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PARSO, gimugna sa LGU Panglao alang sa seguridad sa mga turista ug delegado sa ASEAN
TAGBILARAN CITY, January 31 (PIA)–Ang kagamhanang lokal sa Panglao nimugna ning bag-o lang sa Panglao Resorts Security Officers (PARSO) agi og pagmintinar sa kahusay ug paghugot sa seguridad ilabi na sa mga dugokon nga lugar ug destinasyon sa mga turista sa maong lungsod. Matud pa ni Mayor Leonila Montero, ilang gihangyo ang tabang sa kapolisan, opisyal sa mga barangay ug hotel ug resort management sa pag-apil sa PARSO nga maoy mopahigayon og security operations sa tibuok adlaw ug gabii. Ang maong grupo usab ang gitahasan sa pag-monitor sa kadagatan sa Panglao aron pagseguro sa kahilwasan sa daghang turista nga mobisita sa maong lungsod. Gimugna usab ang PARSO aron itukpaw ang seguridad sa mga delegado sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit nga gitakdang mobisita sa maong lungsod nga maoy usa sa mga lugar sa nasod diin ipagihayon ang ASEAN meetings. Ipahigayon sa usa sa mga resort sa maong lungsod ang 10th Meeting sa AHKTA sa buwan sa Abril ning tuig diin gibanabanang dul-an 300 ka delegado ang motambong sa tulo ka adlaw nga kalihokan sa ASEAN Summit. Ang Pilipinas ang host sa ASEAN Summit 2017 meetings karong tuig diin ang ubang meetings magsugod sa Davao karong buwan ug sa Abril, ipahigayon sa lalawigan sa Cebu ug Bohol. Ang ASEAN Summit 2017 natunong sa ika-50 nga anibersaryo sa 10-bloc nga nasyon. Dugang pa ni Montero nga ipadayon gihapon ang PARSO human sa kalihokan sa ASEAN Summit agi usab og pagpangandam sa dagkong aktibidad sa lungsod diin nahimutang ang lokasyon sa New Bohol Airport.... read moreMga foreign national nga molapas sa Alien Registration Act, mabilanggo
MANILA, January 31 (PIA)–Gipasidan-an sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) ang tanang langyaw nga nia sa nasod nga mahimo silang mabilanggo ug makabayad og multa kun mapakyas sa paglihok sa ilang dokumento sa dili pa ang Marso 3 ning tuig. Matud pa ni Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, agi og pagsunod sa Republic Act 562 o Alien Registration Act, adunay 60 ka adlaw lamang matag tuig ang tanang langyaw nga moadto sa buhatan sa BI sa Manila o sa bisan asang immigration field o satellite offices nila sa tibuok nasod aron mobayad sa tinuig nga bayronon kun annual fee. Matud pa sa maong buhatan nga dili na kini nila i-uswag pa mao nga posibleng maaresto o madeport ang bisan kinsang langyaw nga dili mosunod sa gitakda sa balaod.(ecb/PIA7-Bohol)... read more
PH enters $3 trillion global halal market
The Philippine Halal Export and Development Promotion Board led by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently adopted the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act 10817 or the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Act of 2016 which sets the direction of the Philippine Halal sectors and takes advantage of the lucrative $3.2 trillion global Halal market. “As the implementing rules and regulations are now in place, DTI will beef up development and promotional activities for the Philippine halal sector which will open new economic opportunities particularly in the Mindanao region,” said DTI Secretary and Philippine Halal Export Board Chairman Ramon M. Lopez. The adopted IRR covers the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive Philippine Halal Export Industry Development and Promotion Programs that will increase export, sale, and provision of Halal products, processes, and services aside from ensuring a more competitive Philippine Halal exports through research and product development, quality assurance measures, and value-adding mechanisms. The DTI through its Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) has set up its Halal Section that is dedicated to conducting capacity-building activities for and among concerned Halal stakeholders. It also provides necessary assistance to local Halal Certifying Bodies (CBs) about the dynamics of the new Philippine Halal law. “DTI’s primary role is to promote the sector and ensure that Philippine manufacturers are ready to take part in the existing Halal value chain and ensure compliance to international standards,” explained DTI Export Marketing Bureau Director Senen M. Perlada. By and large, DTI aims to make the Philippines as an active player in the regional and international...BIT-International College Implements Website and Google Apps
