by admin | Apr 2, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
Still on the fence about joining Startup Weekend Bohol 2? Worried that it might just be a time waster? Curious if is it really for you?
Well, worry no more. We’re compiling a list of a couple of things you’ll learn and pick up during this intensive 3 day weekend event.
1. Validate your idea
Now, most of you probably have ideas that you want to pitch during Startup Weekend Bohol 2 and that’s great. Startup Weekend is a good platform to get a chance to see if your idea is really something people want. The fire pitch is the first stage of Startup Weekend and it’s where your idea either gets voted and validated or shafted and forgotten.
Congratulations!
If your idea gets pass the voting stage then your idea is a little bit closer to being validated. But you still have a long way to go and the 3 day event will be stepping stones to taking that idea from just an idea to something people actually want. During the event, you’ll get the chance to get out and get customer feedback from your prospective customers and see if they are really willing to pay for your product.
Startup Weekend will provide you a chance to test that idea you’ve been cultivating in your head into something more than just idea. After all, ideas are dime a dozen. Execution is everything.
2. Learn
Startup Weekend Bohol isn’t just an event, it’s like an educational camp too. You learn by doing and not just theory alone. You only have 54 hours to work on the startup so you’ll get pushed to do more than you think you’re capable of. You’ll be able to challenge yourself and discover skills that you might not even know you have. You’ll be able to wear many different entrepreneurial hats.
Startup Weekend Bohol will allow you to create your own plans, formulate a strategy and test it. What better way to learn something than to dive head on.
3. Step Into The World of Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Bohol isn’t just an ordinary event. It’s an event that will give you a chance to see if entrepreneurship is your piece of cake. Many people want to start their own businesses but most people don’t understand how hard it is to start one. Startup Weekend Bohol will help you decide if entrepreneurship is really for you!
During the 54 hour event, you’ll get to taste the different flavors of the entrepreneurial world. You’ll get the chance to validate your idea with customers, figure out your business model, develop your business strategy and execute it.
You won’t only learn the skills needed to start a business but you’ll experience the many emotions an entrepreneur goes through. You’ll get high from happiness because people say they love your idea, but you’ll also get stung by sadness when you realize that people only like your idea but don’t really want to pay for it. The painful love affair will be too much for some and they will end up giving up along the way. But there will be a few who are willing to endure the heartbreak and continue.
Entrepreneurship isn’t for the weak hearted. It takes guts to work hard for many years despite the numerous number of people telling you your idea won’t work until you prove them otherwise. Startup Weekend Bohol will help you decide if being an entrepreneur is what you really want or it’s just a fleeting fancy that you’re just interested in but not passionate about.
4. Find your people
Aside from the education, Startup Weekend Bohol will give you a chance to connect with people who have the same interests as you.
Entrepreneurship is a lonely road. But when you know that there are people out there going through the same things as you are, you’ll feel a lot better knowing that you really aren’t alone after all. They say entrepreneurships are a crazy bunch and they probably are right. What Startup Weekend provides is a way for you to connect with other crazy individuals who want to start a business or probably change the world. It’s great to know you aren’t the only crazy guy out there. A support group, a community, just something that will provide you with comfort that there are other people out there experiencing the same things you’re feeling.
Aside from a support system, Startup Weekend is a great way for you to find a cofounder. It’s a good place for cofounder dating and finding your team. Even if the startup you worked on over the weekend, falls apart, being able to network with many awesome people isn’t that such of a bad deal.
5. Have fun
It’s the weekend! Don’t fret too much. Don’t focus all your energy on winning. Focus on enjoying the experience. Startup Weekend isn’t all work. There’s free flowing coffee. Good food. Great people. And an infectious electrifying energy that will get you riled up and pumping.
Don’t go into Startup Weekend thinking that you’ll create a billion dollar startup out of the event. It’s like a teaser trailer for a movie. The real work is what happens after.
Startup Weekend is held on the weekend so you won’t have to worry about work too much. Instead, you’ll get to work on something you love, express your creative juices and mingle with likeminded people.
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 30 (PIA)–Gilagdaan na ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ang balaodnong maghatag og 12% value added tax (VAT) exemption sa mga persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Kalihim Herminio Coloma Jr., Marso 23 pa gilagdaan ni PNoy ang Republic Act 10754 nga maghatag og susamang benepisyo sa mga adunay kakulian sa panglawas sama sa mga senior citizens.
