DOTC UNDERSECs resign / 200 kilos of
spoiled bangus seized in qc market
MANILA,
JUNE 4, 2011 (STAR)
By Jun Pasaylo – Four undersecretaries of the Department of
Transportation and Communication (DOTC) today announced that they are also
quitting their posts.
DOTC Undersecretaries Dante Velasco, Glicerio Sicat and Ruben Reinoso made
the announcement in a press briefing. They said they are resigning to give the
next DOTC chief a free hand in selecting his own people.
There are reports that losing vice presidential candidate, Mar Roxas, is
being asked to take the DOTC position.
Roxas was supposedly entering Malacañang as presidential chief-of-staff.
The three DOTC officials said that Undersecretary Aristotle Batuhan will also
resign. They said they will leave their posts on June 30, the same date of
effectivity of Secretary Jose "Ping" De Jesus's resignation.
President Benigno Aquino III yesterday clarified that De Jesus's resignation
had nothing to do with his performance at the DOTC. He denied that he was
alluding to the secretary when he mentioned that he will meet with an "underperforming"
Cabinet official.
"No, it's not true. It's not Ping," he said. ""The DOTC head is a position
that requires my utmost trust. He has to be compulsive in trying to ferret out
everything."
De Jesus is close to President Aquino. He served in the late President
Corazon Aquino's administration in the 1980s.
President Aquino said that De Jesus returned to the government upon his
request and there was an understanding that the DOTC chief had intended to stay
for only one year.
"I was shy about asking him to stay for another year. The fact that he agreed
to serve in my Cabinet was something that I should really be thankful for,"
President Aquino said.
Ping: No rift with P-Noy
De Jesus said in a statement that his resignation does not imply that he is
dissatisfied with the Aquino administration, saying it took him some time to
evaluate the decision.
"My relationship with the Aquino family remains strong and durable as ever.
My loyalty and friendship to the family cannot be shaken," he said.
As he geared up to leave his post, he urged his successor to sustain the
momentum at the DOTC as he vowed to submit a list of completed and ongoing
projects under his watch.
"May my accomplishment at the DOT will serve as guide and platform to my
successor," he said.
He also appealed to the public to exercise fairness in issuing reactions on
his resignation "so that no undue harm will be done on the people that we
respect and the families we love."
200 kilos spoiled bangus seized in QC market
Home Updated June 03, 2011 01:07 PM
[Photo
- A fish pond worker scoops up dead milkfish locally known as Bangus after
thousands of them were found floating on Taal Lake in Batangas province, south
of Manila, Philippines, Sunday May 29, 2011. The Government Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources are still investigating the cause of the fish kill. The
damage of the fish, the most in-demand fishes in the country, is estimated at
least 50 tons. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)]
MANILA, Philippines - Members of Quezon City Hall's veterinary office today
arrested two vendors for selling "double dead" milkfish at the Balintawak
Market.
A report by dzMM radio said that at least 200 kilograms of milkfish that
reportedly came from fishponds affected by fishkills in Pangasinan and Taal Lake
in Batangas province, were seized during the market raid.
The report said that according to Quezon City Veterinary Office head Dr. Anna
Marie Cabel, the two vendors who were not immediately identified, will be face
charges for violation of the Consumer Act of the Philippines and the Sanitation
Code of the Philippines.
The report added that the city veterinary office will coordinate with the
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to determine if more charges
can be filed against the arrested vendors.
Meanwhile, 30 more kilos of spoiled bangus were confiscated at the
Commonwealth Market. The local veterinary office of the Pasay City local
government has also seized 45 kilos of double dead milkfish.
Cabel said that at least 700 kilograms of double dead milkfish have been
seized in Balintawak Market, which is also notorious for selling double dead
pork.
She said the recovered milkfish will be donated to the Crocodile Farm in
Pasay City.
Local government units in Metro Manila launched stricter monitoring to make
sure that milkfish affected by fishkills in Pangasinan and Batangas will not
reach public markets in the metropolis.
The Department of Health and BFAR have warned the public against eating
marine species that came from the fishkill areas.
Chief News Editor: Sol Jose Vanzi
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