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LGUs ug mga ahensiya sa gobyerno, gi-awhag sa Malakanyang sa pagsuporta sa Miss U pageant
MANILA, January 5 (PIA)–Gi-awhag sa Malakanyang ang mga lokal nga kagamhanan ug mga ahensiya sa gobyerno nga suportahan ang Miss Universe beauty pageant nga ipahigayon dinhi sa nasod karong bulana. Base sa Memorandum Circular number 13 nga gilagdaan ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, gi-awhag niini ang tanang mga lokal nga kagamhanan nga ihatag ang tibuok suporta ug kooperasyon alang sa Miss Universe pageant. Gitumbok usab dinhi ang gahom sa Department of Tourism (DOT) aron ipatawag ang usa ka buhatan, kawanihan o ahensya sa gobyerno ug mga LGUs alang sa kinahanglanong tabang kun kinahanglanon kini. Hugot usab ang direktiba sa mga local executive ug sa tanang ahenisya sa gobyerno sa dili paggamit sa pondo sa gobyerno alang sa Miss Universe pageant. Gipaabot nga sa sunod semana na mangabot sa kaulohan ang mga kandidata sa nagkalain-laing nasod nga mosalmot sa maong beauty contest.... read moreDSWD, modawat og mga reklamo kalabot sa disaster response services pinaagi sa e-Reklamo
TAGBILARAN CITY, January 5 (PIA)–Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) bukas sa pagdawat og bisan unsang reklamo kalabot sa ilang disaster response services pinaagi sa Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau’s (DReAMB’s) e-Reklamo nga platform. Ang e-Reklamo usa ka web-based complaints management ticket system nga gi-disenyo aron modawat og mga reklamo sa Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) services sa departamento. Kini ma-access pinaagi sa mga mosunod nga ICT channels: Una ang ereklamo.dswd.gov.ph website diin matag reklamo gi-assign sa usa ka unique ticket number nga magamit sa pagsubay sa progreso ug tubag online. Usa ka valid email address ang kinahanglanon aron makagamit niining sistema. Ikaduha, ang SMS gamit ang mosunod nga syntax: Text DSWDereklamo “Pangalan sa Complainant”lokasyon”Complaint Message” ug ipadala sa 3456 (bisan unsang network). Ang matag text message nagkantidad og P1.00. Ug ang ikatulo mao ang pag email ngadto sa ereklamo@dswd.gov.ph. Ang departamento hingpit nga mag-monitor sa response efforts sa mga local government units aron ang relief assistance moabot gayud ngadto sa mga naapektuhan sa bagyong Nina, dili lamang pinaagi sa FFPs apan pinaagi usab sa ubang food ug non-food items (FNIs). Ang mga issues pinaagi sa relief distribution, kinahanglan ang hingpit nga koordinasyon sa mga LGUs sa departamento pinaagi sa ilang nagkadaiyang Field Offices (FOs).... read more
DTI lauds US GSP expansion covering PH travel goods
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez welcomed the approval of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to include Philippine travel goods in its expanded General System of Preferences (GSP) scheme. Effective 1 July 2017, all US GSP Beneficiary Developing Countries will enjoy duty-free treatment for a number of its travel goods exports to the US. The new GSP program included 23 tariff lines, allowing travel goods such as apparels, bags, wallets and backpacks, luggage, and sport and travel bags made in the Philippines to enter the US market duty-free. Sec. Lopez pushed for the Philippine advocacy of GSP inclusion and had consistently taken this up with counterparts from the USTR. “This expansion will boost the local manufacturing industry and eventually provide more employment opportunities for Filipinos, creating 70,000 new jobs and increasing our GDP to 0.5 percent,” he said. According to the US International Trade Center (ITC), the US imported an estimated total of USD 232 million from the 23 tariff lines of travel goods from the Philippines in 2016, making the country the fifth largest import source of travel goods in the US. With the new GSP scheme, the duty-free treatment could increase Philippine travel goods exports to the US by USD 100 million annually for the first five years. “The inclusion of travel goods into GSP will certainly provide benefits to our exporters, particularly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and export-oriented agri-businesses utilizing banana and other vegetable fibers and community based industries in the various regions of the country,” DTI Undersecretary Ceferino...Lenovo Thinkpad X301 due for release on Aug 27
