SAAN MAKAKABILI NG DROGA? ALAM NI MAR ROXAS YAN!

Kaya pala maraming Pondo itong Liberal Party noong nakaraan Eleksyon halos lahat ng Member nila sankot sa Droga kaya pala nakapag-salita ang kanilang kandidato na si Mar Roxa na alam nya kung saang makakabili ng DROGA! Toink!!

kung inyong mapapansin lahat sila malalapit kay Roxas lalo na ang isang ito.

At syempre hindi mawawala ang atin paborito. hehehehe

Dream come true

FARMERS' TRADING CENTER

TO RISE IN GREATER MANILA

By Manny Piñol

Credit to the owner of the photo

Again, here is another case of a crisis which offers windows of opportunities.

Over the weekend, reports from Baguio City said that the Cordillera's vegetable farmers have complained that they are losing money and facing a crisis because of the decision of the City Government of Manila not to allow the display and sale of vegetables along the streets of Divisoria.

Vegetable traders have reportedly reduced the volume of the vegetables they buy from the highland farmers because they were facing difficulties in selling these in Manila's traditional vegetable market.

As Secretary of Agriculture, I will respect the decision of Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada to clear Divisoria's streets of vegetable traders. He has every right to do that.

While this development may initially be considered a crisis especially by our vegetable farmers in the Cordilleras, I look at this as a development which offers windows of opportunities.

I have long dreamed of and planned the establishment of a Farmers' Trading Center in Metro Manila to allow provincial food producers to display their products which could be sold on wholesale basis.

When I was Governor of North Cotabato, the provincial government sponsored the yearly Fruit Festival in SM Megamall in Mandaluyong and later in SM Cebu to promote our fruits to buyers in the big cities.

These Fruit Festivals resulted in the forging of marketing agreements between our farmers and big buyers in Metro Manila.

In fact, it was because of these yearly events that our local banana growers in North Cotabato who are producing the Lacatan table variety are now involved in a thriving and profitable business.

So, how could we turn the vegetable crisis into opportunities?

Yesterday, a Sunday, I called up Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano of the Dept. of Agriculture and directed him to look for a government-owned area in Metro Manila which could be transformed into a Farmers' Trading Center.

The Farmers' Trading Center that I have in mind will be the delivery point of all products coming from the provinces and where wholesale buyers and traders in Metro Manila could go to and buy to their heart's content

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Vegetables, fruits, native chicken, goats, pork, organic farm eggs and others could be put on display in the Farmers' Trading Center allowing the farmers to sell their produce without going through the rigors of looking for buyers and a place to sell their products.

Live crabs, high-value live fish, shrimps and even dried fish coming from Sulu, Zamboanga, Surigao, Samar, Leyte, Iloilo, Palawan, Mindoro and Quezon could also be sold wholesale in the Farmers' Trading Center.

If the space which the DA could locate would allow it, we could even put up cold storage facilities and chillers so that meat, fruits and vegetables would have longer shelf life.

On Wednesday, I will go up to the Cordilleras to talk to the vegetable farmers initially to reassure them that the DA is working on their problem.

I thank Mayor Joseph Estrada for his decision to clear Divisoria's streets of vegetable traders.

Now I have all the reason to pursue that long nurtured dream of a trading center which could finally allow provincial food producers to have access to the market.

Once again it is proven that "Every crisis offers windows of opportunities."

‪#‎Changeishere! ‪#‎PresRodyCares! ‪#‎DuterteDelivers!

Source: Manny Piñol Facebook Post

DND Memorandum on the interment of the late Former President Ferdinand Marcos at LNMB

PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS (GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES)·SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2016

Republic of the Philippines

Department of National Defense

Office of the Secretary

August 7, 2016

MEMORANDUM TO:

GENERAL RICARDO R VISAYA AFP

Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines

Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City

Subject: Interment of the late Former President Ferdinand Marcos at LNMB

Reference: Verbal Order of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 11, 2016

In compliance to the verbal order of the President to implement his election campaign promise to have the remains of the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos be interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, kindly undertake the necessary planning and preparations to facilitate the coordination of all agencies concerned specially the provisions for ceremonial and security requirements. Coordinate closely with the Marcos family regarding the date of interment and the transport of the late former President’s remains from Ilocos Norte to the LNMB.

The overall OPR of this activity will be the PVAO since the LNMB is under its supervision and administration. PVAO shall designate the focal person for this activity who shall be the overall overseer of the event.

Submit your Implementing Plan to my office as soon as possible.

(Sgd.) DELFIN N. LORENZANA

Secretary

Furnished:

Administrator, PVAO

Governor Imee Marcos

DA RETURNS TO SO. LEYTE WITH P100-M ABACA FUND - THE WORKING SECRETARY

Landing in Leyte

DA RETURNS TO SO. LEYTE

WITH P100-M ABACA FUND

By Manny Piñol

As promised, the Department of Agriculture returns to Sogod, Southern Leyte on Aug. 26 to formally turn over a P100-million support fund for the rehabilitation of the province's Number 1 industry - Abaca.

My third visit to the province bringing with me the funds promised for Abaca farmers comes three months after I first talked to the leaders of Sogod town who sought the help of government in bringing back to life an industry which in the past made enough money for farmers for them to be able to send their children to school.

"When Abaca was at its height, people had money and life was good in this province," Sogod Mayor Imelda Tan told me during my last visit to the town last month.

