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 Transport Holiday to be Experienced SoonOct 09, 2008 | Mich109 MANILA, Philippines – A transport group announced that a transport holiday is now in need.Integrated Metro Bus Operators Association (IMBOA), lead by Claire dela Fuente, declared that there will be a transport holiday which includes the major forms of transportations. Claire dela Fuente said that other people, or companies, should not benefit or take profit from others hard-earned moneys. She also said that the people must not get furious with their plans and that it would also benefit everyone for a reason that they are taking actions to force the oil companies to lower down their rates. Major transport groups have already met and made plans for their nationwide transport holiday. The said holiday/strike includes taxis, jeeps, buses, FXs, tricycles and trucks. It was said that a schedule has been said for their strike but they will not yet announce when it will be. Dela Fuente also said that they are waiting for the investigation of the Senate with regards to the mechanisms of oil pricing. She also said that as calculated by the National Economic Development Authority, it would be easy for oil companies to implement significant rollbacks for having known that the Dubai’s crude rate has been going down and that case makes a large impact on the world market. She said that they are asking for a 7-peso or higher rate rollback. COMMENTS |
| Continued Investigation on Villar’s Case Oct 08, 2008 | Mich109 MANILA, Philippines – A request was given by Opposition Senator Jamby Madrigal to the ethics committee to make an investigation on Senator Manny Villar Jr’s case regarding the C5 Road Extension Project.Senator Madrigal’s complaint states that Senator Villar’s project was a conflict of interest and has caused it to result in a double entry in the 2008 National Budget. She accused the Senator Villar to have had a malevolent and deceitful role in the said double insertion case. She added that the accused senator failed to separate his business interests from his job, thus, causing him to violate the law. Villar said that he has answers for all the charges that is to be brought to him and that he has been expecting that there will be a complaint filed for him. Senator Madrigal has already declared that she will suppress herself to be a part of the ethics committee that is lead by Senator Pia Cayetano. The Opposition Senator Panfilo Lacson, the one to have opened up the issue on the C5 Road Extension double entry, is a part of the ethics committee. Senator Madrigal added that she will prevent Senator Villar’s backups, Senator Joker Arroyo and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, from being designated to the ethics committee. Senator Panfilo Lacson announced last week that he has at least two evidences enough to prove Senator Villar’s connection with the conflict of interest with the C5 Road Extension Project. He said that one will come before the ethics committee and the other to the Ombudsman. COMMENTS |
| Racist Skit Reflect OFWs True Situation Oct 07, 2008 | Mich109 MANILA, Philippines – The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, aka Bayan, stated on a Tuesday that the portrayal of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was a true characterization of the life of OFWs.The Bayan group claimed that the lack of good job opportunities in our country drives the Filipinos to work overseas. As they do so, they are bound to face racism and discrimination. They are also being more vulnerable to harassments and unlikely attacks. The group, represented by Bayan Secretary Renato Reyes, also said that the skit that the BBC presented was an atrocious reminder of the situation of Filipinos that has not been considered by the Philippine government. The skit, entitled “Harry and Paul” shows comedian Harry ordering a postman to tell his Friend Paul Whitehouse that he is sending his Filipino maid to mate with him. This was aired September 26, 2008. Bayan demanded that the government should take action and protest of a racist remark. OFWs are considered the heroes of today. Reyes also said that if the government does not take certain actions regarding this incident, the praises that the government gives to them would be absurd. Reyes also said that the BBC should have a public apology to the Filipino people and adding to that is that they should stop airing disrespectful skits. COMMENTS |
| Senator Villar’s Case should be handled by the Ombudsman Oct 06, 2008 | Mich109 The issue has not yet been cleared up to say that Senator Manuel Villar Jr. was guilty but it will not prevent Senator Maria Ana Consuelo Jamby Madrigal from charging complaints with the ethics committee in account for the alleged conflict of interest relative to the road budget this year.According to Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, the case must be forwarded to the Ombudsman for further investigation citing into criminal proceedings. Senator Santiago also stated it was said in the Constitution that any public official should not take part on any financial interest thereby Senator Villar’s case, if that is the main controversy, should be forwarded to the Ombudsman for investigation. Senator Panfilo Lacson stated in his privilege speech last September 25, 2008 that Senator Manny Villar is affiliated to the double insertion case. He claims that the P200 million allotted for the extension of the C5 Road and the other P200 million allotted for the construction of a road from South Luzon Expressway to Sucat in Parañaque City were the same project. Jamby Madrigal also accused the alleged Senator of having owned the Brittany Corp with the benefit he got from the project. As the issue goes in circles, the accused, Senator Villar have remained silent and refused to claim any misconduct. The issue has been going the rounds for weeks and is slowing down the chamber’s work. This raised the concern of the Palace that it might also affect the 2009 budget approval. COMMENTS |
| Developing PNPs Moral and Spiritual Virtues Oct 03, 2008 | Mich109 Manila, Philippines – It has been planned that PNP will be putting up centers for moral and spiritual trainings of the cops. This embarks that they will not be trained only by physical means but also as a whole.This notion has been said to be a part of the moral transformation program to have better PNP officers and enhance the trust of the public. This was stated by Director General Jesus Versoza who has just been awarded with a four-star rank last Friday. The PNP have been communicated that those kinds of program, like that of putting up recreation centers, should be given extreme priorities. Versoza said that it can be a good alternative for the cops from being penalized to just undergoing a retraining program. They would be undergoing moral and spiritual trainings and development to enhance the virtues that a cop must possess. There are already two cops from the Southern Luzon Police District that are subject to the proposed program. They were the cops who let the suspect be hit by the complainant and the other was the cop and allowed the press to publicize the face of the suspect, violating the policy of the new chief of PNP. They have been given orders to stay at National Capital Region Police headquarters in Taguig for the said program. Versoza also said that they will focus on developing the basic virtues of the PNP staff but he is requesting to the other government agencies to the same so as not to tempt them to imitate or adapt to those people they are around with. This aims moderately to reawaken a theme related to Chief Edgardo Aglipay where cops were also sent to be retrained for them not to be branded TABA an abbreviation for tamad (slothful), abusado (abusive), bastos (course) at ayaw padisiplina (fractious). |
