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Extra rice, anyone?... p. 4 The Best Choice for Design & Quality VOLUME XLI No. 29 Hulyo 11-17, 2018 P6.00 For quotation requests, please contact us at (049) 834-6261 or email us at sinagprinting@ gmail.com MMDA alerts public of heavier traffic in July due to road repairs Lucia M. Silva QUEZON CITY--The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) alerted motorists and commuters of heavier traffic starting July due to comprehensive road repairs along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and portions of Quezon City, Makati City and the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). NLEX rehabilitation In a statement, MMDA Assistant General Manager Jojo Garcia, the NLEX has started repairs yesterday at some parts of Balintawak Cloverleaf along A. Bonifacio Avenue to resolve the public’s demise of ceaseless flooding in the area. Due to this, the ramp of Balintawak Cloverleaf EDSA-Southbound will be closed from 11 PM to 4 AM everyday for 2-3 months. Motorists riding from Monumento to A. Bonifacio Avenue are advised to turn right to Biglang Awa St, left to Jasmine St, straight to 11th Avenue and turn right to A. Bonifacio Avenue to their own destinations. Continuous MRT 7 construction Quezon City residents and commuters will also be affected by the ongoing construction of the the MRT 7 project which will connect the Sundan sa pahina 3.. Duterte orders probe, arrest of those behind killings of local officials MALACAÑANG on Thursday, July 5, said the President has ordered law enforcement agencies to investigate and arrest all those behind the recent killings of locally-elected officials in the country. “Imbestigahan at h u l i h i n a n g m g a p u m a p a t a y, ‘yan po ang malinaw na instruction ng Presidente,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said during a Palace press briefing. “Importante na panindigan ng Estado ‘yung kanyang obligasyon na talagang bigyan ng katarungan ‘yung mga biktima. Dahil kung hindi, paulit-ulit po itong mga patayan na ito. Kinakailang ang ibalik talaga ‘yung takot sa mga puso’t isipan ng mga pumapatay,” he added. Secretary Roque announced that the government, through Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Officer-in-Charge Eduardo M. Año and Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde, has already conducted a dialogue with the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) to address the issue. “Nagpahayag po ng alarm at kabahala ang ULAP sa mga napapatay na mga local na opisyales,” the Palace Spokesperson noted. For one, he said ULAP requested to have participation in the vetting process for the government’s “narco-list,” which reveals the names of officials allegedly linked to illegal drugs. According to Roque, the officials want to be notified whenever certain names are added or removed from the list. “Ang gusto lang mangyari ng ULAP ay magkaroon sila ng partisipasyon doon sa vetting bago mailagay ang pangalan ng isang locally elected official. Dahil sabi nila, may mga political reasons din why some would want some names to appear,” he explained. Sundan sa pahina 6.. Ongoing contstruction of MRT 7 along Commonwealth Ave., in Quezon City resulting in daily heavy traffic in the area. 6,000 vacancies for production machine operators available at PhilJobNet Susan G. De Leon MANILA—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced the availabiltiy of some 6,000 vacancies for production machine operators at the government’s automated job and applicant matching system, the PhilJobNet. According to the labor department, production machine operator is one of the top 100 occupations with highest vacancy count in PhilJobNet. A machine operator is responsible for performing various tasks to set up, operate, monitor, troubleshoot and perform preventive maintenance on assigned machines. Production machine operators are part of the manufacturing industry, which is one of the key employment generating sectors in the country, one of the top 10 available skills in every locality across the country, according to the PESO Employment Information System. Meanwhile, the Sundan sa pahina 6.. The production Machine operators at the government’s automated job and applicant maching system, the PhilJobNet.