OVP Balita Volume 1 Issue 3

7/31/2019 OVP Balita Volume 1 Issue 3

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VP BINAY GIVES WHEELCHAIRS IN ANTIQUE. Vice President Jejomar C. Binay awards wheel-

chairs to three residents of Valderrama, Antique during his visit to the municipality. Binay allot-ted P12 million of the rst tranche of his 2012 Priority Development Assistance Fund for healthservices, which include the provision of medical equipment such as wheelchairs, stethoscopes

and sphygmamometers to select towns. While Binay was in Western Visayas, his ofce also con-ducted medical and dental missions in Dao, Dumarao and Mambusao, Capiz; Banga, Numanciaand Nabas, Aklan; and Valderrama, Bugasong and Hamtic, Antique.

President Benigno S. Aquino III com-ments on Rodolfo Ragodons mural onthe evolution of Filipino costumes, one ofseveral paintings at the Coconut Palace,during a tour given by Vice President Je-

jomar C. Binay. The President droppedby Binays ofce before he proceeded to

the nearby Sotel Hotel for the 2nd AbuDhabi Dialogue. More photos on page 8.

PNOY VISITS VP

BETTER GOVERNANCE DRIVINGGROWTH IN PHL - VP BINAY

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ice President Jejomar C. Binay said thatthe Philippines continues to make signi-cant strides in development through bet-

ter governance and partnerships.

With President Aquino atthe helm, signicant stridescontinue to be made in our

journey towards develop-ment, the Vice Presidentsaid during the opening othe Philippine Corporateand Investment Pavilion(PCI Pavilion) at the SMXConvention Center.

Our admirable progressas noted by ransparency

International, the WorldEconomic Forum and eventhe U.S. Department oState, spurs us to widen thescope o our eorts and toengage more stakeholdersso as to secure enduranceand sustainability, Binayadded.

Binay outlined some othe progress in key indus-tries that drive inclusivegrowth, and mentioned thecountrys drive to reduce

corruption and promotetransparency through part-nerships with the ADB andcivil society organizations.

He said the Philippinesremains among the worldstop 10 exporters o tropicalruit like mangoes, bananas,and pineapples, and is cur-rently strengthening thegrowth o more high-valuecrops.

Te Vice President addedthat the country is also the

8th largest sh producer inthe world.

Binay urther said that theBusiness Process Outsourcing(BPO) industry is rising asterthan any other industry.

We are now No. 1 in voice,No. 2 in non-voice servicesand we have yet to see thissunrise industry reach mid-day. By 2016 we hope to reg-ister $25 billion US dollars

in revenues and provide em-ployment to 1.3 million peo-ple, with other industries alsobeneting rom this growth,he said.

Te PCI Pavilion is oneo the event highlights o thePhilippine hosting o the 45thAnnual Meeting o the Boardo Governors o the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB).

Te Vice President inviteddelegates to visit key touristspots in the country and see

or themselves why it is moreun in the Philippines.

Te Underground Riv-er in Palawan, one o theWorlds New 7 Wonders oNature, is something youshould not miss. Tose whoyearn or the sea may wishto eel the sugar white sandso Boracay beneath their eet.And or those who preer toride waves rather than causethem, our surng capital oSiargao does not disappoint

the adventurous, he said.Your options are outnum-

bered only by the smiles o

the Filipinos who wish tomake your visit a valued one,he said,

Our beloved country isoen called the Pearl o theOrient but we believe it is somuch more. In your brie stayin the Philippines, we inviteyou to see how several bril-liant acets o the same gem,and witness how an emerg-ing economy intends to soarto greater heights, he con-cluded.

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay leads the inauguration of the Disiplina

Village Phase I, along with San Miguel Brewery, Inc. President RobertN. Huang and Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin T. Gatchalian. The Disi-

plina Village Phase I will house 368 families who were displaced by

typhoon Ondoy in September 2009.


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VP BINAY:

WB to aid PHL meethousing goals

I encouraged the World Bank toconsider extending both technicalassistance and nancial assistanceto the Philippines, namely in theimplementation o our program tobuild sustainable housing commu-nities, Binay said.

I am glad to announce that theWorld Bank has acted positively onour requests and that steps will be

taken to see to their immediate im-plementation, he added.

Binay attended the 5th GlobalHousing Finance Conerence inWashington D.C. and met withWorld Bank Executive DirectorRogerio Studart.

Te housing czar sought the WorldBanks assistance in building hous-ing communities in New BilibidPrison in Muntinlupa, North rian-gle in Quezon City, San Miguel Newown, and Welareville in Mandalu-yong.

We also sought technical assis-tance in reorming our loan pro-gram or the homeless poor, and theormulation o a policy to encour-age rural banks to open a specialwindow on housing and micro -nance, he said.

Earlier, Binay secured the interesto the Malaysian business commu-nity into exploring more investmentopportunities in the Philippines,specically in agriculture and agri-business, housing, nance, tourism

and inrastructure.Binay, chairman o the PhilippinesHousing and Urban DevelopmentCoordinating Council (HUDCC),also invited Malaysian businessmento invest in housing developmentand mass housing projects thatwould help government build 3.6million units in the next ew years.

Tis is one business opportuni-ty where the rewards are high, notnecessarily in terms o nancial re-turns alone but above all in terms othe physical satisaction o having

helped provide homes or millionsand transormed the landscapeacross the nation, he said.

