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PAGSASANAY 3
Panuto: Iwasto ang kasunod na balita sa pamamagitan ng mga angkop na pananda. Sumulat
ng akmang headline. Lagyan ng slugline at printer’s direction.
iminungkahi pani Leonor Briones sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency na hintay na muna
ang result nang isinasagawa nilang drug test sa lahat ng kanilang mga regional offices at
random drug testing sa mga kabataan, bago gumawa ng pani bagong panukala
Sa kasalukuyan ay may ilang grupo na ang tumutol sa panukala habang ang iba naman ay
nagpapahayag ng kanikanilang supporta.
Philippines, MANILA, — Labag umano sa batas ang panukala ng Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA) na sasailalim sa mandatory testing drug ang mga Estudyante na nasa Grade 4
sa bansa
Ito ang inipahayag ni Department of Education (DepEd) Sec. Leonor Briones alinsunod sa
Republic Act 9165 o ang Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, ang sakop lamang ng
random drug testing ay ang nasa secondary level at kolehiyo lamang
Anya, milyun milyong estudyante ang pinag-uusapan dito kayat napaka-laking trabaho na
magmi mistula na aniyang isang bangungot
COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING
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Give its slug and printer’s direction. (Font: Book Antica, font size: 24 pts)
Angara have refilled Senate Bill No. 136 or the proposed magna carta of Barangays that seek
to en sure barangay (village) officials and employees would be recieving a Salary and
additional benefits that are comensurate to the rules that they play.
The senator says it is hightime villagebased workers should be given more attention of the
national government as the countrys basic unit political and as the base of the econommy
Each time there is a problem villageofficials are the one people run for to help. They are the
first responds in a crisis, but they lags behind in terms of benefits”, Sonny said.
SENATOR Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is pushing for the passaged of the bill that would
ensure fixedsalaries and benefits for village workers
angara said the passage of the bill law would help provide the official’s of barangays better
pay and benefits and greater lokal autonomy
Under the bill barangay officials would be threated as regular governnment employees.
Aside to to receiving fixed salaries, they will also be entitle too allowances
“They play a very important role so it is only fitting that they receive sufficient benefits,
angara says.
The Punong baranggay or captain village, would be entitled to the salary being received by a
Sangguniang Bayan or municipal councilmember in his or her city or municipality. An
amount equivalent to 80% of the salary of a Sanggguniang Bayan member would be receive
by the 6 sangguniang baranggay members.
Also under the law, the Kabataang Barangay chairman, barangay secretary and barangay
treasurer, got an amount equivalent to 75% of the salary of a sangguniang bayan member.
The law-maker lamentted that Barangay officials does not receive fix salaries and are only
entitled to honoraria and other allowances
“We cannot over emphasize the importance of the barangay in the lives of every household.
Before any matter goes up to the Mayor or the courts it is the barangay that is task to
resolve these,she said.
“It is high time we strengthen are barangays through the passsage of the Magna Carta for
Barangays),” Angara stresed
Aside from addressing the salaries of the barangay officials, the law also outline the basic
priorities in the barangay, namely maintaining a regular supply ofclean and pottable water
providing public transportation for its constituents; and the establishment of at least 1
elementary school, health center, and barangay hall with in it’s jurisdiction.
Directions: Copyread the news article below using appropriate marks then write a headline.
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MANILA, PH – Philippine exsports shranked 24.75 in Sept, the steepest drop in 4 years.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) says this were the large declime in exsport revenues since
Sept. 2014 when the supply- chain disruption in key asian country then cause a sharp decline in
Export sale surmounted to $ 4 405 Billion in Sept, lowerer than the $5, 846 B recorded valueation in
In the first 9 months these year, merchandise exsports registers a 6.9 % drop for $ $46 976 Billions in
Socioeconomic planning sec Arsenio M. Balisacan says the exsport numbers merly mirrored the
sluggish external demand due to the fact that weak global economics activity and depression of
“None the less signages of a impossible rebound of the countrys merchandice exsport in the 4th
quarter is likeable owed to bitter prospex in Japan US and the euro zone” Balisacan says
Manufactured goods, who comprises about 87% of the country’s total merchandice exsports, post a
year-on-year decline of 23.6% in Sept. 2018. Value fall to $3.8 Billion from $5 billion in the same
period last year. “This reflect the still week global manufacturing sector, who can be trace to the
“The 3rd quarter exsport figure have drag down the (economic) grow.
