by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 23, (PIA) – Bohol pushes forward some P96.973 million worth of projects in support of peace, security and development and proposes for the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Central Visayas to endorse the lump of projects for funding to at last four concerned national agencies.
The lump of projects, 17 of them came out during various consultations with communities from the different towns in Bohol as facilitated by the Community Development Project (CDP) teams Purok Power Movement (PPM) or Prosperity Teams.
It may be recalled that the concerted efforts of Local Government Units, national government, civil society organizations, peoples’ organizations successfully mounted a unified effort to oust the hounding problem of insurgency, not much by the military force, but by directing the fight to alleviating poverty and creating jobs.
To maintain Bohol status as conflict and insurgency-free province, the Provincial Government ensured open lines of dialog between government and the populace through the deployment of CDP PPM teams, especially to distressed areas.
From these dialogs, consulted communities identified priority development projects that they believe could end the resorting to armed conflicts by opening up the tables for talks and negotiations.
After a series of validation and community workshops, development authorities identified four potential government agencies which Bohol could tap for funding support and have endorsed them to the Provincial development Council, according to Provincial Planning and Development Officer Atty John Titus Vistal.
Identified for Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) funding are the construction of concrete rubble and masonry with apron river dike to solve the flooding problems of Barangay Casbu, Guindulman town, the construction of a box culvert in Kauswagan Trinidad, construction of concrete water tank reservoir in Purok 7 proper and Purok 7 Annex in Barangay san Vicente, Bongbong and Kauswagan, also in Trinidad, as well as the contruction of a one-storey evacuation center cum multi-purpose building in Tambongan Candijay towns.
The four projects cost as much as P9.364 million, the request for RDC endorsement proposal states.
For the Department of Agriculture, proposed by Bohol for RDC endorsement are the improvement of 8.44 kilometers farm to market road in Pangpang, Ubay, the opening of a new 2-kilometer San Jose Mabini road and the opening and improvement of 2.43 kilometer Sua FMR in Inabanga as well as improvement of the 3 kilometer Montesuerte Carmen barangay road.
Also asking for DA funding are the improvement of a 2.73 FMR in San Jose Mabini, concreting and improvement of the 8.05 kilometer Sto Nino barangay road in Sto Nino, Talibon, another 6 km concreting of Sto Nino FMR and the improvement of the 2.5 barangay road in Villafuerte Carmen.
Still proposed for RDC endorsement to DA funding are 2.7 km concreting project for Faraon, Jagna FMR and the construction of a solar drier and pavement in Kauswagan (Purok 7 Matin-ao and Purok 6 Buenasuerte as well as Purok 1 in Tambongan Candijay.
These 10 projects rack up a total of P74.759 million.
For the Department of Education, Bohol peace team proposes for funding the construction of 3 classroom buildings for Panaghiusa, San Vicente and Bongbong all in Trinidad, and another 2 classroom 1 storey building in San Vicente of the same town.
All of these totals P11.650 million, according to the proposal presented during the second quarter RDC held at the Bohol Tropics Resort here.
From the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Bohol intends to tap assistance for the construction of a P1.2 million Day Care Center in Kauswagan, Trinidad.
According to the Bohol PDC which endorsed the projects, these are necessary to support and sustain the peace and socio-economic development in these vulnerable areas, by preventing the resurgence of arm conflict and insurgency.
The RDC on the other hand indulged in the move and successfully endorsed as proposed, the project for funding from the respective agencies. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 23, (PIA) –Responding to the effects of the long dry season and the searing heat brought about by the El Nino, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) mobilized its resources to bring crucial relief to distressed communities in the island barangays of Bohol.
And, for its initial mobilization, DSWD Bohol reports the delivery of relief food and water packs to 22,771 individuals in 14 towns, most of them from the deprived sectors.
DSWD Bohol Chief Papiasa Bustrillos said with local resources, they are constrained to prioritize the distribution of rice, canned goods and water to families of farmers and fishermen of Bohol’s island barangays and towns, them being severely affected by the long dry season.
The drought brought about by the El Nino has not just damaged millions of pesos worth of agriculture, its searing and persistent heat ruined the multi-million seaweeds industry feeding thousands of seaweed farmers in the island barangays of northern Bohol, Bustillos revealed over at Kapihan sa PIA.
Right now, we are again continuing to pack more relief to be delivered to other areas in Bohol needing such, she said, adding that the delivery however depends on the availability of trucks from Bohol Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC).
