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July 1-7, 2013

Bacoor Chamber in 1st Cityhood Anniversary

The presence of the business sector in the 1st anniversary celebration of the Cityhood of Bacoor was made prominent by the participation of the Bacoor Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (BCCII). The theme of the week-long celebration (June 18 29) was One Heart, One City. Embracing Unity, was in tune with the BCCIIs vision of business solidarity to create a city highly viable for investments. BCCII actively participated in the celebration with the presence of its secretariat, Fran-cisco J. Ocampo joined in the grand parade held on June 23. To celebrate the occasion, major commercial establishments within the city held a Cityhood Sale; fastfood chains and restaurants gave special anniversary freebies while selected hotels and resorts offered special promos. Dubbed simply as the Chamber , the BCCII represent SMEs grouped together according to their trade. Headed by its President Rowena BautistaMendiola, its resurgence in 2010 helped gain the cityhood status translates to cost that would inevitably reflect in soaring prices of oil. The oil leak of bunker fuel in Pasig River at the vicinity 2657 Old Panaderos, Sta. Ana, Manilaon June 21 was a in terms of boosting Bacoor s image as a haven for business expansion. Bacoor City is now refutably one of the fastest growing economies outside of Metro Manila. Mayor Strike B. Revilla, PhD, in a statement, encouraged the cooperation of the business sector with the local government towards economic sustainability in the city. He lastly thanked them for their participation in making the week memo-rable for Bacooreos. Dan Quetulio Brizuela violation of provisions of the Clean Water Act. LLDA general manager Nereus Acosta said the agency can issue a cease-and-desist order against Larrainne and PAGE 7

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lords, while Mary is responsible in helping OFWs by contacting the abusive employers. She revealed that their passports were under the care of their employers. For them to recover their passports, they have to pay the alleged money spent by their employers. POLO officials arranged the payments, and promised the OFWs their passports upon exact payment to employers. H o w e v e r , according to Jenny, despite exact payment their passports were not returned because POLO officials pocketed their payments. OFWs in Dubai have ill feelings to embassy officials because they were not given the assistance a distressed OFW needs. Embassy officials, according to Jenny, are calling families of OFWs to ask payments for plane tickets back home. Jenny escaped from his landlord for she can no longer endure the pain of working 19 hours a

pag-aaral na yon, said Lacierda. The contention of Malacaang is perceived as a challenge to Estradas leadership in the capital city of the Philippines. Estrada had served as president of the Philippines in 1998 until his removal by EDSA II in 2000. While still waiting for the result of investigation, Estrada also vowed to run after

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the firm behind the fuel leak into the Pasig River last Saturday that caused panic among residents living in the area. The area where the leak originated was far from Pandacan, where depots of the countrys biggest oil firms are located. In 2009, Aidan Tasker-Lynch, an Irish disaster management expert warned that the Pandacan oil depot may

Walter Mendoza, who assisted at the Strike a Job Fair held at the

Molino III covered court last June 22. BCCII Board of Directors

V irginia Dineros, Celeste Andalis, Joyce Bautista and BPLO Chief Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim vetoed for the second time an ordinance from the city council that would have led to the closure of the facility. Lim argued that transferring the oil depot

cause a deadly disaster if it is not moved away from the residential areas. According to Lacierda, Malacaang is taking into account the possible economic impact of transferring the Pandacan oil depot, particularly on fuel prices. The issue on the Pandacan oil depot was elevated to Malacaang in October last year after

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are looking into the allegations against labor officers in Jordan and Kuwait despite the absence of complai-nants. OFWs abused labor attach offered liveli-hood The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will provide alternative livelihood and other assistance to the three alleged sexual abused victims of assistant labor attach to Riyadh Antonio Villafuerte. We assured them that when they are already comfortable, they can come back to us and we will provide them the assistance that they need, said OWWA chief Carmelita Dimzon. Aside from liveli-hood assistance, OWWA is also offering the victims psychosocial debriefing assistance to help them cope with and recover from the alleged ordeal they suffered while staying in the government-run halfway house in Riyadh. The three workers previously went to the OWWA office to seek

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day, or from 6:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the morning. She served not only the patriarch with four families but also his 14 children. She was fed with food that cannot sustain her health. When she became ill, Jenny was detained inside the house while working and she was manhandled. With her sufferings, Jenny escaped her employer and sought refuge at POL.

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Cagayan de Oro City, and Clark International Air-port, Davao and Zambo-anga Cities also met their monthly revenue targets. In May, the BOC was able to collect P25.9 billion, short by P3.4 billion of its collection target of P29.3 billion. Last month, revenues also totaled P25.9 billion, short P1.8 billion of the collection for the same period in 2012, which was P27.7 billion. From January to May this year, the BOC took in a little more than P121.7 billion, some P13.3 billion short of its goal of P135 billion. Aside from the strong peso, the bureau blamed globalization, trade liberalization and

possible livelihood assistance as well as scholarships for their children. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will deploy six social welfare attachs in Abu DhabiDubai, Kuwait, Jeddah, Hong Kong, Korea, and Qatar to help distressed OFWs, as well as, assist victims of human trafficking. The new posts will be in addition to the two social welfare attach posts in Malaysia and Riyadh.

sluggish international trade for the steady decline in its collections. Other BOC collection districts also registered revenue shortfalls: Aparri, Cagayan, P26 million; Iloilo, P12.9 million; Tacloban, Leyte, P7.9 million; Surigao, P4.2 million; and Legazpi, P400,000.

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