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  The Department of Energy (DOE) has made arrangements with major oil companies to increase the frequency of deliveries of gasoline and diesel fuels to Bohol Province starting Wednesday, Dec. 29, to address the high demand due to the increased use of generators sets amidst the power black-out in the province brought by the heavy damages in the power facilities after Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai).     According to Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) Director Rino Abad in a virtual press conference Wednesday, Petron, Shell, and Philoil have agreed to fast track the deliveries of their liquid fuels products to Bohol from every 10 days to 5 days. Caltex, on the other hand, has arranged with Lite Shipping RORO vessels to augment the transport of their liquid fuels from Cebu. Meanwhile, Seaoil that mainly supplies liquid fuels to independent gasoline stations in Bohol, has agreed to deploy their fuel storage barge in Bohol with a capacity of 2 million liters to provi

The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 of the Department of Environment Natural Resources Central Visayas on Tuesday, Dec. 28, has created a composite team for water sampling in the different parts of the region affected by Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai). The EMB 7 deployed two teams conducting ambient water sampling in the Northern Cebu (Liloan area, Consolacion, Mandaue and Mactan Coastal Area) and Southern Cebu (Cebu Port Area, Talisay, Naga and San Fernando). The bureau said the first two samples from Punta Engaño near Movenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu and Umapad, Mandaue City near the bridge and Petron) taken last Dec. 23 and 24 were brought to Ostrea Laboratory since the EMB laboratory cannot analyze due to no electricity. The office is still awaiting the result for these two samples which will be available by Wednesday, Dec 29.  It said the other samples taken on Tuesday will also be brought to Ostrea laboratory, an accredited laboratory of EMB 7. (ID

  Re-alignment of poles, line reconnection and clearing by BOHECO II and CASURECO in Brgy. Boyoan, Candijay, Bohol. (Photo by Department of Energy 7) AFTER- TYPHOON ODETTE SITUATION UPDATE IN CENTRAL VISAYAS As of December 27, 2021   I. ENERGIZATION UPDATES   A. CEBU PROVINCE   1. Visayan Electric Cooperative   As of 3:00 pm December 27, 2021,  Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO)  reported a total of 95,053 or 22 percent out of 433,799 of its affected customers have access to electricity already including 49 out of 116 Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) pumping stations, and 8 Abejo Waters pumping stations, 27 hospitals, and six vaccine storage areas. In Cebu City, energized areas are portions of Capitol Site, Camputhaw, Kasambagan, Lahug, Mabolo, Zapatera, Ramos, Guadalupe, Gen, Maxilom Ave., J. Luna Ave., N. Bacalso Ave., Ayala Center Area, Downtown area, and Pier area. In Mandaue City, areas with restored electricity are portions of Cabancalan, Maguikay, Guizo, Tipolo, A.S. F

  CEBU CITY, Dec. 28 -- The Department of Environment Natural Resources Central Visayas (DENR-7) has deployed a total of 34 chainsaws to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-7 and local government units on December 17, 2021 to assist in the immediate execution of clearing operations in roads and passageways in different parts of the region badly hit by Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai).  Along with its deployment, DENR 7 also submitted a complete list of their chainsaw inventory together with the complete list of permittees for chainsaw usage to the Emergency Operation Center of the Office of the Civil Defense for references. (IDC/PIA/DENR7)

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) together with the Visayas Command Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have conducted full scale road clearing operations in various areas in Central Visayas recently affected by Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai) last Dec. 16. The DPWH has deployed heavy equipment for debris clearing while the AFP provided its own personnel and also heavy equipment to assist in the clearing operations in areas heavily damaged by the typhoon. The Armed Forces deployed a backhoe, road grader, pay loader, two dump trucks and around 17 personnel for road clearing at the municipalities of Carcar to Barili, Barili to Ronda, and Balamban to Tuburan in Cebu Province. The team has cleared the 20-kilometer (km) National Highway from Toledo City to Pinamungajan, and 20 km National Highway from Aloguinsan to Mantalongon, Barili. The AFP has also deployed a backhoe load

The Department of Energy Central Visayas (DOE-7) said more transmission lines have been restored as of Tuesday, Dec. 28 in the entire region. Engr. William Carido, RDRRMC focal person of DOE-7, reported during the daily Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council-7 assessment meeting that some of the lines which were cut during the onslaught of Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai) last Dec. 16 are still ongoing restoration. Carido said that as of Tuesday, 22 out of 25 transmission lines in Cebu Province have already been restored, three in Bohol and six out of the 12 in Negros Oriental. Power distributors Visayan Electric Company, Inc.; Mactan Electric Company (MECO), Cebu Electric Cooperative (CEBECO) I and II, and Bohol Electric Cooperative (BOHECO) I and II are utilizing all its resources and manpower in continuing the power restoration activities in the provinces of Cebu and Bohol, he added.  Engr. Carido also reported several vital areas such as hospitals a

(Photo by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Central Visayas)   The Department of Social Welfare and Development Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has released 58,488 family food packs (FFPs) to at least 461,000 families of the 31 out of 72 requesting local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas as of December 26, 2021.  Daisy C. Lor, Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Section Head of the DSWD-7, said during the daily assessment meeting of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) 7, the total cost of assistance has now reached P30,344,920 in the region that were affected by the onslaught of Tyhpoon Odette (International name: Rai). Out of the 58,488 relief packs delivered, 26,888 were allocated for Bohol, amounting to P12,502,920 while 16,600 more, worth P7,719,000 were set aside for Negros Oriental. About 15,000 FFPs were given to Cebu amounting to P6,975,000. Lor said some of the food packs shipped to areas in Bohol came from the DSWD Central Office

