by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
The Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators – Region 7 holds the 8th Bohol IT Student Congress at the Alumni Educational Media Center at the Holy Name University on March 5, 2016.
Ms. Amie Rosarie Cabalo, Dean of Computer Studies of Holy Name University, facilitated the activity which was attended by computer and IT students from the different universities and schools in the province.
Bohol ICT Council Chairperson, Ms. Delilah Biliran, spoke to the students about the status of Bohol’s IT initiatives in order to attract BPO locators in Bohol. She updated the students on the government programs that will help improve IT competitiveness such as Tech4Ed and the scholarships that the students may avail at TESDA which cover certain skills in IT. She also discussed on freelancing as an option for employment. She encouraged the students to participate in the various competitions on technology startups and maker events.
Jerome Auza, Bohol ICT Council Vice Chairperson discussed on the details of Startup Weekend Bohol and encouraged the participants to join and pitch their ideas in the competition. Mr. Charles Barette of FabLab Bohol discussed the FabLab facilities and the various activities held at Fablab. Mr. Jay Paul Aying of Bagol Labs added more details about Ideaspace competition and how to join the TechTalks.PH Tagbilaran community.
Some of the participants of the 8th Bohol IT Student Congress together with the speakers from the Bohol ICT Council and technology startup enthusiasts at the Name University Alumni Educational Media Center (Photo by Ms. Lai Biliran)
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, March 3 (PIA)—Call it another boast, the kind people have been hearing about the plan to build an airport in Panglao, it should be there by the end of 2017.
The New Bohol Airport Construction and Sustainable Environment Protection Project, quite a long name for simply Bohol Airport has Chiyoda-Mitsubishi Joint Venture (CMJV) only 30 months to complete the project, according to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
And for airport that took at least five administrations to plan, it is no less than President Benigno S Aquino who came to lay the time capsule containing the project development plans at the site where the future P4.7 billion airport terminal building would stand.
For a project that started in June 22, 2015, the target 30 months needed to complete the airport and its peripheries, is in December 2017.
Since June 2015, civil works, procurement of goods and related systems have been done, according to the DOTC.
Funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bohol airport will have 2 kilometer runway long .45 meters wide and covers a total land area of 82,000 square meters.
The airport will have two stub taxiways of 32,000 square meters, a 56,000 square meter apron, a 193 lot car park or 8,720 square meters and would have 3 kilometer access roads with two lanes for each direction, data from japan Airports Consultants showed.
The airport would have a single storey Passenger Terminal Building of 8,300 square meters, a 9 storey 33 meter high Control Tower Building, a two storey 1,000 square meter Administration Building, a Fiore station and Maintenance Building, a power house Building with 2,000 KVA supply and a water tank and pump house that can accommodate 450 tons of storage.
As to its utility, Panglao Airport, when completed would have a 2,000KVA power supply system with two emergency generators, a water supply than can course 450 metric tons of waste to flow and another 450 tons of sewerage treatment system.
For travelers from Manila coming in, Panglao owns its Glide Scope and localizer, Doppler VHF Omni directional ranger radar with Distance Measuring Equipment (DVOR DME) with its own Airport Terminal Systems, that even flying ion at night can be no hassle.
Moreover, the airport will have Meteorological Observation System, DOTC said.
As for its aeronautical ground lighting, Panglao is set to have a Precision Approach Lighting System for runway 21 and a Simple Approach Lighting System for its runway 3.
Airport consultants are certain that with the way things are running, the 30 month completion target would force contractors to deliver, they said. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
President Aquino buries the Panglao Airport time capsule eight months after the contractor Chiyoda-Mitsubishi joint venture accepted the 30 month duration of the project expected to bring 3 times more tourists to Bohol and elsewhere in the region. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, Mar. 03 (PIA)–Gipangunahan ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ang seremonya sa pagpasiga sa mga sityo sa tulo ka lalawigan sa Rehiyon 7 kagahapon.
