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SM opens its first Go Lokal! store
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced the opening of another Go Lokal! store in partnership with the country’s largest mall chain, SM Group, on 17 May at SM Makati. “This launching is another milestone for DTI’s initiatives to provide greater market access for our micro entrepreneurs that are part of Go Lokal!,” said DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. Last March, SM Group signed an agreement with DTI which allowed SM’s Kultura Filipino to operate and manage Go Lokal. It will display and sell world-class products sourced from micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) all over the Philippines which offer consumers, institutional buyers, and tourists, value for their money. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez together with SM Investments Corporation Vice-Chaiperson Teresita Sy-Coson will lead the ribbon cutting ceremonies which will be held at the ground level of SM Makati where a 3-day Go Lokal exhibit will also be up. Meanwhile, the Go Lokal permanent store located at the 2nd level concourse area near Kultura Filipino will be open to the public starting May 17. “Most of our small businesses are unable to pay high rental fees in consumer-frequented areas. Through Go Lokal, DTI with its partners aim to provide support services by providing free-spaces for their products for a certain period of time,” explained Secretary Lopez. DTI sees Go Lokal! as an opportunity for the country’s MSMEs to go mainstream and test the marketability of their products without incurring the high costs of operating a retail outlet. SM Group, the largest chain mail in the country, vowed to help DTI in achieving its goal of helping small businesses by... read moreAbu Sayyaf Killed In Hostage Try
An Abu Sayyaf bandit was killed in Pangganan, Calape around 1 in the afternoon on Monday, May 15, 2017. The alleged ASG member attempted to take hostage a man at the shore in that area. The authorities are still yet to ascertain the identity of the casualty. Two alleged ASG members were spotted in the area late last week. Reports from Calape Police Station — heard over DYRD-AM Worldwide Update: 2:38PM over DYRD: The ASG member is identified as Abu Ubayda. He was killed by police operatives at Barangay Lawis, near a mangrove area. Conflicting reports were provided by different news casters on the actual location but the barangays mentioned are next to each other. The other barangay mentioned is Barangay Cahayag. The area were the body was found is already cordoned off by the police. Update: 3:17PM over DYRD: The ASG member was able to steal a motorcycle. They were hiding in the mangrove area. The suspect had hostaged a family of a certain Mr. Tuloy since last Friday and made them into lookouts and ordered them to provide food and protection. They threatened the family that they will be killed if they tell authorities about them. However, the ASG suspects did not go into the house of the family though. Mr. Tuloy was ordered Monday morning to check if there are still soldiers and checkpoints. A Porterio Kusina, a local resident, was wounded when he attempted to fight back the suspects when they passed by. The suspects, fortunately, were in a hurry to evade authorities and left Mr. Kusina. Update: 3:37PM over DYRD: The dead ASG was... read more
“Carlos P. Garcia:” Destiny’s President
TAGBILARAN CITY, November 4 (PIA)—What could have happened if then Bohol Governor Carlos Polestico Garcia did not speak fluent spanish? Well, he could not have met and be endeared by then President Manuel L. Quezon. And he could not be placed under the tutelage of the country’s top politician to write his name in history. But even if he did speak fluent Spanish, if not for a big political figure in Bohol who died, he may still be nailed to a seat in an obscure province minding its intramural processes. But the death of Senator Jose Arsenio Clarin, the senate speaker protempore and the country’s third most powerful man seemingly opened a way for the Boholano teacher, poet and governor to be starting his shortened way to the country’s top seat, sums up Bohol historian Jose Marianito Luspo. Professor Luspo was retellingat the radio forum on air the accounts as told to him by fellow Tagbilaranon Jose Maria Rocha, the Boholano Presidents executive secretary. The sudden death of JA Clarin had President Quezon’s executive secretary Jose Yulo (who would later be appointed Justice Secretary) come to Bohol to finalize the funeral arrangements and lay the way for the guests. IT was when he met the governor for the coordination that Yulo noted Garcia speaking impeccable Spanish. While President Quezon also speaks perfect Spanish, Yulo told the President to just meet the governor and find out, Luspo who was invited to the Kapihan on Popularizing Caloy said. As the President, also known as the Big Spanish, was so impressed with the guy from Bohol, he accordingly told him to run...3rd Geeks On A Beach Summit in Boracay this August
