ALFREDO Palmiery, president of Federated Association of Manpower Exporters Inc., said …
The acronym OFW shouldn’t apply to those who were never licensed or did gainful employment abroad. “Drug mules” can’t make asses of OFWs.
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“By authority of the President,” Malacañang fired Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzales III for sleeping on the job…
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But OMB’s just as quickly kneejerks that it won’t comply. After all, they haven’t fired those responsible for the botched rescue attempt.
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Because OMB rules require resolution within 5 days from submission, Gonzales is held culpable of “serious and inexcusable negligence and gross violation of their own rules [for] allowing Mendoza’s motion for reconsideration to languish for 9 months without any justification.”
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In the early ’90s, then DFA Foreign Secretary R. R. Romulo’s first act was to announce to the foreign service DFA’s response within 48 hours to urgent messages. Six months and 72 hours later, we still didn’t get reply to urgent messages from Moscow.
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Goethe taught bureaucrats to make haste slowly. If we penalize strictly deadline commitments, we may have no one left in government.
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No need to replace ageing LRT trains – LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera. Just fill them with senior citizens.
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The recent collision cost LRTA R50 million in damages and R500,000 revenue losses for each day that the two stations were closed.
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“We are currently processing the insurance claim with the GSIS and are readying the public bidding for the repair of the damaged trains.” Gee, Sis!
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There was time when LRT had to slow down 10% because of poor maintenance… and then another 25% slower. Some passengers at LRT stations didn’t need to walk. They were taken by the tide of the sea of humanity queuing.
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Rotating brownouts loom – headline. Pity, this wasn’t synched with Earth Hour day… we could have pumped up our record breaking record.
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Safety Organization of the Philippines, in cooperation with LTO, LTFRB, MMDA, and DoTC is searching for Top 10 Safety Drivers. They’re not doing it in Manila but at SOP convention in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, where traffic is safer.
Miriam College Environmental Studies Institute and Global Ambient Hi-Technology Systems, Inc., to conduct a study on the economic viability, environment soundness, health impact, and social acceptability of a jeepney powered by LPG. You can even cook lunch on the road. Feedack: jaz_aide@yahoo.com
This article is created by Ambassador Jose A.Zaide
April 3, 2011, 8:40pm
Manila Bulletin
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