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NAPPING OR SLEEPING?
Just when has power-napping become one person’s problem? It only becomes one huge problem if you napped and you are Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, who happens to attend the meeting of the heads of states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Journalists covering the event reported that President Duterte napped and because of this, missed some of the events laid by the organizers. Expectedly, like what most people believed, this was an easy feed for those who openly criticize and wish ill to the president. First to grab the limelight is Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who said, there are just but two reasons to this: either the president is lazy or he has problem with his health. From that, we could also see two reasons why Trillianes came to that conclusion: he refused to see anything good from President Duterte or, that has just shown the end of his thinking capacity. Other than Trillianes, we could not tell who else would say that the president is lazy. In fact, many people openly admit that, just by following through the news reports of the president’s daily itinerary, for a man of that age, it is a surprising feat that he could do all those, in a day. Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan for one, has said this is the first time that a president arrived within 24 hours of a tragedy. This only tells us that Trillianes was probably still sleeping when President Duterte landed amidst the wailing and the sorrow of the landslide victims’ families. Moreover, as a rebel soldier and a loudmouth which he plays to the hilt,... read moreDTI CHIEF PROMOTES ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: JOINS ASEAN MINISTERS IN SIGNING E-COMMERCE AGREEMENT, IN ENHANCING AGREEMENTS ON SERVICES TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez joined other ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) at the Preparatory AEM Meeting and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council during 11-12 November in Singapore. In this event, the ministers signed the ASEAN E-Commerce Agreement; announced the conclusion of the negotiations for the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA); and finalised the Fourth Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA). Secretary Lopez noted two major benefits from the e-commerce agreement: “It has elements that provide protection and safeguards to consumers to build trust and confidence in e-commerce. Likewise, it facilitates more MSME access to the ASEAN market.” Meanwhile, ATISA aims to deepen services sectors in ASEAN, while ACIA will help maintain the attractiveness of the region as an investment destination. “ASEAN is on the drawing board to ‘future-proof’ the regional economy,” said DTI Secretary Lopez. Among the other topics that were discussed include Global Value Chains (GVC), Innovation, Digital Economy, and 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), among many others. “A priority in our engagement in the AEC is to pursue the agenda on Inclusive Globalization. We can use our international and regional engagements as a tool to alleviate poverty and sustain our economic growth and development,” explained Sec. Lopez. He added that ASEAN can play an important role in preserving a rules-based global trading order and provide the necessary boost to the world economy, amid the increasing threat of escalating trade tensions and continuing global... read more
Aris to seek add’l funding for brgy multipurpose bldgs in 2nd
By JUNE S. BLANCO ALL barangays in Bohol’s 2nd District will soon have a multi-purpose building each –courtesy of Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado. The solon said some barangays have completed theirs through this counter-parting project. However, some “poorer” barangays could not come up with their respective counterparts, leaving the project unfinished until now. Aumentado continues to make the rounds of his district for ocular inspections to assess the ongoing multipurpose building projects to determine which are not yet complete. For these, he said, he will request for additional funding at P1 million next year. Current funding, he said, is P750,000 from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The multi-purpose buildings can serve as the barangay’s meeting or assembly area, or evacuation center in times of calamities. The buildings have rain water collectors. The water can then be used by the community for the building’s toilet, for their respective laundry and other water needs. Aumentado said the amount may not be that much, but he gave all the barangays in his district such funds equally for the multi-purpose buildings not considering if he won or lost in that barangay in the last elections. He emphasized that he does not want to give just a few barangays from two to three million pesos if this means sacrificing the needs ofd the other barangays. He wants all barangays to receive equal amounts. The solon said after the election results are out, he always puts politics behind. This is most effective, he said, to heal “election wounds”. His unprecedented zero dissatisfaction rating in the latest round of Bohol Polls conducted by...Meet the mentors and judges for Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism!
Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism hopes to be one of the many initiatives by local volunteers and the Bohol ICT Council. It is a 54-hour event where participants get to enjoy and experience how to build a business or a project in just three days. The organizers have held a couple of pre-activities before the big Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism event this coming September 29 to help introduce the idea and get them to experience a little bit of what the activity is all about – creating innovations and working on them. Mentors and a couple of participants underwent a fire pitching game where they got to create ideas out of some random words. They got subjected to a barrage of questions to test if their ideas could stand on its own. The event is in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Provincial Government of Bohol, and the Bohol Investment Promotion Center. It is sponsored by Uniform Solutions, PrintBit, Gwion, Sea Drake Island Cruises, and Just Sizzlin’ (we are still open for sponsorships!). The participants at the event will also be mentored by Michael de Vincent Edwards, Jerome Auza, Aimee Lim, Nelson Buena and Gina Kapirig. With them are judges Mark Phillips, Vicky Wallace, and many more startup ecosystem supporters. Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism Edition will be on September 29-October 1, 2017 at the Bohol Bee Farm Panglao. If you’d like to register and stay updated, text Zion at 09084213938 or e-mail us at bohol@startupweekend.org and find us on Facebook...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Credit, ATM card fraud operates in Bohol -NBI
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 28 (PIA)–—The season of bonuses and extra cash is also the season for the frauds, and anti-crime authorities warn: always be aware of your credit card and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards transactions. No less than National Bureau of Investigations Bohol executive Officer Atty Arcelito Albao issued the warning after the agency has allegedly tracked credit cards and ATM card fraud. At the Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting recently at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Mansion, Atty Albao bared of the presence of card data skimming fraudsters in Bohol now. The modus is for these people to work with tellers or point of sale swipe stations and transfer the data from the card to a remote server which copies the details of the account. Or, a data skimming device is attached to an ATM machine card slot, and as soon as a card is inserted and the account holder keys in the personal identification number, the skimming device activates and duplicates the account information into a nearby computer. The fraud does not happen right there and then, but takes a few more hours after the remote computer can create a duplicate bogus account and card which the fraudster uses to debit money, pay for online transactions and withdraw amounts from the cloned account. Over this, former Tagbilaran City police chief Colonel George Vale advised customers and card holders: do not ever lose visual contact of your cards. Earlier, a high end resort manager has raised a red-flag over debit transactions using spurious cards. At a separate PPOC meeting, the manager narrated that somebody booked...IBP Bohol assures non-tolerance to member’s drug -involvement
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 12 (PIA)–Following allegations of some lawyers’ links with drugs, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, (IBP) Bohol Chapter in a statement, assured they will not tolerate any member’s involvement in illegal drug trade. Through a public statement posted in his facebook account, Bohol IBP President Atty. Teodoro Lagang on Tuesday evening stressed: If anyone in our ranks is proven to be involved in the illegal drug trade, then we will be the first to denounce him or her. Hinting that the IBP as an organization has been smeared by the careless persecution, lawyers unite in saying they do not object the investigation and prosecution of members in its ranks so long as it is done in accordance with existing laws, rules, and legal processes. “If a lawyer is involved in the illegal drug trade, then the consequences for such illegal activities will be the sole responsibility of that lawyer and it has nothing to do with his or her profession,” IBP said. As its commitment to the fight against drugs, the IBP Bohol has been conducting seminars to law enforcement officers to enhance their legal knowledge and help them be more effective in the fight against illegal drugs. “The IBP Bohol Chapter, through the LAELEP Program, has also been extending free legal assistance to our law enforcers who have cases filed against them in connection with the performance of their duties,” IBP said. Through the Legal Assistance for Effective Law Enforcement Program (LAELEP), the IBP has also been extending free legal assistance to law enforcers who gain counter-suits while in the performance of their duties. However,...Bilar PS tops “Double Barrel” compliance accomplishment
