tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88487146633704990532024-03-13T12:49:58.694-07:00HungerEveryone crave for their own interest, but all interests are intend to feed their hunger.Just_Feed_Ranvyllehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045326698970700079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848714663370499053.post-76603437670767415472007-07-24T04:10:00.000-07:002007-07-24T04:11:50.502-07:002007 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYOSTATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS<br />President of the Republic of the Philippines<br />Her Excellency<br />PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO<br />JULY 23, 2007<br /><br />Thank you. Thank you very much Speaker De Venecia, Senate President Villar,<br />other newly elected leaders of both Houses, congratulations to you, Senators and<br />Congressmen and Congresswomen. Vice President De Castro, former President<br />Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, our host Mayor, Mayor Sonny Belmonte, other<br />government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen.<br />We meet here today to inaugurate a new Congress after a fresh election. I<br />congratulate every elected official, from municipal to provincial to Congress on<br />hard fought and successful campaigns.<br /><br />Tapos na ang halalan at pamumulitika; panahon na para maglingkod nang<br />walang damot, mamuno nang walang pangamba maliban sa kagalingan ng<br />bayan, and to govern with wisdom, compassion, vision and patriotism.<br />Hangarin kong mapabilang ang Pilipinas sa mayayamang bansa sa loob ng<br />dalawampung taon. By then poverty shall have been marginalized; and the<br />marginalized raised to a robust middle class.<br />We will have achieved the hallmarks of a modern society, where institutions are<br />strong.<br /><br />By 2010, the Philippines should be well on its way to achieving that vision.<br />With the tax reforms of the last Congress, and I thanked the last Congress, we<br />have turned around our macroeconomic condition through fiscal discipline,<br />toward a balanced budget. Binabayaran ang utang, pababa ang interes, at<br />paakyat ang pondo para sa progreso ng sambayanang Pilipino!!! Maraming<br />salamat ulit sa nakaraang Congress.<br /><br />We have been investing hundreds of billions in human and physical<br />infrastructure. The next three years will see record levels of well thought out and<br />generous funding for the following priorities:<br /><br />First, investments in physical, intellectual, legal and security infrastructure to<br />increase business confidence. Imprastraktura para sa negosyo at trabaho. Isang<br />milyong trabaho taon-taon.<br /><br />Second, investments in a stronger and wider social safety net - murang gamot,<br />abot-kayang pabahay, eskwelang primera klase, mga gurong mas magaling at<br />mas malaki ang kita, mga librong de-kalidad, more scholarships for gifted<br />students, and language instruction to maintain our lead in English proficiency.<br />Dunong at kalusugan ang susi sa kasaganaan.<br /><br />Third, investments in bringing peace to Mindanao; in crushing terrorism<br />wherever it threatens regardless of ideology; and in putting a stop to human<br />rights abuses whatever the excuse.<br /><br />We pay tribute to the fearless fourteen who were savagely massacred at Tipo-<br />Tipo trying to pursue a peaceful and progressive Philippines. We will not<br />disappoint their hopes. We will not waste their sacrifice. We will not be swayed<br />from the course we have set in this conflict for peace with justice throughout our<br />land.<br /><br />We have created a Philippine model for reconciliation built on inter-faith<br />dialogue, expanded public works and more responsive social services. These<br />investments show both sides in the Mindanao conflict that they have more at<br />stake in common; and a greater reason to be together than hang apart, includingbeing together isolating the terrorists.<br /><br />Imprastraktura ang haliging nagtitindig hindi lamang ng kapayapaan kundi ng<br />ating buong makabagong ekonomiya: mga kalsada, tulay, paliparan, public parks<br />and power plants.<br />Last year I unveiled the Super Regions - Mindanao, Central Philippines, North<br />Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle, Luzon Urban Beltway and the Cyber Corridor – to spread development away from an inequitable concentration in Metro Manila.<br />Hindi lamang Maynila ang Pilipinas.<br /><br />The Super Regions was not a gimmick for the occasion but the blueprint for<br />building a future.<br /><br />In Mindanao, our food basket, I said we would prioritize agribusiness<br />investments. And I am happy to see that the latest survey in June shows the<br />hunger rate has sharply gone down nationwide. We have done that.<br />The Departments of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform, and Environment and Natural<br />Resources will devote 30 percent of their program budgets to Mindanao. DAR will<br />move to Davao.<br /><br />Dapat maging daan sa tagumpay sa agribusiness ang reporma sa lupa. Done<br />right, reform will democratize success, as Ramon Magsaysay and Diosdado<br />Macapagal envisioned.