SIYUDAD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Philippines–Pinuri ni Chief PNP Gen. Guillermo Eleazar si Pangulong Duterte bilang the best president sa pagsugpo sa kriminalidad sa bansa dahil sa pag-doble nito sa suweldo ng mga pulis. 

Ito ang pahayag ng pinuno ng kapulisan sa bansa kahapon matapos manumpa sa kanya ang mga liders ng Advocacy Support Groups and Multipliers sa Bulacan na magiging katuwang nila sa pagsugpo sa kriminalidad lalo na ang paglaban sa community insurgency sa ilalim ng programa ng gobyerno na End Local Communist and Armed Conflict (ELCAC). 

Ayon kay Eleazar, lahat ng naging pangulo ng bansa ay sadyang mabuti at kahanga-hanga ang naging performance kontra kriminalidad sa bansa subalit iba umano ang ginawa ni Pangulong Duterte sapagkat ang pag-doble nito sa kanilang suweldo ay isang malaking hakbang upang lalong pagbutihin ng mga alagad ng batas ang kanilang trabaho.

“Ako po ay buhay na saksi na during this administration, nakita natin ang suporta sa ating kapulisan. In my 35 years in police service, lahat naman ng nagdaang mga pangulo ay sumuporta sa kapulisan pero ang doblehin ang suweldo ng mga pulis at iba pang members of our security to help invest in the security force para sa pagtaguyod ng peace and order para sa economic development,” pahayag ni Chief PNP.

Matatandaang ginawang priority ni Pangulong Duterte na itaas ang suweldo ng mga pulis pag-upo nito noong 2016 bilang isang paraan upang magtagumpay laban sa kriminalidad at insurgency kabilang ang terorismo.

 
Ang malaking tiwala at pagkakataon umano na ibinigay ng administrasyon sa kanila ang siyang hamon na kanilang kinakaharap ngayon kung kaya’t kailagan nila ang tulong at suporta ng mamamayan sa pamamagitan ng Advocacy Support Groups and Multiplier upang sila ay magtagumpay sa pagsugpo sa krimen, droga, remnants of insurgency and terrorism at cyber crime.

Ani Eleazar, ang mga sektor ng barangay officials, barangay peace and order, Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender (LGBT),  grupo ng kababaihan, mga kabataan, traffic enforcers and radio groups at iba pa ay siya nilang conduit at partners down the ground sa pagtupad nila sa mga nabanggit nilang tungkulin. 

Nagpasalamat si Gob. Daniel Fernando na dumalo rin sa programa sa mga lider ng nasabing sektor sa kanilang pakikiisa sa pamahalaan sa laban ng Bulacan para mapanatili ang magandang katayuan ng peace and order sa lalawigan dahil higit kailanman ay ngayon dapat lalong magkaisa ang mga Bulakenyo dahil sa malalaking economic development sa probinsiya na magbibigay ng hanapbuhay at ibayo pang progreso sa mga mamamayan at komunidad unang una na ang New Manila International Airport sa Bayan ng Bulakan. 

Nanumpa rin ang nasabing mg sector partners kina Gob. Fernando, Region 3 Police Director Brig. Gen. Valeriano De Leon at Bulacan Police Director Col. Lawrence Cajipe.

CITY OF MALOLOS–Bulacan media members, policemen, fire personnel and other vaccine beneficiaries in A4 category who are front liners in essential works have already received their first doses of vaccines this week.

Hjordis Marushka Celis, Bulacan Inter Agency Task Force on COVID 19 assistant chairman said A4 beneficiaries which includes Bulacan Press Club members, policemen, fire personnel, social welfare office staffs, public works personnel, including from the National Bureau of Investigation, Regional Trial Court staffs and other government workers in the Bulacan Capitol Compound offices were vaccinated of first dose of SinoVac. 

They are part of the 6,841 A4 workers who were inoculated of first dose and 1,925 of second doses. 

As of Friday, Bulacan has already recorded 293,758 first and second doses SinoVac and Astrazeneca vaccinations from A1 to A4 beneficiaries including 104 first dose in A5 or indigent community category and 14 for A5 second dose. 

Celis said more than 42,000 SinoVac doses have arrived early this week. Next batch of beneficiaries in these groups are now being scheduled. They were inoculated at Bulacan Vaccination Center in The Pavilion of Hiyas ng Bulacan Convention Center at the Capitol Grounds. 

Celis told NEWS CORE that the expected 70,000 Pfizer vaccines is due to arrive on Monday and will be used to A1 to A3 beneficiaries or the medical front liners and health workers and the senior citizens and those with co-morbidity cases.
Vaccines started to arrive in March when inoculation also begins.

