by admin | Jul 24, 2008 | Features
GIBUKSAN na ang kontrobersyal nga Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 alang sa sa Cebu Pacific Airlines (CEB), apan wala pa ibalhin ang panaw paingon sa Bohol didto.
Sumala sa na-andan, adto pa gihapon magsukad sa Manila Domestic Airport ang Manila-Tagbilaran-Manila nag panaw sa CEB.
Kadto rang mga CEB nga panaw paingon sa Caticlan, Naga, Tuguegarao, Laoag ug San Jose ang gibalhin sa Terminal 3 sa NAIA.
Ang CEB maoy una nga kostumer sa NAIA Terminal 3, matud ni Charlie Manuel, kinsa gikahinabi dungan sa pagsaulog sa Bohol Day Julyo 22.
Hinuon, sa dili madugay, ibalhin na usab ang base sa mga ruta nga gialagaran sa eroplanong CEB didto, sumpay niya.
Subay sa taho, matud usab ni Tirso Serrano, ang NAIA 3 assistant general manager, nga ang bag-ong terminal, may 8 ka inbound ug outbound nga byahe matag adlaw sa unang semana nga pag-bukas niini.
Sa sunod semana magsugod na usab ang byahe sa PAL Express ug Air Philippines sa pag-gikan sa bag-ong nabuksang terminal, nga gibanabanang mag-alagad sa 13 milyones sa pasahero matag tuig.
Gibuksan ang terminal human kabayri sa kagamhanan ang P3-B ngadto sa kontraktor nga naghimo niini, ang Philippine International Air Terminals co. (PIATCo), sa 2006. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Jul 23, 2008 | Features, Local News / Bohol Balita
During the Sandugo Showcase ’08 which was held at the Island City Mall, an exhibition was held titled as “Malikhaing Paggamit ng Yamang Likas” which feautured crafts made from sabutan, coconut, coco husk, manila palm, fish scales and banana. They also showed information about loomweaving and crafts created from recycled materials.
This exhibition was a project by Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), Bureau of Domestic Trade (BDT) and 1001 Strategies Product Development Consultancy.
by anyajulia | Jul 23, 2008 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tourism
On the 23rd -27th of July this year, the Sandugo Regional Product and Raw Material Showcase, which was titled “The Visayan Creative Fusion”, was held at the Island City Mall.
There were many organizations that joined the event. Each booth was grouped into sections depending on the products they were exhibiting. The Handcrafted Section was the one with most booths; displaying mostly accessories, bags and shoes made up of different indigenous materials.
There was also the Woven Products Section with booths displaying products woven from their organization’s specialty raw material.
The booths in the Agriculture Section were displaying information and organically grown products like fruits, vegetables, etc.
Also, there was the Tourism Section where booths displayed the products and tourist attractions of the organization’s destination.
And lastly, there was the IT section, that was composed of only two booths: the Bohol Infomation and Communcation Technology (ICT )Council and the auza.net.
Auza.net is a technology firm that is committed to the delivery of information services in the province of Bohol. They provide dedicated Internet access service for call center operations, develop and maintain free information web sites, resell web hosting services, provide IT consulting services and provide training on Linux and other open source software.
by dalareich | Jul 22, 2008 | Features
ONE of the country’s longest running annual provincial trade fairs unroll this week at the Island City Mall, and fair organizers pegged a lofty goal: top the P26M in sales generated last year.
With the present regional economic crunch, surpassing the figure may be ambitious, but exhibitors of the annual Sandugo Product Showcase have high hopes it is attainable, with the fair’s track record.
After all, the annual products fair which has humble roots at the Capitol Plaza now displays in a mall, then a small town fair, now a regional marketing event featuring products from region 6, 7, 8 and Mindanao, has become a regular calendar event for buyers and exporters, admits Visayas trade and industry director Asteria Caberte.
Sales means jobs and that should equate to food in the table, asserts Bohol DTI manager Ma. Elena Arbon, during the press conference before the fair opened.
Evidently proud of the long running product showcase that she helped put up as a provincial director in Bohol then, Caberte said the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been fairly successful in harnessing the creativity of traditional craftsmen to showcase world-class products in the last 20 years that the showcase opens.
