July 19, 2009

Millions lost to syndicate
Gang member issues bouncing checks and gets away with millions worth of goods
Millions of pesos worth of consumers goods, computers, copying machines, jewelries, etc. were lost in a con game involving bouncing checks that spanned four months of undetected operations....more

Korean bio-ethanol company first investor in Bohol’s first ecozone rising in Talibon
A Korean investment on US$100-million bio-ethanol production factory, finalized last week through a memorandum of understanding with the provincial government, gives a clearer picture of Bohol’s first special economic zone now shaping up in the town of Talibon....more

PGMA guest at Bohol Day bash
TRUE to her commitment, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will visit Bohol for the second time this year – as guest of honor and speaker during the 155th Bohol Day celebration....more

Is First Gentleman going with GMA to US visit?
The nation is anticipating with bated breath the situation where the First Gentleman Juan Miguel Arroyo is joining the delegation headed by his wife, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, regarding the much-publicized audience with US President Barack Obama on July 30....more

Aumentado vows double funding for rabies prevention program
Towards the strengthening of Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Program (BRPEP), the provincial government will double its share in the provincial budget in 2010, as its implementation has already expanded to the school community for the information dissemination component....more
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July 5, 2009

Bohol jatropha project launched
A broad-winged poverty reduction and environmental protection project- -poised to generate 24,000 jobs in the province- -officially took off with the ceremonial sowing on the first planting site in barangay Canguha, Calape with the very first jatropha seedling in the history of Bohol’s Jatropha Propagation Project (JPP)....more

Guv to update Conbusac on Bohol projects
COATS-and-ties and gowns will be the order of the evening as ‘sanos troop to the Bellevue Hyatt Regency Hotel Grand Ballroom in Washington State “today” – for the all formal Gala Night Dinner and Dance of the Confederation of Boholanos, USA and Canada, Inc. (Conbusac)....more

Inabanga unrolls Guinness entry
TOURISM as well as trade and Industry brass, provincial and local officials and thousands of Inabanga residents and visitors witnessed the unrolling of the two feet wide hand-woven continuous raffia fabric that is the Bohol town’s ticket to the Guinness Book of World Records.....more

Bohol gets 7 new JICA-funded bridges
BOHOL stands to get seven new bridges under the Urgent Bridges Construction Project for Rural Development (UBCPRD) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)....more
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June 7, 2009

Bohol contributes to AH1N1 stats
HIGH technology also has its downside: the speed of the jet also brought to Bohol a balikbayan from southern California, USA, who tested positive for the influenza A H1N1 virus....more

Guv reaps agri aid in Seoul, promotes tourism in Russia
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. – Bohol’s agriculture and tourism were among the major gainers in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s official visit to South Korea and Russia....more

2 ex-Con con delegates lead Bohol “con ass” charge
Like the “Charge of the Light Brigade”, two former delegates of the 1971 Constitutional Convention led disgruntled Boholanos, in their opposition to a House initiative, calling for a constituent assembly or con ass....more

22 mayors take oath, switch to Villar, NP
While administration officials are crowing over the Lakas-Kampi CMD merger, the Nacionalista Party (NP) appears to be gaining headway in Bohol...more

Boholano councilors spend over P2M in PCL Congress?
Refusing to call it a junket, councilors from Bohol reportedly spent over P2 million in the 7th Philippine Councilors League Visayas Island Congress held on June 4-6 at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City....more

Chatto-Cajes tandem now getting evident
If the streamers can speak for it, that confirms the tandem of Representatives Edgar Chatto of the first district and Roberto Cajes of the second district in the 2010 gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial race....more

Baclayon SB recommends Uichico to Sikatuna Awards
The Sangguniang Bayan of Baclayon recently passed a resolution a resolution recommending Joel Uichico of Bezo Recreational and Aquatiic Activities of Bohol (Braabo) to be considered by the Office of the Governor as one of the nominees for the Sikatuna Award....more

Fetus discovered in Ubay toilet eatery
Authorities are now looking for a woman suspected of involvement in disposing a fetus on a toilet bowl in an eatery in Ubay...more

Boholana makes it to top 10 in Accountancy board exam
Larianne Kristine Corciega Betancor of Loon town ranked fifth with the score of 90.71 percent in recent Philippine CPA Licensure conducted on May 10, 11, 17 and 18 in selected regional offices of the Philippine Regulation Commission in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Legazpi....more