Ubos sa maong balaod, miingon si Coloma nga makakuha na usab og VAT exemption ang mga PWDs sa ilang serbisyong medikal ug dental.
Dili na usab kinahanglang pahamtangan og VAT ang mga PWDs sa mga palitong tambal sa botika apil na sa pagsakay sa MRT/LRT ug bawas sa pletehan sa mga bus.
May VAT exemption usab ang mga PWDs sa mga sinehan, concert hall, serbisyo sa mga hotel, restaurant ug recreation centers.
Nahisulod usab sa maong balaod nga ang mga paryente sa mga PWDs hangtud sa “fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity” nga nag-atiman nila mahimong maka-avail og tax deduction nga P25,000 sa ilang annual income tax.
Base sa datos sa Philippine Statistics Authority, naa sa 1.5 milyon ang populasyon sa mga PWDs sa nasod. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 30 (PIA)–Gi-awhag sa Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ug Civil Service Commission (CSC) ang publiko sa pagsumbong sa ilang buhatan kun may empleyado o opisyal sa gobyerno, polis o militar nga nalambigit sa electioneering o partisan politics.
Sa joint circular advisory on electioneering and partisan political activities sa COMELEC ug CSC, bawal nga gamiton ang mga sakyanan o uban pang resources sa gobyerno sa pagpangampanya.
Matud pa ni CSC Chairman Alicia Bala, ang molapas niini pahamtangan og usa hangtud unom ka buwang suspensyon alang sa first offense ug dismissal sa serbisyo alang sa second offense.
Mawad-an og katungod ang mga mapamatud-ang milapas niini nga makakuha og benepisyo ug mokupot pa og bisan unsang government office.
Apan wala gi-bawal sa maong joint circular ang pag-like, share, repost, comment sa facebook o uban pang social media account basta wala kini nagsolicit og boto.
Wala usab gidili ang pagpahayag kun kinsang kandidato ang ilang suportahan.
Sakop usab sa circular ang mga opisyal sa barangay apil na ang mga kagawad sa gobyerno nga ni-file og leave of absence. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 29 (PIA)–Nimugna si Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III og National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) pinaagi sa usa ka Memorandum Circular.
Sa Memorandum Circular No. 94 nga gipagawas sa Malakanyang, nakalatid nga base sa Section 7, Article II sa 1987 Constitution diin nagtadhana sa katungod sa Pilipinas nga protektahan ang soberenya, territorial integrity, national interest ug right to self-determination isip parte sa international community.
Tumong sa task force nga magbaton og nagkahiusa ug klaro nga paglihok sa mga hingtungdang ahensya ug buhatan sa gobyerno sa pag-atiman sa mga interes sa West Philippine Sea.
Ang maong task force pangunahan sa National Security Adviser isip chairperson samtang miyembro ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of National Defense (DND), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), National Coast Watch System, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police-Maritime Group, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ug Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
Kauban usab sa task force isip permanent representatives sa matag ahensya sa gobyerno ang opisyal niining adunay ranggong Undersecretary.
Nahisulod sa MC nga ang NTF-WPS modawat og giya ug direktiba gikan sa Presidente pinaagi sa Cabinet Cluster on Security, Justice and Peace ug mahimong responsable sa paghiusa o koordinasyon sa mga plano ug paglihok sa West Philippine Sea.
Ang task force usab ang magsumite og mga rekomendasyon ug report sa Presidente pinaagi sa Security Cluster.
Samtang tanang sangay sa gobyerno, departamento, bureaus, agencies, mga buhatan, local government units (LGUs) apil na ang mga government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) gimanduang maghatag sa tibuok nilang suporta ug kooperasyon sa task force sa pagpatuman niini sa ilang mandato ug katungdanan. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 28 (PIA)–Usa ka adlaw human nagsugod ang kampanya sa pang-lokal nga mga mokandidato karong Mayo 9 nga piniliay, mihangyo ang liderato sa Philippine National Police (PNP) sa publiko og kooperasyon alang sa luwas ug hapsay nga piniliay.
Kini mismo ang panawagan ni PNP Chief Dir. Gen. Ricardo Marquez tungod kay giangkon nilang kulang ang ilang pwersa, apan sa tabang sa mga sibilyan, dali nila kining matobag gamit ang bag-ong teknolohiya sama sa social media.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa PNP nga si Wilben Mayor, kasagarang taas ang tensyon sa bugnoay sa pang-lokal nga posisyon sa gobyerno ilabi na nga nagsugod na ang ilang kampanya.
