May2, 2014 1“in pursuit of PIA’s commitment to provide a national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant information… “

VOL 2 ISSUE 95 Daily E-Newsletter of Philippine Information Agency - 8 May 2, 2014

The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic

Resources draws near its target of distributing 32,222 fishing boats to Yolanda affected fisherfolks. BFAR Director General Asis Perez happily made the announcement during the distribution of 1,000 boats, engines, freezers, fishing gears and P1,500 cash assistance to fisherfolks from all over Eastern Visayas on May 2 at the Balyuan Park¸Tacloban City overlooking Cancabato Bay. DG Perez said that to date, the total number of fishing boats constructed and or being repaired in the Yolanda affected regions has reached P24,017 covering more than 100 municipalities in the affected areas.

With the latest turnover of boats, BFAR has achieved 75% of the targeted 32,222 boats under the rehabilitation initiatives. “This might be the last batch of wooden boats that we will be turning over to Region 8 as we have already started the construction of boats made of fiberglass,” Director Perez said. Director Juan Albaladejo added that under the Phase II of the Ahon Initiative, BFAR aims to distribute fiberglass boats in areas near the Pacific-side for fisherfolk who completely lost their fishing boats. Meanwhile, Director Perez said, “Our work here is not yet over. Other livelihood interventions such as the establishment of seaweeds nurseries,

distribution of fingerlings and re-establishment of damaged fish cages, are already underway,” as he assured the Region of continuous support and assistance from the National Government.The event on May 2 was a happy occasion for the fisherfolk beneficiaries from Basey, Marabut and Santa Rita in the province of Samar; and from Tacloban, Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa, Dulag, Mayorga and Ormoc City in the province of Leyte. The activity was attended by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, PIA Director Olive Tiu, the local media and the BFAR regional directors from all over the country. (PIA 8)

BFAR draws near its 32,222 target with 24,017 boats already distributed

President Benigno S. Aquino troops the line upon arrival for the Philippine Navy Change of Command and Retirement Ceremony at the Capt. Salvo Pier in Sangley Point, Cavite City on Wednesday (April 30). The Commander in Chief appoints Rear Admiral Jesus Millan as the 34th Flag Officer in Command after his predecessor Alano retires from the military service. Millan is a member of the Philippine Military Academy “Sandigan” Class of 1982. (Photo by Gil Nartea / Malacañang Photo Bureau)

2 May 2, 2014

DILG to assist in rehabilitation of damaged public buildings in Yolanda-hit barangays T he Nat ional Government

through the Depar tment of I nter ior and Local Government, i s now focusing i ts attent ion to helping barangays regain their abi l i t y to del iver bas ic ser v ices. DILG Region 8 Direc tor Pedro A. Noval J r. sa id this development fo l lows af ter the re lease of nat ional government ass istance recent ly to provinces, c i t ies and munic ipal i t ies which were hardly-hit Super Typhoon Yolanda. Direc tor Noval sa id that as announced by DILG Secretar y Mar Roxas dur ing the turnover of checks to local government units (LGUs) last Apr i l 10 and 11, the barangays wi l l a lso receive ass istance for the repair of damaged barangay hal ls , day care centers, and c iv ic centers or gymnasiums or auditor iums. I n this connec t ion, Direc tor Noval ca l led on c i t y and munic ipal mayors to help their barangays to prepare and to submit the suppor t ing documents to the DILG Regional O ff ice in Tacloban Cit y by May 7 so that they can benef i t f rom the nat ional government a id under the Reconstruc t ion Ass istance on Yolanda (RAY ) . Direc tor Noval d isc losed that of the 61 af fec ted local government units in Eastern Visayas, only the munic ipal i t y of Albuera , Leyte has yet to c la im i ts check for P7.75M, due to the repor ted fa i lure of i ts Sangguniang Bayan to issue a resolut ion author iz ing i ts M ayor to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DILG. The amount re leased by DILG direc t ly to the af fec ted

