by admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Jan. 06 (PIA)–The P6.5-billion project dubbed as KALSADA, one of the biggest nationally-funded projects will be officially launched here on Friday, January 8.
Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan at Daan Tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran (KALSADA), is an innovative devolution program that aims to institutionalize good governance by enabling and shepherding local government units on Local Road Management, according to Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio Abad.
The program will rehabilitate and upgrade provincial roads and transfer these road assets permanently to the provincial government, which will maintain them.
The program will also develop the Provincial Road Network Development Plan (PRNDP) for each province and promote the use of an online open data portal as a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating the provincial roads.
Provinces were selected based on their compliance with the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping and submission to the DBM of their Local Public Financial Management Assessment Report.
The P6.5 billion fund has a breakdown per province according to a formula that considers performance and need scores such as previous provincial utilization of SLRF and provincial road network length of the provinces that have complied with the requirements for consideration.
Sec. Abad, Secretary Jose Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and DILG officials will lead the ceremony at 4:00 in the afternoon at the Dagohoy Room of Bohol Tropics Resort, this City.
Gov. Edgar Chatto, who is the head of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the KALSADA Program will also lead provincial officials and other guests to the event.
Together with KALSADA program, the New Bohol Tourism Video will also be launched together with the Updates on the Bohol Domestic Fiber Optic Network (Bohol DFON).
Before the KALSADA launching, Sec. Abad is set to meet the local media for a press conference tomorrow, January 7 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at JJ’s Seafood Village. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
The P6.5-billion National KALSADA Program will be launched here on January 8, 2016.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Forencio Abad, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Jose Singson and DIGL officials will lead the ceremony at 4:00 in the afternoon at the Dagohoy Room, Bohol Tropics Resort, this city.
Gov. Edgar M. Chatto, who is the head of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the KALSADA Program will also lead provincial officials and other guests to the event.
Together with KALSADA Program, the New Bohol Tourism Video will also be launched together with the Updates on the Bohol Domestic Fiber Optic Network (Bohol DFON).
The event’s theme focuses on enhancing connectivity towards greater heights for Bohol’s development as the provincial government recognizes strengthened local road management, tourism initiatives and ICT component integration as major factors in growth and development in the province.
Exhibits on Innovations and Challenges of Bohol’s Road Programs will also be displayed at lobby of Dagohoy Hall.
It will feature a chronology events from being IRA dependence, to the road nationalization program, Chatto’s two R.A.’s namely the Tourism Act of 2007 focusing on convergence of DOT and DPWH and the declaration of Bohol as Eco Cultural Tourism Zone, PGBH partnerships with PRDP-DA and PRMF until the KALSADA Program.
The “Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan at Daan Tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran (KALSADA) “Good Roads for Inclusive Growth” is part of the 2016 National Expenditure Plan. It is intended for the rehabilitation and upgrading of provincial roads, the transfer of these road assets permanently to provincial government balance sheets as assets and for maintenance, the development of each provinces’ Provincial Road Network Development Plan (PRNDP) and a mechanism of monitoring and evaluation of provincial roads, according to DBM.
These road networks link national roads to areas of economic development, allow access to basic services, and serve as important conduits during conflict, crises and calamities. The project allows each of the 73 provinces an average of 61.5 kilometers of road for rehabilitation, 24.6 kilometers for improvement works, and 12.3 kilometers for upgrading.
Bohol Experience
The PRNDP/KALSADA template has been provided by the experiences of Bohol and other selected provinces where the Philippine Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF) has been piloted.
There are 10 pilot provinces of the PRMF, a program mainly aided thru the Australian Assistance for International Development (AusAID) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Tariff (DFAT) in partnership with the DILG and provincial governments concerned.
The Program is based on the Resolution of the LPP led by Gov. Alfonso Umali of Oriental Mindoro and Gov. Chatto LPP national secretary-general.
BUB Consultative Meetings
Before the KALSADA Launching, Sec Abad is set to meet with barangay officials for the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) Project.
Abad is expected to inform the local leaders that under the” high-impact budget reforms in pursuit of inclusive growth” where 1,590 cities and municipalities participate in a demand-driven budget-planning process.
For 2016, the amount of P24.7 billion will support the implementation of more than 14,000 projects across the country. “Through BuB, we have institutionalized people’s participation in the budget process to gain a better understanding of their needs and requirements, and ensure that these are met,” Abad said.
by admin | Dec 16, 2015 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 15 (PIA)–Crime volume in Bohol escalates 8.77% in November compared to last month as police blotters recorded 638 as against 532 in October.
The spike in total crime volume however feature a 15.25% decrease in index crimes, which amounted to 45 cases lesser than last month, according to Camp Dagohoy’s Police Superintendent Ricky Delelis.
Reporting about Bohol’s peace and order at the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting at the Reynas Garden and Haven, December 14, Supt. Delelis, operations in-charge at Camp Dagohoy also pointed out to a 29.45% increase in non index crimes in November.
Of Bohol’s total crime volume in November at 806, a good 167 cases, or 26% are traffic related incidents.
Without traffic incidents, Bohol could only have 638 crime cases, according to Delelis.
Of the 806 total crime volume, 510 are index crimes. And of the 510, 167 are also traffic related incidents.
It may be recalled that Camp Dagohoy and the Bohol Provincial Police Office implemented Oplan Lambat Sibat, which had police officers swooping down on criminal elements especially into the drug trade.
