Tambuling Batangas Publication April 23-30, 2019 Issue

BALITA April 24-30, 2019 Pagtatapon ng dumi ng baboy sa Calumpang River tinalakay City ENRO na si Oliver Gonzales MARINA... compensation and right to be transported to their destinations. According to Vice Admiral Narciso Vingson Jr., Officer-in-Charge of MARINA ,these rights are absolutely applicable if the causes of delayed or uncompleted voyages are attributable to the shipping operator. “Cases of delayed or uncompleted voyages due to bad weather is not applicable to the rights we mentioned because nowadays we can predict the coming of a typhoon or tropical depression and we can already prevent it by advancing the mula sa pahina 1 information to the public. Even port traffic is not an acceptable reason for the cause of delay,” Vingson noted. USec Fernando Juan Perez, Undersecretary for Maritime - Department of Transportation said that this campaign is in time for the Holy Week because this is the time that passengers flocked to seaports to go to island province and take a vacation or visit their families. “Every shipping operator who will not comply with the mentioned rights of sea passengers will be subject to penalty amounting to P100K for the 1st offense, P200K for the 2nd offense and P300K for the 3rd offense,” he said. The public is encouraged to read the MARINA Circular 2018-07 for the terms and conditions of the mentioned rights and it can be accessed at the website of said agency. Perez also noted that all shipping operators who will not comply with such ruling will be penalized and he encouraged the passengers to report non- compliance of shipping operators to the nearest MARINA office for appropriate action. (BHABY P. DE CASTRO-PIA Batangas) Batangas Capitol, Government Top Employer ng Pag-IBIG Fund KINILALA ng Pag-IBIG Fund ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas bilang Top Employer in the Government Sector sa buong Timog Katagalugan, sa ginanap na South Luzon leg of the Stakeholders Accomplishment Report (StAR) para sa taong 2018 noong ika-10 ng Abril 2019 sa The Crimson Hotel, Muntinlupa City. Ang nasabing recognition ay pormal at personal na iginawad kina Governor DoDo Mandanas at Provincial Administrator Librado G. Dimaunahan sa pamamagitan ni Provincial Human Resource Management Office Department Head Rhiza B. De Zosa noong ika- 15 ng Abril sa Batangas Provincial Auditorium. Binigyang pagkilala ng Pag-IBIG ang Provincial Government of Batangas bilang pasasalamat ng ahensya sa makabuluhang kontribusyon nito at pagiging bahagi sa tagumpay at record-breaking accomplishments noong nakaraang taon 2018. Bukod pa rito, binigyang- diin din ng Pag-IBIG Fund ang mahusay na pagpapaganap na makapaglingkod ng Kapitolyo sa mga manggagawang Batangueños sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay sa kanila ng isang matatag at tuloy- tuloy na benepisyo, alinsunod sa mandato ng ahensya. Noong 2018, ang Pag- IBIG Fund ay nakapagtala ng record-high net income, sa halagang Php33.17 Billion, nakapagbigay ng Php75.3 Billion para sa housing loans, Php49.23 Billion sa short-term loans, at pinakamataas na savings collections sa halagang Php40.27 Billion. Sa naging talumpati ni Governor Mandanas, sinabi niyang ang natanggap na Plaque of Recognition ay sumisimbolo sa nararapat na patuloy na aksyon ng pamahalaan sa pagbibigay ng benepisyo at pagpapaangat sa kalidad ng buhay, hindi lamang sa bawat isang kawani ng Kapitolyo, kundi pati na rin ng bawat Batangueño. Mark Jonathan M. Macaraig – Batangas Capitol PIO Batangas Capitol, Pag-IBIG Top Employer. Tinanggap nina Gov. DoDo Mandanas at Provincial Administrator Levi Dimaunahan ang Plaque of Recognition mula sa Pag-IBIG Fund mula kay Provincial Human Resource Management Office Department Head Rhiza B. De Zosa noong ika-15 ng Abril 2019 sa Batangas Provincial Auditorium. Kinilala ng Pag-IBIG ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas bilang Top Employer in the Government Sector sa buong Timog Katagalugan sa Stakeholders Accomplishment Report (StAR) South Luzon Leg para sa taong 2018 noong ika-10 ng Abril 2019 sa The Crimson Hotel, Muntinlupa City. Photo: Junjun De Chavez – Batangas Capitol PIO BATANGAS CITY-Nagdaos