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PH exports up by 18.34% in Q1
Philippine exports for the first quarter of 2017 grew by 18.34% after it reflected double-digit growth for March 2017 with 21% total increase amounting to $5.58 billion compared to $4.61 billion recorded value in the same period in 2016, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced. In the recent report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the increase for March 2017 exports data, an almost double of the 11% year-on-year growth figure posted in February this year, further lifted the cumulative value of merchandise exports covering the period January-March 2017. “Increase for March 2017 exports marked the fourth consecutive positive growth in the value of Philippine merchandise exports since December 2016,” explained DTI Export Marketing Bureau Director Senen M. Perlada. For March 2017, electronics remained to be the country’s top export with total receipts of $2.80 billion, accounting for 50.2% of the total exports revenue in March 2017. It increased by 19.0% from $2.36 billion registered in March 2016. On the other hand, exports of manufactured goods were valued at $4.69 billion, accounting for 84.1% share of the total export receipts in March 2017, went up by 16.5% from $4.03 billion recorded in the same month last year. United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), with export receipts valued at $809.93 million, topped other countries as the Philippine top export market for March 2017. It is followed by Hong Kong with revenue amounting to $798.25 million, and Japan as third market with $762.43 million export sales. By economic bloc, East Asia registered to be the top destination of Philippine goods with 46.4% share to total exports, followed by European Union... read moreDTI Reminds Business Owners to Renew Business Name Registration
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reminds business owners whose BN registrations will expire on June 30, 2017. DTI Bohol accepts early renewal of business name registration three (3) months before its expiry. BN registrations that have already expired, but are still within three (3) months or ninety (90) days from the expiry date will be renewed without penalty. On the other hand, BN registrations that expired ninety one (91) days or more after their expiry dates can still be renewed but, with a fifty percent (50%) penalty/surcharge on the basic fee. Business name registrations not renewed beyond one hundred eighty (180) days will be deleted automatically from our records thus, a new registration will be... read more
Marawi IDPs receive sari-sari store kits from DTI
At least 30 families who were affected by the conflict in Marawi City now seeking shelter in Iligan received aid from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help them start a small business to sustain their needs as they wait to return to their respective homes. As part of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), DTI, together with other government agencies comprising the subcommittee on business and livelihood (SC-BL), will assist affected Marawi residents start small businesses and earn while fast-tracking the rehabilitation process of the war-torn city. At least P5,000 worth of groceries were distributed per family, who are staying at evacuation centers, which they can sell in evacuation centers or nearby areas. DTI-Regional Operations Group Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya said that the livelihood starter kits will help the IDPs earn for their families. Maglaya added that DTI will train these beneficiaries who were given aid on simple book-keeping to help sustain their businesses. “The starter kits are more on food items. We will train and monitor them on the progress of their business. Once they return to Marawi, they are now equipped with the basics on entrepreneurship and at least expand the starterkits they received after earning some money,” Maglaya explained, adding that there will be more livelihood starter kits that will be distributed to IDPs. A total of 40 grocery packages has now been distributed apart from the 63 sewing machines and 60 sewing kits provided to IDPs. The Department, in partnership with the Skills Mastery Institute (SMI), also trained and retrained the IDPs on garments making. The sewing kits and sari-sari store supplies will allow...Tesla Energy Wants 100% Renewable Energy for the World
By: Jerome Auza Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, announced on April 30, 2015 the diversification of Tesla Motors into energy focusing on energy storage solution for home, businesses and utilities. For homes, he announced the availability of their new product called Powerwall, a new battery system based on lithium-ion technology that Tesla Motors have proven to be a reliable and safe solution for its line of electric cars. Musk said that one of the hindering factors for the adoption of renewable energy for the home is the cost and maintenance complexity of the batteries that need weekly monitoring. There is also a safety issue with conventional batteries because they use corrosive acids that has fumes and possibly become a fire hazard. Musk said that the US and the world could be powered 100% by renewable energy sources and their new battery technology could be the turning point in adapting such sources. Tesla Energy set the price for the 10KWhr Powerwall at $3,500 which brings the cost of storage to $350/kWhr. The Powerwall is guaranteed to operate for 10 years with no maintenance. In contrast, a lead-acid battery with 100AH capacity at 12 volts (just a bit more than 1kWhr capacity) costs PHP7,500 or about $170. You are lucky though if it could last five years with daily charge/discharge cycles. So if you consider that lead-acid batteries may be replaced at least twice in a 10-year period, then the Powerwall is nearly the same price. And because there is no maintenance required, the Powerwall is really an attractive option if you want to take advantage of renewable energy sources...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Public’s little help can Help sustain fisheries
IT is these little things that will matter in the long run. This was the gist of the statement issued by Bohol’s prime Environment and Natural Resources Officer to the public during the recent Kapihan sa PIA which was aired live over DyTR. At the weekly forum held at the PIA at K of C Drive this city, PENRO Nestor Canda who spoke on the national celebration of the Fisheries Conservation Week October 8-15, said that simple planting and protecting or conserving mangroves, seagrass beds and corals would go a long way to ensure breeding and spawning grounds for fish and other marine resources. Even texting authorities about an illegal fishing activity would be a big help, he said. Local police authorities has appointed a regular text and call hotline for such instances of the public seeing the commission of a criminal activity. Hotline 0917-305-1833 or 0912-808-9279 is manned 24 hours, 7 days a week, said PSSupt Constantino Barot during the hotline numbers launching held a couple of weeks earlier. The national celebration comes at the time when authorities in Bohol meet with fishery stakeholders to discuss mitigation schemes on the high market price for fish. Capitol has created a technical working group to look into the matter and hopes to bring down the market price of fish. It has also strengthened its coastal law enforcement assets to aggressively implement coastal laws. Marginal fishers here also air the problem of dwindling fish catch, and alleged that the intrusion of commercial fishing into the municipal waters had dealt harsh issues to coastal communities dependent on small time fisheries. Tackling up...Police outlaws “thinner guns”
