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DILG warns LGUs to stop collecting pass
through fees on goods, services
By Susan G. De Leon
QUEZON CITY -- The
Department of the Interior
and
Local
Government
(DILG) reiterates its warning
to all local government
officials to stop collecting
fees on goods and services
that pass through their areas
otherwise they will have
to face sanction from the
agency.
In
a
press
conference Tuesday, Sept.
18, at the DILG-Napolcom
Building in Quezon City,
Assistant
Secretary
for
Communications & Public
Affairs Jonathan Malaya
reiterated the warning made
earlier by Interior & Local
Government
Secretary
Eduardo N. Año.

“The DILG has been
persistent in reminding LGUs
to refrain from imposing
pass-through charges on
goods and services. For the
nth time, desist for there
are prevailing sanctions for
those who will be proven
guilty of violation,” Malaya
said.

Malaya said local
officials who fail to take
action on the collectin of
pass-through fees may face
administrative disciplinary
actions or charged with abuse
of authority under Section
190 and Section 60 of the
Local Government Code.
Section
90
specifically
states
that
the enforcement of any
tax ordinance or revenue
measure after due notice of
the disapproval or suspension
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Victims of rights violations find
justice as Palparan, 2 other Army
officials convicted the slain human rights activist
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA — An overwhelming
emotion filled the court room as
the verdict against retired Maj.
Gen. Jovito Palparan, and two
other Army officials was read.

All three – Palparan, Col.
Felipe Anotado, and Staff Sgt.
Edgardo Osorio – were convicted
of two counts of kidnapping and
serious illegal detention over
the enforced disappearance of
two students Karen Empeno
and Sherlyn Cadapan who were
forcibly abducted more than 12
years ago.

But
their
mothers
Concepcion and Erlinda were not
the only ones shedding a tear over
what they refer to as an initial
victory in their painful journey
of looking for their disappeared
daughters.

Outside the courtroom,
victims of the bloody war that
Palparan waged as the posterboy
of Oplan Bantay Laya 1 and
2, along with human rights
defenders, gathered for a protest
action. Tears and cheers greeted
the two mothers as they walked
out of the court.

“Para akong nabunutan
ng tinik, (I feel like a thorn was
removed from my side.) “ said
Orly Marcellana, husband of
Eden Marcellana, who was killed
during the reign of Palparan in
Mindoro.

The likes of Marcellana,
whose loved ones have fallen
victims to gross and brazen human
rights violations under former
president Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo,
found
Palparan’s
conviction as a vindication and
justice that they have long been
struggling for.

They have waited long
and hard for this day to come.

“Dapat mabulok siya sa
kulungan hanggang sa mangamoy
lupa siya. Pagdusahan mo ang
mga ginawa mo sa mga mahal
namin sa buhay, (He should rot
in jail. He should suffer for what
he did to our loved ones.)” said
Marcellana during the protest
action.

Reliving the horrors of
the past
Peter Gonzales, known to most
as Tata Pido, could not help but
relive Palparan’s reign of terror in
the Southern Tagalog region.

“I am just lucky. I could
have been one of the photos
there,” he jested when he spoke
during tha rally in front of the
Bulacan court, referring to the
dozens of photos of victims of
human rights violations under
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DILG Assistant Secretary for Communications & Public Affairs Jonathan Malaya shows the Disaster Manual for Local Government
during a press conference on Tuesday to report the efforsts made by the Department in preparation for Typhoon Ompong. (Photo by
Trisha Mae Tadle/PIA-NCR)
DOLE reminds employers to uphold rights
of workers with disability
MANILA-- The Department
of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) reminded employers
that all employees with
disability are entitled to all
rights and benefits granted
under the Labor Code of the
Philippines.
Labor
Secretary
Silvestre Bello III earlier
issued Labor Advisory No.
14, series of 2018 which
mandates employers to grant
their qualified workers with
disability the rights and
privileges mandated in this
Code.

In a statement, the
labor chief said all qualified
employees with disability shall
be entitled to all the rights
and benefits granted under the
Labor Code of the Philippines,
as amended, unless otherwise
expressly provided. Employers
are not prohibited from
granting such other benefits
above and beyond the minimum
requirements of the Law.

Under his advisory,
he reminded employers that
workers with disabilities must
also be mandatorily covered
under the Social Security
System, PhilHealth and Pag-
IBIG, whenever applicable.
“In addition to the service
incentive leave under the
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Mr. Abner Manlapaz, President of the Life Haven Independent Living Center for PWDs, gives a testimony of a ‘Filipino PWD at
Work’. (Photo courtesy of Institute for Labor Studies-DOLE)