We also intend to ask the Congressman from the Second District, Congressman Aristotle Aumentado to lend us his boat so we could deliver the goods to other islets, she said, as she hinted that the office continues with the relief despite the sudden change in climate from drought to a possible extremely wet.
The repacking, she added, is based on validated reports emanating from town teams.
The team, comprised of the town Social Welfare and Development Officer, Municipal Agriculture Officer, a representative from the DSWD Kalahi, 4Ps and the Sustainable Livelihood Programs, gather and shortlist the data of calamity-affected individuals from the barangays.
The data is the validated form the submitted list from the MAO, MSWDO and civil society organizations.
People who are severely affected may go to these teams and get into the list, but Bohol welfare officials also explained why not everyone can be given relief packs.
We are operating on a limited budget, so we make sure that only those who have no other means can get [the relief packs], Bustrillos explained.
Beyond that, by operational protocol, the local office has to keep a buffer stock of 10,000 relief packs which can be withdrawn any given time that an emergency strikes, she asserted.
The relief is just among the many interventions the DSWD is extending to communities and 4Ps beneficiaries who are severely distressed by the El Nino.
By July, the 4Ps Family Development Session, where a must attendance for 4Ps beneficiaries is exacted, would be tackling Disaster Preparedness, according to Phoebe Jen Indino, 4PS Information Officer.
The program, to be implemented in coordination with the Office of the Civil Defense, Philippine National Red Cross and the Bureau of Fire Protection would grant to communities the proper disaster preparedness to mitigate the often disastrous effects of the rain-carrying La Nina, Indino bared. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jun 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 21 (PIA)–In ten months, army engineers completed a P3.6 million disaster resilient school building that can double as evacuation center for Campao Oriental in Getafe town.
Barangay chairman Pedrito Sobiono Jr., said the 3 class room building, which was part of ABS CBN Sagip Kapamilya Foundation’s help in earthquake rehabilitation, came as much needed help for the school which still have classrooms needing immediate rehabilitation, a week after the formal class opening.
The new building, which costs more that the P1.2 million allocated for every classroom stand in contrast to a single classroom beside it, with two of its walls totally toppled by the quake.
The agreement was for ABS-CBN Foundation to fund new fully furbished three classroom building, for Mariwasa to put up the tiles in the accompanying toilet per room, the army engineers to implement the project and for the community to render volunteer jobs as labor counterpart according the Bohol’s Bayanihan Project, Sobiono Jr., explained.
“It is generally more than P3.6 million,” Parents Teachers Association (PTA) President Albert Melecio added, pointing out that the “building could withstand 170 kilometer winds and is earthquake proof.”
“Over 400 parents took turns in volunteering a day every week and we figured it was just fair as we spent nothing to get the building,” Campao Oriental High School principal Bobet Cortez added.
ABS-CBN Foundation representative and television anchor Bernadette Sembrano picked on the incredible partnership in Bohol which had the army, Department of Education, Provincial Government, Municipal, barangay governments, groups like the PTA and her company had struck, even as she said partnerships always pose a huge challenge.
In his message of acceptance, principal Cortez abundantly thanked the donors: ABS CBN and Mariwasa, the army and the government for the brand new facility.
He also pointed out that aside from ABS-CBN and the army engineers, the heroes of the school are the parents and the students who selflessly struggled it out to complete the project.
“We, beneficiaries [of the project] need to take care of this [building] and make it conducive to learning,” Cortez urged.
Meanwhile, 302nd Infantry Brigade Commander Col. Arnulfo Matanguihan urged the students to take care of the building.
“Everything we put up should let you imagine the hardships our parents put, for their struggles, we have a building with 3 classrooms for this high school,” he said. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
ABS-CBN television anchor Bernadette Sembrano leads the guests in cutting the ceremonial ribbon signaling the opening of the 3-classroom disaster resilient classroom in Campao Oriental, Getafe Bohol, June 16. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jun 21, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 21, (PIA)–The Department of Education (DepED) in Bohol is still consolidating reports to trace around 5,000 Grade 10 student completers who have not shown up for senior high in the public schools, a week after the opening of classes June 13.
DepED information Officer Lope Hubac, however believed these students could be already enrolled in the private schools or have moved to the city, in what is apparently a thinking that they need a new environment after completing junior years in the public schools.
Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA Thursday, Hubac said the DepEd, who has kept a record of junior high school student completers said about 19,152 students completed Grade 10 and eligible to take the senior high school.
But, after the beginning days of the opening of classes, only 14,134 completers have registered and are enrolled for the senior high schools.
The DepEd implements this school year 2016-2017, the first year for senior high school, to be Grade 11 and continues with the Grade 12 by next year, when the first batch of senior high school students graduate.
In a talk with district supervisors, Hubac said a mandate to track these students has been given and the Division office could get hold of the reports within the succeeding weeks.
For these students, he said the most probable thing is that they have transferred to Tagbilaran City, which has “more equipped schools” to implement senior high schools, or have transferred to the private high schools.
Hubac, who was among the Division Field Assistance Teams, sent out to monitor the opening of classes and the enrollment for senior high, noted this even as DepED projects a steady increase in enrolment, even for this school year.
The Bohol Division of the DepED keeps a separate record from the City public Schools, that part of the missing senior high school entrants could already be in the system of the city schools, he reasoned out.
Moreover, DepEd also admits it could be difficult to obtain data for students entering senior high schools through the country’s state universities and colleges, he added.
State Universities and Colleges technically do not fall under the DepED, but the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Hubac claimed.
Even then, he also assured that the DepEd is not stopping until every one of the completers is tracked and are found in schools.
DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, who happens to be a missionary, accordingly instructed the education sector workers to seek out the missing sheep, where ever they may be.
In Bohol, of the high schools offering 164 junior high, only 129 are offering follow on courses for the senior high school, Bohol Division said.
He also assured that the DepEd would always seek ways to get them [students] back on track as the certificates of completion is not yet a high school diploma and could not be used for employment.
The senior high school is that part of high school training which would allow students to gain skills to be gainfully employable. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Jun 19, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
The organizers of the international conference Geeks on a Beach 4 (www.geeksonabeach.com) currently offers a 20% discount on the registration fee until June 30, 2016. This is an opportunity for participants from Bohol to attend such conference without having to travel outside the province. Early bird registrants had enjoyed bigger discounts earlier this year.
Tina Amper, founder of Techtalks.PH that organized the conference, has announced some of the speakers at the conference. Among the speakers are David Brown, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Techstars from Boulder, USA, Khailee Ng, the Managing Editor of 500 Startups, Malaysia, Diane Eustaquio, the Executive Director of IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc., Janette Toral, E-Commerce Advocate and founder of DigitalFilipino.com, Philippines and many more.
The organizing team of GOAB4 also presented the details of the conference to Gov Edgard M. Chatto as well as to other participants during the Bohol ICT sectoral discussion last June 15.
by admin | Jun 16, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 16 (PIA)–Giduyogan sa kagamhanan sa Bohol, gipangandaman na karon sa Bohol Federation of Disabled Persons (BFDP) kauban ang nagkalain-laing ahensiya sa gobyerno ang kalihokan sa pag-obserba sa ika-38 nga National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week gikan sa Hulyo 17 ngadto sa 23 ning tuig.
Sa meeting nga gipahigayon kagahapon nga gipangunahan ni BFDP president Mateo “Toting” Quilas, nauyonan nga ang kalihokan sa NDPR Week dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol buksan sa Hulyo 18 (Lunes) sa usa ka balaang misa sa alas 7:30 sa buntag sa St. Joseph Cathedral.
Human sa misa, isunod dayon ang motorcade gikan sa St. Joseph Cathedral paingon sa Bohol Cultural Center diin didto ipahigayon ang opening program.
Sa hapon, ipahigayon ang symposium diin naglaian-laing mamumulong ang dapiton nga motuki sa mga katungod sa mga persons with disability (PWDs).
Gitakdang magtigom og balik ang grupo alang sa dugang ug pinal nga mga kalihokan alang sa NDPR Week karong umaabot Hulyo 6 didto sa Conference Room sa Governor’s Mansion.
Nag-unang tumong sa kasaulogan ang dugang pagdasig sa pagpakabana sa publiko diha sa mga isyu sa mga PWD’s ug pag-abag nga madugangan ang ilang kahibalo kalabot sa ilang mga katungod.
Isaulog ang NDPR Week ning tuiga sa pagpanguna sa Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ubos sa tema nga: “Karapatan Ng May Kapansanan, Isakatuparan, Now Na!” (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
