Philippine Asian News Today Vol 21 No 5 | Page 11

March 1 - 15, 2019 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY 11 TELECOM PROGRAM AT IBA PANG SERBISYO TULONG SA KABABAYAN Matapos ilunsad ang Telecom Program ng One Filipino Cooperative of BC last May 2018, parami ng parami ang naka-avail nito sa mga members ng FilCo-op. Ang Telus Telecom Program ay kasunduan ng Cooperative Housing Federation of BC (CHFBC) at TELUS na makapagbigay ng 50% discount sa market price ng Telus cable at internet service sa mga member cooperatives. Ang FilCo-op ay member ng CHFBC. Kung ang ibinabayad ng isang subscriber sa cable or internet service na $100.00 per month, ito ay magiging $50.00 kada buwan lamang na malaking savings sa monthly budget. Kaya, mga kabayan, gusto mo bang maka- discount sa iyong monthly internet service? Call or text 604-780-2061 for details. Maliban sa Telecom Program, patuloy pa rin ang iba pang serbisyo tulad ng PAHIRAMAN NG BAYAN na tumutugon sa pangangailangan New BSP Governor... pinansiyal ng mga kasapi lalo na sa panahon ng kagipitan. Ang PADALAHAN NG FILCO-OP/IREMIT naman ay napaka-convenient dahil kahit text or tawag lang ay pwede ng mag remit ng pera sa Pinas. Hindi mo na kailangan lumabas ng bahay. Tipid sa pamasahe/gas, hindi ka pa giginawin pag labas. Makakapagpadala pa hanggang 9:00pm samantalang ang iba ay sarado na. Saan ka pa? SAVE NOW FLY LATER and FLY NOW PAY LATER encourages members to save for future plans whether taking a vacation to the Phils or nag-aantay para pambili ng plane ticket ng mga kaanak na darating. DAMAYANG PINOY Program naman ay tulong pinansiyal sa mga enrolled members sa panahon ng pagpanaw ng kanilang immediate family members. Pagdating naman sa social and emotional needs ay mayroong SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TEAM BUILDING activities na isinasagawa para sa pagpapaunlad ng ating pangkalagayang sosyal. Annual Camping/Trips, Picnics, Crabbing/ Bingo and Raffle at the Park at pakikiisa at pag join sa mga community events like Independence Day celebration at Hirit sa Tag-init. NEW! AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE Bilang tugon sa lumalalang housing crisis hindi lang dito sa BC...mataas na halaga ng bahay, tuluy-tuloy na pagtaas ng renta, mahirap makahanap ng mauupahan, renoviction at iba pa, nangarap ang FilCo-op nas makapagpatayo at mag manage ng isang HOUSING COOP FOR FILIPINOS. Ang mga plano at gawain upang maabot ang pangarap na ito ay unti unting isinasagawa ng FilCo-operative One Housing Society (ONE HOUSING SOCIETY). Isang Non Profit Society na ang misyon ay makamit ang Abot Kayang Pabahay para sa mga Pinoy. Matagal, masalimuot at malayo pa ang paglalakbay na ito subalit mas mabuting maging bahagi at makasama ang bawat isa sa pag- abot ng pangarap na ito. Sa mga interesadong maging member ng One Housing Society, please call/text OHS Coordinators..Cris Tejada 778- 319-8901, Rona Bunda 778-513- 8817 time immersed in books, like a true intellectual, and loves to watch volleyball and basketball games on TV. (Reprinted from manila Bulletin) AUMAN ANG INYONG INTERES or pangangailangan, narito ang ONE FILIPINO COOPERATIVE OF BC para ito ay tugunan. Matutulungan ka na, makakatulong ka pa...Kayang Kaya Kung Sama-Sama! PARA SA IBA PANG IMPORMATION: Call/Text 604-780-2061 Email: [email protected] Website: www.filcoopbc.com Facebook: Filipino Cooperative FROM PAGE 7 department, and awarding of projects to a “favored” contractor for flood control projects in Sorsogon. Diokno had dismissed Andaya’s accusations as “illusory” and not grounded on facts. He challenged the congressman to file criminal charges against him with the Office of the Ombudsman if he has evidence to back up his charges. To this day, however, there is no news of any criminal case against the DBM chief. Andaya also did not make good his threat to cite Diokno for contempt when the latter refused to appear again before the committee after being subjected to intense grilling and repetitive questions in his AT THE HELM Former DBM initial appearance. secretary and now BSP governor Perhaps the charges have been Benjamin Diokno speculative in nature and may have been intended to generate media University in Baltimore, Maryland. mileage for his accuser who is running Add to these his degree in public administration from UP-Diliman for another high office in the coming in 1968 plus an M.A. in public May 13 elections? Wait for the next administration in 1970, followed chapter. Meanwhile, Diokno is Central four years later by another M.A. in Bank governor. In a show of solidarity, the other economics from the same university. All was not smooth sailing, Cabinet secretaries have expressed however, for this technocrat from the support for Diokno as President land of the slumbering but still active Digong has. Amid all the troubles he was Taal Volcano. In the last three or four months of his DBM stewardship, going through, Diokno’s answer Diokno had to ward off charges of to the question on why he has alleged anomalies in the agency aired been accepting appointments in a by some members of the House government office is that he deems appropriations committee, notably by it his duty as a Filipino to answer the its chairman, Rep. Rolando Andaya, call for public service. Take a bow, Governor! Will he Jr., and pretty nasty denunciations keep the independence of the Central too. The charges included supposed Bank and the Anti-Money Laundering bribery of congressmen, collusion Council which he now heads? We pray with some unnamed high officials so. Incidentally, Gov. Ben is a very of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), an allegedly private person, which is why he irregular “insertion” of a R75 billion is often described as “aloof ” and additional infrastructure budget of the kindly “detached.” He spends his WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM ************