Ang Caviteno Newsweekly September 24-30, 2018 Issue | Page 2

BALITA
2
With the inclination to protect the health condition of the public and create a happier community, Board Member Kerby Salazar being
the president of the Cavite Councilors League (CCL) Federation spearheaded the conduct of healthcare services to the residents of
Magallanes on September 13, 2018 as part of their advocacy on CCL Week celebration. Together with Magallanes Councilor Aina
Marie Sisante and the rest of the members of the CCL, BM Salazar supervised the smooth flow of the medical mission rendered by
volunteer doctors, dentists and technical staff from General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital and Magallanes Rural Health Unit
as five hundred twenty-seven residents have availed free medical consultations and dental services during the mission. Magallanes
Mayor Jasmin Angeli Maligaya-Bautista, together with Vice Mayor Renato Dimapilis, barangay captains, SK Federation officers and
barangay health workers thanked Governor Boying Remulla for sharing the blessings to the indigent members of their locality thru the
healthcare programs initiated for their constituents. Local officials promised to reinforce the advocacy on public health and intensify
its massive campaign on providing the basic necessities of their people as they will continue to be visible for easy access when the
citizens need them.
Victims...
Arroyo.

Gonzales later told
Bulatlat in an interview that he
knew that once Palparan was
“done” with Mindoro, he will set
his eyes in other provinces of the
region.

“I was in Quezon then,”
the peasant leader said, “And
when our turn came, I ended up
sustaining nine bullets – two in
the head, one in my arm, one on
the side, one on the chest, one in
my hand, and three in my legs and
feet.”
Meanwhile,
Neil
Dollente is still enraged whenever
he remembers how Palparan’s
men burned down their home in
San Jose, Nueva Ecija.

In an interview, Dollente
told Bulatlat that soldiers have
been looking for him as he was
an active Bayan Muna organizer
in their area. They harassed his
relatives and even required his
brother to regularly report to
the military detachment in their
DILG...
shall be sufficient ground for
administrative disciplinary
action against concerned
local officials and employees.
On the other hand, Section
60 stipulates the ‘Grounds
for Disciplinary Actions’
specifically Section 60 (e)
Abuse of Authority.

The DILG issued
the warning amidst the
reported complaints they
have received from citizens
on the continuous imposition
of taxes, fees and charges
on transported goods and
passengers passing through
local
government
units
(LGUs) jurisdiction despite
various policies issued by
the Department.

The DILG released
the first memorandum on
LGU imposition of illegal
from page 8
community in a bid to make him
“surrender.”

“One evening in August
2006, soldiers burned down our
house. We were not home at that
time and my mother fortunately
was able to escape. We sought
sanctuary and have not returned
to our community ever since,”
Dollente said.

Palparan, he added, did
not only displace him and his
family but also kept them from
their livelihoods.

Gonzales said he could
not help but be happy over the
turnout of today’s promulgation.

“This is one step forward
in our struggle. It is a good and
beautiful beginning,” he quipped.
In solidarity

Mrs. Edith Burgos,
mother of disappeared peasant
activist Jonas Burgos, said she
could not help but relate to how
Erlinda and Concepcion feel.

“We are mothers, after
all. And I joined them in their
journey. It must have been very
fr om

page 8
fees and taxes in 2006
followed by a reiteration
memorandum for the same
purpose on 2009. In 2011,
two memoranda were issued
to reiterate the Department’s
stand on the imposition of
charges.
Two
memoranda,
DILG MC 2017-23 and
DILG MC2018-133, were
again released by DILG for
the year ’s 2017 and 2018
providing the guidelines for
the same issue.

Section 133 of the
Local Government Code
specifically provides that the
exercise of the taxing powers
of LGUs shall not extend
to the levy taxes, fees, and
charges and other impositions
upon goods carried into or
out of, or passing through,
difficult for them to read the
accounts of the eyewitnesses
and know the horrors that their
daughters suffered,” she told told
Bulatlat.

Burgos
said
the
conviction of Palparan will have
a lasting impact on the human
rights community.

In a statement, Karapatan
secretary general said Palparan’s
conviction “is a product of the
collective effort and vigilance
of the kin of the disappeared,
the people’s movement and the
Filipino people.”

“Without these efforts,
the courts would have dismissed
the case just like what they did
in thousands of other cases of
human rights violations. Which
is why this butcher’s conviction
is not because of a “working”
justice system in the Philippines,”
Palabay said.

“It is because of the
power that rests on a people that
has never wavered in our struggle
for justice,” she added. (Bulatlat.
com)
the territorial jurisdictions
of LGUs in the guise of
charges for wharfage, tolls
for bridges or otherwise, or
other taxes, fees, or charges
in any form whatsoever upon
such goods or merchandise,
among others.