The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 will be released on August 27, as announced by Lenovo Philippines. The X301 is an upgrade of the ThinkPad X300 which was released earlier in April of this year. Lenovo has taken the wraps off a new ultrathin, lightweight notebook for enterprise workers. Its specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor (Centrino 2) 1.2 or 1.4GHz 6MB of L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB 13.3-inch Display LED backlit, options for a 64GB or 128GB SDD drive, up to 2GB of DDR3 RAM, WiFi, high-speed mobile broadband3 Ultra-Wideband technology a built-in GPS WiMAX version later this year weighs less than 3 lbs. 0.75 to 1-inch thin ThinkPad X301 has new support for DisplayPort which makes viewing high definition content easy and ideal for models with the ultra-thin DVD burner. With support for both DisplayPort and VGA, users can even watch high definition content on multiple displays. And also with Lenovo’s improved Power Manager, it gives users more control over notebook functions to enable longer battery life, though there is still no indication on just how long does the battery last. The ThinkPad X301 notebook will start at approximately...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Free eye clinic serves 500+ Cortes residents
IN memory of a grandmother who was blind when she died a year ago, the Tambis Clan of Cortes town makes her first death anniversary memorable by helping indigents overcome eye and vision impaired problems. In Cortes, the medically allied children and grandchildren of Anselma Tambis partnered with Ideal Vision and the Bohol Eye and Ear Clinic to bring in a mission to give free eye screening and check-up to Cortes residents with eye problems. Apart form that, mission partners also give about 200 free reading glasses, brought in prescription glasses and screening equipment, specialists and technical support to serve the most number of indigent residents they could help in a day, says organizer Edgar Allan Tambis Rebosura. Homing for their lola’s first death anniversary and in time for the Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan in Bohol (TBTK), grandchildren of the clan whose works abroad are allied with medical courses, pitch in their counterpart in assisting their fellows during the mission held at the Rebosura residence in Barngay Salvador Friday, July 17, 2009. We are targeting to help as much Cortesanons who could be struggling from the debility of being visually impaired, said another nurse grandchild who is also working in the US. According to Rebosura, Dr. Roel Cabigting of the Bohol Eye and Ear Clinic also said those mission beneficiaries needing surgeries can also avail of another free mission, with the clan providing transport and food requirements during a separate eye surgery activity to be held in August. Personally handing out free eyeglasses to their determined indigent recipients are Dr. Ryan Patrollia, Ideal vision Center manager and Ideal...Big-time swindlers victimize bizmen
Big-time swindlers were able to victimize 15 local businessmen during a fast-break two-and-a-half months operation in the province. The group headed by a certain Lamberto Lim Medalla started its business operations last April, disguised as a distributor of “Sweet-O” orange juice. Their business operations also expanded to distributorship of other food products and even expanded to dealership of computers. Medalla is now the object of a manhunt by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was working with five other persons whom they identified as Julius Aguimatang of Kaloocan City, Divina Gracia Rodrigo alias Alma of Quezon City, Mildred Sy of Imus, Cavite, Irish Barasolia alias Sam of unknown address and Shiela Mae Mendez of Lahug, Cebu City. The syndicate victimized a Coca Cola agent of P85,000 worth of soft-drinks, Rusco Motors, a multicab unit; Philcopy Corp with two photocopiers worth P180,000; Ruchelle Computers, computers worth P229,200; Sonjay Microsystems, notebook/computers worth P190,000; Fuller Life, beauty products worth P39,000; Esther Felisarta, jewelries worth P103,000; Dranix, cigarettes worth P100,000; Magcor Trading, two photocopiers worth more than P100,000; NCC Mentos candy agent worth P41,000; Jeffrey Appliance, air-conditioning unit; and Globelines, cellular phone and unpaid bills, P21,000. Click here for full...Guv to ink P25M jatropha MOA