Te Vice President was in Malay-sia rom May 27 to 29 as head o anocial delegation that included 35business leaders. His visit was therst high-level visit to Malaysia inve years.

Te Malaysian business commu-nity, to use their own words, is veryexcited about the Philippines, hesaid.

According to the Vice President,the businessmen are attracted by thebroad business opportunities and abusiness environment that encour-ages growth.

Tey gladly welcome the newpolicy directions set by the admin-istration o President Aquino pro-moting transparency and a levelplaying eld, he said.

Binay said the revival o the Ma-laysian-Philippines Business Coun-cil, which includes some o the bignames in Malaysian business, andthe successul holding o the Phil-ippines-Malaysia Investment Part-nership Forum where he was thekeynote speaker showed Malaysiasexcitement and enthusiasm aboutinvesting in the Philippines.

While in Kuala Lumpur, the VicePresident witnessed the signing oa memorandum o understandingbetween the MD group o Malay-sia, the Isabela Power Corporationand Greenpower Resources Corpo-ration or the construction o ninemini-hydro power plants in Isabelawith a cost o US$240 million.

Tese power plants are expectedto generate and add about 80 mega-watts to Luzons electric power grid,and will be implemented within aperiod o three years, he said.

In his meeting with MalaysianPrime Minister Dato Sri NajibRazak, Binay said the strong po-

litical interests between Malaysiaand the Philippines can only growstronger in the years ahead.

Our partnership is not only bilat-eral but also regional and throughASEAN and BIMP-EAGA we havestrong institutions that oer maxi-mum opportunities or political andeconomic cooperation, he said.

In 2011, Malaysia ranked as thePhilippines 9th largest trading part-ner, with total trade amounting toUS$3.83 billion. In the same year,Malaysia stood as the Philippines

11th largest export market, withexports valued at US$1.396 billion;and the 8th largest import market,with imports valued at US$2.438billion. From 2005 to 2010, Malay-sian investments in the Philippinesreached US$203.03 million.

In his speech during the Invest-ment Forum, the Vice Presidentsaid the Philippines has certainlybecome an attractive site or oreigninvestment.

he World Bank will be providing technical and nancialassistance to help the Philippines meet its housing tar-gets, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said.

Vice President and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers concernsJejomar C. Binay lets the repatriated three-year-old boy talk with his mother whois now working in Dubai. The Vice President helped bring home the child after his

mother, Rosemarie Solon, requested for assistance. Solon left her son with herfriends in Kuwait when she got deported last year for expired working visa. Binay

also arranged for the plane tickets of the boy and his grandmother, who fetchedhim at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, so they could go home to Bohol.

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay led the distribution o 300 land titles toseveral home owner associations in Puerto Princesa City.

Binay, who chairs the Housing and Urban Development CoordinatingCouncil (HUDCC), said 120 o the 300 land titles distributed are underthe Community Mortgage Program (CMP) o the Social Housing FinanceCorporation (SHFC).

He noted that the remaining land titles are distributed to 140 amiliesaer they settled their accounts with dierent housing agencies.

Kami po sa pamahalaan ay gumagawa ng paraan upang matupad angpangarap na ito sa pamamagitan ng aming mga programang pabahay.Pero sa inyo pa rin nakasalalay ang tunay na katuparan ng pangarap naito, Binay said.

Sa ilalim ng mga proyektong pabahay ng National Housing Author-ity (NHA), may kabuuang halaga na tatlumpung milyong piso ang mgaproyektong ito na nakatulong sa halos walong daang pamilya, he added.

Te Vice President also said that another 300 land titles are being pro-cessed by the NHA or the beneciaries o Hacienda de Panacan underPresidential Decree No. 574.

Di pa man ninyo hawak ang mga titulo, binabati ko na kayosa inyongmatagumpay na pagtupad ng tungkulin sa buwanang amortisasyon. At

umasa po kayo na bibilisan pa namin ang pag-ayos ng ilan pang require-ments upang mai-release na ng Register o Deeds ang inyong mga titulo,he said.

Binay lauded the province o Palawan or being one o the most activelocal government units in implementing CMPs. Citing gures rom theSHFC, he said over 7,600 amilies have already beneted rom CMPs inPalawan. He also cited the high collection eciency rate o the province.

Marami po kasi tayong mga kababayan na nagkaroon ng sariling lupatbahay pero hindi binigyang halaga ito. Ang iba, hindi nagbabayad ngunitkapag pinaalis mo ay sobrang sama na ng tingin sa pamahalaan. Ang ibanaman hindi na nga nagbabayad, ipinagbili pa sa iba ang kanilang rights,he said.

Simula sa araw na ito, hindi na kayo tatawaging mga inormal settler osquatter. Kayo ay tunay nang mga landowner, he added.

Binay awards land titlesin Palawan


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Kuala Lumpur Vice President Je-jomar C. Binay has announced that

three Filipinos have been spared thedeath penalty in Sabah aer receiv-ing pardons rom the Malaysiangovernment.

Te Philippine embassy in Ma-laysia identied the three as BasirOmar, Jaliman Salleh and AldipalHadani.

