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  Bisan sa Alert Level 3, wala gihapon did-i ang inter ug intrazonal travel sa mga nabakunahan na, basta ngadto sa susamang Alert Levels. (RAHC/ PIA Bohol) TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Padayon nga ania sa Alert Lever 3 (AL3) ang Bohol hangtud sa Pebrero 15. Kini samtang giluagan ang mga pagdili nga nasinati sa Metro Manila tungod sa hulga sa  coronavirus disease , sugod Martes, Pebreo 2 samtang gikanaug ang  Alert Level  niini ngadto na sa  Alert Level 2. Butyag ni  acting presidential spokesperson  Karlo Nograles, ang sa Region VII, Alert Level 3 usab ang Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Bohol, Cebu province, Negros Oriental ug Siquijor. Gawas sa mga nahinganlan nga lugar sa Region 7, gipailawon usab sa AL 3 ang Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Benguet, Kalinga ug Mountain Province. Sa Region I, AL3 usab ang Dagupan City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union ug Pangasinan samtang sa Region II susamang AL3 ang gipayung sa City of Santiago,

  TAMDANAN SA BOOSTER DOSES. Nakatala dinhi ang sumbahan sa mga kombinasyon sa booster doses sa bakuna kon ang initial doses wala pa moabut aron may dinalian nga magamit. (PIA/DOH graphic) TUBIGON, Bohol, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Labing menos tulo ka buwan gikan sa ikaduha nga dose, kini maoy paabuton ayha pa makakuha sa gikinahanglan nga booster shot. Kini, gawas lamang kon ang una nga bakuna nga gigamit mao ang Janseen sa  Johnson and Johnsons  nga kausa lamang itupok ug magkinahanglan lamang og duha ka buwan aron makakuha na sa booster shot. Kini maoy unod sa  National Vaccine Operations Center Advisory No. 126  base usab sa  Department of Health (DOH) Memorandum No. 2021-0492 ug 2022-0024.  Sa girekomenda nga mga kombinasyon sa  booster doses  alang sa 18 anyos pataas, gipasalig na usab sa DOH nga gawas niadtong nabakunahan sa Gamaleya Sputnik V ug Sputnik Light nga wala pay  Hemologous booster,  luwas alang kanila ang h eterologous booster vaccines  nga Astrazeneca, Pfizer, ug Moderna. Ka

  Erlinda Cabag (in pink shirt) raises the certificate of recognition and their cash prize for Brgy. Poblacion, Samboan for ranking first place in the 4Ps Gulayan sa Barangay. (DSWD7 photo) CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) families in Samboan continue to keep their community garden thriving as an alternative food source amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to Lynn Gerzon, a 4Ps beneficiary in Samboan, having a vegetable garden is beneficial in providing food for her children especially in this time of the pandemic. “ Ang akong mga anak mangita gyud og sabaw sa utan, mao nga kung naa kay tanom nga mga  utanon sama sa okra ug talong ,makadali-dali ra gyud og luto. Bati man sad nga puro ra buwad ang sud-anon, mao nga nakatabang kining pagtanom og gulay sa among pamilya aron aduna kamiy masustansya nga pagkaon  (My children would always ask for vegetable soup, that is why, if you grow vegetables like okra and eggplants, one can immediately cook

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 30 (PIA) --  The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is now granting emergency loan to its members and pensioners in Central Visayas who were affected by Typhoon Odette..  GSIS Cebu Manager Atty. Mercedes Victoria Enriquez announced in a Zoom meeting that the loan is available  until Feb. 6 only. “Alam kong kailangan ng aming mga miyembro at pensiyonado ang tulong-pinansyal, kaya naman binuksan agad namin ang emergency loan upang makatulong sa kanila,” Enriquez said. President Rodrigo Duterte has earlier declared six areas, including Central Visayas, under a state of calamity on Dec. 21, 2021. Active members residing or working, as well as old-age and disability pensioners, in Region 7 may apply for the loan. The qualified loan borrowers with existing emergency loan may borrow up to P40,000 to pay off their previous emergency loan balance and still receive a maximum net amount of P20,000. For those without existing emergency loan, they may apply for P20,0

  Dr. Mary Jean Loreche (extreme left) DOH-7 chief pathologist and spokesperson for the Visayas COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center, in a meeting with the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, IATF Visayas, Department of Health Region 7, Project Balik Buhay, Land Transportation and Franchising Board Region 7, Land Transportation Office 7, and various transport groups and operators. (OPAV photo) CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Transport terminals in Metro Cebu, namely the Cebu South Bus and North Bus terminals, are now eyed as additional vaccination sites to ramp up vaccination efforts in Cebu. According to Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH) Region 7 chief pathologist and spokesperson for the Visayas COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (VOCC), this developed following a meeting of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Visayas, DOH-7, and the Project Balik Buhay (PBB).  The meeting was also j

  CORTES, Bohol, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Tagbilaran City logged the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the province with 325 active cases, as Bohol sees 1,132 confirmed cases of the virus on Jan. 29 at 9:00 p.m.  Next in the highest number of active cases is Dauis with 61 and Baclayon with 45.  On the other hand, Panglao recorded 31 active COVID-19 cases, Loon with 23, Cortes with 22, and Maribojoc, Alburquerque and Antequera with 20 active cases each.  Except for Corella, towns near Tagbilaran City have elevated number of cases, most of them seeing a rising trend after the holidays. Across the island, Ubay in Bohol’s northeastern part records 45 active COVID cases, with Talibon coming in close with 43 cases, Trinidad with 15, and Alicia with 12. On the southern part, Dimiao recorded 28 active COVID cases, while nearby Valencia logged 20 cases, and Carmen - which also shares a common border with the said towns - recorded 26 cases. Meanwhile, Candijay has 19 active cases, Guindulman wi

