P-Noy lays down PNP role in government economic program

P-Noy lays down PNP role in government economic program
Regions
Written by Henry Empeño / Correspondent
SUNDAY, 18 JULY 2010 19:12

SUBIC BAY FREE PORT— Stressing the importance of peace and order to economic progress, President Benigno S. Aquino III urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday to do its job well so that the wheels of the economy would continue grinding smoothly.

Mr. Aquino, who was here on Friday on his first visit to Subic as the highest official of the land, unveiled the PNP School for Values and Leadership (PSVL), a re-training facility here that was conceptualized by the PNP two years ago to produce “a more credible, professional and purpose-driven” cadre of police officers.

The President was welcomed at the Subic airport, where the presidential helicopter landed, by PNP Director Gen. Jesus Verzosa, Interior Secretary Jesus Robredo, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Feliciano Salonga, SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza, Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., Bataan Gov. Enrique Garcia and Olongapo City’s first lady Anne Gordon.

At the inaugural ceremony, Mr. Aquino first thanked the police force for its role in helping quell military uprisings during the administration of his mother, the late President Cory Aquino. He then exhorted the PNP to continue playing a big role in ensuring economic progress.

“The importance of the police force is very clear. Any society cannot hope to attain progress without a strong institution to promote the security of the people,” Mr. Aquino said.

“This is why our policemen should have continuous training. And this is why we have to provide for their needs so that they can do their job well,” he added.

The President also stressed the need for the National Police to have the right values, saying that the country has no need for law enforcers who break the laws themselves.

“What happens in the streets directly influences the stability of our economy,” Mr. Aquino said. “When the police do their job right, we can be sure that others can go on with their tasks peacefully. The youth can study, the employees can work, and the economy would run properly.”

“We are both in the business of saving lives,” Mr. Aquino went on. “Our means may be different, but the goals are the same—to achieve our dream of a more peaceful and abundant nation.”

In the same occasion, the PNP’s Verzosa thanked the Philippine Antigraft Commission (PAGC) and the SBMA for supporting the PSVL project, noting that PAGC gave a P14-million grant for the construction of the facilities, while the SBMA provided a free 25-year lease for the 1.8-hectare school site at Subic’s Naval Magazine area.

Verzosa said the PSVL facility will be used to conduct refresher courses on values formation, leadership training and personality development to transform police officers into servant-leaders.

The police training-facility project broke ground in May 2008 under the administration of then-PNP chief Avelino Razon Jr., who said the school would play a significant part of the PNP’s reform agenda.

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In Photo: President Aquino gamely fields questions during an “ambush interview” at the sidelines of the inauguration of the PNP School for Values and Leadership at the Subic Bay Free Port on Friday, July 16.

(Henry Empeño)

Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 July 2010 19:21 )

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Grand Master's Message

Warmest Fraternal Greetings to all my Brother Masons!

With the onset of Masonic Year 2010-2011, we begin a new chapter for our Brotherhood at a most auspicious time. As our country braces for the coming elections, we are faced with the need to use the power of our vote to usher in the kind of government that will rid our country of poverty, inequity, injustice, and crime.

As your new Grand Master, I have resolved to steer our Brotherhood towards that goal. Thus, the scope of our service to others will expand from the delivery of basic services to the less fortunate to the conduct of prompt relief operations in times of natural calamities to the advocacy of active citizenship and environmental protection. This may be a tall order but in keeping with the Tenets of our Craft, we must contribute our share in the task to spread more Light in our country that sometimes teeter towards stagnation or self-destruction.

To achieve this goal, we must anchor our plans and activities on the following theme "By Precept and Example, We Shall Distinguish our Conduct as Men and as Masons." By fusing our teachings with good deeds, we will gain for our Brotherhood a greater capacity to serve our country and people. This is the service we wish to render as members of the Craft whose aim is to bring brotherly love, relief and truth in an increasingly material world.

