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Province of Isabela - Archived News

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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No cause for panic on North Korea's ballistic missile launch - PDRRMC

ILAGAN, Isabela- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) told the public that there is “no cause for panic” on the set launching of an earth observation satellite by the Democratic People Republic of North Korea.

Provincial Administrator Atty. Noel Manuel R. Lopez, who temporarily presided the urgent meeting of the PDRRMC, said that the public should stay calm but should always be vigilant in reporting any eventuality that may occur when North Korea has launched its rocket-carrying satellite.

Based on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) memorandum dated April 3, the council is directed to monitor developments and prepare contingency plans in the event that the rockets veers of course and fall in territorial waters.

Henceforth, as the counterpart of the NDRRMC, the province’s risk reduction council has convened and made preparations ans necessary precautions in the event that the rocket satellite will change it course.

Lopez, upon instruction of chairman of the PDRRMC, has instructed the Isabela Police Provincial Office to prohibit residents and sea travelers in the coastal towns of Isabela on April 12 to 16 as a precautionary measure in case the rocket satellite missile of North Korea will change its trajectory.

Lopez also ordered the PDRRMC secretariat to prepare radio messages to local government officials in the coastal towns of Isabela to prepare contingency measure.

“Please reiterate to the public that there should be no cause for panic," Lopez said.

The provincial social welfare and development office is now coordinating with the local government units in the four coastal town of Isabela and has prohibited residents to go on fishing. Relief goods will be distributed to them from April 12 to 16 to help them while they are not yet allowed to fish in the Pacific ocean.

The Bureau of Fire Protection, the Philippine Red Cross, and the Philippine Army are ordered to stand by in securing and retrieving any rocket debris that may fall in the province.

Man, daughter shot dead in Isabela

A 42-year-old farmer and his 7-year-old daughter were gunned down in Angadanan, Isabela last Black Saturday.

The victims were identified as Melanio Respicio and his daughter Mary Jane.

Respicio’s wife Marilou and other daughter Merilyn were also wounded in the incident.

Initial investigation showed that Respicio and his family were on board a motorcycle in the vicinity of Barangay La Suerte at around 9 a.m. when an unknown gunman fired at them.

Merilyn said the suspect fired a couple more shots at them at close range after their motorcycle crashed.

Three shotgun shells were recovered from the scene.

Chief Inspector Salvador Mangulab Jr. of PNP Angadanan said the family has tagged a suspect in the incident.

Respicio’s wife Marilou also said her husband has been receiving threats in relation to a land dispute.

Investigations are still ongoing.

Report: 3 killed, 1 hurt in Isabela motorcycle accident

At least three people were reported killed while one was seriously injured after figuring in a motorcycle accident on Good Friday in Isabela province.

The incident occurred at 2:30 p.m. in General Aguinaldo village in Ramon town, according to a report on Bombo Radyo Saturday.

SPO2 Oscar Valero was quoted in the report as saying four men aboard the two motorcycles, a Raider-type (3409-BQ) and a TMX-type (1164-BQ), sped past a checkpoint near Magat Dam.

Valero said they are verifying an information the men aboard the motorcycles were racing each other.

The fatalities were initially identified as Jessie Reyes, 20; Chris Ivan Gorospe, 18; and Gaudencio Del Rosario, 64.

In critical condition is Christian Del Rosario, 20.

An initial investigation showed the motorcycles crashed at high speed after their drivers failed to notice a sharp curve and lost control.

The Bombo Radyo report also said police are looking into the possibility the victims were under the influence of liquor at the time.

Army to conduct random drug testing for personnel

GAMU, Isabela- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (5ID,PA) based in this town will be conducting random drug testing to some of its army personnel as part of ensuring that no personnel of the army division is using illegal drugs.

Major Dominador Valerio of Camp Melchor dela Cruz said that there are Infantry Battalions that are assigned in areas where there are prone to drug related problems and the division wanted to cleanse and ensure that the men and women in the division are not inflicted with any prohibited drugs.

Valerio said the army is a professional organization and no army is allowed to be infiltrated by drug addicts to maintain its professionalism.

He said that as far as the first conduct of random surprise drug-testing to army personnel under the different battalions of the division, the division has so far recorded no positive users as of press time.

The division will continue its random drug testing to other army personnel after the holy week.

He warned army personnel that those who will be found to be positively using illegal drugs would surely be summarily dismissed from military service.

The army division official maintain its integrity as the internal and external protector of the people and its personnel should abide by the military command.

DOLE, LGUs employ Aeta students through SPES

MACONACON, ISABELA- The Department of Labor and Employment and various local government units had employed Aeta students through the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).

Maconacon mayor Erlinda Domingo pledged 120 slots for Aeta students in the municipality for the SPES this year.

Divilacan town is adopting the SPES for the first time as mayor Ventorito Bulan pledged 10 slots.

Maconacon has allocated P288,000 for payment of the 60 percent share of the local government for the salaries and wages of the beneficiaries while Divilacan has earmarked P24,000.

Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 2 urged local chief executives of Maconacon and Divilacan to give due preference to Aeta students as beneficiaries of the SPES program.

