by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 1 (PIA)–Malacañang declared July 6 (Wednesday) as a regular holiday in celebration of Eid’l Ftr, which marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 6 today declaring July 6 as a national non-working holiday in observance of the end of Ramadan fasting.
“The entire Filipino nation should have the full opportunity to join their Muslim brothers and sisters in peace and harmony in the observance and celebration of Eid’l Fitr,” the proclamation read.
“In order to bring the religious and cultural significance of the Eid’l Firt to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Wednesday, 6 July 2016, as a regular holiday throughout the country,” it added.
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by the Muslim world for three days after the end of the month of fasting.
In accordance to Republic Act 9177, only the Office of the President can announce the final date for this religious holiday, upon the recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 5 (PIA)–Sugod sa paglingkod sa katungdanan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, nikabat na sa 579 ka mga nalambigit sa ilegal nga droga ang nitahan sa kapolisan sa unom ka mga lungsod ug syudad sa Tagbilaran.
Sukad gahapon, Hulyo 4, ang lungsod sa Guindulman ang may pinakadaghang natala nga mitahan nga nikabat na sa 281 hangtod gahapon sa may alas 10 sa buntag.
Kini agi og tubag sa nagpadayong pagpatuman sa Oplan Tokhang (Toktok-Hangyo).sa Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO).
Sa lungsod sa Jagna, ang kapolisan nakatala na og 102 nga nalambigit sa droga nga nitahan niadtong Domingo ug Lunes.
Sa lungsod sa Loay, 4 ka mga drug personalities ang nitahan sa buhatan sa mayor sa may alas 3 sa hapon kagahapon.
Samtang sa lungsod sa Maribojoc, nikabat sa 20 ka drug personalities ang nitahan diin 6 kanila ang nitahan niadtong Biyernes samtang 14 kagahapon.
Sa syudad sa Tagbilaran, nikabat na sa 64 ka mga drug personalities ang nitahan, diin 2 niini ang may pending warrant of arrest sa kapolisan kalabot sa comprehensive dangerous drugs act of 2002 ug gibalhog na karon sa presohan sa Kampo Dagohoy.
Sa unang adlaw sa paglingkod ni Presidente Duterte, 94 ka mga nalambigit sa kalihokan sa ilegal nga droga ang nitahan sa ilang kaugalingon ngadto sa kapolisan sa lungsod sa Panglao.
Niadtong adlawa usab, nikabat sa 16 ka drug users sa lungsod sa Alicia ang nisanong sa panawagan sa kapolisan sa pag-surrender.
Una nang nanawagan ang BPPO sa mga tigpayohot ug tiggamitan og ilegal nga droga sa pagtahan na lamang sa ilang kaugalingon o kun dili man gani, mohawa na lamang dinhi sa lalawigan aron dili magmahay sa ulahi. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jul 4, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4, (PIA)—Be honest in responding to the questionaires, pleaded Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Bohol Statistician Jessamyne Anne Alcazaren during the recent Kapihan sa PIA.
This as the PSA embarks sometime between July 11 to August 2, the Labor Force Survey-Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (LFS-APIS) with trained enumerators extracting the data from heads of families or their spouses as respondents.
“No one in the household is more knowledgeable in the family’s spending patterns,” she explained.
The PSA is primarily responsible for the implementation of the provisions of R.A. 10625, especially in planning, developing, prescribing, disseminating and enforcing policies, rules and regulations and coordinate government-wide programs governing the production of official statistics, general-purpose statistics, and civil registration services, the PSA website states.
At that, it is primarily responsible for all national censuses and surveys, sectoral statistics, consolidation of selected administrative recording systems and compilation of national accounts.
The APIS is a nationwide sample survey designed to provide information on the different indicators related to poverty.
“APIS aims to provide inputs to the development of an integrated poverty indicator and monitoring system which would enhance timely, accurate and consistent production of poverty-related data that can be used at the national levels,” the website states.
APIS supplements identification of the poor families through the use of non-income indicators, providing information on the socio-economic profile of families and other information relating to their living conditions.
According to the PSA, the data from the survey are demographic and economic characteristics, health status and education of the family members; awareness and use of family planning methods; housing, water and sanitation condition of the families; availment of credit to finance the family business or enterprise; and income and expenditures of the family.
In survey enumerations like the APIS, PSA knows that many respondents find it inconvenient to respond to the questions thinking it entails income and expenditures.
“It is not for taxation purposes,” assures PSA Bohol, shutting respondent’s fears about taxation.
In fact, the PSA chief assured that their enumerators would treat survey responses with a high degree of confidentiality.
“This treatment also puts enumerators in the risk of imprisonment should they be proven to have shared vital information,” Alcazaren advanced the information.
“These people are bound by law to maintain strict confidentiality,” she said as she presses on the right information to generate useful data. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jul 4, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4 (PIA)—In the serious drive against drugs, is there really a need for Bohol to purchase special equipment to test illegal substances immediately after raids and busts?
The purchase in question is an expensive special drug test implement that can accurately tell even the qualitative content of a drug sample.