In his talk with Malaysian ForeignMinister Dato Sri Aniah Aman, Bi-nay, Presidential Adviser on Over-seas Filipino Workers concerns,thanked the Malaysian governmentor granting the pardons.

We sincerely appreciate the granto pardon and see it as urther vali-dation o the strong ties between thePhilippines and Malaysia, he said.

In January this year, PhilippineAmbassador to Malaysia J. EduardoMalaya called on Sabah Governorand Pardons Board Chairman unDatuk Seri Panglima, and requestedor his intervention to commute thedeath sentences o six Filipinos, in-cluding the three.

Te Pardons Board handed downon May 22 a decision commutingthe death sentence o Omar to 13years and 7 months. Te new sen-tence will commence its countingrom the date o pardon.

Meanwhile, the death sentencesor Salleh and Hadani were reducedto 15 years imprisonment in a de-cision rendered on May 14 in KotaKinabalu.

Te two were arrested on July 8,2008 in Kota Kinabalu when policeound 867.1 grams o cannabis intheir bags, and were sentenced to

death by the Sabah High Court onJune 25, 2010.

Te Vice President cautioned Fili-pinos in Malaysia not to be lured bycriminal syndicates into becomingdrug mules or to engage in the ille-gal drug trade.

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay welcomes Alfredo Salmos, the OFW who survived an accidental electrocution in 2010 in Saudi Arabia,at the Coconut Palace.

3 Filipinosspared fromdeath penaltyin Sabbah

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay an-nounced that Alredo Salmos, theOverseas Filipino Worker (OFW) inSaudi Arabia who was electrocuted in

2010, is nally home.Salmos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino

International Airport erminal 1 viaSaudi Air fight SV 872 rom Jeddah.

Ang kanyang pag-uwi ay bunga ngpagtutulungan ng mga ahensiya ngating pamahalaan, ng mga non-gov-ernmental organizations, at ng mgakababayan natin na nasa Saudi Ara-bia na kumupkop at tumulong kayAlredo, Binay said.

Ito ay patunay na marami tayongmagagawa kung tayong lahat ay nag-kakaisa at nagtutulungan, he added.

Aer Salmos arrival, Binay metwith Salmos and his amily at the Co-conut palace. He was accompanied byhis siblings Epiania Reem SalmosColina and Junny Velasco Salmos.

We are very greatul that aer twoyears in the Middle East nakauwi na

Alfredo Salmos comes home,family thanks VP Binay

rin ang kapatid namin. Maramingsalamat sa ating pamahalaan, sa mgaNGOs at lalo na sa ating mga kaba-bayan na nagpost sa FB para matutu-

kan ang kaso ng kapatid ko, Colinasaid.

Pinapakita lang nito na buhay paang bayanihan spirit sa ating bansa.Na di lang gobyerno, pati mga or-dinaryong tao ay may kakayahangtumulong sa ating mga OFWs, sheadded.

Binay, the Presidential Adviser onOFW Concerns, said Salmos repa-triation was delayed because o a lacko a nal exit clearance rom his em-ployer, and a police clearance in con-nection with his involvement in a caraccident a decade ago.

He said he has been working withthe Department o Foreign Aairs,the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah,and the Department o Labor andEmployment and the Overseas Work-ers Welare Administration to bring

a concerted eort in asking the Saudigovernment to grant Salmos exit.

Nagpapasalamat tayo sa lahat ngmga tumulong para makauwi si Al-

red - sa mga nagpost sa Facebook,sa mga taga-media, sa NGOs katu-lad ng Patnubay Riyadh at Powerso Prayers, at mga OFW Advocatessa Saudi Arabia, ang ating PhilippineConsulate sa Jeddah, ang DFA at angOWWA, Binay said.

Dito naman sa Pilipinas, makakaasakayo na magkakaroon din ng bay-anihan sa pagtulong kay Mang Fredat sa kanyang pamilya na makaban-gong muli. Nariyan ang Ople Centerat ang Oce o the Vice President atiba pang mga pribadong samahan,he added.

Te 52-year-old Salmos, a native oNueva Ecija, has been unemployedsince his accident. He was in a comaor a month and is now still recuper-ating rom his injuries, which havele him severely scarred.

Te government remains committed to

make overseas employment a questiono choice rather than a matter o neces-sity, Vice President Jejomar C. Binaysaid during the observance o the 17thMigrant Workers Day.

At the same time, Binay, the Presiden-tial Adviser on Overseas Filipino Work-ers (OFW) Concerns, said governmentocials are obligated to ensure that ouroverseas workers enjoy adequate pro-tection and responsive service rom theconcerned government agencies andoces that they rightly deserve.

Te Vice President said OFWs make

Govt committed to make overseas employment choicerather than necessity

up 10 percent o the countrys popula-

tion, making the Philippines one o thelargest labor sending countries in Asia.

He also thanked all migrant workersor their contributions to national de-

velopment.Ang bawat Pilipino ay may kakay-

anang magtagumpay sa ano mang la-rangan, saan man siya naroroon. At sanatatanging araw na ito, ating ginugu-nita ang kabayanihan at sakripisyo ngating milyung-milyong mga OFW atpinapasalamatan natin sila sa lahat ngkanilang iniambag sa pag-unlad ng at-ing bansa, he said.

