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DTI forfeits surety bond of violating cement importers
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has forfeited the surety bonds of some importers for violations of government rules, regulations, and standards that affect consumer safety. Violations committed by importers are mostly on selling of cement without any Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) or Statement of Confirmation (SOC). The SOC is proof that the cement passed quality testing. It is a DTI rule that cement retailers should possess the SOCs of the cement they are selling. With the influx of cement entering 25 out ports of the country coming from Vietnam, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, and even from Pakistan, the DTI forfeited the surety bonds of some violating cement importers, as provided under Department Administrative Order (DAO) No 17-06, Series of 2017. The DTI underscores that rules are formulated and enforced to ensure consumer welfare and protection. For cement, its quality should comply with standards set under Philippine National Standards (PNS) 07:2005 and PNS 63:2006 to ensure that structures built using cement will remain durable and not collapse, and prevent the loss of lives and danger to consumer safety. The DTI advices cement buyers to ask for the SOC of retailers when purchasing said product to ensure that these are compliant with the rules and standards set by the Department. The SOC shows the brand, importer, manufacturer, date of manufacture, and batch number, among others, which are likewise imprinted on the cement bags that are being sold in the... read moreDTI taps startups for Project One: Government to make information on business registration more useful
The Department of Trade and Industry, the temporary Secretariat of the Anti Red Tape Authority (ARTA), is partnering with the startup community in implementing Project One— One form, One number, One portal for business registration. Banking on the millennial start-up revolution, the government will begin its collaboration with start-ups in developing a content-rich portal that will make available important LGU information to investors, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), as well as potential entrepreneurs. The ASEAN Task Force on Starting a Business has identified the lack of information on government registration process and the lack of understanding on the benefits of registration as constraints that need to be addressed to encourage the registration of micro, informal, and family enterprises. In 2017, the New Zealand Government conducted a scoping mission in the Philippines and observed the absence of available information about the business registration procedures in LGUs, which resulted to repeated visits in government offices and delayed completion of process due to incomplete submission of requirements, since businesses are not fully aware of the documentary requirements and the process. An online portal is seen to solve this constraint. Project One, the first project of the newly created Anti Red Tape Authority— will use the Design Sprint in creating a prototype of the online portal for LGU business registration processes. Created by Google Ventures, Design Sprint is extensively used in the private sector by the world’s most innovative companies. Over the last few years Design Sprint is increasingly used in the public sector due to their high levels of productivity, efficiency, and customer orientation. Creative HQ of New Zealand is the facilitator of the Design Sprint... read more
Aris: All 349 D2 brgys get P700k for MP bldgs
By JUNE S. BLANCO RISK REDUCTION and disaster management have become ingrained in the senses of Filipinos – Boholanos included – especially after the Great Bohol Earthquake on Oct. 15, 2013. This prompted village officials to scout for a vacant area near their respective barangay halls for multipurpose buildings. Rep. Erico Aristotle “Aris” Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) has been distributing P750,000 as counterpart funds. Aumentado assures his constituency that all 349 barangays were allocated shares from funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). He said he is distributing the assistance, not counting if he won of lost in that barangay during the last congressional election. Aftr all, he added, the residents who did not vote form him are still his constituents. The multipurpose building doubles as evacuation center so that in times of emergency like flooding or typhoons, the public elementary schools can immediately resume classes. Sessions are usually delayed when the schools are turned into evacuation centers because the families staying there have to gather their things first. Aumentado adopted the “win or lose” stance in distributing the assistance because, he says, his is a governance of unity, not vindictiveness, and unity, not divisiveness, working towards a common goal. He opts for equal sharing – not selective, and with impact. This means, he explained, the fund is substantial and not palliative like others who select their recipients of only P5 or P10...HNU gets free Smart wifi
TAGBILARAN CITY, March 7 (PIA)–The day after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the Philippine national Broadband Plan to effect a faster and more reliable communications in the country, Holy Name University in Bohol also partners with Smart Telecommunications for a wireless fidelity (wifi) internet access for its students. And for that, Smart Communications incorporated allocated 100 megabyte per second (mbps) internet bandwidth to the catholic university, giving students some 30 minutes free internet service daily. Holy Name University President Fr. Francisco Estepa SVD, pointed out that the provision of SmartWifi in the campus is the third among HNU and Smart partnerships. He told the modest crowd gathered at the covered shed beside the campus Bates Building that HNU also got Smart suite. Smart Learning Suite is a facility that combines lesson delivery, assessment, student collaboration and game-based learning software via the Smart Notebook, Smart Lab, Smart Response and Smart Amps. He also said HNU partnered with Smart on Smart Sports. This time, Smart Communications incorporated again partnered with HNU on the SmartWifi in the campus. “Our partnership with Smart has been very beneficial to the school, we do hope that we had mutual benefits with Smart,” Fr. Estepa said. The partnership allows the HNU community to get 30 minutes free wifi access daily, also gets them free infrastructure in cables, access points, 100 MBPS of internet bandwidth, free facility operation and maintenance, while earning a co-branded set service identification (ssid) and leading page, courtesy of Smart. For partnering with Smart, HNU also commits to shoulder costs of power used by the facility, provide adequate space for the infrastructure, allows the...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Digital Bohol – An Idea That Is Finally Ready
