by magnolia_eic | Sep 8, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GIBUTANG sa heightened alert status ang mga police units sa Luzon ug Visayas sugod Martes sa udto agig paglikay sa posibleng pagbalos sa pagpangatake sa grupo sa Abu Sayyaf.
Ang Philippine National Police (PNP) ug ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) nipasaka na sa ilang alert levels sa pinakataas nga status sa Mindanao human sa pagkamatay ni Gafur Jumdail, ang igsoong lalaki ni Abu Sayyaf lider Gumbahali Jumdail a.k.a. Dr. Abu, ug duha sa iyang mga sakop sa lungsod sa Maimbung sa milabay’ng Sabado.
Gimanduan na ni PNP chief Director General Jesus Verzosa ang tanang PNP units nga dugangan ang pagbantay ug seguridad sa tanang vital installations, lakip na ang mga airport, pantalan, simbahan, publiko ug ubang lugar nga tagbuanan nga posibleng target sa teroristang kalihokan.
Gi dugang usab sa tigpamaba sa PNP nga si Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz, Jr. nga wala pa hinuon sila nakadawat og tahu nga ang mga Abu Sayyaf adunay planong mo atake sa Luzon ug Visayas.
Gipasabot ni Cruz nga ang pagpasaka sa alert level parte lamang sa ilang security measures.
Gipasalig hinuon ni Cruz nga ang PNP magpabiling magbantay sa mga panghitabo ilabi na ang niaging encounter sa Mindanao. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 5, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Disco Record Center, the leading provider of professional sound, lighting and staging equipment
here in Bohol has recently launched its website with the domain name www.drc-pro.com.
Established in 1981, Disco Record Center (DRC) has 29 years of experience in servicing events ranging from disco’s, concerts, corporate launchings, pageants, debuts, weddings, stageplays, variety shows and more.
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Visit www.drc-pro.com and learn more about this company. DRC’s website is maintained and hosted by Auza.net.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 22, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
DARKNESS eases out of Barangay Maitum in Catigbian when dialog diffused a potential governance headache here.
Long believed as an incendiary that help spark the avid support to the communist, the situation could not just be left unattended, says Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas.
Maitum, an agricultural barangay sliced off from a forest, owns 638.8 hectares all classified timberland based on the 1928 survey.
Being timberlands, farmers eversince could not own lands as this is technically government property.
The implications are unthinkable, says Mayor Roberto Salinas, hinting that everyone here is illegally settling and harvesting their planted trees on government lands can get them to jail.
“The thing is, we have problems collecting real estate and property tax from the people as the lands they settle in, are technically not theirs” bemoaned Salinas.
On his last term, Salinas has since attempted to remedy the situation by reclassification of timberlands into alienable and disposable (A and D) lands. This allows the process of claiming ownership to proceed.
After several attempts, the retired navy captain turned mayor finally succeeded in facilitating a dialog among residents and authorities from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Agrarian Reform (DAR) and local concerned agencies and offices last August 17, 2010.
That day, at the Maitum Barnagy Hall, DENR 7 Regional Director V11 Leonardo Sibaluca, Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Forest Management Service Isabelo Montejo, RTD for Land Management Service Diana Apistar, and DAR RD Rudy Inson, Capitol Consultant Isabelito Tongco, PENRO Nestor Canda, CENRO Eusalem Quiwag, BEMO’s Nunilo La Fuente, DAR Bohol’s Operations chief Ronald Pumatong and Catigbian officials led by Salinas, Vice Mayor Rey Lacea, SB members, MPDC Tifilito Rulida, Mun Treasurere Ranulfo Suarez, Assessor Benjie Lacea, MARO Laura Lacea and Maitum barangay officials led by Brgy Captain Jun Tupaz convened for the historic ironing out of the governance kinks.
DAR Bohol’s Dr Ronald Pumatong recounted the “joint efforts” of the municipality and DAR, which has ushered in the moment.
RTDs Montejo and Diana Apistar admitted before the barangay folks that the problem sprouted from an erroneous 1928 survey.
Both of them however were amenable to reclassify the 356.3 hectares as A and D so these can be titled in favor of the farmers.
The meeting then led to the correction of classification from the erroneous survey thereby identifying more than half of the total Maitum area as alienable and disposable, to the applause of barangay folks.
This leaves only an area of only 282.5 hectares as timberland.
Over the development, DENR RD Sibaluca, urged accelerated process of documentation pegged a month-long target so they can finally turn over the A and D lands to DAR for proper disposition.
Finally, DAR RD Inson directed his men to fast track the titling of the lands already tilled by farmers long time ago.