ACTIVITY 3
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Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency shoud instead use the budget to hiring more guidance
counselors for the Department of Education Gatchalian says
Department of Education said PDEAs testing drug plan would need 12.8
billion to covered at list 14 Million Grade 4 Grade 12 students at 1200 peer student
The 12.8 billion needed to fund PDEAs propossed mandatory drug testing of Grade 4 to
Grade 12 students will be putted to better use if alocated to address to the shortage of
guidance councilors in Elementary and High schools”, Gatchalian, also said.
Senate Commitee on economic affairs chaired by Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian calls for the
scrapping of the controversial plan of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to
conducts mandatory drug tests on students. He said the students would be better serve by
having guidancecounselors correct or prevent unhealthy behavior rather than subjecting
them to drug tests
What would the young think? Its like we’re already threating them as drugsuspects, even
the ones as young as nine years old in Grade 4,” She said
“I would rather have more guidance counselors which will steer young students away rom
Drug use by encouraging them to succeed academics, sports, the arts, and other wholesome
activities, he adds.
Public elementary and high schools in the country severe lack registered guidance
counselors (RGCs).
DepEd require public and private elementary and high schools to hire 1 guidance counselor
four every five hundred students. The Philippines, how ever, only has 3,220 RGCs as of July
2017 since the first batch of lisensure examinees in 2008
PAGWAWASTO NG SIPI AT PAG-UULO NG BALITA
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Sa ika-2 araw naman ng proyekto ay tuluytuloy pa rin ang pagpasok ng maaga nang mga
estudyante upang upang maka-availe ng libreng trainrides.
Sinabihan ni DOTr na bukod sa maliliit na ambag na ma-ilibre ng pasamahe ang mga
estudyante ay ay layon din naman ng proyecto, na maturuan ang mga ito na gumissing nang
maaga at magaang makapasok sa Paaralan
tiniyak din naman ng senador na masusustinahan nila ang Student Free Ride program, sa
pakikipagtulungan nila sa iba pang Ahensiya ng pamahalaan.
Noong nakaraang lingo naman ay ginugulat ang Bansa nang magkaka-hiwalay na pagpatay
kila Tanauan City, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor
Ferdinand Bote at Trece Martires City, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan bagay na
nagpapaluha sa alalahanin tungkol sa karanasan at kawalan kaparusahan sa Bansa
Ito ang maliit na ambag ng DOTR para bigyang katuparan ang hangarin ng Pangulo na
tulungan ang ating mga estudyante”, ipinuntos pa ni Transportation Secretary Arthur
Tugade.
NEWS WRITING
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appropriate headline.
- Department of Education Secretary Leonor M. Briones was donned the tribal attire of
the Mamanwa, indigenous peoples in Surigao del Norte and other parts of Caraga at
the end of the gathering.
- Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones highlighted the
agency’s efforts in ensuring the realization of its programs and projects, which are all
geared toward the betterment of the educational system in the country.
PAGSULAT NG BALITA
Panuto: Sumulat ng tuwirang balita batay sa mga sumusunod na detalye. Lagyan ito ng
isang-linyang ulo ng balita.
