Defense and Security, asked the DOST and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to draw up an enhanced geohazard map that will pinpoint areas in the province that are vulnerable to various natural hazards. Biazon wants the topographic and simulation maps to identify locations that are susceptible to volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floodings, tsunami, and landslides...
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05Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 5 (PIA) -- The regional police office has continued to sustain "Sagut a biag" (gift for life) project through the blood-letting activity which aims to promote humanitarian act of donating blood to ensure adequate, safe and affordable supply of blood for Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel, their families and indigent members of the community. Sixty-four (64) personnel of Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) donated 28,800cc of blood...
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05Mar2012SASMUAN, Pampanga, March 5 (PIA) -- A total of 3,000 mangrove propagules were planted in Sasmuan by 22 members of the Association of Government Information Officers of Central Luzon (AGIO-CL). Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Law Enforcement Division Chief Edwin Borromeo said “This activity which started last year is in line with the National Greening Program of the Aquino administration that will address climate change.” “Each province in Cent...
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05Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Quezon City government has urged city residents to take precautionary measures against most common diseases this dry season, including heat-related illnesses. QC health department chief Dr. Antonietta Inumerable reported to Mayor Herbert M. Bautista during a regular executive staff meeting that her office and the health centers in different barangays are ready to accommodate patients suffering from common diseases this dry seas...
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05Mar2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- The Provincial Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC), through the technical person of the Philippine Red Cross Agusan del Sur Chapter (PRC-AdS) presented last week the status PBCC’s performance in blood collection and usage for the year 2011. Julie Lapides, medical technologist of the PRC-AdS, presented that by December of 2011, the PBCC, together with the members of the team from the Provincial Health Office had collected 2,657 bags of 450 ml...
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05Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 5 (PIA) – The Lingkod Timog Foundation teams up with the Western Command (WESCOM) and various organizations that recently provided free medical services to some 1,500 indigent patients of Simpocan in Palawan. The 6th Civil Relations Group of the AFP said that the medical and dental mission was made successful with the support of Puerto Princesa City Health Office and the Barangay health workers and volunteers from several non-government organizations tha...
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05Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 deputized 48 new fish wardens in Maconacon, Palanan, and Divilacan, in a move to bolster fishery law enforcement in the said coastal towns of Isabela. According to Arsenio Bañares, Fisheries Regulatory and Quarantine Division chief of BFAR 2, the deputized fish wardens (DFWs) shall complement personnel from law enforcement agencies such as the Philippine National Police in the imple...
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04Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has reported that 75 percent of the about 10 million population of Central Luzon is now covered by the government-owned insurance company. This was disclosed by Dr. Roberto Reyes, department manager of PhilHealth Region 3, saying the number covers members who are government-employed with 7 percent, private-employed with 33 percent, individually-paying with 20 percent, overseas worke...
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04Mar2012STA. ANA, Cagayan, March 4 (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley Bloggers Society Cagayan Chapter and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), in cooperation with Department of Tourism, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Trade and Industry, Cooperative Development Authority and the municipality of Santa Ana will be holding the “Cagayan Valley Run 2012: Race for Education” on March 31, at 5:00 a.m. Karen Mae Sapla Farro, one of the organizers, said the proceeds o...
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04Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Some 180 dogs have been vaccinated against rabies at the opening of the rabies awareness month last Thursday. A report from the City Information Office (CIO) here said the city government through the Office of the City Veterinarian headed by Dr. Russel Ganub conducted a free anti-rabies vaccination at the Plaza Magsaysay on March 1 to for the observance of rabies awareness month. Ganub disclosed that the anti-rabies vaccination would be conducted ...
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04Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 4 (PIA) -- The reconstruction of the Alasas Bridge, which connects Barangay San Isidro to Barangay Alasas in this city, will lighten traffic flow in said areas. The P11,900,000-worth project is just 12 percent completed; work continues. According to Alasas Barangay Captain Alvin Mendoza, the bridge was heavily damaged during Falcon typhoon which hit the city in June last year. “Residents were affected because of this destruc...
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04Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- The TESDA specialists trained on technical-vocational skills will also be taught the rudiments of business as they are now called Tesda Specialista Technopreneurs. “As we anticipate their blossoming into service providers, we will teach them how to maintain logbooks for clients, financial operations and budgeting, personality improvement, records keeping, and how to negotiate with clients,” said Imelda Calagos-TESDA nurturer. On ...
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04Mar2012SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Marso 4 (PIA6) -- Ginpanawagan sang National Food Authority ang mga mangunguma kag negosyante sang bugas sa pagkuha sang nagakaigo nga lisensya agud makapadayon sang ila negosyo. Suno kay Capiz NFA Information Officer Rose Andalecio nga ang mga indibidwal nga mangungoma ukon grupo sang mga mangungoma nga kalakip sa nagabaligya sang bugas sa ila talatapan ang kinahanglan nga may ila nga passbook duha ka bulan antes pa man ang ila mahimo pagbaligya ...
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04Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- Hahag-irun hin hul-os ha natad han pag negosyo an mga TESDA specialistas nga gin training ha technical-vocational skills komo hira yana in mga TESDA Specialista Technopreneurs. “Nahingyap kami nga hira in magiging service providers, salit tutut-duan namon hira han pag andam hin logbooks para ha mga kliyente, financial operations, budgeting, personality improvement, records keeping ngan ano pakihampang ha mga kliyente,” segun...
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04Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- A student from Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus has achieved the highest score in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) examinations of 2011. Diness Pascua Cortez led the top ten passers of OWWA-EDSP exams held simultaneously nationwide and also in Riyadh and Jeddah of Saudi Arabia last November and December of 2011. The top ten were among the 100 Overseas Filipi...
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04Mar2012BOAC, Marinduque, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- Thirteen out of 21 examinees from School of Allied Medicine (SAM) at the Marinduque State College (MSC) have passed the December 2011 Nursing Licensure Exam (NLE). MSC is the only state college in the province offering midwifery and nursing courses. The good news came after the exam results were released, showing the college performance rating in the NLE of 61.90 percent for all-time result and 68.42 percent for the recent result, computed agai...
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04Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 4 (PIA) -- The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) and the City Tourism Department has advised all vacationers planning to visit the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) to secure entrance permits early before flying to the city. “As of now, entrance to the PPUR is already fully booked for 2 weeks. Those without permits, the walk-ins, are not sure that they will be able to enter the park,” said Rebecca V. Labit, City Tourism Offic...
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04Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- The residents of three sleepy towns in Samar will finally feel progress descend on them once different projects are implemented next year. The program Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) will include the local governments of San Jose de Buan, San Jorge, and Matuginao. PAMANA is the national government’s program and framework for peace and development. The project, spearheaded by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (O...
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04Mar2012SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 5 (PIA) -- The local government unit here recently released new tricycle fare rates and prohibited overloading among tricycle owners and operators in the town. Councilor Michael Tiongson, chairman on committee on public safety and utility, said the new tricycle fare rates have been approved after the provincial board approved their Municipal Ordinance No. 2011-04-7 in Dec. 17 last year. The new tricycle fare scheme for commuters are P12 within the P...
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04Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 4 (PIA) -- Sa pangunguna ng Department of Tourism Regional Office 5 (DOT R-5), matagumpay na naisagawa ang isang refresher seminar para sa mga tauhan ng Tourist Oriented Police for Community Order and Protection (TOPCOP) sa pamumuno ni officer-in-charge Police Senior Inspector Diosdado O. Melitante na nakabase sa Brgy Dancalan, Donsol, Sorsogon. Ayon kay Police Senior Inspector Romeo M. Gallinera, hepe ng Police Community Relations at Public Inf...
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04Mar2012Marso 4 (PIA6) – Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagdeklarar sang Marso 14, nga nagatupa sa Miyerkoles nga isa ka special non-working day sa Passi, Iloilo isa pagselebrar sang ika-14 nga pagtukod sang siyudad. Sa Proclamasyon No. 344 nga gin-pirmahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr sang Pebrero 22, ang Presidente nag-isyu sang proclamasyon agud matagaan ang mga tawo sang siyudad sang Passi sang bug-os nga oportunidad sa pag-selebrar kag sa pagpartisipar sa oka...
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04Mar2012Manila, Marso 4 (PIA6) -- Ang administrasyon Aquino padayon nga nagatinguha nga masolusyunan ang wala untat nga pagsaka sang presyo sang gatong kag sang Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) agud mapahagan-hagan ang epekto sa sektor sang transportasyon kag sa mga ordinario nga mga pumoluyo suno sa isa ka opisyal sang Malacanang. Sa isa ka interbyu sa radyo, si Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte nagsiling nga ang gobyerno padayon nga nagabantay kag nagasinapul sa subong nga presyo sang...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 2 is set to provide kindergarten teaching modules to implement the K to 12 program for the coming school year 2012-2013. The new law, Republic Act 10157 or the Kindergarten Education Law, was signed by President Benigno Aquino last Jan. 20, which mandates all public schools in the country to set up kindergarten, to strengthen and develop the skills of children aging 5 years old before entering Grade I. ...
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03Mar2012ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao, March 3 (PIA) -- The National Power Grid Corporation (NGCP) has announced the power shutdown in several of its transmission facilities in the entire provinces of Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya on March 6. Lilibeth P. Gaydowen, NGCP North Luzon Corporate Communications Officer said the power interruption on Tuesday will be from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the repair and maintenance of substation equipment at Bayombong substation in Nueva Vizcaya. She is advising ...
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03Mar2012BAGUO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The new Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) president vowed to set a better tone for the local media here in Baguio City and Benguet during the induction ceremonies at the Session Road in Bloom last Feb. 28. Harley Palangchao, a photojournalist of the Baguio Midland Courier and a correspondent of the Manila Times, said that the new set of officers will work to uplift the reporting skills of journalists. “We believe that equippin...
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03Mar2012LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has adopted an alternative model to boost agricultural productivity and transform agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) into viable entrepreneurs. A paradigm shift in implementing a business based-development enterprise among ARBs, DAR launched the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) program which intends to achieve ‘economies of scale’ in agricultural pro...
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03Mar2012NAVAL, Biliran, March 3 (PIA) -- Members of the Provincial Rabies Prevention and Control Committee (PRPCC) from eight municipalities of the province participated in the motorcade from the Naval town to Culaba for the launching of the Annual Rabies Awareness Month this March 2. According to Dr. Suzette Apura, provincial veterinarian of Biliran and the PRPCC Chairman, every year, the launching program of the celebration is held in the different municipalities of the province so that the r...
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03Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- Some 144 people’s organizations (POs) under the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be tapped as primary partners in the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) in Eastern Visayas. Now in its second year of implementation, the NGP in Region 8 has a total of 12,365 hectares targeted for development by the 144 POs implementing the CBFMP, Ms. Purificaci...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) – Officials of the province of Cagayan are pushing for the development of the province as the “fruit bowl” of Luzon, considering its fertile soil and wide terrestrial lands that could be developed for fruit plantations. Atty. Mila Perpetua C. Lauigan, 3st district board member, said the province has big potential for fruit productions considering that majority of the farmers are integrating in their agricultural products different kinds o...
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03Mar2012ANGELES CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- City government employees in Angeles City started receiving this week at least P2,000 productivity bonus. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has instructed the city’s finance team (budget, accounting, and treasurer) to release available funds that can be used for the productivity bonus. “With improved revenue collection during the first month of 2012, it is just proper for us to reward or compensate the good work rendered by our city workers,&rdq...
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03Mar2012GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Eastern Visayas led by Regional Director Atty. Diosdado R. Mendoza, recently forged a memorandum of agreement with three government agencies for the implementation of its 2012 tax campaign dubbed as “I love Philippines, I Pay Taxes.” Part of the 2012 tax campaign kick- off on Feb. 28 at the BIR Revenue Region No. 14 Records and Multi-Purpose Building at Candahug, Palo, Leyte, was the ce...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Region 2 is reiterating the installation of fire extinguishers in all public and private establishments, which is mandated under the fire code. Fire Inspector Franklin Tabingo said the fire code mandates the installation of fire extinguishers in all buildings, and part of their activities in the observation of Fire Prevention Month is the conduct of massive inspections to check on the requirements provided by the law ...
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03Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has approved the grant of emergency loan for GSIS members in La Paz, Agusan Del Sur who were affected by flashfloods caused by heavy rains in the area during the early part of the year, announced yesterday by President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara. According to Vergara, GSIS members in La Paz may apply for the loan from March 1 to April 2, 2012, saying that a total of 750 government employees in ...
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03Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- In observance of the Fire Prevention Month with the theme “Makiisa, Makialam, at Makipagtulungan Upang Sunog ay Maiwasan,” the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Region 9 has intensified its fire safety awareness campaign to prevent the occurrence of fire incidents. In a weekly media forum hosted by the Philipine Information Agency (PIA) last Feb. 28 at New Roxan Hotel, Regional Director Sr. Supt. Carlito Oceña said as the agency obs...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- Some officials of the United Nations-World Food Programme (UN-WFP) are now in the province to assess their projects in the three towns of Cagayan province and inaugurated a newly constructed emergency food storage facility. Food Security Head Dipayan Bhattacharya said in an interview over Radyo ng Bayan that they are happy that their projects in the municipalities of Enrile, Amulung, and Aparri were all successful and implemented well as per asses...
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03Mar2012CALASIAO, Pangasinan, Mar. 3 -- In this modern times, what can be more patriotic and noble than professing your love for your country? Pay your taxes! Indeed, it is a noble act that must be practiced by Filipinos and is encouraged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. During the kick-off program for tax campaign last week, BIR Regional Director Arnel Guballa came up with the regional slogan, “It’s more fun to pay taxes in Region 1,” anchored on the national...
