by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 20, (PIA) –It took no less than National Food Authority (NFA) administrator to start convincing Boholanos to go back to the basics and rethink of consuming the healthier option in rice.
Speaking while promoting and launching the brown rice, NFA Administrator Atty. Rinan Dalisay pressed that what is believed to be inferior, low class and shunned unpolished rice is in fact packed with more fiber, proteins, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins.
Brown rice, owing to its seemingly inferior texture is popularly known as food for the poor, but Philippine Rice Research Institute’s (PhilRice) advocacy campaign director Hazel Antonio said it is food for the rich.
While Antonio calls the unpolished rice and not the pigmented rice the brown rice, she also said PhilRice believes brown rice, which is now a top choice among the rich, is not just for the rich.
Antonio is PhilRice’s advocacy campaign director.
For all the costs, the option for the healthier brown rice is not as trendy here that the NFA has to start rolling its campaign here.
In Bohol, while brown rice varieties are common, most millers process the brown riceinto gleaming while, knowing that while is the more popular option.
For Bohol’s Rice Processing Complex manager Alvin Mante, all rice variety can be made into brown rice.
By more and more polishing, the brown rice comes out gleaming pearly white, but the polishing shaves of the important minerals, anti-oxidants and proteins, Mante said.
Brown rice, or the whole grain from the rice is better because only the hull is removed that the intact bran gives it its distinctive brown color, nutty taste and chewy texture, better than the well-milled rice, according to a flyer distributed during the endorsement ceremonies at the Island City Mall Activity Center, April 20.
Other than the nutritive value of the brown rice, Administrator Dalisay also said the recovery rate of the brown rice is very high.
It means, processing brown rice takes lesser loses which can mean savings.
Dalisay, who speaks Cebuano, guided Boholanos to rethink about their health and pointed out that pre Hispanic natives eat rootcrops, gains and brown rice.
It was only after the Spaniards imposed the white rice as the good rice, that we start consuming the white well milled rice, he elucidated.
And while brown rice sells like P60-P80 a kilo, in Bohol, authorities in coordination with the stakeholders are offering the healthier option for a very low P37 a kilo retail price, Mante informed.
As this went on, loca NFA manager Ma. Fe Evasco urged farmers to start planting.
“We urge the provincial agriculture and the PLGU to urge farmers to plant and increase brown rice production,” Evasco belted out. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
NFA administrator Atty Renan Dalisay pitches for the brown rice as the healthier and the alternative farm product that even as much of the world’s food insuffiency can be solved if people just think. (foto by Ric Obedencio/PIABOhol
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry has implemented a price freeze on basic necessities in Cebu and Bohol after the provincial government of their respective provinces declared a state of calamity due to El Nino phenomenon.
DTI Central Visayas (DTI 7) Regional Director Asteria Caberte explained that with “the declaration of a state of calamity by a local government unit (LGU) in a particular area the prices on basic goods shall automatically be frozen at their prevailing prices.”
Caberte said that “a price control is in effect for the duration of the condition that brought it about but not more than 60 days.”
“As contained in Section 6 of RA 7581 otherwise known as the Price Act, a price freeze is automatically implemented as a preventive measure in order to thwart overpricing of goods such as processed milk, canned goods, noodles, coffee, laundry soap and detergent during times of calamities,” Caberte added.
The Price Act lists the basic necessities assigned to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – canned fish and other canned marine products, processed milk, coffee, instant noodles, laundry soap, detergent and bottled water; assigned to the Department of Agriculture (DA) – rice, corn, cooking oil, fresh eggs, fresh pork/ beef and poultry meat, fresh milk, fresh vegetables, root crops, sugar, fresh/ dried and other marine products; assigned to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – firewood and charcoal; and the Department of Health (DOH) – drugs classified as essential by DOH.
The Price Act provides that any retailer found selling more than the listed prevailing prices shall be imposed with an administrative fine up to One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) and/or maximum of 10-year imprisonment.
The DTI enjoins consumers to report retailers that sell basic necessities more than the specified prices to the nearest DTI Regional or Provincial Office in their areas: DTI Region 7 (032)255-0036 / 255-0037; DTI-Bohol (038) 501-8828 / 501-8260; DTI-Cebu (032) 255-6971 / 255-3926 (end)
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, April 18 (PIA)–Pagabuksan og balik sa Department of Education (DepEd) pinaagi sa Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) ang aplikasyon alang sa Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program ning semanaha.
Ang SHS Voucher Program gitagana alang sa mga nakatapos og Grade 10 nga gustong mopadayon sa SHS education sa mga private schools, private universities ug colleges, local o state universities ug colleges nga nagtanyag og SHS ug technical ug vocational institutions nga nagtanyag og SHS sugod School Year 2016-2017.
