First land transport industry Union now
organized
By Fryan E. Abkilan
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- More than 60
unions and transport workers organizations converged for the first time for the
founding convention of the Philippine Land Transport Industry Union (PLTIU)
held recently at G Hotel in Manila.
The congress was jointly opened by Trade Union
Congress of the Philippines (TUCP-ITUC) President and former Senator Ernesto
Herrera and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Regional Secretary
Noriyuki Suzuki, and Singapore’s National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) President
Emeritus John De Peyva.
The event formed part of the TUCP’s 37th
anniversary celebration held on December 14, 2012.
Delegates to the congress set in motion key
campaign activities to fight for a stronger bargaining position and better means
of protecting the rights and interests of the workers in the land transport
industry.
Herrera described the celebration as historic
one, “this is historic because this is the first ever convention and this is
historic because we are leading the way of unifying the labor movement.”
Suzuki said the ITUC in Asia Pacific has
strongly supported the action of the members of the transport sector. He also
said that a unified transport union can surely help strengthen the bargaining
power with the employers in the land transport industry thus build a strong
national movement.
Meantime, De Peyva cited the importance of trade
unionism, “that is to look after the interest of workers, to see how better
realized their living conditions, their working conditions.”
The convention approved the union’s constitution
and by-laws as well as the election of the new sets of officers.
(FEA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DFA to hold 2013 Foreign Service Officer
Examination
By Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the Board of Foreign Service Examination will
hold the Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Examination next year, pursuant to the
Republic Act (R.A. 7157) of 1991 and the Revised Administration Code of 1987.
According to DFA, applicants for the examination
must be knowledgeable on the economic, political and social conditions of the
Philippines, and must possess not only facility in oral and written
communications, but also personality traits essential to the performance of the
duties of Foreign Service Officers and must also be willing and be able to
accept assignments to any post where their service may be required.
Applicants must also be a natural-born Filipino
citizen and concurrently permanent resident of the Philippines, and should not
be more than thirty-five (35) years of age on the day of the Qualifying test on
March 10, 2013, and a graduate of at least four year Bachelor’s degree course
or higher on or before the prescribes due date of the submission of the
requirements and shall present transcript of records or diploma, the applicants
should have undergone employment or undertaken further studies after graduating
from college or university (preferably at least two years).
The examination is composed of five parts, 1)
Qualifying Test; 2) Preliminary Interview; 3) Written Test; 4) Oral Test; and
5) Psychological Test.
For interested applicants they can download the
application form at DFA website at www.dfa,gov.ph, the application form shall
be duly accomplished by the applicants and submitted in person from December
12, 2012 until January 25, 2013 at any Regional Consular Office or at
Philippine Embassies or Consulates abroad, and not later than January 31, 2013
until 5:00 p.m. only at the Board of Foreign Service Examination (BFSE)
Secretariat, 2nd Floor, DFA Main Building, 2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City.
For more information, DFA-Caraga can be reached
at telephone numbers: (085) 342-7822 or 342-5700. (NCLM/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Pangulong Aquino mariing
binabantayan ang sitwasyon sa Visayan na kasalukuyang sinasalanta ng bagyong
‘Quinta’ ayon sa Malacanang
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 27 (PIA) -- Mariing
binabantayan ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III ang sitwasyon sa Visayas na
kasalukuyang sinasalanta ng bagyong Quinta, ayon sa Malacanang kamakailan.
Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda sa isinagawang press briefing sa Malacanang na bagaman, umalis ang
Pangulo para sa maikling bakasyon, nananatili parin itong "in
contact" sa mga opisyales ng ahensya ng pamahalaan hinggil sa bagyo at
upang masiguro ang kaligtas ng mga tao.
“Updated po siya sa bagyo sa Visayas at sa lahat
ng mga importanteng bagay sa ating bansa. Siya po ay na-informed. Pero, ito po
ay isang magandang oportunidad sa ating Pangulo na makapagpahinga. Pero hindi
po ito nangangahulugan na hindi po gumagalaw ang bansa dahil wala po ang
Pangulo. Patuloy po siyang nakakatanggap ng impormasyon hinggil sa sitwasyon ng
bansa," ani Lacierda.
Gusto po ng Pangulo na siguruhin ang
koordinasyon ng ahensya ng pamahalaan sa pagbibigay tugon upang magkaroon ng
maayos na pagresponde sa sitwasyon na kinakaharap ng bansa, diin ni Lacierda.
“Siya po ay kasalukuyang nasa break. Bagaman,
sinabihan po kami na kung may mangyaring importante, siya po ay maaaring
kontakin. Patuloy parin po ang pagbibigay natin sa kanya ng mga impormasyon,
talaga lang na gusto po nating makapagpahinga ng mahaba-bahang oras ang
Pangulo,” ani Lacierda. (NCLM/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Aquino pirmahan ang RH Bill sa
dili pa matapos ang 2012
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 27 (PIA) – Gikatakdang
pirmahan ni Pangulong Aquino ang RH Bill sa dili pa matapos ang tuig 2012.
Matud ni Presidential spokesperson Abigail
Valte, mapirmahan na gyud ang RH Bill nga 13-anyos ng nakabinbin sa Kongreso
nga gisertipikohan sa Pangulo isip dinalian ug giaprubahan bag-ohay pa lamang
sa ikatulong pagbasa uban ang 13-8 nga boto didto sa Kongreso.
Ang maong balaodnon maghatag sa mga kababayen-an
og kapilian aron madeterminar ang gidaghanon sa ilang mga anak, maghatag usab
kini og kahibalo aron maproteksyunan ang mga kabatan-onan gikan sa walay plano
nga pagmabdos ug mag-edukar sa mga katawhan mahitungod sa sexual health.
Matud pa ni Valte, nga gikatakda usab nga
pirmahan sa Pangulo ang Anti-Enforced o Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012,
usa ka balaodnon nga maghatag og responsibilidad sa mga katawhan aron itaho ang
mga insedente sa mga pagkahanaw. (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
