by magnolia_eic | May 22, 2011 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, May 18, (PIA) — CALL it a rare stroke of luck, but Central Visayas gets 20 of the 43 new patrol boats the country has acquired to enhance community capabilities to be vigilant of their coastal and marine resources.
The turn over also coincided with the celebration of the Ocean Month.
The new 20 units of fiber-glass patrol boats were secured under the Food for Peace Act of the United States Government are to patrol the country’s fisheries’ rich waters of the Central Visayas.
According to government sources, Cebu and Bohol each get seven of the P1.7 million 24-footer fiberglass patrol boats complete with accessories, radio equipment and a Global Positioning System (GPS).
Meanwhile, Negros Oriental gets five and Siquijor gets one.
“We would like to tell here that unlike other provinces, there were no significant political interventions involved in Bohol’s getting these patrol boats, said Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional Director Andres Bojos.
Bojos, who personally came all the way from Cebu clarified that the patrol boats are part of the Public Law 480 Project, which secured the boats in partnership with US Department of Agriculture and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.
The BFAR director said the patrol boats would be brought to coastal communities to help them enhance and improve their coastal law enforcement capability and boost the coastal resources protection.
At the ceremonial turn over of the helms at the Tagbilaran City port, present were Anda Mayor Angelina Simacio, Mabini Mayor Esther Tabigue, Inabanga Mayor Jose Jono Jumamoy, Clarin Mayor Rey Allen Piezas, Tubigon Mayor William Jao, Calape Mayor Sulpicio Yu Jr and a representative of Loon Mayor Lloyd Peter Lopez.
Fisherfolks and other local government officials also witnessed the turn-over ceremonies at a vacant space provided by the Philippine Ports Authority in Tagbilaran.
BFAR Bohol Fishery officer Cresencio Pahamutang explained that the seven town beneficiaries went through stringent screening and evaluation years back to pre-qualify them for the project.
Bojos openly wished the patrol boats would not just be kept as souvenirs but be instruments for the mayors to lead in the commitment of coastal law enforcement.
Governor Edgar Chatto personally expressed his appreciation for the project which partly supplies the lack of equipment needed for Bohol to pursue its efforts of vigilance.
The governor also said that the local peace council has tried to verify reports of not just illegal fishing, coral extraction, sand extraction amidst claims that commercial fishers also encroach into municipal waters to poach.
He said Bohol is so blessed with so much natural resources, citing the coastal environment and resources which not only provided the beauty attracting tourists but also provided the people with the resource they need to live. (Rey Anthony Chiu)
by magnolia_eic | May 10, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Ang Immaculate Academy – Duero nagmalampuson sa duha ka adlaw nga kalihukan (Mayo 7-8, 2011). Atol kini sa pagsa-ulog sa ika 50 ka bonding anniversary. Tinambungan kini sa mga batches gikan sa tuig 1961 hangtud karong tuiga 2011. Adunay mga bag-ong opisyales ang IA Alumi: President-Councilor Connie Castino Amparo, Vice President-Engr. Teotimo Baghucan, Secretary-Ms. Emelia Olano, Treasurer-Engr. Hermenilda Gracio ug ang Auditor-Mr. Necitas Escolano.
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by magnolia_eic | May 6, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ANG pagsaka sa bayronon sa elektrisidad dala sa pagpatuman sa Cebu Energy Development Corporation
(CEDC), matud ni Engr. Rene Tumabang.
Si Tumabang, kinsa maoy manager sa Bohol Electric Cooperative (BOHECO) mikompirmar nga sukad mapa-
pribado ang National Transmission Corporation ug na-expire na ang kontrata sa pagsupply sa Boheco,
mibutyag nga ang coal fired nga planta na sa Sugbo ang nagsupply sa Boheco.
Ang CEDC, matud ni Tumabang medyo may taas nga rate sa rate sa 14 megawatts base-load sa adlaw ug 23
mw sa peak loads.
Niini, mi-ipekto ang medyo bug-at nga bayranan, alang sa 18 KW/hour naa na sa P 9.25 gikan sa P6.36 alang
sa residential o kapin sa P2.80 ang matag kilowatt.
Hinuon, gi-himoan na sa Boheco ug mga managsabot tali sa EDC aron makubsan og dyutay ang bayranan
pinaagi sa pag-amendar sa kontrata dala sa pagsulod sa Whole-sale Electricity Stock Market sa Visayas
niadtong Disyembre.
Niining dapita, kadtong mokunsumo og ubos pa sa 17 kilowatts, may medyo ubos nga balayranan, matud ni
Tumabang. (Rey Anthony Chiu)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SO how much does it take for Cabilao island to scour every source to get the development it dreams?
