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BATAS NA! - Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Duterte ang Social Security Act of 2019!
Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang bagong batas na kung saan ang mga miyembro ng SSS na tinanggal sa kanilang mga trabaho ay mabibigyan ng Employment Insurance. P10,000.00 ang halaga ng buwanang sahod na maaring umabot ng dalawang buwan, sapat na palugit upang makahanap sila uli ng bagong mapapasukan. Maaaring ma-claim ang buwanang employment insurance na tatagal ng dalawang buwan ang sinumang empleyado na natanggal sa kanilang mga trabaho, ito ay ayon sa Republic Act 11199 o tinawag na Social Security Act of 2019. Maaring lamang ito ma-avail isang beses kada tatlong taon. Ang batas na ito ay nilikha lalo na para sa mga miyembrong 60 yrs pababa. Makukuha ng member ang 10,000 kada buwan sa loob ng dalawang buwan kung ang...
Gordon: ‘Doble plaka’ law seeks to limit ‘riding-in-tandem’ killers
The newly signed law that requires bigger license plates on motorcycles aims to cut down on or prevent killings carried out by gunmen on the two-wheeled vehicles, Senator Richard Gordon said on Sunday. "Ipinagtatanggol ko lang ang mga taong pinapatay ng mga riding-in-tandem assassins. They can no longer seek justice for themselves. How do we do justice to these people? You limit the way people can get away with riding without motor plates and riding with stolen motorcycles," Gordon said in a statement issued a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would suspend the implementation of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, which he had signed into law last month. "I will try to convince the LTO [Land Transportation Office] to maybe...
Maria Ressa in top 100 most influential people in the world
One more time, Maria Ressa is recognized as an icon fighting for the truth in journalism... Here is a short article from Madeleine Albright. For those who don't know, she is an American politician and diplomat. She is the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, having served from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright) "Soon after learning that she was one of a group of journalists being honored by TIME as Person of the Year in 2018, Filipino reporter Maria Ressa had a startling realization—she was the only one of the honorees who was not either dead, a recent survivor of a deadly attack or imprisoned. She has since been arrested and released on bail...
6-Lane Quirino Bridge II now fully open to motorists
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar opened on Thursday, April 11, 2019 the newly-reconstructed northbound direction of Quirino Bridge II also known as Concordia Bridge along Quirino Highway, in Paco, Manila. “A 6-lane Quirino Bridge II can now be used by motorists going in and out of southern part of Manila with the completion of three (3) southbound lanes last October and now the three (3) northbound lanes,” said Secretary Villar. According to Secretary Villar, although reconstruction of northbound lanes was halted to make way for the Christmas rush, it was completed by DM Consunji, Inc. within a month from February until March 2019. It can be recalled that Quirino Bridge II underneath the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3...
The full list of the aquino projects to be completed during duterte’s term
Obviously, almost all of these projects being paraded by the DPWH as completed using the tag line Build-Build-Build, were actually projects conceived, prepared, and endorsed by the previous administration to the the Duterte's administration. Source: http://www.makabansa.com/news/the-full-list-of-aquino-admin-projects-to-be-completed-during-dutertes-presidency/ NAIA E×ρréššway, Phase II – A 4.70-km , four-lane elevated E×ρréššway from Sales Road to MIA Road; will reduce average travel time between Skyway and NAIA Terminal 1 Tignon-Goa-San Jose-Lagonoy-Guijalo Tourism Road – Will reduce travel time between Naga City and Caramoan; an access road to Caramoan Island, a tourist destination in Camarines Sur Naga Airport, Naga City –...
