by magnolia_eic | Feb 21, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GOVERNOR Edgar Chatto issues calls for all disaster risk reduction managers (DRRM) to inspect and report any
earth movements in their respective areas in the wake of land slips happening in a town here.
Local officials have reported a land slip, with crack measuring more than a meter wide, in barangays
Magsaysay, Dusita and Danicop in Sierra Bullones town.
The landslip is the latest of the land movements reported here as disaster authorities pointed to the
continuous rains in the past week affecting the integrity of the earth’s base and forcing the movements.
Few days ago, similar land slips were noted in barangays Bosongon and Cawayanan of Tubigon, in barangay
Tubod Monte of Jagna town and in Barangay Abejilan of Garcia Hernandez.
The early land slips however left no human casualty but temporarily cut off crucial road links connecting
Tubigon to Catigbian, Sierra Bullones to Jagna and to some barangays of Garcia Hernandez.
The latest landslip however prove to be more destructive as the slip caused cracks in the walls of houses and
shifts in the soil leaving gaping dangerous fissures, reported Magsaysay barangay chairman Germogenes Tadle
in a radio interview Thursday.
He also said a house in his barangay has a kitchen slowly separating from the living room, the crack in
between creating a void dangerous for its residents.
Governor Chatto said he and Mayor Alfredo Gamalo have conducted ocular inspections on the affected areas
and met with the families to warn them and assure their safety at evacuation sites.
Aside from bringing in relief assistance, the mayor in a radio interview said he has advised residents to go to
the nearest temporary resettlement at Dusita High School at night and in case the movements do not stop.
The resettlement, he said is located about a kilometer away from the affected areas.
The mayor also added that a troop of government soldiers camped at Dusita would help monitor the situation
and alert authorities of any other developments.
On this, Chatto has called on Disaster Risk Reduction Managers to inspect these affected areas and determine
its causes so appropriate interventions can be done.
At least 23 families living in barangay Magsaysay and some more families living in Danicop and Dusita have
been affected, several houses already unfit for stay.
The cracks in Magsaysay have affected rice-farm lots and these continue to widen everyday, the movements
already tearing into the newly constructed road sections of the national highway posing danger to travelers.
(racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 21, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THANKFUL of the huge bulk of positive information from communities about criminals roaming the province,
Bohol police chief PSSupt. Constantino Barot indulges people to be more patient as the police would surely act on them.
We are assuring the people that we are not sleeping on the information they provided, said Camp Dagohoy-
based superintendent Barot, who hinted that the latest scores the law enforcement agents are getting came
from community sources.
The past few weeks saw police officers conducting lightning raids resulting in almost daily turn-over of
suspects, most of the engaged in alarming criminal activities.
Over and above these raids, police intensified its Police Integrated Patrol System which puts up mini-
lockdowns all over Bohol roads at different times of day netting countess illegal vehicles and motorcycles,
erring drivers and criminal personalities resulting in decrease of crime volumes.
At our weekly monitoring since the PIPS started, we have noted a huge decrease in criminalities, PSupt.
Arcadio Jamora averred at the recent Kapihan sa PIA aired over DyTR.
Another officer, PSInsp. Ramoncillo Sawan said that the focus areas for monitoring of street crimes, crimes
perpetrated by motorcycle riding criminals and fire-arms control show a down trend.
Over this, PSSupt. Barot urged the people to understand that it is their intention to hassle citizens but to
assure their safety and allow an environment of peace and development here.
At checkpoints, our men manning their posts know what to do and in fact they have a hold of intelligence data
which helps them keep watch for criminal elements roaming Bohol streets, Barot added.
These checkpoints intelligence data based and are sustained by the massive information shared by intelligence
assets in the barangays.
Faced with a dire need for more police presence, Bohol has pushed for the Barangay Peace-keeping Action
Teams (BPAT) which the cops established as force multipliers and has fed the enforcers’ massive intelligence
data base.
These intelligence reports are being analyzed and these have sustained our operations, many of which proved
positive, Barot admitted.
For criminals who simply evade the checkpoints, authorities have asked people to report them.
We can not be in all places at all times, and here we would like to ask people to keep the information coming,
Barot said. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 21, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
CRIME fighting and deterrence has just become scientific in Bohol.
A police anti-crime program called the Police Integrated Patrol System (PIPS) intends to maximize the impacts
of police pro-active presence despite their being thinly spread, briefly summarizes PSSupt Constantino Barot at
the recent Kapihan sa PIA Thursday and aired live over DyTR.
Bohol police authorities under PSSUpt Barot are now coordinating efforts to spread an encompassing dragnet
to get police officers on their toes against crimes and the opportunity to get one done.
Using a system of synchronized checkpoints importing analyzed data from crime statistics in Bohol the past,
the PIPS checkpoints are set up in the very times of day when most crimes happen, in areas in Bohol where
most crimes happen and on the days of the week or month earlier found to be when crimes usually occur,
explains Barot earlier.
The setting up of mobile patrols and checkpoints are coordinated with adjoining towns to spread a fine-eyed
net that keeps areas crime free or “lock down” areas so criminals can not get in or get out, police operations
said.
This is not just to set up mandatory checkpoints, but also doubles our efforts to up foot patrols and increase
police visibility as a crime deterrent.
