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Dengue-proof your family
Now with the dengue alarm which has reached outbreak proportions, there has never been any better tip in preventing the disease and dengue proofing the family than starting with the self. Now, parents who are protective of their kids go extreme lengths to keep their kids, especially when away from home, safe from mosquito bites. Enter, the leggings and mosquito repellants. But, did you know that all those who protect themselves from dengue mosquito bites by wearing leggings are still not dengue-safe? NOT JUST LEGGINGS Dengue mosquitoes, or aedes aegyti which causes the transfer of dengue virus to humans use sight, smell, and heat to find a blood meal, and gravitate around human and animal heat, that even with leggings, mosquitoes can still go for exposed parts of the body. More-over. leggings, or at least those kinds that pupils are now wearing in schools are those thin types, ones that mosquitoes can still, easily bite through. “What we want to avoid is the mosquito bites, and leggings, or at least those that a mosquito can bite through, are still a concern,” shared a pediatrician who politely declined to be named. And then there is the color. “There have been circulated tips that mosquitoes are more attracted to that dark colored clothing, the color for most of the leggings that kids use, and these could be attracting more the mosquitoes that we want these insects to move away from our kids,” the pediatrician continued. Over this, wearing of bright colored long-sleeved clothes and trousers that mosquitoes could not bite through, something that lower the chances of getting bitten by dengue-carrying... read moreBohol hosts 3rd Shark Summit
Thanks and no thanks to the movies that depict the sharks as diabolical creatures of the sea, the enmity between sharks and men is almost shown in the gory death of a shark, almost all the time. Evil as they are depicted, sharks are indeed apex predators, but like storms, they bring new life and balance the ecosystem, that is what movies do not show. Bohol Boholanos to better understand sharks and the vital roles they play in the ecosystem, Save Sharks Network Philippines is bringing to Bohol the country’s 3rd Shark Summit in time for the Shark Conservation Week, November 12-16. Bohol is considered as one of the marine key biodiversity in the country because its marine water is rich in flora and fauna, shark species among them. Considered the center of the center of biodiversity and with temperate waters that are home to a whole lot of species, Bohol waters have also attracted sharks, which are either hunted or chased off. Home to several reef sharks, threshers, from the gentle giants which have become million-peso tourism industry in nearby Oslob to the cookie cutter sharks that also help control the population of dolphins, Bohol waters and its tourism potential has brought the celebration of 2018 Shark Conservation Week here. Ecotourism activities around sharks are starting to affect the economy. In Pamilacan then a whale shark could fetch about P200,00when caught by a fisherman. But with dive tourism or whale shark interaction, a single whale shark could bring in over a million through the years. And a live shark today would mean a much better checked marine ecosystem,... read more
Aris bullish with corporate farming
By JUNE S. BLANCO REP. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) is set to meet with agriculture bigwigs to push for the mechanics of House Bill No. 8076 promoting corporate farming and providing incentives therefor. In his explanatory note, Aumentado said the bill aims to strengthen private participation in the agricultural sector to boost production by establishing a national program that will promote corporate farming. Corporations and partnerships can subsidize the cost of planting materials, particularly the country’s staples of rice and corn. When the Filipino farmers can have these corporations and partnerships to turn to for their farm inputs, the process can eliminate loan sharks who are only in the business to earn profit but not look after the welfare of this sector. Under the corporate farming concept, the management’s support to increase production will enable the farmers to produce rice that is competitive with the imported kind. The process, Aumentado said, will bring down the cost of production and at the same time, wean the farmers from loan sharks and the state of indebtedness. The concept calls for the corporations to also provide fertilizers and other inputs. The farmers can also run to them to avail of loans without the tedious process of going to the banks in the city for formal loans. This eliminates the attendant expenses for fare and food. The corporations can offer farmers with “friendly loans” and not the usurious rates of the loan sharks. Aumentado observed that small and fragmented landholdings, lack of capital, loose financial control and ineffective business management cause low production, hence the corporate farming idea. He expressed confidence...Registration for Startup Weekend Bohol includes Food, Shirts, and more!
