MANILA, Philippines — Lawmen will not only be securing the land and waters of the country but the air as well as the Philippine National Police (PNP) launched the "Sky Police" Tuesday.
The PNP presented to the public the three helicopters which will be utilized by the air unit from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and PNP Special Action Force (SAF).
To Deputy Director General Perfecto Palad, the PNP deputy chief for administration, the launch of the "Sky Police" would help in transforming the police force into "a more capable, effective and credible police organization."
"Hindi lamang sa lansangan at sa dagat mararamdaman ang kapulisan kung hindi ay sa himpapawid na rin (The force of the police will not only be felt on the country's land and seas but also in the air)," said Palad.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo stated that building the capabilities of the PNP is integral in its development. "Given the limitations of the budget that we have this year, it might be good to look at the opportunity from what we have."
The Sky Police, according to Robredo would add to the services of the police to its constituents. He added however, that policing is a community effort which will not succeed without the support of the private sector and regular individuals.
"This is not ningas cogon," Robredo told reporters during an interview stressing that "from here on, the Sky Police will be a fixture in police operations."
The choppers, said Robredo, would fly four hours each day and would be based at the hangar in NCRPO. He added that the choppers would also be used in solving car theft incidents along with motorcycles and other vehicles to be deployed to such operations.
The three Robinson R44 Raven II Police Helicopters, worth P104.9 million, were acquired during the term of former PNP chief Jesus Verzosa.
According to Senior Superintendent Joselito Salido, head of the Task Force Sky Police and Air Unit Commander of the PNP Special Action Force (SAF), their 48-strong air unit utilizes and maintains three Robinson R44 choppers equipped with a clear forward infrared camera which can zoom in up to 50 meters. The camera also uses thermal imaging to check areas of Metro Manila being monitored from the air, said Salido.
The choppers will only fly up to 300 feet above Metro Manila, added Salido. The forward infrared camera can be used "if we have incidents, accidents, hot pursuit operations." Officers using the choppers will give information to the troops on the ground so they can easily catch up, he explained.
Salido also said that using the choppers four hours a day in a month's time will need 500 thousand pesos; a chopper will use 2,000 liters of fuel a day. "Anyway only one chopper will fly a day," he revealed, "alternate, isa tambay isa lilipad (two choppers will be used in an alternate manner; while one flies, the other is on standby)."
The choppers can use speed up to 120 knots but "we do not go beyond that speed, especially in Metro Manila, we only fly 80 to 90 otherwise we are too fast," said Salido.
One of the pilots in command Vince Bangwa stated that the helicopters can stay in the air for three hours. Salido explained that two helicopters will be circling Metro Manila alternately, two hours in the morning and the afternoon.
Palad urged the members of the Special Action Force and NCRPO air units to play active roles and "be committed in this noble undertaking." (report from Karen Boncocan, Inquirer.net)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
US embassy organizes local jobs fair for Filipinos — DoLE
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday said that United States-based companies in the Philippines would gather next week for a three-day job fair, offer 6,600 local opportunities to job seekers, especially displaced overseas Filipino workers from Libya and other countries.
In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, citing a report from Undersecretary Danilo Cruz, said the United States embassy in Manila organized the three-day job fair, which will gather 33 American firms on March 18 to 20, 2011 at SM North Edsa, Quezon City.
“The three-day, US Embassy sponsored activity dubbed the 'America in 3-D Job Fair,' would prioritize qualified OFWs earlier evacuated from Libya,” Baldoz said.
Various American companies in the Philippines joining the fair will include those in banking-retail with 818 job opportunities and business process outsourcing and call centers offering the largest number of vacancies at 3,000, according to Baldoz.
Other US firms that will also offer jobs at the fair are those engaged in information technology, engineering, hotels, energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, she said.
Positions to be offered will include card and bank sales officers, customer service representatives, BPO agent and non-agent positions, engineers, machinist, electricians, marketing staff, HR generalists, accountants, technical officers, IT specialists, and analysts.
“We highly appreciate the response of the American companies and mining firms in the country to this necessary and humane initiative led by DoLE which underscores the aim of President Aquino to ensure the protection and welfare of the OFWs,” Baldoz said.
“We shall ensure that these joint thrusts effectively ease the plight of the OFWs from Libya and their reintegration into economic mainstream,” she added.
Baldoz earlier also cited local industries especially the mining industry in Caraga region in Mindanao, for their support to the ongoing DoLE-led efforts to ease the plight of the OFW-repatriates from Libya.
The labor chief, during an earlier hearing at the House of Representatives committee on overseas workers affairs, also said that at any given time, there are some 60,000 vacancies posted by local and overseas companies in the PhilJobNet system supervised by the Bureau of Local Employment.
She said that skilled and qualified OFWs from Libya may access the PhilJobNet in the internet through the http://phil-job.net. She said the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority has also readied a skills assessment effort to fully assist the skills development, retooling, and upgrading needs of OFWs returning from the strife-torn country. (report from Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, citing a report from Undersecretary Danilo Cruz, said the United States embassy in Manila organized the three-day job fair, which will gather 33 American firms on March 18 to 20, 2011 at SM North Edsa, Quezon City.
