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Rep. Aris says visit to Israel “informative”
By JUNE S. BLANCO REP. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, 2nd District) says his study visit to Israel to familiarize himself with drip and other alternative and modern forms of irrigation was “informative”. The solon is expected to be home tomorrow – in time to vote during the barangay elections. He says he will meet agriculture and irrigation officials shortly to relay the lessons he learned from his visit, and to brainstorm on how to replicate the Israeli technology for the use of farmers especially those in his district. Aumentado said he was most impressed with his visit to the Volcani Center in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv where he and fellow Philippine delegates met with Associate Director for International Relations Dr. Shamuel Assouline, Ph.D. He said they discussed the plan of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to send scholars for Masters in Science (MS) and Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs to do their theses and dissertation writings in The Volcani Center. The Center is the Agricultural Research Organization under the Ministry of Agriculture of Israel. Meanwhile, Aumentado said, after 18 years, he again met his friend and schoolmate in the University of San Carlos (USC) – Randy Arquiza – who is now the First Secretary and Consul General of Israel at the welcome dinner tendered for the Agritech 2018 participants hosted by Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel of Israel. The solon considers this as another channel for technology transfer – on top of incoming Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz who earlier invited him and his fellow delegates to a lunch meeting at the latter’s official residence in Manila. The... read moreDICT dangles digi-marketing, e-commerce course in Bohol
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol May 12 (PIA)—Jumpstarting to prop up Bohol’s inventory of trained technical persons who can support to rural communities in their development efforts, the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) in coordination with allied offices, dangle a free technical training to at least upgrade to technical grade skills held by young Boholanos. The DICT is looking for trainees in the Rural Impact Sourcing Technical Training; a 12-day digital marketing and electronic commerce course, running from May 21- and in the Saturdays and Sundays until July 27, this year in Tagbilaran City. The technical training that can provide digital opportunities in the countryside by equipping trainees who have good communication and with basic information technology skills, the edge in digital marketing and electronic commerce, according to Edilberto Aquino Jr., sharing this information during the monthly meeting of information officers in Bohol. During the same gathering at the Panda Tea Garden Resort, Aquino, who came with another DICT staff said the training includes training modules for branding for companies products and services, web development, product photography content writing, customer relationship management and email follow through. Also included in the technical training modules are data privacy and cybercrime law and digital marketing ethics, search engine optimization and email marketing, social media content creation, social media planning and calendar, business blogging, and building a freelance profile. Applicant however should be Filipino citizens, at least a high school graduate, possesses basic information technology skills and has good communication skills, according to DICT. While the deadline for applications was set May 11, DICT through Aquino said they can still accept applications before... read more
Apprehensive over carabeef? It is healthy food, says PCC
TAGBILARAN CITY, May 2 (PIA)–A common fare among Boholano fiesta banquets, the carabeef or carabao meat (buffalo meat) in the “sabaw sa kabaw” is a healthy food, unlike what many people believe. Traditionally pinpointed to as a cause of toothaches and joint pains especially for people recuperating from sprains, carabeef has been wrongly associated with these maladies, maybe because the carabao from where the meat was sourced out may have been too old, sickly or overburdened, assumes Philippine Carabao Center at the Ubay Stock Farm (PCC-USF) Center Director Dr. Caro Salces. Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA in time to possibly dispel the myths and wrong beliefs that carabao meat is bad meat, the carabao authority in Bohol in fact stressed: carabeef is considered by many as a health food. Affleap.com, in one of its articles claimed carabeef is safe to eat even by people with heart problems and those who are allergic to red meat. In fact, research proves that carabao meat contains less calories, less fat and cholesterol than most meats, including poultry, thus the meat is good dieters and athletes. In a comparison with cow meat, carabao meat contains 12 percent less fat, 55 percent less calories and 40 percent less cholesterol, 11 to 30 percent more protein and 10 percent more minerals than beef. As to its caloric value, the relative proportions of its protein, fat minerals and fatty acids makes carabeef nutrient dense or concentrated meat, that is why most people who eat carabeef eat less because carabeef does not sink during cooking. Although initially considered a farm hand,...Globe expansion of network infrastructure, capacity at full throttle
