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PHLPost releases apparition of Our
Lady of Fatima centenary stamps
Jimmyley E. Guzman
MANILA -- The Philippine
Postal Corporation (PHLPost)
has released se-tenant block of
four stamps in commemoration
of the 100 years of the apparition
of our Lady of Fatima.

According to PHLPost,
some 80,000 copies of the
special stamps are printed with
four designs of the Our Lady
of Fatima stamps, namely: The
First Apparition, The Our Lady
of Fatima herself, The Last
Apparition which is the Miracle
of the sun, and the three small
shepherd children – Lucia Santos,
PCOO...
UHF channel 42 (641.143) using
ISDB-T receiver box and TV sets
with built-in ISDB-T tuners.

Meanwhile, Engr. James
Rodney Santiago, consultant of
the Department of Information
and Communications Technology
(DICT) on the Digital Terrestrial
Television Broadcasting (DTTB)
Migration Plan explains that
Digital TV is an inevitable
technology that was developed
specifically not only to enhance
normal viewing experience of the
people but also to attain real time
information that affects lives.

“The DTTB standard
called
Integrated
Services
DSWD...
proving their existence and
organization such as barangay
certification, certification of
endorsement from at least two
publicly known individuals in the
community, organizational chart
or governance structure, and
information on organizational
profile.

If
the
CSO
has
previously received public funds,
a certificate of good standing
from the government agency
from which the funds came from
must be provided.

The CSO must also
provide proof that it has
undergone social preparation
from the DSWD by the designated
regional program/project officer
of the DSWD program or project
where the CSO seeks to engage
partnership.

For associations or
groups organized by DSWD,
the head of the DSWD program
or project will issue a certificate
of compliance attesting that
the applicant CSO has met
the requirements specified in
Section 65 of the 2017 General
Appropriations Act.

Upon receipt of the
completed application form
and attachments, the concerned
DSWD Field Office, through its
Standards Unit, will undertake
the necessary steps to review,
validate, and respond to the
application.
Cavite...
rewarded with her cash gift. She
danced and celebrated along with
the senior citizens.

Cavite Governor Jesus
BALITA

Enero 15-21, 2018
Francisco and Jacinta Marto.

The Blessed Virgin
Mary first appeared to three
small shepherd children on May
13, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal and
unleashed a flood of grace in the
midst of a world shattered by
World War I.

The block of four stamps
is now available at the Manila
Central Post Office and in area
post offices nationwide at P12
each until 13 December 2018.
Official first day cover are also
available.

For inquiries, please
call PHLPost at [phone] or
527-0132. (phlpost/epc/jeg/pia-ncr)
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Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial
(ISDB-T) has proven its
capability to transmit emergency
warning data for faster emergency
response in natural disaster-prone
countries like Japan and the
Philippines,” Santiago said.

He said there are several
standards available in the market
but ISDB-T is found to be the
most suitable for the Philippines
because it does not just provide
a clearer visual experience and a
crisper auditory encounter for the
televiewers but it also enhances
the disaster preparedness of the
country through its Emergency
Warning
Broadcast
System
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The entire process of
accreditation if all documents are
in order will take 21 days. The
process includes the validation
of submitted documents and
establishment of proof of
existence of the organization.

However, once the
DSWD Field Office Accreditation
Committee finds irregularities
in the submitted documents,
the CSO applicant will be duly
notified and will be given three
working days from the receipt of
the notice to explain.

Once approved, the
certificate of accreditation is valid
for three years from the date of
issuance unless sooner revoked
by the Department. After which,
the Beneficiary CSO may apply
for the renewal of its certificate of
accreditation within 60 working
days prior to the expiration of its
certificate.

Beneficiary CSOs are
groups made up of organized
individuals who need government
support through projects or
programs which they can access.

