by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, April 27 (PIA)–Makadaginot na og kapin sa P1.3 bilyon ang gobyerno sa ilang mga gasto sa mga pagbyahe matag tuig.
Kini human milagda sa kasabotan ang Philippine Airlines (PAL) nga mohatag og diskuwento sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa gobyerno alang sa ilang mga official trips sulod sa nasod.
Nakalatid sa general fares agreement tali sa PAL ug sa Procurement Service-PhilGEPS sa Department of Budget Management (DBM nga hatagan og 8 porsiyentong diskwento sa economy class reservations ug 10 porsiyentong diskwento usab sa business class reservations ang mga kawani sa gobyerno.
Gawas niini, may mga perks usab kining kauban nga dugang baggage allowance ug pagka-waive sa P250 processing fee matag ticket apil na ang bayronon alang sa unang rebooking.
Ang tanang ahensiya sa gobyerno gimanduan na karon sa paggamit sa PhilGEPS alang sa ilang mga procurement.
Kinahanglang ilang ipahibalo ang tanan nilang bid opportunities online ug ipamantala ang mananaog ug kontrata apil na ang kantidad.
Sa pagkakaron, 23 pa ka ahensya sa gobyerno ang sakop sa maong kasabotan, matud pa sa DBM.
Tungod sa diskuwento sa reservations sa economy class airfare, makadaginot ang gobyerno og P830.9 miyon matag tuig, samtang ang waiving usab sa processing fee magresulta sa P519.4 milyong madaginot sa pondo. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 21, (PIA)—Civil society groups aligned with sustainable environment make public a document labor of love which could guide individuals, families, businesses and government on fighting back climate change on International Earth Day, April 22.
The document, now to be called the Primer on Climate Change, is a production of an environment group called Bohol Nature Conservation Society (BONACONSO), and works on the premise that men are all intricately interconnected… to animals, plants, air, water, seas, soil, earth, and the ever-expanding universe.
The primer, which would be launched during a celebration concert by alternative artist and environmental advocate Joey Ayala, calls for building a critical mass of people who would be willing to change to make things better.
“We have to redefine the idea of progress as environmental degradation is intimately connected to human degradation,” the primer’s prologue states.
Also on that day, BONACONSO is proud to initiate the events which are aid to be the first time when Earth Day celebration is being spearheaded, not by the usual government, but the private sector comprising civil society organizations (CSO).
Picking up Halad Pasalamat para sa Kalikopan (thanksgiving offering for the environment) as theme, BONACONSO, through president Pat Ruiz said while usual earth day events include shutting down of power plants for hours, Bohol is having its own line-up of events.
First event of the day, April 22, is a 5:30 Tai chi at the Key of C Promenade, which would be participated by environment advocates, health and lifestyle conscious individuals and interested public as well.
Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements.
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing.
Tai chi, also called tai chi chuan, is a noncompetitive, self-paced system of gentle physical exercise and stretching. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion.
We need to get back the feel of the earth’s balance, regain the lost energies and be one with the environment, suggests a 60 plus member of BONACONSO, Flora Loquellano.
At 6:00, to give a statement of support to renewable energies and shunning from fossil fuels, Earth Day organizers bring in races for paddleboats for entertainment.
Sea gypsy paddlers, dragon boats and amateur paddlers take to the sea in a celebration of the water as among the key life elements, Loquellano added.
While the crowd breaks for the day, an environment concert with alternative artist and nationalist Joey Ayala unfolds at the K of C Drive, and BONACONSO has also prepared numbers, Ruiz said.
It would be a night of memories, we will be offering healing and thanksgiving rituals as Joey Ayala performs environmental advocacy numbers, Ruiz said. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 21 (PIA)–Nipasidaan ang Commission on Elections (Comelec) nga hugot gayud nilang ipatuman ang liquor ban kalabot sa nagsingabot nga eleksyon.
Sa gipagawas nga Comelec Resolution 10095, nakalatid nga sugod Mayo 8 hangtud 9, bawal ang bisan kinsa nga mo-inom, magbaligya o modalit og bino sa tibuok nasod.
Ang bisan kinsang molapas sa liquor ban mahimong mabilanggo og unom ka buwan hangtud usa ka tuig, kuhaan na usab kini og katungod nga makabotar sa tibuok niyang kinabuhi ug kun empleyado sa gobyerno, bawalan na kining makagunit og bisang unsang posisyon sa gobyerno.
Ang mga langyaw lamang ang dili sakop sa liquor ban.
