“True Love Waits” Imposed in CDO School

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyymt5MKmOEzlTsuKS-pRhHM4osj0wFdQwbx_DMmgA5zc1frZs2leRu1_9cuIQ8KFJwMCcnoNyaIF6tj7mgvJ3n-UyVA-INgAploGuJG0iumX1svdb7aSOdthCaWX7ZBZTWBnr2j3OmSYT/s1600/TL.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyymt5MKmOEzlTsuKS-pRhHM4osj0wFdQwbx_DMmgA5zc1frZs2leRu1_9cuIQ8KFJwMCcnoNyaIF6tj7mgvJ3n-UyVA-INgAploGuJG0iumX1svdb7aSOdthCaWX7ZBZTWBnr2j3OmSYT/s400/TL.png" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Teenage pregnancies have been put on hold at a school in Cagayan De Oro city in southern Philippines.<br /><br />Romantic relationships between the opposite sex are verboten in the Golden Heritage Polytechnic College as long as the students are enrolled in the institution. <br /><br />This is explicitly stated in a large tarpaulin at the campus entrance and is also printed on the uniforms of the teachers as a further reminder to students.<br /><br />According to school president Capt. Tito Dichosa, this was to enable the students to finish college. It is a source of frustration to the school president whenever a student stops studies because of pregnancy.<br /><br />So far, six students were expelled last year for violating the school policy.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">But what is little known that the owners of the school is generous with scholarships and they themselves are the one's who look for jobs for their graduates. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID=%20720619742337881545&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S0FvmVeOZsZsyHBRYXs6SOZJFhYBhuQl7OyKadUhy4moMHToFTEST_ch1O_s7SEAdn5dqXBJMznFjilw7Ml42IQSpvsFeEt2olcocpNz3nSnB67pdCgiyERJ8dQXDr_rMeDI_fG1ydc/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID=%20720619742337881545&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVWTbY-f69CzSsrK9okrvKibUin1YURVntTu2W1qH6so7vbU6RiR36tV5fVzui_gG4ArLMrsG3k4OvyDg33RZO134rMkgTJC0y_fHDi-Zxcf29jZSC3xcypmVNJ8EWhpyL9MiVhAa7vM/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div>

Events News “True Love Waits” Imposed in CDO School

Teenage pregnancies have been put on hold at a school in Cagayan De Oro city in southern Philippines. Romantic relationships between the...

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Semirara: Environmentally Compliant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5J5_-cgXH6LCluCz2etlDfNOfJup2hmxdRF38IkgYH_Ky_8GRx6H-yZ8wsjftSI_qoELmQHHMPdTYn9wiMH14XJobZa82W7PA7vX2U6M2iesmFVD_SVdYvyf6lfPCQLRuFoAj9Rfl7B_/s1600/Semirara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5J5_-cgXH6LCluCz2etlDfNOfJup2hmxdRF38IkgYH_Ky_8GRx6H-yZ8wsjftSI_qoELmQHHMPdTYn9wiMH14XJobZa82W7PA7vX2U6M2iesmFVD_SVdYvyf6lfPCQLRuFoAj9Rfl7B_/s400/Semirara.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><u><b></b></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Semirara Mining and Power Corp. said Thursday its coal mine complies fully with environmental laws after Environment Secretary Gina Lopez singled it out for alleged violations.<br /><br />Lopez asked Semirara to explain why its environment compliance certificate (ECC) should not be revoked. The company said it had not received a copy of the order.<br /><br />Semirara shares were down 5.95 percent to P109 after Lopez's announcement.<br /><br />"But we would like to reiterate that Semirara Mining and Power Corporation has been fully complying with all relevant laws and regulations," the company said in a statement.<br /><br />"Our mining and environmental protocols also conform with the conditions of our ECCs. We hope that our company will be accorded due process throughout any pre- and formal audit process of the government," it added.</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 5239669180510000372&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S0FvmVeOZsZsyHBRYXs6SOZJFhYBhuQl7OyKadUhy4moMHToFTEST_ch1O_s7SEAdn5dqXBJMznFjilw7Ml42IQSpvsFeEt2olcocpNz3nSnB67pdCgiyERJ8dQXDr_rMeDI_fG1ydc/s1600/sharefb185.png"></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 5239669180510000372&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVWTbY-f69CzSsrK9okrvKibUin1YURVntTu2W1qH6so7vbU6RiR36tV5fVzui_gG4ArLMrsG3k4OvyDg33RZO134rMkgTJC0y_fHDi-Zxcf29jZSC3xcypmVNJ8EWhpyL9MiVhAa7vM/s1600/sharetw185.png"></a></div> <br />

Environment News Semirara: Environmentally Compliant

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RCBC fined Php1 Billion. Shares down 1.7 pct.