Ano: Ipinapaalaala sa mga paaralan ang guidelines na ipinatutupad sa mga school canteen
Sino: Department of Education
Saan: Manila, Philippines
Kailan : Hulyo 12, 2019
Bakit: May napaulat na food poisoning sa Imus Institute of Science and Technology-
Dimasalang Campus
Paano: Nagbigay ng pahayag ang Department of Education
Mga pahayag ng Department of Education:
- Ito ang incident report na natanggap ng kagawaran mula sa Health Services ng Imus
Institute of Science and Technology- Dimasalang campus
a. Hulyo 10 - 23 estudyante ang nakaranas ng pananakit ng tiyan at binigyan ng first
aid.
b. Hulyo 11 – 39 ang isinugod sa ibat-ibang hospital; 10 sa Our Lady of the Pillar
Medical Center, 3 sa Medical Center Imus, 1 sa St. Dominic Medical Center
c. Initial diagnosis – acute gastroenteritis
d. Patuloy ang ginagawang pagsusuri upang malaman ang sanhi ng pananakit ng
tiyan.
- DepEd enjoins all private schools to mandate the strict enforcement of food safety
standards in their cafeterias including the implementation of hygienic practices on
food preparation, cooking, display, serving, and storage. They shall also train all
canteen personnel on proper and safe handling of food
Noong nakaraang lingo naman ay ginugulat ang Bansa nang magkaka-hiwalay na pagpatay
kila Tanauan City, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor
Ferdinand Bote at Trece Martires City, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan bagay na
nagpapaluha sa alalahanin tungkol sa karanasan at kawalan kaparusahan sa Bansa
Ayon kay Leni, ang usapin tungkol sa panukalang tungkol bumuo ng bagong charter ay ay
hindi kailangaang apurahin.
The people should understand what it is about, its effects. Discussions on the matter should
not be rushed”, ayon pa sa presidente.
Anya, sumirit ang INFLATION sa 5.2 percent noong Hunyo mula sa 4.6 % noong Mayo,
nilagpasan ang sapantaha ng central bank na
Ayon kay Vice President Leni Robredo, bigyang dapat attensyon ang mahahalagang isyu na
nakaka-apekto sa publiko tulad ng pagbaha ng presyo ng mga bilihin at patay
ACTIVITY 5
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Leila De Lima points out that the Philipines have been considered as one of the “most
dangerous countries for journalists.”
It has also been regarded as the most dangeruos country for journalists covering in the
southeast asian region.
De Lima, who chair the Committee Senate on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural
Development, filled Senate Bill No. 1860 who seeks Additional insurance bene-fits for
journalists, such as disability health and hospitalization benefits, especially when they are
assigned to covers conplict or disaster areas.
“The press is considered as the Fourth Estate, a significant pillar of our democracy. However,
journalism and reporting the news remains to be a dangerous profession,” the opposition
vice president stressed.
Senator Leila de Lima on Monday pushes for the passageof a measure mandating media
entities to provide insurance coverage and Hazardpay to journalists and other media
practitioners
Under the measure de Lima seeks dis ability benefits of P350,000 for all mass media
practioners and employees who shall suffer total or partial disability sustained during
performance duty on top of the precent insurance benefits provided to regular employes of
media entities.
The senator also proposes death benefits amounting to P300, 000 for journalists and other
mediaemployees on field assingment who shall per ish in the line of duty.
The Bill mandates the media company to riemburse actual medical cause of up to P200,000
for all media mass practitioners and employees on field assignments who shall be
hospitalized or shall require
The hazard pay for journalists, she said, shall not be subjected to tax.
Journalists pace the problem of contractual labor, with no job security and no law-
mandated benefits. They often do double jobs and work double time for there media
company. These poses harm to their physical well-being,” the lawmaker said in explaining
the need for a taxfree hazard pay.
PAGSASANAY 6
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ng akmang headline. Lagyan ng slugline at printer’s direction.
Nagbabbala ang PAG-ASA sa possibleng pag baha pagguho ng lupain ang mga naninirahan sa
mababa at mabubundok na lugal
Hindi naman iminulat na tatamaan ang bagyo sa kalu-paan kaya walang kaya walang itinaas
na tropical cyclone warning signal ang PAG-ASA.
