Comelec may use vehicles
of other government agencies
By Rutchie C. Aguhob
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis
Occidental, Feb 4 (PIA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) can use
vehicles of deputized government agencies during the election period.
Through Resolution No.
9598 issued on Dec. 21, 2012, certain government financial institutions (GFI),
national government agencies (NGA) and government-owned and controlled
corporations (GOCC) shall place at the disposal of the Comelec vehicles it may
need from time to time.
Among these vehicles are
land, air and water craft assets, such as airplanes, helicopters, trucks,
jeeps, vans, cars and the like, ships, launches, barges, and speedboats.
Among these GFIs, NGAs
and GOCCs are the following: the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Land
Bank of the Philippines (LBP), the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP),
the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the Social Security System
(SSS) and the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).
The Department of
Education (DepEd), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the National Irrigation
Administration (NIA), the National Food Authority (NFA), the National
Electrification Administration (NEA), the National Printing Office (NPO) and
the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).
The vehicles shall be
used to ferry the personnel of the Comelec and of its deputized agencies in the
performance of their election duties. These include the transport of election
forms, supplies and materials to their places of destination, particularly in
areas with inadequate or without regular means of transportation.
For this purposes, these
agencies shall provide the Comelec with a list of available vehicles, together
with the pilots, captains, shipmasters, or drivers assigned to said crafts or
vehicles at the disposal of the Comelec immediately and until the end of the
election period. (RCA/PIA10-Misamis Occidental)
Comelec sets guidelines
on where/how to get hiring ban exceptions
By Rutchie C. Aguhob
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis
Occidental, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Requests to be exempted from the hiring ban during
the election period, from Jan. 13 to June 12, should be made in writing, the
Commission on Elections (Comelec) said.
Sec. 261 of the Omnibus
Election Code stipulates that the appointment of new employees, creation of new
position, promotion, or giving salary increases, durinq the period of 45 davs
before regular election and 30 davs before a special election, is considered an
election offense except upon prior authority of the Comelec.
However, the Comelec
will not grant authority sought unless, it is satisfied that the position to be
filled is essential to the proper functioning of the office or agency
concerned, and that the position will not be filled in a manner that may
influence the election.
On the other hand,
request for exception from the ban to transfer government employees shall be
made in writing indicating the office and place to which the officer or
employee will be transferred or detailed and reasons for the same.
These requests must be
filed with the Comelec Law Department when it involves the following: the
official station of the employee concerned is in the central/main office of
NGAs and GOCCs and when the transfer or detail is between or among the regions
or inter-regional; regional directors, assistant regional directors,
provincial/district directors of the Philippine National Police (PNP) or
officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with the rank of major or
equivalent rank or holding positions of battalion commanders or higher.
If it also involves
provincial treasurers and schools division superintendents, irrespective of
their official stations, and government employees with official stations in the
field offices including the National Capital Region (NCR).
Similarly, the request
for transfer or detail involving city/municipal treasurers and assistant SDS,
irrespective of their official stations and government employees with official
stations in the field offices including the NCR must be filed with the
corresponding offices of the RED of the region where the employee/s sought to
be transferred or detailed is stationed. (RCA-PIA10, Misamis Occidental)
Comelec bans promotion,
salary increases, privileges to gov’t. employees
By Jasper Marie
Oblina-Rucat
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Feb. 4
-- Based on Resolution No. 9581 of the Omnibus Election Code, one of the
prohibited acts during the election period is the granting of promotions,
augmenting salaries, and awarding of privileges to government employees,
including government-owned corporations.
This resolution takes
effect 45 days prior to regular election and 30 days before a special election,
said Comelec regional director Atty. Rey F. Sumalitao.
Such election offense
includes any head, official or appointing officer of a government office,
agency or instrumentality, whether national or local including government-owned
or -controlled corporations, who appoints or hires any new employee, whether
provisional, temporary or casual, or creates and fills any new positions,
except upon prior authority of the Commission, said Atty. Sumalitao.