West Philippine sea sa panahon ni Pnoy
Source: Mark Lopez 5 hrs SCARBOROUGH STANDOFF Mga peeps, let me tell you the real story bakit itong mga dilawan eh ginagawan ng issue ang China at si PDuts... May gustong pag takpan yan eh - Alam nyo ba na nung 2012 eh nilagay ni Noynoy ang Pilipinas sa alanganin at muntik na tayo isabak sa gyera laban sa China? Nagtapang tapangan at pumorma kasi akala may back up na America pero ultimately TUMIKLOP AT UMATRAS? At dahil jan, naka abante ang China sa West Philippine Sea. Tapos, nung umatras, ang estupidong presidente na yan eh nagpabuyo pa sa America na nag udyok sa kanya na idemanda ang China sa Permanent Court of Arbitration o PCA. Alam na natin lahat ang kinalabasan nyan na kung saan nag aksaya lang tayo ng P500 MIllion para sa...
Bakit Maraming Galit sa Mga LP / Dilawan
Ako aminado ako , maraming Deserving sana sa mga LP na manalo bilang senador pero takot ang mga tao lalo na yung mga sumusuporta kay Duterte. Bakit??????? Takot kasi kami na baka kung may manlo na mga Lp o Dilaw sa pag ka senador baka gagayahin nito si Trillanes , Bam , HOnteveros na palaging at kung ano nalang gagawin para sirain ang Presidente. Pati nga Si "Bong Go " napahubad ng wala sa oras ng kanyang damit dahil sa paninira. May mga "Bikoy" pa na inilabas. Kitang kita na ang pagiging Disperado na umagaw ng Pwesto. Kesa sa siraan, sana tumulong nalang sila sa presidente para mabilis ang pag babago na inaasam nating lahat. Magtulungan kahit oposisyon. Sana mabilis ma solve lahat ng problema , maka isip ng mas maganda pang plano o...
Climate change could undermine children's education and development in the tropics
Climate change could undermine children's education and development in the tropics https://phys.org/news/2019-04-climate-undermine-children-tropics.html Education of children is one of the ambitious goals for sustainable development as a way to alleviate poverty and reduce vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters. Yet, a new study by a University of Maryland researcher published in the April 15, 2019, issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that exposure to extreme heat and precipitation in prenatal and early childhood years in countries of the global tropics could make it harder for children to attain secondary school education, even for better-off households. University of Maryland...
Hindi lang pala sa Facebook , pati dito sa Phc may Bayaran na Dilawan!
Di ba kayu naawa kay president Duterte lahat ginawa nya para mapaunlad at maiayos ang bansa natin, pero kayu paninira lang ang ginawa lara maiupo ulit sa pwesto ang mga dilawan na matagal ng nakaupo sa gobyerno natin. 16milyon ang naniniwala kay duterte , wala kana tol mauuto sa panahong ngayun . Kulilat na kulilat mga Otso Diretsu ngayun sa Survey.
Magtulungan tayo pumili ng mga karapat dapat na Senatoriables
Since malapit na ang election, just to vote wisely, sino sa tingin ninyo ang 5 na karapat dapat makapasok sa Senatoriables? Bakit silang 5 ang napili ninyo? Ano ang mga nagawa na nila na pumabor sa panlasa ninyo? May basehan ba talaga kayo, emosyon lang ang pinairal ninyo, or napaniwala kayo ng fake news? Grace Poe (Independent) Cynthia Villar (Nacionalista) Sonny Angara (LDP) Bong Go (PDP-Laban) Pia Cayetano (Nacionalista) Lito Lapid (NPC) Nancy Binay (UNA) Ronald dela Rosa (PDP–Laban) Bong Revilla (NPC) Imee Marcos (Nacionalista) Francis Tolentino (PDP-Laban) Jinggoy Estrada (PMP) Bam Aquino (Liberal) Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban) Sergio Osmeña III (Independent) Mar Roxas (Liberal) JV Ejercito (NPC) Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP) Dong...
Diversionary Tactics
"Nais ng mga masasamang pulitiko na manatiling mahirap at kulang sa edukasyon ang mga botante upang madali nilang magoyo at suhulan tuwing eleksyon. Sa binibigay nilang tulong ay ipaparamdam nila na may utang na loob ka sa kanila. Maaari na ang pinapamudmod nilang tulong kuno ay galing din sa pera ng bayan, nakaw na yaman o ibang kriminal na gawain. Hindi ito tunay na tulong daling panandalian lang at hindi magaahon sa kahirapan at kamangmangan." -CTTO Vote Wisely.
