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Volume II, No. 079
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September 5, 2013
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Misor lawmaker tells colleagues: make laws, not projects By RUEL V. PELONE BWM Online
VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––Members of the House of the Representatives have primordial tasks of making laws over getting projects for their respective districts, opined Rep. Juliette Uy of the province’s second district as she pushed for the scrapping of the pork barrel system. In a statement, Uy said: “This is why I favor the abolition and the replacement
of the pork barrel system with line item budgeting.” This as she prodded the government to study the possibility of “direct releases” to the local government units (LGUs) and barangays. She said LGUs and barangay are at the forefront of day-to-day governance–– and are also under the strictest coverage of the Commission on Audit (COA). The neophyte lawmaker said the time has come for the government to abolish
the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) commonly known as “pork barrel” that has been allegedly abused by some lawmakers and private individuals. “The abuse spans years of throwing good money for bad that has severely tainted the legislature and deprived our people of the much need services,” she said. Likewise, Uy was open to the proposal to substract the PDAF allocation from the proposed 2014 national
budget and re-allocate it to rural areas that have serious backlogs in infrastructure, health, education and other social services. “Many of our constituents continually need health, education, scholarship and livelihood assistance,” she said adding, “of course, in re-allocating these and other funds available, stringent and transparent guidelines for implementation should be issued by the executive that shall also be the agencies who shall execute these
projects.” Uy, who is serving his first term as representative of Misamis Oriental’s second district, said: “In effect, it is my opinion that line item budgeting (a detailed listing) of each project in every agency should indeed be done. This is the transparent and effective way of addressing the needs of the country and its people while promoting accountability; a sharp contrast to the previous practice called Rep. Juliette Uy the pork barrel.”
Industries for longterm livelihood up in DavOr
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By Jeanevive D. Abangan
ITY of Mati, Davao Oriental––As the ruins of Typhoon Pablo are kept and rebuilt, the provincial government of Davao Oriental is setting its direction towards developing industries to ensure a long-term livelihood for constituents. READ THE FULL STORY on page 10
One final hearing on FOI bill, says senator SENATOR Grace Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public information and mass media, announced that her committee will conduct its second and last hearing on the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill within this month, after holding its first hearing on Wednesday. “We will have one more hearing where we expect to hear the views of media organizations, civil society, and other key stakeholders,” Poe said. “We will review all positions and come up with a committee report by October, enshrining public interest and welfare,” the senator
See final, page 15
US senate revises Syria resolution
THE US Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached an agreement Tuesday on a revised resolution on authorizing military action in Syria, setting a time limit and barring US ground troops in the war-torn country. The draft, agreed by the committee’s chairman Robert Menendez and Republican ranking member Bob Corker, sets a time limit of 60 days on US military action in Syria with the option for a single 30-day extension. The resolution also states that no US troops would be deployed for combat operations in Syria. Menendez said in a statement late Tuesday that the committee could hold a vote on the resolution as See revises, page 15
Six schools face closure Dog bite patients at the City Health Office in Cagayan de Oro have to purchase syringes outside the office for use in injecting the vaccine. Dr. Fe Bongcas said the only free item they can give is the vaccine which costs about P1,600. She said buying the syringes are the participation of the patients. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
Cagayan de Oro’s health office treats 50-200 dog bites in a day By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Between 50 and 200 patients are treated each day for dog bites at the City Health Office, according to a medical officer. Dr. Fe Bongcas said the patients not only come from Cagayan de Oro City but also from neighboring areas in Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Lanao
del Norte and Zamboanga. Bongcas said at least 50 and at most 200 people of all ages are given anti-rabies vaccine each day. She added that each patient is given three doses, the first dose for free. Patients have to buy the syringe, which costs P25 per pair outside the health office. “That’s the participation of the patient,” the doctor said, referring to the financial obligations.
Bongcas said there are two kinds of treatments, the active and passive. The medicine for the passive (a dog bite on the face) is the most expensive and is not given free but patients can request financial assistance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. “The problem with dog bites is that medicine is expensive,” Bongcas said, “that’s why pet owners See bites, page 15
By MART SAMBALUD, Contributor
DAVAO City––Six Bukidnon State University (BSU) external study centers, five operating in Compostela Valley province and one in Davao del Norte, have been slapped with a closure order after the Commission on Higher Education in Region 11 discovered that it failed to comply the standards set by higher education institution’s (HEIs) governing body, a CHED official said Tuesday. Engr. Luis D. Perez, Education Supervisor II of CHED in Region 12, said that the basis of the closure order was being non-compliant of the six identified external study centers to the CHED’s basic See closure, page 15
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