by boholbalita | Jul 10, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
76-ANYOS nga biyuda nakuhaan og dakong kantidad sa salapi human nailad sa duha ka wala mailhing babaye nga gidudahang sakop sa usa ka budol-budol gang sud sa usa ka iladong fastfood chain ning dakbayan sa Tagbilaran niadtong Lunes sa buntag.
Biktima nailhan nga si Lorenza Pesodas, lumad ug nagpuyo sa barangay Cogon Norte, Loon, Bohol.
Basi sa pamahayag sa biktima didto sa Tagbilaran City Police Station nga ni-withdraw siya og P81,500 gikan sa BDO sa dalan C.P.G. Avenue ug pagkahuman nisulod sa City Square aron mobayad sa iyang bayranan sa koryente sa buhatan sa BOHECO nga anaa mahimutang sa maong establisamento.
Matud sa biktima nga samtang siya naglingkod sa maong buhatan, giduol siya og duha ka babaye kinsa nagpasumangil og pangutana kun asa dapit makakuha og sakyanan nga modala sa ilang kinompra nga sinako nga asukar.
Niingon ang biktima nga gidala siya sa duruha sa Jolibee Alturas Branch diiin didto gipakita kini og usa ka itom nga bag nga puno sa mga salapi ug mga alahas ug nikumbinsir sa nahauna nga ila kining ibilin ngadto kaniya kay mahadlok sila nga tulison hinungdan nga ilang gikuha ang iyang salapi nga iyang gi-withdraw sa bangko isip garantiya.
Gisultihan siya sa mga suspek nga mobalik dayon ug pahuwaton.
Apan dangtan og pipila ka mga minutos, napakyas og balik ang duruha hinungdan nga giablihan sa biktima ang maong bag ug nakugang na lamang siya kay pulos pinutol nga mga papel ang sulod niini. (Andy Nalzaro)
by boholbalita | Jul 10, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
MAGTIAYON nga negosyante nakalingkawas sa pagsuway sa pagtulis kanila sa duha ka armadong lalaki didto sa barangay Magsaysay, Sevilla, Bohol niadtong Huwebes sa hapon.
Giila ang mga biktima nga sila si Conrado Marasigan, 43-anyos, minyo ug ang iyang asawa nga si Arlene Marasigan, 37-anyos, nagnegosyo og lumber ug taga-barangay Cogon, Balilihan, Bohol.
Nasayran sa taho nga samtang ang mga biktima nagsakay sa ilang multicab nga gimanehoan ni Conrado mga 1:30 sa hapon ug nagdagan sa barangay road sa maong dapit dihang kalit nga nibutho ang mga suspetsado usa niini armado og de kalibre nga pistola ug nimandar og pahunong.
Matud sa taho nga gimanduan sa mga suspek si Arlene nga itunol ang iyang shoulder bag nga may sulod nga salapi apan nibalibad ang naulahi hinungdan nga nagbinunlotay ug nakiglayog ang biktima sa maong tulisan nga nanawag og pakitabang sa ilang back-up nga nitago sa kasagbutan nga bahin apan wala kini niduol hinungdan nga nakahigayon og padagan si Conrado ug nipasirit sa ilang sakayanan pahilayo.
Gipusil ang mga biktima sa suspek apan wala kini makaigo.
Apan ang duha sa mga suspetsado nadakpan sa gihimong hot pursuit operation sa mga sakop sa Sevilla Police Station sa duha ka managlahing lugar sa dakbayan sa Tagbilaran kagahapon sa buntag.
Si Senior Inspector Basiledes Balistoy, hepe sa Sevilla PNP kinsa maoy nangulo sa operasyon niila sa mga suspetsado nga sila si Ariel Dugoy alias Aye, 19-anyos, ulitawo ug taga-Hanopol, Balilihan, Bohol ug Alberto Yugo, hamtong ang panuigon ug taga-barangay Cambagui, Sevilla, Bohol.
Matud ni Balistoy nga si Dugoy nadakpan mga alas 6 sa buntag didto sa balay sa iyang uyoan sa Sacred Heart Village sa barangay Cogon sa siyudad samtang si Yugo didto nadakpan sa bunkhouse sa Tagbilaran Community Hospital.
