by anyajulia | Mar 10, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
Boholano actress Richell Angalot, or Rich Asuncion as popularly known, placed 1st runner-up in the recently held Binibing Pilipinas Pageant 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The pageant crowned its top three beauty queens with Pamela Bianca Manalo as Bb. Pilipinas-Universe, Melody Gersbach as Bb. Pilipinas-International and Marie-Ann Umali as Bb. Pilipinas-World. Also Regina Hahn was named as second runner-up.
Rich was also able to grab awards for Miss Talent, Miss Natasha Beauty and Araneta Center Shoppers’ Choice.
Aside from her acting career, she is also busy in her schooling at University of the Philippines in Diliman, taking up Tourism.
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by anyajulia | Mar 9, 2009 | Headlines, National News
In an announcement by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), stated that 1,126 examinees passed the Fire Officer examination (FOE) while 497 passed in the Penology Officer examination (POE), which was conducted in November of last year.
The CSC website, www.csc.gov.ph, said that the figure represent 31.9% and 27.6% of the total number of examinees who took the FOE and POE, respectively, in selected regions. The complete list of successful examinees can be viewed at the CSC website. (CSC/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 9, 2009 | Headlines, National News
“Though Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death in the country, it can be cured,” says the Department of Health, as World Tuberculosis / TB Day (March 24) is drawing near.
Treatment for TB consists of a combination of four anti-TB drugs for six to eight months. The disease should never be treated with a single drug as this will worsen the patient’s condition. An irregular and incomplete treatment may promote drug resistance.
To detect and cure TB patients, the DOH prescribes the Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) which is an internationally recognized strategy endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (IUATLD).
DOTS services are available for free in the rural health units, city health centers, and in selected government and private hospitals, throughout the country.
DOTS can produce cure rates as high as 95% even in the poorest countries. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Mar 9, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SOME BARANGAYS of Corella, Anda, Carmen, Sevilla, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Valencia and Sagbayan would be lucky this year as the Department of Agriculture spares P47M for their farm-to-market roads (FMRs).
Seen as an apparent government attempt motivate farmers to attain more than the 105% rice sufficiency level, the FMR would also be crucial in cutting farmer’s losses especially when they start transporting goods to the markets.
According to reports from the DA Regional Office, through acting director Ricardo D. Oblena, the DA hopes to implement all the P47M this year as they expect this development greatly benefits Bohol rice farmers.
In fact, the government is engaged in two-pronged agriculture sector infrastructure spending: to motivate farmers to raise productivity levels and to spur people to get jobs and capacitate them to earn, sheltering them from the fall-outs of a global economic meltdown.
The amount however is lower than what the government agriculture agency has sowed last year.
Oblena shared to the media about the P65M worth of crucial farm roads implemented all over the three districts of Bohol last year.
Some P22M worth of projects were implemented last year in Bohol’s first district alone, and these farm access routes include the towns of Balilihan, Catigbian, Tubigon, Dauis and Panglao.
In the second district, P15M worth of road rehabilitation and developments were implemented in Ubay and Trinidad.
The third district on the other hand implemented P28.565M in projects covering Anda, Carmen, Dimiao, Loboc, Valencia and Sierra Bullones.
This year, the DA also hopes the projects would be effectively implemented as they hope the mentioned local government units would be able to put up the counterpart funds.
Success in the implementation of the farm to market roads is dependent on the willingness and the capability or local government units to source out counterpart funds for the projects, Oblena said. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Mar 9, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TOPPING over all Central Visayas’ provincial and city cops, Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) reaped an average of 71.6% for seven indicators to claim the accolade as the region’s best.
Police Provincial Director, PSSupt. Edgardo Ingking said their efforts have finally paid off pointing out that his men have relentlessly pursued efforts in the maintaining peace and order and internal security operations with an emphasis on comprehensive community-based anti-crime campaign plan familiarly known as OPLAN “Sumpo Krimen.”
Not wanting to grab the limelight alone, the Bohol chief also credited the coordination, support and collaboration of local government units and the other pillars of the criminal justice system, the AFP and the Boholano community in general, for the feat.
BPPO capped the highest rating after the Police Regional Office-7 and the Philippine National Police conducted the Unit Performance Evaluation in 2008 through an annual inspection.
During the PRO-7 inspection, Bohol’s police performance average topped others in personnel management and human resource development, intelligence, operations, logistics, police community relations, comptrollership and investigation and detective management, sources from Camp Sergio Osmena in Cebu City bared.
After BPPO, Negros Oriental garnered 71.60%, Cebu City; 69.21%, Cebu Province; 68.68%, Mandaue City; 67.81% and Siquijor; 65.70%.
