filipino globe national
June 2008
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RP gets ready
PAL launches daily flights to Macau
Philippine Airlines has boosted insurance, surcharges and taxes,
its services to Macau, barely two the airline said.
as Guam
weeks after these were launched, The Macau service uses156-
on the back of strong demand. seater Airbus A320 aircraft in
PAL now operates daily flights economy and business classes.
to the gaming mecca on China’s Meanwhile, the airline will add
southern coast, up from the five- a fourth frequency to Singapore
times-weekly frequency when the on July 1. It will be a twice-a-
eyes 50,000
service was inaugurated on May 1. week service on Tuesdays and
A special round-trip ticket of Saturdays complementing the three
US$108 between Manila and daily services and raising the total
Macau is being offered for travel to 23 flights.
until December 15, if booked before This makes Singapore the
June 30. airline’s second most frequented
laborers
PAL presses expansion plans. The fare does not include international point after Hong Kong.
Construction boom looms as US
prepares to move out of Okinawa
The Philippines is gearing up for a
construction boom in Guam (right)
as the US territory prepares for the
transfer of military personnel from
Okinawa.
Secretary Augusto Syjuco, director
general of the Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority,
said Guam would need 50,000 work-
ers over the next three to five years.
Local labor suppliers are able to
meet about 10 per cent of the island’s
manpower needs when construction
Okinawa, which occupies less than
of military facilities and public infra-
1 per cent of the land area of Japan,
structure begins next year.
is home to about three-fifths of the
The military transfer will relocate
47,000 American troops in Japan and
8,000 marines and 10,000 depen-
75 per cent of the American bases as
dants.
measured by land area.
Tesda is moving quickly to put the
It has had a tumultuous relationship
Philippines in position to grab the
with its American tenants, who had
lion’s share of the jobs.
occupied the island until 1972 follow-
It has signed an agreement with
ing the end of World War II.
the Philippine Association of Service
Guam, on the other hand, has been
Exporters, the country’s biggest man-
largely a civilian outpost although it
power provider, to train workers in
serves as a refuelling stop for the US
the construction industry.
Navy fleet and rest-and-recreation
The group will provide 70 per cent
destination for servicemen.
of the Guam workforce under an
The island is ill-prepared to absorb
agreement with local manpower com-
the kind of influx that the military
panies.
transfer plan will create.
Syjuco said Tesda will conduct train-
“They have to get ready and they
ing programs and award certificates
will have to do it in the next five years
of completion to successful trainees.
if they want a smooth transfer,” a lo-
It will assess training program gradu-
cal manpower provider said. “You’re
ates and issue competency certificates
talking about building a new town
to those who pass the assessment.
amid all this.”
IBANGBALITA
HOSTAGE NG LIVE-IN
Bukod sa walang kaukulang
Arestado ang isang 32-anyos
permiso sa National Meat
na lalaki na nanghostage ng
Inspection Board at sa Pasay
kanyang ka live-in matapos na
City Veterinary Office, iba
tumangging magbigay ng pera
na umano ang kulay ng mga
kahapon sa Pandacan, Maynila.
nakumpiskang karne na
Matagumpay na nasagip ang
natuklasang sinasaksakan pa
biktimang si Alvina Bariuan, 46,
umano ng tubig na may chlorine
may asawang Hapon laban sa
upang bumigat ang timbang nito.
ka-live-in nitong si Steve Nilay,
Ilang linggo nang
32, ng Pandacan, Maynila.
minamanmanan ng pulisya ang
Ayon sa pulisya, naganap ang
isang bahay sa Raymundo St
insidente dakong alas-9.45 ng
ng nasabing lungsod bunga ng
umaga sa tirahan ng biktima.
nasabing impormasyon.
Nagtungo sa himpilan ng

pulisya si Ariel Bunagan, anak
UMISKOR SA HAPON
ng biktima sa unang asawa at
Hindi inakala ng isang Japanese
humingi ng tulong kaugnay sa
national na tatangayin ng
ginawang pangho-hostage ng
kakilala nitong babae ang
suspek.
kanyang perang lapad matapos
Sinasabing ginawang gatasan
hindi na magpakita makaraang
ng suspek ang biktima kung
kunin upang ipapalit sa Malabon.
saan ibinebenta pa nito ang mga
Kasalukuyan nang tinutugis
mahahalagang gamit ng huli.
ng mga elemento ng pulis ang
suspek na nakilala lamang sa
DOUBLE DEAD MEAT
pangalang Christina.
Umaabot sa 200 kilo ng double
Sa pahayag ng biktimang si
dead na karne ng manok ang
Yuki Sakaino, 44, ng Isagani
nakumpiska ng mga tauhan
St, Tugatog, alas-sais ng gabi,
ng City Hall Detachment at
dahil sa labis na tiwala ay inabot
Veterinary Office sa isang ilegal
niya sa suspek ang 10,000 yen
na katayan sa Pasay City.
upang ipapalit ng P4,100.
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