by magnolia_eic | Nov 13, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
WHY is it that we catch only the small fish while the big fish elude?
The trick question that Loay Mayor and LMP President Rosemarie Imboy posed authorities into
enforcing laws on drugs and illegal numbers game elicited varied reactions from members of the
Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting Tuesday.
Camp Dagohoy police chief and PPOC regular member reasoned out that aside from the fact that
cops could not be choosy on whom to apprehend, it is these small bet collectors that are more
visible.
PSSupt. Constantino Barot said illegal numbers game financiers have become so discreet and would
usually go great lengths to make sure no overt evidence links them to the operations.
Meanwhile, at the Talakayan Sa Isyung Pulis held in Clarin the following day, police officers in the
town admit that the fact that local cops are already identified by the operators or pushers, it makes it
doubly hard to get them into doing something stupid.
The issue resurfaced as the public has noted the resurgence of swertres, one that pushed people to
believe that indeed, the cessation a usual happening when a new provincial director wants to make
his presence felt.
PSSUpt. Baro however insisted that he has continued to issue orders to keep the town police
elements in constant operations to deny swertres workers from gaining the usual confidence.
Just keep the pressure and the people will know that we are on an honest to goodness campaign to
discourage those people involved to continue their operation, he said in a talk.
Even Clarin Mayor Allen Rey Piezas has to admit that swertres has resurged in Clarin.
Clarin, he said was one of the 22 Bohol towns which earlier signed a declaration of their being
swertres free, a document signed by the mayor, local government operations officer and in some
towns, including representatives from the church.
When he noticed the resurgence of the gambling in his town, he accordingly called his police chief to
give the mandate anew to keep the illegal numbers game off the town.
Many people said that the illegal operations of swertres hinge on three persons, the mayor, the chief
of police and the operator himself. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 6, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
FIVE Boholanos who help perpetuate the memory of Bohol’s most illustrious son and former Philippine President Carlos P.
Garcia (CPG) earn recognition during the 114th CPG Day, November 4.
Chosen to exemplify the attributes of the Boholano president who was best known as a teacher, poet, orator, lawyer,
statesman, sports enthusiast and guerilla leader, this year’s CPG Awardees were for public service, education, arts and
sports.
Provincial Administrator Alfonso Damalerio said an award for statesmanship was supposed to be handed out, but the
committee couldn’t find time to screen potential awardees.
Boholano president Garcia was schooled in Bohol, Cebu, Silliman University in Negros Oriental and the Philippine Law
School where he passed the bar among the top.
Despite the distinction, Garcia opted to be a teacher first rather than practicing law.
He then threw his hat into politics and rose until peaking at the country’s top political power seat.
114 years after his birth, Boholanos unite to commemorate the man who has popularized the patriotic Filipino First Policy
and an Austerity Program that allowed government to save its scant resources.
To facilitate the easy memory of the man, Boholanos who have excelled in different but distinctive fields of endeavor reap
the CPG awards.
EDUCATION
Boholanos and Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Christopher and Ma. Victoria Bernido earned their CPG award their
innovative implementation of the Dynamic Learning program.
The equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Asia, the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation heaped praises to the Bernidos for opting to
leave their lofty national posts to bring the much-needed change in the country’s education system.
The couple developed an efficient learning and teaching method via a student centered learning system, where teaching
focuses on student activity rather than on traditional classroom lectures.
Sources said that the set-up is 70% student activity–30% lecture/discussion, and usually national experts do the majority
of the lectures via video, and the students learn independently, because each activity is provided with a clear, learning
target.
Students also understand lessons on their own by reading the concept notes and exercises in their portfolio of works
which act as their schoolwork documentation.
The Bernidos are also nationally acclaimed physicists and academicians having been assigned top positions at the
country’s premier state university.
PUBLIC SERVICE
The Local Civil Registrar of Loboc town here has been this year’s Presidential Lingkod Bayan Awardee, after a search by
the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Teodosia Bernaldez earned the annual national CSC recognition for outstanding public official and employees for their
work performance in 2010 last September.
The Lingkod Bayan is notably the country’s Nobel Prize for public service.
Bernaldez beat Governor Erico Aumentado to the position as the former was also nominated in his capacity as Bohol top
public servant.
Bernaldez won together with six other public officials and employees from across the country who were nominated to the
prestigious search for this year.
ARTS
CPG awardee for the Arts is multi-awarded artist and cultural impresario Lutgardo Labad.
A recent winner in the Aliw 2010 Awards, Labad romped with the Best Stage Director for a Philippine Educational Theater
Association play billed “Post Office” and as a musical composer for the zarsuela “Baler sa Puso Ko.”
The Aliw awards, one that recognizes the best in live entertainment is the latest addition to Labad’s personal
achievements.
