Message of Secretary Sonny Coloma on Mother’s
Day
12 May 2013
Today, we join millions of people all over the
world in honoring our beloved mother. We thank them for their love, caring,
support and nurturance.
We need not wait for the annual celebration of
Mother’s Day. Let us make it a daily habit to take time out and tell our
mothers how much we love them and cherish their affection.
In this way, everyday will be a Mother’s Day!
(Sgd.) SONNY COLOMA
Secretary
President Aquino committed for the
reconstruction of Ospital ng Maynila
The national government is ready to assist the
City of Manila reconstruct the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (OMMC) to
expand its services to Manila residents especially the poor, President Benigno
S. Aquino III said on Thursday.
The President said that if Manila Mayor Alfredo
Lim is re-elected this coming May 13 election, the national government will
shoulder the city’s budget shortfall for the reconstruction of OMMC.
“Dahil 12 floors ang gusto mo Mayor doon sa
Ospital ng Maynila, sige hahatian kita diyan,” the President said in his speech
during the Miting de Avance of the Liberal Party in Tondo, Manila, Thursday.
Aside from the planned reconstruction of the
OMMC, the President said he also has to look for the funding requirements for
the upgrading or rehabilitation of the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Jose
Reyes Memorial Medical Center, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and other
hospitals in Manila.
“Pero alam n’yo sa mahusay na pamamahala at
matinong pamamahala, oras lang po ang pinag-uusapan, kakayanin natin lahat
‘yan,” the President said.
The President also praised Lim for implementing
the universal healthcare program much earlier.
“Bukod po sa anim na modernong ospital,
napakaraming barangay health center at klinikang may libreng pagpapagamot sa
mga maralita,” he stressed.
Lim’s performance in providing affordable
education to the people of Manila is also exemplary, the chief executive said.
The President asked the people of Manila to support Lim for this year’s midterm
polls so that reforms and development in the city could continue.
In his message during the same event, Lim said
his administration decided to reconstruct the OMMC and make it a modern
12-storey hospital because frequent repairs are becoming too costly for the
city government.
He said the new OMMC will be fully
air-conditioned and Manilenos could have its services free of charge.
The City of Manila, according to Lim is the only
city in the country to have six hospitals catering to the health needs of its
citizens for free. Among the new hospital in the city is the newly constructed
Sta. Ana Hospital inaugurated by the President in May 2011. PND (as)
Aquino declares May 15 as special non-working
day in Tayabas, Quezon in celebration of 'Mayohan sa Tayabas' Festival
President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared May
15, which falls on a Wednesday, as a special (non-working) day in the city of
Tayabas in the province of Quezon in celebration of the Mayohan sa Tayabas
Festival.
The Chief Executive issued the declaration
through Proclamation No. 575 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr.
on May 9 to give the people of Tayabas the full opportunity to celebrate and
participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.
The people of Tayabas celebrates the festival to
honor San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers and laborers.
"The festival also honors the glory and
blesses the travails and sacrifices of the past," the Chief Executive
said. PND (js)
