by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | Major Events, Malakanyang Updates
MANILA, January 11 (PIA)–Giingong makapadasig ang padayon nga taas nga survey ratings nga nakuha ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa pinakaulahing Social Weather Station (SWS) survey diin nagpabiling ‘very good’ ang satisfaction ratings niini alang sa katapusang kwarter sa tuig 2016.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella sa press briefing sa Palasyo, nagpasabot lamang kini nga kuntento ang katawhan sa ginahimo sa gobyerno apil na ang giyera kontra droga.
Sa maong survey, nakatala si Presidente Duterte og 73% satisfaction rating batok sa 12% nga dili kuntento ug 15 porsiyento ang undecided gikan sa 1,500 ka adult respondents sa tibuok nasod.
Nigawas nga +61 porsiyento ang net satisfaction ratings sa Presidente sa SWS survey nga gipahigayon niadtong Disyembre 3-6 nga gikosiderar nga ‘very good’ pa gihapon.
Gihisgotan usab ni Abella nga bisan sa pinakaulahing survey sa Pulse Asia nga gipahigayon niadtong Disyembre 6-11, nagpabiling taas ang approval ug trust rating ni Presidente Duterte diin nakatala kini og 83 porsiyento.
“The President’s high rating continues to serve as a source of inspiration to the President and his official family,” matud pa ni Abella. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | Headlines, Infrastraktura, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL, January 11 (PIA)–Gitakdang sugdan karong tuig ang katukoran sa bag-ong Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center sulod sa Camp Rajah Sikatuna sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa lungsod sa Carmen, ning lalawigan.
Usa ang lalawigan sa Bohol sa 5 ka lugar sa nasod diin sugdan ang pagtukod sa bag-ong drug rehabilitation center karong tuig.
Matud pa ni Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco, ang tinubdan sa pondong mokabat sa P263 milyon nga itukod sa maong drug rehabilitation center maggikan sa China.
Gipasalig sa Cabinet secretary nga ang katukoran sa maong rehab center magsugod gayud karong tuig ug matud pa nga iya nang gitahasan si Ding Borja, ang special envoy to China nga usa usab ka Bol-anon sa pag-pinalisar sa kakuhaan sa pondo gikan sa China sulod sa duha ka bulan.
Kung mahuman na ang maong drug rehab center, makapasulod kini og 500 ka drug dependents.
Ang Bohol usa sa mga lalawigan sa tibuok nasod nga nakatala og pinakadaghang drug surrenderees mao nga kinahanglan gayud dayon ang usa ka drug rehabilitation center dinhi.
Sa katapusang ihap niadtong Nobyembre sa niaging tuig, dili moubos sa 25,000 ka drug users ang nitahan sa kapolisan sa Bohol ubos sa “Operation Tokhang.” (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL, January 11 (PIA)–Gi-aprobahan na sa Kagamhanang Probinsiyal sa niaging semana ang P10 milyong budget alang sa katukoran sa dugang selda sa mga bilanggoan sa Bohol District Jail (BDJ) sa Barangay Cabawan ning syudad sa Tagbilaran.
Sa pakighinabi sa usa ka lokal nga estasyon sa radyo dinhi, gibutyag ni BDJ Warden Jail Chief Insp. Rusylvi Abueva nga ang maong pondo gamiton sa pagpatukod sa dugang 10 ka selda sa mga bilanggoan.
Matud pa ni Abueva, gipaabot nga sugdan sa ikatulong kwarter ning tuig ang maong proyekto samtang naghulat pa ang mga opisyal sa pinal nga approval sa desinyo sa maong pasilidad.
Giingong ang pagatukorong dugang selda makapasulod og 30 ngadto sa 40 ka binilanggo.
Sa pagkakaron, ang populasyon sa BDJ nga adunay 25 ka selda nikabat na sa 895 ka piniriso apan gi-desinyo lamang kini nga makapasulod og 400 ka binilanggo.
Gipaabot nga madugangan pa ang gidaghanon sa mga ma-preso tungod sa nagpadayon pa karong kampanya sa gobyerno batok sa ilegal nga droga. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, National News, World
Hits 200% of target last year
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) significantly expanded and strengthened its support and services to the growing number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) nationwide, tripling the number of Negosyo Centers established across the country from 144 in 2015 to 447 in 2016.
In 2016, DTI hit almost 200% of the 150 target with 298 Negosyo Centers built. Majority of the Centers launched last year covered the period July to December 2016 under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, with 197 centers launched.
DTI also surpassed its set targets for the establishment of Negosyo Centers for two consecutive years. In 2015, DTI established 144 Centers, exceeding the 100 target.
People’s partner
Through Negosyo Centers, DTI assisted a total of 491,314 clients nationwide and conducted over 6,000 seminars for MSMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs. Negosyo Centers also created over 41,000 MSMEs. There were 213,092 clients served from July to November 201 alone.
