President
Aquino orders Social Cabinet Cluster to 'draw up a substitute measure'
that Congress may use to pass Magna Carta for the Poor
President Benigno S. Aquino III has directed the Social Cabinet Cluster
(Human Development and Poverty Alleviation) to draw up a “substitute
measure” that will be submitted to Congress which it may use as reference
towards drafting a Magna Carta for the Poor.
In an interview after keynoting the 5th Anniversary of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Pasay City on Monday, the President said he wanted a substitute measure formed after he vetoed a previously drafted Charter for the Poor citing the improbability of the government meeting its demands.
Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, the Philippines, as a signatory, joins 160 other countries in committing to work towards the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to individuals, including labor rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living.
The President cited Section 4 of the ICESCR which gave the poor the right to immediately demand “the enjoyment of which is an essential step towards poverty alleviation: a) the right of food; b) the right to employment and livelihood; c) the right to quality education; d) the right to shelter; and e) the right to basic health services and medicine.”
He noted as an example the provision of providing shelter which he said is around five million social housing units that will cost P2.320-trillion which is the entire budget for this year of about P2-trillion.
“So, ang buod niyan, isa pa lang doon sa limang karapatan hindi na kayang punuin ng budget. Ngayon, ‘yung budget natin... ang pwede lang i-program off the P2-trillion is roughly about P600-billion. Wala pa ‘yung right to food, wala pa ‘yung right to work, wala pa ‘yung right to health, wala pa ‘yung right to education,” the President said.
“So, ang corrective action natin dito, dinirect (direct) natin ang social cluster to draw up a substitute measure that we will give to the next Congress and, hopefully, that they will act upon with haste,” he added.
Women wearing hijab, peace advocates run for peace
In an interview after keynoting the 5th Anniversary of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Pasay City on Monday, the President said he wanted a substitute measure formed after he vetoed a previously drafted Charter for the Poor citing the improbability of the government meeting its demands.
Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, the Philippines, as a signatory, joins 160 other countries in committing to work towards the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to individuals, including labor rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living.
The President cited Section 4 of the ICESCR which gave the poor the right to immediately demand “the enjoyment of which is an essential step towards poverty alleviation: a) the right of food; b) the right to employment and livelihood; c) the right to quality education; d) the right to shelter; and e) the right to basic health services and medicine.”
He noted as an example the provision of providing shelter which he said is around five million social housing units that will cost P2.320-trillion which is the entire budget for this year of about P2-trillion.
“So, ang buod niyan, isa pa lang doon sa limang karapatan hindi na kayang punuin ng budget. Ngayon, ‘yung budget natin... ang pwede lang i-program off the P2-trillion is roughly about P600-billion. Wala pa ‘yung right to food, wala pa ‘yung right to work, wala pa ‘yung right to health, wala pa ‘yung right to education,” the President said.
“So, ang corrective action natin dito, dinirect (direct) natin ang social cluster to draw up a substitute measure that we will give to the next Congress and, hopefully, that they will act upon with haste,” he added.
Women wearing hijab, peace advocates run for peace
By Apipa P.
Bagumbaran
MARAWI CITY, Lanao
del Sur, March 26 (PIA) -- Some 95 stakeholders have joined the first-ever
“Hijab Run for Peace” in the province on Sunday, March 24.
Women wearing hijab (veil) led other peace advocates in the peace run that started as early as 6 a.m. in the Mindanao State University (MSU) Main Campus, here.
The run for peace was organized by the Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN) and the Sindaw ko Kapagingud (SIKAP) in celebration of Women’s Month and the Bangsamoro Week of Peace.
The Hijab Run for Peace aims to encourage Muslim women to take part in the promotion of peace.
It also seeks to promote the importance of wearing hijab.
Among those who participated in the run were members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, MSU-Department of Security Services, and members of the Karancho.
The YMPN is a group of young Muslim professionals that promote volunteerism, use their own resources, talents, education, training and work collectively to help other Muslims.