Te Vice President also said OFWs

have helped shape all the nations thathost them. At the same time, they havebecome essential contributors in pav-ing the way or our countrys economicgrowth.

During his working visit to the Unit-ed States, Binay previously met with agroup o Filipino teachers and proes-sionals who were victims o illegal re-cruitment by agencies based in the Phil-ippines and the US.

He assured them that the Oce othe Vice President (OVP) will reviewtheir complaints and le the necessary

cases against those behind their recruit-

ment.He also visited the Filipino Work-

ers Resource Center in Kuala Lumpurwhere he talked with 19 victims o ille-gal recruitment who arrived in Malaysia

via awi-awi and Sandakan in Sabah.I encouraged them to execute ada-

vits against their recruiters so we can lethe necessary charges upon our returnto Manila. Te embassy has assuredme that all the 19 will be returning tothe Philippines upon completion othe necessary exit documents, the VicePresident said.


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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has reiterated thegovernments commitment to uphold and protectthe rights and welare o Filipino seaarers.

Bilang Presidential Adviser or Overseas Fili-pino Workers Concerns, tinitiyak ko po sa inyo naang administrasyon ni Pangulong Aquino ay hindinakakaramdam ng pagod pagdating sa kapakananng ating mga tripolante, Binay said in a speechduring the blessing and inauguration o the JSU-AMOSUP Maritime Museum and Sports Complexin Malate, Manila.

Binay cited dierent government programs likethe Value Formation Seminars that help amiliesdeal with the absence or temporary separationrom a amily member. Te program also oerspsycho-social counseling and stress debrieng tohelp amilies whose members are stranded seaar-ers or victims o piracy and other sea disasters.

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay led the closureo a recruitment agency whose license was can-celled due to collection o excessive placementees.

Northwest Placement Inc., an intermediary orBest Western Golden Prairies Inn in Montana inthe United States, was closed down in an opera-tion conducted by the Oce o the Vice President(OVP) and the Philippine Overseas EmploymentAgency (POEA).

Ang operation na ito ay patunay lamang naseryoso po ang ating gobyerno sa pangangalagasa ating mga kababayang nais magtrabaho sa

ibang bansa, Binay said.Maging babala sana ito sa mga nagbabalak sa-

mantalahin ang ating mga kababayang nais mag-ing OFW, he added.

Te agencys license was cancelled by the POEAlast April 25, 2012 aer it ound the agency liableor violation o Section 2 (b), Rule I, Part VI othe 2002 POEA Rules and Regulations.

According to the POEA Rules and Regulations,charging or accepting directly or indirectly anyamount greater than that specied in the sched-ule o allowable ees prescribed by law will begrounds or imposition o administrative sanc-tions.

Binay said an investigation conducted by theUS Embassy Fraud Prevention Unit conrmedreports that the local agency has been chargingillegal placement ees to H-2B US visa applicantsgoing to work in the United States.

He added that aer interviewing several H-2BVisa applicants who have been petitioned towork in the US, the US Embassy worked in closecoordination with the OVP which led to the can-cellation o the agencys license.

However, the agency continued to conduct re-cruitment activities despite the cancellation o itslicense. Tis led to POEA Administrator Hans

Leo Cacdacs issuance o a closure order againstthe agency.

VP Binay leadsclosure ofillegal recruitmentagency

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has directed thePhilippine embassies in the Kingdom o SaudiArabia and United Arab Emirates, as well asthe Overseas Workers Welare Administration(OWWA), to process immediately the docu-ments o Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)staying at government-run shelters so they canreturn to the Philippines at the soonest possibletime.

Binay recently met with OFWs housed at OW-WA-maintained shelters in Jeddah and Dubaiduring his visit to the Middle East. Fourteen Fili-pino workers in Jeddah and 69 in Dubai askedthe Vice President to help them return to thePhilippines.

I trust that the OWWA and the concernedembassies in Jeddah and Dubai will attend to the

needs o our kababayans who are staying at theshelters, particularly in ast-tracking the reviewand processing o their cases so they can securethe needed exit visas, said Binay, who is alsoPresidential Adviser on OFW Concerns.

In Jeddah, the Vice President conveyed thePhilippine governments condolences to SaudiKing Abdullah on the passing o Crown PrinceNaye, and met the new Crown Prince Salman,who is also Deense Minister o Saudi Arabia. He

visited OFWs at the OWWA-POLO shelter inJeddah beore proceeding to Dubai to meet withthe Filipino community there.

Te Vice President also said that he expectedthe OWWA to pay or the tickets o those whoare OWWA members and who have an outpassor a travel document, and get a reund rom theconcerned recruitment agencies.

Binay also reiterated his call or Filipinos seek-ing employment abroad to go through the properchannels, and to heed government bans on coun-tries such as Syria.

he Vice President is scheduled to have anaudience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIon June 26 at the Vatican, and will meet theFilipino community in Italy and other parts oEurope.

Speed up repatriations of OFWsin Jeddah, Dubai shelters

VP BINAY MEETS MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER. Vice President Jejomar C. Binay calls on MalaysianPrime Minister Dato Sri Najib Tun Razak at the Prime Ministers ofce in Putrajaya. The meeting is the rst

high level, bilateral discussion between the two countries in ve years. Binay said Malaysia supports thePhilippines position that a resolution of the Panatag Shoal dispute with China should be based on the UnitedNations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). He added that the Prime Minister also favors the partici-

pation of member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) who are also claimantsto the Spratlys in talks to resolve the Panatag dispute.