In line with new vision for Philippines to become an admired nation for having 1st world internet connectivity Globe Telecom goes full throttle in its ongoing expansion of its network infrastructure and capacities to improve the internet experience of its customers. The company’s aggressive stance in expanding its network capacities is in line with the company’s new vision for the Philippines to become an admired nation for having a first world internet connectivity. Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu said that more and more of the company’s customers will experience improved services as adoption of LTE-capable devices increases and as the telco provider continues to deploy LTE 700 in more sites. “Guided by our new purpose of ‘treating people right to create a Globe of Good’, the company is aggressively fast tracking a multi-pronged network infrastructure and capacity expansion build to provide our customer a better internet experience,” said Cu. Cu said the company’s deployment of LTE service using the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency is now in full swing, adding Globe expects to have around 250 LTE 700 sites by the end of September. According to Cu, the company plans to activate more than 500 LTE 700 sites across the country by the end 2016. Majority of the company’s LTE 700 sites will cover major business districts and highly-urbanized and populated areas in the country, including Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao. He emphasized Globe is maximizing the use of the previously idle 700 MHz band in fulfillment of its commitment to the National Telecommunications Commission to improve the overall internet experience of its customers following the sell-out...Local News/ Bohol Balita
Danao, nangayo’g tabang sa DENR sa paggamit sa ANR alang sa eco-tourism
BOHOL, April 29 (PIA)–Nangayo og tabang si Danao Mayor Natividad Gonzaga sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sa pagpatuman sa iyang damgo sa pagbukas og modelong proyekto nga community-based reforestation sa mga turista. Sa gipahigayong Kapihan sa PIA sa Danao Adventure Park (DAP) sa barangay Magtangtang kagahapon, si Gonzaga nipasabot nga ang komunidad nakigbisog sa pag-impelentar sa greening program nga bentaha sa ilang lungsod nga sa kataposan mapahimoslan ra gayud nga magamit sa turismo gikan sa government protected area nga ilang gipalambo ngadto na sa 75 ektaryas nga lasang karon. Gisugyot ni Gonzaga nga sanglit ang komunidad sa San Miguel sa Danao mipili man sa hagit sa pagbutang sa 50 ektaryas nga lasang pinaagi sa natural nga pagpatubo, wala sila naka-kolekta og maayong kinitaan. Samtang atol usab sa Kapihan, gipaambit ni Alberto Padilla, ang nangulo sa proyekto sa Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) nga sa bungtod nga natabonan og kugon sa San Miguel, ang pagsukod sa lugar pinaagi sa pagpangita sa buhing lawngon nga nagpabiling nasalot ilawom sa mga balili ug hinloan ang palibot aron dili maadto sa uban ang pagkumpleto sa nutrina sa yuta. Si Padilla, kauban ang 43 pa ka ubang miyembro sa ilang San Miguel Association Resource Team (SMART) sa sinugdan nagtukod sa nakutlo na karon sa lungsod nga ANR nga lungsod sa tibuok nasod. Ang lungsod sa Danao nga naila sa explosibong pagsulbong sa eco-tourism market tungod sa DAP eco-tourism nga kalihokan, karon gustong maglakip sa model ANR sa ilang tour package. Tungod niini, plano ni Mayor Gonzaga nga mag-abli og trails sa ANR, restawran, maningil og entrance ug environmental fee samtang ang mga...PRICES OF COMMODITIES REMAIN STABLE AMID PRICE FREEZE ISSUANCE
TAGBILARAN CITY. After the issuance by the Department of Trade and Industry of the Price Freeze Order on April 21, 2016, DTI Bohol deployed Emergency Price Monitoring teams throughout the province to check on compliance to Suggested Retail Prices (SRPs) and on the supply of basic and prime commodities here. Per result of the said emergency monitoring activity, prices of basic goods and prime commodities in Boholremain stable and without significant changes. Aside from the emergency monitoring activity, DTI also conducts regular monitoringvisits to retailers in the municipalities and in Tagbilaran City to check on the prices of goods in groceries and supermarkets and on their compliance to Suggested Retail Prices (SRP), the Price Tag law and other Fair Trade Laws. OIC-Provincial Director Maria Soledad L.Balistoy advises buyers to check on the published SRP of goods before buying the products, and likewise encourages the public to report violations by business establishments on any of the fair trade laws. The Price Freeze order was issued after Bohol Governor Edgar M. Chatto declared the province to be in a State of Calamity, following the ill-effects of the El Niño phenomenon. Copies of the Price Freeze order were disseminated over the radio, newspapers and in social media sites. (DTI...Danao asks DENR help to use ANR for eco-tourism
