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==Malls in QC to have bloodletting booths==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51812
*Wednesday, August 31, 2011
:by  Alfred Guiang (RJB/AKG- PIA-NCR/QC-PIO)


QUEZON CITY, August 31 (PIA) -- The Quezon City health department is eyeing malls in its bid to extend the city’s efforts in encouraging people to donate blood especially for dengue patients and those with high-risk illnesses.


The QC government is coordinating with heads of different malls in QC as it is set to put up blood donation booths at three SM malls-- SM North Edsa, Cubao, and Fairview, and at Trinoma and Ever Gotesco - Commonwealth. This is according to city health officer Dr. Antonieta Inumerable. The city health department regularly conducts mass blood donation activities at the QC Hall and district health centers.


The QC government has been active in the information campaign against dengue which stresses the importance of maintaining cleanliness and sanitation of the community. This, in turn, would help reduce the number of potential breeding grounds for the dengue-carrying mosquitoes, which usually thrive on stagnant water.
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From August 1 to 20, the epidemiology and surveillance unit of the city health department reported about 3,948 dengue cases, with 29 death cases. This year’s cases registered a 125.2 percent change in the number of cases as compared with the same period last year.


Barangays registering the most number of dengue cases are Bagbag, San Bartolome, Commonwealth, Batasan Hills, Gulod, Holy Spirit, Sauyo, Sta. Monica, and Novaliches Proper.


To date, the city health department has declared the areas of Bagbag, San Bartolome, Novaliches Proper, in District II, and Barangays Pansol and Matandang Balara, in District III and Barangay Bahay-Toro, in District I, as dengue hotspots.
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In addition, larvitraps were also set up in some barangays to alert the public on the index of mosquitoes. Likewise, an ovilarvicidal traps from the Department of Science and Technology were set up in the dengue hotspots to control the density of the dengue-carrying mosquitoes.


Institutions and hospitals to benefit from the QC expanded bloodletting drive are the Philippine Blood Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, Phil. Heart Center, St. Luke’s Medical Center, QC General Hospital, and the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Proj. 4, which have registered the most number of confinement for dengue cases.


==Informal settlers ready to barricade EDSA anew ==
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*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/30/11/informal-settlers-ready-barricade-edsa-anew
*Wednesday, August 30, 2011
: (abs-cbnNEWS.com)


QUEZON CITY, Philippines - Informal settlers in Quezon City warned Tuesday that they are ready to barricade EDSA again if the government pushes through with their relocation.


Estrelieta Bagasbas, chairperson of an urban poor group in San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City, said they have been on high alert since August 27 following a deadline set by the city government for their relocation to Rodriguez, Rizal.


In September last year, the informal settlers had a pitched battle with police last year, resulting in a violent confrontation that spilled into EDSA.
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"We have designed every aspect of our barricades to thwart any attempt by NHA and the police to demolish our community," Bagasbas said.


"We expect public commuters to understand us for we don't have choice for this government has already turned deaf to our legitimate demands. Barricading EDSA will remain essential as thousands of urban poor remain as victims to the government's failure to address the housing problem in urban centers," she claimed.


Relocation houses sold
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:After the 2010 demolition attempt, some 5,000 families voluntarily transferred to Rodriguez, Rizal and San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.


:However, half of the them returned to the slum area after selling their housing units, according to urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap.


:Bagbasbas confirmed this, describing the act as "righteous."
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:"We'll make sure Aquino will regret it if his government continues in demolishing our homes," she said.
 
:Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, meanwhile, has reportedly extended the deadline for the informal settlers' relocation.
 
==Thousand young hopefuls take PMA entrance test ==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51512
*Monday, August 29, 2011
 
: by Jell E. Guzman(AFP/RJB/JEG-PIA-NCR)
 
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 29 (PIA) -- More than 800 young hopefuls yesterday braved the rains and trooped to Ramon Magsaysay High School in Cubao, Quezon City to take the Philippine Military Academy Entrance Examination along with hundreds of young candidates from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
 
“This is a significant day for the Filipino youth,” said PMA Superintendent Major General Nonato Alfredo T. Peralta Jr.
 
According to the PMA, an estimated 12,000 applicants have applied for this year’s entrance exam which is higher compared to last year's total applicants of 11,428.
 
Likewise, application via regular mail for this year has increased by 63 percent or 1,864 compared to last year’s 1,143 applications. Additional testing centers were also set up in Bontoc, Mountain Province and Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.
 
The young hopefuls underwent selection process for a chance to serve the country in the noble profession of arms.
 
Successful candidates will be eligible to a four-year full-scholarship program aimed at transforming them into future leaders of the Armed Forces.
 
Imbued with nationalism, patriotism and strong ethical values in addition to the traditional skills and knowledge of soldiery, these attributes will help the future officers to be protectors of the people and the land, as well as carry on positive changes in the society.
 
“This event recognizes the hope of our country in our youth and the value of their idealism in nation building. It is also a clear response to their desire to serve our motherland,” added Peralta.
 
==NHCP backs transfer of Tandang Sora remains ==
*Source:http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/metro/12202-nhcp-backs-transfer-of-tandang-sora-remains
*Sunday, August 28, 2011 00:00
: by Cory Martinez
 
THE Quezon City government has found a strong ally with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on its pursuit for the transfer of the remains of the Grand Old Lady of the Katipunan, Melchora Aquino, from Himlayang Pilipino to the Tandang Sora Shrine.
 
This was learned after the NHCP has expressed willingness to support the QC government’s interest to pursue the transfer of the heroine’s remains in order to gain congressional approval for its exhumation.
 
Mayor Herbert Bautista said that there is a need to transfer the remains of Tandang Sora since Himlayang Pilipino was not included in the list of NHCP’s national historical shrines and the failure of the memorial park’s administration to provide the city government with valid documents supporting claims that the heroine should remain buried at Himlayang Pilipino.
 
Tandang Sora’s remains were transferred to Himlayang Pilipino in 1970.
 
According to Architect Veronica Dado, chief of NHCP’s historical sites and education division, only an act of Congress would force the transfer of Tandang Sora’s remains.
 
==DOH Sec says DOST studying healing properties of 'Tawa-Tawa' herb ==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51307
*Saturday, August 27, 2011
:by Andrea Renevera-Bancud
 
QUEZON CITY, August 27 (PIA) -- Department of Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona said that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is still in the process of studying the herbal plant Tawa-Tawa as a potential cure against dengue.
 
In yesterday’s Communication and News Exchange Forum (CNEX) of Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Sec.Ona said, “Mukhang ma-I-isolate na ang active ingredient sa tawa-tawa (It seems like the active ingredient in tawa-tawa will soon be isolated).”
 
He admitted that the said herbal plant Tawa-Tawa or Euphorbia Hirta may have some medicinal potential against dengue.
 
The scientific method of forming a medicine according to Ona, is finding the active component in the plant, isolating it and from there, a more concentrated form of medicine can be made.
 