Batid din po natin na ang sahod ng isang tripo-lante ay katas ng matinding pagod at paghihirap.Kaya naman upang tulungan silang mapalago ang

kanilang inipon, nariyan ang ating Entrepreneur-ship Development raining program, Binay said.Dito po tinuturo ang mga mahahalagang kaala-

man sa pagtayo at pagpapatakbo ng negosyo. Kasa-ma na rito ang pagbalangkas ng isang maayos nabusiness plan, he added.

Binay also stressed the importance o the OFWFamily Circle program o the Overseas WorkersWelare Administration. Trough this program,the amilies and dependents o seaarers are organ-ized to expand OWWAs reach in the delivery o itsprograms and services.

He said these meetings also serve as a venueand opportunity or amilies to share experiencesand draw lessons rom experiences o others. Tis

provides invaluable support to amilies who needadded strength to cope with their separation roma loved one at sea.

Upang matiyak na ang ating mga programa aylaging angkop sa pangangailangan ng ating mgamandaragat, tuloy-tuloy po ang mga ating konsul-tasyon sa mga pamilya ng mga tripolante, kasamapo ang kanilang mga anak. Sa sama-sama natingpagtimon, tiyak na magiging maayos ang atingpaglalakbay, Binay added.

Binay said that the Philippines has become thecrewing capital o the world and at any given time,there are about 300,000 Filipinos at sea all over theworld.

According to the Vice President, Filipinos com-prise 30% o the 1.25 million people working onships.

Our seaarers have lent so much strength totheir homelands prosperity. Tey unailingly con-tribute more than a billion dollars to our economy,Binay said.

Last year alone, their remittances stood at anastonishing $3.8 billion and it appears these g-ures will rise even urther in the coming years, headded.

Filipino seafarers assured of support


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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has said that the Philippines and Chinasrelationship has remained intact despite the ocal points raised by po-litical concerns o the times, and stressed the need to maintain the twocountries long standing riendship.

No riendship shall ever be perect. Tere will be tests and challenges,and our shared path has seen and will continue to encounter twists andturns, Binay said during the celebration o the Filipino- Chinese Friend-ship Day and the commemoration o the 37th year o the establishment oDiplomatic Relations between the Philippines and China at the CenturyPark Hotel.

Tere are those who would be quick to look at the obstacles along thatroad and plead with us to abandon the voyage altogether. But the rich-ness o our past gives us the certainty that all things can be settled not just

peaceully but justly between riends, the Vice President stressed.Binay also emphasized the need to strengthen the countries bilateral

relations by exploring other venues or partnership besides trade.He counted among these opportunities the potential or investing in

human capital through knowledge and skills sharing, especially in com-munication tools that will help conquer the language barrier between thetwo countries as well as other nations in the world.

As the golden galleon o economic power sails rom West to East, let uswiden the scope o our solidarity in the causes o peace and development,the Vice President added.

We are commemorating the generous gi o riendship between the Fili-pinos and the Chinese. Tis gi has brought great joy to all o us and boundby our raternal concern or each other, we work hard to ensure that noth-ing but joy shall be shared by our succeeding generations, Binay ended.

VP Binay: PHL - Chinarelations remained intactdespite political concerns

Govt intensiesanti-trafcking ops,rescues 106 victims

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Marilou Bagsit and Marivic Capistrano sharewith Vice President Jejomar C. Binay the ordeal they suffered in the hands ofconvicted Singaporean human trafcker Lim Beng Huat in Malaysia. The Vice

President, who also serves as the Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns, laud-ed the two for their help in convicting Lim, who was ordered jailed for six yearsby a Malaysian Court. Bagsit and Capistrano were recruited to Malaysia in 2008.

They escaped from Lims townhouse on June 30, 2008 after suffering physicaland verbal abuse from said recruiter. Lim is known to slap his victims and deprivethem of food and salaries especially when they are returned to his agency by

Malaysian employers. Some of his recruits end up as prostitutes against their will.

Intensiying its anti-tracking operations, the Inter-Agency CouncilAgainst racking (IACA) rescued some 106 persons rom being smug-gled overseas in three separate sting operations in June, Vice President Je-

jomar C. Binay has said.Binay, Chairman Emeritus o the IACA, said 85 o the would-be tra-

cking victims were rescued on June 4 by members o the Zamboanga Sea-Based Anti-racking ask Force (ZSBAF) on board the ML Kadrinaat the boundary o Zamboanga and Pilas Islands.

Tis is one o the biggest hauls we had this year. We intercepted 150 per-sons who were on board. But only 65 were ocially declared on the shipsmaniest. Binay said.

What is worse was that the lives o the legitimate passengers were alsoput at risk because the boat was overloaded, he lamented.

He added that the ZSBAF started monitoring the boat in June 4 aerreceiving inormation that it will transport 40 would-be victims to Malay-sia via aganak.

On the other hand, 10 persons were intercepted at the Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport (NAIA) erminal III on June 12 aer a commotionthey caused caught the attention IACA agents assigned at the airport.

Upon investigation, we learned that the passengers wanted to lodge acomplaint against their recruiter who processed their travel documentsand promised them work in the United States, the Vice President said.

