by admin | Oct 25, 2014 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
The Department of Tourism’s latest ads inviting tourists to the Philippines feature were run on CNN last week. The ad featured Bohol and its 1,776 hills famously called the Chocolate Hills. The ad is also on Youtube and was widely shared by netizens.
Behold Bohol is the latest tag line in promoting Bohol. The province was featured in an ad run on CNN last week.
Stakeholders of the Bohol tourism industry and the government sector are on an all out effort to bring back the number of tourists the province enjoyed prior to the decline of tourists after two major natural disasters last year. The whole country wants to attract at least 10 million by 2016. As of August 2014, the country had 3.2 million foreign tourists.
In the DOT’s Visit Philippines 2015 campaign, there are five focus areas for tourism: business meetings; history and culture; lifestyle and entertainment; music and the arts; sports, adventure, and eco-tourism. Bohol tourism destinations can be categorized into most, if not all, of these areas.
A new Facebook Page called “Behold Bohol” was recently created to help disseminate information about the new travel destinations of the province.
To support the expected increase in volume of tourists, the Tagbilaran City Airport needs to accommodate more flights. Due to safety procedures, there can only be one airplane allowed on the airport at atny given time. Since this was implemented in 2012, the number of flights have been limited. The solution discussed in various forums with the Bohol governor Gov. Edgar M. Chatto is the apron at the airport which can be used as the space where multiple aircrafts can be accommodated to allow more flights into Bohol. Perhaps evening flight facilities should also be suggested to allow even more flights.
Repairs to the Tagbilaran Seaport has been underway several months back and should soon make traveling safer, more convenient and more comfortable. When repairs are completed, the seaport terminal should be able to accommodate more travelers than what it can now in the temporary terminal structure.
The Bohol tourism industry players are eager to serve a much higher volume of tourists in the coming months. With tourism as one of the major sources of jobs and revenue for the province, the government and private sector should extend all effort to exceed past numbers of tourist arrivals.
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Headlines, National News
Agrarian beneficiaries to get P2.32B in support
DOH intensifies drive against Ebola Virus, says Palace
The Department of Health (DOH) is intensifying its drive to combat the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, a Palace official said on Sunday,
Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said this was the directive President Benigno Aquino III gave to DOH.
He added, the DOH is set to undergo specialized training programs with the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Ang naturang pagsasanay ay bahagi ng preparedness plan ng DOH laban sa Ebola virus disease,” said Coloma.
This involves case detection and reporting, outbreak management and response, surveillance at points of entry, case management, interagency coordination, planning, and resource allocation.
He noted that this part of WHO’s comprehensive strategies that integrated the following elements: infection prevention control, contact tracing, case management, surveillance, laboratory capacity, safe burial, public awareness and community engagement, and national legislation and regulation to support country readiness.
Coloma reassures the public that the government is exerting all efforts to build up the country’s defense against the deadle diseases. (PND)
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
NEDA, mi-aprobar sa P81-M pondo
alang sa pagpaayo sa mga tulay sa Bohol
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct. 20 (PIA)–Ang National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) mi-aprobar sa pondo alang sa ‘Restoration of Damaged Bridges in Bohol’, lakip sa 12 ka bag-ong proyektong pang-imprastraktura sa bag-o lang gipahigayon nga NEDA board meeting nga gipangunahan ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III.
Ang gi-aprobahan nga restoration woks nagkantidad og P81 milyon diin ang proponents niini mao ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ug Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
Kinatibuk-ang 14 ka tulay ang proyoridad niini, kadtong nangagubang tulay nga nahisubay sa Bohol Circumferential Road pinaagi sa Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development (MBURD) ug ang Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo ( TPKP) ug Road Upgrading and Preservation Project (RUPP).
Tumong sa maong mga proyekto ang pagpaayo ug pagpatukod sa kinatibuk-ang 14 ka tulay nga nangagusbat tungod sa 7.2 magnitude nga linog nga nitay-og sa lalawigan niadtong Oktubre 15 sa niaging tuig.
