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1. Obama urges Congress to 'pass this jobs bill' in radio address
Against a backdrop of bleak prospects in Congress, President Obama's jobs bill was the focus of his weekly radio address Saturday, and he used real-life examples of struggling Americans and urged, as he has for three weeks, "Pass this jobs bill."
Obama unveiled the American Jobs Act before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8, but it has garnered little public support on Capitol Hill. Even some leading Democrats are pessimistic about its current prospects.
On Saturday, the president reiterated that some Republican members of Congress have said they agree with parts of the bill and said it's time for them to tell him what their proposals are. "And if they're opposed to this jobs bill, I'd like to know what exactly they're against," he continued. "Are they against putting teachers and police officers and firefighters back on the job? Are they against hiring construction workers to rebuild our roads and bridges and schools? Are they against giving tax cuts to virtually every American worker and small business in America?"
Obama singled out people including Kim Faber, who, with her husband, owns a carpet business in New Jersey. "We hang in by a shoestring," she wrote him, saying her husband worried about the prospects of bounced checks and uses a home loan to ensure they are covered.
She added: "It breaks my husband's heart when he has to let people go. Pass the bill!"
In a Republican response, a first-term House member from Virginia, Morgan Griffith, renewed the GOP's call to ease government regulations and said they had become "full-blown barriers to job creation."
"Of course, we all recognize the need for reasonable regulations to protect the public," he said. "There are good regulations, for instance, that ensure public safety and protect our environment. But there are also unnecessary and unreasonable regulations that hurt jobs in some of our nation's most critical industries."
Griffith, who represents the southwestern corner of Virginia, said House Republicans next week will take up rules affecting cement makers and boilers. With respect to boilers, he said a Dallas-based chemical manufacturer, Celanese, may scale back or close a plant employing hundreds in his district if the boiler regulations advanced.
2. 'Jobless' PAL ground crew to continue protests, plan family day
Although they are now considered jobless, the ground crew affected by flag carrier Philippine Airlines' spinoff of three non-core businesses vowed to continue their protests near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
On Sunday, the PAL Employees' Association said affected workers and their families were to continue their camp-out outside PAL's In-Flight Center near the NAIA Terminal 2.
“Instead of going to the mall, eating out or just relaxing at home, PALEA members’ spend their first Sunday as 'officially jobless' with their spouses and children at the protest camp," PALEA president Gerry Rivera said.
He said PALEA is also to hold a family day Sunday, where Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo is to lead an afternoon Mass at the protest camp.
On Saturday, PALEA members in Cebu set up their own protest camp outside the Mactan International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City.
“Protest is also a family affair. PALEA’s fight for regular jobs is for the future of its members’ families," said Nerissa Andolong-Puno, wife of a PAL employee.
Rivera also noted just days after PALEA’s protest last Sept. 27, Qantas ground crew in Australia went on strike over grievances that include lack of job security.
Family day
Among the activities lined up for PALEA’s family day are:
art and crafts workshops for children so they can express their understanding of their parents’ fight against retrenchment and contractualization
5 p.m. Mass at the protest camp
6 p.m. regular candle lighting protest
3. 3 killed in Philippine military helicopter crash
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine military says three air force personnel were killed when a helicopter carrying supplies to troops fighting militants on a southern island crashed after its engine failed.
. The helicopter hit the ground hard and rolled down a hill.
Three crew members were killed and the fourth was injured.
The Huey is the Philippine air force's workhorse and is used extensively in troop deployment, resupply and disaster operations.
The troops are battling the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group, which is on Washington's terrorist list.
PHILIPPINES AVIATION NEWS
Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
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