<br /><br />We must reform agrarian reform so it can transform beneficiaries into<br />agribusinessmen and other agribusiness women.<br />Sa gayon, dadami pa ang mga tampok na magsasaka gaya ng mga nagwagi ng<br />Gawad Saka, sina Ananias Cuado ng Comval at Demetrio Tabelon ng Butuan; at<br />Nelson Taladhay ng Sultan Kudarat, pangunahing agrarian reform beneficiary ng<br />2007. We also have outstanding farmers from the other superregions, like<br />Joseph Fernando and Heherson Pagulayan, Nestor Bautista, Joseph Lomibao,<br />Arturo Marcaida, Peter Uy, Arturo Pasacas and Glenn Saludar.<br /><br />Sa anim na taon nagtayo tayo at nag-ayos ng patubig para sa isang milyong<br />ektarya sa buong bansa - pinakamalaki sa matagal na panahon.<br />Magtatayo tayo ng mariculture o palaisdaan sa dagat. Isa rito ay ilalagay natin sa<br />Sibutu. Hiling ito ni Nur Jaafar.<br /><br />Para sa buong bansa naglaan tayo ng P3 billion para sa tatlong libong kilometro<br />ng farm to market roads. Sanlibong kilometro sa Mindanao. Gawa na ang tatlong<br />daan.<br /><br />The road and RORO network has cut the cost of bringing agribusiness products<br />from Mindanao to Luzon. A 10-wheeler used to pay P32 thousand from Dapitan<br />to Batangas. Now it pays P11 thousand. Fresh fish that cost P20 thousand a ton<br />to move, now travels at P14 thousand.<br /><br />Construction is criss-crossing Mindanao: Dapitan-Dakak to bring Cely Carreon's<br />paradise closer to civilization; Sibuco-Siraway-Siocon-Baliguian; Dinagat Island<br />Network, a baptismal gift for Glenda Ecleo's new province; the 66-kilometer<br />Manay-Mati section of Davao-Surigao; and Maguindanao-Lebak, Sim<br />Datumanong's brainchild when he headed DPWH.<br />We want better airports, new bridges and ample energy for Mindanao's rising<br />economy.<br /><br />The Dipolog and Pagadian airports will be improved by year's end. Also the<br />Cotabato airport. No doubt eagerly awaited by Au Cerilles, Rolando Yebes, Digs<br />Dilangalen, Ros Labadlabad and Victor Yu, and Mayors Evelyn Uy and Sammy Co.<br /><br />Last July 10 we inaugurated the P1.7 billion, 900 meter bridge in Butuan, built on<br />the initiative of Mayor Boy Daku Plaza, near the P4 billion second-generation<br />flood control project that we also built. The first was built by my father after the<br />great Butuan flood of the 1960's. Kailangan ipagtanggol ang kapaligiran at<br />mamamayan sa sakuna.<br /><br />In Agusan del Norte, I hope Edel Amante will be happy with our plans to pilot<br />micro agribusiness in Jabonga.<br /><br />On July 8, Ozamis Airport opened, bankrolled partly by Leo Ocampos, Aldo<br />Parojinog and Hermie Ramiro's congressional fund. Now, that's the kind of pork<br />that has good cholesterol.<br /><br />At that occasion the MOU was signed for the Pangil Bay Bridge that will connect<br />Ozamis to Lanao del Norte and Iligan. As urged by Bobby Dimaporo, I declared<br />Mt. Inayawan Range a protected nature park. On Mayor Lawrence Cruz's<br />recommendation, I instruct DPWH to build the Iligan Circumferential Road.<br />In 2001, we opened a solar plant in Cagayan de Oro. Still, Mindanao faced a<br />100-megawatt gap by 2009 out now a 210-megawatt clean coal plant in Phividec<br />will fill that gap. We count on Oca Moreno and Tinex Jaraula to continue<br />providing a good investment climate.<br /><br />We thank Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Migz Zubiri for sponsoring the Biofuels<br />Law in the last Congress. We now have 160 thousand hectares of jatropha<br />nurseries in Bukidnon and 30,000 in General Santos. Jatropha is a 100%<br />substitute for diesel, with only 5% of its emission.<br /><br />Mindanao's energy challenge lies not in generating power but in power lines.<br />Terrorists target transmission towers. We must resolutely apply the Human<br />Security Act. This act was first filed by Johnny Enrile in 1996, 3 years after the<br />first World Trade Center bombing, 4 years before the Rizal Day bombing and 5<br />years before 9/11. He ably crafted the final Senate version with Senate President<br />Manny Villar and Nene Pimentel.<br /><br />Let's now go to Central Philippines, our tourism super region:<br />* We protect its natural wonders and provide the means to travel to those<br />wonders.<br />* For Boracay, the leading overall destination, the Kalibo Airport is now<br />international with an instrument landing system as we said last year. Next is an<br />P80 million terminal on request of Joben Miraflores.<br />* The Aklan-Libertad-Pandan Road, waiting for Japan to approve the contractors,<br />will connect Boracay to the nature park we declared in Northwest Panay<br />Peninsula. We are improving other Panay roads and building the road from the<br />Iloilo Airport which we inaugurated in Santa Barbara to Iloilo and the Metro<br />Radial Road that Mayor Jerry Treñas asked for when we inaugurated the airport,<br />Art Defensor conceived the airport when he was governor, Governor Niel Tupaz<br />midwifed its delivery when we inaugurated the airport, I said …<br />* Iloilo connects to Guimaras via Jordan Wharf. We thank Congress for the P900<br />million oil spill calamity fund to save the environment of Guimaras. I thank once<br />again the previous Congress. It is back on its feet. The other side of the island<br />will connect to Bacolod soon because we started building the Sibunag RORO Port<br />last May on recommendation of Governor, now Congressman, Rahman Nava.