India has expressed its support for a peaceful resolution to the territorial conflict in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), adding it hoped the Philippines’ arbitration bid would prosper and lead to the stability of international waters.
Read more: Inquirer
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
DSWD assures sufficient food supplies for evacuees in Zambo conflict
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In its twitter account, the DSWD disclosed that as of 2 p.m. Monday, about 16,473 families or 81,806 individuals have been affected by the on-going clash between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
About 13,028 families equivalent to 67,845 individuals are still staying in 24 evacuation centers situated therein.
The Joaquin F. Enriquez Sports Complex still has the biggest number of family-evacuees with 9,065 families or 50,343 individuals.
The DSWD said it tapped local catering groups and food service providers to ensure regular provision of food to the increasing number of evacuees inside the Joaquin F. Enriquez Sports Complex.
According to DSWD Secretary Corazon J. Soliman, the Department had stepped up measures to ensure sufficient supply of food will be regularly given by tapping local food providers to assist in food preparation in addition to the food provided by the community kitchens established by the city government.
Soliman said she had instructed the DSWD Field Office IX for the continuous procurement of ready-to-eat food from partnered food service providers like Chinitos, Whoopee Burger House, Sunflower Food Center, and small canteens.
"This is to ensure the timely and orderly provision of meals to the evacuees with the elderly, children, and pregnant women as priorities," she said.
"Starting today (Monday), DSWD will provide 80,000 packed foods to the evacuees in the Grandstand to be delivered by the mentioned food providers (40,000 for lunch and another 40,000 for dinner),"she added.
Soliman also noted that the city government is also providing 12,000 packed foods per mealtime while the International Committee of the Red Cross committed to shoulder another 10,000 packed food for dinner.
On Sunday, DSWD, through Chinitos, Whoopee Burger House, Sunflower Food Center, and small canteens has provided 16,500 packed meals for lunch and dinner with a total cost of P825,000.
Breakfast on Monday was prepared by the established community kitchens where 24 sacks of rice and 20 cases of corned beef were consumed.
Soliman is still in Zamboanga City to oversee the relief operations to victims of the more than a week of armed conflict between government forces and rogue elements of the MNLF.
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2131379349154
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Charges Maybe Filed Against Napoles On Friday
President
Benigno S. Aquino III said on Tuesday that appropriate charges in
relation to the alleged misuse of the priority development assistance
fund (PDAF) may be filed against Janet Lim Napoles by Friday.
President Aquino told reporters in a press conference after keynoting the 7th ASEAN Navy Chiefs Meeting in Makati City that government prosecutors were studying the evidences, analyses and "possible defenses that can be brought to court" in order to have a rock-solid case against Napoles.
"The first charges with regards to this issue, I understand, will be filed not later than Monday. There is a possibility it can be filed by Friday. I will be given a briefing on what the lawyers called the theory of the case, the evidence that supports the theory of the case," the President said.
"So a complete briefing sometime this week; and the commitment is not later than Monday next week, and possibly by Friday this week," he noted. (PCOO)
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1751378814786
President Aquino told reporters in a press conference after keynoting the 7th ASEAN Navy Chiefs Meeting in Makati City that government prosecutors were studying the evidences, analyses and "possible defenses that can be brought to court" in order to have a rock-solid case against Napoles.
"The first charges with regards to this issue, I understand, will be filed not later than Monday. There is a possibility it can be filed by Friday. I will be given a briefing on what the lawyers called the theory of the case, the evidence that supports the theory of the case," the President said.
"So a complete briefing sometime this week; and the commitment is not later than Monday next week, and possibly by Friday this week," he noted. (PCOO)
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1751378814786
President
Benigno S. Aquino III said on Tuesday that appropriate charges in
relation to the alleged misuse of the priority development assistance
fund (PDAF) may be filed against Janet Lim Napoles by Friday.
President Aquino told reporters in a press conference after keynoting the 7th ASEAN Navy Chiefs Meeting in Makati City that government prosecutors were studying the evidences, analyses and "possible defenses that can be brought to court" in order to have a rock-solid case against Napoles.
