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PH cites benefits of WTO Information Technology Agreement
The Philippines, through Department of Trade and Industry’s Board of Investments (BOI) Governor Lucita Reyes, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines (SEIPI) President Danilo Lachica and Ionics Vice-President for Operations Mr. Jay Chavez, recently participated at the celebration of World Trade Organization’s 20th Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Symposium held on 27-28 June in Geneva, Switzerland. According to Magnolia Uy, DTI Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Geneva (PTIC-Geneva), the event allowed for the member countries to highlight ITA’s role of providing households and domestic businesses access to more affordable and higher-quality Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) through tariffs elimination on hundreds of ICT products. The Philippines, as one of the 82 signatories of ITA, has benefited from the initial ITA signed in 1996 and its expansion of list in 2015. According to the Philippines’ chief ITA negotiator and Board of Investment Governor Lucita Reyes, the country’s ITA membership helped lower prices for key ICT hardware inputs that the BPO industry depends upon. At present, the country’s ICT services exports account for roughly 70% of total services exports while the ICT goods exports account for more than 35% of total exported goods. In terms of ICT goods exports, Lachica added that the Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry continues to grow at a steady rate, ranking as the 17th largest exporter of ICT products in the world valued at approximately USD 24 billion (out of USD 29 billion total electronics exports). However, according to Ionics Vice-President for Operations Jay Chavez, to sustain the demand of ICT services enterprises for ICT products, it is imperative for the Philippines to move... read moreNIA breaks ground for Bonotbonot SRIP
By JUNE S. BLANCO PHYSICAL Works for the Bonotbonot Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) in Buenavista town will go full blast now. This after Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., Administrator Ricardo Visaya and Region 7 Director Modesto Membreve of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado of Bohol’s 2nd District and Buenavista Mayor Ronald Lowell Tirol led groundbreaking rites at the proposed site on June 26. As early as November 2015, Aumentado had revealed that the P70-million project to be proposed in NIA’s 2016 fund for insertion into the General Appropriations Act GAA). The solon’s father, former governor and immediate congressional predecessor Erico Boyles Aumentado and Membreve had proposed the project, along with the Benliw (Ubay) SRIP at P100 million, the Mabini-Cayacay SRIP at P85 million and the Malinao (Pilar) Dam Improvement Project at P200 million. For Tagbilaran City-based NIA Region 7, only these four projects made it to the cut in the 2016 GAA under its locally funded Rapid, Inclusive, and Sustained Economic Growth projects. While most regional offices are based in Cebu, the elder Aumentado pushed for the creation of the NIA Region 7 office in Bohol – the region’s rice granary. Bohol used to belong to NIA Region 8 based in Tacloban City. The Evasco-Visaya-Membreve-Aumentado team also visited Danao town where the Hibale SRIP is also being planned to be constructed. Aumentado said Evasco and President Duterte are working hard to give more benefits to the farmers. Evasco was Duterte’s campaign manager during the latter’s presidential bid. Both are working towards the realization of their campaign promise of construction more irrigation... read more
China’s petrochemical company to expand in PH
MAKATI – The Philippines (PH) continues to receive business intentions and expansion projects from large companies based in China (CN). In a recent meeting between Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and Handi Group President Hanling Wu, they discussed possibility of investments of the company in a petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing facility in the country. “We welcome business intentions to strengthen our petrochemical industry, which the government actively supports. They expressed strong confidence on the business environment stability during the Duterte administration,” said Sec. Lopez. Handi Group is one of the largest and advanced private specialty oil producers in China. The conglomerate is based in Hainan Province and engages in multiple industries, including oil refinery, chemical industry, trading, investment, and financing. The group, through its subsidiaries Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (HDS), Hainan Handi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (HDP), Handi Lubricant Technology (China) Co., Ltd., Handi Sunshine Trading Co., Ltd., and Handi Investment, has established a full scale and long-term strategic cooperation with large international energy companies such as ExxonMobil, Total, Chevron, and BASF. Sec. Lopez opened the discussion of putting up a facility in Mindanao, which will be suitable for the company’s power, land, and accessibility requirements. Mr. Wu conveyed the need of Handi Group for a pool of technical staff, specifically engineers, from PH and the availability of talents in Mindanao. “There are a lot of universities in Mindanao that produce quality graduates and professionals in the field of engineering. We have good universities present in all parts of PH,” the Sec Lopez...PH Unveils Digital Startup Roadmap in GOAB3