For starters, a P17 million power interconnection project that would supply the juice to power the island’s
dream of fully immersing into its underwater treasures investments is on, hinted Loon Mayor Lloyd Peter Lopez
in a media encounter recently.
The island, which boasts of a ring of one of the world’s best dive sites, is the second in a series of islands from
mainland Bohol. While the first island; Sandingan is connected to the mainland by Tahang causeway, Cabilao
is separated from Sandingan island by a short and deep channel with characteristic strong currents that make
it difficult to build a land bridge.
This fact also makes it hard for the island’s five villages to get sustainable power supply from the mainland.
Host to diveshops that cater to international and local divers, Cabilao’s main power requirement is supplied
by a generator set that operates from 6:00 PM to midnight and serves an estimated 6,000 inhabitants in five
barangays, said Lopez to the media.
With around 12 world-class dive sites ringing the island and frequented by snorkelers and dive enthusiasts,
the power is barely enough to jumpstart the tourism activity that locals would want to embark, said a dive
operator in a chance talk.
On the problem, Lopez said that they already had an informally generated commitment for the local electric
cooperative to put in half of the P17M funding requirement to tap the island to the mainland.
The island also has the country’s first solar powered internet-station at the Cabilao High School but the source
is by far only confined to the internet facility.
Media also found out some dive facilities with solar panels but most of them are for water heaters and lighting
inhouse facilities.
Over the apparent need for more sustainable power, the mayor revealed that the plan is to put up a
submarine cable that would cross the span of Mocpoc in Sandingan to Talisay, in the eastern side of the
island.
“It’s not official yet although we hope it would materialize so we could source out the remaining fund from our
sources,” the mayor who is also a doctor added.
He also said they could put up some local counterpart funding and then source out some from Capitol and the
congressional appropriations.
Lopez, who is a close cousin of Representative Rene Relampagos is also optimistic that the plan could be done
and already hopes the premiums can be better lives for Cabilaonons and Loonanons. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 8, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SO what happened when some chiefs of police still stand on their town posts despite successful
operations by other units in their areas of responsibility?
According to the Philippine National Police doctrine of one-strike policy, to weed out non-performing
chiefs of police, any officer whose area of responsibility still nets illegal activities as evidenced by a
raid by a higher unit, he should be booted out as top cop.
“That however, is not always the case,” explains Pssupt. Constantino Barot at the recent Talakayan
sa Isyung Pulis (TSIP) hosted by Loon in Cabilao island.
While admitting that there have been chiefs of police sacked for their inability to produce results on
mandated campaigns against illegal drugs, gambling and other illegal activities, the Bohol police chief
said there are police officers who provide the information that resulted in the successful raid in their
areas.
At the TSIP, the Negrense police officer also implied that there are cases when local police can not
mobilize for the reason that criminals are familiar with the men they easily slip out when they smell
the presence of local cops.
We can not say they were remiss in their jobs because they provided all the information and
coordinated with the higher unit to produce positive results.
In Bohol, police Director Barot named several of these police chiefs who have retained their posts
and were not booted even with the raids conducted by the Camp Dagohoy-based Provincial Public
Safety Company comprised mostly of specially trained special weapons and tactic team.
Bohol police find themselves challenged by Governor Edgar Chatto to dent on two separate orders:
perform anti-illegal gambling and anti-drug operations over and above their usual anti-criminality and
other law enforcement tasks.
The top cop also said the problem of going against drug and illegal gambling is that these are “highly
organized groups who have set up their own intelligence networks.”
by magnolia_eic | Mar 24, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GI-LAKIP sa pagtuki sa mga tinugyanan sa Bureau of Fire Protection ang anggulong arson o tuyo nga
pagsunog sa ilang imbestigasyon sa dakong sunog nga nahitabo sa lungsod sa Ubay pila na ka semana ang
milabay.
Giangkon ni BFP provincial fire marshal Pepe Rebusa nga bout sa ahensya nga tuki-on ug ukbon ang tanang
anggulo sa dili ipagawas ang mga pagtuon sa sunog nga mi-ugdaw sa giingong minilyon nga kabtangan sa
commercial building sa Ubay.
Matud ni Rebusa nga wala magkatakdo sa pagkakaron ang damyos nga gipanumpaan sa tag-iya sa balay nga
na-ugdaw ug sa kapolisan samtang lahi usab ang danyos nga gi-banabana sa BFP.
Tungod saw a magkatugma nga mga banabana, gilakip na usab og tan-aw sa ahensya kon may gibug-aton ba
ang teyoriya nga gituyo ang sunog dala na usab sa insurance nga posibleng makuha sa nasunogan.
Ang Bureau of Fire Protection may guests sa kapihan sa PIA sa milabay nga semana agi og pagsaulog sa Fire
Prevention Month. (racPIABohol)