Rodriguez also urged local chief executives to increase their SPES targets in the next round of implementation in order to expand their coverage for disadvantaged students.

Aeta settlers in Divilacan and Maconacon are among the more depressed and neglected tribal groups according to local chief executives. About 600 Aetas are struggling due to lack of education, skills, and livelihood.

Rodriguez said the regional office already committed increased target beneficiaries and budget allotment of P16.9 million for the wages of 10,000 students throughout the region for the SPES from January to December 2012.

The program encourages the employment of poor but deserving students during the summer and/or Christmas vacations, through incentives granted to employers, allowing them to pay only 60 percent of their salaries or wages. The other 40 percent is paid through education vouchers issued by the DOLE.

Beneficiaries are taught the value of work through their employment in various works such as clerical/administrative aides/assistants/office helpers, field workers, data encoders, sales associates, enumerators, street sweepers and service crews and in the greening program of the national government.

More than 3,000 jobs offered to Isabela according to DOLE 2

ILAGAN, Isabela– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has announced that there are more than 3,000 jobs available from private companies that are operating in the province.

DOLE 2 Director Sixto Rodriguez, Jr. said that the agriculture sector in the province needs about 3,500 farm workers by a labor contractor in Benito Soliven, Isabela. Accountants, tellers, loan officers, bookkeepers, jewelry appraisers, and computer programmers are needed by two private banks and pawnshops in Cauayan City.

Fourteen account development salesman, one trade marketing specialist, welder mechanic, audio van operator,cooler technician are needed by a soft drinks company in Cauayan City.

A business process outsourcing company in Cauayan City also needs customer service representatives or call center agents while a tobacco company in Reina Mercedes, Isabela needs 15 encoders, five administrative assistants, 10 interviewers, 10 filed assistants, and one engineer.

Distribution centers in Santiago City are also needing sales clerk, distributor project specialists, salesmen/agent, service crew, catering head, catering service crew, bartenders, decoration personnel, and drivers.

DOLE 2 advised interested applicants to visit the DOLE-Isabela office located at Isabela Sports Complex, Alibagu, Ilagan, Isabela or join the jobs fairs set by the agency.

A scheduled job fair is set to be conducted in Cauayan City on April 9 at F. L. Dy Coliseum, and applicants may also visit www.phil-job.net of DOLE.

Army holds security awareness campaigns to high school students

ECHAGUE, Isabela- Army personnel of the 502nd Infantry Brigade based in this town have conducted two fora on security awareness campaigns to high school students as part of their information and education program.

Deputy brigade commander Colonel Reynaldo Labanen said the military is conducting the security awareness campaign to educate the students on the role of the military and inform them on how to avoid joining the communist terrorist group.

Labanen said that the youth are easily swayed by propaganda of the communist terrorist groups. He said that as evidenced last year, the victims of clashes between the military and New People’s Army (NPA) are young people who have joined the NPA.

The army official urged students to become responsible sons and daughters as well as responsible community members by joining the development efforts and activities of the government.

“We know that youth in this stage are at the prime of idealism and enthusiasm. They are easily swayed if not forewarned,” Labanen said.

The security awareness campaign to students of the 502nd Infantry Brigade’s area of operations is an annual activity of the military to educate and forewarn students by not joining the rebels.

DOLE 2 to provide fishing gears to Aetas, Dumagats of Maconacon and Divilacan

MACONACON, Isabela-At least 400 Aeta-residents in Maconacon and 200 in Divilacan will be provided with fishing gears as an initial assistance to them by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 in order to increase the volume of their fish catch.

This was disclosed by DOLE 2 Director Sixto T. Rodriguez in his visit to the coastal towns last March 23-24 to bring the Department’s programs closer to displaced workers , marginal fisherfolk and Indigenous Peoples.

Based on the assessment made by the DOLE and the local government officials, the residents need fishing boat and fishing gears. The disadvantaged women and marginal farmers need additional source of income and indigenous peoples need to be mainstreamed.

Rodriguez, who is the first DOLE regional director to visit the said coastal towns lamented when he saw personally the situation of struggling Aetas and Dumagats in the river banks hunting for foods, exposed to risks and have no assurance if they can have food for the day.

Rodriguez said the indigenous peoples should be given equal importance in the government’s livelihood programs.

The regional director also gave instant cash to group of Aetas to be used in purchasing their own weighing scales so that they will not be cheated by the buying public.

“I hope the DOLE can do something to provide these groups of disadvantaged individuals in providing them equal opportunity for quality services in tandem with the LGUs, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for skills acquisition, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Education for its literacy program, because they can only be empowered when the government can give them skills, knowledge and resources,” Atty. Rodriguez said.

In his visit to the two coastal towns, he informed the residents about the DOLE’s programs and services specially the various livelihood programs which aim to bolster entrepreneurial activity in the area and to spark grassroots development in order to facilitate the integration of the residents there into the mainstream of economic life.

“This is to provide them tools in order to possibly access the department’s programs and services in partnership with the LGUs and other national government agencies,” Rodriguez added.

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