"The first charges with regards to this issue, I understand, will be filed not later than Monday. There is a possibility it can be filed by Friday. I will be given a briefing on what the lawyers called the theory of the case, the evidence that supports the theory of the case," the President said.
"So a complete briefing sometime this week; and the commitment is not later than Monday next week, and possibly by Friday this week," he noted. (PCOO)
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1751378814786#sthash.VpFsz7HA.dpuf
President Aquino told reporters in a press conference after keynoting the 7th ASEAN Navy Chiefs Meeting in Makati City that government prosecutors were studying the evidences, analyses and "possible defenses that can be brought to court" in order to have a rock-solid case against Napoles.
"The first charges with regards to this issue, I understand, will be filed not later than Monday. There is a possibility it can be filed by Friday. I will be given a briefing on what the lawyers called the theory of the case, the evidence that supports the theory of the case," the President said.
"So a complete briefing sometime this week; and the commitment is not later than Monday next week, and possibly by Friday this week," he noted. (PCOO)
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1751378814786#sthash.VpFsz7HA.dpuf
Monday, August 19, 2013
Walang Pasok August 20, 2013
Walang Pasok Aug. 20 Update: 7:42 am
List of school suspensions on August 20, 2013
Due to the effects of Tropical Storm Maring and the enhanced southwest monsoon, classes in certain areas have been suspended for August 20, 2013.
Please check back on this page for updates. This list was collated from announcements made online by schools and LGUs. For more details on the rules for suspension, please read Executive Order No. 66, s. 2012. This list was last updated on 10:07 p.m., August 19, 2013. For real-time updates from the media and different organizations, please track the #walangpasok hashtag on Twitter. For updates on the weather, please visit http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/.
Metro Manila
Caloocan City (all levels)
Las Piñas City (all levels)
Makati City (all levels)
Malabon City (all levels)
Mandaluyong City (all levels)
Manila City (all levels)
Marikina (preschool to high school)
Muntinlupa City (all levels)
Navotas City (all levels)
Parañaque City (all levels)
Pateros City (all levels)
Pasay City (all levels)
Pasig City (all levels)
Quezon City (all levels)
San Juan City (all levels)
Taguig City (all levels)
Valenzuela City (preschool to high school)
By Province
Angeles, Pampanga (preschool to high school)
Antipolo, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Bataan (all levels)
Batangas (all levels)
Cainta, Rizal (all levels)
Cavite (all levels)
Laguna (all levels)
Pangasinan (preschool to high school)
Baliuag, Bulacan (all levels)
Bocaue, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Calumpit, Bulacan (all levels)
Hagonoy, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Malolos, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Meycauayan, Bulacan (all levels)
Obando, Bulacan (all levels)
San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Dagupan, Pangasinan (all levels)
Angono, Rizal (preschool to high school)
San Mateo, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Taytay, Rizal (all levels)
Tanay, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Rodriguez, Rizal (all levels)
San Fernando, Pampanga (all levels)
School Specific
Ateneo de Manila University (all levels)
Ateneo Law School
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Arellano University – Main, Mandaluyong, Pasay, Malabon campuses (all levels and office operations)
Baliuag University (all levels)
Central Colleges of the Philippines (all classes and office operations)
Centro Escolar University – Manila, Malolos Campus (all classes and office operations)
De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (all levels and office operations)
De La Salle University – Taft and STC, Makati, and Ortigas (all levels and office operations)
De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
De La Salle Lipa (preschool to high school)
Don Bosco Technical College
Far Eastern University – Manila; FEU East Asia College; and FEU Makati (all levels and office operations)
Fatima University – Valenzuela, QC, Antipolo, Pampanga (all levels)
FEATI (Far East Air Transport Incorporated) University
La Verdad Christian College, Caloocan
Letran, Manila
Mapúa Institute of Technology (all levels)
Makati Medical Center College
Miriam College, Quezon City (all levels)
National University (all levels and office operations
Perpetual Help – College of Manila (all levels)
Philippine Women’s University – PWU Taft, PWU HS, JASMS INDIANA, JASMS QC (all levels and office operations)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Bataan (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Parañaque (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Maragondon (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – San Pedro, Laguna (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sta. Mesa, Manila (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sta. Rosa, Laguna (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sto.Tomas, Batangas (all levels)
Saint Francis of Assisi College (all levels, all campuses)
San Pedro College of Business Administration (all levels)
San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila (all levels and office operations)
St. Paul University, Manila and Quezon City
STI College, Balagtas, Bulacan
University of Asia and the Pacific (all levels and office operations)
University of the East, Manila and Caloocan (all levels)
University of the Philippines – Diliman, Manila, Los Banos
University of Perpetual Help – Biñan Campus (all levels)
University of Santo Tomas (all levels and office operations)
Letran, Manila (all levels)
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (all levels)
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Manila (all levels)
Xavier School Nuvali (all levels)
Government Offices
Courts of the National Capital Judicial Region, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, and Sandiganbayan. (For courts outside NCJR, discretion is given to the Executive Judges to suspend.)