ng pagpupulong ang Batangas City Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) sa mahigit 800 hog-raisers sa Batangas City kasama ang mga kinatawan ng mga hog-raisers sa pitong local government units (LGUs) sa Batangas Province noong April 16 sa Batangas City Convention Center upang talakayin ang pagtatapon ng dumi ng baboy sa Calumpang Riiver at masolusyunan ito. Ang mga LGUs na pinanggagalingan ng dumi ng baboy sa Calumpang River ay ang Batangas City, Lipa City, Taysan, Sa Jose, Rosario, Ibaan, Cuenca at Padre Garcia upang magkaisa at magkatulong tulong ang mga hog-raisers ng mga LGUs na ito na matugunan ang matagal ng pagtatapon ng dumi ng baboy na isa sa mga nagdudulot na malubhang polusyon ng nasabing major river ng Batangas City, inilunsad ng City ENRO ang Calumpang River Tributaries sa pagdiriwang ng Earth Day. . Ito rin ay alinsunod sa Republic Act 9275 o Philippine Water Act of 2004. Sa isinagawang Batangas City Swine Business Summit, sinabi ni Atty Maria Paz Luna, OIC regional executive director ng DENR, kahit ano ang dami ng baboy na inaalagaan, kailangang kumuha ng discharge permit sa DENR. Ang hindi tumupad dito ay magbabayad ng multang P10,000 bawat araw. Sinabi rin niya na kailangan magpagawa sila ng septic tank para sa tamang disposal ng dumi ng baboy. Ayon pa rin kay Atty. Luna, kapag may 100 o mahigit pa ang alagay baboy, kailangan ng kumuha ng environmental compliance certificate at magpatayo ng treatment plant. “Sumunod po tayo sa batas at kung di ninyo kaya, sabihin ninyo sa amin at tutulungan naming kayong maka comply,” sabi ni ni Atty. Luna. (Jeanette Reye - OJT-PIO \ Sergio Azul- OJT-PIO) Job, business fair; OFW hospital highlight on Labor Day MANILA -- Simultaneous job and business fair in 29 sites across the country will mark the nationwide observance of Labor Day next week, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Monday. Bello said among the highlights of the May 1 festivities is the groundbreaking of the first-ever OFW hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga, “to showcase the Duterte administration’s grateful recognition of our overseas Filipino workers and the Filipino workingmen in general.” Initially, the Bureau of Local Employment placed at more than 1,500 the participating employers who will be bringing with them over 200,000 local and overseas jobs in the massive Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) and Build Build Build job and business caravan. The main site for the combined TNK-BBB job and business fair is at the Kingsborough International Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga where an initial 150 employers (130 local and 20 overseas placement agencies) will offer vacancies. Available jobs locally are mostly in the field of construction under the government’s Build Build Build program, while skilled professionals, including English teachers for Thailand, are open for overseas placement. Also at the same site will be simultaneous learning sessions on topics such as the Philippine Qualifications Framework by the Department of Education; How to Start a Business by the Department of Trade and Industry; and skills demonstration by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, which will also raffle off 100 training scholarships. The National Reintegration Center for OFWs and Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns will conduct a livelihood seminar for interested jobseekers, while the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration will hold a Pre-Employment Orientation, with Pag-IBIG Fund providing information on the fund’s benefits. The nearby soon-to- rise OFW hospital will be financed by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration donors, to be administered by the Department of Health. The property where it will stand is donated by the provincial government of Pampanga. At the groundbreaking, OWWA will award livelihood packages worth P20,000 each to 100 OFWs under OWWA’s Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay program. Other job and business fair sites identified were Ayala Mall South Park, Muntinlupa Sundan sa pahina 6..

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