Ubos sa Sitio Electrification Program sa Rehiyon 7, 2,684 ka sityo ang napasiga na gikan Oktubre 2011 hangtud Enero 2016, nga may kinatibuk-ang 31,253 inisyal nga household connections.
“Ngayong araw nga po, nasaksihan na natin ang seremonyal na pagpapailaw ng 2,684 na sitio dito sa Central Visayas sa ilalim ng Sitio Electrification Program na pinangunahan ng DOE, ng NEA, at nagawa sa tulong ng ating mga electric cooperatives. Maraming salamat po sa kanilang lahat,” matud pa sa pahayag ni PNoy.
Ang napasug-an nga mga sityo naglakip sa 469 sa lalawigan sa Bohol, 2,097 sa lalawigan sa Sugbo ug 118 sa lalawigan sa Siquijor.
Base sa maong electrification program, 7 ka electric cooperatives ang mag-supply og kuryente sa Bohol, Cebu ug Siquijor alang sa pagpalambo sa ekonomiya ug turismo sa rehiyon.
Sa iyang diskurso didto sa Barangay Lourdes sa Panglao kagahapon, miingon ang Presidente nga 100 porsiyento nang adunay kuryente ang Bohol.
Matud pa sa Presidente nga ang gobyerno nakapasiga na sa 32,026 ka sityo sa tibuok nasod nga may 98.72 percent completion rate.
“Bago nga raw po matapos ang Marso, matatapos na ang lahat ng natukoy sa ating imbentaryo. Marso pong kasalukuyan iyan, hindi 2017,” matud pa ni PNoy.
Nitambong usab sa maong seremonya sila Department of Energy (DOE) Kalihim Zenaida Monsada, Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Kalihim Joseph Emilio Abaya, Bohol Gob. Edgardo Chatto ug Bohol Rep. Rene Relampagos.
Si Chatto mipadayag sa iyang dakung pasalamat sa Presidente alang sa Sitio Electrification Program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Bottom-up Budgeting ug sa New Panglao Airport. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
BOHOL, Mar. 03 (PIA)–Gipangunahan ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ang seremonya sa time capsule-laying alang sa pagtukod sa P 7.14 bilyong Panglao International Airport sa Barangay Lourdes sa lungsod sa Panglao, ning lalawigan.
Gipaabot nga matapos ang konstraksyon niini sa Disyembre 2017.
Ang Chiyoda-Mitsubishi Joint Venture (CMJV) ang Contractor sa maong proyekto nga gisugdan niadtong Hunyo 2015 sa pakigtambayayong sa Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) isip funding agency.
Sa diskurso sa Presidente, subli niining gitumbok sa mga Bol-anon nga angay walay mahabilin sa paglambo sa nasod.
Matud pa nga usa ang lalawigan sa Bohol nga gitutokan sa iyang administrasyon paghuman sa linog nga nitay-og sa lalawigan niadtong 2013.
“Sa pag-ikot natin sa bansa, tinutukoy natin ang mga pangangailangan ng komunidad, at agad itong tinutugunan. Isa po ang Bohol sa mga tinutukan natin matapos yanigin ng malakas na lindol ang inyong probinsya,” matud pa sa pahayag ni PNoy.
Ang Presidente nagkanayon nga ang maong bag-ong airport gipaabot nga mo-alagad sa 1.7 milyong turista matag tuig.
Giingong triplehon ang gidaghanon gikan sa kapin 500,000 ka turista matag tuig nga modagsa sa Tagbilaran Airport nga mas gamay ug limitado lamang ang nakapahimos.
Gitumbok sa Presidente nga mahinungdanon nga mahatagan og pagtagad ang turismo sa Bohol tungod kay kini man ang gipanginabuhian sa kadaghanan sa maong lugar.
Gipasabot ni PNoy nga matag turista nga mobisita, makamugna kini og trabaho o pagkakitaan sa mga Bol-anon.