Senate
Pasay City Hall
Quezon City Hall
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) offices in NCR (both field and main)
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List of school suspensions on August 20, 2013
as published in Gov.ph
Due to the effects of Tropical Storm Maring and the enhanced southwest monsoon, classes in certain areas have been suspended for August 20, 2013.Please check back on this page for updates. This list was collated from announcements made online by schools and LGUs. For more details on the rules for suspension, please read Executive Order No. 66, s. 2012. This list was last updated on 10:07 p.m., August 19, 2013. For real-time updates from the media and different organizations, please track the #walangpasok hashtag on Twitter. For updates on the weather, please visit http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/.
Metro Manila
Caloocan City (all levels)
Las Piñas City (all levels)
Makati City (all levels)
Malabon City (all levels)
Mandaluyong City (all levels)
Manila City (all levels)
Marikina (preschool to high school)
Muntinlupa City (all levels)
Navotas City (all levels)
Parañaque City (all levels)
Pateros City (all levels)
Pasay City (all levels)
Pasig City (all levels)
Quezon City (all levels)
San Juan City (all levels)
Taguig City (all levels)
Valenzuela City (preschool to high school)
By Province
Angeles, Pampanga (preschool to high school)
Antipolo, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Bataan (all levels)
Batangas (all levels)
Cainta, Rizal (all levels)
Cavite (all levels)
Laguna (all levels)
Pangasinan (preschool to high school)
Baliuag, Bulacan (all levels)
Bocaue, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Calumpit, Bulacan (all levels)
Hagonoy, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Malolos, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Meycauayan, Bulacan (all levels)
Obando, Bulacan (all levels)
San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (preschool to high school)
Dagupan, Pangasinan (all levels)
Angono, Rizal (preschool to high school)
San Mateo, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Taytay, Rizal (all levels)
Tanay, Rizal (preschool to high school)
Rodriguez, Rizal (all levels)
San Fernando, Pampanga (all levels)
School Specific
Ateneo de Manila University (all levels)
Ateneo Law School
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Arellano University – Main, Mandaluyong, Pasay, Malabon campuses (all levels and office operations)
Baliuag University (all levels)
Central Colleges of the Philippines (all classes and office operations)
Centro Escolar University – Manila, Malolos Campus (all classes and office operations)
De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (all levels and office operations)
De La Salle University – Taft and STC, Makati, and Ortigas (all levels and office operations)
De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
De La Salle Lipa (preschool to high school)
Don Bosco Technical College
Far Eastern University – Manila; FEU East Asia College; and FEU Makati (all levels and office operations)
Fatima University – Valenzuela, QC, Antipolo, Pampanga (all levels)
FEATI (Far East Air Transport Incorporated) University
La Verdad Christian College, Caloocan
Letran, Manila
Mapúa Institute of Technology (all levels)
Makati Medical Center College
Miriam College, Quezon City (all levels)
National University (all levels and office operations
Perpetual Help – College of Manila (all levels)
Philippine Women’s University – PWU Taft, PWU HS, JASMS INDIANA, JASMS QC (all levels and office operations)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Bataan (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Parañaque (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Maragondon (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – San Pedro, Laguna (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sta. Mesa, Manila (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sta. Rosa, Laguna (all levels)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sto.Tomas, Batangas (all levels)
Saint Francis of Assisi College (all levels, all campuses)
San Pedro College of Business Administration (all levels)
San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila (all levels and office operations)
St. Paul University, Manila and Quezon City
STI College, Balagtas, Bulacan
University of Asia and the Pacific (all levels and office operations)
University of the East, Manila and Caloocan (all levels)
University of the Philippines – Diliman, Manila, Los Banos
University of Perpetual Help – Biñan Campus (all levels)
University of Santo Tomas (all levels and office operations)
Letran, Manila (all levels)
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (all levels)
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Manila (all levels)
Xavier School Nuvali (all levels)
Government Offices
Courts of the National Capital Judicial Region, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, and Sandiganbayan. (For courts outside NCJR, discretion is given to the Executive Judges to suspend.)
