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GOV AUMENTADO TO FILE 10 + 2 BILLS IN WEEK 1 IN CONGRESS
« on: May 30, 2010, 11:46:55 AM »
GUV TO FILE 10 + 2 BILLS IN WEEK 1 IN CONGRESS


Bohol Times
issued on May 23, 2010


Congressman-elect Erico B. Aumentado of Bohol's 2nd District will file two more bills within his Week 1 in the House of Representatives on top of the 10 he earlier mulled.

Aumentado's additional bills seek to modernize the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and to amend the charter of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

"I want to hit the ground running", he said of the next phase of his political career that has spanned 43 uninterrupted years and still counting. After nine years as governor and nine years as congressman before that, Aumentado will re-claim his Congressional seat after winning the race hands down against his rivals to include incumbent Trinidad Mayor Judith Cajes. The mayor had anticipated exchanging places with her graduating husband Roberto who fared better by winning the Trinidad mayoralty race.   

Aumentado said just like the Armed Forces, the agriculture, health, education, science and technology as well as other departments of government , the NBI needs to modernize by upgrading its equipment and enhancing the skills of its personnel by more training, among others, in order to keep abreast of the times, keep up with the investigative and detective capabilities of the private sector.

Above all, it needs to be one step ahead of criminal minds.

These cropped up in a lengthy discussion last week in Manila with NBI Director Nestor Mantaring and Deputy Director for Administrative Services Virgilio Mendez.

Both officials apprised him on the current situation of the bureau aswell as their modernization "wish list". Recognizing the needs, the governor said based on their prioritization, he will strive to provide funds to the bureau where these are needed most given the meager resources of the government, and added the bill to his earlier listed 10.

The other bill intends to amend the PPA charter to similarly make it more relevant with the times.

10 BILLS

The 10 bills include the conversion of the Anda Peninsula Highway or the provincial road from Guindulman through Anda, Cogtong, Candijay and Mabini to Ubay into a national road for it to qualify for Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding by the Government of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) with funds from the Korea Export-Import Bank (Eximbank).

The road is part of the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project (BCRIP) Phase 3.

Another bill seeks to establish the Special Economic Zone (SEC) in Talibon town where 110 hectares of contiguous areas in Barangays Tanghaligue, Bagacay and Burgos have been delineated and consolidated for the purpose.

Aumentado's aggressive promotion of the multi-industry cluster (MIC) concept has led to several "takers" prompting him to plan still contiguous expansion areas in barangays San Jose and Tulang in the adjacent town of Getafe.

The MIC is a brainchild of former Ambassador of Korea and now presidential senior secretary on economic affairs Choi Joong-Kyung.

The Philippines and Korea approved its implementation in the Philippines with the agreement signed by the two countries as a highlight of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of their bilateral relations.

For Bohol, one MIC is the facility that will extract bio-ethanol, the gasoline additive from the Eucheuma cottonii variety of algae to be cultured in the sea waters off northern Bohol - for expansion to Leyte, Southern Leyte, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces.

The processing byproduct will be utilized for biomass power generation while the residue will be used as organic fertilizer.

A US$2.9 million algae bio-ethanol research center donated by the Korean government will be built near the facility. Just nearby will be a facility that will extract bio-diesel from jatropha, with biomass power as byproduct as well.

Aumentado and Arthur Yap also seek to establish the Ubay Science City where the Philippine Carabao Center, Ubay Stock Farm and Bohol Experiment Station, among others, are located- just like the Science City of Munoz in Nueva Ecija, as well as convert the provincial road in the island of President Garcia into national road.

Meanwhile, to minimize , if not totally stop corruption and substandard work, the Bohol solons-elect intend to pass the Public Works Reform Act that makes mandatory the computerization of cement and asphalt batching plants and imposes penal sanctions on contractors if they do not perform layer by layer compaction on the road base. Insufficient or substandard compaction, it was learned, causes spider web cracks and on asphalt pavement.

They also seek to make mandatory the PhilHealth benefits for barangay officials and frontline service providers with premiums to be paid on a counterparting basis by the national and local governments, as well as establish the barangay of Roads in the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Rounding up the count are the bills to institutionalize Barangay Master Planning, developing and operationalizing the Ubay Airport and enhancing the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act.

Aumentado intends to file the bill by first week of July 2010 with 3rd district congressman-elect Arthur Yap as co-author.

Aumentado had a chance to discuss this with Yap in their party meeting Thursday last week in Manila where the latter was appointed vice president for external affairs of Lakas-Kampi-CMD.




     


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