Proyoridad niini kadtong mga nahisubay sa Bohol Circumferential Road ubos sa nagpadayong Official Development Assistance (ODA)-assisted roads and bridges projects. Nahisulod niini ang 9 ka proyektong ubos sa DPWH-JICA assisted RUPP, 3 ubos sa DPWH-MBURD ug 2 ubos sa DAR-TPTK.
Gibanabana ang implementasyon sa mga nahisgotang proyekto nga gitakda sa: RUPP – 2011 hangtud 2020; MBURD – hangtud Oktubre 2016; TPTK – hangtud Agosto 2014 nga adunay proposed mode of financing pinaagi sa ODA ug estimated implementation schedule nga upat ka tuig nga magsugod sa 2015. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Headlines, National News
Pinoy health workers, ipaubos og pagbansay sa pag-atiman og Ebola cases
MANILA, Oct. 20 (PIA)–Ipaubos sa specialized training program sa Department of Health (DOH) sa pakigtambayayong sa World Health Organization (WHO) ang mga health workers isip pagpangandam sa pag-atiman sa mga pasyenteng adunay Ebola.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa DoH nga si Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy, ipahigayon ang pagbansay matag semana sugod sa Oktubre 28 isip parte sa gihingosgang kampanya batok sa Ebola.
Ang maong pagbansay maghatag og mas lalom nga kahibalo kalabot sa Ebola, kun unsaon kini pagpasa ug kun unsaon paglikay sa maong sakit. Parte sa pagbansay nga nakabase sa standard sa WHO ang practical exercises, theoretical learning, pre ug post-training examinations, clinical guidelines for treatment, principles of outbreak control and response ug logistics support.
Maggikan ang mga mosalmot sa DOH referral hospitals, pribado ug lokal nga hospitals apil na ang local government units (LGU) ug sila ang mahimong Ebola first responders.
Samtang gipaabot na ang pag-abot sa nasud sa mga infectious control experts gikan sa WHO nga maoy mobansay sa mga health workers. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Headlines, National News
P307-B proyekto, gi-aprobahan ni PNoy
MANILA, Oct. 20 (PIA)–Mokabat sa 13 ka priority projects nga nagkantidad og P307.7 bilyon ang gi-aprobahan ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III sa ika-15 nga board meeting sa National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) ning bag-o lamang.
Apil niining mga proyektoha ang Flood Risk Management Projects sa Cagayan de Oro River nga nagkantidad og P8.55 bilyon; underpass project sa Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati Avenue, Paseo de Roxas sa Makati City nga gipondohan og P1.27 bilyon.
Gi-aprobahan usab ang pondong mokabat sa P81 milyon, ang restoration sa mga tulay sa Bohol Circumferential Road; P4.01 bilyon alang sa Metro Manila Interchange Construction Projects Phase VI ug Laguna Lakeshore Expressway-Dike Project nga adunay pondong P122.81 bilyon.
Ipatuman kining mga proyektoha sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Mikabat usab sa P50.18 bilyon ang gigahin sa gi-aprobahang mga Regional Prison Facilities nga parte sa Private-Public Partnership (PPP) nga ubos sa Department of Justice (DOJ). (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 18, 2014 | Headlines, National News
POEA imposes total deployment ban for Yemen
Amid the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reimposed the total deployment ban in the Arab country.
“The POEA Board resolves to impose a total ban on the processing and deployment of all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWsd) to Yemen, both returning and newly-hired, effective immediately,” said POEA Governor Board Resolution 27-2014 dated October 13.
The POEA said Alert Level 3 requires the imposition of a total deployment ban for OFWs.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) had raised last Oct. 2 the alert level in Yemen from “2” to “3,” citing the unstable security situation there.
Labor and Employment secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged the remaining OFWs in Yemen to contact the Philippine embassy there to avail of the government’s repatriation program to avoid being caught in ongoing clashes between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebel forces.
Baldoz said they are prepared to provide assistance to displaced workers, who will return to the country, through its reintegration services.
According to data from POEA, around 600 rehires were deployed in Yemen after the government temporarily relaxed the deployment restriction in the Middle East country for 2013. (POEA)