The question surfaced over the most immediate need to confirm if the bust haul was indeed drugs and not any other adulterating substance, that the quality is indeed high and that the quantity remains unquestionable in after operation reports.
An incident over a huge drug haul during a raid on a suspected drug personality in Tagbilaran causes so much stir as later laboratory tests results showed the haul was nothing but alum.
This raised eyebrows as accusations of reduced weight and volumes of illegal substances before these evidence get to the crime laboratory have compounded the reasons to test and helped push members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) to determine if, aside from the PNP Crime Laboratory set up, buying special equipment to test drugs is necessary.
Bohol police crime laboratory operatives helping the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in enforcing anti drug operations however said the equipment present now that the PNP Crime Lab in Camp Dagohoy suffices.
The equipment which police authorities propose would be used to determine the purity and degree of adulteration for confiscated methamphithamine hydrochloride otherwise called shabu.
“It can cost millions,” PSupt Nicomedes Olaivar however said.
Wanting to weigh the necessity of the equipment, council members asked how the current tests are done.
Accusations that authorities could have something to do with a possible swap of the confiscated items into something useless, or deducting sizable quantities of drugs from confiscated volume to allow suspects to post bail are rife.
But as to the drugs being adulterated, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Commander Supt Olaivar admitted that due to the street value of drugs, adding alum to shabu is a usual practice.
Meanwhile, PDEA Bohol agent Maria Chona Egam as well as PDEA 7 Deputy Director Wardley Getalla reported that drugs here are sold as low as P300 per small pack.
Adulterating these with alum increases the weight and simultaneously increases the price, heaping profits, PSuperintendent Olaivar shared to the council.
The SWAT head hinted that the equipment may be needed to perform confirmatory tests [on drugs] prior to a major buy-bust.
As such, he said a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) test on the purity percentage of a confiscated shabu can help police authorities determine the quality of the illegal substance confiscated.
The GC/MS testing methodology is used to confirm presumptive drug screen specimens by providing the molecules identification and their varying degrees, says LabCorp.com.
But, Bohol prosecutor Macario Delusa clarified that the degree of purity of a substance is not any obstacle to generate a case worth prosecution in courts.
This also means that even if the volume is adulterated, as long as it tests positive for illegal substances, it already warrants the filing of suits.
Meanwhile, PDEA Bohol agent Egam explained that operatives leading the buy busts or the raids are held responsible for the custody of the evidence gathered and are responsible for bringing these to the crime laboratory immediately.
She added that the crime lab does the initial confirmatory tests through re-agents and issues chemists’ findings sufficient for the filing of appropriate cases.
With this, the PPOC believes the acquisition of a GC/MS is not yet a priority, thus the council sidelined the proposal. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jul 4, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
MANILA, July 4 (PIA)–Buksan karong bulana sa Comission on Elections (Comelec) ang rehistrasyon aron makabotar sa nagsingabot nga barangay ug Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election karong tuig.
Matud pa ni Comelec Commissioner Luie Guia, sa Hulyo 15 hangtud 31 mahimong magparehistro ang mga buot mobotar sa eleksyon sa Oktubre ning tuig.
Kini matud pa ni Guia aron mahimong andam tulo ka buwan sa dili pa ang piniliay sa umaabot nga Oktubre.
Giingong dili na usab i-uswag ang rehistrasyon tungod kay apiki na ang Comelec sa oras.
Gihatagan usab og 15 ka adlaw nga mopasang-at og bisan unsang protesta ang gustong mobabag sa gitakdang registration.
Niadtong 2013 election, gipahigayon ang rehistrasyon gikan Hulyo 22 hangtud 31 diin kapin sa duha ka milyong indibidwal ang naka-parehistro aron mobotar sa Barangay election samtang adunay 3.1 milyiong kabataan ang nagpa-rehistro aron makabotar sa SK election. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jul 4, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, July 4 (PIA)–Gipagawas niadtong Biyernes, Hulyo 1 sa Malakanyang ang labing unang memorandum circular sa administrasyon ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte nga alang sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno nga gitudlo sa niaging administrasyon ni kanhi Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III.
Ubos sa Memo¬randum Circular No. 1, tuyo niining lugwayan hangtud Hulyo 31, 2016 ang pag-alagad sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno ubos sa administrasyong Aquino.
Gihimo ni Duterte kining maong lakang aron maseguro ang hapsay nga transisyon ug turnover sa mga rekord ug dokumento sa mga departamento sa gobyerno.
Apil sa mga rekord ug dokumentong nahisgotan mao ang mga “hard and e-copies” nga giingong kinahanglang ma-turn over sa ilang mga manununod o sa pinakataas nga career official/personnel nga gi-alagaran nilang ahensya sa gobyerno.
Magpabilin sila sa gobyerno hangtud sa katapusan sa Hulyo, gawas lang kun bawion na ang ilang appointment, dawaton ang resignasyon, may nakita nang ihulip kanila o gihatagan sila og reappointment. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
