DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu leads the inspection of Estero de San Antonio Abad in preparation for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. (Video by Edd Gumban/The Philippine STAR)
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Work from Home Law, aprobado at pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Duterte
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Trillanes IV faces grave threat rap
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV is up for arraignment in the grave threat case filed against him before a Pasay court for allegedly threatening to kill Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras.
In a Dec. 14, 2018 order obtained by reporters yesterday, Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 47 Judge Joeven Dellosa ordered Trillanes’ arraignment on Feb. 15.
City prosecutor Reynaldo Ticyado filed the case against the senator on Nov. 29, 2018.
Paras, in the complaint filed in June last year, said he and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III attended a hearing of the Senate’s oversight committee on overseas Filipino workers on May 29, 2018 when Trillanes made the threat.
“Ang lakas ng loob mo. Hindi magtatagal ang amo mo. Matatapos din yan. Yayariin kita. Mercenaryo ka. Yayariin kita (You’re gutsy. Your master won’t last. That will end. I will finish you. You’re a mercenary. I will finish you),” the charge sheet quoted Trillanes as saying.
Paras also alleged that Trillanes said, “Tatawa-tawa ka pa. May araw ka din. Yayariin kita (Go on, laugh. Your time will come. I will finish you).”
“Suwerte mo… mabait itong… secretary kundi yayariin kita (You’re lucky. This secretary is nice or I will finish you),” Trillanes reportedly also said.
Trillanes’ alleged statements created “fear and anxiety in the mind of (Paras) that the threats will be carried out,” according to the charge sheet.
‘Twisted’
Trillanes was unfazed by the latest criminal charges filed against him.
In a statement, the senator said President Duterte “twisted” the justice system in the country with the charges filed by Paras.
“He’s (Duterte) the one killing ordinary Filipinos, asking soldiers to rape women, asking that auditors of the COA (Commission on Audit) be kidnapped and tortured, bishops to be held up, and now I’m the one he asked his minions to be charged with grave threats? Insane,” Trillanes said.
“Like all the other harassment cases filed against me, I will face this squarely,” he added.
Paras and lawyer Manuelito Luna filed charges of inciting to sedition and conspiracy to commit coup d’etat before the Pasay prosecutor’s office.
The senator is also facing a libel case – filed by Duterte’s son, former Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte, and son-in-law Manases Carpio – before a Davao court.
A Makati court earlier upheld its issuance of a warrant for Trillanes’ arrest over a revived rebellion case in connection with his involvement in the 2007 Manila Peninsula siege. – With Paolo Romero
source: philstar
Pangulong Duterte, namigay ng pabahay sa mga sugatang sundalo at kapulisan
President Duterte has turned over an initial 50 housing units for the families of soldiers and policemen who were wounded in action.
Initial beneficiaries include the families of 35 soldiers and 15 policemen.
“I saw it with my own eyes. – the suffering and agony of a soldier of the Republic. And I thought that …we can make things easier for them. At least life a better, a bit comfortable,” Duterte said in the turnover ceremonies here on Thursday.
The President also announced that totally disabled uniformed personnel will get housing units as a full grant while partially disabled beneficiaries will only pay P225 monthly amortization instead of P625.
“I hope that this will go a long way to alleviate their situation,” he added.
The floor area of each housing unit is 24 square meters. The housing units are located in Pleasant View Residences Package 3 in Barangay Graceville in this city.
It has a total of 1,788 low-rise units on a 6.1863 hectares of land divided into three packages composed of 10 low-rise buildings for each package.
National Housing Authority general manager Marcelino Escalada said per instructions of the President, the floor area of the old design for soldier and police beneficiaries was too small.
“We decided to combine two units into one for all wounded soldiers, especially those who fought in Marawi,” Escalada said.
source: philstar
Dutertekinuwestiyon ang pananahimik ng CHR sa pambibiktima sa mga inosenteng sibilyan
Muling nakatikim ng pangungunsiyensya ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) mula kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Ayon kay Pangulong Duterte, bakit wala siyang naririnig na anumang reaksiyon mula sa human rights group sa tuwing may nabibiktima ng karumaldumal na krimen at may kumukondena sa kriminal.
Ito ayon sa Presidente ang problema sa CHR, na ang pagtuturing sa gobyerno ay kalaban na ang layunin ay sirain at wasakin ang pamahalaan.