THE first of the country’s biggest lode of jatropha oil to hit loop of clean energy markets may not be from Bohol yet, but local authorities are certain getting into the top seat is not impossible. With the country’s biggest jatropha curcas nursery here, Capitol chief of staff and spokesperson Antonieto Pernia over the Governor Reports bared that anchoring Bohol’s dream of hitching in the local loop starts with at least a thousand hectares by the end of the month. Now with about 500 hectares already planted, Pernia was positive the thousand hectares by the end of the year is achievable. After that, Bohol aims to hit 6,000 hectares next year to complete the 10,000 hectare legacy. This is before the Governor signs a memorandum of agreement with Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) this Wednesday, to formalize the financing agreement for the ambitious project set as a legacy of the Aumentado leadership. Gov. Aumentado earlier wanted some 10,000 hectares of Bohol idle lands converted into jatropha plantations and more expansions after his term. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who comes to Bohol on that day would be a witness to the signing of the agreements to be entered into by Bohol through Governor Erico Aumentado and PNOC through Alternative Fuels Corporation (AFC) Romeo P. Tolentino, Capitol said. The project, Pernia revealed would entail Bohol putting up 10,000 hectares of jatropha plantation while the PNOC apportioning at least P25 million for it. Succeeding expansion plans would also be available as the contract with PNOC expires after 25 years. Pernia named the villages of Bayong, Cantaub Sierra Bullones and Biabas Guindulman within...Capitol charter opens venue for complaints against poor service
BOHOL Capitol makes itself liable for citizen’s complaints over poor service when it launched its own citizen’s charter Wednesday, July 15. No less than Commissioner Ricardo Saludo of the Civil Service Commission officiated the Citizen’s charter unveiling at the Bohol Cultural Center Wednesday while Capitol employees witnessed the ceremony. With the launching of the Citizen’s charter, Capitol substantially cuts 1/3 of document processing time, Capitol’s Human Resource Officer Romeo S. Teruel hinted. From the traditional 15 days maximum document processing time allowed, Bohol Capitol now implies 10 days maximum processing as Bohol trailblazes again in Central Visayas as the first province to respond to the call to cut bureaucratic red tape and do away with every opportunity for graft and corruption, said Capitol Chief of Staff Antonieto Pernia recently. The country’s Anti-Red Tape Law of 2007 or RA 9485 provides for the formulation of Citizen’s Charter by each Local Government Unit in the country before September 2009. A Citizen’s Charter is a document that contains information of the frontline services being provided by the local government unit to its citizens, Teruel summed. A Capitol Task Force consisting local executives formulated the Charter which shall then be placed on information billboards posted at the main entrance of offices or at most conspicuous places for the citizens to know which services is available at the office, he added. According to the law, the Citizen’s Charter should include the office’s vision and mission; identification of the frontline services offered, and the clientele; step-by-step procedure to obtain a particular service; and officer or employee responsible for each step. The Charter shall also include...9 contingents compete streetdancing awards
THE Bohol Sandugo Foundation Incorporated said this year’s street dancing competition brings out the best of nine contending dance contingents. According to Street Dancing Committee Chair Carmen Gatal, the participants are Balilihan, Baclayon, Corella, 2 danging contingents from Catigbian, Maribojoc, Trinidad, Tubigon and Tagbilaran City. Immaculate Mary Academy and Catigbian National High School represents Catigbian town while Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School represents Tagbilaran. In the competition, top 3 winning contingents would each get P200T, P150T and P100T and trophies, while minor awards are also reportedly at stake....National News
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