munic ipal i t ies, c i t ies and provinces in Eastern Visayas this Apr i l tota led more than P900 mi l l ion. The f i rst batch of checks were personal ly handed over by Secretar y Mar Roxas to the provincia l government of Leyte, the c i t ies of Tacloban, Ormoc and Baybay, and 35 towns af fec ted in Leyte. O ther badly hi t LGUs in Eastern Visayas received the RAY funds through Dir. Noval who was instruc ted by Sec. Roxas to distr ibute the checks so that LGUs could a l ready star t their much-needed projec ts. The mayors or local t reasurers of s ix munic ipal i t ies and the provincia l government in B i l i ran, and of t wo towns in Samar c la imed their checks at the DILG Regional O ff ice on Apr i l 24 . The nex t day, Dir. Noval v is i ted t wo (2) more towns in Samar and 11 towns in Eastern Samar to hand over the checks to their munic ipal mayors. I n order to be able to avai l of the nat ional government a id for repair of barangay publ ic bui ld ings, Barangays must submit to DILG-8 Regional O ff ice, p ic tor ia ls taken f rom al l angles of the af fec ted bui ldings and programs of work prepared by the Cit y/Munic ipal Engineer and approved by the Punong Barangay. T h e s e shal l l ikewise be val idated by the C/MPDC and attested by the Cit y/Munic ipal Mayor and the Munic ipal DILG off icer. Al l documents submitted must be subscr ibed and sworn to by a notar y publ ic . This wi l l help DILG hasten

projec t evaluat ion and fund re lease s ince the agenc y cannot feas ibly do onsite val idat ion of each damaged bui lding in the est imated 2 ,000 barangays af fec ted by Yolanda in the region s ince i t only has three (3) engineers at i ts regional of f ice and a few at the f ie ld, Direc tor Noval sa id. Dir. Noval echoed Sec. Roxas’ p lea for LGUs to be prudent in the use of the money, and as much as poss ible, tap local labor and mater ia ls to help st i r up i ts economy. DILG is ask ing non- government organizat ions (NGOs) , media and the publ ic to help the agenc y monitor LGU spending of RAY funds. The depar tment expec ts a l l repair and rehabi l i tat ion projec ts by LGUs to be completed by the end of the year. To recal l , of the 1 .79 Bi l l ion (P1,791,400,000) a l located for rehabi l i tat ion of LGU bui ld ings under RAY, Tacloban Cit y received the biggest chunk at P230,687,979.22 for the repair of the c i t y hal l , publ ic market , and c iv ic center. For the provinces, Leyte LGUs received the biggest funding with a l locat ion amounting to P801,804,911.17, or about 45 percent of the total rehabi l i tat ion fund. Al locat ion for other provinces in Region 8 include P19,917,634.41 for B i l i ran; P100,219,564.57 for Eastern Samar ; and P16,528,192.25 for Samar. (P IA 8)

May2, 2014 3Retiring soldier urges colleagues to be good public servants

A retiring soldier tear fully exhorted his colleagues to be

good soldiers and public servants. “I have reached the peak of the military service and have hurdled various obstacles. You can also surpass the same challenges if you, my fellow soldiers exercise the legacy of being good followers and public servants,” Master Sergeant Benjamin Javier Estafia told his fellow soldiers. The Soldiers of the 19th Infantry Battalion during its regular f lag raising ceremony on Monday, April 28, recognized the senior non-commissioned officer who is retir ing after 31 years and seven days of struggle in the military service. Master Sergeant Estafia who hails from St. Bernard, Southern Leyte was given certif icate of recognition by Lt. Col. Nedy Espulgar for his invaluable and dedicated services to 19IB where

he has been assigned months after his enlistment in the regular force of the Philippine Army on April 1, 1982. His wife, Nida Estafia also received a certif icate of appreciation. As Estafia bid farewell from the military service, his colleagues, not just by his subordinates but also the officers in 19IB commended and thanked him, for they learned much from him in all aspects of the military. In his parting message, Estafia tear fully recalled the hardships and sacrifices he had experienced and the various positions which he held while with 19IB. He gained positions such as team leader, squad leader and company first sergeant because of his dedication in his assigned tasks and duties. He is both a combatant and a community relations specialist.