According to the police provincial commander, the PIPS is intelligence driven activity where every officer
manning his post at the checkpoint integrates data gathered from intelligence reports, criminal watchlists,
broadcasts and other pro-active data from a wide net of intelligence assets including barangay based anti-
crime teams.
The PIPS mobile checkpoints also puts forward the police’s Oplan Sita, anti drugs and illegal firearms, traffic
laws enforcement and defensive driving, making it truly an integrated patrol system.
Camp Dagohoy based operations chief PSupt. Arcadio Jamora Jr. bared that the checkpoints have truly dented
on the crime incidence in the past months.
Since November when PIPS was launched, police authorities have caused the impounding of about a thousand
motorcycles traveling without plates, registrations, no-road worthy, another more than 500 four-wheeled
vehicles with similar violations and erring drivers with expired or no licenses, Jamora read from his notes.
Police deputy for operations, PSinp. Ramoncillo Sawan, citing statistics from their weekly monitoring activities
averred that indeed crimes went down.
Lowered crime incidence can also be credited to the simultaneously raids on safehouses, homes and known
criminal dens, said Barot who starts to savor the successes of a good policing, (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 21, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL JOB seekers and those from nearby provinces may now try their luck as Bohol Employment
and Placement Office (BEPO) coordinates special recruitment activities for workers willing to try their
luck abroad.
Needed by various agencies in their weeklong recruitment activities from February 18 to 25 at
the BEPO Office of the Capitol are factory workers, domestic helpers, medical staff, nurses, skilled
workers all for Taiwan, Hongkong, United States of America, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Dubai
of the United Arab Emirates.
BEPO has been institutionalized to assist Boholanos seeking work opportunities abroad by coursing
these facilitation through the correct government channels thereby cutting on red tape and
streamlining the process to make the paper trail as transparent, BEPO sources briefly describe their
tasks.
To fully extend their mandates, BEPO also facilitated job fairs and one-stop shop services by allied
government services to make sure workers can get their important documents on the same place at
the fair venue.
For February 18, Grand Placement Agency seeks applicants for factory workers for Taiwan, BEPO
through Romulo Tagaan said in a communication.
On the 22nd and 23rd of the same month, R.V. Tria International Recruitment Agency would be
screening for domestic helpers to Hongkong.
By the 23rd, another agency: Greenfields International Manpower Inc. seeks workers as medical staff
for hospitals in the US, domestic helpers, nurses and skilled workers for United Kingdom and the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On February 25, IUPP Inc would be screening for various jobs for United Arab Emirates, especially for
assignment in Dubai.
Bohol, a largely skilled work exporting province has earned a spot in the country’s finances with
the once biggest foreign currency remittance from overseas workers posted at the local Philippine
National Bank, said sources from the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Now into brisk tourism industry activities, still many Boholanos are seeking work abroad knowing that
any savings they can scrape goes on to tourism related investments. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 16, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
MAGTIGOM silang Vice President Jejomar Binay, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto ug mga chief
executives sa ubang piniling probinsiya ngadto sa Cebu City sa Miyerkoles ug Huwebes,
Pebrero 16 ug 17 aron pagsulbad sa ‘homelessness’.
Kini aron pag strategize the nasudnong housing program nga nag-punting sa Bohol isip usa
sa project site sa duha ka adlaw nga critical workshop nga magtudlo og mga pamaagi sa
pagpasaka sa production base alang sa housing pinaagi sa hugot nga pakiglambigit sa mga
local government units (LGUs).
Mao kini ang mopatuman sa saad ni Binay ngadto kang Chatto atol sa una niyang pagbisita
dinhi sa probinsiya niadtong bag-uhay pa lang siyang nilingkod isip Bise Presidente sa
nasud.
Si Binay ang gitahasan ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III nga mangulo sa Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC).
Gipaabot nga motambong ang mga chief executives ug planning officials gikan sa napiling
131 ka mga probinsiya, syudad ug kalungsoran sa maong workshop nga mopadayon sa
mandato sa Urban Development and Housing Act. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 14, 2011 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
KON may maghatag sa desisyon sa kasong gisang-at kabahin sa diskwalipikasyon ni kanhi Kalihim sa
Agricultura nga si Arthur Yap, kini dili na ang Commission on Elections.
Kini ang unod sa desisyon nga giluwatan sa COMELEC sa pagdason niini sa unang desisyon sa
pagbasura sa diskwalipikasyon nga gipasaka batok ni Yap sa pundok nga PAMALAKAYA.
Matud sa Comelec sa iyang bag-ong desisyon, naproklama na si Yap ug tungod niini, wala lay
hurisdiksyon ang Comelec sa kaso kaya buhaton na kini sa Electoral Tribunal sa Ubos Balay
Balaoranan.
Kahinumduman nga mipasaka ug motion for reconsideration and Pamalakaya sa desisyon sa Comelec
apan naapsan kini sa pagprokamar ni Yap isip representante sa ikatulong Distrito sa Bohol.
Gitumbok sa Comelec ang Section 17, Article VI sa 1987 Constitution nga naglatid nga ang senado ug
Kongreso nga Electoral tribunal na ang modesisyon sa mga kaso o reklamo batok sa mga sakop niini
ilabi na sa mga hisgutanan kabahin sa eleksyon ug diskwalipikasyon niini. (racPIABohol)
