by admin | Oct 21, 2018 | Local News / Bohol Balita
CANJULAO, Jagna, Bohol, October 18 (PIA)—It comes out in rather weird colors: malunggay (horseradish) green, squash yellow, camote top purple, but for all these, it is basically dried pancit (noodle) similar to your regular canton.
From there, all the similarities end. And then comes the big difference.
Yaning’s Pancit used to be your ordinary neighborhood egg noodles.
Produced from a kitchen backroom in this bustling town, the egg noodles industry now has its own common service facility, but that is getting ahead of the story.
Its manufacturers: a family toiled through years to earn and send their kids through college. And to make both ends meet. When the going gets tough, they produce a little bit more to get enough for the spending needs after the matriculation.
For extra hands, this family hires their jobless neighbors.
And as quickly did the neighbors learn egg-noodling the hard way, the faster they were also dipped into the groove in the food production job.
That started a little livelihood that would soon grow and attract more and more Jagna residents who see the healthy promise getting money for food and other needs.
All of that, thanks to a lady named Yaning.
Living from making egg-noodles, Yaning and her husband got into the business, as loyal as clockwork. The neighbors, then two or three, pitched in for the extra hands. Through the years.
With all Yaning’s kids finishing college, all from the egg-noodles that they are selling, it was not hard for the neighbors to get into the production.
Before Yaning died, she left the business to the neighbors.
Not any longer, from the basic egg noodles hatched to greatness of the new nutri-pancit, through the introduction of innovation.
“You know pancit has a certain come-on to the kids. We see that, as an opportunity to put in the blend some nutritious ingredients. These are usually the ones parents would find it hard to make their kids eat,” says Dominiciana Jamora, the animated operations manager as she is in her high stool perch, hands gesturing loosely, details the hardships they have to surmount to get where they are now.
“It is more of providing alternatives to parents who have a hard time convincing their kids to eat nutritious food,” Jamora added, information spilling from her in a steady stream of words and hand gestures.
Data from the Provincial Nutrition Council showed that Bohol kids are still threatened by malnutrition.
“The witty blending of naturally nutritious ingredients to the noodles could be a good start in solving some problems,” although slowly, PNC members admit.
“They are eating, not really caring about what they are getting as long as it is pancit,” Jamora said triumph in her voice.
A resident of Tubod Monte, Jamora, 57 manages the noodle production from their Common Service Facility (CSF) built by Jagna for the use of the association of local noodle makers.
She, along with women leaders of small, micro and medium enterprises under the Jagna Sustainable Micro Enterprises Development (JaSMED) met at a newly constructed Common Service Facility (CSF) for tableya, the native chocolates which the town also produces after their world renowned calamay, here in a hilltop plant overlooking the barangay and the town center with the blue Mindanao Sea in the distance.
“Among the JaSMED-assisted products is Yaning’s Pancit,” discloses JaSMED Unit head Marilou Naldoza, who has kept close tabs on the 16 micro, small and medium enterprises that the local government unit of Jagna and with the assistance of government agencies, have been producing mostly food products.
Two members of the JaSMED however chose to be in candle and in rags products development.
As to the nutria-pancit, Jamora, who has since led the egg-noodle-now-nutri-pancit business is on to more innovations to make their product a channel for income to her 76 members.
We are now tryiong to help solve at least three problems: malnutrition, family incomes and sending our members to school.
One of their members, Jamora shared, used to work on the calamay industry, as a cardboard box to keep her clothes.
Now, she said she has a good cabinet for her to keep her clothes in her room.
“Most of our members are out of school youth and students by day, noodle factory workers at night, she pointed out,” as she squirms and twists on the high stool she was perched during the causal talk.
Her excitement betrayed her as much as her animated responses to the questions showed.
“We have to continue with the noodles [factory], this has become livelihood for our people and in turn serves the town,” she shared.
The business has also helped not just for making sure people have money, it has also helped their young members finish their studies.
“From this, four of our members have finished college: a seaman, a police man and two teachers,” Jamora, grinning from ear to ear, revealed.
“We thought there’s more to just being egg-noodles, so with the help of the Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Agrarian Reform, Trade and Industry and the LGU, we blended squash, malunggay, camote tops and just anything nutritious that can be put in, anything that mothers can use to give their kids the proper nutrition they would need at their ages,” she said in Cebuano.
The green noodles are malunggay, the golden yellow is squash and the purple-violet is camote tops, Jamora illustrated.
And since egg-noodling has become a livelihood to some community members, the LGU and several government agencies pooled resources to put up a CSF, to make sure that there is an established standard for the way things have to be made to keep the Jagna brand, Naldoza explained.
Of all Bohol towns, not many have set up their MSMEs like Jagna, Naldoza added.