In his early years, Estafia also had survived two (2) NPA-initiated ambushes, one of which was on January 5, 1987 in Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, Northern Samar, where he was wounded. Lt. Col. Espulgar said the service rendered by Master Sergeant Estafia is one of the longest in the history of 19IB and the hardest to achieve by any soldier. “I hope we can all retire l ike Master Sergeant Benjamin Estafia, whose service cannot be equaled if we deviate from the true traditions and mandate of the Philippine Army. Let us all remain steadfast to the Internal Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan and the Army Transformation Roadmap as our guides in serving the people, securing the land”, Lt. Col. Espulgar said. (PIA 8)

4 May 2, 2014

Tacloban media join celebration of World Press Freedom DayA s the wor ld celebrates Wor ld

Press Freedom Day 2014 on Saturday, the local media prac t i t ioners in Tacloban wi l l jo in the celebrat ion by an ac t iv i t y at 10 o’c lock in the morning in Broadcaster R amon Noblejas Junc t ion. The celebrat ion is anchored on the theme “Media Freedom for a Better Future : Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. I n a statement sent to Phi l ippine I nformation Agenc y , the Ac t iv i t y wi l l s tar t with a message f rom the organizer Nestor L . Abrematea Regional Chairman, Publ ishers Associat ion of the Phi ls . I nc. and Publ isher of the Tacloban Star-The M ani la Newsweek . Rev. Fr. Amadeo Alvero Archdiocesan Media Direc tor wi l l lead in the prayer for depar ted mediamen. A wreath lay ing ac t iv i t y led by PIA Regional Direc tor Ol ive Tiu and M r. Nestor Abrematea wi l l fo l low. Ever y year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental pr inciples of press f reedom; to evaluate press f reedom around the wor ld, to defend the media f rom attacks on their independence and to pay t r ibute to Journal ist

who have lost their l ives in the exerc ise of their profess ion. May 3 was procla imed Wor ld Press Freedom Day in the UN General Assembly in 1993 fol lowing a recommendat ion adopted at the t went y-s ix th sess ion of UNESCO ’s General Conference in 1991. I t ser ves as an occas ion to inform c i t izens of v io lat ions of press f reedom – a reminder that in dozens of countr ies around the wor ld, publ icat ions are censored, f ined, suspended, and c losed down, whi le journal ists , editors, publ ishers, are harassed , attacked , detained and even murdered. I t i s a date to encourage and develop in i t iat ives in favor of press f reedom and to assess the state of the press f reedom wor ldwide. I t a lso ser ves as a reminder to government of the need to respec t their commitment to press f reedom and is a lso aday of ref lec t ion among media profess ionals about issues of press f reedom and profess ional ethics. Wor ld press f reedom day is a day of suppor t for media which are targets for the restra int , or abol i t ion of press f reedom. I t i s a lso a day of remembrance for

those journal ists who lost their l ives in the exerc ise of their profess ion. I n a l i s t obtain f rom the organizer there are of 8 media men that died at the height of super t yphoon Yolanda they are Archie Globio of DYBR, Malou Real ino of DYBR, Ronald Vinas of DY VL, Al lan Medino of DY VL, Engr. Gregor io Caing E V Mai l , Abelardo Or teza of Leyte Samar Dai ly Express, Chito Lopez of DYBR, Ar ie l Agui l lon of Bombo R adyo Tacloban, Post Yolanda are Carol ina Monti l la of te le -radyo DY VL ACC and Justenr y Lagr imas, .O ther depar ted mediamen were I nocencio Maderazo, of E V Journal and DY VL, R amon Noblejas of DY VL, Char l ie Fi lamor of DY VL, Daniel Genot iva of DY VL, Agust in Arnaiz of the Repor ter, Godofredo Amon of the Repor ter, Ar turo Andrade of PNA, Segundino Vi l lablanca of PNA and Tacloban Times, Domingo Mar iano of DY VL, Rene Amano of the Tacloban Star, Jose Valdesco of the Tacloban Star and Mani la Bul let in , Engr. R iza ldeVi l lablanca of DY VL, and Vicente Bat ic of AAC. (P IA 8 with L izbeth Ann A. Abel la)

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May2, 2014 5Mangingisdang Direktor sworn in to office in celebration of Farmers and Fisherfolks Month