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03Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 3 (PIA6) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the P910 million national road linking Antique-Iloilo is almost complete. DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said in the agency’s website (www.dpwh.gov.ph that the Boundary Iloilo/Antique-Anini-y-V. Jimenez road is now 97 percent complete. The project involves construction and improvement of 29.95 kilometers road network traversing the towns of Anini-y, Dao and Hamtic in Ant...
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03Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 3 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority called on farmers and grains businessmen to secure appropriate licenses to continue their trading activities. Capiz NFA Information Officer Rose Andalecio said farmers and farmers organizations engaged in the procurement program of their office should always have the passbook at least two months before their anticipated date of palay harvest. She said that for individual passbook applicants, the food agency requi...
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03Mar2012VIGAN CITY, Mar. 3 (PIA) -- The shorelines of Ilocos Sur are free from red tide toxin, Benny Saraos of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office here said. According to him, close monitoring to all public markets in the province is regularly being conducted to prevent the entry of all types of shell fishes from the four identified coastal towns of Pangasinan that had been declared infested with red tide toxins. “I am closely coordinating to all...
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03Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato March 3 (PIA) -- The provincial government of South Cotabato has allotted P24 million for its flagship Kabugwason-Paglaum Scholarship Program (KPSP) and grant-in aid assistance to poor but deserving students this year, a provincial government official said. Alex Basco, executive director of the KPSP, ...
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03Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit Region 8 recently gathered the key stakeholders for a two-day orientation and project proposal writeshop at the Leyte Park Hotel, as DA-8 Regional Executive Director (RED) Antonio G. Gerundio exhorted these key players to put together in writing their strategies to transform the 20,000-hectare area in Ormoc-Kananga (OK), Leyte upland range into a major grower of semi-temperate vegetables and high value c...
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03Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) supplementary feeding program had served 19,438 day care children in region 2, according to Bridgette Mayor, DSWD information officer. Mayor said the program aims to improve nutrition deficiencies, and promote healthy and nutritious meals for pre-school children. She said DSWD-2 has benefited 19,438 children under its supplementary feeding program, as of the last q...
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03Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 3 (PIA) -- Children of provincial capitol employees benefited from dental immunization recently conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) in cooperation with the Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital (DMMH) and dentists from various municipalities. Dr. Antonio Aquino, head of the PHO, said that the activity is part of the provincial governments’ total health program for its constituents, as he welcomed the children and their parent...
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03Mar2012BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan, March 3 (PIA) -- Preparations are underway for this town’s “Malangsi Festival” on April 8 to 14, including the 500 grills to be used for its street party grilling. “Malangsi” is a Pangasinan term that means fishy. Bayambang is known for its fish products such as mudfish (dalag), catfish (pantat), and gurami, which are sourced out from the town’s Mangabul Lake. The local government has prepared 500 grills for the street ...
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03Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 3 (PIA) -- Nueva Vizcaya recently received financial assistance from SN Aboitiz, which operates the Magat Hydropower Plant between Ramon, Isabela and Alfonso Lista in Ifugao. Engr. Wilhelmino Ferrer, SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP)-Magat branch manager, personally handed the check to Governor Luisa Cuaresma amounting to P1.2 million to assist the provincial government in its efforts to boost local tourism in the province. She also assured the officials o...
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03Mar2012With its growing support and advocacy to education, Project Margie on the Move (MOM), a mobile community library project of former Ms. Universe titlist Ms. Margie Moran Floirendo, is now set to re-launch its year-round fun-filled learning program to various day care centers in Davao del Norte. “We are all excited for this year’s mobile library project. With these new reading materials and brighter and more creative activities, the mobile library will definitely draw the inte...
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03Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 3 -- A groundbreaking ceremony at 2:00 p.m. today marks the construction of the permanent shelters at Xavier Ecoville, Xavier University (XU), and the local government of Cagayan de Oro’s joint relocation and resettlement project situated in Barangay Lumbia. At the groundbreaking, XU is also signing a memorandum of agreement with Habitat for Humanity Philippines for the construction of the permanent houses. Five hundred seventy-three row houses will be b...
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02Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Select areas in Metro Manila will undergo road improvement and maintenance works beginning 10 p.m. of Friday, March 2 unti 4 a.m. of Monday, March 5, 2012. The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region advises motorists and the public to expect some traffic build-up in some sections of major thoroughfares in Metro Manila: Aurora Boulevard (Southbound), Pasay City from EDSA to Aurora Bridge &nb...
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02Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) is now implemented the whole year and not just during summer. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano disclosed this when he came over to Pagadian City during the turn-over of Kabuhayan Starter Kits to 81 beneficiaries in Zamboanga del Sur on February 28, saying that the SPES budget for this year has been doubled to benefit more poor but deserving students in the...
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02Mar2012LAMUT, Ifugao, March 2 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) in Lamut reorganized the technical working group (TWG) for the Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation (GREAT) women project to further strengthen its functionality. This is in pursuant to an executive order of Mayor Francisco P. Tenenan, Sr. to expand or include some new members of the TWG for effective and efficient implementation of the GREAT women project in the municipality. New members inclu...
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02Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Former Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Gulliermina “Mina” Gabor said that “culture is sustainable tourism,” in her keynote address during the 4th National Tourism Convention, which opened today at the multi-purpose hall of Baguio Country Club. More than 600 officials and students of tourism-related educational institutions from all over the country will participate in this event. “Through our country’s rich and dive...
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02Mar2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 2 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) successfully launched its technopreneurship program in the province. The program, dubbed as the TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP), aims to assist those who have trained and earned their TESDA certification but have the difficulty of finding a job. As an oversight authority, TESDA is now shifting its role from direct service provider to catalyst and...
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02Mar2012DIFFUN, Quirino, March 2 (PIA) -- To get the pulse of motorcycle operators and owners here regarding the proposed Oplan VISA or Operation Verification of Identification and Sticker’s Authenticity, the Sanguniang Bayan (SB) has conducted a public hearing Feb. 29 at the Delfin V. Vaquilar gymnasium. The public hearing aimed at drawing comments and suggestions from the tricycle operators regarding the Oplan VISA ordinance to be enacted in the municipality. Police Senior Insp...
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02Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 2 -- Plans to establish a local research and policy center for Mindanao are currently being pushed by the Mindanao Studies Consortium Foundation, Inc. (MSCFI) and the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Representatives from the academe comprising the MSCFI have agreed to the proposal of setting up a Mindanao Knowledge Research and Policy Center (MKPRC) that would ensure harmonization and proper utilization of knowledge resources in Mindanao for policy maki...
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02Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 2 (PIA) -- After ludong, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 has identified three species of eel (Anguilla) as another set of threatened species in the province. Director Jovita Ayson of BFAR identified the species as Anguilla marmorata, Anguilla pacifica, and Anguilla celebenensis. Another species, identified as Anguilla japonica, is said to be no longer existing because of depletion. Eel, known as siging (Ibana...
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02Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 2 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Edilberto de Luna urged Isabela farmers to plant white corn in support to the food self-sufficiency program of the government. De Luna made the appeal during the 2nd Farmers Congress held at the Isabela capitol on February 29, 2012 where he was the guest of honor. He said the effects of climate change in the country might affect the sufficiency supply level of food and the ...
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02Mar2012PANGASINAN, March 2 (PIA) -- The provincial government vowed to host not only the best, but also the "greenest," Palarong Pambansa event yet. Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim said the provincial government will strictly implement the banning of styrofoam or plastics and other disposable materials that are harmful to the environment during the event and thereafter. The local government unit of Lingayen, the main host of the national games, has alread...
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02Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) — The famous Dagupan bangus is now being eyed for branding to distinguish it from other milkfishes being sold in the market. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries and Technology Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC), said Thursday that the Dagupan bangus, specifically called Bonuan bangus, has the potential of being declared by the Intellectual Property Office of the ...
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02Mar2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The Environment and Natural Resources Provincial Office is preparing around 200,000 tree seedlings of various species to be planted this coming rainy season. Environment and Natural Resources Provincial Officer Cornelio Diego said these seedlings are being grown in different provincial nurseries located in the towns of Paracelis, Lias in Barlig, Sukit and Dantay, both in Bontoc and Bila, Mt. Data, Lagawa and Monamon Sur, all in Bauk...
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02Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- It's all systems go for the city’s month-long celebration of ‘Kababaihan’ Festival, Baguio’s local celebration of Women’s Month this March. In launching the festivity, a kapihan media forum was held yesterday at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Training Center simultaneously with the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Trafficking (IACAT) forum, which tackled laws and programs against trafficking ...
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02Mar2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, March 2 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III will inaugurate the 2.1 megawatt Linao Cawayan Mini Hydro power plant today at around 10:00 a.m. Although the powerplant is located within the Linao Cawayan River in the municipality of San Teodoro, the inauguration will be held in the compound of Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) in Sta. Isabel, Calapan city. The president will lead the Ceremonial Switch-On of the 45 Sitios under the Sit...
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02Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela , March 2 (PIA) -- Governor Faustino G. Dy III has launched a 9-benefit package for Isabela farmers during the recent Farmers' congress at at the provincial capitol. Dy said the provincial government has allocated P195 million projects for small farmers aimed at assisting and securing them during financial difficulties and unfortunate events. The governor said the Bojie-Rodito Opportunities (BRO) program for agricultural sector of the present admin...
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02Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- To improve the delivery of basic health services, the City Health Office (CHO) here headed by Dr. Cecilio P. Siglos recently conducted a two-day training on primary health care for barangay health workers (BHWs). Siglos reported that the first batch of BHWs to undergo said training came from barangays Sta. Isabel, Cogon, Turno, Diwan, Sta. Filomena, Biasong, Olingan and Sinaman. The topics discussed during the training were maternal ...
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02Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- As the country celebrates the month of March as fire prevention month, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has scheduled a series of lectures and forums to be conducted in the different schools and establishments in the city during the month-long observance. City Fire Marshall CI Janice Atana Espero told the press that the BFP would be holding symposiums on fire safety as well as fire drill in schools and establishments in the city. ...
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02Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (POPCOM) region 2 has urged all agencies, local government units (LGUs) and other stakeholders to partake in the observance of women’s month this March. PopCom regional director Avelino Marallag, in a press statement, said women’s month celebration is a must as per Presidential Proclamation No, 224 and 227 and Republic Act No. 6949,declaring March as the women’s month, enjoining agencies and s...
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02Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Officials of the Social Security System (SSS) have personally administered a regional information drive to update members on the system’s policies and members’ benefits. Emilio De Quiros, Jr., president and chief executive officer, said the policies and benefits have been in place and implemented but there are lots of members who are not yet aware of them. De Quiros, with other officials, met with repres...
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02Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Isabela led an awareness campaign yesterday as part of the celebration of Fire Prevention Month. Provincial Fire Marshal Rogelio Parallag said the fire prevention awareness campaign aims to prevent future incidents of fire in the province considering that the entry of summer season was already announced by the country’s weather bureau. As a kick-off activity, the BFP cond...
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02Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 2 (PIA) -- Allan Rafalis of Barangay Canlobong, Pinabacdao, Samar was 12 when he joined the NPA because his uncle was allegedly killed by the military. But his more than 20 years stay in the rebel movement did not bring him any future to look forward to. “My kids are growing and I have to do something to educate them,” he shared. After a long period of reflection and consideration, he decided to surrender to the army. Samar Governor Sharee Ann Ta...
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02Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, MArch 2 (PIA) -- There is more registered male deaths compared to females as revealed in the latest data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) here. Out of the total 8, 272 deaths registered in Albay during 2011, 4, 739 or 57 percent are males and 3, 533 or 43 percent are females. This city exhibited the highest registered death of 1, 732 comprising of 997 males and 735 females, followed by Daraga and Tabaco City with 1, 504 and 872 deaths ...
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02Mar2012CEBU CITY, Marso 2 (PIA) -- Cell phones with SMART as service provider will soon receive disaster alerts and weather bulletin including important advisories and information after SMART and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA-7) in Central Visayas launched the Smart Infoboard program at the PIA-7 conference room, Machay building at Gorordo Ave., in Cebu City yesterday (March 1). Some 30 information officers from Cebu, Bohol and NegOr that are members of the Regional Assoc...
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02Mar2012BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Cordillera is preparing all the main roads going to this mountain resort for a safe and leisurely trip for motorists coming up for the Holy Week and long summer vacation. DPWH Cordillera regional director Edilberto Carabbacan said he has instructed his district engineers to fastrack the projects repair, taking advantage of the good weather to finish the works. With the expect...
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02Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The City Agrarian Reform Office here is conducting needs assessment and mapping on barangays in agrarian reform communities (ARC) in the province. OIC City Agrarian Reform Officer Dionisio Morales said part of the activity is profiling of farmer beneficiaries(FBs) and determining their needs. He said three non-ARC barangays will also be assessed and profiled under the social infrastructure and local capability building. &nbs...
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02Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 2 (PIA) – Propoerty worth at least P7 million were destroyed when fire gutted two houses in Poblacion Ubos, Loay Bohol early morning of February 23. The 4-hour fire started from an unplugged electric iron and according to Bohol Fire Marshal Pepe Rebusa in his post fire analysis, Loay Fire Station (FS) admitted difficulties in its quick response and in controlling the fire due to distance, communication relay problems, and failure to activate a local fire r...