For the nutri-pancit, the coop manager said they are now producing 144 packs of 250 grams daily, this would be sold at P45.00, and the sales is starting to increase.
The increase is even noted despite the fact that Jamora’s group is still processing their Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) registration.
We are getting many orders, some as far as Davao, but until we can get the FDA certification, we might just keep the production, she said.
Jagna nutri-noodles rank among the leading products of the town; the biggest being calamay, tablea, cookies, and noodles. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
Jagnanutri-noodles are among the products on display by members of Jagna Sustainable Micro Enterprises Development (JaSMED). The noodles, which uses nutritious food as among its additives are either from malunggay, squash, carrots and camote tops.
by admin | Oct 21, 2018 | Headlines
BIABAS Guindulman, Bohol October 13 (PIA)—House of IT (HoIT), an information technology business support provider arrives here to a community dressed to the occasion.
Coming in to this village occupied by surviving members of the Eskaya tribe, seven Hoit representatives arrived to this community perched on top of the mountains of Guindulman, some 20 kilometers from the town center, to hand over the instructional materials for the Eskaya teachers.
HoIT, in one of their corporate social responsibility projects, decided to produce digitized visual aids to help grade school teachers here and in a few more isolated villages teach back the quaint Eskaya language and their system of writing.
Eskaya, a mountain dwelling tribe in Bohol owns patches of land here as the government awarded them their ancestral domains, explains National Commission of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Bohol head Sisinio Amplayo Jr.
Eskaya has communities in nearby Taytay, Duero, Lundag, Pilar, Cantaub Sierra Bullones, and Cadapdapan and Tambongan in Candijay, NCIP said.
Amidst the threat of losing its unique language, teachers here race with time to teach grade school kids the rudiments of the Eskaya script, using crudely prepared flipcharts, shared Eskaya timama sundon (head teacher /supervisor) Julieta Vizcayda.
Seeing the individually prepared instructional materials in their initial visit to the community, HoIT leaders decided to do the digitized instructional materials for Biabas and Tambis Elementary School’s 80 pupil-learners and 5 Eskaya teachers.
HoIT, in partnership with Aninaw House of Artists commissioned artists to replicate the flipcharts in a bid to standardize the teaching materials.
In coordination with the Department of Education, NCIP and the Philippine Information Agency in Bohol, HoIT took over a year to complete the teacher’s visual aids amidst validation from Eskaya communities and their teachers.
That day, October 13, the community gathered at the village center: tarpaulin tents stood in the basketball, a banqueting table spread with native food, the village string band of banjo, banduria, guitar, ukulele and a bajo de arco provided rustic music.
Eskaya sundon (chieftain) Jovino Datahan, Biabas Barangay Chairman Cleofas Pabon, teachers from the village’s two elementary schools and mothers clad in kimonas greeted the guests, ever appreciative of group and their project.
On the stage pinned as event backdrop is the customary Eskayan greeting: Griyalo Lotarber Remoy Biyabe, which means Welcome visitors.
On the basketball court, grade school boys in neat dark short pants and red shirts form a single file while the girls in pleated blue skirts and red shirts flanked them, smiles painted over all their faces.
Some elder pupils came in white blouse and blue skirts, and at least two pairs came dressed in the customary Eskaya costume for the Sinarliston, a traditional dance still performed in these mountain communities.
Several children also came in golden yellow skirt or loose pants and printed kimono blouses, a costume that stood out in the green environment.
HoIT representative Lachmae Reboton, amazed and overwhelmed by the warm welcome could not hold her excitement.
The community sang the national anthem and Awit sa Bohol in full Eskaya conducted by school teachers while Eskayan officials delivered their speeches and messages in the customary tribal language.
“I can’t believe we would arrive to such a grand welcome,” Reboton, a first timer in Biabas blurted out and delighted that the kids and the entire community spared time to accept the instructional materials.
“Thank you House of IT and your team,” Vizcayda who oversees the teaching of the Eskaya said as she meticulously reviewed the scripts that characterize the Eskayan writing.
Included in the digitized materials turned over to the community are the Eskaya alphabet, colors, household pets, colors, taste and household utensils.
HoIT also gave about 60 coloring activity books to the schools, given in simple turn-over a few hours later.
Barangay and tribal council members also came home with at least some HoIT mugs, HoIT umbrellas for teachers, classroom wall clocks and other tokens.