Pagseguro pa sa pamunoan sa PNP nga plantsado na ang tanan nga ilang gihikyad nga seguridad ug bisan ang mga gitawag nga worst case scenario, ila nang gipangandaman.
Apan giangkon sa PNP nga daku ang hagit nga ilang gi-atubang karong tuig kalabot sa pag-mentenar sa peace and order sa nasod.
Usa na niini ang kakulang sa ilang pwersa mao nga gi-awhag nila ang publiko nga i-report kanila ang mga kagobot nga mahitabo sa ilang lugar o bisan ang mga pagpanglapas nga gihimo sa matag kandidato samtang nangampaniya kini.
Sa pagkakaron, nakabutang sa heightned alert ang nasudnong polisya sa tibuok nasod ug posibleng isaka pa kini kun duol na ang adlaw sa piniliay. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 29 (PIA)–Gipahinumdom sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa mga lokal nga kandidato alang sa Mayo 9 nga piniliay ug sa ilang mga dumadapig nga sundon gayud ang mga gipatuman nga campaign rules.
Kini, agi na usab sa gipaabot nga pag-arangkada og maayo karong semanaha sa kampanya sa mga kandidato sa mga lokal nga posisyon.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa Comelec nga si Atty. James Jimenez, kinahanglang sundon sa mga kandidato ang nakalatid sa Republic Act 9006 apil na ang implementing rules and regulations sa poll body.
Gawas sa mga migadan nga kandidato, miingon si Jimenez nga angay makighiusa usab ang mga dumadapig sa mga kandidato.
Gikumpirmar usab ni Jimenez nga adunay mga reklamong nakaabot sa Comelec niadtong Biyernes Santo, diin gidili ang pagpangampanya.
Marso 25 o Biyernes Santo natunong ang pagsugod sa campaign period, apan gi-atras kini ug gihimong Sabado de Glorya.
Matud pa ni Jimenez, may mga misumbong sa paglapas sa campaign ban nga gi-imbestigahan na karon sa komisyon.
Subling gi-awhag ni Jimenez ang publiko nga mahimong magbinantayon ug bukas sa pagpaabot sa Comelec sa mga reklamo pinaagi sa social media hotline og poll body nga #SumbongKo. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 28, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, March 28, (PIA)— Mikabat sa 38,801 ka bubong sa kabalayan gikan sa 8 ka kalungsuran sa Bohol nga biktima sa linug ang nakadawat sa hinabang alang sa housing materials gikan sa National Housing Authority (NHA).
Kinatibuk-ang P388 milyones ang nagasto sa kagamhanan pinaagi sa NHA alng niini, ug aron sa pag-abag sa mga Bol-anon nga makabarug human sa katalagman, segun pa sa NHA.
Subay sa taho sa NHA Visayas Management Office nga nabase sa Sugbo, nakadawat ang mga benepisaryo sa kalungsuran sa Maribojoc, Antequera, Carmen, Tubigon, San Isidro, Catigbian, Loon, Sagbayan ug Calape sa kinatibuk-ang tag P10, 000 nga bili abag alang sa housing materials.
Matud sa NHA, ang tananag hinabang nadawat na ug nadapat na sukad pa niadtong 2014, segun sa taho ni Engr. Carolyn Mae Maceda, NHA senior engineer.
Sa walo ka lungsod, ang Loon ang may labing daghang gitabangan sa NHA diin mikabat sa 8,190 ka banapisaryo sa tag P10,000.00, matud ni Gavino Fuguracion, NHA Regional Manager.
Sa Tubigon, 7,183 ka banapisaryo ang midawat sa tag P10,000.00 alang sa materyales, samtang sa Catigbian, 4,241 ka house beneficiaries sa NHA ang natala.
Sunod na usab ang Sagbayan, diin ang sentro sa linug miguba sa panimalay sa 4, 130 ka banapisaryo sa NHA.
Sa laing bahin, sa Calape, 3,833 ka bubong ang natabangan sa tag P10 mil samtang sa Maribojoc, 3,347 ka households ang nakadawat sa tabang sa kagamhanan.