Giit ng Punong ehekutibo sa Commission on Human Rights, isama sa ginagawang pagkundena at mag-ingay kapag may mga binibiktima ring mga kaawa-awa at inosenteng indibidwal ng karumaldumal na krimen gaya ng panggagahasa at pagpatay.
Ayon sa Pangulo, mas marami ngang mga biktima na dapat ipagsigawang mabigyan ng hustisya kaysa sa mga drug suspek na napapatay sa mga illegal drug operation na kung saan, ang karaniwan pang pinagdududahan ay ang mga otoridad na nakakabarilan nito sa mga engkuwentro.
source Radyo Pilipinas ulat ni Alvin Baltazar
Piñol sa 4Ps: “Hindi na nagtatrabaho ang mga tao, naghihintay lang sila sa kanilang mga allowance”
Na obserbahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary na si Emmanuel F. Piñol na ang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) ay “questionable”, habang pinasisigla nito ang idea ng mga pamilyang mahihirap na “maghintay ng pera mula sa pamahalaan” sa halip na maging produktibo.
Tinitingnan ng Kalihim ng Department of Agriculture ang pagkakaroon ng pondong 70-bilyong piso galing sa 4PS na ma-redirect sa DA na kung saan ay mapapalakas ang produksyon ng pagkain sa bansa.
Ang isang pangunahing gawain ay panatilihin ang pagiging produktibo ng mga mamamayan ng Pilipinas habang nagbibigay ng pagkain sa mababang gastos at presyo.
Sinabi ni Piñol sa isang forum na, “I’m the most vocal critic of this program of the government. [It] is spending P70 billion annually [for 4Ps], which is bigger than the budget of the DA. In fact, what I am saying is the 4Ps could actually be another program that could contribute to agricultural productivity if used properly. Instead of giving in forms dole-out every month, why don’t we start a livelihood program using that money?”
Naisipan ng DA chief na ipanukala ito dahil ang mga rural na lugar ng bansa ay umabot na sa isang ‘decline in number of workers,’ lalo na sa agrikultura.
Noong 2017, 6th straight year ng pagtanggi sa isang labor force na 10.257 milyon lamang. Ang unang pagkakataon sa loob ng 15 years kung saan ang agricultural employment ay bumaba sa 11 milyong manggagawa.
“People are not working anymore, and they are just waiting for their allowances,” Sinabi ni Piñol sa isang pakikipanayam sa mga reporters sa sidelines ng forum. “In fact, for years the 4Ps did not result in anything. Worse, the work force in the agriculture sector has been reduced because of it,” ayon pa kay Piñol.
Ang nasabing proposal ay i-redirect ang pondo sa mga gawaing pang-agrikultura na tiyak na magtataas ng produktibo ng pagkain.
“The gist of my proposal is that we should make use of the 4Ps fund for livelihood activities to increase greater food productivity,”
Plano ng DA Secretary sa pagsusumite ng kanyang proposal sa pamamagitan ng isang memorandum kay Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte ngayong darating na Hunyo. Sinabi rin ni Piñol na nakatanggap siya ng “maraming” suporta mula sa mga kapwa miyembro ng Gabinete.
Tila sumang-ayon din ang ating mga netizens sa proposal ni Piñol hinggil sa isyung ito:
Source: businessmirror.com.ph
Manila Bay Rehabilitation aprobado ni pangulong Duterte
The Manila Bay Rehabilitation Project (MBRP) of the Coastal and Marine Division is Chair of the Habitats and Resources Management Cluster in the implementation of the Operational Plan for the Manila Bay Coastal Strategy (OPMBCS) prescribed under writ of continuing mandamus by the Supreme Court in December 2008.
Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the proposed 7-year rehabilitation of the Manila Bay.
The pursuit to save Mother Nature goes on under the Duterte administration. Previously, the President has called for the closure of the Boracay Island which is one of the top tourist destinations in the Philippines.
Following the rehabilitation of Boracay, the DENR has proposed for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay which is greatly affected by human activities.
The environmental department has proposed to rehabilitate it through a 7-year cleaning program.
Based on a recent social media post on the Twitter page of DZRH News, Pres. Duterte has approved the 7-year rehabilitation of Manila Bay proposed by the DENR.
Based on the post, the initial budget for the 7-year cleaning program is set at Php 47 billion and it includes the cleaning of the drainage.