We were also able to arrest the recruiter who was with the 10 when theywere intercepted by IACA operatives, he added.

Meanwhile, a minor allegedly being orced to work as a stripper at bar inManila was rescued during the IACAs latest operation on June 19.

It was learned that the victim, along with another girl, was recruited inDavao City by a gay person who promised them jobs in Metro Manila,said Binay.

However, upon arriving in Manila, they learned the true nature o theirjob, that o a stripper and a Guest Relations Ocer (GRO), he added.

Furthermore, a Malaysian national was apprehended at the DiosdadoMacapagal International Airport (DMIA) on June 7 who was waiting orhis fight along with his ance, whom the council believed to be a track-ing victim.

Te Vice President said that while the suspect and the victim was beingbrought NAIA erminal I or investigation, IACA operatives were able toconvince the victim to le a case against the Malaysian.

Te suspect will be charged with violation o RA 9208 or the Anti-ra-cking Act o 2003.

Te United States Department o State earlier released this years Globalracking in Persons (GIP) Report which put the Philippines in ier 2status, the same tier it got in last years GIP report.

Countries belonging to this tier do not meet the minimum requirementsprescribed in the U.S. racking Victims Protections Act, but are doingsignicant eorts to do so.

We are taking the recommendations o the report seriously and are nowlooking into how we can urther intensiy our anti-tracking operationsand increase our conviction rate, Binay said.

Te Vice President said that he will convene the IACA to determinehow to address the recommendations o the U.S. State Department whenhe gets back rom his trip to Rome next month.

He is scheduled to have a private audience with the Pope at the Vaticanwhen he goes to Rome.

Te Vice President is in Jeddah as President Benigno Aquino IIIs rep-resentative to convey the Philippines condolences to the King o SaudiAraubi on the death o the Crown Prince last week.

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Vice President Jejomar C. Bi-nay revealed that the Ibanag

language will soon be included

as a medium o instruction in

the Department o Educations

(DepEd) Mother ongue-Based

Multi-Lingual Education (MB-

MLE) program.

he Vice President said dur-

ing the launching o the Ibanag

Heritage Foundation (IBHF)

that he wrote DepEd Secretary

Armin Luistro in March to rec-

ommend the inclusion o Iba-

nag, the lingua ranca o the

Cagayan Valley region, in the

MB-MLE program.

We stressed to Secretary

Luistro that the inclusion o

the Ibanag language would be

ver y timely and strateg ic . It can

serve as a springboard o the

governments advocacy to em-

power every Filipino youth with

quality education, including

those who belong to indigenousgroups, Binay said.

Binay has Ibanag roots. His

mother, the late Lourdes Gatan

Cabauatan, hails rom Cabagan,

Isabela.

He is also the Chairman o the

Board o rustees o the IBHF.

he Vice President said his re-

quest to Luistro was part o the

IBHFs initiative to preserve the

Ibanag language and culture.

Survivors o Sendong in Cagayan de Oro (CDO)and Iligan will have 8,000 new homes within this

year, said Vice President Jejomar C. Binay.Binay tasked the National Housing Authority,

through its General Manager Atty. Chito Cruz, toimmediately relocate and resettle aected ami-lies o the typhoon and provide them with hous-ing assistance.

Te agency signed 10 agreements with publicand private institutions, housing unders andconstructors or the development and construc-tion o the housing units.

President Aquino has instructed all concernedagencies to use all possible means to address therehabilitation o Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, andthe signing o these 10 memoranda o agreement

(MOA) is governments concrete action to an-swer to our leaders call, Binay said during theMOA signing at the Coconut Palace.

Around 8,293 housing units will be constructedin 16 project locations in the two cities. O this,5,507 will be built in CDO and 2,786 in Iligan.

Te Vice President said the government alonecannot nance the housing projects. He lauded

the private and civic organizations that have vol-unteered to construct resettlement sites in the a-ected cities.

I have always believed that we can achievemuch through meaningul partnerships with di-erent stakeholders, he said, adding that such co-operation shows the value o bayanihan amongFilipinos.

NHA entered into MOA with the Habitat orHumanity Philippines, Gawad Kalinga, SMGroup o Companies, Banco de Oro Founda-tion Inc., Diocese o Iligan, Rotary-CDO, SanMiguel Corporation, Federation o Filipino Chi-nese Chambers o Commerce and Industry, Inc.,

Xavier University, Berjaya Group o Companies,GMA Kapuso Foundation, Shell Philippines, OroHumanity, Social Action Center- Archdiocese oCDO, Caritas, St. Francis Xavier Church, Philip-pine Institute o Civil Engineers and PhilippineRed Cross.

Also involved are the Housing and Urban De-velopment Coordinating Council, Department

o Social Welare and Development, Departmento Public Works and Highways, and Departmento Environment and Natural Resources.

Te CDO-Iligan rehabilitation will be a goodtesting ground or our ability to implement mul-ti-sectoral partnerships. Our success in this ven-ture will mean a lot in promoting this adminis-trations inclusive approach at governance, Binaysaid.

In CDO, housing units will be constructed inCagayan de Oro Relocation Site Housing ProjectPhase II, II-B and III; Indahag Relocation SitePhase I and II; LGU-BERJAYA-GK Village; Can-itoan Relocation Site; Xavier Village; NASSA and

SAC Caritas Village; Calaanan Relocation Site;and Paglaum Village.

