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Bangon Marawi: Marawi entrepreneurs receive loan assistance from SB Corp.
At least 24 Maranao entrepreneurs received assistance from the Small Business Corporation (SB Corp) in form of the Pondo sa Pagbabagao at Pag-asenso (P3) loans to help bring back the business environment in the war-torn city. SB Corp, the micro-financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released a total of P245,000 to 24 borrowers who were also recipient of DTI’s business starter kits. Another P10,000 P3 loan package was also released to 13 micro enterprises last week. “DTI is bringing the government’s P3 microfinancing program closer to the entrepreneurs of Marawi by helping them start and rebuild their businesses. We are committed in reviving the vibrant business environment in the city, especially for the Maranaos who are well-known as traders,” said DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez. As part of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), DTI, together with other government agencies comprising the subcommittee on business and livelihood (SC-BL), has assisted affected Marawi residents to bring back the illustrious business city. DTI Undersecretary for Regional Operations Group Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya assured that the agency has been on the ground to provide assistance to affected Marawi internally displaced persons (IDPs) to hasten the recovery and rehabilitation of the city. “Together with member agencies of the Task Force Bangon Marawi Subcommittee on Business and Livelihood, we would make sure that Marawi City will quickly return to normalcy upon the orders of the President. We’re bringing back business for our brothers and sisters who were greatly affected by the war,” Maglaya said. SB Corp has earmarked at least 1,000 Marawi entrepreneur beneficiaries that will receive loan packages in the first quarter... read moreBooming business: Countryside entrepreneurship up
As part of the Trabaho, Negosyo agenda of the administration, which puts center the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and job generation, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has set its sight on providing both for Filipinos. This has become prevalent with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported the growing interest and enthusiasm of Filipinos in venturing into business as more and more entrepreneurs turn to Negosyo Centers for assistance for MSMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs. In the 2017 Negosyo Center year-end performance monitoring report, a total of 614,417 entrepreneurs have been assisted by these centers—leapfrogging from the June 2017 performance report of 595,573 clients assisted since the inception of Negosyo Centers in 2014. DTI Regional Operations Group (DTI-ROG) Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya stressed that the huge surge of entrepreneurs assisted was due to the government’s support for MSMEs and the advancing of MSMEs as economic movers of the country. “2017 has been the year for Filipino MSMEs as the country hosted the ASEAN. With ASEAN, MSMEs were given the much needed attention in order to advance the country’s economic agenda,” Maglaya said. With more MSMEs turning to Negosyo Center for assistance, Maglaya attributed the entrepreneurship surge to the agency’s continuing drive to introduce entrepreneurship as a steady source of income, while also recognizing the agency’s partnerships with other national government agencies, and non-government organizations (NGOs), local government units, and big corporations. “We’re very grateful to Filipinos that they realize the huge help they get from entrepreneurship and how business contributes to society by providing employment and lifting the economy,”... read more
TESDA invites senior HS students, Tech-Voc graduates to the Nat’l TVET Enrollment Day
TAGBILARAN CITY, Pebrero 19 (PIA)–The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will bring its scholarships closer to those who want to avail of free skills training and even help its graduates in finding a job. With this, TESDA-Bohol is inviting all senior high school students and technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) graduates to come and join the National TVET Enrollment Day and Jobs Bridging Program on February 28, 2018. This will be held in three sites namely: Bohol Institute of Technology-International College (BIT-IC) in Tagbilaran City; Jagna Business Center in Jagna; and at Ramon Magsaysay Multi-Purpose Gym in Ubay. TESDA-Bohol Information Officer Marichu Cua said that the activity aims to provide information on the different Technical Vocational Education and Training programs for the Boholanos and to promote TVET as preferred choice of career. Cua said they will facilitate the enrollment of interested applicants to TESDA scholarship programs from 9am to 3pm on the said day. Enrollment is open to all Filipinos age 15 and above for those interested to pursue various Tech-Voc courses. Requirements for the enrollment include valid ID or NSO birth certificate and 1×1 picture. On the other hand, job applicants should bring their TESDA certificate and resume. This activity is open to the public....Tech Community Hold Startup Weekend Bohol 2