It also include DSWD-
organized CSOs, which are
group or association composed
of beneficiaries identified by the
Department for its projects or
programs, such as the associations
under the Sustainable Livelihood
Program
(SLP)
and
the
Emergency Shelter Assistance
Program (ESAP), among others.
(DSWD/EPC/LFB/PIA-NCR)
continued from page 1
Crispin Remulla initiated the
programs for the elders. The
benefits include medical, burial,
cash assistance and other services
and implemented by the PSWDO.
The se-tenant block of four stamps featuring the Our Lady of Fatima to commemorate its 100 years of the apparition. (Photo courtesy
of PHLPost)
(EWBS) feature.
“With
EWBS,
the country can provide a
more
efficient
information
dissemination system during
calamities that can improve
disaster response and act as
a decision support platform,”
Santiago said.
“The bottomline is that the
government will have the facility
now to deliver this kind of urgent
and pressing information to the
people,” Santiago added. (PIA-
NCR/EPC/SDL)
CNN Philippines sacks more than 90
structure aims to achieve higher own ers and managements “not to
employees
efficiency and productivity.
throw away the heart and soul of
“It is bad enough that the firings
come at a time when Philippine
journalism needs all hands on
deck as it comes under increasing
pressure from vindictive and
intolerant government and fends
off a growing wave of populist
disinformation,
official
or
otherwise, while media workers
face worsening threats, old and
emerging,” the NUJP said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
MANILA – Nearly a hundred
regular employees of CNN
Philippines were terminated
by management, Jan. 11 due to
“right sizing.”

In its letter to affected
employees, CNN Philippines
management
declared
the
positions
as
redundant.
The company claimed that
streamlining the organizational

In September 2015,
CNN Philippines also laid off 70
of its employees reportedly for
the same reason.

In separate statements,
the National Union of Journalists
of the Philippines (NUJP) and
the Talents Association of GMA
(TAG) expressed solidarity with
the CNN employees.

TAG cited the illegal
dismissal and unfair labor
practices
experienced
by
contractual workers in GMA,
ABS-CBN and TV5 and the
termination of PTV veteran
journalists without basis.
TAG called on the media
stakeholders and legislators
to address the issues of faced
by the media workers such as
contractualization, no security of
tenure, lack of benefits, among
others.

The NUJP urged media
an industry that has in no small
way helped preserve and advance
democracy in the country by
making available to our people
the information they need to
come to educated decisions about
their individual and collective
futures.”

“It is bad enough that
the firings come at a time when
Philippine journalism needs
all hands on deck as it comes
under
increasing
pressure
from vindictive and intolerant
government and fends off
a growing wave of populist
disinformation,
official
or
otherwise, while media workers
face worsening threats, old and
emerging,” the NUJP said.

The NUJP called on all
journalists to organize themselves
to protect their rights as media
workers while continuing to
remain devoted to the tenets of
their profession.
DOTr, DPWH led ground-breaking ceremony of
South East Metro Manila Expressway project
TAGUIG
CITY
--
The
Department of Transportation
- Toll Regulatory Board (DOTr-
TRB), in partnership with the
Department of Public Works and
Highway (DPWH), on Monday
(Jan. 8) led the ground breaking
of the South East Metro Manila
Expressway Project (SEMME).

DOTr Secretary Arthur
Tugade, DPWH Secretary Mark
Villar, BCDA President & CEO
Vince Dizon, Taguig City Mayor
Lani Cayetano, and other local
government unit officials led the
ground breaking ceremony at the
C-5 service road in Taguig.
The South East Metro Manila
Expressway, is estimated to
cost P45 billion and targeted for
completion by 2020.
The
34-kilometer
expressway will link SMC’s
Skyway Stage 1 in the Food
Terminal Inc. complex in Taguig
City to the Batasan complex in
Quezon City.

According to the DOTr,
the expressway will eventually
connect to the North Luzon
Expressway (NLEx) via Balagtas.
Aside from decongesting roads
in Manila and Quezon City,
particularly major road networks
such as EDSA, C-5, Ortigas
Avenue, and its extension,
the South East Metro Manila
Expressway will also provide
commuters and motorists fast
and direct access by South and
Southeast, as well as Metro
Manila inter-city travelers, to
major international and domestic
airports.

When completed, travel
time of motorists from Bicutan,
Taguig to Batasan, Quezon
City will be reduced to only 35
minutes.

The project, which is
part of the Metro Manila C-6
Expressway project, will have six
lanes, both for elevated and at-
grade sections.

The C-6 expressway
project will have a second phase
involving a 24.28-kilometer
expressway that would provide
links to San Mateo, Rizal and San
Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. (DOTr/
EPC/SDL/PIA-NCR)