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EBA bio launched
By JUNE S. BLANCO CABINET Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. and Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) Thursday morning led launching ceremonies of the biography of the former’s friend and the latter’s father at the Fortridge Pavillion in Soculan, Dauis town. Erico Boyles Aumentado: A Great Boholano Leader is now off the press. Aumentado had invited Evasco to be the guest of honor and speaker. initial copies are sold at the introductory/launching price of only P500, available at the Aumentado museum and residence at New Capitol Heights, this city. In his message, Evasco said the elder Aumentado is the epitome of good public service. He said he got to know the solon when the latter frequented Davao City in 2001 shepherding selected Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) employees undergoing training in different aspects of human resources as part of a grant from the Australian Government. Evasco confessed that it was in one of their meetings there that the solon invited him to return to his hometown of Maribojoc to run as mayor and introduce the kind and brand of development that he has implemented in Davao City. And, as the saying goes, the rest is history. Evasco completed three terms as mayor of the previously sleepy town before his current stint as Cabinet Secretary of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. He spelled out his current task in the most basic term as “coordinator” of the rest of the secretaries in order to put their acts together to benefit the most number of Filipinos. For their part, authors Bingo Dejaresco and Ben Cal gave anecdotes on their personal experiences with the... read moreDTI completes MSMEs help menu with KMMP
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 18, (PIA)–The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) completes its two programs dealing with helping micro small and medium enterprises (MSMsE) hand holding them to sustain and link with other available help to sustain them and upscale into a better surviving industry. This as the DTI brings to Bohol its second micro, small and medium enterprise retooling programs with 25 entrepreneurs availing of the Kapatid Mentor Me Program (KMMP). Next to its Small Medium Enterprise Development Roving Academy (SMEDRA), which was launched in Bohol years back, the DTI brings this mentoring program that aims to get to the 95% of the economy which is the micro industries, according to DTI 7 Regional Director Asteria Caberte, during a press con after launching the program here at the Metrocenter Hotel, May 17. The KMMP started as a joint under taking of the DTI Go Negosyo and aims to usher in an entrepreneurial mindset by linking the micro, small medium enterprises (MSMEs) to large enterprises in a symbiotic supply and demand relationship. Top achieve this linkages, MSMEs should be provided with capacity buildings as well as access to technology, consultations by business elders and financing. These include the conduct of trainings, seminars, one -n one mentoring sessions, business matching and other capacity building activities that ate all geared towards the successful integration of the MSMEs into the thriving industry clusters, DTI said. This means the program can help MSMEs scale up their businesses through regular coaching and mentorship by business owners and practitioners on the various functional areas of entrepreneurships. In Bohol, 25 MSMEs short listed by the 7... read more
PH MSMEs DEBUT IN PARIS CHOCO SHOW
The maiden participation of seven (7) Filipino micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the 23rd edition of the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, considered the biggest chocolate exhibition in the world, was capped by the selection of Puentespina Farms as one of the Top 50 producers of cacao beans around the world by the International Cocoa Awards last October 30 in Paris, France. The recognition given to Puentespina Farms is a first for the Philippines in a competition that brought in 166 entries from 40 cacao producing countries. The samples were “evaluated by 41 chocolatiers and sensory evaluation experts from around the world.” Rex and Jen Puentespina, Farmer/Chocolate Maker, and Managing Director respectively of the same company behind the Malagos brand of chocolates, represented their mother Charita Puentespina during the recognition rites held at the sidelines of the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France. Mr. Puentespina, who proudly waved a Philippine flag to honor their hardworking cacao farmers when called on stage said that “the recognition bestowed on our cacao beans grown in Davao, is a testament to the truly world-class quality of products grown and developed in the Philippines by Filipino cacao farmers.” Joining the Puentespinas during the recognition rites were Philippine Cacao Industry Council Chairman Mr. Valente Turtur, representatives from the Philippine Embassy in Paris, the Department of Agriculture, and the Philippine Trade and Investment Centre in Paris. Also present during the recognition rites were representatives from Philippine cacao companies including Auro Chocolate, Ginto Chocolates, Hiraya, Kablon Farms, NutraRich, and Theo and Philo. Together with Malagos Chocolates, and with funding support...Google now uses mobile capability as a search rank criteria