Senate
Pasay City Hall
Quezon City Hall
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) offices in NCR (both field and main)
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Emergency Hotlines Philippines 2013
For your reference the following are the different Emergency Hotline Numbers in the Philippines
National Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) hotlines
(02) 911-1406, (02) 912-2665, (02) 912-5668, (02) 911-1873
Philippine National Police (PNP) Hotline Patrol
117 or send TXT PNP to 2920
Bureau of Fire Protection (NCR)
117, (02) 729-5166, (02) 410-6319 (Regional Director, Information Desk)
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) hotline
7890 or (02) 726-6255
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
136, 882-0925 (flood control)
Trunkline: (02) 882-4150-77 loc. 337 (rescue), 255 (Metrobase)
Metrobase: 882-0860
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
(02) 304-3713, (02) 304-3904
Red Cross hotline
143, (02) 527-0000, (02) 527-8385 to 95
North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) hotlines
(02) 3-5000 and (02) 580-8910
Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) hotlines
(0920) 96-SCTEX (72839) (traffic hotline) or (045) 459-0522
Skyway System Hotline
(02) 776-7777, 0917-539-8762 (globe), 0999-888-0893 (smart), 0932-854-6980 (sun)
South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) hotline
0917-6877539 (globe), (049) 508-7509, (02) 584-4389
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) hotline
(02) 433-8526
Philippine Coast Guard (02) 527-3877, (02) 527-8481, 0917-724-3682 (globe), 0917-PCG-DOTC (globe)
Manila Water Hotline
1627
PHIVOLCS
Trunkline: (02) 426-1468 to 79, local 124/125 (emergency);
Text/call: 0905-313-4077 (globe)
DSWD
(632)931-81-01 to 07, local 426 (Disaster Response Unit); (02) 951-7119
Local government units (partial)
Manila Traffic Hotline – 527-3087
Cainta Traffic Hotline – 646-0044, (02) 248-1743 (hotline)
Las Piñas Traffic – 874-5756, 874-3927, 874-5754, 874-5753
Mandaluyong Hotline – 534-2993 (traffic); 533-2225 (Command Control Center)
Taguig Traffic – 838-4301 loc. 7112
Marikina STOC – 646-1651, (02) 646-1633 (traffic)
Pasig Traffic – 643-0000 (Command Control Center); 643-1111
Makati Public Safety Dept – 844-3146, 819-3270 to 71
for other LGU visit this link
National Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) hotlines
(02) 911-1406, (02) 912-2665, (02) 912-5668, (02) 911-1873
Philippine National Police (PNP) Hotline Patrol
117 or send TXT PNP to 2920
Bureau of Fire Protection (NCR)
117, (02) 729-5166, (02) 410-6319 (Regional Director, Information Desk)
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) hotline
7890 or (02) 726-6255
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
136, 882-0925 (flood control)
Trunkline: (02) 882-4150-77 loc. 337 (rescue), 255 (Metrobase)
Metrobase: 882-0860
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
(02) 304-3713, (02) 304-3904
Red Cross hotline
143, (02) 527-0000, (02) 527-8385 to 95
North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) hotlines
(02) 3-5000 and (02) 580-8910
Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) hotlines
(0920) 96-SCTEX (72839) (traffic hotline) or (045) 459-0522
Skyway System Hotline
(02) 776-7777, 0917-539-8762 (globe), 0999-888-0893 (smart), 0932-854-6980 (sun)
South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) hotline
0917-6877539 (globe), (049) 508-7509, (02) 584-4389
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) hotline
(02) 433-8526
Philippine Coast Guard (02) 527-3877, (02) 527-8481, 0917-724-3682 (globe), 0917-PCG-DOTC (globe)
Manila Water Hotline
1627
PHIVOLCS
Trunkline: (02) 426-1468 to 79, local 124/125 (emergency);
Text/call: 0905-313-4077 (globe)
DSWD
(632)931-81-01 to 07, local 426 (Disaster Response Unit); (02) 951-7119
Local government units (partial)
Manila Traffic Hotline – 527-3087