Startup Weekend is an environment that aims to provide all the necessities the participant needs so that he or she can focus purely on developing his or her idea. Registering to Startup Weekend Tourism Edition entitles a participant to three days of meals, an event shirt, a goodie bag, and the event experience; and the registration fee is just seven hundred fifty pesos (PHP750.00) per participant! Ain’t that a good deal? We also understand that there are students that would like to participate so we’ve set up a student discount of just five hundred pesos (PHP500.00), just please bring your student IDs when you make your purchase. The reason why the organizers have pulled in so much resources to pull this off at an affordable rate is so that local entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs that would like to join the event and try their hand at testing their new business idea can rest assured that everything will be provided for them as they prioritize developing their business idea. 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, Aimee Lim, Nelson Buena, Ben Skelton, and Peter Watkins. With them are judges Mark Phillips, Vicky Wallace, and many more startup ecosystem supporters. Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism Edition will be in September 29-October 1, 2017 at the Bohol Bee Farm Panglao. If you’d like to...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Go Negosyo Centers buksan sa Loboc, Carmen, Tubigon, Jagna
CORTES, Bohol, December 27 (PIA)—Buksan sa mga kalungsuran sa Bohol inabagan sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ang duha ka sentro nga maghatag og tambag alang sa mga bag-ong negosyante, Disyembre 28 didto sa lungsod sa Carmen ug sa Tubigon. Kini human gibuksan na usab ang Go Negosyo Centers sa Talibon, Disyembre 27. Sa Disyembre 29, magbukas usab ang Jagna ug Loboc. Ang Go Negosyo Centers nga magbukas sa lima ka mga kalungsuran napahaum gayud sa pagbukas usab sa bag-ong tuig kanus-a magsugod na usab ang bag-ong tuig sa pagrehistro sa mga negosyo sibo usab sa bag-ong tuig sa negosyo. Agi og pagtubag sa Go Negosyo Act o ang Republic Act 10644, ang Go Negosyo Centers buksan sa katapusang nga mga adlaw sa 2016, nangandoy nga palig-onon ang micro, small ug medium enterprises (MSMEs). Ang unang Go Negosyo Center sa Bohol gibuksan sa mismong buhatan sa Bohol DTI, gisundan usab sa Bohol Investment Promotion Center ug sa lungsod sa Loon. Kini aron magtanyag og mga bag-ong kapanarbaho-an sa nasud. Batakang palisiya sa Go Negosyo Act ang magpasugod sa nasudnong kaugmaran, pagduso sa mas lanat nga kaugmaran aron kunhoran ang kawad-on pinaagi sa pagtukod sa MSMEs nga magpasugod sa mga kapanarbaho-an, produkston ug patigayon sa nasud. Gimandu na sa kagamhanan ang pagpabarug sa “Negosyo Centers” sa tanang lalawigan, syudad ug kalungsuran aron iduso ang kasayun sa pagpasugod og negosyo ug pagtabang pinaagi sa paghatag serbisyo alang sa mga duol nga buot magsugod sa pamuhunan. Tumong sa Go Negosyo Centers and technology transfer, bansay alang sa production and ug pagdumala, ug sa paghatag tabang sa mga MSMEs alang sa pagbaligya...DTI encourages public to report SMS scams
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is encouraging the public to help fight scammers by reporting text scams. During the Christmas season, many may have received text messages from unknown sources informing them that they have been charged by the phone company or that they have won in a raffle promo which they have not entered and then they are asked to send a load to a mobile phone or deposit money to a certain account. These SMS fraudulent messages may be reported to the following : Report message and mobile number to National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) at tel # 926.7722 orhttp://www.ntc.gov.ph/publicassistance_textmessage.php or report these numbers to http://www.globe.com.ph/stopspam (Globe)or http://smart.com.ph/corporate/smart-to-know (Smart) or call *888 . The DTI has released the following tips on how to detect text scams: 1. The text message was sent through an 11-digit mobile number (ex. 09123456789) instead of a special three or four-digit number. Legitimate raffle or promo sponsors have a special three or four-digit code from the mobile network providers that are used to register and notify participants through short messaging service (SMS); 2. A subscriber has won a brand new car or a big amount from a raffle or contest when in fact, he didn’t join any; 3. A subscriber is asked to either call the sender, send load or deposit a certain amount of cash as processing fee or tax payment prior to claiming the prize; 4. A subscriber is rushed to claim the prize. Legitimate sales promotions are required to give winners 60-day period from the date of notification or announcement to claim the prize/s. More importantly, winners of promos with prizes exceeding P500 are required to...NBI implicates lawyers in its anti-drugs drive