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02Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 2 (PIA) -- Students showcased their talents and skills yesterday at the Ortega Sports Center, this city, as the Technical Education Skills Development Authority La Union Division hosted the 3rd Provincial Skills Competition this year in celebration of the 162nd Foundation Anniversary of the province. TESDA Provincial Director Marissa Alcantara said the competition highlights capabilities of students enrolled either in technical vocati...
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02Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, March 2 (PIA) -- An airline company is set to launch four new routes to and from the Clark International Airport starting March 29. Airphil Express senior vice president for sales and marketing Alfredo Herrera said that the new trips are from Clark to Cebu, Davao, Kalibo and Puerto Princesa. The Clark to Cebu route will fly twice in the morning on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays while the Clark to Davao route will fly twice in the morning every Tuesdays...
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02Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 2, (PIA) – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) noted a 19.54 percent reduction in fire incidents in 2011 compared to 2010, but for authorities much can still be desired. In 2011 when there were fewer fire incidents damages to property was at P41 million compared to only P13 million in 2010 fires, according to Bohol Provincial Fire Marshal Pepe Rebusa. Still struggling to salvage a seared ego after earning criticisms over a fire that gu...
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02Mar2012LAOAG CITY, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- The advertisements say it all – It is more fun in Ilocos Norte. The Ilocos Norte Provincial Tourism Office has launched a full blast media campaign of its tourism brand ‘Paoay Kumakaway’ with the unveiling of advertisements in strategic locations in Metro Manila. Provincial Tourism Officer Ian Racquel said billboards, which showcase the province’s many wonders, can now be seen at the different stations of the LRT-1 route, which is from Ka...
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02Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) will start accepting application for its Government Internship Program (GIP) on March 05, 2012 until March 09, 2012 (Friday) for the April – June 2012 Batch. The applicants must be 18 – 25 years old and should not have been a beneficiary of the GIP of the NYC or of government agencies. Once accepted, the successful interns will be assigned at the NYC head office at the 4th Level of Boo...
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02Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 2 (PIA6) -- The Department of Education will launch on Monday, March 5, the nationwide National Road Safety Poster Making Contest to further increase the awareness and participation of teachers and school children in the agency’s advocacy on road safety. Here in Western Visayas, Dr. Eden Deriada, Chief of the Resource Mobilization Special Program and Project Division and Information Officer of DepEd 6, said the event will be launched through a program which wi...
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02Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation began its first privatization process for 2012 on a high note as all the 11 prospective bidders eyeing the diesel-fired Power Barge (PB) Nos. 101, 102, 103 and 104 attended the pre-bid conference conducted Wednesday, 29 February, at the PSALM offices in Makati City. PSALM President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr. welcomed the 11 bidders — most o...
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02Mar2012DAVAO CITY March 2 (PIA)-- A house-to-house anti-rabies vaccination campaign for pet dogs will be conducted by the Davao City Veterinarians Office starting this month of March. Dr. Esther Cherrie Ramos of the City Veterinarians Office bared during the weekly Kapihan sa PIA media forum that the initiative is the first ever comprehensive anti-rabies campaign conducted by the city and aims to cover all the city’s 180 barangay by March 2013. ...
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02Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- Private schools in the province welcome the implementation of the K+12 educational system, which will start next school year and are preparing everything from classrooms, facilities, and teacher support to make a good start. Fr. Sean Mejia, superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk covering the provinces of Apayao and Kalinga, said they have already discussed the program with their respective parents-teachers ...
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02Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- This March, Maynilad offers free septic tank cleaning services to its customers in selected parts of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Malabon, Las Piñas, Parañaque and Cavite. Maynilad President Victorico P. Vargas urged customers to avail of the septic tank cleaning. “Aside from protecting the health of their family and community, they also help protect the environment,” Vargas said. Accor...
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02Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 2 (PIA) -- Kaugnay ng komprehensibong pagpapatupad ng National Greening Program (NGP) sa ilalim ng administrasyon ng Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III, nagkaroon ng paglagda ng memorandum of agreement (MOA) sa pagitan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources Provincial Office (DENR-PENRO) sa pangunguna ni Provincial ENR Officer Forester Rene P. Camacho at ng Philippine National Police Sorsoogn Police Provincial Office (PNP-SPPO) sa pangunguna naman ni Provincia...
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02Mar2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Marso 2 (PIA) -- Mula sa 100 porsiyentong kabuuang pondong naibigay na sa Department of Public Works and Highways Sorsogon 1st District Engineering Office (DPWH-S1DEO) kaugnay ng pagpapatupad ng mga proyektong pang-imprastruktura, 51.83 porsyento na nito ang aktwal na naipatupad ng tanggapan noong nakaraang taon 2011. Ito ang inihayag ni DPWH Sorsogon 1st District Engineer Romeo Doloiras sa ipinalabas nilang ulat kamakailan. Kaugnay nito, mas marami pa umanong pon...
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02Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Public and private schools in this city participated in the simultaneous earthquake drill held on March 1, as part of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s (NDRRMC) 1st Quarter Nationwide Earthquake Drill. The activity is part of the continuing implementation of the NDRRMC’s four point plan of action on disaster preparedness particularly on public information, education and communication, as well as prepa...
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02Mar2012MANILA, March 2 (PIA) -- The Monetary Board decided to reduce yesterday the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)'s key policy interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.0 percent for the overnight borrowing or reverse repurchase (RRP) facility and 6.0 percent for the overnight lending or repurchase (RP) facility, effective immediately, a statement said. Likewise, it said that the interest rates on term RRPs, RPs, and special deposit accounts (SDAs) were also reduced accordingly. T...
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02Mar2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- Seeing the growing demand for organically grown farm products in the market today, agriculture authorities here are eyeing to boost production of organic coffee and Kalinga's traditional 'unoy' rice. Joe Casibang of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) said that since coffee and Unoy rice are Kalinga’s identified One Town One Product (OTOP), the province could venture into pure organi...
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02Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 2 (PIA) -- The provincial government employees involved with the Gender and Development (GAD) program will lead the celebration of Women’s Month starting March 8, International Women’s Day, under this year’s theme “Women weathering climate change: governance and accountability, everyone’s responsibility”. The program for the kick-off celebration on March 8 will have Mr. Bill Schultz, Chief Executive Officer of Coca...
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02Mar2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 2 (PIA6) -- The provincial government-run Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial Hospital in La Carlota City received a P4-million worth of hospital equipment from International Hope Foundation through the Negros Occidental Rainbow Foundation, Inc. Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. signed the Deed of Donation and Acceptance of the hospital equipment and supplies donated to the provincial government. The Don Salvador Benedicto Mem...
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02Mar2012MANILA, Marso 2 (PIA) -- Gisugdan na sa mga bangko sa Pilipinas ang paglihok ilawom sa mga lagda sa Republic Act 10000 kon ang Agri Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009 nga nagmando og pautang alang sa mga agriculture ug agrarian reform beneficiaries, ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) nagkanayon sa usa ka pamahayag. Ang RA 10000 nag sugo sa mga bangko pag-gahin og 15 porsiyento nga loanable funds alang sa agriculture ug laing 10 porsiyento alang sa mga agrarian reform benefici...
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02Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 2 (PIA) -- Matapos ang ginawang paglilibot sa mga paaralan ng mga tauhan ng National Statistics Office (NSO) Sorsogon upang magsagawa ng mga symposium at lecture-orientation, isang patimpalak sa paggawa ng poster ang naghudyat ng pagtatapos ng pagdiriwang ng Civil Registration Month dito. Ito ay upang maipaabot sa mga mag-aaral at mga guro ang kahalagahan sa pamahalaan ng pagpaparehistro ng kapanganakan, kasal at pagkamatay ng isang indibidw...
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02Mar2012SAN JOSE,Antique March 2 (PIA) -- A group of foreign health professionals are in Antique to conduct a medical mission. Mending Faces is a non-profit organization in Colorado, USA which aims to help countries needing medical help especially in cases of cleft palate. The team comprises surgeons, anaesthesiologists, dentists, nurses, among others. The members of the two year old organization decided to conduct a medical mission in the Philippines because of the high inc...
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02Mar2012LAGAWE, Ifugao,Mar. 2 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections here has started validating the registration records of voters in this town. Yesterday, Comelec validated records of 150 voters in Barangay Jucbong. Jucbong is the third barangay here to undergo the said validation this week following the announcement made by the Comelec of the nationwide resumption of the continuing registration of new voters and validation of registration records. The other two barangays...
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02Mar2012MASBATE CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- Very soon, the island-province of Masbate will have its second commercial airport. The expansion and resuscitation of the idle airstrip in Barangay Amoroy, Aroroy may get underway in a few months to pave the way for full-scale flight operations of commercial airlines. The project, envisioned to be an instrument to the growth of the economy of 62,635 people, is a top priority in the 2012 investment plan of the town, the biggest and richest in...
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02Mar2012VALENZUELA CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Residents of Barangay Canumay will decide the official east and west divisions of Barangay Canumays in a plebiscite on Saturday, March 3. On November 21, 2011, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Valenzuela City approved Ordinance No. 37, series of 2011, “An Ordinance Dividing Barangay Canumay and creating two new barangays to be known as Barangay Canumay West and Barangay Canumay East, subject to all legal and existing rules and regulations.” &n...
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02Mar2012INDANG, Cavite, March 2 (PIA) -- The Cavite State University (CavSU) celebrated their 106th Foundation Day with the theme “Strengthening Public-Private Partnership for Sustained Leadership in the Region.” The event was held at the University Quadrangle and attended by officers and staff of the university, faculty members, students, and guests. A wreath-laying was held at Don Severino Delas Alas Monument followed by the Ecumenical thanksgiving services. Gene...
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01Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The design submitted by an alumnus of Batangas State University (BSU) bested 180 entries in the nationwide search for the Best E-Trike Design contest by the Department of Energy. Engineer Allen Marie Pirales, who dubbed his design “The Second Wind,” placed first in the 10 chosen winners of the contest. Based on Pilares’ description, his design gives a modern look to the tricycle. He emphasized on a the desi...
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01Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will implement the use of the family access cards (FAC) in earthquake-stricken areas to ensure that no one is left unattended. This is also to avoid duplication of goods and services received by the quake victims. With this development, the DSWD will be able to identify and track who among the disaster victims have received and benefited from the relief supplies (food and non-food items) coming ...
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01Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government here is now in the process of sprucing up the Lower Magat Eco-Tourism Park (LMETP) in Diadi town in preparation for the establishment of a provincial wild life research center (PWLRC) to promote the awareness and preservation of various animals. “Once this will be fully developed, it will unburden our children and their parents from huge expenses during their educational trips to far cities and provinces,”...
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01Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- Former Isabela board member Ysmael Atienza wanted the provincial government will give additional benefits to all barangay tanods in the province. Atienza said the considering risks these peacekeepers have in maintaining peace and order in their respective area of assignments, there is a need to give them additional benefits in order to encourage them to perform well in their job. Among the proposed benefits that Atienza wanted to be given to th...
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01Mar2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, March 1 (PIA) -- The incidence of rabies cases from dog bites in Palawan has declined with only 2 cases reported in 2011 compared to 13 human cases in 2010. Dr. Benny del Rosario of the Office of the Provincial Veterinary (OPV) reported the declining figure as OPV begin the celebration for the Rabies Awareness Month this March with the theme “Responsableng Amo, Matinong Aso.” Del Rosario said that the decline may be a result of the mas...
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01Mar2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- This city’s Rescue 206 joined the nationwide earthquake drill today to inculcate public preparedness in times of calamity. The Rescue 206 earthquake drill is conducted at the De Vera’s hospital, a four-storey building which is one of the known private hospitals in Isabela. Claro Comoda, city risk reduction and management officer, said the Rescue 206 personnel coordinated with the management of the hospital for a simulation earthquake...
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01Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) Isabela is set to buy 1.197 million bags of palay and 100,000 bags of corn from Isabela farmers this year. NFA Isabela Manager Rocky Valdez said during the 2nd Farmers Congress held at Faustino S. Dy, Jr. session hall yesterday that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered NFA to buy at least 5% of the total palay and corn production in the region for residents’ rice and corn consumption and for additional s...
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01Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) – The provincial government has allotted P14,890,586.35 for the continuing program on price support to the National Food Authority (NFA) Isabela. This program aims to help Isabela farmers in the province to cope up and recover from their great losses due to the calamities that had hit the province last year. Rocky Valdez, NFA Isabela provincial manager, said there will be 2,274 palay farmers and 2,165 corn farmers to benefit from the price support p...
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01Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- Engineers too, train on fire preparedness as March ushers in Fire Prevention Month. As early as February, personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Samar’s First Engineering District attended fire preparedness through the auspices of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) based in Calbayog City. The engineers were taught about the common causes of fire, types of heat transmission, and fire extinguishmen...
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01Mar2012MANILA, March 1 (PIA) -- Philippine banks have begun to operate under the provisions of Republic Act 10000 or the Agri Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009, which mandates credit to agriculture and agrarian reform beneficiaries, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a statement. RA 10000 requires banks to allocate 15 percent of their loanable funds for agriculture and another 10 percent for agrarian reform beneficiaries. The new law, however, imposes stricter guidelines by limiting th...
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01Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Catanduanes is putting in place a housing program featuring weather-resistant houses powered by renewable energy. “We are initiating the implementation of the housing project that would provide affordable and safe homes to government employees and Home Development Mutual Fund (PagIbig) members in the province,” Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua told the Philippines News Agency here over the weekend. ...
