PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 022

OFW- MAGTULUNGAN TAYO!

MAY MGA BENIPISYO NGA ANG PHILHEALTH, PERO HINDI MAKATARUNGAN NA MAGKAKAROON NAMAN NG INCREASE!

MY REACTIONS AFTER I FINISHED REVIEWING THE SAID MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL PHILHEATH CONTRIBUTION FOR OFW:

http://www.philhealth.gov.ph/circulars/2011/circ22_2011.pdf

1,200 pesos increase effective July 01,2012

2,400 pesos increase effective January 01,2013

“Scrap Philippine Health Circular No. 022 – this is about the increase of PhilHealth annual premium contribution from P900 to P2,400 which will effect on January 1, 2013.

PhilHealth Circular No. 022 will Kill OFWs Softly

“The hike in OFWs health insurance premium will not only bleed us(OFWs and dependents) dry, it also sucks out our blood leading ‘to death due to deprivation of free and affordable social services’. The government through various agencies is killing us so softly by imposing additional fees in pretense of better social services."

The said PhilHealth Circular No. 022 is against the REPUBLIC ACT No. 10022 – AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED, FURTHER IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Under the RULE XVII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS – Section 4. Government Fees, Administrative Costs and Taxes. All fees for services being charged by any government agency on migrant workers prevailing at the time of the effectivity of this Rule shall not be increased. This RA No. 10022 was officially approved and signed by the former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 08, 2010.

I searched out the names of the Board of Directors of PhilHealth to know if the said PhilHealth Circular No. 022 is approved by all the board of directors. Out of 14 members only one has affixed his signature to PhilHealth Circular No. 022 in the named of Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon and the other name who also signed her signature was not in the list or not in the list of Executive Officers. The PhilHealth Board of Directors are as follows:

Board Chair: Hon. Enrique T. Ona, M.D.

CSC Chairman: Hon. Francisco T. Duque III, M.D., MSc

DILG Secretary: Hon. Jesse M. Robredo

DSWD Secretary: Hon. Corazon J. Soliman

DOLE Secretary: Hon. Rosalinda D. Baldoz

Health Care Providers Sector: Hon. Juan M. Flavier, M.D.

Labor Sector: Hon. Alexander A. Ayco, M.D.

Employers Sector/President and Chief Executive Officer: Hon. Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon

Self Employed Sector: Hon. Francisco Vicente F. Lopez M.D.

SSS President & CEO: Hon. Emilio S. De Quiros, Jr.

GSIS President & General Manager: Hon. Robert G. Vergara

NAPC-BS Vice Chairman: Hon. Florencia P. Cabatingan

Filipino Overseas Workers: Hon. Jane M.N. Sta. Ana

Corporate Secretary: Atty. Genesis M. Adarlo

PLEASE SHARE TO ALL OFW, UNTIL IT WILL REACHED OUT TO THEM….

GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Sold Our National Sovereignty To China - China’s Intrusions Are Connected To Gloria Arroyo’s Deals

The current word war between the Philippines and China is another proof of the continuing curse of Gloria Arroyo on the Filipino people.

The latest series of diplomatic protests lodged by the Philippines with China and submitted also to the United Nations have its roots to the controversial Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking entered into by the Arroyo government with China in 2005 which allowed China and later on Vietnam to explore not only the Philippine-occupied islands in the disputed mineral-rich Spratlys but areas that are clearly Philippine territory.

The JMSU was initialed during Gloria Arroyo’s 2004 visit to China which paved the way for the signing of at least two graft-riddled deals : North Rail and national broadband network with ZTE agreements.

Last March, the Philippines filed a diplomatic protest when two Chinese patrol boats intruded into Reed Bank in Western Palawan where a seismic survey is being conducted by the Department of Energy with a private firm. The Philippine Navy in Western Command had to come in and drove away the Chinese ships in what Philippine officials assert as “Philippine territory.”

It was followed by a much-delayed protest last April by the Philippines over China’s nine-dash line map submitted to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. China’s map, submitted to the U.N on May 7, 2009 supports their claim that the whole South China belongs to them including the Spratly islands which are being claimed in part by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

This month, the Philippines again protested the discovery on Amy Douglas that the Chinese have erected a number of steel posts and placed a buoy near the breaker of the bank also known as Iroquois reef. The Philippine Navy reported that Chinese ships were seen unloading building materials.

The Philippine Navy had removed the posts and the buoy.

After the Amy Douglas protest, the Philippines again filed another diplomatic protest over a February 2011 incident when two Philippine fishing vessels were fired upon by Chinese warships at Jackson Atoll. The fishermen sought the help of the Philippine Navy which accompanied them back to the area to retrieve their anchors.

The Navy reported seeing Chinese fishermen exploiting the marine resources in the area.

Philippine officials said all the areas that Chinese armed ships intruded lately were within the Philippines 200 nautical miles Exclusive Economic Zone. The Chinese, on the other hand, asserted its ownership over areas covered by the South China Sea.

This prompted the Philippines to adopt the term “West Philippine Sea” referring to the same areas in the same manner that Vietnam refers to the same area as East Asia Sea. (India, by the way, does not claim ownership of the Indian Ocean.)

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin are alarmed by the latest pattern of intrusions.

They don’t want another Mischief Reef to happen. In 1995, the Philippines discovered military-type structures on Mischief Reef, 150 nautical miles west of Palawan and 620 nautical miles southeast of China.

Despite Philippine protest, China never left Mischief Reef and has even expanded its fortifications in the island complete with h parabolic antennas and machine guns.

There’s another thing that concerns the Aquino government.