The SIKAP, on the other hand, is a non-profit and non-governmental organization composed of Maranao women based in Lanao del Sur volunteering for community development. (APB/PIA10)
Women wearing hijab (veil) led other peace advocates in the peace run that started as early as 6 a.m. in the Mindanao State University (MSU) Main Campus, here.
The run for peace was organized by the Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN) and the Sindaw ko Kapagingud (SIKAP) in celebration of Women’s Month and the Bangsamoro Week of Peace.
The Hijab Run for Peace aims to encourage Muslim women to take part in the promotion of peace.
It also seeks to promote the importance of wearing hijab.
Among those who participated in the run were members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, MSU-Department of Security Services, and members of the Karancho.
The YMPN is a group of young Muslim professionals that promote volunteerism, use their own resources, talents, education, training and work collectively to help other Muslims.
The SIKAP, on the other hand, is a non-profit and non-governmental organization composed of Maranao women based in Lanao del Sur volunteering for community development. (APB/PIA10)
30 CdO barangays to receive multicab vehicles
By Ana Celeste W. Felisilda
CAGAYAN DE ORO
CITY, March 26 -- Additional 30 city barangays will receive, through their
Punong Barangays and other Barangay Officials, this Wednesday, March 27
multicab vehicles in simple turn-over ceremony to be held at 9 a.m. at the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 10.
This brings to a total of 80 units of multicab vehicles which were procured through the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Senator Aquilino Martin L. Pimentel III and 50 of which vehicles were already turned-over to the recipient barangays in a similar turn-over ceremony last February 25.
As envisioned, the vehicles are primarily to be used to address the apparent lack of mobilization of the city barangays, especially those in the far-flung areas and communities, which invariably affected and hampered the efficient and effective delivery and implementation of the basic social services to the people.
With the intensive efforts of the government to implement reform programs at the grassroots level for the betterment of our barangays, these vehicles can surely facilitate the smooth coordination with the barangays officials and the agencies concerned with the implementation of these programs and ensure sustainability of the identified projects, not to mention the utility of these vehicles in times of disasters and calamities, said Director Rene K. Burdeos, DILG-10. (Ana Celeste W. Felisilda/DILG/PIA10)
This brings to a total of 80 units of multicab vehicles which were procured through the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Senator Aquilino Martin L. Pimentel III and 50 of which vehicles were already turned-over to the recipient barangays in a similar turn-over ceremony last February 25.
As envisioned, the vehicles are primarily to be used to address the apparent lack of mobilization of the city barangays, especially those in the far-flung areas and communities, which invariably affected and hampered the efficient and effective delivery and implementation of the basic social services to the people.
With the intensive efforts of the government to implement reform programs at the grassroots level for the betterment of our barangays, these vehicles can surely facilitate the smooth coordination with the barangays officials and the agencies concerned with the implementation of these programs and ensure sustainability of the identified projects, not to mention the utility of these vehicles in times of disasters and calamities, said Director Rene K. Burdeos, DILG-10. (Ana Celeste W. Felisilda/DILG/PIA10)
Stakeholders sign commitment in water cooperation
By Jasper Marie
Oblina-Rucat
Engr. Edgardo C. Demayo, Office of the Senior Deputy Administrator Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), said water is everyone’s concern. We are here because this is an important issue. Water is life and it is finite, he stressed.
General Manager Rachel M. Beja of the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) cited few key points during the event. One is that water transcends boundaries and knows no borders. She said that it is a shared resource of myriad uses.
Water is an agent to fulfill the basic human need; indispensable component of the environment and plays a big role in socio-economic development.
She hoped that we attain balance in the end and able to share water within ourselves evenly.
Through videos, leaders of the city particularly city mayor Vicente Y. Emano, Misamis Oriental governor Oscar S. Moreno, representative of the 2nd congressional district of the city Rufus B. Rodriguez, Oro Chamber president Efren T. Uy and Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, expressed their support to make sure water is provided adequately and in a reasonable price in the region.
The UN proclaimed 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation through UN General Assembly Resolution 65/154. Diverse activities around the world will help raise awareness of the potential of and challenges to water cooperation, facilitate dialogue among stakeholders and promote innovative solutions. (JMOR/PIA10)
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