The local tech community in Tagbilaran City and Bohol held the Startup Weekend Bohol 2 (SWB2) event at the Bohol Island State University on April 15 to 17, 2016. The winning teams of the competition will be announced on April 17. Startup weekend is a 54-hour event that promotes the spirit of entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation in its affected community. SWB2 is sponsored by PLDT SME Nation, Auza.net, ANDAKIDZ, Virtual Innovations, Gwion, Savenearn, Alturas Group of Companies, LiveLingua, Spanish 2 Go, PrintBit, Nelson Buena, Tarsier Times, Dumaluan Beach Resort, Geeks On A Beach, Google, .co and Eventbrite. It is co-presented by Bohol ICT Council, Bohol Investment Promotions Center, TechTalks.ph Bohol, and FabLab Bohol. During the opening program on Friday, April 15, the participants came up with about 15 ideas and eight were selected for the competition: E-tricycle, Click Prio, Auto Feeder, Traveling Pants, Book Trade, Bohol Easy Realty, Nice Cat and Quick Cart. Teams were form for each selected idea with 3 to 5 members each. Each team is composed of both tech and non-tech participants. On Saturday April 16, the teams worked on their ideas to come up with a minimum viable product to be pitched to the judges the next day. The teams were advised by the following mentors: Robin Gurney of ANDAKIDZ, Thomas Ridenour, a React Native Mobile Developer, Dan Pantinople, a Creative Lead of Symph, Paolo Rigotti of Gelateria Milano and Sharon Sesaldo of TechTalks.PH. The judges for the competition are as follows: Albert Padin, Chief Technical Officer of Symph, Pip Cimafranca, a Senior Ops Manger, and Aimee Lim of Gerarda’s. The event lead organizer is Ashley Uy...Local News/ Bohol Balita
TechTalks.PH Tagbilaran Holds Meetup with Local Entreprenuers at Bohol Fab Lab
TechTalks.PH Tagbilaran, in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, held a meetup with local entrepreneurs at Bohol Fab Lab at the Bohol Island State University on November 22, 2014. Jerome Auza of Auza.Net presented a learning session on “Getting Your Website Ready for Viral Fame” and Ms. Lai Biliran of Alturas Group of Companies discussed on an “Introduction to Entrepreneurship”. Auza discussed on the requirements to make websites ready to receive high traffic when a product or content on the website becomes popular. He showed reports generated from backend analytics of some of Auza.Net’s high traffic websites. He also showed an example of the monitoring data and reports for a high traffic website during times when the content of a website becomes popular and goes viral. “Viral” is a tech lingo which means the content becomes exponentially popular on the Internet. Biliran talked about the history of the Alturas Group of Companies which grew from a small sari-sari store to the largest employer in the province. From its humble beginnings, the group now is now into various industries such as aquaculture, feed mill, poultry, swine and other production and processing businesses. This is aside from the retail industry where the group has expanded to strategic points of presence in Bohol and Cebu. During the round table discussion, the resource persons and the participants exchanged ideas on how the TechTalks.PH Tagbilaran group could help local entrepreneurs who are not necessarily in the technology sector. Future sessions could also include case studies featuring a local entrepreneur’s product and discussion on how information technology could make the product into a commercial...Bien Unido opens inter-town basketball tournament Dec 1
Bien Unido opens inter-town basketball tournament Dec 1 TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 20, (PIA) –In preparation of its foundation days celebration, Bien Unido town invites town basketball teams all over Bohol to try their luck in the town’s most ambitious basketball league. Mayor Rey Nino Boniel, himself a basketball enthusiast and athlete said the league is a follow-on after the town successfully capped an inter-barangay tournament that showed the best of the best from the town’s barangays. Set for December 1 to 15, Bien Unido inter-town Basketball tournament is an open-aged but admits only registered voter players of a town only, no imports, stressed Manuel Item, town information officer in an interview. Bien Unido Foundation Days are on December 15-16. All interested teams must register before December 1, Item emphasized, noting that a coaches meeting for all participating teams has been set for November 28. We will be explaining the tournament rules, game regulations and other policies during that meeting, according to him. This is so that by the tournament opening, a sure game would entertain spectators at the spacious Bien Unido Gymnasium, the equally agile basketball player information officer said. We do not give so much though, Item humbly admitted, when asked about tournament prizes. The tournament champion however can take home a grand cash prize of P30,000, and bring home a trophy. Second and third prize winners get P20,000 and P10,000, both of which carries with it a respectable-sized trophy, Item added. Fourth prize gets P5,000, he said. Registration is P300.00, Item added. Interested town-based teams can seek more information or register by seeing Councilor Ramon Arsenal,...Loon, Maribojoc uplift as nat’l geologic monument?
