Pet Melliza

Kape kag Isyu RTD Wendam Iloilo City July 11, 2015 Resource persons: 1. Dr. Joyce Wendam, regional technical director for research and regulatory services, DA-6 2. Juvy Gaton, chief info officer, DA-6 3. Earl James Ogates, info officer, DA-6 ______________________ Melliza Our discussion today with resource persons from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 6, invites us to take a second look at Passi City, the only component city of Iloilo Province, which incidentally puts the older, bigger and richer Iloilo City to shame. Ogates All talks about Iloilo City as "most liveable city in the Philippines," and cheers of regaining the title "Queen City of the South" from Cebu and slogans "I am Yrong-Yrong!" and "Proud to be Yronggo!" are nothing but a sham. They should be taken out of city halls propaganda lexicon for being deceitful. These are poor substitutes for reality. What about the grand title ...

Bayan Muna's Rep. Neri Colmenares lashes the Social Security System (SSS) for bleeding members by raising monthly contributions instead of their monthly pensions. It still wastes pensioners' funds by giving its officials fat bonuses and letting go delinquent employers. Colmenares announces that in a forum in Iloilo July 3, which also kicks off a signature campaign among pensioners to prod the Senate to pass a bill raising pensioners' monthly takes. SSS is scheming to increase members' contribution by 21 times yet pegs the minimum monthly pension at P1,200, notes Colmenares. "There are 135,000 employers who failed to remit contributions to SSS: the employees were deducted SSS contributions but their employers did not remit them to the SSS." decries the Bayan Muna representative. SSS should have initiated criminal complaints against erring employers but puts that burden on their victims. "Ano klase nga patakaran: 'di bala kun nego...

Add caption Peter Jimenea  Iloi lo City July 11, 2015 Resource persons: RTD Wendam 1. Dr. Joyce Wendam, regional technical director for research and regulatory services, DA-6 2. Juvy Gaton, chief info officer, DA-6 3. Earl James Ogates, info officer, DA-6 ______________________ Our discussion today with resource persons from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 6, invites us to take a second look at Passi City, the only component city of Iloilo Province, which incidentally puts the older, bigger and richer Iloilo City to shame. All talks about Iloilo City as "most liveable city in the Philippines," and cheers of regaining the title "Queen City of the South" from Cebut and slogans "I am Yrong-Yrong!" and "Proud to be Yronggo!" are nothing but a sham. They should be taken out of city halls propaganda lexicon for being deceitful. What about the grand title "World Mayor #5Dr.PhD(1.0)"? Well, give it to the ma...