by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry has implemented a price freeze on basic necessities in Cebu and Bohol after the provincial government of their respective provinces declared a state of calamity due to El Nino phenomenon.
DTI Central Visayas (DTI 7) Regional Director Asteria Caberte explained that with “the declaration of a state of calamity by a local government unit (LGU) in a particular area the prices on basic goods shall automatically be frozen at their prevailing prices.”
Caberte said that “a price control is in effect for the duration of the condition that brought it about but not more than 60 days.”
“As contained in Section 6 of RA 7581 otherwise known as the Price Act, a price freeze is automatically implemented as a preventive measure in order to thwart overpricing of goods such as processed milk, canned goods, noodles, coffee, laundry soap and detergent during times of calamities,” Caberte added.
The Price Act lists the basic necessities assigned to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – canned fish and other canned marine products, processed milk, coffee, instant noodles, laundry soap, detergent and bottled water; assigned to the Department of Agriculture (DA) – rice, corn, cooking oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/ beef and poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vegetables, root crops, sugar, fresh/ dried and other marine products; assigned to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – firewood and charcoal; and the Department of Health (DOH) – drugs classified as essential by DOH.
The Price Act provides that any retailer found selling more than the listed prevailing prices shall be imposed with an administrative fine up to One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) and/or maximum of 10-year imprisonment.
The DTI enjoins consumers to report retailers that sell basic necessities more than the specified prices to the nearest DTI Regional or Provincial Office in their areas: DTI Region 7 (032)255-0036 / 255-0037; DTI-Bohol (038) 501-8828 / 501-8260; DTI-Cebu (032) 255-6971 / 255-3926 (end)
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Opinion
Many still do not know the character and personality of presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
Behind his strong and sometimes intransigent persona seen in public is a compassionate, sincere and principled man.
I have known Mayor Duterte as a public official probably the most than anyone, having served him as chief of staff while he was still an appointed vice mayor in 1986 – a good 30 years ago. Add another year or 2 when he was a prosecutor trying to lock me behind bars of the martial law regime because I joined the anti-Marcos dictatorship mass movement.
I have seen him take the risk and the road less traveled in the course of his dedicated public service.
I can swear to God – the way I took my priestly vows – that he has not taken advantage of his position to enrich his self or any member of his family.
Every single centavo of the money of the people of Davao City were well spent, every resources well allocated, distributed and disbursed and used.
One thing he is intolerant of are the recidivist and incorrigible deviants – felons and criminals.
He hates them.
He most especially hates persons who discriminate, take advantage and assault vulnerable sectors of our society – the lumads, the minority, the disabled, the people with different gender preference and most especially women.
For all his much talked about womanizing ways, he has a very soft heart towards women who are assaulted, raped and killed.
I can count to you how many rape cases he personally attended to and take with extreme unction.
His ‘little town’ reputation, unguarded and unrehearsed manners may offend those who are taught how our national leaders should act, behave and speak. They may find him uncouth, abrasive, and even repulsive. Because that is how the elitists are trying to impose their myopic rules on all our people. Duterte is not in this elitist circle and he is definitely out-of-the-box.
But by God, he is the most sincere, simplest but dedicated leader I have ever worked with.
He inspires people who knows him very well.
For that, I will not exchange him for anyone else in the country.
I urge his believers and supporters to remain steadfast amid the new challenges he and us are facing.
Have faith in the man who already proved that he will place the interest of the people ahead of his. Even putting his own life on the line.
In 3 weeks, we will decide if Mayor Duterte’s selfless dedication deserves to be reciprocated.
I urge you to rally behind, vote for him and protect those precious votes. A vote for him is a vote for tomorrow and the future of your children our next generation.
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, April 18 (PIA)–Pagabuksan og balik sa Department of Education (DepEd) pinaagi sa Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) ang aplikasyon alang sa Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program ning semanaha.
Ang SHS Voucher Program gitagana alang sa mga nakatapos og Grade 10 nga gustong mopadayon sa SHS education sa mga private schools, private universities ug colleges, local o state universities ug colleges nga nagtanyag og SHS ug technical ug vocational institutions nga nagtanyag og SHS sugod School Year 2016-2017.
Maghatag kini sa mga estudyante og subsidiya nga maghatag kanila og katakos sa pagkuha og diskwento sa bayronon sa tuition ug uban pang school fees alang sa SHS.
Sa pagkakaron, labaw sa 50,000 non-ESC private school grade 10 completers ang nahatagan na sa vouchers. Ang tanang nakatapos sa Grade 10 sa mga pampublikong tunghaan ug nakatapos sa Grade 10 sa mga pribadong tunghaan nga Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees awtomatikong kwalipikado isip voucher recipients. Kining mga estudyante dili na kinahanglang mo-apply pa alang sa vouchers.
Ang aplikasyon pagabuksan og balik aron mahatagan pa og kapilian ang ubang nakatapos og Grade 10 sa pag-enroll sa SHS sa private schools, private universities ug colleges, local o state universities ug colleges o technical vocational institutions sa Hunyo 2016.
Tanang aplikasyon estriktong pagahimuon online pinaagi sa pag-access sa PEAC’s Online Voucher Application Portal (OVAP) sa http://ovap.deped.gov.ph.