<br />* Bacolod-Silay Airport, near the nature park we declared in Northern Negros, is<br />completed and just awaiting the access road requested by Monico Puentevella.<br />* We awarded the contract for upgrading the Dumaguete airport as I reported to<br />George Arnaiz last week.<br />* Boracay investors are expanding in Palawan, whose Tubbataha Reefs we<br />declared a nature park. After the Puerto Princesa-Roxas Road last year, we<br />opened Taytay-El Nido in March. The P1 billion Taytay-Roxas section is ongoing.<br />San Vicente airstrip and Busuanga Airport are under construction. And Mayor<br />Hagedorn is reminding us to work on the Puerto Princesa terminal.<br />* Under construction are airport aprons of the surfing edens: Governor Ben<br />Evardone's pet project in Guiuan and Lalo Matugas's home town in Siargao.<br />* A 100-megawatt energy gap looms in the Visayas in 2009. The Korea Electric<br />plant in Cebu will plug in 200 megawatts only in 2010 so there's a one year gap.<br />Meantime three power barges will supply 100 megawatts and the Panay diesel<br />power plant will increase its run from 70 megawatts to 100.<br />* In Central Cebu, we proclaimed a nature park. From Cebu, the top destination<br />for foreign tourists, they can easily radiate to other destinations. Optimism is<br />infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even<br />government, just has to get it started.<br />* Going south, Cebu connects to Tubigon and on to Ubay, Jagna and Panglao<br />through the Bohol Circumferential Road that we inaugurated last May 9. The<br />local government has acquired 85 percent of the land for the international airport<br />on Panglao Island, now a tourism destination of its own.<br />* Ubay links to Maasin RORO Port which was completed last October. Now I<br />hope there will be more divers for Mian Mercado.<br />* Jagna RORO Port opened last May 9. It will connect to Loloy Romualdo's<br />Mambajao in November, and on to Guinsiliban, the gateway to Mindanao.<br />* Going north from Cebu City, we take the North Coastal Road to Daanbantayan<br />which was recommended to us by Gwen Garcia. Heavy traffic will ease when the<br />P1.2 billion Mandaue-Consolacion Bridge opens. This will be good not only for<br />Malapascua tourism but also for Nitoy Durano's industrial city of Danao.<br />* Daanbantayan, Benhur Salimbangon's home port, connects to Naval, Maripipi,<br />or Esperanza, which started construction last May. We aim to finish all three<br />RORO Ports next year.<br />* Esperanza will link by road to Aroroy in 2009. I'll be there with Lina Seachon<br />and Tony Kho for the inauguration. Please invite me.<br />* Last May, I switched on the lights of Masbate in a Palace ceremony. But the<br />long-term solution will come next year when a new power plant will serve half a<br />million customers on the beautiful but isolated island of Masbate.<br />* From Aroroy we can go to Claveria, whose RORO ramp is under construction.<br />On to Pasacao where RORO operations started in 2002. That's Bong Bravo of<br />Claveria. This brings us to Bicol, including Mt Isarog Park.<br />* Mt. Isarog feeds the Bicol River. For the next three years we are funding the<br />Bicol River Basin and Watershed with the World Bank at $15 million for irrigation,<br />flood control and water conservation. For Bicol, we have given P7 billion for the<br />Bicol Calamity and Rehabilitation Effort, that is the biggest one-time calamity<br />fund release in our history. At last, Bicol is getting its rightful share.<br />And, so is the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle:<br />* We are building 1,000 kilometers of farm-to-market roads; 200 are done.<br />Ngayong tapos na ang election ban, pinapaspasan ang trabaho para sa<br />nalalabing target.<br />* Halsema Highway from Mount Data to Bontoc and the Tabuk-Tinglayan Road<br />are being built. If you look the chart, there is something incomplete in between.<br />* So that the Cordillera LGUs can build more of their much-needed roads, I ask<br />Congress to require companies to pay directly to the LGUs their share of the<br />natural wealth. I hope, Governor Dalog hears that.<br />* Nagtatayo tayo ng mga paliparan para sa mga produkto ng agribusiness.<br />* Noong 2005 nagka-airport sa Baler. Sunod ang airport sa Casiguran. At kalsada<br />sa pagitan.<br />* There were no takers in the bidding for to upgrade the Batanes runways so<br />ATO will get it done before the end of the year with the support of DPWH and<br />Governor Telesforo Castillejos.<br />* Joe de Venecia and Mayor Nani Braganza are asking for an airport in Alaminos.<br />Will do.<br />* The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority and the private sector expanded the<br />San Vicente naval airstrip, so we don't have need to build Lallo.