by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, September 26 (PIA)–Pormal nang gi-aprubahan sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) karong adlawa ang implementing rules and regulations alang sa Centenarians Act of 2016 sa pagpanguna ni Kalihim Judy Taguiwalo.
Tungod niini, makadawat na og P100,000.00 Centenerian cash gift gikan sa gobyerno ang bisan kinsang Pilipino sa Pilipinas ug bisan ang mga tua sa ubang nasod nga makaabot sa ika-usa ka gatos ang pangedaron o kapin pa.
Makadawat usab sila og Letter of Felicitation o sulat gikan kang Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.
Ubos usab sa Republic Act 10868, ang mga Pilipino nga moabot sa ilang pangedaron nga ika-usa ka gatos nga tuig karong tuiga hatagan og Plaque of Recognition ug cash incentive gikan sa lokal nga kagamhanan sa gipuy-ang lungsod isip parte sa tinuig nga Elderly Filipino Week.
Kauban sa mga ahensiyang aprubado sa Centenarian Act ang Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Health (DoH) ug Commission on Filipino Overseas.
Matud pa ni Kalihim Taguiwalo, angayan lamang kini aron mahatagan og respeto ug tinuod nga paghatag og bili ang mga Filipino centenerian.
Gawas niini, gipahinumdoman sa DSWD nga hatagan og prayoridad ang mga senior citizen sa ilang mga departamento ug welfare desks. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, September 26 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang Department of Transportation (DOTr) sa publiko batok sa mga mangingilad nga nigamit sa pangalan sa ilang buhatan.
Kini human niabot sa Kalihim nga may pipila ka personalidad nga nagsuroy-suroy gamit ang pangalan sa DOTr aron mangayo og tabang alang sa mga nabiktima sa pagboto sa Roxas Night Market sa syudad sa Davao niadtong Setyembre 2.
Gi-klaro ni DOTr Kalihim Arthur Tugade nga wala bisan kanus-a sila nihimo og ingon adtong matang nga lakang aron lamang itabang sa mga biktima.
Gawas sa Transportation Department, may pipila usab ka nigamit sa pangalan ni Davao City Mayor Inday Sarah Duterte nga susamang modus operandi diin mangayo og tabang alang sa mga biktima sa pagpamomba sa syudad sa Davao. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Island Region (NIR) recently launched five Negosyo Centers to assist Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the region.
The cities of La Carlota and Victorias in Negros Occidental, and the cities of Canlaon, Guihulngan and Tanjay in Negros Oriental now have their own Negosyo Centers.
DTI NIR and Region 7 director Asteria Caberte recently led the launching of the Negosyo Centers last week. “This is a big help to MSMEs, because instead of going all the way to Bacolod or all the way to Dumaguete for their business name registration, this transaction is now available in their Negosyo Centers,” she said.
A Negosyo Center is a place where MSMEs can be assisted in starting a business, as well as to sustain their operations through mentoring and trainings. “Negosyo Centers make it easier for entrepreneurs to build their businesses and make their companies grow. It used to be tedious for entrepreneurs to process their licenses and other requisites to start a business. Now, they just have to go straight to these centers”, Director Caberte explains.
“Counselors stationed at the centers are expected to provide business counseling and advisory services to MSMEs such as pricing of products, trainings in product development, packaging and retail trace management,” she said.
The DTI will also utilize Negosyo Centers as a platform to assist in the development of returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
The department entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) to implement joint projects for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families who intend to pursue entrepreneurial undertakings.
The MOU formalizes the partnership of OWWA and DTI to jointly conduct developmental trainings under OWWA’s Enhanced Entrepreneurial Development Training (EEDT) and other related activities. Through DTI’s assistance, OFWs will have access to training and technical support in starting an enterprise, as well as opportunities to attend special events such as conferences, exhibitions, symposia, caravans, and other promotional activities initiated by DTI and the private sector.
Caberte said DTI’s mentoring program will complement OWWA’s reintegration initiative thus, the latter can now immediately refer to their agency which will then cover OFWs as “mentees” in its provision of assistance like market intervention, technology, productivity, pricing and branding of products, among others.
Caberte revealed that the DTI recently entered into an agreement with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship – Go Negosyo to implement a project entitled “Kapatid, Angat Lahat”, an initiative which encourages medium and large corporations, or the “Big Brother”, to help Micro and Small enterprises (MSEs), or the “Small Brother”, through the use of Inclusive Business (IB) models.
“The Mentor Me Program, Under the Kapatid Angat Lahat aims to help Micro and Small Entrepreneurs scale up their businesses thru the weekly coaching and mentoring by business owners and practitioners on different functional areas of entrepreneurship to be held in Negosyo Centers (NCs) nationwide,” Caberte said.
The Go Negosyo Act or Republic Act No. 10644, authored by Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino., has given DTI the challenge of establishing business centers in strategic areas in the country to provide business registration assistance, advisory services, information and trainings to local entrepreneurs and prospective business persons. “With former Go Negosyo Executive Director Ramon Lopez as Secretary of the DTI, there will be stronger support for all business persons especially the micro and small entrepreneurs.” Caberte discloses.
She added that with the Go Negosyo Act, the DTI, with the support of LGUs (local government units) and other government agencies, expects to further boost its assistance to MSMEs to grow and flourish, and intensify the promotion of entrepreneurship in the country.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MAKATI—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez assured the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry that it can rely on the government as is its partner in carrying out plans, during the general membership assembly meeting of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) on 22 September.
In his keynote speech, Sec. Lopez emphasized the important role that the IT-BPM industry plays in enhancing the country’s competitive advantage as a premiere destination for voice and non-voice services.
