by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SO how much does it take for Cabilao island to scour every source to get the development it dreams?
For starters, a P17 million power interconnection project that would supply the juice to power the island’s
dream of fully immersing into its underwater treasures investments is on, hinted Loon Mayor Lloyd Peter Lopez
in a media encounter recently.
The island, which boasts of a ring of one of the world’s best dive sites, is the second in a series of islands from
mainland Bohol. While the first island; Sandingan is connected to the mainland by Tahang causeway, Cabilao
is separated from Sandingan island by a short and deep channel with characteristic strong currents that make
it difficult to build a land bridge.
This fact also makes it hard for the island’s five villages to get sustainable power supply from the mainland.
Host to diveshops that cater to international and local divers, Cabilao’s main power requirement is supplied
by a generator set that operates from 6:00 PM to midnight and serves an estimated 6,000 inhabitants in five
barangays, said Lopez to the media.
With around 12 world-class dive sites ringing the island and frequented by snorkelers and dive enthusiasts,
the power is barely enough to jumpstart the tourism activity that locals would want to embark, said a dive
operator in a chance talk.
On the problem, Lopez said that they already had an informally generated commitment for the local electric
cooperative to put in half of the P17M funding requirement to tap the island to the mainland.
The island also has the country’s first solar powered internet-station at the Cabilao High School but the source
is by far only confined to the internet facility.
Media also found out some dive facilities with solar panels but most of them are for water heaters and lighting
inhouse facilities.
Over the apparent need for more sustainable power, the mayor revealed that the plan is to put up a
submarine cable that would cross the span of Mocpoc in Sandingan to Talisay, in the eastern side of the
island.
“It’s not official yet although we hope it would materialize so we could source out the remaining fund from our
sources,” the mayor who is also a doctor added.
He also said they could put up some local counterpart funding and then source out some from Capitol and the
congressional appropriations.
Lopez, who is a close cousin of Representative Rene Relampagos is also optimistic that the plan could be done
and already hopes the premiums can be better lives for Cabilaonons and Loonanons. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SO what happened when some chiefs of police still stand on their town posts despite successful
operations by other units in their areas of responsibility?
According to the Philippine National Police doctrine of one-strike policy, to weed out non-performing
chiefs of police, any officer whose area of responsibility still nets illegal activities as evidenced by a
raid by a higher unit, he should be booted out as top cop.
“That however, is not always the case,” explains Pssupt. Constantino Barot at the recent Talakayan
sa Isyung Pulis (TSIP) hosted by Loon in Cabilao island.
While admitting that there have been chiefs of police sacked for their inability to produce results on
mandated campaigns against illegal drugs, gambling and other illegal activities, the Bohol police chief
said there are police officers who provide the information that resulted in the successful raid in their
areas.
At the TSIP, the Negrense police officer also implied that there are cases when local police can not
mobilize for the reason that criminals are familiar with the men they easily slip out when they smell
the presence of local cops.
We can not say they were remiss in their jobs because they provided all the information and
coordinated with the higher unit to produce positive results.
In Bohol, police Director Barot named several of these police chiefs who have retained their posts
and were not booted even with the raids conducted by the Camp Dagohoy-based Provincial Public
Safety Company comprised mostly of specially trained special weapons and tactic team.
Bohol police find themselves challenged by Governor Edgar Chatto to dent on two separate orders:
perform anti-illegal gambling and anti-drug operations over and above their usual anti-criminality and
other law enforcement tasks.
The top cop also said the problem of going against drug and illegal gambling is that these are “highly
organized groups who have set up their own intelligence networks.”
by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III bared plans to come up with a project concerning the
creation of a comprehensive three dimensional (3D) map of the whole country that will
help concerned government agencies in their efforts to avert possible damage to lives and
properties in times of calamities.
In his keynote speech during the inauguration of the Improved Agno River Basin Flood
Forecasting and Warning System (FFWS) and Agno River Flood Forecasting and Warning
Center (FFWC) in Pangasinan, Aquino said that studies are underway for the proposed
creation of the one-billion peso 3D mapping system of the Philippines that will give a broader
geographical view for various government agencies on the different parts of the country that
will eventually assist them in flood forecasting and damage assessment for a more effective
approach in times of calamities.
The Chief Executive noted that the Philippines is a geo-hazard area with 66 provinces on
threat especially in times of calamities, which justifies the said allocation to ensure averting
possible devastating effects of various types of calamities.
President Aquino stressed that the project aims to protect and save lives of the people
including their properties and livelihood.
The President commended the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its
leadership and untiring efforts in developing programs for the benefit of the country and the
people. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACAÑANG on Thursday expressed hope it can seal a peace agreement with the
Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-
NPA-NDF) during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, stressing its importance
in the country’s journey towards lasting peace and genuine development.
During the regular press briefing on Thursday at Malacanang, Presidential Spokesman
Edwin Lacierda bared this statement since the government and the CPP-NPA-NDF formally
resumed its peace talks early this year.
Undersecretary Alexander A. Padilla, chair of the Government Panel for Peace Talks with
the CPP-NPA-NDF and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Ging Delles told
the Palace that the recent development in the on-going peace talks manifested a positive
progress to head for the sealing of agreement.
“Based on updates of Sec. Ging Delles and Usec Padilla on the progress of the peace talks it
seems that there is a sign that the peace talks signing will push through,” Lacierda said.
Lacierda said the Palace is leaving the matter to Usec. Padilla who continues getting the
pulse and sentiment of the other party. “Based on what Usec Padilla had stated, I think it’s
based on his experience in talking with the other party, we will leave it at that,” he said.
“Peace negotiation is only one element in our nation’s journey towards lasting peace and
genuine development. While we will try our best to reach agreement on the substantive
issues, in the end, any agreement will remain a mere piece of paper unless the roots of
the conflict are resolved and a just and equitable peace is achieved and enjoyed by all.
Fortunately, we represent a government that is well on its way on that path,” Usec Padilla
said in an earlier statement. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GAWAS sa pagkaon sa mga seaweeds nga puno sa iodine, gitambagan sa usa ka
toxicologist ang mga Pinoy sa pag-inom og mga oral detoxifying agents, mokaon og mga
prutas ug utanon ug mga anti-radiation herbs aron pagbatok kun moabot sa nasud ang
radiation nga naggikan sa Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sa Japan.
Matud pa ni Dr. Romeo Quijano, professor sa Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
sa University of the Philippines, Manila, mahinungdanon ang himsog ang panglawas nga
makuha pinaagi sa healthy lifestyles.
Isip precautionary ug migation measures, niingon si Quijano nga mahinungdanon ang
pagkaon sa mga dili kontaminadong seaweeds, prutas ug utanon nga mga anti-oxidants.
Nagpahigayon niadtong Miyerkoles ang Senate Committee on Health and Demography
kalabot sa posibleng mahimong epekto sa mga Pilipino sa radiation exposure gikan sa planta
sa Japan.
Giingong apil sa mga prutas ug utanon nga puno sa antioxidants ang berries, bayabas,
guyabano, bignay, soy bean, saluyot, alugbati, beets, spiriluna ug uban pa.
Gikonsidera usab nga anti-radiation herbs ang Turmeric o luy-ang duwaw, roselle, Angelica
sinensis (Dang Gui), Tinospora (makabuhay), ginseng, green tea, Ganoderma, ug Bupleurum
chinense.
Gitambagan usab ni Quijano ang mga Pilipino nga magpabilin sulod sa ilang mga panimalay
kun adunay radioactive fallouts ug likayan ang pag-inom og tubig-uwan o rainwater ug ang
paggamit niini sulod sa panimalay. (ecbPIABohol)