“An entrepreneurial nation is what will give the Philippines a good chance towards economic prosperity. Negosyo Centers are people’s partners towards inclusive growth. This is part of the government’s commitment to encourage entrepreneurship among ordinary Filipinos,” said DTI Sec. Ramon Lopez.
As infrastructures of entrepreneurship, Negosyo Centers provide efficient services to MSMEs across the archipelago, including through provision of business mentoring services, information on market and access to money. These Centers are expected to bring in business opportunities to communities and MSMEs and contribute to countryside development.
MSMEs, backbone of the Philippine economic growth, have become a priority of President Duterte, with the DTI placing the sector’s development at the center of the trade agenda. The sector is composed of 99.6% of locally registered businesses, generating over one million jobs each year.
‘Go Negosyo’ Act
The launching of Negosyo Centers are in line with Republic Act No. 10644 or the Go Negosyo Act which aims to help MSMEs, promote ease of doing business, facilitate access to grants and other forms of financial assistance to MSMEs and provide access to Shared Service Facilities (SSF) and other equipment.
Principally authored by Senator Bam Aquino, RA 10644 also indicates support for MSMEs through national government agencies (NGAs), easier business registration, provision of management guidance, improved working conditions, and facilitation of market access and linkage services for entrepreneurs.
OFW lanes at Negosyo Centers
A special lane has been opened for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) at Negosyo Centers. In essence, these lanes provide OFWs and their families options to either pursue business and stay in the country for good or continue working abroad and entrust business to their families and relatives.
One of the success stories is the former OFW couple whoe In an anecdote shared by Sen. Aquino, an OFW family went to a Negosyo Center in Iloilo City to explore possible government support it could get in rolling out a business.
Completing the initial registration, the OFW family was provided training needed to start a small pastry shop. Taking advantage of an OFW facility offered by a local bank, the family expanded its bakeshop by purchasing more equipment.
With such improvements, the family’s local pastry shop has now become one of the suppliers of cupcakes served in Filipino coffee shops and retail outlets.
Sec. Lopez called on OFWs to invest back in the country as demand for work abroad may not be an all-time high. He said that OFWs may explore idea-based, demand-driven and innovation-led business and investment opportunities at home in the industries of food, franchising, agriculture and services.
“OFWs’ distinguishing characteristic of being hardworking is the same element that will lead them to better quality of life,” he said.
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | DTI Updates, Headlines, Malakanyang Updates, National News
Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to replace the “5-6” money lending system and provide an affordable micro-financing for the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the government’s Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3) program pilots this month in Mindoro, Sarangani and Leyte, among the top 30 poorest provinces, to represent Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, the country’s trade chief said.
“The P3 is designed to bring down the interest rate at which micro-finance is made available to micro enterprises,” said Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez.
The 2017 General Appropriations Act has included an initial funding of P1 billion for financial assistance, a part of the planned P19 billion financing initiative for micro and small businesses in the next five years.
Helping the poorest
The program’s fund will be lent out in the business centers of the poorest provinces (based on poverty incidence), where the participating microfinance institutions (MFIs) and the Small Business Corporation (SB Corp.) can operate.
An attached agency of DTI, SB Corp. shall administer the P3 Program, including the creation of a Program Management Office (PMO), which will open a separate back account for the P3 Program, to oversee the management and monitoring of fund.
“Fund delivery to microenterprises shall be carried out in either by wholesale lending to non-bank financial institutions like MFI-NGOs, and cooperatives which shall on-lend the fund to beneficiaries or by direct lending by SB Corp,” Sec. Lopez said.
Beneficiaries
Priority beneficiaries include microenterprises and entrepreneurs that do not have easy access to credit, or are accessing credit at very high cost, such as, micro-entrepreneurs, market vendors, agri-businessmen and members of cooperatives, industry associations and co-operators.
Loanable amount per end-borrower can range from P5,000.00 for start-ups to P300,000.00, with maximum interest rate of 26% per annum with no collateral requirement. This rate is significantly below the 20% per day/ week/ month charged by “5-6” lenders. It is also lower than what is charged by most MFIs.
MFIs may opt for portfolio guarantee cover of up to 15% of their P3 loan portfolio from SB Corp at a guarantee fee of 0.4%. The guarantee feature is seen to help MFIs address the P3 Program’s inherent risk. The guarantee fund will be sourced from the P3 fund.
P3 allocates PhP 100 million for direct lending by SB Corp. Target loan beneficiaries are the small enterprises in priority and emerging industries, start-up businesses and technology innovators.
Minimum loan amount will be Php 300,000.00 with interest rate capped at 10% p.a., with or without collateral cover.
“This alternative funding dedicated for micro and small enterprises is meant to discourage the 5-6 money lending system in our country,” said Sec. Lopez, adding that through the established MFIs, the government will reach even the smallest of entrepreneurs in the country.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
