Pinapayuhan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang lahat ng may mga transaksyon sa kagawaran sa buong bansa na suspendido ang pagkuha ng pasaporte, gayundin ang pag-renew nito sa Lunes.
Ito ay matapos na magpalabas ng Presidential Proclamation No. 1357 kung saan idineklara na holiday ang ang May 9 na may kaugnayan sa 2022 National and Local Election bilang Special Non-Working Holiday.
Samantala, sinabi ng DFA na bumalik na lamang ang mga indibidwal na may transaksyon sa ibang araw bilang mga walk-in applicants. – ulat mula kay Raoul Esperas
MANILA, Philippines – Posibleng umakyat sa 1,000 bagong kaso ang maitatala sa National Capital Region (NCR) kada araw pagkatapos ng halalan sa Mayo 9.
Ayon kay OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David, bagama’t nananating “low risk” ang Pilipinas sa COVID-19 ay maaari pa rin itong magbago sa harap na rin ng banta ng mga panibagong variants o sublineages na maaaring makapasok sa bansa.
“‘Yung projection natin, kung wala namang pagkalat o pagtaas ng kaso, we’re still seeing cases will remain low in NCR basta nag-iingat tayo. Ngayon, we’re averaging less than or around 100 cases per day sa NCR,” paliwanag ni David.
“May different scenarios tayo na tinitignan. Kung magkaron ng pagtaas ng kaso, we may see up to 500 to 1,000 cases per day sa NCR pero sana naman hindi mangyari ‘yun,” dagdag niya.
Noong Linggo, una nang iniulat ni David na nakapagtala ang NCR ng pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19 noong April 24 hanggang 30 kung saan tumaas sa 7% ang growth rate nito kumpara sa datos na naitala noong April 17 hanggang 23.
Kasalukuyan ding mino-monitor ng OCTA ang COVID-19 situations sa ilang lugar sa Benguet, Davao Region, Cebu, at Isabela.
Kamakailan nang maitala ang kauna-unahang kaso ng Omicron BA.2.12 subvariant sa Pilipinas mula sa isang 52-anyos na Finnish female na bumisita sa Baguio City. RNT/ JCM
MANILA, Philippines — Nairehistro ang kabuuang utang ng gobyerno sa P12.68 trilyon sa pagtatapos ng Marso 2022, ayon sa Bureau of Treasury, Huwebes, problemang haharapin ng susunod na administrasyon lalo na’t eleksyon na sa Lunes.
“For the month [of March], P586.29 billion, or 4.8% of the total debt portfolio was added primarily due to the net issuance of government securities to both local and external lenders,” paliwanag ng Kawanihan ng Ingatang-Yaman, Huwebes.
Narito ang pinagkunan ng utang ng bansa:
panlabas na utang (P3.81 trilyon o 30.1%)
panloob na utang (P8.87 trilyon o 69.9%)
Kaugnay nito, mahigit P590 bilyon na ang panibagong utang na-incur ng bansa simula nang pumasok ang taong 2022.
Tumaas ng P130.84 bilyon ang external debt ng Pilipinas o 3.6% na mas malaki kumpara noong nakaraang buwan. Pagdating naman sa domestic debt, lumobo ito ng P455.45 bilyon na siyasng 5.4% mas mataas noong Pebrero.
“Total [National Government’s] guaranteed obligations decreased by P5.16 billion or 1.2% month-over-month to P411.04 billion as of end-March 2022,” patuloy pa ng BTr.
“The lower level of guaranteed debt was due to the net repayment of both domestic and exernal guarantees amounting to P0.76 billion and P1.55 billion, respectively.”
Record-high uli ang utang na ito sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, habang dahan-dahan pa lang nagnonormalisa ang bansa mula sa pinsalang dinulot ng COVID-19 sa ekonomiya, kabuhayan at kalusugan.
Iniulat ng Treasury ang estado ng outstanding debt ng bansa ngayong binasag ng P4.9% na inflation rate noong Abril ang 2-4% target ng gobyerno, bagay na banta sa economic recovery ng Pilipinas. Ito na ang pinakamataas sa halos dalawang taon. — James Relativo at may mga ulat mula kay Ramon Royandoyan
PRANK GONE FAR. One of the pranks in a video content posted on Sunday (May 1, 2022) by “Tukomi” on their Youtube channel shows a man wearing traditional Muslim attire and about to throw a black backpack inside a barbershop. (Screengrab from Tukomi Youtube Channel)
MANILA – The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) is now determining legal steps against a well-known social media content creator “Tukomi” who posted on Youtube an ‘insensitive’ video titled “Manghagis ng Itim na Bag ng Naka pang Arabo“.
A day after Muslim Filipinos celebrated Eid’l Fit’r or the end of Ramadan, the NCMF Bureau of External Relations, on its Facebook page post on Tuesday night, said its lawyers are already determining the appropriate cases against the suspects.
“We have forwarded the information to the NCMF Bureau of Legal Affairs for the next steps in addressing the issue, particularly in determining the cases that may be filed against these individuals,” the statement read.
