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TESDA to give free skills training to returning OFWs from Kuwait
TAGBILARAN CITY, Pebrero 19 (PIA)–The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will provide free skills training to returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Kuwait. TESDA-Bohol Information Officer Marichu Cua said that returning Boholano OFWs from Kuwait can enroll for free in technical-vocational (tech-voc) courses offered by their agency. According to Cua, TESDA Director General Guiling Mamondiong has ordered the regional/provincial/district directors and TESDA Technology Institutions (TTI) to prioritize the OFWs from Kuwait for training programs being offered by TTI. Mamondiong also directed TESDA officials to seek out and contact the returning OFWs in their respective areas, in coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) so that they could receive immediate assistance, Cua added. The beneficiaries shall be entitled to free training, free assessment, and training support fund (TSF). Early this month, some 400 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait arrived in Manila. The first batches of migrant workers were granted amnesty by the Kuwaiti government. President Duterte announced a total ban on the deployment of Filipinos to Kuwait after the body of OFW Joanna Daniela Dimafelis was found inside a freezer in an abandoned flat in the Arab nation and believed to be maltreated due to bruises and marks on her body.... read moreTESDA invites senior HS students, Tech-Voc graduates to the Nat’l TVET Enrollment Day
TAGBILARAN CITY, Pebrero 19 (PIA)–The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will bring its scholarships closer to those who want to avail of free skills training and even help its graduates in finding a job. With this, TESDA-Bohol is inviting all senior high school students and technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) graduates to come and join the National TVET Enrollment Day and Jobs Bridging Program on February 28, 2018. This will be held in three sites namely: Bohol Institute of Technology-International College (BIT-IC) in Tagbilaran City; Jagna Business Center in Jagna; and at Ramon Magsaysay Multi-Purpose Gym in Ubay. TESDA-Bohol Information Officer Marichu Cua said that the activity aims to provide information on the different Technical Vocational Education and Training programs for the Boholanos and to promote TVET as preferred choice of career. Cua said they will facilitate the enrollment of interested applicants to TESDA scholarship programs from 9am to 3pm on the said day. Enrollment is open to all Filipinos age 15 and above for those interested to pursue various Tech-Voc courses. Requirements for the enrollment include valid ID or NSO birth certificate and 1×1 picture. On the other hand, job applicants should bring their TESDA certificate and resume. This activity is open to the public.... read more
Sec. Lopez lauds Senate approval PH-EFTA Free Trade Agreement
Pasay City—Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez hailed the ratification of the Senate of the Philippines-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement (PH-EFTA FTA) during its third reading last 05 March 2018. “The PH-EFTA FTA is in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s strategy of pursuing trade relations with non-traditional as well as high potential trade partners. With this ratification, the Philippines will benefit from expanded trade engagements with non-EU members even as it gives us greater access to the European market,” said Sec. Lopez. The agreement will allow duty-free market access between the Philippines and the EFTA member states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) to trade products and services and facilitate investments. Sec. Lopez said: “While there’s a large potential to expand our trade and investment relations with EFTA, the FTA also capitalizes on it since trade goods between the Philippines and EFTA are non-competing.” The FTA benefits the PH especially in exporting agricultural, industrial, and fishery products. Once the FTA is in place, EFTA will grant duty-free market access to all industrial and fishery products from PH. PH will also gain tax incentives on agricultural products, particularly those (1) that are currently being exported to the EFTA Member States such as desiccated coconut, prepared or preserved pineapples, and raw cane sugar; (2) with high potential export interest, including those exported to neighboring European countries, which can be alternatively exported to EFTA countries. “This will improve the country’s market share vis-à-vis the other ASEAN countries in the EFTA market. The Philippines can take the opportunity to position itself as EFTA’s primary import source of these products,” said Senator Loren B. Legarda,...Google Developers Group Brings I/O to Bohol