Geeks On A Beach (GOAB) surfs its way back to Boracay Island this August for its third year of gathering tech startups, technopreneurs,businessmen, and designers from all over the world. “Also known as the International Summit for Tech, Startups and Design, GOAB 3 eyes to create productive discussions on building products that make a difference and enhancing the lives of everyday people with less hype but more action,” said Tina Amper, TechTalks.ph founder. With the past two years’ massive success, GOAB returns with a triple splash this coming August 20-21 which means triple number of innovative minds, triple funding opportunities, and triple dose of fun. Amper confirmed the attendance of 17 tech champs so far to speak before an expected 600 to 1,000 participants from across the globe. Some of the speakers include IdeaSpace President, Earl Valencia; Monk’s Hill Ventures Managing Director, Kuo-Yi Lim; Kickstart Ventures President, Minette Navarrete; Rappler CEO, Maria Ressa; SMART Communications Developer Evangelist, Paul Pajo; Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Office (DOST-ICTO) Deputy Executive Director, Mon Ibrahim; 500 Startups Managing Partner, Khailee Ng; Benjamin Joffe, General Partner of Haxlr8r; Mikko Perez, Founder & CEO of Ayannah.com; Gwendolyn Regina Tan, Director of Strategy and Business Development Asia Pacific of Mashable; Chow Paredes, Co-Founder of Zipmatch; Jojo Flores, Co-Founder and Vice President of Plug and Play Tech Center; Christina Laskowski, Founder and Managing Director of Alquemie Partners; Arup Maity, President and CEO of Blastasia Inc.; Farouk Meralli, CEO of mClinica; Jay Fajardo, Founder and CEO of Proudcloud; and See Mei Chow, head designer of Piktochart. “GOAB will be maintained as an ‘honest-to-goodness, no holds-barred conference’...Local News/ Bohol Balita
BISU Graduate Tops Teacher’s Exam
Rovilyn Aparece Manatad, a graduate of Bohol Island State University, formerly CVSCAFT, was one of the examinees of the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) held in September 2010 to get the 3rd place among the top 10 examinees. The results of the LET is already indexed on PRCPassers.com and full list of topnotchers found on this LET Results...PDEA’s drug affectation Report for towns asked
MOVING to get a clearer grasp of the drug situation in Bohol, the Provincial Peace and Order Council, wants the narcotics agency in Bohol to report detailed town affectation analysis. During the recent meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council at the People’s Mansion, Interior and Local government provincial director Rustica Mascarinas proposed that instead of just baring accomplishments, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency also include drug affectation by towns. Earlier, the council asked the PDEA reports to be a part of the regular PPOC briefings in efforts of the council to effectively address not just police crime situation, internal security operations and other peace related concerns but of the drug campaign situation as well. Last Tuesday, the PDEA reported that while they have identified Ozamis City as the source of drugs distributed in Bohol, port interdictions, which could strain the supply could not be done due to the agency’s manpower problems. Even then the PDEA, said agent Steven Valles is pushing the limits in anti-narcotic operations against identified targets while bringing their information education campaign to the schools all over Bohol, including on the spot poster making, slogan crafting essay writing contests among students. He also added that in the pipeline is a drug detection and information gathering training for barangay tanods as well as the planned joint operations for port interdictions. During a separate forum, an agent of the PDEA told that regardless of the amounts and quality of the drugs pushed and obtained during buy bust operations, the offense would be unbailable. The situation is unlike a search warrant arrest, he said that only if...City council to pass law Regulating Nubain sale
