aoa TAMBULI Weekly Newsletter The Official e-Newsletter of the Federation of Philippine Industries Volume 18 Issue No. 16 02 May 2014 ______

FPI WARMLY WELCOMES ITS NEWEST MEMBER!

The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) cordially welcomes PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK as its newest Associate Member.

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK is represented by its President OMAR BYRON T. MIER and Director CHRIS J. NELSON with business address at PNB Financial Center, President Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City. PNB is engaged in commercial banking services.

FPI-DOTC Conference on Road Safety

In line the global observance of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety: 2011-2020, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), in collaboration with the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), the Supply Chain Management Association of the (SCMAP) and the Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP), will hold a one-day Truckers Forum on Road Safety on 14 May 2014 at the AFP Commissioned Officers’ Club, Camp Aguinaldo, City, from 8am to 5pm with the theme Road Safety: The All Important Factor in the Transport of Cargo.

This Forum aims to increase safety awareness among truck owners and hauling companies. Specifically, it aims to work with cargo owners to make road safety an important element in looking for truckers to transport their commodities and to encourage these owners to include road safety as a specific provision in their cargo contracts. For the haulers, the Forum features lead models and best practices that can be adapted to improve safety on the road. To this effect, speakers from selected industries have been invited to share their outstanding road safety practices.

It has been noted that truck accidents increased by 47% last year, hence, there is a need to do the best to decrease the same. The forum will show best practices and contract templates that can be adopted so that the truckers we use will follow road safety guidelines. The proposed speakers are Lafarge, Shell, San Miguel, and selected FPI member companies. Each FPI member company can have one free participant from the company itself and three free participants coming from that company’s truckers. TWO-DAY INDUSTRIAL USERS TRAINING ON COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION – 13-14 May 2014

The Philippine Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (PIEEP) jointly implemented by the Department of Energy, Department of Trade & Industry, United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Global Environment Facility (DOE-DTI-UNIDO-GEF), aims to promote the adoption of an Energy Management System based on ISO 50001 framework, along with energy systems optimization approach.

In this regard, FPI member industries are invited to the Industrial Users Training on Compressed Air Systems Optimization on 13-14 May 2014 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm to be held at the Berjaya Makati Hotel, Makati Avenue, Makati City. The training will introduce the following components of a compressed air system; how to carry out a compressed air survey; typical opportunities for optimization; how to conduct evaluation of new equipment; and recent technological developments. The above training is FREE-of-charge and is on a first- come-first-served basis, hence, early confirmation (not later than 8 May 2014) will be appreciated.

For further information, please contact the Project Management Unit Officer-In-Charge, Engr. Magdaleno M. Baclay, Jr. at [email protected] or 0917-8683160.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HEARING

Senate

Tuesday, May 6 Time & Venue Agenda

Congressional Oversight 10:00 A.M. Department of Agrarian Reform's updates on Committee on Agrarian Osec Boardroom 4th CARP; and discussion of the Land Acquisition Reform (COCAR) Floor, Department of Distribution (LAD)completion outlook/plan Agrarian Reform Elliptical Road, Q.C.

Wednesday, May 7 Time & Venue Agenda

Joint Congressional Oversight 9:00 A.M. Consideration of JCOCPE Res. entitled: "Mandating Committee on Public SSen. C.M. Recto the Secretary of the Department of Finance and the Expenditures (JCOCPE) Room/ J.P. Laurel Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to appear Room 2/F Right Wing, before Congress semi-annually to report on the Senate status and directions of the Fiscal and Monetary Policies of the State"

Status of fund releases of the following:

2013 Calamity Fund (under R.A. No. 10352)

2014 Calamity Fund (under R.A. No. 10633)

2013 Supplemental Appropriations (R.A. No. 10634)

Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program (under R.A. No. 10633)

2013-2014 Quick Response Fund (under R.A. Nos. 10352 and 10633, respectively)