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 28 (PIA)–How they did it, Pilar Police Station topped the local accomplishments of Operation Plan Double Barrel Alpha, which started 50 days ago. In its campaign beginning October 26 to December 15, Pilar Police Station accounted 209 illegal drugs personalities who surrendered and showed goodwill. This is despite a police station target of only 51 drug characters, a report from Camp Dagohoy bared. Bearing a card rating of 410 % Tokhang accomplishment, Pilar looks down upon the closest contender: Bilar. Bilar on the other hand accomplished 280% with only 51 drug personalities targeted but accounting for 143 drug characters who surrendered after getting convinced that the President’s drug war is far from just getting a good impression. After Bilar is Carmen Police Station which had 102 drug personalities on target and garnering a 262% accomplishment. Carmen Police Station delivered 267 personalities neutralized by surrender, Police Superintendent Lorenzo Batuan shared. After Carmen is Getafe which had 51 drug personalities for its target accomplishment. Getafe Police station however walked the extra mile and arrested 7 drug personalities while causing the surrender of 117 more, to earn it the fourth top slot with 243% compliance accomplishment. Running in fifth but not after scoring 211% accomplishment is Guindulman which had 215 drug personalities who surrendered after 50 days, the same report indicates. On the other hand, among the least compliance accomplishment were Corella Police Station at 6% accounting only 3 of its 51 personalities in its target and Mabini Police Station with 13% getting only 13 of the 102 personalities in its list. Next is Alicia Police Station with 7...Retirement sa mga Pinoy, mahimo nang tigoman pinaagi sa PERA
TAGBILARAN, December 28 (PIA)–Mahimo na karong tigoman sa mga Pinoy ang ilang retirement pinaagi sa pagpamuhunan sa Perso¬nal Equity Retirement Account (PERA), ang labing unang voluntary retirement account nga adunay tax incentives sa nasod. Ang PERA gilusad ning bag-o lang sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), walo ka tuig human nahimong balaod ang Republic Act 9505 o ang PERA Act of 2008. Base sa datos, daghang mga Pinoy ang dili tig-tigom o tig-invest mao nga kining balaod sa PERA ang maghatag og insentibo sa mga Pinoy sa pagpamuhunan alang sa ilang retirement. Tinguha sa PERA nga palambuon ang savings mobilization ug capital market development aron makatabang na usab sa fiscal sustainability sa nasod. Matud pa sa gipahigayong pagtuon sa BSP, nikabat lang sa 10.8% sa mga Pinoy ang nagtigom alang sa ilang pagretiro. Bukas kini sa tanang nag-trabahong Pilipino — sa gobyerno, pribadong sektor, self-employed ug professio¬nals ug bisan ang mga overseas Filipino workers. Ang bisan kinsang mag-invest og P100,000, kuwa¬lipikado sa P5,000 income tax credit nga i-deduct sa gibayarang income tax matag tuig....PEO gimandu-an pagsubay sa disgrasyadong eskina sa Dauis
CORTES, Bohol, December 27, (PIA)—Gimandu na ni Gob Edgar Chatto ngadto sa Buhatan sa Provincial Engineer (PEO) ang pagsusi ug paghimo sa mga lakang aron pugngan na ang mga disgrasya nga nagpanghitabo sa eskina sa Tinago-San Isidro, Dauis. Niadtong Disyembre 26 lamang, o upat ka adlaw human gireklamo ang disgrasyadong dalan, duha ka aksidente sa kadalanan ang nahitabo didto sa nahisgutang eskina. Una na nga gireklamo sa mga motorista ug manakayay ang kakuwang sa mga traffic signs nga ibutang unta sa mga nasudnon ug provincial roads. Didto sa Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) Meeting Disyembre 22, giduso na usab ni Mayette Gasatan, sakop sa Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ug manager sa South Palm Resort ang kakuyaw sa nahisgutang mga dalan. Daghan na ang nadisgrasya tungod sa dili makita ang kasugat ug walay igo nga mga pahimatngon sa dalan alang sa mga motoristang nagsubay sa Tinago-San Isidro Road, obserbasyon ni Gasatan, kansang kapikas nagtrabaho usab sa PEO. Ang dalan usab nga gikan sa Mayacabac-Biking nga kasagaran tul-id, mohinay og liko subay sa San Isidro, diin dili makit-an ang kasugat. Walay piho usab nga mga sinyales ug pahimangno bisan pa sa nasudnong dalan sa Biking-San-Isidro ug Dao nga maka-pahibaw sa mga motorista sa apike nga dalan. Matud ni Gasatan. Gibutyag ni Gob Edgar Chatto nga kon ang dalan, sama sa Panglao Circumferential Road, sakop sa nasudnong kagamhanan, obligado ang Department of Public Works and Highways sa pagbutang sa mga karatola ug traffic signs. Apan, ang dalan nga nagtadlas niini, ang Tinago-San Isidro lagbas sa Flushing Meadows sakop sa lalawigan sa Bohol ang kasagarang hinungdan sa disgrasya. Tungod niini,...National News
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