by admin | Dec 22, 2016 | Business, DTI Updates, Headlines, Health and Medicine, Local News / Bohol Balita, Price Updates
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 22 (PIA)–Sugdan na sa Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sa sunod tuig ang paghugot sa mga manufacturer nga dili gihapon tigbutang og “expiration” o “expiry date” sa mga de lata ug uban pang produkto.
Kini tungod kay kadaghanan pa gihapon sa mga produktong mapalit ilabi na sa mga supermarket mga “best before o consume before” lamang ang nakabutang nga marka imbes nga expiration date.
Tuig 2014 pa gipagawas ang patakaran nga angay “expiration date” ang ibutang nga marka sa mga processed food ug dili “best before” lang.
Bisan wala dayon gipatuman ang bag-ong patakaran, gihatagan sa FDA ang mga manufacturer og panahon aron mosunod sa maong patakaran.
Gitataw sa FDA nga mahimo pa gihapong magbutang og “best before” apan angay adunay kaubang expiration date ang mga produkto. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 22, 2016 | Headlines, Malakanyang Updates, National News
MANILA, December 22 (PIA)–Gipagawas na sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang mokabat sa P8.25 bilyong kantidad sa mga bag-ong salaping papel nga may lagda ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.
Matud pa ni BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo, nagpagawas sila og 100 boxes nga adunay sulod nga P20, P50, P100, P500 ug P1,000 bills.
Ang matag box may sulod nga 50,000 ka mga bank notes.
Pasabot ni Guinigundo, ang matag denomenasyon adunay lima ka milyon ka bills nga ibutang sa sirkulasyon dili lamang sa National Capital Region (NCR) apan apil na usab sa Luzon, Visayas ug Mindanao.
Matud pa nga ang P200 bills may duha ka milyong bills lamang ang gipagawas tungod kay giingong ubos ang demand niini.
Gipagawas na ang mga bag-ong salaping papel sa mga bangko sa NCR ug mosunod na usab sa mga umaabot nga adlaw sa mga probinsiya.
Gi-klaro usab sa BSP nga walay kabag-ohan sa disenyo sa mga salapi ug security features gawas lamang sa pirma ni Presidente Duterte. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 21 (PIA)–Sa dili pa moabot ang Pasko, mapahimoslan na sa mga persons with disability ang ilang exemption sa value added tax (VAT).
Matud pa ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kalihim Judy Taguiwalo, namantala na sa mga pahayagan ang implementing rules and regulations sa Republic Act 10754 nga maghatag og exemption sa mga PWDs sa VAT.
Ubos sa RA 10754, exempted ang mga PWDs sa 12-porsiyentong VAT sa land transportation, domestic air ug sea travel, mga bayronon sa medical ug dental services apil na ang diagnostic ug laboratory fees, ug professional fees sa mga doktor.
Dakong tabang usab kini sa galastohon sa mga PWDs sa mga gipalit nga tambal.
Magamit usab sa mga adunay kakulian sa panglawas ang VAT exemption sa funeral ug burial services, sa serbisyo ug produkto sa mga hotel, rastaurants, sinehan, concert halls ug uban pa.
Ang maong balaod gawas pa sa 20-porsiyentong diskuwento nga gipahimoslan na karon sa mga adunay kakulian sa panglawas nga nakalatid sa “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability”.
Samtang gipahinomdoman usab sa DSWD ang tanang mga establisimyento nga magbutang og mga karatula nga maghatag og kasayoran niining pribilehiyo sa mga PWDs. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 21, 2016 | DOH Updates, Headlines, Holiday Updates, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 21 (PIA)—Ang mga provincial ug district hospitals ning lalawigan sa Bohol nangandam na alang sa posibleng pagdaghan sa mga kaso sa firecracker-related injuries sa kasaulogan sa Pasko ug pagsugat sa Bag-ongTuig.
Apan gi-awhag ni Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Reymoses Cabagnot ang mga Bol-anon sa paglikay na lamang sa pagpaboto sa panghinaot nga makonhoran, o dili kaha mawagtang na gayud ang aksidente nga may kalabotan sa pagpaboto.
Sa niaging tuig, usa lamang ang reported nga kaso sa firecracker-related injury sa Bohol.
Ganinang tunga’ng gabii, gipaubos ang tanang government hospitals sa Code White alert diin molanat kini gikan Disyembre21 hangtud Enero 5 sunod tuig, base sa deklarasyon ni Department of Health (DOH) Kalihim Paulyn Jean Ubial kagahapon.
Ang maong alert nagpasabot nga tanang government hospitals kinahanglang andam 24 oras ug pitoka adlaw sa semana hangtud sa Enero 5.
Tungod niini, gipahinomdoman ni Dr. Cabagnot ang tanang opisyal sa mga provincial ug district hospitals sa Bohol nga tanang medical personnel anaa lamang gayud sa mga tambalanan aron moatiman sa mga emergencies.
