1. Current issues REPORTED BY: JOSE MARIANOA. EPINOAB
PSYCHOLOGY IIIDR. PALCUTO
2. WHAT IS POLITICS?POLITICS(from Greek politikos "of, for, or
relating to citizens") as a term is generally applied to the art or
science of running governmental or stateaffairs, including behavior
within civil governments, but alsoapplies to institutions, fields,
and special interest groups such as the corporate, academic, and
religious segments of society. It consists of "social
relationsinvolving authority or power" and to the methods and
tactics used to formulate and apply policy.
3. HEADLINES PRAYER RALLY Bishops Declare Support for
EjaculationMore Funding For Cavite UrgedDrilon filed Senate Bill
No. 24072 US experts see PH under Aquino Asias next tigereconomy A
first: Philippines to buy 2 missile warships from ItalyCavite vies
for another Seal of Good Housekeeping award
4. PRAYER RALLY AGAINST THE PHILIPPINES PROPOSEDREPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH BILL.
5. PRAYER RALLYAugust 2, 2012, 6:57pmManila Archbishop Luis
Antonio G. Tagle has enjoined thefaithful to attend a prayer rally
against the ReproductiveHealth (RH) bill on Saturday, August 4, at
the Shrine ofMary Queen of Peace (EDSA Shrine) from 1 p.m. to 7
p.m.In a circular, the prelate called on the clergy, religious men
and women, mandated organizations, committed lay menand women, and
the youth in the archdiocese to participate in the prayer power
gathering called Prayer Power Rally Against the RH Bill in
solidarity with the initiative of theEpiscopal Commission on Family
and Life. (Christina I. Hermoso)
6. DRILON FILED SENATE BILL NO. 2407 Frequent suspension of
classes makes Pepe and Pilar dull. So contends Sen. Franklin Drilon
who renewed his call on Friday for a change inthe countrys school
calendar amid frequent and lengthy class suspensions due tothe
heavy rains and widespread flooding this week. The [students] being
absent in school means less absorption and less time tolearn,
Drilon said in a statement, adding that the school opening should
be rescheduled so as not to coincide with the countrys monsoon
season.In 2010, Drilon filed Senate Bill No. 2407 seeking to amend
the AdministrativeCode so that the school opening date shall not be
earlier than the first day ofSeptember nor later than the last day
of October of each year unless prevented by fortuitous events.The
Administrative Code currently gives the secretary of education the
discretion to set the opening of classes not earlier than June nor
later than the last day ofJuly.
7. 2 US EXPERTS SEE PH UNDER AQUINOASIAS NEXT TIGER
ECONOMY
8. PHILIPPINES ASIAS NEXT TIGER ECONOMYThe Philippines is now
out of the doldrums and on theverge of an economic takeoff,
according to two visiting foreign economists.The Philippines under
President Benigno Aquino III has the best chance of becoming a
tiger economy in Asia asemerging markets led by China have started
slowingdown, while the debt crisis in the euro zone and the
faltering United States economy continue to spook the markets,
saidDrs. Tyler Cowen and John Nye.
9. A FIRST: PHILIPPINES TO BUY 2MISSILE WARSHIPS FROM
ITALY
10. PHILIPPINES TO BUY 2 MISSILE WARSHIPSAt last, the
Philippines will be getting real warships. Defense Secretary
Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said the government was planning to buy
next year its first two modern warships armed with surface-to-air
and surface-to-surface missiles and capable of hunting down
submarines in the West Philippine Sea.Defense Undersecretary
Fernando Manalo said this would be the first time that the
Philippines would have warships with missiles and other modern
armaments. Gazmin said the Department of National Defense was
looking to acquire the missile frigates from the Italian Navy. The
twoMaestrale-class frigates cost P11.7 billion. These are warships,
Gazmin said in a press conference. They have antisubmarine
capabilities and surface -to-air missiles.This is really for
battle. We could get the frigates by November next year.He said the
frigates would be more lethal than the Hamilton-class cutters the
US Coast Guard was selling to the Philippines. The Maestrale class
of frigates was initially commissioned for the Italian Navy in
1982. They were primarily designed for antisubmarine warfare but
are also capable of fighting on the surface and shooting down
aircraft. Equipped with several electronic warfare systems, these
ships also have torpedoes, long -range guns and automatic weapons.
The Italian Navy will retire these frigates next January, Manalo
said.
11. SEAL OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGAWARD
12. CAVITE VIES FOR ANOTHER SEAL OFGOOD HOUSEKEEPING AWARDTRECE
MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Aug 11 (PIA) -The provincial government will
once again vie forthe Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) award given
by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).The Seal
is a mechanism comprising a set of criteria aimed at recognizing
local government unitswith good performance in internal
housekeeping, particularly in the areas of planning, sound
fiscalmanagement, transparency and accountability, and valuing
performance management. In a letter addressed to all department
heads, Efren C. Nazareno, engineer and provincialadministrator for
External Affairs, said, Awards and citations play significant role
in governance asthese recognitions give us, civil servants,
fulfillment and validation that our efforts are bringing positive
change to our constituents. For this, Nazareno asked department
heads to prepare and furnish his office a semestral accomplishment
report which will cover the period of January to June of this year.
He said the report will be based on the Annual Investment Program
format and should beaccompanied by a narrative report, among which
are pictures, project proposals, minutes of meetings and other
pertinent documents as attachments.Nazareno is certain that they
will get another Seal of Good Housekeeping for the province. (RF
-PIA 4A, Cavite)