Day: September 19, 2024

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -The Office of the Ombudsman suspended Tobias Fornier Mayor Ernesto Tajanlangit III for abuse of authority and conduct unbecoming of a public official effective immediately for six months. The office of Tajanlangit received the suspension order signed by Office of the Ombudsman officer-in-charge Jose Balmeo Jr. dated Sept. 11, 2024, on Thursday. ‘Pursuant to Section 24 of Republic Act 6770, in relation to Section 9, Rule III of the Administrative Order Number 17, he (Tajanlangit) is preventively suspended without pay until the administrative adjudication of the case is terminated,’ Balmeo stated in his order. Tajanlangit,

Manila: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomed legislative measures aimed to institutionalize the social safety-net program called the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP), an agency official said Thursday. AKAP has been an important component of the Bagong Pilipinas Service Fair (BPSF), the country’s biggest service caravan under the Marcos administration that provides major government services to less fortunate Filipinos. ‘Kung mayroon pong legislative measure [for AKAP] na isinusulong sa Kongreso (If there is a legislative measure [for AKAP] being pushed in Congress), of course, we welcome that because that would mean additional services for the

Manila: The House of Representatives Quad Committee (Quadcom) on Thursday night cited dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo in contempt over her evasive answers. Abang Lingkod Party-list Representative Stephen Paduano made the motion to cite Guo in contempt after she violated Section 11 Paragraph C of the House rules procedure governing inquiries in aid of legislation. No objections were made and the motion was approved by Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, overall chair of the Quadcom. Paduano followed this with a second motion calling for Guo’s detention until the committee report on the investigation is adopted in the plenary.

LEGAZPI CITY – A total of 810 partner-beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Bicol’s water and food project from two provinces received their wages from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) emergency employment program early this week. In an interview on Thursday, Carl James Cabarles, DSWD disaster risk reduction management division information officer, said DSWD partnered with DOLE to integrate the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Program into the implemention of “LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) at BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished)” Project. “The DSWD’s LAWA at BINHI Project

TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.3 percent inflation rate (IR) in August 2024, lower than the 4.4 percent recorded the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday. The downtrend in inflation rate was mainly due to the lower inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages at 5.5 percent last month from 6.8 percent in July 2024. Also contributing to the decrease was the lower inflation rate in transport, health, education services, clothing and footwear, alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and recreation. ‘The decrease of the IR for food in August 2024 was primarily influenced by the slower