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01Mar2012SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental, March 1 (PIA 6) -- The Silay City government in cooperation with Public Employment Services Office (PESO) will hold a two-day job fair at the Sen. Jose Locsin Cultural and Civic Center on March 20 and 21, a press release from Silay said. Miriam Castandiello, head of PESO Silay City, said there will be 28 companies participating in the job fair. Job seekers for local and international employment can inquire at the PESO office at Silay City Hall. In...
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01Mar2012MACROHON, Southern Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- At least 11 municipalities along Sogod Bay area converged to form the Sogod Bay Sustainable Marine Management Alliance (SBSMMA) in a launching ceremony held recently at San Roque, Macrohon, this province. The municipalities include Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus, Bontoc, Sogod, Libagon and the four municipalities of Panaon Island namely Liloan, San Franicsco, Pinutyan, and San Ricardo, Provincial Coastal Fisheries Resou...
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01Mar2012SIQUIJOR, March 1 (PIA) -- With Siquijor now as top tourist destination in Central Visayas, the Philippine National Police (PNP) here wants to strengthen its tourist police services. PNP regional director Marcelo Garbo in his short visit to Siquijor in February this year said the PNP will center on the improvement of tourist police services in the province and the other provinces in Central Visayas. “This requires additional budget allocation for manpower special...
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01Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 1 (PIA) – The Social Security System (SSS) continues to provide members the “Text-SSS” to get updates on the status of their benefit claims and relay their concerns to SSS. Lemuel Alwin Aragon of the Administrative Section of SSS Albay said Text-SSS was first launched in February 2010 to offer a fast convenient means to inquire about their contributions, status of their loan applications and loan balance. The now enhanced text-SSS facility also pro...
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01Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- As part of its 162 Foundation Anniversary celebration, the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) once again highlighted a competition for Best One Town One Product (OTOP) booth for food and non-food category among the 19 municipalities and 1 city. Myrna O. Picazo, Chairman of OTOP Booth Display and Judging, said this competition aims to showcase and promote the best agri-fishery OTOP in the province. Also, the competition seeks to genera...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) --The US Embassy has called on the Ilonggos to participate in the campaign against human trafficking with an Anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) presentation on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. at The Atrium, SM City Iloilo. In a press statement from US Embassy, the event will feature a screening of a TIP documentary as well as a special appearance by Filipino celebrity Jericho Rosales who will share his advocacy on human trafficking. The US govern...
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01Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- The city government, in partnership with Mercury Drug, conducted today “Operation Bigay Lunas – Libreng Gamutan” as the drugstore, celebrates its 67th year of public service and existence. The medical mission is held at the Pagadian City gymnasium. As early as 6.m., thousands of people from all walks of life flocked the gymnasium to avail the free medical services such as medical check-up, consultatio...
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01Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 1 (PIA) -- Muling pangungunahan ng Provincial Gender Advocacy and Development Council (PGADC) ang mga aktibidad na gagawin ngayong Marso kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng mga Kababaihan sa ilalim ng temang “Women Weathering Climate Change, Governance and Accountability: Everyone’s Responsibility.” Ayon kay Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Member at Committee on Women and Children Welfare chair Rebecca Aquino, itatampok sa p...
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01Mar2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Marso 1 (PIA) -- Opisyal nang sinimulan kaninang umaga ang pagbubukas ng pagdiriwang ng Fire Prevention Month ngayong buwan ng Marso sa pangunguna ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Tinampukan ito ng ginawang motorcade at pagbubusina na agad na sinundan ng paglalagay ng mga streamers at pamamahagi ng mga leaflet at flyers upang mapatibay pa ang kamalayan ng publiko ukol sa pagiging alerto sa pag-iwas sa maaaring pagmulan ng sunog at trahedya. ...
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01Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 1 (PIA) -- High ranking officials of the military in Basilan underscored the importance of the completion of the rehabilitation and construction of the Basilan Circumferential Road (BCR) in the province. 104th Bde Commander Col. Ricardo Visaya said that “in order for economic development to take-off in this province is to secure first the most important road in the province—the circumferential road.” Speaking b...
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01Mar2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, March 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Agusan del Sur Chapter is set to transfer its office next month to a new building within the provincial government center. A 2,000 sq. m. lot was donated by the provincial government for their use. The building has a floor area of 134.17 sq. meters. According to Provincial Engr. Pamela Yucosing, the construction of the PRC-AdS building is about 50 percent completed as of the end of February 2012. &...
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01Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar. 01 (PIA) -- A group of young and talented local artists in the city, held a series of concerts with the intention to extend a helping hand to the survivors of the December 17, 2011 flashfloods brought about by tropical storm Sendong in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. After the incident in December, some youth coming from the different church denominations bonded together and came up with a common vision of sharing and helping the survivors by hol...
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01Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 1 -- Kafé Balos, a roasted coffee product manufactured by locals - mostly indigenous B’laans – in majestic Mt. Matutum is going international. The regional office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Kafé Balos has been identified as one of only ...
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01Mar2012SURIGAO CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- To improve the inter-barangay and inter-municipal linkages for better agro and aqua economic activities in Siargao Island, the government has earmarked P5 million for the construction of Katipunan-Maasin Farm to Market road in Pilar town to be undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) this year. “When completed, the road will serve as faster alternate route for farmers and fisher folks from the villages of Katipuna...
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01Mar2012IGUIG, Cagayan, March 1 (PIA) -- The officialdom of Iguig town is set to host a healing mass which is expected to draw at least 20,000 individuals from all over Cagayan Valley region on March 20, at the Calvary Hills, Centro. Mayor Juditas Trinidad said the healing mass will be conducted by Fr. Fernando Suarez, a known healing priest. After the mass, the healing proper will be conducted at the Calvary compound to accommodate thousands of expected guests. She said all types of i...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE C ITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has restored power transmission services in parts of Negros Oriental on February 28 after re-energizing the Amlan-Siaton 69kV transmission line. Electric consumers of Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORECO II) experienced the unplanned power interruption which lasted from 12:07p.m. to 1:43p.m. on that day. Reports indicate that an unidentified person intentionally cut...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental allocated P2.5 million to buy 70 units of jetmatic pumps. The units are to be installed in areas without water due to massive damaged of water systems wrought by 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6. This is in response with the directive of Governor Roel Degamo to provide a solution to the water problem in the calamity-affected places. Degamo ordered the field engineers to fast-track the rehabilitation...
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01Mar2012BRAULIO E. DUJALI, Davao del Norte, March 1 (PIA) -- Infrastructure for flood control and evacuation facilities are among the projects that a Davao Del Norte mayor intends to put in place this year as part of her administration’s disaster preparedness plans. In her State of the Municipal Address, Braulio E. Dujali Mayor Lolita Moral mentioned the improvement of protection dikes and the development of relocation sites in Brgy. Cabayangan as among the projects she would like to put ...
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01Mar2012DAVAO CITY March 1 (PIA)- “Please give your police ample time to do the job,” says Davao City Police Office head Senior Superintendent Ronaldo De la Rosa in response to social media trending calling for the return of the vigilante hit squad. The calls which resonated in the internet social networking sites urged the return of vigilantism particularly the shadowy Davao Death Squad in response to a wave of robberies and burglaries which had hit the city the past few we...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- Following the passage of City Ordinance 231 with its implementing rules and regulations (IRR), Dumaguete City urges business establishments to reduce the use of plastic bags and styrofoam materials. According to City Administrator William Ablong, by August 28 this year the ordinance will be carried out strictly through its lead agency the City Environment and Natural Resources Office. City Ordinance 231-2011 enacted by councilors and approved by...
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29Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 has released P15 million for the core shelters of typhoon-affected families in the three barangays of this city. Regional Director Arnel Garcia said some 100 units are under construction after they were awarded to the identified beneficiaries whose house were totally devastated by typhoons last year in Barangay Annafunan. Tuguegarao City is one of the low lying areas in the provin...
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29Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection will kick off Fire Prevention Month on March 1, 2012, with various fire prevention activities to be participated by the academe, national government agencies, non-government organizations, local government units, and the general public. The month-long observance will feature fun run, motorcade, firefighting exhibitions, simultaneous earthquake and fire drill, fire safety inspections, and dialogues in all barangays. ...
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29Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) has stepped forward to improve the nutrition situation in Central Luzon through various programs. NNC Region 3 head Maria Vicenta Magpantay said that an anti-hunger task force has been created to address hunger on the aspect of supply or the unavailability of food and on the aspect of demand or the inability to buy food. It has also formulated national food and nutrition policies and strategie...
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29Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA6) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection 6 will hold various contests for elementary and secondary students in line with the observance of Fire Prevention Month this March. The drawing, essay writing and poster making contests would center around the theme “Makiisa, Makialam at Makipagtulungan Upang Sunog ay Maiwasan.” BFP 6 Information Officer Inspector Lorna Porcellano said the drawing contest is open to elementary pupils while the essay ...
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29Feb2012CEBU CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Lands Management Services (LMS) Mediation Service Center in Region 7 is now fully operationalized and functional following the composition of 18 accredited mediators, mostly land management officers and legal officers with satellite units in the four provinces in Central Visayas. The LMS Mediation Service Center is created to provide mechanisms to promote party autonomy in resolving public land-rela...
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29Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA 9) - - As the 2012 Zamboanga International Film Festival drew to a close, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the city government honored participating filmmakers Monday evening. FDCP Chairman Briccio Santos expressed gratitude to the people of Zamboanga for the overwhelming success of the first-ever international film festival held in the city. The just-concluded festival, which formed part of the celebration of the city’s 75th D...
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29Feb2012MARIKINA CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina is set to hold a Peace and Order Summit on Thursday, March 1 at 8:00 AM at the Marikina Convention Center. Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said the summit aims to strengthen measures on security, and peace and order in the city. With the theme “Kapayapaan at Kaayusan Ating Itaguyod Tungo sa Tunay na Kaunlaran,” the summit will discuss laws to include Republic Act 9344 or the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare...
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29Feb2012MANILA, February 29 -- Coaches and young athletes from Iloilo will enjoy free basketball and football clinics at the Central Philippine University (CPU) as part of America in 3D, according to the US embassy. The Philippine Basketball Association will conduct six clinics on Saturday, March 3 and on Sunday, March 4 for 600 participants. Azkals Ali Borromeo and Anton Del Rosario will conduct refresher training for coaches on Friday, March 2; and skills cli...
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29Feb2012CAUAYAN CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Presidents of irrigators' associations (IAs) from the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (MARIIS), municipal agriculturists, representatives from the Department of Agriculture Regional Office 2, and attached agencies gathered at the multi-purpose hall here last Feb. 27, for a consultation meeting cum launching of the five-croppings-in-two-years scheme in the system, in support of the government’s rice self-sufficiency program. MARIIS Acting Ope...
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29Feb2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- In order to establish and institutionalize a police pro-active policing approach (PPPA) in the prevention of crimes and in the maintenance of peace and order in the province, officials here had approved an ordinance known as the Ifugao Police Pro-active Policing Approach" (IPPA). Principally authored by Board Member Robert K. Humiwat, the IPPA has five basic aspects of implementation . The ...
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29Feb2012CAMIGUIN, Mambajao, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- A new 20,000-cavan capacity warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) now serves Camiguin province, boosting its storage capacity from 10,000 to 30,000 bags. It is constructed in a 600-square meter lot leased by NFA from the local government and is situated adjacent to the NFA compound within the Government Center in Barangay Lakas of Mambajao town. Camiguin was among the provinces classified to be critical in terms of rice supply...
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29Feb2012LAOAG CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Couple Tina and Reny Tan, co-founders of the Laoag Eco-adventure Development Movement (LEAD movement), wanted this city’s long stretch of coastal desert located in the village of La Paz to be more than a backdrop of movies. From Tom Cruise’s “Born on the fourth of July” to “Ang Panday,” the La Paz sand dunes have had iconic movie exposures in the past. Known as sports trailblazers, the movement first made the...
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29Feb2012SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Pebrero 29 (PIA6) -- Ginpahayag ni Ponciano M. Ligutom nga regional direktor sang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Western Visayas nga may masobra duha ka milyon ka pesos nga pundo ang DOLE para sa palangabuhian nga proyekto sang mga Capiznon. Gindugang pa ni Ligutom nga ang “livelihood starter kits” ang sarang makuha sang mga pamatan-on, mga indibidwal nga may kasablagan sa lawas, mangunguma, mangingisda kag iban pa. &nbs...
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29Feb2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Another round of “Panambay sa Barangay” (medical mission) of the provincial government was successfully held yesterday February 28 at Barangay Lipata, Surigao City. During the said event, Gov. Sol Matugas led the ceremonial turn-over of educational materials to preschoolchildren and to the day care center worth P400,000 which will be constructed in Sitio Panubigon and two classrooms worth P1,247,000 in Lipata National High School Annex. &...
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29Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Saint Joseph Institute of Technology (SJIT) won the Regional Quiz Bee and Caraga Regional Elimination for the 32nd National Quiz Bee held on February 23, 2012 at the Department of Agriculture - Regional Field Office Caraga. SJIT was represented by Jayrold T. Villarta, a junior BS Architecture student. Villarta received a Gold Medal and Certificate from the Quiz Bee Foundation. He will represent Caraga Region during the National Grand Finals on M...
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29Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Almost 10,500 students from Cagayan de Oro (CDO) and Iligan City received new school kits as replacements for their school materials destroyed or washed away by tropical storm Sendong (‘Washi’) last December. Provided by the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) 3, a USAID-funded program under the oversight of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), the assistance augments educational support given to schools and student...