Huling natamaan ang PAG-ASA ng pampitong Bagyo ngayong taon sa 1,165 Kilometro
silangan ng Basco, Batanes ganap na alas10 kanilang umaga
Taglay ni Cardo ang lakas na 200 kilometers per hour (kph) at bugsong aabot sa 245 kph,
habang gumagalaw pa hilagangkanluran sa bilis na 30 kph
Tinaya namang aabot sa ilang parte ng kanlurang Luzon ang pag-ulan hanggang Miyerkules.
ACTIVITY 7
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau
of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a fact-finding probe on the P8-billion contract for the
construction of 5,700 barangay health stations (BHS) in public schools nationwide in 2015.
Guevarra said the NBI may invite former health secretary Janette Garin and other former
and incumbent Department of Health (DOH) officials in its investigation.
“The NBI may invite current and/or former DOH officials, including Sec. Garing to shed light
on the issues involving the allegedly anomalous P8-billion barangay health station project of
the DOH,” he said.
“I will leave it to the NBI if they will find it necessary to summon Sec. Garin and other
officials,” he added.
The alleged irregularity, bared by DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III, is also under
investigation by the Senate.
Duque said that the project sites were not validated by implementing agencies and there
were “problems from the level of planning, procurement and actual project
implementation.”
He said that last March, the contractor of the project, J. Bros. Construction, sent a letter to
terminate the contract for Phase 1 of the project and included a bill for P2.9 billion for 429
units.
At the same time, Duque said the Commission on Audit (COA) has been requested to
conduct an audit and the Office of the Ombudsman has been asked to investigate.
ACTIVITY 6
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Last Feb., President Rodrigo deplored the diterioration of the world-famous ecotourism into
a “cesspool.”
Cimatu sayd the gov’t will be able to re-open Boracay to tuorism activities by October, as
planed
We are rushing to complete the job within the six-month period given to us by the
President. People are requesting for a one-year closure…but we will stick to plan,” Cimatu
says
She added that since the islands temporary shoutdown 2 months ago, the multiagency task
force headed by Department of Energy and Natural Resources is “on target” in its eforts to
rehab bilitate the Island
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is “rushing” to complete the
rehabilitation of Boracay Island with in the alloted six monthly period
DENR Sec. Cimatu Roy said this in reaction to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey
showwing 64 percent of Filipinos in favor of a oneyear clos ure to give way to give way
Boracay rehabilitation.
PAGSASANAY 7
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Sa inpormasyon na nakarating kay PDEA Director General Director Aaron Aquino mas madali
umanong makapagbenta ng droga ang mga pusher sa mga estudyante sa loob mismo ng paaralan
kaya nag-eenrol ang mga ito.
Bungsod nito, kaagad na inatasan ni Aquino ang kanilang mga tauhan na bantayan din ang mga
pamantasan at makipag-ugnayan sa mga school official upang hindi na makapangbiktima pa ng mga
estudyante ang mga kawatan.
Ayon kay Aquino, nag-eenroll bilang Estudyante ang mga courier para mas madali silang makalapit sa
mga kabataang mag-aaral at makakuha ng kaniyang mga parokya
they have a point naman na pinagkakalat sa mga colleges and universities, itong pointman nila, ang
ginagawa naghanap ng mga estudyante na mapagbebenta ng droga”, sabi ni Aquino.
Sinabi ni Aquino mismong sa naaresto nilang si Dennis Ray Thicke, 37 taong gulang, 1
FilipinoAmerican at resident ng Unit 204, 21st Floor, Eugenia Tower, Tivoli Garden Residences,
Coronado Street, Brgy. Hulo, mandaluyong City, nanggaling ang kabilang impormasyon
ACTIVITY
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The Philippines is this years chair of the Asean. The 31st Asean Summit and Related
Summits will be held together with Asean dialogue partners Australia Canada China, the
European Union, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korean and the United States
Duterte, who serves as chair of the 10-regions bloc, have been critical of the US after
Trump’s predecessor, former US president Barack Obama, questioned his war on Illegal
Drugs. He, however, has seek to repair ties with the US after Trump assured the president.