The Philippine Roadmap for Digital Startups was unveiled in the recently concluded Geeks on a Beach International Conference on August 20-21, 2015 in Boracay, Philippines. The development of the roadmap was led by DOST-ICTO Program Director Mon Ibrahim with contributions from the key players from different private businesses and fund management organizations. The startup scene in the Philippines has recently become very active with Startup Weekend events happening in key cities around the country and successful tech events like Geeks on a Beach. There are also Techtalk events that are smaller in size and mostly informal meetups of tech enthusiasts. There is also influx of venture capitalists from outside the country interested in funding startups based in the Philippines. Accelerator programs sponsored by PLDT and Globe, among others, have successfully produced viable startups. One example of such success is SALT, an invention that uses salt and water to produce enough electricity to power a small lamp and charge mobile devices. The conclusion of the document summarizes the goals of the roadmap: “The focus is to produce innovative businesses that find solutions to our country’s most inherent challenges. The roadmap is a collective effort for the community by the community, which includes the government, tech startup participants, and the academe, to come up with appropriate programs for the Philippines, focusing on the country’s unique factors/features. The purpose is to provide support on all stages of development for tech startups and entrepreneurs of different backgrounds to...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Mater Dei College Graduate Among Top 10 of March 2012 Licensure Examination for Teachers
A graduate of Mater Dei College of Tubigon, Bohol is one of the examinees who topped the March 2012 Licensure Examination for Teachers. Reah Enad Llanto holds the number 10 spot together with five other examinees. There are 7,149 successful secondary teachers out of 28,764 examinees for a national passing rate of 24.85%. There are 13,925 new elementary teachers out of 32,798 examinees or 42.46% while there are 56 new Accelerated Teacher Education Program (A.T.E.P.) graduates out of 305 examinees or 18.36%. The results are indexed for fast searching of the PRC results at...Phivolcs mangapud-apud og mga intensity meters sa tibuok nasud
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 13 (PIA)–Sugdan sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ang pagpangapud-apud sa kapin sa 100 ka intensity meters sa tibuok nasud aron mapadali ang pagtubag sa lokal nga kagamhanan kun adunay moigo nga linog. Sa usa ka radio interview, gibutyag ni Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum nga ang intensity meter usa ka matang sa instrumento nga simplified version sa mga seismograph nga makahatag og impormasyon kun unsa kakusog ang mahitabong paglihok sa ibabaw sa yuta. Matud pa, mahinungdanon ang pagbaton sa intensity meter tungod kay pinaagi niini, masayran dayon sa mga responder ug local government units (LGU) kun unsaon nila pagresponde sa linog nga moigo sa ilang lugar. Unahon paghatag sa mga intensity meter ang mga lokal nga kagamhanan sa Metro Manila ug mga duol nga probinsya diin adunay nay 40 ka units niini. Ang maong intensity meter adunay screen diin morehistro dayon ang intensity nga miigo sa usa ka lugar. Nakakunektar usab kini sa computer sa Phivolcs ug mogawas dayon sa mapa nila diin makita dayon sa LGU, responder ug sa media. Target sa Phivolcs nga masugdan karong tuiga ang pagpangapud-apud sa mga intensity meters pinaagi sa proyekto sa JICA- Science and Technology Department....Civil Service Exam set on May 27
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 7 (PIA)–The Civil Service Commission Bohol Field Office announces the Career Service Examination for Professional & Sub-Professional on May 27, 2012. Testing centers are Cebu City and Dumaguete City. The CSC Bohol Field Office is now accepting applicants for the exam. Deadline for filing is on April 12, 2012. Application forms are available at the CSC Bohol Field Office located at Circumferential Road, Tagbilaran City. The same application form may also be downloaded from the CSC website: www.csc.gov.ph. Application forms may be reproduced in legal size bond paper provided the same format is followed. Aside from the fully accomplished Application Form (CS Form No. 100, Revised 2012), other application requirement includes: 4 copies of Philippine Passport size I.D. pictures; original and photocopy of any valid ID containing applicant’s clear picture, date of birth, signature, and signature of the authorized head of the issuing agency; and an examination fee of P500.00. Qualified applicants shall be notified of their places of examination (school assignment) through an Application Receipt or a Notice of Assignment. They can also use the Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) to get a print-out of their Notice of Assignment. To use this system, examinees should log on to the CSC website and go to the Examination Announcement webpage, or type the following path: http://webapp.csc.gov.ph/ExamAssign/ ExamAssign.htm in the address bar of their browser. For more details, call CSC Bohol Field Office at telephone number 501-7046....Child dies in Negros earthquake; tsunami alert issued
A child has reportedly died in Taysan, Negros due to a wall that fell upon him during the earthquake this morning. Meanwhile, the alert level for possible tsunami in Negros and Cebu has been raised to 2, following the earthquake. Coastal residents have observed abnormal changes in the water level and are being evacuated. Phivolcs has reported 16 aftershocks since this morning. The Department of Education (DepEd) 7 is asking parents to fetch their children as classes have been suspended in the entire Central Visayas (Region 7)....Oil distributors sa Bohol, mi-kompirmar sa laing pagsaka na usab sa presyo sa lana
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan. 09 (PIA)–Gipaabot na usab ang laing pagsaka sa presyo sa lana dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol. Ang oil distributors dinhi sa Bohol mi-kompirmar nga nadawat na nila ang pahimangno gikan sa kaulohan ug nagpaabot na lamang sa tukmang petsa sa pagpatuman niini bisan unsang orasa sulod ning semanaha. Usa sa gikatahong hinungdan mao ang pagsaka sa presyo sa world market. I-dugang pa usab niini ang padayong kagubot sa mga nasud sa Bahrain ug Syria. Ang mga oil companies sa nasud nakadawat og mga komentaryo ug pagsaway gikan sa mga motorista ug mga militanteng grupo nga mibahad sa pagpahigayon og mga lihok-protesta sa nagkalain-laing bahin sa nasud. Kahinumdoman nga niadtong Martes sa miaging semana, pipila ka mga kompanya sa lana ang nipasaka sa presyo sa lana. Sa iyang bahin, si Gob. Edgar Chatto mipasalig sa mga Bol-anon nga ang gimugna’ng review team sa Department of Energy (DOE) nga gipangunahan sa Director sa DOE-Oil Industry Management Bureau nga si Zenaida Monsada, nagsugod na sa paghimo ug mga rekomendasyon sa pagsulbad sa taas nga presyo sa lana dinhi sa Bohol kun itandi sa atong mga silingan’g lalawigan....National News
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