Ang mga aplikasyon pagadawaton gikan Abril 22 taman Mayo 6, 2016 lamang. Wala nay lugway ang maong deadline. Ang resulta ipahibalo sa Mayo 20, 2016 o mas sayo pa niini.
Kun adunay mga pangutana kalabot sa ESC ug SHS Voucher programs, mahimong ipaabot kini pinaagi sa gastpe@deped.gov.ph o sa DepEd Action Center sa telepono (02) 636-1663 ug (02) 633-1942. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB), together with Philippine Trade and Investment Center-Seoul, Department of Tourism (DOT), and the ASEAN-Korea Center, recently held a business matching activity between local food entities and major companies from South Korea at the SMX Convention Center in conjunction with the Madrid Fusion Manila 2016.
The seven Korean food companies interested in sourcing Philippine food products include FF Corporation, Bar Kor, Jinsung FM, Naesung Enterprise Co. Ltd., Nature Food, ILSHINNAPU, and Korea’s biggest fruit company, CJ Cheiljedang.
Lee Dong Go, Deputy Head of the ASEAN Korea Center and head of the Korean delegation, noted that active collaboration between the Philippines and Korea in activities like this is a reflection of the strong economic ties between the two countries. “I strongly believe that the Philippine food products have a high potential in securing competitive advantage in the global market,” he added.
Featured during the event were different Philippine food and beverage export products from around the country including sauces and condiments of Mama Sita’s, pure sap coco sugar from Cocoro, coffee from Bote Central Inc., calamansi products from nuBlends corporation, peking duck from Maharlika Agro-marine ventures corp, snack food from Universal Robina Corp., baked products from Magic Melt, confectioneries from Monde Nissin, natural sweetener from Suchero, coconut oil from Minola, coco water and coco products from VCO Philippines among others.
Through the assistance of the DTI Regional Offices, about 20 Philippine food companies coming from various regions in the country participated during the said event and a total of 120 Philippine food exporters were able to discuss possible sourcing of products and explore business opportunities through direct supply, distribution, partnership, or joint venture agreements with the Korean delegates.
Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) Director Senen M. Perlada welcomed the South Korean Delegation emphasizing the contribution of the ASEAN-Korea Center in aiding Philippine exporters in accessing the Korean food market. He said, “The DTI-EMB and the AKC are in full support of this activity to leverage on the benefits under the ASEAN trade agreement and promote further trade relationships with South Korea as one of our major trading partners.”
As part of the business matching activity, a seminar on global competitiveness of food products in the Philippines was also held. Topics on sourcing, packaging technology and gourmet food were presented by respective speakers from South Korea.
The business matching activity generated a total of 118 business meetings from 59 exporting companies and total potential sales of USD195M.
South Korea is among the top 7 business partners of the Philippines with a total trade of USD6.8B in 2015, ranked top 6 as an import source valued at USD4.3B for 2015 and top 7 export destination with total exports for the same period at USD2.5B.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
by admin | Apr 17, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 16, (PIA) —In a rare press premiere, members of the Bohol media and lifestyle and entertainment writers gaped at the performance of a dance by a famed international choreographer and performed by local dancers, in the early evening of April 15, 2016, around 5:50 PM.
The dance, entitled Blue Way came as a collaborative effort of Romanian choreographer and internationally acclaimed dance choreographer Gigi Caciuleanu and the mentors of the 2nd Bohol International Dance Workshop, bared Lutgardo Labad, speaking for festival organizers and Kasing Sining, a local arts and cultural workers group.
Caciuleanu, a Romanian icon in contemporary dance joined the Bohol international dance workshop this year created Blue Way as a piece for four of the outstanding graduates of the first Bohol international dance workshop which is among the summer workshops under the Bansay sa Ting-init.
Caciuleanu came to join his former dancers in the international dance arena: multi-dance disciplined French dancer Gillaume Morgan who also prominently figured out in the Paris dance circuits and multi-awarded American dancer Nicola Ayoub who had been dancers for his choreographed pieces.
The 2nd Bohol International Dance workshop which ran from April 14-24, also has French modern jazz teacher and choreographer Karine Leven and Filipino authority for the traditional southern Philippines dance called pangalay.
Earlier, both Ayoub and Morgan, who mentored the first international dance workshop agreed that the goals during the first modules have been achieved.
Now in the 2nd international dance workshop, an ambitious goal of putting up a showcase using most promising dancers in a new dance piece by no less than Caciuleanu: the Blue Way.
The dance, like a story of a life of its own, progressed from a segmented individual flowing performance into an incorporation of a form, which picks on the motion and celebrates the human body
“Like a dance company, a group of human beings is a sum of different units: singularities with different bodies, different characters or temperaments, we are, all of us are equal because we are all different, our differences makes our force,” Caciuleanu explained.
Workshop completers Marvin Ablao, Jerrey Aguilar, Jay Banquil and Yassie Nalo performed the 30 minute showcase announcing the birth of the Bohol Dance Project Company.
The workshop which now has 31 participants comprised of students and young adults runs until April 24 at the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School in Tagbilaran City. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
The Blue Way as presented to the media during an inaugural launch of the Bohol Dance Project Company as an output of the International Dance Workshop in Bohol, showcased Boholano talents presenting a piece choreographed by famous international dance icon Gigi Caciuleanu in cooperation with workshop mentors Nicola Ayoub and Guilliame Morgan. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