He took three FAMAS Awards, and the Best Film Scores each for Manunuri Award of the Film Academy of the Philippines,
Manila Film Festival, Metro Manila Film Festival and the Golden Screen.
Aside from those, Labad has been cited nationally and internationally for his theater work and cultural advocacy.
SPORTS
Best known as a child chess wonder from Bohol, Jedara Docena has piled her victories in a heap while pulling the
limelight for Bohol in the world of chess.
A native of Antequera, Docena impressed the country with a top ranking finish in the National Chess Championships two
categories in 2006.
Docena showed her competitive form at previous Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meets in Dumaguete
City 2003, Danao City, 2004, Tagbilaran City, 2006, the Nat’l Age-Group Chess Championship for Asia in Mandaluyong,
May 2004 and in the National Open Women’s Division in Cebu City, 2005.
She toppled equally competent chessers at the Palarong Pambansa in Naga City, May 2006, while ranking 3rd in the
National Batang Pinoy, Puerto Princesa City, 2002.
Her skill amazed international chess aficionados when she topped 40 rivals in the ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championship
in Vietnam in 2004 and placed 7th in the Asian Championships in Singapore.
MUSIC
Failing to forget a popular Boholano novelty songs writer, lyricist, composer and performer, this year’s committee also
handed a posthumous award to Roman Tesorio Villame, popularly known as Yoyoy.
A native of Calape Bohol, Yoyoy has won the hearts and hit the tickle bone of the Filipinos with his witty parodies and
social commentaries of the Filipino society, all in music.
A gifted musician, drive and son of a fisherman, Yoyoy has a whole gamut of experience to put into his novelty songs.
(racPIABOhol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 6, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, National News
DECADES of neglect has caused a chronic illness to the country’s education system, one that may
have never happened if the country listened to former President Carlos P. Garcia half a century ago.
In fact, according to Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro, the Boholano president has seen
the “education crisis” and called for changes to heal the problem.
As early as 1959, Garcia has called for a review of the government’s financing program for the
elementary and secondary schools to make it sustainable.
The year before that, the Boholano teacher, orator, poet, lawyer and public servant, apparently felt
the problem and suggested reforms.
He accordingly called for a full day instruction for primary education and lobbied for reduced size of
classes from 60 to 40.
That same year, the poor man from Sitio Luy-a, Barangay san Roque has called for the use of
vernacular instruction on the first two years in the elementary, Luistro, who was the keynote speaker
during the 114th Carlos P. Garcia Day in Bohol enumerated the reforms proposed by the most
illustrious Boholano son.
Apart from a living a distinctive life as politician, and statesmanship who helped prop up the precursor
Association of South East Asian Nations in the South East Asian Treaty Organization, Luistro said
he believes that the Garcia’s first two years as a public school teacher at the Bohol Provincial High
School has shaped his personality.
Luistro sees the two years of his (CPG) life as the most critical as his being a teacher in the public
school had in him the greatest impact on how he was to cover his government after he would
assume the country’s top seat after the death of President Ramon Magsaysay.
CPG made a lasting impression on how to care for our brother Filipinos, Luistro intoned, not after
reminding Boholanos of the Filipino First Policy and the Austerity program he played to the hilt.
“Every President leaves a lasting legacy, he left his by enunciating the Filipino First Policy.”
And when we see the government urging for the public-private sector partnership being frontloaded
by the 2oth century Aquino Administration, as early as 1961, the private-public sector partnership has
already been used by Garcia to help the public schools, Luistro said. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Nov 6, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
PILAR Mayor Wilson Pajo, who has been working to get the town off the list of most poverty stricken
towns in Bohol said he appreciates the new team members who are getting the people’s mandate in
the past barangay and Sangguninag Kabataan elections.
These people, he said would be his partners in plotting the development plans for the town’s 21
barangays.
This too as the town retained about half of its village chairmen while residents also elected 11 new
punong barangays, town information officer Gualberto Jaspe said Friday.
And from independent sources, this early, at least two returning barangay chairmen and three more
newly elected chairmen would be contesting the coveted seat of the town’s Association of Barangay
Councils.
Winning however is another story, Jaspe said as he pointed out that these hopefuls would contend
with incumbent ABC ex officio Sangguninag Bayan Member and still eligible candidate captain from
Barangay Cansungay.
Newly elected punong barangays to man the town’s frontline offices in the basic local government
units are Henry Tutor (Pamacsalan), Marcelino Auguis Jr., (Lumbay), Margarito Soriano (Ilaud),
Rodelio Balaba (Lundag), Samuel Dusal (San Carlos).
