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Local biz lauds Valenzuela for peace and order
By Roderick Abad – May 24, 2018 FOLLOWING its recent success for ranking high in the region’s security index, the local government of Valenzuela received another citation—this time from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) as one of the “Most Peaceful and Safest Spots in Southeast Asia.” The award was bestowed to the city for “exemplifying commendable initiatives toward good governance reforms and promote trade and investments, and significantly contribute to local economic development.” In a presentation rite held at the Centennial Hall of The Manila Hotel on Wednesday, Mayor Rexlon T. Gatchalian was conferred a Plaque of Recognition for his efforts in maintaining peace and order in his area of jurisdiction. PCCI President Alegria S. Limjoco led the awarding ceremony as one of the highlights of the chamber and associate business organization’s Second Joint General Membership Meeting. Online database Numbeo recently cited Valenzuela as the second-safest city in Southeast Asia, next only to Singapore. This is not the first time for the city, as it also figured on the site’s ranking back in 2015, placing third. Aside from peace-and-order programs, the local government also implements initiatives on economic development. Valenzuela is in the Hall of Fame of the PCCI’s Most Business Friendly City Award after bagging the accolade three times in a span of four years. For the years 2014 and 2015, Valenzuela garnered the Hall of Fame trophy under Gatchalian’s leadership. Read... read moreDTI RECEIVES QUICK CHARGING STATION TO PROMOTE E-VEHICLES IN PH
DTI RECEIVES QUICK CHARGING STATION TO PROMOTE E-VEHICLES IN PH. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez (right) and Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) President and CEO Mutsuhiro Oshikiri (left) unveiled an electric vehicle (EV) quick charging station at the Board of Investments (BOI) compound in Makati City on 21 May 2018. In line with the government’s push to create an EV ecosystem in the Philippines, MMPC donated the quick charging facility to DTI to complement their two Mitsubishi EVs, the I-Miev and the Outlander. This is part of the EV Research Study initiative being done by DTI-BOI, MMPC, and a consortium of universities composed of De La Salle University, University of the Philippines, Technological University of the Philippines, Mapua University, and Ateneo de Manila University. “We know that the future automobile is going to be transformed and driven by forces such as autonomous drive, electrification, diverse mobility, and connectivity. The cars of the future are going to be greener, electric, connected, and autonomous,” said Sec. Lopez. The results of the EV Research Study will serve as important inputs for the formulation of EV policies and programs. These cover environment, transportation, energy, and industrial policies necessary for environmental protection and the development of the EV... read more
Aris to visit Israel to study drip irrigation
By JUNE S. BLANCO REP. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) will fly to Israel later today for a study tour to familiarize himself with drip and other alternative and modern forms of irrigation. Prior to his departure, however, he met with top honchos of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for a briefing on current practices and places he should visit. He also negotiated for more funds to buy modern farm equipment for the use of farmers especially those in his district. He observed that the farmers have remained poor through these years. The only way to save them, he said, is through modernization. The funds he requested will be for a couple of tractors, solar and mechanical driers, harvesters, transplanters and the like. These equipment, he said, will reduce wastage of the palay harvest by 25%, thereby increasing the income of the farmers. Aumentado equates the absence of development to the farmers’ remaining poor. After all, he said, the farmers comprise 30% of the labor force in the province. He sees hope in improving the lot of farmers through modernization – including the application of alternative irrigation methods. The solon admits that he has often wondered how the Israelis have converted their deserts into productive agricultural areas. This visit, he said, will finally give him the opportunity to facilitate the transfer of this Islaeli technology to the Boholano...Geeks on a Beach gets bigger and better on its 4th year
The Geeks on a Beach (GOAB) international tech confab, recently held in Panglao, Bohol last August 25-26, has gotten bigger and better on its fourth and present year. Soaring high from its debut in Boracay in 2013, this year’s GOAB made a new breakthrough with its partnership with the iconic US-based tech accelerator Techstars and Facebook’s internet.org “free internet” advocacy. “The Techstars Asia-Pacific Summit, a private gathering of 100 startup weekend leaders in the region, was held in the same venue two days prior to GOAB. This year’s GOAB also featured stronger ties with StartupPH.org, a newly formed umbrella organization of advocates for Philippine startups and tech industry. StartupPH.org includes the core group that completed the Philippine Startup Roadmap in 2015. ” said Tina Amper, TechTalks.ph Founder and GOAB organizer. “Apart from the wider participation of the international community with delegates from the US, Singapore, Malaysia, among others, the recently concluded GOAB was also marked by stronger government support with the inspiring presence of Senator Bam Aquino and Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto,” added Amper. Senator Aquino is a strong proponent of the PH startup bill. Meanwhile, key government supporters from previous GOAB is now part of the newly installed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Monchito Ibrahim, who was previous head of the now defunct Department of Science and Technology Information and Communication Technology Office oversaw the crafting of the PH Startup Roadmap in consultation with the startup community, is now Program Director of DICT’s eInnovation. With the theme “Empowering startups, leading change”, GOAB is organized by TechTalks.ph, co-organized by Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), and...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Election gun ban, hugot pang gipatuman