Ang duha gidala didto sa Sevilla samtamg tukmang sumbong giandam pa aron ipasaka sa piskaliya. (Andy Nalzaro)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 7, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
USA ka radio commentator ang gipusil-patay niadtong Sabado sa gabii sa probinsya sa Kalinga, ang unang tigbalita nga gipatay sa lima pa ka adlaw nga Aquino administration.
Si Jose Daguio, 75 anyos, gipusil samtang nanihapon kini sa iyang panimalay sa Barangay Tuga sa lungsod sa Tabuk mga alas 8 sa gabii matud pa sa taho sa kapolisan. Napusilan si Daguio sa tuo nga bahin sa iyang lawas ug gidala kini dayon sa Kalinga Provincial Hospital, apan gi deklara nga dead on arrival.
Si Daguio kanhi reporter-commentator sa Radyo Natin Tabuk ug part-time columnist sa usa ka community newspaper, matud pa sa municipal police.
Ang Tabuk Police investigator nga si Jose Candelario nagkanayon nga sa pagkakaron, wala pa silay nakitang motibo sa pagpatay kay matud pa sa pamily ni Daguio nga wala silay mahinumdoman nga pagpang-hulga sa kinabuhi sa tigbalita. Apan wala isalikway sa kapolisan ang posibilidad nga ang pagpatay adunay kalabotan sa trabaho sa tigbalita tungod kay usa man kini ka beteranong radio announcer.
Si Daguio ang unang media nga gipatay ubos sa usa pa ka semana nga administrasyon ni President Benigno Aquino III, kinsa gi pressure sa mga grupo sa local ug international media sa pag undang sa media killings ug pagpadali sa imbestigasyon sa labaw sa 100 ka gipamatay nga tigbalita ubos sa siyam ka tuig sa administrasyong Arroyo. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 5, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
IT is not exactly sleeping with the enemy, but somehow closer to that.
Army soldiers here embrace their enemies and even build shelters for them, one premium they dangle for insurgents who would opt the path of peace.
In Danao Bohol, government forces picked the hammer and pounded to build 18 new housing units for former rebel families who now partner with government in their sought reforms.
“The houses, which the army soldiers built also come with a sizable farm-lots which they can till and get a decent life in their attempt to re-integrate with the mainstream of society,” says 802nd brigade Civil Military Officer 1Lt. Jaicris Jan Mendoza, who helps foresee the program.
In fact, the 18 units are just some of the 25 units set to be constructed in Barangay Remedios Danao, as of June 28.
Some 7 more are up to be built within the next week, says Romeo Teruel who narrated that the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) told him the fund can be downloaded as soon.
Funded in part by the President’s Social fund, OPAPP and the local government, the 50 hectare area comprising of house and lots also come with electricity, water services and forest rehabilitation programs the settlers can implement.
This manifests the government’s sincerity in its Social Integration Program (SIP), Mendoza said.
He also reiterates that it gives the former rebels a head start in working out for a decent life and live peacefully.
Not a few poor people in Bohol joined the rebel movement disillusioned by poverty.
But around 185 rebel returnees who have signed up for the government’s program have seen the futility of a fight against a government when their common enemy is poverty, says Provincial Social welfare Constancia Tunacao.
With a fight that bullets can’t solve, local sectors here draft a widespread poverty alleviation initiative that runs parallel to the government’s anti-insurgency drives.
Soldiers then who used to wield weapons now get into community organizing, skills training and implementing anti-poverty initiatives in rural areas to dent on poverty, says peace worker Romeo Teruel.
But without any amnesty program to offer, convincing people to come down was a problem, until it was clear that local peace efforts could proceed despite the stalled national peace programs, he added.
To make good of the intent to place a sanctuary for surrenderees, Gov. Erico B. Aumentado introduced the resettlement project via Administrative Order No. 172 series of 2007, which aims to provide the rebel returnees a chance to be reintegrated into the society, army sources also revealed.
The project, later to be called Kalayaan Resettlement Center was administered by 802nd Brigade and implemented by the Army’s engineer support battalion, the 53rd Engineer Brigade, according to Lt Mendoza.
“Although they were once enemies of the state, when they laid down their arms and returned to folds of the law, they can now enjoy the benefits of the government program,” he reasons.
