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Economic Partnership with China firms up with arrival of ASEAN China Center (ACC) delegates
Manila, Phl – 23 May 2017 – 16 Delegates from ASEAN China Center (ACC) arrived for a two-day briefing on trade and investment expected to bolster cooperation between the two countries. Led by the Department of Trade and Industry, officials from the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), Board of Investments (BOI), and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) organized a Business Matching and Networking Dinner at the South Ballroom, Diamond Hotel to enable an environment where Philippine and Chinese companies can do business together. As DTI Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investments Promotion Group Rosvi C. Gaetos stated in her welcome remarks, “As we host the ASEAN Summit on its 50th founding anniversary with the theme “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World”, we continue to reaffirm our readiness for deeper economic partnerships within the ASEAN region and with our extended neighbors such as... read morePhilippines-Japan partner up to develop construction skills of foreign human resources in Japan
The Construction Manpower Development Foundation (CMDF) in partnership with the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of the Government of Japan, and the Foundation for International Transfer of Skills in Construction (FITS, Japan) conducted a seminar on ‘Measures to develop construction skills of Foreign Human Resources in Japan’ last March 16, 2017 at the Dusit Thani Manila. The seminar’s main objective is to explore measures to advance the human resource development of Filipino construction skilled workers trained in Japan. Mr. Keita Ohtsu, Subsection Chief, Construction Market Division, Land Economy and Construction Industries Bureau of MLIT gave a talk on frameworks and recent measures used in Japan. The present Technical Intern Training System allows for foreign trainees from developing nations to stay in Japan for a maximum period of 3 years to acquire skills through OJT. There is also the Foreign Construction Workers Acceptance Program which allows skilled workers in Japan to address temporary construction demands like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Mr. Shunjiro Furuhama (Matsuzawa Kawaraten Co., Ltd) discussed the necessity of human resource development to conduct step-up training for trainees with acquired technology and skills to actively participate in the development of the construction industry within their home countries. The Skills Education and Training Program System allows for contents of curriculum, accomplishment levels, and employed materials to be systemized and stored digitally for efficiency. The system helps trainees understand contents and schedule of curriculum to be more cost conscious. There is also a proposal to use Japanese technology in building and improving large scale power plants with the Numata Off-grid Model. Jellyfish a web-based registry... read more
DTI spotlights Central Visayas MSMEs at OTOP Premium Product Showcase
The Department of Trade and Industry will demonstrate the massive potential of the grassroots level in Region 7’s food and non-food industries with the mounting of the One Town One Product (OTOP) Premium Product Showcase at the Paseo Solana, Ayala Center Cebu on November 17 – 19. DTI Central Visayas Regional Director Asteria Caberte said the event will feature products of local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from Central Visayas that have undergone product development workshops conducted by the department under the OTOP Program. Caberte added that MSMEs participating in the OTOP Premium Products Showcase will also supply products for the Go Lokal stores, Tindahang Pinoy, trade fairs and other market access platforms used by the DTI. The DTI official explains that the current OTOP Program is a leveling up process that focuses on new variations, better products that have significant improvement in the areas of quality, design, standards, compliance, marketability and production quality. Around 100 MSMEs in Central Visayas took part in the recent OTOP Next Gen Screening, Assessment and Triage (SAT) sessions in Cebu City where experts from the Design Center of the Philippines and from the private sector evaluated potential OTOP products. The One Town, One Product (OTOP) Philippines is a priority stimulus program for Micro and Small and Medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) as government’s customized intervention to drive inclusive local economic growth. The program enables localities and communities to determine, develop, support, and promote products or services rooted in its local culture and competitive advantage. As their own ‘pride-of-place,’ these are offerings where they can be the best at or best...Miss Bohol 2015 ‘Darling of Social Media’ Voting Starts
One of the minor yet exciting awards for the Miss Bohol 2015 pageant is the “Darling of the Social Media” award. It officially started on July 10, 2015 after being announced by the organizing committee of the pageant. The criteria is the number of shares of the official web page of the candidate on the official Bohol Sandugo Festival website at www.boholsandugofestival.com. One of the purposes of this minor award is to help promote the official Sandugo Festival website and by sharing the official web pages of the candidates, the main website itself is promoted. Fans, friends, family and handlers of the candidates are reminded that the criteria is the number of shares on Facebook and Google+. “Likes” on Facebook are not included. To help promote your favorite candidate, please go to www.boholsandugofestival.com/miss-bohol-2015 then click the picture of the candidate then share the page using the buttons below the picture. The award is officiated by Auza.Net and will be tallied at 12:00NN on July 18,...Local News/ Bohol Balita
“Special recruitment” for abroad at BEPO
