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Samsung Galaxy Note 7, bawal na sa mga tugpahanan ug eroplano sa PH
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 21 (PIA)–Gimando na sa Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) ang total ban sa mga Samsung Galaxy Note 7 sulod sa mga airports ug biyahe sa mga eroplano sa nasod. Sa gipagawas nga Memorandum Circular No. 34-16 sa CAAP, nakalatid nga hugot nang gidili ang pagdala o paggamit sa Samsung Galaxy Note 7 sa mga tugpahanan ug sa tanang mga biyahe sa eroplano, bisan sa mga cargo flights. Ang maong memorandum nga gi-petsahan og Oktubre 13, nagmando sa tanang Philippine carriers nga sakop sa CAAP. Gi-abisohan usab sa CAAP ang tanang operators nga hingpit nga ipatuman ang maong memorandum circular. Una nang ni-abiso ang Philippine Airlines ug Cebu Pacific sa tanang mga pasahero nga bawal na ang paggamit ug pagdala sa maong smartphone device sa tanan nilang flights. Gipatuman kining mando tungod sa nagpadayong mga kaso sa pagkasunog sa Galaxy Note 7 samtang naka-charge kini. Una niini, nagpagawas og emergency order ang US Department of Transportation (USDOT), Fede¬ral Aviation Administration (FAA) ug ang Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) aron i-bawal ang tanang Samsung Galaxy Note7 smart phone devices nga klasipikadong “forbidden hazardous material” tungod kay mahimo kining magpakayo ug mahimong hinungdan og sunog bisan nakasarado pa kini.... read moreHangin, magsugod na’g kabugnaw tungod sa amihan – PAGASA
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 21 (PIA)–Gi-anunsiyo karon sa Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) nga nagpasulod na sa Pilipinas ang panahon sa amihan o gitawag usab isip northeast monsoon sa sunod semana. Matud pa ni PAGASA forecaster Gener Quitlong, kini ang panahon nga makasinati ang nasod og kabugnaw sa hangin. Giingong gikan sa kasagarang 25-35 degrees celsius, mo-ubos ang temperatura ngadto sa 18-22 degrees celsius. Bisan gipaabot kini tungod sa kainit nga nasinati karong panahona, magdala usab kini og mga kabag-ohan sa pagsulod sa mga bagyo. Kasagaran sa mga dili maayong panahon nga mosulod sa Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) gikan sa Pacific Ocean tig-landfall tungod sa pagtulod sa hanging amihan. Gibanabanang lima hangtud walo ka bagyo pa ang posibleng mosulod sa PAR sa dili pa matapos ang tuig 2016.... read more
PH companies sign MOUs with Indonesian counterparts
A total of 11 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) have been signed between Philippine companies and top-level Indonesian businesses that would boost trade and economic ties between the two countries during the recent Philippines-Indonesia Business Networking session held on 30 April in Davao City, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced. With the new Davao/General Santos-Bitung ASEAN RORO (roll on, roll off) route, prospects of increasing trade activities in the region and heightened collaboration between Philippine and Indonesian businessmen, are being eyed as both countries’ businesses signed MOUs covering the sectors of water and wastewater infrastructure facilities, retail trade and distribution, real estate and construction, manufacturing of OEM products for a pharmaceutical company, and development of various facilities which include the establishment of a media city to develop media content for Indonesia and the rest of ASEAN, establishment of a sports city or complex for general use, and the establishment of technology corridors to enhance bilateral technology transfers. Among the companies which signed the MOUs were Manila Water, Inc., a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation that aims to expand its presence in Indonesia; SM Markets which is partnering with Alfamart in the expansion of over 400 stores in the Philippines; Century Properties; and Liwayway Marketing Corporation, among others. Mr. Robert Kwee, president of Alfamart Group mentioned their bullish prospects in retail trade in the Philippines and would like to participate more in the country’s growing economy of over 100 million population. At present, the company has 252 outlets in the Philippines. In addition to business-to-business MOUs, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce (PCCI) and the Indonesian Chamber of...No Results Found
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Bohol forms country’s 2nd provincial PNP SWAT team
BOHOL molded Friday the country’s second provincial special police team trained to handle crisis situations all over Bohol. Bohol Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team comes next to the Cebu SWAT, which was the first provincial special action team in the country, revealed Police Regional Director Ronaldo Roderos at a press conference at the Bohol Tropics Resort Wednesday. More or less 37 police aspirants would be trimmed down to 17 after they pass the rigid training under 8 Camp Crame-based Special Action Forces and complemented by the 6 members of the Cebu City SWAT team, police sources said. After more than three months of grueling training, the Bohol team of 17 men, would be going on rotation duty 24 hours a day 7 days a week, explains Bohol Provincial Police Chief Edgardo Ingking. The team, organized in the pattern of the elite Los Angeles Police Department’s anti-crime SWAT would be allowing residents the protection of a force trained and given expertise to respond to problems. The press conference was held a day before outgoing Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief also formalizes the opening of the innovative Bohol Tourist Police Assistance Center in Bolod Panglao. Admitting forming the Bohol team is really a belated move, PNP Chief Avelino Razon said if it were not for the insistent efforts of Bohol government and civil society leaders, the dream would not have been realized. The move came after the Boholanos shivered in dread over a foiled bank robbery, which cost the life of a security guard, a robber and led to the notorious Meloy Garcia rob group disbandment. Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado...DENR Atienza okays opening city drains