BOHOL, May 13 (PIA)–Hugot pa gihapong gipatuman ang Commission on Election (Comelec) gun ban sa tibuok nasod. Kini ang gipahinumdom sa mga Bol-anon ni Police Superintendent Ricky Deliles, Public Information Officer sa Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO). Matud pa ni Deliles, epektibo gihapon ang gun ban taman Hunyo 8, 2016, 30 ka adlaw human sa eleksyon o pagtapos sa election period nga nagsugod niadtong Enero 10, 2016. Bisan natapos na ang piniliay niadtong Mayo 9, bawal gihapon ang pagdala ug pag-byahe sa mga pusil ug uban pang maka-patay nga mga armas sa mga pampublikong lugar, lisensyado man o dili. Posibleng mabilanggo sa dili mo-ubos sa usa ka tuig apan dili molapas sa unom ka tuig ang dili mosunod sa election gun ban. May pagsaka sa gidaghanon sa mga milapas sa gun ban ang natala sa kapolisan dinhi sa lalawigan diin kasagarang na-aresto nalambigit sa pagpamaligya ug pagpayuhot sa ilegal nga droga....55 thousand Bohol voters missed voting a president
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 11 (PIA)–Like what the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) predicted, voter turnout in Bohol went higher than projected, reaching 85.45%. And, at least, for the position of the president, about 8.7% of the active voters either refused to pick among the six presidential options, over voted on the least or lost their votes to over-shading. There is no way however to prove if there were over over-voting or over shading. From the COMELEC official results, about 682, 608 from the 798, 768 registered Boholano voters participated in the May 9 local elections, thus 85.45%. But out of the votes of 682, 608 active voters for the position of the president, a good 55, 153 were uncounted for over voting, under voting or plainly leaving the choices blank or excessive shading which constitutes the 8.7% of the total votes cast. Of the total valid votes cast, presidential pick Rodrigo Duterte (Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino) claimed the biggest chunk in the vote pie with 310, 114 votes which constitutes 45.43% of the actual voters. Following him is Mar Roxas (Liberal party) who claimed 29.37% of the vote chunk. Roxas garnered 200, 544 votes. On third spot in Bohol is senator Grace Poe, who earned 68, 098 votes racking in 9.9% of the votes cast for the day. Fourth is vice president Jejomar Binay who got 42, 245 votes which make up for the 6.2% of the days votes cast. Meanwhile, 6018 Boholanos picked Merriam Santiago and this got her .88 % of the active voters share. Whether there was really a substitution with the dead candidate Roy Seneres, the...Malakanyang transition team ni Duterte, gi-andam na
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 11 (PIA)–Gi-andam na karon ang transition team ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte nga makig-alayon sa transition team sa Malakanyang. Gikompirma kini sa mayor sa lungsod sa Maribojoc nga campaign manager ni Duterte nga si Leoncio “Jun” Evasco Jr. nga gitahasan sila karong adlawa, Mayo 11, nga makamugna na og committee. Motabang ang transition committee sa pagpili sa mga mahimong cabinet members sa Duterte government. Apil na usab ang pagrekomenda sa komite sa mga appointment ug preparasyon sa inagurasyon sa Hunyo 30. Pipila usab sa pangandaman ang paghimo og programa ug mga kinahanglanong requirements sa inagurasyon. Samtang miingon ang tigpamaba ni Duterte nga si Peter La Vina nga magmugna na usab sila karong sayo pa og komite nga moatiman sa pag-imbitar ug makig-alayon sa mga foreign governments, embassies, civil society groups, judiciary ug uban pa. Sa pagkakaron, giingong may napiling lima ka pangalan na si Duterte apan dili una kini ibutyag sa publiko hangtud wala pay appointment papers....Mga mananaog sa syudad sa Tagbilaran, gi-proklamar na
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 11 (PIA)–Gi proklamar na silang re-electionist Mayor John Geesnell ‘Baba’ Yap II ug iyang running mate nga si Vice Mayor Jose Antonio ‘Toto’ Veloso kagahapon kauban sa ilang 10 ka miyembro sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Ang ilang tandem midagan ubos sa Liberal Party ug nakakuha og landslide nga kadaogan batok sa kampo sa oposisyon. Si Yap nakakuha og 38,390 ka boto batok nila Barangay Kapitan Arlene Karaan nga nakakuha og 7,481 ug Edgar Kapirig nga may 468 ka boto. Samtang si Veloso nakakuha og 37,164 ka boto batok ni t Alfred Hontanosas nga nakakuha lamang og 3,173 ka boto. Ang magic 10 nga malamposong nakasulod sa Sangguniang Panlungsod naglakip nilang Adam Relson Jala- 34,231; Joseph Bompat- 30,136; Philip Besas- 29, 373; Alberta Torralba- 27, 834; Dulce Glovasa- 27,184; Augustinus Gonzaga- 26,822; Jonas Cacho- 26,218; Eliezer Borja- 24,980; Vicente Polinar- 22,554 ug Greggy Gatal- 20,466 Si City Comelec Registrar Roco Lamanilao ang ni-proklamar sa mga bag-ong opisyal ning syudad nga gipahigayon sa City SP session hall kagahapon....Chatto leads unofficial tally for Governor
Incumbent governor Edgar Chatto leads the unofficial tally for Governor of Bohol....National News
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