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BEIJING GAMES. The chaos that has interrupted the torch relay and rattled the International Olympic Committee (IOC) came as the authorities here announced the discovery of what they described as a plan by terrorists from the country’s restive Xinjiang region to disrupt the games by kidnapping foreign journalists, athletes and spectators at the Summer Games. Now, the president of the IOC called on Chinese authorities to respect its "moral engagement" to improve human rights and to provide the news media with greater access to the country ahead of the Beijing Games, a comment which was seen by the Chinese government as unwelcome meddling in the host country's domestic affairs. The protest hounding the torch relay is seen as a crisis by the IOC, who in turn assured that it would not derail the six-continent pageant leading up to the Beijing Games in August. Despite this, the IOC swore to push on with the torch relay and remind the public to focus on the essence of the Olympics: athletic competition and world unity.
MANILA---BREAD PRICES GO UP. Starting April 15, P10 will buy you only four small pieces of pan de sal, instead of today’s five because bakers are raising their prices to reflect soaring flour prices amid low global supply. Three umbrella groups of bread makers Thursday announced that pan de sal would cost 16 percent to 25 percent more. The price of pan de sal would go up to P2.50 apiece from P2 for the small size, and P3.50 from P3 for the regular size. This is due in part to rising costs of flour.
955 Capitol's reply to the threat of law suits was to say, "So sue me!" IN THE CONTINUING SAGA surrounding Provincial Ordinance 93-1 and in lieu of 500 of the urban poor encouraged to file charges against Gov. Gwen Garcia for the delay in releasing their lot titles, the governor's consultant, Rory John Sepulveda, responded with a challenge to go ahead and sue. Third district Rep. Pablo John Garcia says the law suits will only further delay the issuance of their lot titles and advises instead to "stay out of the politics." Sepulveda explained that the reason for the delay in the issuance of the deed of sale to the beneficiaries, who have fully paid their obligations to the province is the review that they are conducting. The review was made in consideration to other beneficiaries who have not paid their obligations and whether or not all of them have complied with the conditions set by the ordinance. The conditions include the prohibition of using the lot for commercial purposes, there should be no absentee occupant and that the beneficiary shall have no other properties.
1055 ALL BATTERIES. MORE BATTERIES, MORE POWER.
I.T. SECTOR. Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (Cedfit) is hosting the fourth Philippine IT General Certification exam for 100 graduates from Mindanao. Cebu needs close to a hundred thousand people to fill in the vacancies in the IT sector, as well as in other IT-enabled services, by the year 2010. Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP) projected that in 2010, there will be a need for 75,000 software developers and 950,000 workers in the BPO industry nationwide. to match that forecast, the number of software developers in Cebu has to grow by 200 percent while the number of BPO workers has to double in the next two years. Sadly, there's a shortage of labor supply so the CEDFIT foundation partnered with local colleges and universities in the region to extend training to faculty members, hosting this Philippine IT General Certification exam today, and establish a pool of graduates that companues can screen for competency.
Why it's better to eat chicken than pork meat these days and the upcoming rice consultations slated for next week.
1155 The Visayan Island Rice Consultations convenes next week (April 15) to appraise the situation in joint Regions 6, 7, and 8. Governors, city and municipal mayors will be attending the meeting which also aims to inform the LGUs on current initiatives, interventions and plans of the government's Rice Program. The NFA will be joined by representatives from the International Rice Research Institute who will lecture on the global and regional rice situation. The Rice Consultation is expected to wrap up their session with a commitment sharing on specific activities to be undertaken.
PRICE HIKE. Thursday, we heard news of pork meat prices going up due to highers costs of feeds and the fact that we import from other provinces. Great! We'll have chicken instead. Cebu Daily reports that the prices of chicken meat have gone down by at least P5 and they had it in good authority that the later in the morning you buy, the cheaper the chicken gets. Chicken meat was sold at a hundred pesos per kilo last week, now selling at P95. This goes down to P93 or P92 by ten in the morning or at 12 noon. Eggs come cheap too, since summer weather is conducive for chicken to lay eggs.
