by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
Two former Japanese volunteers under the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) Program of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in partnership with teachers of the Tagbilaran City Central School Special Education Center established recently a support center for children and youth with special needs in Bohol.
Called the Babita House, the center aims to support children and young adults with disabilities by providing them vocational skills trainings that can help integrate them in the society.
Present during the opening of the support center were JICA Chief Representative in the Philippines Susumu Ito, and officials from the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, local governments of Tagbilaran City and Municipality of Dauis and representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry and Bohol Investment Promotion Center.
Japanese volunteers Akiko Sugiyama and Ruiko Wada were formerly dispatched in Tagbilaran City Central School SPED Center (October 2012-March 2015) and Department of Education (DepEd) – Tagbilaran City Schools Division (July 2013-June 2015) respectively.
“The support center reflects the commitment of JICA and the JOCVs in giving hope and opportunities to everyone,” said JICA Chief Representative in the Philippines Susumu Ito. “Through the activities of our Japanese volunteers, we hope to contribute to the Philippines’ thrust of building an inclusive society where a life of dignity is enjoyed by everyone.”
The Babita House, located in the Municipality of Dauis in Bohol, is a one-storey building that also houses dormitories for special children and young adults.
Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that of the number of people with disabilities in the Philippines, the number was higher for those in the ages 5 to 19 years old.
“We are happy to provide education to children with special needs and we hope that they will be able to enjoy a life without discrimination,” shared Japanese volunteer Akiko Sugiyama.
Sugiyama was among the many Japanese volunteers who returned to the Philippines to pursue advocacy work. This year, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the equivalent of Asia’s Nobel Prize, recognized the JOCVs for their selfless work in building solidarity with the rest of the world.
In all, there were more than 1,500 Japanese volunteers dispatched to the Philippines under JICA’s JOCV Program to support various development areas.
Former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) Akiko Sugiyama (second to the right, in kimono) opens the Babita House in Dauis, Bohol, a support center for children and young adults with special needs. Officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, local governments of Tagbilaran City and Municipality of Dauis, and representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry and Bohol Investment Promotion Center attended the opening of the center.
by admin | Oct 22, 2016 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
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DOH trains municipal health teams for Community Based Drug Rehabilitation Program
“Who will save Bohol? It’s going to be us,”- Gov. Chatto
Municipal teams composed of the chief of police, municipal health officer, social worker, public health nurse, municipal local government operations officers, the president of the league of barangays, representative from the religious sector underwent 3-day training on Community Based Drug Rehabilitation Program from the Department of Health (DOH).
DOH is performing mandate to provide treatment and rehabilitation for drug “surrenderers” as part of commitment toward the “Health for All, All for Health” battle cry under the administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.
The agency maintains drug use and addiction is a health concern. According to DOH, addiction is a disease. It’s a brain disease. It is brought about by imbalance of chemicals in the brain because of chemicals that you put in your body.
Following establishment of the Center for Drug Education and Counseling (CEDEC) at the Oak Brook Building by the Provincial Government in partnership with DOH and the Bohol Island Lions Club, Gov. Edgar Chatto welcomed the training for municipalities.
The CEDEC will be model for centers to be established across municipalities, the teams from each town now having undergone training from the DOH.
“Who will save Bohol? It’s going to be us,” Chatto stated to participants at the training, likening the response to the drug war to the comprehensive and collaborative response to when the earthquake happened in Bohol.
“We receive a lot of help and we thank the people who are helping us. But we are the ones who will take Bohol to greater heights,” the governor added.
Chatto said the community-based program ensures Boholanos owned and won the drug war through active involvement and collaboration.
The program is aimed at strengthening knowledge and better understanding on how they can properly assess the drug dependent/user surrenderers to ensure that proper recommendations can be made for them.
An important aspect is also the proper determination of the level of addiction of a patient so that needed intervention can be classified as needed.
Patients are also assessed according to whether they need to be treated as outpatient, provided with counseling by psychiatrist, or are required to be referred to a mental health institution or facility wherein their condition can be managed.
An aspect also includes assessment for referrals for livelihood or financial assistance.
The program also includes family support group as in some cases, family and financial problems can also be traced as reasons why people are hooked to drug addiction.
Also integrated into the program is the Masa Masid (Mamamayang Ayaw sa Anomalya Mamamayang Ayaw sa Iligal na Droga) program of the DILG, a barangay-based anti-criminality, anti-corruption, and anti-illegal drugs program which encourages multi-sectoral partnership to intensify the spirit of volunteerism at the community level.
The municipalities were divided into two batches in three simultaneous venues. The first batch included teams from Duero, Anda, Ubay, Pres. CPG, Talibon and Buenavista; Catigbian, Bilar, Carmen, Danao, Sikatuna and Lila; and Tagbilaran City, Dauis, Alburquerque, Dimiao, Garcia and Jagna
Batch 2 included Tubigon I, Calape, Loon II, Cortes, Balilihan I, and San Isidro; Candijay, Ubay II, Trinidad, Getafe, Inabanga, Tubigon II, Sierra Bohol Plaza Bullones, and Mabini; Batuan, San Miguel, Sagbayan, Clarin, Bien Unido and Dagohoy; Loon I, Maribojoc, Corella, Balilihan II, Antequera, Loboc, Sevilla and Alicia; and Baclayon, Panglao, Loay, Valencia, Jagna II, Guindulman, and Pilar. (Leah/EDCOM)
by admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News, World
Overseas Filipinos’ (OFs) personal remittances in August 2016 increased by 16 percent year-onyear to reach US$2.6 billion, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Officer-in-Charge Nestor A. Espenilla announced today. On a year-to-year basis, personal remittances for the first eight months of 2016 grew by 4.4 percent from the previous year’s level to US$19.5 billion. Personal remittances comprised largely of transfers from land-based workers with work contracts of one year or more (at US$15.1 billion) and remittances from sea-based and land-based workers of less than one year (at US$4.1 billion).
