by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THE Army has confirmed the shift of the communist warfare after losing precious grounds in Bohol.
According to LtCol Romeo Brawner, and goal of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Bohol is to regain its lost mass base by organizing District White Area Committees (DWAC).
During the recent PPOC meeting held in Carlos P Garcia town, LtCol Brawner said the organizers are semi-legal teams who are out mascarading as “community organizers” but with the intention of raising funds to support the ongoing conflict and regain their lost mass base.
The White Area Committee, Brawner said was a term coined by members of the communist movement who spilled out the information during tactical interrogations.
He added that the WAC is fully capable of reorganizing the lost mass base, so that the army now is into areas where the WAC operates.
We have to tell the people and communities about what these people are after so that we can stop them from destabilizing the peace and order of Bohol, Barwner said. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
FOR two weeks old cough, health authorities insist that the best action is to go to the nearest rural health center or health facility.
During the motorcade, which acted as the launching activity for the Lung Month in August August 11, members of the Provincial Council Against Tuberculosis (PROCAT) displayed banners and streamers declaring such to guide people to the proper administration of potential TB disease.
TB, according to experts can now be treated, so all that is necessary is for the patient to be given the right treatment at the proper time.
PROCAT is an alliance of non-government, government and health volunteers out to mobilize communities against tuberculosis. The council has also advocated with World Vision for the adoption of simple practices to keep TB off prisons.
With the business sector, PROCAT is also into making sure that TB is nowhere in the workplace and Bohol businesses are just as enthusiastic in supporting the treatment program now anchored at the Department of Health facilities. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THREE months into the investigation of the failed ambush committed against Clarin Vice Mayoralty candidate last May 10, police operatives have filed appropriate charges against five accused criminals.
Implicated in the ambush against former Clarin Mayor Hermogenes Diezon and his driver were Felimon Allison, Gildo Infiesto all of Poblacion Clarin, Dario Aparicio of Behind the Clouds Batuan, Junior Reducto of Alegria Carmen and Christopher Ugong of Bayug, Clarin.
Police said as they earlier theorized that the crime was election related, they got it correct.
It may be recalled that Diezon was riding a government vehicle about 3:45 AM last May 10 on his way to Barangay Bungtod.
While the driver was navigating at Sito Labangon, Poblacion Sur, some three gunmen started shooting at the vehicle, which is a maroon Mazda with plate number SGH 134.
Diezon, his driver and another unnamed person escaped unhurt, but the vehicle sustained 7 gunshot holes, according to the police blotter.
The case against the five accused was filed at the provincial fiscals office last August 10, 2010, said PIDMB Chief PWayne Pillado Magbanua. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ONLY 19 towns in Bohol could have complied with the Governor’s directive to hold their respective municipal peace and order councils within the month of July, reports interior and local government provincial director Rustica Mascarinas.
At the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) Meeting held in the island town of President Carlos Garcia (Pitogo), Mascarinas added that of the 47 towns and one city, some nine towns did not even care to meet, while some 20 towns did say they met, but no reports were submitted to the DILG.
It may be recalled that Gov. Edgar Chatto told the PPOC during its previous meeting that town mayors would be directed to reconvene their respective MPOCs as soon as possible.
The governor also instructed the DILG to monitor compliance of his directive, but Mascarinas said Bohol has about 22 newly minted mayors, which may cause problems as they may be unfamiliar with the conduct of MPOCs. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III wants the barangay elections to push through as scheduled this October.
Briefing mediamen in Malacanang, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the President does not see any compelling reason to defer the barangay elections on October 25 this year.
“Regarding the barangay elections, the preference of the President is for the barangay elections to push through in October,” Lacierda said.
To save on funds, Lacierda said the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is proposing the synchronization of the barangay polls with the national elections on May 2013.
The DILG is also proposing the election of only one Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) representative instead of eight in the barangay council.
Senator Miguel Zubiri and House minority leader Rep. Edcel Lagman have filed separate bills seeking the postponement of this year’s barangay and SK polls to October 2012.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is earmarking at least P3.2 billion for the October 25 barangay elections in some 43,000 villages in the country. (PIA-Bohol)