Non Index crimes, police crime statisticians explained, means those which are backed by special laws and not necessarily by the revised penal code.
An increase in the Non Index Crimes tell a proactive police organization deciding to move out from their desk duties in order to curb criminals and their activities.
Topping Bohol crime types in November is theft at 141 cases, followed by physical injuries at 58 and robbery at 57 cases.
Police also recorded 11 Boholano deaths by shooting while one victim while one more survived the attack.
Tagbilaran City claims 5 deaths, and one injury while the towns of Candijay, Danao, Sierra Bullones Buenavista and Tubigon as having these shootings.
In Tagbilaran too, of the 5 deaths, police said the motive of one killing was drugs, another died for robbery and the remaining four are still undetermined. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 15 (PIA)–Neither Governor Edgar Chatto nor the Bohol Peace and Order Council (PPOC) received any formal copies of the fact finding mission results which a peasant group sent to investigate alleged human rights violations in Trinidad.
But, despite not being furnished any report on the International Fact Finding Mission (IFFM) which Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) organized to dig on alleged human rights violations committed by the military encamped in San Vicente, Trinidad, Gov. Chatto sent out at least two memoranda directing concerned government agencies to act on the matter in the complaint.
The proactive Chatto said despite not getting the copy of the mission results, he asked concerned agencies to address the allegations and for LGUs to conduct assemblies to talk to the people about the allegations.
In September, the IFFM talked to the governor at the Mansion, went to the Special Forces camp in Carmen before proceeding to San Vicente where they interviewed residents to establish the truth of the Hugpong sa mga Mag-uumang Bol-anon (HUMABOL) complaints of alleged of human rights violations.
According to Rafael Mariano, APC Chairperson, national chairman of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and IFFM member, “farmers in Sitio Panaghiusa [San Vicente] are being harassed.”
He cited that 802nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, have been encamping within the vicinity of San Vicente, and together with Capitol’s Community Development Program-Purok Power Movement, have been threatening the operation of the Talibon-Trinidad Farmers Association (TTFA) rice mill which serves about 30 Bohol barangays.
After the IFFM finished their mission however, not one of the members went back to furnish formal report, sources at the PPOC and the Office of the Governor confirmed.
Instead, the IFFM published its findings of the allegations in a local newspaper.
“We afforded them the courtesy of a reception at the mansion, the very least they could have done to show good faith was furnish us copies of their findings so we can work on our end,” added member of the PPOC who was also at the Mansion courtesy call.
Despite the failure to show good faith, Governor Chatto asked the Department of Agrarian Reform, Philippine Army, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, concerned local government units including concerned non government agencies to respond to the allegations of violations.
At the PPOC, DAR representative Marcelito Concepcion confirmed that, with the Chatto letter, DAR revisited Sitio Panaghiusa and conducted forum with the residents.
The people confirmed that they petitioned for a camp to be set up in their barangay, he said even as he added that they surveyed the subject lot where the camp sits. There was no conversion, it was a grazing area and the camp sits only on a thousand square meters, Concepcion added.
A directive also tasked local government units to conduct barangay assemblies to bring down the issues, the governor said. Months ago, the governor also asked the PPOC secretariat to write to the IFFM to obtain a copy of the findings.
It is unnecessary but still, by the dictates of good faith, we asked for a copy so we could work on what needs to be done, Chatto said during an interview after the PPOC.
Not content with the newspaper article lambasting the government for the alleged violations, the APC also submitted the IFFM report to the United Nation’s Commission on Human Rights, Mariano said in newspaper reports.
This week, APC lambasted Bohol government for not addressing on the IFFM findings conducted in San Vicente last September 20-22. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA)–Tagbilaran City has once again surpassed its tax collection efficiency in the third quarter of this year ranking 1st place with 140.29% efficiency rating in the whole Region 7 in Real Property Tax Collection.
Second place is Bayawan City in Negros Oriental with 126.81%, followed by Cebu City with 119.09%, Mandaue City, Cebu with 117.76 and 5th place is Dumaguete City, Nagros Oriental with 117.69%.
Tagbilaran City has already collected real property taxes amounting to P66,173,986.98 just after nine months this year.
It already surpassed its annual target of P58, 960,736.00 for 2015.
Mayor John Geesnell Yap attributed the positive performance of the City Government to the collective efforts of the different departments and to the trust and support of the Tagbilaranons.
For the past two years, Tagbilaran City has been cited by the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) headed by its Regional Director Herminigilda Garsula for its outstanding Tax Collection Efficiency. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN, Dec. 10 (PIA)–Sugod karong adlawa (Disyembre 10), ipanghatag na sa Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) ang cash gifts sa 235,180 nila ka pensioners.
Naggahin og kinatibuk-ang P2.6 bilyon ang ahensiya aron ipanghatag isip cash gift sa mga retiradong kawani sa pampublikong sektor alang ning tuiga.
Matud pa sa Presidente ug General Manager sa GSIS nga si Robert G. Vergara, ang maong kantidad mas taas og 8 porsiyento kun itandi sa pondong gigahin sa niaging tuig.
Tungod sa gidugang sa pondo, ang mga pensiyonado nga nakadawat og kapin sa P10,000 kaniadto makadawat na og dili molapas sa P12,600 nga bonus alang ning buwan sa Disyembre.
Samtang ang mga nakadawat usab og P10,000 o mas ubos pa niini niadtong 2014, makadawat og dili molapas sa susamang kantidad karong 2015. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