I therefore call upon all the brethren to help me attain the substance of our theme. Your support will hasten the melding of our precepts and actions to achieve the immediate fulfillment of the purpose of existence of Freemasonry in this part of the world. As Masons, we ought to work as a team the way our forebearers synchronized their endeavors in the building of great temples and other edifices all for the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe. Today, we help build communities and even nations; but labor in all humility as we all draw inspiration from the Greatest Artificer whose tools and implement are enabled by infinite wisdom and who breath life to our Universe.

Let us join hands in making our precepts and exemplary actions distinguish us as Men and as Masons. Let us all continue to make the difference in the world!

Fraternally,

Avelino I. Razon, Jr.
Grand Master


Source: The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, Installation of Officers, Masonic Year 2010-2011, Jose Abad Santos Hall, Grand Lodge Temple, 1440 San Marcelino Street, Ermita Manila, Philippines, 2010 April 24.

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Election Survey in Manila

METRO
Lim leads in survey
By Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) Updated April 18, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Incumbent Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim continues to lead in the election survey in Manila but former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief retired General Avelino “Sonny” Razon Jr. is slowly closing in and turned the coming political exercise into a wide open race among three contenders.

Razon or Kuya Sonny has strategically positioned himself as an alternative to traditional politics in Manila and is expected to give a good fight against Lim and former Mayor Lito Atienza.

A survey conducted by The Issues and Advocacy Center or The Center on 2,400 respondents in the city’s six districts showed Lim garnering a rating of 40 percent, Atienza with 28 percent and Razon 23 percent.

Ed Malay, director of The Center said that while Lim continues to enjoy a commanding 12 percentage points lead over Atienza and 17 percentage points over Razon, the entire political scenario in Manila may likely change depending on how the three top contenders for the mayoralty post will promote their respective political messages as the campaign period enters the homestretch.

The survey was conducted from March 26 to April 10, to determine the sentiments of the respondents reflected in the survey results given the fact that the imponderables have all been removed as the final cast of candidates for the position of Mayor of the City of Manila have become official and are known to the voters of the City.

Awareness rating

The survey which measured the awareness rating for all the leading candidates for the mayoralty post showed that the awareness rating of Razon has improved tremendously and has reached almost the same level as the awareness rating of Lim and Atienza. While the survey results show that Lim is currently leading in the mayoral elections, the percentage of voters’ preference that Lim generated from the respondents cannot as of yet be considered as comfortable because it can still be trimmed down. There is still a good 22 days left till the last day of campaigning on May 8.

Of the three leading candidates in Manila, Malay said it is Razon who is in a position to attract the voters to his side as the people of Manila have practically seen and experienced the management styles of Lim and Atienza.

Lim first became mayor of Manila in 1992 and was reelected in 1995 with Atienza serving as vice mayor during that time.

Lim ran for president in 1998 and Atienza ran for mayor of Manila and won. He was subsequently reelected in 2001 and 2004.

Lim, meanwhile, was appointed by former President Joseph Estrada to head the Department of Interior and Local Government from where he launched his senatorial bid in 2004 after Estrada was ousted from the presidency.

Instead of running for reelection in the senatorial elections, Lim returned to Manila and ran against Atienza’s son Ali in the 2007 mayoral elections in Manila and won.

The 2010 mayoral elections, said Malay, will clearly define the future for the City of Manila and where the city is headed at this crucial time of global economic recession.

The more than 1.2 million voters of Manila will be given the opportunity to choose the kind of leader and governance they would want for the city.

Malay said Manilans have experienced what it was like to be governed by both Lim and Atienza and for some reason the 23 percent that Razon generated from the survey respondents is seen as a sign that the people of Manila are now looking for an option or alternative leader. Razon was clearly the favored candidate by those in the “ABC” class with 45 percent followed by Lim with 42 percent while Atienza experienced a seeming rejection by those in the class as only 22 percent favored him.

Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=567496&publicationSubCategoryId=65


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Sa May 10, 2010.

