by boholbalita | Sep 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
DUHA ka tindera og utanon gitulis sa tulo ka wala mailhing lalaki nga nakamotorsiko didto sa Del Rosario Street, Poblacion I, dakbayan sa Tagbilaran niadtong nakalabay nga gabii.
Apan malas ang mga tulisan kay pakyas sila sa pagkuha sa mga salapi sa mga biktima kay usa ka cellphone lamang ang nakuha niini.
Mga biktima nailhan nga sila si Marcelina Lamban, 46, minyo, taga-C.P.G East sa siyudad ug Daniela Ibañez, hamtong ang panuigon, minyo ug nagpuyo sa Poblacion I.
Nasayran sa taho nga samtang ang mga biktima kinsa pulos dunay puwesto sa City Central Market sa barangay Dampas sa dakbayan nanakay og usa ka tricycle nga dunay body number 2288 mga alas 8:45 sa gabii niadtong Miyerkulis dihang pag-abot niini sa maong dapit, kalit lamang nga nibabag kanila ang usa ka pula nga motorsiklo nga walay plaka luwan ang tulo ka lalaki.
Matud sa taho nga gipangtionan ang mga biktima lakip na ang bala ni Daniela ug gikha ang ilang mga bag lakip na ang usa ka Nokia nga cellphone ug nisibat.
Apan nasayran nga walay mga sulod nga salapi ang nakuha nga bag sa mga suspetsado.
Padayon pang gisusi sa kapulisan ang maong insidente. (Andy Nalzaro)
by boholbalita | Sep 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GIKLARO sa Philippine Army nga dili tinuod ang ningtumaw nga taho nga dunay presensiya sa 50 ka mga armadong tawo didto sa bukirang bahin sa utlanan sa mga lungsod sa Dimiao ug Valencia.
Si Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, commanding officer sa 2nd Special Forces sa Philippine Army nga nakabase didto sa barangay Riverside, Bilar, Bohol nibutyag sa usa ka pakighinabi sa usa ka sibyaanan sa radyo.
Matud ni Brawner nga walay basehan ang ninggawas nga report kinsa nikatap human dunay tulo ka mga lalaki, usa niini nakuhaan og armas nadakpan didto sa lungsod sa Dimiao niadtong nakalabay nga semana.
Apan bisan pa niini, niingon si Brawner nga padayon gihapon ang ilang pagmonitor kalabot sa maong taho.
Sayo niini, ang probinsiya sa Bohol gideklarang insurgency-free atol sa Regional Peace and Order Council meeting sayo ning tuiga sa administrasyon ni kanhi Gob. Erico Aumentado. (Andy Nalzaro)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 19, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto told attendees to the ICT Council Meeting that Bohol’s Information and Communications Technology or ICT industry will be the next major source of jobs for Boholanos. The meeting was held at the Governor’s mansion on September 17, 2010 and was attended by the representatives from PLDT and Globe Telecom, DepEd, BLCI, BWUI, BOHECO, DTI, Bankers Association, academe and the various ICT industry players.
Ms. Emmelou Versoza-Delfin from the Commision on Information and Communications Technology reported that the top 10 New Wave Cities or cities that are potential locations for call centers and other business process outsourcing does not include Bohol yet. In the scorecard maintained by the CICT, Bohol scored 100% on cost of operations, but has a very poor 46% on manpower criteria.
Surprisingly, Bohol scored on the high 70s for infrastructure and business activity and this was due to the presence of airport, seaports and the active business community represented by the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and the ICT Council.
In the past years, government officials were not optimistic about the ICT industry due to the perceived requirement of a fiber optic connection from Bohol to Cebu. However, the officers from PLDT and Globe Telecom explained that the method of data transport is irrelevant because the telco companies will deliver the specifications based on the service level agreement or SLA and capacity using whatever data transport technology is used.
The two telcos presented their current capabilities in Bohol. PLDT showed their multiple microwave links to Cebu and Dumaguete as well as their newly implemented ‘fiber in the loop’ interconnecting the various cell sites in Tagbilaran. Globe showed their newly commissioned submarine fiber optic connection to Talisay, Cebu and Maasin Leyte.
Gov. Chatto had a small group meeting with Ms. Delfin, DTI Regional Director Asteria Caberte, Provincial Director Maria Elena Arbon, Ms. Inday Dominise of BIPC, Bohol ICT Council President Ms. Leah T. Magno and Bohol ICT Vice-president Jerome Auza and planned to send a delegation from Bohol to various E-Services and BPO conventions. The governor expressed his excitement to see Bohol ICT industry grow just as the tourism industry has grown over the years.
On the other hand, plans to improve Bohol’s manpower pool by industry-academe linkage, improvement of curriculum and improvement of access to the Internet for public secondary schools is high on BICTC’s priorities for the next few years.
by magnolia_eic | Sep 18, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
HOW do we make sports champions of Boholanos?
Definitely not with the current sports programs that engage athletes only a month before the
competitions.
Apparently fed up with Bohol’s dismal showing in sports competitions as its athletes often are made
to be content occupying the less loftier heights in sports dais, Governor Edgar Chatto said the new
Capitol administration wants a comprehensive sports program for the youth.
Sharing his thoughts during the weekly “Kita ug ang Gobernador” at the People’s Mansion, Chatto
said a year-round sports activities ending with an annual meet that enough and would want to get its
money where its mouth is.
