Ilagan, Philippines Region 2 will be having a Jobpalooza for the commemoration of the Labor Day tomorrow May 1, 2009.  Thousands of unemployed in region 2 will be more than lucky enough because the Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE, in partnership with duly regisered recruitment agencies will be conducting simultaneous job interviews tomorrow on Labor Day.

“Tayo na, Trabaho na” is part of the goverment’s Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Assistance or CLEEP. DOLE officials have announced that local and foreign recruitment agencies will be in Cauayan City. Of course, you need to pass their qualifications to be hired. So Isabela residents will be having many chances of employment here and abroad.

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority or TESDA, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA, also the Professional Regulation Commission or PRC have joined forces and will be cooperating with DOLE to help with the applications to be processed accurately, in conformity of jobseeker’s skills

Cagayan provincial and labor officials will also be opening employment booths in Tuguegarao City to help jobseekers in the said province.

80,000 job hunters nationwide are expected/estimated by DOLE to be employed this year.

So be advised to prepare your application letters, resumes, diplomas and transcrip of records. For those who are aiming to work in abroad, bring your passports and school credentials.

This is a great deal, really. This will help our economy, and lessen the bystanders and bums

But of course, to be employed will only depend on your will, determination and skills.

Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. was arrested yesterday April 29, 2009 by members of the MPD (Manila Police District). The warrant was served a day after it was issued by the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court.

Former presidents, Mrs. Corazon “Cory” Aguino and Mr. Joseph Estrada was said to be saddened by the idea of Lozada was arrested for telling the truth. However, in the eyes of the law nothing is true until it is proven in court. But there are already too much anomaly revealed when Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was elected president as far as I can remember.

I’m sure about Mrs. Aguino, but I don’t know about Estrada. He’s like rowing his boats on two river at the same time. One day he’s siding with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo after he got his pardon, and now this?

Anyways, the man who reveals the controversial National Broadband Network (NBN) said that he accept the arrest warrant without qualms. He put his fate and trust that his lawyer will correct everything.

Those high government officials who are involved with the NBN deal were arrest yesterday also on charges of perjury.

Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. was a government consultant, accompanied by supporters when he was arrested. He did not resist arrest when he was picked up by the lawmen from De la Salle Greenhills in San Juan City.

SPO4 Alfredo Valenzuela and SPO2 Pedro Flores, the arresting lawmen was said they had to wait for 20 minutes because Lozada will not emerge with his lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno. He was temporarily detained at the office of the Detective Jail Management Section.

Corazon Aguino commented “he was a victim of injustice”.

“I’m deeply saddened by the news that Mr. Jun Lozada has been placed under arrest on allegations of perjury. I shall pray for him that he may be delivered from harm and injustice.”

“I appeal to all freedom-loving Filipinos to support Mr. Jun Lozada in every way possible and to make it known loud and clear that he is not alone,” she said.

Estrada said that his arrest was obvious, and all political.

Now I wonder, how this will end? There is an old saying that the truth shall set you free, not the other way around. But we are living a world where power and greed combined. Those who are in position where they can manipulate the law, where there are already many scandals Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was involved yet with power and greed the outcome was manipulated.

One thing I hope for the moment for Lozada though, I hope the prison you are detained in have cable so you can watch Manny Pacquio Vs. Ricky Hatton Fight on May 2. Damn, that will be a major bummer!

The word cha-cha has been in newspapers, tv or radio, it’s virtually everywhere. Now, it’s not just a word for the “cha-cha” dance anymore. Cha-cha or Charter Change, can be track down its roots from every Philippine President after Former President Corazon “Cory” C. Aguino. They all have their personal ways of attempts to put it into reality.

I read once, by Winnie Monsod’s “Is Charter Change really necessary?”

Quotes, “-one finds that the motivation is really self-interest” … aren’t all of them Madam Winnie

Seriously, aren’t there REAL patriotic politician nowadays? It’s all about the money, all that dan-dan-di-ri-dum-dum…

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo guise its rise with promoting economic growth and development, of generating jobs and reducing poverty.

C’mon, here’s the direct real deal. Even if we change the contitution and our country leaders will only listen to their greed then we are only going nowhere. It will only, will be the same. Just as when we topple down the Dictatorial Reign of Ferdinand Marcos.

Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA has been a long issue since we can remember it. Even without the controversial “rape case” issue of Smith, VFA is always in question if it really benefits us aside from money. United States is the Philippines’ largest source of foreign military financing which valued at an average of $30 million annually and they share with the expenses for the implementation of the Join Defense Assessment or JDA. It cost approximately $400 million ever since the 10-year period of the VFA.

