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Dugang kontribusyon sa SSS, legal
MANILA, January 13 (PIA)–Legal ug dili sayop ang ipatuman nga binulang dugang kontribusyon sa mga miyembro sa Social Security System (SSS). Kini ang gihimong pagtin-aw ni SSS Chairman Amado Valdez isip reaksiyon sa nahimong pahayag ni Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon nga ang pagsaka sa kontribusyon ilegal. Matud pa ni Valdez, ang dugang kontribusyon nga ipatuman sa ahensiya alang sa mga miyembro sa umaabot nga bulan sa Mayo gamiton aron pasakaan ang Investment Reserve Fund, magbaton og mas dakong kita gikan sa investments ug hingosgan ang pondo sa SSS alang sa mga obligasyon niini sa mga umaabot nga tuig. Giingong ang dugang P1,000 pension nga ipatuman karong Enero 2017 paga-pondohan sa kasamtangang kontribusyon ug kita sa investments. Gitumbok ni Valdez nga gihimo nila ang tanang paagi aron mahatagan og maayong serbisyo ug benepisyo ang mga mi¬yembro tungod kay mandato man kini sa SSS.... read moreBonus sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa GOCCs, kunhoran sa gobyerno
MANILA, January 12 (PIA)–Target sa administrasyon ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte nga kunhoran na ang mga ginadawat nga bonus sa mga opisyal ug empleyado sa mga Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC). Sa press briefing sa Malakanyang, gibutyag ni National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Kalihim Ernesto Pernia nga gitoki kini sa ilang unang Cabinet meeting karong tuig. Pasabot ni Pernia, gibayran og binuwan nga honoraria ang mga opisyal matag panagpulong nga ikaduha ipahigayon sa usa ka buwan. Matud pa nga sa iyang nahibaw-an, mokabat sa P40,000 ang honorarium matag meeting, isip insentibo aron mas kanunayon sa mga board members ang meetings. Giingong angay kausa na lamang matag kwarter magpulong ang mga opisyal sa GOCCs, sama sa normal frequency sa mga board meetings. Matud pa nga gikunsiderar nga murag pribadong sektor ang mga GOCCs aron sila mahimong competitive, apan giingong angay limitahan na ang ilang mga bonus. Dugang pa ni Pernia, angay himuon na usab nga performanced-based ang bonus nga madawat dili lang sa mga opisyal apan apil na ang mga regular nga empleyado sa GOCCs. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)... read more
Pool small resources to generate own power-Aris
By JUNE S. BLANCO POOLED outputs of small power plants in Bohol can add up to more locally generated electricity. Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) said the province’s size and sources of energy that can be developed into power plants limit production to only around 10 megawatts each – just little more than the production of existing mini hydroelectric plants in Ewon in Sevilla, Hanopol in Balilihan and Tontonan, Loboc. But he still welcomes developers planning to invest in power plants in Bohol using renewable sources as these do not adversely affect the prime economic drivers of the province – agriculture and tourism. Aumentado if Bohol’s leaders can convince and bring in interested parties to establish power plants here, be they another hydroelectric, biomass, waste-to-power, solar or nuclear, adding all their outputs can up the locally generated power to boost the power reserve. “Only in power production is redundancy allowed – even required,” the solon stressed. To allay people’s fears of a repeat of the Chernobyl, Russia and Fukushima, Japan nuclear plant accidents and disasters, however, Aumentado, together with Zamboanga del Norte 1st District Rep. Seth Frederick Jalosjos, filed House Bill 3651 seeking to create a nuclear energy regulatory body. The solon is currently in Vienna, Austria, on a scientific visit to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Vienna International Center. The attendees will attend briefings and participate in discussions on key aspects of comprehensive nuclear laws. These include the establishment of an independent regulatory body, nuclear safety and security requirements, safety of nuclear installations, radioactive waste and spent fuel management, safe guard and civil...Experiencing the Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Micro, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (MSMEs), here in Bohol, had a chance to present their products and services to the Boholano people . The event was held at the ICM Activity Center on November 27, 2008. The theme for the event is “MSME Xperience: Unleashing the Boholano Entrepreneurial Spirit”. Just like the theme says, it allows MSMEs to show their entrepreneurial skills to possible