Cainta Traffic Hotline – 646-0044, (02) 248-1743 (hotline)
Las Piñas Traffic – 874-5756, 874-3927, 874-5754, 874-5753
Mandaluyong Hotline – 534-2993 (traffic); 533-2225 (Command Control Center)
Taguig Traffic – 838-4301 loc. 7112
Marikina STOC – 646-1651, (02) 646-1633 (traffic)
Pasig Traffic – 643-0000 (Command Control Center); 643-1111
Makati Public Safety Dept – 844-3146, 819-3270 to 71
for other LGU visit this link
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Aquino wants immediate containment of Cavite oil spill
President Benigno S. Aquino III wants government agencies to step up
recovery and clean up efforts on the oil spill that affected coastal
communities in Cavite.
“Ang directive ng Pangulo is to make sure that we focus on the recovery and clean-up operations dahil maraming mga barangay na maaapektuhan doon,” Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday.
Valte said the Philippine Coast Guard had a meeting Saturday morning with the representatives of oil companies, local government units (LGUs) and other stakeholders.
They agreed to dispatch additional tugboats and marine environment personnel to assist the clean-up operations, Valte said.
The PCG is also forming an adjudication team to handle the investigation after the clean-up efforts and to determine which entity is accountable for the leak.
The Palace is also in touch with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to know what possible assistance the government could extend to coastal barangays affected by the oil spill, Valte said. So far however, LGUs are already providing assistance to affected communities, she added.
The municipality of Rosario, Cavite, declared a state of calamity Friday after officials said the spill damaged coral reefs in its municipal waters.
The coast guard said samples taken from areas hit by an oil spill matched that of the diesel being used by a fuel tanker that had earlier unloaded fuel at the Petron Corp. terminal in Rosario, Cavite. PND (as)
SOURCE: PIA
“Ang directive ng Pangulo is to make sure that we focus on the recovery and clean-up operations dahil maraming mga barangay na maaapektuhan doon,” Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday.
Valte said the Philippine Coast Guard had a meeting Saturday morning with the representatives of oil companies, local government units (LGUs) and other stakeholders.
They agreed to dispatch additional tugboats and marine environment personnel to assist the clean-up operations, Valte said.
The PCG is also forming an adjudication team to handle the investigation after the clean-up efforts and to determine which entity is accountable for the leak.
The Palace is also in touch with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to know what possible assistance the government could extend to coastal barangays affected by the oil spill, Valte said. So far however, LGUs are already providing assistance to affected communities, she added.
The municipality of Rosario, Cavite, declared a state of calamity Friday after officials said the spill damaged coral reefs in its municipal waters.
The coast guard said samples taken from areas hit by an oil spill matched that of the diesel being used by a fuel tanker that had earlier unloaded fuel at the Petron Corp. terminal in Rosario, Cavite. PND (as)
SOURCE: PIA
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
OWWA opens application for EDSP Scholarship
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, July 15 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration Regional Welfare Office 8 is now accepting applications
for the Education for Development Scholarship Program of the agency.
OWWA Region 8 Director Norma del Rosario said the scholarship is open to children of married Overseas Filipino Workers or brother or sister of unmarried OFWs who are graduating fourth year High School students or High School graduates who have not yet earned any college units.