BIT-International College has recently engaged Auza.Net to implement its website and email system, and plans to launch it late this month with website URL www.bitic.edu.ph. The college also implemented Google Apps Education Edition as its platform for email, shared documents and collaboration among its faculty, staff and students. An initial group of users are already using Google Apps to send and receive email with personalized email addresses that utilize the official domain name of BIT-IC. Google Apps Education Edition allows BIT-IC to implement a reliable platform for official communications without the need to build their own infrastructure. Each account can use up to 7GB of email and shared documents. In the coming semesters, Auza.Net will assist BIT-IC in implementing Google Apps to its students by providing the training, account management and technical support. BIT-IC has taken a bold step towards the future by adopting Google Apps, an emerging technology in the Software As A Service or SAAS industry. By allowing their students to use this technology as they complete their courses, the college is giving them an opportunity to learn new ways of collaborating which is very important in a society that relies on information and knowlege. Auza.Net can help educational institutions implement Google Apps Education Edition. Learn how your school can take advantage of a reliable communications platform without the technical headaches. Contact us at info@auza.net or call us at 038-501-7931 or...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Three holidays up in Bohol this week
THREE holidays mark the beginning of November. Three more are expected by the end of the month. This as by law, November 1, which falls on a Sunday has been declared special non working day while the following day, November 2 was also lumped in Proclamation 1699 as additional special non working day. November 1 is traditionally celebrated in the Christian world as All Saints’ Day while November 2 is All Souls’ Day. The Proclamation, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) signed last December 24, 2008 declared 12 other regular and special holidays of 2009. Meanwhile, by virtue of Republic Act 7448, November 4, Wednesday is a special non-working holiday in Bohol to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late Boholano President Carlos P. Garcia. The act leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Friday as regular working days for the week. Over the “hassle” caused by Tuesday as a working day and then breaking again on Wednesday, some school administrators here have reportedly contemplated on declaring Tuesday as non-working day. That also means they would be putting up a Saturday class on a convenient date to make up for the lost class day, unconfirmed reports bared. Towards the end of the month, when the Muslim worlds celebrates Eid’l Adha, PGMA has declared November 27-28 Friday and Saturday as national Holiday through Proclamation 1808. Eid’l Adha or the feast celebrated when Abraham offers his son Isaac is one of the two great Islamic feasts and resembles the greats Christian feasts of Christmas, Easter and All Saints Day. According to the proclamation, the declaration is an accommodation of ethic traditions, which the Filipinos...4 bodies to probe tarsier abuse incident in Loboc
AT least four bodies would have their hands full in conducting separate probes in aid of legislation over the recent resurfacing maltreatment of tarsier incident in Loboc. Bohol’s adorable wildlife showcase, the nocturnal insectivores called tarsiers have been listed as threatened species and tourist establishments with tarsiers need a Department of Environment and Natural Resources permit to display tarsiers to tourists. Board member Alfonso Damalerio argued earlier that protecting the threatened tarsiers should mean banning their display in areas outside the conservation site in Corella town. Damalerio has authored a Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) ordinance to the effect, which, sources said, has awaited the governor’s concurrence before it could be implemented. Over the reported animal abuse, the Bohol SP has tasked its Tourism, Environment and Public Accountability Committees to conduct separate investigations. The probes’ outputs should be basis for recommendations and future action against the owners and operators of tarsier establishments as well as the foreign Asian tourists and their tour guide Jacinto Tan, says a legislator who asked not to be named. Meanwhile, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Nestor Canda said his agency would probe the incident, clarifying further that his office has not issued any more wildlife permits to the tarsier establishments in Loboc. He clarified that present permits obtained were issued by the DENR Regional Office and were processed here but he did not issue its renewal as yet. Tourism Committee Chair Corazon Galbreath in a radio admitted that she is alarmed by the incident and added that she has foreseen the problem with the perception that even the local government is adverse to the SP...Bohol eco-advocates see better world with Climate Change law