customers. The event was sponsored by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) – Bohol. The event was jump-started by an Opening Program in the morning, which was graced by Regional Director Asteria C. Caberte (DTI – Region VII), Mr. Argeo Melisimo (BCCI – Vice-President), Hon. Dan Neri Lim (City Mayor), Hon. Erico B. Aumentado (Governor), Ms. Joyce Natalie Yang (National SMED Council – Visayas Representative), and Ms. Nanette Arbon (DTI – Bohol Provincial Director) who in turn gave messages for the participating MSMEs. There was also a program launched by the DTI of the RM Catalogue, Product Catalogue, Product Dev Program SPIN, and the BPLS MOA Signing. Updates of the SMEDSEP Report and SPIN program were also presented, as well as a Creative Presentation of Punta Cruz : A Lesson for Surviving Today’s Business Environment by the Maribojoc Collective. In the afternoon, a press conference took place at the Prawn Farm Conference Room. Afterwards, a talk show centering on the Tourism , Food, Crafts products & services was held at the Activity Center followed by a Speed Networking Session; while a Financing Forum also took place at the Upper Ground Floor participated by DBP OTOP Facility, FCB Microfinancing, LBP Lending Programs, and...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Cough of 2 weeks may be TB, DOH-7 says
Cough of more than two weeks may be TB or tuberculosis. This was according to Dr. Enrique Sancho, Department of Health (DOH-7) Regional Program Coordinator of the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program. Sancho said tuberculosis is a highly infectious airborne disease and could easily be spread to others but the danger posed is when one is asymptomatic of the illness except for the chronic cough. Common manifestations of TB are cough of at least two weeks, fever, blood-tinged sputum and weight loss. The chronic cough alone should be a warning not to be complacent and to immediately seek medical check-up. The DOH-7 official said one can just go to their barangay health center to have a sputum exam to determine the presence of the bacteria mainy Myobacterium tuberculosis that usually attacks the lungs. The sputum exam is given for free in the barangay health centers. The Month of August is celebrated as National Lung Month where TB is one of the top common lung diseases afflicting Filipinos after pneumonia and lung cancer. (PIA/FCR) Click here for full...P20-M CASH ADVANCES: Minority bloc fears another cover-up
An attempt to investigate into the P20-million unliquidated cash advances at City Hall could just end up foiled by administration bloc councilors even with mounting criticisms for transparency of the city government’s financial transactions. This is according to City Vice Mayor Jose Antonio Veloso saying that this is another attempt to cover-up the probe on the questioned unliquidated cash advances of city officials and employees. During last Friday’s session, there was no discussion on the P20 million unliquidated cash advances. According to Veloso, he expects the city council’s majority, allied with the city mayor, to take inquiries on the cash advances into “diversionary turns” until the public gets tired of discussing about the issue. The unliquidated cash advances at City Hall as of the 2008 year-end audit showed that P7.1 million belongs to the “Intelligence and Confidential Expenses” of the office of the city mayor. City Mayor Dan Lim and eight other city officials are currently facing charges at the Visayas Ombudsman for failure to liquidate cash advances and violations of the code of conduct and ethical standards of public officials and employees. The other complaint, for violation of Republic Act 6713, the code of conduct and ethical standards of government officials and employees. Click here for full...PBIAP task force deals with land owners on “detention pond” buy
NEXT on the line of coordination for the local task force on the Panglao Bohol International Airport Project (PBIAP) is for the detention pond lot acquisition, reports Atty. Handel Lagunay Friday. The detention pond, a necessary place to collect excess water run-off from the soon to rise facility is also a basic requirement in the complex to maintain sub-base integrity, says an engineer who is privy to international requirements in building airport infrastructure. Allowing run-off water to seep just anywhere jeopardizes the structural integrity of runways and much more, the water collection pond also allows easy treatment so the water can be reused for several purposes, he explained. As for the Presidential pilot project