Meanwhile, Iligan will build the units in Bay-anihan sa Iligan Village, Kapuso Village, DiklaanResettlement Site, and Diocese o Iligan VillageI and 2.

CDO, Iligan survivors of Sendongto have 8k homes soon - VP BINAY

Ibanag to be medium of instruction in DepEdsMulti-lingual Educational Program

We have made the preserva-

tion o the Ibanag language our

priority, because as Ive said

earlier, we may no longer ind

native speakers who know the

language luently, he said.

Binay said Luistros responseto his request was avorable and

that they are now closely coor-

dinating with the Indigenous

Peoples Education Oice (IP-

sEO) o DepEd.

We are also closely coordi-

nating with Indigenous Peoples

Education Oice and DepEd at

the regional and local/division

levels or the pilot implemen-

tation o the Mother ongue-

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay administers the oath of ofce to the members of the Board of Directors of the Ibanag Herit-age Foundation of which he is the Founding Chairman. The Vice President has Ibanag roots through his mother, Lourdes

Cabauatan, who hails from Cabagan, Isabela.

Based Multi-Lingual Education

program in selected schools in

Cabagan, Isabela and uguega-

rao City, he said.

Moreover, our research

team is now developing learn-

ing materials in coordinationwith trained teachers and con-

sultants, and collaborating with

Ibanag language experts or the

development o a standard or-

thography or Ibanag, he add-

ed.

Binay said the IBHF has iden-

tiied ten program areas that

ensure the preservation o the

Ibanag culture, namely: the lan-

guage, history, olklore and lit-

erature, cuisine, historical and

religious landmarks. ourist

spots, estivals and traditions,

indigenous industries, endemic

lora and auna, and people-to-

people partnership with local

and oreign cultural organiza-tions.

He said uguegarao City May-

or Delin ing has already com-

mitted to providing a space at

the uguegarao City Hall or an

Ibanag Library and Museum.

We have also established

links with the Department o

ourism Region 02 or the pro-

motion o tourist attractions in

Cagayan Valley, he concluded.


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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said the K+12 program o the Depart-

ment o Education will help provide opportunities or gainul employ-

ment aer graduation.

According to him, students who complete the K+12 program will be

recognized with certicates equivalent to a two-year college degree.

Ang sabi ko nga kung mamasukan ka ng pagiging isang clerk, kailangan

mo pa bang mag-aral ng apat na taon para lang masabing qualied kang

pumasok sa trabahong iyon?, Binay said during the launch o the K+12

program at Palo National High School.

Hindi bat mas mahalagang mabigyan ka ng kaalaman at kakayahan

upang gampanang maigi ang trabahong nais mong pasukan?, he added.

He also said the new curriculum will enable students to better cope

with their lessons and also provide schools with fexibility to allow stu-

dents choose electives or specializations that suit their interest.

Te system is still in its initial stages and I am sure the Department

o Education will monitor its implementation and come up with urther

improvements in the program, he added.

According to the Department o Education, the additional two years o

education will help decongest and enhance the current basic education

curriculum and provide better quality education or all.Te Philippines is the only remaining country in Asia with a 10-year

basic education program and it is high time that our education program

be on par with that o other countries, Binay added.

Binay also lauded the Department o Education or their eorts in ad-

dressing the shortage o textbooks and classroom seats.

Noong Martes lamang po, inanunsyo ni Secretary Armin Luistro na

sa pagbubukas ng klase, wala na pong shortage sa mga libro at mga up-

uan sa ating mga pampublikong paaralan, he said

Pinapatunayan lamang po nito na seryoso ang administrasyong Aqui-

no sa pagsulong ng mga programang magpapatatag sa sistema ng edu-

kasyon sa ating bansa, he added.

MAMBAJAO, Camiguin --- VicePresident Jejomar C. Binay hasurged Boy Scout leaders to makeuse o new technologies to spreadthe spirit and membership oscouting while still preserving tra-

ditional scouting skills.We shall continue to preserve our

teaching o age-old scouting skills knowledge that allows anyone tosurvive and thrive in a lean envi-ronment, away rom the amenitieso civilization. But we shall bravelytake on the challenge o spreadingthe spirit and membership o scout-ing using the new terrain and re-sources that the digital world placesat our disposal, he said.

Binay, the National President,Boy Scouts o the Philippines andthe Chairman o the Asia-PacicRegional Scout Committee, was intown to attend the 56th Annual Na-tional Council Meeting.

Te Vice President said thegrowth o social media, includingpopular social networking sites Fa-cebook and witter, was somethingthat scout elders could not ignore orstop.

Whereas the scouts o old had to

Use social media to spread scouting movement

Vice President and Boy Scout of the Philippines national president Jejomar C. Bi-nay conferred the National Court of Honor to Scout Cliff Ian Salcedo of Cagayande Oro City (CDO) for helping rescue CDO residents trapped in their homes dur-

ing the onslaught of Typhoon Sendong.

master navigation using a compassand a map, the modern day scoutsnow bear the burden o navigatingan increasingly digital world, hesaid.

He urged scout leaders to take ad-

vantage o the increasing popularityo the social media in the Filipinoyouth.