A self confessed environmentalist who has been thinking globally but acted locally sees a better world, with the signing of an act that institutionalizes the country’s response to climate change. It finally veers environmental sustainability advocacy into the mainstream, cries an advocate who pleaded not to be identified. Himself silently engaging in environment work and paralleling legislative advocacy, he said he sometimes felt his efforts are just drops in an ocean. He claimed the Philippine Climate Change Act of 2009 or Republic Act No. 9729 has now mainstreamed programs and strategies that allow communities to deal with the effects of disasters and weather aberrations. The said the law makes it a government policy to formulate and establish programs and strategies to deal with the increased frequency and intensity of disasters as a result of changes in the climatic pattern. Also citing the provincial government’s efforts to map out disaster areas, form search and rescue teams and regularly perform disaster drills are steps on the right track, but a national framework strategy and program on climate change would be a huge help. Still admitting he has not read the law, he hopes the strategies focus more on mitigation and adaptation: two instruments to battle climate change. Reports appearing online bare that under the law, an autonomous policy-making body, known as Climate Change Commission, to be headed by the president, will set up, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate action plans for the express purpose of preparing the country against heavy rainfall that bring floods and landslides, as well as strong winds, as a result of typhoons. The law also creates a roadmap...Herrera says “rice complex” lessens post-harvest losses
VICE GOVERNOR Julius Caesar Herrera assures that the government is pressing its foot on the ground to assure that Bohol’s rice production can be maximized and the savings would benefit the farmers right away. After the groundbreaking ceremonies of the modern rice processing complex in a one hectare Pilar owned lot, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Agriculture Committee Chair underscored that the best legacy the government could leave its people is giving them the best value for all their efforts. Herrera claimed that the establishment of the complex is expected to escalate some more domestic rice self-sufficiency especially when the complex is built in a very strategic rice producing town served by irrigation facilities as Malinao, Capayas and Bayongan dams. The integrated rice processing complex would be equipped with state-of-the-art postharvest facilities providing services on training; continuous drying, storing and milling; purchasing of wet paddy rice and selling of high-quality milled rice, he explained. The modern rice complex in Bohol is a clear indication of Capitol’s strong commitment and political will to streamline agricultural development here, he shared. The complex would surely enhance efficiency in the post-production system through reduced post-harvest losses, enhanced quality of milled rice, improved distribution system, and maximized rice by-products. The grant would include buildings, provision of equipment and machinery, dispatch of experts to provide technical advice on the implementation of the project, and technical and managerial training. He also claimed that Boholanos are lucky to get one of the four, one of its kind integrated rice processing complexes in the country, and added the complex happens to one of the two established in the Visayas. In...With stalled peace talks : Govt documents Bohol peace process as national template
ADVANCING peace amid the suspension of government peace talks take on a new plane. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (PAPP) Undersecretary Danilo Encinas hinted the government can not afford a pause in its peace with the stalled peace talks. With the peace agreements between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines New Peoples Army National Democratic Front stalled, the government has to exhaust all means to achieve an end to the 40 year old insurgency. Sharing the new government adopted strategy, Usec Encinas said, “you capacitate the ground so they can provoke the two parties to talk.” Hoping to exactly do that, the Office of the PAPP now comes to Bohol to document a successful peace process which has been mulled as a new template for peace in other areas. Admitting he did not imagine Bohols peace champions could start off with a worthy peace process, he said he is humbled by it. During the Reflective and Generative Dialog on the Documentation of the Peace Building Good Practices at the Bohol Plaza October 22-23, Encinas cited Bohol achievements in peace which happens to be snagging in firsts in the country’s peace process history. The forum was attended in by Bohol peace advocates who come from various sectors: church, civil society and government. He noted that the convergence of all efforts in Bohol has baffled the OPAPP because it was a totally hard thong to replicate in other places with peace issues. He also mentioned the army’s giving of lands to rebel returnees as a rare practice. The OPAPP would like to know how the anti-poverty program...National News
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