Abella said the administration Duterte would make sure that foriegn guests would enjoy
“world-famous Filipino hospitality during their stays in the Philippines for their attendance to
the 31st Asean Summits.
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the confirmation Trumps visit to the country
“underscores the improving PhilippinesUS tied.” Abella said President Rodrigo Duterte, who
is yet to met Trump, was looking forward to welcoming the US President of Manila.
“We confirms US President Donald Trumps visit to the Philippines this November,” abella
said in a statement. “President Trump will join other word leaders that will attend the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations or EastAsian summit in the Philippines,” she adds.
United States President Donald Trump would grace the 31st Association of Southeast Asean
Nations Summit and Related meetings that will be held in the Philippines in Nov.,
Malacañang confrmed on Saturday.
“As host country we hope to make the event productive and pleasant to our foreign guests,
the presidential spokesperson said. We will let them experience our world-famous Filipino
hospitality to make sure they would have good memories of their stay in the Philippines,” she
adds.
PAGSASANAY
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ito ang nakasaad sa kautusan ni Welfare Secretary Vitalliano Aguirre kaugnay sa panibagong
kaso ng hazing na ikinasawi ni Horacio III o Atio.
Kabilang sa nasa look out list ay sina Arvin R. Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Marc Anthony
Ventura, Axel Mundo Hipe, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Jason
Adolfo Robinos, Ralph Trangia, Ranie Rafael Santiago, Daniel Hans Matthew Rodrigo, Carl
Matthew Villanueva, Aeron Salientes, Marcelino Bagtang, Zimon Padro, Jose Miguel
Salamat at John Paul Solano, sinasabing siyang sugod sa Chinese General Hospital sa
Biktima
Ayon kay Solano, bagama’t hindi ipinag-babawal ang paglabas sa bansa, ia-alerto naman ng
mga tauhan ng BI ang DOJ at National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sakaling magtangka
ang sino mang nasa lookoutlist nila na bumiyahe habang may isinasagawang Imbestigasyon
laban sa kanila.
Aniya, layon nilang mabantayan ang kilos at galaw ng mga sangkot
Sinabi ni Solano na dinala niya sa General Chinese Hospital si Castillo nang Makita niya
itong duguang nakahandusay sa isang bangketa sa Balut Tondo.
nasa Lookout Bulletin order (LBO) nan g Bureau Immigration (BI) ang labing dalawa na
miyembro ng Aegis Juris fraternity na pinaniniwalang responsible sa isinagawang hazing
ceremony na ikinamatay ng 1st year law student na si Horacio Tomas Castillo III.
they should pay for it. Charged must be piled,” Poe said as she vowWed to file a resollution when
the senate resumes its regularsession starting tuesday for a fulldressed probe into the anomaly.
As the chairwoman of the Public Senate Services Committee, Poe said she and even the current
Department of Transportation(DOT) officials lead by Secretary Arthur Tugade, was caught flatfooted
by this anomally
Transport officers in the Aquino administration must pay and face trial over the purchase of 48
coaches worth P3.8 billion that turns out to be not siutable for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3
system, Senator Grace Poe demands yesterday.
Poe and Tugade are on the same wave length that the Dalian trains should not be used at all as they
would endanger the lives of Hundredsofthousands of commuters that use the EDSA line transport
everyday.
Reports quoted Tugade as saying he did not know that the signalling system of the Dalian trains are
not in sync with current signalling system in place at the Metro Rail Transit three system.
Thus, a big letdown not only for Poe but for the Duterte administration.
Poe said she woul compel the appearance of past transport officials before the commmittee thru the
coercive powers of subpenas if they refuse to appear where summoned
All will be invited”, Poe said adding that her planne committee hearing would certainly cut short
Abayas retiring from government service “because we need HIS explanation.
