by magnolia_eic | Jul 21, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
ESPESYAL nga holiday sa Bohol karong umaabot nga Huwebes, Hulyo 22, kanus-a saulogon ang ika
156 nga kasumaran sa Bohol Day.
Tungod niini, walay trabaho alang sa mga trabahante ug walay klase sa tanang ang-ang sa
tunghaan.
Kahinumduman nga sa Hulyo 22, 1854, nakabaton ug kaugaling-nan ang Bohol kauban ang Siquijor
dihang gibuwag kini sa lalawigan sa Sugbo,
Sukad niini, gi-isip na ang Bohol sa kanhi kagamhanang Katsila nga lahi nga lalawigan ug misanong
usab ang misunod nga rehimen sa mga Amerikano.
Pinaagi usab sa Akta Republika 7683, gideklara na sa Kongreso nga espesyal nga holiday sa tibuok
Bohol ug syudad sa Tagbilaran ang Hulyo 22.
by magnolia_eic | Jul 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
PHOTOGRAPHERS with eye and passion to showcase the unique Boholano culture can just shoot themselves into a competition and laugh their way home with handsome prizes.
This, as a group of photo-enthusiasts here present “PITIK: Tipik Sa Dugong Bol-anon, a photo competition open to Professional and amateur shooting on July 25 and only at the Sandugo 2010 Street-dancing Festival.
The move, is claimed to be the group’s little contribution to promoting Bohol as a major eco-cultural tourism destination by showcasing it’s diverse and colorful culture and advance local creative energies into world-class artistic skill, according to photojournalist and contest organizer Nilo Sapong.
The catch however is, Photos must be taken during the Sandugo street dancing parade and its subjects are the dancers, propsmen, instrumentalists, muses and even onlookers who may well depict the festive street-dancing event and portray a distinctive definition of a Boholano, he said.
According to him, participants can use any digital, including, cell-phones with cameras, or film-based camera to document the action or portraiture and have it developed in size 8R at the entrant’s expense from the competition’s official developing center at the BQ Mall. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 20, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
AVERTING the offshoot of similar tourism products in every town, which may spoil other destinations, the Provincial Tourism Council has proposed the setting up of a clearing-house for tourism development projects.
During the recent full council meeting Wednesday last week, the PTC recommended the setting up of a “clearing chouse” as a way to pre-clear any proposed tourism site development to avoid duplication of tourism products.
On the recommendation, tourism stakeholders believe that setting up of a body to evaluate proposed new tourism development can further help Bohol in its efforts to boosts its eco-tourism potentials.
Tourism Council Chairman Atty. Lucas Nunag has asked the governor to come up with the body said it would be good if those intending to put up more tourism would be guided. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 15, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
SI Gov. Edgar Chatto nanawagan sa mga mayor sa lungsod sa Bohol sa pagpalig-on sa nagkada-iyang Municipal Peace and Order Councils kon MPOCs agig tubag sa nagka saka nga insidente sa pagpanolis sa pipila ka lungsod.
Matud pa sa gobernador nga nga MPOCs magsilbing stable groundwork alang sa Provincial Peace and Order Council kon PPOC.
Sa unang PPOC meeting nga gipatawag ni Chatto niadtong Lunes, ang gobernador ni ingon nga iyang paningkamutan nga ang kada lungsod magbaton og regular bodies nga gi require sa Local Government Code aron ang tanang lungsod sa Bohol makalihok sa samang direksyon sa provincial government.
Mao kini ang tubag sa obserbasyon ni DILG Provincial Director Rustica Mascariñas nga dili tanang lungsod adunay aktibo nga MPOCs.
Si Mascariñas nagkanayon nga ang MPOCs makatabang sa daling paglihok kon adunay kabalaka sa peace and order. Ang sugyot niya nga magtukod og coordination system nga mo monitor sa kriminalidad, gi konsidera usab.
Gi sugyot usab ni Mascariñas nga ang mga miyembro sa PPOC kinahanglang mapahibalo dayon sa bisan unsang krimen ug dili na mohulat pa sa mosunod nga PPOC meeting nga ipatawag sa gobernador. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 15, 2010 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
MORE than 80 exhibitors with locally-manufactured products in the tourism, food, fashion, gifts, accessories, crafts, and houseware industries will take center stage in the longer-running provincial products fair in Bohol dubbed Sandugo Trade Expo.
According to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Bohol, more exhibitors are expected to participate in the Sandugo Trade Expo 2010 set on July 21-25, 2010. The Expo is expected to provide exhibitors a chance to showcase their various products.
At said Expo, Visayan craft producers who joined a series of training and one-on-one consultations with expert designers will be presenting their work prototypes, says DTI Provincial Director Maria Elena Arbon.
“The Sandugo Trade Expo is a culmination of a series of product development initiatives geared towards improving the quality and design of the export-oriented crafts and ethnic food in the region,” said Arbon, adding that the Expo not only highlights the region’s unique products and services but will also make use of local ingenuity.
With Bohol becoming a bankable tourism destination, the fair shall also showcase emerging tourist destinations in the region, and ready packaged tours will be made readily available at the booths. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 14, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Bohol leaders lobbied to Pres. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III for the realization of the Panglao-Bohol International Airport Development Project (PBIADP).
The Provincial Development Council (PDC), Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), and League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Bohol have passed a joint resolution earnestly requesting President Aquino to carry on the project.
Governor Edgar Chatto had earlier moved for passage of said resolution.
Chatto, who serves concurrently as PDC Chair, will preside over the first PDC meeting later this week in his residence in Del Carmen Weste, Balilihan on Thursday in time for the town fiesta.
An update on the completion of the Panglao International Airport project is certain to be one of the “priority concerns” that Chatto intends to discuss with the new set of provincial officials, including the three congressmen.
Former Governor and now Rep. Erico Aumentado was in Manila last week to deliver a copy of the PDC resolution to the Office of the President in Malacañang.
He said he had also asked the most probable next Speaker of the House, Quezon City 4th District Rep. Feliciano Belmonte of the ruling Liberal Party, for his help in endorsing the project with President Aquino.
The Panglao Airport, has been in “extremely long gestation, having taken over 20 years to get into the verge of completion – from conceptualization to the expected implementation next year.
In the resolution, the PDC full council pointed out that the necessity for having the international airport in Panglao Island “has long been expressed across many sectors and stakeholders of the Boholano community, and its urgency is evidenced not just by the exponentially increasing tourist arrivals…, but also by the congestion of passengers and planes in the current Tagbilaran Airport, as well as its hazardous landing conditions, being located right in the midst of residential and commercial districts.”
The PDC also noted that the project was already about to be awarded to a winning bidder in the last days of the Arroyo administration and Chatto’s provincial administration intends to get the assurance of President Aquino’s support to have it continued. (PIA-Bohol)