M r. D i o n i s i o A . B a l i l i w a s i n s t a l l e d a n d h a s t a k e n h i s

o a t h a s 2 0 1 4 M a n g i n g i s d a n g D i r e k t o r o f t h e B u r e a o f F i s h e r i e s a n d A q u a t i c r e s o u r c e s B FA R - 8 . T h e i n s t a l l a t i o n w a s d o n e d u r i n g t h e A H O N Fi s h i n g b o a t s a n d Fr e e z e r t u r n - o v e r a t B a l y u a n A m p i t h e a t e r i n Ta c l o b a n C i t y. B a l i l i i s a f i s h e r f o l k l e a d e r f r o m C a l b a y o g C i t y. T h i s f i s h e r f o l k e m p o w e r m e n t p r o g r a m o f B FA R i s b a s e d o n D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e S p e c i a l O r d e r N o. 8 8 , s e r i e s o f 2 0 0 5 , d u b b e d a s “ M a n g i n g i s d a n g D i r e k t o r Pa r a s a M a s M a t a t a g n a B a l i k a t a n” w h e r e

n a t i o n a l a n d r e g i o n a l f i s h e r f o l k l e a d e r s t h a t h a v e b e e n c h o s e n b y t h e i r f e l l o w f i s h e r f o l k l e a d e r s s h a l l a c t a s B FA R D i r e c t o r a t t h e n a t i o n a l a n d r e g i o n a l l e v e l s f o r t h e w h o l e m o n t h o f M a y t o h i g h l i g h t t h e Fa r m e r s a n d Fi s h e r f o l k M o n t h C e l e b r a t i o n . T h e m o n t h - l o n g c e l e b r a t i o n i s a y e a r l y u n d e r t a k i n g o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e a n d t h e B u r e a u o f F i s h e r i e s a n d A q u a t i c R e s o u r c e s ( B FA R ) s i n c e 2 0 0 5 a s a t r i b u t e a n d a s a w a y o f r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e s e l f l e s s s a c r i f i c e s a n d d e d i c a t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y ’s f a r m e r s a n d f i s h e r f o l k s w h o l a b o r e d d a y a n d

n i g h t i n p r o v i d i n g t h e f o o d o n o u r t a b l e . B a l i l i h a s t a k e n h i s o a t h i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f A t t y. A s i s G . Pe r e z t h e D i r e c t o r G e n e r a l o f B FA R a n d D i r. J u a n A l b a l a d e j o B FA R R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r. I n a n i n t e r v i e w B a l i l i s a i d t h a t h e i s a b i t a p p r e h e n s i v e o f h i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s b u t i s h a p p y s e r v i n g h i s c o - f i s h e r f o l k s f o r a t l e a s t a m o n t h a s m a n g i n g i s d a n g d i r e k t o r. ( P I A 8 w i t h L i z b e t h A n n A . A b e l l a )

Construction of road opening, a welcome development for some residents in covered areas

T he construction of road opening at the San Miguel-Babatngon-

Tacloban City Road along the Bagahupi-Babatngon-Sta. Cruz-Caraycaray Section, San Miguel, Leyte is a welcome development in the covered areas. I t was learned from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte First Engineering District (1st LED) that a number of residents in the covered areas were hired as laborers by the contractor of the project, which is the B.M. Marketing. District Engineer Angel

A. Sia, Jr. informed that the road opening project along Tulaan-Bagacay Section involves the application of bio-engineering solution and the construction of rubble concrete, and once completed it is expected to preserve the existing pavement. According to him, the project which has a P45,565,322.17 budget allocation is now 60% completed. Another road project currently being worked-on by the DPWH-1st LED is the concreting of the Kil ing-Tanauan-Tabontabon-Julita Road in the municipality

of Tanauan, which is part of the re -blocking and widening of the newly converted provincial road previously damaged by calamities. Engr. Sia informed that the project is funded under the General Appropriations Act of 2014, and is under contract with the CNE Construction with a project cost of P9,229,143.69. He added that to date, the concreting project is already 85% accomplished. (PIA-8)

BY: MARIVIC ALCOBER

6 May 2, 2014

8,000 nga mga trabaho nagpamulat han mga kwalipikado nga aplikante dida han kanan DOLE Labor Day Mega Job Fair

M aabot 8 ,000 nga mga opur tunidad hin

pantrabahuan en nagpamulat ngadto han mga k wal ipik ado nga mga apl ik ante didto han M ega Job Fair nga gindumara ha Saint Paul School of Business & Law k akulop nga adlaw, Mayo 1 nga may k alabutan han 2014 Labor Day nga selebrasyon.

