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TAMBULI Weekly Newsletter
The Official e-Newsletter of the Federation of Philippine Industries
Volume 18 Issue No. 16
02 May 2014
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FPI WARMLY WELCOMES ITS NEWEST MEMBER!
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) cordially welcomes PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL BANK as its newest Associate Member.
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK is represented by its President OMAR BYRON T.
MIER and Director CHRIS J. NELSON with business address at PNB Financial Center,
President Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City. PNB is engaged in commercial banking
services.
FPI-DOTC Conference on Road Safety
In line the global observance of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety:
2011-2020, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), in collaboration
with the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), the Supply Chain Management Association
of the Philippines (SCMAP) and the Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines
(CTAP), will hold a one-day Truckers Forum on Road Safety on 14 May 2014 at the AFP
Commissioned Officers’ Club, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, from 8am to 5pm with the
theme Road Safety: The All Important Factor in the Transport of Cargo.
This Forum aims to increase safety awareness among truck owners and hauling
companies. Specifically, it aims to work with cargo owners to make road safety an important
element in looking for truckers to transport their commodities and to encourage these owners to
include road safety as a specific provision in their cargo contracts. For the haulers, the Forum
features lead models and best practices that can be adapted to improve safety on the road. To
this effect, speakers from selected industries have been invited to share their outstanding road
safety practices.
It has been noted that truck accidents increased by 47% last year, hence, there is a need
to do the best to decrease the same. The forum will show best practices and contract templates
that can be adopted so that the truckers we use will follow road safety guidelines. The proposed
speakers are Lafarge, Shell, San Miguel, and selected FPI member companies. Each FPI
member company can have one free participant from the company itself and three free
participants coming from that company’s truckers.
TWO-DAY INDUSTRIAL USERS TRAINING ON COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS
OPTIMIZATION – 13-14 May 2014
The Philippine Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (PIEEP) jointly implemented by the
Department of Energy, Department of Trade & Industry, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization and the Global Environment Facility (DOE-DTI-UNIDO-GEF),
aims to promote the adoption of an Energy Management System based on ISO 50001
framework, along with energy systems optimization approach.
In this regard, FPI member industries are invited to the Industrial Users Training on
Compressed Air Systems Optimization on 13-14 May 2014 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm to be
held at the Berjaya Makati Hotel, Makati Avenue, Makati City. The training will introduce
the following components of a compressed air system; how to carry out a compressed air
survey; typical opportunities for optimization; how to conduct evaluation of new equipment;
and recent technological developments. The above training is FREE-of-charge and is on a firstcome-first-served basis, hence, early confirmation (not later than 8 May 2014) will be
appreciated.
For further information, please contact the Project Management Unit Officer-In-Charge,
Engr. Magdaleno M. Baclay, Jr. at M.Baclay@unido.org or 0917-8683160.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HEARING
Senate
Tuesday, May 6
Congressional Oversight
Committee on Agrarian
Reform (COCAR)
Time & Venue
10:00 A.M.
Osec Boardroom 4th
Floor, Department of
Agrarian Reform
Elliptical Road, Q.C.
Agenda
Department of Agrarian Reform's updates on
CARP; and discussion of the Land Acquisition
Distribution (LAD)completion outlook/plan
Wednesday, May 7
Time & Venue
Agenda
Joint Congressional Oversight
Committee on Public
Expenditures (JCOCPE)
9:00 A.M.
SSen. C.M. Recto
Room/ J.P. Laurel
Room 2/F Right Wing,
Senate
Consideration of JCOCPE Res. entitled: "Mandating
the Secretary of the Department of Finance and the
Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to appear
before Congress semi-annually to report on the
status and directions of the Fiscal and Monetary
Policies of the State"
Status of fund releases of the following:
2013 Calamity Fund (under R.A. No. 10352)
2014 Calamity Fund (under R.A. No. 10633)
2013 Supplemental Appropriations (R.A. No.
10634)
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program (under
R.A. No. 10633)
2013-2014 Quick Response Fund (under R.A. Nos.
10352 and 10633, respectively)
Thursday, May 8
Public Works jt. with
Environment and Natural
Resources; Local Government;
Finance and; Ways and Means
Time & Venue
Agenda
10:00 A.M.