Late in April 2015, Google announced that it will start using the mobile device capability of websites as a criteria for search ranking. In the announcement, Google said that “Now searchers can more easily find high-quality and relevant results where text is readable without tapping or zooming, tap targets are spaced appropriately, and the page avoids unplayable content or horizontal scrolling.” In the increasingly mobile market, Google included the “mobile friendliness” of a website as a criteria for mobile search results. This is an obvious evolution of Google’s search engine algorithm as mobile devices continue to dominate the Internet over desktop computers. This is an important announcement for website owners because website viewers are increasingly using their mobile devices to look up information on the Internet. With Google’s algorithm change, the loss of website traffic could be significant especially if many of the viewers for a particular website prefer to use mobile devices. Website owners should seriously consider updating website designs using mobile friendly templates. Aside from a design that fits on a mobile device, the design should also adapt to the screen size of the mobile device. On top of that, the use of unnecessary content should be avoided because mobile users expect websites to load quickly and not consume their mobile data allocations. This means websites should void having heavy graphics, video or audio files that play automatically and excessively long text content. Fortunately for website owners, converting to a mobile friendly design is straightforward if they work with an experienced website management company. There are many mobile friendly templates that are very customizable yet highly adaptive...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Pag-ugmad sa pasilidad sa turismo sa 2011 makaayo
HAGIT alang sa dugang pag-ugmad sa pasilidad alang sa turismo ang usa sa mga sagubangon sa mga Bol-anon alang sa 2011. Hinuon, kini nga panginahanglan aron mas masinati pa sa lalawigan ug sa katawhan niini ang maayong benepisyo sa industriya nga nagsulbong. Matud sa negosyanteng si Fortunato Lim, tag-iyag tagdumala sa Fortune Agrivet ug representante sa Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, kung mas mapamaayo nato ang pasilidad sa turismo, mas bulahan pa ang mga Bol-anon sa bag-ong tuig. Niini, nangathat si Lim sa mga Bol-anon nga maghiusa alang sa kaayohan sa Bohol ug alang sa mga pangadoy sa mga Bol-anon sa tuig 2011....“Marine parks” solusyon sa kuwang nga mahalong isda
NAKITA sa mga tinugyanan ang posibilidad sa pagtukod ug mga marine parks nga usa sa mga solbad sa paghimong “stable” sa tinubdan sa isda dinhi. Kini maoy butyag ni Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Chief Cresencio Pahamutang, kinsa nahinabi sa usa ka forum kabahin sa siluran sa mahal nag isda dinhi. Matud ni Pahamutang nga ang pagmenos sa kuha sa isda dinhi ug dinuyugan sa pagmenos sa commercial nga mangingisda nakatabang nga maglisud ang pagpabarato sa presyo. Hinuon, matud niya, sa konsepto sa marine park, tukoron ang 5 ka dagkong lugar diin butangan og mga hatchery o laboratoryo aron mas dali ang pagpasanay sa semilya sa mga nag-unang matang sa isda sa merkado. Dugang niya nga tukoron sa Bohol uban sa Department of Agriculture og sa kagamhanang probinsyal ang lima ka susamang parks sulod sa unang kwarter sa tuig. Gibanabana nga kon matukod, dili na lisud ang pagpamalit sa isda kay diha ra kini buhi-on sa mga fish cages sulod sa marine parks ug dili na unya maapektohan sa swerte o malas sa mga mangingisdang mopalawod....Catigbian hands cash awards For 2010 performing athletes
