Gitnang Luzon, magiging maulan

PINAALALAHANAN ang publiko hinggil sa panibagong bagyo na maaring pumasok sa bansa ngayong weekend.

Ayon kay DOST-PAGASA Usec. Graciano Yumul na bagama’t nasa labas pa ng teritoryo ng Pilipinas ang nasabing sama ng panahon ay gawin na rin ang ibayong paghahanda sakaling tuluyang na itong pumasok ng bansa.

Samantala, inihayag nito na makakaranas ang hilaga at gitnang Luzon ng mga paminsan-minsang pag-ulan na magiging madalas sa kanlurang bahagi ng gitnang Luzon na maaaring magdulot ng mga pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa.

Ang nalalabing bahagi ng Luzon ay magkakaroon ng madalas na maulap na kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan at pagkidlat-pagkulog.

Magiging maganda naman ang panahon sa Visayas at Mindanao sa sabado at linggo.

Ang kalakhang Maynila ay makakaranas ng madalas na maulap na kalangitan na may pag-ulan at pagkidlat-pagkulog sa bandang hapon o gabi.

Ang tinatayang agwat ng temperatura ay mula 24 hanggang 31 antas ng celsius.

Ang araw ay sumikat kaninang alas-5:34 ng umaga at lulubog naman mamayang alas-6:30 ng gabi.

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Huwag matakot magdonate ng dugo –DOH

July 13, 2011 | 3:00 PM

NANAWAGAN si Department of Health secretary Enrique Ona sa publiko na huwag matakot magdonate ng dugo.

Dagdag pa nito, gawing regular ang pagbibigay ng dugo sa mga health centers.

Aniya, hindi ito dapat katakutan ng publiko dahil mapapalitan naman ng bagong dugo ang mawawalang dugo sa kanila.

Sinabi din ng kalihim na maliban sa makakatulong na ang mga magdodonate sa nangangailangan, matutulungan pa ang donor na muling maging healthy ang kanilang katawan.

Kasabay nito ay pinaliwanag din ni Ona na dahil sa muling na paglaganap ng nakamamatay na dengue, at iba pang sakit na may kaugnayan sa dugo ay mas kinakailangan ng nasabing ahensya ang mas maraming suplay ng dugo.

Sa bisa ng Presidential Proclamation Number 1021 ng 1997, ginugunita ng DOH ang National Blood Donors Month ngayong Hulyo.

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City council passes resolution for Cabanatuan HUChood

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, July 11 (PNA) -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod on Monday passed a resolution asking President Benigno Aquino III to issue a proclamation declaring this city as a highly urbanized city, opening up a head-on collision with the camp of Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Umali, who is strongly opposing the move.

The SP, chaired by Vice Mayor Jolly Garcia, passed the resolution during its regular Monday session, saying the city has met all the necessary requirements for conversion, including income.

Eleven of the city councilors, mostly allies of Mayor Julius Cesar Vergara, signed the resolution with the exception of Councilor Jess Diaz who was absent. The resolution will be forwarded to the Chief Executive.
Councilor Ariel Severino said copies of the resolution will formally come out on Tuesday.

After the issuance of a presidential proclamation, a plebiscite will be held among Cabanatuenos to ratify the proclamation.

Aside from the resolution converting this city into HUC, the council also passed a resolution requesting Umali’s wife, third district Rep. Czarina Umali, to sponsor a bill at the House of Representatives declaring Cabanatuan as a lone congressional district.

The passage of the twin resolutions came nine months after Umali and Vergara parted ways over the HUC issue which the former vehemently opposed.

Umali said Cabanatuan is not yet ready and ill-prepared to become HUC, adding its conversion would cripple the delivery of basic services to Cabanatuenos.

Vergara, on the other hand, has argued that the HUC conversion of Cabanatuan is long overdue, saying its full development could not take off while under the provincial government.

It is the second attempt to convert the city into HUC. In 1995, Vergara’s predecessor, then-mayor Manolette Liwag pushed for HUC conversion which was subsequently proclaimed by then-President Fidel Ramos.

However, the move lost badly during the plebiscite, largely due to the opposition made by the Josons.

If it becomes HUC, Cabanatuan would be politically independent from the provincial government and voters from Cabanatuan will no longer vote for governor, a move seen as detrimental to Umali who counts on this city as one of his bailiwicks.

Also, all taxes collected in the city would no longer be remitted to the province and all resolutions and ordinances passed by the city council would no longer be reviewed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

Umali said a HUC status would remove the powers of the provincial government and the SP to check possible abuses of city officials.

He said city officials may abuse their powers and this could trigger corruption in “high places.”

Umali said since the provincial government and SP no longer wield control over the city government and city officials, there will no longer be a higher authority to check on possible abuses and legislate ordinances that would bear down on these abuses.

Umali added ever since he fought partisan politics, he pushed hard for political reforms which are now clearly seen and felt in the province.

The governor said converting Cabanatuan into a HUC and making it a separate political subdivision from Nueva Ecija is delivering the wrong message to the people, tantamount to saying Cabanatuenos are no longer Novo Ecijanos which is exactly not the case in point.(PNA)
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200, 000 tonelada ng mais bibilhin ng gobyerno sa mga magsasaka

July 13, 2011 | 12:00 NN

PINAPLANO ng gobyerno na bumili ng 200,000 metro tonelada ng mais na ilalaan sa tinatawag na “buffer stocking” o ang mais na i-iimbak ngayong taon.

Ayon sa Department of Agriculture, sa ilalim ng National Corn Program bibili sila ng 100,000 metro tonelada ng white corn at 100,000 metro tonelada ng yellow corn mula sa Region 2 (Cagayan Valley).

Ang yellow corn ay bibilhin sa halagang P13.00 per kilogram habang P13 at 70 centavos naman sa kada kilo ng white corn; P0.70 centavos nito ay mapupunta sa kooperatiba ng mga magsasaka.

Pangungunahan ng National Food Authority ang pagbili sa mais, kung saan inaasahan ang mataas na production output ngayong buwan na peak season ng ani.

Ngayong taon, inaasahan na aabot ng 7.2 million metric tons ang corn supply, 12.8% na mas mataas sa 6.4% na na-produce noong 2010.

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