According to anecdotal reports, drinking boiled water with tawa-tawa leaves can cure dengue patients. Sec. Ona, however, cautioned the public against self-medication, especially to cure dengue fever.
 
On reports that there is already a tablet form of tawa-tawa in the market, Ona said he would like to see it for himself, if there is such.
 
Meanwhile, new reports from Zambia and Uganda says the chemical, Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) is once again becoming effective against certain types of mosquitoes. This prompted some to think that DDT can be used against Dengue-carrying mosquitoes. But Secretary Ona said it is not advisable to use DDT because it has toxic effects on human and it oftentimes causes resistance to mosquitoes.
 
==PNoy confers outstanding public servants ==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51113
*Friday, August 26, 2011
:by Jell E. Guzman(AFP/RJB/JEG-PIA-NCR)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 26 (PIA) –- President Benigno S. Aquino III led today a Joint Conferment Ceremonies at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.
 
The President conferred the winners of the 2011 Metrobank Foundation, Inc. and Rotary Club of the Philippines, The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers (TOPS), Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) and Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT).
 
Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Eduardo Oban said these exceptional soldiers, police and teachers will definitely serve as an inspiration, embodying the noble commitment to serve the Filipino nation.
 
“I am confident that more will be motivated to continue doing commendable performance of their vowed duties and responsibilities to our country,” added Oban.
 
Meanwhile, the winners will also participate in a series of events. A joint TOPS and COPS Winners’ Forum will be held on August 27, 2011.
 
Conferment Ceremonies of Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos (TOPS, COPS and SOT Awardees) is slated on September 5, 2011.
 
Likewise, the Metrobank Outstanding Filipinos awardees will also make a courtesy call at the House of Representatives on September 6, 2011, while the TOPSOLDIERS Winners’ Forum is slated on September 7, 2011.
 
The annual search is a joint undertaking of the Rotary Club of New Manila East and the Metrobank Foundation, implemented in close coordination with the Philippine National Police.
 
The prestigious award is given to the noble men and women in the public service in recognition of their shared responsibility among to the community.
 
Established in 1979, the Metrobank Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metrobank Group founded by its chairman Dr. George S.K. Ty with the theme Excel, Engage, Empower.
 
Over the years, Metrobank Foundation has promoted a culture of excellence among Filipinos through its various programs, such as the C.O.P.S., Search for Outstanding Teachers, Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, The Outstanding Philippine Soldier, the Metrobank Math Challenge and College Scholarship Program.
 
The Foundation also engages its partners and awardees in different activities geared towards giving back to the society. Through these initiatives, the Metrobank Foundation empowers its awardees and partners to become better citizens of the community.
 
==Dialysis clinics for QC proposed==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/332053/dialysis-clinics-qc-proposed
*Thursday, August 25, 2011, 5:31pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City councilor has proposed an ordinance seeking the establishment of a dialysis clinic in five health centers in the city.
 
Councilor Jessica Castelo Daza of the fourth district said that if her proposal is approved, the dialysis clinics will also be equipped with x-ray facilities and chemotheraphy rooms.
 
With the rising number of patients with renal diseases, Daza said the costly dialysis treatment could be a burden to families whose members need the treatment.
 
The Quezon City Health Department plans to establish dialysis clinics in Toro Hills Health Center, Dona Narcisa Health Center, Escopa Health Center, Arsenia Maximo Super Health Center and Kamuning Super Health Center.
 
Daza said the Quezon City government first needs to secure a license to operate dialysis clinics from the Department of Health (DoH) before the city can set up such clinics.
 
==What's new with the AFP?==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50775
*Wednesday, August 24, 2011
:by Gideon M Gapayao(PND GMG-PIA GHQ)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 24 (PIA) -- Armed Forces of the Philippines Commodore Jose Miguel Rodriguez will be interviewed at DZRB Talking Points on AFP National Development Support Command (NADESCOM) programs and projects.
 
NADESCOM, which is mandated to conduct development programs in underdeveloped, depressed, and conflict areas is composed of enlisted army, navy, and air force personnel.
 
A NADESCOM medical and dental mission together with the Armed Forces Reserve Command and Quezon City Health Department earlier this month is one of the institution’s various development programs. Three military reservist dentists, two military doctors, and civilian doctors provided BP testing, ECG, X-Ray, ultrasound, pediatric and dental services during the mission at Fairview Quezon City last August 9.
 
Department of Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin also signed a memorandum of agreement with Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Soliman to formalize social welfare and development programs done by both parties. The DND will support DSWD through NADESCOM especially for services in conflict-affected areas.
 
Commodore Rodriguez’s interview will be aired in DZRB Radyo ng Bayan at the Philippine Information Agency from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., August 25.
 
==Nutrition Awards promotes nutrition projects and breastfeeding advocacy==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50441
*Tuesday, August 23, 2011
:by Alfred Kristoffer Guiang(RJB/AKG- PIA-NCR)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 23 (PIA) -- Nutrition being the primordial driving force toward having intelligent, healthy, and productive citizens in a progressive world, served as the central theme during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) held August 18 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City.
 
In due recognition of the invaluable service of nutrition scholars as well as the individual nutrition programs of the local government units in Metro Manila, the Regional Nutrition Committee awarded several prizes to outstanding performances.
 
Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos praised the efforts of the participating areas in NCR for giving importance to the nutrition awareness initiative of the National Nutrition Council. He also encouraged his constituents to uphold their dedication for the city’s nutrition advocacy as Mandaluyong was awarded the Most Outstanding LGU in Nutrition Implementation and Management.
 
Office of Political Affairs Assistant Secretary Rolando Cuccio underscored the importance of nutrition in the mental and intellectual development of children who will eventually be the economy’s driving force. “Kamalayan at karunungan kaugnay sa nutrisyon ay mahalaga dahil ito ang nagtataguyod ng maunlad na pamayanan,” Cuccio added.
 
Nutrition programs, according to Department of Health Secretary Enqirue Ona, through his representative DOH Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo, acknowledged the nutrition-related services done in each LGU in Metro Manila. He noted the dedication and ingenuity of Filipino civil servants in implementing nutrition initiatives that would be lead the road toward progress.
 
Ona added that teamwork is necessary in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals as well as the Aquino administration’s goals for the country. “Kailangan ang sama-samang pagkilos upang makamit ang MDG at ang Universal Health program ng Pangulo,” Ona said.
 
The awarding ceremony also served as venue to emphasize the advocacy on breastfeeding of the Nutrition Council.
 
Mothers must breastfeed their children as this is one way of solving malnutrition among children. Breastfeeding, too, is seen as the best food for infants to achieve optimum physical, mental, and intellectual growth.
 
The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), led by this its chairman Dr. Eduardo Janairo, has been active in engaging LGUs in their active implementation, management, and innovation of nutrition projects to promote healthy living among their constituents.
 
The Regional Nutrition Evaluating Team, chaired by Philippine Information Agency’s Lucia Broño, took the lead in evaluating the nutrition programs of the various LGUs in the National Capital Region and select the most outstanding and effective programs.
 