The NCMF appealed to the public to refrain from spreading the video and avoid further engagements with the content creators.
Along with other pranks posted on Sunday, the last part of the video shows a man wearing Muslim traditional attire carrying a black backpack and standing outside a barbershop in an unknown location. He suddenly throws the bag inside and runs away along with frightened people.
NCMF Commissioner Yusoph Mando commented on the post, thanking a fellow Muslim who notified him about the incident.
“Titiyakin namin na maaaksyunan ng ating tanggapan itong ganitong klaseng content ngsocmed (We will make sure the our office will take an action against this kind of socmed content),” Mando said.
Other netizens’ comments condemn the video content.
“This is not funny. Just please respect our religion,” Safeeya Salain said.
“Grabe, stereotyping ginawa niyo di ako Muslim pero respeto naman sa mga brother natin naMuslim. Mga kabataan ngayon akala nila nakakatawa yun. They don’t know the consequences at limits (This is stereotyping. I am not a Muslim but have some respect to our Muslim brothers. Kids these days think that is funny),” Nevrebyl Alegria said.
The Davao City-based content creators known as the “Tukomi brothers” are well-known pranksters who get their content ideas from suggestions of their Facebook and Youtube followers.
Their Youtube channel now has 4.16 million subscribers while they have 4.3 million followers on their Facebook page. (PNA)
MANILA, Philippines – Hinimok ng isang party-list lawmaker ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) na baguhin ang kasalukuyang disenyo ng P500 bill na mayroong mukha ni dating Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. at dating Pangulong President Corazon Aquino at palitan ng “more nationalistic symbol” para sa pagkakaisa ng bansa.
Inihain ni Duterte Youth party-list Representative Ducielle Marie Cardema noong Lunes, Mayo 2, ang House Resolution 2566, na humihikayat sa BSP na alisin ang aniya’y “divisive Ninoy Aquino image” sa naturang banknote.
“The image of anti-Marcos leader, Ninoy Aquino, has been placed in the 500 peso bill and caused so much divisiveness in the Philippine populace because more than half support the Philippine leader whom Ninoy Aquino fought with politically,” saad ni Cardema sa kanyang resolusyon.
Binanggit din niya ang ginawang pagpapalit kamakailan ng BSP sa disenyo ng P1000 bill polymer banknote kung saan makikita ang larawan ng Philippine eagle kapalit ng mukha nina Josefa Llanes-Escoda, Jose Abad Santos, at Vicente Lim.
“The BSP recently removed real wartime heroes like General Vicente Lim, Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos, and Girl Scout of the Philippines founder Josefa Llanes Escoda from our 1,000 peso bill even though they fought foreign invaders. They were replaced with a more nationalistic and a powerful image of the Philippine eagle,” ani Cardema.
“What more for a personality like Ninoy Aquino who only fought politically against a fellow Filipino who is also revered by more than half of the Philippine population,” dagdag niya.
Bago ito, una na ring ipinanukala ni Cardema na ibalik ang pangalan ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) na kilala noon sa tawag na Manila International Airport para mas madali itong mahanap ng mga biyahero at magbigay ng “sense of pride” sa mga Pilipino. RNT/ JCM
Nagpadala tayo ng Email sa Bureau of Quarantine upang itanong at linawin kung pwede na ba ipresinta ang “Bar Code” na nakuha sa One Health Pass kahit wala pang “QR code” o hindi natapos ang Step 3 Registration sa OHp.
Dears,
We are OFW Community in Saudi Arabia, may we asks to your good office if a person will travel in Philippines but did not get QR code, can he able to board the aircraft?
Please enlighten us.
Thanks
OFW SAUDI ARABIA
Ito ang naging Sagot ng BOQ sa ating Email:
You are allowed to board the plane as long as you have registered and have an OHP account. The barcode or Qr code is asked upon arrival at the airport. Please tell your airline (or just present this email) that you may board the plane even without the Qr code/barcode. You just need to present your OHP registration.
Sa kabila nito, may mga eroplano paring hindi tumatanggap ng ‘Bar Code’ kaya payo namin, tapusin ang Pagre-rehistro sa One Health Pass.
OFW SA RIYADH DI PINASAKAY NG EROPLANO DAHIL SA ONE HEALTH PASS BAR CODE
MANILA, Philippines – Hindi nagpapakita ng sintomas sa COVID-19 ang lahat ng close contact ng dayuhang unang kaso ng BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant sa bansa, ayon sa Department of Health (DOH).
Napag-alaman ng DOH na mayroong ang COVID positive na babaeng Finnish na dumating sa Pilipinas noong Abril 2 ay may 44 close contact – siyam sa Quezon City, lima sa Benguet, at 30 habang sakay ng commercial flight papuntang Maynila.
Sa 30 airplane close contact niya, 25 sa mga ito ay fully vaccinated laban sa COVID-19, ani Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.
Dalawa rito ang may negatibong resulta ng swab test, aniya.
Dalawang iba pa ang first dose pa lang ng bakuna, isa sa kanila ay may negatibong resulta ng swab test.