Further, during the
election period beginning January 13 to June 12, 2013, no public official must
use or cause any transfer or detail of any officer or employee in the civil service,
including public school teachers.
Also, starting March 29
to May 13, 2013, there will be no hiring of new employees, giving promotion or
increase of salary, except upon prior authority of the Commission, as stated in
the resolution.
For agencies who wish to
request for authority to make or cause any transfer or detail should be in
writing indicating the particular office and location to which the officer or
employee is proposed for transfer, detail or move and the reasons as such.
Similarly, applications for authority to appoint or hire new employees must
also be in writing encompassing necessary data and reasons for the same, said
Sumalitao.
Any office or agency
requesting authority from the Commission to create and fill new position should
make certain that the filling up of such position must not influence the
results of the election, the director added. On the other hand, to request
suspension of any elective provincial, city, municipal, or barangay officer
should be submitted to the Law Department of the Commission, with a copy of
formal complaint executed under oath and containing specific charges.
Penalty for any
violation of this resolution will be punishable by imprisonment of not less
than one year but not more than six years among other penalties provided by
law, he added.
However, renewal of
appointments of temporary, casual, substitute, and contractual personnel are
not covered by this prohibition and will no longer need prior authority of the
Commission, Sumalitao concluded. (JMOR/PIA10)
Maramag strengthens
intensive livestock farming
By Ruby Leonora R.
Balistoy
MARAMAG, Bukidnon, Feb 4
(PIA) -- Sixteen dairy cows and carabaos (water buffalo) have undergone the
artificial insemination (AI) and pregnancy diagnosis in Barangay Kisanday here,
as the local government of Maramag strengthens its intensive livestock farming.
Mayor Alicia P. Resus
said this will provide farmers of updated technology to increase production and
improve quality of animal products.
Deworming was also
carried out where 99 heads of cattle, 12 carabaos, five horses, and 34 goats
were cured of worm infestation.
Maximiano Lugao,
agricultural officer, said a team from the Maramag agriculture office and
Philippine Carabao Center has been intensifying this activity to help farmers
in conserving animal genetics & breeding, prevent disease occurrences and
outbreaks, and above all, the shifting from "traditional" low-input
to "modern" intensive animal production.
Team members included
agricultural technologists Boy Abon and Cocoy Ombao from the Philippine Carabo
Center, based in Central Mindanao University; agricultural technologists
Antonio Arellano, Metchell Awanon, and Girlie Butad of Maramag LGU.
“This project supports
President Benigno S. Aquino III’s Agri-Pinoy livestock program geared towards
modernized farming to enhance competitiveness of the livestock industry,” the
mayor said. (Oscar S. Navacilla, PIO, Maramag/RLRB PIA 10, Bukidnon)
CdeO, DSWD, Habitat for
Humanity lead relocation site groundbreaking
By Recthie T. Paculba
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,
Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano together with Atty.
Araceli F. Solamillo, Social Welfare regional director, and Leonilo Escalada,
Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) regional program director led the
groundbreaking in the 16-hectare relocation site in Pagatpat here.
The site will host 2,000
duplex-type houses to be constructed by the Habitat for Humanity on February 1,
2013.
Vice-Mayor Caesar Ian
Acenas, several Cagayan de Oro City councilors, Barangay Captain Rey Mabunay of
Pagatpat and several barangay captains and department heads of City Hall also
attended the ceremonial capsule-laying and blessing.
In his message, Mayor
Emano was most appreciative of Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman who
granted P140-million worth of funds for the construction of the houses.
The Pagatpat relocation
site is a new purchase of the city from the family of former City Mayor Oloy
Roa which amounted to P40 million. (RTP-PIA10)
Marawi collects P388M in
taxes, surpasses target by 7.41%
By Apipa P. Bagumbaran
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del
Sur, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Marawi Revenue
District Office (RDO 102) surpassed its revenue goal for 2012 by 7.41 percent
after it collected P388.73 million during the year.