Sa Antequera, 3,178 ka households ang natabangan sa NHA ug sa Carmen, 2, 820 ka bubong ang may tag P10,000 alang sa housing materials gikan sa NHA. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Mar 26, 2016 | Election 2016, Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
By: Jerome Auza
The last few weeks has been very interesting in the campaigns of the presidential candidates for the May 9, 2016 elections. Particularly interesting is the fact that formal surveys and informal surveys have widely contrasting results.
In recent formal surveys, Poe is leading while in mock elections in different universities nationwide, as well as online surveys and even in “cup” surveys in a 24-hour convenience store show Duterte consistently in the lead. The cup survey is done using cups for drinks printed with the face and names of the different candidates. The Duterte cups always get out of stock.
The formal surveys are conducted in a scientific method and the selection of respondents are done randomly in order to come up with results that are reliable and statistically representing the whole population.
The mock elections and online surveys are non-scientific because for one, they can only cover a certain group of people. For example, university surveys would include only students. In online surveys, these include only those with Internet access. In other words, they may not really represent the sentiment of the whole population.
However, there is the fact that the informal methods are done with a much larger sample of the population. In statistics, if you take a large enough sample, the tendency of the sample data is to match the whole sample. The mock elections held in universities are done nationwide, with sample size of around 1000 each or more. If you take into account that this is nationwide and the university students are obviously the youth, then it may be safe to say that the youth vote will go to Duterte. Results are varying in percentage but Duterte almost always leads the mock election results.
Now looking at the online surveys, I would like to use the Rappler online survey for February 2016 because the number of respondents is around 100,000. Also, another reason for using Rappler is that they learned how to ensure that only valid votes are counted because in an earlier survey, they discovered that votes for Roxas surged on a specific period with the votes identified as coming from China and Russia. That obviously was an attempt to manipulate the results. So assuming Rappler’s data for the February survey is filtered of invalid votes and with the number of respondents at 100,000, then at 39%, Duterte’s lead is quite significant.
Again, because of the tendency of a large sample to represent the whole population, it may be safe to say that the Rappler survey represents the Filipinos with access to the Internet.
Two large segments of our voting population, the youth and voters with Internet access are voting for Duterte. Obviously, there is an overlap of these two segments but if you combine these two segments, they are a very large percentage of all the voters.
Curiously, the most recent formal survey now shows that Duterte is about to gain the lead. Will Duterte eventually show as the significant leader in voting preference in the formal surveys in the coming weeks?
I would review the survey data again in a few weeks time to see where the numbers are. I have two questions for now:
Will the volunteerism of the Duterte supporters prove to be a force to be reckoned with versus traditional political machineries? Will social media ads of Duterte voluntarily done by supporters beat the other candidates’ heavily funded TV ads?
It remains to be seen.
by admin | Mar 26, 2016 | Local News / Bohol Balita, Tech Talk
The organizers of Geeks on a Beach 4 offers early bird registration discounts of 40% until April 15, 2016. GOAB4 will be held in Bohol at one of the upscale resorts in Panglao, Bohol on August 25-26, 2016. The GOAB is an international conference and this is the 4th year it is being held. Previous venues were in Boracay and Mactan.
The tech community in Bohol had campaigned for the province as a venue and fortunately this year, Bohol already has the facilities to hold such conference. Boholanos who wish to join are encouraged to register early to take advantage of the generous discount. To register, please go to www.geeksonabeach.com.
The GOAB conference is unique because instead of a formal atmosphere, the participants may come in in comfortable outfit and discuss state-of-the-art technology in their flip-flops.
Big names have attended previous GOAB conferences. The likes of Dave McClure the founder of 500 Startups, Mr. Khailee Ng, Maria Ressa, powerhouse of social news. Bowei Gai. Earl Valencia. Minette Navarrete. Attendees are business people, investors, founders, designers, developers and more.
According to the GOAB website, “The challenges of today’s startups are ever changing and the frontiers are plenty and are up for the taking. Do not miss this opportunity to learn, share and pitch. GOAB is the conference that allows anyone to have a platform to share ideas big and small.”
The Bohol ICT council is encourage local government units to sponsor representatives from their respective municipalities to this unique conference. Local startups that would need some encouragement by the government should be sponsored. This year’s GOAB is a great opportunity to join without the associated travel cost had the venue been somewhere else.
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | National News
MANILA, Mar. 22 (PIA)–Human sa Semana Santa, ipagawas na sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang mga sumbanan kalabot sa ipahigayong pagbotar sa mga shopping mall.