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuoOm2ZfO2AC6SEcKWsGoRjH94NN3S-57ibXGQbZ6zgUhpqXBwp5LVUFg2m5_lncZC3mTUJDm2ePVrxfaBP_VmQy8pJ8NqKcscz95BcihiIjxNAUIPTh-jPKy9H4R0Tn7W7ikLZBo6GxE/s1600/RCBC+Jupiter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuoOm2ZfO2AC6SEcKWsGoRjH94NN3S-57ibXGQbZ6zgUhpqXBwp5LVUFg2m5_lncZC3mTUJDm2ePVrxfaBP_VmQy8pJ8NqKcscz95BcihiIjxNAUIPTh-jPKy9H4R0Tn7W7ikLZBo6GxE/s400/RCBC+Jupiter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RCBC Jupiter st. Branch, Makati City</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ordered Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) to pay Php 1 billion as fine for the US$81 million hacked from the Central Bank of Bangladesh. The fine is a highest on record in the Philippines.<br /><br />This was meant to affirm the BSP’s commitment in ensuring the stability of the  country’s banking system via strong and effective regulation.<br /><br />"The BSP recognizes RCBC’s efforts in instituting changes to strengthen its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing risk management system and governance culture," the BSP said.<br /><br />The fine will be paid in two equal tranches within 1 year according to RCBC. <br /><br />The reason was due to RCBC’s branch in Jupiter st. in Makati City was the recipient of US81 million that was transmitted by still unidentified hackers from the Central Bank of Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve last February, 2016. RCBC then converted the amount into pesos that was then funnelled into casinos wherein it was laundered. Only US$18 million were recovered.<br /><br />Most of the money was converted into pesos before it ended up in casinos, where the trail went cold with only $18 million recovered by Philippine authorities.<br /><br />According to Bangladeshi Ambassador John Gomes, RCBC was liable for the disappearance of the money wherein the results of the Senate investigation, RCBC failed to stop the release of the money despite receiving warnings from the New York Federal Reserve.<br /><br />“If they put the red flag on, then nothing of all this would have happened. I still believe RCBC has to answer,”  Ambassador Gomes said.<br /><br />“The resignation of the RCBC president, the resignation of the chief of the treasury [of RCBC], obviously these are indicating that they are definitely responsible,” Gomes added.<br /><br />Ajmalul Hossain, lawyer of the Central Bank of Bangladesh said he would not sue RCBC but would press for the return of their money.<br /><br />“There may not be a need to do that (filing a suit against RCBC). We know the challenges that they face. We know their weaknesses. We know what (the) red flags were. Bangko Sentral knows, AMLC knows, everyone knows. They will have to face those challenges later on,” Hossain disclosed.<br /><br />RCBC shares opened down by 1.7 pct points at the bourse by morning of August 8, 2016.<br /><br />Source: Readings from http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/05/16/rcbc-fined-record-p1-b-over-bangladesh-cyber-heist</span></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 7375162067485959334&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S0FvmVeOZsZsyHBRYXs6SOZJFhYBhuQl7OyKadUhy4moMHToFTEST_ch1O_s7SEAdn5dqXBJMznFjilw7Ml42IQSpvsFeEt2olcocpNz3nSnB67pdCgiyERJ8dQXDr_rMeDI_fG1ydc/s1600/sharefb185.png"></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 7375162067485959334&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVWTbY-f69CzSsrK9okrvKibUin1YURVntTu2W1qH6so7vbU6RiR36tV5fVzui_gG4ArLMrsG3k4OvyDg33RZO134rMkgTJC0y_fHDi-Zxcf29jZSC3xcypmVNJ8EWhpyL9MiVhAa7vM/s1600/sharetw185.png"></a></div> <br />

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Lopez to order dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens, revoking of big firm permits

