by admin | May 25, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 25 (PIA)–Ang nasodnong kagamhanan nigahin og P6.5 bilyon ngadto sa 74 ka pilot nga lalawigan alang sa implementasyon sa Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan ang Daan Tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran o KALSADA program, matud pa sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Matud pa ni DILG Kalihim Mel Senen Sarmiento, ang KALSADA program nagtinguha sa pagtabang sa mga local government units (LGUs) sa progresibong pagpa-ugmad sa kahimtang sa ilang mga kadalanan pinaagi sa paghatag og technical ug capacity development assistance sa mga lalawigan pinaagi sa mga training, mentoring ug coaching kalabot sa local road management apil na usab ang pagpondo alang sa upgrading, improvement ug rehabilitasyon.
Gigudang usab ni Sarmiento nga tuyo niining programa nga giyahan ang mga LGUs sa saktong pag-atiman sa ilang mga kadalanan aron mas dugay ug mas maayo kining mapahimoslan.
Ang pondo sa 2016 KALSADA program gi-apod sa mga nisalmot nga lalawigan base sa criteria diin gi-konsiderar ang ilang panginahanglan ug performance sa Local Road Management.
Ang performance criteria alang sa tuig 2016 gi-base sa performance sa implementasyon sa Special Local Road Fund (SLRF) Projects ug Performance sa road maintenance sa usa ka lalawigan base sa DILG Provincial Road Inventory of Good to Fair Roads.
Aron mo-kwalipika alang sa KALSADA program, ang usa ka lalawigan kinahanglang recipient sa Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping ubos sa Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG).
Karong 2016, 74 ka lalawigan ang ni-kwalipika nga mosalmot sa maong programa. Sa maong 74 ka lalawigan, 68 niini ang may 186 ka proyekto nga nagkantidad og P5.724 bilyon (88.06% sa total P6.5-B) ang na endorso na ngadto sa Department of Budget and Management (DBM) alang sa pagpagawas sa pondo sa katapusan sa unang kwarter.
Sukad Mayo 4, 2016, nakapagawas na og pondo alang sa 181 ka proyekto samtang ang nahabiling pondo alang sa 5 ka proyekto hapit na ipagawas tungod kay ang petsa sa endorsement niini naabtan man sa election ban. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | May 25, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 25 (PIA)–Gideklarar na sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang pagsulod sa panahon sa ting-ulan sa nasod.
Matud pa ni PAGASA Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section nga si Anthony Lucero, ang sunod-sunod nga nasinating pagbubo sa ulan sa pipila ka parte sa nasod epekto sa climate system.
Tungod niini, makasinati ang nasod og madag-omon nga kalangitan ug katag-katag nga pag-ulan matag hapon.
Gipahinumdoman na usab sa weather bureau nga mag-andam na ang publiko sa daghang pag-ulan ilabi na nga gipaabot ang pagsulod sa La Niña sa ikaduhang kwarter sa 2016.
Matud pa sa PAGASA nga gipaabot nila ang pagsulod sa bagyo sa nasod sa dili pa matapos ang buwan sa Mayo ug usa pa sa buwan sa Hunyo.
Gipaabot nga 7 hangtud 17 ka bagyo ang moabot sa nasod hangtud sa buwan sa Oktubre.
Nunot niini, nipasidaan ang PAGASA sa mas kusog nga mga bagyong moabot sa katapusang kwarter ning tuig. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | May 25, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 24 (PIA)–Crimes in Bohol decreased 16% in April, a staving off of the crimes seen in both index and non index crimes, points out Camp Dagohoy spokesperson Police Superintendent Ricky de Lelis.
Reporting in front of the Provincial Peace and Order Council in a meeting May 23, at the People’s Mansion, de Lelis noted the 112 crimes less in April which had 610 crimes as against the 722 in March this year.
Of the total crime volume however, Camp Dagohoy, showed that 29% of them are actually traffic related incidents.
Homicide for example, Camp Dagohoy said all 6 incidents recorded are traffic related as with 72% of physical injuries as well as unmentioned damage to property due to traffic incidents.
March had considerably more crimes with 459 non index crimes and 263 index crimes as compared to April with 393 non -index and 217 index crimes.
In a comparative chart which Camp Dagohoy prepared to show the disparity in crime tally, de Lelis also showed that of the significant index crimes, only carnapping, which is technically motorcycle napping, saw an increase of 4 cases in April.
The rest show noticeable decreases: theft went down 20 crime cases, robbery at 10 less cases, physical injuries at 11 cases less, murder at 2 less, rape at 6 less and homicide one case lesser.
This would then translate to 46 cases of index crimes recorded in April or some 17% decrease from March, according to de Lelis.
Theft went down from 138 in March to 118 in April, robbery from 42 to 32, physical injuries from 53 to 42, murder from 10 to 8, rape from 13 to 7 and homicide from 1 to zero, de Lelis, who reported for PSSupt Dennis Agustin shared.
And like the previous PPOC police crime reports, Camp Dagohoy statisticians still impress the critical role of non index crimes in police crime solution efficiency.