==25,000 informal settlers get houses==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/331634/25000-informal-settlers-get-houses
*Monday, August 22, 2011 3:28pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government Monday said it will award 25,000 housing units in the National Housing Authority (NHA) relocation sites to the city’s informal settlers especially those living in areas listed as danger zones.
 
Ramon Asprer, head of the city’s Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO) said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is in the midst of validating the master list of informal settlers to ensure that qualified beneficiaries are immediately relocated after the submission of the list to the NHA.
 
He added that the NHA has allotted 25,000 housing units for the city’s squatter families mostly those affected by the demolition of illegal structures and shanties located near transmission lines, sidewalks, esteros and major waterways.
 
Mayor Herbert Bautista stressed that the city government will continue to push the city’s advocacy for housing for local residents in need of decent homes to live in.
 
“We will do our best to fulfill our promise to relocate families living in danger zones,” Bautista said.
 
He also directed city legal officer Christian Valencia to inquire from the Department of Finance, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Philippine Deposit Insurance Company the status of the 80-hectare Banco Filipino property in Barangay Payatas, a site that could accommodate 24,000 housing units once it is turned into a housing project by the local government.
 
Bautista said he expects thousands of the city’s informal settlers to benefit from the housing units being offered to them by NHA. Aside from the NHA housing project, the city government is also offering two other options for informal settlers to choose from.
 
Two other options are to resettle in the city’s socialized housing units either in Payatas, a housing project to be built by Habitat for Humanity or Kaligayahan by Phinma Properties and the “Balik Probinsya” program.
 
Under the socialized housing project, Phinma is set to construct more than 800 housing units at the Arce homesite in Barangay Kaligayan while the Habitat for Humanity will build almost 400 units at the Oviedo homesite in Payatas.
 
Bautista added that more policemen, teachers, firemen, jail officers and other government employees could avail themselves of the city’s socialized housing once it is completed next year.
 
The mayor expects the bulk of informal settler’s families living in danger zones to be accommodated in the NHA housing sites either in San Jose Del Monte or in Montalban (Rodriguez, Rizal).
 
He also ordered to fast track the development of the city’s big socialized housing projects, the first ever in the history of local government units in line with his pro-poor program of building housing communities for the city’s underprivileged residents.
 
As this developed, with the heavy rains prevailing in the metropolis, a Quezon City councilor asked the city’s informal dwellers living near the danger zones to voluntarily vacate the area for their safety.
 
Councilor Jimmy Borres of the third district of Quezon City said that squatters’ cooperation is necessary to avert untoward incidents like deaths or serious injuries in times of natural calamities.
 
He reminded them that by being law abiding citizens “they are doing the country a great deal of service’’ since a huge burden of the emergency and rescue groups are stricken off their shoulders.
 
“Malaking bagay ang maitutulong ng mga mahal natin kababayan kung makikipagtulungan sila sa pamahalaan. Kaya po nagsusumaamo po ako para sa inyong kaligtasan na lisanin niyo nap o ng kusa ang mga lugar na malapit sa daang tubig lalo na ngayong panahon ng tag-ulan, (It would be a big help if the citizens cooperates with the government. I’m appealing to you to voluntarily leave the danger zone this rainy season for your safety’’) Borres noted.
 
Borres called on informal settlers to cooperate and submit themselves to the census by the National Statistics Office and other legal authorities to facilitate the granting of assistance to legitimate beneficiaries.
 
Joselito Cabungcal, chief of the Quezon City Engineering Department (QCED, said that his team’s efforts to clean the canals, creeks, rivers and other waterways are hampered by the presence of illegal structures. He noted that collecting household and industrial discards from the drainage systems and waterways would have been much easier without the illegally-constructed structures near the danger zones.
 
==Strict enforcement of bus tagging scheme starts Monday-MMDA==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50108
*Sunday, August 21, 2011
:by Lucy F. Broño(PIA-NCR/RJB/LFB)
QUEZON CITY, August 21 (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will start the strict implementation of bus tagging scheme of metro Manila buses tomorrow.
 
First time violators will be fined P500 while second time violators will face cancellation or suspension of their franchises.
 
The implementation of the bus tagging scheme started on August 15 and a one week dry run was given where apprehended violators were only given warnings.
 
MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said, “We will now start with the very strict enforcement of the bus tagging scheme. Any city bus caught violating will be meted with appropriate sanctions."
 
The tagging scheme will expand to other public utility vehicle including school shuttle services, taxis, provincial buses, and cargo trucks plying the major and secondary metro roads by October.
 
Under the tagging scheme, the number of the license plates of the PUVs will be painted prominently on the roof, front, back, and sides following a color code to facilitate tracking and identification of traffic violators through CCTV cameras posted in different strategic places of Metro Manila.
 
The tagging scheme was approved by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) composed of the 17 mayors of the National Capital Region last February and was supposed to be implemented last July.
 
The scheme is a re-implementation of a 2002 resolution authorizing the MMDA to implement vehicle tagging on all registered and franchised utility vehicles plying the major and secondary roads of the metro.
 
==QC Mayor vows to continue Quezon’s housing program for poor==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=49970
*Saturday, August 20, 2011
:(QC-PAISO/PIA-NCR/RJB/JEG)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 20 (PIA) -- As Quezon City yesterday led the nation in honoring the city’s founding father, President Manuel L. Quezon, Mayor Herbert Bautista formally launched a pro-poor housing program inspired by Quezon’s social justice advocacy.
 
At the Quezon Memorial Shrine, Bautista vowed to continue the former president’s dream of providing decent shelter for the poor.
 
Mayor Bautista, who paid tribute to Quezon in commemoration of the 133rd birth anniversary of the First Philippine Commonwealth President said, that in building homes for the poor in our own time, “I want his memory to be there.”
 
Noted historian and president of the Philippine National Historical Society Professor Bernardita Reyes Churchill also reminded government officials of the former president’s advice - “we may not go down in history as statesmen, but let us win the title of friends of the poor, the highest title which a Christian man can aspire.”
 
Churchill cited how President Quezon as a true statesman, was focused on governance and not on politics.
 
The late president’s grandchild, Emil Avanceña and son Jose representing Nini Quezon Avanceña, the only surviving member of Quezon’s family, were also present during the occasion.
 
After the commemorative program, Bautista then proceeded to Barangay Payatas to officiate the groundbreaking and time capsule laying ceremonies for the Bistekville 1 housing project.
 
According to the city government, Bistekville 1 will rise at a 1.5 hectare site in Payatas. It is also the first of two resettlement communities that the city government will build starting this year.
 
The other project, Bistekville 2 will soon rise at a 4.4 hectare site in Barangay Kaligayahan.
 
Meanwhile, the Habitat for Humanity will build the first project wherein almost 400 units are to be awarded to public school teachers and informal settler families. The new homes are payable through the Pag-Ibig Fund for a 30-year period. The BPI Foundation is also assisting in the project.
 
During the groundbreaking ceremony, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa announced that President Benigno Aquino III has a P10 billion housing assistance program that will benefit all local government units with informal settler communities.
 