in Bohol, the talks about acquiring the water collection (detention) pond for the facility surfaced when the local task force came to Barangay Danao in Panglao last week, to meet land-owners for the additional acquisition program. From the looks of it, Atty Handel Lagunay said, majority of the landowners are amenable to the plan while he admitted some needs more thorough explanation to convince them to give their lots up for sale. Saying he doesn’t believe it would come to the touchy expropriation proceedings, Atty Lagunay also hinted that the unified support by the local government would facilitate the government acquisition. Lagunay bared during the weekly Governor Reports that he was elated of the turn-out after informing land-owners of the plan, despite noting that some landowners did have reservations. This as the PBIAP project costing has coasted through the NEDA Board as the President promised it would two weeks ago. The NEDA board was the...Bohol almost sweeps nutri awards, gets third CROWN
BOHOL earns her third accolade in a row by grabbing the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) this year, reports Governor Erico Aumentado Friday. Bohol took the CROWN since 2006 and this year was a near sweep for Bohol, Gov. Aumenatdo commented over his weekly radio program aired live. If not for Lapulapu City and its P28M nutrition program funds winning in the city category, Bohol could have swept it all, the governor who is enjoying his last term said. Also winning in this year’s regional nutri-competition is Tubigon town for the second year in a row for municipal categories. Winning too is Boholana Barangay Nutrition Scholar Pergentina Anod of Cagawasan Inabanga and Provincial Nutrition Coordinator Juliet Manliguez of the Bohol Provincial Health Office by besting other Central Visayan coordinators. Elated to reveal how Bohol scored in this year’s regional fete, Aumentado, who personally received the award from the National Nutrition Council in a Cebu ceremony, said the council considered local efforts to blot out hunger to part with the award. He said the council took the Rice Accelerated Emergency Response (Racer), the backyard gardening program advanced by the Provincial Legislative Council through Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera, the supplemental feeding program and the monthly feeding activities for poor children at CIVAC venues as indicative of the efforts to blot out hunger and pump in nutrition for the entire province. As this came, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo also issued Executive Order No. 825 creating the Local Anti-Hunger Task Force. Bohol local officials laos hope to create, by virtue of the Presidential directive, its own anti-hunger task force to advance...Bohol ties up with ABSCBN, DENR for watersheds rehab
SUSTAINING Bohol water sources earn a little bit of help from the ABS-CBN Foundation’s Bantay Kalikasan and the country’s environment department. Bohol officials Friday signed a memorandum of agreement with ABS-CBN and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the conservation and rehabilitation program of at least 30,000 square hectares of watersheds. By that, they also ascertained that the partnerships forged could be the onset of brighter things for environmental intervention in this island whose residents swear on the environment protection as a way of life. The signing held at the Loboc Children’s Palace signals the putting up of environmental remedies to the 19,000 square hectares of catchment in the Loboc watershed and some 11,000 square hectares of watershed comprised by six towns sharing the Abatan River. Keeping the watershed for future generations and assuring its judicious use as a resources, has been a dream of communities within the watershed areas, aired a community organizer who was well into resource rehabilitation in addition to the development. At the MOA signing were no less than ABSCBN foundation’s Gina Lopez and DENR’s Lito Atienza, who also took his adoption as honorary son of Bohol that day. Governor Erico Aumentado signed the partnership MOA for Bohol. Both Abatan and Loboc watersheds have been eyed as possible alternative water sources for Tagbilaran City and its nearby towns. Bohol’s partnering with Bantay Kalikasan and knowing its track record with the Luzon’s La Mesa Dam has already elated Boholanos. Part of the development is establishing nature parks with in the watershed area, cutting out trails for trekking, camping and picnic grounds, bird watching sites...National News
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