Angelito Balaba (Catagdaan), Timoteo Andub (Inaghuban), Flavio Bernaldez (Buenasuerte), Aniceto
Amper (San Isidro), Genaro Perenio (Estaca) and Arthur Ente (Poblacion).
Getting fresh mandates however were Mauricio Bitancor (Aurora), Tirso Albit (Bayong), Alfredo
Daguplo (Bagacay), Nicomedes Lusica (San Vicente), Carlos Cagape (Cansungay).
Gabriel Lusica (Bagumbayan), Legorio Ruperez (La Suerte), Jonas Suson (Cagawasan), Celestino
Jamil (Rizal) and Lilia Butron (Del Pilar).
Pilar has remained among Bohol’s towns with the most poverty incidence, one that has caught the
attention of Capitol Officials who brought in along with the Provincial Peace and Order Council’s
Civac, the HEAT Caravan.
Also seen as a town with huge potential for agro-industry, Pilar has caused District representative
Artur Yap to scour government resources to build a rice processing complex that aims to reduce
production losses in Bohol’s most potential town for rice production.
Hosting the region’s biggest man-made body of water, the Pilar Dam has the potential to irrigate
around 5,000 hectares of prime rice fields in nearly its 21 barangays. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TWO holidays await Boholanos this week as All Saints’ Day and Carlos P. Garcia Day share the same
the first work-week of the month of November this year.
By law, November 1, which falls on Monday has been declared special non working day.
The day is traditionally celebrated in the Christian world as All Saints’ Day.
November 2 or the All Souls’ Day, unlike last year however, is a regular working day.
Meanwhile, by virtue of Republic Act 7448, November 4, Thursday is a special non-working holiday in
Bohol.
Such is to commemorate the 114th birth anniversary of the late Boholano President Carlos P. Garcia.
By special non-working holiday, according to memorandum circular issued by the Department of
Labor and Employment, workers get no pay, unless there is a favorable company policy, practice or
collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting payment of wages on special days.
If workers are forced to work on the day, they get 30% more of their 100% daily rate in the first 8
hours of work.
When working in excess of 8 hours, workers get an additional 30% of hourly rate on said day.
On the day, if it is the employee’s rest day and if worked, his first 8 hours gets an additional 50% of
his daily rate. If he works over 8 hours, he gets 30% of his hourly rate on said day.
For the 114th CPG Day, Capitol has lined up activities to remember the most illustrious Boholano who
is represented as a star in the Bohol flag.
On the other hand, according to Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto, the day’s commemoration activities
include the visit of Department of Education Secretary Amin Luistro.
In his weekly program, Chatto said that the secretary’s visit would be an opportunity to bring
Bohol closer to its dream of making the province a center of educational excellence in the region.
(racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 29, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
CLOSING in on the dream of making Bohol a center for educational excellence in the region, Governor Edgar
Chatto said launching the Dynamic Learning Program (DLP) next year and engaging the country’s education
secretary would be a big step.
At his weekly radio program aired live over local radio stations, Chatto revealed that no less than the secretary and another top official of the Department of Education (DepEd) will be here within the week.
Despite a 93% literacy rating, local officials noted that landing better jobs for graduates is still an issue.
Amidst troubled educational system in the country, local officials have resolved to address at least the basic
need of tooling of high school graduates to get them better chances of a job.
Earlier, Chatto cited a recent study that shows a high rate of high school students not making it to college.
Picking up education as an administration’s priority, Chatto drew a system where technical and vocational skills training in the high school would be put in, to assure young workers better chances of jobs.
Upon learning of the successful implementation of a (DLP) as pioneered by Jagna town couple Christopher and
Ma. Victoria Bernido, he said such could be done in Bohol.
Themselves noted physicists and academicians, the Bernido couple developed an efficient learning and
teaching method, one that Chatto hopes could be replicated in Bohol secondary schools.
The Bernidos, who administer Central Visayas Institute in Jagna has implemented a student centered learning
system, where teaching focuses on student activity rather than on traditional classroom lectures.
A blog at annakatharinamd.com says “the set-up is 70% student activity–30% lecture/discussion, and usually
national experts do the majority of the lectures via video. The students learn independently, because each
activity is provided with a clear, learning target.”
“The student will try to understand the lesson on their own by reading the concept notes and by doing the
exercises before the lesson is discussed and explained,” the blog shared.
Some examples of student activities are solving exercises, answering guide questions and copying notes.
“Each student keeps a portfolio of his work as a representative documentation of his schoolwork. This would
later on serve as his reviewer and proof also of his performance in school.”
The program includes a portfolio of learning activities to be individually accomplished by the students, and
closely-associated weekly video-based lectures featuring National Expert Teachers.
Real-time teacher-expert and student-expert interaction happens through text-messaging and electronic mail,
the blog stated. (racPIABohol)