CATIGBIAN Bohol. SPORTS and youth development has gone professional in this town, which has earlier vowed a no-nonsense program after a humiliating sports performance few years back. How can we produce the best athletes if we only give them a week of rigid athletic training, Mayor Roberto Salinas blurted out upon seeing the futility of a haphazard training regimen for their athletes competing in sports competitions. On this, the retired navy captain mayor egged his council to back up a sports training program that would generate the best athletes who shall bring the town’s name in sports competitions. Recently, aside from bringing home the bacon in sports competitions they participated in, local athletes also received cash incentives from the local government Winning athletes who represented the town in this year’s different levels of sports competitions earned cash awards during the monthly convocation held December 20. According to Maria Nila Tapales, town information officer, the awarding came after Mayor Roberto Salinas convinced the local legislators to put up a sports incentive fund through an ordinance. After that, Catigbian with another supplemental ordinance of P14,000 to account for the better medal harvest for the year, Tapales continued. The P54,00 appropriations this year is different from the appropriations as honoraria for coaches, trainors and training instructors, appropriation for sports equipment acquisition and financial support to the competing delegation, she added. Athletes who competed and reaped awards during the Congressional meet for public schools, BACS meet for catholic secondary schools, the provincial meet and the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVRAA in Dumaguete) each received at least a hundred to a thousand pesos....CHR: “rights cases” halved in a decade
THE Commission on Human Rights in Bohol now records a significant decrease in human rights cases compared to about a decade ago. In fact, had not the commission expanded its services to include a legal advice and inter-agency referral system that was not institutionalized in its past functions, the cases this year may have been much lower, admits Bohol CHR Rito Montes. Montes showed statistics as he bared these developments during the recent Kapihan sa PIA aired live over DyTR. Set up to commemorate the national Human Rights Week Celebration and adopting the theme Karapatang Pantao: Kilalanin, Tuparin at Pagyamanin, the forum on air with the CHR was aimed to update Boholanos of the human rights situation in Bohol. In 1999, CHR Bohol noted 57 cases of human rights violations. This was even lower compared to 2002 when at the height of Bohol’s struggles facing insurgency and holding it by the horns where some 88 cases were recorded. In 2008 and 2009 however, the CHR said it noted only 24 cases on both years. It added that their 30 cases form January to November of this year, may be understood because of the newly opened legal assistance and inter-agency referral system that was recently institutionalized and incorporated in the CHR mandate, Montes explained. In its comparative data provided, CHR bared that that in 2010, while recorded cases of violations went to 30, 7 of these are actually legal advice and assistance cases, a new service by the CHR. Bohol CHR officially submitted only 24 cases for docketing at the regional office this year, Montes bared. Even then, CHR regional...HNU graduate bags 8th place in ECE Board Exam
A graduate from Holy Name University, this time from the engineering department, has brought home the bacon by making it to the Top Ten of the November 2010 Electronics and Communications Engineering Board Examination. Engr. Leah Tiongco Decasa placed 8th on the list besting other prestigious schools in the country. The rest of the top ten are as follows: 1. ANTONIO VALENTE GAYOSO MACARILAY TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 93.40 WILMIR BUTARDO NICANOR BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY (FOR.BCAT)-MALOLOS 93.40 2. EDDIE DEMAPITAN CLAVE JR UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 93.30 MARK JOSEPH ILAGAN LIAN DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-LIPA 93.30 3. MIGUEL CARLO LICUP PURISIMA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN 92.70 4. MA LARA NUGUIT BANTILO UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST- CALOOCAN 90.70 DARLING ANGEL GERONA MONTEALTO CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 90.70 5. LEO AUGUSTUS LIM SY DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA 90.50 6. MIRGEL VINCENT UMALI ESTERON UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN 90.10 7. JOMAR BAGTAS ANDRADE FEU-EAST ASIA COLLEGE 89.80 NICK IVAN ESPINO PALTIGUERA CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY 89.80 8. LEAH TIONGCO DECASA HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY (FOR.DIVINE WORD-TAGBILARAN) 89.70 9. JENNIFER ANTONIO AQUILIZAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-STO. TOMAS 89.10 FRANCIS JOY TAYAG NUCOM HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY 89.10 10. CLIFFORD RANIEGO BAANG MINDANAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 89.00 All successful examiners are indexed at www.prcpassers.com. Check it out now and greet your friends at the same...National News
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