Gov. Daniel Fernando announced that Bulacan  COVID-19 cases is already down by 43% but he continue to urge residents to observe the minimum health protocol as the province together with Metro Manila is placed under a more ease General Community Quarantine with some restrictions. 

Bulacan now records 38,325 COVID 19 cases, 830 deaths and 37,874 recoveries and only more than four percent or 1,621of these cases  are active, while the recoveries are 94% and the deaths at two percent. 

BALIWAG, Bulacan, Philippines—National ID System registration by the  Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or the (PhilSys) is made comfortable and easy as this is being conducted in malls amid the hot weather condition to help persuade about 2 million Bulacan residents to enlist themselves.

The PSA has opened its PhilSys booths in SM City Baliwag this week and started registering residents.

Gov. Daniel Fernando has earlier led Bulakenyos in the PhilSys registration to achieve more than 2 million enlistment out of its 3.2 million population.

From June 16, 2021 onwards, registrants with Appointment Slip or Application Reference Number (ARN) and were notified by PSA via text message can proceed to the  Registration Center located at the second level, Cyberzone area in SM City Baliwag.

SM Baliwag and PSA put up signages showing systematic procedure on the registration for smooth and orderly manner of registration. 

PhilSys Step 2 registration process includes (1) Validation of appointment slip and supporting documents, (2) Verification of demographic information, (3) Capturing of biometric information such as iris-scan, fingerprint and front-facing photo, (4) Issuance of transaction slip.

After successfully completing Step 2 Registration, registrants will be given a PhilSys Number (PSN). PhilID will be delivered to registrant’s chosen address via Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost).

SM City Baliwag ensures strict observance of health protocols among its clients and the registrants as they were requested to bserve a safe distance, especially when queuing. Temperature checks upon entry, mandatory wearing of face mask and strictly no appointment, no entry will likewise be implemented to regulate registrants. SM City Baliwag also assigned security and disinfection team for crowd management and maintaining sanitation protocols. 

PhilSys aims to provide valid One ID system to all Filipinos to make public and private transactions are made fast and more convenient.  As such, citizens will be entitled to improved access of government services such as health, education, financial and social protection.

PhilSys Step 2 Registration at SM City Baliwag targets to accommodate 250 registrants per day. For safety and convenience, registrants may register online through https://register.philsys.gov.ph/ prior Step 2 registration.

PhilSys Step 2 SM Center Pulilan is yet to be announced to open. 

BUSTOS, Bulacan, Philippines–Sa tinatayang 40,000 miyembro, isang malakas at matatag na sector sa Bulacan ang Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual at Transgender (LGBT) community. 

Ganoon pa man, kabilang ang kanilang sektor na halos may pinaka malaking porsiyento sa bumubuo sa larangan ng turismo ang higit na iginupo ng COVID-19 kaya marami sa kanila ang nawalan ng hanapbuhay. 

Ang pagbibigay umano ng ayuda, kabilang na rin ang gamot at iba pang pagkalinga sa buong panahon ng pamdemya lalo na noong hard lock down noong isang taon ay naging isang malaking problema dahil wala silang maayos na record kung sino-sino ang kanilang miyembro base sa pangangailangan at katayuan sa buhay, ayon kay Renan Eusebio, Pangulo ng LGBT Bulacan Federation..

Kung kaya’t inilunsad nila nitong Huwebes ang database profiling nila sa 21 bayan at tatlong siyudad.

Sa isang payak na pagtitipon sa Casa Joaquin sa bayang ito ay isinagawa ang LGBT Hello Bulacan Kamustahan 2021 kung saan lahat ng 14 na barangay coordinator ay pinulong bilang siyang mga miyembro ng municipal LGBT. Bawat lider naman ng municipal and city ang siyang magiging miyembro ng federation.

Ayon kay Eusebio, napakahalaga ng database profiling sapagkat dito matutukoy ang bilang ng partikular pang sektor sa kanilang samahan tulad ng indigent, senior citizen, PWD, youth, etc para isulong ang kailangan at nararapat na social services and protection. 

Ayon naman kay Calumpit Councilor at TV actor Ismael Lapena, board of director ng LGBT Bulacan, malaki ang porsiyento o halos lahat sa kanila ay siyang mga nawalan ng trabaho ng pabagsakin ng pandemya ang turismo sa bansa sapagkat ang kanilang sektor ang nasa likod ng mga fashion designs, mga events bilang event organizers, make-up artists, salon and spa workers, managers, couturiers, catering business, resort managers and owners, flower arranger, flower shop owners, wedding gown dressers, etc. 