LOCAL police authorities have issued warnings against people who own improvised “thinner” guns as these are now considered deadly weapons. At the recent Talakayan sa Isyung Pulis, PSInspector Ramoncillo Sawan said Camp Dagohoy has started confiscating improvised polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe barrel guns using compressed gas and toy marble as projectiles. We have run tests with these improvides guns and we agree that with its capacity to get its marble projectile through a 1.4 inch thick plywood placed at a specific distance could ve bery fatal to humans, police inspector Sawan said. Bohol Provincial Police Commander, Pssupt Constantino Barot added that his tests also confirmed that the weapon is fatal as it could deal a substantial damage to a banana trunk, which he pointed out, is denser than a human body. Police authorities also shared that several people use the improvised gun to scare off cattle and livestock straying into their personal properties, but in the proactive side of things, keeping these guns off would be pre-emptive against future crimes. In the election season and with the implementation of the gun ban, the same improvised thinner guns are outlawed. It’s a simple contraption, explains a police officer after the TSIP forum. “All you need to to is store the right amount of gas in a collecting chamber, often a plastic bottle container and put in a gas exhaust vent that you channel to the PVC barrel,” he explained. It’s sometimes called “thinner gun” because many would use the highly volatile lacqueer thinner or lighter fluid into the pressure container to produce the powerful compressed gas. “With the gas collected...Police assures safety offers escorts to Danao
POLICE authorities offer escorts and assure its presence along the way to the extreme adventure town of Danao in Bohol. “Tourists wanting to go to Danao can pre-arrange their trips with Danao Eco-Tour Advanture Park and police security would be arranged from there,” said Pssupt. Constantino Barot, during the monthly Talakayan Sa Isyung Pulis (TSIP) Wednesday October 13 at Camp Dagohoy in Tagbilaran. This is the usual security arrangements with the adventure facility, and anybody who fails to notify the park is in for a breach of protocol. It is safe however but for tourists who still have apprehensions, coordination with the authorities could be done, Col. Barot explained. “This is part of our assurance to tourists that the isolated case of highway robbers victimizing tourists would never happen again” said PInspector Norman Nuez, Danao police chief. It may be recalled that last August 22, some three vans loaded with tourists to Danao were flagged down by highway robbers in Sitio Mabuhay, barangay Tabok of Danao and tourists were divested of cash and personal belongings, Nuez reported. No one among the tourists however was harmed. Police thereafter conducted pursuit operations when investigatons revealed that at least some of the prepetrators were local boys. Subsequent operations pegged a score for the Camp Dagohoy based Provincial Public Safety Company of special weapons and tactics officers when it succeeded in apprehending some of the suspects identified in the Danao incident in a raid in Loon. Acting immediately to reassure tourists of their safety, Danao Mayor Louis Thomas Gonzaga asked the Bohol Police Office to augment police security and presence along the access...Bohol poll body ok’s 33,484 candidates
Commission on Elections in Bohol as candidates in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) synchronized elections October 25. This as 729,815 registered voters in Bohol as of the last elections are expected to troop to their respective precincts to pick their preferred candidates listed by the poll body as the filing of certificates of candidacies closed on the midninght Wednesday, October 13. The number could be more as this elections include Sangguninag Kabataan members whoc can already vote at 15. Age of political maturity in the Philippines is pegged at 18. Opened slots for the local are a seat for Chairman and seven barangay council members or kagawads in each barangay while similar positions are also at stake in the barangay youth council or SK. According to the data furnished by the Comelec, a total of 2,147 of these candidates eye the office of barangay chairman, while 17,008 are running for the seven slots opened for the barangay council members. For the SK, 2,359 are interested in 1,109 slots for youth barangay SK chairman while 11,970 youth are running to get elected as SK councilor. While Comelec Bohol agree that there are barangay chairmen’s seats that remain uncontested, some seats in some towns are vied by three or more eager candidates. Over this, the local Comelec through Atty. Eliseo Labaria reiterates that the barangay election is in nature, non-partisan so that the filing of candidacies would be by individual and no slate is expected. A cusory look at the local scenes however reveal that unseen hands of mayors and allies is still prominent, as the battle for the...22 ka mga lungsod sa Bohol gideklarar nga walay illegal suertres
MOKABAT ngadto sa 22 ka mga lungsod sa probinsiya sa Bohol ang gideklarar sa kapulisan nga wala nay operasyon sa illegal nga suertres. Si Bohol Provincial Police Director. Senior Supt. Constantino Barot Jr. nibutyag sa mga sakop sa Bohol Tri-media sa Talakayan sa Isyong Pulis kagahapon. Ang mga lungsod naglakip sa Alburqueque, Alicia, Balilihan, Batuan, Bien Unido, Buenavista, Calape, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dagohoy, Danao, Duero, Garcia-Hernandez, Jagna, Loay, Loboc, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Trinidad ug Valencia. Matud ni Barot nga ang hepe sa maong mga lungsod maoy nisumiter sa ilang mga report nga nahunong na ang operasyon sa maong ilegal nga sugal sukad gipatuman ang one strike policy sa PNP. Apan dunay mga taho nga sa pipila ka mga lungsod nga nalakip nga dunay operasyon sa ilegal nga suertres apan patagu na kini. Nipasalig si Barot nga iyang ipasusi sa intelligence branch kun unsa katinuod nga naundang na ang operasyon sa ilegal nga suertres sa naasoy nga mga lungsod ug ipadayon gihapon nila ang paggukod sa mga kolektor ug...National News
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