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Bohol to hatch giant clams For seeding in sea-waters
Bohol could be leading all other provinces in the country for coming up with a new hatchery for giant clams. Socio Economic and Environment Management Cluster Liza Quirog, who also sits as the Provincial Agriculturist claimed this in front of the gathering of fish wardens, police environmental officers, coastal law enforcement council (CLEC) members and local officials gathered for the 2018 Annual CLEC General Assembly inside the Pavillion of the Panda Tea Gardens and Suites, Dao, Tagbilaran City. Quirog, who took over in presiding the gathering in lieu of CLEC provincial chairman Governor Edgar Chatto, added it would not however be something new, as Bohol has consistently led the pack in innovations among local governments. CLEC has been Bohol’s response to coastal law enforcement as it remains one of the most daunting challenges of resource management for local government units (LGUs) depleting valuable resources and making campaigners lose steam. Decades back however, the campaign against illegal fishing in Bohol is made more efficient at lass costs with LGUs sharing resources and information through an inter-LGU, multi-agency, multi-sectoral CLEC. After the national government empowered LGUs to manage their own resources, illegal fishers here have always evaded apprehension simply by moving from one town to another. As their activities hold enormous negative impacts on the coastal environment including lessening fish catch, destruction of marine habitats, loss of income of small-scale fishers, expensive fish prices and fewer marine products, the Provincial Government of Bohol, supported by CRMP, called all fishery stakeholders to a Coastal Law Enforcement Summit in 2000. This was to discuss and identify solutions to the illegal fishing problem. The... read morePCG sets VINTA, ICARE sailing On 51st founding anniversary
A lone fast boat has been spotted by equipment watching the coasts of Central Visayas, the only one unidentified among a fleet of commercial fishers, passenger ships and fastcrafts in the area. A tiny blip in the vast seas occupied by a screen full of codes for each blip except one, moving from to the north. Scramble in the Philippine Coast Guard (MRRV) Multi-role and rescue vessel to hail the suspect. One more potential threat off the water, but thanks mostly to a technology that the law enforcement and the PCG have at their disposal. Enter the Vessel Identification Network Tracking Application (VINTA) and Intensified Community Assistance Awareness Response and Enforcement (I-CARE), two web-based application and webpage that helps the PCG better serve the sea-faring public. According to PGC District for Central Visayas Commander, Captain Ronnie Gil Gavan, “VINTA and I CARE were developed by the PCG to use the tech-savvy young generation of coast guards the facility of online tracking departing and arriving vessels digitally.” VINTA and ICARE also allows the PCG to gain electronic records of all sea-going vessels, track them wherever they may be in high seas and send in help if they happen to be in distress. An enhancement of the usual pre-departure and clearing operations by the coast guard elements, instead of just visual checking of the ships logs and voyage documents, coast guard elements take digital snaps of these documents, and send them to the nearest station. In the station, an office personnel who keeps logs on violations, boat conditions, papers and documents compares these digitally snapped documents and fits them according to... read more
PIA conducts photojourn skills training for troops
Becoming soldiers in a different kind of war, troops of the 302nd Infantry Brigade adopts a new kind of shooting skills. At least 28 officers and men of the 302ndInfBde joined the skills enhancement in shooting, not with their rifles to neutralize the enemy, but with the camera, to put in more good news in these times when most you see in the newspapers are the trivial and non-inspiring. Since Bohol was declared insurgency free in 2010, the soldiers left her in Bohol shifted to a new kind of battle: that of helping communities rise from the cowering fear with the trauma of war and the government services that came but only in trickles. Instead of wielding rifles, the soldiers picked on shovels and spades to repair impassable barangay roads, dangerous sections of trails and put up culverts to address flooding and the eventual rutting of the roads making them tough to maneuver by vehicles. In some areas, along with the Army Engineering Battalion, soldiers wield saws and hammer, buildings schools but putting up the labor counterpart to stretch government budget for school buildings. Then, they also fix school fences, barangay halls, waiting sheds, put up tap water stands with their trowels and masonry skills, or they use no hunting knives but paintbrushes for painting jobs in government and public infrastructures needing these services. Reeling from a past when soldiers were accused of being abusive and had indiscretions that are publicly known, the radical change has to happen in time, according to Captain KhadaffyTawantawan, Civil Military Officer of the 302ndIBde. And yet just as the army has transformed its...Everyone is welcome at Startup Weekend Bohol Tourism Edition
We often get questions about who exactly can join Startup Weekend Bohol but the answer is always the same: everyone! May you be a designer who likes to create logos and graphic designs, or a developer who likes coding for web applications or mobile apps, or a business owner hoping to test out his/her newest business venture in a controlled environment, everyone has a place in Startup Weekend. Many of the previous participants also had marketing, real estate, academe, and government backgrounds; we even got some engineers and high school students! As long as you are somebody who’d like to learn how a company is created and how a product is developed over a weekend, you’re the right person for Startup Weekend. Since this year’s theme is “tourism”, we are also especially inviting people who are in the tourism sector: Tour guides, travel agents, ticket vendors, even tour bus drivers! The objective of the event is to come together and create something that’ll improve or assist both the local and international tourism industry, may it be a business or a new community, and we certainly can’t do it alone if we don’t have insight from the actual people on the field. Feel like you have nothing to contribute? Most of the time, it’s all in your head! We’ve had participants come in feeling shy about what they can give to their teams but in reality, they end up being the most valuable resource the team can have. It is your experience, your perspective and insights, that make you an essential part of the team. So step up and stand...Local News/ Bohol Balita
