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ROUNDUP
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Luzon
PNP in control of situation
CAMP ALEJO Santos, Malolos City — "As what our police Region 3 chief General Rowland A. Albano had said, there is no room for fear because the PNP and other government forces are in full control of the situation," Bulacan police director Senior Supt. Michael Benidict Fokno said. He was commeting on recent encounters between policemen and rebels in San Rafael and San Miguel town which claimed the lives of nine communist rebels and two government troopers. The PNP heroism medal and a special financial assistance were posthumously awarded yesterday by Chief Superintendent Albano, regional director, to SPO4 Amante A. Poma and SPO2 Benito B. Deticio who died last Sunday while conducting a checkpoint operation on the national highway barangay Sampaloc, San Rafael, Bulacan in the wake of the operations conducted by the Army’s 56th Infantry Batallion against a group of communist rebels in San Miguel. The awards were received by the bereaved families of the two police non-commissioned officers whose bodies now lie in Sampaloc, San Rafael, Bulacan. At least 44 personnel of 306th PMG, Bulacan police office and regional mobile group 3 led by P/Supt Edgar Manuel, group director of the 306th PMG 3, and Senior Inspector Roginald Francisco, team leader, respectively were likewise given various medals and awards for the succesful conduct of follow-up operations which resulted in the death of three communist rebels and the seizure of one M16 rifle and several ammunition. (Freddie Velez)
Visayas
Wage indicators reviewed
CEBU CITY — The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Central Visayas has started reviewing economic indicators that will determine whether or not there is a basis to tackle the issue on wage increase. RTWPB Chairman and Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) 7 Director Rodolfo Sabulao said the wage board does not have to wait for a wage increase petition because it can make moves to determine whether or not there is indeed a need to tackle the issue on salary increases. Sabulao said the board is now at a preliminary stage by asking the technical working group of the RTWPB to review economic indicators, including inflation rate, fuel price increase, increases in prices of basic commodities, and impending power hike, in order to assess if there is a need for a wage increase. The technical working group, composed of representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry, National Economic Development Authority, Department of Energy, Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas, employees’ sector, and workers’ sector, is expected to submit the result of the review within this week, said Sabulao. The report will determine whether or not the wage board will start tackling the issue on wage increases. (Mars Mosqueda Jr.)
Mindanao
Basilan teachers hold rally
LAMITAN, Basilan – A mammoth demonstration by over 2,000 Basilan public elementary and secondary school teachers was staged last week in this capital town against Department of Education officials of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Elementary School District Supervisor Lourdes Evardo, president of the Basilan Teachers and Employees Association (BTEA), said the ARMM education officials, led by ARMM Gov. Parouk Hussin, also concurrent education regional secretary, and ARMM regional director Leovigilda Cinches, have failed to take appropriate action to resolve the ARMM DepEd office’s non-remittance of the local teachers’ premiums to the GSIS, Philhealth, Pag-IBIG, etc. (Tony Rimando)
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