Samtang gitugotan man ang pag-file og leave of absence, gipasabot ni Dr. Cabagnot nga giingnan man ang mga personnel sa pag-adjust sa ilang shifts aron pagseguro nga may maka-atiman sa mga pasyente, ilabina kadtong maaksidente tungod sa paboto.(ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 21, 2016 | DOLE Updates, Edukasyon Updates, Headlines, National News
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and education startup Edukasyon.ph (www.edukasyon.ph) have partnered to increase student awareness online on jobs and improve decision making of students and parents in getting the right education for the careers they aspire to.
“We are excited to be working with Edukasyon.ph in sharing with our thousands of senior high school students the career information they need to get the right skills for the jobs. As early as now, we want our students to know the different job possibilities out there for their chosen career path,” said Secretary Silvestro Bello III, DOLE Secretary.
Under the partnership, DOLE’s Philjobnet and Edukasyon.ph will be linking up their website systems to jointly share school and job information with senior high school students and parents. Students who want to know what are the available jobs out there can find jobs offered by Philjobnet in the different professions at the Discover Careers section of Edukasyon.ph.
“This partnership will help students explore all the opportunities that are tied to their specific choice of course for college or Senior High School track. On the other hand, jobseekers will also be given a chance to know more about how they can be able to expand their opportunities by providing them with information about educational resources that are available for them.” said Edukasyon.ph Founder & CEO, Henry Motte-Munoz.
The Memorandum on Agreement was signed on 21 December 2016 at the DOLE Ople Hall between DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Edukasyon Founder and CEO Henry Motte-Munoz.
Edukasyon.ph (www.edukasyon.ph) is a social enterprise that helps students discover, search and apply for the education that fits their career aspirations. They can explore from a diverse list of careers and choose from more than 6000 senior high schools, 2000 colleges and universities, 4000 tech-voc schools and training centers.
About Edukasyon.ph
Edukasyon.ph was established by French-Filipino Henry Motte-Muñoz in 2014. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School, Henry was inspired to launch an education website in the Philippines because of the poor sources of information on academic opportunities in the country and overseas. He is the only Filipino who made it to the Class of 2015 Asia 21 Young Leaders, a network of young leaders from across the Asia Pacific, representing the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Henry is one of 10 Filipinos included in the Forbes 30 under 30 for 2016. The list features young entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders in Asia across 10 fields.
by admin | Dec 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
A day after key National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) officials met with the governor to reassure Bohol of the government transmission service, tensions calmed down.
Weeks earlier, darkness blanketed Bohol and in the occasion of the blinking series lights season, Bohol had its share of the on-off disappointments.
Consumers started to complain of broken appliances, businesses raised a howl over lost potentials and losing commerce, while politicians who capitalized on vote recall cried the loudest.
It is along this taut situation that the NGCP meeting came at the proper time: before everything could explode into a bleak scenario.
By now, Bohol is using about 80 megawatts of power just to get by. A local source of power, three hydro power plants: Loboc, Ewon in Sevilla and Hanopol in Balilihan plus the Dampas Diesel Power Plant can produce less than 20 megawatts.
Unfortunately, these have been sent to a pool tapped into the Visayas Grid.
In return, Bohol largely gets its supply from the Tongonan Geothermal Plant in Leyte.
A 138 Kilovolt line is now straddling the mountains of Leyte, Southern Leyte and then down to Maasin where a submarine cable brings the power to Tugas Point in Carlos P Garcia where it resumes into overhead transmission across Popoo to Imelda in Ubay where a substation boosts the power for Bohol distribution. From there, two lines string overhead in steel towers: to complete the Bohol circuits to Corella.
The Haiyan experience of the 138 KV line which got compromised when steel towers in Leyte toppled, Bohol saw the sad plight.
Until that single line from Leyte is made redundant, that is practically a situation Bohol is held hostage. Of course, a similar line that crosses Leyte to Bohol is a logical given.
Or an independent island based power supply in Bohol enough to get us the 100MW of power we would need when Panglao Airport would start operating.
The airport plan has long been set, but the plan to put in the power to energize the main tourism service hub, we heard of none.
When then Governor Rene Relampagos (start of the 69KV upgraded to 138KV in Gov Erico Aumentado’s time), they moved heaven and earth to get the tap.
The hydro power in Ewon Sevilla stood and a plan to build the Bien Unido Solar field blossomed as they explored other sources of energy, Then there was a move to eke out power from the Cantakoy Falls. Whatever happened to these, none came out in the news later.
Governor Edgar Chatto, in his term, has put up the Bohol Energy Development Advisory Group after the Yolanda black-out.
To date, three years after, not one of the 10 interested power investors which Capitol has trumpeted after the two Power Congresses have put in their power facilities.
And we hear of the Capitol lambasting NGCP for a clear technical problem.