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....Expiry date sa mga produkto, hugtan na sa FDA sunod tuig
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 22 (PIA)–Sugdan na sa Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sa sunod tuig ang paghugot sa mga manufacturer nga dili gihapon tigbutang og “expiration” o “expiry date” sa mga de lata ug uban pang produkto. Kini tungod kay kadaghanan pa gihapon sa mga produktong mapalit ilabi na sa mga supermarket mga “best before o consume before” lamang ang nakabutang nga marka imbes nga expiration date. Tuig 2014 pa gipagawas ang patakaran nga angay “expiration date” ang ibutang nga marka sa mga processed food ug dili “best before” lang. Bisan wala dayon gipatuman ang bag-ong patakaran, gihatagan sa FDA ang mga manufacturer og panahon aron mosunod sa maong patakaran. Gitataw sa FDA nga mahimo pa gihapong magbutang og “best before” apan angay adunay kaubang expiration date ang mga produkto....Exemption sa mga PWDs sa VAT, magsugod na sa Biyernes
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 21 (PIA)–Sa dili pa moabot ang Pasko, mapahimoslan na sa mga persons with disability ang ilang exemption sa value added tax (VAT). Matud pa ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kalihim Judy Taguiwalo, namantala na sa mga pahayagan ang implementing rules and regulations sa Republic Act 10754 nga maghatag og exemption sa mga PWDs sa VAT. Ubos sa RA 10754, exempted ang mga PWDs sa 12-porsiyentong VAT sa land transportation, domestic air ug sea travel, mga bayronon sa medical ug dental services apil na ang diagnostic ug laboratory fees, ug professional fees sa mga doktor. Dakong tabang usab kini sa galastohon sa mga PWDs sa mga gipalit nga tambal. Magamit usab sa mga adunay kakulian sa panglawas ang VAT exemption sa funeral ug burial services, sa serbisyo ug produkto sa mga hotel, rastaurants, sinehan, concert halls ug uban pa. Ang maong balaod gawas pa sa 20-porsiyentong diskuwento nga gipahimoslan na karon sa mga adunay kakulian sa panglawas nga nakalatid sa “Magna Carta for Persons with Disability”. Samtang gipahinomdoman usab sa DSWD ang tanang mga establisimyento nga magbutang og mga karatula nga maghatag og kasayoran niining pribilehiyo sa mga PWDs....Mga ospital sa Bohol, nangandam na sa mga kaso sa aksidente sa paboto
TAGBILARAN CITY, December 21 (PIA)—Ang mga provincial ug district hospitals ning lalawigan sa Bohol nangandam na alang sa posibleng pagdaghan sa mga kaso sa firecracker-related injuries sa kasaulogan sa Pasko ug pagsugat sa Bag-ongTuig. Apan gi-awhag ni Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Reymoses Cabagnot ang mga Bol-anon sa paglikay na lamang sa pagpaboto sa panghinaot nga makonhoran, o dili kaha mawagtang na gayud ang aksidente nga may kalabotan sa pagpaboto. Sa niaging tuig, usa lamang ang reported nga kaso sa firecracker-related injury sa Bohol. Ganinang tunga’ng gabii, gipaubos ang tanang government hospitals sa Code White alert diin molanat kini gikan Disyembre21 hangtud Enero 5 sunod tuig, base sa deklarasyon ni Department of Health (DOH) Kalihim Paulyn Jean Ubial kagahapon. Ang maong alert nagpasabot nga tanang government hospitals kinahanglang andam 24 oras ug pitoka adlaw sa semana hangtud sa Enero 5. Tungod niini, gipahinomdoman ni Dr. Cabagnot ang tanang opisyal sa mga provincial ug district hospitals sa Bohol nga tanang medical personnel anaa lamang gayud sa mga tambalanan aron moatiman sa mga emergencies. Samtang gitugotan man ang pag-file og leave of absence, gipasabot ni Dr. Cabagnot nga giingnan man ang mga personnel sa pag-adjust sa ilang shifts aron pagseguro nga may maka-atiman sa mga pasyente, ilabina kadtong maaksidente tungod sa...POWER TRIPS
A day after key National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) officials met with the governor to reassure Bohol of the government transmission service, tensions calmed down. Weeks earlier, darkness blanketed Bohol and in the occasion of the blinking series lights season, Bohol had its share of the on-off disappointments. Consumers started to complain of broken appliances, businesses raised a howl over lost potentials and losing commerce, while politicians who capitalized on vote recall cried the loudest. It is along this taut situation that the NGCP meeting came at the proper time: before everything could explode into a bleak scenario. By now, Bohol is using about 80 megawatts of power just to get by. A local source of power, three hydro power plants: Loboc, Ewon in Sevilla and Hanopol in Balilihan plus the Dampas Diesel Power Plant can produce less than 20 megawatts. Unfortunately, these have been sent to a pool tapped into the Visayas Grid. In return, Bohol largely gets its supply from the Tongonan Geothermal Plant in Leyte. A 138 Kilovolt line is now straddling the mountains of Leyte, Southern Leyte and then down to Maasin where a submarine cable brings the power to Tugas Point in Carlos P Garcia where it resumes into overhead transmission across Popoo to Imelda in Ubay where a substation boosts the power for Bohol distribution. From there, two lines string overhead in steel towers: to complete the Bohol circuits to Corella. The Haiyan experience of the 138 KV line which got compromised when steel towers in Leyte toppled, Bohol saw the sad plight. Until that single line from Leyte is made...National News
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