ON BOHOLANO TOP GUN’S SURRENDER
‘Reds weaken’- -Military
“Surrender is their safest passage and most viable means to renew their lives." This is how LTC Oscar Lasangue, group commander of the 3rd Civil Relations Group, Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CRSAFP) based at Camp Lapu lapu in Cebu City, interpreted the voluntary surrender of a Boholano ranking red fighter along with his wife and an NPA member to the 78th Infantry Battalion last month....more

Pureza Chatto takes higher GSP position
Bohol’s hosting of the 21st National Council Convention of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) on May 25-27 at Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City catered to the election of GSP-Bohol council president Maria Pureza Veloso-Chatto to the prestigious central board of the GSP National Council....more
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June 5, 2009 Friday

Quinoguitan’s dinumogan festival lacks support from local officials

Some residents of barangay Quinoguitan in the municipality of Loboc lamented that Vice-Mayor Luisito Digal failed on his promise of a wide media coverage on the very first Dinumogan festival during the fiesta celebration of the barangay on May 28....more
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June 4, 2009 Thursday
posted by Angeline Valencia

President Arroyo to launch STARS project on Bohol Day

To highlight the celebration of Bohol Day on July 22, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be here for her second visit to Bohol this year to launch the Skills Training Advocating Reliance and Self-employment or STARS project....more
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June 3, 2009 Wednesday
posted by Angeline Valencia

Nutrition council trains PGN municipal implementers
The ongoing training of municipal implementers on the Promotion of Good Nutrition or PGN for Central Visayas at JJ’s Dimsum Restaurant, Tagbilaran City will clinch Monday next week as the regional office of the National Nutrition Council has scheduled another session on June 13 to 20 in the same venue....more

Conbusac’s Sleepless in Seattle 2009 expected to gather hundreds of US-based Boholanos
The Confederation of Boholanos, USA and Canada Incorporated or Conbusac expects to gather hundreds of Boholanos from all over the United States and Canada during the 12th Biennial Convention dubbed as Sleepless in Seattle 2009 on July 2 to 6 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, Washington- -a suburb of Seattle....more

PCL’s 7th Visayas Island Congress starts tomorrow
The Philippine Councilors League, of which Brigido Imboy of Loay serves as vice-president for the Visayas Island, opens the 7th Visayas Island Congress tomorrow at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City...more
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June 2, 2009 Tuesday
posted by Angeline Valencia

First Governor Aumentado Cup set this Saturday
Police Provincial Director Edgardo Ingking will fire the first ceremonial shot during the First Governor Erico Aumentado Cup Shooting Competition this Saturday in Camp Bernido shooting range, Tagbilaran City....more

Search on for outstanding violence-responsive LGUs
The Department of Interior and Local Government accepts entries to the Search for Outstanding Violence Against Women or VAW-responsive local government units until June 30....more
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June 1, 2009 Monday
posted by Angeline Valencia

Sex tourism sparks debate at PB session
The use of the term “sex tourism” in the proposed Gender and Development or GAD Code sparked a debate during last week’s regular session of the Provincial Board....more

DTI-Bohol conducts livelihood trainings
The Department of Trade and Industry-Bohol provincial office conducted a series of skills and enterprise development trainings as part of the commitment to develop and equip the unemployed with necessary skills in undertaking various income-generating ventures....more

Macotapada urges DENR to issue official classification for Maribojoc Bay
The MACOTAPADA IFARMC passed a resolution requesting the Department of Environment and Natural Resource to come up with an official classification for Maribojoc Bay, during its 9th Congress held on May 25-26....more

Sunday Update-May 31, 2009

Lim blinks on leave, back to work Monday
Tagbilaran City Mayor Dan Lim will be reporting back to work tomorrow. A source close to the mayor confirmed the information to the Post but declined to be named saying he was not authorized to speak on the matter....more

Guv to Globe: Hold technical gabs before digging more trenches
THE buck stops with Globe. Jose Antonio Diomampo of Globe Telecom’s Cable Network Projects was man enough to take responsibility over the unrestored or improperly restored excavation too near the concrete pavement of the Bohol Circumferential Road from Duero town through Tagbilaran City and northward all the way to Tubigon town....more