Loon, Maribojoc uplift as nat’l geologic monument? TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 18, (PIA) –-The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) considers declaring the uplifted shores of Loon and Maribojoc a National Geological Monument (NGM), but residents in these areas may not like it. An eventual declaration of the uplifted areas could mean limited access to the fishermen and residents who have live life of gleaning, spear-fishing and other marine-related activities, a local artist and self-confessed environment advocate feared. According to Rene Eune Ponte, a declaration may mean the national government taking full control and management of the area, to the detriment of communities who live by the shorelines, having a say at what is best for them. Made an irritating issue between government and fishermen who started building boat-huts across the 50-100 meters so they could be closer when the waters retreated after the earthquake, the uplifted reefs now become a DENR object for preservation and conservation. A year ago, a devastating earthquake shook Bohol and its neighboring provinces. This resulted in the uplift of portions of the intertidal zone within waters of Loon and Maribojoc in western Bohol. And, for various reasons, the uplift becomes an object of interest of the community members, scientists, national and local governments, land use planners, and private individuals. This pushed the DENR Secretary to consider the declaration of the area as NGM by the National Committee on Geological Sciences (which is under the DENR). The DENR believes by so doing, it assures protection and conservation of the features exposed after the October 15, 2013 co-seismic uplift, according to a paper submitted...Actuarians donate P280K To Gawad Kalinga Bohol
Actuarians donate P280K To Gawad Kalinga Bohol TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 16, (PIA) –A nation-wide association of insurance assessors and evaluators handed to Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bohol a sum of P280,000 in check and pledges, during their recent convention at the Bellevue in Panglao. The money goes to build houses and communities in earthquake affected and poverty haunted Bohol, according to Cresanto Sabanpan, of the Gawad Kalinga Project. The Actuarial Society of the Philippines (ASP) who just had their 55th convention at the Pavillion of the Bellevue in tourism resort Panglao readied the papers for the donation through a board resolution which the group’s officers prepared for the Bohol event, according to ASP president Maria Sachiko Pang. Pang shared this news in front of the delegates gathered who had earlier viewed a video presentation on the GK in the Philippines and its mission. GK is an organization that started in the Philippine which targets to heave out 5 million poor Filipinos out of poverty by 2024. This it does, by restoring the poor’s dignity and build a new nation empowered by people believing and loving the natioh, each one caring and sharing and is bent on working to beat poverty and regaining human dignity, according to Sabanpan, in the presentation attended also by the famed Loboc Children’s Choir. While other groups help communities by building houses, GK characterizes itself by making an integrated and self-reliant community of service and making impossible things possible, leaving no one behind. GK finds its fiscal support from donations in its social justice projects, banking on charity, being brother’s keepers by heroic response to...Fablab helps Boholano designers Compete for ASEAN integration
Fablab helps Boholano designers Compete for ASEAN integration TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 15, (PIA) – Since May 2014, Bohol fabrication laboratory (fablab) has helped some 25 micro, small and medium enterprise (SME) groups in making their products fare better as the country braces for ASEAN Integration by 2015, reports Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Director Asteria Caberte. Of the 25 groups, 6 would come from the food industry where 3 are micro and another 3 belongs to MPCs, groups outside Bohol needing design assistance and students of BISU, Caberte told media. The rest are furniture, metal and woodworks, simple circuit boards for automations, packaging and food processing. Aside from the SME, the state of the art fabrication laboratory has provided an experience-based learning to science, technology and engineering students of the Bohol Island State University, adds Dr. Elpidio Magante, school president. The fablab is a shared service facility which helps small and medium entrepreneurs produce better quality products. This as the creative industries in the province sought for state of the art technology that could help them do rapid prototypes of high value and quality products to ascertain uniformity, product standard and the ability for mass production. A project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in cooperation with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Bohol Island State University (BISU), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United States Agency for International Development (AUSAID), the fablab in Bohol is the country’s first of its kind, according to Trade Regional Director Aster Caberte. It is a technology filled laboratory that offers hardware, software and state of the...National News
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