Then a true volume market event for baskets and local crafts, the DTI assisted design development has woven into new niche, exhibitors agree.
The shift towards enhancing products design opened for local crafts manufacturers after realizing that competing with China puts the local industry in a compromising situation in the international market.
For Caberte, while competing with China would be futile, diverting into design opens a bright prospect for local manufacturers. So while the DTI forefronts in training craftsmen in products development and maximize their ingenuity, local producers also diversify into a fusion of local designs using a plethora of available raw materials, a trade and investment officer added.
The Sandugo trade fair is a culmination of a series of product development initiatives geared towards improving the quality and design of the export-oriented crafts and ethnic food in the region, states a prepared press material by fair organizers.
Other than the local products, this year’s showcase also focuses on the One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) as development and branding strategy.
Leading Bohol’s 33 exhibitors is the OTOP Inabanga, with its raw material raffia and its by-products while local booths exhibit processed food, fashion accessories and souvenir items, Antequera baskets, mats, decors, toys and household items.
Cebu 23 exhibitors put up products ranging from fashion accessories, handicrafts, guitars and souvenir items.
by jeyzsonic | Jul 18, 2008 | Features, Headlines
REASON prevailed over an amassing frustration at the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) special meeting Thursday, July 17, 2008 when mayors instead voted to regulate rather than impose a total ban on the scrap metal industry.
Admitting a total ban is too harsh for the thriving scrap buying industry, Tubigon Mayor Luna Piezas withdrew an early motion against the junk business and proposed to the LMP to regulate the business instead.
But by regulation, scrap metal buyers may not sigh in relief yet.
The LMP contemplates on adopting stricter policies before scrap buying permits could be granted.
In fact, Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco, who earlier expressed alarm over the indiscriminate use of minors and school children in the industry said he still would find ways to flag down the mobile scrap metal buyers who pass through his town.
Mayors have been alarmed of the rising cases of live service dropwire thievery cases, the stolen items ending up in junk shops or in the hands of scrap metal buyers.
Majority of them also air apprehension over the apparent attempt of buyers employ an army of kids who at times steal but are immune from apprehension due to an existing Juvenile Justice Act.
Provincial lawyer Handel Lagunay, who shed his expertise at the meeting said a total ban may be unconstitutional being restrictive of free trade.
Over this, he went for stricter regulations from the end of mayors who can demand when business operators get permits.
Atty. Lagunay proposed qualifications before permits can be granted, where an agreement on age regulations requirements be imposed, additional clearances before a permit grant, the right to do on the spot inspections at their shops, and buyers keeping a daily establishment logbook which traces which items are sold by whom.
Piezas added that there indeed is money in the business and the LGU might as well use its power to maximize its gains on the matter.
Meanwhile, Inabanga mayor Jose Jono Jumamoy suggested that a technical working group be organized to make a thorough study on such a broad topic. The TWG, he said would draft an ordinance as a template for all local government units to work on and enhance according to their needs. (rachiu/PIA)
by jeyzsonic | Jul 18, 2008 | Features
BOHOLANOS pause from work on Tuesday, July 22 as the entire province celebrates 154th Bohol Day.
The day has been declared a non-working special public holiday for Bohol by virtue of Republic Act 7683, enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives February 23, 1994.
The day is actually 154 years after Bohol was officially separated along with Siquijor from Cebu.
The Spaniards also recognized Bohol as a separate politico-military province, a tradition that was carried on by the American regime until present time.
To commemorate the day, Capitol, through Acting Governor Julius Caesar Herrera bared that the activities lined up for the day include a formal commemorative program with Philippine Vice President Noli de Castro as guest of honor and speaker.
The day starts with a flag raising ceremony at Plaza Rizal, followed by the unveiling of the marker for Capitol’s Water Treatment Facility nearby.
Activity shifts to the Bohol Cultural Center at 8:30 for a holy mass followed by the event’s commemorative program.
Herrera also said that the commemorative program includes the conferment of Datu Sikatuna Awards for outstanding individuals and institutions.
From there, at 1:00 pm, another activity: the Bull Ride Fun unleashes at the Tagbilaran City Government Compound where a Cultural show is also slated at 8:00 in the evening. (rachiu/PIA)
