by magnolia_eic | Nov 27, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
USA ka media tour ang himoon sa Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) aron pagpasuheto
sa mga sakop sa media sa mga proyekto sa Bohol nga gipundohan niini.
Ang JICA ahensyang tigpundo nga iya sa nasud nga Hapon ug kanunay nang nagtanyag sa hinabang
sa Bohol ilabi na sa mga programang agrikultura ug teknolohiya.
Sa media Tour, makig-uban ang taga JICA sa mga tinugyanan sa Bohol media didto sa isla nga
lungsod sa Carlos P. Garcia o Pitogo aron makig-sulti sa mga benepisaryo sa proyektong gipundohan
sa JICA didto.
Bisitahon sa bahan sa mga sakop sa prensa ang feeder port sa CPG ug makig-sulti ang mga sakop
sa media sa mga tawong nakabanepisyo sa imprastraktura nga gitukod pinaagi sa tabang sa Japan.
(PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 27, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THE government, through the Department of Energy (DOE) rehabilitated about 50 photovoltaic solar
panels from its other projects to light some 50 poor households in Alumar Island off Getafe town in a
cooperation project by two governments.
The national and local governments of the Philippines and the Japanese Government through the
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was able to pool some P500K to make the wishes of
the islanders come true.
The government of Japan through JICA put up some P275K while the local government of Bohol and
Getafe put in P150. Member households put up the remaining P75K to complete the costs needed to
install and operationalize the Solar Household Project here, explained DOE information Officer Lou
Artiaga to members of the media.
Beneficiaries in turn get a solar lighting package of 20 or 50 watts good enough for at least two 10
watts fluorescent lights, a 7-watt compact fluorescent light.
Homeowners can also separately plug in a radio cassette and an Liquid Crystal Display television set
for the 50 watt package, said Alan Abear, DOE Cebu senior research assistant.
We have projects like the solar drier that didn’t work well, so we pulled out the solar panels and
rehabilitated them for the Solar Home Projects, which has ignited world attention for its being a
leading eco-solution to the problem of power, Magdaleno Baclay Jr of DOE told the media.
We contributed P2,000 and committed to united and plan for the community’s development so we
can spread the light project to the whole 400 resident households of this island, shared Evangeline
Salabero, one of the 50 project beneficiaries.
We pay about P200 monthly and pool the amount so we can pay for the expansion of the project,
she added.
An island lying on the edges of the inner bank of the double barriered-Danahon Reef, the community
used to be dependent on fishing until the government presented other possible options to lessen the
dependence on fishing the common resource.
Now into seaweed farming, most people of Alumar earn an average of P3,000 a month from dried
seaweeds.
Some families however complement their income by gleaning seashells, or catching crabs for market.
(racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 27, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
POTABLE water and cold storage facility tops the priorities of Carlos P. Garcia town mayor Tesalonica
Boyboy and she deems it important to get these service utilities soonest.
At the press tour for national and local media organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) to inspect the P19M feeder port that it has partly funded in Pitogo, CPG, Mayor Boyboy said
that getting cheaper potable water services for the town would be a big social service boost in her
town.
Since the opening of the Pitogo ship facility, water, which some islanders source out from the
mainland has gone cheaper but that is not much, residents said.
While the port facility has become a major economic feeder for the town supplemented by the ports
of Popoo and Aguining, potable water has still tide the economic lift-off off the town, Mayor Boyboy
said.
President Carlos P Garcia town is separated from mainland Bohol through the deep Basiao Channel,
has been a key fishing town and livelihood is supplemented by farming and cottage industries.
On this, Mayor Boyboy said that putting up of a municipal waterworks system that complements the
existing three pumping units already in place in barangay San Jose can ease living conditions here.
In the town, potable water is still expensive, in Aguining for example, a 5-gallon container can cost
between P10 to P20, the mayor said.
While it may be cheap for others, in a town listed as one of Bohol’s most deprived, an ease in the
potable water problem could be a sigh of relief to the town’s poor, she stressed.
Aside from the water produced by the three pumps and being sold commercially as purified, other
main source is rain-water which islanders collect in rain water collectors and huge tanks.
Not everybody could build one however, she said.
Asked if the sea intrusion into the local aquifer is a problem, the lady mayor in her second term said
by far, they water dug from the island has been potable without any hint of saltwater intrusion.
To ease the problem, the mayor said they have asked for a P500K funding from Senator Miguel Zubiri
for the installation of a new 1.5 hp water pump. They are still awaiting for positive response form the
senator, she added.
On this, Eloisa Romero of the JICA said she would also explore possibilities on how the Japanese
Government could continue its service to the people of the island. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
PHILIPPINE government agencies have started coordinating their efforts to protect the public
from the avian influenza (bird flu) virus after Hong Kong officials confirmed this week its first
infection in seven years.