Nagser ing hi DOLE8 Dir. Exequiel Sarcauga nga an Job Fair en nagt ik ang dida han a las’8 han aga tubtub dida han kulop. An DOLE Direc tor en nanawagan han mga namimil ing hin t rabaho nga kumadto hin temprano ngadto han lugar ngan magdara han era mga k inahanglanon nga mga opisyal

nga papeles nga magpapak i la la ha era . Ser ing niya nga dir i n i ra angay palabayon eni nga higayon mahitungod nga ta lagsaon la an pagdudumara hin Job Fairs . Eni en ik a-3 pala nga Job Fair nga gindumara ha S ini rangan Bisayas yana nga tuig, dugang pa niya . Beynte -s ingko (25) nga mga napamatud-an nga mga langyawanon nga recruitment agencies en bumul ig dida han gindumara nga jobs fa i r nga naghatag hin total nga 7 ,684 job orders ngan 22 nga mga nan-ngengempleyo t ik ang ha rehiyon 8 , l ima t ik ang ha rehiyon 7 ngan duha t ik ang ha Caraga region nga ha k abug-usan en umabot ha 1 ,843 nga mga nak apahamtang nga mga oputunidad hin pantrabahuan, ser ing ni Direc tor Sarcauga. Dugang pa niya nga damo nga mga ahensya han gobyerno en bumul ig gihapon dida han nasabi nga Job Fair. Eni en nag-uupod hin tulo nga gobyerno nasyonal ngan mga ahensya nga may mga bak ante sugad han Nat ional Economic and Development Author i t y, Depar tment of Trade and I ndustr y, O verseas Workers Welfare Administrat ion, ngan han Nat ional Mar i t ime Polytechnic. An selebrasyon han Labor Day dida han Mayo 1 en nak asentro ha tema nga “Sa S ipag, Tiyaga at Tal ino Buong Mundo ay Saludo sa Manggagawang Pi l ip ino”. ( Trans. by maa/PIA8)

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May2, 2014 7Pangulo Aquino: Mga reporma han gobyerno nagtitikang na pakabantad han pakigbisog kuntra kakablasan

An mga programa han gobyerno ha ilarum han “Tuwid na Daan”

maupay nga pangobyernohan en nakaangkon na hin positibo nga pagdis-ug ngan nakabantad na han kanan gobyerno pakigbisog kuntra kakablasan, sering ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III dida han Huwebes. Dida han iya mensahe dida han iya pagbisita ngadto han manufacturing facility han Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI) dinhi, nagsering an Pangulo nga an mga reporma ha agrikultura, inprastraktura, turismo ngan social services en nag-iban han kadamo han mga kablas nga mga Pilipino. Dida hin usa nga NEDA report, nagsering an Pangulo, an nasud en nakalista hin tulo ka-porsyento hin pag-ubos dida han kadamo han mga Pilipino nga mga kablas tikang dida han una nga semester han 2012

tubtub 2013. An tulo kaporsyento nga pag-ubos en ekwebalente ngadto ha 2.5 milyones nga mga Pilipino, nga naghinga-upay an mga kinabuhi han nakalabay nga duha katuig, sering niya. “Ngan yana nga mas pa nga nagbubunga an mga reporma nga aton ginpasunod ngan ginpapasunod, segurado nga mas madamo pa an mga katawhan nga matatagan naton hin mas kumportable nga panginabuhi,” sering han Pangulo dida han iya mensahe. “Bahin hini, padayon naton nga panininugurohan an an panginano ngan paghatag hin serbisyo ha mga Pilipino. An gusto naton: an maseguro nga diri na mahibalik pa an anay nga kahimtang han aton mga katawhan, kun baga makaigo utro en ano man nga kakurian.”

Ginpasalamatan han Pangulo an katawhan han Laguna ha pagsuporta ha iya ngan han mga meyembro han iya partido han mga nakalabay nga piniliay. “An akon la ginhahangyo: Kun natuod kamo nga tama an aton ginbubuhat, kun nadiri kamo nga mabalewaray an maupay nga aton natikangan nga tadong nga dalan, pilion naton an mga masunod nga mga lider nga magpapadayon ngan mas pa nga magpapahilawig han aton mga naipundar nga reporma,” sering niya. “Pilion naton an kaangayan para magin permanente an hilawig nga transpormasyon nga gintatagamtam ha pagkayana han aton katawhan.” Labot la han IMI, ginbisita gihapon han Pangulo an Testech Inc. ha Calamba City, ngan han Alliance Mansols Inc., nga adto gihapon ha Binan. (Trans. by maa/PIA8)

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