With the apparent sincerity of local government officials in making a mark on poverty, Maj Gen. Arthur Tabaquero, who used to command army units here said he has seen the day when peace would be made in Bohol.
I had a feeling this day would come, Maj Gen Tabaquero, 8th Division commanding officer bared.
This was documented as one of the most successful anti-insurgency drives in the country. (PIA-Bohol with 802nd Bde reports)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 5, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
“WE are up to the challenge”, says Mayor Thomas Louis Gonzaga, committing to the huge task of sustaining the government help to facilitate easy social reintegration for former rebels.
Gonzaga, heads the host town allowing 50 hectares of agricultural and residential lands for the construction of KR Kalayaan Resettlement Center (KKRC) also helped the government screen the ten families who shall live in the new community with 15 rebel returnees.
KKRC is implemented in line with the government’s Social Integration Program for rebel returnees and by putting up the resettlement program, former governor Erico Aumentado hopes he could continue convincing rebels to lay down their arms and go back to the mainstream working for peace.
Danao has greatly reaped from the benefits of the project, he told media covering the turn over of the 18 units initially built by the government for the resettlement site.
But former guerilla and legendary fighter, Epitacio Ramirez, or Kumander Vargas, who represents the 15 rebel returnee beneficiaries of the KKRC has earlier aired his fear that government may discontinue support after the project turn-over.
Funded by the President’s Social Fund and in collaboration with the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and the Provincial Government of Bohol, the P6 Million KKRC includes electrification, water system installation and the putting up of a multi-purpose pavement and community Center.
Government funds, specifically the P1.5M form OPAPP could not be downloaded as fast that only 18 of the original 25 houses were completed during the turn-over, says retired Provincial Social Welfare Officer Constancia Tunacao.
The incomplete development of the area has concerned Ramirez who wanted the assurance that the government would still be true to its promise.
Over this, Mayor Gonzaga, who easily reclaimed his town’s to seat when he was uncontested in the last elections assured he will keep the local government working for its completion in as much as he also has 10 civilian beneficiaries living in the center.
8th Division Commander Maj. Gen. Arthur Tabaquero, who turned over the project from the government o the beneficiaries also wished that the KKRC sustain and continue to be the symbol of unity and cooperation among the people of Bohol, and among the people in the region.
In his turn-over message, Gov. Aumentado vowed to continue and sustain the project by monitoring its full implementation, as Danao is under his district.
For Mayor Gonzaga, he said we in Danao, as part of Team Bohol look up to it, and we welcome this challenge. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 5, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
PUTTING a premium on people rather than on projects still highlights city Mayor Dan Lim’s plan for the city in his last three years.
Lim, who spoke before a huge crowd during his inauguration said “obviously, we will have more of the cornerstone programs that form the nucleus of our development thrust. More than ever, we put premium on people over projects.
He stressed that people should be the beneficiaries of all efforts, not mere collatilla to any grandstand project.
Considering however the difficult times engulfing the country, he argued that putting up health and education subsidies would be the city’s provision when people are forced to prioritize food clothing and shelter.
Pioneering multiple intelligence for pre-school children and now hoping to adopt it in elementary education, Lim said Tagbilaran would continue implementing the novel teaching approach which redefines the way people understand intelligence.
Since school year 2005-2006, we have reached 3,540 children, he said, hinting that the program would still mold city preschool mindsets in the next three more years at least.
Convinced that the program works even if “its too early to see the results”, he presented Philippine Jaycees awardee in 2009 for implementing the novel approach to stress his point.
He also said the city follows on its schoolchildren assistance program for elementary school pupils, one it has done in its seventh year.
The City school children assistance program gives free uniforms and school supplies to elementary kids in an effort to help parents send their kids to schools.
“A total of 57,012 pupils have availed of our freebies. Hopefully, from here on, the succeeding administrations will see to it that every public elementary school pupil in the city will be a beneficiary of this program,” the mayor who will have used up his full term said.
Admitting the city’s limited resources, he promised to continue giving tuition fee subsidy of P5,000.00 per semester to college scholars.
This subsidy program is available for students whose gross family income is not more than P120,000.00 annually.
“This is opening a window of opportunity for a better life not only for the 181 beneficiaries so far but for those who will qualify in the coming years,” he explained. (PIA-Bohol)
