Aguinaldo Shrine Pagsanjan Falls Taal Lake Antipolo Church Lucban Pahiyas Feast PIA Calabarzon 4 PRs ( May 3 , 2013), Dispatch for May 6 , 2013 (Monday), 23 Photonews , 4 Weather Watch, 6 Regl.Watch , 2 OFW Watch , 18 Online News Weather Watch 3 hours ago near Quezon City, Philippines PAGASA weather forecaster Fernando Cada on DZMM: -Kahapon po sa Metro Manila ay nakapagtala po tayo ng umabot sa 36 degrees Celsius. -Ang pinakamainit po na naitala natin kahapon ay bandang 1:50pm. -Buwan po kasi ng Mayo, usually po may mga thunderstorm sa hapon after nun mawawala rin. -Ang normal po, sa ikalawang linggo ng Mayo hanggang unang linggo ng June ang ating pagsapit ng panahon ng tag-ulan at iyon po ay kasabay din ng ating Habagat. Weather Watch 4 hours ago near Quezon City, Philippines ABS-CBN: Ayon sa PAGASA, hanggang Biyernes pa ng madaling araw maaaring masaksikan ang meteor shower na parte ng kometang Halley. Sa May 10 naman ay masasaksihan ang partial solar eclipse na makikita naman sa southern portion ng bansa. Weather Watch 4 hours ago near Quezon City, Philippines GMA resident weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz: -Easterlies na lang ang umiiral sa silangang bahagi ng bansa. -Bahagyang huhupa ang pag-ulan kaya sa Luzon ay magiging mainit at maalinsangan ang panahon maliban sa central section hanggang Bicol region. -Sa Metro Manila, may posibilidad ang mahinang pag-ulan na mararanasan lalo na sa hapon o gabi pero mananatili pa rin ang alinsangan na tatagal sa loob ng 5 araw. -Sa Visayas, mainit at maaraw pa rin ang panahon. Pero sa central section ay posible ang kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, lalo na sa Catbalogan hanggang Tacloban. -Sa Mindanao, maalinsangan din maliban sa central section hanggang eastern section na makakaranas ng kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog-pagkidlat, partikular sa Zamboanga peninsula, Sulu at Tawi-Tawi. Weather Watch 15 hours ago PAGASA: 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST Issued at: 5:00 PM SYNOPSIS: Easterlies affecting the eastern section of the country. FORECAST: CARAGA and Davao region will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Moderate to occasionally strong winds blowing from the northeast to east will prevail over northern luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to occasionally rough. Meanwhile, light to moderate winds coming from the east to northeast will prevail over the rest of the country with slight to moderate seas. Weather Watch May 6 , 2013 (Monday) 2 hours ago CAVITE : LAGUNA : BATANGAS : RIZAL : QUEZON : Mostly cloudy PIA Regional Watch PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/QUEZON: Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) deputy spokesperson Col. Neil Anthony Estrella urged the residents of Quezon Province to involve in community participation to totally eliminate insurgency problem in the area. PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/QUEZON: DSWD-Region 4A recently conducted consultation dialogue on supplementary feeding program at Queen Margarette Hotel, Lucena City. This aims to discuss issues such as the supplementary feeding program omnibus guidelines with state auditors and proper utilization and submission of liquidation of LGUs to state auditors . The dialogue also aims to strengthen the implementation of supplementary feeding program in the province of Quezon. PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/QUEZON: The provincial tourism office and DTI-Quezon provincial office are promoting Quezon's products such as langgonisa, coco-based products, bread and pastry by conducting "Hello Quezon trade fair" at SM City Lucena. PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/BATANGAS: Muling nagpulong ang PNP, COMELEC, DepEd at iba pang stakeholders upang siguruhin ang mga dapat gawin upang mas lalong mapaghandaan ang papalapit na eleksyon sa Mayo 13. Ayon sa PNP, walang anumang naitatalang kaso o pangyayari na may kinalaman sa eleksyon. PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/BATANGAS: Ipinasa ng Sangguniang Panglunsod ang ordinansang bumubuo sa gender and development focal point kung saan 5% ng 20% development fund ng lungsod para sa bawat taon ng pagpapatupad ng ordinansa. Layon nitong kilalanin ang pantay na kontribusyon ng mga kababaihan at kalalakihan sa iba't ibang aspeto ng kaunlaran. PIA Regional Watch Friday PIA-4A/CAVITE: The Department of Interior and Local Government Region IV-A commended the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Bacoor for being the Outstansing Sanggunian in the 1st to 3rd Class Municipalities Category (Regional Level). The award cited the council's "exemplary performance in legislating measures for the period of July 1, 2010 to June 2012." PIA OFW Watch 3 hours ago near Quezon City, Philippines PHL Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia, Jr. on DZMM: Re: Latest sa dalawang Pinay na biktima ng human trafficking ng Saudi Arabian diplomat -Hindi natin matiyak iyan kasi under investigation iyan. Hindi namin masasabi na may human trafficking kasi hindi pa sinasabi sa amin