Sec. Ochoa said that Quezon City, being the LGU with the largest informal settler population, may likely receive a big share of the assistance fund.
 
==133rd Quezon birthday recalled today==
*Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug19/news4.html
*Friday, August 19, 2011
:by Angela Lopez de Leon and Ashzel Hachero
 
IT will be special non-working holiday today in Quezon City and the provinces of Quezon and Aurora in commemoration of the 133rd birth anniversary of Manuel Luis Quezon, the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935-1944) and "Father of the National Language."
 
Quezon was the first Senate president elected to the presidency and the first president elected through a national election.
 
When Quezon was inaugurated as Commonwealth president in 1935, he became the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines.
 
The Commonwealth had a strong executive and a Supreme Court. The legislature, dominated by the Nacionalista Party, was at first unicameral, but later became bicameral.
 
In 1937, the government proclaimed a national language based mostly on Tagalog.
 
The Commonwealth government was in exile from 1942–1945, when the Philippines was under Japanese occupation.
 
Quezon died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York on Aug. 1, 1944.
 
City government officials led by Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte will be joined by officials of the National Historical Institute in the wreath-laying at Quezon’s tomb at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Elliptical Road at 8 a.m.
 
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority also announced the lifting of the number-coding scheme in Quezon City.
 
==QC Day celebrated with groundbreaking of housing projects for the poor ==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=49562
*Thursday, August 18, 2011
:By NORBY BAUTISTA
 
QUEZON CITY, August 18 (PIA) -- This year will see the rising of housing units for the needy. Government housing agencies and local government units (LGUs) are filling the backlogs that had piled through the years. The government of Quezon City is one.
 
As part of the celebration of Quezon City Day, the Quezon City government will hold the groundbreaking of two major housing projects for the city's homeless poor on Friday, August 19.
 
Part of the commemoration of Quezon City Day, the groundbreaking will be led by QC Mayor Herbert M. Bautista and the City Council.
 
The two housing projects are situated at Barangay Payatas and Barangay Kaligayahan.
 
The ceremonies will include the laying of time capsule in Barangay Payatas at 11:00 a.m. Project partners Habitat for Humanity and Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-ibig) will participate in the said activity.
 
At 2:00 p.m., Barangay Kaligayahan will see the groundbreaking and laying of time capsule with project partners Phinma and Atty. Ofelia Arce.
 
Phinma is set to construct more than 800 housing units in the Arce Property in Barangay Kaligayahan. In Payatas, the Habitat for Humanity will build almost 400 units in the Oviedo Property.
 
Secretary to the Mayor and QC Task Force Housing chairman Tadeo Palma revealed that teachers, especially those teaching in Quezon City will be the first batch of beneficiaries of the socialized housing project to be developed by Habitat for Humanity in the area.
 
Sec. Palma said that the QC administrator wants to fast track the development of the city's socialized housing projects to attain the city’s pro-poor agenda of providing decent resettlement areas for the city's underprivileged residents.
 
The QC socialized housing project is a public-private partnership (PPP) which President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III is pushing in line with his Daang Matuwid advocacy.
 
"The problem of poverty and informal settlements in QC is huge. But, we can help make this challenge manageable through collaboration with the private sector," Mayor Bautista said.
 
==Orchids to hog the limelight==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/330900/orchids-hog-limelight
*Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 8:00am
:By NORBY BAUTISTA
 
MANILA, Philippines -- The onset of the monsoon rains marks the staging of the 65th Mid-Year Orchid and Garden Show of the Philippine Orchid Society (POS).  To be held at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Diliman, the POS in partnership with the Quezon City Government will open the show on August 25 and will close September 5.
 
The show will carry the theme “Green Living with Orchids,” and will promote environment-friendly ways of gardening and orchid growing.  This season’s show is usually in time for the flowering season of our very own Vanda sanderiana or the majestic Waling-Waling orchid. Also highlighting this event is be the transformation of a part of the Quezon Memorial Circle park into a tropical paradise showcasing the best of this season’s blooming orchids with a competition for the search of the best Philippine Orchid species, the  best Waling-Waling,  and the best Orchid in the show.
 
Botanically speaking, orchids are one of the most advanced of all flowering plants and are efficient in transforming carbon dioxide into plant matter.  Orchid growing and gardening per se is our own little way of contributing in minimizing the effect of climate change, and at the same time, growing these unique plant treasures helps us conserve these endangered species in our own garden.  It also help us transform a monotonous concrete jungle into an interesting tropical paradise, shaded with trees, lined with cool loving ferns, landscaped with colorful flowering plants, and adorned with delightful uniquely scented orchid blooms.
 
It is also the role of the POS to continue, promote and encourage the hobby of orchid growing and gardening in any way possible as it is an interesting and income-generating leisure.  The orchid growing hobby is composed mostly of numerous plant hobbyists, which supports our country’s ornamental plant industry.  The Philippine plant industry has gone a long way, being highly respected upon by our Asian neighbors as Filipinos often win in landscape or orchid exhibits, which truly confirms that Filipinos has really excelled also in the art of landscaping and in plant cultivation, especially cut-flowers.
 
Participating in this show is our country’s top orchid and plant collectors and producers in tandem with the industry’s best landscapers.
 
Free lectures on orchid care will be given daily at 2 pm by orchid experts. A plant bazaar will be set up for those who wish to buy orchids direct from the growers. For more details regarding the POS Mid-Year show please call Tel no. 929-4425 or text 0917-8485468.
 
==QC housing project launched Friday==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/330756/quezon-city-exempts-senior-citizens
*Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 4:27pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government will formally launch socialized housing projects for informal settlers in Barangays Payatas and Kaligayahan in simple groundbreaking rites coinciding with the birth anniversary of President Manuel L. Quezon at two relocation sites on Friday.
 
Mayor Herbert M. Bautista will lead city officials in the groundbreaking ceremony where representatives of Pag-IBIG and project developers the Phinma and Habitat for Humanity are invited.
 
Also expected to attend are Vice President Jejomar Binay, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa.
 
Phinma is set to construct more than 800 housing units in the Arce Property in Barangay Kaligayan while Habitat for Humanity will build almost 400 units in the Oviedo property in Payatas.
 
The city government chose August 19 to start the socialized housing projects to fulfill one of Quezon’s dreams of giving shelter to poor families as part of his advocacy for social justice.
 
==Quezon City exempts senior citizens==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/330756/quezon-city-exempts-senior-citizens
*Monday, August 15, 2011, 3:22pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — As a tribute to the city’s elderly, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed into law an ordinance exempting all local senior citizens from the payment of initial parking rates in city-based establishments charging parking fees.
 
To avail of the exemption, the city’s elderly residents must present their valid senior citizens identification cards upon entry in malls, hospitals, or any other similar establishments charging parking fees.
 
However, Bautista said the privilege granted by the ordinance shall not apply to overnight parking.
 