Apan mahimo usab nga mo-apply og exemption ang mga establisimyentong adunay certification gikan sa Department of Tourism (DoT) nga tourist-oriented sila o ginabisita sa mga langyaw. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
MANILA, April 21, 2016 (PIA)–Nanawagan og tabang sa publiko ang Philippine National Police (PNP) alang sa pagpatuman sa duha ka adlaw nga liquor ban sa umaabot nga piniliay.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa PNP nga si C/Supt. Wilben Mayor, mahimong kuhaan og hulagway ang mga molapas sa liquor ban nga ipatuman sugod bisperas sa eleksyon sa Mayo 8 hangtud sa mismong adlaw sa piniliay sa Mayo 9.
Giingong mas maayo nga i-post sa social media ang mga makuha nga hulagway ug ipadala sa account sa PNP aron mahimuan sa tukmang aksyon.
Pahinumdom pa sa nasudnong polisya, bawal ang mag-inom sa kalsada o bisan asang pampublikong lugar ug bawal usab mopalit ug magbaligya og bisan unsang bino sa panahon sa liquor ban.
Dili usab mahimong moadto sa lugar sa botaranan ang mga nakainom og bino.
Giseguro sa PNP nga may mga polis nga magpatrolya aron hugot nga ipatuman ang liquor ban sa tibuok nasod. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 21 (PIA)–Tungod sa nasinating pagpadayon sa El Niño phenomenon, mahimong madilatar ang pagpananom og humay sa sunod nga planting season.
Kini matud pa ni National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Mario Sande atol sa Kapihan sa PIA kagahapon didto sa NIA Central Visayas Training Center.
Matud pa ni Sande nga ang panahon sa pagpananom nga kasagarang ipahigayon sa bulan sa Mayo, posibleng masibog ngadto sa Hulyo ning tuig o mas sayo pa, apan mag-agad kini sa tambag sa The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA).
Tungod niining senaryo, gibutyag ni Sande nga sa kinatibuk-ang labaw sa 7,800 ektaryas, mga 5,983 ektaryas lamang ang ma-serbisyohan sa ikombinar nga 4 ka major irrigation systems sa Bohol – Malinao dam sa Pilar; Bayongan dam sa San Miguel; Capayas sa Ubay; ug Talibon irrigation.
Ang sitwasyon misamot sa ubang lugar diin tubod nga tubig lamang ang tinubdan sa ilang gagmay nga irigasyon.
Kahinumdoman nga ang PAG-ASA, nilakip sa Bohol sa 34 ka lalawigan diin padayon nga makasinati og grabeng epekto sa El Niño. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 19, (PIA) –More than the reported need for dredging the allegedly heavily silted Malinao Dam to increase its water holding capacity, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) thinks of something more proactive.
NIA 7 Regional Director Mario Sande, at the recent Kapihan sa PIA revealed that the primary intervention NIA is pursuing is not much of the de-silting the dam, but rather on increasing the dam height by about two meters.
The move would increase the farm irrigation capacity to 470 hectares more.
On the other hand, de-silting the Malinao dam, according to farmers, could disturb the dam floor and reopen a hole that has been accordingly plugged to stop the water from draining out.
The proposals to de-silt the dam came amidst forecasts of a strong El Nino this year.
Malinao, which holds five million cubic meters of water irrigates a total of 3,500 hectares, a few hundred hectares short of its initial target of 4,740 hectares, according to director Sande.
Diminishing water flow from its watersheds and siltation has drastically rendered the dam’s water impounding capacity less efficient, NIA said.
Meanwhile, by increasing the dam height, the current holding capacity of the dam increases by three million cubic meters, or a total of 8 million cubic meters, Director Sande said at the forum which was held at the new NIA conference room in Dao.
The Malinao Dam, notably Bohol’s biggest artificial inland body of water collected from nearby watersheds is just one of the four major irrigations systems Bohol farmers are benefitting.
Through a visual presentation during the Bisita Opisina of the Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) in Bohol, NIA authorities also said by increasing the dam height, the move would mean sacrificing about 50 hectares of farmlands which would be submerged.
NIA through Director Sande added that Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has prepared a feasibility study and detailed engineering work for the proposed plan to increase the dam height.
The plan was for KOICA to fund the dam refurbishment, he continued.
But recent developments in the country’s economy shelved foreign funded projects over local funding, NIA’s director who has extensive assignments in Mindanao irrigation systems bared.
When that happened, KOICA turned over the proposal to NIA, while local experts studied the feasibility and its design.
From the design, a total revamp has been suggested by experts, and a P600 million is now in to start off the new project, Sande shared.
Over this development, NIA 7 which holds its regional office in Bohol, hopes that initial phase of the project could be implemented in the 2nd to third quarter of this year. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
Spilling the heat of government service, Kapihan flowed out of PIA in Bohol to NIA, where Regional Director Mario Sande relayed NIA services and concerns to the Boholano populace. Sande said NIA is pursuing more of the increasing dam heights against de-silting for more practical reasons. Kapihan sa PIA is broadcast over DyTR. (PIA-Bohol)