The Abaca industry collapsed when it was hit by diseases, specifically Bunchy Top which stunted the growth of the fiber-producing plant which is endemic to the Philippines.

For many years, people of Southern Leyte, including Samar and Bicol, sought for help from government for the rehabilitation of the industry but hardly received any support.

On May 20, shortly after I launched my nation-wide Biyaheng Bukid, I passed by the town of Sogod on my way up to the Bicol Region.

Mayor Tan, whose husband Shepherd ran for Governor of Southern Leyte but lost to incumbent Gov. Damian Mercado, has asked me to support the efforts of the municipality to rehabilitate the abaca industry.

The P100-M Abaca Rehabilitation fund for Southern Leyte will be used for the establishment of a nursery using the healthy planting materials of a local Abaca variety called Inusa.

The healthy planting materials will be bought from the remaining Abaca farmers who have kept their farms free from diseases.

From these nurseries, healthy planting materials will be distributed to other farmers starting next year with a target planted area of 90,000 hectares by the end of the 6-year term of President Rody Duterte.

Southern Leyte incidentally is the birth place of President Duterte. He was born in the town of Maasin which is now a bustling city.

To address the issues of Abaca diseases, I have engaged a group of experts from Mindanao led by Dr. Remy Baltazar to assist in educating the farmers on how to manage their farms.

The revival of the Abaca industry is expected to earn an estimated P12-B a year for the country which is known as natural home of this plant which has given the world the strongest natural fiber.

The years of waiting by the poor Abaca farmers of Southern Leyte will soon end in a matter of three months after I visited Sogod and only two months after the man who promised to bring change to the country assumed office as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

‪#‎Changeishere! ‪#‎PresRodyCares! ‪#‎DuterteDelivers!

Source: By Manny Piñol facebook post.

Hindi Makataong Patrato ng PGH worker

Viral ngayon ang ang facebook post ni Salome Bernales dahil sa kanyang naranasan na na pagka-dismaya sa mga empleyado ng Philippine General Hospital. Dahil sa panget na asal na ipinakita nito sa kanila ng kanilang dalhin sa emergency ang kanyang anak na wala pang malay. Diumano ay kanyang kinausap ang guard para magpatawag ng worker ngunit ang sagot sa kanya ng guard ay "maghanap ka doon!" itinuturo sya sa loob. Ito at basahin ang kanyang Facebook post at talaga naman mag-iinit ulo mo sa mga Empleyado ng PGH.

Ayun pa sa Salome Bernales ng kanyang Picturan sila saka lamang diumano sila inasikaso ng mga workers para daw i-delete ang pictures

Pinagsabihan pa di umano sila ng worker habang galit na dapat nagdala ng magbubuhat sa pasyente!

Tama ba ang ganito mga asal sa Emergency Department ng Philippine General Hospital?

Source: Salome Bernales facebooke post.

Leader ng CPP-NPA Sarap Buhay sa ibang Bansa.

Sarap ng buhay ng Leader ng CPP-NPA samantalang ang mga rebeldeng nasa bundok ay nagsasakripisyo sa init at gutom sa kabundokan. kawawa naman ang mga tao na naloko mo Prof. Joma Sison ganyan pala ang pinaglalaban mo ang mamuhay ka ng mayaman at maraming babae. Asan na ang tunay na prinsepyo na pinag-lalaban ng kilusan? 

When Rody Duterte makes a promise, he makes sure it is fulfilled

Fulfilling a promise

PRESIDENT RODY AFFIRMS

VOW OF FREE IRRIGATION

By Manny Piñol

Rody Duterte never forgets.

Last night, as the 4-hour long third Cabinet meeting came to a close in Malacañang, I approached President Rody Duterte and reminded him of our commitment during the campaign of providing free irrigation water to the country's small rice farmers.

"Mr. President, I would like to inform you that I have done my leg work to realize our commitment of free irrigation to the rice farmers," I told him.

"I have not forgotten. That's a commitment which will be fulfilled," he told me even as he reminded me that the rice farmers will have to organize themselves and make sure that the irrigation canals are well maintained even as the irrigation water will be provided free.

It was actually during a visit to my hometown in M'lang, North Cotabato in August of 2015 when then Mayor Rody Duterte was briefed on the problems of rice farmers who have to shell out a huge part of their harvest to pay for irrigation fees.

Of the total irrigation fees paid by the rice farmers every harvest, 60% goes to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) as Irrigation Service Fees (ISF) which is used to pay for the salaries and wages of the agency's officials and employees.

Nation-wide every year, the NIA collects over P3-B while the services have remained very poor.

It was then when Mayor Duterte publicly declared that should he become President, he will make sure that irrigation water will be provided free to the small rice farmers.

"Why ask the Filipino farmers to pay for what is theirs?," he asked maintaining that water is national patrimony owned by the Filipinos.

When I informed him that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Loren Legarda has promised to support his free irrigation commitment to the farmers, the President was obviously elated.

There are actually two ways of realizing the President's commitment of free irrigation and these are the amendment of NIA's charter or an annual support of P4-B to cover the ISF.

Whatever is the case, the President's commitment of free irrigation will certainly be realized.

When Rody Duterte makes a promise, he makes sure it is fulfilled.

‪#‎Changeishere! ‪#‎PresRodyCares! ‪#‎DuterteDelivers!

Source: Manny Piñol facebook post.