Poe said Tugade was made to believe by fast public statements of previous Department of
Transportation and Communications(DOTC) Officials, led by then Secretary Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya,
that the trains purchase of Dalian China would finally end the transport woes of hundreds of
thousands of commuters once they are installed. But they could not be installed because the
signalling system of the China made trains is not in not order.
Ayon kay Delfin ang pagsasanay sa Australian at Philippine troops bahagi ng tulong ng
kanilang bansa upang mapigilan ang Arabbased terrorists group na maaaaring magtangkang
paganapin ang ating terror cell sa bansa.
Upang higit pang maging bihagsa sa urban war fare, sasanayin ng trupang australia ang
counterpart nito sa Armed Forces in the Philippines (AFP) particular na sa pagsupli sa bantas
ng modernong uri ng terorismo
“Truly the fight against global terror cannot be addressed by 1 country alone and we are very
much appreciative of Australias support for our counter-terrorism program,” ani Payne na
pinasalamatan ang tulong na spy plane ng Australia upang matutuldukan ang terrorismo ng
Maute –ISIS sa lungsod ng Marawi
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The program is being conducted in partnership with Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) who
provided customized abiation training solutions
Under the program candidates will undergo a 56 weeks integrated flying training flight theory
and education coarse to become lisensed commercial pilots, with 52 weeks to be spend at
FTA in Adelaide in Australia and the remaining 4 years to be used for training to obtain a
pilots license under the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in manila
The program isopen toPilipinos which is college graduates,
profficient in English and have pass ports valid for at list two years frior to the start of
the Program.
Same sixteen candi dates will be chosen per batch, with Cebu Pacific sendding three batches
of cadet pilots per year
Cebu Pacific is investing $25 million for a pilot training program to meet expanding
requirements
Over the next f years, CEBU pacific will be investing 25 million to trained 250 caddet pilots
to become full fledged first officer and eventualy captains. The program will allow as to train
homegrown Filipino-pilots with best-in-class International Standards,” Cebu Pacific
President and chief executive officer Lance Gokongwei says during the lunch of the Cadet
Pilot Program held yesterday
The screening process start with an online screening, followed by an onsite screening onsite
forcore skills and pilot aptitude tests among other examinations with a fee of
US$425(P17,000) to be charged
The candidates need worry not about shelling-out money for tuition to plying school to to
achieve their dream. Cebu Airline will shoulder the cause first and exposed candidates to one
of the best pilot training facilities in the world, Gokongwei says.
Sucesful cadet pilot would be guaranteed deployment with Cebu Pacific after graduation
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For its part, BURI is saying in a statement that the germination notice of the transportation
dep’t was not accompanied in a verified raport, hense it do not have "pactual or legal bases."
"Upon inquiry by BURI, [MRT3 General Manager] Rodolfo Garcia categorically stated that
she did not made any such recommends and did not even make findings asto existence from
grounds of termination, but merely attested to authenticity of documents," the Korean-
Filipino consortium said.
BURI claimed it repeatedly informed the DOT about system and design flows. This flaws,
said BURI, are also to blame for the glitches that has plagued the MRT3 since the start of it’s
operations in 2000
The DOT announced in a statement that Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade signed the
germination desision last friday, November four, after Busan Universal Rail Incorporated
failed to adress the maintenance issues raises by the govermnent.
The decision meant BURI is nolonger in change of the MRT3s maintenance, general
overhowl of fourty-three lightrail vehicles, and total replacement of the railways signaling
system.
The DOT has also formed the MRT3 Maintenance Transition Team to temporary took over
while anew maintenance provider has yet to chosen
It cannot be emphasizedover that what is at stake here is the welfare and interest of the riding
public... This office could not just sit back and wait while watching BURI triffle and flirt with
the lifes of the comuting public with it’s sub-standard performance “Tugade said in the state.