GDG Philippines – Cebu will bring the I/O experience to different cities and help the professional and student developers deep dive in the new technologies. The Google I/O Extended Roadshow is a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during the Google I/O 2016. The roster of speakers include Googlers, Googler Developer Experts and more. Registration through http://bit.ly/io2016bohol is required to participate. The event will be held at the Nursing Skills Hall, Holy Name University! *This event has limited slots! Participants will be confirmed through email!...Local News/ Bohol Balita
BSP, subling nipahinumdom sa publiko sa daang salapi nga taman Disyembre na lang magamit
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 29 (PIA)–Subling nipahinumdom ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sa publiko nga taman katapusan na lamang ning tuig magamit sa transaction ang mga daang bank notes o salapi. Matud pa ni BSP-7 Acting Regional Director, Atty. Leonides Sumbi, ang mga old banknote nga gihimo niadto pang tuig 1985 mahimo na lamang magamit taman Disyembre 31, 2015. Atol sa Kapihan sa PIA ning bag-o lang, nipasidaan si Sumbi nga bawal nang gamiton ang mga daang salaping papel sa Enero 2016 apan gi klaro niini nga mahimo pa kining pailisan sa mga bangko o sa BSP. Matud pa nga kining maong mga salapi kapin na sa tulo ka dekada nga naa sa sirkulasyon. Pagkahuman niini, kun naa pay natagong mga daang salapi, mahimo pa kining paalisdan sugod Enero 1, 2016 hangtud Disyembre 31, 2016. Alang sa mga overseas Filipino workers (OFW) nga dili maka-apas sa deadline nga gitakda sa BSP, giingong mahimo silang magpa-register online sugod sa Oktubre 1, 2016 hangtud Disyembre 31, 2016 aron maalisdan ang ilang mga daang salapi. Samtang gitumbok usab ni Hazel Arante, Bank Officer sa BSP ang kalahian sa new design series (NDS) sa new generation currency (NGC), nga mas lapad ang security thread sa bag-ong salaping papel o ang NGC ug nagkadaku ang serial number niini kun itandi sa daang salapi nga pareho ug mao pa gihapon ang mga bayani apan mas gipabata ang mga hitsura nila kun itandi sa daan....Mas mabulokon ug sadyang Sandugo 2015
TAGBILARAN CITY, June 29 (PIA)–Gihimo na karon ang nagkalain-laing pagpangandam alang sa mas mabulokon ug sadyang pagsaulog sa Sandugo 2015. Mao kini ang gipasalig sa mga opisyal nga nitambong sa gipahigayong Meet The Press Forum sa Bohol Tropics ning bag-o lang nga gipangunahan nilang Gov. Edgar Chatto, Tagbilaran City Mayor Baba Yap ug Sandugo Foundation chair ug Provincial Tourism Council Chair Atty. Lucas Nunag, binuligan usab sa Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts, and Restaurants (BAHRR) pinaagi sa ilang president nga si Rommel Gonzales. Gipasalig usab niini ang pagpatunhay sa kahapsay ug kalinaw ilabi na sa mga pantalan ug tugpahanan bisan sa pagdagsang sa ginaghanon sa mga Bol-anon nga mahidangat dinhi alang sa Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan (TBTK). Ang mga kalihokan magsugod karong Hulyo 1 sa kasaulogan sa ika-49 Charter Day sa syudad sa Tagbilaran nga ipahigayon sa Bohol Cultural Center. Gawas niini, ipahigayon ang Agri Fair (Hulyo 13-17), Trade Fair (Hulyo 22-27), International Food Fusion (Hulyo 22-26), Bohol Pop Music Festival ug Sandugo street dancing (Hulyo 26), Awards Night sa The Outstanding Boholanos Around the World (TOBAW) sa Hulyo 27 ug ang Miss Bohol 2015. Samtang gitakdang mohimo og espesyal nga pasundayag alang sa mga Bol-anon ang Asia’s Got Talent 2015 grand winner El Gamma Penumbra sa Hulyo 27....DSWD-7 migahin og P10-M sa Bohol alang sa Carabao-based dairy production