Guilty corrupt
I don't know what kind of brain those Filipinos have. Nakasuhan na nga ng pandarambong itong Sina Jingguy at Revilla Pero nangunguna pa Sila sa survey Ganyan ba kababaw utak ng pilipino? ( I'm not generalizing ) . Be honest halos ng Pilipino Bobotante? (Hindi ko nilalalahat Pero karamihan Ganyan) Bute NALANG may matatalino PANg botante. Sa government Naman DAPAT gumawa sila ng Batas na simumang magkasala sa BAYAn. Katulad ng pagpatay ,îllégâl drugs at pandarambong ay totally ban na sa gobyerno para nagkaraan ng disiplina sa gobyerno Yan Ang paraan para tumino at luminis Ang gobyerno at mapalitan ng Bago! Sino kayang senator Ang magpapanukala Nyan. Kung sa pag apply sa government employee Meron mandatory requirements aba DAPAT mas lalo...
Duterte declares lease contracts by wealthy groups on gov’t lands cancelled
The President also prohibited any more lease and acquisition of government lands by the private sector, saying he intends to give away these lands to agrarian reform beneficiaries for the remainder of his term. Duterte said: “My order to the DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform), since I still have three years remaining, is to give away all the lands to the people. That is what I intend to do,” Duterte said during the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon last Saturday. “The rich multinationals who acquired leases on many lands, those leases have expired. If they haven’t yet, consider it cancelled because your lands are now under land reform,” he said in taking back the government lands. “There will be no acquisition...
My cents in this election
Actually naman kasi lahat ng nasa itaas ay corrupt. Walang hindi corrupt diyan, lahat yan corrupt. Ang problema lang sa iba, hindi marunong mag dala. Gahaman, garapal at lantaran. For example, Binay is corrupt may kaso etc. etc. pero look nyo yung "City" niya which is "Makati" may mga side na mahihirap/squatter pero hindi abot ng 50% kasi magaling sya humawak at yung mga anak niya. Yung mga studyante libre lahat, and almost pati yung baon gusto narin ilibre ng Makati. Pero we all know na corrupt din siya and marami ding monkey business na ginagawa ang kaso magaling siyang humawak, ramdam ng tao yung "Serbisyo". Kaya kahit sino itapat eh hindi na bibitawan ng taga Makati yung "Binay". Kumbaga nahuli nya yung kiliti ng tao. Kaya ang...
GOOD NEWS
GOOD NEWS! NOW OPEN AGAIN for commercial operations, the rehabilitated Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) and extended runway of the Marinduque Airport were inaugurated today, 11 April 2019. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade led the inaugural ceremony of the airport that was left in a dismal state for years and has halted commercial operations since 2013. The DOTr alloted PhP9 million for the rehabilitation of the airport's PTB, which includes the installation of air conditioning units and replacement of accordion walls with glass walls, making it more convenient, safer, and more secure. To address the airport’s growing passenger demand, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) also implemented the PhP12-million concreting...
Bicol International Airport
Dito nyo makikita kung san na pupunta tax natin hindi sa bulsa ng mga corrupt. Pinangunahan ni DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade ang site inspection sa ginagawang Bicol International Airport ngayong araw, ika-11 ng Abril 2019. Tinagurian bilang 'Most Scenic Gateway', ang BIA na ngayo'y may 57.44% completion rate, inaasahang lalong magpapa-angat sa ekonomiya at turismo ng lalawigan. Sa ngayon, 100% kumpleto na ang airside ng paliparan na binubuo ng airstrip, runway, taxiway, apron and perimeter at fence habang ang landside naman nito na binubuo ng mga gusali ay tuloy-tuloy ang konstruksyon. Oras na makumpleto ang konstruksyon nito sa Hunyo 2020, inaasahang makakapag-accommodate ito ng aabot sa 2 milyong pasahero taun-taon. Kasama sa mga...