Greg Banacia chief of the city’s Public Affairs and Information Service Office (PAISO) said initial parking rates refer to the payment for the use of parking spaces provided by malls and similar establishments for the first three hours.
 
After the normal first three hours the senior citizens will then be required to pay the succeeding hourly parking rates of the concerned establishments.
 
He noted that senior citizens with valid identification cards secured from the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) are entitled to the parking privileges.
 
Banacia stressed that elderly occupants of the vehicles whether they are the drivers or passengers can enjoy the city’s special parking rates.
 
Councilor Allan Benedict Reyes of the city’s third district is the author of the ordinance.
 
Reyes said that under the ordinance, cashiers or booth attendants violating the law shall be penalized with a fine of P500 or an imprisonment of one day to 30 days or both at the discretion of the court.
 
The measure, approved by the 26-member city council on second reading on June 13, also carries a fine of P2, 000 or an imprisonment of one day to 30 days to any operator or manager violating the ordinance.
 
Reiteration of infraction by the operator or owner shall result to the revocation of the business permit of the parking area or space concerned.
 
To date, there is a continuing effort from the Quezon City government to expand the delivery of basic services among the city’s elderly residents in recognition to the vital role they play in the task of nation-building.
 
Reyes said that there are around 270,000 elderly residents in Quezon City.
 
==QC gov’t acts to save house of founding father==
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/41185/qc-gov%E2%80%99t-acts-to-save-house-of-founding-father
*Sunday, August 14, 2011  1:15 am
:By Julie M. Aurelio
 
The government of Quezon City wants the house of its founding father declared as a heritage site.
 
It has made the request to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) following reports that President Manuel Luis Quezon’s heirs were planning on selling the 3,678-square-meter property where he lived while recovering from tuberculosis before World War II.
 
Quezon was the president during the Commonwealth era. Quezon City was established in 1939 and was named after him.
 
He briefly served as the city’s acting mayor in 1939 until Tomas Morato took over the post.
 
The sprawling property on Gilmore Avenue in Barangay (village) Mariana, New Manila, includes a two-story house, two one-story structures, quarters for servants and a swimming pool.
 
In the city government’s documents, the two-story house where Quezon lived was described as a colonial-type structure with five rooms built in the 1920s.
 
The city government learned of the purported plan to sell the property as early as 2008, during the term of Mayor (now House Speaker) Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
 
In an interview with the Inquirer, Belmonte said only three or four old houses remained in upper-middle-class New Manila.
 
“I really think the city government should move not only to declare [the Quezon property] a heritage site but also to acquire and preserve it,” Belmonte, a history buff, pointed out.
 
Cultural treasure
 
:Quezon City planning and development officer Tomasito Cruz has written NHCP chairperson Maria Serena Diokno declaring the city government’s intention of registering the property as “an important cultural treasure.”
 
:In a letter dated August 8, Cruz wrote: “It was brought to the attention of the city government that the Quezon-Avanceña property located along Gilmore Avenue is being offered for sale.
 
:“May we therefore request your good agency [to tell us] the possible options on how to acquire subject property and declare it a heritage site in accordance with the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009.”
 
:The Inquirer tried to confirm the planned sale of the property with Quezon’s grandson, Enrique Quezon-Avanceña. But he responded in a text message: “The family has no comment on private family affairs.”
 
:Former Inquirer columnist and now Palace Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III did not reply to inquiries by text message.
 
:The city government itself has yet to receive official word from the family about the supposed planned sale.
 
:“They haven’t officially told us. But the reports on the sale prompted us to act on it,” said Quezon City administrator Victor Endriga, citing real estate sources.
 
Prime property
 
:A conservative estimate puts the value of the property at P110 million.
 
:“I believe it could go beyond that figure because that area is prime property. The house has historical and cultural value to Quezon City and the entire country as well,” Endriga said in an interview.
 
:He said the city government was “very worried about the proposed sale” of the precious landmark.
 
:In documents furnished to the Inquirer, the property was described as occupying two lots and bounded by Gilmore Avenue and 7th and 8th Streets in Barangay Mariana.
 
:The lots are registered to Zenaida “Nini” Quezon-Avanceña, the late President’s surviving daughter.
 
:Avanceña, now in her 90s, lived in the house for 62 years. She has been living in Ayala Alabang since 2006.
 
:The family had rented the house before buying it on installment, Avanceña said in an article run in the Inquirer in September 2008. She said the family had come to consider it a “lucky” house.
 
:A caretaker now looks after the property that also includes a Japanese tea house, a gazebo, a basketball court and a guard house, according to Greg Banacia, chief of Quezon City’s Public Affairs Information and Service Office.
 
Inspection in 2008
 
:Endriga recalled that Belmonte commissioned an inspection of the property after reports of the planned sale first surfaced. The inspection was conducted in the presence of a Quezon grandson.
 
:A 2008 report on the inspection stated that the swimming pool was “nonfunctional but with new tiles installed,” and that the Japanese tea house was in fair condition.
 
:A two-story structure built in the 1970s, which was used as office and storage space, and a one-story recreational hall, which served as a multipurpose hall, were among the renovations, the report said.
 
:Endriga said the city government wanted to convert the property into a museum dedicated to the late President.
 
:“That property has such a great historical significance that it would be a waste to let it go,” he said.
 
:The city government is willing to buy the property, either on its own or with the NHCP, Endriga said.
 
:Under the law, a property declared as a heritage site will receive funding for its conservation and restoration and will be maintained by the local government unit exercising jurisdiction over it.
 
:Once the property becomes a heritage site, it cannot be sold without the NHCP’s permission, Endriga said.
 
History
 
:According to Endriga, private developers have expressed interest in the property, which stands in an area where rows of townhouses are being developed.
 
:“That property is priceless because it stands for the cultural heritage of our history. What will happen to our children if they no longer know who Quezon is, years from now?” Endriga said.
 
==Touch lives thru information, PIOs told==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=48701
*Saturday, August 13, 2011
:by Jerome Carlo R. Paunan (RJB/JCP-PIA NCR)
 
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Association of Information Officers in Metro Manila (AIMM) president is calling on all Public Information Officers (PIOs) of the 17 cities and Public Affairs Directors of national agencies based in Metro Manila to be more active in touching the lives of our people through information.
 
During the group's meeting at the Philippine Information Agency-National Capital Region (PIA-NCR) yesterday, AIMM president and Marikina City Infomation Officer Paul Edward P. Sison, invited PIOs of Pasig, Makati, Malabon, Las Pinas, Taguig, Pateros, Manila, and the MMDA; and the information directors of national agencies to join AIMM or be more active in the group’s activities.
 
“We can make a difference in the lives of our countrymen. With the right information and proper communication, we can facilitate change that touches lives and make our country a better place to live in,” said Sison.
 
He also announced AIMM’s advocacy of espousing developmental communications through regular media forums, a compendium of best practices to be launched in December, and AIMM journalism awards in June 2012.
 