By: Jerome Auza When I first came back to Bohol in 2005 after an exciting career in the semiconductor industry in Cavite, one of the things I had in mind was the concept of a “digital Bohol” where information about the places, events, business entities, tourist and historical sites, etc are put together in an easy to use portal. Products and services of businesses in Bohol would be available for purchase online. Supplier-buyer matching can be done on the same portal also. It was an idea though, that was too advanced at that time. In 2013, I started to conceptualize a mobile app called Bohol.Info which built on the idea of digital Bohol and bringing the information on mobile devices. We managed to complete a prototype of the app in 2014 and even put it for download on the iOS and Android devices. It was soft launched during the Sandugo Trade Fair in 2014. Again, it was an idea that was not yet ready at that time. So it was a happy moment for me when during one of the meetings I attended as a board of trustee of the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as the Vice Chairperson of the Bohol ICT council, the idea of a digital Bohol was brought up. I had a big smile on my face and told myself, “Maybe the old ideas are now ready for prime time.” Watch out for more updates about Digital Bohol in the coming weeks as the idea will be discussed with the various stakeholders in ICT, tourism and business sector as well as the...Di paghatag og saktong sukli, bawal na karon
TAGBILARAN CITY August 12 (PIA)–Bawal na karon ang di paghatag og saktong sukli human hingpit nang nahimong balaod ang ‘No Shortchanging Act’ o Republic Act 10909. Ubos niining bag-ong balaod, mapahamtangan na ug mamultahon ang mga molapas niini ug mahimong pahamtangan og suspensyon sa lisensya kun mapamatud-ang wala nihatag og saktong sukli ang mga tindahan o bisan ang mga pampublikong sakyanan, hangtud sa katapusang sentimo. Dugay na kining isyu ug reklamo sa katawhan ug gi-aksyunan na kini karon sa gobyerno. Dili na mahimong ipasumangil nga walay sinselyo ang mga tindahan o mga sakyanan ug dili na usab mahimong kendi na lang ang isukli sa mga grocery tungod kay mahimo na kining ireklamo ug pahamtangan na og silot ang mga mapamatud-ang molapas niini. Ang kasagarang pamalibad nga walay sensilyo maong kulang ang panukli, dili na mahimong gamitong palusot karon. Kun nagtinda o namasahero, angay nga mag-andam og igong sensilyo para panukli. Usa pa sa resulta niini mao ang pagpabalik sa paghatag og importansiya sa atong mga sensilyo. Giingong angay ibalik nga irespeto ang mga sensilyo sa Pilipinas ug dili kini angay taguan. Gipaabot na karon nga ma-sirkular og balik ang mga sensilyo tungod kay kinahanglan man kining ipanukli. Malikayan na usab ang hoarding o pagtago sa mga sensilyo nga hingpit nga gidili sa gobyerno....Big time tax evaders, pahamtangan og travel ban
TAGBILARAN CITY, August 10 (PIA)–Dili na pagawason sa nasod ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang mga adunahang negosyante nga wala nagbayad og saktong buhis. Matud pa sa Presidente, gitahasan na niya ang Bureau of Immigration (BI) nga bawalan kini sila nga makagawas sa Pilipinas. Dungan niini, miingon si Duterte nga nangayo na siya karon og listahan sa mga tax evaders kang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Kalihim Caesar Dulay. Kun makuha na sa Presidente ang maong listahan sa mga tax evaders, manduan niya ang mga polis ug sundalo kauban ang media nga adtuon ang puluy-anan niini aron pangutan-on kun nganong wala sila nagbayad og saktong buhis. Giseguro usab ni Duterte nga sa oras nga magbayad og saktong buhis ang mga tax evaders, dili na sila makasinati og bisan unsang matang sa harassment gikan sa BIR. Giingong makadismaya tungod kay nakaya pa sa mga tax evaders nga mokuha og mga polis ug sundalo aron mahimong personal nga bodyguard. Pagseguro sa Presidente, bungkagon niya ang mga polis ug militar nga nagsilbing personal bodyguard sa mga tax evaders....AUDIO ‘Bisita Opisina’, ipahigayon sa Dauis
TAGBILARAN CITY, August 10 (PIA)–Gitakdang ipahigayon ang ‘Bisita Opisina’ sa mga miyembro sa Association of United Development Information Officers in Bohol (AUDIO-Bohol) sa Agosto 11 sa Munisipyo sa Dauis. Ang information officer sa LGU Dauis nga si Margo Bongalos gitakdang mohatag sa orientation/updates kabahin sa lungsod sa Dauis ug manguna sa office tour ug courtesy call sa mga miyembro sa AUDIO-Bohol ngadto kang Mayor Marietta Sumaylo. Ang lungsod sa Dauis nisaulog niadtong Agosto 8 sa ilang ika-296 nga Foundation Day ug magsaulog sa ilang kapistahan sa partona sa Mahal nga Birhen sa Asuncion karong Lunes, Agosto 15. Gipaabot ang panag-ambit og kasayoran sa mga information officers sa mga kalongsoran ug nasodnong ahensiya sa kagamhanang ania sa lalawigan atol sa Information Sharing sa maong panagtapok. Gitakdang ipahigayon usab ang pagpili sa mga bag-ong opisyal sa AUDIO-Bohol sa maong panagtapok. Ang AUDIO-Bohol, usa ka hugpong sa mga information officers kun tigpamaba sa mga kalongsoran ug nasodnong ahensiya sa kagamhanan nga nia sa lalawigan sa Bohol. Usa sa kalihokan sa AUDIO-Bohol ang “Bisita Opisina,’ diin mobisita ang grupo sa mga buhatan sa ahensiya sa gobyerno ug munisipyo sa kalungsoran aron sa pagpahigayon og diskusyon ug pagpasabot sa ilang mga programa aron matabangan sa grupo sa pagpakatap niini....Health and Wellness Business in Bohol is Hiring
A Bohol based entrepreneur is looking for salespersons for full time or part time work to distribute and retail health, nutrition and wellness products, including beauty and anti-aging treatment products. Any sales experience will be a plus but is not required. Applicants must be at least college level. All qualified applicants will under go interview, 1 week training and continuing education throughout the contract. Please send your resume to...National News
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