Overtime, do we see this improvement?

United States have already lots of issues, not just in economy but also in politics. With the recent events, they’re like magnets right now for more terrorism.

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chair of the Legislative Oversight Committee on the VFA is now responsible in reviewing VFA. Cabinet Secretary Silvestre Bellow III comments, “The review of the VFA is the mandate of the Senate, If the Senate’s position is to review the implication of the VFA, we have to respect that as a co-equal body.”

One more thing that is very controversial is that no one is aware of the sudden departure of Smith, not even his lawyer Jose Justiniano.

Senator Mar Roxas and ABS-CBN television news anchor Korina Sanchez confirmed the rumors last Saturday, April 25, 2009 about their engagement on national television.

Mar Roxas proposed on a secluded beach resort in Bacolod two weeks ago, and Korina Sanchez approved.

Korina Sanchez recalled her fiance’s own words “Honey, will you marry me?” on ABS-CBN’s noontime show.

She said that she did not expect the proposal of marriage to come this soon, but she said that she will be for Mar Roxas, yesterday, today and tomorrow. I’m all yours.

Wow, we think their wedding theme will be Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”

But to think that their Special Forces combined, will the presidency aspirant Senator Mar Roxas will be a great asset in the upcoming presidency?

Since the 1st week of April it was scorching hot, the sun rises early and the temperature in the morning is like in the noontime already. Then lately with the same weather, out of nowhere the skies darken and it started raining like it was already rainy season. The hole in our ozone layer is getting big, with all the pollutions killing our planet. Global warming, signos, climate change, all of this should not be neglated issue.

Indeed, the effects of abusing our mother earth is showing her syptoms. Soon, we will face its her wrath.

A report released by Greenpeace Southeast Asia one of the environmental watchdog, the Philippines is “on its way to a major climate change catastrophe, unless the government takes urgent and ambitious action to avert a disaster that will put millions of Filipinos at risk”.

The Philippines consist of thousand islands, and right now our country is experiencing 1 meter sea level rise.

Imagine what will be left of the Philippines is it will go beyond 1-meter. What will be left of our 7,100+ islands, imagine coastals flooded with sea water, and Mall of Asia sunked.

Climate change is no joke my friends. We have witnessed its effects in the unprecedented strength and number of super-typhoons in recent years. Let’s be aware and take this issue seriously, the earth is a living planet and like us it can heal itself.

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines or NGCP reported that there was a line tripped in one of the transmission lines that connects Marshall sub-stations to Tabango sub-station in Leyte. 600 Megawatts of power supply from Leyte was cut, resulting the 10 hour blackout that the entire Visayas experienced ultimate blackout in a long time.

Affected areas/islands of Panay, Guimaras, Negros, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Siquijor, Samar and Biliran was restored around 6PM yesterday.  Cebu, Samar, Bohol and Leyte was fully restore, unfortunately for Negros provinces was only 65 percent. Panay Island at 40 percent.

Regulasyon sa bentahan at distribusyon ng LPG iginiit ng senador

Nais ni dating Senate President Manny Villar na gumawa ng mekanismo ang pamahalaan upang magkaroon ng regulasyon sa bentahan at distribusyon ng liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) para maprotektahan ang publiko.

Ang panawagan ay ginawa ni Villar nitong Huwebes kasunod ng kalituhan kung ano ang tunay na dahilan sa kakapusan sa suplay ng LPG sa Metro Manila sa nakalipas na mga linggo.

“Hindi ito ang unang pagkakataon na nagkaroon ng kakulangan ng suplay at lubhang tumaas ang presyo ng LPG. Sa maraming pagkakataon ang kakapusan ng suplay at paglobo ng presyo ay hindi tulak ng merkado kundi artipisyal na dahilan,” ayon sa mambabatas.

Sinabi ng senador na panahon na para repasuhin ang operasyon ng industriya ng LPG at magpatupad ng mga patakaran para mapangalagaan ang kapakanan ng mga mamamayan.

Kung walang mekanismo, sinabi ni Villar na paulit-ulit na mangyayari ang umano’y pag-abuso ng ilang mapagsamantalang negosyante na umiipit sa suplay at ilegal na nagkakarga ng LPG.

“Ang regulasyon sa kalakalan ng LPG ay magtatakda ng patas na labanan sa merkado at magbibigay-daan para makayanan ng maliliit na negosyante sa industriyang ito na makipagsabayan sa mga higante at multi-nasyunal na mga kumpanya,” ayon kay Villar.