<br />* Sa Lallo naman mayroon tayong inaprobahan na agribusiness ecozone. Ang<br />mga agribusiness ecozone ay payo ni Pangulong Ramos. Chief Justice Puno, I am<br />happy to see you here. It is the first time that a Chief Justice attended.<br />* The Tarlac-La Union Toll Road will be advertised for private sector BOT bidding<br />this August.<br />* Poro Point's international terminal started construction early this year. The<br />Bagabag airport is being lengthened. We are spreading the cheer across the<br />political spectrum from Vic Ortega to Caloy Padilla. Inuuna ang bansa, at itinatabi<br />ang politika.<br />* Some towns in Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela are included in the geohazard<br />mapping we have done for 700 cities and towns all over the country to<br />protect the environment.<br />* The Bangui Bay Wind Power Project which was put up when Bongbong Marcos<br />was governor, is now expanding. Sa paggamit ng hangin, nababawasan ang<br />kailangang langis sa enerhiya.<br />And now the Luzon Urban Beltway, our top magnet for industry and investment:<br />* This quarter we start the P5 billion Mt. Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation<br />Project that will protect San Fernando City, Sasmuan, Guagua and my home<br />town Lubao from flooding.<br />* The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Express Road is in its final stages. This first-world road<br />will cut travel time between Clark and Subic from two hours to 30 minutes.<br />Gagawa tayo ng interchange sa Porac, bayan ni Lito Lapid.<br />* Last Thursday with Dick Gordon we inaugurated the container port that will<br />make Subic together with Clark one of the best international service and logistics<br />centers in the region.<br />* Clark airport got its approach control radar in April. It now has 50 international<br />flights and 50 cargo flights a week, the second busiest after NAIA. We want<br />more airline service centers there. Now, speaking of NAIA, I'm sure everyone<br />wants to know about NAIA Terminal 3. The ceiling that fell wasn't the only thing<br />in danger of falling. There are more serious dangers from construction and<br />structural defects. We cannot risk the grim consequences of a major earthquake.<br />But NAIA is accelerating the remediation, completion and opening of the<br />terminal. Public safety comes first.<br />* Since public safety comes first, I ask Congress to create the Civil Aviation<br />Authority of the Philippines.<br />* Last year, I said we would connect North and South Expressways through C-5.<br />Ginagawa na ang C-5 bandang Katipunan. Kausap na ang UP para sa bagong<br />daan patungong Commonwealth, na kasulukuyang pinapalapad at North Avenue.<br />Sa kabilang dulo ng Mindanao Avenue, binibili na ang lupa para sa bagong daan<br />mula Barangay Talipapa hanggang Malinta at tuloy sa NLEX. Sana bumawas ang<br />trapik pa-North Manila.<br />* We just broke ground to continue the Skyway up to Alabang. In a year the fast<br />train from Caloocan to Alabang will be serving thousands daily. From Alabang to<br />Santo Tomas the South Luzon Expressway is currently being widened. And by<br />March, Vicky Reyes SLEX will reach Batangas Port.<br />* The Coastal Road to Bong Revilla's province is finally under construction.<br />* Our investment in vital infrastructure is already bearing fruit, such as the $1-<br />billion Hanjin shipbuilding facility, said to be the largest in the world, and the $1-<br />billion Texas Instruments microchip plant in Clark. Maging ex-OFW at ex-tambay<br />kapwang nakahanap ng trabaho sa mga malalaking puhunan na ito.<br />* As we build industry, we must ensure people have clean air to breathe. We<br />have closed 88 firms for polluting the environment. Gaya ng sabi ko, una ang<br />kaligatasan ng publiko.<br />* We proclaimed a critical habitat within the coastal lagoon of Las Pinas and<br />Paranaque.<br />* Maynilad's new owners have invested P7 billion to bring clean and, at last,<br />running water to Paranaque, Parola and elsewhere. Manila Water did a similar P2<br />billion project for Antipolo.<br />* Gumagawa tayo ng septage tank sa Antipolo sa halagang P600 million na<br />maglilinis ng sewage bago ito dumaloy sa mga estero, gaya ng tinayo ng Manila<br />Water sa Taguig at sa San Mateo.<br />* Matapos ang maraming taong usapan, ang ating administrasyon ang<br />nakapagsimula ng Flood Control Project sa Kalookan, Malabon, Navotas at<br />Valenzuela (CAMANAVA).<br />* On energy, Luzon needs 150 megawatts more by 2010. This is covered by the<br />350-megawatt, $350 million expansion of the Pagbilao plant by Marubeni and<br />Tokyo Electric, part of their $4 billion that constitutes the biggest Japanese<br />investment in Philippine history.<br />* We count on the Governor Raffy Nantes and the people of Quezon to somehow<br />to reduce the cost of electricity. I ask Congress to amend the Electric Power<br />Industry Reform Act for open access and more competition.