Tambuling Batangas Publication October 10-16, 2018 Issue

Advertisements 3rd Quarter Provincial Development CouncilMeeting, Idinaos PINAGTUTUUNAN ng pansin ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas ang iba’t-ibang mga proyekto patungkol sa ekonomiya, kalusugan, imprastraktura at transportasyon kaya naman patuloy ang mga pagpupulong para sa ikauunlad ng lalawigan. Kaugnay nito, ginanap ang 3rd Quarter Provincial Development Council Meeting na pinangunahan ng Provincial Planning and Development Office, na pinangangasiwaan ni Benjamin I. Bausas, noong ika-20 ng Septyembre sa Provincial Budget Office Conference Room, Capitol Site, Batangas City. Ang Quarterly meeting ay ginawa upang i-update ang Provincial Development Investment Program (PDIP) 2017-2022, alinsunod sa patakaran ng PDIP. Gumanap bilang presiding officer si Provincial Administrator Levi Dimaunahan upang matugunan ang iba’t-ibang issue kabilang ang tungkol sa Annual Investment Program (AIP 2019), pagpapasok sa budget ng implementasyon ng Simula ng Pag-Asa (SIPAG) Project, ayuda ng pamahalaang panlalawigan sa mga kalahok sa Program, at mga programa ng Bureau of Fire Protection and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). Kasalukuyang may nakatalang 92 PDIP Projects. Sa nasabing bilang, 27 dito ay nakatuon sa social concerns, 25 sa economic development, 16 sa Infrastructure, 8 sa Environment, at 16 sa Institutional para sa 2017-2022 na may kabuuang halaga na P12 Bilyon. – Louise Mangilin, Batangas Capitol PIO Provincial bus ban sa EDSA tuwing rush hour, sinuspinde Mae Hyacinth Ludivico PANSAMANTALANG pahihintulutan na muling makadaan ang mga provincial bus sa EDSA tuwing rush hour matapos itong suspendihin habang hindi pa handa ang Interim Bus Terminal sa Valenzuela City. Ayon kay Gen. Manager, Jojo Garcia ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), kailangan pang i-clear ng LTFRB sa lahat ng rekisito kaugnay ng mga pangangailangan ng mga pasahero sa isang terminal at aniya’y, sa oras na ma-clear ang terminal ay total provincial bus ban na ang ipapatupad. Matatandaang noong Agosto ipinatupad ang provincial bus ban sa EDSA mula 7:00-10:00 ng umaga, at mula 6:00-10:00 ng gabi. Layunin ng nasabing ban na maibsan ang matinding traffic sa kahabaan ng EDSA. Pero aminado si Garcia na hindi pa maramdaman ang epekto ng ban sa pagpapaluwag sa trapiko. Giit pa ni Garcia, sa ulat sa abs-cbn, dapat daw kasi ay kasabay nito ang pagbawal sa EDSA tuwing rush hour ng mga kotseng drayber lang ang sakay. Magiging ’challenge’ umano sa MMDA ang pagsuspinde sa provincial bus ban lalo na’t papasok na ang Christmas Season. Kaugnay nito, muling ibabalik ang traffic management plan noong 2017. Kakausapin na lang daw ang mga may-ari ng mga mall sa EDSA na gawing mas maaga ang mga opening hour at bawasan ang mga ”mega sale” tuwing weekday. Aabisuhan din umano ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) para sa re-blocking at itigil muna ang pagkumpuni sa mga kalsada. Trabahong Local at Overseas, Muling Hatid ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas UPANG patuloy na makapagbigay ng trabaho sa mga mamamayang Batangueño, nagsagawa ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, sa pangunguna ng Provincial Assistance for Community Development (PACD) – Public Employment Service Office (PESO), ng tatlong araw na Local and Overseas Job Fair katuwang ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) noong ika-18 hanggang ika-20 ng September 2018 sa Provincial Auditorium, Capitol Compound, Batangas City. Nakilahok sa nasabing job fair ang 30 registered local companies at 14 na licensed recruitment agencies. Halos isang libong aplikante ang nagtungo sa Kapitolyo para sa nasabing job fair; habang 79 na mga kuwalipikadong aplikante ang natanggap noong araw ding iyon ng kanilang pag-aapply ng trabaho. – Shelly Umali, Batangas Capitol PIO Trabaho para sa mga Batangueño. Halos isang libong mga aplikante ang nag apply ng trabaho sa tatlong araw na Local and Overseas Job Fair na isinagawa ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Batangas, sa pangunguna ng Provincial Assistance for Community Development (PACD) – Public Employment Service Office (PESO), katuwang ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) noong ika-18 hanggang ika-20 ng September 2018 sa Provincial Auditorium, Capitol Compound, Batangas City. Photo: PACD-PESO – Batangas Capitol PIO October 10-16, 2018 Oust-Duterte plot ”Red October” moved to December by Mae Hyacinth Ludivico THE plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, dubbed as ”Red October” will no longer push through, but the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said the communist destabilization plot against Duterte is still on. According to AFP Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Edgardo Arevalo, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP), however, will keep up destabilization moves to mark its founding anniversary in December. ”Ang tinatawag po natin d’yan ay rolling plan. Gusto nilang bigyan ng grandiyosong pagdiriwang ang kanilang ika-50 anibersaryo ngayong Disyembre,” Arevalo said on DZMM. The military, he said, is keeping up its intelligence and combat operations against the group. With the neutralization of the Red October plot, Defense Secretary Lorenzana said the Filipino people can look forward to celebrating a white Christmas. The CPP earlier, has denied the ”Red October” conspiracy to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, calling it a government fiction. Mothers of disappeared students slam Palparan’s continuing detention in military camp “Is the military totally bereft of even an iota of morality? Don’t they heed persons in authority?” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO MANILA – Mothers of disappeared university students assailed the reported continuing detention of retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan in a military camp despite a commitment order from a Bulacan court, ordering his detention at the National Penitentiary. “The military’s continuing custody (of Palparan) is not just. Is this how justice goes in the country? They should be ashamed of themselves. The whole world is rejoicing over his conviction and this is what they do?” Concepcion Empeño, mother of disappeared student Karen, told Bulatlat. Palparan is the highest military official ever to be indicted and consequently convicted for a human rights violation. Last Monday, Sept. 17, a Bulacan court issued a commitment order against Palparan and two other Army officials as they were found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges over the enforced disappearances of university students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan more than 12 years ago. Lawyer Arturo Cabides, who is representing the three convicted military officials, asked Judge Alexander Tamayo during the hearing if the latter could remain in the Philippine Army Custodial Center. This, however, was denied. “Is the military totally bereft of even an iota of morality? Don’t they heed persons in authority?” Empeño added. Erlinda Cadapan, mother of disappeared student Sherlyn, said President Rodrigo Duterte, as commander-in-chief, must look into this. “Is the military now above the courts?” she asked, adding that this would undermine if not render the court as useless. Edre Olalia, president of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, said the military may be held liable for contempt of court “for open defiance or disobedience to an explicit judicial order to immediately commit the convict to the National Penitentiary as all convicted felons are.” He added “most disturbingly is the undeserved special treatment he [Palparan] is being given since he was arrested in 2014.” Olalia said in a statement, “that is not only brazen impunity but is also open disrespect that undermines the justice system all the more and validates well-founded fears that the Army has something up its sleeves.”

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