According to Malaya,
they received reports from
the ground complaining that
some LGUs are collecting
taxes, fees and other charges
on transport of goods and
products carried into or
out of, or passing through
their territorial jurisdiction
in the guise of sticker fee,
discharging fee, delivery fee,
market fee and/or mayor ’s
permit, among others.
In
Memorandum
Circular 2018-133 recently
released, Sec. Año enjoins
the
Philippine
National
Police (PNP) to ensure that

Setyembre 24-30, 2018
Agri, fisheries damage from
Typhoon Ompong assessed at
over P16.7B
QUEZON CITY -- Damage to
agriculture and fisheries caused by
the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong
is estimated at P16.7 billion, the
National Disaster Risk Reduction
and
Management
Council
(NDRRMC) reported on Thursday.

Based on NDRRMC’s
Sitrep No. 29 dated Sept. 20 issued
at 6 am, agricultural crops--such
as rice, corn, and cassava--bore
the bulk of impact from the severe
weather system, with an estimated
damage of P13.46 billion. The
figure accounts to a little over 85.8
percent of total losses recorded.

This was followed by
damages to infrastructure such as
roads, bridges, flood control, health
facilities, and other structures with
losses of P2.36 billion in total.

The fisheries sector saw
losses worth P82 million, while
livestock damage worth P5.5
million. On the other hand, high
DAR...
Officer
(PARPO)
James
Arthur
T.
Dubongco
said,
“Isang
kagalakang
maisakatuparan ang puso
ng programa na maibigay
ang matagal ng inaasam ng
ating mga agrarian reform
beneficiaries, ang kanilang
lupang sinasaka. Kaalinsabay
nito ay malaman din nila
ang kanilang tungkulin at
responsibilidad upang maging
ganap ang pagmamay-ari
nito.”

(It is such a joy to
be able to implement the
program’s objective which
is to award ownership to the
farmers the land which they
have toiled and at the same
time let them know of their
duties and responsibilities to
fully owning the land.)
DOLE...
Labor Code, as amended, PWD
employees are also entitled to
Maternity Leave (RA 1161,
as amended by RA 8262),
Paternity Leave (RA 8187),
Solo Parent Leave (RA 8972),
the Violence Against Women
and their Children (VAWC)
Leave (RA 9262), and Special
Leave for Women (RA 9710),”
the advisory stated.

The Magna Carta for
Disabled Persons, or Republic
Act No. 7277 prescribes that
“no disabled persons shall be
denied access to opportunities
for
suitable
employment,
and that a qualified disabled
employee shall be subject to
no fees and taxes on inter-
province transport of goods
and merchandise, regulatory
fees in local ports, and
other additional taxes, fees
or charges in any form
upon transport of goods
and merchandise are being
collected by LGUs. He also
prohibits the members of the
PNP from committing the
value crops such as mangoes,
bananas, papayas, and other
vegetables recorded P778.11
million worth of damage.

The NDRRMC sitrep is
only partially validated and subject
to further checks in the field.

An article by the
Philippine News Agency, citing a
Department of Agriculture report,
said about 474,838 hectares of
rice fields were hit by the typhoon,
or 47.71 percent of the 995,218
hectares of rice crops in CAR,
Regions I, II, III, and IV-A.

The volume of production
losses was pegged at 558,441 metric
tons, as most of the affected crops
were mostly in their reproductive
stage, it said.

Provinces heavily affected
include Nueva Ecija in Region III,
incurring losses and damages worth
P2.84 billion, followed by Cagayan
in Region II with P2.77 billion, it
added. (PIA-NCR)
from page 1
Part
of
the
event’s
program
were
lectures on Land Tenure
Service, Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries
Development
Service Program, Agrarian
Justice Delivery, and the
program of the Land Bank of
the Philippines.

PARPO
Dubongco
also thanked the speakers,
Agrarian
Asst.
Secretary
Elmer Distor, DAR IV-A
Director Rene Colocar, and
Asst. Director Priscilla Ong.

The 112.32 hectares
of land came from the
municipalities of Naic, Tanza,
Indang, and Magallanes as
well as the cities of Trece
Martires, Dasmariñas, and
Cavite.
(Ruel
Francisco,
PIA-Cavite with reports from
PICAD)
from page 8
the same terms and conditions
of employment and the same
compensation,
privileges,
benefits,
fringe
benefits,
incentives or allowances as a
qualified able-bodied person.”
The
Implementing
Rules
and Regulations of RA 7277
mandates the Department of
Labor and Employment, in
coordination with the local
government
units,
private
corporations,
and
Public
Employment Service Office,
to facilitate access of PWDs
to employment opportunities
through the conduct of job fairs,
career guidance, job coaching,
and
other
employment
facilitation services. (PIA-
NCR)
same.

In the same directive,
Año also urges LGUs to
strictly observe exemptions
on truck bans, particularly
those carrying rice and other
perishable items such as fish,
vegetables, dairy and poultry
products, and frozen meat
products, animal feeds, and
export goods. (PIA-NCR)