Their media forum for the last week of August will feature the Puerto Princesa Underground River campaign for Seven Wonders with DILG as host, and DOT and DENR co-hosting. The next media forum on the second week of September will be hosted by Valenzuela.
 
Meanwhile, the induction of AIMM’s new set of officers is scheduled on Oct. 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kapitan Moy in Marikina. New members can call Susan De Leon of PIA-NCR and Treasurer of AIMM at tel. no. 929-4521 or 0928-5204310; or email at megamanila_pia@yahoo.com.
 
==DSWD targets 0 streetchildren in 10 NCR priority areas==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/330347/qc-sponsor-more-scholars
*Friday, August 12, 2011
:by Lucy F. Brono(PIA-NCR/RJB/LFB)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 12 (PIA) -- More than 4,000 streetchildren roam the streets of Metro Manila facing dangers of all sorts.
 
The government, through the concerted efforts of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and the 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila gathered in a forum last August 9 to find ways to address the needs of the street people especially the children.
 
The Advocacy Forum with Metro Manila local chief executives and partners in Safeguarding the Welfare of Street Children, Street Families and the Bajaus held last August 9 at Crowne Plaza in Ortigas seeks to give the street people their basic rights deprived of them.
 
The DSWD asked the assistance of all stake holders to return the basic rights deprived of them and is pressing for zero streetchildren in 10 critical areas in Metro Manila.
 
DSWD Secretary Juliano “Dinky” Soliman in her opening speech asked, “Anong puwedeng gawing samasama upang mapangalagaan ang mga tao sa kalsada? Anong pagtutulungan ang kailangan para sa batang malaya?”
 
As the country’s melting pot, the National Capital Region (NCR) tops the list in the number of streetchildren, street families, and Badjaus. More than 4,000 streetchildren converge in 10 critical areas of the eight local government units namely: Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Pasig, Paranaque, Mandaluyong, and Muntinlupa. The incidence of streetchildren was based on the rapid appraisal conducted in November 2010 by DSWD with partner agencies and non government organizations.
 
A massive rescue operation conducted last April 27 and May 10-11, 2011 in cooperation with the 16 LGUs except Makati was able to produce profile of these street people and pinpoint the 10 critical areas where they mostly converge.
 
On his part, City of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim said that he will give his all out support to the program but needs the resources of the government for a successful implementation of the “Zero Street Children.”
 
“To avoid the incidence of merry go round, a unified, concerted, and systematic coordination among local government, national government, and of nongovernment organization must be enforced,” Mayor Lim added.
 
The importance of a well organized and active Barangay Committee for the Welfare of Children (BCPC) was the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) answer to prevent the incidence of streetchildren.
 
DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said, “Mahalagang bigyan ng katotohanan ang BCPC. Mag-umpisa sa sarili at asikasuhin ang sarili.”
 
Secretary Robredo added that amendment to juvenile law is needed so that the children will not be used in crimes as this prevents them from getting a good future. He said that this must be immediately addressed while they are still young for who knows what they will be capable of when they are older.
 
Meanwhile, the DSWD has already lined up programs for the street people which include provision of permanent shelter and access to income generating opportunities, educational assistance, provision of income generating projects through SEA-K to home based families of street children, center based services, reunification to parents, balik probinsiya, activity centers, and others. Local government units are also encouraged to duplicate these activities.
 
In her closing address, CWC executive director Brenda Vigo said,”Every child must be given their rights. We are heeding the call to support the program and to be reminded always that every child is our responsibility.”
 
The Forum was highlighted by the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between DSWD and the LCEs of the LGUs which are the priority areas for the implementation of the Comprehensive Program for Streetchildren.
 
The Declaration of Commitment was also signed by all participants to signify their commitment to the program.
 
Under the MOA, the DSWD shall provide financial and technical support in partnership with the LGUs to implement the Comprehensive Program for Street Children, Street Families and IPs, especially Bajaus, while the LGUs shall provide the necessary financial and technical counterpart in the implementation of this project on a cost sharing scheme.
 
==QC to sponsor more scholars==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=48572
*Thursday, August 11, 2011, 6:30pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — To provide quality education to poor but deserving students, the Quezon City Council passed a law awarding the top 10 graduates of the city’s public high schools with regular scholarship grants under the Scholarship and Youth Development Program (SYDP).
 
Councilor Precious Hipolito Castelo of the city’s second district, who authored the ordinance, said the top 10 graduates from the city’s public high schools will automatically qualify as SYPD scholars regardless if the student is already a scholar of other schools or institutions.
 
The approval of ordinance number SP-2071 S-2011 has practically doubled the city’s admission slots for scholars from public high schools for the next school year.
 
Castelo said “as the city puts in place its poverty alleviation measures to help the less privileged among the QC residents,” there is a need for a long-term solution like providing more scholarships.
 
Mayor Herbert Bautista was elated with the passing of the measure since it boosts the city government’s thrust of providing quality education to students whose parents can hardly cope with their daily expenses.
 
“The city government is determined to settle all concerns in order to minimize the number of displaced youth in the city and upgrade the literacy among the QC populace,” Bautista said.
 
There are 5,689 underprivileged but deserving students who graduated with honors that are benefiting from the city government’s scholarship program.
 
A student who finishes high school as valedictorian or salutatorian receives a scholarship grant of P80,000 including a stipend of P20,000 a year.
 
Students who finished first to third honorable mention in high school and Sangguniang Kabataan officials and alumni of the SB Center for Excellence (Centrex) were each given a P30,000 scholarship grant and a P10,000 stipend.
 
 
==PNoy lauds use of coconet for rehab of MM esteros, waterways==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=ncr&id=48177
*Wednesday, August 10, 2011
:by Jell E. Guzman(DPWH/PIA-NCR/RJB/JEG)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 10 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III lauded the use of coconet technology in the rehabilitation of esteros and other waterways in Metro Manila.
 
Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said coconet is suitable to line creekside because the material is known for its water absorption capability that also helps in flood prevention.
 
Singson also said that the DPWH’s program to use coconet coir fiber as bio-engineering solution can help minimize flooding and soil erosion.
 
The highly indigenous geotextile material made from discarded coconut husks can be used as fender to control soil erosion, slope protection or stabilization, embankment, and shore protection.
 
Meanwhile, the South Manila District Engineering Office has already cooperated with other government agencies and civic organizations in rehabilitating Estero de Paco using cocofiber or coconets instead of concrete structures along creek sides and embankments.
 
The Estero de Paco Rehabilitation Project that stretches from Pedro Gil to Pasig River is in line with the government’s flood prevention activities and enhancement program for the people living within the area.
 
According to the DPWH chief, the bio-engineering technology is much cheaper compared to concrete, resulting to substantial savings to the government.
 
“The Philippine's mountainous topography makes soil erosion a regular problem. Using this bio engineering technology, also maintains the integrity of infrastructure projects, such as roads and bridges,” Singson added.
 