“The Philippines has been growing at more than twice the global market growth rate over the past five years,” he said, adding that the total global opportunity for outsourced IT-BPM is expected to grow from $166 billion to $250 billion by 2022.
With the demand expected to double by 2022, the trade chief called on industry players to work with the government in pursuing a new gameplan that will enable the industry to sustain its positive growth trajectory, create more jobs and contribute to inclusive growth.
As the IT-BMP Industry Roadmap 2011-2016 nears conclusion with target revenues of up to $25 billion and an employee base of 1.3 million by year end, the new industry roadmap 2017-2022 is slated to be made public next month.
Sec. Lopez added that the IT-BMP sector’s contribution translates to a high value added of about $19,000 per capita by year end, which is projected to further level-up as the sector aims to acquire higher value projects on software development, healthcare information management, creative services and products and engineering services.
“Our objective in our partnership with you in this next phase is to create an ecosystem that will further foster sustained and more inclusive growth for the IT-BPM sector,” Sec. Lopez said, as he expressed hope that IBPAP will continue promoting the country’s competitive advantages and growth potential in both existing and new areas of outsourcing.
In the same juncture, Sec. Lopez outlined policy reforms and other government initiatives for the IT-BPM industry, including the implementation of the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP), which has benefited more than 230,000 graduates from 2010 to May 2016.
The partnership between the Commission on Higher Education and IBPAP resulted in the creation of the Service Management Program (SMP), a specialization track for business and IT schools that aim at developing manpower suited for the IT-BPM industry.
He said that IT-BPM activities may avail several tax incentive packages provided by the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), adding that the DTI is supporting the modernization of the country’s investment incentives regime.
“In granting incentives, our focus will be on creating decent jobs in the Philippines and as such, bias against foreign investors and against those serving the domestic market will be removed,” Sec. Lopez said.
Founded in 2004, IBPAP is the “enabling association” for the IT-BPM industry in the country, supported by various stakeholders, including the government, Philippine and foreign chambers of commerce, and allied industries such as property, telecommunications, and employee benefits.
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Reden M. Miranda
DTI – OSEC, Public Relations Unit
4/F Industry and Investments Building, 385 Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City 1200, Philippines
Tel. No.: (+632) 895.3994 |895.3995 | Fax No.: (+632) 890.4517 | Mobile No.: (+63) 916.742.7430
E-mail: RedenMiranda@dti.gov.ph
www.dti.gov.ph
Enabling Business, Empowering Consumers
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, September 21 (PIA)–Gilusad sa Philippine National Police (PNP) ang “iSerbis” nga pinakabag-o niining mobile application.
Nahisulod sa iSerbis ang infographics ug mga kalamboan kalabot sa Project Double Barrel.
Gamit ang mobile app, mahimong mo-report og krimen ug mga modus operandi ang publiko, ug makita ang mga emergency hotline.
Ma-aaccess usab sa maong app ang PNP Directory, listahan sa mga opisyal nga contact numbers ug tanang hepe sa polisya.
Matud pa sa direktor sa PNP-Information Technology Management Service nga si Chief Supt. Edwin Jose Nemenzo, tubag kini sa polisya sa pag-aghat ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa mga ahensya sa gobyerno nga mogamit sa bag-ong teknolohiya aron makonhoran ang red tape.
Matud pa nga parte usab kini sa kampanya sa gobyerno batok sa ilegal nga droga.
Nahisulod na usab dinhi ang uban pang mobile application sa PNP, sama sa “Itaga Mo Sa Bato App”, ug hotlines 911 ug 8888. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, September 21 (PIA)–Dul-an 200 ang nitambong sa gipahigayong Power Patrol Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Conservation for Households kagahapon nga gipahigayon sa Metro Centre Hotel, ning syudad.
Gipangunahan sa Department of Energy (DOE) kauban sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA), ang maong kalihokan nahisubay sa kampanya sa pag-promote sa wais ug episyenteng paggamit sa elekrisidad sa panimalay, komersiyal ug sektor sa industriyal.
Gitambongan ang maong Power Patrol Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Conservation for Households sa mga miyembro sa Association of United Development Information Officers in Bohol (AUDIO-Bohol), mga pangulo sa Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) sa lalawigan sa Bohol, mga barangay kapitan sa syudad sa Tagbilaran, mga piniling school supervisors ug mga tinun-an sa Grade 9 ug Grade 10 sa Department of Education (DepEd) Bohol Division ug Tagbilaran City Division.
Si Tagbilaran City Mayor John Geesnell Yap II sa iyang welcome message nitumbok sa kamahinungdanon sa aktibong pagsalmot sa pagpa-usbaw sa kahibalo sa konsumidor ug magbinantayon sa pagpanalipod sa katungod sa mga konsumidor.
Si Marc Venson sa DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Division (EECD) ang nipasabot kalabot sa Magna Carta for Residential Electricity Consumers ug nihatag sa overview sa National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (NEECP) nga nagdetalye sa mga programa ug polisiya sa DOE kalabot sa pag-promote sa energy efficiency.
Samtang si Engr. Eulogio Signe, General Manager sa Bohol Light Company Inc. (BLCI) ang nipasabot kalabot sa “Understanding the Electric Bill” ug “How to Read the Electric Meter”.
Ang maong seminar gitambongan usab nila DOE-Visayas Field Office Director Antonio Labios, DOE OIC-Assistant Director Jesus Anunciacion ug PIA-7 Regional Director Minerva Newman.
Ang maong kalihokan nahisubay sa Executive Order No. 123 s. 1994, “Institutionalizing the Committee on Power Conservation and Demand Management.” (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