THE environment secretary has okayed on the suggestion to spill the clogged city drainage system to the sea, reasoning that the city residents should not be made to suffer for an illegality. Arriving in Bohol to keynote a convention of the country’s foresters at the Bohol Tropics Resort, environment Secretary Joselito Atenza apparently has resolved an issue, which has kept local officials buck-passing the blame while keeping residents in limbo. In a radio interview the day after he set foot in Bohol, Sec. Atienza revealed that he has explicitly ordered the local Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office here to immediately coordinate with the city government to un-tap the illegal connections along the drainage. The opening up of the closed drainage however, Sec. Ateinza said, should be done only when there is a heavy down pour. The move probably based on the logic that the heavy volume of storm water would dilute the dirty water enough to make it relatively safe for spilling into Tagbilaran City Bay. “While we are not yet able to correct the irregularities, I have instructed the local DENR Officer to rush the cutting of illegal connections,” he said over the radio lane. Atienza pressed that it is indeed the local government units who should implement the disconnection, but added he had ordered his men to assist and coordinate with the city mayor. It may be recalled that the city drainage system along Carlos P. Garcia avenue is packaged with the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project as implemented by the Project Management Office (PMO) of the Philippine Japan Highways Loan Project who had Hanjin...Congressional Committee on Environment to hold public hearing in relation to the oil exploration in Bohol Strait
In the near future, an Onsite Congressional Viewing will be held here in Bohol on the results of the oil exploration in the Bohol Strait. While the 2nd District Representative Hon. Roberto Cajes endorsed the proposal of the increasing consultations on the House of Committee of Environment and Natural Resources, which is included in the Committee Viewing of the Congress on September 10, 2008. He said that his motion was approved regardless of doubts from many Congressmen especially from those of the Environment Committee. The motion of Cajes, who is also one of the authors of House Resolution No. 212, which deals with the investigation of the impact of oil exploration here. The resolution is also supported by 1st District Representative Hon. Edgar...PRO-7 confirms 110 new cops for Bohol
A top police official here in the Visayas confirmed reports that Bohol gets 110 more police officers, but the reinforcement goes all the way to the country’s first tourist police detachment here. Nevertheless, the local Philippine National Police (PNP) officials here admit the move would be a great help as it largely contributes to police visibility at a time when police and population ratio hangs at 1:1100. Police Regional Director Ronaldo Roderos confirmed reports that the new cops would be deployed here, and they would be manning tourist police detachments set up in key spots in the province. Aside from the tourist cops, General Roderos also talked about the formation of a local Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), which is impending. He reported that the Bohol team is already on the neuro-psychiatric tests before the formal training could commence. Outgoing Police Director General Avelino Razon is slated to come to Bohol ext week to formally launch the new SWAT team, Bohol Capitol sources revealed last week. It was not clear however if the 110 new cops include those to be assigned at the soon to be formed SWAT team. At a press conference after the summit opening ceremonies, PCSupt Roderos said “the PNP is mandated to provide the personnel support” to the Bohol innovation in putting up tourist police detachments in key tourism stops. The tourist police is a new concept of community policing where cops would be deployed in tourist areas both for crime prevention and for tourist assistance. The tourist police is one of the main reasons why Central Visayas rates high in the annual search...WHO aids Bohol anti-rabies program with P1.1M fund
BOHOL rabies prevention program gets a longer leash with the World Health Organization (WHO) pitching in to help prop up the local initiative to eradicate the threat. Provincial Veterinarian Stella Marie Lapiz bared this Wednesday as her update to members of the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Council during a meeting at the Mansion. This she also gave to the delight of the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Council (BRPEC) members who have labored for setting up the mechanism for the program to be unleashed. Bohol has topped Central Visayas in human and animal rabies cases, causing undue threat to the thriving tourism industry here. In her report Wednesday, Dr. Lapiz said WHO has granted Bohol P1.1M in year-long fund to aid in helping attain the goal of making Bohol rabies free by 2010. WHO also understood that Bohol Capitol puts up a counterpart fund of P1.5M, Dr. Lapiz shared. The fund is available from August 2008 to July 2009, said Dr. Soe Nyunt-U, WHO representative in the Philippines, in a letter sent to Dr. Lapiz sated August 26, 2008. This fund is different from the bulk of P7M apportioned for Bohol by the Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC), which Dr. Lapiz earlier bared to the media. The ARC fund is for piloting initiatives in a province-wide anti-rabies campaign to help Bohol anti-rabies and responsible pet owner advocates document a collaborative effort. The end goal is for ARC to create a template for future support program in their rabies elimination campaign in other countries, Dr. Stella Marie Lapiz then said. One of the terms of reference for the WHO...National News
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