==AFP joins DOH in fight against hunger; promotes breastfeeding==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=47857
*Tuesday, August 9, 2011
:by Jell E. Guzman(AFP/UNICEF/PIA-NCR/RJB/JEG)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 9 (PIA) -- Going beyond the call of duty, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has joined forces with the Department of Health in fight against hunger in celebration of the Breastfeeding Month.
 
Hundreds of military personnel participated in the kick-off launching of the DOH’s Breastfeeding TSEK (Tama, Sapat at Eksklusibo) program Monday morning, August 8 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle together with community health workers, mothers, officials, and employees of the Quezon City local government.
 
Armed Forces chief General Eduardo Oban assured that the country’s premier defense institution will further its efforts in advancing significant programs.
 
“These programs greatly help the men, women and children we have sworn to protect,” added Oban.
 
Likewise, the campaign is a concerted effort of the DOH, National Nutrition Council, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and other partner agencies promoting exclusive breastfeeding for a period of six months.
 
The celebration of the Breastfeeding Month is aimed at achieving one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): to reduce child mortality.
 
Recently, UNICEF urged mothers to fully breastfeed their children for six months after birth to ensure their protection against diseases, and to boost their mental and physical development.
 
Studies have also revealed that breastfeeding brings mothers several health benefits, such as reduced risks of acquiring breast and ovarian cancer, faster restoration of pre-pregnancy weight, and less probability of being obese.
 
==QC barangay officers eyed as traffic cops==
*Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2011/august/8/metro2.isx&d=2011/august/8
*Monday, August 8, 2011
:by Rio N. Araja
 
A QUEZON City councilor is asking the Metro Manila Development Authority to deputize barangay public safety officers to direct traffic, enforce traffic laws, and apprehend violators on major roads.
 
Councilor Ranulfo Ludovica, ex-officio member and Liga ng mga Barangay president of the city, urged Chairman Francis Tolentino to grant barangay officers the authority to enforce all traffic rules not just on secondary or inner roads but on major thoroughfares as well.
 
Despite its competence and expertise, MMDA lacks the manpower to “fully implement all traffic laws and regulations, and closely monitor all traffic situations,” he noted.
 
Ludovica blamed the lack of traffic personnel on the streets for traffic jams and even road mishaps.
 
He said barangay personnel could help the agency in traffic management since they are more familiar with the roads in their own barangays.
 
A traffic violator who would try to evade apprehension could be easily identified and apprehended by barangay officers more than by the MMDA enforcers, Ludovica added.
 
“In the start-off activity, the AFP Chief of Staff, Gen. Eduardo SL Oban, Jr. will lead an oath to reaffirm the soldier’s adherence to the IHL. This will be followed by the pledge of commitment led by the AFP Human Rights Office (HRO) chief, Col. Domingo J. Tutaan Jr.,” the PAO chief stated.
 
==Troops take humanitarian law oath==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329870/troops-take-humanitarian-law-oath
*Sunday August 7, 2011, 6:56pm
:By AARON RECUENCO
 
MANILA, Philippines -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, Gen. Eduardo SL Oban, Jr. will lead Monday troops in an oath to reaffirm the soldier’s adherence to the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in a ceremony to be held at the AFP headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
 
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Secretary Loretta Ann Rosales, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative Jean Daniel Taux and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin will witness the event.
 
Maj. Enrico Gil Ileto, acting AFP – public affairs office (PAO) chief, the oath of adherence to the IHL is the AFP’s way of expressing its unwavering commitment to protect and adhere to the principles of the human rights.
 
Ileto added the activity is in line with the AFP’s taking part in a series of activities starting today to commemorate Thursday’s celebration of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Day.
 
Anchored with the theme “IHL, the International Criminal Court, and RA 9851: Protecting against Impunity as an Instrument of Peace”, the AFP will kick-off the commemorative activities during the flag raising ceremony, said Ileto.
 
“In the start-off activity, the AFP Chief of Staff, Gen. Eduardo SL Oban, Jr. will lead an oath to reaffirm the soldier’s adherence to the IHL. This will be followed by the pledge of commitment led by the AFP Human Rights Office (HRO) chief, Col. Domingo J. Tutaan Jr.,” the PAO chief stated.
 
==NCR 4Ps beneficiaries to be trained as partner implementor of the DSWD==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=ncr&id=47450
*Saturday, August 6, 2011
:by Lucia F. Broño(PIA-NCR/JB/LFB)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 6 (PIA) -- A three day training will be given to a chosen one thousand two hundred eighty nine(1,289) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) parent beneficiaries to become effective parent leaders and active partner of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the implementation of the 4Ps.
 
The participants will come from the local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) excluding Makati and San Juan, that composed the set four areas covered by the program. They were chosen by their fellow beneficiaries for their leadership skills and dedication to community work.
 
The parent leaders will undergo capability building training to provide them with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitude necessary in the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the DSWD.
 
DSWD-NCR 4Ps focal person Ms. Bambi Peralta explained that the participants will be divided into seventeen batches for the trainings that will be held from this month to December.
 
The training will focus on their role as parent leaders and partner program implementors. During this activity, parent leaders will also be trained on managing self and home, effective leadership, communication, facilitation and documentation
 
Various systems installed in monitoring the compliance of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries, such as the Beneficiary Update System (BUS), Grievance Redress System (GRS), and Compliance Verification System (CVS) will also be detailed to participants.
 
Peralta further explained that the Beneficiary Update System (BUS) is a means to gather, validate, report and record the changes that have occurred on the status of any member of the beneficiary’s household, while the Grievance Redress System (GRS) is a means to address and resolve issues and complaints related to program implementation which include the circumstances or expression of dissatisfaction seriously affecting an individual or group related to the program, and the Compliance Verification System or (CVS) is a means to confirm the compliance of beneficiaries to conditions set by the program which also serves as basis of payment of the cash grants.
 
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps and sometimes called as conditional cash transfer (CCT) is a program of the government that aims to elevate the conditions of the poorest of the poor in the entire country through cash grants that involves certain conditionality.
 
==MMDA’s ‘August Estero Blitz’ to decongest waterways==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=47303
*Friday, August 5, 2011
:by Gideon M Gapayao(PND GGPIA-GHQ)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 5 (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced the start of its month long “August Estero Blitz” cleanup campaign.
 
During the Communication and News Exchange (CNEX) forum at the Philippine Information Agency, MMDA general manager Corazon T. Jimenez, together with the Office of the Chairman chief of staff Atty. Maria Resa S. Celiz, announced the launching of the August Estero Blitz to take place August 8 to September 8.
 
MMDA targets to decongest 60 Metro Manila waterways by cleaning two esteros per day for 30 days with 400 people from their flood control group.
 
The project was derived from MMDA’s previously held “480 Minutes Clean-Up Drive” last July 24, where 8,000 to 10,000 personnel and volunteers cleaned-up flood prone areas.
 
Areas which were cleaned in the previous decongestion effort and may also be included in the current project are the Sampaloc area/R.Papa in Manila; Makati Diversion Channel/South Superhighway in Makati City; Maysilo Circle, Boni Avenue, Kalentong, New Panaderos, Shaw Boulevard and Acacia Lane in Mandaluyong City; Barangays Salapan and Balong Bato, San Juan City; and Dona Imelda, Damayan Lagi, Tatalon and Talayan in Quezon City.
 