<br /><br />The Cyber Corridor encompasses centers of technology and learning running the<br />length of all the super regions, from Baguio to Clark to Metro Manila to Cebu to<br />Davao and neighboring areas.<br /><br />The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost<br />competitiveness and more importantly our highly trainable, English proficient, ITenabled management and manpower.<br /><br />IT ability won for Warren Ambat of Baguio City High the most innovative teacher<br />and leadership award in Cambodia last February, topping contestants from 70<br />countries, congratulations to our contestants, women.<br /><br />Information technology will help the BIR bring in more taxes in the coming<br />months. Its Revenue Watch Dashboard will monitor revenue collections in real<br />time from the national level down to the examiners. The LGU Revenue Assurance<br />shares information between the BIR and the LGUs to uncover fraud and nonpayment, before heads would roll per Danny Suarez's Attrition Law.<br />While our strength in contact centers is well-established, we are now focused on<br />growing the higher value-added services, including accounting, legal, human<br />resources and administrative services.<br /><br />And, so that no Taiwan tremor can cut off our cyber services from their global<br />clients, PLDT and Globe are investing P47 billion in new international broadband<br />links through other regional hubs for redundancy in our cyber space.<br /><br />The business services sector has become the fastest growing in the economy<br />providing 400,000 jobs compared to 8,000 in 2000. By 2010 the forecast is one<br />million jobs earning $12 billion, the same amount remitted by our overseas<br />Filipinos today.<br /><br />On Safety Net and Education<br /><br />Last year I said that in today's global economy, knowledge is the greatest creator<br />of wealth. Mahusay na edukasyon ang pinakamabuting pamana natin sa ating<br />mga anak. Yun din ang tanging pamana na ayon sa batas kailangang ibigay sa<br />bawat mamamayan.<br /><br />This year, we are investing more for education: P150 billion, P29 billion more<br />than last year.<br /><br />And, last year government and private sector built 15,000 classrooms instead of<br />the usual 6,000.<br /><br />Noon, isang libro bawat limang mag-aaral. Ngayon, tig-isang aklat na bawat<br />grade schooler.<br /><br />One third of our public high schools now have Internet access, with private<br />sector support.<br /><br />We have a scarcity of public high schools but a surplus of private high schools.<br />So instead of building more high schools, we give more high school scholarships<br />- 600,000 scholars this year.<br />For college, we launched a P4 billion fund for college loans, to increase<br />beneficiaries from 40,000 to 200,000.<br />And for teachers, we have created more than 50,000 teaching positions. But we<br />have to improve their training.<br /><br />Benefits, too. Salamat, dating Senador Tessie Oreta at dating Congressman<br />Dodong Gullas, na di na kailangan ng mga guro maghabol sa Maynila ng sweldo<br />at pension. Pinoproseso na sa rehiyon sa regionalization ng payroll.<br />Teachers and all other national government employees get a raise effective end<br />of this month.<br /><br />Sa TESDA, bukod sa mga sariling kurso nagbibigay ito ng mga scholarship sa<br />vocational schools: P600 million noong isang taon, P1 billion ngayon. May P1<br />bilyon pa ang DOLE.<br /><br />We are investing P3 billion in science and engineering research and development<br />technology, including scholarships for masters and doctoral degrees programs in<br />engineering in seven universities. Upgrade know-how and learning, and Filipino<br />talent is unbeatable.<br /><br />Proof is biochemist Baldomero Olivera of the University of Utah who was named<br />Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation.<br /><br />In the International Math and Science Olympiad 2006 in Jakarta, Robert Buendia<br />of Cavite Central School and Wilson Alba of San Beda Alabang won the gold.<br />Congratulations, guys.<br /><br />Six Filipinos bagged the awards at the Intel Young Scientists Competition in New<br />Mexico last May: Ivy Ventura, Mara Villaverde, Hester Mana Umayam and Janine<br />Santiago of Philippine Science High; Melvin Barroa of Capiz National High,<br />congratulations, Melvin; and Luigi John Suarez of Benedicto National High.<br />Congratulations naman. Last week Filipino students topbilled by Amiel Sy of the<br />Philippine Science High dominated the Mathematics World Contest in Hong Kong.<br />Congratulations, Amiel. Congratulations Philippine Science High School. Earlier<br />this month Diona Aquino of the Presidential Management Staff won with her<br />team from UP the Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance in<br />Shanghai.<br /><br />Ito ay malaking kunsuwelo sa atin. We have spent more on human capital<br />formation than ever in the past. Why? Because if government of the people and<br />by the people is not for them as well, it is a mockery of democracy.<br /><br />May malaking pag-angat ang kalagayan ng maralita, gaya ng trabaho, pag-aaral<br />at pagamot. Look at the chart on new poor fare.