Maghatag kini sa mga estudyante og subsidiya nga maghatag kanila og katakos sa pagkuha og diskwento sa bayronon sa tuition ug uban pang school fees alang sa SHS.
Sa pagkakaron, labaw sa 50,000 non-ESC private school grade 10 completers ang nahatagan na sa vouchers. Ang tanang nakatapos sa Grade 10 sa mga pampublikong tunghaan ug nakatapos sa Grade 10 sa mga pribadong tunghaan nga Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees awtomatikong kwalipikado isip voucher recipients. Kining mga estudyante dili na kinahanglang mo-apply pa alang sa vouchers.
Ang aplikasyon pagabuksan og balik aron mahatagan pa og kapilian ang ubang nakatapos og Grade 10 sa pag-enroll sa SHS sa private schools, private universities ug colleges, local o state universities ug colleges o technical vocational institutions sa Hunyo 2016.
Tanang aplikasyon estriktong pagahimuon online pinaagi sa pag-access sa PEAC’s Online Voucher Application Portal (OVAP) sa http://ovap.deped.gov.ph.
Ang mga aplikasyon pagadawaton gikan Abril 22 taman Mayo 6, 2016 lamang. Wala nay lugway ang maong deadline. Ang resulta ipahibalo sa Mayo 20, 2016 o mas sayo pa niini.
Kun adunay mga pangutana kalabot sa ESC ug SHS Voucher programs, mahimong ipaabot kini pinaagi sa gastpe@deped.gov.ph o sa DepEd Action Center sa telepono (02) 636-1663 ug (02) 633-1942. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Headlines, National News
The Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB), together with Philippine Trade and Investment Center-Seoul, Department of Tourism (DOT), and the ASEAN-Korea Center, recently held a business matching activity between local food entities and major companies from South Korea at the SMX Convention Center in conjunction with the Madrid Fusion Manila 2016.
The seven Korean food companies interested in sourcing Philippine food products include FF Corporation, Bar Kor, Jinsung FM, Naesung Enterprise Co. Ltd., Nature Food, ILSHINNAPU, and Korea’s biggest fruit company, CJ Cheiljedang.
Lee Dong Go, Deputy Head of the ASEAN Korea Center and head of the Korean delegation, noted that active collaboration between the Philippines and Korea in activities like this is a reflection of the strong economic ties between the two countries. “I strongly believe that the Philippine food products have a high potential in securing competitive advantage in the global market,” he added.
Featured during the event were different Philippine food and beverage export products from around the country including sauces and condiments of Mama Sita’s, pure sap coco sugar from Cocoro, coffee from Bote Central Inc., calamansi products from nuBlends corporation, peking duck from Maharlika Agro-marine ventures corp, snack food from Universal Robina Corp., baked products from Magic Melt, confectioneries from Monde Nissin, natural sweetener from Suchero, coconut oil from Minola, coco water and coco products from VCO Philippines among others.
Through the assistance of the DTI Regional Offices, about 20 Philippine food companies coming from various regions in the country participated during the said event and a total of 120 Philippine food exporters were able to discuss possible sourcing of products and explore business opportunities through direct supply, distribution, partnership, or joint venture agreements with the Korean delegates.
Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) Director Senen M. Perlada welcomed the South Korean Delegation emphasizing the contribution of the ASEAN-Korea Center in aiding Philippine exporters in accessing the Korean food market. He said, “The DTI-EMB and the AKC are in full support of this activity to leverage on the benefits under the ASEAN trade agreement and promote further trade relationships with South Korea as one of our major trading partners.”
As part of the business matching activity, a seminar on global competitiveness of food products in the Philippines was also held. Topics on sourcing, packaging technology and gourmet food were presented by respective speakers from South Korea.
The business matching activity generated a total of 118 business meetings from 59 exporting companies and total potential sales of USD195M.
South Korea is among the top 7 business partners of the Philippines with a total trade of USD6.8B in 2015, ranked top 6 as an import source valued at USD4.3B for 2015 and top 7 export destination with total exports for the same period at USD2.5B.
For more information on the services of the DTI, log-on to http://www.dti.gov.ph
by admin | Apr 17, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 16, (PIA) —In a rare press premiere, members of the Bohol media and lifestyle and entertainment writers gaped at the performance of a dance by a famed international choreographer and performed by local dancers, in the early evening of April 15, 2016, around 5:50 PM.