Inihayag kahapon ng Department of Health (DoH) na isang babae mula sa Iloilo ang
tinamaan ng Zika virus, dahilan upang umakyat na sa 6 na kaso ang naitala sa bansa.
Sa press conference sa Quezon City, sinabi ni Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo na ang
babae na nag-eedad 40s, ay nagpositibo sa Zika infection matapos ang initial at confirmatory
“Alam ko mas accurate daw kasi ang urine. So I think the urine was the first one that turned
positive. Pero parang iyong follow up confirmation also included the blood. Hindi ako
Unang naitala ang Zika virus sa bansa noong 2012 sa isang 15-anyos na lalaki sa Cebu City.
“Pang-anim. Na-confirm based on laboratory examination. Not necessarily inside the country
but they came from the country tapos may symptoms na nakita. Tapos when they examined
abroad. It turned out positive iyong kanilang examination for Zika. That’s why we included
The comittee endorsed for plinary approve Bill 82 or the proposed On-site, In-City or Near-
City Resettlement Act, who its members hope would expedite the re-location of informal
settlers not only in metro manila and in other urban area as well.
Negros Occidental Representative Alfredo Benitez, committee chairman, says the bill aim to
“provision a swift and effectiver solution to the housing crisis in the Country”
SHe said government dates show that there are P 1.5 M squatter families, 600,000 of which
PHILIPPINES - The committee housing on housing and Urban develompent has approved a
bill that seeks on-site are location for inFormal settler families.
Most informal settlers in the National Capital Region occupying government lands, which
“More than a decade before the passage of the land mark legislation that is Republic Act
7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 the country is still struggles to
improve its housing indicators. The government is having a difficulti in catching withthe
buksang muli ang Batasan Nuclear power Plant (BNPP) at hindi ang mga bureaucrats, ayon
Paniniwala ang senador na ang mga scientists lamang ang maaaring isinasagawa ng masusing
pag-aaral na kung ang isang matagal ng “patay” na plantsa ay maaari pang buhayin
Dapat aniya ay nababatay sa siyensiya ang gagawing desisyon at hindi na dahil mayroon
Argumento pani Senator Ralph Recto na dapat ding ikonsider ang economics kung mas
makakamura ba?
ng mga taxpayers.
Ipinaalala ni recto ang masakit na aral na bitbit ng nasabing planta naman pero ginastusan ng
gobyerno ng nasa P70 B pero hindi naman napagbigyan ng kahit isang watt ng elektrisidad.
Kung gagastos ani niya ang gobyerno ng panibagong Plimampung bilyon para sa planta dapat
lamang na maging bukas ang lahat ng financial transaction na kaugnay nito sa mata ng
publiko.
Inusisa ni Sen. Ping Lacson si Lorenzana tungkol sa posibleng maging lagay lagay ng bansa
sa sandaling ma-putol na ang relasyon ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos particular ang Mutual
Defense Treaty.
Sumang-ayon kay Lorenzana kay Ping, sa kanyang opinion ay makaka-survive naman ang
Pilipinas dahil maayos naman umano ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas at makakahanap ito ng
“China kasi is one of our biggest trading partners now, bumibili sila ng agricultural products
natin, bumibili naman tayo sa kanila ng consumer products, maganda naman ang trade natin
may hindi lang tayo pinagkakaintindihan sa West Philippine sea(WPS),” sabi sa paliwanag ni
Lorenzana.
Pero duda ako sa pahayag ni Lorenzana lalo pa’t karamihan sa mga gamit ng militar ay
imbestigahan ang pagpapalabas ng mga search warrant laban sa mga taong nakakulong na sa
hapon ng Biyernes (Nobyembre 11) inatasan ng mga mahistrado ang OCA na magsagawa ng
sarili nitong imbestigasyon kay Presiding Judge Carlos Arguelles ng Regional Trial Court
Branch 14 ng Baybay, Leyte, Presiding Judge Tarcelo Sabarre Jr. ng RTC Branch 30 ng
Basey, samar.