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 28, (PIA) –In possibly among her last officials acts, something her town would remember her, outgoing Danao Mayor Natividad Gonzaga has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to realize her dream of opening up a model community-based reforestation project to tourists. By doing that, Gonzaga, who bows out of office to give in to her son in this year’s election, the community who has struggled to implement the town’s greening ace on the sleeve, could finally cash in on tourism from the government protected area which they have now developed into a full blown forest of 75 hectares. Speaking at the out of town Kapihan sa PIA which was held in Danao Adventure Park (DAP) in barangay Magtangtang, Mayor Gonzaga hinted that since the community of San Miguel in Danao picked up the challenge to put up the 50 hectare forest by natural growth, they have not since collected a decent income. The challenge was even weird, by the standards of farmers and reforestation contract workers: cover 50 hectares of cogonal lands with endemic tree species without introducing new seedlings. On a cogon covered hills of San Miguel, project leaders for the Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) told us to measure the place, seek out surviving seedlings which have remained stunted under the grasses and clean its surroundings so it would not have others to compete with the soil nutrients, 59 year old Alberto Padilla shared during the Kapihan. Padilla, along with 43 other members of their San Miguel Association Resource Team (SMART) initially established what would later be a town citation among ANR towns...TIPC to take lead roles in Ensuring helpers’ benefits
TAGBILARAN CITY, April 24, (PIA) –Officers and members of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) here leads in modeling for others by enrolling their house helpers in the mandatory government social protection program on Labor Day May 1. On that day, no less than this year’s chairman of the TIPC, City Mayor John Geesnell Yap leads the strong government mandated body in registering their house helps, maids, laundrywomen, drivers and handy men to the Philippine Health Insurance Program, Social Security System and Home Development Mutual Fund of the Pag-IBIG, revealed Bohol labor chief German Guidaben. By the act, members of the TIPC and the thousands who keep house helpers also register themselves and their house helpers with the social benefits program. The TIPC promotes industrial peace council’s formation, as a venue to institutionalize social dialogues and tripartite consultations on policies and programs affecting labor and management. The activity is set to happen at the Galleria Luisa, after a motorcade to commemorate that day for the world’s workers. According to Republic Act 10361 or the Domestic Workers Act, house helpers who have rendered a minimum service of a month shall be covered by SSS, Employees Compensation Commission, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG. By being registered, these house handy men helping their homemakers perform the menial tasks of home are entitled to all benefits in accordance with their respective policies, laws, rules and regulations. SSS benefits include sickness, maternity, disability, retirement, death and funeral. On the other hand, a unified benefits under the PhilHealth include inpatient hospital care and out-patient care. House helpers can also avail of the lean services for housing, and...Click Prio Tops Startup Weekend Bohol 2
Click Prio topped the recently concluded Startup Weekend Bohol 2 (SWB2) held last April 15-17, 2016 at the Bohol Island State University in Tagbilaran City. ClickPrio gives patients access to their doctors with a tap of a button. It is an online queuing system specifically designed for hospitals and clinics. The Startup Weekend is a 54 hour all action event where participants pitch an idea, and teams are formed to work on the ideas that have the highest votes. The SWB2 had 8 teams completing the event out of 8 selected ideas. At 2nd place is Nice Cat, which is a pet merchandise brand that sells products for cats, cat owners, and cat lovers. With the creation of a lovable brand, a cast of compelling characters, and a business model in reverse to the likes of Disney and Pixar, it hopes to rule the industry with it’s furry goodness. E-Trike Tours offers a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly, authentically local option to tourists. Standard rates (no overcharging), friendly drivers and your safety assured. They teach drivers the value of doing sustainable business: offering good service, good rates and taking care of their customers. The teams were advised by the following mentors: Robin Gurney of ANDAKIDZ, Thomas Ridenour, a React Native Mobile Developer, Dan Pantinople, a Creative Lead of Symph, Paolo Rigotti of Gelateria Milano and Sharon Sesaldo of TechTalks.PH. The judges for the competition are as follows: Albert Padin, Chief Technical Officer of Symph, Pip Cimafranca, a Senior Ops Manger, and Aimee Lim of Gerarda’s. The event lead organizer is Ashley Uy of Symph and Jay Paul Aying of Bagol Labs, and...National News
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