Sinabi nito na mahigit sa 90 porsyento ng merkado sa Pilipinas ng LPG ay kontrolado ng iilang malalaking kumpanya tulad ng Petron, Liquigaz, Shell at Total. Samantalang ang mga maliliit na kumpanya ay humihingi ng regulasyon sa industriya.

“Kung malusog ang kumpetisyon, kung nangingibabaw ang dikta ng merkado at hindi monopolyado ng ilang grupo o kartel, walang lugar para sa pag-abuso at lubhang mataas na presyo. Ang mga mamimili ay hindi mapipilitan na bumili ng LPG sa mataas na presyo na bunga ng artipisyal na kakulangan,” paliwanag niya. – GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/148568/Regulasyon-sa-bentahan-at-distribusyon-ng-LPG-iginiit-ng-senador

GMANews 02/11/2009
“Regulasyon sa bentahan at distribusyon ng LPG iginiit ng senador”

Retrieved February 12, 2009.
Web site title: Regulasyon sa bentahan at distribusyon ng LPG iginiit ng senador
Web site: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/148568/Regulasyon-sa-bentahan-at-distribusyon-ng-LPG-iginiit-ng-senador

Mag-uling na lang tayo…

RP posts told: Seek amnesty for stranded OFWs

02/11/2009

Many Filipinas marry foreigners for money, not love

CHERYL ARCIBAL, GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines- The inability of the Philippine economy to produce high-paying jobs especially for women has pushed Filipinos to marry foreigners as a way to provide for their families, the study Country Gender Assessment by regional lender Asian Development Bank said.

The number of Filipinos marrying foreigners have also tripled in just a span of eight years from 7,819 in 1998 to 24,954 in 2006.

It is also estimated that currently, 300,000 Filipinos, 92 percent of whom are women, are married to foreigners mainly from the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea.

“(I)n the Philippines (as elsewhere), the phenomenon of ‘mail order brides’ is not uncommon. In the absence of employment prospects and with families to care for, many women view marrying a foreigner as an easy ticket to an overseas life with steady remittances. With the advent of the Internet, chat rooms, and text messaging the marriage migration numbers are on the rise,” the ADB said.

Data from The Commission on Filipinos Overseas showed that Filipino women marrying men from East Asian countries tend to be younger and less educated. These foreign men also usually are at least 40 years older than their Filipino brides.

“Reports indicate that more women apply for ‘marriage visas’ to Japan as a result of Japan reducing its official demand for entertainers,” ADB said.

In 2005 Japan has imposed a stricter immigration policy following Tokyo’s inclusion in a US watchlist of high incidence of human smuggling.

ADB said Manila should undertake measures to protect Filipino women as those who marry foreigners that they do not know face enormous risks.

“Many of the men live in remote areas and are unsuccessful with women from their own culture, who they feel are spoiled and have too many freedoms. Instead, they want women with ‘traditional’ family values who, once in the country, have nowhere to turn and are completely at their mercy,” ADB said.

Among the recommendations of the ADB was to tap remittances from overseas Filipinos for productive investment and sustainable livelihood opportunities for women so that migration becomes a choice rather than a necessity. - GMANews.TV

CHERYL ARCIBAL, GMANews.TV 02/03/2009
“Many Filipinas marry foreigners for money, not love”

Retrieved February 12, 2009.
Web site title: Many Filipinas marry foreigners for money, not love
Web site: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147157/Many-Filipinas-marry-foreigners-for-money-not-love

Well, this has been going on since the late 90′s even in the 80′s kaso penpal system. The snail mail was popular in those days, madali lang ang puhunan sa paghahanap ng “porenger” ngayon. Like I said in “Conclusion in Subic Rape Case” , for as low as 10, 15 per hour naka-chat ka na, may webcam ka pa. Bonnga! Diba? With matching headset, no need to type. Talk real-time, sosi!

IMO lang it’s not just the economy, habang tumatagal nagiging less educated kasi ang mga pinoy, less ‘masipag’. Ang daming tambay na kabataan ngayon, worse, they populate the society becoming the “decay” of the community.

I can’t say it’s because of the Philippine Economy, hell, ang dami pa din nakakapag MALL ano. Find ways to provide something to their homes kahit ang tataas na ng presyo ng bilihin. If i’m not mistaken, mas marami pa ata ngayon ang kumakain sa Jollibee, McDonalds at kung saan saan pang fast food.

Filipinos should really educate themselves, not just get it from school. Iilan na lang din ang umaalam ng current events. Try asking students nowadays, and see if I’m wrong.