delegates are scheduled to arrive in the city, today, Oct. 17, for the 20th Senior Officials Meeting and 16th Ministerial Meeting (SOMM), from Oct. 19-21, 2011, at the XSCC. The delegates are expected to arrive earlier than their Ministers due to their participation in the BIMP Investment Conference (BIMP I-Con) at the Pryce Plaza Hotel on Oct. 18. Other activities held on Oct. 18 are the BIMP-Local government Unit Bilateral Discussion and the Meeting of the BIMPEAGA Heads of Customs, chaired by Commissioner Ruffy Biazon with MinDA and the Bureau of Customs, region 10, providing the technical preparations. Montenegro said the SOMM activities on Oct. 19, will deal with key projects that the Philippines is pushing for EAGA that are doable in the immediate terms, this year
until the first quarter, next year, such as the following: Hybrid rice seeds production and expansion of hybrid corn seed production, establishment of air linkages for Davao-Manado and Puerto PrincesaKK, establishment of sea linkages for Zamboanga, Muara, Brook’s Ooint-LabuanMuara and Glan-Tahuna-Bitung routes. Conduct of BIMP-EAGA Airlines Summit back-to-back with BIMP-EAGA Travel and Tourism Expo 2012 , special arrangements for airlines servicing EAGA routes, like total waving of airport charges and overtime fees for a particular period of time until market becomes stable. Equator Asia marketing and promotion and JTD Philippines to host the BIMP-EAGA Airlines Summit and the BIMP-EAGA Travel and Tourism Expo, next year. (MinDA)
26 Balik-Pinay Balik Hanapbuhay graduates receive financial aid By Nestor E. Flores, Jr.
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental– Some 26 former Household Service Workers (HSWs, from this province, received an additional amount of Php5,000 each, as financial assistance granted by the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO). Regional Director Petrona M. Bergado of the Overseas Filipino Workers Administration (OWWA), region 10, said the financial assistance was given to them, after they graduated from the Balik-Pinay Balik Hanapbuhay (BPBH) Livelihood Skills Training
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Seminar for Native Snack Preparation. She said the checks were distributed to the beneficiaries at the Provincial Capitol Function Hall in Oroquieta City, last Sept. 19 The BPBH Program is one of the income augmentation strategies of the Department