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29Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 29 (PIA) -- Despite the continuing rise of oil price in the global market, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lieutenant General Jessie D. Dellosa assured that the implementation of austerity measures will not affect the operations of the AFP. Dellosa said their operational and administrative activities anchored with the implementation of the IPSP Bayanihan’s principles will continue. “We assure that this will not affect the performance of our major responsi...
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29Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 29 (PIA) -- A team of geologists from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 7 as recommended continuous monitoring of f a barangay in Naga City, Cebu which has been identified as areas highly susceptible to landslide. On Feb. 24, the MGB team composed of Al Emil G. Berador and Josephine T. Aleta recommended the relocation of a house located at the lower section of the slope in Sitio Sagrada, Barangay Alpaco, after a vertical displacement of less t...
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29Feb2012
Tagalog news: Binhi ng kapayapaan at kaunlaran ipinagkaloob sa mga magsasaka ng Lanao at Marawi City
COTABATO CITY, Peb. 29 (PIA) -- Mahigit isang libong magsasaka sa Lanao del Sur at Marawi City ang nabiyayaan ng binhi ng mais, palay, gulay, fruit trees seedlings at organikong pataba mula sa Department of Agriculture and Fisheries ng Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) sa ilalim ni Regional Secretary Sangkula A. Tindick. Ang tulong na nabanggit ay naglalaman ng binhi ng 300 bag ng mais, 425 bag ng palay, 700 pack ng gulay, 1,125 piraso ng fruit tre... -
29Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- As part of the efforts to mitigate climate change, reforestation, and boost fish production, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 has already planted 45,000 seedlings of mangroves along the coastal zones of Cagayan province. Venchito Villarao, coastal resource management action officer, said majority of the planted mangroves are located in the municipalities of Sta. Teresita, Buguey, and Aparri. The project aims to help boost fi...
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29Feb2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- A Cagayan Valley power firm here recently bagged four awards during the 47th Anvil awarding ceremonies at Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City. The SNAP Group, and its principal SN Power of Norway, won an excellence award for i-Travel SAFE, their transportation safety campaign for their employees. SNAP-Benguet also won an Excellence award for its Ambuklao hydroelectric power plant inaugural coffee table book “Renewable Energy for a Renew...
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29Feb2012COTABATO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) turned-over last February 20, farm equipment and various agri-fishery inputs for farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries in Tawi-Tawi. DAF-ARMM regional information division chief Dhigs Abdulla said, the farm equipment and inputs included 30 bags of palay seeds, 30 bags OPV corn seeds, 19 bags organic fertilizers, 1,050 packets of assorted vegetabl...
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29Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region’s Department of Agriculture (DA-12) today announced it has began accepting nominees to this year’s national Gawad Saka Search. DA-12 Regional Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan, through a press release, explained that Gawad Saka is an annual undertaking that recognizes farmer’s contributions in the devel...
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29Feb2012DAVAO CITY Feb. 29 (PIA)---A positive Philippine economy in recent years has contributed much to Singapore tourism as more and more Filipino tourists are flocking to the island state. During an interview at Marco Polo Davao, Serina Chan, area director for Brunei and Philippines for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said the Philippines is the 3rd fastest growing market for Singapore tourism next to China and Taiwan. Last 2011, Filipino tourists to Singapo...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Most government employees are honest, so there should be no worries about their filing of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). Director Alexis Tabino of the Legal Affairs Office of the Civil Service Commission made this statement in the light of apprehensions surrounding the submission of the SALN using the revised form issued by the CSC. “I believe that most of our public servants are honest and so we should not be apprehen...
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28Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo has requested the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to inspect the fault lines at the Twin Lakes of Sibulan town, a popular tourist attraction in the province. The governor made the request a week after the magnitude 6.9 quake that hit the northern part of the province on Feb. 6, leaving behind a still increasing number of affected families, currently at 63,000, and a death toll of 24 as of thi...
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28Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- At least 22 out-of-school youths (OSYs) were recruited to the Neighborhood Scouting program of the Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP) based in Southern Leyte. According to Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco these 22 OSYs from Barangay Asuncion in Maasin City were also known as “bakal boys” because they steal iron and steel and sell these at the junk shops in the locality for their livelihood. Samaco said, however, only 16...
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28Feb2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- All six provinces of Eastern Visayas have been identified as among the 31 provinces chosen as priority recipients of the AKBay program that provides funds for the poorest households in the farming and fishing communities. DA-8 Regional Executive Director (RED) Antonio Gerundio informed that the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC), is providing funds for the poorest households in the farming a...
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28Feb2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- An official of the National Food Authority (NFA) here said the province is still self-sufficient in rice over the years due to the agricultural farming practices of farmers. “We are always self-sufficient with our stocks. In fact we are supplying the needs of other provinces,” said Leslie Martinez, NFA provincial manager. He said the rice self-sufficient classification of the province is one of the major factors in stabiliz...
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28Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Calayan Island granted scholarships to 290 Calayano tertiary students who are pursuing college degrees in different universities and colleges in the mainland Cagayan. Mayor Alfonso Llopis personally met with the students who are enrolled in the tertiary institutions to give their stipend of P2, 000 each per semester. Calayan is an island municipality of Cagayan that can be only be reached via sea transportation. Stu...
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28Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) will be tapping the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) directly as its source of generated power in a bid to lessen the cost of electric consumption billed to its users. According to SOLECO Caretaker Archie Salazar, energy derived from WESM was much cheaper compared with the one they are currently buying, a factor for their current charge at P8.30 per kilowatt-hour. In an i...
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28Feb2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) will be among the first beneficiaries of the lumber confiscated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). This assurance was given by Forester Clark Carbonilla, Chief of Forest Management Service in Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Ozamiz City, regarding the lumber that have been confiscated by the Philippine National Police in the province and in th...
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28Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- In the meantime that access roads for the great Calbayog Waterfalls are not yet fully developed, the local government unit constructed mini replicas of the popular Bugtong-Bangon Falls at the Nijaga Park, Calbayog City. Mayor Ronald Aquino, during the inauguration of the mini falls, said that the city spent around P3.6 million for the mini falls. Aquino said that the Sangguniang Panlungsod allotted some P9.5 million for tourism projects,...
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28Feb2012Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), in cooperation with government line agencies and local government units, is set to implement Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) projects in the Province of Eastern Samar this year. OPAPP for Luzon and Visayas PAMANA Program Director Maria Eileen A. Jose disclosed this during the first Provincial Peace and Order Council recently held at the Provincial Governor’s ...
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28Feb2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Tribesmen in Norzagaray town have found fissures which are getting bigger and deeper in Sierra Madre in the part of Bulacan as they asked the government to help them save the longest mountain range in the country. Dumagat tribesmen showed the Sagip Sierra Madre Environmental Society (SSMES) the said fissures in some parts of the Angat Dam watershed area where trees were recently cut by illegal loggers believed to be protected by armed men. &nb...
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28Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The provincial government held today an earthquake drill today to correct the mostly unsafe response of state employees here during the magnitude 6.9 quake that jolted Negros Oriental on Feb. 6, 2012. Joy Gongob, provincial planning and development officer and executive officer of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here, said that the council has noted how most of the government workers panicked and ignored...
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28Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The deadline for the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) application for moratorium on loan repayments for its members affected by tropical storm Sendong will be on Feb. 29. GSIS Cagayan de Oro Field Manager Ma. Luz Ilano-Briones said the moratorium program that defers payment of loan amortization, without interest and penalties, is undertaken by the GSIS to directly and immediately help members-borrowers affected by Sendong. She sai...
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28Feb2012BURGOS, Isabela, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The proposed police “Oplan VISA,” or Verification Identification and Sticker Authenticity, is gaining local government support as town officials of Burgos have approved on third and final reading an ordinance requiring single motorcycles to be registered in the municipality and issued stickers to prove the ownership of the vehicle. The ordinance, originating from the proposal of the Police Regional Office 2, otherwise known as the VISA proje...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the provincial government of Pampanga and various national government agencies, have recently conducted a series of career coaching sessions that will help Guagua town’s public high school juniors and seniors in choosing the right course after finishing secondary. DOLE Regional Information officer Jerry Borja reported that there were 284 students who participated in the sessions from Gu...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) ‘Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project has given livelihood assistance to 10 ambulant and small-scale mobile vendors in Morong, Bataan. Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja said, “Each beneficiary received a vending cart, livelihood tools and raw materials amounting to P10,000.” Aside from the carts, Borja added that recipients were also given trainings on...
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28Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- Two Bohol theater groups—the Antequera and Punta Cruz Cultural Collectives—were invited to perform in Silliman University in Dumaguete City for the theater fest on February 27. Antequera Cultural Collective will stage a portion of the musical play ‘Abatan ni Tamblot’ while Punta Cruz Maribojoc Cutural Collective will perform the ‘Tawag sa Bantayan’. Bohol theater artisti...
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28Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Field Office-7 tapped the expertise of the International Organization of Migrants (IOM) and Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Agencies (OCHA) in the operation of evacuation centers/ camps (ECs) in disaster-stricken areas. DSWD Assistant Secretary Camilo Gudmalin said the expertise from these two partners are needed to educate both national and local social workers and other service provi...
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28Feb2012There seems to be no stopping to the production of innovative handicrafts made from water lily. The water hyacinth, long considered to be a menace since it grows abundantly in bodies of water and causes flooding, is now transformed into fashionable ladies shoes, sandals, handbags, belts, wallets and other handcrafts such as picture frames, certificate frames, seminar envelopes, paper bags, and home decors. Gloria Millare, president of the Fernandina Water Lily Han...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- Quezon City completed conducting an inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from government operations. Conducted in partnership with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, USAID-Cenergy Project and the Philippine League of Local Environment and Natural Resources Officers, the inventory forms part of the city’s commitment to the Global Cities Covenant on Climate Change (or the Mexico City Pact) as a signatory. The inventory covers emi...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Quezon City government is set to operate more high tech health centers, especially for cancer and diabetic patients undergoing therapy. Health Department head Dr. Antonietta Inumerable, during a regular executive meeting, said there are five health centers being renovated or constructed. Inumerable said five health centers are fully equipped with dialysis machine, x-ray machine and chemotherapy unit, modern facilities that would c...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its partners are set to hold a Metro Manila Clean Air Summit on February 29, 2012 to draw attention to the adverse impact of air pollution on human health and environment. Around 300 clean air advocates, including representatives from concerned national agencies, local government units, transport sector and civic groups, are expected to assemble for the summit with the theme, &ldqu...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- A guidebook designed to make upland farmers become effective entrepreneurs and responsible forest stewards was launched by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) Practitioners Congress held recently at the Fontana Convention Center in Clark, Pampanga. Entitled, “Guidebook on ENR (environment and natural resources) Enterprises Development and Management," the handbook ...
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28Feb2012One of the most popular home garden vegetables is the tomato. The tomato is easy to grow. When grown as a stalked plant, it requires a relatively small amount of space, yet is capable of producing a lot of fruits per plant. It is a fact that the tomato is high in nutrients. It is packed with vitamin C, potassium, fiber and vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A. The tomato is a rich source of lycopene, a carot...
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28Feb2012Dietary fiber helps prevent cardiovascular and heart diseases? It is a carbohydrate derived from plant origin that resists digestion in the small intestine of humans but is metabolized in the large intestine through fermentation by microorganisms into gases and short chain fatty acids. Dietary fiber has various health benefits. It can slow down fat and carbohydrate absorption in the small intestines. Dietary fiber can also affect insulin metabolism, thus r...
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28Feb2012The proportion of infants receiving exclusive breastfeeding from birth to six months decreased from 2003 to 2008, according to the 7th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST). The NNS showed that only 8.6 percent or only about 8 out of 100 of 0-23 month old children received exclusive breastfeeding, while 29.9 percent received breastfeeding and complementary foo...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- One of the country's super malls will be offering discounts today to all legitimate Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) members in Central Luzon. PhilHealth Regional information officer Ruth Gladys Carlos said “Members can avail of five percent discount in items inside the department store upon presentation of their PhilHealth ID while ten percent discount will be given to those who can present...
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28Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma has asked state-owned and private media on Tuesday to uphold women’s rights. Coloma said this in a forum titled “Media and Gender Equality Committee Media Consultation” at the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) main office in Quezon City. Coloma, who gave the opening remarks, noted the gender issues in the portrayal of women in m...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) -- “The forecast of the dry days will be very important to some sectors of the society, particularly those using sun as a means to dry their goods.” So said Dr. Flaviana D. Hilario during the 52nd Climate Outlook forum on Tuesday at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) Central office in Quezon City. Hilario acknowledged the need to provide the public with so-called “dry day” ...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) led a rescue mission that saved 22 women including several minors bound for the Middle East during an operation against human trafficking Monday. In a news release, Vice President Jejomay Binay also the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) Concerns and concurrent Chairman Emeritus of the IACAT said two of those rescued were due to fly tomorrow from Manila to Cebu t...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) – Six to 12 typhoons are expected to pass through the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) from March to August this year, said the Philippine Atmospheric, geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday. Weather Forecaster Anthony Joseph R. Lucero, during the 52nd Climate Outlook forum, said the weather during these months will be likely sunny with the La Nina phenomenon expected to dissipate sometime within these months. ...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allotted 1.2 billion this year for the social pension of around 185,914 indigent senior citizens in the country. Last year’s record showed that DSWD released some P694, 177,000 for the social pension of 126,558 indigent senior citizens nationwide. Their record also showed that as of February 20 this year, 91 percent or 126,558 senior citizens of the 138,960 qualified senior citizen...