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGyDuBvk043_FhZUDkbBSMHHHLN6idqJfBFG4VeXljzTiX_zLXuuYQD-JD2YwWfoLYC5Q3lvgUKJWN1cH4xPM0rUXSzlpYJav5KAIyEhzxn1v5yyBjHBJGQP-XMZ8-E_yjU8prdA52mlE/s1600/Laguna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGyDuBvk043_FhZUDkbBSMHHHLN6idqJfBFG4VeXljzTiX_zLXuuYQD-JD2YwWfoLYC5Q3lvgUKJWN1cH4xPM0rUXSzlpYJav5KAIyEhzxn1v5yyBjHBJGQP-XMZ8-E_yjU8prdA52mlE/s400/Laguna.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In view of President Rodrigo Duterte's promise to prioritize poor fishermen in the use of the Laguna de Bay or Laguna Lake, Environment and Natural Resources Sec. Regina Lopez on Wednesday said she will issue a directive for the dismantling of big fish pens and revoke permits given to big corporations operating at the lake.<br /><br />The move is to develop and manage huge portions of the Laguna Lake to give out new entitlements, with farmers having the priority.<br /><br />"Itong Laguna Lake, naubos na nga... wala na ang (para sa mga maliliit na) fishermen. 'Yun na lang the difference between one big fishpen to the other... Makikita mo sa plane, every time I go to Davao and I pass by that place there, nakita ko talagang wala nang ano (para sa maliliit na mangingisda). And the fishermen are complaining about the loss. Talagang wala na sila. Kasi ang maliit na lugar, iyon lang ang kanila (Small fishermen making a living out of the Laguna Lake are left with very little area to ply their trade, with most areas allocated for private fish pens owned by big corporations. I can see it from the plane every time I go to Davao. Every time I can see that there’s really nothing left, and the fishermen are complaining about their loss, because they have very little left for them)," the President said in his first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.<br /><br />"This is what I’m telling you, the poor fishermen will have priority in its entitlements," he stressed.<br /><br />As of June 30, 2016, there are 357 registered and unregistered fishpen owners operating at the Laguna de Bay, according to the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA).<br /><br />Former LLDA Chairman Edgardo Manda earlier said the entitlements currently held by big corporations may range from 50 to 1,000 hectares of the lake surface.<br /><br />He said some corporations now have big entitlements by merging those entitlements granted to their dummies.<br /><br />Manda noted that some 20 percent of the 90,000-hectare lake surface of the Laguna Lake is now covered by entitlements granted to private corporations or individuals to manage and develop fish pens.<br /><br />The Laguna Lake is the largest lake in the Philippines and one of the largest in Southeast Asia.<br />In view of its multiplicity of uses and benefits, its basin is the most important, dynamic and among the fastest-growing economic bases in the country. It has become the catch basin to Metro Manila’s population and urbanization/ industrialization overspill.<br /><br />As the region has developed, the lake has suffered increasing levels of agricultural, industrial and domestic wastewater pollution.<br /><br />The possible consequences of the rapid swelling of population include food and water shortage, worsening traffic congestion and environmental degradation, thus significantly affecting Laguna de Bay and its environs.<br /><br />Problems such as pollution and waste primarily from domestic and agricultural sources; multiple and often conflicting water uses; vulnerability of lake shore settlements and developments to flood hazards and related health and economic risks, and indecision over resettlement; poorly regulated developments on the shore land, and critical watersheds inclusive of tenurial constraints, database management and monitoring; and fragmented utility infrastructure developments, including silting and development regulations of these investments contribute to the degradation of the lake.<br /><br />In its draft medium-term development plan, the LLDA has recommended to intensify waste and pollution control through adaptive waste management systems primarily for domestic and agricultural sources; rationalize water use zoning to harmonize all uses within the lake including navigation and water-related waste management infrastructure; promote security of lake shore communities from flooding, health risks and minimize economic displacement through effective flood control programs and appropriate resettlement plans; rationalize watershed -- and shore land -- specific management policies based on validated threshold and vulnerability to sustain their ecological functions focused on incentive-based regulations and adaptive co-management systems; rationalize service and infrastructure-based network support for environmental management and sustainable economic uses of lake basin resources; rationalize ecotourism potential as development driver and promote lake-sensitive ecotourism developments; and adopt innovative financing schemes beyond regulatory fee collection, among others.<br /><br />President Duterte vowed the Laguna Lake "shall be transformed into a vibrant economic zone showcasing ecotourism by addressing the negative impact of a watershed destruction, land conversion and pollution." (Story by Lilybeth G. Ison/PNA)<br /><br />Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/presidential-communications-government-of-the-philippines/lopez-to-order-dismantling-of-laguna-lake-fish-pens-revoking-of-big-firm-permits/1395349570494700<br /><br /></span></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 725455747220477567&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0S0FvmVeOZsZsyHBRYXs6SOZJFhYBhuQl7OyKadUhy4moMHToFTEST_ch1O_s7SEAdn5dqXBJMznFjilw7Ml42IQSpvsFeEt2olcocpNz3nSnB67pdCgiyERJ8dQXDr_rMeDI_fG1ydc/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=1985206085145330708&postID= 725455747220477567&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVWTbY-f69CzSsrK9okrvKibUin1YURVntTu2W1qH6so7vbU6RiR36tV5fVzui_gG4ArLMrsG3k4OvyDg33RZO134rMkgTJC0y_fHDi-Zxcf29jZSC3xcypmVNJ8EWhpyL9MiVhAa7vM/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div> <br />

Environment News Lopez to order dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens, revoking of big firm permits

In view of President Rodrigo Duterte's promise to prioritize poor fishermen in the use of the Laguna de Bay or Laguna Lake, Environme...

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