The RDO 102 posted a
P26.83 million jump in its collections; the target for the year was P361.90
million.
Year-on-year, RDO 102
tax revenues went by 14.43 percent or P45.10 million compared to the P312.55
million it collected in the same period in 2011.
Collections from income
tax made up 77 percent of the RDO’s total revenues reaching P298.22 million, up
by 11.47 percent or P30.68 million than the P267.54-million goal for the year.
This amount is also
higher by 27.21 percent or P63.78 million against the P234.44 million income
tax collections in 2011.
Collections from
value-added tax (VAT) which comprised 21 percent of the total tax revenues was
posted at P83.07 million, higher by 16.68 percent compared to the P71.19
million VAT collections a year ago.
Collections from
percentage tax and other taxes, on the other hand, were recorded at P1.34
million and P6.09 million, respectively.
Revenue District Officer
Aminoding Macarampat attributed the positive performance to the conduct of
extensive tax information and education campaign down to the barangay level.
He said tax-mapping
operations was also continuously undertaken to educate the business community
of their registration and bookkeeping requirements.
Meanwhile, Macarampat
underscored the support of local banks such as the Land Bank of the Philippines
and the Development Bank of the Philippines in helping the RDO in disseminating
tax information at the municipal and barangay levels.
He also lauded the
provincial government and the Mindanao State University in the city for the
correct implementation of withholding tax. (APB-PIA 10)
Lanao del Norte
Kalahi-CIDSS counterpart now P31M
By Lovely A. Rosario
LANAO DEL NORTE, Feb 4
(PIA) -- The provincial government of Lanao del Norte has shared more than P31
million as counterpart for the project implementation of KApit Bisig LAban sa
KaHIrapan–Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services, or popularly
known as KALAHI-CIDSS, to different towns in the province.
For the year 2009, more
than P3 million was given to the municipalities of Bacolod and Salvador. Among
the infrastructure projects successfully completed were potable water systems,
farm-to-market roads, and day-care centers.
While in 2010, over P6
million was given to the municipalities of Bacolod, Lala, and Kapatagan for its
identified projects.
During the second cycle
implementation of Kalahi-CIDDS, the towns of Lala, Kapatagan, Salvador and
Sapad also received cash counterpart of more than P7 million in 2011.
With the on-going
implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS in Lanao del Norte, the provincial government
has provided close to P15 million as its cash counterpart to the towns of Lala,
Kapatagan, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Tangcal, Poona Piagapo, Magsaysay, Tagoloan,
Kolambugan, and Matungao.
Projects implemented
included barangay health centers, drainage canals, farm-to-market roads,
potable water systems, solar dryer, improvement of barangay roads, and
construction of public market.
Kalahi is the national
government’s framework program for a focused, accelerated, convergent, and
expanded strategy to reduce poverty. It aims to provide interventions on asset
reforms, human development services, capacity building and participation in
governance.
Kalahi-CIDSS is a
community-driven development project which aims to empower communities through
their enhanced participation in community projects that reduce poverty.
CIDSS is a precursor
poverty alleviation program of Kalahi-CIDSS. It has facilitated meeting of
unmet needs of communities. It established community structures as vehicles for
people’s participation and empowerment. It has been maintained by three administrations,
from 1994 to present.
“The provincial
government will always be there to help support the needs of the people
especially those communities who work together to realize projects that will
benefit the most number of residents,” Governor Khalid Dimaporo said.
Dimaporo added, indigent
senior citizens have also been receiving a social pension of P500 on a
quarterly basis since 2011.
This fast-rising
province will also be one of the provincial beneficiaries of the newest
poverty-alleviation program o the national government dubbed as National
Community Demand Driven Program (NCDDP) which will soon be implemented on July
2013. (lvg/LAR-PIO/LDN/PIA10-LDN)
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