S. Nos. 410, 1928 amd 2133 - National Green
Sen. L.M. Tañada Room Building Code
2/F Right Wing, Senate
S. No. 430 - Strengthening PD No. 1096, by
mandating a comprehensive nationwide inspection
of buildings and imposing stiff penalties against
building officials who violate the pertinent
provisions of the said Code
S. Res. No. 143 - Revisiting RA 6541 (Building
Code of the Philippines) and PD 1586, and other
pertinent laws in light of growing public concerns
on the impact of geologic hazards on the structural
integrity of houses and buildings in the country
House of Representatives
MONDAY, 05-MAY-2014
Committee/Sub-Committee
Time and Venue
Agenda/Resource Person
WAYS AND MEANS
01:30 PM
R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F
SW Bldg.
Briefing by the Department of Finance (DOF) on the
following measures:
HB 130 – Instituting the code for the
administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion
of investments (Rep. Mark Villar)
HBs 302 & 1788 – Investments and Incentives
Code of the Philippines (Reps. Susan Yap and Rufus
Rodriguez)
HB 2765 – Rationalizing the grant and
administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion
of investments and growth (Rep. Gabriel Luis
Quisumbing)
WOMEN AND GENDER
EQUALITY
02:00 PM
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM
Bldg.
Round Table Discussion on:
HBs 110, 342, 1230, 1842, 2571 & 2572 –
Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation and gender identity and providing
penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Kaka Bag-ao,
Sol Aragones, Lani Mercado-Revilla & Neri
Colmenares)
HBs 1620, 1635 & 2853 – Establishing resource
development and crisis assistance centers for women
and children in every province and city of the
country, amending for the purpose RA 8505,
otherwise known as the Rape Victim Assistance and
Protection Act of 1998 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez,
Susan Yap and Abigail Faye Ferriol)
TUESDAY, 06-MAY-2014
Committee/Sub-Committee
Time and Venue
Agenda/Resource Person
WAYS AND MEANS
09:30 AM
R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F
SW Bldg.
Briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) and Board of Investments (BOI) on the
following measures:
HB 130 – Instituting the code for the
administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion
of investments (Rep. Mark Villar)
HBs 302 & 1788 – Investments and Incentives
Code of the Philippines (Reps. Susan Yap and Rufus
Rodriguez)
HB 2765 – Rationalizing the grant and
administration of fiscal incentives for the promotion
of investments and growth (Rep. Gabriel Luis
Quisumbing)
AQUACULTURE AND
FISHERIES RESOURCES
01:00 PM
R.R. Andaya Hall 2/F
SW Bldg.
Forum on “Strengthening Enforcement and
Regulatory Legislation against Illegal, Unreported
and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing”
WEDNESDAY, 07-MAY-2014
Committee/Sub-Committee
Time and Venue
Agenda/Resource Person
TRANSPORTATION
09:30 AM
Villar Hall SWA Bldg.
Commending the Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines (CAAP) for restoring the state of the
Philippine aviation to Category 1 status
Presentation by Honda Philippines on its safe driving
activities in Catanduanes
Presentation by the Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC) on the Roll-On/RollOff Nautical Highway project
Update on the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of RA 10635, the law which establishes the
Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the
single maritime administration responsible for the
implementation and enforcement of the 1978
International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
(STCW), as amended, and international agreements
or covenants related thereto
Update on the drafting of the IRR of RA 10586,
otherwise known as the Anti-Drunk and Drugged
Driving Act of 2013
AGRARIAN REFORM
01:30 PM
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM
Bldg.
HB 252 – Instituting genuine agrarian reform in
the country and creating the mechanism for its
implementation (Rep. Fernando ‘Ka Pando’
Hicap)
LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT
01:30 PM
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM
Bldg.
HB 2327 – Further strengthening the Social
Amelioration Program (SAP) in the sugar industry,
amending for this purpose certain provisions of RA
6982, or the law which strengthens the SAP in the
sugar industry, providing the mechanics for its
implementation (Rep. Lucy Gomez)
HR 116 – Inquiry into the implementation of the
SAP in the sugar industry, including an accounting
of its fund and the extent of benefits that redounded
to the agricultural sugar workers (Rep. Fernando
‘Ka Pando’ Hicap)
HR 438 – Urging the Senate of the Republic of the
Philippines to ratify the International Labour
Organization Convention 151, otherwise known as
the Labor Relations (Public Service) Convention
(Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
Prepared by the FPI Secretariat
Notice:
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Sustainable Development Committee Chairman Ernesto Ordoñez published and circulated in
newspapers may likewise be accessed thru the FPI website: www.fpi.ph.
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