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28Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) -- About 500 hectares in the upland areas of Davao City will be planted with Arabica coffee after a coffee company formally expressed its intention to develop this part of the city. The city government sees this as an opportunity to help upland farmers increase their income by way of providing labor for the Arabica coffee requirements of coffee companies. City agriculturist Leo Avila III announced in Monday’s Kapihan sa Dabaw held at SM City ...
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28Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry XI initiated a seminar on doing business with the United Nations for Dabawenyos to learn and participate in the UN procurement of goods and services. UN Secretariat Procurement Division Chief Toshio Mikami talked to potential vendors and suppliers from Davao Region last Friday (February 24) at the Grand Men Seng Hotel after being invited by the national government to explain the process of conducting business w...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday, February 27 nabbed a female Syrian national for possession of marijuana. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. identified the arrested Syrian national as Reem Suliman Altawijri, a 36-year old resident of Riyadh, Sahafa Area, Saudi Arabia. Altawijri was arrested during the final screening at the departure area of...
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28Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in cooperation with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) spearheaded a Conciliation and Mediation Training for PESO Managers and Guidance Counselors on Monday at the DOLE Provincial Office, Alano Street, this city. DOLE Assistant Regional Director Virginia L. Bonbon welcomed the 32 participants and expressed her grateful appreciation to their warm response and eagerness to attend the training....
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28Feb2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 28 (PIA)-- The Provincial Government of Davao del Norte is rolling out another pro-people program seen to contribute to the realization of President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s social contract with the people. Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo Del Rosario believes that the social contract of President Aquino is made “binding” and see...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- The Board of Investments listed three priority investment areas that would help in creating jobs and improving the country’s economy. These are agribusiness, infrastructure, and tourism facilities and services. The said areas reflect the government’s thrust of economic progress through investments that would generate millions of jobs to Filipinos. Through the Public-Private Partnership, the synergy between govern...
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28Feb2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Peb. 28 (PIA) -- Matapos ang masusing deliberasyon sa isinagawang joint committee hearing ng Committee on Rules, Privileges and Amendments at ng Committee on Ways and Means ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan, idineklarang hindi maaring ipatupad ang ordinansa sa tax amnesty o condonation of surcharges, interest at penalty sa pagbayad ng real property tax ng mga dilingkwenteng ari-arian. Ito ay matapos rin na ideklarang null and void o walang bisa ng dalawang nabanggit na m...
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28Feb2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Peb. 28 (PIA) -- Tiniyak ng Municipal Police Station ng Casiguran at Castilla na maayos ang pagpapatupad ng kapayapaan at kaayusan sa kanilang bayan. Ayon kay Casiguran Municipal Officer-In-Charge Police Inspector Henry Adarlo Red na maayos ang sistema ng kanilang operasyon alinsunod na rin sa direktiba ni Sorsogon Police Provincial Director PSSupt. John CA Jambora at sa mandato ng buong pwersa ng Philippine National Police sa bansa. Sa kabila nito, hiling ...
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28Feb2012SURIGAO CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Schools, government agencies, business establishments and media in the city will participate in a simultaneous earthquake drill nationwide on Thursday, March 1. Surigao City Information Officer Annette Villaces said thousands of students and employees are expected to get involved in the drill, which will be spearheaded by the CDCC, Office of the Civil Defense and the city government of Surigao and supported by its member-agencies. &ldquo...
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28Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato , Feb 28 (PIA) -- Geohazard maps are being distributed to barangays all over the region, Engr. Constancio A. Paye, Jr., regional director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau - 12 announced today. Paye said all 1, 194 barangays in Region 12 will be given copies of geohazard maps. “We are pri...
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28Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Some 60 school children from Indigenous People of Canggohob Elementary School in Mabinay, a hinterland town in Negros Oriental, had an educational tour to the urban-city of Dumaguete. The Philippine Army’s 302nd Infantry Brigade and 79th Infantry Battalion in coordination with the Oriental Negros Children’s Advocacy Network (ONCAN) and Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office brought the children to Dumaguete City over the weekend t...
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28Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Members of the city council here yesterday approved the resolution authorizing Mayor Peter B. Miguel to buy the lot where the city’s public terminal complex will be built on. Through a nominal voting where each member had to explain his or her vie...
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28Feb2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- A turn-over ceremony and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing for a speech laboratory highlighted the Provincial Development Council Meeting held Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Philippine Gateway Hotel, Surigao City. Governor Sol Matugas and Taganito HPAL Nickel Corp. Project Site Manager Hiroshisa Oda led the signing and turn-over ceremonies of the said speech lab to the three local government unit recipients namely Surigao City, Del...
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27Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato. Feb 27 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 has maintained its position as the top rice producer in Mindanao in 2011. National Statistics Coordination Board-12 (NSCB-12) Regional Director Herlita Caraan, said Region 12’s total palay production in 2011 reached 1.244 million metric ton...
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27Feb2012CEBU CITY, Peb. 27 (PIA) -- Aduna na’y bag-o nga regional technical director (RTD) ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources ((DENR-7) dinhi sa tunga-tungang kabisay-an alang sa protected area, wildlife conservation zone ug management services (PAWCZMS). Kini nakab-ot human si DENR Undersecretary for Field Operations Atty. Ernesto Adobo, Jr nipasupot sa Special Order Number 2012-59 niadtong Enero 20 ning tuiga nga nitudlo ni Mr. Al Orolfo isip OIC-RTD alang sa PAWCZMS. ...
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27Feb2012TAGUM CITY, Feb. 27 – In order to encourage investors to do more business in the province and take advantage of the rising tourism industry, Davao del Norte governor urged the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to pass the investment and tourism codes of Davao del Norte. Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario told members of the provincial board that up to P4-billion worth of tourism infrastructure projects were already identified in the province as part of the tourism development master plan of t...
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27Feb2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- To enlighten the youth about the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), the 502nd Infantry (Liberator) Brigade, 5ID, Philippine Army has proposed the conduct of a symposium on security awareness in all secondary schools of the province. Col. Reynaldo H. Labanen of the Philippine Army said the theme of the symposium is “Information is the Best Weapon Against Deception,” and the...
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27Feb2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Nueva Vizcaya will be conducting a tax campaign activity this week to heighten the level of awareness and information among taxpayers. Ma. Isabel Utit, assistant revenue district officer said the activity, which will be held on Feb. 29 seeks to drum up support relative to the filing of income tax returns for taxable year 2011 on April 15, 2012. “This activity is in support of the nationwide ta...
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27Feb2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- A health official in this city cautioned the public to take extra care against diseases caused by often weather changes in the province. The warning was made after several patients from the city suffering from mild respiratory diseases flocked to the city health office for treatment. In the last few weeks, the city has experienced weather changes from very sunny to rainy to rain showers which caused respiratory diseases among the residen...
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27Feb2012SURIGAO DEL SUR, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The implementation of the Kasanayan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran (KKK), facilitated by the 29th Infantry Battalion under Col Henry Robinson, Jr. and in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) led by Dir Rey Cueva, gains support from the Local officials here. KKK is a Bayanihan project conducted by the Philippine army under the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) of the Aquino Administratio...
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27Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported that the on-going rehabilitation of the Capas-San Manuel segment of the Manila North Road, more popularly known as the McArthur Highway, in Tarlac province is more than 30 percent complete. DPWH Traffic Engineering and Management-Project Management Office (TEAM-PMO) Project Director Remedios Belleza disclosed that the P86-million project, which was awarded to the Northern Bui...
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27Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Cagayan team successfully defended its title as the overall champion in the recently concluded 2012 Cagayan Valley Regional Athletics Association (CAVRAA) meet, held here. Cagayanos earned 884 points to emerged victorious in this year’s CAVRAA season. Nueva Vizcaya landed second with 563.5 while Isabela posted 526 points for the 3rd place. They were followed by Tuguegarao City at 313 points, Quirino - 180, Santiago City - 124, Cauayan ...
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27Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB. 27(PIA)--- Ang mapuslanong sistema sa edukasyon kinahanglang makaprodyus ug Filipino nga andam nga mahimong tipik sa pagmartsa sa nasod padulong sa reporma ug kalambuan. Kini ang mensahe ni Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma sa iyang pagpakigpulong sa paglusad sa libro nga gisulat sa kanhing Kalihim sa Edukasyon nga si Mona Valisno didto sa Dusit Thani Hotel sa dakbayan sa Makati. Ang libro ni Valisno ...
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27Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 27 (PIA) -- To recognize the health workers’ contributions in making sure pre-elementary schoolchildren maintain proper oral and dental health, the Department of Health has launched the National Orally Fit Awards in time for the National Dental Month. The campaign that covers the months of February until December of this year and incorporated in the Garantisadong Pambata (GP) Program, will confer awards to an outstanding health worker, day care center, and co...
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27Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 27 (PIA) -- Pinoys are urged to eat more root crops like kamote, cassava and bananas as substitutes for rice and help the country achieve its aim of “zero rice importation” by 2014. Angel Enriquez, regional technical director of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 7 said their agency is promoting the consumption of food staples such as “kamote,” cassava and banana and eat it with rice. “If we consume more food staples a...
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27Feb2012CALOOCAN, Feb 27 (PIA) -- A Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS) seminar was held recently in Caloocan City for the benefit of graduating students. Caloocan Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri said the seminar, which was attended by over 2,000 graduating students, is meant to prepare them for actual challenges in the workplace, particularly in forming proper relations with employers and co-workers. During the seminar, the graduating students wer...
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27Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Come hell or high water, out of sheer dedication, most barangay health workers (BHWs) strive to deliver much needed government health services to the grassroots, said Trinidad Mayor Roberto Cajes. At the recently concluded Trinidad Barangay Health Workers Congress, Cajes pointed out that “health workers sometimes go out in the dead of a stormy night, pursue mountainous trails when summoned for much needed health service...
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27Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- At least 200 tricycle drivers and operators from the municipalities of Cordon and Cabagan of Isabela province had expressed their thanks to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 for providing their groups P300,000 each fund assistance for their motorcycle spare parts and service center project to bolster economic opportunities for this marginalized transport group. This fund will be used for the motorcycle spare parts and service center projec...
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27Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 27 -- The Anflo Management and Investment Corporation (ANFLOCOR) is investing P2.7 billion for the construction of the Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. This was announced by ANFLOCOR President and Chief Executive Officer Alexander N. Valoria last Feb. 21 during the signing of loan documents with officials from Bank of the Philippine Islands. Security Bank will provide the other portion of the syndicated loan. &ldquo...
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27Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) was honored for its “Anti-Drug Courier Program” during the 47th Anvil Awards held at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel in City. The PIA was recognized and given the Merit Award for the category -- PR Program on a Sustained Basis for its advocacy campaign against drug mules and drug trafficking in the country. The program was a response to the alarming number of drug smuggling cases involved in by Fi...
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27Feb2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Feb. 27 (PIA6) -- Using the public-private partnership approach officials of Barangay Cansilayan, Murcia and the Philippine Army partnered with the University of St. La Salle High School (USLS-IS HS) Batch ’96 to serve the medical needs of residents. The 11 young professionals of USLS-IS HS Batch 96 also partnered with St. Scholastica's Academy-Bacolod HS Batch 96 and the San Isidro Labrador Quasi-Parish headed by their priest Fr. Noli Blancaflor. ...
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27Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb.27 (PIA) -- Western Visayas boxers have proven that they are a force to reckon with when they won four out of the six boxing divisions at the recently concluded 2012 State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association National Olympics held in this city. Elmer Pellio gave the region the first gold medal when he defeated John Ray Aborot of Region 10 in the Light Flyweight (49 kgs) division during the championship matches held at Plazuela de Iloilo on February 23.&...
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27Feb2012Lungsod ng Sorsogon, Peb 27 (PIA) -- Inihayag ni Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Ma. Teresa Destura na sisimulan na ng kanilang tanggapan ang mga programang inaprubahan ng pamahalaang probinsyal ng Sorsogon partikular yaong may mga pangangailangang pinansiyal. Ayon kay Destura, bago pa man natapos ang taong 2011, naihanda na nila ang kanilang financial plan upang agarang maipatupad ang mga programang makakatulong sa pag-angat ng kabuhayan ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda at nailahad...
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26Feb2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that the deaths from the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Negros Oriental rose to 55 with 24 from Guihulngan, 12 La Libertad, 10 Jimalalud, three from Tayasan, three from Ayungon, one from Bindoy, and two from Manjuyod; 60 are still missing or believed to have been buried alive. PDRRMC executive officer Adrian Sedillo said the toll is expected to rise as some bodies previou...
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26Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) continues to educate Capiceños in interpreting tsunami alert advisories. Capiz DOST Provincial head Gerbe Dellava said they are distributing information materials here to explain the government’s tsunami alert issuance in cases such calamity happens. Dellava said that the Tsunami Alert Level Zero explains that the advisory is for information purposes only and there is no tsunami thr...
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26Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- While earthquakes can’t still be predicted, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has set a nation-wide drill on March 1 to help people “predict” their responsible individual and collective responses should an earth-shaker occur. Regional director Olivia Luces of the Office of Civil Defense has called on heads of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMC) to mobilize their communities for the simul...
