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TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 7 (PIA) -- Gikahimuot sa   National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF)   ang pagsaka sa   ranking   sa Pilipinas sa labing bag-o nga   Nikkei Asia COVID-19 Recovery Index. Na-apsan na sa Pilipinas ang  Italy  nga anaa sa ika 34, ang  Switzerland  nga anaa sa 38, ang Israel nga anaa sa 44, ang  Japan  nga anaa sa ika 53, ang  United Kingdom  nga anaa sa ika 58, ang  Canada  nga ila 60 na, ang  Australia  nga ika 71 ang  New Zealand  nga naa sa ila 75, ang  Singapore  nga anaa sa ika 79, ang  Amerika  nga naa sa ika 89, apil ang  China  nga naa sa  ika 93 ug ang  Russia  nga anaa sa ika 111. Ang Pilipinas karon anaa na sa ila 33 sa 121 ka mga nasud, kon hisgutan ang pagdumala sa impeksyon sa  COVID-19  sa pamakuna ug sa pagpalihok sa katawhan batok sa nahisgutang sakit. Kahinumduman nga ang nasud, nanumotumoy sa susamang listahan niadtong Septembre 2021, kanus-a ansinati sa nasud ang labing tag-as nga kaso sa impeksyon. Matud ni  NTF Chairma n ug  vaccine czar

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 5 (PIA) -- Health experts at the national level suggest capacitating local hospitals to be efficient enough to treat patients. This as Bohol nears its target of reaching herd immunity against COVID-19 that has since killed 682 Boholanos. The Department of Health (DOH) has emphasized the need to capacitate local health providers in primary health care facilities and infirmaries to depopulate tertiary and secondary hospital beds for other critical cases.  Vaccinating 71.57% of its target 80% of eligible population of 1,106,084, Bohol still needs to vaccinate 103,267 individuals to achieve the herd immunity threshold. An 80% vaccination coverage of its eligible population allows the national task force to downgrade Bohol’s COVID alert status to Alert Level 1. According to DOH, only when COVID-19 is declared as endemic can the country fully open its economy and allow its people to step into the new normal. By declaring COVID-19 from being a pandemic into an end

CEBU CITY, Cebu, June 4 (PIA) -- The Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Program has helped hundreds of families in Central Visayas since the government started implementing the program in the region in 2021. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), one of the lead agencies in charge of facilitating the BP2 program, said the program was able to assist 343 families in Region 7 in 2021. DSWD, along with other implementing agencies, launched BP2P at a time when COVID-19 cases are reportedly high and the program became a great help for the families as they counter the effects of the pandemic, especially the impact on their employment and livelihood situation. For 2022, another 41 beneficiaries of the BP2P were dispatched from Metro Manila and brought back to Central Visayas on June 2 where 16 individuals from four families returned to Cebu Province and 25 individuals from five families in the province of Bohol.  According to DSWD-7, more families and partner local governm

Representatives from DSWD-7, NHA-7, PIA-7, and the LGUs of Tabuelan and Cebu City greet the latest batch of BP2P beneficiaries who arrived at Mactan Cebu International Airport on June 2. (PIA7)   CEBU CITY, Cebu, June 4 (PIA) -- Another batch of returning families who are beneficiaries under the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Program arrived in Cebu on June 2 as the government conducted a new BP2 program dispatch in Central Visayas for 2022. The Cebu batch of BP2 program beneficiaries. who flew in from the National Capital Region, consists of 16 individuals from four families who will settle in the different municipalities and cities in the province of Cebu. Two families are bound for Bogo town, one to Tabuelan town, and one will return to Cebu City. Representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, National Housing Authority, and Philippine Information Agency as well as personnel from the said local government units welcomed the arrival of the beneficiaries

PANGLAO, Bohol, June 4 (PIA) -- News and entertainment hosts and production staff, social media influencers, vloggers and content editors, and travel operators from Manila and Central Visayas strapped on their dive suits and dive masks to get a first-hand experience of the beauty and wonder of Panglao’s hidden underwater paradise. Here for the DIVE7 Travel Trade and Media Familiarization from June 3 to 6, the team led by the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 7 DIVE7 Project officer Glenice Do, Judy Quiachon, and Jaypee Orcullo of DOT Bohol, the group immersed themselves in the Discovery SCUBA dive (DSD) world.  This is DOT’s way of promoting the dive tourism of Central Visayas, where the tropical water nourishes a biodiversity that attracts tourists from around the world.  Bohol is an island in the middle of a marine superhighway where the currents from the Pacific Ocean and the West Philippine Sea pass through its southern waters, and filters through the sprinkling of islands up nort

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 3 (PIA) -- Ang   Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)   sa Rehiyon 7 pinaagi sa  Disaster Response Management Division , sa panag-uban sa   National Food Authority (NFA)  Rehiyon 7, nihatod sa 6,666 ka sakong bugas nga gi-donar sa Japan ngadto sa mga giilang  local government units   sa lalawigan sa Bohol ug Cebu sa tibuok buwan sa Mayo 2022. Ang gidonar nga bugas nga may timbang nga 30 kilos kada pakete gihatag sa gobyerno sa Japan pinaagi sa ilang  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF-Japan ) ubos sa  Tier 3 Program sa ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR). Ang mga sinakong bugas sa duha  ka lalawigan direktang gihatod sa mga giilang  local government units  diin ipangapud-apod sa mga pamilyang naapektuhan sa bagyong Odette. Apil sa mga giilang lungsod sa Bohol nga hatagan sa maong mga bugas mao ang mga lungsod sa Alicia, Balilihan, Calape, Carmen, Loon, Mabini, Valencia, Tubigon ug syudad sa Tagbilaran. Samtang

