by magnolia_eic | Jan 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL would establish at least five mariculture parks within the first quarter of 2011, said the
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) head here.
Another mariculture park would be due in the succeeding quarter, according to BFAR Cresencio
Pahamutang.
The parks would be a venue for new hatcheries of abalone, lapu-lapu, sea bass, snappers, groupers,
pompano and kitong, fish that are in high demand for tourists and locals who have not been so used
to feasting on fresh water fish.
This way, we could help stabilize the supply of fish especially during the colder months when pelagic
Fishes would be migrating to warmer and thus deeper seas, he said as he explained the noted lower
fish catch during the monsoon (habagat) season and the succeeding colder months of the year.
Sharing the seasonal tendency of fisheries, he said that off season would mean lower catch, doubly
complicated by the fact that the season also coincides with the heightened buying capacity of people
with the holiday season’s fat bonuses.
These factors help build up and push the prices up as the demand is high and the supply is miserably
low.
To help stabilize local supplies during the colder months, the government through the Department
of Agriculture-BFAR has pushed for the establishment of the mariculture parks where first class fish
could be bred and harvested as easily.
He revealed that the beginning month would also witness the launching of high-value fingerlings for
lapu-lapu, sea-bass, snappers, grouper and kitong at Sinandigan Island in Ubay town.
Eyed as locations for the mariculture parts are Panggangan Island, in Calape, islets in Ubay, Talibon
and Candijay, separate sources said. This has yet to be confirmed by BFAR however.
Capitol’s Liza Quirog also said that apart from the establishment of mari-culture parks, the
government is also into urging people to start backyard fisheries at fresh water impounding systems,
farms and ponds to increase the production and fill in the gap left by reduced commercial fishers.
(racPIABOhol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
WE have built a digital communication infrastructure that could boost local jobs, but will investors
take the bait?
Taking the cue from the country’s overtaking India as the business process outsourcing (BPO) capital
of the world, Bohol officials eye offering Bohol to investors as a future BPO center in 2011, reveals
Governor Edgar Chatto during his weekly radio program.
Recently completing a fiber optic link that connects Bohol to a major information communications
hub, local efforts have also succeeded in opening up slots to accommodate at least 10,500 seats for
call center and BPO agents, Chatto said.
Recent records tell that Bohol has only a single call center operating in Tagbilaran despite an
infrastructure that could accommodate practically a thousand times more, a graduate from a
computer learning center shared.
With at least five Bohol schools offering ICT and call center operations courses, even the manpower
support has proven to be a formidable force for now, he added.
A year after putting up the infrastructure support for the miracle industry that has netted billions of
revenues for the government, government leaders here are taking a serious look at the prospects of
a bullish BPO here.
The newly organized Bohol Information Communication Technology Council (BICT) supervised by the
Department of trade and Industry and the Provincial Government has been in a series of meetings to
usher in the golden age of ICT in Bohol, the latest of which was this week, Capitol sources said.
Governor Edgar Chatto, at the recent Kita ug ang Gobernador Friday was ecstatic about the present
Bohol capability to accommodate seats for call center and outsourcing industries.
Now with the digital infrastructure and manpower support, Bohol is in a threshold of opening the
gates for investors to bring in job opportunities for communication technology workers here and
nearby provinces.
More on this, the governor said he is inviting the Commission on Information Communication
Technology (CICT) through Commissioner Monchitio Ibrahim to meet with the local council and
leaders to iron out the details of the plan.
The moment ICT starts in Bohol, there would be more to come as the government could build more
and more infrastructure to enhance the industry, Chatto said. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
STRONGER private sector presence in partnership with the public sector can be very good for the
tourism industry in Bohol, take it from a tested businessman member of the Bohol Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
According to Fortunato Lim of the Fortune Enterprises fame, there is still a good room for
development in tourism infrastructure facilities in Bohol to make us globally competitive.
Speaking for the BCCI, Lim said the private sector can do a lot about the things we need to get right
to make Bohol a memorable tourism destination.
Himself having been sent to Phuket for a tourism benchmarking trip, Lim said Thais have a very
competitive tourism development with the help of the private sector.
At the Kapihan sa PIA aired live over DyTR, Lim said that Boholanos can still be very hopeful of the
tourism boom which is still expected to reach greater heights this year.
In fact, he said the BCCI is actively engaged in public and private sector partnerships to press on the
philosophy of cooperation.
He said the Chamber has been actively meeting with local government units and agencies to help
craft development plans to ensure sustainability.
Lim said that the Chamber sits to local planners and an urban master planner for the creation of a
zoning ordinance in Panglao, Bohol’s most profitable growth area in the next few years.
One of the problems of the tourist island is that it has not legislated its zoning ordinance yet that land
owners have a fairly free hand in their development without considering the integral development of
the place.
A good road network in the plan would help spur economic activity, an ace that could make the
island more investor friendly.
With Tagbilaran as a tourist gateway, Lim said suggestions to rid the main thoroughfares of ugly
tangles of sagging power and phone lines have been put up and could possibly be a priority to
enhance the islands tourism value. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
HAGIT alang sa dugang pag-ugmad sa pasilidad alang sa turismo ang usa sa mga sagubangon sa
mga Bol-anon alang sa 2011.
Hinuon, kini nga panginahanglan aron mas masinati pa sa lalawigan ug sa katawhan niini ang
maayong benepisyo sa industriya nga nagsulbong.
Matud sa negosyanteng si Fortunato Lim, tag-iyag tagdumala sa Fortune Agrivet ug representante
sa Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, kung mas mapamaayo nato ang pasilidad sa turismo,
mas bulahan pa ang mga Bol-anon sa bag-ong tuig.
Niini, nangathat si Lim sa mga Bol-anon nga maghiusa alang sa kaayohan sa Bohol ug alang sa mga
pangadoy sa mga Bol-anon sa tuig 2011. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jan 7, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
NAKITA sa mga tinugyanan ang posibilidad sa pagtukod ug mga marine parks nga usa sa mga solbad
sa paghimong “stable” sa tinubdan sa isda dinhi.
Kini maoy butyag ni Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Chief Cresencio Pahamutang,
kinsa nahinabi sa usa ka forum kabahin sa siluran sa mahal nag isda dinhi.
Matud ni Pahamutang nga ang pagmenos sa kuha sa isda dinhi ug dinuyugan sa pagmenos sa
commercial nga mangingisda nakatabang nga maglisud ang pagpabarato sa presyo.
Hinuon, matud niya, sa konsepto sa marine park, tukoron ang 5 ka dagkong lugar diin butangan og
mga hatchery o laboratoryo aron mas dali ang pagpasanay sa semilya sa mga nag-unang matang sa
isda sa merkado.
Dugang niya nga tukoron sa Bohol uban sa Department of Agriculture og sa kagamhanang probinsyal
ang lima ka susamang parks sulod sa unang kwarter sa tuig.
Gibanabana nga kon matukod, dili na lisud ang pagpamalit sa isda kay diha ra kini buhi-on sa
mga fish cages sulod sa marine parks ug dili na unya maapektohan sa swerte o malas sa mga
mangingisdang mopalawod. (racPIABohol)
