Aquino thanks Luen Thai CEO for 'commitment' to the Filipino people
CONCEPCION, Tarlac: President Benigno S. Aquino III expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Willie Tan for his “commitment” to the Filipino people through the investments put up by his company, Luen Thai Enterprises (LTE) and Tan Holdings Corporation, in the Philippines.
In his speech keynoting the formal inauguration of D’Luxe Bags Philippines on Monday here, the President said he was “pleased” whenever discussion turned to LTE and Tan because “it was always good news.”
D’Luxe Bags Philippines is part of the Luen Thai Group, one of the world’s premier apparel manufacturing companies, and manufactures and exports leather goods under the brand “Coach.”
As of December 2011, D’Luxe employs 1,200 employees capable of producing 90,000 to 100,000 pieces of Coach bags a month. LTE hopes to increase production exports to US$130-million by increasing its production to five million pieces of bags a year by 2014.
CONCEPCION, Tarlac: President Benigno S. Aquino III expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Willie Tan for his “commitment” to the Filipino people through the investments put up by his company, Luen Thai Enterprises (LTE) and Tan Holdings Corporation, in the Philippines.
In his speech keynoting the formal inauguration of D’Luxe Bags Philippines on Monday here, the President said he was “pleased” whenever discussion turned to LTE and Tan because “it was always good news.”
D’Luxe Bags Philippines is part of the Luen Thai Group, one of the world’s premier apparel manufacturing companies, and manufactures and exports leather goods under the brand “Coach.”
As of December 2011, D’Luxe employs 1,200 employees capable of producing 90,000 to 100,000 pieces of Coach bags a month. LTE hopes to increase production exports to US$130-million by increasing its production to five million pieces of bags a year by 2014.
“Obviously before we spend some money we have to earn the money, and it is through efforts of people like Mr. Willie Tan who, I really am very glad that I met just barely two years ago, has already contributed so much to our country. He has so much commitment to the Filipino people,” the President said.
He further thanked Tan for planning to expand his company’s businesses in the Philippines in the following years such as employing “something like eventually 35,000 workers in the country” and by “expanding so much besides garments and bags…specifically in the tourism sector. As, I understand their companies are also engaged in the tourism sector. And we need all of the help that we can get,” the President continued.
“There are people who are helping us achieve the production of more and more opportunities for our people. It really is imperative on us to ensure that when they leave at the end of the day, or before they sleep, that they really made the right decision in providing us these opportunities. And with that, we will proceed from success to success. We will have inclusive growth and we will be able to achieve the dreams that we all aspire to,” he added. (PCOO)
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Aquino vows to get the bottom of alleged land grabbing incidents in Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway project
CONCEPCION, Tarlac: President Benigno S. Aquino III vowed on Monday to get to the bottom of the alleged land grabbing incidents concerning farmers and land owners affected by the construction of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway project.
In an interview after inaugurating the D’Luxe Bags Philippines manufacturing plant here, the President said he would soon be meeting with the Departments of Agrarian Reform, Public Works and Highways as well as Justice to tell them to immediately conduct investigations on the matter.
“…may meeting ako sa DAR at nakausap ko na rin ang DPWH at iba pang mga sangay ng pamahalaan para bigyan ako ng report at nang mapa-imbestigahan natin ang alegasyon na ‘yan,” the President said.
“Ang dulo po nito siguro, ang maipapangako ko, na may conclusion ‘yung imbestigasyon; may sasabihing: mayroon bang nagkamali rito? Sino ang nagkamali? Sino ba ang may ginawang mali? Kailangan mabigyan natin siguro ng kaukulang deadline,” he added.
“So after ‘nung pagpulong ko sa DAR at DPWH, baka DOJ rin, ay mabibigyan nila ako ng idea kung kailan natin mako-conclude ang imbestigasyon na ‘yan,” the President said.
TPLEX, an 88.15 kilometer, four-lane travel way, is a build-operate-transfer (BOT) project awarded thru bidding to the Private Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC), a consortium led by San Miguel Corp. and DMCI Holdings, Construction.
When complete, it will pass through the municipalities of Victoria, Gerona, Paniqui, Moncada and San Manuel in Tarlac; Carmen, Urdaneta, Binalonan, Pozzorubio and Sison in Pangasinan; and Rosario in La Union. (PCOO)
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Aquino deputizes law enforcement agencies to assist COMELEC in 2nd District of Zambales special elections
President Benigno S. Aquino III has deputized the law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the government, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), to assist the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in ensuring the free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible conduct of February 4, 2012 special elections for the 2nd District of Zambales following the death of 2nd District Representative Antonio Magsaysay Diaz last year.
By virtue of Memorandum Order No. 29 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. on January 9, 2012, President Aquino concurred with COMELEC Resolution No. 9312.
The election body, through its Resolution No. 9312 (s. 2011), resolved to request the concurrence of the President in the deputation of law enforcement agencies and other instrumentalities of the government in connection with the February 4, 2012 special elections in Zambales.
The Chief Executive, likewise, directed the law enforcement agencies and other concerned agencies to coordinate and cooperate with the COMELEC in the performance of their duties and functions. The MO shall take effect immediately.
The Comelec has set the second district congressional special elections on February 4, 2012 to fill up the vacant position left by 2nd District Rep. Diaz who died on August 3, 2011. The late congressman was a nephew of former President Ramon Magsaysay.
The election body announced the enforcement of gun ban in Olongapo City and 13 other towns in Zambales for the start of the special elections in the second district of the province.
The COMELEC guidelines said any private individual, incumbent officials or political candidates are prohibited to carry firearms or hire armed personnel during the congressional election.
Campaign period is set on January 19 to February 2 of this year. (PCOO)
