Tambuling Batangas Publication October 03-09, 2018 Issue

Death Penalty on PH: NO or GO?... p. 4 The Best Choice for Design & Quality VOLUME XLI No. 41 October 3-9, 2018 P6.00 For quotation requests, please contact us at (049) 834-6261 or email us at sinagprinting@ gmail.com Cultural show sa pakikipagtuwang ng CCP idinaos sa Sports Coliseum ISANG cultural show na may titulong Gintong Alab sa Silangan (Pearl of the Orient) ang ginanap sa Batangas City Sports Center ngayong araw na ito, September 28. Ito ay bahagi ng Ugnayan sa Sining - 2018 Regional Collaborations, Community Performances and Exchange Tours. Ang pagtatanghal na ito ay sumasalamin sa mahahalagang kabanata ng kasaysayan ng bansa. Nagtanghal dito ang Maskara Theater Ensemble ng USLS Bacolod, Integrated Performing Arts guild ng Misu-it, Iligan City, Sinukwan Kapampangan Performing Arts at Philippine Barangay Folkdance Troupe Rondalla. Nanood ang mga high school students mula sa public at private schools. Ang pagtatanghal na ito ay handog nina Mayor Beverley Rose Dimacuha at Congressman Marvey Marino at Batangas City Cultural Affairs Committee, sa pakikipagtulungan ng National Commission for the Culture and the Arts, Cultural Center of the Philippines at CCP Outreach Department. Ang matinee show ay ginanap ng alas tres ng hapon habang ang gala show naman ay sa ikaanim ng gabi. Nauna rito, nagdaos ng workshop noong September 27 ang Philippine Barangay Folkdance Troupe Rondalla sa Pastor Art Center na dinaluhan ng mga grade 7 at grade 8 students ng Marian Learning Center and Science Highschool (MLCSH) habang ang Sinukwan Kapampangan Performing Arts ay sa Batangas City Sports Center na dinaluhan ng mga mag-aaral ng Batangas State University, MLCSH, Cristo Rey Institute for Career Development at Batangas Highschool for Culture and Arts. Una rito, nagtanghal din ang grupo sa Tubod, Lanao Del Norte, Pagadian City at Maasin, Southern Leyte. (PIO Batangas City) DOE Pushes Oil and Gas Exploration in PH with New Contracting Round THE Department of Energy (DOE) is set to conduct a series of roadshows to help boost the exploration of oil and gas resources in the Philippines under the DOE’s Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP). The DOE will be in Palawan on Thursday (20 September) to jumpstart the local roadshows. This will be followed by other roadshows to be held in Davao on 27 September and Zamboanga on October. These three venues were selected to host said events as they are strategically located near some of the 14 pre-determined areas (PDAs) of the DOE for potential petroleum exploration and development activities. The PDAs include one area in the Cagayan Basin, three in Eastern Palawan, three in Sulu, two in Agusan-Davao, one in Cotabato, and four in Western Luzon. During the roadshows, local communities will be oriented on the benefits of hosting exploration and development projects and its greater contribution to nation-building. The PCECP is the DOE’s revised and transparent petroleum service contract awarding mechanism that allows the government to develop and utilize indigenous petroleum resources under a service contract with qualified local and international exploration companies. Under the PCECP, awarding of service contracts are conducted either through the competitive selection process or via nomination. Aside from the 14 PDAs, the PCECP now has an added option of allowing prospective investors to nominate areas outside of the PDA list. “We have to be aggressive in our pursuit of achieving energy self-sufficiency as envisioned by the Duterte Administration. Maximizing our exploration and development Sundan sa pahina 6.. Congressman Marvey Marino sa Gintong Alab sa Silangan (Pearl of the Orient) sa Batangas City Sports Center Duterte certifies anti-ENDO bill as urgent -Palace MANILA-- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has certified as urgent a bill seeking to prohibit labor-only contracting or “ENDO,” Malacañang announced on Tuesday, September 25. P r e s i d e n t i a l Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. said the President is pushing for the immediate enactment into law of Senate Bill No. 1826, or the Security of Tenure and End of Endo Act of 2018. “Itong bersyon po ng Senado ay nagbabawal sa lahat ng labor-only contracting at hindi po ini-exempt na itong mga contractor ay malaki ang kapital o maraming investments,” he cited. Roque was referring to a provision in the existing Labor Code allowing the practice of labor-only contracting among companies with substantial capital or investments, which could be in the form of tools, equipment, machinery, or work premises. “Ang posisyon po ng Presidente, sa loob ng existing Labor Code, tinapos na po niya ‘yung ENDO dahil pinapa-regularize na po ‘yung mga empleyado na hindi regular sa mga kumpanyang pinagtatrabahuhan nila,” the Spokesperson stressed. “Pero may depensa po talaga ‘yung mga contractors at tsaka ‘yung mga employers, dahil exemption sa existing law ‘yung mga kumpanya, ‘yung mga recruiting companies na malaki ang kapital,” he added. Roque said if passed into law, the anti-ENDO bill would prohibit any and all forms of labor-only contracting. It would also disallow the indirect hiring of employees by recruitment entities, which means all employees would have to be absorbed and regularized by the companies that directly use their services. “Kinakailangan magtrabaho ka na doon sa pinagseserbisyuhan mo o ‘yung pinapasukan mo at hindi na po pupwedeng magkaroon ng mga labor recruitment entities… There has to be employer- Sundan sa pahina 6..

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