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26Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) now accepts applications for its student financial assistance programs (StuFAPs) in a bid to make tertiary education accessible to all. CHED Education Supervisor Yolanda Cordova said StuFAPs are in three categories, first of which is the full and half merit scholarships. The other categories are student loan programs and grant-in-aid. Grant-in-aid is sub-categorized into four. First is th...
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26Feb2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, Dumaguete City, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) added five more digital seismograph stations in Negros Oriental after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake devastated the northern part of the province. Philvocs Chief geologist and geophysicist Dr. Arturo Daag in a media briefing said that the seismographs installed determine the correct sites of potential earthquakes and to monitor tectonic quakes. The new seismograph station...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Peb 23 (PIA) -- Ang mga tigtampo sa turismo (tourism stakeholders) sa lungsod sa Batuan, Bohol mipailawom sa usa ka ‘eco-tourism orientation’ niadtong Pebrero 20-21 nga gihimo didto sa Balay sa Humay. Ang pagbansay-bansay gidumala sa Batuan Colleges inabagan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Bohol nga mituki sa mga bag-ong nahipno nga mga ecotourism sites ug destinations sa Bohol lakip na ang mga inputs sa katak...
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26Feb2012MANILA, Feb 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, February 21 received two units of seven-meter utility boats from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) boosting the capability of the PCG to monitor the coastal parts of the country, prevent intruders at bay, and generally make their presence felt to bad elements. Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas lauded JICA for the recent turnover of utility boats that will be used by coas...
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26Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb 26 (PIA) -- Inutos ni South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. nitong nakalipas na linggo ang pagbuo ng environmental impact assessment (EIA) multisectoral monitoring team na magmamanman sa operasyon ng mga small-scale mining at iba pang industriya sa buong lalawigan. Layunin ng EIA monitoring team na siguraduhing...
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26Feb2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Palawan will strictly enforce Construction Safety and Health Program (CSHP) as a pre-requisite in securing building permits to ensure safety of laborers and compliance to labor laws. Ma. Socorro Marquez, DOLE-Palawan’s Construction Safety Focal Person, said that there is a need for the enhanced implementation of the CSHP in the light of the numerous construction projects in the city and i...
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26Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb 26 (PIA) – Dahil sa kakulangan sa suplay ng kuryente mula sa Mindanao grid, nagpapatuloy ang nararanasang rotating brownout sa lungsod ng Heneral Santos City, bahagi ng South Cotabato, at lalawigan ng Sarangani. Base sa power advisory na inilabas ng South Cotabato II Electric Cooperat...
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26Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allocated 37 slots for the Visayas applicants of the 200 college scholarship slots nationwide this year. Active members of GSIS in Negros Oriental are encouraged to join the GSIS Scholarship Program. The 200 scholarship slots are made available in National Capital Region (61 slots), Luzon (58), Visayas (37) and Mindanao (44) for school year 2012 to 2013. To join, members need to fill in...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The German Technical Cooperation or Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) lends to Bohol the technical expertise of Nanda Ritsma, a Dutch national who has been assisting eco-tourism projects in Netherlands and in Bhutan where she worked for the tourism value chain in the Himalayas in the last six years. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director Maria Elena Arbon presented Ritsma at the tourism core group meeti...
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26Feb2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Treasurer’s office has been conducting various information campaigns on the importance of taxes to the different municipalities in the province in efforts to improve local revenue collection. Provincial Treasurer Cawed Gamonnac reported that collection of locally generated revenues last year year amounted to P452,543,739.69 which is higher than the 2010 collection. “We have to sustain the effort,” Gamonnac...
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26Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Bohol provincial information center and Batuan Colleges conducted a two-day Eco-Tourism Orientation Seminar and Bohol Eco-Tourism Situationer workshop on February 20 to 21 at the Balay sa Humay to tourism stakeholders of Batuan, Bohol. Participants to the workshop included 14 tourism officers, hotel and restaurant management students as well as the pool of local tour guides based at the Balay sa Humay rice ...
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26Feb2012Last February 19, the province of Aurora commemorated the 124th birth anniversary of its heroine and namesake, Doῆa Aurora Aragon-Quezon, wife of Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon and a person highly regarded as one of the early Filipino women who faced crossroads in life, but prevailed her love for country. Doῆa Aurora had been a real partner of President Quezon during his time. As the First Lady, she involved herself generously in humanitarian activities, going place...
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25Feb2012MAKATI CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation is pursuing the approval by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of the full amount of the Universal Charge (UC) for stranded debts (SD) and stranded contract costs (SCC) determined at PhP0.03 per kilowatt hour (kWh) and PhP0.36 per kWh, respectively. According to a statement posted on their website, PSALM filed the petitions for the UC rates for SD and SCC last June 2011. T...
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25Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 25 (PIA) -- From over 3,000 hopeful candidates, only 199 new agents finally made it to the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. yesterday led the conferment of 199 new agents during the 5th Commencement Exercises for the Drug Enforcement Basic Course (DEOBC). Gutierrez congratulated the new agents and hopes that they (new agents) will exemplify the agency’s core values. “I have high hopes that the ...
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25Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office has started conducting trainings for solemnizing officers from different religious sectors as pre-requisite in issuing them certificate of registration as official accredited solemnizing officers. Information officer Angelina Callangan said all solemnizing officers should undergo training and be accredited to ensure validity of the marriage certificates of couples they are officiating. Callangan said the NSO ju...
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25Feb2012CABAGAN, Isabela, Feb 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared 178 hectares of swamp and land area in this town, particularly inside the Malasi Tree Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Barangay San Antonio, as critical habitat of Philippine duck and other birds species. In the administrative order signed by Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, the regional environment office of Cagayan Valley was ordered to strengthen and intensify its move towards the...
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25Feb2012ECHAGUE, Isabela, February 25 (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley Agricultural Resources Research and Development (CVARRD) is pushing mass production of goat to earn additional income. ISU President Romeo Quilang said goat production is now being introduced among farmers as he has seen the marketability in the local market today. “Goat is now one of agriculture commodity that is in demand in the local market today and the CVARRD is inducing the production of goats...
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25Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Agri-fishery workers in the province were recognized for producing and raising extraordinary agricultural crops and fisheries during the ‘Pinakalympics’ competition as part of the La Union Agri-Trade Fair and Tourism Exposition 2012 of the province in celebration of its 162nd Foundation Anniversary. According to Pinakalympics focal person Gloria Salanga, this activity is considered as one of the yearly highlight of the said trade ...
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25Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb 25 (PIA) -- Sa layong tuluyan nang maresolba ang gusot sa lupa sa Barangay Koronadal sa bayan ng Polomolok hiniling ni South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) na magsagawa ng re-survey ...
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25Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 25 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) region 2 is now preparing activities for the conduct of fire prevention month this coming March, to massively advocate a fire-free nation. Fire inspector Franklin Tabingo, chief-public affairs, said a lot of activities were proposed for the month-long observation to enjoin stakeholders participation in fire prevention and to saturate all fire -prone areas for the bureau's information and education drive. This ...
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25Feb2012BANAUE, Ifugao, Feb. 25 (PIA)--The National Mapping and Resource Information Agency (NAMRIA) presented Friday the maps showing the delineation of the core and buffer zones of the ‘Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, UNESCO World Heritage Site’ to the stakeholders coming from the heritage sites and buffer municipalities at the Banaue Hotel here. Dr. Virginia Miralao, Secretary General of UNESCO National Commission of the Philippi...
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25Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- One of the farthest elementary schools in the province of Benguet and at least seven high school students were beneficiaries of the recently concluded 3rd Miners Cup Basketball Invitational Tournament held here in the city last week. Some P40, 000 worth of cash were given to the financial support to a school and scholarship program of the annual tournament organized by the Saint Louis University Boys High Club 7882. Piming...
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25Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) Traffic Management Division cited three major factors affecting the traffic situation in the city. PSupt James Allan Logan, chief of the Traffic Management Division, reported during the first regular meeting of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) last week that the foremost cause is the lack of adequate parking facilities within the Central Business District (CBD). S...
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25Feb2012MOLAVE, Zamboanga del Sur, Feb 25 (PIA) -- To speed up issuance of business permits and licenses, the local government unit of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, February 24, 2012, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the implementation of the streamlined Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) here. In simple ceremonies, the said MOA was signed by M...
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25Feb2012CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The Clark Freeport Zone will serve as one of the six venues of the fun run highlighting the 60th anniversary celebration of educational institution Don Bosco in the Philippines. This year’s founding anniversary carries the theme “Run, Jump, Make Noise: A Celebration 60 years of Don Bosco’s presence in the Philippines.” The fun run aims to raise funds for the institution’s other eight Technical-Vocatio...
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25Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 2 has set March 1 to accept applications for the Special Program for Employment of Student (SPES) for this school year. Grace Pomar, focal person on the employment of students, said this year’s budget amounting to P15.25 million was already released and it will serve 9,000 student beneficiaries all over the region. Pomar stated SPES is a pro-poor program of the present adm...
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25Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The first-ever La Union Unity Marathon (LUUM) 21-K Run conducted this morning promoted the tourism industry of the province through the bandwagon of fun run and ultimately make La Union one of the premier sports tourism industry in the country. The event showcased the pristine yet less explored beauty of La Union given its rich natural resources and breathtaking landscape, both coastal and uplands, which are truly at par with...
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25Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb 25 (PIA6) -- All 18 towns in Antique province are compliant with the guidelines set by the Department of Interior and Local Government for a local government to be awarded a Seal of Good Housekeeping. The award is in line with the Department's thrust to institutionalize good governance practices such as transparency, accountability, participation and performance into an institutionalized status, the guidelines stated. In 2010, only nine towns...
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25Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 25 (PIA6) -- Top officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) urged the media to take an active role in the government’s tax campaign. Regional Director lawyer Romulo Aguila, Jr. said, during the press conference held in Capiz last February 23, that the media in Capiz can help a lot in educating and informing the taxpayers here about their obligation in paying the exact taxes. Aguila led the caravan from Passi City to the prov...
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25Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- Carrying this year’s theme, “Pagkain ng gulay ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain,” the National Nutrition Council (NNC) in Central Luzon is all geared to celebrate the annual event in July. The major activities that are planned during the observance of the nutrition month include the nationwide simultaneous planting of vegetables in various school, day care centers, communities, hospitals, parks, prisons, worksites a...
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25Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA)---The Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Norte through the Provincial Identification Fund(PIF) has recently donated an electric water pump worth P500,000 to the farmers of Barangay Sinaman, this city. The P500,000 electric water pump is a support project of Governor Rolando E. Yebes to the farmer-beneficiaries of the High-Green program implemented by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist . The turn-over of the electric water pump was done as other...
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24Feb2012LUNGSOD NG SORSOGON, Peb. 24 (PIA) -- Nagdulot ng ibayong kasiyahan sa mga espesyal na mga mag-aaral ng Sorsogon East Central School ang isinagawang libreng medical mission at pamamahagi ng mga kagamitan sa pag-aaral ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) Sorsogon Provincial Office noong Miyerkules. Ayon kay Philhealth Chief Health Insurance Officer Alfredo Jubilo namahagi sila ng mga school supplies, projector screen, libreng bitamina, medical check-up at pagpapakain s...
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24Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said today that the agency has started the formal process in acquiring an International Organization for Standards (ISO) certification on Quality Management Systems. Some representatives of the Geneva-based organization are already in the country. “Actually, it’s the management procedures in the directorate for intelligence that they are checking in ISO,” PNP Spokesperson PChief/S...
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24Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA6) -- Department of Education-Iloilo city division superintendent Dr Nelly Valerio instructed district supervisors here to have teachers integrate the spirit of the bloodless revolution in lesson plans as the country celebrates the 26th year anniversary of the EDSA People Power. EDSA People Power Revolution took place 26 years ago when today’s students in the elementary and high schools were not even born yet. The four day event happened on F...
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24Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy held today the final judging of the National Contest for the Best E-Trike Design. Three out of 180 valid design entries have been buoyed up as winners of the said contest. The technical screening committee (TSC) composed by representatives from DOE, Land Transportation Office, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) dedicated a three-day filtering of the 180 desig...
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24Feb2012In the early decades, when I was still a growing up, things were very different from what they are now in Quirino. Then, we used to hike or ride in a carabao-drawn cart and take several hours before reaching the town proper to buy our basic needs in the market. During the rainy season, the roads were so muddy that we had to wade through knee-deep mud just to reach the town proper or even to a nearby barangay, and during summertime we used to joke that we are saved from buying p...
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24Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- To ensure peace and security in the duration of the Cagayan Valley Regional Athletics Association (CAVRAA) meet 2012, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) of Cagayan province have deployed hundreds of their police and military force all over this city. City Chief of Police Mardito Angoluan said they have deployed some of their personnel in the highways and in the schools where the athletes are housed and als...
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24Feb2012CAMIGUIN, Mambajao, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Camiguin’s White Island is now strictly enforcing the “no-take zone policy” within its marine protected sanctuaries following the passage of an ordinance establishing it as a marine park. Touching and removal of any marine organism inside the “White Island Marine Park” will be meted with a corresponding fine as approved by the local government. The White Island Marine Park has a total area of 315.6 hectares and ...
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24Feb2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Around 51 solemnizing officers consisting of municipal chief executives and church leaders in the province participated in the one-day seminar/workshop on civil registration conducted by the National Statistics Office provincial office on Feb. 17, 2012. Provincial Statistics Officer Cherry Grace D. Agustin said the activity, which is part of the Civil Registration Month celebration, aims to remind Quirinians about the importance of registering civi...