Matud pa usab sa Presidente nga ang Panglao Airport usa sa major infrastructure projects sa Bohol.
Gikan tuig 2011 taman 2016, gibutyag ni PNoy nga ang gobyerno nigahin og P10.45 bilyon sa Bohol. Kining kantidad gigasto sa konstraksyon sa kadalanan, tulay, school buildings, health facilities ug flood control projects. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita
Auza.Net is now accepting applications for the Summer On-the-Job Training Program for 2016. The company is looking for technology enthusiasts to participate in projects covering software development, website management and structured cabling for computer networks. Participants in this program must be graduating computer engineering, computer science and IT students in school year 2016-2017.
The company will also accept applications for its startup internship program where the applicants will undergo real-world training in entrepreneurship. Participants in this program must be recent graduates of business or technology related courses and willing to be trained in sales and attend regular sales training sessions. Participants will earn commissions on actual sales generated during the program.
To apply for these training programs, please send your application letter, resume and latest available TOR to jobs@auza.net. Please state if you are joining the OJT program or the intership. Interviews will be conducted later in March. Both programs will start on April 4, 2016.
by admin | Feb 27, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
In 2015, the Philippines business process outsourcing (BPO) revenue was nearly US$22 Billion compared to the US$27 Billion of OFW remittances. The BPO industry is forecast to reach US$48 Billion by 2020. Bohol still lags behind many other provinces and cities in this industry with only a handful of homegrown BPO and KPO (knowledge process outsourcing) companies operating as of last year.
Unfortunately for Bohol province, we experienced a setback in our efforts to attract large BPO companies to locate in the province after the 2013 earthquake. The next two years were spent on rehabilitation.
The Bohol ICT Council, led by its Chairperson Ms. Delilah Biliran, is spearheading initiatives of the province in attracting BPO operators from Cebu, Manila and other cities to open up a facility in Bohol. The council had some level of success last year as we got a few seriously interested companies who did feasibility studies and conducted dialogues with the various stakeholders. However, the final decision to locate in Bohol is still elusive.
Bohol must take a slice of the BPO industry if we are to ensure that the Boholanos have more job opportunities without having to migrate to other cities. We are promoting Bohol as an ecotourism destination and BPO jobs are a perfect complement to ecotourism because the BPO industry do not consume raw materials and do not have hazardous waste by products.
For this reason, the council is working on several fronts:
– encourage local real-estate investors to put up facilities that can be leased to BPO companies
– encourage the local tech and maker communities to conduct and participate in tech events like Startup Weekend Bohol, Geeks on a Beach, Ideaspace competition. This will help our manpower pool become confident and gain experience.
– encourage our technology and design graduates to pursue freelance jobs as alternative to finding jobs in other cities.
In the discussions with the prospective locators, we did realize that much has to be done with regards to talent development. For the talent pool, we have to address labor analysis, inclusive of long-term prospects. We know we have some of the best educational institutions right here in our backyard but we will still be tasking the university system to discover the specific workforce needs for academe-industry matching. We’re also asking our TESDA and TVIs to roll out the more or less P10million peso scholarships intended for IT-enabled and BPO businesses’ requirements. Most importantly, we have to put in place relevant programs, supported by allocated government assets, to close any talent devt gaps.
The provincial and city governments must legislate their incentive packages for the potential locators to help attract them to choose Bohol as their next location. We already have success stories from other cities like Dumaguete, Iloilo, Davao and Bacolod so our legislators have a model to follow in crafting our own legislation.
With the new Bohol Airport in Panglao expected to be operational in 2018, it is the best time to institutionalize the idea that the existing airport be converted into an IT park. We will have about two years to come up with a good marketing package and participate in BPO events to help attract locators. Now would be the best time to sort out the details on setting up our own IT park. We don’t have to reinvent the wheel as we have Cebu as the model for such conversion. Cebu’s IT park in Lahug was formerly an airport also.
(with reports from Ms. Lai Biliran and Jerome Auza)