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Razon focuses on caucus sessions

Manila Standard Today
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Metro

Razon focuses on caucus sessions

Manileños are getting attuned to the town hall type gathering or caucus being held across the capital by supporters of former National Police Chief and mayoral bet Avelino Razon Jr.

The observation was made by Col. (ret.) Ernesto “Dionix” Dionisio, a former councilor in the city’s second district and head of Razon Para Mayor movement.

Dionisio said at least two causes are scheduled daily in the city’s six districts, drawing crowds of up 300 hundred voters wanting to interact with the former police chief as he expounded on genuine alternative change.

“During a typical caucus, Kuya Sonny Razon, as he has come to be known, explains in detail his platform of governance for Manila, which in essence addresses the basic needs and concerns of the city’s residents that have not been given sufficient attention. This is followed by an open forum wherein the audience is given the opportunity to freely exchange views with the candidate.”

Caucuses have become so successful that the movement now had to coordinate with organizations supporting Razon that wanted to hold their own sessions to avoid conflicts in the schedule, said Dionisio.

According to him, the caucus format allows the audience to discuss key policy issues directly.

This interaction, said Dionisio, embodied Razon’s concept of participative democracy at work.

Unlike the motorcade and stage show campaigns, the caucus has a voters’ education workshop on the automated polls, how to cast the ballot, and discussions on the voter’s rights.

“This is people empowerment and participative democracy on which our “alternatibong pagbabago” campaign is anchored. The voters are informed and at the same time empowered,” Dionisio said.

Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2010/april/13/metro5.isx&d=2010/april/13


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Razon caucuses very popular with Manileños

Malaya
TUESDAY APRIL 13, 2010
•POLITICAL CAMPAIGN•

Razon caucuses very popular with Manileños

MANILEÑOS, especially those coming from the ranks of the poor, have been flocking to town hall type gatherings, more commonly known as "caucuses," being organized all over the city by supporters of former PNP chief and Manila mayoralty bet Sonny Razon.

This was the observation of retired colonel Ernesto "Dionix" Dionisio, a former top councilor in the city’s second district and current head of the political organization of the Razon Para Mayor (RPM) movement.

Dionisio said each caucus, held at a minimum of twice a day in various districts, has been drawing crowds ranging from 100 to 300 who have shown keen interest in Razon’s message of genuine alternative change.

"During a typical caucus, Kuya Sonny Razon, as he has come to be known, explains in detail his platform of governance for Manila, which in essence addresses the basic needs and concerns of the city’s residents that have not been given sufficient attention. This is followed by an open forum where the audience is given the opportunity to freely exchange views with the candidate," Dionisio said, adding that voter education workshops are also a permanent part of these caucuses.

Among Razon’s priority programs are health services, improvement of public education and development of responsive skills training programs, improvement of existing and provision for new public infrastructure, arts, culture and tourism development, investor promotion, local government-initiated housing programs, continuous anti-graft and corruption and anti-red tape measures in the city government, sustainable waste management, and participation of people’s organizations and NGOs in local governance.

Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/04132010/metroroundup.html


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Kuya Sonny Razon's Campaign Schedule for April 12, 2010, Monday

Magkita-kita po tayo sa Lunes, April 12, 2010 sa District 5 at 6!

* 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - House to House, District 5, Zone 73-74-89 Barangay 673-679-823

* 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - House to House, District 6, Zone 65-66 Barangay 625-639-645-646-647-648

* 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - We are the Reason Movement (WARM) Caucus - District 5, Barangay 675 Zone 73

* 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. - We are the Reason Movement (WARM) Caucus - District 6, Barangay 830 Zone 90

Source: http://www.facebook.com/notes/kuya-sonny-razon/magkita-kita-po-tayo-sa-lunes-april-12-2010-sa-district-5-at-6/382760711572

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VOTE

Kuya Avelino "Sonny" I. Razon, Jr.

For Manila Mayor!

* Number 6 on the ballot

Alternatibong Pagbabago para sa Manilenyo!

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