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==‘Pantawid Pasada’ finally rolls out in Southwestern Mindanao== | |||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/31/pantawid-pasada-finally-rolls-out-in-southwestern-mindanao/ | |||
* Wednesday| August 31, 2011 | |||
:by Bong S. Sarmiento | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August) –The first tranche of the government’s “Pantawid Pasada” assistance for public transportation drivers has finally arrived in Southwestern Mindanao or Region 12, a Land Transportation Office official said. | |||
Arlan Mangelen, LTO-12 director, said that 672 cards would be distributed to beneficiaries of the Public Transport Assistance Program (PTAP) in the region, almost four months after the Department of Energy first handed them out. | |||
A total of 2,066 Pantawid Pasada beneficiaries, he added, have been identified in the region, consisting of the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato. | |||
Mangelen did not say when the remaining 1,394 cards will arrive. | |||
“This program was conceived by our government to help the public transportation drivers who suffered from increasing fuel prices,” he said at the ceremonial card distribution here last week. | |||
Each Pantawid Pasada card contains P1,050 worth of fuel for jeepneys and P150 for tricycles, with Mangelen urging the beneficiaries to keep them as it is valid until 2016 for discounts or promos that may be initiated by oil companies. | |||
President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III earlier issued Executive Order No. 32, Series of 2011, titled “Instituting the Public Transport Assistance Program or the Pantawid Pasada that aims to benefit 214,596 jeepney operators nationwide. | |||
Under Joint Circular No. 1 of the departments of Energy, Finance, Budget and Management, Interior and Local Government and Transportation and Communications issued last April 27, the initial funding of P450 million for the Pantawid Pasada program will be sourced from the DOE-Special Account in the General Fund (SAGF) – 15, specifically from the revenue of the Malampaya Gas Field Project. | |||
P300 million of the fund will be released to the DOE for the jeepney driver beneficiaries and P150 million to the DILG for the tricycle driver beneficiaries. | |||
As this developed, local militants staged a protest rally here Wednesday in line with the “Nationwide People’s Protest” against oil price hikes and alleged overpricing by oil companies. | |||
Ryan Lariba, spokesperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Socsksargen chapter, castigated President Aquino, noting that since he assumed office, fuel prices climbed to P43-P46 per liter from P32/L at the start of his term. | |||
“The continuing fuel prices is a result of connivance between an oil cartel and the government,” he claimed, adding that there’s an overprice of P9/L based on a study by BAYAN. | |||
He called for a rollback in fuel prices, as well as the scrapping of the Oil Deregulation Law. (Bong Sarmiento/MindaNews) | |||
==Magnitude 7 Earthquake Rocks GenSan in Mindanao== | |||
*Source: http://manila-paper.net/magnitude-7-earthquake-rocks-gensan-in-mindanao/10107 | |||
*Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | |||
:by manila-paper.net | |||
A strong earthquake rocked General Santos City (GenSan) in Mindanao this afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake was a magnitude 7 and occurred at 2:57 PM. The epicenter of the earthquake, according to Phivolcs, was 1,406 km southeast of General Santos City. | |||
No injuries or damage has been reported but the Phivolcs has warned of aftershocks. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake was tectonic in origin and was felt at intensity 2 in Davao City. | |||
==Mining firm hopes to start groundwork for operation== | |||
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/49489/mining-firm-hopes-to-start-groundwork-for-operation | |||
*5:20 am | Monday, August 29th, 2011 | |||
:by Philippine Daily Inquirer | |||
General Santos City, Philippines—Global mining giant Xstrata’s Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) on Friday announced that it continues to hope to start development activities in its Tampakan project next year to lay the groundwork for full operation by 2016. | |||
SMI, a partnership between the Switzerland-based mining firm, Indophil Resources NL and Filipino investors, to mine gold and copper deposits in Tampakan, South Cotabato and parts of Davao del Sur, was working doubly hard to acquire the necessary certificates for the projected operation, John Arnaldo, SMI corporate communications manager, told reporters here Friday. | |||
SMI’s optimism came amid the existence of a ban by the provincial government of South Cotabato on open-pit mining and other mining methods seen to be destructive of the environment. | |||
The ban has affected SMI’s development activities in the proposed mining area. | |||