Guv off to SoKor, Russia with GMA to promote Bohol culture, tourism
GOV. Erico Aumentado flew to South Korea yesterday as part of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s party that will also visit Lithuania, Moscow and St. Petersburg where she is invited to speak before economic forums....more

Tigbao Bridge: 45-year dream
MIXED emotions were written all over the faces of the residents of Barangay Tigbao in Loboc town when Gov. Erico Aumentado led local officials in inaugurating the bailey bridge that replaced the footbridge that spans the famed Loboc River upstream...more
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Sunday Update-May 24, 2009

Aumentado makes valedictorians, salutatorians automatic scholars
Coinciding the announcement of the 13th executive order of 2009 that institutes automatic college scholarship for valedictorians and salutatorians, the governor also announced on Friday, 13 names of high school graduates who passed the screening for additional Carlos P. Garcia Scholarship this school year....more

Korean envoy presents Malinao Dam upgrading study
KOREAN Ambassador Choi Joong-kyung Friday presented to Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region 7 Manager Modesto Membreve the feasibility study and detailed design for the improvement of the Malinao Dam in Pilar town....more

Inabanga guns for Guinness, weaves longest raffia fabric
MUNICIPIO Inabanga in Bohol is gunning for a place in the Guinness Book of World Records – producing the longest continuous hand-woven raffia fabric....more
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May 17, 2009

Biggest swertres financier bagged

At the risk of being tagged as a coddler of illegal gamblers, City Mayor Dan Neri Lim, yesterday threw his all-out support to an embattled political ally who was arrested for illegal gambling....more

Alcala ready to demolish beach structrures in Alona

THE die is cast: the notices are already out.
And Panglao Mayor Benedicto Alcala is ready to demolish structures within the 20-meter salvage zone of the Alona Beach if the resort owners will not voluntarily do so by the end of the month....more

Guv inaugurates P26-M worth of infra projects

MORE secondary students will hold classes in brand new school buildings starting June this year, some passing through newly concreted or recently soil stabilized provincial roads after Gov. Erico Aumentado inaugurated some P26 million worth of infrastructure projects in a spree Friday and Saturday....more

Yap leads groundbreaking of P20-M fish port
MABINI-Department of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap braved the rain as he led town and barangay officials in the ground breaking ceremony for the completion of the P20-million Mabini Fish Port on May 10 in barangay Baybayon....more

Lakatan: Inabanga’s latest weapon vs. child malnutrition

“LET’S plant more lakatan – our weapon against child malnutrition!“
Thus Mayor Jono Jumamoy exhorted his constituents in Barangay Lapacan Sur who received this variety of banana suckers as part of the town’s nutrition program....more

Inabanga 2nd district cage champ

TEAM Inabanga’s cage supremacy has proved once again that they are Bohol’s 2nd District’s kings of the hardcourt....more

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Bohol gers P350-M Aussie aid
Whooping amount used to repair prov’l roads

AUSTRALIA is Bohol’s No. 1 Official Development Assistance (ODA) funder for quite a time now.Gov. Erico Aumentado gave this observation after he signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF) that, including consultancy services, will run to some P70 million a year for the next five years or a total of P350 million in grant....more

P53-M Pitogo feeder port launched BOHOL Gov. Erico Aumentado led officials and guests in inaugurating recently the newly-finished P53-million Pitogo Feeder Port in the island municipality of President Carlos P. Garcia off Ubay town 125 kilometers northeast of Tagbilaran City....more

1,405 benefit from PCSO civic A TOTAL of 1,405 patients benefited from the medical and dental missions that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) conducted recently at the Bohol Cultural Center...more

Inabanga elderly get Katas ng VAT benefits A TOTAL of 752 senior citizens in Inabanga town received a P500 one time subsidy
from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) in collaboration with the local government unit (LGU) and Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA)....more

Dagohoy monument unveiled
Representing the legacy of the greatest Filipino warrior, Francisco Dagohoy, a monument stands tall at the entrance of Camp Dagohoy, as if a reminder to the provincial police force of a mandate so tall, only noble men can sustain...more

‘Let us express our gratitude,'- -Lim’s Mother’s Day message
Let us express our gratitude to our mothers. This was the message of Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim on the celebration of Mother’s Day today. “The least that we can do is articulate our heartfelt gratitude to mothers for the love that they shared with us. There is no music sweeter to the ears of a mother that the tribute that they can receive from their own children,” the mayor declared...more