Magnitude 6.8 – NEGROS – CEBU REGION, PHILIPPINES

2012 February 06 03:49:16 UTC

Earthquake Details

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Earlier, the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation gave the Philippines a 57.1 score for economic freedom, making its economy the 107th freest in the 2012 Index. The score is 0.9 point higher than last year.

“We’re also happy to note that in one of the surveys conducted by HSBC, the Philippines ranked as one of the… the eighth friendliest country out of most of the countries rated in the world. And this is why we believe na talagang it really is more fun in the Philippines,” DeputyPresidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan
on Saturday.

The administration will always promote what is good… what is good with the economy and people,” Valte said countering the criticisms being leveled against the Aquino administration.

According to HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey released last year, the Philippines is the eighth friendliest country in the world for expatriates. HSBC surveyed 3,385 expats in 100 countries between May and July 2011.

The countries were ranked based on four categories: ability to befriend locals, success in learning the local language, capacity for integrating themselves into the community, and ease in which they fit into the new culture.

Forbes.com, citing the results of the HSBC survey, said the Philippines is a country “friendly on wallets,” with large number of expatriates saying they have an increased access to luxuries, including domestic staff, swimming pools and owning properties.

New Zealand topped the list of the world’s friendliest countries, posting excellent scores in all four categories. (PCOO)

Matud pa ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario, ubos sa crisis alert level 3, ipatuman ang voluntary repatriation diin abagahon sa gobyerno ang galastohon sa mga Pilipinong modesisyon nga mobiya na sa South Sudan ug mobalik na sa Pilipinas.

Sunod niini, ipatuman usab sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang deployment ban dungan sa pagtambag sa tanang mga Pilipino nga likayan na ang pagbiyahe sa maong nasud.

Gimando na sa DFA sa Philippine Embassy sa Cairo, nga maoy nagsakop sa South Sudan, aron ipatuman ang voluntary repatriation.

Gibanabanang adunay 150 ka Pilipino sa South Sudan nga kadaghanan mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga nagtrabaho sa mga construction company. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

“We have set aside this day for the early registration of out-of-school children, out-of-school –youth, children and youth with learning difficulties along with kinder, Grade 1 and incoming first year high school students,” said Education Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro.

Luistro said the Philippines is firmly committed to meet the goals of universal basic education and Education For All being advocated by the United Nations.

The early registration seeks to reach out to all five year-old children to enrol in kindergarten and for six year-olds to enlist for Grade 1.

It also aims to guarantee enrolment of OSC and OSY from the disadvantaged groups, indigenous peoples and street children ages 5 to 18 in their preferred delivery system. They can choose between formal schooling through alternative delivery mode (ADM) or informal mode via the alternative learning system (ALS).

The early registration also aims to keep track of OSC and OSY with disabilities whose ages range from 5 to 18 across grade levels and provide them with appropriate education intervention. “The state mandates that all Filipinos with or without learning disabilities must have access to education and the early registration aims to count them in,” the education
chief explained. (DepEd/PIA)

Kini human sa pagretiro ni Lt. Gen. Oscar Rabena, gihinganlan nga commander-in-chief si Dela Cruz isip mosunod nga hepe sa PAF.

Si Dela Cruz usa ka miyembro sa Philippine Military Academy Class of 1980.

Sa wala pa gitudlo sa pinakataas nga posisyon sa PAF, si Dela Cruz nangatungdanan isip
chief of air staff ug kanhi commander sa 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing.

Si Dela Cruz adunay diploma gikan sa Massey University sa New Zealand ug Master’s Degree in Management.

Ganinang buntag, gitambungan ni Presidente Aquino ang turn-over ug retirement ceremonies kang Rabena sa Villamor Air base, Pasay City. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Sa usa ka radio interview, gipahayag ni DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo nga ipatawag nila ang mga lokal nga opisyal nga namuno sa mga natumbok nga lugar ug dungan nila kini pagapulongon.

Kalabot usab sa nahitabong landslide sa Pantukan, Compostela Valley, miingon si Robredo nga nadesisyona nang ipasirado ang mga tunnel nga kuyaw ug puwersahan na usab nilang ibakwit ang mga residenteng naa sa danger areas aron maguba na kini sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ug Philippine National Police (PNP) ug dili na nila mahimong balikan pa.

Gawas sa tunnel sa Pantukan, susihon usab ang uban pang tunnel sa Compostela Valley nga kinahanglan nang ipasirado o selyuhan. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Ang oil distributors dinhi sa Bohol mi-kompirmar nga nadawat na nila ang pahimangno gikan sa kaulohan ug nagpaabot na lamang sa tukmang petsa sa pagpatuman niini bisan unsang orasa sulod ning semanaha.

Usa sa gikatahong hinungdan mao ang pagsaka sa presyo sa world market. I-dugang pa usab niini ang padayong kagubot sa mga nasud sa Bahrain ug Syria.

Ang mga oil companies sa nasud nakadawat og mga komentaryo ug pagsaway gikan sa mga motorista ug mga militanteng grupo nga mibahad sa pagpahigayon og mga lihok-protesta sa nagkalain-laing bahin sa nasud.

Kahinumdoman nga niadtong Martes sa miaging semana, pipila ka mga kompanya sa lana ang nipasaka sa presyo sa lana.

Sa iyang bahin, si Gob. Edgar Chatto mipasalig sa mga Bol-anon nga ang gimugna’ng review team sa Department of Energy (DOE) nga gipangunahan sa Director sa DOE-Oil Industry Management Bureau nga si Zenaida Monsada, nagsugod na sa paghimo ug mga rekomendasyon sa pagsulbad sa taas nga presyo sa lana dinhi sa Bohol kun itandi sa atong mga silingan’g lalawigan. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said more and more Filipinos are getting “on board” and joining the government’s move to present the country as the best place to visit in 2012.

The DOT recently launched the “It’s more fun in the Philippines” campaign as part of its intensive efforts to promote the country as a premiere tourist destination.

Valte said that the debates and intrigues triggered by this new slogan “attest that it is more fun in the Philippines.”

“If you check the reactions on line, everybody is getting on board, everyone is having fun with the slogan,” Valte said.

She expressed confidence that this new campaign of the DOT will succeed to bring in the volume of tourist arrivals this year.

“The measure of how effective the slogan is will be, in the numbers, in the figures, in the number of tourist arrivals that the country will have,” Valte said.

“We will be able to measure by the number of tourist arrivals na madadala nitong “Its more fun in the Philippines” campaign,” she added. (pcoo)

Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, imbestigahan ang landslide ug nganong daghan ang casualties.

Sigun pa kang Lacierda, dugay nang gimandu ang forced evacuation apan wala kini gihimo sa local government unit (LGU).

Dugang pa ni Lascierda, ila usab tinuon kun nganong nagpadayon pa gihapon ang small- scale mining bisan pa sa suspension sa pagpagawas og mining permit niadto pang Abril 19, 2011.

Gitumbok ni Lacierda nga lisod dawaton ang palusot sa LGU nga layo ang lugar ug nagmagahi ang mga residente mao nga wala napatuman ang evacuation. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)