CORTES, Bohol, December 24 (PIA)—About three to five active lawyers are implicated in illegal drugs, a key National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) official here said. In a report that he delivered before the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting at the Governor’s Mansion Thursday, NBI Bohol executive Officer Atty. Arcelito Albao however did not name those he implied. In its active support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against drugs, the NBI in Bohol in coordination with other law enforcement agencies has initiated its anti-drugs operations and has been contributing to the accomplishments of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). For months, members of the PPOC have been urging the police officers who builds up their suits against arrested drug personalities to make sure they have a tenable case to finally complement their efforts in finally making Bohol drug free. For months too, PPOC members point out that the dismal accomplishments in convicting drug criminals may either be a problem with the police filing the case or that there is a flaw in the system that may include those in the prosecution system. Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Bohol Chapter President Teodoro Lagang, in an interview said the NBI has already told him about the report and in fact has been taken as an item in their last IBP meeting. He also added that the IBP in Bohol is coming out with a manifesto expressing their officials stand on the issue. The statement would be off the press when the IBP meets again to tackle the issue even as Atty. Lagang expressed dismay at the accusation that lawyers...Bohol hands P450K legal aid fund to law enforcers
CORTES, Bohol, December 24 (PIA)— Governor Edgar Chatto hands Bohol’s assistance to a law enforcement program which provides legal assistance to state actors in the fight against drugs and criminality. That day coincides when the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) noted a better batting average by getting more convictions than acquittals in the prosecution of drug offenders. After several months of tracking dismaying accomplishments in the conviction rates as against those cases filed by authorities, members of the PPOC noted 11 drug convictions as against 4 acquittals and 2 dismissals. In the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency report which the Department of Interior and Local Government read, it also showed that in the period from October to November 2016, a total of 193 drug related cases were filed. The assistance goes to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Bohol Chapter through its president Atty. Teodoro Lagang, for Bohol’s Legal Assistance to Effective Law Enforcement Program (LAELEP). LAELEP is a program lodged at the IBP and entails the IBP giving of free legal assistance to law enforcement agents who may be getting counter-charges while in the performance of their legal duties. In the implementation of the LAELEP, the program also extended to providing law enforcement agents the capacity to be more efficient in their case build up to get a better conviction rate. The support system assures that state operatives in the performance of their duties do not necessarily dip their hands into their pockets just to defend themselves. This too came as the PPOC noted that plenty of cases have been prosecution turn-downs largely due to insufficiency of...Mga dili mosunod sa SRP, may multang mokabat sa P1-M
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 22 (PIA)–Pahamtangan og multa sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ang mga masakpang nagtinda og produktong nilapas sa gitakdang presyo niini o suggested retail price (SRP). Mokabat taman sa P1,000,000 ang multa sa mga molapas niini. Matud pa ni DTI Undersecretary Teodoro Pascua, maayo ug igo pa gihapon ang suplay sa mga produktong pang-Noche Buena mao nga walay rason aron pasakaan ang presyo niini. Apan matud pa ni Pascua, kun may igong hinungdan o rason sa pagbutang og presyo nga nilapas o wala nisunod sa SRP, dili na pahamtangan og multa ang tag-iya....National News
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