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==Governor advocates renewed investment policies== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/348353/governor-advocates-renewed-investment-policies | |||
*January 17, 2012, 3:08pm | |||
:by NONOY E. LACSON | |||
ALABEL, Sarangani, Philippines – Sarangani Governor Miguel Dominguez has expressed apprehension that in about 10 years, the country might lag again in Asia if the national government and the some local government units (LGUs) will continue to manifest mixed signals to prospective foreign investors. | |||
“If the national and the local governments continue to be inconsistent in interpreting laws that affect investments, these investors will just turn to other countries,” Dominguez explained. | |||
He was apparently reacting to queries on the possible effects of certain ordinances in several provinces that continue to threaten foreign investments, like mining. | |||
“The national government should once and for all say whether it is a ‘yes or a no’ to open-pit mining,” Dominguez said. | |||
He said “we have to remember that we are among the hundreds of countries vying for these investments and the investors have the option to go elsewhere.” | |||
Dominguez also said that in the mining industry alone, the move of certain provinces to come up with provincial ordinances that contradict a national law had apparently created a “negative image” for the country. | |||
“It is not about the environmental code, nor even about the mining industry, but about a provincial ordinance contradicting a national government policy,” he said. | |||
Dominguez also said that “this is not about a particular investor or that there are other investors more than willing to take its place but about how consistent our policies are.” | |||
“This is not even about mining at all but about how we treat our investors even in other industries,” he added. | |||
Dominguez also said that it is “wrong to assume that if a particular investor goes away, there are others who are willing to take its place.” | |||
Investors will naturally go to countries where the laws and their interpretation are consistent, he said. | |||
“Let the President or even the High Court, once and for all, resolve the issue if we will allow an open-pit mining or not,” he said. | |||
In another development, after several years of suffering from flood waters in the far-flung village of Lucena in Bahbah, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, local residents in the area can now have a restful sleep because of the completed rehabilitation of Lucena Bridge, its approaches, and slope bank protection implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). | |||
Residents of Lucena, one of the progressive and rice granary community of Prosperidad are thankful to the government for easing their problem over the years. | |||
They said they are worried each time it rains because stagnant water overflows from the bank, which allegedly contained larva that causes Schistosomiasis or bilharzias reportedly present in the locality. | |||
To address the problem, the DPWH’s Agusan del Sur 2nd District Engineering Office (DEO) mobilized its technical personnel to help the local residents, in an effort to avert more casualties due to flooding and other diseases cause by flood waters. | |||
Last October 13, 2011, the rehabilitation of the Lucena Bridge approaches and slope bank protection was started funded under the DPWH Lump Sum for Calendar Year 2011. | |||
An allocation of P18 million was released to the DPWH’s Agusan del Sur 2nd DEO under the supervision of District Engineer Jaime T. Bernat Sr. as an answer to the increasing concern on health and safety of the populace. (With a report from Mike U. Crismundo) | |||
==Sarangani poorest families receive cash assistance== | ==Sarangani poorest families receive cash assistance== | ||
*Source: http://news.mindanao.com/2012/01/sarangani-poorest-families-receive-cash-assistance/ | *Source: http://news.mindanao.com/2012/01/sarangani-poorest-families-receive-cash-assistance/ | ||
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Basic requirements like pre-school education and health services are among the conditions that have to be met under CCT. | Basic requirements like pre-school education and health services are among the conditions that have to be met under CCT. | ||
Punzalan said beneficiaries would also be provided poverty reduction interventions such as family development sessions, organization of parent leaders, provision of livelihood trainings and assistance, provision of sanitary toilet, potable water supply, and enrolment to PhilHealth “to ensure that communities are resilient and capable” when they will be out of CCT’s list. For more news and updates, please visit the Province of Sarangani. | Punzalan said beneficiaries would also be provided poverty reduction interventions such as family development sessions, organization of parent leaders, provision of livelihood trainings and assistance, provision of sanitary toilet, potable water supply, and enrolment to PhilHealth “to ensure that communities are resilient and capable” when they will be out of CCT’s list. For more news and updates, please visit the Province of Sarangani. | ||
==Sarangani poorest families receive cash assistance== | ==Sarangani poorest families receive cash assistance== | ||