In line with the MMDA’s smoking ban in public places, violators who refuse to pay the fines may be given the option to render community service by cleaning esteros instead.
 
According to general manager Jimenez, garbage is the primary cause of clogged waterways which eventually lead to flooding. “Almost all of the esteros, creeks and rivers, basura ang nandiyan.
 
Pakiusap lang namin, huwag magtapon ng kahit ano.” (Wastes are in the esteros and rivers, thus we appeal to everyone not to throw wastes in these waterways.)
 
MMDA also asks for the assistance from the local government units to issue policies dealing with garbage and waste disposal as some residents who reside near riverbanks tend to dump their trash indiscriminately.
 
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered LGUs to implement an organized waste disposal system to prevent citizens from throwing garbage in waterways.
 
MMDA and DILG will also work with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the information dissemination campaign on the August Estero Blitz.
 
==QC launches anti-littering drive==
*Source:http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329496/qc-launches-antilittering-drive
*Thursday August 4, 2011, 3:58pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista led local officials Thursday in launching a citywide anti-littering program to act against the indiscriminate throwing of garbage on the city’s major roads and thoroughfares.
 
Under the “QC Ko, Love Ko” program, the city government will harness the participation of nearly 1,000 stakeholders from the barangays, police, out-of-school-youth, educational institutions and city-hired garbage haulers who will be mobilized and deputized by the city government to enforce the city’s environmental laws, especially policies against littering.
 
On the part of city schools, 130 high school students from 13 pilot public schools will be deputized as junior environment police officers who will be tasked to issue notices of violation within the confines of the pilot schools.
 
The city’s anti-littering initiative also covers the introduction of the green desk program where 35 selected police officers from 12 stations of the Quezon City Police District will be deputized as green desk officers to address environmental concerns.
 
The city’s environmental protection and waste management department’s (EPWMD) program was launched at SM City North Edsa Sky Dome. The EPWMD has undertaken a profiling of the city’s major thoroughfares including dissemination of garbage collection guidelines to ensure the success of the city’s initiative, which will be launched to support the “Metro Ko, Love Ko” project of the MMDA.
 
Coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the MMDA, transport groups and vendors has also been undertaken by the EPWMD as part of city effort to strengthen its anti-littering campaign.
 
As part of the “QC Ko, Love Ko” program, a recyclable waste collection project in selected high-end subdivisions involving 120 out-of-school-youths will be implemented. Profits generated from the sale of the recyclable wastes will be awarded to out-of-school-youths who have been tapped for the program.
To allay the fear of Child House patients, PCSO, through Rojas, made it clear that it continue giving support to Child House patients, and whatever concerns they have, they should directly contact the PSCO, through the Executive Office or the Office of Board Directors, and the agency will provide viable solution in the soonest possible time.
 
==PCSO vows continued support for Child House patients==
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=ncr&id=46816
*Wednesday, August 3, 2011
:by Alfred Kristoffer A. Guiang
 
QUEZON CITY, August 3 (PIA) -- Despite the imminent transfer of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to its new office at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, the agency gave assurance of its continued support to its long-time charity projects.
 
This vow of servicing needy patients was made by PCSO general manager Jose Ferdinand Rojas in the government program Communication and News Exchange Forum (CNEX) at the Philippine Information Agency.
 
Rumor has it that the PCSO will stop giving support to the Center for Life Improvement and Health Development House Project, also known as Child House, after the agency decided to transfer its office from the Quezon Institute (QI) to a more structurally-sturdy building.Not true.
 
The move was made by PCSO officials after receiving reports that the QI buildings are already susceptible to damage and collapse.
 
The Child House, a private project initiated by renowned hairstylist Ricky Reyes, is a temporary shelter for children with cancer and those who are in critical health condition.
 
The said project has been receiving support from the PCSO, with their office lodged at one of the QI buildings free of charge, courtesy of the PCSO, through its more than P1 million fund.
 
The fear of discontinued support by the PCSO stemmed from the relocation of the agency's operation which meant relocating the space-dependent Child House.
 
To allay the fear of Child House patients, PCSO, through Rojas, made it clear that it continue giving support to Child House patients, and whatever concerns they have, they should directly contact the PSCO, through the Executive Office or the Office of Board Directors, and the agency will provide viable solution in the soonest possible time.
 
==3 to 5 percent target inflation rate possible==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=46590
*Tuesday, August 2, 2011
:by Gideon M Gapayao(MYQ/ GMG-PIA GHQ)
 
QUEZON CITY, August 2 (PIA)-- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is confident that the country will be able to maintain an inflation rating target of 3 to 5 percent for 2011.
 
BSP director for Monetary and Financial Policy Francisco G. Dakila Jr. revealed during DZRB Radyo ng Bayan, Philippine Information Agency, and PTV 4’s Talking Points that the country’s current inflation rate is within the target range at 4.6 percent this June.
 
Director Dakila stated that monetary policies are created in order to properly balance interest rates from local banks in a manner which will compromise neither the inflation rate nor businesses. “Kapag masyadong mababa ang interest rate magkakaroon ng inflation. Kapag masyadong mataas ang interest rate maaring bumaba ang inflation rate pero magiging matumal naman ang negosyo.”
 
He also explained the significance of inflation through an analogy easily understood by average consumers - through the price increase of commodities. Products and services which can be bought at P100 can be purchased for P104.60 after a 4.6 percent inflation rate.
 
According to Dakila, the inflation rate must be kept under close watch since most companies do not adjust wages in accordance to the rise in prices of commodities due to inflation. He also cited incidences in 1982 and 1984 where the inflation rate shot up by 50 percent. “Kung ano ang budget ko na isang libo sa loob ng isang taon kakailanganin ko na ng P 1,500 para mabili iyung ganoon ding kadami.”
 
However, last year’s inflation rate was at 3.8 percent which is also within the government’s target. With the current data in hand, BSP is also confident in its forecasts that their inflation target rate will be achieved.
 
==QC cites enhanced emergency response==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/329132/qc-cites-enhanced-emergency-response
*Monday, August 1, 2011, 4:02pm
:by CHITO A. CHAVEZ
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government said its continuous disaster preparedness trainings at the barangay level have enhanced the city’s rescue and response capabilities in emergency situations as zero casualties were reported during the recent typhoons.
 
Several areas in the city were submerged in floodwaters, but residents of low-lying-barangays were quick to respond to the city’s call to evacuate to safer grounds to minimize loss of lives and damage to properties.
 
The city’s Social Services Development Department (SSDD) reported that 2,834 families in 29 barangays were affected by the flash floods as heavy rains pounded most parts of the metropolis.
 
Tadeo Palma, secretary to the mayor, said the SSDD headed by Teresa Mariano set up 52 evacuation centers where affected families were provided food assistance during the city’s relief operation.

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