ng authorities ‘yung identity ng diplomat kaya huwag muna tayong mag-jump into conclusion muna. -Malalaman namin bukas kasi makakausap namin ‘yung dalawa under the custody of US authority. Pero wala pa silang ibinibigay sa aming information. -Hindi namin alam (violation) kasi ang US media, ang suspetsa nila human trafficking. -Ang sinasabi ng US authority sa amin ay okay naman sila (dalawang Pinay). PIA OFW Watch 4 hours ago near Quezon City, Philippines PHL Consul General to Saudi Uriel Garibay on DZMM: Re: Update sa mga OFW sa Saudi -Ang latest po ngayong umaga dito sa Jeddah ay palipad na po pabalik diyan ang 5 nating kababayan na humingi ng repatriation. Sila po ay mga overstaying. -Mas madali pong mapapauwi ang mga umrah visa kasi wala po itong amo, walang mga sponsors. -Ang gobyerno din po (ang gagastos). Kasama din po ito sa repatriation program natin. -Mayroon na rin tayong napadala noong isang araw na na-endorse sa deportation center at mga 60 people lahat sila. -5,000 lang po kasi ang kapasidad ng deportation center dito sa Jeddah. -Mayroon na tayong mga 320 na mga babae at kabataan na nasa Consulate po. -Inaabot na ng maximum capacity ang ating shelter. A. QUEZON 1. Farmers complete course on appropriate farming technology By Carlo P. Gonzaga Friday 3rd of May 2013 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 3 (PIA) -- Eighteen rice farmers from the island municipalities of Perez and Alabat recently finished a course on suitable technology in rice farming. Entitled “Pagsasanay para sa mga Angkop na Teknolohiya sa Pagpapalayan,” (Training for the Proper Technologies on Farming) the training was held April 29-May 3, 2013 at the Ouan’s Worth Farm Resort located in this city. The activity, organized by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A, was conducted in response to the request of the island farmers during the consultation series conducted by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala last year. According to ATI 4A, the activity aimed to provide the participants with knowledge and skills on the latest technologies on rice production. Resource persons came from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA), PhilRice, graduates of training of trainors from the local government unit. Also part of the training was the visitation of experimental sites and technology demonstration at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and PhilRice in Los Banos, Laguna. (CPG/PIA4A with report from Rolando V. Maningas, ATI4A) B. CAVITE 1. DILG lauds city council of Bacoor for exemplary performance By Ruel B. Francisco Friday 3rd of May 2013 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region IV-A recently commended the City Council (Sangguniang Panglungsod) of Bacoor for being the Outstanding Sanggunian in the 1st to 3rd Class Municipalities Category (Regional Level). The award cited the council’s exemplary performance in legislating measures for the period beginning July 1, 2010 to June 2012. DILG Provincial Director Efren Echavia and Cavite Cluster Head Mrs. Bhei Valenzuela presented the award to the people of Bacoor during last Monday's (April 29) flag raising ceremony. Mayor Strike Revilla thanked the DILG leadership for the recognition and lauded the City Council led by Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Rosette Miranda Fernando for bringing pride and honor to Bacooreños. Present during the presentation were City Councilors Edwin Gawaran, Boy Solis, Rey Fabian, Jainy San Miguel, Atty. Venus de Castro, Rey Palabrica, Bayani de Leon, City Local Government Operations Officer Engr. Lito Rozul, and Sangguniang Panglungsod Secretary Atty. Khalid Atega. (PIO/CPG/RBF/PIA4A-Cavite) C. LAGUNA 1. BIR launches electronic filing and tax payment system By Carlo P. Gonzaga Friday 3rd of May 2013 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, May 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Region No. 9 convened recently all national government agencies (NGAs) in the province of Laguna to introduce the new electronic filing and payment system (eFPS) of taxes. Revenue district officer Carlos S. Salazar welcomed a hundred representatives of NGAs based in the province during the briefing held at BIR Region No. 9 located at Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Nicolas, this city. eFPS is a system developed and maintained by the BIR for electronically filing tax returns, including attachments, if any, and paying taxes due through the internet. Payment is made through e-payment or with the process of electronically paying tax liability through the internet banking facilities of authorized agent banks (AABs). With eFPS, transactions are made faster and convenient, a paperless tax filing and can also pay their taxes online through the convenience of an internet-banking service via debit facility from their enrolled bank account. Taxpayers can file and pay anytime and anywhere as long as there is a computer with internet connection. In addition, eFPS is interactive, one can have immediate information and feedback from the system when enrolling, e-filing or performing e-payments.