Matud pa ni Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista, makapahimos niini ng mga botante nga nagpuyo duol sa mall.
Giingon usab nga dili tanan ang mahimong mobotar sa ipahigayong mall voting tungod kay ang mga naa sa listahan lamang nga gipili base sa kaduol sa gipuy-an sa shopping mall.
Una nang nagpagawas ang Comelec og listahan sa mga botante nga mahimong mobotar diin hatagan og notice ang matag botante.
Mokabat sa 250,000 ka botante ang tugotan sa poll body nga mobotar sa naa sa 86 ka mga mall sa tibuok nasod.
Gitataw usab sa ahensya nga wala nagpabayad ang mga mall sa pagpahigayon og mall voting apan ila kining corporate responsibility. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | Features
CEBU CITY – It was a welcome fit for a king in the queen city of the south.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte walked into a packed Cebu Coliseum 10 pm Sunday evening and was greeted by a wildly cheering a crowd that did not mind the long wait.
The 7,000-seat venue was smoking hot as confetti rained when Duterte was introduced. Nearly everybody was on their feet, waving small Philippine flags and the country’s colors and roaring as one the now familiar three-syllable chant of “Duterte! Duterte! Duterte!”
Mobile phones flickered like thousands of fireflies, either snapping groupies or taking videos of the momentous event.
Buoyed by the highly emotional welcome, the mayor showed no signs of exhaustion despite the stressful debate earlier at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu campus in Lahug where he gave a good account of himself – dominating Facebook and twitter as though they were his own private domain.
Appropriately dubbed “Konsyerto Para sa Kausaban”, the event opened with live performances from popular artists spiced up by the folksy humor of novelty singer and Duterte pal Max Surban and a stirring nationalist medley from Chad Borja.
Duterte’s youngest son, Sebastian, broke out of his shell, belting out two songs from his heavy metal repertoire in a rare performance that pleasantly surprised the predominantly youthful audience.
The mayor also acknowledged the presence of his eldest son, Davao Vice Mayor Paulo Duterte, who came with nearly all his city councilors.
There was unmistakable electricity in the air as Duterte took center stage even though it was already close to midnight to a crowd that started streaming in as early as 4 pm.
Duterte did not waste time explaining the reasons why he eventually decided to run after vacillating for a long time, among them the health concerns of his first wife, his lack of funds and his age.
As he had declared on several occasions, he said he eventually gave in to the popular clamor after looking at the field and the baggage going against each candidate: Jojo Binay’s corruption charges, Grace Poe’s citizenship and Mar Roxas’ incompetence and ineptitude.
It was obvious Duterte no longer needed to convince a crowd that had virtually declared support for him.
Even before noon, supporters were already streaming into the “Bisaya Napud” headquarters in Lahug to drum up support not only for the debate but for Duterte himself.
Volunteers waved free Duterte tarpaulins and stickers to passing motorists, many of which pulled over to respond to the invitation.
Near the venue site at UP Lahug, Duterte supporters came in nearly all colors: blue, green, red and white – proof that they came out of their own volition in contrast to the uniformed partisans of rival candidates.
Beside the road, improvised t-shirt printing shops sprouted to accommodate fellow supporters who wanted their shirts to express their choice.
The more affluent supporters went around the city in spontaneous motorcades, their glamorous cars and SUVs screaming the name and face of the undisputed political rock star.
It is not only because Duterte is every bit a Cebuano as he prefers to think (“I can no longer come home because I have long since migrated there”) although that is a big part of it.
It is not only because Duterte is one tough hombre who has the brains to go with his guts – although that too is part of it.
Like many other parts of the country, it is largely because the scourge of drugs, crime and corruption have grown so big none of the other candidates have shown that they have what it takes to lick them.
The mayor’s rivals love to tick off statistics and platform as though they automatically translate to reality. In contrast, the eagle of the south hammers home on issues close to home: parents who won’t be at peace unless their daughter is home, traders milked by highwaymen and cops on the road, the breakdown of law and order in different areas in society – and the dangerously expanding inroads of narco-politicians.
Duterte hit the hammer in the nail in his closing statement when he said it is not a matter of statistics or platforms – because that is the easier part.
It all boils down to leadership.
This is where Duterte has separated himself from the rest.
No wonder the queen city of the south gave him a welcome fit for a king.