As to non-index crimes, in March, traffic related incidents reached 189, violation of special laws peaked at 169 and other non index crimes reached 101.
The figures also slackened in April with traffic related incidents reaching 178, violations of special laws at 120 and other non index crimes at 95.
Over all, Bohol still enjoys a 14% decrease in non index crimes or some 61 crime cases less. (rac/PIA7/BOhol)
by admin | May 25, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 24 (PIA)–Anticipating the influx of students and the strain of additional school classrooms with the opening of senior high schools across the country, Bohol Division of the Department of Education (DEPED) assures they are undertaking options to accommodate students in the new school year.
The statement came as Governor Edgar Chatto who heads the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) wants to be appraised of potential situation arising from the usual class opening blues: lack of class rooms.
At the PPOC meeting, Chatto asked the DepEd through superintendent Wilfreda Bongalos the status of classroom construction and potential backlogs, this early, or weeks before the public schools officially open June 13.
On this, Superintendent Bongalos reported that classroom construction in Bohol’s District 2 and District 3 are now at 85%, and expects to have these classrooms ready for occupancy by the school opening or a few days later.
But, she said the Division Office has opened up options for the kids.
By options, Bongalos said they are temporarily opening up libraries and spare rooms to accommodate student classes while the rooms are built.
A different scenario however is happening in District 1.
Dr. Bongalos said a bigger backlog is expected in District 1 because the DepED accordingly missed the Mines and Geo Sciences Bureau (MGB) clearance considering that some school sites in the district hit by the 2013 earthquake need MGB green light.
The 2013 earthquake compromised several school sites that buildings and repairs need to be cleared to make sure that money spent for school buildings are not wasted to improper construction without considering the surface condition and integrity and safety of the sites and buildings.
She cited Baclayon and Panggangan High School sites encountering problems.
Two storey buildings designed for the mentioned sites apparently could not be built as digging the buildings’ foundations would be tough with water 5 meters below the surface noted in these areas, Bongalos said.
On this, DepED said they have already submitted redesigns of the buildings: single storey instead of the double storeys so the construction could start.
Even then, DepED said students getting to senior high school can have a good choice among Bohol’s 29 public senior high schools and 54 private high schools with senior high school course offerings. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
Superintendent Wilfreda Bongalos appraises members of the PPOC on the status of school classroom construction in Bohol. DepED said they have opened up alternatives to meet the usual class opening blues of lack of classrooms. (rac/PIA/Bohol)
by admin | May 24, 2016 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno Aquino III has signed on Monday into law the Republic Act 10844, creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
According to Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma, the DICT will be headed by a secretary who will be assisted by three undersecretaries and four assistant secretaries.
The two of the three Undersecretaries and the two of the four Assistant Secretaries need to be career officers while one of the four Assistant Secretaries shall be a licensed professional electronics engineer.
Coloma also said that law also requires that the Secretary, as well as the Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries, have “… at least seven (7) years of competence and expertise in any of the following: information and communications technology; information technology service management; information security management; cybersecurity, data privacy, e-Commerce, or human capital development in the ICT sector”.
Moreover, the new law effectively abolishes all operating units of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) with functions and responsibilities dealing with communications. These are the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO), National Computer Center (NCC), National Computer Institute (NCI), Telecommunications Office (TELOF), National Telecommunications Training Institute (NTTI).
Meanwhile, the DOTC will be renamed as the Department of Transportation.
Six-month transition is need for its effectivity and for its full implementation of the transfer of functions, assets and personnel. “… the existing personnel shall continue to assume their posts in holdover capacities until new appointments are issued,” the law stated. (PCOO/PIA)
by admin | May 24, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, May 24 (PIA)–Gilagdaan na kagahapon ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ang Republic Act 10844 nga magmugna sa Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
Sigon sa balaod, ang DICT pamunoan sa usa ka Secretary, kauban ang 3 ka Undersecretaries ug 4 ka Assistant Secretaries.
Nahisulod usab sa maong balaod nga ang Secretary, Undersecretaries ug Assistant Secretaries angay adunay pito (7) ka kapasidad ug kaalam kun expertise sa information and communications technology; information technology service management; information security management; cybersecurity; data privacy, ug e-Commerce o human capital development sa ICT sector.
Tungod niining bag-ong balaod, pipila ka ahensiya ang papason na ug ibalhin sa DICT sama sa Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO); National Computer Center (NCC); National Computer Institute (NCI); Telecommunications Office (TELOF); National Telecommunications Training Institute (NTTI); ug tanang operating units sa Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) nga may kalabotan sa komunikasyon.
Tungod sa pagmugna niining bag-ong departamento, ang kasamtangang DOTC, tawagon na lamang og Department of Transportation.
Nakalatid usab sa maong bag-ong balaod ang unom ka buwan nga transition period gikan sa full implementation sa pagbalhin sa mga katungdanan, kabtangan ug personnel.
Kasamtangan ang mga apektadong kawani magpabilin sa nagkadaiyang posisyon hangtud nga may ibutang nang mga opisyal sa DITC. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
