Day: September 17, 2024

The local government here issued a warning to illegal settlers in watershed areas to voluntarily dismantle their structures or face enforcement actions. ‘I strongly advise you to self-demolish to avoid further complications. The government must act to protect our vital natural resources,’ Mayor Sebastian Duterte said in a statement posted Monday. Duterte stressed the importance of safeguarding the city’s water supply, noting that water is a shared resource that must not be compromised by unauthorized construction. ‘We cannot negotiate over this matter. When you built your structures, you only thought of yourselves, neglecting the well-being of Dabawenyos. It was a

Manila: The Bureau of Corrections has formed a technical working group (TWG) to implement the Supreme Court (SC) ruling to include persons convicted of heinous crimes in the coverage of Republic Act (RA) 10592, or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. In a statement, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said the TWG will submit the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for guidance. ‘We have to determine how to recompute the time allowance due the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), whether the computation will be based on the date of their

Manila: The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) reported Tuesday that its Board of Directors has approved PHP6.978 billion of investments from 21 new and expansion projects. In a statement, PEZA said these project registrations were approved during a board meeting at the West Cebu Estate in Balamban, Cebu last Aug. 27. According to PEZA, six of the approved projects are in the manufacturing sector, six information technology (IT) enterprises, four ecozone development, and one each in agro-industrial, facilities enterprise, ecozone utilities, ecozone domestic enterprise, and ecozone logistics service enterprise. It added these investments are projected to boost Philippine exports by

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has paid PHP632.6 million to workers in Eastern Visayas under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program this year. DOLE regional mediator-arbiter, lawyer Cecilio Baleña, said the emergency employment program has benefited 269,788 displaced workers in the region from January to August 2024. ‘We expect more beneficiaries towards the end of the year since the total budget for TUPAD for the region is PHP1.88 billion this year,’ Baleña told reporters during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas press briefing on Tuesday. The labor department has yet to disburse the remaining PHP1.25 billion

More than 4,000 youth and students in the Caraga Region have benefited from Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) programs this year, an official said Tuesday. Speaking at the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum here, DOLE-13 Assistant Director Raymond Fel Sajor highlighted the success of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) and the Government Internship Program (GIP) in helping Caraga’s underprivileged youth. ‘DOLE, with the help of local government units (LGUs) and other agencies, continues to reach out to the less fortunate sectors in Caraga,’ Sajor said. The SPES is a youth employment initiative designed to provide temporary