May isang hindi nabakunahan ngunit iyon ay isang 7 taong gulang na bata, na ang tagapag-alaga ay fully vaccinated naman, dagdag pa ni Vergeire.
Sa huli, mayroon pa ring dalawang pasahero na bineberipika ang status ng inoculation, dagdag niya.
“As of today, wala pong nakakaranas pa ng mga sintomas sa lahat ng malalapit na contact nitong babaeng Finnish,” pagsisiguro ni Vergeire.
Samantala, ang iba pang malapit na contact ng Omicron subvariant case sa Quezon City at Baguio City ay “asymptomatic as of this time,” ani Vergeire.
Dalawa sa mga nasa Quezon City ay may negatibong resulta sa isinagawang COVID test. RNT
MANILA – For a safe online experience, users must create a strong password, Google reminded the public on Tuesday, ahead of the May 5 World Password Day.
Users are told to create strong passwords and safeguard their accounts by following this criteria:
long
complex with at least 12 characters
made up of a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols
must exclude personal information like birthdays or names of pets
unique for every account to remain safe when one gets compromised
backed by 2-step verification
Google also said its Google Password Manager could help internet users safeguard their log-in details.
Having separate accounts for social media and other websites makes it “imperative to have strong passwords to ensure security,” Google Philippines said in a statement.
“With Google Password Manager, not only can you easily generate strong passwords, you can save, manage and keep them secure across multiple accounts,” Google said.
Here’s how the Google Password Manager works:
It makes it easier to generate strong and unique passwords for all online accounts using the Chrome browser, Android and Chrome on iOS
It can remember all saved passwords. Users just need to remember their Google account passwords
Google Password Manager checks 1 billion passwords for breaches every day. Real-time notification will be sent about unsafe or stolen passwords with quick fix in a single tap. Users will need to follow a prompt to change their passwords for compromised sites
It reduces the “hassle” of memorizing passwords. It can also run Password Checkup to see if passwords have been compromised, being reused in different sites or if passwords need to be strengthened
Frees people from manually typing their passwords. Users can also import up to 3,000 passwords at a time from third-party sites. Storing up to 10,000 passwords is allowed
The tech giant encouraged internet users to take advantage of its tools to protect themselves online.
PINAAALALAHANAN ng Pag-IBIG Fund ang lahat ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na magsumite na sila ng kani-kanilang required membership identification (MID) numbers para mapadali ang pagkuha ng kanilang benefits. May mga OFWs kasi na may MID na subalit hindi pa nila ito sinusumite sa Pag-IBIG sa iba’t ibang kadahilanan, anang opisyal ng ahensiya ng gobyerno.
Itong polisiya ng Pag-IBIG ay hindi na bago kaya’t hindi na dapat magpatumpik-tumpik ang mga OFWs para mag-comply dito dahil sa kinalaunan, sila rin at ang pamilya nila ang makikinabang dito, di ba mga kosa? Kaya sa mga pulitiko, huwag n’yo ng gamitin ang MID requirement para isulong ang inyog kandidatura Tumpak! Hak hak hak! Kanya-kanyang gimik lang ‘yan! Dipugaaaaa!
Sa joint advisory ng Pag-IBIG at Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), hinikayat nila ang mga OFWs na magsumite ng kanilang MIDs para mapadali ang kanilang transaction sa state-run corporation. Ipinaliwanag ni Domingo Jacinto Jr., Pag-IBIG Public and Media Affairs Department manager, itong advisory ay isang paalala lamang sa OFWs na tumalima sa naturang requirement. Gustong itama ni Jacinto ang maling akala na ang pagsumite ng MIDs at Pag-IBIG membership ay bagong requirement para sa mga Pinoy na nagtatrabaho abroad. Ipinaliwanag ni Jacinto na maraming maayos at madaling paraan para ang OFWs ay makakuha o i-recall ang kanilang Pag-IBIG MID numbers. Mismooooo! Kailangan pa bang i-memorize ‘yan mga kosang OFW? Dipugaaaaa!
Sa mga OFW naman na wala pang Pag-IBIG MID number, iginiit ni Jacinto na maari silang kumuha sa pamamagitan ng POEAs e-Registration system o dili kaya’y sa Pag-IBIG online service facility, Virtual Pag-IBIG.
Sa OFWs naman na nais i-recall ang kanilang Pag-IBIG numbers puwede rin nilang gamitin ang Virtual Pag-IBIG o kontakin ang korporasyon sa pamamagitan ng telepono, email o Pag-IBIG Facebook page. Pindot-pindot lang pala ang katapat nito sa mga gadgets, di ba mga kosa?
Ipinaliwanag pa ni Jacinto na ang mga OFWs ay sakop ng Pag-IBIG Fund benefits alinsunod sa Republic Act No. 9679. Maraming nakaumang na benefits para sa Pag-IBIG members kabilang dito ang savings with dividend earnings, short-term cash loans and affordable housing loans. “These benefits shall serve them well while working abroad, as well as after their work tenure overseas,” ayon kay Jacinto. Get’s n’yo na ba ang paliwanag ng Pag-IBIG mga kosang kong OFWs? Abangan!
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