Ang Caviteno Newsweekly February 12-18, 2018 Issue

PAGHARANG SA TRAIN... p.5
February 15,
2018 – 1st Quarter
2018 Nationwide
Simultaneous
Earthquake Drill ...
p 2
DOST-NCR adopts
Conga Creek in
Taguig City .. p 3
OWWA’s Balik–Pinas,
BalikHanapbuhay
assists distressed
OFWs to start over
p.5
VOLUME XXXIV
No. 31 Pebrero 12-18, 2018
P6.00
Kapirasong
Kritika...p 4
DOH tutok sa paglaban sa dengue
MAYNILA -- Binigyang diin
ng Philippine General Hospital
Dengue Investigative Task Force
(PGHDITF) na ginagawa ng
pamahalaan sa pamamagitan
ng Department of Health o
DOH ang lahat ng makakaya
upang malabanan ang banta ng
nakamamatay na dengue.

Ginawa ang pahayag sa
press conference noong nakaraang
Biyernes (Pebrero 2, 2018)
kaugnay ng pag-uulat tungkol sa
resulta ng imbestigasyon sa 14 na
mga batang namatay dahil umano
Ipinaliliwanag ni Dr. Juliet O. Sio-Aguilar, head ng PGH-DITF kasama sina DOH Usec. Rolando Enrique, PGH Director Gerardo
Legaspi, at Dr. Maria Cecilia Lim, PGH forensic pathologist sa media ang resulta ng ginawang pagsusuri sa 14 na batang namatay
dahil sa dengue. (Larawan kuha ni Lucia F. Broño/PIA-NCR)
DBP introduces new initiatives to further support
barriers that impede the growth its customers.
MSMEs
MANILA
--
State-owned
Development Bank of the
Philippines (DBP) launched
two new initiatives to further
support micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) sector in
the country.

DBP president
and
chief executive officer Cecilia C.
Borromeo said the DBP Small
Business Puhunan Loan and the
DBP Broiler Contract Growing
programs reflect the bank’s
commitment to further empower
small entrepreneurs
in
the
country and spur entrepreneurial
vigor among the citizenry.

“These two programs
are designed to remove the
of MSMEs such as lack of access
to bank financing and slow
loan processing,” Borromeo
said, adding that DBP hopes
that through these initiatives,
more entrepreneurs will be
able to sustain their businesses
and contribute to the growing
economy.”

The new initiatives,
aimed at liberalizing credit access
of small business and poultry
owners, come on the heels of
the DBP’s recent recognition as
the SME Bank of the Year in the
prestigious The Asian Banker-
Philippine
Country Awards.
DBP was cited for the significant
growth of its SME lending
business and for creating value to
Meanwhile,
Small
Business Puhunan Loan Program
(SBPLP) provides permanent
working capital from as low
as P300,000 to as high as P1-
million to micro and small-sized
enterprises with existing account
either with DBP or other banks.
It aims to support the National
Government’s thrust to provide
credit for working capital of
small enterprises.

Borromeo said that
aside from providing credit
assistance to small entrepreneurs,
“the SBPLP can open the doors
to small borrowers who may later
enter regular lending programs
where they can avail of bigger
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naturukan ng Dengvaxia.

Ayon
kay
DOH
Undersecretary Dr. Rolando
Enrique Dominguez, binuo ng
DOH ang Task Force upang
magsagawa ng mataas na antas
na pag-aaral para mabigyang
linaw ang mga isyung bumabalot
sa Dengvaxia, ang bakunang
naibigay sa higit 830,000 na mga
bata noong Marso 2016 hanggang
Oktubre 2017.

“Ang pagsisiyasat ay
sinimulan noong Disyembre
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CALAx 1st phase to open on
December 2018 Christmas present,” stated him.
By December 2018, the first 7
kilometers of the Cavite-Laguna
Expressway (CALAx) is set to be
opened to motorists. This is ahead
of the initial target of February
2019.

CALAx, which breaks
ground in June last year, is a
44.6-kilometer, 4-lane toll road
between the Cavite Expressway
in Kawit, Cavite and the South
Luzon Expressway – Mamplasan
Interchange. Its first phase runs
from the Mamplasan Interchange
in Biñan, Laguna to Laguna
Boulevard.
The
winning
concessionaire of the project is
MPCALA Holdings Incorporated,
a unit of listed Metro Pacific
Investments Corporation (MPIC).

As Villar explained it,
they asked MPIC if they can
expedite the construction to
December 2018 so they will have
a Christmas gift for the motorists.
“The original target was to open
it in February next year, as a
Valentine’s Day gift. But I said,
it is more proper to give it as a
The
P7.2-billion
agreement with DM Consunji
Incorporated (DMCI) for the
construction of the 18-km Laguna
side of CALAX is signed by
MPCALA. Furthermore, they
are hiring Australia’s Leighton
Holdings in a deal worth P7.3
billion for Cavite side.

MPCALA paid the
government a premium bid of
P27.3 billion. This is to win
the CALAX contract on top
of the project’s P35.42-billion
construction cost. They shall
operate and maintain CALAX
for 35 years. The operations and
maintenance of the expressway
will be in the government’s hands
after.

Villar reportedly said
that the government has delivered
by now about 60% right of way
for the entire toll road project. He
added that the construction for
the entire CALAX is targeted to
be completed by December 2020.
The 44.6-kilometer road project
will connect nearby industrial
zones to the capital of one of Asia’s
fastest-growing economies.
EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE TOP
MANAGEMENT REVIEW
The Executive-Legislative Top Management Review in Summit Ridge Hotel, Tagaytay Last Jan. 31, 2018
THE Provincial Government
of Cavite led by the Provincial
Governor Atty. Jesus Crispin
C. Remulla conducted the first
ever Executive-Legislative Top
Management Review held at
Summit Ridge Hotel, Tagaytay
City last January 31, 2018
attended by the Executive and
Legislative officials of PGC.

As
part
of
the
Governor’s message, Governor
Remulla stated the specific goals
and areas for improvement of all
PGC offices for them to align their
respective objectives to his thrust
(Vision, Mission, and Programs)
such as Infrastructure and Fiber
Optic Development Program,
Metro Cavite Traffic Alliance
Office (MCaTAO), Peace and
Order Program, Water Right
System