Albuera ay nagsampa ng Notice and Appearance with Motion to Transfer Detention dahil
nais umano niyang malipat sa ibang kuwarto mula sa sub-provincial jail sa Baybay.
Dininig ni Arguelles ang motion Okt. 19 at nagsagawa ng ocular inspection noong Oktubre
26. Isinumite na para sa resolution ang motion pero hindi nakapagpalabas ng motion
resolusyon si Arguelles. Noon namang Nob. 4, ang Criminal Investigation and Ditection
Group ay nagsampa ng dalawang aplikasyon para sa search warrant sa salas ni Sabarre para
A greengroup on Sundae warned Pres. Rodrigo Duterte of the “unbearable” mone tary and
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment says that the $1 billion rehabilitation cost
proposes by the Department of Finance was just the “tip of the iceberg” compared to the state
of nuclear management waste technology and variuos physical and technical risks
“We rebuke deplore Pres. Dutertes approval for the proposed BNPP rehab under the false
premise of Sec. cusi that the safe ty and Security of the BNPP willbe ensured. While we
recognizes Dutertes consistent concern over the BNPP’s safety risks, the project is replete
with proven geological infrastructural, and environmental risks that will likely entail
unbearable costs. It is the filipino people who will ultimately pay the prize of these masive
risks with billions in wasted tax payers’ money, or worsen with their lives,” Kalikasan PNE
Last month, the Sandiganbayan ordered the dismissal of all criminal charges filed against the
In a motion filed before the antigraft court’s 4th Division, prosecutors from the Office of the
Ombuds man said the charges of draft, malversation of public funds, and banking law
“The ackquisition would not have been consummated in a manner and in a manner
expediency with out there individual active passive participation in their respective
“Thus, Sherwin Gatchalian, like all the other individuals charged for violation of (the Anti-
Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) in their private capacities, should similarly be indicted,” the
Philippines - Government lawyers are asking the sandigangbayan to reconsider it’s decision
junk the charges vs. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian over his role in the allegedly anomalous
The anti-graft court granted his motions for judicial determination of probable cause, which
questioned the ombudsmans findings and her indictment just because he was a minority
shareholder of Express Savings Bank Inc., the book owned by his family, that was bought by
Others members of his family like Valenzuela Rep. Weslie Gatchalian, howeverare not yet
off the hook as one of the graft case filed against them remain.
The charges against former LWUA chairman Prospero Pichay Jr.’s have also been uphold.
They have also file motions for reconsideration, arguing that the cases against them should
The Food and Drugs Administrative has warned the public against the use of ten unregistered
cosmetic products.
The agency Accords to this were Dane Papaya Extract Soap Super Active Skin Whitener,
Verdon Shine Keratin Hair Spa Milk Essence, A Bonne Milk Powder Lightening Lotion Plus
Collagen, Hanzhixiu Colour Cream (E-15 Grape Red), Hanzhixiu Permanent Hair Colorant (A-
18 Golden Red), Professional Skin Care Formula Collagen with Elastin Cream, Asudjor Extra
Whitening Armpit Cream and Deodorant, Malunggay Facial Toner, Malunggay Peel-Off Mask
The manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, offer for sale, transportation,
Its explained that cosmetic products, before thier distribution in the local mark, should be duly
notified with the FDA by a lisensed cosmetic distributor and/or manufacturer of cosmetics.
“However if a cosmetic product has not been verified by FDA as in the case of these unnotified
products [their] use may pose potential health-hazards to the consuming Public. The Food and
Drug Authority cannot guarantee their quality and safety,” the agency said.
“Potential hazards may came from ingredients that not allowed to be part of a cosmetic product
or from the contamination of heavy contaminated metals such as lead and mercury”, it adds.
DFA field regulatory operations officers have been ordered to monitor and rid the market of the
products.