When Del Rosario met with the Chinese Embassy charge d’affaires last May 31 over the Amy Douglas intrusion, he conveyed the Philippine government’s concern over reports in Chinese state media about China’s planned installation of its most advanced oil rig in the South China Sea next month.

Diplomatic sources said China’s planned oil exploration is related to the JMSU which was not continued after the first phase because of questions of legality (the case is still pending with the Philippine Supreme Court) because the project included areas that were not disputed. Under the Constitution, “exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources shall be under the full control and supervision of the State.”

To go around the constitutional prohibition, the government changed the word “exploration” to “seismic survey.”

The initial exploration/ seismic survey to find out how much resources are there in the area. Based on the results, the Philippines, China, and Vietnam are supposed to jointly develop the resources. The Chinese provided the ships, Vietnam the scientists and the Philippines interpreted the data gathered.

With the information gathered from the survey, it was expected that development of the area would proceed. China’s recent moves are seen as moving to the next phase of the project.The Philippines government, on the other hand, is stopped by questions on the legality of the project.

Under the JMSU, Reed Bank, said to contain about 3.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 440 million barrels of oil, is included. The Philippines now insists it is Philippine territory and not part of the disputed areas.

Oppositors to the JMSU had expressed concern that by entering into the project, the Philippines surrendered sovereignty over the resource-rich area and strengthened China’s claim over it.

There were allegations that the Arroyo government’s sell-out of Philippine sovereignty in West Philippine Sea was connected to a number of multi-million Chinese loans for projects that became riddled with graft and corruption.

That’s one of the crimes of Gloria Arroyo against the Filipino people.

Research:

Delmar Nur Faramarz Ferdowsi Salah Ad-Din Tomasa Gomez de Molina Costa Sanchez de Cassa Fajardo Lopez Roldan Martinez Simarro Mondejar del Castillo Balera Chumilla Portal Ynarejos Ramos de Losa del Pozo Africa Bautista Rubio-Escrivano Bucad Calaycay Alcaraz “RAPASAKDALSAKAY” Topinio Taclibon

PANFILO LACSON

Two dangerous signs are emerging from Pnoy’s plan to appoint Sen. Ping Lacson as anti-crime czar Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) secretary.

First: Pnoy is showing his VERY LITTLE REGARD for law and justice. In the process, he is highlighting his HYPOCRISY in his highly-publicized and supposed adherence to transparency.

We all know that Lacson returned to the country using documents authorities had branded as forged or fake after a year or so in hiding.

The use of fake or forged documents is ILLEGAL.

But Lacson was NEVER EVEN INVESTIGATED for it. Pnoy DIDN’T ORDER any agency to probe the issue. He NEVER ATTACKED Lacson despite his government’s endless proclamation that ‘no one is above the law.’

Lacson got away with it as if HE HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG in the first place. And now, this early, Pnoy is seriously considering him to be anti-crime czar or DILG boss, the TOP IMPLEMENTOR of the law.

What ‘no one is above the law’ is Pnoy and his boys are talking about?

Obviously, for Pnoy, it’s what he wants or who he wants that matters. He doesn’t give a shit with questions on truth, transparency or the reputation of his choice.

That’s wisdom or maturity, guys, Pnoy style.

Second: If Lacson will get away TOTALLY with using questionable travel documents for his return, WHAT WILL STOP HIM from doing anything he wants, legal or not, once he’s named anti-crime czar or DILG secretary?

Add to this the following:

Up to now, Lacson HAS NOT SHOWN anything outstanding in his performance as a senator – no landmark bills authored and enacted into law, no admirable record in the number of bills filed, no infrastructure or pro-poor project.

The only thing Lacson is known for as a senator is his exposes of supposed illegal acts committed by or involving former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Mike.

Of which he NEVER GOT TO PROVE any beyond reasonable doubt.

So what is our guarantee that he will render a better and truly impartial performance as anti-crime czar of DILG head?

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Filipinos came to know him for his sterling and "no non-sense" leadership as Chief of the Philippine National Police.

As chief policymaker of the police organization, Senator Panfilo M. Lacson was responsible for the serious reforms in the PNP that had won the confidence of businessmen and foreign investors and the cooperation of the general public when he initiated closer coordination with other law enforcement agencies, here and abroad, in the fight against narcotics trafficking through supply constriction and demand reduction.

All of these were accomplished to bring back the old glory of the policeman.

The Filipino people rewarded Senator Lacson with a Senate seat in the May 2001 elections for his sterling performance as a public servant.

Born out of humble beginnings on June 1, 1948, in Imus, Cavite, Senator Lacson finished grade school at the Bayang Luma Elementary School and high school at the Imus Institute. Before he entered the PMA in 1967, he took up AB Philosophy at the Lyceum.

He carried the family name with pride and grew up to be a man of principles. His fascination with principles became more deeply embedded when he entered the PMA. He nourished these principles at the Philippine Constabulary, which he joined after graduating from the PMA.

He then joined the Philippine Constabulary - Integrated National Police Anti-Carnapping Task Force in 1986, and in 1988, be became the provincial commander of Isabela until 1989. That same year, he became provincial director of Laguna and held the post until July 1992.

As a legislator, Senator Lacson has learned fast and with certainty to carry the broad struggle of the Filipinos by heart. As a public servant, he has faithfully observed a personal credo - What is right must be kept right. What is wrong must be set right.

He primarily authored the Anti-Money Laundering Control Act of 2001, the Alternative Youth Training Course, an optional program for college students, and the Anti-Human Trafficking Act of 2001.

To date, Senator Lacson is working on legislation to fight the problem of terrorism through the passage of the Anti-Terrorism bill and to alleviate the condition of various sectors of society including students, contractual workers, barangay tanods, police, military and fire protection personnel.