We can no longer exist outsidethis new world, or pretend that it issomething that can be switched onor o at will. It remains active evenas we sleep and takes hold o boysand girls even beore they rst dona neckerchie, he said.

Rather than seek to counter it,let us put our minds together andorge ways to capitalize on thesenew technologies or the benet oscouting and the youth o the Phil-ippines, he added.

Te Vice President howeverwarned that the leap to moderni-zation would not be easy.

We will need to audit our ownbase o expertise and ll the gapswherever these exist. Tose o uswho are not fuent in these new lan-guages will need to study harder, hesaid.

Vice President and housing czar Jejomar C. Binay Friday assures Isla PutingBato re survivors they will be relocated soon. The National Housing Authority

prepared an initial 600 units in Southville 8b and 8c in Montalban, Rizal for theaffected residents.

K+12 Program topromote employment

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay warm ups with stretching exercises, togetherwith the Western Command American military personnel participating in the Ba-

likatan Exercises, before his morning walk in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.


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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has underscored the need to restructure, reorganize,proessionalize and upgrade the general competence and quality o government to realizethe countrys ull economic potential.

Te net objective should be to make the Philippines an orderly and ecient State,where the rule o law presides and every process is trustworthy and transparent, Binaysaid during the Quarterly Roundtable o the Wallace Business Forum in Pasay City.

Tere should be a clear line between the political ocers o government and its careerorce, which should provide the continuity and permanence o sound policies and bestpractices in public service, he added.

Te Vice President also stressed the need to adopt a clear and comprehensive denitiono the national interest, which could serve as the basis or mobilizing Filipinos to promoteand deend national solidarity, national discipline and national pride at home and abroad.

According to Binay, the national interest should include ending the countrys two pro-longed insurgencies, preparing or the next global crisis on energy, and protecting thecountrys territorial integrity.

Binay also called or increased public and private investment in education and healthcare. He said this will not only upgrade the literacy and health level o the population, butalso create a healthy intellectual community that will promote advancements in science,culture and the arts.

Organize the nations human capital at home and abroad, and its material and nancialresources to increase productivity in every area o human activity, create ull employmentand raise the standards o jobs and incomes, he added.

Te Vice President also pushed or an extensive physical transormation program thatwould help provide a home or every amily and rid the country o squalor and pollution.

Put in all the necessary transportation, communication, medical and hospitality in-rastructure needed to support the basic requirements o the population, he said.

Inter-island and international commerce and tourism, should be developed as a pri-mary industry by all administrations, he added.

Binay also urged the adoption o a concept o sustainable development that centers onthe human person and amily and respects and accepts the dierent values that each per-son carries as a valuable contribution to the drive towards progress.

ime limitations do not allow us to be as specic and as exhaustive as we would liketo be. But I believe the bottom line is this: a truly successul Philippines will be a coun-try run by an orderly, ecient, honest and responsible government, and inhabited by apeople acutely aware o their inherent human dignity and all their human, constitutionaland legal rights and responsibilities to a lie o reedom, justice and peace in the world,

he ended.

President Benigno S. Aquino III listens as Donna Comia, building administrator of the CoconutPalace, discusses the features of the Zamboanga room while Vice President Jejomar C. Binay

looks on.

President Benigno S. Aquino III thanks Vice President Jejomar C.Binay after a 10-minute tour of the Coconut Palace.

VP Binay - Orderly, efcientstate key to Philippineeconomic development

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay expressed disappointmentover the ailure to apprehend Globe Asiatique (GA) presi-dent Deln Lee and his co-accused in the syndicated estaacase led by the government beore a Pampanga court.

Te victims o Globe Asiatique are demanding justice. Iam disappointed that Deln Lee remains at large a monthaer the court ordered his arrest, Binay said.

I hope that our law enorcement agencies will doubletheir eort to nd Lee and his co-accused, he added.

Te Vice President had described the case against Lee asproo o the Aquino administrations determination to pur-sue the campaign against gra and misuse o governmentunds.

Last May 22, Judge Amiaith Fider-Reyes o the Regionalrial Court Branch 42 in San Fernando, Pampanga issuedwarrants o arrest with no recommendation or bail againstLee and other GA ocials.

Te Department o Justice (DOJ) had led syndicated es-taa charges against Lee aer an investigation ordered by Bi-nay revealed that GA used ghost borrowers and ake docu-ments to obtain over P6.5 billion in loans rom the HomeDevelopment Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG).

In October 2010, aer he was named housing czar, Bi-nay directed Pag-IBIG to investigate the raudulent loansobtained by GA during the previous administration. Teagency then led a complaint against Lee and several othersbeore the DOJ.

Earlier, Binay questioned the issuance by a Pasig Regionalrial Court o an injunction order covering the syndicatedestaa case and another case or double sale led by Pag-IBIG and DOJ against Lee. Te Court o Appeals (CA), how-ever, struck down the decision last month.

VP Binay disappointed overfailure to arrest GlobeAsiatique owner, co-accused

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay meets Vimbi Flores Avilla, whopretended to be him and tried to extort money from business mag-

nate Lucio Tan. Avilla and alleged accomplices Jericho GuzmanFelix and Gabriel Balingit dela Cruz were caught by agents of the

National Bureau of Investigation in an entrapment operation.

Documents

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