“The three-day, US Embassy sponsored activity dubbed the 'America in 3-D Job Fair,' would prioritize qualified OFWs earlier evacuated from Libya,” Baldoz said.
Various American companies in the Philippines joining the fair will include those in banking-retail with 818 job opportunities and business process outsourcing and call centers offering the largest number of vacancies at 3,000, according to Baldoz.
Other US firms that will also offer jobs at the fair are those engaged in information technology, engineering, hotels, energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, she said.
Positions to be offered will include card and bank sales officers, customer service representatives, BPO agent and non-agent positions, engineers, machinist, electricians, marketing staff, HR generalists, accountants, technical officers, IT specialists, and analysts.
“We highly appreciate the response of the American companies and mining firms in the country to this necessary and humane initiative led by DoLE which underscores the aim of President Aquino to ensure the protection and welfare of the OFWs,” Baldoz said.
“We shall ensure that these joint thrusts effectively ease the plight of the OFWs from Libya and their reintegration into economic mainstream,” she added.
Baldoz earlier also cited local industries especially the mining industry in Caraga region in Mindanao, for their support to the ongoing DoLE-led efforts to ease the plight of the OFW-repatriates from Libya.
The labor chief, during an earlier hearing at the House of Representatives committee on overseas workers affairs, also said that at any given time, there are some 60,000 vacancies posted by local and overseas companies in the PhilJobNet system supervised by the Bureau of Local Employment.
She said that skilled and qualified OFWs from Libya may access the PhilJobNet in the internet through the http://phil-job.net. She said the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority has also readied a skills assessment effort to fully assist the skills development, retooling, and upgrading needs of OFWs returning from the strife-torn country. (report from Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Giant renewable diesel plant opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE — Finnish firm Neste Oil opened the world's biggest renewable diesel plant in Singapore on Tuesday, taking advantage of massive palm oil production in nearby Malaysia and Indonesia.
Clean diesel produced from the 550 million-euro ($769 million) plant using feedstocks such as palm oil and animal fat will be marketed in Europe, Canada and the United States, which already have legislation in place supporting biofuels.
"Asia in the next five years is not going to be a big market for us," Neste Oil Corp president and chief executive Matti Lievonen said at the plant's opening.
With an annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons, the Singapore facility is the biggest renewable diesel plant in the world, Neste Oil said.
The plant produces Neste Oil's patented NExBTL renewable diesel, which the company says is the cleanest diesel fuel in the world, although it is more expensive than conventional diesel.
NExBTL can be used in all diesel engines and significantly reduces exhaust emissions compared with regular diesel, the company says.
About 45 percent of the facility's feedstock is currently palm oil from neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia, while the rest comes from other by-products of the palm oil production process and waste animal fat from Australia and New Zealand.
The palm oil industry in both Malaysia and Indonesia has come under pressure from environmental campaigners who believe it causes deforestation and threatens species such as orangutans and rhinos.
Neste Oil said that its Singapore plant had obtained an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) certificate from Germany, guaranteeing that it has met tough environment standards.
Lievonen said the firm had earmarked 80 percent of its research and development for finding ways to produce clean diesel from other feedstocks like algae and microbes.
Algae will not compete for fresh water or land because production plants can be built on wasteland and the algae can be grown in seawater, said the company, adding that research was still in its early stages. (report from Agence France-Presse)
Clean diesel produced from the 550 million-euro ($769 million) plant using feedstocks such as palm oil and animal fat will be marketed in Europe, Canada and the United States, which already have legislation in place supporting biofuels.
"Asia in the next five years is not going to be a big market for us," Neste Oil Corp president and chief executive Matti Lievonen said at the plant's opening.
With an annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons, the Singapore facility is the biggest renewable diesel plant in the world, Neste Oil said.
The plant produces Neste Oil's patented NExBTL renewable diesel, which the company says is the cleanest diesel fuel in the world, although it is more expensive than conventional diesel.
NExBTL can be used in all diesel engines and significantly reduces exhaust emissions compared with regular diesel, the company says.
About 45 percent of the facility's feedstock is currently palm oil from neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia, while the rest comes from other by-products of the palm oil production process and waste animal fat from Australia and New Zealand.
The palm oil industry in both Malaysia and Indonesia has come under pressure from environmental campaigners who believe it causes deforestation and threatens species such as orangutans and rhinos.
Neste Oil said that its Singapore plant had obtained an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) certificate from Germany, guaranteeing that it has met tough environment standards.
Lievonen said the firm had earmarked 80 percent of its research and development for finding ways to produce clean diesel from other feedstocks like algae and microbes.
Algae will not compete for fresh water or land because production plants can be built on wasteland and the algae can be grown in seawater, said the company, adding that research was still in its early stages. (report from Agence France-Presse)
HP vows to solve IT storage woes of PHL companies
MANILA, Philippines – Hewlett-Packard (HP) introduced today its latest IT storage solutions that aim to solve current data storage problems of local companies in the Philippines.
HP executives said the new storage solutions are available to various industries but mostly top enterprises in the country like telecommunication firms, banks, data centers, and business process outsourcing (BPO).