With a foreign direct investment of about $5.9 billion, Xstrata foresaw an annual average copper production of 340,000 tons and 350,000 ounces of gold, based on a 20-year operation of the Tampakan project. | |||
Xstrata said the Tampakan project’s mill recovery rates were at 83-90 percent for copper and 60-80 percent for gold, with a copper concentrate grade of 37-34 percent. | |||
==T'Boli pride== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/332358/t-boli-pride | |||
*August 28, 2011, 3:32pm | |||
:by mb.com.ph | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PIA) – A 15-year-old T’boli boy will be joining the Philippine shooters delegation in the forthcoming October 2011 world shooting competition after winning a slot in the August 19 to 21 shoot fest in Davao City. | |||
Kyle Dayle Tuan of T’boli, South Cotabato, is scheduled to compete in the Athens, Greece world class competition after winning the third prize in the prestigious Mayor Inday Sara Duterte’s Cup level-3 match held in celebration of the Kadayawan Festival. | |||
“I hope my son will bring honor to our county particularly to us T’boli of South Cotabato,” his father Dibu Tuan, a municipal councilor of Tboli, said. | |||
==6 OFWs from Region 12 stranded in Syria== | |||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/27/6-ofws-from-region-12-stranded-in-syria/ | |||
*Saturday| August 27, 2011 | |||
:by Allen V. Estabillo | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 August) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao is closely monitoring the repatriation of six overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the region who are currently stranded in strife-torn areas in Syria. | |||
Abdulghani Umag, OWWA Region 12 director, said a report from the OWWA central office showed that two active and four inactive members of the agency from Region 12 have yet to be repatriated from Syria. | |||
The national government earlier raised Alert Level 4 and set the immediate, forced evacuation of the estimated 17,000 OFWs in Syria due to the worsening internal conflict in the area. | |||
“That (number) was based on the OWWA central office’s database. The problem is, we don’t have any information as to how many of the OFWs who had entered illegally in Syria were from Region 12,” Umag said. | |||
Region 12 covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato. | |||
Umag said they have opened two hotline numbers – 09177260443 and (083) 5200205 – at the OWWA regional office in Koronadal City and offered free calls for relatives of OFWs from the area who are presently based in Syria. | |||
He said they also extended their office hours up to 8 p.m. to accommodate inquiries and requests for assistance from the relatives of the OFWs. | |||
The official said they already extended assistance to the family of OFW Jessica Cagaitan, who earlier signified to avail of the government’s repatriation program but had lost her passport and other documents. | |||
Umag said he sent an email to Cagaitan advising her to immediately contact the Philippine embassy so she can get a new passport and other travel documents. | |||
“Once she reaches the Philippine embassy, she will certainly be able to go home,” he assured. | |||
Meantime, Umag said they were also verifying whether there were still OFWs from Region 12 among the estimated 7,000 Filipinos who are still in Libya. | |||
Violence at the Libyan capital of Tripoli and nearby areas escalated during the past several days as opposition forces advanced towards the stronghold of Libyan leader Muamar Khadaffy. | |||
The national government also raised Alert Level 4 for OFWs in Libya and sent a rescue team at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli to facilitate the evacuation and repatriation of the remaining Filipino nationals in the area. | |||
“Nobody has so far asked for our assistance regarding any OFWs from the region who were still stuck in Libya. So we really don’t know if there’s anyone still left there or not,” he added. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews) | |||
==Tuna Festival in GenSan set== | ==Tuna Festival in GenSan set== | ||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/node/331916/tuna-fe | *Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/node/331916/tuna-fe | ||
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Mantele has ordered police chiefs in the cities and provinces in Region 12 to monitor all activities in their respective areas and coordinate with concerned local government officials for necessary action. | Mantele has ordered police chiefs in the cities and provinces in Region 12 to monitor all activities in their respective areas and coordinate with concerned local government officials for necessary action. | ||
==Region 12 gets P676-M in conditional cash transfer== | ==Region 12 gets P676-M in conditional cash transfer== | ||