by anyajulia | Feb 3, 2009 | Election 2010, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats and the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino
(Kampi) will caution any split in the 2010 elections as it moves to further seal its merging which was “experimented” during the last local elections.
Lakas provincial chairman Gov. Erico Aumentado said the party will be strongest this time in preparing for next year’s elections after Pres. Arroyo and former Pres. Ramos met the both parties to seal their merge.
Gov. Aumentado retains his silence on whom to anoint as the official administration bets for the provincial and congressional slots.
Political observers noted that the governor will be tested on his political expertise in resolving the choices for official candidates under the Lakas-Kampi.
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by anyajulia | Feb 3, 2009 | Entertainment, Features, Headlines, National News
The Southwestern University will award Manny Pacquaio a degree Doctorate in Human Kinetics, “Honoris Causa.” This was officially announced by the University’s administration, on which the conferment will be done on February 18, 2009.
“Honoris causa” is a Latin phrase which means “for the sake of the honor” and it is an academic degree conferred by a university in which the usual requirements such as matriculation, residence, lessons and the passing of examinations are waived. Usually the degree is conferred as a way of honoring a distinguished person’s contributions to a specific field of endeavor or to the society in general. The university often derives benefits by association and alliance with the person being honored.
Human Kinetics is a study on sports, fitness and health. It aims to provide a dynamic environment that supports academic excellence in sports, recreation and physical activity through inspired teaching, creative research and meaningful achievements.
Pacquiao has practiced the general learning in Human Kinetics in his quest for glory in the world boxing arena, beating top fighters such as Oscar de la Hoya, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez.
The theory which was always associated with the usual studying and learning procedures was converted into practical means. And the practical way was transformed into winning forms that makes him the number one boxer of the world.
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by anyajulia | Feb 3, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tourism
YOU think the country’s longest and highest zipline is a push-over? Wait until Danao could put up the dreaded canyon swing!
According to a website by Shootover Canyon Swing in Queensland New Zealand, a canyon swing includes jumping off a platform while fitted to a chair or body harness and attached to jump ropes. The configuration is such that your hands and feet are free from entanglements while you do jump combinations. Gravity does the rest.
Danao Mayor Thomas Louis Gonzaga and Vice Mayor Jose Cepedoza have been closely keeping an eye on the local surveying team so they could judiciously decide which platform can deliver the most exhilarating swing of all, says tourism officer Loinda Corotico Saluan.
Danao, a town 72 kilometers away from Tagbilaran, is struggling to beat its own economic problems by pushing for extreme eco-and educational adventure tourism.
Saluan said the canyon swing would be their next aim as she pointed to a long queue of local and foreign tourists nervously fixing their head gears. The headgear is a standard measure before one is allowed to do the strapping of body harnesses in the town’s newly opened “suislide”.
The suislide, Danao’s best extreme adventure experience as of yet is a 550 meters zipline where tourists slide for their life while suspended up in a canyon of about 250 to 300 meters over the gurgling Wahig River and its rocky beds.
But upping the fear scare factor, Danao wants the scariest: canyon swing complete with free-falls, of course following the standards of safety in extreme sports, Saluan said. (rachiu/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Feb 2, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TUBIGON Mayor Luna Piezas succeeds in his jobs kiosk, in order to generate jobs and dent poverty in northern Bohol.
The move complements the country’s stepping up its search for new job opportunities here and abroad for Filipino workers to mitigate the impact of the global economic meltdown on the country’s workforce.
The Greater Modular Access(GMA) Jobs Center of kiosks were designed for deployment in key areas nationwide where heavy human traffic is, to increase access to job vacancies and relevant jobs information.
It is a welcome development here in this northern part of Bohol. The local government of Tubigon assure their people faster and more the immediate employment for their jobless and out-of-school youth under different emergency livelihood employment programs. (rachiu/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Feb 2, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed members of the GRP Peace Panel tasked to negotiate peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to launch more consultations on the peace process in the coming weeks with various stakeholders in Mindanao.
The President had issued such directive and proposed the reopening of the formal peace talks between the government and the MILF. The local government leaders of Region 12 pledged their support to government’s peace agenda and the immediate resumption of the peace talks with the MILF. (aee-PIA/Bohol)
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