Asked if the one-month target is attainable, government officials said they are optimistic that it can be done. (racPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 22, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
JOBS and work-trainings for youths remain one of the top priorities for the Chatto Administration.
At the recent Kita ug ang Gobernador weekly radio program aired over Bohol AM stations form the People’s Mansion, Governor Edgar Chatto bared a hurting statistic, only 40% of secondary students in Bohol can proceed to college.
As Chatto read the statistics, he also remarked on the dire necessity to look into the matter of basic work training to high school students.
Who takes care of the remaining 60% graduates who could not go to college and are not trained for jobs? Chatto asked.
Over this, to arrest the need to get the 60% secondary school graduates get jobs, both Chatto and Bohol Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) through Dr. Francisca Opog bared their continued implementation of the programs that assure work for Boholano youth.
Dr. Opog said they are opening up P1M school for work training programs scholarship to employable youth aged 18 years old and older.
On the other hand, Chatto revealed that Capitol intends to continue with the Skills Training Advocating Reliance and Self employment (STARS) a program co funded by the Capitol.
The program identifies at least two skills training beneficiaries from every barangay in Bohol for 12 different skills from every barangay.
The project, as conceptualized by the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry aims to generate as much as 26,616 jobs in its first two years of inception also would hopefully start some P204M income opportunities for Bohol, then explained past president Norris Joseph Oculam.
Then funded by the President’s Social Fund, Capitol put in P6.5M and the three Bohol representatives polled a similar amount to get the local job generation program going.
According to Chatto, the country’s educational modules have not as much included work skills training for high school and it compounds to the problem.
Over this, he instructed his Administrator Alfonso Damalerio III and education consultant Cerina Bolos to work out with Bohol Island State University an agreement to make the school a center for excellence in education so they can expand their extension and education services to the farms where they are most needed. (rac/PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 17, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
SI Judge Ralph Lee sa Quezon City RTC branch 83 nipagawas niadtong Lunes og hold-departure order batok sa kanhi gobernador sa Basilan ug kongresista Gerry Salapuddin kinsa ning sayo pa lang, gi isyuhan og warrant of arrest kalabut sa tuig 2007 nga pagpang-bomba sa Batasang Pambansa complex nga nipatay og 4, apil na ni Basilan Representative Wahab Akbar.
Gi isyo ang maong hold departure order human sa mando nga pagsikop kang Salapuddin niadtong Biyernes.
Gisulayan apan napakyas ang kapolisan sa Basilan sa pagduso sa arrest order niadtong Sabado.
Ang maong pagpang-bomba niadtong tuig 2007 nikalas sa 4 ka kinabuhi, apil na ni Akbar, ug naka-angol sa 12 ka tawo, kasagaran mga trabahante sa House of Representatives.
Ang trial court nipagawas na kaniadto og arrest warrant, apan gibawi human nga nakit-an sa Justice Secretary nga walay probable cause batok ni Salapuddin. Apan gibali sa Court of Appeals ang maong ruling.
Human niadto, gipasaka ni Salapuddin ang iyang kaso ngadto na sa Supreme Court. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 14, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IS THERE any hope left for the scholar siblings of barangay officials?
The question seemingly hounds most of the sons and daughters of barangay officials who, according to law qualifies for scholarship grants that lets them through college paying only miscellaneous fees.
While there is a provision of law that mandates that, the glitch however is that the law is silent as to where the funds to pay for the grants could be taken.
That means, there is a law but there is no specific funding provision incorporated in the law that would allow the annual appropriation for such to be downloaded to the state universities and colleges upon where the scholars enroll.
Needless to say, students who believe they are qualified scholars are frustrated to know that there is no such budget for them.
Every semester, hundreds upon hundreds of government officials send kids as scholars to colleges and universities making some schools finally reveal the situation or decide to reject granting the scholarships for the above reason.
“We can not use the funds downloaded for operation and maintenance to pay for the scholars because it would affect our operational efficiency,” Dr. Elpidio Magante of Bohol Island State University (BISU) allegedly told the media.
At the Kita ug and Gobernador Friday, media representatives also asked Governor Edgar Chatto what he can do to remedy the situation.
Admitting he was certain the law puts no funding support to the scholarships, he said he has talked to the Commission on Higher Education and the state colleges and universities on the matter.
The last time that I know, CHED has promised to fix the matter, said Chatto.
During his weekly engagement at the Mansion with the media, the governor said he knew it was a problem.
He also revealed that he used to contribute in the pool for funds to pay for the government scholars during his term as congressman, just to make sure that Bohol scholars are funded.
In the past years, Bohol representatives pool support funds to pay for the scholars, but the schools may have to re-establish the linkage again to keep the funds coming, said observers who heard the governors statements. (racPIABohol)