Also turned over were the digital layout in compact discs, in case the community wants to print some more of the donated materials. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Oct 20, 2018 | Headlines
Now on its 68th edition, Manila FAME boasts as a reliable sourcing destination for high quality home, fashion, holiday, architectural and interior pieces. Its shows support local small and medium enterprises as they present their masterpieces to the global exports market
This year, nine artisans and enterprises from Bohol will showcase the best products of the province. Dubbed as Mugna’ng Bol-anon, crafts from different parts of Bohol will be displayed in the Artisans Village of the said fair: Antequera Tourist Information and Display Center, P1 Handicraft, Tubigon Loomweavers MPC, Crissander Enterprises, Let’s Go Natural Souvenir Shop, Prime of Asia Handicraft, Taming Loomweavers MPC, Lila Maguey Growers Association, and Jewellyn Fashion Galleries. . Returning to the event is the 2018 Katha Awardee for Best Product Design: Holiday Decors and Gifts, Ms. Christine Viturcio. Asisisted by DTI Bohol these entrepreneurs surely embodies the artistic qualities of a Boholano skill.
The premiere arts and fashion trade show, graced by no other than Secretary Ramon Lopez, is organized by Department of Trade and Industry through its Center for Inetrnational Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM). The platform gives an avenue for artisans and buyers who want to source high quality, design forward and Philippine Made Products with an artisanal touch.
by admin | Oct 15, 2018 | Headlines
Bohol is new Local Government Integrity Circle (LoGIC) destination after Gov. Edgar Chatto and Local Government Integrity Circles (LoGIC) Project country representative Stefan Maria Jost led signing of memorandum of understanding for the LoGIC project in Bohol on Wednesday.
The project enlists multi sectoral participation to ensure government efficiency and good governance and to facilitate ease of doing business and local competitiveness through strategies and mechanisms that promote integrity.
The governor expressed excitement for the partnership as Bohol governance has been a practice of shared leadership, from which various successes in governance have stemmed from, most recently becoming Most Business Friendly Province in the country, a distinct example of values that the LoGIC program upholds.
The project aims to be able to create these integrity circles in 300 LGUs nationwide. Bohol is their 5th LoGIC Network destination following Negros Occidental, North Cotabato, Palawan, and Surigao Del Norte.
Jost congratulated Bohol on governance and leadership of Chatto guided by vision and sustainability as has been evident in forums with government, the private sector and civil society. In his remarks, Jost mentioned leadership that is forward-looking and an end view of sustainable development as essentials in governance. He likened the LoGIC initiative as well as Bohol governance programs to the act of planting trees, in which when one plants a tree, they will never be able to sit in the shadow of the tree; but perhaps their children can.
Bohol Association of Hotels Resorts and Restaurants (BAHRR) representative Mayet Gasatan stated full support of the sector for the partnership as in many other collaborative platforms that Bohol is engaged with.
Civil Society and Bohol Non-Government Organizations Association head Emmy Roslinda shared LoGIC training experience with Bohol Investment Promotions Center (BIPC) chief Ma. Fe Dominise where she saw LoGIC as an affirmation of what Bohol has been successfully engaged in as far multi sectoral collaboration.
The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) through its president Engr. Albert Uy also vouched for Chatto’s leadership that is participative and consultative, with sectors invited to take part in governance and given a hand in decision-making.
LoGIC is co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung with the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, Centrist Democracy Political Institute, League of Cities, League of Provinces, and League of Municipalities of the Philippines. (EDCOM)
Gov. Edgar Chatto and Local Government Integrity Circles (LoGIC) Project country representative Stefan Maria Jost lead the signing of memorandum of understanding for the LoGIC project in Bohol. The project enlists multi sectoral participation to ensure government efficiency and good governance, and to facilitate ease of doing business and local competitiveness through strategies and mechanisms that promote integrity. BCCI President Present during the signing are Engr. Al Uy, BAHRR representative Mayet Gasatan, CSO/NGO representative Emmy Roslinda, and BIPC head Ma. Fe Dominise. LoGIC is co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung with the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, Centrist Democracy Political Institute, League of Cities, League of Provinces, and League of Municipalities of the Philippines. (EDCOM)
by admin | Oct 15, 2018 | EDCOM News, Photo Story
Gov. Edgar Chatto and Holy Name University President Fr. Francisco Estepa sign agreement for the use of the old HNU Elementary building for the Bohol Institute of Living Traditions during its soft launch with cultural officers, non-government organizations, the academe, members of the religious sector, cultural workers, artists.
Witnessing the signing were CBCP culture heritage commission chair Fr. Ted Milan Torralba, Center for Culture and Arts Development head Romulo Tagaan, culture and arts “national treasure“and Bohol’s treasure Gardy Labad, DepEd Bohol Division Superintendent Dr. Nimfa Bongo, and culture and arts consultant Marianito Luspo.
The Bohol Institute of Living Traditions is developed to be a gathering of cultural and educational institutions that will be center for learning and education, research, training, professional development, production, promotion, of Boholano cultural heritage that will also empower Bohol creatives: artists, teachers, leaders, researchers. (EDCOM)
