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Volume II, No. 098
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October 1, 2013
Tagle to Pinoys: ‘Corruption is injustice’ Group asks PNoy: Where
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle: “We do not only lack love for others, but we also lack a sense of justice.”
BLASTING corruption as a form of injustice, the highest leader of Manila’s Catholic Church on Saturday called on the Filipino faithful to counter greed by letting the values of fairness and generosity reign in their lives. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, in his keynote speech for Caritas Manila’s Generosity Conference, urged the faithful to give out love and justice while being more sensitive to the needs of less fortunate individuals. “At present, we witness
Where will P3.89-b for Zambor rehab go? DAVAO City––The national government has earmarked P3.89 billion for “early recovery program and rehabilitation” of Zamboanga City, the bulk of which – P2.9 billion - will go to shelter assistance and bunkhouses for 21,252 families, who were displaced by the three-week standoff between government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under founding chair Nur Misuari. Records of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) report as of 5
p.m. on Sept. 28 show that the standoff that began on Sept. 9 has affected 23,794 families or 118,819 persons from 14 barangays in Zamboanga City and one barangay in Zamboanga Sibugay. Of this number, 21,959 families or 110,368 persons are being served in and out of evacuation centers. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Saturday declared “mission accomplished” while Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas said the siege is
in our society that cheating and corruption is a form of non-giving. Instead of giving what is due to others and to the country, resources are being denied from them. We do not only lack love for others, but we also lack a sense of justice,” Tagle said in the vernacular. “ This explains how cheating and injustice are considered forms of not giving what the people and the nation deserve,” he added. The prelate gave this remark amid the ongoing investigation in the multi-
billion peso pork barrel scam that involves the channeling of lawmakers’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to bogus nongovernmental organizations and foundations. Quoting verses from the bible that tackle injustices done against marginalized individuals, Tagle emphasized the need for people to give not just for the sake of charity, but for the sake of giving justice to those who are in need. “If we are to base See INJUSTICE/p.11
are the funds for the poor? By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO of Bulatlat.com
Residents of urban poor communities trooped to office of the Commission on Audit in Quezon City on Sept. 27, calling for the release of its audit report on President Benigno Aquino III’s Informal Settler Fund. “Every year, Aquino has been using the plight of the poor to justify the tremendous increase in the national budget, year after year. Yet the condition of the poor has only worsened under his administration, and thousands have suffered from lack of livelihood opportunities and employment in the government’s off-city relocation sites,” Carlito Badion, secretary general of urban poor group Kadamay, said. On Nov. 23, 2011, P10 billion ($230.8 million) was See poor/p.11
As battle for supremacy vs govt, MNLF subside
Bigger rehab eyed By By Cheng Ordonez Executive Editor
T
he Zamboanga standoff could be in the last stage at this time of the raging battle for supremacy between government troopers and the Moro National L iberation Front (MNLF) rebels in the coastal barangays of Zamboanga City, and armed confrontation is expected to subside, if not totally end, soon.
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Solon renews bill reinforcing use of English in schools House Assistant Majority Leader and Cebu Rep. Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. has renewed proposed new legislation that seeks to reinforce the English proficiency of Filipinos by reinstating the language as the medium of instruction in all school levels. “We have high hopes that our bill, once enacted, will go a long way in boosting the English competency of our future labor force participants, and build up the capability of our high school as well as college gradu-
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Surfing in Siargao
ates to gain and maintain employment,” Gullas said. “English is the world’s RISKY RIDE. Despite the city’s strict helmet rules for motorcycle riders, some working language. It is also incidents such as this family allowing a kid to ride without his helmet slipped past the language of technol- traffic management personnel that police the streets. Davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani ogy. Young Filipinos with inadequate English skills may risk getting marginalized in the lucrative global labor markets of the future,” Gullas, also House higher and technical education Only committee vice chairman, Php12.00/capsule (500mg) warned. or House Bill 1339 proposes Php840/box (70 capsules) the adoption of a new biContact: lingual program in schools LYNEI G. MORDENO See english/p.7
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