Hans Bayaborda, country manager of HP Philippines, introduced the two new storage solutions as HP StoreOnce D2D434 BackupSystem and the HP P4800 SAN Solution with SAM/IQ 9.0 Software.
Bayaborda said the solutions address the issues of the complex problems of managing data growth while streamlining operations and eliminating technology silos.
"Companies today need an infrastructure that delivers efficiency and simplicity of operations without having to duplicate data that wastes storage capacity," he said.
Bayaborda attributes present storage problems due to explosive data growth that is taking business performance to the breaking point, thus HP's mission is to transform storage infrastructure by implementing the "converged infrastructure" concept.
The executive added that besides the two latest storage solutions, HP has integrated the so-called 3PAR Utility Storage across the HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio to achieved scalable cloud computing performance.
"Organizations must give value to customers. They must be able to integrate and automate data that responds in seconds, not days, weeks or months. Embedding this technology will help them to become instant-on enterprises that are flexible and can deliver competitive products and services in an instant," he said. (report from Tam Noda, Philstar.com)
HP executives said the new storage solutions are available to various industries but mostly top enterprises in the country like telecommunication firms, banks, data centers, and business process outsourcing (BPO).
Hans Bayaborda, country manager of HP Philippines, introduced the two new storage solutions as HP StoreOnce D2D434 BackupSystem and the HP P4800 SAN Solution with SAM/IQ 9.0 Software.
Bayaborda said the solutions address the issues of the complex problems of managing data growth while streamlining operations and eliminating technology silos.
"Companies today need an infrastructure that delivers efficiency and simplicity of operations without having to duplicate data that wastes storage capacity," he said.
Bayaborda attributes present storage problems due to explosive data growth that is taking business performance to the breaking point, thus HP's mission is to transform storage infrastructure by implementing the "converged infrastructure" concept.
The executive added that besides the two latest storage solutions, HP has integrated the so-called 3PAR Utility Storage across the HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio to achieved scalable cloud computing performance.
"Organizations must give value to customers. They must be able to integrate and automate data that responds in seconds, not days, weeks or months. Embedding this technology will help them to become instant-on enterprises that are flexible and can deliver competitive products and services in an instant," he said. (report from Tam Noda, Philstar.com)
KAJOYFULNESS PANANAW: Parental Guidance
Mga KaJoyfulnesses, marami ang napapanood ng mga teleserye sa iba't-ibang istasyon pero hindi lahat ng mga programa, para sa lahat ng mga kabataan at pamilya.
Kung tutuusin, may nakalagay nga ng 'Parental Guidance' sa tuwing magsisimula o tatapusin ang mga programa. Pero balewala kahit may magulang na, hindi nasisikmura o naiiwasan ang mga eksenang nakakagimbal, nakakatakot at nakakalito.
Papaano kung ano ang pinaiiral nilang kinabukasan ay baka masama ang kanilang pag-iisip nang dahil sa telebisyon.
Kung kabataan man, kailangan panoorin ng mga educational o may aral ng mga programa na angkop sa mga batang manonood.
Kung teenager man, kailangan pa rin ng patnubay o gabay ng mga magulang sa tuwing manonood ng mga dramaserye o fantaserye sa lahat ng panahon, kahit sa weekend.
Pero kung nasa wastong edad na o matanda na, parang magulang sila pero... walang ginawang mabuti, kung minsan kasi, ang mga lalaki, naging tambay, at ang mga babae naman naging 'bugaw' o 'pokpok' o 'di kaya'y 'prosti'.
Mga KaJoyfulnesses, huwag natin hayaan ang mga kabataang nagpupuyos na dapat maging masama nang dahil sa telebisyon. Dapat may 'Parental Guidance' talaga bago tayo gawin ng mabuti. Kayo na po ang bahalang humusga.
Kung tutuusin, may nakalagay nga ng 'Parental Guidance' sa tuwing magsisimula o tatapusin ang mga programa. Pero balewala kahit may magulang na, hindi nasisikmura o naiiwasan ang mga eksenang nakakagimbal, nakakatakot at nakakalito.
Papaano kung ano ang pinaiiral nilang kinabukasan ay baka masama ang kanilang pag-iisip nang dahil sa telebisyon.
Kung kabataan man, kailangan panoorin ng mga educational o may aral ng mga programa na angkop sa mga batang manonood.
Kung teenager man, kailangan pa rin ng patnubay o gabay ng mga magulang sa tuwing manonood ng mga dramaserye o fantaserye sa lahat ng panahon, kahit sa weekend.
Pero kung nasa wastong edad na o matanda na, parang magulang sila pero... walang ginawang mabuti, kung minsan kasi, ang mga lalaki, naging tambay, at ang mga babae naman naging 'bugaw' o 'pokpok' o 'di kaya'y 'prosti'.
Mga KaJoyfulnesses, huwag natin hayaan ang mga kabataang nagpupuyos na dapat maging masama nang dahil sa telebisyon. Dapat may 'Parental Guidance' talaga bago tayo gawin ng mabuti. Kayo na po ang bahalang humusga.
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