  CORTES, Bohol, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Some 47,762 Boholanos have been added to the vaccine eligible masterlist, the updated data from the Bohol Inter Agency Task Force (BIATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease showed. In its Jan. 26 COVID-19 Vaccination Report, the BIATF updated its total number of Boholanos who are eligible for the vaccines at 1,009,634. The new figure is 47,762 more than the initial number in the eligible list for anti-COVID-10 vaccination which was initially pegged at 961,762. The updated list will consequently increase the number of vaccines that Bohol would need to attain herd immunity. With 1,009,634 in the list, Bohol would at least need 2,019,267 doses of the vaccines to fully protect those in the masterlist. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in its official census of 2020, Bohol has a population of 1,394,329. For a minimum of 70% pegged to attain the lowest level of herd immunity, Bohol must vaccinate 976,031, which is 70% of th

  CORTES, Bohol, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Some 47,762 Boholanos have been added to the vaccine eligible masterlist, the updated data from the Bohol Inter Agency Task Force (BIATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease showed. In its Jan. 26 COVID-19 Vaccination Report, the BIATF updated its total number of Boholanos who are eligible for the vaccines at 1,009,634. The new figure is 47,762 more than the initial number in the eligible list for anti-COVID-10 vaccination which was initially pegged at 961,762. The updated list will consequently increase the number of vaccines that Bohol would need to attain herd immunity. With 1,009,634 in the list, Bohol would at least need 2,019,267 doses of the vaccines to fully protect those in the masterlist. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in its official census of 2020, Bohol has a population of 1,394,329. For a minimum of 70% pegged to attain the lowest level of herd immunity, Bohol must vaccinate 976,031, which is 70% of th

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office Region 7 (LTO-7) is requesting the transacting public to extend their patience in their transactions with their agency. With the series of unfortunate events that happened in Cebu and Central Visayas brought by the recent Typhoon Odette following its continuing restoration and surge of the new Covid variant with Alert Level 3 restrictions, LTO-7 Regional Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec said that aside from the current level status imposed on the island of Cebu, a lot of their employees tested positive for COVID-19. "Logically, it's not just shortage of personnel, who were inflicted with Covid, but due as well to Typhoon Odette that some of the LTO offices are experiencing issues with the internet connection," Caindec said. The LTO-7 director revealed that their internet connection, even in the malls, are not running at the same bandwidths now, compared to their normal speed before plus more erratic connec

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- Andam na ang lokal nga kagamhanang syudad sa Tagbilaran sa pagbakuna batok COVID-19 sa mga batang may edad gikan 5 hangtod 11 anyos kun mopagawas na og “go signal” ang Department of Health (DOH) ug ang National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 nga gipaabot nga ipatuman sa sunod semana. Kini human gi-anunsyo sa NTF nga ang pagbakuna alang sa mga nahisgotang edad magsugod sa Pebrero 4. Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa Tagbilran City Health Office (CHO) nga si Robin Culpa, gipaabot pa pod nila ang shipment sa pediatric formulation sa Pfizer gikan sa DOH aron makasugod na sila sa pagpamakuna sa maong age group sa mga bata. “Gapaabot pa ta sa paghatag sa DOH sa vaccine. Naa na tay guidelines, ang supply nalang sa vaccine wala pa ta nahatagan,” matud pa ni Culpa. Si NTF medical adviser Ted Herbosa nipahibalo ning bag-o lang nga ang nasod makadawat sa unang shipment sa 780,000 doses sa Enero 31. Gibanabanang naa sa 1.8 ka milyong dugang doses ang gipaabot n

CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Central Visayas has mobilized its personnel and resources to assist in the clearing and rehabilitation of areas and uplift the conditions of coconut farmers greatly affected by Typhoon "Odette"(International name: Rai). According to its initial status report given during the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC-7) meeting on Jan. 26, the PCA was able to release a total of P3,225,880 worth of indemnification to 745 affected coconut farmers in the region under the Accelerated Coconut Planting and Replanting Project (ACPRP) & Coconut Intercropping and Livestock Raising Project (CIP) – Participatory Coconut Planting Project (PCPP) approach. The agency has released P725,555 to 145 coconut farmers in Bohol, P920,720 to 213 coconut farmers in Cebu, P1,561,395 to 369 coconut farmers in Negros Oriental, and P18,000 to 18 coconut farmers in Siquijor. PCA said they are now planning

National Commission for Culture and the Arts Chairman Arsenio Lizaso (R) delivering his message during the 2022 National Arts Month Virtual Press Conference held Jan. 26, 2022. (Screenshot from NCCA FB Live) CEBU CITY, Cebu, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during its virtual press conference held Jan. 26 presented a preview for the upcoming celebration of the National Arts Month 2022 this February. This year’s event marks the 31st National Arts Month with the theme “Sining ng Pag-Asa” in recognition of the arts as a source and expression of hope as shown in the creative ways on how the Filipinos respond to the effects of the pandemic, natural calamities, and other social realities, as well as the arts role in improving the Filipino community life. NCCA Chairman Arsenio Lizaso, in his message, recognized arts as a sign of hope to every Filipino especially during these difficult times. “I always believe in the healing power of arts and the 2022 Na