Similarly, cash remittances from OFs coursed through banks registered an increase of 16.3 percent in August 2016. Cumulative remittances I the first eight months of 2016 posted a 4.6 percent increase totaling US$17.6 billion. In particular, cash remittances from land-based workers rose by 6.5 percent to US$13.1 billion while that of sea-based workers fell moderately by 1.9 percent to reach US$3.8 billion. About 80 percent of cash remittances came from United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Japan, Qatar, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and Germany.
by admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
MANILA, October 17 (PIA)–Gilagdaan na ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang Executive Order number 5 nga gi-ila sa tawag nga “Ambisyon Natin 2040”.
Nahisulod niining plano ang 25-year long-term anti-poverty ug anti-hunger programs sa National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
Gipasabot sa Presidente nga target sa programa nga mapasaka og triple ang kasamtangang real per capita income sa katawhan.
Gitunga ang proyekto sa upat ka Philippine Development Plans nga una nang gi-plano ug gitun-an sa mga economic managers sa Presidente.
Gawas sa mas maayong kinabuhi sa umaabot, miingon ang Presidente nga target sa iyang administrasyon nga sugdan ang kampanya aron makuhaan ang gidaghanon sa mga katawhan nga makonsiderar nga kabos sa nasod.
Gikan sa “poor” base sa mga gihikyad nga sumbanan sa NEDA, miingon si Duterte nga himuon nilang “middle class” ang kadaghanan sa mga kauban sa marginalized sector base sa mga nahisulod sa programa sa “Ambisyon Natin 2040”.
Dungan niini, nanawagan ang Presidente sa mga business leaders og dugang pang suporta alang sa mga poverty alleviation program sa iyang administrasyon. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita, Major Events
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 17 (PIA)–Gitudlo ni Pope Francis si Monsignor Alberto Uy sa Diocese sa Talibon isip bag-ong obispo sa Diocese sa Tagbilaran niadtong Octobre 13.
Si Msgr. Uy ang ika-12 nga obispo gikan sa lalawigan sa Bohol ug ika-7 nga obispo sa Bohol sukad namugna ang diocese, 75 na ka tuig ang niagi.
Hulipan niya ang 77 anyos nga si Bishop Leonardo Medroso kansang resignasyon gidawat sa Santo Papa.
Isip Obispo, si Medroso unang mi-alagad sa Diocese of Borongan sulod sa 19 ka tuig hangtud nga gibalhin siya sa Diocese sa Tagbilaran niadtong 2006.
Si Msgr. Uy kasamtangang Episcopal Vicar sa Diocese sa Talibon ug pastor usab sa St. Michael the Archangel Parish sa lungsod sa Jagna.
Ang bag-ong natudlong obispo nga lumad nga taga lungsod sa Ubay ning lalawigan, magsaulog sa iyang ika-50 ka adlaw’ng natawhan ugma, Oktubre 18.
Si Msgr. Uy nikuha sa iyang philosophical studies sa Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary sa dakbayan sa Tagbilaran ug theology, una sa St. John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary sa syudad sa Cagayan de Oro City diin natapos niya iyang Bachelor in Sacred Theology degree ug Masters in Pastoral Ministry.
Nakumpleto niya iyang licentiate sa Sacred Theology sa Loyola School of Theology sa syudad sa Quezon.
Niadtong 2006, nakuha ni Msgr. Uy iyang doctorate sa Sacred Theology sa Pontifical Gregorian University sa Rome, Italy.
Gi ordinahan pagka-pari si Msgr. Uy alang sa Diocese sa Talibon niadtong Abril 14, 1993.
Ang instalasyon sa bag-ong obispo gitakda sa Enero 18, 2017 sa lungsod sa Talibon. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 14, 2016 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
MANILA, October 14 (PIA)–Nagpagawas na og kamanduan si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte alang sa pagmugna og Presidential Task Force on the Violation of the Rights of the Media nga nahisulod sa Administrative Order (AO) 1.
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Kalihim Martin Andanar, tuyo niining protektahan ang katungod sa mga mamahayag agi og pagsunod sa probisyon sa Batakang Balaod kalabot sa Freedom of the Press.
Dugang pa ni Andanar, seryoso gayud ang Presidente nga sulbaron ang problema sa media killing. Kini usab aron masiguro ang seguridad sa mga mamamahayag sa nasod.
Gipahayag ni Andanar nga tungod sa mga nahitabong media killings, napalinya ang Pilipinas nga usa sa mga nasod sa kalibotan nga giingong delikado alang sa pagpatuman sa katungdanan sa mga mamamahayag.
Gitudlong chairman sa task force si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre samtang moalagad isip co-chairman si Andanar.
Gilagdaan sa Presidente ang AO niadtong Oktubre 11.
Gitataw usab ni Andanar nga online man o ‘on ground ang harrassment’, mahimong motaho sa presidential task force tungod kay tataw nga pagpanglapas kini sa life security ug kagawasan sa usa ka mamamahayag. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
