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President Aquino will be returning to the Philippines with 2.3 billion dollars worth of investment from Europe after several business meetings. He added that a total of 55, 000 new employment will be created by said investments. His delegation was able to meet with 19 companies, all of whom praised the economic performance of the Philippines.
President Aquino arrives at Boston for the start of his 5-day working visit in the United States. He was greeted by the Philippine Ambassador to the US, Jose Cuisia Jr., and Phiippine Permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Libiran Cabactulan at his arrival in the Logan International Airport from Berlin, Germany. This the first time President Aquino has returned to Boston after 1983 when he lived there with the rest of Senator Ninoy Aquino’s […]
More than 100 tent classrooms are expected to arrive in Albay next week. This will be used by students as their schools, in turn, are being used as evacuation centers for the residents near the volcano. According to DepEd-PIO Roy Banas, 38 of this tent classrooms are in the Albay division, 11 in the Legaspi City, 4 in Ligao City and 8 in Tobaco City. He further added that, they will not sacrifice the students’ […]
A hotel in Albay was used as an evacuation center. According to Mayor Gemma Ongjuco of Guinobatan, the hotel owner volunteered to have his property used as an evacuation center. The hotel gave priority to senior citizens, pregnant women and children. According to the hotel owner, he will allow the evacuees to use his hotel as long as they are not allowed to return to the their homes.
Boxes of canned goods, water, rice and generator sets were brought by the Armed Forces of the Philippines when it visited Albay. AFP Chief Lieutenant General Pio Catapang Jr., personally handed said relief goods to Albay Governor Joey Salceda in one of the largest evacuation centers in the province. Included are 100 boxes of noodles, 200 pairs of slippers, 80 boxes of water, and 75 sacks of rice. Catapang said that the AFP will continue […]
There is a need for a large fund to ensure zero casualty as well as to continue to support residents that will be affected by the impending explosion of the Mayon volcano. This is according to the estimate of NDRRMC Administrator and OCD Executive Director Alexander Pama after inspecting the situation of residents in evacuation centers. Pama visited Camalig North Elementary School where most of the evacuees from the 6km permanent danger zone were staying […]
The death toll caused by the rampage of “Mario” in the greater part of Luzon has risen to 11. According to the records of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the latest incident is recorded when the body of one JB Suarez Declito was recovered in Kawit, Cavite after drowning. Most of those recorded dead during the storm died because of drowning while the second highest cause are electrical accidents. The number of […]
The Commission on Election is proposing the postponement of Sangguniang Kabataan elections next year, so that they can prioritize the 2015 elections.
Despite the fact that “Mario” exited the Philippine area of responsibilty, the northern part of Luzon will continue to experience rain due to the “habagat”.
The Senate’s probe on the Malampaya fund scam probe was once again postponed. According to Committee Chairman Senator Teofisto Guingona III, the postponement was issued due to COA Chairman Grace Pullido-Tan’s letter saying that she cannot attend the scheduled hearing due to her leave while COA Special Audit Chief Susan Garcia is on an official mission.
The Senate proposed a bill that aims to promote agricultural education and to promote “agri-preneurship”. Senate Bill 2384 or Entrepreneurial Agricultural Education Act proposed by Senator Sonny Angara aims to create training programs for agricultural entrepreneurship, especially in rural areas. The Senator also wants the establishment of Agricultural Manpower Education and Entrepreneurship System or AMEES and to also establish AMEES Development School or Farm Business School in all regions including the NCR. Under AMEES, educational […]
Oil company Flying V, implements a price rollback of 20 centavos per liter of diesel and kerosene. While the price of their gasoline increased by 20 centavos per liter. Said price change was implemented last midnight.