BOHOL JOB seekers and those from nearby provinces may now try their luck as Bohol Employment and Placement Office (BEPO) coordinates special recruitment activities for workers willing to try their luck abroad. Needed by various agencies in their weeklong recruitment activities from February 18 to 25 at the BEPO Office of the Capitol are factory workers, domestic helpers, medical staff, nurses, skilled workers all for Taiwan, Hongkong, United States of America, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. BEPO has been institutionalized to assist Boholanos seeking work opportunities abroad by coursing these facilitation through the correct government channels thereby cutting on red tape and streamlining the process to make the paper trail as transparent, BEPO sources briefly describe their tasks. To fully extend their mandates, BEPO also facilitated job fairs and one-stop shop services by allied government services to make sure workers can get their important documents on the same place at the fair venue. For February 18, Grand Placement Agency seeks applicants for factory workers for Taiwan, BEPO through Romulo Tagaan said in a communication. On the 22nd and 23rd of the same month, R.V. Tria International Recruitment Agency would be screening for domestic helpers to Hongkong. By the 23rd, another agency: Greenfields International Manpower Inc. seeks workers as medical staff for hospitals in the US, domestic helpers, nurses and skilled workers for United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On February 25, IUPP Inc would be screening for various jobs for United Arab Emirates, especially for assignment in Dubai. Bohol, a largely skilled work exporting province has earned a spot in the...Bohol himuong housing project site
MAGTIGOM silang Vice President Jejomar Binay, Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto ug mga chief executives sa ubang piniling probinsiya ngadto sa Cebu City sa Miyerkoles ug Huwebes, Pebrero 16 ug 17 aron pagsulbad sa ‘homelessness’. Kini aron pag strategize the nasudnong housing program nga nag-punting sa Bohol isip usa sa project site sa duha ka adlaw nga critical workshop nga magtudlo og mga pamaagi sa pagpasaka sa production base alang sa housing pinaagi sa hugot nga pakiglambigit sa mga local government units (LGUs). Mao kini ang mopatuman sa saad ni Binay ngadto kang Chatto atol sa una niyang pagbisita dinhi sa probinsiya niadtong bag-uhay pa lang siyang nilingkod isip Bise Presidente sa nasud. Si Binay ang gitahasan ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III nga mangulo sa Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). Gipaabot nga motambong ang mga chief executives ug planning officials gikan sa napiling 131 ka mga probinsiya, syudad ug kalungsoran sa maong workshop nga mopadayon sa mandato sa Urban Development and Housing Act....Comelec midason pagbasura sa diskwalipikasyon batok ni Yap
KON may maghatag sa desisyon sa kasong gisang-at kabahin sa diskwalipikasyon ni kanhi Kalihim sa Agricultura nga si Arthur Yap, kini dili na ang Commission on Elections. Kini ang unod sa desisyon nga giluwatan sa COMELEC sa pagdason niini sa unang desisyon sa pagbasura sa diskwalipikasyon nga gipasaka batok ni Yap sa pundok nga PAMALAKAYA. Matud sa Comelec sa iyang bag-ong desisyon, naproklama na si Yap ug tungod niini, wala lay hurisdiksyon ang Comelec sa kaso kaya buhaton na kini sa Electoral Tribunal sa Ubos Balay Balaoranan. Kahinumduman nga mipasaka ug motion for reconsideration and Pamalakaya sa desisyon sa Comelec apan naapsan kini sa pagprokamar ni Yap isip representante sa ikatulong Distrito sa Bohol. Gitumbok sa Comelec ang Section 17, Article VI sa 1987 Constitution nga naglatid nga ang senado ug Kongreso nga Electoral tribunal na ang modesisyon sa mga kaso o reklamo batok sa mga sakop niini ilabi na sa mga hisgutanan kabahin sa eleksyon ug diskwalipikasyon niini....Imbestigasyon sa Senado angay himuong ‘close door’
Tagbilaran City, Bohol – SI Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., ang Commander sa Special Forces sa Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) dinhi sa lalawigan sa Bohol miuyon sa sugyot ni Senador Gringo Honasan nga himuong close door ang gipahigayong pagpakisusi sa giingong anomaliya sa pagdumala sa gahing pondo sa Armadong Kusog sa nasud. Kini tungod kay ang maong imbestigasyon nga gipahigayon sa Senado midahig og mga dagkong opisyales sa militar. Giluwat ni Brawner kining maong pamahayag agig reaksiyon sa gisangpotan ni Ret. Gen. Angelo Reyes. Gipahayag usab ni Brawner atol sa programang Inyong Alagad sa istasyon DYRD-AM nga mas maayo nang dili e-live coverage sa telebisyon ang imbestigasyon aron malikayan ang “trial by publicity” tungod kay murag sad-an naman ang pagtratar sa mga nag- imbestigang Senador ngadto sa ilang mga gipang-imbita. Sa tan-aw ni Brawner, murag gipaka-ulawan raman sa mga Senador ang mga gipang-dapit nga mga resource persons. Nanghinaut usab si Brawner nga likayan na unta ni Senador Trillanes nga himuong personalan ang iyang pagpangutana sa ilang mga resource persons nga ilang gipang-imbitar ngadto sa Senado. Ang mga anomaliyang gipang imbestigahan sa Senado karon giingong dugay nang nahitabo ug gani duna nay mga lakang sa pag-reporma sa sistema sa AFP apil na niini ang pagpa- usbaw sa mga suholan sa mga kawani niini gawas pa nga nabilanggo naman gani ang mga gipasanginlan. Matud pa nga dugay nang giwagtang ang opisina sa comptroller sa AFP og gihulipan na og upat ka nagkalain-laing buhatan nga maoy nag atiman sa paggasto sa pondo sa militar....Hangyo sa NDF nga buhian si Ka Bart gibasura
GIBASURA sa government panel ang kondisyon sa National Democratic Front (NDF) nga buhian una ilang nasikop nga lider sa dili pa sugdan ang pormal nga negosasyon sa peace talks sa umaabot nga Pebrero. Matud pa ni Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita Deles, gibarugan sa government panel ang una niining pahayag nga wala sa listahan sa mga consultants sa NDF ang nasikop nga NPA leader nga si Tirso Alcantara alyas Ka Bart, dili pa lang dugay sa Lucena City. Si Sec. Deles niingon nga wala sa listahan sa mga consultants sa NDF si Alcantara mao nga dili kini sakop sa immunity gikan sa pagka-aresto. Gikatakdang sugdan ang formal peace talks tali sa GRP ug NDF sa Oslo, Norway sa Pebrero 15-21....National News
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