PAGASA ISLAND
Hong Kong (CNN)Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if Beijing doesn't "lay off" a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea. Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain. "Let us be friends, but do not touch Pagasa Island and the rest," Duterte said, according to CNN Philippines, using the Philippine word Pagasa for Thitu. "If you make moves there, that's a different story. I will tell my soldiers, 'Prepare for suicide mission'." Duterte said his words were not a warning...
Sharp rise in Arctic temperatures now inevitable – UN
Temperatures likely to rise by 3-5C above pre-industrial levels even if Paris goals met Sharp and potentially devastating temperature rises of 3C to 5C in the Arctic are now inevitable even if the world succeeds in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, research has found. Winter temperatures at the north pole are likely to rise by at least 3C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century, and there could further rise to between 5C and 9C above the recent average for the region, according to the UN. Such changes would result in rapidly melting ice and permafrost, leading to sea level rises and potentially to even more destructive levels of warming. Scientists fear Arctic heating could trigger a climate...
12 signs we’re in the middle of a 6th mass extinction
Here are 12 signs that the planet is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, and why human activity is primarily to blame. Insects are dying off at record rates. Roughly 40% of the world’s insect species are in decline. A 2019 study found that the total mass of all insects on the planets is decreasing by 2.5% per year. If that trend continues unabated, the Earth may not have any insects at all by 2119. “In 10 years you will have a quarter less, in 50 years only half left, and in 100 years you will have none,” Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, a co-author of the study, told The Guardian. That’s a major problem because insects like bees, butterflies, and other pollinators perform a crucial role in fruit, vegetable, and nut production. Plus...
New human species found in Philippines
There's a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that's been found in the Philippines. It's known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country's largest island Luzon. Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more recent people. That could mean primitive human relatives left Africa and made it all the way to South-East Asia, something not previously thought possible. The find shows that human evolution in the region may have been a highly complicated affair, with three or more human species in the region at around the time our ancestors arrive. One of these species was the diminutive "Hobbit" - Homo floresiensis - which survived on the...
Climate change damage equivalent to asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs
Climate change could potentially have the same impact as an asteroid impact that slammed into the Earth more than 60 million years ago. Human-caused climate change such as air pollution, rising sea levels and habitat loss could trigger mass extinctions once more, they said in a new study. Co-author Research Associate Dr Andrew Fraass (Corr) from the University of Bristol said: ‘From this study, it’s reasonable to infer that it’s going to take an extremely long time – millions of years – to recover from the extinction that we’re causing through climate change and other methods.’ Read more at: https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/08/climate-change-damage-equivalent-to-asteroid-that-wiped-out-dinosaurs-warn-scientists-9133956/
Global Social Issues
https://you_tu.be/o6l1CsqZtnk Network neutrality (Internet censorship), Feminism and the disappearing male human rights abortion low fertility ( poverty ) Low-quality jobs resource competition ( energy + shale mining technology ) Overly aggressive advertising services ( Ad block ) Space debris and commercial communications satellite Corruption of the ruling class The fourth industrial revolution ( artificial intelligence ) and disappearing profession ( profitability ) ESS energy storage technology _ Nuclear fission reactor high-level radioactive waste It can use nuclear waste reprocessing technology to create nuclear weapons or it can dispose of high-level radioactive waste in countries such as developing countries...
Is the President honestly poor or honestly rich?
This long article is from a research from Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism. The full article with documents can be found here: https://pcij.org/stories/law-firm-not-registered-some-biz-interests-not-disclosed-debtor-gets-deal-to-import-ricel/ On several occasions, President Rodrigo R. Duterte has claimed that he was born to poverty. Yet at other times, he has boasted that he was raised in wealth. The disclosures in his asset records across 20 years are woefully inconsistent, or less than fully open. Daughter Sara, Davao City mayor, and son Paolo, resigned Davao City vice mayor, are similarly ambiguous in the declarations they have made under oath in their respective Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth...

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