Project Name : MBRP
Area Coverage : Manila Bay Region ( Region 3, Region 4A, NCR and Part of Nueva Viscaya)
Duration: Continuing Supreme Court Mandamus
Implementing Agency/ies :
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
DPWH, DA-BSWM, DA-BFAR, MWSS and its two concessionaires (MWCI and MWSI),
DepEd, PCG, PNP – MG, DBM, LWUA, PPA, MMDA
The objectives of the MBRP relative to the implementation of the Cluster’s targets in the OPMBCS are:
1. At least one (1) area identified as Critical Habitats with its management interventions;
2. Review PA Management Plans of selected priority Protected Areas (PAs) in the Manila Bay Region;
3. Coastal communities awareness on protection and management of marine resources;
4. Review implementation of the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Plans as well as assess DENR issued Tenurial Instruments in the Manila Bay Region.
Outcome 1 Critical Habitats in Manila Bay Region identified and mapped with various management interventions through the concerned DENR Field Offices in cooperation with the LGUs
Outcome 2 Increased awareness of PA Management Boards in the importance of water quality and quantity as part of the Protected Area Management Plans of priority PAs in the Region (PCWFR, BNP, MPMGPL, MBSCPL and HTPL)
Outcome 3 Increased awareness and knowledge of coastal communities on the management of Marine Turtle, Macrobenthic Community and Avi-fauna
Outcome 4 Promoted organic farming in the selected eighteen (18) DENR issued Tenurial Instruments in the Manila Bay Region
source: philnews / bmb.gov.ph
Anti-Duterte group posts fake news on Go
Former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go laughed off a Tweet by the anti-Duterte group, GovPH (@AltGovPH), that he was on an Air Force chopper that supposedly crashed in Albay.
Go indeed visited Albay with President Duterte on Friday, where he distributed relief goods, particularly in Camarines Sur.
Responding to the tweet the anti-Duterte group made, Go said in jest: “Now, I am the ghost of Bong Go.”
A quick check of the image that GovPH used in its tweet, published at 7:51 a.m. Saturday, revealed that it was a screenshot of the November 22, 2018 chopper crash in Tarlac, which injured Coop-NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo and several others.
It was from an ABS-CBN report on the chopper crash involving Bravo.
source: (PNA)
NPA sinunog ang mga Mining Equipments sa Negros Oriental
The New People’s Army burned heavy equipment owned by a mining firm in Negros Oriental on Tuesday, New Year’s Day, the military said.
The nine backhoes and two payloaders were torched in Barangay Jandalamanon Ayungon, Negros Oriental past 11 p.m., Cpt. Joe Patrick Martinez, acting public affairs chief of Central Command, said in a statement on Thursday.
Two of these equipment were beyond repair while the rest incurred minimal damage, he said.
Based on the initial investigation by the police, the communist rebels burned the equipment due to a’s firm stand against extortion and the recent deaths of their comrades in Guihulngan.
Lt. Gen. Noel Clement, commander of Central Command, has ordered a “no let-up” pursuit operation against the rebels.
“We will not let these terror groups to sow fear,” he said. /ee
source: inquirer
Serbisyo ng 3rd telco player magagamit na sa kalagitnaan ng taong 2019 – DOTC
Tiniyak ni Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na magagamit na ng mga mobile phone users ang serbisyo ng third telco player sa kalagitnaan ng 2019.
Ang pagtiyak ay ginawa ng DICT chief matapos na matanong ng Presidente at kamustahin ang usad ng telco project ng pamahalaan na inaasahang bubuwag sa kasalukuyang duopoly ng dalawang higanteng telcos na nag-ooperate sa bansa.
Utos ng Pangulo kay Rio, gawin lang ang trabaho at huwag intindihin ang mga nakapag- papaantala sa operasyon ng third telco player.
Isa na aniya dito ang pagdulog at paghingi sa korte ng temporary restraining order na ayon din sa Pangulo ay nagsisilbing gatasan o pinagka-kwartahan ng ilang nasa hudikatura.
Bukod dito’y pinatitiyak din ni Pangulong Duterte kay Rio na walang nangyayari at walang mangyayaring korapsiyon sa gitna ng itinutulak ng administrasyon na ikatlong telco player na titibag sa paghahari ng dalawang giant telco company.
Una nang pinangalanan ang Mislatel na pag-aari ni businessman Dennis Uy bilang third telco player pero ito’y provisional pa lamang gayung kailangang maka-abot ito sa kanilang commitment na 27 megabytes per second sa unang taon at 55mbps sa loob lang ng apat na taon.
source: Radyo Pilipinas | ulat ni Alvin Baltazar