Iyon umanong may mga kaya na miyembro nila sa LGBT Pilipinas ay tumulong naman sa mga nawalan ng hanapbuhay subalit dahil nga sa mahina at di organisado ang kanilang record at profile ay nahirapan din ma-trace ang pinaka mga kawawa na matatanda, may sakit at indigent.

“Mayroon kaming tinulungan, inilapit sa amin, senior citizen na siya, nag-iisa sa bahay niya na tumutulo ang bubong, ang kanyang hinihigan ay kutson na bulok, wala siyang kasama sa bahay at talagang may sakit at napabayaan,” halimbawa ni Lapena.

Aniya, ngayon ay gagawa na sila ng listahan ng lahat ng senior citizen, indigent, may sakit, nag-iisa sa buhay, mga kabataan, PWD, etc sa bawat barangay at bayan para sa protection at pagbibigay ng kaukulang social services mula gobyerno o pribado man.

Ayon kay Gob. Daniel Fernando na katuwang na itatag ang LGBT Bulacan Federation noong 2019 ay magtatayo ang lalawigan ng isang home for the aged para sa mga LGBT. 

Ayon naman kay Lapena, ang LGBT home for the aged na ito ay magiging tahanan din ng mga miyembro nila na walang maayos na tinutuluyan upang magkasama-sama sila doon bilang isang parang tunay na pamilya.

Kamakalilan lang ayon kay Eusebio ay napagkalooban ng total na P1.5 Milyon ayuda ang 371 na nawalan ng trabaho sa kanilang hanay mula sa tourism sector dahil nga sa perwisyong dulot ng COVID-19 sa pamamagitan ng partnership ng Department of Labor and Employment at ng Department of Tourism.

 
Ito ay matapos ilapit ni Gob. Fernando at ni Provincial Government of Bulacan Tourism Officer Eliseo Dela Cruz sa nasabing mga tanggapan ang kawalan ng hanapbubay na inabot ng mga nasa sektor ng turismo sa lalawigan.

Pagkatapos sa Bustos at Baliwag noong Huwebes ay sa Calumpit at Pulilan naman isinagawa ang katulad na programa at kasunod na rin ang natitira pang ibang mga bayan at siyudad hanggang matapos sa buong lalawigan. 

Ginawa ring partner ng advocacy ng kapulisan ang LGBT community sa kanilang Comprehensive and Extensive Cascading of End Local Communist and Armed Conflict (ELCAC) Program dahil sa aktibo nilang pakikilahok sa maraming makabuluhang gawain sa lipunan tulad din ng iba pang sektor, ayon kay Maj. Jude Bryan Maguddayao, hepe ng pulis ng Bustos. 

SIYUDAD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Philippines–Paparangalan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang mga doctor, nurses at attendants bilang mga bayani sa digmaan sa pandemyang COVID-19 matapos silang magbuwis ng buhay habang ginagampanan ang tungkulin sa pag-gagamot at pag-aasikaso sa mga Pilipinong tinamaan ng nasabing karamdaman. 

Ito ang ipinahayag ng Pangulo sa kanyang speech kahapon sa maikli subalit sadyang makabuluhang selebrasyon ng ika-123 taon ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas na ginanap sa harapan ng Capitolyo ng lalawigan kung saan pinarangalan niya ng Order of Lapu-lapu ang mga bayaning Marcelo H. Del Pilar at Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar. 

“Paparangalan natin ang ating mga bayaning doctor, nurses at attendants na namatay dahil sa pagsisilbi sa ating bayan sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng kanilang pangalan sa Wall of Heroes sa Libingan ng mga Bayani,” pahayag ng Pangulo.

Ginagawa na raw ngayon sa Libingan ng mga Bayani ang nasabing Wall of Heroes. Nagpasalamat ang Pangulo sa Armed Forces of the Philippines dahil sa pagpayag nito na itayo doon ang Wall of Heroes para sa medical front liners na bayani ng bansa sa COVID-19 pandemic. 

“Nagpapasalamat tayo sa Armed Forces of the Philippines dahil sa kanilang malasakit sa kapwa Pililipino”. 

Dagdag ng Pangulo, ang patuloy umanong pag-unlad ay makakamit lamang nating mga Pilipino kung hindi natin iwawaglit at patuloy nating mauunawaan at iwasaksi ang kalayaang ating nakamit dahil sa sakripisyo at paghihirap ng ating mga bayani may 123 taon ng nakakalipas. 