Passengers from Hong Kong will be strictly monitored at the airport to prevent the entry of
bird flu in the country, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said Friday.
Ona said the Department of Health (DOH), in coordination with airport authorities, will re-
intensify the monitoring of in-bound passengers through installed thermal scanners at the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
He added that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources have intensified their bird flu watch.
The DOH has also said that it has enough stockpile of Tamiflu in case the bird flu enters the
country.
The World Health Organization revealed that human cases of bird flu or the H5N1 virus
have only been reported in 6 countries – Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey, and
Vietnam. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Tubigon- Noted for its impressive pool of talented and academically gifted students from its top
schools, Tubigon joints local school administrators in celebrating pay off.
Principals from Holy Cross Academy, Salus Institute of Technology, Holy Family of Nazareth, Gods’s
Little Flock Learning Center and Mater Dei College, all in this town are in jubilation for harvesting the
much coveted awards and recognition from the Bohol Association of Catholic Schools (BACS) Meet.
The athletic, literary and musical meet is for high school levels and the Bohol Association of Private
School Elementary Administrators (BAPSEA).
Fresh from the competitions, the students from both elementary and high school here are still feeling
the hype and euphoria.
Holy Cross Academy ranked over-all Champion and romped with the Miss BACS Athletics 2010 award
for Alyssa Quinones.
Salus Institute of Technology took the 2nd Place Over-all and reaped the Miss BACS Academics 2010
through Judiel Israel.
On the other hand, Holy Family of Nazareth School took the 7th Place Over-all and bagged the Miss
BACS Personality 2010 through Dianne Mascarinas.
On the elementary and pre-elementary pupils, Tubigon could not be outdone at the Bohol Association
of Private Schools’ Elementary Administrators Meet.
Now on its second year, the meet showcases the talents and abilities of elementary pupils in the field
of academics, literary and musical.
This year’s winners are Mater Dei College for general information through Viah Mula, Vocal Duet
Elem. Division 1st Place (Sophia Mae Zoilo and Liahona Lorzano), Modern Dance Pre-Elem. 1st Place
& Dance Sports Elem. 1st Place (Crisha Valer & Christian Enoc).
On the other hand, God’s Little Flock Learning Center took the first place in the Pre Elementary
general information with John Alpfe Cubillo as well as the Oration’s 1st Place through Joshua Gerigdig.
Holy Family of Nazareth School took the vocal Solo’s 1st Place with Noreen Faith Cruz, Declamation 1st
Place with Rhea Marie Cabilla and Balak 1st Place with Kate Charlyn Lanoy. (rbd/MPIO)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IT is still long way to go for tourist destination Bohol in terms of its buildings and tourism facilities.
Still lagging behind in vertical infrastructure especially for tourism services, the dream for Bohol to become a
wholesome tourism destination practically finds wanting if services and standards to this end is concerned.
With the few establishments set up, as far as compliance to accessibility laws, several of them are not
compliant yet, says a person with disability mobility advocate said.
Here, of the few public buildings and tourism establishments that are compliant, they also have access
facilities that are sub-standard.
This surfaced Thursday at the Kapihan sa PIA when the forum resource persons took to the question: what
happens when a tourist who visits Bohol is a person with disability (PWD)?
Here, the leader of a strong Bohol Federation of Disabled Persons (BFDP) said the decade long advocacy to
bring awareness to get the law implemented and allow access to PWDs has not been that much, especially in
Bohol.
Mateo Quilas, a blind man however said he is happy that some establishments here have shown best efforts in
compliance.
The Kapihan segment, which was aired live over DyTR tackled the law enhancing the mobility of disabled
persons by requiring certain buildings, institutions, establishments and public utilities to install facilities and
other devices to ensure access of PWDs.
Some best efforts however prove to be only for compliance.
There are buildings and establishments with the access ramps but these are so steep that a PWD on a wheel-
chair can not negotiate it by himself, elaborates Haidee Cubarol, a physical therapist and Bohol Stimulation
and Therapeutic and Activity Center chief.
Cubarol, whose group has been giving therapies to indigent children with disabilities hinted that the law is
specific on enhancing the mobility of PWDs by putting up standard ramps with the right slopes, sidewalks with
railings and grab bars as well as custom amenities at specialized rest rooms for PWDS.
Even alleyways, doors and facility design should be considerate of the PWD where the floor areas should allow
enough space wheel-chair to maneuver, the lavatories installed with lever type faucets and grab bars running
along the edges of the rest rooms, she cited the law.
Now with the biggest investments still in tourism, both forum resource persons hope that the town planning
and development officers as well as engineers are keener in getting true to the intent of the law and make
thus Bohol a better place for tourists, be he able or with disability. (racPIABohol)