Governor Chatto revealed Friday that Capitol is now embarking on a no-nonsense sports program
that would make a comprehensive province-wide sports program that is destined to bring out the
champions in Bohol.
He said that aside from the regular Congressional, Provincial and the Regional Meets handled by the
Department of Education, continuous sports development activities would be run.
“After the [athletic] meets, the kids will find an arena in further developing [their sports]”, he added.
“We must be able to get the most outstanding players through a sustainable sports program,” he
stressed.
We have to make sure that, instead of doing drugs, we can push their energies into positive values of
discipline and teamwork, by giving them alternative activities other than helping work in the family,
Chatto explained.
Consistent with this and assuring that Capitol puts its money where the mouth is, the provincial
government is reportedly increasing its financial assistance, along with the district representatives to
the different athletic meets.
Chatto revealed that they have increased to P400,000 financial aid to district meets, P600,00
to provincial and P3,000,000 to the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association meets.
In Bohol, Catigbian town embarked on a no-nonsense sports development program and the effect
was a stunning show of sports prowess from trained athletes.
“How can you expect consistently winning athletes when you only train them for a week?” asked
Mayor Roberto Salinas in an interview.
For his town’s sports development, Catigbian earmarks a sizable amount for trainors, equipment and
training programs for the whole year, after showing a significant record of stunning successes after a
year of sports development program implementation. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 18, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IS tourism really that miracle engine behind Bohol’s economic boost? Many want to know.
But absent the necessary data that would confirm or deny the claim, Capitol is now eyeing a study
commissioned to do exactly that.
At the recent Kapihan sa PIA aired live over DyTR, researchers at the Holy Name University shared
that Capitol is now formalizing negotiations with the local research firm to make tourism profiles
of towns as a baseline data laying the substrata of the newest economic wonder engine claim.
Holy Name University’s Bohol Poll, which has established a track record of credibility after conducting
almost accurate predictions in its regular annual surveys since 1998 could be Capitol’s choice of
partners in the survey.
“The profile would give us an accurate picture of the tourism in the towns, its services, facilities and
supports structures,” Josephine Cemine of the Holy Name University Center for Local Governance
said.
Cemine also revealed that they are now studying Capitol’s request for assistance to help them put up
a data base that would rightfully support Bohol’s claims.
The negotiations however are not yet final, she hinted during the weekly forum held at the PIA.
The research data gathered could actually pinpoint if Bohol’s crafted vision to pre-position the
province as a prime eco-cultural tourism destination in the country has borne fruit in the last decade.
The data could also tell if eco-tourism benefits have created the “noted” economic up-liftment of
communities as recorded by the United Nation’s Human Development Index.
Romeo Teruel of the Bohol Center for Development Studies said that the present Capitol
Administration has put in regular employees at the Capitol research Unit because all locally funded
programs and decisions from then on would be research-based.
The Kapihan sa PIA segment for the week was on the celebration of the Development Policy
Research Month celebrated in September via Presidential Proclamation 247.
Taking turns in explaining the crucial role of research in policy decisions and local development,
Cimene, Teruel and Holy Name University’s Research center Coordinator Ma. Paz Espiritu emphasized
the crucial role of research-based development policies to help government allocate its scarce
resources. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 18, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
WILL an ambitious 120% rice sufficiency in Bohol attainable two years from now? The Provincial Agriculture
Office believes so.
Rushing to fill the empty rice bowls of rice deficient Central Visayas, Bohol farm authorities shared that
attaining the 40% increase in the region’s rice production share in two years can be done as long as
concerned officials and workers take on the dare.
Rice is still Bohol’s leading staple crop supplying a rice equivalent of 107,983 metric tons for the region in
2009, registering a surplus of 844 metric tons. By 2013 however, it hopes to bag 35,118 metric tons surplus,
already considering consumption by increment population increase, Larry Pamugas, assistant provincial
agriculturist explains.
According to a rice sufficiency plan presented by the Office of the Provincial Agriculture, the ultimate
goal is to increase the current 67.9% of rice Bohol supplies to the whole region’s total requirement.
The end goal however is to increase the average per hectare yield to 250,550 to 265,833 metric tones from an
annual average of 229,636 this year.
This means an incremental rate of at least 2 metric tons per hectare yield from 2010-2013, increase
milling recovery to 65.4% and pitch for a 70% increase in the adoption of high yielding rice varieties.
Confident it can be done, Pamugas sees a glimpse of hope, as rice is only planted in 25% of the total
agricultural lands in Bohol, he showed.
Opening up a bigger share, say 40% of the total agricultural lands necessarily raise the chances of and
increased produce.
Moreover, he showed mayors during a recent meeting that producing high quality whole grains, organic
varieties and the world sought Japonica varieties along can already spell the difference in harvest yield per
hectare.
Agricultural promotion Center authorities here, led by Engr. Eugene Cahiles since the rice crisis threatened
to hit Bohol, have been convincing farmers to take the shift and see for themselves the huge difference.
Pamugas, who carries the burden of manhandling the ambition to its reality, also hinted that with the
government help to ensure access of industry through, public-private sector partnerships is a huge boosting
power to propel the dream.
He told mayors that private-public partnerships in financing and putting up the proper technical support can
spur quality seeds production.
The same partnership can help in putting up irrigation facilities, appropriate post harvest facilities, as well as
adoption of environment friendly and cost-effective technologies. (racPIABohol)