The NLEX Corporation has stepped up its road safety initiatives through various programs on safe expressway driving as the company implements the Road Traffic Safety Management System (RTSMS) or ISO 39001.

“Road safety counts as one of the customer value propositions we offer to motorists, that is why we take all our safety programs to heart,” said NLEX Corporation President and General Manager J. Luigi L. Bautista, highlighting that “establishing and upholding the RTSMS will help the organization improve its road safety performance.”

Anchored on the three Es of safety—engineering, enforcement, and education—the programs being undertaken include the continuous maintenance and upgrade of NLEX-SCTEX assets and facilities; implementation of traffic laws; conduct of lectures and distribution of materials on safe driving practices and series of roadshows in rest and refuel areas along the expressway to remind motorists to do their share in keeping the roads safe.

To ensure adherence to high standards of road safety, impact attenuators in Balintawak and Bocaue toll plazas were upgraded to mitigate damage to fixed structures, vehicles and people arising from vehicular collisions. Median guardrails were also installed at the SCTEX, while additional warning signs were placed in Meycauayan, Mindanao, Tabang, Dolores, Concepcion, and Tarlac. Safety inspections are also regularly being done to make sure that the roads, signs, and other expressway features are in good condition.

Striving to provide a safe and secure road for all, the tollway company firmly enforces traffic laws related to seat belt use, speeding, and overloading, among others. It has been using the speed monitoring system, automatic license plate recognition, and weigh-in-motion devices to advance operational efficiency and aid in traffic law enforcement.

Aside from educating motorists, employees are also being taught to be responsible drivers through webinars, trainings, and programs on appropriate driving behavior, inspiring them to be advocates of road safety.

NLEX also has other road safety campaigns which include the “Safe Trip Mo, Sagot Ko” motorist assistance program which is conducted during peak travel seasons; the Usapang Driver forum for bus and truck drivers; and Kaligtasan sa Daan or KalSaDa education program for host communities.

“Through our programs, we want to exemplify the culture of safety that we want to instill among our motorists and our other stakeholders,” Bautista said.

Close to a hundred bikers have crossed the finish line of the LAKBIKE NA! 365 Cycle, a virtual sports event of the NLEX Corporation. Despite some setbacks due to travel restrictions, the participants were able to accomplish the 365-kilometer goal.

The riders were given one month to complete the 365 km distance which they have tracked through the NLEX’s app partner “Stampede: Races.” Those who finished the cycle received a medal and a race kit which includes the Lakbike merchandise.

Aside from having Luzon bikers, the event has also gained the participation of those in the Visayas and Mindanao.

According to NLEX Corporation President and General Manager J. Luigi L. Bautista, “though faced with different challenges throughout the race such as the implementation of enhanced community quarantine and intense summer heat, the participants showed resilience and were unfazed by such obstacles. We are pleased that we have achieved our objective of advancing healthier lifestyle and enabling our bikers to

explore the outdoors while following the safety protocols set by their respective local government units.”

The event served as a motivation for all people to maintain their physical fitness amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other participants said that it was a great way for them to release stress and maintain their healthy lifestyle.

“It’s an opportunity to travel to different scenic places, giving us a way to release our stress and keep our healthy way of living not just us but also to our nature using our bike to reduce pollution. It also promotes tourism spots in our country. ” said by Raymond Torio, one of the Lakbike finishers and a national team athlete.

On the other hand, Jenny Chico, one of the participants, said that apart from promoting health and wellness, it was a great program to gain knowledge on local tourism.

“Through LAKBIKE NA! 365 Cycle, I was able to appreciate what my local community has to offer and meet new cycling buddies & friends along the way. This journey tested not only my endurance but taught me that it’s not how fast I finish the program, but how I appreciate every kilometer of the journey. “ Chico said.

Finding Other Ways to Exercise

For those who were not able to participate in the event, NLEX still encouraged them to continue working out at home. The tollway company gave them simple tips that they can follow in order to get the body moving, easy-to-follow workout plans were posted on its Facebook page to help those who are quarantined at home keep their health and wellness in check.

With the success of LAKBIKE NA! 365 Cycle in advancing healthy lifestyle while exploring some places up North, sports enthusiasts can expect more events similar to this from NLEX.

About NLEX Corporation

NLEX Corporation is the builder and operator of NLEX and SCTEX, two of the major tollways in the Philippines. A subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, it is engaged in the development, design, construction, finance, operation, and management of toll road projects.