<br />Sa unang pagkakataon, gumastos ang Philhealth ng higit P3 bilyon sa paospital<br />ng maralita.<br /><br />Noong 2001 sinabi kong hahatiin natin ang presyo ng gamot na madalas bilhin<br />ng madla. Ngayon sampung libong Botika ng Barangay ang nagtitinda ng murang gamot. Ang paracetamol na tatlong piso sa labas ay piso lamang sa Botika ng Barangay. Ang antibiotic na binibenta ng mga pangunahing parmasya sa P20 ay P2 lamang.<br /><br />Kaya sa isang survey, halos kalahati ang nagsabing abot-kaya ang gamot,<br />kumpara sa 11% noong 1999.<br /><br />So we can spread this even more, I ask Congress to pass the Cheaper Medicines<br />Bill that was almost enacted in June. Almost is not good enough. Let's help Mar<br />Roxas, Ferge Biron and Teddy Boy Locsin give our people meaningful, affordable<br />choices, from abroad and here in the Philippines.<br /><br />I also ask Congress to pass legislation that brings improved long term care for<br />our senior citizens. Asahan natin si Ed Angara.<br /><br />Si Noli de Castro na isa pang kampeon ng senior citizens ay namumuno ng ating<br />programa sa pabahay. Congratulations, Noli. The low interest rates for housing<br />are unprecedented. Naglaan ang Pag-IBIG ng P25 billion na pautang, six times<br />the amount when we started it in 2001. P50 billion pa ang ilalaan hanggang<br />2010.<br /><br />On Terrorism and Human Rights<br />We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and<br />decent way of life.<br /><br />Therefore, in the fight against lawless violence, we must uphold these values. It<br />is never right and always wrong to fight terror with terror.<br /><br />I ask Congress...I urge you to enact laws to transform state response to political<br />violence: First, laws to protect witnesses from lawbreakers and law enforcers.<br />Second, laws to guarantee swift justice from more empowered special courts.<br />Third, laws to impose harsher penalties for political killings. Fourth, laws<br />reserving the harshest penalties for the rogue elements in the uniformed services<br />who betray public trust and bring shame to the greater number of their<br />colleagues who are patriotic.<br /><br />We must wipe this stain from our democratic record.<br /><br />Ngunit pangunahin pakikibaka pa rin para sa karapatan ang pagpapalaya ng<br />masa sa gutom at kahirapan.<br /><br />Together with economic prosperity is the need to strengthen our institutions of<br />government. Let's start with election reform. We have long provided funds for<br />computerization. We look forward to the modernization of voting, counting and<br />canvassing.<br /><br />We can disagree on political goals but never on the conduct of democratic<br />elections. I ask Congress to fund poll watchdogs. And to enact a stronger law<br />against election-related violence.<br /><br />We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the<br />people can trust. We have provided unprecedented billions for anti-graft efforts.<br />Thus the Ombudsman's conviction rate hit 77% this year, from 6% in 2002. We<br />implemented lifestyle checks, dormant for half a century. Taun-taon dosedosenang opisyal ang nasususpinde, napapatalsik o kinakasuhan dahil labis-labis<br />sa suweldo ang gastos at ari-arian nila.<br /><br />Firms who were asked for bribes in taxes, permits and licenses dropped from<br />one-third to one-half. Contract bribes are also down. Graft won't be eliminated<br />overnight but we are making progress.<br /><br />In Conclusion:<br /><br />What I have outlined today is just a sampler of our P1.7 trillion Medium Term<br />Public Investment Program. How will we fund all these? P1 trillion from state<br />revenues, with tax reforms and firm orders to BIR and Customs to hit their<br />targets. P300 billion from state corporations. The balance from government<br />financial institutions, private sector investments, local government equity and our<br />bilateral and multilateral partners.<br /><br />Our new confidence and momentum for progress have imbued our foreign<br />relations, with the ASEAN Summit last year and the coming ASEAN Regional<br />Forum, with increased assistance from our allies and with continued support for<br />our peace and security efforts in Mindanao.<br /><br />We were able to strengthen our economy because of the fiscal reforms that we<br />adopted at such great cost to me in public disapproval. But I would rather be<br />right than popular.<br /><br />Our fundamentals are paying off in huge leaps in investment. Anim na milyong<br />trabaho ang nalikha sa anim na taon, most in sustainable enterprises. Sa lakas<br />ng piso, bumagal ang pagtaas ng bilihin.<br /><br />It is my ardent wish that most of the vision I have outlined will be fully achieved<br />when I step down. It is my unshakeable resolve that the fundamentals of this<br />vision will by then be permanently rooted, its progress well advanced and its<br />direction firmly fixed with our reforms already bearing fruit. All that will remain<br />for my successor is to gather the harvest. He or she will have an easier time of it<br />than I did.<br /><br />They say the campaign for the next election started on May 15, the day after the<br />last. Fine.