ABUSE of a substance called Nubain, (Nalbuphine hydrochloride) which has lately been a choice of drug users in Tagbilaran City has pushed the City Sanggunian to prepare for the enactment of an ordinance regulating the sale and distribution of the analgesic. According to a narcotic intelligence officer at the local Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the province of Bohol, in fact through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is eyeing the same move to considerably lessen if not stop the abuse of the anesthetic that is not included in the banned substances under the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Since nubain is not in the list of illegal or prohibited substances, we have our hands tied in making operations against the sale and possession of the injectable drug, the narcotic agent who guested the weekly Kapihan sa PIA said. One of the newer drugs which is classified as narcotic analgesic with less abuse potential, Nubain is a synthetic opiate developed and approved for use as hydrochloride salt in injectable form of 10 to 20 mg ampules which is not under the list of controlled or dangerous substance. Nubain is used primarily for treating moderate to severe acute pains, the prescription drug can be easily sourced out from crooked drug dealer and pharmaceutical agent or using a doctor’s forged prescription pad, doctors shared. At the radio forum aired live over DyTR, the narc agent who asked not to be named said the substance has emerged he third most notoriously abused substance next to shabu and marijuana. Sourced out basically from possible drug laboratory in Ozamis City in Mindanao and coursed usually through Cebu,...“We can’t be choosy” Cops say on swertres
WHY is it that we catch only the small fish while the big fish elude? The trick question that Loay Mayor and LMP President Rosemarie Imboy posed authorities into enforcing laws on drugs and illegal numbers game elicited varied reactions from members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting Tuesday. Camp Dagohoy police chief and PPOC regular member reasoned out that aside from the fact that cops could not be choosy on whom to apprehend, it is these small bet collectors that are more visible. PSSupt. Constantino Barot said illegal numbers game financiers have become so discreet and would usually go great lengths to make sure no overt evidence links them to the operations. Meanwhile, at the Talakayan Sa Isyung Pulis held in Clarin the following day, police officers in the town admit that the fact that local cops are already identified by the operators or pushers, it makes it doubly hard to get them into doing something stupid. The issue resurfaced as the public has noted the resurgence of swertres, one that pushed people to believe that indeed, the cessation a usual happening when a new provincial director wants to make his presence felt. PSSUpt. Baro however insisted that he has continued to issue orders to keep the town police elements in constant operations to deny swertres workers from gaining the usual confidence. Just keep the pressure and the people will know that we are on an honest to goodness campaign to discourage those people involved to continue their operation, he said in a talk. Even Clarin Mayor Allen Rey Piezas has to admit that swertres has...5 awards exemplify Caloy’s attributes
FIVE Boholanos who help perpetuate the memory of Bohol’s most illustrious son and former Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) earn recognition during the 114th CPG Day, November 4. Chosen to exemplify the attributes of the Boholano president who was best known as a teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, statesman, sports enthusiast and guerilla leader, this year’s CPG Awardees were for public service, education, arts and sports. Provincial Administrator Alfonso Damalerio said an award for statesmanship was supposed to be handed out, but the committee couldn’t find time to screen potential awardees. Boholano president Garcia was schooled in Bohol, Cebu, Silliman University in Negros Oriental and the Philippine Law School where he passed the bar among the top. Despite the distinction, Garcia opted to be a teacher first rather than practicing law. He then threw his hat into politics and rose until peaking at the country’s top political power seat. 114 years after his birth, Boholanos unite to commemorate the man who has popularized the patriotic Filipino First Policy and an Austerity Program that allowed government to save its scant resources. To facilitate the easy memory of the man, Boholanos who have excelled in different but distinctive fields of endeavor reap the CPG awards. EDUCATION Boholanos and Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Christopher and Ma. Victoria Bernido earned their CPG award their innovative implementation of the Dynamic Learning program. The equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Asia, the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation heaped praises to the Bernidos for opting to leave their lofty national posts to bring the much-needed change in the country’s education system. The couple developed an efficient learning and teaching...National News
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