Thursday, May 8 Time & Venue Agenda

Public Works jt. with 10:00 A.M. S. Nos. 410, 1928 amd 2133 - National Green Environment and Natural Sen. L.M. Tañada Room Building Code Resources; Local Government; 2/F Right Wing, Senate Finance and; Ways and Means S. No. 430 - Strengthening PD No. 1096, by mandating a comprehensive nationwide inspection of buildings and imposing stiff penalties against building officials who violate the pertinent provisions of the said Code

S. Res. No. 143 - Revisiting RA 6541 (Building Code of the Philippines) and PD 1586, and other pertinent laws in light of growing public concerns on the impact of geologic hazards on the structural integrity of houses and buildings in the country

House of Representatives

MONDAY, 05-MAY-2014 Committee/Sub-Committee Time and Venue Agenda/Resource Person WAYS AND MEANS 01:30 PM Briefing by the Department of Finance (DOF) on the R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F following measures: SW Bldg. HB 130 – Instituting the code for the administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion of investments (Rep. Mark Villar) HBs 302 & 1788 – Investments and Incentives Code of the Philippines (Reps. Susan Yap and Rufus Rodriguez) HB 2765 – Rationalizing the grant and administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion of investments and growth (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing) WOMEN AND GENDER 02:00 PM Round Table Discussion on: EQUALITY Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg. HBs 110, 342, 1230, 1842, 2571 & 2572 – Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Kaka Bag-ao, Sol Aragones, Lani Mercado-Revilla & Neri Colmenares) HBs 1620, 1635 & 2853 – Establishing resource development and crisis assistance centers for women and children in every province and city of the country, amending for the purpose RA 8505, otherwise known as the Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Susan Yap and Abigail Faye Ferriol) TUESDAY, 06-MAY-2014 Committee/Sub-Committee Time and Venue Agenda/Resource Person WAYS AND MEANS 09:30 AM Briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F (DTI) and Board of Investments (BOI) on the SW Bldg. following measures:

HB 130 – Instituting the code for the administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion of investments (Rep. Mark Villar) HBs 302 & 1788 – Investments and Incentives Code of the Philippines (Reps. Susan Yap and Rufus Rodriguez) HB 2765 – Rationalizing the grant and administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion of investments and growth (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing)

AQUACULTURE AND 01:00 PM Forum on “Strengthening Enforcement and FISHERIES RESOURCES R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F Regulatory Legislation against Illegal, Unreported SW Bldg. and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing” WEDNESDAY, 07-MAY-2014 Committee/Sub-Committee Time and Venue Agenda/Resource Person TRANSPORTATION 09:30 AM Commending the Civil Aviation Authority of the Villar Hall SWA Bldg. Philippines (CAAP) for restoring the state of the Philippine aviation to Category 1 status Presentation by Honda Philippines on its safe driving activities in Presentation by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on the Roll-On/Roll- Off Nautical Highway project Update on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10635, the law which establishes the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the single maritime administration responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), as amended, and international agreements or covenants related thereto Update on the drafting of the IRR of RA 10586, otherwise known as the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013

AGRARIAN REFORM 01:30 PM HB 252 – Instituting genuine agrarian reform in Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM the country and creating the mechanism for its Bldg. implementation (Rep. Fernando ‘Ka Pando’ Hicap) LABOR AND 01:30 PM HB 2327 – Further strengthening the Social EMPLOYMENT Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Amelioration Program (SAP) in the sugar industry, Bldg. amending for this purpose certain provisions of RA 6982, or the law which strengthens the SAP in the sugar industry, providing the mechanics for its implementation (Rep. Lucy Gomez) HR 116 – Inquiry into the implementation of the SAP in the sugar industry, including an accounting of its fund and the extent of benefits that redounded to the agricultural sugar workers (Rep. Fernando ‘Ka Pando’ Hicap) HR 438 – Urging the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines to ratify the International Labour Organization Convention 151, otherwise known as the Labor Relations (Public Service) Convention (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)

Prepared by the FPI Secretariat

Notice: Please be informed that the news articles/write-ups of FPI President George S. Chua and FPI Sustainable Development Committee Chairman Ernesto Ordoñez published and circulated in newspapers may likewise be accessed thru the FPI website: www.fpi.ph.

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