The OWWA provides qualified EDSP scholars with a P60,000.00 financial assistance per school year for a four or five-year baccalaureate degree course in any college or university of the scholar’s choice.
The tuition fee of the scholar is directly paid by the OWWA to the college or university while the remaining amount is given to the scholar upon submission of grades at the end of each semester.
The deadline for submission of applications is on July 31, 2013, Director del Rosario said.
Moreover, the qualifying examination which is to be conducted by the DOST-SEI is scheduled on September 22, 2013.
Application forms and further information are available and downloadable at the OWWA Website www.owwa.gov.ph.
Interested applicants may also visit OWWA-RWO8 office at the DOLE Compound, Trece Martirez St., Tacloban City, Director del Rosario added. (PIA 8)
Source: PIA
OWWA Region 8 Director Norma del Rosario said the scholarship is open to children of married Overseas Filipino Workers or brother or sister of unmarried OFWs who are graduating fourth year High School students or High School graduates who have not yet earned any college units.
The OWWA provides qualified EDSP scholars with a P60,000.00 financial assistance per school year for a four or five-year baccalaureate degree course in any college or university of the scholar’s choice.
The tuition fee of the scholar is directly paid by the OWWA to the college or university while the remaining amount is given to the scholar upon submission of grades at the end of each semester.
The deadline for submission of applications is on July 31, 2013, Director del Rosario said.
Moreover, the qualifying examination which is to be conducted by the DOST-SEI is scheduled on September 22, 2013.
Application forms and further information are available and downloadable at the OWWA Website www.owwa.gov.ph.
Interested applicants may also visit OWWA-RWO8 office at the DOLE Compound, Trece Martirez St., Tacloban City, Director del Rosario added. (PIA 8)
Source: PIA
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Makati judge stops awarding of $2.26 B in damages to martial law victims
In a statement issue on Sunday, the son and namesake of the former dictator said that their family felt vindicated by the decision.
“We feel vindicated because the judge (Pascua) recognized the arguments that we have been making for many years now,” Marcos said, referring to the 11-page decision dated June 25, 2013 penned by Judge Bonifacio S. Pascua of National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 56 of Makati City, dismissing the petition thus: “The final judgment in the case MDL No. 840 against the estate of the late Ferdinand R. Marcos et. al. is not conclusive yet, but presumptive evidence of a right of the petitioners against the Marcos estate.”
Marcos said the petition stemmed from a verdict on February 3, 1995 by the US District Court awarding plaintiffs Priscila C Mijares et. al. $2,260,000,000 as compensatory and exemplary damages after they won in the Class Action MDL 840. On May 21, 1997, the plaintiffs filed a petition for enforcement of the foreign judgment here in the Philippines.
“In his decision, Pascua said the plaintiffs have not presented any new evidence and that they anchored their cause of action in Hawaii upon the Torture of Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which was signed by President George H. W. Bush on March 12, 1992,” Marcos said in the statement.
Read the rest of the story at Interaksyon
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
DILG to eradicate ‘padrino system’ in PNP
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| DILG Secretary Mar Roxas |
A survey done by Transparency International revealed that the public perceives PNP officials as among the most corrupt in the Philippines. In a scale of 1-5, the respondents of the survey gave the police a score of 4 overall.
In a statement, Roxas said the issue will be addressed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), PNP, and the National Police Commission (NPC).
“This is a big challenge for us, but we will face this head on through concrete measures,” Roxas said in Filipino. He said major changes will be made in the selection process for the police force.
Roxas said that they will institute measures so that applicants to the police force will no longer have to depend on the support of an insider or a corrupt official, locally referred to as “padrino” system. He said that the tendency of a new recruit is to engage in illegal activity to recover the money that he gave to the corrupt official for processing of his application.
He said all applicants who passed the requirements and exams will now have an equal chance to be accepted in the PNP.
Roxas has ordered DILG personnel to finalize the implementing rules for processing of application. He said a new policeman who undergoes the legal application process most likely will not be pressured to resort to illegal activities. Overtime, there will be improvement in PNP’s public image. (RDA/PIA Newsdesk/DILG)
source: PIA
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