BEIJING GAMES. The chaos that has interrupted the torch relay and rattled the International Olympic Committee (IOC) came as the authorities here announced the discovery of what they described as a plan by terrorists from the country’s restive Xinjiang region to disrupt the games by kidnapping foreign journalists, athletes and spectators at the Summer Games. Now, the president of the IOC called on Chinese authorities to respect its "moral engagement" to improve human rights and to provide the news media with greater access to the country ahead of the Beijing Games, a comment which was seen by the Chinese government as unwelcome meddling in the host country's domestic affairs. The protest hounding the torch relay is seen as a crisis by the IOC, who in turn assured that it would not derail the six-continent pageant leading up to the Beijing Games in August. Despite this, the IOC swore to push on with the torch relay and remind the public to focus on the essence of the Olympics: athletic competition and world unity.
MANILA---BREAD PRICES GO UP. Starting April 15, P10 will buy you only four small pieces of pan de sal, instead of today’s five because bakers are raising their prices to reflect soaring flour prices amid low global supply. Three umbrella groups of bread makers Thursday announced that pan de sal would cost 16 percent to 25 percent more. The price of pan de sal would go up to P2.50 apiece from P2 for the small size, and P3.50 from P3 for the regular size. This is due in part to rising costs of flour.
955 Capitol's reply to the threat of law suits was to say, "So sue me!" IN THE CONTINUING SAGA surrounding Provincial Ordinance 93-1 and in lieu of 500 of the urban poor encouraged to file charges against Gov. Gwen Garcia for the delay in releasing their lot titles, the governor's consultant, Rory John Sepulveda, responded with a challenge to go ahead and sue. Third district Rep. Pablo John Garcia says the law suits will only further delay the issuance of their lot titles and advises instead to "stay out of the politics." Sepulveda explained that the reason for the delay in the issuance of the deed of sale to the beneficiaries, who have fully paid their obligations to the province is the review that they are conducting. The review was made in consideration to other beneficiaries who have not paid their obligations and whether or not all of them have complied with the conditions set by the ordinance. The conditions include the prohibition of using the lot for commercial purposes, there should be no absentee occupant and that the beneficiary shall have no other properties.
1055 ALL BATTERIES. MORE BATTERIES, MORE POWER.
I.T. SECTOR. Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (Cedfit) is hosting the fourth Philippine IT General Certification exam for 100 graduates from Mindanao. Cebu needs close to a hundred thousand people to fill in the vacancies in the IT sector, as well as in other IT-enabled services, by the year 2010. Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP) projected that in 2010, there will be a need for 75,000 software developers and 950,000 workers in the BPO industry nationwide. to match that forecast, the number of software developers in Cebu has to grow by 200 percent while the number of BPO workers has to double in the next two years. Sadly, there's a shortage of labor supply so the CEDFIT foundation partnered with local colleges and universities in the region to extend training to faculty members, hosting this Philippine IT General Certification exam today, and establish a pool of graduates that companues can screen for competency.
Why it's better to eat chicken than pork meat these days and the upcoming rice consultations slated for next week.
1155 The Visayan Island Rice Consultations convenes next week (April 15) to appraise the situation in joint Regions 6, 7, and 8. Governors, city and municipal mayors will be attending the meeting which also aims to inform the LGUs on current initiatives, interventions and plans of the government's Rice Program. The NFA will be joined by representatives from the International Rice Research Institute who will lecture on the global and regional rice situation. The Rice Consultation is expected to wrap up their session with a commitment sharing on specific activities to be undertaken.
PRICE HIKE. Thursday, we heard news of pork meat prices going up due to highers costs of feeds and the fact that we import from other provinces. Great! We'll have chicken instead. Cebu Daily reports that the prices of chicken meat have gone down by at least P5 and they had it in good authority that the later in the morning you buy, the cheaper the chicken gets. Chicken meat was sold at a hundred pesos per kilo last week, now selling at P95. This goes down to P93 or P92 by ten in the morning or at 12 noon. Eggs come cheap too, since summer weather is conducive for chicken to lay eggs.
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