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24Feb2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The new provincial director of the Philippine National Police-Quirino Police Provincial Office (PNP-QPPO) has reported a 24.58 percent decrease in the crime volume in the province from 178 in 2010 to 135 last year. Police Senior Superintendent Domingo R. Lucas said the decrease in crime volume is attributed to the intensified enforcement of special laws in consistent with our vigorous and sustained anti-crime strategies and the implementation of th...
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24Feb2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Various big-ticket projects, inside Clark Freeport, each with an average of P100 million in investment commitments, are all set to commence within the year. In his report to the Board of Investments, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Felipe Antonio Remollo bared that among the 19 projects in the pipeline include Yokohama Tire Philippines’ 28.2-hectare manufacturing plant expansion, Donggwang Clark Corporation’s 304-hecta...
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24Feb2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The City of Angeles has taken its part in the commemoration of the 26th EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary. The celebration coincided with city mayor Edgardo Pamintuan’s 63rd birthday celebration yesterday. In a short program which was held at the Marquee Mall Activity Center and participated in by city employees, city officials and local residents, Pamintuan said, “This day is historical because it marks the turning point of o...
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24Feb2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Hundreds of tourism students, educators and practitioners from Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales will troop to Clark Freeport today for the 2012 Central Luzon Tourism Summit at the Oxford Hotel. In a press statement, the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) Public Relations Department said, “The summit seeks to inform and involve stakeholders in university-based tourism programs in the construction of a co...
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24Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Three barangays in this city has recently received the Star Awards conferred by the city government to villages with good performance in internal housekeeping, accountability and sound fiscal management. The Sukatan ng Tagumpay at Responsableng or STAR Barangay is the counterpart of the Seal of Good Housekeeping Award of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Awarded with a bronze Star, a trophy and P300,000 wer...
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24Feb2012LUNGSOD NG ANGELES, Pampanga Peb. 23 (PIA) -- Magsasanib ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) para palakasin ang mga agri-business industry sa Hilagang Luzon sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatupad ng “National Industry Capacity Cluster Capacity Enhancement Project (NICCEP) sa Abril. Ang mga industriyang ito ay ang bangus para sa Ilocos Region, dairy para sa Cagayan Valley, kape para sa Cordillera at kawayan para sa Gitnang Luzon. Ayo...
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24Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Breakwater was named Best Publication – Magazine Category in the 2011 PAWD Best Publication Award, given during the Awards Night of the 33rd PAWD National Convention held recently at Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City. Breakwater is the official publication of Butuan City Water District (BCWD). For five years now, the magazine has been unbeatable by maintaining its position as one of the Top 3 publications of water districts in the coun...
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24Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is recommending amendments to the Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000. It said that changes must be made to the said law to make it more responsive to the needs of the time and the needs of the solo parents. DSWD Secretary Corazon-Juliano Soliman stressed, “The changing times and the growing number of single parent - households call for a more wholistic and substantial help from the governmen...
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24Feb2012MANILA, February 24 (PIA) -- Committed to promote science and technology awareness in the country, the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) launches its first science and technology search engine. Formally launched Friday, February 24 at the Arts in the City, Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, science.ph is both a search engine and a comprehensive website that contains Philippine science and technology information an...
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24Feb2012E.B. MAGALONA, Negros Occ., Feb. 24 (PIA6) -- A military detachment in Barangay Canlusong--some 33 kilometers east of the town’s poblacion in E.B. Magalona--was blessed and inaugurated recently, a press release from the municipal information office said. Located on a sprawling 0.80-hectare land area within the barangay proper, the detachment is now being manned by two regular soldiers with 32 newly-trained Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members under the 12th In...
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24Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb. 24 (PIA) -- May bago nang hepe ang Kidapawan City Police Station kasabay ng pormal na panunumpa kahapon ni Supt. Renante Cabico. Pinalitan ni Cabico si city police director Chino Mamburam na pinalitan sa puwesto habang iniimbestigahan ang nangyaring pagsalakay sa Kidapawan City Jail at tangkang pagpap...
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24Feb2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Peb. 24 (PIA) -- Agusan del Sur Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza, together with representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other government and non-government agencies, launched today the Datu Lipus Makapandong Youth Employment and Migrant Center (YEMC) at the D.O. Plaza government Center. The YEMC is intended to cater the youth on skills development and trainings. “The YEMC will be the center to cultivate the knowledge, skills and...
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24Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The World Food Program (WFP) conducted a three-day training on disaster preparedness and risk reduction for three municipalities here in line with technical support it pledged to the country affected by a recent earthquake and floods, a WFP release said. The training, which started Feb. 21, included participants from the local governments of Juban, Casiguran and Bulan in Sorsogon province, and officials from the Provincia...
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24Feb2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Feb. 24, (PIA)- A Summer Trade Fair will be held from April 3-12, 2012 at Plaza Rizal here in a bid to expand local industries and promote local products, the trade department’s provincial office announced Friday. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will spearhead the 2nd Barakalan sa Plaza Rizal with the battle cry, “Produkto Ta, Suportahan Ta ! Bakal Na !”.The local government of Virac and the Catanduanes Producers Association are ...
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24Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, February 24 (PIA) – To promote health and safety in the construction industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) V and the Association of Safety Practitioners in the Philippines Incorporated (ASPI) conducted a training tutorial last February 7 – 11 where they provided 60 construction hard hats to participants for free, Exequiel Ronnie A. Guzman, DOLE V assistant regional director said. Some 58 health officers, practitioners, engine...
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24Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 24 (PIA) -- Harmonizing Initiatives for the Spread of Good Nutrition (HIMSoG-8), a nutrition media group assessed its nutrition programs in the past year and vowed to overcome the challenges of malnutrition in Eastern Visayas. In its first board meeting yesterday at the Department of Health (DOH) compound, the media group outlined its plans for the same mission - fight malnutrition through media power - and with more passion. HIMSoG - 8 plans to advo...
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23Feb2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has entered into a joint venture to boost Northern Luzon’s agri-business industries through the implementation of “National Industry Cluster Capacity Enhancement (NICCEP)” on April. The program shall enhance industries such as those of milkfish in Ilocos region, dairy for Cagayan Velley, coffee for Cordillera and bamboo for Central Luzon....
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Cagayan has allotted P150 million for the rehabilitation of Cagayan Sports Complex and for the purchase of additional equipment as it bids to host “Palarong Pambansa” next year. Cagayan Governor Alvaro Antonio said the province of Cagayan has the biggest sports area in the archipelago that could house thousands of athletes from all over the country. He said the province has already spent millions of peso...
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23Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) signed an agreement yesterday stipulating their joint commitment to promote investments in Mindanao and formulate the Mindanao Business Policy Agenda. The policy agenda will address immediate and recurring issues of the business sector in the island region to enhance its competitiveness and ensure a more conducive environment for business. It will also ...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 23 (PIA 2) -- The athletes under the Cagayan team are determined to defend their title as the champion in this year’s Cagayan Valley Regional Athletic Association (CAVRAA). According to Division Superintendent Fely Lattao, Cagayan athletes underwent rigid trainings as part of their preparations for the CAVRAA meet that opened today and ends on Feb. 26. “They have longer period of trainings so we are confident that they can defend their title as ...
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23Feb2012ILAGAN, Isabela, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Local government unit officials and employees in Region 2 that are involved in tourism development and promotion including private organizations are set to meet next month in this province to strengthen their ties in promoting the tourism sites in the region. Regional Tourism Council (RTC) Chairperson Maria Angela Cua said the provincial government of Isabela is hosting this year’s regional tourism assembly to be held at the Faustino S. Dy Sr. ses...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has thrown its support to the struggling ceramics industry in Cagayan Valley in a consultative meeting here held yesterday. Prakash Mishra, industrial development officer of the UNIDO Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division allowed stakeholders to present to him the present status of the industry so as to assess its needs. Director Esperanza Banares of the ...
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23Feb2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The city’s implementation of anti-smoking ordinance is now gaining appreciation from Santiaguenos as they are already complying with the provisions of said ordinance, as noted by the task force composed of personnel of the Department of Public Order and Safety, market guards, city police personnel, and other law enforcement personnel. Ernesto Hernaez, a tricycle driver who considers himself a chain smoker before, said he now totally stopped...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Region 2 has posted disposal rate of cases filed from both local and overseas employments. Nympha Aguda, administrative officer IV, said that in the 2011 accomplishment report, 424 of the 506 cases filed were successfully arbitrated, posting 84 percent case disposition. Of these cases, 339 were filed by local employees wherein 80 percent was already disposed, while 167 were filed by overseas Filipino worker...
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23Feb2012BASCO, Batanes, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Batanes State College (BSC) extended community services, such as vegetable seedlings distribution and technical assistance, to 17 farmers of Diura, Mahatao, the adopted fishing village of the college. The extension and community services division of the college headed by Antonia E. Español distributed some 2,000 cabbage and pepper seedlings to farmers of Diura to help the farmers of the college-adopted barangay who experienced large damage on ...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- To fast-track efficient implementation of the healthcare program, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) is now hiring nurses to be deployed in the tertiary hospitals in Region 2. Regional Vice President Oscar Abadu said there are more than 800 available slots nationwide and Region 2 was given seven slots for the accredited tertiary hospitals that have been catering hundreds of beneficiaries daily. The identified tertiary hospitals ...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Non-Government Organization Council on Population, Health and Welfare, Inc. (PNGOC) has launched a signature campaign to urge the congress to push the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill after it was archived last year when the congress took vacation. In a message emailed to members of the Cagayan Valley Network for Population and Health, Dr. Eden Divinagracia, executive director, said the council urges the congress to deliberate...
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23Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 23 (PIA) -- Using e-trike (electric tricycle) will help boost the daily income of tricycle drivers because less fuel is consumed and the vehicle is more efficient resulting to more trips that can be made. Engineer Eduardo Amante, chief of the energy resource development and utilization division of the Department of Energy (DOE) 7 explained that because e-trike uses battery which can just be recharged then tricycle drivers can be unburdened by the high cost of fuel pr...
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23Feb2012DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- A total of 18 individuals today finished a two-day wheelchair assessment training-seminar held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Arellano Bani this city. The trainees, who came from La Union and Pangasinan, were taught the different parts of the wheelchair, how to measure the wheelchair size needed by the patients, how to determine the correct posture for the patient and how to approach them during the assessment. Manipulation of the whe...
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23Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- As a treat to its concessionaires after 38 years of serving potable water to the city, the Butuan City Water District (BCWD) will conduct a raffle promo starting February 24 and will end on March 27, 2012, as part of its 38th Grand Anniversary celebration. BCWD will be giving away big cash prizes on its anniversary raffle draw for concessionaires who have been paying their water bill on time and in full. The raffle draw will t...
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23Feb2012BASCO, Batanes, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Batanes State College (BSC) recently acquired a three-ton fishing boat worth P1.7-M and it was launched last month along with the fish farm laboratory, maintained by the college at Diura, Mahatao, one of the adopted barangays of BSC. The fishing boat acquisition and a fish farm laboratory aimed to meet the laboratory requirements of the Diploma of Fisheries of the college. The course on agri. fisheries was opened in school year 2009-2010. Th...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) - The search has begun for outstanding Chinese-Filipinos, also known as “Tsinoys,” to contend for the Dr. Jose Rizal Excellence Awards 2012. The search is a biennial event arranged by the Manila Times and the Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc. which aims to honor Tsinoys who have made substantial and excellent contributions to the Philippine society in their respective fields or disciplines. The nominations of contenders are anchored ...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 23 (PIA) -- Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje welcomed the declaration of a 4,000-hectare area within the ancestral domain of the Menuvu tribe in the uplands of Balmar, Bukidnon as an indigenous community conserved area or ICCA, according to a press release posted at the DENR's website. “We are definitely happy with this move of the Menuvu tribe to declare an area within their ancestral domain as a conservation area. ...
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23Feb2012CALOOCAN, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Caloocan City government is searching for the cleanest school in the city as part of the the city's 50th Foundation Anniversary. The search, which falls under the program “Revitalizing Ecological Commitment On Management (RECOM)," has been implemented on Caloocan for the past eight years. According to Echiverri, the program aims to enlighten students on cleanliness, proper waste disposal as well as cleaning and greening methods ...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 23 (PIA) -- The education department has announced, in an advisory released on Wednesday, the conduct of a “National Seminar-Workshop on Testing and Evaluation” on May 15-17, 2012 at the Sta. Catalina Spirituality Center in Baguio City. Themed as “Realizing the Importance of Testing and Evaluation for Diagnosis of Learning Difficulties,” the workshop is organized by the International English Learners Training Institute, Inc. (IE...
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23Feb2012MANILA, February 23 (PIA) --The Department of Public Works and Highways issued today an advisory to give way to road improvement and maintenance works in some parts of Metro Manila beginning 10 PM of Friday, February 24 until 4 AM of Monday, February 27, 2012. In the release, DPWH advised motorists and the public to expect traffic slowdown in the following major thoroughfares: Taft Avenue (Cluster), Pasay City, from Sto. Niño St. to EDSA Aurora Boulevard...
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23Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- As way of giving opportunities to Agusanons to avail the benefits they can get from a cooperative, the Agusan del Norte Teachers, Retirees, Employees and Community Cooperative (ANTRECCO) continuously conducts orientation to government employees on the advantages of being a coop member. According to ANTRECCO Marketing Officer Liezel Aspe, out of the 340,000 cooperatives of the country, ANTRECCO is one of the 10 nominees of the Philippine Federa...
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