The dance, entitled Blue Way came as a collaborative effort of Romanian choreographer and internationally acclaimed dance choreographer Gigi Caciuleanu and the mentors of the 2nd Bohol International Dance Workshop, bared Lutgardo Labad, speaking for festival organizers and Kasing Sining, a local arts and cultural workers group.
Caciuleanu, a Romanian icon in contemporary dance joined the Bohol international dance workshop this year created Blue Way as a piece for four of the outstanding graduates of the first Bohol international dance workshop which is among the summer workshops under the Bansay sa Ting-init.
Caciuleanu came to join his former dancers in the international dance arena: multi-dance disciplined French dancer Gillaume Morgan who also prominently figured out in the Paris dance circuits and multi-awarded American dancer Nicola Ayoub who had been dancers for his choreographed pieces.
The 2nd Bohol International Dance workshop which ran from April 14-24, also has French modern jazz teacher and choreographer Karine Leven and Filipino authority for the traditional southern Philippines dance called pangalay.
Earlier, both Ayoub and Morgan, who mentored the first international dance workshop agreed that the goals during the first modules have been achieved.
Now in the 2nd international dance workshop, an ambitious goal of putting up a showcase using most promising dancers in a new dance piece by no less than Caciuleanu: the Blue Way.
The dance, like a story of a life of its own, progressed from a segmented individual flowing performance into an incorporation of a form, which picks on the motion and celebrates the human body
“Like a dance company, a group of human beings is a sum of different units: singularities with different bodies, different characters or temperaments, we are, all of us are equal because we are all different, our differences makes our force,” Caciuleanu explained.
Workshop completers Marvin Ablao, Jerrey Aguilar, Jay Banquil and Yassie Nalo performed the 30 minute showcase announcing the birth of the Bohol Dance Project Company.
The workshop which now has 31 participants comprised of students and young adults runs until April 24 at the Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School in Tagbilaran City. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
The Blue Way as presented to the media during an inaugural launch of the Bohol Dance Project Company as an output of the International Dance Workshop in Bohol, showcased Boholano talents presenting a piece choreographed by famous international dance icon Gigi Caciuleanu in cooperation with workshop mentors Nicola Ayoub and Guilliame Morgan. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Apr 16, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
The local tech community in Tagbilaran City and Bohol held the Startup Weekend Bohol 2 (SWB2) event at the Bohol Island State University on April 15 to 17, 2016. The winning teams of the competition will be announced on April 17.
Startup weekend is a 54-hour event that promotes the spirit of entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation in its affected community. SWB2 is sponsored by PLDT SME Nation, Auza.net, ANDAKIDZ, Virtual Innovations, Gwion, Savenearn, Alturas Group of Companies, LiveLingua, Spanish 2 Go, PrintBit, Nelson Buena, Tarsier Times, Dumaluan Beach Resort, Geeks On A Beach, Google, .co and Eventbrite. It is co-presented by Bohol ICT Council, Bohol Investment Promotions Center, TechTalks.ph Bohol, and FabLab Bohol.
Fellowship dinner with the judges, mentors, organizers and sponsors.
Voting for the best ideas
Pitching an idea in one minute.
Startup Weekend Bohol 2 Facilitators Angel Abella (L) and Goldy Yancha (R)
During the opening program on Friday, April 15, the participants came up with about 15 ideas and eight were selected for the competition: E-tricycle, Click Prio, Auto Feeder, Traveling Pants, Book Trade, Bohol Easy Realty, Nice Cat and Quick Cart. Teams were form for each selected idea with 3 to 5 members each. Each team is composed of both tech and non-tech participants.
On Saturday April 16, the teams worked on their ideas to come up with a minimum viable product to be pitched to the judges the next day. The teams were advised by the following mentors: Robin Gurney of ANDAKIDZ, Thomas Ridenour, a React Native Mobile Developer, Dan Pantinople, a Creative Lead of Symph, Paolo Rigotti of Gelateria Milano and Sharon Sesaldo of TechTalks.PH.
The judges for the competition are as follows: Albert Padin, Chief Technical Officer of Symph, Pip Cimafranca, a Senior Ops Manger, and Aimee Lim of Gerarda’s.
The event lead organizer is Ashley Uy of Symph and Jay Paul Aying of Bagol Labs, and were assisted by Jane Alcantara of Auza.Net, Ben Skelton, Charles Barette of Fab Lab, Ms. Lai Biliran of The Bohol ICT Council and Zion Campo of Tarsier Times.
The facilitators of SWB2 are Goldy Yancha of Ideaspace and Angel Abella of TechTalks.PH.
The sponsors, organizers, judges and mentors had a fellowship dinner at Gerarda’s after the mentoring activity on Saturday.