<br /><br />I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way<br />of the people's well being and the nation's progress.<br />The time for facing off is over. The time is here for facing forward to a better<br />future our people so desperately want and richly deserve.<br /><br />Uulitin ko: Hindi ako sagabal sa ambisyon ninuman.<br /><br />But make no mistake. I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the<br />national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell<br />you, a President is always as strong as she wants to be.<br /><br />Pagpalain tayo ng Diyos at ang dakilang gawaing hinaharap natin. The state of<br />the nation is strong. Inyong lingkod, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Pangulo ng<br />Republika ng Pilipinas.Just_Feed_Ranvyllehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045326698970700079noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848714663370499053.post-61783911326598660402007-05-05T19:56:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:16:35.827-07:00Amazing Photographs!!!I got these photos from the GG-Game Forum. They are just so amazing that's why i posted them here... 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And if you ask him where did he come from why he was so late. He may answer you, “I did my projects there in the computer shop.” Bingo! Your student child escaped from possible disastrous and violent homily coming from you. He may be true that he went to a computer shop but little did you know that he went there to play online games with his friends and not to do his homework.<br /><br />If you are aware nowadays, a lot of young Filipinos, including me, are already addicted to computer games. That’s maybe the reason why after I finished my studies I put up a computer shop and my whole life today is focused on this field. Playing games the whole day while earning at the same time. To help you guys out there thinking why we love to play and play computer games. I enclosed an article I’ve read which explains that computer games are not just for fun but also help us to fulfill our basic psychological needs. Isn’t it interesting guys?<br /><br />The article goes this way….<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Why Video Games May Be Hard to Give Up?<br /><br />MONDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've found another reason why video games are so hard to give up: They may help fulfill basic psychological needs.<br /><br />In a study published in the January issue of Motivation and Emotion, investigators from the University of Rochester and Immersyve Inc. looked at what motivated 1,000 gamers to keep playing video games.<br /><br />"We think there's a deeper theory than the fun of playing," lead investigator Richard Ryan, a motivational psychologist at Rochester, said in a prepared statement. The gamers were divided into four groups, each asked to play different games. They answered questionnaires both before and after playing the games. The researchers used the questionnaires to look at the underlying motives and satisfactions that can spark players' interests and sustain them during play.<br /><br />The researchers found that the games can provide opportunities for achievement, freedom and even a connection to other players. Those benefits trumped a shallow sense of fun, which doesn't keep gamers as interested. Players reported feeling the best when the games produced positive experiences and challenges that connected to what they knew in the real world.<br /><br />"It's our contention that the psychological 'pull' of games is largely due to their capacity to engender feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness," said Ryan. He believes that video games not only motivate further play but "also can be experienced as enhancing psychological wellness, at least short-term."<br /><br />For the participants who played massively multiplayer online, or MMO, games -- which are capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of players simultaneously -- the need for relatedness emerged "as an important satisfaction that promotes a sense of presence, game enjoyment and an intention for future play," the researchers found.<br /><br />Ryan pointed out that while not all video games are able to satisfy basic psychological needs, "those that do may be the best at keeping players coming back."<br /><br />-- Krisha McCoy<br /><br />SOURCE: University of Rochester, news release, January 2007<br />Last Updated: Jan. 15, 2007<br />Copyright © 2007 <a href="http://www.healthday.com/" target="_new">ScoutNews, LLC</a>. All rights reservedJust_Feed_Ranvyllehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045326698970700079noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848714663370499053.post-85511653826332885422007-01-10T01:28:00.000-08:002007-01-10T02:16:56.800-08:00DLS-CSB SPaCE offers Post-baccalaureate Degree Program.Greetings from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde!<br /><br /> The School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPaCE) offers a POST-BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM for RESTAURANT and FOOD SERVICE ENTREPRENEURSHIP<br /><br /> This program lets participants learn to identify and analyze the crucial elements involved in the successful operation of a restaurant and food service operation from an entrepreneurial standpoint. Participants will learn concepts and techniques in providing the BEST “Total Meal Experience" by combining three important elements: CUSTOMERS, SERVICE OPERATION, and EMPLOYEES.<br /><br /> The curriculum is designed to guide students in forming a viable strategic plan for their specific restaurant and food service ideas, based on the four functional areas of business management: MARKETING, FINANCE, OPERATIONS, and HUMAN RESOURCES.<br /><br /> It also enhances the competencies of participants through a balanced combination of traditional and innovative learner-centered approaches and applicable to today's dynamic restaurant and foods service industry. Upon completion of the program, successful participants will be able to develop and implement both business and marketing plans in their own food and service operations, as well as have a working knowledge of human resource development and customer interaction.<br /><br /> A Certificate will be presented in finishing one module. A post-grad diploma will be awarded after finishing all four modules.<br /><br />The Diploma Course on Restaurant and Food Service Entrepreneurship is composed of six modules namely:<br /><br />1. Principles and Best Practices in Restaurant and Food Entrepreneurship <br />2. Restaurant Marketing <br />3. Cost and Operations Management <br />4. Human Resources and Customer Interaction<br />5. Physical Facilities Layout and Design<br />6. Strategic Planning and Market Planning<br /><br />Up-coming modules: <br /><br />1. Physical Facilities, Layout, and Design – This module tackles the elements of packaging the restaurant or food service operation, to suit the specific needs and requirements of both the restaurant/food service and its customers. The course is scheduledfrom January 27-March 3, 2007.)<br />The content includes:<br />1. Front of the House: Layout and Atmosphere <br />2. Back of the House: Space requirements and design <br />3. Task Planning and Layout Design <br />4. Equipment and Furniture Selection and arrangement<br /><br />2. Strategic Planning and MarketPlanning – This module tackles the various components of a business plan essential to business success. Learning’ from the previous modules will be integrated to guide participants in the formulation of a comprehensive and strategic plan to operate their own restaurant or food service business. (The course scheduled from March 24-May 5, 2007.)<br />The content includes:<br />1. Restaurant and Food Service Industry Trends<br />2. Customer Demographics and Trends Analysis <br />3. Overview of Restaurant and FoodService Operations <br />4. Strategic Group Mapping <br />5. SWOT Matrix Analysis <br />6. Business Plan Development<br /><br />Classes are on Saturdays from 12:30-7:30 pm. Course fee is 7,500.00<br /><br />For more inquiries, Please Visit our Office at: School of Professional and continuing Education (SPaCE) De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Rm.701, DLS-CSB Angelo King International Center, Estrada corner Arellano Sts., Malate, Manila Or you may call us at Tel. Nos.: 400-5425, 523-8888 local 341 & 342.<br /><br />Email: <a href="mailto:space@dls-csb.edu.ph">space@dls-csb.edu.ph</a><br /><br />Website: <a onmouseover="window.status=makeCompleteURL('www.dls-csb.edu.ph/space');return true" onclick="window.open('/redirect.cgi?b='+b64_srckey+'&u='+escape(makeCompleteURL('www.dls-csb.edu.ph/space')), '_blank');return false;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true" href="http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph/space">www.dls-csb.edu.ph/space</a><br /><br />We offer 5% discounts for:<br />1. DLSU alumnus<br />2. Groups of 5 coming from oneorganization.<br />3. Full payment of the course fee twoweeks before start of module.<br /><br />Thank you. We look forward of seeing you here!<br /><br /><strong>Ma. Louiela S. Gonzales</strong><br />Program Coordinator<br />School of Professional and Continuing Education<br />7/f Angelo King International Center<br />Arellano-Estrada sts. Taft Ave. Manila<br />tel nos.: 400-5425<br />telefax: 523-8888 loc 341-42Just_Feed_Ranvyllehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045326698970700079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848714663370499053.post-91224286271892551772007-01-08T06:39:00.000-08:002007-01-18T12:07:21.597-08:00Sluggish PLDT Company action towards complaining customers.Just like the way i complain on my DSL connection to PLDT, my customer in my shop do the same thing. I don't know who can help me right now to solve my problem with my sluggish internet connection. I begun to lose my customer because of this problem. PLDT if ever you read my post, please make the necessary action to save us from this headache. Fix your sluggish service.<br /><br />by: Ranvylle AlbanoJust_Feed_Ranvyllehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045326698970700079noreply@blogger.com2