BOHOL, June 18 (PIA)–Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa Rehiyon 7 pinaagi sa Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) migahin og P10 milyon alang sa dairy production project sa lima ka lungsod sa Bohol. Kining proyekto naglambigit sa mga carabao-based small dairy production, milk collection ug raw milk pasteurization alang sa 500 ka Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) partner-beneficiaries, matud pa ni DSWD-7 Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat. Dugang pa ni Jabagat nga ang mga gi-ilang pilot areas alang sa dairy commodity cluster model project mao ang mga lungsod sa Ubay, Mabini, Alicia, San Miguel ug Dagohoy. “The pilot areas are considered as bright spot in dairy farming and to further strengthen the local dairy industry we tied up with the Philippine Carabao Center and in coordination with the Provincial Government of Bohol,” matud pa sa opisyal sa social welfare and development. Ubos sa maong partnership, ang gi-ilang benepisyaryo sa 4Ps bansayon sa carabao dairy micro-enterprise development. Ang kada benepisyaryo hatagan og usa ka kabaw aron sila makasugod sa ilang kaugalingong negosyo. Ang Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) mohatag og technical assistance kalabot sa animal production, animal health, forage production, dairy production ug processing. Usa ka technical working group nga gilangkoban sa mga tinugyanan gikan sa DSWD-7, PCC-7 ug local government units (LGUs) ang mopahigayon og regular monitoring ug evaluation aron pagseguro nga mulahotay ang maong programa....USAID bigwigs turn-over ‘learning tools’ in Cogon
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 18 (PIA)–No less than Unites States Agency for International Development (USAid) Mission Director for the Philippines and the Pacific Islands as well Senior Adviser, program and project development officer for the largest donor agency to the Philippines hands in teaching and learning materials to Cogon teachers and students, June 18, 2015. USAID mission director Gloria Steele and senior adviser John Spears handed for the American People, its commitment of support to the Philippines and its basic education with the instructional and learning materials, at the Cogon Elementary School. The teaching materials and school aids are part of the Basa Pilipinas, a flagship basic education project of the USAID in support of the country’s early grades reading program. Implemented in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and selected mother tongues, DepED sources explained. It (Basa Pilipinas) hopes to achieve this by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials and managing a teacher training program to maximize on the learning impacts, DepED said. Started in January 2013 and would soon be bowing out after four years (2013-2016), Basa Pilipinas has aimed to significantly improve education in the country even as it implements the K12 educational reform, according to USAID website. In its first year of implementation, Basa Pilipinas focused its activities in two DepEd divisions in the provinces of La Union and Cebu, and when it had pooled master trainers for grade school teachers, it spread to Bohol. In the last quarter...Traffic incidents cause May crimes increase
TAGBILARAN CITY. June 18 (PIA)–May had 27 more crimes compared to April, but Camp Dagohoy showed proof that the increase in fact is not what it implies. At the recent provincial Peace and order Council Meeting in time for the Health Education Agriculture Tourism and Information Technology Caravan in Inabanga town, authorities from the Bohol Police Provincial Headquarters in Camp Dagohoy showed that minus the traffic related incidents (TRI) in the crime blotters, crime incidents, in fact, would be lower. In a Powerpoint presentation, Police Senior Superintendent Dennis Agustin showed that overall, the crime of physical injuries in May topped April’s 173 cases with 227, this month. Moreover, the Bohol police chief who used to be a key Metro Manila Station Chief, of the 227 physical injury cases in May, 144 of them are vehicular accidents. In the last two months (April and May), total crime volume in Bohol reached 1607, but without the traffic related incidents in it, police would be looking at 1249 cases. This, Colonel Agustin pointed out, is 22% decrease. To further highlight the disparity if traffic related incidents were not counted among cases, Col Agustin cited physical injuries and homicide cases in Bohol. Total physical injury cases in Bohol in April and may reached 400, but 245 cases of them involved vehicular accidents. This, Col Agustin noted is 61%. For malicious mischief, Campa Dagohoy noted 145 cases which should have been only 43 cases, if traffic related incidents were counted out of it. The TRI in this case is 70%. Moreover, on homicide, or the killing of one person by another can either be...National News
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