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the Malacañang Palace on December 13, 2021. (Photo by Richard Madelo/ Presidential Photo) President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has directed local government units (LGUs) and government agencies to take extra affect precaution and do the necessary preparations with the looming weather disturbance that could possibly possibly Mindanao and Visayas. “I direct our government agencies and LGUs as well as to urge our countrymen, especially those who are on or near its projected path, to keep monitoring the situation and conduct all necessary preparations and precautions,” President Duterte said during his weekly “Talk to the People” aired Monday evening. "Nandiyan naman' yan". Iyong dadaanan ng bagyo lumalabas dian sa newspaper pati sa TV. All you have to do is to watch TV and makita mo 'yung trajectory

  A marathoner pays tribute to an aging family member From the trail-clad athletes spread at The Farm grounds, a distinctive figure is doing stretches more heartfully than any younger runner preheating for the strenuous and notoriously dizzying 5 and 10-kilometer trails of the Alicia Panoramic Park (TAPP). For the unfamiliar, Tatay Querubin Abella, 72, looked like a spent senior citizen in assertion of his previous Quixotic adventures in the race circles of Bohol. Medium built but thin by runners standards, Abella has nothing spectacularly outstanding in his physique, especially for distance runners, except for his age and his track and trail battered running shoes. AFTER A MILE OF HARD TERRAIN. Tatay Rubin, Querubin Abella, 72, of Candelaria Dagohoy was still up and running past younger runners, despite his poor equipment to get him through the treacherous 12 kilometers of the Alicia Panoramic Park (TAPP) Trail Run Challenge. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol) For those in the running circles, the nam

  State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) emerged as one of the top five most trusted government agencies in the 2021 Philippine Trust Index (PTI), a proprietary biennial research conducted by communications firm EON Group. “Napakalaking karangalan ang mapabilang sa mga pinagkakatiwalaang ahensya ng gobyerno. Ito ay patunay na kinikilala ng aming mga miyembro at pensiyonado ang aming dedikasyon at pagsisikap,” GSIS President and General Manager Rolando Ledesma Macasaet said. Aside from GSIS which obtained an 87% trust rating, the other government agencies in the top five are the Department of Education (91%); Pag-IBIG Fund (89%); Department of Social Welfare and Development (88%); and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (87%). According to the report, “in terms of government agencies, departments that got the highest trust are those whose functions require them to remain engaged with the public, even during the pandemic such as online learning, finance regulation, loa

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accelerated the implementation of its digitalization reforms under the Duterte administration to further improve the ease of doing business in the country and spur the growth of domestic enterprises through initiatives that allow companies to register, file their reportorial requirements and pay transaction fees online. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, SEC Chairman Emilio Aquino said among the commission's latest digital transformation initiatives are the Electronic Simplified Processing of Application for Registration of Company (eSPARC) that was launched last April and that has so far processed 26,875 applications of business registration online. Such online applications are completed in just one day and as fast as less than 2 minutes under eSPARC, Aquino said. Aquino said the fastest time recorded for processing an eSPARC application after the payment of the registration fee have been made was 1 minute, 14

  MANILA, Dec. 9 (PIA) -- Gi-anunsyo ni  Acting Presidential Spokesperson ug Cabinet Secretary  Karlo Nograles ang paglagda ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte og  executive order (E.O.)  nga mag-regulate sa presyo sa tambal ug medisina nga gamiton agi og tubag sa nag-unang hinungdan sa morbidity o mga sakit sa nasod. Gibutyag ni Nograles nga gilagdaan ni Presidente Duterte ang  E.O. No. 155  niadtong Disyembre 7. “ This is part of efforts to improve access to affordable, quality medicines and reduce the health-related expenses of our countrymen, consistent with the goals of the Universal Health Care Act  (Parte kini sa paningkamot nga pagpalambo sa akses sa barato, dekalidad nga mga medisina ug konhuran ang mga gasto nga may kalabotan sa panglawas sa katawhan nga haom sa mga tumong sa  Universal Health Care Act), ” matud pa ni Nograles. Nakalatid sa E.O. nga ang price regulation pinaagi sa  Maximum Retail Price (MRP) ug/o Maximum Wholesale Price (MW)  ipatuman sa  “34 drug molecules and 71

  Sabin Aboitiz and a team member during one of the early episodes of SuperDuperCon. (Contributed file photo) The Aboitiz Group bagged several awards recognizing the company as a great employer by exemplifying exceptional employee engagement programs. The prestigious honours were conferred by global award-giving body Stevie® Awards. The Group took home the Gold Stevie® for Employer of the Year in the Conglomerates category and a Silver Stevie® for Achievement in Employee Engagement for its entry ‘Aboitiz Group: Leaders as Primary Drivers of A Positive Culture of Engagement’ at the 2021 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers. “At the core of our business are our people and it will always be about our people. Their dedication and innovation enable us to stay focused on ensuring that our vital services remain available for all our stakeholders, especially through challenging times,” said Aboitiz Group President and CEO, Sabin M. Aboitiz. “These awards affirm the unwavering commitment of our A