MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Friday apologized to passengers affected by the hundreds of delayed, cancelled, and diverted flights on New Year’s day due to a technical glitch in the system of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

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“I’m sorry. We, of course, we have to apologize to our kababayans who, especially those who came from abroad dahil limitado ang kanilang bakasyon. Nawala yung dalawa, tatlong araw eh,” Marcos said in a press conference at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.

Marcos came from a state visit to China.

“Alam naman natin, very valuable sa Pilipino ‘yung Christmas holiday. Kaya’t kami’y naghihingi — humihingi ng inyong paumanhin. Ngunit gagawin namin ang lahat na hindi na maulit ito,” he added

He said all forms of assistance have been given to the affected passengers during the ordeal.

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“Hindi naman sila basta’t pinabayaan na lang at we left them to their own devices. But we try to support them in every way,” he said.

Before facing the media, Marcos was given a situation briefing by Transportation officials on what caused the aviation mess and what have been done to resolve the issue.

“Ang naging problema is not in the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) it’s in another, it was in another unit. It was a circuit breaker na somehow hindi niya naibaba ‘yung boltahe na pumapasok na kuryente kaya’t ‘yung UPS nakita masyadong mataas ‘yung boltahe na pumapasok, masisira mga makinarya nagsara. ‘Yun ang nangyari,” he noted

During the meeting, Marcos instructed transportation officials to make sure a similar incident will not happen again.

All equipment to ensure “future redundancies” should be secured, he said.

“Ang sinabi ko lang kay Sec. Jimmy is to make sure that we fast-track all of —whatever negotiations we have with our — with the equipment suppliers who can help us with the upgrades, who can help us with the upgrades for the software and the hardware of our equipment,” he said.

“At ‘yung mga UPS we did an emergency procurement and we are going to procure two units of UPS para mayroon tayong main at saka mayroon tayong backup,” he added.

• Waiting for flights

He recognized the efforts of the transportation agencies for addressing the issue.

“I can say that considering how big the problem was, I think that our airport authorities, our Cabinet secretaries, and all those who were involved in returning the system back have done a reasonably good job at six hours is rather a short time considering how much needed to be done to get the system back up into working condition,” he said.

The Senate is set to hold an investigation into the fiasco.

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/06/23/marcos-says-sorry-to-passengers-affected-by-aviation-mess?fbclid=IwAR0yW5gM88ePa1VcZQzcfFw5f2LlQdDfpwWjkDgWTtgFA_b-bVgckSQRAqA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Bumagsak ng 4.2 percent ang bilang ng mga walang trabaho nitong nagdaang buwan o Disyembre 2022, pinakamababa sapol noong April 2005, ayon sa Philippine Statistics Authority.

Ang unemployment rate para sa buwan ay nasa 2.18 milyon. Ito ay ang mga Pinoy na walang trabaho at naghahanap. Mas mababa ito sa 2.24 milyon o 4.5 percent noong Oktubre at 3.16 milyon o 6.5 percent noong November 2021, ayon kay National Statistician Dennis Mapa.

Pinaliwanag ni Mapa na ang annual unemployment average mula Enero hanggang Nobyembre ay 5.5 percent na malapit sa pre-pandemic level na 5.1 percent noong 2019.

Sinasabing ang mga top industries ang siyang pangunahing dahilan sa pagtaas ng bilang ng may trabaho sa month-on-month basis habang ang wholesale at retail trade, repair ng motor vehicles at motorcycles, manufacturing, accommodation at food services, agriculture at forestry at public administration at defense maging compulsory social security ay nakatulong din.

Tumaas ang employment noong November sa 95.8 percent, o 49.71 milyon.

Ang nasabing bilang ay mas mataas sa 95.5 percent employment rate o 47.11 milyong Pinoy na may trabaho noong Oktubre at sa 93.5 percent o 45.47 milyon noong nakaraang taon, ayon sa PSA.

“Normally yung last few months holiday season kasi talagang doon tumaas ang employment rate kasi nag marami tayong economic activity,” paliwanag ni Mapa. (Catherine Reyes)

Source: Abante

Mister, pinamigay sa ibang lalaki ang kanyang Asawa dahil wala umano itong mapakain dahil sa hirap ng buhay. Ayon sa isang Youtube Channel ni Lorry Aquino Talita, makikita ang kwento ni Mae Salangsawa, 25-anyos na may tatlong anak at bago nitong asawa na si Joel Baniqued, 50-anyos.

Parehong walang trabaho ang dalawa, paminsan-minsan kumikita lang ang asawa ni Mae sa pagpapa-atras ng mga sasakyan sa mga parking lot. Si Mae naman ay humahanap ng paraan at dumidiskarte para lang may makain sila. May mga taong nagbibigay lang sakanila ng pagkain, mairaos lang ang pang araw-araw. Kinuwento ni Mae na taga Balagtas,Bulacan sila pero nasa Rosales,Pangasinan sya ngayon dahil taga dun si Joel.

Ang unang asawa ni Mae ay taga Pandi, Bulacan. Pinamigay umano sila ng nito kay Joel dahil di na daw ito kayang suportahan ang mag-iina. Naiiyak na lamang si Mae habang kinukwento nya ang naganap sa kanyang buhay.

Tinulungan sila ng naturang Vlogger, Binigyang sila ng Grocery at kinontak ang Ina nito na taga Balagtas, Bulacan. Sabi ng Ina ni Mae na umuwi na sila sa Bulacan upang magsama-sama na muli silang mag-anak. Nagpasalamat si Mae ng marami sa Vlogger na tumulong sa kanila, dahil umano dito madaming biyaya ang kanilang natamo.

“Nagpapasalamat po ako na maraming tumulong”- saad ni Mae

Source: we are pinoy info

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reaffirmed on Friday, Jan. 6, his administration’s commitment to address the illegal drug problem in the country through a different approach involving the cleansing of Philippine National Police (PNP) ranks.

In an interview in his inspection at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, Marcos mentioned that some PNP officials might be involved in the drug problem.

“We were planning this for a while… Remember during the campaign, ‘nung tinatanong ako kung ano ang gagawin natin tungkol sa drug war or drug problem. This is it. We approached it in [an] entirely different way,” he said.

“Alam naman natin na yung problema sa drugs hindi mangyayari ‘yan kung hindi kasabwat yung mga iba dyan sa pulis,” he added.

The President said they are closely looking at officials who are allegedly involved in illegal drugs.

“Kaya’t kailangan natin tingnan natin na mabuti sino ba talaga ang kasabwat dyan, sino ba talaga ang involved, at sinong hindi na talaga pwedeng magserbisyo dahil associated na sila sa mga drug lord,” he said.

“We are just cleansing the ranks and trying to see and making sure that yung mga opisyal na natitira sa atin eh maaasahan natin at nagtatrabaho para sa gobyerno, hindi nagtatrabaho para sa ibang sindikato,” he added. 

On Wednesday, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos appealed to all police officials from the rank of full colonel up to generals to submit their courtesy resignation. -ag

Source: https://ptvnews.ph/pbbm-cleansing-pnp-ranks-part-of-anti-illegal-drugs-campaign/