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, June 3 (PIA) -- Dumaguete City government and Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) has announced the opening of an outlet for the collection of environmental septage fees inside the latter’s main office in Brgy. Daro. The outlet aims to improve collection efficiency while making it more convenient for consumers to pay the said fee.  City Economic Enterprise Officer Engr. Jose Ronnie Fortin said this newly-opened collection outlet is in addition to the existing outlets at the Passenger Transport Terminal, City Slaughterhouse, and at Building 2 Public Market Complex. Meanwhile, request or job orders for desludging of septic tanks will still be processed at Fortin's office. He reminded consumers that they need to bring the billing statements when they pay the septage fees. Consumers who regularly pay the monthly environmental septage fees at P1.50 per cubic meter consumption can avail of the desludging services for their septic tanks for free every three years.

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 2 (PIA) -- With only one COVID-related death in a month in Bohol, the health experts' claim that vaccination could change the game is making a strong stand.  This as records from the Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (BIATF) show that since April 6, 2022, when Bohol recorded its 681 COVID-19 deaths, only one death has since been recorded to date. On May 23, BIATF reported another death by COVID-19, which brought the overall mortality in Bohol to 682. Meanwhile, vaccination rollout coverage notched at 71.57% for fully vaccinated individuals. This translates to 791,600 Boholanos who have received their two or full doses of the vaccine that is believed to be critical in keeping the number of infections and COVID-19 deaths at bay. Moreover, 717,636 Boholanos have also received the first dose of the vaccine that is now being used to inoculate even minors, after getting approvals from the Food and Drugs Administrat

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 2 (PIA) -- Ang Brgy. Cabagakian sa lungsod sa Dimiao ning bag-o lang nakadawat og  1-km concrete access road  nga nagkantidad sa P7.5 milyon gikan sa  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  pinaagi sa  Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). Ang maong proyekto nagsugod niadtong Agosto 2021 isip parte sa  Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB)  nga pondo sa programa nga nagtinguha sa pagpalambo sa oportunidad sa panginabuhian samtang nagtubag sa nagkalain-laing kabalaka nga nakababag sa paglambo sa  livelihood development  sa usa  ka komunidad. Tungod sa bag-ong naugmad nga dalan sa Cabagakian, ang  accessible social service facilities  mahimo nang anaa sa maong lugar nga gisaad sa  Local Government Unit (LGU) sa Dimiao. Ang LGU Dimiao misaad sa pagtukod og  barangay center  diin ang akses sa  basic social services  sama sa  rural health unit  gisugyot nga itukod samtang nagt

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 2 (PIA) -- Sa pagsulod sa buwan ng Hunyo, gisaulog usab sa nasod ang   Philippine Environment Month. Ang kasaulogan karong tuig nagdala sa tema nga  “Aksyon Para sa Natatanging Mundo”  diin gi-awhag ang pagsalmot sa matag usa  sa mga isyung pangkalikopan sama sa pabag-o bag-o sa klima, polusyon, pagkaguba sa mga habitat, ug uban pa. Dungan niining pagsaulog ang panawagan sa  Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)  alang sa mg a sustainable actions  o malungtarong mga aksyon aron batokan ang mga nahisgotang pangkalikopan nga  emergency. Gipanawagan usab sa buhatan ang kolektibo nga aksyon sa paglihok sa mga nasod sa tibuok kalibotan alang sa pagprotekta sa nag-inusara natong planeta. Ang maong pagsaulog agi og pagsunod sa  Proclamation No. 237, s. 1988  nga nagdeklarar sa buwan sa Hunyo isip  Philippine Environment Month.  (ECB/PIA7 Bohol)

VALENCIA, Negros Oriental, June 2 (PIA) -- Aside from its natural attractions, Valencia town also offers homegrown cacao products that create an opportunity to produce quality dark chocolates dubbed Mt. Talinis Dark Chocolates. This local chocolate bar from cacao beans is supported by the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) and Energy Development Corporation (EDC) not only for the livelihood of the cacao farmers in the area but also to protect Mt. Talinis' rainforest. Chocolate processor Juemar Delgado said the dark chocolate is made with 70% cacao beans and 30% sugar, and is being developed for One Town One Product (OTOP). Considered by many as the country’s last remaining frontier, Mt. Talinis, also known as Cuernos de Negros or Horns of Negros, is home to more than 22,515 cacao trees. Edward Du, former president of NOCCI and immediate past regional governor of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Region 7, said that they are taking advantag

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, June 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 7 distributed three forage choppers to cattle raisers while supporting the adaptation of climate-resilient livestock raising in the province. This is to equip livestock producers for producing silage, a climate-resilient technology for livestock raisers, said Livestock Focal Team Voltaire Amper of DA-7.  The forage chopper is a farm implement that has the advantage of shredding forages at a uniform length. The shredded forage is then compacted and stored in airtight conditions to be used as preserved animal feed or silage, said Amper.  DA is currently advocating for silage production to build resiliency for livestock raisers confronted with frequent weather anomalies and natural calamities. Prior to the distribution of the forage choppers, DA-7 conducted a social preparation activity to prepare the members to efficiently operate the machines. The farmers’ associations that are recipients of forag